[IRCA] Coconut Wireless #23 Radio Heritage News

From the Radio Heritage Foundation www.radioheritage.net __ The Coconut Wireless Radio Heritage News Issue #23 October 2009 __ Hello, and welcome to the latest news from the place where popular culture, nostalgia and radio heritage collide!

[IRCA] Lapland DXpedition on DXing.info

Hi, I have published a report on the recent LEM278 DXpedition to Lemmenjoki in Finland's Arctic North. Lots of reindeer, but even more radio stations. Conditions on the AM band were pretty good, with many interesting catches especially from the Americas. Check out the details at

Re: [IRCA] TA's found inside BOG last night + Questions

Dave, Pre-amps are often used to boost antenna input. A good one is made by DX Engineering, the RPA-1. I use it occasionally. There are many designs posted on the net for diy adventures. However, some designs are better than others as far as noise making. If you live in an electrically noisy

Re: [IRCA] TA's found inside BOG last night + Questions

Thanks for the model number, Gil, Yes I did notice an increase in noise with the preamp that went with my old Sanserino loop but more often than not the increase in signal won out. In fact, being a casual MW DX'er then like now, I added SEVEN new stations to my log within two hours of stringing

Re: [IRCA] Hey...KOKK 1210 was my 40th STATE on Ultralight DX!!

***Congrats on State 40, Rob.*** I've been stuck at 37 in the overall log, since adding NJ on a DX test a few years back. I am close on matching the number of ULR states to the number of overall states, with the ULR @ 32. I've logged SD many times on the overall but zilch on the ULR one. ND

[IRCA] Paul LaFreniere

I read on one of the WTFDA lists (from an Saul via the NRC list) that MN DX'er Paul LaFreniere passed away, last month. This is the first that I've heard of this. Godspeed, Paul! 73, Dave in Indy --from the cookcountynews-herald.com website-- Paul Anthony LaFreniere, Paul Anthony

[IRCA] TP's for 10/16/09

Listened from 1325-1433 utc. Good morning at this inland location. 1134 kHz down, far better than channels above 1134. China CRN1 1134 is now the most common CRN1 station heard here. Took over from CRN1 1593. DPR Korea station on 657 kHz has improved this season, but not heard this morning

Re: [IRCA] Paul LaFreniere

He would have been two years ahead of Bob Dylan at Hibbing HS! Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee -Original Message- From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; John Rieger dx-midamer...@webtv.net Sent: Fri, Oct 16, 2009 9:51 am Subject: [IRCA] Paul

Re: [IRCA] Paul LaFreniere

Thanks David, What a shock, I am very saddened to hear this. Even though he was about 700 miles from me, I enjoyed reading his postings, as many his loggings were often heard at my location. My prayers go out to him and his family. 73 de Joe, KJ8O, Troy, MI - Original Message -

[IRCA] CFUN-1410 and CKST-1040 transmitter news

from Northwest Broadcasters site http://members.shaw.ca/nwbroadcasters/recentnews.htm *- **CFUN AM 1410* http://www.talk1410.com/* Vancouver is now fully operational from its new transmitter site in Delta. The old site will be kept operational until December to allow CFUN to remain on the air

[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 10-16-09

Listened from 1250-1355 ut and the conditions were very good and I think that they were the best so far this year. Carriers were heard on the top and bottom of the band but as Dennis siad they were the best on the lower part of the band. I did hear a carrier on 1134 at 1320 ut with local

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. TP's for October 16, 2009

Was up at a startling 13:40 UTC -- and listened on and off til 14:35 531 YL in what sounded distinctly like Russian - 13:42 558 JJ on most passes 567 585 594 JJ Regular to great levels 603 Mix of Asian stuff here 612 battle royale of 2 or 3 stations w/ no dominants 14:20 639

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 10-16... Late Boom

Hello All, What sounded like a modest band prior to 1400 suddenly came alive with strong Asiatic signals, including the best signals yet this season on 792, 891 and 1125 kHz. 792 kHz was very strong at 1415 with both China-Shanghai and Thailand, which was identified // to the

Re: [IRCA] Paul LaFreniere

I am so sorry to hear this. I had wondered, as I had not seen his postings in sometime. My prayers go out to his family. Patrick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 10-16... Late Boom

Fabulous report, Gary... I'm sorry to say that I've yet to reattach loop heads, etc. for my antennas, so I slept in on a very good Asian morning. I'd love to have both 891 and 792 MP3s... for obvious reaspons, especially as 792 is concerned :) Be sure and turn in your log to Ol' Rob,

Re: [IRCA] Question About Sweden-1179

At 14:49 10/15/2009, you wrote: From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org To: mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Things continued to be bitty beyond some consistent signals on channels like 1134, 1215, 1269... But.sometimes they'd hang in long enough to get a parallel with

[IRCA] Need Antenna Advice

I am considering buying one of those reel-in type antennas for use with my Radio Shack DX-398 portable.  I found the following on Ebay, with the brand name Radios4U.   It looks to be a copy of the Sangean ANT-60 antenna.  Does anyone know anything about this brand/type?  Perhaps it's the same

Re: [IRCA] Need Antenna Advice

Hi, Radios4U is a reputable guy. I have received things from him in the past. no issues. My guess is that these reel-ins are all made by the same company and then they brand them for whoever wants to distribute them. Radio Shack used to sell them but not sure if they do anymore. It would be a

[IRCA] TP for 16 Oct from Victoria, BC

Oh my, bad mistake this morning, didn't start listening until 1408UT, and the band was boiling. You get a feel for how the band is, which stations are likely to be heard on a given channel, and they just get more readable as conditions improve, and if you're lucky, something unusual will

[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 16 Oct 2009

As others have noted, a pretty decent morning. Highlights for me: - Russians on 549 and 576, with 549 having some good clear audio - JOCR on 558 was the best it's been this season - NHK on 648, again for first time this season - Someone mixing with the regular Korean on 711 - For the first

[IRCA] Belated Day FOUR Report from Grayland: Oct 14

As was reported elsewhere, Thursday morning showed significant improvement from our first three days down in Grayland. With Guy's new QDFA antenna working 100% finally, I'd expect some very nice loggings when he finishes reviewing all of his Perseus recordings. Since I still do things the old

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Oct 16 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 15 October follow. Solar flux 70 and mid-latitude A-index 4. The

Re: [IRCA] Belated Day FOUR Report from Grayland: Oct 14

In a message dated 10/16/2009 12:08:21 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bjohnor...@rockisland.com writes: 1107: Not a logging - Gary, I listened here quite a bit and had two stations: one playing music almost continually was the S.Korean MBC station, I'm pretty certain. The other station