Re: [IRCA] WSCR-670 IBOC off again! 12:15am CDT
Lets hope this is permanent. What I think of IBOC and especially at night cannot be stated here or I will be banned from the list. I tried lots to get some CBC FF on 680 but not a trace although western Canadians are decent 1040 CKST at times listenable with BC Lions FB thru WHO. No AK on 750..maybe traces ..but nothing that was Clark Howard (easy to differentiate from Savage on WSB earlier) of a couple nights ago. Gotta love night IBOC...Just gotta love it. 15 minutes ago before I came in..some CW mx on 840 as my phaser setting to knock out WSB .also reduces WHAS. Since Nebraska on 840 doesn't cheat and when they've been on legally at night for bad weather, they clobber 840 here on antennas towards the west,,this has to be 100 MileHouse BC, (have had traces years back but after AB moved to FM//ie not AB) so here I manage about 15 seconds of what would be my best domestic lifetime catch (OK my Phased BOG System aimed NW rocks..and it would take about 160 acres of farm land to compete..ie side by side terminated Bev array) is just quickly overwhelmed by a combo of WCCO and KOA IBOC. How did these morons at the FCC allow this crap on AM..it doesn't improve audio one bit...using a ULR to tune 670 WSCR super local for sports it was next to impossible to get right on channel while sunning myself out by the pool and get good analog audio w/out IBOC sideband qrm..etc etc etc. IBOC is a joke... 73 KAZ - Original Message - From: George Sherman george...@yahoo.com To: IRCA@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 12:21 AM Subject: [IRCA] WSCR-670 IBOC off again! 12:15am CDT Hope someone is still up DXing. 73, George S., MN ___ 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.113/2395 - Release Date: 09/25/09 17:52:00 ___ 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] Sept. 25th TPs - Pretty Good
I found this morning's TP MW DX to be down from yesterday's amazing levels and quantity, but it was still very worthwhile. I monitored from 1245 to 1415 UTC. 540 UNID with Kiwi-sounding announcer in English at the start of my first Perseus WAV file for the morning. It faded quickly, but sure sounded like R. Rhema programming. 558 JOCR 594 JOAK 603 JJ language here 657 N. Korea, strong 666 JOBK Japan, strong at 1315 693 JOAB very good 747 JOIB usual powerhouse level 828 JOBB good at 1330 873 JOGB Kumamoto, good signal at 1259, parallel to 747 891 JOHK Sendai, mixing with presumed Thailand, fair to good at 1343 936 China 972 HLCA fair to good 1017 Korean language? weak at 1305 1134 JOQR dominant, but a 2nd station buried beneath 1170 at 1314 I found the Chinese and Korean mixing here, and dominating KPUG Bellingham, WA. Thanks, Bruce, for the tip! 1287 JOHR at a good level 1330 1377 China with a great signal 1310 1566 HLAZ, one of the weaker signals of the morning...just fair at best 1575 VOA Thailand at a good to very good level. I noted a new (to me) program this morning. At 1251, I heard the English language intro to a new program called News Dynamics English. With a straight face, the happy announcer intoned Today's news is 'the taste of vegetables'. I'll have a recording of this tomorrow on my blog. -- Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA http://fivebelow.squarespace.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] TP's 9-26 in Seattle
Conditions were definitely not as good as yesterday, but still OK. Maybe I just wasn't recording the right set of freqs at the right time today (a potential drawback of SDR setups) The Korean peninsula and NE China seemed to be especially good. Highlights from this morning: 567 JJ talk fair 1242 during KVI quiet periods 576 Woman in RR, undermodulated 1239 639 CC YL good 1250 738 Korean dominant again, good w.2 men in KK 1148 855 North Korean trash talk on 855.05 good 1154, low rumble het from another stn 963 Flute music 1359 fair but getting weaker, CRI theme mx 1400 981 China still good w/CC talk, 5+1 pips, theme mx 1400 1017 CRI KK service fair w.CRI theme mx 1400, CC ID by man, KK ID by woman 1206 Yanbian, China, good w/woman in Korean 1301 1369 Carrier again 1220, some day audio will burst through the KKMO splatter The usual suspects were also hanging around at various strengths. Bruce in Seattle SDR-IQ receiver, K9AY antenna ___ 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] Sept. 26th Victoria TPs - Very Good
Very full slate this AM - listened from 1330 til 1400 and there are still things coming in... 531 trace audio - somewhat JJ sounding 558 a threesome happening w/ JJ on top, CC underneath and a 3rd below that 567 JJ at very good levels - 8 576 - muddy music - 7 585 - music - 7 594 - JJ (recorded this tuning between 593 and 603 with almost nothing on 600 612 - Brisbane - 8 621 - snippets of KK 639 - CC YL at 1340 best I have ever heard them - 9 648 - trace audio in splash 675 - audio and talk but buried 693 - moments of JJ under CBU-690 QRM - 8 702 - jumble 738 - always a good signal but generally buried on a combo of 730 and 740 QRM 747 - JJ - actual weak link at 1350 - did not hear a significant enhancement on this channel 756 - CC 7/8 765 - audio 774 - as usual, armchair JJ 783, 792 audio snippets in the mud 828 - JJ fairing better than usual 837, 846 audio traces w/ good singnal - nothing much popping out 855 - one of the few occasions that KK surfaced well 864 - trace audio 873 - JJ 8 918 - sounded like CC 927 - trace 936 - CC 945 - trace audio 954 - very lively JJ pop DJ talk 963 - music as a I passed 972 - KK but not at the usual bone crushing levels - down somewhat from last season 1017 - actual audio - music - 7ish - did not hang around (yea, need a Perseus...) 1098 - great carrier w/ snippets of something 1116 - audio 1161 - sounded seriously like CC at good levels 1188 - audio 1215 - trace audio 1224, 1242, 1278 more audio snippets 1287 - very good JJ appearance 1323, 1377 - trace audio 1566 - noted by its near absence... signal but not much else 1575 - Khemer sounding talk to good levels. Highlights: CC YL on 639 at really good levels. As I reached for Zoom H4 recorder and patch cable it diminished somewhat - Good recording tuning between a solid 594 JJ and 603 KK Radio - Eton E1 barefoot + E100 Modified. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT CA DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT 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
Re: [IRCA] WSCR-670 IBOC off again! 12:15am CDT
KAZ, This is one reason I have not been at the dials as much as I used to. Tuning across from channel to channel and hearing hiss is not exciting. Like with KYES 1180, yes I think I heard it, but I had to fight KEX's IBOC. It is not fun. So far, little in the NW, but who knows if there will be more in the future. 1220 used to be a good channel. I logged lots of goodies including WLSD with 45 watts! Hard to hear the weak stuff because of 1230 IBOC, KSJK Talent OR (Medford, PBS). I have IBOC QRM on 1330 from 1340, Tumwater WA, more PBS IBOC. Sure the Eastern beverage nulls the N/S, but there is still enough of it that often covers the flea power signals. The DXer with a portable would never notice it, but when a beverage is being used with a R8, you hear the noise. You are right with your comment a couple years back that the Eastern beverage does get the Midwest/Eastern IBOC. No doubt about that. I even hear WQEW's IBOC on 1570 when I cannot hear WQEW! I just cannot understand the justification of AM IBOC anyway. Why bother? FM has advantages The sooner IBOC dies, the better. But will we live that long! 73, Patrick (Another frustrated IBOC hater) ___ 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] ULR SUNRISE SKIP...2 New Stations ...both on 1050 KHZ!!...................
