[IRCA] the last of the evening's TAs
For the last half hour, 1323 has been delivering consistent audio hereconsistently poor and unreadable, couldn't even ID the language. But, at 0558UT, it actually faded up enough to deliver a Voice of Russia World Service ID from a woman, some frequency information I think, then asking me to please stand by for the news, which I did, but the fickle creature abandoned me at that point. Very sad. 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
Re: [IRCA] 1134 kHz Croatia
At 05:35 10/19/2009, you wrote: Croatia 1134 kHz 0528 utc fair signal with talk and music. Seemed like they signed-off or changed antenna direction. No carrier at all after 0530 utc. EMWG lists s/off at 0630UT, Dennis, but that reference doesn't take daylight time into account, so it's likely you did observe their s/off.Mind you, it was also about 20 minutes after their sunrise 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
Re: [IRCA] 1134 kHz Croatia
Chuck Nick, Thanks for the information. I never thought about the sunrise in Croatia. I just looked at the clock and saw 0530 utc and the signal vanished. Dennis, Salmon Creek ,WA - Original Message - From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 11:14:21 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1134 kHz Croatia At 05:35 10/19/2009, you wrote: Croatia 1134 kHz 0528 utc fair signal with talk and music. Seemed like they signed-off or changed antenna direction. No carrier at all after 0530 utc. EMWG lists s/off at 0630UT, Dennis, but that reference doesn't take daylight time into account, so it's likely you did observe their s/off.Mind you, it was also about 20 minutes after their sunrise 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 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] Farda on now on 1575
1575 has VOA and Farda cochannel, both at good levels at 14:04 UTCWalt ___ 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 19Oct: Superb CC morning
No time now, but I was blown away by the strength of the CC stations this morning. Off to the OR in the meantime...more laterWalt ___ 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 DX.....Maybe 2 NEW ONES?? 640 WMFN Zeeland MICH....ARE THEY SPANISH or NOT??? HELP NEEDED!!
Hi Guys: A bit of ULR Bedtime DX Last night netted what I hope are 2 New Stations. One of these I'm not sure about due to Conflicting Data I have seen on the Web. The Station in question is... 640 WMFN Zeeland, MICHIGAN Half of what I read says they are SPANISH...Mexican Brokeredbut I'm also seeing info suggesting they are Smooth Vibes.Urban Cool Jazz Format. Is there anyone CLOSE enough to Zeeland to Confirm for sure just what Birach Broadcasting is doing over there I am tending to believe they are SPANISH...and if soI'm sure that's what I had last night on 640 from the West of me. If they're not Spanish.then I'm totally mystified as to what this one was??? Anyways...Hopefully someone can clear this one up for good.. Radio Used.TECSUN PL-310 BAREFOOT ULR LOG TOTALS are .. 718 Stations Heard ^^ 73...ROB Robert S. Ross VA3SW London, Ontario CANADA * 1170 KJOC Davenport, IOWA Oct/18/09 2235 EDT EE FAIR Under/Mix with WWVA. Oldies Music. Songs Played One is the Loneliest Number, We Should be Dancin' Yeah, Groovin'. IDs as AM 1170 True Oldies. NEW STN. ULR # 718 1 KW ROSS, ONT. ** 640 WMFN Zeeland MICH (Presumed) Oct/18/09 2145 EDTSPANISH FAIR Lively Spanish/Mexican Music and Vocals. Possible Program ID as Que Buena??? Jingles with Space Like Sounds.More SS Vocals and Ballads. IBOC SLOP from someone. Male DJ Spoke on Phone to Listener at 2212-15 EDT. This appeared to be coming from the WEST or EAST of me here in London, Ontario. IS this WMFN??? Not Counting this as of yet.but NEW if them!! 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] aRIZONA tp'S 10-19-09
Listened from 1315-1350 ut and conditions was very good. Most of the action was on the bottom part of the band. 279 Russia very poor. 567 JOIK just above the noise level at times. 594 JOAK fair. 603 Not sure who audio was just above noise leel. 657 N. Korea poor. 693 JOAB fair to poor. 747 JOIB very poor 756 Not sure who audio was just above noise level. 774 JOUB very good. 819 N. Korea? very poor. 945 Not sure who. Just above the noise level. 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] NHK2 s/off
NHK2's s/off seems to have moved back to 1600 at least. Presently (1603UT) , the music box is struggling with splatter on 747, 774 and 828 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
Re: [IRCA] NHK2 s/off
