[IRCA] Radio Sangley, Philippines - Radio Heritage Media Release
For anyone interested: --- ___ Welcome to KTLG Sangley Point AFRS Radio in the Philippines ___ Welcome to KTLG Sangley Point' - with these words a new member of the Armed Forces Radio Service signed on to serve Sangley Point Naval Station near Manila in the Philippines in the early 1950's. The Radio Heritage Foundation has released two new features at its global website www.radioheritage.net about this little known radio station that began as a converted aircraft transmitter but grew to become an essential part of Sangley Point daily life for many years. Louis McClure remembers in 'Starting Radio Sangley' that 'we decided to build a carrier current transmitter and to broadcast music and news on the station' and that within a short time, reports of reception 35 miles away at Subic Bay were becoming regular. Known simply as 'Radio Sangley' the makeshift station cost only $14 to build, this money spent on a 45 RPM turntable to play the latest hits from the USA. The station could not broadcast a stable signal, and a common announcement from the DJ was 'Don't touch that dial! Wait a minute and we'll drift back into you'! In 'KTLG Radio Sangley', Matt McGuigan continues the story of the station at which when he arrived used a long wire antenna between the tops of the quonset hut it was located in and a nearby water tower. In the feature at www.radioheritage.net you'll learn how AFRS Los Angeles sent $45,000 worth of new equipment and the call letters KTLG were approved locally in 1953, a far cry from just a few years earlier when Louis built the original station with just $14. As well as photos of the new station facilities, you'll also enjoy a rare recording of the opening announcement of KTLG Sangley Point, Armed Forces Radio Service, 1300 AM in the Philippines. These memories are shared as part of the Radio Heritage Foundation ongoing project to preserve, protect and remember radio heritage from around the Pacific. At www.radioheritage.net you'll find a large number of other features celebrating the Armed Forces Radio Service contribution to broadcasting in the region. Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization connecting popular culture and radio heritage across the Pacific. Our global website is www.radioheritage.net for fresh news, features, images, audio and much more about Pacific radio. Share us with over 50 popular social networking sites and email stories or Twitter us to your friends and colleagues. Donations to support our radio heritage projects can be made using your creditcard via Paypal at www.radioheritage.net. Join our newsletter mailing community today. _ --- Lynn. Lafayette, LA Check out the IRCA web site at http://www.ircaonline.org ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WASA McMurdo Antarctica - Radio Heritage Media Release
For anyone interested: --- ___ WASA McMurdo, FM 100 The Voice of Antarctica The Most Wonderful Antarctic Station Anywhere ___ Bob Flint, Station Manager of WASA McMurdo during the 1972 winter season, shares extracts from his personal diary in the latest feature about radio in Antarctica just released by the Radio Heritage Foundation at www.radioheritage.net. You'll learn of the trials and tribulations of running a radio station in one of the most challenging environments on earth. Obstacles included isolation, the weather, demolishing of studio facilities and a commanding officer who ordered the morale boosting station off the air. In a short one year period, WASA moved from 600 AM to 100 FM, lurching briefly into MUGR [McMurdo Under Ground Radio] and WRFM [Radio Free McMurdo] along the way. Bob has also dug deeply into his personal photo collection to share a range of images of the station studio, DJ's on the air, station signage, an interview with 'National Review' founder and journalist William F Buckley Jnr and much more that you'll enjoy today at www.radioheritage.net. The first live Antarctic sports broadcast, live coverage of moon landings, and the first live broadcast from the USA are just some of the highlights in our new feature 'WASA McMurdo, Antarctica'. This is the second in a series about broadcasting in the Antarctic presented by the Radio Heritage Foundation as part of its ongoing project to preserve, protect and remember radio heritage from around the Pacific region. You'll also enjoy 'Antarctic Radio Unfreezes' at www.radioheritage.net for coverage of other stations on the Ice Continent. If you have your own memories, memorabilia and more to share about broadcasting at McMurdo and elsewhere in the Antarctic, we'd very much like to hear from you. Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization connecting popular culture and radio heritage across the Pacific. Our global website is www.radioheritage.net for fresh news, features, images, audio and much more about Pacific radio. Share us with over 50 popular social networking sites and email stories or Twitter us to your friends. Donations to support our radio heritage projects can be made using your creditcard via Paypal at www.radioheritage.net. Join our newsletter mailing community today. _ --- Lynn. Lafayette, LA Check out the IRCA web site at http://www.ircaonline.org ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Ultra Chunky Radios
