Re: [IRCA] Center-fed BOG?

2008-01-26 Thread Russ Edmunds
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all: I live in a townhouse development, where putting out 300 or more feet of wire just isn't possible. However, I could put out 150 feet in two opposite directions, essentially a 300 foot center-fed longwire/BOG. One of the directions is West, towards

Re: [IRCA] FCC proposal

2008-01-26 Thread Russ Edmunds
--- Craig Healy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was speaking about EAS alerts. Right now I have most of my clients configured to automatically relay any serious EAS alerts such as tornado warnings and Amber Alerts. *** And that does make sense of course, although i suspect a lot of stations

[IRCA] TP's for 1-26

2008-01-26 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1355-1440 UT and heard these carriers 693, 738, 747, 774, 828, 1521, 1557, 1566 and 1593. The only audio was on 774 with JJ talk at 1432 UT. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ R8 _ Climb to the top of the charts! Play

Re: [IRCA] Center-fed BOG?

2008-01-26 Thread John H. Bryant
Kevin, Kazaross has been the most active experimenting with BOGs for about the last two years. Most of his BOGs now tend to be in the 400 to 600 foot range, as I remember. However, I think that he started out at about 200 or maybe even less. Laying on the ground tends to make the thing

[IRCA] NE Oregon Saturday TPs

2008-01-26 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
Very good for TP reception this morning, with both DU and Asian. 153, 189, 279 Far East Russian LWBC good, 1445 utc. 1116 4BC weak, man and woman talking 1448 utc. 531 presumed DU, EZL music, with separate station with man talking in Aussie accent, both weak 1510 utc. 1575 presumed VOA, weak,

Re: [IRCA] Center-fed BOG?

2008-01-26 Thread Gil Stacy
Kevin, I also found this from Kaz: My mini-Phased BOG System here is aimed 35 deg and is 341 ft // 214 feet and is stunning for TA's and also for East Tex/East Mex stuff. These parallel bogs which are phased, are only separated by 2-3' . I modify what I said earlier about your ability to run one

Re: [IRCA] Center-fed BOG?

2008-01-26 Thread satya
Hi all: Thanks to Gil, John, Russ Jim and Walt for their great suggestions. I will be covertly walking the townhouse grounds today and devising my after-dark scheme! 73 - Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] Last Night's Ultralite DX...............

2008-01-26 Thread Gil Stacy
Bob, Do you remember when WLAA 1680's predecessor was the World's most powerful TIS for the Orlando area? 73 Gil ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this

[IRCA] Sangean DT-200 Sony SRF-59

2008-01-26 Thread Russ Edmunds
Had a bit of time to do a quick comparison on AM this morning. My results from a few brief tests seem to be very similar to the shootout results. The SRF59 has an edge in both sensitivity and selectivity over the DT-200 but not a lot. After an even quicker test the 59 also appears to be slightly

[IRCA] Sony SRF-T615 now on eBay - 1 week to your door!

2008-01-26 Thread satya
Hi all: Item #320211931001 on eBay will have this delivered to your door in an UltralightNing-fast one week, from a seller with 100% feedback. Price is $99 plus $20 shipping, a little more than through the (apparently now swamped) Audio Cubes 2 vendor. 73 - Kevin

[IRCA] DX Tips for WDXR

2008-01-26 Thread Patrick Martin
I am back setting the timer an letting the cassette deck run AN on a certain frequency. Last night it was 1600. 1600 KEPN CO, Lakewood, good a lot of the time, especially late in the morning with usual ESPN promos. Best ID at 0859.50 EST 1/26 This is the New ESPN Radio 16 hundred, KEPN

Re: [IRCA] Sony SRF-T615 now on eBay - 1 week to your door!

2008-01-26 Thread Robert Ross
At 09:12 AM 1/26/2008 -0800, you wrote: Hi all: Item #320211931001 on eBay will have this delivered to your door in an UltralightNing-fast one week, from a seller with 100% feedback. Price is $99 plus $20 shipping, a little more than through the (apparently now swamped) Audio Cubes 2 vendor.

Re: [IRCA] Center-fed BOG?

2008-01-26 Thread Patrick Martin
The closer you get to the ground the more directional a wire will be. I know when my Eastern beverage was 4 feet off the ground, it was more directional on many frequencies than it is now at 10-12 feet off the ground. But it seems to be more directional at the lower end of the band than it used to

Re: [IRCA] For our TP Friends

2008-01-26 Thread Patrick Martin
Thanks Paul. I will check it out. Those islands are pretty much of the rest of what I need out in the Pacific, but are tougher. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] Possible Mexican on 1440 Khz......Retraction of Logging.................

