Re: [IRCA] Classical Music 860 kHz
Likely CFPR. At 12:25 AM PST they are playing classical guitar in sounds like. S9+30 DB here. Totally dominant on the WNW EWE which is common here. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ 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] 1210 KGYN OK in NY
They must have been cheating - heard here at good-excellent levels all evening. Jim Pogue KH2AR/WPE9HLJ/KG6DX1A Memphis, Tennessee USA NRD-535, ICF-2010 Wellbrook LA5030 loop, attic longwire Quantum phaser -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Renfrew Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 11:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: [IRCA] 1210 KGYN OK in NY Jim Renfrew, Byron NY FEB 2 0004 est1210KGYN OK Guymon, country music, news, finally an ID following weather. Very strong at times over WPHT. ___ 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] Celsius - was - CFRB-1010
IT'S -4 DEGREES IN TORONTO. THAT TO COLD FOR ME!!! [WM-TN] / Willis here in Denver this morning coming up on 5 AM local it's -16!!! And that's the straight air temperature In Toronto they use Celsius, so 4 deg below freezing C would be [very] approx 8 below freezing F, or, 24 degrees above zero. Still too nippy for my taste, though. Maybe someone here knows if CFRB ever reports temp in F ? - Bob ___ 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] RVC tonight
This has been the story here ever since the Castro bros launched a high powered campaign on 530 against Radio Marti's aerial offering -- the rare weekend flights not logged here in S.FL for many weeks -- but the assault continues, 24/7. Curt Why can't we just fly the plane on different frequencies every week, forcing the Cubans to start jamming each of those frequencies. Seems as if a little cat-and-mouse with them would quickly lead to a vivid real-time demonstration of the term resource exhaustion as Thuggo and Thuggee discover that they just don't have the hardware to cover all their frequency options. What, we have to clear this through Kevin Martin first ??? Esto es Guerra! - Bob ___ 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] KTRB-860 TRANSMITTER
What are their day and night patterns ? How much signal is sent towards the E /ENE ? 73 KAZ hoping he can log them. - Original Message - From: Pete Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 11:59 PM Subject: [IRCA] KTRB-860 TRANSMITTER I think this would put it relatively close to the KCBS transmitter site. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n ICF2010 + Kiwa air core loop DX398; Palomar loop = On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:50 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: According to recnet.com, their transmitter is on State Highway 37, near the junction with Highway 121 , west of Vallejo. ___ ___ 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] CFRB-1010
Hi Pat- Please keep all the stuff in your area. We don't want/ or need it here. At 0750 EST it is 40 F. and rainning. Suppose to have sleet and everything is suppose to freeze over, to night. I think fall weather is best. In September here in the smokey mountains it's still warm and dry, and DX conditions are GREAT for sunset skip. It is still good time to put up and play with antennas. BUT do remember, in a couple of months it will all be over. BTW- worked in Denver at United Airlines back in 1982. We put in a flight simulator. Stay warm! 73's Willis IT'S -4 DEGREES IN TORONTO. THAT TO COLD FOR ME!!! [WM-TN] / Willis here in Denver this morning coming up on 5 AM local it's -16!!! And that's the straight air temperature - not the wind chill. I had to drive to work at KCKK last night in near blizzard conditions. We only accumulated a couple inches. But it was rather windy as this arctic cold front moved in. Most of the suburbs around Denver have already used up all of their seasonal snow removal budget with several weeks still left in the season. They are out of ice slicer and have had to go back to salt and sand for the first time in several years. Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO Certified Broadcast Technician KCKK / KJAC / KCUV http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ ___ 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] Ground Hog Day
Radio is broadcasting the news about Groundhog day. The way I have always understood it is that, with one shadow option, Spring will be here in six short weeks, and with the other option, there are six long weeks of winter ahead. - Bob ___ 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] Ground Hog Day
We need a GrounDXhog ... to tell us whether we will have good or bad conditions for the next 6 weeks. Jim Pogue KH2AR/WPE9HLJ/KG6DX1A Memphis, Tennessee USA NRD-535, ICF-2010 Wellbrook LA5030 loop, attic longwire Quantum phaser -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Foxworth Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 7:10 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IRCA] Ground Hog Day Radio is broadcasting the news about Groundhog day. The way I have always understood it is that, with one shadow option, Spring will be here in six short weeks, and with the other option, there are six long weeks of winter ahead. - Bob ___ 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] 860at 0600
0600 02 02 07 Strong but mixed signal carrying song White Bird By Canadians Ian and Sylvia Tyson from the late sixties.Waiting for ID from what must be KTRB San Fran.0610 now frquency is domiated by KPAM with ad and music faintly behind and not much from the north this morning.Next door down KOA Still Maxing out and probably domibant all night.over all others. Bill in Victoria,Good Morning All __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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] Fwd: [mwc] 3 new CDs for 2007 from the Medium Wave Circle
New CDs available with recordings of the many pirate stations operating in the UK during the 80s 90s are now available. There is the opportunity to sample before you buy Barry Note: forwarded message attached. ___ 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] TP 2 Feb
Not too interesting at 1510UT, though there is faint audio on assumed 4QR-612 with a SAH from a station 3 Hz lower. In a quick scan, only other audio hint is on 774, seemed JJ, big carrier on 1475, otherwise, not as many carriers as yesterday, yet. Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, B.C. 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] TP 2 Feb
Only very weak carriers on 774, 828 and 1566 at 1420 UT.Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 15:15:27 + To: irca@hard-core-dx.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IRCA] TP 2 Feb Not too interesting at 1510UT, though there is faint audio on assumed 4QR-612 with a SAH from a station 3 Hz lower. In a quick scan, only other audio hint is on 774, seemed JJ, big carrier on 1475, otherwise, not as many carriers as yesterday, yet. Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, B.C. 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 _ Get connected - Use your Hotmail address to sign into Windows Live Messenger now. http://get.live.com/messenger/overview ___ 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] KTRB nighttime pattern
Neil, Here is a link to the nighttime pattern for KTRB from the FCC web site. The daytime pattern does not come up. http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1157132-96661.pdf Dennis, Vancouver, WA 27.7F Partly Cloudy ___ 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] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media
I have 25, 60-minute cassettes of IDs recorded since 1978. Could anyone make a wild guess as to how many MB would required to store that data? I intend to put this on CD-ROMs or on flash drives, rather than the hard drive of my Gateway PC. The PC is just too volatile a place to store such a treasure as nearly 30 years of DX! 73 de Charlie - Charles A Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina ___ 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] TP 2-2-07
1456-1535 ut 1377China, weak at 1456 ut, one tone at TOH //4460. 1422Japan, traces of audio at 1512 ut 1593China, weak at 1506 ut woman in CC. Level 2 carriers on 1458 Level 3 carriers on 1575 Level 4 carriers on 1404-1503 Level 5 carriers on 1206-1485-1566 Conditions here only lasted about 20 minutes this morning. The few stations that were heard faded out around 1515 ut. China with weak audio on 2 channels, weak traces of audio from JORE. JORE 1422 has been one of most consistent Japanese stations here lately I have also noticed that HLAZ audio seems lower than nornmal. Dennis, Vancouver, WA JRC 545-R-8B R-30 CC EWE NW 27.7 F Partly Cloudy ___ 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] KTRB-860 TRANSMITTER
