[IRCA] TP 7 Mar Victoria version

2017-03-07 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not an impressive morning, mostly big guns before 1430UT, although 1242 managed a post sunrise squeak. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 came close Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a

[IRCA] LWBC in S. AZ

2017-03-07 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
171 Medi 1 in Morocco at poor/weak level this evening around 0400 utc. (Nothing on 252.) Steve AA7U near Sahuarita, AZ R75, E/W longwire ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions

Re: [IRCA] Elad FDM-S2 initial testing

2017-03-07 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Thanks Mark.I generally use considerably less beefy laptops with my Elad FDM-S1, but down at the Atom netbook level, it's a struggle, unless bandwidth is reduced. Much happier with an i3 core, but not so much battery time, and more weight in the pack. best wishes, Nick At 02:00

Re: [IRCA] LWBC

2017-03-07 Thread Rick Dau
Scott, whereabouts in Michigan are you located? 73, Rick in South Omaha, Nebraska From: IRCA on behalf of transistor Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 9:15 PM To: irca-requ...@hard-core-dx.com;

[IRCA] Happy Anniversary IRCA

2017-03-07 Thread Mike Sanburn
'Got my anniversary issue of SDXM. It is a thrill to belong to such a great club and for so many yearsPlans for the big August convention in Reno are coming along slowly but surely. I think I have one station tour already arranged, 'just awaiting final confirmation...I have received a

[IRCA] LWBC

2017-03-07 Thread transistor
252 with a big signal in Ml tonight. 0315 Z Scott ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2017-03-07 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 Mar 08 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 March follow. Solar flux 72 and estimated planetary A-index 16. The

Re: [IRCA] Elad FDM-S2 initial testing

2017-03-07 Thread Mark Connelly via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- As noted on the screen shots (top of page): http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/pictures1/hdsdr_elad_20170220_0500z.jpg CPU: Intel Core i5-6200U @ 2.30 GHz, RAM: 8082 MB. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA -Original Message- From: Nick Hall-Patch To:

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2017-03-07 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 Mar 07 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 March follow. Solar flux 72 and estimated planetary A-index 16. The

Re: [IRCA] Elad FDM-S2 initial testing

2017-03-07 Thread C B via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- As I have been learning, the challenge may be also traveling with a suitable broadband antenna in order to realize the benefit of an SDR. The DXers who travel by car to sites, such as Rockworks have more options regarding what they can pack than those flying out to the

Re: [IRCA] 621 and 1017

2017-03-07 Thread R. Colin Newell
So sad not to hear the 738 whine so many nights... that was a tough one to lose. Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC > On Mar 6, 2017, at 11:17 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > > 621 is delivering audio, man talking, just after 0700UT in Victoria this > evening,

Re: [IRCA] Elad FDM-S2 initial testing

2017-03-07 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Thanks for posting this Mark. What were the capabilities of the computer used to run the two pieces of software? The Elads and some of the more recent SDRs are physically quite small, so can be used on hiking trips or other travel where not much luggage can be taken along.But, it's good

Re: [IRCA] 1000th AM logging at this QTH

2017-03-07 Thread Rick Dau
My thanks to all for their well-wishes on my 1000th logging on the AM band from South Omaha. For perspective, it took me 6 years, 5 months, and 20 days to reach that mark here. When I got #1000 in Iowa City, I did so in 8 years and 2 days (10/26/1985-10/28/1993), and that was in a location