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Received QSL For CKZN St. John's, Newfoundland
Received my first QSL which reads in part:
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is pleased to verify your reception on May 4, 2003 of its transmissions from Station CKZN Frequency 6160 kHz Power 1 KW This station is on the CBC Newfoundland Network Per Enos Hillier Date May 15, 2003 The CBC graciously sent me some stickers, schedules, and put me on their mailing list. I would like particularly to thank Enos Hillier, Bill Westenhaver, and Keith Durnford for their kindness. Regards, Grumpus P.S. I heard their broadcast on a DX-398 with a reel-out antenna plugged into the jack on the side. |
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For Tony and Art, thanks. I heard CKZN's broadcast around 9:00 P.M.
if memory serves. I was twirling through the 49m band that night and paused to listen to this broadcast because all their news and stories seemed to be tailored to a far narrower audience than the usual CBC fare I pick up out of Toronto. One story in particular caught my attention and that was the report of the Newfoundland fishermen who had set fire to several fishing boats which the provincial government had purchased for the use of the local indigenous tribe. Regards, Grumpus (Art Harris) wrote in message . com... (grumpus) wrote: Received my first QSL which reads in part: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is pleased to verify your reception on May 4, 2003 of its transmissions from Station CKZN Frequency 6160 kHz Power 1 KW This station is on the CBC Newfoundland Network Good catch. What time of day did you hear it? I live on Long Island and sometimes hear the Halifax station on 6130(?)kHz. They start coming in in the afternoon, but are soon overtaken by the high power broadcasters. Art Harris N2AH |
grumpus wrote:
For Tony and Art, thanks. I heard CKZN's broadcast around 9:00 P.M. if memory serves. I was twirling through the 49m band that night and paused to listen to this broadcast because all their news and stories seemed to be tailored to a far narrower audience than the usual CBC fare I pick up out of Toronto. One story in particular caught my attention and that was the report of the Newfoundland fishermen who had set fire to several fishing boats which the provincial government had purchased for the use of the local indigenous tribe. I enjoy listening to that kind of thing much more than the usual shortwave broadcasts. I used to like listening to CBA (1070 kHz) in Moncton, NB for the same reason. They must have changed their antenna pattern, cuz I don't hear them that well anymore (and I think there's another Canadian station sharing that freq now and they take turns fading in and out). Art N2AH |
Harris wrote in message ...
grumpus wrote: For Tony and Art, thanks. I heard CKZN's broadcast around 9:00 P.M. if memory serves. I was twirling through the 49m band that night and paused to listen to this broadcast because all their news and stories seemed to be tailored to a far narrower audience than the usual CBC fare I pick up out of Toronto. One story in particular caught my attention and that was the report of the Newfoundland fishermen who had set fire to several fishing boats which the provincial government had purchased for the use of the local indigenous tribe. I enjoy listening to that kind of thing much more than the usual shortwave broadcasts. I used to like listening to CBA (1070 kHz) in Moncton, NB for the same reason. They must have changed their antenna pattern, cuz I don't hear them that well anymore (and I think there's another Canadian station sharing that freq now and they take turns fading in and out). Art N2AH Hi Art. My two year old AM Radio Log indicates that CBA in Moncton still runs 50000 watts day and night with a non-directional antenna. I believe your surmise is correct though. CHOK Sarnia, Ontario is co-channel on 1070 running 10000 watts round the clock, directionally, different patterns day and night. Also, I totally agree with you. I too wish there was more local flavor and less corporatism on the air. Regards, Grumpus |
grumpus wrote: Harris wrote in message ... grumpus wrote: For Tony and Art, thanks. I heard CKZN's broadcast around 9:00 P.M. if memory serves. I was twirling through the 49m band that night and paused to listen to this broadcast because all their news and stories seemed to be tailored to a far narrower audience than the usual CBC fare I pick up out of Toronto. One story in particular caught my attention and that was the report of the Newfoundland fishermen who had set fire to several fishing boats which the provincial government had purchased for the use of the local indigenous tribe. I enjoy listening to that kind of thing much more than the usual shortwave broadcasts. I used to like listening to CBA (1070 kHz) in Moncton, NB for the same reason. They must have changed their antenna pattern, cuz I don't hear them that well anymore (and I think there's another Canadian station sharing that freq now and they take turns fading in and out). Art N2AH Hi Art. My two year old AM Radio Log indicates that CBA in Moncton still runs 50000 watts day and night with a non-directional antenna. I believe your surmise is correct though. CHOK Sarnia, Ontario is co-channel on 1070 running 10000 watts round the clock, directionally, different patterns day and night. Also, I totally agree with you. I too wish there was more local flavor and less corporatism on the air. Regards, Grumpus That's why so many of us love listening to the Central and South American stations. "Local flavor" - yes! That says it all. Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
Tony Meloche wrote:
That's why so many of us love listening to the Central and South American stations. "Local flavor" - yes! That says it all. Tony Here in Puerto Rico we have scant little canned or satellite programming. Many folks up there on the 'big island' lament the situation of AM broadcast, down here the local programming is superb with oodles of good AM stations to listen to. Not to mention you can easily ID the stations since they aren't all piping in the same programming with no local ads. -Bill in KP4 |
"grumpus" wrote: Hi Art. My two year old AM Radio Log indicates that CBA in Moncton still runs 50000 watts day and night with a non-directional antenna. I believe your surmise is correct though. CHOK Sarnia, Ontario is co-channel on 1070 running 10000 watts round the clock, directionally, different patterns day and night. Also, I totally agree with you. I too wish there was more local flavor and less corporatism on the air. Thanks for that info. BTW, I heard CKZN yesterday afternoon around 5pm ET on 6160 kHz with a pretty good signal. They were ID'ing only as CBC, and had a couple of interesting half hour programs. I also enjoy the CBC Northern Quebec Service on 9625 kHz which alternates english, french, and native languages. http://www.cbc.ca/frequency/shortwave.html Art N2AH |
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