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French on 540 & 1550 in Ontario
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Tim Davisson
Guys...Found out tonight from a buddy of mine in Detroit that CBEF has indeed moved it's French programming to the 1550kHz. frequency (CBE-1550 right?).
But...at least for the time being...they will simulcast 1550 on 540....I assume to get folks educated that they've moved to 1550. Eventually 540 will supposedly go dark....don't know when. FYI. Tim, KD8GZ near Cleveland |
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On 2013-01-02, at 7:16 PM, grinder44203 wrote:
Tim...everything you say is correct!!! They have been simulcasting on 1550 for some time already. I reported them on this frequency when they switched back on NOV/01/12 and were presumably Testing. I'm not sure when 540 is going Dark??? 73....ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA |
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josephrot
Yes, indeed. We now hear them on 1550 not too frequently here in Knoxville TN (East Tennessee) Especially when "skip" is favorable, and the season of year may play a big part, with Winter being "better" for reception or so it appears.
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They are running about 10KW, in Windsor, Ontario as I recall, and they come to mind as we find it rather rare to pick-up 10KW down here. Distance as the Canadian Goose flies is about 520mi or so between here and Windsor. Joe --- In ultralightdx@..., "grinder44203" <kd8gz@...> wrote:
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ferrite61 <dxrx@...>
Yes, French 1550 here, and at times over a local (35km) WSDK from CT. Very clear signal at 830km or so. French on 540 has always been fair/poor, with Spanish Speaker (ex-business news) WLIE doing better at night. The Quebec Northern Service CBGA-1 usually did better.
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Paul S. in CT --- In ultralightdx@..., "JRTENN" <joerotello@...> wrote:
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Bruce Conti
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 8:52 PM, ferrite61 <dxrx@...> wrote:
Is CBGA-1 off the air? I still occasionally hear what sounds like echo from delay between two or more transmitters carrying the CBC French service on 540 kHz. The top of the hour ID on 540 is not parallel 1550 kHz. It sounds like a network ID rather than local, while 1550 gives a local ID as CBEF Windsor. -- Bruce Conti contiba@... www.bamlog.com |
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ferrite61 <dxrx@...>
Wikipedia indicates the CTRC approved CBGA-1's move to FM on or about Oct. 28, 2011... I'm not certain when it went silent. My log indicates "off" meaning off the air (OTA). My UL-logs have been in the winters of 2007 to 2011. My paperwork indicates nothing in 2012.
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Paul S. in CT Is CBGA-1 off the air? I still occasionally hear what sounds like echo |
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