Re: [IRCA] WOYK 1350 and KQLO 1590 contact info
Apparently, I was slightly wrong. The station is operating at 500 W and isn't signing off at sunset or dropping to 67 Watts of power at dark. Paul Walker On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Mika Makelainen m...@makelainen.comwrote: Scott, many thanks! This is exactly what I needed. Paul, thanks for info on the power. I gotta keep offering them my old reception report since there's not much hope hearing them now. 73 Mika - Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:53:23 -0500 From: Scott Fybush sc...@fybush.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] WOYK 1350 and KQLO 1590 contact info Message-ID: 4afc67b3.3090...@fybush.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed And here's a website for the station that seems to be current: http://radio1590.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] Arizona TPs for 11-13-09
Listened from 1320-1405 ut and conditions was down from yesterday. All audio and carriers were on the bottom part of the band and all of it was weak. 279 Russia very poor at 1345 ut with talk. 594 JOAK very poor at 1350 ut. 774 JOUB poor at 1355 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
[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 13 Nov 2009
TPs here were slightly better than yesterday. All the big Japanese were in, with 567 doing unusually well, second only to 774. Also Korea on 972 //1134, and a few minutes of CRI on 1521 and the Japanese on 1413. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, 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] NW Washington TPs for 13 Nov 2009
Hi all: Conditions seemed decent here on the Slinky Super Loop, with numerous hets throughout the morning. Audios noted: 279 1449, not bad RR Radio Rossii; local noise precluded finding // freqs 549 1437, Echoing male newscaster, presumed RR Radio Mayak 594 Various, NHK1 Tokyo (JOAK): came and went throughout the morning, quite clear at times 603 1506, //594, so NHK-1 JJ 621 1500, Faint music, battling 620 domestic 639 1435, CC, CNR-1 //5030 648 1432, Good CC language, presumed Guandong 693 1400, Garbled under 690-Vancouver, but easily //774 729 1450, Music/jingle, battling 730-Vancouver, I believe //594 NHK1 738 1414/1428, Popular music, presumed Taiwan Fishery, with second male announcer murmuring underneath 747 1428, Strongest NHK-2 at this time, easily overcoming 750-KXL even in USB 774 1359, Strong NHK-2 //weaker 828 828 1400, NHK2 pips noted //774, but heavily splattered by 830 864 1427, Faint music, unknown 972 Various, A little better this morning, occasionally discernible audio 1134 1420, Music, unknown 1287 1410, Good JJ audio, woman speaking JOHR Sapporo 1323 1411, Almost discernible audio 1566 Various, not quite discernable audio, presumed HLAZ 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] Puyallup, WA TP's for 11-13... Improving
Hello All, The sunrise TP propagation was definitely improved from yesterday, and there was audio on several frequencies that are usually not productive. The UnID Chinese (male) was back on 684 kHz with his talk monolog at 1441, and he seemed to be quite animated until 1445, when 670-KBOI turned on its IBOC to silence him. This 684 kHz Chinese always shows up on mornings with great propagation, so at least he is a harbinger of good DX, even if he stays unknown. Around 1450 the usually weak 1503 kHz had threshold audio from a presumed JOUK, but without enough signal to check a parallel. The frequency is splatter-free here, but almost always a paltry carrier. Frequent but weak co-channel TP's were heard under several big guns from 1455-1500, including the music-oriented KBS1 under 594-JOAK, Chinese music (with female announcer) under 828-JOBB, and Chinese male talk under 972-HLCA. A check was made for another elusive co-channel under 693-JOAB, but CBU splatter was too much to dig out anything weak. The NHK stations did have very good audio this morning in general, despite the co-channel competition. So it was a fairly good TP morning here, even if no new Asians were logged. For mid-November propagation, it's best to be thankful for the TP's you still have, and enjoy them while you can :-) 73, Gary DeBock Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30 loopstick) Main receiver: Modified C.Crane SWP ultralight (7.5 Slider loopstick + CFJ455K5 filter) 9' PVC 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] TP for 13 Nov from Victoria, BC
