[IRCA] Domestic logs

[Martin Foltz]

Heard on my Radio Shack TRF 12-655. Note the switch in Fresno on 940/1430.
Times in EDT.

 

940 KFIG  CA, Fresno 10/10 0047 heard an announcement on 1430 that ESPN was
now on 940. Tuned in to 940 and heard ESPN Radio programming. ToH ID was for
KFIG Fresno. (MF-CA)

 

1440 KMED  OR, Medford 10/9 2330 ID "News Talk AM 14-40 KMED", a couple
local ads and then faded to KUHL. (MF-CA)

 

1450 KTIP  CA, Porterville 10/10 0021 Fox News station with Tom Sullivan
show, "News Talk 14-50 K-tip" slogan, 0030 weather. So this one is still
News/Talk (MF-CA)

 

1450 KHIT  NV, Reno 10/9 2341 Local Reno ads including a Lotus Radio ad to
hire a couple people. Faded by 2345. (MF-CA)

 

Martin Foltz

Mission Viejo CA

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Re: [IRCA] [Amdx] Au DX

[Rick Shaftan]

Is that Brockport off channel?  I heard a lot of ESPN mentions and mention
of Salamanca on that, and closer to 1589.774 I thought.

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Jim Renfrew, Holley NY

Seemed best around 2015 EDT in the car.  Not so good when I returned home.

560USAWCOS"Sports Radio 560 The Team"
580UNIDSports, I think, possibly Puerto Rico
600CUBR. Rebelde
690MEXGrupo Radio Centro
710CUB
790CUBR. Reloj
820USAWVSGOHColumbus"EWTN",  NEW
939.8MEXPresumed, strong off channel
1589.9USAWASBNYBrockporta full 0.1 off channel

Weak SS signals on 640, 650, 670, 770, 780, 890, 900, 910




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[IRCA] Au DX

[Jim Renfrew]

Jim Renfrew, Holley NY

Seemed best around 2015 EDT in the car.  Not so good when I returned home.

560USAWCOS"Sports Radio 560 The Team"
580UNIDSports, I think, possibly Puerto Rico
600CUBR. Rebelde
690MEXGrupo Radio Centro
710CUB
790CUBR. Reloj
820USAWVSGOHColumbus"EWTN",  NEW
939.8MEXPresumed, strong off channel
1589.9USAWASBNYBrockporta full 0.1 off channel

Weak SS signals on 640, 650, 670, 770, 780, 890, 900, 910




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Re: [IRCA] UNID 530

[Sylvain Naud]

Please disregard my previous email, this is what happens when you read 
emails in the backward mode... I've just came across Bill's post that 
initiated this thread.


Sorry for the confusion.

Sylvain


Le 2012-10-09 22:41, Sylvain Naud a écrit :
Radio Enciclopedia should also be mentioned as a serious candidate on 
530 especially if Instrumental music is heard. No way they would play 
Salsa.


CMBQ is a frequent guest here during geomagnetic storms, even more 
than Rebelde.


Sylvain Naud
Portneuf, QC

Le 2012-10-09 19:55, richa...@perryisp.net a écrit :

Bill:

I agree with Russ that it's most likely Radio Rebelde you're hearing 
on 530 kHz.  It's heard here in northern Oklahoma occasionally, 
especially during geomagnetic storms.


Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA.

--- Original Message ---
 From: Russ Edmunds[mailto:wb2...@yahoo.com]
Sent: 10/9/2012 7:05:10 PM
To  : irca@hard-core-dx.com
Cc  :
Subject : RE: Re: [IRCA] UNID 530

  Where are you ? If you're along the East Coast or in the Southeast, 
I'd say that Radio Rebelde in Guantanamo is what it is. It is widely 
heard.



Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia
Grid FN20id

FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


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[IRCA] Alberta TP/DUs for 9 Oct 2012

[Nigel Pimblett]

For the first time in many years, all the discernable foreign DX 
this morning was attibutable to New Zealand.  None were that strong, but 
I did have audio on 567, 819, and 882.   567 was the strongest, and 
definitely New Zealand, 819 was presumed (as I eventually determined 
yesterday's audio there was from NZ), and 882 was again presumed.  As 
I've never definitely logged a DU on that channel I'm guessing, but the 
music I heard would fit Southern Star.  Other channels with decent 
carriers were 594 and 684.   Although all the audio was below 1000 khz, 
things weren't nearly as dead on the top half of the dial as they were 
yesterday, with several DU carriers noted.




73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, Alberta
Perseus SDR, Wellbrook Phased Array
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Re: [IRCA] UNID 530

[Sylvain Naud]

Radio Enciclopedia should also be mentioned as a serious candidate on 
530 especially if Instrumental music is heard. No way they would play Salsa.


CMBQ is a frequent guest here during geomagnetic storms, even more than 
Rebelde.


Sylvain Naud
Portneuf, QC

Le 2012-10-09 19:55, richa...@perryisp.net a écrit :

Bill:

I agree with Russ that it's most likely Radio Rebelde you're hearing on 530 
kHz.  It's heard here in northern Oklahoma occasionally, especially during 
geomagnetic storms.

Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA.

--- Original Message ---
 From: Russ Edmunds[mailto:wb2...@yahoo.com]
Sent: 10/9/2012 7:05:10 PM
To  : irca@hard-core-dx.com
Cc  :
Subject : RE: Re: [IRCA] UNID 530

  Where are you ? If you're along the East Coast or in the Southeast, I'd say 
that Radio Rebelde in Guantanamo is what it is. It is widely heard.


Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia
Grid FN20id

FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2012 Oct 10 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 October follow.
Solar flux 106 and estimated planetary A-index 42.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 10 October was 5.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred.
Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 08   08   08   08   08   09   09   09   09   09   09   09   09   10
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 
SFlx 98   98   98   98   103  103  103  103  103  103  103  103  106  106
A-in 555536   35   35   35   35   35   35   35   41   42
K-in 66424466542235
Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm



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[IRCA] UNID 530

[Bill Black]

Russ,
I should have provided QTH - Greensboro, NC - and yes SE US...I just had never 
noticed the other station before and it was really strong here this morning. 
Thanks so much for the info!
Bill

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Re: [IRCA] UNID 530

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

My friend tells me, " The 530 in Havana runs 10kw and gets out quite good,
plays basically beautiful music. "

RVC Turks & Caicos is 10KW into a longwire about 30 feet off the ground.

Paul



On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:55 PM, richa...@perryisp.net  wrote:

> Bill:
>
> I agree with Russ that it's most likely Radio Rebelde you're hearing on
> 530 kHz.  It's heard here in northern Oklahoma occasionally, especially
> during geomagnetic storms.
>
> Richard Allen,
> near Perry OK USA.
>
> --- Original Message ---
> From: Russ Edmunds[mailto:wb2...@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 10/9/2012 7:05:10 PM
> To  : irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Cc  :
> Subject : RE: Re: [IRCA] UNID 530
>
>  Where are you ? If you're along the East Coast or in the Southeast, I'd
> say that Radio Rebelde in Guantanamo is what it is. It is widely heard.
>
>
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia
> Grid FN20id
> 
> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
> AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot
>
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Re: [IRCA] UNID 530

[richa...@perryisp.net]

Bill:

I agree with Russ that it's most likely Radio Rebelde you're hearing on 530 
kHz.  It's heard here in northern Oklahoma occasionally, especially during 
geomagnetic storms.

Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA.

--- Original Message ---
From: Russ Edmunds[mailto:wb2...@yahoo.com]
Sent: 10/9/2012 7:05:10 PM
To  : irca@hard-core-dx.com
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Subject : RE: Re: [IRCA] UNID 530

 Where are you ? If you're along the East Coast or in the Southeast, I'd say 
that Radio Rebelde in Guantanamo is what it is. It is widely heard.


Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id

FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


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Re: [IRCA] UNID 530

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

It's very possible Radio Vision Cristiana on Turks & Caicos is back on the
air.

Paul



On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Bill Black  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> For the cast few weeks I have been hearing a weak Spanish language station
> under Radio Encyclopedia on 530. This morning between 0900 and 1000 UTC the
> station was strong enough to overwhelm RE most of the time.  The only other
> station I can find that might be a possibility is Guantanamo at 1KW. Should
> I assume this is what I am hearing or could there be other possibilities?
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> Bill Black WA4BVK
>
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Re: [IRCA] UNID 530

[Russ Edmunds]

Where are you ? If you're along the East Coast or in the Southeast, I'd say 
that Radio Rebelde in Guantanamo is what it is. It is widely heard.


Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id

FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


--- On Tue, 10/9/12, Bill Black  wrote:

> From: Bill Black 
> Subject: [IRCA] UNID 530
> To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com" 
> Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 4:07 PM
> Hello,
> 
> For the cast few weeks I have been hearing a weak Spanish
> language station under Radio Encyclopedia on 530. This
> morning between 0900 and 1000 UTC the station was strong
> enough to overwhelm RE most of the time.  The only
> other station I can find that might be a possibility is
> Guantanamo at 1KW. Should I assume this is what I am hearing
> or could there be other possibilities?
> 
> Thanks for any info.
> 
> Bill Black WA4BVK
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>    1. Puyallup, WA Ultralight DU's for 10-9
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>    2. Surplus Russian Ferrite
> TP's/DU's/DA's/TA's for 10-9 (cafe-swl)
>    3. TP Oct 9, 2012  / Victoria version
> (Nick Hall-Patch)
>    4. Re: TP Oct 8, 2012  / Victoria
> version (Nick Hall-Patch)
>    5. Re: ULR DXAURORA ALERT 1370 WTAB
> Tabor City, NORTH
>       CAROLINA  @ 109 Watts!! (neilkaz)
>    6. Re: ULR DXAURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB
> Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212
>       WATTS!!! (neilkaz)
>    7. Re: Puyallup, WA Ultralight DU's for
> 10-9 (richa...@perryisp.net)
>    8. Re: [NRC-AM] ULR DXAURORA ALERT!!!
> 1360 WMOB Mobile AL
>       (Dave Hascall)
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> 
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 11:04:05 -0400 (EDT)
> From: d1028g...@aol.com
> To: ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com,
> irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Subject: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight DU's for 10-9
> Message-ID: <8cf74467595b704-638-1a...@webmail-m154.sysops.aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> 
> 
> Hello All,
> 
>      The auroral conditions completely
> wiped out the Asiatic stations here this morning, but it's
> obvious that there was highly unusual propagation from the
> South Pacific. Around 1345 several DU frequencies (forming
> an NZ pattern) managed moderately strong carriers-- even in
> this DU-dead zone. These were 594 (weak), 603 (weak), 657
> (moderate), 675 (moderate) and 765 (weak). Of course I knew
> very well who all of these NZ carriers were-- which made it
> even more frustrating when this mediocre location didn't
> allow any of them to come up to audio. It must have been a
> fantastic day at the coast... or even in Victoria!
>      738-Radio Polynesie in Tahiti was
> again the only South Pacific station to manage fair audio
> here this morning (around 1403), repeating its performance
> from yesterday. Congratulations to Tim Tromp in Michigan for
> again receiving audio from 702-Sydney and 738-Tahiti, and to
> Richard in Oklahoma for his reception of audio from
> 738-Tahiti on his PL-310 Ultralight. After Nick's reception
> of audio from 603-Waatea and 765-Kahungunu yesterday, I
> imagine that he had quite a New Zealand bonanza this
> morning.
> 
> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA,. USA)
> 7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 +
> 8" Medium Wave FSL
> 
> 

> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:20:01 -0700
> From: cafe-swl 
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of
> America
>         
> Subject: [IRCA] Surplus Russian Ferrite TP's/DU's/DA's/TA's
> for 10-9
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> 
> 
> As much as I would like to chide Gary with reports of
> widespread multi-continental receptions on all bands and all
> frequencies, it was more of a case of squeezing a dehydrated
> lemon into an empty martini glass. No one showed up for the
> party... or any party for that matter.
> 
> If there could have been less than zero, today was it.
> I jumped out of bed at 13:55 and sprinted directly to the
> SRFLA-50 and its newly mated Sony 2010...
> o

Re: [IRCA] Sat-Sun-Monday - TP Oct 8, 2012 / Jordan River Pacific version: comment

[d1028gary]

Hi Walt,

<<<   I listened on both Saturday and
Sunday mornings from Rockwork south of Cannon Beach, OR using the FSL
broadband version.  Saturday morning was very good, IMHO with plenty of
signals especially in the bottom half of the band.  Sunday was not as good,
but still not bad.  Unfortunately, I can't rate the mornings vs my
standards of BOGs or corner-fed loops, which I'd love to do.  In any case,
I'd rate Saturday as a 7 or 8, and Sunday, a 5.   >>>

Since Chuck, Bruce and Tom were also DXing at Grayland on both October 6th 
(Saturday) and October 7th (Sunday), when all of the Perseus .wav files from 
the weekend are reviewed, there may be some very interesting (and accidentally 
obtained) information on the new Broadband FSL's  performance at the Rockwork 
cliff compared to the BOG-based DXing at Grayland. We had been planning 
something like this coordinated operation in the future, but seem to have 
stumbled across it this month by accident :-) 

73, Gary 




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To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 

Sent: Tue, Oct 9, 2012 10:35 am
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Sat-Sun-Monday - TP Oct 8, 2012 / Jordan River Pacific 
version: comment


Besides what Gary has observed, I have to think that Point-no-Point is just
not that great of a DX site for TP DX.  I listened on both Saturday and
Sunday mornings from Rockwork south of Cannon Beach, OR using the FSL
broadband version.  Saturday morning was very good, IMHO with plenty of
signals especially in the bottom half of the band.  Sunday was not as good,
but still not bad.  Unfortunately, I can't rate the mornings vs my
standards of BOGs or corner-fed loops, which I'd love to do.  In any case,
I'd rate Saturday as a 7 or 8, and Sunday, a 5.  I had thought that you
were off to Tofino, the real west coast of Vancouver Island.  You still
have to contend with the Olympic peninsula to a large extent, and the full
length of V.I. to the NW.  The only clear open ocean is to the W/NW, a 15
deg slice.  Just my $0.02 worth!  ..Walt

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:53 PM, cafe-swl  wrote:

>
> Spent Friday night through Monday morning at the Point No
> Point cabins near Jordan River, B.C facing out over the pacific --
> http://www.pointnopointresort.**com/ 
>
> Was testing out Gary Debock's innovative surplus ferrite rod
> antenna design -- its performance comparable to a 4' open frame
> loop. As it turns out, for me, this could have well been the
> single worse series of days for radio listening.
>
> MONDAY: Up at 1340 UTC and stuck with it til the stroke of 1400 UTC.
>
> Some strong carriers in some odd places - and no audio of
> note anywhere -- complete absence of any Pacific Asian audio.
>
> Having just read Nick's report, I should have hung out for
> sun rise and harvested at least a shred of radio dignity -
> This was DAY THREE of the new Russian Surplus Gary Debock
> antenna shake down (AKA, the Flux capacitor, AKA R2D2 [my wife's
> favorite antenna nickname so far] -- AKA the Russian Gatling Gun
> and now my official model number: SRFLA-50 {Surplus Russian Ferrite Loop
> Antenna -
> model 50 > 50 cores after all...}
>
> On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is an awe inspiring morning with the dial
> choked with so many signals as to leave the listener overwhelmed and
> 1 is the result of a lightning strike to the front end, or dead batteries
> or an ionosphere that is utterly missing in action -- I would rate this
> morning as 2 -- and that is being generous.
>
> SUNDAY:
>
> Conditions could not have been that bad but they were much worse than
> Saturday morning - 529 Alaska weather station was almost full deflection
> on the Sony 2010! Promising. As I moved up the dial it was revealed
> that there would be lots of carriers with little snippets of audio
> here and there. Loud carriers on 558, 639, 702, 729, 738, 783, 792, 801,
> 891, 1008, 1098 teased me incessantly but never revealed more than
> an illusion of audio. If memory serves me, audio may have appeared
> briefly on 774, 828 and 972.
>
> I stuck with it from 1330 to 1410. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would
> have given it a generous rating of 3.
>
> SATURDAY:
>
> I arose with high hopes at 12:55 UTC -- and it was clearly obvious this
> was too early for anything - again, lots of hets on the lower band (531 -
> 1000)
> and no audio anywhere - as an indicator of potential, the Alaska weather
> station was
> well placed on 529khz. Things picked up over 15 minutes or so and some top
> tier Japanese stations poked their noses through on 774 and 828. Korea on
> 972 was
> at fair levels at times - and the best signal on the band was 1566 Korea.
> There were hets on almost every low band channel from 531 up but nothing
> jumped
> out of the radio. I kept at it until the sun came up over the West and it
> became
> clear that this particular morning was low mediocre. Funny thing, I got up
> early on
> Friday to give the 

[IRCA] UNID 530

[Bill Black]

Hello,

For the cast few weeks I have been hearing a weak Spanish language station 
under Radio Encyclopedia on 530. This morning between 0900 and 1000 UTC the 
station was strong enough to overwhelm RE most of the time.  The only other 
station I can find that might be a possibility is Guantanamo at 1KW. Should I 
assume this is what I am hearing or could there be other possibilities?

Thanks for any info.

Bill Black WA4BVK
SDR-IQ
ALA-100M
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Today's Topics:

   1. Puyallup, WA Ultralight DU's for 10-9 (d1028g...@aol.com)
   2. Surplus Russian Ferrite TP's/DU's/DA's/TA's for 10-9 (cafe-swl)
   3. TP Oct 9, 2012  / Victoria version (Nick Hall-Patch)
   4. Re: TP Oct 8, 2012  / Victoria version (Nick Hall-Patch)
   5. Re: ULR DXAURORA ALERT 1370 WTAB Tabor City, NORTH
  CAROLINA  @ 109 Watts!! (neilkaz)
   6. Re: ULR DXAURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212
  WATTS!!! (neilkaz)
   7. Re: Puyallup, WA Ultralight DU's for 10-9 (richa...@perryisp.net)
   8. Re: [NRC-AM] ULR DXAURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile AL
  (Dave Hascall)


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Hello All,

 The auroral conditions completely wiped out the Asiatic stations here this 
morning, but it's obvious that there was highly unusual propagation from the 
South Pacific. Around 1345 several DU frequencies (forming an NZ pattern) 
managed moderately strong carriers-- even in this DU-dead zone. These were 594 
(weak), 603 (weak), 657 (moderate), 675 (moderate) and 765 (weak). Of course I 
knew very well who all of these NZ carriers were-- which made it even more 
frustrating when this mediocre location didn't allow any of them to come up to 
audio. It must have been a fantastic day at the coast... or even in Victoria!
 738-Radio Polynesie in Tahiti was again the only South Pacific station to 
manage fair audio here this morning (around 1403), repeating its performance 
from yesterday. Congratulations to Tim Tromp in Michigan for again receiving 
audio from 702-Sydney and 738-Tahiti, and to Richard in Oklahoma for his 
reception of audio from 738-Tahiti on his PL-310 Ultralight. After Nick's 
reception of audio from 603-Waatea and 765-Kahungunu yesterday, I imagine that 
he had quite a New Zealand bonanza this morning.

73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA,. USA)
7.5" MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 +
8" Medium Wave FSL







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Subject: [IRCA] Surplus Russian Ferrite TP's/DU's/DA's/TA's for 10-9
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As much as I would like to chide Gary with reports of widespread 
multi-continental receptions on all bands and all frequencies, it was more of a 
case of squeezing a dehydrated lemon into an empty martini glass. No one showed 
up for the party... or any party for that matter.

If there could have been less than zero, today was it.
I jumped out of bed at 13:55 and sprinted directly to the SRFLA-50 and its 
newly mated Sony 2010...
only to hear... domestics.

When it became abundantly clear that there would be no trans-oceanic reception, 
I snooped around 900 and 940 looking for Hawaii - I have encountered Korean 
programming on 900 while at Jordan River and maybe some this morning - but 
pretty sure it was not Hawaii.

Within 5 minutes it was confirmed - the only whines, whistles or squeals were 
between my middle-aged ears.
Funny that in 4 days of abandoning amateur radio in favor of 100% medium-wave 
listening, I have been rewarded with nothing but punishment.

Another day tomorrow.

Colin lives in Victoria... in the shadow of DXers like Walter and Nick... using 
radios like the Sony 2010 and antennas built by people like Gary Deb

Re: [IRCA] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 WATTS!!!

[Russ Edmunds]

Don't count on the 212 watts with this one


Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id

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AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


--- On Tue, 10/9/12, Robert Ross  wrote:

> From: Robert Ross 
> Subject: [IRCA] ULR DXAURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 
> WATTS!!!
> To: "IRCA AM List" 
> Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 3:20 AM
> Hi Guys:
> 
>  Another Good One via AURORA!!!
> 
> Heard on a BAREFOOT Sony SRF-T615 Ultralight Radio!!!
> 
> 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 Watts Night time Power
> NEW STATION!!
> Southern Gospel Music
> Male DJ with ID @ 0314 EDT as "WMOB Mobile"
> Into more Southern Gospel Music
> 
> 73ROB VA3SW 
> 
> Robert S. Ross
> London, Ontario CANADA
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2012 Oct 09 1805 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 08 October follow.
Solar flux 103 and estimated planetary A-index 35.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 09 October was 2.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 08   08   08   08   08   08   08   09   09   09   09   09   09   09
UTC  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800
SFlx 98   98   98   98   98   98   103  103  103  103  103  103  103  103
A-in 55555536   35   35   35   35   35   35   35
K-in 34664244665422
Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm



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[IRCA] ULR DX.....Last Nights AURORA CATCHES.....4 New Stations for the ULR Log!!!

