Re: [IRCA] Highlights of First Serious TP DX Session at Kona Isle Condos

2018-04-17 Thread Bruce Portzer
On 4/17/2018 16:08, Donald Barnes via IRCA wrote: 1170 kHz at 1116 w/ middle eastern sounding mx Possibly KLOK in San Jose CA, which is mostly south Asian programming. Bruce ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.co

Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight TP's for 4-11... Yikes!

2018-04-11 Thread Bruce Portzer
Gary According to info I cobbled together for the PAL, 1431 carries Shiokaze in Japanese & Korean 1430-1500, another clandestine in Korean 1500-1530, Adventist World Radio in Korean 1530-1630, BBC Korean 1630-1730, all with 500kw. 1566 sounds like the high powered Indian. Good stuff. B

Re: [IRCA] Exotic-Sounding 693 UnID at 1652

2018-04-10 Thread Bruce Portzer
Gary The music sounds south Asian, so I'm thinking it's Bangladesh. With a megawatt of power, the station probably gets out pretty well (we heard it a few years ago at Grayland during the sunspot minimum). Bruce On 4/10/2018 21:32, Gary DeBock wrote: Heard this morning (April 10) at 1752 UT

Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight DU's for 4-9

2018-04-09 Thread Bruce Portzer
Way to go, Gary. Nice going on 6DL.  Maybe Indonesia and Philippines are next? They're not that much different from Western Australia in terms of bearing and distance. Bruce On 4/9/2018 11:57, Gary DeBock wrote: The rain and wind were pounding the ocean beach this morning but a ruggedly-bui

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on April 4

2018-04-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions were generally poor until just before sunrise, when a couple of things happened: - The NHK stations on 747 774 and 828 made late showings starting at about 1315 UT. - There was a brief but interesting sunrise enhancement at the high end of the band, which lasted for a few minutes

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 4-4

2018-04-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions in Seattle were similar to what Gary reported, with 747 774 828 and 972 varying from nothing to mediocre signal levels. However...from 1320 to 1340 UTC, the band was quite interesting above 1300 kHz with a brief but intense sunrise enhancement.  I had respectable audio on some u

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 3 April

2018-04-03 Thread Bruce Portzer
As Gary said, conditions today were much improved over yesterday, although the Chinese were still not up to the levels of a couple days ago. KRKO-1380 and KKXA-1520 continue to have their IBOC off.  While chasing a carrier o  1098 this morning, I noticed KFNQ-1090 also has IBOC turned off (and

Re: [IRCA] not IBOC

2018-04-02 Thread Bruce Portzer
Nick I noticed the same thing but kept forgetting to mention it.  KRKO dropped IBOC some time before March 20, judging from my oldest available SDR file.  KKXA apparently dropped IBOC beginning March 30, based on more recent files. A refreshing change to be sure. Bruce On 4/2/2018 12:06, N

Re: [IRCA] file size limit...

2018-04-02 Thread Bruce Portzer
I sent him one several weeks ago, and got a quick reply.  He bumped the limit up to 60 kB.  Do we need to have it increased again? Bruce On 4/2/2018 13:24, R. Colin Newell wrote: After being encouraged by numerous IRCA list members... I Took the time 3 weeks ago to send Risto an email about a

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on April 2

2018-04-02 Thread Bruce Portzer
I'm somewhat in agreement with everyone else.  The bottom half of the band was downright miserable today, but the upper half was a bit better (let's call it somewhat below average). What I assume was Taiwan made another surprise cameo appearance at the end of the session.  I also had brief aud

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on April 1

2018-04-01 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions today were similar to yesterday, with a reasonably good assortment of Asians. 567    JAPAN, JOIK, 1252 lively discussion //594, fair in KVI splat 594    JAPAN, JOAK, 1254, group discussion w/laughter, then serious-sounding male, good 666    JAPAN, JOBK, 1307 Japanese man //594 wea

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 31 March

2018-03-31 Thread Bruce Portzer
Another reasonably good morning for TP's, with China doing particularly well.  Most of the action was from 1255 to 1330.  A few stations (747 774 828 and 972) were still producing audio after 1440. 594 JAPAN, JOAK, 1324 Japanese discussion fair 603    UNID, 1320 bits of music weak, probabl

