[IRCA] WWXL DX Test

2014-03-17 Thread Kraig
Following from the station engineer Jody Ritchie. The test did not happen last night due to some things that did happen at the station it will happen next Saturday night from 11 till midnight eastern time This means the following. *WWXL 1450 kHz, Manchester, KY* Saturday, March 22, 2014.

Re: [IRCA] What I learned about noise from a power outage

2014-03-17 Thread Steve
Some of the noise must be coming from quite a distance. ...indeed it seems that way. Suburbs and large cities are now, sadly, enclosed in a huge shroud of RF crud thanks mainly to switching power supplies, plasma TV's, microprocessors in almost everything along with miles and miles of

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-17

2014-03-17 Thread d1028gary
Hello All, The Asian TP's managed a pretty vibrant session this morning, with the Chinese doing especially well across the band. A decent sunrise enhancement boost around 1350 primarily enhanced signals on the low band, with the Asian mainland stations doing especially well. Once again

Re: [IRCA] QSL collection at the U. of Maryland

2014-03-17 Thread John Sampson
In the early 1990s, I registered (or whatever one did at the time) my verification collection with the CPRV. This thread indicates that they no longer are interested in more current collections. Someone also mentioned a letter the CPRV people sent in the last few years, which I didn't get due

[IRCA] QSL collection at the U. of Maryland

2014-03-17 Thread Marc DeLorenzo
John- The apparent answer is yes. Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX -Original Message- From: John Sampson jnsamp...@earthlink.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America

Re: [IRCA] QSL collection at the U. of Maryland

2014-03-17 Thread Bill Harms
The CPRV QSL's are archived at the University of Maryland's Library of American Broadcasting. I know there are available for research purposes because I was allowed access for my Spokane Radio History Project. It is best to make advanced arrangements. They were very accommodating. I was

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-03-17 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Mar 17 1815 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 16 March follow. Solar flux 136 and estimated planetary A-index 3. The

Re: [IRCA] QSL collection at the U. of Maryland

2014-03-17 Thread Russ Edmunds
Based on some prior correspondence with John Herkimer, I had understood that one needed to make advance arrangements in order to be able to see any of it. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com On Mon, 3/17/14, Bill

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on March 17

2014-03-17 Thread Bruce Portzer
It was another productive morning for TPs here. There was good reception up and down the dial today, with many stations producing respectable audio. As Gary mentioned, the sunrise enhamcement peaked just before 1400 UTC. GOOD - A native speaker would have understood most of it, at least

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-03-17 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Mar 18 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 March follow. Solar flux 136 and estimated planetary A-index 3. The

[IRCA] 1089 Vesti FM

2014-03-17 Thread James Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 2138 EDT / 0138 UTC MAR 17/18 2014 1089 RUS VestiFM - noted for first time with a man and woman speaking, mostly dominated by TalkSport and slop, but some distinctive features of the woman's voice are in parallel delayed by a few seconds. At 2147 some telephone touch

[IRCA] 1089 More

2014-03-17 Thread James Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY My 1089 Vesti FM reception is my first from Russia on medium wave. So that's country #79 from western NY. I forgot that 1215 is from Bolshakovo, counted separately from Russia. What will be the next radio country? I'll guess Morocco. That would get me to 80 countries.

[IRCA] TA carriers in Victoria

2014-03-17 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
1215 was already showing a bit of a carrier around local sunset here, along with 1269. Since then, although no audio, the middle of the band has had a number of carriers: 837 855 (more like 855.02, Romania??) 864 909 954 1008 1089 1107 1485 as well as 1215 and 1269 best wishes, Nick

Re: [IRCA] TA carriers in Victoria

2014-03-17 Thread Walter Salmaniw
I was out tonight, and just returned home. Yes, a nice carrier on 1215 at 04:45. Could have been a decent TA night in Masset. 73, Walt On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote: 1215 was already showing a bit of a carrier around local sunset here, along with

[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 17 March 2014

2014-03-17 Thread Nigel Pimblett
A decent morning for mid March. Japan had audio today on 594,693,747,774,828, and even traces on 873. 747 and 774 were doing very well. Korea was poor on 972, but good on 1566, and VOA had fair audio on 1575, which has been lacking of late, even on the decent days. No rare stuff, but for

[IRCA] 1215 audio now...for how long?

2014-03-17 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
vocal pop mx 0456UT, not parallel w/Absolute web stream because there isn't one, at least not available to the hicks outside the UK... best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com