Re: [IRCA] Cruise ship dxing

Right you are, Colin! I've done many cruises, and always bring along a radio, including SDRs at times. If you have a balcony, great. Trying to DX from within is a wasted exercise, mostly. Too much noise within the ship. One can try to tape a magnetic loop on a window, but it's a poor second

Re: [IRCA] 6070 The temerity of the ionosphere.

And yet an hour later at my QTH, nothing at all! (03:04 UTC)Walt On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 2:46 AM R. Colin Newell wrote: > CFRX 6070 booming in at 0220 UTC -sunset give or take. > > Goes to show that the “standard” old bands of 49 through 19 meters can be > devoid of all but the raspy bible

Re: [IRCA] Cincinnati Ohio - radio touring, meet-ups, dining, historical attractions

Absolutely, Colin. I drove there from Toronto back in 1981, and still consider it the best air museum I’ve ever visited! Walt On Tuesday, March 5, 2019, Brett Saylor wrote: > Colin, > > The National Museum of the Air Force is about an hour north in Dayton - > that is a fantastic place to

Re: [IRCA] 1060khz off frequency?

I can see it on my Perseus in Victoria, but too weak for any audio. Walt On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 5:49 AM STEVE wrote: > I have a decent-level het way down on 1059.900 that's strongest on the > N/S longwire, if that gives any help to figuring out who it is. I'm > about 15 miles southwest of

Re: [IRCA] WION

In Victoria, 3 stations were heard on 1430: KBRC Mount Vernon, WA with Oldies format, KCLK Asotin, WA with Sports, but the dominant station was KYKN, Keizer, OR with talk format and lots of IDs, and local ads, often at very good levels. Needless to say, not a hint of WIONWalt Salmaniw On

Re: [IRCA] 880 KJJR Montana

On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 3:38 AM Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know the engineer, I'll ask. > > Why do we claim somethings on day power when we cant prove it? thats why > stations dont wanna deal with DX'ers > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at

[IRCA] 880 KJJR Montana

Unusual propagation into Victoria. 880 is normally dominated by KIXI from Seattle. Tonight, though, there's been a hodge podge of cochannels on 880. There's a Spanish speaker there (dominating at 03:34 UTC, perhaps KWIP, Dallas OR? But at 03:25 or so, there was a very clear ID. "Turn your

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

Mauno, and I too have some of his chokes with his very distinctive writing style on them! Treasured items!Walt Salmaniw On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 3:03 AM Mauno Ritola wrote: > I still use the chokes, for which he kindly sent the material (ferrite > rings and pieces of coax). > > 73, Mauno

[IRCA] John Bryant R.I.P

The 9th of February is the 9th anniversary of John's untimely death, following a fall from a ladder at his home in Stillwater, OK. I still think of John often. He was a good friend, mentor, teacher, and first rate DXer. Rest in Peace, John. Please take a moment for some thoughts for this

Re: [IRCA] Coax Cable

> > Chuck > > > From: IRCA on behalf of Volodya S < > can...@gmail.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2019 8:10 PM > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Coax Cable > > High, Jim!

[IRCA] New Kiwi SDR in Victoria

Thanks to Colin Newell for getting a west coast Kiwi SDR on-line today. I compared my location (about 5 to 7 km away) to his. At 03:00, I noted that mostly on 1590 he's hearing KLFE from Seattle, with many "The Answer" IDs. For me, I'm also hearing weakly, a cochannel. Wasn't sure who it was

Re: [IRCA] Coax Cable

High, Jim! I think you have little to worry about no matter what you choose, electrically, at least. The more important issue is durability. Depending on what I'm doing, I use different coax cables. Lengths shouldn't be an issue, either. We experimented with lengths up to 1000' at Grayland

Re: [IRCA] ODXA

Colin, the printed publication of ODXA ceased, when the president/chief editor Harold Sellers moved to Vernon, BC to be closer to family. It continued for several years as a no-fee on-line club, but I believe this has also waned with time. In it's heyday, the ODXA was quite a force in the hobby.

Re: [IRCA] Yet another!!

