[IRCA] TP 31 Mar Victoria version

2017-03-31 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not a great morning, especially as sunrise approached, but a couple of unusual ones, given the poor conditions pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK two men in Japanese 1241UT 774 JOUB English lessons 1237UT Reasonable audio

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2017-03-31 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 Apr 01 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 31 March follow. Solar flux 91 and estimated planetary A-index 28. The

Re: [IRCA] Radio Club(s) Convention Station Tour

2017-03-31 Thread Mike Sanburn
Tnx. I would hope there is an open access road for a nice photo op or two. Sent from my iPod > On Mar 31, 2017, at 5:22 PM, Dennis Gibson wrote: > > It is. It's north of town and east of the Reno Stead Airport. > >

Re: [IRCA] Radio Club(s) Convention Station Tour

2017-03-31 Thread Dennis Gibson
It is. It's north of town and east of the Reno Stead Airport. https://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2=39.678056~-119.801667=o=15=Point.39.678056_-119.801667_KKOH___ Sent from my iPad > On Mar 31, 2017, at 2:05 PM, Mike Sanburn wrote: > > Their stick is a ways to the North I

Re: [IRCA] Radio Club(s) Convention Station Tour

2017-03-31 Thread Mike Sanburn
Their stick is a ways to the North I believe, but I was tentatively thinking of that for Saturday morning.ms From: IRCA on behalf of ma...@durenberger.com Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 1:45 PM To:

Re: [IRCA] Radio Club(s) Convention Station Tour

2017-03-31 Thread Mark4
Mike: 'Beggars can't be choosers' etc but it would REALLY be slick if we could see the transmitter site! Cheers! Mark Durenberger -Original Message- From: Mike Sanburn Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 2:27 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: [IRCA]

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2017-03-31 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 Mar 31 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 30 March follow. Solar flux 86 and estimated planetary A-index 23. The

[IRCA] Old DXN's (Correction)

2017-03-31 Thread Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- With regard to increasing the font size, Kraig Krist has correctly advised that this can be accomplished by using the .pdf reader. Thanks Kraig. Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX

[IRCA] Old DXN's now available on e-dxn.

2017-03-31 Thread Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- I am amazed that virtually all issues of DX NEWS are now available for member viewing on e-dxn! This was obviously a huge project and I thank all of those who participated! I have just read the first 2 issues of Volume 39 (1970-1971) and WOW did it ever bring back

[IRCA] New Station -- What I Like To Do

2017-03-31 Thread Kraig
When I hear a new station, yes I'm excited to add a new station to my log, but I also enjoy learning about where I'm hearing. Using maps.bing.com, or any search engine, I find the city of the station. Where is it? History? What is it near? What "Things To Do", "Food", "Activities",

[IRCA] Radio Club(s) Convention Station Tour

2017-03-31 Thread Mike Sanburn
It looks like we are set for a studio tour of KKOH 780 this August at the IRCA/NRC/DecalComania convention. 'Gonna try to arrange a couple more. Make plans to join us there now!! Registration details are available in the various bulletins as well as on the I.R.C.A. website:

Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

2017-03-31 Thread Chuck Hutton
Mark - I think Azores-693 is still there. It's at reduced power and sometimes has a breakdown but was audible during my last trip to Newfoundland 16 months ago. Also, it's listed on the MWLIST site. Chuck From: IRCA on behalf of

Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

2017-03-31 Thread Volodya S
Mark, at least into Masset, the bands are devoid of any daytime signals from Spring to early Fall, except for 860 CBC Prince Rupert and KTKN 930. Even on this trip from 16:00 or so until our local sunset, the AM band was pretty silent. A big difference from my last visit in January. Winter is

Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

2017-03-31 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
And one more data point Markat PEI early last November, we tried chasing down trans-Pacifics at local sunrise. A big problem was various primarily British signals still occupying the 9kHz channels, not strongly, but delivering audio; signals travelling across the pond from the

Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

2017-03-31 Thread Donald Barnes via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- The best post sunrise reception I recall from Colorado was back in the '90s - a Hawaiian station on 900. Craig Barnes Wheat Ridge, CO Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 31, 2017, at 10:51 AM, Mark Connelly via IRCA > wrote: > > >

Re: [IRCA] TP DX Report March 29 Rockaway Beach

2017-03-31 Thread Mark Connelly via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Australia 1548 in at Nick's end 3 hours after sunrise is kind of like the mirror image of what happens here on the East Coast with some TA stations coming in 3 or more hours before sunset at shore sites. In the NOV/DEC stretch several years back, Saudi Arabia 1521 was

Re: [IRCA] One from the way back machine

2017-03-31 Thread Eric Floden
good find -- thanks for sharing Eric Vancouver On 31 March 2017 at 09:03, R. Colin Newell wrote: > I had been saying to myself recently, "Remember the good old days in > the 1970's and 1980's when we looked forward to the arrival of > our favourite DX Club magazine? > >

[IRCA] One from the way back machine

2017-03-31 Thread R. Colin Newell
I had been saying to myself recently, "Remember the good old days in the 1970's and 1980's when we looked forward to the arrival of our favourite DX Club magazine? And how I wished that it would have been nice to keep a couple of copies of my personal favourite, SPEEDX. Although my contributions

[IRCA] TP's for Friday 03/31/2017 Kalama, WA

2017-03-31 Thread Dennis Vroom via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1515-1546 UTC.  594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1531 weak with man in Japanese. 03/31/2017 693  JAPAN JOAB, Tokyo, NHK2 1535 good signal with Chinese? 03/31/2017 774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 1521 good signal with splatter. Man in Japanese. 03/31/2017 828