[Robert Ross]

Hello Guys:

 Well the AURORA OPENING Last night didn't really get going until about 2 AM 
EDT, but when it did it spewed out some interesting Stuff!! I was able to ID 4 
NEW STATIONS for the ULR LOG, and 4 New Ones at one sitting is always a good 
thing!! There were lots of Freqs that had stations UNDER the Big Guys, but many 
of them I was not able to ID.

I was hoping that there may have been a few more DXers up at that time to take 
part in the FUN...but so far it seems like I was one of the only guys tuning 
around and hearing this stuff??? Must have been getting their Beauty Sleeps!! 
HAHHAA...Being Retired does have it's advantages I guess.

The Aurora was still Present right up to SUNRISE herewith 1360 WMOB still 
blasting in at 0700 AM EDT!!

Heard many Spanish Stations as well...but concentrated on the Domestics...

Hopefully the Aurora will hang in there again tonight and produce some more 
interesting catches???

Here's the Official Logs for the New Stations I heard. Very Happy to add these 
to the ULR LOG!!

RADIO USED...SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight BAREFOOT (In my 
Basement Family Room 5 Feet Under Ground!!!)

ULR LOG TOTALS are now1,018 Stations Heard

73.ROB VA3SW

Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA



600   WBOB  Jacksonville, FLORIDA  Oct/09/12  0154 EDT  EEGOOD
AD for a Hospital in Jacksonville with a 904 Area Code Phone Number. "Cancer 
Specialists"
ID by a Male DJ and station Promo "Talk Radio 600 WBOB". "WBOB" ID by Female DJ
Also ID as "Talk Radio 600 Jacksonville's Best Alternative Talk Station WBOB".
Into the "Dennis Praeger?? Show".

NEW STATIONULR # 10155/1 KW
ROSS, ONT.
*
1360   WMOB  Mobile, ALABAMA  Oct/09/12   0311 EDT  EE  GOOD
Southern Gospel Music. IDs as "WMOB Mobile" and "Mobile's Christian Voice"
All alone on the Frequency!!

NEW STN ULR # 1016  5 KW/122 Nights
ROSS, ONT.
*
560   WXBT  Columbia, SOUTH CAROLINA   Oct/09/120342 EDT   EE   FAIR
Car Dealer Ad in Columbia with an 803 Area Code Phone Number.
Another Ad mentioning South Carolina Locations. Into Sports Talk by Male Host.

NEW CALLS EX-WISBut NEW to ULR # 1017  5 KW
ROSS, ONT.
*
540   WFLF  Pine Hills, FLORIDAOct/09/120439 EDTEE  FAIR
(In CBEF Windsor's Null)
Ad for a Medical Centre in Florida. PSA for Diabetes. ID by Male DJ as "FOX 
NEWS WFLA".
Into Talk Show "Coast to Coast" ?? @ 0440 EDT.

NEW CALLS EX-WGTO But NEW to ULR # 1018 50 KW
ROSS, ONT.
*




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Re: [IRCA] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT 1370 WTAB Tabor City, NORTH CAROLINA @ 109 Watts!!

[Robert Ross]

On 2012-10-09, at 12:19 PM, neilkaz wrote:

> These guys were commonly observed to be running day power at night last 
> season. How can I tell with almost 100% certainty? Well simply by catching 
> them during good sunset skip cx and not having them drop power at sunset 
> which should bury them into the mud of other stations.  73 KAZ Barrington IL

Thanks too for the info on these Guys running Daytime Power at night as well. I 
have also logged these guys previously doing much better than they should be 
doing on Night Time Power.  You sometimes wonder why they even assign Night 
Time Power if nobody actually regulates it!!??

73...ROB VA3SW 

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Re: [IRCA] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 WATTS!!!

[Robert Ross]

Thanks to Kaz and others who have pointed out that WMOB is notorious for 
running Daytime Power at Night!!! I appreciate the Info...Still happy to 
hear them no matter what they are running, as it is a NEW Station here for me!! 
Hearing it on the Ultralight Radio is a Bonus!!

Regards...ROB VA3SW

Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA
***
On 2012-10-09, at 12:13 PM, neilkaz wrote:

> While I know that this is not politically correct to say this, WMOB is one 
> station that can be called a cheater. They intentionally have run day power 
> at night for most of the past two decades and I chatted with a DXer who spoke 
> to their owner about this. 
> 
> This is why they've been heard in Europe. I believe they've been fined at 
> least once for this.  73 KAZ
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
>> From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." 
>> Sent: Oct 9, 2012 7:58 AM
>> To: a...@nrcdxas.org
>> Cc: "irca@hard-core-dx.com" 
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] ULR DXAURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile,  ALABAMA 
>> @ 212 WATTS!!!
>> 
>> I logged WMOB in Northernwestern Mississippi back in 2003 and 2004 quite
>> often. I hate to label them as cheater, but Rob.. it's very likely they
>> were on a full 5KW Daytime power.
>> 
>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Rick Dau  wrote:
>> 
>>> WMOB is a station that, over the course of some 20+ years, has cheated
>>> OFTEN with 5 kw non-D, so it most likely wasn't the 212 that they should
>>> have been running when you heard them.  They have, more or less, become a
>>> reliable indicator of auroral conditions on the MW band.  I'm really
>>> surprised the FCC hasn't cracked down on them.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Rick Dau
>>> South Omaha, Nebraska

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Re: [IRCA] Sat-Sun-Monday - TP Oct 8, 2012 / Jordan River Pacific version: comment

[Nick Hall-Patch]

It's still a pretty nice DU water path to relatively low 
mountains;You're right, it is only open to the Pacific via the 
strait from about 270 to 290 degrees.The DU bearings of 220 to 
270 degrees are water path for the last 25 to 45 km, but there is a 
chunk of Washington's Olympic peninsula blocking the path for a ways 
beyond that.   I thought the water path was the important part, and 
using Beverages just a few miles further up the coast, we heard some 
pretty serious DUs many years ago, so don't know what the problem is 
now.   It was pretty dead in July when I tried it out last with just 
an ALA100 though.


best wishes,

Nick


At 17:35 09-10-12, you wrote:

Besides what Gary has observed, I have to think that Point-no-Point is just
not that great of a DX site for TP DX.  I listened on both Saturday and
Sunday mornings from Rockwork south of Cannon Beach, OR using the FSL
broadband version.  Saturday morning was very good, IMHO with plenty of
signals especially in the bottom half of the band.  Sunday was not as good,
but still not bad.  Unfortunately, I can't rate the mornings vs my
standards of BOGs or corner-fed loops, which I'd love to do.  In any case,
I'd rate Saturday as a 7 or 8, and Sunday, a 5.  I had thought that you
were off to Tofino, the real west coast of Vancouver Island.  You still
have to contend with the Olympic peninsula to a large extent, and the full
length of V.I. to the NW.  The only clear open ocean is to the W/NW, a 15
deg slice.  Just my $0.02 worth!  ..Walt

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:53 PM, cafe-swl  wrote:

>
> Spent Friday night through Monday morning at the Point No
> Point cabins near Jordan River, B.C facing out over the pacific --
> http://www.pointnopointresort.**com/ 
>
> Was testing out Gary Debock's innovative surplus ferrite rod
> antenna design -- its performance comparable to a 4' open frame
> loop. As it turns out, for me, this could have well been the
> single worse series of days for radio listening.



