[IRCA] 738-Tahiti Audio at 0502... the Fake "TA"

[D1028Gary]

Hello All,
 
All the reports of TA activity in the east and midwest made me scramble for 
 my ICF-2010 spotting receiver, in hopes of hearing the new season's first 
TA  audio (six of them were heard here last season). Scanning the band 
eagerly, I  noticed that the usual suspects on 675, 693, 756 and 1377 had 
ghostlike  heterodynes at best, but there was a booming carrier on 738 kHz. 
Turning 
the  ICF-2010 toward the Asiatic TP direction nulled out the heterodyne, 
convincing  me that something was coming in from Europe  :-)
 
Setting up the 9' PVC box loop and modified C.Crane SWP Ultralight in  the 
back yard, the monster loop was quickly turned to the NE / SW direction (for 
 Europe), and immediately brought in a nice audio signal on 738 kHz! After  
recording a few minutes of apparent French, I checked the band again for 
more  "TA's," finding nothing. Thinking over this bizarre situation, I 
suddenly  remembered that the French voices I heard on 738 were the same ones 
that 
were  heard before in the RFO broadcasts from Tahiti last summer. Then it  
became clear that this "TA" was actually Tahiti fading in on its sunset  peak 
(at the same time that Europe would fade in on its sunrise peak), using a  
European language at the same (reciprocal) loop bearing as Europe on the 9'  
loop! It's nice to hear Tahiti in this DU-dead zone (for only the second 
time  ever), but it wasn't exactly the desired result :-)  I hope that this  
comical situation will prove as humorous to others as it is to me.
 
73, Gary DeBock
(in Puyallup, WA)
  
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[IRCA] TA hets in MN

[todftscytj7707]

Hi all. Time is 0445-0510 UTC using barefoot Sony ICF 2010. Strong hets 
on 612, 855, 1134, 1206, 1296, 1413, & 1512. Weak hets on 666, 675, 
783, 945, 1107, 1305, 1377. 2 hets pos on 1566. Car radio hrd het on 
550 0330. If anyone knows where to get the filter to modify the 2010 I 
am interested in purchasing it along with any ant that fit the 2010. 73 
Todd in Woodbury MN




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[IRCA] TA hets in MN

[todftscytj7707]

Hi all. Time is 0445-0510 UTC using barefoot Sony ICF 2010. Strong hets 
on 612, 855, 1134, 1206, 1296, 1413, & 1512. Weak hets on 666, 675, 
783, 945, 1107, 1305, 1377. 2 hets pos on 1566. Car radio hrd het on 
550 0330. If anyone knows where to get the filter to modify the 2010 I 
am interested in purchasing it along with any ant that fit the 2010. 73 
Todd in Woodbury MN




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[IRCA] TA hets in MN

[todftscytj7707]

Hi all. Time is 0445-0510 UTC using barefoot Sony ICF 2010. Strong hets 
on 612, 855, 1134, 1206, 1296, 1413, & 1512. Weak hets on 666, 675, 
783, 945, 1107, 1305, 1377. 2 hets pos on 1566. Car radio hrd het on 
550 0330. If anyone knows where to get the filter to modify the 2010 I 
am interested in purchasing it along with any ant that fit the 2010. 73 
Todd in Woodbury MN




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[IRCA] TP's from Brier, WA 9/24/10

[k7wv]

Listening around 1300 and 1400Z TOH.
The following were heard in audio:

Fair to good with decent non-fading audio:

153  R. Rossii (Russia)
189  R. Rossii (Russia)
279  R. Rossii (Russia)
558  JOCR Kobe (Japan) JJ on top today
585  JOPG Kushiro (Japan)
594  JOAK Tokyo  Very good signal as usual
603  HLSA (S. Korea)
612  JOLK Fukuoka  NHK1 //594 
648  VOR (Russia) weaker than the last couple mornings
747  JOIB  Sapporo (Japan)
963  CRI (China) 
972  HLCA Dangjin (S. Korea)
1053 UNID sounded Chinese
1566 HLAZ (S. Korea)
 
Poor to fair with audio just above threshold at times:

234  R. Rossii (Russia)
675  VOV (Vietnam)
684  UNID (China) 
738  BEL-2  Taiwan
774  JOUB Akita (Japan)
756  CNR-1 China
828  JOBB Osaka NHK-2
837  UNID 
891  UNID sounded Chinese
981  CNR-1 China
1161  UNID sounded Chinese
1134  UNID weak, two stations mixing
1575  VOA (Taiwan)

Tom Rothlisberger K7WV
Brier, Washington  USA
Perseus SDR
Wellbrook ALA-100M with 50' loop element NW/SE



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[IRCA] Strong TAs > ON

[Saul DX]

France 1557 was huge a few minutes ago, huge hets and close to audio on 1566 
and 1602, 693 BBC listenable, 1359 sounded French but not sure... many 
others.


