[IRCA] first look at Orleans, MA mini-DXpedition captures 9 NOV

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

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>From 3:15-6 p.m. EST / 2015-2300 UTC I DX'ed at Orleans, MA and took Perseus 
>captures every 15 minutes.


Most were with the car roof 2m x 2m "micro-superloop" set to null NYC (~255 
deg.).  I did a few with a more northerly null to reduce Boston and Portland 
area pests.  On one of the null-Boston captures, Argentina 1030 was absolutely 
shredding WBZ.


Right out of the chute at 2015 UTC, the Brits on 909, 1089, and 1215 were 
blasting.  The Albanian on 1394.9 (more or less) was also very strong very 
early.  More interesting stuff soon joined the fray.


Saudi on 1521 is back in action.  Smokin' the front end.


I had Lyca Radio UK 1458 with ID around 2300 UTC.  I have barely scratched the 
surface on capture review but I did note that TA's were good throughout and 
Latin Americans got interesting starting around 2200 UTC.


Venezuelans on 1290, 1300, 1320, 1380, 1420, and 1500 - stations hardly ever 
heard at the house - were fairly easy pickings.


FYI, Bermuda is back on 1280 with usual religion, BBN mention, and 
Wadesboro-Charlotte mention in network programming.  Well over the Brazil, 
P.R., NY, and ME melange when checked at 2300 UTC, so go get 'em!


St. Kitts - Nevis had a good signal on 860 (over Brazil) with its "Power from 
the Tower" slogan.  In splash sandwich with 855 Spain and 864 Egypt.


1480 Puerto Rico was demolishing WSAR.


As the PEI crew noted, there's a surprising amount of static for November.  Of 
course lightning 1000 miles away over seawater can be just as bad as over 50 
miles of land.  Static that pestered us during the 1991 Newfie DXpedition was 
coming from the mouth of the Amazon at something like 4000 miles.  That, of 
course, was with a Bev pointed right at it.


Much more, including audio clips, will be coming available over the next few 
days.


Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA




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[IRCA] Eastern Beverage back up

[Patrick Martin]

After months of trying to get rid of an old tree that came down, I decided to 
just put the Beverage back up and deal with the tree root later. One thing, it 
is not a good idea to let a Beverage lay dormant for a year and let it get over 
run by brambles. I found a break and replaced some of the wire, and untangled 
it, cut away the branches and brambles in the way, and I have it back. Took 
about an hour one day (ran out of daylight), and three hours yesterday. I am 
scratched up a bit, but other than that, okay. The Beverage works as good as 
ever, but I have found the noise level has increased. One thing I forgot I had 
were a couple RF choke boxes John Bryant suggested I build to stabilize the 
antenna coax coming in. I had disconnected those a while back, and I found 
running the coax through that knocked the noise level way down. I will see what 
difference it makes during the day when signals are lower. But the Beverage 
does work fine. 740 is a jumble mess nulling KCBS. I notice
 d a strong KJRB 790, which is odd as they are supposed to null the West. I 
have not heard them in years. Caught them running Oldies. But at least I do 
have one my antennas back up an running.


Patrick


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Re: [IRCA] Alberta TA carriers

[Walter Salmaniw]

Massively good TA evening in PEI today.  Loads and loads of loggings!  73,
 Walt Salmaniw

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 3:18 AM, Nigel Pimblett  wrote:

>   Had a very similar set of TA carriers tonight as I did the other
> evening, with a few additions:
>
> 1575, 1574.93, 1503, 1467, 1413, 1386, 1215, 1179, 1152, 1089, 999
>
> Vesti FM  on 1413 produced a couple of minutes of audio at 0240, and 1386
> has been close at times, but the others are considerably weaker.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>
> Nigel Pimblett
> Dunmore, AB
> Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array
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[IRCA] Alberta TA carriers

[Nigel Pimblett]

  Had a very similar set of TA carriers tonight as I did the other 
evening, with a few additions:


1575, 1574.93, 1503, 1467, 1413, 1386, 1215, 1179, 1152, 1089, 999

Vesti FM  on 1413 produced a couple of minutes of audio at 0240, and 
1386 has been close at times, but the others are considerably weaker.



