[HCDX] Ian McFarlands birthday

Ian celebrates his birthday this week! As many of you know, Ian had a great career with Radio Canada International. Living a quiet retirement in Duncan, B.C., Ian remains active in the community. My wife and I are having lunch with him next weekend. Please send along your birthday wishes and

[HCDX] Dr. Walter Salmaniw is downsizing!

Check out his goodies / parts / accessories lists over here on HamShack.ca https://hamshack.ca/rtcl_listing/aspiring-ham-is-down-sizing-to-a-condo/ If you contact Walter, make sure you mention that you saw the listings on HCDX! No reasonable offer refused! -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator

[HCDX] Bonus DXer.ca Christmas gift...

For the next few days, if anyone wants a FLASHBACK -- I have uploaded the vintage interval signal series starring Ian McFarland to the homepage of DXer.ca Free download for those looking for a bit of Christmas nostalgia. Enjoy -- and Merry Christmas to all. PS: Ian McFarland is alive and well

[HCDX] Paul Walker on SW

WRMI 7570, 4980 both 100kw and Bulgaria’s 250kw 5900khz 2300-0100 utc today, live relay of KSKO Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/

[HCDX] RIP Dario

_[0]=AZXFlzlN8HPV1disvms_VsgzPrVCaKn1DEm7fIs8pfaRPrRAMJy1TBzs-JJBNSNipLJzpMYrD0iaCPLIqG_kmqHogpdNCEGgo-26tdw8cx1b-SD_YbNH3hNr3wlZu8jKQEJ6NvUSzRx78ujsl65PEIHXQGHZCosLJStsMzbVoOy3SXzU8YTEmvtT9P8HwSzzMZQ&__tn__=-]K-R> -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator Coffeecrew.com <http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and DXer.ca <

[HCDX] Tribute to Ian McFarland

Radio Canada International’s former voice of the nation, Ian McFarland, lives the quiet and humble life of a widower on Southern Vancouver Island, near Duncan, British Columbia. To many of us, Ian’s voice guided us through some of the greatest times in shortwave history and into the more

Re: [HCDX] [irca] No TP shortage here!

Paul Walker freezes his buns in the Alaskan pre-Sun So we don’t have to! Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Nov 21, 2020, at 10:36 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. > wrote: > > With my new DeBock FSL loop and CC Skywave, I had TPs, TPs and more TPs > littering the dial from left end

[HCDX] CRI DRM snippet from the Test KiwiWebSDR on Haida Gwaii

As part of the team of Walter Salmaniw, Nick Hall-Patch Mike Cherry and yours truly - we are testing a Kiwi WebSDR on the Haida Gwaii -- Queen Charlotte Islands with a 750' BOG favoring N.W. for dawn medium wave TP DX, the radio is at a very quiet location and is particularly favorable for

[HCDX] 6040 KHz - Radio Romania

Kind of a surprise at 0320 UTC in English - NRD 525 receiver - Wellgood Loop - w/ 4M N-S wire. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/

[HCDX] HAARP Tests with Amanda Christie

there are some special "programs" on this week - do check it out. There are 30 seconds off between each experiment. Day 1: March 26 UTC: (1) 00:30:00 - 00:41:00 UTC: 3.35 MHz (magnetic zenith) (2) 00:41:30 - 00:46:30 UTC: 3.35 MHz and 2.80 MHz (magnetic zenith) (3) 00:47:00 - 00:52:00 UTC: 3.35

[HCDX] Medium-Wave/SWBC Chat site now enabled

https://dxer.ca/blab/ A quick user registration is all you need - I have not done any configuration as of yet - It is capable of multiple chat rooms etc - But this is a good starting point. Dig in - Bug reports welcome! Have at it! -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator Coffeecrew.com

[HCDX] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

Last week someone posted a "wouldn't it be great if we had a live DX spotter chat window web site 100% dedicated to SWBCing and/or MW DXing ?" You know, a place where you could quickly sign in and post an alert that you're hearing HCJB on 9560 khz or Voice of the Voyager on 6160 khz... or there

Re: [HCDX] 6070 The temerity of the ionosphere.

