[IRCA] TP 14 Apr Victoria version

2018-04-14 Thread Nick Hall-Patch 
Not a bad morning, with some of the DUs as well as the Korean big guns doing 
quite well; Japanese not quite so much.  The only definite Chinese was on 1323, 
but that had its moments also.  A number of the stronger signals became that 
way quite suddenly, with a quick (15 or 20 seconds) fade from mumbles to 
perfect readability.


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

576 2RN man and woman in DU English 1256UT //846

702 2BL woman mentioning ABC radio and emergency broadcasting  1252UT, after 
two men in DU English

972 HLCA man in Korean 1252UT

1566 HLAZ woman in Japanese 1254UT



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

594 JOAK  man in Japanese 1239UT

612 4QR woman in DU English "6 past 11; 6 past 9 in Western Australia" 1306UT

738 2NR man in DU English, sports announcing //612 1234UT

774 JOUB English lessons 1233UT

828 JOBB woman in Japanese 1252UT













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

594 3WV man in DU English //612 in a big mess with JOAK 1240UT

747 JOIB English lessons 1244UT

774 3LO woman in DU English mixing with JOUB 1253UT, //738 but not 702

891 woman in heavily accented English 1301UT; after fading down, man with a 
more DU accented English  sound was heard. 5AN?

1323 CRI woman in Russian 1233UT




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)  

585 pop music, not //576 or 594, 1257UT; 2WEB?

756 man talking, DU English intonation 1232UT

846 2RN woman talking //576 1256UT

909 slow male ballad 1243UT; NZ?

1116 man talking, DU English intonation, a commercial? 1251UT

1134 man talking Japanese intonation 1246UT

1287 pop vocal 1243UT

1215 man talking, maybe Chinese??? 1230UT

1503 man talking DU English intonation? 1311UT

1548 woman talking DU English intonation 1337UT; heard on north Flag as well as 
the West one, which was a bit unusual

1575 man talking; Southeast Asian language? 1234UT














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

 567 693 873  891  1053 1089  1143  1206 1242 1422  1458 1593  seemed to be 
Asian;
 531 558 603 675 837  846 855 864 1017 1035 1098  seemed to be DU 



best wishes,

Nick








Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada  

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[IRCA] KFAB-1110 off the air

2018-04-14 Thread Steve Francis via IRCA 
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Went off 18 minutes ago (8:20 pm CST) during windstorm per Ernie Wesolowski in 
Omaha.


Steve Francis
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[IRCA] Art Bell passes away at 72

2018-04-14 Thread Patrick Martin 
That is too bad. A good friend to DXers and was quite the interviewer for many 
years. My partner Bob, interviewed him back in the 90s.  His old shows are 
being run on the web and I wonder who was in charge of those and if they will 
continue? Often I will listen to them on the wifi radio before I fall asleep.


Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager



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Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] Absolute Radio MW coverage cut approved

2018-04-14 Thread Russ Edmunds 
Absolute is still a beacon for us on the EC. Back in the 70's it was Germany on 
1586, France on 1554 or this one.


When the first two shut down, Croatia on 1134 took their place. Now it's 
Absolute and Spain on 684.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id


From: IRCA  on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch 

Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2018 12:17:38 PM
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the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] Absolute Radio MW coverage cut approved

I think you said a mouthful  Russ, at least with "propagation
conditions are marginal to begin with".

Most DXers could care less about carrier strength; they want to hear
an ID.   3dB  is half an S-unit, yet not small, it is half the power;
the accountants will be very happy.  I suspect that it will likely
significantly reduce the number of times weak audio is reported here
(and might be paralleled with a European SDR), but probably won't
reduce the few times that Absolute Radio is banging in enough that a
DXer actually hears an IDand yes, it has happened.

