WA5IYX TV-DX Photos

San Antonio, Texas

JC Penney 9" Penncrest b&w (1971/76/80) with Archer V-100 (1973) at 20'
8-bay bow-tie UHF at 20'
Snappy 3.0 scans of prints/negatives or Mustek scan of prints
post-1980 with Pentax K-1000 SLR (Tri-X/Plus-X)
post-1998 direct frame-grab from (1987) Emerson 872 VCR as tuner
(some calls link to a page with Real Audio file sample
and others to an earlier-era QSL card or letterhead)

Over the past several weeks I've been adding scores of TV-DX video clips to YouTube
which are best accessed by just searching there with my call letters.

Channel B1
unID BBC-1 Ch 1 (45-MHz) (~5000-mile F2) - Nov 2, 1980 - 1033 CST - (trust me!)
(8-k)

Low-VHF

Channel 2

CKPR-TV, Ch 2, Port Arthur, ON, Canada (1407-mile Es) - Jan 1, 1974 - 1300 CST
(11-k)

WTHS-TV (now WPBT), Ch 2, Miami, FL (1149-mile Es) - May 28, 1974 - 1127 CST
  (18-k)

KNXT ltrhead (now KCBS-TV), Ch 2, Los Angeles, CA (1188-mile Es) - May 28, 1975 - 1729 CST
      (30-k)

KOAI-TV (now KNAZ), Ch 2, Flagstaff, AZ (844-mile Es) - May 23, 1980 - 0829 CST
   (35-k)

KETS, Ch 2, Little Rock, AR (509-mile trop) - Jun 2, 1980 - 0959 CST
   (31-k)

WCBD, Ch 2, Charleston, SC (1141-mile Es) - Jun 2, 1980 - 1059 CST
   (27-k)

KMID-TV, Ch 2, Midland, TX (284-mile trop) - Jun 3, 1980 - 0444 CST
   (32-k)

WMT-TV (now KGAN), Ch 2, Cedar Rapids, IA (962-mile Es) - Jun 9, 1980 - 1329 CST
      (36-k)

YSR-TV, Ch 2, San Salvador, El Salvador (1200-mile Es) - Jun 13, 1980 - 1204 CST
    (29-k)

WSB-TV, Ch 2, Atlanta, GA (888-mile Es) - Jun 14, 1980 - 0959 CST
      (38-k)

WFMY-TV, Ch 2, Greensboro, NC (1175-mile Es) - Jun 25, 1980 - 0859 CST
   (25-k)

KUSD-TV, Ch 2, Vermillion, SD (944-mile Es) - Jun 25, 1980 - 1159 CST
      (48-k)

WBRZ, Ch 2, Baton Rouge, LA (447-mile trop) - Jun 28, 1980 - 0437 CST
    (26-k)

XHRIO-TV, Ch 2, Matamoros, TM, Mexico (256-mile trop) - Jun 28, 1980 - 0725 CST
    (25-k)

KDIX-TV (now KXMA), Ch 2, Dickinson, ND (1215-mile Es) - Jun 30, 1980 - 0900 CST
      (41-k)

KTVQ, Ch 2, Billings, MT (1247-mile Es) - Jul 1, 1980 - 1359 CST
      (42-k)

KTWO-TV, Ch 2, Casper, WY (1012-mile Es) - Jul 20, 1980 - 0759 CST
      (33-k)

WESH-TV, Ch 2, Daytona Beach, FL (1044-mile Es) - Jul 27, 1980 - 1535 CST
      (39-k)

Ch 2, Cuba (1100-mi Es) - May 20, 1981 - 0948 CST
      (39-k)

WDTN, Ch 2, Dayton, OH (1078-mi Es) - May 25, 1983 - 0316 CST
    (32-k)

KNOP-TV, Ch 2, North Platte, NE (820-mi Es) - Jun 20, 1983 - 1859 CST
    (40-k)

XEWO-TV, Ch 2, Guadalajara, JAL, Mexico (670-mi Es) - Jul 9, 1987 - 1100 CST (VCR freeze-frame)
   (47-k)
YouTube video clip

WDIQ-TV, Ch 2, Dozier, AL (740-mi Es) - Jul 13, 1987 - 2208 CST (VCR freeze-frame photo)
   (40-k)