Hi Guys: Got up early today and logged 2 New Stations at Sunrise..both on 1050 KHZ!! Radio used...SONY SRF-T615 BAREFOOT ULR ULR LOG TOTALS are now...693 Stations Heard. 73.ROB. Robert S. Ross VA3SW London, Ontario CANADA *** 1050 WTKA Ann Arbor, MICH. Sept/26/09 0700 edt EE FAIR Mixing it up with CHUM Toronto and CKSB Winnipeg. Man and Woman with Local Talk of Events in Ann Arbor, Michigan. May have been Local Sports Events, or possibly Local News Items?? Many Mentions of Ann Arbor. NEW STATION NEW ULR # 692 10 KW/500 Watts Nights ROSS, ONT. 1050 CKSB Winnipeg, MANITOBA Sept/26/09 0705 edtFRENCH FAIR Male with French Talk. Typical CBC/Radio Canada Fare. Several Mentions of Radio Canada. Mixing it up with CHUM and WTKA. NEW STATION NEW ULR # 693 10 KW ROSS, ONT. * ___ 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] TP for 26Sep09 from Victoria: pretty good
Glad to have Colin's notes to compare to. My take (and I listened between 13:20 and 14:30) is that things were again slightly down from yesterday and the day before, but still very respectable. DU, on the other hand, although again very modest was better than yesterday with Brisbane really booming in on 612 and heard past 14:30! What was better today as well were many of the North Koreans. Perhaps someone played with their transmitters to improve modulation levels. SF: 72, A2, K1. Here's my catch, with 6 unless otherwise noted: 153: 8 189: 9 279: 7 (part of the problem is a new noise source, I suspect, nearby this season compared to last). 529: SQM at 8 531, 540 576: RR (that's the muddy audio with music, Colin) at 8 level. DU // to 612 after 14:00 at 7 level. 594: 8 level earlier, 9 level later with NHK1. After 14:00 cochannel DU (// to 612). 603: 2 cochannels at 8 level. 612: Brisbane at 9 level 14:03, and still audible at 14:30! 639: CNR1 at 13:34 at 8 657: 9 level North Korea very strong today. 666, 675 720: CC at 8 level with weak het on lower side from presumed N.Korea. 738: CC and weak cochannel at 13:42 at 8 level. 747: NHK2 at 9 level 756: KBS1 at 9 level with excellent modulation. They were undermodulated for the past few days. 765 774: NHK2 at 9 level. At 14:07 cochannel with DU 783: 7 level CC 792: 2 cochannels at 7 level. 801: 7 level audio plus the weird wandering carrier on the low side today. I'm assuming this is a sick N. Korean tx. Are other Perseus (or SDR) users seeing this? 828: I'm giving this NHK2 a perfect 10 (that's very rare from me!) at 13:48 837, 846 855: North Korea with 8 level and not bad audio today. 873: JJ at 7 level. 918: 7 936: 8 level presumed Anhui RGD at 13:51 945: 7 level with several stations 954: 9 level, presumably JOKR with music 963: CC CRI RR at 8 level 972: 8 level KK and 1 other. Agree with Colin on this one (not as strong as usual). 1008: 7 level music and 1 other. ?JONR 1017: 7 level presumed CRI KK 1098: 7 level at 13:55 1107: 7 level music 1116: 7 level 1134, 1143 1170: KPUG and cochannel CC at 7 to 8 level 1242: JJ at 13:57 at 8 level 1251: 3 distinct carriers making it a jumble at 7 level (could easily be much better audio if they were all on frequency) 1287: JJ at 8 level 1314 1332: 7 level 1341: ditto 1566: HLAZ at 8 level at 14:08. As usual, this is always an easy catch for me, and not for Colin, a couple of km away! 1575: 9 level VOA X-band: absent. That's my catch for this morning! And what a morning it isblue, blue sky. Gorgeous! Walt in Victoria, BC ___ 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] TP's 9-26 in Seattle
Bang on with my observations, Bruce! Walt At 09:45 AM 9/26/2009, you wrote: Conditions were definitely not as good as yesterday, but still OK. Maybe I just wasn't recording the right set of freqs at the right time today (a potential drawback of SDR setups) The Korean peninsula and NE China seemed to be especially good. Highlights from this morning: 567 JJ talk fair 1242 during KVI quiet periods 576 Woman in RR, undermodulated 1239 639 CC YL good 1250 738 Korean dominant again, good w.2 men in KK 1148 855 North Korean trash talk on 855.05 good 1154, low rumble het from another stn 963 Flute music 1359 fair but getting weaker, CRI theme mx 1400 981 China still good w/CC talk, 5+1 pips, theme mx 1400 1017 CRI KK service fair w.CRI theme mx 1400, CC ID by man, KK ID by woman 1206 Yanbian, China, good w/woman in Korean 1301 1369 Carrier again 1220, some day audio will burst through the KKMO splatter The usual suspects were also hanging around at various strengths. Bruce in Seattle SDR-IQ receiver, K9AY antenna ___ 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.113/2396 - Release Date: 09/26/09 05:51:00 ___ 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] 2009 IRCA convention photos and more
