VHF-UHF DIGEST The Official Publication of the Worldwide TV-FM DX Association JUNE 2009 The Magazine for TV and FM DXers WAITING FOR THE 12TH 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 JUNE 2009 _______________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS Page Two 2 Mailbox 3 Finally! For those of you online with an email TV News…Doug Smith 4 address, we now offer a quick, convenient and FM News…Bill Hale 10 secure way to join or renew your membership Photo News…Jeff Kruszka 19 in the WTFDA from our page at: Southern FM DX…John Zondlo 21 http://www.wtfda.org/join.html Eastern TV DX…Nick Langan 23 You can now renew either paper VUD Western TV DX…Nick Langan 24 membership or your online eVUD membership 6 meters…Peter Baskind 28 at one convenient stop. Use the link above to The Days of Analog TV 30 either join the WTFDA or renew your May 2009 Meteor Scatter Chart 35 membership in North America’s only TV and DX organization. Northern FM DX will return next month if you send Keith your reports. 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] June 2009.…the END of analog TV broadcasting. 2 P.O. Box 501, Somersville, CT USA 06072 MIKE BUGAJ [email protected] DOWN TO THE WIRE FOUND IT! Once upon a time we thought it would last Here you go. Use this on your next antenna forever. But nothing lasts forever. For better or or rotor order and save big money! for worse and for reasons that we may or may not agree with, analog television turns off on the 12th of the month. We’ve already had a mini E skip season in May so we’ve had one last chance to re-log some of our favorite TV E skip targets. In certain areas there has been some tropo around so some of us have been able to log a few analog channels one last time. In a few days, it all will be history. Some say that the second golden age of TV SO WHAT’S LEFT? DXing is about to begin. They could be wrong, but might they possibly be correct? Analog TV DXing is not completely finished. What do you think? Check back next month Remember that Canadian TV has two more and we’ll begin to sort it out. years before they switch. Mexico isn’t doing anything anytime soon either. Don’t forget that LPTVs and translators will still be there. Check MEMBERS AND MORE Doug Smith’s website (w9wi.com) to see what’s left. You’ll find a few dozen translators This month we welcome Michael Beu, and LPTVs for channel 2. Granted that most of William Liles and Lewis Kruger to the them have only a few watts but some of them WTFDA. Michael lives in Austin, TX, William is could possibly be seen via E skip. You never from Reston, VA and Lewis is in Sioux Falls, know. SD. Welcome all to the WTFDA! We’re told that double hop Es is regularly Renewals were received during the period heard on 6 meters. Considering that channel from 4/15 to 5/13 from Fritze Prentice (AR), two video is just 5mhz up the band from 6 William Thompson (MD), Gary Hickerson meters and considering that the band will be (OK), Bill Dvorak (WI), Peter Baskind (MS), clear almost everywhere, there’s a chance we Tom Colyard (FL), Gray Fulk (NC), Brandon could all see TV from Mexico, the Caribbean Jordan (TN), Robert Delaney (IL), Tim and South America. Alderman (CA), Jacob Norlund (MN), Fred But if none of this materializes, we can all Nordquist (SC), Jerry Bond (NY), Ken do yard work, paint the house or take out the Onyschuk (IL), Jay Novello (NC), Nick garbage. Langan (NJ and John Hanna (IL). Thank you all for supporting the WTFDA! I WONDER I wonder if items like this will ever be worth anything. Who know how much was spent printing up these brochures, only to have the date switched at the last minute. That’s all for now. CU next month! 