[IRCA] Fwd: Radio Stamps Auction Catalogue Now Available Online
--- Begin Message --- For anyone interested... Lynn. Lafayette, LA Begin forwarded message: > From: Neil Carleton > Date: May 3, 2017 at 7:05:17 PM CDT > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > Subject: Radio Stamps Auction Catalogue Now Available Online > > > DISTRIBUTION > > > > To radio and philatelic contacts close to home, across the continent, and > around the world. > > > > RADIO STAMPS AUCTION CATALOGUE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE > > > > Good evening friends from the Mississippi Valley of eastern Ontario, Canada. > Spring has arrived, the leaf buds are opening, and our neighbourhood is busy > from sunrise to sunset with all the birds that have returned from winter > lands. > > > > My radio stamp collections have been presented in the Sale 24 catalogue as 5 > lots by Sparks Auctions of Ottawa, Canada. Catalogue details are available > at these links. > > https://stampauctionnetwork.com/IK/ik2437.cfm#128 lot 846 > > https://stampauctionnetwork.com/IK/ik2461.cfm#160 lots 1466 – 1467 – 1468 – > 1469 > > > > The auction is confirmed for May 23 + 24. Details are available at this > link. https://stampauctionnetwork.com/IK/IK24.cfm > > > > My contact at Sparks Auctions is Brian Wolfenden. 613-567-3336, 844-252-2032 > toll free, (no spaces). He can advise on > mail-in bids as well as live internet bids. > > > > Scans of my collections (Google Drive files), including inventories and other > details, are available for viewing on request. (no > spaces) > > > > Best wishes for successful bidding. > > > > Neil > > > > Neil Carleton, P.O. Box 1644, Almonte, Ontario, K0A 1A0, Canada --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 3 May Victoria version
All DU this morning, and much of that seemed to be New Zealand pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): nope Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 612 4QR assumed with woman and man in DU English 1229UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above passing through Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 567 RNZ National maybe? man mumbling 115UT, maybe DU English; seemed // 675 with jazzy music 1144UT 603 Waatea? Rhythmic music and chanting 1202UT; nothing on 765. Then man talking, intoning really, sounded almost religious. Slightly better 1215UT with slow vocal music with an island feel. 675 RNZ National maybe? jazzy music seemed //567 1155UT 702 old pop music "I can see clearly now" not //612. NZ? 756 RNZ National maybe? jazzy music 1159UT, very poor, similar to what was heard earlier on 567/675, but nothing there at this time; man talking 1200UT seemed DU English per inflection 774 man mumbling 1146UT, didn't sound Japanese or like language lessons; into slow music; assumed DU 891 man mumbling slowly, maybe DU English 1156UT; two men talking 1216UT, seemed DU English Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) nothing seemed to be Asian; 576 585 594 621 657 747 882 1008 1098 1503 seemed DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 May 04 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 03 May follow. Solar flux 75 and estimated planetary A-index 4. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 04 May was 0. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 02 02 02 02 02 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 04 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 75 75 75 75 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 75 75 A-in 55555444444464 K-in 11110211112100 Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Revitalization and Interference: Fact vs. Science Fiction
While the proposed changes may indeed be promising and beneficial, there's another bogeyman contributing heavily to the problem and also dating back to the 1960's. It's the wrongheaded and failed idea that more stations provide more service or that more power provides more service. The steady rise in interference problems arose as much or more from over-saturation of stations overall, stations operating at night in particular, and the promotion of greater powers in the name of fighting interference. than from the causes cited in the article. Those factors in turn led to many failing stations being purchased by stronger ones or by the large group owners, only to become essentially "satellators". Maybe AM needs the kind of concentration the FCC is forcing onto TV broadcasters as a means of thinning the herd. Russ Edmunds WB2BJH Blue Bell, PA Grid FN20id From: IRCA on behalf of Dennis Gibson Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 5:54:17 PM To: Mailing List for the International Radio Club of America Subject: [IRCA] Revitalization and Interference: Fact vs. Science Fiction http://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/0004/revitalization-and-interference-fact-vs-science-fiction/339609 Sent from my iPad ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Revitalization and Interference: Fact vs. Science Fiction
Students of FCC history may recall that Mr. Fowler as FCC Chair advocated a "Marketplace" approach to regulations...almost to the point of saying "we'll stay out of the way; let 'em fight it out." (This is not meant to be a verbatim quote.) The Elephant In The Room is whether the proposed changes under consideration will allow MORE NEW SIGNALS, as a result of relaxing certain protection requirements. I doubt many would quarrel with the idea of shrinking the Class "A" protection areas, since all but a few "A" and "B" stations have re-oriented their programming, to focus on their measured markets and have abandoned wide-area service. Examples of this in current-day action: Regional radio sports networks. The "key" play-by-play station may be 50-kilowatt Class "A" but it's surrounded by dozens...up to more than a hundred...network affiliates, many of which are within the Class A's protected service area. They're facing reality. But gawd help us if the bottom line to all of this is yet more satellite-programmed signals doing nothing but adding to nighttime interference... Cheers! Mark Durenberger -Original Message- From: Dennis Gibson Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 4:54 PM To: Mailing List for the International Radio Club of America Subject: [IRCA] Revitalization and Interference: Fact vs. Science Fiction http://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/0004/revitalization-and-interference-fact-vs-science-fiction/339609 Sent from my iPad ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Revitalization and Interference: Fact vs. Science Fiction
