Re: [IRCA] Quoddy House 6 DXpedition - Nov. 15-21, 2015

[Sylvain Naud]

Thanks for sharing this excellent report Bill and congrats for your logs 
and recordings of Ethiopia and Eritrea. How I would love to hear them 
here ... As for Botswana, in my wildest dreams maybe? I generally have a 
hard time with the African continent here inland.


Sylvain Naud
Portneuf, QC
www.quebecdx.com


Le 24/11/2015 06:08, Bill Whitacre a écrit :

I love reading others' DXpedition reports & loggings.  In that same spirit I 
offer the following.

 From Nov. 15-21 I was at Quoddy House to try my luck at east-coast-style 
trans-oceanic DX.

While there's still LOTS of wav files to go through, enough is available to get 
a 'glimpse' of things.

Highlights so far include Ethiopia on 918 and 1359 kHz and Eritrea on 945 kHz. 
Thanks to the great folks on the RealDX mail list for ID help!

Quoddy House [QH] is near Lubec, Maine:  


As much as a DX opportunity, a visit to QH is an opportunity to try out new 
antennas and new configurations of trusted antennas.  Over the past few visits 
I've gotten an idea of where it's possible and useful to put up antennas.  This 
year I stuck with what I’ve come to consider my ‘stock’ weapon - a 160’ DKAZ — 
one at 55 degrees for TAs and one at 155 degrees for LatAm.  I used a Vactrol 
termination resistance to vary Rt from the shack and then replaced it with a 
fixed resistor when I had determined the best value.

Here's a chronology of when each antenna was up and in what configuration it was in 
on which day:  

Instead of a 'traditional' log I put up sound samples of what I heard on a 
website.  The website for QH6 is here:



Besides the sounds [accessed by clicking the ‘play’ symbol in the 
antenna/time/date vs. frequency matrix], other links of interest include:

- stats for what was heard: 

- AzGraph for each antenna to illustrate how it worked: 


- a Google Map of what was heard:  

Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy putting it together.  Stay tuned 
for more entries to be added over the next few weeks.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015

[Sylvain Naud]

I work along with young adults and they have fun with me when I refer to 
any "mailing list" reflectors in which I contribute. I must admit that I 
agree with them that this type of platform is near to obsolete when 
comparing to Facebook just to name one, which is much more lively, 
interactive and handles more than 35 KB per message :)


Sylvain

Le 24/11/2015 10:49, Mark Connelly a écrit :

Since I got the silly message reproduced below mine, my latest log report is 
now available via:
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/log_20151031.txt


When is this limitation (relic of DOS / floppy disk / dial-up era) going to be 
fixed?  Any serious DXpedition report, or even a home log covering more than a 
week is going to run into this problem.


Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA

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Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015

[Chuck Hutton]

I hold little hope for a fix, as IRCA doesn't choose to respond to our requests 
to up the limit.
Chuck

> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> From: sylvainnau...@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:50:51 -0500
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
> 
> I work along with young adults and they have fun with me when I refer to 
> any "mailing list" reflectors in which I contribute. I must admit that I 
> agree with them that this type of platform is near to obsolete when 
> comparing to Facebook just to name one, which is much more lively, 
> interactive and handles more than 35 KB per message :)
> 
> Sylvain
> 
> Le 24/11/2015 10:49, Mark Connelly a écrit :
> > Since I got the silly message reproduced below mine, my latest log report 
> > is now available via:
> > http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/log_20151031.txt
> >
> >
> > When is this limitation (relic of DOS / floppy disk / dial-up era) going to 
> > be fixed?  Any serious DXpedition report, or even a home log covering more 
> > than a week is going to run into this problem.
> >
> >
> > Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> > South Yarmouth, MA
> >
> > <<
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: irca-owner
> > To: markwa1ion
> > Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2015 6:57 am
> > Subject: Request to mailing list IRCA rejected
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> >
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP Carriers for 11-24

[Nicholas Hall-Patch]

I've been spending a couple of days with a north facing Kaz antenna, and a
water path up the Strait of Georgia, so my results are from another planet
somewhat.

But, the deterioration in Asiatic conditions this morning was also observed
here.  Yesterday morning there were Chinese on channels such as 1359, and a
thunderous 1593.  Today 1593 was decidedly languid, and there were only
hints of Chinese stations on 1017, 1098, and at sunrise, 945; otherwise
mostly Japanese, but on channels like 1116, so still in the category of
really good DX at home.

Also, there were a few weakish TA's last night, audio on 855, 999 and
1215.  855 might have been Romania, as the webstream had a man and woman
trading items back and forth, similar to what I was hearing, but that's a
pretty common format for news on the hour, and anything distinctive on the
webstream was during a fade in real life.

I have a DX Fishbarrel running here (
http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/test2/display1.htm), in case anyone
is interested in DX on another planet, hi.  Right now, it is as dull as
everywhere else..

best wishes,

Nick



On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 4:25 PM,  wrote:

> Asian propagation took a nosedive this morning as signs of TP life were
> limited to a few weak carriers. At first check around 1430 only ghostly
> high band carriers on 1566 and 1593 were in evidence, and these did not
> improve with the increasing daylight. 774 also managed a weak carrier
> around 1505, the only evidence of any sunrise boost. In comparison with the
> past couple of days 1593-CNR1 seemed to have fallen off of a cliff, and
> the NHK big guns seemed to take the day off. Although it was back to the
> typically dreary November propagation things can only get better from here.
> Hopefully by November 26th there will be Thanksgiving for improved DX.
>
> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight +
> 15" FSL antenna
>
>
>
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2015 Nov 25 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 24 November follow.
Solar flux 113 and estimated planetary A-index 2.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 25 November was 0.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 23   23   23   23   23   24   24   24   24   24   24   24   24   25
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 
SFlx 123  123  123  123  120  120  120  120  120  120  120  120  113  113
A-in 33334333333332
K-in 11101100010000
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP Carriers for 11-24

[Walter Salmaniw]

Nick, checking just now, 03:04, I see 171 propagating.  Real or fiction?
Walt

On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Nicholas Hall-Patch  wrote:

> I've been spending a couple of days with a north facing Kaz antenna, and a
> water path up the Strait of Georgia, so my results are from another planet
> somewhat.
>
> But, the deterioration in Asiatic conditions this morning was also observed
> here.  Yesterday morning there were Chinese on channels such as 1359, and a
> thunderous 1593.  Today 1593 was decidedly languid, and there were only
> hints of Chinese stations on 1017, 1098, and at sunrise, 945; otherwise
> mostly Japanese, but on channels like 1116, so still in the category of
> really good DX at home.
>
> Also, there were a few weakish TA's last night, audio on 855, 999 and
> 1215.  855 might have been Romania, as the webstream had a man and woman
> trading items back and forth, similar to what I was hearing, but that's a
> pretty common format for news on the hour, and anything distinctive on the
> webstream was during a fade in real life.
>
> I have a DX Fishbarrel running here (
> http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/test2/display1.htm), in case anyone
> is interested in DX on another planet, hi.  Right now, it is as dull as
> everywhere else..
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 4:25 PM, >
> wrote:
>
> > Asian propagation took a nosedive this morning as signs of TP life were
> > limited to a few weak carriers. At first check around 1430 only ghostly
> > high band carriers on 1566 and 1593 were in evidence, and these did not
> > improve with the increasing daylight. 774 also managed a weak carrier
> > around 1505, the only evidence of any sunrise boost. In comparison with
> the
> > past couple of days 1593-CNR1 seemed to have fallen off of a cliff, and
> > the NHK big guns seemed to take the day off. Although it was back to the
> > typically dreary November propagation things can only get better from
> here.
> > Hopefully by November 26th there will be Thanksgiving for improved DX.
> >
> > 73 and Good DX,
> > Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> > 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight +
> > 15" FSL antenna
> >
> >
> >
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Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015

[Nicholas Hall-Patch]

I believe any member of the IRCA radio club (that sponsors the IRCA list)
is entitled to make any proposal they wish to the IRCA Board, and that
would include proposals concerning how the list functions.   If you're a
member of the club, look at the back page of DX Monitor for contact
information.

If someone is not a member, I'm sure the club would be happy to have new
blood.

best wishes,

Nick

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 2:07 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:

> I hold little hope for a fix, as IRCA doesn't choose to respond to our
> requests to up the limit.
> Chuck
>
> > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> > From: sylvainnau...@gmail.com
> > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:50:51 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
> >
> > I work along with young adults and they have fun with me when I refer to
> > any "mailing list" reflectors in which I contribute. I must admit that I
> > agree with them that this type of platform is near to obsolete when
> > comparing to Facebook just to name one, which is much more lively,
> > interactive and handles more than 35 KB per message :)
> >
> > Sylvain
> >
> > Le 24/11/2015 10:49, Mark Connelly a écrit :
> > > Since I got the silly message reproduced below mine, my latest log
> report is now available via:
> > > http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/log_20151031.txt
> > >
> > >
> > > When is this limitation (relic of DOS / floppy disk / dial-up era)
> going to be fixed?  Any serious DXpedition report, or even a home log
> covering more than a week is going to run into this problem.
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> > > South Yarmouth, MA
> > >
> > > <<
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: irca-owner
> > > To: markwa1ion
> > > Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2015 6:57 am
> > > Subject: Request to mailing list IRCA rejected
> > >
> > > Your request to the IRCA mailing list
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> > >  Posting of your message titled "Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015"
> > >
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> > > following reason for rejecting your request:
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> > > "Your message was too big; please trim it to less than 35 KB in size."
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP Carriers for 11-24

[Chuck Hutton]

Nick - 
You didn't mention checking for a Spain parallel. How do you know 855 wasn't 
Spain?
Chuck


> On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Nicholas Hall-Patch  wrote:
> 
> >
> > Also, there were a few weakish TA's last night, audio on 855, 999 and
> > 1215.  855 might have been Romania, as the webstream had a man and woman
> > trading items back and forth, similar to what I was hearing, but that's a
> > pretty common format for news on the hour, and anything distinctive on the
> > webstream was during a fade in real life.
> >

> > best wishes,
> >
> > Nick
> >
> >
> >

  
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Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015

[Chuck Hutton]

Well of course.
But this makes no mention of the existing club's infrastructure to manage 
affairs. Shouldn't the club management be more proactive?
Chuck

> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:08:30 +
> From: n...@ieee.org
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
> 
> I believe any member of the IRCA radio club (that sponsors the IRCA list)
> is entitled to make any proposal they wish to the IRCA Board, and that
> would include proposals concerning how the list functions.   If you're a
> member of the club, look at the back page of DX Monitor for contact
> information.
> 
> If someone is not a member, I'm sure the club would be happy to have new
> blood.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Nick
> 
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 2:07 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> 
> > I hold little hope for a fix, as IRCA doesn't choose to respond to our
> > requests to up the limit.
> > Chuck
> >
> > > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> > > From: sylvainnau...@gmail.com
> > > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:50:51 -0500
> > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
> > >
> > > I work along with young adults and they have fun with me when I refer to
> > > any "mailing list" reflectors in which I contribute. I must admit that I
> > > agree with them that this type of platform is near to obsolete when
> > > comparing to Facebook just to name one, which is much more lively,
> > > interactive and handles more than 35 KB per message :)
> > >
> > > Sylvain
> > >
> > > Le 24/11/2015 10:49, Mark Connelly a écrit :
> > > > Since I got the silly message reproduced below mine, my latest log
> > report is now available via:
> > > > http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/log_20151031.txt
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > When is this limitation (relic of DOS / floppy disk / dial-up era)
> > going to be fixed?  Any serious DXpedition report, or even a home log
> > covering more than a week is going to run into this problem.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> > > > South Yarmouth, MA
> > > >
> > > > <<
> > > >
> > > > -Original Message-
> > > > From: irca-owner
> > > > To: markwa1ion
> > > > Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2015 6:57 am
> > > > Subject: Request to mailing list IRCA rejected
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> > > >
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> > > >
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> > > > "Your message was too big; please trim it to less than 35 KB in size."
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP Carriers for 11-24

[Nicholas Hall-Patch]

fiction I'm afraid Walt.  Given that there actually isn't much noise on
that frequency, you may have discovered a bug.

There is a very weak carrier on 189 however, so that might bear watching.



