[IRCA] Fwd: [irca] Cape Cod, MA, USA - logs (mid-FEB to mid-MAR)

--- Begin Message --- Not sure if everyone has migrated to the 'groups.io' IRCA platform, so I'll send here too. As usual the accented letters will get changed to question marks and so on. Those who want to see what I really sent should go the 'groups.io' route. -Original Message-

[IRCA] 1530 VOA Sao Tome blasting in

--- Begin Message --- 1530 VOA Sao Tome blowing the doors off WCKY here at 11 p.m. EDT (16 MAR) / 0300 UTC (17 MAR). https://app.box.com/s/06e6mq5c3k4og3kka46fkn3ezrypeoyb Mark Connelly, WA1IONSouth Yarmouth, MA, USA --- End Message --- ___ IRCA

Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

--- Begin Message --- << The chat channel over at DXER.ca/blab is hopping tonight. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - >> I will be interested to see how this all plays out. I'll be reading the reviews. Not that I have much of a "horse in the race" as 95% of my DXing is after-the-fact,

[IRCA] 1240 WBAS MA back on air

--- Begin Message --- 1240 WBAS W. Yarmouth, MA has returned to the air as of 8 MAR following nearly a month of silence. Portuguese language format. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] 1090 UNID

to night pattern at Dallas sunset? Todd Skaine ICOM 7300 wth a Superloop 2 Modified 2010s barefoot Toyota car radio On Thu, Mar 7, 2019, 12:13 AM Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote: > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Mark Connelly > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com &

Re: [IRCA] 1090 UNID

--- Begin Message --- Most likely the "pile of noise" on the high side of 1090 is IBOC from WTIC 1080. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA << Yes, sounded like "SB Nation", so that's gotta be it.  A relog.  Thanks, gents.  I was trying to parallel Seattle and Tijuana to no avail.  A huge

Re: [IRCA] East Coast online SDR's (most get an "F")

--- Begin Message --- True Rick. Control of local electrical noise is one of the biggest problems for these sites. Antennas with poor RDF (directivity) is another. Woefully inadequate gain at MW is a third problem. To an extent a coastal site can mitigate the problems but a truly bad setup is

[IRCA] East Coast online SDR's (most get an "F")

--- Begin Message --- Periodically I check out the KiwiSDR directory page since new receivers come on from time to time (and old ones are occasionally dropped). For the uninitiated, the links homepage is: https://sdr.hu/ Two TA stations are very consistent here mid-evenings and are therefore good

[IRCA] Newfoundland

--- Begin Message --- OK Jim. It's up to you and the other NL DXpeditioners whether or not you want me to post any partial results online before the traditional fluffed-and-buffed final logs, photo's etc. report goes up on dxing.info or wherever. I'd think that even partial information online

[IRCA] Newfoundland

--- Begin Message --- Jim, you mentioned recordings from Newfoundland DXpeditions. Is there a go-to page for the NL DXpedition which occurred in autumn 2018? I would like to include the link on a page I'm putting together about 2018 DXpeditions, at least those in the Atlantic basin (eastern US

Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] WION-1430-MI DX TEST heard on Cape Cod

--- Begin Message --- Good catch Marc. I did captures at midnight and 1 a.m. local but haven't reviewed yet. Live listening was done just before and after the midnight capture but the consistent activity on the channel was WNSW NJ with "Relevant Radio" programming and occasional intrusions of

[IRCA] 1240 WBAS MA off

--- Begin Message --- The local station here, 1240 WBAS W. Yarmouth MA, has been off air since 18 FEB or earlier. Still off as of 21 FEB. A few messages on a local reflector about what else has shown up on 1240 are reproduced below. Mark Connelly, WA1IONSouth Yarmouth, MA -Original

Re: [IRCA] WBBM 780 off the air

--- Begin Message --- << Radio Coro with ID @ 0250 and Radio Viva @ 0255.  Thanks for the tip.  Two new ones here. Rick S., Rodanthe NC OBX FM25go >> Those would be two that make it in here fairly often too. WBBM not a big factor on this end even when on. R. Coro

