Re: [IRCA] Phasing with SDR

2016-11-26 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Thanks for passing this on Tim. I wonder if this software do a better job than the others in the past that have provided the possibility of phasing using the AFE822 dual channel SDR? (from a comment on the Afedri list from a couple of years ago: AFE822x as well as AFEDRI SDR-Net x2 rev.3.0

[IRCA] Early TPs... Ah, now?

2016-11-26 Thread R. Colin Newell
It's happened before -- good carriers on 702, 738, 747 and 774 kHz at 0600 U Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in

[IRCA] Please ignore - TEXT test to IRCA list

2016-11-26 Thread Saul Chernos
Please ignore this TEXT test to IRCA list. We're trying to figure out whathappened (and since resolved).This message sent after selecting TEXT from the following:Text format:Text / HTMLSaul ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] Please ignore - HTML test to IRCA list

2016-11-26 Thread Saul Chernos
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Re: [IRCA] [WTFDA] Re: Is WOMP 1290 OH Belaire off frequency (at 1289.7?)

2016-11-26 Thread Saul Chernos
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Re: [IRCA] Is WOMP 1290 OH Belaire off frequency (at 1289.7?)

2016-11-26 Thread ibfreditor
On Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 9:56:26 PM UTC-5, Saul Chernos wrote: > Someone is off-frequency -- On 1289.7 just prior to local sunset (EST) on > both N-S and WSW antennas I'm hearing sports talk. I suspect WOMP 1290 OH > Bellaire. Is anyone able to confirm if WOMP is indeed off-channel? >

[IRCA] Is WOMP 1290 OH Belaire off frequency (at 1289.7?)

2016-11-26 Thread Saul Chernos
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[IRCA] Back on the list

2016-11-26 Thread Saul Chernos
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2016-11-26 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2016 Nov 27 0015 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 November follow. Solar flux 81 and estimated planetary A-index 12. The

[IRCA] Grayland DXpedition Part One

2016-11-26 Thread Chuck Hutton
PART ONE GRAYLAND DXPEDITION 15 and 16 October 2016 Chuck Hutton (Perseus) and Bruce Portzer (Elad FDM S2), 160’ DKAZ Chuck Hutton notes: Not much from NZ, China or the Koreas. Stuff that was good: Australia (kind of), Japan, Micronesia, Guam, Philippines and Tuvalu with the Philippines

[IRCA] Grayland DXpedition Part 2

2016-11-26 Thread Chuck Hutton
PART TWO JAPAN (110 logs) 540 JAPAN various NHK1. 1347 10/15 poor, //594. (CH-WA) 549 JAPAN JOAP, Naha, NHK1. Very poor 1300 10/15 with pips. (CH-WA) 567 JAPAN JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1. Fair at 1300 10/15. (CH-WA) + 1400 10/15, pips and NHK news weak, mixing w/4JK. (bp-WA)

Re: [IRCA] BBC News on 990

2016-11-26 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Great catch! And Western Australia to boot. It's a great time to DX since the lower 48 are in daylight, and not an issue for you. I find the same thing in Masset. In the winter, I usually don't start DXing until almost dawn, and continue for several hours afterWalt On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at

Re: [IRCA] BBC News on 990

2016-11-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
6RPH Perth On Saturday, November 26, 2016, Walter Salmaniw wrote: > Paul, only NPR stations should be carrying BBC. CBC most certainly does > not during that time of the day. Wonder who? Of course, 990 is a 9 kHz > channel as well. 73,...Walt > > On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at

Re: [IRCA] BBC News on 990

2016-11-26 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Paul, only NPR stations should be carrying BBC. CBC most certainly does not during that time of the day. Wonder who? Of course, 990 is a 9 kHz channel as well. 73,...Walt On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 8:58 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > Who would've run BBC News

[IRCA] Grayland DXpedition Part 2B

2016-11-26 Thread Chuck Hutton
Grayland DXpedition Part 2B MARSHALL ISLANDS (2 logs) 1098 MARSHALL ISLANDS V7AB, Majuro, Radio Marshalls. 1101 10/15 fair accented English news. 1129 better than fair with music and talk then Marshall Islands anthem. (CH-WA) + 1059 10/16 good w/island music across ToH, 1101

[IRCA] Grayland DXpedition Part 2A

2016-11-26 Thread Chuck Hutton
Grayland DXpedition Part 2A JAPAN (110 logs) 540 JAPAN various NHK1. 1347 10/15 poor, //594. (CH-WA) 549 JAPAN JOAP, Naha, NHK1. Very poor 1300 10/15 with pips. (CH-WA) 567 JAPAN JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1. Fair at 1300 10/15. (CH-WA) + 1400 10/15, pips and NHK news weak,

[IRCA] Grayland DXpedition Part 1B

2016-11-26 Thread Chuck Hutton
Grayland DXpedition Part 1B CHINA (6 logs) 981 CHINA CNR1. 1400 10/16, ID and Chinese talk. (bp-WA) 1044 CHINA CRI/SOUTH KOREA KBS1. 1459 10/16 KBS1 weak w/music //1062, then woman and 3+1 pips mixing with CRI chimes and trumpets. (bp-WA) 1089 CHINA? 1329 10/15, Chinese talk in bad

[IRCA] Grayland DXpedition Part 1A

2016-11-26 Thread Chuck Hutton
GRAYLAND DXPEDITION 15 and 16 October 2016 Chuck Hutton (Perseus) and Bruce Portzer (Elad FDM S2), 160’ DKAZ Chuck Hutton notes: Not much from NZ, China or the Koreas. Stuff that was good: Australia (kind of), Japan, Micronesia, Guam, Philippines and Tuvalu with the Philippines being at