best wishes,

Nick




At 15:58 2018-04-14, Russ Edmunds wrote:
>While I am mindful of the tenuous nature of TA propagation to
>Western NA, my opinion is that propagation conditions are
>proportionately more responsible for these receptions, and the
>
>small reductions in power may not have as much impact as might be
>thought. If propagation conditions are marginal to begin with, then
>these power reductions could preclude reception, however under
>better conditions, perhaps not so much.
>
>
>Russ Edmunds
>
>WB2BJH
>
>Blue Bell, PA
>
>Grid FN20id
>
>
>From: IRCA  on behalf of Nick
>Hall-Patch 
>Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:32:04 AM
>To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>Subject: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] Absolute Radio MW coverage cut approved
>
>Our trans-Atlantic beacon in western Canada  will lose some zip next
>season.   In the article that Mike Terry references below, the link
>references another link:
>
>https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/112918/Statement-Absolute-Radio-proposals-to-reduce-AM-coverage.pdf
>
>which gives more technical details.   The important thing for DXers
>is 3dB reduction in power output from their big transmitters, the
>ones most likely to make it overseas.
>
>
>
>  From Mike Terry, MW Circle:
>
> >a516digital.com
> >
> >13 April 2018
> >
> >Ofcom has approved Absolute Radio's plans to cut Medium Wave coverage.
> >Bauer Media, the operator of the radio station, threatened to close
> >the entire Medium Wave service if Ofcom didn't approve of the
> >change. The plans involve cutting the number of transmitters it
> >broadcasts from, while digital radio would remain unaffected.
> >
> >Following a public consultation, which yielded a variety of
> >responses for and against the move, Ofcom has agreed that the
> >changes can take place.
> >
> >The request to broadcast regulator Ofcom made at the beginning of
> >the year confirmed the change would reduce Absolute's analogue
> >footprint from around 90 to 85% of the UK and would involve a number
> >of Medium Wave transmitters being turned off, or put on reduced power.
> >
> >Absolute Radio's AM service from its transmitters at Brookmans Park
> >(serving London and the Home Counties), Droitwich (Midlands),
> >Moorside Edge (Northern England), Westerglen (Central Scotland) and
> >Washford (South West), will be put on reduced power this year.
> >
> >Meanwhile, MW transmitters at Plymouth, Redmoss (Aberdeen), Hull,
> >Torbay, Redruth, Hoo (Kent), Greenside Scalp (Dundee), Wallasey,
> >Pirbright (Guildford), Chesterton Fen (Cambridge), Rodbourne Sewage
> >(Swindon) and Sheffield will be turned off altogether.
> >
> >
> >Article continues here, with maps of coverage areas.
> >
> >https://www.a516digital.com/2018/04/absolute-radio-mw-coverage-cut-
> approved.html
> >
> >
> >
> >Posted by: Mike Terry 
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>Nick Hall-Patch
>Victoria, BC
>Canada
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Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] Absolute Radio MW coverage cut approved

2018-04-14 Thread Nick Hall-Patch 
I think you said a mouthful  Russ, at least with "propagation 
conditions are marginal to begin with".


Most DXers could care less about carrier strength; they want to hear 
an ID.   3dB  is half an S-unit, yet not small, it is half the power; 
the accountants will be very happy.  I suspect that it will likely 
significantly reduce the number of times weak audio is reported here 
(and might be paralleled with a European SDR), but probably won't 
reduce the few times that Absolute Radio is banging in enough that a 
DXer actually hears an IDand yes, it has happened.


best wishes,

Nick




At 15:58 2018-04-14, Russ Edmunds wrote:
While I am mindful of the tenuous nature of TA propagation to 
Western NA, my opinion is that propagation conditions are 
proportionately more responsible for these receptions, and the


small reductions in power may not have as much impact as might be 
thought. If propagation conditions are marginal to begin with, then 
these power reductions could preclude reception, however under 
better conditions, perhaps not so much.



Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id


From: IRCA  on behalf of Nick 
Hall-Patch 

Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:32:04 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] Absolute Radio MW coverage cut approved

Our trans-Atlantic beacon in western Canada  will lose some zip next
season.   In the article that Mike Terry references below, the link
references another link:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/112918/Statement-Absolute-Radio-proposals-to-reduce-AM-coverage.pdf

which gives more technical details.   The important thing for DXers
is 3dB reduction in power output from their big transmitters, the
ones most likely to make it overseas.



 From Mike Terry, MW Circle:

>a516digital.com
>
>13 April 2018
>
>Ofcom has approved Absolute Radio's plans to cut Medium Wave coverage.
>Bauer Media, the operator of the radio station, threatened to close
>the entire Medium Wave service if Ofcom didn't approve of the
>change. The plans involve cutting the number of transmitters it
>broadcasts from, while digital radio would remain unaffected.
>
>Following a public consultation, which yielded a variety of
>responses for and against the move, Ofcom has agreed that the
>changes can take place.
>
>The request to broadcast regulator Ofcom made at the beginning of
>the year confirmed the change would reduce Absolute's analogue
>footprint from around 90 to 85% of the UK and would involve a number
>of Medium Wave transmitters being turned off, or put on reduced power.
>
>Absolute Radio's AM service from its transmitters at Brookmans Park
>(serving London and the Home Counties), Droitwich (Midlands),
>Moorside Edge (Northern England), Westerglen (Central Scotland) and
>Washford (South West), will be put on reduced power this year.
>
>Meanwhile, MW transmitters at Plymouth, Redmoss (Aberdeen), Hull,
>Torbay, Redruth, Hoo (Kent), Greenside Scalp (Dundee), Wallasey,
>Pirbright (Guildford), Chesterton Fen (Cambridge), Rodbourne Sewage
>(Swindon) and Sheffield will be turned off altogether.
>
>
>Article continues here, with maps of coverage areas.
>
>https://www.a516digital.com/2018/04/absolute-radio-mw-coverage-cut- 
approved.html

