Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:51:52 -0700
To: "HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" , ,
From: "John H. Bryant"
Subject: Re: Question on Fall Follies ULR Contest

Dave,

My guess is that you are not a member of the ultralightdx group and, possibly that you did not reread the Official Rules for the Fall Follies.  The Rules on time are very clear. I try to copy the irca list on important ultralight business, but I failed to do so when I responded to Kirk Allen's question about 8 hours aggregate vs. 4 hours aggregate.  Here is a copy of my message from ultralightdx.

Sorry for the confusion:

Hi Guys,
I'm a bit confused on the rule for the most stations heard. In the
pdf file I saved from dxer.ca, the rules say a total listening time
of 4 hours, but this posting states 8 hours. Maybe I missed
something, but could one of you guys help clarify this for me?
Thanks. I hope everyone enjoys the competition.
Kirk Allen
JRC NRD-515, Eton E-100, Sony SRF-59
Ponca City, Oklahoma

Oh, DANG IT ALL!!!  The official rules govern, of course. Its four hours, to be broken in a maximum of 8 segments, each a minimum of 30 minutes and my failing brain just mushed all of that together, DANG IT!

*****4 hours*****

Thanks to Eagle Eye Kirk Allen for spotting my error. Sorry for the confusion.

John Bryant!



At 10:00 AM 10/27/2008 -0400, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS wrote:

John and all;

I had asked this question on dxer.ca ULR forum but no replies, save for
Colin's.

I *thought* that I understood the Fall Follies contest but something
that I read the other day has clouded my vision of it.

I was under the impression that for the total stations heard contests,
you could listen for up to four hours, with up to 8 periods. After
reading a note from John Bryant (on the IRCA reflector), I see 8 hours
mentioned. I must have missed something. Can someone clarify?


***from John Bryant: Two of the contests (the most stations heard within
an aggregate eight hours of DXing, Barefoot or Unlimited Classes,
require a fair amount of time (at least 8 hours at he dials.)
 
***********************************

***From the contest rules on dxer.ca: but the total listening time shall
not exceed 4 hours and no session shall be less than 30 minutes of
continuous DXing.


Thanks for any clarifications. I appreciate the efforts!

73 and Good Luck!

Dave in Indy

PS: I have not started contesting yet - not due to the question above
but due to time constraints.  I predict that the band will die, when I
start. dh

Hi Everyone,   Hope everyone is having a barrel of fun in the Ultralight  Fall Follies so far.   Added one more trans-atlantic to my totals last night . Also heard a couple distant ones early this morning which have I have  logged before.   As follows:   549 khz - Hot Country CIMR  Monaghan, Ireland  10/26/08  22:20 UTC  w/ country songs , "3 Way Love Affair" and "Village By The Sea " announcer Morris w/time check ,signal heard was same compared to  website feed www.countryandirish.ie   SRF-M37V barefoot .....  NEW to ULR and overall   1290 khz - CFRW Winnipeg, Manitoba   10/27/08  9:14 UTC  w/ oldies from the Guess  Who and Neil Sedaka, CFRW Jingle ID  SRF-M37V barefoot   1160 khz - KSL Salt Lake City, Utah  10/27/08  9:23 UTC  w/ Wall Street Journal program about auto industry and war efforts costs , ID Newstalk 1160 KSL SRF-M37V barefoot     Good Dx to All   Allen Willie St. John's, Newfoundland

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Actually no I was listening to the E-100 barefoot. With those really
jammed up frequencies, sometimes it seems the Select-a-Tenna only
makes reception even tougher. Be sure to read the article posted on
dxer.ca regarding the use of passive antennas/antennae. I hope the
author of this very interesting and informative article will forgive
me...I cannot remember who wrote it. I need to read it again to help
absorb more of the article.
Later, amigo.

Kirk Allen
Ponca City, OK

--- In ultralightdx@..., "Carl DeWhitt"
<carl_elissa@...> wrote:

--- Kirk;
Congratulations on catching South Carolina on an ULR and on a
graveyard frequency at that ! WOW!That is some catch from Oklahoma!
Concerning stations on 600 kHz,i don,t know.I have only heard 3
stations that i can think of from the U.S. on 600-WMT,WREC in
Memphis,Tn and KTBB in Tyler,Tx.
I will have to try for that South Carolina station on 1400 from
here.I should be able to hear it.By the way,were you using the

select-

a-tenna on that log ?
Carl DeWhitt
Walland,Tn

Ultralight Loggings for Sun. Oct. 26, 2008. All stations logged on a stock Sony SRF-59 from my home in Toronto, ON. Dates and times in UTC.

