Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs

[Mike Hawkins]

Sorry to bother you.

On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:

> There are a zillion ways to share files, but the radio clubs should step
> up and have a centralized way to share radio files. Otherwise, there are a
> million answers.
>
>
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Mike Hawkins <
> michael.d.hawk...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2016 3:45 AM
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> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs
>
> Chuck,
>
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>
>
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
>
> > I'd send it to you but the silly, antiquated 35 kb limit wouldn't let me.
> >
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> > 
> > From: IRCA  on behalf of Sylvain Naud <
> > sylvainnau...@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2016 12:26 AM
> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs
> >
> > I would also ask for the Turkey cut if it's not asking too much.
> > Impresing logs Michael, congrats!
> >
> > Sylvain Naud
> > Portneuf, QC
> > www.quebecdx.com
> > Quebec DX
> > www.quebecdx.com
> > A warm welcome to my website. Here, I'll intent to share with you one of
> > my favourite pastime: DXing or if you prefer, chasing weak radio signals
> > and making with ...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Le 2016-09-03 à 11:20, Bill Whitacre a écrit :
> > > Sorry Michael, I lost your email address in this exchange with the IRCA
> > list but I would love to hear the Ethiopia cut!  Hoping to log it again
> in
> > Maine the week before U.S. Thanksgiving!
> > >
> > > Sorry to 'clutter' the list with personal messages.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > -
> > >
> > >> Hi all - well apparently I put the DKAZ together correctly. These are
> a
> > few
> > >> of the African and Middle Eastern logs from the night before last,
> > >> unfortunately the ELAD did no recordings last night. There are a whack
> > more
> > >> as well - England, Spain, Wales, Scotland, Romania, Canaries.
> > Directionally
> > >> it is just as planned, with the 'beam' right towards the
> Mediterranean,
> > >> nulling North America.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I'm happy with the results of the antenna implementation.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 1. TURKEY - 891 kHz TRT 1 RADYO BIR (Antalya) 0258UTC: s/on with IS
> for
> > >> about a minute, 45-50 seconds of QRN, then time pips and s/on by woman
> > at
> > >> TOH, good audio by 0300:15.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 2. EGYPT - 864 kHz ERTU AL-QURAN AL-KARIM (Santah) 0258UTC: Quranic
> > >> chanting, some fading before TOH. No ID as chanting went through TOH,
> so
> > >> presumed. Good audio.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 3. MOROCCO - 612 kHz SNRT Al Idaâ Al-watania (Sebaâ-Aioun) 0458 UTC:
> AA
> > mx
> > >> program. Good audio.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 4. MAURITANIA - 783 kHz RADIO MAURITANIE (Nouakchott) 0158UTC: s/off 1
> > hour
> > >> later than schedule. ID'd by guitar IS. Good - very good signal. After
> > s/off
> > >> frequency occupied by Quranic chanting, possibly Saudi Arabia.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 5. ETHIOPIA - 1359 kHz DIMTSI WOYANE TIGRAY (Mekelle) 0258UTC: s/on at
> > >> 0301:45, wind instrument IS before. Very strong. Thanks to Willie
> Allen
> > for
> > >> the tip.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I have the recordings of these if anyone is interested!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Michael
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[IRCA] TP 3 Sep Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

A very Aussie morning as befits present geomagnetic conditions, yet a 
couple of Asians too.   There was probably some interesting DX 
hiding, and not enough time to dig it out.  Some of the loggings have 
not been heard for quite some time.




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


612 4QR  woman talking with man //549 1321UT; possibly a couple of 
others peaked at this level, as fading was fairly unpredictable.





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


576 2RN jazz clarinet //621 1306UT
702 2BL country music 1250UT //612
738 likely Tahiti, rhythmic pop 1211UT and other times
828 JOBB man in Japanese 1231UT
1575 VoA man in SE Asian language 1309UT, not much on hour though




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


774 3LO pips, fanfare, ABC news 1200UT






Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be 
guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in 
talk or music)


531 laid back pop music 1208UT, strong carrier
549 2CR woman talking, sneaking through 550 splash, //612 and lagging 
about 1/2 second, 1320UT
558 brief bit of choral music 1315UT, but didn't really sound 
islandish?   Assumed Fiji but now not so sure.

567 woman talking DU English? 1207UT
585 7RN ABC fanfare 1300UT, maybe someone else there also?  Had 
grabbed parallel with 576 a few minutes earlier, but 7RN lagging 2RN 
by over a second.

