[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 9 November 2018
Listened this morning off and on from 1250 to 1410. In summary: Australians on 549,576,612,774,1116 Japan on 567, 594, 693, 747,774, 828 In general Japanese were stronger earlier, with Australians coming in after 1330. It was interesting though that 774 went from entirely Japanese at 1300 to entirely Australian at 1400, while the Japanese on 747 improved after 1300, and was good by 1400. Very similar to yesterday (when a volleyball tournament prevented me from reporting.) 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, AB ___ 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 the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] 9 Nov Victoria version.
Because domestic splatter seemed quite subdued today for some reason, it was hard to judge which way overseas conditions were going, but suspect they are declining again, as nothing was strong for long. DUs also mostly disappeared again, and HLAZ was MIA. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 558 HLQH usual soft music //603 1441UT, but apparent JOCR noted at other times 567 JOIK //594 1454UT 594 JOAK 1441UT 702 NHK2; out of the blue strong for a minute or so, stronger than //774, man in Japanese 1501UT 747 JOIB 1451UT 774 JOUB 1442UT 828 JOBB 1501UT 972 HLCA 1435UT; after this was often in the weeds Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 693 JOAB //774 1454UT, burst through the splatter from time to time 738 Taiwan Fisheries, pop music //1143 1458UT 873 JOGB //774 1445UT 1287 JOHR "HBC rajio" by man 1459UT, single pip on the hour not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 603 HLSA female ballad 1456UT //558; best strength this could do today 891 JOHK //594 1440UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 531 man talking DU English intonation 1449UT 603 NHK1 woman talking //594 1441UT over HLSA 612 JOLK //594 1448UT 639 CNR1 man //981 1446UT 657 classical female vocal 1443UT, assumed N. Korea 837 JOQK //594 1444UT 909 JOCB man //828 1511UT 945 CNR1 //639 1450UT 954 woman talking Japanese intonation 981 CNR1 man //639 1446UT 1134 pop vocal 1503UT, no idea 1143 Taiwan Fisheries woman talking //738 1441UT 1206 man talking 1443UT 1386 NHK2 //774 1448UT 1422 man talking, Japanese intonation 1453UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 621 711 801 846 855 864 918 936 1188 1323 1566 seemed to be Asian; 567 612 891 1017 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ 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 the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Coverage maps by frequency
Hi Mark, I've noticed it too. I think it's because the Google API that sites like this one used, which used to be free, is now being charged for, and if you don't pay the fee, you get that error. Either that, or the Google API that's being used is being deprecated. I don't know of any other places that show pattern maps though... sorry! There was one other site I used for grayline maps, but that one had to switch to another mapping software (which was inferior, sad to say) for the same reason I think. For grayline maps, I ended up using the radio maps here: https://www.dxmaps.com/spots/mapg.php I also found another API that is still free. Don't know anything about it, but I have seen talk of people switching to that who don't want to pay the extortio-- I mean, fee, to Google: https://leafletjs.com/ Best regards, Mark Pettifor Goshen, IN On 2018-11-09 11:12 am, Mark Durenberger wrote: The pattern reference maps on the site http://radio-timetraveller.blogspot.com/ have been a great source of information. However, lately, the pages show up with a mask that says FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES ONLY...has anyone else noticed this? ...Do you know of any other sources of maps that show all the stations on each frequency? The NRC pattern book is great, but I'm looking for something digital, for the classes I'm teaching. Any thoughts are welcome! Cheers! Mark Durenberger ___ 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 the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ 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 the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Coverage maps by frequency
The files for the maps are zip files. They are difficult or impossible to use on many tablets and cell phones. I found a website that has them. http://www.nf8m.com/nf8m/us-medium-wave-pattern-references/day-patterns/ http://www.nf8m.com/nf8m/us-medium-wave-pattern-references/critical-hours-patterns/ http://www.nf8m.com/nf8m/us-medium-wave-pattern-references/night-patterns/ Sent from my iPad > On Nov 9, 2018, at 8:12 AM, Mark Durenberger wrote: > > The pattern reference maps on the site > http://radio-timetraveller.blogspot.com/ have been a great source of > information. However, lately, the pages show up with a mask that says FOR > DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES ONLY...has anyone else noticed this? > > ...Do you know of any other sources of maps that show all the stations on > each frequency? The NRC pattern book is great, but I'm looking for > something digital, for the classes I'm teaching. > > Any thoughts are welcome! > > > Cheers! > > Mark Durenberger > > > ___ > 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 the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > ___ 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 the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Coverage maps by frequency
The pattern reference maps on the site http://radio-timetraveller.blogspot.com/ have been a great source of information. However, lately, the pages show up with a mask that says FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES ONLY...has anyone else noticed this? ...Do you know of any other sources of maps that show all the stations on each frequency? The NRC pattern book is great, but I'm looking for something digital, for the classes I'm teaching. Any thoughts are welcome! Cheers! Mark Durenberger ___ 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 the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Poipu, Hawaii Ultralight TP's for 11-8
--- Begin Message --- Gary, Thanks for the great “field” work and awesome reports. I am looking forward to seeing what Maui has to offer in a couple of months! Aloha and 73, Craig Barnes Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 9, 2018, at 8:55 AM, Gary DeBock wrote: > > Thanks to Craig and Walt for their earlier comments, and yes, the exotic > DX results of this trip have far exceeded all expectations for a 5 inch FSL > antenna brought to Hawaii in hand carry luggage. During the last session the > 1000 kW 693-Bangladesh finally broke through heavy 690-KHNR splatter, while > new mystery language stations showed up on 675 (apparent Taiwanese, according > to Hiroyuki) and 954 (yet to be assessed by the Real DX experts). 927 also > apparently had a Southeast language lady showing up under China, and 1575 may > have had Radio Farda around 1630. Once again 918-Cambodia rose up to S9 > around 1635, and was at good strength right up until its sign off at 1703 > https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/dtthxs76wa1w7n0xer9kxcttpzmdwwfc > > Probably the greatest challenge of the trip was to keep checking 693 > (despite the nasty 690-KHNR splatter) for a possible appearance of > 693-Bangladesh, even though the 10 kw Honolulu blaster is only a short > distance away across salt water. 693-JOAB could make it through for the NHK2 > music box sign-off despite the splatter, and I figured that Bangladesh could > do it as well. Finally near the end of the last session at 1639 some 693 > audio broke through, and I was lucky to record the same Bangladesh announcer > that was heard on multiple Cook Island MP3's, speaking in the same apparent > language. This was my last major exotic target except for India, which may > well show up in the many recordings made on previous days (as 657-AIR did > after the Cook Island trip). As of now, definite identification has been > made of exotic stations in Oman, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam. > > So what is the overall assessment of Hawaii DXing propagation? It is far > and away more enhanced and diverse than any west coast DXer can possibly > imagine, and a single session can provide exotic results far greater than an > entire year of ocean coast DXing in the Northwest. The forward location of > Kauai allows the band to stay open past 1700 UTC, which is a phenomenal > advantage in going after stations in central Asia, and even the Middle East. > Hawaii does have an excessive number of local stations, but a DXer can > usually work around their splatter by either nulling them out (with FSL's) or > by going to the other side of the island to put the local volcanic cliff to > work. The location of Poipu Beach at the extreme southeast tip of the island > proved to be very fortunate-- as hoped for, there was excellent propagation > to East Asia on all 5 days, and good propagation to North and South America > on most days. Some huge DU signals were recorded from ANZ, Tonga, Samoa, > Kiribati an > d Tuvalu on most days, while 702-BBC in Oman actually showed up every day of > the week. For those in the Pacific Northwest who are looking for a new level > of DXing excitement, the Aloha State is definitely THE place to make it > happen! > > > 73 and Good DX, > > Gary DeBock (DXing at Poipu Beach, Hawaii from Nov. 2-8) > > 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna > > > > > > ___ > 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 the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > --- End Message --- ___ 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 the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Poipu, Hawaii Ultralight TP's for 11-8
