Re: [IRCA] Florence

[Mauno Ritola]

I'm far from specialist, but I guess for a relatively short wire 4:1 
would be better.


73, Mauno


Michael Yule kirjoitti 1.12.2017 klo 9:32:
Hi Mauno - that's good advice, thanks - part of our reason for moving 
here was to completely simplify our lives and not have so many things, 
so this minimalist approach really works for me. I appreciate the tip!


Regards,

Michael

PS - would you use a 4:1 or 9:1 transformer?


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[IRCA] Ordered a Radio

[Michael Yule]

Hi all - after reviewing the options I've ordered a Sangean PR D15 to 
use with the FSL. I had narrowed it down to the Tecsun 660 or 880, the 
Sangean, the CCrane 2E, and the Sony EX5MK2 and based on weak signal 
handling capability decided on the Sangean. In second place was the 
analog dial Sony, which reportedly also has great weak signal capability 
on MW. I really wanted to like the Tecsuns more, especially the 880 'cuz 
it looks so flash and it has SSB and a bunch of bandwidths, but the 
reviews and comments from users convinced me that it wasn't the one for 
me, although no doubt it's a great little radio. I just needed an 
emphasis on great MW signal handling. I would have chosen the Sony 
except for a potential intermod problem and the analogue dial would have 
been a lot less friendly for ensuring I was on the frequency I wanted to 
be on (or that I thought I was on). I chose the PR D15 over the PR D5 
because of the fine tuning on the former, but it meant that I had to 
order it from North America as the 15 isn't available in Europe as far 
as I can tell.


It's going to be an interesting experience for me going from the ELAD to 
the Sangean, from unlimited bandwidths to 1, from ECSS, SSB, Sync etc to 
AM only. It'll be like going back to my first real receiver when I was a 
lad of 14, the Grundig Satellit 6001, although with that I had the 
external SSB unit!


Regards,

Michael Yule
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Re: [IRCA] Fwd: 846

[Mauno Ritola]

It seems to be R. Kiribati after all, //1440 kHz per New Zealand web 
receiver.


Best regards,

Mauno


Nick Hall-Patch kirjoitti 1.12.2017 klo 8:36:
Good strength carrier on 846 tonight but poor modulation.  Mostly a 
woman talking, seemingly an island language of some sort?   It doesn't 
otherwise seem to be stirirng up much attention.



best wishes,

Nick




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Re: [IRCA] Florence

[Michael Yule]

Hi Craig - I didn't know you could use LMR400 with the Wellbrook amp 
units. I'd seen it done with the W6LVP loop on a website somewhere but 
thought that it was unique to that unit. If you do end up giving it a 
try I would really be interested in hearing how it works out. I'm really 
looking forward to getting the FSL and seeing what I can hear over on 
this side of the pond!


Kind regards,

Michael
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Re: [IRCA] Florence

[Michael Yule]

Hi Mauno - that's good advice, thanks - part of our reason for moving 
here was to completely simplify our lives and not have so many things, 
so this minimalist approach really works for me. I appreciate the tip!


Regards,

Michael

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Re: [IRCA] Pat Martin

[Patrick Martin]

Hi Everyone,


Yes, indeed I am alive and well. As Bill stated, something in the neighborhood 
has shown up in the past few years that really knocks out the dial. I feel it 
is not the power lines, but something else. Even though the area has 
underground power, there are still neighbors close enough and anything can 
cause the noise. I couple weeks ago I did have one day without the noise and 
the power was on. A lot of older people live in the area too and any could have 
a medical device that could cause the noise. Plus Pot is now legal in Oregon so 
dryers and other noise makers could be the cause. I attended the Reno 
convention this year and had a great time. I am still very much interested in 
the hobby, but I may have to wait until the dial gets quieter. I got a good 
gain FM Yagi from Germany, via Les and it works quite nicely for FM, so it 
still is not MW. I do a lot of streaming too. People around here move and pass 
on, it is just a matter of time when the dials gets more quiet. That is if
  I live that long. hi. I just I have to add that in there, as I will be 69 in 
March, but as others can attest I am still in good shape. Hopefully I will stay 
that way for a while. Thanks for asking.


