[IRCA] Alberta lack of TPs for 28 March 2017

[Nigel Pimblett]

Almost another day without TP audio, but this time I did hear a few 
minutes of talk from 4BC on 1116 around 1203.Interesting the next 
strongest signal was an impressive carrier from (presumed) Tonga on 1017 
around 0900.  Nothing in the way of any sunrise enhancement here.



73,


Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array
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Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[Brian Rachford]

1000+ miles over land is impressive!  Also, a very clear (relatively
speaking) ID and standing out nicely.  My record is 1230 XEIZ in Monterrey,
NL at 956 miles, but they were probably running 10 kW, so that's not quite
the same thing.

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On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Tim Tromp  wrote:

> Interesting auroral conditions early yesterday evening stirred up WMMB on
> 1240 from Melbourne, Florida, busting my previous distance record of 962
> miles when KANE (also on 1240) was heard here during similar conditions a
> few years ago.  WMMB comes in at 1,088 miles and is now my furthest GY
> catch.  Here's a Perseus recorded video of the excitement:
>
> https://youtu.be/tnmF_2e3_VI
>
> 1400 WJQS out of Jackson, MS. also made it here last night and was another
> new GY catch at 782 miles and now my furthest on 1400.
>
> 73,
> Tim Tromp
> West Michigan
> Perseus SDR + D-KAZ aimed due South
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Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[James Renfrew]

Radio Dos listed as 25/5 kW.  Jim Renfrew

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 11:08 PM, Pete Taylor  wrote:

> Interesting since my best GY was also Radio Dos-1230 in Argentina, but my
> DX location was the south coast of Kauai! Distance was 7514 miles.
>
> Pete Taylor
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>
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>
> > On Mar 28, 2017, at 7:44 PM, James Renfrew 
> wrote:
> >
> > I think my longest graveyard reception is from Cappahayden, Newfoundland
> to
> > Radio Dos, Rosario, Argentina on 1230 khz = 5543 miles.  It's even a bit
> a
> > a regular.  Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY
> >
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> >> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:14:32 -0700
> >> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night
> >> Congrats on the great DX catch!
> >>
> >> Craig Barnes
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
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> >>> On Mar 28, 2017, at 7:11 PM, Tim Tromp  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Thanks guys.  Regarding distance calculation, I keep my logbook at
> >>> mwlist.org which automatically calculates the distance (and bearing)
> >> from
> >>> the transmitter to receiver after you've created an account (free) and
> >>> entered in your receiver coordinates.
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>> -Tim
> >>>
> >>>
>  On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:03 PM, Rick Dau 
> >> wrote:
> 
>  Eric, here's the best website I've run across for accurately
> calculating
>  straight-line (a.k.a. "as the crow flies") distance between two
> points:
> 
> 
> 
>  http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm
> 
> 
> 
>  Wy better than www.indo.com/distance >> www.indo.com/distance>.
>  This one let me pinpoint the exact locations of the KOTS transmitter
> AND
>  the house in west Omaha where I was living at the time.
> 
> 
> 
>  73,
> 
>  Rick Dau
> 
>  South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af
> 
>  
>  From: IRCA  on behalf of Eric Floden <
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>  Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 7:57 PM
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>  Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night
> 
>  I missed it, how do you calculate distance?
> 
>  Thanks
> 
>  Eric
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Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[Pete Taylor]

Interesting since my best GY was also Radio Dos-1230 in Argentina, but my DX 
location was the south coast of Kauai! Distance was 7514 miles.

Pete Taylor
Tacoma, WA
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> On Mar 28, 2017, at 7:44 PM, James Renfrew  wrote:
> 
> I think my longest graveyard reception is from Cappahayden, Newfoundland to
> Radio Dos, Rosario, Argentina on 1230 khz = 5543 miles.  It's even a bit a
> a regular.  Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY
> 
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>> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:14:32 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night
>> Congrats on the great DX catch!
>> 
>> Craig Barnes
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 28, 2017, at 7:11 PM, Tim Tromp  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks guys.  Regarding distance calculation, I keep my logbook at
>>> mwlist.org which automatically calculates the distance (and bearing)
>> from
>>> the transmitter to receiver after you've created an account (free) and
>>> entered in your receiver coordinates.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> -Tim
>>> 
>>> 
 On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:03 PM, Rick Dau 
>> wrote:
 
 Eric, here's the best website I've run across for accurately calculating
 straight-line (a.k.a. "as the crow flies") distance between two points:
 
 
 
 http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm
 
 
 
 Wy better than www.indo.com/distance> www.indo.com/distance>.
 This one let me pinpoint the exact locations of the KOTS transmitter AND
 the house in west Omaha where I was living at the time.
 
 
 
 73,
 
 Rick Dau
 
 South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af
 
 
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 eric.f99...@gmail.com>
 Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 7:57 PM
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night
 
 I missed it, how do you calculate distance?
 
