Re: [IRCA] TP's for 03-20-08

Another odd morninglistened from 1310 to 1320UT, and again at 1350UT. The propagation monitor said that some peaks were at, ahem, 1340UTHowever, I did catch 594 peaking at 1320, but most other audios were pretty lackluster. Asian unless otherwise noted: pretty darn good audio (at

Re: [IRCA] WCKY-1530

I heard some IDs for WHAS on 1530 some weeks ago. I figured probably WCKY, but no other IDs. Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in

Re: [IRCA] WCKY-1530

radio without people. you gotta love it. ___ 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

[IRCA] NOW Battery Life.

--- Robert Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many battery changes in the T615 since you've had it? 73 Gil There's a big difference in AA batteries and AAA's. More than 3 times the capacity for AA's and the analog radios take FARF A Rless power to run. Powell POP email is

Re: [IRCA] WCKY-1530

--- k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another odd thing is on 1530 right now. WCKY is running a loop that says, CBS radio networks, channel 44. Seems like, perhaps, that a few stations got caught being a sleep at the wheel when the baskeball games ended tonight. Actually they most likely

Re: [IRCA] WCKY-1530

--- Paul B. Walker, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess the automation fell asleep at the wheel on this one.. and didn't kick back in after the game WRONG. The automation system does exactly what it's told to do. WCKY seems to be NOTORIOUS for having automation problems.. I've heard

Re: [IRCA] WQEW Oddity

they're transmitting a weird buzzing noise Mickey fell asleep at the controls? I've been told it's quite a Mickey Mouse operation over there. (C'mon, I know a few of you were thinking about it). And that's a standard joke within the Radio Disney organization. Not as a denigrating

Re: [IRCA] WCKY-1530

Thx Wills, I heard them do that several weeks ago. At least I know I'm not the only one, hi hi. 73 de Joe Happy Easter On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:53:47 -0400, k4ape wrote Another odd thing is on 1530 right now. WCKY is running a loop that says, CBS radio networks, channel 44. Seems like,

Re: [IRCA] NOW Battery Life.

If you haven't considered rechargeable NiMH cells in a while, you may want to re-visit. They are approaching capacity of alkaline cells. I have several devices that I power all week long on them. I just have a weekend routine of charging them a new set of cells for them. If you go this route,

Re: [IRCA] change of address

Doc, Thanks for answering. Keep the e-mail coming direct. I'm always available at [EMAIL PROTECTED],.com. 73 from Jolly Cholly (Ahoy, Alas and/or Alack) - Original Message - From: Mike Hardester [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America

[IRCA] ULR: small surprise with new SRF59

Good morning, about 4 weeks ago I bought from a chinese seller at eBay a SRF-59. Yesterday I finally received it at my work place. I was completely deceptioned! The reception was different from an old SRF-59 I own! Sensitivity and selectivity was, say about 70% of my old 59. And, to make

Re: [IRCA] WQEW Oddity

WQEW isn't a Disney OO, just a lease time. My bad. It was pointed out to me offlist that Radio Disney did buy WQEW recently. So, the Mouse lives in New York as well. Craig Healy Providence, RI ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] WCKY

It's sad when you treat a 50 kw in a major market like a low power daytimer in the middle of nowhere. No inference to Paul, he cares a hellva lot more about his station than CC does to CKY. Jerry Kiefer Roswell, NM **Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL

[IRCA] WLKW off

My local (and client) WLKW is off the air due to a program line failure. Just got a nice WTSA ID and mention of Brattleboro. Vermont daytime on a local frequency. Nice! No clear signal from any of the other more local 1450 stations at about 9:45am EDT. Craig Healy Providence, RI

[IRCA] TP's for 03-21-08

-- Good Morning: Listened from 1325-1415. Tuned first this morning to JOUB 774, no audio, then to JOBB 828 weak audio. Happy that I did not turn the radio off, the upper channels were very good. A few unknown stations heard. Had the recorder running, will listen latter. 828

