Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-22
Hi Walt, Thanks for the Masset report, we are all eager to read your daily TP (and TA) reports once your DXpedition team gets fully set up! This morning was fairly average for TP reception here in Puyallup, with a couple of exceptions. 1044 kHz had an interesting mix of CRI's Japanese and a co-channel (that sounded like Korean to me), but there wasn't any KBS parallel available to check at the time (and the ones that I was trying for wouldn't have worked anyway, according to Chuck :-) Dennis heard the same 1044 mix at Grayland this morning. Your European, Middle East and African TA-DX in Masset always sounds very exotic in this mediocre DXing location, from which Guy has temporarily bailed. About this time last year most of the TP-DXers were eagerly reading the daily Asian DX reports from you and Nick in Victoria, and John on Orcas Island. They are really missed, although several of us have attempted to post our own. Unfortunately, Puyallup is far from prime DXing territory, and if it were not for the bizarre 9' box loop in the back yard, I would probably be limited to receiving the same "big guns" over and over. Good luck to all of your team! 73, Gary In a message dated 9/22/2010 2:33:27 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, can...@gmail.com writes: Hi, Gary! Up here in Masset, reception was unusual here. The worst reception since last Saturday morning. The BOGs died early today, being replaced by the ALA 100 for best TP receptionthis in itself was very unusual. The big news was last night: Best TA reception since Friday night. Many, many TAs with the best for me being 1476 Cotonou (Benin, Africa) in French at almost excellent levels, but as usual for TAs this would fade rapidly up and down. Not sure which direction conditions are heading. We'll be active until Monday morning in any case. NHK2 signed off the past 2 mornings at 14:40. About 50% of the stations give an ID locally then, with the rest just a network NHK ID. Good fun! The hot TA performer is the Wellbrook array. Andy Ilkin will be pleased to hear this, although it continues to underperform in a major way in the mornings. More in the coming days! ..Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:02 PM, <_d1028g...@aol.com_ (mailto:d1028g...@aol.com) > wrote: Hello All,! It was a morning of fairly average September TP propagation here, generally following Nigel's description of the regular Asians at decent strength, but the second-tier TP stations having weaker signals. As usual, however, there were major exceptions to the script, including a strong TP mix on 1044 kHz (which Dennis also heard at Grayland, on his E100), and a bizarre S9 fade-in of 648-Voice of Russia at 1356 (after the TP propagation had apparently fizzled out, and my ICF-2010 spotting receiver had been shut off). The "best bet" Asian lineup from 639- 675 kHz (639-China, 648-VOR, 657-North Korea, 666-JOBK, and 675-Vietnam) was back to regular decent strength after some weakness yesterday, and 738-Taiwan was restored to its normal strength (along with a rough-sounding carrier). 1044 kHz was the most interesting frequency of the morning, as I heard (and recorded) the same strong TP mix that Dennis received at Grayland. Around 1348 there was a real battle on the frequency, apparently with both Korean and Japanese voices. The Japanese is undoubtedly CRI's foreign broadcast to Japan, but the apparent Korean was a mystery. I searched for a KBS parallel to check, but none were at decent strength at the time (972 and 1134 kHz were in fades). Dennis' Grayland report of pop Asian music mixing with China (in Japanese) on 1044 kHz gives additional evidence that this was probably the KBS station that we both heard, since Asian pop music is a standard KBS format. We probably won't ever be sure, but the 10 kw 1044 kHz KBS station would be an all-time new Ultralight TP catch, if confirmed by either of us in the future. Dennis, thanks again for your very useful Grayland reports! The other strange occurrence here was a full-strength fade in of 648-VOR right after the band had apparently died at 1355 (with the back yard in full sunlight). My ICF-2010 spotting receiver had already been taken inside, and I was in the process of wrapping up when I heard booming music signals on the "barefoot" SWP, which had fortunately been left on 648 kHz. I rushed over to the 9' loop and recorded an S9 signal of Russian music, right after every TP frequency had been written off as "dead." This was bizarre enough to fully awaken any half-asleep TP-DXer. The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP model (7.5" loopstick) inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop (in the back yard): 558 JOCR Kobe, Japan Fair strength with Japanese music around 1307 585 JOPG Kushiro, Japan Fair-poor with deep fades around
[IRCA] TP's from Brier, WA 9/22/10
