[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 20 January 2019
Lower band seemed a bit better than yesterday, but the upper band was worse, and I didn't see the sunrise lift that the upper band enjoyed yesterday. 693 JOAB Tokyo, JAPAN Very feeble this morning with traces of talk, then pips at 1500 747 JOIB Sapporo, JAPAN Woman in Japanese during language lesson at 1502, //774 774 JOUB Akita, JAPAN Woman in Japanese during language lesson at 1502, //747. 828 JOBB Osaka, JAPAN Woman and man conversing during language lesson at 1457 972 HLCA Dangjin, S.KOREA Man in Korean at 1501, but only a few minutes of audio today 1116 4BC Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Just like yesterday, ad string at 1457. 1548 4QD Emerald, AUSTRALIA Talk by a woman at 1458 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S.KOREA Traces of woman in Chinese at 1502 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] Milestone QSL
Nigel, Great catch and QSL. You are right the Japanese are great QSLers. Plus they have such nice QSL cards. Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager From: IRCA on behalf of Martin Foltz Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2019 3:55 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Milestone QSL Congratulations Nigel, glad to see a QSL report here. Martin > Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:12:13 -0700 > From: Nigel Pimblett > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > > Subject: [IRCA] Milestone QSL > > ??? Got a QSL from Japanese station 1116 JODR for my MW station #1600 > QSLed.??? QSLing any station is getting harder, but Japanese are still > about the most reliable.?? Was happy to get JODR as it took luck to hear > it given 4BC's dominance of the frequency, and then some effort and > further luck to even identify it. > > 73, > > Nigel Pimblett > Dunmore, Alberta, 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 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 20 Jan Victoria version.
Unfortunately, this morning was much more in the "decent burial" category. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise): indeed not not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 972 HLCA 1529UT 1566 HLAZ man in Russian 1631UT, best signal level this morning, well after 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) 594 man talking, Japanese intonation 1501UT, but nothing on hour 612 man talking, DU English intonation 1504UT 774 man talking, Japanese intonation 1519UT 1503 JOUK assumed; piano music, 1553UT, NHK pips 1600UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 567 603 747 828 873 1287 1386 1494 1593 seemed to be Asian; 738 855 891 1017 1098 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] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, January 14-20, 2019
--- 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/page74 [over 335,000 views! as of January 20, 2019] 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. 820, Jan 15 at 1344, ``Canal ocho-veinte, A-B-C Radio`` canned ID between tunes, like at almost every break; with WBAP nulled, which can be very weak here, as XEABCA Mexicali hops in by SRS; just before, the only SS propagating lower were on 660, 720. Our LSR is inching earlier, 1342 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** SAUDI ARABIA? Replies to my 1521 kHz carrier in daytime: Up until a couple of years ago, 1521 used to be the strongest TA on the dial, strong enough to be heard on a portable many times. Since then, though, it has been heard occasionally here, but not strong. I don't know why. It makes it to the Cape okay. I was told that it signs off much earlier now (Mike Bugaj, Enfield, CT, -72° 30' W/41° 59' N, FN31RX, WTFDA Forum via DXLD) Glen[n], fwiw. I've been hearing the German time signal, on 77.5 kHz, as early as 2 pm CST. The AF & EU LW stations (153, 171, 183, 198, 225, 252) have been following about an hour later. I'll listen for your 1521 & see what turns up. IIRC, KRHW 1520 Sikeston, MO has wandered off frequency, before. We'll see. (73, Ed NN2E, Owner / Operator - Murphy's Law Test Site & Thunderstorm Proving Grounds, KY, Jan 13, ibid.) Spent some time checking 1521, today. I can report that I hear no local / regional signals on that frequency during mid-day. Beginning 90 minutes before my Sunset I started hearing a carrier from the northeast. I have no way of telling if it was from the KSA as there's too much Stateside QRM to detect any audio. 73, (Ed NN2E, Jan 14, ibid.) ** KOREA SOUTH. 1566, Jan 16 at 1341 I start continuous monitoring of the NW carrier here, until it cut off at 1344:31.5*, i.e. FEBC Jeju, 250 kW HLAZ switching from Japan to China beams. LSR here is 1342. After my full JBA MW carrier bandscan, see UNIDENTIFIED (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Jan 16 at 1330- 1340, barely preceding our LSR of 1342: 558-WSW-Fiji?, 693-NW, 702, 774-NW, 873-NW, 882, 972-NW, 1044-NW, 1413-NW, 1422-NW, 1557, 1566-NW (2), 1575-NW, 1602-NW. Those with no DF are either too weak/QRMed to tell, or maybe from both direxions. See also KOREA SOUTH (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