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 30 March

2018-03-30 Thread Bruce Portzer
I had to temporarily take down my antenna while the next-door neighbor replaced their fence, so I've been out of action for a few days.  Today's TPs were worth the wait, with decent reception from several second tier stations.  China on 981 was especially good at times.  There was a modest enha

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-21

2018-03-21 Thread Bruce Portzer
I had similar results in Seattle.  Weak audio on 774 972 and 1566, carriers on 594 747 and 828.  That was it.  Definitely not a good morning for TPs Bruce On 3/21/2018 07:24, Gary DeBock wrote: This was easily the worst Asian session of the entire month (and probably a banner DU morning in V

[IRCA] TP DX on 17 March

2018-03-17 Thread Bruce Portzer
This was almost a lackluster morning for TPs, with only the regulars present for most of the morning. Just when hope was almost lost, there was an interesting mini-enhancement for a few minutes at the upper end of the dial. It was good enough to produce weak audio from a few low powered Jap

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on March 16

2018-03-16 Thread Bruce Portzer
As Gary noted, conditions today were significantly better than yesterday.  There was a brief but noticeable enhancement at the upper end of the dial at about 1400 UTC, with the 1287, 1386, 1422 and 1503 Japanese stations becoming stronger for a few minutes before crashing back down to earth.  T

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-15

2018-03-15 Thread Bruce Portzer
My SDR recordings showed pretty much the same thing: nothing more than the half dozen "regulars". I'll be able to get caught up on other things today instead of listening to DX recordings :( Bruce On 3/15/2018 08:05, Gary DeBock wrote: The Asian big guns sounded pretty healthy this morning

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 3.14

2018-03-14 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions were impressive this morning, with lots of stations not usually heard at home.  I was surprise at just how many stations produced audio today.  It was one of the better mornings of the season here. There was actually a sunrise enhancement at the upper part of the dial, with 1557 and

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on March 13 (sort of)

2018-03-13 Thread Bruce Portzer
Unfortunately, I inadvertently left the SDR recording all-night, which wasn't a problem until it got to  my scheduled recording start time of 1155 UTC.  At that point, everything went south - noting more was recorded aside from a bunch of meaningless 1 KB files.  So I missed out on whatever h

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on March 12

2018-03-12 Thread Bruce Portzer
There were lots of Asians from one end of the dial to the other today.  I couldn't detect any consistent reception patterns, they all seemed to fade up whenever they felt like it.  Some stayed around to well past 1400, especially at the upper end of the dial. 567    JAPAN JOIK fair 1158 Japane

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: KKOL-1300 off the air

2018-03-12 Thread Bruce Portzer
op 2 Modified 2010s barefoot Toyota car radio On Mar 12, 2018 6:01 PM, "Bruce Portzer" wrote: Here's why KKOL is off the air: Bruce, We have shut down both our KKOL transmitter site and our webpage so we could move the radio station transmitter and towers to Bainbridge Island,

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: KKOL-1300 off the air

2018-03-12 Thread Bruce Portzer
n-air. Andrew Adams Salem Media Group – Seattle Subject: KKOL-1300 off the air Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 21:04:09 -0700 From: Bruce Portzer To: irca >> Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America KKOL-1300 in Seattle is silent at the moment.  From what I've been

[IRCA] Fwd: KKOL-1300 off the air

2018-03-11 Thread Bruce Portzer
This email was sent a couple of hours ago and hasn't shown up yet.  Let's try it again. Forwarded Message Subject:KKOL-1300 off the air Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 21:04:09 -0700 From: Bruce Portzer To: irca >> Mailing list for the Internation

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 11 March

2018-03-11 Thread Bruce Portzer
Today's DX was relatively OK, with a bunch of second tier stations making their appearances.  Nothing spectacular was noted today, just the usual stuff. As has been the case with most openings lately, conditions died down after 1330 (an hour before sunrise) and were mostly limited to the low

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 9 March

2018-03-09 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions today were down noticeably from yesterday but still somewhat interesting. Most of the action was at the low end of the dial, with a few sub-par signals above 900.  Things died down quite a bit after 1330 UTC. 567    JAPAN JOIK Japanese talk fair 1250 //594 594    JAPAN, JOAK Japan

Re: [IRCA] 846 mind blowing...

