Re: [IRCA] Taiwan 1557 wave file

2007-03-15 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 04:06 15/03/2007, you wrote: I have a wave file of what I believe is Taiwan on 1557 heard this morning at 1414 UT. The wave file is 1:15 minutes. Any help on this would be much appreciated. Will send to those interested. yes please, Dennis. Nick

[IRCA] WYFR Taiwan

2007-03-15 Thread vroomski
Walt, Thanks for verifying WYFR Taiwan. It's a new country here. I often get a decent carrier on 1557, but with the local being 7 kHz away they really tears up the frequency. I will check out Colin's site and listen to your recording. Dennis, Vancouver, WA

[IRCA] WYFR Taiwan

2007-03-15 Thread vroomski
Pat, Thanks Pat, happy with hearing WYFR Taiwan. My hearing is not what it used to be. Working under a conveyor line for about 10 years at Ford Motor company gave me some hearing loss. Right now 1346 ut have a station on 1116, sounds Asian, hoping it would be the DU on the frequency.

[IRCA] TPs for 3-15

2007-03-15 Thread Bill Block
No stations with audio this morning but I did get carriers on: 558, 594, 648, 666, 693, 729, 747, 756, 774, 828, 873, 972, 1053, 1278, 1287 and 1566 heard from 1310-1350 UT. The carrier on 1287 was strong at times but got no audio from it. Bill Block Prtescott Valley, AZ Drake R8

[IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Thursday morning

2007-03-15 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
828 was the best this morning, with weak/medium at 1310 utc. Later, poor audio on 567, 594, 639, 648 between 1319-1346 utc. Nothing from DU. Usual Far East Russians on 153, 180, 189, 279. Steve NE Oregon ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] Send Taiwan 1557 wave file to CAT

2007-03-15 Thread Charles A Taylor
At 04:06 AM 3/15/2007 +, you wrote: I have a wave file of what I believe is Taiwan on 1557 heard this morning at 1414 UT. The wave file is 1:15 minutes. Any help on this would be much appreciated. Will send to those interested. Thanks, Dennis, Vancouver, WA __

[IRCA] TPs for 03-15-07

2007-03-15 Thread vroomski
Good Morning, Listened from 1302-1432 UT. Spent a lot time listening on 1116, trying to ID weak audio. Will check recording later 594Japan, JOAK 1311 weak 666Japan, JOBX 1352 fair 693Japan, JOAB 1353 weak - splatter 774Japan, JOUB 1302 good 828

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 3-15

2007-03-15 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Pretty good morning, though the upper portion of the band was lacking: The details from this morning's listening, 1340-1420UT: Good audio though usually fighting with splash : 594, 747, 828, 972, 1134 (the latter two later on when splash down) The occasional word allowing possible language

[IRCA] 1380 and 1660 tonight Off tonight

2007-03-15 Thread Marc DeLorenzo
Thanks for the heads up, Neal! Unfortunately, I didn't check my email in time - darn! I haven't heard 1660 with New Jersey off the air in about 10 years - and I really need a couple of staions on that channel - most notably KQWB West Fargo, ND. North Dakota is one of five unheard states here

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 3-15

2007-03-15 Thread cafe
1400 - 1410 for me: I would agree with Nick's observations to the letter. My audio on 594, 747, 828.. Solid carriers or muddy audio on 531, 567, 576, 612, 621, 639, 675, 693, 756, 846, 855, 864, 963... The details from this morning's listening, 1340-1420UT: Good audio though usually

[IRCA] KMTI 650khz Maintenance Test is ON!

2007-03-15 Thread Les Rayburn
Spoke with Mr. Doug Barton at KTMI radio via e-mail. The upcoming maintenance test is confirmed, so tune in for this late season test. Our thanks to Mr. Barton and the staff at KMTI for including us in their maintenance period. Details below: UPCOMING DX TESTS Latest DX Test News available on

Re: [IRCA] Sid Rosenbaum

2007-03-15 Thread The Kaskey Family
Pete, Thanks for checking in. I've seen the pix you mention several times. For some reason (1) I never put the pictures on my computer and (2) Trying to see it on the NRC Web site finds that when I click on Pictures I get a 'Not Found' blank page. At any rate I remember the little guy was

