[IRCA] 1240 WOON DX Test (not heard)

2009-01-18 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
I listened the full hour and recorded it; nothing obvious heard for the test. Thanks to all who organized and ran the test! Steve NE Oregon ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions

[IRCA] DX Tip for WDXR

2009-01-18 Thread Patrick Martin
1580CKDOCanada, Oshawa, Ont. returns with one great signal tonight with a oldies mix, totally dominant for a time with S9+10DB, Devil Woman by Keith Richards followed by Oshawa's Radio Station since 1946. Broadcating on a frequency of fifteen hundred and eighty kHz and 107.7 mHz. This is

[IRCA] WOON test heard in DC

2009-01-18 Thread Bill Whitacre
WOON test heard in Alexandria, VA - 1' 30/720kB wav file: http://realmonitor.com/stations/WOON.wav Morse code IDs and voice ID at about 56 seconds into recording. Heard on Perseus SDR with Wellbrook 4-element phased array. First CPC I've tried for in 25+ years! Bill Whitacre b...@his.com

[IRCA] Fox Sports 1070

2009-01-18 Thread Paul LaFreniere
There has been a Fox Sports Radio affiliate dominating 1070 all night. Still there at 0520 CST 18 Jan 09. Might be WKOK. No sign of WTSO Madison, WI ESPN which is the usual dominant on 1070 in these parts. I have not waited around for TOH I.D. to see if it is WKOK. Pat Martin reports

[IRCA] WOON morse heard in Scotland

2009-01-18 Thread Paul Crankshaw
Thanks to Perseus I was able to extract WOON's morse id. This was recorded at 0800 (just a few seconds after in fact) http://www.geocities.com/paulcrankshaw/1240woon.wav Settings used Freq 1239.2 kHz CW Mode bandwidth 22Hz. http://www.geocities.com/paulcrankshaw/1240woon.wav Will look for

[IRCA] 590 Radio Nacional Costa Rica received on E100 Slider!

2009-01-18 Thread Brandon Jordan
While doing a bit of early morning DX with the T615, I was looking for Nebraska on 590 at 1200 UTC. There was a Spanish speaker dominant on the frequency which I initially presumed was a as yet ULR unlogged Rebelde, but a quick check of 5,025 kHz indicated this was not parallel. Due to the

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WOON-1240 test

2009-01-18 Thread Dave Pyatt
WOON Morse heard in Burlington, ON. Very slow Morse, repeated often. Listened on LSB as 1250 has a local. Appears to be an 800 Hz tone, 1230.2 kHz. Heard at 7:04::42 UTC Thanks to all who made this test possible. Dave Burlington, ON NRD 545 + 40 box loop N 43° 18' W 079° 48'

[IRCA] TP's for 01-18-09

2009-01-18 Thread vroomski
-- Good Morning: Listened from 1430-1510 utc. Faint audio was the best here this morning for HLAZ 1566 kHz. 153level 4 carrier. 180level 5 carrier. 189level 5 carrier. 603level 4 carrier. 639level 4 carrier. 648level 5 carrier. 693

[IRCA] 590 Radio Nacional Costa Rica received on E100 Slider! [update]

2009-01-18 Thread Brandon Jordan
I see that the Cuban broadcast on 590 kHz is Radio Musical, and a Google search turned up ID's for them as Radio Musical *Nacional*. The time of reception is also very close to Havana sunrise. I think there is a very good chance that what I had was Cuba, and just missed the Musical part of

Re: [IRCA] WOON morse heard in Scotland

2009-01-18 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 03:30 AM 1/18/2009, you wrote: Thanks to Perseus I was able to extract WOON's morse id. This was recorded at 0800 (just a few seconds after in fact) http://www.geocities.com/paulcrankshaw/1240woon.wav Settings used Freq 1239.2 kHz CW Mode bandwidth 22Hz.

[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 1-18-09

2009-01-18 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1413-1435 utc and only one very weak carrier heard on 774. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8

Re: [IRCA] WOON-1240 test

2009-01-18 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Sunday 18 January 2009 02:18, Mike Brooker wrote: WOON code ID's (.-- --- --- -.) punching through graveyard hash. No jingles or voice IDs heard as of 0215 EST. Just checked my recording, and the slow code IDs appeared starting at just before 0203 EST. The signal was good enough to copy

[IRCA] not much TP for 18 Jan from Victoria, BC

2009-01-18 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
started listening around 1500, on and off for the next 45 minutes. Mildly better than the last few days, but not worth getting out of bed for! pretty darn good audio (at least briefly): none reasonable audio at times during the period (though often battling w/splash or noise): none

Re: [IRCA] 1240 WOON DX Test (not heard)

2009-01-18 Thread Ira Elbert New III
I slept through the whole damn thing! Thanks for organizing it though. Maybe...YAWN...next time...Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! From: stever...@wildblue.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:04:28 -0800 Subject: [IRCA] 1240 WOON DX Test (not

