[IRCA] More on the planned closures at Radio Bulgaria
Kai Ludwig posted this on DXLD: Just got the enclosed message forwarded from John Babbis. It makes clear that the broadcasts on 747 and 1224 will go away as well, and presumably the transmitters, the last high power mediumwave outlets still on air in Bulgaria, will be switched off altogether. I have to add that I find the time horizon specified in the PS. indeed frightening. -- BULGARIA Dear listeners and friends of the short waves and Radio Bulgaria, With a huge regret to inform you very bad news. After more than 75 years in the world broadcasting from January 31, 2012 at 2200 UT, Radio Bulgaria cease broadcasting on short and medium waves. The solution is that Radio Bulgaria is not necessary now its short waves and medium waves listeners. The reason -no money for broadcast on short and medium waves. And who listens to short waves today? Already has internet. Maintaining the short waves was Mission Impossible! Hope dies last. As a frequency manager in the last 19 years my main task was to provide best quality signal of Radio Bulgaria in worldwide coverage. There will be no short waves, there will be no frequency manager. For all people who work in Radio Bulgaria that bad news is shock and horror Beginning of the end. But expect your moral support. Please send e-mail to: Albanian section: albanian @ bnr.bg Bulgarian section: bulgarian @ bnr.bg English section: english @ bnr.bg French section: french @ bnr.bg German section: german @ bnr.bg Greek section: greek @ bnr.bg Russian section: russian @ bnr.bg Serbian section: serbian @ bnr.bg Spanish section: spanish @ bnr.bg Turkish section: turkish @ bnr.bg and from January 14, 2012: www.saveradiobulgaria.com Thank you and goodbye, Ivo Ivanov P.S. SW txs Kostinbrod Padarsko will be destroyed in the next few months. ___ 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] 1180 KERN Wasco CA.
01--14--12--0:230 PST Victoria BC. First time snag on 1180 from Wasco CA is KERN running 10Kw night power and now on top of channel replacing usual occupant KOFI Kalispel Mt. Program running now is Red Eye Radio. ___ 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] Fwd: THE HISTORY OF THE CAR RADIO
I thought some of you might find this interesting... Lynn. Lafayette, LA - Original Message Subject: THE HISTORY OF THE CAR RADIO Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:47:04 -0600 From: tj...@comcast.net To: @Multiple Recipients tj...@comcast.net I’m not certain that this is 100% accurate from a statistical standpoint, but whatever errors might exist aren’t major, so I’m passing it along for your information and enjoyment. Tom Car Radio, an Interesting Quincy, Illinois Story CAR TUNES Radios are so much a part of the driving experience, it seems like cars have always had them. But they didn’t. Here’s the story. SUNDOWN One evening in 1929 two young men named William Lear and Elmer Wavering drove their girlfriends to a lookout point high above the Mississippi River town of Quincy , Illinois , to watch the sunset. It was a romantic night to be sure, but one of the women observed that it would be even nicer if they could listen to music in the car. Lear and Wavering liked the idea. Both men had tinkered with radios – Lear had served as a radio operator in the U.S. Navy during World War I – and it wasn’t long before they were taking apart a home radio and trying to get it to work in a car. But it wasn’t as easy as it sounds: automobiles have ignition switches, generators, spark plugs, and other electrical equipment that generate noisy static interference, making it nearly impossible to listen to the radio when the engine was running. SIGNING ON One by one, Lear and Wavering identified and eliminated each source of electrical interference. When they finally got their radio to work, they took it to a radio convention in Chicago . There they met Paul Galvin, owner of Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. He made a product called a “battery eliminator” a device that allowed battery-powered radios to run on household AC current. But as more homes were wired for electricity, more radio manufacturers made AC-powered radios. Galvin needed a new product to manufacture. When he met Lear and Wavering at the radio convention, he found it. He believed that mass-produced, affordable car radios had the potential to become a huge business. Lear and Wavering set up shop in Galvin’s factory, and when they perfected their first radio, they installed it in his Studebaker. Then Galvin went to a local banker to apply for a loan. Thinking it might sweeten the deal, he had his men install a radio in the banker’s Packard. Good idea, but it didn’t work – half an hour after the installation, the banker’s Packard caught on fire. (They didn’t get the loan.) Galvin didn’t give up. He drove his Studebaker nearly 800 miles to Atlantic City to show off the radio at the 1930 Radio Manufacturers Association convention. Too broke to afford a booth, he parked the car outside the convention hall and cranked up the radio so that passing conventioneers could hear it. That idea worked – he got enough orders to put the radio into production. WHAT’S IN A NAME That first production model was called