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Loggings => Shortwave Broadcast => Topic started by: mapleleaf on October 29, 2011, 1210 UTC
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300 watts from Canada's newest Province! Usually wiped out by all the flamethrowers.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45626319/CKZN_6160_20111029_114606.mp3
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That's a toughie.... I've caught it all of three times in my life :o
Peace!
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I've been hearing it (weakly) in the late afternoon and early evening here.
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I thought Nunavut was Canada's newest Province, eh? ;)
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I thought Nunavut was Canada's newest Province, eh? ;)
I missed that :-[
And we tease YOU GUYS on bad geography. Good on ya for the pwn :D
Peace!
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hee hee, jus' teasin'. ;)
But I guess Newfie was the last one liberated from the Evil Empire, eh, lol?
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Nunavut's not a province, it is a territory. Still, to talk about Newfoundland as the newst province is a bit odd since it goes back to 1949. It would be like talking about the Bablyonian's "latest" invention, the wheel.
More seriously though, why is that channel such a hard catch? Are they underpowered? Is it intended only to serve Labrador, perhaps?
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I think they're only like 300-watts, and the radiation pattern probably is towards that area. But I have heard it on quite a number of occasions, along w/the BC one on the same freq., but then I lived basically near the top of a mountain for over 8 years, and had about a 150-ft. longwire dipole antenna and tuners/pre-amps, so that certainly didn't hurt!
I did try before sunrise this morning, and even just using ameco TPA as an indoor antenna, I was hearing some news in English. Also got a very nice QSL-package from them from years back, and have QSL'd all the other old Canadian SW stations (6005, 6030, 6070, 6130, etc.). I guess only 6070 and the 2 on 6160 are the only 2 left. :'(
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Hi Alex,
I think CFVP 6030 kHz, relay of CKMX 1060 kHz - Calgary, Alberta is still on the air. I should try for it some morning.
I wish I had QSLed the others that went QRT.
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I listen to CKZU Vancouver (also on 6160) regularly. It helps to live within 150 miles of its 500 W transmitter.
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Morning, Chris, you know, I think you're right. Last year they were still on, I'd forgot. I think C & W music was the format.
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I also forgot the one from Vancouver on 6080, I think it was something like CKWX. Only 10-watts from BC to the ECNA!
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I also forgot the one from Vancouver on 6080, I think it was something like CKWX. Only 10-watts from BC to the ECNA!
CFRX, I believe it was. Has been off the air for at least a decade, I think. I would also hear that one regularly from Seattle.
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That should be 6070, as I believe it's CFRB-1010 they relay, if I remember correctly, but I am still on my first cuppa coffee. ;)
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That should be 6070, as I believe it's CFRB-1010 they relay, if I remember correctly, but I am still on my first cuppa coffee. ;)
Yep, that's them. They are back on the air after having been off for quite a while due to transmitter problems.
The Canadian regionals, both active and QRT, are listed here: http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Shortwave_Broadcast_Stations_By_Country (http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Shortwave_Broadcast_Stations_By_Country)
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I listen to CKZU Vancouver (also on 6160) regularly. It helps to live within 150 miles of its 500 W transmitter.
It's the most "10-9" SW transmitter on the planet. Quad dipole array and is only S-5, 50Km away :D
Peace!