Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 8-7 (Conclusion)

2015-08-08 Thread Chuck Hutton
Unlike Gary, I had quite a few Australians plus a bit from Japan, South Korea and China. But Australia was the king of all for me. Here's a short clip of 3NE 1566 at the best level ever. The ad string went on forever at this level.

Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 8 August 2015

2015-08-08 Thread Chuck Hutton
Nigel - 1575 also noted here in passing but I have not listened to recordings yet except 1566. As for similarities, remember that Gary only listens to the bottom 300 or 400 kHz of the band. He's also very Kiwi focused. Chuck From: nige2...@telus.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date:

Re: [IRCA] THREE NAIVE QUESTIONS

2015-08-08 Thread Chuck Hutton
Pete - The filters in Perseus (and most SDR's) are light years better than analog radios. Sensitivity is adequate below 10 or 15 MHz but not good above that. It's good at handling strong signals including long Beverages. As for other radios, the current QS1R, WinRadio, Elad and RFSpace

Re: [IRCA] 531-More FM (2 kW) in Alexandra, NZ Received at Rockwork 4

2015-07-17 Thread Chuck Hutton
Yes, I just opened the file for the first time and hear an ID at 1224 although oddly your 1230 ID was not heard - just a mumble or two. And your 1230 ID is definitely better than my 1224 ID. Not a trace in that period of Australia nor Auckland - most, most unusual. You thought this might be

Re: [IRCA] 531 UnID Australians-- Oz English Translator Needed

2015-07-03 Thread Chuck Hutton
Gary: 4KZ is the only 531 Aussie with pips as best I know.In clip #2, at 1:05 I think I hear 'Innisfail.In #4, there are some clear phone numbers, an ad for a solar power product, and then an ad for someone that delivers from ?? to ?? What I hear for the locations doesn't match up with towns

Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials

2015-07-02 Thread Chuck Hutton
Les - The sites where you found info on the Superloop will also give you some ideas about performance. A Google will get you Bruce Conti's and Mark Connelly's documents. Chuck Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 00:51:46 -0500 From: l...@highnoonfilm.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com;

Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials

2015-07-02 Thread Chuck Hutton
But that's a 50 Ohm preamp and not really well suited for a 1000 Ohm antenna like a flag-superloop-delta. Chuck Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 08:01:15 -0700 From: billbl...@cableone.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials Less, I have DX Engineering

Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials

2015-07-02 Thread Chuck Hutton
Depends on how good your coax is. If there's a lot of pickup in the coax, it's best to amplify at the antenna so you are just amplifying the desired signal. If the amp is inside the house, it amplifies both desired signal and coax pickup. I've not had a problem with indoor preamps but I went to

Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials

2015-07-02 Thread Chuck Hutton
See below. Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 12:14:23 -0500 From: l...@highnoonfilm.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [IRCA] Western Superloop--Initial Trials Someone suggested Googling more information about how to best tune the Superloop, using Bruce Conti and Mark

Re: [IRCA] Grayland blowout

2015-06-28 Thread Chuck Hutton
What were a few highlights, Walt? Any 1 kW'ers? 2 kW? Chuck Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 16:44:29 + From: can...@gmail.com To: n...@ieee.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Grayland blowout Quite a decent DU morning in Masset as well. Have lots of Perseus files to study. 73,

Re: [IRCA] Grayland, not Rockworks

2015-06-27 Thread Chuck Hutton
Gary - My antenna was an 18' x 18' corner fed loop. Tom had a right angle triangle. It's not a delta as there was no apex, and not a flag as there were 3 sides not 4. The vertical part of the right angle was a homebrew mast. The horizontal part of the right angle met the hypotenuse at a low

Re: [IRCA] GeoClock

2015-05-21 Thread Chuck Hutton
: Thursday, May 21, 2015 10:00 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] GeoClock The latest version (9.x) runs just fine on my Win7 64 bit machine. And I still use it regularly. Mike in St Isidore AB -Original Message- From: Chuck Hutton Sent

Re: [IRCA] GeoClock

2015-05-21 Thread Chuck Hutton
Nick - As the program has been retired and is not available, I have no problem sending copies of 9.0 to those in the masses that nicely ask for it. Bet others would also. I would like to check with Joe Ahlgren first. Chuck Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 04:47:35 + To: irca@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] B-Log