the 5T71. Galvin decided he needed to come up with something a little catchier. In those days many companies in the phonograph and radio businesses used the suffix “ola” for their names – Radiola, Columbi(a)ola, and Vict(o)rola were three of the biggest. Galvin decided to do the same thing, and since his radio was intended for use in a motor vehicle, he decided to call it the Motorola. But even with the name change, the radio still had problems: When Motorola went on sale in 1930, it cost about $110 uninstalled, at a time when you could buy a brand-new car for $650, and the country was sliding into the Great Depression. (By that measure, a radio for a new car would cost about $3,000 today.) In 1930 it took two men several days to put in a car radio – the dashboard had to be taken apart so that the receiver and a single speaker could be installed, and the ceiling had to be cut open to install the antenna. These early radios ran on their own batteries, not on the car battery, so holes had to be cut into the floorboard to accommodate them. The installation manual had eight complete diagrams and 28 pages of instructions. HIT THE ROAD Selling complicated car radios that cost 20 percent of the price of a brand-new car wouldn’t have been easy in the best of times, let alone during the Great Depression – Galvin lost money in 1930 and struggled for a couple of years after that. But things picked up in 1933 when Ford began offering Motorola's pre-installed at the factory. In 1934 they got another boost when Galvin struck a deal with B.F. Goodrich tire company to sell and install them in its chain of tire stores. By then the price of the radio, installation included, had dropped to $55. The Motorola car radio was off and running. (The name of the
Re: [IRCA] Fwd: THE HISTORY OF THE CAR RADIO
Thanks for the article. I'll share it with my kids in the classroom. Ira Elbert New, IIIWatkinsville, GeorgiaProudly Serving You Since 1964. Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:27:15 -0800 From: lynnholler...@yahoo.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Fwd: THE HISTORY OF THE CAR RADIO I thought some of you might find this interesting... Lynn. Lafayette, LA - Original Message Subject: THE HISTORY OF THE CAR RADIO Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:47:04 -0600 From: tj...@comcast.net To: @Multiple Recipients tj...@comcast.net I’m not certain that this is 100% accurate from a statistical standpoint, but whatever errors might exist aren’t major, so I’m passing it along for your information and enjoyment. Tom Car Radio, an Interesting Quincy, Illinois Story CAR TUNES Radios are so much a part of the driving experience, it seems like cars have always had them. But they didn’t. Here’s the story. SUNDOWN One evening in 1929 two young men named William Lear and Elmer Wavering drove their girlfriends to a lookout point high above the Mississippi River town of Quincy , Illinois , to watch the sunset. It was a romantic night to be sure, but one of the women observed that it would be even nicer if they could listen to music in the car. Lear and Wavering liked the idea. Both men had tinkered with radios – Lear had served as a radio operator in the U.S. Navy during World War I – and it wasn’t long before they were taking apart a home radio and trying to get it to work in a car. But it wasn’t as easy as it sounds: automobiles have ignition switches, generators, spark plugs, and other electrical equipment that generate noisy static interference, making it nearly impossible to listen to the radio when the engine was running. SIGNING ON One by one, Lear and Wavering identified and eliminated each source of electrical interference. When they finally got their radio to work, they took it to a radio convention in Chicago . There they met Paul Galvin, owner of Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. He made a product called a “battery eliminator” a device that allowed battery-powered radios to run on household AC current. But as more homes were wired for electricity, more radio manufacturers made AC-powered radios. Galvin needed a new product to manufacture. When he met Lear and Wavering at the radio convention, he found it. He believed that mass-produced, affordable car radios had the potential to become a huge business. Lear and Wavering set up shop in Galvin’s factory, and when they perfected their first radio, they installed it in his Studebaker. Then Galvin went to a local banker to apply for a loan. Thinking it might sweeten the deal, he had his men install a radio in the banker’s Packard. Good idea, but it didn’t work – half an hour after the installation, the banker’s Packard caught on fire. (They didn’t get the loan.) Galvin didn’t give up. He drove his Studebaker nearly 800 miles to Atlantic City to show off the radio at the 1930 Radio Manufacturers Association convention. Too broke to afford a booth, he parked the car outside the convention hall and cranked up the radio so that passing conventioneers could hear it. That idea worked – he got enough orders to put the radio into production. WHAT’S IN A NAME That first production model was called the 5T71. Galvin decided he needed to come up with something a little catchier. In those days many