Re: [IRCA] 1500 Khz "Mystery Station"

The noise here is much stronger with WFED nulled. With a different radio I'm still putting the rough bearing at 310 from my QTH. WDEB is a possibility. Rob Keeney Goose Creek SC EM92xx On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 9:25 PM, Rick Dau wrote: > Here's what we've got to work

Re: [IRCA] John Bryant remembered.

Thanks for the generous comments, John, but John B. was pretty much in a class by himself as far as hobby accomplishments. Without him (and Rob Ross, Allen Willie and Colin Newell) the Ultralight niche group would probably have never gotten off of the ground. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA,

Re: [IRCA] John Bryant remembered.

On 2016-02-09, at 9:47 AM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: > Thanks for the generous comments, John, but John B. was pretty much in a > class by himself as far as hobby accomplishments. Without him (and Rob Ross, > Allen Willie and Colin Newell) the Ultralight niche group would probably have >

Re: [IRCA] John Bryant remembered.

In all the reminiscences I'm not sure if anybody has mentioned (and if someone already did, forgive me) another way John tried to "spark" the AM DXing hobby a number of years ago: the formation of a little group he called "Corazon DX" to foster DXing and IDing of Mexican AMs. Randy Stewart

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2016 Feb 09 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 08 February follow. Solar flux 115 and estimated planetary A-index 17. The

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500khz Mystery Station

Glenn, Sorry. A bit under the weather the past few days. But I’ve checked and rechecked the reading from here. Maximum null was recorded at 330 degrees. That puts the mystery signal at a bearing of 240 degrees or 60 degrees. Rotating the portable radio shows maximum signal from those bearings

[IRCA] Original 3" Bar FSL Tecsun PL-380 Model-- Shielded Litz Wire Question

For those who have access to the scarce 100mm x 20mm x 3mm ferrite bars and who have built (or plan to build) the original 3" Bar FSL Tecsun PL-380 model (for which the construction article is posted at http://www.mediafire.com/view/w0gcek56f6aq7kr/3_Inch_FSL_Tecsun_PL.doc  ), the question has

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500khz Mystery Station BEARING FROM MAYLENE AL

Took my time tonight, and carefully took bearings to determine my deepest null of the signal. Adding and subtracting 90 degrees from that bearing puts the source of the mystery signal at either 240 degrees (WNW) or 60 degrees (ENE) I’m located near Alabaster, AL in Maylene, AL. 73, Les

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500khz Mystery Station

--- Begin Message --- This is getting more and more confusing. Tom, do you mean then that the maximum signal would be 90 degrees away from 170, i.e., 80 / 260 degrees, or do you mean that 170 degrees is the direxion of the maximum, not minimum signal? I thought you previously found it to be

Re: [IRCA] 1500khz Mystery Station

I just checked 1500khz again this afternoon and as mentioned yesterday the "null" (minimum signal) for the noise is around 170 degrees. The antenna is a Quantum QX Pro located in the attic. Tom Jasinski Joliet, IL ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] 1500khz Mystery Station

Tom, so you're hearing the mystery noise in the afternoon? What time? 73, Tim On Feb 9, 2016 6:51 PM, wrote: > I just checked 1500khz again this afternoon and as > mentioned yesterday the "null" (minimum signal) for the > noise is around 170 degrees. The antenna is a Quantum

[IRCA] [Fwd: Re: [NRC-AM] 1500khz Mystery Station]

Glenn: Yes, for some unknown reason it has gotten very confusing! The best way to get a bearing with the quantum loop is to find the "null" (minimum signal) because it is just a few degrees wide! Can't get any easier then that. This mystery station noise signal is too weak to deflect the

Re: [IRCA] kiwa loop

Theo, Would you kind enough to e-mail me Bryan Clark’s street address? My e-mails don’t seem to be getting through. I think it is a Comcast thing. Thanks. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 & ICF2010 Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops DX398, SRF-59 & M37V Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380

[IRCA] Basic NULLING 101!

WOW GUYS! Basic NULLING 101! If a station is east of you, it’s at 90 degrees relative. OK Should be easy! If you aim the end of a ferrite loop antenna pointing at 90 degrees (east/west) you are NULLING that station. It’s still at 90 degrees relative, it did not move, it is stationary! GOT IT!