2018-03-08 Thread Bruce Portzer
Reasonably good signal in Seattle at 0644 Bruce On 3/8/2018 22:23, R. Colin Newell wrote: https://youtu.be/j46tzNkdTmg Drake R8 - Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - ___ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@h

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on March 8

2018-03-08 Thread Bruce Portzer
As others have said, conditions were good this morning with many Chinese stations noted. 558    S KOREA, KBS3, fair-poor 1359 w/talk //603, then music after ToH 567    JAPAN, JOIK, 1345 poor Japanese talk //594 in KVI splat 594    JAPAN, JOAK, 1356 Japanese talk good 603    S KOREA, KBS3, poo

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 22 Feb

2018-02-22 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions this morning were kind of weird.  The SDR recording had the normal half dozen Japanese/Korean powerhouses with below average signals from 1200-1330 UTC.  Some time around 1330 they all gradually faded into the noise and never returned.  I guess that would be the exact opposite of a

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 21 Feb

2018-02-21 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions were slightly more interesting today.  The SDR recorded from 1155 to 1510 UT, but things didn't get interesting until after 1400 when carriers showed up on several second tier channels: 657 666 675 702 738 756 783 918 936 945 981 1206 1287 1575 and probably a few others.  Unfortuna

Re: [IRCA] 846 REALLY strong at 06:20

2018-02-20 Thread Bruce Portzer
It's just a weak carrier in Seattle at 0655 Bruce On 2/20/2018 22:24, Volodya S wrote: Wow, is 846 ever just booming in with music at 06:20. About the strongest I've ever heard them. S9 + 5 on the Perseus. Local programming. A YL speaking at 06:21, not in English? Nice C&W piece at 06:23.

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 20 Feb

2018-02-20 Thread Bruce Portzer
I did the right thing today by sleeping in until after sunrise. The 1155-1510UT SDR recording showed occasionally good audio from JOUB-774, and occasional half-hearted audio on 594 693 747 828 972 and 1566.  So it was pretty much a humdrum session today.  Maybe tomorrow will be better. Bruce

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Feb 19

2018-02-19 Thread Bruce Portzer
I slept in today and let the SDR record 1155-1510, which turned out to be a smart move. Conditions this morning were decidedly mediocre compared to the past two days.  The usual big guns were there: 594 693 747 774 828 972 and 1566.  They all had moments of good audio, but nothing spectacular.

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 2-18

2018-02-18 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions today were down slightly from yesterday,, but still quite good.  There didn't see to be any sort of sunrise enhancement. 558    KOREA, 1218 inst mx fair-good //603 567    JAPAN, 1221 JOIK male talk poor //594 594    JAPAN, 1205 JOAK male talk sounded like sporting event good 666   

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle - Feb 17

2018-02-17 Thread Bruce Portzer
This was one of my best TP mornings in a long time.  It was also My first TP session in several weeks.  To add to the fun, I was actually listening in "real time" for once.  On the down side, there was a computer glitch.  Even though the red "record" indication was on, the Elad software didn'

[IRCA] TP's in Seattle today

2018-02-17 Thread Bruce Portzer
This is my first TP session  in many weeks and s shaping up to be a good one. North Korea 819 was poking through local KGNW-820 at1230 China-981 is doing  quite well at the moment I was even getting audio on 603 for a while More details to follow Bruce __

Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Inaugurates 450 kW Transmitter

2018-02-08 Thread Bruce Portzer
I just returned from a Caribbean cruise, where I made a point of checking 800 during local evenings. PJB was local quality near the southeast corner of Cuba at 0210 1/29, giving contact info and RTM/Transmundial IDs.  The carrier dropped for 1-2 seconds a few times as though they were having t

[IRCA] Fwd: [dxld] Fwd: [dxdialog] Radio Kiribati 846 transmission coming from Christmas Island

2017-12-06 Thread Bruce Portzer
Mystery solved! You can find the story at https://www.facebook.com/RadioKiribati/posts/1734641830176128 if you can't read the attachment Bruce Forwarded Message Subject: [dxld] Fwd: [dxdialog] Radio Kiribati 846 transmission coming from Christmas Island Date: Thu, 7 De