Yes, coming in armchair copy into Victoria, as well, at 05:20 UTC with Christian Russian music. I can hear KKXA as well co-channel, but mostly just barely. Sure sounding like the full 50,000 watts, and not 15 kW. 73, Walt in Victoria, BC On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 4:03 AM Guy Atkins wrote: >

Re: [IRCA] Monday night LWBC, S. AZ

It's interesting that what happens on LW doesn't equate to the MW band. Propagationthere's so much we don't understand! 73, Walt On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 6:12 AM STEVE wrote: > LWBC got fairly decent later on this Monday evening. At around 06 utc: > 171 poor (AM sync); 183 poor (AM

Re: [IRCA] phased BoG experiment in Masset.

062 TA carrier. > Reversing phase just about killed KYW to reveal XEEP and the TA carrier was > also basically gone. Mini-BOGs aimed 32 deg. 73 KAZ Barrington IL > > On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 10:39 PM Volodya S wrote: > > > Bill the main amplified BoG was about 750’ long, while the

Re: [IRCA] phased BoG experiment in Masset.

sults for TA's all I have is about 290 ft // 190 ft. With lots of > work, maybe I could add a couple dozen feet. 73 KAZ > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 11:55 PM Volodya S wrote: > > > Bill, my phased array was similarly about 1.3 to 1, but more like about > 5' > > apart.

Re: [IRCA] 1710 Radio Selva (Argentina) into Michigan right now

Tim, going through some of my Masset Perseus wave files, on Dec 30th, UTC 06:59, I'm measuring 2 carriers on the waterfall zoom: 1709.784 and 1709.982, the latter being very similar to the S American station. Who knows! No audio on the 1 file I have checked73, Walt On Tue, Jan 1, 2019

Re: [IRCA] phased BoG experiment in Masset.

50’ & 500’ set in a > park nearby. > > --- > > > On Dec 30, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Volodya S wrote: > > > > Chuck, I didn’t erect any DU wires this time. The Aussies were heard on > the > > NE BoG so no promises. I’v Just set up

Re: [IRCA] SDRplay with HDSDR

Welcome back, Chris! I'm still enamored by my Perseus SDRs. Unbeatable for quality and (IMHO) ease of use, compared to other SDRs. I also have the Elad FSM 2, but much prefer the PerseusWalt On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 6:41 PM Chris Black wrote: > > > Having been out of DXing for several

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

Reminds me of the early days of cellular telephone and hand held GPS devices. Remember, Chuck, how we put a bunch of long grounds in the sand dunes at the Grayland Motelnever to be found again, despite carefully recording the GPS coordinates!73, Walt On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 6:56 AM

Re: [IRCA] TP 3 Jan Victoria version CRI on 963 and 1323

Had a quick listen to my Perseus wav files for 963 and 1323. Nick is correct. Although conditions to China were not ideal most days between Dec 28th and Jan 2nd, I didn't hear CRI in Russian on 963 during the 15 to 16 hour period. As for 1323, indeed, the CRI IS/fanfare came on at the TOH at

Re: [IRCA] TP 2 Jan Victoria version.

Nick, my comment in Masset this morning was that I was hearing a lot of 2nd tier stations on primary channels. In other words, the primaries weren't that strong, leaving things open for others. As I was in the tear down mode (deconstructing 5 antennas), mostly in the dark, I didn't have a lot of

[IRCA] Masset DXpedition 27 Dec 2018 to 2 January 2019

*Latest DXpedition from Masset, BC 27 Decemmber 2018 to 2 January 2019* Well, another DXpedition under the belt to my favourite DX cottage off the north coast of British Columbia, Canada. Conditions for the most part were very good, although I think I just caught the tail end of the superb

[IRCA] TP report from Masset for January 1 2019

Happy New Year to all! Highlight today was Bangladesh on 693 until s off at 17:30 often at armchair levels. 1494 was the mystery solved. English then French. BEE32 from Taiwan Note of the week is 1557 Taiwan. Sick transmitter much like a North Korean with buzzing Last night 4000 to 4100 was busy

Re: [IRCA] TP from Masset for 31 2018

ec 30, 2018 at 6:46 PM Nick Hall-Patch wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Even a touch of TA activity in the Far South of Canada. AT 0015, the >> >> song of the old familiar buzzer on 1575 was heard once again. Also a &g

Re: [IRCA] TP from Masset for 30 Dec 2018

res of dis-similar length [ratio of ~ > 1.3:1] spaced about an arms length apart. Works really well and can be > surprisingly wide-band with a phaser. I used to use a 350’ & 500’ set in a > park nearby. > > --- > > > On Dec 30, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Volodya S wrote: >

