Re: [IRCA] 20 years ago

[derek vincent via IRCA]

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Good to see that things on 855khz are still the same.

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> On Sep 22, 2016, at 4:03 PM, R. Colin Newell  wrote:
> 
> ON October 6th 1996 (almost 20 years ago) Nick Hall-Patch and I were on a
> logging road on the West coast of Vancouver Island - running
> a terminated beverage (if I recall correctly) being somewhere around 1500'
> in length and little more than 5' above the ground.
> 
> Here was my single morning logbook from that day.
> 
> Interesting how some things have changed and others... not so much.
> 
> JORDAN RIVER October 6 1996
> 
> -
> 
> Receiver: DX440 Radio Shack KENWOOD R2000 (stand-by) 1200' Beverage
> 
> --
> 
> 
> 
> *153 Khz* 0752 Russia FE-Komsomolsk RR talk and music in and out of the
> mud. Huge strength by 1250 UTC // to 279khz and 234khz
> 
> 
> 
> *180 Khz* 0805 Russia Petropavlovsk 180khz usual mix of chatter & lite
> Russian pops  // 234khz at the time. Fair to good.
> 
> 
> 
> *234 Khz* 0730 Russia FE-Siberia RR talk and lite-pop music down in the
> mud--way up in strength by 0800  pr-fr
> 
> 
> 
> *279 Khz* 0815 Russia FE-Yukhno-Sakhalin By far the pick of the morning w/
> loud Russian Tom Jones wanna-bees. gd-exc up to 1200 UTC
> 
> 
> 
> *576 khz* 0845 Japan Kagoshima JOHG  more of the same network-1 stuff  up
> and down the dial-- excellent levels!
> 
> 
> 
> *657* *Khz* 1300 Korea DPR Sabre-rattling KK diatribe up to hour.. Used to
> hear this all the time in Victoria when it was a MW - much quieter
> now--Huge signal however. Gd to exc+
> 
> 
> 
> *693 Khz* 1052 Japan Tokyo JOAB NHK2 politely pushing CBU-690 "out of the
> way" w/ more of the endless and tiresome network NHK-stuff. Exc levels
> 
> 
> 
> *747 Khz* 0755 Japan JOIB Sapporo Off the scale w/ JJ OM talk //774
> Excellent
> 
> 
> 
> *837 Khz* 1249 China PR finally a big mainlander w/ BEIJING opera--
> gd.signal
> 
> 
> 
> *855 Khz* 1254 Korea DPRK martial harangue over-top of growl on channel -
> 
> 
> 
> *864 Khz* 1220 Unid - looking for India, this LANG speaker caught our
> attention. This was one channel that we were paying close attention to.
> pr-fr.
> 
> 
> 
> *873 Khz* 1247 Russia FE-regional HUGE w/ Beatles Maxwell Silver
> Hammer!! Amazing! One of the loudest Russians all night .. gd-exc++
> 
> 
> 
> *954 Khz* 0842 Japan Tokyo JOKR - One of the 'all-nighters' w/ the usual
> rounds of animated JJ chatter and music-- fr-gd.
> 
> 
> 
> *963 Khz* 1245 Russia FE-regional not sure of the location but have heard
> this from Victoria-- fr.gd on peaks w/ RR YL chatter
> 
> 
> 
> *972 Khz* 1201 Korea HLCA The big ticket signal of the morning w/ soft-KK
> YL talk and background music-- never faded out ... exc+++ levels
> 
> 
> 
> *1008 Khz* 1058UTC Japan Osaka JONR ABC-radio HUGE JJ speakers and
> music--all started sounding the same after a while.
> 
> 
> 
> *1053 Khz* 1210 South Korea Jammers Hyper-loud echo-jammers here most of
> the morning.
> 
> 
> 
> *1125 Khz* 1159 Unid - no idea what the lang-spkr here up to the hour on
> top of a jumble of signals-- pr-fr.
> 
> 
> 
> *1134 Khz* 0742 UTC Japan  Tokyo JOQR chatter and pop music w/o adj.channel
> interference. fr.
> 
> 
> 
> *1134 Khz* 1103 UTC S.Korea Hwasong KBS Giant but sombre KK OM yakking over
> JOQR Tokyo-- a real battle for this channel would shortly ensue.
> 
> 
> 
> *1143 Khz* 1115UTC Philippines Poro VOA English/Cantonese lessons at
> monster levels here fighting it out w/ god knows who--
> 
> The single most crowded channel on the dial..Taiwan, China, Japan fighting
> it out ..
> 
> 
> 
> *1152 Khz* 1157 Japan one heck of a mess of stuff w/ JJ talk surfacing from
> time to time.. overall, very loud..
> 
> 
> 
> *1152 Khz* 0810 Japan NHK2 Syncros JJ spooky vocals // 774,747,828 et al
> 
> 
> 
> *1179 Khz* 1110 Japan Osaka JOOR Fast JJ stock market sounding OM creaming
> 1180. fr.gd levels most of the morning.
> 
> 
> 
> *1206 Khz* 1155 Taiwan CBS periodic snippets in the wrestling match on this
> channel-- one more of the cluttered ones that was usually little more than
> a rumble of sub-audible hets and growls..
> 
> 
> 
> *1287 Khz* 0840 Japan Sapporo JOHR extra-huge JJ OM speaker here gd-exc++
> 
> 
> 
> *1305 Khz* 1129 Korea KBS  KK talk over & under the jumble here. pr-fr
> 
> 
> 
> *1314 Khz* 1127 Japan JOUF Osaka 1314khz assume the deep fading JJ speaker
> alone here-- fr-exc. levels
> 
> 
> 
> *1332 Khz* 1125 Japan JOSF Nagoya assume the animated JJ sports talk way
> over top of 1330 QRM-- huge signal and only one here..
> 
> 
> 
> *1386 Khz* 0812 Japan NHK2 Syncros Huge levels // to network-2 w/ mix of
> local music--by far one of the loudest "low-power" NHK2 channels. gd-exc+
> 
> 
> 
> *1413Khz* 1150 Japan JOIF Fukuoka JJ talk dominating an otherwise cluttered
> channel-- fr.
> 
> 
> 
> *1422 Khz* 1147 Japan JORF Yokohama - Assume the JJ talker up and down in
> the mud..pr.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Re: [IRCA] September 11 2016 PART TWO (of 3) - West Coast TP's

[derek vincent via IRCA]

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No sign of radio TAB on 891??? 

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> On Sep 11, 2016, at 1:37 PM, R. Colin Newell  wrote:
> 
> This mornings hour long "average" session gave me the luxury of spending a
> bit more
> time on each channel - finessing out a little more; drawing out the energy
> and developing the channels potential much like
> a black & white photo in the finishing tray... anyway.
> 
> Part Two -
> 
> 747 JOIB Hokkaido Japan - it owns this channel and although often harassed
> by 750 Portland, this is likely the #3 most
> heard Japanese medium wave signal next to 774 and 828Khz - always in JJ
> often with English or Chinese lessons. Reliable as gravity
> and audible all morning.
> 
> 756 AUS or NZ - well heard at 13:17 UTC with stodgy low modulated English
> 
> 765 Japan (t) - could have been JJ but also could have been something else..
> Quite good at 1314 UTC and
> always a good carrier w/ near audio. A channel to watch as the season
> progresses.
> 
> *774 JOUB Akita* - (*Top Performer*) at 500kw from Akita, this monster is
> never inaudible on the flimsiest of mornings - often S9 armchair
> pushing what ever is on 770 casually aside - the top Japanese station and
> easiest to hear inland. All morning.
> 
> 793 AUS 4RN (t) - most of the session this signal is struggling to get its
> head above the water -- and when 612 and 1116
> start to shine, so does it. One of the more common Aussies - and pr. fr.
> audio most of the session.
> 
> 819 DPRK - little audio but worrying 820 constantly with a solid growl.
> Gets louder as the season progresses.
> 
> 828 JOBB Osaka NHK - at 300kw this is also one of the "always there" on an
> average morning - no exception today. One of the 1st TP's I heard
> on the DX150B in 1975 and still a winner on this channel. This is the 2nd
> most likely Japanese station to be heard well inland.
> 
> 846 One of the "jumble channels" just burbles, gurgles and growls this AM -
> This is something of an NHK and Chinese graveyard channels
> with dozens of possibilities... but just growls today.
> 
> 855 DPRK - usually home to a growling and often distorted government
> station - but today just growls and burbles.
> 
> 864 NHK/KBS On good mornings this is a great place to park for lower
> powered NHK stations or KBS - this morning was
> more on he NHK side of the house with a JJ YL chatting at 13:26 UTC --
> pretty much the peak moment for LSR enhancement.
> 
> 873 NHK JOGB Kumamoto - most notable by its absence - keep in mind I DX
> wholly in real time - No SDR in use and no playback
> and apart from having the NHP Radar running at all times, this is live and
> seat of your pants. Good carriers when passing by no audio to
> speak of.
> 
> 891 Thailand (t) Likely the SEA Lang at 1309 - in Hawaii this is, by and
> far beyond, one of the loudest signals on the dial - not so much
> here slightly inland.
> 
> END OF Part Two.
> 
> I am offering a bit more fleshing out of the details as much to impart some
> of the excitement and to encourage others to give
> Trans Pacific DXing a bit of a whirl. TP DX as any Western resident will
> attest, is more onerous than TA DXing, in my honest opinion
> more challenging. The distances are greater and the DX window is
> significantly more narrow than the TA window. And you need to get out of
> bed unnaturally early!
> 
> Just saying.
> 
> Receivers - DRAKE R8 + AOR 7030+
> Antennas W/NW Flag with DXer.CA produced VACTROL + WELLBROOK ALA100 (N/S)
> 
> -- 
> Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com
>  and DXer.ca  -
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Re: [IRCA] "Star Wars" Shootout-- Sony ICF-S5 "Superstar" Vs. "Science Fiction PL-380"

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Thank for the youtube channel. I hope other DXer do the same. 

Thanks

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> On Feb 27, 2016, at 8:20 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> Hello All, 
>   
> The Sony ICF-S5 classic portable from 1980 has the reputation of being one of 
> the most sensitive AM-DXing portables ever manufactured. Roughly equivalent 
> in sensitivity to the Panasonic RF-2200, it was the Japanese-market 
> equivalent of the legendary ICF-S5W portable-- which usually commands 
> hundreds of dollars during the rare occasions when it is offered on eBay. 
> Back in 1980, the ICF-S5 was marketed in Japan by Sony with the nickname of 
> "The Superstar." 
>   
> The all-new 3" Bar FSL Tecsun PL-380 model has its own advantage, however-- a 
> transplanted FSL antenna enhancing its own AM sensitivity up to a phenomenal 
> level. Of course it also has DSP selectivity, 500 memories, multiple digital 
> search functions and other 21st century refinements-- but such concepts were 
> only "wishful thinking" back in 1980. 
>   
> See how these two awesome AM-DXing portables shake out in the daytime DX 
> reception of 1070-CFAX (10 kW at 99 miles) in the new video posted at 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY9u8MReGjk=youtu.be  . The link for 
> the "Heathkit-like" full construction article is also included. 
>   
> 73 and Good DX, 
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
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Re: [IRCA] KXEL Petition

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Do we really need 50k stations at all anymore? Maybe drop them down to 20k day 
and 10k or less at night. The San Francisco 50k stations cover far more than 
they need to. Do I really need to hear KCBS in Fresno in the daytime? 

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> On Feb 26, 2016, at 9:54 AM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." 
>  wrote:
> 
> More protection?  Why??
> 
> Most of these isolated population centers have local or semi local stations
> these days... And stations like KCHE Cherokee IA...or KNLV Ord Nebraska or
> KBRX ONeill Nebraska do an excellent job serving their local communities.
> 
> No one in central Nebraska is going to tune to KXEL 1540 for emergency
> information.
> 
> Paul
> 
>> On Friday, February 26, 2016, Les Rayburn  wrote:
>> 
>> Paul,
>> 
>> While generally I respect your positions, I have to disagree on this one.
>> 
>> The Class A stations provide vital service to audiences who are isolated
>> from population centers. If you travel much in the Western US, and even
>> parts of the East, you’ll find there are more of these areas than some
>> would believe.
>> 
>> More importantly, during regional emergencies, Class A stations offer
>> perhaps the only communication link that is wide-reaching, infrastructure
>> independent, and reliable. During Hurricanes Katrina, and Rita as well as
>> Superstorm Sandy, I witnessed this first hand. We sheltered evacuees from
>> New Orleans in our neighborhood in advance of Katrina, and by listening to
>> WLW, they were able to get breaking news about their neighborhoods. For
>> days, it was literally the only reliable source of information about the
>> disaster.
>> 
>> Saw this repeat again in Washington, DC during Sandy, as people evacuated
>> from New Jersey—and relied on the Class A’s in the Northeast to get
>> reliable information after cellular networks, the Internet, and other links
>> had failed.
>> 
>> If anything, I think the FCC should consider more protection for the Class
>> A stations.
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> Maylene, AL
>> EM63nf
>> 
>> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
>> 
>> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
>> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
>> 
>> 
 On Feb 26, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
>>> walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com > wrote:
>>> 
>>> Here's my response:
>>> 
>>> I’m all for the changes… And I’m a DXer and broadcaster!!
>>> 
>>> Who cares about WGY in Boston or Pittsburgh? Who cares about KDKA in
>>> Cincinatti or NYC?
>>> 
>>> Reduce Class A Statiobs protection down from 750 miles to 300 miles and
>> be
>>> done with it. Most people, if they really wanna listen to WGY or KDKA
>> from
>>> far away listen online.
>>> 
>>> The only people this 750 mile rule really help are DXers and the few
>>> distant distant listeners who don’t have Internet.
>>> 
>>> Why service a few at the sacrifice and cost of many? Allow small stations
>>> night power or more night power to provide local programming
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> 
 On Friday, February 26, 2016, Dr. Tom Gruis >> > wrote:
>>> 
 
 
 My comments on the KXEL petition:
 
 
 
 Response to KXEL petition - 02.26.2014.
 
 
 
 In addition to the above, I submit that in a national emergency the high
 power stations would provide needed dissemination of information within
>> its
 day and night coverage areas and provide redundancy should that be
>> needed!
 Low power and FM stations would be much less capable of providing the
 public's interest, convenience, and necessity. Further, with the
>> heightened
 concerns about national security to limit available, operating, and
>> viable
 communications systems operating within the law seems at best
>> foolhardy! In
 terms of rapid emergency or even, God forbid, catastrophic periods the
>> high
 power stations would be a more immediate and possibly coordinated
 communications facility. Many ground stations would be much more
>> difficult
 to sabotage than concentrated systems such as cable and satellites. And
 remember the proven reliability and simplicity of the A. M. systems and
 wireless communications in general.
 
 
 
 Tom E. H. Gruis, Ed. D.
 
 K0HTF
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] DXing stations not on the 10 kHz spacing

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Hey... I'm in vallejo and the RF is a major issue. I use a K9aY at home for the 
little TPDX that makes it here. The noise has become so bad that I just drive 
the hour or so to the coast..

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> On Jan 2, 2016, at 2:17 PM, Neil Bell  wrote:
> 
> I live about 40 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean and generally in the
> S.F. Bay area RF swamp of MW stations.  On occasions I have been able to
> receive trans-Pacific stations that lie more or less halfway between local
> MW frequencies by using the narrowest SSB bandwidth on my R-75 which is
> about 2.4 kHz and selecting the sideband farthest from the more powerful
> signal.  I have no room for a long beverage and am limited to a 100 ft "L"
> shaped random wire or a pair of 10 foot verticals I use with my Quantum
> Phaser.
> 
> The the Phaser I can reduce local MWs dramatically.
> 
> Any ideas or suggestions ??
> 
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Re: [IRCA] Sept 27 live TP report

[Derek Vincent via IRCA]

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That's because the DX moved to the south and started early 10:00Utc start 
time.I had audio and carriers mid band and up using a amplified CB antenna. 
Then at 13:40Utc it went dead.

What was the two signals on 855khz?

This was a day to be at the coast.

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> On Sep 27, 2015, at 6:18 AM, coffee_canuck  wrote:
> 
> Nothing like yesterday. 
> In bed?
> Stay there. ;-) 
> 
> 774 and 1566 in audio.
> 
> Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC
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Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 10/29/14.

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Good job on the DX... That#39;s strange not hearing a peep from 972.. I still 
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Re: [IRCA] Tip - 1000 KKIM

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It sounds like they forgot to power down.  I can clearly hear kkim along with a 
Spanish station on the south loop. It's a real pest for KOMO tonight.

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Nor California. 
 


On Oct 22, 2014, at 10:33 PM, Brian Rachford azswdx...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi,
 
 Christian station KKIM out of Albuquerque is nominally 38 watts ND at night
 (and 10kW ND day), but I'm getting a strong signal 340 miles away at
 10:30pm MST (0530 UT).  Might be the auroral conditions or some other
 reason...
 
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-10

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I don't see any of Gary's posts on my old iPhone 4.. Maybe I need a 12 step DX 
program : ) 

Thanks

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On Sep 10, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Dennis Gibson wb6...@gmail.com wrote:

 On my iPhone 4S if the sender uses AOL or Yahoo Mail their name plus via 
 IRCA is shown instead of just their name. When that happens I see a folder 
 called mime-attachment. When I click on it the post opens. Gary uses AOL.
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On Sep 10, 2014, at 2:04 PM, Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Gary, on my iPhone I'm still not seeing any of your post.  I know this was
 mentioned a while back.  Was a solution fortcoming?  73, Walt
 
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Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's for 8-24

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Can you fwd the audio link? 

Thanks

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On Aug 24, 2014, at 3:16 PM, Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com wrote:

 Gary - 
 
 It's a poor signal so I can't be sure. I think it's Aussie English and think 
 he says ABC at :08.
 
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 Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 17:37:02 -0400
 
 
 
 Hello All,
 
 It was a wild morning at the Highway 101 turnoff on the side of Oregon's 
 highest ocean side cliff this morning, with gale force winds pounding the 
 turnoff with serious force. Since this is normal cliff-side weather, however, 
 the weather preparations for the radios and 15 FSL generally allowed the 
 DXing session to proceed normally. The FSL and its PVC base were tied down 
 securely with 175 lb. test plastic tie wraps, although the clipboard-mounted 
 log sheets took flight during a severe wind gust.
 
 In general it was an Asian morning here on the Oregon coast, with extremely 
 potent signals from several Japanese and Korean big guns. 531-PI's 
 overwhelming signal was a notable exception, with the 5 kW Kiwi fighting it 
 out with an apparent 531-JOQG before sending the NHK1 station into total 
 oblivion around 1312. 1566-HLAZ had a meltdown-level signal for both its 
 Chinese service sign off at 1229 and its Japanese service sign on at 1230, 
 while 657-Pyongyang, 972-HLCA, 1134-JOQR and 1593-CNR1 were all vibrant.
 
 The mysteries of the wild morning were a mix of Chinese and apparent DU 
 English on 684 around 1324 and a mystery TP station (in an unknown language) 
 all alone on 639 right before the propagation folded at 1402. Hopefully Asian 
 language experts can listen to the MP3's and provide some suggestions. 
 Overall, it was a very thrilling session-- in more ways than one.
 
 531  PI  Auckland, NZ   5 kW   Blowtorch level signal at 1248 after finally 
 dispatching an anemic JOQG
  
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/r74s7ufdr8jcgzu/531-PI-1248z082414PL380.MP3   
 
 531  PI-Mix   Apparent mix of the Samoan-language Kiwi station and JOQG 
 around 1142 (higher voice is PI)
  
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/xnu4pru9ifwvwaf/531-PI-mix-1144z082414PL380.MP3
   
 
 603   Namyang, S. Korea (500 kW)   Temporarily strong at 1312 with Korean pop 
 music, seemingly // 558
  
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/d5ddyr8d9jaybzd/603-HLSA-1312z082414PL380.MP3
 
 639   UnID-TP   Mystery station (in mystery language) showing up right before 
 propagation folded at 1402.
  Male-to-male conversation doesn't sound Chinese or Japanese, and 
 KFI had already faded. Any ideas?
  
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/favfq70wzj2q34z/639-UnID-TP-1358z082414PL380.MP3
 
 657  Pyongyang, N. Korea   Female vocal chorus with typical music at 1308
  
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ydq1uwmszvqg397/657-Pyongyang-1308z082414PL380.MP3
  
 
 684  China- MixUnID Chinese + apparent DU English station underneath at 
 1325-- maybe NZ Rhema?
  
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/5796f6kg8c3903p/684-China-mix-1325z082414PL380.MP3
 
 1134  JOQR   Tokyo, Japan (100 kW)   Japanese ladies giggling up an S9 storm 
 at 1344
  
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/5mybcrnbf6tctmz/1134-JOQR-1344z082414PL380.MP3
 
 1566  HLAZ  Jeju, S, Korea  (250 kW)   Chinese service signoff at meltdown 
 level at 1229
  
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vmxb49jtdymhyk9/1566-HLAZ-1229z082414PL380.MP3
 
  Japanese service sign on at same blowtorch level at 1230-- ocean 
 coast propagation at its finest
  
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/vmxb49jtdymhyk9/1566-HLAZ-1229z082414PL380.MP3
  
 
 73 and Good DX,
 Gary DeBock (DXing at Cape Perpetua, central Oregon coast)
 7.5 loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + 15 DXpedition FSL antenna
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] Rockworks : Hawaiians

[Derek Vincent via IRCA]

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Hey How soon until the rockwork 4 
Logs/audio are posted? 

