Perseids UNIDs

[Dave-OR]

Any help is appreciated here.

The first is a top of hour ID at 0200 this AM on 102.5. I just can't make it out.

The second is an ad on 99.9 for a furniture store with some other identifying info thrown in. I'm doing research on this one, but someone may recognize it.

Thanks for any help!

Dave

[Dave-OR]

#2 is KKPL Cheyenne with an ad for "The Sleep Store" in Fort Collins at S College and E Horsetooth. Hi JimT if your computer's back...


Any help is appreciated here.

The first is a top of hour ID at 0200 this AM on 102.5. I just can't make it out.

The second is an ad on 99.9 for a furniture store with some other identifying info thrown in. I'm doing research on this one, but someone may recognize it.

Thanks for any help!

Dave

[KW4RZ]

That second one is a nice burn!
I can't make out the 102.5 but it doesn't sound like call letters to me. Maybe a town name?

I just reviewed again for the jillionth time one of my audios and I actually got a good id out of it. The only one for the entire shower.. But if anyone else hears something otherwise feel free to correct me. I hear "Country 101.7 The Bull" which according to 100,000 watts.com would be KBKB Ft Madison, IA. What do you think Dave?

[Dave-OR]

It's funny - when I listen to the 102.5 on one of my PC's, it sounds like "...2.5, K***, (City)", but on the other it doesn't sound like calls at all. That's why I hope by posting someone will hear something different :) .

On yours, it does sound quite a bit like what you say. I do count by slogan match _if_ there aren't any other logical targets in the 300-1300 mile range that might count. Sounds like you're pretty sure, so if it were me I'd probably go ahead and log it. The nice thing (or maybe annoying thing) is, if you get a station via Ms once, you'll probably (later) get it a dozen more times. Then you'll really know for sure!

One of the reasons I don't DX 102.5 much any more, even though it's wide open, is that on a typical night KNIX and KTRR will each show up maybe 5-10 times with Phoenix/Denver ads. But I've pretty much used up all of the easy freqs here - trying for more difficult catches now on freqs I've DX'ed to death previously.

Dave


That second one is a nice burn!
I can't make out the 102.5 but it doesn't sound like call letters to me. Maybe a town name?

I just reviewed again for the jillionth time one of my audios and I actually got a good id out of it. The only one for the entire shower.. But if anyone else hears something otherwise feel free to correct me. I hear "Country 101.7 The Bull" which according to 100,000 watts.com would be KBKB Ft Madison, IA. What do you think Dave?

[chris]

Dave,

To me it sounds like 102.5 KIOT - Los Lunas, NM.
It sounds like they say "...2.5 is KIOT Los Lu..."

That's what my guess is. I went into Radio-Locator.com and typed in K**T and it will come up with everything that starts with a K and ends with a T.

;)


It's funny - when I listen to the 102.5 on one of my PC's, it sounds like "...2.5, K***, (City)", but on the other it doesn't sound like calls at all. That's why I hope by posting someone will hear something different :) .

[chris]

Randy,

I can get 101.7 KBKB here quite a bit and it sounds like them. It's the same voiceover guy and he announces it the same way...so I'm betting it's KBKB.

:cool:


I hear "Country 101.7 The Bull" which according to 100,000 watts.com would be KBKB Ft Madison, IA. What do you think Dave?

[Dave-OR]

Thanks Chris.

I had the "KI-yOTe" a few other times in the past few days so it makes sense. I just could not pull the calls out from under the noise on my crappy sound card!

btw, that's my absolute fave feature of radio-locator.com. That and the ability to generate a translator list for a station.

Dave


Dave,

To me it sounds like 102.5 KIOT - Los Lunas, NM.
It sounds like they say "...2.5 is KIOT Los Lu..."

That's what my guess is. I went into Radio-Locator.com and typed in K**T and it will come up with everything that starts with a K and ends with a T.

;)

[KW4RZ]

KIOT would be my "guess" too. Perhaps there's a bit of another station mixing in when the call letters are said and that's why to me it sounds like "2.5 is Kanhatiggy" Los Lu_s" I have one of these type recordings from 99.1 that I've been listening to over and over.....and :banghead: sounds like KQKM, KUTM, KUTL or something like that, and it tried to key RDS. I know I posted this but here it is again:



Thanks Chris.

I had the "KI-yOTe" a few other times in the past few days so it makes sense. I just could not pull the calls out from under the noise on my crappy sound card!

btw, that's my absolute fave feature of radio-locator.com. That and the ability to generate a translator list for a station.

Dave

[Dave-OR]

I hear KUTM... almost sounds like two stations mixing (music in foreground drops off quickly to station with calls). But I agree - it's garbled, as Ms often is :-(.


