Steve,
I just listened again to the tape and what I am hearing is morse code,
no clicking and I would guess about 10 wpm. Dave Williams can copy morse
code, so maybe I should run it over to him, but it sounds like code to
me. Infact both times do.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
KAVT Reception
Patrick, Do you have a recording that you could share over the internet?
Patrick Martin wrote:
Steve,
I just listened again to the tape and what I am hearing is morse
code, no clicking and I would guess about 10 wpm. Dave Williams can
copy morse code, so maybe I should run it over to him,
Bill,
I cannot with Web TV. If I could fiqure it out, I probably could send it
with the computer. But, I am going over to see Dave Williams (Extra
Class Ham) who knows code pretty well.
73,
Patrick
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Good morning
Listened from 1250-1410 UT and only heard one carrier on 594 at 1355 UT and it
was very weak.
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Listen from 1335-1508. Conditons very poor this morning. JOUB 774 with just
very weak audio.
153Russia, 1338 weak with man in Russian.
273Russia, 1429 very weak with woman in Russian.
774Japan, JOUB 1457 very weak with woman in
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Don,
KDZR 1640 Radio Disney is S-9+50 db here at 7:21 AM PST. Their hash is S-9+25
db on 1630 S-9+30 db on 1650.
KEX 1190 hash is S9 +35 db 10 hz either side.
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Vancouver, WA
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Is it possible that the signal was somehow distorted
in its relatively lengthy route to your radios on the
west coast, and that the speed of the code seemed
different? The time of this test was possibly optimum
for the west coast. Every report I've seen of
DXpeditions on the northern east coast
I also read reports of Cuba being heard here, rebelde,
//5025, also off-frequency. I have been unable to pull
anything of the sort here. Is there a definitive word
on the two?
Saul
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Loud Clear ID Radio Nacional de Venezuela noted
on 631.27 kHz at
With all these stations being off-frequency, that would explain the
nightly, unholy mess that 630 is here in the mid-Atlantic. 630 is
just about totally unlistenable with hets abounding. I feel sorry for
anyone trying to listen to WMAL or trying to DX anything on 630. So
we might have two
Dennis,
Great to visit with you and your wife the other day when you stopped by.
It was really enjoyable. The KDZR QRM here is less than KEX, I just
did a test of the Eastern beverage,
1190 KEX with CJRJ nulled, I get S5 hash on 1200, 1180 has KOFI at S9,
so hardly any hash noted.
1640 KDZR
Saul,
I am not expert on morse code. Unless it is slow, I have trouble copying
it and without a lot of QRM. 10 wpm is fairly fast for me. But as close
as I can tell, the speed of what I heard is close to that. Of course I
was using a beverage aimed towards Maine. I am going to have Dave
Williams
To my knowledge, very few tests that have been coordinated over the past few
years have had any issues with QSL's. Some have taken a long time to be
received, and in one
case there was a change of ownership after the test, which resulted in the
station manager having to find a new job before
Thanks for the kind words Les - and I'll repeat what I have said before: we are
simply continuing the great work done by you, J.D. and other BTC/CPC
coordinators for many, many decades. I am fortunate in having a great team to
work with and that has made it all great fun.
All the best, Jim
Les,
I totally agree. Any QSL's we receive are a wonderful gift from the
station. HAM radio is much different. QSLing is a huge part of that
hobby. Stations are there to make money and keep their head above water.
We should all be very thankful with any QSLs we get back. This is not
1965.
73,
Les and patrick are syaing things that areExactly what I said several posts
back that no one seemed to reply to.
Paul
On Nov 26, 2007 2:43 PM, Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Les,
I totally agree. Any QSL's we receive are a wonderful gift from the
station. HAM radio is much
checked my tape for the WCXH-780 test, so far no luck
Frank N7sok
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Patrick and Les and group
HAM radio is much different. QSLing is a
huge part of that hobby.
I agree with everything that Les has said on this
subject. And as a clarification of what Patrick said,
it is true that QSLing is a big part of the amateur
radio hobby as ARRL awards are based on QSLs.
