Re: [IRCA] 'Tis the Season
Bert One other positive point that I forgot to mention on the Tecsun pl390. We live a mile away from a transmitter farm which includes a 50kw fm sation and one AMer that is 1kw. Excellent image rejection as little imaging of the 3 fmers and 1 AMer. What is somewhat unorthodox about the tuning of the Tecsun units is that moving up a dial is counterclockwise rather than the traditional clockwise. For AM, there are 5 filter settings. It's certainly worth the price in my estimation. The simplicity of the Gospel gives what the complexity of human wisdom promises but never delivers. John MacArthur Grace to You http://www.gty.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: 2011 Dec 11 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 10 December follow. Solar flux 140 and mid-latitude A-index 9. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 11 December was 3 (22 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 09 09 09 09 09 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 145 145 145 145 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 140 140 A-in 22223333333389 K-in 11221122331123 Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm ___ 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] Interesting ULR statistic
Many of our ULR alumni and enthusiasts will appreciate this observation... I am re-launching the DXer.ca website -- as a University IT guy, I am a true believer in the "faster, more secure, more feature rich..." school of thought when it comes to web deployment. Now that fact alone is not particularly interesting, what I did discover yesterday while reviewing some of my annual and semi-annual stats on website traffic may astound our readers... while on the subject of the ULR faction within the hobby. As many of our web readers know, DXer.ca features a download area for "All things Ultra-light radio..." dozens of "documents" which I tend to call eBooks because that is what they are - story manuals on every facet of this corner of radio world. This, or much of it, was "mirrored" on the Yahoo ULR group while John Bryant was alive (and still is...) He was true believer in re-duplication and covering all bases where files were concerned. I digress. What I found in my stats reports that the total number of document or "eBook" downloads in the ULR file area on DXer.ca has now exceeded over 100,000 copies - over a 2 or 3 year period! Which is utterly staggering... and very refreshing - it is a true indication of how very alive our hobby is. This should be celebrated in some fashion. Currently, as I redevelop the site, I am also re-thinking of CD sales section (100% of which goes to a local charity - and we (Ian McFarland and I) are moving to a download library for all spoken word CD sets (by subscription of course...) Seeing how tremendously successful the hobby is, via a handful of interesting statistics gives me much hope for the future. Have a happy and healthy festive season Ladies and Gentlemen! 73, -- Colin Newell is a Victoria B.C. Resident and Writer Editor/Creator - Coffeecrew dot com | coffee DOT bc DOT ca _ ___ 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: 2011 Dec 10 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 10 December follow. Solar flux 140 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 8. The mid-latitude K-index at 2100 UTC on 10 December was 2 (12 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 09 09 09 09 09 09 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 UTC 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 145 145 145 145 145 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 140 A-in 22222333333338 K-in 01122112233112 Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm ___ 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 for 10 Dec 2011 from Victoria: barely there
Pretty much a repeat of the last few days. Barely anything there (6 level) on the usual frequencies including 1287, 1566 (best today), 1593. Not much else. Here's hoping for a better tomorrow! 73, Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, 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
[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 10 Dec 2011
Another day similar to the past two. The lower end of the dial was almost devoid of anything TP, with only a few weak carriers. Once again all the strongest carriers were on the upper end of the band, but only 1566 Korea and 1575 VOA Thailand crossed the audio threshold this morning. Both were fair, but only for a brief period around 1500. 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] Arizona TP's for 12-10-11
Listened from 1330-1420 UTC and someone turned the off switch to off! I heard no audio and only a weak carrier on 774. 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