Omn the new 500' s.e. BOG I installed today. East in good even on the south 
wire (1490 Red Sox network, 1340 Philly, I wonder if my 540 CBC English was 
Nfld as opposed to SA...(no sign of 690 or 940 at that time, not 990 
Manitoba).


Saul / Burnt River ON

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Subject: Re: [Amdx] Germany rocking on 756



France in nicely at times on 864

Keith

On 9/24/2010 9:17 PM, longw...@comcast.net wrote:

Actually its Opera but its very strong right now..

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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] La Mega unID on 1400

[Saul DX]

Thanks, Paul. Think I've had that one before...
Funny, this was on my south wire...but that direction is fairly strong 
tonight. Usual suspects...

Saul



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To: 
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Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] La Mega unID on 1400



WLLH 1400 Lowell Lawerence, MA ID's as "La Nueva Mega 1400"

http://www.goisbroadcasting.com/



On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Saul DX  wrote:


 La Nueve...La Mega on 1400, ad for something mentions Republica
Dominicana (my guess this is a U.S. staion anfd the ad perhaps promoting
tourism).

Nothing listed I can find = looks to me like a format change somewhere
(unless it, uh, really is, uh, Nevada).

Saul / Burnt River ON


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Re: [IRCA] La Mega unID on 1400

[Pete Taylor]

Sanford, FL?

Pete Taylor
Tacoma, WA
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Saul DX wrote:

> La Nueve...La Mega on 1400, ad for something mentions Republica Dominicana 
> (my guess this is a U.S. staion anfd the ad perhaps promoting tourism).

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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[Ng1u]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2010 Sep 25 0006 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 24 September follow.
Solar flux 83 and mid-latitude A-index 13.
The mid-latitude K-index at  UTC on 25 September was 3 (23 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 23   23   23   23   23   24   24   24   24   24   24   24   24   25   
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  
SFlx 85   85   85   85   84   84   84   84   84   84   84   84   83   83   
A-in 11115555555512   13   
K-in 21212223333323
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] La Mega unID on 1400

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

WLLH 1400 Lowell Lawerence, MA ID's as "La Nueva Mega 1400"

http://www.goisbroadcasting.com/



On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Saul DX  wrote:

>  La Nueve...La Mega on 1400, ad for something mentions Republica
> Dominicana (my guess this is a U.S. staion anfd the ad perhaps promoting
> tourism).
>
> Nothing listed I can find = looks to me like a format change somewhere
> (unless it, uh, really is, uh, Nevada).
>
> Saul / Burnt River ON
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[IRCA] TP's 09/24/10 Ecola Beach Area, Oregon

[vroomski]

Greetings from Seaside, OR

DXed this morning off of higohway 56 about 15 miles South of Seaside, OR.
Location was a road turnoff.  Nice pillars to place the eton e100 and Space 
Magnet
on.  Started Dxing around 1338 utc and ended around 1415 utc. Weather was great,
just had jeans and a short sleeve shirt.


558 JAPAN, JOCR 1346 good with woman singing.
567 JAPAN, JOIK NHK1 1345 fair with woman in Japanese.
585 UNKNOWN, 1406 weak signal with Asian language.
594 JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1405 good with Japanese and over Chinese speaking 
station.
603 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA 1341 good over weaker unknown station in 
Chinese?
657 DPR OF KOREA, 1342 good signal with woman singing.
666 JAPAN, JOBK NHK1 1340 fair over station with woman talking in Asian 
language.
675 Vietnam, 1404 believed to be the station with good signal and 
Vietnamese chat?
684 UNKNOWN 1404 fair with man in Asian language.
693 JAPAN, JOAB NHK2 1403 good signal.
738 UNKNOWN, 1402 Japanese & Chinese languages mixing.
747 JAPAN, JOIB NHK2 1401 good with woman in Japanese.
774 JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1339 good signal with English "Have a nice weekend" 
NHK www. website given.
828 JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1338 good signal NHK www. website given.
1143UNKNOWN, 1348 weak audio.
1197UNKNOWN, 1346 weak, Chinese?
1206CHINA, 1345 fair to good over unknown station.
1242JAPAN, JOLF 1344 good with woman in Japanese.
1287JAPAN, JOHR 1343 excellent with man talking in Japanese with echo 
effect. 
1323CHINA, CRN1 1342 fair with talk.
1422JAPAN, JORF 1340 man in Japanese.
1476-1475 MALAYSIA, 1349 weak on both channels, Looped SW.  
1503JAPAN, JOUK NHK1 1348 good with Japanese talk.
1566REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1347 good with talk & music.
1593CHINA, CRN1 fair with talk.

