[IRCA] TP 14 Aug Victoria version

2017-08-14 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
A fair bit of a fall back from yesterday; mostly Asian still pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ firing up the Japanese program at 1230UT. Chinese program preceding was quite a bit weaker Reasonable audio at times

[IRCA] New Fiji transmitters on 558 & 990

2017-08-14 Thread Bruce Portzer
Radio Fiji has posted an interesting documentary about its new transmitters on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTLKeW-TmoQ=share There's also a Youtube video of the Prime Minister inaugurating the new transmitters on August 11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOza_Ov7f48 Bruce

Re: [IRCA] Reno Weather Forecast for those attending convention

2017-08-14 Thread Patrick Martin
Mike, Thanks for the links. I have been checking out the Reno weather the past few days. I am glad no t storms on Wednesday or Sunday. See you soon. With the wifi radio I can tune up the Reno AM & FM bands. Most stations do stream. Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager

[IRCA] 1089/1090 Het

2017-08-14 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Here in NW PA, I'm getting a nice loud whine against WBAL, presumably from Talk Sport 1089 in the U.K. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list

[IRCA] Classic Reno Radio

2017-08-14 Thread Mike Sanburn
http://www.radioblvd.com/nevradiohist.htm Nevada - Great Basin www.radioblvd.com Radio Boulevard Western Historic Radio Museum Nevada Radio History - 1901 to 1940 ~ Radio's Connection to the Comstock ~ ~ Early Radio Operation in Nevada ~

Re: [IRCA] Shortwave band interference

2017-08-14 Thread Robert LaFore
Yes, Common Mode chokes work wonders. You might be able to knock some of it back with ferrite snap ons for the power supply and the Cable TV coax. For the cokes, checkout http://myantennas.com/wp/product-category/cmc-2/ On 8/14/2017 7:47 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote: A) common mode chokes for

Re: [IRCA] Shortwave band interference

2017-08-14 Thread R. Colin Newell
A) common mode chokes for the antenna - B) choke kit for the D.C. Supply for the cable modem. Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC > On Aug 14, 2017, at 4:40 PM, James Niven wrote: > > Hi all, > > Here in the shack my AM band is very clear of any

Re: [IRCA] Shortwave band interference

2017-08-14 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I saw this subject line pop up in the preview window on my iPhone and before even reading the email I said "cable modem" When I lived in CA... I spent two days Doing everything I could... emailed the power company, had them come out to tighten and check things got a bit better but I

[IRCA] Shortwave band interference

2017-08-14 Thread James Niven
Hi all, Here in the shack my AM band is very clear of any interference and I have no issues picking out weak stations, but the shortwave bands are covered in a kind of hash interference and only strong signals are being heard. Over the weekend, I turned off all the circuit breakers in the house

[IRCA] RENO NV Radio Update

2017-08-14 Thread Mike Sanburn
http://www.insideradio.com/free/times-shamrock-gets-out-of-reno-with-sale-of-radio/article_1f84605c-7956-11e7-9e52-0f3e88eff396.html

[IRCA] My listening post gave me a good laugh today!

2017-08-14 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
My listening post gave me a good laugh earlier today. Patio table with umbrella .. the antenna is a rectangle shape between those two speaker stands with PVC pipe on them in my neighbors yard and driveway Here's a picture of the antenna: https://imgur.com/gallery/FIRca I can see my listening

Re: [IRCA] 585-2WEB-- Knocking on Science Fiction's Door

2017-08-14 Thread d1028gary
Sorry for the messed up previous post, a quirk of Comcast's copy and paste software when it goes on the fritz. Where's the 40 KB bandwidth limit when you really need it? :-) Gary - Original Message - From: d1028g...@comcast.net To: "Mailing America" Sent:

[IRCA] 585-2WEB-- Knocking on Science Fiction's Door

2017-08-14 Thread d1028gary
Just as South Pacific propagation was collapsing in bright daylight at 1335 UTC on August 8th I made a final band check to see if any New Zealand or Australian stations had escaped my notice at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff (near Manzanita, Oregon). Most of the DU's had already bailed, but there

[IRCA] TP 13 Aug Victoria version

2017-08-14 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
More Asia today, but more DU too, as they took advantage of the lower interference level around sunrise. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUBman in Japanese 1116UT //828; many times after this 828 JOBB man in Japanese //774