Re: [IRCA] New Message Board

[Bruce Portzer]

John

You can join the new group by sending a blank email to 
irca+subscr...@groups.io


Bruce

On 3/19/2019 4:08 PM, JOHN FISHER wrote:

Oops - I think that accidentally deleted the invite. Is there a way that I can 
get myself re-added to groups.io?

Thanks


John Fisher,
Kingston, ON

On 03/19/19, Mike Sanburn   wrote:

I believe I have successfully joined / confirmed my IRCA groups.io message board. I hope 
everybody else is successful in transitioning. My "invitation" message was in 
the junk emailbox so be sure to look there too.

Mike Sanburn KG6LJU
SoCal
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[IRCA] We're moving to groups.io

[Bruce Portzer]

Everyone

The time has come for moving this message group to groups.io. Many 
radio-related groups are already using this service, so most of you 
should be familiar with it.  It definitely has a lot to offer for groups 
like ours.


You will soon receive an e-mail from Lynn Hollerman inviting you to join 
a new group called i...@groups.io. *You'll need to reply to it if you 
wish to join the new group*.  Other information about the change will be 
in the e-mail.  Note that this process is different than migrating from 
Yahoo group, where migration was automatic.  The current e-mail group 
will eventually be shut down, so you'll need to join the new one in 
order to continue receiving posts.


You can start posting your messages as soon as you make the move.  
Groups.io has a number of features which should be useful to us.  You 
can  learn more at https://groups.io/static/features .  Information 
specific to our group can be found at https://groups.io/g/IRCA . I'm 
sure we'll soon find uses for them.


This is the type of change many have been looking for, so go ahead and 
send those long reports with elaborate attachments (within reason, 
anyway.  An hour-long Perseus file would be frowned upon).  Feel 
free to respond with questions and comments.


Bruce





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Re: [IRCA] TP 17 Mar Victoria version.

[Bruce Portzer]

On 3/17/2019 9:51 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:

Despite the K5 and K4's in the previous 18 hours, that was a reasonably fair 
Asiatic morning.  The upper band was pretty dead however.
I  ran the SDR recording 1345-1430 today but didn't have time today to 
go through the files.  A quick review of the display showed conditions 
here were like what  Nick had: good signals from low band Japanese, HLAZ 
weaker than normal, etc.


1593 classical piano, not //774, 1337UT; assumed CNR1, though not normal 
programming for them either?


I've hear this sort of programming on CNR1 several times on Sunday 
mornings.  Apparently some sort of weekend classical music feature.


Bruce




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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle -Ides of March edition

[Bruce Portzer]

TP conditions remained quite good here today, with several Koreans 
having above average appearances.


594    JOAK, 1359 man in Japanese, fair w/much electrical noise

657    N Korea, 1404 female singer fair

693    JOAB, 1400 piano music to TOH, 3+1 pips, then start of English 
lesson fair but much CBU splash


747    JOIB, 1411 English lesson about a cat(?) that learned to paint 
(as near as I could tell), mostly fair in 750 splash, briefly good


756    CNR1, 1412 talk poor //981

774    JOUB, 1415 good ending English lesson about painting and starting 
one about National People's Congress in China


819    N Korea, 1357, music and woman in Korean fair peaking through 
KGNW splash at times


828    JOBB, 1408, English lesson fair

972    HLCA, 1359:40 the standard legal ID by woman, 3+1 pips then 
lively music  and two men with "Hanminjok Bangsong" ID, monster signal


981    CNR1 1357 fair-poor w/Chinese talk in CKNW splash

1098    CNR1, 1357 Chinese talk & distinctive news sounder //981 fair-poor

1116    CNR-whatever 1357 male ballad to ToH then what sounded like ID 
in Chinese by man & woman but not sure which network, then series of 
announcements in Chinese


1134    KBS, 1402, man in Korean fair & dominant, weak Japanese woman 
(JOQR) in background


1278    JOFR, 1356 sedate Japanese male fair

1386    NHK2, 1417 bits of talk /774

1413    JOIF 1406 Japanese talk sometimes surfacing through the splatter

1422    JORF 1406 Japanese talk fair-poor

1467    HLKN?, 1415, possibly the unid male talk not //NHK2, good 
carrier but too much CJVB splash to ID the language


1557    RTI-Taiwan (tentative) 1403 Chinese talk (man & woman) fair in 
domestic splash


1566    HLAZ 1406 good with Chinese  program

1593    CNR1, bits of Chinese talk during pauses in KLFE splatter

1602    NHK2, 1414 English lesson poor //774






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Re: [IRCA] Exotic Sunrise DX Targets in Hawaii- the Japanese "Cheat Sheet"

[Bruce Portzer]

Gary,

There are kiwisdr receivers in Shenzen and Hong Kong, which can give a 
good idea of the DX environment prior to getting there.


Looking at a map, Manila, Taipei and Hanoi are only about 600 miles from 
Hong Kong and the paths are mostly across salt water. During the evening 
hours, I would expect to hear some very strong signals from 
Philippines/Taiwan/Vietnam on channels that aren't dominated by Chinese 
behemoths.  Many of them sign off at midnight or later,  so your best 
opportunities for long haul DX may be from 1 am until the QRM comes back 
on at about 5 o'clock.


Bruce

On 3/14/2019 6:04 PM, Gary DeBock wrote:

<<< Except for 990 (with an assumed strong null towards us), they've all (not 
just some) been heard in Newfoundland.
I'd add Saudi Arabia 1521 to the list. Perhaps UAE also. >>>
Chuck,
Yes, these are all fairly common in Newfoundland, but receiving any of them in 
Hawaii would be at ranges at least twice as great, with all of Asia (and the 
local Hawaii QRM) in play at the same time. I guess that's what makes it so 
challenging. 702-BBC in Oman was received at 8,400 miles, with 6 other 
transoceanic DX stations logged on the same 702 kHz frequency during the trip.
<<< Good luck with the Hong Kong QRM. I expect it will be tough. >>>
Well, Hong Kong is one of the worst possible DXing venues on the planet, with a 
wicked combination of severe overcrowding and the highest real estate prices on 
the planet. But since my Hong Kong Chinese wife insisted that we go there for a 
week, at least I should give DXing my best shot. Who knows-- maybe 567-Laos and 
918-RNK will be daytimers?
Gary


On March 14, 2019 at 5:08 PM Chuck Hutton mailto:charle...@msn.com > wrote:


 Gary:

 Except for 990 (with an assumed strong null towards us), they've all (not 
just some) been heard in Newfoundland.
 I'd add Saudi Arabia 1521 to the list. Perhaps UAE also.

 Good luck with the Hong Kong QRM. I expect it will be tough.

 Chuck



 
 From: IRCA mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com > 
on behalf of Gary DeBock mailto:d1028g...@comcast.net >
 Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 4:47 PM
 To: America, Mailing
 Subject: [IRCA] Exotic Sunrise DX Targets in Hawaii- the Japanese "Cheat 
Sheet"

 In preparation for a trip to Hong Kong early next month I asked my 
Japanese DXer friends to suggest a few long range African, Middle East and 
European MW stations that I could try to track down on a Hong Kong beach around 
sunrise. Of course this is something that I should have done prior to the 
November Hawaii DXpedition-- but hindsight is always 20/20.

 Rockwork DXpedition partner Satoshi Miyauchi and long-term DXer friend 
Hiroyuki Okamura were extremely helpful in introducing the following list of 
long range big guns, which have an excellent record of showing up in the tough 
Japanese DXing environment. One of them (702-BBC) was actually received in 
Hawaii at good strength last November, but that was by blind luck.

 Gary-san,ペディション楽しみですね。中東、アフリカ、ヨーロッパの信号が強い放送局は。
 702-BBC-Oman,720-BBC-Oman
 990-SAWA,999-TWR,917-Nigeria,950-Eritoria,1233-Monte 
Calro,1134-Kuwait,936-Iran,ほかにも色々。

 Gary-san, wishing you best DXing there!
 楽しみですね！
 自宅では、最近下記二局が受信できました。
 1449kHz IRAN as early as 1530UTC
 1548kHz TWR-Mordova *1900 UTC starts ..

 East coast TA-DXers will probably recognize several of these as big gun regulars, but the challenge of 
tracking them down in Hawaii during a "hit and run" DXpedition is likely to be a real thrill. 
Hawaii local QRM is tough, but that only adds to the thrill of the chase. At least we have a "master 
plan" of long range exotic targets-- the first step for DXing success. Having an experienced TA-DXer 
like Chris in our group is another plus. If and when we can track down a local Kauai island contact to store 
gear for us in between trips, the "Frequent Flyer" DXers could become quite a bit more ambitious 
and fanatical.

 Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)




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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle March 13

[Bruce Portzer]

This was my first TP DX  session in many weeks and it was actually quite 
interesting.  The usual low-band NHK stations were subpar as was 
HLCA-972, but some of the Chinese stations made up for it.  The best DX 
was above 1300 today, with several Japanese commercial stations making 
respectable appearances, and VOA producing its best signal in  a while.  
Even the 1602 NHK stations were trying to cut through the domestic splash.


693    JOAB 1400 time pips & talk poor in CBU splash

747    JOIB 1415 English lesson poor //828

756    CNR1  1401 male talk poor //891

774    JOUB 1405 English lesson poor //828

828    JOBB 1406 fair English  lesson

850    KICY, 1401 pseudo sign-on announcement poor-fair mixing with KHHO

945    CNR1 1402 Chinese talk poor //981963

963    CRI    1408 woman in Russian fair

972    HLCA, 1359:40, fair woman with standard ID in Korean, KBS 
mentioned, then time pips


981    CNR1 1401  Chinese talk fair in CKNW splash

1098    CNR1 1407 male talk //981 very poor

1206    Yanbian presumed 1408 very poor talk

1287    JOHR, 1357 man & woman recognizably Japanese, poor in splash

1314    JOLF    Japanese woman fair-poor 1359

1323    CRI, 1408 woman poor //9631386

1332    JOSF    1401 Japanese woman fair-poor

1386    NHK2 1403    English lesson //828 poor-fair

1422    JORF 1401 lively male & female talk in Japanese fair-good

1494    Unid, 1401 poor woman in Japanese, probably JOYR

1503    JOUK, 1420 poor-fair Japanese male

1557    Unid, 1419 talk, probably Taiwan, poor

1566    HLAZ, 1359 Chinese male, brief choir, then anmt by woman fair-good

1575    VOA, 1359-1429 good-poor w/pgm in SE Asian language, English IDs 
& Yankee Doodle 1429


1593    CNR1 1404 poor in Splash with Chinese talk

1602    NHK2, 1420, language lesson poor //1386




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[IRCA] DXpedition after IRCA convention

[Bruce Portzer]

A loose plan is being developed for a DXpedition to legendary Grayland 
Washington after the Seattle IRCA convention in September. While the 
dates have not been finalized, it is likely that DXpeditioners will be 
there some time between September 8th & 14th. As some know, our former 
DX spot (the Grayland Motel) was sold, renamed the Breakwater Inn, and 
is undergoing tremendous renovation.  The renovation will be completed 
in the next few months. We of course don't know if it will remain a 
fairly quiet site for DXing but are assuming so for now. We plan to 
erect various antennas aimed across the Pacific and hope the approaching 
solar minimum will give us a great post-convention DXpedition. For more 
information as plans solidify, contact me (Bruce Portzer) at 
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Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] KKOL-1300 back on the air

[Bruce Portzer]

It's an STA.  Their current CP is to diplex with KLFE-1590 and KNTS-1680 
on Bainbridge Island but they're running into issues with local building 
permits.  So the STA with KBRO is for license preservation, since 
they've been silent since Feb 2018.


Bruce

On 2/27/2019 8:49 PM, Forrester S wrote:

Is that permanent or a STA?

Todd Skaine
ICOM 7300 wth a Superloop
2 Modified 2010s barefoot
Toyota car radio

On Wed, Feb 27, 2019, 9:07 PM Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:


Theyre running 1kw non directional from the KBRO 1490 tower in Bremmerton



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On my way to the Museum of Flight, I discovered KKOL-1300 back on the air
with Christian programming. They appeared to be on with lower power. The
programming included spots and Christian music, sort of regular schedule
programming.

Phil Bytheway
IRCA's "DX Monitor" Editor-in-Chief
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Re: [IRCA] (New) Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide, etc.

[Bruce Portzer]

Chris

I agree with Bill and Nick.  So far, I've only had a minute or two to 
look at it, but there's a lot of interesting stuff to dig through.  
Thanks for putting it together.


Bruce


On 1/31/2019 1:54 AM, bill [his.com] wrote:

I can only echo Nick’s comments Chris — what a great page.  It’s going to take 
some time to explore all the things you’ve got here.

And what a great resource for helping ID Asian MW stations!  Looking forward to 
using it on some real, live DX soon!

Thanks for your efforts!

Bill Whitacre

---


On Jan 30, 2019, at 10:24 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

Hi Chris,

I only wish that I had more hours to go through your site.  Interesting radio 
stuff of course, but your impressions of Korea and other details of that nature 
are extremely worthwhile also.

I think that the write up on Asian DX targets' webstreams is still to come is 
it?

Thanks for putting that up.


Nick



At 13:27 2019-01-29, Chris Kadlec wrote:

Just a note that my Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide has moved to:

http://chriskadlec.com (see the Radio menu)

I have added numerous full-length propaganda clips (AM FM SW) that I hadn't 
featured before, as well as photos and more. My old page was merely a temporary 
home for two years in lieu of this new page that had been planned for that 
pretty much that long.

In addition to that, I have built new pages featuring all KBS local addresses 
for those QSL seekers and a new/improved page for Chinese ID vocabulary (i.e. 
guangbo, dianshi zong tai, zhi sheng, etc.) with full English and pinyin 
translations for each clip. Both were previously PDFs. I also have a plan to 
add a similar page for MBC local addresses and update my list of Asian station 
streams.

For those who have interests beyond MW, you can also find all my FM content, 
including my full Chinese tropo and E-skip log with 3 hours of audio, and my 
new 6-hour 500 top-of-hour ID project for my 530 FM regulars here in Michigan. 
And other stuff too.

Hope some of you will check it out and let me know if there are other such 
resources that I may have access to that anyone would be interested in.

-Chris Kadlec


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Re: [IRCA] ODXA

[Bruce Portzer]

Lynn

ODXA seems to still be active on Facebook  and groups.io.    You might 
try those routes.  It's been a long time since I visited their website, 
which gives me the same result you're getting.


Bruce

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Re: [IRCA] Where are they now?

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Mark

Alan's ham call  K4GLU is still active according to the FCC database 
http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=245508


It's licensed to William A Merrman in Madison, S Dakota

Bruce

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Re: [IRCA] KGA ecletcic new format - Sports Hip Hop.

[Bruce Portzer]

KGA is skipping into Seattle right now with a good signal and hiphop 
exactly as Bill described.  A pretty strange format for Spokane.  I 
wonder if it's for real or if they're "stunting" for a bigger change?


KRKO is oldies and sports, but that actually makes sense in the cities 
north of Seattle.


Bruce

On 1/16/2019 12:15, Bill Harms wrote:
Geesh talk about an eclectic format.  Just a few minutes ago at 12 
Noon PST, 16 January 2019, KGA switched its format to Sports and Hip 
Hop.  They are branding it has "103.5 The Game. Sports and Hip Hop."  
I wonder how well it will go over in Spokane. At least they seem to be 
keeping their KGA Call sign.


Are there any other stations in the USA with this format?

Bill Harms

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[IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Updater

[Bruce Portzer]

Hello everyone:

I recently completed  the January 2019 edition of the Pacific Asian 
Log.   This edition has many changes and updates for stations throughout 
Asia and the Pacific.


The PAL has been posted on the Radioheritage website: 
http://www.radioheritage.net/ The link for the PDF version is at the top 
center of the site's main page.


You can also use an interactive version of the PAL by going through a 
couple of the site's internal links.


The next update will be published in a couple of months.

Corrections and updates from users are always welcome and can be sent to 
bport...@comcast.net or portze...@gmail.com.


First issued in 2001, The PAL lists medium wave and domestic shortwave 
broadcasting stations in southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific.   It 
includes about 5000 stations in over 50 countries, with frequencies, 
call signs, locations, power, networks, schedules, languages, formats, 
networks and other information.


Bruce

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[IRCA] Radio equipment for Sale

[Bruce Portzer]

I've been cleaning house recently and have decided to sell several items 
that aren't being used anymore.


Icom IC-R75 receiver with UT-106 DSP module and FL-223 1900 Hz SSB 
filter.  Includes owner's manual and power supply, as well as original 
carton.  Some minor cosmetic blemishes but otherwise it's in good 
condition and works well.  $440 + S/H.


Kiwa Loop Antenna, works great, includes manual, control unit, and wall 
wart.  $380 + S/H.


Winradio Excalibur G31DDC, with original box, power supply, USB cable 
and manual, plus 2 SMA-BNC adapter cables.  Works great. $600 + S/H


Hewlett Packard Spectrum Analyzer consisting of 141T mainframe, 8552A 
I.F. Section, 8553A R.F  Section (1 kHz-110 MHz), and 8555A R.F Section 
(10 MHz-18 GHz).  That's right - it covers all the way to 18 GHz!  It 
also includes a set of Operation and Maintenance manuals.   In fair 
condition cosmetically.  Believed to be in good operating condition but 
I don't have the ability to check above 2.5 GHz.  Asking $225 + S/H.  
It's rather large - the mainframe will ship in a wooden crate and other 
items will be in a separate box,  so shipping costs might be significant.


Zenith Transoceanic,  Royal 3000 model, currently not working due to a 
broken wire for the battery compartment.  It had distorted audio from 
the speaker, but clean audio from aux output, when I bought it several 
years ago.   In "fair" physical condition.  At this point, it's only 
usable as a restoration project or parts source.  $10 + S/H.


Feel free to contact me offline if you're interested in any of the above 
items.  Anything not sold here will be listed on E-Bay in the coming  weeks.