Re: [IRCA] WOON-1240 test

2009-01-18 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Barry, I've heard word that there will be NO WARL 1320 DX Tests at all this year, sorry to say. Mainly because WARL is now shutting down at about 10pm each night and not signing back on till 6am. Paul Walker www.onairdj.com On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Barry McLarnon b...@bdmcomm.ca

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2009-01-18 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Jan 18 2106 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 18 January follow. Solar flux 71 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 3. The

[IRCA] Early TAs

2009-01-18 Thread Barry McLarnon
Although conditions in general don't seem that good, a number of strong TA signals have appeared here just before local sunset. Audio heard on 1341 1431 1467 1521 1548 1557 and 1575, among others. Most are starting to fade already, so it may not be a harbinger of things to come. Barry --

[IRCA] Cuba 590

2009-01-18 Thread Gil Stacy
Brandon, Your conclusion that you heard Cuba on 590 is more probable than Puerto Rico at 1200Z. PR is farther east than Havana and sunrise at San Juan is 1100Z compared with 1215 Z at Havana. I heard Cuba on 590 Friday morning while walking the dog at 1200Z. Havana is west of my home in Savannah

[IRCA] ULTRALIGHT DX...Good GRAVEYARD Night...2 NEW ONES!!

2009-01-18 Thread Robert S.Ross VA3SW
Hi Guys: Nothing like Prowling around in the Graveyard on a COLD and SNOWY night up here in CANADA!!! Logged 2 NEW Graveyarders in the Last half hour!! Both are NEW to the ULR LOG and the OVERALL LOG as well. Both are welcome additions as I inch closer to the 60 Graveyarders Heard mark on ULR!!

Re: [IRCA] Early TAs

2009-01-18 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 21:55 1/18/2009, you wrote: Although conditions in general don't seem that good, a number of strong TA signals have appeared here just before local sunset. Local sunset has come and gone on the west coast (0052UT tonight), and lots of TA carriers. Only the beat of the music on Farda is

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2009-01-18 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Jan 19 0001 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 18 January follow. Solar flux 71 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The

[IRCA] 1575 Farda pretty strong at 01:15 in Victoria

2009-01-18 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Good reception with repetitive musicthump a thump a thump a at 01:16 here in Victoria. Best I've heard them in a long while.Walt. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions

[IRCA] ULTRALIGHT DX...Rockin' in the GRAVEYARD!! Another NEW ONE!!

2009-01-18 Thread Robert S.Ross VA3SW
Hi Guys: Guess what I'm DIGGIN' UP in the GRAVEYARD tonight??? New Stations!!! Just logged another New One on 1490 Khz..For some reason the stations are jumpin' outta their Graves tonight!! Real nice conditions on the crowded freqs tonight!! This one is a 600 Watter!! Just need One more

[IRCA] TIRN

2009-01-18 Thread JKi5384486
Good catch Brandon. 590 is operating now with 50kw into a 417 ft tower. They supposedly operate at 5kw at night so you might have caught them at power up time. Jerry Kiefer Roswell, NM **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps!

[IRCA] ULTRALIGHT DX....GRAVEYARDER # 60 Just Logged on ULR!!

2009-01-18 Thread Robert S.Ross VA3SW
Hi Guys: Well...I went back and sat on 1490 Khz as it's been pretty good tonight.and just logged my 4th New GY Station of the night (3 of them have been on 1490 Khz!) This is also my 60th Graveyarder Heard on Ultralight Radio!! Wow..what a night for Graveyarders. I don't know what I'm

Re: [IRCA] TIRN

2009-01-18 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Jerry, TIRN? Did I miss something, what does TIRN stand for? To me... well, it stands for a place I used to work.. lol Paul On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 8:37 PM, jki5384...@aol.com wrote: Good catch Brandon. 590 is operating now with 50kw into a 417 ft tower. They supposedly operate at 5kw at

Re: [IRCA] Eton E1 display problem question

2009-01-18 Thread cafe
Hi Colin, You'll find some useful information on this subject if you search the archives of the Eton E1 Yahoogroup, including the photos files sections. Thanks - I am actually in the E1 Yahoogroup - It would behoove me to actually look at it. The display issue appears intermittent -

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580

2009-01-18 Thread Deane McIntyre
On 17-Jan-09, at 9:15 PM, Deane McIntyre wrote: Just logged it here in Calgary AB on my one tube (now using a 1A5GT triode connected instead of a 1H4G tube) homebrew regen receiver with La Bamba (matches web stream). Province No. 5 on this radio. In the early 70's this station, as

[IRCA] New DXpedition report from Finland

2009-01-18 Thread Mika Makelainen
After a two-year break in AM DXing, I finally found the time to spend slightly over a week in the Arctic Northern part of Finland on a DXpedition. This was DXpedition number 271 in Lemmenjoki, the most popular DXpedition location in Lapland. Some of the highlights include picking up a bunch of

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580

2009-01-18 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 05:42 1/19/2009, Deane M. wrote: Tonight CKDO-1580 is the best I have ever heard it here in Calgary - booming in like a local, even on the one tube 1A5GT regen it is armchair copy - just heard them ID at 22:40:45 MST. Get them if you need them. Wonderful full ID in Victoria,