Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-6
Were you getting echoes on 756 at all Gary?Seemed that was what I was getting here this morning, strange sounding but rather weak. best wishes, Nick At 02:53 07/10/2010, you wrote: Hello All, Asiatic propagation was improved from most areas this morning, especially from China and Korea. There were interesting TP mixes on both 639 and 756 kHz as the CNR1 stations had persistent co-channels ___ 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] WGBW-1590 Two Rivers, WI DX Test announced
Per communication from OJ Saghdal in Norway, WGBW-1590 in Two Rivers, WI will be running a DX Test on Oct. 16, 2010 at 0500-0600 UT. Full details posted at: http://www.dxtests.info Please be sure to notify us at dxtests.info [at] gmail.com regarding information on any DX Tests or other special broadcast events. 73, Brandon ___ 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] Demise of KHBC
vvIn the event that you haven*t heard yet, KHBC 92.7FM (Hilo), KHBC 1060AM (Hilo) and Kona 92.1FM are dark. This occurred yesterday morning. All 3 stations have been shut down due to lack of funds and a large amount of money owed to various entities (i.e. Aloha Radio Group, Marquee Broadcasting, Korbel Capital LLC, Spring Ranch, IRS and HI State Dept of Taxation. Scott Parker said he hoped it would be a temporary closure. A rumor going around (according to the HI Tribune Herald) is an imminent sale to New West Broadcasting which includes KWXX-FM, KNWB-FM and KPUA-AM. Chris Leonard Pres/GM said he had talked with Parker but due to economy that the local marketing agreement was not with us. Parker said all employees were paid and he hoped to reopen with a new plan and perhaps a new formet in the next few months. Parrott Broadcasting (Parker) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in January. 73, Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ 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] 936 Iran!
In case anyone has any doubts why I advised you to use that row of trees for a flag-type antenna, they can look at your recent TA logs, esp. this one and see that things for you are even better than I expected. 73 KAZ needing to work 936 himself now that Montreal is gone. -Original Message- From: Jim Renfrew jrenf...@rochester.rr.com Sent: Oct 6, 2010 7:53 PM To: a...@nrcdxas.org, a...@wtfda.info, Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] 936 Iran! Jim Renfrew, Holley NY Thanks to Keith McGinnis' tip, I have been sitting on 936 for the last few minutes, and at 0048z (2048 edt) the odd choral music I am hearing (almost like a Gregorian chant) is distinctly parallel to the IRIB Delicast audio stream! Awesome, country #72 (or #71 if I don't count East Germany, heard since it stopped existing!) ___ 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] Re; 1130 Interference
I wonder if anyone east of Vancouver hearing Mt.Angel has noticed that the Mex music suddenly disappears a few minutes before LSS ever y afternoon with regular daily repetition.The high pressure system causing the strange skio phenomenon will be replaced by a low pressure system which will also cause this strange Spanish sounding signal, on Friday and into the weekend So how will it affect reception of CKWX east of Van when it's raining? We'll see what happens then Bill in BC ___ 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] Re; 1130 Interference
Bill, With 50KW ERP to the North, the Mount Angel QRM is not going away. Infact, as it gets towards Winter, the QRM will last longer in the morning and start earlier in the afternoon. The only way the QRM will go away if Mt. Angel drops power, changes their directional pattern, or goes off the air. If they get the 50 KW days, they are asking for, the QRM wil even be worse. Why in the World did the FCC ever allow this station to come on, is beyond me, as CKWX should be protected as they have been on 1130 for decades. CKWX needs to really raise the roof on this to the FCC. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ 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] WGBW AM -1590, Two Rivers, WI PLANNED TEST OCT. 16th at MIDNIGHT CENTRAL
All, Here's a part of the letter from Mr.Heller... It's a Saturday morning. 12am to 1am I know there's ocnfusion because it's not a Sunday morning... but we didn't want to ruin our entire weekend! we're moving to Denmark, WI next year with 10kw days. there are no 1590's between us and the North Pole, so that will be an interesting experiment when the array goes up! Mark is a radio guy. He gets it and you can bet the test will run! 73! John Thanx to all who spread the word on this. John J. Rieger, South Milwaukee,WI http://DX-midAMerica.com 24/7 NSP! We never close! ___ 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] WGBW AM -1590, Two Rivers, WI PLANNED TEST OCT. 16th at MIDNIGHT CENTRAL
Mark Heller is definately a radio guy... he is the owner of WGBW and he's also an engineer.. a very intelligent engineer. Paul Walker On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:34 AM, John Rieger dx-midamer...@webtv.netwrote: All, Here's a part of the letter from Mr.Heller... It's a Saturday morning. 12am to 1am I know there's ocnfusion because it's not a Sunday morning... but we didn't want to ruin our entire weekend! we're moving to Denmark, WI next year with 10kw days. there are no 1590's between us and the North Pole, so that will be an interesting experiment when the array goes up! Mark is a radio guy. He gets it and you can bet the test will run! 73! John Thanx to all who spread the word on this. John J. Rieger, South Milwaukee,WI http://DX-midAMerica.com http://dx-midamerica.com/ 24/7 NSP! We never close! ___ 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] WGBW AM -1590, Two Rivers, WI PLANNED TEST OCT. 16th at MIDNIGHT CENTRAL
