[IRCA] Coconut Wireless #23 Radio Heritage News
From the Radio Heritage Foundation www.radioheritage.net __ The Coconut Wireless Radio Heritage News Issue #23 October 2009 __ Hello, and welcome to the latest news from the place where popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage collide! Whether you're enjoying spring or fall, I hope you'll also make some time to come over to www.radioheritage.net where our new layout makes finding features, stories, images and more so much easier. There's so much freely available content that you really will find the Google Search helpful - in fact, there are hundreds and hundreds of pages of stuff about radio broadcasting across the Pacific! This issue I want to mention the fantastic dedication to duty by people at several radio stations in the Samoas during the recent earthquake and tsunami. At Pago Pago's KKHJ-FM and Apia's Radio Polynesia [both radio heritage partners of ours] as well as Apia's 2AP, staff risked their lives to broadcast warnings and stay at their posts in the face of extreme personal danger. You can read our media release about their bravery at www.radioheritage.net and if you're listening to Radio New Zealand International's Mailbox program next week [www.rnzi.com] you'll hear our latest documentary which looks deeper at the recent tsunami and reflects on how lucky they were to survive - broadcasting in the heart of the Pacific Ring of Fire - and how stretched are radio resources in the region. Our most popular content is now even easier to find.look for our colorful new icons for AFRS Armed Forces Radio Memories [30 plus features] Long Lost Australian Radio Stars [35 entertaining features] Pacific USA [almost 15 great features]... Island Radio Pacific Style [over 15 exclusive features]... the growing Art of Radio series our well researched and illustrated Radio Dial Popular Culture features. Some of the new stuff you'll enjoy includes.Japan AM Radio Dial 1941 [fascinating look at what Japanese listeners heard as WWII approached].. WASA Radio Antarctica [inside the diary and personal photo album of the southernmost radio station manager in the world].2LM Lismore [the latest in the incredibly popular look back at Australian heritage AM radio stations of the 1940's].. As well, we've made the Radio Guides easier to use and will be adding in the next day or two our exclusive list of almost 70 Australian AM stations operating in the almost unknown 1611-1701 AM dial.plus our New Zealand Low Power FM Guide now details almost 430 FM stations currently on the air and some 900 now silent operations. Whether you're visiting www.radioheritage.net to look for the latest station information, station histories, personalities, radio design [such as car stickers and art work], early amateur broadcasters, how radio and popular culture have connected across the Pacific, or some good media books.I'm sure you'll enjoy what you find, and, it's all free. We've also got some special thank you offers for donations towards our radio heritage activities. In the year ended March 31 2009 our total income was just US$6300 and our operating costs were significantly higher, so we genuinely welcome your financial support right now. for every donation of US$10, we'll mail you 10 colorful Art of Radio Japan postcards.. and for every donation of US$50 we'll mail you a copy of 'Voices in the Air' the classic and well illustrated story of New Zealand's radio history ... Check out some of our favorite websites: www.musicofyourlife.com features streaming of easy listening standards of the 1950's [including big band, swing, jazz and stars such as Sinatra] from Las Vegas.Thom Whetston is doing a great service for AFRTS fans at www.afrtsarchive.blogspot.com [with some wonderful audio from greats such as Charlie Tuna] and our good friends at www.radioinfo.com.au cover the latest in Australian radio news, jobs and exclusive interviews.. Behind the scenes, there's a lot going on here too, with initial testing finally underway of our new interactive databasewhere you'll be able to upload and share your favorite radio station audio, YouTube clips, photos, scans of radio station memorabilia, articles, features and much moreyou can publish your own stories, oral histories, research projects and much more with us as wellso this will explode the website content! So, whether it's spring or fall where you are, share some good news with friends, enjoy life and make some time to come over to www.radioheritage.net and start connecting popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage across the Pacific with us and thousands of visitors like yourself. Our thanks to our partners Apex Rental Cars [rental car], 2day.com [website hosting], Procopy [printing] and PCWIZ2U [PC maintenance] and to you all for your support, emails of encouragement, contributions of