[IRCA] Grayland DXpedition Part 3

2016-11-26 Thread Chuck Hutton
PART 3 NORTH KOREA/DPR KOREA (1 log) 657 NORTH KOREA Pyongyang, Pyongyang Pangsong. 1130 10/15, music, announcement, pips fair-good. (bp-WA) PHILIPPINES (39 logs) 594 PHILIPPINES UnID. 1200 10/15 pop music under NHK, 1331 talk seemed Tagalog. (CH-WA) 666 PHILIPPINES DZRH,

Re: [IRCA] Arizona TP report, 11/26

2016-11-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
The TP morning here around 1700UTC was totally craptastical Paul Walker Galena, AK On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Brian Rachford wrote: > A bang-up morning, particularly for the number of frequencies with audio, > and I was glad to have the SDR recording to take a

[IRCA] Arizona TP report, 11/26

2016-11-26 Thread Brian Rachford
A bang-up morning, particularly for the number of frequencies with audio, and I was glad to have the SDR recording to take a careful look at the peak signals on each frequency. There were carriers on just about every 9kHz split, and as noted, 774-JOUB stayed in remarkably long after my 1413UT

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2016-11-26 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2016 Nov 26 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 November follow. Solar flux 81 and estimated planetary A-index 12. The

[IRCA] BBC News on 990

2016-11-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Who would've run BBC News at 1830UTC(930am Alaska time/1:30pm eastern) time on 990khz on Saturday November 26? I very clearly heard a British accented woman and mentions of the BBC PAUL ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] Phasing with SDR

2016-11-26 Thread Tim Tromp
Of interest to DXers looking for SDR controlled null phasing, a solution taking advantage of the Afedri's AFE822 dual channel SDR has been announced by Chris Smolinski over at the HF Underground. A-B audio samples are also provided made using a beta version of the SdrDX software used to phase the

[IRCA] AM Stations By Frequency In Australia

2016-11-26 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
This is direct from the Australian Communications & Media Authority. I've found this to be very helpful, and thought I'd pass it along. It lists am stations by frequency, their call letters, the city they're in, wether its national, commercial or other and their power output.

Re: [IRCA] Yet another example of a well located WebSDR

2016-11-26 Thread R. Colin Newell
http://kiwisdr.ece.uvic.ca:8073 Fidel was awesome! (Pot = Stirred) On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 9:35 PM, Walter Salmaniw wrote: > I know we did. Perhaps I have the wrong link. Please share it! Walt > PS. Castro'S death just announced > > -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator

Re: [IRCA] Trying to figure something out...

2016-11-26 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Paul, I think it's the vagaries of the ionosphere, which, especially in the far north are highly variable. Predictions are just educated guesses. I never know what I'll hear until I turn on the radio. That's the fun of our hobby! 73,Walt On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 5:44 PM, Paul B. Walker,

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-26

2016-11-26 Thread d1028gary
Once again a fairly good selection of Asian signals hit the skids between 1300 and 1430, leaving only a few big gun TP's around just prior to daybreak. The band sounded very promising around 1245 with potent signals from the usual big guns on 594, 693, 747,774, 972, 1053 and 1566, as well as

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP\'s for 11-25

2016-11-26 Thread Richard N Allen
The signal path between here and JOUB, Akita, Japan, passes near Pilot Point AK and north of Vancouver Island before entering CONUS near Spokane WA. It's a distance of 9723 kilometers (6041 miles). Yet JOUB is the easiest to receive Asian signal here, audible many mornings from September to

[IRCA] Detroit loggings

2016-11-26 Thread Mike Keval Brooker
Not a great location for DX, nonetheless the following items were logged in downtown Detroit (Marriott at the Renaissance Center), with C Crane Skywave 610 WTVN OH Columbus – 11/20 0820 – potent groundwave in downtown Detroit with Ohio Basement Authority ad, “News radio

[IRCA] Yet another example of a well located WebSDR

2016-11-26 Thread Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Thanks for the info, Colin! A nice SDR in the UK! Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX -Original Message- From: R. Colin Newell To: Mailing list for

[IRCA] QH8 DXpedition near Lubec, Maine

2016-11-26 Thread Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Congrats, Bill! Tons of great DX! Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX -Original Message- From: Bill Whitacre b...@his.com [CapeDX] To: Mailing list

Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 25 November 2016 (1566-Jammer)

2016-11-26 Thread d1028gary
Hi Nigel, <<< ... and 1566 had an odd sound in the background. Didn't really sound like the jammer Gary hears, but something similar. >>> The 1566-N.K. Jammer has been using a different sound than it did last September. The "buzzing bee" pulse every two seconds is still there, but the

[IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 11/26/16

2016-11-26 Thread Richard N Allen
LSR at 1320 GMT. 594 JOAK barely audible man in JJ briefly at 1241. 693 JOAB barely audible at 1254, KGGF-690 QRM. 747 JOIB barely audible to poor choppy signal at 1249, CJVR-750 QRM. 774 JOUB fair signal with man in JJ at 1211, soon fading; barely audible choppy signal at 1245. 828 JOBB? weak

[IRCA] QH8 DXpedition near Lubec, Maine

2016-11-26 Thread Bill Whitacre
From November 13 - 19, 2016 I was in two locations near Lubec, Maine - just across the US/Canada border from Campobello Island, NB. At Lubec Bay House [LBC] I had a 160’ DKAZ pointing 100 degrees and at Quoddy House [QH] I had another 160’ DKAZ at 57 degrees. Many wav files yet to review but

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-25

2016-11-26 Thread d1028gary
Hi Brian, Of course we have the utmost appreciation for the challenge that you, Steve and Bill face every morning in tracking down TP signals in Arizona (as well as Craig in Colorado, and Richard in Oklahoma). You guys have a much tougher propagation path, and deserve credit for every tough