Patrick

Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager



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[IRCA] Fwd: 846

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Good strength carrier on 846 tonight but poor modulation.  Mostly a 
woman talking, seemingly an island language of some sort?   It 
doesn't otherwise seem to be stirirng up much attention.



best wishes,

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Re: [IRCA] 846

[Neil Kazaross]

Bill Whitacre logged Kiribati on 1440 a couple years ago from the coast.
73 KAZ

On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 6:53 PM,  wrote:

> This was the 1440-Kiribati sign off routine at 0929 UTC on April 11th of
> this year, as recorded in Kona, Hawaii. The station has a distinctive 1000
> Hz tone at the end of transmission around 0936, which cuts through QRM like
> a DXer's dream. This recording helped a DXer in Japan ID the station for
> the first time.
> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/s9sgwesnmi3ljjf1fkuhlsb08st7ty5y
>
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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> - Original Message -
>
> From: "Nick Hall-Patch" 
> To: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." , "Mailing list
> for the International Radio Club of America" 
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 12:41:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 846
>
> I thought that they moved from 846 to 1440 several years ago?
>
>
> At 19:20 2017-11-30, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> >How long has Kiribati been off 846? I never knew they left it.
> >
> >Kiribati does 1 hour a day in English playing
> >country music, and then the rest of their day is
> >their mother younger... it sounds a bit Asian to my ears
> >
> >I have some locally made englis language airchecks of Radio KiribatiÂ
> >
> >PaulÂ
> >
> >On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 2:18 PM R. Colin Newell
> ><coffeecan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >Going out on a limb here and suggesting Kiribati on 846 khz -
> >reactivated...
> >
> >On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Nick
> >Hall-Patch <n...@ieee.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Anyone know who might be of 846kHz this evening, between 0500-0535UT?
> > >>
> > >> It seems to be a couple of Hertz below nominal, and on peaks,
> delivers a
> > >> woman talking, sounding vaguely French.  Better on the west facing
> Flag
> > >> than the north facing one, and the terminator is still out in the
> Pacific
> > >> Ocean, so possibly something new on the islands?  Or?
> > >>
> > >> best wishes,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Nick
> > >>
> > >> Nick Hall-Patch
> > >> Victoria, BC
> > >> Canada
> > >>
> > >
> > > Nick Hall-Patch
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Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 27 November 2017

[Chris Kadlec]

There’s not a lot to be heard in East Asia on 1584, at least nothing of 
significant power. There are two 10kw stations in China and only one is within 
usual range of you. You have the Heilongjiang station that is Korean-language 
and then you have three 1kw stations in South Korea (two were normal for me, 
both just slightly out of sync), a lot of 100 watters in Japan – all NHKs – and 
another lower-powered one in North Korea..

Naturally, you’d just hear enough audio to know it’s there but not enough to 
know what it is.

-Chris Kadlec
Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide
http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/seoul/



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Subject: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 27 November 2017
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The most interesting morning in a while here today, though all the 
interest was in the very top end of the band.

1503JOUKAkita, JAPANFair, with woman in Japanese at 1440.

1566HLAZJeju, S,KOREA   Poor with man in Japanese at 1437.  A second, 
reasonably substantial carrier at times on about 1566.035 was also noted.

1575VOA THAILANDPresumed the one with music at 1438

1584unIDJust into audio with traces of talk observed at 1438.  Also 
second carrier noted at 1583.96.

1593CNR1Changzhou, CHINA   Fair, with woman in Chinese at 1439.  Like 
yesterday, audible to just past 1500.

I've never had a definite Asian log on 1584, and indeed even any audio 
there is a rare event.  "Almost there" carriers also noted on 1386, 
1422, 1548, and 1557.
Today a check showed that reception in Lamont was pretty much identical 
to here.

73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
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Re: [IRCA] 846

[d1028gary]

This was the 1440-Kiribati sign off routine at 0929 UTC on April 11th of this 
year, as recorded in Kona, Hawaii. The station has a distinctive 1000 Hz tone 
at the end of transmission around 0936, which cuts through QRM like a DXer's 
dream. This recording helped a DXer in Japan ID the station for the first time. 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/s9sgwesnmi3ljjf1fkuhlsb08st7ty5y 

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
7.5 inch loopstick CC Skywave + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL on the ocean-facing 
4th floor of the Royal Kona Resort 



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From: "Nick Hall-Patch"  
To: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." , "Mailing list for the 
International Radio Club of America"  
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 12:41:12 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 846 

I thought that they moved from 846 to 1440 several years ago? 