[IRCA] Daytimers-s/on at 0400

2007-03-15 Thread The Kaskey Family
CAT, you really jogged my nostalgic memories with this bit. I'd drive my parents wild when I was a teenager by going to bed by 9 getting up at 3:45 (on school days) so I could hear the s/on's from the Eastern Time Zone. From NW Iowa during the period 1950-1953 I heard 33 from South Carolina 52

[IRCA] roadmasters

2007-03-15 Thread Robbie j.
Hey All, The ONLY substitute for cubic inches is MORE cubic inches, or a blower, as I used to run! (a good gear set and a few other mods, of course don`t hurt either) Good dx to all, Robbie Expecting? Get

[IRCA] 2007 MLB Networks - Oakland A's

2007-03-15 Thread robert Pietsch
2007 MLB NETWORKS - OAKLAND A'S (per oakland athletics.mlb.com/oak/schedule/affiliates.jsp) 950-KAHI-Auburn CA 970-KESP-Modesto CA 1110-KAOI-Kihei HI (a) 1140-KHTK-Sacramento CA (a) 1240-KPOD-Crescent City CA 1270-KXBX-Lakeport CA 1340-KTSN-Elko NV (a) 1370-KPCO-Quincy CA 1400-KWNA-Winnemucca NV

[IRCA] WYRE 810 format change

2007-03-15 Thread Bill Harms
WYRE 810 Annapolis is now Urban (at least when I heard them) // to KBLA 1580 and WKHZ 1590. Their web site is khztv.com. This must be a very recent change as 100,000watts has not picked it up yet. Hi Scott! Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland ___ IRCA

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-03-15 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Mar 15 2104 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 15 March follow. Solar flux 69 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 8. The

Re: [IRCA] WYRE 810 format change

2007-03-15 Thread Scott Fybush
Bill Harms wrote: WYRE 810 Annapolis is now Urban (at least when I heard them) // to KBLA 1580 and WKHZ 1590. Their web site is khztv.com. This must be a very recent change as 100,000watts has not picked it up yet. Hi Scott! Thanks, Bill! I hear WYRE was off the air for a while before

Re: [IRCA] WYRE 810 format change

2007-03-15 Thread Bill Harms
You are welcome. Yes, they were, and were running an OC. :-) Bill On 15 Mar 2007 at 18:26, Scott Fybush wrote: Bill Harms wrote: WYRE 810 Annapolis is now Urban (at least when I heard them) // to KBLA 1580 and WKHZ 1590. Their web site is khztv.com. This must be a very recent change

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: WYRE 810 format change

2007-03-15 Thread Bill Harms
BTW, KBLA and WKHZ may have also changed formats Bill On 15 Mar 2007 at 18:26, Scott Fybush wrote: Thanks, Bill! I hear WYRE was off the air for a while before this? ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] R8B in CW mode

2007-03-15 Thread vroomski
When I have the R8B in cw mode here is no audio note like there is on the JRC 545. I have used different selectivity settings and still no audio note. The instructions say have selectivity set at 1.8 bandwidth. Any help much appreciated. Thanks. Dennis, Vancouver, WA

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: WYRE 810 format change

2007-03-15 Thread Scott Fybush
Bill Harms wrote: BTW, KBLA and WKHZ may have also changed formats If I'm reading the (really awful) khztv.com website correctly, the KHZ TV format is running only in leased time on Fridays at midnight on KBLA. WKHZ is apparently running KHZ TV 24/7, at least based on what the website

Re: [IRCA] WYRE 810 format change

2007-03-15 Thread Bill Harms
Who knows for sure? I heard them announcing all three stations this afternoon. I notice there is a place holder for Washington, DC, and the audio strem was //. Bill On 15 Mar 2007 at 18:51, Scott Fybush wrote: If I'm reading the (really awful) khztv.com website correctly, the KHZ TV

Re: [IRCA] R8B in CW mode

2007-03-15 Thread Gil Stacy
Dennis, Are you able to switch back and forth between radios with the same antenna and hear it the JRC and not the Drake? The most reliable bands to find signals at night are 80 meters and 40 meters. 40 meters can go dead at times lately, however. Can you hear CW on one of the sideband modes

[IRCA] R8B in CW mode

2007-03-15 Thread vroomski
Gil, I had both radios on 1300 kHz and they are both on the same antenna. I use Steve Ratzlaff active antenna splitter. A fine carrier tone on the JRC 545, but the R8B the station is heard as in the regular AM mode. In the morning when checking split frequencies it's hard because the tone

[IRCA] KXEL off air?