Yup, Like I observed yesterday, 747//774//828 all just kept trucking at 1500. I quit at 1512, with 747 still going well, but the other two were there with only poor audio. John B. At 04:03 PM 10/19/2009 +, you wrote: NHK2's s/off seems to have moved back to 1600 at least. Presently (1603UT) , the music box is struggling with splatter on 747, 774 and 828 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 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] TPs Oct 18 from Orcas Island
Things continued to be quite good this morning, with the Chinese seeming somewhat better than usual. 540 was the strongest CNR1 that I've heard there at 1430 dawn 765 seemed to be Chinese, but with an echo that I've not heard before... and none listed in my version of PAL 1062 just after 1400 had an Asian language mixed with a few EE words, so that might have been our old friend DZEC, as my first Filipino of the year. Too weak to solve. 1278 Hebei RGD had echos from their usually absent relay transmitters... maybe for the first time this year 1359 was QSLed CNR1, a rare visitor here on Orcas and not that usual at Grayland I really appreciate Walt's tip on Farda QRMing VOA on 1575. I went there at 1440 and had something giving VOA a hard time, but I couldn't dig out any exotic music or Farsi. The last time that I heard Farda was two years ago on Easter Island when they were playing Michael Jackson records and Farsi rap music (yes!) Well, it was a nice morning, but I'm still looking for Sri Lanka and Dushanbe! John Bryant Orcas Island, WA, USA Winradio G313e and various Ultralights Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops ___ 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] NHK2 s/off
I found the NHK2 sked on their website and it looks like the s/off is now 1540. It had been 1500 a couple of weeks ago. Bruce Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: John H. Bryant bjohnor...@rockisland.com Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:42:19 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of Americairca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] NHK2 s/off Yup, Like I observed yesterday, 747//774//828 all just kept trucking at 1500. I quit at 1512, with 747 still going well, but the other two were there with only poor audio. John B. At 04:03 PM 10/19/2009 +, you wrote: NHK2's s/off seems to have moved back to 1600 at least. Presently (1603UT) , the music box is struggling with splatter on 747, 774 and 828 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 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] NHK2 s/off
On my last visit to Grayland (10/09/09) I recorded the 1500 utc sign-off of NHK2 on JOUB 774. On my next visit November 12-13 I will try to record the 1540 utc sign off that Bruce stated. Why does NKH2 leave their transmitters on long after they cut the programing? Dennis, Salmon Crfeek, WA - Original Message - From: Bruce Portzer bport...@comcast.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:54:20 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [IRCA] NHK2 s/off I found the NHK2 sked on their website and it looks like the s/off is now 1540. It had been 1500 a couple of weeks ago. Bruce Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: John H. Bryant bjohnor...@rockisland.com Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:42:19 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of Americairca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] NHK2 s/off Yup, Like I observed yesterday, 747//774//828 all just kept trucking at 1500. I quit at 1512, with 747 still going well, but the other two were there with only poor audio. John B. At 04:03 PM 10/19/2009 +, you wrote: NHK2's s/off seems to have moved back to 1600 at least. Presently (1603UT) , the music box is struggling with splatter on 747, 774 and 828 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 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 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 19 Oct from Victoria, BC
Gee, I must have been DXing from another planet this morning (some will say that happens every morning, and not just DXing). It was pretty darn good here, but the high points were hearing several KBS stations, NHK1 on 603 and the NHK2 pipsqueaks on 1512. Yes there was China there, but not outstandingly soand 594 had some QRM, but nothing like yesterday.Most intriguing. Listened from 1355 for about one hour. but also did a quick check at 0945UT when it was also pretty lively, with JOIB-747 the strongest of all, and the 1053 jammer being the strongest I've heard this season. pretty darn good audio (at least briefly, though mostly pretty steady): 279 R. Rosii 594 JOAK 747 JOIB 774 JOUB 828 JOBB 972 HLCA always with big carrier, but not strong audio until later 1053 S. Korean jammer 1566 HLAZ after 1430UT 1575 VoA (so, pretty much the regulars, with only 1053 being out of the ordinary) reasonable audio at times during the period (though often battling w/splash or noise): 189 R. Rossii 531 JOQG //594, pretty consistent 567 JOIK //594 at 1406 603 two stations at least, later. Dug out NHK1 parallel at 1436 639 CNR-1 711 HLKA ID at 1400UT 738 at 1410 w/light mx, not //1143, probably KBS which was logged later //711 1053 woman talking o/jammer, but sounded more like Tagalog than JJ??? 1134 Korea //972 1143 CC talk, but still not //738 at 1417 1170 likely KK (not CC) talk, so KBS. 1242 pop mx, most likely JOLF 1305 HLSV //711 at 1425 not so reasonable audio, occasional words in splash or noise: 153 R. Rossii 558 the usual 2 stations, JJ seemed dominant 585 JOPG //594 612 JOLK //594 at 1430; hum there also 675 Vietnam //5975 702 NHK2 o/hum on channel at 1421 864 music not //1287; consistently good carrier 873 JOGB //774 945 CNR1 954 JOKR 963 a mess 1215 seemed to be CNR2 //6155 1314 usual hum w/apparent JOUF mixed in 1434UT 1422 JORF w/JJ talk at 1433, but another station faded in w/singing; no idea who 1512 after hearing what sounded like CC followed by Tagalog, actually noted //774 w/CC lessons, so NHK2, though the channel was so unstable, it could have been China and Philippines before this. Burbles in the splatter and noise: 549 576, big carrier 621 CC? 1098 Asian, best on north Flag; no clue 1161 possibly Taiwan, also noted clucking type noise often noted on 774; is this a jammer? 1179 mx u/IBOC 1188 at least two stations 1332 1494 pop mx at 1441 1575 CC pips at 1500 in middle of deep VoA fade Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): A surprising number of these the last few mornings, though eventually some deliver audio. Almost like the splatter is stronger 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] Two new logs - quick DX session on Saturday Morning!
Spent twenty minutes at the dial Saturday morning (about an hour before LSR) and got two new ones both to the ULR and overall logbook! Not bad for the small time available. 1380 WMJR KY Nicholasville (-Lexington) 10-17 0658 G at times w/Rosary. ID and Real Life Radio slogans. Mentioned CoL plus Lexington. New! DH-IN 1370 WFDR GA Manchester 10-17 0700 P w/ID barely rising above the din into SRN (?) news. New! DH-IN Times EDT. Eton E-100 barefoot DH Dave Hascall Indianapolis, IN ___ 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 10-19...Two More New Ones
Hello All, The excellent Chinese conditions noted by Walt and others were prevailing here also, but a couple of other long-term targets were finally at decent levels this morning-- barely strong enough to be received on the 9' loop. 1143-Taiwan fisheries had been reported by almost everyone else in the NW, but had somehow eluded me all season long. At 1415 some Chinese developed on 1143 which sounded promising, but far weaker than the 738 parallel. Nick reported hearing Chinese on 1143 that didn't seem // with 738, and around 1410 I was also puzzled whether I had the same programming or not (1143 was weak). Finally at 1414 the 1143 signal came up, and had the same Chinese song as 738 (a true blowtorch this morning). 819-Pyongyang is any easy catch for almost any NW DXer-- except for those of us next to 820-KGNW. The 819 heterodyne had been heard hundreds of times next to semi-local KGNW, but never loud enough to dig out audio. Finally this morning, with some kind of legendary signal, 819-Pyongyang was booming in right next to KGNW-- and the 9' loop was able to slap a fairly deep null on the pest. I got a nice MP3 of the typical (obsolete) music from Pyongyang-- for a nice moral victory of sorts (kind of like when the Victoria DXers receive JOAB-693 next to 690-CBU? :-) So, Ultralight TP's #106 and 107 are now logged-- thanks to the great conditions. 73, Gary DeBock Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30 loopstick) Main receiver: Modified C.Crane SWP (7.5 Slider loopstick + CFJ455K5 filter) 9' PVC-frame tuned passive loop (in the rainy 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 Oct 19 1811 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 18 October follow. Solar flux 70 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 19 October was 2 (18 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 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 UTC 1200 2100 0900 1200 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 70 71 71 71 71 71 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 A-in 32222232222222 K-in 10111210000022 ___ 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] ULR DX.....Maybe 2 NEW ONES?? 640 WMFN Zeeland MICH....ARE THEY SPANISH or NOT??? HELP NEEDED!!