[IRCA] Lapland DXpedition on DXing.info
Hi, I have published a report on the recent LEM278 DXpedition to Lemmenjoki in Finland's Arctic North. Lots of reindeer, but even more radio stations. Conditions on the AM band were pretty good, with many interesting catches especially from the Americas. Check out the details at http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/lem278rep.dx - a log will follow some time next year, as listening with Perseus takes time. 73 Mika ___ 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] TA's found inside BOG last night + Questions
Dave, Pre-amps are often used to boost antenna input. A good one is made by DX Engineering, the RPA-1. I use it occasionally. There are many designs posted on the net for diy adventures. However, some designs are better than others as far as noise making. If you live in an electrically noisy area, a pre-amp will also amplify the background noise so the benefit is limited. 73 Gil ___ 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] TA's found inside BOG last night + Questions
Thanks for the model number, Gil, Yes I did notice an increase in noise with the preamp that went with my old Sanserino loop but more often than not the increase in signal won out. In fact, being a casual MW DX'er then like now, I added SEVEN new stations to my log within two hours of stringing the Sanserino, dueing the day when the band was dead. That was a great loop. 73, Dave -Original Message- From: Gil Stacy [mailto:gilst...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 6:00 AM To: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: TA's found inside BOG last night + Questions Dave, Pre-amps are often used to boost antenna input. A good one is made by DX Engineering, the RPA-1. I use it occasionally. There are many designs posted on the net for diy adventures. However, some designs are better than others as far as noise making. If you live in an electrically noisy area, a pre-amp will also amplify the background noise so the benefit is limited. 73 Gil ___ 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] Hey...KOKK 1210 was my 40th STATE on Ultralight DX!!
***Congrats on State 40, Rob.*** I've been stuck at 37 in the overall log, since adding NJ on a DX test a few years back. I am close on matching the number of ULR states to the number of overall states, with the ULR @ 32. I've logged SD many times on the overall but zilch on the ULR one. ND was surprisingly easy as I caught Carrington late at night, last year. Then I heard 790 through an EB due to the floods, this past spring. I'm not sure how many states the OK ULR DX'er has but John Bryant told me that he had only issued two certificates for 30 states and above - to Rob and I. :) I'm in good company. 73, Dave PS: Just noticed that I don't even have CT (WTIC) in the ULR book but WFNI's IBOC trashes 1080. This should be easy, if I just try. :) -- Message: 7 Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:25:01 -0400 From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com To: IRCA AM List irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Hey...KOKK 1210 was my 40th STATE on Ultralight DX!! Almost missed that!! Message-ID: 4ad7bd5d.7030...@rogers.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Guys: I was just updating the ULR Logbook for last night's DXand I just realized that my Logging of 1210 KOKK from Huron, SOUTH DAKOTA is a NEW STATE on ULR...and is also my 40th STATE Logged on Ultralight Radio!!! I thought I already had South Dakotabut it was NORTH Dakota I have already logged!! Yahoo.40 States on ULR.. I think they start getting REALLY HARD now if I remember correctlyas I have 45 States for the OVERALL LOG...and those last 5 were tough!! Anyways...I hit a Milestone and didn't even know it til just a few minutes ago 73ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross VA3SW London, Ontario CANADA ___ 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] Paul LaFreniere
I read on one of the WTFDA lists (from an Saul via the NRC list) that MN DX'er Paul LaFreniere passed away, last month. This is the first that I've heard of this. Godspeed, Paul! 73, Dave in Indy --from the cookcountynews-herald.com website-- Paul Anthony LaFreniere, Paul Anthony LaFreniere, 69, of Grand Marais, passed away Sept. 11, 2009 at the North Shore Hospital in Grand Marais after a short courageous battle with cancer. He was born Sept. 26, 1939 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota to Paul A. LaFreniere Sr. and Capitola Marie LaFreniere. He graduated from Hibbing High School in June 1957 and joined the Air Force in July 1957. He was honorably discharged in August 1963. He was employed by UPS for 21 years and also Trico Gas Company until he retired in September 2000. Paul was an active member of St. John's Catholic Church in Grand Marais. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Patricia of Grand Marais; two daughters, Pamela (James) Franger of Chicago and Anita Rawlins of Mesa, Ariz.; two sons, Thomas LaFreniere Sr. of Grand Marais and Gregory LaFreniere of Coulee Dam, Wash.; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; sister Jean Luer of Duluth; brother Steve LaFreniere of Mesa, Ariz.; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and daughter Larae. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at a later date. ___ 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 for 10/16/09
Listened from 1325-1433 utc. Good morning at this inland location. 1134 kHz down, far better than channels above 1134. China CRN1 1134 is now the most common CRN1 station heard here. Took over from CRN1 1593. DPR Korea station on 657 kHz has improved this season, but not heard this morning with a couple of tries. Nice warm 56 F degrees this morning, Rain around 11 am this morning, should help the ewe's ground system. Have a nice weekend. 153RUSSIA, 1333 fair with woman singing. 189RUSSIA, 1334 weak with woman singing. 279RUSSIA, 1335 good with woman singing. 558JAPAN, JOCR fair with man/woman in Japanese. 567JAPAN, JOIK NHK1 1337 fair woman in Japanese. // 666 at 1421. 594JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1341 fair with two men in Japanese. // 594. 639CHINA, CRN1 1338-1340 fair at times and // 5030. -0.70 kHz. 666JAPAN, JOBK NHK1 1343 two men in Japanese. //594. 738TAIWAN BEL2 1346-1348 assume the station as other //'s were vacant. 765JAPAN, ? 1351-1353 weak with man in Japanese? 774JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1325 1333 good signal with Radio English Conversation program. 828JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1355 good with man in Japanese and // 774. 846UNKNOWN, 1358-1402 weak and not // to 594 NHK1. No pips toh. 873JAPAN, JOGB NHK2 1403 fair at times and // 774. 972REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLCA fair signal, but battered with local 970 splatter. +0.70 kHz shift helped. 1053 JAPAN, JOAR 1409 woman talking, program did not match music on 2850. 1062 REPUBLIC OF KOREA? HLKQ 1411-1412 weak mostly, but fair some. make in Korean? First time for this channel at this location. 1134 CHINA, CRN1 1415-1418 fair to excellent at with woman singing and // 5030. 1422 JAPAN, JORF 1420 weak with woman in Japanese. 1458 UNKNOWN, 1421 continues to be a level 5 carrier, heard most mornings with carrier. 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1422 good signal, low audio. 1575 THAILAND, VOA 1423 weak with man in Asian language. 1593 CHINA, CRN1 1424 weak with woman in Chinese and // 1134. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA NRD 545 R8B ewe NW ewe SW Solar Indices SF 70 A 4 K 0 ___ 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] Paul LaFreniere
He would have been two years ahead of Bob Dylan at Hibbing HS! Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee -Original Message- From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; John Rieger dx-midamer...@webtv.net Sent: Fri, Oct 16, 2009 9:51 am Subject: [IRCA] Paul LaFreniere I read on one of the WTFDA lists (from an Saul via the NRC list) that MN DX'er Paul LaFreniere passed away, last month. This is the first that I've heard of this. Godspeed, Paul! 73, Dave in Indy --from the cookcountynews-herald.com website-- Paul Anthony LaFreniere, Paul Anthony LaFreniere, 69, of Grand Marais, passed away Sept. 11, 2009 at the North Shore Hospital in Grand Marais after a short courageous battle with cancer. He was born Sept. 26, 1939 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota to Paul A. LaFreniere Sr. and Capitola Marie LaFreniere. He graduated from Hibbing High School in June 1957 and joined the Air Force in July 1957. He was honorably discharged in August 1963. He was employed by UPS for 21 years and also Trico Gas Company until he retired in September 2000. Paul was an active member of St. John's Catholic Church in Grand Marais. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Patricia of Grand Marais; two daughters, Pamela (James) Franger of Chicago and Anita Rawlins of Mesa, Ariz.; two sons, Thomas LaFreniere Sr. of Grand Marais and Gregory LaFreniere of Coulee Dam, Wash.; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; sister Jean Luer of Duluth; brother Steve LaFreniere of Mesa, Ariz.; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and daughter Larae. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at a later date. ___ 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] Paul LaFreniere
Thanks David, What a shock, I am very saddened to hear this. Even though he was about 700 miles from me, I enjoyed reading his postings, as many his loggings were often heard at my location. My prayers go out to him and his family. 73 de Joe, KJ8O, Troy, MI - Original Message - From: DAVID CIV DFAS HASCALL To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, John Rieger Sent: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:51:12 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [IRCA] Paul LaFreniere I read on one of the WTFDA lists (from an Saul via the NRC list) that MN DX'er Paul LaFreniere passed away, last month. This is the first that I've heard of this. Godspeed, Paul! 73, Dave in Indy --from the cookcountynews-herald.com website-- Paul Anthony LaFreniere, Paul Anthony LaFreniere, 69, of Grand Marais, passed away Sept. 11, 2009 at the North Shore Hospital in Grand Marais after a short courageous battle with cancer. He was born Sept. 26, 1939 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota to Paul A. LaFreniere Sr. and Capitola Marie LaFreniere. He graduated from Hibbing High School in June 1957 and joined the Air Force in July 1957. He was honorably discharged in August 1963. He was employed by UPS for 21 years and also Trico Gas Company until he retired in September 2000. Paul was an active member of St. John's Catholic Church in Grand Marais. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Patricia of Grand Marais; two daughters, Pamela (James) Franger of Chicago and Anita Rawlins of Mesa, Ariz.; two sons, Thomas LaFreniere Sr. of Grand Marais and Gregory LaFreniere of Coulee Dam, Wash.; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; sister Jean Luer of Duluth; brother Steve LaFreniere of Mesa, Ariz.; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and daughter Larae. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at a later date. ___ 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] CFUN-1410 and CKST-1040 transmitter news
from Northwest Broadcasters site http://members.shaw.ca/nwbroadcasters/recentnews.htm *- **CFUN AM 1410* http://www.talk1410.com/* Vancouver is now fully operational from its new transmitter site in Delta. The old site will be kept operational until December to allow CFUN to remain on the air while engineers tune **CKST AM 1040* http://www.team1040.ca/*, which is currently operating at half power from the new site. The old CKST towers, immediately to the north of the new ones, will be cut down next Monday. CHUM Radio engineers expect to have CKST fully operational at its new location by the end of this month. Both stations will broadcast with 50 kW from the new state-of-the-art seven tower site at **49-05-33 122-55-57*http://atlas.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=addressformtype=addresslatlongtype=degreeslatdeg=49latmin=05latsec=33longdeg=-122longmin=55longsec=57 *. CFUN will radiate directionally from two towers with the same constants day and night, while CKST will be directional from 5 towers with different constants day and night.* ___ 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] Arizona TP's for 10-16-09
Listened from 1250-1355 ut and the conditions were very good and I think that they were the best so far this year. Carriers were heard on the top and bottom of the band but as Dennis siad they were the best on the lower part of the band. I did hear a carrier on 1134 at 1320 ut with local KQNA-1130 on. 531 JOQG Japan heard at 1335 ut just above noise level. 567 JOIK Japan hrd at 1333 ut poor. 585 JOPG Japan hrd at 1335 ut very poor. 594 JOAK Japan hrd at 1336 ut fair. 657 N. Korea hrd at 1337 ut poor. 693 JOAB Japan hrd at 1343 ut in //with JOUB. 747 JOIB Japan hrd at 1338 ut poor. 774 JOUB Japan hrd at 1343 ut with a great signal. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 ___ 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] Victoria B.C. TP's for October 16, 2009
Was up at a startling 13:40 UTC -- and listened on and off til 14:35 531 YL in what sounded distinctly like Russian - 13:42 558 JJ on most passes 567 585 594 JJ Regular to great levels 603 Mix of Asian stuff here 612 battle royale of 2 or 3 stations w/ no dominants 14:20 639 Jumble 657 Good signal in splash on the R8 and dual Wellbrooks 666 JJ 675 Vietnam - 14:05 738 CC Sounding YL 14:02 747 JJ Regular at good levels 774 great levels - at every check 828 Best signal of the season - H-H-H-uge 855 Jumble w/ some KK 936 Good audio as I swept past here - 14:05 945 954 JJ in the clear 963 Music - assume CC 972 KK in the clear - one of the best signals of the season Also noted activity and audio on a variety of frequencies including 1008 JJ (I think), 1134, 1143, 1188 with a great signal... and a wide variety of spots from 1200 to 1600... and then off to the shower. Clearly the best morning of the week -- started early and kept on with staying power. -- .. 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
[IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 10-16... Late Boom
Hello All, What sounded like a modest band prior to 1400 suddenly came alive with strong Asiatic signals, including the best signals yet this season on 792, 891 and 1125 kHz. 792 kHz was very strong at 1415 with both China-Shanghai and Thailand, which was identified // to the 891-Thailand station, which was also strong (mixing with JOHK). 792-Thailand was Ultralight TP #100 here, and a nice MP3 was made of the station mixing with music from China on the 9' PVC box loop. An MP3 of 891 kHz yesterday also had the same female-voiced Thai announcer, with the signal dominant over JOHK (either or both MP3's are available upon request). Thanks to Derek Vincent for sending his own MP3 of 792 kHz a month ago, which helped me to sort out these stations. 1125 kHz came up to audio again for brief periods, and is almost certainly Mandarin Chinese. That makes the 5th UnID Mandarin Chinese station received on the huge box loop, since it was raised on October 3rd. Since most of these are near the noise level, it will be very tough to ID them before the TP season drops out (especially in a mediocre location like Puyallup). 1107 kHz had more music this morning, but no ID clues. So the band was very exciting with a late TP peak here-- as the 9' loop continues to perform like it is somewhere near an ocean beach :-) 73, Gary Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30 loopstick) Main receiver: Modified C.Crane SWP ultralight (7.5 Slider loopstick + Murata CFJ455K5 IF filter) 9' PVC-frame tuned passive loop (in a calm 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
Re: [IRCA] Paul LaFreniere
I am so sorry to hear this. I had wondered, as I had not seen his postings in sometime. My prayers go out to his family. Patrick ___ 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] Puyallup, WA TP's for 10-16... Late Boom
Fabulous report, Gary... I'm sorry to say that I've yet to reattach loop heads, etc. for my antennas, so I slept in on a very good Asian morning. I'd love to have both 891 and 792 MP3s... for obvious reaspons, especially as 792 is concerned :) Be sure and turn in your log to Ol' Rob, Sergeant-of-Arms (or is it Ears) of the Ultralight Awards program. We'll send you a FANCY set of THREE certificates for your great achievement of passing the Century mark for TPs!! BRAVO, sir! John Bryant Orcas Island, WA, USA Winradio G313e and various Ultralights Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops At 12:18 PM 10/16/2009 -0400, you wrote: Hello All, What sounded like a modest band prior to 1400 suddenly came alive with strong Asiatic signals, including the best signals yet this season on 792, 891 and 1125 kHz. 792 kHz was very strong at 1415 with both China-Shanghai and Thailand, which was identified // to the 891-Thailand station, which was also strong (mixing with JOHK). 792-Thailand was Ultralight TP #100 here, and a nice MP3 was made of the station mixing with music from China on the 9' PVC box loop. An MP3 of 891 kHz yesterday also had the same female-voiced Thai announcer, with the signal dominant over JOHK (either or both MP3's are available upon request). Thanks to Derek Vincent for sending his own MP3 of 792 kHz a month ago, which helped me to sort out these stations. 1125 kHz came up to audio again for brief periods, and is almost certainly Mandarin Chinese. That makes the 5th UnID Mandarin Chinese station received on the huge box loop, since it was raised on October 3rd. Since most of these are near the noise level, it will be very tough to ID them before the TP season drops out (especially in a mediocre location like Puyallup). 1107 kHz had more music this morning, but no ID clues. So the band was very exciting with a late TP peak here-- as the 9' loop continues to perform like it is somewhere near an ocean beach :-) 73, Gary Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30 loopstick) Main receiver: Modified C.Crane SWP ultralight (7.5 Slider loopstick + Murata CFJ455K5 IF filter) 9' PVC-frame tuned passive loop (in a calm 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 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] Question About Sweden-1179
At 14:49 10/15/2009, you wrote: From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org To: mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Things continued to be bitty beyond some consistent signals on channels like 1134, 1215, 1269... But.sometimes they'd hang in long enough to get a parallel with a web stream. The best was Sweden on 1179 at 0455UT, new country for me. Not even a carrier noted from this station - even when Denmark-1062 is heard here recently. This seems odd. Based on the above logging, is Sweden-1179 now signing on at 0455 rather than 0355? A good question, J.D. There was no sign on that I was aware of, and at that time, it's supposed to be broadcasting the domestic first program, and that's what I paralleled. There was so much coming in that night, that I just stumbled across it at that time. I'll have to look for the carrier earlier (or check a remote receiver somewhere nearby). The carrier did seem to turn up late this evening also, but I'm only now catching up on old messages (too much DXing). best wishes, Nick best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ 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] Need Antenna Advice
I am considering buying one of those reel-in type antennas for use with my Radio Shack DX-398 portable. I found the following on Ebay, with the brand name Radios4U. It looks to be a copy of the Sangean ANT-60 antenna. Does anyone know anything about this brand/type? Perhaps it's the same thing, just with another brand name? Or, it's extremely inferior to the Sangean model? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=260336636939 Thanx and 73 J.D. Stephens j...@bellsouth.net (Primary) jdstephens...@yahoo.com (Alternate) ___ 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] Need Antenna Advice
Hi, Radios4U is a reputable guy. I have received things from him in the past. no issues. My guess is that these reel-ins are all made by the same company and then they brand them for whoever wants to distribute them. Radio Shack used to sell them but not sure if they do anymore. It would be a product that would be pretty hard to mess up I think. Russ J On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 2:46 PM, J.D. Stephens jdstephens...@yahoo.comwrote: I am considering buying one of those reel-in type antennas for use with my Radio Shack DX-398 portable. I found the following on Ebay, with the brand name Radios4U. It looks to be a copy of the Sangean ANT-60 antenna. Does anyone know anything about this brand/type? Perhaps it's the same thing, just with another brand name? Or, it's extremely inferior to the Sangean model? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=260336636939 Thanx and 73 J.D. Stephens j...@bellsouth.net (Primary) jdstephens...@yahoo.com (Alternate) ___ 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] TP for 16 Oct from Victoria, BC
Oh my, bad mistake this morning, didn't start listening until 1408UT, and the band was boiling. You get a feel for how the band is, which stations are likely to be heard on a given channel, and they just get more readable as conditions improve, and if you're lucky, something unusual will start showing as well. At the time I started listening, somewhat bleary-eyed, it seemed the rule book had gone out the window. Let's see, two stations plus a jammer on 603, but neither seemed to be the usual Korean, whose parallel was thundering in on 558that sort of thing. Fortunately I had time today to listen until past 1445, but things started to fade slowly by 1420UT. pretty darn good audio (at least briefly): 567 JOIK //594 later on; earlier, this was weaker, and either broadcasting a different program from 594, or wasn't NHK-1 at all. In fact, the talk sounded KK to my untutored ear, but no KBS1 parallels available. 