[IRCA] TP from Masset for 30 Dec 2018

catch. > Sounds like the regulars were fairly strong. We'll hope for a later > report with lots of unusual stuff. > > Chuck > > From: IRCA on behalf of Volodya S < > can...@gmail.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2018 12:14 PM >

[IRCA] TP from Masset for 30 Dec 2018

An interesting morning with a strong Japanese showing as well as some Australia. 531 was especially interesting as I heard the ABC fanfare at 15:00 (does that mean 6DL Western Australia?) but at 16:00 it was 4KZ armchair ID at 16:03 and // to much weaker 5055. AFN was powerful on 1575 and it’s

Re: [IRCA] TP for 29 Dec from Masset

B.C. CANADA - > > > On Dec 29, 2018, at 1:07 PM, Volodya S wrote: > > > > An anemic morning for sure following an exciting one yesterday. Last > night > > was virtually devoid of any TA signals save 189 Iceland at good levels. > > This morning ‘s highlight was Romania

[IRCA] TP for 29 Dec from Masset

An anemic morning for sure following an exciting one yesterday. Last night was virtually devoid of any TA signals save 189 Iceland at good levels. This morning ‘s highlight was Romania on LW 153 at fair strength at around 16:00. Otherwise weaker TPS except that they continue past 21:00!!! No

[IRCA] TP from Masset

After quite a remarkable TA evening the TPs today were very variable with stations coming in loud only to fade away quickly. Highlight for me today was the Filipino on 1611 for several hours often at almost very good levels until formal sign off at 15:51 with, «Ladies and gentlemen the National

Re: [IRCA] TA reception in Seattle tonight 12/28

I had almost fantastic TA and Asian reception from mid Afternoon here in Masset. Of course no internet to spread the word ! Walt On Thursday, December 27, 2018, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > At 06:04 2018-12-28, Bruce Portzer wrote: > > That was my "out of town" evening, and you could tell, hi. > >

Re: [IRCA] first signs of 1575

I'm seeing the same around 23:50 tune-inWalt in Victoria On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 10:58 PM Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > The Iranian buzzer first being heard 2240-2250UT in Victoria, BC, ~90 > minutes before local sunset. > > best wishes, > > Nick > > > Nick Hall-Patch > Victoria, BC > Canada > >

Re: [IRCA] 0240 WC TA’s

Colin, just got home from Butchart, and where are all of the TAs? At 04:13 I'm not receiving any :-(Walt On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 2:44 AM R. Colin Newell wrote: > Hopping - > > Audio 585, 702 (Arabic chanting + other co channel...) occ. 855, 864, 936, > 1215, 1386 > > Even het on 1071! With

[IRCA] TAs into my QTH in Victoria

I'm definitely the poor cousin for TA activity in Victoria, but at least I'm getting decent audio on 855 from Romania (// to net feed for Actualitati), and Egypt with Koranic recitations on 864. The latter was pretty good about 03:00, while the latter is coming in well about 03:05 UTC73,

Re: [IRCA] WC TA’s Dec 25 0120 UTC

Don't push the calendar, Colin. It's only the 24th UTC ;-) Walt On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 1:20 AM R. Colin Newell wrote: > 1386 is rattling the windows with Russian speaking... > > Has become so commonplace... > > Drake R8 - N Flag. > > Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - >

Re: [IRCA] 1026

I just came in from a stormy walk (again!) along the waterfront. It's 00:55, and the one thing I do notice is the extreme variability of the channels. Unfortunately, going out tonightWalt On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 12:54 AM Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > At 0026, 1026 was definitely Iran, music //

[IRCA] Very nice TP conditions this morning

It's been a long time since I've experienced such good TP conditions. Especially Japan. Rarely has NHK2 774 been so arm-chair like, but there they are at 15:30 check. Wow. Nick's Fishbarrel confirms the excellent conditions. For sure, pretty amazing for this time of the year! 73, Walt

Re: [IRCA] Seattle Weather

Wow. Looks like it hit Port Orchard, on the west side of Puget Sound, and not Seattle itself. I'm not aware of any DXers in that neck of the woods. Not too far from us in Victoria, BC, either. Truly, a very rare event here! Walt Salmaniw On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 3:22 AM Geralyn Hollerman via

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-18 (Preliminary)

Interesting observation, Colin. For me, my best frequencies are between 594 and 1134. That includes TA activity, as well. Higher doesn't seem to do as well, with the most obvious being 1386 from Lithuania in our local evenings. I barely ever hear anything while you fellas in Oak Bay/Gordon

Re: [IRCA] This AM's WC TP extravaganza in a commentary free snippet.

