[IRCA] Ultralight Radio Group Moves to Groups.io
Following the general trend among radio hobby groups, the 1,500+ member Ultralight Radio enthusiast group has moved its home base from Yahoo to Groups.io. This is a general notice to other radio hobby groups before the Yahoo site is closed down. Founded in early 2008 by the late John Bryant and yours truly, the Ultralight Radio group has enjoyed steady worldwide growth for over ten years, leading the way in portable radio modification, FSL antenna development, ocean cliff propagation discoveries and the new "Frequent Flyer" transoceanic DXing sport (using a compact FSL antenna on exotic ocean beaches). We feel honored to have many of the hobby leaders among our membership, and look forward to continued innovation, exploration and excitement in the coming years! Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) ___ 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] Monday night LWBC, S. AZ
It's interesting that what happens on LW doesn't equate to the MW band. Propagationthere's so much we don't understand! 73, Walt On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 6:12 AM STEVE wrote: > LWBC got fairly decent later on this Monday evening. At around 06 utc: > 171 poor (AM sync); 183 poor (AM sync); 189 very poor; 198 poor (AM > sync); 216 very poor; 234 very poor; (243 hints); 252 medium (AM sync). > MW only has 1089 with rapidly fading het not lasting long enough for any > audio. > > Steve AA7U > > near Sahuarita, AZ > > R75; N/S longwire > > ___ > 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 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] Monday night LWBC, S. AZ
LWBC got fairly decent later on this Monday evening. At around 06 utc: 171 poor (AM sync); 183 poor (AM sync); 189 very poor; 198 poor (AM sync); 216 very poor; 234 very poor; (243 hints); 252 medium (AM sync). MW only has 1089 with rapidly fading het not lasting long enough for any audio. Steve AA7U near Sahuarita, AZ R75; N/S longwire ___ 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 January 2019
The DUs were gone today, and replaced byvery little of anything. If you take Craig's report, subtract the 873 signal (where I had nothing), you get pretty much exactly what was heard here. 693 JOAB Tokyo, JAPAN Faint traces of man and woman with language lesson 747 JOIB Sapporo, JAPAN very faint talk, //774 774 JOUB Akita, JAPAN The best of a feeble lot, with woman in Japanese, pips at 1500 828 JOBB Osaka, JAPAN Very weak with traces of audio All the above noted in the 1455- 1510 time frame. 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
[IRCA] Cape Cod, MA, USA - logs (late DEC wrap-up, audio for all)
--- Begin Message ---
Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION
Times / dates = UTC / 2018
e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com"
[Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA
(GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq)
NOTE:
{A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed from link on the following
page:
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_2018.htm
Receiver: Elad FDM-S2
See http://shop.elad-usa.com/sdr-radio/fdm-s2/
Antenna: Cardioid pattern SuperLoop: 9m vertical by 20m horizontal (peak 84
deg., null 264 deg.)
See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type.