73,


Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2016 Nov 10 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 November follow.
Solar flux 80 and estimated planetary A-index 7.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 10 November was 2.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 08   08   08   08   08   09   09   09   09   09   09   09   09   10
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 
SFlx 77   77   77   77   77   77   77   77   77   77   77   77   80   80
A-in 44448333333377
K-in 11211110222132
Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm



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[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 9 November 2016

[Nigel Pimblett]

  In the big picture, not a really exciting morning, but given 
recent conditions, pretty good.  Best Japanese reception for a couple of 
weeks anyhow.


594JOAKTokyo, JAPANWoman in Japanese at 1301.

693JOABTokyo, JAPANWoman in Japanese at 1331, //747.

747JOIBSapporo, JAPAN   Woman in Japanese at 1331.

774JOUBAkita, JAPANMan and woman talking in Japanese at 1329.

828JOBBOsaka, JAPANTraces of woman in Japanese at 1341.

873	JOGB	Kumamoto, JAPAN	  Heard NHK time pips at 1300, but that was 
about it for audio.


1116	4BC	Brisbane, AUSTRALIA	The lone DU signal today, with bits of talk 
by a man at 1356.


1566HLAZCheju, KOREAFirst noted  at poor level with man in 
Japanese at 1336.   Came up to fair nearer to 1400.




73,


Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
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Re: [IRCA] recent PEI loggings

[Chuck Hutton]

Mark:


I''ve never heard of a problem with the WWV transmitter frequency. Whether the 
received signal is accurate enough to be a standard depends on your idea of 
what is good enough. Do you only care about being with 1 Hz for MW or do you 
want .1 Hz at higher SW frequencies? Propagation can sometimes cause Doppler 
shift. Were you to use the lowest WWV and have Doppler, you might meet 1 Hz at 
MW or maybe not. Better to use the highest WWV available, avoid sunrise / 
sunset and then you'll certainly be accurate to 1 Hz at MW and probably SW.


Chuck



From: IRCA  on behalf of Mark Pettifor 

Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 11:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] recent PEI loggings

The WWV and WWVH and other standard time frequencies are supposed to be
just that - standards. Q: Are they ALWAYS accurate enough to be used as
standards for calibration? IE, have they ever deviated any from their
standard frequencies? Just curious.

Mark in IN

On 2016-11-09 12:47 pm, Chuck Hutton wrote:
> Well calibrated or not calibrated at all, 4QD will stick out like a
> sore thumb with its odd frequency. It's far enough off frequency to be
> unique.
>
> Chuck


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:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2016 Nov 09 2105 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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#  Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 November follow.
Solar flux 80 and estimated planetary A-index 7.
The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 09 November was 3.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 08   08   08   08   08   08   09   09   09   09   09   09   09   09
UTC  0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100
SFlx 77   77   77   77   77   77   77   77   77   77   77   77   77   80
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Re: [IRCA] recent PEI loggings

[Nicholas Hall-Patch]

Point taken Neil.  I'd forgotten the offset.   Will look when there is a
break in the live listening.

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Neil Kazaross  wrote:

> If your SDR is well calibrated check the freq for 4QD as they are a bit
> high and on 1548.01.  73 KAZ
>
>
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[IRCA] PEI update

[Nicholas Hall-Patch]

Some antenna work in our wonderful (and waning) fall sunshine got the day
off to a good start, moving the DKaz from a 60 to a 30 degree bearing.   If
there are going to be Aussies, we need to give them a better chance, and
the Northeast corridor null doesn't seem to have suffered much from the
spin through the reeds and bushes.

In spite of the (so far very) minor geomagnetic burp, the mid afternoon
signals don't seem to have suffered much, Greece, Iran and Saudi Arabia
were battling for supremacy on 1512 for example.   The Saudi was back on
1521 for awhile, with suffering audio,  then disappeared.   Now it's back
2104UT, and sometimes the strongest signal heard on the band using the
shifted DKaz.