Amazing conditions for December! Walt On Monday, December 17, 2018, R. Colin Newell wrote: > https://youtu.be/WAR4QHNngww > > 1500 UTC and on... > > -- > Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com > and DXer.ca - > VA7WWV | Twitter

Re: [IRCA] TA traces in Victoria

Nick, only the very faintest of a carrier noted at 01:05 UTC at my Fairfield locationWalt On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 12:43 AM Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > 1575 The Ayotollah's Buzzah is back. It was heard for a short period > this morning 1535-1555UT, and stronger this evening, 0030UT, even >

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

Craig, there's also an issue with soil salinity. Nick pointed this out in the past that Alberta, especially close to the Rocky Mountains has high soil conductivity, which seems to greatly enhance receptionWalt On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 9:08 PM C B via IRCA wrote: > > > > -- Forwarded

[IRCA] KICY 850 Nome loud and clear at 05:05

In case anyone missed my earlier message, KICY is wide open at good level with local religious music and old fashioned sermoning (if that's a word!). Not often heard so well, especially in the evening into Victoria! 73, Walt ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

wrote: > And, about the time you wrote that Walt, the > bottom started to drop out of the opening. > > Was anyone hearing anything anywhere else in North America I wonder? > > best wishes, > > Nick > > > > At 03:32 2018-12-01, Volodya S wrote: > > >

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

shah, poor to fair 0254-0310UT > > both new here > > best wishes, > > Nick > > > > At 01:58 2018-12-01, R. Colin Newell wrote: > > >I’m out doing errands and the band is on fire!!! > > > >Ack!!! > > > >Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA

[IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

Great reception of Qu'ran recitations at 00:46 on 864 kHz from Egypt. Strong, too! Very nice! Walt in Victoria ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this

Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 11/30/18

I haven't been reporting, as most of the interesting activity has been with TAs in our local evenings/late afternoons, but Craig is right that the Fishbarrel was lit-up this morning. Great audio on 1566, 594 and 774 when I checked, but again, not in the league of Colin or Nick! PS: HAARP is

Re: [IRCA] ho hum, TAs again

Same here,Colin. The star of the evening. 73, Walt On Thursday, November 29, 2018, R. Colin Newell wrote: > 0240 - good signal on 864 with Arabic chanting - at this moment, best > signal on the band. > > Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > > > On Nov 29, 2018, at 4:23 PM, Nick Hall-Patch

Re: [IRCA] TA yet again in Victoria

And again at 02:24, and yes, it's Egypt, // to webstream at: http://www.ertu.org/quran/QuranKareem.html On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 1:12 AM Volodya S wrote: > 01:12. Just home, and note Arabic chanting (?Qu'aran recitation) on 864 > at fair level. Presumably Egypt...73,

Re: [IRCA] Perseus and Jaguar?

So how does one get the full Jaguar package? By invitation only? I seem to recall getting such in the early days, but was too overwhelmed with all of the other products to seriously jump into it, then. Now that I have tonnes of SDR files, a simpler program to scan them would be most helpful!

[IRCA] TA yet again in Victoria

01:12. Just home, and note Arabic chanting (?Qu'aran recitation) on 864 at fair level. Presumably Egypt...73, Walt ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this

Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] Perseus and Jaguar?

While DXing in PEI, I was re-introduced to SDR Console. For reviewing files, I found it superior (simpler to use and easier to go forward/back, and to proceed from wav to wav files) compared to the native Perseus program. No comment re audio recovery. Couldn't tell any difference thereWalt

Re: [IRCA] 531 Jil - Algeria

Colin, very well heard last night about this time, too! Walt On Wednesday, November 28, 2018, R. Colin Newell wrote: > > Assuming this big signal - 0557 UTC > > Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > DRAKE R8 - N Flag > ___ > IRCA mailing list >

Re: [IRCA] TAs once more, Victoria style

I don't get home early enough from work (just now, 01:44 UTC) and things are pretty deadWalt On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 12:38 AM Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > A bit of Russian sounding talk on 1386 and the > buzz saw only, neither very strong. Carriers were showing by 2300UT > > 73, > > Nick > >

Re: [IRCA] CBU 690 Vancouver now at 25,000 Watts fulltime

Thanks, Nick. Doesn't make a lot of sense to beam SSW, really, but NNE I understandWalt On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 6:21 AM Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > Latest DX Monitor has a pattern on its last page from CBU. Don't > know yet where it came from, but it looks beamed SSW-NNE. > > Nick > > > >

[IRCA] 531 Jil FM

Wow, 531 is really pounding in (relatively) into south Victoria at the moment with EZL music. Very nice! 06:20 UTCWalt ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages

[IRCA] 855 in at 05:43 at fair level

Male speaking (monotone) at the moment, right after I noticed decent audio on 531...73, Walt ___ 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 of

[IRCA] 531 on air at 05:40

Good reception right now with pop music, presumably Jil FM .Not bad at all! 73, Walt in Victoria, ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list

[IRCA] TA DX Saturday night

Once again, as Colin has alerted, TAs seem to be on the verge. Yet again, 1386 has shown up a pretty good levels on the Fishbarrel, but not any audio into my QTH. Measuring at 1385.999 on the waterfall. Presumably, Lithuania. 1575.000 is also there with a better signal for me, but again, no

Re: [IRCA] propagation article

A great article, Mark. Thanks for sharing with us. There was a new term that I had never heard of before, and perhaps someone smarter than me can explain it further: Gyrofrequency. The map didn't have much information for North America compared to other places in the world, and was quite

Re: [IRCA] [HCDX] CBU 690 Vancouver now at 25,000 Watts fulltime

Sorry, Paul, but you mustn't be so black and white about AM vs FM. Colin is very correct. A few km out of town, and you can completely lose the CBC signals. 690 is (was) very far reaching, easily covering most of Vancouver Island, the lower mainland, and even mid to upper WA state. At night, I

Re: [IRCA] TA's in Victoria

Nick, check this one from Listening Waters, PEI. Same time, on November 8th. Sure sounds the same, and presumably Spain: https://www.dropbox.com/l/scl/AABkDvvhaINij6Mqa394QAAzJnPTD2vmOxA 73, Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 6:43 AM Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > As Colin

Re: [IRCA] New EWE Idea

Welcome back to the game, Patrick. Do keep us posted, and I"m looking forward to your loggings again! 73, Walt On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 4:29 AM Patrick Martin wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > > Yes, I am still here, but I still have my noise level. I don't really know > what it is coming from, but

Re: [IRCA] Island Music on 1098

Bill, I was very impressed with the second clip. As the TPs were open, presumably the Marshall’s here. One day there’ll be a similar opening into PEI! 73, Walt On Saturday, November 17, 2018, Bill Whitacre wrote: > Now I’ve got ‘island music’ on 1098kHz: > >

Re: [IRCA] 16 Nov TA’s - West Coast

Never amounted to anything here, ColinWalt (Victoria) On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 4:26 AM R. Colin Newell wrote: > Anyone hearing anything? > > I see signals on the Hall-Patch fish barrel. > > Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > > > > ___ > IRCA

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

er the pole as a TA. In Hawaii they were following > the > >> Central Asia and Pacific route, during TP propagation. > >> > >> 702-BBC in Oman seems to be a Middle Eastern mega-station like > 1575-Radio > >> Farda, which is capable of showing up during eith

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

e of showing up during either our west coast sunrise >> or sunset propagation. Judging from its strength in Hawaii around 1600 UTC, >> it's definitely worth a try on west coast ocean beaches around sunrise this >> winter! >> >> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) >> &

Re: [IRCA] TPs in Maine

Bill, you and the Nfld gang have again lucked out. For Listening Waters, it's almost like a curse, that we consistently miss out on TP (the week before and the week after always deliver, by contrast!). I'm jealous, but happy for you guys! 73, Walt On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 12:50 PM Bill

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

Gary, I was going through some SDR files from Jan 2010, and on it, I also clearly heard Oman with BBC programs in our local afternoon in Masset. Haven’t heard them since, though. 73, Walt On Tuesday, November 13, 2018, Gary DeBock wrote: > During the recent Poipu, Hawaii Ultralight

[IRCA] DXpedtion to Listening Waters PEI 2018

Here are some of my LW/MW loggings from this year's DXpedition to Murray Harbour North, PEI, Canada. We challenged a 24 hour power outage, winds, and rains at the beginning and end, and major geomagnetic disturbances. Still, we soldiered on, and like my more familiar west coast DXpeditions, there

