Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Last night for the twin Lubec, Maine KiwiSDR

2018-11-16 Thread Mark Connelly via IRCA 
--- Begin Message ---
 Bill, I've enjoyed the Maine KiwiSDR's. Those DKAZ antennas do a better job of 
throttling down the Boston and NYC (and I-95 corridor in general) pests than my 
SuperLoop does here SW of you. You do seem to have more Lakes area "pestage" 
there though with Buffalo, Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit, and Chicago packing 
more punch on your end.

Being farther east and in immediate proximity to the ocean gives you more TA's 
in the 2-4 p.m. EST (1900-2100 UTC) slot than I have here. Things get more 
similar after about 2130 UTC. I notice the same thing at sites as close to here 
as Chatham, Orleans, and Eastham, MA. Right on the water makes a huge 
difference in that most useful low-interference pre-sunset period.

I get more Puerto Rico, Cuba, and FL here - no surprise about that.

On 15 NOV I ran 1000 and 1100 UTC captures.

Not ONE HINT of TP DX. I definitely need to try a different antenna.

The snow we had last night melted during the day.

Bill, is there a website of your latest DXpedition logs? It might make a nice 
compliment to the recent PEI and NJ coast outings. I'm looking forward to 
whatever the Newfie crew logs. Locally Roy Barstow has been hauling in the 
goodies at Cape Cod beach sites. On NRC Facebook Allen Willie (NL) and Sylvain 
Naud (QC) have posted quite a bit about TA DX.

I'm sitting on a bunch of captures and audio clips, just need to find the time 
to bang up a report. Also I can relay some of Roy's notes from time to time. 

Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
 
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From: Bill Whitacre b...@his.com [CapeDX] 
To: lbi-dx ; Bruce Conti cont...@gmail.com [CapeDX] 

Sent: Fri, Nov 16, 2018 3:54 pm
Subject: [CapeDX] Last night for the twin Lubec, Maine KiwiSDR

    Tonight is the final night of my DXpedition to Lubec, Maine.
The Lubec Bay Cottage KiwiSDR will go down after 6am tomorrow AM:
http://lbc.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/
and the Quoddy House KiwiSDR will change antenna to a ~1000ft. BOG in a 
yet-to-be-determined direction:
http://qhkiwisdr.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/
It will remain up, with some luck, until mid-May, 2019 when the rental season 
begins again.
Enjoy ‘em while they last!
Oh, the Lubec Bay Cottage Kiwi is on a 160’ DKAZ at ~ 80 deg. and the one at 
Quoddy House is on a 160’ DKAZ at 35 deg.
The one at Quoddy House is a bit of a TP catcher.  Here is an email I sent this 
morning to the IRCA list:

Quoddy House, Lubec, Maine - November 16, 2018

Korea on 972 was again the most steady of the TPs heard after 0900utc here in a 
snowy Lubec, Maine this morning.  Star of the morning though was 1089-China 
doing very well against WBAL on 1090.

Signals seemed best from straight over the pole to China and Korea rather than 
Japan.

Here, in no particular order are some sound samples:

Japan on 1287 @ 0931utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1287-0931-Nov16.wav

Japan on 774 @ 1018utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/774-1018-Nov16.wav

Korea on 1566 @ 1018utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1566-1018-Nov16.wav

Korea on 972 @ 1020 and 1021utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1020-Nov16.wav
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1021-Nov16.wav

China on 1089 @ 0954 and 1015utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-0954-Nov16.wav
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-1015-Nov16.wav

I wrote down several other frequencies with possible audio during a 1030utc 
scan - 963, 1017, 1098, 1188 and 1215.  TP DXers will recognize those as either 
China or Korea frequencies.  We’ll see what further listening will provide.

For reference, the previous 10 days of geomag indices can be viewed on a 
running graph I keep:

http://tivodxer.com/jpgraph_example3b_multi_y_axis.php

Note A and K indices have fallen way down and Dst has gone up above zero.  All 
are ‘good things’ to trans polar DXers.