Two more stations and one more U.S. state (Indiana) added to the ultralight log. Total ultralight count: 177. Total U.S. states: 26.

1670 WTDY WI Madison - 26-Oct-2008 0348 UTC - ID as "The Pulse" and as "Madison's AM 1670 WTDY" (Fair)

1190 WOWO IN Fort Wayne - 26-Oct-2008 1240 UTC - Talk show about investing. ID on the hour. Frequent deep and long fade outs. (Very Poor)

Best,
Greg Shoom
VE3LXL

Kirk,

I live in far southeast Houston. Feel free to give Yossi my name,
too.

TNX es 73,

Steve N5WBI
Houston TX

Thanks to Kevin Redding for posting this in an earlier post.
It was "buried" so I dug it out and re-posted it ...

Daylight saving time ends at 2AM today (Sunday Oct 26th) in
Mexico, but we won't switch in the U.S. until a week later
(Sunday, November 2):

http://tinyurl.com/SavingsTime

73,

Steve Ponder N5WBI
Houston TX

here is what RADIO LOCATOR says 1330  WLOL  Minnapolis MN  I remember hearing WLOL on 930 last spring  it didnt make sence here either. marshall --- On Sun, 10/26/08, Robert Ross wrote: From: Robert Ross Subject: Re: [ultralightdx] unid help To: ultralightdx@... Cc: carl_elissa@... Received: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 7:38 PM At 06:39 PM 10/26/2008, Carl DeWhitt wrote: >I may need some help with the following stations: >At 2304-2311 EDT 10.14.08 i had the following station: >WLOL 930 "Gospel ..am 930 WLOL" and an ad for Heavenly Christian >bookstore.However i can not find a match in my online searching. THIS WILL BE WLLL LYNCHBURG, VA. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 73..ROB. Robert S. Ross VA3SW Box 1003, Stn. B. London, Ontario CANADA N6A5K1 Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC Enjoy Ultralight Radio DXing......It's like being a KID again!! Defy Physics.....Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude) «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥« ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ultralightdx/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ultralightdx/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:ultralightdx-digest@... mailto:ultralightdx-fullfeatured@... <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ultralightdx-unsubscribe@... <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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Thank you very much Raphael and salmonguyrep.
Yossi has sent both you guys a short email.I really appreciate you
guys' response to my earlier querry. My buddy is happy about that too!
Take care and 73!

Kirk Allen
Ponca City, OK

Thank you gentlemen!
Yossi just sent you both an email.

Kirk Allen
Ponca City, OK

Hi Ray:

The SW-12 is indeed an Ultralight. After some help from Paul in Bellevue,
it's available and under $100, and meets the rest of the criteria, so it
meets all the criteria. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on
this.

Kevin S.
Bainbridge Island, WA

Hi Guys:

Just One NEW ONE tonight at Sunset...but it is also NEW to the OVERALL
LOG as well......

Radio used was......SONY SRF-T615 Barefoot
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Ultralight LOG TOTALS are now................523 Stations Heard
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

73.................ROB.

****************************************************************************************
950 WPEN Philadelphia, PA. OCT/26/08 1811 EDT EE GOOD
IDs as "950 ESPN". Spot for the "Joint Restoration Centre at Montgomery
Hospital" (Which is in Philadelphia). More 950 ESPN IDS and into Football
Scores. No sign of Detroit which usually dominates here!!!

NEW STATION NEW ULR # 523 43/21 KW
ROSS, ONT.
******************************************************************************************

73.........ROB.

Robert S. Ross VA3SW
Box 1003, Stn. B.
London, Ontario
CANADA N6A5K1

Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast
Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC
Enjoy Ultralight Radio DXing......It's like being a KID again!!

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At 06:39 PM 10/26/2008, Carl DeWhitt wrote:

I may need some help with the following stations:
At 2304-2311 EDT 10.14.08 i had the following station:
WLOL 930 "Gospel ..am 930 WLOL" and an ad for Heavenly Christian
bookstore.However i can not find a match in my online searching.

THIS WILL BE WLLL LYNCHBURG, VA.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

73..ROB.


Robert S. Ross VA3SW
Box 1003, Stn. B.
London, Ontario
CANADA N6A5K1

Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast
Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC
Enjoy Ultralight Radio DXing......It's like being a KID again!!

Defy Physics.....Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude)
«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«

--- In ultralightdx@..., "Kirk Allen" <kirk74601@...> wrote:

I'm wondering if we have any members out there that live in the

Houston

area? I have a very good friend in Spring, TX that joined up with us.

I

was thinking it might be cool if you all could compare notes. Yossi

is

just getting started in this facet of the hobby. His ID is
lailahtovyossi.
Thanks very much.
Kirk Allen
Ponca City, OK

I am in Houston, and while I do not consider myself to be an expert, I
would very much like to connect with Yossi...(rpollock@...)

