[IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Updater

[Bruce Portzer]

Hello everyone:

I recently completed  the January 2019 edition of the Pacific Asian 
Log.   This edition has many changes and updates for stations throughout 
Asia and the Pacific.


The PAL has been posted on the Radioheritage website: 
http://www.radioheritage.net/ The link for the PDF version is at the top 
center of the site's main page.


You can also use an interactive version of the PAL by going through a 
couple of the site's internal links.


The next update will be published in a couple of months.

Corrections and updates from users are always welcome and can be sent to 
bport...@comcast.net or portze...@gmail.com.


First issued in 2001, The PAL lists medium wave and domestic shortwave 
broadcasting stations in southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific.   It 
includes about 5000 stations in over 50 countries, with frequencies, 
call signs, locations, power, networks, schedules, languages, formats, 
networks and other information.


Bruce

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Re: [IRCA] dual receiver SDRs for diversity reception / phasing

[Chuck Hutton]

A bittersweet choice is the RSD Duo from SDRPlay.
At around $270 the price is good.
But.
-it's not a good receiver as I and Guy Atkins commented a few months ago.
-SDR Uno is the SDR Play house software and it needs work to support 
phasing. It's not there yet.

So the market is still waiting for a unit that supports live and recorded file 
phasing  of the entire MW band with a good receiver and a good price.


Chuck


From: IRCA  on behalf of Don Moman VE6JY 

Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 8:48 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] dual receiver SDRs for diversity reception / phasing

I haven't seen them mentioned, and they are not inexpensive but some models
of the ANAN line of SDR transceivers   https://apache-labs.com/  have phase
coherent dual receivers with the ability to do phasing in the software.

I have the Flex 6700 which also has the dual receive aspect but no phasing
control in the software.  I know the Flex (and perhaps the ANAN) doesn't
support any kind of spectral recording.

Don
VE6JY

On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 4:33 AM Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

> Thanks for addressing this Mark, and saving me
> fine tuning my own comments, which were essentially:
>
> Is SDR phasing live any better than hardware
> phasing?  If it's not, then all you're doing is
> replacing a piece of hardware with perhaps a
> heavier duty computer, are you not?
>
> Phasing files as they are played back would be
> the technological game changer.   I suspect that
> doing that means recording a different kind of
> .wav file that includes a counter in its header,
> so that samples recorded from one locked receiver
> can be matched up with samples from the other
> during playback.   More informed folks than I
> could comment on the feasibility of that, or whether it exists already.
>
> Would it make any difference to the average
> DXer?   I don't seem to have time to play back
> some of the files from my good openings at home,
> let alone from DXpeditions.  The
> enhanced  ability to winkle out more DX from
> files that I'm not listening to anyway may not be
> all that helpful, hi.  (of course, if I stopped
> bloviating, there might be more time...)
>
> I seem to recall one SDR manufacturer a few years
> ago thinking that there would be little market
> for such a device, even if you provided all
> manner of hand-holding software, which is the
> quite expensive to produce, especially if you want it to function well.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 04:06 2019-01-16, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote:
>
>
> >I would be willing to have a receiver that just
> >saved half the MW bandwidth, e.g. 700 kHz, in
> >capture files if it had the I/Q streams from the
> >two receivers.  But with receivers doing 3, 6,
> >and more MHz of capture these days, why can't we
> >get the whole 510-1710 stretch?
> >
> >Basic requirements:
> >
> >*** Phasing can be done after the fact on
> >capture files both manually and, when channels
> >are reasonably similar, automatically.
> >
> >*** The two receivers can be slaved to each
> >other for diversity and phasing applications or tuned independently.
> >
> >*** There must be the provision for separate antenna inputs.
> >
> >*** User can save null solution data to an INI
> >file that can be recalled later.  This file
> >should be plain text suitable for importation
> >into antenna-testing technical articles, DXpedition reports, etc.
> >
> >You need to be able to adjust both gain of each
> >channel and the delta-phase / delta-time between
> >them.  You are not always using identical gain
> >and pattern antennas. In fact you could be using
> >two opposite ends of the same SuperLoop or
> >DKAZ.  East end could have 880 WCBS at S-9 and
> >882 UK at S-8; west end might have WCBS S9+20
> >and UK S-5.  So why should you not be able to
> >put 20 dB attenuation on the west end to make
> >WCBS S-9 and then phase it against the east end
> >to provide vastly cleaner pick-up of 882 UK?  I
> >can certainly do that with the Quantum Phaser and several homebrew models.
> >
> >If you can adjust after the fact on capture
> >files you can run several different gain / phase
> >scenarios on, let's say, a graveyard
> >channel.  By moving the null around the
> >compass, as with a conventional rotatable loop,
> >you could pull as many as 6 to 8 different ID's
> >out of a single channel at a particular time.
> >
> >You could also think about applying a gain /
> >phase curve.  Let's say you used an (A vs. B) 8
> >dB delta gain / 100 ns delta time solution to
> >take down 770 WABC and 6 dB / 90 ns to take out
> >880 WCBS.  In-between frequencies could be
> >adjusted "on the curve".  820 WNYC, in a
> >similar direction as 770 and 880, could be
> >expected to null at something like 7 dB delta
> >gain / 95 ns delta time.  This sort of
> >mathematical manipulation of the data streams
> >could help to broadband the nulling pattern when