2008-01-26 Thread Neil Kazaross
Good for you, Robert as I very strong feel that this is not Guadalajara. Fred Cantu keeps a fine and up to date list at http://www.fredcantu.com/frec_am.htm More info is here http://www.mexicoradiotv.com/listjali.htm As well as here

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] DX Tips for WDXR

2008-01-26 Thread Neil Kazaross
Sounds lots like what I used to get back around 1990 on 1600 with my Bev's in the hills outside of San Diego. Perhaps your country 1600 is KLGA, but I don't get them often here so am unsure if they have switched slogans. Perhaps give them a call ? KLGA-AM 2102 80th Ave Algona, IA Phone: (515)

Re: [IRCA] NOS 1600

2008-01-26 Thread Neil Kazaross
KRFS 1600 kHZ Format: Adult Stand. Network: Jones - Standards Slogan: Music Of Your Life Licensed: Superior, NE Owner: CK Broadcasting, Inc. Began Operation: 1959 Facilities: 500w/44w ND D Is a possibility. I have never known this station to

Re: [IRCA] Last Night's Ultralite DX...............

2008-01-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
1680 once had the calls WTIR. Oh, and they aren't 1KW at night .. they don't power down. At least lately, their remote control got hit by lightning a month ago and they haven't fixed it. So, you heard them on 10KW Paul 2008/1/26 Robert Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 12:00 PM 1/26/2008 -0500,

[IRCA] Drift Net DX Update From Northern Delaware

2008-01-26 Thread Peter Jernakoff
Drift net DX update from northern Delaware: Four new ones from a 07-Jan-2008 SDR-IQ sunset spectrum capture. 07-Jan-08 || 1700 local || 970 khz. || WJMX || 10 kw day || Florence, SC || End of Staples ad then male with The first choice for breaking news, Newstalk 970, WJMX AM. Depend on it. This

[IRCA] Caribbean DX SRF59

2008-01-26 Thread jki5384486
Presently in Puerto Plata on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Thought I would do a reverse DX, looking for US signals?with the heralded ultralight. During a one hour period, 11-12 local time, 10-11 EST I went thru the dial, finding most of the likely suspects. 620-WDAE Tampa 660-New

[IRCA] South Carolina made it to Connecticut

2008-01-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I got this email from my friend.. So I'm out running about two hours ago. I went down to Greenwich Point which has a nice long loop around the beach. I have my little Sangean pocket radio which is hot DX machine. As luck would have it, WNYC's IBOC wasn't on and I hear something on 810 fighting

Re: [IRCA] Caribbean DX SRF59

2008-01-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
950 is WJKB Moncks Corner, SC .. 10KW Day, 6 towers.. 6KW Night, 6 towers from a tower site 15 or 20 miles north of Charleston and a signal beaming south. Paul On Jan 26, 2008 2:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Presently in Puerto Plata on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. Thought

[IRCA] QSL report

2008-01-26 Thread Jim Pogue
WDLM 960 kHz East Moline, IL. Received a nice, f/d professionally printed QSL card (yes, they do still exist) and personal letter in 10 days from C.E. Glenn Rogerson for $1 and CD recording. He said they were running 101 watts PSSA-3 at the time of my reception. I plan to talk to him about a

Re: [IRCA] Caribbean DX SRF59

2008-01-26 Thread k4ape
Jerry wrote- 950- mystery station, playing class country off Jones sat service, can't figure out who it was, anybody have an idea, calls sounded like WJKB or V, AM 950.? Pretty fair signal. Your WJKB is listed as Fox sports -- 950 WJKB MONCKS CORNERS SC 1 6000 DA-2 SPORTS TALK FOX

[IRCA] Sony SRF-M85V... Capable of Serious Ultralight Radio DX, Or Not?

2008-01-26 Thread D1028Gary
Hello All, Curious about the checkered reputation of the SRF-M85V among IRCA Ultralight radio DXers, I decided to perform a quick and dirty RF alignment on my unit, to see if I could squeeze some more performance out of the AM-FM stereo armband Walkman. The unit has some

Re: [IRCA] Center-fed BOG?

2008-01-26 Thread Neil Kazaross
KAZ replies, It seems Gil saved some of my BOG comments to him from last year, and everything I said then still applies now. My shorter northern BOG is about 155 ft at 350 degrees and by itself is a reasonable antenna on the high end, with the beam being a bit too broad for my tastes on the

Re: [IRCA] Caribbean DX SRF59

2008-01-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
WJKB is NOT running Fox Sports, it is running Country and that's what Jerry heard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJKB http://www.am950.net Both sites show a Classic Country format Paul On Jan 26, 2008 4:17 PM, k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jerry wrote- 950- mystery station, playing

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: QSL report

2008-01-26 Thread Jim Pogue
Sure - I'll scan it Monday at work and send to you. I don't currently have anywhere to post it, but if you want to post it somewhere you are welcome to. Thanks for your interest Patrick. Jim Pogue Memphis, TN -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