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Les,
I totally agree. Any QSL's we receive are a
wonderful gift from the station.
That is true.
HAM radio is much different. QSLing is a
huge part of that hobby.
No, it is NOT. It is only to the DX'ers that do
contests, and county
Powell,
Since I am not a HAM, I don't follow them all that much these days. So,
QSLing for HAMs has really dropped off too. That is too bad, but I guess
the times do change.
73,
Patrick
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To add to Sauls examples: I was in Iceland in 1955 heard KOMO-1000
CJDC-1350 at dawn in Iceland. In fact I remember shaving in preparation for
the days work and listening to CJDC on the
radio. Also heard CKNW-1320 around the same time. Probably others up there
but not going to look them
Thank you Paul. Yes, many of us that are/have been on the other end, as
QSLers, see the good the bad. Fortunately with KAVT, I have only
received one bad report in the years I have been doing the QSLing.
Everyone has been very nice with their reports. But I have heard from
others who QSL, that
Patrick:
When you said So we should all go out of our way to see things from the
stations/QSLers point of view.
In this whole email exchange of 23 or so emails, thats the point I've been
trying to make.
Stations go out of their way for us, we DX'ers should do it for them.
However, I get the
Good question, Saul. I have a definite Radio Nacional de Venezuela ID on
.mp3 - measured on 631.27. Also heard the program name, RN Noticias. I
guess its possible that Radio Rebelde was relaying Radio Nacional de Venezuela
as I believe that the governments of Cuba and Venezuela are fairly
I also read reports of Cuba being heard here, rebelde,
//5025, also off-frequency. I have been unable to pull
anything of the sort here. Is there a definitive word
on the two?
Saul
Cuba most assuredly has a transmitter on _EVERY_ BCB frequency! Here in
southeastern Tennessee, Cuba is
With all these stations being off-frequency, that would explain the
nightly, unholy mess that 630 is here in the mid-Atlantic. 630 is
just about totally unlistenable with hets abounding. I feel sorry for
anyone trying to listen to WMAL or trying to DX anything on 630. So
we might have
If there's still confusion about whether this is Cuba or Venezuela, I will
remind you easterners that you might be able to catch RNV on other channels
if relayed by Cuba. Of course, Cuba could run RNV on one Rebelde net channel
and the normal net on the rest.
Floridians who speak decent SS,
Hey All, I only qsl an mw or sw station sometimes. I just liston to fill the
log and see how my radio/ant. is doing.(as well as for info. from around the
world) I don`t bother to qsl as most stations today won`t/ don`t/can`t qsl. I
have contacted several over the years and have had a mixed
HAM radio is much different. QSLing is a
huge part of that hobby.
I agree with everything that Les has said on this
subject. And as a clarification of what Patrick said,
it is true that QSLing is a big part of the amateur
radio hobby as ARRL awards are based on QSLs.
Getting my two
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Powell,
Since I am not a HAM, I don't follow them all that much these days.
So,
QSLing for HAMs has really dropped off too. That is too bad, but I
guess
the times do change.
In my experiences in ham radio on VHF, going back even 20-30
Unfortunately, many operators do not care at all about
this aspect of the hobby anymore. The overall return
rate on the ARRL's Logbook of the World (electronic)
QSLing program is somewhere around 7%. With eQSL, it
is more like 5%. I probably have a higher percentage
with paper QSLs, only
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 November follow.
Solar flux 72 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 10.
In a message dated 11/26/2007 4:00:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a definite Radio Nacional de Venezuela ID on .mp3 - measured on
631.27. Also heard the program name, RN Noticias. I guess its possible
that
Radio Rebelde was relaying Radio Nacional de
Frankly, Konnie, I think your attitude is a poor one.
Amen to that!
If you want verification make a recording and keep it.
That proves your reception much more than any piece of paper.
This is what I do and I have a monster pile of CDs to go back and
remember the catch.
