Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] DX Test Cancellation
Disappointing, yes, of course. But Paul you have organized enough tests that have come off. Like WDEV last week, which netted at least one DXer a new state (VT). Gary is very much with us in this; I am confident something will be rescheduled, and *maybe* the silver lining is it will happen in the thick of the coming season. Keep at it...and thanks for the heads up. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 19:29:33 -0400 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@am-dx.com; a...@wtfda.info; a...@lists.wtfda.info; m...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [NRC-AM] DX Test Cancellation Due to circumstances beyond my control or the engineers control, the DX Tests for KHMO 1070 and WLIQ 1530 for this weekend have been cancelled. There are transmitter and remote control access issues which need to be addressed before any sort of test can be done. Sorry, I know this is disappointing.. but crap happens... and radio stations are first and foremost a business... and these issues need to be corrected. I know some of you may realize I've had several failed DX tests, that never went off as planned, had poor results or in one case, were a few minutes late in their schedule. All I can say is Sorry. I try my best and there's not really anything I can do about it. Paul ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping Pre-orders for the 34th AM Radio Log now accepted FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ 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: 2013 Aug 24 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 23 August follow. Solar flux 124 and estimated planetary A-index 15. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 24 August was 2. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are likely. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 130 130 130 130 132 132 132 132 132 132 132 132 124 124 A-in 18 18 18 18 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 K-in 22224343332232 Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WINW 1520
Hi All: WINW, 1520, Canton, Ohio IS operating with its black gospel format. However it appears to be running much reduced power. As far as I was able to tell, driving through, it quickly grows inaudible as one leaves the city of Canton. The signal strength is not only weak in the city, the sound quality is poor. Indeed this is the first time I ever heard a local signal fade when the car passed under an overhead sign in the heart of its city of license. I wonder if they're running it into a longwire. They are certainly not using their directional array so, to go on protecting the 1520 just 20 miles away in Kent, they must be using very low power. In the time I listened I heard only female announcers and they ran right through the TOH with no ID. Also noted: No sign of WCER, 900, so they are still off, as is WEMM, 1200, Huntington, WZZW, 1600, Milton,, WV, and WLGC, 1520, Greenup, KY. WZUM, 1550, Braddock, PA was running black gospel and WAVL, 910, Apollo, PA, calls itself ,"The New WAVL," but continues with its old format of contemporary Christian in the AM (until 9:00), and then goes to religious talk. 73 David Faulkner ___ 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] DX Test Cancellation
Due to circumstances beyond my control or the engineers control, the DX Tests for KHMO 1070 and WLIQ 1530 for this weekend have been cancelled. There are transmitter and remote control access issues which need to be addressed before any sort of test can be done. Sorry, I know this is disappointing.. but crap happens... and radio stations are first and foremost a business... and these issues need to be corrected. I know some of you may realize I've had several failed DX tests, that never went off as planned, had poor results or in one case, were a few minutes late in their schedule. All I can say is Sorry. I try my best and there's not really anything I can do about it. Paul ___ 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] REMINDER: DX TEST TONIGHT TONIGHT WITH A BONUS!!
Due to circumstances beyond my control or the engineers control, the DX Tests for KHMO 1070 and WLIQ 1530 for this weekend have been cancelled. There are transmitter and remote control access issues which need to be addressed before any sort of test can be done. Sorry, I know this is disappointing.. but crap happens... and radio stations are first and foremost a business... and these issues need to be corrected. I know some of you may realize I've had several failed DX tests, that never went off as planned, had poor results or in one case, were a few minutes late in their schedule. All I can say is Sorry. I try my best and there's not really anything I can do about it. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tonight, it's KHMO 1070 Hannibal, MO and WLIQ-AM 1530 Quincy, IL doing the > testing. > > KHMO will test with it's day and night powers/patterns. WLIQ will test > with it's daytime and critical hours powers, they are non directional. > Critical Hours, for those who dont know... is from sunrise to 2 hours after > and from 2 hours before sunset right up to sunset. > > THE BONUS? > > WLIQ was once considering 3 Watts of non directional night power. In > addition to the published 1 hour test from 130am to 230am, WLIQ will test > at 3W non directional from 230am to 245AM. > > All times are central! > > FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE TEST, INCLUDING QSL INFORMATION, PLEASE CLICK THIS > LINK: > > http://www.onairdj.com/dx-tests > > Please share this, repost to other email lists or share on facebook. > > PAUL > > ___ 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: 2013 Aug 23 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 22 August follow. Solar flux 132 and estimated planetary A-index 13. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 23 August was 2. 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 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 130 130 130 130 130 130 132 132 132 132 132 132 132 132 A-in 18 18 18 18 18 18 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 K-in 43222243433322 Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] REMINDER: DX TEST TONIGHT TONIGHT WITH A BONUS!!
