Re: [IRCA] TP 7 Jan Victoria version.

[R. Colin Newell]

This morning was worse than seeing Sandra Bullock in the Netflix movie Bird 
Box...

Or it was like the premise of the movie...

One glimpse of the radio dial and you want to kill yourself. 

I looked. And yet I live. 

I can’t explain it. 

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -

> On Jan 7, 2019, at 9:07 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
> 
> Not quite sure whether this morning  was bad to worse, or worst to slightly 
> less worse.
> 
> 
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[IRCA] Alberta (lack of) TPs for 7 January 2019

[Nigel Pimblett]

 A morning very similar to yesterday.    Being positive, I can say 
that the mumblings on 828 were slightly stronger today, and I also had 
Australian mumbling on 1548 just prior to 1500 which I didn't get 
yesterday.    However, definitely another recording quickly destined for 
the recycle bin.


73,


Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array

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[IRCA] TP 7 Jan Victoria version.

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Not quite sure whether this morning  was bad to worse, or worst to slightly 
less worse.



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

nada, 





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

absent




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

nil



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) 

774 JOUB pips 1500UT, man mumbling 

1017 man talking, traces of music 1524UT, suspect Tonga?



Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged 
by splatter)
828 seemed to be Asian; 
612 882 891 1548 seemed  to be DU  


best wishes,

Nick








Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada  

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[IRCA] Oklahoma TA LW DX 1/8/19

[Richard N. Allen via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
Chaine 3 ALG is being heard here with a fair signal on 252 kHz at 2025 UTC.

R75 & ALA1530LNP.

Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA.

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[IRCA] Who is on 870.158 (approximately)?

[Fred Schroyer]

Around 2100 EST tonight, here in the SW corner of PA, I have a weak but
steady trace at about 870.158 on my 7300's waterfall. Checked the offset
lists but don't find anything close. Anyone know who it is? Thanks!

 

Fred Schroyer

"Violonista Canhoto"

Freelance Writer/Editor/Book Developer

955 6th Street

Waynesburg, PA 15370

724-825-7711

ibfredi...@gmail.com

 

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Re: [IRCA] phased BoG experiment in Masset.

[James Renfrew]

Just noted 1380 Mexico at 0559:13z with the the Mexican National Anthem, on
November 13 in Newfoundland. No idea which station, but I'd say the Mexico
City station with the highest power is the likely culprit.  This was on our
SouthWest wire, which I'm concluding is more west than south in effect.

Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY

On Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 13:45 Neil Kazaross  Here are Bill's loggings with this. I've never seen these higher band
> Mexicans reported from that far east on regional channels in this day and
> age. http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_chinquapin.php
>
> Walt, approx, how long were your two wires? Here in IL a mini-PBS is giving
> me good results for TA's all I have is about 290 ft // 190 ft. With lots of
> work, maybe I could add a couple dozen feet.  73 KAZ
>
> On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 11:55 PM Volodya S  wrote:
>
> > Bill, my phased array was similarly about 1.3 to 1, but more like about
> 5'
> > apart.   Results were occasionally very interesting, but in the end, I
> > didn't use it very much (too much happening during TP openings).  One
> down
> > side was that the shorter BoG was not amplified compared to the longer
> one,
> > so I sensed this made a big difference in decreasing the efficacy.
> Perhaps
> > I'm wrong on that.  I also don't necessarily have much to the rear of the
> > NW BoG once daylight breaks to my east.  I suspect, perhaps that a
> phased N
> > Beverage might be more interesting, especially if it can help with
> splatter
> > from the rear!73,   Walt
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 9:02 PM bill [his.com]  wrote:
> >
> > > The ’system’ Kaz uses is two wires of dis-similar length [ratio of ~
> > > 1.3:1] spaced about an arms length apart.  Works really well and can be
> > > surprisingly wide-band with a phaser.  I used to use a 350’ & 500’ set
> > in a
> > > park nearby.
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > > On Dec 30, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Volodya S  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Chuck, I didn’t erect any DU wires this time. The Aussies were heard
> on
> > > the
> > > > NE BoG so no promises. I’v Just set up // BoGs to experiment with a
> > > phaser.
> > > > 73, Walt
> > > >
> > >
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Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] Fwd: [CapeDX] Sandy Neck Beach DX 12-29-18

[Chuck Hutton]

I made some updates to my pips document, but we're back to the same old 
problems.

I cant send it as an attachment, and there's no place to store it.

Perhaps in 10 or 20 years we can put the 90's style email reflector in the 
trash can and move to groups.io like everyone else.

