March 2003
NOTE: There was no Southern FM DX column for April & May due to lack of reports
For DXers in AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, KS, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NV, OK, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV, Cuba and Mexico
Stations in orange
indicate
a new logging for the DXer
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Dennis
Park Smith – 3605 San Remo Drive – Santa Barbara,
CA 93105-2523 – (805)
687-7803 – PST
Report from Wasco CA (NW of Bakersfield), with equipment including a car radio (stereo FM/AM receiver) with vertical whip in a 1993 Ford Taurus Wagon and a Doug Allen-modified Pioneer TX-8500 II FM/AM tuner with a one bay VHF conical at 10’ above ground.
On January 18-20 I was in Wasco on a long weekend and heard a few nice FM (and some TV) signals due to winter “tule-fog” tropo ducting, monitored on the afternoon of January 19.
1/19 Tr
KQED* 88.5 CA San Francisco 230/370
KFSR* 90.7
CA Fresno, Fresno State University 90/145
KLVY 91.1 CA Fairmead, ccm, “K-Love” 110/175
UnID 91.9 ?? ??, SS
KOSO 93.1
CA Patterson, “B-93” 160/255
KNTO 93.3 CA Chowchilla, SS 115/185
KEJC* 93.9
CA Modesto, k 175/280
KHOP 95.1 CA Oakdale, “New Planet 95-1”
175/280
KUBB* 96.3 CA Mariposa, k 135/215
KWAV* 96.9 CA Monterey, “K-Wave” 145/230
KABX 97.5 CA Merced, “Oldies 97.5” 135/215
UnID 98.7 ?? ??, SS (KLOQ Winton?)
KCIV* 99.9 CA Mt. Bullion, g 145/230
KTHU 100.7 CA Corning, “Thunder 100.7”
UnID 100.9 ?? ??, SS (KMIX Tracy)
KRKC* 102.1 CA King City 115/185
KSFM* 102.5 CA Woodland, urban 245/390
KAAT* 103.1
CA Oakhurst, 40’s mx 120/190
UnID 103.9 ?? ??, SS (KMYX Taft?)
KHTN 104.7 CA Los Banos, urban, “Hot 105”
135/215
KWOL 105.5
CA San Joaquin, “Real Country, the Wolf” 90/145
KQLBt* 106.9 CA Los Banos, SS
Some stations were heard on both receivers.
Those with asterisks were heard only on the Pioneer.
The Pioneer tuner as modified is a super-selective
DX machine. With so many nearby FM stations
now, I wouldn’t have otherwise heard some
of these, including some closer-in but weak FMs such as
KCNQ 102.5 Kernville (50/80), KKRV 104.5
Lake Isabella “Oldies 104.5” (50/80), and KQJZ 107.3
Grover Beach “The Rock” (75/120) just
on the Pioneer. I didn’t hear all call letters in the rush.
From Wasco, my now farthest tropo at 315/505
is “Thunder 100.7,” KTHU, with ads for Chico and
Oroville (I li ved in Chico/Paradise 1971-1990).
My former farthest Wasco tropo for many years was
99.9 Marysville at 270/410.
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From the Editor
See y'all next month!