[IRCA] loop on ground

--- Begin Message --- Loop on ground: probably not much for use as your main antenna but something you could phase against DKAZ, SuperLoop, Flag, Kaz Delta etc. for knocking down specific pests or noise. http://www.kk5jy.net/LoG/

Re: [IRCA] John Bryant R.I.P

--- Begin Message --- Good points Nick. John's wide-eyed excitement over unwrapping and firing up a new piece of equipment was as close to that of a kid on Christmas morning as I've ever come across in the adult world. But then the James Bond level sophistication kicked in. Comparisons might

Re: [IRCA] John Bryant R.I.P

--- Begin Message --- A John Bryant article on any subject was always a great read. Not only was the level of knowledge and research always first rate but his style was always enthusiastic and down to earth as well, even when the subject was a complex one. Unlike some other hobby writing I've

[IRCA] a few domestic logs with audio - Cape Cod, MA - JAN & early FEB 2019

--- Begin Message --- Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION (MC-MA) Logs are in domestic DX column format with date in month/day numerical format and times in EST which is UTC minus 5 hours. e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com" South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41°

[IRCA] Cape Cod, MA, USA - logs (JAN & early FEB)

--- Begin Message --- Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION Times / dates = UTC / 2019 e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com" [Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq) NOTE: {A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed

[IRCA] East Coast SDR's (the non-lemons)

--- Begin Message --- Bill Whitacre's SDR in Lubec, Maine is the best East Coast SDR (so far).   http://qhkiwisdr.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/   Most of the time if I can hear it (TA DX) here, I can get it on his receiver and vice versa. The only other North America receiver that comes close (so far)

Re: [IRCA] a tale of two conditions?

towel if it doesn't look like they'll add any more contacts to what they've already made.  Saturday morning here was a bit better than Sunday, but still not anywhere up to what one might expect from geomagnetic conditions. Nick At 05:23 2019-01-29, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote: >I was

Re: [IRCA] Coax Cable

--- Begin Message --- No one has yet mentioned the other feedline option: balanced line. This takes many forms including speaker wire, two-conductor AC line cord (zip cord), TV twin lead, ladder line / window line, twisted pair, CAT-5 etc. Characteristic impedances are often in the 100 ohm range

[IRCA] a tale of two conditions?

--- Begin Message --- I wasn't active but I'm very curious as to what everyone else noted over the weekend based on the reports below. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA Exhibit A << Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 16:03:56 + (UTC) From: N7DF To: TopBand List Subject: Topband: really good

Re: [IRCA] report about WBZ receptions in Japan

fore Hokkaido sunset. These are major DX, even if their night time powers were being uh, unobserved. best wishes, Nick At 05:38 2019-01-25, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote: >Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 05:38:06 + (UTC) >From: Mark Connelly > > >1030 WBZ Boston, MA received in Jap

[IRCA] report from Puerto Rico

--- Begin Message --- Puerto Rico bandscan from Ivan Cholakov (Medium Wave Circle Facebook group). Lack of South American signals is interesting, less from there than from here on the Cape. No TA's. 680 WAPA must have been off to let WRKO get through. 680 is usually WPTF/WRKO/WAPA/HJ

Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Furlough DXpedition Jan 14-18, 2019

--- Begin Message --- Good report Bill. Lots of similarity to receptions here on Cape Cod. Above 1220 you are getting more FL, GA, SC, and NC. Barbados 900 and Dom. Rep. 670 have been heard here but not in a long time (>5 years?). The more reports we can get from East Coast US & Canada the

[IRCA] report about WBZ receptions in Japan

--- Begin Message --- 1030 WBZ Boston, MA received in Japan Salt water heading NW from Hull, MA transmitter site definitely helps the "get-out-ability."