It's not all powerhouses: 1323 Smooth Radio ID by man between laid back
pop. Good signal dominating channel.  Unbelievable it's 500 watts.  Peaking
at -80dBm.

And often the strongest signal on the band, at least in aggregate is the
never ending static crashes from the north Atlantic nest of all things
thunderous.   Just as well the DX is hot, we'd never stick this summer-like
static out otherwise.

Back to DX.
 (check out signal strengths at:
http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/test2/display1.htm)

best wishes,

Nick
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Re: [IRCA] recent PEI loggings

[Mark Pettifor]

The WWV and WWVH and other standard time frequencies are supposed to be 
just that - standards. Q: Are they ALWAYS accurate enough to be used as 
standards for calibration? IE, have they ever deviated any from their 
standard frequencies? Just curious.


Mark in IN

On 2016-11-09 12:47 pm, Chuck Hutton wrote:

Well calibrated or not calibrated at all, 4QD will stick out like a
sore thumb with its odd frequency. It's far enough off frequency to be
unique.

Chuck

From: IRCA  on behalf of Neil Kazaross

Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 9:11 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] recent PEI loggings

If your SDR is well calibrated check the freq for 4QD as they are a bit
high and on 1548.01.  73 KAZ

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 5:40 AM, Nicholas Hall-Patch  
wrote:


to compensate for the poor TP report this morning, here's a few 
loggings

from yesterday



595 MOROCCO,  SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania NOV 9 0019.  Man singing
Arabic, slightly better on Beverage, fair strength, strong carrier,  
seemed

//612.

675 QATAR,  QMC Radio Qatar   NOV 9 0226 Man chanting in 
parallel
with //http://www.qatarradio.qa/Live.aspx,  very little delay.  Fair 
to

good, dominating channel

756  UNITED KINGDOM,  BBC Radio Cumbria. 2341 NOV 8.  Pop music 
poor to

fair under Radio 4, // webstream
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_cumbria

BBC - Radio Cumbria The News Hour -
09/11/2016
www.bbc.co.uk
Emma Borthwick brings you a round-up of the day's local, national and
international news.





963  UNITED KINGDOM, Sunrise Radio. NOV 8 2023 . Mostly poor to fair 
under

Tunisia, but heard oboe based lively music // webstream found at
http://www.buzzasiaonline.com/#sthash.X3K7N0vX.dpbs with little delay.


972  UNITED KINGDOM, Sunrise Radio. NOV 8  2025   After hearing 963,
checked 972, and under Spain this was heard weakly // webstream.

1053 NORTH KOREA, jammer NOV 8 1038  The distinctive whooshing sound 
made

it to the Maritimes, first time in maybe 4 years since a previous
DXpedition.   This started to show up weakly 1033, then faded up 
1036-38.

Only Asian found, but 9kHz channels were still occupied by primarily
British signals traveling across the pond in broad daylight.  Those 
didn't

quit until nearly 20 minutes after local sunrise in PEI.

1071 CZECHOSLOVAKIA,  ČRo Plus. NOV 8 1936   Man and woman talking 
fair

signal,  //stream  http://prehravac.rozhlas.cz/plus with a very short

Český rozhlas Plus (živé vysílání)
prehravac.rozhlas.cz
Přehrávač stanice Český rozhlas Plus (analyticko-publicistická stanice)




delay

1161 UNITED KINGDOM,  BBC Sussex  NOV 9 0100 Heard BBC news 
mention
at 0103 and 0105, and was //693 but offset enough to make it difficult 
to

catch.  Fair at times.