companies in the phonograph and radio businesses used the suffix “ola” for their names – Radiola, Columbi(a)ola, and Vict(o)rola were three of the biggest. Galvin decided to do the same thing, and since his radio was intended for use in a motor vehicle, he decided to call it the Motorola. But even with the name change, the radio still had problems: When Motorola went on sale in 1930, it cost about $110 uninstalled, at a time when you could buy a brand-new car for $650, and the country was sliding into the Great Depression. (By that measure, a radio for a new car would cost about $3,000 today.) In 1930 it took two men several days to put in a car radio – the dashboard had to be taken apart so that the receiver and a single speaker could be installed, and the ceiling had to be cut open to install the antenna. These early radios ran on their own batteries, not on the car battery, so holes had to be cut into the floorboard to accommodate them. The installation manual had eight complete diagrams and 28 pages of instructions. HIT THE ROAD Selling complicated car radios that cost 20 percent of the price of a brand-new car wouldn’t have been easy in the best of times, let alone during the Great Depression – Galvin lost money in 1930 and struggled for a couple of years after that.
[IRCA] TP's for Saturday 01/14/12
No much early (1300 utc hour) things pick up some during the 1500 utc hour. Very weak audio on 1467 kHz. HLAZ 1566 heard on Eton e100 barefoot with good signal while roaming outside. VOA 1575 also heard with poor signal on the Eton e100 barefoot. 153 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1358 good signal with music, then Radio Rossii ID and another ID at 1359. 279 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1400 fair signal with woman in Russian. 594 JAPAN, JOAK NKK 1 1401 fair signal with man in Japanese. 774 JAPAN, JOUB NHK 2 1531 fair signal at times with splatter. Man in Japanese. 1467 UNKNOWN, 1533-1536 strong carrier, very weak audio at times. HLKN? 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ strong signal low audio with Chinese. + good signal at 1539 with woman singing. 1575 THAILAND, VOA 1515 poor signal with just bits of audio. + good signal man/woman in Burmese (PALS). Best regards, Dennis, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 Long wire 225' Sky wire loop 753' ___ 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 14 Jan 2012
Not much to be heard this morning, with VOA Thailand on 1575 being the only one with any type of readable audio, reaching poor-fair level around 1500. Very faint audio traces also on Korea 1566 and Japan 747, but that was it. 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] OT: Advice for Unloading Collectibles
We're talking some old books ( 1880's thru 1920's ); stamps ( US Foreign, many in albums, also a collection of plate blocks ) nothing more recent than about 1980; non-computerized cameras and camera equipment. It's way too much trouble to try to deal with this on eBay or similar. I mostly want to find someone who actually wants them, not dealers, and of course the less shipping the better. I'm beginning to wonder if most of this stuff holds any interest to anyone today. Replies offlist, please. Thanks for the bandwidth for the OT post. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot ___ 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] Daytime DX Saturday 01/14/12
Good daytime DX conditions here in Kalama. With 4 days of snow predicted by NOAA will have plenty of time to DX. Hopefully catch some stations for the IRCA letterama contest too. 640 CALIFORNIA, KFI 1206 PM PST S-1 signal with Leo Laporte Tech show. 853 miles my longest daytime reception. Best Sky wire loop. 670 IDAHO, KBOI 1127 AM PST S-8 signal with program on Gold. 680 CALIFORNIA, KNBR 1201 PM PST S-9 signal over KIXI. 1060 ALBERTA, CANADA CKNX S-5 with Classic County AM 1060. 1160 UTAH, KSL nice S-9 1120 AM PST signal with sports discussion. High Performance Active whip 1180 WASHINGTON, KLAY 1135 AM PST S-9 signal with talk on drug treatment. KOFI underneath KLAY with oldies? KOFI live stream not working. KLAY new station here. Best on NW long wire. 1530 CALIFORNIA, KFBK 1152 AM PST S-8 commercial for Whole Foods Market. Best on NW long wire. Dennis, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 High Performance Active Whip NW long-wire 225' Sky wire loop 753' ___ 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: 2012 Jan 14 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 14 January follow. Solar flux 132 and estimated planetary A-index 3. The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 14 January was 0. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 UTC 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 117 117 117 117 117 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 132 A-in 55555766666663 K-in 33111111110110 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
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WBZ IBOC Off
Pre-sunset skywave here reveals that WBZ remains IBOC-free. It's a sure bet that it will return sooner or later (and I'm betting sooner), so DXers in the NE should take advantage while it lasts... Barry -- Barry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON ___ 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] Kona TP's for Saturday 01/14/12
OK. So I slept in and have nothing to report. I did stay up later and I did unplug the Plasma TV that we were not using in the CONDO. Did you know these things generate RF even when they are OFF? Yea, I guess I knew that. I improved my noise signature some - by a few db. In a building with probably 35 1-bedroom units, I imagine almost all of them have at least 2 LCD or plasma TVs - combine that will all the smart lamps, wi-fi (which I imagine does not really interfere with SW) -- and a 14kv span around 70 feet away... can make for quite the buzz. Anyway - pretty sure I was hearing some signals from North America last night. What I need to do (advice to all of you...) is to spend less time sipping Mai Tai while the sun sets and more time glued to the radio... Who am I kidding. 73 from Kona Hawaii and better luck tonight! -- 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] WBZ IBOC Off
Agreed, 100% Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://www.wtfda.info/showthread.php?t=228 -Original Message- From: Barry McLarnon b...@bdmcomm.ca To: am a...@nrcdxas.org Cc: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sat, Jan 14, 2012 4:17 pm Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WBZ IBOC Off Pre-sunset skywave here reveals that WBZ remains IBOC-free. It's a sure bet hat it will return sooner or later (and I'm betting sooner), so DXers in the E should take advantage while it lasts... Barry -- arry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON __ RCA mailing list r...@hard-core-dx.com ttp://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original ontributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its ditors, 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] TA?
I'm in rather a good location for transpolar DX tonight, on Gabriola Island, looking up over the Strait of Georgia facing north, but maybe some of what's being heard will happen in less attractive spots.At 0100UT, 1575 is showing a good carrier with hints of audio, many other upper band channels with weak carriers, most interesting being 1503 (Iran).This isn't that normal even for this location, so hopefully it might develop. best wishes, Nick ** Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC 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] TA?
Hi Nick for what it may worth, I am experiencing a huge opening here in Brazil right now. I had China 1377-1593 at my local sunset and now great signals from Middle East and Europe, included 1503 and 1575 Rocco Cotroneo near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote: I'm in rather a good location for transpolar DX tonight, on Gabriola Island, looking up over the Strait of Georgia facing north, but maybe some of what's being heard will happen in less attractive spots.At 0100UT, 1575 is showing a good carrier with hints of audio, many other upper band channels with weak carriers, most interesting being 1503 (Iran).This isn't that normal even for this location, so hopefully it might develop. best wishes, Nick ** Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC 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] KCEG-780 tested this afternoon
FYI, KCEG-780 Fountain, CO was noted on the air this afternoon (1/14) about 2 PM MST with The Ranch ID's and classic CW music, hadn't heard them testing since December 2010. They were turning their xmtr off and on (heard 'clicks') and periods of open carrier and a strange electrical noise so obviously still testing. Also had some ads for businesses in Lakewood and Denver. KJME-890 not noted on though, just 780. I've actually never even heard 890 testing here yet... Robert Wien Colorado Springs, CO ___ 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] KCEG-780 tested this afternoon
1.9KW Day, 720W Night... 6 towers full time. The license holder is Timothy Cutforth, a broadcast engineer. He was the guy who had a permit for 540 in Pine Bluffs, WY and actually started building it, had steel in the air.. when the FCC rescinded the license. Paul On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Robert Wien wien...@aol.com wrote: FYI, KCEG-780 Fountain, CO was noted on the air this afternoon (1/14) about 2 PM MST with The Ranch ID's and classic CW music, hadn't heard them testing since December 2010. They were turning their xmtr off and on (heard 'clicks') and periods of open carrier and a strange electrical noise so obviously still testing. Also had some ads for businesses in Lakewood and Denver. KJME-890 not noted on though, just 780. I've actually never even heard 890 testing here yet... Robert Wien Colorado Springs, CO ___ 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: 2012 Jan 15 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 14 January follow. Solar flux 132 and estimated planetary A-index 3. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 15 January was 0. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 117 117 117 117 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 132 132 A-in 55557666666633 K-in 31111111101100 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
Re: [IRCA] TA?