Re: [IRCA] Survey of Participants in the Recent Ultralight DX Sprint

Hey Gary; Thanks for the reply. Yes, John and Gil have worked EXTREMELY hard on the DX ULR Sprint Contest and my hat is off to them (and all the contestants). As for the logs, I was thinking more along the lines of a quick, down and dirty cut and paste. In fact, after my incessant ramblings

[IRCA] Last chance for CBA

I will be heading to North Carolina this weekend to visit family, and wonder what the possibility of hearing CBA from the Raleigh/Durham area is before they bite the dust. Any thoughts or suggestions from anyone? Jim Pogue Memphis, TN ___ IRCA mailing

Re: [IRCA] WCKY

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:52:14 EDT, JKi5384486 wrote It's sad when you treat a 50 kw in a major market like a low power daytimer in the middle of nowhere. No inference to Paul, he cares a hellva lot more about his station than CC does to CKY. Jerry Kiefer Roswell, NM I'm not a broadcast

Re: [IRCA] Last chance for CBA

Jim - I want to say that I have seen them reported down the the East Coast. Possible deterents: 1) The RDU area is a bit inland. 2) Another potential fly in the ointment is that my local WFNI (ex WIBC) puts a monster signal to the SE US on their 10Kw night rig. My dad lives in the Sandhills

[IRCA] Att'n Dave Hascall......RE: Survey of Participants in the Recent Ultralight DX Sprint

At 10:31 AM 3/21/2008 -0400, David Hascall wrote: Hey Gary; As for the logs, I was thinking more along the lines of a quick, down and dirty cut and paste. In fact, after my incessant ramblings below, I have cut and pasted my logbook from the ULR sprint. Dave..thanks for posting your

[IRCA] NE Oregon--poor this morning for Pacifics

This morning was very poor with no audio. I woke up early and a check had some weak MW hets around 1230 utc. Later even the hets were gone except for usual huge 1098 het, 1356 utc. Last night early evening had 570 Radio Reloj RR at good level for a couple of minutes, and I even caught the one

Re: [IRCA] Last chance for CBA

Is CBA movin' to FM ??? ___ 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

[IRCA] Last chance for CBA

Yes, they have been broadcasting on their new FM frequency for some time and the AM 1070 transmitter will be turned off quite soon. Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, MA http://hometown.aol.com/midcapemarc/myhomepage/profile.html -- Original message -- From: Mike

Re: [IRCA] WQEW Oddity

On Friday 21 March 2008 00:25, k4ape wrote: Barry- Are you sure that it is WQEW with buzzing? I hear w weak station under the buzz that sounds like it might be something from Disney. It was definitely WQEW. I think there was some residual Disney audio way under the buzz. Apparently the

Re: [IRCA] WQEW Oddity

Here's my recording of 1560 at 0500 UTC this morning. I thought they were playing Stockhausen. :-) http://paulc.mediumwaveradio.org/audio/wqew.mp3 Paul Troon, Scotland Barry McLarnon wrote: Something's up (or down) at WQEW-1560 - instead of the usual Disney din, they're transmitting a

Re: [IRCA] Survey of Participants in the Recent Ultralight DX Sprint

Hey David, Thanks for the reply, and I certainly understand that all of us must live within the limits of our finances, as we enjoy this new ULR fascination. In the beginning of the Ultralight radio boom, about 99% of AM-DXers were skeptical that these pocket radios could

Re: [IRCA] WQEW Oddity

And if anyone wants to see what's emitting the buzz, it so happens that WQEW is my Tower Site of the Week this week... http://www.fybush.com/sites/2008/site-080321.html s ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] TP's for Mar 21

As Dennis observed, things were better on the top end of the band (much better there than here, judging by some of his loggings), and better later. Most of the audios were still at the barely there level, but there were some unusual ones. Listened from 1340 to 1410UT, and missed the peak on