1161 UNITED KINGDOM,  Viking 2.   NOV 9 0102Pop music mostly under 
BBC

Sussex seemed to be from from Viking 2, per webstream  //
http://radioplayer.viking2.co.uk/live/, fair at times.   Had checked 
Tay 2

Radioplayer Live - Viking 2
radioplayer.viking2.co.uk
Steve Jordan Friday 4th Nov 19:00 - 22:00. Steve with The Greatest Hits




webstream just before, and it had man talking.

1386 EGYPT,   ERTU Al-Quran al-Karim NOV 9 0151 Quranic 
chanting u/

R. Svobooda (Lithuania)  //864, poor to fair

1494 MOLDOVA,  Radio Moldova Actualități  NOV 8 1949 Jazz fair 
to

good // webstream http://www.trm.md/ro/actualitati-online/, very short

[http://www.trm.md/img/site/fb-trm.png]

Radio On-line
www.trm.md
/




delay

1548 unID.  NOV 8 1109 Man talking very weakly, but given there were
British signals coming in, could it be UK? At  Gold UK was running
music per webstream, so it is probably worth searching for 4QD during 
the

rest of the trip

1566 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R. Somerset. 2234 NOV 8.  Heard BBC mentions 
so
checked  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_somerset_sound 
2236-7

BBC - Somerset Matt Faulkner - Donald Trump reaction,
Taunton...
www.bbc.co.uk
Donald Trump reaction,Taunton and Bridgwater Foodbanks and Taunton 
Thespians




and music inedeed was parallel and little offset from webstream, fair 
to

good at times

1638 unID.  NOV 8 1103   Woman talking very weakly 1104-1105, also 
1107 man
talking, music 1109, and man talking again 1117UT.   But always very 
weak
to near imaginary.  One of the Aussies seems a possibility but nothing 
like

an ID
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Re: [IRCA] recent PEI loggings

[Chuck Hutton]

Well calibrated or not calibrated at all, 4QD will stick out like a sore thumb 
with its odd frequency. It's far enough off frequency to be unique.

Chuck

From: IRCA  on behalf of Neil Kazaross 

Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2016 9:11 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] recent PEI loggings

If your SDR is well calibrated check the freq for 4QD as they are a bit
high and on 1548.01.  73 KAZ

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 5:40 AM, Nicholas Hall-Patch  wrote:

> to compensate for the poor TP report this morning, here's a few loggings
> from yesterday
>
>
>
> 595 MOROCCO,  SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania NOV 9 0019.  Man singing
> Arabic, slightly better on Beverage, fair strength, strong carrier,  seemed
> //612.
>
> 675 QATAR,  QMC Radio Qatar   NOV 9 0226 Man chanting in parallel
> with //http://www.qatarradio.qa/Live.aspx,  very little delay.  Fair to
> good, dominating channel
>
> 756  UNITED KINGDOM,  BBC Radio Cumbria. 2341 NOV 8.  Pop music poor to
> fair under Radio 4, // webstream
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_cumbria
BBC - Radio Cumbria The News Hour - 
09/11/2016
www.bbc.co.uk
Emma Borthwick brings you a round-up of the day's local, national and 
international news.



>
> 963  UNITED KINGDOM, Sunrise Radio. NOV 8 2023 . Mostly poor to fair under
> Tunisia, but heard oboe based lively music // webstream found at
> http://www.buzzasiaonline.com/#sthash.X3K7N0vX.dpbs with little delay.
>
>
> 972  UNITED KINGDOM, Sunrise Radio. NOV 8  2025   After hearing 963,
> checked 972, and under Spain this was heard weakly // webstream.
>
> 1053 NORTH KOREA, jammer NOV 8 1038  The distinctive whooshing sound made
> it to the Maritimes, first time in maybe 4 years since a previous
> DXpedition.   This started to show up weakly 1033, then faded up 1036-38.
> Only Asian found, but 9kHz channels were still occupied by primarily
> British signals traveling across the pond in broad daylight.  Those didn't
> quit until nearly 20 minutes after local sunrise in PEI.
>
> 1071 CZECHOSLOVAKIA,  ČRo Plus. NOV 8 1936   Man and woman talking fair
> signal,  //stream  http://prehravac.rozhlas.cz/plus with a very short
Český rozhlas Plus (živé vysílání)
prehravac.rozhlas.cz
Přehrávač stanice Český rozhlas Plus (analyticko-publicistická stanice)



