Re: [IRCA] WA stations turned off

2015-04-01 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
*03/29/15 - The two New Age Media Ltd. stations in western Washington
recently went dark.  The Whale KWLE AM 1340
http://thewhale1340.com/ Anacortes left the air due to undisclosed power
issues and is not expected to return any time soon.  KRPA AM 1110 Oak
Harbor has an antenna issue and likely will return to the air in the near
future.  Both stations had been airing music programming from The Whale.
The on-line audio feed has also stopped.  New Age Media Group acquired the
two stations from Satnam Media Group Inc. last May, with the FCC granting
approval of the sale two months later.  *

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:30 PM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:

 According to the NW Broadcasters site, several more smaller WA stations
 have gone silent. They are KLDY-1280, KNTB-1480, and KBRO-1490. I have not
 checked to see if they are off as yet, but 1280 is probably the only one I
 could check for sure during the day. Anyone in the Puget Sound verify this?

 Patrick Martin
 Seaside OR
 KGED QSL Manager
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[IRCA] TP 31 Mar Victoria version

2015-04-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Quite a good quantity of DX today, some not heard for awhile.   Even 
some of the second and third string got a bit loud, and there were 
lots of near audios on the carriers heard.



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


747 JOIB man in Japanese //828, then jazz guitar interlude, 1330UT
774 JOUB English lessons at 1239UT, likely other times as well
1017 CRI woman in Korean, man responding 1313UT.   I'm probably 
pushing this a bit, but when the splash took a rest, this was 
perfectly readable, maybe not as strong as some of the others though.

1566 HLAZ man in Japanese 1250UT




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


594 JOAK man and woman in Japanese 1319UT //567
738 likely Tahiti with African sounding pop music at 1343UT
828 JOBB man in Japanese //747 1329UT
945 CNR1 man in Chinese, briefly this level at 1324UT, likely 
parallel to weaker 981, but leading it slightly, made it hard to be sure

972 HLCA woman in Korean 1310UT


not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or 
noise could be understood by a native speaker:


567 JOIK man and woman in Japanese 1318UT //594
1053 Korean jammer 1231UT


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)


657 North Korea? man talking insistently 1331UT, might have been Korean?
666 JOBK instrumental music, man talking, //594 1332UT
819 female vocal pop mx 1242UT, didn't sound much like North Korea, 
but wasn't any other DU activity this morning really.

873 JOGB man talking //774 1238UT
891 JOHK woman talking //594 1323UT
918 woman talking, man responding, deep in the splatter 1311UT, China?
981 CNR1 likely, woman talking, Chinese inflection, with bits of music 1234UT
1206 Yanbian likely, man and woman talking, off channel carrier, 1341UT
1323 CRI? woman and man talking, Russian inflection 1248UT and a 
couple of other times too




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


603 702 711 756 837 855 864 936 954 1008 1044 1098 1134  1242 1251 1278 1287



best wishes,

Nick

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Re: [IRCA] WA stations turned off

2015-04-01 Thread Patrick Martin
Thanks Paul. Then we can add two more to the list. That is five! There is are a 
mention that Kirkland WA 1460 has returned to the air. I could regularly get 
their 5 KW on 1460 here, but I have not caught them if they have returned.

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

 Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 23:32:04 -0700
 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com
 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] WA stations turned off
 
 *03/29/15 - The two New Age Media Ltd. stations in western Washington
 recently went dark.  The Whale KWLE AM 1340
 http://thewhale1340.com/ Anacortes left the air due to undisclosed power
 issues and is not expected to return any time soon.  KRPA AM 1110 Oak
 Harbor has an antenna issue and likely will return to the air in the near
 future.  Both stations had been airing music programming from The Whale.
 The on-line audio feed has also stopped.  New Age Media Group acquired the
 two stations from Satnam Media Group Inc. last May, with the FCC granting
 approval of the sale two months later.  *
 
 On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:30 PM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:
 
  According to the NW Broadcasters site, several more smaller WA stations
  have gone silent. They are KLDY-1280, KNTB-1480, and KBRO-1490. I have not
  checked to see if they are off as yet, but 1280 is probably the only one I
  could check for sure during the day. Anyone in the Puget Sound verify this?
 