Bill Whitacre
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Re: [IRCA] Alberta TA

2018-11-16 Thread Nick Hall-Patch 

Mostly just little squeaks on the usual carriers here in Victoria, Nigel.

best wishes,

Nick

At 04:10 2018-11-17, Nigel Pimblett wrote:

Have audio now and again on 1413.    Not 
overly exciting, but the first TA audio I've had in a couple of weeks.


Carriers on several of the other usual suspects 
(1566, 1386, 1215, 1089, 855, 693)


Hopefully a sign we'll be getting out the recent doldrums.




73,


Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB



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[IRCA] Alberta TA

2018-11-16 Thread Nigel Pimblett 
Have audio now and again on 1413.    Not overly exciting, but the first 
TA audio I've had in a couple of weeks.


Carriers on several of the other usual suspects (1566, 1386, 1215, 1089, 
855, 693)


Hopefully a sign we'll be getting out the recent doldrums.




73,


Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB



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[IRCA] 16 Nov Victoria version.

2018-11-16 Thread Nick Hall-Patch 
I'm really glad that I took advantage of the October DX, because November sure 
isn't shaping up very well.   Much of what Bill heard at Lubec wasn't even 
audible here as sunrise approached!

As Colin noted, there was a bit of a lift at the upper end of the band well 
after sunrise here.




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

no, not even remotely




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


still pretty remote




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

1566 HLAZ woman in Chinese at 1532UT was the best this could manage.  Hadn't 
even started to show audio traces until around local sunrise.




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) 

531 rock music, man talking, maybe DU English 1446UT.  Really weak, but not 
much interference there

594 JOAK man in Japanese? 1459UT; weak pips on hour clinched it

612 4QR after some mumbling over the previous 15 minutes, finally heard the 
fanfare and likely "ABC news" by man at 1500UT

828 man and woman talking, possibly JOBB 1429UT


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

 693 747 774 891 972 seemed to be Asian; 
1017 1098   seemed  to be DU  


best wishes,

Nick








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Victoria, BC
Canada  

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Re: [IRCA] TPs on Nov 16 from Lubec, Maine

2018-11-16 Thread Nick Hall-Patch 

Perhapsand you get all the nasty weather also.

On the other side of the continent, no DX, but 
some idle leaf raking in 54F sunshine, with light 
breezes.  More suitable for normal folks indeed. Very bland...


At 17:56 2018-11-16, Bill Whitacre wrote:
Hmmm … maybe it really IS a ‘zero sum’ game — we 
can’t both have good DX at the same time?!  ;-)


I’m getting payback now as I struggle through 
gale-force winds driving a nasty mix of wintry 
stuff to take down the 115 deg. DKAZ to have one 
less thing to do tomorrow.  Oh yea, it had 
already blown down anyway — not just collapsed 
masts but ‘blown down’ still erect but 
horizontal.  Tie wraps busted clean off.  After 
I warm up and dry off a bit I’m going out to 
finish and try to put the 35 deg. [‘TP Magic’] 
antenna back up.  It’s just de-telescoped.


Fingers crossed … as soon as they thaw out.

—

On Nov 16, 2018, at 12:24 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

> Conditions in Victoria seemed quite revolting 
around local sunrise, so it's good to hear that 
the TP's are showing up somewhere.  I'll have 
to see if I can find as "good" a signal heard 
here around sunrise on 1287 for example.

>
> Straight over the pole seems to be a better 
bet at the moment, as there's apparently some 
interesting absorption out over the north Pacific ocean.

>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 11:28 2018-11-16, Bill Whitacre wrote:
>> Quoddy House, Lubec, Maine - November 16, 2018
>>
>> Korea on 972 was again the most steady of 
the TPs heard after 0900utc here in a snowy 
Lubec, Maine this morning.  Star of the morning 
though was 1089-China doing very well against WBAL on 1090.

>>
>> Signals seemed best from straight over the 
pole to China and Korea rather than Japan.