At 19:20 2017-11-30, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: 
>How long has Kiribati been off 846? I never knew they left it. 
> 
>Kiribati does 1 hour a day in English playing 
>country music, and then the rest of their day is 
>their mother younger... it sounds a bit Asian to my ears 
> 
>I have some locally made englis language airchecks of Radio Kiribati 
> 
>Paul 
> 
>On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 2:18 PM R. Colin Newell 
><coffeecan...@gmail.com> wrote: 
>Going out on a limb here and suggesting Kiribati on 846 khz - 
>reactivated... 
> 
>On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Nick 
>Hall-Patch <n...@ieee.org> wrote: 
> 
> > 
> > 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Anyone know who might be of 846kHz this evening, between 0500-0535UT? 
> >> 
> >> It seems to be a couple of Hertz below nominal, and on peaks, delivers a 
> >> woman talking, sounding vaguely French.  Better on the west facing Flag 
> >> than the north facing one, and the terminator is still out in the Pacific 
> >> Ocean, so possibly something new on the islands?  Or? 
> >> 
> >> best wishes, 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Nick 
> >> 
> >> Nick Hall-Patch 
> >> Victoria, BC 
> >> Canada 
> >> 
> > 
> > Nick Hall-Patch 
> > Victoria, BC 
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Re: [IRCA] 846

[Theo]

Yairs.. sometime in March 2011.

TD

On 30/11/2017 12:41 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:

I thought that they moved from 846 to 1440 several years ago?


At 19:20 2017-11-30, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:

How long has Kiribati been off 846? I never knew they left it.

Kiribati does 1 hour a day in English playing country music, and then 
the rest of their day is their mother younger... it sounds a bit 
Asian to my ears


I have some locally made englis language airchecks of Radio KiribatiÂ

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Re: [IRCA] Pat Martin

[Barry Davies]

 Thank you Bill for that update. Fingers crossed we'll see his reports real 
soon. At 69 and 50 years in the hobby I have similar problems in hearing new 
stuff. I started out with Mad Daddy "chasing those blues and Scooby doos" on 
1010 Wins pop format. Memories hi!



Best wishes
Barry:-)  
Carlisle UK.  Lat. 55.0119N   Lon. -2.9668W.


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 Sent: Thursday, 30 November 2017, 20:32
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Pat Martin
   
Pat, has did very little DXing in the last few years due to a very high noise 
level. Also he has been in one location for a long time and it was getting very 
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Re: [IRCA] 846

[Nick Hall-Patch]

I thought that they moved from 846 to 1440 several years ago?


At 19:20 2017-11-30, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:

How long has Kiribati been off 846? I never knew they left it.

Kiribati does 1 hour a day in English playing 
country music, and then the rest of their day is 
their mother younger... it sounds a bit Asian to my ears


I have some locally made englis language airchecks of Radio KiribatiÂ

PaulÂ

On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 2:18 PM R. Colin Newell 
<coffeecan...@gmail.com> wrote:

Going out on a limb here and suggesting Kiribati on 846 khz -
reactivated...

On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Nick 
Hall-Patch <n...@ieee.org> wrote:


>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyone know who might be of 846kHz this evening, between 0500-0535UT?
>>
>> It seems to be a couple of Hertz below nominal, and on peaks, delivers a
>> woman talking, sounding vaguely French.   Better on the west facing Flag
>> than the north facing one, and the terminator is still out in the Pacific
>> Ocean, so possibly something new on the islands?   Or?
>>
>> best wishes,
>>
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> Nick Hall-Patch
>> Victoria, BC
>> Canada
>>
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Re: [IRCA] Pat Martin

[Bill Block]

Pat, has did very little DXing in the last few years due to a very high noise 
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Re: [IRCA] Pat Martin

[Forrester S]

Good to hear. Is he dxing much these days?

