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HAPPY 2010!! Visit Us At VHF-UHF DIGEST The Official Publication of the Worldwide TV-FM DX Association JANUARY 2010 The Magazine for TV and FM DXers Antennas of Ivan Silva, Sorocaba, Brazil SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR IT’S SUMMER! HAPPY 2010!! Visit Us At www.wtfda.org THE WORLDWIDE TV-FM DX ASSOCIATION Serving the UHF-VHF Enthusiast THE VHF-UHF DIGEST IS THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WORLDWIDE TV-FM DX ASSOCIATION DEDICATED TO THE OBSERVATION AND STUDY OF THE PROPAGATION OF LONG DISTANCE TELEVISION AND FM BROADCASTING SIGNALS AT VHF AND UHF. WTFDA IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS: DOUG SMITH, GREG CONIGLIO, BRUCE HALL, KEITH McGINNIS AND MIKE BUGAJ. Editor and publisher: Mike Bugaj Treasurer: Keith McGinnis wtfda.org Webmaster: Tim McVey wtfda.info Site Administrator: Chris Cervantez Editorial Staff: Jeff Kruszka, Keith McGinnis, Fred Nordquist, Nick Langan, Doug Smith, Peter Baskind, Bill Hale and John Zondlo, Our website: www.wtfda.org; Our forums: www.wtfda.info JANUARY 2010 _______________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS Page Two 2 Mailbox 3 Finally! For those of you online with an email TV News…Doug Smith 5 address, we now offer a quick, convenient and FM News…Bill Hale 10 secure way to join or renew your membership Just What is a Duct?...Bob Cooper 18 in the WTFDA from our page at: Photo News…Jeff Kruszka 19 http://www.wtfda.org/join.html FM South…John Zondlo 23 You can now renew either paper VUD Eastern TV DX…Nick Langan 25 membership or your online eVUD membership Western TV DX…Nick Langan 31 at one convenient stop. Use the link above to 6 Meters…Peter Baskind 32 either join the WTFDA or renew your FM North…Keith McGinnis 34 membership in North America’s only TV and DXing in the Baltic…Stephen McGreevy 49 DX organization. FIND US FAST! WTFDA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mike Bugaj, use the WTFDA Mailing address listed below [email protected] Doug Smith, 1385 Old Clarksville Pike, Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 [email protected] Greg Coniglio, 11825 Genesee St., Alden, NY 14004 [email protected] D.Bruce Hall, 5 Stirton Ave., Brantford, ON N3T1E2 Canada [email protected] Keith McGinnis, 18 Newbridge St., Hingham, MA 02043 [email protected] ******************************************************************************************************* THE MAILBOX and all general club correspondence: Mike Bugaj at WTFDA, PO Box 501, Somersville, CT 06072 [email protected] TV NEWS Doug Smith, 1389 Old Clarksville Pike, Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 [email protected] FM NEWS Bill Hale, 6124 Roaring Springs Drive, N. Richland Hills, TX 76180 [email protected] PHOTO NEWS Jeff Kruszka, 1909 Lost Lake Pl., Pearland, TX 77581 [email protected] EASTERN AND WESTERN TV DX Nick Langan, 1040 Riverview Dr., Florence, NJ 08516 [email protected] SOUTHERN FM John Zondlo, 4009 Driftwood Cir., Yukon, OK 73099 [email protected] NORTHERN FM Keith McGinnis, 18 Newbridge St., Hingham, MA 02043 [email protected] TV and FM STATISTICS Fred Nordquist, 147 Travis Hill Road, Moncks Corner, SC [email protected] 6 METER/2 METER Peter Baskind, 3225 Forest Hill-Irene Rd, Germantown, TN 38138 [email protected] WEBSITE Tim McVey Webmaster http://www.wtfda.org [email protected] 2 P.O. Box 501, Somersville, CT USA 06072 MIKE BUGAJ [email protected] WHAT’S UP? Here is the QSL card of Sid Emmons, Lyndon, NY “Rural Living in the wilds of Well, not much. As of the 16th of December I western New York State.” And if you look real haven’t noticed any winter Es reaching the FM close you might see…yes it IS, a tower with band. There has been one or two that just what sure looks to me like a 7 foot dish on top. barely reached A2 and had a very limited Sid says he’s been TV DXing since 1960. I footprint. What seemed more interesting to me wonder if he knows Bob Seybold. was the tropo event on December 12th. Fritze Garth Jensen writes “Thank you for the Prentice and Bryce Foster were the recipients welcome and the eVUD (I’ve been downloading of most of that. Most of that tropo was in the the back issues from the site and they are 400-500 mile range. That’s not bad for wonderful to read!) (My wife doesn’t think so – December. Mike) I’ve been a casual DXer since I was a And by the way, Happy New Year to kid, but it’s only been the past year that the everyone in the WTFDA. May all FM IBOC DTV transition brought