[IRCA] NEWS FROM THE CONVENTION-THE LAST DAY

2013-08-05 Thread Mark Durenberger
Sunday at 9 AM, about 30 of us were “left standing” while others executed travel connections. 29 of our 30 got very quiet after Scott Fybush passed out this year’s DX Quiz. Judging by the results, some very knowledgeable folks did their best to wrestle with the answers, but the final scores

[IRCA] TP's DU's for Monday, August 05, 2013

2013-08-05 Thread Dennis Vroom
Listened from 1115-1301 utc. A real mix of stations this morning.   153    RUSSIA, Komosomolsk, Radio Rossii 1130 weak signal with woman in Russian. W-SW ewe. 08/05/2013 180    RUSSIA, Yelizovo, Radio Rossii 1146 very weak signal with man in Russian. W-SW ewe. 08/05/2013 279    RUSSIA,

[IRCA] Fwd: Topband: tree losses

2013-08-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
From a discussion on the Topband list concerning the effect of trees and foliage on a transmitted signal. Make of it what you will. best wishes, Nick From: Richard Fry r...@adams.net To: topb...@contesting.com Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 06:05:13 -0500 X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Mail

[IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] SuperKaz broadside array ...

2013-08-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Especially for those who heard Neil Kazaross' talk at the convention: (from MW Circle) ..and results. Mark Borthwick in Hawick (Scottish Borders) has installed a broadside array. Description http://scottish-dxing.yolasite.com/blog/super-kaz Results

[IRCA] Fwd: Topband: Blame it on global warming

2013-08-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
The lists seem to be humming this morningfrom the Topband Reflector: From: N7DF n...@yahoo.com To: topb...@contesting.com topb...@contesting.com Subject: Topband: Blame it on global warming According to this study low frequency propagation is affected by atmospheric temperature changes

[IRCA] TP 5 Aug; Victoria version

2013-08-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
It might have been a good morning on the coast, as there were a lot of carriers with near audio, i.e. it could have been talk or music, or it could have been a peculiar round of splatter, but it was a good strength carrier. Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] SuperKaz broadside array ...

2013-08-05 Thread neilkaz
Thx, interesting reading. You may forward this to MWC. I'm familiar with Mark's site and was going to suggest that he try a Double KAZ and am glad to see that he did. How large was Mark's Double KAZ? DXers in quiet coastal locations are continually telling me that they want more signal out of

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2013-08-05 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2013 Aug 05 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 04 August follow. Solar flux 105 and estimated planetary A-index 16. The

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: Topband: tree losses

2013-08-05 Thread Russ Edmunds
Somewhere in my archives, I have an article from the old Broadcast Management and Engineering magazine, an article written by a known broadcast consulting engineer on this subject. As he was located near me when I lived in Northern NJ, I met with him and was able to acquire some of his notes

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: Topband: tree losses

2013-08-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
The topband group might be interested also RussI will forward it if you're not a member. best wishes, Nick At 20:30 05-08-13, you wrote: Somewhere in my archives, I have an article from the old Broadcast Management and Engineering magazine, an article written by a known broadcast

Re: [IRCA] TP 5 Aug; Victoria version

2013-08-05 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Yes, Nick. On my last morning in Masset, very good DU audio today...Walt On Monday, August 5, 2013, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: It might have been a good morning on the coast, as there were a lot of carriers with near audio, i.e. it could have been talk or music, or it could have been a peculiar

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2013-08-05 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2013 Aug 06 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 05 August follow. Solar flux 104 and estimated planetary A-index 16. The