I've finally finished organizing my 2009 convention photos. I also have collections of other tower hunting expeditions and station tours available for viewing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcgibson55 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcgibson55/sets ___ 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] KCIS 630
Hi everyone, The IRCA Conventon was a blast. Mike did a great job! Thanks so much. Since I have been back, I have been checking out the dial. The powerline noise seems to have gone away. At least gone away for the time being. Anyway, I found KCIS 630 weaker than normal for the past couple of days. Does anyone else in the Puget Sound area notice it? KWRO Coquille is 50% stronger than KCIS now. They used to be about equal. The SW EWE still only gets KWRO and the NE EWE only gets KCIS. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ 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] Puyallup, WA TP's for 9-26... Ultralight TP #90
Hello All, With finally some time to really chase TP's this morning, the 5.5' PVC loop was set up in my back yard, and ready to go at 1300. Away from the house wiring and RF pollution, the TP's did indeed have better strength, and the nulls of domestic stations seemed deeper (compared to the 36 bedside model). A presumed 891-Radio Thailand had been received here mixing with NHK1 for several mornings this week, but this morning at 1334 it was clearly dominant on the frequency, strong enough for language recognition (and an MP3). This was Ultralight TP #90 here, which although not as strong as VOA's mega-station on 1575, is still one of the stronger Thailand AM transmitters. It had a nice signal on the C.Crane SWP Slider, inductively coupled to the 5.5' PVC loop. New Ultralight TP loggings are getting tougher to find in Puyallup, especially after 70 of them were logged on a stand-alone Slider E100 last year. 603-HLSA was very strong at 1347 over the UnID Mandarin Chinese station, a reversal of the situation the past few days. The Chinese college student (Jacey Wang) who has translated many UnID Chinese MP3's for our TP-chasing group will receive another one of the 603 kHz station, which has puzzled Derek Vincent and me for some time. The PVC loop showed promise in nulling out many domestic stations to search for weak TP co-channels, but after setting up the deep null on the pests, the TP's didn't always cooperate with strong signals :-) Unlike the 9 kHz-split frequencies away from the domestics, the ICF-2010 carrier strength check doesn't mean much on the domestic frequencies, because it's hard to tell whether the carrier is coming from the domestic pest, or the TP. The sunrise enhancement here in Puyallup is much shorter than in Grayland (usually only about 15 minutes), so it's always a scramble to use the time productively in chasing new TP loggings. I'm glad that Walt, Colin and Bruce had fun this morning. Conditions here seemed as good as yesterday, perhaps because of the superior loop antenna being used. 73, Gary Modified ICF-2010 (30 loopstick) Modified C.Crane SWP (7.5 Slider loopstick + CFJ455K5 filter) 5.5' collapsible-frame PVC loop (set up in the back yard) ___ 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 Sep 26 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 25 September follow. Solar flux 72 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 26 September was 1 (08 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 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 75 75 75 75 75 75 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 A-in 11111122222222 K-in 12011000000121 ___ 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] KCIS 630
Patrick I haven't noticed any significant changes in strength for KCIS-630. I checked just now, and their signal level is similar to that of many other Seattle stations, i.e. about an S-unit weaker than KIRO and half an S-unit stronger than KVI Bruce Patrick Martin wrote: Hi everyone, The IRCA Conventon was a blast. Mike did a great job! Thanks so much. Since I have been back, I have been checking out the dial. The powerline noise seems to have gone away. At least gone away for the time being. Anyway, I found KCIS 630 weaker than normal for the past couple of days. Does anyone else in the Puget Sound area notice it? KWRO Coquille is 50% stronger than KCIS now. They used to be about equal. The SW EWE still only gets KWRO and the NE EWE only gets KCIS. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager \ ___ 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] TP's 9-26 in Seattle
