Internet Websites for DX’ers

"Russ Edmunds" wb2bjh@nrcdxas.org

Beginning last DX season, this column listed a number of Internet Websites which were valuable to DX’ers. Owing to the volatility of Internet Websites generally, we created a listing which can be periodically updated and included as a part of Target DX. Each address listed has been recently checked out to ensure to the degree possible that addresses are current and that only active sites are included. The following list is not a complete listing of all potentially useful sites, but rather contains those which have been determined to be either the most useful and/or of the widest interest based on comments in DX News and also on the listserv. This listing is valid as of 11/26/01.

 

FCC Info:

 

AM Query – Technical Info on US AM Stations: http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/asd/amq.html

FM Query – Technical Info on US FM Stations: http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/asd/fmq.html

US Broadcast Station Mailing Address Query: http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/asd/seacall.html

CDBS Public Access ( FCC Station Database ): http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/cdbs_pa.htm

FCC General Menu – Table of Contents:

http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/genmen/index.hts

FCC Index of Call Sign Changes ( biweekly – in .pdf format ):

http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Call_Sign_Changes/

FCC Travellers’ Information Stations by Frequency: http://www.fcc.gov/mmb/asd/bickel/tis/freqtis.html

FCC Callsign Reservation Inquiry: http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/callsign/prod/main.html

 

U. S. / Canada Station Info:

 

Canada-US AM Info Lookup ( Barry McLarnon ) http://hydra.carleton.ca/ambc/aminfo.html

Elliott Broadcast Services Radio Station Info Page http://www.radiostation.com

Radiointro ( Pro Sports Networks ): http://www.geocities.com/baursam/radiointro

Arbitron Station Information Profiles: http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/home.htm

http://ares.arbitron.com/stationinfo/

Broadcast Band DX Logbook ( Lee Freshwater ): http://www.geocities.com/amlogbook/main.htm

Canadian Government Station Data: http://spectrum.ic.gc.ca/infoback/dgsc/english/baserade.html

CRTC ( Canada ) What’s New: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/whatsnew.htm

 

Propagation / Space Conditions:

 

NOAA Radio Users Page ( Geomagnetic Info ): http://www.sec.noaa.gov/radio/radio.html

Space Weather Bureau ( NASA ): http://www.spaceweather.com

Sunrise/Sunset Monthly Calendar: http://www.sunrisesunset.com/calendar.asp

Today’s Space Weather: http://www.sel.noaa.gov/today.html

Space Weather Now: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN

Charts of the last 20 solar cycles: http://www.dxlc.com/solar/cycl1_20.htm

Charts of Cycles 21-23: http://www.dxlc.com/solar/solcycle.html

Propagation: http://www.dxlc.com/solar/

 

 

Foreign Station Info:

 

AM/FM Station list for Panama

( in Spanish ): http://www.enteregulador.gob.pa/RadioTV/SeccionActiva/farpr/default.asp

Colombian government AM and FM station lists: http://www.mincomunicaciones.gov.co/

( Look under Planes Técnicos de Radiodifusión Sonora AM – FM. They are .zip files that convert to .doc files. )

Euro MW Guide: http://come.to/dxing

Mexican Government (SCT) Lists: http://www.sct.gob.mx/f_informacion.htm

Mexico Radio-TV ( Fred Cantu ) http://www.geocities.com/fredcantu/mexicoradiotv.htm

Venezuela Station List: http://www.ompet.com/emisam.htm

http://www.ompet.com/emisam2.htm

RCN network list ( Colombia ) http://www.rcn.com.co/emisoras/frecuencias.html

Guatemala Station list http://espectro.sit.gtm.tripod.com/radiodifusion/radiodifusion.htm

Barry McLarnon’s Central America DX Page

http://hydra.carleton.ca/ambc/amdx-ca.html

Costa Rican station Directory http://www.canara.org/radio/directorio.asp

 

Locations, Mapping & Distance:

 

Great Circle Distance Calculator: www.mercury.demon.co.uk/dist/dodist.html

MIT Radio-Locator: www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/home

Plots to a Radius – Radio: www.fcc.gov/mmv/asd/bickel/plot/radius.html

Topographic maps online: http://www.topozone.com

Great Circle Maps, etc: http://www.wm7d.net/azproj.shtml

USGS Mapping Info: http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form

MIT Geographic Nameserver: http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo

Broadcast Station Location Page ( John Kodis) : http://www.radiostation.com/kodis

"How Far Is It?" Distance calculator: http://www.indo.com/distance

Census Mapping http://tiger.census.gov

Great Circle Distance calculator: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~cvm/latlongdist.html

 

Religious program sites:

Pastor Adrian Rogers : Love Worth Finding - http://www.lwf.org/station/station.html

Calvary Satellite Network: http://www.calvarychapel.com/csn/

"Back to the Bible" schedules/lists: http://www.backtothebible.org/radio/wheretolisten/bbus.html

 

Club & Info sites:

The Hard-Core DX site

http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx/antenna/loop/k9ay/index.html

International Radio Club of America (IRCA) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5792

Longwave Club of America ( LWCA ) http://www.lwca.org

 

 

 

Other:

 

Interval Signals Archive – audio clips: http://www.intervalsignals.com

Listings of frequencies for all sorts http://www.strongsignals.net/htm/oak_faf.htm

Of interference sources ( TV’s, cell

Phones ):

Area Code Maps: www.aegisbooks.com/ACMap.pdf

http://www.lincmad.com/areacodemap.html

U. S. Governors Information: http://www.nga.org/governors/1,1169,,00.html

Latin Music Samples: http://www.davidgleason.com/Latin%20Music.htm

Acronym Finder http://www.acronymfinder.com

Texas Am-FM-TV Info: http://www.governor.state.tx.us/music/radio.htm

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