[IRCA] Victoria TP's for 10-12-08 Not.

Is today worse than yesterday? Hard to say. Sunrise is still a few minutes away. Tuned in at 1350 and heard a pretty solid Japan on 594 as I tuned up the dial... and that was it. Island music briefly on 639 at 1405. Burbles and gurgles on 747, 774 and occasionally 567 but nothing resembling

[IRCA] 2 hour power outage in Victoria

900 CKMO was knocked out for 2 hours - along with most of Southern Vancouver Island at LSS today -- with the channel open, I heard a station in Hindi or Punjabi AND a station in Spanish. Any ideas anyone? http://tinyurl.com/E1-on-the-balcony Pic of one of my listening positions on my balcony -

Re: [IRCA] TPs from Victoria for 11Oct08: DU!

Listened this morning between 13:03 and I'm still listening to Brisbane on 612 at near armchair level at 14:35 as I type this. Very dismal initially, but a very nice spike in DU activity at and after local dawn. Here are my results, with 6 unless otherwise stated: No Russian LW this AM

[IRCA] Sound bytes from Guy Atkins in Puyallup - mirror

I have mirrored some spectacular sound bytes from Guy Atkins (with his permission) over on DXer.ca sound file area - Here is the quick link - http://tinyurl.com/Guy-Atkins-Sounds -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria,

[IRCA] My listening position

A couple of self-portraits of my listening post taken with an Aurora-Camray 3'X4' Softbox rated at 300 Watt/s and the Canon EOS-30D dSlr If anyone has a pic of themselves at their station and would like it posted to a central spot on dxer.ca by all means send it along...

[IRCA] TP for 10Oct08 from Victoria: down a click

Sadly, I needed some sleep this morning and only tuned from 1400 to 1405... and within this brief window I noticed that everything was down several clicks from yesterday... There were no wall-to-wall signals for me. Yes to EE on 567 and something like EE on 621. And other than a very hot 1134,

[IRCA] Victoria TPs for 9Oct08 Nice!

Uptick over yesterday - With the encouragement of Walt and Patrick, I started hunting for Alaskans - my 1st in over a decade... shame, shame. Listen to this track - between 5 and 6 seconds in for KFQD please and thank-you - http://tinyurl.com/kfqd-750 Like Walt says - a busier morning with more

[IRCA] Victoria TPs for 9 Oct 08 antenna scorching levels

Check out this signal on 774khz from JOIB Akita on the R8 with dual wellbrook balcony mounted egg-beater array (I promise... a photograph soon!) http://tinyurl.com/774-JOIB-Akita-Korean-Lessons One of the cleanest signals ever - equal strength to 770 Khz. Also easily audible on my Sony Prison.

Re: [IRCA] Alaskans! --not

I have been hunting Alaskans for the last hour -- nothing... Alaskans all over the dial tonight. I have heard so far 529-SQM 550-KTZN 560-KVOK 580-KRSA 620-KGTL 640-KYUK 650-KENI 670-KDLG 680-KBRW (Traces) 700-KBYR 720-KOTZ? 750-KFQD (LOUD!) 770-KCHU 780-KNOM 850-KICY 890-KBBI

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 8Oct08 from Victoria: Average Asian

A lackluster morningpurely Asian. Nothing DU heard today. Nothing super strong. Mostly a JJ morning from top to bottom. Hope John's doing better on the coast! ...Walt. Agreed -- that said, I had one of the best signals from Russia on 279khz and I will upload the mp3 shortly -

[IRCA] TPs for 8Oct08 from Victoria: long-wave sample

Radio Rossi on 279khz at 1400 UTC - http://tinyurl.com/russia-on-279khz -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] Cuba on 530 - soundbyte

Nada on 530 from Puyallup, Colin, other than a couple TIS stations. I have the rotating ALA100 oriented NW-SE, but have no hint of Spanish on the frequency. Listening with the Eton E1 right now at 0525 UTC. Here it is - http://tinyurl.com/Cuba-on-530Khz Includes what I think is a station