Thanks John and Paul; Too bad that there are not more radio guys, in radio. Sad but true - there isn't a lot of folks like Mr. Heller. Please John, pass along my thanks. Hopefully the 10 Kw will run a test, too. Dave in Indy -Original Message- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. [mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 7:24 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Cc: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS; a...@lists.wtfda.info Subject: Re: [IRCA] WGBW AM -1590, Two Rivers, WI PLANNED TEST OCT. 16th at MIDNIGHT CENTRAL Mark Heller is definately a radio guy... he is the owner of WGBW and he's also an engineer.. a very intelligent engineer. Paul Walker On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:34 AM, John Rieger dx-midamer...@webtv.net wrote: All, Here's a part of the letter from Mr.Heller... It's a Saturday morning. 12am to 1am I know there's ocnfusion because it's not a Sunday morning... but we didn't want to ruin our entire weekend! we're moving to Denmark, WI next year with 10kw days. there are no 1590's between us and the North Pole, so that will be an interesting experiment when the array goes up! Mark is a radio guy. He gets it and you can bet the test will run! 73! John Thanx to all who spread the word on this. John J. Rieger, South Milwaukee,WI http://DX-midAMerica.com http://dx-midamerica.com/ 24/7 NSP! We never close! ___ 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 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] more about 1130 interference
To be perfectly honest, it could be a chance for a DX'er (who has the time (who has the time? Not me, LOL)) to explain DX'ing and propagation to CKWX. It could be an olive branch to the station from DX'ers, to set them straight and get a plug for MW DX'ing. Maybe a DX Test? :) Any volunteers? Still the weather related angle is too funny. I bet they go right back to it, later on this month with the SR times. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:26:53 -0700 From: Bruce Portzer bport...@comcast.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] more about 1130 interference Message-ID: 4cad3dfd.5050...@comcast.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed This is what's known as a snow job. Vancouver could have used some of that stuff during the Winter Olympics :) Let's see what they say after the high pressure ridge is gone. Bruce On 10/6/2010 10:21 AM, Eric Floden wrote: from CKWX site http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/111376--say-goodbye-to-notici as1130 Say goodbye to Noticias1130. Spanish radio should stop bleeding through airwaves soon Mike Lloyd Oct 06, 2010 07:36:25 AM VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Many of our listeners from the Fraser Valley to the Tri-Cities have been hearing a Spanish language station broadcasting on News1130. The signal that has been bleeding through our airwaves is coming from Mt Angel, Oregon. After a meeting between our engineers and those from the American station, here's the real deal: It's not just simple signal skipping or a strong signal drowning out News1130. We're told it's a rare atmospheric anomaly, stronger than it's been in years. A few things have converged to create conditions not seen in decades, some of which are weather-related. News1130 Meteorologist Russ Lacate has been talking about an enormous high-pressure ridge for some time now. It's been influencing the coastal weather from Prince Rupert to L.A. and what's really happening is the uppermost layer of the atmosphere is becoming very stable, very stratified. [That's] creating a channel between the layers of the atmosphere through which radio waves can travel unobstructed. Lacate says in rare conditions like these, radio waves can travel across abnormally long distances. It is called a skywave and it seems to peak between 7am-9am and 6pm-8pm. The good news is it's expected to return to normal soon. So, adios la Mexicana, hola News1130! And muchas gracias to all our listeners for being patient. ** ___ 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] Re; 1130 Interference
I sent them an e-mail yesterday, explaining all this, and have yet to hear back... Saul - Original Message - From: Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 6:08 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Re; 1130 Interference Bill, With 50KW ERP to the North, the Mount Angel QRM is not going away. Infact, as it gets towards Winter, the QRM will last longer in the morning and start earlier in the afternoon. The only way the QRM will go away if Mt. Angel drops power, changes their directional pattern, or goes off the air. If they get the 50 KW days, they are asking for, the QRM wil even be worse. Why in the World did the FCC ever allow this station to come on, is beyond me, as CKWX should be protected as they have been on 1130 for decades. CKWX needs to really raise the roof on this to the FCC. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ 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] TP's for 10/07/10
Listened from 1343-1426 utc. Started latter than usually, again lower channels much better than higher channels. All Japan Korea's this morning. 279 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1346 good with man in Russian. 567 JAPAN, JOIK NHK1 1347-1348 weak to fair and // 594. 576 RUSSIA,? 1352-1400 fair twice during this period. not // to NHK1 on 594. Gone at 1400. 594 JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1350 good with woman/man in Japanese. 603 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA 1401 weak with talk and music. 639 CHINA, CRN1? 1402-1405 guessing on this one, started with brief music, faded, then back with talk. Tried to match NHK1 //, but no luck. Gone at 1406 657 DPR OF KOREA, 1408 weak distorted signal, matched // 3250. 693 JAPAN, JOAB 1419 fair with mild splatter, woman is Japanese and // 774. 666 JAPAN, JOBK NHK1 1409-1410 fair with man in Japanese and // 594. 774 JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1343-1345 good at times with Business English program. 828 JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1417 fair at best, nothing like big brother on 774. 873 JAPAN, JOGB NHK2 1418 very weak. 891 UNKNOWN, 1415-1416 very faint audio. 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1412 weak. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA JRC 545 Drake R8B NW ewe Solar Indices SF=74 A=6 K=2 Local Sunset 1417 utc Sunrise 0140 utc Moon rise 1421 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
Re: [IRCA] Re; 1130 Interference