Dennis Vroom,
Oregon Coast, (16 miles South of Seaside, OR
eton  e100
Space Magnet loop
 
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[IRCA] La Mega unID on 1400

[Saul DX]

La Nueve...La Mega on 1400, ad for something mentions Republica Dominicana (my 
guess this is a U.S. staion anfd the ad perhaps promoting tourism).

Nothing listed I can find = looks to me like a format change somewhere (unless 
it, uh, really is, uh, Nevada).

Saul / Burnt River ON
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Re: [IRCA] MW propagation for 24Sept2010 from Masset

[Derek Vincent]

Now that's hardcore DX! Cant wait to hear some of those nuggets..

Thank you.

Derek Vincent

Vmedia360...everywhere

On Sep 24, 2010, at 2:36 PM, WALTER SALMANIW  wrote:

Interesting times up here in Haida Gwaii, Gary.  A huge windstorm  
with well over 100 kph winds greeted us last night.  Vlad and I  
drove out to Rose Spit on the north east tip of Haida Gwaii, 24 km  
from the nearest power lines and DX'd from 03:15 UTC to about 15:30  
UTC.  The truck continually shook as we monitored.  Rather eerie!   
The purpose was to compare results with the cottage.  Results  
suggested poorer TA conditions at the Spit, but this may be due to  
inferior antennae there vs at home.  We put out 3 Beverages (BOGs)  
aimed to Europe, Asia, and New Zealand/Australia.  No terminations,  
so they suffered from a lot of domestic splatter compared to the ALA  
100, QDFA and Wellbrook Array that I have at the cottage. The BOGs  
were about 275 meters in length.  Europe was the poorest of the 3  
previous nights with a few stations appearing hear and there,  
briefly.  We then switched over to the Pacific, hearing a huge  
signal, but low modulation on Radio Marshalls on 1098.  Tonga was  
there a bit on 1017, while Tahiti on 738 was very anemic.  Kiribati  
was pretty good on 846.  What really shone was the large number of  
Australians present, which mostly were absent from the home QTH.   
We'll have plenty of Perseus files to share (the DC only arrangement  
worked perfectly with a 12v battery in series with a 6 v to power  
the computer, and a 6v to 5v converter to power the Perseus itself.   
Worked flawlessly.  The Asians were very strong as well right up to  
15:30 when I took in the 3 BOGs, barely able to make headway into  
the wind and rain (fairly warm though at 10 deg C).  The take  
totalled 134 GB for the nightmuch to play with in the upcoming  
months.  Best to everyone!  ...Walt


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Date: Friday, September 24, 2010 20:40
Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-24
To: ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com, irca@hard-core-dx.com


Hello All,

 It was an excellent low-band morning
here for  Asiatic TP's, with a
few stations like 657-Pyongyang and 738-Taiwan having
their  best signals of
the season so far. 729-China (presumed Jiangxi, according to
a  tip from
Chuck last year) made a rare appearance with good  signals
very close to
CHMJ-730 (a daytimer here), and 666-Radio Mayak  was back
holding down the
frequency over a weak JOBK. That was the general trend
this morning here, with all
the low-band Asians except the Japanese getting  a
significant signal boost.

 738-BEL2 in Taiwan is now having very
serious  transmitter issues,
with the worst buzzing hum ever heard from a TP  (including
the North Koreans).
What was previously a ragged carrier now sounds  like an
overmodulated
North Korean with a built-in Korean  Jammer , as in this
recording at 1338 this
morning:  _http://www.mediafire.com/?8j32pn1ig689894_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?8j32pn1ig689894)  .  The
thumping hum extends to 737 kHz when the
signal is strong, as in this 1339  recording:
_http://www.mediafire.com/?y2lga5wsqbtjczb_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?y2lga5wsqbtjczb)  .  This
station was
having similar transmitter issues this time a year ago,
but  appeared to have
corrected them last October.
 729-China was only heard once
here previously (last October) and this
morning it was all alone on the  frequency, with no sign of
JOCK or the NK
station. It was another indication  that the new season is
full of
surprises, and a good sign that October may  be equally
exciting. Congratulations
again to Stephen (in the  Ultralightdx group) for receiving
his first TP's
(774-JOUB and  657-Pyongyang)) on his PL-380 and SAT, near
San Diego.

