VHF-UHF DIGEST The Official Publication of the Worldwide TV-FM DX Association SEPTEMBER 2011 The Magazine for TV and FM DXers WTFDA LOSES A MEMBER AND FRIEND BRUCE IN 2009 DXER, FM ATLAS PUBLISHER, FM STEREO AND SCA ADVOCATE DR. BRUCE ELVING PASSED AWAY JULY 2011 AT THE AGE OF 76. HE WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN A YOUNG BRUCE ELVING NRC AND WTFDA CONVENTION 2011 OMAHA, NEBRASKA October 13-17 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, 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 _______________________________________________________________________________________ SEPTEMBER 2011 Welcome to the Mailbox for September. Big news this month is the passing of Dr. Bruce Elving. We’ve devoted our cover this month to Bruce and you’ll read more about Bruce in this issue. One item that I’ve not seen reported anywhere is the fact that Brucey not only edited an FM column for DX Horizons magazine, but for many years was FM News editor for the WTFDA, and if you look at his old columns in the VUD you will see that he carried on the format into his FMedia newsletter. Bruce didn’t just have a love for FM, it was more like a passion. I don’t know if anyone with that passion exists anymore. When I wrote last month that you could expect delays in receiving your paper VUDs, I wasn’t thinking about hurricanes at the time. But Irene has her sights on Southern New England. My antennas are down and we’re doing what we have to do to ride out the storm. I would imagine the power will go out at some point and we will be out of action for a while. Those members who read the eVUD will probably see their magazine long before our paper readers will. This month we welcome Johnny Rogers to the club. John is N4JDR and lives in Silver Creek, GA. Welcome Johnny! Renewals are in for the period of July 17 through August 12 from Jeff Falconer (ON), Randy Miltier (OR), Nick Lombardi (GA), Steve Walko (PA), Eugene Hinton (CA), Roy Barstow (MA), Rich McVicar (NY), Bob Smolarek (NY), Ron Purdue (MN), Bob Hawkins (IN), Anders Akerlind (Sweden), Ron Rader (IA), Curtis Sadowski (IL), Bob Timmerman (IN), Ralph Strobel (IN), Fred MacCormack (MN), Jeff Lehmann (MA), Tommy Adair (TN), John Zondlo (OK), Steve Rich (IN) and William Lindsay (WA). We’re glad to see you come back for another year! Ralph Strobel writes “This has been a pathetic E-skip season. Even though it’s 100 degrees here now, no trop at all as in previous years. I was in Couer d’Alene, Idaho June 23-28 as my brother and his wife had a 50th wedding anniversary party. Andy Bolin said I didn’t miss much…” Ralph also mentioned that he was gone from July 5 through the 10th and was told that there was no Es back in Indiana during those times. Michael Levintow (D.C.) writes about the conversion from paper to electronic VUD. Michael says the club needs a paper publication but he would stay a member if we offer the eVUD. He makes some compelling arguments for keeping the paper VUD, some of which I agree with, believe it or not. However, reality returns and smacks us in the head. Publishing an online e-zine is not that much work. Publishing a paper magazine is work and we haven’t had any serious volunteers to take on the job. I really don’t want to beat the horse to death here again. But I will say that some of the columns are printed in 8 point type or 9 point type to keep the formatting correct. I’m 65 with bi-focals and I have a tough time sometimes reading this stuff myself! If I blow up the eVUD to 115% then I can read anything easily. And my eyes thank me for doing it! I will say that this column looks light-years better when viewed on a monitor than when attempting to read the paper version. Doug discovered the same about his column TV News when he began receiving the e-zine. There’s no comparison. But some will never believe me. See you in 30! 