 Thanks
 
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Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[James Renfrew]

I think my longest graveyard reception is from Cappahayden, Newfoundland to
Radio Dos, Rosario, Argentina on 1230 khz = 5543 miles.  It's even a bit a
a regular.  Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY

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> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night
> Congrats on the great DX catch!
>
> Craig Barnes
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 28, 2017, at 7:11 PM, Tim Tromp  wrote:
> >
> > Thanks guys.  Regarding distance calculation, I keep my logbook at
> > mwlist.org which automatically calculates the distance (and bearing)
> from
> > the transmitter to receiver after you've created an account (free) and
> > entered in your receiver coordinates.
> >
> > 73,
> > -Tim
> >
> >
> >> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:03 PM, Rick Dau 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Eric, here's the best website I've run across for accurately calculating
> >> straight-line (a.k.a. "as the crow flies") distance between two points:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Wy better than www.indo.com/distance www.indo.com/distance>.
> >> This one let me pinpoint the exact locations of the KOTS transmitter AND
> >> the house in west Omaha where I was living at the time.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> Rick Dau
> >>
> >> South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af
> >>
> >> 
> >> From: IRCA  on behalf of Eric Floden <
> >> eric.f99...@gmail.com>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 7:57 PM
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> >> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night
> >>
> >> I missed it, how do you calculate distance?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
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Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[Donald Barnes via IRCA]

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Congrats on the great DX catch!

Craig Barnes

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 28, 2017, at 7:11 PM, Tim Tromp  wrote:
> 
> Thanks guys.  Regarding distance calculation, I keep my logbook at
> mwlist.org which automatically calculates the distance (and bearing) from
> the transmitter to receiver after you've created an account (free) and
> entered in your receiver coordinates.
> 
> 73,
> -Tim
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:03 PM, Rick Dau  wrote:
>> 
>> Eric, here's the best website I've run across for accurately calculating
>> straight-line (a.k.a. "as the crow flies") distance between two points:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Wy better than www.indo.com/distance.
>> This one let me pinpoint the exact locations of the KOTS transmitter AND
>> the house in west Omaha where I was living at the time.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Rick Dau
>> 
>> South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af
>> 
>> 
>> From: IRCA  on behalf of Eric Floden <
>> eric.f99...@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 7:57 PM
>> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night
>> 
>> I missed it, how do you calculate distance?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Eric
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Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[Tim Tromp]

Thanks guys.  Regarding distance calculation, I keep my logbook at
mwlist.org which automatically calculates the distance (and bearing) from
the transmitter to receiver after you've created an account (free) and
entered in your receiver coordinates.

73,
-Tim


On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:03 PM, Rick Dau  wrote:

> Eric, here's the best website I've run across for accurately calculating
> straight-line (a.k.a. "as the crow flies") distance between two points:
>
>
>
> http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm
>
>
>
> Wy better than www.indo.com/distance.
>  This one let me pinpoint the exact locations of the KOTS transmitter AND
> the house in west Omaha where I was living at the time.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Rick Dau
>
> South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af
>
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Eric Floden <
> eric.f99...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 7:57 PM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night
>
> I missed it, how do you calculate distance?
>
> Thanks
>
> Eric
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Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 28 Rockaway Beach

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Mark,

I have been enviously reading your coastal reports for years while enjoying the 
stimulus you have for the hobby. I grew up DXing in DC with an Allied A-2515A 
and a long wire. I reimmersed myself in the hobby after I settled in Colorado 
with the help of a local DXer John Wilkins. My real "aha" moment was attending 
the IRCA convention hosted by Pat Martin at Seaside in 2006 followed by an 
astounding session at the infamous Grayland Motel alongside a host of well 
known DXers like Chuck Hutton, Dennis Vroom, Bruce Porter, Neil Kazaross and 
Chris Black. That session exposed me to what was possible. That has stuck with 
me. I missed the last few days of the Grayland Motel's run. Between Gary 
DeBock's incredible FSL and a potentially promising new location at Kalaloch 
and Rockaway I look forward to more great DX!

Craig Barnes
DXing at Rockaway Beach 

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Solar-terrestrial indices for 28 March follow.
Solar flux 84 and estimated planetary A-index 32.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 29 March was 3.
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Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred.
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Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[Rick Dau]

Eric, here's the best website I've run across for accurately calculating 
straight-line (a.k.a. "as the crow flies") distance between two points:



http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm



Wy better than www.indo.com/distance.   
This one let me pinpoint the exact locations of the KOTS transmitter AND the 
house in west Omaha where I was living at the time.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


From: IRCA  on behalf of Eric Floden 

Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 7:57 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

I missed it, how do you calculate distance?

Thanks

Eric
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Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[Eric Floden]

I missed it, how do you calculate distance?

Thanks

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Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 28 Rockaway Beach

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
These coordinated TP listening sessions out west certainly highlight the 
differences between coastal and inland sites (even just moderately inland, < 60 
miles / 100 km).  I wish as many DXers were listening as often on this side of 
the continent.