http://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/0004/revitalization-and-interference-fact-vs-science-fiction/339609 Sent from my iPad ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] CHINESE QSLs
Chris Kadlec wrote: > Everyone has to start somewhere. You just persist and find ways to gain > knowledge, improve your hobby for yourself and others, and one day it's all > effortless. Before we visited China in 1979, I did quite a bit of research utilizing many available sources including FBIS, the WRH (no WRTVH back then) and DX reports. It was challenging because everything available was in anglicized Pinyin. Fortunately, I came across a province-by-province atlas with everything in anglicized Mandarin. The result was a freq-by-freq bandscan of what I “might” hear. I taped extensively and got to the point where I very often could identify where a “bo dian tai” was from. To fill in the gaps, I befriended a lovely SF Safeway checker who was from Taiwan but was fluent in Mandarin. She not only identified the ones I couldn’t, she translated my English language reports into Mandarin. I sent these with cassettes and got a lot of Chinese veries I otherwise would not have gotten. So Chris, you are absolutely right. Thanks for providing us with all the Asian DX information! Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 & ICF2010 Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops DX398, SRF-59 & M37V Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 May 03 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 May follow. Solar flux 77 and estimated planetary A-index 4. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 03 May was 1. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 75 75 75 75 75 75 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 A-in 55555554444444 K-in 12111102111121 Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] not so unID 800
--- Begin Message --- Jim, Check the WRTH or other listings. On 800 is 100 kW HJBW, Bucaramanga, Colombia, RCN! Presumably stands or stood for Radio Cadena Nacional. 73, Glenn Hauser --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Not so UNID 800
--- Begin Message --- That's a funny story. I noticed a similar situation in the late 80's while living in Georgia. I was listening to the signoff ancmt of WNOW-1030 in NC. At the end of the ancmt, the guy said, "Now stay tuned to 1030 and listen to WBZ from Boston." As soon as WNOW cut their carrier, WBZ faded in nicely with local news. Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX -Original Message- From: James Renfrew To: am ; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent: Tue, May 2, 2017 11:27 pm Subject: [IRCA] Not so UNID 800 This may be apocryphal, but I seem to remember hearing that CKLW had a good spot in Danbury CT ratings, because the locals would stick on the channel after WLAD signed off at sunset. Jim Renfrew ___ --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Craig Barnes' TP-DXpedition to Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii (Part Two)
Chris, <<< I recall my very first Chinese tropo opening at my new place in Korea. I had assumed no such non-Korean tropo could or would ever exist as it didn't exist anywhere inland. I didn't know any Chinese really and all of the signals were appearing in between frequencies (like on 90.45, etc.) on my radio. I had no idea where they were from, could barely decipher full TOH IDs, just nothing at all. And the FM dial from 88 to 108 had more than about 100 different Chinese signals on it from 250 to 600+ miles and obliterating many of my 30-mile locals on my MP3 player with an earphones wire as my antenna. It was overwhelming to keep track of them, record them, and fight off mosquitoes at night while doing it on my hilltop. That first opening lasted nearly 7 straight days. >>> Thanks for sharing this, and you certainly had the "crash course" in Chinese tropo FM-DX during that week. You seem to have handled it very well, although it was probably overwhelming at the time. Craig also had the "crash course" in Asian TP-DX during his Kauai visit recently, and now that he knows the potential of the location and its Asian propagation, I'm sure that he will be back for more. His Colorado TP-DXing experience wasn't much to go on in Kauai, but he is a very fast learner, and he only needs to review his YouTube videos from Kauai to refresh his memory on about 30 TP-DX stations. I'm sure that he will be back with his "Frequent Flyer" FSL and the proper recording gear next time-- and others will probably be checking out the rates at the Princeville condo where he stayed :-) Gary - Original Message - From: "Chris Kadlec" To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 12:55:29 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Craig Barnes' TP-DXpedition to Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii (Part Two) Gary, I recall my very first Chinese tropo opening at my new place in Korea. I had assumed no such non-Korean tropo could or would ever exist as it didn't exist anywhere inland. I didn't know any Chinese really and all of the signals were appearing in between frequencies (like on 90.45, etc.) on my radio. I had no idea where they were from, could barely decipher full TOH IDs, just nothing at all. And the FM dial from 88 to 108 had more than about 100 