Re: [IRCA] TPs for 08/10/07
And the same is true for wet areas. Ground conductivity is not directly determined by wetness but rather by the materials in the soil. Water helps dissolve conductive minerals and improve ground conductivity, but if there are no minerals to produce ions to provide conductivity then all the water in the world won't help. That's why the best ground conductivity in the US is in Midwest areas like Oklahoma (30 mhos per meter) which are not wet areas at all, while wet areas like Washington's Olympic peninsula have very poor ground conductivity (2 mhos per meter). Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Martin Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 11:00 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica Subject: Re: [IRCA] TPs for 08/10/07 Bill, Great going on your new copper pipe. In the dry areas, the more copper in the ground the better. 73, Patrick. Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Seattle Area DXers!
KNBR is a mighty force here. Were I to rectify it, filter it, and convert it to 60 Hertz I believe I could live off the grid. (Translation: it makes Barrow Alaska a very, very tough catch up here even with Beverages and phasing units.) Chuck Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 16:29:01 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Seattle Area DXers! My daughter has a request. She is moving to Seattle next month. She wants to know how well KNBR-680 can be heard in Seattle in the eveningsundown to midnight? She is a Warriors fan hopes to be able to hear them on KNBR. Thanks all. Don K. S.F. CA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] FCC Goes After California TIS
Now Russ. There are many government workers on this list and we DXers have to stop saying bad things about them. If we don't, they won't help us and that will be bad. We won't get QSL's from government TIS stations. So please let's just say nice things about everybody and be friends. Your DX friend, Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russ Edmunds Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 7:22 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] FCC Goes After California TIS Concentrating on this stuff as opposed to any problems with any substance is another absurd illustration of the political sacking of the FCC's more traditional activities. These are essentially victimless offenses, hurting nobody that they're wasting tax dollars on. Better they should concentrate on cases where there is harm done to other entities or where there is a public benefit - but that's not likely to happen. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Measuring D-C resistance of ground rods to earth
Charles: You might want to do a Google for three point method and fall of potential. These are the two standard methods for measuring grounding resistance. You should easily find tutorials from manufacturers of testing equipment. EWE's are at or near the top of the list of antennas that are picky about having a good ground. Were it my EWE, I'd follow standard RF grounding practice and put it at least 3 8' ground rods separated by at least 5 feet. With average soil or better, that should suffice. With poor ground, buy a silver mine and install it under the antenna. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles A Taylor Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 12:13 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IRCA] Measuring D-C resistance of ground rods to earth DX Crew, Mr and Mrs. America, all the ships at sea and pesky CEs who are snooping on this reflector: I wanted to get a good handle on the D-C or A-C resistance to ground of a 8-foot driven ground rod here on the coastal plains of North Carolina. I first took the gutless route and measured the D-C resistance from an 8-foot rod driven 7½ feet into the ground, using the house ground and neutral back to Progress Energy lines as the reference. I measured (with a multimeter) 1.4 kilo-ohms with the probes connected one way, and a down-scale reading the other way. That wasn't getting me anywhere, and besides it doesn't account for earth currents that flow from one ground to the other. These would render invalid what ever reading I do get. When I measured A-C voltage between house ground and the rod, I measured about 15 millivolts (0.015 volts). Not helpful, but it goes to show how RFI can get into a system that has two or more grounds. Using a D-C power supply sourcing 15.5 volts, I sank current into the rod via the same multimeter on D-C current scale. With the power supply bringing the ground system with one polarity. I measured 51 mA of current; polarity reversed, 52 mA. Dividing the supply voltage of 15.5 volts by the average of the two D-C currents got me 300.9 ohms. Note that 300.9 will be on the high side of just such a ground because this one rod is driven 1 foot from the side of our house and so blocks access to earth on one side of the rod. Since the R-F resistance of a rod in earth is likely to be lower because the rod is also capacitively coupled to earth and that capacitance is in parallel with the D-C resistance. Which brings up the point that a EWE antenna could, in principle, be terminated just on a rod, barefoot. The problem is to get a handle on the R-F resistance of an 8-foot ground to earth. I'm thinking about firing up my Heathkit DX-35 CW transmitter and repeating this process at 1,600 kHz with about 10 watts. (it's crystalled for 1,600 kHz, and I have some low-range R-F ammeters. Anyone else have any experience at this? Perfesser Chuck Charles A Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] was: Measuring D-C resistance of ground rods to earth
CAT: You can use the methods I mentioned regardless of frequency (60 Hz, MW, etc). It's up to you to provide the proper generator. I use this: http://www.beecavewoods.com/testequipment/sinewave.html . I like it because it's simple, parts are readily accessible, and best of all it puts out enough RF so that I don't have to worry about bad readings due to strong local MW signals. (Or so I hope.) Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles A Taylor Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 7:29 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: [IRCA] was: Measuring D-C resistance of ground rods to earth At 10:30 PM 7/13/2007 -0700, you wrote: Charles: You might want to do a Google for three point method and fall of potential. These are the two standard methods for measuring grounding resistance. You should easily find tutorials from manufacturers of testing equipment. EWE's are at or near the top of the list of antennas that are picky about having a good ground. Were it my EWE, I'd follow standard RF grounding practice and put it at least 3 8' ground rods separated by at least 5 feet. With average soil or better, that should suffice. With poor ground, buy a silver mine and install it under the antenna. Chuck, See my short-short reply to Larry Helms about this. I do want to try a metallic return and have enough wire on hand, and mean to try the concept...but not now because I have more urgent matters to tend. Anyway, the metallic return wouldn't be practical for a long EWE Mine is only 65 feet long. And even if I use the fall of potential method, it doesn't answer the question of the TRUE R-F RESISTANCE. Fall of potential is used by electric utilities, so I've looked it up before. The whole idea is that the far end termination may be possibly done by the inherent resistance of the wire. Thanks for you ideas. Chaz Charles A Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] NEW TIS ON 1660
