[IRCA] TP's 12/7

2007-12-07 Thread Bill Block
Good morning Listened from 1345-1430 UT and like yesterday conditions were very poor at first. Around 1400 UT the conditions changed and it was good. All action was on the bottom part of the band with no carriers or audio above 774. Audio was heard on 567, 657, 693, 747, 756 and 774.

[IRCA] For Patrick Martin

2007-12-07 Thread kh2ar
Patrick I am receiving your e-mails but when I try to reply my e-mails to your Web TV address are bouncing. I will try to call you later today regarding the upcoming DX Test. Jim Pogue ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] All Hail the SRF-59!

2007-12-07 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is also the big brother to the DT180V, the new Sangean 220V with 9khz tuning, 30 presets, clock/timer/alarm and a little more audio power. Amazon reviewers love it, although it is bigger than the DT200V and weighs over twice as much. Sigh...we'll just

Re: [IRCA] TP's 12/7 A very good morning!

2007-12-07 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 07:07 AM 12/7/2007, you wrote: Good morning Listened from 1345-1430 UT and like yesterday conditions were very poor at first. Around 1400 UT the conditions changed and it was good. All action was on the bottom part of the band with no carriers or audio above 774. Audio was heard on

[IRCA] Ian McFarland on the CBC - audio

2007-12-07 Thread cafe
Ian McFarland talks about his work with the Duncan B.C. food bank - where he volunteers 2 days a week. http://www.dxer.ca/images/stories/podcasts/CBC_OnTheIsland_32kps.mp3 He sounds as good as he ever did on RCI! -- Colin Newell - Editor/Creator coffeecrew.com | dxer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce

[IRCA] Morning Logs

2007-12-07 Thread John Cereghin
KRMG, 740, Tulsa OK, 2230 Eastern on Dec 7, with Tulsa ad string and ID, very good in CHWO null, best heard in a while WLIJ, 1580, Shelbyville TN, 0705 Eastern on Dec 7, a surprise, with brief ID and weather, It's XX degrees at Radio Park (I missed the exact temperature!) by man with typical

Re: [IRCA] All Hail the SRF-59!

2007-12-07 Thread satya
Hi all: I foresee a Sangean in my future as well, but the SRF-59 pulled off a miracle last night. 1250-KKDZ (Radio Disney) is my perfect storm: overcompressed kids music, with IBOC, 6 miles away with its lobe right in my teeth. It has one of the highest s-meter reading of anything I receive,

[IRCA] SRF-59 History

2007-12-07 Thread Karl J. Zuk
I have been reading all your comments regarding the SRF-59 with great interest. I purchased a SRF-59 in 2002 or 2003. The design I was sold was not really spectacular on AM or FM. It was what you would expect from a $15 Walkman. The quality of AM reception was OK. I remember being able to

Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted

2007-12-07 Thread Gil Stacy
If he has been indicted in Federal Court, the evidence is not only usually enough to indict a ham sandwich but also strong enough for a jury of 12 to find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and for a judge to sentence the ham sandwich for a term of imprisonment. Standards for indictment in the U.S.

Re: [IRCA] Inexpensive E1's.

2007-12-07 Thread longwave
Rick, I have owned the Sat 500, 700, 800 and I currently have the Eton E1. The best of the bunch for FM was the 700. I believe that both the 500 and 700 had 150 khz filters in the FM section while the 800 has two 180 khz filters. The E1 is very good on FM (not sure of the filter size).

Re: [IRCA] All Hail the SRF-59!

2007-12-07 Thread Gil Stacy
I continue to be amazed at the performance of this radio. For it to have only two active devices, powered by 1.5 VDC, it sure has some mighty sensitive and selective ears. What I thought to be an image at noon from a local Fox sports affilitate, turned out to be 720 Hogansville GA 7.9kW, 245

[IRCA] WTHE 1520

2007-12-07 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY (between Buffalo and Rochester) At 1315 EST I am amazed to be hearing WTHE Long Island under WWKB. This is not in WWKB's null, just over the longwire. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted

2007-12-07 Thread Rob Moore
So what is he being accused of exactly? Looking at a website (and lusting after it?) Downloading pictures? This stuff is repugnant but I don't see what crime has been committed. Rob ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted

2007-12-07 Thread cafe
an obscure sixties band known only as 'The Who' I was trying to be silly. ;-) I was glued to the TV set on February 9, 1964 as the beatles played the Ed Sullivan show... as was half the population of North America. The WHO were part of my life in the sixties... as was The Stones, Van Morrison,

Re: [IRCA] Ian McFarland on the CBC - audio

2007-12-07 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 08:34 AM 12/7/2007, you wrote: Ian McFarland talks about his work with the Duncan B.C. food bank - where he volunteers 2 days a week. http://www.dxer.ca/images/stories/podcasts/CBC_OnTheIsland_32kps.mp3 He sounds as good as he ever did on RCI! -- Colin Newell - Editor/Creator coffeecrew.com

Re: [IRCA] SRF-59's Astonishing Nulls

2007-12-07 Thread cafe
What will this tiny wonder do next?? Am I the only one that thinks the SRF-59 looks just like an original star-trek series phaser? .which would explain why I am constantly stunned by its performance... Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk.. -- Colin Newell - Editor/Creator coffeecrew.com | dxer.ca Web-Design /

Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted

2007-12-07 Thread Milspec390
Noted. A comfort. Many nations boast high conviction rates. Like swimming pools to home resale price, sometimes a virtue, sometimes not. 'Setting sights' on citizens and dispensing justice aren't necessarily synonymous. Google 'Agent Paul Rico' and 'Zip Connolly' to discover how

Re: [IRCA] FW: Delivery status notification

2007-12-07 Thread Michael Hawkins
That particular Comcast host has WebTV on its black list because of too much spam originating there. While blacklisting is a good thing, they shouldn't be putting domains like webtv, yahoo, hotmail, gmail or the big boys on there.that potentially knocks out millions of subscribers.

[IRCA] FW: Delivery status notification

2007-12-07 Thread Jim Pogue
Patrick, this is what I am getting when I try to e-mail you directly. It looks like Web TV may be seeing my e-mail address as spam. I'm bumfuzzled!? Jim Pogue KH2AR/WPE9HLJ/KG6DX1A Memphis, Tennessee USA NRD-535, R-390A, ICF-2010 Wellbrook LA5030 loop, PAØRDT mini-whip, attic longwire, Quantum

Re: [IRCA] A craze in search of a name

2007-12-07 Thread D1028Gary
Hello All, Thanks for all your generous comments, but far be it for me to christen a name for this exciting new DX activity. The SRF-59 review was only written because of an astonishing mistake... after I excitedly tried to write a list post describing my first 2 TP's on the

[IRCA] Daytime skywave on MW

2007-12-07 Thread Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW
I should have mentioned this earlier in the week. But I have been extremely busy. We were experiencing some heavy daytime skywave reflection in the beginning of the week on 1510. I'm not sure if this was just a local phenomena or not. What we were getting appeared to be very high angle reflection

Re: [IRCA] All salute the SRF-59!

2007-12-07 Thread Joe Miller, KJ8O
Gary DeBock (culprit responsible for the SRF-59 craze) FAR FROM IT!!! My wife and I are going to California for a week, and I was looking for something very light that I can pack next to my 2 meter handheld transceiver. You just never know when the DX and HAM urges will strike. And a

Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted

2007-12-07 Thread Saul Chernos
Surely there's a lot that the prosecution and/or other officials, lawyers etc... haven't made public yet, at least some of which may become evident in a trial. For instance, the ages of the alleged victims, the circumstances which would span the initial photography of the victims to their

Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted

2007-12-07 Thread Milspec390
We don't mind and you don't matter? Noted. Worth laminating for the wallet. z pvz manwerefinished key, fl **Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products.

Re: [IRCA] All Hail the SRF-59!

2007-12-07 Thread D1028Gary
To John in Smyrna, DE: Fair enough! If you purchase an SRF-59 and aren't thrilled with it, not only will I reimburse your $15, but I'll even pay the postage to send it here to the west coast! How's that for a true commitment? On the other hand, if you have great fun with it

Re: [IRCA] All Hail the SRF-59!

2007-12-07 Thread D1028Gary
Kevin, Congratulations on your phenomenal achievement of nulling KKDZ-1250 by placing the tiny radio on a tripod, and hearing KWSU! I have never really investigated the SRF-59's nulling abilities, but I know it puts a killer null on KXL-750 when I try for JOIB-747... in fact, I can

[IRCA] Fwd: IRCA Digest, Vol 44, Issue 40

2007-12-07 Thread J.D. Stephens
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted Pete Townsend, singer and songwriter for an obscure sixties band known only as The Who got messed up in something similar about 6 years ago ... One of the best concerts I've ever been to. Speaking of obscure

Re: [IRCA] TP's 12/7 A very good morning!