3 Douglas E. Smith TV 1389 Old Clarksville Pike Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 News [email protected] http://www.w9wi.com June 2009 Abbreviations: AF Applied For (a new station) NW New station on the air Aux Auxiliary (backup) transmitter PA Proposed Amendment CC Callsign change PC Power (and/or tower height) change on the air CL City-of-license change PG Power change granted DC Converted to DTV PR Power change requested DCC Digital Companion Channel RA Returns to the air NS DCC Granted flash-cut to DTV QC Channel (frequency) change on the air DE License/permit deleted QG Channel change granted DR Requests flash-cut to DTV QR Channel change requested FC Programming (format) change RE Reinstated (previously-dismissed app.) FTP Failure to Prosecute ROA Request of Applicant GA Granted amendment (to table of channel SI Off the air (silent) allotments) LC License to Cover STA Special Temporary Authority MX Mutually Exclusive XC Transmitter site changed NDA Non-directional antenna XG Transmitter site change granted NS Permit granted for new station XR Transmitter site change requested News: (full-power analog stations in bold face; LPTV and translators in Demopolis 19 WIIQ-DT PR>325m, 32-21-45/ regular type; full-power analog stations in bold italics; low-power 87-52-31 (suspect analog stations in regular italics) correction only); PG; PC * indicates this DTV facility replaces an analog facility on the Mobile 23 WDPM-DT NW 390kw/ same channel. 534m, 30-36-40/ 87-36-27 (Daystar) Montgomery 32 WNCF-DT *QC from ch. 51 35kw/545m, 32-08-30/ 86-44-04 CANADA: Tuskegee 22 WBMM-DT *QC from ch. 24, Alberta 65kw/ Calgary 44 CHCA-TV-1 PR>17kw/ 341m 378m, relocate XR Alaska British Columbia Fairbanks 26 KTVF-DT PG>27kw/471, 64-52- Fort Fraser 13 CBCB-TV-2 CX, DE ROA. Had 45/ relayed CKPG-TV 148-03-14 which dropped their Kasilof 48 K48AC-D DR 1.3kw; DG CBC affiliation. Wasilla 36 K36JG-D DR 4.4kw Arizona Globe 50 KFPB-LD PR>4.85kw, 33-19-57/ 112-03-57 Kingman 14 K14NE-D DG from K25HU, PUERTO RICO: 15kw, 35-39-07/ Ponce 7 WSTE-DT NS 100w/65m, 18-27- 114-18-41 21/ Parker 49 KJPO-LP NW 9.9kw, 33-54-37/ 66-45-16 (DTS) 113-59-31 rescinded. Ponce 31 W31DL-D DG from W36DB, Phoenix 8 KAET-DT PG>40kw 300w Phoenix 40 KEJR-LD NW 15kw, DCC for ch. 43 Phoenix 42 KVPA-LD DG 15kw Prescott 45 K45JX-D NW 350w, 34-11-32/ 112-45-13 USA: Arkansas Alabama Harrison 21 K23DU QR from ch. 23 (via Andalusia 40 WAAO-LP CC from W40BE 4 ch. 36) Waunita Hot 51 K51DI PG>2.2kw, 38-29-49/ Harrison 31 KWBM FC; sold to Daystar Springs 106-19-12 Little Rock 44 KARZ-DT PG<448m, 34-47-57/ 92-29-59 Delaware Georgetown 48 W48DP-D DG 5kw, 38-34-33/ California 75-20-18 Crowley Lake 17 K17DF-D DR 200w Crowley Lake 19 K19DI-D DR 100w District of Columbia Esparto 4 K04QR-D PR>240w, 38-42-29/ Washington 4 WIAV-LP QR from ch. 58, 3kw 121-28-33; CL from Washington 43 WIAV-LD QR from ch. 44, 10kw Lakeport Fresno 32 KJEO-LD DR 15kw; DG Florida Glen Arbor 6 KBKF-LP QG from ch. 26, 600w, Chiefland 32 W32DI-D DG 15kw, 29-36-29/ 37-04-36/ 82-51-01; CL from 122-08-18 Mayo Hesperia 6 KCIO-LP PG<499w, 34-15-19/ Gainesville 26 WGVT-LD CC from WSSH-LP 117-21-43; CL from Largo 14 WPDS-LD DC 3.448kw Victorville Orient City 15 W15CM-D DR 5kw Lakeport 4 K04QR-D PG>240w, 38-42-29/ Port St.