Re: [IRCA] early TA's in Alberta Aug 30
Yep, what Mike said fits what little conditions we had tonight nothing close to audio. Just as side note for those with Perseus capability, one of my servers (the one residing on port 8023) has the new 2100' Eu beverage connected when you go to the 20 db ATT position. The ATT settings have been rewired to control an external antenna switch. The first two positions are Wellbrook loops. 73 Don Lamont, Alberta [image: Company Logo] On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:49 AM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > I don't know if they have migrated south, but 1215 has the faintest > audible carrier here at 0445UT. Nothing earlier, and nothing on previous > evenings. Also, nothing much other than 1215. > > best wishes, > > Nick > > > At 04:37 01-09-15, Mike wrote: > >> No decent carriers here this evening. Just a few very faint ones nowhere >> near strong enough to produce audio. Mike in St Isidore AB From: Don Moman >> > > > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] early TA's in Alberta Aug 30
I don't know if they have migrated south, but 1215 has the faintest audible carrier here at 0445UT. Nothing earlier, and nothing on previous evenings. Also, nothing much other than 1215. best wishes, Nick At 04:37 01-09-15, Mike wrote: No decent carriers here this evening. Just a few very faint ones nowhere near strong enough to produce audio. Mike in St Isidore AB From: Don Moman ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] early TA's in Alberta Aug 30
No decent carriers here this evening. Just a few very faint ones nowhere near strong enough to produce audio. Mike in St Isidore AB From: Don Moman VE6JY Sent: Monday, August 31, 2015 8:50 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] early TA's in Alberta Aug 30 Well looks like Mike and I were listening around the same time last night. Also curious if Nigel or any other Albertans are hearing anything? 0245 just ~30m after sunset and things are very quiet here - faint hets on a few channels except for 1521 which has a decent solid carrier. But its the ONLY one. Not visible on the old Eu or North EU beverages but well defined on the new Eu wire. Don Lamont, Ab [image: Company Logo] On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:19 PM, Mike Stonebridge wrote: > Hi Don: > > I started listening shortly after sunset which occurs around 20:45 local > this time of year. At first there were just a few carriers and faint audio > from 1377-France and 1422-Germany. And it just got better from there. I did > see carriers on both 1458 and 1485, but no audio. I stopped listening > somewhere around 22:30 planning on going over the recording today. For the > very first time since I bought the Perseus, it failed to record. Dunno why > as it recorded perfectly earlier and again later on. > > I’ve given up on 1566-Benin for this year. For me the carriers peaked > around the middle of August and slowly faded down each evening after that.. > Never got any better than a strong carrier on the brink of producing audio. > There was a very faint carrier there yesterday evening, but no idea who. > > Mike > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] early TA's in Alberta Aug 30
Regrettably, I've been out of town while the TA action has been happening, so can't compare notes. Will be gone a few more days yet,so the action could last a bit longer yet! 73, Nigel On 31 August 2015 at 20:50, Don Moman VE6JY wrote: > Well looks like Mike and I were listening around the same time last night.. > Also curious if Nigel or any other Albertans are hearing anything? > > 0245 just ~30m after sunset and things are very quiet here - faint hets on > a few channels except for 1521 which has a decent solid carrier. But its > the ONLY one. Not visible on the old Eu or North EU beverages but well > defined on the new Eu wire. > > Don > Lamont, Ab > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [image: Company Logo] > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:19 PM, Mike Stonebridge > wrote: > > > Hi Don: > > > > I started listening shortly after sunset which occurs around 20:45 local > > this time of year. At first there were just a few carriers and faint > audio > > from 1377-France and 1422-Germany. And it just got better from there. I > did > > see carriers on both 1458 and 1485, but no audio. I stopped listening > > somewhere around 22:30 planning on going over the recording today. For > the > > very first time since I bought the Perseus, it failed to record. Dunno > why > > as it recorded perfectly earlier and again later on. > > > > I’ve given up on 1566-Benin for this year. For me the carriers peaked > > around the middle of August and slowly faded down each evening after > that.. > > Never got any better than a strong carrier on the brink of producing > audio. > > There was a very faint carrier there yesterday evening, but no idea who.. > > > > Mike > > ___ > > IRCA mailing list > > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > > > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] early TA's in Alberta Aug 30