I’d check now - but like you, it’d be gone. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Mar 10, 2019, at 8:04 PM, Volodya S wrote: > > And yet an hour later at my QTH, nothing at all! (03:04 UTC)Walt > >> On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 2:46 AM R. Colin Newell >> wro

[HCDX] 6070 The temerity of the ionosphere.

CFRX 6070 booming in at 0220 UTC -sunset give or take. Goes to show that the “standard” old bands of 49 through 19 meters can be devoid of all but the raspy bible screamers all day long, then boom, up comes something you don’t hear every day. - here on the WCNA... the World’s SW fringe

[HCDX] Cincinnati Ohio - radio touring, meet-ups, dining, historical attractions

Heading there this summer for a week (and Philadelphia in the Fall...) Any tips on historic radio stuff in Cincinnati, meet-ups, dining and attractions would be appreciated. I know the VOA Museum is there - as well as a WLW museum of sorts... anything I am missing? -- Colin Newell - Editor and

[HCDX] The passing of Mary McFarland - wife of 57 years to Ian McFarland

https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/obituaries/mary-mcfarland/ It is with regret that I pass along Ian McFarland's news of the passing of his beloved Mary - wife of 57 years. Ian, Mary, my wife Andrea, and I have been close friends for around 20 years now - and we share Ian's loss. Please keep

[HCDX] Merry Christmas everyone.

Where ever you might be - what ever you believe - and regardless of politics or geography, we have a hobby that brings us together year round. We’re all better together. Here’s to a great 2019 with a peaceful world and a restful Ionosphere. 73 everyone - peace and prosperity to you and yours.

Re: [HCDX] Time change: What will happen in your country?

Not only that, it messes with the DX. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Oct 12, 2018, at 4:16 PM, Mauno Ritola wrote: > > Daylight saving [SIC thruout] can affect your health -- here's how > > The Conversation, By Oliver Rawashdeh, ... _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list

[HCDX] Slightly off topic...

https://youtu.be/SlKHupwYiys Did something completely different today - A colleague who I’m mentoring into ham radio convinced me to check out his hobby... A kinda fun 4 minute video... Just in case we’re spending too much time with radio. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - _

Re: [HCDX] WWV: Are they testing us?

Good point! Speak up everyone! Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Sep 22, 2018, at 11:40 AM, Arthur Delibert wrote: > > WWV has been broadcasting an outdated propagation report for several days, > giving the solar flux as of September 18 and K Index as of 1200 on September > 19.

[HCDX] Best wishes to Ian McFarland

I have a snap shot of the two page greeting of best wishes to Ian McFarland for a speedy recovery. Picture on the homepage of DXER.ca Thank you everyone! At 81 years of age, Ian’s got a lot of fight left in him — and your thoughts and prayers help. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -

Re: [HCDX] HF Antennna Tuner Needed

Yea. I’ve got too many antenna tuners. Send me your broken one - I fix everything. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Sep 16, 2018, at 7:49 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. > wrote: > > Anyone have a dentron 80-10 antenna tuner or something similar? I have one > but something inside is

[HCDX] Best wishes for Ian McFarland

As many of you may know, Ian McFarland was "the guy" on Radio Canada International in the 1970's and 1980's - DX Digest - and even on NHK for a couple of years. He is currently "under the weather" and recovering in Hospital after back surgery. Feel free to pass me any thoughts and best wishes

Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 13-14-15, 2018

Well, at least they have an international service unlike Canada... which has little more than a time signal on SW. And word has it that there is a proposed budget cut at NIST— so WWV and WWVH might be on the chopping block... Imagine 5, 10, and 15 MHz with a religious broadcaster holding

[HCDX] Montreal area DXERS...