- Original Message - A bit of ULR Bedtime DX Last night netted what I hope are 2 New Stations. One of these I'm not sure about due to Conflicting Data I have seen on the Web. The Station in question is... 640 WMFN Zeeland, MICHIGAN Half of what I read says they are SPANISH...Mexican Brokeredbut I'm also seeing info suggesting they are Smooth Vibes.Urban Cool Jazz Format. Is there anyone CLOSE enough to Zeeland to Confirm for sure just what Birach Broadcasting is doing over there Response: Hi Robert, you are right, there is a lot of outdated info on the internet, including Birach Broadcasting's own website. With Wikipedia, you have to carefully check their sources, but their information appears to be the most up-to-date, as it explains the contract with Tyrone Bynum coming to an end, and the ensuing format change taking place in November 2008. Wiki's article is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMFN That is about the best I can do right now, as they are received best in the early morning from my home, and it's been a while since last hearing them. 73 de Joe, KJ8O, Troy, MI ___ 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] Suggestion for Posting TA Loggings
There were so many excellent TA loggings tips in this edition of the digest. Congrats to all. Received real-time, such data could be very valuable to other DXers chasing those elusive signals. To that end, I'd encourage everyone to join in the MWDX IRC chat room, where these tips can be shared with others as they happen. There's a link to the chat room on Brandon Jordan's excellent dxtests.info site. Special thanx to Bill Harms (Philco Bill), who's always in the room ! 73, J.D. Stephens j...@bellsouth.net (Primary) jdstephens...@yahoo.com (Alternate) --- On Mon, 10/19/09, irca-requ...@hard-core-dx.com irca-requ...@hard-core-dx.com wrote: From: irca-requ...@hard-core-dx.com irca-requ...@hard-core-dx.com Subject: IRCA Digest, Vol 66, Issue 96 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Monday, October 19, 2009, 11:04 AM ___ 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 DX in Seattle - OK but not exciting
I finally went looking for TPs again this morning. There was lots of stuff coming in but none of them were all that strong. Judging from the SDR files, conditions peaked at around 1330 and went downhill after that. Keep in mind that I was recording one hour segments of different frequency bands, so I might be overlooking something. However, the SDR-IQ told me that the 720-910 kHz segment was much better at 1310 UT than it was at 1400, 918-1098 kHz was OK but not outstanding 1210-1310, the upper band had a few of the usual suspects before 1210 UTC, and the lower part of the band (710 and below) was absolutely pathetic after 1410, with only a few of the big guns like 693 and 594 putting in wimpy signals. The highlights: KICY-850 nicely atop KHHO at 1400, as was KNOM atop KKOH Taiwan 738 was beating out HLKG at 1400 Unid Chinese pips 5 long low and one long high at 1400, not sure who that was Unid stn behind JOBB 1310-1400 at times, but spot checks of the files didn't tell me the language, there were at least 5 pips at 1400 819 N Korea was decent in the KGNW-820 splatter, as previously noted by Gary 1017 CRI Korean service was fair at 1300, but I've had better signals from it 1035 CNR pips theme music weak 1300 1071 NHK pips weaker pips from unid Chinese stn 1300 1170 KBS World Radio mixing w/KPUG 1200 1206 Yanbian PBS good w/KK talk 1208 Hopefully conditions will be a bit better here tomorrow. It was certainly not the sort of excitement-generating morning that others reported. Bruce in Seattle ___ 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 20 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 19 October follow. Solar flux 71 and mid-latitude A-index 1. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 20 October was 0 (4 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 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 UTC 0900 1200 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 71 71 71 71 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 71 71 A-in 22223222222221 K-in 11121000002200 ___ 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] NHK2 s/off
At 09:03 AM 10/19/2009, you wrote: NHK2's s/off seems to have moved back to 1600 at least. Presently (1603UT) , the music box is struggling with splatter on 747, 774 and 828 best wishes, Nick I guess I was really lucky to have gotten the 15:00 s/off for Bangladesh last weekend in Masset. Nice to have had them 100% in the clear! 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