[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 15 January 2019

[Nigel Pimblett]

   Slim pickings once more, but I guess that's better than no 
pickings at all.



594        JOAK    Tokyo, JAPAN    Weak traces of talk, then pips at 1500

693        JOAB    Tokyo, JAPAN    Woman talking during language lesson 
at 1415


828       JOBB    Osaka, JAPAN    Was the only one of the NHK2 big guns 
audible at 1500, with pips, then musical bridge into lesson


1116    4BC    Brisbane, AUSTRALIA  Host talking with caller at 1419


73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array

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Re: [IRCA] LWBC in Michigan

[Richard N. Allen via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
I’ve been hearing several signals this evening on my ULR setup of a PL-360 with 
7.5-inch loop-stick. 
171 Medi 1 MRC, poor.
183 Europe 1 D, barely audible, FF language.
198 unID, most likely BBC R4 UK, barely audible trace.
252 Chaine 3 ALG, poor, talking in FF.

Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA

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Re: [IRCA] dual receiver SDRs for diversity reception / phasing

[Don Moman VE6JY]

I haven't seen them mentioned, and they are not inexpensive but some models
of the ANAN line of SDR transceivers   https://apache-labs.com/  have phase
coherent dual receivers with the ability to do phasing in the software.

I have the Flex 6700 which also has the dual receive aspect but no phasing
control in the software.  I know the Flex (and perhaps the ANAN) doesn't
support any kind of spectral recording.

Don
VE6JY

On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 4:33 AM Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