I’m in Montreal, QUEBEC Canada until Friday. Are there any DXERS, SWL’s, Hams, medium wave enthusiasts that want to meet up? Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx

[HCDX] Tech notes - CISCO router RFI

Chinese made switching power supply for the DPC3825 all-in-one WiFi Cisco router generates enough RFI to impact AM-FM radios up to 200’ away as well as sensitive test equipment in my Ham shack. If you have email or social media, let CISCO know that importing cheap Chinese made unfiltered

[HCDX] RFC - NCC-1 or NCC-2

DXE NCC-2 or with its predecessor, NCC-1. PHASERS- Who among you have used this for DXing? Appreciate all comments. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - DXER.ca ——— _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx

[HCDX] OT - Happy Father’s Day

Best wishes to all the DXERS out there who are dad’s - or had dad’s who inspired them into the radio hobby. Today is your day. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx

Re: [HCDX] Can on Post a Radio for sale on our site?

Uhm. Nope. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Apr 5, 2018, at 4:59 PM, iamb...@earthlink.net wrote: > > I apologize for this automatic reply to your email. > > To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from senders I have > approved beforehand. > > If you would like to

Re: [HCDX] Can on Post a Radio for sale on our site?

EBay is always good... Standard disclaimers would be in effect - Buyer beware... At least on EBay, there are protections... unlike “curbing” on private lists like this where there is no safety net. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Apr 5, 2018, at 9:43 AM,

[HCDX] CCrane Skywave SSB review and shoot-out update

http://www.dxer.ca/index.php/our-stuff/103-the-ccrane-skywave-ssb-absolute-first-look-part-one -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com and DXer.ca - VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list

[HCDX] Flashback - the Russian Woodpecker - DUGA

https://youtu.be/0l_4fzJv_i0 Great video of a biologist gal that explores the forbidden places in Russia - Worth your time. -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com and DXer.ca - VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada

Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs December 22, 2017

Although it not that funny - and kind of sad... the departure of Back-Rub-Bro-Scary has left the SW dial feeling like it is in the middle of a black-out. Going to miss that 100 year old sounding, nail on blackboard, bad-boy of hell fire and eternal torment... (actually NO, I'm not...) On Fri,

Re: [HCDX] Oman 15140khz = Groundhog Day

Civility people! Colin Newell - SYSTEMS UVic - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -- > On Oct 20, 2017, at 6:09 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. > wrote: > > I do send it out every day anymore as you've noticed. People don't care, so > I stopped. I only send something out when it's

Re: [HCDX] Radio Cairo English-TOTAL GARBAGE on Shortwave

I think there may have been a time in the eighties or seventies when they had their crap together... likely with more American involvement and technical expertise. The U.S. over the decades has pour billions in aid into Egypt - (30B between 1979 and 2003) and here in the 21st Century, little to

[HCDX] Observations on e-mail list decorum.

*I also believe that we should enforce a strict ZERO bullying policy on HCDX --* *First Offense: The post deleted and the offender given a week long time out.* *Second Offense: Boot the offending user from the list - say with a ban penalty based on the severity of the behaviour. * *And any

Re: [HCDX] Observations on Oman, Paul Walker

I say ignore the trolls and keep posting - it’s a slowly dying hobby with little new blood - we might as well enjoy the show while we can. Colin Newell - DXer.ca etc etc... > On Sep 27, 2017, at 6:43 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. > wrote: > > One post a day is

Re: [HCDX] Report on Radio Clube do Para 4885

In 1974 I was a 15 year old DXer with CIDX (and by the time I was 17 I was with SPEEDX...) and occasionally we would have a 12 or 13 year old keener that would post logs to the various columns of defunct clandestine stations that hadn't been on the air for a couple of years. We used Allied,

Re: [HCDX] Report on Radio Clube do Para 4885

My 2-cents: Leaning in with Paul on this subject -- and additionally (If I may...) Paul is what we call in this hobby -- a YOUNG DXer - and currently young DXer's are our future and lifeblood - our hobby is not exactly thriving in the youth department. If at all possible, let's encourage and

[HCDX] BBC Article - the Drone of 4625 Khz - Russia

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170801-the-ghostly-radio-station-that-no-one-claims-to-run A great little read on the (irony not lost on me...) usefulness of SW Broadcasting. -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com and DXer.ca

[HCDX] Many thanks from RCI's Ian McFarland

"To all my SWL friends & colleagues, I can't tell you how much I enjoyed reading all your birthday wishes & comments that Colin so kindly collected & transcribed from all your e-mails. For this old man it was a most enjoyable exercise in pure nostalgia. Thank you all so very much! There were

[HCDX] Many thanks from Ian McFarland!