Listened again for about an hour from 1405 UT, today, and although there were lots of signals, there was lots of domestic splatter as well, so DXing wasn't particularly productive. Any sunrise enhancement seemed mostly due to a minor drop off in that splatter, followed by fairly quick decay in signals past 1500UT. A quick visit back to the radio yielded a nice call ID and s/off chimes from JOUB-774, but there wasn't much else by then. At the same time, my impression was that some DX was lurking there between 1400 and 1500UT, with several expected CNR-1 channels not giving CNR-1 audio, just at quite a poor level. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 279 R. Rossii 558 HLQH //603 at 1437UT 594 JOAK 774 JOUB 828 JOBB 972 HLCA (except for 279, these were all pretty variable) reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK was suffering badly from someone else's mx at 1446UT 603 HLSA; others there from time to time; didn't get Kevin's NHK1 which was more common a couple of seasons ago 621 China at 1439UT, with hum 639 CNR1 //5030 657 hum and N. Korea 675 likely Vietnam 738 music not //1143 747 JOIB 945 CNR-1 //5030 1134 KBS //972 1575 VoA not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker 153 and 189 //279 R. Rossii 567 JOIK possible at 1418UT alone on channel except for channel, but not //594; after 1420, it was. 576 Mayak at 1440UT 702 North Korea at hum at 1416 711 likely HLKA? 1143 Taiwan? not able to //738 though 1503 JOUK //594 Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) : 531 JOQG //567 549 Mayak? likely //576 with similar sounding man, but couldn't get both at the same time 585 JOPG likely //594 648 666, lots of carrier, in fact, at 1501, that's all it was, quite strong, as if audio had stopped (like a s/off) 756 not //5030 819 hum, not audio not N. Korea? 837 seemed CC 846 seemed //594 so NHK1 synchros 864 lots of carrier, couple of audios? 918 936 954 981 sounded CC but not //5030 1089 could have been CC, first noted 1509 1242 JOLF cuckoo clock pips at 1500UT 1287 JJ inflected talk JOHR 1323 CRI? 1377 lots of carrier, talk there which wasn't //5030 or 774 1422 might have been JJ? 1566 1593, not //5030 or 774 at 1506UT, but at 1508 was //5030 (brief local program?) Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): lots of them, though some had touches of audio, noted above; ones noted: 783, 855 w/hum, 999 w/hum, 1008, 1053, 1098, 1251, 1467 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] Another Good TP Morning: Orcas Island
It was another quite good TP morning, with 85 to 90% of the lower band in audio at some point and close to half of the upper band. For a change, there was a REAL dawn boost from 1440 until LSR at 1530. In truth, it was pretty poor from 1420 tune-in until the boost started, then things were really quite nice. The most interesting: 531 the JJ was doing much better than usual 648: The Chinese here was almost certainly Voice of Russia CC Service 675: Vietnam was blasting in 936: Throughout the AM, as rockin' 1170 very nearby, but had something under it. Rare here. 1377 CNR1 was great, late BIG NOTE: FOR ABOUT A MONTH, I HAVE A SECOND SIGNAL ON 1575 LATE. IT IS N*O*T FARDA, BECAUSE ITS FREQUENCY IS ACTUALLY 1594.950, plus or minus a scosh. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS??? 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
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Nov 13 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 12 November follow. Solar flux 73 and mid-latitude A-index 0. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 13 November was 1 (9 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 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 72 72 72 72 72 72 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 A-in 11111100000000 K-in 10000000010001 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1394.86
Check out 1179 Jim. I just had a good signal on Sweden about 15 minutes ago. 'Normal' winter conditions are going to be hard to get used to ... if they ever come. --- On Nov 13, 2009, at 4:37 PM, Jim Renfrew wrote: Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 1630 EST2139z1394.86ALBANIATWR - nice TWR Interval Signal heard at this time in that jumbo het. Audio on 1134, 909, 837 and maybe 702 ___ The NRC AM mailing list nrcdxas.org Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Order your 30th Edition of the AM RADIO LOG Today!!! ___ 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] 1394.86