Bruce

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Re: [IRCA] TP report from Masset for January 1 2019

[Bruce Portzer]

Chuck

AIR just announced that the National Channel will close down "with 
immediate effect" on its current freqs of 1566 1215 and 9380.   Which 
may explain the deteriorated reception in Newfoundland.


Bruce

On 1/3/2019 17:42, Chuck Hutton wrote:

AIR 1566 used to be a powerful dominant station in Newfoundland, but in the 
last 2 years we have not heard it at all.

Something has happened to their transmitter / antenna.

And if anyone is thinking conditions are to blame, over 40 Indians have been 
heard from Newfoundland although of course not all in the last few years.

Chuck

From: IRCA  on behalf of Gary DeBock 

Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 3:01 PM
To: Patrick Martin; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP report from Masset for January 1 2019


In both places I also tried to match your reception of 1566-AIR, but the 
frequency is locked down by 3NE in the Cooks, and by 1570-KUAU splatter in 
Hawaii. I think that the key for west coast DXers to track down India is to be 
aware that almost all of the big gun AIR stations switch to an English news 
format at 1530 UTC, with all of them in parallel. Because of this 927-AIR and 
954-AIR were both received in Kauai in November. 657-AIR was also received in 
Bengali in the Cooks, but only by some serious luck.

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)


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[IRCA] TA reception in Seattle tonight 12/28

[Bruce Portzer]

TA reception was quite good here in Seattle tonight.  I'm surprised 
nobody reported anything from north of the border.


531    music with a beat to it 0133 0236 possibly Algeria

702    carrier sometimes with audio 0156, pummeled by KIRO splash

855    UNID, 0159 music, 0200 pips if any were greatly subdued, then man 
with what sounded like news fair  at times but couldn't recognize the 
language.  0215 pop or light jazz vocal with piano accompaniment good at 
times.  Spain, Romania, or ??


864    Male talk sounded Arabic 0205, 0225 Koranic recitations presumed 
Egypt


909    carrier various times

936    male talk 0155 weak

1026    Middle Eastern male vocal across BoH 0230 possibly Koranic 
recitation, presumably Iran since that's what everyone else has heard here


1215    carrier 0240 probably UK

1269 & 1278 carriers various times 0200-0230+

1413    talk in domestic splash 0128

1422 & 1431    carriers at various times

1575    loud Iranian buzzsaw jammer 0225


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Re: [IRCA] 774 in early in Victoria

[Bruce Portzer]

693 BBC & JOAB would be one possibility. Tokyo sunset is about 0730 
right now and London sunrise is 0800.


Bruce

On 12/13/2018 20:15, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:

At 03:37 2018-12-14, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote:
For the first time in many years, this season has delivered TAs fading 
out, as TPs fade in Mark, but not on the same channel. Not yet.



My "good ol' days" recollection is that I once heard BBC on 647 give 
way to a Far Eastern Russian on the same channel, but the frequency 
will let you know that was before 1978.


best wishes,

Nick





Have you ever had 774 Japan mixing with 774 Spain and/or Egypt?
Sounds weird but maybe possible out that way around 0600-0700 UTC.
Mark Connelly, WA1IONSouth Yarmouth, MA, USA
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Re: [IRCA] TA traces in Victoria

[Bruce Portzer]

That's interesting about 1413.  Vancouver on 1410 must be standing in 
the way for you.  For me, it's probably been the most reliable TA this 
season after 1575.


Bruce

On 12/13/2018 19:28, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:

1413 has never been heard here Bruce; not even on the list of carriers.

So far this evening, the best has been some male mumbling on 1215 at 
0116UT, and some other male mumbling on 1386 at 0231UT.  The 1575  
Buzzah, howevah, has quite strong at times.


best wishes,

Nick


At 01:17 2018-12-14, Bruce Portzer wrote:

I'm getting audio on 1413, which is maybe 10-20 db weaker than 
1410.  Otherwise, there are weak carriers on 1575 etc.


Bruce

On 12/13/2018 17:05, Volodya S wrote:

Nick, only the very faintest of a carrier noted at 01:05 UTC at my
Fairfield locationWalt



On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 12:43 AM Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:



1575 The Ayotollah's Buzzah is back. It was heard for a short period
this morning 1535-1555UT, and stronger this evening, 0030UT, even
audible with my own latest intermittent noise maker adding another
7-10dB to the noise floor.

Otherwise, weak carriers on 1386, 855 and suchlike; 1278.006 could be
Iran again...


best wishes,

Nick


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Re: [IRCA] TA traces in Victoria

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I'm getting audio on 1413, which is maybe 10-20 db weaker than 1410.  
Otherwise, there are weak carriers on 1575 etc.


Bruce

On 12/13/2018 17:05, Volodya S wrote:

Nick, only the very faintest of a carrier noted at 01:05 UTC at my
Fairfield locationWalt

On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 12:43 AM Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:


1575 The Ayotollah's Buzzah is back.  It was heard for a short period
this morning 1535-1555UT, and stronger this evening, 0030UT, even
audible with my own latest intermittent noise maker adding another
7-10dB to the noise floor.

Otherwise, weak carriers on 1386, 855 and suchlike; 1278.006 could be
Iran again...


best wishes,

Nick


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[IRCA] Fwd: [UDXF] SDRs Available at KPH Receive Site

[Bruce Portzer]

This receiving site is less than a mile from the ocean, so it might 
provide some interesting TP listening experiences.  I checked it out 
just now and found the Alaska weather station on 529 coming in quite 
well.  As advertised, it sounds like the noise level is low.  On the 
other hand, there are lots of AM stations nearby, so be prepared for 
splashy locals.  Note the separate receivers for MW/LW and shortwave.


Bruce

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The Maritime Radio Historical Society (MRHS) is pleased to advise that a
system of SDRs has been installed at the KPH (and former RCA point to
point) receive site overlooking the Pacific at Point Reyes, California.

Kiwi SDRs are employed. The receivers are separated into two frequency
bands.

The LF/MF receivers use a large Marconi T antenna. The HF receivers employ
a TCI-530  antenna. We plan to
add a TCI-540

antenna in the near future.

The Point Reyes site enjoys a very low noise level making it ideal for
reception across the radio spectrum.

These receivers are available for public use. Please give them a try.

Links to the receivers may be found on the MRHS website at:

http://www.radiomarine.org

Best Regards,

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Re: [IRCA] oddball TA carriers

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Weak carriers in Seattle on most of the freqs Nick mentioned, plus 864 
and 1575.  Right now, they're just barely above the noise, except maybe 
1575.


Bruce


On 12/6/2018 16:52, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:

A number of TA carriers plus one weak audio in Victoria.

1386 had a woman talking, Russian intonation, 0034UT, carriers on 
channels such as 675, 702 783, 1026, 1278 1503 etc...likely a more 
Middle Eastern bunch.


best wishes,


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Re: [IRCA] Michigan TPs, Dec. 1, 2018

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Nice!  Xinjiang on any frequency is rare here in the Northwest. I think 
the last time we heard 1107 was in 2009.


Bruce

On 12/2/2018 08:31, Tim Tromp wrote:

Thanks to Bjarne Mjelde, who was simultaneously recording and provided me
with a parallel audio clip, I have identified my 1107 UNID as Xinjiang RGD
from Northwestern China.  That's a new one for the logbook!

73,
Tim Tromp
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On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 9:24 AM Tim Tromp  wrote:


Here's a breakdown of the Asians heard yesterday morning, Dec. 1st, 2018.
Local sunrise was 1257 UTC (7:57am EST).  Signal levels turned out to be
much weaker than I hoped for, so much of these are threshold JBA, but there
was an abundance of stations:

558 Strong carrier maintaining AM sync lock on the Perseus for several
minutes but no recoverable audio with carrier peaks at 1245 & 1250 UTC.
Gone by 1257.


594 Again, strong carrier holding the AM sync lock for several minutes at
1305 UTC and finally some threshold audio at 1306 UTC, Japanese
intonation.  Gone after 1316 UTC.


693 JOAB with choral song at 1243 UTC // to 774.  Loud NHK time pips at
1300. Faded completely by 1319 UTC.


756 Woman talking at 1212 UTC under heavy splatter, poor.


774 JOUB // to a weaker 693 at 1243 with choral song followed by JJ talk.
NHK time pips at 1300 UTC TOH.  Signal completely gone by 1316 UTC.


819 Asian music at 1218 UTC under heavy domestic splatter and lasting for
only a minute or two.


837 Relaxing music at 1209 UTC and later weak music at 1244 lasting for
several minutes.  Harbin, China was logged here in early Nov. with a comedy
program, but unknown if this was Harbin again or something else.  Faded by
1313 UTC.


873 Piano music and talk at 1230 UTC BOH with two-tone descending chime
heard at 0:32 in this audio clip, anyone recognize this?
http://amdxer.com/download/DX_Audio_Clips_0-999khz/873_kHz_UNID_01DE18_1230_UTC.mp3


945 had a few minutes of weak music beginning at 1224 UTC and later a man
talking at 1230, maybe reading news headlines over music fanfare?  Poor
copy but here's an audio clip for anyone who wants to take a stab at it:
http://amdxer.com/download/DX_Audio_Clips_0-999khz/945_khz_UNID_01DE18_1230_UTC.mp3


972 Presumed HLCA with man in Korean under heavy domestic splatter at 1245
UTC followed by a woman speaking.  Good peak at 1254 UTC and time pips at
1300.  Carrier hung around for a long time after sunrise with faint traces
still visible at 1345 UTC (15 mins before 9am EST).


1017 Music at 1245 UTC under domestic splatter.  Carrier hung around until
1334 UTC.


1107 Relaxing song with female vocals just above the splatter at 1204 UTC,
poor copy.  This one interests me as the only big powerhouses I see listed
are CNR8 in northwest China or Afghanistan.  Anyone else happen to be
recording at 1204 UTC on Dec.1st that caught music here?


1205.96 Yanbian China, poor with threshold talk fading up at 1202 and
better by 1212 with woman talking.

73,
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West Michigan
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Re: [IRCA] Michigan TPs, Dec. 1, 2018

[Bruce Portzer]

Congratulations on the continued TP logs, Tim.  My recordings haven't 
been starting until just before 1300, so I can't help there.  I have a 
few comments:


Bruce

On 12/2/2018 06:24, Tim Tromp wrote:


756 Woman talking at 1212 UTC under heavy splatter, poor.

CNR1 dominates here.

819 Asian music at 1218 UTC under heavy domestic splatter and lasting for
only a minute or two.
North Korea is the overwhelming favorite on 819, but sometimes S Korea, 
China, or Japan can be heard in the background.

837 Relaxing music at 1209 UTC and later weak music at 1244 lasting for
several minutes.  Harbin, China was logged here in early Nov. with a comedy
program, but unknown if this was Harbin again or something else.  Faded by
1313 UTC.
Korea and Japan are sometimes heard here instead of Harbin.  Can't 
really say more.

873 Piano music and talk at 1230 UTC BOH with two-tone descending chime
heard at 0:32 in this audio clip, anyone recognize this?
http://amdxer.com/download/DX_Audio_Clips_0-999khz/873_kHz_UNID_01DE18_1230_UTC.mp3
 y
JOGB and North Korea fight it out here most of the time.  The frequency 
is hard for me to hear at home due to a 50kw music station 7 miles away 
on 880 but both stations are easy on coastal DXpeditions.  The recording 
sounds like something  the NHK2 network would carry.  It would have had 
an English lesson at 1232, so the doorbell and music could be part of a 
shirt skit (which are quite common on NHK English lessons).  It doesn't 
sound like something North Korea would carry.

945 had a few minutes of weak music beginning at 1224 UTC and later a man
talking at 1230, maybe reading news headlines over music fanfare?  Poor
copy but here's an audio clip for anyone who wants to take a stab at it:
http://amdxer.com/download/DX_Audio_Clips_0-999khz/945_khz_UNID_01DE18_1230_UTC.mp3

The recording sounds typical of what CNR1 broadcasts

1017 Music at 1245 UTC under domestic splatter.  Carrier hung around until
1334 UTC.
Probably CRI Korean service.  CRI often has music fills near  the end of 
their broadcasts

1107 Relaxing song with female vocals just above the splatter at 1204 UTC,
poor copy.  This one interests me as the only big powerhouses I see listed
are CNR8 in northwest China or Afghanistan.  Anyone else
I don't hear much here at home.  On the coast, I sometimes hear Japan or 
Korea commercial stations but neither is all that strong. No ideas otherwise

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Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

[Bruce Portzer]

Actually, I have been hearing that one a lot lately.  I apparently 
haven't been mentioning it enough.


Bruce

On 12/1/2018 12:33, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:



The one that surprises me by its lack in your location is the jammer 
on 1575, Bruce.  Sometimes, that can be downright loud here, morning 
and evening.


73

Nick



At 06:53 2018-12-01, Bruce Portzer wrote:


Nick

My experiences have been very similar to Gary's.  I get lots of 
carriers but not a lot of audio.   I hear little bits of audio when 
you guys are reporting good audio on the same frequencies. Some of it 
may be a higher noise floor at my house, but that's not necessarily 
the whole story.


It's not just limited to TAs.  A few years ago you and Walt heard a 
DX test on 960 from Ontario, which was a total no-show here, so it 
would appear that Victoria has an advantage in that direction. On the 
surface, the salt water path seems to be an advantage for you.


Bruce in Seattle

That's really interesting, Gary.   I will not make any jokes about 
the US border protection agency, and move directly into the realm of 
real speculation.


Victoria city looks out over about 20-60km of salt water along the 
bearings for Europe and the Middle East.  I would have thought that 
the fact that I'm 5 km or so from the water on those bearings would 
negate that advantage, but perhaps there is more to learn. I think I 
feel an experiment coming on:  we have a park with about a 40m high 
cliff (a little one, I know) facing out in a TA direction...


best wishes,

Nick



At 03:51 2018-12-01, Gary DeBock wrote:
<<< Have managed 1539 UAE, Asianet Indian pop,
//657 on the Qatar KiwiSDR, poor at 0239UT

And, 1278 IRAN Kermanshah IRIB, man and woman
talking in long phrases // Qatar KiwiSDR on 1278
where Oman is a problem, but a few minutes later
verified that the same program is being streamed
on IRIB Kermanshah, poor to fair 0254-0310UT

both new here >>>

Great job with the new catches from the Middle East, Nick! 
Unfortunately most of what is being reported in Victoria seems to be 
held up at the border crossing. Some threshold audio on 864 showed up 
here about an hour ago, but other than that it's just been carriers 
at this challenged location.


Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
On November 30, 2018 at 7:20 PM Nick Hall-Patch 
<<mailto:n...@ieee.org>n...@ieee.org> wrote:



Have managed 1539 UAE, Asianet Indian pop,
//657 on the Qatar KiwiSDR, poor at 0239UT

And, 1278 IRAN Kermanshah IRIB, man and woman
talking in long phrases // Qatar KiwiSDR on 1278
where Oman is a problem, but a few minutes later
verified that the same program is being streamed
on IRIB Kermanshah, poor to fair 0254-0310UT

both new here

best wishes,

Nick


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[IRCA] Yesterday's DX in Seattle

[Bruce Portzer]

I finally found the time to go through Friday's SDR files.

+++

TA reception last night was better than normal, with a few stations 
providing tantalizing bits of audio:


693 & 909 - parallel British-accented mumbling 0233

864    Egypt fair at times with Koranic recitations 0235

1413    Radio Vesti, weak Russian talk & time pips 0300, weak talk at 
other times


+

TP DX was also above average, with an impressive high-band enhancement 
at about 1540.  Here's the highlight reel:


747        JOIB sign off 1540 fair w/NA & music box

819    DPRK, 3+1 pips, woman in Korean, then music (orchestra & female 
soprano) 1400.  The carrier was cutting through KGNW splash quite well 
but modulation was a bit shallow


837    CHINA, 5+1 pips ending at 1400:20, then Chinese talk, weak 
signal, probably Harbin


981    CNR1 good with woman in Chinese 1520

1215    CHINA, 1500 weak 5+1 pips & woman in Chinese

1467    UNID, mostly melodic voiced female & occasional male voice, 
probably from the same station 1540-1548.  Couldn't determine language.  
Signal was mostly weak, occasionally fair. Not much listed, HLKN is the 
most likely candidate, NHK2 had signed off.


1548    UNID, 1543-1548 weak talk in domestic splash, possibly Chinese, 
mostly female


1566    HLAZ was still audible well after our 1536 UT sunrise. Noted 
with Russian talk at fair level 1713, with audio level tapering off 
after that.  Carrier finally dropped into the noise around 1835 (10:35 
AM LT)


1593    CNR1 1546 man in Chinese fair-good during pauses in KLFE splatter

1602    NHK2 1542 faint chimes from music box after sign off




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Re: [IRCA] KICY 850 Nome loud and clear at 05:05

[Bruce Portzer]

Also noted in Seattle, with KHHO in the flag's null.  KOA was also 
there, in part because my antenna is aimed NNE instead of North (in 
order to get better nulls SSW, where most of my strong locals are located..


I was out this evening and left the SDR running, so I checked the 
recording for other Alaskans.  Not much luck, 650, 750, and 890 were 
dominated by Canadians, and 780 was all WBBM (no sign of KKOH).


After hearing WBBM, I checked for other stations east of the Mississippi 
and managed to hear a weak WBZ ID under KTWO.  That was my second WBZ 
log this season, after many years of not hearing it.  It's nice to know 
coast to coast AM reception is still possible.


Now to get back to check the SDR files for TA's

Bruce

On 11/30/2018 21:07, Volodya S wrote:

In case anyone missed my earlier message, KICY is wide open at good level
with local religious music and old fashioned sermoning (if that's a word!).
Not often heard so well, especially in the evening into Victoria!   73,
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Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

[Bruce Portzer]

Nick

My experiences have been very similar to Gary's.  I get lots of carriers 
but not a lot of audio.   I hear little bits of audio when you guys are 
reporting good audio on the same frequencies. Some of it may be a higher 
noise floor at my house, but that's not necessarily the whole story.


It's not just limited to TAs.  A few years ago you and Walt heard a DX 
test on 960 from Ontario, which was a total no-show here, so it would 
appear that Victoria has an advantage in that direction. On the surface, 
the salt water path seems to be an advantage for you.