Results greatly agree with my experiences DXing in the metro-Boston area 
(1959-2012) at residences in Arlington (7 miles / 11 km inland), Billerica (15 
miles / 25 km), and Sudbury (20 miles / 32 km).

When I travelled from any of those home locations to nearby coastal DXpedition 
sites (most famously Granite Pier in Rockport, MA), the differences in sunset 
period transatlantic and Brazilian receptions were nothing short of astounding.

A two hour session at one of these shore sites could often produce more and 
better DX than two months at a somewhat inland home QTH even if the home 
antennas were vastly superior (longer, high up in trees) than what could be 
placed on a car roof in a narrow parking area on a beach or pier.

Of the consistently active Boston area DXers of the '60s / '70s, perhaps the 
best situated was the late Gordon Nelson (WA1UXQ).  On a small hill overlooking 
the Charles River, he had a direct shot at Boston Harbor 4 miles down the river 
(part of which was brackish heading east from the bend near Harvard 
University).  Nelson's loggings were legendary.  He used a 4 ft. homebrew FET 
altazimuth loop in his attic shack.  Receivers: R-390A, HQ-180A - pretty much 
the best "iron" out there at the time.  Farther inland was Bill Bailey (W1YPK) 
in Holden, MA.  Even though he had phased Beverages and a high hilltop site, he 
had a hard time getting some of what Nelson routinely bagged with the attic 
loop at the near-coast site in Watertown.

On the 160-m ham band (1800-2000 kHz), the late Stew Perry (W1BB) got the first 
DXCC: confirmed two-way contacts with 100 countries.  This was in the '50s or 
'60s when part of that band still had LORAN occupancy.  His antenna site was 
one to drool over: the wire sloped down to the sea from the top of a water 
tower on a bluff in Winthrop, MA.  Bluff + water tank height about 200 ft.

I always point people to radio-locator maps of non-directional stations near 
the shore to show graphically what the DX boost looks like.

Here's WJDA 1300 Quincy, MA:
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=WJDA-AM=D

When you zoom out the map, you can see that the signal delivered to western 
Nova Scotia at about 250 miles is as good as what you would get on the Mass 
Pike (I-90) east of the I-495 intersection in Westborough, MA: only about 25 
miles, one-tenth the distance.

You would expect some pretty interesting DX if the transmitter was shut off and 
a receiver connected to the WJDA stick around local sunset.

Even though these maps are dealing with groundwave, long haul DX arriving at 
low angles can be fairly similar.  On the other hand, coastal versus inland 
doesn't make that much difference on short skip, stations under 1000 miles / 
1600 km.  Skywave plots often show very little difference, less than "real" I 
think.  Florida and Cuba are far enough from here that a significant difference 
does occur.  I'm about 2-3 miles inland heading that way.  There is no way my 
previous site in Billerica, MA - with a greater than a 50 mile / 80 km. run to 
the water heading south-southwest - could compete.  Some nights here sound like 
I'm in a boat somewhere off FL or GA.  WIOD 610 Miami like a local, Cubans all 
over the place.  Never had that at the former Billerica QTH even though 
differences in the actual distances to the DX aren't much. 

Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA  
 
<<
Craig,

You seem to have done far better than anyone else on the west coast this 
morning. 1566 came up with a ghostly carrier here at 1330, but that was the 
only sign of Asian life. Conditions seem to be practically comatose for 
everyone except you.

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)




Propagation conditions were down this morning. My report seems rather sparse 
compared to the last two mornings. I listened from 1305 to 1500.

594 Male and female speaking followed by female singing in spurts, fading inand 
out

693 female speaking, deep fades, fair on peaks

774 The star of the show this morning with the best consistency. EE lesson, 
strong for quite a while

1422 very weak fluttery audio, under adjacent channel spatter

1566 male and female speaking, subject to deep fades, fair to good on peaks

Hets were received on 621, 702, 891, 972 and 1098.

At Kalaloch I oriented the FSL at about 310 degrees. This morning I used JOUB 
as an indicator for optimal direction under these weaker TP propagation 
conditions. JOUB was best at about 260 degrees, so I DXed at that directional 
setting.

I imagine as Richard Allen alluded to, if I was in Colorado, I doubt that there 
would be so much as a het to be had. I'm feeling somewhat spoiled by the 
conditions during my first 

Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[Rick Dau]

Very nicely done, Tim!  My lifetime graveyard distance record belongs to a 
reception of KOTS-1230 Deming, New Mexico that I got from Millard (a section of 
west Omaha), Nebraska.  893 miles.  That was accomplished, by the way, in late 
August 2002, nowhere close to the typical "dead of winter" peak for graveyard 
receptions that normally happens in early February.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska  EN21af


From: IRCA  on behalf of Tim Tromp 

Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 6:08 PM
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Subject: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

Interesting auroral conditions early yesterday evening stirred up WMMB on
1240 from Melbourne, Florida, busting my previous distance record of 962
miles when KANE (also on 1240) was heard here during similar conditions a
few years ago.  WMMB comes in at 1,088 miles and is now my furthest GY
catch.  Here's a Perseus recorded video of the excitement:

https://youtu.be/tnmF_2e3_VI

1400 WJQS out of Jackson, MS. also made it here last night and was another
new GY catch at 782 miles and now my furthest on 1400.