Patrick Martin wrote: Why in the World did the FCC ever allow this station to come on, is beyond me, as CKWX should be protected as they have been on 1130 for decades. CKWX needs to really raise the roof on this to the FCC. Here's how this all plays out, as I understand it: As a Canadian station, CKWX has no standing to complain directly to the FCC. They complain to Industry Canada, which takes the issue to Canada's equivalent of our State Department (the Foreign Ministry, I believe?), which takes it to the U.S. State Department, which takes it to the FCC. The problem is, there's a treaty that regulates AM radio along the border. I'm working from memory here, so I may have some of the specifics wrong, but when the Mount Angel station was applied for, it had to make a showing that on paper, its signal would not exceed the interference levels specified in the treaty. The current treaty was written in 1984, and it provides for only *groundwave* protection during daylight hours. In effect, the US and Canada agreed to pretend that critical hours skywave propagation doesn't exist. It's rather a long, complex read, but here's the engineering exhibit from KPWX's application for a power increase: http://bit.ly/9A6DWx I'd direct your attention to page 2, where the respected engineering firm that did the application tells us that: Good engineering practice was followed for all measurements. Care was taken to avoid skywave during early morning and late afternoon hours. CKWX can certainly complain...but its complaint will be hampered by the political reality that its own government signed a treaty 26 years ago that pretty much authorized the interference it's now receiving. Even if the treaty were to be amended (not an easy or quick process), stations authorized before the adoption of the revised treaty would still be grandfathered in. It's not pretty...but that's international diplomacy for you. s ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Oklahoma TP's 10/7/10
It was a great morning for hearing TP signals. However, several of the NHK powerhouses were heard and that made it a good morning here in north central Oklahoma. Receiver: Modified Tecsun PL-310 7.5-inch loopstick. Local sunrise at 1230 UTC. 558 unID het, 1159-1232. 567 JOIK, Sapporo J, 1219, //594, poor. 594 JOAK, Tokyo J, 1217, man woman talking JJ, poor to fair. Barely audible 1229-1233. 648 Probable VOR,Razdolnoye, het, 1158, faint, CKOM 650 QRM. 693 Probable JOAB, Tokyo J, het, 1227. 702 unID het, 1141, poor. 747 JOIB, Sapporo J, 1212, //774, poor, KRMG 740 QRM. 774 JOUB, Akita J, 1112, man speaking JJ, poor. At 1204, NHK2 Basic English lesson. At 1235-1239, strong het past sunrise, KSPI 780 QRM. 828 JOBB, Osaka J, 1234, barely audible talk, fading to het at 1234. 873 Probable JOGB, Kumamoto J, het, 1224. Missing this morning was any sign of HLCA 972. Good DX. Richard Allen 36°22'51N / 97°26'35W (near Perry OK USA) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] 518 Hawaii
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 0439 EDT 518NAVTEX OHonolulu, Hawaii 0530 EDT518NAVTEX WAstoria, oregon First time I've had Hawaii in a while, logged on the south wire while asleep ___ 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] [Amdx] 518 Hawaii
Nice catch Jim. I've been trying for any of the South American Navtex stations over the past couple of nights with one of the Wellbrooks in a north/south orientation but no joy. Hopefully between the Wellbrooks and soon to be erected Superloops I'll be able to pull some in. I've had Calif, all of North America and about half a dozen Euro stations to date. Keith McGinnis Hingham MA - Original Message - From: Jim Renfrew jrenf...@rochester.rr.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org, a...@wtfda.info, Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, October 7, 2010 11:00:37 AM Subject: [Amdx] 518 Hawaii Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 0439 EDT 518 NAVTEX O Honolulu, Hawaii 0530 EDT 518 NAVTEX W Astoria, oregon First time I've had Hawaii in a while, logged on the south wire while asleep ___ This is Amdx - The WTFDA AM DX List. Amdx mailing list Post to: a...@lists.wtfda.info Your Info Page: http://lists.wtfda.info/listinfo.cgi/amdx-wtfda.info Visit the WTFDA Forum at http://www.wtfda.info to view or upload your audio files! Register first. ___ 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] Oklahoma TP's 10/7/10
Correction. The first sentence should be It wasn't instead of It was. Sorry. Richard. - Original Message - From: Richard Allen To: IRCA@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:37 AM Subject: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP's 10/7/10 It was a great morning for hearing TP signals. However, several of the NHK powerhouses were heard and that made it a good morning here in north central Oklahoma. Receiver: Modified Tecsun PL-310 7.5-inch loopstick. Local sunrise at 1230 UTC. 558 unID het, 1159-1232. 567 JOIK, Sapporo J, 1219, //594, poor. 594 JOAK, Tokyo J, 1217, man woman talking JJ, poor to fair. Barely audible 1229-1233. 648 Probable VOR,Razdolnoye, het, 1158, faint, CKOM 650 QRM. 693 Probable JOAB, Tokyo J, het, 1227. 702 unID het, 1141, poor. 747 JOIB, Sapporo J, 1212, //774, poor, KRMG 740 QRM. 774 JOUB, Akita J, 1112, man speaking JJ, poor. At 1204, NHK2 Basic English lesson. At 1235-1239, strong het past sunrise, KSPI 780 QRM. 828 JOBB, Osaka J, 1234, barely audible talk, fading to het at 1234. 873 Probable JOGB, Kumamoto J, het, 1224. Missing this morning was any sign of HLCA 972. Good DX. Richard Allen 36°22'51N / 97°26'35W (near Perry OK USA) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 10-7-10
Listened from 1305-1335 utc and all audio and carriers were on the bottom part of the band. I can't say if the conditions today were better than yesterday as I did not turn the radio on yesterday due to the big t-storms than we had. Today I had no t-storm noise but still I had lots of noise. 594 JOAK Japan 1320 utc man-woman talking. 693 JOAB Japan 1322 utc man-woman talking 774 JOUB Japan 1325 utc with Better English with a man-woman. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Re; 1130 Interference
Thanks Scott. I agree, it is not pretty, but I am sure CKWX has the power and money needed to handle everything legal. In the meantime, if anything is done, the listeners in the Frasier Valley will suffer. I guess they can wire the money needed to buy the Mount Angel station and shut it down. hi. That is an option. But maybe they do have an option to run traffic and news on a translator in the valley on FM? Stay tuned, I am sure this is not a done deal. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ 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] Re; 1130 Interference