  Patrick Martin
  Seaside OR
  KGED QSL Manager
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[IRCA] WA stations turned off

2015-04-01 Thread Patrick Martin
According to the NW Broadcasters site, several more smaller WA stations have 
gone silent. They are KLDY-1280, KNTB-1480, and KBRO-1490. I have not checked 
to see if they are off as yet, but 1280 is probably the only one I could check 
for sure during the day. Anyone in the Puget Sound verify this?

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager  
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[IRCA] unID on 1520

2015-04-01 Thread Nigel Pimblett
I'd appreciate any help it IDing this one, heard at 7:00 am local (MDT). 
  KSIB is the dominant station, but right after their ID, there is a 
much weaker ID.  The calls I hear don't line up with anything on 1520, 
so I'm wondering if this is a for a station not on 1520, as part of a 
dual or multi station ID, with the first part buried under KSIB.  I 
don't think it can be anything new, but would still like to solve it.


Thanks in advance for any help,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, Alberta



http://www.mediafire.com/listen/hfiv817761x4im7/KSIB_1520_20150330_1300short.mp3

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[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 4-1

2015-04-01 Thread d1028gary
Hello All, 
  
Asian signals sounded very promising around my 1300 start time with good audio 
from the Japanese and Korean big guns on 594, 693, 774, 972 and 1566. plus 
moderate signals on 603, 657, 747, 828 and 1053. Unfortunately that seemed to 
be the high point of the session, with the lack of any sunrise enhancement 
boost causing most of these signals to sink down into the noise as daylight 
increased. 
  
Around 1300 Asian propagation seemed at least as good as it was at the start of 
yesterday's above average session, with even greater variety. Besides the usual 
regulars some interesting signals on 738, 936 and 1044 were coming out of the 
noise, and on the high band 1503 and 1593 were joining 1566-HLAZ in audio. 
These weaker Asians were the first to hit the skids around 1310, though, and by 
1315 even the big guns were joining them. Only 972-HLCA and 1566-HLAZ had much 
strength left by 1330, and both of those were erratic. On the low band 
594-JOAK, 603-HLSA and 657-Pyongyang managed a few fair-level gasps around 1335 
before sinking into the noise for good, but they were well below yesterday's 
strength at the same time. The 1300 start time here seems to have been too late 
the get the best Asian propagation for the morning, so if Nick and the other 
SDR users can check the period from 1230-1300 they will probably be more than 
satisfied with healthy Asian signals across the band. For a live DXer looking 
for a sunrise enhancement boost, though, this morning's session was a serious 
disappointment after yesterday's. 
  
73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
7.5 loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 
17 FSL antenna  
  
    
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Re: [IRCA] unID on 1520

2015-04-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Ouch...K(Belle?)ville(?), any number of possibilities for the 
call letters, BET, lots of combinations sound like that.


Think that's one for someone who knows 1520 better than I do.  Good luck.

best wishes,

Nick



At 12:34 01-04-15, you wrote:
I'd appreciate any help it IDing this one, heard at 7:00 am local 
(MDT).   KSIB is the dominant station, but right after their ID, 
there is a much weaker ID.  The calls I hear don't line up with 
anything on 1520, so I'm wondering if this is a for a station not on 
1520, as part of a dual or multi station ID, with the first part 
buried under KSIB.  I don't think it can be anything new, but would 
still like to solve it.