>>
>> Here, in no particular order are some sound samples:
>>
>> Japan on 1287 @ 0931utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1287-0931-Nov16.wav
>>
>> Japan on 774 @ 1018utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/774-1018-Nov16.wav
>>
>> Korea on 1566 @ 1018utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1566-1018-Nov16.wav
>>
>> Korea on 972 @ 1020 and 1021utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1020-Nov16.wav
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1021-Nov16.wav
>>
>> China on 1089 @ 0954 and 1015utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-0954-Nov16.wav
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-1015-Nov16.wav
>>
>> I wrote down several other frequencies with 
possible audio during a 1030utc scan - 963, 
1017, 1098, 1188 and 1215.  TP DXers will 
recognize those as either China or Korea 
frequencies.  We’ll see what further listening will provide.

>>
>> For reference, the previous 10 days of 
geomag indices can be viewed on a running graph I keep:

>>
>> http://tivodxer.com/jpgraph_example3b_multi_y_axis.php
>>
>> Note A and K indices have fallen way down 
and Dst has gone up above zero.  All are ‘good things’ to trans polar DXers.

>>
>> Bill Whitacre
>> … getting ready to dig out some snow
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[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 16 November 2018

2018-11-16 Thread Nigel Pimblett 
Nick's use of the  term 'revolting' seemed an appropriate description of 
conditions here in Alberta also.    Asia did even worse than yesterday, 
with absolutely no discernible audio. From DU,  4BC was actually quite 
good at times, and I also noted 4QD on 1548 and 891 5AN, but that was it.


Given it's ability to reach Maine I watched 972 closely, but it never 
got better than a mediocre carrier.  Interestingly I noted another 
carrier there on about 972.027 which was nearly as strong at times.




73,


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[IRCA] NZ's Radio Live in Terminal Condition

2018-11-16 Thread Gary DeBock 
For those (like me) who like to keep track of the Kiwi Radio market, this story 
about a merger between Radio Live and Magic just appeared on Facebook  
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/entertainment-top-stories/108622921/mediaworks-radio-arm-radio-live-to-be-merged-with-magic-network?fbclid=IwAR3C3ilSDh9LMsExbnxkNuuessVtzItpAloD1scTvotiWjEU-fo_-iz__b0

Apparently there will be a another shuffle in the NZ station names prior to 
next summer's Rockwork DXpedition.


Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

 
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Re: [IRCA] TPs on Nov 16 from Lubec, Maine

2018-11-16 Thread Gary DeBock 
Hi Nick,

<<< Conditions in Victoria seemed quite revolting
around local sunrise, so it's good to hear that
the TP's are showing up somewhere. >>>

The TP's have definitely not been showing up here, either, on their way to 
Lubec, Nick. Thank goodness for file review from the recent Hawaii DXpedition.

Gary

> On November 16, 2018 at 9:24 AM Nick Hall-Patch  mailto:n...@ieee.org > wrote:
> 
> 
> Conditions in Victoria seemed quite revolting
> around local sunrise, so it's good to hear that
> the TP's are showing up somewhere. I'll have to
> see if I can find as "good" a signal heard here
> around sunrise on 1287 for example.
> 
> Straight over the pole seems to be a better bet
> at the moment, as there's apparently some
> interesting absorption out over the north Pacific ocean.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 11:28 2018-11-16, Bill Whitacre wrote:
> >Quoddy House, Lubec, Maine - November 16, 2018
> >
> >Korea on 972 was again the most steady of the
> >TPs heard after 0900utc here in a snowy Lubec,
> >Maine this morning. Star of the morning though
> >was 1089-China doing very well against WBAL on 1090.
> >
> >Signals seemed best from straight over the pole
> >to China and Korea rather than Japan.
> >
> >Here, in no particular order are some sound samples:
> >
> >Japan on 1287 @ 0931utc
> >http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1287-0931-Nov16.wav
> >
> >Japan on 774 @ 1018utc
> >http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/774-1018-Nov16.wav
> >
> >Korea on 1566 @ 1018utc
> >http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1566-1018-Nov16.wav
> >
> >Korea on 972 @ 1020 and 1021utc
> >http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1020-Nov16.wav
> >http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1021-Nov16.wav
> >
> >China on 1089 @ 0954 and 1015utc
> >http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-0954-Nov16.wav
> >http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-1015-Nov16.wav
> >
> >I wrote down several other frequencies with
> >possible audio during a 1030utc scan - 963,
> >1017, 1098, 1188 and 1215. TP DXers will
> >recognize those as either China or Korea
> >frequencies. We’ll see what further listening will provide.
> >
> >For reference, the previous 10 days of geomag
> >indices can be viewed on a running graph I keep:
> >
> >http://tivodxer.com/jpgraph_example3b_multi_y_axis.php
> >
> >Note A and K indices have fallen way down and
> >Dst has gone up above zero. All are ‘good things’ to trans polar DXers.
> >
> >Bill Whitacre
> >…> getting ready to dig out some snow
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Re: [IRCA] 702-BBC (Oman) Received in Hawaii