[IRCA] Cape Cod, MA: a few DX audio clips

--- Begin Message --- Not too much East Coast reporting lately so here are a few audio clips from here earlier this month. Since conditions haven't been quite as good as late 2018, there's nothing rare below, just some typical items. All dates / times UTC. 747 Canaries // Spain (3 JAN @ 2200)

Re: [IRCA] Where are they now?

--- Begin Message --- Thanks to those who replied to my recent question of the whereabouts of formerly active DXers Al Merriman (K4GLU) and Ray Moore. I don't recall that Ray Moore had any connection to Key West. He was in Fort Myers, as Nick mentioned. Among other things, he designed the

[IRCA] Where are they now?

--- Begin Message --- Do any of you know the present status of the following DXers?: Alan Merriman last known to be in VA Ray Moore last known to be in FL --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Re: dual receiver SDRs for diversity reception / phasing

--- Begin Message --- The consensus seems to be that nobody's yet doing after-the-fact phasing that works in an intuitive, relatively easy to use, non-geeky way. We've seen great strides in SDR technology over the past ten years but, possibly due to declining interest in medium wave and

Re: [IRCA] dual receiver SDRs for diversity reception / phasing

--- Begin Message --- I would be willing to have a receiver that just saved half the MW bandwidth, e.g. 700 kHz, in capture files if it had the I/Q streams from the two receivers.  But with receivers doing 3, 6, and more MHz of capture these days, why can't we get the whole 510-1710 stretch?

[IRCA] dual receiver SDRs for diversity reception / phasing

--- Begin Message --- The subject of SDRs containing two phase-locked receivers came up recently on the Topband (160m ham) list ( http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/topband/2019-01/threads.html ). The discussion dealt primarily with diversity reception: audio from antenna A's RF goes

[IRCA] Cape Cod, MA, USA - logs (late DEC wrap-up, audio for all)

--- Begin Message --- Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION Times / dates = UTC / 2018 e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com" [Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq) NOTE: {A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed

[IRCA] Fwd: [CapeDX] DX at Sandy Neck Beach on 1-4-2019

--- Begin Message --- Roy Barstow with a mini-DXpedition to Sandy Neck Beach - Barnstable, MA. From: roybarstow Date: Friday, January 11, 2019 Subject: [CapeDX] DX at Sandy Neck Beach on 1-4-2019 To: CapeDX   6ftX12ft. Mini-Loop - w/Amp.-FDM-S2-Sunset at 4:25 PM- 5 PM temp. 40 deg.  

Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] Fwd: [CapeDX] Sandy Neck Beach DX 12-29-18

--- Begin Message --- My regular reports which appear in IRCA's DXWW column frequently mention pip patterns of various stations. The 630 situation is that the Romanian and another station, either Portugal or Tunisia, are out of alignment in terms of the final pip occurring exactly at

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [CapeDX] Sandy Neck Beach DX 12-29-18

--- Begin Message --- After I ran a recent tutorial session on Total Recorder, Roy Barstow has started getting audio clips to post on various sites. Mostly that has been on the local Cape Cod DXers list but some have gone to RealDX with a much larger expertise base, especially in Scandinavia.

[IRCA] Fwd: [CapeDX] Sandy Neck Beach DX 12-29-18

--- Begin Message --- Roy Barstow's report from Barnstable, MA. From: roybarstow Date: Thursday, January 3, 2019 Subject: [CapeDX] Sandy Neck Beach DX 12-29-18 To: CapeDX   12ft.stick w/amp-FDM-S2-K2-3- Sunset 4:20 PM-5 PM temp. 42-wind 12 2030  90 Deg. 765 

Re: [IRCA] TP report from Masset for January 1 2019

--- Begin Message --- 1566 is the only Indian I have heard in Massachusetts.  That was 10 or more years ago.  It was heard on two different occasions at the salt marsh site in Rowley, MA (42.7436 N / 70.8367 W). Others not too far from me have logged 1071 in more recent times.  I don't have