KQTV, Ch 2, St. Joseph, MO (742-mi Es) - May 28, 1990 - 0331 CST (VCR freeze-frame photo)
   (38-k)

Channel 3

KTVK, Ch 3, Phoenix, AZ (838-mile Es) - Jun 11, 1963 - 0915 CST
(9-k)

TGV, Ch 3, Guatemala City, Guatemala (1100-mile Es) - Sep 26, 1973 - 1314 CST
(21-k)

KOTA-TV, Ch 3, Rapid City, SD (1047-mile Es) - May 23, 1980 - 0859 CST
  (32-k)

KVBC, Ch 3, Las Vegas, NV (1054-mile Es) - Jun 8, 1980 - 1959 CST
      (37-k)

KDLO-TV, Ch 3, Garden City, SD (1072-mile Es) - Jun 11, 1980 - 1118 CST
      (38-k)

WSIL-TV, Ch 3, Harrisburg, IL (793-mile Es) - Jun 25, 1980 - 0859 CST
  (22-k)

WISC-TV, Ch 3, Madison, WI (1065-mile Es) - Jul 22, 1980 - 0859 CST
      (46-k)

KDLH-TV, Ch 3, Duluth, MN (1246-mile Es) - Jul 26, 1980 - 0213 CST
      (46-k)

WSAZ-TV, Ch 3, Huntington, WV (1124-mile Es) - Jul 30, 1980 - 1159 CST
    (27-k)

KATC, Ch 3, Lafayette, LA (376-mile trop) - May 31, 1985 - 0347 CST
    (26-k)

WEDU, Ch 3, Tampa, FL (996-mile Es) - Jul 13, 1987 - 2129 CST (VCR freeze-frame photo)
    (28-k)

Channel 4
WOAI-TV, Ch 4, San Antonio, TX (local, 25-mile; changed call to KMOL-TV in Dec 1974) - summer 1970
  (9-k)

KJAC-TV, Ch 4, Port Arthur, TX (281-mile trop) - Jul 30, 1980 - 0437 CST
  (31-k)

CATV leakage, Ch 4, San Antonio, TX - adjacent-east (25-30 feet) illegal tap (Sep 1983)
  (40-k)       (CATV name had then just changed to Rogers from UACC)

Channel 5
KALB-TV, Ch 5, Alexandria, LA (380-mile trop) - Jun 28, 1980 - 0441 CST
(5-k)

KVVU, Ch 5, Henderson, NV (1055-mile Es) - Jun 5, 1984 - 0736 CST (thru local KENS!)
      (46-k)

Channel 6

WECT, Ch 6, Wilmington, NC (1232-mile Es) - Jun 12, 1980 - 0859 CST
    (30-k)

XETV, Ch 6, Tijuana, BCN, Mexico (1111-mile Es) - Aug 4, 1980 - 1829 CST
    (35-k)

High-VHF

Channel 7
WJHG-TV Ch 7, Panama City, FL (793-mile trop) - Jan 27, 1975 - 0045 CST
  (20-k)

KPLC-TV Ch 7, Lake Charles, LA (341-mile trop) - May 6, 1980 - 0440 CST
  (35-k)

KOSA-TV Ch 7, Odessa, TX (289-mile trop) - Jun 6, 1980 - 0533 CST
(19-k)

KATV, Ch 7, Little Rock, AR (509-mile trop) - Jun 28, 1980 - 0451 CST
  (24-k)

KLTV, Ch 7, Tyler, TX (291-mile trop) - Jun 19, 1981
(18-k)

XHAB-TV, Ch 7, Matamoros, TM, Mexico (239-mile trop) - May 19, 1999 (direct frame-grab)
      (54-k)

Channel 8

WFLA, Ch 8, Tampa, FL (997-mile trop) - Jan 27, 1975 - 0502 CST
  (9-k)

WVUE, Ch 8, New Orleans, LA (521-mile trop) - May 6, 1980 - 0442 CST
  (41-k)

WXFL (now WFLA-TV), Ch 8, Tampa, FL (997-mile trop) - Apr 20, 1984 - 0233 CST
  (26-k)

KLST, Ch 8, San Angelo, TX (157-mile trop) - Jul 26, 1983 - 0455 CST
  (12-k)