Bruce in Seattle

That's really interesting, Gary.   I will not make any jokes about the 
US border protection agency, and move directly into the realm of real 
speculation.


Victoria city looks out over about 20-60km of salt water along the 
bearings for Europe and the Middle East.  I would have thought that 
the fact that I'm 5 km or so from the water on those bearings would 
negate that advantage, but perhaps there is more to learn. I think I 
feel an experiment coming on:  we have a park with about a 40m high 
cliff (a little one, I know) facing out in a TA direction...


best wishes,

Nick



At 03:51 2018-12-01, Gary DeBock wrote:

<<< Have managed 1539 UAE, Asianet Indian pop,
//657 on the Qatar KiwiSDR, poor at 0239UT

And, 1278 IRAN Kermanshah IRIB, man and woman
talking in long phrases // Qatar KiwiSDR on 1278
where Oman is a problem, but a few minutes later
verified that the same program is being streamed
on IRIB Kermanshah, poor to fair 0254-0310UT

both new here >>>

Great job with the new catches from the Middle East, Nick! 
Unfortunately most of what is being reported in Victoria seems to be 
held up at the border crossing. Some threshold audio on 864 showed up 
here about an hour ago, but other than that it's just been carriers 
at this challenged location.


Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
On November 30, 2018 at 7:20 PM Nick Hall-Patch 
<n...@ieee.org> wrote:



Have managed 1539 UAE, Asianet Indian pop,
//657 on the Qatar KiwiSDR, poor at 0239UT

And, 1278 IRAN Kermanshah IRIB, man and woman
talking in long phrases // Qatar KiwiSDR on 1278
where Oman is a problem, but a few minutes later
verified that the same program is being streamed
on IRIB Kermanshah, poor to fair 0254-0310UT

both new here

best wishes,

Nick



At 01:58 2018-12-01, R. Colin Newell wrote:

>I’m out doing errands and the band is on fire!!!
>
>Ack!!!
>
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>
On Nov 30, 2018, at 4:47 PM, Volodya S 
<can...@gmail.com> wrote:

Great reception of Qu'ran recitations at 00:46 on 864 kHz from Egypt.
Strong, too! Very nice! Walt in Victoria
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[IRCA] HLAZ-1566

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HLAZ is still audible this morning at 1717 UTC.

I'm also getting carriers on 1575  (weak) and 1584.

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Re: [IRCA] TAs once more, Seattle style

[Bruce Portzer]

A few weak carriers, with 864 the best at the moment.

Bruce

On 11/28/2018 16:38, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
A bit of Russian sounding talk on 1386 and the buzz saw only, neither 
very strong.   Carriers were showing by 2300UT


73,

Nick



  At 00:16 2018-11-29, Nigel Pimblett wrote:

Audio around sunset here beyond the regulars on 1413 and 1386:  684, 
693, 702, 855, 864, 1071, 1188 and of course the buzz saw.


73,

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Re: [IRCA] Help recover list

[Bruce Portzer]

Barry

You're probably referring to the Pacific Asian Log (PAL) that I edit.  
You can find it at radioheritage.net  - scroll down the main page to the 
PAL link, then follow another link or two until you get to the page 
where you can download it.   There were some compatibility issues 
between Adobe Reader and the Sept Edition, which might explain your 
problem.  There were fewer issues with version 2 (currently posted).  I 
plan to have a new edition before EoY.


Bruce

On 11/28/2018 14:56, Barry Davies via IRCA wrote:

__ello
I September this year a member published a link to a pdf document listing by frequency 
Asia a Pacific stations. Both my laptop and cloud links have become corrupted. I am 
getting the message "There was a problem reading this document (131 )" Can 
anyone tell me how to recover a working link to this pdf file? Thank you.
Best wishes

Barry

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Re: [IRCA] TA’s etc etc etc

[Bruce Portzer]

It was mainly the usual carriers in Seattle tonight (693 855 864 1215 
1386 1413 1575 plus a few weaker ones).  There was also something on 702 
for a while (Oman?).


Bruce

On 11/ 27/2018 18:13, R. Colin Newell wrote:

1575 in audio... not sure it’s FARDA...
Western sounding music...

855 and 864 about equal...

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Re: [IRCA] early signs

[Bruce Portzer]

Most of the usual suspects in Seattle: 693 855 864 1215 1386 1413.  864 
is the only one with audio


Bruce

On 11/26/2018 17:00, R. Colin Newell wrote:

0058 - easy Russian talk on 1386...

Pops occasionally popping up on 1215 -
No shortage of carriers... modest beginnings.

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -


On Nov 26, 2018, at 3:14 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

The Iranian jammer on 1575 is already being weakly heard in Victoria at 2310UT; 
there are also TA carriers popping up here and there.

best wishes,

Nick



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Re: [IRCA] 26 NOV TAs WC CANADA

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The evening was over before 0300 here.  The buzzing on 1575 peaked at 
about 0220.  1386 had fair Russian talk 0242.  1413 had a carrier for a 
while but it never produced audio.  There was also a weak carrier on 
1278.  That was it in Seattle - the opening was only at the upper end of 
the band.


Bruce

On 11/25/2018 20:17, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
And.that seems to be it. A few other carriers, but nothing seems 
to be developing; even 1386's audio was pretty fleeting here.   The 
Iranian jammer seemed to be most likely to deliver "audio", and at 
0415UT, I think that's done for this evening.


At 02:40 2018-11-26, R. Colin Newell wrote:

1386 with Russian speaking...
1575 with IRAN BUZZER good...

Drake R8 / North Flag / West Flag / VACTROLS / Misek-etc ACTIVE PHASER

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Re: [IRCA] TA’s, TA’s, TA’s - WEST COAST

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The TAs peaked at about 0400 in Seattle.

Bruce

On 11/24/2018 07:05, Barry Davies wrote:


Only Alberta here on 770 and 840. What time were the TAs peaking at your end?

Best wishes

Barry

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

 On Saturday, 24 November 2018, 07:06:47 GMT, Bruce Portzer 
 wrote:
  
  I finally had a decent TA opening here in Seattle.  Audio on 693(the

strongest) 909 1215 and 1413.  Good carriers on 855 864 and 1386 that
might reveal something after closer scrutiny of the SDR recordings.
Lots of weaker carriers on 765 774 783 1107 1125 1341 1422 1458 1566 and
1575.  All in all, the best TA night of the season so far.

Bruce

On 11/23/2018 17:56, R. Colin Newell wrote:

1215, 1575(bz-saw), 1386, 864 and 855 poking through - lots of carriers.

My school (University of Victoria) is on a ridge looking over the Juan de Fuca 
strait — so DX potential here...

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -


On Nov 23, 2018, at 5:09 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

Some have been around for the last hour or so, will blip up briefly, then down 
again.  Most irritating.

That must be some car radio, or actually the campus might be pretty good for 
TAs overlooking the ocean to the north.



At 00:54 2018-11-24, R. Colin Newell wrote:

Just leaving work and good carriers already!

Hets on the car radio up on campus!

Walt, Nick, Nigel! Alert!

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -

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Re: [IRCA] TA’s, TA’s, TA’s - WEST COAST

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I finally had a decent TA opening here in Seattle.  Audio on 693(the 
strongest) 909 1215 and 1413.  Good carriers on 855 864 and 1386 that 
might reveal something after closer scrutiny of the SDR recordings.  
Lots of weaker carriers on 765 774 783 1107 1125 1341 1422 1458 1566 and 
1575.  All in all, the best TA night of the season so far.


Bruce

On 11/23/2018 17:56, R. Colin Newell wrote:

1215, 1575(bz-saw), 1386, 864 and 855 poking through - lots of carriers.

My school (University of Victoria) is on a ridge looking over the Juan de Fuca 
strait — so DX potential here...

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -


On Nov 23, 2018, at 5:09 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

Some have been around for the last hour or so, will blip up briefly, then down 
again.  Most irritating.

That must be some car radio, or actually the campus might be pretty good for 
TAs overlooking the ocean to the north.



At 00:54 2018-11-24, R. Colin Newell wrote:

Just leaving work and good carriers already!

Hets on the car radio up on campus!

Walt, Nick, Nigel! Alert!

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -

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Re: [IRCA] Two more ... TPs in Maine

[Bruce Portzer]

Congratulations Bill.  Those are nice recordings for that far east.

I'm not sure how conditions were today in Seattle.  My scheduled 
recording failed, and I didn't get up until about 1500 UT.


bruce

On 11/14/2018 07:03, Bill Whitacre wrote:

 From closer to sunrise this morning the twin Japanese outlets -

774kHz - http://realmonitor.com/qh12/774-1050-Nov14.wav

and

747kHz - http://realmonitor.com/qh12/747-1054-Nov14.wav

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Re: [IRCA] Actual early TP’s 0635 U

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774 has very good audio at 0750, and 747 is almost as good. Carriers are 
popping up unexpectedly early on 675 756 and 837.


Bruce in Seattle


On 11/11/2018 22:38, R. Colin Newell wrote:

774 in weak audio -

Carriers 567, 747, 846, 1098...

Loud SQM on 529 KHz.

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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on November 8

[Bruce Portzer]

Conditions were good today.  The Japanese dominated the scene, with 
Koreans and Chinese generally not as good.


JOAB-693 must've gotten an extra does of steroids today.  It was often 
just a few db weaker than CBU, between 1330 and 1400 and actually was 
slightly stronger than CBU during the time pips at 1400.


558    KBS2 1441 easy listening music good //603

567    JOIK, 1443, Japanese conversation //594, good signal but blasted 
by KVI-570 splat


585    JOPG, 1444 Conversation weak //594

594    JOAK, 1500 good w/time pips, man mentioning "NHK Newsdesk", then news

603    KBS2, 1441 weak easy listening music /558

612    JOLK 1415 weak music & woman talking //594

657    DPRK, 1433 music in heavy KAPS-660 splash, good signal but poor 
reception


666    JOBK, 1447 Japanese man & woman //594 fair

675    NHK1? 1432 weak talk sounded //594/666

693    JOAB, 1400 loud with time pips & start of English lesson, almost 
the same strength as CBU!


729    JOCK, 1416, new-age type music, then Japanese woman fair in CHMJ 
splash


738    TAIWAN, 1439 woman in Chinese good //1143

747    JOIB, 1400 time pips & English lesson good //693

756    CNR1 1402 Chinese talk //981 fair

774    JOUB, 1403 good w/English lesson about a family car trip to the 
Autumn festival //693


828    JOBB, 1404 English lesson //693

837    JOQK    1359 woman //594 then music, pips at ToH, weak

864    weak talk & 3+1 pips 1400 & 1500, probably HLKR

963    CRI 1400 weak signature tune

972    KBS, 1400 good w3+1 pips, then man with Hanminjok Bangsong ID 
during start of next program


972    Unid, time pips u/KBS 1500:20, then what sounded like weak 
Chinese talk.  Faded atop KBS1501 w/animated Chinese talk sounding like ads


981    CNR1, 1500:30 Chinese talk and ID fair in CKNW splash

1044    CRI, 1400 weak signature tune

1116    UNID, 1443 male Chinese talk fair, probably CNR2

1143    TAIWAN, Fishery Station 1439 woman in Chinese poor //738

1170    KBS 1400 time pips under KPUG

1206    CHINA, Yanbian, 1443 traditional-sounding song fair, slightly 
off -frequency like always


1287    JAPAN, JOHR, 1441 Japanese man & woman fair

1323    CHINA, CRI 1441 man & woman in Russian fair

1386    NHK2, 1359 weak inst mx //693, then 3+1 pips at ToH

1422    JORF 1400 weak Japanese woman and start of song

1566    HLAZ, 1457 man in Chinese fair, sound like there was a second 
station in the background with music


1575    VOA (presumed) 1441 woman in unid language


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Re: [IRCA] Nov. 7th: Ionosphere Delivers a Gold Mine to the Pacific NW

[Bruce Portzer]

My experience today was similar to Nick's.  A bit of a recovery, but 
nothing spectacular.  Reception was limited to the usual crowd, most of 
them a bit below normal.


Bruce

On 11/7/2018 11:47, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
I agree that it was a better morning than the last two have been, Guy, 
but that wasn't a high benchmark.


But, for the most part, it wasn't really hopping here, I'm afraid, at 
least during my live listening 1430-1510UT.  I did log JOIG-648, noted 
for the first time here only a month ago, so that wasn't bad, but it 
was "extreme minimalist DX" with a careful null of 650 and some 
imaginative listening...pretty clear though with JOAK in one ear and 
JOIG in the other.


We'll see what the files deliver.  The first go round didn't seem to 
have any Chinese, and there were a couple yesterday.


best wishes,

Nick



At 18:18 2018-11-07, Guy Atkins wrote:

I hope other DXers in the Northwest, from the Victoria crew southwards,
found last night to be a fascinating time at the dials.

At my temporary Cape Lookout post in Oregon, I noticed a few Japanese
stations in audio more than an hour and a half before Japan sunrise. 
With

4.5 terabytes of hard drive space on my laptop now I decided to just let
SDR recording continue uninterrupted through the night.

Spot checks a few times through the night showed a wealth of TPs up and
down the band. When I stopped recording at 1645 UTC (nearly two hours 
past

local SR), a handful of Chinese and Korean signals were still providing
weak but clear audio.

So... what a turnaround from the previous two mornings. I'll be 
interested

to know others impressions of DX on Nov. 7th, as I face an SDR DXer's
dilemma of how to approach over 11 hours of productive DX recordings!

73,
Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA
DXing from Cape Lookout State Park, OR
FDM-S2 / IC-7300 / ALA1530LNP @20 ft. / 10-inch FSL / portable RXs
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Re: [IRCA] Poipu, Kauai Ultralight TP's for 11-3

[Bruce Portzer]

Gary

The 1431 transmitter may be off the air.  I've tried for it several 
times on the KiwiSDR receivers at Daegu, Seoul, Cangzhou, Khabarovsk, 
and a couple Japanese sites, with no sign of it.  The Seoul receiver 
seems to be picking up a jammer, Cangzhou has an unid Chinese station 
dominating, and the others only receive the Japanese stations.  I'd 
expect to hear it at most, if not all, of those sites if it was on the air.


Bruce

On 11/4/2018 00:35, Gary DeBock wrote:


Another target was 1431-Mongolia's BBC service at 1630, but with no 
signal received at all in the good propagation it seemed pretty odd. 
Only a few presumed peaks of 693-Bangladesh music eeked through 
horrible 690-KHNR splatter around 1645, and any hope of receiving 
657-AIR (like in the Cook Islands) was smothered by a wicked 
combination of Pyongyang BS, a presumed Henan, and 650-KPRP splatter.




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[IRCA] Recent Transcontinental DX in Seattle

[Bruce Portzer]

In the past couple of weeks, I've been checking the dial for stations in 
the Eastern time zone.  The results have been rather interesting.


About a week ago, I was able to null KFI well enough to hear the Cuban 
on 640 at 0400.  It was pretty weak - I had to use the KiwiSDR in Key 
West to confirm that the songs matched what I was hearing.  This was my 
first Cuban log on many years, although I must confess to not having 
checked for them very often.


I've also managed to hear a few US and Canadian logs from EST-land:

WBZ - heard under KTWO at 0507UT on 29 October, with call ID and 
snippets of the Bradley Jay show (including what might have been his 
theme song).  Another station I haven't heard in recent decades.


KDKA - a traffic and weather report and "Newsradio 10-20 KDKA" ID at 
0507 10/25 mixing with KWIQ.  Yet another one that hasn't been heard 
here in ages.


WTAM-1100 Cleveland, dominating at 1000UT 10/25.  I was able to adjust 
the null on the flag to eliminate KFAX.


WCKY-1530 surfaced 0500 11/3 with a nice id & ESPN sports, KFBK was 
partially eliminated by adjusting the flag's null.


WHAS - dominant for a couple of minutes one evening, despite several 
west coast stations on 840


WJR - this is a regular here, the easiest EST station in these parts, 
heard several times


CFZM-740 and CKDO-1580, mixing with the west coast QRM a couple of times

WGY-810? - tentatively heard with KGO nulled.  It was a national talk 
show and matched the stations web feed, but I won't claim it until I 
hear local content..


A north-facing flag antenna was used to hear all of the above 
stations,.  Nulls on 50kw Californians made it possible to hear several 
of these stations.  I'm still trying to figure out if there are other 
possibilities for east coast  reception here in the Pacific Northwest 
(aside from CIAO-530 and the expanded band stations).


Bruce

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[IRCA] TP conditions this morning

[Bruce Portzer]

I rebuilt my antenna yesterday.  Either I did something horribly wrong 
or conditions took a dive.


There were a few weak TPs on 603 693 774 792 972 1098 etc just barely 
above the noise.


NOAA is reporting a moderate geomagnetic storm and my locals seem to be 
at normal strength, so I don't think it's the antenna.


Did anyone else hear anything today?

Bruce

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Re: [IRCA] Michigan TPs November 4th, 2018 (3 new from China)

[Bruce Portzer]

Congratulations Tim.   All three are heard often here in the Pacific 
Northwest.  To see them reported in Michigan is amazing.


Bruce

On 11/4/2018 17:35, Tim Tromp wrote:

Another good morning to hear Asia from Michigan resulting in three new
Chinese stations heard:

837 Harbin China @ 1150 UTC & ID'ed by Chris Kadlec:
https://youtu.be/CSv470l8hLQ

1017 China Radio Int'l. @ 1200 UTC:  https://youtu.be/dM2Mjnqi6bU

1044 China Radio Int'l. @ 1156 UTC & ID'ed by Chris Kadlec:
https://youtu.be/TcWCW0Bp5yI


774 Japan & 972 South Korea also in with audio, and likely others as I go
through SDR recordings from this morning.

73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
Perseus SDR + DKAZ aimed North
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[IRCA] TP's in Seattle on Nov 4

[Bruce Portzer]

Conditions this morning continued to be somewhat OK.

There was a mild enhancement around sunrise, but otherwise it was just 
another morning here.


