[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

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:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2012 Sep 24 0010 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 23 September follow.
Solar flux 134 and estimated planetary A-index 2.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 24 September was 0.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 22   22   22   22   22   23   23   23   23   23   23   23   23   24
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 
SFlx 117  117  117  117  125  125  125  125  125  125  125  125  134  134
A-in 55554444444422
K-in 12100100001100
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Re: [IRCA] Recent Logs

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

John:

1200 WSML is sports now, so you didn't hear WSJS. 1200, 600 and another
frequency down there simulcasted for awhile but they ID'd as 600 WSJS. They
were split up awhile ago..
http://www.triadsports.com/
http://www.wsjs.com/


Paul

On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 8:24 PM, John Cereghin  wrote:

> Some recent AM logs from the past week, as heard barefoot on my
> various ultralights:
>
> September 15, 2012
> 1200at 1945 WPTK, Ft Meyers FL, Florida Gators football, clear IDs
> for Gator Radio Network, only station listed here, no ID, fadeout by
> 2000
>
> September 18, 2012
> 1710at 2030 UNID, heard a NWS rebroadcast mixing with what may have
> been a Spanish pirate- no ID before fadeout
>
> September 22, 2012
> 1200at 1905, WKST, New Castle PA, 1905, Severe Thunderstorm Warning
> for western PA, mixing with “Newsradio 1200”, probably WSJS
>
>
> --
> John Cereghin WDX3IAO  KB3LYP
> Smyrna, Delaware
> My radio page http://wdx3iao.wordpress.com
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[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-23

[d1028gary]

Hello All,

Compared to yesterday there was a TP-DXing improvement here, but almost all of 
the recovery went to three Asiatic mainland big guns (972-HLCA, 1566-HLAZ and 
1575-VOA). The Chinese on 603, 639, 738 (Taiwan), 936, 1044 and 1377 didn't 
benefit much from the improved solar conditions, and the Japanese big guns 
didn't sound so big, either. Like Dennis I noticed a huge signal in and out 
from 1575-VOA, although even they (along with 972-HLCA and 1566-HLAZ) had 
signals that went up and down like a roller coaster. In general, it was fairly 
lackluster TP-DXing morning. Congratulations to Richard in Oklahoma for his 
momentary reception of 747-JOIB audio-- quite an accomplishment during these 
modest Asiatic conditions.
 
558  HLQH  Deagu, S. Korea  (Presumed) Fair music losing the battle with 
  KPQ splatter at 1312; 603 // inaudible
594  JOAK  Tokyo, Japan  Fair-good male Japanese conversation at 1310
603  Hulun Buir, China  Poor-fair Chinese YL speech at 1342; no HLSA
  appearance this morning
639  CNR1  China Synchros  Fair Chinese male-female speech after KFI
  fade at 1340
738  BEL2  Penghu, Taiwan  Rising above noise level at times with poor
  Chinese OM speech around 1313
747  JOIB  Sapporo, Japan  Fair-good language lessons at 1325 in 
  Portland splatter; best NHK signal of the morning
774  JOUB  Akita, Japan  Good strength Japanese speech at 1303 but
  buried in KTTH splatter
828  JOBB  Osaka, Japan  Poor strength TOH fanfare at 1300
936  Anhui, China  Poor Chinese YL speech rising above noise level 1339
972  HLCA  Dangjin, S. Korea  Strong Korean male-female speech and
 pop music in and out during sunrise enhancement 1245-1345
1044  CRI  Jiangsu, China  Poor Japanese OM speech and Chinese music 
during external program at 1334
1053  Korean Jammer  Not very vibrant compared to typical strength
1377  CNR1?  Presumed the station with music fighting splatter at 1345
1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S. Korea  Very good Japanese religious program at
1314, but signals up and down
1575  VOA  Ban Rassom, Thailand  Very good Asiatic language speech by
OM at 1319  http://www.mediafire.com/?ur1jy8g1lg1gru1  Best
strength of season so far, but didn't last for long

73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight +
8" Medium Wave FSL antenna ("DXpedition" model) 
   
 
 
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

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:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2012 Sep 23 1805 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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#  Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 22 September follow.
Solar flux 125 and estimated planetary A-index 4.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 23 September was 1.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

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Date 22   22   22   22   22   22   22   23   23   23   23   23   23   23
UTC  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800
SFlx 117  117  117  117  117  117  125  125  125  125  125  125  125  125
A-in 55555544444444
K-in 11121001000011
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[IRCA] Victoria TP for 23 Sept 2012: in the darkness

[cafe-swl]

As planned, power was cut to around 200 homes or more in my 
neighborhood

between 4 and 7 AM -- very handy indeed.