Mister Formerly-Thought-Of-As-Knowledgable-Taylor: Bill Gates is going to remove you from the face of the earth. His headquarters in Redmond WA is about 10 miles east of Seattle. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Taylor Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 10:12 PM To: IRCA of America Subject: [IRCA] NEW TIS ON 1660 I drove my brother-in-law to SeaTac this evening and noted a new TIS on 1660, WPGW-796, very loud and mixing with KTIQ. Despite numerous mentions, and efforts on my part, the only city I could discern was Redmond or Edmonds. The former is in OR; the latter is about 25-30 miles. This was about 9:30pm PDT. It was noted as a test broadcast. Anyone else up in the Seattle area picking this up? Pretty good signal if it is Edmonds. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n ICF2010 + Kiwa air core loop DX398; Palomar loop ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Antenna Soldering, revisited
I grab the wire on both sides of the solder joint and tie it into a knot. This is how I fix the many joints in my Beverage wires, and they've never broken at the knot point or solder joint. As for the soldering, I've always used cigarette lighters or mini-torches a la the Radio Shack offering. The lighters work just fine for me and live in my DXpedition toolbox. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Guy Atkins Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 9:45 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Antenna Soldering, revisited Hi Patrick, One problem with solder joints on antennas is the junction between the stiff, soldered portion and the non-soldered wire. I have had these junctions crack and break due to flexing in the wind. The solder joint was unaffected, but the antenna broke right at one end or the other of the joint. I've even had it happen inside of adhesive-filled heat shrink over the joint. I *do* prefer soldering over a mechanical connection; it just bugs me to think that I might lose a weak signal due to a corroding mechanical joint. Have you ever experienced this type of failure I describe in your antennas? Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA -- Message: 8 Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:28:47 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Martin) Subject: Re: [IRCA] Antenna Soldering, revisited To: irca@hard-core-dx.com (Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Charles, Will a Western Union splice last as long as a soldered one.? I always fiqured soldering a splice and then covering it with good electrical plastic tape was the best way to go. With the wet and windy weather I don't want to end up with a bad splice in the storms. We have wind gusts to 120 MPH out here at times. With a soldered splice, there is no way that will work loose in time. At least I have not had any trouble with them as long as I get the wire hot enough for a good splice. That has been the problem with the little butane soldering pencils in the Winter. It is hard to get them hot enough in 45 degree weather and the wind blowing. Now the 100 watt solder gun, no problem at all. As far as the slack in the wire, I have some on this end and I can easily pull it through to the end if need be. I just have the wire going through loops all the way. It is totally loose, so it is easy enough to pull back and get the slack. If I run short of wire, I can always add some more on this end. That is easy. I do have a number of good splices in it anyway. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] CW on 520
Patrick: The 2 posts of mine that showed up this morning actually left Chuckland headed toward the Internet yesterday afternoon. Apparently they stopped on the side of the highway to get a good nights' sleep. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 4:44 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] CW on 520 I'm just wondering if everyone else is experiencing the extreme delays on this reflector or is it just me? I posted a response to this thread at 1256 local time today. Just short of 5 hours later I have still not seen it return on the reflector. All of the other responses to this thread in the meantime have rendered my reply as moot and repetitive when it finally does show up. As a point of interest, my messages on another reflector are returning in about a minute. So I doubt that the fault lies in my system. Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO Broadcast Technician NRC Broadcasting - Denver http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] UNID HAR 530
Pat: Where do you see Rainier as the location? The FCC lists it as being in Napavine, which is just south of Chehalis. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Martin Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 9:48 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica Subject: Re: [IRCA] UNID HAR 530 Paul, I see that is a WSDOT at Rainier. My mistake. Interesting, why they would have the tx on the OR side. Of course Rainier is right across the river from Longview. WA. I wonder if this is the one I heard sometime back mentioning the construction on Hy 4.? I think I QSL'd it too. But I never heard them as a local, it was only on the coast. I will check that out on Tuesday. Thanks again. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] UNID HAR 530
The FCC would have an idea (I hope) and you can find out via their TIS list at http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/tis.html Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Martin Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 12:01 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IRCA] UNID HAR 530 529.98UNID TIS, WSDOT mentioning Safe Drivers, operated by the Washington State Patrol and the WA State Dept. of Transportation. Calls sounded like WPEZ 530 or maybe 536(?) u/o Jewell Meadows TIS. At 1450 EDT 6/16. Anyone got an idea? Thanks. Drake R8 1500' Eastern beverage, term. Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WinRadio/Griffin powermate
Chris: I know a handful of people have the Powermate working with the 313. It does take some setup to configure the Powermate to send the right key presses to the 313. There's a yahoo group for winradio and I recall seeing a handful of posts about using the Powermate. Good luck - Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Healy Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 6:11 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] WinRadio/Griffin powermate How do you like the Winradio so far? I'm looking at buying one in late summer. The Powermate gadget looks intriguing as well. Any progress? Craig - Original Message - From: Chris Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 2:50 PM Subject: [IRCA] WinRadio/Griffin powermate Hi all, I have heard of others successfully using the Powermate accessory to change frequency on the WinRadio, but I am having trouble figuring out how to make it click on a particular control on the screen. Perhaps I am incorrect in my assumption, but I was led to believe that this device could be programmed to do just about anything. Oh well, it's only money. If anybody has gotten this to work, let me know and thanks. Chris Black Cape Cod ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] SDR Computer Requirements (was SP 600 /R390)