594 3WV instrumental music //612, 702
621 3RN jazz guitar //576 1305UT
747 4QS country pop //612 1339UT
792 4RN joining the jazzy throng 1308UT //576
828 3GI instrumental music //702 1314UT
1053 Korean jammer 1210UT
891 5AN weak ABC fanfare 1330UT
1116 pop music presumed to be 4BC 1331UT


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


 603 765 855 882 1098



best wishes,

Nick

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Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Auroral conditions?

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
I ran two captures, one at 8 p.m. EDT / 3 SEP ( UTC / 4 SEP) and one an 
hour later.

The first was on the peak 75 deg. / null 255 deg. (TA) antenna and the other on 
the peak 165 deg. / null 345 deg. (LA) antenna.

Lower band TA's from the Mediterranean region (and southward) were pretty good 
on the first capture.  Spain 855, Algeria 531, Morocco 612, Mauritania 783, 
Canaries 1008, and Egypt 864 were among the bigger blasters.  Also, with WBZ 
IBOC off, two interesting things were noted: Their top-of-hour time pip is 
spot-on instead of 8-10 sec. late AND Spain 1044 was sitting pretty with no 
IBOC frying eggs to pester it.

The second capture on the southerly antenna showed a lot of the usual Cubans, 
Puerto Ricans, and Colombians.  Best Venezuelan was 750 Caracas.

I saw Bruce's email below and looked into the domestic channels on the south 
antenna capture (0100 UTC).

1150 WDEL-DE mix WWDJ-MA
1170 Colombia inbooming, burying semi-local WFPB-MA and WWVA-WV
1330 WWRV-NY over WRCA-MA
1360 WDRC-CT dominant (WLYN-MA is in null)
1370 quite a jumble but WQLL-MD seemed slightly ahead of the pack; WTAB-NC, 
WDEA-ME, WFEA-NH clanking around under.

None of the above receptions is unusual here.

Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
 

-Original Message-
From: Bruce Conti cont...@gmail.com [CapeDX] 
To: CapeDX 
Sent: Sat, Sep 3, 2016 8:30 pm
Subject: [CapeDX] Auroral conditions?



  

  

Interesting domestic DX conditions Saturday evening, 9/3 1900-2000 EDT, perhaps 
due to an extended period of geomagnetic disturbance.  1150 WDEL Delaware 
dominant with Phillies baseball, 1170 WWLE Cornwall-Newburgh with R&B/soul 
oldies, 1330 WHGM Maryland with Smash Hits dominant, 1360 WTOC New Jersey with 
Radio Transformacion over WDRC Hartford, 1370 WJIP Ellenville with NY Mets 
baseball (1450 WKIP listed as affiliate) over local WFEA Manchester.  Still 
more frequencies to check in RF spectrum captures...


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[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 3 September 2016

[Nigel Pimblett]

This morning definitely one of the more interesting ones of 
late.  Lots of signals on the borderline of audio, all apparently from 
Australia.  Those that were on the audio side of the line:


612 4QR BrisbaneTalk by a woman at 1220
702 2BL Sydney  Traces of talk by a man at 1215 through
splatter from Calgary on 700.
774 3LO Melbourne   Music, man speaking at 1208
828 3GI SaleFaint traces of talk at 1211
891 5AN AdelaideThe best signal of the morning, with
vocal by a woman at 1217, and noted ABC
news fanfare at 1230.
11164BC BrisbaneBits of talk noted at 1217

Several others just under the line, with strong carriers, including 
747,792,855,and 936.  The action was mainly limited to below 1200 khz 
today, with 1548 not doing much, and only weak carriers in the X-band.


73,


Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array
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[IRCA] 1030: WBZ versus Noticias del Plata (Argentina) shoot-out on Cape Cod

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
Last night (UTC 0100 / 3 SEP) there was a pretty good tangle going on between 
WBZ and Argentina on 1030.

Audio:
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/audio1/argentina+wbz-1030_20160903_0100z.mp3

WBZ is 53.6 miles (86.3 km) from here at a bearing of 319 degrees so somewhat 
off the back of the Latin America SuperLoop (null ~ 345 deg.).

Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
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Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs

[Chuck Hutton]

There are a zillion ways to share files, but the radio clubs should step up and 
have a centralized way to share radio files. Otherwise, there are a million 
answers.



