[IRCA] TP from Kauai for 3Dec 2010: Australian Pipeline!
On our final night on Kauai, we had torrential downpours all night long, so monitoring was restricted to the part of the lanai most protected from the wind and the rain! I monitored between 16:11 and 17:05 UTC (6:11 to 7:05 AM). Conditions seemed quite good, and I quickly realized that virtually all the channels were open to Australia. On top of that, a welcome visitor was Radio Farda on 1575. Here's the list of what was heard using my handy little Eton e100, modified with a 7.5 ferrite rod. 540: 2AP at excellent level 549: Chinese ?CNR5 at fair to good level to W/NW 558: sounds like an OC 585: piano to NW at good level. ? Chinese? 603: Weak talk with rapid flutter to W/NW. Another cochannel with piano. 612: Brisbane at good to very good level. Many // as noted below 630: 4QN presumably with good level and // to many other frequencies including 612. 639: Islands music at 16:19 at poor to fair level. ? Fiji 675: Poor/fair to W with Vietnamese talk. 702: 2BL Sydney at fair level. // 612 4QR 738: 2NR Grafton at good to very good level // 630 and 612 (but with deep fades at 16:23). 783: poor 792: 4RN Brisbane at fair to good level. // 630, etc 810: poor 846: poor to SW 855: 4QO Eidsvold at very good level with same talk-in show as other Aussie frequencies (612, etc). At 16:29 864: poor to W 873: ?2GB Sydney. Fair with same call-in program. //855 891: 4TAB Innisfail,presumed at good/very good level with same Aussie call-in program (licensing 16 year olds to drive). 927: Music (western ballad) at fair to good level to south. Several possibilities here: 4CC Gladstone might match, as could Fiji. Remains an unid. 954: Talk show to SW at fair level. 2UE Sydney most likely. 963: poor 972: HLCA presumed with a call-in program in apparent KK. Good reception. 1017: poor at 16:38. 1017 has been a major disappointment. This frequency should boom in, but doesn't at all. I think that the transmitter and/or antenna system is poorly maintained. Compare reception on 1017 vs 540 which has boomed in from Samoa, geographically not that much closer than Tonga. 1071: Poor to fair to SW with rapid flutter. Instrumental music at 16:40. unid. 1098: OC 1116: 4BC Brisbane. Excellent reception with music at 16:41, then time check for 18 minutes to 3. A great channel to guage DU reception! 1152: ?2WG Wagga Wagga ? Poor to fair with flutter, and maybe // to 1116. 1170: VOA Poro at excellent level with special EE about Salvador Dali, at 16:46 1206: poor to SW 1413: Fair level to S/SE with talk by OM, but fairly low modulation. A bit too weak to follow content/language, etc. Unid 1503: poor to fair to SE/NW at 16:53 1530: poor to SW (music) 1539: poor 1548: 4QD Emerald with call-in talk show at good level. 1575: fair to NNE/SSW, with Iranian type music, and I'm sure a Radio Farda ID at 17:00:25. That's it for today, which was, in my opinion, the most interesting of my 10 day stay on Kauai. I'm typing this from a noisy hotel room in Waikiki. I just might give the band a whirl tomorrow morning, but I wouldn't count on it! 73s for now,..Walt Salmaniw ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Radio Listener PAL Radio Guides
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[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 12-4-10
Listened from 1350-1420 utc and the only audio was from JOUB-774 at 1400 utc with time pips. 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
[IRCA] NE Oregon, morning LWBC TA, 162 France Inter
LWBC Radio Rossii doing better today with 171 heard, first time in quite awhile, as well as all the others at good level for awhile (153, 180, 189, 234, 279). (180 goes off at 1400 utc.) 164 Mongolia with very poor audio for a short while at 1352 utc. But cycling through checking hets in CW mode, both 162 and 198 had weak hets. Rechecking later, 162 was up to a good level het, and switching to SSB, produced some audio that eventually became poor level, 7 in the old John Bryant rating with FF talk and music from France Inter. This is the first time I've ever had TA audio in the morning, and an historic event for me! If I get any LWBC TA audio it's in the evening, and last evening was quite good, as I reported earlier, due to the low AK indices. Normally the 1600' E/W wire gives best, usually only, LWBC TA audio in the evening. This morning the 400' N/S wire gave best audio on 162, so the polar path was definitely there. I first had 162 audio at 1426 utc. Nice 5 pips and a longer tone at 1500. My sunrise according to GeoClock is 1515. Audio continued, finally fading away at 1524 utc. My self-modified sync detector on the R75 had the best audio, holding lock the whole while, even a little past 1524 after all audio has faded. Radio Rossii continued good, with 153 the last to be heard, with pips just before 1600 then sign off and the TX left the air about 10 seconds later. I wonder how often the Albertan guys (or anybody else, for that matter) notice TA reception in the morning? 73, Steve NE Oregon R75, longwires ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon, morning LWBC TA, 162 France Inter