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: 846

2017-12-01 Thread Bruce Portzer
I'm getting it tonight at 0645UT, fair carrier, but no audio as near as I can tell.  Maybe it's a new relay on one of the outer islands? Bruce in Seattle On 12/1/2017 06:24, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: Thanks Mauno.   I'd been trying to stay up late enough to check a NZ  web receiver,  but didn't m

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Nov 12

2017-11-12 Thread Bruce Portzer
A quick check of this morning's SDR files showed a huge signal from Korea 972 at 1400.  Aside from that, there were OK moments from the NHK stations on 747 774 and 828, and a bit of audio on 1566.  Otherwise there wasn't much to report.  But at least it was better than several other recent morn

[IRCA] TP Reception in Seattle on November 5

2017-11-05 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions today were almost identical to yesterday's.  If you go back and look at yesterday's logs you'll get an accurate summary of what my SDR heard today. NHK2 programming today featured Chuck Berry "Roll Over Beethoven" (twice) and Eagles "Take It Easy", in the 1350-1415 time frame.  No i

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Nov 4

2017-11-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions were borderline mediocre here today.  Like the past couple of days, all the action was below 1000.  HLAZ-1566 was but a mere carrier.  Peak reception seemed to be just after 1300 and the dropped off after that.  By sunrise there were almost no Asians. 567    JAPAN, JOIK, 1258 very w

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TP's Victoria B.C. upside down season

2017-11-03 Thread Bruce Portzer
Colin Your experiences 1410-1420 were very similar to mine today, right down to most of the channels that had audio. 1450-1500 UTC was much different here - I had no TPs at the high end of the dial, except for pitiful little carriers on 1323 and 1566.  Below 1000, things were similar to what

Re: [IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on November 2

2017-11-03 Thread Bruce Portzer
Correction - the date should have been Nov 3 instead of Nov 2 On 11/3/2017 20:13, Bruce Portzer wrote: Today's TP DX session was unusual when you consider: -  Nearly all of the action took place between 700 and 1000 kHz. - The strongest TP signal was China on 981 - Chinese statio

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on November 2

2017-11-03 Thread Bruce Portzer
Today's TP DX session was unusual when you consider: -  Nearly all of the action took place between 700 and 1000 kHz. - The strongest TP signal was China on 981 - Chinese stations in general were better than normal - HLAZ was barely there today, despite all the fun further down the dial - 56

[IRCA] TPDX in Seattle on Nov 2

2017-11-02 Thread Bruce Portzer
Today was probably the best Asian morning all season for me. There were plenty of signals in the lower and middle parts of the band, with very little above 1200.   There were lots of tantalizing carriers that almost produced audio, and several more that produced weak audio.  Vietnam 675 was the

Re: [IRCA] Victoria B.C. TPs Nov. 2-- woot woot

2017-11-02 Thread Bruce Portzer
It was pretty lively in Seattle as well.  A quick check of the SDR files shows lots of signals today.  Vietnam-675 was definitely there at 1431, along with audio where I normally don't hear it: 756 783 792 918 etc.  I'll be spending some time this afternoon going through the recordings to see w

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Nov 1

2017-11-01 Thread Bruce Portzer
I've skipped the last few DX sessions due to poor conditions, but jumped back in today.  The Asians peaked a couple hours before sunrise, and then dropped out completely after about 1315. Nothing spectatular was heard, but it was nice to hear a few of the second tier stations. 567    JAPAN, JO

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle onOctober 21

2017-10-21 Thread Bruce Portzer
This was an excellent morning for TP's here.  There were many Japanese stations audible at the low end of the band, plus several mid-band Chinese.  The upper part of the dial was near empty of Asians, except for a rather anemic HLAZ. Signals seemed to peak between 1350 and 1410 today, but a fe

[IRCA] TPDX in Seattle on 10-20-17

2017-10-20 Thread Bruce Portzer
TP reception continued to improve today.  Several stations were heard with good signals. but the loggings were limited to some of the regulars. 594    JAPAN, JOAK, man & woman in Japanese weak 1328 693    JAPAN, JOAB, fair in CBU splash 1345 Chinese lesson //747 747    JAPAN, JOIB, strong w/Ch