Perseus 2-minute recordings at 1000, 1300 and 1400Z. Conditions seemed down overall from yesterday. Highlight was the clear KSLD 1140 ID in the pause just prior to TOH at 1000Z. The following were heard: Fair to good with decent non-fading audio: 189 R. Rossii (Russia) 279 R. Rossii (Russia) 585 JOPG Kushiro //594 NHK-1 (Japan) 594 JOAK Tokyo NHK-1 (Japan) 603 HLSA with KK pop music (S. Korea) 640 KYUK Bethel AK good ID at 1000Z 648 VOR (Russia) good strength 693 JOAB Tokyo (Japan) 747 JOIB Sapporo (Japan) 774 JOUB Akita (Japan) 828 JOBB Osaka NHK-2 (Japan) 972 HLCA Dangjin (S. Korea) 1140 KSLD Soldotna AK Nice ID at 1000Z, new one here 1566 HLAZ in steady at 1400Z (S. Korea) Poor to fair with audio just above threshold at times: 153 R. Rossii (Russia) 234 R. Rossii (Russia) 531 Japan presumed 675 UNID, presumed Vietnam 693 JOIB Tokyo 738 BEL-2 Taiwan 909 JOCB Nagoya EE lesson NHK-2 //774 at 1400Z (Japan) 1053 UNID 1134 UNID too weak to discern JJ or KK 1287 JOHR Sapporo weak but identifiable JJ (Japan) Tom Rothlisberger K7WV Brier, Washington USA Perseus SDR Wellbrook ALA-100M with 50' loop element NW/SE ___ 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 TA's again
No doubt Walt will be enjoying another fun TA night, as I'm getting TA audio again here in southern Alberta. Just before 0130 heard audio from France on 1206 and 1377, as well as the UK on 1215.Last night turned out to the be the most productive TA night of the season thus far. Mostly the regulars, with Koran recitations on 783 (Mauritania most likely, but too early for a SW parallel) being the most interesting. 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
Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-22
Gary: 1062 is never quite as good as 711 but if 1044 is in, maybe 1062 would also be favored. 748 and 864 are also frequent visitors when things are good to Korea. Chuck > From: d1028g...@aol.com > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:45:01 -0400 > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-22 > > Hi Chuck, > > Thanks for the information on the 1044 KBS1 station. > > It sounds like the same situation as the 594-KBS1 station not being > parallel with the 603 and 972 KBS stations last November, when I was trying > to > confirm the 594 station identity. As I recall then, you (or maybe Nick) > mentioned the 711 kHz KBS1 station as the best parallel to check, a frequency > which unfortunately is ruined here by oppressive KIRO splatter. > > If there are any other KBS1 parallels besides 711 (that are frequent > visitors to the west coast), I'll happy to check them instead, if and when > 1044 > kHz has this TP mix again. It was the first time in Puyallup that I've ever > heard strong TP competition on the frequency with CRI's Japanese, although > Grayland probably has this mix very frequently. Maybe Walt or Guy (in > Masset) can give a listen to 1044? > > 73, Gary > > > In a message dated 9/22/2010 3:50:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > charle...@msn.com writes: > > > > Hi Gary - > > If I understand you, you were looking at 972 and 1134 to see if they were > parallel to 1044. They're both KBS World Radio whereas 1044 is KBS1 and > I've never heard 972 or 1134 with KBS1 programming. > > > Chuck > > > > > From: d1028g...@aol.com > > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:02:13 -0400 > > To: ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com > > Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-22 > > > > 1044 kHz was the most interesting frequency of the morning, as I heard > (and > > recorded) the same strong TP mix that Dennis received at Grayland. > Around > > 1348 there was a real battle on the frequency, apparently with both > Korean > > and Japanese voices. The Japanese is undoubtedly CRI's foreign broadcast > > to Japan, but the apparent Korean was a mystery. I searched for a KBS > > parallel to check, but none were at decent strength at the time (972 and > 1134 kHz > > were in fades). > > > > 73 and Good DX, > > Gary DeBock > > ___ > 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Sep 23 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 22 September follow. Solar flux 85 and mid-latitude A-index 1. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 23 September 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 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 83 83 83 83 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 A-in 22224444444411 K-in 21110111001001 ___ 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] Seattle TP DX 9-22-10
Conditions continue to become more interesting as the days go by. The higher powered NHK and Korean stations were down a bit today, as were the Alaskans. However, mid and low band Chinese stations were a bit better, with audio finally showing up on 981 and 1035. 945 was trying its best to poke through the KJR splatter but never quite succeeded. I also had some audio from Japan 1071 for the first time this season. Here's what was noted 1245 to 1340: Good audio 594 JOAK 648 Russia 747 JOIB 774 JOUB Fair audio 657 N Korea 666 JOBK 693 JOAB 750 KFQD u/KXL 837 China 891 Asian talk, didn't try to ID language 972 Korea 981 China with nice ID at 1301 1206 China 1287 Japan 1566 HLAZ Bits and pieces of audio 675 Vietnam?? 756 probably China 828-JOBB 945 presumed China, bits of music during short pauses in KJR splash 1035 China with CNR time pips at 1300 1044-presumed China 1071 Japan w/NHK pips 1300, possible bits of JJ talk Carriers 738 783 792 801 845 855 909 918 927 936 963 1017 1026 1053 1107 1116 1143 1269 1278 1422 1575 Conspicuously missing 1134 ___ 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 ULR log (WNFL) + WHLN 1410 KY on day power?