Getting a low pwoer relay or changing format of an FM is much tougher in Canada then in the US.. you have to get approval to change formats even in Canada On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote: Thanks Scott. I agree, it is not pretty, but I am sure CKWX has the power and money needed to handle everything legal. In the meantime, if anything is done, the listeners in the Frasier Valley will suffer. I guess they can wire the money needed to buy the Mount Angel station and shut it down. hi. That is an option. But maybe they do have an option to run traffic and news on a translator in the valley on FM? Stay tuned, I am sure this is not a done deal. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ 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] Re; 1130 Interference
Patrick Martin wrote: There is gotta be something CKWX can do, as their listeners in the Frasier Valley are putting with the interference. I'm sure CKWX wishes it were so - but there really may not be much they can do, at least in the short term. The FM dial in the Puget Sound region is so overcrowded that I can't imagine a frequency being available for them to add an FM signal serving the Fraser Valley. As a Canadian company, Rogers can't even legally buy KPWX to shut it down. Perhaps the best precedent I can think of also came from Rogers, a long time ago. CFTR 680 was a 25 kW signal from a 13-tower array in Mississauga, west of Toronto, and its signal in parts of the Toronto area was hurt by the nulls it had to provide to WNYR 680, a non-DA 250-watt daytimer in Rochester, about 90 miles across the lake to the southeast. Rochester had been there first - it signed on in 1947, while Toronto only arrived on 680 in the 1960s, when Rogers moved what was then CHFI from 1540 to 680 and CHLO in St. Thomas, Ontario from 680 to 1570. It took several years of high-level international negotiations (the State Department and its Canadian counterpart were involved), but Rogers brokered a deal that allowed WNYR in Rochester to move to 990, which was a Canadian clear channel. Canada agreed to waive its treaty protections to let Rochester use the channel, and Rogers paid for a new and very expensive six-tower directional array for 990 in Rochester. Getting WNYR off 680 allowed CFTR to move to a much better site due south of Toronto in Grimsby, Ontario, where it increased power to 50 kW, all blasted due north into Toronto. I *think* (though I haven't done the math on it) that part of the problem CKWX is experiencing from KPWX is the result of KPWX using VERY short towers, which result in a skywave takeoff angle that creates close-in skywave right over Vancouver. Since the treaties don't address daytime skywave, there's no penalty to KPWX for doing this, and KPWX benefits by saving money on tower construction. (Their towers are really, REALLY short - 53 electrical degrees in height, compared to 90 degrees for a more typical class B station and 190 degrees for a typical class A.) If KPWX could get zoning permission to build taller towers (and that's far from guaranteed these days!), I suspect much of the critical-hours skywave issue could be ameliorated...and paying for taller towers would probably end up being a lot cheaper for CKWX than the legal hassles they'd get into if they try to fight what's probably an otherwise unwinnable fight. (I am not a lawyer or an engineering consultant, etc...) s ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TPs 10-7
** JAPAN [and non]. Another trans-Pacific MW bandscan on 9 kHz steps, Oct 7 from 1154, detected carriers in LSB position: 567, 594, 747. At 1201 in USB position, signals must have been peaking: 556, 567, 585, 594, 648, 693, 747, 774, 828, 855-, 882, 891, 972, 1053, 1098, 1116, 1197, 1287. But most of them were just barely detectable weak carriers, given away by the pitch of their hets against the off-tuned BFO. Meanwhile I concentrated on 747 as best bet for audio, from 300 kW NHK-2, JOIB Sapporo: at 1159 a bit of audio; 1200 resounding prolonged timesignal tone, but could not hear pips leading up to it. 1208 now definitely audio, alternating Japanese and elementary American English phrases in language lesson; gone by 1212 as were the other carriers. Had more problem from KRMG 740 Tulsa splatter than anything on 750. As before, using DX-398 indoors with AC, internal ferrite antenna only, while abed (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
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Oct 07 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 06 October follow. Solar flux 74 and mid-latitude A-index 6. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 07 October was 1 (5 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 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 75 75 75 75 75 75 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 A-in 66666666666666 K-in 10323111122221 ___ 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] Re; 1130 Interference
My read isn't that this is a daytime skywave issue but rather a sunrise/sunset issue, although the same solution might still help. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010 barefoot --- On Thu, 10/7/10, Scott Fybush sc...@fybush.com wrote: From: Scott Fybush sc...@fybush.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Re; 1130 Interference To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 2:30 PM Patrick Martin wrote: There is gotta be something CKWX can do, as their listeners in the Frasier Valley are putting with the interference. I'm sure CKWX wishes it were so - but there really may not be much they can do, at least in the short term. The FM dial in the Puget Sound region is so overcrowded that I can't imagine a frequency being available for them to add an FM signal serving the Fraser Valley. As a Canadian company, Rogers can't even legally buy KPWX to shut it down. Perhaps the best precedent I can think of also came from Rogers, a long time ago. CFTR 680 was a 25 kW signal from a 13-tower array in Mississauga, west of Toronto, and its signal in parts of the Toronto area was hurt by the nulls it had to provide to WNYR 680, a non-DA 250-watt daytimer in Rochester, about 90 miles across the lake to the southeast. Rochester had been