73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
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Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[Steve Francis via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---


Mine by frequency:


1230   KFPW  Fort Smith AR  587
1240   TGK   Guatemala City1516
1340   KXXY   Oklahoma City762  
1400   KILE   Galveston TX781
1450   WKAL   Rome NY684
1490   WIGM   Medford WI 726


Only KFPW and TGK were heard on regular schedule.  KILE was a frequency check 
with voice; the other three were DX tests (voice on WIGM only).  Except for 
TGK, nothing beyond 781 miles has ever made it.  I've got bigtime station 
density to the north, south, east and west ...


Steve Francis
Alcoa, Tennessee




-Original Message-
From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. 
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Sent: Tue, Mar 28, 2017 7:13 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

My farthest graveyard catch is KIHH 1400, at 2500 miles or so.

Paul




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Re: [IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

My farthest graveyard catch is KIHH 1400, at 2500 miles or so.

Paul


On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 3:08 PM Tim Tromp  wrote:

> Interesting auroral conditions early yesterday evening stirred up WMMB on
> 1240 from Melbourne, Florida, busting my previous distance record of 962
> miles when KANE (also on 1240) was heard here during similar conditions a
> few years ago.  WMMB comes in at 1,088 miles and is now my furthest GY
> catch.  Here's a Perseus recorded video of the excitement:
>
> https://youtu.be/tnmF_2e3_VI
>
> 1400 WJQS out of Jackson, MS. also made it here last night and was another
> new GY catch at 782 miles and now my furthest on 1400.
>
> 73,
> Tim Tromp
> West Michigan
> Perseus SDR + D-KAZ aimed due South
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[IRCA] Florida graveyarder into Michigan last night

[Tim Tromp]

Interesting auroral conditions early yesterday evening stirred up WMMB on
1240 from Melbourne, Florida, busting my previous distance record of 962
miles when KANE (also on 1240) was heard here during similar conditions a
few years ago.  WMMB comes in at 1,088 miles and is now my furthest GY
catch.  Here's a Perseus recorded video of the excitement:

https://youtu.be/tnmF_2e3_VI

1400 WJQS out of Jackson, MS. also made it here last night and was another
new GY catch at 782 miles and now my furthest on 1400.

73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
Perseus SDR + D-KAZ aimed due South
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Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 28 Rockaway Beach

[Volodya S]

Here in Masset things were also down compared with yesterday. A mixture of
3/4 DU and the rest Asian. 900 from HI was very strong. 801 and 1026 were
again present but with lower levels compared to yesterday. Conditions
peaked between 11 and 12 UTC. No LSR enhancement at all. 73, Walt

On Tuesday, March 28, 2017,  wrote:

> Craig,
>
> You seem to have done far better than anyone else on the west coast this
> morning. 1566 came up with a ghostly carrier here at 1330, but that was the
> only sign of Asian life. Conditions seem to be practically comatose for
> everyone except you.
>
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
>
> 
>
>
> Propagation conditions were down this morning. My report seems rather
> sparse compared to the last two mornings. I listened from 1305 to 1500.
>
> 594 Male and female speaking followed by female singing in spurts, fading
> inand out
>
> 693 female speaking, deep fades, fair on peaks
>
> 774 The star of the show this morning with the best consistency. EE
> lesson, strong for quite a while
>
> 1422 very weak fluttery audio, under adjacent channel spatter
>
> 1566 male and female speaking, subject to deep fades, fair to good on peaks
>
> Hets were received on 621, 702, 891, 972 and 1098.
>
> At Kalaloch I oriented the FSL at about 310 degrees. This morning I used
> JOUB as an indicator for optimal direction under these weaker TP
> propagation conditions. JOUB was best at about 260 degrees, so I DXed at
> that directional setting.
>
> I imagine as Richard Allen alluded to, if I was in Colorado, I doubt that
> there would be so much as a het to be had. I'm feeling somewhat spoiled by
> the conditions during my first morning DX session at Kalaloch. I also
> wonder if the Olympic Mountains to the east of that location help attenuate
> some of the BCB signals from the lower 48.
>
> Best of DX
>
> Craig Barnes
> Tecsun PL-310, 3.5 in FSL
> DXing from Rockaway Beach, OR
>
> - Original Message -
>
> From: "Donald Barnes via IRCA" >
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com 
> Cc: "Donald Barnes" >
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 11:48:11 AM
> Subject: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 28 Rockaway Beach
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Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 28 Rockaway Beach

[Donald Barnes via IRCA]

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Gary,

I'm sure the FSL has a lot to do with it. That antenna is awesome! The early 
ionospheric report indicates potentially improving conditions. I'm keeping my 
fingers crossed. I'm also looking forward to Hawaii! I hope you and yours have 
a wonderful trip! I look forward to discussing a potential future DXpedition 
with you on the coast! This has been a great trip. Thanks again!