Re: [IRCA] Cape Lookout DXpedition Loggings - Nov. 7th

Goes to show that a bad day at the beach, is better than a good day inland! Well done, Guy!73 Walt PS: Just 2 more DX sessions for us in PEI. Unfortunately, due to poor conditions, and having lost power for 24 hours, this one is chalking up to be the weakest DXpedition to date. You win

Re: [IRCA] Poipu, Hawaii Ultralight TP's for 11-7

Clearly, getting to the oceanside away from the noise of your accommodation is the key. We've stayed at Poipu a couple of times, and the last (for 3 weeks over the Xmas holidays) yielded poor results via the lanai due to all the buzzes. Granted, too, my unit was a hundred or so meters in from

Re: [IRCA] Nov. 7th: Ionosphere Delivers a Gold Mine to the Pacific NW

Bill received a demo unit but as far as I know, he's been using it mostly on FM so far. I'll need to ask! Walt On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 7:28 PM bill [his.com] wrote: > How does the S3 do on MW & HF Walt? > > --- > > > On Nov 7, 2018, at 2:07 PM, Volodya S wrote: > &g

Re: [IRCA] Nov. 7th: Ionosphere Delivers a Gold Mine to the Pacific NW

Agree, Bill. A very nice problem to have. We haven't had the greatest conditions on the east coast. Nothing overnight here, as far as I know. This morning, the weather was perfect, so 4 of us went for a long walk along the beach, then bushwacked our way home, but as this place is surrounded by

Re: [IRCA] BOG question

Stephen, my BOGs in Masset are about 750' long and I'm very pleased. Good for all Asia as well as Australia/New Zealand.73, Walt On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 12:38 PM Stephen Hawkins wrote: > IRCA, > > BOG users, how long do you make yours? I keep hearing from other Hams > that for 160m between

Re: [IRCA] Thanks for the DXWW Logs!

Brandon, that's the export function of B-Log. Very user friendly. My receiver would have been the Perseus SDR and antenna, W facing corner fed loop with FLG-100. Approximate dimensions: 30' x 40' 73, Walt (at Listening Waters, PEI) On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 7:56 PM Brandon Jordan wrote: >

Re: [IRCA] Logging Methodology?

Mark, I still use B-Log. A simple (definitely what I need) program, and easy to export. Sure wish it would auto-populate, though, as Nick was saying! 73, Walt On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 2:59 PM Mark Pettifor wrote: > Hi Ken, > > I also use a spreadsheet. Often I write notes down in a notepad,

Re: [IRCA] 0140 UTC TA’s WC

To everyone, power returned at 11:30 or so PM local, after a 24 hour outage. The house is COLD, but our spirits have returned and we're ready to DX again!!! 73, Walt (Listening Waters, PEI) On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 9:16 PM Volodya S wrote: > John, we lost power shortly after my post

Re: [IRCA] 0140 UTC TA’s WC

First day is always tough. We're all pooped from the travel and getting up some antennas. The weather is rather horrid todaylots of horizontal rain. At least not very cold. Nice day to be inside. Everyone else has gone to bed. I see the west coast crowd is doing ok with theTAs again! 73,

Re: [IRCA] TA carriers Victoria

Pretty lively starting around 18:30 or 19:00, but dying down now. Nothing trans-Polar, unfortunately. It's great to hear the stations we heard on the west coast with true armchair quality!Walt On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 11:29 PM Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > weak carriers on some of the usual

Re: [IRCA] 1098

Beautiful audio clip, Nigel. Very impressive. What an amazing week this has been! 73, Walt On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 12:49 PM Nigel Pimblett wrote: > Not much else of note this morning but amazing reception of CNR 11 > on 1098.I confirmed it was them using an Indian SDR, and at times

[IRCA] LW TA as well?

For those interested, I'm hearing audio weakly on 270 kHz which should be Czech Radio at 05:05. Note they're beamed WNW-ESE which should mean our direction. // to the webstream of the 1st program, too!Nice!No other LW heard.Walt (and best using the ALA 100)

Re: [IRCA] Turkey on 954 again

Good to know. All I was hearing on the feed was non-stop talk, and I was hearing music, but I guess you fellas are correct. 855 is coming in nicely with RNE (and it IS // to feed!)Walt On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 4:53 AM Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > At 0445UT 639 definitely // with the Ceský >

[IRCA] So who's on 639?