[IRCA] From John Cereghin

2008-01-26 Thread Geralyn Hollerman
From IRCA member John Cereghin: --- At 1530 Eastern today, I had East Coast FM, 94.1 on 1320 with Ryan Seacrest's American Top 40 and a weather forecast in Celsius. This would point to CKEC in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, but I thought they were no longer on AM? Heard on the card radio with a great

Re: [IRCA] From John Cereghin (re CKEC)

2008-01-26 Thread Paul Crankshaw
Yes it's CKEC. They usually id now as East Coast FM, but occasionally CKEC is mentioned. I got a nice recording of both ids this morning at 0905 UTC here in Scotland: http://paulc.mediumwaveradio.org/audio/ckec.mp3 Paul Troon, Scotland, UK Geralyn Hollerman wrote: From IRCA member John

Re: [IRCA] From John Cereghin

2008-01-26 Thread John Cereghin
Oops- think I sent it to the wrong address! Sorry 'bout that! --John On Jan 26, 2008 6:09 PM, Geralyn Hollerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From IRCA member John Cereghin: --- At 1530 Eastern today, I had East Coast FM, 94.1 on 1320 with Ryan Seacrest's American Top 40 and a weather forecast

[IRCA] New MW QSL (Croatia)

2008-01-26 Thread Patrick Martin
1134 CROATIA, Zagreb, rec. a very nice QSL card (with drawing of station building) with handwritten QSL message on back with freq, time date in 92d from CD report with $2 rp and SASE. V/S: Zlarko Kuretic-Director. Address: Hrvatska Radio, Prisavlje 3, HR 1, Zagreb, Croatia. (PM-OR)

Re: [IRCA] Center-fed BOG?

2008-01-26 Thread WALTER SALMANIW
Another antenna to consider for very tight spaces, Kevin, would be a corner fed broadband loop.  I've had amazing success with these aimed to Alaska, and Asia, especially.  All you need is some height (ie tall trees).  Mine (I have 4), are located in my urban backyard.  The N/S ones are about

[IRCA] DX logs with an SRF 59.. and an UN'id or two in there...

2008-01-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
These loggings were made on a SRF59 in Abbeville, South Carolina on Saturday January 26th. These are listed in no particular order frequency or wise. At 5:24pm, I had both an ESPN and Fox Sports station on 1660Khz fighting it out. I know one station was WFNA Charlotte which is running ESPN but

[IRCA] CKEC-1320 still on AM?

2008-01-26 Thread John Cereghin
Resending- I think I sent it to the wrong address earlier today... At 1530 Eastern today, I had East Coast FM, 94.1 on 1320 with Ryan Seacrest's American Top 40 and a weather forecast in Celsius. This would point to CKEC in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, but I thought they were no longer on AM? Heard

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] DX Tips for WDXR

2008-01-26 Thread Patrick Martin
KAZ, With the bev as you know, anything is possible. I remember catching WTRB 1570 TN a few years back. Since I got the bev back up I am sitting on a bunch of more interesting channels again. I will be checking out 1600 again tonight. Thanks for the help. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT

[IRCA] 3 New Stns on SONY Ultralite this afternoon PLUS UNIDS???????

2008-01-26 Thread Robert Ross
Hi Guys: Here is the results from this afternoon's DX session on the SONY SRF-T615 Ultralite. 3 New Stations for the Ultralite Log.2 of which are New for my OVERALL LOG. Also have a few UNIDSif anyone can help please? Log totals for Sony Ultralite Radio

Re: [IRCA] 3 New Stns on SONY Ultralite this afternoon PLUS UNIDS???????

2008-01-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
1380 sure is WJR NICHOLASVILLE, KY http://www.relevantradio.com/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=204srcid=534 Paul 2008/1/26 Robert Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Guys: Here is the results from this afternoon's DX session on the SONY SRF-T615 Ultralite. 3 New Stations for the Ultralite

Re: [IRCA] 3 New Stns on SONY Ultralite this afternoon PLUS UNIDS???????

2008-01-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Er, my key got stuck.. that is WMJR. Paul On Jan 26, 2008 8:11 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1380 sure is WJR NICHOLASVILLE, KY http://www.relevantradio.com/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=204srcid=534 Paul 2008/1/26 Robert Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Guys: Here is

Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL (Croatia)

2008-01-26 Thread Martin and Wendy Foltz
Congratulations Patrick. Great QSL. Martin Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:33:23 -0800 From: Patrick Martin Subject: [IRCA] New MW QSL (Croatia) 1134 CROATIA, Zagreb, rec. a very nice QSL card (with drawing of station building) with handwritten QSL message on back with freq, time date

[IRCA] PLUS UNIDS???????