Best of DX

Craig Barnes
DXing from Rockaway Beach

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 28, 2017, at 2:31 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> Craig, 
> 
> You seem to have done far better than anyone else on the west coast this 
> morning. 1566 came up with a ghostly carrier here at 1330, but that was the 
> only sign of Asian life. Conditions seem to be practically comatose for 
> everyone except you. 
> 
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> Propagation conditions were down this morning. My report seems rather sparse 
> compared to the last two mornings. I listened from 1305 to 1500. 
> 
> 594 Male and female speaking followed by female singing in spurts, fading 
> inand out 
> 
> 693 female speaking, deep fades, fair on peaks 
> 
> 774 The star of the show this morning with the best consistency. EE lesson, 
> strong for quite a while 
> 
> 1422 very weak fluttery audio, under adjacent channel spatter 
> 
> 1566 male and female speaking, subject to deep fades, fair to good on peaks 
> 
> Hets were received on 621, 702, 891, 972 and 1098. 
> 
> At Kalaloch I oriented the FSL at about 310 degrees. This morning I used JOUB 
> as an indicator for optimal direction under these weaker TP propagation 
> conditions. JOUB was best at about 260 degrees, so I DXed at that directional 
> setting. 
> 
> I imagine as Richard Allen alluded to, if I was in Colorado, I doubt that 
> there would be so much as a het to be had. I'm feeling somewhat spoiled by 
> the conditions during my first morning DX session at Kalaloch. I also wonder 
> if the Olympic Mountains to the east of that location help attenuate some of 
> the BCB signals from the lower 48. 
> 
> Best of DX 
> 
> Craig Barnes 
> Tecsun PL-310, 3.5 in FSL 
> DXing from Rockaway Beach, OR 
> 
> - Original Message -
> 
> From: "Donald Barnes via IRCA"  
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com 
> Cc: "Donald Barnes"  
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 11:48:11 AM 
> Subject: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 28 Rockaway Beach 
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Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 28 Rockaway Beach

[d1028gary]

Craig, 

You seem to have done far better than anyone else on the west coast this 
morning. 1566 came up with a ghostly carrier here at 1330, but that was the 
only sign of Asian life. Conditions seem to be practically comatose for 
everyone except you. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 

 


Propagation conditions were down this morning. My report seems rather sparse 
compared to the last two mornings. I listened from 1305 to 1500. 

594 Male and female speaking followed by female singing in spurts, fading inand 
out 

693 female speaking, deep fades, fair on peaks 

774 The star of the show this morning with the best consistency. EE lesson, 
strong for quite a while 

1422 very weak fluttery audio, under adjacent channel spatter 

1566 male and female speaking, subject to deep fades, fair to good on peaks 

Hets were received on 621, 702, 891, 972 and 1098. 

At Kalaloch I oriented the FSL at about 310 degrees. This morning I used JOUB 
as an indicator for optimal direction under these weaker TP propagation 
conditions. JOUB was best at about 260 degrees, so I DXed at that directional 
setting. 

I imagine as Richard Allen alluded to, if I was in Colorado, I doubt that there 
would be so much as a het to be had. I'm feeling somewhat spoiled by the 
conditions during my first morning DX session at Kalaloch. I also wonder if the 
Olympic Mountains to the east of that location help attenuate some of the BCB 
signals from the lower 48. 

Best of DX 

Craig Barnes 
Tecsun PL-310, 3.5 in FSL 
DXing from Rockaway Beach, OR 

- Original Message -

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To: irca@hard-core-dx.com 
Cc: "Donald Barnes"  
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 11:48:11 AM 
Subject: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 28 Rockaway Beach 

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Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX (not) 3/28/17

[d1028gary]

Conditions may be fairly vile at Gabriola, Nick, but they are absolutely vile 
in Puyallup. The only sign of Asian life this morning was a ghostly carrier 
showing up on 1566 around 1330-- possibly with a little imagination thrown in. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


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From: "Nicholas Hall-Patch"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 7:57:38 AM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX (not) 3/28/17 

Conditions continue to be fairly vile at Gabriola.once again, a few 
Japanese commercial stations popped up around 1400UT, then silence, except 
for the assumed Marshalls carrier on 1098. 