Guy: Winrad also supports them, but Winrad's problem is lack of support for AM. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Guy Atkins Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 8:57 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] SDR Computer Requirements (was SP 600 /R390) The SDR-IQ, and the companion SDR-14, work fine on computers that are Chevys by today's standards. You do not need a super fast computer to run them successfully. Here are the minimum and recommended specs: SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - MINIMUM Pentium III at 800 MHz, Pentium 4 or Athlon XP 1600+ Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP 256 MB or RAM AGP Video Card with 32 MB of RAM 16 bit SB compatible sound card and speakers CD-ROM drive for software installation SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - RECOMMENDED Pentium 4 at 2.2 GHz, Athlon XP 2000+ Windows 2000, XP 512 MB of RAM AGP 14x Video card with 64 MB of RAM 16 bit SB compatible sound card and speakers USB 1.1 or 2.0 port CD-ROM drive for software installation The typical off-the-shelf system sold today easily exceeds these requirements. My own Flex-Radio SDR-1000 runs well with a Intel Pentium-M Centrino 1.4 GHz laptop, as well as a AMD Athlon XP 2400+ homebrew system...definitely not state-of-the-art. I usually have other programs running at the same time, such as Internet and/or e-mail; Geoclock; various references in PDF files, anti-virus firewall utilities, etc. By the way, what are the other programs which control the SDR-IQ? I know that RFSpace makes driver files available for developers, but I've not heard of software other than Spectravue. Guy Atkins KE7MAV Puyallup, WA -- Message: 7 Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 09:45:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Powell E. Way III W4OPW [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IRCA] SP 600 /R390 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 At the Newberry ham club the SDR-IQ was demoed. A friend of mine has an early model. There's multiple programs available to control it. The only downside is you need a SUPER FAST computer to run these programs, and it's best to have a dedicated computer for this, though you don't HAVE to. It's an amazing radio however. Powell ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] IBAC vs IBOC
Not a replacement for intelligence? Better tell that to the many posters on the broadcasting industry e-lists. When you convince them they are not intelligent, then could you explain why they would care about a few DX'ers using the same acronym? What I think you have proved is that one person didn't understand an acronym. Not a bit more. I'll grant you some people who care to discuss IBOC won't know what IBAC means, but is that a problem? Dunno what professionals you speak of, but there are 2 people on this list who have professional engineering involvement in IBOC technology: Barry and (formerly) me. Since you can claim to know us, you're down to the professionals you know minus 2. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 7:41 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBAC vs IBOC Whatever Barry. None of the professionals that I know call a hot dog a hamburger, they don't call milk beer, they don't call a chicken a duck, and they don't call IBOC IBAC. IBAC might better describe the reality of it. All I am saying is that is not the name of it. And this is obviously confusing to people as was demonstrated earlier today. It's like saying I'm going to call my Ford a Chevy because to me it acts more like a Chevy. But me calling it a Chevy doesn't make it so. When I take it in for repairs and insist that it's a Chevy, the mechanic is going to be confused. That's all I'm saying. Fun is fun. But it isn't a replacement for intelligence. Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO Broadcast Technician NRC Broadcasting - Denver http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Bob Young's comments on can't mention it
Perhaps you ought to re-read your emails from this morning, where Lynn said: Folks, All that needs to be said on this thread has been said. Let's move on - and keep it DX-related. NO MORE POSTS ON THIS THREAD! Lynn. Lafayette, LA If that isn't a ban, what is it? Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Martin Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 10:10 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica Subject: Re: [IRCA] Bob Young's comments on can't mention it Dan, It is not that we ban it. Lynn and I never said that. But in almost every case the flames get going and the edge is reached very quickly and close if not to insults. Rarely is the subject ever able to get discussed without it getting out of line. Plus, in so many cases even when the discussion is not out of line, it hogs the list so much that we get complaints from many that threaten to quit. Where the subject is related to our DXing hobby and none of us like it, nothing ever gets solved and people end up getting upset and hurt. 73, Patrick Co Moderator ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Bob Young's comments on can't mention it
IBAC vs. IBOC??? Not at all that I remember. I do admit do deleting the great majority of posts from this list so I may sometimes miss a mis-labeled thread so possibly I tossed it away it in it's entirety but I doubt that. I think there is confusion here. Lynn mentioned this thread so I took it to mean IBAC vs. IBOC. You mention through the years which sounds like you're talking about IBOC in general. How about a clarification as to what's being banned here? As to the ban, you didn't mention the part of Lynn's message in big capital letters: NO MORE POSTS ON THIS THREAD!. No ifs. No ands. No buts. No more posts period. That's going to be considered a ban by a lot of people, Patrick. In any case, I don't see a major problem here and what problem I do see would be best handled by a private email message to a particular person, not a ban on IBOC. The great majority of this thread has been normal pointed disagreements between people which shouldn't be a cause of much worry. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Martin Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 10:41 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica Subject: Re: [IRCA] Bob Young's comments on can't mention it Chuck, How many times has it been discussed on this list through the years? If it would have been an all out ban, then it would have never been discussed again. There are a few lists out there that certain subjects are banned and they are never discussed again period. Moving on is not a ban. It is a strong suggestion to drop it as the subject is getting out of line. Flame throwing we do not want. 73, Patrick Co Moderator ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Bob Young's comments on can't mention it
Patrick: None of your responses have given the clarification I asked for as to whether we have a ban (you say no but Lynn's post says NO MORE POSTS ON THIS THREAD!) and if so, whether the ban is IBAC vs IBOC or plain IBOC. I'm usually happy to go with the flow, but what's the flow here? Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Martin Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 1:04 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica Subject: Re: [IRCA] Bob Young's comments on can't mention it Chuck, IBOC will always be a thorn in the side until it is gone for good. Lynn I have no problems with civil discussions. But this last thread, I got a couple complaints, plus it was right on the insulting edge. But in most cases, as I stated, the discussions start getting close to flame throwing. This has to be avoided. Remember we are all friends. 73, Patrick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] IBAC vs IBOC
Patrick: IBAC is an acronym used in the engineering world and is found even in the IEEE (Institute of Electrical Engineers) publications. It was also the official name of one of the early versions of HD Radio and if memory serves me right, the ATT platform was called IBAC-160 or somesuch. In addition the broadcast engineering lists make frequent use of the term, usually to emphasize the fact that adjacent channels get bothered. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2007 2:53 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBAC vs IBOC Pete asked: I hate to be dense but everyone else seems to call it IBOC (for on channel) so what's the AC - at channel? / Pete brings up a good point. There is no such thing as IBAC. It's just a derogatory slang term that some have made up. But, as you can see, it is confusing. Even worse, I can see how this could cause certain people to simply dismiss DXers as a bunch of illiterate backwoods folks complaining about something whose real name we don't even know. Don't forget that a lot of broadcast professionals see what goes out on this reflector. Let's knock off the IBAC slang. It's kind of silly and it's making us all look bad. Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO Broadcast Technician NRC Broadcasting - Denver http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] This IS NOT getting past me!