KNOE-TV, Ch 8, Monroe, LA (431-mile trop) - May 29, 1985 - 0417 CST
  (29-k)

KGNS-TV, Ch 8, Laredo, TX (140-mile trop) - Sep 18, 2000 - 0500 CST (direct frame-grab)
(11-k)

Channel 9
KWTV, Ch 9, Oklahoma City, OK (424-mile trop) - May 11, 1980 - 0523 CST
  (33-k)

WAFB-TV, Ch 9, Baton Rouge, LA (446-mile trop) - Jul 1, 1980 - 0457 CST
  (42-k)

KRBC, Ch 9, Abilene, AR (206-mile trop) - June 11, 1984 - 0441 CST
  (21-k)

KETG, Ch 9, Arkadelphia, AR (444-mile trop) - June 6, 1990 - 0420 CST (VCR freeze-frame photo)
  (37-k)
YouTube video clip

Channel 10
KLFY-TV, Ch 10, Lafayette, LA (397-mile trop) - Mar 31, 1974 - 0518 CST
(10-k)

WLCY-TV, Ch 10, Largo, FL (963-mile trop) - Jan 27, 1975 - 0137 CST
(10-k)

KBIM-TV, Ch 10, Roswell, NM (396-mile trop) - Jun 5, 1980 - 0010 CST
  (22-k)

KFDA-TV, Ch 10, Amarillo, TX (444-mile trop) - Jun 6, 1980 - 0450 CST
  (25-k)

KZTV, Ch 10, Corpus Christi, TX (130-mile trop) - May 19, 1999 (direct frame-grab)
      (88-k)

Channel 11

KCBD-TV, Ch 11, Lubbock, TX (340-mile trop) - Jun 6, 1980 - 0547 CST
(23-k)

XHBR-TV, Ch 11, Nuevo Laredo, TM, Mexico (147-mile trop) - Aug 1, 1980 - 0108 CST
(16-k)

WTOK-TV, Ch 11, Meridian, MS (620-mile trop) - Nov 7, 1980 - 0604 CST
(20-k)

WINK-TV, Ch 11, Fort Myers, FL (1039-mile trop) - May 17, 1981 - 0418 CST
(37-k)

Channel 12

WJTV, Ch 12, Jackson, MS (523-mile trop) - Jun 25, 1980 - 0411 CST
  (27-k)

Channel 13

WLOX-TV, Ch 13, Biloxi, MS (575-mile trop) - Jul 1, 1980 - 0416 CST
  (25-k)

KTRK-TV, Ch 13, Houston, TX (187-mile trop) - Jul 30, 1980 - 0214 CST
  (19-k)

UHF

Channel 14

Channel 15
KADN-TV, Ch 15, Alexandria, LA (388-mile trop) - Jun 27, 1980 - 0645 CST
  (30-k)

WPMI, Ch 15, Mobile, AL (659-mile trop) - May 29, 1985 - 0456 CST
  (32-k)

Channel 16

KLRT, Ch 16, Little Rock, AR (512-mile trop) - May 31, 1985 - 0412 CST
  (30-k)

Channel 17

Channel 18

KLTL-TV, Ch 18, Lake Charles, LA (341-mile trop) - Apr 9, 1982 - 0634 CST
  (19-k)

Channel 19

WMAH-TV, Ch 19, Biloxi, MS (582-mile trop) - Nov 7, 1980 - 0640 CST
  (34-k)

Channel 20

KTXH, Ch 20, Houston, TX (186-mile trop) - Nov 14, 1983 - 0051 CST
  (15-k)

Channel 21

WTTO, Ch 21, Homewood, AL (748-mile trop) - Apr 4, 1985 - 0552 CST
  (25-k)

Channel 22

Channel 23
KVEO-TV, Ch 23, Brownsville, TX (237-mile trop) - Jul 20, 1983 - 0428 CST
  (25-k)

Channel 24

Channel 25
KAVU-TV, Ch 25, Victoria, TX (132-mile trop) - Apr 12, 1984 - 0626 CST
  (13-k)

KXXV, Ch 25, Waco, TX (150-mile trop) - Mar 25, 1985 - 0552 CST
  (19-k)

Channel 26

Channel 27

WLPB-TV, Ch 27, Baton Rouge, LA (448-mile trop) - Jan 25, 1984 - 0634 CST
  (14-k)