Re: [IRCA] Last chance for CBA

Mike, Yes, another one bites the dust. At this rate Canada will no longer have any AMs. However I do suspect there will still be a few around to fill the void as Canada has so much rural area that a 50 KWer is needed to cover much of it. Maybe what is needed is a station on 540 in the cener of

Re: [IRCA] Survey of Participants in the Recent Ultralight DX Sprint

Thanks for the reply Gary. I just bought a SRF-M70 at Goodwill last week ($1.50). It is d-e-a-d on MW, just a wooshing sound thru the phones. FM is okay. Any idea on if that is easily fixable or where to begin? The reason is that I was going to return it to GW (along with a vintage JC Penney

[IRCA] WQEW Oddity

Thanks Scott. Interesting photos and text - especially the 660/880 combination. Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, MA http://hometown.aol.com/midcapemarc/myhomepage/profile.html -- Original message -- From: Scott Fybush [EMAIL PROTECTED] And if anyone wants to see

Re: [IRCA] Last chance for CBA

Thanks Marc. Thanks Patrick. Your idea is good but Canada has been the one that added 530 as a regional channel with 1 KW Daytime and 250 waats at night. They might have some problems with the 530 / 540 at such high power. Does anyone know what happened to the old CFFX 960 transmitter ??

[IRCA] 50 kw transmitter on E Bay

-- Good Day, I remember about a year ago there was a 50 kw transmitter from a Canada station that was for sale on e-bay. If I remember right the station was in Ontario, Canada. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2008 Mar 21 1810 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 20 March follow. Solar flux 68 and mid-latitude A-index 10. The

[IRCA] FW: WHBC 1480 kHz Canton, OH DX Test

I received this somewhat disappointing e-mail today from Dale Lamm at WHBC. I wonder if some of our list members who are professional broadcasters might contact Dale directly and see if we can still salvage a full-blown DX Test? I don't know the applicable FCC rules that well - particularly how

[IRCA] Re IRCA 47-87 -8 Last chance for CBA 1070

Hello Jim, Good luck with snagging CBA Moncton but be prepared to fish them out of a mix of signals from Birm,ALA; Indy; Greenville,NC; Sans Souci,SC; Lookout Mountain TENN; Memphis,TENN; Charlottesville,VA.--Bill in BC - Looking for the perfect gift?

[IRCA] To Joe, KJ8O, and the list

Joe wrote- Happy Easter And very HAPPY EASTER to you JOe, and to the group! Willis, K4APE Old Fort, TN ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing

[IRCA] Test message - please disregard

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' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop

Re: [IRCA] Test message - please disregard

Will do. On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core

Re: [IRCA] Test message - please disregard

--- Mike Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will do. No ya didn't. 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' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop

[IRCA] AM transmitter on Ebay

Dennis, You're right, it was a 50kw Continental 317-B on 680 kc, I believe it was in Toronto. They were wanting 10 grand for it. A beautiful box and a set of finals for it will cost you more than that. They listed it twice with no bidders. Sad. Jerry Kiefer Roswell,NM

[IRCA] Results of 2008 DX Sprint Published

Rob and others, The results of the 2008 DX Sprint, without the detailed logs of the two top scorers in the Stations Logged Categories, were sent to all participants within 48 hours of the close of entry. Within another day or two, the results of the 2008 DX Sprint, with the detailed logs

Re: [IRCA] To Joe, KJ8O, and the list

Happy Easter everyone... Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ 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

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2008 Mar 21 2112 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 21 March follow. Solar flux 68 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 5. The

Re: [IRCA] Last chance for CBA

Mike, I am sure many listeners all over Canada still listen to AM, but apparently that has not stopped many stations from going off. Things change. Ten years from now, who knows who may own CKYL and what the plans will be, maybe less time. I never thought one company would ever own both Astoria