On Nov 30, 2017 1:21 PM, "Bill Block"  wrote:

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> Todd, I talked to Pat on the phone yesterday and he is okay.
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Re: [IRCA] Pat Martin

[Bill Block]

Todd, I talked to Pat on the phone yesterday and he is okay.

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Re: [IRCA] 846

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

How long has Kiribati been off 846? I never knew they left it.

Kiribati does 1 hour a day in English playing country music, and then the
rest of their day is their mother younger... it sounds a bit Asian to my
ears

I have some locally made englis language airchecks of Radio Kiribati

Paul

On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 2:18 PM R. Colin Newell 
wrote:

> Going out on a limb here and suggesting Kiribati on 846 khz -
> reactivated...
>
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyone know who might be of 846kHz this evening, between 0500-0535UT?
> >>
> >> It seems to be a couple of Hertz below nominal, and on peaks, delivers a
> >> woman talking, sounding vaguely French.   Better on the west facing Flag
> >> than the north facing one, and the terminator is still out in the
> Pacific
> >> Ocean, so possibly something new on the islands?   Or?
> >>
> >> best wishes,
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> >>
> >> Nick
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> >> Nick Hall-Patch
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Re: [IRCA] 846

[R. Colin Newell]

Going out on a limb here and suggesting Kiribati on 846 khz -
reactivated...

On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

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>
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyone know who might be of 846kHz this evening, between 0500-0535UT?
>>
>> It seems to be a couple of Hertz below nominal, and on peaks, delivers a
>> woman talking, sounding vaguely French.   Better on the west facing Flag
>> than the north facing one, and the terminator is still out in the Pacific
>> Ocean, so possibly something new on the islands?   Or?
>>
>> best wishes,
>>
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> Nick Hall-Patch
>> Victoria, BC
>> Canada
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[IRCA] Fwd: 846

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Apologies if this is a resend for some, but it never turned up in my 
own inbox last night:




Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 06:15:33 +
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 


From: Nick Hall-Patch 
Subject: 846

(seemed to be island accented English after 0600UTbut still no 
idea what it might be)




Anyone know who might be of 846kHz this evening, between 0500-0535UT?

It seems to be a couple of Hertz below nominal, and on peaks, 
delivers a woman talking, sounding vaguely French.   Better on the 
west facing Flag than the north facing one, and the terminator is 
still out in the Pacific Ocean, so possibly something new on the 
islands?   Or?


best wishes,


Nick

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[IRCA] S. AZ TPs, November 30--very poor

[Steve Ratzlaff]

Unusually poor this morning with only 1566 S Korea HLAZ saving the day 
with very poor audio after sunrise. Sunrise 1406 utc.


(594 Japan 1406 utc traces of audio)

1566 S Korea HLAZ 1410-23 utc occasional very poor talk

(1611 Australia 1410-1417 utc poor hets (several as usual) but far from 
audio)



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Re: [IRCA] Florence

[Mauno Ritola]

Hi Michael,
for very temporary setups I have applied the simplest possible approach: 
tried to find a relatively noise-free place and antenna consisted of 
min. 10 metres of coax to get away from one's computer noise, a matching 
transformer, a simple ground stick and antenna wire as long as possible, 
at least tens of metres either on the ground or hung somewhere. Then 
wide-band recording by SDR (operated by a phone battery) and listening 
later.


Best regards,

Mauno


Michael Yule kirjoitti 30.11.2017 klo 10:49:
Hey Nick, it's good to hear from you! It's funny that you sent me this 
because I was scheming in the back of my brain trying to figure out 
what I would use as a frame and the idea of fibreglass tent poles came 
into my head, I was going to look for possibilities today. So very 
timely!


I probably won't be going full on DKAZ, at least yet, unless I am 
doing a 'proper' dxpedition. For my little mini ones I would use the 
frame to support something like Mark showed me in his email. This 
source is a big help, though, thanks.


I hope all is well - I thought that I'd missed your daily DX reports 
lately and I was hoping that things are good with you.