I powered my Drake R8, Wellbrook antennas and Icom 703+ on
independent 12V "motorcycle" batteries - actually I think they
are 4 amp/hour UPS batteries but close enough.

As predicted, the silence and lack of ambient RF noise
and hash on all frequencies was stunning - reminiscent
of my days in the mid-seventies on 3.5 acres when the
only "noise" was the occasional buzz from a local 13KV/220V
step down transformer hundreds of yards away.

Anyway - the reason that our power was cut was that there
was a 12 bedroom house being moved - and in order to get
the house and wheels on the road, power lines had to be interrupted.
Initial predictions indicated a 2 hour cut in power... from 2 AM to 4 
AM.

Thank heavens for delays.

What did not appear, however, were stellar conditions - I was at the 
dials

at 11:35 UTC and apart from domestics and some hets on the 9khz plan
there was little to pick from.

By 12:05 UTC I decided to snooze on the sofa for a half-hour or so --
and I awoke again at 13:20 to...

567 - likely Japanese, 594 - Japanese, 603 - threshold audio,
621 - solid het, 747 Japan (best signal when I looked), 774 Japan,
792 - threshold audio, 828 - Japan, 891 - big het, nothing
else really standing out til 972 and even Korea on that frequency was
nothing special... and then little but hets all the way up to the
top of the dial.

My prime tuning was between 1320 and 1335 -- which may have been a tad 
early

for the enhancement...
Was looking for some of Walt's Hawaiian stations but I should have had 
notes

because I was totally on the wrong frequency!

Postscript: Last night after dark, drove out to the suburbs and checked 
out
a park area behind a property (and house) that my wife and I are 
looking at..

and yes, it was whisper quiet too.
=
Colin Newell is a radio guy from way back who lives and works in 
Victoria

and uses radios by Drake, Eton, Icom, Kenwoon, Sony and Tecsun...
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[IRCA] TP DX this morning

[Bruce Portzer]

I missed the last 3 mornings due to a problem with the normally solid 
Winradio software.  I finally fixed it by deleting all of the program's 
data files, as well as reinstalling the software.   Now I get actual 
recordings instead of dialog boxes talking about Exception Errors :)


From the posts that were made, it looked like I didn't miss much on 
Thur-Fri-Sat morning.  This morning, on the other hand, was relatively 
productive for me.  I'd call it the best so far this season.  Lots of 
promising carriers were noted today, but most didn't have quite enough 
signal to produce audio.  I continue to have a nasty buzz at a few 
places on the dial, which masks some otherwise regular signals like 594 
657 693 and 1206.  But other parts of the band are relatively  clear. I 
still haven't found time to conclusively track down the source.


Good audio
972 - Korea - KK talk peaking 1258 and 1317
1566 - HLAZ - religious talk and music after 1300
1575 - VOA - Asian talk and piano music 1313+, weaker at 1330 EE ID

Fair audio
747, 774, 828 Japan - weather 1300-1320, then language lessons

Bits and pieces of audio
756 talk, presumed China
1035 CNR CC talk at 1332
1476 - again with two carriers, 1476.00 and 1476.08, and bits of talk
1557 trace audio in the splatter

Noteworthy carriers
567 594 657 693 738 846 864 909 918 927 936 945 954 963 981 1008 1044 
1053 1062 1116 1134 1161 1188 1242 1269 1278 1287 1305 1314 1323 1332 
1377 1386 1494 1503


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[IRCA] TP Sept 23, 2012 / Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

(hmm looks like I sent "Sept 23" yesterday also.  Sorry about that, 
it really was the 22nd)



As Walt as already observed, an Asian morning, and one which was 
almost exclusively populated with the regulars, along with some 
second string Japanese, but with very little hint of anything deeper, 
possible China on 1206 excepted.  With the geomagnetic indices, slow 
and decreasing solar wind of low density, little auroral activity etc 
etc I would have expected a bit more from China given that we've 
already heard a fair number this month.



pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least
briefly):

594 JOAK man and woman in JJ, talking and laughing at 
1345UT.Hadn't been up to much earlier

774 JOUB finally got up to this level at 1336UT w/man speaking JJ
972 HLCA man talking in KK 1341, then singing a capella with other 
men, repeated several times.  Really quite a jolly station at this 
time, as there was studio singing there a couple of mornings ago also.



reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it understandable by a
native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):

747 JOIB EE lessons at 1334UT

not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or 
noise could be

understood by a native speaker:

828 JOBB musical interlude //774 1335UT
1053 jammer 1334UT
1287 JOHR man in JJ at 1341UT
1566 HLAZ choral mx 1333UT
1575 VoA? man in SE Asian language at 1341UT



Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by
cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) :