On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 3:05 AM, Walter Salmaniw  wrote:

> Nick, checking just now, 03:04, I see 171 propagating.  Real or fiction?
> Walt
>
> On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Nicholas Hall-Patch  wrote:
>
> > I've been spending a couple of days with a north facing Kaz antenna, and
> a
> > water path up the Strait of Georgia, so my results are from another
> planet
> > somewhat.
> >
> > But, the deterioration in Asiatic conditions this morning was also
> observed
> > here.  Yesterday morning there were Chinese on channels such as 1359,
> and a
> > thunderous 1593.  Today 1593 was decidedly languid, and there were only
> > hints of Chinese stations on 1017, 1098, and at sunrise, 945; otherwise
> > mostly Japanese, but on channels like 1116, so still in the category of
> > really good DX at home.
> >
> > Also, there were a few weakish TA's last night, audio on 855, 999 and
> > 1215.  855 might have been Romania, as the webstream had a man and woman
> > trading items back and forth, similar to what I was hearing, but that's a
> > pretty common format for news on the hour, and anything distinctive on
> the
> > webstream was during a fade in real life.
> >
> > I have a DX Fishbarrel running here (
> > http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/test2/display1.htm), in case
> anyone
> > is interested in DX on another planet, hi.  Right now, it is as dull as
> > everywhere else..
> >
> > best wishes,
> >
> > Nick
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 4:25 PM, >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Asian propagation took a nosedive this morning as signs of TP life were
> > > limited to a few weak carriers. At first check around 1430 only ghostly
> > > high band carriers on 1566 and 1593 were in evidence, and these did not
> > > improve with the increasing daylight. 774 also managed a weak carrier
> > > around 1505, the only evidence of any sunrise boost. In comparison with
> > the
> > > past couple of days 1593-CNR1 seemed to have fallen off of a cliff, and
> > > the NHK big guns seemed to take the day off. Although it was back to
> the
> > > typically dreary November propagation things can only get better from
> > here.
> > > Hopefully by November 26th there will be Thanksgiving for improved DX.
> > >
> > > 73 and Good DX,
> > > Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> > > 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight +
> > > 15" FSL antenna
> > >
> > >
> > >
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Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015

[Dennis Gibson]

Lynn Hollerman moderates the list but "all proposals, suggestions and gripes" 
go to Phil. Let him know what you think. The Board of Directors works with the 
President to help improve the club. 

Sent from my iPad

> On Nov 24, 2015, at 7:13 PM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> 
> Well of course.
> But this makes no mention of the existing club's infrastructure to manage 
> affairs. Shouldn't the club management be more proactive?
> Chuck
> 
>> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:08:30 +
>> From: n...@ieee.org
>> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
>> 
>> I believe any member of the IRCA radio club (that sponsors the IRCA list)
>> is entitled to make any proposal they wish to the IRCA Board, and that
>> would include proposals concerning how the list functions.   If you're a
>> member of the club, look at the back page of DX Monitor for contact
>> information.
>> 
>> If someone is not a member, I'm sure the club would be happy to have new
>> blood.
>> 
>> best wishes,
>> 
>> Nick
>> 
>>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 2:07 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I hold little hope for a fix, as IRCA doesn't choose to respond to our
>>> requests to up the limit.
>>> Chuck
>>> 
 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
 From: sylvainnau...@gmail.com
 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:50:51 -0500
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
 
 I work along with young adults and they have fun with me when I refer to
 any "mailing list" reflectors in which I contribute. I must admit that I
 agree with them that this type of platform is near to obsolete when
 comparing to Facebook just to name one, which is much more lively,
 interactive and handles more than 35 KB per message :)
 
 Sylvain
 
 Le 24/11/2015 10:49, Mark Connelly a écrit :
> Since I got the silly message reproduced below mine, my latest log
>>> report is now available via:
> http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/log_20151031.txt
> 
> 
> When is this limitation (relic of DOS / floppy disk / dial-up era)
>>> going to be fixed?  Any serious DXpedition report, or even a home log
>>> covering more than a week is going to run into this problem.
> 
> 
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
> 
> <<
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: irca-owner
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> Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2015 6:57 am
> Subject: Request to mailing list IRCA rejected
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP Carriers for 11-24

[Nicholas Hall-Patch]

One reason I didn't count it Chuck.   I didn't have a working link for RNE,
but did for Romania, and it was pretty similar to what I was hearing at the
time, so thought I should mention it.   A target is a target.

Interestingly, Romania has been heard before in Victoria, and may be at
least as likely as Spain.   Usually the more northerly TA paths have had
the advantage during TA openings in this part of the world.



On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 3:09 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:

> Nick -
> You didn't mention checking for a Spain parallel. How do you know 855
> wasn't Spain?
> Chuck
>
>
> > On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Nicholas Hall-Patch  wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Also, there were a few weakish TA's last night, audio on 855, 999 and
> > > 1215.  855 might have been Romania, as the webstream had a man and
> woman
> > > trading items back and forth, similar to what I was hearing, but
> that's a
> > > pretty common format for news on the hour, and anything distinctive on
> the
> > > webstream was during a fade in real life.
> > >
>
> > > best wishes,
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP Carriers for 11-24

[Chuck Hutton]

Nick:
Check out RNE'shome page at http://www.rtve.es/radio/ and then click on "RNE a 
la Carta" which takes you to the page where you can select "Escuchar Ahora". 
This takes you to:
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/live_radio_PopUp.shtml?id=1712486=undefined==es

Yes, I noted that you said it was "pretty similar" but also noted the format of 
"man and woman talking" is way too common to allow assumptions.
Since "man and woman" is not very conclusive, I'd check the RNE audio. It's a 
path to sureness.
Chuck
Chuck
> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:56:58 +
> From: n...@ieee.org
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP Carriers for 11-24
> 
> One reason I didn't count it Chuck.   I didn't have a working link for RNE,
> but did for Romania, and it was pretty similar to what I was hearing at the
> time, so thought I should mention it.   A target is a target.
> 
> Interestingly, Romania has been heard before in Victoria, and may be at
> least as likely as Spain.   Usually the more northerly TA paths have had
> the advantage during TA openings in this part of the world.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 3:09 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> 
> > Nick -
> > You didn't mention checking for a Spain parallel. How do you know 855
> > wasn't Spain?
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> > > On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Nicholas Hall-Patch  wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Also, there were a few weakish TA's last night, audio on 855, 999 and
> > > > 1215.  855 might have been Romania, as the webstream had a man and
> > woman
> > > > trading items back and forth, similar to what I was hearing, but
> > that's a
> > > > pretty common format for news on the hour, and anything distinctive on
> > the
> > > > webstream was during a fade in real life.
> > > >
> >
> > > > best wishes,
> > > >
> > > > Nick
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
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Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015

[Nicholas Hall-Patch]

we, the  club's government is democratic.   If the members want change,
and don't get it, then they can do something about it.  Non-members not so
much.

Now is that a TA carrier I hear?


