[IRCA] Springfield Armory 1710 +ve ID in Europe

2014-04-11 Thread Ken, Scotland
I finally had a good signal today, or should I say better signal from 1710kHz. I have clips on this page... http://www.dxarchive.com/mw/transatlantic_logs_april_2014.html There are 4 clips from today inc a web address from the YL on another stn. But the Springfield Armoury / Armory id came

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2014-04-11 Thread Jim Balle
Ken, that is the tis loop for the Springfield Armory Museum. I played he audio clip while my radio was tuned to 1710 and got it to sync up within 1/2 a second with the radio. Jim Springfield Ma. www.fhu.com Message: 2 Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:25:16 +0100 From: Ken, Scotland

[IRCA] Sunrise today @ Burnt River ON

2014-04-11 Thread Saul Chernos
Sunrise today - 870 WMTL KY Leitchfield new and relogs in 1030 Corpus Christi (huge signal) and 580 Wichita KS (huge signal). Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] Slightly off topic moral story about radios...

2014-04-11 Thread R. Colin Newell
Kind of off topic - BUT: I Have a prized radio collection and a golden rule: Never loan out any radios to the curious. I broke that rule the other day -- to a young enthusiast... and Lord knows we need more radio enthusiasts... Loaned a young man (30+) my *Toshiba*, *RP-F11 - *and even before he

[IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight TP's and DU's for 4-11 (Preliminary)

2014-04-11 Thread d1028gary
Hello All, This morning was my last session at the cold and windswept Cliff (although at least the weather was clear). Not at all satisfied with the anemic DU's showing up around local sunrise, I decided to shift the focus to South Pacific sunset DXing (from 0800-1030 UTC, or from 0100-0330

Re: [IRCA] Slightly off topic moral story about radios...

2014-04-11 Thread Saul Chernos
You're punning us, Colin - ham fist? that's half-way between ham fest and ham-fisted and sadly appropriate... At least you got it back... not like books, records, etc I've loaned out over thye years... Saul Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 10:48:17 -0700 From: coffeecan...@gmail.com To:

Re: [IRCA] Slightly off topic moral story about radios...

2014-04-11 Thread R. Colin Newell
Ah! that is funny and I did not even see that! I have broken my fair share of radios -- and dropped my prized Sony 7600G more than once -- and performed surgery on it a couple of times -- it has a weak antenna pivot mount but the plastic usually breaks first -- so it has been emboldened with

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-04-11 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Apr 11 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 10 April follow. Solar flux 137 and estimated planetary A-index 3. The

Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight TP's and DU's for 4-11 (Preliminary)

2014-04-11 Thread Tony Ward
Have really enjoyed your accounts of the last few days on the Cliff Gary. They have that you are there feel to them that really takes me back …. mostly to the other end of the signal' watery path!   Tony Ward (VE3NO) NYAA Starfest Whitby, ON tonyw...@rogers.com http://www.nyaa.ca Free the

[IRCA] ZBVI 780

2014-04-11 Thread Mark Connelly
ZBVI, 780 kHz, Roadtown, Tortola, British Virgin Islands recently installed a tower to replace one that was damaged when a drunk driver drove into it. Power level and radiation efficiency have now returned to the point of permitting reception in the USA. The following is a link to a recent

Re: [IRCA] CFA antenna

2014-04-11 Thread amdxer
There is an odd looking antenna visible from I-294 expressway on north east side of O'Hare Air Port near Chicago. This antenna is located on top of a cluster of buildings on west side of expressway. It resembles the ribs of an upside down umbrella approximately 20 or 30 feet in diameter. Can

Re: [IRCA] Slightly off topic moral story about radios...

2014-04-11 Thread Guy Atkins
Hi Colin, Hey, I feel your pain about the Toshiba! Good luck with the antenna repair or replacement. When I read your mention of the Eton E1 it reminded me of the BHI Ltd. noise reduction accessory I added to my own E1XM. I can't remember if I've shared my DIY instructions before on the IRCA

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-04-11 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Apr 12 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 11 April follow. Solar flux 138 and estimated planetary A-index 8. The

[IRCA] TP 11 Apr. Victoria version

2014-04-11 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
A bounce back for the Asians this morning, and some reasonable signals earlier on as well. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB EE lessons 1238 and 1303UT 1566 HLAZ. Man in CC briefly at this level 1210UT Reasonable audio at