Hi, Dave-- I heard WHLN on 9/6 doing Friday Night Football. It was the first time I had heard them in quite a while, and I haven't heard them since. 73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI In a message dated 9/22/2010 6:31:58 A.M. Central Daylight Time, david.hasc...@dfas.mil writes: Grabbed a new ULR log last night (relog to the main). WNFL 1440 Green Bay. Great calls (of course) for a great football town. Also have been hearing WHLN Harlan, KY almost every night on 1410. Potent signal for 41 watts (okay, sarcasm off ;) ). Anyone else hearing this one, at night? 1440 WNFL WI Green Bay 0100 2-22 Fox Sports update and quick "1440 WNFL" ID. Fair. Relog but new to the ULR book. DH-IN EDT 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis ___ 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] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-22
Hi Chuck, Thanks for the information on the 1044 KBS1 station. It sounds like the same situation as the 594-KBS1 station not being parallel with the 603 and 972 KBS stations last November, when I was trying to confirm the 594 station identity. As I recall then, you (or maybe Nick) mentioned the 711 kHz KBS1 station as the best parallel to check, a frequency which unfortunately is ruined here by oppressive KIRO splatter. If there are any other KBS1 parallels besides 711 (that are frequent visitors to the west coast), I'll happy to check them instead, if and when 1044 kHz has this TP mix again. It was the first time in Puyallup that I've ever heard strong TP competition on the frequency with CRI's Japanese, although Grayland probably has this mix very frequently. Maybe Walt or Guy (in Masset) can give a listen to 1044? 73, Gary In a message dated 9/22/2010 3:50:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, charle...@msn.com writes: Hi Gary - If I understand you, you were looking at 972 and 1134 to see if they were parallel to 1044. They're both KBS World Radio whereas 1044 is KBS1 and I've never heard 972 or 1134 with KBS1 programming. Chuck > From: d1028g...@aol.com > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:02:13 -0400 > To: ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-22 > 1044 kHz was the most interesting frequency of the morning, as I heard (and > recorded) the same strong TP mix that Dennis received at Grayland. Around > 1348 there was a real battle on the frequency, apparently with both Korean > and Japanese voices. The Japanese is undoubtedly CRI's foreign broadcast > to Japan, but the apparent Korean was a mystery. I searched for a KBS > parallel to check, but none were at decent strength at the time (972 and 1134 kHz > were in fades). > > 73 and Good DX, > Gary DeBock ___ 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] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-22
Hi Gary - If I understand you, you were looking at 972 and 1134 to see if they were parallel to 1044. They're both KBS World Radio whereas 1044 is KBS1 and I've never heard 972 or 1134 with KBS1 programming. Chuck > From: d1028g...@aol.com > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:02:13 -0400 > To: ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-22 > 1044 kHz was the most interesting frequency of the morning, as I heard (and > recorded) the same strong TP mix that Dennis received at Grayland. Around > 1348 there was a real battle on the frequency, apparently with both Korean > and Japanese voices. The Japanese is undoubtedly CRI's foreign broadcast > to Japan, but the apparent Korean was a mystery. I searched for a KBS > parallel to check, but none were at decent strength at the time (972 and 1134 > kHz > were in fades). > > 73 and Good DX, > Gary DeBock ___ 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] Masset TA/TP activity for 22 Sept 2010: Africa again on MW
Hi Walt - That's an interesting piece of news about Benin. With our often poor updates on African stations, they had been thought to be off the air for many years. With the level you had, maybe they'll make it further south. Any interference from the Basque station? Chuck > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:38:48 + > From: salma...@shaw.ca > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: [IRCA] Masset TA/TP activity for 22 Sept 2010: Africa again on MW > > Hi, Gary! Up here in Masset, reception was unusual here. The worst > reception since last Saturday morning. The BOGs died early today, > being replaced by the ALA 100 for best TP receptionthis in itself > was very unusual. The big news was last night: Best TA reception > since Friday night. Many, many TAs with the best for me being 1476 > Cotonou (Benin, Africa) in French at almost excellent levels, but as > usual for TAs this would fade rapidly up and down. Not sure which > direction conditions are heading. We'll be active until Monday morning > in any case. NHK2 signed off the past 2 mornings at 14:40. About 50% > of the stations give an ID locally then, with the rest just a network > NHK ID. Good fun! The hot TA performer is the Wellbrook array. Andy > Ilkin will be pleased to hear this, although it continues to > underperform in a major way in the mornings. More in the coming days! > ..Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC > > - Original Message - > From: d1028g...@aol.com > Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 21:02 > Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-22 > To: ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com, irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > Hello All, > > > > It was a morning of fairly average September TP > > propagation here, > > generally following Nigel's description of the regular Asians > > at decent strength, > > but the second-tier TP stations having weaker signals. As > > usual, however, > > there were major exceptions to the script, including a > > strong TP mix on 1044 > > kHz (which Dennis also heard at Grayland, on his E100), > > and a bizarre S9 > > fade-in of 648-Voice of Russia at 1356 (after the TP > > propagation had > > apparently fizzled out, and my ICF-2010 spotting receiver > > had been shut off). The > > "best bet" Asian lineup from 639- 675 kHz (639-China, 648- > > VOR, 657-North > > Korea, 666-JOBK, and 675-Vietnam) was back to regular > > decent strength after > > some weakness yesterday, and 738-Taiwan was restored to > > its normal strength > > (along with a rough-sounding carrier). > > > > 1044 kHz was the most interesting frequency of the morning, as I > > heard (and > > recorded) the same strong TP mix that Dennis received at > > Grayland. Around > > 1348 there was a real battle on the frequency, apparently > > with both Korean > > and Japanese voices. The Japanese is undoubtedly CRI's > > foreign broadcast > > to Japan, but the apparent Korean was a mystery. I > > searched for a KBS > > parallel to check, but none were at decent strength at the time > > (972 and 1134 kHz > > were in fades). Dennis' Grayland report of pop Asian music > > mixing with > > China (in Japanese) on 1044 kHz gives additional evidence > > that this was > > probably the KBS station that we both heard, since Asian > > pop music is a standard > > KBS format. We probably won't ever be sure, but the 10 kw > > 1044 kHz KBS > > station would be an all-time new Ultralight TP catch, if > > confirmed by either of > > us in the future. Dennis, thanks again for your very > > useful Grayland > > reports! > > > > The other strange occurrence here was a full-strength fade in > > of 648-VOR > > right after the band had apparently died at 1355 (with the back > > yard in full > > sunlight). My ICF-2010 spotting receiver had already been > > taken inside, > > and I was in the process of wrapping up when I heard > > booming music signals on > > the "barefoot" SWP, which had fortunately been left on 648 > > kHz. I rushed > > over to the 9' loop and recorded an S9 signal of Russian > > music, right after > > every TP frequency had been written off as "dead." This > > was bizarre enough > > to fully awaken any half-asleep TP-DXer. > > > > The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP model (7.5" > > loopstick) > > inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop (in the > > back yard): > > > > 558 JOCR Kobe, Japan Fair strength with > > Japanese music around 1307 > > 585 JOPG Kushiro, Japan Fair-poor with deep > > fades around 1309, // 594 > > 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Good strength Japanese > > conversation at 1308 > > 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Fair KBS music > > program w/CC QRM, 1311 > > 639 CNR1 (China) Fair to good music and > > Chinese speech at 1319 > > 648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Good Chinese > > program signals, then weird > >S9 > > fade-in after band was "dead" > > _http://www.medi
[IRCA] Masset TA/TP activity for 22 Sept 2010: Africa again on MW
Hi, Gary! Up here in Masset, reception was unusual here. The worst reception since last Saturday morning. The BOGs died early today, being replaced by the ALA 100 for best TP receptionthis in itself was very unusual. The big news was last night: Best TA reception since Friday night. Many, many TAs with the best for me being 1476 Cotonou (Benin, Africa) in French at almost excellent levels, but as usual for TAs this would fade rapidly up and down. Not sure which direction conditions are heading. We'll be active until Monday morning in any case. NHK2 signed off the past 2 mornings at 14:40. About 50% of the stations give an ID locally then, with the rest just a network NHK ID. Good fun! The hot TA performer is the Wellbrook array. Andy Ilkin will be pleased to hear this, although it continues to underperform in a major way in the mornings. More in the coming days! ..Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC - Original Message - From: d1028g...