Re: [IRCA] Tybee Island, Georgia, Saturday Sunset
Where were you located for this attempt? Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:33:33 -0400 From: gilst...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Tybee Island, Georgia, Saturday Sunset Folks, My foray to the beach last night was not as successful as the first and was probably some sort of corollary to Murphy's Law regarding degree of preparation with results being inversely proportional to the amount of preparation and enhanced level of expectations. The first time I went last week, preparation was an afterthought. I carried a Bog reel, compass, and two radios and a bag chair and clearly heard audio on 3 TA's, two on a ULR, and numerous hets. Yesterday, beginning at dawn, I drove to the beach to look for a better site with a wider sand apron at high tide than what I had the first time. High tide was at sunrise and sunset yesterday so what I would see at morning would hold true for last night. I also soldered battery connections for my pre-amp and phaser to be powered by a Duracell Instant Jumpstart System. I loaded my E1, D96L, Palstar R30, pre-amp, phaser, two bogs, 500' and 325', a bag chair and piece of plywood for a table top onto RollEeze collapsible beach cart http://www.beachcartsusa.com/ and shoved off about a hour before sunset. The gear fit with room to spare into two plastic milk crates, the type that make great loops a la Kevin and are usually available behind grocery stores at night, just underneath the sign that states the criminal penalties for unauthorized removal. They will never take me alive. I set up the rx, phaser and amp before rolling out the bogs. I shot a 60 degree azimuth from rx to the edge break of highwater mark and the 325' bog fit perfectly. Plan was to aim the longer bog at 45 degrees. To make it fit the apron, it had to be laid 30 degrees. I thought the set up was relatively perfect other than the longer bog's azimuth, but I had success at 30 degrees the other night despite the beam plowing up and through the Eastern seaboard. Being above the high tide line, beachcombers tend to avoid the sand apron or at least that's what I thought. However, tt seemed that every damn jogger, kid, and tourist walked across the wires and two kids followed them to the water's edge. I just knew they were going to pull on it but they didn't. Thoughts about buying an electric fence charging set up for use on my next trip ran through the more evil hemisphere of my brain. I fed the bogs directly to the phasers without transformers. I believe the design can tolerate higher impedance matches. However, phasing was not as good as I experience at home. I couldn't knock down much with phasing. My home bog set up has the wires separated by only 3-4 feet running parallel. Perhaps that was the difference. I set at the dials from 2330 to 0100 and ran the dial from top to bottom and heard numerous carriers but no audio. Strongest hets were at 1521 and interestingly at 1251. It was cold and windy and began to mist, so I reeled up an went home, being the victim of too much planning, high expectations and lousy condx. 73 Gil Tybee Island, GA E1, D96L, Palstar R30 335', 500' BOGS ___ 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 _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ ___ 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] West Coast TA Loggings for October 20 - UTC
Carriers and audio snippets on 1575, 1215, 855, etc A low-normal evening so far. Who knew we west coasters would start using the term 'normal' to describe evening TA reception. -- .. 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] TPs Oct 18 from Orcas Island: Victoria perspective
This morning I had to be in the OR by 07:50 local, so my reception finished a few minutes after 14:00 UTC, while beginning at 13:23. SF 70 A2, K0. A very good CC morning, but also Radio Farda overpowering VOA Thailand as well for the first time this season here in Victoria. The RR LW were the best I've heard them this year as well. 6 unless otherwise noted. I was absolutely fascinated by the CC on 765 that John reported, and I also noted the echo! Good going, John! 153: 7 189: 7.5 279: 9 529: 9+ SQM (superb!) 531: 9 level JJ at 13:26 549: 8 level with echo, but then heard Mayak IS at 13:30! Note that for future reference. Not just the TOH. 558: 8 level music and cochannel talk 567: JJ at 9 level 13;23 576: 8 level RR (briefly only, then down. After blasting in all September, this RR has really deteriorated this month). 594: 9+ level JJ with a speech. Lots of cheering, etc. ?Election campaign? 