[IRCA] DX Tips for WDXR

2009-09-30 Thread Patrick Martin
680CHFACanada, Alberta, Edmonton, fair mixing with KNBR and KBRW at 0150 EDT 9/30, with man in FF, KNBR mostly phased. (PM-OR) 680 KBRW Alaska, Barrow with such good signals to the North tonight, I thought I would try for KBRW again, no ID heard, but a woman ancr at 0150 EDT 9/30

Re: [IRCA] mag. wire ants

2009-09-30 Thread HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS
Thanks Robbie; That is what I thought too but 2000' of any wire for less than $20 had me intrigued. Too bad that you can't get 2000' of 16 or 18 guage stranded wire for that price. :) 73 Dave in Indy -- Message: 1 Date:

[IRCA] TP's for 09/30/09

2009-09-30 Thread vroomski
Good Morning, Listened from 1300-1403 utc. Conditions down from yesterday. More noise here this morning. 153RUSSIA, 1300-1304 weak with man in Russian. 189RUSSIA, 1305 fair with man in Russsian. 209Mongolia, 1308 threshold audio. 279RUSSIA, 1308 weak with man in Russian. 1315

[IRCA] TP for 30Sep09 from Victoria: returns to normal

2009-09-30 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Listened this morning between 13:08 and 14:08 and it immediately became obvious that this was no repeat of yesterday's fantastic conditions. I'd call it an average, or even a slightly under performing Fall equinoxial morning. SF72, A1, K1 (who cares!). Upper band was down especially compared

[IRCA] NRC AM Radio Log, 29th edition up for grabs

2009-09-30 Thread Peter Jernakoff
I recently received my copy of the 30th edition of the NRC AM Radio Log. As such, I am offering my copy of the corresponding 29th edition (2008-2009) to the US/Canadian MW DX community at no charge. If you want to figuratively throw your hat into the ring for said item, and you are located in the

Re: [IRCA] TP for 30Sep09 from Victoria: returns to normal

2009-09-30 Thread Patrick Martin
Walt, I totally agree. This was not a repeat of yesterday. Lots of powerhouse JJ's, like 594, 693, 747, 774, 954, 1134, tc in, but not the signal of yesterday. Here 4KZ 531 pretty much dominated after 1430 with nice spots and tc's. Also 4QL 540, 4QR-612. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL

Re: [IRCA] TP for 30Sep09 from Victoria: returns to normal

2009-09-30 Thread cafe
Walter said: Listened this morning between 13:08 and 14:08 and it immediately became obvious that this was no repeat of yesterday's fantastic conditions. I'd call it an average, or even a slightly under performing Fall equinoxal morning. Exactly. Other than stellar audio on 594 from

Re: [IRCA] TP for 30Sep09 from Victoria: returns to normal

2009-09-30 Thread Patrick Martin
Colin, I was hoping for a better morning with the TA carriers and KBRW being logged last night. But it sure took a nose dive. I wonder how they did out at Grayland? 73 Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] Nice site for determining distances for BOG's

2009-09-30 Thread HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS
Here is a nice site, that uses Google Maps, for figuring how many feet that you have to work with in a particular area is for setting up BOG's in parks and such. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/ You need to use the option: Manually (straight lines) or else it will take you to the nearest road. To

Re: [IRCA] Nice site for determining distances for BOG's

2009-09-30 Thread HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS
I should clarify. The site is not specifically aimed at figuring distances for antennas but is a mashup site of Google maps into a virtual pedometer site. Also neat for figuring distances hiked / biked, distances of property lines and so on. 73, Dave -- Message: 10

Re: [IRCA] NRC AM Radio Log, 29th edition up for grabs

2009-09-30 Thread texas4421
I'd like to have it! Willis - Original Message - From: Peter Jernakoff peter.jernak...@usa.dupont.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org; a...@yahoogroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:34 AM Subject: [IRCA] NRC AM Radio Log, 29th edition up for grabs I

