[IRCA] TP 18 April Victoria version

The DX gods seemed to have been anticipating a geomagnetic storm, judging by this morning's results. Quite a few more DUs, and Asians mostly limited to the big guns which were rather anemic, especially compared with yesterday. The upper band had a bit more of an Asiatic flavor, or perhaps,

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 Apr 19 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 18 April follow. Solar flux 80 and estimated planetary A-index 7. The

Re: [IRCA] Kona, Hawaii DXpedition-- More Exotic DU Recordings

<<< Re 540, Samoa. In the past they were always seriously undermodulated, even when I was on a trans-Pacific cruise a few years back, and visited Apia. The transmitter building and antenna looked like they needed a facelift, and I was shooed away when asking about the station or whether I could

Re: [IRCA] Kona, Hawaii DXpedition-- More Exotic DU Recordings

Hi Colin, <<< Probably easier on the West Coast than we think -- because there is largely nothing that it is competing with. >>> 540 is a frequency that I've never really investigated on the Oregon cliffs, but 621 and 1440 are both practically ruined by 620-Portland and 1440-Medford. The

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 Apr 18 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 April follow. Solar flux 75 and estimated planetary A-index 4. The

Re: [IRCA] Kona, Hawaii DXpedition-- More Exotic DU Recordings

Re 540, Samoa. In the past they were always seriously undermodulated, even when I was on a trans-Pacific cruise a few years back, and visited Apia. The transmitter building and antenna looked like they needed a facelift, and I was shooed away when asking about the station or whether I could

Re: [IRCA] Kona, Hawaii DXpedition-- More Exotic DU Recordings

Probably easier on the West Coast than we think -- because there is largely nothing that it is competing with. Last Fall I had a couple of mornings where I thought I had something "Island like" on that -- but I did not have your great recordings at my disposal. I am back in Kona for 3 weeks in

[IRCA] Kona, Hawaii DXpedition-- More Exotic DU Recordings

>From April 9-12 a Mini-DXpedition was conducted on a sixth floor oceanfront >room at the Royal Kona Resort Motel in Kona, Hawaii. A newly-designed 5 inch >"Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna (specifically constructed to be "airport >friendly") was used to boost DX station gain on a 7.5" loopstick

Re: [IRCA] Interesting presentation on the Bev-Flex 4 antenna

It is definitely in Misek's book. On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 9:43 PM, Guy Atkins wrote: > ​Wasn't the idea of using coaxial cable as reversible Beverage antenna > elements presented in detail in Vic Misek's "Beverage Antenna Handbook"? I > had a copy in the late 1970s/early