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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 WATTS!!!

[Powell E. Way III]

The FCC burned them a new one. The owner told the FCC he was and was going to 
run day power.  The FCC was not pleased. 


Powell
POP email is powell at backroads  DOT net


--- On Tue, 10/9/12, Rick Dau  wrote:

> WMOB is a station that, over the
> course of some 20+ years, has cheated OFTEN with 5 kw non-D,
> so it most likely wasn't the 212 that they should have been
> running when you heard them.  They have, more or less,
> become a reliable indicator of auroral conditions on the MW
> band.  I'm really surprised the FCC hasn't cracked down on
> them. 
>  
> 73,
> Rick Dau
> South Omaha, Nebraska
> 
> 
> 
>  From: Robert Ross 
> To: NRC AM List 
> 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:20 AM
> Subject: [NRC-AM] ULR DXAURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB
> Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 WATTS!!!
>  
> Hi Guys:
> 
> Another Good One via AURORA!!!
> 
> Heard on a BAREFOOT Sony SRF-T615 Ultralight Radio!!!
> 
> 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 Watts Night time Power
> NEW STATION!!
> Southern Gospel Music
> Male DJ with ID @ 0314 EDT as "WMOB Mobile"
> Into more Southern Gospel Music
> 
> 73ROB VA3SW 
> 
> Robert S. Ross
> London, Ontario CANADA
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Re: [IRCA] Sat-Sun-Monday - TP Oct 8, 2012 / Jordan River Pacific version: comment

[Walter Salmaniw]

Besides what Gary has observed, I have to think that Point-no-Point is just
not that great of a DX site for TP DX.  I listened on both Saturday and
Sunday mornings from Rockwork south of Cannon Beach, OR using the FSL
broadband version.  Saturday morning was very good, IMHO with plenty of
signals especially in the bottom half of the band.  Sunday was not as good,
but still not bad.  Unfortunately, I can't rate the mornings vs my
standards of BOGs or corner-fed loops, which I'd love to do.  In any case,
I'd rate Saturday as a 7 or 8, and Sunday, a 5.  I had thought that you
were off to Tofino, the real west coast of Vancouver Island.  You still
have to contend with the Olympic peninsula to a large extent, and the full
length of V.I. to the NW.  The only clear open ocean is to the W/NW, a 15
deg slice.  Just my $0.02 worth!  ..Walt

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:53 PM, cafe-swl  wrote:

>
> Spent Friday night through Monday morning at the Point No
> Point cabins near Jordan River, B.C facing out over the pacific --
> http://www.pointnopointresort.**com/ 
>
> Was testing out Gary Debock's innovative surplus ferrite rod
> antenna design -- its performance comparable to a 4' open frame
> loop. As it turns out, for me, this could have well been the
> single worse series of days for radio listening.
>
> MONDAY: Up at 1340 UTC and stuck with it til the stroke of 1400 UTC.
>
> Some strong carriers in some odd places - and no audio of
> note anywhere -- complete absence of any Pacific Asian audio.
>
> Having just read Nick's report, I should have hung out for
> sun rise and harvested at least a shred of radio dignity -
> This was DAY THREE of the new Russian Surplus Gary Debock
> antenna shake down (AKA, the Flux capacitor, AKA R2D2 [my wife's
> favorite antenna nickname so far] -- AKA the Russian Gatling Gun
> and now my official model number: SRFLA-50 {Surplus Russian Ferrite Loop
> Antenna -
> model 50 > 50 cores after all...}
>
> On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is an awe inspiring morning with the dial
> choked with so many signals as to leave the listener overwhelmed and
> 1 is the result of a lightning strike to the front end, or dead batteries
> or an ionosphere that is utterly missing in action -- I would rate this
> morning as 2 -- and that is being generous.
>
> SUNDAY:
>
> Conditions could not have been that bad but they were much worse than
> Saturday morning - 529 Alaska weather station was almost full deflection
> on the Sony 2010! Promising. As I moved up the dial it was revealed
> that there would be lots of carriers with little snippets of audio
> here and there. Loud carriers on 558, 639, 702, 729, 738, 783, 792, 801,
> 891, 1008, 1098 teased me incessantly but never revealed more than
> an illusion of audio. If memory serves me, audio may have appeared
> briefly on 774, 828 and 972.
>
> I stuck with it from 1330 to 1410. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would
> have given it a generous rating of 3.
>
> SATURDAY:
>
> I arose with high hopes at 12:55 UTC -- and it was clearly obvious this
> was too early for anything - again, lots of hets on the lower band (531 -
> 1000)
> and no audio anywhere - as an indicator of potential, the Alaska weather
> station was
> well placed on 529khz. Things picked up over 15 minutes or so and some top
> tier Japanese stations poked their noses through on 774 and 828. Korea on
> 972 was
> at fair levels at times - and the best signal on the band was 1566 Korea.
> There were hets on almost every low band channel from 531 up but nothing
> jumped
> out of the radio. I kept at it until the sun came up over the West and it
> became
> clear that this particular morning was low mediocre. Funny thing, I got up
> early on
> Friday to give the SRFL-50 a quick run and I was flabbergasted by the sheer
> strength of the one channel I dropped in on; 774 Japan.
> Overall, I would rate Saturday morning as a 3.5 - hardly worth the effort.
>
> I am currently thinking about advance shipping the SRFl-50 to Hawaii -
> but that will depend on it showing off its true powers between now and
> January.
> I actually have my fingers crossed that everyone else did as poorly --
> making my experience less miserable.
>
> As a side note - this was the first weekend away in a long time that I
> packed nothing but 1 "large" radio (the 2010) and two small radios;
> the Eton E100 barefoot (great performer) and the G3 Traveler +
> 1 antenna, the SRFA-50 (apologies to Gary for giving his antenna a product
> number!)
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight DU's for 10-9

[richa...@perryisp.net]

Gary:

I won't say "Richard in Oklahoma" heard audio from 738-Tahiti. There was too 
much slop from nearby 740-KRMG (25 kW), and probably KTRH, to know whether I 
heard anything 
other than a het on 738 kHz.  Sadly KRMG goes to 50 kW at 1230 GMT thus 
blocking further reception 738 here each morning.

Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA.

--- Original Message ---
>From: d1028g...@aol.com[mailto:d1028g...@aol.com]
Sent: 10/9/2012 11:04:05 AM
To  : ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com
Cc  : 
Subject : RE: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight DU's for 10-9

 

Hello All,

 The auroral conditions completely wiped out the Asiatic stations here this 
morning, but it's obvious that there was highly unusual propagation from the 
South Pacific. 
Around 1345 several DU frequencies (forming an NZ pattern) managed moderately 
strong carriers-- even in this DU-dead zone. These were 594 (weak), 603 (weak), 
657 
(moderate), 675 (moderate) and 765 (weak). Of course I knew very well who all 
of these NZ carriers were-- which made it even more frustrating when this 
mediocre location 
didn't allow any of them to come up to audio. It must have been a fantastic day 
at the coast... or even in Victoria!
 738-Radio Polynesie in Tahiti was again the only South Pacific station to 
manage fair audio here this morning (around 1403), repeating its performance 
from yesterday. 
Congratulations to Tim Tromp in Michigan for again receiving audio from 
702-Sydney and 738-Tahiti, and to Richard in Oklahoma for his reception of 
audio from 738-Tahiti on 
his PL-310 Ultralight. After Nick's reception of audio from 603-Waatea and 
765-Kahungunu yesterday, I imagine that he had quite a New Zealand bonanza this 
morning.

