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:
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
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
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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