Today's highlights included:

585    JAPAN, 1200 time pips & Japanese man //594 fair-poor

729    Woman in Chinese 1444 fair-poor in domestic splatter

756    CHINA, CNR1, 1500 the usual time pips, announcements, ID fair-poor

972    KBS, 1504 still very good w/Korean male, Chinese female in background

1017    CHINA, CRI, 1500 the usual fanfare, Korean/Chinese IDs, and 
opening announcements in Korean fair


1116    CHINA, unid 5+1 pips & weak talk, probably CNR2

1386    JAPAN, NHK2, 1500 faint pips & fainter talk //747

1422    JAPAN, JORF, 1500 Japanese woman talking across ToH, fair



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Re: [IRCA] Logging Methodology?

[Bruce Portzer]

Hi Ken

I use Excel to keep track of my loggings.  One workbook for raw notes 
with columns  for date, time, frequency, station, etc. Another workbook 
to keep track of TP and TA stations I've heard and QSLed. (I don't keep 
track of domestics and Latin Americans anymore).


Bruce

On 11/4/2018 08:08, ken brookner wrote:


Hi All..

Is there a consensus on how to log stations--use a program or log 
sheets? I've been looking for a suitable logging program but not 
finding anything that looks useful.  So, I'm curious how you're doing it.


Thanks

Ken
Lummi Island, WA m


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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on November 3

[Bruce Portzer]

Here are the highlights of today's TP session in Seattle. Conditions are 
down a bit, which should be no surprise for early November.  
Nonetheless, there were a few interesting things to dig out of the noise 
and splatter.


603    Chinese talk briefly good 1308, fast-talking woman

756    CNR1 fair 1424 w/male talk //945

783    Woman in Chinese weak 1416

837    Female talk across ToH 1200, 5+1 pips ending 1200:20, then 
possible ID but too weak to understand.  Probably Harbin.


1098    CNR11, 1441 probably the one with exotic flute music fair.  CNR1 
weak in background //945.


1116    Woman in Chinese fair 1434, probably CNR2

1170    time pips 1200 from S Korea, a bit of KBS World Radio opening 
annmt u/KPUG


1305    weak 1319, sounded Chinese

1386    NHK2 time pips & weak female 1500 in Japanese //747

1458    What sounded like partial Chinese time pips very faint in 
splatter 1500


1467    KBS or NHK time pips 1500

1530    Chinese talk under KFBK 1459, 5+1 pips ending 1500:20, then more 
bits of Chinese u/KFBK.


1557    5+1 pips 1500 poor, probably Taiwan

1593    CNR1 w/partial time pips, a few syllables of talk, and some of 
the music that goes with the ID, blasted by KLFE splatter







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Re: [IRCA] Poipu, Kauai (Hawaii) DXing

[Bruce Portzer]

Hi Gary

It sounds like you're off to a good start.

783 lacked the key words I need, such as "Guangbo", to ID Chinese 
stations.  No ideas on that one.


801 sounds like Italian, which suggests the Rete Italia station in 
Gosford NSW.  The gang at RealDX should  be able to nail it down for sure.


Enjoy you trip

Bruce


On 11/3/2018 04:47, Gary DeBock wrote:

  After two trips to Kona, Hawaii (on the Big Island) my wife and I decided to try a 
vacation on the "Garden Island" of Kauai. Craig Barnes has already been here with 
his 5" Frequent Flyer FSL in April of 2017 ,and made out like a bandit with lots of Asian 
DX in Princeville, on the north side of the island.

  Whereas Kona on the Big Island has a high mountain ridge which greatly reduces the 
strength of North and South American stations, Poipu in Kauai has a straight ocean shot 
to both areas, along with similar paths to both Asia and the South Pacific. In DXing 
tonight it seemed like all four areas were coming in at good strength, with 621 kHz 
having two S9 stations from two different areas (621-Tuvalu and VoK's Japanese service) 
and 1440 kHz having the same (Kiribati and JOWF). Fortunately the "Frequent 
Flyer" FSL can completely null out one area or the other.

  To investigate some questions that were discussed recently among the 
Northwest TP-DXing gang, I made a recording of 621-VoK's Japanese service at 
0943, complete with a buzzing hum on the audio (which is more noticeable during 
signal fades)  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/7d6eggmr9ntnfjej3zf22dh1s5p32wyd

There was also a question of the identity of the 783 "Chinese Opera" station. 
At the 1000 TOH I was able to record the full Chinese ID, which hopefully someone can 
decipher  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rcliqm4q1b9amlvmw11ofgfje6en66a2

Finally, I promised Chris Kadlec that I would investigate whether 801 kHz 
really has a Seoul metro area jammer on the Pyongyang BS signal . Unfortunately 
801 kHz had this monster UnID covering the frequency from 0910-0930 tonight, 
which I think may be from the Philippines. Can anyone provide language or 
station identification?  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/mpi5eam5d93beb5hd0kne8y0x50h9zua

Anyway, Chris, I'll keep trying on the 801 jammer investigation. One thing 
seems to be for sure here in Kauai-- the 819-KCBS and 981-CNR1 stations don't 
seem to have the overwhelming strength that they did in Kona (at least not 
tonight). But 783-China was at S9+ strength for much of the evening, when it 
was pretty weak in Kona  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/dsw1h8s4ilxq5mxpnd0bd67fte4wfifw   Go figure!

73 and Good DX,

Gary DeBock (DXing at Poipu Kai, Kauai, Hawaii for 6 days)

7.5" loopstick CC Skywave Ultralight + 5" Frequent Flyer FSL antenna



  
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[IRCA] Halloween TP Treats in Seattle

[Bruce Portzer]

Conditions this morning started out like a typical TP opening,but when 
local sunrise neared there was a very pronounced enhancement above 1400 kHz.


The high point of the opening was on 1530, which sounded like a 
graveyard  channel, instead of just KFBK.  DZME was the dominant station 
from about 1450 to 1505. I also tried 1440 but there was no sign of JOWF 
- CKJR  was pounding in on day power.


Asian signals were  noted on many high-band channels as listed below.  I 
plan to go back through the files again in hopes of finding more 
Halloween treats, but this report should do for now. The high end TPs 
have generally not been heard very well this season, aside from the 
powerhouses like 1566 1575 1323 and 1422, so today's session was an 
exciting one.


1395    UNID, 1501 nondescript music, 1502 deep-voiced male talk poor in 
heavy splash


1413    JAPAN, JOIF, 1458, bits of male Japanese briefly surfacing 
through the splatter


1422    JAPAN, JORF, 1458, fair w/female vocal song, then ads in 
Japanese, chime on the hour


1458    UNID, 1456 decent sized carrier but weak audio and much splatter 
, not enough to guess the language


1467    S KOREA? 1459 possibly HLKN w/talk, not //1602, long tone at toh 
(the 3 short pips possibly buried in splatter), then male talk sounding 
similar to the KBS1 newscasters, poor in CJVB splash


1485    UNID, 1500 weak carrier, haven't found any audio yet

1494    JAPAN/UNID, JOYL?/?, 1459 male talk, single chime or tone on the 
hour, then talk sounding like 2 stations mixing fair-poor. Some of it 
sounded like Japanese, so one of them was likely JOYL


1503    JAPAN, JOUK, 1449 man & woman in Japanese that seemed to 
continue to 1500 then 3+1 pips, fair


1512    JAPAN, NHK, 1500 very poor time pips & a few syllables of female 
talk in heavy KGA/KKXA splash


1530    PHILIPPINES, DZME, 1450 started to fade atop KFBK, then mostly 
dominant in Tagalog.  Probably the one with woman in Asian or island 
accented English 1455-1500 but I need to double check the recording.  
Signal peaked 1501 with man in Tagalog & definite DZME ID.  By 1505 DZME 
had faded and KFBK was once again atop the channel.


1530    CHINA, 1500, loud 5+1 time pips starting at 1500:, a few words 
of Chinese by a woman shortly thereafter, otherwise buried under DZME.


1530    UNID, 3+1time pips 1500 mixing with others in the cacophony, 
maybe one of the Japanese commercial stations?


1557    UNID, 1455 music sounded nonstop to 1500, 3+1 pips, all long 
with the final one higher pitched, then Chinese (?) talk. Good carrier 
poor audio.  Taiwan?


1566    S KOREA, HLAZ, 1459 good with the usual Christian programming in 
Chinese


1575    THAILAND, VOA 1458 fair-poor with program in SE Asian language

1593    CHINA, CNR1, 1500 Chinese talk, time pips, the usual ID, strong 
signal but mercilessly hammered by KLFE-1590 splash


1602    JAPAN, NHK2, 1500, time pips & woman in Japanese poor in 1600 splash

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Re: [IRCA] Halloween TP -early bird gets the worm gear...

[Bruce Portzer]

I had somewhat the opposite happen here.  It seemed like a routine 
morning at 1400 so I wandered off and did something else for a while.  I 
came back to the radio just before 1500 and found the upper end of the 
band (which hasn't done squat all season) to be rather lively for a few 
minutes, with audio on 1467 1494 1503 1557 1593 and 1603, in addition to 
the usual 1566 and 1575.  There were also carriers on several other 
channels (such as 1485) that may yield something after I go back through 
the SDR files.


Bruce

On 10/31/2018 08:17, Gary DeBock wrote:

Exact same situation here this morning, Nigel, although with the Chinese 
stations.
In the predawn darkness 756-CNR1, 837-China and 936-China were all managing 
some good audio around 1350, but sunrise enhancement was more like sunrise 
degradation. By 1440 the Chinese stations had generally tanked, although some 
diehard Koreans on 603, 864 and 972 were still hanging around at weak levels.

Gary


On October 31, 2018 at 6:12 AM Nigel Pimblett mailto:nige2...@telus.net > wrote:


 It may really have been advantageous to be an early bird today.   When I
 first checked at 1220 things were good, in line with what Colin said,
 with a nice signal from Korea on 558.But, when I got back from
 having a shower signals had taken a big hit, to the point that the
 Japanese big guns were struggling to produce audio.

 73,


 Nigel Pimblett
 Dunmore, AB


 On 10/31/2018 5:13 AM, R. Colin Newell wrote:

 > > 11:10 UTC -

 Already a busy band on the West Coast

 1566khz - 2 stations audible / 1 likely KOREA... the other?

 Good luck everyone.

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Re: [IRCA] TP DX from Central Iowa

[Bruce Portzer]

Hi Tim

I was able to confirm that we were hearing two different stations this 
morning.   I've got CNR1 //981 on my recording.  Yours may very well be 
CNR11.  I don't recognize the language, so I can't help there.


The song at about 1217 sounds like something you might hear on the 
Marshall Islands station, but the other stuff sounds Asian (plus 
Marshalls normally signs off at 1130UT).


Maybe someone on RealDX can help.

Bruce

On 10/30/2018 19:59, tim rahto wrote:

Hi Bruce,

I've got two other clips up on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/n1IB7UuwPAk

https://youtu.be/1l-_DeyPpQY

-Tim


On Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 7:39 PM Bruce Portzer  wrote:


Hi Tim

Nice going on the Asian logs.

I recorded the AM band on my SDR from 1155 to 1505 this morning.
Unfortunately, your reception of 1098 was better than mine at 1211-12 UT.

I've mostly been hearing CNR1 there this season, so I checked potential
CNR1 //s: 981 was the best with a woman talking at 1212. I need to give
it another listen, but initially it didn't seem to be // to your
recording.  Other CNR1 outlets (639 756 945 1035) were mostly buried in
splatter at the time.

A couple of days ago I heard a second station mixing with CNR11.  It
might have been CNR11, but I think I've already deleted the files from
that day and there aren't any reliable CNR11 parallels except on shortwave.

Do you have any more audio from 1098?  I might be able to match it up
with what I have.

Bruce in Seattle

On 10/30/2018 11:19, tim rahto wrote:

Hello everyone,

I picked a good morning to drag myself out of bed before dawn. The band

was

full of carriers, some of which turned into remarkably strong signals.

All

loggings were made between 1030 UTC and 1230 UTC from Luther, Iowa using

a

SAL-30 antenna and a Perseus receiver.

Here's a rundown of the highlights:

NHK 2, 774 kHz. I have never heard Japan on MW before now, and I may

never

hear it this well again. They were giving an English lesson with a
Halloween theme that peaked at just under S9. || to 693. i have 747 kHz
down in my notes, but I am not sure if it was parallel or not.

774 kHz: https://youtu.be/QOfVVdXwypU

693 kHz: https://youtu.be/Er7qoMjylws

774 kHz (made about an hour after the first clip):
https://youtu.be/flTMaUhyTms

CNR 11 (?), 1098 kHz: I have caught a trace of this one before, but I've
never heard it this well. I think it is China, but I am not positive on
this one as I couldn't find an audible parallel station, or an accessible
online feed. If anyone can provide any insight into this one I'd

appreciate

it.

https://youtu.be/w7jO9duu7Zs

-Tim
Luther, IA
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Re: [IRCA] TP DX from Central Iowa

[Bruce Portzer]

Hi Tim

Nice going on the Asian logs.

I recorded the AM band on my SDR from 1155 to 1505 this morning.   
Unfortunately, your reception of 1098 was better than mine at 1211-12 UT.


I've mostly been hearing CNR1 there this season, so I checked potential 
CNR1 //s: 981 was the best with a woman talking at 1212. I need to give 
it another listen, but initially it didn't seem to be // to your 
recording.  Other CNR1 outlets (639 756 945 1035) were mostly buried in 
splatter at the time.


A couple of days ago I heard a second station mixing with CNR11.  It 
might have been CNR11, but I think I've already deleted the files from 
that day and there aren't any reliable CNR11 parallels except on shortwave.


Do you have any more audio from 1098?  I might be able to match it up 
with what I have.


Bruce in Seattle

On 10/30/2018 11:19, tim rahto wrote:

Hello everyone,

I picked a good morning to drag myself out of bed before dawn. The band was
full of carriers, some of which turned into remarkably strong signals. All
loggings were made between 1030 UTC and 1230 UTC from Luther, Iowa using a
SAL-30 antenna and a Perseus receiver.

Here's a rundown of the highlights:

NHK 2, 774 kHz. I have never heard Japan on MW before now, and I may never
hear it this well again. They were giving an English lesson with a
Halloween theme that peaked at just under S9. || to 693. i have 747 kHz
down in my notes, but I am not sure if it was parallel or not.

774 kHz: https://youtu.be/QOfVVdXwypU

693 kHz: https://youtu.be/Er7qoMjylws

774 kHz (made about an hour after the first clip):
https://youtu.be/flTMaUhyTms

CNR 11 (?), 1098 kHz: I have caught a trace of this one before, but I've
never heard it this well. I think it is China, but I am not positive on
this one as I couldn't find an audible parallel station, or an accessible
online feed. If anyone can provide any insight into this one I'd appreciate
it.

https://youtu.be/w7jO9duu7Zs

-Tim
Luther, IA
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[IRCA] TPs in Seattle on October 29

[Bruce Portzer]

My experiences this morning were like those of Gary and Colin. TP 
reception was similar to the past few days - the signals didn't seem to 
be as strong, but the same cast of characters was there.


I was tempted to find a report from a few days ago, change the date, 
modify a few of the entries here and there to make it look like a fresh 
set of logs, send it out, and see if anyone noticed. Instead, I will say 
go back and look at any of my recent reports and the odds are that I 
heard it again today with a slightly weaker signal.


Bruce

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Re: [IRCA] Michigan TP Asian logs this morning, October 28th, 2018

[Bruce Portzer]

Hi Tim

Those are some amazing recordings of 693 and 774 Japan .

Yanbian has been operating on 1205.96 as far back as I can remember.  
The measured carrier frequency is so unique, it's as good as an ID in my 
book.  I'm not sure about the music you heard at 1159.  I'll try to 
start my SDR recording a bit earlier tomorrow and see if I can catch 
what the station broadcasts at that time.  I don't recall this station 
doing anything consistent at the ToH, like time pips or fanfare.


Bruce

On 10/28/2018 17:59, Tim Tromp wrote:

I woke up early and started my session at 1000 UT with the hope of catching
some audio from 1566 HLAZ after receiving a hint of the station a few days
ago.  Not even a carrier this morning.  Then I started dialing down the
band and was totally unprepared for what followed.  It had me learning
Japanese, Korean, and Chinese frequencies in a hurry.  In the 10 years or
so I've been doing this, the logs below are all new.  These stations just
don't make it to Michigan as I've learned from years of trying.  I guess
all it takes is a good solar minimum!




1205.960 with audio for a brief moment at 1147 UT, woman talking in what
sounded like an Asian language under domestic splatter.  Some music noted
at 1159 UT, TOH fanfare?  MWoffsets suggest China.  A weak het also noted
near nominal.  Recording: https://youtu.be/Aad-_17OQCg



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[IRCA] TAs in Seattle

[Bruce Portzer]

The TA's have been a lot more exciting in Victoria than in Seattle.

I've mostly been chasing carriers on 1413 and 1386 for the past 45 
minutes.  1413 is the best but has only been producing tantalizing 
traces of audio.


I've also been getting a weaker carrier on 1215, which I assume is Britain.

Certainly nothing as exotic as what Walt has reported.

Bruce

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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Oct 28

[Bruce Portzer]

Japanese stations were in short supply today, and Koreans weren't much 
better.  Chinese on the other hand were quite plentiful.  My 1116 
station turned out to be CNR2 thanks to a much better signal today.  I 
had two stations on 1098: one with the CNR1 programming we've been 
hearing all season, the other with unusual music and talk in a language 
I didn't recognize.  Possibly CNR11 (Tibetan service)  One was likely 
the 1000 kw TX listed in Golmud, but I'm not sure which it was, or for 
that matter where the second station is located.