@aol.com Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 21:02 Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-22 To: ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com, irca@hard-core-dx.com > Hello All, > > It was a morning of fairly average September TP > propagation here, > generally following Nigel's description of the regular Asians > at decent strength, > but the second-tier TP stations having weaker signals. As > usual, however, > there were major exceptions to the script, including a > strong TP mix on 1044 > kHz (which Dennis also heard at Grayland, on his E100), > and a bizarre S9 > fade-in of 648-Voice of Russia at 1356 (after the TP > propagation had > apparently fizzled out, and my ICF-2010 spotting receiver > had been shut off). The > "best bet" Asian lineup from 639- 675 kHz (639-China, 648- > VOR, 657-North > Korea, 666-JOBK, and 675-Vietnam) was back to regular > decent strength after > some weakness yesterday, and 738-Taiwan was restored to > its normal strength > (along with a rough-sounding carrier). > > 1044 kHz was the most interesting frequency of the morning, as I > heard (and > recorded) the same strong TP mix that Dennis received at > Grayland. Around > 1348 there was a real battle on the frequency, apparently > with both Korean > and Japanese voices. The Japanese is undoubtedly CRI's > foreign broadcast > to Japan, but the apparent Korean was a mystery. I > searched for a KBS > parallel to check, but none were at decent strength at the time > (972 and 1134 kHz > were in fades). Dennis' Grayland report of pop Asian music > mixing with > China (in Japanese) on 1044 kHz gives additional evidence > that this was > probably the KBS station that we both heard, since Asian > pop music is a standard > KBS format. We probably won't ever be sure, but the 10 kw > 1044 kHz KBS > station would be an all-time new Ultralight TP catch, if > confirmed by either of > us in the future. Dennis, thanks again for your very > useful Grayland > reports! > > The other strange occurrence here was a full-strength fade in > of 648-VOR > right after the band had apparently died at 1355 (with the back > yard in full > sunlight). My ICF-2010 spotting receiver had already been > taken inside, > and I was in the process of wrapping up when I heard > booming music signals on > the "barefoot" SWP, which had fortunately been left on 648 > kHz. I rushed > over to the 9' loop and recorded an S9 signal of Russian > music, right after > every TP frequency had been written off as "dead." This > was bizarre enough > to fully awaken any half-asleep TP-DXer. > > The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP model (7.5" > loopstick) > inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop (in the > back yard): > > 558 JOCR Kobe, Japan Fair strength with > Japanese music around 1307 > 585 JOPG Kushiro, Japan Fair-poor with deep > fades around 1309, // 594 > 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Good strength Japanese > conversation at 1308 > 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Fair KBS music > program w/CC QRM, 1311 > 639 CNR1 (China) Fair to good music and > Chinese speech at 1319 > 648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Good Chinese > program signals, then weird > S9 > fade-in after band was "dead" > _http://www.mediafire.com/?tbw4cx2z0wfgm7d_ > (http://www.mediafire.com/?tbw4cx2z0wfgm7d) > 657 Pyongyang BS, N. Korea Angry shouts from YL (?) > back at full strength > 666 JOBK Osaka, Japan Fair-good for most of > morning with NHK1 talk > 675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Good strength In and > out with Vietnamese talk > 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Good Chinese pop > music signals o/KK at 1332 > 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Strong Japanese talk > over KXL splatter, 1318 > 756 CNR1 (China) Fair strength at 1333 with > Chinese music program > 774 JOUB Akita, Japan Good strength but no match for > KTTH splatter > 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Radio English > Conversati
Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-22
Hi, Gary! Up here in Masset, reception was unusual here. The worst reception since last Saturday morning. The BOGs died early today, being replaced by the ALA 100 for best TP receptionthis in itself was very unusual. The big news was last night: Best TA reception since Friday night. Many, many TAs with the best for me being 1476 Cotonou (Benin, Africa) in French at almost excellent levels, but as usual for TAs this would fade rapidly up and down. Not sure which direction conditions are heading. We'll be active until Monday morning in any case. NHK2 signed off the past 2 mornings at 14:40. About 50% of the stations give an ID locally then, with the rest just a network NHK ID. Good fun! The hot TA performer is the Wellbrook array. Andy Ilkin will be pleased to hear this, although it continues to underperform in a major way in the mornings. More in the coming days! ..Walt Salmaniw, Masset, Haida Gwaii, BC On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:02 PM, wrote: > Hello All,! > > It was a morning of fairly average September TP propagation here, > generally following Nigel's description of the regular Asians at decent > strength, > but the second-tier TP stations having weaker