603: 7.5 level music (another one that's not as strong as it was in September) 621: CC at 9 level. Not N. Korea. 630: CHED Edmonton all the way today. 639: 7 648 657: 7 666: JJ at 9 level at 13:42 675: 7 level, presumably VV (again one that's not as good as in September) 693: 9 level JJ easily handling CBU this morning. A first for me! 711: presumably KBS1 at 9 level at 13:44. Really strong! 720: 9 level CNR1 738: 2 cochannel, both with talk at 8 747: 9 level JJ 756: 765: 7 level occ up to 8 with a speech. At 14:00 faded down (Murphy's law) and then came up very well at 14:01. CC and not N. Korea. Echo very easily heard with CC music at 14:01. Mystery station! 774: JJ at 9 level 783 801: 7 level at 13:50 with music. Might be CNR2 819: North Korea at 8 828: 9 level JJ and cochannel at 13:51 837, 846 (latter with 2 cochannels) 855: 8 level N. Korea and CNR2 as well at 13:53 at 8 level 864: 7 level. ?echo. not // 1287 873: ?OC. No sign of the JJ, but KCBS audible at 13:55 at 7 level. 882: Also KCBS at 7 level, and // 873 945: 8 level CNR1 at 13:56 and cochannel 954: 8 level JOKR 963: Another very strong morning for CRI RR at 9 level 972: KK at 9 level 981: briefly at 9 level (!). ?CNR1 999 1575: Radio Farda well over VOA Thailand at 14:04. Hear them once, and you'll always recognize their distinctive programming! First of the season. 8 level. No time for any upper band stuff otherwise. Good DX to all! .Walt PS: No signs of TA activity by 02:15 UTC ___ 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] NHK2 s/off
I went back and took another look at the NHK2 schedule. As it turns out, 1540 is the start time for the last program of the day. After checking the times for Oct 19-26, the correct signoff times are 1600 on Friday-Monday, and 1550 on Wed Thur. Which matches the time Nick reported. Sorry for the confusion, this time I looked at it through the Babelfish translator instead of the original Japanese. Bruce Bruce Portzer wrote: I found the NHK2 sked on their website and it looks like the s/off is now 1540. It had been 1500 a couple of weeks ago. Bruce Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: John H. Bryant bjohnor...@rockisland.com Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:42:19 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of Americairca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] NHK2 s/off Yup, Like I observed yesterday, 747//774//828 all just kept trucking at 1500. I quit at 1512, with 747 still going well, but the other two were there with only poor audio. John B. At 04:03 PM 10/19/2009 +, you wrote: NHK2's s/off seems to have moved back to 1600 at least. Presently (1603UT) , the music box is struggling with splatter on 747, 774 and 828 best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada o 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] NHK2 s/off
Correction to the correction: 1600 s/off should be Friday-Tuesday, not Friday-Monday. And, for the record, the hour they added between midnight and 1 am is for high school lecture programs. Do they really expect students to be up that late on school nights? Bruce Bruce Portzer wrote: I went back and took another look at the NHK2 schedule. As it turns out, 1540 is the start time for the last program of the day. After checking the times for Oct 19-26, the correct signoff times are 1600 on Friday-Monday, and 1550 on Wed Thur. Which matches the time Nick reported. Sorry for the confusion, this time I looked at it through the Babelfish translator instead of the original Japanese. Bruce Bruce Portzer wrote: I found the NHK2 sked on their website and it looks like the s/off is now 1540. It had been 1500 a couple of weeks ago. Bruce Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: John H. Bryant bjohnor...@rockisland.com Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:42:19 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of Americairca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] NHK2 s/off Yup, Like I observed yesterday, 747//774//828 all just kept trucking at 1500. I quit at 1512, with 747 still going well, but the other two were there with only poor audio. John B. At 04:03 PM 10/19/2009 +, you wrote: NHK2's s/off seems to have moved back to 1600 at least. Presently (1603UT) , the music box is struggling with splatter on 747, 774 and 828 best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada o \ ___ 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] NHK2 s/off