Hi Bruce, Your repeated Korean loggings on 738 kHz are a real mystery here. I have had 738-Taiwan Fisheries at huge signal levels for most of September, but never a trace of any Koreans. The same weird situation occurs frequently when I compare my TP loggings with those of Guy Atkins, only 4 miles southeast of here. He hears many strong TP's that I don't have a trace of, and vice versa. 73, Gary In a message dated 9/26/2009 9:46:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bport...@comcast.net writes: Conditions were definitely not as good as yesterday, but still OK. Maybe I just wasn't recording the right set of freqs at the right time today (a potential drawback of SDR setups) The Korean peninsula and NE China seemed to be especially good. Highlights from this morning: 567 JJ talk fair 1242 during KVI quiet periods 576 Woman in RR, undermodulated 1239 639 CC YL good 1250 738 Korean dominant again, good w.2 men in KK 1148 855 North Korean trash talk on 855.05 good 1154, low rumble het from another stn 963 Flute music 1359 fair but getting weaker, CRI theme mx 1400 981 China still good w/CC talk, 5+1 pips, theme mx 1400 1017 CRI KK service fair w.CRI theme mx 1400, CC ID by man, KK ID by woman 1206 Yanbian, China, good w/woman in Korean 1301 1369 Carrier again 1220, some day audio will burst through the KKMO splatter The usual suspects were also hanging around at various strengths. Bruce in Seattle SDR-IQ receiver, K9AY antenna ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630
Thanks BruceInteresting. They are weaker here, or maybe KWRO is just stronger? Maybe KWRO improved their signal, but KCIS does eem to have a lower S Meter reading Patrick. Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ 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] KCIS 630
Sorry that I did not respond to this sooner, guys. I think that it is possible that KCIS is down a ways. I've found them much easier to null down this past month than I remember them (with the same equipment here) in past years. I'm not certain could be that I just discovered that I can get KJNO in the early part of each dawn and that I can sometimes get an Asian on top. Anyway, they SEEM more willing to be nulled down this fall. Sadly, 900-Victoria has returned to full strength about three days ago. Sadly, the only thing that I heard on 900 was Wenatchee, WA, but it sure did make 909 easier! John B. At 03:41 PM 9/26/2009 -0700, you wrote: Thanks BruceInteresting. They are weaker here, or maybe KWRO is just stronger? Maybe KWRO improved their signal, but KCIS does eem to have a lower S Meter reading Patrick. Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ 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
Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630
John, 900 Victoria is stronger here. However my noise is back with wind dry weather this afternoon. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ 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] KS OK MW notes from Grant County
Mostly-Kansas MW observations on a mini-DX pedition Saturday afternoon Sept 26 to a quiet rural location on State Hwy 11a about halfway between US 64/81/60 junxion due N of Enid, and State Hwy 11 on the way to Wakita, Nissan caradio tuning in 10-kHz steps only: 526 kHz, tuned to 530 kHz could hear weak beacon (weacon?), sending OJ over and over in code, which is in Olathe, Johnson County KS near Kansas City, per the exhaustive list Bill Hepburn provides at http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm No HAR or TIS audible on 530 itself. 690, KGGF Coffeyville KS heard closing a classic cowboy-music show at 1659 UT Sat, but no title heard. I will look it up on the KGGF website: yeah, sure, can`t find any such site. Maybe starts at 1606. Altho the closing bit I heard had a religious subtext, I want to check the show further, as I would put up with some of that to hear the ilk of the Sons of the Pioneers. Axually, I heard this in Enid before going to the site, but 10 kW KGGF has broad semi-local coverage. 