there first - it signed on in 1947, while Toronto only arrived on 680 in the 1960s, when Rogers moved what was then CHFI from 1540 to 680 and CHLO in St. Thomas, Ontario from 680 to 1570. It took several years of high-level international negotiations (the State Department and its Canadian counterpart were involved), but Rogers brokered a deal that allowed WNYR in Rochester to move to 990, which was a Canadian clear channel. Canada agreed to waive its treaty protections to let Rochester use the channel, and Rogers paid for a new and very expensive six-tower directional array for 990 in Rochester. Getting WNYR off 680 allowed CFTR to move to a much better site due south of Toronto in Grimsby, Ontario, where it increased power to 50 kW, all blasted due north into Toronto. I *think* (though I haven't done the math on it) that part of the problem CKWX is experiencing from KPWX is the result of KPWX using VERY short towers, which result in a skywave takeoff angle that creates close-in skywave right over Vancouver. Since the treaties don't address daytime skywave, there's no penalty to KPWX for doing this, and KPWX benefits by saving money on tower construction. (Their towers are really, REALLY short - 53 electrical degrees in height, compared to 90 degrees for a more typical class B station and 190 degrees for a typical class A.) If KPWX could get zoning permission to build taller towers (and that's far from guaranteed these days!), I suspect much of the critical-hours skywave issue could be ameliorated...and paying for taller towers would probably end up being a lot cheaper for CKWX than the legal hassles they'd get into if they try to fight what's probably an otherwise unwinnable fight. (I am not a lawyer or an engineering consultant, etc...) s ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA 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] Re; 1130 Interference
My read isn't that this is a daytime skywave issue but rather a sunrise/sunset issue, although the same solution might still help. It's the same thing, is it not? The reason CKWX gets hammered just after sunrise and just before sunset is because the skywave hasn't died down yet, so those 25 gallons of KPWX come blaring in, whereas during the rest of the day it's all groundwave and the signal behaves the way it's supposed to on paper. ___ 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] Re; 1130 Interference
It is, but my thought was that sunrise/sunset enhancement will still be there even if they used larger towers. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010 barefoot --- On Thu, 10/7/10, sc...@fybush.com sc...@fybush.com wrote: From: sc...@fybush.com sc...@fybush.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Re; 1130 Interference To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 4:47 PM My read isn't that this is a daytime skywave issue but rather a sunrise/sunset issue, although the same solution might still help. It's the same thing, is it not? The reason CKWX gets hammered just after sunrise and just before sunset is because the skywave hasn't died down yet, so those 25 gallons of KPWX come blaring in, whereas during the rest of the day it's all groundwave and the signal behaves the way it's supposed to on paper. ___ 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 10-6
Hi Nick, The 756 kHz mix here yesterday morning had two different voices fading in and out, generally managing to make each other mutually unintelligible. One was certainly CNR1 Chinese, but the other wasn't clear (it sounded like Korean). I've had the 756-CNR1 echoes here myself last year, but for some reason the 756 Chinese stations have seemed fairly well synchronized during the brief periods of strong reception here this season. Maybe I'm getting only one of them, instead of several like you are? 73, Gary In a message dated 10/6/2010 11:04:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, n...@ieee.org writes: Were you getting echoes on 756 at all Gary?Seemed that was what I was getting here this morning, strange sounding but rather weak. best wishes, Nick At 02:53 07/10/2010, you wrote: Hello All, Asiatic propagation was improved from most areas this morning, especially from China and Korea. There were interesting TP mixes on both 639 and 756 kHz as the CNR1 stations had persistent co-channels ___ 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] Re; 1130 Interference
It is, but my thought was that sunrise/sunset enhancement will still be there even if they used larger towers. The height of the towers controls the takeoff angle for the skywave. If I understand it correctly, the shorter towers give off more high-angle radiation, which means a shorter distance to the first skip back to ground. There will still be skywave if they raise the height of the towers, but it will come off the towers at a lower angle and skip back to ground at a greater distance...ideally somewhere in central or northern BC instead of metro Vancouver. s ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Re; 1130 Interference
part of the problem CKWX is experiencing from KPWX is the result Is it just a coincidence that the 2 sets of call letters are so similar sounding? (Their towers are really, REALLY short - 53 electrical degrees in height, compared to 90 degrees for a more typical class B station and 190 degrees for a typical class A.) I figure 53 degrees at this freq is a tower height of 128 feet. Is this about where they are at? Do they even have to light them? - Bob ___ 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] Re; 1130 Interference
At 128 feet, no they don't have to be lit unless they are in the flight path of an airport. On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:29 PM, rfoxw...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: part of the problem CKWX is experiencing from KPWX is the result Is it just a coincidence that the 2 sets of call letters are so similar sounding? (Their towers are really, REALLY short - 53 electrical degrees in height, compared to 90 degrees for a more typical class B station and 190 degrees for a typical class A.) I figure 53 degrees at this freq is a tower height of 128 feet. Is this about where they are at? Do they even have to light them? - Bob ___ 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] QSL Received for 1710 Khz NRC BEACON.......Thanks FRED!!!!