From: IRCA  on behalf of Mike Hawkins 

Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2016 3:45 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs

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On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:

> I'd send it to you but the silly, antiquated 35 kb limit wouldn't let me.
>
>
> Chuck
>
>
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Sylvain Naud <
> sylvainnau...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2016 12:26 AM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs
>
> I would also ask for the Turkey cut if it's not asking too much.
> Impresing logs Michael, congrats!
>
> Sylvain Naud
> Portneuf, QC
> www.quebecdx.com
> Quebec DX
> www.quebecdx.com
> A warm welcome to my website. Here, I'll intent to share with you one of
> my favourite pastime: DXing or if you prefer, chasing weak radio signals
> and making with ...
>
>
>
>
> Le 2016-09-03 à 11:20, Bill Whitacre a écrit :
> > Sorry Michael, I lost your email address in this exchange with the IRCA
> list but I would love to hear the Ethiopia cut!  Hoping to log it again in
> Maine the week before U.S. Thanksgiving!
> >
> > Sorry to 'clutter' the list with personal messages.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -
> >
> >> Hi all - well apparently I put the DKAZ together correctly. These are a
> few
> >> of the African and Middle Eastern logs from the night before last,
> >> unfortunately the ELAD did no recordings last night. There are a whack
> more
> >> as well - England, Spain, Wales, Scotland, Romania, Canaries.
> Directionally
> >> it is just as planned, with the 'beam' right towards the Mediterranean,
> >> nulling North America.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm happy with the results of the antenna implementation.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 1. TURKEY - 891 kHz TRT 1 RADYO BIR (Antalya) 0258UTC: s/on with IS for
> >> about a minute, 45-50 seconds of QRN, then time pips and s/on by woman
> at
> >> TOH, good audio by 0300:15.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2. EGYPT - 864 kHz ERTU AL-QURAN AL-KARIM (Santah) 0258UTC: Quranic
> >> chanting, some fading before TOH. No ID as chanting went through TOH, so
> >> presumed. Good audio.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 3. MOROCCO - 612 kHz SNRT Al Idaâ Al-watania (Sebaâ-Aioun) 0458 UTC: AA
> mx
> >> program. Good audio.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 4. MAURITANIA - 783 kHz RADIO MAURITANIE (Nouakchott) 0158UTC: s/off 1
> hour
> >> later than schedule. ID'd by guitar IS. Good - very good signal. After
> s/off
> >> frequency occupied by Quranic chanting, possibly Saudi Arabia.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 5. ETHIOPIA - 1359 kHz DIMTSI WOYANE TIGRAY (Mekelle) 0258UTC: s/on at
> >> 0301:45, wind instrument IS before. Very strong. Thanks to Willie Allen
> for
> >> the tip.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have the recordings of these if anyone is interested!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Michael
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Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs

[Mike Hawkins]

Chuck,

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On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:

> I'd send it to you but the silly, antiquated 35 kb limit wouldn't let me.
>
>
> Chuck
>
>
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Sylvain Naud <
> sylvainnau...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2016 12:26 AM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs
>
> I would also ask for the Turkey cut if it's not asking too much.
> Impresing logs Michael, congrats!
>
> Sylvain Naud
> Portneuf, QC
> www.quebecdx.com
> Quebec DX
> www.quebecdx.com
> A warm welcome to my website. Here, I'll intent to share with you one of
> my favourite pastime: DXing or if you prefer, chasing weak radio signals
> and making with ...
>
>
>
>
> Le 2016-09-03 à 11:20, Bill Whitacre a écrit :
> > Sorry Michael, I lost your email address in this exchange with the IRCA
> list but I would love to hear the Ethiopia cut!  Hoping to log it again in
> Maine the week before U.S. Thanksgiving!
> >
> > Sorry to 'clutter' the list with personal messages.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -
> >
> >> Hi all - well apparently I put the DKAZ together correctly. These are a
> few
> >> of the African and Middle Eastern logs from the night before last,
> >> unfortunately the ELAD did no recordings last night. There are a whack
> more
> >> as well - England, Spain, Wales, Scotland, Romania, Canaries.
> Directionally
> >> it is just as planned, with the 'beam' right towards the Mediterranean,
> >> nulling North America.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm happy with the results of the antenna implementation.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 1. TURKEY - 891 kHz TRT 1 RADYO BIR (Antalya) 0258UTC: s/on with IS for
> >> about a minute, 45-50 seconds of QRN, then time pips and s/on by woman
> at
> >> TOH, good audio by 0300:15.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2. EGYPT - 864 kHz ERTU AL-QURAN AL-KARIM (Santah) 0258UTC: Quranic
> >> chanting, some fading before TOH. No ID as chanting went through TOH, so
> >> presumed. Good audio.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 3. MOROCCO - 612 kHz SNRT Al Idaâ Al-watania (Sebaâ-Aioun) 0458 UTC: AA
> mx
> >> program. Good audio.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 4. MAURITANIA - 783 kHz RADIO MAURITANIE (Nouakchott) 0158UTC: s/off 1
> hour
> >> later than schedule. ID'd by guitar IS. Good - very good signal. After
> s/off
> >> frequency occupied by Quranic chanting, possibly Saudi Arabia.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 5. ETHIOPIA - 1359 kHz DIMTSI WOYANE TIGRAY (Mekelle) 0258UTC: s/on at
> >> 0301:45, wind instrument IS before. Very strong. Thanks to Willie Allen
> for
> >> the tip.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have the recordings of these if anyone is interested!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Michael
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A-in 36   36   36   36   38   39   39   39   39   39   39   39   36   40
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Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs

[Chuck Hutton]

I'd send it to you but the silly, antiquated 35 kb limit wouldn't let me.


Chuck



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Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2016 12:26 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs

I would also ask for the Turkey cut if it's not asking too much.
Impresing logs Michael, congrats!

Sylvain Naud
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Le 2016-09-03 à 11:20, Bill Whitacre a écrit :
> Sorry Michael, I lost your email address in this exchange with the IRCA list 
> but I would love to hear the Ethiopia cut!  Hoping to log it again in Maine 
> the week before U.S. Thanksgiving!
>
> Sorry to 'clutter' the list with personal messages.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -
>
>> Hi all - well apparently I put the DKAZ together correctly. These are a few
>> of the African and Middle Eastern logs from the night before last,
>> unfortunately the ELAD did no recordings last night. There are a whack more
>> as well - England, Spain, Wales, Scotland, Romania, Canaries. Directionally
>> it is just as planned, with the 'beam' right towards the Mediterranean,
>> nulling North America.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm happy with the results of the antenna implementation.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. TURKEY - 891 kHz TRT 1 RADYO BIR (Antalya) 0258UTC: s/on with IS for
>> about a minute, 45-50 seconds of QRN, then time pips and s/on by woman at
>> TOH, good audio by 0300:15.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2. EGYPT - 864 kHz ERTU AL-QURAN AL-KARIM (Santah) 0258UTC: Quranic
>> chanting, some fading before TOH. No ID as chanting went through TOH, so
>> presumed. Good audio.
>>
>>
>>
>> 3. MOROCCO - 612 kHz SNRT Al Idaâ Al-watania (Sebaâ-Aioun) 0458 UTC: AA mx
>> program. Good audio.
>>
>>
>>
>> 4. MAURITANIA - 783 kHz RADIO MAURITANIE (Nouakchott) 0158UTC: s/off 1 hour
>> later than schedule. ID'd by guitar IS. Good - very good signal. After s/off
>> frequency occupied by Quranic chanting, possibly Saudi Arabia.
>>
>>
>>
>> 5. ETHIOPIA - 1359 kHz DIMTSI WOYANE TIGRAY (Mekelle) 0258UTC: s/on at
>> 0301:45, wind instrument IS before. Very strong. Thanks to Willie Allen for
>> the tip.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have the recordings of these if anyone is interested!
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael
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Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 9/2/16

[Richard N Allen]

Colin:

They theorize the quakes are caused by deep waste water injection wells.  A 
byproduct of oil well pumping is salt water which is pumped back into the 
ground.  It's an old practice but the newer injection well are deeper than in 
the past.

Richard.

Sent from my iPad

> On Sep 3, 2016, at 17:58, coffee_canuck  wrote:
> 
> CNN and CBC online refers to it as an induced earthquake -- triggered by 
> human activity - likely a shale gas or oil extraction project. 
> 
> Anyway -- off topic. :-)
> 
> Gotta get that Northerly flag happening. 
> 
> Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC
> 
>> On Sep 3, 2016, at 1:00 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote:
>> 
>> Richard, 
>> 
>> Sorry about the earthquake, and I hope that you, your house and equipment 
>> are all OK. I know how disturbing it is to go through a major earthquake for 
>> the first time-- unfortunately I've been through three of them (in 
>> California, Japan and Washington). 
>> 
>> Here at home we have personal experience with a severe earthquake-- the 6.9 
>> Nisqually earthquake in 2002 shook our house like a leaf, and caused the 
>> entire Puyallup Valley to vibrate like jello for about 2 minutes, opening up 
>> various sinkholes of up to 5 feet deep in roads and yards. Some cracks 
>> opened up in our ceiling drywall, but our basic house structure was 
>> undamaged (probably because we live in a rambler). Everybody was paranoid of 
>> earthquakes for about a month after that. 
>> 
>> 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) 
>> 
>> 
>> - Original Message -
>> 
>> From: "Richard N Allen"  
>> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
>>  
>> Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2016 5:35:07 AM 
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 9/2/16 
>> 
>> Gary: 
>> 
>> This morning I was listening to a carrier on 702 kHz when a strong 
>> earthquake hit shaking my house for about 90 seconds. USGS say it was 5.6 
>> magnitude, one of the strongest ever recorded in Oklahoma. The epicenter was 
>> about 40 miles east of me. It was felt as far away as Omaha. My niece felt 
>> in Emporia KS. Naturally it brought my listening session to abrupt end. 
>> 
>> Have a good day. 
>> 
>> Richard. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad 
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Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs

[Sylvain Naud]

I would also ask for the Turkey cut if it's not asking too much. 
Impresing logs Michael, congrats!


Sylvain Naud
Portneuf, QC
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Le 2016-09-03 à 11:20, Bill Whitacre a écrit :

Sorry Michael, I lost your email address in this exchange with the IRCA list 
but I would love to hear the Ethiopia cut!  Hoping to log it again in Maine the 
week before U.S. Thanksgiving!

Sorry to ‘clutter’ the list with personal messages.

Thanks.

—


Hi all - well apparently I put the DKAZ together correctly. These are a few
of the African and Middle Eastern logs from the night before last,
unfortunately the ELAD did no recordings last night. There are a whack more
as well - England, Spain, Wales, Scotland, Romania, Canaries. Directionally
it is just as planned, with the 'beam' right towards the Mediterranean,
nulling North America.



I'm happy with the results of the antenna implementation.



1. TURKEY - 891 kHz TRT 1 RADYO BIR (Antalya) 0258UTC: s/on with IS for
about a minute, 45-50 seconds of QRN, then time pips and s/on by woman at
TOH, good audio by 0300:15.



2. EGYPT - 864 kHz ERTU AL-QURAN AL-KARIM (Santah) 0258UTC: Quranic
chanting, some fading before TOH. No ID as chanting went through TOH, so
presumed. Good audio.



3. MOROCCO - 612 kHz SNRT Al Idaâ Al-watania (Sebaâ-Aioun) 0458 UTC: AA mx
program. Good audio.



4. MAURITANIA - 783 kHz RADIO MAURITANIE (Nouakchott) 0158UTC: s/off 1 hour
later than schedule. ID'd by guitar IS. Good - very good signal. After s/off
frequency occupied by Quranic chanting, possibly Saudi Arabia.



5. ETHIOPIA - 1359 kHz DIMTSI WOYANE TIGRAY (Mekelle) 0258UTC: s/on at
0301:45, wind instrument IS before. Very strong. Thanks to Willie Allen for
the tip.



I have the recordings of these if anyone is interested!



Regards,



Michael

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Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 9/2/16

[coffee_canuck]

CNN and CBC online refers to it as an induced earthquake -- triggered by human 
activity - likely a shale gas or oil extraction project. 

Anyway -- off topic. :-)

Gotta get that Northerly flag happening. 

Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC

> On Sep 3, 2016, at 1:00 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> Richard, 
> 
> Sorry about the earthquake, and I hope that you, your house and equipment are 
> all OK. I know how disturbing it is to go through a major earthquake for the 
> first time-- unfortunately I've been through three of them (in California, 
> Japan and Washington). 
> 
> Here at home we have personal experience with a severe earthquake-- the 6.9 
> Nisqually earthquake in 2002 shook our house like a leaf, and caused the 
> entire Puyallup Valley to vibrate like jello for about 2 minutes, opening up 
> various sinkholes of up to 5 feet deep in roads and yards. Some cracks opened 
> up in our ceiling drywall, but our basic house structure was undamaged 
> (probably because we live in a rambler). Everybody was paranoid of 
> earthquakes for about a month after that. 
> 
> 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) 
> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> 
> From: "Richard N Allen"  
> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
>  
> Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2016 5:35:07 AM 
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 9/2/16 
> 
> Gary: 
> 
> This morning I was listening to a carrier on 702 kHz when a strong earthquake 
> hit shaking my house for about 90 seconds. USGS say it was 5.6 magnitude, one 
> of the strongest ever recorded in Oklahoma. The epicenter was about 40 miles 
> east of me. It was felt as far away as Omaha. My niece felt in Emporia KS. 
> Naturally it brought my listening session to abrupt end. 
> 
> Have a good day. 
> 
> Richard. 
> 
> Sent from my iPad 
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[IRCA] Mobile DX Recording Question

[Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---

After much consideration, I have decided to go with a digital recorder for 
Mobile DX with the JRC NRD-525.   Specifically, the Tascam Dr-05:
 
https://www.amazon.com/TASCAM-Portable-Digital-Recorder-Version/dp/B00LU8K790/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472939226&sr=8-1&keywords=tascam+dr-05
 
It seems to be a less expensive version of the one recommended by Bill Nollman 
in CT.  Anyway, this one has everything I need: external line-in jack, 
headphone jack, USB port, battery operated, nice LCD display.

Many thanks to all who responded to my querie with various suggestions: Russ 
Johnson, Russ Edmunds, Bruce Conti, Nick Hall-Patch, Mark Connelly, and of 
course, Mr. Nollman.  All suggestions were excellent and I was amazed at the 
response.  DXers are always so willing to help with a problem!
 
Looking forward to some DXpeditions at local Cape Cod beaches in the upcoming 
season.


Marc DeLorenzo 
South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
 http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX
 

 
 
-Original Message-
From: 'Bill Nollman' billc...@comcast.net [CapeDX] 
To: CapeDX 
Cc: irca 
Sent: Fri, Sep 2, 2016 4:11 pm
Subject: RE: [CapeDX] Mobile DX Recording Question



  

  

Mark, audio recording with a laptop or digital device. One of my favorite 
topics.
 
Option #1 - I’ll assume the laptop is Windows 7 or lower – in which case I have 
a Turtle Beach USB sound card (looks like a small pager, no drivers for Win8 or 
10) that I’ve been debating putting on eBay. Audio input is excellent and has a 
built in microphone and switch on the device if you want to add comments as you 
record.
 
Option #2 – digital recorder. Tons of options really expensive right down to 
cheap. I prefer somewhere in the middle. My favorite digital recorder is the 
Tascam DR07 (the older DR07 not the DR07 mkII). Recording quality is amazing 
and with a 2GB card you can record for hours at 256kbps MP3. With a 16GB card 
you probably can’t fill it up ever. Quality is excellent, controls are 
excellent. The built in mic is good as well although a bit trickier to switch 
over to than the USB “card”.
 
Option #3 – you can probably find dirt cheap mp3 recorders from Hong Kong for 
under $10. IMHO you get what you pay for in this category. But for some peoples 
ears it’s more than perfect.
 
Bill Nollman
Farmington, CT.
 

From: cap...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:cap...@yahoogroups.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2016 3:34 PM
To: cap...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [CapeDX] Mobile DX Recording Question

 
  


Mark Connelly has built for me an amplified whip antenna with magnetic base 
that I can mount on the roof of my car for oceanfront DXpeditions.  We tested 
it in an RFI quiet zone - the local cemetery! - and it works fine with my JRC 
NRD-525 receiver.

 

The problem is recording  DX using Total Recorder on my laptop.  The laptop 
does not have an audio "line in" jack so I have been trying to use the 
microphone jack.  It records but the audio playback is quite distorted.  On the 
laptop I get the following message from Total Recorder:

 

"The level of the source signal is too high.  Possibly the characteristics of 
the sound source do not match those of the soundboard input (e.g. instead of 
soundboard's line-in connector, the microphone-in connector is used.)   
Recording is possible, but the quality of the recorded sound may be low."

 

Right.  I noticed that.The question is what is the solution to the problem. 
 20 years ago I had an "attenuating cable" from Radio Shack that might solve 
the problem.  But, like a dummy, I through it away thinking that, "I'll never 
have any use for that."  I doubt that RS still carries this product.

 

So, is there a Total Recorder setting that might work?  Or, should I scrap 
Total Recorder and buy a portable digital recorder?  If so, which one?  A 
digital recorder (with a line-in jack of course) would be better in that it is 
smaller and would take up less space in the car.

 

Any help appreciated.

 


Marc DeLorenzo

South Dennis, MA

 







 
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Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 9/2/16

[d1028gary]

Richard, 

Sorry about the earthquake, and I hope that you, your house and equipment are 
all OK. I know how disturbing it is to go through a major earthquake for the 
first time-- unfortunately I've been through three of them (in California, 
Japan and Washington). 

Here at home we have personal experience with a severe earthquake-- the 6.9 
Nisqually earthquake in 2002 shook our house like a leaf, and caused the entire 
Puyallup Valley to vibrate like jello for about 2 minutes, opening up various 
sinkholes of up to 5 feet deep in roads and yards. Some cracks opened up in our 
ceiling drywall, but our basic house structure was undamaged (probably because 
we live in a rambler). Everybody was paranoid of earthquakes for about a month 
after that. 