558    S KOREA, 1359 good with the usual Happy FM stuff, time tone & songs

567    JAPAN, JOIK, 1359 Japanese conversation, then 3+1 pips at ToH & 
man with news.  Fair-good signal but much splat


585    JAPAN, JOPG, 1400 weak pips & Japanese talk

594    JAPAN, JOAK, 1431, Japanese discussion good, was mostly poor-nil 
earlier


603    CHINA, Chinese talk mixing with Korea 1307 1400 1432 & other times

621    UNID, 1400 poor in horrific KCIS-630 splash, sounded like Chinese 
time pips & inst music across ToH, then someone talking


639    CHINA, CNR1, 1400 fair poor in KCIS splash with  the usual time 
pips, anmts, & ID


657    CHINA/DPRK, 1430 Chinese talk dominating, then orchestral music 
from N Korea faded up, both good at times


666    JAPAN, JOBK, 1300 time pips & Japanese male  poor in splash

675    VIETNAM, 1302 stringed instrument music, then man & woman in 
Vietnamese good


756    CHINA, 1430 two time tones, woman with what sounded like time 
check, then man with what sounded like news fair-good


783    CHINA, 1403 woman in Chinese fair

810    CHINA, 1400, 5+1 pips ending at 1400:08, then bits of Chinese 
talk mixing with KGO & KTBI


819    DPRK, 1407 dreamy orchestral music mixing with unid Chinese talk 
fair-poor in KGNW splash


828    JAPAN, 1400 Portuguese talk across ToH, no pips.  By 1404 Chinese 
talk in background.


837    CHINA, 1407 Chinese talk, then vocal music fair

855    DPRK, 1406 woman talking in Korean, a bit muffled with bits of 
unid station in background


864    S KOREA 1400 very poor with  3+1 pips & bits of male talk

891    UNID, 1422 bits of talk sounded Chinese, and other bits sounding 
maybe Korean, along with bits of music.  Rather weak audio but huge carrier.


900    CHINA, 1400 two sets of slightly off-sync 5+1 pips, then ghostly 
sounding talk with very noticeable echo, poor u/CKBI


918    UNID, 1408,  Chinese talk in 920 splash probably Shandong

936    CHINA, 1417 woman in Chinese fair-poor probably Anhui

945    CHINA, CNR1. 1400 poor with the usual ToH stuff, lots of KJR 
splash.  Better 1430 with time tones & talk but still plenty of KJR 
splash today


963    CHINA, CRI 1445 fair w/woman in Russian

972    S KOREA 1400 3+1 pips & start of next program, unid Chinese 
station in background with talk & 5+1 pips ending at 1400:16.


981    CHINA, CNR1 1300 1400 & 1500 fair with the usual ToH stuff

1017    CHINA, CRI 1500 fair w/usual fanfare and Korean/Chinese IDs

1035    CHINA CNR1 1324 group singing //981/1098 fair-poor

1044    CHINA, CRI 1300 poor w/opening fanfare for Japanese service

1098    CHINA, CNR1/unid, 1430 man in Chinese mixing with station 
w/exotic vocal/flute music and woman in unid language.  Possibly CNR11 
(Tibetan service)


1116    CHINA, CNR2, 1400, good w/clear ID as "Zhngyang Renmin Guangbo 
Diantai, Jingji zhi Sheng".  This was apparently what I heard yesterday, 
rather than CNR5. The music was similar, but yesterday's ID was far murkier


1170    S KOREA, KBS 1354 woman in Chinese u/KPUG, 1359 vocal song to 
ToH, 3+1 pips then music & weak talk 1400


1305    CHINA, 1433 what sounded like ads in Chinese poor

1575    THAILAND, VOA, 1430 "Welcome to the Voice of America in Burmese" 
then Burmese pgm fair













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Re: [IRCA] TP madness in Michigan!

[Bruce Portzer]

Conditions look good here in Seattle too, similar to the past few days. 
I've only been at the dials for a few minutes but it looks like China 
and Korea are favored again.


Bruce

On 10/28/2018 06:07, Nigel Pimblett wrote:
Happy to hear of your success Tim, and will look forward to your 
report. Looking like a very strong Japanese morning here also, though 
it'll be hard pressed to beat yesterday.


73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB

On 10/28/2018 5:21 AM, Tim Tromp wrote:

What a wild morning which is still in full swing here, Japan is all over
the dial with good audio on several channels.  This NEVER happens 
here (not
even weak carriers) and I'm totally blown away and unprepared for 
it!  Full

report tonight when I get this all sorted out.  SDRs were made for times
like this!

73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
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Re: [IRCA] TA? oh, no!

[Bruce Portzer]

Rats!  Having missed the last two TA openings, I'm eagerly awaiting the 
next one.  Maybe tomorrow


Bruce

On 10/27/2018 20:46, Nigel Pimblett wrote:
Yes,  ti turned out that the audio just after our local sunset was the 
peak, all downhill since then, just a few carriers now.


73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB

On 10/27/2018 9:13 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:

False alarm it would appear.   Whew!

At 00:11 2018-10-28, R. Colin Newell wrote:

No.

No.

A thousand times NO! I got nothing left



On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 5:04 PM Nick Hall-Patch 
<n...@ieee.org> wrote:

Be warned.   It's just before UT in Victoria, the sun isn' t
going to set for another hour, and there are already TA
carriers.   909 was quite strong, but not quite delivering audio.

This might be a snorter of any evening

best wishes,


Nick

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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 10/27

[Bruce Portzer]

Today's report is abbreviated a bit.  I left off most of the easy stuff 
like JOUB & HLAZ to save time.  I also left off a bunch of cases where 
all I had was traces of audio, also to save time.


The Chinese were in abundance today, while the Japanese were mostly well 
below normal (with a couple of exceptions). Highlights today included 
what I'm pretty sure were CNR5-1116 and Jinan-1305.



558    S KOREA, KBS, 1259 fair w/"Happy FM" jingle, ID and time tone, 
then easy listening music


567    JAPAN, JOIK, 1426, animated conversation //594 good but much KVI 
splash


612    JAPAN, JOLK, 1406 female song fair //594

603    S KOREA, KBS, Happy FM jingle, ID, time tone, then song mixing 
w/unid Chinese


639    CHINA, CNR1, 1424 woman in Chinese //756 poking through KCIS-630 
splash


648    CHINA, unid, time pips & bits of Chinese talk poor in 650 splash

657    DPRK, 1431 female comrade singing patriotic anthem good in 
domestic splash, Chinese talk in background


675    VIETNAM, 1434, man in Vietnamese fair

729    UNID, 1437 woman in Chinese with excerpts from pipe organ music

738    TAIWAN (presumed) 1405 woman in Chinese good o/unid.  No ID but 
announcing style was typical of the Fishery station.


756    CHINA, CNR1, 1406 good w/several ads in Chinese

783    CHINA, 1359 Chinese  talk w/echo, 1400:10 two sets of 3 time 
pips, slightly offset, then anmt that may have been an ID but too weak 
to tell.  Possibly Hebei.


819    DPRK/CHINA, 1302 emphatic Korean woman mostly dominant, getting 
QRM from Chinese talk station fair in 820 splash


837    CHINA 1400 probably Harbin w/5+1 pips ending at 1400:20 then anmt 
(ID?), better by 1423 w/what sounded like Children's chorus


900    CHINA, 1400 weak pips u/CKBI: two 5+1 slightly out of sync pips, 
followed by a  third set.


936    CHINA?, 1436 Chinese male talk mixing w/music, both poor in 
domestic splash


945    CHINA, CNR1 1400 the usual "Zhongyang Renmin Guangbo Diantai" ID 
followed by fast talking man


963    CHINA, CRI good w/the usual fanfare & Russian/Chinese IDs, then 
news in Russian


981    CHINA, CNR1 1500 still there fair with "Zhongyang Renmin Guangbo 
Diantai" ID followed by male talk


1017    CHINA, CRI 1400 the usual fanfare & Chinese/Korean ID's then 
news fair


1035    CHINA, 1400 CNR1 poor with ID //981

1044    CHINA, 1300 CRI fanfare & Chinese/Japanese ID's fair in domestic 
splash


1089    JAPAN, JOHB, 1400 3+1 pips & language lesson mixing w/Chinese 
station, both poor in KFNQ-1090 splash


1098    CHINA, CNR1 1403 good w/Chinese talk //others

1116    CHINA, CNR5 (tentative) 1400 distinctive chime music plus a 
couple of weak IDs sounding like "Zhonghua zhi Sheng".


1170    S KOREA, 1300 "KBSWorld Radio" ID in English, then IDs in 
Chinese, fair slightly weaker than KPUG


1305    CHINA, Jinan, 1300, weak w/distinctive electronic "Big Ben" type 
clock chimes, then possible ID.  Slightly better 1302 with Chinese 
talk.  No ID heard but the chimes match what I heard at Grayland 2 weeks 
ago, plus recordings I made (with "Jinan Wenyi Guangbo" IDs) off the 
Cangzhou KiwiSDR receiver, which is only about 200 km from Jinan.  
Listed as 10 kw but likely much more than that.


1575    THAILAND, VOA 1435 good w/talk in SE Asian language





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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on October 26

[Bruce Portzer]

This morning's TP DX seemed promising when I stared at the screen in 
real time at 1330 today.  But it turned out to be a bit on the dull side 
when I went through the files later.  There were lots of things to be 
heard but they weren't all that strong.  And for some reason the locals 
were more splashy than normal.  Oh well, there's always tomorrow.


558    S KOREA, KBS 10/26 1348 fair light pops & woman in Korean //603, 
weak unid in background probably Japan


567    JAPAN, JOIK, 1326 interview in Japanese, didn't sound //594 fair 
w/much KVI splat


594    JAPAN, JOAK, 1400 man talking across ToH in Japanese.  It sounded 
like he said "beautiful micrograph" at 1300:05 but I'm probably mistaken


603    S KOREA, 1400"Happy FM" jingle and Korean woman just before ToH, 
then time tone.  Not as good as yesterday


603    CHINA, CRI 1400 a few bars of the opening theme music, poor u/KBS

612    JAPAN, JOLK 1428 interview //594 fair-poor

639    CHINA, CNR1, 1349 Chinese talk //756, poor w/much KCIS-630 splash

657    DPRK, 1413 poor w/talk in heavy domestic splash

666    JAPAN, JOBK 1233 poor w/fast-paced song //594

675    VIETNAM?, weak chimes 1359 sounded like those used by VTVN, 
possible faint pips at toh, then traces of audio.


693    JAPAN, JOAB, 1426 English lesson fair in CBU splash

702    JAPAN, NHK2, 1440 poor in horrific KIRO splat with talk //693

729    UNID, female talk 1413 sounded Japanese but not //594, much 730 
splash, possibly mixing with a second station


738    S KOREA & TAIWAN, 1410 mix of Korean and Chinese talk fair

747    JAPAN, Osaka, JOIB, 1411 English lesson, some sort of drama

756    CHINA, CNR1 1414 Chinese talk poor //981

774    JAPAN, JOUB, 1420, English lesson about the effects of too much 
smartphone use


819        DPRK, 1312 excited woman talking, good signal but much KGNW 
splash


828    JAPAN, JOBB, 1400 catchy little song opening another English lesson

837    CHINA, 5+1 pips ending 1400:20, then apparent ID but too weak to 
understand.  Signal much better with pop vocals 1405 & other times after 
that


846    UNID, 1405 talk and music but too weak to tell more

945    CHINA, CNR1, 1339 Chinese talk //981 fair

963    CHINA, CRI 1404 man in Russian good//1323

972    S KOREA KBS 1325 group discussion in Korean good o/unid station 
playing music


981    CHINA, CNR1 1411 echoey talk good

1017    CHINA, CRI 1400 usual opening music and anmts for Korean service

1035    CHINA CNR1 1410 Chinese talk poor //1098

1098    CHINA, CNR1 1428 Chinese talk good

1206    CHINA, Yanbian, 1402, woman in Korean fair-poor

1287    JAPAN, JOHR, 1332 man in Japanese fair

1323    CHINA, CRI 1400 opening music and Russian/Chinese IDs fair

1566    S KOREA Cheju 1344 usual sign off for Japanese program, good, 
then carrier dropped for antenna change


1575    THAILAND, VOA, 1401 good w/woman in SE Asian language, then 
Yankee Doodle musical bridge to next feature










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[IRCA] TP DX this morning

[Bruce Portzer]

As others have reported, conditions were good this morning with many of 
the usual Asians putting in decent signals.  The most interesting 
receptions here were in the 700's and 800's, with stations on 783, 792, 
801, 837, 846, and 855 almost but not quite strong enough to produce 
identifiable material.  HLKR-864 was very good at times as well.


KICY-850 Nome AK had an amazing signal on the northerly flag at 
1400UTC.  It completely overwhelmed local KHHO Tacoma, which is about 30 
miles south of here:


    https://www.qsl.net/n7ecj/KICY-850_25Oct18_1401.mp3

The other Alaskans weren't heard nearly as well.

The KBS station on 603 had a better than average signal as well. Here's 
the 1400 UTC "Happy FM" ID.   There are also a few bars of music from 
the co-channel CRI transmitter just after the time tone.


    https://www.qsl.net/n7ecj/KBS-603_25Oct18_1400.mp3

Bruce

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Re: [IRCA] further Victoria TA from Oct 25

[Bruce Portzer]

I totally missed out on last night's TA fun due to a visitor from out of 
town.  Tonight I had a carrier on 1413 which sometimes produced weak 
audio.  It seemed to match the Vesti FM streaming audio but I'm not 
totally sure.


Right now I've got KFBK phased down far enough to hear an ESPN station, 
which could only be WCKY.  That would be my first log of them in a long 
time.


Bruce

On 10/24/2018 21:44, R. Colin Newell wrote:

You know we’re pretty blasé about the TA DX when nobody has talked about 
tonight’s TA DX because, hey, Meh, it’s dull relative to last night.

639 KHz on peaks around 0330 UTC or so made it into audio but could not find a 
meaningful parallel stream - a U.K. BASED WebSDR HAD A mix of Spanish (RNE) and 
the BBC (I imagine). Absolute on 1215 hit good levels before 0400 but only 
briefly as did 1386...

Drake R8 — N and W Flags - Wellbrook FLG100’s

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Re: [IRCA] TP 13 Oct Victoria version.

[Bruce Portzer]

So far I've managed to definitely ID one NZer from yesterday: Newstalk 
ZB on 1296 (a bit of a surprise).  There are probably a few others.  I'm 
pretty sure 1503 was in as well, albeit briefly.


Bruce

On 10/13/2018 22:11, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:

Yesterday was a transitional morning all right; I'd say transitioning back into 
the bucket, but hearing several Star outlets from New Zealand is never usual 
here, so, only mildly awful.   Interesting that Bruce wasn't reporting any NZ 
from Grayland...


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[IRCA] TP DX at Grayland on October 14

[Bruce Portzer]

Day two at Grayland.  Conditions were much better today.  At first it 
looked like a DU morning, with many Aussies at about 1100-1200.  Then 
the Asians suddenly faded up, with a nice mix of Chinese, Japanese and 
Korean signals.


The 711 KBS station was often stronger than KIRO, and parallel to 864 
981 1062 and probably some others.


There were Chinese stations on interesting frequencies: 972 (sometimes 
overriding KBS), 1053, 1062, 1089, 1107, 1251, 1305, 1368, 1566 (behind 
HLAZ), and others that escape my memory at the moment.  Plus some of the 
more common Chinese like 918 936 945 963 981 1008 1017 1035 1044 1098 
1206 1242 1287 1332 1323 1377 1422 1593 etc


We also had the usual assortment of Japanese stations.  Unlike 
yesterday, the weak low-powered ones on 963 etc were buried under 
stations from elsewhere.  Also Taiwan on 738/1143.


There were TPs on several domestic channels 630(Australia & China) 
990(unid) 1170(Korea) and 1260/1350/1440(all Japan).  Maybe a couple of 
others.


I'll have more to report after going through hours of files.

Bruce

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Re: [IRCA] TP 13 Oct Victoria Saturday slumber...

[Bruce Portzer]

I'm at Grayland this weekend with Chuck & Tom.  As is usually the case, 
it was a much different story out here.  There were lots of TP's to be 
heard, with carriers on nearly all of the 9 kHz channels.  About 80-90% 
of the stations were from Japan including many of the low powered NHK 
outlets.  For example, at 1400  963 was a mix of weak NHK1 pips and news 
plus a little bit of CRI. Other NHK frequencies I've found so far 
include 648 990 999 1035 1071 1089 1125 1152 1296 1386 1512 and 1602, in 
addition to the usual suspects.  Some of the Japanese commercial 
stations did well at times, too, with  1179 being an especially notable 
example.


Chinese and Koreans were inaudible or barely there most of the time, 
with 1566 being a major exception.  VOA-1575 was also good around 
sunrise with something in the background (probably an FEN outlet).


There were also a few of the more common DUs, such as 702 891 1017 and 
1503, but they were generally weaker than normal.  I also had something 
on 1611 with contemporary-sounding music, including a Christmas song, 
possibly one of the Vision network outlets.


Two more days to go.

Bruce

On 10/13/2018 08:27, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
Can't say that it improved much as time went on; in fact the DU level 
may have declined.


Sounded like another ionospheric blanket has arrived.

best wishes,

Nick



At 13:46 2018-10-13, R. Colin Newell wrote:


Currently tucked in bed? Maybe stay there.

Very subdued this AM - 1335 UTC.

1333 U - 594 had JJ and EE On it but now EE only...
1335 - ABC good levels on 612 live with Sara McDonald... topic Eagles 
versus Michael Jackson...


Lots and lots of carriers —

Colin Newell - Victoriaa - B.C. CANADA -

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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 10 Oct

[Bruce Portzer]

Conditions this morning were a bit below average.  The only good audio 
was from the high powered Japanese on 594 693 747 774 and 828, and the 
Korean on 972.   I also heard the 738 Korea/Taiwan battle Gary 
mentioned, and HLAZ grudgingly throw some audio at me from time to 
time.  Beyond that, there were lots of weak carriers, some on 
interesting channels like 783 801 and 909.  Others, like 657 666 963 
1098 and 1287, would have produced listenable audio if conditions were 
better.  Maybe tomorrow will be better.


Bruce

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Re: [IRCA] TP 7 Oct Victoria version.

[Bruce Portzer]

Nick - I received QSLs from Myanmar using nptradio@gmail.com One for 
SW in 2012 and the other for 729 kHz in 2014.  The replies were in 
reasonably good English.