Re: [IRCA] TP's for 10-08-08

KBBI-890 was very good as well as KFQD-750, KDLG-670, KYUK-640. Looked for Juneau on 1330, but too much loud rock much from KGRG. Patrick was good enough to send me a list of Top Alaskan and Hawaiian stations and I am determined to hear something from there this season - I figure if I can hear

Re: [IRCA] Good audio on 1215

Good audio on 1215 Absolute Radio at 03:21 UTC here in Victoria. Haven't checked anywhere else yet...Walt. PS: Well it was goodnow faded down at 03:21! Eek. I have been in our building helping a neighbor with a Windows XP re-build. It went well. Very well. Get this. This fellow

[IRCA] Oct 6-7 TP DX on the Floden car radio

my Sony SW car radio has a switch underneath (I have not tried to find it yet) that the documentation simply says, select 9 or 10kHz spacing before installation. If the switch is easy to reach, is there a general rule about when to throw it? Should power be disconnected, or the radio simply

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 10-6

Now that's being an optimist, Guy! I like that. Then again, I never feel bad about going to deliver a baby, even when the DX is hot! ..Walt. What Walt is not telling us is that he often encourages the new mothers to name their baby: -Hiram or -Maxim or -Percy or -Guglielmo... fair

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. TP's for 10-7- Big peak - 2

Windstorm most of the night hammered my QTH - Got up around 1405 and much to my chagrin noted a significant improvement over yesterday... Threshold audio on 531, 558, 567, 603, 621, 639, 648, 702, 738, 756, 801, 873, 1143 Fair-Good audio on 594 (9), 612, 639, 675 (KK or VV), 747 (9), 774(9),

Re: [IRCA] Oct 6-7 TP DX on the car radio

I have a fairly modern Kenwood system (Sirius enabled) in the Civic Sedan that I often set it to 9khz this time of year - especially when I am commuting around LSR. Not surprising, most decent car radios perform well on AM - and FM and the Kenwood is no exception. Once again, selectivity is a

Re: [IRCA] Oct 6-7 TP DX on the car radio

I've done the same thing with my 1998 Toyota Camry Monday morning. Unfortunately, I have no idea whether or if I can switch to 9 kHz spacing on it's radio, but I also came across a fair number of hets going to the hospital around 12:30 to 13:00 time frame. No audio noted, however. Sure

[IRCA] Cuba on 530

Huge signal on 530 right now - 0520 UTC on the Drake R8 -- MD Recording it - will upload in the morning. -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ___ IRCA

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. TP's for 10-6

One uptick over yesterday - Readable audio on 531, 558, 567, 576, 594, 612 (DU methinks) 621, 639, 675, 747, 756, 774, 828, 936, 963, 1134 Only put in from 1355 to 1405 (sleepy...) Played with Nick Hall-Patches Radio Shack TRF this AM - easy audio on 747, 774, 828, 963, 972 and 1134 (will post

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. TP's Oct 5 - 2008 let's eat some words...

Kept at it til sunrise and was rewarded with some nice peaks... Audio on 594, 639, 675 (Lang), 738, 747(9), 756, 774(9), 828(9), 855, 873(JJ-8), 936, 945, 954(7-8), 963(8), 972(9), 1017(JJ?), 1116(EE), 1134, 1143, 1287 and 1566... Receivers - Drake R8, Eton E1 and DX150B... Antennas - Wellbrook

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. TP's Oct 5 - 2008 Sad state of affairs

I am sure someone is going to report that the band rocked this morning... the only thing that rocked here was me... and it was with boredom - Yes, I know it is not sunrise yet... anyhow - Unusually good signal from the Alaskan AERO on 529 with voice weather. Muted EE and/or JJ on 594, 747, 774

Re: [IRCA] They're BACK!!! Excellent Asian Morning on Orcas

I also had a very noticeable dawn boost for the last 20 minutes before LSR (Walter did not.) I had a massive LSR boost - and that is when I started eating my words... My experience was slightly more like John's and slightly less like Walter's - But like you say, that water path makes a

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. ulr-TP's for 10-5--

774 Japan was clear copy on the barefoot DT400W this morning around 1400 UTC. Thanks to Gary for the sample. -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ___

[IRCA] Dullsville Gone! TAs are where!?