A shamed Chuck replies: I go like one that hath been stunned, And is of sense forlorn: A sadder and a wiser man, I'll rise the morrow morn. To find my prose rejected thus In your email deleted can. Still apologizing to Samuel T. C. Chuck (channeling the ghost of Bill Wurtzel if anyone remembers that era of DX history) (Carroll Seth's place is safe) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles A Taylor Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 12:07 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: [IRCA] This IS NOT getting past me! At 10:42 AM 4/28/2007 -0700, you wrote: WSB, WSB everywhere and all our brain cells did shrink WSB from the water fountain where I went to have a drink Apologies to Mr. Taylor of the Samuel C. flavor. Chuck Chuck, You'd BETTER apologize! If you have any ideas about becoming a poet, well we're just going to have to have a little surgical procedure performed on you to prevent that from happening. Civilization has been set back some measurable increment, and all because you tried your hand at some doggerel! [shudder] Charles ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: WGN Xmtr. Maintenance Period
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Foxworth Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 7:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: WGN Xmtr. Maintenance Period CLIP Here in Tampa, a new Target store (derisively referred to as tar-zhay by some,in a mock French accent) is being built on open ground within hailing distance of the WFLA 970/WHNZ 1250 site along State Route 580, so there should be some stray RF floating around inside there. - Bob Bob: This brings to mind WSB's 50 kw in the middle of a parking lot for a strip mall. I don't know how they avoid problems like WSB on all the store intercoms, WSB on all the phone lines, WSB in all the teeth fillings, WSB in the fluorescent lights, etc. Plus of course WSB in all of the human beings. WSB, WSB everywhere and all our brain cells did shrink WSB from the water fountain where I went to have a drink Apologies to Mr. Taylor of the Samuel C. flavor. Chuck ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Recording software ( was 'rant' )
Better re-check their website: to buy a licensed copy of Goldwave will cost you $50 Canadian (about $45 US they say). They do have a free demo. A highly regarded totally free recording editing package that's simple to use is Audacity which you can find at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ . It has quite a following these days, and supports the PC, Mac and Linux. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul B. Walker, Jr. Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:26 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Recording software ( was 'rant' ) GOldwave. www.goldwave.com is free, al lyou need to do is download the mp3 dll On 4/11/07, Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do know how to get audio out of my PC. But I don't know how to put it in. *** Your PC has a sound card. That sound card is mounted inside the back of the PC. It will have some receptacles on it, fairly close together, usually in a line. At minimum it should have 'line input' which is where you run a jack from the receiver audio output; a 'mic input' and an output for phones. They should be marked with icons which should be reasonably intuitive. The line input wants to see relatively high impedance, and your receiver probably has a low impedance audio output. Some have both high and low. I deal with that issue by taking a small audio transformer on the order of 8 ohms to some value between 1000 and 10,000 ohms to step it up from the receiver to the PC. The whatever recording software is used may need to be configured to take input from the sound card. If you're recording to mp3, depending on the software, you'll need a record codec. Even if you don't use Total Recorder, their website ( www.highcriteria.com ) has some good info and links explaining some of the ins and outs of that aspect. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather ___ IRCA mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [IRCA] 390A wrist
You got it. If you're tuning to 750 in AM mode with your 2.4 kHz filter, your filter limits you to receiving 1.2 kHz of audio. If you'll re-tune the radio to 751.2 kHz in AM mode, you'll get 2.4 kHz of audio from the upper sideband of the signal. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Martin Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 1:39 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica Subject: Re: [IRCA] 390A wrist Chuck, I do outset the passband in ECSS, but generally not as much in the AM mode. Is what your saying is, if I don't outset the passband in the AM mode, in reality I have about 1.2 khz on each side? If that is the case, no wonder it is tight. In the case of the SPR4 there in no passband tuning and tuning off the channel a bit, I either lose the signal or the splatter covers it up. I wish the SPR4 had crystal phasing. It would be nice. The notch filter helps, but it isn't the same as it was on the SP-600. The SPR4 has about 4.0 khz in the wide mode. I think is says 4.8, but being a Drake it is tighter than the specs in most cases. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 390A wrist
But ECSS uses the same 2.3 filter. Are you saying you don't offset your AM tuning 1/2 the filter width so you get the full 2.3 kHz worth of audio? Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Martin Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 4:40 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica Subject: Re: [IRCA] 390A wrist Rick, The mod on the SPR4 enabled the 2.3 crystal filter to work on AM. It is one tight filter too.But too tight to understand some weaker audio. The SP-600 had the 2.3 Crystal filter too, but it was not quite as narrow. The 2.3 L/C 50 khz IF filters in the R8 are too tight too, so I tune in ECSS mostly there. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Re Explosion at Abbeville
I'm just happy that your contact with the wit and wisdom of R. Milhous Nixon didn't lead to any of that excess frivolity rubbing off on you. I also do not indulge. Taking it a step further than you, I believe we should all take steps to assure that the chaos of uncontrolled levity does not spread willy-nilly through our ranks. Yours seriously, Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 7:13 AM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Re Explosion at Abbeville 1. Believe nothing on CNN, FOX, or any other network. 2. The Fishwrap is a respected, tenured paper of record. Radiomen read it daily. I believe all that I read in it, as do my peers. You should as well. 3. Explosion aftermath commentaries from Richard Nixon and others are genuine, fully vetted by competent journalists who performed all due dilligence. 4. Initial explosion report and subsequent comments were published in earnest spirit of public service. 5. Stalwart radiomen never joke. They regard humor as weakness. Personally, I never joke, ever, nor have I ever reportedly indulged in such questionable behavior. Yours, Dr. Zecchino PV Zecchino, T.D. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] recorded the iboc
It's likely that this is not splash but rather the so-called tertiary sidebands that are spread out from 0 to 5 kHz away from the analog carrier. Were this just linguistics, it wouldn't make any difference but splash has a ring to it that a better radio or better filter or better something might improve it. That won't happen - it's a design feature of IBOC. I wonder if there is a classical music AM IBOC station yet, and how happy they are with the noise during silent parts? Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Kazaross Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 5:40 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] recorded the iboc I was listening to WBBM a few weeks ago when they had a news feed switching error and about 30 seconds dead air during which the splash from their IBOC sidebands was very noticable on the open carrier. 73 KAZ 13 miles NNW of WBBM - Original Message - From: Bill Harms [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] recorded the iboc Pat: Not only skywave listeners, but listeners in fringe areas will suffer. By that I mean listeners at the edges of the normal coverage area. These listeners which are an integral part of the market for many stations, will be turned off by the noise. Stations must be made aware of what they are losing if IBOC becomes a full reality. Bill Harms On 19 Feb 2007 at 16:53, Patrick Martin wrote: I guess it comes down to Does KGO care about their skywave listeners any longer? Maybe the hiss is not heard in the local bay area, but it sure affects the distant listeners. Believe me, the noise was enough to bother me, so it sure will bother the average listener at a distance. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Dialup speeds