Well looks like Mike and I were listening around the same time last night. Also curious if Nigel or any other Albertans are hearing anything? 0245 just ~30m after sunset and things are very quiet here - faint hets on a few channels except for 1521 which has a decent solid carrier. But its the ONLY one. Not visible on the old Eu or North EU beverages but well defined on the new Eu wire. Don Lamont, Ab [image: Company Logo] On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:19 PM, Mike Stonebridge wrote: > Hi Don: > > I started listening shortly after sunset which occurs around 20:45 local > this time of year. At first there were just a few carriers and faint audio > from 1377-France and 1422-Germany. And it just got better from there. I did > see carriers on both 1458 and 1485, but no audio. I stopped listening > somewhere around 22:30 planning on going over the recording today. For the > very first time since I bought the Perseus, it failed to record. Dunno why > as it recorded perfectly earlier and again later on. > > I’ve given up on 1566-Benin for this year. For me the carriers peaked > around the middle of August and slowly faded down each evening after that.. > Never got any better than a strong carrier on the brink of producing audio. > There was a very faint carrier there yesterday evening, but no idea who. > > Mike > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] early TA's in Alberta Aug 30
Hi Don: I started listening shortly after sunset which occurs around 20:45 local this time of year. At first there were just a few carriers and faint audio from 1377-France and 1422-Germany. And it just got better from there. I did see carriers on both 1458 and 1485, but no audio. I stopped listening somewhere around 22:30 planning on going over the recording today. For the very first time since I bought the Perseus, it failed to record. Dunno why as it recorded perfectly earlier and again later on. I’ve given up on 1566-Benin for this year. For me the carriers peaked around the middle of August and slowly faded down each evening after that. Never got any better than a strong carrier on the brink of producing audio. There was a very faint carrier there yesterday evening, but no idea who. Mike ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] early TA's in Alberta Aug 30
Good to hear of your success Mike, glad the heads up worked! My main purpose in checking was seeing what Benin on 1566 was up to and then saw all the other carriers. I checked around 0330 ut and noted lots of carriers but generally less audio than the previous night. Best carriers/close to audio were 1215 1377 1422 and two you didn't mention 1458 and 1485. I checked a bit later and things seemed well down so I lost interest. Just curious what time did you hear all this? And on a "broken ewe" no less! Here if I didn't have the newly strung 2100' beverage it wouldn't have been even worth commenting about. The shorter 1000' beverages and any of the loops just weren't delivering. Don Lamont, Alberta On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 6:07 AM, Mike Stonebridge wrote: > Hi Don: > > Many thanks for the heads up. Been thinking I should be checking out the > band, but never quite got around to doing it. > > Didn’t forget tonight tho. Dozens of carriers from a low of 189 to above > the 1500’s, tho most were above 999, Many were producing audio: France on > 1206, 1278, 1377, 1577; Germany on 1107, 1422; UK on 909, 1053, 1089, 1215, > 1053, 1341; Unid on1359. > > The highlight of the session was the UK on 1341 which turned out to the > BBC’s Radio Ulster transmitter in Northern Ireland. No formal ID because it > faded out at the TOH, but two men with Irish accents talking and a mention > of the BBC at 06:01 was sufficient for me. > > Will go over the recording tomorrow, to see if there are any more gems to > be found. > > Mike in St Isidore, AB. With a Perseus and my still unrepaired EWE. > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > [image: Company Logo] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] early TA's in Alberta Aug 30
Hi Don: Many thanks for the heads up. Been thinking I should be checking out the band, but never quite got around to doing it. Didn’t forget tonight tho. Dozens of carriers from a low of 189 to above the 1500’s, tho most were above 999, Many were producing audio: France on 1206, 1278, 1377, 1577; Germany on 1107, 1422; UK on 909, 1053, 1089, 1215, 1053, 1341; Unid on1359. The highlight of the session was the UK on 1341 which turned out to the BBC’s Radio Ulster transmitter in Northern Ireland. No formal ID because it faded out at the TOH, but two men with Irish accents talking and a mention of the BBC at 06:01 was sufficient for me. Will go over the recording tomorrow, to see if there are any more gems to be found. Mike in St Isidore, AB. With a Perseus and my still unrepaired EWE. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] early TA's in Alberta Aug 30
That's pretty impressive after the upsets of the last couple of days Don. Nothing here so far, but will look for some sunrise at the transmitter activity, though I am lacking a Beverage antenna like yours. best wishes, Nick At 03:06 30-08-15, you wrote: Just a heads up in case it turns into something... Just a bit after sunset, lots of hets and 1422 had had time pips at 0300 and reasonable audio, yl in german. Also 0303 yl in French on 1557. Was just checking out the new Eu beverage I installed today.. 2100 feet at 38 deg. Significantly better - more signal and less noise than the other 1000' Eu wire. 73 Don Lamont, Alberta [image: Company Logo] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com