Re: [IRCA] OT - app for latitude / longitude readout on phones

--- Begin Message --- What I want is that the coordinates can be read off the phone screen.  If they can be exported to a file along with a time stamp, that would be great but taking down the info with pencil and paper is not a problem if necessary. I'm thinking if you take two readings within

Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] OT - app for latitude / longitude readout on phones

--- Begin Message --- Coordinates being loaded to a spreadsheet would also be useful if you are simultaneously capturing RF via Perseus, Elad, etc. while in motion.  That could allow you to equate various locations with changes in signal strength, channel dominance, and noise sources.  This

[IRCA] OT - app for latitude / longitude readout on phones

--- Begin Message --- Just wondering if those in this group that are users of Android OS smartphones have come across any apps that can grab latitude and longitude from GPS data and display it in an easy to read fashion.  In other words, since the phone already has GPS in it, it should be able

[IRCA] Antenna chat from Topband group

--- Begin Message --- The below link and excerpted text bring up some antenna topics that may be relevant in MW DX circles. Largely the discussion has been about the relative merits of the Shared Apex Loops (SAL) designs versus the Waller Flags.  I recall that Brandon Jordan in TN and another

[IRCA] Cape Cod, MA, USA - logs (NOV + most of DEC)

--- Begin Message --- Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION Times / dates = UTC / 2018 e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com" [Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq) NOTE: {A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed

[IRCA] 1530 VOA Sao Tome, easy pickin's

--- Begin Message --- For those of you who haven't got VOA Sao Tome 1530 in the log yet, you might want to try at sign-off time. Recent reception here, really blasting at times, 9 DEC at 2200 UTC / 5 p.m. EST: https://app.box.com/s/n3f46rwd5em4mgobz6pwgdbx06at2a6b Perhaps the easiest

[IRCA] Cape Cod, MA - loud DX the last few nights

--- Begin Message --- Most of the action has been in the 3 to 4 p.m. EST time range (2000-2100 UTC).  Later evening results are less impressive. Nothing super rare but some above average signals on typical stations. 1341 Northern Ireland BBC R. Ulster (16 DEC / 2000 UTC)

Re: [IRCA] 774 in early in Victoria

--- Begin Message --- Have you ever had 774 Japan mixing with 774 Spain and/or Egypt? Sounds weird but maybe possible out that way around 0600-0700 UTC. Mark Connelly, WA1IONSouth Yarmouth, MA, USA <> --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] 540 Hungary showing up more often

--- Begin Message --- 540 Hungary has sometimes been smoking usual CBT, as in this clip: https://app.box.com/s/zqxzxcl36143zdto8qspyecwefdhy5tn 9 DEC 2018 at 2100 UTC Mark Connelly, WA1IONSouth Yarmouth, MA, USA Receiver: Elad FDM-S2 See http://shop.elad-usa.com/sdr-radio/fdm-s2/ Antenna:

[IRCA] 549 Ukraine

--- Begin Message --- Roy, thanks for posting the 549 Ukraine clip.  That made me look at some recent captures and it turns out that this station has arrived here too.. This is a recording from yesterday (5 DEC) at 2100 UTC / 4 p.m. EST.  For some reason Algeria, the usual dominant, was

[IRCA] Hungary 540

--- Begin Message --- 540 kHz: At 25 sec. in the audio clip below, "Kossuth Radio" ID under dominant CBT NL, Canada.  Pips had preceded this and there was some intro music. https://app.box.com/s/pw4n52fmz1by6w20nkj8tnmku3vzai9q Recorded 30 NOV 2018 at 2100 UTC. Confirmed as Hungary thanks to

[IRCA] antenna raising info from Topband reflector

--- Begin Message --- Getting antennas (or rope supports for them) over tall trees is an activity in which most of us have partaken, either for ourselves or friends. This has been a hot topic on the Topband (160-m ham) group recently. Everything from compressed-air launching devices to drones

