Re: [IRCA] doing time with a Sony SRF-39FP

2008-04-01 Thread Milspec390
It has been suggested that one Alfonse Capone used a receiver ever so slightly larger than 39FP while incarcerated and as well as he whiled away his last days at his Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL manse,, ranting and raving as result of tertiary syphilis, to follow daily Bolito acion on Radio CMQ.

Re: [IRCA] doing time with a Sony SRF-39FP

2008-04-01 Thread vroomski
-- Good Morning: Wonder what radio stations Big Al listened to during the mid 30's at Alcatraz federal prison in the middle of San Francisco bay? KGO, KPO, KYA ? Wonder if he ever heard any TP's. In those days he might have been able to hear some of the Chicago stations on a good night.

[IRCA] 1250

2008-04-01 Thread Patrick Martin
Interesting cx tonight on 1250 kHz at 0515 EST, noted u/o Radio Disney-Seattle, an UNID ESPN, NOS, and even what sounded like an SS Rel station, all heard off the Eastern beverage. None of those noted off any other antenna. The UNID ESPN may have been San Antonio? I heard them years ago under

Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report complaints

2008-04-01 Thread Neil Kazaross
I agree, Patrick, and thx for speaking up, since this is a DX list ! A bit of OT fun is OK, but not when it last for days, and I nearly wore out my delete key on this thread. 73 KAZ happy to see our mods doing their jobs. - Original Message - From: Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [IRCA] 1250

2008-04-01 Thread Blaine Thompson
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Patrick Martin wrote: years ago under another call I believe, then the NOS, WGL?, I have no WGL is indeed running standards, as 1250 and 102.9FM The River Doubt that will help you though, as I'm guessing all Patrick heard was music? Blaine Thompson Fort Wayne, Indiana

Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report

2008-04-01 Thread John Callarman
Mike Hawkins writes: I'd need half a bottle of tequila to try to pronounce that one. Ghoughphtheighpteau is pronounced Po-TAY-to -- Gh = P in hiccough ough = O in though phth = T in phthysic eigh = A in neighbor or weigh pt = T in ptomaine eau = O in plateau. I learned that in sixth grade

[IRCA] TP's for 04-01-08

2008-04-01 Thread vroomski
-- Good Morning: Listened from 1130-1338. Conditions dropped fast after 1330 here. Even domestic as KGO 810 lost signal strength around this time. 693 Japan, 1329 very weak with woman in Japanese 738 Japan, 1324 weak Japanese singing. 774 Japan, JOUB 1200

Re: [IRCA] TP's for 04-01-08

2008-04-01 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1305-1320 UT and only heard JOUB-774 with audio and it was just above the noise level. Carriers were 693, 747 and 774. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 _ More immediate than e-mail? Get instant access

Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report complaints

2008-04-01 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
--- Paul B. Walker, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People who complain about something like this truly have no sense of humor then.. It is kinda funny, people need not be so darn uptight about things sometimes. Well you don't eitherafter reading your private whine about this

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: 1250

2008-04-01 Thread Patrick Martin
Thanks Blaine, I may know a bit more if the NOS station stayed in as I set the timer the rest of the night, but by the time I headed to bed it was all Radio Disney and the ESPN station. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: 1250

2008-04-01 Thread Mike McKenna
It might be K-HOT in Madera, CA. --- They have a flame-tossing 81 watts after sunset. IHR radio doing an LMA -- with Catholic programming from EWTN. Possibly Spanish at night. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] Irish Loop off

2008-04-01 Thread BARRY DAVIES
567 was noted silent at 1645utc. I guess 570 now becomes possible after the demise of the 500kW transmitter just across the water from me. 570 has been a no go for me for many years. I have my fingers crossed the channel is not reactivated by any religious or pop music stations. The same goes

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: 1250

2008-04-01 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Immaculate Heart Radio is NOT LMA'ing (leasing) KHOT 1250. Doug Sherman, president of Immaculate Heart Radio is part of Redwood Family Services, licensee of KHOT-AM 1250. Look at the information on FCCinfo.com and the CDBS renewal application, both show Doug Sherman's email address. Also, I do