That's because the distance limit for common flavors of DSL is normally 18000 feet from the central office. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Reynolds Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 8:46 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Dialup speeds CLIP The humorous thing is that I'm all of about 4 miles from the local exchange and they still haven't gotten off their cellulite-laden *sses to provide xDSL out here Lee ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TPs 02-12-07
Walt - This sound interesting! There's most assuredly a darkness path now from the entire Pacific NW to Farda, and especially from the Queen Charlottes. Bruce and I had pieces of Barrow (NPR programming etc) at sunrise a year or so ago. It's hard to drill a hole in KNBR, and letting sunrise take out the domestics helped a bunch. I'll be awaiting those clips. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of WALTER SALMANIW Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 1:07 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] TPs 02-12-07 Hello from the Queen Charlottes (internet cafe). I've been dxing since Saturday morning. Conditions were great that morning. Sunday was so-so, and this morning, after a slow start really took off and stayed late...past 17:00 when I packed it in. One big mystery. 1575: A wonderful frequency to dx. Normally, of course, VOA Thailand booms in. Saturday AM, though, there was someone else dominating until around 16:00. Sure sounded like they said Radio Farda. Not an oriental language, and not VOA which I could hear underneath. Also the other station which dominates at times is AFN Japan. I have some great mp3 recordings that I'll share upon my return to Victoria. I'm using 3 Beverages. A N/S with a BOG underneathfirst time I've used this combination into a phaser. Really cuts out any noise at times. Then there's an E/W Beverage which I can also feed into a phasing unit. This morning, after a slow start, the band just opened up with audio on every channel, vir tually. Especially on the high side with Korea, China, and to a lesser extent Japan dominating. Any thoughts on 1575 would be VERY appreciated. I'll have to check the sunset terminator to see if the middle east is possible. Last night I heard Virgin Radio around 07:00 quite loud, but only for a few seconds. At the same time some of the TPs were starting to come in. Lot's of carriers on at that time. Also LW Siberia came in reasonably well last night as well. Having fun with the Alaskan TWEB aviation beacons too. So far I've logged 16 or 17 voice transmissions. MW Alaskans are another goal for me, especially Barrow on 680. So far no luck. Darn KNBR really dominates, even all day as well. I can phase it out, but still end up with usually the FF station in Edmonton. Darn! I'll keep trying. I suspect I need a really good opening to log themhere's hoping for very low A/K indices. Walt. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, February 12, 2007 7:41 am Subject: [IRCA] TPs 02-12-07 Two TP stations with audio this morning. Listened from 1445-1530 ut 1566 HLAZ Republic Korea, weak with man talking in Asian language at 1439 ut. 1575 VOA Thailand, weak at 1453 ut with man in Asian language. Carriers: Level 5 1422 Level 4 1503 Level 3 1431-1467-1557 Level 2 1404-1494 Conditions faded shortly after 1500 ut. Dennis, Vancouver, WA JRC 545 EWE NW 45.2 F 7.3 C Local Sunrise 1517 UT ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Good TA conditions again into Scotland
48C? Al Gore must be right I went to http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?azmesa and looked at the peak temperatures. It's enough to make me wonder how live survives there and to promise myself not to leave the Pacific Northwest. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kevin redding Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 9:56 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Good TA conditions again into Scotland On Feb 12, 2007, at 4:48 PM, Paul Crankshaw wrote: +5C (41F) is too cold for me. Here in the Sonoran Desert, 18C [64F] is cold. We are more used to 46-48C in the summer. All the auto manufacturers send their cars here for testing about 9 km from my house. It doesn't do much for MW DX but it does enhance FM and TV DXing. Kevin Gilbert, Arizona ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media
There are almost no people these days that care enough about QSL's to cheat with audio clips. To me, the fact that there's one person out there who does so is no reason to stop sharing them. And as to whether they have value to anyone else, the web sites that host some clips seem to generate a fair bit of interest. I'd love to hear the stuff some of you (John Callarman, Charlie Taylor, Bob Foxworth, Russ Edmunds, etc) have on analog tape. It's too bad the medium wave DX crowd in the US doesn't have quite the interest in posting clips that some other groups do. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russ Edmunds Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 7:40 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media CLIP One of the reasons for both that carelessness and also my failure to separate out the individual ID's from the old stuff has been re-vitalized by this discussion, namely what's the point of all of that given that my recorded ID's aren't really worth anything to anyone else except possibly for someone who wants to try to pass some off as their own somewhere down the road should they get hold of them. CLIP Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media
Good to hear one club now has a site for clips. That will help people with unids, as well as just being interesting. Is the clips part of the NRC site for members only like most of the site? I'd hope not, as that will restrict it to maybe 200 people. You're right - it's not worthwhile for most people to have their own site to host clips. Other problems are that it scatters things around, and people come and go. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russ Edmunds Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 11:09 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media --- Chuck Hutton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are almost no people these days that care enough about QSL's to cheat with audio clips. To me, the fact that there's one person out there who does so is no reason to stop sharing them. And as to whether they have value to anyone else, the web sites that host some clips seem to generate a fair bit of interest. I'd love to hear the stuff some of you (John Callarman, Charlie Taylor, Bob Foxworth, Russ Edmunds, etc) have on analog tape. It's too bad the medium wave DX crowd in the US doesn't have quite the interest in posting clips that some other groups do. *** I think part of that is due to the lack of a suitable venue until recently. The WTFDA site ( www.wtfda.info ) has an AM DX section, and Marc DeLorenzo and I and some others have posted to clips of some Classic DX from the old days there over the past 18 months that's been available. If anyone is interested, they might want to check there. I have a few more I'd wanted to get up there - just somehow didn't get to it, like so many other hobby-related projects. But realistically, that's not suitable for posting large numbers of clips. Neither is the recently-announced NRC website section for posting clips. I know some individual DX'ers have many of their clips posted on their own websites but I haven't felt that alone was worth setting up and maintaining a website. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] IFP-795 too much 'tronix for just recording
Charlie: The problem is that any MP3 recorder with an analog line input is going to be the recorder with a lot of features. I don't think you'll find a plain jane unit with line in. My memory is rather fresh in this area because a few of us have been looking for MP3 recorders with a certain set of features, so it's kind of burned into my brain right now. Besides, anything you find is not going to be more than a few dollars cheaper but likely more expensive. After my little survey, I'd just as soon buy the 795 or 895 as anything else. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles A Taylor Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 4:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: [IRCA] IFP-795 too much 'tronix for just recording Guy, Thank you for the heads up. I checked it out and decided, no, too much 'tronix for what I need. All that I want is a recorder that will accept wired (stereo or mono) audio from my R8B or from my old cassette recorder, and write a file. Don't really need to get an adjunct FM tuner, TV, backscratcher or WWII bombsight. Just a recorder. Will look at the T30, if I can find any. Object is a stand-alone recorder that won't generate RFI. Any other ideas from others? 73 de Charlie At 01:35 PM 1/30/2007 -0500, you wrote: Hi Charlie, The IFP-795 is available refurbished for $63 at: http://salestores.com/irifre51mp3p.html You can typically find it cheaper on Ebay, though. I have this model as a backup recorder, and I think it's one of the best for DX recordings due to the line-in, flexible encoding rates, and the standard AA battery power. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Yet more pictures and another Grayland report
I seem to believe you guys never tire of pictures of us out at Grayland. For more pictures and a report (you've already seen the wonderful logs in DXM) from our October trip with Nick Hall-Patch, Bruce Portzer, Steve Ratzlaff, Bill Harms and moi, head to http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/grayland_2006_10.dx . Chuck ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Local 2nd and 3rd Harmonic
My recollection is that harmonics must be down 40 dB from the carrier. That's .1 Watt for WCTC. You didn't say how strong a signal you are receiving - if it's very strong it's surely more than .1 Watt and deserves a mention. If it's a wispy DX level signal, they may be within legal limits and wouldn't appreciate a false alarm. If the 40 dB rule has changed since I last had to know these things, I'm sure one of our broadcast engineers will speak up right away. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russ Edmunds Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 6:50 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Local 2nd and 3rd Harmonic --- David Hochfelder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm hearing my local on 1450, WCTC, with harmonics on 2900 and 4350. The tower is about 5 miles away. Should I be hearing their harmonics at that distance? Would they appreciate a note from me about this, or not? It wouldn't be unusual to hear them at that distance, however if you've checked those frequencies previously with similar equipment and not heard them, it might by worthwhile to let them know. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] DXing.info web site
I suppose a lot of you know about (and use) Mika Makelainen's dxing.info site. (www.dxing.info) A few months ago, Google searches stopped listing dxing.info and Mika hasn't been able to get that changed. For a short article about the difficulty of getting this problem resolved, go to http://www.lunchoverip.com/2007/01/google_killed_t.html . Chuck ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] DXpeditions
For those interested, the September DXpedition to Grayland has been posted to the DXinfo site at http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/grayland_2006_09b.dx complete with logs, report and a few pictures. Coming in a few days: the October 2006 Grayland DXpedition. And of course, you can check out all the great DXpeditions from around the world while there. Chuck ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Recent logs from Moody, Texas
James: The -43 core is recommended down to 1 MHZ and declines in performance just a little down to .5 MHZ so you should not have a fatal problem with the 43. What you do need is a more turns of wire. You need a minimum of 10 turns on the rx side and 30 on the antenna side for a -43 core at .5 MHZ. That's a fair bit of wire to wind. Because of that, and because the losses are a little lower, people use 73 or 77 cores for medium frequency work where you need. For a simple, guaranteed-to-work transformer, take a look at http://www.w8ji.com/core_selection.htm then scroll down to the Beverage matching transformer. You'll need to change the number of turns on the antenna side so that there are about 8 turns. With your 6 turn winding, you have about a 66 Ohm winding across your receiver input so basically half the signal is getting lost at .5 MHz. Does that match up with what you mean when you say it is dead? Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Niven Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 6:03 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Recent logs from Moody, Texas Hi Craig, On each antenna there is a 9:1 matching transformer with 6 turns on the receiver side and 18 turns on the antenna side. The terminating resister is 680ohms. The toriod is FT-114-43 purchased from Amidon. Each antenna is feed with 4 separate RG6 runs to a 4 position rotary switch. Thanks James Niven - Original Message From: C B [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, January 8, 2007 7:48:29 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Recent logs from Moody, Texas Hi James, Did you equip your EWE with an impedance matching transformer and a terminating resistor? Craig Barnes Wondervu, CO --- James Niven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, After working on my EWE antenna 10x50x10 in the spade of a + sign, this is 4 antennas. It works very well on frequencies above 1350khz and very directional. Before the EWE was commissioned, I was using a 300 foot longwire pointing south. On 1570khz XERF justs booms in with a monster signal. Now with the EWE, I am able to knock down XERF and I logged KSXT in Loveland CO last night. Tonight I heard a country station with a slogan as Country Legends 15-70. It just disappeared like changing to night pattern. Anyone know who this may be? On 1600khz I logged KRKE in Albuerque, NM before changing to night pattern with rockin Oldies, nice signal. I am not sure why the EWE is not working on the lower part of the band, it appears to be dead. Anyone offer some suggestions? Thanks James Niven, Moody, Texas __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WRTH
Patrick: I don't believe the Feb-March date is real. Amazon's site says it is in stock and can be delivered in 4 days given fast shipping. Since some already have it in their hands, I bet that date is a mistake. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Martin Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 9:54 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica Subject: Re: [IRCA] WRTH I am wondering, if this is an Amazon thing, or the WRTH will not be in the stores until Feb or March? If I see it, I can always buy a copy and cancel the Amazon order. Feb or March seems a bit long in the tooth. Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WRTH
Should we refer to it as the 2007 and 1/4th WRTH when it finally arrives? Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Taylor Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 1:54 PM To: NRC; IRCA of America Subject: [IRCA] WRTH I ordered the 2007 WRTH from Amazon. It originated in Allentown, PA 12/28, is in Wilmington, Ohio today and the estimated arrival date via DHL is February 24th. I'm certainly glad I wasn't in a hurry! Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n ICF2010 + Kiwa air core loop DX398; Palomar loop ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TA carriers
