Re: [IRCA] Disheartening discovery
John, I believe I was the last one out of the convention room and did not see them (or anybody's personal items) on any tables or normal locations - ie. unless they fell behind something or another. I'm at least thinking they made it back to your room. Good luck in your search and sorry to hear about they're disappearance. It was great to see you at the convention. 73- Doug Also, Bob W. is missing several IRCA bulletins that were brought to show/ not take. They are shown in this photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/desert4wd/3947077538/sizes/o/in/set-72157622310859295/ ___ 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] First Edition TP's for 10/29/09
Listened from 0825-0842 utc. A brief scan through LW MW channels. JOUB 774 with a nice signal. This station can be heard 7 hours on some mornings. 153RUSSIA, 0832 man in Russian and a little music. Fair signal 180RUSSIA, 0834 woman/man in Russian. Fair at times, rapid fading signal. 189RUSSIA, 0835 very weak with man in Russian. 234RUSSIA, 0836 almost good signal with man in Russian. 279RUSSIA, 0837 best of the lot, fading good signal with man in Russian. 774JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 0825 to 0831 good S-9+10 db signal at times. Man in Japanese. 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 0841 assuming the station with nice carrier and weak music. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA JRC NRD 545 R8B ewe NW ___ 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..........ONE NEW STATION and a Possible.....
Hi Guys: Some rather ODD conditions last night on the Lower Half of the BCB!! Lots of Stations usually buried under the 50 KW'ers were peaking thru and made for some Good DX!! One NEW Station ID'd and One Station tentatively logged.but hoping for more info on that one.. If anyone can CONFIRM the SLOGAN used by WYRV in Cedar Bluff VIRGINIA..that would be appreciated. Radio Used..SONY SRF-T615 BAREFOOT. ^^^ ULR LOG TOTALS are now...736 Stations Logged. ^^ 73ROB Robert S. Ross VA3SW London, Ontario CANADA 860 WTZX Sparta, TENN. Oct/29/09 0227 EDT EE FAIR Under CJBC Toronto. OLDIES MUSIC @ 0227 Tune In. Kind of a Hush. Jefferson Starship... Don't you want somebody to Love. Rolling Stones. Brown Sugar. Male DJ in between Songs. Mentioned Rock N Roll..then ID by FEMALE as WTZX. Thought DJ said his Name was Barry Clark??? More Oldies by Eric Burden .Spill the Wine, and Chicago. LISTED as 10 WATTS @ NIGHT Not sure of that!! NEW STATION ULR # 7361 KW/10 Watts Nights ROSS, ONT. ** 770 WYRV (TENT) Cedar Bluff, VA. Oct/28/09 EDT EE FAIR Mix with and Under WABC NYC and Spanish Station. SRN NEWS Break @ 2145 Tune In. Ad String...Term Life Policies, Cell Phones...JBUG??, Math Learning Center. Into Contemporary Christian Rock Music. Female Talked after a Group of Songs. Partial ID?? @ 0004 EDT as Your Family Friendly Station. This was IN/OUT all night with Contemporary Christian Rock. Another Slogan given @ 0148 was Today's Christian Hit Music. Not a Lot of Choices on 770 for this Formatso I am leaning towards this being WYRV. Any further Info on this station would be helpful. Especially from someone CLOSE to it!! TENTATIVE...5 KW Days??? ON LATE?? ROSS, ONT. * ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP's for 10/29/09
Listened from 1353-1451 utc. A lot of noise on this rainy morning in Salmon Creek, WA. 153 RUSSIA, 1353 very weak with music. 171 RUSSIA, 1354 seldom here Radio Rossii outlet with weak signal at times, playing music. 180 RUSSIA, 1355 weak with music. 189 RUSSIA, 1358 fair, but covered in noise. Woman in Russian. 234 RUSSIA, 1356 fair with music. 279 RUSSIA, 1357 good with Caribbean type music. 558 JAPAN, JOCR 1427 fair with music. 567 JAPAN, JOIK 1429 fair with music and // 594. 594 JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 fair with woman in Japanese. // 666 at 1405. 603 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA 1401 fair with music. 639 CHINA CRN1 fair with a little splatter and // 5030. 657 DPR KOREA 1403 weak with Korean talk and // 3250. 666 JAPAN, JOBK NHK1 1405 weak and // 594. Fair at 1430 over ?. 693 JAPAN, JOAB 1407 NHK2 weak with man in Japanese // 774. 738 TAIWAN? 1435 very weak audio. 774 JAPAN, JOUB 1407 NHK2 good and // 693. 828 JAPAN, JOBB 1412 NHK2 weak and // 774 with music. 873 JAPAN, JOGB 1413 NHK2 weak and time and // 774 with music. 