Wow! I was feeling sorry for myself about my poor TP morning, when I turned on the 7030+, tuned to 1215 and had 7.5 audio from Virgin (the new Virginwhat's the name again?) at 02:26 UTC. Time to check others for TA audios. Looks like they're back after being absent for a number of

[IRCA] Victoria TP for 2 Oct08: Who turned off the lights?

OK, things were pretty bad this morning. I was completely and utterly dead to the World until 1415 UTC - and I did not roll out of bed until 1430 so, again. Sorry, no report - and Thank-you, I did not miss anything. -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca

Re: [IRCA] TP for 1Oct08 Victoria Ho hum!

At 07:10 AM 10/1/2008, you wrote: That's it for a more or less ho-hum morning..Walt in Victoria. thank heavens -- i slept in -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

[IRCA] 2008 Fall Follies Rules + FAQ Extras

Once again this fall, there will be no prizes to the top-scorers, but suitable-for-framing Certificates and Unlimited (or Barefoot) fun for all who participate. I will play this up on DXer.ca - No prizes? Surely we can come up with some kind of positive and inspiring motivational reward

[IRCA] 2008 Fall Follies Rules + FAQ link

TinyUrl link to the Contest package - http://tinyurl.com/ulr-dx-party -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] OCT 2 (UTC) TAs

All quiet on the West Coast. CKZN Newfoundland on 6160khz - -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] Victoria TPs for 30Sep08 up early, out early

I tuned from 1250 to 1320 - well before peak... Drake R8 and Eton E1: 7 and 8 level audio on 531, 567, 594, 738, 936, 1287 9's on 747, 774, 828, 963 and 972 Struggling audio on 621, 648, 702, 756, 765, 945, 954 and 1566 There were moments when 774 was at remarkable levels - but generally

[IRCA] Barefoot TA's on the West-Coast - Part Deux - Oct 11 GMT

Quoting Jack Nicholson... Their back. Good carrier on 1215khz at 0200 UTC. -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] Barefoot TA's on the West-Coast - Part Deux - Oct 1

Quoting Jack Nicholson... Their back. Good carrier on 1215khz at 0200 UTC. October 1... not the distant future - -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

[IRCA] Victoria TPs for 29Sep08 partial listening session...

Was up at 1250UTC to deal with an unexpected elderly family member crisis... sorted that out and managed to listen from 1320 to 1330 UTC. Like Walter says - very dynamic... I actually spoke with Walter yesterday about doing a listening session from a water-front location... got my wish this

Re: [IRCA] IRCA] Quantum Loop vs. Space Maggot II

At 12:30 PM 9/24/2008 -0400, you wrote: Sorry for the typo. I misspelled Quantum at last five times in my last critique of Gerry Thomas's Quantum Loop! What typo? ;-) -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British

[IRCA] Barefoot TA's on the West-Coast!

Was getting a huge steady signal from St. Johns on 6160 khz... So. Flipped over to the MW -- on the Eton E1 (whip only...) And geepers... 1215 in near audio - same for 1017 - thought I was sure I heard snippets of middle eastern music... Good carriers on 756, 1215, 1143 and a few others...

[IRCA] Barefoot TA's on the West-Coast! Crikey!