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 1630 EST2139z1394.86ALBANIATWR - nice TWR Interval Signal heard at this time in that jumbo het. Audio on 1134, 909, 837 and maybe 702 ___ 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] Tecsun PL-380 AM Heterodynes (or lack thereof)
Hello All, There have been several questions regarding the new Tecsun PL-380's susceptibility to internally-generated AM-band heterodynes, a quirk affecting of all the S/L 4734 DSP chip radios (PL-300WT/G8, D92L, D96L and PL-310) manufactured so far. Although a full review of the Tecsun PL-380 is being drafted, for those considering a quick purchase, a comparison was made of the internally generated heterodynes showing up on the PL-310, and on the new PL-380. Although there is only one PL-380 review model here currently, at least on this single model, the AM heterodyne issue seems to have been reduced from the PL-310's problem level. Tecsun has obviously changed some of the circuitry in the PL-380 so that in general the heterodynes are less obtrusive, although they still do exist on the AM band. The heterodynes in both models can be reduced or eliminated by switching the DSP filtering down to 1 or 2 kHz, although whether this solution will be acceptable probably depends on the type of DXing done by the user (for 9 kHz-split DXers, it would probably work fine). During daytime testing here, both the PL-310 and PL-380 have a moderate 2 kHz heterodyne on 621 kHz (with 620-KPOJ at a medium level). On 1404 khz the PL-310 has a moderate 1 kHz heterodyne, while the PL-380 has none. Both units have a weak 1kHz heterodyne on 1430 kHz (with a medium level Bremerton station on the frequency). The PL-310 has also has a 1 kHz heterodyne on 1431, while the PL-380 has none. (NOTE: Because of its soft-mute-free operation, the PL-380 will typically receive a 1430 kHz domestic station at a good level on both 1429 and 1431 kHz, whereas on the PL-310 the soft mute function will cause a severe drop off in 1430 kHz signal strength on these frequencies, leaving mostly the internally-generated heterodynes). On 1602 kHz the PL-310 has a strong 1 kHz heterodyne (with a moderate KVRI-KOHI mix on 1600 kHz), while the PL-380 has none. On 1640 kHz, however, I did find a moderate 2 kHz heterodyne on the PL-380 that was absent on the PL-310 (the only frequency on the AM band that I could detect such a situation). Since there is only one PL-380 review model here, the sample base is limited, and other PL-380 users (Roy in Australia, and Rob in London, Ontario) may wish to add their comments. There already seems to be an AM sensitivity difference between my PL-380 and Roy's model, based on comparisons with the PL-310's we both have (my own PL-380 seems equally sensitive on AM with my two PL-310s, but Roy's does not). Since our current sample base is limited, two more PL-380's have been ordered from eBay's Anon-co, to give us a clearer picture of the AM sensitivity situation on this model. In general, the PL-380 here has performed like a dream in TP-DXing, and may well be the ultimate $45 bargain in AM-DXing history. 73 and Best Wishes, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) ___ 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] Another Good TP Morning: Orcas Island
At 18:04 11/13/2009, you wrote: It was another quite good TP morning, .ouchwish it had made it over herenot much enhancement (though my notes DO say 1440 start of boost?, just didn't feel it went anywhere much; lots of audio but lots of splatter as well.). BIG NOTE: FOR ABOUT A MONTH, I HAVE A SECOND SIGNAL ON 1575 LATE. IT IS N*O*T FARDA, BECAUSE ITS FREQUENCY IS ACTUALLY 1594.950, plus or minus a scosh. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS??? mwoffset list has DXJR at 1574.97 . Good luck with it. Nick ___ 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 Big Sig on Orcas @0042
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Nov 14 0001 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 13 November follow. Solar flux 74 and mid-latitude A-index 1. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 14 November 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 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 72 72 72 72 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 74 74 A-in 11110000000011 K-in 00000001000111 ___ 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] Another day at the TP dials
