[IRCA] American TP Stations Received in Western Japan
For those interested in how many of our local pests can cross the "big pond," a group of Japanese DXers in Kyoto has posted a Google map of all their TP receptions of North, Central and South American stations (103 total) received from 1994 to 2015. This was first posted on a Japanese Facebook group. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zqDBFLWFWDm0.kmFqjf_0NTaA 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, 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
[IRCA] TP 18 Nov Victoria version
And more life again, although really, it's still mostly the big guns that are...big. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB man in Japanese with NHK mention 1459UT, also at this level at other times, and as late as 1517UT 972 HLCA 1505UT, woman in Korean, musical interlude, then man in Korean 1566 HLAZ man in Japanese 1330UT; was very weak during the Chinese program after 1345UT 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 in Japanese 1501UT 747 JOIB English lessons 1413UT 828 JOBB man in Japanese 1502UT //873 837 JOQK man in Japanese 1350UT, then briefly, an excited announcer, live sport?, no parallels. Weaker at 1401UT, but //567 which was barely there itself 873 JOGB man in Japanese //828 1502UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 954 JOKR quick fade up 1519UT w/man in Japanese, then pop music which soon faded, the last gasp of the morning 1053 Korean jammer 1358UT 1287 JOHR woman in Japanese, thern man 1334UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 567 JOIK man talking //594 1338UT 603 very faint on a quiet channel, man talking 1431UT 702 man talking DU English inflection 1204UT 738 Tahiti likely w/woman talking, French inflection 1201UT 1134 JOQR chimes and pip on the hour snuck through the CKWX splash at 1500UT 1143 unID woman talking 1411UT, too much splatter for a guess at the language 1323 man talking, too murky for language guess 1412UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 612 846 864 891 909 945 1179 1242 1386 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] Alberta TPs for 18 November 2015
My work schedule prevented full attention to the dial this morning, however I did note some Asian action for the first time in a while. 1575 Thailand and 1566 Korea were fairly consistent, and they were joined at times by a few minutes here and there of audio from Japan on 693 and 828. For some reason 774 wasn't up to much. Judging by the latest solar numbers, the recovery could be short-lived, so I'll take what I can get. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, AB Perseus SDR & Wellbrook Phased Array ___ 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: 2015 Nov 19 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 18 November follow. Solar flux 108 and estimated planetary A-index 17. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 19 November was 5. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 UTC 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 2100 SFlx 106 106 106 106 106 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 108 108 A-in 14 14 14 14 14 988888816 17 K-in 31212321323235 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] DX 11/17
Our power was off from about 4-8:30p PST on Tuesday. Also off were (1) KKMO-1360 (1 mile away) and (2) a whole lot of electrical noise. Of note (PST): 1230 KCUP Toledo, OR w/ID at 8p. I believe they hyphenated during the ID with “Toledo-Newport” and that they went in to Fox News. New. 1250 K… Seattle. Now with Indian (Punjabi?) music but most of the ads and announcements are in English. Don’t know if they have changed calls yet. Of note only because it sounded like they were on night pattern around 6:30p but at 7 they were definitely on day pattern. This is one of those quirky grandfathered-in arrangements where they are supposed to go on night pattern at sunset but can go back to 5kw non-DA at 9pm local. I guess the presumption is that KWSU has no Western Washington listeners after 9pm. 1510 KSFN Piedmont CA around 7:30p presumed but it didn’t sound like Mandarin. Perhaps a dialect. Not a lot of juice in this direction. No sign of KGA. Nothing stood out on the usually blocked 1350-1370. Maybe next time! Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 & ICF2010 Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops DX398, SRF-59 & M37V Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380 ___ 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] CKMX 1060 Comedy at noon.
Thanks for the heads up, Dennis. Coming in quite well on their SW outlet on 6030. 100 w or thereabouts only, so a nice catch. 73,...Walt On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Dennis Vroom via IRCA < irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote: > ___ > 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 > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Dennis Vroom > To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com" > Cc: > Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:30:07 + (UTC) > Subject: CKMX 1060 Comedy at noon. > CKMX 1060 Calgary, AB 531 miles as the crow flies being heard here in > Kalama, WA with Redd Foxx clip from Stanford & Son. Fair signal on R 390A > with 600' random wire antenna. 12:09 PM PST > Best regards, > > Dennis Vroom, > Kalama, WA > JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B > 1) NW ewe > 2) SW ewe > 3) Long wire > 4) Random wire > 5) Bog NW 280' > ___ 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: 2015 Nov 18 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 18 November follow. Solar flux 108 and estimated planetary A-index 16. The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 18 November was 3. 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 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 2100 SFlx 106 106 106 106 106 106 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 108 A-in 14 14 14 14 14 14 988888816 K-in 23121232132323 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] CKMX 1060 Comedy at noon.