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: 1250

2008-04-01 Thread Patrick Martin
Mike, That is what I thought (KHOT), but the SS Rel was only audible on the Eastern beverage. But several SSers listed from the East and one could have brokered SS Rel. I will have to keep checking I guess. Thanks. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager

Re: [IRCA] Irish Loop off

2008-04-01 Thread Pete Taylor
I thought a read on this list a couple of months ago that some other organization had applied for it. However it was for a mere 100kw rather than 500kw. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 + Kiwa air core loop ICF2010 + DX398; Palomar loop SRF-59 SRF M37V

Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report

2008-04-01 Thread David Faulkner
Potatoes aren't good for you anyway. Just a bunch of starch and calories. Log all the Idaho stations you can and join me on the South Beach Diet, which strictly forbids potatoes and on which I've lost 130 pounds. 73 David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: 1250

2008-04-01 Thread Mike McKenna
It's very nice to see that IHR and Doug Sherman have such good friends. However, IHR -- Does NOT own KHOT. It does lease KHOT from the owner, (Redwood) - of which Doug Sherman is a member of the board. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report complaints

2008-04-01 Thread Mike Hawkins
I would much rather pass a few puns on April Fools Eve than read weeks worth of redundant DX that seems worth mentioning only because it was heard on a Ultralight. If I have to dress formally and sit rigid in my chair in order to be a part of this, maybe being a part of this is not worth it.

Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report

2008-04-01 Thread David Faulkner
Uncle! All right! Uncle! David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin and Wendy Foltz Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:08 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report Black market reports can be sent to the Society to

Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report complaints

2008-04-01 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I agree Mike, it seems as if people can't take a good joke.. even if it does run longer then it should.. but can whine and discuss 1560 in Seattle and KOHI ad nausem. It seems as if it's OK to do that but we can't have a little fun. Just like those who tell us to hit the delete key on KOHI

Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report complaints

2008-04-01 Thread Russ Johnson
If you had gmail, all the comments would be neatly bundled together and you could delete them all with a click and one key stroke. On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Neil Kazaross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree, Patrick, and thx for speaking up, since this is a DX list ! A bit of OT fun is

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: 1250

2008-04-01 Thread Pete Taylor
Actually, KCPW is on 1010. My wife and I were in SLC last June and I was amazed how well it covered the area at night. We were staying in Park City, west of downtown, and it held up very well there, surprising since they no doubt have to afford some protection to KYW. Pete Taylor Tacoma,

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: 1250

2008-04-01 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Woops, forgive the frequency error. I was looking at a listing for KDYL-1060 at the same time. I wonder if they were really on night power if you heard them so well. I can;t imagine 13W does get out too far, but just PURE SPECULATION. Paul Walker www.realradiousa.com On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:54

Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report complaints

2008-04-01 Thread kevin redding
If I have to dress formally and sit rigid in my chair in order to be a part of this, maybe being a part of this is not worth it. This is not NRC! Amen to that. Lighten up folks. Life is not all that serious. None of us get out alive without eating at least one potato. Kevin

Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report

2008-04-01 Thread Patrick Martin
OK guys, enough is enough. Drop it! Patrick Martin Co Moderator ___ 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

Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report complaints

2008-04-01 Thread Scott Fybush
kevin redding wrote: Amen to that. Lighten up folks. Life is not all that serious. None of us get out alive without eating at least one potato. My grandfather, who died in 1990 at the age of 88, claimed he never in his life ate pizza or drank a Coca-Cola. He also claimed the family was

[IRCA] An Idea!!(Was Re: Idaho Report complaints)

2008-04-01 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I also think that anyone who Moderates or Co-Moderates this list shouldn't post. I know of several other industry message boards where Moderators aren't allowed to post/email, as to be able to remain neutral and I think that would be a good idea for this list. I think it's a good idea because

Re: [IRCA] An Idea!!(Was Re: Idaho Report complaints)

2008-04-01 Thread Scott Fybush
Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: I also think that anyone who Moderates or Co-Moderates this list shouldn't post. I know of several other industry message boards where Moderators aren't allowed to post/email, as to be able to remain neutral and I think that would be a good idea for this list. I know

Re: [IRCA] gmail

2008-04-01 Thread Russ Edmunds
--- Russ Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you had gmail, all the comments would be neatly bundled together and you could delete them all with a click and one key stroke. And if you had gmail, every time you'd start a new post/thread, you'd never know whether it made the list or not