2 Douglas E. Smith TV 1389 Old Clarksville Pike Pleasant View, TN News 37146-8098 [email protected] http://www.w9wi.com September 2011 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 CX Canceled PR Power change requested DC Converted to DTV RA Returns to the air DCC Digital Companion Channel QC Channel (frequency) change on the air NS DCC Granted flash-cut to DTV QG Channel change granted DE License/permit deleted QR Channel change requested DR Requests flash-cut to DTV RE Reinstated (previously-dismissed app.) FC Programming (format) change ROA Request of Applicant FTP Failure to Prosecute SI Off the air (silent) GA Granted amendment (to table of channel STA Special Temporary Authority allotments) LC License to Cover XC Transmitter site changed MX Mutually Exclusive XG Transmitter site change granted NDA Non-directional antenna XR Transmitter site change requested NS Permit granted for new station lpdtv Low Power Digital TV DG Granted conversion to DTV DRT Digital Replacement Translator News: (full-power digital stations in bold face; LPTV and translators in 60kw/260m regular type; full-power analog stations in bold italics; low-power Kitchener 61 CBLFT-8 PR<635w/198; PG analog stations in regular italics) London 18 CICO-DT-18 DC 2.4kw/ 316m London 23 CBLN-TV QR from 40, 24kw/263m; QG London 53 CBLFT-9 PR<340w/307; PG Canada: Ottawa 6 CIII-DT-6 DC 3.3kw/ Alberta 261m Forestburg 52 CBXT-12 PG<3.8kw/96m Paris 29 CBLN-TV-1 QG from 56, British Columbia 60kw/260m; CL from Quilchena 7, 9 CFHM-TV-1, CX ROA Kitchener CFHM-TV-2 Sarnia 17 CBLFT-17 QG from 68, 27.2kw/98m New Brunswick Windsor 35 CBEFT QR from 54, Fredericton 31 CBAT-DT-7 NS 7.36kw/ 36kw/207m; QG 103m Quebec Saint John 4 CBAT-TV PG<22kw/423 Chicoutimi 58 CBJET PR<595w Lac-Etchemin 55 CBVT-4 PG<770w/259 Nova Scotia Montreal 10 CFTM-DT DC 11kw/ Digby 52 CBHT-7 PG<700w/237 297m Digby 58 CBHFT-6 PG<700w/237 Truro 55 CBHT-8 PG<1.2kw/141 Montreal 12 CFCF-DT DC 10.6kw/ 300m Ontario Chatham 55 CBLN-TV-3 PG<1.1kw/194 Montreal 46 CKMI-TV-1 OFF, presumably to Foymount 14 CBOT-1 QG from 59, return as DTV ch. 15 42.3kw/229m Quebec 11 CBVE-TV QR from 5, Hamilton 11 CHCH-DT QC from 18, 84kw/500m, 46-49- 6kw/361m 22/ 71-29-43; QG Kitchener 28 CICO-DT-28 DC 20.2kw/ Quebec 20 CKMI-DT DC 18kw/ 290m 446m Quebec 39 CFAP-DT NS 20.1kw/ Kitchener 29 CBLN-TV-1 QR from 56, 173m 60kw/260m Riviere du Loup 41 CIMT-DT-6 PR 150w/51m, 47-51- Kitchener 29 CBLN-TV-1 QR from 56, 28/ 3 69-33-09 Fayetteville 41 K62DQ DR from ch. 62, 15kw Saguenay 13 CFRS-DT NS 1.175kw/ Fort Smith 7 KUFS-LP DR from ch. 54, 300w 594m Jonesboro 20 KTEJ PG>323kw; PC Saguenay 58 CBJET PG<595w/184 Mountain Home 41 K41HC DR 15kw; DG Sherbrooke 11 CKMI-DT-2 DC 1kw/ Paris 35 KRAH-CA DR from ch. 49, 1kw 612m Springdale 20 KVAQ-LP CX Sherbrooke 30 CFKS-DT NS 4.63kw/ Winslow 31 KWNL-CA NW 15kw, 36-08-50/ 591m 94-11-13; DCC for Trois-Rivieres 13 CBMT-1 QR from 28, analog ch. 9 90kw/378m, 46-29- 27/ California 72-38-58; QG Banning 5 KRVD-LP XR 33-57-42/ 117-16-47 Saskatchewan Benbow 12 K12JJ DR 26w Saskatoon 8 CFQC-DT PG>13kw, drop DA Big Bend 4 K04EZ DR 275w, 41-01-16/ 121-58-16 Crowley Lake 17, K17DF, DC 100w/ 19 K19DI 200w Edwards 43 K43AG DC 1.5kw, 34-44-15/ 117-33-54; CL fm. American Samoa Ridgecrest Pago Pago 30 KKHJ-LD DG 2kw Esparto 16 K04QR-D QR from ch. 4, 5kw dismissed Los Angeles 50 KNLA-LD PR>15kw Monterey 11 NEW-lpdtv AF dismissed (William J. Jaeger) Puerto Rico Mountain Gate 3 K03FU DR 300w, 40-45-03/ Guaynabo 3 W40DE-D QR from ch. 40, 300w 122-18-03 Ponce 30 WQQZ-CD DG from ch. 33, Oroville 15 K15CX-D DG 3.4kw 750w, 18-04-46/ Palm Springs 26 KCWQ-LD NW 325w, 33-51-58/ 66-45-03 116-26-02; DCC for analog ch. 2 Redding 10 KMCA-LD PR<12w, 40-33-51/ 122-25-54; PG Redding 30 K52JT DR from ch.