Thanks in advance for any help,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, Alberta



http://www.mediafire.com/listen/hfiv817761x4im7/KSIB_1520_20150330_1300short.mp3

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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2015-04-01 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2015 Apr 02 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 April follow.
Solar flux 124 and estimated planetary A-index 7.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 02 April 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 31   31   31   31   31   01   01   01   01   01   01   01   01   02
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 
SFlx 134  134  134  134  128  128  128  128  128  128  128  128  124  124
A-in 555510   999999910   7
K-in 22323221222322
Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm



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[IRCA] What's 1010 WTZA Atlanta doing these days?

2015-04-01 Thread Saul Chernos

I heard a Vida 96.5 ID back on mid-March during sunset skip. With 
Spanish-language religious music. WTZA in Atlanta Georgia is my only suspect. 
It has a booster on 96.5 and a web search turns it up as Vida.
That said, I'm getting mixed info re WTZA. It's listed varyingly as old school 
RnB and Spanish Christian. One web stream I found actually had an old-school 
format. The music I heard is definitely Spanish and religious sounding.
Can anyone down that way actually hear what WTZA is actually playing, and / or 
say if the format has changed in recent days/weeks/months.
This would be a new catch. Hardly a standout at 50 KW but CFRB Toronto is 
south-southwest of Burnt River ON and hard to bypass.
With thanks,
Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON



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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 19:48:17 +
Subject: RE: [RealDX] 1010 Spanish-language unIDs
























The first clip says Vida...96.5 FM.
Chuck

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Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 18:59:02 +
Subject: [RealDX] 1010 Spanish-language unIDs














 

 



  



  
  
  


On March 14 on sunset skip I had a station on 1010 to my south, with some good 
bits audible through local CFRB Toronto. The first clip mentions what sounds to 
me like Nueve Siete Cinco FM - 975 FM) at about 0:20 of the clip in an 
apparent ID that begins at about 0:10. But I can find nothing that would link a 
1010 Spanish-language station to 97.5. Maybe my numbers are off? There's some 
music in the clip as well. A second clip follows immediately and there's a bit 
of less-audible talk. Both between 1930-1945 EDT. These are Clips A-1 and A2
On March 23 around 1830 pm, before my local sunrise, I have more Spanish on 
1010. This time frame of 0634 EDT happens to be my peak for getting Mexico. 
This could very well be something completely different (with apologies to Monty 
Python) than the above two clips. This is Clip B.
Audio clips are online at http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?9625
Any observations are appreciated, with thanks.
Saul Chernos
Burnt River ON

  




 









  















  















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[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 1 April 2015

2015-04-01 Thread Nigel Pimblett
   Similar low band signals to yesterday, with audio on 693,747, and 
774, except this time the peak occurred well before sunrise, with things 
peaking around 1230.  Unlie yesterday, 1566 HLAZ also had fair audio, 
also peaking around 1230, but hanging in until sunrise, unlike the 
Japanese, which had totally vanished by 1300.



73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
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Re: [IRCA] WA stations turned off

2015-04-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
1340 is a bit of a rather pleasant mess in 
Victoria.   Nearest to dominant was presumed CINL 
with Canadian Press items at 7pm Pacific time.


best wishes,

Nick




KBRO definitely off now. They typically dominate 
the frequency here in N Seattle.


Did not hear KLDY, KNTB or 1460-Kirkland today 
as well, although I didn't spend enough time on 
frequency to be 100% sure. These are usually 
heard but usually somewhat weak... and I didn't hear anything on my car radio.

Only heard sports on 1340, so perhaps Anacortes is also off.
 Phil Bytheway
Seattle WA
Drake R-7 / KIWA Loop

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[IRCA] Radio Memories in danger

2015-04-01 Thread Radio Heritage Foundation



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Re: [IRCA] WA stations turned off

2015-04-01 Thread Patrick Martin
Thanks Nick. Unfortunately, none of the bunch being off will have no effect 
here. KLDY 1280 is about the only one that had any signal, and even then they 
weren't much. KIT is stronger.