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) 


- Original Message -

From: "Richard N Allen"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Saturday, September 3, 2016 5:35:07 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 9/2/16 

Gary: 

This morning I was listening to a carrier on 702 kHz when a strong earthquake 
hit shaking my house for about 90 seconds. USGS say it was 5.6 magnitude, one 
of the strongest ever recorded in Oklahoma. The epicenter was about 40 miles 
east of me. It was felt as far away as Omaha. My niece felt in Emporia KS. 
Naturally it brought my listening session to abrupt end. 

Have a good day. 

Richard. 

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Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Mobile DX Recording Question

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

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I wasn't looking at email when this discussion started but am now going over 
all the posts.

One thing that has not been mentions is RF interference FROM the digital 
recording device.  A laptop is more likely to introduce noise / spurious 
signals than small hand-held recorders.

Old-school cassette recorders even had some degree of trouble with bias 
harmonics (much like old-school TV sweep harmonics on ~15.7 kHz multiples).  In 
tough situations, however, cassette recorders may still be worth considering.  
Maybe it's not too much of a stretch to think about keeping a battery-operated 
portable one in any serious DXpedition kit.  Run its output into the Total 
Recorder, Audacity etc. equipped laptop later on.

Those who use Ultralights will seldom be using a PC-based recording set-up 
because of the RFI issue.

>From Gary DeBock's numerous DXpedition posts, I have gleaned that, at various 
>times, Edirol R09 and Sony ICDSX68 have been mentioned.  Many of the reports 
>don't say much about how audio was recorded.  Not sure what mp3's were via 
>patch cable or via speaker-to-mike.

If you look on Amazon you'll see that Sony makes quite a few recorders with the 
"ICD" prefix.  There are also several worthwhile models by Olympus, Archos, 
Tascam, Marantz, and others.

Edirol is a more professional brand (aimed at musicians), with a price to 
match.  Its R-09 and R-05 clock in around $200 to $300 so probably overkill for 
most applications.

As Bruce mentioned, the CC Witness and Pogo LX are completely usable for DX 
recording.  I have both.

This 2006 recording of Saudi Arabia 1521 made at Granite Pier (Rockport, MA) 
was with the Pogo LX and is among the first direct-to-digital (i.e. no cassette 
intermediary) DX recordings made in the car.  Receiver was the Drake R8A.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/w913oj2m1m3qpas/dx_saudi_arabia-1521_20060503_2300z.mp3

The next year I got my first SDR (RFSpace SDR-IQ) followed by the Perseus in 
'09 so the Pogo sort of went into mothballs.

The audio does sound slightly "artifacty" (for lack of a better term) but hey, 
we're talking DX here, not the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

For me there are still some niche uses for portable digital recorders.

One of these is recording speech, music, and wildlife sounds from built-in 
microphone(s).  One model that I used successfully is the Zoom H2.  It did 
quite well when set up outside here on a humid late summer night when the tree 
frogs, cicadas, crickets, and birds were making a ruckus.

The Zoom H2 can also be used for DX recording.  This is still a necessary use 
when conventional radios are employed.  The radio could be an Ultralight, some 
other portable, or a traditional desktop model.  Even when an SDR is expected 
to be the DX work horse, you should have a back-up plan in case the SDR or 
laptop goes down.  I like to have my Sony ICF-2010 or Palstar R30 with extra 
batteries in my DXpedition kit just in case.  That bit of redundancy planning 
would also include a portable digital recorder and maybe the old cassette 
recorder as well.

Unlike some units, the Zoom H2/H2N gives a choice between automatic audio 
levelling (compression) and full (uncompressed) dynamic range where you adjust 
the setting (on its "meter" display) for peaks thereby getting a truer 
reproduction of the original source.

https://www.amazon.com/Zoom-H2N-H2n-Handy-Recorder/dp/B005CQ2ZY6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472916567&sr=8-1&keywords=h2n+zoom

Ability to record uncompressed is certainly important for musicians and those 
making field recordings of nature's sounds.  Maybe not quite as important for 
DX.

Bruce mentioned the CC Witness.  I used mine successfully in 2013 on a 
quick-sneak-away-for-DX during a family trip to South Carolina.

As the following WBZ from SC recording shows, the unit does the job:
http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/wbz-1030_heard_in_sc_20131226_2315z.mp3

Receiver was the Kaito KA1103 connected via patch cord.  Using a nearby PC to 
record probably would have drowned the signal in RFI.