signals. As usual, however, > there were major exceptions to the script, including a strong TP mix on > 1044 > kHz (which Dennis also heard at Grayland, on his E100), and a bizarre S9 > fade-in of 648-Voice of Russia at 1356 (after the TP propagation had > apparently fizzled out, and my ICF-2010 spotting receiver had been shut > off). The > "best bet" Asian lineup from 639- 675 kHz (639-China, 648-VOR, 657-North > Korea, 666-JOBK, and 675-Vietnam) was back to regular decent strength > after > some weakness yesterday, and 738-Taiwan was restored to its normal > strength > (along with a rough-sounding carrier). > > 1044 kHz was the most interesting frequency of the morning, as I heard (and > recorded) the same strong TP mix that Dennis received at Grayland. Around > 1348 there was a real battle on the frequency, apparently with both Korean > and Japanese voices. The Japanese is undoubtedly CRI's foreign broadcast > to Japan, but the apparent Korean was a mystery. I searched for a KBS > parallel to check, but none were at decent strength at the time (972 and > 1134 kHz > were in fades). Dennis' Grayland report of pop Asian music mixing with > China (in Japanese) on 1044 kHz gives additional evidence that this was > probably the KBS station that we both heard, since Asian pop music is a > standard > KBS format. We probably won't ever be sure, but the 10 kw 1044 kHz KBS > station would be an all-time new Ultralight TP catch, if confirmed by > either of > us in the future. Dennis, thanks again for your very useful Grayland > reports! > > The other strange occurrence here was a full-strength fade in of 648-VOR > right after the band had apparently died at 1355 (with the back yard in > full > sunlight). My ICF-2010 spotting receiver had already been taken inside, > and I was in the process of wrapping up when I heard booming music signals > on > the "barefoot" SWP, which had fortunately been left on 648 kHz. I rushed > over to the 9' loop and recorded an S9 signal of Russian music, right > after > every TP frequency had been written off as "dead." This was bizarre enough > to fully awaken any half-asleep TP-DXer. > > The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP model (7.5" loopstick) > inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop (in the back > yard): > > 558 JOCR Kobe, Japan Fair strength with Japanese music around 1307 > 585 JOPG Kushiro, Japan Fair-poor with deep fades around 1309, // 594 > 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Good strength Japanese conversation at 1308 > 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Fair KBS music program w/CC QRM, 1311 > 639 CNR1 (China) Fair to good music and Chinese speech at 1319 > 648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Good Chinese program signals, then weird > S9 fade-in after band was "dead" > _http://www.mediafire.com/?tbw4cx2z0wfgm7d_ ( > http://www.mediafire.com/?tbw4cx2z0wfgm7d) > 657 Pyongyang BS, N. Korea Angry shouts from YL (?) back at full strength > 666 JOBK Osaka, Japan Fair-good for most of morning with NHK1 talk > 675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Good strength In and out with Vietnamese talk > 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Good Chinese pop music signals o/KK at 1332 > 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Strong Japanese talk over KXL splatter, 1318 > 756 CNR1 (China) Fair strength at 1333 with Chinese music program > 774 JOUB Akita, Japan Good strength but no match for KTTH splatter > 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Radio English Conversation program at fair-good >strength around 1326 > _http://www.mediafire.com/?28mtse9kz7e7m08_ ( > http://www.mediafire.com/?28mtse9kz7e7m08) > 891 JOHK Sendai, Japan Poor-fair Japanese talk program at 1335, // 594 > 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Fair Korean music program around 1320 > 1035 CNR1 (China) G
[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-22
Hello All, It was a morning of fairly average September TP propagation here, generally following Nigel's description of the regular Asians at decent strength, but the second-tier TP stations having weaker signals. As usual, however, there were major exceptions to the script, including a strong TP mix on 1044 kHz (which Dennis also heard at Grayland, on his E100), and a bizarre S9 fade-in of 648-Voice of Russia at 1356 (after the TP propagation had apparently fizzled out, and my ICF-2010 spotting receiver had been shut off). The "best bet" Asian lineup from 639- 675 kHz (639-China, 648-VOR, 657-North Korea, 666-JOBK, and 675-Vietnam) was back to regular decent strength after some weakness yesterday, and 738-Taiwan was restored to its normal strength (along with a rough-sounding carrier). 