Nick



On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:

> Well of course.
> But this makes no mention of the existing club's infrastructure to manage
> affairs. Shouldn't the club management be more proactive?
> Chuck
>
> > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:08:30 +
> > From: n...@ieee.org
> > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
> >
> > I believe any member of the IRCA radio club (that sponsors the IRCA list)
> > is entitled to make any proposal they wish to the IRCA Board, and that
> > would include proposals concerning how the list functions.   If you're a
> > member of the club, look at the back page of DX Monitor for contact
> > information.
> >
> > If someone is not a member, I'm sure the club would be happy to have new
> > blood.
> >
> > best wishes,
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 2:07 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> >
> > > I hold little hope for a fix, as IRCA doesn't choose to respond to our
> > > requests to up the limit.
> > > Chuck
> > >
> > > > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> > > > From: sylvainnau...@gmail.com
> > > > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:50:51 -0500
> > > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
> > > >
> > > > I work along with young adults and they have fun with me when I
> refer to
> > > > any "mailing list" reflectors in which I contribute. I must admit
> that I
> > > > agree with them that this type of platform is near to obsolete when
> > > > comparing to Facebook just to name one, which is much more lively,
> > > > interactive and handles more than 35 KB per message :)
> > > >
> > > > Sylvain
> > > >
> > > > Le 24/11/2015 10:49, Mark Connelly a écrit :
> > > > > Since I got the silly message reproduced below mine, my latest log
> > > report is now available via:
> > > > > http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/log_20151031.txt
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > When is this limitation (relic of DOS / floppy disk / dial-up era)
> > > going to be fixed?  Any serious DXpedition report, or even a home log
> > > covering more than a week is going to run into this problem.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> > > > > South Yarmouth, MA
> > > > >
> > > > > <<
> > > > >
> > > > > -Original Message-
> > > > > From: irca-owner
> > > > > To: markwa1ion
> > > > > Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2015 6:57 am
> > > > > Subject: Request to mailing list IRCA rejected
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[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 24 November 2015

[Nigel Pimblett]

As Gary noted, TP reception went back into the tank this morning, 
with only Korea 1566 offering any audio, for about 5 minutes either side 
of 1330.
Had a much more interesting reception earlier, when I logged WDAE 
on 620 at 1100 UTC.  Hearing anything eastward through CKRM is very 
unusual, let alone Florida.


73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
Perseus SDR & Wellbrook Phased Array

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[IRCA] 189 Iceland

[Nicholas Hall-Patch]

not strong but pretty steady with rock music // webstream
http://www.ruv.is/ras-2, fighting with local noise.

Otherwise, pretty blah conditions in spite of a very quiet geomagnetic
field/ low speed solar wind etc etc.

best wishes,

Nick
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Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015

[Chuck Hutton]

Were this an act of Congress or a change of philosophy, I'd agree to have 
proposals in triplicate, have a committee review it, follow processes and go 
through the rest of the bureaucratic stuff.
It's just a minor update to the list server.
Why can't we just do it?
Chuck

> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 04:13:18 +
> From: n...@ieee.org
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
> 
> we, the  club's government is democratic.   If the members want change,
> and don't get it, then they can do something about it.  Non-members not so
> much.
> 
> Now is that a TA carrier I hear?
> 
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> 
> > Well of course.
> > But this makes no mention of the existing club's infrastructure to manage
> > affairs. Shouldn't the club management be more proactive?
> > Chuck
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:08:30 +
> > > From: n...@ieee.org
> > > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
> > >
> > > I believe any member of the IRCA radio club (that sponsors the IRCA list)
> > > is entitled to make any proposal they wish to the IRCA Board, and that
> > > would include proposals concerning how the list functions.   If you're a
> > > member of the club, look at the back page of DX Monitor for contact
> > > information.
> > >
> > > If someone is not a member, I'm sure the club would be happy to have new
> > > blood.
> > >
> > > best wishes,
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 2:07 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> > >
> > > > I hold little hope for a fix, as IRCA doesn't choose to respond to our
> > > > requests to up the limit.
> > > > Chuck
> > > >
> > > > > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> > > > > From: sylvainnau...@gmail.com
> > > > > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:50:51 -0500
> > > > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
> > > > >
> > > > > I work along with young adults and they have fun with me when I
> > refer to
> > > > > any "mailing list" reflectors in which I contribute. I must admit
> > that I
> > > > > agree with them that this type of platform is near to obsolete when
> > > > > comparing to Facebook just to name one, which is much more lively,
> > > > > interactive and handles more than 35 KB per message :)
> > > > >
> > > > > Sylvain
> > > > >
> > > > > Le 24/11/2015 10:49, Mark Connelly a écrit :
> > > > > > Since I got the silly message reproduced below mine, my latest log
> > > > report is now available via:
> > > > > > http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/log_20151031.txt
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When is this limitation (relic of DOS / floppy disk / dial-up era)
> > > > going to be fixed?  Any serious DXpedition report, or even a home log
> > > > covering more than a week is going to run into this problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> > > > > > South Yarmouth, MA
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <<
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Original Message-
> > > > > > From: irca-owner
> > > > > > To: markwa1ion
> > > > > > Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2015 6:57 am
> > > > > > Subject: Request to mailing list IRCA rejected
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Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015

[Dennis Gibson]

The club is a democracy with a Constitution, President and Board of Directors. 
It can't "just do it". 

Sent from my iPad

> On Nov 24, 2015, at 9:47 PM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> 
> Were this an act of Congress or a change of philosophy, I'd agree to have 
> proposals in triplicate, have a committee review it, follow processes and go 
> through the rest of the bureaucratic stuff.
> It's just a minor update to the list server.
> Why can't we just do it?
> Chuck
> 
>> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 04:13:18 +
>> From: n...@ieee.org
>> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
>> 
>> we, the  club's government is democratic.   If the members want change,
>> and don't get it, then they can do something about it.  Non-members not so
>> much.
>> 
>> Now is that a TA carrier I hear?
>> 
>> 
>> Nick
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Well of course.
>>> But this makes no mention of the existing club's infrastructure to manage
>>> affairs. Shouldn't the club management be more proactive?
>>> Chuck
>>> 
 Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:08:30 +
 From: n...@ieee.org
 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
 
 I believe any member of the IRCA radio club (that sponsors the IRCA list)
 is entitled to make any proposal they wish to the IRCA Board, and that
 would include proposals concerning how the list functions.   If you're a
 member of the club, look at the back page of DX Monitor for contact
 information.
 