Re: [IRCA] Last chance for CBA

I have the old Port Erie Ont QSL'd on 530 from the 80s with 400w, back before all of the TIS stations. There also was another at High Level AB with 400w was I QSL'd. They were fairly regular in the Fall/Winter/Spring. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager

[IRCA] Matching Transformer 16-1 connected to Ewe

Good Evening, Just found out that I had the broadband loop matching transformer (ratio 16-1) connected to the Ewe this morning. The ewe matching transformer ratio is 4-1. Wondering if using the 16-1 matching transformer was the reason for the higher channels to come in some much better than

[IRCA] What the AM BCB hobby needs

I was setting here thinking about what this hobby could use, and came up with the following. A super blast of particles from the sun, to create an Aurora that can seen in the day light in Tennessee. With an A index of 254 and K index of 75. Wouldn't that be fun!!! : 73's Willis Old

Re: [IRCA] What the AM BCB hobby needs

Now that would be interesting, but the AK may be so high that here would be no skip period. Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages

Re: [IRCA] Test message - please disregard

But I will. Bob Coomler, W6RJC Cloverdale, CA --- Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Mike Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will do. No ya didn't. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL

Re: [IRCA] Test message - please disregard

Which message are you disregarding...the first one, or the second one? On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Bob Coomler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I will. Bob Coomler, W6RJC Cloverdale, CA --- Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Mike Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will

[IRCA] New Japanese QSL

One of my favorite catches last year was hearing both of the local IDs simultaneously at 2319 JST last November from the two NHK 2 stations on 1152: JORB, Kochi on Shikoku Island and JOPC in Kushiro in NE Hokkaido. Happily, the automated local IDs for the two stations had one female

Re: [IRCA] Test message - please disregard

I am disregarding all of them! Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. Operations Manager/Program Director/Assistant Sales Director/Secretary/Assistant Engineer Cleaning Person/Toilet Fixer Upper/Lawn Mower/Dog Walker Cool Country 1590 WABV Abbeville, South Carolina, USA http://www.wabv1590.com

Re: [IRCA] Matching Transformer 16-1 connected to Ewe

At 01:27 AM 3/22/2008, Dennis wrote: Just found out that I had the broadband loop matching transformer (ratio 16-1) connected to the Ewe this morning. The ewe matching transformer ratio is 4-1. Wondering if using the 16-1 matching transformer was the reason for the higher channels to come in

Re: [IRCA] New Japanese QSL

At 02:19 AM 3/22/2008, you wrote: Todays mail brought a thick envelope from JORB Kochi. Inside were a partial data QSL card, a long letter from the CE of NHK Kochi and three pages of color pictures of the antennas, transmitters and studios of NHK Kochi. Man, that was really worth waiting

Re: [IRCA] Last chance for CBA

Seems doubtful. You'll have to contend with Indianapolis, Chattanooga, Greenville, Sarnia, Charlottesville. Maybe if you were closer to the coast... 73, Tim On 3/21/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I will be heading to North Carolina this weekend to visit family, and wonder

Re: [IRCA] Last chance for CBA

WCSZ 1070 Sans Souci/Greenville, SC is off the air and has been silent since 7/1/2007. It has 4 more months to return to the airwaves before facing possible license revocation. It will come back on the air, but WHYZ Radio aka Tama Broadcasting (Dr Cherry) is looking to sel lthe facility. Expect

Re: [IRCA] AM transmitter on Ebay

Might have had PCB's. ___ 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

Re: [IRCA] New Japanese QSL

John I received the exact same thing from JORB a few days ago for a report sent last November. Mr. Sasaoka must have been getting caught up on his QSLing. I have to agree, the package was well worth the wait. Bruce John H. Bryant wrote: One of my favorite catches last year was hearing

Re: [IRCA] New Japanese QSL

Congrats John. A good one. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ 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

[IRCA] just a hint of TA

Hardly worth reporting, but there is a slight audible carrier on 1215 this evening around 0500UT, more than I've heard recently. best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list