Re: [IRCA] 640

2009-10-22 Thread Patrick Martin
Unfortunately CA/MT took over the channel again. I'll keep checking. Too bad I could not pull enough signal out of he CBC. Presumed CBN? Don't see any LPRTs, other than NWT. Interesting for a while. Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailin

Re: [IRCA] 1040 Vancouver

2009-10-22 Thread Patrick Martin
1040 is weak tonight again. 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 contributors and

[IRCA] 640

2009-10-22 Thread Patrick Martin
640 kHz is a mumble jumble off the Eastern beverage tonight. 0158 EDT CBC station talking about programming. Many mentions of CBC CBN 0200 EDT Sounded like an ID, jingle, then oldies format, mostly late 50s (Doo Wop), and Dave Clark Five, early R&B. Ideas? Sounded EE ancr, but uncertain. Ide

[IRCA] 1040 Vancouver

2009-10-22 Thread bill kral
Does anyone out there know what the final operation plan is at CKST 1040? Sometimes they're strong here in Vic.like last night,and tonight they're not.It looks like the testing is still on there.I'm interested in this one for listening purposes this winter to catch Canucks Hockey games instead o

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 10-22... DX Dropoff

2009-10-22 Thread D1028Gary
Hello All, There was a definite downturn this morning in TP signal strength here, especially on the mid-band frequencies like 1107, 1134, 1143 and 1170. Whereas for the past week 1170 kHz had KBS and the Chinese station seriously competing with KPUG (and the Indian-language KLOK), this morn

[IRCA] ULR DX...NEW COUNTRY!!!!.....820 Radio Paradise....St. Kitts & Nevis

2009-10-22 Thread Robert S.Ross VA3SW
Hi Guys: Great Conditions to the SOUTH and WEST tonight.. Just Logged @ 2145 EDT. 820 Radio Paradise St. Kitts & Nevis With Relig Tx and Bible Readings Soft Instrumental Music Interlude ID @ 2200 as Radio Paradise Matched this up to the LIVE Webcast and this is them!!! Not new to Ov

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2009-10-22 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Oct 23 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 22 October follow. Solar flux 72 and mid-latitude A-index 17. The mid-latitu

[IRCA] ULR DX.......1 NEW Station @ SUNSET Tonight...............

2009-10-22 Thread Robert S.Ross VA3SW
Hi Guys: Well most of my luck this past week or so has been with DX later in the eveninglike @ bedtime. Very little DX noted at Sunset the past little while. Tonight I managed to scrape up a Solitary New Log for the ULR and Overall Log!! Hey...at this stage of the Game...one at a time i

[IRCA] New RI station

2009-10-22 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 1820 EDT1230WXNIRIWesterlyID as "WRNI" (1290) during NPR news break. Not every day that I get a new station from RI! Previously heard as WERI in 1977. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://

[IRCA] TP for 22 Oct from Victoria, BC

2009-10-22 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Had to go to work this morning, so the truncated listening matched the truncated conditions. But John B.'s observation concerning the dominance of the lower band held true here also. The only one in the winner's circle this morning that wasn't one of the NHK powerhouses was, of all stations, 558

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2009-10-22 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Oct 22 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 21 October follow. Solar flux 71 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitud

[IRCA] Catching Up- Recent Logs

2009-10-22 Thread John Cereghin
It's been hectic lately, with my wife in the hospital over the last few days, but I did manage to get some good ultralight DXing in, so below is a summation of the last week's logs, all on my various ultralights barefoot. October 20 980 WJYK Chase City VA, 0730, heard an ID under WTEM 1220

Re: [IRCA] Radio Scotland in Victoria too!!!

2009-10-22 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Wednesday 21 October 2009 20:30, Walter Salmaniw wrote: > Barry, don't be so sure.  KGO is VERY strong here as well, but it's > a very clean signal with talk, pauses, etc.  So, a fair amount of > dead air, and under all of this you can pick up distant DX. >  Remember, KPUG on 1170 is only a few

[IRCA] Off the grid - A tribute to IRCA

2009-10-22 Thread cafe
On Monday evening, of this week, I was perusing the IRCA reprints from the the mid-seventies and started writing a bit of a tribute to the solidarity, brotherhood and sisterhood of the radio hobby - how it has changed my life and engendered and fostered lasting friendships. (And then)Around 8PM m

Re: [IRCA] new logging on 1370

2009-10-22 Thread Joseph Miller
1370 just like the others Popular music, not able to hear a large enough of a sample to say whether soul, nostalgia, oldies, MOYL, etc. definitely not C&W - Original Message - From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Cc: NRC Sent: Thu,

Re: [IRCA] new logging on 1370

2009-10-22 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
What frequency is the mystery station on? How strong is the signal? What kinda music is the station playing. Paul On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Joseph Miller wrote: > > First, I tried again to pull in WXXI, and at 6:29 pm local time (Wednesday > Oct. 21) I heard news that had that NPR fee

[IRCA] new logging on 1370

2009-10-22 Thread Joseph Miller
First, I tried again to pull in WXXI, and at 6:29 pm local time (Wednesday Oct. 21) I heard news that had that NPR feel to it, with thanks to several sponsors, the name "Renee Montagne" (spelling???), and finally the WXXI station ID right at 6:30. Not new, but infrequent, and first time at suns

[IRCA] Bottom Heavy TPs from Orcas Island

2009-10-22 Thread John H. Bryant
Bill Brock mentioned that it was a strange morning, with only the low stuff working, but that pretty good. Same here. The bottom half of the band was almost 100% audio sometime during dawn enhancement; the top half was about as bad as I've seen it in the last two months. Further, only the lowes

Re: [IRCA] TP for 22Oct09 from Victoria: down!

2009-10-22 Thread Deane McIntyre
On 22-Oct-09, at 8:23 AM, Walter Salmaniw wrote: Just a quick early report. Not a very good morning. Conditions down all around with even the first tier stations weaker than normal, and the upper band generally poor. No stand-outs it seems. More tonightWalt Here in Calgary only

[IRCA] Arizona 10-22-09

2009-10-22 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1315-1355 ut and conditions were a little better than it was yesterday. It was a little on the strange side as all audio and carriers were below 774 and nothing above. 279 Russia hrd at 1313 with talk. 529 Alaska SQM hrd at 1315 ut with code. 531 JOQG Japan hrd at 1341 ut wi

[IRCA] TP for 22Oct09 from Victoria: down!

2009-10-22 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Just a quick early report. Not a very good morning. Conditions down all around with even the first tier stations weaker than normal, and the upper band generally poor. No stand-outs it seems. More tonightWalt ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-cor

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon - Second segment

2009-10-22 Thread Bob Coomler
With the Kenwood TS-930 and 80M inverted-L the signal was anywhere between S0 and S3. With the Icom R-75 and Ratzlaff active whip, there was still QSB, but the signal was always audible and peaking at S5. Wow, dramatic jump at 0602 just as I'm typing typing this. Kick in the supercharger? Goo

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-22 Thread Patrick Martin
Nick, At 0616 it is coming in very nicely. Some fades, but pretty stable off SW EWE. A bit better than the NW/NE EWE. The SW EWE in longer though. Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kot

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-22 Thread Patrick Martin
Nick, Coming in quite well here. 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 origin