www.recnet.com Its a great tool that answers all of the questions posed so far. Mike Neil Kazaross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are their day and night patterns ? How much signal is sent towards the E /ENE ? 73 KAZ hoping he can log them. - Original Message - From: Pete Taylor To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 11:59 PM Subject: [IRCA] KTRB-860 TRANSMITTER I think this would put it relatively close to the KCBS transmitter site. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n ICF2010 + Kiwa air core loop DX398; Palomar loop = On Feb 1, 2007, at 9:50 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote: According to recnet.com, their transmitter is on State Highway 37, near the junction with Highway 121 , west of Vallejo. ___ ___ 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 - Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. ___ 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] Application by CKPR-580 Thunder Bay ON to move to FM (91.5 MHz, 100 kW)
The application by CKPR-580 Thunder Bay ON to move to FM (91.5 MHz, 100 kW) has been approved by the CRTC. CKPR was the first radio station in northwestern Ontario, having moved there from is original location (Midland ON) in the early 1930's. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2007/db2007-55.htm CKPR Thunder Bay – Conversion to FM band 1. The Commission approves the application by C.J.S.D. Inc. (C.J.S.D) for a broadcasting licence to operate a new English-language FM radio programming undertaking at Thunder Bay to replace its AM station CKPR. 2. The applicant is also the licensee of CJSD-FM Thunder Bay. C.J.S.D. is ultimately controlled by H.F. Dougall, which through its personal holdings also owns and operates the two commercial television stations in Thunder Bay, CHFD-TV and CKPR-TV. 3. C.J.S.D. stated that it will maintain its Adult Contemporary music format and will continue to provide local reflection on its new FM station. The news, information and other spoken word programming will directly serve to address concerns and issues in the local community. 4. The station will operate at 91.5 MHz (channel 218C) with an effective radiated power of 100,000 watts. 10. The licensee is further authorized, by condition of licence, to simulcast the programming of the new FM station on CKPR for a transition period of three months following the commencement of operations of the FM station. Pursuant to sections 9(1)(e) and 24(1) of the Broadcasting Act (the Act), and consistent with the licensee’s request, the Commission revokes the licence for CKPR effective at the end of the simulcast period. 73, Deane McIntyre VE6BPO ___ 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] 860at 0600
KTRB would not be playing Canadians for a tribute to the San Francisco Sound. The only version of that song that has ever played here is by It's a Beautiful Day. Mike Hawkins self-professed expert on psychedelic rock bill kral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 0600 02 02 07 Strong but mixed signal carrying song White Bird By Canadians Ian and Sylvia Tyson from the late sixties.Waiting for ID from what must be KTRB San Fran.0610 now frquency is domiated by KPAM with ad and music faintly behind and not much from the north this morning.Next door down KOA Still Maxing out and probably domibant all night.over all others. Bill in Victoria,Good Morning All __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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 - Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. ___ 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] Ground Hog Day
We haven't been told if Bush has rescheduled the groundhog. Bob Foxworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Radio is broadcasting the news about Groundhog day. The way I have always understood it is that, with one shadow option, Spring will be here in six short weeks, and with the other option, there are six long weeks of winter ahead. - Bob ___ 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 - 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with theYahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. ___ 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] Celsius - was - CFRB-1010
Bob Foxworth wrote: IT'S -4 DEGREES IN TORONTO. THAT TO COLD FOR ME!!! [WM-TN] / Willis here in Denver this morning coming up on 5 AM local it's -16!!! And that's the straight air temperature In Toronto they use Celsius, so 4 deg below freezing C would be [very] approx 8 below freezing F, or, 24 degrees above zero. Still too nippy for my taste, though. Maybe someone here knows if CFRB ever reports temp in F ? Not that I've heard in a very long time. A handful of stations that serve the border areas will still do double temperature announcements (Minus 4 in Toronto, that's 24 Fahrenheit), but for the most part, Canada's fully converted over to Celsius, and most of the Canadians I know have a hard time even thinking in Fahrenheit these days. Minus 4 would indeed be about 24 F, which is about right where we were last night here in Rochester, too. s ___ 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] Robins say spring is coming
Bob, Three days ago, I saw a flock of some 12 robins pause next door and commence to chow down on some berries from the trees there. Robins are supposed to be checked out on the coming of Spring, and NC is not within their wintering area. So perhaps Spring is coming soon. However, we have predicted a 19-degree (F) night on Tuesday. Unusual, sub-20 weather in e. NC. I don't know about groundhogs, or whether the famous/infamous groundhog in Pennsylvania observed his shadow, but robins and cardinals have been voting for an early Spring down here. 73 de Charlie At 08:10 AM 2/2/2007 -0500, you wrote: Radio is broadcasting the news about Groundhog day. The way I have always understood it is that, with one shadow option, Spring will be here in six short weeks, and with the other option, there are six long weeks of winter ahead. - Bob - Charles A Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina ___ 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] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media
CAT: This all depends on how you want to store your treasures: - with 32 kb MP3, each cassette (assumed mono) will need 14.4 MB so all 25 cassettes will need 360 MB and therefore fit onto a single CD easily. You could double the rate to 64 kb and still fit everything on 1 CD if you want more than DX quality. - if you want to make a music CD, you can normally fit 80 minutes on a CD. Just to make things easier, let's say you make a CD per cassette to keep from having to split stuff across CD's. So you're talking about 25 CD's. - if you want to make a CD full of wav files (but as a data CD not a music CD), let's say you pick 11.025 kHz sampling at 16 bits. That's 79.38 MB per cassette so you could fit 10 cassettes on a normal CD. Chuck From: Charles A Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of Americairca@hard-core-dx.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IRCA] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:11:54 -0500 I have 25, 60-minute cassettes of IDs recorded since 1978. Could anyone make a wild guess as to how many MB would required to store that data? I intend to put this on CD-ROMs or on flash drives, rather than the hard drive of my Gateway PC. The PC is just too volatile a place to store such a treasure as nearly 30 years of DX! 73 de Charlie - Charles A Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina ___ 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] TP 2-2-07
At 16:05 02/02/2007, you wrote: Conditions here only lasted about 20 minutes this morning. The few stations that were heard faded out around 1515 ut. China with weak audio on 2 channels, weak traces of audio from JORE. JORE 1422 has been one of most consistent Japanese stations here lately I have also noticed that HLAZ audio seems lower than nornmal. 1593 did pop up briefly with audio here shortly after my message at 1515UT, but I've never seemed to have your success with 1422, Dennis. Short opening for sure; 612 had gone by 1518UT, but there was then slight audio on 594. best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, B.C. 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] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media
CHARLES HUTTON wrote: - with 32 kb MP3, each cassette (assumed mono) will need 14.4 MB so all 25 cassettes will need 360 MB and therefore fit onto a single CD easily. You could double the rate to 64 kb and still fit everything on 1 CD if you want more than DX quality. - if you want to make a music CD, you can normally fit 80 minutes on a CD. Just to make things easier, let's say you make a CD per cassette to keep from having to split stuff across CD's. So you're talking about 25 CD's. - if you want to make a CD full of wav files (but as a data CD not a music CD), let's say you pick 11.025 kHz sampling at 16 bits. That's 79.38 MB per cassette so you could fit 10 cassettes on a normal CD. And there is always the DVD data disk option with 6 times the capacity of an 80-minute CD. They're almost as universally playable as a CD. CDs are pretty ubiquitous though. USB drives will lose data, I can assure you, so make sure to have other permanent backups available if you go that route. Rick Kunath ___ 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] KTRB-860 TRANSMITTER