[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, January 14-20, 2019
--- Begin Message --- 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; 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/page74 [over 335,000 views! as of January 20, 2019] UNIDENTIFIED. 1140, Jan 15 at 1348 UT, plugs for a Relevant Radio app, interview someone about March for Life, and many more mentions of Relevant Radio, which is a Catholic network. Loops roughly NE/SW, but mainly need to null KRMP OKC which is SSE. NRC AM Log has no R.R. on 1140, but that`s because it is not a network covered in the book at all, not on the list page 291. Own website has two lists of R.R. stations, neither with any 1140! https://relevantradio.com/listen/affiliates/ https://relevantradio.com/listen/stations/ The latter being O Too bad Relevant HQ is unaware of all their outlets. So: NRC AM Log does not have many possibilities, i.e. Christian if not necessarily Catholic, in English. Of course, Protestants and Catholix are unlikely to coëxist on same station. One is WVEL Pekin IL, 5 kW daytimer, ``Central Illinois Christian Voice`` but sked does not mention R.R.: http://www.wvel.com/wvel-programming-schedule/ Could certainly be propagating as WHAS & WLW are still in at 1400 UT. Second possibility is WVHF, Kentwood MI, 5 kW direxional daytimer, with EWTN. That makes it Catholic, but a competitor to Relevant, unless there has been a flip. WVHF is ``Holy Family Radio`` and its program this hour is `Catholic Connexion`, from Ave Maria Radio, yet another Catholic competitor. http://www.holyfamilyradio.net/show/catholic-connection/ Maybe someone know which 1140 around here be really Relevant? 1140, Jan 20 at 1429 UT, looking for Relevant Radio unID as heard Tue Jan 15 before 1400: dominant is KXRB Sioux Falls SD, ``Great Country, 100.1 and 1140 AM``. Not much from my nearest KRMP OKC until 1431 plug for a 405-AC church. I struggle to split the difference nulling both as much as possible, and at 1435 fades in from NE/SW another Christian conversation, but no Relevant heard. Altho not listed as REL, another station I need to check out is KCXL, Liberty MO (Kansas City market), U1 4000/6 watts. And guess what, their program schedule besides far-right extremist secular talkshows, includes at 6-8 am (CST = UT -6) Mon-Fri, ``Relevant Radio``! http://www.kcxl.com/shows.html Nothing shown before 8 am weekends, but after 8 on Sundays now it`s ``The Jesus Christ Show`. So my unID is now ID as KCXL (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1470, Jan 20 at 1422 UT, Mexican music before and after ``La Nueva 14-70 AM`` ID, loops NNE/SSW. Prime suspect is KAIR Atchison KS, which per NRC AM Log had been off the air since October 2017, was classic country. Current searches lead only to its FM 93.7 http://www.kairfm.com/history-of-kair.html The AM is licensed as U3 1/1 kW, with tight direxional lobes toward SW (good for us) and NNE. https://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/313975-22117.pdf deadline for KAIR to resume after silent-STA extension was Nov 1, 2018; no later correspondence in FCC file (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1480, Jan 15 at 1352 UT, Banda 13 promoting that it is somehow ``digital``, and greeting someone in or from Querétaro, i.e. KBXD Dallas TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 1640, Jan 14 at 0417, KZLS ``Enid`` (-OKC via Hennessey site) in dead air with fast SAH, facilitating copy of ESPN, no doubt WTNI Biloxi MS, the only sports format on 1640, which always QRMs at night and apparently stays on 10 kW daypower ND (Glenn Hauser, Enid, 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
Re: [IRCA] Where are they now?
And while we're on the subject of DXers we haven't heard from in a while, I see that someone in Pennsylvania named David Reitz recently joined the NRC. I wonder if this is the same David Reitz who was an IRCA member from Fern Creek (metro Louisville), Kentucky in the 1980s and 1990s? David travelled with myself, Frank Merrill, and Jeff Kadet to the IRCA convention in Knoxville, Tennessee (hosted by Karl Zuk) in October 1990, but I lost touch with him sometime in the mid-1990s. 73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska From: IRCA on behalf of Mark Connelly via IRCA Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2019 11:13 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; nrc...@googlegroups.com Cc: Mark Connelly Subject: Re: [IRCA] Where are they now? ___ 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