567 JOIK man talking //594 at 1343UT
612 DU sounding man talking at 1353 4QR??
873 JOGB man and woman talking //774 (EE lessons) 1344UT
891 JOHK man and woman talking and laughing //594 at 1346UT
954 man singing 1342; JOKR?
1206 woman talking, very murky at 1337UT.  Something was at 
1205.959kHz, but lots of other carriers including a fairly big big 
Doppler? smeared carrier pretty much right on 1206, so maybe this wasn't China?
1242 very weak talk plus a hum on channel from someone at 
1241.874kHz; nobody there on my mwoffsets list


Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter):

864, 1143, 1323, 1377, 1422, 1503



best wishes,

Nick

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[IRCA] TP for 23 Sep 2012: All Asia

[Walter Salmaniw]

Checking the bands this morning, things seemed to have been on the
average side without anything new.  HLCA 972 has to be the star
performer this year with really big signals, even better here than the
usual reliable Japanese powerhouse on 774.  Last year's star
performer, the CNR 1 outlet on 1593 has barely made any appearances
this year.  891 was heard quite well today, but instead of Australia,
I'm quite certain that it was from Asia, likely Korea.  In fact
nothing was noted from DU at all.  Hawaii on 900 and 940 (with 900
Kahalui, Maui being the strongest) both were playing traditional
Hawaiian music before 14:00 UTC at very good levels.  Another
observation has been the total lack of any dawn/post dawn enhancement
compared to other years.  The band just dies just before, or
immediately after 14:00 here.  No hint of anything from the sun, with
SF 125, A4 and K0.  Not a bad morning, just nothing very exciting
either.  73,  Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC
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[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Sunday, September 23, 2012

[Dennis Vroom]

7 Japanese stations this morning, one of them second tier JOIK 567. Two Chinese 
stations 1206 & 1593. Thailand VOA with excellent signal and heard barefoot on 
the eton e100.
Only DU's heard were tentative on 738, 891 and 1503.  Listened from 1220-1412 
utc. Have a nice Sunday. 


153    RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1220-1223 good signal with Pop music. 1257 still 
good signal. Heard on all 4 antennas with varying strengths  09/23/2012

180    RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1224 fair signal with Pop music. 1229 Good signal 
HPAW, SW & NW ewes. 09/23/2012

189    RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1225  good signal with man in Russian followed by 
song. HPAW 09/23/2012

279    RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1226 fair signal with music. Poor at 1300. HPAW 
09/23/2012

567    JAPAN, JOIK NHK1 1236-1237 weak signal with man/woman in Japanese. // 
594. Moderate splatter. NW ewe. 09/23/2012 


594    JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1233 fair signal with group of people talking in 
Japanese. Weak signal at 1410. NW ewe. 09/23/2012

603    REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA very weak on splatter less channel. Instrumental 
music. NW ewe. 09/23/2012

693    JAPAN, JOAB NHK2 1301 fair signal with man in Japanese. NW ewe. 
09/23/2012


738    TAHITI, Radio Polynesie believed to be the station with woman singing. 
SW ewe. 09/23/20112

747    JAPAN, JOIB NHK2 1236 weak signal with man in Japanese. NW ewe. 
09/23/2012

774    JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1237 good signal with woman in Japanese. 1302 good 
signal. Heard on all four antennas. 09/23/2012

828    JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1238 fair signal with woman in Japanese. NW ewe. 
09/23/2012

873    JAPAN, JOGB NHK2 1241 poor signal with woman in Japanese. // 774. 
09/23/2012

891    AUSTRALIA, 5AN 1404 believed to be the station with very weak signal 
with man in English. SW ewe 09/23/2012

972    REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLCA fair signal at 1304 with man singing. NW ewe. 
09/23/2012

1206   CHINA, CRI Jilin, 1245-1257 poor to weak in and out signal with woman in 
Korean. (PALs). NW ewe. 09/23/2012


1503   AUSTRALIA,? 1406-1408 poor to very weak signal. Talk in unknown language 
by male speaker. SW ewe. 09/23/2012

1566   REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ FEBC 1251 fair signal with man in Japanese. NW 
ewe. 09/23/2012

1575   THAILAND, VOA 1251 weak signal with music. Good signal in Vietnamese. NW 
ewe. 09/23/2012 

1593   CHINA, CNR1 1253-1256 weak signal with woman in Chinese. // 6030. NW ewe 
09/23/2012

Best regards,
 
Dennis,
Kalama, WA
JRC NRD 549 + DRAKE R8B
NW & SW ewes
Sky wire loop 753"
High Performance Active Whip
Solar Indices SF 125 A 4 K 0
Local Sunrise 1400 utc
      Sunset  0206 utc
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