 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 back
yard):

558  JOCR  Kobe, Japan  Poor-fair Japanese
talk  around 1314
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Fair-good Japanese
conversational  program at 1316
603  TP-Mix  Korean pop music (HLSA) mixing with UnID
CC at fair  level,
1319
639  CNR1  (China Synchros)  Good Chinese talk
and music at  1335
648  VOR Razdolnoye, Russia  Strong signals with
Russian music  during the
  Mandarin
Chinese  external program, 1331
657  Pyongyang BS, North Korea  Strong
overmodulated  signals at 1323 with
  typical
YL  monolog
_http://www.mediafire.com/?8fly27njdrsu8cf_
(http://www.mediafire.com/?8fly27njdrsu8cf)
666  R. Mayak (presumed)  Fast-paced Russian program
again  dominant over
  a very
weak JOBK,  1338
675  VOV Hanoi, Vietnam  Fair-good Vietnamese news in
and out  around 1348
684  China (presumed)  Threshold audio again on this
frequency  around 1350
702  UnID  Buzzing carrier at 1337 (almost certainly
NK),  but KIRO too
strong
729  China  (presumed Jiangxi)  Fair Chinese YL
speech in  CHMJ slop;

Re: [IRCA] Call Sign Change

[kevin redding]

On Sep 24, 2010, at 6:01 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:

> 980khz AM Groton, Connecticut is now WXLM and 104.7 FM Montauk, NY is now
> WELJ.

I used to live there and they were WSUB as you may remember being that you are 
a Nutmegger. I wonder if they are going to repaint the blue submarine sign for 
the station on the side of I-95 or just take it down. It was kind of an icon 
while I worked there and lived just seconds across the border in Westerly, RI. 

Kevin
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[IRCA] Call Sign Change

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

980khz AM Groton, Connecticut is now WXLM and 104.7 FM Montauk, NY is now
WELJ.

Look for NewsTalk to move to 980 AM and WPLJ to simulcast on 104.7
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Re: [IRCA] Help with connection

[Brett Saylor]

It's back,

Brett



On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:06 PM, BARRY DAVIES <
barry.davie...@btopenworld.com> wrote:

> Hello IRCA'ers. I am trying to get the sundown times from
> http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/
> but can't open the page. Has the address changed? Any help appreciated.
>
>
>
>
> Barry :-)
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[IRCA] MW propagation for 24Sept2010 from Masset

[WALTER SALMANIW]

Interesting times up here in Haida Gwaii, Gary.  A huge windstorm with well 
over 100 kph winds greeted us last night.  Vlad and I drove out to Rose Spit on 
the north east tip of Haida Gwaii, 24 km from the nearest power lines and DX'd 
from 03:15 UTC to about 15:30 UTC.  The truck continually shook as we 
monitored.  Rather eerie!  The purpose was to compare results with the 
cottage.  Results suggested poorer TA conditions at the Spit, but this may be 
due to inferior antennae there vs at home.  We put out 3 Beverages (BOGs) aimed 
to Europe, Asia, and New Zealand/Australia.  No terminations, so they suffered 
from a lot of domestic splatter compared to the ALA 100, QDFA and Wellbrook 
Array that I have at the cottage. The BOGs were about 275 meters in length.  
Europe was the poorest of the 3 previous nights with a few stations appearing 
hear and there, briefly.  We then switched over to the Pacific, hearing a huge 
signal, but low modulation on Radio Marshalls on 1098.  Tonga was there a bit 
on 1017, while Tahiti on 738 was very anemic.  Kiribati was pretty good on 
846.  What really shone was the large number of Australians present, which 
mostly were absent from the home QTH.  We'll have plenty of Perseus files to 
share (the DC only arrangement worked perfectly with a 12v battery in series 
with a 6 v to power the computer, and a 6v to 5v converter to power the Perseus 
itself.  Worked flawlessly.  The Asians were very strong as well right up to 
15:30 when I took in the 3 BOGs, barely able to make headway into the wind and 
rain (fairly warm though at 10 deg C).  The take totalled 134 GB for the 
nightmuch to play with in the upcoming months.  Best to everyone!  
...Walt 

