[IRCA] TP 14 Oct Victoria version.
A bit more Asia and Australia this morning, with better signal strengths, but it wasn't too outstanding. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK man in Japanese 1406UT. This transmitter seems to have a "brighter" sound compared with other NHK1 transmitters; I don't think it's just that it's generally stronger. 747 JOIB man in Portuguese 1402UT 774 JOUB man in Portuguese 1401UT 828 JOBB interlude music at end of Portuguese program 1415UT //747 972 HLCA two men in Korean 1354UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 576 2RN man in DU English 1353UT 603 HLSA female ballad //558 1411UT 612 4QR woman DU Englishg 1420UT 693 JOAB man and woman in Japanese //747 1416UT 702 2BL phone in program with female host, 1351UT //612 which was very weak at this time 873 JOGB woman in Japanese 1415UT //774 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 RNZ National woman talking //675 1408UT 657 Star; ballad //909 1355UT 675 RNZ National jazz vibes solo //567 1350UT 1287 JOHR woman in Japanese 1419UT 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) 558 HLQH female ballad //603 1411UT 567 JOIK party time in NHK studios //594 1351UT 702 NHK2 woman talking //693 1408UT 738 2NR woman talking //612 1358UT; someone else there also... 819 operatic chorus 1410UT, N. Korea likely 864 man talking, Korean intonation 1405UT 909 Star; male ballad 1354UT; ID'd next minute //657 945 CNR1 messy, but CNR1 news sounder noted, then man talking, Chinese intonation 1403UT 963 CRI woman talking //1323 1409UT 1017 man talking, better on west Flag 1420UT, Tonga? 1134 woman and man talking Korean? 1359UT; 2 and 1 pips on the hour, so not JOQR 1323 CRI woman talking //963 1409UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 639 711 891 918 1098 1143 1179 1206 1242 1566 seemed to be Asian; 837 846 855 1008 1098 1458 seemed to be 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] Alberta TPs for 14 October 2018
Glad to hear it was good morning in Grayland, but that certainly wasn't the case here. I think the list below is the shortest for several weeks. I might have been able to dig out a bit more mumbly audio if I'd felt inspired to go over the recording, but I didn't. 693 unIDtraces of man speaking at 1337 747 JOIBSapporo, JAPAN NHK pips at 1300, then man and woman speaking. 747 4QS Toowoomba, AUSTRALIATalk by a man at 1327. 756 RNZ NationalAuckland, NEW ZEALANDEZL music at 1251. 891 5AN Adelaide, AUSTRALIA Very weak, with ABC news fanfare at 1330. 11164BC Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Host talking to a caller at 1253. 1503 Radio Sport Wellington, NEW ZEALAND Traces of US-accented announcer at 1328 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, AB Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array ___ 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] TP 13 Oct Victoria version.
So far I've managed to definitely ID one NZer from yesterday: Newstalk ZB on 1296 (a bit of a surprise). There are probably a few others. I'm pretty sure 1503 was in as well, albeit briefly. Bruce On 10/13/2018 22:11, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: Yesterday was a transitional morning all right; I'd say transitioning back into the bucket, but hearing several Star outlets from New Zealand is never usual here, so, only mildly awful. Interesting that Bruce wasn't reporting any NZ from Grayland... ___ 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 DX at Grayland on October 14
Day two at Grayland. Conditions were much better today. At first it looked like a DU morning, with many Aussies at about 1100-1200. Then the Asians suddenly faded up, with a nice mix of Chinese, Japanese and Korean signals. The 711 KBS station was often stronger than KIRO, and parallel to 864 981 1062 and probably some others. There were Chinese stations on interesting frequencies: 972 (sometimes overriding KBS), 1053, 1062, 1089, 1107, 1251, 1305, 1368, 1566 (behind HLAZ), and others that escape my memory at the moment. Plus some of the more common Chinese like 918 936 945 963 981 1008 1017 1035 1044 1098 1206 1242 1287 1332 1323 1377 1422 1593 etc We also had the usual assortment of Japanese stations. Unlike yesterday, the weak low-powered ones on 963 etc were buried under stations from elsewhere. Also Taiwan on 738/1143. There were TPs on several domestic channels 630(Australia & China) 990(unid) 1170(Korea) and 1260/1350/1440(all Japan). Maybe a couple of others. I'll have more to report after going through hours of files. Bruce ___ 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] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, October 6-14, 2018