73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA,. USA)
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Re: [IRCA] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 WATTS!!!

[neilkaz]

While I know that this is not politically correct to say this, WMOB is one 
station that can be called a cheater. They intentionally have run day power at 
night for most of the past two decades and I chatted with a DXer who spoke to 
their owner about this. 

This is why they've been heard in Europe. I believe they've been fined at least 
once for this.  73 KAZ


-Original Message-
>From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." 
>Sent: Oct 9, 2012 7:58 AM
>To: a...@nrcdxas.org
>Cc: "irca@hard-core-dx.com" 
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] ULR DXAURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile,ALABAMA 
>@ 212 WATTS!!!
>
>I logged WMOB in Northernwestern Mississippi back in 2003 and 2004 quite
>often. I hate to label them as cheater, but Rob.. it's very likely they
>were on a full 5KW Daytime power.
>
>On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Rick Dau  wrote:
>
>> WMOB is a station that, over the course of some 20+ years, has cheated
>> OFTEN with 5 kw non-D, so it most likely wasn't the 212 that they should
>> have been running when you heard them.  They have, more or less, become a
>> reliable indicator of auroral conditions on the MW band.  I'm really
>> surprised the FCC hasn't cracked down on them.
>>
>> 73,
>> Rick Dau
>> South Omaha, Nebraska
>>
>>   --
>> *From:* Robert Ross 
>> *To:* NRC AM List 
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:20 AM
>> *Subject:* [NRC-AM] ULR DXAURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @
>> 212 WATTS!!!
>>
>> Hi Guys:
>>
>> Another Good One via AURORA!!!
>>
>> Heard on a BAREFOOT Sony SRF-T615 Ultralight Radio!!!
>>
>> 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 Watts Night time Power NEW STATION!!
>> Southern Gospel Music
>> Male DJ with ID @ 0314 EDT as "WMOB Mobile"
>> Into more Southern Gospel Music
>>
>> 73ROB VA3SW
>>
>> Robert S. Ross
>> London, Ontario CANADA
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [IRCA] TP Oct 8, 2012 / Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Actually, I believe that 765 wasn't that uncommon on the Vancouver 
Island coast in the '80s Gary, back when it was 2ZK  (I wonder what 
Patrick remembers; bound to be a QSL!).   Even heard it at home a 
time or two, using unamplified box loop and transmogrified HRO if I 
remember right.   But, propagation changes over the years it seems.


best wishes,

Nick



At 13:11 09-10-12, you wrote:


Nick,

Well, even if 603-R. Waatea and 765-R. Kahungunu didn't manage much 
of a signal in Victoria yesterday, your receptions were still very 
impressive. As far as I know, 603-Waatea has never been heard at 
Grayland, and only Bill Whitacre has heard 765-Kahungunu there.


<<<   On my 828 unID, it appears quite possible that it was Radio
Trackside, as per the network's website, they are supposed to run
until 4AM NZ time.>>>

You are probably correct, since Kiwi-slanted propagation usually 
brings in all three of these at the same time. 828-Trackside can be 
pretty strong when you have this kind of bizarre propagation kick 
in. And yes, I did have all three of these lower-powered Kiwi 
stations pounding in at freakish levels this summer on the Oregon 
cliffs, but at the time I figured that it was simply wishful 
thinking brought on by sleep deprivation.



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Re: [IRCA] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT 1370 WTAB Tabor City, NORTH CAROLINA @ 109 Watts!!

[neilkaz]

These guys were commonly observed to be running day power at night last season. 
How can I tell with almost 100% certainty? Well simply by catching them during 
good sunset skip cx and not having them drop power at sunset which should bury 
them into the mud of other stations.  73 KAZ Barrington IL


-Original Message-
>From: Robert Ross 
>Sent: Oct 9, 2012 2:38 AM
>To: IRCA AM List 
>Subject: [IRCA] ULR DXAURORA ALERT 1370 WTAB Tabor City,   NORTH CAROLINA  
>@ 109 Watts!!
>
>Hi Guys:
>
> More AURORA DX heard on a SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight Radio BAREFOOT!!!
>
>1370  WTAB  Tabor City, NC  109 Watts Night time Power
>
>Country Music "This Kiss" and "Let's Drink on it"
>ID sung out by Females as WTAB". @ 0332 EDT
>
>RELOG Here
>
>73.ROB VA3SW
>
>Robert S. Ross
>London, Ontario CANADA
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[IRCA] TP Oct 9, 2012 / Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Things are still decidedly auroral, and  mostly New Zealand (I think, 
because IDs were hard to come by).   Quite a lot of thunderstorm QRN, 
but the worst of the local noise held off until 1421UT today.   The 
other unusual observation was the number of weak audios with big 
carriers.   I usually find 612, for example, to start to show audio 
even when the carrier is still fairly low level.  Today, it needed 
some considerable beef in the carrier before it was audible.



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

none



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

none


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

understood by a native speaker:

612 4QR woman talking //774 at 1416UT



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) :

531 slow vocal mx fighting with the local noise 1357UT and onward, no 
talk on the hour; 531 PI?
603 man talking 1409UT, likely Waatea, as had a vaguely Tagalog 
cadence to it; strong carrier, poor audio

702 man talking, very weak, various times, never able to nail down a parallel
738 sounded like DU EE by man 1411UT, but no parallel available 
(things were very erratic)

756 man talking 1408, no parallel available
774 3LO, //612 above 1416
882 woman talking at 1400, then bits of instrumental mx.   Southern Star?
909 laid back choral singing 1419UT; just about the time I brought up 
the Southern Star webstream, the nastier local noise kicked in at 
1421UT and pretty much killed it.





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

567 891 1098

best wishes,

Nick
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[IRCA] Surplus Russian Ferrite TP's/DU's/DA's/TA's for 10-9

[cafe-swl]

As much as I would like to chide Gary with
reports of widespread multi-continental receptions
on all bands and all frequencies, it was more of
a case of squeezing a dehydrated lemon into
an empty martini glass. No one showed up for the
party... or any party for that matter.

If there could have been less than zero, today was it.
I jumped out of bed at 13:55 and sprinted directly to
the SRFLA-50 and its newly mated Sony 2010...
only to hear... domestics.

When it became abundantly clear that there
would be no trans-oceanic reception, I snooped
around 900 and 940 looking for Hawaii - I have encountered
Korean programming on 900 while at Jordan River and
maybe some this morning - but pretty sure it was not
Hawaii.

Within 5 minutes it was confirmed - the only whines,
whistles or squeals were between my middle-aged ears.
Funny that in 4 days of abandoning amateur radio in favor
of 100% medium-wave listening, I have been rewarded with
nothing but punishment.

Another day tomorrow.