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 10-19-17

2017-10-19 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions were down quite a bit today with just a couple of TP's producing any reasonable amount of audio. 774    JAPAN, JOUB, poor w/bits of talk in domestic splatter 1331 972    S KOREA, HLCA, briefly good 1339 w/the usual discussions in Korean.  Still fair w/music 1359, but signal took a d

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 10-18

2017-10-18 Thread Bruce Portzer
TPs today were noticeably better than the past few mornings. 594    JAPAN, JOAK, weak talk 1331 693    JAPAN, JOAB, 1334 Chinese lesson good during pauses in CBU splash 747    JAPAN, JOIB, Chinese lesson 1349 far //774 774    JAPAN, JOUB, Chinese lesson strong 1334, still very good 1350 819  

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 10-17

2017-10-17 Thread Bruce Portzer
Most of the regular TPs made brief appearances today.  By 1330 they were almost all gone. 594    JAPAN, JOAK fair-weak female talk 1324 747    JAPAN, JOIB, talk //774 1321 fair-poor 774    JAPAN, JOUB, Chinese lesson 1324 fair 828    JAPAN, JOBB, woman //774 1328 weak 972    S KOREA, HLCA, K

Re: [IRCA] PAL error?

2017-10-15 Thread Bruce Portzer
Walt According to Worldaerodata.com it's Ust-Bolsheretsk.  The correction has now been made to my working copy of the PAL:)   The World Aero Data website gives the location as 52-49-00N 156-16-00E.  I haven't found a radio facility or airport near those coordinates in Google Maps, but the loc

[IRCA] TPs in Seattle on October 15

2017-10-15 Thread Bruce Portzer
TP's were mediocre today but nonetheless better than yesterday. 693    JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAB 1314 talk //774 during pauses in CBU splat 774    JAPAN, Akita, JOUB, language lesson 1309 fair 828    JAPAN, Osaka, JOBB fair language lesson 1302 1566    S KOREA, Cheju, HLAZ briefly fair w/Japanese tal

[IRCA] TP Non-DX in Seattle on Oct 14

2017-10-14 Thread Bruce Portzer
Dreadful TP cx today.  I briefly had weak carriers on 774 and 1566, and that was it! Bruce ___ 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 o

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Friday the 13th

2017-10-13 Thread Bruce Portzer
Friday the thirteenth's TP DX was decidedly unlucky with just a handful of the powerhouses making sub par appearances. Even the 972 Korean was at best a weak carrier just a few db above the noise.  1566 only surfaced briefly with faint mumbling. 693    JAPAN, Tokyo JOAB faint talk in CBU splas

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle Thursday Oct 12

2017-10-12 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions have dropped off noticeably from the previous couple of days.  Even HLAZ-1566 struggled tooday.  Reception peaked 1305-1335 and then tapered down to nothing after that. 567    JAPAN, Sapporo, JOIK 1321 male talk //594 poor in KVI splat 594    JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAK, 1321 male discussion

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on October 11

2017-10-11 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions this morning were a bit unusual.   Nearly all the action was below 900, with several third tier Japanese stations poking their heads above the noise.  The Koreans on 972 and 1566 were the only stations producing audio above 900. 558    S KOREA Fair-poor talk 1328 567    JAPAN, Sapp

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Tuesday 10-17

2017-10-10 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions this morning were impressive, with the best TP reception in many months.  Carriers were present on nearly all 9 kHz channels below 1000, with audio on many of them.  It wasn't quite as  good above 1000, but conditions were still above average.  TPs on 711 and 819 managed to briefly g

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 10-8-17

2017-10-08 Thread Bruce Portzer
Today's TP DX was much like Friday's.  The usual cast of characters, most of which peaked between 1330 and 1345. 594    JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAK, 1335, weak-fair animated talk & pop vocal music 693    JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAB 1343 good with English lesson, talking about Cancer treatments 747    JAPAN, S

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 10-7-17

2017-10-07 Thread Bruce Portzer
TP conditions were down quite a bit from yesterday.  The Koreans on 972 and 1566 produced half-hearted audio at about 1340 and that was about it.  Otherwise, I had weak carriers from high powered NHK stations on 747 774 and 828, but not much else. Bruce __

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 10-6-17

2017-10-06 Thread Bruce Portzer
I've been recording DX at sunrise for a few days now but this was the first session worth reporting.  The results were mainly the usual first tier stations, but at least it gave me a chance to try out my reworked antenna system.. 693    JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAB, talk //774/747 mostly poor in CBU spl