> delay
>
> 1161 UNITED KINGDOM,  BBC Sussex  NOV 9 0100 Heard BBC news mention
> at 0103 and 0105, and was //693 but offset enough to make it difficult to
> catch.  Fair at times.
>
> 1161 UNITED KINGDOM,  Viking 2.   NOV 9 0102Pop music mostly under BBC
> Sussex seemed to be from from Viking 2, per webstream  //
> http://radioplayer.viking2.co.uk/live/, fair at times.   Had checked Tay 2
Radioplayer Live - Viking 2
radioplayer.viking2.co.uk
Steve Jordan Friday 4th Nov 19:00 - 22:00. Steve with The Greatest Hits



> webstream just before, and it had man talking.
>
> 1386 EGYPT,   ERTU Al-Quran al-Karim NOV 9 0151 Quranic chanting u/
> R. Svobooda (Lithuania)  //864, poor to fair
>
> 1494 MOLDOVA,  Radio Moldova Actualități  NOV 8 1949 Jazz fair to
> good // webstream http://www.trm.md/ro/actualitati-online/, very short
[http://www.trm.md/img/site/fb-trm.png]

Radio On-line
www.trm.md
/



> delay
>
> 1548 unID.  NOV 8 1109 Man talking very weakly, but given there were
> British signals coming in, could it be UK? At  Gold UK was running
> music per webstream, so it is probably worth searching for 4QD during the
> rest of the trip
>
> 1566 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R. Somerset. 2234 NOV 8.  Heard BBC mentions so
> checked  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_somerset_sound 2236-7
BBC - Somerset Matt Faulkner - Donald Trump reaction, 
Taunton...
www.bbc.co.uk
Donald Trump reaction,Taunton and Bridgwater Foodbanks and Taunton Thespians



> and music inedeed was parallel and little offset from webstream, fair to
> good at times
>
> 1638 unID.  NOV 8 1103   Woman talking very weakly 1104-1105, also 1107 man
> talking, music 1109, and man talking again 1117UT.   But always very weak
> to near imaginary.  One of the Aussies seems a possibility but nothing like
> an ID
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Re: [IRCA] recent PEI loggings

[Neil Kazaross]

If your SDR is well calibrated check the freq for 4QD as they are a bit
high and on 1548.01.  73 KAZ

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 5:40 AM, Nicholas Hall-Patch  wrote:

> to compensate for the poor TP report this morning, here's a few loggings
> from yesterday
>
>
>
> 595 MOROCCO,  SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania NOV 9 0019.  Man singing
> Arabic, slightly better on Beverage, fair strength, strong carrier,  seemed
> //612.
>
> 675 QATAR,  QMC Radio Qatar   NOV 9 0226 Man chanting in parallel
> with //http://www.qatarradio.qa/Live.aspx,  very little delay.  Fair to
> good, dominating channel
>
> 756  UNITED KINGDOM,  BBC Radio Cumbria. 2341 NOV 8.  Pop music poor to
> fair under Radio 4, // webstream
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_cumbria
>
> 963  UNITED KINGDOM, Sunrise Radio. NOV 8 2023 . Mostly poor to fair under
> Tunisia, but heard oboe based lively music // webstream found at
> http://www.buzzasiaonline.com/#sthash.X3K7N0vX.dpbs with little delay.
>
>
> 972  UNITED KINGDOM, Sunrise Radio. NOV 8  2025   After hearing 963,
> checked 972, and under Spain this was heard weakly // webstream.
>
> 1053 NORTH KOREA, jammer NOV 8 1038  The distinctive whooshing sound made
> it to the Maritimes, first time in maybe 4 years since a previous
> DXpedition.   This started to show up weakly 1033, then faded up 1036-38.
> Only Asian found, but 9kHz channels were still occupied by primarily
> British signals traveling across the pond in broad daylight.  Those didn't
> quit until nearly 20 minutes after local sunrise in PEI.
>
> 1071 CZECHOSLOVAKIA,  ČRo Plus. NOV 8 1936   Man and woman talking fair
> signal,  //stream  http://prehravac.rozhlas.cz/plus with a very short
> delay
>
> 1161 UNITED KINGDOM,  BBC Sussex  NOV 9 0100 Heard BBC news mention
> at 0103 and 0105, and was //693 but offset enough to make it difficult to
> catch.  Fair at times.
>
> 1161 UNITED KINGDOM,  Viking 2.   NOV 9 0102Pop music mostly under BBC
> Sussex seemed to be from from Viking 2, per webstream  //
> http://radioplayer.viking2.co.uk/live/, fair at times.   Had checked Tay 2
> webstream just before, and it had man talking.
>
> 1386 EGYPT,   ERTU Al-Quran al-Karim NOV 9 0151 Quranic chanting u/
> R. Svobooda (Lithuania)  //864, poor to fair
>
> 1494 MOLDOVA,  Radio Moldova Actualități  NOV 8 1949 Jazz fair to
> good // webstream http://www.trm.md/ro/actualitati-online/, very short
> delay
>
> 1548 unID.  NOV 8 1109 Man talking very weakly, but given there were
> British signals coming in, could it be UK? At  Gold UK was running
> music per webstream, so it is probably worth searching for 4QD during the
> rest of the trip
>
> 1566 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R. Somerset. 2234 NOV 8.  Heard BBC mentions so
> checked  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_somerset_sound 2236-7
> and music inedeed was parallel and little offset from webstream, fair to
> good at times
>
> 1638 unID.  NOV 8 1103   Woman talking very weakly 1104-1105, also 1107 man
> talking, music 1109, and man talking again 1117UT.   But always very weak
> to near imaginary.  One of the Aussies seems a possibility but nothing like
> an ID
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[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-9

[d1028gary]

Asian signals improved quite a bit this morning although they still seemed to 
be in a propagation hangover. The first sign of life was a strong carrier on 
the unlikely frequency of 1323 around 1330, followed by weak audio on 594, 603, 
657, 738, 747, 774 and 1053 around 1345. These all fizzled out by 1400, though, 
and the 1323 carrier never did reach audio level. The most unusual feature was 
the strange mix of big guns and second tier Asians all collectively fading in 
at a ghostly level around 1345, only to collectively bail ten minutes later. 
Both 1566 and 1593 had moderate carriers around 1355 but never reached audio 
level. Such was the story of a pretty bizarre session, featuring the first 
audio from 603, 657 and 738 in the past two weeks. 

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] 2nd report from Murray Harbour North, PEI, Canada

[Walter Salmaniw]

For Ukraine, make that 1278, please!  Thanks to Bruce Conti for pointing
the error out!

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 12:06 AM, Walter Salmaniw  wrote:

>
> UKRAINE 1287, 2007-, Ukrainian Radio 1 Nov 8 Persha Prohama (1st program),
> finally audible on the third day.  In PEI, it's a difficult channel due to
> splatter from 1270 CJCB Sydney, NS.  Lots of splatter, but clearly in
> Ukrainian.  Much weaker than the blowtorch on 1431!. (Salmaniw,Murray
> Harbour PEI)
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] Cape Lookout Oregon non-DX Overview - Oct. 31-Nov. 2

[Nicholas Hall-Patch]

And what did you conclude from the experiments, Guy?I always find that
my experiments raise more questions than they answer, especially if they
involve phasing.

best wishes,

Nick


On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 6:15 AM, Guy Atkins  wrote:

> ​...Aichelman of Grants Pass, Oregon joined me Sunday, October 30th for
> three nights DXing from a cabin at Cape Lookout State Park, Oregon. We
> spent a lot of time experimenting with phased 1-meter Wellbrook loops and
> 17-foot verticals, both passive and amplified. We also did some casual
> comparisons of an FSL antenna and Quantum Loops (two different ferrite head
> sizes).
>
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] TP 10 Nov PEI version

[Richard N Allen]

Receiving weak signal from JOUB-774 in Oklahoma at 1235 GMT.