For a guy who just turned 80, Ian McFarland looks and sounds amazing - Photos over on the DXer.ca homepage - For the 50+ folks that sent their best wishes for this veteran of World Band Radio, thank you, thank you and thank you. -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com

[HCDX] Last Call - birthday wishes for Ian McFarland

Assembling his HUGE birthday card for his Tuesday birthday - Don't get left out - I am up to 36 birthday greetings for Ian (formerly of RCI and NHK) You can send your wishes to be via rnewell AT shaw.ca SUBJECT - Happy Birthday Ian or e-mail me via my contact form at dxer.ca Thanks everyone!

[HCDX] Last Call! - Happy Birthday to Ian McFarland

*Former CBC and RCI producer, anchor and on-air personality, Ian McFarland is celebrating a very important birthday in July! Please join me in congratulating Ian in this milestone by sending me your best wishes for Ian to our contact e-mail . I

Re: [HCDX] Belated Happy Birthday to Ian McFarland

Ian McFarland (RCI, NHK, CBC...) is having a milestone birthday mid-month and I am gathering best wishes via the DXer.ca website contact e-mail. He is having a small family gathering with some close friends and I am going to surprise him with a giant birthday card with transcribed best wishes

Re: [HCDX] Belated Happy Birthday to Ian McFarland

No. He did not -- please refer to DXer.ca Thank you. Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC > On Jul 3, 2017, at 7:03 AM, Mike Terry wrote: > > Ian McFarland - formerly of RCI, CBC, NHK and the BBC turned 80 yesterday. > Mike > _ > Hard-Core-DX

[HCDX] A little bit of RCI History

On DXer.ca -- top of the page. March 1991 Final episode of SWL Digest with Ian MaFarland - courtesy Shawn Axelrod in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [HCDX] Voice Of Korea 13760khz

SINPO only goes up to 5. Time out for you! Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC > On Apr 16, 2017, at 9:54 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. > wrote: > > Voice Of Korea 13760khz, 0430 to 0530UTC, English to "Latin America" > > S9+40 with a Tecsun PL880

[HCDX] One from the way back machine

I had been saying to myself recently, "Remember the good old days in the 1970's and 1980's when we looked forward to the arrival of our favourite DX Club magazine? And how I wished that it would have been nice to keep a couple of copies of my personal favourite, SPEEDX. Although my contributions

[HCDX] CBC Sails into the sun set - 6160 Khz gone forever.

http://coffee.bc.ca/canadiana/954/a-little-bit-of-cbc-radio-history-fades-away -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com and DXer.ca - VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list

[HCDX] HAARP tests

On now - 2800 and 3300 KHz. Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC > _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ___ THE

[HCDX] Is the list down?

Seems to be a dearth of messages today - unusual - Anyone receiving? -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com and DXer.ca - VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com

[HCDX] High MUF -

Hearing Florida on 21675 kHz right now - something of a treat to hear the MUF up this high. Not hard-core or anything but slightly refreshing. -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com and DXer.ca - VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew |

[HCDX] TP's for Monday January 30, 2017 Victoria B.C.

> Only had a few minutes at 1500 UTC - but the band was impressive on my temporary N-S ALA100 - Lots of hets and presence of potential audio - with stand outs on 594, 603, 612, 621, 639, 774, 891, 972, 1053, 1098... 1566, 1575 Time to put the West Flag back up if this is a trend! Drake R8 -

Re: [HCDX] Unid on 3340 KHz

Agreed - at 1900 UTC in the winter time, anything is possible - but it is more likely that it was a 2nd harmonic of an American station if there was no fading or other ionospheric quirks. On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > As for

[HCDX] 6160 CKZU CBC Regional service

They have been gone for a couple of weeks now after sounding like crap for a month - We may have heard the last of this little station from the West Coast. I will check with my technical contacts at the CBC about its health and wellness. For those seeking LP (Low power) shortwave transmissions

Re: [HCDX] TP Jammer on 1207khz

Galena Alaska would be the perfect location for a SW Pirate operating square in the middle of the 49 meter band... A 1kw should be plenty of power... On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have no operating AM transmitters within 200