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

 Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 02:07:51 +
 To: phil_te...@yahoo.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com
 From: n...@ieee.org
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] WA stations turned off
 
 1340 is a bit of a rather pleasant mess in 
 Victoria.   Nearest to dominant was presumed CINL 
 with Canadian Press items at 7pm Pacific time.
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
 
 
 
 KBRO definitely off now. They typically dominate 
 the frequency here in N Seattle.
 
 Did not hear KLDY, KNTB or 1460-Kirkland today 
 as well, although I didn't spend enough time on 
 frequency to be 100% sure. These are usually 
 heard but usually somewhat weak... and I didn't hear anything on my car 
 radio.
 Only heard sports on 1340, so perhaps Anacortes is also off.
 Â Phil Bytheway
 Seattle WA
 Drake R-7 / KIWA Loop
 
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Re: [IRCA] WA stations turned off

2015-04-01 Thread Phil Bytheway via IRCA
---BeginMessage---
KBRO definitely off now. They typically dominate the frequency here in N 
Seattle.

Did not hear KLDY, KNTB or 1460-Kirkland today as well, although I didn't spend 
enough time on frequency to be 100% sure. These are usually heard but usually 
somewhat weak... and I didn't hear anything on my car radio.
Only heard sports on 1340, so perhaps Anacortes is also off.
 Phil Bytheway
Seattle WA
Drake R-7 / KIWA Loop
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Re: [IRCA] What's 1010 WTZA Atlanta doing these days?

2015-04-01 Thread Forrest Skaine
I had heard them with the old school music on a Saturday morning in early
march//tune in which simulcasted its FM. Hadnt heard previously in years
before that.

Sincerely,
Todd Skaine
Woodbury, MN
Sony ICF 2010
Superradio 2
Grundig S350 M400
Toyota car radio
On Apr 1, 2015 7:02 PM, Saul Chernos sau...@sympatico.ca wrote:


 I heard a Vida 96.5 ID back on mid-March during sunset skip. With
 Spanish-language religious music. WTZA in Atlanta Georgia is my only
 suspect. It has a booster on 96.5 and a web search turns it up as Vida.
 That said, I'm getting mixed info re WTZA. It's listed varyingly as old
 school RnB and Spanish Christian. One web stream I found actually had an
 old-school format. The music I heard is definitely Spanish and religious
 sounding.
 Can anyone down that way actually hear what WTZA is actually playing, and
 / or say if the format has changed in recent days/weeks/months.
 This would be a new catch. Hardly a standout at 50 KW but CFRB Toronto is
 south-southwest of Burnt River ON and hard to bypass.
 With thanks,
 Saul Chernos
 Burnt River ON



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 Subject: RE: [RealDX] 1010 Spanish-language unIDs
























 The first clip says Vida...96.5 FM.
 Chuck

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 On March 14 on sunset skip I had a station on 1010 to my south, with some
 good bits audible through local CFRB Toronto. The first clip mentions what
 sounds to me like Nueve Siete Cinco FM - 975 FM) at about 0:20 of the
 clip in an apparent ID that begins at about 0:10. But I can find nothing
 that would link a 1010 Spanish-language station to 97.5. Maybe my numbers
 are off? There's some music in the clip as well. A second clip follows
 immediately and there's a bit of less-audible talk. Both between 1930-1945
 EDT. These are Clips A-1 and A2
 On March 23 around 1830 pm, before my local sunrise, I have more Spanish
 on 1010. This time frame of 0634 EDT happens to be my peak for getting
 Mexico. This could very well be something completely different (with
 apologies to Monty Python) than the above two clips. This is Clip B.
 Audio clips are online at http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?9625
 Any observations are appreciated, with thanks.
 Saul Chernos
 Burnt River ON
















































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Re: [IRCA] WA stations turned off

2015-04-01 Thread Patrick Martin
Thanks. Kirkland here then would be DX. hi. They were not all that great with 
5KW directional in the past.