2018-11-16 Thread Nick Hall-Patch 
The buzz jammer has made its nastiness felt on 
the west coast as well, Mark.   It doesn't really 
have a carrier does it, just lots of carriers, like the teeth of a comb?


Where are you finding Oman-702's 
pattern?   fmscan.org used to show patterns, but 
I seem to have lost my way as far as seeing them again.


As for India on the west coastnot here in 
Victoria, not yet.  I believe that the path goes 
straight through the auroral oval, so maybe some 
sort of slewing might be needed?


best wishes,

Nick

At 04:03 2018-11-16, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote:


Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 04:03:16 + (UTC)
From: Mark Connelly 
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Message-ID: <1449049681.1469132.1542340996...@mail.yahoo.com>


The Iranian buzz jammer on 1575 has been killing Farda here recently.

Fade-in before 4 p.m. EST / 2100 UTC today.

702 is usually Algeria here.  Iran likely 
#2.  Oman's pattern isn't throwing much power 
this way though some East Coast DXpeditions have logged it.


Are Indian stations much of a factor out west (via over-pole reception)?

Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA

<<
Yes, Farda has been heard in Masset after VOA and later AFN fade out...Walt

On Thursday, November 15, 2018, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

> It would be over the pole on the west coast ocean beaches as well, Gary,
> so, a north facing beach, like at Masset would probably be advantageous.
>
> The beauty of "over the pole" here is that in mid-winter, it might
> possibly show up around local sunrise as well, as Farda occasionally did
> during the last solar minimum.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> At 06:38 2018-11-14, Gary DeBock wrote:
>
> <<< Gary, I was going through some SDR files from Jan 2010, and on it, I
>> also clearly heard Oman with BBC programs in 
our local afternoon in Masset.

>> Haven???t heard them since, though. 73, Walt >>>
>>
>> Wow-- if you received them on Masset in the early afternoon, then they
>> were propagating over the pole as a TA. In Hawaii they were following the
>> Central Asia and Pacific route, during TP propagation.
>>
>> 702-BBC in Oman seems to be a Middle Eastern mega-station like 1575-Radio
>> Farda, which is capable of showing up during either our west coast sunrise
>> or sunset propagation. Judging from its 
strength in Hawaii around 1600 UTC,
>> it's definitely worth a try on west coast 
ocean beaches around sunrise this

>> winter!
>>
>> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
>>
>>
>> > On November 13, 2018 at 9:51 PM Volodya S  wrote:
>> >
>> >Â Â Â  Gary, I was going through some SDR files from Jan 2010, and on it,
>> I also clearly heard Oman with BBC programs in our local afternoon in
>> Masset. Haven???t heard them since, though.  73, Walt
>> >
>> >Â Â Â  On Tuesday, November 13, 2018, Gary DeBock < d1028g...@comcast.net
>> mailto:d1028g...@comcast.net > wrote:
>> >
>> >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  > >Â Â Â Â Â  During the 
recent Poipu, Hawaii Ultralight DXpedition