Kind regards,

Michael



-- Original Message --
From: "Nick Hall-Patch" 
To: "Michael Yule" ; "Mailing list for the 
International Radio Club of America" 

Sent: 30-Nov-2017 3:15:37 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florence

If you want to get into bigger antennas at remote sites, Michael, 
maybe look at a mini-pole to support either a delta loop or a KAZ 
terminated loop.    Two of them could allow a small DKaz.


https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/mini-telescopic-fiberglass-poles/ 



These are quite small when telescoped.  I traveled on the train with 
one in a small suitcase.  I borrowed it from Satoshi Miyauchi in 
Japan, and it is thanks to him that I even heard about it.  You can 
also get a "stake kit", also quite small, that can support that pole.


best wishes,

Nick


At 18:09 2017-11-29, Michael Yule wrote:
Hi Mark, thanks for your message on list. It's a different DX 
situation here than Nova Scotia for sure, and there are times that 
I'm really gonna miss the DKAZ! But there are some compensations for 
me, like well heck, I'm living in Florence...! I'm going to be 
starting out with a 'Frequent Flyer' FSL that Gary is very 
generously sending over to me, and am looking for a portable to go 
with it, as I can't couple it directly to my ELAD. I think I've 
narrowed the choice down to either a Tecsun 660 or a Sony EX5MK2, 
and I will take the bus about 20 minutes to the hills outside of the 
city, a small town called Fiesole where I think reception will be 
much better than in town here. We aren't going to buy a car as there 
really isn't any need to apart from mini DXpeditions as everything 
in the city is in walking range and if we are going on a longer trip 
that needs a car we'll rent one. Most places can be reached though 
through the excellent public transport available. That being said, I 
have been considering ways of trying to make a foldable version of 
your broadband loop so I can bring the ELAD and do some broadband 
captures, which is what I'd also really like to do. Is there any way 
I can use my existing FLG100 with this rather than having to 
construct the amplifier? I'd like to use as many existing parts as 
possible. I sent myself the FLG, the transformers I used for the 
CAT5 and one of Colin's Vactrols from Nova Scotia before I left 
along with a couple of toroids and some other things, and they 
arrived safe and somewhat sound, athough Poste Italia made me do a 
lot of 'splainin what exactly I was trying to import and made me pay 
an import fee.


I'm definitely going to join the groups you mentioned, thanks very 
much for the tips. My Italian is developing, and I can usually make 
myself understood in the present, past perfect and past imperfect 
tenses, but my vocabulary is still quite weak and so English is 
still very helpful. I still think in English. We have a tutor come 
in 3X a week, so we're making some progress.


I will definitely post what I am hearing, and if you )or any of the 
other list members are interested in having me try to assist in an 
ID based on an interval signal or have me make a TOH or other ID 
recording of a particular station please ask and I'll certainly help 
as best I can. It will also be really interesting and not a little 
unreal to consider NAm stations as 'DX'! I'll let you all know what 
I hear.


Thanks again for the message!

Michael
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[IRCA] Rockwork File Review-- 558-7BU I.D.

[d1028gary]

It's weird how you can listen to a DX station recording 10 times and not hear 
any ID, but on the 11th time it suddenly jumps out at you. This recording of 
classic rock ("So Lonely" by the Police) from 558-7BU (2 kW is Tasmania, 
Australia) was made around 1304 on August 9th at the Rockwork 4 cliff, but 
after listening to the jumble after the end of the song about 5 times I wrote 
it off as undecipherable. Even after Todd Emslie of Australia said that he 
heard a muffled 7BU ID by a male voice I still couldn't dig it out. After 
wrapping up my own file review and hearing DXpedition partner Tom R.'s 558-7BU 
MP3 with a clear ID at 1300 on 8-4 (when my own FSL antennas were not on the 
558 frequency), I decided to give it another try. 558-Fiji was smothering the 
frequency for most of the morning of August 9 at the cliff, and the classic 
rock station could barely get in a few songs edgewise. 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/8kkdih6ws4wx5fv73usae0f40p2z2pjr 