Been a while since I've had anything useful to contribute. The noise level here has become horrendous. Even so, I try DXing from time to time. As many of you know, I have been in real estate for years now. I am selling a home in San Leandro and the owner, who is 86, collected tube radios. Many of them are console sets from the '30s. I bought one from him, a Zenith, from 1938. Plays beautifully. AM and SW. I have it in my living room now. A beautiful piece of furniture and it's cool to listen to KFRC-1550 on it. This Saturday, his family are having a garage sale, and the remaining radios in his collection are up for sale. This will be the only garage sale, as the house will close escrow next Monday. So everything will be out of the house by Sunday night. I am sorry for the short notice, but I'm just the Realtor... and this is mainly interesting for anyone within driving distance of the San Francisco area, but if you are interested in seeing them and maybe purchasing one, this is the time. He's priced them well... I would buy more but my wife and I came to an understanding of how much radio stuff I can collect. If anyone is interested, send me a message. I have some jpgs of the radios. There are: another big Zenith, a Philco, a GE, a Radiola, a Stromberg-Carlson, and some table (tombstone-style) radios too. One is a Philco. I don't remember what the others are. The sale is this Saturday, from 8 to noon, at 2424 Sitka Street, San Leandro. I will be there too. Ralph, the owner, may be there if health permits, and possibly his neighbor, who worked for PGE (the electrical utility) as a telecommunications engineer, and restored most of them, may be there too. Wish I had more time to devote to club activity. It was a great experience doing the bulletin from 2001-2003. I hope we find someone to take over from Phil. We should have a super award for all of his efforts over the years, seriously! Thanks! Rich Toebe Vacaville, CA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Ultra Chunky Radios
Hey... I'd like some pics of the radios and I plan on being there for the estate sale... Boy it's hot in Vacaville.. I'm there a few times a week..1550 KFRC That's where those call letters whent??? Derek ..Vallejo Thank you. Derek Vincent Vmedia360...everywhere On Jul 14, 2009, at 9:11 AM, rto...@comcast.net wrote: Been a while since I've had anything useful to contribute. The noise level here has become horrendous. Even so, I try DXing from time to time. As many of you know, I have been in real estate for years now. I am selling a home in San Leandro and the owner, who is 86, collected tube radios. Many of them are console sets from the '30s. I bought one from him, a Zenith, from 1938. Plays beautifully. AM and SW. I have it in my living room now. A beautiful piece of furniture and it's cool to listen to KFRC-1550 on it. This Saturday, his family are having a garage sale, and the remaining radios in his collection are up for sale. This will be the only garage sale, as the house will close escrow next Monday. So everything will be out of the house by Sunday night. I am sorry for the short notice, but I'm just the Realtor... and this is mainly interesting for anyone within driving distance of the San Francisco area, but if you are interested in seeing them and maybe purchasing one, this is the time. He's priced them well... I would buy more but my wife and I came to an understanding of how much radio stuff I can collect. If anyone is interested, send me a message. I have some jpgs of the radios. There are: another big Zenith, a Philco, a GE, a Radiola, a Stromberg-Carlson, and some table (tombstone-style) radios too. One is a Philco. I don't remember what the others are. The sale is this Saturday, from 8 to noon, at 2424 Sitka Street, San Leandro. I will be there too. Ralph, the owner, may be there if health permits, and possibly his neighbor, who worked for PGE (the electrical utility) as a telecommunications engineer, and restored most of them, may be there too. Wish I had more time to devote to club activity. It was a great experience doing the bulletin from 2001-2003. I hope we find someone to take over from Phil. We should have a super award for all of his efforts over the years, seriously! Thanks! Rich Toebe Vacaville, CA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Jul 14 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 13 July follow. Solar flux 67 and mid-latitude A-index 8. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 14 July was 3 (20 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 68 68 68 68 68 68 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 A-in 44444468888888 K-in 11113323442233 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Correction to July 12 Grayland DU Log