Michael Hawkins wrote: www.recnet.com Its a great tool that answers all of the questions posed so far. It's not a bad tool - as long as you can match it up to the sometimes-confusing reality. Like most of the interfaces out there (including 10watts.com), it has a hard time with dual-site AM operations. In this case, the first entry at RECNet is the license at Modesto. The second is the active CP for the single-site operation at Livermore. Click on Show Map for that one, and it'll give you the map to the site that KTRB is now using for day and night. The third listing is for the revised application for two-site operation, and the map there shows only the planned day site at Vallejo, which has not yet been built. s ___ 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] 1210 KGYN OK
When I heard them last night they were running OPSU basketball. Perhaps that, along with bad weather, prompted their use of day rig. Anyway, glad to hear them again after many years. They used to be a notorious non-verifer, but I see they have QSLed in the last couple of years. My report went out this morning. Jim Pogue Memphis - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc DeLorenzo) Date: Friday, February 2, 2007 12:06 pm Subject: [IRCA] 1210 KGYN OK To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am SO envious of you guys, Collier, Renfrew, Shaftan, and whoever else heard KGYN here in the Northeast. I have wanted this station for many years! Obviously, they were on day rig. Maybe it will last for a few days. Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, MA http://hometown.aol.com/midcapemarc/myhomepage/profile.html -- Original message -- From: Rick Shaftan [EMAIL PROTECTED] It was booming through WPHT as I was driving home from DC last night. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Renfrew Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 12:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: [Amdx] 1210 KGYN OK in NY Jim Renfrew, Byron NY FEB 2 0004 est1210KGYN OK Guymon, country music, news, finally an ID following weather. Very strong at times over WPHT. ___ 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] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media
--- Charles A Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have 25, 60-minute cassettes of IDs recorded since 1978. Could anyone make a wild guess as to how many MB would required to store that data? A lot of that depends on how long each clip was and what format software you use to do it. You can store far more of them as a data CD because they take up less space. The downside of that is that as a data CD you can only play them on a computer. I had about 800 ID's on 6 7 reel tapes which ended up not filling 2 CD's in data CD mode. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html ___ 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] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media
--- CHARLES HUTTON [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - if you want to make a music CD, you can normally fit 80 minutes on a CD. Just to make things easier, let's say you make a CD per cassette to keep from having to split stuff across CD's. So you're talking about 25 CD's. *** There are some variables with the software used to create the CD. Some of them place an arbitrary limit on the number of individual music files you cvan put on a CD ( often 100 ) which is independent of how much actual space they may consume. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ___ 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] Celsius - was - CFRB-1010
When I worked at CFNB from 1980 to 1985, the legendary Jack Fenety, station manager, insisted that all of the on-air staff use BOTH F and C for temperature readings. We had a chart to use, but my memorization of the conversions remains to this day, and I can do -40 to +40 C, or -40 to +105 F, from memory. Now I just need a good way to remember my wedding anniversary. Brent Taylor ex-CFNB Doaktown, NB From: Scott Fybush [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/02/02 Fri AM 12:39:59 EST To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Celsius - was - CFRB-1010 Not that I've heard in a very long time. A handful of stations that serve the border areas will still do double temperature announcements (Minus 4 in Toronto, that's 24 Fahrenheit), but for the most part, Canada's fully converted over to Celsius, and most of the Canadians I know have a hard time even thinking in Fahrenheit these days. Minus 4 would indeed be about 24 F, which is about right where we were last night here in Rochester, too. s ___ 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] 1210 KGYN OK
--- Marc DeLorenzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am SO envious of you guys, Collier, Renfrew, Shaftan, and whoever else heard KGYN here in the Northeast. I have wanted this station for many years! Obviously, they were on day rig. Maybe it will last for a few days. *** Me too, but I won't hear them unless WPHT goes off at the same time as they're on day rig. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.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] KSLM 1390 // KFXX 1080 The Fan
Unless KSLM recently changed, the old CE at Entercom told me that they dropped the KSLM power from 1 KW to 690 watts a long time back, but I don't remember the reason. Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ 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] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media
the always-interesting (to me anyway) Boing-Boing site had this item a while back: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/14/cassette_tape_ripper.html The Firebox Plus Deck Cassette Converter is a $130 cassette deck for your PC that comes with software for easily converting your tapes to MP3s digital audio files (the deck even has auto-reverse!). I have a TON of stuff on cassette that I've been struggling with -- there are services that will rip tapes, but they're not cheap, and when I look at things like out-of-print audiobooks that come on 18 tapes, I just can't justify spending hundreds of dollars on ripping them, but I don't want to toss them out either. When I finally get my tapes out of storage, I am *so* getting one of these. Update: Many have written to point out that the player doesn't record to MP3, just WAVs, and that you have to do a lot of futzing to get it to work right. then it directs you to http://www.firebox.com/product/1700?src_t=wnwcurrency_conversion=1 ___ 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] KSLM 1390 // KFXX 1080 The Fan
Patrick Martin wrote: Unless KSLM recently changed, the old CE at Entercom told me that they dropped the KSLM power from 1 KW to 690 watts a long time back, but I don't remember the reason. A power drop like that usually happens when a station switches to a taller (and therefore more efficient) antenna. The actual field strength of the station doesn't change at all. s ___ 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] Celsius - was - CFRB-1010
I'm waiting to see the clock and calendar converted to metric. That would be very entertaining! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I worked at CFNB from 1980 to 1985, the legendary Jack Fenety, station manager, insisted that all of the on-air staff use BOTH F and C for temperature readings. We had a chart to use, but my memorization of the conversions remains to this day, and I can do -40 to +40 C, or -40 to +105 F, from memory. Now I just need a good way to remember my wedding anniversary. Brent Taylor ex-CFNB Doaktown, NB From: Scott Fybush Date: 2007/02/02 Fri AM 12:39:59 EST To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] Celsius - was - CFRB-1010 Not that I've heard in a very long time. A handful of stations that serve the border areas will still do double temperature announcements (Minus 4 in Toronto, that's 24 Fahrenheit), but for the most part, Canada's fully converted over to Celsius, and most of the Canadians I know have a hard time even thinking in Fahrenheit these days. Minus 4 would indeed be about 24 F, which is about right where we were last night here in Rochester, too. s ___ 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 - Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. ___ 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] KTRB to Begin Regular Broadcasts from the San Francisco Bay Area