2015-05-21 Thread Chuck Hutton
Les: Don't give up on Excel. Any cell can be a hyperlink with 1 click. FCC info can be saved as a csv file and directly imported into Excel. I'm not sure what searchable means to you but would the standard find feature of Excel be sufficient? Formatting of the FCC info can be done with a simple

Re: [IRCA] GeoClock

2015-05-20 Thread Chuck Hutton
Eric - I still use it almost daily. I haven't found anything as convenient for setting a date and time to look at sunlight / darkness times in the world. The many available maps are a help too. It's a bit long in the tooth but for going back to see the sunrise terminator for a recording at

Re: [IRCA] GeoClock

2015-05-20 Thread Chuck Hutton
version of Geoclock not working on my 64 bit Win7 PC, which prompted me to upgrade last year. I think the older versions of Geoclock may be incompatible with newer versions of Windows. Bruce On 5/20/2015 21:00, Chuck Hutton wrote: GeoClock, like other 32 bit programs, will run on 64 bit

Re: [IRCA] IBOC Hash AM vs FM OT question

2015-05-20 Thread Chuck Hutton
Pat: The KAOS antenna is on a tower (about 240 feet HAAT) in residential Olympia. You can see the tower in Google Earth using the FCC coordinates. Chuck From: mwd...@webtv.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 19:02:06 -0700 Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBOC Hash AM vs FM OT question

Re: [IRCA] GeoClock

2015-05-20 Thread Chuck Hutton
Yes, but in the last year - as Bruce points out - his web site has disappeared and there seems to be no web presence for GeoClock. Chuck Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 23:15:25 -0400 From: sylvainnau...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] GeoClock I had a license issue in sept

Re: [IRCA] GeoClock

2015-05-20 Thread Chuck Hutton
GeoClock, like other 32 bit programs, will run on 64 bit machines. It runs fine here on my 64 bit I7 machines with Win 7. There must be some other factor involved. Chuck Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 03:54:46 + To: irca@hard-core-dx.com From: n...@ieee.org Subject: Re: [IRCA] GeoClock

Re: [IRCA] St-Patrick's Day solar storm late report

2015-05-01 Thread Chuck Hutton
Sylvain - An interesting read, and the Ecuadorians are fabulous. Chuck Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 13:18:28 -0400 From: sylvainnau...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] St-Patrick's Day solar storm late report Thank you guys. This is due to the SDR magic and a bit of luck.

Re: [IRCA] TP 23 Apr Victoria version

2015-04-24 Thread Chuck Hutton
Very aware of that Chinese station, Gary. But jamming has a different context a la 1053 or 1080. Chuck Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:08:10 + From: d1028g...@comcast.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP 23 Apr Victoria version Mike, Chuck, Nick and All, A powerful

Re: [IRCA] TP 23 Apr Victoria version

2015-04-23 Thread Chuck Hutton
There's no jamming station on 1566 that I know of. China does not jam South Korea at all. The jamming is confined to North versus South and South versus North. Chuck From: mikesanb...@hotmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 22:43:29 -0700 Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP 23 Apr

Re: [IRCA] Station #500! (Big Loop antennas)

2015-04-20 Thread Chuck Hutton
-Original Message- From: Chuck Hutton Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 11:44 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Station #500! (Big Loop antennas) Hi Andy - In my mind there are both E and H contributions to the total pattern. But. Using AutoEZ and EZNEC, the H field signal

Re: [IRCA] Station #500! (Big Loop antennas)

2015-04-19 Thread Chuck Hutton
-Original Message- From: Chuck Hutton Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 8:26 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Station #500! (Big Loop antennas) For those interested, http://w8ji.com/k9ay_flag_pennant_ewe.htm has a paragraph describing the fact that the pickup for K9AY

Re: [IRCA] Station #500! (Big Loop antennas)

2015-04-19 Thread Chuck Hutton
For those interested, http://w8ji.com/k9ay_flag_pennant_ewe.htm has a paragraph describing the fact that the pickup for K9AY and other terminated loops depends solely on the vertical aspect of the slanted wires and no pickup is contributed by the horizontal section on the bottom. Area of the

Re: [IRCA] Station #500!