Colin lives in Victoria... in the shadow of DXers like Walter
and Nick... using radios like the Sony 2010 and antennas
built by people like Gary Debock...
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[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight DU's for 10-9

[d1028gary]

Hello All,

 The auroral conditions completely wiped out the Asiatic stations here this 
morning, but it's obvious that there was highly unusual propagation from the 
South Pacific. Around 1345 several DU frequencies (forming an NZ pattern) 
managed moderately strong carriers-- even in this DU-dead zone. These were 594 
(weak), 603 (weak), 657 (moderate), 675 (moderate) and 765 (weak). Of course I 
knew very well who all of these NZ carriers were-- which made it even more 
frustrating when this mediocre location didn't allow any of them to come up to 
audio. It must have been a fantastic day at the coast... or even in Victoria!
 738-Radio Polynesie in Tahiti was again the only South Pacific station to 
manage fair audio here this morning (around 1403), repeating its performance 
from yesterday. Congratulations to Tim Tromp in Michigan for again receiving 
audio from 702-Sydney and 738-Tahiti, and to Richard in Oklahoma for his 
reception of audio from 738-Tahiti on his PL-310 Ultralight. After Nick's 
reception of audio from 603-Waatea and 765-Kahungunu yesterday, I imagine that 
he had quite a New Zealand bonanza this morning.

73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA,. USA)
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8" Medium Wave FSL


   
  
 
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[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Tuesday, October 09, 2012

[Dennis Vroom]

 

Listened from 1158-1425 utc.  No long waves this morning and only 5 Japanese 
powerhouse stations heard. 5 suspected DU unknowns heard 603,657,792,1323 & 
1575. NZR National on 567,4RN 792,5AN 891 and Tahiti 738 caught with reasonable 
audio. With A 35 & K 5 surprised that the Japanese powerhouse stations were 
heard. 


567    NEW ZEALAND, NZR national 1339-1342 mostly weak, fair at times with 
man/woman talking about art. Matched live stream audio. 4.5 kHz filter for 
reception. 1356-1358 still around with weak signal. W-SW ewe. 10/09/2012

594    JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1301 poor signal with man/woman in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 
10/09/2012


603    UNKNOWN, 1412-1418 poor to very weak signal with instrumental music. 
Talk at 1416 in ? Splatter free channel with some static. Gone by 1418.  

657    UNKNOWN, 1237-1239 weak signal with heavy splatter for about 2 minutes 
before fading out. Music did not seem // 3250 DPRK shortwave outlet. Guessing 
"Southern Star? W-SW ewe. 10-09/2012


693    JAPAN, JOAB NHK1 1338 poor signal moderate splatter. bits of Japanese 
getting through. NW ewe. 10/09/2012

738    TAHITI, Radio Polynesie 1257-1259 fair signal at times with heavy 
splatter from KCBS. Man/woman in French. W-SW ewe. 10/09/2012

747    JAPAN, JOIB NHK2 1354 weak signal with woman in Japanese. Moderate 
splatter. NW ewe. 10/09/2012

774    JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1235 fair signal with moderate splatter. Man/woman in 
Japanese. Good at 1326 with Radio English Conversation show.  W-SW ewe. 
10/09/2012

792    AUSTRALIA, 4RN ABC National 1407-1408 weak signal with woman speaker. 
Moderate splatter. W-SW ewe. Matched live stream. 10/09/2012

792    UNKNOWN, 1409-1411 piano music when 4RN faded. Very weak signal. W-SW 
ewe. 10/09/2012


828    JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1255 poor signal with moderate splatter. // 774. 1347 
fair with Japanese. W-SW ewe. 10/09/2012

891    AUSTRALIA, 5AN 1332-1333 fair at times until fade out at 1334. W-SW ewe. 
10/09/2012 

1323   UNKNOWN 1307-1310 very poor signal. Talking in unknown language. 
Splatter free channel. W-SW ewe. 10/09/2012

1575   UNKNOWN 1402-1404 poor signal with talk in ? by male speaker. Moderate 
splatter. W-SW ewe. 10/09/2012

Best regards,

Dennis,
Kalama, WA
JRC NRD 545 +DRAKE R8B + EAC R 390 A
NW + SW ewes + Sky Wire loop 753'
High Performance Active whip
Solar Indices SF 103 A 35 K 5 0900 utc
Local Sunrise 1421 utc
      Sunset  0135 utc
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[IRCA] Michigan DUs 10/9/2012

[Tim Tromp]

Fair audio heard this morning from 702 Sydney for a few minutes around
1142 UTC during a nice peak with Aussie talk, possibly a news segment or
interview, even getting over my local RFI issue that still plagues me
from 7:30am-7:30pm daily.  738 also had some audio at times and
strong-ish DU carriers noted a good hour before my sunrise all over the
lower band.  747 came close to audio a few times, ditto for 657 but that
one still eludes me here.  Maybe some more stuff will be discovered on
the Perseus recordings later.

73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
Perseus SDR + phased BOGs

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Re: [IRCA] TP Oct 8, 2012 / Victoria version

[d1028gary]

Nick,

Well, even if 603-R. Waatea and 765-R. Kahungunu didn't manage much of a signal 
in Victoria yesterday, your receptions were still very impressive. As far as I 
know, 603-Waatea has never been heard at Grayland, and only Bill Whitacre has 
heard 765-Kahungunu there.

<<<   On my 828 unID, it appears quite possible that it was Radio 
Trackside, as per the network's website, they are supposed to run 
until 4AM NZ time.>>>

You are probably correct, since Kiwi-slanted propagation usually brings in all 
three of these at the same time. 828-Trackside can be pretty strong when you 
have this kind of bizarre propagation kick in. And yes, I did have all three of 
these lower-powered Kiwi stations pounding in at freakish levels this summer on 
the Oregon cliffs, but at the time I figured that it was simply wishful 
thinking brought on by sleep deprivation.

73, Gary



 


-Original Message-
From: Nick Hall-Patch 
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 

Sent: Mon, Oct 8, 2012 11:37 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP Oct 8, 2012  / Victoria version


It was a pretty unusual morning Gary, good solid aurora.   The 
difference between my reception and yours on the coast was probably 
the strength.   These here really sounded like DXbarely there, 
fighting for recognition.

On my 828 unID, it appears quite possible that it was Radio 
Trackside, as per the network's website, they are supposed to run 
until 4AM NZ time.   If my arithmetic is correct, using UTC+13, that 
translates back to 1500UTC, so my 1400+ reception could quite likely 
have contained racing.  I wasn't fast enough on the draw to find the 
webstream, hi.

best wishes,

Nick




At 21:01 08-10-12, you wrote:

>Hi Nick,
>
><<<603 R Waatea 1409, quite weak; first thought was DU EE by man, second
>thought was Tagalog, third thought was maybe Maori?   Checked the
>recording, and parallel established as 765 faded up by 1410UT, very
>slightly delayed, as woman started talking.   Very pleasant surprise.   >>>
>
><<<765 Radio Kahungunu, with man talking 1402UT, one of the ones I
>thought might be Tagalog. (I'm hardly a linguist in Maori or
>Tagalog).  ID'd at 1409 by //603.
>
>Wow, 603-R. Waatea and 765-R. Kahungunu received in Victoria? That's 
>very impressive!
>
>After hearing these NZ stations over and over on the Oregon cliffs 
>during summer DXing, I had the distinct impression that their 
>signals stopped at the Oregon-Washington border :-) Great 
>catches!  Here in this inland DU-dead zone, only 738-Radio Polynesie 
>managed fair audio this morning.
>
>73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
>
>
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: Nick Hall-Patch 
>To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
>
>Sent: Mon, Oct 8, 2012 9:19 am
>Subject: [IRCA] TP Oct 8, 2012  / Victoria version
>
>
>The geomagnetic upset definitely had an effect this morning.   At
>1330UT and through to a few minutes before 1400, it was pretty dead,
>then signals starting popping in before 1400UT, with a sudden jump at
>1401UT.  Very little was strong, but what there was seemed to favor
>New Zealand.  There certainly wasn't a hint of East Asia.   At first
>I thought maybe I had a couple of stations in Tagalog (765 and 603),
>but then I was wondering if they weren't Maori, which would be
>consistent with New Zealand listings.   So I nosed around the
>recordings, and have two new Maori loggings as a result.
>
>
>pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least
>briefly):
>
>612 4QR sudden jump in level on this one about 1411UT, pop vocal mx //702
>
>reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it understandable by a
>native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):
>
>567 NZ R. National.   The most consistent station this morning, at
>1404UT, man reading sports nx, ID'd by parallels on other channels.
>
>
>not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or
>noise could be
>understood by a native speaker:
>
>765 Radio Kahungunu, with man talking 1402UT, one of the ones I
>thought might be Tagalog. (I'm hardly a linguist in Maori or
>Tagalog).  ID'd at 1409 by //603.
>
>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) :
>
>
>603 R Waatea 1409, quite weak; first thought was DU EE by man, second
>thought was Tagalog, third thought was maybe Maori?   Checked the
>recording, and parallel established as 765 faded up by 1410UT, very
>slightly delayed, as woman started talking.   Very pleasant surprise.
>675 RNZ National, 1358 jazz //567
>702 2BL woman talking then man at 1358UT; similar tradeoff a moment
>before on 774, but that had faded down. Finally a parallel (with
>slight offset) established as woman reading nx started at 1401UT
>738 1405UT, might have been man in DU EE, but weak, and no ABC
>parallels available just then
>756 RNZ National, 1358 jazz //567
>774 3LO 1400, 

Re: [IRCA] ULR DX..More AURORA!!! 1080 WYHY Cannonsburg, KENTUCKY @ 1.8 KW!!

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

A daytimer on late, they have no night power.

Paul


On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Robert Ross  wrote:

> Hi Guys:
>
>  Lots of Aurora Fading in and out this morning!!
>
>
> 1080 WYHY CANNONSBURG, KENTUCKY @ 1.8 KW @ 0230-0300 EDT
> Southern Gospel Music
> Male DJ with ID @ 0259 EDT
> "1080 WYHY Cannonsburg".
>
> RELOG Here...
>
> 73.ROB VA3SW
>
> Robert S. Ross
> London, Ontario CANADA
>
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Re: [IRCA] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 WATTS!!!

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

I logged WMOB in Northernwestern Mississippi back in 2003 and 2004 quite
often. I hate to label them as cheater, but Rob.. it's very likely they
were on a full 5KW Daytime power.

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Rick Dau  wrote:

> WMOB is a station that, over the course of some 20+ years, has cheated
> OFTEN with 5 kw non-D, so it most likely wasn't the 212 that they should
> have been running when you heard them.  They have, more or less, become a
> reliable indicator of auroral conditions on the MW band.  I'm really
> surprised the FCC hasn't cracked down on them.
>
> 73,
> Rick Dau
> South Omaha, Nebraska
>
>   --
> *From:* Robert Ross 
> *To:* NRC AM List 
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:20 AM
> *Subject:* [NRC-AM] ULR DXAURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @
> 212 WATTS!!!
>
> Hi Guys:
>
> Another Good One via AURORA!!!
>
> Heard on a BAREFOOT Sony SRF-T615 Ultralight Radio!!!
>
> 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 Watts Night time Power NEW STATION!!
> Southern Gospel Music
> Male DJ with ID @ 0314 EDT as "WMOB Mobile"
> Into more Southern Gospel Music
>
> 73ROB VA3SW
>
> Robert S. Ross
> London, Ontario CANADA
>
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 WATTS!!!

[Rick Dau]

WMOB is a station that, over the course of some 20+ years, has cheated OFTEN 
with 5 kw non-D, so it most likely wasn't the 212 that they should have been 
running when you heard them.  They have, more or less, become a reliable 
indicator of auroral conditions on the MW band.  I'm really surprised the FCC 
hasn't cracked down on them. 
 
73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska



 From: Robert Ross 
To: NRC AM List  
Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 2:20 AM
Subject: [NRC-AM] ULR DXAURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 
WATTS!!!
 
Hi Guys:

Another Good One via AURORA!!!

Heard on a BAREFOOT Sony SRF-T615 Ultralight Radio!!!

1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 Watts Night time Power NEW STATION!!
Southern Gospel Music
Male DJ with ID @ 0314 EDT as "WMOB Mobile"
Into more Southern Gospel Music

73ROB VA3SW 

Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA

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[IRCA] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!! 540 WFLF Pine Hills, FLORIDA !!!

[Robert Ross]

Hi Guys:

 More Florida Stuff by AURORA on a Barefoot SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight!!!

540  WFLF  Pine Hills, FLORIDA  50 KW
In CBEF Windsor's Null
Ad for a Florida Medical Center.
PSA for Diabetes
ID as "FOX NEWS WFLA" @ 0440 EDT (Carries 970 WFLA Feed)
Into Talk Show Coast to Coast I think???

NEW STN!!!

73.ROB VA3SW

Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA
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[IRCA] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!! 560 WXBT Columbia, SOUTH CAROLINA @ 5 KW

[Robert Ross]

Hi Guys:

Still more Good AURORA heard on a Barefoot SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight Radio!!

560  WXBT  Columbia, SOUTH CAROLINA @ 5 KW

Car Dealer Ad in Columbia with a 803 Phone Number
Another SOUTH CAROLINA Ad @ 0342 EDT
Into Sports talk by Male DJ

NEW STN!!!

73...ROB VA3SW 

Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA


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[IRCA] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT 1370 WTAB Tabor City, NORTH CAROLINA @ 109 Watts!!

[Robert Ross]

Hi Guys:

 More AURORA DX heard on a SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight Radio BAREFOOT!!!

1370  WTAB  Tabor City, NC  109 Watts Night time Power

Country Music "This Kiss" and "Let's Drink on it"
ID sung out by Females as WTAB". @ 0332 EDT

RELOG Here

73.ROB VA3SW

Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA
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[IRCA] ULR DX....AURORA ALERT!!! 1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 WATTS!!!

[Robert Ross]

Hi Guys:

 Another Good One via AURORA!!!

Heard on a BAREFOOT Sony SRF-T615 Ultralight Radio!!!

1360 WMOB Mobile, ALABAMA @ 212 Watts Night time Power NEW STATION!!
Southern Gospel Music
Male DJ with ID @ 0314 EDT as "WMOB Mobile"
Into more Southern Gospel Music

73ROB VA3SW 

Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA

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[IRCA] ULR DX..More AURORA!!! 1080 WYHY Cannonsburg, KENTUCKY @ 1.8 KW!!

[Robert Ross]

Hi Guys:

 Lots of Aurora Fading in and out this morning!!


1080 WYHY CANNONSBURG, KENTUCKY @ 1.8 KW @ 0230-0300 EDT
Southern Gospel Music 
Male DJ with ID @ 0259 EDT
"1080 WYHY Cannonsburg".

RELOG Here...

73.ROB VA3SW

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London, Ontario CANADA


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