 If someone is not a member, I'm sure the club would be happy to have new
 blood.
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 2:07 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> 
> I hold little hope for a fix, as IRCA doesn't choose to respond to our
> requests to up the limit.
> Chuck
> 
>> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
>> From: sylvainnau...@gmail.com
>> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:50:51 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
>> 
>> I work along with young adults and they have fun with me when I
>>> refer to
>> any "mailing list" reflectors in which I contribute. I must admit
>>> that I
>> agree with them that this type of platform is near to obsolete when
>> comparing to Facebook just to name one, which is much more lively,
>> interactive and handles more than 35 KB per message :)
>> 
>> Sylvain
>> 
>> Le 24/11/2015 10:49, Mark Connelly a écrit :
>>> Since I got the silly message reproduced below mine, my latest log
> report is now available via:
>>> http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/log_20151031.txt
>>> 
>>> 
>>> When is this limitation (relic of DOS / floppy disk / dial-up era)
> going to be fixed?  Any serious DXpedition report, or even a home log
> covering more than a week is going to run into this problem.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
>>> South Yarmouth, MA
>>> 
>>> <<
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: irca-owner
>>> To: markwa1ion
>>> Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2015 6:57 am
>>> Subject: Request to mailing list IRCA rejected
>>> 
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>>> 
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>>> 
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Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015

[Chuck Hutton]

Dennis:
We all know the structure.
The question is whether the structure has to approve every breath we take and 
every sharpening of a pencil.
Chuck

> From: wb6...@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 22:13:52 -0800
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
> 
> The club is a democracy with a Constitution, President and Board of 
> Directors. It can't "just do it". 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> > On Nov 24, 2015, at 9:47 PM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> > 
> > Were this an act of Congress or a change of philosophy, I'd agree to have 
> > proposals in triplicate, have a committee review it, follow processes and 
> > go through the rest of the bureaucratic stuff.
> > It's just a minor update to the list server.
> > Why can't we just do it?
> > Chuck
> > 
> >> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 04:13:18 +
> >> From: n...@ieee.org
> >> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> >> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
> >> 
> >> we, the  club's government is democratic.   If the members want change,
> >> and don't get it, then they can do something about it.  Non-members not so
> >> much.
> >> 
> >> Now is that a TA carrier I hear?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Nick
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Well of course.
> >>> But this makes no mention of the existing club's infrastructure to manage
> >>> affairs. Shouldn't the club management be more proactive?
> >>> Chuck
> >>> 
>  Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:08:30 +
>  From: n...@ieee.org
>  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
>  Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
>  
>  I believe any member of the IRCA radio club (that sponsors the IRCA list)
>  is entitled to make any proposal they wish to the IRCA Board, and that
>  would include proposals concerning how the list functions.   If you're a
>  member of the club, look at the back page of DX Monitor for contact
>  information.
>  
>  If someone is not a member, I'm sure the club would be happy to have new
>  blood.
>  
>  best wishes,
>  
>  Nick
>  
> > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 2:07 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> > 
> > I hold little hope for a fix, as IRCA doesn't choose to respond to our
> > requests to up the limit.
> > Chuck
> > 
> >> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> >> From: sylvainnau...@gmail.com
> >> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 20:50:51 -0500
> >> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015
> >> 
> >> I work along with young adults and they have fun with me when I
> >>> refer to
> >> any "mailing list" reflectors in which I contribute. I must admit
> >>> that I
> >> agree with them that this type of platform is near to obsolete when
> >> comparing to Facebook just to name one, which is much more lively,
> >> interactive and handles more than 35 KB per message :)
> >> 
> >> Sylvain
> >> 
> >> Le 24/11/2015 10:49, Mark Connelly a écrit :
> >>> Since I got the silly message reproduced below mine, my latest log
> > report is now available via:
> >>> http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/log_20151031.txt
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> When is this limitation (relic of DOS / floppy disk / dial-up era)
> > going to be fixed?  Any serious DXpedition report, or even a home log
> > covering more than a week is going to run into this problem.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> >>> South Yarmouth, MA
> >>> 
> >>> <<
> >>> 
> >>> -Original Message-
> >>> From: irca-owner
> >>> To: markwa1ion
> >>> Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2015 6:57 am
> >>> Subject: Request to mailing list IRCA rejected
> >>> 
> >>> Your request to the IRCA mailing list
> >>> 
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> >>> 
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> >>> following reason for rejecting your request:
> >>> 
> >>> "Your message was too big; please trim it to less than 35 KB in
> >>> size."
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Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Quoddy House 6 DXpedition - Nov. 15-21, 2015

[James Renfrew]

Bill and Mark and everyone else,

Here's where we're at with a Newfoundland report.  We were in Cappahayden
NOV 7-16.  John Fisher, Jean Burnell, Chuck Hutton and me.  One crisis that
may have turned into an opportunity is that we suffered killer buzzsaw
interference at our normal location, something in the power line and it was
centered on our exact location though evident for about a mile radius.  One
of our resourceful team members went knocking on doors in nearby Renews and
found a willing saint allowing us to use the garage and oceanside
countryside for Perseus operations and two antennae.  So unlike previous
years, that included north and Brazil wires, at Renews we aimed east with
one wire and more to the west on our south wire.  Several days in each wire
moved about 15 degrees further to the west.  Eritrea is one of the loggings
that the east wire seems to have allowed; maybe not possible on our old
north wire.  The downside is that we were not able to engage in live DXing
at all during our time there. It's all in the recordings; it's all review.
So, at this point, we have little to share concerning the daily conditions.

We are still behind in reviewing Perseus files from 2010, 2011 and 2013, so
2015 will be even more challenging because each team member has the
complete east/south files from 1930-1100 for each day (disclaimer: some
days the south recordings failed; a DX curse of sorts). It takes me several
days, usually, to get through just one file; and I think we have 300 of
them.

So the first thing we agreed to is to submit a complete file of November 7
to the various lists, so that's what we're working on as a first step.
I've completed the east wire for the 7th (lots of Spanish locals, more
Egypt than usual, lots of of open channels, but the south wire is more
time-consuming).  As Brazil fades in at 2030 lots of low-powered
northeastern stations (Ceara, Rio Grande Del Norte, Algoas) are audible
before the higher powered Brazilians kick in. I've heard at least 20 new
Brazilians between 2030 and 2200 I am now up to 2230, and I hope we will be
able to circulate our report for November 7th soon.

Some of our team has been dabbling in dates beyond the 7th, and impressive
logs of Eritrea and Panama have been reported.  I can't wait to get there!





