[IRCA] IRCA/NRC/DecalcoMania convention, day 2

2017-08-19 Thread Phil Bytheway via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Day 2 started with a tour of the Kimmie Candies (free samples) tour.Then most of the attendees did some local sight seeing.At 4:30 I conducted the annual IRCA business meeting, committee reports were read (and given by those chairmen attending).At 5:00 I read a statement

Re: [IRCA] Shortwave band interference

2017-08-19 Thread James Niven
Robert, I want to thank you for your suggestion on these chokes from the below URL. I purchased the RFI-Kit-1 and RFI-Kit-2 kits which have the large and small chokes. I am very impressed with these chokes; my noise issue is pretty much now non-existent on shortwave frequencies. I listened

[IRCA] Overnight Eclipse Trip Ultralight DU's for 8-19

2017-08-19 Thread d1028gary
Thanks to Richard and Craig for their TP-DXing reports. After making a sneaky overnight trip to the Oregon coast to avoid heavy I-5 daytime eclipse traffic, I was able to persuade my wife that the best place to take a brief driving break just happened to be the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff near

[IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/19/17

2017-08-19 Thread Richard N Allen
Carrier signals (no audio) from DU were heard on 612 (4QR?) and 702 kHz (2BL?) before sunrise (1152 GMT). The signal on 612 faded away just before sunrise, while 702 continued until 1205. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA, Skywave + 8-inch FSL. Sent from my iPad -- This message has been

[IRCA] Paltry TP from CO 8-19-17

2017-08-19 Thread Donald Barnes via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Just one weak, lonely DU het this morning on 774 at 1151. Nothing on the NW corner fed loop. Craig Barnes Drake R8A, SW corner fed loop w/FLG 100 Sent from my iPhone --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] TP 19 Aug Victoria version-Live

2017-08-19 Thread R. Colin Newell
1255 U - Very much like Nick said yesterday - A slightly de-energized version of yesterday. Whisper quiet audio on 558, 567, 576, 585, 594, 603, 612 (being the Level best), 621, 675, 702, 774 (JJ), 891, 1116, - and 1566 taking an auroral beating... Back to bed. Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com -

[IRCA] TP 18 Aug Victoria version

2017-08-19 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not as vigorous a DU opening, but earlier there was a reappearance of Asians. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB man in Japanese 1155UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native