--- Begin Message --- CKMX 1060 Calgary, AB 531 miles as the crow flies being heard here in Kalama, WA with Redd Foxx clip from Stanford & Son. Fair signal on R 390A with 600' random wire antenna. 12:09 PM PST Best regards, Dennis Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B 1) NW ewe 2) SW ewe 3) Long wire 4) Random wire 5) Bog NW 280'--- End Message --- ___ 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] AM BCB DX….ELAD Captures….Just 1 New Station to report……
Hi Guys: Just one New Station, and a few lowered powered Relogs to report this go around!! RECEIVER……..ELAD FDM-S2 SDR ANTENNA……. Homebrew 2 1/2 Foot Tuned Box Loop AM LOG TOTALS are now……..1660 Stations Heard 73..ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA 990 WLLI Somerset, PA. Nov/16/15 1658 EST EE GOOD PSA for Smokey the Bear. Ads @ 1658 EST. ID by Male DJ as "The FANATIC". Sports Talk and into Power Change?? and Gone!! NEW STN 10 kW/100 Watts ROSS, ON. 1180 WSQR Sycamore, ILLINOIS Nov/02/15 2059 EST EE FAIR Oldies Music. Male DJ with ID @ 2100 EST as "FM 92.9 and AM 1180". Male with Local Weather. Under WHAM-Rochester. RELOG 900/1 Watts ROSS, ON. 1270 WQTT Marysville, OHIO Nov/02/15 2059 EST EE FAIR Oldies Music . Male DJ with ID @ 2100 EST as "WQTT Marysville, News Sports and Weather". RELOG 500 Watts ROSS, ON. 1440 WPRS Paris, ILLINOIS Nov/16/15 2000 EST EE FAIR Male DJ with ID @ 200 EST as "1440 WPRS-Paris". Into Talk. Mixing with WHKZ Warren. RELOG1 kW/250 Watts ROSS, ON. 1360 WPPA Pottsville, PA. Nov/17/15 0600 EST EE FAIR ID by Male DJ @ 0600 EST as "Sports Talk 1360 WPPA". Into CBS News. RELOG5 kW/500 Watts ROSS, ON. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-18
As Colin has reported Asian signals improved once again this morning, producing the best session of the entire month here. The NHK big guns on 593, 693, 747 and 774 managed good audio during peaks from 1430-1450, as well as the Korean regulars on 972 and 1566. In addition several less common low-band Asians made fair appearances during peak sunrise enhancement around 1440, including 558-HLQH, 603-HLSA, 657-Pyongyang and a presumed 738-BEL2. Weak echoes from the 1035-CRN1 synchros rounded out the session around 1455. Favorable Asian propagation was already in full swing at my 1430 start time, with 603-HLSA, 657-Pyongyang and 1035-CNR1 in and out with fair audio, as well as good signals from 594-JOAK, 747-JOIB and 1566-HLAZ. Other Japanese big guns on 774 and 828 were also in and out at decent levels, and 738 (presumed BEL2) was at threshold level. 603-HLSA managed several fair peaks with its pop music and deep-voiced male host // 558 from 1435-1445, while 657-Pyongyang's female tirade signal fought it out with 660 domestic splatter. 738 came up to a fair peak around 1450 with some Chinese speech in the KCBS splatter, but not distinct enough to recognize the usual voices. Late on the poorly-synchronized 1035-CNR1 stations made a weak appearance around 1455, but didn't stick around for long. The session was tapering off around 1500, with only 972-HLCA managing fair to good peaks as the propagation fizzled out. Overall the session was a dramatic improvement over the lackluster results for most of November, and one of the better mornings of the entire season. 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea Female vocal music at a fair level at 1433; strongest of the second-tier Asians https://app.box.com/s/0b85bdugkb17z8js84ppu8edw6svmpp9 KBS2 network's deep-voiced male in a fair-level monolog // 558 at 1440 https://app.box.com/s/xj9riefgeo69wszgxv1clllhesg5pn21 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 15" FSL antenna ___ 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 Victoria 18th mobile
Slightly better than yesterday -lots of hets in the car radio - 529 Alaska in the clear on the Honda Civic while driving through the pre dawn countryside. Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC ___ 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