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Date: Friday, September 24, 2010 20:40
Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-24
To: ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com, irca@hard-core-dx.com

> Hello All,
>  
>  It was an excellent low-band morning 
> here for  Asiatic TP's, with a 
> few stations like 657-Pyongyang and 738-Taiwan having 
> their  best signals of 
> the season so far. 729-China (presumed Jiangxi, according to 
> a  tip from 
> Chuck last year) made a rare appearance with good  signals 
> very close to 
> CHMJ-730 (a daytimer here), and 666-Radio Mayak  was back 
> holding down the 
> frequency over a weak JOBK. That was the general trend  
> this morning here, with all 
> the low-band Asians except the Japanese getting  a 
> significant signal boost.
>  
>  738-BEL2 in Taiwan is now having very 
> serious  transmitter issues, 
> with the worst buzzing hum ever heard from a TP  (including 
> the North Koreans). 
> What was previously a ragged carrier now sounds  like an 
> overmodulated 
> North Korean with a built-in Korean  Jammer , as in this 
> recording at 1338 this 
> morning:  _http://www.mediafire.com/?8j32pn1ig689894_ 
> (http://www.mediafire.com/?8j32pn1ig689894)  .  The 
> thumping hum extends to 737 kHz when the 
> signal is strong, as in this 1339  recording: 
> _http://www.mediafire.com/?y2lga5wsqbtjczb_ 
> (http://www.mediafire.com/?y2lga5wsqbtjczb)  .  This 
> station was 
> having similar transmitter issues this time a year ago, 
> but  appeared to have 
> corrected them last October.
>  729-China was only heard once  
> here previously (last October) and this 
> morning it was all alone on the  frequency, with no sign of 
> JOCK or the NK 
> station. It was another indication  that the new season is 
> full of 
> surprises, and a good sign that October may  be equally 
> exciting. Congratulations 
> again to Stephen (in the  Ultralightdx group) for receiving 
> his first TP's 
> (774-JOUB and  657-Pyongyang)) on his PL-380 and SAT, near 
> San Diego. 
>  
>  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 back 
> yard):
>  
> 558  JOCR  Kobe, Japan  Poor-fair Japanese 
> talk  around 1314
> 594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Fair-good Japanese 
> conversational  program at 1316
> 603  TP-Mix  Korean pop music (HLSA) mixing with UnID 
> CC at fair  level, 
> 1319
> 639  CNR1  (China Synchros)  Good Chinese talk 
> and music at  1335
> 648  VOR Razdolnoye, Russia  Strong signals with 
> Russian music  during the 
>   Mandarin 
> Chinese  external program, 1331
> 657  Pyongyang BS, North Korea  Strong 
> overmodulated  signals at 1323 with 
>   typical 
> YL  monolog  
> _http://www.mediafire.com/?8fly27njdrsu8cf_ 
> (http://www.mediafire.com/?8fly27njdrsu8cf) 
> 666  R. Mayak (presumed)  Fast-paced Russian program 
> again  dominant over
>   a very 
> weak JOBK,  1338
> 675  VOV Hanoi, Vietnam  Fair-good Vietnamese news in 
> and out  around 1348
> 684  China (presumed)  Threshold audio again on this 
> frequency  around 1350
> 702  UnID  Buzzing carrier at 1337 (almost certainly 
> NK),  but KIRO too 
> strong
> 729  China  (presumed Jiangxi)  

Re: [IRCA] Disney

[scott]

>
> I remember when KALY Albuquerque dropped Radio Disney just after we toured
> their studios at last year at the IRCA convention. I guess it's like
> anything else nowadays. If it isn't making enough money just take an ax to
> it.

Radio Disney never made money on its own. From day one in 1996, it was a
promotional tool for the larger Disney empire...and back then, a network
of AM stations in small and medium markets was a pretty good (and fairly
cheap) way to get visibility for it.

But the one-two punch of new distribution channels (satellite radio,
streaming audio) and the decline of AM has made it less crucial for Disney
to be on the AM airwaves...which is why we're seeing these stations start
to get sold off. The first round was back in January, when they spun off
Albuquerque, Norfolk, Greensboro, Tulsa and Fort Myers. I suspect next
week's round won't be the last...but I also don't think they're going to
be too hasty about shutting down big-market outlets like 1560 in NYC or
1110 in LA.

s
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[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-24

[D1028Gary]

Hello All,
 
 It was an excellent low-band morning here for  Asiatic TP's, with a 
few stations like 657-Pyongyang and 738-Taiwan having their  best signals of 
the season so far. 729-China (presumed Jiangxi, according to a  tip from 
Chuck last year) made a rare appearance with good  signals very close to 
CHMJ-730 (a daytimer here), and 666-Radio Mayak  was back holding down the 
frequency over a weak JOBK. That was the general trend  this morning here, with 
all 
the low-band Asians except the Japanese getting  a significant signal boost.
 