Thanks

derekvme...@aol.com
 


On Jul 25, 2014, at 9:31 PM, Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com wrote:

 The signal level on many of the Hawaiians was exhilarating so here are some 
 quick logs including the new station on 740.
 
 550 HAWAII KNUI Wailuku fair 1246 7-17 with Maui ads.
 570 HAWAII KQNG Lihue fair with KONG 93.5 and AM 570 ID's 1302 7-16.
 590 HAWAII KSSK Honolulu fair pop music and am-fm id1243:53 7-17.
 650 HAWAII KPRP Pinoy Power Radio good with Phillipine pop mx and kid giving 
 full ID.
 670 HAWAII KPUA Hilo good with ID 1259:58 7-16. Good 1232 7-17 with Wall 
 Street Journal.
 690 HAWAII KPUA Hilo good with ID 1259:58 7-16. Good 1232 7-17 with Wall 
 Street Journal.
 720 HAWAII KUAI Eleele 1245:10 7-17 good with KUAI Country ID. Often 
 dominant at sunrise.
 740 HAWAII KCIK Kihei new station 7-16 1257 good EWTN ID, 1259 poor 
 Immaculate Heart Radio ID.
 760 HAWAII KGU Honolulu 1300 7-16 good TOH ID.
 830 HAWAII KHVH Honolulu 1259:55 7-16 fair Newsaradio 830 KHVH ID.
 850 HAWAII KHLO Hilo assumed with ESPN IDs at 1302:18 7-16 plus 1257 and 1302 
 7-17. 10 second pauses for local ID were left blank.
 900 HAWAII KMVI Kahului 1300 7-16 good TOH ID.
 940 HAWAII KKNE Waipahu with good ID 1240 7-17.
 990 HAWAII KIKI Honolulu 1231:50 KIKI ID almost at good level.
 1040 HAWAII KLHT Honolulu dominant and alone 1231 7-17 with sermon.
 1110 HAWAII 1243 7-17 fair news program but no ID heard.
 1420 HAWAII KKEA Honolulu seemingly the station with a fair ESPN ID 1238:38..
 1500 HAWAII KHKA Honolulu 1259:51 7-17 good, totally owning channel with TOH 
 ID. Best ever.
 1540 HAWAII KREA Honolulu 7-16 1300:34 p interval signal of Korea's MBC 
 network.
 1570 HAWAII KUAU Haiku good, way on top with ID 7-17 1258:22.
 
 Missing in action: 880, 1210 and 1270.
 
 Chuck
 
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Re: [IRCA] Rockworks : Hawaiians

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I got it... I was curios how the 15x15 flag performed?

Thanks

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On Jul 30, 2014, at 8:12 PM, Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com wrote:

 Derek - 
 
 To put it succinctly, you'll see them as soon as they are ready. There are a 
 lot of Perseus files to listen to, and queries won't make it conclude any 
 sooner or later.
 
 Chuck
 
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 Hey How soon until the rockwork 4 
 Logs/audio are posted? 
 
 Thanks
 
 derekvme...@aol.com
 
 
 
 On Jul 25, 2014, at 9:31 PM, Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com wrote:
 
 The signal level on many of the Hawaiians was exhilarating so here are some 
 quick logs including the new station on 740.
 
 550 HAWAII KNUI Wailuku fair 1246 7-17 with Maui ads.
 570 HAWAII KQNG Lihue fair with KONG 93.5 and AM 570 ID's 1302 7-16.
 590 HAWAII KSSK Honolulu fair pop music and am-fm id1243:53 7-17.
 650 HAWAII KPRP Pinoy Power Radio good with Phillipine pop mx and kid giving 
 full ID.
 670 HAWAII KPUA Hilo good with ID 1259:58 7-16. Good 1232 7-17 with Wall 
 Street Journal.
 690 HAWAII KPUA Hilo good with ID 1259:58 7-16. Good 1232 7-17 with Wall 
 Street Journal.
 720 HAWAII KUAI Eleele 1245:10 7-17 good with KUAI Country ID. Often 
 dominant at sunrise.
 740 HAWAII KCIK Kihei new station 7-16 1257 good EWTN ID, 1259 poor 
 Immaculate Heart Radio ID.
 760 HAWAII KGU Honolulu 1300 7-16 good TOH ID.
 830 HAWAII KHVH Honolulu 1259:55 7-16 fair Newsaradio 830 KHVH ID.
 850 HAWAII KHLO Hilo assumed with ESPN IDs at 1302:18 7-16 plus 1257 and 
 1302 7-17. 10 second pauses for local ID were left blank.
 900 HAWAII KMVI Kahului 1300 7-16 good TOH ID.
 940 HAWAII KKNE Waipahu with good ID 1240 7-17.
 990 HAWAII KIKI Honolulu 1231:50 KIKI ID almost at good level.
 1040 HAWAII KLHT Honolulu dominant and alone 1231 7-17 with sermon.
 1110 HAWAII 1243 7-17 fair news program but no ID heard.
 1420 HAWAII KKEA Honolulu seemingly the station with a fair ESPN ID 1238:38..
 1500 HAWAII KHKA Honolulu 1259:51 7-17 good, totally owning channel with TOH 
 ID. Best ever.
 1540 HAWAII KREA Honolulu 7-16 1300:34 p interval signal of Korea's MBC 
 network.
 1570 HAWAII KUAU Haiku good, way on top with ID 7-17 1258:22.
 
 Missing in action: 880, 1210 and 1270.
 
 Chuck
 
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Re: [IRCA] Loggings

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Hey Hey... Welcome to California. 



Thanks

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On Jul 25, 2014, at 12:01 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. 
walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote:

 Some are more exciting/better then others.. some are nothing special. It's
 my first real spin of the dial here since moving here 2 months ago.
 
 Heard tonight in Redding, California on a Sangean ATS 909X.. no external
 antenna or modifications.
 
 KKXA 1520 Snohomish, WA not a great signal, but the only classic
 country station I know of on 1520 that I'd hear out here.
 
 The Vine.. Vintage 920 KVIN Ceres/Modesto, CA. Confirmed via their
 website, I think song on the stream sounded like what I was eharing on
 the radio.
 
 KSRO 1350 Santa Rosa, CA with several mentions of KSRO.
 
 Pretty sure I've logged Oldies 1380AM KSRV Ontario, OR... and they're using
 the Ben Freedman Instant Radio Station on CD jingles. .I recognized them
 right away. The signal isn't great but it's there. .and keeps f^%ing
 fading at station id/liner time between songs.
 
 They're buried under 1380 The Answer KTKZ Sacramento, CA which is a
 fairly solid signal.
 
 670 KBOI Boise, ID heard fairly clear and fairly cloud, talk show host
 discussing Israel and Islam with caller.. Confirmed via their webstream.
 
 Heard 660 KTNN, with country music and station id into network news. Buried
 under KTNN was a talk station on 660.
 
 I got 3 stations on 880 Khz, presumed KWIP Dallas/Salem OR with spanish
 Confirmed 880 KKMC Gonzales/Salinas, CA with Dr James Dobson.
 
 I'm getting 3 stations on 880 right now in Redding, CA... a semi strong
 KKMC Gonzales/Salinas, CA with religion. I'm also hearing a very weak but
 audible KWIP 880 Dallas/Salem Oregon with spanish music. Also logged 880
 KJJR Whitefish/Kalispell, MT.
 
 Heard 760 KFMB San Diego, 790 KABC Los Angeles, 640 KFI, XEPRS 1090
 Rosarito Beach/Tijuana, XEWW 690 Tijuana
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Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in Auckland, NZ

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Can you set up A KAZ in the dark? 

I can barley set up a BOG In the dark. 

Thanks

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On Jul 23, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com wrote:

 Bill and Gary:
 
 I think you will be surprised if you use Google Earth to take a look at the 
 turnouts on the Rockworks cliff. 
 
 Two of the turnouts will accommodate a 270 degree DKAZ of 140 to 160 feet.  A 
 third will hold an equally big DKAZ but will be facing almost north - south.
 
 Chuck
 
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 Auckland, NZ
 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 06:13:58 +
 
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 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 02:13:55 -0400
 
 
 Hi Bill,
 
 Good luck on your Oregon coast trip, and I hope that the Kiwi DX rolls in for 
 you (like it did for Chuck and me at Rockwork 4 last week).
 
I went by Rockworks 4 yesterday and once you saw it, Mark, you would 
 NOT want to 
 attempt a DKAZ!  Even those who do not suffer from vertigo would ‘think 
 twice’ 
 about the drop!  ;-)   
 
 Rockwork 4 definitely has limited space, and will never accommodate large 
 single-loop wire antennas (like a DKAZ). On the other hand, the Cliff seems 
 to provide a potent transoceanic propagation boost for smaller antennas, like 
 the 15' x 15' Flag, used by Chuck last week, and my own 15 FSL. For 
 Perseus-SDR DXers, the big question is probably whether the Cliff's potent 
 transoceanic signal boost will enable smaller broadband antennas to 
 outperform large single-loop wire antennas set up at sea level. Chuck's 
 favorable Kiwi results at Rockwork 4 last week should provide some new input 
 in the discussion.
 
However, a 160’ DKAZ erected at 800’ ASL down the coast a bit between 
 Yachats 
 and Florence, OR was getting almost as good a signal on 531 as Gary had.   
 
 As usual, I'll be very interested in your loggings and MP3's, Bill. I'm still 
 sorting out the UnID's and MP3's from last week's trip to Rockwork 4-- a very 
 wild trip. Chuck and I both agree that Rockwork 4 really rocks!
 
 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 From: Bill Whitacre b...@his.com
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 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Tue, Jul 22, 2014 6:19 am
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in 
 Auckland, NZ
 
 
 That IS a great demo video Gary.  And great loggings too, as usual.
 
 If it’s July on the northwest coast radio guys are out doing crazy things to 
 hear DU DX!
 
 I went by Rockworks 4 yesterday and once you saw it, Mark, you would NOT want 
 to 
 attempt a DKAZ!  Even those who do not suffer from vertigo would ‘think 
 twice’ 
 about the drop!  ;-)
 
 However, a 160’ DKAZ erected at 800’ ASL down the coast a bit between Yachats 
 and Florence, OR was getting almost as good a signal on 531 as Gary had.  
 More 
 later but I just arrived at a place called San Souci up an old logging road 
 about a mile off Rt. 101 in a Home Away rental that I’ve been to a couple of 
 previous summers and it never fails to satisfy.
 
 BTW, I’m NOT using remote Rt on this DKAZ nor one I left behind for a few 
 days 
 at Grayland.  Ended up using the old ‘bring the radio to the antenna’ method 
 using a very nice Anker battery that puts out 5V [for the Perseus] and 12V 
 [for 
 a Wellbrook FLG100LN] at the same time!  Ended up terminating the Grayland 
 DKAZ 
 with 867 ohms and the one here in San Souci with 820 ohms.  More later on 
 null 
 depths but they’re ‘sufficient.'
 
 —
 
 On Jul 22, 2014, at 4:39 AM, Mark Durenberger ma...@durenberger.com wrote:
 
 I probably would have wanted to swing out a D-Kaz...and then you might have 
 had Oregon’s Highway Patrol suddenly interested :-))
 
 Regards,
 
 Mark Durenberger
 
 
 
 
 From: d1028g...@aol.com 
 Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 9:40 PM
 To: ma...@durenberger.com ; irca@hard-core-dx.com 
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in 
 Auckland,NZ
 
 Thanks for your comment, Mark! I wish that you could have been with me on 
 the 
 Cliff (it's always nice to have other DXers join us on the Cliffs, to remind 
 us 
 that we are still halfway normal individuals)!
 
 73, Gary
 
 
 
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 From: Mark Durenberger ma...@durenberger.com
 To: d1028gary 

Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in Auckland, NZ

[Derek Vincent via IRCA]

---BeginMessage---
Can I have the link?

Thanks

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On Jul 21, 2014, at 4:12 PM, Robert Ross va...@rogers.com wrote:

 Gary……. Great Video!!! Thanks for showing everyone what you have to go 
 through to hear these amazing receptions!! It was nice of 531-PI to give a 
 Beautiful English ID while you were filming!! What are the chances of that 
 eh??? 
 
 Good show Gary!!!
 
 73…ROB VA3SW
 
 Robert S. Ross
 London, Ontario CANADA
 
 
 
 On 2014-07-21, at 6:45 PM, Gary DeBock via IRCA wrote:
 
 
 From: d1028g...@aol.com
 Subject: South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in Auckland, NZ
 Date: 21 July, 2014 6:45:33 PM EDT
 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com
 
 
 
 Hello All,
 
 In response to several requests, on the last day of the recent Rockwork 4 
 ocean cliff DXpedition I recorded a demonstration video of the process of 
 receiving an actual South Pacific DX station on the modified PL-380 + FSL 
 combo at the cliff side location. The 1230 UTC reception time was ideal for 
 reception of a strong signal from 531-PI, a 5 kW Samoan language station at 
 6,858 miles (11,035 km) distance. Although the lighting just after local 
 sunrise wasn't exactly ideal, the entire process of reception (checking the 
 DX station carrier strength on the ICF-2010 SSB spotting receiver, tuning 
 the 15 FSL antenna to boost the signal on the ICF-2010, entering the DX 
 station's frequency on the modified PL-380 and finally coupling the PL-380 
 to the FSL to receive a huge signal boost) is shown in the demonstration 
 video. 531-PI's signal was S9+ at the time, and an actual English ID from 
 the station was fortunately recorded as it boomed in on the modified PL-380. 
 Despite what the sleep-deprived narrator says, however, the actual distance 
 to 531-PI from the Rockwork 4 DXpedition site is actually 6,858 miles 
 (11,035 km), NOT over 8,000 miles. After running on limited sleep for 
 seven days straight, it was amazing that this guy could even remember how to 
 turn on the camcorder.
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITBJ31cEAH0  
 
 73 and Good DX,
 Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
 DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff site on Highway 101, Tillamook Co., 
 Oregon
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in Auckland, NZ

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Great work on the video... Can't wait for the audio nuggets...
Thanks

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On Jul 21, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote:

 
 Just amazing Gary.  Thanks for taking the time to put that video together.  
 The ID really is the icing on the cake.  I'm also looking forward to what 
 Chuck must have heard at the same site.
 
 
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
 
 
 
 Hello All,
 
 In response to several requests, on the last day of the recent Rockwork 4 
 ocean cliff DXpedition I recorded a demonstration video of the process of 
 receiving an actual South Pacific DX station on the modified PL-380 + FSL 
 combo at the cliff side location. The 1230 UTC reception time was ideal for 
 reception of a strong signal from 531-PI, a 5 kW Samoan language station at 
 6,858 miles (11,035 km) distance. Although the lighting just after local 
 sunrise wasn't exactly ideal, the entire process of reception (checking the 
 DX station carrier strength on the ICF-2010 SSB spotting receiver, tuning 
 the 15 FSL antenna to boost the signal on the ICF-2010, entering the DX 
 station's frequency on the modified PL-380 and finally coupling the PL-380 
 to the FSL to receive a huge signal boost) is shown in the demonstration 
 video. 531-PI's signal was S9+ at the time, and an actual English ID from 
 the station was fortunately recorded as it boomed in on the modified PL-380. 
 Despite what the sleep-deprived narrator says, however, the actual distance 
 to 531-PI from the Rockwork 4 DXpedition site is actually 6,858 miles 
 (11,035 km), NOT over 8,000 miles. After running on limited sleep for 
 seven days straight, it was amazing that this guy could even remember how to 
 turn on the camcorder.
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITBJ31cEAH0
 
 73 and Good DX,
 Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
 DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff site on Highway 101, Tillamook Co., 
 Oregon
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-15

[Derek Vincent via IRCA]

---BeginMessage---
I don't even see the attachment in the email... I'd really like to read Gary's 
loggings. 

Thanks

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On Jul 17, 2014, at 8:41 PM, Mike Hawkins michael.d.hawk...@gmail.com wrote:

 EML attachments are usually coming from Outlook when the user has decided
 to format their message as HTML. Outlook users will see a message formatted
 by Outlook senders differently than other people will.  Using plain text
 usually stops this problem.
 
 Pat: Glad to see you're alive. I was asking about you.
 
 Mike
 
 
 On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:
 
 I notice the same thing. Infact for some reason my computer will not open
 the attachments and I have to go to the laptop. I wonder what is up? Anyone
 know. Some messages are find, others show the attachment.
 
 Patrick
 
 Patrick Martin
 Seaside OR
 KGED QSL Manager
 
 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 23:11:45 -0400
 From: sylvainnau...@gmail.com
 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-15
 
 
 Le 2014-07-16 10:08, Derek Vincent a écrit :
 
 Is it just me or is anyone else receiving no content?
 
 
 You have to open the attached file to see the message (.eml format).
 Even your own message came in this way.
 
 I can't explain however why some members messages are received in that
 format.
 
 Sylvain Naud
 Portneuf, QC
 www.quebecdx.com
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] Pat Martin

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I guess the missing email is a IOS issue?? 

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On Jul 16, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com wrote:

 Sure hope so as well.  Pat, do let us know!  Gary, don't no why, but on my
 iPad mini, the body of your emails don't come through (all is fine on my
 PC).  Walt
 
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Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-15

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Is it just me or is anyone else receiving no content?

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Re: [IRCA] QSL archival -was- Re: [NRC-AM] More on mergers

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What about all of the audio recordindgs? It would be nice to have audio clips 
to go with the QSL cards. 

Thanks

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On Mar 16, 2014, at 1:55 AM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:

 Mike,
 
 That is not a bad idea. I think there is a couple in Oregon and WA too. The 
 collections would be scattered, but still people would be able to view the 
 QSLs. I hate to think about my relatives just tossing them in the trash. 
 
 Patrick Martin
 Seaside OR
 KGED QSL Manager
 
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 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 20:52:30 -0700
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] QSL archival -was- Re: [NRC-AM]  More on mergers
 
 There are various Broadcasting and radio museums around the country such as 
 Pavek in Minnesota, and Museum of TV and Radio in California and New York. 
 Bob Wien says that there is a nice one near him in Maryland. Perhaps we 
 could talk to some of these places and petition them to start amassing  qsl 
 collections.  --Mike
 
 Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 15:49:31 -0400
 From: martinfo...@cox.net
 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
 CC: irca-requ...@hard-core-dx.com
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] QSL archival -was- Re: [NRC-AM]  More on mergers
 
 My children and grandchildren won't want my small QSL collection (around 
 900 stations). It's a mix of MW (400+), FM (40+), SWBC (250+) and utility 
 stations (225+). I still collect QSLs so the collection will grow. Probably 
 only a few rare ones in there. I do scan them all in so that I have 
 duplication in case the originals are lost.
 
 I would be interested in an alternative location to donate them in the 
 future but I would also like to see collections on-line from the early 
 years to present. It's great that there is an archive but I'm in CA and 
 will probably never go to MD to see the collection that they have.
 
 Martin Foltz
 Mission Viejo CA
 
 Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:07:25 +
 From: rfoxw...@tampabay.rr.com
 To: a...@nrcdxas.org, irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Subject: [IRCA] QSL archival -was- Re: [NRC-AM]  More on mergers
 Message-ID: 20140315120725.XEMIS.109129.root@cdptpa-web15
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
 
 I'd like to start a thread about verification archival, if I may,
 which I suppose is somewhat distantly related to the merger thread.
 I was around in the 1960's and actually still have some of the
 material that circulated by mail back then. But that's not why
 I write now.
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] No TPs in Seattle on March 2

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I think the DX was in a little early this morning. At 1100 utc I woke up 972 
kHz with fair audio and the Korean jammer jamming. Around 1300utc it all went 
to the mud. No sunrise boost. 

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On Mar 2, 2014, at 8:45 AM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 
 Almost as bad here, Bruce.
 
 There was very poor audio from 738-Tahiti at 1425 for a few minutes, but no 
 audio or carriers from any Asian TP's. A very miserable morning, the worst of 
 the year so far.
 
 73, Gary
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Bruce Portzer bport...@comcast.net
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Sun, Mar 2, 2014 8:24 am
 Subject: [IRCA] No TPs in Seattle on March 2
 
 
 This morning, for the first time in ages, I didn't have any TP signals.  
 Yesterday, there were at least a few weak carriers.  This time, not even 
 carriers.
 
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-19

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Conditions were down here and that strange buzz made its way here. 

972khz was in with fair audio at 1130utc, but soon dropped off to poor levels 
and then the buzz kicked in. 

Vallejo Ca 


 


On Feb 19, 2014, at 7:08 AM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 
 Hello All,
 
 Asian propagation here this morning was almost as bad as the performance of 
 the Russian ice hockey team (which lost to the Finns 3-1, on the Vancouver 
 CBC channel).
 
 The only audio which managed to get through the deep freeze here was anemic 
 Chinese on 738 kHz at 1450 (presumed BEL-2) and ghostly Asian speech from 
 1575-VOA at 1455. That was it for a dreary sunrise enhancement session from 
 1420-1500.
 
 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Re: [IRCA] TP's for Monday, February 17, 2014 Kalama, WA

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Sorry for the late response. There was a wee bit of boost, but nothing to write 
home about... 



Thanks

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On Feb 17, 2014, at 9:47 PM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote:

 Do you get any sunrise enhancement there Derek?
 
 
 
 At 16:57 17-02-14, Derek wrote:
 Down here the big guns cut through the noise with ease with audio on 972, 
 828, 774 and 594khz at 1100 utc. The mid band was on fire with odd ball 
 carriers on 909 864 and a double het with faint audio on 855khz . 702khz was 
 also busy with faint audio and a slight of freq companion.  This was the 
 best morning this year..
 
 Dxing from the RF jungle Vallejo, Ca
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-18

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A nice repeat of yesterday here. With lots of carriers in the mid band. The 
jammer on 1053khz was doing its thing with a two stations on 855khz. 873khz had 
a super carrier, but no audio. The usual big JJ stations were there with 666khz 
producing audio.. (I never here JJ on 666. It sounds like CC.

972khz had the best audio punching through S7 noise (power lines 30ft from 
antenna) level at 1130 utc and the carrier fading at 1630utc. 

http://snd.sc/1mrHhez


1566khz was there, but petered out leaving a weak off freq het... 

Thanks

 


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 Hello All,
 
 There was a distinct improvement in Asian propagation this morning compared 
 with the last couple of days, although it still wasn't anything really 
 exciting. There were some good TP signals on both the low and high bands, 
 though, with a fairly generous sunrise enhancement boost from 1440-1505.
 
 My session started at 1420 with fair low band audio from 594-JOAK and 
 603-HLSA already in, along with similar signals from 972-HLCA,1134-KBS, 
 1566-HLAZ and 1575-VOA. Increasing daylight around 1445 boosted the signals 
 of most of these, and also brought in fair signals from 657-Pyongyang and a 
 presumed 738-BEL2 (in Chinese, at 1502) as well. Unfortunately some local 
 electrical noise kicked in around 1445 on the very low band, but 603-HLSA 
 (around S9 level) was strong enough at 1448 to punch right through it with 
 the typical Korean pop music. 657-Pyongyang's orchestral music was also 
 strong enough to be heard in and out of the hash at an anemic level, but the 
 noise was enough to bury 594-JOAK's fair signal for the duration. On the high 
 band 1593-CNR1 also got a boost from sunrise enhancement to reach a fair 
 level around 1455, and 1566-HLAZ managed very good signals at the same time. 
 The strongest Asian signal of the morning was from 603-HLSA, however, which 
 demonstrated very!
  p!
 otent strength during sunrise enhancement to get through the local electrical 
 noise. Overall, the session seemed to favor the low band Asians, with only 
 1566-HLAZ showing much energy on the high band. Increasingly early daylight 
 caused all of the TP's to bail around 1510 here, with 1566-HLAZ the last one 
 standing. 
 
 603  HLSA  Namyang, S. Korea   S9 level Korean
 pop music at 1448 over fairly strong local
 electrical noise; best TP signal of the session
 
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/258igin1v0wr2tv/603-HLSA-1448z021814SWP.MP3  
 
 73 and Good DX,
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Re: [IRCA] TP's for Monday, February 17, 2014 Kalama, WA

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Down here the big guns cut through the noise with ease with audio on 972, 828, 
774 and 594khz at 1100 utc. The mid band was on fire with odd ball carriers on 
909 864 and a double het with faint audio on 855khz . 702khz was also busy with 
faint audio and a slight of freq companion.  This was the best morning this 
year.. 

Dxing from the RF jungle Vallejo, Ca


 


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 Listened on  off from 1306-1511 utc. Best signal of the morning went to JOAK 
 594 with a good signal. With the A index at 22, this might of lessen the 
 chances of the second tier stations? 
 567JAPAN, Sapporo, JOIK NHK1 1306 weak signal with woman in Japanese. // 
 594.Moderate splatter. NW ewe. 02/17/2014
 
 594JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAK NHK1 1305 good signal with man in Japanese. NW ewe. 
 02/17/2014
 
 693JAPAN, Tokyo, JOBB NHK2 1440 very weak signal with man in Japanese. 
 Moderate splatter. NW ewe.  02/17/2014
 
 774JAPAN, Akita, JOUB NHK2  1304 fair signal with man in Japanese. NW 
 ewe. Moderate splatter.  02/17/2014
 
 828JAPAN, Osaka, JOBB NHK2 1308 poor audio with man in Japanese. Very 
 weak 1434. NW ewe. 02/17/2014
 
 1566  REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Cheju, HLAZ FEBC 1311 very weak signal with music. 
 NW ewe. 02/17/2014
 1575  THAILAND, Rasom, VOA 1435  weak signal with woman in Asian language. NW 
 ewe. 02/17/2014
 
 Best regards,
 
 Dennis Vroom,
 Kalama, WA
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[IRCA] KGO off???

[Derek Vincent]

Will just checked on no KGO 

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Re: [IRCA] KGO off???

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It's back... 

Just a Spanish station and what sounded like a news station underneath .

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On Jan 26, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Derek Vincent eargaz...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Will just checked on no KGO 
 
 Thanks
 
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 1-22

[Derek Vincent]

Great job on the recordings... Keep this up and I'll be moving back to Kent : )

Thanks

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On Jan 22, 2014, at 10:38 AM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hello All,
 
 Asian results here this morning seemed similar to Dennis' report, with a few 
 variations. Unlike recent mornings the low band had some audio from Asian 
 mainland TP's, and was at least as good as the high band here. 
 
 My session started off at 1425, when both 594-JOAK and 603-HLSA already had 
 some fair audio in and out. 972-HLCA was also managing fair audio during this 
 early time, as well as 1593-CNR1 (the strongest high band Asian all morning). 
 The Korean big gun 972-HLCA rose up to a very good level around 1445 with pop 
 music, ending up as the strongest signal of the session (by far). During its 
 peak HLCA also had a TP co-channel (apparent deep-voiced male Chinese) at a 
 weak level to make things more interesting. Around 1520 sunrise enhancement 
 started to kick in, which didn't do very much for the high band  but did make 
 the low band moderately more interesting. 603 kHz ended up with a mix of HLSA 
 and China around 1540 (both at a fair level), and like Dennis reported, 
 648-VOR was in and out with fair signals around this time also. The high band 
 featured fair signals from 1566-HLAZ and 1575-VOA and an occasional good 
 signal from 1593-CNR1 during sunrise enhancement, none of which sound!
 ed!
  anything like their potent signals of the past few days. Overall the session 
 was fairly interesting, primarily because of the low and middle band activity 
 during the darkness hours.
 
 For a change this morning I was DXing with the C.Crane SWP 7.5 Slider model, 
 which is fairly unique among the hot-rodded Ultralights in having relatively 
 good audio for MP3 recordings (with its transplanted CFJ455K5 IF filter, the 
 same narrow filter as in the Eton E1 model that Colin uses). The drawback in 
 using the model (compared to the 7.5 loopstick Tecsun PL-380) is that the 
 7.5 Slider loopstick coil must be peaked with each frequency change--- a 
 hassle that seems to increase according to the rarity of the TP being chased.
 
 603  HLSA Namyang, S. Korea   Fair
Korean pop music at 1535 during
sunrise enhancement

 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/lcp3471zwu5zf2g/603-HLSA-1535z012214SWP.MP3   
  
 
 603  China  (Hulun Buir?)   Fair Chinese
female speech at 1537

 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/fvci3f8f72467bi/603-China-1537z012214SWP.MP3  
   
 
 972  HLCA  Namyang, S. Korea   Very
   good Korean female pop music at
   1445; best TP signal of the morning
   
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/n3aba2p476e1zxz/972-HLCA-1445z012214SWP.MP3 
 
 73 and Good DX,
 Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
 C.Crane SWP 7.5 loopstick Slider model
 http://www.mediafire.com/view/7u39i09nb2td96m/Fully-Mod-C.Crane-SWP-.jpg +
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[IRCA] 972 kHz jammer??

[Derek Vincent]

4:35 pst jammer like sound and then it fades leaving the weak korean signal. 

Anyone else here this, or is it all in my head??? 

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[IRCA] KGY 1240

[Derek Vincent]

Well that's  #9 for the old gravers delight. And back in the mud it goes.

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[IRCA] CKOR?

[Derek Vincent]

Ez rock 800. On top of the pile tonight..
Did they forget to switch to night power..

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Re: [IRCA] 1240 kHz grave yard unid

[Derek Vincent]

Ok that explains the other Spanish I hear to the south...  KNRY is 24hrs to the 
south with KCVV to the north 

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On Dec 13, 2013, at 7:23 PM, Dennis Gibson wb6...@yahoo.com wrote:

 There is no KEXY. Do you mean KEZY in San Bernardino? KNXN is on 1470. Do you 
 mean KNSN in San Diego? Both fit. 
 
 KJOP gets out well. The Christmas music on KNRY is preceding a format change. 
 The new owner has taken over. I think it may go adult standards or jazz after 
 Christmas or on January 1. Adult standards would do well in Monterey. 
 
 Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 18:44:08 -0800
 From: Martin Foltz martinfo...@cox.net
 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1240 kHz grave yard unid
 
 I couldn't identify either one.
 
 Here in So Cal at night I hear KNRY, KJOP, KSUE and KSMX depending on
 conditions. I heard KNRY a couple nights ago playing Christmas music.
 
 Daytime it's KEXY and KNXN, both Spanish.
 
 Martin Foltz
 Mission Viejo CA
 
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[IRCA] TP DX Vallejo, Ca

[Derek Vincent]

Well much of the same here from 12:00 to13:50 utc

972 KK khz fair audio untill 1300 then a nose dive.

1053 KK kHz  jamming to the tune of uncle heads rollin' 

1242kHz  super carrier but no audio. Strong enough to bother my graveyard 
channel... Need to watch this one.. 

666 kHz carrier coming back from the dead.. Weak but better than yesterday.

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[IRCA] 1240 kHz grave yard unid

[Derek Vincent]

First one sounds like a W call sign

https://soundcloud.com/12voltdx/sets/unid-1240khz-graveyard-w-call?utm_source=soundcloudutm_campaign=shareutm_medium=email

This one just popped up...

https://soundcloud.com/12voltdx/1240-unid-2?utm_source=soundcloudutm_campaign=shareutm_medium=email
 
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Re: [IRCA] 1240 kHz grave yard unid

[Derek Vincent]

Thanks Paul : ) 

Thanks

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On Dec 13, 2013, at 4:16 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. 
walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote:

 Derek,
 
 I sent the clip featuring KSMX to a friend who works there and we're not
 sure who the background station is bured under KSMX.. we think it's
 possible it may be an ad and not a station id.. but it sounds liek a legal
 ID.
 
 In your second clip, all I can remotely make out is a mention of Montgomery
 or something like that.
 
 Paul
 
 
 On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Derek Vincent eargaz...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
 
 First one sounds like a W call sign
 
 
 https://soundcloud.com/12voltdx/sets/unid-1240khz-graveyard-w-call?utm_source=soundcloudutm_campaign=shareutm_medium=email
 
 This one just popped up...
 
 
 https://soundcloud.com/12voltdx/1240-unid-2?utm_source=soundcloudutm_campaign=shareutm_medium=email
 
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Re: [IRCA] 1240 kHz grave yard unid

[Derek Vincent]

Norther California 

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On Dec 13, 2013, at 4:28 PM, Russ Edmunds wb2...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Derek, where are you located ?
 
 Russ Edmunds
 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
 Grid FN20id
 wb2...@yahoo.com
 
 
 
 
 On Fri, 12/13/13, Derek Vincent eargaz...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
 Subject: [IRCA] 1240 kHz grave yard unid
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Date: Friday, December 13, 2013, 7:12 PM
 
 
 First one sounds like a W call sign
 
 https://soundcloud.com/12voltdx/sets/unid-1240khz-graveyard-w-call?utm_source=soundcloudutm_campaign=shareutm_medium=email
 
 This one just popped up...
 
 https://soundcloud.com/12voltdx/1240-unid-2?utm_source=soundcloudutm_campaign=shareutm_medium=email
 
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[IRCA] Unid 1240 kHz graveyard

[Derek Vincent]

Can anyone pull out something out of the mud? KTHE??

http://soundcloud.com/12voltdx/1240-unin?utm_source=soundcloudutm_campaign=mshareutm_medium=emailutm_content=http://soundcloud.com/12voltdx/1240-unin

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Re: [IRCA] Unid 1240 kHz graveyard

[Derek Vincent]

Opps I got it It was KPOD crescent city...

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On Dec 12, 2013, at 2:33 PM, Derek Vincent eargaz...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Can anyone pull out something out of the mud? KTHE??
 
 http://soundcloud.com/12voltdx/1240-unin?utm_source=soundcloudutm_campaign=mshareutm_medium=emailutm_content=http://soundcloud.com/12voltdx/1240-unin
 
 Thanks
 
 
 
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[IRCA] TIS on 840khz

[Derek Vincent]

Phased down KMPH to find a TIS under it.. Why would they put a tis on a channel 
with 5K big mouth signal on it.

KMPH is directional away from me. Well that's what the maps says, but it sure 
doesn't sound like it... 

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Re: [IRCA] Alberta TP/DU for 8 Dec 2013

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All KK down here in the RF jungle.. Only the biggest make it through. 

Good audio 972 kHz... Hmm maybe I should leave the ground off the antenna ? : )

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On Dec 8, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Nigel Pimblett nige2...@telus.net wrote:

 Like Bruce said, a good morning (for sleep that is).  Zero audio here, 
 and even the carriers were pretty feeble.   One of those check to see if the 
 antenna is connected mornings.
 
 
 
 73,
 
 Nigel Pimblett
 Dunmore ,Alberta
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Re: [IRCA] 1640 report

[Derek Vincent]

Hey Pat... Who signed the QSL? I was there in 96 to 98. Sometimes I wonder how 
anything got done there. My job in the morning was to power up 1190 and then 
check the mouse traps and then production : ) 

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On Oct 2, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:

 Per my QSLs from (then) KXBT, now KDIA, I got QSL #1 from March 10, 1996, 
 then on 1640 kHz. But by April 29, the FCC moved KXBT to 1630 khz, but I 
 don't have the date when the FCC moved them back to 1640. The first regular 
 broadcast day on KXBT was March 19th, 1996 according to the QSL. KXBT was the 
 second X Bander. WJDM 1660 NJ was first, as my QSL comes from Nov 1, 1995. 
 They ran Radio Aahs at the time. Apparently 1660 was planed for sometime as 
 their coverage map for 1660 goes back to July 17, 1992. There are too many 
 stations, but the QSLs give the dates. hi.
 
 73,
 
 Patrick
 
 Patrick Martin
 Seaside OR
 KGED QSL Manager
 
 From: wb6...@yahoo.com
 Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 22:04:07 -0700
 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1640 report
 
 KDIA was originally on 1630. If memory serves it may have been the first 
 expanded band station on the air. 
 
 Numbers 49 and 50 must be Alaska and Hawaii. I'm still looking for Alaska 
 from California.  
 
 Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 23:19:36 -0400
 From: James Renfrew jim.renf...@gmail.com
 To: a...@nrcdxas.org a...@nrcdxas.org,Mailing list for the
   International Radio Club of Americairca@hard-core-dx.com,
   a...@wtfda.info a...@wtfda.info
 Subject: [IRCA] 1640 report
 
 Jim Renfrew, Holley NY
 
 For the last several nights on 1640 ...
 
 ESPN - WTNI (relog)
 
 Weather - Penn DOT (relog, though I think there are a bunch of these)
 
 Oldies - probably KZLS (previously logged as KFXY)
 
 Does Disney simulcast from coast to coast, or are there time zone shifts?
 I've been trying to match 1560 WQEW to 1640.  I have KDIA from quite some
 time ago, on 1630 and 1640 if my mind is still reliable.  Need UT and OR on
 1640.  1640 would be OR #1 if I can snag it, and state #48.  Guess which
 states will be #49 and #50?  Unless my yahoo assemblyman and state senator
 succeed in seceding WNY from the rest of the state.  Too many tin foil hats
 circulating around here.  My vote for the new state name is the old Seneca
 word De-loo-shun.
 
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Re: [IRCA] Recordings Test

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H...can't access it from my phone... Try YouTube, soundcloud or mediafire.

Thanks

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On Oct 1, 2013, at 4:54 PM, Michael Yule michaely...@shaw.ca wrote:

 Hi everyone - I think that I've set up public access to any recordings I make 
 using Dropbox.
 
 If so, this is this mornings R Kitaja TOH ID. Perhaps someone could test it 
 out and see if it's working like I want it to.
 
 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16881917/Radio Recordings/Radio - 2013 
 Oct 1 1359 1401 963kHz R Kitaja ID.mp3
 
 Thanks very much!
 
 Michael
 Lions Bay BC
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Re: [IRCA] 1030 KDUN Oregon heard in Michigan 0215-0230 UTC

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Great catch...  KDUN 50kw day power struggles to reach northern cal at sunset 
under 3 other signals. I wonder why it even has 50kw signal anyway.

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On Sep 27, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Tim Tromp kilok...@gmail.com wrote:

 Fair copy during fade-ups despite heavy static tonight with oldies.  I
 had them last night too at this time, just prior to their pattern
 change.  Rare relog here and my one and only from Oregon.
 
 Tim Tromp
 West Michigan
 Perseus SDR + phased BOGs
 
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] All India Radio on 1071 khz heard in Newfoundland tonight

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Great job... Post a link to a audio DX nugget : ) 

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On Sep 26, 2013, at 6:13 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 
 Allen,
 
 Great job on the 1071-India reception tonight in Newfoundland.
 
 That Sony SRF-39FP Ultralight model is undoubtedly one of the most successful 
 $30 radios ever imported into Canada!
 
 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Allen Willie vo1_001_...@yahoo.ca
 To: irca irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Thu, Sep 26, 2013 5:50 pm
 Subject: [IRCA] All India Radio on 1071 khz heard in Newfoundland tonight
 
 
 
 Hello to All,
 
 
 Hearing All India Radio 1071 khz Rajkot once again tonight at 00:40 UTC here 
 in 
 Newfoundland . By far the strongest signal from that one so far this fall DX 
 season. Heard using an SRF-39FP Ultralight radio in the middle of the kitchen 
 and sounding like a local at times.
 
 
 Good DX
 
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 Bristol's Hope , Newfoundland
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Re: [IRCA] Orleans, MA: a few DX audio clips from Wednesday night (UTC 18 to 19 SEP)

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Great job on the DX nuggets.. I like the roof loop... 

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On Sep 20, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Mark Connelly markwa1...@aol.com wrote:

 
 On Wednesday around local sunset, I did a little DXing out of the car at the 
 Tonset Road site in Orleans, MA (GC= 41.7346 N / 69.991 W).
 
 
 Receiver was the Perseus and antenna the car-roof-mounted 2m by 2m 
 micro-SuperLoop ( http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/loop/car_roof_loop.htm ).
 
 
 It will take several days (at least) to compile a log report but, in the 
 meantime, here are a few audio clips of the action.
 
 
 I have been having difficulty posting and sharing these in Yahoo groups 
 lately so I have uploaded them to another server to which I have access.
 
 
 BBC Radio Five Live UK on 693: ID, start of 1 a.m. (UK-time) news.
 http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/uk-693_20130919_z.mp3
 
 
 Radio Payem, Iran on 1188: the three-note top-of-hour intro blasted through 
 the WLIB slop even though the speech was mushy.
 http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/iran-1188_20130919_z.mp3
 
 
 France 945: James Bond Theme, France Info music, French talk by woman.
 http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/france-945_20130919_z.mp3
 
 
 Germany 756: piano, electronic sounder, Deutschlandfunk ID, 3+1 pips, news by 
 woman.
 http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/germany-756_20130919_z.mp3
 
 
 Germany 972: talk doing better than usual in getting around loud pest 970 
 WZAN Portland, ME.
 http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/germany-972_20130918_2325z.mp3
 
 
 Netherlands 675 (R. Maria): religious choral music (... into burst of 
 top-of-hour slop from 680 WRKO pest) then Radio Vatican interval signal.
 http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/holland-675_20130919_z.mp3
 
 
 Netherlands 747: end of Carole King It's Too Late, talk, Radio 5, jingle, 
 pips.
 http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/holland-747_20130919_z.mp3
 
 
 Iran 1071: two clips; thanks to Mauno Ritola of Real DX for ID help.  (Still 
 looking for India here but I keep getting this Middle East stuff.)
 http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/1071_20130918_2330z.mp3
 http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/1071_20130918_2325z.mp3
 
 
 Iceland 189: end of Beatles / George Harrison While My Guitar Gently Weeps, 
 fanfare / intro sound, talk.
 http://chowdanet.com/markc/dx_audio/iceland-189_20130919_z.mp3
 
 
 I will probably have a few more of these later.  Many more stations were 
 heard, of course.
 