2007-12-07 Thread cafe
I was up at 6AM to record Ian McFarland on the CBC - http://www.dxer.ca/images/stories/podcasts/CBC_OnTheIsland_32kps.mp3 and found the conditions... interesting.. good audio right off the get-go on 594, 747, 774 and 828. Left for an early breakfast just after 7AM so missed the peak. --

Re: [IRCA] IRCA 44-43-7 1520

2007-12-07 Thread bill kral
1520 Buffalo runs on 50KW but being on the high end might suffer from groundwave deterioration in a shorter distance than a station at the lower end like 550 with only 5K therefore letting a skip show up outsde the local signal field as was the case with 1540 CHIN in Toronto with TX in Mississauga

Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted

2007-12-07 Thread Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW
The folks who do the TV show CSI seem to agree - their theme song Who Are You was/is a hit by The Who. // All three of the shows in the CSI franchise use a Who song for their opening themes. CSI: Miami uses Won't Get Fooled Again and CSI: New York uses Baba O'Riley. I also don't understand

Re: [IRCA] Inexpensive E1's.

2007-12-07 Thread kevin redding
I got one at $224 from Circuit City. You will like it once you understand the controls, Rick. I sure love mine. Kevin On Dec 7, 2007, at 12:05 AM, Rick Lewis wrote: i got a test-drive of an E1 at Bruce Portzer's Northwest DX get- together last winter, but didn't have time to check one

Re: [IRCA] FW: Delivery status notification

2007-12-07 Thread Michael Hawkins
Duh! Thank you for providing the RIGHT answer, Scott. I've been working too long today, and I got it backwards. Either too much spam has been coming from that Comcast host, OR Comcast recently acquired that IP address and it had been associated with a spammer. The trick is to find out WHICH

Re: [IRCA] FW: Delivery status notification

2007-12-07 Thread Scott Fybush
Jim Pogue wrote: Patrick, this is what I am getting when I try to e-mail you directly. It looks like Web TV may be seeing my e-mail address as spam. I'm bumfuzzled!? That's just what's happening - here's the key line: SMTP: host 209.240.204.26: 556

Re: [IRCA] WTHE 1520

2007-12-07 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
And 1KW is all they're licensed for. Paul On Dec 7, 2007 9:17 PM, David Faulkner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim: They claim to have only 1 kw during their s/off, but they get in here amazingly well starting about an hour before sunset. Trouble is, they often sound a lot like WARR,

Re: [IRCA] A craze in search of a name

2007-12-07 Thread cafe
-Mighty-miting -Micro DXing -DXing on the cheap -Ultralight DXing My Five: 1.) Teeny Tuning 2.) Palm surfing 3.) Carpel Tuners 4.) PDR's - Pinky Defined Radios 5.) 5-Knuckle Band-scanning -- Colin Newell - Editor/Creator coffeecrew.com | dxer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria,

[IRCA] A craze in search of a name

2007-12-07 Thread satya
Hey all: I think we need a name for this highly esoteric aspect of DXing with a small, cheap yet capable portable. Some possible suggestions: -Mighty-miting -Micro DXing -DXing on the cheap -Ultralight DXing I will leave it to Gary to pick the name (it's his fault!): I could go for any of the

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-12-07 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Dec 07 2103 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 December follow. Solar flux 82 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 1. The

[IRCA] Testing new address

2007-12-07 Thread Saul Chernos
TESTING NEW ADDRESS ___ 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

Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted

2007-12-07 Thread Rob Moore
Rick, Thanks. I hadn't seen the Chronicle article and was wondering just what they were charging him with. If he did send out some of the photos to a chat room, I think he's hosed, and probably deserves it. That's a really stupid and wrong thing to do. Rob

[IRCA] SRF-59's Astonishing Nulls

2007-12-07 Thread D1028Gary
Hello All, Until reading of Kevin's phenomenal accomplishment of nulling local slopper KKDZ-1250 to receive KWSU, I never really paid much attention to the tiny radio's nulling ability. I knew it could put almost any local into the noise in general, but I when I started experimenting

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-12-07 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Dec 08 0003 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 December follow. Solar flux 82 and mid-latitude A-index 1. The

