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 by Paul Mitschler Welcome to the new website of the Worldwide TV-FM DX Association. WTFDA is a club of people who enjoy long-distance reception of analog and digital television, analog and HD FM radio, weatheradio, 30-50mhz utilities and 6 meter DX. Whatever your DX tastes, we've got you covered! Read more about the WTFDA here! IMPORTANT NOTICE! The WTFDA is a non-profit hobby club. We do NOT sell converter boxes and we do NOT furnish replacement remote controls. Do NOT ask us to sell you a converter box. Do NOT ask us to sell you a remote because you lost yours. Don't ask us for a power cord because you can't find yours. Go online, or go to the store of your choice and ask them. You'll have much better luck. We cannot help you with defective converter boxes. Contact the store where you bought it or contact the manufacturer. Sorry.
ANALOG TV SHUTDOWN COMPLETED The United States is now Digital.
THAT'S ALL, FOLKS, EXCEPT FOR SOME NIGHT LIGHT STATIONS All full power analog television transmissions are now history. The only analog channels remaining are those on "Night Light" service, many LPTVs and analog translators. Complete stats from fcc.gov. All you need to know about the DTV conversion in one excel file. (READ). COMPLETE LIST OF NIGHT LIGHT STATIONS. YOUR QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED! (READ) SORTED LIST OF CHANNEL 2-6 NIGHTLIGHT STATIONS (.XLS FILE) (READ) These are the stations left as of July 1, 2009. There aren't many.
THE DTV DX HALL OF FAME
CONVENTION 2009! Yes, we have a convention this year! This will be our second NRC/WTFDA convention, and it will be held in Allentown, PA on Labor Day weekend at the ROADWAY INN , 1151 Bulldog Dr, Allentown, PA 18104-1901. To reserve your room call the Rodeway inn at 1-888-395-5200. Make sure you mention the NRC/WTFDA convention for the $69 room rate (before taxes). Rooms will hold up to four people and you can have one kingsize bed or two double beds. Registration is $45. Make checks payable to National Radio Club and mail them to Bob Smolarek, 31 Mark Drive, High Bridge NJ 08829.
Make your plans now to attend! More details will be announced as we get them. WTFDA/NRC member Bob Smolarek will be our host. MADISON-MILWAUKEE GET-TOGETHER The 16th annual Madison-Milwaukee Get-Together for DXers and Radio Enthusiasts will take place on Saturday, July 25, 2009 from 1:00 PM until 10:00 PM CDT. This year's venue is in Madison at Mark Taylor's house – 1114 Ellen Avenue. This is an informal event to meet and socialize with other radio hobbyists and enthusiasts. We will have dinner at a local restaurant about 5:30 PM and can return to Mark's after for the traditional cake and chat. If possible please RSVP to
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or 608.225.2690. Come when you can and leave when you must.
EMISORAS de FM Announcing the most complete compilation of Central American and Caribbean FM stations yet! It's the 2009 Emisoras de FM, compiled and published by WTFDA member Jim Thomas. You can't find a resource of this type more complete than Emisoras de FM. It's a must for any FM listener or DXer interested in hearing FM stations from Central America or the Caribbean! WHAT IS 'EMISORAS DE FM'?
Emisoras de FM is the complete book of all FM radio stations broadcasting in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean islands. Each country and island is represented with maps, showing all radio station assignments for that area. Also, all FM radio station assignments are listed by frequency. Each frequency on the FM dial lists the radio stations alphabetically by country. Each listing in the Frequency Listings contains the country of origin, licensed community or city, assigned call letters, broadcast power (watts), station name or slogan, and programming format.
 The 2009 Emisoras de FM
THE METEOR SCATTER CHARTS ARE BACK! Jim Thomas' Meteor Scatter Charts are back. You can view the charts for May, June and July 2009 by clicking on the Meteor Scatter Tab on the top of the page or by selecting Meteor Scatter from the menu to your left. Find out what's happening, when it's happening and how strong the event will be each day for the next three months.
NEW DX TUNERS FROM SONY - THE XDR-F1HD AND XDR-S3HD
Nowadays you won't find much on the market in the way of new audio equipment worthy for DXing. The last tuner we knew about was the Sangean HDT-1. But recently Sony introduced the XDR-F1HD tuner, a tuner the size of a car radio that offers AM/FM, RDS and HD radio in one small package. It also offers great sounding audio plus supurb adjacent channel selectivity, overload rejection and sensitivity. And best of all is the price. In some cases this radio sells for less than $100. And it's here just in time for DX season. (5/21) Also check out the XDR-S3HD, a table radio version of the F1HD tuner. If you have no amplifier to connect to the tuner, go this route instead. It's the same great radio! Here's a new review by WTFDA's Tim McVey (9/9/08). Click here.
DTV CONVERTER BOX REVIEWS! Check out our large selection of CECB Converter Box reviews! Find out what boxes are good for TV DXing and which ones aren't.
Steve Rich finds the first one at Walmart. This is the Magnavox TB100MW9 (Read) . For even more info, check Steve's post on the WTFDA Forums . Read this review comparing the Magnavox to the Radio Shack Accurian box. (Read) Steve Rich checks out the Insignia NS-DXA1 Digital to Analog Converter Box. (Read). Robert Grant reviews the Philco TB100HH9 Digital to Analog Converter Box. (Read ) 2/26/08 Karl Zuk reviews the Zenith DTT990 digital to Analog Converter Box (Read) 3/1/08 Rob Grant reviews the Sansonic FT-300A Digital to Analog Converter Box(Read) 5/6/08 The Memorex MVCB1000 digital/analog box with analog pass-through. It's available at your Rite-Aid Pharmacy. (Read) 6/30/08 Jim Thomas reviews the Channel Master CM-7000 digital/analog box. NEW! (Read) 08/18/08 Wikipedia's comparison of converter boxes. (Read) WHICH BOXES HAVE ANALOG PASS-THRU AND WHICH DON'T (READ)
WTFDA DX STATISTICS WTFDA TV and FM Statistics have found their new home here at wtfda.org. This is the place you go to find out all-time DX records for TV and FM and the personal best loggings for WTFDA members. Fred Nordquist is keeper of the stats and you should notify Fred of any corrections or additions to his tables. WTFDA members please log in to view DX Stats in the main menu.
LOOKING FOR A PORTABLE RADIO FOR DXING?
New to the website! We have equipment reviews of three portable radios. Two are from Kaito and one is from Sangean. You can find the review under Technical Articles, equipment reviews, or go here .
WHAT's THE LOGIN BOX FOR? It's for logging in. The Login box is WTFDA MEMBERS to login to view parts of this site that are not visible to the general public. If you are not a WTFDA member and you like what you see on this site, consider becoming a WTFDA member so you can see everything we have to offer on this website. Find out how here . WTFDA members please email us for a userid and password to enter the site.
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