Hi Guys: Today in the Mail I received a QSL Card for the Sept/09-10 Test of the NRC Beacon on 1710 Khz!! Thanks to Fred Vobbe for arranging the test..and for sending the QSL!! Full Data National Radio Club Card with Date/Time/Freq Listed. Also states that it was 1 WATT into a Vertical Antenna 157 Feet high. Transmission originated from ALLEN COUNTY, OHIO. QSL Numbered #20100910-1.which I assume is QSL # 1 for this Broadcast This was for my Reception on a SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight Radio...BAREFOOT!!! Thanks to Fred and all involved in making this happen!! 73.ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] KPWX 1130 Mount Angel Tower Pictures
Greetings, I have 5 pictures of KPWX towers taken just after they started testing. The towers are in a farming/ranching area of Mount Angel. The pictures were taken around November of 2009, if I remember right. Pictures are not that good, it is narrow road with few places to park. The center picture shows all three towers. As Scott said, the towers are short. Click the link below and the pictures will be on the bottom row http://home.comcast.net/~vroomski/site/?/photos/PHPSESSID=065b14599170db5aa850d2d45ef6ff5f Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Re; 1130 Interference
rfoxw...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: part of the problem CKWX is experiencing from KPWX is the result Is it just a coincidence that the 2 sets of call letters are so similar sounding? I believe so, yes. Those aren't the original calls - they were picked after the station was sold to Amador Bustos, who likes his calls to end with X. (Their towers are really, REALLY short - 53 electrical degrees in height, compared to 90 degrees for a more typical class B station and 190 degrees for a typical class A.) I figure 53 degrees at this freq is a tower height of 128 feet. Is this about where they are at? Do they even have to light them? That appears to be correct - there's no top-loading indicated in any of KPWX's applications. It may be that 128 feet was simply as much tower as they could get past local zoning...but I think one of the issues here is that the Mount Angel station was built on spec - the applicant evidently had no intention of operating the station, just to build it out and sell it. There's no incentive to build it right under those circumstances...and part of the problem here is that Mount Angel simply was built on the cheap. There was a time when the FCC would not have licensed 53-degree towers for a 50 kW stations. s ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-7
Hello All, Asian propagation seemed slightly down this morning compared to yesterday, although the TP big guns from Japan, Korea, China and Russia had no problem showing up with decent audio. The weaker Chinese stations were in and out of the noise, while the 639 and 756 CNR1 stations had no weak co-channels like yesterday. 936 kHz continued its October big gun performance, and the Korean Jammer was near full strength. Thanks to Bruce's information on 936-Anhui's English programming, I was able to investigate the station's format a little more this morning. During the 1400-1415 time period (late Thursday night in China) the station apparently has a Chinese version of NHK2's Radio English Conversation program, in which a female Chinese speaker gives commentary on an English speech. This morning's lesson (during fair to good 936-Anhui signals) was on the English speech delivered yesterday morning around this same time. During this month of October, 936-Anhui would be a good bet for those DXers needing their first China reception, along with 639-CNR1, 756-CNR1, 981-CNR1, 1044-CRI (in Japanese from 1330-1430) and 1377-CNR1. 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). A modified ICF-2010 (30 loopstick) was used as an SSB spotting receiver: 558 HLQH Daegu, S. Korea Weak music around 1342, // weak 603 585 JOPG Kushiro, Japan Poor threshold audio around 1335 // 594 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Good Japanese talk program at 1334 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Weak-fair Korean music at 1342 639 CNR1 China Synchros Fair-good with male- female Chinese talk (and no QRM) around 1405 _http://www.mediafire.com/?b53t6u1bprusfrk_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?b53t6u1bprusfrk) 648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Good Chinese external program 1353 657 Pyongyang BS, N. Korea Strong KK tirades and old music, 1351 666 JOBK Osaka, Japan Fair-good Japanese conversation at 1346 675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Barely reached threshold audio at 1345 738 TP-Mix Fair mix of BEL2-Taiwan and HKLG at 1335; unlike previous days Taiwan's audio (Chinese music) sounded OK 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Strong Japanese ID in KXL splatter 1400 756 CNR1 China Synchros Fair-good with Chinese talk at 1350 774 JOUB Akita, Japan Weak audio in huge KTTH splatter 1355 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Fair-good English study program at 1340 918 China (presumed Shandong) Threshold audio at best, 1409 927 China (presumed) Threshold audio, apparently Chinese, at 1410 936 Anhui, China English study program at 1403; female Chinese announcer gives commentary on yesterday's English language speech (fair-good strength) _http://www.mediafire.com/?agrpjdzjcr3f7f6_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?agrpjdzjcr3f7f6) 972HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Fair Korean conversation 1411 1035 CNR1 China Synchros Fair Chinese speech and music 1409 1044 CRI Jiangsu, China Good Japanese external program at 1356 1053 Korean Jammer Very strong over weak CC co-channel 1343 1134 TP-Mix Weak mix of KBS (Korean) and apparent CNR1 1337 1377 CNR1 (presumed) Threshold Chinese audio at best today 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Weak Japanese religious program 1331 1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Strong carrier at best today 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 Oct 08 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 October follow. Solar flux 75 and mid-latitude A-index 4. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 08 October was 1 (6 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 06 06 06 06 06 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 08 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 75 75 75 75 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 75 75 A-in 66666666666644 K-in 32311112222101 ___ 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] QSL Received for 1710 Khz NRC BEACON.......Thanks FRED!!!!