1044 kHz was the most interesting frequency of the morning, as I heard (and recorded) the same strong TP mix that Dennis received at Grayland. Around 1348 there was a real battle on the frequency, apparently with both Korean and Japanese voices. The Japanese is undoubtedly CRI's foreign broadcast to Japan, but the apparent Korean was a mystery. I searched for a KBS parallel to check, but none were at decent strength at the time (972 and 1134 kHz were in fades). Dennis' Grayland report of pop Asian music mixing with China (in Japanese) on 1044 kHz gives additional evidence that this was probably the KBS station that we both heard, since Asian pop music is a standard KBS format. We probably won't ever be sure, but the 10 kw 1044 kHz KBS station would be an all-time new Ultralight TP catch, if confirmed by either of us in the future. Dennis, thanks again for your very useful Grayland reports! The other strange occurrence here was a full-strength fade in of 648-VOR right after the band had apparently died at 1355 (with the back yard in full sunlight). My ICF-2010 spotting receiver had already been taken inside, and I was in the process of wrapping up when I heard booming music signals on the "barefoot" SWP, which had fortunately been left on 648 kHz. I rushed over to the 9' loop and recorded an S9 signal of Russian music, right after every TP frequency had been written off as "dead." This was bizarre enough to fully awaken any half-asleep TP-DXer. The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP model (7.5" loopstick) inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop (in the back yard): 558 JOCR Kobe, Japan Fair strength with Japanese music around 1307 585 JOPG Kushiro, Japan Fair-poor with deep fades around 1309, // 594 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Good strength Japanese conversation at 1308 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Fair KBS music program w/CC QRM, 1311 639 CNR1 (China) Fair to good music and Chinese speech at 1319 648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Good Chinese program signals, then weird S9 fade-in after band was "dead" _http://www.mediafire.com/?tbw4cx2z0wfgm7d_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?tbw4cx2z0wfgm7d) 657 Pyongyang BS, N. Korea Angry shouts from YL (?) back at full strength 666 JOBK Osaka, Japan Fair-good for most of morning with NHK1 talk 675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Good strength In and out with Vietnamese talk 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Good Chinese pop music signals o/KK at 1332 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Strong Japanese talk over KXL splatter, 1318 756 CNR1 (China) Fair strength at 1333 with Chinese music program 774 JOUB Akita, Japan Good strength but no match for KTTH splatter 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Radio English Conversation program at fair-good strength around 1326 _http://www.mediafire.com/?28mtse9kz7e7m08_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?28mtse9kz7e7m08) 891 JOHK Sendai, Japan Poor-fair Japanese talk program at 1335, // 594 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Fair Korean music program around 1320 1035 CNR1 (China) Good strength speech and music but deep fades, 1345 1044 TP-Mix A strong mix of Japanese (from CRI) and apparent Korean at 1348; KBS // not available to check at the time, but apparent music at other times _http://www.mediafire.com/?eu4tqayzt6164or_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?eu4tqayzt6164or) 1053 Korean Jammer Weaker than usual this morning, with CC competition 1053 UnID Chinese Back with the "restaurant music," in and out at fair level (thanks to Dennis for his Grayland report on this ID-adverse station) 1134 TP-Mix Standard September shootout of JOQR and KBS at good level 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Fair-good with Japanese religious program, 1301 1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Asiatic language program at poor level, 1300 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock ___ 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 contributor
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Sep 22 1801 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 21 September follow. Solar flux 85 and mid-latitude A-index 4. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 22 September was 0 (3 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 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 83 83 83 83 83 83 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 A-in 22222244444444 K-in 22211101110010 ___ 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 09/22/10 Ultralight Grayland, WA
