[HCDX] Free 4th of July weekend DXer promotion

Happy Canada day and pending 4th of July weekends to all our readers on the HCDX list! RCI's former celebrity writer/broadcaster Ian McFarland and I send along our best wishes! And during this weekend - at the link http://www.dxer.ca/cd-store we will be offering a variety of FREE downloads from

[HCDX] CBC Podcast on the subject of shortwave cuts and regional broadcasting

http://www.cbc.ca/allpointswest/2012/06/27/uvic-quidditch-search-and-rescue-and-cbc-cuts/ 24 minutes long - Interview includes emotional chat with former director of Radio Canada International A brilliant listen. Colin - Editor - www.dxer.ca Victoria B.C. Canada VA7WWV ---[Start

[HCDX] Testing the Alinco DX-R8 Receiver

Short youtube snippet of the Alinco DX-R8 receiver tuned to Brazil on 11780khz. Just received a sample unit from a Canadian vendor - seems to have pretty rich features at the price point - Will be testing it up against the venerable R8 Drake, the Kenwood R2000 and an assortment of portables.

[HCDX] 3330khz Spanish puzzle

There is a Spanish speaking station underneath CHU Ottawa: 0412 UTC Peru or Bolivia I suppose. Colin Newell Victoria, B.C. Canada Drake R8 - Wellbrook ALA100 ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is out. Order yours from

[HCDX] 1st QSL in 25 years... albeit electronic

From KCBM - Southern California on 6990Khz USB / Aug 20, 2005, 0525UTC in 3 days via PRN Website and e-mail Seriously - I think it was 1980ish when I last received a QSL card. This was a bit of a treat. The whole idea of getting them electronically seems kind of rad. Thanks to Dr. Walter

[HCDX] Wantok Radio PNG MP3

Don Moman has graciously given me a fabulous recording of Wantok Radio, Papua New Guinea from a recently. It is available by popping over to espresso.ts.uvic.ca Colin Newell Victoria, B.C. Canada Drake R8 - Kenwood R2000 ---[Start Commercial]- World Radio TV Handbook 2005

[HCDX] Sony ICF-SW1E Take-apart follow-up

What is the secret to the ICF-SW1S take apart? This from a rec.radio.shortwave reader -- There used to be a web site that detailed this procedure. I have done it myself but it has been a few years. Pull off the volume knob. There is a screw under it. Remove the other screws and the rear cover.

[HCDX] Humanitarian crisis Asia

I am compiling some links for a couple of websites that I look after -- that have a substantial readership. If anyone knows of some Humanitarian websites that I should be mentioning other than RedCross, please chime in. So far this list has not mentioned the radio side of the crisis. It is a big

[HCDX] Oct 29 - West Coast MW opening --A.M.

The medium-wave dial was alive this morning as I checked at 1400UTC. Japanese stations on 747, 774 and 828 were at armchair levels with hets and audio snippets aplenty at spots like 702, 738(audio), 783, 846, 873, 945(chinese), 954, 963, 972 (korean), 1143(huge HET) and so on.. Ton's of adj.

[HCDX] Turks Caicos soundbytes... + bonus trax

Here is an example of how clear Turks Caicos has been sounding.. night after night on 530khz. http://espresso.ts.uvic.ca Click on Downloads --- SoundBytes Bonus Trax: VOA 1178 Okinawa from 1975 -- the last megawatt Japanese MW transmitters.. Colin Newell ---[Start

[HCDX] MW and LW Loop antenna photos

I have been asked for some photos of the Loops that I use. Ok - goto http://espresso.ts.uvic.ca Click on PhotoGallery Click on Loop Photos. They are hand made from 1 square oak finishing strip. Notches are cut with a radial arm saw. Colin ---[Start Commercial]- World

[HCDX] Grayland North Saturday report - Oct 16

Somewhat different conditons this Saturday A.M. Quick overview - Nick Hall-Patch, one of the team members at the weekend Grayland WA team gave me the task of watching conditions from Southern Vancouver Island for the sake of comparison. Vancouver Island is at the South west coast of British

[HCDX] Grayland (North) report 1 OCT 15, 2004

I have been assigned the task of monitoring the MW band at sunrise from the Southern tip of Vancouver Island while the 'guys at Grayland' are doing their thing (Oct 15-16-17). Here is my initial report. I was up today from 1330UTC on and found the conditions to be slightly above average on

[HCDX] Medium-wave DXped to Halifax, Canada

I will be heading there next week with my wife, who has a conference there. I have decided to ship ahead the basic components for a passive 4' frame loop. Being on the East Coast and not being able to chase medium and long-wave TA's is too good to resist. The debate is whether or not to send the

[HCDX] Summer travel to Halifax, Nova Scotia

I live on the West Coast of Canada. I am spending 2 weeks on the East Coast in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I am posting on this list-serv to ask if there is anyone in Halifax that wants to show me around or provide some DX tips for the area. I am bringing a Sony 7600G or a Yacht-Boy 400PE and

[HCDX] Victoria area DXers host PlayDX Travel Crew

Dario Monferini and Roberto Pavanello, of PlayDX Italy, have been on a tour of Canada visiting with DX and SWL enthusiasts along the way. My lovely wife Andrea, Nick Hall-Patch, Dr. Walter Salmaniw and I hosted them for dinner at the Victoria inner harbor on Friday August 22, 2003. Walt picked up

Re: [HCDX] Wireless Network QRM on MW

I was wondering whether anyone else on the list has experienced this: In North America, there have been a wide array of new Wireless LAN devices in the marketplace and some discussion as to the impact on radio enthusiasts. Unfortunately, there has been little regard as to the consequences of