Colin pointed out 639 earlier in the evening. Just now, at 04:45, they were coming in well enough here to look for internet feeds. He's back at 04:48 at decent level. It's not // to RNE, and not // to Czech Radio. So who is it? Non-descript music is playing nowWalt

Re: [IRCA] Turkey on 954 again

..@gmail.com mailto:coffeecan...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> > >> > >> Your sweetness seems to be mid-Band > >> My Flags rocking the low band and upper mid. > >> > >> Best of times - true DX-citement! > >> &g

Re: [IRCA] Turkey on 954 again

- true DX-citement! > > > > Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > > > > > > On Oct 30, 2018, at 8:42 PM, Volodya S mailto:can...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > > > > Armchair copy of 954 at 03:40 Wow! Walt > > > > > >

Re: [IRCA] Turkey on 954 again

bably many other cultures) > > 73 > > Nick > > > At 03:23 2018-10-31, Volodya S wrote: > >ONce again, I must have a pipeline into Victoria as the Turkish station on > >954 is the strongest on the band. Fair to sometimes good audio at 03:23 > >UTCWalt > &g

[IRCA] Turkey on 954 again

ONce again, I must have a pipeline into Victoria as the Turkish station on 954 is the strongest on the band. Fair to sometimes good audio at 03:23 UTCWalt ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] TAs again

I'm hearing weak audio on 1026 as well at 02:54 UTC. Seems like I get the ME better than I receive Europe. Not sure why. More water somehow? Poor level. Better than last night overall, but not as good as a couple nights ago! Walt. On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 2:48 AM Nicholas Hall-Patch

[IRCA] The final October 25th report

Finally finished going through my Perseus wav files tonight. The upper band was rather a disappointment, without much to be heard. For what it's worth, here's the final chapter: 1296 JAPAN Matsue, Shimane 10 kW JOTK (tent), Oct 25 1427 - As Nick likes to describe, this frequency is just

Re: [IRCA] Michigan Asian TPs, October 29th, 2018

Tim, that must be exciting. Wow, 972 comes in as well as it often does into Victoria! Very nice. I totally understand your excitement. When I first heard Europe, the Middle East and Africa from Masset (and Victoria as well), I was absolutely blown away. The TPs became almost ho-hum compared

Re: [IRCA] TPs in Seattle on October 29

I have to admit that I'm a bit radio'd out! I have to prepare for the upcoming PEI DXpedition, so, please, no TA activity tonight ;-) !!! Walt On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 9:58 AM Bruce Portzer wrote: > My experiences this morning were like those of Gary and Colin. TP > reception was similar to

[IRCA] Part IV for the fabulous Oct 25, 2018 TP Opening to Victoria, BC

As promised, here's part IV of my SDR scan covering the period 14:27 to 14:43 or so on that amazing morning. Not too much was accomplished tonight as the TA opening was rather good with Spain, UK, Egypt, and even Turkey being well heard. Anyway, here is Part IV, and I promise, yet another 1 or

Re: [IRCA] 954 Turkey

6 is easy > listening... > 639 near audio... 855 rumbly audio... 1089 also pretty consistent, weak > audio on 1098 and 1107, 1215 in/out constantly... > 1575 - 2 distinctly different station 100 hz apart or so... 0415 UTC... > > > > Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > >

Re: [IRCA] 954 Turkey

; 73, > > Nigel Pimblett > Dunmore, AB > > On 10/28/2018 9:18 PM, Volodya S wrote: > > Things have started to fade on the TA front, but 954 gave decent audio at > > 03:15, seemingly // to TRT 1 webstream, with a continuous monologue by an > > OM.

Re: [IRCA] Breakwater Inn (exGrayland Motel)

Great news, Chuck! Fingers crossed! Perhaps we'll have a few more creature comforts there! Walt On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 3:33 AM Chuck Hutton wrote: > On Friday Oct 12, we noticed work had been done on the front of the ex > Grayland Motel and the sign was gone. > > Bruce Googled the

[IRCA] 954 Turkey

Things have started to fade on the TA front, but 954 gave decent audio at 03:15, seemingly // to TRT 1 webstream, with a continuous monologue by an OM. Fair + at timesWalt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] 1026 ? Iran

Heard briefly with middle eastern style music at 02:04. I'm presuming Iran here. Not too strong, but pretty decent audio for about 15 to 20 seconds only.Walt in Victoria ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

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