Listened from 1124-1435 utc. After reading Gary's description of 1053 kHz in yesterdays posting, I believe now that I heard the station that plays the restaurant style music. Listening to the 10/04/09 recording, it sounds like the music I heard yesterday and this morning on 1053. Thanks Gary for posting the clip. This morning it was slow early. Stations improved from 1330-1430 utc. Again lower channels far better than the upper channels. Only one TP heard above 1323 kHz, and that was HLAZ 1566 with a good signal briefly, then faded to weak. Placing the twin ferrite antenna outside away from the cottage was better than with it inside. Placed it on a piece of fire wood. Found a pvc stand that is around 4' tall and will try and strap the antenna to this stand for tomorrows listening. With Summer gone and Fall here, conditions hopefully will improve. 520 UNKNOWN,1159 beacon with Morse code INE fair. 567 JAPAN, JOIK 1322 fair with woman/man in Japanese. 603 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA 1327 fair with woman talking. 639 CHINA, CRN1 1335 weak to fair with man in Chinese. 648 RUSSIA, 1331 fair with man talking. Listed in PALs as VOA Korean. 1333 good signal. 657 DPR OF KOREA, 1350 fair with stern talking man. 666 JAPAN, JOBK 1339 fair with man interviewing another man in Japanese. 675 VIETNAM,? VOV1 1341 weak, but steady signal with woman in Asian language. 693 JAPAN, JOAB NHK2 1225 fair with spatter. English Radio Conversation program. 702 JAPAN, JO?? NHK2 1348 one of the two NHK2's listed. Fair and // 774. 720 UNKNOWN, 1348 woman in Asian language over/under domestic stations. 774 JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1124 good with man in Japanese with a little splatter. 783 UNKNOWN, 1354 two very weak stations, one with woman in Asian language. 792 UNKNOWN, 1401 weak with man in Asian language. 828 JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1137 fair with Japanese and some splatter 828 UNKNOWN, 1404 station under JOBB. Weak signal with man in Asian language. 864 UNKNOWN, 1408 weak with man in Asian language and KPAM splatter. 972 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLCA 1410 Great signal, no splatter at all. Two men talking in Korean. 1044CHINA, CRI 1234 man in Japanese over unknown station. 1044UNKNOWN, 1234 under or equal at times with China. Pop Asian music. 1053REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1223 jammer on top of channel. 1053CHINA?, 1219 fair for a while with music, then under jammer. 1053JAPAN, JOLB 1415 fair with man/woman in Japanese. 1134CHINA, CRN1 1419 good signal with man yelling with music in background. 1143JAPAN, JOBR 1422-1427 fair man in Japanese and music between talk. 1287JAPAN, JOHR 1430 weak with woman in Japanese. 1323CHINA, CRI 1317 fair with man in Asian language. 1566REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1309 good signal for a minute, then faded. Best Regards, Dennis Vroom Grayland, WA Eton e100 Twin ferrite antenna Solar Indices SF=85 A-4 K=0 Local Sunrise 1403 utc Local Sunset 0214 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] NE Oregon TPs, Wednesday
It seemed like conditions were very good for TPs today despite the very high static even on MW. And I woke up an hour late but 209 Mongolia was still doing well, even with the high static especially at LF. Even when the static from midwest storms died off the band was still noisy everywhere. I can't tell one Asian language from another, so I just list "Asian" for audio I hear. I don't get enough practice hearing languages to be able to learn to tell one from another. Some like the English lessons are obviously from Japan so I list that as Japan. 531 poor Asian 1326 utc; 558 poor Asian; 567 weak Asian; 594 weak/medium Asian; 612 very poor Asian; 639 very poor/poor Asian; 657 very poor/poor off-freq Asian; 666 very poor/poor Asian; 693 poor Asian; 738 very poor/poor Asian; 774 poor/weak Asian; 792 poor Asian music 1332; 828 weak JJ with EE lessons; 891 poor Asian; 1116 poor DU 1335; 1566 HLAZ weak/medium 1337; 891 poor DU now; 774 JJ up to medium with EE lesson 1342; 594 weak/medium Asian 1344; 567 poor/weak Asian; 774 finally faded 1349; 891 continues poor DU fading 1358. LWBC 209 Mongolia poor in heavy static 1233; Radio Rossii poor then most freqs 153, 171, 180, 189, 234, 279. 73, Steve NE Oregon R75, longwires ___ 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 22 Sep 2010
Conditions here were down a bit from yesterday morning. The regulars were generally OK, but the second tier stuff was not to be found. This morning's audio: 558 - unID, sounded Japanese, but too weak to be 100% certain 567 - JOIK Japan 594 - JOAK Japan (just barely in audio today) 693 - JOAB Japan 747 - JOIB Japan 774 - JOUB Japan 819 - unID (faint traces of woman speaking) 828 - JOBB Japan 837 - traces of audio 873 - JOGB Japan 972 - HLCA S Korea 1287 - traces of audio, likely JOHR Japan 1566 - HLAZ S Korea 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] WNFL Log
Oh man, am I losing it. That WNFL log was ***9***-22 not 2-22. John Reiger caught my error. :) 73, Dave in Indy ___ 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 ULR log (WNFL) + WHLN 1410 KY on day power?
Grabbed a new ULR log last night (relog to the main). WNFL 1440 Green Bay. Great calls (of course) for a great football town. Also have been hearing WHLN Harlan, KY almost every night on 1410. Potent signal for 41 watts (okay, sarcasm off ;) ). Anyone else hearing this one, at night? 1440 WNFL WI Green Bay 0100 2-22 Fox Sports update and quick "1440 WNFL" ID. Fair. Relog but new to the ULR book. DH-IN EDT 73, Dave Hascall Indianapolis ___ 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