Babelfish are the cats meow. Just ask zaphod! der kashketfeller Bruce Portzer wrote: I went back and took another look at the NHK2 schedule. As it turns out, 1540 is the start time for the last program of the day. After checking the times for Oct 19-26, the correct signoff times are 1600 on Friday-Monday, and 1550 on Wed Thur. Which matches the time Nick reported. Sorry for the confusion, this time I looked at it through the Babelfish translator instead of the original Japanese. Bruce Bruce Portzer wrote: I found the NHK2 sked on their website and it looks like the s/off is now 1540. It had been 1500 a couple of weeks ago. Bruce Sent via BlackBerry by ATT -Original Message- From: John H. Bryant bjohnor...@rockisland.com Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:42:19 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of Americairca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] NHK2 s/off Yup, Like I observed yesterday, 747//774//828 all just kept trucking at 1500. I quit at 1512, with 747 still going well, but the other two were there with only poor audio. John B. At 04:03 PM 10/19/2009 +, you wrote: NHK2's s/off seems to have moved back to 1600 at least. Presently (1603UT) , the music box is struggling with splatter on 747, 774 and 828 best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada o 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 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] New logging
Way to go Mike. Send them down here please. Don K. Mike Stonebridge wrote: Hi Everyone: In my quest to log more Alaskans I have started earlier this year, even tho I don't have my Alaskan BOG laid down yet. Being somewhat encouraged by Pat's frequent reporting of the Alaskans he has heard I have spent more than a few nights parked on 670 in the fond hope of hearing Dillingham. The big problem with this frequency is KBOI, which I heard ID many times along with WSCR. Several mornings ago I heard jazz type music followed by an undecipherable ID, which I did suspect was my target station. Then this morning at 08:00MDT (10:00EDT) I heard this music again followed by a reasonably clear ID for KDLG-Dillingham and then into news. Fortunately this time KBOI was barely audible in the background. Mike in St Isidore, AB with AOR 7030+ and a 1000' E/W beverage ___ 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] New logging
Way to go Mike. Send them down here please. Thanks Don. Wish I could send them down your way. But I could only do it if other guys on the left coast did the same to all the TA's I used to hear. Mike in St Isidore, AB ___ 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] New logging: Alaska
At 08:43 PM 10/19/2009, you wrote: Hi Everyone: In my quest to log more Alaskans I have started earlier this year, even tho I don't have my Alaskan BOG laid down yet. Being somewhat encouraged by Pat's frequent reporting of the Alaskans he has heard I have spent more than a few nights parked on 670 in the fond hope of hearing Dillingham. The big problem with this frequency is KBOI, which I heard ID many times along with WSCR. Several mornings ago I heard jazz type music followed by an undecipherable ID, which I did suspect was my target station. Then this morning at 08:00MDT (10:00EDT) I heard this music again followed by a reasonably clear ID for KDLG-Dillingham and then into news. Fortunately this time KBOI was barely audible in the background. Mike in St Isidore, AB with AOR 7030+ and a 1000' E/W beverage Way to go, Mike! The trick, I find with many Alaskans is that they'll ID a few minutes before the TOH, as opposed to exactly on TOH. This is especially true with NPR affiliates. KDLG is a regular in Masset, (one of the strongest Alaskans) and to a lesser extent here in Victoria...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
Re: [IRCA] New logging
Congrats Mike! It does surprise me you don't have Alaskans all over the dial, as close as you are. I remember in Seward AK in the 60s, Peace River, Grande Prairie, Ft. St. Johns, Yellowknife, Inuvik were are nightly visitors especially in mid Winter. I used to catch the CHAK s/off news. In those days CFPR had a Midnight sign/off as I remember. Ah, the good ol' days. 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] West Coast TA Loggings for October 20 - UTC
At 02:10 10/20/2009, you wrote: A low-normal evening so far. Who knew we west coasters would start using the term 'normal' to describe evening TA reception. Nicely put, Colin. It's been quite a dull evening, yet in the last few minutes, 0505UTC following, I've heard 1215 at quite good level w/pop mx (it's now pretty readable EE talk at 0525), and 855 RNE1 faded up to be ID'd from the RNE1 webstream (30 second delay), and bits of audio on 675, 1269, 1323, 1377 and 1422, though nothing stays for long. 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