Mildly better than yesterdaybut probably not enough reason to get out 
the wet string just yet. 

best wishes, 

Nick 


On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Richard N Allen  
wrote: 

> DX signal propagation continues to be swamped here, much the same on all 
> bands the past 48 hours. It's been a long time since I've seen it this 
> bad. Hopefully things are better nearer the Pacific coast. Good DX. 
> 
> Richard Allen, 
> near Perry OK USA. 
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2017 Mar 28 1805 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 27 March follow.
Solar flux 83 and estimated planetary A-index 54.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 28 March was 3.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be moderate.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level are likely.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 27   27   27   27   27   27   27   28   28   28   28   28   28   28
UTC  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800
SFlx 77   77   77   77   77   77   83   83   83   83   83   83   83   83
A-in 44444459   54   54   54   54   54   54   54
K-in 25565565553433
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Re: [IRCA] Correction to my 801 freq

[Neil Kazaross]

I would love to get 801 Guam here in IL. There was a decent carrier some
mornings during the early fall extravaganza to Australia from here.  73 KAZ

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 1:35 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:

> And a little more digging at http://www.ktwg.com/ in the weekday program
> schedule shows they do carry "Thru the Bible" at exactly the time you heard
> it: 2330 - 2400 local time of 1330 - 1400 UTC.
>
>
> And if it needed any further validation, that's the kind of program that
> brings Guam to mind, not Rhema. Guam was noted as recently as my most
> recent DXpedition to Grayland last October.
>
>
> Chuck
>
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Volodya S <
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> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 7:04 PM
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> Subject: [IRCA] Correction to my 801 freq
>
> I dug a little deeper into my 801 log. I don't think it was Rhema now but
> Guam. Checking the overnight Perseus files, the first jet was at 09:00. LSS
> at Agana is about 08:30 UTC. First audio at 11:00 and very good audio at
> 14:00.  No IDs though. At 13:58, the program Through the Bible was ending
> followed by a PSA about being a good Mom (limit tv and no screaming at the
> kids), all in American accented English. Seems more likely Guam.
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Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 28 Rockaway Beach

[Mike Sanburn]

I see (hear) some of your DX on YouTube!!


Mike



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[IRCA] TP DX Report March 28 Rockaway Beach

[Donald Barnes via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
Propagation conditions were down this morning. My report seems rather sparse 
compared to the last two mornings. I listened from 1305 to 1500.

594 Male and female speaking followed by female singing in spurts, fading inand 
out

693 female speaking, deep fades, fair on peaks

774 The star of the show this morning with the best consistency. EE lesson, 
strong for quite a while

1422 very weak fluttery audio, under adjacent channel spatter

1566 male and female speaking, subject to deep fades, fair to good on peaks

Hets were received on 621, 702, 891, 972 and 1098.

At Kalaloch I oriented the FSL at about 310 degrees. This morning I used JOUB 
as an indicator for optimal direction under these weaker TP propagation 
conditions. JOUB was best at about 260 degrees, so I DXed at that directional 
setting.

I imagine as Richard Allen alluded to, if I was in Colorado, I doubt that there 
would be so much as a het to be had. I'm feeling somewhat spoiled by the 
conditions during my first morning DX session at Kalaloch. I also wonder if the 
Olympic Mountains to the east of that location help attenuate some of the BCB 
signals from the lower 48.

Best of DX

Craig Barnes
Tecsun PL-310, 3.5 in FSL
DXing from Rockaway Beach, OR

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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-26

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--- Begin Message ---
Glenn Hauser, a regular contributor to this list, DX'ed in the USVI many years 
ago.  The report was quite interesting.

Tons of Latin Americans of course and a reasonable representation of Europe, 
Africa, and the Middle East (though not much different from often-used shore 
sites within the US for those).  Many of the stations active then are gone now 
- true regardless of which hemisphere DX we're considering.  Monster Euro's 
such as Norway 1314, Switzerland 765 / 1566, Austria 1476, Vatican 1530, 
Holland 747, Sweden 1179, Denmark 1062, all those French and Germans ... gonzo. 
 All those juicy 5 kHz Pan-American splits are just a memory now: pretty much 
gone before we had SDR's to grab 'em.   555 St. Kitts was last to go; even that 
was quite a while ago now.

I guess we still have the "slightly off channel" guys like the 1039.62 
Venezuelan, a regular here.  Crumbs compared to the Latin America splits bounty 
we used to enjoy before channelized digital car radios kind of forced the 
non-split issue.

A refresh-report of DX possibilities from the eastern Caribbean is definitely 
overdue.  That even includes how US / Canadian stations do down there.

Mark Connelly, WA1ION

 South Yarmouth, MA

 

 

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From: Donald Barnes 
To: Mark Connelly 
Cc: irca 
Sent: Mon, Mar 27, 2017 8:02 pm
Subject: Re: Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-26

Regarding a more southern DX spot. The US Virgin Islands are also on my list, 
just not during hurricane season!