 
 Mark Connelly, WA1ION
 South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] Fwd: Topband: WLW

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Well scream a understatement.. Is 1521 directional? 

Thanks for the DX nugget.

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On Sep 17, 2013, at 7:59 AM, Mark Connelly markwa1...@aol.com wrote:

 
 1.7 megawatts out of WLW was no doubt the highest power run by anyone in the 
 Western Hemisphere on medium wave.
 
 
 Duba, Saudi Arabia runs 2 megawatts on 1521 kHz all the time.  No wonder that 
 it often screams in here on the coast of Massachusetts around local sunset, 
 as in this recording:
 http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/audio1/dx_saudi_arabia-1521_20060503_2300z.mp3
 or this one:
 http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/audio1/dx_1521_saudi_arabia_20081029_2300z.mp3
 
 
 Mark Connelly, WA1ION
 South Yarmouth, MA
 
 
 
 He told us it was put in for Crosley who got a bug in his butt to  see what
 the rig would really do. The meter showed the total current on the  three
 finals. One night he cranked it up as far as it would go. Keep in mind,  the
 voltage on the finals was 17,500 volts, as I remember. He got that meter up
 to 100 amps. Do the math. He burnt up some local fences that  night.
 
 Of course, 13 transmitters (with plug-in coils) each  running 220,000 watts
 simultaneously on several bands down the road at  VOA was astonishing, but
 that 1,700,000 watts at WLW was stuck in our minds  all the way home that
 night.  We were TopBand guys,  afterall!
 
 73, Best DX, Barry, W9UCW
 
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Re: [IRCA] TP 16 Sep 2013 - Lions Bay BC

[Derek Vincent]

Welcome to the club Mike. Don't be afraid to share some of your DX 
nuggets(links to audio clips). 



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On Sep 16, 2013, at 7:46 AM, Michael Yule michaely...@shaw.ca wrote:

 Hi all - this is my first set of loggings since I moved into this location on 
 the coast of BC just north of Vancouver. I use a Kiwa modified Sony ICF2010, 
 Wellbrook 1520 Imperium on a rotator, and Datong FL3. My home is about 600 
 feet above sea level, facing West South West towards Gibsons BC and the 
 Wellbrook is about 15 metres from the house. I know that most of you have 
 been DX'ing TP a long time, but frankly it was a total rush for me to have 
 amazingly readable audio from TP locations! All of the station ID's are 
 presumed because I did not hear any actual ID's on air. As soon as I get some 
 recording capability (I need a line level converter because the 2010 line out 
 won't push a big enough signal into my Mac mini to do a reasonable recording) 
 I'll probably be able to do some 'proper' ID's.
 
 Anyway, this morning seemed like condx here were good to Japan, but not so 
 much to China. I note that propagation dropped severely at 14:00, just after 
 local sunrise. Peak was at about 13:50.
 
 Michael Yule
 
 
 
 1. Clearly understandable strong audio with reasonably long stretches of 
 readability so content could be understood by a native speaker
 
 828 JOBB 12:23 JJ woman and man with what appeared to be language lessons but 
 no EE heard until tuned back at 12:40. May have been another station 
 underneath.
 747 JOIB 12:41  // 828 EE lessons
 774 JOUB 12:48 // 828 EE lessons, strongest signal this morning
 972 HLCA 13:47 2 females speaking in KK, signal way up at 13:48
 1287 JOHR 13:29 JJ males in conversation, like an interview, also a female. 
 Very strong by 13:32.
 
 
 2. Clearly understandable audio for short periods of time, understandable by 
 a native speaker
 
 693 JOAB 13:04 JJ male with presumed news broadcast or reading some other 
 material
 594 JOAK 12:26 JJ male and female speaking
 585 JOPG 13:33 JJ male speaking
 666 JOBK 13:35 JJ male speaking, animated female at 13:37
 1242 JOLF 12:42 music, male speaking
 
 
 3. Barely understandable audio due to low signal strength, or fading. Some 
 words might have been recognizable to a native speaker
 
 531 JOQG 12:49 bits of JJ inflected speech. Also at 13:30 when I checked 
 back, but lots of fading and weak signal.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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[IRCA] TPDX aug 29 Vallejo Ca

[Derek Vincent]

Lots of hets in the mid and upper band.

Audio on 972 KK 1566 KK 1053 jammer. 

Strong double het on 1206.
Strong het on 1593. Almost audio. 


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[IRCA] TP DX aug 27 Vallejo Ca

[derek vincent]

Well when you Dx in the land of RF giants I guess you enjoy any audio you can 
get.

HLCA 972khz  

https://soundcloud.com/12voltdx/hlca-972-khz-vallejo-ca-aug-23

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Re: [IRCA] TP DX aug 27 Vallejo Ca

[Derek Vincent]

Thanks Nick. That was recorded today. I'm not sure why the like says the 23rd. 

Record time was between 5:30 and 6:30 pacific. 

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On Aug 27, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote:

 Sounds pretty good Derek...what time did you record it on the 23rd?
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
 
 At 23:11 27-08-13, you wrote:
 Well when you Dx in the land of RF giants I guess you enjoy any audio you 
 can get.
 
 HLCA 972khz
 
 https://soundcloud.com/12voltdx/hlca-972-khz-vallejo-ca-aug-23
 
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[IRCA] Aug 25 DX (if you want to call it that)

[Derek Vincent]

I tried DXing from home today. Last time I did that was in 2005 in kent wa. The 
band is much more quite there. 
Unlike here (40 miles north of the bay area) it was what you could expect. It 
would have been a great day to be on the coast. The band was alive with hets 
and a few with audio. 

The best ones were

972khz KK and are good friend 1566kHz .

Makes me wish for a SDR.  : ) 

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Re: [IRCA] Cape Perpetua (Oregon Cliff) DXpedition- Top Ten Signals from the South Pacific

[Derek Vincent]

Excellent DX nuggets... I spent more time listening to your clips than my own 
clips from this morning : ) 

Thanks

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On Aug 21, 2013, at 2:25 AM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hello All,
 
 Cape Perpetua is Oregon's highest ocean side cliff (at 805 feet), located 
 about 2 miles south of Yachats in Lincoln County. The very bare and exposed 
 Highway 101 turnoff site on this cliff (at the 220' level) recently became 
 the fairly harsh operating venue for the latest Cliffhanger DXpedition-- a 
 fanatical 4-day search for South Pacific DX.
 
 As usual during these wild trips there was no AC power, running water, street 
 lights or weather protection. Curious stares, loud traffic noise and huge 
 18-wheelers coming straight at you (before they make their final turn on the 
 curving road) add to the charm of the place. When the enhanced cliff-side DU 
 propagation really kicks in during sunrise enhancement, though, all this is 
 quickly forgotten-- the Cape Perpetua cliff becomes a DXer's dream.
 
 Posted below are MP3 recordings links for the ten strongest South Pacific 
 AM-DX signals received during the 4 days-- 6 of which pegged the S/N readout 
 of the Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight radio at the 25 maximum. Twisted and wild 
 ropagation continued throughout the trip, with many bizarre snarls on 
 frequencies across the band. Signals which pegged the PL-380's S/N readout at 
 the time of reception are identified with a double asterisk (**). For those 
 interested, a photo of the Cape Perpetua DXing site, the new 12 FSL antenna, 
 the new-design 7.5 loopstick PL-380 and not-so-new, sleep deprived DXer is 
 posted at http://www.mediafire.com/view/cw5uw5egiwclrqc/CapePerpetuaSetup.jpg 
 
 
 **531-PI  Auckland, New Zealand, 5kW  This Samoan-language station usually 
 was dominant, but almost always had an 
 unidentified Australian (or the Japanese NHK1 station) along 
 with it. One of the best Kiwi performers during the trip
 
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ijm9n3o7homwmx2/531-PI-1244z081713PL380.MP3
 
 **567  RNZ National  Wellington, New Zealand, 50 kW  This was usually the 
 first DU station to fade in each morning, as well
as the strongest Kiwi on most days. Plays a variety of music, 
 interviews and national news, // 639, 675, 756 etc.

 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ul63umrnaz5jiq5/567-RNZ-1259z081713PL380.MP3 
 
 **576  2RN  Sydney, Australia, 50 kW  Usually playing a wide variety of 
 exotic music, this RN network powerhouse could
   really blast in when propagation favored it. Parallel to 792, 
 which also was capable of huge signals
   
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/qz6x4g6wiit264e/576-2RN-1335z081913PL380.MP3
 
 **603  Radio Waatea  Auckland, New Zealand, 5 kW  This Maori-language station 
 was an exceptional performer for its power
   level, and usually the strongest of the early-morning (in NZ) 
 Maori-language network. Although Maori music and speech
   was the norm, it also occasionally played easy listening (or 
 old Motown) music
   
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/prxnx4ak011930c/603-R.Waatea-1248z081613PL380.MP3
  
 
 **639  2HC  Coff's Harbour, Australia, 5 kW  This Australian talkback station 
 managed its best signals ever during this trip, drowning
  out the 2 kW RNZ station most of the time. Occasionally it faced 
 some NHK competition, but it was always the last one on
  the frequency before sunrise enhancement collapsed
  
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/t7terv2o7hjtggv/639-2HC-1317z081613PL380.MP3 
 
 **657  Southern Star  Wellington, New Zealand, 50 kW  Strong signals on most 
 mornings with Christian music but troubled with
 domestic splatter much of the time. Parallel to 963, it usually 
 was the stronger of the two
 
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/qs668qkjk32e67p/657-SouthernStar-1310z081713PL380.MP3
 
 684  NZ Rhema  Gisborne, New Zealand, 5 kW  Usually good signals with 
 Christian contemporary music from this Rhema network
 station, and usually stronger than its parallel on 594. This 
 recording features a Rhema network public service
 announcement  
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/kznvggqgugsd1p4/684-NZ.Rhema-1348z081813PL380.MP3
 
 765  Radio Kahungunu  Napier-Hastings, New Zealand, 2.5 kW  Once again an 
 overachiever for its power level, this Maori language
 broadcaster acted like a Kiwi big gun on most mornings. Usually 
 plays Maori music and speech, but occasionally has
 old pop music like this recording. Usually // 603 during these 
 early morning (in NZ) hours
 
 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/gjenj13yu9qqnfv/765-R.Kahungunu-1303z081613PL380.MP3

 
 **792  4RN  Brisbane, Australia, 25 kW  Another Aussie powerhouse, typically 
 playing exotic music 

Re: [IRCA] TP 20 Aug; Victoria version

[Derek Vincent]

The band was in flux and full of splatter down here this morning.. Nice to see 
Gary left some DU Kiwi behind for us : ) 

Lots of china and Korea sneaking in. 
Had a nice het on 531kz at 0530 utc on the S west wire. 

Some head scratchers

1278kz cc female speaking

1296kz male in Tagalog speaking the news

1326kz unid female Lang w/cochannel sounds Russian to me..

Clip coming (headphones)

1008 and 1386kz weak music

1701kz weak arabic female singer.
with co channel het off freq. Where could the het be from?

999kz double het. First time here for this. Normally it's the tagalog here, but 
the weaker het favored the south west wire. Maybe one of Gary's kiwis? 








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On Aug 20, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote:

 Hmm, maybe Gary should have stayed out on the coast.   Fairly lively Asian 
 conditions until about 1220UT or so (HLAZ CC program better than the JJ 
 program today for example), though with some DUs as well, then a few more DUs 
 poking through after 1300UT.
 
 pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at 
 least briefly):
 
 279 R. Rossii man in RR 1153UT, and a number of times until 1215 or so.
 
 
 
 Reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it understandable by a 
 native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):
 
 
 738 Tahiti.  woman in FF 1236UT
 1566 HLAZ woman in CC 1149UT, hung around for a minute or so at this level; a 
 number of other times at lesser strength.
 
 
 
 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could 
 be understood by a native speaker:
 
 180 R. Rossii man in RR 1207UT
 567 laid back instrumental mx 1311UT, presumed R. NZ National
 774 JOUB EE lessons 1214UT
 
 Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by 
 cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) :
 
 
 531 older man talking in what sounded like big southern US drawl, interviewed 
 by DU EE sounding man?
 702 man talking 1202 and 1211UT, DU EE inflection, 2BL?
 756 man talking 1210 DU EE inflection
 819 woman singing 1145UT, trashed by 820
 936 man talking, DU EE inflection 1314UT
 963 man talking DU EE inflection 1312UT
 972 HLCA? man talking insistently, possibly KK inflection?  1222UT
 1053 S. Korean jammer 1205UT and a number of times until after 1230UT
 1287 woman and man talking at various time, 1152, 1157, 1220UT, presumed 
 JOHR, but not sure.
 
 
 
 Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or ravaged 
 by splatter):
 
 603 828 909 1008 1035 1116 1242 1323  1503 1548
 
 
 
 best wishes,
 
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Re: [IRCA] TP 20 Aug; Victoria version

[Derek Vincent]

A ok. Now that makes sense now.
I thought I was hearing things. I normally hear the Indian religious sounding 
music here. Thanks for the tip. 

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On Aug 21, 2013, at 2:44 PM, Chuck charle...@msn.com wrote:

 Derek:
 
 Radio Brisvaani (for the Indian community in Brisbane) is on 1701.068 and is 
 usually dominant with an Arabic station a bit weaker on 1701.023. The Arabic 
 might be either Sydney or Melbourne: Melbourne is 100 % Arabic and Sydney is 
 a mix of English and Arabic.
 
 Chuck
 
 On 8/21/2013 1:54 PM, Derek Vincent wrote:
 The band was in flux and full of splatter down here this morning.. Nice to 
 see Gary left some DU Kiwi behind for us : )
 
 Lots of china and Korea sneaking in.
 Had a nice het on 531kz at 0530 utc on the S west wire.
 
 Some head scratchers
 
 
 1701kz weak arabic female singer.
 with co channel het off freq. Where could the het be from?
 
 
 
 
 
 
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[IRCA] UNID 1323khz unknown female lang with cochannel

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Get ready for the splatter... theres a brief moment when the female pops up. 
Sounds russian.not sure what the co channel channel was doing.

Any ideas?

http://youtu.be/iM60kgmHECk



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Re: [IRCA] UNID 1323khz unknown female lang with cochannel

[Derek Vincent]

Thanks Walt.. That makes sense. There was a few Big CC signals this morning. 
The band was all over the place. It almost make me want to set up my k9ay at 
home. Well... Almost. 

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On Aug 21, 2013, at 8:29 PM, Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com wrote:

 Derek, it's definitely Russian.  No ID I could hear, though.  1323 heard on
 the west coast is normally CRI in Russian in our local mornings, assuming
 that's when you heard them.  Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC
 
 
 On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 2:14 AM, derek vincent eargaz...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
 
 Get ready for the splatter... theres a brief moment when the female pops
 up. Sounds russian.not sure what the co channel channel was doing.
 
 Any ideas?
 
 http://youtu.be/iM60kgmHECk
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's and DU's for 8-19

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Gary's reports always amaze me... Now I'm cliff top waiting : ) 

And yes it's very dark : ) just stepped out to water the grounds

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On Aug 20, 2013, at 7:23 PM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote:

 Yours are really valid points Mark.  Inland definitely can mean considerably 
 poorer signal strengths, and I would not be surprised if my usual sunrise 
 enhancements on TP signals are due to high arrival angles of the incoming 
 wave front (see my QEX article of some years ago for that very hypothesis).
 
 I certainly didn't expect anything like Gary's signal levels, but, as Gary 
 pointed out, Dennis, who is considerably further inland than I also heard a 
 couple of Asiatics quite well, and I heard practically nothing, even 
 carriers.   In this case, it may have been that the farther north path to my 
 location from Asia had some attenuation on it that didn't affect the more 
 southerly paths, though conditions were not particularly auroral.   Generally 
 this summer, Dennis and I have heard similar Asiatics on any given morning, 
 on the rare mornings  that Asiatics were to be heard, though he does better 
 on the longwave Russians, and indeed on MW Asians  as fall approaches.
 
 Thanks for your thoughts.   Propagation continues to be mysterious!
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
 
 
 
 
 At 21:34 20-08-13, you wrote:
 
 
 It's hard to believe that we were listening on the same planet Gary,
 let alone the same coast, though admittedly, I'm quite a way from the
 open Pacific here.   As I said yesterday, that morning was pretty
 much the biggest stinker this summer here.
 
 
 best wishes,
 
 
 Nick
 
 
 
 My home locations have always been a fairly easy commute to TA-capable shore 
 sites:
 e.g.
 Arlington, MA: 7 miles (11 km) to Revere Beach
 Sudbury, MA: 20 miles (32 km) to Boston waterfront
 Billerica, MA: 15 miles (24 km) to Salem / Marblehead
 South Yarmouth, MA: 12 miles (19 km) to Chatham / Orleans
 
 
 These are air distances for typical 50-75 degree Euro bearings.  Road 
 distances to DXpedition sites are typically a bit more if only because the 
 shore is heavily developed and only offers certain areas useful for DXing 
 from the car.  In my present case (S. Yarmouth), because of the contour of 
 the shore, the drive to a usable site is actually shorter than the 50-75 
 degree bearing air distance house-to-shore.
 
 
 In all cases, the differences between home sites and the coastal DXpedition 
 sites are HUGE.  Some stations were routinely 30-40 dB stronger at the 
 Granite Pier site in Rockport, MA versus less than an hour's drive away at 
 Billerica.  The 1544 (later 1550) Algerian clandestine station was one 
 station which consistently exhibited this whopping difference.  Long term 
 comparisons were easy to make since I could use the same in-car receiver and 
 rooftop antenna.
 
 
 East Coast inland versus shore differences are greatest in pre-sunset 
 initial fade-ups and during aurora.  The thinking is that the lower the 
 arrival angle of the incoming station, the more difference near-field ground 
 conductivity makes.  There are numerous stations that cannot be heard at 
 home sites on big antennas yet can be heard from time to time on a 2m by 2m 
 car-roof loop at nearby beach sites.
 
 
 If a station arrives at a higher angle, the location characteristics are 
 less critical and your inland signal may only be 15 to 20 dB degraded from 
 what is noted at the shore.  Old 1314 Norway during prime high latitude 
 conditions (in mid/late evening) fell into this category.  Sunrise at the 
 European transmitter end could contribute to a higher incoming angle at the 
 USA receiving end because an ionospheric tilt may contribute to fewer skip 
 hops being required.
 
 
 On groundwave, as with low-angle skip, the differences are huge. V-Soft 
 shows 660 WFAN (NYC) running 6.24 mV/m at Falmouth, MA 02543 (shore) and 
 0.45 mV/m at South Dennis, MA 02660 (about 15 miles / 24 km inland for 255 
 degree bearing towards station).  In decibels, this equates to a 23 dB drop 
 - and that's for a LOW-band station.  A high-band station would show an even 
 greater overland signal deterioration.  The V-Soft groundwave variations 
 don't look too different from what is routinely observed with low-angle 
 long-haul DX skip.
 
 
 Mark Connelly, WA1ION
 South Yarmouth, MA
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Re: [IRCA] Alberta DU for 27 July 2013

[Derek Vincent]

The X band was the best it's been this season hear with two stations on 
1701khz... 

I need to be at the DX funnel (rock work 4) 

DX is like a disco ball in a room with a mirrored celling and the TX is the 
spot light. You just never know sometimes. 

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On Jul 27, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Nigel Pimblett nige2...@telus.net wrote:

 Hi Gary,
   Ah, the mysteries of propagation!   Double checked my Perseus recordings to 
 make sure I hadn't missed something earlier on, and no - still very poor 
 until the upper end of the band.  The only additional (very feeble) audio I 
 discovered was on 1575 and 1683.24 (presumably Radio Club AM).Definitely 
 a Tale of Two Bands here,  with the X-band having its 2nd best day of the 
 month, with the 18th still being #1.
 
 73,
 
 Nigel
 
 On 27/07/2013 11:40 AM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:
 Hi Nigel,
 
 Wow, it was the exact opposite during this last morning here at Rockwork 4.
 