2015-04-18 Thread Chuck Hutton
Too big? Not at all, unless you think it's too big when you go to install the monster. It will work almost as well as a smaller loop in terms of pattern, and have a lot higher gain. No preamp should be necessary. Chuck From: ma...@durenberger.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sat, 18 Apr

Re: [IRCA] Station #500! (Big Loop antennas)

2015-04-18 Thread Chuck Hutton
Guy - The John Bryant article is only about KAZ antennas and doesn't touch the DKAZ version.I have some issues with the article - using a surface area concept to compare antennas whose gain is largely dependent only on the height of the vertical sections is not right. Chuck From:

Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project

2015-04-16 Thread Chuck Hutton
Oh yeah? Then somehow 4 10 kw stations and a 100 kw station from Brazil have been missed. Chuck To: a...@nrcdxas.org; d...@yahoogroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com; o...@yahoogroups.com; a...@yahoogroups.com From: irca@hard-core-dx.com CC: wghau...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Power

Re: [IRCA] FCC to close field offices

2015-03-29 Thread Chuck Hutton
http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-enforcement-bureau-field-resources-poised-to-shrink It doesn't matter how many sites it was on. It's still just a proposal from one bureau to the main FCC. Industry (the NAB etc) or the public (ARRL) could conceivably cause a stink although since the current level of

Re: [IRCA] 1st NEW STN on 1400 Khz since 1982!!! WDNY Dansville, NEW YORK

2015-03-27 Thread Chuck Hutton
using the same antenna. But, we are splitting hairs. 99% of the time, I'm using the SDR. 73,...Walt On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com wrote: Les: The Perseus also records the entire MW band, and more as it records a maximum of 1.6 MHZ. In my book

Re: [IRCA] 1st NEW STN on 1400 Khz since 1982!!! WDNY Dansville, NEW YORK

2015-03-27 Thread Chuck Hutton
I have a simple solution: move to Seattle where the sun has not been sighted yet this year. Chuck Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 03:19:45 + To: irca@hard-core-dx.com From: n...@ieee.org Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1st NEW STN on 1400 Khz since 1982!!! WDNY Dansville, NEW YORK Careful of your

Re: [IRCA] 1st NEW STN on 1400 Khz since 1982!!! WDNY Dansville, NEW YORK

2015-03-26 Thread Chuck Hutton
Les: The Perseus also records the entire MW band, and more as it records a maximum of 1.6 MHZ. In my book, a different word than outperforms should be used when you give Elad the cost advantage. Can you be more specific when you say the Elad leaves the 7030 and R8B in the dust with crowded

Re: [IRCA] [mwdx] Amazing cx to south last night at 0300 UTC from IL

2015-03-21 Thread Chuck Hutton
Congratulations to you / Kaz (Argentina) and Tim (Australia) for interesting catches! You both have receptions that break out from the pack by a good margin. Onward to Tierra del Fuego! The oddity is that 1548 is not really a powerhouse in the NW (612, 702 and 792 are better) although 1548 is

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA MIA TP's for 3-17

2015-03-17 Thread Chuck Hutton
From: can...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA MIA TP's for 3-17 Chuck I do have them but where do they go? Perhaps I don't have them in the correct folder...Walt On Tuesday, March 17, 2015, Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com wrote: This smells like

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA MIA TP's for 3-17

2015-03-17 Thread Chuck Hutton
This smells like a problem with the USB drivers. Beginning with ver 2.1i, Perseus switched to a new set of driver files. Did you download and install the WinUSB drivers? Chuck Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 12:59:11 -0700 From: can...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA]

Re: [IRCA] Elad FDM-S2 and a Phaser [Latency Issues]

2015-02-25 Thread Chuck Hutton
I too guessed that Les must mean audio latency.A delay of 100 - 200 mS in the audio processing of Windows (as measured by many) with MME drivers is the cause of most of the latency, not the Perseus or other SDR. With some SDR programs (SDR Radio, Linrad) you can choose WASAPI or ASIO drivers to

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] Mongolia on Long Wave: Paper about reception in Germany Austria

2015-02-24 Thread Chuck Hutton
of the various private MW Russian far east stations? PAL lists a pile of them, but I never see them reported. I did hear Avtoradio on 531 very well in Masset in March. On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com wrote: Actually the Asiatic MW Russians peaked at 78 stations

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] Mongolia on Long Wave: Paper about reception in Germany Austria