Bruce

On 10/7/2018 22:54, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:

It looked like a relaxing session, at first, but more there than met the 
ear...there was still those Chinese pips, and more, perhaps much more.   576 
was not 2RN by any stretch of the imagination.   Take a listen here:

http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/4all/576_20181007_1357.wav

Some sort of sports broadcast, with pounding of drums?  It was music across the 
hour of course, but then, wishful thinking points out that Myanmar's time zone 
is offset by half an hour.  Nothing heard on my half hours plus and minus, and 
possible parallels on 594, 711 and 729 were checked over the hour without 
payback.

Interestingly, Myanama Radio does have a web site, with archives, though can't 
tell when those archives were recorded.   Anyone have a contact for QSLs, hi?

Now, onto more normal things:




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

558 HLQH woman talking, pip, ballad //603 1400UT

567 JOIK pop vocal 1350UT

594 JOAK men and women in Japanese; party atmosphere 1351UT

603 HLSA woman talking, pip, ballad //558 1400UT

747 JOIB English lessons 1348UT

774 JOUB English lessons 1345UT

972 HLCA two men in Korean 1354UT






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

621 Heilongjiang RGD Xinwen Guangbo pop ballad 1350UT, and into another with no 
announcements. Two sets of Chinese pips (and NHK style one too) on the hour.  A 
doorbell sound at 1401UT was also heard on 900kHz for a parallel,

828 JOBB English lessons 1347UT

873 JOGB English lessons 1346UT

963 CRI pop vocal 1348UT; heard intro music to chimes and fanfare just before 
hour at lower strength.

1017 CRI man in Korean 1405UT, //5965

1566 HLAZ man in Chinese 1352UT









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


576 unID, described in the header.  SE Asian? language by man, faded in 1353UT, 
and held on to after the hour, but no IDdream on...

585 JOPG man talking //594 1412UT

819 N. Korea with operatic chorus 1407UT, better on north Flag, //2850

891 JOHK man talking //594 1403UT

945 CNR1 vocals //981 1408UT

954 JOKR man in Japanese 1411UT

981 CNR1 vocals //945 1408UT










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)

540  Chinese pips and NHK pips together 1400UT, sounded like Beijing time 
check.  Lots of CNR1 on this channel

594 pop vocal far under JOAK across 1400UT, no break, and no, not //576 no 
matter how hard I wish.

612 4QR fanfare at 1400UT, just after NHK pips; a mess

639 JOIP woman talking //594 1347UT
  
657 orchestral music, likely N. Korea 1346UT


702 NHK2 man talking //693 1410UT; someone else with music...

711 man talking, perhaps Korean? 1405UT

729 JOCK  briefly the 730 splat subsided, for man talking //594 1359UT

738 Taiwan Fisheries man talking //1143 at 1402UT

846 NHK1 partying //594 1351UT

900 Heilongjiang RGD Xinwen Guangbo  Chinese pips  on the hour.  A doorbell 
sound at 1401UT was also heard parallel to 621.  Not to much bother from the 
ESPN pair

918 man talking Chinese intonation 1352 UT

1143 Taiwan Fisheries man talking //738 at 1402UT

1206 man and woman talking, Korean intonantion?  Briefly, 1351UT







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

648 675 801hum  837 855 864 909 1053  1098 1134 1179 1242  1287 1323 1422 1503  
1593 seemed to be Asian;
549 1098 1629 1701 seemed to be DU



best wishes,

Nick








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[IRCA] More Saturday TP DX in Seattle

[Bruce Portzer]

I managed to dig out a few more logs from yesterday's SDR recordings:

585    UNID, 1353 very weak talk, sounded female, not //594

620    ALASKA, KGTL 1351 dominant w/standards, "Unforgettable Favorites, 
KGTL" ID


650    ALASKA, KENI 1400, "650 KENI Anchorage" ID during perfectly timed 
pause in CISL audio


657    UNID(S), 1350 Chinese talk mostly u/N Korea but audible for 
several minutes.  At 1400, i had 3+1 pips that sounded like they were 
from a NHK or KBS, rather than Pyongyang, so possibly HLKM.  Chinese 
talk resurfaced a short time later.  No sign of the N Korean at 1400, 
just the 1-2 unids!


670    ALASKA, KDLG, 1400 good w/ID by local resident, then NPR news, no 
sign of KBOI


684    CHINA, Hainan, 1400 weak CRI chime/trumpet fanfare partially 
buried in CBU splash


700    ALASKA, KBYR, 1400 loud, local ad, "AM 700 KBYR Anchorage" ID, 
into ABC news


792    UNIDs, 1359 sounded like two stations one with a woman and the 
other with a man, both weak. SDR display showed two carriers, one 
slightly high and the other slightly low.  Burst of KGMI splash wiped 
out  time pips (if any) at ToH.  Music noted after 1400


801    UNID, 1338 bits of audio in 800 splash, couldn't tell the 
content.  There was also a loud buzz.  SDR display showed a dominant 
on-channel carrier plus several weaker ones above and below 801.


972    UNID, 1401 woman talking, sounded like Chinese u/KBS, not strong 
enough to ID.  I also had weak audio u/the NHK stations on 594 693 747 
774 & 828 but all were too weak to ID language


1089    UNID, 1335 music in KFNQ-1090 splash, not //NHK2 so likely a 
Chinese station


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Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Bruce Portzer]

I listened to 621 again this morning.   There are two carriers, the 
dominant one is a couple Hz high, the weaker is on about 620.94.   
Listening again, the music sounds more like what you'd hear on a 
Chinese, and not DPRK.  So this one is probably China.


Bruce

On 10/7/2018 08:10, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:



At 06:22 2018-10-07, Bruce Portzer wrote:




Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good 
stuff.  I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were 
starting to come in for the first time this season.  So I had limited 
time for listening to the SDR recording of what was obviously an 
impressive morning. Anyway, there's probably more to be reported if I 
can find the time to dig through the files.


621    UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK



If you still have the recording Bruce, could you check the frequency 
offset?   The wall to wall ballads seemed to be pretty much spot on 
the channel here, though there was also a carrier ~40Hz low, which 
seems to be where DPRK resides.  But if I set the BFO to demodulate a 
signal 40Hz low, I got a buzz on the music, not a better signal.


The ballads were back this morning also (a much more sedate morning, 
whew), but, whoever it is, doesn't seem big on talk.






675    VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and pips at 
ToH (both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam Kiwisdr 
receiver).  After the pips there was rousing march music. The ID, if 
any, was tooweak to copy, but everything else matches perfectly


I'll have to dig more deeply on that one, as I was hoping for Vietnam, 
but couldn't hear the chimes at first listen.


best wishes,

Nick


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[IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

[Bruce Portzer]

Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good 
stuff.  I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were 
starting to come in for the first time this season.  So I had limited 
time for listening to the  SDR recording of what was obviously an 
impressive morning.  Anyway, there's probably more to be reported if I 
can find the time to dig through the files.


621    UNID, dreamy vocal song 1356 good but soon faded, possibly DPRK

639    CHINA, CNR1, 1400:30 a few bars of the theme music played during 
IDs //981 etc.  Very poor in horrific KCMS-630 splatter. Much better 
1403 w/fair male in Chinese //1098


675    VIETNAM, 1359 woman in Vietnamese, then chime IS and pips at ToH 
(both matching what was heard at 0500 on the Vietnam Kiwisdr receiver).  
After the pips there was rousing march music. The ID, if any, was 
tooweak to copy, but everything else matches perfectly


720    CHINA, 1400 5+1 pips weak mixing w/faint domestic (probably 
KFIR).  Possible march music just before ToH


756    CHINA, CNR1, 1354, quite good today, male talk //1098 etc

810    CHINA, bits of Chinese talk surfacing 1357 amid a weak jumble of 
stuff, 1359:45 distinctive chime melody then 5+1 pips at toh.  Then 
various anmts that sounded like ads, mostly weak over faint remnants of 
KGO & KTBI, also a prominent buzz from something off-frequency


837    CHINA, 1359 pop vocal continued across ToH, 1400:15 5+1time pips, 
then ID with lush orchestral backing, too weak to understand.  Possibly 
Harbin, based on past experience


855    DPRK?, 1400 woman just before ToH,3+1 pips, then more talk, 
announcing style typical of DPRK but couldn't get 657 or 819 clear 
enough to // it


891    CHINA?, 1401 rapid Chinese talk dominant

900    CHINA, 1400 weak 5+1 pips u/KKRT

918    CHINA, Shandong RGD, 1345 male talk in Chinese good at times, 
1359 ad or promo by man & woman, Shandong mentioned just before 5+1 pips 
1400, then clear "Shandong Renmim Guangbo DIentai" ID


1017    CHINA, CRI, 1400 usual top of hour stuff, chimes & trumpets, IDs 
in Chinese and Korean fair-poor, I think this was the first audio of the 
season for this one


1062    S KOREA, 1401 man with news, sounded Korean so apparently HLKQ

1170    S KOREA, 1400 3+1 pips u/KPUG, not much else if anything

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Re: [IRCA] 1215 and 1089

[Bruce Portzer]

Add 1413 to the list, probably Moldova.  No audio yet but a decent 
carrier on peaks


Bruce

On 10/6/2018 20:23, Bruce Portzer wrote:
There are signs of TAs in Seattle too.  Possible audio at times on 909 
and 1215.  Also weak carriers on 1107 and 1458.


Bruce


On 10/6/2018 20:14, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:

location location location.

Carrier levels are good here, but only a little audio so far. 1215 
with usual rock and sounding like an Absolute Radio ID at 0302UT by 
woman; undermodulated? carrier is very good.


Also, man in what sounded like Russian on 1386 at 0227UT, but soon gone.


At 03:02 2018-10-07, R. Colin Newell wrote:

Best levels of the season - on the W Flag no less... crazy.

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Re: [IRCA] 1215 and 1089

[Bruce Portzer]

There are signs of TAs in Seattle too.  Possible audio at times on 909 
and 1215.  Also weak carriers on 1107 and 1458.


Bruce


On 10/6/2018 20:14, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:

location location location.

Carrier levels are good here, but only a little audio so far. 1215 
with usual rock and sounding like an Absolute Radio ID at 0302UT by 
woman; undermodulated? carrier is very good.


Also, man in what sounded like Russian on 1386 at 0227UT, but soon gone.


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Best levels of the season - on the W Flag no less... crazy.

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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 3 Oct

[Bruce Portzer]

A nice rebound from yesterday's slump.

558    S KOREA 1326 pop song //603 fair

567    JAPAN, JOIK 1327 Japanese woman good but much KVI splash

585    JAPAN 1332 weak talk //594, fair at 1350

594    JOAK 1333 good discussion i Japanese

603    S KOREA, 1257 pp tune & melodic woman fair

612    JAPAN JOLK 1331 weak talk //594

657    DPRK 1335 good group of women singing their hearts out

666    JAPAN, JOBK 1304 Japanese man & woman good but much splatter

675    UNID 1340 faint talk,  1400 weak talk across ToH with no pips,

684    UNID weak music 1347

693    JAPAN JOAB 1313 Japanese male talk, sounded like a school 
lecture, not a language lesson


729    JAPAN JOCK 1259 woman in Japanese //594, pips at ToH

738    S KOREA/TAIWAN, 1339 male talk mixing with group vocal song, 
Korean talk dominant 1345, 3+1 pips then weak news in Korean


747    JAPAN, 1341 fair Chinese lesson //774

756    CHINA CNR1 1328 weak talk //945

774    JAPAN, JOUB 1313 strong talk //693

783    CHINA, unid 1337 woman & man talking fair-poor

819    DPRK 1345 talk poor in KGNW splash

828   JAPAN, JOBB 1316 strong w/Chinese lesson, sounded like basic 
pronunciation: "aah", "mah" etc


864    UNID 1347 Male talk fair possibly Korean, weak 3+1 pips 1400

891    JAPAN JOHK, 1402 Japanese woman fair //594, male talk in 
background probably Korea


918    UNID, 1335 still here fair-poor w/multiple voices in Chinese, 
1350 still there weakly but inflections sounded closer to Japanese


945    CHINA, CNR1 1313 Chinese talk weak //1098

954    JAPAN, JOKR, 1331 Japanese woman poor in heavy KJR splat

963    CHINA, CRI, 1340 man in Russian fair

972    S KOREA, KBS 1331 Korean conversation good, huge signal w/Korean 
male talk 1350


981    CHINA, CNR1 1340 poor in CKNW splatter //945

1035    CHINA, CNR1, 1400 2 sets of weak time slightly offset, very 
weak, traces of talk


1098    CHINA, CNR1, 1313 Chinese talk weak //945

1134    S KOREA 1403, male talk fair  but much domestic splash

1143    TAIWAN 1408 weak woman talking //738

1206    CHINA, Yanbian, 1349 fair woman talking, slightly off-freq like 
always


1287    JAPAN, JOHR 1318 woman fair in Japanese

1323    CHINA, CRI 1400, the usual ToH music and IDs in Russian & 
Chinese, weak with much 1320 splash


1332    JAPAN, JOSF, 1405 weak woman in Japanese then pop vocal

1422    JAPAN, JORF, 1318 woman fair in Japanese

1503    JAPAN, JOUK, 1329 Japanese talk weak //594

1566    S KOREA, HLAZ 1330 good man in Japanese

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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on October 1

[Bruce Portzer]

Overall, this was a pretty good morning.  The highlight was hearing 
JOHB-1089 through the local 1090 splash.  There were also several second 
tier Chinese stations checking in, with 918 and 981 putting in their 
best signals so far this season.  I remembered to listen for Alaskans 
today and heard KICY & KBBI, plus possible audio from KDLG KFQD and KNOM.


558    S KOREA, 1345 pop songs //603 weak

594    JAPAN, JOAK, 1300 already very good w/Japanese woman, pips at 
ToH, then start of next program


603    S KOREA, KBS, 1345 easy-listening Korean pop songs fair, best 
I've heard this one in quite a while


657    DPRK, 1329, violin then woman singing fair

666    JAPAN, JOBK 1352 weak talk //594

693    JAPAN, JOAB, 1316 Chinese lesson good w/some CBU splash //774

747    JAPAN, jOIB, 1307 good Chinese lesson //774

756    CHINA, CNR1 1347 weak Chinese talk //981

774    JAPAN, JOUB, 1305 good w/Chinese lesson

792    UNID, 1359, rapid talk, Chinese like infections weak

819    DPRK, 1321 patriotic martial  music, then female singer rising 
above the oppressive capitalist splatter from KGNW


828    JAPAN, JOBB, 1314 Chinese lesson good

850    ALASKA, KICY, 1400 fair w/hymn & quasi-signon announcement 
u/local KHHO


890    ALASKA, KBBI 1359 good after CJDC fadeout w/legal ID & marine weather

918    CHINA, probably Shandong, 1335-1355 various people in Chinese 
mostly fair, briefly good at times, possibly a radio drama, very echoey 
after 1355 w/what sounded like a string of ads, 5+1 pips 1400, then 
possible ID but too weak to decipher by then.


936    CHINA, 1330 unid w/Chinese talk and flute music briefly fair, 
probably Anhui


945    CHINA, CNR1, 1335 weak talk //1098

963    CHINA, CRI, 1400 nice "Radio Kityaya" IDs and the usual CRI ToH 
horn flourishes


972    S KOREA, KBS 1330 good at times

981    CHINA, CNR1, 1345 smoking good signal, the best I've heard so far 
this season on this freq


1089    JAPAN, JOHB, 1400 3+1 pips, then lively music to start the next 
program //774, weak but surprising with much splash from local 50kw 
KFNQ-1090


1098    CHINA, CNR1 1335 Chinese talk poor //945

1206    CHINA, Yanbian. 1330 poor traces of talk

1287    JAPAN, JOHR (presumed) 1402 bits of talk

1566    S KOREA, HLAZ, 1330 good at times w/the usual Japanese stuff

1575    UNID, traces pf talk 1402, probably VOA

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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 26 Sept

[Bruce Portzer]

Conditions today were down slightly from  yesterday, especially at the 
upper end of the dial.  Several Chinese regional stations continue to 
poke their heads above the noise, but not far enough to hear IDs.


567    JOIK 1319 Japanese talk fair //594

594    JOAK, 1314 man in Japanese good

603    KBS (presumed) 1342 weak talk & music

612    JOLK 1320 fair w/talk //594

657    DPRK 1313 Korean talk fair

666    JOBK 1331 Japanese talk //594

693    JOAB, 1331 Chinese lesson good

729    UNID, 1337 love ballad type song in 730 splash, probably China, 
not //594-Japan


738    TAIWAN, 1318 fair Chinese talk

747    JOIB 1325 Chinese lessons good.  Still good 1357 with Portuguese 
news //774.


774    JOUB 1311 Chinese lesson good.  Still good w/news in Portuguese 
1357, mention of "NHK World" 1359, then music fill to ToH, 3+1 pips 
1400, then start of English lesson.


801    UNID, 1346 woman in Chinese poor, almost fair, heard briefly

819    DPRK 1335 very poor today with bits of music in KGNW splash

828    JOBB 1311 Chinese lesson good

837    UNID 1349 Chinese talk fair-poor

846    UNID 1339 woman talking, couldn't ID language

918    1328 male talk poor, Chinese intonations, probably Shandong.   
Much better  (fair) 1342 w/Chinese talk, possibly radio drama, about as 
strong as 972.


936    1319 Chinese talk poor, probably Anhui

945    CNR1, 1329 poor talk //981

963    CRI 1337 weak music //1323

972    KBS, 1314 conversation in Korean good

981    CNR1, 1330, Chinese talk fair //945/1098

1017    1335 weak operatic-like vocal music, probably CRI Korean service

1098   CNR1, 1329 Chinese talk weak //981, fair w/male talk 1338

1206    Yanbian, 1312 man in Korean fair

1287    JOHR, 1352 poor Japanese talk

1323    CRI, 1344 bits of talk //963

1566    HLAZ, 1322 Japanese conversation fair

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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 25 Sept

[Bruce Portzer]

Conditions continue to be good here.  The upper end of the dial finally 
had some life to it today, after a long DX drought.  I heard more than I 
have listed here, but time was limited today. These daily logs are 
starting to taken on DXpedition proportions and it's not even October yet.