 By far the best morning for Australia the whole week, with 576, 774 and 792 
 pegging the PL-380 S/N readout. The Kiwis were enhanced too, though, leading 
 to snarling fights on many frequencies. The only thing that seemed dead here 
 was the X-band :-)
 
 73, Gary DeBock (in Cannon Beach, OR)
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Nigel Pimblett nige2...@telus.net
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Sat, Jul 27, 2013 7:21 am
 Subject: [IRCA] Alberta DU for  27 July 2013
 
 
 This morning looked like a dud when I first tuned in at 1100, with even
 Tahiti's carrier very weak.  Indeed, Tahiti never did reach audio today,
 and most of the other carriers were weaker than the past while.  Was
 pleasantly surprised when I reached the X-band though, to find weak
 audio on both 1629 and 1701. Multiple carriers at varying offsets noted
 on 1629.  1701 had two distinct ones, of similar strength.   Brisvaani
 has been heard here numerous times (though never in July), and the music
 I heard could certainly have been them, but with a weak signal (and IBOC
 noise from 1690) it was hard to be certain.The two strongest
 non-Xband carriers were on 1566 and 1575, both very near to audio, so
 evidently the higher frequencies were strongly favoured today.
 
 
 73,
 
 Nigel Pimblett
 Dunmore, Alberta
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Re: [IRCA] California Cliff-Top (Point Arena)

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I wish I would have known you were in the point arena area... If you saw a 
truck out in the middle of a field just south of point arena... That was me : ) 

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On Jul 25, 2013, at 12:59 PM, ve7...@telus.net ve7...@telus.net wrote:

 On Wednesday morning I took my modest monitoring station to the top of a 
 cliff near Point Arena, California.
 
 Starting at 1120 UT, I kept tuning my E1 up and down the band. As with 
 Rockwork 4, I only found convincing signals on 738 kHz and 1503 kHz. The 
 former was never more than a moderate carrier but the latter had solid audio 
 until shortly before dawn. The signal on 1503 had completely different 
 programming from what I heard at the other site. This time it was always in 
 an unknown language except for the words hello (in response to a ringing 
 telephone sound effect), inflammation, and omega threes. During the first 
 hour I only heard a male voice but during the second hour (the period with 
 the English words), it sounded like a series feature stories with alternating 
 periods of a male and a female voice.
 
 On my barefoot ultralight, 1503 had pretty good audio but it definitely was 
 not as good as the E1 with the external ferrite loop.
 
 My log may have little to show for my time sitting out in the cold but it was 
 worth getting there when the surf and the adjacent cliff faces were still 
 bathed in bright moonlight. Unlike the other locations, this one was very 
 peaceful with zero traffic on the dead-end road to the lighthouse.
 
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Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-23

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Same here... I'd love a link to the DX audio nugget... : )

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On Jul 23, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. 
walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote:

 Bruce ,
 
 How clear is that recording of Tonga? I'd love to hear it... You can email
 it to me.
 
 Paul
 
 
 On Tuesday, July 23, 2013, Bruce Portzer wrote:
 
 Hi Gary
 
 Maybe one of these days you could start at the top of the dial and work
 down, just for variety :)
 
 Tonga should be easy where you are, but you'll need to listen earlier.  I
 have a recording of them signing off at 1108 today.
 
 Bruce
 
 
 On 7/23/2013 13:42, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:
 
 Hello All,
   Thanks to Nigel and Walt for their DU-DXing reports this morning--
 and I'd certainly agree with them that this was an NZ-slanted morning (as
 almost every morning seems to be, on this propagation-boosting Cliff).
  The Kiwi regulars were pounding in as usual on the foggy cliff, with
 657-Southern Star and 765-R. Kahungunu reaching their best levels yet
 during the DXpedition. The apparent Chinese-language station on 936 was in
 and out, and 585 had some weak audio again (probably the 2 kW Maori station
 this time, but I was unable to confirm the // with 603 or 765). Efforts
 were made to go after more exotic fare on 558 (Fiji), 666 (New Caledonia)
 and 1017 (Tonga), but once again the peak sunrise enhancement period was
 relatively short, wrapping up around 1315. In addition,  DU propagation
 didn't seem to favor (favour) much besides New Zealand this morning, except
 for the usual Aussie big guns and an awesome signal from 738-Radio
 Polynesie (Tahiti) around the 1300 TOH. This Rockwork 4 cliff faces
 directly in the Kiwi direction, and there has yet to be a single summer
 listening session where New Zealand stations didn't pound in (8 out of 8
 days so far, including last August). When the!
 !
 NZ propagation really kicks in, this Cliff almost seems like part of Kiwi
 turf.
 It was great to receive a message from Guy Atkins that the Yachats
 (OR) DXpedition group has set up their antennas on Cape Perpetua, both at
 the Highway 101 turn off and at the top (805') level. The greatest
 limitation here has been the inability to track down all of the vibrant
 DU's across the entire band (during live DXing) before sunrise enhancement
 folds each morning. Hopefully the multi-antenna Yachats group can use their
 Perseus-SDR spectrum-recording capabilities to overcome this delightful
 problem.
 
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] DU's for Sunday, July 07, 2013; Victoria version

[Derek Vincent]

I can almost taste the DX already : ) 
What's the date or dates for the coastal trip. 

BTW more pics and video of the trip would be great along with the apples and 
oranges : ) 

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On Jul 7, 2013, at 4:46 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 
 Hi Dennis (and Nick),   
 
Can't wait to read Gary's reports from 
 the Oregon Coast. His receptions will give me targets to shoot for in the 
 coming months.   
 
 You should have plenty of targets, Dennis :-) Two major DU-DXpeditions will 
 kick off on the Oregon coast within 2 weeks, both using some pretty fanatical 
 antennas. By a quirk of scheduling, Bill, Chuck, Bruce and the Perseus-SDR 
 group will be in Yachats (2 miles from the ocean cliff at Cape Perpetua), 
 while I plan to be at the Rockwork cliff every morning (10 miles south of 
 Cannon Beach).
 
 Comparing the results of the Ultralight Cliffhanger DXpedition with those 
 of the major Perseus-SDR DXpedition will be like comparing apples and 
 oranges-- but there should be some pretty heavy-duty apples and oranges.
 
 73, Gary 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Dennis Vroom vroom...@ymail.com
 To: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org; Mailing list for the International Radio 
 Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Sun, Jul 7, 2013 3:55 pm
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] DU's for Sunday, July 07, 2013; Victoria version
 
 
 Nick,
 
 I started listening at 1130 utc and no audio was heard. Hoping to DX daily 
 around the 1200 utc hour starting today. Can't wait to read Gary's reports 
 from 
 the Oregon Coast. 
 
 His receptions will give me targets to shoot for in the coming months.
 
 Best regards,
 
 Dennis,
 Kalama, WA
 
 
 
 From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org
 To: Dennis Vroom vroom...@ymail.com; Mailing list for the International 
 Radio 
 Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com 
 Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 12:01 PM
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] DU's for Sunday, July 07, 2013; Victoria version
 
 
 I wasn't listening (or, more properly, recording) that late this 
 morning Dennis.   Sounds like I should have been.
 
 It was another minimal carrier morning here, with 531, 567, 738, and 
 1566 all somewhat stronger carriers, in fact, with judicious use of 
 synchronous detection, all had imaginary traces of audio, but I'll 
 call them carriers.  1566 even had a SAH on it as well.
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
 
 
 At 12:46 07-07-13, Dennis Vroom wrote:
 
 
 The two frequently heard DU's again this morning. Nothing on long 
 wave and lower MW channels were poor.
 
 738 TAHITI, Papeete, Radio Polynesie 1233 weak signal with 
 man/woman in French, Sky wire loop. 07/07/2013
 
 
 1503NEW ZEALAND, 1215-1225.Sports Radio believed to be the 
 station with weak signal throughout the morning. Men talking.  Sky 
 wire loop. 07/07/2013
 
 Best regards,
 
 Dennis,
 Kalama, WA
 JRC NRD 545
 Sky wire loop 880'
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Re: [IRCA] DU's for Sunday, July 07, 2013; Victoria version

[Derek Vincent]

Sounds good... I should be able to sync up a day or two for some  cliff top DX 
: ) 

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On Jul 7, 2013, at 6:31 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 
 Hi Derek,
 
 My own Cannon Beach (Rockwork) DXpedition will be from July 21-27 (Sunday to 
 Saturday), while I understand that the Yachats (Cape Perpetua) group will be 
 DXing from July 22-25.
 
 Because the Yachats group will be using multiple Perseus-SDR's and antennas 
 (including a new 12 Broadband FSL designed here), most likely they will come 
 away with quite a few more DU-DX loggings than me.
 
 73, Gary
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Derek Vincent eargaz...@yahoo.com
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Sun, Jul 7, 2013 5:05 pm
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] DU's for Sunday, July 07, 2013; Victoria version
 
 
 I can almost taste the DX already : ) 
 What's the date or dates for the coastal trip. 
 
 BTW more pics and video of the trip would be great along with the apples and 
 oranges : ) 
 
 Thanks
 
 derekvme...@aol.com
 
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 On Jul 7, 2013, at 4:46 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:
 
 
 Hi Dennis (and Nick),   
 
Can't wait to read Gary's reports from 
 the Oregon Coast. His receptions will give me targets to shoot for in the 
 coming months.   
 
 You should have plenty of targets, Dennis :-) Two major DU-DXpeditions will 
 kick off on the Oregon coast within 2 weeks, both using some pretty fanatical 
 antennas. By a quirk of scheduling, Bill, Chuck, Bruce and the Perseus-SDR 
 group 
 will be in Yachats (2 miles from the ocean cliff at Cape Perpetua), while I 
 plan 
 to be at the Rockwork cliff every morning (10 miles south of Cannon Beach).
 
 Comparing the results of the Ultralight Cliffhanger DXpedition with those 
 of 
 the major Perseus-SDR DXpedition will be like comparing apples and oranges-- 
 but 
 there should be some pretty heavy-duty apples and oranges.
 
 73, Gary 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Dennis Vroom vroom...@ymail.com
 To: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org; Mailing list for the International 
 Radio 
 Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Sun, Jul 7, 2013 3:55 pm
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] DU's for Sunday, July 07, 2013; Victoria version
 
 
 Nick,
 
 I started listening at 1130 utc and no audio was heard. Hoping to DX daily 
 around the 1200 utc hour starting today. Can't wait to read Gary's reports 
 from 
 the Oregon Coast. 
 
 His receptions will give me targets to shoot for in the coming months.
 
 Best regards,
 
 Dennis,
 Kalama, WA
 
 
 
 From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org
 To: Dennis Vroom vroom...@ymail.com; Mailing list for the International 
 Radio 
 Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com 
 Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 12:01 PM
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] DU's for Sunday, July 07, 2013; Victoria version
 
 
 I wasn't listening (or, more properly, recording) that late this 
 morning Dennis.   Sounds like I should have been.
 
 It was another minimal carrier morning here, with 531, 567, 738, and 
 1566 all somewhat stronger carriers, in fact, with judicious use of 
 synchronous detection, all had imaginary traces of audio, but I'll 
 call them carriers.  1566 even had a SAH on it as well.
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
 
 
 At 12:46 07-07-13, Dennis Vroom wrote:
 
 
 The two frequently heard DU's again this morning. Nothing on long 
 wave and lower MW channels were poor.
 
 738 TAHITI, Papeete, Radio Polynesie 1233 weak signal with 
 man/woman in French, Sky wire loop. 07/07/2013
 
 
 1503NEW ZEALAND, 1215-1225.Sports Radio believed to be the 
 station with weak signal throughout the morning. Men talking.  Sky 
 wire loop. 07/07/2013
 
 Best regards,
 
 Dennis,
 Kalama, WA
 JRC NRD 545
 Sky wire loop 880'
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Re: [IRCA] for mailing list: MW DXing

[Derek Vincent]

I'm wishing the same thing. FSL is a power DX tool in a micro space. I'd love 
to see the FSL and the grayland QDFA for commercial release. 

I can play piano, but I can't play the soldering gun : ( 

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On Jul 1, 2013, at 4:32 PM, Neil Bell neil.neilb...@gmail.com wrote:

 For one, I am still very interested in MW DXing.  For me, the limiting
 factor is that there is no commercial availability of these new and
 exciting ferrite sleeve antennas.  For those having the physical skills to
 make their own FSL antennas the fun and challenges are certainly there.  In
 my case severe arthritis in my 80 year-old hands and wrists makes this task
 impossible.
 
 I hope that some enterprising person will set up a process where some of us
 could purchase a FSL antenna.  Right now I am limited to loops like the
 Terk Advantage or the the Quantum loop.  Outdoor choices like the large
 loops with masts and rotators are not possible for those living under
 homeowner or condo association restrictions.
 
 Neil Bell, KJ6FBA
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Re: [IRCA] Debock FSL ready to roll in Kona

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Looks yummy. Ready for those tasty DX audio nuggets : ) 

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On Jun 15, 2013, at 6:49 PM, R. Colin Newell coffeecan...@gmail.com wrote:

 http://www.dxer.ca/gallery/category/8-hawaii-2013
 
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Re: [IRCA] Pixel Pro 1B loop - question about it

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I'd like to see how the k9ay does against the 1530. I like to use the K9 phased 
with a Bog. 

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On Jun 13, 2013, at 5:27 AM, Tony Ward tonyw...@rogers.com wrote:

 Hi Saul: I think it is time we talked. I have the Pixel loop (stored), and 
 the Wellbrook 1530 S+ (in use), along with a Wellbrook K9AY and a number of 
 longwires and BOGs. Will send my phone number here in Whitby ON to your 
 sauldx address in your header. The ins and outs of this stuff is a bit beyond 
 my 2 fingers per hand typing skills! Are you thinking Downtown Toronto, or 
 Burnt River installation?
  
 Tony (VE3NO) NYAA Starfest
 Whitby, ON
 
 
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 http://www.nyaa.ca
 
 
 There are two schools of thought on ambivalence and I belong to both of them 
 ...
 
 
 
 
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 To: a...@nrcdxas.org a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com 
 irca@hard-core-dx.com; amfmt...@mailman.qth.net 
 amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; a...@wtfda.info a...@wtfda.info 
 Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 7:09:35 PM
 Subject: [IRCA] Pixel Pro 1B loop - question about it
 
 
 Anyone have any experience with the Pixel Pro 1B loop for AM DX? Someone's 
 suggesting I get one for AM DX...
 
 Any comments are greatly appreciated.
 
 Saul Chernos
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Re: [IRCA] Antenna Shootout in Puyallup

[Derek Vincent]

Great to see these smaller footprint antenna. Can't wait to see the FSL and the 
tent pole results from the coast. 

Any pics, video or audio from Sunday? 

Thanks 

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On Jun 4, 2013, at 12:02 PM, Guy Atkins d...@guyatkins.com wrote:

 What better way for DXers to enjoy a sunny Sunday afternoon than to compare
 antennas and swap DX stories? My crosstown pal and Ultralight radio guru
 Gary DeBock (N7EKX), along with visiting Arizona DXer Dave Aichelman (N7NZH),
 joined me at my home to put a variety of antennas through some casual tests.
 
 Radios and antennas present included:
 
 
   - Eton E1XM
   - Tecsun PL-380
   - Tecsun PL-660
 
 
   - Sony AN-1 active omnidirectional whip antenna
   - Radio Plus+ Quantum Loop V.3
   - Kiwa High Performance MW Loop
   - Tent-Pole Loop (part of a clever, compact loop array that Dave uses
   for transportable DXing)
   - 12-inch diameter FSL antenna, 10mm X 200mm rods (a DeBock exclusive!)
   - broadband setup/FLG100LN
   - Another 12-inch diameter FSL antenna built by Gary, tuned in the
   standard fashion with an air variable capacitor
   - 7-inch diameter FSL antenna (also a DeBock creation)
 
 A photo of the afternoon's experiments can be seen here:
 https://www.box.com/s/fw6lh2fpmngnatn6lfgo  In the photo, Dave is on the
 left and Gary is on the right. We were all surrounded by the stars of the
 show-- radios and antennas!
 
 Top performers in our weak daytime signals sensitivity tests were the
 12-inch monster FSLs brought by Gary, and Dave's compact Flag antenna that
 he has dubbed the Tent-Pole Loop. This terminated loop includes a variable
 resistor termination and uses a Wellbrook FLG100LN module as the amplifier;
 two of them with a Wellbrook phasing unit make for a compact loop array.
 Alternatively, ALA100 modules can be used. Each loop is self-supporting
 (and free-standing) with an X of fiberglass tent poles and tensioned with
 the loop element itself. Full details and photos of the Tent-Pole Loop
 array can be found in the Perseus SDR Yahoo Group, in the Files section
 under Example Antenna Models.
 
 Dave's Kiwa MW Loop was also impressive, especially when using its tilt
 control to help null local noise into oblivion. It's simply a beautiful
 piece of equipment, too; Kiwa doesn't make 'em like this any more  :^(
 
 We tried the 7 and 12-inch FSL models in both broadband (direct hookup)
 modes, using Wellbrook FLG100LN modules connected to the Litz wire coils
 (as described previously in IRCA reflector and Ultralight Radio Yahoo Group
 postings). The 12-inch biggie FSL consistently outperformed the smaller
 model by four S-units (using just the E1XM's bargraph S-meter...I said this
 was *casual* afternoon testing :^)  This was eyebrow-raising performance,
 as the 7-inch FSL antenna is already a high performing antenna.  I plan to
 compare both FSL antenna models more accurately this weekend at the
 Washington coast using the Perseus SDR's highly accurate signal meter.
 We'll see if the gain difference actually results in easier to hear DU DX!
 Stay tuned next week for a report on the results.
 
 I don't recall that we actually fired up the Quantum Loop or not; I think
 we overlooked it in the excitement of trying the larger antennas. I doubt,
 however, that it would have been in the same league as the big iron FSLs.
 Likewise, the Sony AN-1 was a sub-par antenna on the weak daytime MW
 signals. It was mainly used as an omnidirectional antenna for comparison.
 
 A big thank-you goes out to Gary for the use of his FSL antenna
 creations... they are truly works of art. Without his involvement and
 generosity I know that the ULR hobby niche wouldn't be growing as rapidly
 as it is. Also, not only is Gary adept at trying various design approaches
 for compact loops, he constantly documents his successes (and rare
 failures) with DXing results and A-B audio recordings. Not every radio or
 antenna experimenter backs up their claims like Gary does.
 
 I also learned a thing or two about clever construction techniques from
 Dave Aichelman. Thanks, Dave, for bringing your antenna setup along on your
 family trip to the Northwest and stopping by with your Tent-Pole Loop
 array. It's easily the most interesting use of a Wellbrook
 ALA100LN/FLG100LN setup that I've ever seen.
 
 Guy Atkins
 Puyallup, WA
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Re: [IRCA] TP 2May; Victoria version

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Yes 4 months until the season... That's just enough time to crank out a few FSL 
set ups... Hint Hint : ) 

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On May 2, 2013, at 8:56 AM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 
 Hi Nick,
 
 I guess sooner or later, we all need to accept the fact that the long-running 
 Asian TP-DX season cannot continue forever :-)
 
 It was psychologically tough for me to come to terms with this fact about a 
 month ago, but there's no way to go up against the unfavorable gray-line 
 propagation indefinitely. The good news is that a new Asian DX Fall Season is 
 now only about 4 months away, and the prime DU-DX season is only just 
 beginning.
 
 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
 
 
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Thu, May 2, 2013 8:12 am
 Subject: [IRCA] TP 2May; Victoria version
 
 
 Very limited this morning; monitored between 1200 and 1300 UT
 
 pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least
 briefly):
 
 not today
 
 
 
 reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it understandable by a
 native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):
 
 nope
 
 
 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or 
 noise could be
 understood by a native speaker:
 
 and nope
 
 
 
 Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by
 cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) :
 
 738 bits of mx 1220UT
 1701 man talking  1235UT
 
 Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or 
 ravaged by splatter):
 
 1098 1548
 
 
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
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Re: [IRCA] 840 KMPH Modesto CA

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Checked from Vallejo and yep it's still off... Nice 

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On Apr 23, 2013, at 12:56 PM, funkiecur...@juno.com funkiecur...@juno.com 
wrote:

 Have noticed that KMPH 840 out of Modesto CA must be off the air because have 
 not heard them here in the daytime from Vacaville CA and also at night I 
 always hear them just wanted to pass on this tip on to dxers out there.
 
 How to Sleep Like a Rock
 Obey this one natural trick to fall asleep and stay asleep all night.
 http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/51768534301265330a49st01vuc
 
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Re: [IRCA] Best-Ever Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon

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I call it the disco ball effect. : ) 

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On Apr 9, 2013, at 5:08 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 
 Nick (and Patrick),
 
 One of the most interesting aspects of this hobby is how long-range 
 propagation favors certain areas, especially when salt water is part of the 
 mix. During the peak season years (2008-2010) Walt would run wild on Masset 
 with strong TA reception, and Nick in Victoria would do very well also. Guy 
 and I in Puyallup got a very watered-down version, while Patrick didn't come 
 away with much either. For Asian TP's both Nick and Dennis hear multiple 
 Japanese stations that I have no trace of, while I routinely get Koreans and 
 Chinese that don't show up for them. Once Bruce had 729-JOCK at a decent 
 level, while I had 729-China coming in well at exactly the same time (with no 
 trace of JOCK). For DU's, Patrick on the Oregon coast definitely seems to 
 have the edge, though.
 
