Re: [IRCA] 1575

2013-10-02 Thread Aaron Kreider
I heard R. Farda, 1575 on Sept 30, at 23:43 UTC. // to webstream. Audio was faint, but they were playing a lot of music which made matching it to the webstream possible. Philadelphia, PA Wellbrook 1530+ QS1R Aaron ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] 1575

2013-10-02 Thread Mauno Ritola
Hi Nick, yes, it would be good to copy such observations to mwoffsets list. I have a clip of 0200 on 130929 and Farda is on 1575.000 kHz and R. Iran, Abadan 800 kW on 1574.967 kHz. Iran has usually been closer, just a few Hz off, but now also today it was 33 Hz below. Today also a carrier for

[IRCA] Alberta TP/DU for 2 Oct 2013

2013-10-02 Thread Nigel Pimblett
A great morning for staying in bed if one has the opportunity. Zero TP audio here at all today, and what carriers there were seemed to be of DU origin. Not a surprise of course, given the recent solar action 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta

Re: [IRCA] Alberta TP/DU for 2 Oct 2013

2013-10-02 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Glad you noticed that, Nigel. Ditto here in Victoria. Thought for a minute someone had disconnected the antenna!73, Walt. On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Nigel Pimblett nige2...@telus.net wrote: A great morning for staying in bed if one has the opportunity. Zero TP

Re: [IRCA] Alberta TP/DU for 2 Oct 2013

2013-10-02 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Actually, one coming in at fair level: 612 with Radio Australia fanfare at 14:00! And this, I'm hearing best on my North directed corner fed loop. Just a lot of noise on the west facing one! 73, Walt. On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com wrote: Glad you

[IRCA] NE Oregon Tuesday TPs

2013-10-02 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
Very poor today. Only 1566 HLAZ heard, poor/weak 1342 utc. 1725 GA, PNG beacon, weak, 1332 utc. (SSB mode, USB and LSB) Steve NE Oregon R75, active whip ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

Re: [IRCA] Alberta TP/DU for 2 Oct 2013

2013-10-02 Thread Bill Whitacre
I noted reasonable TA reception last night so whatever 'happened' did so between then and this morning I believe. http://tivodxer.com/jpgraph_example3a_multi_y_axis.php shows all sorts of 'red flags' going up after about 1800utc yesterday -- very right-hand side of the graph. A-index, solar

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-2

2013-10-02 Thread d1028gary
Hello All, Although the morning was definitely a clunker compared to yesterday, the Asian results here were similar to those reported by Dennis (without the DU's, of course). At 1300 the band was completely comatose, without even a TP carrier here. Things sounded bleak right up until

[IRCA] TP's for Wednesday, October 2, 2013

2013-10-02 Thread Dennis Vroom
Good morning, Listened from 1319-1420 utc. No long waves heard. Weird conditions this morning. JOAK was the strongest signal of the Japanese powerhouse stations with a steady weak signal. Two seldom heard second tier Japanese stations were in (JOQR 1134 JOLF 1242). Man in unknown language

Re: [IRCA] Alberta TP/DU for 2 Oct 2013

2013-10-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Watching the Fishbarrel were you Walt? Yes, ABC news was fairly readable just at that moment, though why they were leading with an item about Italian politics I'm not quite sure. There were a few others poking out of the underbrush. I'll report this evening after some extreme minimalist

[IRCA] Overnight conditions

2013-10-02 Thread Paul Crankshaw
Conditions were very disturbed overnight with NA being wiped out and replaced by LA. I leave my Perseus receiver on 1050 kHz overnight and the usual plot of carriers from approx utc (at the top) to 0630 utc looks like this http://share.cx.com/DmLX7y Last night this was the plot

Re: [IRCA] 1640 report

2013-10-02 Thread Mike Sanburn
When KDIA began on 1630 I believe the calls were KXBT. A lot of folks logged that one. --Mike Sanburn From: wb6...@yahoo.com Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 22:04:07 -0700 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1640 report KDIA was originally on 1630. If memory serves it may have been the

Re: [IRCA] TP from Michigan: More audio posted

2013-10-02 Thread Chuck
I could not say this was Japanese so I passed it along to Japanese DXer Hiroo Nakagawa. His response: I listened to it carefully. But even I Japanese native speaker can’t judge the language. As I can’t pick up any word, I can’t say for sure that it is Japanese. Chuck On 9/30/2013 7:31 PM,