2007-03-15 Thread Kenneth Nawalkowski
Hi, At 7:30 CDT I noted the complete absence of KXEL. Chin is fair to poor with a few other stations underneath. Does anyone know if they are off air or running a very weak signal? Kenneth Nawalkowski ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] WYFR Taiwan

2007-03-15 Thread Walter Salmaniw
I just heard via Glenn Hauser's WOR that 5920 via Chita, Russia broadcasts WYFR in English from 14:00 to 16:00 UTC. This might be a useful frequency to check for as a // to 1557. No guarantee, but it might just work. Should be an easy catch on the west coastWalt Salmaniw, Victoria,

[IRCA] Daytimers-s/on at 0400

2007-03-15 Thread Charles A Taylor
Donnie You slightly missed the point. I was writing SOLELY of daytimers being able to sign on with full power at 0400 EST! The single example I was able to cite (and I neglected to note that I logged these 0400 EST daytimers sign-ons from INDIANAPOLIS) is WYAL-1280 Scotland Neck, NC. As fate

Re: [IRCA] Daytimers-s/on at 0400

2007-03-15 Thread Russ Edmunds
--- Charles A Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Donnie You slightly missed the point. I was writing SOLELY of daytimers being able to sign on with full power at 0400 EST! The single example I was able to cite (and I neglected to note that I logged these 0400 EST daytimers sign-ons from

Re: [IRCA] roadmasters

2007-03-15 Thread Milspec390
Robbie - Well said, sir. z ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] 800 Trans World Radio

2007-03-15 Thread willis
800 TRANS-WORLD RADIO BONARE, NETHERLAND ANTILLES 2200 15/03/07 PROGRAM IN SPANISH, ENDING AT 2159. ID-THIS THE WORLD WIDE MINISTRIES OF TRANS-WORLD RADIO, IT'S 1100 O'CLOCK ATLANTIC TIME. GIVEN IN ENGLISH. [WM-TN] Really strong signal, S9+20db peaks. Lots of QSB and QRM. First time in over

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-03-15 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Mar 16 0007 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 15 March follow. Solar flux 69 and mid-latitude A-index 9. The mid-latitude

Re: [IRCA] Daytimers-s/on at 0400

2007-03-15 Thread Charles A Taylor
At 07:04 PM 3/15/2007 -0700, you wrote: Don't know about any in GA but both WYAL and WMPM were. I believe WHKY-1290 was another. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'

[IRCA] Daytimers s/on at 0400

2007-03-15 Thread The Kaskey Family
Charles: Sorry, I didn't miss your point, just kind of ignored it I don't remember the FCC rules in the early fifties but I don't think there were any PSA or PSSA or whatever then. Stations signing on after 5 a.m. were at full power, or so I surmise now. Sundays were the exception. Most

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 3-15

2007-03-15 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Interesting that you should comment about 1287 Bill, as I'd noticed the same thing here in a quick scan before I had to leave for work. It was the strongest carrier I was hearing, though not good enough to produce any audio. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta Bill Block wrote: No

[IRCA] Help needed with sound clips

2007-03-15 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Fellas, I've posted a number of interesting MW clips from my dxpedition on the Queen Charlotte Islands, on Colin Newell's website, www.dxer.ca . I need some help with one in particular, and that's the clip of 1476. I'm thinking it's Thailand, since the music doesn't match anyone else on

Re: [IRCA] Daytimers-s/on at 0400

2007-03-15 Thread Albert Lehr
Another daytimer that signed on with full power at 0400 EST was WKYR-1270 in Keyser, West Virginia. Albert Lehr - Livermore, CA - Original Message - From: Charles A Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent:

[IRCA] WYFR

2007-03-15 Thread vroomski
Nick, Walt wrote, Ouch, Dennis. You sure get a lot more splatter than we do on the coast! Yes, this is the same voice. You indeed have WYFR Taiwan there. Thanks Nick for listening to the wave file. I have been hearing a strong carrier on the frequency for a while. Never any audio until