But going back to the subject of PC-based recording, there are numerous 
outboard audio-to-USB solutions.  Manhattan and Honestech are two brands I know 
about.  Some of the devices even include their own audio recording and editing 
software.  They're also handy for taking AV video from a camcorder, VCR, cable 
box, etc. to create video files on your PC.  As use of such devices by devotees 
of YouTube are popular, there are quite a few out there from which to choose.

On the lower tech side there's just the simple expedient of a radio-to-PC patch 
cable with a resistive divider in the middle to convert the computer's mike 
input to the gain equivalent of a line level input.  Not exactly rocket science.

I have reconnected several messages on this thread for continuity since not 
everything went to both the IRCA and CapeDX list.

There will likely be other thoughts from the West Coast crowd.  After all, that 
hotbe

Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs

[Bill Whitacre]

Sorry Michael, I lost your email address in this exchange with the IRCA list 
but I would love to hear the Ethiopia cut!  Hoping to log it again in Maine the 
week before U.S. Thanksgiving!

Sorry to ‘clutter’ the list with personal messages.

Thanks.

—

> Hi all - well apparently I put the DKAZ together correctly. These are a few
> of the African and Middle Eastern logs from the night before last,
> unfortunately the ELAD did no recordings last night. There are a whack more
> as well - England, Spain, Wales, Scotland, Romania, Canaries. Directionally
> it is just as planned, with the 'beam' right towards the Mediterranean,
> nulling North America.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm happy with the results of the antenna implementation.
> 
> 
> 
> 1. TURKEY - 891 kHz TRT 1 RADYO BIR (Antalya) 0258UTC: s/on with IS for
> about a minute, 45-50 seconds of QRN, then time pips and s/on by woman at
> TOH, good audio by 0300:15.
> 
> 
> 
> 2. EGYPT - 864 kHz ERTU AL-QURAN AL-KARIM (Santah) 0258UTC: Quranic
> chanting, some fading before TOH. No ID as chanting went through TOH, so
> presumed. Good audio.
> 
> 
> 
> 3. MOROCCO - 612 kHz SNRT Al Idaâ Al-watania (Sebaâ-Aioun) 0458 UTC: AA mx
> program. Good audio.
> 
> 
> 
> 4. MAURITANIA - 783 kHz RADIO MAURITANIE (Nouakchott) 0158UTC: s/off 1 hour
> later than schedule. ID'd by guitar IS. Good - very good signal. After s/off
> frequency occupied by Quranic chanting, possibly Saudi Arabia.
> 
> 
> 
> 5. ETHIOPIA - 1359 kHz DIMTSI WOYANE TIGRAY (Mekelle) 0258UTC: s/on at
> 0301:45, wind instrument IS before. Very strong. Thanks to Willie Allen for
> the tip.
> 
> 
> 
> I have the recordings of these if anyone is interested!
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Michael
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[IRCA] TP's for Saturday, September 3, 2016 Kalama, WA

[Dennis Vroom via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---

Good morning,
Listened from 1258-1342 utc. Two Australians for the first time this season. 
$RN 792 & 5AN 891.
594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1322 fair signal with men in JJ. 09/03/2016
693  JAPAN, JOAB, Tokyo, NHK2 1328 fair signal briefly w/man in JJ. 09/03/2016
774  JAPAN,  JOUB, Akita, NHK2 1317 fair signal, English lessons man JJ woman 
EE. 09/03/2016
792  AUSTRALIA, 4RN,Brisbane, ABC 1259-1304 steady weak signal with male 
speaker w/ABC news at 1300. 1319 with jazz music and fair signal. 09/03/2016
828  JAPAN, JOBB, Osaka, NHK2 1333 weak signal //JOUB 774. 09/03/2016
891  AUSTRALIA, 5AN, Brisbane 1336 weak signal. Woman/man talking in DU 
English. Musicprogram similar to 4RN 792. 09/03/2013
1575 THAILAND, VOA, Ban Phachi, 1307-1312 fair to good signal with man/woman in 
Asian language. 09/03/2016
Hets 531 567 576 585 603 639 648 666 675  Best regards,

Dennis  Vroom, 
Kalama, WA
JRC NRD 545  NW ewe + Random wire J shaped--- End Message ---
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Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 9/2/16

[Richard N Allen]

Gary:

This morning I was listening to a carrier on 702 kHz when a strong earthquake 
hit shaking my house for about 90 seconds.  USGS say it was 5.6 magnitude, one 
of the strongest ever recorded in Oklahoma.  The epicenter was about 40 miles 
east of me.  It was felt as far away as Omaha.  My niece felt in Emporia KS.  
Naturally it brought my listening session to abrupt end.

Have a good day.

Richard.

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