Re: [IRCA] Alberta TA's again
Altona MB is the nearest to you so far with 950 coming in from Seattle a couple of nights ago. 1060 is the usual first AB visitor here in Carlisle. Gave it a miss this morning so probably missed the world hi! Barry :-) --- On Thu, 23/9/10, Nigel Pimblett n...@shaw.ca wrote: From: Nigel Pimblett n...@shaw.ca Subject: [IRCA] Alberta TA's again To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Thursday, 23 September, 2010, 2:32 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 ___ 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] IRCA Digest, Vol 77, Issue 71
Thanks for the info on WHLN, Bill. They seem to be what I would call a regular on 1410 but it might be a coinky-dink. If I hear music instead of talk, I get excited but I forget that it could be WHLN. :) I don't tune around every night but at least for this past week, I have caught them 2 of the 3 nights. Hopefully I can poke around tomorrow night looking for HSFB daytimers. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 3 Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:38:29 EDT From: dxe...@aol.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] New ULR log (WNFL) + WHLN 1410 KY on day power? Message-ID: 1944e0.58630f5e.39cbf...@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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] NE Oregon TPs, Thursday
A mostly TP morning, with some DU toward the end. Audio: 531 poor Asian 1333 utc; 594 weak Asian; 657 poor Asian; 666 poor Asian; 693 poor/weak Japan with EE program; 693 poor/weak Japan with EE program; 711 very poor/poor Asian; 747 very poor/poor Asian; 774 weak Japan with EE program; 828 weak Japan with EE program 1340; 891 weak DU horse racing; 1116 poor DU; 1566 poor HLAZ; 1701 Australia presumed, poor Middle Eastern music 1345, first time I've heard something on this channel. 594 weak/medium Asian 1350 utc; 774 weak Japan; 1116 poor DU 1352; 530 Adak Alaska beacon still heard 1400. 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] TP's for 10/23/10
Listened from 1215-1426 utc. Conditions down from the previous two days. A lot of noise this morning. Noise lessen around sunrise and dawn enhancement did help pull in a few more stations. The twin ferrite antenna was not working this morning. Back to the Space Magnet loop. Raining here this morning, so did not give the picnic table a try. Heading to Seaside today for the IRCA convention. Hope to give Oregon Coast a try tomorrow morning from the cliffs on the highway. 648 RUSSIA, 1310 steady weak signal with man in Asian language. 657 DPR OF KOREA 1313 fair with man in Korean. 693 JAPAN, JOAB NHK2 1228 fair with singing. // 774. 747 JAPAN, JOIB NHK2 1319 fair with man in Japanese. 774 JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1215-1227 fair to good at times with Radio English Conversation program. 828 JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1229 weak // 774. 972 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLCA 1326 mostly fair, good at times. Woman/man in Korean. 1044CHINA, CRI 1330 weak with Japanese. 1053REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1418 jammer and man in Chinese mixing it up. 1134JAPAN, JOQR 1416 fair with man/woman in Japanese. 1206CHINA, CRI 1409 good with woman in Korean? Difficult to hear at home with KEX IBOC. 1242JAPAN, JOLF 1347 believed to be the weak station with music. JOLF fair at 1407 with Japanese. 1287JAPAN, JOHR 1404 good with woman in Japanese. Weaker station under JOHR. 1422JAPAN, JORF 1359 fair with man singing. 1566REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1232-1234 fair at best with woman in Korean with back ground music. 1575THAILAND, VOA 1351 very weak with woman in Asian language. Best regards, Dennis Vroom, Grayland, WA Eton e100 Space Magnet loop antenna Solar Indices SF=85 A=1 K=1 Local Sunrise 1405 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] Today's TPs in Seattle
This was an unusual morning. The big gun NHK stations were way down in strength, as was HLAZ-1566. Chinese stations, on the other hand, were noticeably better than they had been. The Russian on 648 was also quite good. Hets were noted on several of my locals today. Of particular note were those from TPs on 819 1089 1251 1359 and 1458. The 1251 het was particularly strong and probably originated from the Voice of Russia Chinese service. I didn't think to check my strongest locals (710 880 and 1000) for hets, but they're probably worth a shot later in the season. I heard weak hets once or twice on 711 and 999 last season, but KIXI-880 pretty much wipes out all hope for anything on 882. Highlights from 1303-1335 UTC this morning: Good to strong audio - 648 Russia 972 Korea (with a second station in the background 1333) 981 China briefly good after 1320 Fair audio - 594 JOAK 693 JOAB 747 JOIB 774 JOUB 828 Sounded Chinese (not //774) at 1307, but JOBB was alone w/EE lessons 1329 945 China //981, a few syllables at a time during pauses in KJR splatter 963 CRI 1017 CRI KK Service 1026 music, probably China 1035 China 1206 China Weak audio - 603 - 2 stations 738 weak talk unid language 792 music 918 sounded Chinese 1278 two stations mixing 1323 presumed CRI Carriers and hets 621 729 801 819 891 909 1071 1089 1098 1179 1251(screamer het on local KKDZ) 1341 1359 1431 1458 1467 1476 1521 1566(presumed HLAZ) ___ 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] 1521 and 1539?