Thanks to Craig and Walt for their earlier comments, and yes, the exotic DX results of this trip have far exceeded all expectations for a 5 inch FSL antenna brought to Hawaii in hand carry luggage. During the last session the 1000 kW 693-Bangladesh finally broke through heavy 690-KHNR splatter, while new mystery language stations showed up on 675 (apparent Taiwanese, according to Hiroyuki) and 954 (yet to be assessed by the Real DX experts). 927 also apparently had a Southeast language lady showing up under China, and 1575 may have had Radio Farda around 1630. Once again 918-Cambodia rose up to S9 around 1635, and was at good strength right up until its sign off at 1703 https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/dtthxs76wa1w7n0xer9kxcttpzmdwwfc Probably the greatest challenge of the trip was to keep checking 693 (despite the nasty 690-KHNR splatter) for a possible appearance of 693-Bangladesh, even though the 10 kw Honolulu blaster is only a short distance away across salt water. 693-JOAB could make it through for the NHK2 music box sign-off despite the splatter, and I figured that Bangladesh could do it as well. Finally near the end of the last session at 1639 some 693 audio broke through, and I was lucky to record the same Bangladesh announcer that was heard on multiple Cook Island MP3's, speaking in the same apparent language. This was my last major exotic target except for India, which may well show up in the many recordings made on previous days (as 657-AIR did after the Cook Island trip). As of now, definite identification has been made of exotic stations in Oman, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam. So what is the overall assessment of Hawaii DXing propagation? It is far and away more enhanced and diverse than any west coast DXer can possibly imagine, and a single session can provide exotic results far greater than an entire year of ocean coast DXing in the Northwest. The forward location of Kauai allows the band to stay open past 1700 UTC, which is a phenomenal advantage in going after stations in central Asia, and even the Middle East. Hawaii does have an excessive number of local stations, but a DXer can usually work around their splatter by either nulling them out (with FSL's) or by going to the other side of the island to put the local volcanic cliff to work. The location of Poipu Beach at the extreme southeast tip of the island proved to be very fortunate-- as hoped for, there was excellent propagation to East Asia on all 5 days, and good propagation to North and South America on most days. Some huge DU signals were recorded from ANZ, Tonga, Samoa, Kiribati an d Tuvalu on most days, while 702-BBC in Oman actually showed up every day of the week. For those in the Pacific Northwest who are looking for a new level of DXing excitement, the Aloha State is definitely THE place to make it happen! 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (DXing at Poipu Beach, Hawaii from Nov. 2-8) 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna ___ 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 the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 11/9/18
--- Begin Message --- TP reception was poor here this morning (LSR at 1301). 567 JOIK? barely audible briefly at 1220. 594 JOAK barely audible briefly at 1206, barely audible at 1244. 612 4QR? carrier signal (no audio) from WSW at 1248-1300 with slight KCSP 610 QRM. 702 2BL? carrier signal (no audio0 from WSW at 1300-1301 with slight XEGD 700 QRM. 747 JOIB poor at 1212 with severe unID 750 QRM. 774 JOUB fair at 1555; poor at 1221 and 1231. 828 JOBB? carrier signal (no audio) at 1225 with moderate WCCO 830 QRM. 972 HLCA? carrier signal (no audio) at 1227 with slight WDAY 970 QRM. Receiver: Skywave with 8-inch FSL. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA. Sent from my iPad--- End Message --- ___ 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 the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] 8 Nov Victoria version.
Still more recovery here, with one or two more Chinese popping up. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK 1441UT 612 4QR man DU English 1440UT 747 JOIB 1443UT 774 JOUB 1444UT 828 JOBB 1447UT 972 HLCA 1442UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 558 HLQH //603 1441UT 567 JOIK 1442UT 603 HLSA //558 1447UT 702 NHK2 /774 1442UT 945 CNR1 man //1593 1509UT 954 JOKR woman and man in Japanese 1437UT 1143 Taiwan Fisheries //738 1447UT 1287 JOHR woman and man in Japanese 1438UT 1323 CRI woman in Russian 1504UT 1566 HLAZ man in Chinese 1448UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 585 JOPG //594 1448UT 657 martial choral music 1451UT; N. Korea likely 693 JOAB //774 1442UT 738 Taiwan Fisheries, woman in Chinese //1143 1444UT 873 JOGB //774 1443UT 1242 JOLF man in Japanese 1440UT 1593 CNR1 woman and man 1448UT //945 Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 576 man DU English intonation 1448UT 621 woman talking, sounding Japanese 1439UT...not sure who that might be. V. of Korea has Japanese, but not at this time, and this station was pretty close to on channel 666 JOBK //594 1453UT 711 woman talking 1455UT 837 female ballad mixing with JOQK //594 1448UT 864 man Japanese? not //711, so unlikely to be a misread of Korean, 1455UT 891 JOHK //594 1441UT; as usual lately, big carrier, little audio 1053 Japanese talk? 1458UT, single pip on hour 1134 woman talking, Japanese intonation 1449UT 1206 woman talking 1441UT, possibly Korean 1251 CNR1 distinctive news sounder 1502-3UT, man in possible Chinese 1332 man Japanese intonation 1511UT 1386 NHK2 //774 1448UT 1422 man talking, Japanese intonation 1453UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 531 918 936 1098 1179 1188 1314 1332 1359 1494 1575 seemed to be Asian; 576 1017 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ 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 the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