891 JAPAN? JOHK 1444-1448 weak Asian talk at times. Only TP heard on this channel in past. 1008 UNKNOWN, 1415 weak with woman in Asian language. 1134 CHINA, CRN1 1416 weak to fair with piano music with splatter. // 5030. 1215 CHINA? 1418 nice carrier, but no audio. 1278 JAPAN, JORF 1419 believed to be the station with weak signal and noise. 1323 CHINA? 1420 faint signal with Asian, only TP heard on this channel here. 1422 JAPAN, 1422 weak with music. 1458 UNKNOWN, 1423 just at threshold level. 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1424 assuming this station with decent carrier low audio. 1575 THAILAND, VOA 1425 weak with woman in Asian language. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA JRC NRD 545 R8B EWE NW Solar Indices SF 80 A 2 K 1 1200 utc. Local Sunrise 1447 utc Sunset 0101 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
[IRCA] Three TP's heard this morning in Calgary AB (two on UL radio barefoot)
Using a Superadio II barefoot, listening from 1330 to 1405, JOIB had good audio most of the time and on peaks was easily heard on the Gary DeBock aligned SRF-59 barefoot. The new logging for the day was JOAB-693, which gave very good audio // to JOIB (English language lessons talking about shoplifting in the USA) at times. Was also easily heard on the SRF-59 barefoot for my third UL TP! Only other TP that produced audio was JOAK-694, only heard weakly on the SR II. I made an interesting observation this morning: by placing the SRF-59 close to the top of the Superadio, where the ferrite rod is, I can couple the rod to the SRF-59, resulting in greatly improved reception on the SRF-59 of the frequency to which the Superadio is tuned. Of course this is just using the antenna of the Superadio as a passive loop antenna - and of course do not count as barefoot loggings on the SRF-59. Doing this JOIN sounded almost like a local! 73, Deane McIntyre Calgary 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
[IRCA] Victoria TP's for 10/29/09
Listened from 1445 for about 10 minutes - Seemed down from yesterday. Some audio on 594, 603, 828 and a few others. Actually - seemed WAY down. -- .. 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 10-29... 594 khz Korean Mystery
Hello All, Conditions in general were nothing to shout about, with the sunrise peak seeming to provide a less and less benefit as the month progresses. The best signals seemed to be around 1345 this morning, although the band received a modest boost around 1430. 594 kHz again had an equal mix of JOAK and a Korean-language station this morning around 1425, with the Korean station playing KBS-type music, but the signal was up and down, making it tough to check the 603 kHz KBS parallel (which was mixing with 603-China, of course). This JOAK co-channel was first noted about a week ago, and seems to show up only during the sunrise peak enhancement period. Another MP3 of the mix was recorded, but still nothing to positively ID the Korean. Other than that mystery, the JOPG-585 weak co-channel was also back around 1432 playing some instrumental music, but didn't have enough strength to provide any real clues. Once again the high band and mid band seemed well down in strength from its peak October days, and only the low band frequencies had some interesting signals. Hopefully things will improve before John heads to Grayland-- I remember the phenomenal conditions that Guy Atkins and I had around this time last year in Grayland (November 2), when Guy received 1575-Radio Farda on a stock Sony SRF-39FP ultralight. Good luck, John! 73, Gary DeBock Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30 loopstick) Main receiver: Modified C.Crane SWP (7.5 Slider loopstick + CFJ455K5 filter) 9' and 6' (side) tuned passive loops (in the back yard) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 10-29-09
Listened from 1335-1350 ut and conditions was a little better than it was yesterday. So far this year conditions are down from last year. The two stations with the best audio this year have been Russia-279 and JOUB-774. 279 Russia 594 JOAK 774 JOUB Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drak 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] Down - A Lot: TPs from Orcas