I think Jim and
KKMO 1360 kHz Seattle, Washington DX Test
Date: Sunday morning (late Saturday night), Jan. 13, 2008. Time: 12 - 12:15
a.m. Pacific Time, 0800 - 0815 UTC. 5,000 watts using non-directional
antenna pattern. From 12:00-12:10 a.m. PST, programming will consist of
1,000 Hz tone at 0 db. From
Two changes occurred in the Chicago market today 11/26, both involving
daytimers owned by Newsweb Corporation. WCPT Chicago's Progressive Talk,
formerly on the 850 kHz station CoL Crystal Lake IL, moved its format (liberal
talk,
mostly Air America) and calls to the 820 kHz station licensed
WCXH DX Test Final Report
Alas, so much of life is about timing. The weekend that the WCXH test
was originally scheduled to run had some great indices and propagation
conditions, and those lucky enough (and I do mean lucky) to hear the test
running later than at the published time heard it
At 02:18 PM 11/26/2007, you wrote:
At 01:52 PM 11/26/2007, you wrote:
I've been hearing Radio Cadena Habana on 530 kHz most every
evening for about a week now. I hear something under their
signal, probably TC.
Since I don't speak Spanish, I'll take your word for it! The two
stations sound
As a matter of fact, the Cubans impress me as being more consistently on
frequency as off.
Two on-frequency Rebeldes are better jammers that a het.
Thank heavens Cuba keeps most of its stations on frequency.
Charles
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I talked to Dave Williams (local HAM DXer) and we both listened to my
recording. It is rough to copy with all of the talking from KKOH WBBM,
but we heard .__ ?? , so W??H, so it looks like I did hear the
test alright., but the AK were like 13 2 I think. Not the best cx. I
just hope Allan
http://www.wcpt820.com/news/view?articleID=74 had some more info and they
were bragging on the air about doubling power etc etc.
73 KAZ
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Good going Jim. Monte Passmore is a great guy. With 5 KW ND, hopefully
the test will get out well.
73,
Patrick
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HAM Radio operators QSL that poorly? Wow. No wonder getting a QSL out of
some CEs that are HAMs is not any easier. It looks like HAM radio is
going down the tubes too. That is really sad.
73,
Patrick
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Russ,
75-90% is what I would have expected, if not better. But it looks like
QSLs are becoming harder to get everywhere.
73,
Patrick
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I subscribe to the WCPOT newsletter and I heard about the change and when it
would happen, weeks ago// they were bragging about it then.
Paul
On Nov 26, 2007 7:58 PM, Neil Kazaross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.wcpt820.com/news/view?articleID=74 had some more info and they
were bragging
Paul,
One nasty letter, e mail, or phone call from a DXer ruins things for the
rest of us. I have heard this first hand from CEs I know. Some are just
not interested in going the extra mile for us any longer. Some people
feel that those stations were not interested in replying anyway, so it
my be
Here's another example of just how bad IBOC is. I was staged at a
monitoring point 11.5 miles NW of KCKK/1510 most of the day today while
our consultant made adjustments to the 19 kw night DA pattern. I was at
this particular location because it is on one of the nulls (328 degrees)
that protects
There's NO excuse.. NO MATTER WHAT.. for a DX'er to harass or bother a
station over a QSL that wans't issued.
Paul
On Nov 26, 2007 8:13 PM, Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul,
One nasty letter, e mail, or phone call from a DXer ruins things for the
rest of us. I have heard this
Brian Smith sent me an mp3 aircheck of what a DX'er from New Zealand heard
from CHWO a few nights ago.
I figure it was pretty cool' and wanted to share it with everyone..
http://www.walkerbroadcasting.com/CHWO.mp3
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Pal,
Of course there is no excuse for a bad attitude, but still DXers will do
it.
73,
Patrick
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 November follow.
Solar flux 72 and mid-latitude A-index 10.
The
Fortunately, there are a lot of good operators out
there who still issue them. I really enjoy the special
event stations, as you are practically guarenteed of
getting a card once you complete the QSO. But these
are largely civic groups that are doing this out of
their enjoyment as well.
P.S.
NICCCE!!!
Paul B. Walker, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brian Smith sent me an mp3
aircheck of what a DX'er from New Zealand heard
from CHWO a few nights ago.