Chuck



From: IRCA  on behalf of Russ Edmunds 

Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 5:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] Fwd: [CapeDX] Sandy Neck Beach DX 12-29-18

We also have a number of recordings on the LBI site. I hadn't seen the movie, 
but I'm sure it is a good resource.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id


From: IRCA  on behalf of Chuck Hutton 

Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 8:52:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] Fwd: [CapeDX] Sandy Neck Beach DX 12-29-18

Russ -

For TA stuff. I have a lot of recordings from Newfoundland. If you listened to 
the Newfoundland movie I posted a few months back, youd agree that it's a great 
library for pips analysis.

For TP / DU stations, I have rather meticulous notes for Australia, New 
Zealand, Japan, S Korea, N Korea, China and some Vietnam. I should be covered 
for those.

Chuck



From: IRCA  on behalf of Russ Edmunds 

Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 5:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] Fwd: [CapeDX] Sandy Neck Beach DX 12-29-18

We have Europe to a point. Some of the material is inspecific and/or unclear 
and would take some time listening to overseas SDR's to confirm, however we 
have one from LBI which we've got recorded but which we haven't been able to 
find anywhere.


Any TP/DU info we have was pulled from DXM or DXN over the past year or two. 
Meanwhile I could send you what we have for TP/DU and perhaps you could 
validate/correct/add to ?


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id


From: IRCA  on behalf of Chuck Hutton 

Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 8:24:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] Fwd: [CapeDX] Sandy Neck Beach DX 12-29-18

I have a list of pipi (frequency, number, duration) although it needs updating 
and is slanted to TP/DU stations. I could add Europe etc but that might take a 
little while.



From: IRCA  on behalf of Russ Edmunds 

Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 5:14 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Cc: Brett Saylor
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] Fwd: [CapeDX] Sandy Neck Beach DX 12-29-18

Actually, this is something Brett Saylor and I have been working on as we've 
gone through our files from the October LBI DXpedition. We have a partial 
listing put together but there are so many reports made to IDXD and DXWW where 
there's no details as to the number, duration or pitch of the pips shown in the 
reports.


I suppose we could compile the easy/certain ones into a preliminary list for 
sooner release and work through the rest.


In the meantime though I would like to ask that reporters start including that 
greater level of detail in their reports going forward.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id



From: IRCA  on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch 

Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 4:45 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; Mark Connelly
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] Fwd: [CapeDX] Sandy Neck Beach DX 12-29-18

In the age of remote SDRs etc., perhaps this is
irrelevant, but has anyone made a list of what
pips are used by different
Europeans?   Sometimes, pips are all that make it
through, and like knowing the frequency offset,
can hint at what tools (parallel webstream etc.)
might be useful when the signal is a little better next time.

best wishes,

Nick

At 18:35 2019-01-05, Russ Edmunds wrote:
>Re the 630 unknown item, the eleven pips
>suggests that one is R. Timisoara Romania with 6
>short pips. At a different hour, the remainder
>could be from Antena Satelor which is scheduled
>off at the time. Antena 1 Portugal should have 4
>long and 1 short. BBC would be 5 short, 1 long.
>
>
>You might want to let Roy know that the number ,
>length and pitch of the pips can help
>distinguish between multiple sets of pips. Most
>often however it ends up being multiple
>transmitters from Spain on one frequency - not the case on 630.
>
>
>It is also possible, depending on antenna
>direction that pips could be heard from
>Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.
>
>
>Russ Edmunds
>
>WB2BJH
>
>Blue Bell, PA
>
>Grid FN20id
>
>
>
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>Subject: [nrc-am] Fwd: [CapeDX] Sandy Neck Beach DX 12-29-18
>

Re: [IRCA] phased BoG experiment in Masset.

[Neil Kazaross]

Bill since aiming SW I'd suggest waiting for some AUish cx.  73 KAZ

On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 1:28 PM bill [his.com]  wrote:

> Geez, that WAS fun!  May have to go over to TC Williams HS and try that
> again.  Almost as fun as bowtie-in-the-woods at the Virginia Theological
> Seminary … until they chased me out.  :-(
>
> The ‘DX van’ still exists but being on furlough I’m thinking more of a
> trip to Fleeton, VA for a DKAZ-antastic solution!
>
> ---
>
> > On Jan 7, 2019, at 1:45 PM, Neil Kazaross  wrote:
> >
> > Here are Bill's loggings with this. I've never seen these higher band
> > Mexicans reported from that far east on regional channels in this day and
> > age. http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_chinquapin.php
> >
> > Walt, approx, how long were your two wires? Here in IL a mini-PBS is
> giving
> > me good results for TA's all I have is about 290 ft // 190 ft. With lots
> of
> > work, maybe I could add a couple dozen feet.  73 KAZ
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 11:55 PM Volodya S  wrote:
> >
> >> Bill, my phased array was similarly about 1.3 to 1, but more like about
> 5'
> >> apart.   Results were occasionally very interesting, but in the end, I
> >> didn't use it very much (too much happening during TP openings).  One
> down
> >> side was that the shorter BoG was not amplified compared to the longer
> one,
> >> so I sensed this made a big difference in decreasing the efficacy.
> Perhaps
> >> I'm wrong on that.  I also don't necessarily have much to the rear of
> the
> >> NW BoG once daylight breaks to my east.  I suspect, perhaps that a
> phased N
> >> Beverage might be more interesting, especially if it can help with
> splatter
> >> from the rear!73,   Walt
> >>
> >> On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 9:02 PM bill [his.com]  wrote:
> >>
> >>> The ’system’ Kaz uses is two wires of dis-similar length [ratio of ~
> >>> 1.3:1] spaced about an arms length apart.  Works really well and can be
> >>> surprisingly wide-band with a phaser.  I used to use a 350’ & 500’ set
> >> in a
> >>> park nearby.
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>>
>  On Dec 30, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Volodya S  wrote:
> 
>  Chuck, I didn’t erect any DU wires this time. The Aussies were heard
> on
> >>> the
>  NE BoG so no promises. I’v Just set up // BoGs to experiment with a
> >>> phaser.
>  73, Walt
> 
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Re: [IRCA] phased BoG experiment in Masset.