>> a weak, strange station was showing up on 702 kHz under North Korea's
>> ancient music (and throbbing, off-frequency hum) every morning from
>> 1530-1630 UTC, with a foreign language that was a total mystery to me.
>> Whenever I tried a recording the buzzing hum from North Korea would go on
>> the warpath and derail the effort, and because of the station's marginal
>> signal and NK's obnoxious transmitter it seemed like the 702 UnID would
>> remain a mystery for the duration.
>> > >
>> > >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Finally at 
1604 UTC on November 6th the 702 mystery
>> station built up its strength enough to push 
KCBS and its hum down into the

>> noise, and I was able to get a good recording of a totally unfamiliar
>> language https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/3y5qkg7yu8o49lc4ab520bfiw006kqrg
>> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/3y5qkg7yu8o49lc4ab520bfiw006kqrg
>> > >
>> > >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Fortunately a couple of awesome Finnish DXers (Mauno and
>> Mika) on Real DX identified the language as Arabic, coming from the BBC
>> Arabic Service transmitter in A'Seela, Oman 
(at 8,425 miles, or 13,559 km).

>> Even considering the 800 kW transmitter, this was pretty stunning DX for a
>> 5 inch FSL antenna set up near the beach in Poipu, Hawaii.
>> > >
>> > >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Checking John 
Bryant's records from his 2007 Easter

>> Island DXpedition, I see that John received the 750 kW station 1413-BBC
>> from A'Seela, Oman during his trip, but not this station. Considering the
>> strength and reliability of 702-BBC into Hawaii, my guess is that it could
>> put somewhat of a signal into the west coast in deep winter, especially on
>> the ocean coast when propagation is still in 
play around 1600 UTC. At least

>> one DXer that I know will be looking for it :-)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Gary DeBock (DXing at Poipu, Hawaii from November 3-8)
>> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/l61xhqoq9ki7b6kl9bz41yunangvr6ap
>> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/l61xhqoq9ki7b6kl9bz41yunangvr6ap
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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Re: [IRCA] TPs on Nov 16 from Lubec, Maine

2018-11-16 Thread Bill Whitacre 
Hmmm … maybe it really IS a ‘zero sum’ game — we can’t both have good DX at the 
same time?!  ;-)

I’m getting payback now as I struggle through gale-force winds driving a nasty 
mix of wintry stuff to take down the 115 deg. DKAZ to have one less thing to do 
tomorrow.  Oh yea, it had already blown down anyway — not just collapsed masts 
but ‘blown down’ still erect but horizontal.  Tie wraps busted clean off.  
After I warm up and dry off a bit I’m going out to finish and try to put the 35 
deg. [‘TP Magic’] antenna back up.  It’s just de-telescoped.

Fingers crossed … as soon as they thaw out.

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On Nov 16, 2018, at 12:24 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

> Conditions in Victoria seemed quite revolting around local sunrise, so it's 
> good to hear that the TP's are showing up somewhere.  I'll have to see if I 
> can find as "good" a signal heard here around sunrise on 1287 for example.
> 
> Straight over the pole seems to be a better bet at the moment, as there's 
> apparently some interesting absorption out over the north Pacific ocean.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 11:28 2018-11-16, Bill Whitacre wrote:
>> Quoddy House, Lubec, Maine - November 16, 2018
>> 
>> Korea on 972 was again the most steady of the TPs heard after 0900utc here 
>> in a snowy Lubec, Maine this morning.  Star of the morning though was 
>> 1089-China doing very well against WBAL on 1090.
>> 
>> Signals seemed best from straight over the pole to China and Korea rather 
>> than Japan.
>> 
>> Here, in no particular order are some sound samples:
>> 
>> Japan on 1287 @ 0931utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1287-0931-Nov16.wav
>> 
>> Japan on 774 @ 1018utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/774-1018-Nov16.wav
>> 
>> Korea on 1566 @ 1018utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1566-1018-Nov16.wav
>> 
>> Korea on 972 @ 1020 and 1021utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1020-Nov16.wav
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1021-Nov16.wav
>> 
>> China on 1089 @ 0954 and 1015utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-0954-Nov16.wav
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-1015-Nov16.wav
>> 
>> I wrote down several other frequencies with possible audio during a 1030utc 
>> scan - 963, 1017, 1098, 1188 and 1215.  TP DXers will recognize those as 
>> either China or Korea frequencies.  We’ll see what further listening will 
>> provide.
>> 
>> For reference, the previous 10 days of geomag indices can be viewed on a 
>> running graph I keep:
>> 
>> http://tivodxer.com/jpgraph_example3b_multi_y_axis.php
>> 
>> Note A and K indices have fallen way down and Dst has gone up above zero.  
>> All are ‘good things’ to trans polar DXers.
>> 
>> Bill Whitacre
>> … getting ready to dig out some snow
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Re: [IRCA] TPs on Nov 16 from Lubec, Maine