==
*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***
153 | ROMANIA | Antena Satelor / Romania Actualitati, Brasov Bod, DEC 24 0500 -
Woman in Romanian, Radio Antena Satelor ID, fast string music, talk by man,
rooster crow, 3 pips; fair over static. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
171 | MOROCCO | R. Mediterranee Internationale, Nador, DEC 24 0500 - Woman in
Arabic, chimes, attention music, news; to good peak. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
183 | GERMANY | Europe No. 1, Felsberg, DEC 24 0500 - Two men talking in
French, typical chimes, woman and man; to good peak, slight static. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
189 | ICELAND | RÚV Rás, Gufuskálar, DEC 24 0500 - Female English vocal,
electronic sound, man in Icelandic with RUV mention; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
198 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.4, Droitwich et al., DEC 24 0500 - Promos for
comedy and science programs, woman "BBC World Service, the world's radio
station", 5+1 pips, man with news about Indonesia tsunami; fair to good. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
216 | FRANCE | Radio Monte Carlo, Roumoules, DEC 24 0500 - Man in French, then
woman, attention sounds in newscast; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
225 | POLAND | Polskie Radio, Konstantynow, DEC 24 0500 - Man in Polish, 5+1
pips, fanfare music, more talk; fair over static. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
234 | LUXEMBOURG | RTL, Junglinster, DEC 24 0500 - Woman in French; fair over
static. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
243 | unID | ?, DEC 24 0500 - Bits of talk by man under YVB beacon. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
252 | ALGERIA | R. Algerienne, Tipaza, DEC 24 0500 - Folk style vocal and
guitar, 5+1 pips (last higher pitch), jingle, woman in French; good. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
603 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, DEC 29 2200 - Male vocal and folk guitar, 5+1 pips
with synchro echo, time check including Canarias mention, fanfare music, man
"veinte cuatro horas en Radio Nacional de Espana"; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
639 | CZECHIA | CRo Dvojka, Praha/Liblice, DEC 31 2100 - Slavic talk by man,
Dvojka mention; over Spain. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
774 | EGYPT | ERTU Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Abis, DEC 23 2100 - Shrill female vocal,
4+1 pips (last higher pitch) a bit after Spain's pips, Salaam Aleikum in talk;
fair, mostly over Spain. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
774 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, DEC 29 2100 - Rustic male vocal, 5+1 pips, time
check by woman, fanfare music, man "Radio Nacional de Espana, servicios
informativos", "buenas noches" at start of news by woman; good. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
792 | SPAIN | SER R. Sevilla, Sevilla, DEC 29 2200 - Piano and orchestral
music, 4+1 pips, man in Spanish, music, man with Cadena SER net ID, news; to
good peak. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC Radio 5 synchros, DEC 29 2200 - Man "This is BBC
Five Live", news about bus accident near Scottish border; fair over slop. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, DEC 31 2200 - 5+1 pips, COPE ID in talk by man &
woman; fair over IBOC hash. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1017 | SPAIN | RNE5, Burgos//Granada, DEC 22 2200 - Vocal, 5+1 pips, fanfare
music, man "veinte cuatro horas en Radio Nacional de Espana"; fair. {A}
[Connelly*Y-MA]
1044 | SPAIN | SER, San Sebastian // Valladolid, DEC 19 0500 - Elaborate
fanfare / attention music, "en la cadena SER" ID; good. {A} + DEC 31 2201 -
Vocal of "Sleigh Ride", fast Spanish talk by two guys in studio partying it up;
loud. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1098 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, DEC 23 2200 - 5+1 pips, time check by woman
including Canarias mention, fanfare music, man "veinte cuatro horas en Radio
Nacional de Espana"; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1170 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Sawt Al-Joumhouria, Al-Dhabbaya, DEC 29 2200 -
Arabic talk by man, male vocal with strings; to good peak. {A} + DEC 31 2200 -
Orchestra, Al Joumhouria mention by man, male vocal; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute Radio synchros, DEC 31 2201 - Absolute Radio
ID, Aerosmith "Love in an Elevator"; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1521 | SAUDI ARABIA | SBC R.Riyadh, Duba, DEC 31 2100 - Female Arabic vocal,
man with Arabiya es Saudiya mention, fanfare / attention music; to good peak.
{A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
1548 | MOLDOVA | TWR, Grigoriopol, DEC 31 2100 - Bits of music, then TWR
interval signal; fair to good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
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[IRCA] CO TP Report 1/14/19
--- Begin Message --- Marginal conditions were noted this morning. I listened from 1240 to 1355, when the TPs faded down. LSR at 1418. 693 very faint w/male and female possibly in JJ at threshold level 747 faint //774 774 weak w/female in JJ 828 faint w/female in what sounded like JJ, heavy splatter 873 very faint w/female, mumbly speech 73 and Best of DX, Craig BarnesWheat Ridge, COElad FDM-S2, w KAZ w/Vactrol--- 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] TP 14 Jan Victoria version.
It was a fine morning to foul up the automatic SDR recording, judging by the signal strength tracesmaybe tomorrow. 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