On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Mark Connelly  wrote:

> Good info so far Bill.
>
> Here are two things you may want to dig for right away:
> (1) South Africa 828
> (2) Off-channel Guyana which has been recently noted on 559.924 by Jim
> Renfrew in NL (see below) and (as carrier in WGAN slop) by me here at South
> Yarmouth in OCT on approximately 559.93.  I need to take a better shot at
> this one, maybe breaking out a phaser to "stick it" to WGAN better than
> what the SuperLoop alone can do.  That will still leave WFIL, Rebelde,
> WQAM, and WHYN more or less in that order on 560.  Right after sunset would
> likely be the best time.
>
> You and Jim might want to compare DXpedition notes; I'm copying him on
> this message.
>
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
>
> <<
> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:13:29 -0500
> From: James Renfrew 
> To: "a...@nrcdxas.org" , Mailing list for the
> International Radio Club of America 
> Cc: Jean Burnell , Charles Hutton
> , John Fisher 
> Subject: [IRCA] Guyana 560 off channel
>
> To: DXers
> From: Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY
>
> I'm reviewing recordings from our first day in Newfoundland, November 7th..
> There's a ton of stuff to report on, but one item in particular may be most
> immediately useful. At 2228z on November 7 I have the Voice of Guyana in
> English operating on or around 559.924. I don't know if this carries
> through the whole week we were there (NOV 7-16), but in case it does I want
> you to know about it! It may be just off enough to heard over a distance.
> Go get'em!
> >>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Bill Whitacre b...@his.com [CapeDX] 
> To: am ; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of
> America ; coastalroundtable <
> coastalroundta...@yahoogroups.com>; CapeDX ;
> lbi-dx 
> Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2015 6:08 am
> Subject: [CapeDX] Quoddy House 6 DXpedition - Nov. 15-21, 2015
>
>
> I love reading others' DXpedition reports & loggings. In that same spirit
> I offer the following.
>
> From Nov. 15-21 I was at Quoddy House to try my luck at east-coast-style
> trans-oceanic DX.
>
> While there's still LOTS of wav files to go through, enough is available
> to get a 'glimpse' of things.
>
> Highlights so far include Ethiopia on 918 and 1359 kHz and Eritrea on 945
> kHz. Thanks to the great folks on the RealDX mail list for ID help!
>
> Quoddy House [QH] is near Lubec, Maine: <
> 

[IRCA] AM BCB - ELAD Captures…2 NEW Stations plus some Decent DX to the West!

[Robert Ross]

Hi Guys:

  Just finished reviewing some ELAD Captures from the past few days and have 2 
NEW Stations to report as well as some Decent DX to the West!! Lots of K-Calls 
heard!!

RECEIVER…..ELAD FDM-S2 SDR

ANTENNA…. Homebrew 2 1/2 Foot Tuned Box Loop

AM LOG TOTALS are now………..1668 Stations heard.

73.ROB VA3SW

Robert S. Ross
London, Ontario CANADA


1580  KTGR  Columbia, MISSOURI  Nov/24/15  0600 EST   EE   FAIR
ID by Male DJ @ 0600 EST as "This is KTGR" and mentioned Jefferson City, 
which is a secondary coverage area for KTGR. 
Mixing with a UNID Spanish Station.

NEW STN214/8 Watts
ROSS, ON.
*
1490  WBEX  Chillicothe, OHIO  Nov/23/15  1800 EST  EE   FAIR
ID by Male DJ @ 1800 EST as "News, Talk, Sports - 1490 WBEX - 
Chillicothe". Into Local Weather and News by Female @ 1800 EST.

NEW STN1 kW
ROSS, ON.
*
1560  KGOW  Bellaire, TEXAS  Nov/22/15  1959 EST  EE  GOOD
ID by Male DJ @ 1959 EST as "KGOW - Bellaire/Houston - A Gow
Media Station". "Your home for the latest sports on YAHOO Sports
Radio 1560". Into Sports Talk.

RELOG   46/15 kW
ROSS, ON.
*
1190  KQQZ  DeSoto, MISSOURI  Nov/22/15  2000 EST   EE   GOOD
ID sung out by Females @ 2000 EST as "KQQZ - St. Louis".
Into Classic Country Music "Big Iron on his hip".

RELOG  10 kW/22 Watts
ROSS, ON.
*
850  KOA  Denver, COLORADO  Nov/22/15 2000 EST  EE   GOOD
ID @ 2000 EST as "Now on 94.1 and I-Heart Station - KOA Radio Time 
is 6 O'Clock" (MST). Into News. Mix with WKNR-Cleveland.

RELOG50 kW
ROSS, ON.
*
1520  KOKC  Oklahoma City, OKLAHOMA  Nov/24/15  0700 EST  EE  FAIR
Male DJ with ID @ 0700 EST as "News Talk 1520 KOKC OKlahoma City - 
A Product of Tyler Media since 1955?? Into CBS News @ 0700 EST.

RELOG50 kW
ROSS, ON.
*
1430  KZQZ  St. Louis, MISSOURI  Nov/24/15  0800 EST   EE   GOOD
ID sung out by Females @ 0800 EST as "An All American Station - 
KZQZ - St. Louis". Into OLDIES Music "Sweet Soul Music".

RELOG   50 5 kW
ROSS, ON.
*


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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2015 Nov 24 2105 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 24 November follow.
Solar flux 113 and estimated planetary A-index 3.
The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 24 November was 0.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 23   23   23   23   23   23   24   24   24   24   24   24   24   24
UTC  0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100
SFlx 123  123  123  123  123  120  120  120  120  120  120  120  120  113
A-in 33333433333333
K-in 01110110001000
Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm



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Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015

[Walter Salmaniw]

Every time I go to Masset, and try and post my extensive loggings, I
receive the same message.  I totally agree that in 2015, it's an arcane
rule.  73, Walt

On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, Mark Connelly via IRCA 
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Re: [IRCA] IRCA Digest, Vol 139, Issue 52

[Guy Atkins]

Hi Gary and Mark,

My efforts to add varactor tuning to the FSL antenna haven't been
abandoned, just put on hold. I gathered all the parts and scoured the Web
for various circuits and approaches for using varactor tuning, to to
reacquaint myself with the pros and cons of varactors, but that's it so far.

As usual I currently have a number of partly finished radio related
projects going on, and I haven't returned to this one. Right now I'm
working on wrapping up a LCD digital readout for a Sony ICF-EX5MK2, and
also doing a LED mod to replace the backlighting lamps inside of a mint
condition, vintage Zenith Trans-Oceanic I acquired.