[IRCA] Whining about moderation

2008-04-01 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
--- Paul B. Walker, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also think that anyone who Moderates or Co-Moderates this list shouldn't post. I know of several other industry message boards where Moderators aren't allowed to post/email, as to be able to remain neutral and I think that would be a good

Re: [IRCA] An Idea!!(Was Re: Idaho Report complaints)

2008-04-01 Thread Russ Edmunds
--- Scott Fybush [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think IRCA has any interest in (or budget for) paying moderators for this list, and I can't imagine the list of volunteers to do it under a no postings to the list restriction would be very long. Or are you volunteering your time?

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2008-04-01 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2008 Apr 01 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 31 March follow. Solar flux 79 and mid-latitude A-index 3. The mid-latitude

[IRCA] Possible CBA Moncton, NB DX Test

2008-04-01 Thread Jim Pogue
Attention DXers Get out your DX calendars and mark down early Monday morning, April 7. Saul Chernos - our Canadian Connection - has been working the phones again, and we are hoping to have a real treat to finish out the 2007-2008 DX Test Season. CBA 1070 in Moncton, New Brunswick, plans

Re: [IRCA] gmail

2008-04-01 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
Gmail has been giving a few other lists fits, as in [BC] sending each post 3 times, and the folks at Google are in ignore mode. Powell --- Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And if you had gmail, every time you'd start a new post/thread, you'd never know whether it made the list or not

Re: [IRCA] An Idea!!(Was Re: Idaho Report complaints)

2008-04-01 Thread Mike Hawkins
But how many times do you complain before you end up in everyone's kill file? At that point, is it even worth being part of the group? I have to be official all day, so I particularly enjoy puns. I get bored to tears with ultralights, KOHI, IBOC, eastern DX conditions, but its not my list so I

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Possible CBA Moncton, NB DX Test

2008-04-01 Thread amdxmail
I hope this happens! I heard every other U1 5/5 in the US and Canada my first year in the hobby, KNBR-680 San Francisco taking the longest. I've never heard anything resembling CBC programming on 1070 in 38 years at the dials. Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee -Original

Re: [IRCA] gmail

2008-04-01 Thread kj8o
My daughter opened an account with g-mail and closed a week later, not sure of all her issues but spam was one. I try to have as little to do with Google as possible. JM On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:24:26 -0700 (PDT), Powell E. Way III W4OPW wrote Gmail has been giving a few other lists fits, as in

Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report complaints

2008-04-01 Thread Craig Healy
If I have to dress formally and sit rigid in my chair in order to be a part of this, maybe being a part of this is not worth it. This is not NRC! Natural Radio Club? Clothing Optional? The World's Barest And Boldest Medium Wave DX Club I think the Emperor is a leader of that! (smirk) And

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Possible CBA Moncton, NB DX Test

2008-04-01 Thread Stewart, Joseph R
Neither have I! WAY too much competition on this channel in this part of the country... WAPI, KNX, KFTI, KHMO, CHOK, WDIA, KNTH... the channel is usually a mix of Hannibal, MO and Memphis, with KNX a close third; Moncton Wichita are in less often. But I've been trying for CBA about as long as

Re: [IRCA] gmail

2008-04-01 Thread Russ Edmunds
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My daughter opened an account with g-mail and closed a week later, not sure of all her issues but spam was one. I try to have as little to do with Google as possible. I find the spam on GMail to be fairly low. I used that mostly for lists until the first

Re: [IRCA] Idaho Report complaints

2008-04-01 Thread Mike Hawkins
I need to reply to myself here to clarify something, then I'll shut up. I heard back from someone in NRC which allowed me to look deeper at the reference I made to that club. My experience with them in the past was that they were far too formal and rigid for my tastes, and I have heard that

Re: [IRCA] gmail

2008-04-01 Thread Russ Johnson
Interesting. I find that it identifies and segregates spam better than anything I have tried. I kind of like the chat feature built in. You can IM other gmailers. It also supports traditional IM now also. Alas, it seems that there is no perfect email solution

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2008-04-01 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2008 Apr 01 2106 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 April follow. Solar flux 78 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 3. The