My spectrum chart does not look as bad as it should, though it is pretty bad. Most of the signals that were there put in quite brief peaks of audio and then disappeared in the murk. Even at that, I only had about half the audios of yesterday on the lower band. The upper band was about the same as yesterday... not bad, just mediocre. There did seem to be a bit of a late post-dawn peak at around 1455-1500, but things were dying quickly by then, so it was hard to be certain.. There was really nothing of great interest. I'm packing today for a (probably) last trip to Grayland. Kevin S. and I will be there Fri and Sat nights and then I'll extend through Sunday night. One of the main goals is testing a new version of the Wellbrook Array that uses two Conti Super Loops as elements. Its much like Wellbrook's latest K9AY array, but does not depend on good grounding for effectiveness. Gee, I hope that conditions improve at least a bit over the weekend. 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] Down - A Lot: TPs from the Northwest
Quoting John H. Bryant bjohnor...@rockisland.com: My spectrum chart does not look as bad as it should, though it is pretty bad. Most of the signals that were there put in quite brief peaks of audio and then disappeared in the murk. After reading Dennis' and Deane's loggings, yours and Colin's remarks gave me some sense of relief. This was a work morning for me, with a couple of other things on the boil at the old homestead, so DXing was limited to a few 5-minute checks. Not long after 1300UT, there was some liveliness, but brief peaks as above, and lots of splash. 1400UT was duller, still with brief peaks, and 1430UT showed less splash, but generally less signal as well. The NHK big guns were often in the mire, and there wasn't much to replace them. Yet, CNR-1 was noted fairly well on 945, mixing with NHK-1 (when 594 deigned to show its nose). My spectrum chart of average signal strength showed a marked decline even from a couple of days ago, so I was worried about an antenna failure, but no, just a propagation failure. 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Oct 29 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 28 October follow. Solar flux 80 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 29 October was 2 (15 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 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 82 82 82 82 82 82 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 A-in 44444422222222 K-in 01120010121122 ___ 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] [ultralightdx] 770 UNID...Christian Rock and SRN News??? Anyone Else hearing this????
Your Family Friendly Station or Your Family Station are staples with that format - I wouldn't use that to determine anything. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010 barefoot --- On Thu, 10/29/09, Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com wrote: From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] [ultralightdx] 770 UNID...Christian Rock and SRN News??? Anyone Else hearing this To: IRCA AM List irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 12:23 AM John Cereghin wrote: No, they never did ID. No sort of local announcements between songs from that woman announcer. If it is WYRV, their website is no help at all. But I did not hear any Amen 770 liners. John Cereghin OK Guys.I hung in with this Station for over 2 Hours. It was in/out with Contemporary Christian Rock Music and announcements by a Female from time to time. There was long periods of time where they disappeared...but always faded back up. Christian Rock in quite strong @ -0004 when Female spoke and Said what sounded to me like.. Your Family Friendly Station??? Paul Robertson on the ODXA List says he heard ID's that sounded like.. Your Family Station The online stuff says that WYRV uses the Slogan...YouRadio...so I still don't know if this is them or not??? Is there anyone near this Station in Virginia that can confirm what we're hearing??? I'm tending to believe this is WYRV ON LATE...But 73...ROB 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 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] Down - A Lot: TPs from the Northwest
My spectrum chart of average signal strength showed a marked decline even from a couple of days ago, so I was worried about an antenna failure, but no, just a propagation failure. My thinking is usually -- how will this effect reception in Hawaii? Answer is: It probably will not. What we experience up here in the sub-polar regions is a far cry from tropical reception patterns. -- .. 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] [ultralightdx] 770 UNID...Christian Rock and SRN News??? Anyone Else hearing this????