 738-BEL2 in Taiwan is now having very serious  transmitter issues, 
with the worst buzzing hum ever heard from a TP  (including the North Koreans). 
What was previously a ragged carrier now sounds  like an overmodulated 
North Korean with a built-in Korean  Jammer , as in this recording at 1338 this 
morning:  _http://www.mediafire.com/?8j32pn1ig689894_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?8j32pn1ig689894)  .  The thumping hum extends to 737 
kHz when the 
signal is strong, as in this 1339  recording: 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?y2lga5wsqbtjczb_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?y2lga5wsqbtjczb)  .  This station was 
having similar transmitter issues this time a year ago, but  appeared to have 
corrected them last October.
 729-China was only heard once  here previously (last October) and this 
morning it was all alone on the  frequency, with no sign of JOCK or the NK 
station. It was another indication  that the new season is full of 
surprises, and a good sign that October may  be equally exciting. 
Congratulations 
again to Stephen (in the  Ultralightdx group) for receiving his first TP's 
(774-JOUB and  657-Pyongyang)) on his PL-380 and SAT, near San Diego. 
 
 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 
back 
yard):
 
558  JOCR  Kobe, Japan  Poor-fair Japanese talk  around 1314
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Fair-good Japanese conversational  program at 1316
603  TP-Mix  Korean pop music (HLSA) mixing with UnID CC at fair  level, 
1319
639  CNR1  (China Synchros)  Good Chinese talk and music at  1335
648  VOR Razdolnoye, Russia  Strong signals with Russian music  during the 
  Mandarin Chinese  external program, 1331
657  Pyongyang BS, North Korea  Strong overmodulated  signals at 1323 with 
  typical YL  monolog  _http://www.mediafire.com/?8fly27njdrsu8cf_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?8fly27njdrsu8cf) 
666  R. Mayak (presumed)  Fast-paced Russian program again  dominant over
  a very weak JOBK,  1338
675  VOV Hanoi, Vietnam  Fair-good Vietnamese news in and out  around 1348
684  China (presumed)  Threshold audio again on this frequency  around 1350
702  UnID  Buzzing carrier at 1337 (almost certainly NK),  but KIRO too 
strong
729  China  (presumed Jiangxi)  Fair Chinese YL speech in  CHMJ slop; only
  second time ever  heard here 
_http://www.mediafire.com/?e2ely0j42t4e1bi_ 
(http://www.mediafire.com/?e2ely0j42t4e1bi) 
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Strong humming signal from  transmitter with 
  severe issues (see  description and MP3's in the narrative above)
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Fair signals in KXL  splatter for most of morning
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Fair signals in KTTH splatter for  most of morning
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  NHK2 program fair-good at 1307,  best of Japanese
900  KBBI  Homer, Alaska Booming in around 1345 with talk program  (unusual)
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Fair-good Korean music program  at 1340
1035  CNR1  (China)  Fair Chinese speech in and out all  morning
1044  CRI  Jiangsu, China  Japanese program all alone at  1352, good 
strength
1053  Korean Jammer  Back at vibrant strength this morning;  no co-channels
1134  TP-Mix  Anemic-sounding combination of JOQR and KBS around  1355
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Fair-poor Japanese religious  program at 1310
1575  VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand  Poor threshold audio around  1306
 
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock
 
  
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[Ng1u]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2010 Sep 24 1806 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 1800 UTC on 24 September was 3 (36 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 23   23   23   23   23   23   23   24   24   24   24   24   24   24   
UTC  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 
SFlx 85   85   85   85   85   85   84   84   84   84   84   84   84   84   
A-in 11111155555555
K-in 11212122233333
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Re: [IRCA] Disney

[Mike Sanburn]

I remember when KALY Albuquerque dropped Radio Disney just after we toured 
their studios at last year at the IRCA convention. I guess it's like anything 
else nowadays. If it isn't making enough money just take an ax to it.