2015-02-23 Thread Chuck Hutton
Actually the Asiatic MW Russians peaked at 78 stations and now half are still on the air (39). But as you pointed out, the fatality list includes almost all the big guys. Of the Grayland regulars, only Rossii 810 remains. Chuck From: can...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 05:42:10 + To:

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-17

2015-02-17 Thread Chuck Hutton
Huh? I scanned the recordings each night to see if I needed to start earlier, find any big surprises, etc. I didn't need to hear all 80 something Kiwis to know things were hopping. Chuck Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:31:15 + From: d1028g...@comcast.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re:

Re: [IRCA] Headphones

2015-02-15 Thread Chuck Hutton
A lot of us like the HD201 and HD202 but not at $60 as they are $22.47 on Amazon.http://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-202-Professional-Headphones-Black/dp/B003LPTAYI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1424025978sr=8-1keywords=hd202+headphones Chuck From: sau...@sympatico.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com;

Re: [IRCA] Saved Perseus Files

2015-01-24 Thread Chuck Hutton
Not exactly. Perseus defaults to opening the last used directory, whatever it might be. This default applies for the rest of the current running of Perseus and for subsequent runnings of Perseus. When you say doesn't want me to pick from the deskptop, I am not clear as to whether you mean the

Re: [IRCA] Saved Perseus Files

2015-01-23 Thread Chuck Hutton
Steve - Perseus has no problems playing files from the desktop. The issue must be your configuration of the OS, but you haven't given us any details to let us diagnose this further. So: what OS do you have? Are you the admin or a user? What recorded the files? Are they play-able by other apps?

Re: [IRCA] Another great TP day

2015-01-22 Thread Chuck Hutton
Bet you meant 1669 for the round robin guys, right? Chuck Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 23:27:04 + From: can...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Another great TP day Had another wonderful session this morning with my highlight being the JJ weather transmissions on 1689!

Re: [IRCA] Saved Perseus Files

2015-01-20 Thread Chuck Hutton
Steve : I save them either to the desktop, my D: drive (for data) partition or my Perseus folder.I've never had any problem with recognizing files on the desktop.I've also not had any problem with files ending up in other folders. In seven years on the Yahoo Perseus group, I don't recall any

Re: [IRCA] New CC Skywave vs. Tecsun PL-380-- TP-DXing Test Drive

2015-01-03 Thread Chuck Hutton
Gary - I can't tell from your response whether you are agreeing your words sounded like no dial light so I'll add I also thought you meant there was no dial light. Chuck Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 22:28:50 + From: d1028g...@comcast.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] New CC

Re: [IRCA] Rosined Radio Help Needed

2015-01-01 Thread Chuck Hutton
John - I think the ethanol thing is a red herring - very few can obtain it. The government is very strict about not allowing sales of ethanol for other than approved medical uses. Chuck From: jfish...@cogeco.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 19:15:30 -0500 Subject: Re:

Re: [IRCA] Rosined Radio Help Needed

2015-01-01 Thread Chuck Hutton
Well I find this rather overblown. The MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet, required by the government) for IPA differentiates between chronic and acute exposure. Forget the chronic dangers unless you plan to spend the next 10 years cleaning radios. The acute dangers only call IPA slightly

Re: [IRCA] New C.Crane

2014-12-31 Thread Chuck Hutton
that the station it is nulling is coming from 90 degrees away from the desired DX? 73 Kurious KAZ -Original Message- From: Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com Sent: Dec 30, 2014 10:33 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] New C.Crane Skywave Vs. Tecsun PL

Re: [IRCA] New C.Crane Skywave Vs. Tecsun PL-380-- Daytime DX Shootout

2014-12-30 Thread Chuck Hutton
http://afedri-sdr.com/index.php/new-afe822x-sdr-net-dual-channel The nulling is reputed to be stable across the band in that a station at 90 degrees will be nulled as much as possible regardless of frequency. If only it would record 1.1 or 1.2 MHZ per channel instead of .9 MHZ Chuck

Re: [IRCA] New C.Crane Skywave Vs. Tecsun PL-380-- Daytime DX Shootout

2014-12-29 Thread Chuck Hutton
filtering on the PL-380, but that usually results in unacceptable splatter from domestic stations. Time will tell if the Skywave's high-treble audio provides a little more balance in MP3's of DX stations. Gary - Original Message - From: Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com