> Thanks for addressing this Mark, and saving me
> fine tuning my own comments, which were essentially:
>
> Is SDR phasing live any better than hardware
> phasing?  If it's not, then all you're doing is
> replacing a piece of hardware with perhaps a
> heavier duty computer, are you not?
>
> Phasing files as they are played back would be
> the technological game changer.   I suspect that
> doing that means recording a different kind of
> .wav file that includes a counter in its header,
> so that samples recorded from one locked receiver
> can be matched up with samples from the other
> during playback.   More informed folks than I
> could comment on the feasibility of that, or whether it exists already.
>
> Would it make any difference to the average
> DXer?   I don't seem to have time to play back
> some of the files from my good openings at home,
> let alone from DXpeditions.  The
> enhanced  ability to winkle out more DX from
> files that I'm not listening to anyway may not be
> all that helpful, hi.  (of course, if I stopped
> bloviating, there might be more time...)
>
> I seem to recall one SDR manufacturer a few years
> ago thinking that there would be little market
> for such a device, even if you provided all
> manner of hand-holding software, which is the
> quite expensive to produce, especially if you want it to function well.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 04:06 2019-01-16, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote:
>
>
> >I would be willing to have a receiver that just
> >saved half the MW bandwidth, e.g. 700 kHz, in
> >capture files if it had the I/Q streams from the
> >two receivers.  But with receivers doing 3, 6,
> >and more MHz of capture these days, why can't we
> >get the whole 510-1710 stretch?
> >
> >Basic requirements:
> >
> >*** Phasing can be done after the fact on
> >capture files both manually and, when channels
> >are reasonably similar, automatically.
> >
> >*** The two receivers can be slaved to each
> >other for diversity and phasing applications or tuned independently.
> >
> >*** There must be the provision for separate antenna inputs.
> >
> >*** User can save null solution data to an INI
> >file that can be recalled later.  This file
> >should be plain text suitable for importation
> >into antenna-testing technical articles, DXpedition reports, etc.
> >
> >You need to be able to adjust both gain of each
> >channel and the delta-phase / delta-time between
> >them.  You are not always using identical gain
> >and pattern antennas. In fact you could be using
> >two opposite ends of the same SuperLoop or
> >DKAZ.  East end could have 880 WCBS at S-9 and
> >882 UK at S-8; west end might have WCBS S9+20
> >and UK S-5.  So why should you not be able to
> >put 20 dB attenuation on the west end to make
> >WCBS S-9 and then phase it against the east end
> >to provide vastly cleaner pick-up of 882 UK?  I
> >can certainly do that with the Quantum Phaser and several homebrew models.
> >
> >If you can adjust after the fact on capture
> >files you can run several different gain / phase
> >scenarios on, let's say, a graveyard
> >channel.  By moving the null around the
> >compass, as with a conventional rotatable loop,
> >you could pull as many as 6 to 8 different ID's
> >out of a single channel at a particular time.
> >
> >You could also think about applying a gain /
> >phase curve.  Let's say you used an (A vs. B) 8
> >dB delta gain / 100 ns delta time solution to
> >take down 770 WABC and 6 dB / 90 ns to take out
> >880 WCBS.  In-between frequencies could be
> >adjusted "on the curve".  820 WNYC, in a
> >similar direction as 770 and 880, could be
> >expected to null at something like 7 dB delta
> >gain / 95 ns delta time.  This sort of
> >mathematical manipulation of the data streams
> >could help to broadband the nulling pattern when
> >using two antennas that don't quite fit the
> >textbook scheme of spatially-separated elements
> >of identical gain and pick-up pattern.
> >
> >Phasing only during live DX is not the game
> >changer or killer app here.  It's nice maybe to
> >eliminate one box on the table but what we
> >really want is post facto phasing as well as live DX use.
> >
> >The baby steps are being taken but
> >ready-for-prime-time software and hardware
> >hasn't arrived yet as far as I can tell.  Ham
> >DXpeditions / contest stations, MW guys in
> >Finland etc. would be all over it if it had.
> >
> >Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> >South Yarmouth, MA
> >
> ><<
> >A couple of drawbacks for the Afedri:
> 

Re: [IRCA] dual receiver SDRs for diversity reception / phasing

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Thanks for addressing this Mark, and saving me 
fine tuning my own comments, which were essentially:


Is SDR phasing live any better than hardware 
phasing?  If it's not, then all you're doing is 
replacing a piece of hardware with perhaps a 
heavier duty computer, are you not?


Phasing files as they are played back would be 
the technological game changer.   I suspect that 
doing that means recording a different kind of 
.wav file that includes a counter in its header, 
so that samples recorded from one locked receiver 
can be matched up with samples from the other 
during playback.   More informed folks than I 
could comment on the feasibility of that, or whether it exists already.