Hi, Steve. Just about the only TA noted on the west coast has been Radio Farda. As for LW reception, most of us are hampered by poor reception due to noise. Great catch for sure! I think hams get some decent TA reception on their 1.8 MHz band. Did hear Radio Farda here yesterday morning (in Kauai, HI)...Walt Salmaniw, Honolulu. On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Steve Ratzlaff stever...@wildblue.netwrote: LWBC Radio Rossii doing better today with 171 heard, first time in quite awhile, as well as all the others at good level for awhile (153, 180, 189, 234, 279). (180 goes off at 1400 utc.) 164 Mongolia with very poor audio for a short while at 1352 utc. But cycling through checking hets in CW mode, both 162 and 198 had weak hets. Rechecking later, 162 was up to a good level het, and switching to SSB, produced some audio that eventually became poor level, 7 in the old John Bryant rating with FF talk and music from France Inter. This is the first time I've ever had TA audio in the morning, and an historic event for me! If I get any LWBC TA audio it's in the evening, and last evening was quite good, as I reported earlier, due to the low AK indices. Normally the 1600' E/W wire gives best, usually only, LWBC TA audio in the evening. This morning the 400' N/S wire gave best audio on 162, so the polar path was definitely there. I first had 162 audio at 1426 utc. Nice 5 pips and a longer tone at 1500. My sunrise according to GeoClock is 1515. Audio continued, finally fading away at 1524 utc. My self-modified sync detector on the R75 had the best audio, holding lock the whole while, even a little past 1524 after all audio has faded. Radio Rossii continued good, with 153 the last to be heard, with pips just before 1600 then sign off and the TX left the air about 10 seconds later. I wonder how often the Albertan guys (or anybody else, for that matter) notice TA reception in the morning? 73, Steve NE Oregon R75, longwires ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon, morning LWBC TA, 162 France Inter
Congratulations Steve Northwest DXers have long considered the possibility of TA's at our local sunrise, but I don't recall anyone ever doing it before, except for Radio Farda. According to Geoclock, it peaked at least 30 minutes before local sunset at the transmitter. Bruce On 12/4/2010 8:38 AM, Steve Ratzlaff wrote: LWBC Radio Rossii doing better today with 171 heard, first time in quite awhile, as well as all the others at good level for awhile (153, 180, 189, 234, 279). (180 goes off at 1400 utc.) 164 Mongolia with very poor audio for a short while at 1352 utc. But cycling through checking hets in CW mode, both 162 and 198 had weak hets. Rechecking later, 162 was up to a good level het, and switching to SSB, produced some audio that eventually became poor level, 7 in the old John Bryant rating with FF talk and music from France Inter. This is the first time I've ever had TA audio in the morning, and an historic event for me! If I get any LWBC TA audio it's in the evening, and last evening was quite good, as I reported earlier, due to the low AK indices. Normally the 1600' E/W wire gives best, usually only, LWBC TA audio in the evening. This morning the 400' N/S wire gave best audio on 162, so the polar path was definitely there. I first had 162 audio at 1426 utc. Nice 5 pips and a longer tone at 1500. My sunrise according to GeoClock is 1515. Audio continued, finally fading away at 1524 utc. My self-modified sync detector on the R75 had the best audio, holding lock the whole while, even a little past 1524 after all audio has faded. Radio Rossii continued good, with 153 the last to be heard, with pips just before 1600 then sign off and the TX left the air about 10 seconds later. I wonder how often the Albertan guys (or anybody else, for that matter) notice TA reception in the morning? 73, Steve NE Oregon R75, longwires ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 3 Dec and 4 Dec 2010