Re: [IRCA] New C.Crane Skywave Vs. Tecsun PL-380-- Daytime DX Shootout

2014-12-29 Thread Chuck Hutton
loss of high frequency audio in DX station MP3's, making it seem desirable to try correcting the issue. Gary - Original Message - From: Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 11:02:55 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] New

Re: [IRCA] New C.Crane Skywave Vs. Tecsun PL-380-- Daytime DX Shootout

2014-12-28 Thread Chuck Hutton
I was somewhat bothered by a lot of hiss in the Skywave audio. It's easily visible in a spectrum plot. To a lesser degree, the 380 audio had too much low frequency rumble. Doing a good lowpass and highpass filtering on both, I was left with audios that sounded identical from the two receivers.

Re: [IRCA] 530 Unid From BC

2014-12-15 Thread Chuck Hutton
It's just a missing period before the mp3 extension. The little sound effect is from Rebelde. I don't hear an ID from the other station, but it sure sounds like the style of the other Cuban (R. Enciclopedia). Chuck From: can...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 07:01:29 + To:

Re: [IRCA] WRTH 2015

2014-12-10 Thread Chuck Hutton
to an ordering stage. Googling WRTH gets me to the 29.95 pound ordering. Where am I going astray? Thanks. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 ICF2010 Kiwa aircore Palomar loops DX398, SRF-59 M37V Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380 On Dec 4, 2014, at 3:59 PM, Chuck Hutton charle

Re: [IRCA] WRTH 2015

2014-12-04 Thread Chuck Hutton
It's apparently not being offered by Amazon this year. The copy you see is for sale by someone else via Amazon. It's $30 US from Universal Radio or you can pay 30 pounds and order it directly from WRTH. Chuck To: IRCA@hard-core-dx.com; d...@yahoogroups.com; s...@mailman.qth.net;

Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful!!!!

2014-11-24 Thread Chuck Hutton
There seems to be no mention of this at http://ircaonline.org/bookst.htm . Chuck From: mwd...@webtv.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:38:25 -0800 Subject: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful Hi everyone, I just got from Phil and the IRCA bookstore the DX

Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful!!!!

2014-11-24 Thread Chuck Hutton
Of course you can contact Phil (if you somehow knew it was available), but it would be much better if it was listed in the web site where people would expect to see what is available. Chuck From: mwd...@webtv.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:16:19 -0800 Subject:

Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful!!!!

2014-11-24 Thread Chuck Hutton
$10 for members, buty no indication of prices for non-members or the rest of the world. Chuck From: mikesanb...@hotmail.com Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:58:29 -0800 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful Also there is a reprint DVD available as

Re: [IRCA] Grayland expedition

2014-11-09 Thread Chuck Hutton
Did I miss something? I didn't see Walt's report. Chuck Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 01:11:10 + From: d1028g...@comcast.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Grayland expedition Thanks for your generous comment, Nick, but I really think that Walt would be much more deserving

Re: [IRCA] Grayland expedition

2014-11-09 Thread Chuck Hutton
and Chile. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA -- Forwarded message -- From: Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 01:49:14 + Subject: Re: [IRCA] Grayland expedition Did I miss something? I didn't

Re: [IRCA] DX Tip

2014-10-07 Thread Chuck Hutton
I'd have thought even Canadians would know how young members of the species are created. Chuck From: coffeecan...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 16:43:57 -0700 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] DX Tip What we need is an infusion of youth... You know... DXers under the age

Re: [IRCA] KRKO 1380 Everett WA and KKXA-1520 to test in all digital mode

2014-09-29 Thread Chuck Hutton
It depends as they always say. The current hybrid IBOC has digital trash in 3 bands: 0 to 5 kHz, 5 to 10 kHz and 10 to 15 kHz. The good news: all digital IBOC has no usage of the 10 to 15 kHz band. The bad news: all digital IBOC increases the power in the 0 to 6 kHz and 5 to 10 kHz bands.

Re: [IRCA] 549/531 R Algerienne (?)