Would it make any difference to the average 
DXer?   I don't seem to have time to play back 
some of the files from my good openings at home, 
let alone from DXpeditions.  The 
enhanced  ability to winkle out more DX from 
files that I'm not listening to anyway may not be 
all that helpful, hi.  (of course, if I stopped 
bloviating, there might be more time...)


I seem to recall one SDR manufacturer a few years 
ago thinking that there would be little market 
for such a device, even if you provided all 
manner of hand-holding software, which is the 
quite expensive to produce, especially if you want it to function well.


best wishes,

Nick






At 04:06 2019-01-16, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote:


I would be willing to have a receiver that just 
saved half the MW bandwidth, e.g. 700 kHz, in 
capture files if it had the I/Q streams from the 
two receivers.  But with receivers doing 3, 6, 
and more MHz of capture these days, why can't we 
get the whole 510-1710 stretch?


Basic requirements:

*** Phasing can be done after the fact on 
capture files both manually and, when channels 
are reasonably similar, automatically.


*** The two receivers can be slaved to each 
other for diversity and phasing applications or tuned independently.


*** There must be the provision for separate antenna inputs.

*** User can save null solution data to an INI 
file that can be recalled later.  This file 
should be plain text suitable for importation 
into antenna-testing technical articles, DXpedition reports, etc.


You need to be able to adjust both gain of each 
channel and the delta-phase / delta-time between 
them.  You are not always using identical gain 
and pattern antennas. In fact you could be using 
two opposite ends of the same SuperLoop or 
DKAZ.  East end could have 880 WCBS at S-9 and 
882 UK at S-8; west end might have WCBS S9+20 
and UK S-5.  So why should you not be able to 
put 20 dB attenuation on the west end to make 
WCBS S-9 and then phase it against the east end 
to provide vastly cleaner pick-up of 882 UK?  I 
can certainly do that with the Quantum Phaser and several homebrew models.


If you can adjust after the fact on capture 
files you can run several different gain / phase 
scenarios on, let's say, a graveyard 
channel.  By moving the null around the 
compass, as with a conventional rotatable loop, 
you could pull as many as 6 to 8 different ID's 
out of a single channel at a particular time.


You could also think about applying a gain / 
phase curve.  Let's say you used an (A vs. B) 8 
dB delta gain / 100 ns delta time solution to 
take down 770 WABC and 6 dB / 90 ns to take out 
880 WCBS.  In-between frequencies could be 
adjusted "on the curve".  820 WNYC, in a 
similar direction as 770 and 880, could be 
expected to null at something like 7 dB delta 
gain / 95 ns delta time.  This sort of 
mathematical manipulation of the data streams 
could help to broadband the nulling pattern when 
using two antennas that don't quite fit the 
textbook scheme of spatially-separated elements 
of identical gain and pick-up pattern.


Phasing only during live DX is not the game 
changer or killer app here.  It's nice maybe to 
eliminate one box on the table but what we 
really want is post facto phasing as well as live DX use.


The baby steps are being taken but 
ready-for-prime-time software and hardware 
hasn't arrived yet as far as I can tell.  Ham 
DXpeditions / contest stations, MW guys in 
Finland etc. would be all over it if it had.


Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA

<<
A couple of drawbacks for the Afedri:

(1) As of a year ago (I have not checked since), 
the phasing only worked on the live signals. No 
phasing was possible on a recorded file.


(2) It has only a 12 bit converter so is not top of the line.

And something that needs verification: the 
Afedri was only spec'ed to record 900 kHz of 
bandwidth. I see it has recently been changed to 
1100 kHz. That's enough for me if it performs as advertised.