I also want to thank Fred. Just received a card in the mail, as well. I don't think I've received a QSL card in well over 25 years... This will find a nice home in the DX shack...where it will inspire me to further catches. Saul - Original Message - From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com To: IRCA AM List irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 7:04 PM Subject: [IRCA] QSL Received for 1710 Khz NRC BEACON...Thanks FRED Hi Guys: Today in the Mail I received a QSL Card for the Sept/09-10 Test of the NRC Beacon on 1710 Khz!! Thanks to Fred Vobbe for arranging the test..and for sending the QSL!! Full Data National Radio Club Card with Date/Time/Freq Listed. Also states that it was 1 WATT into a Vertical Antenna 157 Feet high. Transmission originated from ALLEN COUNTY, OHIO. QSL Numbered #20100910-1.which I assume is QSL # 1 for this Broadcast This was for my Reception on a SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight Radio...BAREFOOT!!! Thanks to Fred and all involved in making this happen!! 73.ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] QSL Received for 1710 Khz NRCBEACON.......Thanks FRED!!!!
Nice going guys...but eat your heart out... 'cause I received the very first QSL in October 2004...on a similar 1710 test...copied in the Utah desert---same signal, same tower :-)) Regards, Mark Durenberger -- From: Saul DX sau...@sympatico.ca Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:20 PM To: IRCA AM List irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] QSL Received for 1710 Khz NRCBEACON...Thanks FRED I also want to thank Fred. Just received a card in the mail, as well. I don't think I've received a QSL card in well over 25 years... This will find a nice home in the DX shack...where it will inspire me to further catches. Saul - Original Message - From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com To: IRCA AM List irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 7:04 PM Subject: [IRCA] QSL Received for 1710 Khz NRC BEACON...Thanks FRED Hi Guys: Today in the Mail I received a QSL Card for the Sept/09-10 Test of the NRC Beacon on 1710 Khz!! Thanks to Fred Vobbe for arranging the test..and for sending the QSL!! Full Data National Radio Club Card with Date/Time/Freq Listed. Also states that it was 1 WATT into a Vertical Antenna 157 Feet high. Transmission originated from ALLEN COUNTY, OHIO. QSL Numbered #20100910-1.which I assume is QSL # 1 for this Broadcast This was for my Reception on a SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight Radio...BAREFOOT!!! Thanks to Fred and all involved in making this happen!! 73.ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Now Accepting Orders for the 31st Edition of the AM Radio Log and The 21st Edition of the FM Atlas! http://www.nrcdxas.org for the details ___ 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 DX in Seattle 10-7-10
Conditions seemed to be down a bit from yesterday. Koreans were down a bunch, Chinese were down a little, and the high powered NHK stations were about the same. It was mainly the usual suspects today: 585JOPG fair //594 1355 594JOAK fair-good 1355 603KBS, fair w/KK talk 1355, the // on 558 wasn't heard 648VoR, good w/inst music 1354 693JOAB, good-fair, weaker than 747/774 1354 738Presumed Taiwan w/CC talk fair 1358 747JOIB good //774 1353 756CNR1 CC talk fair-good 1358, pips ID 1400 774JOUB Good w/EE lessons 1353 918Woman talking in unid language, weak, probably China 1352 972Korea, fair 1351 981CNR1, decent signal, fair audio in CKNW splat 1351 1017Audio traces, presumed CRI 1350 1035CNR1, CC talk fair 1350, weak pips 1400 1053S Korea, jammer fair 1402 1206Yanbian PBS, fair w/Korean talk 1348 Bruce R8A SDR-IQ receivers, K9AY antenna ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Re; 1130 Interference
neilkaz wrote: Scott There was a time when the FCC would not have licensed 53-degree towers for a 50 kW stations. KAZ replies that there was a time when our FCC had integrity and wasn't a pawn of big corporarations and wasn't 100% clueless in regards to both AM and FM engineering and propagation. It's not the big corporations who want signals like KPWX on the air. The big corporations already have their good 50 kW signals with properly-designed antenna arrays, and they don't want the extra interference that stations like KPWX add to the dial. It's the little guys who've been pushing the FCC for many decades now to find ways to cram more signals into an overcrowded dial. And all the way back to the Communications Act of 1934, there's been that mandate (you can look it up under section 307b) to provide a fair and equitable distribution of broadcast service, a mandate the FCC has consistently equated with more and more signals serving smaller and smaller areas. This is not a new debate, and it goes back many decades to the days when the FCC really did have engineers running it. If Mark Durenberger's around, I'm sure he can offer links to the excellent writing he did a while back about the lengthy process by which the original clear channels were broken down. And having said that, there's never really been a time when the FCC has been entirely independent of what the large corporate broadcasters want. There's a long history of corporate broadcasting executives becoming FCC commissioners or vice versa; look back 60 years to the days when Charles Denny moved straight from a chair on the FCC to a cushy executive job with RCA, just after he'd conveniently quashed the CBS color TV system in favor of RCA's, or to the more respectable service of Jim Quello as FCC chairman after a distinguished career running WJR in Detroit. s ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Victoria, BC TP's for 10/7/2010