Channel 28

WFTS-TV, Ch 28, Tampa, FL (997-mile trop) - May 30, 1985 - 0316 CST
  (28-k)

Channel 29

KVHP, Ch 29, Lake Charles, LA (306-mile trop) - May 31, 1985 - 0406 CST
  (15-k)

Channel 30

Channel 31

WTSG-TV (now WFXL), Ch 31, Albany, GA (888-mile trop) - May 31, 1985 - 0410 CST
  (25-k)

Channel 32

Channel 33

WRBT-TV (now WVLA), Ch 33, Baton Rouge, LA (442-mile trop) - Jun 26, 1980 - 0659 CST
  (24-k)

Channel 34

Channel 35

Channel 36

Channel 38

WNOL-TV, Ch 38, New Orleans, LA (520-mile trop) - Mar 25, 1985 - 0141 CST
    (33-k)

Channel 39

Channel 40
WTWC-TV, Ch 40, Tallahassee, FL (863-mile trop) - Apr 4, 1985 - 0522 CST
    (31-k)

Channel 41

Channel 42

Channel 43

Channel 44

WTOG-TV, Ch 44, St. Petersburg, FL (996-mile tropo) - Jan 27, 1975 - 0016 CST
(10-k)

Channel 45

Channel 46

KNCT, Ch 46, Belton, TX (119-mile trop) - Jun 27, 1980 - 0639 CST
  (19-k)

Channel 47

Channel 48

Channel 49

Channel 50

Channel 51

Channel 52

Channel 53

Channel 54
K54FA, Ch 54, San Antonio, TX (5-mile local) - Sep 18, 2000 - 0530 CST (direct frame-grab)
(21-k)      (TRANSGUIDE - TECHNOLOGY IN MOTION )     (beat bars from KNVA-54, Austin)

Channel 55

Channel 56

Channel 57

Channel 58

Channel 59

Channel 60

Channel 61

Channel 62

Channel 63

Channel 64

Channel 65

Channel 66

Channel 67

Channel 68

Channel 69

History and some other examples

Last updated: September 25, 2000 major mods: September 13, 2009 February 2, 2010

WA5IYX TV-DX Photos

San Antonio, Texas

Over the past several weeks I've been adding scores of TV-DX video clips to YouTube which are best accessed by just searching there with my call letters.

Channel B1

Low-VHF

Channel 2

Channel 3

Channel 4

Channel 5

Channel 6

WECT, Ch 6, Wilmington, NC (1232-mile Es) - Jun 12, 1980 - 0859 CST (30-k) XETV, Ch 6, Tijuana, BCN, Mexico (1111-mile Es) - Aug 4, 1980 - 1829 CST (35-k) High-VHF

High-VHF

Channel 7

Channel 8

Channel 9

Channel 10

Channel 11

Channel 12

WJTV, Ch 12, Jackson, MS (523-mile trop) - Jun 25, 1980 - 0411 CST (27-k)

Channel 13

WLOX-TV, Ch 13, Biloxi, MS (575-mile trop) - Jul 1, 1980 - 0416 CST (25-k) KTRK-TV, Ch 13, Houston, TX (187-mile trop) - Jul 30, 1980 - 0214 CST (19-k) UHF

UHF

Channel 14

Channel 15

Channel 16

KLRT, Ch 16, Little Rock, AR (512-mile trop) - May 31, 1985 - 0412 CST (30-k)

Channel 17

Channel 18

KLTL-TV, Ch 18, Lake Charles, LA (341-mile trop) - Apr 9, 1982 - 0634 CST (19-k)

Channel 19

WMAH-TV, Ch 19, Biloxi, MS (582-mile trop) - Nov 7, 1980 - 0640 CST (34-k)

Channel 20

KTXH, Ch 20, Houston, TX (186-mile trop) - Nov 14, 1983 - 0051 CST (15-k)

Channel 21

WTTO, Ch 21, Homewood, AL (748-mile trop) - Apr 4, 1985 - 0552 CST (25-k)

Channel 22

Channel 23

Channel 24

Channel 25

Channel 26

Channel 27

WLPB-TV, Ch 27, Baton Rouge, LA (448-mile trop) - Jan 25, 1984 - 0634 CST (14-k)