Russ Edmunds wrote: Your Family Friendly Station or Your Family Station are staples with that format - I wouldn't use that to determine anything. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] *** The online stuff says that WYRV uses the Slogan...YouRadio...so I still don't know if this is them or not??? Is there anyone near this Station in Virginia that can confirm what we're hearing??? I'm tending to believe this is WYRV ON LATE...But 73...ROB Robert S. Ross VA3SW London, Ontario CANADA Russ..Thanks for the Help??? on this??? As my message above stated..I was tending to believe this was themBUTas I said...I still don't know if this is them or not?? I wasn't planning on using that for anything...just letting you know what I heard!!...and hoping someone Local to the Station could offer more on the subject. I do want to thank Bill Dvorak of Wisconsin who sent along some Helpful Information about WYRVhowever. 73..ROB VA3SW ___ 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......2 New Stns + 1 Call Change @ SUNSET Tonight!! Format Help for 700 WTUB???
Hi Guys: Some Decent Conditions to the East and South tonight at SUNSET. Logged 2 New Stations for the ULR LOG, One of which is NEW for the OVERALL LOG as well. Also Logged a Call Change for what I believe is the Old WJOE on 700 Khz. I see sources on the Net Stating that WJOE was to Start a Portuguese/Brazilian Format..but I'm not sure that ever happened??? Does anyone know if WJOE 700, who later became WTUB... did they switch to Portuguese...or are they still English ESPN?? Radio Used ..SONY SRF-T615 BAREFOOT ^^^ ULR LOG TOTALS are now..738 Stations Heard. ^^^ 73.ROB Robert S. Ross VA3SW London, Ontario CANADA * 700 WTUB (Tentative)Orange-Athol, MASS Oct/29/09 1808 EDT EE FR Sports Talk @ 1808 Tune In. ESPN IDs and Promos. Ads @ 1810. ID as ESPN RADIO 700. ESPN College Football Promos. Into PGMThe Herd. Ad for Kingsford Charcoal @ 1812. Are these guys still ESPN?? RELOG if them (CALL CHANGE EX WJOE) 2.5 KW ROSS, ONT. * 910 WJCW Johnson City, TENN. Oct/29/09 1833 EDT EEGOOD Local Weather for the Tri-State Area. High of 76 Degrees tomorrow. ID as TRI_CITIES TALK RADIO 910 WJCW by Male DJ @ 1834 EDT. Sean Hannity Spot . Into talk Show. RELOG..BUT NEW to ULR # 737 5/1 KW ROSS, ONT. ** 1040 WSGH Lewisville, NC Oct/29/09 1841 EDT SPANISH FAIR Lively Spanish/Mexican Muisic with Lots of Accordions. Male DJ spoke @ 1`844 EDT..with ID as La Movidita and Mentioned La Buena.Female and Male With SS Talk and Jingles. Fade Out @ 1845 EDT...Power Cut??? NEW STN. 9.1 KW/182 Watts Nights. 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Oct 30 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 29 October follow. Solar flux 77 and mid-latitude A-index 5. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 30 October was 1 (8 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 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 30 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 82 82 82 82 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 77 77 A-in 44442222222255 K-in 12001012112221 ___ 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] Disheartening discovery
John - Hope that you find your album! Also, say hi to Scooter from me; it's been a long time (~50 years) since we saw each other at a convention. - John S. ___ 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] New article on Moxon indoor FM antenna available
Hi all: Just uploaded to the DXer.ca and Yahoo UltralightDX sites is an article about building a Moxon antenna for indoor use. As someone who can't hoist a good 12-element Yagi up on the roof, I have been pleasantly surprised by the performance of the Moxon design, which gives a lot more gain than a dipole or whip antenna and is also quite directional. It takes three lengths of PVC pipe, some connectors and some wire and rubber bands to have a really good FM antenna. It will hook up to any FM receiver, including portables, that will take an external FM antenna. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] KMXA-1090
Semi-local KMXA is killer loud at the moment 0315 UTC undoubtedly on day power (50kW) with Spanish, ranchera/banda music and La Tricolor slogans. Chris Knight Fort Lupton, CO ___ 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] Abbreviated but interesting TP DX this morning