Hi all, also, if they would do something about getting both channels of music on, we wouldn't have to hear the music out of one of the stereo channels, as exhibited by songs like do you know what I mean by Lee Michaels, or, bye bye baby by big brother and the holding company. On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 21:53:55 -0800 (PST), Michael Hawkins wrote: Really! I was enjoying the bumper2bumper drive to work today listening to Moby Grape, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Youngbloods. Now if they would just play some Sons of Champlin and Cold Blood, I'd be in heaven! Mike Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The San Francisco Sound? Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, and the like? Far out, man. Too bad it's only for the first month. -- Original message -- From: Mike Hardester A press release was noted on the Mercury-News Interactive Blog and relates to Radio Station KTRB's beginning of regular broadcasts from the San Francisco Bay Area. In part, the release states: KTRB-AM 860 will sign-on at midnight on February 1, and beginning at 6:00 a.m. that day, the station will play continuous music reprising the late 60s and early 70s heyday of The San Francisco Sound... KTRB-AM 860's permanent format will commence March 1, 2007. ___ 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 - Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. ___ 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 Marty ___ 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] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media
Good point. It's actually not an arbitrary thing - there's a 99 file limit for audio CD's as defined in the standards that everyone uses. If you're going to make a separate file for each ID on a tape, that might be a problem. Me - I'm way too lazy to make a separate file for each and every clip. Chuck From: Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of Americairca@hard-core-dx.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of Americairca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:20:12 -0800 (PST) --- CHARLES HUTTON [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - if you want to make a music CD, you can normally fit 80 minutes on a CD. Just to make things easier, let's say you make a CD per cassette to keep from having to split stuff across CD's. So you're talking about 25 CD's. *** There are some variables with the software used to create the CD. Some of them place an arbitrary limit on the number of individual music files you cvan put on a CD ( often 100 ) which is independent of how much actual space they may consume. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ___ 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] KSLM 1390 // KFXX 1080 The Fan
Scott, Seems to me KSLM did change there location several years back, so you may be right. I hear them fine during the day and ok at night with some QRM at about 100 miles. They are //1080 though. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ 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] Anyone hearing 820 from Taylorsville Ut?
Is anyone hearing 820 kHz from Utah? I've looked thru the last 20 SDXM's, and haven't seen it reported. I finally heard Meridian Id from southern California on 890, but no sign of Utah on 820. What is their format, anyway? Thanks, Doug Martin ___ 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] Fw: ARLP005 Propagation de K7RA
- Original Message - From: W1AW Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: W1AW List: Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:47 AM Subject: ARLP005 Propagation de K7RA SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP005 ARLP005 Propagation de K7RA ZCZC AP05 QST de W1AW Propagation Forecast Bulletin 5 ARLP005 From Tad Cook, K7RA Seattle, WA February 2, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB PROP ARL ARLP005 ARLP005 Propagation de K7RA Might we see a high-bottom minimum at the end of this solar cycle? January had a higher monthly average sunspot number than nine of the previous twelve months. Looking at predicted smoothed sunspot numbers for 2007, they don't really go any lower this year than what is predicted for this month and the next. The monthly averages of daily sunspot numbers for all of 2006 and January 2007 were 26.7, 5.3, 21.3, 55.2, 39.6, 24.4, 22.6, 22.8, 25.2, 14.7, 31.5, 22.2 and 28.2. Average daily solar flux numbers over the same months were 83.4, 76.5, 75.5, 88.9, 80.9, 76.5, 75.8, 79, 77.8, 74.3, 86.3, 84.4 and 83.5. As you can see in the data above, there is a great deal of variation from month-to-month. A year ago, in February 2006, the average daily sunspot number for the month was only 5.3. That was the lowest value for the past year. The month just ended had an average daily value over five times the number for last February. In fact, January's average at 28.2 would be very close to the value for last February squared. But the solar minimum is expected this year, not last February. A table of predicted smoothed solar values from August 2006 through December 2007 can be seen on the web at, http://sec.noaa.gov/ftpdir/weekly/Predict.txt. These are Zurich sunspot numbers, which tend to be lower than the values we record at the end of these bulletins. Why is August of last year's number predicted, instead of a known value? Because it is a 13 month smoothed number. So it is based on the actual sunspot numbers from February 2006 through January 2007, and the predicted values for February 2007. Likewise, the smoothed number for November 2006 is based on the actual sunspot numbers from May 2006 through January 2007, averaged with the predicted numbers for February through May 2007. The predicted smoothed sunspot number for December 2007, the last value shown on that table, would be based on the predicted monthly values for June 2007 through June 2008, all averaged together. The predicted smoothed numbers from that table, for August 2006 through December 2007 are 15.4, 15.2, 14.0, 12.4, 11.5, 11.2, 11.0, 10.9, 11.0, 11.1, 11.3, 12.0, 11.2, 13.3, 15.6, 18.3, and 21.3. As you can see, the lowest value is March 2007, at 10.9, and notice that it rises rapidly at the end of this year. What difference does higher sunspot activity make for HF propagation? As an example, for the middle of February, if the average sunspot number was 11, which is about the minimum value if there are any sunspots at all, we can compare that with a weekly average shown in February 2003 in this Propagation Forecast Bulletin: http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/2003-arlp007.html. If we pick a couple of locations, for example, Ohio and Spain, we can run some projections using a propagation prediction program to make some comparisons. The sunspot number in that 2003 bulletin is over 150. With the minimum sunspot number of 11, a program such as W6ELprop (see http://www.qsl.net/w6elprop/) shows a 20-meter path opening around 1430z, the signal strength jumping higher around 2000z, and the band probably dying out in another hour or so. But with the higher numbers, 20-meters is open almost around the clock, with the least likely period for propagation around 0430-1130z. On higher frequencies, the differences are more dramatic. 15-meters with low sunspot activity shows very little chance of opening, with a slight possibility in the morning on the Ohio end of the path. But with the higher solar activity, strong signals are predicted for 1230-2200z on the 15-meter band. Wait a few more years, and we might be there again. Recently a strong solar wind caused geomagnetic numbers to jump high on Monday, January 29 with the planetary A index rising to 36. A good place to look for short-term predictions is at, http://sec.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/forecasts/45DF.html. For the February 1 report, we see quiet geomagnetic indices for the next week, with higher activity centered on February 13 and again on February 25-26. This is based on activity during the current and previous solar rotation. If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers, email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL Technical Information Service at, http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/propagation.html. For a detailed explanation of the numbers used in this bulletin see, http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/k9la-prop.html. An
Re: [IRCA] KSLM 1390 // KFXX 1080 The Fan
Scott, One question. Now if they do have a taller tower, dropping to 690 watts from 1 KW, would I get exactly the same signal (S meter reading) than I got before. In otherwords, would the 690 watts get out as good as the 1 KW? Thanks. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ 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] Anyone hearing 820 from Taylorsville Ut?