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2009-09-30 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Sep 30 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 29 September follow. Solar flux 72 and mid-latitude A-index 1. The

[IRCA] Sunset skip DX alert

2009-09-30 Thread Neil Kazaross
The end of Sept is often about the best SSS time of the year. Note that tomorrow most stations in the US and Canada will be switching to night rigs about 45 or even 60 minutes sooner than today. The extra darkness along the paths to these stations makes all the difference in the world. Here's

Re: [IRCA] Sunset skip DX alert (and a view from the UK)

2009-09-30 Thread BARRY DAVIES
On this side of The Pond the second half of October can be good for logging day timers and pre facility changes. At that time actual station sunset occurs before the FCC sunset. This can give a window of opportunity of up to 30 minutes or so. I get the window of opportunity from the website

[IRCA] Second Day at Grayland

2009-09-30 Thread John H. Bryant
What a difference a day makes!!! I guess that I should have expected conditions to tank after the extraordinary morning of the 29th - actually I feared that they would and THEY DID! The morning was like a slightly below average morning recently on Orcas, though the conditions continued to

[IRCA] TV-Radio advertising OT

2009-09-30 Thread Patrick Martin
Interesting, watching the BBC news that for the first time advertising on the internet has beat out radio and TV ad money in the UK. Is the US far behind. Where does that leave the broadcasting industry? 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager

Re: [IRCA] TP for 29Sep09 from Victoria: Great CC conditions!!

2009-09-30 Thread Guy Atkins
Wow, just my luck, Walt! I missed out on the great TP activity Tuesday morning because I had left my antenna switch in the off position before recording the Perseus files. Two hours of recorded noise doesn't make for very interesting DX. Yes, I admit there are some advantages to DXing live and

[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 30 Sep 2009

2009-09-30 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Like others have reported, a drop from yesterday's conditions. But, since my conditions didn't have as far to fall, the difference wasn't as great. Like yesterday, it was mostly Japan, but some of the rarer ones I noted yesterday didn't show today. On the other hand, had a decent signal on

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight-signal TP's for 9-30

2009-09-30 Thread D1028Gary
Hello All, With expectations high after yesterday, this morning's propagation was a major disappointment for someone with modest equipment in a very modest DXing location. Whereas John, Walt and Nick seemed to have some salt-water-enhanced TP-DX to record on this mediocre morning, here

[IRCA] Subject: A simple Phased BOG System description and a recent

2009-09-30 Thread Gil Stacy
Kaz, Great info. Thanks for sharing. Gil ___ 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

Re: [IRCA] Second Day at Grayland

2009-09-30 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 11:05 AM 9/30/2009, you wrote: What a difference a day makes!!! I guess that I should have expected conditions to tank after the extraordinary morning of the 29th - actually I feared that they would and THEY DID! The morning was like a slightly below average morning recently on Orcas,

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2009-09-30 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Oct 01 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 30 September follow. Solar flux 72 and mid-latitude A-index 6. The

Re: [IRCA] TV-Radio advertising OT

2009-09-30 Thread Tim Kridel
It depends on what each TV or radio station has going in terms of a Web presence. If it's driving a lot of traffic to its site, then maybe it has a shot at picking up enough Internet ads to offset the lost broadcast ads. A lot of TV stations also have ads running before online clips, such as news

[IRCA] Did I have WA?

2009-09-30 Thread George Sherman
Had Spanish talk on 1680 to 9:29pm CDT, then didn't hear it for a few seconds, then heard next 3 minutes seemingly weaker then faded out. On 1560, at 9:37 black gospel or southern gospel-what's the difference?- singing There Must Be A God Somwhere. Might only be WI.   On WPRR-1680 MI was Air

Re: [IRCA] TA for 1 Oct from Victoria, BC

2009-09-30 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Weak audio on 1215 at 05:22 UTC, but that's about it. Off to bed in order to get up early enough for the TP morning!..Walt On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 3:37 AM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote: Only 1215 has light audio at the moment (0330UT), but there are sure lots of weak TA carriers