846??? What an odd frequency to have a TA carrier. What could it be? Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Walter Salmaniw Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 6:36 PM To: IRCA@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] TA carriers Well, something might just start happening tonight. At 02:30, I'm hearing carriers on 846 and 1215. Well, it's a start, anyway, after a dismal monthWalt. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.28/604 - Release Date: 12/26/2006 12:23 PM ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TA carriers
Colin: Italy left the building some years ago, leaving no heir apparent to rule 846. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:13 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] TA carriers 846??? What an odd frequency to have a TA carrier. What could it be? Italy - Roma -- Colin Newell - in Victoria B.C. Canada Editor-Creator www.coffeecrew.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Off topic wishes
So she could read stuff from Joules Childs? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Black Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 2:52 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Off topic wishes Did the bride get a subscription to Better Ohms and Gardens - Original Message - From: Chuck Hutton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America' irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Off topic wishes And, as their coax shield trailed them down the aisle, the organ played: Here Comes The Braid -unsigned- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Stacy Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:54 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Off topic wishes , but the reception was excellent. It was the Beverages that made the event. 73, Gil NN4CW ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1700 KVNS in Spanish
Glenn: The ID I hear in the recording (at :31) is KVNS and it's so clear I'll claim to be 100% sure. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glenn Hauser Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 7:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1700 KVNS in Spanish OK, but this still doesn`t explain hearing the Mex NA at 0800, or the NVS instead of VNS on the recording. Maybe at 0800 it was really XEPE. Maybe the unfamiliar new announcer at KVNS slipped up? 73, Glenn Hauser __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] UnID Spanish on 900
At :21 I hear Radio Manati desde la provincial de Las Tunas so it's Cuba but the station seems to be unlisted. Manati is the name of a small town in Las Tunas province, so it makes sense. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Pogue Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 7:41 PM To: 'Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America' Subject: Re: [IRCA] UnID Spanish on 900 If you go to the ftp site ftp://ftp.philcobill.com/; then click on the file labeled 900UnID_long.wav that should work. Sorry for the confusion. Jim Pogue KH2AR/WPE9HLJ/KG6DX1A Memphis, Tennessee USA NRD-535, ICF-2010 Wellbrook LA5030 loop, attic longwire Quantum phaser -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Hutton Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:29 PM To: 'Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America' Subject: Re: [IRCA] UnID Spanish on 900 Jim: I clicked on the file name but the server told me The page can not be displayed. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Pogue Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 7:10 PM To: 'Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America' Subject: [IRCA] UnID Spanish on 900 If anyone has time to listen, here is about 4 minutes worth of this station. General consensus is that it is Cuban, but questionable if it is Progresso. I sincerely appreciate any help in identifying it. ftp://ftp.philcobill.com/900UnID_long.wav Jim Pogue KH2AR/WPE9HLJ/KG6DX1A Memphis, Tennessee USA NRD-535, ICF-2010 Wellbrook LA5030 loop, attic longwire Quantum phaser ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] unid on 900
Worked, halfway. It can't be saved onto the local machine which means the original email can not be deleted now, nor can I choose the application to open the file. I was able to play it as - I assume - a stream from your server. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Harms Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 7:40 PM To: iRCA of America Subject: [IRCA] unid on 900 http://sounds.philcobill.com/900UnID_long.mp3 Chuck/others: try that URL for Jim's clip. Bill Harms ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] UnID Spanish on 900
And what's curious is that Holguin province borders on Las Tunas and can't be very far from Manati, Las Tunas. I'm suspicious about there really being two stations on the air at the same time. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of W. Curt Deegan Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:44 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] UnID Spanish on 900 Here in south FL, on 900 kHz I have a strong Radio Progreso, Cacocum, Holguin, // 630 Camaguey 890 Chambas, all very strong. Curt --- W. Curt Deegan Boca Raton, (southeast) Florida [Ten-Tec RX-320D; LFE H-800] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Mystery tone at 1610, 1020 and WWII
Some 35 years ago, Gordon Nelson did a long term (a season or two) study of the accuracy of DFing European signals with a loop. His average error was a few degrees, although I don't recall the exact number after all this time. Makes me take Maxwell's idea with a grain of salt or two. As for the southerly skewing of high latitude paths during disturbed conditions, every kind of directional antenna supports the fact that the signals truly arrive from a more southerly direction. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Hall-Patch Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 9:36 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Mystery tone at 1610, 1020 and WWII At 16:25 16/12/2006, you wrote: In the January 2007 QST magazine published by the ARRL, there is an interesting article regarding the problems of direction finding with loop antennas during WWII which gives a basis for understanding our experience in imprecisely pinpointing the mystery tone a few weeks ago. Great write-up, Gil. Makes one wonder though, how DXers have done so well using the tuned box and spiral loop antennas over the years in pinpointing overseas stations.Ray Moore has had some excellent results in Florida. I must admit that very often I've just used the loop to determine Asia vs. Australia rather than trying to get really accurate results. Also, bearings seem easier to find, particularly during sunrise conditions, on channels below about 1400 kHz. Often the higher frequencies overseas stations can't really be nulled at all. Sometimes bearings on northerly path stations come out more southerly than they should, especially during unsettled conditions. Perhaps this is evidence of elliptical polarization rather than a true skewing of the path? Adcock antennas would tell us apparently. A retirement project, I fear, even though former IRCA member Ben Peters introduced them to me 25 years ago. best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, B.C. Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] LA-700, HJCX?
I'd offer to listen to a recording if you'll promise Wang Chung isn't on it. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc DeLorenzo Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 4:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] LA-700, HJCX? Unid LA battling WLW 2340-0020 UTC with all American British music and all announcements in Spanish. Brief ancmt between songs sounds like Dob-lay Una. Played tunes by U2, Dido, Wang Chung, Edie Brickell, Chicago, REM. Any help appreciated. -- Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, MA http://hometown.aol.com/midcapemarc/myhomepage/profile.html ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL (wahoo!)