567    JOIK    1332 Japanese talk //594

594    JOAK, 1310 good man in Japanese

603    KBS (presumed) 1334 pop vocal song faded up for a couple of minutes

657    DPRK, 1314 woman god w/emphatic talk

666    JOBK, 1336 Japanese man good //594

693    JOAB 1315 Chinese lesson good in CBU splash

702    NHK2, 1308 Chinese lesson poor in KIRO splat

729    UNID 1337 vocal music fair in 730 splash, not //594 so possibly 
China


738    TAIWAN (presumed) 1310 Chinese talk

747    JOIB, 1311 Chinese lesson quite good

774    JOUB, 1309 Chinese lesson good

819    DPRK, 1308, weak emphatic talk mostly buried in KGNW splash, much 
better 1314 woman singing w/orchestral backing


828    JOBB, 1309 Chinese lesson good

918    weak talk 1338

945    CNR1, 1324 Chinese talk //1098 fair

954    JOKR, 1328 Japanese talk, good signal but much KJR splash

963    CRI, 1334 woman in Russian //1323 good

972    KBS, 1306 good with discussion in Korean

981    CNR1, `1308 echoey Chinese talk good-fair in CKNW slash

1098    CNR1, 1324 Chinese talk fair-poor //945

1179    1341 weak talk in 1180 splash, sounded more like Chinese

1206    Yanbian RGD, 1325 Korean talk fair on 1205.95 kHz

1242    JAPAN, JOLF, 1340 fair-poor woman talking in KKDZ splash

1287    JOHR, 1337 good-fair Japanese talk

1323    CRI, 1342 woman in Russian good //963

1332    JOSF, 1350 cheerful Japanese woman fair

1422    JORF, 1306 happy Japanese woman, good peaks, but mostly fair-poor

1566    HLAZ, 1320 hymns and Japanese talk, sometimes good, often fair-poor

1575    VOA Thailand presumed, 1338 talk in unid language, mostly weak, 
fair on peaks


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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 24 Sept

[Bruce Portzer]

Conditions below 1000 kHz were good today, with lots of second tier 
stations.  Most were from Japan, but a few Korean and Chinese signals 
were there as well.


There wasn't much to be heard above 1200.  Even HLAZ struggled. The one 
exception was CRI-1323 which had a blowtorch signal that almost  
penetrated some very high electrical noise (which fortunately wasn't 
heard elsewhere on the dial).


558    S KOREA, 1305 fair pop music & woman in Korean

567    JOIK, 1317 woman in Japanese //594 poor in KVI splash, fair 
w/song 1322


594    JOAK, 1306 man in Japanese good, sounded like news

603    S KOREA? 1335 poor pop music

657    DPRK, 1300 weak pips and bits of talk in domestic splatter

666    JOBK, 1324 man & woman //594 poor in splash, fair 1331

693    JOAB, 1300 fair pips then Chinese lesson, good by 1310, loud 1336

702    NHK2, 1309 woman //693, weak with much KIRO splatter

729    JOCK, 1319 man & woman //567 poor in 730 splash

738    TAIWAN, 1315 fair woman in rapid Chinese, quite good 1332

747    JOIB, 1300 ending English lesson, then 3+1 pips & start of 
Chinese lesson good, quite loud by 1303


774    JOUB, 1300 pips, then Chinese lesson fair-good, fair  1400 w/time 
pips & start of English lesson


801    UNID, 1332 woman talking poor, sounded Chinese

819    DPRK, 1300 announcement by woman, 3+1 pips at ToH, then man 
talking fair-poor in KGNW splash


828    JOBB, 1302 Chinese lesson fair-good

837    UNID, 1312 male talk fair-poor possibly Korean, not Chinese or 
Japanese, weak Chinese woman in background


864    UNID, 1316 man in Japanese fair

918    UNID 1325 Chinese male fair-poor probably Shandong

945    CNR1 1309 good signal but much KJR splash, woman in Chinese

963    CRI, 1310 good woman in Russian

972    KBS 1309 good w/the usual variety show.    ToH anmts and pips, 
then start of next program 1400 still good-fair after everyone else 
faded down.


981    CNR1 1310 man in Chinese //945 fair in CKNW splash

1098    CNR1, 1312 Chinese man //945 fair-poor

1143    TAIWAN, 1328 Chinese talk //738

1206    Yanbian, 1313 woman in Korean, on about 1205.06 nice signal

1287    JOHR, 1328 Japanese talk fair, phone conversation briefly good 1337

1323    CRI, 1310 woman in Russian, strong signal but equally strong 
electrical buzz


1566    HLAZ, 1331 Japanese man fair, this one under-performed today




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Re: [IRCA] Brainstorming - Temporary Antenna Supports

[Bruce Portzer]

I also use bamboo poles at home.  Many years ago, a next door neighbor 
planted some bamboo in their back yard.  Fast forward to 2018, and I now 
have an infinite amount of the stuff growing on my side of the fence.  
It spreads rather aggressively and lends a whole new meaning to the word 
sustainability.  At least I'm able to use some of the taller bamboo 
plants for antenna supports after I chop them down.


Bruce

On 9/20/2018 21:24, R. Colin Newell wrote:

I use bamboo poles - one or two sections lashed together giving me 26’ lengths 
that last for 2 or 3 DX seasons - they tear down easily and transport well... 
survive nasty weather...  very rustic as well... non conductive... cheap. Don’t 
contribute to global warming...

They are what hold up my Flags and End-fed for the Amateur bands.

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -


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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 20 Sept

[Bruce Portzer]

Today was another reasonable good morning for TPs.  The two North 
Koreans continued to over-achieve, compared to past seasons, as did a 
Chinese station on 918.


567    JOIK, 1322 Japanese talk //594 fair-poor in KVI splash

594    JOAK, 1307 woman in Japanese fair

657    DPRK, 1300 weak 3+1 pips, 1316 angry woman fair

693    JOAB, 1310 fair English lesson //774

729    UNID, 1259 bits of music just before ToH, had a Chinese flavor to 
it, not //594


738    TAIWAN (presumed), 1303 woman in Chinese fair

747    JOIB, 1308 fair English lesson //774.  Chinese lesson 1319 fair.

774    JOUB, 1308 good but splashy with English lesson about customer 
database software


819    DPRK, 1302 emphatic talk fair in KGNW splash

828    JOBB, Chinese lesson fair 1321

855    UNID, 1300 3+1 pips & weak talk, too weak to ID language, 
possibly DPRK


864    UNID 1304 deep voiced man, couldn't quite tel language, fair but 
much splatter


918    CHINA, 1302 woman in Chinese fair, probably Shandong

963    Woman talking 1328 weak, probably CRI Russian

972    KBS, 1300 3+1 pips & start of program fair-goof

981    CNR1, 1309 Chinese talk poor in CKNW splash

1098    UNID weak talk 1316

1206    CHINA, Yanbian 1308 Korean talk fair-poor

1323`    CHINA, CRI 1320 poor in splash w/woman talking in presumed Russian

1566    HLAZ, 1313 woman in Japanese "FEBC" ID good

1575    VOA, presumed 1257 weak w/talk in unid language

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Re: [IRCA] Morning TP Methodology?

[Bruce Portzer]

Ken

My morning listening is usually done by programming the SDR to record 
the AM band from about an hour before to a half hour after local sunrise 
(sometimes longer).  I can then either listen in real time or play back 
the recording later in the day   The main advantages of this approach:
- I don't miss anything if I oversleep or have to leave before the DX 
fades out (the latter is less relevant now that I'm retired)

- If conditions are rotten, I haven't wasted much time
- I can listen at my own speed and find the stations that fade up for 
only a short amount of time

- I can check many frequencies for IDs at the top of the hour
- I can multitask while the recording is being made and not worry about 
missing an ID because I was only half-listening while exercising, 
reading the news, or eating breakfast


I keep forgetting to check the fish barrel in the morning, but I agree 
it's a valuable tool.  That's a habit I should start.


When I play back the files, I usually setup the SDR software to display 
200-300 kHz (such as 531-830 , 830-1030, etc) worth of spectrum and then 
look for 9 kHz carriers on the display.  I'll check the signals one at a 
time and gradually move through the files in chronological order until 
the DX fades out or the recording ends.  Then I move onto the next chunk 
of spectrum and repeat the process.  Eventually I reach then end of the 
AM band and can then get on with my life again.  All the while, I'm 
jotting my notes into an email which is eventually cleaned up and sent.


Bruce

On 9/20/2018 13:09, ken brookner wrote:

Hi Everybody...

I enjoy reading everyone's logs during the week and I've been curious 
about what your routine is...   Are you up and doing this real time, 
SDR catches?


Are you scanning up the band from the bottom or tuning the splits? How 
much time are you spending?


When I was a kid, I used to turn my days and nights around during the 
summer school breaks so I could tune for stations during darkness.  
Not possible for me now and I don't expect anyone does that here, 
though maybe you guys are very early risers..


Thanks!

Ken
Lummi Island, WA

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Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

[Bruce Portzer]

Nothing in Seattle at the moment

Bruce

On 9/19/2018 20:37, Nigel Pimblett wrote:
Plenty of carriers here in Alberta too.   Only audio is on 1386 with 
woman talking (too weak to determine language) and traces of music on 
1179.


73,

NIgel

On 9/19/2018 9:27 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote:

1089 in near audio at times...
1179... 1458... 1575...

All on West Flag! :-)

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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 19 Sept

[Bruce Portzer]

Conditions were somewhat OK today, though not as good as a few days  ago

Due to a computer glitch, I lost the listings above 1000 after typing 
them in.   The upper part of the band was rather uninteresting today, so 
it wasn't much of a loss.  As I recall, I had decent audio from 
HLAZ-1566, and marginal stuff on 1134 1098 1287 and 1323.


567    JOIK, 1308 Japanese talk poor in KVI splash

594    JOAK, 1309 Japanese talk good

603    S KOREA, 1306 vocal music fair

657    DPRK, 1305 fair w/emphatic Korean talk, good 1313 with woman 
talking, then male chorus singing a patriotic anthem


693    JOAB, 1310 good with Chinese lesson

756    CNR1, 1309 rapid Chinese female talk fair, 1323 good Chinese talk 
//981


747    JOIB 1329 Chinese lesson fair

774    JOUB, 1309 Chinese lesson good

819    DPRK, 1311 fair orchestral music and chorus

828    JOBB, 1212 language lesson fair-good

837    talk 1313 too weak to ID language

864    talk, 1315 too weak to ID language

945    CNR1, 1314 woman in Chinese

963    CRI 1324 woman inn Russian weak-fair

972    KBS, 1312 quite strong w/Korean man, then folk song

981    CNR1, 1322 Chinese talk poor //756

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Re: [IRCA] TP 18 Sep Victoria version Headlines.

[Bruce Portzer]

 KUAU is likely the best chance for Hawaii to be heard in the upper 
midwest on a loop or Beverage. It's consistently among the strongest 
Hawaiians and the first to fade in during our coastal DXpeditions.  
There's aren't many interference sources between the Great Lakes and the 
Pacific Ocean - the Canadians are long gone, XERF is off to the side, 
and the few US stations *should* be on low power.  It's at least worth 
checking the channel when conditions look promising.


Bruce

On 9/18/2018 08:18, R. Colin Newell wrote:

Similar to yesterday - full details and video later this morning.

New stuff: 1570 KUAU Maui, Hawaii full ID after news at 1330 UTC (thank you 
Nigel for the tip...)

4BC 1116 KHz Brisbane - EE sports talk at armchair levels. 1336 UTC.

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
Drake R8 - West Flag.

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Re: [IRCA] Sept 17th - Video Highlights - West Coast TP's - What was on 1368 khz?

[Bruce Portzer]

According to the latest SARFT list (roughly the Chinese counterpart to 
the FCC list), there currently aren't any Nei Menggu stations on 1368.  
I think there was one a few years ago, but recently a major reassignment 
concentrated the Nei Menggu AM stations onto about ten frequencies.  
Maybe it was a Mongolian song on a Chinese language station?


Bruce

On 9/17/2018 18:06, Chris Kadlec wrote:

Colin, it sounds like Nei Menggu. I can’t confirm obviously, but the song has a 
very Chinese pop style to it, but not so much Japanese or Korean (there are no 
1368s in Korea, by the way). Plus, Shazam is very quick to identify almost any 
Chinese tune you throw at it, as I have confirmed with many hundreds of song 
matches from my own Chinese DX, even very obscure songs that I can’t even find 
MP3s of and not even a hint of them on YouTube or anywhere. However, it tends 
to be totally useless with Mongolian songs, even Mongolian-language songs 
released in China (i.e. Inner Mongolia), which always was a hint for me when I 
was hearing Inner Mongolia Es on FM when nothing at all was giving me a match. 
This is why I believe, without any proof since I can’t identify the song, that 
it was Nei Menggu. At least it’s some idea of your signal origin...

-Chris Kadlec
  Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide
  http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/seoul/



Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 09:08:06 -0700
From: "R. Colin Newell" 
Subject: [IRCA] Sept 17th - Video Highlights - West Coast TP's - What
was on 1368 khz?

One of the best signals this AM -- but from where?

https://youtu.be/1g7OTA7yBhQ  Check out the 5 minute mark - very
interesting - music but no speaking...

Quick 6 minute video of morning highlights - it was a GOOD morning I
think...



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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 17 Sept

[Bruce Portzer]

Conditions this morning were not quite as good as yesterday, but 
interesting nonetheless.  The overachievers of the morning were N Korea 
on 819 and CNR1 on 945, both of which had sustained good signals despite 
strong splash from adjacent local stations.


Most of the signals peaked about a half hour before local sunrise and he 
gradually drifted into nothingness


558    S KOREA, 1321 male vocal fair

567    JOIK, 1308 poor male talk //594

594    JOAK, good 1259 woman in Japanese, time pips 1300, then man with news

603    S KOREA 1321 male vocal poor //558

657    N KOREA, 1304 poor w/emphatic talk

666    JOBK, 1331 fair-poor w/group enjoying much laughter and merriment

693    JOAB, 1300 fair with pips and start of Chinese lesson

738    TAIWAN, 1313 weak talk //1143

747    JOIB, 1305 Chinese lesson good //774

756    CHINA, CNR1, 1314 Chinese male //981 fair-poor

774    JOUB, 1301 Chinese lesson //828/747/693

819    N KOREA, 1303 emphatic Korean talk good at times in KGNW splatter

828    JOBB, 1300 good with 3+1 pips, then Chinese lesson

837    UNID 1330 pop song and talk, too weak to tell language, better 
1335 w/phone conversation in what sounded like Korean w/weak mx in 
background


918    UNID, 1314 weak male/female talk, sounded more like Japanese than 
Chinese


945    CHINA, CNR1 1308 Chinese talk good //981

963    CHINA, CRI, 1325 woman in Russian good

972    S KOREA, good w/discussion in Korean 1309

981    CHINA, CNR1, 1309 male talk good //945

1116    UNID, weak talk and vocal song 1318

1206    CHINA, Yanbian, 1320 Korean talk good but distorted & slightly 
off-freq


1287    JAPAN, JOHR, 1315 Japanese talk fair

1314    UNID, animated talk 1308 briefly weak, sounded Japanese

1323    CHINA, CRI, 1307 good woman in Russian

1566    S KOREA,  HLAZ, good 1312 Japanese woman talking w/piano in 
background


1575    THAILAND 1331 bits of audio from presumed VOA Khmer service



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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 16 Sept

[Bruce Portzer]

Conditions today were remarkably good for this early in the season.  
There were many Chinese, as well as the usual assortment of Japanese and 
Korean stations.  The signals seemed to be best about 15-30 minutes 
before local sunrise and gradually faded away.


The North Korean on 657 was the best it's been in quite a while. Maybe 
they've done some work on the transmitter.


Several apparent Chinese provincial stations made brief appearances, 
including ones on 837, 918, and 1089, even though they were too weak to 
hear IDs.



567    JOIK, 1310 talk //594  fair-poor

594    JOAK, time pips 1300, then news rising to good level by 1302

603    S KOREA presumed weak music 1311

612    Unid talk 1306 in domestic splatter

657    N KOREA, time pips 1300 in domestic splatter, then talk in 
Korean, fair at 1304, good male talk 1308


666    JAPAN, JOBK, 1315 weak talk //594

693    JAPAN, JOAB, 1300 bits of talk, time pips, poor w/much CBU splash

738    TAIWAN (presumed), 1257 weak talk, Chinese-like inflection

747    JAPAN, JOIB, 1301 good w/English lesson //774

756    CHINA, CNR1, 1300:30 mumbled ID & theme music, 1301 Chinese talk weak

774    JAPAN, JOUB, 1301 good with language lesson "defrost the meat in 
the microwave oven"


819    N KOREA, 1301 a few syllables of talk when KGNW splash relented

828    JAPAN, JOBB, 1301:15 good w/English lesson //774

837    CHINA, 1300 unid, 5+1 pips, woman in Chinese, too weak to ID

864    UNID, 3+1 pips 1300, weak male talk, probably Japanese

900    UNID, 5+1 pips mixing w/domestic 1300, too weak to hear any talk

918    UNID, 3 people talking, at least one sounded Chinese, possibly 
language lesson fair-poor 1255.  Also 1322-1330+ similar program, 
sounded like either a radio drama or language lesson but to weak to ID 
language


936    UNID, weak pips & talk 1300 probably China

945    CHINA, weak pips 1300, fair w/operatic singer //981/756

963    CHINA, CRI 1320 fair woman & man in Russian, then female song //1323

972    S KOREA, KBS 1259:45 station anmt by woman, 1300 pips, then start 
of next program, good w/unid talk (Chinese?) in background


981    CHINA, CNR1, 1307, operatic female w/orchestral accompaniment 
good //756/945


1035    UNID, faint partial 3+1 pips 1300, apparently either HLCP or 
NHK2 (7 sites at 1kw or less).  Was expecting CNR1


1044    UNID weak female talk 1258, probably CRI

1089    CHINA, 1307 woman in Chinese fair in local KFNQ-1090 splatter, 
probably Liaoning


1098    UNID, female operatic 1312 fair-weak in domestic splatter, 
sounded similar to the one one being aired on CNR1 but not sure if  it 
was //


1206    CHINA, Yanbian, 1306 Korean talk & music fair at best, slightly 
off-freq (like usual) and somewhat distorted


1287    JAPAN, JOHR, 1321 Japanese talk fair

1323    CHINA, CRI, 1308 woman in Russian fair

1566    S KOREA HLAZ, 1315 good with the usual Sunday church service in 
Japanese


1575    THAILAND 1330 good "Welcome to the V of America in Khmer", then 
Khmer pgm


Carriers 558 585 621 639 675 684 729 765 846 855 909 927 1017 1026 1053 
1107 1143 1179 1215 1278 1314 1332 1386 1404 1422 1458 1467


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[IRCA] TP DX in Seatttle on 15 Sept

[Bruce Portzer]

I managed to hear a few TP's between 1255 & 1400 on this morning's SDR 
recording.  There were lots of signals, though none were particularly 
strong.