[IRCA] 1500 mystery signal

For what it is worth I would suggest that people simply report the bearings of maximum signals and stop reporting things as "null maximums". Simply report a direction for the *maximum signals ! *Of course (generally) when using a loop there usually be a second maximum point about 180 degrees

[IRCA] TP 9 Feb Victoria version

Pretty complete bust at sunrise today, but a few of the big guns turned up earlier; much earlier in one or two cases. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK man in Japanese 1444UT, stayed at this level for about 5 minutes, then

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2016 Feb 10 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 February follow. Solar flux 117 and estimated planetary A-index 10. The

[IRCA] TA's, 1500 stuff

--- Begin Message --- There were a lot of TA's coming through when I checked at 7 p.m. EST / UTC. I'll check again at 10 p.m. EST / 0300 UTC. As far as 1500 goes, only normal-sounding WFED here. If anything's under, it would be the Venezuelan. But we're talking about way under. And no

Re: [IRCA] TA's, 1500 stuff

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0hc0zafc34mdrde/1500.jpg?dl=0 This is a link to a jpg with all the bearings I have seen reported so far, along with pins marking all stations in the area. Looks to me like we need to lean on an Alcoa TN resident and ask him to take a little drive. Which resident

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500khz Mystery Station

As I was taught in the Navy You find the signal. Then you rotate the antenna for minimum signal. That is the direction the sending station is located. Kevin Crump, TN On Feb 9, 2016, at 6:27 PM, Glenn Hauser via IRCA wrote: > This is getting more and more confusing. Tom, do you mean then

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500khz Mystery Station

That is always true for loop antennas. There's no reason to even mention the maximum. The null is sharp (narrow) and deep and there fore easily detected. The peak is extremely broad and you won't see a difference if you are off by 20, 30 or more degrees. Now if I only knew if people were using

Re: [IRCA] John Bryant remembered.

Just goes to show that John was a multi-dimensional fellow, with an incredible array of interests! And, an outstanding author. I treasure the Proceedings series, and his Zenith books, the latter co-authored with Harold Cones. Walt Salmaniw On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 9:10 PM, Stewart, Joseph R <

Re: [IRCA] ​John Bryant remembered

​Like many of you I also have many fond memories of John, and had such admiration for him. He and I first met in 1987 when I was publishing the Cascade Mountain DX Club bulletin, and he joined so that he could keep on top of shortwave DX heard from the Pacific Northwest (he and his wife Linda

Re: [IRCA] TA's, 1500 stuff

Mark: Mexico City is so very very far off of the reported bearings that it is totally impossible in my mind. Chuck From: IRCA on behalf of Mark Connelly via IRCA Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500khz Mystery Station

Thank you for the excellent map! Now we are getting somewhere. Nice presentation! My own data is missing from the map: I'm at 40N/80W (extreme SW PA), and the signal nulls almost perfectly east-west for me, or bearings of 90 degrees / 270 degrees (which points directly at WBRI, although it is

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500khz Mystery Station

Problem is that according to the reported bearings, there are no nighttime stations with any chance whatsoever of being heard by all the people who have heard it. So - shockingly - we must consider the possibility of a daytimer operating as more than a daytimer. Whodda thunk it? And yes, I

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Basic NULLING 101!

--- Begin Message --- Sorry, the confusion was mine as far as the terminology. Right, of course. Getting a null on a bi-direxional antenna means it`s pointing at (and exactly away from) the station, i.e. the axis from which its maximum signal is coming. Glenn

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500khz Mystery Station

--- Begin Message --- I have not caught up to all the subsequent comments cross-posted or not to some or all of the lists --- but replying to this from Les: By `maximum null of 330 degrees` I think he must mean off the broadside of the loop/ferrite, not off the ends, right? Otherwise as Tom et

Re: [IRCA] ​John Bryant remembered

Guy, That is really a great pic of John. He is really missed. We have lost a lot of great fellow DXers in the past few years. Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager > From: d...@guyatkins.com > Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 21:00:16 -0800 > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [IRCA] ​John