[IRCA] pre-sunset

--- Begin Message --- The two receptions below are completely plausible at this time of year near earliest sunset. << first audibility of the Iranian jammer in Victoria, 22:54UT...may have been there earlier? 90 minutes until local sunset. best wishes, Nick >> << UNIDENTIFIED. 1521, Nov 28 at

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

--- Begin Message --- The main 'raison d'etre' for SDRs: < On Nov 30, 2018, at 4:47 PM, Volodya S wrote: > > Great reception of Qu'ran recitations at 00:46 on 864 kHz from Egypt. > Strong, too!  Very nice!  Walt in Victoria>> Technology has existed at least 10 years to deal with this. --- End

Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] QH12 DXpedition - November 10 - 17

--- Begin Message --- Thanks Bill for the results from the most recent Maine DXpedition.  I think, on the TP front, you've outdone anyone else in the 6-state New England area this autumn. No TP audio here yet, just waterfall lines at 747 and 774.  972 is doomed with Portland on 970 on a

[IRCA] propagation article

--- Begin Message --- Maybe of some relevance to MW DX: > --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in

[IRCA] Cape Cod, MA, USA - logs (2 OCT - 4 NOV)

--- Begin Message --- Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION Times / dates = UTC / 2018 e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com" [Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq) NOTE: {A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed

Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Last night for the twin Lubec, Maine KiwiSDR

--- Begin Message --- Bill, I've enjoyed the Maine KiwiSDR's. Those DKAZ antennas do a better job of throttling down the Boston and NYC (and I-95 corridor in general) pests than my SuperLoop does here SW of you. You do seem to have more Lakes area "pestage" there though with Buffalo, Toronto,

Re: [IRCA] 702-BBC (Oman) Received in Hawaii

--- Begin Message --- The Iranian buzz jammer on 1575 has been killing Farda here recently. Fade-in before 4 p.m. EST / 2100 UTC today. 702 is usually Algeria here.  Iran likely #2.  Oman's pattern isn't throwing much power this way though some East Coast DXpeditions have logged it. Are Indian

[IRCA] car radio UK stations Wed. afternoon

--- Begin Message --- 4:15 p.m. EST / 2115 UTC: 14 NOVRoute 6 - Barnstable, MA 810 BBC R. Scotland mixing evenly with WGY at times 909 Five Live talk hammering 910 WABK 1089 TalkSport demolishing presumed 1090 WILD/WBAL 1053 strong het against 1050 WEPN 693 strong het, bits of audio against 690

Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Re: TPs in Maine

--- Begin Message --- Thanks Bill.  I ran captures at 1000 and 1100 UTC this morning so maybe I'll find something. Of course 972 has Portland on 970 (all water path) on close to the same bearing so I don't expect much there. 747 and 774 Japan have appeared before as waterfall lines but no

Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Lubec KiwiSDR

--- Begin Message --- Many of the stations are the same as what I'm getting here except:Boston and NYC stations are reduced better thanks to DKAZLess Cuba and Latin America in general.TA's similar stations dominating, some clearer due to lower domestic slop.  10 kHz channel TA's more

[IRCA] 909 UK blowing away 910 on car radio in daylight

--- Begin Message --- While driving home from a shopping trip I did a little car radio "dial twisting" on AM and ran into a number of TA hets at 3:55 p.m. EST / 2055 UTC.  This is about a half hour before local sunset. Biggest TA signal was BBC Five Live UK on 909.  It was totally creaming 910

[IRCA] Fwd: A Good Night at the Chatham Light House for DX (UTC 10/25-26/2018)

--- Begin Message --- Late October notes from Roy Barstow DXpeditioning at Chatham, MA   12ft. stick (= 6 ft. high x 12 ft. wide SuperLoop) w/amp.  FDM-S2   sunset 5:46 PM EST / 2146 UTC 6 PM  2200 UTC 10/25   70  Deg. 639  Double pips - Believe Spain and CZE. 711  MRC. -

Re: [IRCA] BOG question

--- Begin Message --- I find it interesting that a very similar BOG / receiving antenna discussion is also going on with the Topband reflector. There's a fair amount of belief that terminated loops in a phased array or just a single double loop style (DHDL, DKAZ, Bowtie, Waller Flag) can

[IRCA] PEI DXpedition website

--- Begin Message --- Info from Bruce Conti on NRC Facebook page: https://www.bamlog.com/pedx2018.htm The 2018 Prince Edward Island DX'pedition website is up and running, so far just some of my logbook entries for a test run... Updates as time allows. Transatlantic DX is in by 3:00 p.m.