Re: [IRCA] 1490 KBRO

2017-09-27 Thread Bruce Portzer
Nigel I checked my recording from this morning at 1300 UTC.  There's a woman dominating 1490 mentioning "la nueva estacion de" something, followed by an enthusiastic ID for KZGI  like you described.  No mention of KBRO that I could hear, but I'd say you had them .. Bruce On 9/27/2017 21:17,

[IRCA] Paul Swearingen

2017-09-23 Thread Bruce Portzer
There's nothing I can say about Paul that hasn't already been said.  His contributions to the hobby will long be remembered and appreciated. Bruce ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinio

[IRCA] WKAQ-580

2017-09-21 Thread Bruce Portzer
It looks like WKAQ and its sister stations had significant damage from hurricane Maria. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article174409151.html The video is interesting even if, like me, you don't know much Spanish. Bruce ___ IRCA ma

[IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Update

2017-09-13 Thread Bruce Portzer
Hello everyone: I updated the Pacific Asian Log a few days ago.  It's now posted on the Radioheritage website: http://www.radioheritage.net/ You'll need to go through a couple of the site's internal links to get to the proper page, but you'll be able to either download the PDF version or use t

Re: [IRCA] Eclipse Report - the rest of the story

2017-09-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
to Utah from here in Victoria during the eclipse.   Around  10:26PDT, there was a mention of  west valley and  " Utah county's sports station", which is about as good an ID as I could hope for.   I think there was also mentions of ESPN, Salt Lake etc. a bit earlier. best wis

[IRCA] More Eclipse DX

2017-08-23 Thread Bruce Portzer
I went back through my SDR files from Monday's eclipse and found a few additions to my earlier report.  All times are PDT 1270    KBZZ  Sparks, NV 10:23 a couple of Reno area ads weak & mixing with KAJO 1280    KRVM Eugene  OR  10:30 BBC news u/KIT, no ID but this is the only thing that make

[IRCA] Eclipse Report - the rest of the story

2017-08-21 Thread Bruce Portzer
As promised, here is a listing of what my SDR captured here in Seattle during this morning's eclipse. I mostly heard Oregon and northern California stations, plus KSL and a few from Idaho. There was a very pronounced enhancement between about 10:10 and 10:30 PDT, after which things tapered off

[IRCA] Eclipse DX in Seattle

2017-08-21 Thread Bruce Portzer
I had the SDR running during today's eclipse. Most of the time I was outside watching the event, but a subsequent check of the the files showed lots of sunset-like activity. The Portland area stations on 1550 and 1640 were the first to fade in at about 9:00. After that, things slowly picke

[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&feature=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 Bru

Re: [IRCA] 1566

2017-06-25 Thread Bruce Portzer
Just a weak carrier here, peaking 6-8 db above the noise at 0417 Bruce in Seattle On 6/25/2017 21:12, Don Moman VE6JY wrote: Tnx for the reminder... likely the best ever here - Certainly decent carrier and some audio thru 0400, recorded 0358 to 0407ish. More excited speech by African soundi

[IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Update

2017-05-26 Thread Bruce Portzer
Hello everyone: I updated the Pacific Asian Log earlier this month. It's now posted on the Radioheritage website: http://www.radioheritage.net/ You'll need to go through a couple of the site's internal links to get to the download page, but you'll be able to either download the PDF version or

Re: [IRCA] KHJ Tribute Station

2017-05-17 Thread Bruce Portzer
The American Samoa KHJ has been around for several years now. It has streaming audio on its website http://www.khjradio.com/ for those who want to listen. Bruce On 5/16/2017 15:58, Theo wrote: And not to forget KKHJ in American Samoa, for apparently the same reason! It was kinda weird to h

[IRCA] Slightly OT - Icom product announcement

2017-04-01 Thread Bruce Portzer
News about an Icom ham transceiver announced earlier today (4/1). http://www.icom.co.jp/fb/170401/ OK, it's in Japanese but Google's English translation is entertaining. It's probably the ultimate ultralight :) Bruce ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@ha