Finally had a chance to listen this morning from 13:45 to 14:23 UTC. Yesterday afternoon was a beautiful day, with summer like weather here in Victoria. I used a couple of hours to finally erect a couple of antennae: A 26' x 33' or so 285 degree corner fed loop (nothing like my old place that had 50' trees, but still, it's not too bad). This azimuth cuts more or less just off shore of the east coast of Asia/Indonesia. On top of that, I also erected a fairly small diameter (perhaps 30' circumference) ALA 100 loop aimed about 20/200 towards Europe (and NZ to a lesser extent). There's still space to erect a larger corner fed loop 18 degrees which would be very nice towards Europe (and AK to a lesser extent), but this would take a bit more work. The dimensions could be around 26' x 40' or so. Alternatively, I could also simply use this larger loop to feed the ALA for better gain. Overall, I'm fairly pleased with my new set-up, 1/2 block to the ocean (Straits of Juan de Fuca) which faces north west. I have nothing to compare with, but for a first start, I wasn't too unhappy. I suspect conditions were about average for this time of the year. Noted that the SF was 74, A6, and K2. Here are my brief notes. I'll continue to use my (originally derived by John Bryant) 10 point scale, with a 6 = just audible (like Nick's burbles in the splatter), 7= just able to id language, 8= fairly OK reception, 9= excellent reception, and 10= armchair local quality copy. 279: 8.5 558: HLQH presumed at 7 567: JJ, // to 594 at 7 576: 7 level, possibly RR 594: JOAK at 9 level 603: 7 level 639: 7 level, pretty sure it was NHK1 666: 6 level 670: KDLG Dillingham at 9 level 675: 6 level 747: JOUB at 8.5 level 756: 6 level 774: 9 level JOIB, with cochannel Australian (latter heard on the ALA) 828: 8.5 level JJ 846, 864, 918, 954: all 6 level 963: CRI RR at 7 level 972: HLCA KK at 7 level 1008, 1017, 1026: all 6 level 1098: strong OC 1116: 4BC at 7 level at 14:07 1143: 7 level 1278: 6 level 1287: 8 level JJ 1314, 1377, 1386, 1548, 1566: all 6 level only X-band: pretty dead save for weak carriers on 1701. That's it from Victoria, BC. Good DX to all! ...Walt ___ 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] TP DX in Seattle 10-7-10
Bruce, I'm happy that it wasn't just me that noted very little on the upper band. Where's 1566 and 1575 today? Walt ___ 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] Victoria, BC TP's for 10/7/2010
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 04:59:05 + Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com wrote: Finally had a chance to listen this morning from 13:45 to 14:23 UTC. Yesterday afternoon was a beautiful day, with summer like weather here in Victoria. I used a couple of hours to finally erect a couple of antennae: Welcome back OM! Colin Newell is the editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com and BobHarris.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] Victoria, BC TP's for 10/7/2010
Nice to be back again, Colin. Back in the saddle, as they say. Conditions on HF don't seem to be all that great, with DRM on 11675 not propagating that well from RNZI at the moment (about 25% copy). Better go down to the MW band again. Crummy MUF. Wanna give me a hand erecting my last corner fed loop sometime? ..Walt On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 5:16 AM, Colin Newell c...@islandnet.com wrote: On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 04:59:05 + Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com wrote: Finally had a chance to listen this morning from 13:45 to 14:23 UTC. Yesterday afternoon was a beautiful day, with summer like weather here in Victoria. I used a couple of hours to finally erect a couple of antennae: Welcome back OM! Colin Newell is the editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com and BobHarris.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
Re: [IRCA] Victoria, BC TP's for 10/7/2010
Oops, that was meant for Colin personally. Sorry...Walt ___ 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] Re; 1130 Interference
The height of the towers controls the takeoff angle for the skywave. If I understand it correctly, the shorter towers give off more high-angle radiation, which means a shorter distance to the first skip back to ground. There will still be skywave if they raise the height of the towers, but it will come off the towers at a lower angle and skip back to ground at a greater distance...ideally somewhere in central or northern BC instead of metro Vancouver. I wonder if there will be some fix in the future to try and help the situation as you described? I would think something would be done. Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ 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] Re; 1130 Interference
Scott, Don't we have something in International laws to protect CKWX? I don't know if CKWX sells in the Frasier Valley, but a loss of revenue might create a lawsuit? Like you, I have no clue, but I don't see how some station can just get the okey from the FCC to build and cause QRM Internationally? However, that is the case with IBOC and nothing has been done to stop that from QRMing Canadian stations. If it was Cuba, they would just boost CKWX's signal to 500 KW. hi. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ 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