2014-09-25 Thread Chuck Hutton
http://radioalgerie.dz/jilfm/live/index.php From: bobyoun...@hotmail.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 01:29:34 -0400 Subject: [IRCA] 549/531 R Algerienne (?) In loud and clear with a minimum of fading at 0520 UTC with pop dance music. Cannot find a website to parallel

Re: [IRCA] U.S. Punjabi stations broadcasting into Canada

2014-09-17 Thread Chuck Hutton
http://sikhsiyasat.net/2014/09/08/sher-e-punjab-radio-india-radio-and-punjab-radio-face-crtc-ban-in-b-c-canada/ The issue (in the CRTC's view) is that all 3 stations are Canadian owned and have their entire offices and staff in Canada and transmit from the US to serve Canadian markets. The

Re: [IRCA] Coast on 1584

2014-09-06 Thread Chuck Hutton
And how did this happen, you ask It began when Nigel reported a slightly off frequency station on 1584.020 kHz, and mentioned that he heard a little pop mx. The hrequency set off alarms, as the only known off frequency station on the channel is Coast Radio, New Zealand which was

Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 28-29-30 August 2014

2014-08-31 Thread Chuck Hutton
I was hearing. 73, Nigel On 30/08/2014 10:32 PM, Chuck Hutton wrote: Nigel: Coast is indeed on 1584.019. Could you recognize the music? Coast is all oldies. Last month it was Gary Puckett and Jim Croce. Chuck Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 21:52:52 -0600 From: nige2

Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 28-29-30 August 2014

2014-08-30 Thread Chuck Hutton
Nigel: Coast is indeed on 1584.019. Could you recognize the music? Coast is all oldies. Last month it was Gary Puckett and Jim Croce. Chuck Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 21:52:52 -0600 From: nige2...@telus.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 28-29-30 August 2014

Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's for 8-24

2014-08-24 Thread Chuck Hutton
Gary - It's a poor signal so I can't be sure. I think it's Aussie English and think he says ABC at :08. Chuck To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com From: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's for 8-24 Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014

Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's for 8-24

2014-08-24 Thread Chuck Hutton
? Thanks derekvme...@aol.com On Aug 24, 2014, at 3:16 PM, Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com wrote: Gary - It's a poor signal so I can't be sure. I think it's Aussie English and think he says ABC at :08. Chuck To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com From: irca@hard

Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Cape Perpetua) Ultralight TP's for 8-24

2014-08-24 Thread Chuck Hutton
, and in fact I think I'm hearing Australia mentioned at :12. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA -- From: Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 22

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] Greenland returns to Medium Wave

2014-08-21 Thread Chuck Hutton
From Newfoundland, we (lots of people) heard 570, 650, 720, 810 and 900 with not too much trouble given no aurora. 720 could be heard well before sunset and I think I remember someone getting a trace around noon local time. But reception from Newfoundland is cheating a bit, right? Chuck

Re: [IRCA] Grayland 10 DXpedition

2014-08-01 Thread Chuck Hutton
be found on this web page: http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland10.php The highlight was an amazing opening to New Zealand on July 25th -- similar to one Gary DeBock and Chuck Hutton experienced a week earlier at Rockworks 4. Bill Whitacre Alexandria, VA

Re: [IRCA] Grayland 10 DXpedition

2014-08-01 Thread Chuck Hutton
years back (late 2011?). TD On 01/08/2014 15:02, Chuck Hutton wrote: Theo - As best I know, no one has heard Community Access Radio on 1206. Chuck Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 14:50:07 -0700 From: th...@telus.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Grayland 10

Re: [IRCA] Rockworks : Hawaiians

2014-07-30 Thread Chuck Hutton
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Hey How soon until the rockwork 4 Logs/audio are posted? Thanks derekvme...@aol.com On Jul 25, 2014, at 9:31 PM, Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com wrote: The signal level on many of the Hawaiians was exhilarating so here are some quick logs including

[IRCA] Rockworks : Hawaiians

2014-07-25 Thread Chuck Hutton
The signal level on many of the Hawaiians was exhilarating so here are some quick logs including the new station on 740. 550 HAWAII KNUI Wailuku fair 1246 7-17 with Maui ads. 570 HAWAII KQNG Lihue fair with KONG 93.5 and AM 570 ID's 1302 7-16. 590 HAWAII KSSK Honolulu fair pop music and am-fm

Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in Auckland, NZ

2014-07-23 Thread Chuck Hutton
Bill and Gary: I think you will be surprised if you use Google Earth to take a look at the turnouts on the Rockworks cliff. Two of the turnouts will accommodate a 270 degree DKAZ of 140 to 160 feet. A third will hold an equally big DKAZ but will be facing almost north - south. Chuck

Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing Demonstration Video-- 531-PI in Auckland, NZ

2014-07-23 Thread Chuck Hutton
-dx.com Can you set up A KAZ in the dark? I can barley set up a BOG In the dark. Thanks derekvme...@aol.com On Jul 23, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com wrote: Bill and Gary: I think you will be surprised if you use Google Earth to take a look at the turnouts

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [ultralightdx] Rockwork 4 DU-DXpedition-- South Pacific UnID's and Mysteries

2014-07-23 Thread Chuck Hutton
It has to be Kempsey. Frederickton is only about 10 miles from Kempsey. Chuck From: b...@his.com Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:06:54 -0700 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Fwd: [ultralightdx] Rockwork 4 DU-DXpedition-- South Pacific UnID's and Mysteries Hi Gary. Now that we’ve

[IRCA] Rockworks - summary of Wed 7-16

2014-07-23 Thread Chuck Hutton
I've done a scan of my Perseus files during the best period of Wednesday, 16 July. It's my best night ever for NZ with 72 frequencies having identified stations. Favorite moments: 900 Southern Star under California and Hawaii1188 RNZ National with 400 Watts 1305 Radio Dunedin fair with

Re: [IRCA] TP for 18 July, Gabriola Island

2014-07-19 Thread Chuck Hutton
On Thursday morning from Rockworks, I had a carrier(s) or more on every X band channel. Ditto last summer in Yachats, with the exception of 1692. Chuck To: irca@hard-core-dx.com From: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP for 18 July, Gabriola Island Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 17:31:50

Re: [IRCA] A few minutes of Rockworks DX from last night

2014-07-19 Thread Chuck Hutton
Exactly. I don't even think about Tahiti as it is always there. Chuck Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:22:29 -0500 From: neil...@earthlink.net To: n...@ieee.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] A few minutes of Rockworks DX from last night My guess would be that Tahiti is so common

[IRCA] A few minutes of Rockworks DX from last night

2014-07-17 Thread Chuck Hutton
531 NZ fair Maori 540 NZ possible The Word parallel to 576. 549 NZ Rhema 567 NZ R. National 576 NZ The Qord 594 NZ Rhema 603 NZ poor Maori 632 NZ poor Rhema 657 NZ Southern Star 675 NZ National 684 NZ Rhema 702 NZ Live 756 NZ poor 765 NZ poor Maori 774 ?? 783 NZ Access 801 ?? 819 NZ National 828

Re: [IRCA] Seek receiver repair help

2014-05-26 Thread Chuck Hutton
Jim: There's a Yahoo group for the 2010. Several members will repair a 2010. Chuck Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 23:33:27 + From: kh...@comcast.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Seek receiver repair help I think the problem with my 2010 is much simpler. Probably just a

Re: [IRCA] QRM from Lights

2014-05-19 Thread Chuck Hutton
The reason some products have RFI problems and others don't is almost always traceable to money. It takes a bit of money to design things so that RFI is minimized, and it costs a little money for components to filter the interference and shield the susceptible areas. Manufacturing

Re: [IRCA] TP 4 Apr. Victoria version: reprise

2014-04-17 Thread Chuck Hutton
Gary - That should be 10 kW. I don't think of this as out of season propagation for SE Asia. As best I know, all of the recent Indonesia catches have been in the spring. A while back, it was also heard on several DXpeditions in the summer. It's fall and winter that have not given us

Re: [IRCA] Radio World: Whatever Happened to the CFA?

2014-04-10 Thread Chuck Hutton
Les: Several US AM stations have used CFA antennas and also there was an FCC licensed experimental station in the X band. Domestic DXers (not me!) would have to tell you more. A ham has already written an extensive QEX article on the CFA. See the May-June 2005 issue. Chuck Date: Thu,

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: Topband: carrier on 1810.8 MHz

2014-03-26 Thread Chuck Hutton
Lee (co-owner of Hi-Z Antennas) did a typo when he wrote MHZ in his post to the 160 meter hams list. Too bad my PL-380 won't tune 160 meters. Chuck From: can...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 22:28:39 -0700 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Fwd: Topband: carrier on 1810.8

Re: [IRCA] Another WWXL 1450 DX test

2014-03-16 Thread Chuck Hutton
The lowest frequency was always chosen to be 1.6 or 2 MHZ in the past, as the plethora of interference from AM stations makes it difficult to dig out the needle of returned signal in the haystack of babble. I have seen occasional sets of data going lower (1 MHZ) but cant remember if it was

Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally

2014-03-02 Thread Chuck Hutton
Tom - Try Corcom's web site. Chuck From: andrew.i...@btconnect.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 21:49:47 + Subject: Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally Tom, A google search of the topic mains filter with earth line choke will bring up a few

Re: [IRCA] SDR-Console and the Perseus SDR Volume Levels

2014-02-25 Thread Chuck Hutton
Les: I'll bet some things are mixed up here. There's no sampling rate of 950 regardless of the unit you meant (samples, kilosamples, etc). Did you mean to set the center frequency to 950 kHz? That's a common choice to record 1.6 MHZ (not 1.75 MHZ) of spectrum, thereby covering 150 kHz to

Re: [IRCA] Tonight's TAs and bragging about Argentina

2014-01-29 Thread Chuck Hutton
The power of a great antenna (a long Beverage) and a great location (tip of Newfoundland) has given us about 30 Argentine stations so far. In this age of crowded channels, 30 Argentines seems almost impossible which makes listening to those ID's a real thrill. Chuck Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014

Re: [IRCA] [mwdx] Distortion on 1390LSB

2014-01-26 Thread Chuck Hutton
Attention midwest DXers: go get those invasive Maine stations! Chuck Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 22:57:10 -0500 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: amd...@core.com CC: m...@googlegroups.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] [mwdx] Distortion on 1390LSB Could

Re: [IRCA] 576 carrier

2014-01-18 Thread Chuck Hutton
It might take more than wishing. This is not one of the stronger TA's and currently conditions are rather poor. I'd have to guess Spain 576 is a very very long shot for you. No trace of it recently in the NW as best I know. Chuck Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 05:35:21 + To:

Re: [IRCA] Perseus SDR - 6 years on and still a gem

2014-01-12 Thread Chuck Hutton
An option that requires no new and larger monitor is to go to Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display . The screen will say Make It Easier To Read What Is On The Screen. You can then choose to make everything be 125% or 150% larger. You may or may not be totally happy with this.

Re: [IRCA] TP 5 Jan, Victoria version

2014-01-05 Thread Chuck Hutton
Who knows what you heard Nick, but DWXI deserves strong consideration as they are full time religious, carry a lot of preaching and are sometimes heard at Grayland. Chuck Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 02:42:05 + To: irca@hard-core-dx.com From: n...@ieee.org Subject: [IRCA] TP 5 Jan,

Re: [IRCA] Radio's Digital Dilemma

2014-01-01 Thread Chuck Hutton
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Do you have rough (or better) numbers for the number of AM stations transmitting IBOC at the peak and today? It seems there have been no new major users of IBOC since the initial phase, and a lot (half?) of the original supporters have turned it off

Re: [IRCA] Radio's Digital Dilemma

2014-01-01 Thread Chuck Hutton
/01/2014 08:34 PM, Chuck Hutton wrote: Do you have rough (or better) numbers for the number of AM stations transmitting IBOC at the peak and today? It seems there have been no new major users of IBOC since the initial phase, and a lot (half?) of the original supporters have turned it off

Re: [IRCA] Elad FDM S1 + Miscellaneous Mumblings

2013-12-31 Thread Chuck Hutton
Nick: Paragraph #1: Linear regression is built into Excel so the world can enjoy it. Regression analysis to understand the degree of correlation between variables is very standard stuff. If Bob didn't mention it, it's because he didn't mention basic techniques of statistical analysis.

[IRCA] Grayland DXpedition report 19 October

2013-12-22 Thread Chuck Hutton
Bruce Portzer had previously sent a report. Here's some other stuff that was not in that first report. Chuck 576 MYANMAR Myanma Radio, Yangon 1447 19 October poor with odd musical theme, woman talking to 1452 in language I could tell was not Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Tagalog. Later,

Re: [IRCA] Timed Recordings using the SDR-IQ Receiver

2013-12-17 Thread Chuck Hutton
Nick: The conversation was about SpectraVue. Chuck Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 05:51:53 + To: irca@hard-core-dx.com From: n...@ieee.org Subject: Re: [IRCA] Timed Recordings using the SDR-IQ Receiver Repeat time is a feature of which program Chuck? I've probably overlooked it

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