Certainly a number of TA carriers tonight, but none terribly impressive here in southern Alberta. Mind you, I could have missed some better signals earlier on. A quick scan at 0330 showed about a dozen readily discernable carriers, with 1206 being the best of the bunch. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta On 14/01/2012 6:11 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: I'm in rather a good location for transpolar DX tonight, on Gabriola Island, looking up over the Strait of Georgia facing north, but maybe some of what's being heard will happen in less attractive spots.At 0100UT, 1575 is showing a good carrier with hints of audio, many other upper band channels with weak carriers, most interesting being 1503 (Iran).This isn't that normal even for this location, so hopefully it might develop. best wishes, Nick ** Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC 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] TA?
Not much happening here in Victoria, Nick, although looking around I do note good reception from KTKN 930 Ketchikan, AK and CBC Prince Rupert on 860. On top of that 870 is WWL New Orleans on top of the channel at 04:30 UTC until a hockey game took over for a bit. I didn't see any TA activity, besides a moderate strength carrier on 1215, but no where close to audio. 73, Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 3:43 AM, Nigel Pimblett n...@shaw.ca wrote: Certainly a number of TA carriers tonight, but none terribly impressive here in southern Alberta. Mind you, I could have missed some better signals earlier on. A quick scan at 0330 showed about a dozen readily discernable carriers, with 1206 being the best of the bunch. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta On 14/01/2012 6:11 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: I'm in rather a good location for transpolar DX tonight, on Gabriola Island, looking up over the Strait of Georgia facing north, but maybe some of what's being heard will happen in less attractive spots. At 0100UT, 1575 is showing a good carrier with hints of audio, many other upper band channels with weak carriers, most interesting being 1503 (Iran). This isn't that normal even for this location, so hopefully it might develop. best wishes, Nick ___ 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] TA?
Thanks for the response, Rocco, Nigel and Walt. By 0430UT here, TA signals had faded to practically nothing. 1089 showed some brief touches of audio around 0130UT, but other than lots of carriers, that was it. It sounds like Brazil was the place to be for good DX, Rocco. 1503, as it turned out, contained multiple carriers (a strong SAH was obvious at one point): 1502.9988 was the strongest, followed by 1502.9998, 1503., 1502.9955 and 1502.9924. No idea that so many signals were possible here, with Iran the only Trans-Arctic ID'd here during the great openings a couple of years ago. best wishes, Nick ** Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC 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] Seattle TP's for Jan 14
I made one of my infrequent scans for TPs this morning between 1520 and 1550 UT. 1566 had decent audio at times 1575 had bits of talk at about 1525 1557 had bits of music at 1550 Weak carriers were noted on 1386 and 972 That was about it. No TPs were noted at the low end of the dial. Bruce ___ 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] 4' Air Core loop vs 5 FSL observations ...