Richard Allen,
near Perry OK.

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[IRCA] recent PEI loggings

[Nicholas Hall-Patch]

to compensate for the poor TP report this morning, here's a few loggings
from yesterday



595 MOROCCO,  SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania NOV 9 0019.  Man singing
Arabic, slightly better on Beverage, fair strength, strong carrier,  seemed
//612.

675 QATAR,  QMC Radio Qatar   NOV 9 0226 Man chanting in parallel
with //http://www.qatarradio.qa/Live.aspx,  very little delay.  Fair to
good, dominating channel

756  UNITED KINGDOM,  BBC Radio Cumbria. 2341 NOV 8.  Pop music poor to
fair under Radio 4, // webstream
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_cumbria

963  UNITED KINGDOM, Sunrise Radio. NOV 8 2023 . Mostly poor to fair under
Tunisia, but heard oboe based lively music // webstream found at
http://www.buzzasiaonline.com/#sthash.X3K7N0vX.dpbs with little delay.


972  UNITED KINGDOM, Sunrise Radio. NOV 8  2025   After hearing 963,
checked 972, and under Spain this was heard weakly // webstream.

1053 NORTH KOREA, jammer NOV 8 1038  The distinctive whooshing sound made
it to the Maritimes, first time in maybe 4 years since a previous
DXpedition.   This started to show up weakly 1033, then faded up 1036-38.
Only Asian found, but 9kHz channels were still occupied by primarily
British signals traveling across the pond in broad daylight.  Those didn't
quit until nearly 20 minutes after local sunrise in PEI.

1071 CZECHOSLOVAKIA,  ČRo Plus. NOV 8 1936   Man and woman talking fair
signal,  //stream  http://prehravac.rozhlas.cz/plus with a very short delay

1161 UNITED KINGDOM,  BBC Sussex  NOV 9 0100 Heard BBC news mention
at 0103 and 0105, and was //693 but offset enough to make it difficult to
catch.  Fair at times.

1161 UNITED KINGDOM,  Viking 2.   NOV 9 0102Pop music mostly under BBC
Sussex seemed to be from from Viking 2, per webstream  //
http://radioplayer.viking2.co.uk/live/, fair at times.   Had checked Tay 2
webstream just before, and it had man talking.

1386 EGYPT,   ERTU Al-Quran al-Karim NOV 9 0151 Quranic chanting u/
R. Svobooda (Lithuania)  //864, poor to fair

1494 MOLDOVA,  Radio Moldova Actualități  NOV 8 1949 Jazz fair to
good // webstream http://www.trm.md/ro/actualitati-online/, very short
delay

1548 unID.  NOV 8 1109 Man talking very weakly, but given there were
British signals coming in, could it be UK? At  Gold UK was running
music per webstream, so it is probably worth searching for 4QD during the
rest of the trip

1566 UNITED KINGDOM, BBC R. Somerset. 2234 NOV 8.  Heard BBC mentions so
checked  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_somerset_sound 2236-7
and music inedeed was parallel and little offset from webstream, fair to
good at times

1638 unID.  NOV 8 1103   Woman talking very weakly 1104-1105, also 1107 man
talking, music 1109, and man talking again 1117UT.   But always very weak
to near imaginary.  One of the Aussies seems a possibility but nothing like
an ID
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[IRCA] TP 10 Nov PEI version

[Nicholas Hall-Patch]

In a word:   No

Although once again there was audio from the Brits on 1215 and 1341 after
local sunrise in PEI, there was no evidence at all of any TP activity.

Blame the geomagnetic burp I guess.  Maybe tomorrow.


best wishes,

Nick
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