I get them around 7pm... I think they still run Clark Howard around then but I'm not sure... 73, Tim On 2/2/07, doug martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone hearing 820 kHz from Utah? I've looked thru the last 20 SDXM's, and haven't seen it reported. I finally heard Meridian Id from southern California on 890, but no sign of Utah on 820. What is their format, anyway? Thanks, Doug Martin ___ 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] KSLM 1390 // KFXX 1080 The Fan
The 1989 Broadcasting Yearbook lists them as 5000/1000 DA-1. My guess is that they just wanted to get rid of a stick and felt they could cover the market well enough with 690w non-D at night. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n ICF2010 + Kiwa air core loop DX398; Palomar loop === Patrick Martin wrote: Unless KSLM recently changed, the old CE at Entercom told me that they dropped the KSLM power from 1 KW to 690 watts a long time back, but I don't remember the reason. ___ 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] KSLM 1390 // KFXX 1080 The Fan
Patrick Martin wrote: Scott, One question. Now if they do have a taller tower, dropping to 690 watts from 1 KW, would I get exactly the same signal (S meter reading) than I got before. In otherwords, would the 690 watts get out as good as the 1 KW? That's more or less the idea. Within the limitations imposed by a given station's class (no more than 1 kW for a class C graveyarder, no more than 50 kW for class A, B and D stations), the FCC's not concerned as much with how much power goes INTO the antenna as with how much field strength comes out of it. In the case of a station like KSLM, it's pretty well locked into its existing contours by everything else on and near 1390, so changing transmitter sites or towers won't buy it any more reach. What the FCC looks at in a move like that is where the signal contours fall, which is a function of both raw power into the antenna and the antenna efficiency. The 690-watt level was no doubt chosen to produce the same field strengths that 1000 watts did from the old tower, which means the signal you receive should be about the same. Back in the days before dial-a-power, when the FCC only allowed stations to operate at certain fixed power levels (1, 5, 10 kW, etc.), it was not uncommon for stations to deliberately reduce the efficiency of their antenna systems to be able to use the next power level up. So a station that might not quite fit in at 5 kW, but which wanted more reach than 1 kw would give, might apply for 5 kW with an antenna system that included a big resistor to dissipate some of the power along the way. Today, that station would simply be licensed at 3200 watts, or whatever. s ___ 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] Decimal point KSLM
Bruce, Thanks for the correction. A little decimal point sure makes a difference, especially when balancing a check book. For those interested, below is a web-site that converts Fahrenheit to Celsius Celsius to Fahrenheit. The site also converts currencies and, my favorite, acres to hectares. http://anduin.eldar.org/~ben/cgi-bin/convert/c_f.pl Dennis, Vancouver, WA 37.9 F - 3.27 C Cloudy ___ 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] Celsius - was - CFRB-1010
At 18:42 02/02/2007, you wrote: I'm waiting to see the clock and calendar converted to metric. That would be very entertaining! Back when Canada was converting to various metric measurements, the date for making the change tended to be April 1st if I remember correctly. Other government decrees often tend to be implemented on that date also. This has been cited as evidence by some that civil servants have a sense of humo(u)r, if somewhat twisted, but it probably has more to do with the start of a new fiscal year. One year during the metric changeovers, a Victoria radio station (CKDA I think?, now defunct) announced on April 1st, that Canada had switched to metric time. The clogged switchboard was probably a delight to behold, and if there had been any really smart people in town at the time, they probably could have made a killing selling metric clocks, at least until noon that day. So, what would a metric clock look like? Do I detect an off topic thread starting? Sorry Lynn and Patrick, it WAS a radio station that started it. best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, B.C. 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] KTRB to Begin Regular Broadcasts from the San Francisco Bay Area
Maybe they have the karaoke versions. Marty Rimpau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, also, if they would do something about getting both channels of music on, we wouldn't have to hear the music out of one of the stereo channels, as exhibited by songs like do you know what I mean by Lee Michaels, or, bye bye baby by big brother and the holding company. On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 21:53:55 -0800 (PST), Michael Hawkins wrote: Really! I was enjoying the bumper2bumper drive to work today listening to Moby Grape, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Youngbloods. Now if they would just play some Sons of Champlin and Cold Blood, I'd be in heaven! Mike Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The San Francisco Sound? Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, and the like? Far out, man. Too bad it's only for the first month. -- Original message -- From: Mike Hardester A press release was noted on the Mercury-News Interactive Blog and relates to Radio Station KTRB's beginning of regular broadcasts from the San Francisco Bay Area. In part, the release states: KTRB-AM 860 will sign-on at midnight on February 1, and beginning at 6:00 a.m. that day, the station will play continuous music reprising the late 60s and early 70s heyday of The San Francisco Sound... KTRB-AM 860's permanent format will commence March 1, 2007. ___ 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 - Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. ___ 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 Marty ___ 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 - Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. ___ 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] April Fool's radio pranks; was: Celsius - was - CFRB-1010
My favourite April Fool's radio prank was when BBC announced Big Ben would be converted to digital. A list of some radio pranks is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fool's_Day#By_radio_stations two from the list I had not heard of but quite enjoyed reading about: *New format*: Radio station KFOG in San Franciscohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco%2C_California, claiming new corporate ownership, switched to a new format - the best 15 seconds of every song. All morning they mixed in false calls from perky listeners calling with compliments. This hoax can also be considered a parody http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody of late 1990s media consolidations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_consolidation. *Defying gravity*: In 1976, British astronomer Sir Patrick Moorehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Patrick_Mooretold listeners of BBC Radio 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_Two that unique alignment of two planets would result in an upward gravitational pull making people lighter at precisely 9:47 a.m. that day. He invited his audience to jump in the air and experience a strange floating sensation. Dozens of listeners phoned in to say the experiment had worked. ___ 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] 820 in Utah
According to the well detailed but 6 month old Frequency Page site 820 utah is KUTR Taylorsville with 50KW day and 2.5 night with religious format which is relatively stable unless they run out of financial donations from their listeners.13:00PST Bill Kral Victoria __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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] Metric Clock