[IRCA] WLNL-1000...maybe

2007-12-07 Thread John Cereghin
Some lunchtime DX in the car (the Dashboard DX Society strikes again) snagged a tentative logging of WLNL-1000 in Horseheads, NY with Dave Ramsey at 1350 Eastern. A very weak signal but the upfade did confirm Ramsey and their website does confirm Ramsey at this time. No TOH ID possible, but it's

Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted

2007-12-07 Thread Rick Lewis
Rob, An article in the San Francisco Chronicle quotes Ward's attorney as saying his client downloaded and sent out a few' images in a chat room in 2004 as part of research involving a book on the Internet. The Feds seized his computer in 2005 and found no porn on it. He was released yesterday

Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted

2007-12-07 Thread kh2ar
Dang - I hate it when I miss sarcasm. My apologies. And yes, I was there in front of the tube as well, and heard/saw them play the (get this) Indiana State Fair - I think the following summer. Cheers aplenty. Jim -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] an

Re: [IRCA] WTHE 1520

2007-12-07 Thread David Faulkner
Jim: They claim to have only 1 kw during their s/off, but they get in here amazingly well starting about an hour before sunset. Trouble is, they often sound a lot like WARR, so I'm not always sure which I'm hearing. For me, though, they're in the WWKB null. 73's David -Original

Re: [IRCA] Daytime skywave on MW

2007-12-07 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
--- Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I should have mentioned this earlier in the week. But I have been extremely busy. We were experiencing some heavy daytime skywave reflection in the beginning of the week on 1510. At 11:00 I was still hearing substantial

Re: [IRCA] A craze in search of a name

2007-12-07 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I like the term Ultralight DXing Paul On Dec 7, 2007 6:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all: I think we need a name for this highly esoteric aspect of DXing with a small, cheap yet capable portable. Some possible suggestions: -Mighty-miting -Micro DXing -DXing on the cheap

Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted

2007-12-07 Thread Gil Stacy
None are ever unjustly convicted at federal level? Never? Didn't say that. Just said that there is a high rate of conviction. Once the sights are set, they usually don't miss, and they pick and choose their targets. There are few notable exceptions. Justice Dept. shows about a 90% conviction

Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted

2007-12-07 Thread Milspec390
Noted. Reassuring. None are ever unjustly convicted at federal level? Never? Reassuring. Thank you for the enlightenment. z pvz manareyounaive key, fl **Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products.

Re: [IRCA] All Hail the SRF-59!

2007-12-07 Thread John Cereghin
Okay, I've broken down and ordered one of these puppies. Should have it next week. With all these glowing reports, if I don't log Alaska and Hawaii and New Zealand on this thing by weeks' end, someone on the list owes me $15! hi! But I'm still not throwing out my FRG-7. John Cereghin Smyrna

Re: [IRCA] OT: Bernie Ward KGO-810 indicted

2007-12-07 Thread cafe
Dang - I hate it when I miss sarcasm. My apologies. And yes, I was there in front of the tube as well, and heard/saw them play the (get this) Indiana State Fair - I think the following summer. Cheers aplenty. I was not trying to be sarcastic -- I was trying to be drool... and ended up

[IRCA] Pocket Radio Shootout-- FM Stereo Showdown

2007-12-07 Thread D1028Gary
Hello All, Although the focus on the current Pocket Radio Shootout review will obviously be on AM-DX capability of the respective units (SRF-59, SRF-M37V, DT200VX, and ICF-S10Mk2), the Stereo-FM performance of these units is also quite amazing, and some members may wish to hear

[IRCA] New MW QSL (KOUU)

2007-12-07 Thread Patrick Martin
1290 KOUUID, Pocatello, rec. very friendly letter from owner GM in 9d for CD report. V/S: Paul Anderson. Mentioned that it was especially of interest as they are in the process of upgrading and are running 30 KW. He was interested I heard them so well during the day. Soon to be 50 KW days.

Re: [IRCA] All Hail the SRF-59!

2007-12-07 Thread Bruce Bacon
Thanks, Gary. Amazon got my hard-earned fifteen bucks last night for a '59. I'm looking forward to doing a little '59 vs '210V shootout meself. Sure wish the TP sigs were beefier here in the RF hole, tho. The hets have a hard enough time getting to my R8, much less these pipsqueaks, hi. 73, Bruce