2018-11-16 Thread R. Colin Newell 
Just before 1600 UTC, there was a minor surge top band --
and I think (brace yourself...) *1566 khz Korea became audible! *

Apart from that, it was pathetic -- there is definitely some
other force at work other than polar absorption that kyboshes
our stellar TP's -- some kind of D Layer thing maybe?
Not at all understood I gather.

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 9:25 AM Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

> Conditions in Victoria seemed quite revolting
> around local sunrise, so it's good to hear that
> the TP's are showing up somewhere.  I'll have to
> see if I can find as "good" a signal heard here
> around sunrise on 1287 for example.
>
> Straight over the pole seems to be a better bet
> at the moment, as there's apparently some
> interesting absorption out over the north Pacific ocean.
>

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Re: [IRCA] TPs on Nov 16 from Lubec, Maine

2018-11-16 Thread Nick Hall-Patch 
Conditions in Victoria seemed quite revolting 
around local sunrise, so it's good to hear that 
the TP's are showing up somewhere.  I'll have to 
see if I can find as "good" a signal heard here 
around sunrise on 1287 for example.


Straight over the pole seems to be a better bet 
at the moment, as there's apparently some 
interesting absorption out over the north Pacific ocean.







At 11:28 2018-11-16, Bill Whitacre wrote:

Quoddy House, Lubec, Maine - November 16, 2018

Korea on 972 was again the most steady of the 
TPs heard after 0900utc here in a snowy Lubec, 
Maine this morning.  Star of the morning though 
was 1089-China doing very well against WBAL on 1090.


Signals seemed best from straight over the pole 
to China and Korea rather than Japan.


Here, in no particular order are some sound samples:

Japan on 1287 @ 0931utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1287-0931-Nov16.wav

Japan on 774 @ 1018utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/774-1018-Nov16.wav

Korea on 1566 @ 1018utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1566-1018-Nov16.wav

Korea on 972 @ 1020 and 1021utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1020-Nov16.wav
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1021-Nov16.wav

China on 1089 @ 0954 and 1015utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-0954-Nov16.wav
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-1015-Nov16.wav

I wrote down several other frequencies with 
possible audio during a 1030utc scan - 963, 
1017, 1098, 1188 and 1215.  TP DXers will 
recognize those as either China or Korea 
frequencies.  We’ll see what further listening will provide.


For reference, the previous 10 days of geomag 
indices can be viewed on a running graph I keep:


http://tivodxer.com/jpgraph_example3b_multi_y_axis.php

Note A and K indices have fallen way down and 
Dst has gone up above zero.  All are ‘good things’ to trans polar DXers.


Bill Whitacre
… getting ready to dig out some snow

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Re: [IRCA] 16 Nov TA’s - West Coast

2018-11-16 Thread Barry Davies via IRCA 
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Hello Colin

November never a good month this side of the pond. Currently lots of K0s which 
usually means the usual stations excluding WCNA  : - (


Best wishes

Barry:-)  

Carlisle UK.  Lat. 55.0119N   Lon. -2.9668W.


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 Subject: [IRCA] 16 Nov TA’s - West Coast
 To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 

 Date: Friday, 16 November, 2018, 4:26
 
 Anyone hearing anything? 
 
 I see signals on the Hall-Patch fish
 barrel. 
 