Well, the recording's muffled "...oldies, 7BU" in the male voice at 1:07 
suddenly wasn't hiding in the noise anymore. Todd was right.. I could finally 
dig it out! This reminds me of a very strong DX recording on 531 made during 
the August 2012 Rockwork 4 DXpedition that I puzzled over for 4 years. The 
modern rock format didn't match anything I had ever heard on 531, but the 
station was pounding in at an S9 level. In between songs at :53 a female voice 
said something weird, but I couldn't decipher it. Paul Walker took one listen 
of the MP3 and immediately pronounced it as "More FM." Paul was right-- this 
2012 MP3 was apparently the first reception of the very rare 2 kW Kiwi station 
on the west coast-- at an S9 level. 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9juolp6ocfgelchbizmhqzrn0nqk5b55 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 


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Re: [IRCA] Florence

[Michael Yule]

Hey Nick, it's good to hear from you! It's funny that you sent me this 
because I was scheming in the back of my brain trying to figure out what 
I would use as a frame and the idea of fibreglass tent poles came into 
my head, I was going to look for possibilities today. So very timely!


I probably won't be going full on DKAZ, at least yet, unless I am doing 
a 'proper' dxpedition. For my little mini ones I would use the frame to 
support something like Mark showed me in his email. This source is a big 
help, though, thanks.


I hope all is well - I thought that I'd missed your daily DX reports 
lately and I was hoping that things are good with you.


Kind regards,

Michael



-- Original Message --
From: "Nick Hall-Patch" 
To: "Michael Yule" ; "Mailing list for the 
International Radio Club of America" 

Sent: 30-Nov-2017 3:15:37 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Florence

If you want to get into bigger antennas at remote sites, Michael, maybe 
look at a mini-pole to support either a delta loop or a KAZ terminated 
loop.Two of them could allow a small DKaz.


https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/mini-telescopic-fiberglass-poles/ 



These are quite small when telescoped.  I traveled on the train with 
one in a small suitcase.  I borrowed it from Satoshi Miyauchi in Japan, 
and it is thanks to him that I even heard about it.  You can also get a 
"stake kit", also quite small, that can support that pole.


best wishes,

Nick


At 18:09 2017-11-29, Michael Yule wrote:
Hi Mark, thanks for your message on list. It's a different DX 
situation here than Nova Scotia for sure, and there are times that I'm 
really gonna miss the DKAZ! But there are some compensations for me, 
like well heck, I'm living in Florence...! I'm going to be starting 
out with a 'Frequent Flyer' FSL that Gary is very generously sending 
over to me, and am looking for a portable to go with it, as I can't 
couple it directly to my ELAD. I think I've narrowed the choice down 
to either a Tecsun 660 or a Sony EX5MK2, and I will take the bus about 
20 minutes to the hills outside of the city, a small town called 
Fiesole where I think reception will be much better than in town here. 
We aren't going to buy a car as there really isn't any need to apart 
from mini DXpeditions as everything in the city is in walking range 
and if we are going on a longer trip that needs a car we'll rent one. 
Most places can be reached though through the excellent public 
transport available. That being said, I have been considering ways of 
trying to make a foldable version of your broadband loop so I can 
bring the ELAD and do some broadband captures, which is what I'd also 
really like to do. Is there any way I can use my existing FLG100 with 
this rather than having to construct the amplifier? I'd like to use as 
many existing parts as possible. I sent myself the FLG, the 
transformers I used for the CAT5 and one of Colin's Vactrols from Nova 
Scotia before I left along with a couple of toroids and some other 
things, and they arrived safe and somewhat sound, athough Poste Italia 
made me do a lot of 'splainin what exactly I was trying to import and 
made me pay an import fee.


I'm definitely going to join the groups you mentioned, thanks very 
much for the tips. My Italian is developing, and I can usually make 
myself understood in the present, past perfect and past imperfect 
tenses, but my vocabulary is still quite weak and so English is still 
very helpful. I still think in English. We have a tutor come in 3X a 
week, so we're making some progress.


I will definitely post what I am hearing, and if you )or any of the 
other list members are interested in having me try to assist in an ID 
based on an interval signal or have me make a TOH or other ID 
recording of a particular station please ask and I'll certainly help 
as best I can. It will also be really interesting and not a little 
unreal to consider NAm stations as 'DX'! I'll let you all know what I 
hear.


Thanks again for the message!

Michael
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