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

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 Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 13:15:36 -0700
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] WA stations turned off
 
 Hi Patrick,
 I can verify the following:
 1. No trace of KBRO-1490, and they have a reasonable signal here. Not
 pleasure listening for most people, but fully readable; or at least they
 were!
 2. The 1460 in Kirkland is back on, sort-of. 
 I can't tell you when they returned, because they're so weak that they're
 below the noise in the room where I normaly check.
 At night they'd be swamped by Yakima and everything else on the frequency. I
 wonder if they're even listenable in Kirkland, day or night.
 But I'm sure that officially they're no longer silent ... but who would
 know?
 Bob Dylan said You gotta serve somebody. Well, if you're Family Radio in
 Kirkland, maybe not.
 Or at least not yet.
 Incidentally, a low-quality ID was heard around 1 o'clock over the currently
 running Family Radio program.
 --
 Rick
 -Original Message-
 From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Patrick
 Martin
 Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 11:30 PM
 To: IRCA; B Wien
 Subject: [IRCA] WA stations turned off
 
 According to the NW Broadcasters site, several more smaller WA stations have
 gone silent. They are KLDY-1280, KNTB-1480, and KBRO-1490. I have not
 checked to see if they are off as yet, but 1280 is probably the only one I
 could check for sure during the day. Anyone in the Puget Sound verify this?
 
 Patrick Martin
 Seaside OR
 KGED QSL Manager
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Re: [IRCA] WA stations turned off

2015-04-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Valley Country CIVH now dominating on the north 
Flagthat's quite a long way away for a 
graveyardernot even sunset yet, especially up in Vanderhoof...


best wishes,

Nick



At 02:07 02-04-15, you wrote:
1340 is a bit of a rather pleasant mess in 
Victoria.   Nearest to dominant was presumed 
CINL with Canadian Press items at 7pm Pacific time.


best wishes,

Nick




KBRO definitely off now. They typically 
dominate the frequency here in N Seattle.


Did not hear KLDY, KNTB or 1460-Kirkland today 
as well, although I didn't spend enough time on 
frequency to be 100% sure. These are usually 
heard but usually somewhat weak... and I didn't hear anything on my car radio.

Only heard sports on 1340, so perhaps Anacortes is also off.
 Phil Bytheway
Seattle WA
Drake R-7 / KIWA Loop

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Re: [IRCA] unID on 1520

2015-04-01 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
If they are still simulcasting, the id was 1520 kokc oklahoma city, 1560
kebc del city i think

I cant make out much in this clip though besides the obvious KSIB.

Paul

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Theo th...@telus.net wrote:

 Isn't the ID KEBC Del City, thus KOKC/1520 still simulcasting after their
 towers came down?

 TD


 On 01/04/2015 5:34 AM, Nigel Pimblett wrote:

 I'd appreciate any help it IDing this one, heard at 7:00 am local (MDT).
  KSIB is the dominant station, but right after their ID, there is a much
 weaker ID.  The calls I hear don't line up with anything on 1520, so I'm
 wondering if this is a for a station not on 1520, as part of a dual or
 multi station ID, with the first part buried under KSIB.  I don't think it
 can be anything new, but would still like to solve it.

 Thanks in advance for any help,

 Nigel Pimblett
 Dunmore, Alberta



 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/hfiv817761x4im7/KSIB_
 1520_20150330_1300short.mp3

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Re: [IRCA] unID on 1520

2015-04-01 Thread Theo
Isn't the ID KEBC Del City, thus KOKC/1520 still simulcasting after 
their towers came down?


TD

On 01/04/2015 5:34 AM, Nigel Pimblett wrote:
I'd appreciate any help it IDing this one, heard at 7:00 am local 
(MDT).   KSIB is the dominant station, but right after their ID, there 
is a much weaker ID.  The calls I hear don't line up with anything on 
1520, so I'm wondering if this is a for a station not on 1520, as part 
of a dual or multi station ID, with the first part buried under KSIB.  
I don't think it can be anything new, but would still like to solve it.