[IRCA] 3 great reasons to won a radio

2008-04-01 Thread k4ape
With all the arguing and bitch'n going on, I thought I would post something HAPPY and hope to change the mood of the group. It is now a great time of the year to listening to the radio. It is baseball season and the program material has just risen to it's highest level possible. THREE GREAT

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Possible CBA Moncton, NB DX Test

2008-04-01 Thread kj8o
Being only about 45 miles from CHOK Sarnia, I consider myself very lucky the one time I did hear them in Fall 2006. I hope they turn up their 50 kw and the sweep tones cuts right through. Best of luck to everyone, and gratitude to Jim and Saul for their fine job, as they always do. 73 de Joe

Re: [IRCA] 3 great reasons to won a radio

2008-04-01 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
--- k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: THREE GREAT REASONS TO OWN A RADIO 1. DX 2. Baseball games Not as much with IBOC and no decent Braves station anymore 3. CHWO AM 740, Toronto, Ontario Most nights not very good unfortunately. I am listening to WFAN-660 New York and they have

Re: [IRCA] 3 great reasons to won a radio

2008-04-01 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I''ll give you that a great reason to own a radio is for DXing, but I couldn't careless about baseball.. can't stand most sports in fact. However, I do like AM 740 Primetime Raido, CHWO a bit. Paul Walker www.realradiousa.com On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:49 PM, k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [IRCA] gmail

2008-04-01 Thread Rick Kunath
Russ Johnson wrote: I kind of like the chat feature built in. You can IM other gmailers. It also supports traditional IM now also. Yes, that's Google Talk. It's just an XMPP (Jabber) IM network. Google runs their own separate XMPP network, but any XMPP/Jabber client can connect to the

Re: [IRCA] 1250

2008-04-01 Thread Bruce Portzer
Patrick Last Saturday morning at Grayland, I heard KCST running standards at about 4 or 5 am PDT. I think KKDZ was running an OC at the time. KCST is listed as 68 watts at night, but it's just down the coast so it might've been the NOS station you heard. Bruce Patrick Martin wrote:

Re: [IRCA] 3 great reasons to own a radio

2008-04-01 Thread Patrick Martin
Gee, where do I start? Education, as when I was in college I wrote Radio Moscow about the czars in Russia as I did a term paper on the subject. I received a nice 4 page single spaced typed letter giving me a lot of history on the subject. I got an A in the course. Much of the knowledge I have

Re: [IRCA] 1250

2008-04-01 Thread Patrick Martin
Bruce, I also thought of KCST which is a regular days, but I did not note them off the SW EWE, which is the antenna I get them on, or anything South/SW. But until I get an ID on the NOS station, I will not know for sure. My idea to set the timer last night did not work out well as the batteries

[IRCA] In defence of ultralight radios (was an Idaho hot potato)

2008-04-01 Thread Saul Chernos
I would much rather pass a few puns on April Fools Eve than read weeks worth of redundant DX that seems worth mentioning only because it was heard on a Ultralight. Okay, buddy, pick on Idaho potatoes and I don't care. They're not PEI potatoes, so I won't get worked up. But pick on my prison

Re: [IRCA] 3 great reasons to won a radio

2008-04-01 Thread k4ape
WFAN for me is often not very listenable. Now WLW is. I wish WLAC had the Braves... Now that would be great! I second the montion! I would be happy if WSB-750 would get the braves back. But, I do have two good stations for the Braves. WYYU-FM in Dalton, GA and WCLE-FM in Cleveland,

[IRCA] TP's for Apr 1

2008-04-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Very erratic this morning, with strong fades, sudden appearances and disappearances etc. At one point, 828 was very strong, should have snagged it with the SRF-39, but by the time I got my act together it had faded. Listened from 1310 to 1325UT; Asian unless otherwise noted: pretty darn good

Re: [IRCA] 3 great reasons to own a radio

2008-04-01 Thread k4ape
Patrick wrote- Gee, where do I start? Education, as when I was in college I wrote Radio Moscow about the czars in Russia as I did a term paper on the subject. I received a nice 4 page single spaced typed letter giving me a lot of history on the subject. I got an A in the course. Much of the