Re: [HCDX] [IRCA] TP Jammer on 1207khz

Considering all the other neat stuff that Paul is hearing from Asia (and now ) Australia -- Pretty sure it is not a toy -- I am not aware of too many toy AM transmitters even available and the likelihood of one being in a remote area of Alasks is pretty far fetched. On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 7:50

[HCDX] WRMI 7570 KHz Nov 13 2016

Great signal on 7570 KHz - Radio Canada International documentary... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nUflBX9xb8 Colin Newell - DXer.ca - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx

[HCDX] Spectre's of Shortwave - Today on WRMI -

Canadian film maker, Amanda Christie, is releasing a film on the demise of Radio Canada as an international broadcaster and the demolition of the RCI broadcast site in Sackville, NB, Canada. http://www.amandadawnchristie.ca/spectres-of-shortwave/ She will likely attend SWL-fest in 2018 with her

[HCDX] Sunday - 2300 UTC - WRMI - 7570 Khz

Canadian Film maker, artist and documentarian Amanda Christie has always been a fan of shortwave radio - The 38 year old Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada resident grew up in the shadows of the RCI antenna towers and observed their influence on the community. In her 35MM film documentary "Spectres of

[HCDX] Spectres of Shortwave

https://vimeo.com/165521172 An upcoming 2 hour documentary on the towers of Radio Canada -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com and DXer.ca - VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list

Re: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs August 15-16, 2016

My reply from Radio Australia - "Dear Mr Newell, Thank you for your recent correspondence with regards to the Radio Australia Broadcasts on Shortwave Radio in the SW Pacific. We are currently working with our transmission provider on a number of shut downs over the past week and again over the

[HCDX] 3325 PNG Bougainville - awesome signal

JULY 14 - 10:50 -- 11:15 UTC this morning on one of the Wellbrook ALA100's into Drake R8 and AOR 7030+ receivers With Pidgin mixed in with runs of complete sentences... One of the best and most consistent PNG's in an awful long time. Will create a YouTube video next time I am up. -- Colin

[HCDX] Papua New Guinea on 3325

Great signal this AM at 11:30 UTC with YL DJ alternating between "English" and the local Pidgin. Virtually so sign of Indonesia - Drake R8 W/NW Flag and Wellbrook ALA100 through Misek/Ratzlaff Phaser. -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com and

[HCDX] Some observations via the Netherlands SDR

This is likely old news and I may be talking out of turn (or I am out of touch...) but... a.) how long as CRI From Beijing been running such massive bandwidth on all bands - upwards of 15khz wide... what's up with that? b.) Thought I heard something that sounded like the Russian wood-pecker? Is

[HCDX] RCI's own Ian McFarland - Alive and well -

Photo on the DXer.ca homepage from this weekend - Lunch with Ian McFarland (his wife Mary...), Walter Salmaniw and his wife Wanda and Andrea and I. Photo of the boys at DXer.ca -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com and DXer.ca

[HCDX] Bougainville on 3325 Khz from the West Coast

Very likely the lone 90 meter signal at *0750* UTC February 24th on 3325 Khz with atypical Island/PNG style indigenous pop music at fair to good levels with little noise. No sign of it on 49 meters at the time. Receiver - Drake R8 Antennas - W/NW Flag + ALA100 Wellbrook 8 meter loop into

[HCDX] Return of the DX Podcast

Happy New Year everyone! Surprise surprise. Way back in 2007 or 2008, a couple of us were tossing around the idea of a regular scheduled podcast on the subject of DX, radio and international media. There were a few episodes and then the effort quietly faded into the background noise. Well, I am

[HCDX] A rare Christmas gift to HCDX -- a rare RCI broadcast

Over on the DXer.ca homepage I have a 32kbps MP3 recording on a CBC RCI broadcast that has not been heard since December 1989! A 1 hour program from the Reel-Reel master that Ian McFarland owns. Head on over - download for free - And Merry Christmas! www.dxer.ca -- *Colin Newell is the