JOAK-594 JOUB-774 & KBS-972 managed to have brief periods of good audio 
but were otherwise down in the mud


JOAB-693 JOIB-747 JOBB-828 and HLAZ-1566 had brief bits of fair audio

China 945/981/1017, North Korea 819 and VOA-1575 managed to occasionally 
provide a few syllables of talk


Carriers were  noted on 675 936 1053 1323 1557 & elsewhere.

Let's hope for better reception in the coming days.


Bruce in Seattle

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[IRCA] Korean radio propaganda article

[Bruce Portzer]

Here's an article on the Korean radio propaganda war.  Most of the info 
is well-known to the AM-SW DX community but it's still interesting to 
see it written up for general dissemination.


https://www.radioworld.com/global/has-there-been-a-thaw-in-the-inter-korean-radio-war

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Re: [IRCA] West Coast TP VIEW 9/11 *live*

[Bruce Portzer]

Same thing here.  Just a weak carrier on 1566.

I'm probably the one to blame for today's lousy TP conditions - I set up 
an SDR recording for the first time this season, which probably 
disturbed the entire cosmos.


Bruce

On 9/11/2018 06:06, R. Colin Newell wrote:

To quote Bones of Star Trek:

“It’s dead Jim...”

Some kind of solar coronal event has poked holes in the ionosphere...

Carriers, yes.
Audio... no.

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -



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Re: [IRCA] Blowtorches of the Americas.

[Bruce Portzer]

I once heard a station ID saying it operated "with a maximum effective 
radiated power not exceeding 250 thousand watts".   An accurate 
statement if you read it carefully, but a tad misleading.


Bruce

On 9/5/2018 19:33, Mark Durenberger wrote:

Good story but I wonder how many of those power levels are "ERP (Effective
Radiated Power) as opposed to "TPO" (Transmitter Power Output).  When you
take antenna gain into consideration it may paint a completely different
picture!  There are 50-kilowatt stations in the U.S. that radiate a lot more
than 50 kilowatts in certain directions.


Cheers!

Mark Durenberger


-Original Message-
From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of R. Colin
Newell
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2018 5:57 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [IRCA] Blowtorches of the Americas.

A mighty good read.

  
https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/whos-got-the-biggest-meanest-am

-flamethrower


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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Sept 5

[Bruce Portzer]

Conditions continue to improve here.

Today's logs included:

Fair audio at times 1255-1320 from the NHK Stations on 594 693 747 774 
and 828


Good audio on 972 at 1320

JOHK-1287 fair-poor audio 1320

CRI-1323 weak woman in Russian 1320, first China log of the season

Bits of talk on 738, probably Taiwan

Carriers at times on 837 846 963 1098 1269 1332 1386  1422 1503 1557 and 
1575


Bruce in Seattle


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Re: [IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Update

[Bruce Portzer]

A new version of the PAL has been uploaded to the Radio Heritage 
website.  The first version has a compatibility issue that prevents the 
log from being displayed correctly in Acrobat Reader.  Please let me 
know if you have problems viewing the newer version (named 
PAL_Sept_2018_v2.pdf).


Bruce

On 9/3/2018 16:42, Bruce Portzer wrote:


Hello everyone:

I just completed another update to the Pacific Asian Log.  The 
September 2018 version has been posted on the Radioheritage website: 
http://www.radioheritage.net/ You'll need to go through a couple of 
the site's internal links to get to the proper page, but when you get 
there you'll be able to download the PDF version and use the 
interactive version.  If you have problems finding it, let me know and 
I'll send a copy directly.


There were many  Chinese changes this time, as well as updates for 
stations in other countries.  I'll issue another update in a couple of 
months.


Corrections and updates from users are always welcome and can be sent 
to bport...@comcast.net or portze...@gmail.com.


First issued in 2001, The PAL lists medium wave and domestic shortwave 
broadcasting stations in southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific.   
It includes about 5000 stations in over 50 countries, with 
frequencies, call signs, locations, power, networks, schedules, 
languages, formats, networks and other information.


Bruce



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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 3 Sept

[Bruce Portzer]

I managed another "real time" DX session (no SDR recordings just yet) at 
sunrise today.


For some reason, JOAK-594 was missing in action, but several other 
Japanese and Korean stations showed up:


JOAB-693 JOIB-747 JOUB-774 and JOBB-828 were all noted with Chinese 
lessons 1300-1316.  JOUB was good at times, the others fair-poor.


The KBS station was noted with fair talk at 1320, HLAZ-1566 was good at 
times, but mostly fair-poor 1250-1320


JOHK-1287 was briefly heard with Japanese talk 1319

Carriers were noted on 1323 and 1386


Bruce in Seattle

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Re: [IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Update

[Bruce Portzer]

There was a similar complaint from someone else, so I checked further 
and had the same problem when I opened the file with Adobe Acrobat 
Reader.  I have no problems if I open it with Chrome or Microsoft Edge, 
so either of those browsers (and possibly Firefox) should display the 
PAL correctly.


I'm using a third party program (Nuance PDF Converter Pro) to create the 
PDF files, so there's apparently a compatibility problem with Acrobat 
Reader.


I'll have to figure out a fix, but in the meantime try viewing the file 
using a different program, as noted earlier.  The easiest way to do this 
is to find the file in File Explorer, right click on the file name, go 
to Open With, then click on one of the choices. Sorry for the confusion.


Bruce

On 9/3/2018 17:27, Pete Taylor wrote:

Bruce,

Not sure what this is about:
The font 'CIDFont+F2' contains bad /Widths.

Also, the cover doesn’t show up and the display is strange. I have downloaded 
many previous editions but haven’t run in to this before.

???


Pete Taylor
Tacoma, WA
12225w 4719n
HQ180 & ICF2010
Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops
DX398, SRF-59 & M37V
Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380







On Sep 3, 2018, at 4:42 PM, Bruce Portzer  wrote:

Hello everyone:

I just completed another update to the Pacific Asian Log.  The September 2018 
version has been posted on the Radioheritage website: 
http://www.radioheritage.net/ You'll need to go through a couple of the site's 
internal links to get to the proper page, but when you get there you'll be able 
to download the PDF version and use the interactive version.  If you have 
problems finding it, let me know and I'll send a copy directly.

There were many  Chinese changes this time, as well as updates for stations in 
other countries.  I'll issue another update in a couple of months.

Corrections and updates from users are always welcome and can be sent to 
bport...@comcast.net or portze...@gmail.com.

First issued in 2001, The PAL lists medium wave and domestic shortwave 
broadcasting stations in southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific.   It 
includes about 5000 stations in over 50 countries, with frequencies, call 
signs, locations, power, networks, schedules, languages, formats, networks and 
other information.

Bruce


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[IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Update

[Bruce Portzer]

Hello everyone:

I just completed another update to the Pacific Asian Log.  The September 
2018 version has been posted on the Radioheritage website: 
http://www.radioheritage.net/ You'll need to go through a couple of the 
site's internal links to get to the proper page, but when you get there 
you'll be able to download the PDF version and use the interactive 
version.  If you have problems finding it, let me know and I'll send a 
copy directly.


There were many  Chinese changes this time, as well as updates for 
stations in other countries.  I'll issue another update in a couple of 
months.


Corrections and updates from users are always welcome and can be sent to 
bport...@comcast.net or portze...@gmail.com.


First issued in 2001, The PAL lists medium wave and domestic shortwave 
broadcasting stations in southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific.   It 
includes about 5000 stations in over 50 countries, with frequencies, 
call signs, locations, power, networks, schedules, languages, formats, 
networks and other information.


Bruce

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[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 2 Sept

[Bruce Portzer]

I had my first TP opening of the season this morning.

Nothing spectacular, just a few of the regulars.

594    JOAK, man in Japanese 1256 fair

693    JOAB, 1307 English lesson  //774 poor in CBU splat

747    JOIB, 1309 English lesson //774 fair-poor

774    JOUB, time pips 1300, then animated woman with start of language 
lesson fair


972    KBS, woman in Korean fair 1257

1566    HLAZ, good man in Japanese 1254

Bruce in Seattle

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Re: [IRCA] SDR ELAD Recordings

[Bruce Portzer]

ELAD recordings can also be replayed using HDSDR, SDR Console, Studio 
One and probably a few others. There's a learning curve for all of 
them.  HDSDR is probably the easiest to figure out.  Studio One needs to 
be purchased before you can use it, the others are free.

Bruce

On 8/31/2018 19:26, Chuck Reh wrote:

The ELAD software is free. You'll be able to play the wav file but won't be
able to use the radio features without the ELAD hardware. Get the
3_019_FDM-SW2_Complete_(first_installation_run_setup.exe).

http://sdr.eladit.com/FDM-sw2%20Software/index.php?lang=EN


-Original Message-
From: IRCA  On Behalf Of R. Colin Newell
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 9:11 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America

Subject: Re: [IRCA] SDR ELAD Recordings

Which APP would you suggest for opening your SDR files?

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -


On Aug 31, 2018, at 5:22 PM, Chuck Reh  wrote:

James .. Any certain frequency we should check?




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Re: [IRCA] Turbocharged Tonga

[Bruce Portzer]

Tonga had a new transmitter installed about a year ago, which would  
explain why it's been heard so well lately.


There's a brief story about it at http://www.tonga-broadcasting.net/?p=7192

Bruce

On 8/9/2018 20:53, Gary DeBock wrote:

Hi Guy (and Mark),

<<< You are so right about Tonga since it’s gone 24/7! This re-energized
station has been a powerhouse into Grayland this week too, and like you
said the vibrant signal is a welcome replacement for Tahiti 738. It makes
for enjoyable wide-bandwidth listening! >>>

Yes, we were all amazed to hear 1017-Tonga at such a potent level. It showed up on 
all 9 days for me, usually with some extended S9 strength. Craig even had it at S9 
level on his 3.5" Baby FSL

Despite the squatter issue we all had a lot of DU-DXing fun at the Cliff, and 
as far as I know, Craig, Tom, Nick and I are all booking our return trips for 
next August. Unfortunately those guys left without hearing Western Australia, 
but it certainly seemed like 558 was making a return appearance this morning 
around 1256 during my very last session (DU English female speech in between 
the Fiji music). Now comes the hard part-- matching the recorded content with 
ABC's byzantine, contradictory website.

73, Gary (back in the DU-DXing wasteland of Puyallup)


On August 9, 2018 at 11:08 AM Guy Atkins  wrote:


Hi Gary,

You are so right about Tonga since it’s gone 24/7! This re-energized
station has been a powerhouse into Grayland this week too, and like you
said the vibrant signal is a welcome replacement for Tahiti 738. It makes
for enjoyable wide-bandwidth listening!

For any carrier chasers out there, after calibration my SDR's software
reports their signal as 5.5 Hz on the high side of 1017. At least a couple
other station peaks were noted slightly lower than 1017.

Good DX,

Guy


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Re: [IRCA] (no subject)

[Bruce Portzer]

Hi Frank

I'll be flying to the convention.

I hadn't heard about painting that was sent to Karen.  I'll check into it.

Didn't get any books from you.

Bruce

On 7/31/2018 20:08, n7...@aol.com wrote:
Are you flying or driving to the convention?  Doubtful for me as I 
have a lot to take care of.  Getting my father's place ready to rent 
but already got a tenant.


I send Karen a photo of a covered bridge  painting I got from my 
father's estate.  No answer from her.  I think she does not like me!


Did you get my book?



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Re: [IRCA] Ultra Rare 630-Cook Islands-- Full Details

[Bruce Portzer]

Radio Cook Islands is also available via streaming audio.  The link on 
the station's website doesn't work, but this one will: 
http://vtuner.com/setupapp/guide/asp/func/dynampls.asp?link=1=24442


The audio feed sounds pretty clean and doesn't have the quality issues 
Gary reported for over the air reception.  However, every 2-3 minutes 
the audio drops out for up to 30 seconds.  Maybe that's their way of 
dealing with the exorbitant internet costs.


Bruce


On 5/2/2018 03:13, Gary DeBock wrote:

630-Cook Islands in Rarotonga has the reputation of being one of the toughest DU island 
stations to track down at long range-- and for good reason. Its "domestic" 
frequency, underperforming transmitter, strong DU co-channels and multiple programming 
issues all conspire to make this a legendary tough catch.

Recently I had the chance to visit Aitutaki Island in the Cooks, a location 164 
miles (264 km) north of the Rarotonga transmitter site of the station. After 
two failed attempts to track down 630-RCI at relatively close range in Kona, 
Hawaii, I was very curious about why this obscure, 2.5 kW transmitter couldn't 
manage to get its miserable signal even a few thousand miles north to the Big 
Island.

The full details are contained below, part of an upcoming post about Pacific 
Island results during the Cook Island Ultralight DXpedition. Good luck to all 
those trying for the obscure station-- you will probably need it!


630  Radio Cook Islands   Rarotonga, Cook islands, 2.5 kW   Located 164 miles 
(264 km) south of my DXing site, it was pretty obvious why this obscure station 
is so tough for distant DXers to track down. After sunset it had multiple 
strong co-channels on the frequency (RNZ and ABC), and even just after its sign 
on at 1556 UTC the 5+1 pips from RNZ were clearly audible at 1600. The station 
has multiple issues, with a disastrous live microphone, audio amplitude varying 
widely between different programs, noticeable audio hum on the signal, etc. It 
signs on at 1556 and signs off at 0958, unless there is a weather emergency in 
the area (as there was with tropical cyclone Keni on April 9), in which case it 
switches to an RNZ satellite feed overnight until sign on at 1556 (thanks to 
Bryan Clark for ID of the station). The station is obviously a low budget 
operation, with no special sign on or sign off message, automated time 
mentions, and (typically) strings of recorded island music
  with no live announcer. The only live announcers I heard during the week were 
during a Sunday morning recorded church service on April 8, and just after sign 
on (with the dreadful microphone) on April 12th.
Here is the full sign on routine at 1556 UTC on April 12, with the horns, 
apparent national anthem, English ID, drums, and finally the live female 
announcer with the dreadful microphone (cutting off almost all the high 
frequencies, resulting in legendary poor audio). The weakness of the signal at 
1600 UTC allows the 5+1 time pips from 630-RNZ to be clearly heard at the 4:30 
point in the recording  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xqonh9iz57w22ebzxwz42krugu3rvykx
This recording of a church service at 1724 UTC on April 8 was the only one I made on 
Rarotonga, the site of the transmitter. It features a live male announcer at 1:10 into 
the recording with an English "It's 7:25, that's your time with your National 
Voice" ID. At 1:44 into the recording one of the station's major issues is on full 
display-- the sudden amplitude increase of the transmitted audio  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/rfe2u3m3px4xmossujtxilzw8vlk3jtg
During most hours of the day the station runs a fully automated operation, with 
strings of recorded island music interspersed with recorded male-voiced station 
ID's and female-voiced time checks, as at 0706 UTC on 4-9  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/oegfjznhbgw0evy9xuzqbu428xd31l4y
There is no special sign off message at 0958 UTC (2358 local time), when the 
power is cut. There is a recorded station ID and time check at 0957, though, as 
in this recording at 0956 on April 9th. The weakness of the station around 
local midnight can be heard, with a strong co-channel pestering the signal 
before the unceremonious switch to the RNZ satellite feed at 0959, This was due 
to the tropical cyclone Keni weather emergency in the South Pacific area on 
April 9th; on normal days the transmitter power is simply cut off at 0958 (2358 
local time), with no warning or fanfare  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/bqwt5lm0ezhdyqayqkfjj8j8fbirysar
73 and Good DX,
Gary DeBock (DXing on Aitutaki, Cook Islands from April 8-13)

  All recordings made with a 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave SSB Ultralight  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/oephl2ru7ejk31saxdq2tijqx9db0ros

  



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Re: [IRCA] UnID Oz Pest on 693 kHz

[Bruce Portzer]

Gary

I can hear a "Talking Melbourne" jingle at 6:36, so it's 3AW.

Bruce

On 4/19/2018 02:52, Gary DeBock wrote:

This prolific Australian pest station was the dominant performer on 693 KHz 
during the sunrise sessions in the Cook Islands, frequently pounding in at S9 
levels but never seeming to provide any identity clues. It had a real talent 
for snarling Bangladesh at critical moments, although the latter did also break 
through at S9 levels occasionally. In this 7-minute MP3 recorded at 1653 UTC on 
April 10th Bangladesh starts off in an S9 snarl with the Yankee-accented Radio 
Sport in Dunedin (relaying Fox Sport Network from the USA), but the Oz pest 
station takes over at an S9 level around the 4 minute point. It carries 
numerous ads and public service announcements (all apparently useless for 
identity clues) until an ID at 7:12 into the recording at the 1700 TOH.  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ltl5f8aeo5w2qm3bf2n02x06xsu9fb9r

Unfortunately my ability to decipher Oz English is limited-- any ideas or 
suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!


Gary DeBock (DXing in Aitutaki, Cook Islands with a Hot-rodded CC Skywave SSB Ultralight 
and a 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna)



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