First of all, congrats to Steve on hearing France on 162 this morning. Here in Alberta I've heard the odd European on LW in the morning, but never succeeded in hearing any on MW. We do hear the Middle East, with the UAE, Kuwait, and Iran heard in the morning, but those aren't truly TAs, as the path is more over the pole from here. My observations for the past two mornings: 3 December A very interesting morning. The regular Asians from Japan were completely absent, and instead I was hearing central Asian and middle eastern stations. Had a number of days like that last season, but this is the first this season. 1026 - weak audio with man and woman talking. Seemed Russian, but too weak to be 100% certain. 1098 - Second best signal, behind Farda, with talk in unfamiliar language. I'm guessing this is China's Golmud transmitter, which reportedly has moved here from 1134 and broadcasts the Tibetan service. 1107 - faint audio with music on flute-type instrument @1430. Most likely Urumqi, as heard here the past two seasons. 1116 - weak non-English audio with talk by a man @1422 1287 - unID, with faint music at 1452 1422 - Talk by woman @1429. Likely CRI from Kashi 1521 - CRI in Russian from Urmuqi 1566 - HLAZ, S.Korea 1539 - VOA in Urdu from the UAE 1548 - faint audio at 1444. Wasn't German, possibly R.Sawa from Kuwait. 1575 - Radio Farda from the UAE. Very nice level at times. 4 December: Conditions weren't as good as on the 3rd. Farda on 1575 was in again, but not as well, nor for as long as on the 3rd. Korea on 1566 was heard (no ID, but can't think who else would be playing Silent Night). CRI's Russian service from Urmuqi on 1521 was quite good at 1330, //7255 khz and others, but was way down by sunrise time just after 1500. Traces of audio on 774 was the only east Asian audio noted beond Korea on 1566. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Help with Flag antenna question
Hello IRCA'ers I have a 12' x 33' Flag antenna. We have had recent snow here in the UK. The bottom wire of my Flag is under some 2 foot of snow. I feel I have lost some directivity with the antenna. Can the snow affect the directivity of a Flag antenna? If so, I'll dig it out of the white stuff despite the sub zero temperatures outside hi! Any help appreciated and my best wishes for Christmas to one and all from a very Christmas looking ye Merrie oldie England. Barry :-) ___ 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] LSR + 1
12 -04 -10 , 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM PST Victoria to Nanaimo BC bandscan (Done on bus trip with some bus electric noise to put up with): Pre LSR scan did not produce any het whistles from any TPs but just the usual domestic mix. With the Victoria local out of the way and the Vancouver BC and Washington stations still weak enough at LSR of just before 8 AM all the big guys from Alberta displayed some signal strength of above average with the sun up already. In the lineup from bottom to top were:630 CHED Edmonton -- under/over KCIS Edmonds WA ; 660 CFFR Calgary --over KAPS Mt. Vernon WA; 770 CHQR Calgary --over KTTH Seattle; 910 CKDQ Drumheller; 930 CJCA Edmomton --over KBAI Bellingham ; 960 CFAC Calgary CBR 1010 Calgary ; CKMX 1060 Calgary ; CHRB 1140 High River-Calgary ; 1260 CFRN Edmonton.All of the above stuck around with variable signals for the duration of the post sunrise scanning period until 9:30 AM PST with 770 as the last one to disappear. 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] NE Oregon, morning LWBC TA, 162 France Inter
I think I got the TA (ME) on 1539 when Bellevue was off last year too in the morning. 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Dec 04 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 04 December follow. Solar flux 87 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 1. The mid-latitude K-index at 2100 UTC on 04 December 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 03 03 03 03 03 03 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 UTC 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 A-in 11111100000001 K-in 20000000010101 ___ 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] Help with Flag antenna question
Barry Davies wrote on Dec. 4. Hello IRCA'ers I have a 12' x 33' Flag antenna. We have had recent snow here in the UK. The bottom wire of my Flag is under some 2 foot of snow. I feel I have lost some directivity with the antenna. Can the snow affect the directivity of a Flag antenna? If so, I'll dig it out of the white stuff despite the sub zero temperatures outside hi! Any help appreciated and my best wishes for Christmas to one and all from a very Christmas looking ye Merrie oldie England. Barry, I had a similar issue with a K9AY antenna about 10 years ago. The base wires dipping in the snow screws up the directivity. My current K9AY phased array has both antenna base wires elevated 1.5m off the ground. I have snow here too and there is no degradation in the array directivity. I would recemmend that you raise the bottem wire of your Flag to at least 4ft above the ground, but you may need to raise the Flag height too, to retain the antenna gain. 73 Andrew Mid Wales. ___ 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] NE Oregon, morning LWBC TA, 162 France Inter
Steve: I hear 162-France here most days around local sunset, along with 153-Norway and 189-Iceland. Can't say I've ever noticed them in the mornings. If I do hear any LW stations then they're always TP's. Last evening I had those 3 plus 198-UK and some faint audio on 234 and 252, probably Luxembourg and Ireland. Mike in St Isidore, AB ___ 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] Slightly off topic - Advanced amateur license