[HCDX] October 2, 2015 - Some morning Tropical band catches

https://youtu.be/KlnBbFLlNlc ABC Northern Territory with news in English - 1325 UTC https://youtu.be/Vb-PoCfUNGc Radio Bangladesh - assume the sub-continetal music and talk - 1330 UTC Receiver Drake R8 - Antennas - Wellbrook ALA100 and FLG100 Victoria, B.C. Canada -- *Colin Newell is the

Re: [HCDX] KTWR Guam has started emergency shortwave transmissions to Nepal

Another perfect example of why shortwave prevails in a disaster or political uprising. you do not need the WiFi or internet to reach the people... and those two things would most certainly not be available during and after an event like this. On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Ivo Observer

Re: [HCDX] Radio Canada International to return to air

Exactly - they will be broadcasting in 27 languages including Esperanto... and, this just in, Keith Perron will be the head of broadcasting... On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Jari Savolainen jari.savolai...@pp8.inet.fi wrote: The newbuilt Sackville site will be ready April 1st 2016. Jari

[HCDX] Radio Canada International to return to air

In a strange turnaround, the Stephen Harper liberal government in Canada has approved the return to air of Radio Canada International. Funding has been restored and a rebuild of the Sackville transmission site will commence immediately. We contacted Ian McFarland at his cosy retirement townhouse

[HCDX] Russian girl scales wood pecker antenna

This young lady explores the exclusion zone near the Chernobyl plant in Russia and the surrounding communities - her HD Videos and shots from these antenna structures are breathtaking -- and likely the first time any of us have had close up views of these noise makers.

[HCDX] Russian wood pecker video

https://youtu.be/0l_4fzJv_i0 Very, very interesting. Gal actually climbs around this legendary SW infrastructure. -- *Colin Newell is the Editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com http://www.Coffeecrew.com - Coffee.bc.ca http://Coffee.bc.ca and DXer.ca http://www.DXer.ca -| Amateur Radio VA7WWV |

[HCDX] Radio shack to file for bankruptcy

http://www.wsj.com/articles/radioshack-prepares-bankruptcy-filing-1421279360 We have depended on them for years of easy access to DIY parts, kits and, yes, a bit of technical expertise. I still have my DX150B sitting on a lab bench running 24/7 -- as it has since the day I bought it on November

[HCDX] dxer . ca returns.

Pulled an all-nighter (actually more like 5 PM last night until midnight) getting all of my websites onto a new host -- hopefully slightly more robust than the last one. So -- DXer . ca is back in business for now. A big thank you to all the folks sending me advice and best wishes - For now,

[HCDX] Media release - DXer.ca silenced after 18 years online...

A media release to some of the other online resources that are out there: After numerous attacks on my websites -- of unknown origin... We don't know who or why... or when it would have stopped if we had stuck it out, DXer.ca has been forced off of the air. My host Islandnet.com was taking hit

[HCDX] 2325 Khz Tennant Creek

Heard on the West Coast with a great signal this morning from my new countryside location. 1350 UTC -- Sun already up. Receiver - Drake R8 - Antenna Wellbrook ALA100M with 7' wire loop in a tree. -- Colin Newell is the Editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com - DXer.ca - BobHarris.com | Amateur

Re: [HCDX] HCJB 6050

Do you have any recordings of DX Party Line that you could share via MP3? Would love to upload them to my DXer.ca site. On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Hector (Luigi) Perez via Hard-Core-DX hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com wrote: HCJB; maybe the best radio station I ever followed. I have a few

[HCDX] WWV returns to 25Mhz

Not really that news-worthy... but for some who like time stations (check out my Ham call sign...) WWV has returned to 25 Mhz with a limited schedule -- 1600 to 2200 Hours (UTC) daily -- with no guarantees -- on an experimental basis - ERP is 2.5 Kw into a vertical. So. In case you hear WWV on

[HCDX] Toshiba, RP-F11 Antenna sought...

Kind of off topic - BUT: I Have a prized radio collection and a golden rule: Never loan out any radios to the curious. I broke that rule the other day -- to a young enthusiast... and Lord knows we need more radio enthusiasts... Loaned a young man (30+) my *Toshiba*, *RP-F11 - *and even before he