Re: [IRCA] FCC queries

2017-02-18 Thread Bruce Portzer
Dennis I tried the AM data base earlier today and received an internal server error message. It was still down a couple minutes ago. Bruce On 2/18/2017 20:46, Dennis Gibson wrote: Is anyone having problems with FCC AM/FM/TV queries? Very erratic all day. Sent from my iPad ___

[IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Update

2017-01-11 Thread Bruce Portzer
Hello everyone: I've just updated the Pacific Asian Log. It's now posted on the Radioheritage website: http://www.radioheritage.net/ You'll need to go through a couple of internal links to get to the download page, but you'll be able to either download the PDF version or use the interactive

Re: [IRCA] TP for 9 Jan2017 from Masset

2017-01-09 Thread Bruce Portzer
Walt 226-4128 is the number for the Misawa Community Center https://www.facebook.com/MisawaCommunityCenter/about/ Bruce On 1/9/2017 12:19, Walter Salmaniw wrote: A very interesting morning to say the least. Another snowfall began late in the night causing a continuation of our winter wonderlan

Re: [IRCA] Seoul AM Radio: 90 stations in 10 mins.

2016-12-11 Thread Bruce Portzer
A nice selection of stations Chris. I actually listened to the whole thing before you sent the list, which made it easier to follow the second time around. I can hardly wait to hear the longer version. Bruce On 12/11/2016 21:47, Chris Kadlec wrote: Though I realize perhaps only one or two p

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-3

2016-12-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
As a comparison, here's how 1035 sounded at 1400 UTC during a DXpedition to Grayland WA several years ago. I counted 4-5 sets of pips & time checks, making for a wild mess. http://qsl.net/n7ecj/CNR1-1035_10-3-2009_1400 Bruce On 12/4/2016 12:39, Chris Kadlec wrote: Gary, you may have better

Re: [IRCA] AFN 1224kHz

2016-11-18 Thread Bruce Portzer
it was still on. I've got nothing on 1240 or 1250 in the state so I stood a good chance if it was still on Paul On Friday, November 18, 2016, Bruce Portzer wrote: It's been off the air for a couple of years. See http://www.wrth.com/_shop/?p=1937 Bruce On 11/18/2016 10:07, Paul B

[IRCA] Grayland Day 2

2016-10-16 Thread Bruce Portzer
The DKAZ survived the storm, although Saturday afternoon's winds rendered it horizontal for a while. Sunday morning's DX at Grayland wasn't quite as interesting as Saturday's. Conditions were mostly mediocre until about 1400 when a sunrise enhancement kicked in. The Japanese were quite g

[IRCA] (no subject)

2016-10-15 Thread Bruce Portzer
Sent from my LG tablet: Chuck, Tom, and I braved the wind and rain for a Grayland expedition this weekend.   The results have been rather interesting so far, with many Filipinos logged this morning: 846 900 990 999 1017 1062 1188 and 1314.   Hopefully some others will be added to the

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Oct 5

2016-10-05 Thread Bruce Portzer
This was my first serious listening in several days. Unfortunately, conditions were decidedly mediocre with a few of the regulars making half-hearted appearances. The only audio noted here was between about 1325 and 1405 UTC, which I guess could qualify as an enhancement. GOOD 972HLCA Ko

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultraligt TP's for 9-29

2016-09-29 Thread Bruce Portzer
I checked the dial at 1320 UTC, just before leaving for work, and the results were the same as Gary's.  No sign of carriers on 774 972 or 1566.  At least now I know I don't have an antenna problem. Bruce     - Original Message - From: d1028g...@comcast.net To: "Mailing America" Se

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Sept 25

2016-09-25 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions here were down noticeably from yesterday. The lone exception was North Korea on 657 which had its best signal of the season. GOOD 657DPRK, emphatic talk by man and woman 1319 693JOAB, mostly poor but was quite good 1246 with male monologue 774JOUB, pips 1300, then woman o

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Sept 24

2016-09-24 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions were down a bit compared to my last session in mid-week. Generally speaking there were lots of good carriers but audio was in short supply. Some frequencies, like 603 657 963 and 1197, had good signals but couldn't produce any recognizable program content through the noise and splatt

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Sept 20

2016-09-20 Thread Bruce Portzer
It was another productive day in the TP neighborhood, with nice signals from several stations. GOOD 657DPRK, heartwarming patriotic anthem 1304, then rousing talk 1305. Briefly good, but otherwise mostly buried by capitalist splatter. 693JOAB, Japanese woman 1308 747JOIB, English

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Sept 18

2016-09-19 Thread Bruce Portzer
TPs remained good here today, with the 1053 jammer being especially strong GOOD 774JOUB 1212 English lesson 972HLCA, woman & man in Korean quite good 1254, otherwise fair-poor 1053Korean jammer quite loud 1213 1287JOHR, quite nice for a couple of minutes 1324 w/woman talking 1566

Re: [IRCA] New Chinese Pulse-Type Jammer on 1566?