I guess a metric Clock would still have a round face but it would be divided into 10s and 100s,i e 10 hrs a day ,100 mins an hr,100 secs a minute etc.but then I think it would not match with the length of a day and a 100 day year would be a bit short.10 days a week and 10 weeks a month? maybe. Bill in Victoria, __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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] Robins say spring is coming
John Callarman wrote: Cholly wrote: Three days ago, I saw a flock of some 12 robins pause next door and commence to chow down on some berries from the trees there. Robins are supposed to be checked out on the coming of Spring, and NC is not within their wintering area. I would never question either the wit or the wisdom of either CAT or Der Kashketfeller, but David Allen Sibley does (at least of the former). The American Robin, according to Sibley's map, is found year around in all but the Canadian border areas of the United States. But only in Florida and southern areas of Georgia, Texas, Arizona and California can you expect the same robins to live year around. Those who summer in Alaska and in and near the Arctic Circle in Canada aren't used to human neighbors, and when they fly south for the winter to the temperate climes of the Red River Valley along the Dakota/Minnesota border or the other one along the Oklahoma/Texas border, they habituate remote areas. One can only expect to find the arctic robins in cities when they've eaten all the available food in the wild. When I was a newspaper editor in Illinois, I had to humor the callers who would see the first robin of the year in January or February. T'ain't news, I'd tell 'em. They've just run out of food on the farm or in the woods, I'd tell 'em. Cholly, they didn't believe me, either. Which brings up the question of how one goes about QSL'ing the tiny transmitters ornithologists attach to our feathered friends to track their annual pilgrimages. Qal R. Mann, Krumudgeon I don't know nuttin' about dem robins! derkashketfeller ___ 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] KSLM 1390 // KFXX 1080
Unless KSLM recently changed, the old CE at Entercom told me that they dropped the KSLM power from 1 KW to 690 watts a long time back, but I don't remember the reason A power drop like that usually happens when a station switches to a taller (and therefore more efficient) antenna. The actual field strength of the station doesn't change at all. The field strength on the ground doesn't change, but the close-in (300 miles) field can change a lot. Taller towers have less high angle radiation, around 30-60 degrees elevation. This makes skywave much weaker nearby. That's one reason why stations with significant close protection requirements often go to towers of a half wave or so. More distant propagation of greater than 300-400 miles is enhanced, or at least the same as a shorter tower. A 5/8 wave tower has the greatest signal on the ground, but a secondary minor lobe at a fairly high angle develops. This causes interference between groundwave and skywave around 70 miles or so away. Many clear channel stations have settled on a height of 195 degrees, slightly over half wave as the best compromise. Local WHIM-1110 (now WPMZ) ran around 690 watts when they went to a 540' tower many years ago. It was considered to be the same coverage as their original 1/4 wave tower. And, WNBH-1340 has a tall tower, yet gets to put the full kilowatt into it due to grandfathering. Life is good! (grin) I have been waiting for some station at the top of the band to use a full wave tower in a directional array. This tower would have essentially no groundwave, but the close in skywave would be very strong. Combined with a common 1/4 wave tower, the directional array could null toward a station not far away without any ground nulls. It would be interesting to run a proof on that.. Craig Healy Providence, RI ___ 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Feb 02 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 February follow. Solar flux 90 and mid-latitude A-index 10. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 02 February was 1 (8 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 89 89 89 89 89 89 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 A-in 18 18 18 18 18 18 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 K-in 32432121011101 ___ 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] Tower collapse
Hi...I've seen mentions of a 1500' tower coming down in Central Florida, during the tornados which struck Lake and Volusia counties.. Has anyone seen which tower this was. ??.I know WESH TV Ch.2 and the religious Ch. 55 both have their towers kind of NW of Sanford.both are easily visible as you cross the I-4 bridge at Sanford.. I've google searched this to no availThanks, ChrisK4NHLS.C. ___ 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] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media
--- CHARLES HUTTON [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good point.
It's actually not an arbitrary thing - there's a 99 file limit for
audio
CD's as defined in the standards that everyone uses.
If you're going to make a separate file for each ID on a tape, that
might be
a problem. Me - I'm way too lazy to make a separate file for each and
every
clip.
*** I am too, but if I ever want to be able to find any of them
quickly, I'll have to. Right now they're broken down into 12 files -
one for each side of the 6 reel tapes and I've not been able to get to
breaking any of them down further in the past 10 months or so ;-{
Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
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Re: [IRCA] Metric Clock
--- bill kral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I guess a metric Clock would still have a round face but it would be divided into 10s and 100s,i e 10 hrs a day ,100 mins an hr,100 secs a minute etc.but then I think it would not match with the length of a day and a 100 day year would be a bit short.10 days a week and 10 weeks a month? maybe. Bill in Victoria, I've never heard of a metric day or month or year. I've always found that to be one of the biggest ironies of the whole Let's go metric movement, although AFAIK those countries using the metric system still use some other measure for measure of time... Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php ___ 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] Tower collapse
--- chris and anne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi...I've seen mentions of a 1500' tower coming down in Central Florida, during the tornados which struck Lake and Volusia counties.. Has anyone seen which tower this was. ??.I know WESH TV Ch.2 and the religious Ch. 55 both have their towers kind of NW of Sanford.both are easily visible as you cross the I-4 bridge at Sanford.. I've google searched this to no availThanks, ChrisK4NHLS.C. ___ WCFB 94.5 Star 94.5 Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ___ 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] Tower collapse
Thanks, Russ - Original Message - From: Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 5:30 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Tower collapse --- chris and anne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi...I've seen mentions of a 1500' tower coming down in Central Florida, during the tornados which struck Lake and Volusia counties.. Has anyone seen which tower this was. ??.I know WESH TV Ch.2 and the religious Ch. 55 both have their towers kind of NW of Sanford.both are easily visible as you cross the I-4 bridge at Sanford.. I've google searched this to no availThanks, ChrisK4NHLS.C. ___ WCFB 94.5 Star 94.5 Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ___ 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] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media
That's where Excel or Access take over for me. One nice thing about file
based recordings is that - unlike the recorders of yesteryear - it's easy to
find a specific point in the recording. Gone are the days of an arbitrarty
meter reading that meant one thing on your reel to reel and something else
on your casette recorder.