I figure it was pretty cool' and wanted to share it with everyone..
http://www.walkerbroadcasting.com/CHWO.mp3
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Here's another example of just how bad IBOC is. I was staged at a
monitoring point 11.5 miles NW of KCKK/1510 most of the day today while
our consultant made adjustments to the 19 kw night DA pattern. I was at
this particular location because it is on one of the nulls (328 degrees)
that
No, there isn't. But speaking as a long time broadcast engineer it's also
wrong for a station employee to paint all DXers with the same brush. It's
probably a situation where the person didn't want to be bothered and latched
onto a convenient excuse to opt out of the QSL game.
Nothing to be
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Russ,
75-90% is what I would have expected, if not better. But it looks
like
QSLs are becoming harder to get everywhere.
One of things I've found is that when you send a card to one of the big
club stations which is operating a contest
Joe,
Unfortunately, I ran out of the KAVT QSL cards som time ago. I issue a
letter verie now, but you are welcome to send me a report.
73,
Patrick
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Craig,
Apparently 1490 Yreka CA is now IBOC as I can hear the hash on 1500 at
night. Three of the Jefferson Public Radio stations on AM are IBOC,
950-Roseburg OR, 1230-Talant (Medford) ad 1490 Yreka. But the small
amount of IBOC power 1490 has sure gets out.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
KAVT
Hi Patrick
I think in all fairness to hams, fortunately the hobby
is not going down the tubes (just the QSL part).
Michigan's count is up 1.5% from last year, ARRL is
always reporting near record crowds for it's various
contests such as Field Day, and the emergency aspects
of ham radio is second
Patrick:
Just a SMALL correction, I beleive it's spelled TALENT.
Paul
On Nov 26, 2007 9:36 PM, Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Craig,
Apparently 1490 Yreka CA is now IBOC as I can hear the hash on 1500 at
night. Three of the Jefferson Public Radio stations on AM are IBOC,
Yes, Talent, I put in an A instead of the E Sorry about that.
73,
Patrick
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Joe,
The seaside HAM convention always seems to get a lot too. But
unfortunately, we are all getting grey.
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At 01:17 PM 11/22/2007, you wrote:
--- Bruce Portzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Colin
I thought everybody had Real Player on their PCs.
At the moment, I don't have a program to record MP3's on this PC,
just
rm and wav files. I had one, but the 15 day trial expired :(
Real Audio
I have the remote receiver on 640 at the moment. Venezuelan national anthem
playing. Also, there's been a continuous run of FF language announcers for
the past half hour or so. I haven't been able to figure who that might be.
Any thoughts?
In the mid 70's I got a near perfect recording of the
Guadeloupe?
http://radiostationworld.com/locations/Guadeloupe/radio_websites.asp
ef
On 26/11/2007, Craig Healy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have the remote receiver on 640 at the moment. Venezuelan national
anthem
playing. Also, there's been a continuous run of FF language announcers
for
At 15:12 26/11/2007, Dennis wrote
.
Listen from 1335-1508. Conditions very poor this morning.
I didn't have much listening time this morning (fortunately it
seems). Just checked the propagation monitor files, and suspect that
last night/this morning might have been the worst this season
Has to be and I wish it could make it inland !! 73 KAZ
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Subject: [IRCA] 640 listening / en francais
CX stink here for late Nov. Poor SSS to west and only TA 1206 France with
threshold audio. 73 KAZ 55km NW of Chicago
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At the moment is is so strong that I have to wonder if it's a pirate. If
anyone fluent in FF wants to listen, I'll send the streaming audio link
off-list.
Craig Healy
Providence, RI
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Craig Healy wrote:
I have the remote receiver on 640 at the moment. Venezuelan national anthem
playing. Also, there's been a continuous run of FF language announcers for
the past half hour or so. I haven't been able to figure who that might be.
Any thoughts?