2016-09-19 Thread Bruce Portzer
Gary Maybe it's splatter from your South Asian local on 1560? Perhaps a percussion instrument was making its existence known all the way to 1566. Further checking at other times tomorrow may tell more. I get electrical buzzsaw noise on 1566 and 1575 at the moment, so I'm doing well just to h

Re: [IRCA] TA carriers yet again

2016-09-18 Thread Bruce Portzer
I'm getting carriers on 909 & 1215, both are about 10 db above the noise so not much hope of audio Bruce On 9/18/2016 21:13, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: What does it take to kill these things? K indices of 2 and 3 for the last 24 hours, and still they appear. Carriers only (so far, whoops, is t

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Sept 18

2016-09-18 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions were similar to yesterday. The Yanbian station on 1206 was unusually good for a few minutes. GOOD 594JOAK, briefly good w/male talk 1241, otherwise poor-nil 693JOAB, man in Japanese 1238, much CBU splat 747JOIB, male monologue 1238 //693 etc 774JOUB, time pips 1200, t

[IRCA] New Pacific Asian Log available online

2016-09-18 Thread Bruce Portzer
edule, and other information, arranged by country and by frequency. You can download a PDF of the PAL at http://www.radioheritage.net/PAL_SearchD.asp The site also includes a searchable on-line PAL database. Bruce Portzer PAL Editor ___ IRCA ma

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on July 17

2016-09-17 Thread Bruce Portzer
Today's DX wasn't nearly as good as yesterday's. TP signals were weaker and fewer in number. Still, it was one of the better days this season. GOOD 774JOUB, 1249 English grammar lesson 972HLCA, Korean woman 1249 1053jammer 1303 1566HLAZ, jingle & FEBC ID like yesterday, then

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Sept 16

2016-09-16 Thread Bruce Portzer
What a difference a day makes. Yesterday was such a dud I didn't bother reporting the results. Today was the other extreme, with lots of TP signals all over the dial. I might have been ale to pull a few ore out of the noise but I've already spent most of my evening listening to SDR recording

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Sept 14

2016-09-14 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions were down slightly today but still interesting. There were lots of mid-band carriers in addition to what I have listed. The upper part of the band, once again, was rather sedate. GOOD 890KBBI presumed with Democracy Now program 1309 loud atop CJDC, no sign of them a few minutes

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on September 13

2016-09-13 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions continue to get better day by day. The high band was rather anemic today, but mid band was interesting and low band was sort of OK. GOOD 774JOUB, time pips & start of English lesson 1200 890KBBI presumed, Democracy Now program fading atop CJDC 1304 972HLCA, woman in Kore

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Sept 12

2016-09-12 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions were somewhat OK here today, but not as good as yesterday. There were no clear reception patterns - stations mostly peaked at different times. GOOD 774JOUB, flute music, Japanese woman 1308, briefly good 1566HLAZ, huge signal but bad electrical noise, Japanese male surfaced

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Sept 11

2016-09-11 Thread Bruce Portzer
Overall, this morning was respectable for early to mid September. There were lots of carriers, especially mid-band, and several produced decent audio at times. GOOD 774JOUB, man & woman in Japanese 1201 1053jammer 1258 1566HLAZ church service in Japanese 1240 FAIR 693JOAB, Jap

Re: [IRCA] TIS on 1650

2016-09-10 Thread Bruce Portzer
Walt I checked the FCC database. There are about a dozen TIS transmitters on 1650 in northwestern WA, including Kent, Snoqualmie, Neah Bay, Vashon, Redmond, etc. There's also a blanket license for WSDOT to operate temporary sites in 7 counties (basically anywhere between Tacoma and the Can

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