It's just a case of too much work and commuting! Retirement one day sounds
nice :^)

73,

Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA


>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: d1028g...@comcast.net
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <
> irca@hard-core-dx.com>
> Cc:
> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 04:40:06 + (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-22
>
>
> Hometown buddy Guy Atkins has recently done some experimentation
> attempting to adapt the standard FSL antenna to a varactor-tuned design for
> inside-the-car DXing at the Oregon cliff sites, but apparently was
> disappointed at the results. Many he will chime in with a summary of his
> experimentation, but I do know that he decided not to continue with the
> idea. The High-Q standard FSL with a single-optimized-frequency
> (and razor-sharp tuning) has been a superior transoceanic performer at the
> Oregon cliff sites, but it does require a DXer willing to tolerate the
> extreme weather that these ocean cliff sites attract. Very few seem to have
> interest in this.
>
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP Carriers for 11-24

[R. Colin Newell]

Indeed it did - I was up before 1300 UTC and noted signs of life scattered
across the band but little more
than solid carriers -
I took my device to bed with me to keep an eye on things -
And by 1430 things had perked up slightly on the upper band but not enough
to warrant to getting vertical.
Peeks at 1500 indicated that there was likely audio on 1557, 1566, 1575 and
1593...
as of 1630 there was still evidence of activity on 1566 - no surprise there.

Good DX all.

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 8:25 AM,  wrote:

> Asian propagation took a nosedive this morning as signs of TP life were
> limited to a few weak carriers. At first check around 1430 only ghostly
> high band carriers on 1566 and 1593 were in evidence, and these did not
> improve with the increasing daylight. 774 also managed a weak carrier
> around 1505, the only evidence of any sunrise boost. In comparison with the
> past couple of days 1593-CNR1 seemed to have fallen off of a cliff, and
> the NHK big guns seemed to take the day off. Although it was back to the
> typically dreary November propagation things can only get better from here.
> Hopefully by November 26th there will be Thanksgiving for improved DX.
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Quoddy House 6 DXpedition - Nov. 15-21, 2015

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---

Good info so far Bill.


Here are two things you may want to dig for right away:
(1) South Africa 828
(2) Off-channel Guyana which has been recently noted on 559.924 by Jim Renfrew 
in NL (see below) and (as carrier in WGAN slop) by me here at South Yarmouth in 
OCT on approximately 559.93.  I need to take a better shot at this one, maybe 
breaking out a phaser to "stick it" to WGAN better than what the SuperLoop 
alone can do.  That will still leave WFIL, Rebelde, WQAM, and WHYN more or less 
in that order on 560.  Right after sunset would likely be the best time.  


You and Jim might want to compare DXpedition notes; I'm copying him on this 
message.


Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA


<<
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:13:29 -0500
From: James Renfrew 
To: "a...@nrcdxas.org" , Mailing list for the
International Radio Club of America 
Cc: Jean Burnell , Charles Hutton
, John Fisher 
Subject: [IRCA] Guyana 560 off channel


To: DXers
From: Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY


I'm reviewing recordings from our first day in Newfoundland, November 7th.
There's a ton of stuff to report on, but one item in particular may be most
immediately useful. At 2228z on November 7 I have the Voice of Guyana in
English operating on or around 559.924. I don't know if this carries
through the whole week we were there (NOV 7-16), but in case it does I want
you to know about it! It may be just off enough to heard over a distance.
Go get'em!
>>


-Original Message-
From: Bill Whitacre b...@his.com [CapeDX] 
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Subject: [CapeDX] Quoddy House 6 DXpedition - Nov. 15-21, 2015



  

  
I love reading others' DXpedition reports & loggings.  In that same spirit I 
offer the following.

>From Nov. 15-21 I was at Quoddy House to try my luck at east-coast-style 
>trans-oceanic DX.

While there's still LOTS of wav files to go through, enough is available to get 
a 'glimpse' of things.

Highlights so far include Ethiopia on 918 and 1359 kHz and Eritrea on 945 kHz. 
Thanks to the great folks on the RealDX mail list for ID help!

Quoddy House [QH] is near Lubec, Maine:  
;

As much as a DX opportunity, a visit to QH is an opportunity to try out new 
antennas and new configurations of trusted antennas.  Over the past few visits 
I've gotten an idea of where it's possible and useful to put up antennas.  This 
year I stuck with what I’ve come to consider my ‘stock’ weapon - a 160’ DKAZ — 
one at 55 degrees for TAs and one at 155 degrees for LatAm.  I used a Vactrol 
termination resistance to vary Rt from the shack and then replaced it with a 
fixed resistor when I had determined the best value.

Here's a chronology of when each antenna was up and in what configuration it 
was in on which day:  ;

Instead of a 'traditional' log I put up sound samples of what I heard on a 
website.  The website for QH6 is here:

;

Besides the sounds [accessed by clicking the ‘play’ symbol in the 
antenna/time/date vs. frequency matrix], other links of interest include:

- stats for what was heard: ;

- AzGraph for each antenna to illustrate how it worked: 
;

- a Google Map of what was heard:  ;

Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy putting it together.  Stay tuned 
for more entries to be added over the next few weeks.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA



 
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[IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP Carriers for 11-24

[d1028gary]

Asian propagation took a nosedive this morning as signs of TP life were limited 
to a few weak carriers. At first check around 1430 only ghostly high band 
carriers on 1566 and 1593 were in evidence, and these did not improve with the 
increasing daylight. 774 also managed a weak carrier around 1505, the only 
evidence of any sunrise boost. In comparison with the past couple of days 
1593-CNR1 seemed to have fallen off of a cliff, and the NHK big guns seemed to 
take the day off. Although it was back to the typically dreary November 
propagation things can only get better from here. Hopefully by November 26th 
there will be Thanksgiving for improved DX. 
  
73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 
15" FSL antenna 
  
  
  
  
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Re: [IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015

[R. Colin Newell]

I actually manage a LISTSERV like this and it is no more complicated that
logging into the ADMIN interface
and "Upping" the KB limit.

My Listserv is currently set at 100KB which accommodates most large reports.

At some point I will also start work on pitching a new website design for
IRCA at no charge --
and yes, I understand that this LIST is only informally related to the IRCA.

A list such as this could be so much more - this is 2015 after all and the
list could
have the capacity (should have the capacity...) for MP3 attachments, small
videos, text files and photos...)