Guadeloupe would be in
At 08:22 PM 11/26/2007, you wrote:
CX stink here for late Nov. Poor SSS to west and only TA 1206 France with
threshold audio. 73 KAZ 55km NW of Chicago
Yep, I haven't heard a TA since I've returned from the Oregon coast late last
week. Perhaps this is it for the season? Then again, the A/K
For those of you still wondering if it was really Venezuela, this was in DX
Listening Digest 7-142; heard there in Venezuela at mid-day. 73, Glenn Hauser
** VENEZUELA. Hola Glenn, He estado leyendo los comentarios acerca del Canal
Informativo de RNV y efectivamente el mismo está fuera de su
...I'm still reading the 630.??? Rebelde RNV thread,
but I have also noticed Rebelde the dominant station
at times on 530 this fall, whereas last season it was
Radio Cadena Habana. I'm noticing the same with
various reports, but also reading reports here that
offer information that strikes me as
Well that settles that !!
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Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Venezuela on 631.26
For those of you still wondering if it was really Venezuela, this was in DX
Listening Digest
I have the remote receiver on 640 at the moment. Venezuelan national
anthem playing. Also, there's been a continuous run of FF language
announcers for the past half hour or so. I haven't been able to
figure who that might be. Any thoughts?
Guadeloupe?
After listening to my recording a few more times and getting a second
opinion from Steve Ratzlaff, I'm certain the code I heard wasn't
WCXH...it was the wrong pitch, the wrong speed, and the letters (if
that's what they were) didn't fit what was being sent. I only heard it
on the lower
Walter Salmaniw wrote:
At 08:22 PM 11/26/2007, you wrote:
CX stink here for late Nov. Poor SSS to west and only TA 1206 France with
threshold audio. 73 KAZ 55km NW of Chicago
Yep, I haven't heard a TA since I've returned from the Oregon coast late last
week. Perhaps this is it
Craig
At this time of night, it would probably be relaying a broadcast from
France (France Inter?), so you might want to check that route for parallels.
Bruce
Craig Healy wrote:
I have the remote receiver on 640 at the moment. Venezuelan national
anthem playing. Also, there's been a
Here's another example of just how bad IBOC is. I was surprised to find
the signal on 1510 completely covered by
the IBOC hash from 1490 in Boulder. Boulder was 11 miles west of me so I
was almost exactly between the two stations. Boulder is two channels
away and runs only 1 kw ND. Yet it
At the moment is is so strong that I have to wonder if it's a pirate. If
anyone fluent in FF wants to listen, I'll send the streaming audio link
off-list.
I set up a temporary relay stream through my office.
It's an mp3 stream and will play through Winamp. I'll leave it running
overnight.
Walt wrote:
Yep, I haven't heard a TA since I've returned from the Oregon coast
late last week. Perhaps this is it for the season? Then again, the
A/K indices are not at all favourable either..Walt in Victoria
Never say never.had the faintest carrier (just audible, not
imaginary
...yes, wires in the plural. I added a second short
one. Yesterday's wire, 300 feet or so going ever
slightly NNW, performed very well, yielding WADC WV on
1050 during SSS and then this morning a tentative on
WOAY 860 in WV, both beneath strong semilocals in
Toronto. I decided to run a wire to the
Group:
I just heard from a friend of mine who owns a Class C on 1490 in Southeast
kentucky tells me he was tunning across the dial on an analog DIAL radio
tonight
Normally, his 1490 jumps right out at you on the dial right in town,
obviously...but tonight, he's getting some really bad
Mike Patrick,
According to one engeneer I know that the FCC may allow power to be
increased in the IBOC mode as stations are complaining that they don't
have the digital coverage they need. I hope that does not happen, but
the hash might even get worse. With the case of KFBK 1530, I wonder if
Paul,
It is time for your friend to make a few phone calls and join the fight.
There is always room for one moreI have an idea that in months to
come, more and more stations will be joining in too. When I read the
article in RW that only that one NY station was the only one
complaining, I
patrick:
i've advised him that next time his Chief Engineer is down there, he needs
to shut his 1490 off for a few minutes.. then take field intensity
measurements of 1500 in his area, then measure the incoming strength of
WWWT's digihash on 1490.
I will advise everyone of how this all
Great Paul. Keep up the fight!!!
73,
Patrick
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