Tonight, it's KHMO 1070 Hannibal, MO and WLIQ-AM 1530 Quincy, IL doing the testing. KHMO will test with it's day and night powers/patterns. WLIQ will test with it's daytime and critical hours powers, they are non directional. Critical Hours, for those who dont know... is from sunrise to 2 hours after and from 2 hours before sunset right up to sunset. THE BONUS? WLIQ was once considering 3 Watts of non directional night power. In addition to the published 1 hour test from 130am to 230am, WLIQ will test at 3W non directional from 230am to 245AM. All times are central! FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE TEST, INCLUDING QSL INFORMATION, PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK: http://www.onairdj.com/dx-tests Please share this, repost to other email lists or share on facebook. PAUL ___ 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] TP 23 Aug; Victoria version
Nick, I got up early to DX at 1100 utc and the long wave / MW bands were poor at best. No audio at all. Went back to sleep. Thanks for your report Nick. Best regards, Dennis, Kalama, WA From: Nick Hall-Patch To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 8:58 AM Subject: [IRCA] TP 23 Aug; Victoria version A morning for extreme minimalist DXing today. Not much sunrise enhancement, and mostly low level Asiatic. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 279 R. Rossii man in RR followed by jazz 1234UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 738 Tahiti woman in FF 1304UT 1053 KK jammer at its "best" 1206UT 1566 HLAZ finally reached this level w/preacher in JJ 1259UT; the JJ program hadn't managed to get past the levels heard during the CC broadcast at 1210UT until now. 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) : 180 R. Rossii jazz //279 1234UT 594 JOAK pips at 1300UT (really reaching here) 747 JOIB pips at 1300UT (reaching here also; it was a dull morning) 774 JOUB NHK pips 1200, the jolly sounds of EE lessons by man and woman at 1232UT 828 JOBB man and woman, distinctive enthusiastic EE lesson patter 1548 man talking in splatter 1255UT, likely 4QD? Strongish het, no or "near imaginary"audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 891 972 1287 1296 (very briefly) 1323 1611 1701 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 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] QRM Problem
Hi Nick - thanks for asking about the noise problem I was having. Yes, for the most part I am happy with the overall noise level now. I replaced the loop with a new 1530S+, and that cut down a good chunk of it (I can't refer to S units or dB because the darn ICF2010 doesn't have an actual S-meter, but this step reduced average noise by 1 or 2 'LED Units'). Then I replaced the rotator cable with a shielded one, and voila another 1 or 2 'LED units'. I also changed the position of the loop on my lot, and even though it's now in the middle of the forest and downslope (therefore lower) than where it used to be, another couple of LED units disappeared, I suspect because it's farther from the house by 5 or 6 metres. Of course it's always 2 steps forward and 1 step back, and with all this wonderful QRM reduction I noticed a horrendous 120 Hz hum coming from the FL3, so I built a really skookum AC line filter that John Bryant had up on DXing.info, which completely knocked that out. T! here is also 1 circuit on the electric panel that has the outdoor motion sensors (I'm pretty sure it's these) on it that I keep permanently turned off, although my wife is not entirely pleased with this solution because it also means we have no front porch light or entry hall lights...I'll be working on this sometime soon I suspect. Long and short though is that it's fun listening again, and while my time at the dials is still somewhat limited right now because of work and house renos, I enjoy what time I get. I'm thinking about putting up a couple of Pennants when I get a chance, as I'd like a bigger capture area than the loop can provide, and from what I can tell these would be good in my poor ground conductivity location. Thanks again for your help! Michael ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 23 Aug; Victoria version
A morning for extreme minimalist DXing today. Not much sunrise enhancement, and mostly low level Asiatic. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 279 R. Rossii man in RR followed by jazz 1234UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 738 Tahiti woman in FF 1304UT 1053 KK jammer at its "best" 1206UT 1566 HLAZ finally reached this level w/preacher in JJ 1259UT; the JJ program hadn't managed to get past the levels heard during the CC broadcast at 1210UT until now. 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) : 180 R. Rossii jazz //279 1234UT 594 JOAK pips at 1300UT (really reaching here) 747 JOIB pips at 1300UT (reaching here also; it was a dull morning) 774 JOUB NHK pips 1200, the jolly sounds of EE lessons by man and woman at 1232UT 828 JOBB man and woman, distinctive enthusiastic EE lesson patter 1548 man talking in splatter 1255UT, likely 4QD? Strongish het, no or "near imaginary"audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 891 972 1287 1296 (very briefly) 1323 1611 1701 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] Oklahoma TP DX 8/23/13
The only thing heard this morning was a slight het on 738 kHz at 1147-1159 GMT on modified Tecsun PL-310 with 7.7-inch ferrite coil and 7- inch FSL. Too much QRM from KRMG. Winter must be close because nearby 107.9 KWLS played the song "Let It Snow" at 0745 CDT this morning. Good DX. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA. ___ 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