Thanks in advance for any help,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, Alberta



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Re: [IRCA] WA stations turned off

2015-04-01 Thread Rick Lewis
Hi Patrick,
I can verify the following:
1. No trace of KBRO-1490, and they have a reasonable signal here. Not
pleasure listening for most people, but fully readable; or at least they
were!
2. The 1460 in Kirkland is back on, sort-of. 
I can't tell you when they returned, because they're so weak that they're
below the noise in the room where I normaly check.
At night they'd be swamped by Yakima and everything else on the frequency. I
wonder if they're even listenable in Kirkland, day or night.
But I'm sure that officially they're no longer silent ... but who would
know?
Bob Dylan said You gotta serve somebody. Well, if you're Family Radio in
Kirkland, maybe not.
Or at least not yet.
Incidentally, a low-quality ID was heard around 1 o'clock over the currently
running Family Radio program.
--
Rick
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From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Patrick
Martin
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 11:30 PM
To: IRCA; B Wien
Subject: [IRCA] WA stations turned off

According to the NW Broadcasters site, several more smaller WA stations have
gone silent. They are KLDY-1280, KNTB-1480, and KBRO-1490. I have not
checked to see if they are off as yet, but 1280 is probably the only one I
could check for sure during the day. Anyone in the Puget Sound verify this?

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager  
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2015-04-01 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2015 Apr 01 1805 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 31 March follow.
Solar flux 128 and estimated planetary A-index 9.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 01 April was 3.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 31   31   31   31   31   31   31   01   01   01   01   01   01   01
UTC  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800
SFlx 134  134  134  134  134  134  128  128  128  128  128  128  128  128
A-in 55555510   9999999
K-in 11223232212223
Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm



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[IRCA] PR-D15 AM Bandscands in AZ PL-606 + Eton T3 by KUAZ Sunrise 3-30

2015-04-01 Thread Stephen Airy via IRCA
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Hi all...
This past weekend I was participating in a friend's wedding near Tucson, AZ, 
with my parents.  I had a little free time a couple days to do a little radio 
stuff, so I recorded a few videos. :)
First, an AM bandscan near Vail, AZ, on the Sangean PR-D15 around 3pm MST on 
the 29th:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vTn3VaCJgo

Next, a PR-D15 AM scan in Gila Bend, AZ, on the 30th around 2pm MST:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH_kOzFSb4o

Also, I knew that being in Tucson would be a great opportunity to demonstrate 
what happens when DSP radios are desensed by a strong signal.  KUAZ, on 1550 
kHz, is licensed for 50 kW non-directional daytime only, into an almost 
5/8-wave antenna.  So, I was able to take a few radios by their transmitter 
site this past Monday morning (the 30th), and record video  audio of what 
happens on the Tecsun PL-606 and Eton Traveler III to a semi-local signal when 
KUAZ powers up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PmDZNgVe1w
I wasn't quite able to set it up exactly how I wanted, but you should get the 
basic idea.  One second, you hear 1490-KFFN's signal fairly well (it would have 
been better if I'd positioned the radio right), the next section it's 
completely gone.  Unfortunately I was unable to add other radios (like the 
PR-D15, CC Pocket, Sony SRF-59) to the demonstration due to recording equipment 
limits, and the PL-606 drowned out my attempt to use the Zoom H2n's stereo 
recording mid-side mikes to also include the PL-380.  Also I wanted to do the 
demonstration at sunset, but scheduling conflicts prevented it both evenings I 
was there (the 28th and 29th).
Does anyone have recommendations on portable ultralight radios that don't 
suffer from that issue, and have the selectivity of DSP radios with the 
internal noise immunity and sensitivity of the newer ones like the Traveler III 
and the (not yet tested/purchased by me) CC Skywave?  A vertical form factor 
would be preferred so I can slip it in my pocket while doing other activities, 
although horizontal would be okay if it has a decent belt clip like the Sony 
SRF-M37W (which fails on selectivity).
73, Stephen
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