I am in Houston, and would be very interested in connecting with Yossi!

I may need some help with the following stations:
At 2304-2311 EDT 10.14.08 i had the following station:
WLOL 930 "Gospel ..am 930 WLOL" and an ad for Heavenly Christian
bookstore.However i can not find a match in my online searching.
WORD 1300-i thought this on id,ed as nx radio 1300 WORD ,Greenville.But
i did not find a match.heard 10.19.08 at 1829--1831 EDT.
WGPS 860. i.d. i thought i heard"forget the talk ,we like to
rock,oldies 860,WGPS" heard 10.24.08 at 2026-2040 EDT.No match found.
WBHB 800-I thought this was the i.d. on this one 'nx radio...WBHB'
heard 10.25.08 at 2043-2045 EDT.no match found.
WCVR 1160-This station id,ed as being in New York.They were carrying
Notre Dame football and had an ad for the Princeton Longevity center.I
can not find a match on the calls.heard 10.25.08 at 2137-2139 EDT.

--- Kirk;
Congratulations on catching South Carolina on an ULR and on a
graveyard frequency at that ! WOW!That is some catch from Oklahoma!
Concerning stations on 600 kHz,i don,t know.I have only heard 3
stations that i can think of from the U.S. on 600-WMT,WREC in
Memphis,Tn and KTBB in Tyler,Tx.
I will have to try for that South Carolina station on 1400 from
here.I should be able to hear it.By the way,were you using the select-
a-tenna on that log ?
Carl DeWhitt
Walland,Tn

In ultralightdx@..., "Kirk Allen" <kirk74601@...> wrote:

Forgive me if a post similar to this shows up ahead of this repeat.

I

just tried to post this info, but I've been unable to see it appear
for some reason. Must be one of those cyber gremlins.

Anyway, last night I logged a new state (#27) on the E-100.

Congrats,

Allen, on your new state!

1400, WSPG, Spartenburg, SC, 0031-0100 UTC, 10/26. ESPN pgm'g til

ID

0100. Very lucky to catch this one because the freq was really

jammed

up. This was the only station that faded up enough to even have a
chance at copying.

600, UNIDs, 0410-0430, 10/26. Two UNID stations here airing the

same

talk show format network (not sure which one). WMT, Cedar Rapids,

IA

was audible also. The two unknowns were fading up and down at about
the same times creating a very loud echo effect during their peaks.
Can't find any 2 stations on this freq that carry the same talk

show

network. Any ideas??

73 to Everyone!

Kitrk Allen
Ponca City, OK

Forgive me if a post similar to this shows up ahead of this repeat. I
just tried to post this info, but I've been unable to see it appear
for some reason. Must be one of those cyber gremlins.

Anyway, last night I logged a new state (#27) on the E-100. Congrats,
Allen, on your new state!

1400, WSPG, Spartenburg, SC, 0031-0100 UTC, 10/26. ESPN pgm'g til ID
0100. Very lucky to catch this one because the freq was really jammed
up. This was the only station that faded up enough to even have a
chance at copying.

600, UNIDs, 0410-0430, 10/26. Two UNID stations here airing the same
talk show format network (not sure which one). WMT, Cedar Rapids, IA
was audible also. The two unknowns were fading up and down at about
the same times creating a very loud echo effect during their peaks.
Can't find any 2 stations on this freq that carry the same talk show
network. Any ideas??

73 to Everyone!

Kitrk Allen
Ponca City, OK

Not an overwhelming amount of luck last night, BUT I did manage to log
a new state (#27) on the E-100.

1400, WSPG, Spartenburg, SC, 0031-0100 UT, 10/26. Carrying ESPN net
pgm'g til ID at 0100. This logging was pure luck. The freq was terribly
jammed up. This sta was the only one that faded up above the garbled
mess.

600, UNIDs, 0410-0430 UT, 10/26. WMT, Cedar Rapids, IA was in here but
there were two other stations that would fade up around the same time.
They were carrying the same programming which was one of the talk radio
nets. This created a very loud echo effect during their fade ups. I
couldn't find any listings for 2 stations on this freq carrying the
same talk show network. Any ideas?

73 and Good DX!

Kirk Allen
Ponca City, OK

I'm wondering if we have any members out there that live in the Houston
area? I have a very good friend in Spring, TX that joined up with us. I
was thinking it might be cool if you all could compare notes. Yossi is
just getting started in this facet of the hobby. His ID is
lailahtovyossi.
Thanks very much.
Kirk Allen
Ponca City, OK