> From: bu...@dukes-of-hazzard.com
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:33:09 +
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Disney
> 
> > On 30 September four Radio Disney stations will go silent.
> 
> Out of curiosity, what's the reason?
> 
> All four up for sale.
> 
> Craig Healy
> Providence, RI
> 
> 
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Re: [IRCA] Disney

[Craig Healy]

> On 30 September four Radio Disney stations will go silent.

Out of curiosity, what's the reason?

All four up for sale.

Craig Healy
Providence, RI



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Re: [IRCA] Disney

[John Sampson]

Out of curiosity, what's the reason? - John S.


On Sep 24, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Craig Healy wrote:

> On 30 September four Radio Disney stations will go silent.  WDDZ-550 in 
> Providence, RI, WDZK-1550 in Hartford, CT, WBWL-600 in Jacksonville, FL and 
> WDRD-680 Louisville, KY.  All will go off at midnight.
> 
> Craig Healy
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[IRCA] Help with connection

[BARRY DAVIES]

Hello IRCA'ers. I am trying to get the sundown times from 
http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/ 
but can't open the page. Has the address changed? Any help appreciated.




Barry :-) 
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[IRCA] Disney

[Craig Healy]

On 30 September four Radio Disney stations will go silent.  WDDZ-550 in 
Providence, RI, WDZK-1550 in Hartford, CT, WBWL-600 in Jacksonville, FL and 
WDRD-680 Louisville, KY.  All will go off at midnight.


Craig Healy
Providence, RI

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Re: [IRCA] Fwd: MW website down

[John Callarman]

I don't see many references to this one 
http://www.fccinfo.com/cmdpro.php?sz=L&wd=1280,
 the Cavell-Mertz website, and it doesn't give the option to have a 
by-frequency read-out, but for my purposes, it gives me the easiest look-up on 
FCC data, AM, FM or TV.

Qal R. Mann, Krumudgeon 
  - Original Message - 
  From: David Faulkner 
  To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of 
America 
  Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 7:47 AM
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] Fwd: MW website down


  Nope, but I was about to report the same thing myself. Are there any other 
lists as easy to use?

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[IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Friday

[Steve Ratzlaff]

Sorry I can't make it to the Convention. Mostly TP today with some decent DU 
toward the end. I think 792 first time for me.
Audio: 531 very poor Asian 1330 utc; 567 poor Asian; 576 poor/weak Asian 
(new for me?); 594 poor Asian; 603 very poor Asian; 675 poor/weak Asian; 693 
poor Asian; 738 very poor/poor Asian; 774 poor/weak mix of DU and Asian 
1336; 819 very poor/poor Asian; 828 poor Asian; 873 very poor Asian; 891 
poor/weak mix of DU and Asian 1340; 972 very poor/poor Asian; 1116 poor/weak 
DU; 1134 poor Asian; 1566 poor HLAZ 1344; 738 poor/weak DU; 792 very 
poor/poor DU 1350. 891 with two DU fading out just after 1400 utc.

LWBC Radio Rossii weak today, 153, 180, 189, 234, 279.
73,
Steve
NE Oregon
R75, longwires 


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[IRCA] MW DX Friday 9/24

[Patrick Martin]

Lots of TP activity here with armchair copy of the JJ big guns, and
others quite good like JOCR-558, Korea 603, Vietnam 675. I don't have
the time getting ready with the convention but today was decent to say
the least. Noticed KBBI-890 on top of the channel too.

Drake R8
NW/SW EWEs

Patrick

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[IRCA] MW website down

[Marc DeLorenzo]

It is probably down because its owner, Barry in Ottawa, is working on it.


Marc DeLorenzo 
South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
http://www.wtfda.info/showthread.php?t=228
 



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Subject: [mwdx] MW website down


 

Anyone know why topazdesigns.com/ambc has been down for 2 days?

73,

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Re: [IRCA] Fwd: MW website down

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Nope, but I was about to report the same thing myself.  Are there any other 
lists as easy to use?

73
David

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Subject: [IRCA] Fwd: MW website down
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Anyone know why topazdesigns.com/ambc has been down for 2 days?

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[IRCA] Fwd: MW website down

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[IRCA] Hams on Medium Wave

[Karl J. Zuk]

>From the ARRL - Now you can become your own medium wave DX! - Karl Zuk  N2KZ

 The Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration (NTIA)
 -- the spectrum regulators for United States private sector and 
government users, respectively -- have agreed to support a secondary MF 
allocation to the Amateur Radio Service at 461-469 kHz and 471-478 kHz 
at the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12),
 to be held in Geneva, Switzerland from January 23-February 17, 2012. 
FCC and NTIA officials formally presented the proposal at a meeting of 
the Second Permanent Consultative Committee (PCC.II) of the 
Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), held August 30-September 3 
in Fortaleza, Brazil.