[bill [his.com]]

Geez, that WAS fun!  May have to go over to TC Williams HS and try that again.  
Almost as fun as bowtie-in-the-woods at the Virginia Theological Seminary … 
until they chased me out.  :-(

The ‘DX van’ still exists but being on furlough I’m thinking more of a trip to 
Fleeton, VA for a DKAZ-antastic solution!

---

> On Jan 7, 2019, at 1:45 PM, Neil Kazaross  wrote:
> 
> Here are Bill's loggings with this. I've never seen these higher band
> Mexicans reported from that far east on regional channels in this day and
> age. http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_chinquapin.php
> 
> Walt, approx, how long were your two wires? Here in IL a mini-PBS is giving
> me good results for TA's all I have is about 290 ft // 190 ft. With lots of
> work, maybe I could add a couple dozen feet.  73 KAZ
> 
> On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 11:55 PM Volodya S  wrote:
> 
>> Bill, my phased array was similarly about 1.3 to 1, but more like about 5'
>> apart.   Results were occasionally very interesting, but in the end, I
>> didn't use it very much (too much happening during TP openings).  One down
>> side was that the shorter BoG was not amplified compared to the longer one,
>> so I sensed this made a big difference in decreasing the efficacy.  Perhaps
>> I'm wrong on that.  I also don't necessarily have much to the rear of the
>> NW BoG once daylight breaks to my east.  I suspect, perhaps that a phased N
>> Beverage might be more interesting, especially if it can help with splatter
>> from the rear!73,   Walt
>> 
>> On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 9:02 PM bill [his.com]  wrote:
>> 
>>> The ’system’ Kaz uses is two wires of dis-similar length [ratio of ~
>>> 1.3:1] spaced about an arms length apart.  Works really well and can be
>>> surprisingly wide-band with a phaser.  I used to use a 350’ & 500’ set
>> in a
>>> park nearby.
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> 
 On Dec 30, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Volodya S  wrote:
 
 Chuck, I didn’t erect any DU wires this time. The Aussies were heard on
>>> the
 NE BoG so no promises. I’v Just set up // BoGs to experiment with a
>>> phaser.
 73, Walt
 
>>> 
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Re: [IRCA] phased BoG experiment in Masset.

[Neil Kazaross]

Here are Bill's loggings with this. I've never seen these higher band
Mexicans reported from that far east on regional channels in this day and
age. http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_chinquapin.php

Walt, approx, how long were your two wires? Here in IL a mini-PBS is giving
me good results for TA's all I have is about 290 ft // 190 ft. With lots of
work, maybe I could add a couple dozen feet.  73 KAZ

On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 11:55 PM Volodya S  wrote:

> Bill, my phased array was similarly about 1.3 to 1, but more like about 5'
> apart.   Results were occasionally very interesting, but in the end, I
> didn't use it very much (too much happening during TP openings).  One down
> side was that the shorter BoG was not amplified compared to the longer one,
> so I sensed this made a big difference in decreasing the efficacy.  Perhaps
> I'm wrong on that.  I also don't necessarily have much to the rear of the
> NW BoG once daylight breaks to my east.  I suspect, perhaps that a phased N
> Beverage might be more interesting, especially if it can help with splatter
> from the rear!73,   Walt
>
> On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 9:02 PM bill [his.com]  wrote:
>
> > The ’system’ Kaz uses is two wires of dis-similar length [ratio of ~
> > 1.3:1] spaced about an arms length apart.  Works really well and can be
> > surprisingly wide-band with a phaser.  I used to use a 350’ & 500’ set
> in a
> > park nearby.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > > On Dec 30, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Volodya S  wrote:
> > >
> > > Chuck, I didn’t erect any DU wires this time. The Aussies were heard on
> > the
> > > NE BoG so no promises. I’v Just set up // BoGs to experiment with a
> > phaser.
> > > 73, Walt
> > >
> >
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Re: [IRCA] DX Tip: KUAZ 1550 Tucson, AZ