I'm getting bits of music and talk on 1215, hets or carriers on 1377 1269 1341, male talk on 1134 (briefly), carrier bits of audio on 1017 (talk), between 0305-0310 UT. I hope you big boys are chewing these up! On the barefoot Eton, I am getting good carriers on 747, 756, 774, 792, 846,

[IRCA] Barefoot TA's on the West-Coast! A tally

Carriers and some multiples on the following frequencies - some yielding wispy audio... 531 (X2), 594, 621, 639,675, 747, 756, 774!, 783, 801, 819, 828, 837, 855 (X2), 864, 873, 891, 918, 927, 1017, 1044, 1053(X2) I have not heard a hornets next of carriers and near audio like this in SOME

[IRCA] Barefoot TA's on the West-Coast! 1215

Other TA audios at the moment include 1422, 1575 on the upper part of the band..Walt. Best of my Love by the Eagles at 0405 UTC on 1215 - Woot! -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Re: [IRCA] Barefoot TA's on the West-Coast! Crikey!

You seem to be getting more of the upper band out there. Not much here (other than 1377 France) above 1300.Mid band is still doing well though. It's now Spain on 999 (as well as 855 and 738), Sweden on 1179, UK on 1089, and France on 837) Recording anything? Some of you might find this

Re: [IRCA] Barefoot TA's on the West-Coast! A tally

I had absolutely no trace of TA's below 900. The lowest was a het on 909, which oddly enough you don't have listed here. It's amazing the difference 100km can make (I suspect you guys have an unfair advantage having lots of salt water to the east). No. I have Salmaniw and Hall-Patch here in

[IRCA] Victoria TP's for 09-28-08 - more like it

Hate to admit it - this was an SDR morning... more audio in more places that one could track in real time. ;-( Audio on 558, 567, 576, 585, 594, 612, 621, 639, 648, 666, 675, 702, 738, 747, 756, 765, 774, 828, 846, 855, 918, 936, 945, 954, 963, 972... and that is where I stopped... token audio

Re: [IRCA] TPs from Orcas Island, Sept 28: Very Interesting

Still adjusting to Pacific Time here, so my first pass was 2 hours before dawn at 1208. I heard the now-usual NHK1 on 567 at an 8 and expected the same thing on 576 NO! It was Russian!!! Was R. Mayak probably from Petropavlosk Correct - heard it on the Eton barefoot. In general, the

Re: [IRCA] TP for 28Sep08 better

I can just picture Colin hanging off of his balcony, radio in hand!.Be careful up there, Colin! Actually Walter - you have been in my suite. I stand at the floor to ceiling windows that face Port Angeles -- due South and South West. Our Balcony is East facing and that is good for the

[IRCA] TPs for 27Sep08 from Victoria: an MP3

Amazing signal on the barefoot Eton E1 - Japan on 774khz - occasionally tuning down to 770khz for comparison. http://tinyurl.com/Japan-774Khz-September-28-208 -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

[IRCA] TPs for 27Sep08 from Victoria: The Colin View

Pretty much agree with Walt - definitely a mid-band morning... Here are my corrections over top of walts... my levels typically are one click quieter... 279 at 6 level at 13:30 531 JJ at a 7 1332 567: JOIK at 8 level 576: 6 - 7 594: JOAK at only 7 612: 6 621: Het. 639: Island

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 27Sep08 from Victoria: The Colin View

Colin, I'm very happy to see you back in the game, especially where I can compare notes to someone local.  With John in Peru, and Nick mostly work ing 36 hours a day, it's been lonely up here in Victoria!  .Walt. Appreciate the sentiment -- There is, however, a newcomer to the

[IRCA] Todays soundbyte ear treat - 963khz China FS in Russian

With an ID in Chinese too! On the barefoot Eton E1 (whip only) local sunrise... Victoria B.C Canada http://tinyurl.com/China-FS-963khz-in-Russian -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. TP's for 9-26

Someone let the dogs out... and they took ALL the radio waves... Get back here you lousy hounds! Yup. Pretty much it. Of course, I did not really tune in til 14:15... and I think by then, the Sun had wiped out most of whatever was there... -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com |

[IRCA] SDR-IQ Files of TA MW Reception - from Mark Connelly

I was tuning through these signals last night... Mark: Is this a typical night for you? I have a cassette tape from 1975 or 1976 from a MW DXer from Nova Scotia names Mike Dunn - who is 100% amateur radio now... that sent me a 90 minute cassette of a typical evenings listening just North of

[IRCA] TP's for 09-25-208 not WOW!

Walt said - Dennis, this is VERY surprising for me. Here on the coast conditions were fabulous! One of the best mornings I've ever had with wall to wall audio. Listened from 1255 to 1310 UTC this morning... I would tend to agree with Dennis... The morning was hum-drum compared to many

Re: [IRCA] Arizona TP's for 9-25-08

Listened from 1230-1325 utc and at first I heard no audio and only heard carriers on 594 and 774. But at 1304 utc things changed big time with lots of carriers and audio. Uh-huh. About the time I turned the radio off... -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca |

Re: [IRCA] SDR-IQ Files of TA MW Reception - from Mark Connelly

I have uploaded three of Mark Connelly's SDR-IQ files of Trans-Atlantic MW DX reception (180 kHz segments) to my Web storage space: And I downloaded all three files. Good heavens. Life on the East Coast! These files are mind boggling. Anyone with a PC out there and a good connection to the

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 25Sep08 Magnificent!

As I mentioned earlier, I really thought conditions were wonderful this morning.. I need to be more diligent in the morning - I must have tuned in for the 10 minute window where things took a downturn. Always tomorrow I guess. -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca |

Re: [IRCA] Victoria B.C. West Coast TA Alerts...

Way too late for TA activity, I'm afraid, Colin. Only UK and Iberia is still in some darkness. The UK was TA last time I checked... ;-) The best 1215 I had last year was usually around sunrise in England -- Hence Sunrise enhancement... -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com |

[IRCA] Victoria TP's for 09-24-08

Yesterdays tamale was todays gazpacho (cold soup...) Listened from 1330 to 1345 - Audio in the splatter on 558, 567(JJ), 576, 585, 594(JJ), 612, 621 (KK), 639, 675, 693(JJ), 702, 738, 747, 756, 765, 774(JJ---8), 828(JJ---7), 963(RR), 972(KK) 1134 and 1143... Drake R8 Misek phaser - 2 X

[IRCA] Return of the DX Podcast - Western Edition

Good for a smile or two - and a tip of the hat to the architects of the ULR Wave! http://www.dxer.ca/images/stories/podcasts/Sept2008_DX_Podcast.mp3 -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

[IRCA] TPs from Victoria: Hot tamale train arrives...

Monitored between 13:35 and 13:50. That's what I am talking about! Drake R8 and 2 X Wellbrook ALA100 -- Misek Phaser 531: NHK at 7 level 558: JJ and/or KK. 567: NHK (JOIK) at 7 level. 576: Russian at 7 level. 594: JOAK at 8. 603: Something in the 600khz shadow 612: Near audio

[IRCA] Victoria ULr TP's for 9-23

Waved my DT400W (thanks Gary and Guy) in the window of our 7th floor apartment and was amazed at the plethora of hets up and down the band. 774Khz from Japan was easy listening all the way. What this little Sangean lacks in selectivity, it makes up in sensitivity. -- Colin Newell - Editor -

[IRCA] Victoria TP's mp3 for 9-23

http://preview.tinyurl.com/NHK-Japan-693khz There is also a snippet of 774khz in the same directory. -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ___ IRCA

[IRCA] Misek phaser set to FUN -- 600 khz

Here is an example of the Misek Phaser in action - Nulling semi-local 600 khz into oblivion revealing CKWW Saskatoon underneath... http://tinyurl.com/yqu2su -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. West Coast TA Alerts...