[IRCA] 1170 WFPB MA silent

--- Begin Message --- For at least a week now 1170 WFPB Orleans, MA has been off the air. I don't think this had been reported on any DX forums yet though I may have missed it. Perhaps not widely noted as the signal feeds more fish than people. In early October it was noted with very bad

[IRCA] Bulgaria 576, Romania 756 last night

--- Begin Message --- A couple of capture files done yesterday were just checked briefly. 4 p.m. EST / 2100 UTC, 4 NOV has Romania in the clear on 756 with usual "Aici Bucuresti" ID.  Just strong enough to get over the S-5 wall of local electrical noise.  Minimal domestic / Latin Am. slop. 

Re: [IRCA] Greenland into Michigan right now

--- Begin Message --- No 650 Greenland here yet.  The channel is all CKGA over WSRO early and, by a couple of hours after dark, a roiling stew of those plus Colombia, Cuba, and WSM. I have had 720 a few times though S-5 line noise has the channel not too usable in the should-be-useful just

Re: [IRCA] DKAZ and Flag data

--- Begin Message --- I concur: the PDF presentation of the data saved me time since I was about to paste it into Excel, or rather its Open Office clone, here. The 18 x 18 ft. corner fed loop (a.k.a. SuperLoop?) does look pretty good.  I've always had pretty good luck at the shore with a 6.6 x

Re: [IRCA] KAZ versus Pennant/Flag

--- Begin Message --- I think one question that may have been hinted-at is if you have to keep your DKAZ on the shorter side horizontally, can you make up the poor low band gain by going higher on the vertical dimension? For the EZNEC experts: If you had two 50 ft. trees 50 ft. apart and hung

Re: [IRCA] Tasmania into Michigan, Oct.23rd, 2018

--- Begin Message --- Congratulations Tim in MI on the Down Unders, also congrats to Kaz in IL. This makes me wonder about these stations making it another 700-1000 miles to MA, NH, ME, PEI etc. If I don't get them, maybe Bruce Conti in NH has a shot or perhaps they reach the PEI or Lubec, ME

[IRCA] some East Coast reports

--- Begin Message --- With so many reports from the West Coast, I'm forwarding some East Coast coverage from two of our more active DXers, Roy Barstow and Bruce Conti. At the beach Roy is hearing stuff beyond just the routine big-gun TA's an hour pre-sunset and a half hour before anything

Re: [IRCA] [badx] Re: LOG: CKLQ 880

--- Begin Message --- Good log Paul.  880 here besides WCBS has been a consistent mix of a Progreso Cuban and WZAB in the Miami, FL metro .. which goes to show that I hear a lot better south than west from here. Mark Connelly, WA1IONSouth Yarmouth, MA -Original Message- From: 'Paul

[IRCA] TA screening procedure for SDR captures

--- Begin Message --- A quick Trans-Atlantic screening procedure for medium-wave SDR captures, as outlined below, can save a lot of time when going through "gaggles" of files representing hours of full-band reception.  Less useful, a.k.a. "naff", files can be given a cursory review for other DX

[IRCA] OT - VE1ZZ

--- Begin Message --- For those of us in medium wave DX who also like to know about what hams refer to as Topband or 160m (1800-2000 kHz), you may want to read of the passing of a true giant in the hobby, Jack VE1ZZ of Nova Scotia.