 73, Gary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Tue, Apr 9, 2013 7:57 am
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Best-Ever  Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon
 
 
 Interestingly, good Caribbean conditions have accompanied over the 
 pole trans-Atlantic conditions in the past here, so I was interested 
 to see Gary's catch shortly after I was hearing late season TA 
 carriers.   There seem to be fewer possibilities for the Caribbean 
 (beyond Cuba) in recent years however.
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
 
 At 08:07 09-04-13, you wrote:
 Gary,
 
 The beverage is what brings the Eastern DX in. Without it, I would not
 hear half of what I do from the East. I do not live in a great location
 for Eastern DX with the foothills of the Coast Range not that far away.
 I remember back in the early 70s when Bill Block just using a loop,
 living in Portland and we would compare DX. I did not have a beverage,
 but I did have a 600 foot longwire. Bill Block always got the Eastern
 stations stronger than I did and he got more of them. That extra
 mountain range really can knock down the signal strength. The guys up
 North, where you are, as well as Lower BC get the TAs much stronger than
 I do. When Nick reports a TA carrier, I never get a peep. When he
 reports a weak TA signal, I may get a moderate carrier. Strong signals
 he reports, I have a shot at. Too many close-in mountains in the way. I
 do well on some frequencies, but only if there are no strong blocking
 stations.  Of course the exception is anything with a waterpath like TPs
 an DUs. 1610 does have two TIS locals. One at Cape Disappointment, WA
 (straight across the Columbia River at about 10-15 miles and Warrenton,
 near the Boat Basin has a lp TIS too, but neither really block the
 frequency, but as you mentioned other TIS stations around the NW can QRM
 often.
 
 73,
 
 Patrick
 
 Patrick Martin
 Seaside OR
 KGED QSL Manager
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] TP 27 Feb; Victoria version

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Is there any video of the meet???

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On Feb 27, 2013, at 4:20 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 
 Hi Nick,
 
 It was great to see you (and Theo, Chuck, Guy, Tom, Bruce, Phil and others) 
 at Bruce's get-together on Saturday. At least for me, the best aspect of 
 these meetings is the chance to reassure each other that we are still halfway 
 normal individuals, despite our tendency to sacrifice sleep and comfort to 
 chase the same big-gun TP's over and over each morning.  
 
 The band was full of promising low-band TP signals here around 1415 this 
 morning (594, 603, 738, 747, 828, 972, 1134, 1566 and 1575), but without any 
 sunrise enhancement boost the Asians soon fizzled out, one by one. 972-HLCA 
 and 1566-HLAZ were the sole survivors after 1500 (both with fair signals, in 
 and out), but they soon bit the dust as well.
 
 73 and Good DX,
 Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
 C.Crane SWP 7.5 Slider loopstick Ultralight +
 8 Medium Wave FSL antenna (DXing indoors) 
 
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org
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 Sent: Wed, Feb 27, 2013 1:42 pm
 Subject: [IRCA] TP 27 Feb; Victoria version
 
 
 Signals were reasonable on the low band when I tuned in at 1430UT, 
 but mostly went downhill after that.  NHK2 had yet another s/off time 
 today, starting the music box at 1455UT
 
 pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least
 briefly):
 
 not quite
 
 
 reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it understandable by a
 native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):
 
 
 594 JOAK instrumental mx 1443UT, JJ talk at a lower level a few minutes 
 earlier
 747 JOIK EE lessons //774 1429UT
 774 JOUB EE lessons  1429UT
 828 JOBB EE lessons //774 1430UT
 
 
 
 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or 
 noise could be
 understood by a native speaker:
 
 639 CNR1 woman in CC //6125 1434UT
 972 HLCA woman in KK 1450UT; best signal noted on this one this 
 morning, so there was some enhancement
 
 
 Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by
 cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) :
 
 567 JOIK man in JJ //594 1431UT
 612 4QR? man talking DU EE inflection 1435UT
 891 woman talking, not //594, 1432UT
 1116  4BC?  woman talking DU EE inflection 1437UT
 1566 traces of mx 1430UT, never much better than this.
 
 Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter):
 
 558 756 864 1008 1017 1098 1575
 
 
 
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
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Re: [IRCA] Fairfield CA, strange station

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Yep it's on now... Why they picked 890khz is beyond me... 

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On Oct 6, 2012, at 5:53 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. 
walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote:

 This has been reported on and off for years.. a friend of mine heard it
 when driving through the area in 2006 or 2007.
 
 Paul
 
 On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Neil Bell neil.neilb...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Heard a station on 890 which identifies itself as KIRB, serving Travis Air
 Force Base in Fairfield, CA.  Couldn't find anything on a station with call
 letters of KIRB.  My QTH is about 32 miles from the AFB and the signal is
 not very strong and was mixing with KDXU from Utah a 10 KW station about
 465 miles from me.  They were broadcasting a taped message about 1-2
 minutes long - sort of like a TIS or HAR.  Anyone else ever heard this one?
 Neil Bell, KJ6FBA
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Re: [IRCA] TP Sept 16, 2012 / Victoria version

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Hey Gary Is this the CC station with the poor sounding audio?

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On Sep 16, 2012, at 2:03 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 
 Hi Nick and Chuck,
 
 Thanks to both of you for sorting out this 603 Chinese mystery station's 
 identity!
 
 603-Huilun Buir seems to have every intention of taking over as the new Top 
 Dog on the frequency-- at least in this China-favoring location.
 
 73, Gary  
 
 
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 Sent: Sun, Sep 16, 2012 1:26 pm
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP Sept 16, 2012  / Victoria version
 
 
 Thanks muchly Chuck.  That really made my day.
 
  Huilun Buir is a bit of a shocker, especially for so early in the 
 season, its location being pretty far inland.   At peak, it was one 
 of the more readable signals on the band this morning as 
 well.   Others should be hearing it.
 
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 At 19:58 16-09-12, you wrote:
 Nick:
 
 That's definitely a Hulun Buir ID at the very start of the recording.
 
 Chuck
 
 On 9/16/2012 12:39 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
 After my griping about reception or lack of it on 603 yesterday, 
 Gary's mystery station showed up in spades this morning fading up 
 at 1322 over suspected HLSA (which was ID'd by parallel with 558 
 somewhat later) w/woman in CC to pretty much complete readability 
 by 1324, fading down to return by 1328  .  603 is practically an 
 ideal frequency here with no real interference from 600 by sunrise, 
 no local electrical noise (I could hear light static crashes), so 
 one can really listen to the dynamics of the channel.  By 1330 I 
 could hear a jammer on the channel as well, might have actually 
 started at 1330.
 
 Checked 3900 for the PAL/WRTH suggested parallel with no luck, but 
 in listening to my recording, I noticed there was a guangbo 
 dientai in there at 1327UT, but my ability to follow the cadence 
 of CC is pretty limited, so I'll place it here: 
 http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/listen/guangbo_dientai%20603 
 for anyone else to take a crack at it.  I have an SDR recording of 
 it, but this is just a quick and dirty version recorded using AM 
 and including the 3kHz het from 600.  I'm sure I can winkle out 
 better with more effort.
 
 
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] TP Sept 16, 2012 / Victoria version

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Now that's a signal... Strange it's all alone...had the usual mix of CC/KK and 
a wee bit of a unid that sound like CC which could be this station, but it was 
nowhere near the level it was at your QTH. Definitely not the CC crunchy audio 
heard 800 miles south of you guys..  Keep an eye on this one.  



Thanks for the DX nugget (audio)

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On Sep 16, 2012, at 9:19 PM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote:

 Are you hearing this one as well Derek?   If the audio is poor sounding down 
 there, it must be getting worn out with the extra kilometers...Here's what 
 the peak sounded like here this morning (no special processing, just good old 
 AM): 
 http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/listen/603%20peak%20at%201324UT%2020120916.wav
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
 
 At 21:46 16-09-12, you wrote:
 Hey Gary Is this the CC station with the poor sounding audio?
 
 Thanks
 
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Re: [IRCA] TP's DU's for Monday, September 03, 2012

[derek vincent]

TPDX nuggets 

early risers
935utc 738 tahiti always the first one here...

1030utc 1503khz D/U fadded up and out

1031utc 1548khz D/U left just as fast

1307 utc 702khz D/U good with splatter

1310utc 792khz ??? D/U?? weak /faint

 1312utc  846 khz D/U male speaking. weak/faint

1327utc 828khz D/U 3GL? faint

1327utc828khz  JOBB faint/weak

1331utc 891 khz 5AN the star of the morning.** very good signal**
http://youtu.be/3C4VBmOuxpc

1331utc 891 khz JJ?? with KK cochannel  with a woman singing.Thailand or 
vietnam??? faint/weak
http://youtu.be/KMcYR2CmZOU

1340utc 918 D/U?? faint

1342utc  1026 unid D/U music??? In the mud
http://youtu.be/ZK3fl5Qnlfg

1350utc 1611khz D/U ?? faint music/mud (headphones)
http://youtu.be/ZjFoLIrHKO0

1354utc 1674khz D/U?? faint music/mud (headphones/debock super hearing)
http://youtu.be/-43xHnw4Zeo

1350utc 1701.04 two signals one off a bit. woman singing Arabic style. the 
other had no audio (headphones)
http://youtu.be/1JcrwSroT04


Well...thats my offering to the DX Gods Any Ideas

Thanks Derek
700 miles south of Grayland.




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Sent: Monday, September 3, 2012 6:27 AM
Subject: [IRCA] TP's  DU's for Monday, September 03, 2012
 


Conditions here down from previous mornings. May with the K index at 4 had 
something to due with it? Russian long waves were really down in signal 
strength this morning. Will be interesting to read Nick's or Nigel's 
reports. Congratulations Tim in Michigan for your reception of 2BL 702 and 
other DU's signals.   
 
153     RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1201-1204 steady weak signal with man in Russian.

180     RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1206 weak signal with man in Russian.

279     RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1207 very weak signal with woman in Russian. Weak 
signal at 1237 with music. Good signal at 1254 with music.

567     NEW ZEALAND? RNZ National? 1218-1220 very weak signal with music 
followed by man in ? SW ewe.

594     JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1222 weak signal with man in Japanese. NW ewe. Fair at 
1303 wit man/woman in Japanese.

693     JAPAN, JOAB NHK2 1305 weak signal with man in Japanese. NW ewe.

747     JAPAN,  JOIB NHK2 1224 very weak signal with woman in Japanese. NW ewe.

774     JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1212 weak signal with Radio English Conversation 
Program. Fair signal at 1257 same program. 

792     UNKNOWN DU? 1309-1312 very weak signal with man in English. Best on SW 
ewe. 

828     JAPAN, 1312 weak signal in latter than usual, man in Japanese. NE ewe. 
Fair signal at 1314 with no splatter.

891     AUSTRALIA, 5AN? 1240-1242 very weak audio in English. Guessing 5AN. SW 
ewe. Weak audio at 1315. No Idaho splatter. 

972     REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLCA 1225-1231 weak signal briefly at 1226 with 
woman in Korean? NW ewe.

1053    REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1306 weak with jamming. Also in latter than usual. 
NW ewe. 

1566    REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1235 good signal with Choir singing with piano. 
Moderate splatter. NW ewe.

1611    AUSTRALIA? 1251-1253threshold audio with little splatter. Brief audio 
at times.  SW ewe.

1629    AUSTRALIA? 1248 very poor, just above threshold with music and talk 
(unknown language). Best on SW ewe.



Best regards,

Dennis Vroom,
Kalama, WA
JRC NRD 545  Drake R8B
NW  SW ewe
Sky wire loop 753'
High Performance Active Whip (long wave)
Solar Indices SF 142 A 12 K 4
Local Sunrise 1335 utc
      Sunset  0245 utc
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[IRCA] TPDX monday 8/6

[derek vincent]

conditions down a wee bit here. lots of spatter. 


Heres a few uind nuggets. Any ideas?


765khz unid woman singing
http://youtu.be/IXa1hnYwJ2U

792khz unid music
http://youtu.be/s9JuzTS400Y

846khz unid soft music 
http://youtu.be/kOwqkIqqBqI
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Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report

[Derek Vincent]

Cool vid And yes that is very high : )
Thanks for the video clip... Soon DXpeditions will become a multimedia 
experience.. : )

Ps More video : )

Sent from the shed.

On Aug 3, 2012, at 12:07 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 Hi Derek,
 
Never underestimate the power of CTDX... I've been sitting in the
 dark since
 2006 and they have never let me down... Even only 160 miles from the
 bay area
 the cliffs continue to work their magic Sent from south of grayland
 
 
 Well, Derek, I have become a true believer in Cliff Top DXing. and I
 hope that we can persuade other friends to give this thrilling form of
 TP-DXing a try. It would be great to have a joint DXing session with
 you at the top of 805' Cape Perpetua in the future (a video of the
 ocean beach from the 800 foot level is posted at
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HoP77ApQ_ofeature=relmfu ), if we can
 figure out a way to deal with wild animals, and the Day Use Only
 police.
 
 73, Gary DeBock
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Derek Vincent eargaz...@yahoo.com
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 9:25 pm
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report
 
 
 Never underestimate the power of CTDX... I've been sitting in the dark
 since
 2006 and they have never let me down... Even only 160 miles from the
 bay area
 the cliffs continue to work there magic
 
 Sent from south of grayland
 
 On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:31 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:
 
 Hi Tim,
 
 Thanks very much for your comments on the DXpedition!
 
 Gary, some of those rough conditions like an AC power or
 street
 lighting probably made a major contribution to your success.   
 
 Yes, Tim, that was certainly a najor advantage for weak-signal
 reception on
 the Cliff. There were no computers or street lights within miles of the
 DXing
 site. Once you got used to the complete darkness and total isolation of
 the
 makeshift DXing venue it was probably the best site that you could have
 ever
 hoped for.
 
 One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity
 would be
 offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless
 here.
 Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma
 TV
 I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the
 neighbors
 are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;)   
 
 I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor's new plasma TV, and yes, those
 RF-polluting beasts are a DXer's mortal enemy. Its RF hash would have
 ruined
 everything for me on the Cliff... if there would have been any AC power
 for your
 neighbor to plug it in!
 
 But in general the new FSL antennas can survive high-noise
 environments much
 better than air-core loops, and can usually null RF noise generators
 (like
 plasma TV's) down into the noise, at least on one bearing. The main
 challenge
 with the FSL antennas currently is a sudden booming demand from DXers
 but no
 commercial supply... the sellers of surplus Soviet ferrite on eBay must
 be
 thanking their lucky stars for the advent of Capitalism.
 
 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
 
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Tim Hills thi...@sio.midco.net
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 10:22 am
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report
 
 
 Gary, some of those rough conditions like an AC power or street
 lighting probably made a major contribution to your success.
 
 One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would
 be
 offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless
 here.
 Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma
 TV
 I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the
 neighbors
 are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;)
 
 We had planned on a trip up the west coast in late fall but work for
 both of us has killed that idea along with the mini DXpedition in
 October.
 
 Thanks for posting your results, at least I can get in some good DXing
 vicariously.
 
 Tim Hills
 Sioux Falls, SD
 
 
 On 8/1/2012 21:43, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:
 (trimmed)
 
 DXing conditions were rough (no AC power, running water, street
 lighting or weather protection) but the triple advantage of salt
 water
 propagation, ocean cliff altitude and high-gain FSL antenna resulted
 in
 South Pacific DX of exceptional strength.  2.5 kW and 5 kW signals
 from
 New Zealand AM stations like 765-Radio Kahungunu and 684-NZ Rhema
 were
 actually pegging the PL-380's S/N readout at 25 (the maximum), while
 several other DU's like 828-Radio Trackside (2 kW) and 603-Radio
 Waatea
 were coming in like locals. The unique combination of rough DXing
 conditions and awesome South Pacific DX was unforgettable, and every
 effort was made to record MP3's of the amazing DX for the DXpedition
 report, which is posted at
 http://www.mediafire.com/view

Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report

[Derek Vincent]

Never underestimate the power of CTDX... I've been sitting in the dark since 
2006 and they have never let me down... Even only 160 miles from the bay area 
the cliffs continue to work there magic 

Sent from south of grayland 

On Aug 2, 2012, at 1:31 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 Hi Tim,
 
 Thanks very much for your comments on the DXpedition!
 
 Gary, some of those rough conditions like an AC power or street
 lighting probably made a major contribution to your success.   
 
 Yes, Tim, that was certainly a najor advantage for weak-signal reception on 
 the Cliff. There were no computers or street lights within miles of the DXing 
 site. Once you got used to the complete darkness and total isolation of the 
 makeshift DXing venue it was probably the best site that you could have ever 
 hoped for.
 
 One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would be
 offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless here.
 Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV
 I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the neighbors
 are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;)   
 
 I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor's new plasma TV, and yes, those 
 RF-polluting beasts are a DXer's mortal enemy. Its RF hash would have ruined 
 everything for me on the Cliff... if there would have been any AC power for 
 your neighbor to plug it in!
 
 But in general the new FSL antennas can survive high-noise environments much 
 better than air-core loops, and can usually null RF noise generators (like 
 plasma TV's) down into the noise, at least on one bearing. The main challenge 
 with the FSL antennas currently is a sudden booming demand from DXers but no 
 commercial supply... the sellers of surplus Soviet ferrite on eBay must be 
 thanking their lucky stars for the advent of Capitalism.
 
 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
 
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Tim Hills thi...@sio.midco.net
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Thu, Aug 2, 2012 10:22 am
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] July 2012 Oregon Cliff DXpedition Report
 
 
 Gary, some of those rough conditions like an AC power or street
 lighting probably made a major contribution to your success.
 
 One reason I haven't built an FSL is the increased sensitivity would be
 offset by local noise anyway. Anything over a 2' loop is pointless here.
 Thanks to my neighbor being the proud owner of a new 60+ inch plasma TV
 I have to move my remote active loop yet again. Wonder how the neighbors
 are going to react to a 40' pole in my yard ;)
 
 We had planned on a trip up the west coast in late fall but work for
 both of us has killed that idea along with the mini DXpedition in October.
 
 Thanks for posting your results, at least I can get in some good DXing
 vicariously.
 
 Tim Hills
 Sioux Falls, SD
 
 
 On 8/1/2012 21:43, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:
 (trimmed)
 
 DXing conditions were rough (no AC power, running water, street
 lighting or weather protection) but the triple advantage of salt water
 propagation, ocean cliff altitude and high-gain FSL antenna resulted 
 in
 South Pacific DX of exceptional strength.  2.5 kW and 5 kW signals 
 from
 New Zealand AM stations like 765-Radio Kahungunu and 684-NZ Rhema were
 actually pegging the PL-380's S/N readout at 25 (the maximum), while
 several other DU's like 828-Radio Trackside (2 kW) and 603-Radio 
 Waatea
 were coming in like locals. The unique combination of rough DXing
 conditions and awesome South Pacific DX was unforgettable, and every
 effort was made to record MP3's of the amazing DX for the DXpedition
 report, which is posted at
 http://www.mediafire.com/view/?nk9tlf95t0b2m14
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] 2012 Cape Perpetua (Oregon) Cliff DXpedition Video

[Derek Vincent]

It's good to see the cliff DX grow in popularity... How did you calculate the 
distance above sea level? 


Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 22, 2012, at 7:39 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 Hi Guy,
 
 Thanks for your comments on the DXpedition video... and of course you
 are far more familiar with the Yachats area than me!
 
  Is this the particular wide spot in the road that you and Norm
 were at: http://goo.gl/maps/9Kax ? When I look at it in Street View
 mode, it appears to be the same place as shown in your video, and it is
 near the base of Cape Perpetua. However, if this was your location or
 anywhere near this turnout, the elevation is nowhere near 400 feet
 above sea level. If you switch to Terrain View in Google Maps, you can
 see that this stretch of Highway 101 is just above the 200 foot line.
 The fact that you were hearing such good DX at half the altitude you
 thought you were at is a very encouraging. 
 
 Yes, that does appear to be the DXing spot. As I was telling Steve, the
 Highway 101 road side turnoff space is just barely large enough to park
 your car, set up an 8 FSL on its PVC base, and feel halfway safe as a
 huge 18 wheeler thunders by in total darkness at 1100 UTC. As for the
 elevation of the cliff site, I must confess that I didn't go down to
 sea level with a tape measure, and your correction is appreciated.
 Regardless of the elevation, I think that the site derives some weird
 DXing benefit from the sheer drop off of the cliff, with the ocean
 seeming unusually close in to those who dare to look down from the side
 of the road!
 
  While doing some virtual sightseeing in Google Maps near Cape
 Perpetua, I accidentally dropped the little Street View man (icon) on
 this spot: http://goo.gl/maps/t1Hx Bingo! This is the end of National
 Forest Road #5553, which is a scenic viewpoint from the 800 foot level
 !! There's a nice parking lot here (no cars whizzing by on the
 highway), and even restrooms across from the lot. I note at least one
 picnic table near the parking lot, overlooking the Pacific. That would
 be a great spot to DX from, perhaps using the Perseus as a spotting
 scope for the ULR rig. (Of course, it doesn't seem you had any
 trouble spotting the low power Kiwis even from Highway 101's altitude
 :^)
 In all the years my family has vacationed in nearby Yachats, I can't
 believe I never drove up the Forest Service Rd. #5553! This looks to be
 a superb spot for DXing. There's even room for a temporary Flag, E WE,
 or other modest loop antenna in the grassy area across from the parking
 lot. 
 