 According to ARRL Chief Technology Officer Brennan Price, N4QX, the 
proposal reconciles two widely divergent proposals for WRC-12 Agenda 
Item 1.23, adopted by consensus of the private sector and government 
users. Agenda Item 1.23 calls on WRC-12 “to consider an allocation of 
about 15 kHz in parts of the band 415-526.5 kHz to the amateur service 
on a secondary basis, taking into account the need to protect existing 
services.” The FCC’s WRC-12 Advisory Committee (WAC)
 had adopted a proposal for a secondary amateur allocation at 495-510 
kHz, but the NTIA, acting on the advice of government maritime 
interests, initially supported no change from the status quo.
“I am pleased that the United States is taking an affirmative 
position on Agenda Item 1.23,” Price said “While the proposed frequency 
bands differ from both what the ARRL proposed and the private sector 
supported by consensus during WAC deliberations, it is gratifying that 
government interests have backed off a no change position.”

 Some maritime interests, both domestically and internationally, have 
expressed opposition to any amateur allocation in the range 415-526.5 
kHz, citing existing narrowband direct printing applications at 490 and 
518 kHz, as well as future plans for the band that have yet to be fully 
characterized, Price explained. To the extent future maritime uses of 
the band have been discussed, the focus has been on the 495-505 kHz 
segment. Despite the lack of plans for the remainder of the range under 
consideration, the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
 has adopted a draft position of “no change” and has communicated this 
position to the ITU. IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, has met with IMO 
officials in efforts to soften this position.

 “The road to a favorable outcome for Agenda Item 1.23 at WRC-12 
remains treacherous,” Price said. “The IMO is a respected organization, 
and their opinion carries weight. It’s up to us to continue to make the 
case that a secondary allocation can be made while protecting existing 
services, both to the IMO and to the ITU Member States who will make the
 decisions at WRC-12.”
Technical Relations Specialist Jon Siverling, WB3ERA, represented the
 ARRL on the United States delegation to the CITEL PCC.II meeting. From 
that meeting, he notes other matters of concern to the Amateur Radio 
Service:

Regarding Agenda Item 1.14, considering an allocation to the 
radiolocation service between 30-300 MHz, the United States proposed 
that no change be made in ITU Region 2 and suggested that changes in 
other regions should be addressed by country-by-country footnotes to the
 ITU Radio Regulations. Proponents appear to be focusing on 154-156 
MHz.Regarding Agenda Item 1.19, considering regulatory provisions 
for software defined radio (SDR) and cognitive radio systems (CRS), 
sufficient support for a United States proposal of “no change” was 
garnered to have the proposal deemed a region-wide Inter-American 
proposal. The status quo reduces the risk of provisions in the Radio Regulations
 that could curtail experimentation in SDR and CRS by the Amateur 
Service and reduce the portability of equipment across international 
boundaries.




  
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Re: [IRCA] IRCA Convention

[Patrick Martin]

Gary,

Thank you. I am also sorry you cannot attend, but you need to be there
for your family. There will be other cnventions. 

73,

Patrick

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Re: [IRCA] IRCA Convention

[D1028Gary]

Patrick,
 
I hope that you, Phil, Dennis and the others will have a great time at the  
convention.
 
Unfortunately, Ruth is still on the emergency trip back to Hong  Kong 
related to her father's passing, so it seems that I will  need to stay in 
Puyallup with Danny this weekend. As you know, I had really  hoped to attend 
the 
convention to meet all of the IRCA DXers, and  enjoy the activities that you 
have arranged. Thank you again for all your  hard work to prepare for the 
convention, and I hope that you all will have a  very enjoyable time together.
 
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) 
 
 
In a message dated 9/24/2010 12:02:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
mwd...@webtv.net writes:

Phil,

Great time. Great seeing everyone again. One addition.  After the New NW
BCers tour we will head for Astoria to drive by the tours,  then back to
Seaside an go by KSWB's tower. 

73,

Patrick

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[Patrick Martin]

Phil,

Great time. Great seeing everyone again. One addition. After the New NW
BCers tour we will head for Astoria to drive by the tours, then back to
Seaside an go by KSWB's tower. 
   
73,

Patrick

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