BROADCAST RADIO
mailto: w3otc.....a..t......amsat.......org (remove strings of ....)
***** DOWNLOAD FCC BROADCAST DATABASE FROM W9AJ *****
Distribution of AMSTNS
and TVFMSTNS program and data is through Larry Vehorn's web site
http://home.earthlink.net/~lvehorn
*** TRANSMITTER LOCATIONS FOR GARMIN GPS RECEIVERS ***
It is now possible to create custom Points of Interest (POI) for Garmin GPS receivers from xxSTNS.
TXT2CSV.ZIP contains a converter from xxSTNS TXT output to the
CSV format used by the Garmin receivers.
I place this converter in my C:\_STNS folder, anywhere else will do.
******* TRANSMITTER LOCATIONS FOR GOOGLE EARTH *******
Donwload Google Earth(R) from this site if
you don't already have it. GE requires high-speed Internet access.
KMLFILES.ZIP contains broadcasting
station transmitter locations for Google Earth for a dozen
metro areas in the USA.
It is in ZIP form. Download it and expand it into its own empty folder.
There are two files for each metro area.
The ones beginning with M contain the AM transmitters
including CPs [+]
and applications [@]. d=day n=night u=unlimited c=critical hours.
The ones beginning with V contain the TV and FM transmitters of all powers
including
operating CPs [+], but no applications. There are too many translator
applications.
Either double-left-click on the file you wish to display or drag-&-drop it
onto Google Earth.
CREATE YOUR OWN KML FILES
Current versions of AMSTNS and TVFMSTNS allow you to create your own KML files.
Find the stations you want to plot. Then press F6 and then G.
Make the search radius small (F10 F5) since plotting too many stations may
cause problems.
The number of records that will output is in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Help F1 gives more info on KML output.
xxSTNS on Windows VISTA
Many versions of Windows VISTA do not allow the full-screen command line mode required by xxSTNS.
http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/ discusses this situation. Read it carefully.
It claims that forcing VISTA to use its Standard VGA Grapics Adapter driver will solve this
situation. The most basic versions of VISTA are said to use this driver as their default.
For AM, AS4-6B2D has slight improvements that result in
much faster startup when using X86 emulators such as DOSBox.
Download AMSTNS and data from Vehorn, UNZIP AS4-6B2D into the same folder
as the data and
execute it instead of the older AMSTNS.exe.
AMSTNS notices
Mar 10, 2002: New AMSTNS Data plus slight changes to AMSTNS since the 2002 02 26 release, mainly in "status" info.
Mar 11, 2002: Downloading new version no longer overwrites existing AMSTNS.PRF
June 2, 2002: Revision to correct for FCC error in KYCY's applications."
May 2, 2003: AST4-5C IMPORTANT beta upgrade for fixing character display problems on recent computer systems.
May 7, 2003: AST4-5C1 Azimuth and range filters for frequency searches no longer persist between executions of AMSTNS.
May 23, 2003: AST4-5D2 User choice of font. Azimuth and range filters for frequency searches persist between executions of AMSTNS.
July 1, 2003: AMSTNS now uses the "d2" version with font selection.
Oct 19, 2003: AMSTNS now uses the "d3" version includes a fix for changing stations with F9 on.
Dec 7, 2003: AST4-5D4 corrects calculations in dist and az filters.
Dec 7, 2003: AST4-5D4 corrects calculations in dist and az filters.
Jun 9, 2004: AST4-5d6 now searches Alaska, ignores FCC records w/ zero lat or long.
Aug 26, 2004: AST4-6A1 (beta) can create SAn or Lat/Long TXT files from each search.
Nov 2004: AST4-6A5 can create SAn or Lat/Long TXT files from each search.
Dec 26, 2004: slightly improved AST4-6A5 can create SAn or Lat/Long TXT files from each search. Shows Class for each station in one-line-per-station display.
Jan 15, 2005: AST4-6A6 fixed bug in AST4-6A5.
July 1, 2005: AST4-6A7 Text always stroked, F12 disabled. Additional 3x pattern scale to better show nulls. F11 toggles augmentations. Can now show all stations in a state near a city or on a chosen frequency F4 state F3 city or freq
Oct 25, 2006: AST4-6B2 produces KML for Google Earth directly.
Jan 14, 2007: AST4-6B2C Improved, produces KML for Google Earth directly.
TVFMSTNS notices
Feb 26, 2002: Here is TVFMSTNS 8.5. This new version has been tested by outsiders but YMMV.
Mar 15, 2002: New data and downloading new version no longer overwrites existing TVFMSTNS.PRF.
Mar 28, 2002: Mar 24 version of TVFMSTNS handles move-in stations, and more geo errors resolved.
This improved version and newer data are only available on the W9AJ site, see above.
Apr 5, 2002: Search by city in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and VI work properly.
May 3, 2003: ST8-5D Bitmapped font replaced by stroked font.
May 6, 2003: ST8-5D1 The above characters were apparently not stroked. Changed to different stroked characters.
May 22, 2003: ST8-5D2 User choice of bit-mapped or stroked fonts.
July 1, 2003: TVFMSTNS now uses the "d2" version with font selection.
Dec 6, 2003: ST8-5D4 corrects distance calculation for capturing station data.
Apr 15, 2004: Translator Lat/Long text file broken into 4 smaller flies. (Removed Aug14)
Aug 14, 2004: ST8-6A1 can create SAn or Lat.Long TXT files from each search.
Aug 17, 2005: ST8-6A2 Always stroked font, F12 disabled. Can now show all stations in a state near a city or on a chosen frequency F4 state F3 city or freq/chan
Apr 8, 2006: ST8-6A2A Corrected error in rotated antenna patterns.
Apr 12, 2006: ST8-6A2B Corrected error which removed last character of very long ARNs (DTV translators).
Oct 17, 2006: ST8-7A1 Owner data in its own file, will not display with ST8-6 versions. Produces KML for Google Earth.
Nov 12, 2006: ST8-7A1B Fix to allow more output record for map plots.
Dec 9, 2006: ST8-7B Fixes including to accommodate huge FM Comments.
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DCAxmas
7Y7 DCA9
Car#9 House#5 WashMon
PinkMon
12701 NavMar03
sunrise sunrise
dish RJC31
RJC2004 WCEM
WCEMsmall Inverted
DCA52 DCA50
Rcycle Arch
Mega history
alacarte MIAcmb
deer cpit2
cpit3 cpit4
cpit5 q0609
AQ1 JRO1
MBoston_.KML MCambridge.KML
Apt803 Westminster
Jim Tonne's BCmap program displays AM station patterns on a map of North America.
Get a free copy from his web site.
Page Last Modified: 2007 03 15