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

KUAZ has been notified they were on all night and are very concerned. The
radio program director assured me as soon as we hung up, he would be on
the  phone to an engineer



On Sat, Jan 5, 2019 at 6:41 PM Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It appears this 50KW Non directional Daytimer is still on. Heard with NPR
> 89.1 ID's during a local break between segments of "American Roots Radio"
> with some discussion and playing of rockabilly, rock n roll and country
> music. Sign off should be 545pm mountain.
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> Icom IC746 Pro and 25 ft long by 1-0 foot tall Wellbrook ALA100LN
> Volleyball net magnetic loop antenna
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Re: [IRCA] article

[R. Colin Newell]

As countries in Africa are being inundated with the latest Chinese made cell 
and internet technology and people are moving away from the freedom of radio, 
despots everywhere are realizing the wonders of one mouse click filtration and 
censorship. 

Radio is hard to jam and filter.

Internet radio censorship is crazy easy - even a dictator can do it. 

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -

> On Jan 7, 2019, at 6:04 AM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:
> 
> This situation exists everywhere within terrestrial broadcast radio, hobby 
> and commercial alike. Radio is old technology and the younger generation has 
> largely passed it by in favor of more modern and I daresay efficient 
> technologies. Radio will continue to exist for a time but some of the younger 
> folks among us may see a day when radio is history.
> 
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[R. Colin Newell]

In British Columbia, there is (based on my intel) virtually no techs or 
engineers to look after the aging CBC AM-FM infrastructure. 

If it breaks, someone from commercial radio is paged or emailed - fingers 
crossed. 

A family member is an on-air personality and content creator and he has 
actually climbed a tower to check connections on an antenna array with no 
technical training - yes, he’s an idiot (and an in-law...) 

In our dumb-down race for the bottom Donald Trump world, we forget that we 
actually need intelligent and educated folks occasionally. 

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -

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[James Renfrew]

Explains why my many QSL letters to "chief engineer" have gone unanswered
in the last several decades!  Jim Renfrew


On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 10:39 PM Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

> This link was posted on the ultralight group, and may be of interest:
>
> https://radioinsight.com/blogs/107223/the-looming-engineering-age-crisis/
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
> Nick Hall-Patch
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> Canada
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[Russ Edmunds]

This situation exists everywhere within terrestrial broadcast radio, hobby and 
commercial alike. Radio is old technology and the younger generation has 
largely passed it by in favor of more modern and I daresay efficient 
technologies. Radio will continue to exist for a time but some of the younger 
folks among us may see a day when radio is history.



Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id


From: IRCA  on behalf of Joseph Miller 

Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 11:19:31 PM
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A while ago, a group of us made the same observation about 2 meter
repeaters. The gee whiz technology of the 1960's and those who know how to
service these machines are now in their 80's and unable to climb towers any
more. Shortwave radio is practically dead, NDBs are dying.

I hope I am wrong but I don't like what I am seeing either. Thanks for
sharing.

On Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 8:00 PM Rick Dau  Nick, a fascinating read, and Chris goes into further detail to answer the
> questions that I had asked of him when a group of about a dozen of us DXers
> toured Entercomm Milwaukee  (WSSP-1250, and others) in August 2017.  I had
> asked him if universities and broadcasting schools (Brown, and others) were
> doing anything to educate young people about the technical side of radio
> and about the duties of maintaining multi-tower sites.  "Virtually
> nothing", he replied.  "I'm 48, and I'm one of the youngest people I know
> of still doing this.  There's nobody coming up behind us to take over."
>
> That portends an eerie future for radio, and for those of us who are
> hobbyists in it.  Before that visit, I had been a stauch defender of AM's
> future, but now, I'm more like, "Well, I'm just going to milk this cow for
> however long there's milk left in her."
>
> 73,
> Rick Dau
> South Omaha, Nebraska
>
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch <
> n...@ieee.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 9:39 PM
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> Subject: [IRCA] article
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> This link was posted on the ultralight group, and may be of interest:
>
> https://radioinsight.com/blogs/107223/the-looming-engineering-age-crisis/
[https://i0.wp.com/radioinsight.com/wp-content/images/2016/07/curtis-racks.jpg?fit=800%2C533=1]

The Looming Engineering Age Crisis - 
RadioInsight
radioinsight.com
Chris Tarr CSRE, DRB, CBNE is the Director of Technical Operations for 
Entercom's Wisconsin stations. He is one of the industry's biggest evangelists, 
and dedicates himself to helping create great radio.


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