 Actually, Guy, I checked out that very spot at he end of National
 Forest Service Rd. #5553 during our first night in Yachats, and it did
 indeed have an extremely high elevation. What deterred me from setting
 up there for DXing was the Day Use Only sign at the start of the road
 (since I have already run afoul of the police in Lincoln City for
 violating one of these signs during the July 2011 DXpedition), and the
 fact that the site is highly prone to severe wind and drenching rain
 (much more so than the Highway 101 road side turn off site). On the
 very first DXing morning (Wednesday the 18th) I actually drove up the
 Forest Road #5553 road to the 800' level at 1100 UTC with intentions of
 chasing TP-DX, but since the site was in total darkness at that hour
 (with no lights anywhere within 2 miles, and thick forest on all 4
 sides), I had the distinct impression that a herd of elk was about to
 forcibly evict me from their turf, and that the Highway 101 turnoff
 site would at least solve my claustrophobia problem :-) As it turned
 out, the Highway 101 site was more than sufficient for amazing
 Ultralight radio reception from the South Pacific.
 
 73, Gary
 
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Guy Atkins d...@guyatkins.com
 To: irca irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Sun, Jul 22, 2012 7:28 pm
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] 2012 Cape Perpetua (Oregon) Cliff DXpedition Video
 
 
 Hi Gary,
 
 Thanks for sharing your video. Great stuff! It was great to see Norm with
 you too; he and I had some nice correspondence a few years ago when I sold
 him an Eton E1oo, modified with a Murata filter and a long Stormwise
 ferrite rod antenna.
 
 Is this the particular wide spot in the road that you and Norm were at:
 http://goo.gl/maps/9Kax ?  When I look at it in Street View mode, it
 appears to be the same place as shown in your video, and it is near the
 base of Cape Perpetua.
 
 However, if this was your location or anywhere near this turnout, the
 elevation is nowhere near 400 feet above sea level. If you switch to
 Terrain View in Google Maps, you can see that this stretch of Highway 101
 is just above the 200 foot line. The fact that you were hearing such good
 DX at half the altitude you thought you were at is a very encouraging.
 
 While doing some virtual sightseeing in Google Maps near Cape Perpetua, I
 accidentally dropped the little Street View man (icon) on this spot:
 http://goo.gl/maps/t1Hx 

Re: [IRCA] 2012 Cape Perpetua (Oregon) Cliff DXpedition Video

[Derek Vincent]

I hope this guess more of us to do more videos of our DXing adventures. It's 
always nice to see what others are doing. : )

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 23, 2012, at 12:14 PM, Charles Rippel lantarea...@gmail.com wrote:

 Gary,
 
 That adventure was both fun to follow and at the same time, motivating.
 Your video iced the cake.
 
 Thank you for sharing.
 
 
 Chuck Rippel
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Re: [IRCA] Top Ten South Pacific Signals from the Cape Perpetua (OR) Cliff

[Derek Vincent]

WoWzers! The 765kz recording is outstanding and it's amazing that's there 
is no listing of for JB July 13 grayland log... 

It's the power of the cliffs... 

Great work on the DX and video.

Sent from 800 south of grayland.

On Jul 23, 2012, at 12:31 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 Hello All,
 
 From July 17-21 Norm Clark and I had the exciting experience of DXing
 from the Cape Perpetua cliff site on Oregon's central coast, setting
 up with a hot-rodded PL-380 Ultralight radio and an 8 FSL antenna on a
 Highway 101 road side turn off (with an awesome ocean view). The
 operating conditions were rough (no AC power, running water, street
 lights or weather protection) and setup space was extremely limited,
 but the thrilling DU-DX was more than worth the hassle! Recordings from
 the strongest DU stations are linked below.
 
 567-Radio National (Wellington, NZ, 50 kW)  A regular every morning on
 the Cliff, with a mix of news, interviews and music. // 675
 http://www.mediafire.com/?9z8vnphq6thc9p2
 
 603-Radio Waatea (Auckland, NW, 5 kW)  Maori-language music and news,
 quite vibrant during good Kiwi conditions
 http://www.mediafire.com/?fjsnsk95l62iims
 
 657-Southern Star (Wellington, NZ, 50 kW)  Christian music broadcaster
 with extremely strong signals during good Kiwi propagation
 http://www.mediafire.com/?ijcacg8uqmvian9
 
 684-NZ Rhema (Gisborne, NZ, 5 kW)  Another Christian music broadcaster
 with an exceptional signal for its transmitter power level
 http://www.mediafire.com/?bge7anmbo8j79a8
 
 738-RFO Tahiti (Mahina, Tahiti, 20 kW)  A French language blowtorch on
 the Cliff almost every morning, this station frequently tested the
 PL-380's crunch resistance. One of only two stations not from New
 Zealand to make this Top Ten list
 http://www.mediafire.com/?a4shuubhn36b6aa
 
 765-Radio Kahungunu (Napier-Hastings, NZ, 2.5 kW)  The booming signals
 from this low-powered Maori language broadcaster almost reached
 science fiction levels on the Cliff. Part of the mystique is that this
 station (and 603-Waatea) have apparently never been received at the
 famous Grayland DXpedition site in Washington state. The second MP3 has
 a beautiful Maori-language rendition of the old Jackson 5 hit, I'll Be
 There.
 http://www.mediafire.com/?my4o957wpjtve0m
 http://www.mediafire.com/?53ixrx2kv109g34
 
 828-Radio Trackside (Palmerston North, NZ, 2 kW)  Another low-powered
 Kiwi station with amazing signals on the Cliff. Apparently helped by
 bizarre propagation shutting out Australian stations, it frequently
 ruled the roost on this frequency
 http://www.mediafire.com/?53b7zau8787ie0j
 
 891-5AN (Adelaide, Australia, 50 kW)  The sole Aussie to make this
 list, this ABC broadcaster apparently benefited from its central
 Australia location, giving it booming signals while eastern Australia
 was down in the noise. A frequent blowtorch on the Cliff
 http://www.mediafire.com/?rsvoh1aro2w0xtr
 
 1008-Newstalk ZB (Tauranga, NZ, 10 kW)  One of the stronger Kiwis, but
 its proximity to a 1010 kHz domestic station saddled it with a tedious
 2 kHz heterodyne on the low-tech Tecsun ultralight. The strongest of
 the Kiwi Newstalk ZB stations on the Cliff
 http://www.mediafire.com/?nl9j9f242ldirfm
 
 Of course, many other South Pacific stations were received on the
 Cliff, but these were just the ten strongest ones. Low-powered New
 Zealand stations (and one obscure 400w Aussie X-bander on 1701 kHz)
 were the order of the day. A full DXpedition report on this bizarre
 4-day trip will be prepared shortly, which hopefully will motivate
 other DXing fanatics to push their luck on the cliffs!
 
 73 and Good DX,
 Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
 Cape Perpetua DXpedition video posted at
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZzBfstOXA4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff Ultralight DU's for 7-20

[Derek Vincent]

Great job on the reports Can't wait for the DX nuggets I'm off to go 
clean off the ground rods : )

Sent from 500 miles south of Gary 

On Jul 20, 2012, at 1:29 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 Hello All,
 
 The typical rules of medium wave propagation seemed to be thrown out the 
 window this morning on the Cliff, as numerous low-powered New Zealand 
 stations tested the overload level of the Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight. 2.5 kW 
 Radio Kahungunu (a Maori-language station which has apparently never been 
 heard at Grayland) was maxing out the PL-380's S/N display at 25 for about 5 
 minutes with its distinctive Island Music around 1230, while 828-Radio 
 Trackside (2 kW) was solid copy at the same time. 567-RN, 657-Southern Star, 
 675-RN and 603-Waatea all were maxing out the PL-380's S/N at 25 this 
 morning, and although the time was limited, I crammed in as much fanatical 
 DXing as I could.
 
 The Aussies were decidedly weaker than the Kiwis this morning, but I pushed 
 my luck by checking for X-band Aussies (all 400 watts or less). On the X-band 
 the Aussies had no New Zealand competition, and on 1701 kHz I was lucky to 
 find fairly decent DU English audio as soon as I tuned in. For some unknown 
 reason the Tijuana ESPN noise generator was silent, and I was able to record 
 a fairly decent ID from an obscure Christian broadcaster on the frequency. 
 Totally wacky!
 
 The rain and wind were nasty on the Cliff this morning, but fortunately the 
 hot-rodded radios and FSL antennas were up to the weather challenge. Thanks 
 very much to Nick, Steve and Dennis for the daily DU-DXing reports... but I 
 feel more than a little embarassed at the relative results here. I wish that 
 you could all join me for at least one of these wacky ULR + FSL transoceanic 
 sessions (like Norm Clark plans to do tomorrow morning)... the experience 
 would probably turn any of you into a DU-DXing fanatic!!
 
 73, Gary DeBock (temporarily DXing at Cape Perpetua, OR ocean side Cliff, 
 400' high)
 7.5 Medium Wave Loopstick PL-380 (new design) + 8 MW FSL antenna
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] TP's and DU's for Tuesday July 17, 2012

[Derek Vincent]

Great luck at the coast Gary... I'll be looking forward to the updates : )

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 17, 2012, at 9:41 AM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 Hi Dennis,
 
 Thanks for your daily TP and DU reports, which are very interesting.
 
 The poor propagation doesn't sound very encoraging, but I'll be pushing my 
 luck with Ultralight radios and FSL antennas on the Oregon coast around 
 Yachats for the next 4 days, temporarily joining you, Steve and Nick in 
 suffering through the miserable TP-DXing conditions. Maybe we will get lucky, 
 and things will turn around? :-)
 
 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Dennis Vroom vroom...@ymail.com
 To: irca irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Tue, Jul 17, 2012 5:54 am
 Subject: [IRCA] TP's and DU's for Tuesday July 17, 2012
 
 
 
 
  
 Listened from 1205-1250 utc.  Only audio was from Tahiti on 738 utc.  Best
 signal ever heard here and still
 being heard at 1248.  Noise from lighting in the Cascade mountain range 
 present.
   
 
 738 TAHITI, 1208 fair for about 32 minutes with man in French. Faded back 
 in
 splatter.  1225 with
 fair signal with man in French and not much splatter. Good
 signal 1238 with two men 
 in French. Best on Sky wire loop, but heard on all four
 antennas. 
 729 Level 4 het 1228
 774 Level 4 het 1214
 828 Level 4 het 1215
 891 Level 4 het 1229
 1008Level 4 het 1216
 1503Level 4 het 1217
 1566Level 5 het 1218
 1611Level 4 het 1218
 
 Best regards,
 
 Dennis Vroom,
 
 Kalama, WA
 JRC NRD 545
 SW Ewe  Sky wire loop 753'
 Local Sunrise 1238 utc
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Re: [IRCA] Grayland DXpedition Report, May 7-9, 2012

[Derek Vincent]

Thanks for taking for the DX report... That sure gets me motivated. Im always 
amazed how quite the band is in Washington especially at your location.

Keep up the good work. 

Derek 



On May 26, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Guy Atkins d...@guyatkins.com wrote:

 The month of May is not considered prime time for either DU or Asian medium
 wave from the Washington coast, so my DXpectations weren't very high for
 this trip. Besides the sub-par season, we're a few years removed from the
 periods of excellent DX heard during the low point in the last solar cycle.
 I had planned to be content with antenna experiments, figuring I may not
 hear any overseas DX worth logging.
 
 Surprise! The first night of the 7th (UTC) was indeed a bust, but the 8th
 and 9th progressively improved--all the way through local sunrise and my
 last recorded Perseus files just past 1300 UTC.
 
 All loggings below were made with a single delta Flag antenna, oriented at
 240 degrees. The high, dense brush at Grayland in the southwest direction
 from my camp site prevented me from creating a phased array as I had
 planned, so I erected the 2nd loop at 310 degrees to hopefully be optimum
 for any Asian TPs. The two loops were identical except for their bearing
 (60 ft. base wire at 3 feet above ground, 22 ft. apex height, 1150 ohms
 termination resistor (modeled in EZNEC... thanks KAZ), and using the
 excellent LN (low noise) version of Wellbrook's FLG100 modules.
 
 This was the first time I've used single delta loops rather than arrays of
 loops, and the directionality was better than I expected. Check out *this
 audio clip* http://www.mediafire.com/?vwasnolghm7m550 which compares
 approx. 10 seconds each of daytime reception on 820 kHz, as I switch
 between antennas. One signal is KGNW Seattle and the other is KORC
 Waldport, OR.
 
 DX on the 8th was modest, but it was all Asian until sunrise approached
 when reception shifted mostly to Australia  New Zealand. Even during the
 hours well before sunrise, the Japanese, Chinese, and South Korean stations
 came in best on the southwest delta Flag... evidently a case of skewed path
 reception, perhaps due to the disturbed geo-conditions.
 
 The last night of the DXpedition on the 9th was almost entirely mid-band DU
 reception and most of the signals were logged during the last 1-1/2 hours
 before sunrise. I did note a few very weak Japanese signals and they were
 best on the northwest loop, as typical. The ability to rewind the entire
 medium wave band with Perseus WAV files was again the #1 tool for capturing
 as much DX as possible, especially when propagation is poor and interesting
 foreign signals are hard to find.
 
 A few photos with captions from the DXpedition can be seen in this folder: *
 https://picasaweb.google.com/114798392023680237679/GraylandDXpeditionMay792012
 *https://picasaweb.google.com/114798392023680237679/GraylandDXpeditionMay792012
 
 --
 
 531 JAPAN JOQG Morioka, May 08 1301 - Japanese talk by man, fading up on
 531 from some local, buzzy QRM. Poor to fair level while it lasted;
 presumed.
 
 567 UNIDENTIFIED Unid, May 08 1259 - I noted a very weak English language
 signal 'in the grass' just prior to 1300; it sounded Aussie or Kiwi. It
 resurfaced again at 1302. The RNZ National station in Wellington is most
 likely, based on its 50 kW power.
 
 612 AUSTRALIA 4QR Brisbane, May 9 1200 - ABC trumpet fanfare at 1200, and
 into news read by male announcer. Fair.
 
 630 ALASKA KJNO Juneau, May 09 0859 - ID by man 'Your capitol information
 station, 630 KJNO, Juneau, Alaska'. Good signal at top of the hour.
 
 684 UNIDENTIFIED Unid, May 09 1230 - Soft pop or MOR music playing here, at
 a low level. Never did get any clues as to identification before fade out.
 
 693 JAPAN JOAB Tokyo, May 09 1230 - Caught the beginning or end of an
 English lesson program, with lively talk by male and female announcers in
 Japanese and English. Noted to be parallel to 747 and 774 kHz. Poor to
 fair.
 
 702 AUSTRALIA 2NR Grafton, May 09 1002 - 2NR with Aussie male and female
 announcers with news items, in slop from 700. Poor. Heard at much better
 level at 1300 with trumpet fanfare, 'ABC News' network ID, and into news
 items by man and woman announcers.
 
 720 AUSTRALIA Unid ABC Station, May 09 1230 - I noted a female announcer in
 Aussie accented English, which was parallel to the unid ABC outlet on 756.
 Perhaps 2ML in Murwillumbah on 720? It's only 400 watts but the New South
 Wales location makes sense for propagation to WCNA.
 
 738 AUSTRALIA 2NR ABC North Coast - Grafton, May 08 1300 - ABC trumpet
 fanfare at 1300, and into news by man and woman announcers. Fair on peaks.
 Brief evidence of 1ere Tahiti in French.
 
 738 TAHITI Polynesie 1ere, May 8 0602 - First definite TP of the evening,
 with French talk by man. Modest signal level; noted with an exact match
 with MWoffsets frequency.
 
 747 JAPAN JOIB Sapporo, May 09 

Re: [IRCA] BBC is moving from Bush House London

[Derek Vincent]

I wonder if the clip has made it to YouTube... I'd like to see it..

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 2, 2012, at 4:51 PM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:

 Watching the BBC News this morning, it was reported that the BBC World
 is moving from Bush House. Quite a bit of history on the early days of
 the BBC.
  They discussed the days of the pips and This is London Calling.
 
 73,
 
 Patrick 
 
 Patrick Martin
 Seaside OR
 KGED QSL Manager
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] KNEW-960?

[Derek Vincent]

KKSF 





On Jan 5, 2012, at 6:47 PM, Pete Taylor p...@comcast.net wrote:

 Re the article on. p.3 of the 12/31 DXM, if the KNEW calls are  now on 960, 
 what are the new calls for 910?
 
 Pete Taylor
 Tacoma, WA
 12225w 4719n
 HQ180  ICF2010
 Kiwa aircore  Palomar loops
 DX398, SRF-59  M37V
 Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] Oct. 25th TPs: Where'd They Go?

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Very true... It seems like the DX door has been open for the past 2 Weeks down 
here. Had my first South Africa contact this year from my driveway. : )






On Oct 25, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Colin Newell c...@islandnet.com wrote:

 
 The action is on the other end of the dial.
 
 In the last 5 days I have worked Europe on USB - 10 meters, less than 1 Watt.
 Transcontinental contacts on 10 using AM, CW and Side band with 100mw
 have also been achieved -- occasional CME's explain why we are
 not picking up 1/2 megawatt medium wave stations from across the Pacific.
 Yesterday at 1800 UTC there was one that struck our upper atmosphere
 throwing the blanket over everything.
 
 Apparently these are the most spectacular upper band conditions since the
 50's -- and it is expected to improve even more.
 
 On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:51:35 -0700 Guy Atkins d...@guyatkins.com wrote:
 Monitored this morning from 1414-1455, switching regularly from DU loop to
 TP loop, but nary a 9 kHz trace on Perseus until 1450-1452 when I spotted
 very weak TP carriers on 594 and 603. They were gone after only a couple of
 minutes, and that was all the so-called DX to be found!
 
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Re: [IRCA] Oct. 25th TPs: Where'd They Go?

[Derek Vincent]

Well said Walt.





On Oct 25, 2011, at 6:49 PM, Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com wrote:

 Perhaps true, but I'd be very wary believing that the high band conditions
 are the best since the 50s.  First of all, the SF is still minuscule
 compared to past solar peaks.  I remember well propagation being wall to
 wall up well past 30 MHz, and late into the night.  The MUF isn't bad, and I
 do hear 10 meters open, but signals are not staggering by any means.  Same
 old terribly boring CBers on 27 MHz in the morningnope, not my thing.
 Give me MW (and the Tropical bands) anytime over a few old #@%ts calling CQ
 and giving 5/9 signal reportsboring!  To each his own, I suppose.  For
 me, the thrill of a 100 watt AM transmitter from Australia with real
 programming outweighs any ham calling CQ in my shack.  Not very many (none,
 actually) Megawatt MW transmitters in the Pacific these days.  Most of them
 are putting out far fewer watts than advertised, just with natural aging and
 wear and tear.  Fighting domestic stations, hearing anything out of Europe,
 Asia, the Pacific, or Africa is one mean feat, especially from the west
 coast of North America.  Eliminate the domestic splatter would make the job
 of the DXer far easier.  There's a lot more skill involved in this as
 welltweaking the antenna, bandwidth, notch filters, AM vs side band
 reception, etc, too.Walt
 
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 The action is on the other end of the dial.
 
 In the last 5 days I have worked Europe on USB - 10 meters, less than 1
 Watt.
 Transcontinental contacts on 10 using AM, CW and Side band with 100mw
 have also been achieved -- occasional CME's explain why we are
 not picking up 1/2 megawatt medium wave stations from across the Pacific.
 Yesterday at 1800 UTC there was one that struck our upper atmosphere
 throwing the blanket over everything.
 
 Apparently these are the most spectacular upper band conditions since the
 50's -- and it is expected to improve even more.
 
 On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:51:35 -0700 Guy Atkins d...@guyatkins.com wrote:
 Monitored this morning from 1414-1455, switching regularly from DU loop to
 TP loop, but nary a 9 kHz trace on Perseus until 1450-1452 when I spotted
 very weak TP carriers on 594 and 603. They were gone after only a couple
 of
 minutes, and that was all the so-called DX to be found!
 
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 BobHarris.com Amateur Radio VA7WWV - Victoria B.C. Canada |
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Re: [IRCA] Build Your Own (Reasonably Priced) FSL Antenna

[Derek Vincent]

Thankyou Gary...





On Oct 15, 2011, at 9:17 AM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 Hello All,
 
 As most of you know, there has been quite a lot of interest in the new
 Ferrite Sleeve Loop antennas among many in the AM-DXing community, but
 there are very few resources to help DXers actually try out the
 antenna, or even know how to get started in building one. In an effort
 to change this situation a detailed 7 FSL construction article was
 written, with a deliberate attempt to include Heathkit-like
 user-friendly instructions and many Photoshop-enhanced assembly
 pictures. For those who are curious about the new antenna's
 construction, operation and DXing capabilities, this new 10-page
 article will answer all your questions.
 