Result: I just enter into Excel the hours:minutes:seconds of each segment in
the clip. No need to actually make a little file for each segment.
Everything is easy to find.
Chuck
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] transferring recordings from cassettes to digital media
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:23:39 -0800 (PST)
--- CHARLES HUTTON [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good point.
It's actually not an arbitrary thing - there's a 99 file limit for
audio
CD's as defined in the standards that everyone uses.
If you're going to make a separate file for each ID on a tape, that
might be
a problem. Me - I'm way too lazy to make a separate file for each and
every
clip.
*** I am too, but if I ever want to be able to find any of them
quickly, I'll have to. Right now they're broken down into 12 files -
one for each side of the 6 reel tapes and I've not been able to get to
breaking any of them down further in the past 10 months or so ;-{
Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
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[IRCA] Trying to QSL WMAY
I have been trying to QSL WMAY in Springfield, IL for the last couple of years. I have tried numerous follow-ups and a PFC, all to no avail. Does anyone out there have a contact at the station, or have any suggestions on how I can persuade them to QSL my report? I'd really like to get this one since it is a state capitol and the only station from Springfield that I've heard. Thanks and 73s, Jim Pogue KH2AR/WPE9HLJ/KG6DX1A Memphis, Tennessee USA NRD-535, ICF-2010 Wellbrook LA5030 loop, attic longwire Quantum phaser ___ 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] Robins say spring is coming
At 11:07 AM 2/2/2007 -0600, you wrote: Cholly wrote: Three days ago, I saw a flock of some 12 robins pause next door and commence to chow down on some berries from the trees there. Robins are supposed to be checked out on the coming of Spring, and NC is not within their wintering area. I would never question either the wit or the wisdom of either CAT or Der Kashketfeller, but David Allen Sibley does (at least of the former). The American Robin, according to Sibley's map, is found year around in all but the Canadian border areas of the United States. But only in Florida and southern areas of Georgia, Texas, Arizona and California can you expect the same robins to live year around. Qal Thank you for never questioning my wit or wisdom. The quantity 0 (zero) is accepted everywhere. As for Don D. Caskethumpermann, don't even question his wit or wisdom. Ever. He has put up with me for several decades. Either he is patient or dumb. I say he is patient. Anyone care to fight over the matterI mean a beat-em-up, knock 'em down fight? Hi. When I was a newspaper editor in Illinois, I had to humor the callers who would see the first robin of the year in January or February. T'ain't news, I'd tell 'em. They've just run out of food on the farm or in the woods, I'd tell 'em. Cholly, they didn't believe me, either. OK, I'll take your word for it. The robins were just dumb, and will probably head back south when they see what a blunder they've made. Besides, who wants to eat cold berries with the wind blowing into your intergluteal cleft? I remember your career at WMIX. Which paper did you edit? Which brings up the question of how one goes about QSL'ing the tiny transmitters ornithologists attach to our feathered friends to track their annual pilgrimages. That may be a worthwhile question. There must be data encoded in the transmissions to determine which bird is which. But I'll bet you the birds in question won't send you a QSL. And how would one determine which ornithologist to send a report to? And do ornithologists know how to write? Cee Alan Taylor, Garufunk, NC - Charles A Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina ___ 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] Ground Hog Day
Hi Bob- You wrote that Radio is broadcasting the news about Groundhog day. The way I have always understood it is that, with one shadow option, Spring will be here in six short weeks, and with the other option, there are six long weeks of winter ahead. How much shorter is a 'short week' as compared to a 'long week?' Doesn't all weeks have the same amount of time?? Willis ___ 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] Ground Hog Day
Not if they're metric! willis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Bob- You wrote that Radio is broadcasting the news about Groundhog day. The way I have always understood it is that, with one shadow option, Spring will be here in six short weeks, and with the other option, there are six long weeks of winter ahead. How much shorter is a 'short week' as compared to a 'long week?' Doesn't all weeks have the same amount of time?? Willis ___ 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 - Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food Drink QA. ___ 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] cassettes to digital media
From what I infer from the back-and-forth about my question, I suppose that converting analog audio into a purely data form is most advantageous. From my point of view, I want my 29 years of IDs to be stored in a form that economizes in media space. From my standpoint, the data is what counts. If it has to be read and translated into analog audio, that is no problem. The PC is just a box in some respects. I can manipulate files and alter whole software programs, but I CANNOT replace the memories nor the insights into cultures that my IDs contain. E.g., a recording of Taiwan's BCC1 network sign on @ 0500 complete with the beautiful Taiwan national anthem, and the list of callsigns, frequencies and station locations, is worth more than a pile of electronic junk called a computer. And NHK2-1584 breakaway/local ID cacaphony @ 2219:30 is worth the same as the Taiwan local podunk station IDs. Or KBS sign-on with the gorgeous ROK anthem. With my IDs, I've included short lead-in/lead-out program material. E.g. NHK2 weather right before local ID breakaway. Or Bermuda Government Emergency Broadcast Facility with 50 W on 1610. Or an ID from (then) KPMC-1560 Bakersfield as a TP. In short, I can convert a datastream into audio and burn a CD for playback in our Suzuki Aereo; but I cannot replace the basic, original audio collected. By the way, I have carried my cassettes in two steel sheetmetal cookie boxes the shape of the old 1/2-gallon, paper milk cartons. The original Bermuda cassettes (1978-1981) have shown no signifiicant degradation. 73 de Charliie - Charles A Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina ___ 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] Groundhog Day
Every state and province should have their own grondhog to make sure that we get an early spring everywhere,not just in PA and ON.Bill in Vic,BC--KOA 850 Denver defying the laws of radio skip, booming in like a local at 1630 PST. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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] Groundhog Day
--- bill kral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Every state and province should have their own grondhog to make sure that we get an early spring everywhere,not just in PA and ON.Bill in Vic,BC--KOA 850 Denver defying the laws of radio skip, booming in like a local at 1630 PST. I had KOA for the first time this season on the car radio on the way in to work this morning about 0640 EST. All it took was a couple of weeks of cold weather here to bring this frequent visitor back. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.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] cassettes to digital media