I was listening to the comparisons that Gary DeBock posted in the ultralightdx group of the gain imparted to an ultralight radio with a 5 mini FSL vs. a 4-foot air core loop, and noticed a few things. On 980 CJME, in the first part of the recording I can hear another station or two underneath them. In the 2nd part, they're still there, but under a new type of hiss and harder to detect. This hiss is the same type of thing I hear when my PL-380 and PL-606 are being desensed by strong local signals, but the weaker station is still strong enough to break through. (I've had signals that sounded like this and indicated something like 49/25 or 50/25 - when I tuned off frequency to where no station was heard it was 49/00 or 50/00.) The first part sounds relatively clean (although that hiss is still there, just not as prominent), though, but from what it sounds like and comparing to my similar reception situations, I wouldn't be surprised if the signal reading was actually lower. (I've had cases where a signal was indicating maybe 50/02 or so near a strong signal, but when the local went off it cleaned up and was indicating more like 32/25 or so. The recording of CJME doesn't quite sound clean enough for a 15/25 reading, though - I have seen those, for example on the 2nd harmonic of my local 1170 KCBQ (82/25 on the PL-606) with the whip antenna positioned just right.) Or am I just imagining things with the recording? That 1050 splatter really kills 1040 on the air-core loop, doesn't it! I can still hear it, but it's much better on the FSL. (One test I'd like to hear, if possible, is the 9-foot air-core loop tuned and directed at 1450-KSUH, and the FSL tuned to either 1440 (to try to get KODL) or 1460 (to attempt KARR or KUTI).) I also hear that desense-type sound I mentioned above, but in this case the 2nd part of the recording is definitely superior. 1070-CFAX's recording is quite interesting to me. In the 2nd part of the recording, I'm hearing what sounds a lot like one of the news announcers on KNX! I can't positively ID it, though, although I'll mention that someone in Kalima, WA had KFI (another L.A. area 50kW ND station on 640) at 12:06pm today. Gary, if you're reading this, any chance you could re-record 1070 at about the same time of day with whatever you think would be the best antenna to bring out that signal, and try to include either TOH, or the traffic at :05, :15, :25, :35, :45 or :55? This recording - http://www.mediafire.com/?tod6q8ddtt22c9l - has the KNX traffic sounder in it (and is my typical midday reception on KNX (50kW, 111 mi) with the PL-606 coupled to the Select-A-Tenna and a chain-link fence, and http://www.mediafire.com/?qretc5q74onf5vz was KNX at TOH recorded a year and a half ago on the barefoot/stock PL-380 in my house (and may give you a hint that sometimes you might need to listen for the legal ID quickly spoken by the news anchor practically mid-newscast a little BEFORE the standard time it would normally air.) Just wondering - what 50kW-or-less stations over 100 miles away do you have with comparable barefoot daytime reception quality? Also how strong is CKWX-1130 there? They are my first ULR Canadian I logged from here, helped by my local 10kW co-channel 6 miles away on the same heading being off the air for a while one night. (I posted earlier about it, on the 1st or so.) On 1520-KGDD's recording, I heard what sounded like a KXA (KKXA) ID at around 0:32 or so. Also, I heard what sounded like skywave fading (in addition to the fade caused by two stations being off frequency) - is there any possibility sometime of doing tests when there's no skywave detectable (if i don't have to wait till around June 21 at local solar noon that'd be nice), or are the loops just THAT sensitive? Speaking of FSLs, I've been noticing quite a few very small bars advertised on ebay by costcocity003 and sicilydreamer. They're sold in packs of 6, and sizes include 1.7x12mm for $2.92, 4x10mm for $3.04, 5x10mm for $3.28, 3x15mm for $3.06, 6x16mm for $3.97, 4x20mm for $3.28, 10x25mm for $5.87 and 8x30mm for $5.63 (lowest prices given, not including shipping or tax, all shipped from Hong Kong). I've been thinking about the possible idea of building my own SiLabs-DSP-based (not sure which chip(s) I'd use yet though - if I could have AM C-Quam capability that'd be nice for example) ultralight radio - target size would be something no larger than about 20-25mm thick, 50-75mm wide and about 75-100mm tall or so. I'm just wondering which of 3 types of antennas might work best - single traditional 3 x 0.375 (cut to 2.5 if necessary or maybe a 4x0.25 cut to length) Amidon-61 bar wound with 660/46 Litz wire, a rectangular air-core loop wound around the perimeter of the radio (for example 70x90mm), or a rectangular FSL with a circumference of maybe 320mm and a diameter of say 20 mm? Has anyone experimented with such tiny
[IRCA] Kiribati - 1440
Still thought it was Saipan til I looked on the GOOGLE Maps... Internet stream from Saipan revealed NO, this is not parallel - Could not find a stream for Kiribati - but the sound of the music is right - endless chatter by OM and YL and mournful out of tune co-ed choirs (sounds kind of churchy...) Language sounds closer to what I hear from the Marshalls - At times, the signal levels are outstanding. Aloha from Kona - Receiver - Gary Debock edition TECSUN PL-380 -- 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
