[IRCA] LW decent tonight

2009-04-24 Thread Bob Young
There is also some LW coming in tonight although the band is staticky, sounds like FF on 183 although nothing but Germany listed, Bob Young Analog, MA HRO-60, 400' LW From: neil...@earthlink.net To: a...@am-dx.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:56:09 -0500 Subject: Re:

[IRCA] I need to have my ¼ DX tapes dubbed

2009-04-24 Thread calltaylor@isp.com
I need to have my ¼ DX tapes dubbed because I need a copy of my voice so that I can have a voice-synthesizer prepared. Thank you very kindly. 73, Chaz/Colly ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] LW decent tonight

2009-04-24 Thread Joseph Miller
- Original Message - From: Bob Young To: a...@am-dx.com, irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:21:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [IRCA] LW decent tonight There is also some LW coming in tonight although the band is staticky, sounds like FF on 183 although nothing but Germany

[IRCA] WJR DETROIT DOWN TIME

2009-04-24 Thread LEE FRESHWATER
Just got off the phone with WJR Chief Kevin Holley.  WJR PLANS TO BE  OFF AIR this Sunday AM  0100 to 0400 for some tower work .. Folks in the mid west may want to check the freq. Lee J Freshwater Ocala, FL IRCA EDXR /AWARDS REPRINT SERVICE www.amlogbook.com www.bgs.cc

[IRCA] Application of CJNL-1230 Merritt BC to move to FM approved but xmtr will remain as CHNL-610 Kamloops relay

2009-04-24 Thread Deane McIntyre
The application of CJNL-1230 Merritt BC to move to FM (101.1 MHz, 200 watts) has been approved by the CRTC. The transmitter will however remain on the air as a relay of CHNL-610 Kamloops. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-223.htm CJNL Merritt – Conversion to FM band and CHNL

[IRCA] Application of CKDH-900 Amherst NS to move to FM approved by the CRTC

2009-04-24 Thread Deane McIntyre
The application of CKDH-900 Amherst NS to move to FM (107.1 MHz, 18.7 kW) has been approved by the CRTC: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-224.htm CKDH Amherst – Conversion to FM band The Commission approves an application for a broadcasting licence to operate an

[IRCA] Applications for new AM stations in Markham ON and Scarborough ON denied by CRTC

2009-04-24 Thread Deane McIntyre
The applications to the CRTC for new AM stations in Markham ON (960 kHz, 1kW day, 175 watts night) and Scarborough ON (1350 kHz, 1kW day, 87 watts night) have both been denied by the CRTC: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-216.htm Both are part of the Toronto market.

Re: [IRCA] North American Buyer Run on Tecsun R9012 Analog Ultralight

2009-04-24 Thread D1028Gary
Hi Paul, Thanks for your question. For those of you unfamiliar with the Tecsun R9012 lemon variant issue, the Ultralight enthusiast group has discovered that R9012 models manufactured in 2005 (and presumably around that time) have substandard performance, and are to be avoided. Since all

[IRCA] Fw: [mwc] UK pirate test on medium wave tonight (Friday 24th)

2009-04-24 Thread Jim Renfrew
- Original Message - From: Mike Barraclough mik...@dircon.co.uk To: m...@erefnet.com Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:42 PM Subject: [mwc] UK pirate test on medium wave tonight (Friday 24th) 1655 2200-0030, more at:

Re: [IRCA] Application for new AM station on 700 kHz in Calgary AB approved by CRTC

2009-04-24 Thread satya
Thanks, Dean - I see they are already in the FCC database with the CJGN call sign. The patterns are very tight, focussed to the north, so those of use here in the Lower 48 may not hear too much from CJGN. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA The application for a new AM station in Calgary AB on 700

[IRCA] Cascaded loop antenna

2009-04-24 Thread Rick Kunath
Wondering if anyone has ever heard of or has any idea about diagrams or schematic of one of the Villard designed cascaded loop antennas? I ran across a reference to one on line but couldn't seem to get any additional info on it. This is different than Villard's wide-loop jamming rejection

Re: [IRCA] Application for new AM station on 700 kHz in Calgary AB approved by CRTC

2009-04-24 Thread neilkaz
Thx...I looked at the day pattern, and maybe there's enough side lobe at 100 deg to get some signal to me in IL, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting -Original Message- From: sa...@sounddsl.com Sent: Apr 24, 2009 2:06 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America

[IRCA] TP for 24 Apr from Victoria, BC

2009-04-24 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Only a few minutes at the dials this morning, from 1240UT onwards. Seemed to be more DU action than the last few days, but the more common Asians were there also, with a few second string Japanese as well. pretty darn good audio (at least briefly): 774 JOUB reasonable audio at times