Re: [IRCA] 1640 report

2013-10-02 Thread Patrick Martin
Per my QSLs from (then) KXBT, now KDIA, I got QSL #1 from March 10, 1996, then on 1640 kHz. But by April 29, the FCC moved KXBT to 1630 khz, but I don't have the date when the FCC moved them back to 1640. The first regular broadcast day on KXBT was March 19th, 1996 according to the QSL. KXBT

Re: [IRCA] Broadband Cable Internet

2013-10-02 Thread Patrick Martin
I am still waiting for high speed. It seems that Charter Cable has XL Cable to do the cable drops and no one contacted them until today. This is the 3rd time we have had to rescheduled, now the 25th, unless XL Cable gets the cable drop in early, Oh well, I have waiting this long 73,

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2013-10-02 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2013 Oct 02 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 October follow. Solar flux 107 and estimated planetary A-index 5. The

Re: [IRCA] TP from Michigan: More audio posted

2013-10-02 Thread d1028gary
Chuck, Tim's 747 recording is at a very marginal level, and nobody is going to pick anything out of the recording unless he puts on very sensitive headphones, turns up the volume, and listens carefully for any possible syllable connections to form a word pattern. The problem in this MP3 is

Re: [IRCA] TP from Michigan: More audio posted

2013-10-02 Thread Chuck
Gary - Hiroo Nakagawa is one of Japan's top DXers and has a lot of experience. A lot. I wouldn't worry about him turning up the volume and wearing headphones. As a native speaker of Japanese and given his experience, I value his opinion very highly. Chuck On 10/2/2013 3:14 PM,

Re: [IRCA] 1640 report

2013-10-02 Thread Derek Vincent
Hey Pat... Who signed the QSL? I was there in 96 to 98. Sometimes I wonder how anything got done there. My job in the morning was to power up 1190 and then check the mouse traps and then production : ) Thanks derekvme...@aol.com ChannelDerek.carbonmade.com On Oct 2, 2013, at 9:45 AM,

[IRCA] Seattle TP DX for Wednesday Oct 2

2013-10-02 Thread Bruce Portzer
For some reason, my atomic clock says it's October 2, but that's clearly wrong. For one thing, mother nature has been hitting Seattle with lots of wind, rain, and cold temperatures lately, I'm nursing a head cold, and today's TP DX was quite normal for January. So why does WWVB think it's

Re: [IRCA] TP from Michigan: More audio posted

2013-10-02 Thread d1028gary
Chuck, Hiroo Nakagawa is one of Japan's top DXers and has a lot of experience. A lot. I wouldn't worry about him turning up the volume and wearing headphones. As a native speaker of Japanese and given his experience, I value his opinion very highly. I certainly don't doubt Hiroo's

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2013-10-02 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2013 Oct 03 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 October follow. Solar flux 108 and estimated planetary A-index 39. The

[IRCA] 800 WSVS Virginia - very strong tonight

2013-10-02 Thread Tim Tromp
Might be on 10 kw day pattern, has been strong all evening. Classic country music and slogan Virginia's Country Legend. New log here. 73, Tim Tromp West Michigan ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] [DX-tip] 800 WSVS Virginia - very strong tonight

2013-10-02 Thread David Hochfelder
Heard in Albany, NY under WGY IBOC hiss. Thanks, Tim! Dave On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Tim Tromp kilok...@gmail.com wrote: Might be on 10 kw day pattern, has been strong all evening. Classic country music and slogan Virginia's Country Legend. New log here. 73, Tim Tromp West

Re: [IRCA] [DX-tip] 800 WSVS Virginia - very strong tonight

2013-10-02 Thread Larry R Fravel
Heard in WV as well. Thanks Larry K8YYY Once upon a time it was earlier - Shinnston, Northern Territories Harrison County, West Virginia ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions

[IRCA] TP 2 Oct; Victoria version

2013-10-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Goodbye Asia, hello Australianot particularly spectacularly, but I don't often get a perfectly clear 6-12 ABC Brisbane ID either. Most of the other things were from going over the recording, and catching the quick fade ups. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native

Re: [IRCA] TP 2 Oct; Victoria version

2013-10-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 612 4QR...Murphy lost the ball here...talk with gentleman from Morgan Stanley, fading up to 1400UT with many mentions of ABC culminating with 6-12 ABC Brisbane ID by woman and into fanfare and ABC