910 had IBOC noise at 1917 UT, which must have been coming from Wichita on 900 as there is nothing strong enough on 920; and 890 has strong OK signal tho I think I could hear some IBOC noise under it. 2009-2010 NRC AM Log confirms that KSGL 900 Wichita does run IBOC. 250 watts daytime power. I had never noticed the IBOC from it with weaker signal inside Enid. 1000, KTOK OKC, IBOC has not been heard for a few weeks at occasional daytime chex, so I am beginning to think it is off for good. But it used to be intermittent, so maybe I have just been lucky. 1280, semi-local KSOK Arkansas City KS missing! At 1919 UT check and still when back home at 2050. The website http://www.ksokfm.com/ is very much alive, tho mostly about their FM on 95.9 with a link to 1280. 1600.2, off-frequency het I have been hearing for many months even in daytime against KUSH 1600 Cushing OK, was stronger at the DXpedition site than at home in Enid, leading me to believe it is from a KS station rather than TX. That would KMDO in Fort Scott, SE Kansas, 770 watts day, 35 night, both non-direxional. Some MetroPlex signals which reach Enid OK, e.g. 700 and 1040, did not make it to the DX site. 1610, Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA) HAR at 1912 UT with weather along the `pike from Kansas City to the OK border, voiced by synthetic woman. They have multiple transmitters, mostly on 1610, and no doubt I was hearing the closest one at South Haven. Sometimes have traces in Enid, but 1610 here daytimes is predominantly Great Salt Plains OK TIS. Yet the DX site was closer to GSP than Enid is. 1660, KXTR classical music weakly audible at 1914, groundwave from Kansas City (Glenn Hauser, Grant County OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ### ___ 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 Sep 27 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 September follow. Solar flux 72 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 27 September was 2 (16 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 25 25 25 25 25 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 27 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 75 75 75 75 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 A-in 11112222222212 K-in 01100000012102 ___ 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] 2009 Ultralight Radio Shootout Article Uploaded
Hello All, For those interested in the new DSP-enhanced Ultralight radios and their awesome DXing potential, a full review of the newest Chinese-market models has been uploaded to DXer.Ca (_http://www.dxer.ca/file-area/doc_download/258-2_ (http://www.dxer.ca/file-area/doc_download/258-2) ), and the Yahoo Ultralightdx file site. Including full coverage of the Kchibo D96L, D92L, Degen DE1123, Grundig G8/ Tecsun PL-300WT, C.Crane SWP, Tecsun R911 and R9012 models, complete details on relative sensitivity, selectivity, nulling ability, spurs/images, AGC, audio quality, digital tuning noise and quality control record are given. Bonus reports are given on these units' DXing performance compared with the SRF-59, SRF-39FP, SRF-T615, SRF-M37V/W, E100, DT-400W, DT-200VX and the DT-210V. After reading this article, you will have all the information you need to choose your dream Ultralight radio-- in time for an exciting new DX season. If you have yet to enjoy the unique thrills of Ultralight radio DXing, we welcome you to join us as we experience more DXing fun than we have had in decades! 73 and Best Wishes, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) ___ 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] KCIS 630
Here in Puyallup, in the pre-dawn hours, I find that KCIS 630 mixing beneath another domestic station runs a solid S-9 on the Perseus, but KVI-570, KIRO-710, and KOMO-1000 are all reading S-9+35dB (aka -35 dBm). Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA http://fivebelow.squarespace.com On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 5:46 PM, irca-requ...@hard-core-dx.com wrote: Message: 5 Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:00:04 -0700 From: Bruce Portzer bport...@comcast.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630 Message-ID: 4abe80d4.3050...@comcast.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Patrick I haven't noticed any significant changes in strength for KCIS-630. I checked just now, and their signal level is similar to that of many other Seattle stations, i.e. about an S-unit weaker than KIRO and half an S-unit stronger than KVI Bruce ___ 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] WAIS 770 on late
WAIS, 770, Nelsonville, Ohio is still on (2228 ELT) w/classic cw. They're in the NW corner of Athens county I'm in the SW, so they're well o/WABC here. Wouldn't be surprised if they're not on all night. 73 David ___ 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] KCIS 630
At 06:28 PM 9/26/2009, you wrote: Here in Puyallup, in the pre-dawn hours, I find that KCIS 630 mixing beneath another domestic station runs a solid S-9 on the Perseus, but KVI-570, KIRO-710, and KOMO-1000 are all reading S-9+35dB (aka -35 dBm). Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA http://fivebelow.squarespace.com KCIS is still good and strong cochannel 1 or 2 other domestics here in Victoria, at least this morning at 13:00. Other mornings, KJNO dominates the channel. CHED well heard about 13:01 this morning, so not a particularly good Alaskan morning, I suspect.Walt ___ 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] SEP 26 TAs
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 2300 EDT 882audio, strong het while tuned to 882 756German 837weak talk 855weak talk 909UK talk 1134talk 1215Absolute, music 1377poor, talk LW - wiped out by noise (too many people in the house tonight) Back to the sermon prep. ___ 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] KCIS 630
Guy Your observations would be expected since KVI KIRO KOMO are all much closer to you than KCIS, which has its transmitter north of Seattle and has a null in your direction. According tom the Zipsignal website, http://www.v-soft.com/ZipSignal/ , KCIS should be my second strongest local after KIXI-880, based on the FCC database info. It's actually a bit weaker than some of my other locals, such as KIRO KOMO, which may mean my antenna isn't really omnidirectional (very likely) or KCIS's antenna is putting out less than what's in the FCC database (also possible). Zipsignal is an interesting website - you enter your zip code and it'll show the field strengths for nearby AM FM stations. Guy Atkins wrote: Here in Puyallup, in the pre-dawn hours, I find that KCIS 630 mixing beneath another domestic station runs a solid S-9 on the Perseus, but KVI-570, KIRO-710, and KOMO-1000 are all reading S-9+35dB (aka -35 dBm). Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA http://fivebelow.squarespace.com On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 5:46 PM, irca-requ...@hard-core-dx.com wrote: Message: 5 Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:00:04 -0700 From: Bruce Portzer bport...@comcast.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] KCIS 630 Message-ID: 4abe80d4.3050...@comcast.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Patrick I haven't noticed any significant changes in strength for KCIS-630. I checked just now, and their signal level is similar to that of many other Seattle stations, i.e. about an S-unit weaker than KIRO and half an S-unit stronger than KVI Bruce ___ 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] ESPN on 1589.7 who is it? 11pm CDT
Likely in the Midwest. 73, George S., MN ___ 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] (no subject)
KGEM is now EWTN, KCID is off for a few days and will be back with SS EWTN Frank N7SOK Boise ___ 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] ESPN on 1589.7 IDed KWBG Boone, IA
Hope somebody gets a new logging from this. 73, George S., MN ___ 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] ESPN on 1589.7 IDed KWBG Boone, IA
At 09:27 PM 9/26/2009, you wrote: Hope somebody gets a new logging from this. 73, George S., MN George, I can easily see this on my Perseus on measured 1589.664. ...Walt, Victoria, BC ___ 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] ESPN on 1589.7 who is it? 11pm CDT
At 09:07 PM 9/26/2009, you wrote: Likely in the Midwest. 73, George S., MN Producing an audible het against 1590 here in Victoria, BC ___ 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] BOG (Beverage On the Ground) test today: mixed results (w/log)