 Designed to be built with a component cost of around $150, this 7 FSL
 takes up only about one cubic foot of space-- but has been tested
 extensively against a full-sized 4' PVC box loop here, with superior
 weak-signal reception results. All four 7 FSL test models here have
 demonstrated this weak-signal superiority over the 4' air core loop
 (the antenna which provided reception of 30 DU stations on Ultralight
 radios during the August 2010 DXpedition to Lincoln City, OR). Unlike
 similar -sized compact antennas this 7 FSL will provide a very serious
 gain boost to any portable radio with a loopstick-- even full-sized
 models like the Sony ICF-S5W and the Panasonic RF-2200 (without the
 need for any radio modification). With extensive advice on tracking
 down construction parts and obtaining the best DXing results from your
 compact FSL, this article will hopefully motivate both experienced
 builders and beginners to accept the challenge of construction, and
 personally experience the astonishing performance of this new antenna
 design. http://www.mediafire.com/?dshnqlbydf6qu25
 
 73 and Good DX,
 Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] TP for 26 Sep 2011: Comparisons with Masset

[Derek Vincent]

Yummy... I can't wait to hear some of those DX nuggets : )





On Sep 26, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com wrote:

 I just returned from a 6 day jaunt to my DX cottage on Haida Gwaii (Queen
 Charlotte Islands), off the north-west coast of BC. I read with interest
 Bruce's comments, this morning.  On the contrary,  I was most impressed with
 the TP reception this morning, listening between 12:55 and about 15:00 UTC
 before pulling down everything for the flight home.  The Chinese were
 particularly strong today, as were the Russians.  Most of the MW band had
 one or more TPs present, often at armchair level.  A few highlights this
 morning, and observations:  Russian LW:  180 was not heard at all this week.
 Off the air for repairs, or permanently?  864.916  heard in Chinese the
 past couple of days.  Thanks to Mauno Ritola telling me that this is Binzhou
 PBS News Channel.  PAL needs to reflect this.  1080 Anchorage is back on the
 air.  I missed the call letters, but did hear the ID as, The new 1080, The
 Ticket at 14:22 today.  Later on, they were knocked off by Asian stations.
 This time of the year is very interesting in Masset, as it's fun to watch
 virtually the whole of North America disappear to be replaced by 9 kHz
 spaced TP stations from top to bottom, and often at armchair levels.
 Looking at my notes, most frequencies rated 8 to 9+ levels.  Wow!  No DU
 activity today, although I did hear a modest amount of DU activity in days
 past.  Yesterday, I also had some very nice Filipino copy on 1314,
 presumably DWXI, way over the Japanese or Korean stations.  I noted that the
 NHK2 network signed off each day for the past 6 days at 14:40 UTC.  I
 collected 219 GB of excellent Perseus SDR files to have fun with.
 No signs of TA activity at all during the past week, presumably owing
 to the solar activity.  This compares to reasonable TA activity a year ago
 at this time, and fabulous TA activity during the first DXpedition to Masset
 4 years ago,all at the same time of September.  I was hoping to get out to
 Rose Spit for a DC only overnight session, but family commitments prevented
 this from occurring.  Rose Spit is particularly good for DU DX.  Oh well,
 perhaps during my next visit in a few months. 73s,...Walt
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Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Saturday

[Derek Vincent]

I wish I had salty conditions like yours. I had 6 10 ft ground rods in place. 
Now  they are gone thanks to mother nature. I think I'm loosing 20ft ever 
3years thanks to erotion. It's the elevation that makes the difference. At my 
spot I'm surrounded by the ocean. Some of the odd ball stuff I hear is truly 
amazing. Only being 3hours from the bay is a problem. Above ground systems 
bring in too much domesitic noise. At 600 ft above sea level, even my k9ay that 
fell over still received 2nd tier stations.  Im surprised what the barefoot 
ts615 does 
above sea level. Some times it keeps up with the wires. Anywho. The closer you 
are the better. On top of the ocean even better.,,





On Sep 25, 2011, at 5:43 AM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:

 I hear the roar of the Pacific from my house. It is only over a few sand
 dune type hills. The water table here is quite high. I can go down an
 inch and find water, even in the Summer, unless we have a very very long
 dry hot weather, which we almost never have. Average high in the Summer
 if 65F and 55F in the Winter. The water is salty here too.
 
 73,
 
 Patrick
 
 Patrick Martin
 Seaside OR
 KGED QSL Manager
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Saturday

[Derek Vincent]

H I know that the distance from the water makes a huge difference. A mile 
from the ocean I could hear 999khz speaking Tagalog. At the cliff top Oceanside 
there was a cochannel with it... Same radios, same antenna same time same level 
above sea level 600 feet. : ) 





On Sep 25, 2011, at 1:42 AM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:

 Very interesting that conditions were poor inland. They were quite good
 along the coast. I wonder how far inland a person could have DXed and
 still had decent conditions?  I live less than a mile from the ocean.
 Would it have been better on the beach? I think John Bryant experimented
 with that.
 
 73,
 
 Patrick 
 
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 KGED QSL Manager
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] Good TP Morning at the Coast

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Good to see your report Pat. You are so right about 891 this morning. My dream 
DX catch (if the JJ and CC move out of the way) is radyo 1 from turkey. I think 
the 600kw could make it past the others.. Has it made it to your radio in the 
past??





On Sep 23, 2011, at 5:38 PM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:

 Hi Dennis,
 
 Great to hear from you. Yes, I happen to wake up early. I looked at the
 clock, so I thought why not give the dials a try. With my work schedule
 and all, I just have not had the energy to get up, but since I was
 awake, I thought why not? Not bad either. I especially liked DZEC 1062.
 I would not mind logging a few new Filipinos this season. Thailand 891
 was great too. They have such beautiful music. That megawatt helps them
 get out well too. 
 
 73,
 
 Patrick
 
 Patrick Martin
 Seaside OR
 KGED QSL Manager
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] Nearest locals

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Hey steve... 

Do you have any info on Lax air 530? It fades up in the muck of stations around 
sunset. Call letters, power?? It's amazing how many stations are on that 
channel not forgetting the stuff that comes across the water.





On Sep 16, 2011, at 1:51 AM, Stephen Airy pianoplayer88...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Here are my nearest locals, within 10 miles:
 
 6.3 mi N - 1130 KSDO - 10kW DA-2 (indicates about 75 dBu on my Tecsun PL-606 
 outdoors)
 7.3 mi NW - 760 KFMB - 5kW/50kW DA-N (my strongest at night, indicating about 
 80-82 dBu on my Tecsun PL-606 outside, day ~70-72 dBu)
 7.7 mi W - 600 KOGO - 5kW DA-1 IBOC (indicates about 68 dBu on my PL-606)
 8.3 mi W - 1360 KLSD - 5kW/1kW ND (approx 69-70 dBu daytime on my PL-606)
 9.3 mi N - two diplexers:
 1170 KCBQ - 50kW/2.9kW DA-2 (my strongest during the day - ~80-81 dBu on 
 the PL-606; night approx ~63-65 dBu)
 910 KECR - 5kW DA-2 (approx 64-66 dBu day, 69-71 dBu night on the PL-606)
  
 The most powerful signal in my local area is that of 77kW/50kW DA-2 XEWW-690, 
 about 32 mi SW of me.  On the PL-606 they're about 68-69 dBu daytime, and 
 several dB less at night.  My nearest GY is 1240 KNSN about 11.2 miles west 
 of me, running 550 watts into a 201.9° tower.  Also diplexing with them is 
 360W/61W 1040 KURS.  Both stations are pretty much in the clear at night 
 here, although nulling them (especially 1240) can reveal chatter underneath.  
 My nearest 50kW clear is 640 KFI at about 99 miles, but the strongest here 
 (at least in the daytime) is 1070 KNX at 111 miles.  My strongest TIS is 1620 
 WNSB415 at about 15 miles SW.  With a longwire (translation: holding it up to 
 a utility pole ground wire) and Select-A-Tenna coupled to the PL-606, it 
 almost sounds like a nearly noise-free local-grade signal.
  
 Hey anyone have ideas on what inexpensive pocket portables (Sony SRF-59 
 doesn't quite cut it) would be good for groundwave DXing at my grandma's 
 house east of L.A.? ;) Desired daytime targets include, but are not limited 
 to 1100 KFNX Cave Creek AZ, 1290 KKDD San Bernardino CA or KZSB Santa Barbara 
 CA, 1310 XEC Tijuana MX or KIQQ Barstow CA, 1420 XEXX Tijuana MX, 1440 KFNY 
 Riverside CA or KUHL Santa Maria CA  - preferably armchair copy without 
 splatter or blocking/desense. :)
 Oh, I should mention ... a few of the numerous pests near her house include:
 1430 KMRB - 50kW/9.8kW DA-2 - 1/3 mi NW
 1300 KAZN - 23kW/1kW DA-2 - 1/3 mi NW day (diplexes with KMRB), ~3 mi N night 
 (2-site operation), but still sounds strong enough at night like they're 
 using the nearby site instead of the one 3 miles away
 1110 KDIS - 50kW/20kW DA-2 IBOC - 4.6 mi E
 Local stations I have trouble receiving there with the PL-380 and PL-606 
 include, but are not limited to 1230 KYPA, 1260 KGIL, 1280 KFRN, 1330 KWKW, 
 1390 KLTX (the best of the bunch), 1460 KTYM, 1480 KVNR, to some extent 1580 
 KBLA, and 1650 KFOX.
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Re: [IRCA] Nearest locals

[Derek Vincent]

Thanks Paul... 100w?? For the airport?? I was wishing  10w for a real DX prize. 





On Sep 16, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. 
walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote:

 LAX RADIO 530 is 100 watts
 On Sep 16, 2011 1:13 PM, Derek Vincent eargaz...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Hey steve...
 
 Do you have any info on Lax air 530? It fades up in the muck of stations
 around sunset. Call letters, power?? It's amazing how many stations are on
 that channel not forgetting the stuff that comes across the water.
 
 
 
 
 
 On Sep 16, 2011, at 1:51 AM, Stephen Airy pianoplayer88...@yahoo.com
 wrote:
 
 Here are my nearest locals, within 10 miles:
 
 6.3 mi N - 1130 KSDO - 10kW DA-2 (indicates about 75 dBu on my Tecsun
 PL-606 outdoors)
 7.3 mi NW - 760 KFMB - 5kW/50kW DA-N (my strongest at night, indicating
 about 80-82 dBu on my Tecsun PL-606 outside, day ~70-72 dBu)
 7.7 mi W - 600 KOGO - 5kW DA-1 IBOC (indicates about 68 dBu on my PL-606)
 8.3 mi W - 1360 KLSD - 5kW/1kW ND (approx 69-70 dBu daytime on my PL-606)
 9.3 mi N - two diplexers:
 1170 KCBQ - 50kW/2.9kW DA-2 (my strongest during the day - ~80-81 dBu on
 the PL-606; night approx ~63-65 dBu)
 910 KECR - 5kW DA-2 (approx 64-66 dBu day, 69-71 dBu night on the PL-606)
 
 The most powerful signal in my local area is that of 77kW/50kW DA-2
 XEWW-690, about 32 mi SW of me. On the PL-606 they're about 68-69 dBu
 daytime, and several dB less at night. My nearest GY is 1240 KNSN about 11.2
 miles west of me, running 550 watts into a 201.9° tower. Also diplexing with
 them is 360W/61W 1040 KURS. Both stations are pretty much in the clear at
 night here, although nulling them (especially 1240) can reveal chatter
 underneath. My nearest 50kW clear is 640 KFI at about 99 miles, but the
 strongest here (at least in the daytime) is 1070 KNX at 111 miles. My
 strongest TIS is 1620 WNSB415 at about 15 miles SW. With a longwire
 (translation: holding it up to a utility pole ground wire) and
 Select-A-Tenna coupled to the PL-606, it almost sounds like a nearly
 noise-free local-grade signal.
 
 Hey anyone have ideas on what inexpensive pocket portables (Sony SRF-59
 doesn't quite cut it) would be good for groundwave DXing at my grandma's
 house east of L.A.? ;) Desired daytime targets include, but are not limited
 to 1100 KFNX Cave Creek AZ, 1290 KKDD San Bernardino CA or KZSB Santa
 Barbara CA, 1310 XEC Tijuana MX or KIQQ Barstow CA, 1420 XEXX Tijuana MX,
 1440 KFNY Riverside CA or KUHL Santa Maria CA - preferably armchair copy
 without splatter or blocking/desense. :)
 Oh, I should mention ... a few of the numerous pests near her house
 include:
 1430 KMRB - 50kW/9.8kW DA-2 - 1/3 mi NW
 1300 KAZN - 23kW/1kW DA-2 - 1/3 mi NW day (diplexes with KMRB), ~3 mi N
 night (2-site operation), but still sounds strong enough at night like
 they're using the nearby site instead of the one 3 miles away
 1110 KDIS - 50kW/20kW DA-2 IBOC - 4.6 mi E
 Local stations I have trouble receiving there with the PL-380 and PL-606
 include, but are not limited to 1230 KYPA, 1260 KGIL, 1280 KFRN, 1330 KWKW,
 1390 KLTX (the best of the bunch), 1460 KTYM, 1480 KVNR, to some extent 1580
 KBLA, and 1650 KFOX.
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Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 15 Sep 2011

[Derek Vincent]

That's funny down hear (bay area) it battle of the two. I never hear one 
without the other plus they need to get buy the thailand or Vietnam station.





On Sep 16, 2011, at 2:00 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

 Hi Kaz,
 
 For some strange reason, 891-5AN seems to have quite different propagation 
 than the eastern Australians, at least on the Pacific coast during summer 
 DXing sessions on Oregon beaches.  During unusual Kiwi-slanted propagation 
 last July it was still being received at pretty vibrant levels, when all the 
 eastern Australians were practically DOA. The opposite case is also quite 
 common, at least right on the ocean beach.
 
 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: neilkaz neil...@earthlink.net
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Fri, Sep 16, 2011 9:53 am
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 15 Sep 2011
 
 
 I continue to remain amazed at how well you and Steve get 891, compared to the
 fact that it has never been more than a weak het here and usually not even 
 that.
 
 
 Here in WI/IL almost all the action remains on 702 and 738 and the same for 
 Tim
 in western MI. The issue here with 891 is not WLS, but simply that fact that 
 the
 added hop into the midwest isn't making it.
 
 73 KAZ
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Nigel Pimblett n...@shaw.ca
 Sent: Sep 15, 2011 11:06 PM
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Subject: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 15 Sep 2011
 
   Once again, here in southern Alberta, all the action was DU with
 nothing to be heard from Asia.  Audio noted:
 
 684 - Peaked into threshold audio with man speaking at 1242
 828 - traces of audio now and again
 891 - ABC Adelaide was again the best DU signal by a considerable
 margin, coming up in time for the ABC news at 1230, and staying at a
 fair level for the next 20 minutes.
 1116 - 4BC with feeble audio except for a brief peak aroung 1242.
 1548 - bits of audio through the 1550 splatter
 1566 - reached threshold audio level briefly around 1243.  Pretty
 certain it was DU, not Korea, so likely 3NE, which was logged here 
 last
 season several times.
 
 73,
 
 Nigel Pimblett
 Dunmore, Alberta
 
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 14 Sep 2011

[Derek Vincent]

DU on 828? Any audio clips?? All I could hear was JJ with the CC cochannel.





On Sep 14, 2011, at 6:17 AM, Nigel Pimblett n...@shaw.ca wrote:

   Listened today between 1230 and 1310 UTC, and all the action was DU once 
 more, zero from Asia.  Audio noted:
 
 702 - ABC Sydney was weak, but heard woman talking at 1304
 792 - Presumed Brisbane, with traces of audio at 1303
 828 - weak audio during ABC news at 1301
 891 - ABC Adelaide was by far the best DU signal this am, the best I've heard 
 it this season, with lengthy periods of 100% copy.
 1116 - 4BC was in and out with weak audio, best at 1302,
 1548 - bits of audio, but 1550 splatter was strong
 
 73,
 
 Nigel Pimblett
 Dunmore, Alberta
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] Nearest locals

[Derek Vincent]

I would frequently get calls from KEX when I would power off late... Opps : )





On Sep 13, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Dennis Vroom vroom...@ymail.com wrote:

 I listen to day timer KNBA 1190 and the horse race recreations with Bill 
 Terry from
 Dee O'Connor Publications in the 60's and early 70's.  KNBA would end their
 sign-off announcement with stay tune for KEX Portland.  KEX would boom in the
 SF Bay Area.  A clever way to keep your local listener tuned to your 
 frequency when
 they turned their radio on the next day.
 
  
 Dennis,
 Kalama, WA
 
 
 
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 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
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 Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:20 PM
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Nearest locals
 
 I feel your pain Mike. I'm north of you In Vallejo and I get hammered with 
 RF. I don't even Bother DXing from home anymore. 
 
 2 locals KDIA and KDYA on the old KNBA tower ( first radio gig ) about a mile 
 away. 
 
 2 FM KUIC and KZCT  (7watts) wow. 
 
 
 
 
 
 On Sep 13, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Mike Hawkins michael.d.hawk...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Within 15 miles, I have:
 
 2.8 miles, KZDG/1550 10 KW
 5.2 miles, KNBR/680 50 KW
 11.0 miles, KDOW/1220 5 KW
 12.4 miles, KGO/810 50 KW
 12.6 miles, KTCT/1050 50 KW
 12.7 miles, KFAX/1100 50 KW
 12.8 miles, KTRB/860 50 KW
 13.2 miles, KSFB/1260 5 KW
 15.0 miles, KSFO/560 5 KW
 
 RF is everywhere!
 
 Mike Hawkins
 
 
 On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Scott Fybush sc...@fybush.com wrote:
 
 I'm within a couple of miles of three directional AMs: my own WXXI 1370,
 WHTK 1280 (both 5 kW) and WROC 950 (1 kW). A fourth, WHIC 1460, moved to a
 different (and more distant) site a few years ago.
 
 It could be worse - I grew up right between the 1460 and 1370 sites, within
 a few hundred yards of each!
 
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Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 14 Sep 2011

[Derek Vincent]

Nope Nope.. I've had Japan china Korea  and the other Asian station fighting 
with the the DUs since Sept 4. 200 ft from and 600 ft up from the coast makes a 
WORLD of difference. 

: ) 





On Sep 14, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote:

 What were you hearing during the solar upset Derek?   It's a bit too early 
 yet after a geomagnetic storm to be hearing Asiatics in these more northern 
 climes, and Nigel has an even more northerly path from Asia than we do in the 
 northwest.
 
 best wishes,
 
 Nick
 
 At 16:22 14-09-11, you wrote:
 DU on 828? Any audio clips?? All I could hear was JJ with the CC cochannel.
 
 
 
 
 
 On Sep 14, 2011, at 6:17 AM, Nigel Pimblett n...@shaw.ca wrote:
 
Listened today between 1230 and 1310 UTC, and all the action was DU once 
  more, zero from Asia.  Audio noted:
 
  702 - ABC Sydney was weak, but heard woman talking at 1304
  792 - Presumed Brisbane, with traces of audio at 1303
  828 - weak audio during ABC news at 1301
  891 - ABC Adelaide was by far the best DU signal this am, the best I've 
  heard it this season, with lengthy periods of 100% copy.
  1116 - 4BC was in and out with weak audio, best at 1302,
  1548 - bits of audio, but 1550 splatter was strong
 
  73,
 
  Nigel Pimblett
  Dunmore, Alberta
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] Nearest locals

[Derek Vincent]

I feel your pain Mike. I'm north of you In Vallejo and I get hammered with RF. 
I don't even Bother DXing from home anymore. 

2 locals KDIA and KDYA on the old KNBA tower ( first radio gig ) about a mile 
away. 

2 FM KUIC and KZCT  (7watts) wow. 





On Sep 13, 2011, at 6:59 PM, Mike Hawkins michael.d.hawk...@gmail.com wrote:

 Within 15 miles, I have:
 
 2.8 miles, KZDG/1550 10 KW
 5.2 miles, KNBR/680 50 KW
 11.0 miles, KDOW/1220 5 KW
 12.4 miles, KGO/810 50 KW
 12.6 miles, KTCT/1050 50 KW
 12.7 miles, KFAX/1100 50 KW
 12.8 miles, KTRB/860 50 KW
 13.2 miles, KSFB/1260 5 KW
 15.0 miles, KSFO/560 5 KW
 
 RF is everywhere!
 
 Mike Hawkins
 
 
 On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Scott Fybush sc...@fybush.com wrote:
 
 I'm within a couple of miles of three directional AMs: my own WXXI 1370,
 WHTK 1280 (both 5 kW) and WROC 950 (1 kW). A fourth, WHIC 1460, moved to a
 different (and more distant) site a few years ago.
 
 It could be worse - I grew up right between the 1460 and 1370 sites, within
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