Noted some early audio on 279 Khz - so I thought... what the heck - let's check 1215... Sure enough - good carrier -- not yielding any audio mind you. -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

[IRCA] RFC - Heading to the East Coast TA Tips

One of the lads on this list is heading to the East Coast of Canada tomorrow morning - He is taking a Sony Prison and a Sony 7600G. Can someone suggest the ALL TIME best bets for assured TA reception from Moncton, New Brunswick (for all intents and purposes... EAST COAST...) My thinking is: The

[IRCA] 530 TC back on

I have been hearing light music for the last 3 or 4 evenings on 530 -- getting hammered by the AERO weather station on 529. I assume Turks and Caicos is back. -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Re: [IRCA] 530 TC back on

I have been hearing light music for the last 3 or 4 evenings on 530 -- getting hammered by the AERO weather station on 529. I assume Turks and Caicos is back. Cuba is on there - but I could not establish a // with 5030. There is CIAO in Toronto - I guess that would be a possibility... and

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. TP's for 9-19

Up at 1330 and switched on the Drake R8 with dual phased Wellbrook ALA100's through the Misek phaser. Remarkable audio 90 to 100% copy on 666(JJ), 747(JJ), 774(JJ), 828(JJ), 972(JJ) Good audio (60 to 90% copy) on 567, 576(RR), 585, 594, 612, 639, 702, 756, 936, 963 Muffled audio with 20 to 40%

Re: [IRCA] This Morning's TPs

A fairly decent morning here for TPs: Audio on 747, 774 828 Carriers on 279, 693, 702, 891, 963, 1134, 1215, 1566 1593 Listened from 1133 to 1248 UTC. 73 Craig Barnes Wondervu, CO Drake R8-A NNW EWE Nice. It is so good to see new check-ins on TP reports from the interior We

[IRCA] Victoria - TP's for 09-18-08

Listened 1315 -- 1320 Somewhat more subdued over yesterday -- based on my 5 minute snapshot. Typical audio on 594, 747, 774, 828 lots of hets elsewhere... Eton E1 Barefoot - -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. TP's for 9-17

Best morning in the last 10 days easily - Audio on 531, 558, 567(JJ), 576(mix), 585, 594(JJ), 612, 639, 648(threshold), 657(threshold), 675(choral music), 702, 738(mix), 747(JJ), 756, 765, 774(JJ), 828(JJ), 846, 855(pile-up), 873, 936(CC), 963(RR), 972(KK-biggest in a long time), 1134, 1143,

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. TP's for 9-17 - soundbyte-

http://tinyurl.com/JOBB-828-Eton-E1 JOBB on 828 on a barefoot Eton this AM. -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. TP's for 9-17 - soundbyte-2

http://tinyurl.com/JOIB-747Khz-Eton-E1-Barefoot Massive signal - This is the best time of the year when you can actually hang out of a window this high up and not worry about getting wet. -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing

[IRCA] Ultra-lights in the air and on the Sea

Rejected subject header: Argh Billy, have you ever tuned a Ulr at Sea? I have two colleagues heading out for pleasure travel next week. One is flying to Scotland for about 10 days - I am giving him a G6 Aviator to take with him and test. He is very familiar with using radios but is not

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. Canada TPs, Tuesday

SLight uptick over yesterday - although I did not fall out of bed until 1325 - might have missed some peaks... Signals with 40% intelligibility or less: 558, 567, 576, 639, 738, 756, 855, 936, 945, 954, 1134, 1566 Signals with 60% to 90% intelligibility: 594(JJ), 747(JJ), 774(JJ), 828(JJ),

Re: [IRCA] ExtremelyHeavy group

Great, we have the nucleus for the Extremelyheavy group, I propose that we call these the BBr's Back Break Radio's Catchy. Simple. And not to be confused with wussy Ulr's. -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria,

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. TP's for 09-15-08 DU

Agree with Walter 100% - my observations.. 279--5 531 big het 558, 567 both 6 612: 7 Brisbane 639 a 6 702: a 7 DU 783 a 6 747, 774 and 828 all 8 with NHK2 936, 945, 964 6's 963, 972, 1143, 1566 and 1575 all 6s Receiver - Eton E1 -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com |

Re: [IRCA] ExtremelyHeavy group

Hey, we gotta get an Extremelyheavy group going (currently recapping an 86 lb Hammarlund SP-600 JX-6) Count me in! I have a 22 pound Hallicrafters that I am dying to get my first TP's on! Or... is that too light? How heavy does a heavy have to be? Perhaps mine is a welterweight. My

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 9-15

It's interesting that the conditions deteriorate before it shows in the solar readings. Tonight's listing has some elevated numbers. Actually, conditions are at their peak the day of a Ulr summit and diminish the day after - as the Ulr guys literally suck energy from the Iononosphere and

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. TP's for 9-11

Some surprises and lots of audio on the barefoot Eton E1 - Starting at 1305 UTC: 558(6), 567(7-JJ), 576(5), 585(jumble), 594(8-JJ), 603(big het), 612 (EE + other), 621 (big het), 639(CC), 648(4-5), 675(lang), 693(4-5), 702(5), 720(jumble), 738(mix), 747(9-JJ), 756(6), 765(jumble), 774(JJ-9),

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. TP's for 9-11 - audio mp3

http://tinyurl.com/4nhzfk On the Eton E1 barefoot. I am beginning to think that the E1 is all the radio that most people would ever need. Yes, there have been some developmental and QA issues - I have not encountered any badness. I would love to see a new E1 with a color LCD and something with

[IRCA] Victoria B.C. Ulr and Eton E1 TP's for 9-10

Barefoot only this morning: Eton E1 - Audio on 558, 567, 576, 594, 612 (EE), 639(CC), 675(Lang), 702(EE), 747(EE Lessons), 756, 774 (Parallel to 747), 828, 837, 855 (jumble), 864, 873 (JJ), 936, 945, 954, 963, 972... 1287... 1566 Then flipped on the G6 Aviator that was sitting on the coffee

[IRCA] TP's for Victoria B.C. Sept 9 - 2008

Slightly below average from 1300 to 1320 UTC. 7ish audio on 594, 747, 774, 828, 963, 972 --- 1566 etc. 6ish audio struggling on 567, 612, 639, 738, 756, 792, etc Here is a brief MP3 of JOIB 747Khz on a barefoot G6 Grundig Aviator - http://tinyurl.com/6r2vyu -- Colin Newell - Editor -

[IRCA] Rose Spit Haida Gwaii report relay - part 1

Via Walter Salmaniw - Another day in paradise up here in Northern BC#65533;. Blue skies and warm sunshine#65533;not all that common in these parts, but I#65533;ll take what I can get! First of all, I went on my little dxpediton out to Rose Spit, about a 40 minute drive along the beach, then

[IRCA] Rose Spit Haida Gwaii report relay - part 2

Via Walter Salmaniw - There had always been some doubt that Australians would propagate well to the Queen Charlotte's, as that direction has the land mass ofthe islands rather than immediate water path#65533;.well, I too had my doubts, butafter last night, I#65533;ve dispelled them! Channel

[IRCA] Rose Spit Haida Gwaii report relay - part 3

Via Walter Salmaniw - Masset, Haida-Gwaii For the first half of the night, the most southerly BOG was fantastic, picking up all the above stations. For the most part, the other BOGs had little or no DU activity. Quite remarkable that the southerly BOG would have a strong DU station, while the

Re: [IRCA] Dub my tapes

IRCA Crew, I have several 1/4-inch DX tapes that I need to dub into mp3 media. Could anyone please help me! I have several machines that handle most speeds... And I am the engineer behind the fabulously successful Ian McFarland series of CD's. How can I help? -- Colin Newell -

[IRCA] TP's for 6 Sep 2008

2 words. Holy Smoley. Not sure that Smoley is actually a word... but. The hills were alive with the sounds of TP's this morning! Switched on the R8 at 1245 UTC to find audio... everywhere; 558, 567, 576, 594, 612, 639, 702, 738, 747, 756, etc etc... Dropped that and went to the Eton E1