>
>
>
>Posted by: Mike Terry 
>
>
>
>

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada

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Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] Absolute Radio MW coverage cut approved

2018-04-14 Thread Russ Edmunds 
While I am mindful of the tenuous nature of TA propagation to Western NA, my 
opinion is that propagation conditions are proportionately more responsible for 
these receptions, and the

small reductions in power may not have as much impact as might be thought. If 
propagation conditions are marginal to begin with, then these power reductions 
could preclude reception, however under better conditions, perhaps not so much.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id


From: IRCA  on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch 

Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2018 11:32:04 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] Absolute Radio MW coverage cut approved

Our trans-Atlantic beacon in western Canada  will lose some zip next
season.   In the article that Mike Terry references below, the link
references another link:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/112918/Statement-Absolute-Radio-proposals-to-reduce-AM-coverage.pdf

which gives more technical details.   The important thing for DXers
is 3dB reduction in power output from their big transmitters, the
ones most likely to make it overseas.



 From Mike Terry, MW Circle:

>a516digital.com
>
>13 April 2018
>
>Ofcom has approved Absolute Radio's plans to cut Medium Wave coverage.
>Bauer Media, the operator of the radio station, threatened to close
>the entire Medium Wave service if Ofcom didn't approve of the
>change. The plans involve cutting the number of transmitters it
>broadcasts from, while digital radio would remain unaffected.
>
>Following a public consultation, which yielded a variety of
>responses for and against the move, Ofcom has agreed that the
>changes can take place.
>
>The request to broadcast regulator Ofcom made at the beginning of
>the year confirmed the change would reduce Absolute's analogue
>footprint from around 90 to 85% of the UK and would involve a number
>of Medium Wave transmitters being turned off, or put on reduced power.
>
>Absolute Radio's AM service from its transmitters at Brookmans Park
>(serving London and the Home Counties), Droitwich (Midlands),
>Moorside Edge (Northern England), Westerglen (Central Scotland) and
>Washford (South West), will be put on reduced power this year.
>
>Meanwhile, MW transmitters at Plymouth, Redmoss (Aberdeen), Hull,
>Torbay, Redruth, Hoo (Kent), Greenside Scalp (Dundee), Wallasey,
>Pirbright (Guildford), Chesterton Fen (Cambridge), Rodbourne Sewage
>(Swindon) and Sheffield will be turned off altogether.
>
>
>Article continues here, with maps of coverage areas.
>
>https://www.a516digital.com/2018/04/absolute-radio-mw-coverage-cut-approved.html
>
>
>
>Posted by: Mike Terry 
>
>
>
>

Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada

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[IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] Absolute Radio MW coverage cut approved

2018-04-14 Thread Nick Hall-Patch 
Our trans-Atlantic beacon in western Canada  will lose some zip next 
season.   In the article that Mike Terry references below, the link 
references another link:


https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/112918/Statement-Absolute-Radio-proposals-to-reduce-AM-coverage.pdf

which gives more technical details.   The important thing for DXers 
is 3dB reduction in power output from their big transmitters, the 
ones most likely to make it overseas.




From Mike Terry, MW Circle:


a516digital.com

13 April 2018

Ofcom has approved Absolute Radio's plans to cut Medium Wave coverage.
Bauer Media, the operator of the radio station, threatened to close 
the entire Medium Wave service if Ofcom didn't approve of the 
change. The plans involve cutting the number of transmitters it 
broadcasts from, while digital radio would remain unaffected.


Following a public consultation, which yielded a variety of 
responses for and against the move, Ofcom has agreed that the 
changes can take place.


The request to broadcast regulator Ofcom made at the beginning of 
the year confirmed the change would reduce Absolute's analogue 
footprint from around 90 to 85% of the UK and would involve a number 
of Medium Wave transmitters being turned off, or put on reduced power.


Absolute Radio's AM service from its transmitters at Brookmans Park 
(serving London and the Home Counties), Droitwich (Midlands), 
Moorside Edge (Northern England), Westerglen (Central Scotland) and 
Washford (South West), will be put on reduced power this year.


Meanwhile, MW transmitters at Plymouth, Redmoss (Aberdeen), Hull, 
Torbay, Redruth, Hoo (Kent), Greenside Scalp (Dundee), Wallasey, 
Pirbright (Guildford), Chesterton Fen (Cambridge), Rodbourne Sewage 
(Swindon) and Sheffield will be turned off altogether.



Article continues here, with maps of coverage areas.

https://www.a516digital.com/2018/04/absolute-radio-mw-coverage-cut-approved.html



Posted by: Mike Terry 






Nick Hall-Patch
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