Craig Barnes
DXing from Rockaway Beach, OR

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 27, 2017, at 9:30 AM, Donald Barnes  wrote:
> 
> Mark,
> 
> I appreciate your insights, particularly regarding Latin American stations. A 
> trip to the Maritimes is on my radar. Not sure when, but sooner than later. I 
> met Kaz at Grayland some time ago and I indeed drooled over the DX he 
> experienced in Newfoundland. As I recall Allen Willie has had nice success 
> with his "ultralight" as well. I will be traveling to 3 Hawaiian islands. I 
> will be on the north coast of Kauai first, then on the west coast of the Big 
> Island, then a day and a half just west of Honolulu.
> 
> Best of DX
> 
> Craig Barnes
> On the road from Kalaloch, WA to Rockaway Beach, OR
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 27, 2017, at 8:38 AM, Mark Connelly  wrote:
>> 
>> Gary + Craig - We definitely need one of you to get to the eastern side of 
>> the continent and take a crack at things from New England, PEI, Nova Scotia, 
>> Newfoundland - or, maybe even more interestingly, Bermuda or Barbados.
>> 
>> Weaker / rarer pre-sunset / sunset TA's would be the main event but later 
>> evening "deep" Latin American and rarer long-haul domestics would also be on 
>> the front burner if conditions went auroral.
>> 
>> Sometimes the major interference is in the opposite direction to the DX 
>> (e.g. NYC at 255 deg. versus southern Europe 75 deg. from here on Cape Cod) 
>> so a figure-of-8 pick-up pattern may not do as well as the cardioid pick-up 
>> of the antenna more often used by serious DXers here: DKAZ, Kaz, SuperLoop, 
>> Flag, terminated Bev. etc.
>> 
>> Anyway it would be an interesting exercise for someone to do FSL + 
>> Ultralight on the East Coast.  Certainly a spot such as Cappahayden, 
>> Newfoundland with a considerable separation (> 800 miles) from most US pests 
>> would do best.  Sort of like the eastern version of Masset or Paul's Alaska 
>> QTH ... and of course Hawaii.
>> 
>> While in Hawaii, besides TP/DU, you should also be mindful of Deep South 
>> America possibilities - especially Pacific Coast countries such as Peru and 
>> Chile that are rare here in the east even when we're feasting on Brazil, 
>> Argentina, and Uruguay at beach sites during aurora.  See if you can find 
>> Richard Wood's old reports from Hilo to get you inspired.  Even if some of 
>> the stations are now silent or changed, the best reception times - sunset, 
>> late evening, wee hours, or dawn - will be of value.  Remember also that 
>> Richard had some near-dawn receptions much deeper into Asia and even Europe 
>> than are customary in OR, WA, and BC.  India, numerous countries ending in 
>> "-stan" etc.  Also of interest: how far east into US / Canada can you go?  
>> As dawn hits Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, etc. maybe stations from those 
>> easterly cities get enough of a boost to override closer stations farther 
>> west in the US and Canada. This would be similar to transmitter dawn 
>> enhancements that kick stations from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Moldova, and 
>> Romania above closer-in UK and Spain stations received here in MA.
>> 
>> I will definitely be looking forward to that Hawaii DXpedition report with 
>> logs, audio clips, photo's, and human-interest narrative.  It should provide 
>> great tips to help less-favourably located DXers just as the Newfie and PEI 
>> 

Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX (not) 3/28/17

[Nicholas Hall-Patch]

Conditions continue to be fairly vile at Gabriola.once again, a few
Japanese commercial stations popped up around 1400UT, then silence, except
for the assumed Marshalls carrier on 1098.

Mildly better than yesterdaybut probably not enough reason to get out
the wet string just yet.

best wishes,

Nick


On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Richard N Allen 
wrote:

> DX signal propagation continues to be swamped here, much the same on all
> bands the past 48 hours.  It's been a long time since I've seen it this
> bad.  Hopefully things are better nearer the Pacific coast.  Good DX.
>
> Richard Allen,
> near Perry OK USA.
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[IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX (not) 3/28/17

[Richard N Allen]

DX signal propagation continues to be swamped here, much the same on all bands 
the past 48 hours.  It's been a long time since I've seen it this bad.  
Hopefully things are better nearer the Pacific coast.  Good DX.

Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA.

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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-26

[d1028gary]

Hi Mark (and Craig), 

Thanks for your comments. Until very recently there haven't been any high 
performance FSL antennas that would be small enough to pass TSA security 
screening without running the risk of confiscation (or even shutting down an 
airport). Some of the larger Oregon cliff models (17" and 15" diameter) weigh 
from 35-40 pounds, and look exactly like huge rings of dynamite. They include a 
switch, with large-diameter wire that looks like fuse wire. 

This past winter a deliberate effort was made to design small, compact FSL's 
that combine sensitive performance with a non-threatening appearance. The 3.5 
inch "Baby FSL" is one of those models, and the 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" model 
is another one. By themselves they can provide some exciting DX on the ocean 
coasts, but their real advantage is a capability of being combined for 
cumulative gain. 