This morning was different from yesterday, but not necessarily better or worse. Just different. There was more domestic splash than normal, which masked audio from some otherwise good signals. Here's what I captured in the SDR files today: Really good audio, easily understood by a native speaker, for a short time at least 594 Japan w/unid in background 747 Japan 1170 KBS was killing KPUG for a while w/woman in Korean after 1500, CNR1 pips were also there at 1500 OK audio, parts of it would be understandable by a native speaker 549 Russia, woman w/news at 1402 603 Korea, but only for a minute or so 639 China 648 Voice of Russia 675 Vietnam, briefly 693 Japan 774 Japan 780 KNOM 828 Japan Marginal audio, could recognize program content but most of it wouldn't be understandable 540 China, pips way u/CBK, first time this season 567 Japan, nice signal, would've been listenable without the KVI splash 621 unid 603 China, 2 sets of pips at 1400 657 N Korea 666 Japan 729 Mix of China Japan 738 Mix of Taiwan, Korea, and one other 756 China 783 unid 855 N Korea mixing w/someone else 1188 Presumed S Korea, decent carrier, but was getting clobbered by KOFI of all things. KEX wasn't a problem 1134 Korea 1206Yanbian, with more 1200/1210 splash than usual 1269 Japan 1278 Japan 1287 Japan Carriers with real or imaginary audio 558 576 585 612 621 837 846 864 909 1116 1125 1143 1197 1215 1224 1242 1296 Maybe some day I'll venture above 1300 again Bruce in Seattle SDR-IQ receiver K9AY antenna ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] West Coast TAs
Hi all: Croatia-1134 and Radio Farda-1575 are in with verifiable audio so far, 1215 is close, and a few other decent hets are showing promise. 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] Kona TP for 13 Nov 09
Just did a quickie scan at 1600UTC this morning - Talking 5 minutes. Slightly down conditions from yesterday -- Mostly China, some Korean and a bit of Aussie Had to be up early for a day trip to Waimea (which was fabulous...) Will put in a good evening tonight - TP dxing comes in 2 flavors here; the evening dxing and the morning dxing and they are very different as I am discovering. -- .. 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] TA to LW TP
0548UT, R. Rossii is already making an appearance on 234, maybe a bit of audio also on 279. Haven't had much time to TA DX tonight; although there seemed to be plenty of carriers, I've noted infrequent audio only on 855, 1134, and 1215 so far. Then 963 came up just before 0600, to dive into the weeds with 30 seconds to go. Some audio also on 675 and 756 at this time, but not enough to get anything on the hour. 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] Absolute R. 1215 into MN 0600 UTC
So good I could understand 3 words in a row! This one has to come thru WOAI IBOC. I think several others from W Europe now in. 73, George S., MN ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Daytimer KAGY-1501 Port Sulphur, LA on Now
For the 2nd night in a row, I'm getting daytimer KAGY-1510 from Port Sulphur, Louisiana. On now w/ classic Country music at 0320 UTC (9:20 PM CST), easily heard underneath WLAC 73, J.D. Stephens Hampton Cove, AL 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] TA to LW TP
Back in the 'day' as in 1976, TA's on the West Coast were treated like nectar... It was a big deal - Nick and I both heard our first TA's ever from Victoria on the same night... Breathless phone calls were exchanged... notes were compared the next day... It was revolutionary. Now it is routine. Still, some of the openings are still awe inspiring... especially on limited equipment or antennas... And thought provoking too because we never had so much to pick from as we do now - and not sure why. Guess it is what it is. Aloha from Sunny Kona - where TA's, til now, are only a thing of the imagination. -- .. 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] Earky morning TAs
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY Just woke up at 0130 EST and thought I'd scan for TAs Audio being heard on 972 NDR, 909 UK, 558 Spain, and 531 Faroes ___ 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] Report from Tauranga, New Zealand