Hello All, Further investigation of an MP3 recorded on 1116 kHz at 1214 UTC reveals that a web site address matches a program running at the time on the 4BC station in Brisbane, Australia, not the 3AK station in Melbourne. Sharina's Psychic Encounters was running from 10-12 PM on Sunday night on 4BC in Brisbane, and the announcer (Sharina?) gave a web site address, along with a promotion for the leading spiritualist magazine. Apparently Sharina the Psychic has a habit of speaking in a mumbling manner, which makes her speech border on the unintelligible (especially through a Murata narrow filter), leading to the confusion about the station identity. The booming MP3 saved the day, however, and finally provided positive station identification-- no thanks to Sharina. 73, Gary DeBock **Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com. (http://www.tourtracker.com/?ncid=emlcntusmusi0006) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Jul 15 0001 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 14 July follow. Solar flux 67 and mid-latitude A-index 13. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 15 July was 2 (10 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 68 68 68 68 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 A-in 44446888888810 13 K-in 11332344223312 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] From QRZ.COM...
Can anyone help poor Tom? Does anyone have or know where I can get a service manual and/or diagram for a Grundig Satellit 800 Millenium receiver? I have looked high and low. Even Grudig/Eton won't help. In particular I want to know what, if any, antenna input protection there is against static pickup. TOM K8ERV Montrose Colo Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] PL-300WT/ G8 Watch Battery-- The Full Story
On 14-Jul-09, at 8:56 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: With such a limited function, this watch battery is certainly not a vital part of the radio's circuitry. Tecsun probably figured that the battery should last for years with such a minor mission, and did not design an easy way for removal or replacement. There is some lettering stamped on the battery's side, such as C.C/DCT/0C and 0.22F, but no company name. Disassembly of my G8 to obtain this information was far from routine, and is not recommended for hobbyists without serious technical experience. There was the fringe benefit of finally seeing the actual DSP chip in the G8, however-- a surprisingly small (1/8 square) component located quite close to the soldered-in positive terminal of the watch battery. 0.22F? I suspect that this is actually a 0.22 Farad super capacitor, not a watch battery. Such capacitors are often used in place of backup batteries in modern electronics: http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-8.htm It would be charged by the AA cell that runs the clock, and would provide power to keep the clock going with the battery removed. No need to worry about ever replacing it if indeed it is a supercapacitor :) 73, Deane McIntyre VE6BPO (who has found the G8 for sale at $59.95 at two local The Source stores here in Calgary AB but so far has resisted the temptation) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] PL-300WT/ G8 Watch Battery-- The Full Story
Hi Deane, Thanks for your comments. I thought about that possibility also, but the component delivered a steady 2.2 volts over a one minute period, certainly more like a battery than a capacitor. But I could be wrong, since I've never seen a battery hard-wired into a circuit board. The main goal of my investigation was to find out what functions would be affected by the component's removal, and to allay the fears of some owners that their radios would be useless once this component went on the blink. I think the evidence is clear that the battery/ capacitor has a very limited function, and that there is no need to be concerned with it. 73, Gary **Summer concert season is here! Find your favorite artists on tour at TourTracker.com. (http://www.tourtracker.com/?ncid=emlcntusmusi0006) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Retro report re:AM 640
AM 640 late update (if not resolved in earlier post) Station heard with religious program on 640 could have been KGVW in Belgrade Montana running on 10kw day and powering down to 1kw at LSS (MST).Caught this one last winter pre-local sunset(PST) with stromg steady signal and disappearing before KFI LA drifted in.Bill in Vic BC __ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
