[IRCA] Early TP report

2009-10-25 Thread Bruce Portzer
NHK2 stations on 747 and 774 are already putting in decent audio at 0730 UT. I'm also carriers on 594 (Japan, threshold audio but getting better), 693 (Japan) and 738 (Tahiti). Bruce in Seattle ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 10-25-09

2009-10-25 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1305-1345 ut and conditions were very poor with only a few weak carriers and one with audio which was JOUB-774. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R* ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] TP's for 10/25/09

2009-10-25 Thread vroomski
Listened from 1410-1432. Short session this morning, lower channels ok, only VOA 1575 weak above 828 kHz. Signals dropped right before sunrise. 153RUSSIA, 1410 good with music. 189RUSSIA, good with Radio Rossii ID at 1411. 279RUSSIA, 1412 good with Radio Rossii ID. 558JAPAN,

[IRCA] TP for 25Oct09 from Victoria: disturbed

2009-10-25 Thread Walter Salmaniw
A strange morning today, and not what I had expected with the dropping A/K indices (SF 76, A5, K2). Listened between 13:50 (and now, still listening at 15:00). Lots of domestic splatter this morning. JJ were way down (but so was almost everything else, although the CC seemed not too

[IRCA] This morning's TP DX

2009-10-25 Thread Bruce Portzer
I ran recordings from 1225 to 1510. As Walt said, conditions were a bit disturbed. I had lots of signals below 1400, but not many of them were very strong. Things were nearly dead above 1422, with mediocre carriers on 1557 1566 1575. One of the high points was hearing Chinese on 1089 in

[IRCA] TP for 25 Oct from Victoria, BC

2009-10-25 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Didn't start until late this morning, 1435UT and following.Judging by some of the things Bruce was hearing, conditions were better further south, or was it the earlier listening? Certainly, I think I missed some of even the limited DX with the later start. pretty darn good audio (at

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2009-10-25 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Oct 25 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 24 October follow. Solar flux 76 and mid-latitude A-index 5. The

[IRCA] Radio Enciclopedia - 1490

2009-10-25 Thread calltaylor@isp.com
Folks, The station on 1490 announced Radio Encliopedia, and NOT Radio Encliopedia Popular. Chollie (Cuba-plagued) Taylor ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 10-25... UnID Chinese on 585 594

2009-10-25 Thread D1028Gary
Hello All, Like John, Walt, Dennis and Nigel, I noticed that the band in general was not near its peak levels, but there was some bizarre DX on 585 and 594 (apparently from China) that had never been heard here for the entire season. The back yard was near freezing at 1400 UTC when I set

[IRCA] TA's

2009-10-25 Thread bill kral
A tip for any TA DXrs still looking to capture signals from across the pond:On Nov.1 2009, 1395 on Medium Wave in the Netherlands is being reactivated as The Big L and operating with a comparetively small output of 25KW.I don't have the equipment or a good location to capture TAs so if someone

[IRCA] ULR DX.....Nice Sunset Skip to the SOUTH!!!!....3 New Ones.....including FLORIDA!

2009-10-25 Thread Robert S.Ross VA3SW
Hi Guys: What a night for SUNSET SKIP with the ULR!!! Conditions all appeared to be to the SOUTH tonight.but 3 Different States logged as NEW STATIONS. All 3 Stations are NEW to Both the ULR and OVERALL LOG. Florida was logged as well. I thought something may be up tonight when I started

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2009-10-25 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Oct 26 0001 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 25 October follow. Solar flux 76 and mid-latitude A-index 7. The

[IRCA] Laptop computer requirements for an SDR or similar receiver.

2009-10-25 Thread Patrick Martin
I was over at Fred Meyer and Costco looking a laptop computers. I have been thinking about getting one down the road. If I buy a laptop, I might as well get one that would handle an SDR or similar type of receiver. What would I be looking for in a laptop that could handle a SDR or other type of a

Re: [IRCA] Laptop computer requirements for an SDR or similar receiver.

2009-10-25 Thread Craig Healy
I was over at Fred Meyer and Costco looking a laptop computers. I have been thinking about getting one down the road. If I buy a laptop, I might as well get one that would handle an SDR or similar type of receiver. What would I be looking for in a laptop that could handle a SDR or other type

Re: [IRCA] Laptop computer requirements for an SDR or similar receiver.

2009-10-25 Thread Patrick Martin
Craig, Thanks. One of inexpensive computers will work with an SDR? I am surrised. I did notice a couple under $300 at Costco. 73, Patrick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions

Re: [IRCA] Laptop computer requirements for an SDR or similar receiver.

2009-10-25 Thread P A
If you're looking for a more powerful laptop than the sub-$300 netbooks, but still reasonably priced, look into the Acer Timeline series: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002PHM3RY/ (the amazon description under Key Features is incorrect - the 1.3 GHz Intel Pentium SU4100 processor is not single

Re: [IRCA] Laptop computer requirements for an SDR or similarreceiver.

2009-10-25 Thread Dennis Gibson
My brother-in-law has an MSI Wind and he likes it but the keys are too small for me. Susie got a Samsung netbook with a great keyboard. I had it in the meeting room at the Convention. Liking the keyboard is really important. Liking the touchpad is really important if you aren't going to use a

Re: [IRCA] Laptop computer requirements for an SDR or similar receiver.

2009-10-25 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 06:44 PM 10/25/2009, you wrote: I was over at Fred Meyer and Costco looking a laptop computers. I have been thinking about getting one down the road. If I buy a laptop, I might as well get one that would handle an SDR or similar type of receiver. What would I be looking for in a laptop that

Re: [IRCA] Laptop computer requirements for an SDR or similar receiver.

2009-10-25 Thread Chuck Hutton
The MSI has enough processing power to record 800 kHz with the Perseus, but to work reliably with 1600 kHz recordings it has to be overclocked a bit. (see Guy Atkins' review) The keyboard on the Wind is small (as you would expect from a reduced size laptop) and it will be a bit of a

Re: [IRCA] Laptop computer requirements for an SDR or similar receiver.

2009-10-25 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 09:22 PM 10/25/2009, you wrote: The MSI has enough processing power to record 800 kHz with the Perseus, but to work reliably with 1600 kHz recordings it has to be overclocked a bit. (see Guy Atkins' review) The keyboard on the Wind is small (as you would expect from a reduced size

[IRCA] TA tiny signs

2009-10-25 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
unlike last night, there's actually a few carriers around, at least by 0530UT. Best seems to be 1215, but don't believe there's anything more than imaginary audio to be had. Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada