[IRCA] 1090 UNID

[James Renfrew]

0105 EST
1090

Something that sounds like a sports station, ID sounds something like "???
Nation Radio", and around 0055 "Gold Standard Radio".  Any ideas?  There
are not many domestics at night on 1090.

Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY
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[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 5 March 2019

[Nigel Pimblett]

 Nothing from Japan this morning.   The only Asian heard was a weak 
Korea at 1356.    Other than that it was Australia, with audio today on 
774, 792, and 1548 between 1345 and 1410.    All pretty weak, though 
1548 had a brief spike to fair before fading out.



73,

 Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
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[IRCA] WBAL 1090

[James Renfrew]

Earlier this evening Scott Fybush shared the news that WBAL would be doing
some transmitter work this morning, and might be off at times.  At 0010 EST
talk show about Maryland politics.  At 0030 EST I note what I think is WBAL
talk completely drowned out by what sounds like an airplane engine.  Just
loud noise.  For enterprising DXers Talk Sport 1089 from the UK can be
heard. though poorly under the 1090 noise.  Now at 0040  I think the talk
on 1090 is Spanish, no idea who yet.

Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY
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[IRCA] TP 5 Mar Victoria version.

[Nick Hall-Patch]

More DU today, but otherwise, it was big guns acting like very little guns 
indeed.




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


nope




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

and nope




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


too much to ask for




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 island style vocals and bass line, then man talking across the hour, maybe  
DU English?? 1353-1404UT; PI?

603 woman talking, 1359-1401UT, but nothing on hour, suspect NZ judging by 
other DX heard on the lower band

612 two men talking, DU English intonation  1354UT

828 man talking, Japanese intonation 1432UT

1017 island choral music 1403UT, likely Tonga

1566 man mumbling, possible Chinese, in and out from 1425-1431UT

1557 man talking, Chinese intonation 1433UT

1593 CNR1 man and woman talking, Chinese intonation, pip on half hour, bits of 
CNR1 theme music 1430UT



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

594 747 774 972 1494 seemed to be Asian; 
  
657 702 756 1098 1116 seemed to be DU  


best wishes,

Nick








Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada  

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[IRCA] WBAL 1090 testing tonight

[Scott Fybush]

Apologies for the late notice... but DXers for whom WBAL is a pest might
want to hang out on 1090 after midnight tonight.  While I was visiting
there today, their engineer said they were planning some maintenance work
tonight that might have them off the air at least briefly.

Go get 'em!

73 de SF
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Re: [IRCA] Cincinnati Ohio - radio touring, meet-ups, dining, historical attractions

[Volodya S]

Absolutely, Colin.  I drove there from Toronto back in 1981, and still
consider it the best air museum I’ve ever visited!  Walt

On Tuesday, March 5, 2019, Brett Saylor  wrote:

> Colin,
>
> The National Museum of the Air Force is about an hour north in Dayton -
> that is a fantastic place to visit. You can easily spend the day there.
>
> Brett Saylor
>
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 5:01 PM R. Colin Newell 
> wrote:
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> > Heading there this summer for a week (and Philadelphia in the Fall...)
> >
> > Any tips on historic radio stuff in Cincinnati, meet-ups, dining and
> > attractions would be appreciated.
> >
> > I know the VOA Museum is there - as well as a WLW museum of sorts...
> > anything I am missing?
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[IRCA] WTSB TO SIGN-OFF AS OWNER RETIRES FOLLOWING 72 YEARS ON-AIR

[Dennis Gibson]

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/174984/wtsb-to-sign-off-as-owner-retires-following-72-years-on-air/

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Re: [IRCA] Cincinnati Ohio - radio touring, meet-ups, dining, historical attractions

[Brett Saylor]

Colin,

The National Museum of the Air Force is about an hour north in Dayton -
that is a fantastic place to visit. You can easily spend the day there.

Brett Saylor

On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 5:01 PM R. Colin Newell 
wrote:

> Heading there this summer for a week (and Philadelphia in the Fall...)
>
> Any tips on historic radio stuff in Cincinnati, meet-ups, dining and
> attractions would be appreciated.
>
> I know the VOA Museum is there - as well as a WLW museum of sorts...
> anything I am missing?
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[IRCA] Cincinnati Ohio - radio touring, meet-ups, dining, historical attractions

[R. Colin Newell]

Heading there this summer for a week (and Philadelphia in the Fall...)

Any tips on historic radio stuff in Cincinnati, meet-ups, dining and
attractions would be appreciated.

I know the VOA Museum is there - as well as a WLW museum of sorts...
anything I am missing?