KIOT would be my "guess" too. Perhaps there's a bit of another station mixing in when the call letters are said and that's why to me it sounds like "2.5 is Kanhatiggy" Los Lu_s" I have one of these type recordings from 99.1 that I've been listening to over and over.....and :banghead: sounds like KQKM, KUTM, KUTL or something like that, and it tried to key RDS. I know I posted this but here it is again:

[Glenn Hauser]

It`s pretty clear, ``..northeast corner of South College and East Horsetooth, in the square behind Chili`s```

Horsetooth? Google search on East Horsetooth landed a lot of hits for Fort Collins, CO. I did not pursue further with maps, etc., but there is bound to be a College street there too. OTOH, there can`t be very many Horsetooth streets anywhere else.

73, Glenn Hauser

[Dave-OR]

Thanks Glenn - this is KKPL Cheyenne WY, which is really a Ft Collins CO station, barely acknowledging its city of license :-)

http://www.999thepoint.com/

Dave


It`s pretty clear, ``..northeast corner of South College and East Horsetooth, in the square behind Chili`s```

Horsetooth? Google search on East Horsetooth landed a lot of hits for Fort Collins, CO. I did not pursue further with maps, etc., but there is bound to be a College street there too. OTOH, there can`t be very many Horsetooth streets anywhere else.

73, Glenn Hauser

[KW4RZ]

Thanks Chris & Dave for your ears. I managed to log a few via Ms over the Perseids. Found one Mexican id in an audio from Aug 13 that I overlooked.
Just got another tonight on 93.9 that sounds like "Cat Country" but I see there is no slogan like that on 93.9 so I guess it's another mystery. It was just too weak.

I posted all my best Ms audios that I saved on my online log

http://www.geocities.com/kw4rz/log.html

[chris]

Randy,

It sounds to me like it says "Today's Best Country".


Just got another tonight on 93.9 that sounds like "Cat Country" but I see there is no slogan like that on 93.9 so I guess it's another mystery. It was just too weak.

[KW4RZ]

You're right Chris, it does sound like "Today's Best Country". Thanks!
That could be KOYN Paris, TX but then again other stations might say that in their slogans. It's too generic. I won't log that one as an id.

[Saul]

I have listened to the various recordings all of you posted. This forum's ability to hosst these is wonderful. Anmd it was nice to hear others' DX. I loved in particular the 99.9 ad with a Horsetooth street, and the 101.7 the Bull. I will have to get a decent digital recorder and figure out how to edit the audio, etc...

Saul
Back in Toronto

[Dave-OR]

Saul,

Thanks!

It wouldn't be half as much fun for me to DX without the capability of recording - not only for UNIDs, but just for the fun of re-listening to sessions and actually getting to enjoy them!

Dave

I have listened to the various recordings all of you posted. This forum's ability to hosst these is wonderful. Anmd it was nice to hear others' DX. I loved in particular the 99.9 ad with a Horsetooth street, and the 101.7 the Bull. I will have to get a decent digital recorder and figure out how to edit the audio, etc...

Saul
Back in Toronto

[KW4RZ]

I have listened to the various recordings all of you posted. This forum's ability to hosst these is wonderful. Anmd it was nice to hear others' DX. I loved in particular the 99.9 ad with a Horsetooth street, and the 101.7 the Bull. I will have to get a decent digital recorder and figure out how to edit the audio, etc...

Saul
Back in Toronto


Saul, I just joined in on the meteor DXing / recording this year. Before about July this year I was recording everything into .WAV format using the built in windows audio recorder that limits to 60 seconds.
Jim Thomas directed me to wavepad which is a free download from various websites. Here's one:
http://www.brothersoft.com/WavePad_Download_26766.html

With this and a patch cord going from one of the audio outputs of the tuner to the audio input of the PC I can record up to 2.5 hours at a time using one of the clearest FM frequencies before it overloads my memory. I only have 160mb of memory to play with. New computers come with 256mb or more now? And you can add more and should be able to record longer. If anyone knows how to make the program write directly to the hard drive as it records that would be fantastic.
Start it and walk away and do other things, leave, etc. and come back and SEE what is there. You view the recording as a waveform and can see the bursts of signals as peaks. It takes some experimenting to learn all the features and functions to perfect the operation. Listen to them, edit and cut them into smaller files and save. The program has the ability to save in MP3 format and you can adjust the quality. Naturally the higher the quality the more space it takes up. I think 24 is good enough for most, but 32 is better for short recordings.
Good luck!

Randy

[Russ-PA]

Recording in .wav format is a real space-eater. I did that for about 2 months, believing that it made a difference, and then I started recording in .mp3 and found that 99% of the time on DX recordings I couldn't tell the difference. That makes individual files easier to work with, and to post and exchange. It also saves memory. If you want to record direct to the hard drive, order a copy of TotalRecorder at www.highcriteria.com. I have the standard edition and it's by far the best value for the buck ( all 11 of them ) I ever spent in this hobby, and I've been at this on and off for over 40 years.

You might also want to check out another program which is a bit more expensive, which is Power Aduio Editor Pro 2005, @www.nctsoft.net. They run specials at $29.99 about once a quarter.