[IRCA] TP 23 July Victoria version

2017-07-23 Thread Nick Hall-Patch 
There was little sign of any overseas signals until after 1130UT this 
morning, but then some Asian carriers appeared with one audio.  Much 
later a couple of DU carriers showed up.   So, nothing much like 
yesterday as far as signal strength is concerned.



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


no



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



no




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


774 JOUB man in Japanese 1158UT, fading down somewhat to interlude 
music and pips at 1200UT





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


the above passing through


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


594 828 1287 1566 seemed to be Asian;
702 756 1503   seemed to be DU



best wishes,

Nick






Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada  


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Re: [IRCA] Many thanks from RCI's Ian McFarland

2017-07-23 Thread R. Colin Newell 
I can forward any belated greetings.

It's an honor living on the same Island as a legend. 

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

> On Jul 23, 2017, at 1:12 PM, Rick Lewis  wrote:
> 
> Colin,
> I meant to submit my birthday wishes to Ian, but it got past me and it
> shouldn't have. I'll never forget my surprise when I found that RCI's
> recorded schedule for blind users was done by Ian McFarland himself. That
> was a treasure from a man who certainly had plenty on his plate.
> Ian has much to be proud of. To many listeners, he _was_ Canada.
> --
> Rick
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of R. Colin
> Newell
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 12:09 PM
> To: Hard-Core-DX ; Mailing list for the
> International Radio Club of America 
> Subject: [IRCA] Many thanks from RCI's Ian McFarland
> 
> "To all my SWL friends & colleagues,  I can't tell you how much I
> enjoyed reading
> all your birthday wishes & comments that Colin so kindly collected &
> transcribed from all your e-mails.
> 
> For this old man it was a most enjoyable exercise in pure nostalgia.  Thank
> you all so very much!
> 
> There were lots of familiar names on those messages, and of
> course, to be truthful, lots of names that weren't familiar after so many
> years.
> 
> Memory loss is, after all, one of the unfortunate drawbacks
> of getting to the age that people refer to as "elderly"!  I find it hard to
> believe that I retired from RCI over a quarter century ago now, mercifully,
> some years before its impending virtual destruction over the
> next few years.
> 
> I'm just grateful that I was at RCI during almost 25
> years of RCI's heyday.
> 
> I'm also grateful for all the opportunities I had to travel to Europe, the
> U.S. and other parts of Canada to attend a
> variety of SWL gatherings and have the opportunity to talk with so many of
> my listeners.  I'm sure that over my years at RCI I met many times more
> listeners than the rest of RCI staff and management combined.
> 
> Attending all those events, including the three ANARC conventions that were
> hosted by RCI, gave me many useful insights into what our listeners
> liked to hear about, and the determined efforts they made, especially in the
> noisy interference ridden listening environment in Europe, to tune in to my
> SWL Digest program.
> 
> I can't tell you how much that meant to
> me.  Many thanks again for all your wonderful birthday wishes & comments.
> 
> Cheers for now & Good Listening everyone.  Kind regards. Ian.
> 
> "
> 
> -- 
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>  and DXer.ca  -
> VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada
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Re: [IRCA] Many thanks from RCI's Ian McFarland

2017-07-23 Thread Rick Lewis 
Colin,
I meant to submit my birthday wishes to Ian, but it got past me and it
shouldn't have. I'll never forget my surprise when I found that RCI's
recorded schedule for blind users was done by Ian McFarland himself. That
was a treasure from a man who certainly had plenty on his plate.
Ian has much to be proud of. To many listeners, he _was_ Canada.
--
Rick


-Original Message-
From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of R. Colin
Newell
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 12:09 PM
To: Hard-Core-DX ; Mailing list for the
International Radio Club of America 
Subject: [IRCA] Many thanks from RCI's Ian McFarland

"To all my SWL friends & colleagues,  I can't tell you how much I
enjoyed reading
all your birthday wishes & comments that Colin so kindly collected &
transcribed from all your e-mails.

For this old man it was a most enjoyable exercise in pure nostalgia.  Thank
you all so very much!

There were lots of familiar names on those messages, and of
course, to be truthful, lots of names that weren't familiar after so many
years.

Memory loss is, after all, one of the unfortunate drawbacks
of getting to the age that people refer to as "elderly"!  I find it hard to
believe that I retired from RCI over a quarter century ago now, mercifully,
some years before its impending virtual destruction over the
next few years.

I'm just grateful that I was at RCI during almost 25
years of RCI's heyday.

 I'm also grateful for all the opportunities I had to travel to Europe, the
U.S. and other parts of Canada to attend a
variety of SWL gatherings and have the opportunity to talk with so many of
my listeners.  I'm sure that over my years at RCI I met many times more
listeners than the rest of RCI staff and management combined.

Attending all those events, including the three ANARC conventions that were
hosted by RCI, gave me many useful insights into what our listeners
liked to hear about, and the determined efforts they made, especially in the
noisy interference ridden listening environment in Europe, to tune in to my
SWL Digest program.

I can't tell you how much that meant to
me.  Many thanks again for all your wonderful birthday wishes & comments.