UNIDENTIFIED. I sometimes check out the hi end of the MW band late at night, using the same E-W longwire to the FRG-7 as for SW. Something strange, Sept 23 at 0635 UT I was hearing a het of about 1 kHz on KOKC 1520, from 1521 --- that`s too late for Saudi Arabia, which is commonly audible earlier. And a het of almost, but not quite the same pitch, from 1539 against jumble of signals including an open carrier on 1540. These do happen to be Region 1 MW channels, but such a pair is suspicious, as if a station on 1530 were running a 9 kHz tone test, or spurs of the same frequency. The 1521 and 1539 signals were fading, so not an artifact of some local appliance, altho 1539 was somewhat unstable judging from the pitch fluxuation. 1539/1540 het pitch was slightly higher than the 1521/1520 het, so if they were coming from a 1530 transmitter, it was slightly on the lo side. Could not make out any audio from them. Ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ___ 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] Alberta TA's again
CX are improving, but too much T storm QRN here in the upper midwest the last few days with abnormal heat for late Sept. What time was that Koran on 783? 73 KAZ -Original Message- From: Nigel Pimblett n...@shaw.ca Sent: Sep 22, 2010 8:32 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [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 ___ 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 1806 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 1800 UTC on 23 September was 1 (08 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 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 A-in 44444411111111 K-in 11001001112121 ___ 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 Ultralight TP's for 9-23
Hello All, This morning's TP propagation followed a strange pattern here, with Bruce's description being fairly accurate. Rather than the general downturn that Dennis and Richard (on Ultralightdx) reported, there was a drop off in Japanese audio, seemingly replaced by stronger audio from Russia. Several Chinese stations on both the lower and middle band were also at decent levels, although other common Chinese never made it past the carrier level. The best example of this Russian-slanted propagation was on 666 kHz, where a vibrant Radio Mayak was holding down the frequency at 1335 all alone, with no trace of JOBK . Radio Mayak was an occasional visitor under JOBK here last season, but never alone, and never at this good signal level. 648-VOR also got a boost from this Russian propagation, and even the Radio Mayak synchros on 576 kHz were making a valiant effort to get through heavy splatter from a semi-local on 570. 657-Pyongyang again had competition from the relatively sane Chinese station (presumed Henan), which unfortunately did not push NK off the frequency like last week. The Japanese were relatively anemic, with only 594 and 828 producing much audio here this morning. Chinese middle-band stations on 1035, 1044, 1053 and 1116 had decent signal levels, with 1044's CRI all alone during its Japanese program this morning, having no trace of the strong Korean co-channel noted yesterday. It was another interesting September morning, from a new TP season that seems better than most of us expected. The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider model (7.5 loopstick) inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop (in the rainy back yard): 576 R. Mayak (Presumed, many stations in Russia) Occasional bits of Russian-sounding audio breaking through heavy KVI splatter 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Fair to good signals occasionally, 1315-1330 603 TP-Mix Fair to good mix of HLSA pop music and Chinese speech 639 CNR1 (Many stations in China) Good strength Chinese talk, 1338 648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Vibrant Russian disco music through some splatter at 1344 _http://www.mediafire.com/?mrlwicw520lwbf0_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?mrlwicw520lwbf0) 657 TP-Mix Pyongyang BS (and its obsolete programming) unfortunately dominant over UnID Chinese speech and music (Henan?) 666 R. Mayak Good signals; all alone on frequency at 1335 with Russian speech. No trace of JOBK _http://www.mediafire.com/?g5bw35gmdrlokak_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?g5bw35gmdrlokak) 675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Fair-good Vietnamese news at 1346; in and out 684 UnID A threshold audio signal at 1345 was here (presumed China) 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Chinese pop music program down in strength 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Barely audible in heavy KXL splatter, 1322 774 JOUB Akita, Japan Weakened signals no match for KTTH splatter 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Fair signals on this clear frequency, but with UnID Chinese underneath 936 China (presumed) Weak threshold audio in and out all morning 