Passed my Advanced amateur ticket today. Have been reading study guides for the last 3 weeks non-stop. Now I can get back to some actual medium-wave listening... No, really! DXpedition to Hawaii less than a month away. Colin - VA7WWV Victoria B.C. 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
Re: [IRCA] Slightly off topic - Advanced amateur license
Congratulations on your upgrade. Good dx on all frequencies and modes. Dave Marthouse N2AAM dmartho...@gmail.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] Slightly off topic - Advanced amateur license
Congratulations! I need to get my Extra Class License at some point, but I'm not up to the task of studying at the moment. Enjoy yourself and here's something you can try for tonight... http://www.barrowhamradio.org/christmasinbethlehem.aspx Some friends of mine are putting this on as we speak...uh, type. KI4SYC Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! From: cafe-...@islandnet.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 16:58:43 -0800 Subject: [IRCA] Slightly off topic - Advanced amateur license Passed my Advanced amateur ticket today. Have been reading study guides for the last 3 weeks non-stop. Now I can get back to some actual medium-wave listening... No, really! DXpedition to Hawaii less than a month away. Colin - VA7WWV Victoria B.C. 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
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Dec 05 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 04 December follow. Solar flux 87 and mid-latitude A-index 1. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 05 December was 0 (3 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 03 03 03 03 03 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 05 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 A-in 11111000000011 K-in 00000000101010 ___ 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] Slightly off topic - Advanced amateur license
From: Colin Newell cafe-...@islandnet.com Passed my Advanced amateur ticket today. Congrats, Colin! 73 de NG1U ___ 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] Slightly off topic - Advanced amateur license
Congrats Colin! I hope to upgrade to an advanced sometime in the coming year. --Mike Sanburn KG6LJU From: cafe-...@islandnet.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 16:58:43 -0800 Subject: [IRCA] Slightly off topic - Advanced amateur license Passed my Advanced amateur ticket today. Have been reading study guides for the last 3 weeks non-stop. Now I can get back to some actual medium-wave listening... No, really! DXpedition to Hawaii less than a month away. Colin - VA7WWV Victoria B.C. 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] NE Oregon, morning LWBC TA, 162 France Inter
Would that be a trans-polar path at that hour? Saul - Original Message - On 12/4/2010 8:38 AM, Steve Ratzlaff wrote: LWBC Radio Rossii doing better today with 171 heard, first time in quite awhile, as well as all the others at good level for awhile (153, 180, 189, 234, 279). (180 goes off at 1400 utc.) 164 Mongolia with very poor audio for a short while at 1352 utc. But cycling through checking hets in CW mode, both 162 and 198 had weak hets. Rechecking later, 162 was up to a good level het, and switching to SSB, produced some audio that eventually became poor level, 7 in the old John Bryant rating with FF talk and music from France Inter. This is the first time I've ever had TA audio in the morning, and an historic event for me! If I get any LWBC TA audio it's in the evening, and last evening was quite good, as I reported earlier, due to the low AK indices. Normally the 1600' E/W wire gives best, usually only, LWBC TA audio in the evening. This morning the 400' N/S wire gave best audio on 162, so the polar path was definitely there. I first had 162 audio at 1426 utc. Nice 5 pips and a longer tone at 1500. My sunrise according to GeoClock is 1515. Audio continued, finally fading away at 1524 utc. My self-modified sync detector on the R75 had the best audio, holding lock the whole while, even a little past 1524 after all audio has faded. Radio Rossii continued good, with 153 the last to be heard, with pips just before 1600 then sign off and the TX left the air about 10 seconds later. I wonder how often the Albertan guys (or anybody else, for that matter) notice TA reception in the morning? 73, Steve NE Oregon R75, longwires ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA 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] Slightly off topic - Advanced amateur license
Congratulations Colin. I admit most of my radio hobby time is spent transmitting, but I do like to just listen from time to time. A noteworthy achievement. 73, Bob N2SU Clifton NJ ___ 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