--- Begin Message --- All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during EDT; when changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-04 UT period to the previous date by ELT]. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside E-W or inside randomwire N-S; Nissan stock caradio as specified; IC-R75 with E-W longwire. These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes, utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html All my MW DX reports starting August 2011 are archived in this forum with open access: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page71 [over 314,000 views! as of October 14, 2018] These logs are [potentially] in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of USA [if any], unidentified [if any], separated by === Within each, they are in frequency order ** U S A. 780, Oct 12 at 1204 UT, nulling KSPI Stillwater, I expect still to hear WBBM making fast SAH with off-frequency KSPI, but instead it`s Newstalk 780, WJAG, Norfolk NE, with morning news, ad for Battle Creek Mutual Insurance --- that could be confusing --- and 1205 UT, Skywatch weather including records and forecast. WJAG is surprisingly seldom heard here at 629 km = 391 statute miles; 1 kW ND daytimer with 500 watt PSRA but no PSSA, says NRC AM Log. If not for KSPI, it might be JBA in daytime like 840 KTIC, but that`s 5 kW. Official FCC sunrise for WJAG full power is 1245 UT in October, 1315 UT in November. In fact, I find only one previous report of it, almost exactly three years ago, so this must be the season for it: ``780, Oct 8 [2015!] at 1210 UT, promo for Norfolk Community Theatre, local news from WJAG, i.e. Norfolk NE, 1 kW ND daytimer, but before 1245 UT in Oct, must be only on 500 W PSRA; yes, one of those few legacy W-calls west of the Miss. Nearby KSPI OK is nulled, and at this time no WBBM, after axual Chicago sunrise today at 1155 UT``. WJAG dates back to 1922, but no explanation of the call letters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJAG Own website seems to lack any history: http://norfolkdailynews.com/wjag/ (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 771, Oct 9 at 1322 UT, carrier here hetting another one on 770. Strange, not noted before, not a TP frequency, and too late for that anyway. Possibly local device, but seems spot on 771.00; could a US station be 1 kHz off, vs KKOB, KKOB or KKAM? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1710, Oct 7 at 0604 UT, JBA talk vs noise level and CCI, TIS? I include this frequency in MW bandscans, and often there is a JBA carrier, but had not heard Radio Retén lo que Tienes, gospel huxter pirate in Bâton Rouge LA, for months after alleged FCC bust at least of its publicized FM side. Checking again, since Terry L Krueger, Clearwater FL, just reported this audible again (Glenn Hauser, WORLD OF RADIO 1951, DX LISTENING DIGEST) --- 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] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, October 6-14, 2018
--- Begin Message --- These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html All my MW DX reports starting August 2011 are archived in this forum with open access: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page71 [over 314,000 views! as of October 14, 2018] All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside E-W or inside randomwire N-S; Nissan stock caradio as specified; ICR-75 with 100-foot E-W longwire. ** MEXICO. 650, Oct 12 at 1200, XETNT, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, opening `Noticiero Altavoz` (loudspeaker newcast) with 6 am timecheck, dominant signal here, and also audible // amid QRM on 610, XEGS Guasave, both still on AM tho Radio 65`s FM has moved to 100.5, ex- 106.5, top of band being cleared for community/non-commercial use (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 800, Oct 12 at 1207, XEROK doing well, must be running more power than usual, vs easily nulled KQCV OKC. Adstring including help- wanted for some engineer familiar with AM radio (for XEROK itself? apply at a street address on Insurgentes, which chex for XEROK). ``800, bajo el cielo de Ciudad Juárez``; local news headlines, on `Calibre 800` (short for canal libre = clear channel) which seems to be the newscast name, on ``Radio Cañón``. 1210 finally starts the news with 6:09 TC; 1211 mix a bit of English, ``Good morning, El Paso``; and ``sí, hay clases, no hay día festivo``, no holiday for students even tho this is the Day of the Race. At this time you would not know the main format has converted to religion (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 870, Oct 12 at 1215, XETAR, La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara, going from Spanish to native language, leisurely opening announcements including phone numbers for CDI and other government agencies, mixed with bits of rustic music. Good dominant signal from Guachochi, Chihuahua, hardly any WWL to be heard even if nulled (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Oct 9 at 0117- 0124: 531, 549, 585, 612, *621, 693, 711, 738, 747, 774(2), 837(2), 846, *855, 882, 936, 999, 1026, 1044(2), 1098, 1107, 1125, 1179(2), 1206, 1215 -- and nothing further to top of band. *stronger ones; (2) at least two carriers beating (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, October 10 from 1224 UT (just before LSR of 1234): 774-NW, 864-WSW, 594-NW, 612-WSW, 657-WSW, 675-WSW, 693-NW, 702-WSW, 738-WSW, 765-WSW, 828-WSW(2), 837 -?, [now it`s 1230:] 882-WSW, 1008-WSW(2), 1017-WSW, 1035-WSW, 1098-W, 1296-WSW, 1314-WSW, 1494-WSW, 1503-WSW, 1512-WSW, 1548-WSW, 1566-? --- so it`s almost all from Down Under except the Japanese biguns (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Oct 12 at 1222: 657-WSW, 702-NW, 747-NW, 774-NW, 882-WSW, 1017-WSW; unchecked further up but not much expected. At 1228 recheck, still in are Japan 747, 774 and 828 from NW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) --- 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