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Weak-poor Korean pop music at 1351 1035 CNR1 (China) Fair-good Chinese speech and music, 1340-1350 1044 CRI Jiangsu, China Good strength Japanese language program at 1344; no trace of yesterday's Korean co-channel 1053 UnID Chinese Fighting the Jammer with strong restaurant music, and winning the frequency battle half of the time this morning 1053 Korean Jammer Seems to losing the formidable signals of early Sept. 1116 China (presumed) Fair Chinese audio at 1354 on this unusual freq. 1134 TP-Mix Much weaker than usual this morning with an anemic JOQR usually under a slightly less anemic KBS 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Fair signals with Japanese program, 1313 1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Barely there w/ Asiatic language, 1309 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Sep 24 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 23 September follow. Solar flux 84 and mid-latitude A-index 5. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 24 September was 2 (10 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 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 84 84 A-in 44441111111155 K-in 00100111212122 ___ 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] IRCA Convention
Made it to the hotel today and had a nice dinner with host Pat Martin, Bill Block and Mike Stonebridge. The convention will start tomorrow (Friday) with a tour of KSWB at 9 AM... lobby at 8:30 for a short walk to the station. The meeting room will open after the tour, about 10 AM. The second tour will be at 1:30 PM (I believe) up north in Warrenton. No other plans for Friday. Phil Bytheway IRCA Bookstore Seattle WA Drake R-7 / KIWA Loop ___ 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] 1521 and 1539?
--- On Thu, 9/23/10, Glenn Hauser wghau...@yahoo.com wrote: UNIDENTIFIED. I sometimes check out the hi end of the MW band late at night, using the same E-W longwire to the FRG-7 as for SW. Something strange, Sept 23 at 0635 UT I was hearing a het of about 1 kHz on KOKC 1520, from 1521 --- that`s too late for Saudi Arabia, which is commonly audible earlier. And a het of almost, but not quite the same pitch, from 1539 against jumble of signals including an open carrier on 1540. These do happen to be Region 1 MW channels, but such a pair is suspicious, as if a station on 1530 were running a 9 kHz tone test, or spurs of the same frequency. The 1521 and 1539 signals were fading, so not an artifact of some local appliance, altho 1539 was somewhat unstable judging from the pitch fluxuation. 1539/1540 het pitch was slightly higher than the 1521/1520 het, so if they were coming from a 1530 transmitter, it was slightly on the lo side. Could not make out any audio from them. Ideas? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1521, het on KOKC 1520, Sept 24 at 0212, surely Saudi Arabia, which if nothing else penetrates the North Atlantic darkness. Reminds me that the night before I was also getting such a het at the very late hour of 0635 UT, which led me to dispense with SA as a source and look for another explanation, such as a spur or tone test from a domestic 1530 station, especially since there was another one like it on 1539. Now at 0212, there is no 1539, so putting that aside, I am rethinking this. Early reception from East Asia or Pacific might be possible in winter, but now it just seems too early, and there are no powerful 1521 or 1539 transmitters in those areas. 0635 has to be long after sunrise anywhere in Saudi Arabia, but just where is Duba, the site of 1521? Would you believe it doesn`t rate a dot on the WRTH map of the Middle East? O yeah, that`s for SW sites only, but there is a lot of blank space in SA. One of my atlas collexion quickly locates it in the NW corner, just across from the tip of Sinai, and it`s right on the coast, which makes it the best possible site to reach Europe and beyond. So when is sunrise there? Little Duba is also unrecognized as of any significance by Gaisma.com but there is a listing for a city not too far away, Tabuk: http://www.gaisma.com/en/location/tabuk-sa.html which shows 0623 local = 0323 UT. Considering that this is the most powerful MW station in the world, 2 megawatts, could it still be penetrating by skywave three hours after sunrise through sheer brute force? It is after all, routinely reported at least two hours before sunset along east coast North America, right? The great circle path from Duba to Enid crosses Brussels, Manchester, Belfast, so in those locations of the UK or vicinity, just how late at this time of year can you still hear BSKSA on 1521? If it gets that far still at 0635 UT, then it could also reach here. Blocked by anything? WRTH frequency list has only: two stations under 1 kW in UK, one each 5 kW in Spain, 27 kW in Russia, 100 kW in Iran (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ___ 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