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[IRCA] Grayland19 - Feb. 18-23, 2019

[Bill Whitacre]

Thanks to a last-minute ‘flash sale’ from Alaska Airlines I made my 19th trip 
to Grayland, Washington a couple of weeks ago.  Propagation conditions were not 
great but following the motto “everything’s better at the beach” I persevered.

You can see and hear what I heard on this webpage: 
http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland19.php

I’m still going through the wav files but there’s enough on the webpage to give 
a flavor of what things were like.

Antenna was the usual 160’ DKAZ at 287 deg. literally ‘on the beach’ and in the 
puddles that collect during winter months on the back-beach.  I’m sure my 
splashing around provided entertainment to the large number of razor clammers 
on the beach.

Highlight so far is DWXI, the Delta Broadcasting System, on 1314kHz, a new 
Philippine station for me from Grayland:

http://realmonitor.com/grayland19/190220/1500/philippines-1314.wav

Enjoy and good DX to everyone.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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[IRCA] New Radiwow R-108.. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

[Gary DeBock]

The Chinese-made Radiwow R-108 is a very compact AM-FM-LW-SW-AIR portable which 
has recently become available to North American purchasers via eBay, where it 
is currently offered at various prices (the lowest being $49.98, including free 
shipping) in listings such as 
https://www.ebay.com/itm/RADIWOW-R-108-Radio-Digital-AM-FM-Portable-Stereo-LW-SW-AIR-Band-LCD-fm-Receiver/173793532305?hash=item2876e6d991:g:esMAAOSw1YRcZTng

 Since it is obviously an Ultralight-sized radio and a DSP-enhanced design 
with multiple selectivity options, four of the R-108 models were purchased for 
performance tests, technical investigation, quality control checks and 
comparison with similar models. The Radiwow R-108 is manufactured by the same 
company that builds the XHDATA D-808, so the styling is very similar, with dark 
grey cabinets, orange colored power controls and company logos, and lithium-ion 
rechargeable batteries. And like with the D-808, you will search the owner's 
manual in vain for any type of manufacturer's warranty.

 This Chinese company certainly draws a lot of "inspiration" (to use a very 
generous term) from the C.Crane Skywave model (manufactured in the same Chinese 
city, Shenzhen, at the Redsun factories). Whereas the company's reverse 
engineers started their D-808 model with wholesale design appropriation of the 
Skywave SSB's technical innovations, the new R-108 matches the CC Skywave 
exactly in height, length and width, as well as in the location of the company 
logo, speaker, wrist strap, display, keypad, power control, tuning knob and 
volume control. As a crowning touch, the company's reverse engineers ensured 
that the R-108's screened-on tuning and volume control legends match those of 
the CC Skywave exactly.

 Since only one of the R-108 test models has arrived here so far I haven't 
yet done a full technical disassembly, although to its credit the R-108 does 
have good shielding of the DSP chip, avoiding the irritating digital whine 
which occurs in recent (post 2012) Tecsun PL-310ET and PL-380 models when the 
display is grasped. The R-108 also seems to correct the internal heterodyne 
generation issues of the Tecsun Si4734 DSP chip models (PL-310ET, PL-380 etc.), 
although my first R-108 test model does suffer from a new digital issue-- 
intermittent, nasty oscillations at the extreme high end of the AM band 
(1650-1700 kHz). Whether this a congenital issue or not will be determined when 
the remaining three R-108 models arrive, but previous reviews of this model 
have mentioned uneven quality control.

 The AM band performance does seem to be competitive with the Tecsun PL-380 
model as far as sensitivity, DSP selectivity and digital functions, although 
the audio amp will max out more quickly on a weak signal. The multiple DSP 
options are quite good at this price point, especially when combined with the 
correction of the Tecsun PL-380's internal heterodyne issues. The AM antenna 
connections on the RF circuit board are highly accessible for enhanced 
loopstick transplant projects (see photos below), so assuming that the 
intermittent oscillations on the extreme high end of the AM band are limited to 
this one R-108 model, the R-108 could prove to be a real value winner as a 
"Supercharging" platform. More performance details and technical reports will 
be given when the other three R-108 test models arrive here, but so far, the 
model does appear to have good potential for AM-DXing, both as a stock and 
modified model.

Detailed photos are posted at the following links:  RF Circuit Board  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/456oocxphu0uytkz8i9trfdhb06750i3

Cabinet Disassembly (Digital and RF Circuit Boards)  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xxhqja4031uo16j1rma41xk0t84ujm0p

Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/zn97mtiathscw54qn5i8tdfs4jesem8d

CC Skywave SSB and R-108... the identical sized Shenzhen "siblings"  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/jvenlc0mg6a8lqktld6ouyna3fjzbhaw

73 and Good DX,

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

 

  
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