2008-01-26 Thread Robert Ross
At 08:11 PM 1/26/2008 -0500, you wrote: 1380 sure is WMJR NICHOLASVILLE, KY http://www.relevantradio.com/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=204srcid=534 Paul Thanks Paul...That was my first quess as well. 73..ROB. Robert S. Ross VA3SW Box 1003, Stn. B. London, Ontario CANADA

Re: [IRCA] [Fwd: Re: Center-fed BOG?]

2008-01-26 Thread Russ Edmunds
--- Neil Kazaross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I doubt, that if living in a townhouse complex and not owning all the land, that you would be allowed to put in a far end ground rod for termination. Better yet, use a fan termination, as we do at Long Beach Island. This requires 3 or 4 15

Re: [IRCA] Center-fed BOG?

2008-01-26 Thread Russ Edmunds
--- Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make that 1000' or more - lost a zero in typing --- Neil Kazaross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I had enough land, I'd probably use BOGs up to 900 or 1000 feet. Anything much longer seems too lossy except maybe on the very low end, and

Re: [IRCA] The New AM 860...........Who is This????????

2008-01-26 Thread Russ Edmunds
--- David Faulkner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert: I think I've heard WLBG ID as The New 860. I have them listed as RB, but the times I've heard them I'd call them more pop/rock. Haven't heard them lately though. WCVZ-FM, Zanesville, ID'ed for five years as, The New

[IRCA] New Loggings Today

2008-01-26 Thread David Faulkner
Hi All: Interesting cx, both this morning and during early and later sunset skip. Here's the recent stuff. 580 WIBW KSTopeka 10/24, 2306 w/ID what sounded like local nx in WCHS null, no sign of the usual WELO, good sigs. Much wanted. My first KS outside of

[IRCA] BOG

2008-01-26 Thread Patrick Martin
This afternoon just before dark, I went out and installed a temp 140 foot BOG running at 75 degrees under the beverage. It is not terminated. I ran it over to a plastic piece of PVC in the ground. Does it work? Yes. It has some directional properties. It is not as good as the 1500' Eastern

Re: [IRCA] The New AM 860...........Who is This????????

2008-01-26 Thread David Faulkner
Russ: True. WCVZ switched from preaching to contemporary Christian, which they continue to play. I asked the GM about the slogan and he explained that the station continues to gain new listeners so, for those listeners, it is the New 92.7--even after five years. David -Original

Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL (Croatia)

2008-01-26 Thread Patrick Martin
Thanks Martin. It was a red letter day for me. Now if Kaliningrad will QSL too. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in

Re: [IRCA] The New AM 860...........Who is This????????

2008-01-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I saw a billboard north of Greenwood that said The New Classic AM 86.. WLBG.. but I thik it's an old billboard http://www.wlbg.com/ Paul 2008/1/26 David Faulkner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Robert: I think I've heard WLBG ID as The New 860. I have them listed as RB, but the times I've

[IRCA] KZDC-1250 testing new CP?

2008-01-26 Thread John Callarman
An MP3 recording Nigel Pimblett sent Friday on a Spanish-speaking station he's hearing in Alberta caused me to check what KZDC is doing, since I noticed it last month dominating the frequency, after having never heard it before. Tonight, it's there, with precisely the same sequential

Re: [IRCA] 3 New Stns on SONY Ultralite this afternoon PLUS UNIDS???????

2008-01-26 Thread Joe Miller, KJ8O
Uhhh, Paul, I think you meant WMJR as WJR is still in Detroit. That's ok, I make mistakes too. JM --- Paul B. Walker, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1380 sure is WJR NICHOLASVILLE, KY http://www.relevantradio.com/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=204srcid=534 Paul 2008/1/26 Robert Ross

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2008-01-26 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2008 Jan 27 0004 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 January follow. Solar flux 73 and mid-latitude A-index 6. The

[IRCA] AM HD Stations in Houston, TX

2008-01-26 Thread Steve Ponder, N5WBI
Had a few minutes to scan the AM band on my Radiosophy HD-100 receiver this afternoon (4:45-5:00 PM CST, Saturday, Jan 26, 2008). Here are the stations that lit up the blue HD light ... 790 kHz KBME ESPN 790 - The Sports Animal http://www.790kbme.com/main.html 950 kHz KPRC The 9-5-0 AM Radio

Re: [IRCA] From John Cereghin

2008-01-26 Thread Neil Kazaross
http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/ Barry's site says thet are moving toFM in March. 73 KAZ - Original Message - From: Geralyn Hollerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 5:09 PM Subject: [IRCA] From John Cereghin From IRCA member John Cereghin:

Re: [IRCA] From John Cereghin

2008-01-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
They've already made the move to FM... and are simulcasting the FM on the AM for 3 months before they shut the AM down. Paul On Jan 27, 2008 12:59 AM, Neil Kazaross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/ Barry's site says thet are moving toFM in March. 73 KAZ -