[IRCA] 1530 VOA Sao Tome monster-loud

--- Begin Message --- 1530 VOA Sao Tome sign-off 6 p.m. EDT / 2200 UTC, 18 OCT: well over WVBF MA. https://app.box.com/s/6vomrdtyaidnqfcogudf6sm0qm3ikw1s Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA, USA--- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] Cape Cod, MA, USA - a few logs

--- Begin Message --- Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION Times / dates = UTC / 2018 e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com" [Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq) NOTE: {A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed

[IRCA] Cape Cod, MA, USA - recent logs

--- Begin Message --- Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION Times / dates = UTC / 2018 e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com" [Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq) NOTE: {A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed

Re: [IRCA] East Coast - recent reports

--- Begin Message --- Wondering why I see a bunch of question marks inserted into reports I send when I read them in email back from this list - especially since they were not there when sent. I occasionally note this with others' stuff too. It gives the impression of not being sure about given

[IRCA] East Coast - recent reports

--- Begin Message --- forwarded East Coast reports (Bruce Conti, Roy Barstow) << [CapeDX] International MW DX Logs      Sun, Sep 30, 2018 11:13 am Bruce Conti cont...@gmail.com [CapeDX] (cap...@yahoogroups.com)To:you (Bcc) + 1 more Details International MW DX (UTC) 531    ALGERIA   Jil FM,

[IRCA] Archiving spectrum recordings (was: Morning TP Methodology?)

--- Begin Message --- The 'spectrumarchive.org' site mentioned by Russ references the 1986 spectrum recording from Providence, RI that Craig Healy made via VCR.  I dubbed this to a Perseus file several years ago. Spectrum recording likely goes back to the early '60s (JFK era).  Not long after

Re: [IRCA] Morning TP Methodology?

--- Begin Message --- I wonder what a new version of the "High Tech DX" article would look like.  Terminated loops, SDR's, ultralights, FSL's, and latest DXpedition practices / site choices would certainly factor in.  Of course there's much different in today's playing field of broadcasters,

Re: [IRCA] Morning TP Methodology?

--- Begin Message --- I could do a big write-up on East Coast TA & Latin America methodology.  Some of the points on live versus "Memorex" would be similar though local sunset rather than sunrise is game time. Instead of doing that, an activity that would require a good amount of time to do

Re: [IRCA] 1566 Benin into Michigan

--- Begin Message --- I read the 160-m Topband list postings and have noted recent chatter about contacts between Europe and the NW US / western Canada along with the more typically reliable propagation to the East Coast and Great Lakes areas. Most of these polar-path contacts have been from

Re: [IRCA] Brainstorming - Temporary Antenna Supports

--- Begin Message --- Thanks to Dave Aichelman, Roy Barstow, and Bill Nollman on the Cape Cod DXers list and also Nick Hall-Patch, Colin Newell, Bruce Portzer, Chuck Hutton, Guy Atkins, and Ken Brookner on the IRCA list for the many useful suggestions about temporary antenna supports. The

[IRCA] Brainstorming - Temporary Antenna Supports

--- Begin Message --- Recently I have been experimenting with small form Flag, Kaz, SuperLoop, and DKAZ antennas. My first throw at moveable support poles has been with sections of PVC pipe mounted in heavy duty patio umbrella bases. Typically I will use a 6 to 7 ft. (~2m) piece that fits

Re: [IRCA] Try Something New This DX Season!

--- Begin Message --- Thanks Gary. A lot of the d-i-y info is applicable to many other antenna projects as well: tools, shop practices, where to get parts, etc. Do you have your own central homepage that DXers can use to jump off to these links plus all of your DXpedition reports, ultralight

[IRCA] Cape Cod, MA, USA: recent Latin American logs

--- Begin Message --- Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION Times / dates = UTC / 2018 e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com" [Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq) NOTE: {A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed

[IRCA] Maine online SDR

--- Begin Message --- The KiwiSDR list now includes an entry "10 KHz - 30 MHz SDR WA2ZKD/1 | Rockport, Maine" http://rx2.wa2zkd.net:8073 Though having nowhere near the grabbing ability of Bill Whitacre's Lubec, ME receiver (when on), it does a reasonable signal-to-noise job. Antenna appears to