I'm very happy and pleased with the TP-DXing performance of Craig's "Baby FSL" 
during his Kalaloch visit, and we do plan further testing of these "airport 
friendly" models next month in Hawaii. I'm also happy that Craig has some other 
vacations planned in the near future, and I certainly wish that I could join 
him in visits to places like Newfoundland and other east coast locations. 
Unfortunately a lack of free time currently makes it tough to do that, at least 
in the near future. On the other hand, continued refinement and improvement in 
FSL antennas is a very fascinating challenge, and as long as I'm in this 
current situation there should be continued progress in making these antennas 
even more competitive in ocean coast DXing performance. 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 



> Mark, 
> 
> I appreciate your insights, particularly regarding Latin American stations. A 
> trip to the Maritimes is on my radar. Not sure when, but sooner than later. I 
> met Kaz at Grayland some time ago and I indeed drooled over the DX he 
> experienced in Newfoundland. As I recall Allen Willie has had nice success 
> with his "ultralight" as well. I will be traveling to 3 Hawaiian islands. I 
> will be on the north coast of Kauai first, then on the west coast of the Big 
> Island, then a day and a half just west of Honolulu. 
> 
> Best of DX 
> 
> Craig Barnes 
> On the road from Kalaloch, WA to Rockaway Beach, OR 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 
> 
>> On Mar 27, 2017, at 8:38 AM, Mark Connelly < markwa1...@aol.com > wrote: 
>> 
>> Gary + Craig - We definitely need one of you to get to the eastern side of 
>> the continent and take a crack at things from New England, PEI, Nova Scotia, 
>> Newfoundland - or, maybe even more interestingly, Bermuda or Barbados. 
>> 
>> Weaker / rarer pre-sunset / sunset TA's would be the main event but later 
>> evening "deep" Latin American and rarer long-haul domestics would also be on 
>> the front burner if conditions went auroral. 
>> 
>> Sometimes the major interference is in the opposite direction to the DX 
>> (e.g. NYC at 255 deg. versus southern Europe 75 deg. from here on Cape Cod) 
>> so a figure-of-8 pick-up pattern may not do as well as the cardioid pick-up 
>> of the antenna more often used by serious DXers here: DKAZ, Kaz, SuperLoop, 
>> Flag, terminated Bev. etc. 
>> 
>> Anyway it would be an interesting exercise for someone to do FSL + 
>> Ultralight on the East Coast. Certainly a spot such as Cappahayden, 
>> Newfoundland with a considerable separation (> 800 miles) from most US pests 
>> would do best. Sort of like the eastern version of Masset or Paul's Alaska 
>> QTH ... and of course Hawaii. 
>> 
>> While in Hawaii, besides TP/DU, you should also be mindful of Deep South 
>> America possibilities - especially Pacific Coast countries such as Peru and 
>> Chile that are rare here in the east even when we're feasting on Brazil, 
>> Argentina, and Uruguay at beach sites during aurora. See if you can find 
>> Richard Wood's old reports from Hilo to get you inspired. Even if some of 
>> the stations are now silent or changed, the best reception times - sunset, 
>> late evening, wee hours, or dawn - will be of value. Remember also that 
>> Richard had some near-dawn receptions much deeper into Asia and even Europe 
>> than are customary in OR, WA, and BC. India, numerous countries ending in 
>> "-stan" etc. Also of interest: how far east into US / Canada can you go? As 
>> dawn hits Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, etc. maybe stations from those easterly 
>> cities get enough of a boost to override closer stations farther west in the 
>> US and Canada. This would be similar to transmitter dawn enhancements that 
>> kick stations fr
 om Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Moldova, and Romania above closer-in UK and Spain 
stations received here in MA. 
>> 
>> I will definitely be looking forward to that Hawaii DXpedition report with 
>> logs, audio clips, photo's, and human-interest narrative. It should provide 
>> great tips to help less-favourably located DXers just as the Newfie and PEI 
>> reports provide the "drool-worthy" 

Re: [IRCA] Correction to my 801 freq

[Chuck Hutton]

And a little more digging at http://www.ktwg.com/ in the weekday program 
schedule shows they do carry "Thru the Bible" at exactly the time you heard it: 
2330 - 2400 local time of 1330 - 1400 UTC.


And if it needed any further validation, that's the kind of program that brings 
Guam to mind, not Rhema. Guam was noted as recently as my most recent 
DXpedition to Grayland last October.


Chuck


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Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 7:04 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: [IRCA] Correction to my 801 freq

I dug a little deeper into my 801 log. I don't think it was Rhema now but
Guam. Checking the overnight Perseus files, the first jet was at 09:00. LSS
at Agana is about 08:30 UTC. First audio at 11:00 and very good audio at
14:00.  No IDs though. At 13:58, the program Through the Bible was ending
followed by a PSA about being a good Mom (limit tv and no screaming at the
kids), all in American accented English. Seems more likely Guam.
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