[IRCA] TP's for 6 Sep 2008 - MP3

Sound byte - JOIB 747 Khz Sapporo on a SRF-39 (FP) hand-held radio, barefoot. This morning at 1310 UTC http://www.dxer.ca/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,84/Itemid,77/ My first solid TP on a uLr. -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design /

Re: [IRCA] Modified E100 Ultralight TP's for 9-6-- Great to Japan

Congratulations also to Colin on receiving his first stock Ultralight radio TP, JOIB-747. Now perhaps Colin will better understand the raving excitement of the Ultralight radio enthusiasts who are making dxer.ca one of the world's prime AM-DX hobby venues. Thanks Gary! And I think we

[IRCA] Who Stole the TP DX??? Sept 4 - I did baby, I did!

Whew, you talk about jumping into an icy lake in January Sumbuddy done stole alla my DX. I got up for the 1st time in 3 weeks to DX Dawn... And guess what? Hets. Hets, hets, hets. At 1255UTC, there were modest hets on 531, 612, 639, 648, 702, 738, 747, 828, 972 and that was it. After

Re: [IRCA] Fabulous Morning: TPs Orcas Island: Sept 3

Walter, I hope that you were listening this AM! I had 52 audios, with 22 of them at 7 or above. I will apologize in advance to my regular readers... but I have not been up once to check the scene... too much on my mind or something... or I would rather count sheep than TP's... Either way -

Re: [IRCA] Inside an E6 + Review Comments

I had hoped that a modified E6, with its reported SSB capability, could serve as a spotting receiver for my hotrodded E100 on my upcoming adventure to coastal Peru. ... That review actually has more meat in it than my review - and I mean that as a sincere compliment! Well done John. With

Re: [IRCA] Comments on Wellbrook Array

Guy, I was able to null 690 CBU around the same amount as you fellas did la st Fall, so things are up and running. One problem I've encountered, tho ugh, is that I've blown a couple of 315 mW fuses. Don't know why when I popped the lidI unplug it now when not in use.Walt. The fuses

Re: [IRCA] Another Good TP Morning from Orcas Island

Got the full dawn today and it was another pretty good one to Japan, especially. Had about 30 in audio, peaking about 15 minutes before LSR and just ghosts of DU right at dawn. Would love to see some mp3 sound bytes of these stations posted to dxer.ca for all to hear -- also helps new

Re: [IRCA] TSA CONSISTENCY

In this threads vein I recall returning from the IRCA Convention in Vancouver (New Westminster) in (I think) 1970. Great story! The visual in my head is from a movie called (I think...) Bob Carol, Ted and Alice (never saw it mind you...) -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com |

Re: [IRCA] TSA CONSISTENCY

Customs and Border people have bigger fish to fry... They are not interested in radio geeks... More and more people these days are simply shipping their luggage by UPS or FedEx. It ensures it won't be lost or damaged, and you can insure it. It completely avoids the TSA and their

Re: [IRCA] Google Earth as a DX Aid

My first choice would have been to take my E1, but since that isn't possible, I guess that I'll be doing the first Ultralighting from South America I am planning on taking my E1 with me to Hawaii - How is America and the TSA about radios like this? I popped into Canada Customs to

Re: [IRCA] Google Earth as a DX Aid

I take a Sony ICF-7600 in carry-on luggage all the time without problems, except once, and was told to take the batteries out next time. 73. That is one that can swing either way -- on my last trip to Hawaii, I had a big Lowe-pro camera bag busting with stuff -- and all of it clearly

[IRCA] Grundig G6 portable review complete

100% complete --- and readable by all! Thanks -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] Grundig G6 portable reviewed

About 85% complete... Enjoy - would appreciate feedback. http://www.dxer.ca/content/view/61/78/ -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ___ IRCA mailing

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