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General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: Ct Yankee on May 18, 2023, 1110 UTC
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While skimming through the SWLing blog, I read an article about a new (?) HF database. I had not previously seen it, nor the editor of the SWLing blog.
https://shortwavedb.org/schedules.html
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Thanks,
I had a quick look at it and the databases (EiBi and AOKI) seem to incorporate more than just broadcast stations. I picked Canada as a target country and got a listing of well known commercial and UTE stations. Other than CFRX 6070 Canada no longer operates any HF broadcast facilities therefor the list of additional non-broadcast stations will be very handy. I have used the EiBi database in Excel format and memory panel in SDRuno for years but the web interface is much easier and faster to use.
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Thanks,
I had a quick look at it and the databases (EiBi and AOKI) seem to incorporate more than just broadcast stations. I picked Canada as a target country and got a listing of well known commercial and UTE stations. Other than CFRX 6070 Canada no longer operates any HF broadcast facilities therefor the list of additional non-broadcast stations will be very handy. I have used the EiBi database in Excel format and memory panel in SDRuno for years but the web interface is much easier and faster to use.
CFRX Toronto and CFVP Calgary are both still active. CFVP is a rare catch outside of Western Canada because of Radio Marti on the same frequency.
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Yep - I hear Toronto on 6070 nearly every evening. I last logged CFVP Calgary a couple months ago. With Radio Marti staying on longer lately at night on 6030, it's gotten harder to hear from here, just ~600 miles away from Calgary.
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I don't really consider CFRX and CFVP shortwave stations in the traditional sense. They are merely relay stations of their AM radio counterpart. There is no "shortwave" programming. If you ask me, the biggest mistake ever made was to close down Radio Canada International (RCI).
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I don't really consider CFRX and CFVP shortwave stations in the traditional sense. They are merely relay stations of their AM radio counterpart. There is no "shortwave" programming. If you ask me, the biggest mistake ever made was to close down Radio Canada International (RCI).
They are more similar to the old Tropical Band stations on 60 and 90 meters. Their programming is a simulcast of their AM station and they aren’t really interested in an international audience.
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Here are some links to the stations, including my old time acquaintance Harold Sellers from our days past at the Ontario DX Association (ODXA). Harold now lives in BC and I moved 800 km North of Toronto in June 2022.
If memory serves me correctly, CFVP was off the air for a very long period until Bell Canada technicians finally repaired the transmitter in late 2022.
https://cfrx.webs.com/ (https://cfrx.webs.com/)
https://cfrx.webs.com/apps/photos/ (https://cfrx.webs.com/apps/photos/)
Site of the Week 3/31/2023: More Toronto-Area AM Sites
https://www.fybush.com/site-20230331/ (https://www.fybush.com/site-20230331/)
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Here are some links to the stations, including my old time acquaintance Harold Sellers from our days past at the Ontario DX Association (ODXA). Harold now lives in BC and I moved 800 km North of Toronto in June 2022.
If memory serves me correctly, CFVP was off the air for a very long period until Bell Canada technicians finally repaired the transmitter in late 2022.
https://cfrx.webs.com/ (https://cfrx.webs.com/)
https://cfrx.webs.com/apps/photos/ (https://cfrx.webs.com/apps/photos/)
Site of the Week 3/31/2023: More Toronto-Area AM Sites
https://www.fybush.com/site-20230331/ (https://www.fybush.com/site-20230331/)
Cool pictures. The CFVP transmitter was fixed a few years ago, not last year.