Cheers for now & Good Listening everyone.  Kind regards. Ian.

"

-- 
Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com
 and DXer.ca  -
VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada
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[IRCA] Many thanks from RCI's Ian McFarland

2017-07-23 Thread R. Colin Newell 
"To all my SWL friends & colleagues,  I can't tell you how much I
enjoyed reading
all your birthday wishes & comments that Colin so kindly collected &
transcribed from all your e-mails.

For this old man it was a most enjoyable exercise in pure nostalgia.  Thank
you all so very much!

There were lots of familiar names on those messages, and of
course, to be truthful, lots of names that weren't familiar after so many
years.

Memory loss is, after all, one of the unfortunate drawbacks
of getting to the age that people refer to as "elderly"!  I find it hard to
believe that I retired from RCI over a quarter century ago now, mercifully,
some years before its impending virtual destruction over the
next few years.

I'm just grateful that I was at RCI during almost 25
years of RCI's heyday.

 I'm also grateful for all the opportunities I had to travel to Europe, the
U.S. and other parts of Canada to attend a
variety of SWL gatherings and have the opportunity to talk with so many of
my listeners.  I'm sure that over my years at RCI I met many times more
listeners than the rest of RCI staff and management combined.

Attending all those events, including the three ANARC conventions that were
hosted by RCI, gave me many useful insights into what our listeners
liked to hear about, and the determined efforts they made, especially in the
noisy interference ridden listening environment in Europe, to tune in to my
SWL Digest program.

I can't tell you how much that meant to
me.  Many thanks again for all your wonderful birthday wishes & comments.

Cheers for now & Good Listening everyone.  Kind regards. Ian.

"

-- 
Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com
 and DXer.ca  -
VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada
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Re: [IRCA] Iceland

2017-07-23 Thread Mauno Ritola 

Yes, they are on, but just with 10 kW.

Mauno

James Renfrew kirjoitti 20.7.2017 klo 20:00:

Faroes 531 was loud and clear during the day in NW Scotland in June, 2017.

On Jul 20, 2017 08:04, "Aaron Kreider"  wrote:


I went to Iceland for the past week and did a bit of DXing using a Tecsun
880. It was limited as I was travelling with family, hotel noise levels
varied greatly, and "night" time hours were limited (3-4 hours).

666 RUV Iceland is on the air most of the time (maybe 90% when I checked)
and is probably still running low power as they weren't super strong in
Reykjavik.

On the east coast of Iceland with a nice water path and generally 1-4 km
from the water, I had regular very weak daytime reception of 810 BBC (North
Scotland) and 693 BBC (not sure which transmitter). I also had some hets
(probably including BBC Wales).  I tested several cliffs and didn't notice
any gain.  Is it possible that lava rocks lack iron and thus aren't as
good?  I've read that Iceland is low on metals.  This is the best daytime
distances I've ever had on MW so I was quite happy!

I did one short session of night time listening on the south coast of
Iceland near Vik.  I didn't hear Faero 531 - so they are still inactive.  I
also didn't hear Greenland or any US stations.  I got the best reception
from the UK, followed by Spain. Algeria (531 and 549) was good.  I also
tentatively heard Tunisia and Morocco.  The furthest signal was from Saudi
Arabia (585).

Reykjavik isn't the best for DXing Europe as it on the coast, but has a
lot of land between it and Europe.

Iceland is an amazingly beautiful country due to the volcanos, though
rather pricy (expect to pay double or more what you do in the US).  We
drove the highway 1 which wraps around the shoreline much of the time  and
would provide a lot of opportunities for a more DX oriented visit.  Most of
the country is open fields and you could also set up long antennas without
a problem, assuming the sheep cooperate and that you can figure out who
owns it (or frankly they probably won't care or find out).  It is nice and
temperate in the summer, though it can be also be rather cold (40) and
windy (we had 30 mph gusts one day).

Aaron
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[IRCA] TP 22 July Victoria version

2017-07-23 Thread Nick Hall-Patch 
Quite a bounce back today, with the best Asian showing of the 
summer...especially considering K indices of 4 and 5 just a few hours 
before.   Some DU also, but not as noticeable



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


no



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



no




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


1566 HLAZ likely with woman in Chinese 1137UT




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)


594 JOAK man talking, Japanese inflection 1127UT; clinched at 1200UT 
with NHK pips

603 slow vocal music with heavy bass line 1120UT; Waatea?
612 man talking, DU English inflection 1056UT
702 man talking, DU English inflection  1137UT
774 3LO assumed with 6 pips under dominant JOUB
774 JOUB NHK2 interlude music 1159UT, pips on hour
792 woman talking briefly, DU English inflection 1203UT
828 man talking, Japanese inflection 1123UT
891 man talking rapidly, DU English inflection, sports?  1155UT
891 JOHK woman talking 1159UT //594, pips at 1200UT
1287 man talking Japanese inflection 1124UT


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


693 747 954 972 1242 1422 seemed to be Asian;
 756 819 882 909 1098 1386 1593   seemed to be DU



best wishes,

Nick






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