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[IRCA] TPs on Nov 16 from Lubec, Maine

2018-11-16 Thread Bill Whitacre 
Quoddy House, Lubec, Maine - November 16, 2018

Korea on 972 was again the most steady of the TPs heard after 0900utc here in a 
snowy Lubec, Maine this morning.  Star of the morning though was 1089-China 
doing very well against WBAL on 1090.

Signals seemed best from straight over the pole to China and Korea rather than 
Japan.

Here, in no particular order are some sound samples:

Japan on 1287 @ 0931utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1287-0931-Nov16.wav

Japan on 774 @ 1018utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/774-1018-Nov16.wav

Korea on 1566 @ 1018utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1566-1018-Nov16.wav

Korea on 972 @ 1020 and 1021utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1020-Nov16.wav
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1021-Nov16.wav

China on 1089 @ 0954 and 1015utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-0954-Nov16.wav
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-1015-Nov16.wav

I wrote down several other frequencies with possible audio during a 1030utc 
scan - 963, 1017, 1098, 1188 and 1215.  TP DXers will recognize those as either 
China or Korea frequencies.  We’ll see what further listening will provide.

For reference, the previous 10 days of geomag indices can be viewed on a 
running graph I keep:

http://tivodxer.com/jpgraph_example3b_multi_y_axis.php

Note A and K indices have fallen way down and Dst has gone up above zero.  All 
are ‘good things’ to trans polar DXers.

Bill Whitacre
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Re: [IRCA] TPs in Maine - Nov. 16

2018-11-16 Thread Bill Whitacre 
Check 1089 Jim.  China doing a good job against WBAL on 1090.

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On Nov 16, 2018, at 5:14 AM, James Renfrew  wrote:

> Virtually nothing in live scanning at 1007z at Cappahayden.  Just some
> bumps in the Perseus spectrum.  Maybe the recordings will show more when I
> review later.  Jim Renfrew, still stuck in Newfiundland.  I was due to
> leave Wednesday, but expect to fly today.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 06:00 Bill Whitacre  
>> Audio so far on 972, 774 and 1287 from 0900utc.  Dangerous time of day
>> though as audio on 1107 was Spanish … though signal level and expectations
>> made it take a minute to figure that out!
>> 
>> Hopefully things will improve a bit nearer sunrise.
>> 
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Re: [IRCA] TPs in Maine - Nov. 16

2018-11-16 Thread James Renfrew 
Now spotting some poor audio on 1566 at 1016z, a woman speaking.  Jim
Renfrew

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 06:44 James Renfrew  Virtually nothing in live scanning at 1007z at Cappahayden.  Just some
> bumps in the Perseus spectrum.  Maybe the recordings will show more when I
> review later.  Jim Renfrew, still stuck in Newfiundland.  I was due to
> leave Wednesday, but expect to fly today.
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 06:00 Bill Whitacre 
>> Audio so far on 972, 774 and 1287 from 0900utc.  Dangerous time of day
>> though as audio on 1107 was Spanish … though signal level and expectations
>> made it take a minute to figure that out!
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>> Hopefully things will improve a bit nearer sunrise.
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Re: [IRCA] TPs in Maine - Nov. 16

2018-11-16 Thread James Renfrew 
Virtually nothing in live scanning at 1007z at Cappahayden.  Just some
bumps in the Perseus spectrum.  Maybe the recordings will show more when I
review later.  Jim Renfrew, still stuck in Newfiundland.  I was due to
leave Wednesday, but expect to fly today.

On Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 06:00 Bill Whitacre  Audio so far on 972, 774 and 1287 from 0900utc.  Dangerous time of day
> though as audio on 1107 was Spanish … though signal level and expectations
> made it take a minute to figure that out!
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> Hopefully things will improve a bit nearer sunrise.
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[IRCA] TPs in Maine - Nov. 16

2018-11-16 Thread Bill Whitacre 
Audio so far on 972, 774 and 1287 from 0900utc.  Dangerous time of day though 
as audio on 1107 was Spanish … though signal level and expectations made it 
take a minute to figure that out!

Hopefully things will improve a bit nearer sunrise.

Bill Whitacre
Lubec, ME
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