558, 720 and 873 (at a minimum) have also been heard from Grayland in the not too distant past. All very tough! The unusual thing about JB's reception is that it occurred when 4KZ was providing more interference than ever due to operating non-directional. It and 2PM were co-owners of the channel on DU nights this last fall. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Hall-Patch Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:22 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL (wahoo!) At 03:15 12/12/2006, you wrote: Hoo, HOT DOG and YAHOO! As far as I know, only a few of us have ever heard a 6-call (Western Australia) from Grayland and that on only one occasion, June 20th, 1997, when several of us heard 6WF in Perth, just barely, by paralleling it with other major ABC stations much more easily heard. Jean Burnell of Cappyhadden fame was there with us and was actually the first to spot that beauty. And, ain't it interesting how conditions change over the decades. I'll bet 6DL was a regular at Grayland in the 80's. It was not unknown on the west coast Vancouver Island then, and was even heard at home using a 3' box loop and homebrew receiver, as was the W. Australia station on 558. Yes, noise and splatter levels are generally higher now, but my recollection was that they weren't that difficult when they were heard. Congratulations, John, on what is now a rare catch. best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, B.C. Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Update on Antenna repairs
Pat: Sorry to say I don't know what an interconnector is Sounds like a barrel (it goes between two things) but obviously that's not right given what you wrote. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Martin Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 12:16 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Update on Antenna repairs Hi everyone, Well, my antenna repair turned out to be simple. I am glad. Digging up the coax in 37 degrees and damp would not have been fun. With the coax, I have replaced sections of it through the years and I have connections in a couple of places with barrels. Apparently with the cold temps, the interconnector pulled out of the connector about 6 feet from the end, so I untaped the connector and unscrewed it, and took a look and there it was. I cut off the old connector, crimped a new one on with a longer piece of wire sticking out and I screwed it back together, taped it up and everything is fine now. The antenna is working great. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] World is not flat
I think that only an azimuthal equidistant projection (and therefore centered on only one location) would give straight lines to any reporter's location. Polar - per se - wouldn't do the trick. So maybe Jim took a reasonable guess as to that location, did an az equi and any resulting errors are minimal. Dunno. I'm just taking an educated guess. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Stacy Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 1:18 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] World is not flat Glenn, Come to think of it, polar projection may only give straight lines for one point of origin, and not all points on the map. Gil NN4CW ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Tone Testers on 1610/1020 and 590 - Direction Finding-other options
Rene: I think this is backwards - in your part of the country, you need to subtract 12 from the compass reading. Check this out: http://powerboat.about.com/od/navigation/a/truenorth_wayup.htm Here's hoping I haven't gotten it twisted around Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R. F. Tetro Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 4:38 PM To: 'Neil Kazaross'; 'Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America' Subject: Re: [IRCA] Tone Testers on 1610/1020 and 590 - Direction Finding-other options If you use a compass, remember with a compass to add-subtract the difference between true north and magnetic north. I know in my area this means adding about 12 degrees to the compass reading. Rene F. Tetro Lansdale, PA, USA W2FIL, WPXG816, WPXU288 Coordinates: 40D12'41N 75D18'22W Grid: FN20IF Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Moderator: www.radioveronica.us and www.dxhub.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Kazaross Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 7:10 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IRCA] Tone Testers on 1610/1020 and 590 - Direction Finding -other options My very strong opinion is that this is likely lots more accurate than using a compass for most of us. 73 KAZ - Original Message - From: Tom Jasinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 12:59 PM Subject: [IRCA] Tone Testers on 1610/1020 and 590 - Direction Finding -other options We need to refine our direction finding capabilities. My I suggest that instead of using compass angles from your location use the deviation angle to a known station transmitter site instead. Transmitter site coordinates are very accurate. Get a null on a big power house and then retune and adjust antenna for a null on the unknown signal. Anyone with a Quantum loop or equivalent or a good quality portable radio can easily do this. For example the test tone on 1020, report your bearing relative to KDKA, KYW, WBAL or other easily heard powerhouse in the vicinity. From my location the signal from the tone tester on 1020 is about ten degrees south of bearing to KDKA. The station on 1610 was a few degrees south of bearing to WTAM on 1100. The map created by Jim Tonne looks good and is a great idea, lets give him more accurate information to use for a better fix on the tone testers. Anyone with ideas or suggestions to improve on this are welcome. Tom Jasinski Shorewood, IL ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] OT: sheep tones
Quick, someone get Utah Phillips. Those sheep are making late night tones! Chuck --- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doug, No positive reports seen on the KRSN test, even DXers close by, like in CO. I would guess a no-show. The code or sheep tones should have popped through some place. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 50KW KERR Joins Big Sky DX Test
Huh? Did I hit the delete button too rapidly? I don't recall seeing a test announcement nor Marc's reply. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russ Edmunds Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: IRCA List Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 50KW KERR Joins Big Sky DX Test --- Marc DeLorenzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey that IS exciting news! My only Montana logging was KGHL-790 - in 1968! I'll be on 750 on Nov 19. I figure 750 and 580 are my best shots from here. I'll have QRM on 1310 and 960 and likely 1290 as well. Interestingly, I logged KGHL from North Jersey in 1971, also logged KKGF-1310 and KLYQ-980 the same season. Logged a couple of MT DX tests from Syracuse in 1966 or so. No MT from here yet. This is one I plan to set an alarm for and force myself to get up ! Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Sponsored Link Free Uniden 5.8GHz Phone System with Packet8 Internet Phone Service http://www.getpacket8.net/yahoo2 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] More phaser musings
Which is of course an exact copy of plenty of previous work, so the title Misek design isn't accurate. The concept actually goes all the way back to Beverage himself, as does the BOG, loaded Beverages, etc. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Hall-Patch Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 12:25 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] More phaser musings At 19:33 29/10/2006, you wrote: What was the Misek design? - Believe this is a variant of the phasing unit design found in Victor Misek's Beverage Antenna Handbooks, Bob. Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, B.C. Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] More phaser musings
Gordon did have a phasing unit. He was the father of the passive phasing unit design that Bill Bailey and I used on our Beverages in the 70's. I give Gordon credit for making them into a DX'ers tool, although the concept had plenty of prior usage outside the hobbyist circle. Someone with a better memory can correct me, but I don't recall his using phasing units from Cambridge - possibly only from the Beverage experiments in NH? Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Martin Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 9:13 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club ofAmerica Subject: Re: [IRCA] More phaser musings Russ, Yes indeed that was his famous loop. Just think if Gordon was around today with phasing units. Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] China 936
Art: Your 927 is a bit puzzling. Taiwan hasn't been heard at Grayland, and only a couple of China logs. The weak NHK1 synchros have been heard a few times, but are not a frequent visitor to the Grayland Order of DXers. I have had a few snatches of music that made me think I might have Taiwan with their Indonesian or Thai programming, but nothing I could be sure of. I hope you appreciate this confusion, non-concreteness and overall non-informative help. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arthur W Peterson Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 6:17 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] China 936 Fair audio on China-936 1240-1300 UT on 10/26. 6 pips ending 7 seconds after TOH -- good enough for government work, I guess. New logging for me. Still not able to dredge out any ID on the weak 927 signal. Could be China, but Taiwan has 1200 kw on that freq. Anybody IDed the Taiwan out at Grayland and other DXpeditions? If so, what IS, pips, etc should I be listening for? Art Peterson Richmond, CA Winradio 313i, R. West ferrite loop ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KFIR
Dennis: From Grayland at sunrise, Hawaii is often dominant pn 720 over a frail and weak KDWN. I'm sure you'll catch them then if you can postpone beddie-bye time until then. Chuck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 6:32 AM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] KFIR Mike, Congratulations on hearing KFIR on 720 kHZ. I know how strong KDWN is in Northern California. I lived in the Bay Area and Vacaville. Now up here in Vancouver KDWN is S-9 +20 db with the antenna NW. I would bet that you will hear Hawaii before I will. South Pacific reception here seems not to be very good. I have not got 657 DPR Korea in well enough for a mp3 file yet. They have been very weak the last few days. Dennis Vancouver, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