me into a full on shrivel up on the vine and just die. May you get obsession with DX (I didn’t even know the term double and triple hop on TV this year. May until I found websites like the WTFDA!). It’s somebody finally do the impossible and beat great to know there are others out there who Paul Logan’s Es record or log some Es from enjoy this hobby! Enjoy being a part of this club the UK this summer. Is that asking too much? already! (And we enjoy having you here! –Mike) Hey, you got to set goals, so set them high! Bill Patalon writes: My name is Bill Patalon, and I just joined the WTFDA.....got my first MEMBERS AND MORE issue of the monthly journal this week. I was very impressed. In fact, it was a "sample" issue This month we’re welcoming three more of the journal, downloaded from the web site. new WTFDA members. Say hello to William that persuaded me to join. I'm glad I did. I think Patalon (MD), Sidney L. Emmons (NY) and you guys do a great job and just wanted to let Garth Jensen (ON). Hello everyone and I you know. Thanks! hope you enjoy the club. Renewals have been received from the DARN! I COULD HAVE HAD A G8! period of 11-17 to 12-15 from Ronald Purdue (MN), Matt Sittel (NE), John Jefferson (CA), Those of you looking for a super selective Tom Bryant (TN), Barry Bauer (DE)(2yrs), portable (also called an ultralight in some MW James Roggentine (CA), Brian May (CT), circles), please listen up! This from Jim Pizzi Randall Trapp (MN), James Niven (TX), (NY): “Went to Radio Shack today and got a Eldon Geiman (PA), Ed Norris (IN), Robert few items. Another G-8 and stock#270-1401 Fischer (AK) and Chester Jaffee (CA). You 30.5" antenna. Removed stock antenna and put may not be familiar with some of the names the replacement on. Seems to be an above, but most of these members keep improvement with very weak signals(compared renewing year after year after year and keep to my other G-8 with stock antenna). Signal the WTFDA going. Thank you! meter indicates 2-3 points higher but no audible difference with stronger signals. Does pull in those weak ones much better across the band. SW is also improved, checking CHU 3330mz plus WWV at 5, 10 & 15mz., will check higher frequencies tomorrow. Now to Eton. Picked up model FR-600 Solarlink($47.99-sale). Demo-ed the more expensive one first--crappy on all bands. Then tried the less expensive FR-600. Amazing! With way too short antenna, FM is excellent-they may be using the same chip as the G-8? Although not seen in the specs it's stereo through headphones. Did very well against the G-8, except for the real weak stuff(antenna 3 could have been longer). No slop from adjacent 12VDC ANALOG & DIGITAL PORTABLE TV, locals noted. AM does very well also, maybe DX QUALITY better/cleaner than the G-8 but could be just better sound quality. Very good on shortwave, Dave Pomeroy writes: “I bought one of had smoother sound and good adjacent these units this afternoon at CVS for $79.99. rejection on what I was able to get. Weather The clerk warned me not to buy it as customers band very good too. Was able to get something had been returning them because "they don't on five out of seven channels and has weather work." She said she took one home and alert. Nice digital readout and date/time when hooked it up to cable and it still didn't work. I off, battery indication, 3 AA batteries, wind-up suggested that the problem was likely with the w/rechargeable battery plus solar power(living antenna and that I thought the included rod in western NY I may have to wait until spring to antenna probably wouldn't do much. When I check out that feature-HI). Also 4 LED hooked it up at home it scanned 35 "channels" flashlight/red flashing light and emergency of which two are local analog LPTVs. All "full alarm(LOUD). Besides ear phone jack in the power" stations that I can regularly get on the back it has 5v dc adapter jack(not included), Zenith box scanned in without any problem audio input, usb phone charger jack and dc including channels 11 and 13 which can have input(usb) jack. Easy to set up and operate. A problems at times. I'm going to keep it. pleasant experience overall. If any one is The stations scanned in including Topeka looking for an emergency radio that actually and Kansas City with some stations from KC works using today’s technology, this is the located 65-70 miles away. No tropo this one.” afternoon so I can't say anything about DX. If Wichita is in tomorrow morning or tonight I will give them a try.
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