Re: [IRCA] Application for new AM station on 700 kHz in Calgary AB approved by CRTC

2009-04-24 Thread Deane McIntyre
On 24-Apr-09, at 12:43 PM, neilkaz wrote: Thx for the info. Will be a new target for me. Do you have a link to info about day and night patterns? Also I wonder what kind of a beating this will give to KXLX Spokane? 73 KAZ near Chicago I have put the 0.5 mV contour maps on my website:

[IRCA] New X-band stn in Argentina

2009-04-24 Thread Horacio Nigro
Argentina. 1660 Radio Esperanza, Virrey del Pino (Partido de La Matanza), B.A. Relaying FM88.3 QTH calle Volta, entre Vesalio y Dubalia,  Virrey del Pino. Tel: +(02202) 49-3745. Music programming by now, with scarce IDs. An Argentinian DXer in Neuquén (Patagonia) has tentatively heard them

Re: [IRCA] WSRP-910 and Others Off the Air

2009-04-24 Thread calltaylor
Mike and the IRCA Crew: Semi-local WLNR-1230 is off air. If I were WJNC-1240, I'd try to buy WSRP for Rush Limbaugh. But I'm not WJNC (at least I don't think I am). Believe WLLN-1350 NC is also silent. Blaming lack of audience (Mexicano) on deployment of USMC is irrational...believe that

Re: [IRCA] WSRP-910 and Others Off the Air

2009-04-24 Thread calltaylor
Mike and IRCA/NRC Crew and Glenn, Michael...No news from you is bad news! Update me Shipmate!! Local WLNR-1230 Kinston and also WLLN-1350 Lillington (NC) are off the air. I must observe that the management is blaming USMC deploy- ment for loss of audience. Absurd. They were programming for an

Re: [IRCA] TP for 24 Apr from Victoria, BC

2009-04-24 Thread Derek Vincent
No 1053 100hz hum today??? Thank you. Derek Vincent Vmedia360...everywhere On Apr 24, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote: Only a few minutes at the dials this morning, from 1240UT onwards. Seemed to be more DU action than the last few days, but the more common

Re: [IRCA] WSRP-910 and Others Off the Air

2009-04-24 Thread texas4421
DX-wise: I removed the two ground rods from my DX den and was rewarded with a drop of 2 S-units of RFI from Leonor's (my DU1XYL Filipina wife) DIRECTV satellite modem. Charles WD4INP I seem to have worked DU1XYL on 40 CW back in 1970. I'll have to dig out my log books and check. 73's

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2009-04-24 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Apr 24 2101 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 24 April follow. Solar flux 70 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 5. The

Re: [IRCA] Cascaded loop antenna

2009-04-24 Thread satya
Hey Rich: I stopped by the library today and found the article - very interesting stuff! It's for MW and SW. I just dropped you a line to your personal email about it. If anyone else would like more information, feel free to drop me a line off board. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Wondering

Re: [IRCA] TP for 24 Apr from Victoria, BC

2009-04-24 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 23:27 4/24/2009, you wrote: No 1053 100hz hum today??? Hi Derek, If it was there, I missed it; first time it's not been heard in weeks. Nice to know someone reads these things! At least one Japanese DXer thinks it might be North Korea, but it seems odd that it would be heard when no

Re: [IRCA] Cascaded loop antenna

2009-04-24 Thread Rick Kunath
sa...@sounddsl.com wrote: Hey Rich: I stopped by the library today and found the article - very interesting stuff! It's for MW and SW. I just dropped you a line to your personal email about it. If anyone else would like more information, feel free to drop me a line off board. Kevin S

Re: [IRCA] Cascaded loop antenna

2009-04-24 Thread satya
Hi Rick: I have been reading it, and while I am not looking to set up a diversity arrangement necessarily, I am trying to figure out what a cascaded loop would do for me. I sounds like it will attenuate the strong on-great-circle incident signal component (or its diffracted component indoors)

Re: [IRCA] Application for new AM station on 700 kHz i n Calgary AB     approved by CRTC

2009-04-24 Thread Patrick Martin
I wonder if the new CP has a different pattern than the old CKRD? 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

Re: [IRCA] Cascaded loop antenna

2009-04-24 Thread Rick Kunath
On Friday 24 April 2009 11:09:48 pm sa...@sounddsl.com wrote: I have been reading it, and while I am not looking to set up a diversity arrangement necessarily, I am trying to figure out what a cascaded loop would do for me. I sounds like it will attenuate the strong on-great-circle incident