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 7:49 AM, Mark Connelly via IRCA <
irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote:

>
>
> Since I got the silly message reproduced below mine, my latest log report
> is now available via:
> http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/log_20151031.txt
>
>
> When is this limitation (relic of DOS / floppy disk / dial-up era) going
> to be fixed?  Any serious DXpedition report, or even a home log covering
> more than a week is going to run into this problem.
>
>
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
>
>
>


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Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Quoddy House 6 DXpedition - Nov. 15-21, 2015

[Bill Whitacre]

Just went thru most everything I have for TOH and BOH recordings for 828.  
'Best' day is 11/19 around 0100utc, same day Ethiopia and Eritrea were coming 
in at 0300utc.  Lots of carrier - as 'big' as WCRN on 830 at times - but almost 
NO modulation.  Either someone is really soft-pedaling the modulation OR 
there's a number stations just a touch off-freq causing canceling.

I'll put up what I have for the one voice anmt that I can dig out later when 
I'm home from the office.  Other than that I've got some snips of non-descript 
pop music at various times.

I would expect better from Newfoundland.

---

On Nov 24, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Mark Connelly markwa1...@aol.com [CapeDX] wrote:

> 
> Good info so far Bill.
> 
> Here are two things you may want to dig for right away:
> (1) South Africa 828
> (2) Off-channel Guyana which has been recently noted on 559.924 by Jim 
> Renfrew in NL (see below) and (as carrier in WGAN slop) by me here at South 
> Yarmouth in OCT on approximately 559.93.  I need to take a better shot at 
> this one, maybe breaking out a phaser to "stick it" to WGAN better than what 
> the SuperLoop alone can do.  That will still leave WFIL, Rebelde, WQAM, and 
> WHYN more or less in that order on 560.  Right after sunset would likely be 
> the best time.  
> 
> You and Jim might want to compare DXpedition notes; I'm copying him on this 
> message.
> 
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
> 
> <<
> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:13:29 -0500
> From: James Renfrew 
> To: "a...@nrcdxas.org" , Mailing list for the
> International Radio Club of America   
> Cc: Jean Burnell , Charles Hutton
> , John Fisher 
> Subject: [IRCA] Guyana 560 off channel
> 
> To: DXers
> From: Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY
> 
> I'm reviewing recordings from our first day in Newfoundland, November 7th.
> There's a ton of stuff to report on, but one item in particular may be most
> immediately useful. At 2228z on November 7 I have the Voice of Guyana in
> English operating on or around 559.924. I don't know if this carries
> through the whole week we were there (NOV 7-16), but in case it does I want
> you to know about it! It may be just off enough to heard over a distance.
> Go get'em!
> >>
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Bill Whitacre b...@his.com [CapeDX] 
> To: am ; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of 
> America ; coastalroundtable 
> ; CapeDX ; lbi-dx 
> 
> Sent: Tue, Nov 24, 2015 6:08 am
> Subject: [CapeDX] Quoddy House 6 DXpedition - Nov. 15-21, 2015
> 
>  
> I love reading others' DXpedition reports & loggings. In that same spirit I 
> offer the following.
> 
> From Nov. 15-21 I was at Quoddy House to try my luck at east-coast-style 
> trans-oceanic DX.
> 
> While there's still LOTS of wav files to go through, enough is available to 
> get a 'glimpse' of things.
> 
> Highlights so far include Ethiopia on 918 and 1359 kHz and Eritrea on 945 
> kHz. Thanks to the great folks on the RealDX mail list for ID help!
> 
> Quoddy House [QH] is near Lubec, Maine: 
> ;
> 
> As much as a DX opportunity, a visit to QH is an opportunity to try out new 
> antennas and new configurations of trusted antennas. Over the past few visits 
> I've gotten an idea of where it's possible and useful to put up antennas. 
> This year I stuck with what I’ve come to consider my ‘stock’ weapon - a 160’ 
> DKAZ — one at 55 degrees for TAs and one at 155 degrees for LatAm. I used a 
> Vactrol termination resistance to vary Rt from the shack and then replaced it 
> with a fixed resistor when I had determined the best value.
> 
> Here's a chronology of when each antenna was up and in what configuration it 
> was in on which day: ;
> 
> Instead of a 'traditional' log I put up sound samples of what I heard on a 
> website. The website for QH6 is here:
> 
> ;
> 
> Besides the sounds [accessed by clicking the ‘play’ symbol in the 
> antenna/time/date vs. frequency matrix], other links of interest include:
> 
> - stats for what was heard: ;
> 
> - AzGraph for each antenna to illustrate how it worked: 
> ;
> 
> - a Google Map of what was heard: ;
> 
> Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy putting it together. Stay tuned 
> for more entries to be added over the next few weeks.
> 
> Bill Whitacre
> Alexandria, VA
> 
> 
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[IRCA] Quoddy House 6 DXpedition - Nov. 15-21, 2015

[Bill Whitacre]

I love reading others' DXpedition reports & loggings.  In that same spirit I 
offer the following.

From Nov. 15-21 I was at Quoddy House to try my luck at east-coast-style 
trans-oceanic DX.

While there's still LOTS of wav files to go through, enough is available to get 
a 'glimpse' of things.

Highlights so far include Ethiopia on 918 and 1359 kHz and Eritrea on 945 kHz. 
Thanks to the great folks on the RealDX mail list for ID help!

Quoddy House [QH] is near Lubec, Maine:  


As much as a DX opportunity, a visit to QH is an opportunity to try out new 
antennas and new configurations of trusted antennas.  Over the past few visits 
I've gotten an idea of where it's possible and useful to put up antennas.  This 
year I stuck with what I’ve come to consider my ‘stock’ weapon - a 160’ DKAZ — 
one at 55 degrees for TAs and one at 155 degrees for LatAm.  I used a Vactrol 
termination resistance to vary Rt from the shack and then replaced it with a 
fixed resistor when I had determined the best value.

Here's a chronology of when each antenna was up and in what configuration it 
was in on which day:  

Instead of a 'traditional' log I put up sound samples of what I heard on a 
website.  The website for QH6 is here:



Besides the sounds [accessed by clicking the ‘play’ symbol in the 
antenna/time/date vs. frequency matrix], other links of interest include:

- stats for what was heard: 

- AzGraph for each antenna to illustrate how it worked: 


- a Google Map of what was heard:  

Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy putting it together.  Stay tuned 
for more entries to be added over the next few weeks.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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[IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA: OCT 2015

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

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Since I got the silly message reproduced below mine, my latest log report is 
now available via:
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/log_20151031.txt


When is this limitation (relic of DOS / floppy disk / dial-up era) going to be 
fixed?  Any serious DXpedition report, or even a home log covering more than a 
week is going to run into this problem.


Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA

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