Charles A Taylor wrote: From what I infer from the back-and-forth about my question, I suppose that converting analog audio into a purely data form is most advantageous. From my point of view, I want my 29 years of IDs to be stored in a form that economizes in media space. One quick thought on this before I head downstairs for dinner - Especially when you're dealing with material that's as valuable (at least sentimentally, and in this case historically, too) as these tapes are, it's probably not a bad idea to approach a project like this with three questions: 1. How do I get the material into a form that's usable for me now? This argues for digitization, probably as high-bitrate MP3s that would take up half a dozen CDs or so if stored as data. Use those as the day-to-day listening copies, make dupes to send to all your fellow DXers to enjoy, post 'em on the web, what have you. 2. How do I preserve the content in the highest possible quality for future use? Data storage is cheap right now, and getting ever cheaper, so dubbing the cassettes to digital can and should be done in as lossless a manner as possible. Even high-bitrate MP3 compression (256 or 320K) still isn't quite as good as the original, so if I were doing a project like this with a relatively small number of original tapes, I'd be sure to save the material SOMEWHERE as uncompressed .wav files. That will still only take 20-30 CDs or a half-dozen DVDs, which amounts to a couple of bucks in blank media costs these days. Or you could store them on a hard drive, which would cost a bit more but might last longer. 3. What do I do with the originals? You never know when better technology is going to come along, so as long as the original cassettes remain playable, I'd keep them. There are a lot of people who copied their 8mm home videos from film to VHS in the eighties and early nineties, and you know what? Twenty years later, the film has often held up better than the VHS tapes, assuming it's been kept at all. And if you wanted to have a nice usable DVD dub of those films, it would look MUCH better if it's first-generation from the film, rather than second-generation from an aging VHS transfer that might not have been done all that well in the first place. The technology for dubbing audio is much better, so I'd have a little more confidence about discarding the cassettes at the end, but if it's just one box with 30 tapes in it, I'd keep it, if it were me. (He said, contemplating the closet behind him with 2000+ aircheck cassettes that will need to have something done with them sooner or later...) s ___ 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] Ground Hog Day
Mike is right, based on the metric space and weather time continuum. Also, to back this up in another way, most any employee will say a short work day is far better than a long work day. 73- Doug - Original Message - From: Michael Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Ground Hog Day Not if they're metric! willis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Bob- You wrote that Radio is broadcasting the news about Groundhog day. The way I have always understood it is that, with one shadow option, Spring will be here in six short weeks, and with the other option, there are six long weeks of winter ahead. How much shorter is a 'short week' as compared to a 'long week?' Doesn't all weeks have the same amount of time?? Willis ___ 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 - Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food Drink QA. ___ 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Feb 03 0009 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 February follow. Solar flux 90 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 03 February was 1 (07 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 01 01 01 01 01 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 03 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 89 89 89 89 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 A-in 18 18 18 18 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 22 K-in 43212101110111 ___ 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] Metric Time
--- bill kral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The French lobbied for metric time around the turn of the century at an international conference to set up time zones. 10 hours a day, 100 minutes to an hour. They wanted it as a tradeoff for London and not Paris being the meridian. Those wacky French. Dave I guess a metric Clock would still have a round face but it would be divided into 10s and 100s,i e 10 hrs a day ,100 mins an hr,100 secs a minute etc.but then I think it would not match with the length of a day and a 100 day year would be a bit short.10 days a week and 10 weeks a month? maybe. Bill in Victoria, I've never heard of a metric day or month or year. I've always found that to be one of the biggest ironies of the whole Let's go metric movement, although AFAIK those countries using the metric system still use some other measure for measure of time... Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] ___ 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] Metric Time
I just use new NEW Atomic clock - from Target. A great ground hog day gift -- under $ 30.00. It monitors WWV and keeps perfect time. Maybe Walmart calls their version a nuclear clock. Metric - Atomic -- Nuclear -- it all the same junk. ___ 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] Tower height vs power
Scott, I guess I should have mentioned, I was referring to groundwave instead of skywave. The skip angle would be different. Mentioning tower height, it taller the better was the rule, how much better would a full wave tower work over 1/2 or 5/8 wave? If a 1 KW station is running 1/4 wave, going to a full wave, how much power would the station need to equal the signal they had with 1/4 wave at 1 KW? Thanks. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ 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] towers power levels
Scott, OK, thanks. KSLM must have added quite a bit of height to the new tower to have to drop from 1 KW to 680 watts. That is about a 1/3 of their power dropped. Going to a bigger tower yet, maybe they would have to drop to 500 watts. Interesting tower height vs power levels. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ 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] KSLM 1390 // KFXX 1080 The Fan
Pete, Interesting they were listed at DA1 in 1989. Seems to me when I visited KSLM back in the early 70s they were ND 5/1 KW. The CE said, they had to drop power to protect other stations. KSLM is an old station. They were number one with Adult Standards for many years. They were live and had a great format. No one could touch them in the ratings game, but that was before FM was big and so many other stations. It is sad what they became a relay for a Portland station. The old owner would be rolling over in his grave if he knew what happened to his station. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ 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] Tower height vs power
Patrick -- As you go higher than a 5/8ths wave -- you start to get a kick-back of skywave against the ground wave. A full wave would be like using a tree stump. Almost all of the Clear Channel -- 1A -- 50 kw stations use half-wave. And you do have to figure the ground as well as the ground system into the total working system. ___ 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] WACE 730
02 02 07 2220 PST Victoria BC,As of 21 55 860 was running country music from somewhere far away with steady signal but that could not have been KTRB so by TOH CW faded to let rock music through the mix(KTRB) and a few minutes later ID from Troutdale OR (KPAM) then a bit more country and now at 22 30 I'm pulling in at least 5 different signals with equal strength.It's hard to tell who's who at the moment. WACE 730 heard 1 hour after LSS must have continued on their 5KW power since it would be unlikely that a signal from an 8 watt trans would go that distance,if that's what they use at night.Is there any point in cutting down to such a low power output at night? I figure that listeners would get other signals better than their local station.8 watts would confine the local's signal to the downtown area of that city and not even reach city limits.Are they trying to save juice or are they required to keep interference to others down? For most of the coverage area it would be like a complete shutdown. 22 50 On 860 now it's CFPR from up north on top// CBU program . Bill in Vic BC __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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] Tower height vs power
Mike, Thanks. I fiqured there must be a reason no one uses anything over 5/8 on a tower. In some areas, I am sure a fullwave tower could be used. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ 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