Sometimes, if you try to record while you sleep, things don't work out as planned. This time around, Spectravue and Vista got into one of their periodic fistfights, so nothing got recorded until I stepped in at 1340 and broke things up. So today I ended up hitting the record button as I headed off to work. Although I only recorded 585 to 774 kHz from 1340 to 1510, things were kind of interesting. The Japanese powerhouses were up and down, and there were lots of unexpected Chinese stations. CNR1-639 was back to normal, with its regular time pips, time check and full fanfare ID at 1400, so I'm not sure if it was really them I heard yesterday with NHK-like pips, or if they broke format for some other reason. There were also unid Chinese stations on 594 and 603, as well as 621. The latter had a pretty good signal but took a lot of bashing from KCIS-630, thus preventing any hope of an ID. Anyway, here's what the SDR files divulged. Things were pretty good until about 1450, when signal levels took a nosedive. Really nice audio, for a few minutes at least, good enough for a native speaker to follow most of it: 594 JOAK, Perfect copy for a few minutes here and there, but the wildly varying signal faded into unintelligible glop several times. At about 1425 there was a second station in the background with music and a woman in Chinese 738 Taiwan, briefly quite good at 1340 with what sounded like a sporting event. Dropped down to unexciting strength a few minutes later and stayed there Somewhat OK audio, a native speaker could recognize some of the words and phrases at times: 621 Unid Chinese, quite strong at times but usually hammered into incomprehensibility by KCIS-630 639 CNR1, see above 657 N Korea 693 Japan 756 China dominant with Korea in background, pips talk from both at 1400 747 Japan 774 Japan Marginal audio, could recognize programming, but a native speaker wouldn't have been able to understand it 585 Japan //594 603 China, unid w/pips time check at 1400, no ID heard 675 Unid 720 CNR2, pips at 1400 729 China, pips time check at 1400, as well as talk music before ToH, probably Jiangxi Carriers, none of them with real or imaginary audio today 612 648 666 Bruce in Seattle SDR-IQ with K9AY antenna ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KMXA-1090
Yep...destroying 1090 here in IL and didn't switch to night power and should make it lots further east. 73 KAZ - Original Message - From: Chris Knight ch...@dxclipjoint.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:15 PM Subject: [IRCA] KMXA-1090 Semi-local KMXA is killer loud at the moment 0315 UTC undoubtedly on day power (50kW) with Spanish, ranchera/banda music and La Tricolor slogans. Chris Knight Fort Lupton, CO ___ 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] TA carriers/audio tonight (10/30), misc. off freq
Here is a list of TA carriers seen/heard here on Ham Radio Deluxe/DM780 waterfall (free download) from 0300-0400 UTC (10/30 local date). All frequencies listed are approximate: 531, 531.03, 558, 567, 576 (threshold audio), 585, 594, 603, 612 (audio), 621 (threshold audio), 639, 648, 666, 693.005, 702, 711, 729, 738, 747, 756, 774 (audio), 783 (threshold audio), 792, 801, 837, 846, 855 (audio), 873, 882, 891, 900.03 (may not be TA), 909, 918, 936, 945, 954, 972, 972.01, 999, 1008, 1008.01, 1026.01, 1035, 1044, 1053.015, 1071, 1079.99, 1116, 1125, 1134, 1143, 1152, 1179, 1197.01, 1206, 1215 (threshold audio), 1224 (thick line = 2 carriers), 1259.99 (may not be TA), 1269, 1349.97 (may not be TA), 1349.99 (may not be TA), 1413, 1485, 1539, 1557, 1566 (threshold audio), and 1584. CBW noted on 989.99. KMOG noted on 1420.04. UnID noted on 1469.96 UnID noted on 1070.07 (as reported last night). Heard SS about the time the carrier really lit up. 1070 has several stations off freq: 1069.99, 1070.015, 1070.035, and 1070.07. The stronger ones are 1070.035 and 1070.07 at this QTH. KILR and KNX are both on frequency as far as I can tell. Just logged 770-WABC at 0355 UTC! 73. Chris Knight Fort Lupton, CO ___ 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] KMXA-1090
Nice and strong ID in English from KMXA at 0500 ut. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ ___ 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