[IRCA] Brazil blasters recent audio 760, 700

--- Begin Message --- Late August featured some very good southerly propagation here. Much more will be reported later but here are a couple of the louder signals of Brazil to give you an idea. On 760, from UTC 30 AUG / 2359 to 31 AUG / 0002 we have this clip of Radio Uirapuru, Fortaleza. ID

[IRCA] East Coast DXing activity

--- Begin Message --- Three reports from New England DXers - first one is from Bruce Conti, second and third from Roy Barstow International MW DX (UTC) 531ALGERIA Jil FM, F'kirina Wilaya d'Oum El Bouaghi SEP 9 0458 - Fair; choral marching band national anthem, parallel 549 kHz.

[IRCA] 590 WEZE MA off air

--- Begin Message --- 590 WEZE Boston, MA has been off since sometime yesterday (Sun.). VOCM dominated the channel when I listened around sunset. By 9 p.m. EDT / 0100 UTC, Cubans (Rebelde, Musical) were in the mix. Daytime listening Mon. 10 SEP just has noise from local power grid. This

[IRCA] 837 (Cape Cod, MA, USA - recent logs)

--- Begin Message --- Chuck, thanks for your information on this. It appears to be correct via two sources. http://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=1=837 http://kiwisdr.sytes.net:8073/ The second link above is for the KiwiSDR located at Tenerife, Canary Islands. Though far

[IRCA] Cape Cod, MA, USA - recent logs

--- Begin Message --- Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION Times / dates = UTC / 2018 e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com" [Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq) NOTE: {A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed

Re: [IRCA] 9-4-2018 evening logs,first South American am dx

--- Begin Message --- HJJX Bogota 770 power 100 kW per MWLIST. http://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=4=770 Good catch in land-locked TN: much more regular along the coast of course. 760 HJAJ and 1000 HJAQ are parallel with RCN network and are often heard here, frequently

Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] East versus West battle Royale (aka, The Thunder down under...)

--- Begin Message --- If the idea is to investigate what signals propagate at what times and under what geomagnetic conditions, why wouldn't you want to use all the best tools for the job? The Amish may still be getting along with horses and buggies but most of us have moved on to cars.

Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] East versus West battle Royale (aka, The Thunder down under...)

--- Begin Message --- I think you would only have to get up early if you haven't yet figured out how to use an SDR with scheduler software. When I went to Ireland in 1977, I used to listen to East Coast USA and Canada, including hometown news, by tuning in on my Realistic TRF just before

Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] Fwd: [CapeDX] Menauhant Beach DX on 8/26-27/2018

--- Begin Message --- << I will be out on the beach right after early November when I get some free time and I'm going to try and top this. Rick S., Rodanthe NC OBX FM25go >> Sounds good Rick. On the IRCA list, West Coast DX gets the lion's share of attention. If some of here in the east

[IRCA] Fwd: [CapeDX] Menauhant Beach DX on 8/26-27/2018

--- Begin Message --- Roy Barstow's report - in the car at Menauhant Beach: Falmouth, Cape Cod, MA. Possibly of interest. -Original Message- From: roybars...@hotmail.com [CapeDX] To: CapeDX Sent: Sun, Sep 2, 2018 5:41 pm Subject: [CapeDX] Menauhant Beach DX on 8/26-27/2018

[IRCA] Airspy HF+

--- Begin Message --- Can the Airspy HF+ record the whole MW band (530-1700) for later replay? Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] A few audio clips from Roy Barstow's Elad capture (Cape Cod)

--- Begin Message --- The USB stick from Roy Barstow arrived and I went over the RF capture file he made at 0100 UTC / 27 AUG. Conditions were somewhat auroral at the time. First is the recording of an English language station on 729 believed to be South Africa. This is 729 as recorded in the

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