Haven't checked in for a few days, mostly because we've been doing a lot of touring and there hasn't been a lot of time for DXing. In Wellington, I had a wonderful day with David Ricquish who kindly spent half of his day taking me around this wonderful city and showing me all of the radio sights of the city. David has an absolutely encyclopedic knowledge of radio in the region and I was delighted in his immediate responses to my barrage of questions. We started the morning with a tour of RNZI including meeting with Adrian Sainsbury, host of RNZI's Mailbox program, as well as an introduction to Myra Oh, his co-host (a very charming lady who was busy with her on-air duties). David went on to describe the radio scene in the country. Basically, for a DXer from afar, it's not a very pretty picture. Call signs have pretty much been done away with, and there are only a small handful of nation-wide networks. No TOH legal IDs, and the only local content are the occasional inserted local ads. I must admit that the content of several of the networks are not my cup of tea. For instance Radio Trackside mostly just has play by play horse races (yawn!). Another network is The Word which has non-stop Bible reading. The are precious few local stations anymore. One is Village Radio on 1368 in Tauranga which I recorded for a good hour, as this frequency is mostly dominated by Radio Live in Napier. Village Radio had a wonderful oldies format and a full local ID at 5:00 pm local and a call sign as well, 1XT. Refreshing to say the least. They apparently broadcast with 400 watts during the week and 900 watts on weekends (since they bleed onto cell phones), using a simple dipole antenna. John Durham in Tauranga provided me with a link which is: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/fozzie/id18.htm . Might be worth a try. David told me that there are only 2 local AM stations left in the nation. I do have to ask him about the various stations listed in PAL, though, as many of them do sound local. David? By the way, David (and Adrian) were also a goldmine of information about Pacific Island stations. For instance, 2AP in Samoa on 540 is running 2.5 kW and the facility is held together by rat dung. Cook Islands on 630 is likewise running at 1/2 power. The Solomon Islands SW transmitter on 5020 is back on the air thanks to the technical assistance from Adrian who was able to tweak the transmitter back to 5020 from previous 5018v. It's the 9 MHz transmitter tuned down to 5 MHz (very old). Vanuatu 3945 will shortly be adding 5050 for the day frequency, and plan 7260 during the winter. As always, I would recommend anyone who is traveling in this area of the world to bring their portables and enjoy what the region has to offer on the radio. Being so far from North America and Europe, I think that our fellow DXers appreciate us making the effort to contact them as well. One more interesting anecdote: The ODXA journal came close to being printed and mailed from New Zealand a few years back, as it was cheaper than doing the same in Ontario! Amazing! Finally, I learned that the Radio Heritage Project (which hosts the invaluable Pacific Asia List) is a labour of love initiated by David Ricquish, who's given up his previous travel, radio and television career (along with his wife) to devote his time fully to this wonderful project. I encourage everyone to support this vital project! 73s from the South Pacific,...Walt Salmaniw ___ 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] Decent TA night in NW Washington 13 Nov 2009
Hi all: Pretty good propagation into the house here tonight, competing with the washing machine, computers and other noise makers. At one point or another most channels had some sort of het. Identified stations tonight: 693 - UK: good signal from BBC 5 talking about UK matters at 0354 UTC 855 - Romania: R. Actualitati, verified with web stream, 963 - Finland: Pori station with Russian program decent at 0420-0430 UTC 1134 - Croatia: pretty good all night, HUGE at about 0417, //7375 1215 - UK: Absolute Radio in nicely around 0250, //web stream 1269 - Germany: Deutschlandfunk in and out all night, armchair copy at 0417 with 1270 fairly quiet tonight, //web stream 1575 - Radio Farda verified with web stream, decent at times I had big carriers on 549, 819 and 1341 most of the session, but strong domestics kept me from getting anything from them. Just a little while ago (0710 UTC) I'm pretty sure I had Radio Maria on 675, near its local sunrise, and 1269-Germany as well, so quite a night for TAs! 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