I tried out a BOG (Beverage On the Ground) on the MW BCB band for the first time today. Here are some of the details and results. The nuts and bolts: I used my Yaesu FT-897D, and a 500' spool of stranded 14 gauge green ground wire purchased (for $25) from Lowe's. I simply stripped the insulation from about an inch of one end of the wire, folded the stripped section in half, and inserted it into the center conductor hole in the SO-239. I put a wooden dowel through the middle of the spool, with a paper sack between the spool and my hand to insulate me from the friction, and began walking. To my surprise, the wire was not too stiff to manage. It did want to coil back up for about 10 or 15 feet at the end, but I solved that problem by folding a few inches of the wire over, and pushing it into the grass. When I was done, I made a little handle on the side of the spool (this is where the aforementioned nut and bolt come into play) and made it a bigger handle by slipping a 5 or 6 inch piece of 1/2 PVC over the bolt. Then, I started cranking. It wasn't so hard to wind it back up. This actually works pretty well. Before I got started: I tuned in a weak AM radio station--one that got clobbered any time I got near half the noisy powerlines in Oklahoma City-- and drove around to some places I'd considered as possible sites for trying this out. I needed a place where I could park the car, and from there, stretch my wire out 500 feet. I found it helpful to reset car's trip odometer (so it would be at exactly 0 miles) and drive until it showed 0.1 miles (528 feet) to determine whether I had enough space to roll out my BOG. If I could drive alongside the place where I was thinking about rolling out the BOG, and not hear any undue noise in the AM radio tuned to the weak station, I figured I had a good spot. What I did after setup: I put the FT-897D up on the dashboard, and began tuning around, recording the stations I received, their signal strength, and their readability. After I went once through the list, I went back, and started trying to ID the ones that weren't locals. After I'd ID'ed a few of them, I started checking to see if I could hear the stations I heard on the FT-897D on the car radio. Partway through that process, I accidentally tuned slightly below the BCB, and heard a beacon. So, I paused to see how many beacons I could record before moving on. Then, I finished seeing how many of the stations I could hear on the car radio, spooled the wire back up, finished packing up, went about half-way through the band confirming I could still hear all the stations on the car radio, even after I'd rolled up the wire (yep), then headed home. Time of Day: I got started around 4:00 PM, and left by 6:00 PM. Local sunset was at 7:21 PM. My Location: Oklahoma City (I was at Eldon Lyon Park.) Here are some of my observations and reactions: + I was able to receive a lot of stations. In fact, I was getting pretty excited about how much I was hearing. It's certainly more than I've been able to copy at home, with an indoor wire, or the multi-band 90-something foot dipole I used to have just barely above roof level. + I wasn't so excited after I realized that almost every station I was getting on the BOG I could also hear, just about as well, on the car radio. There were some exceptions, and a couple of cases where the station I was receiving on some frequency on the car radio was different from the one I was receiving on the BOG. There were also some stations I could hear on the car radio, that I couldn't hear on the BOG. (I like my car radio. I really do.) + I was very surprised to see that some of the stations I ID'ed were in Texas, almost due perpendicular to the BOG. So I guess the directional virtues of the BOG are not as pronounced as I'd assumed. + Signal levels were generally low. Some of the locals were only about S9, and many of the weaker stations were S-zero. + I discovered that I could dramatically increase signal levels by placing my hand on the top panel of the FT-897D. S-zero signals would typically increase to about S9, and there would be a noticeable (not huge) improvement in S/N. + I thought I was well within daylight, and thus, firmly in daytime reception mode. And yet, I noticed some fading on a very small minority of the signals. (Most were rock steady, as I would have expected.) In a couple of cases, the fading was deep. In one case, I was listening to a station on the car radio and FT-897D at the same time, and the signal faded on one, but not the other, then vice versa. + For a portable antenna that's not hard to deploy, the BOG works pretty well. On the other hand, my car radio, with its standard fender-mounted whip, does just about as well. But then, I don't know how I can easily duplicate the few-thousand-pound ground plane. In the end, perhaps it's more about location than antenna, anyway. You will need to know that I use my own signal readability