Channel 28

WFTS-TV, Ch 28, Tampa, FL (997-mile trop) - May 30, 1985 - 0316 CST (28-k)

Channel 29

KVHP, Ch 29, Lake Charles, LA (306-mile trop) - May 31, 1985 - 0406 CST (15-k)

Channel 30

Channel 31

WTSG-TV (now WFXL), Ch 31, Albany, GA (888-mile trop) - May 31, 1985 - 0410 CST (25-k)

Channel 32

Channel 33

WRBT-TV (now WVLA), Ch 33, Baton Rouge, LA (442-mile trop) - Jun 26, 1980 - 0659 CST (24-k)

Channel 34

Channel 35

Channel 36

Channel 38

WNOL-TV, Ch 38, New Orleans, LA (520-mile trop) - Mar 25, 1985 - 0141 CST (33-k)

Channel 39

Channel 40

Channel 41

Channel 42

Channel 43

Channel 44

WTOG-TV, Ch 44, St. Petersburg, FL (996-mile tropo) - Jan 27, 1975 - 0016 CST (10-k)

Channel 45

Channel 46

KNCT, Ch 46, Belton, TX (119-mile trop) - Jun 27, 1980 - 0639 CST (19-k)

Channel 47

Channel 48

Channel 49

Channel 50

Channel 51

Channel 52

Channel 53

Channel 54

Channel 55

Channel 56

Channel 57

Channel 58

Channel 59

Over the past several weeks I've been adding scores of TV-DX video clips to YouTube
which are best accessed by just searching there with my call letters.

WECT, Ch 6, Wilmington, NC (1232-mile Es) - Jun 12, 1980 - 0859 CST
(30-k)

XETV, Ch 6, Tijuana, BCN, Mexico (1111-mile Es) - Aug 4, 1980 - 1829 CST
(35-k)

High-VHF

WJTV, Ch 12, Jackson, MS (523-mile trop) - Jun 25, 1980 - 0411 CST
(27-k)

WLOX-TV, Ch 13, Biloxi, MS (575-mile trop) - Jul 1, 1980 - 0416 CST
(25-k)

KTRK-TV, Ch 13, Houston, TX (187-mile trop) - Jul 30, 1980 - 0214 CST
(19-k)

UHF

KLRT, Ch 16, Little Rock, AR (512-mile trop) - May 31, 1985 - 0412 CST
(30-k)

KLTL-TV, Ch 18, Lake Charles, LA (341-mile trop) - Apr 9, 1982 - 0634 CST
(19-k)

WMAH-TV, Ch 19, Biloxi, MS (582-mile trop) - Nov 7, 1980 - 0640 CST
(34-k)

KTXH, Ch 20, Houston, TX (186-mile trop) - Nov 14, 1983 - 0051 CST
(15-k)

WTTO, Ch 21, Homewood, AL (748-mile trop) - Apr 4, 1985 - 0552 CST
(25-k)

WLPB-TV, Ch 27, Baton Rouge, LA (448-mile trop) - Jan 25, 1984 - 0634 CST
(14-k)

WFTS-TV, Ch 28, Tampa, FL (997-mile trop) - May 30, 1985 - 0316 CST
(28-k)

KVHP, Ch 29, Lake Charles, LA (306-mile trop) - May 31, 1985 - 0406 CST
(15-k)

WTSG-TV (now WFXL), Ch 31, Albany, GA (888-mile trop) - May 31, 1985 - 0410 CST
(25-k)

WRBT-TV (now WVLA), Ch 33, Baton Rouge, LA (442-mile trop) - Jun 26, 1980 - 0659 CST
(24-k)

WNOL-TV, Ch 38, New Orleans, LA (520-mile trop) - Mar 25, 1985 - 0141 CST
(33-k)

WTOG-TV, Ch 44, St. Petersburg, FL (996-mile tropo) - Jan 27, 1975 - 0016 CST
(10-k)

KNCT, Ch 46, Belton, TX (119-mile trop) - Jun 27, 1980 - 0639 CST
(19-k)

History and some other examples

Last updated: September 25, 2000 major mods: September 13, 2009 February 2, 2010

History and some other examples

Last updated: September 25, 2000 major mods: September 13, 2009 February 2, 2010