different Chinese signals on it from 250 to 600+ miles and obliterating many of my 30-mile locals on my MP3 player with an earphones wire as my antenna. It was overwhelming to keep track of them, record them, and fight off mosquitoes at night while doing it on my hilltop. That first opening lasted nearly 7 straight days. I kept those recordings. And later, I was able to ID almost all of them. They're the tropo stations I'd hear for years after that and eventually I was able to ID them almost instantly the moment I tuned into them. By now, I can understand IDs, numbers, and a lot more effortlessly. I also am quite familiar with all those stations I'd hear for so many years. I'd later get a better radio that could tune AM as well (and yet again started from the beginning with that band) and got a quality voice recorder to hook up to that to improve my recordings and storage. Apparently I'm considered an expert on radio on the Korean peninsula and East Asian AM radio. I mean, who'd have thought? (I still don't). Everyone has to start somewhere. You just persist and find ways to gain knowledge, improve your hobby for yourself and others, and one day it's all effortless. Craig will figure out what works for him and he'll be an excellent TP DXer in the future if he returns to an ideal location. He's obviously got a lot of good help with it. -Chris Kadlec Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/seoul > Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 21:47:04 + (UTC) > From: d1028g...@comcast.net > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Craig Barnes' TP-DXpedition to Princeville, Kauai, > Hawaii (Part Two) > > Chris, > > Thanks very much for providing your own assessment on Craig's Kauai > TP-DXing videos. > > <<< 837 Because you don't have an actual audio input and a lot of that > sound is > lost between the radio and your phone, it's hard to confirm this as much. > Though you are likely correct on your assumption. Mandarin nonetheless. > >>> > > Sooner or later I'll probably need to convince Craig that much (if not > most) of the TP-DX signal strength of these different Asian stations is > being lost by the recording format of using an iPhone to shoot a video. > The S/N readouts on the PL-310 indicate quite a bit more Asian signal > quality than what is showing up in the videos. On the other hand Craig is > doing his best to record a torrent of Asian DX in his first major > DXpedition, most of which is in unfamiliar languages and on unfamiliar > frequencies for him. He is certainly doing his best with the limited gear > that he brought along for the trip, and will certainly become a more > skillful DXpeditioner as he gets mo
Re: [IRCA] Craig Barnes' TP-DXpedition to Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii (Part Two)
Gary, I recall my very first Chinese tropo opening at my new place in Korea. I had assumed no such non-Korean tropo could or would ever exist as it didn't exist anywhere inland. I didn't know any Chinese really and all of the signals were appearing in between frequencies (like on 90.45, etc.) on my radio. I had no idea where they were from, could barely decipher full TOH IDs, just nothing at all. And the FM dial from 88 to 108 had more than about 100 different Chinese signals on it from 250 to 600+ miles and obliterating many of my 30-mile locals on my MP3 player with an earphones wire as my antenna. It was overwhelming to keep track of them, record them, and fight off mosquitoes at night while doing it on my hilltop. That first opening lasted nearly 7 straight days. I kept those recordings. And later, I was able to ID almost all of them. They're the tropo stations I'd hear for years after that and eventually I was able to ID them almost instantly the moment I tuned into them. By now, I can understand IDs, numbers, and a lot more effortlessly. I also am quite familiar with all those stations I'd hear for so many years. I'd later get a better radio that could tune AM as well (and yet again started from the beginning with that band) and got a quality voice recorder to hook up to that to improve my recordings and storage. Apparently I'm considered an expert on radio on the Korean peninsula and East Asian AM radio. I mean, who'd have thought? (I still don't). Everyone has to start somewhere. You just persist and find ways to gain knowledge, improve your hobby for yourself and others, and one day it's all effortless. Craig will figure out what works for him and he'll be an excellent TP DXer in the future if he returns to an ideal location. He's obviously got a lot of good help with it. -Chris Kadlec Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/seoul Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 21:47:04 + (UTC) From: d1028g...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [IRCA] Craig Barnes' TP-DXpedition to Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii (Part Two) Chris, Thanks very much for providing your own assessment on Craig's Kauai TP-DXing videos. <<< 837 Because you don't have an actual audio input and a lot of that sound is lost between the radio and your phone, it's hard to confirm this as much. Though you are likely correct on your assumption. Mandarin nonetheless. >>> Sooner or later I'll probably need to convince Craig that much (if not most) of the TP-DX signal strength of these different Asian stations is being lost by the recording format of using an iPhone to shoot a video. The S/N readouts on the PL-310 indicate quite a bit more Asian signal quality than what is showing up in the videos. On the other hand Craig is doing his best to record a torrent of Asian DX in his first major DXpedition, most of which is in unfamiliar languages and on unfamiliar frequencies for him. He is certainly doing his best with the limited gear that he brought along for the trip, and will certainly become a more skillful DXpeditioner as he gets more experience in various travel opportunities. Gary ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
