[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-11

2015-02-11 Thread d1028gary
Hello All,   1575-VOA was the primary star of the morning here, with the Thailand big gun having its best signals of the new year (good) just after 1500. There were also some other fair Asian signals on both the low and high band, although sunrise enhancement fizzled out early again, with

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2015-02-11 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Feb 11 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 10 February follow. Solar flux 141 and estimated planetary A-index 7. The

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2015-02-11 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Feb 12 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 11 February follow. Solar flux 131 and estimated planetary A-index 7. The

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Feb 11

2015-02-11 Thread Bruce Portzer
It was a dreary and boring morning for TPs here. A small number of them managed to provide a little bit of audio. GOOD No way! FAIR ditto POOR 774JOUB, weak talk 1429 972HLCA, pips faint talk 1500 981weak talk, sounded Chinese 1454 1422 bits of talk in the splash 1507 1575

Re: [IRCA] KKXA

2015-02-11 Thread Dennis Vroom
Hi Patrick, KGDD 1520 is Russian and // with KQRR 1130 Mount Angel. KXET 1150 is Spanish. 5:20 PM PST. I have listened to KQRR for hours and  have never gotten a call letter ID out of them. The same with KMIA 1210 in Auburn, WA. I needed those two stations of the IRCA Numberama Contest. Did get

[IRCA] Headphones

2015-02-11 Thread Saul Chernos
I'm looking for a new set of headphones to replace older ones that have fallen apart. My older ones cost around $100 a few years ago and were noise-cancelling. Not the most comfortable on the ears, but tolerable. Checking at The Source, Canada's version of Radio Shack, I was I was shocked at

Re: [IRCA] Headphones

2015-02-11 Thread Bob Coomler via IRCA
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[IRCA] KTOX 1340

2015-02-11 Thread Mike Sanburn
KTOX Needles Ca is dominant in L.A. County right now. Local news noted in Coast to Coast AM break, as well as ad containing Gilligans Island parody. I first logged them as KSFE ( Santa Fe railroad town ) years back. May have scribbled enough down to constitute a report. Other stations starting

Re: [IRCA] KKXA

2015-02-11 Thread Patrick Martin
Oregon City may have changed their pattern since the 70s. They do not seem to have the punch they used to all night here. OK City dominates a lot of the time. Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager From: mikesanb...@hotmail.com Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:00:11 -0800 To:

Re: [IRCA] Headphones

2015-02-11 Thread Martin Foltz
My wife bought me a used pair of Bose Model TP-1A headphones and they are comfortable. Martin Foltz Mission Viejo CA Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 22:13:40 -0600 From: Forrest Skaine todftscytj7...@gmail.com To: IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America

[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 11 Feb 2015

2015-02-11 Thread Nigel Pimblett
For a change conditions here seemed to be in line with those out west, with VOA being the top dog of the morning: 693JOAB, Japan Traces of audio at 1429 1566 HLAZ, KoreaPoor, (but at least it was at audio level) from 1425-1440 1575VOA, Thailand Already at audio at

Re: [IRCA] Headphones

2015-02-11 Thread Forrest Skaine
Bose ear size headphones are outstanding. Great range. Thrift stores/pawn shops are where I find mine. Sincerely, Todd Skaine Woodbury, MN Sony ICF 2010 Superradio 2 Grundig S350 M400 Toyota car radio On Feb 11, 2015 9:13 PM, Saul Chernos sau...@sympatico.ca wrote: I'm looking for a new set of

Re: [IRCA] Headphones

2015-02-11 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Saul, I'm not surprised at the price. The cost of Bose aviation headphones which I use when flying is around $1100! I bought mine used for about half that. You really do get what you pay for, but for DX purposes, I'm not convinced that noise cancelling is the way to go. That might be an

[IRCA] TP 11 Feb Victoria version

2015-02-11 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
A bitty sort of morning, with a brief upper band lift after 1500UT, but not high excitement. I did seem to have some stronger signals than Bruce did, which is odd for Asiatics Oh...and no real sign of HLAZ. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least