594 JOAK w/ something underneath at times; really, this and 774, and later, 972, were in a separate category above this rating. Thunderous. 747 JOIB at 1451UT; best of NHK2 at the time. This seems to have lower modulation than 774 or 828, relegating it to usually lower readability. 774 JOUB 828 JOBB 972 w/something underneath, massive from 1451 to 1454UT, no fading. 1566 HLAZ, the clear frequency really allows this to shine, undermodulated or not. 1575 VoA reasonable audio at times during the period (though often battling w/splash or noise): 279 R. Rossii 531 JOQG //594 558 KK and JJ as usual, pretty close to darn good audio 603 HLSA // 558 at 1438; earlier it was a jammer and two unID stations 675 Vietnam //weaker 5975; something else underneath; this was also briefly even better than this just when I started listening 936 mx, likely Anhui, creeping to darn good audio at times 945 CNR-1 //5030 at 1434 o/NHK1 synchros which had dominated at a lower level earlier 954 JOKR w/JJ talk at 1445 1287 JOHR, pretty consistent not so reasonable audio, occasional words in splash or noise: 153//189 R. Rossii (234 off by this time) 612 JOLK //594 at 1442; a mess earlier 621 two stations and a hum, one station at least seemed CC 738 woman in oriental language not //1143 837 seemed to be //594, so likely JOQK, though the 1 kw Hokkaido repeater can't be ruled out on a morning like this 864 JJ talk not //1287; lots to choose from 873 JOGB //828 at 1442UT 918 CC talk 963 two stations battling 1008 jammer? (growling sound) plus JONR presumably, with JJ talk 1017 unID mess. Dominant sounded like Tagalog, lots to choose from 1089 CC talk, but otherwise a mess 1188 JOKP //594 at 1439; new for me at home 1134 KK talk //972 earlier, but CNR1 //5030 at 1435UT; wonder if this is a new, coastal, transmitter? Golmud is a long way inland, near Tibet, but conditions have been so unusual, anything is possible. 1143 CC and mx assumed to be Taiwan, but not heard on 738 1242 JOLF w/JJ talk 1314 hum plus JOUF 1503 JOUK //594 later on Burbles in the splatter and noise: 702 a couple mixed with a hum, no luck with IDable material 711 sounded like KK talk, later. 756 maybe Korea, as not //5030; need a consistent KBS1 parallel! 801 hum and ? 819 hum and possible N. Korea 1278 China? 1359 just a mumble 1386 almost certain was //828 for NHK-2 1512 sounded like CC inflected talk 1539 slow mx and woman talking, but no clues? Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): usually, some audio could be winkled out; too busy with them to check out carriers! best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ 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] Alberta TPs for 16 Oct 2009
As others have noted, a pretty decent morning. Highlights for me: - Russians on 549 and 576, with 549 having some good clear audio - JOCR on 558 was the best it's been this season - NHK on 648, again for first time this season - Someone mixing with the regular Korean on 711 - For the first time I was able to definitely parallel the Chinese on 738 and 1143 from Taiwan. Usually the Korean dominates on 738, and 1143 is tough in the Calgary splatter. - Some quite clear Chinese audio on 801 - 2 stations mixing on 846 - Good audio again from China on 918, though no echo effect today. - Chinese dominating 1089 - music and a man speaking on 1161 at 1338. Seemed to have a slight echo. Not a regular active channel here. - Heard Alaska on 1170 for the first time this season, when it came up after 1330 and stayed for nice ID at 1400. Mostly it's been Korea on 1170 - NHK on 1296, another pretty rare visitor - bits of German again on 1548. One of these days the signal will get up to the next level! - Christian sounding music on 1557, presumably Family Radio from Taiwan 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunore, Alberta ___ 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] Belated Day FOUR Report from Grayland: Oct 14
As was reported elsewhere, Thursday morning showed significant improvement from our first three days down in Grayland. With Guy's new QDFA antenna working 100% finally, I'd expect some very nice loggings when he finishes reviewing all of his Perseus recordings. Since I still do things the old fashioned way, I can report fairly fully now... I thought that things were improved, but still not excellent Thursday morning. For some reason, China seemed to be coming in better than usual, though kind of spottily. Not all of the regular CCs were at their usual strength, yet all of my new stations ( I finally got some) were CNR1 channels... hum. 1170: 1305 UTC, had KPUG, the RKI Korean broadcaster AND CNR1 //5030 all together. I've probably heard this channel before, but I have just recently started keeping a heard not verified list and this is a new one there. I also heard this at TOH 1400, with the KPUG call embedded in this UN meeting. 999:1331UTC. I'm proudest of this reception. I've been watching 999 all fall and it has always been in low level audio, with a major hum spike (louder than the audio) on the low side at 998.90. I pretty-well have to be in LSB to dodge the vestigial signal of semi-local KOMO on 1000, which means that the low side hum pretty well precludes reception. Once before, I've been able to use the incomparable notch filter on the Winradio 333 to clobber the hum spike and recover some audio, even though remaining in LSB because of KOMO. The previous time the audio was NHK1 synchros from one of two 1 kW. JJs. This time, the real signal was slightly stronger. I set the notch to be 100 Hz wide and set it on 998.9 and was able to get fairly decent audio from the 999 signal: it was two stations in standard CC and one was CNR1 from Heihe, Manchuria. I think that this is probably the most technically difficult TP reception that I've ever made. The now always present spike on 998.9 is almost certainly the big KCBS North Korean, though I've not heard any audio from that signal this season. 1107: Not a logging - Gary, I listened here quite a bit and had two stations: one playing music almost continually was the S.Korean MBC station, I'm pretty certain. The other station there was a JJ synchro. 1134:I enjoyed another UN meeting at 1430 with Japan, South Korea and my first reception of the CNR1 on 1134. PAL lists this as a 1.2 Megawatt tx in Golmud, Qinghai province, over toward northern Tibet... the Chinese equivalent on North Dakota, but wedged between NE Tibet and Mongolia. It is after sunset there, so maybe so??? A new one for me, where ever it is. 1575:I've been watching 1575 for a while. There is often a mid-strength spike on the low side (and no North Korean listed g). I did not decipher that spike, but I did catch the CNR1 transmitter in Jilin (Manchuria) doing well under VOA Thailand. Another I should note that CNR1 is playing a lot of Chinese classical music, often opera, after 1400. It is a real help in IDing //s, especially if the signal you are watching is far underneath a dominant on that frequency. Imagine a herd of cats inside a steel drum, with someone hitting the drum with a ball bat. Sorry if that sounds culturally insensitive. I was on a national delegation to China at the end of the Cultural Revolution and had to attend 8 or 10 two-hour performances (usually on the front row) AND PRETEND TO LIKE THEM. Earplugs would have been excellent. In any case, the Chinese opera is a great help in IDing //s of CNR1!!! John Bryant DXing from Grayland, WA, USA Winradio G313e and various Ultralights Wellbrook Phased Array ___ 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 Oct 16 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 15 October follow. Solar flux 70 and mid-latitude A-index 4. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 16 October was 0 (04 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 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 UTC 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 70 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 70 70 70 70 70 A-in 21111111154444 K-in 01100211221000 ___ 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] Belated Day FOUR Report from Grayland: Oct 14
In a message dated 10/16/2009 12:08:21 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bjohnor...@rockisland.com writes: 1107: Not a logging - Gary, I listened here quite a bit and had two stations: one playing music almost continually was the S.Korean MBC station, I'm pretty certain. The other station there was a JJ synchro. John, Thank you for investigating this 1107 kHz mystery at Grayland. Because of the frequent American jazz/pop music from this music-oriented station (similar to 603-HLCA), I was already leaning toward KBS as the probable identity. This station has been just above the noise level for about 5 days now, and nobody else has reported it but you. THANKS-- now I just need to check a parallel to make sure! 73, Gary ___ 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