Chuck
>>

<<
Did I miss something?  As far as I can tell, 
nothing discussed here comes close to what we 
need - the ability to phase null synchronized RF 
spectrum captures.  Everything described here 
is no different than using two receivers (SDR or 
analog) on different antennas, or 

Re: [IRCA] dual receiver SDRs for diversity reception / phasing

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
I would be willing to have a receiver that just saved half the MW bandwidth, 
e.g. 700 kHz, in capture files if it had the I/Q streams from the two 
receivers.  But with receivers doing 3, 6, and more MHz of capture these days, 
why can't we get the whole 510-1710 stretch?

Basic requirements:

*** Phasing can be done after the fact on capture files both manually and, when 
channels are reasonably similar, automatically.

*** The two receivers can be slaved to each other for diversity and phasing 
applications or tuned independently.

*** There must be the provision for separate antenna inputs.

*** User can save null solution data to an INI file that can be recalled later. 
 This file should be plain text suitable for importation into antenna-testing 
technical articles, DXpedition reports, etc.

You need to be able to adjust both gain of each channel and the delta-phase / 
delta-time between them.  You are not always using identical gain and pattern 
antennas. In fact you could be using two opposite ends of the same SuperLoop or 
DKAZ.  East end could have 880 WCBS at S-9 and 882 UK at S-8; west end might 
have WCBS S9+20 and UK S-5.  So why should you not be able to put 20 dB 
attenuation on the west end to make WCBS S-9 and then phase it against the east 
end to provide vastly cleaner pick-up of 882 UK?  I can certainly do that with 
the Quantum Phaser and several homebrew models. 

If you can adjust after the fact on capture files you can run several different 
gain / phase scenarios on, let's say, a graveyard channel.  By moving the null 
around the compass, as with a conventional rotatable loop, you could pull as 
many as 6 to 8 different ID's out of a single channel at a particular time.

You could also think about applying a gain / phase curve.  Let's say you used 
an (A vs. B) 8 dB delta gain / 100 ns delta time solution to take down 770 WABC 
and 6 dB / 90 ns to take out 880 WCBS.  In-between frequencies could be 
adjusted "on the curve".  820 WNYC, in a similar direction as 770 and 880, 
could be expected to null at something like 7 dB delta gain / 95 ns delta time. 
 This sort of mathematical manipulation of the data streams could help to 
broadband the nulling pattern when using two antennas that don't quite fit the 
textbook scheme of spatially-separated elements of identical gain and pick-up 
pattern. 

Phasing only during live DX is not the game changer or killer app here.  It's 
nice maybe to eliminate one box on the table but what we really want is post 
facto phasing as well as live DX use.

The baby steps are being taken but ready-for-prime-time software and hardware 
hasn't arrived yet as far as I can tell.  Ham DXpeditions / contest stations, 
MW guys in Finland etc. would be all over it if it had.

Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA

<<
A couple of drawbacks for the Afedri:

(1) As of a year ago (I have not checked since), the phasing only worked on the 
live signals. No phasing was possible on a recorded file.

(2) It has only a 12 bit converter so is not top of the line.

And something that needs verification: the Afedri was only spec'ed to record 
900 kHz of bandwidth. I see it has recently been changed to 1100 kHz. That's 
enough for me if it performs as advertised.

Chuck
>>

<<
Did I miss something?  As far as I can tell, nothing discussed here comes close 
to what we need - the ability to phase null synchronized RF spectrum captures.  
Everything described here is no different than using two receivers (SDR or 
analog) on different antennas, or phasing/combining two antennas into one 
receiver, for the purposes of live monitoring and making single RF spectrum 
captures.  While it is possible to make two RF spectrum captures using two SDR 
receivers simultaneously, then perfectly synchronizing playback of the two RF 
spectrum captures for diversity reception (i.e. audio from one RF spectrum 
capture in the left, the other in the right), it's difficult to get the audio 
from each spectrum capture in sync and the results usually not worth the 
effort.  The WiNRADiO Excalibur has three receivers in one, but they all 
operate off the same antenna.  So the Excalibur can be used for 'diversity 
reception' of parallel frequencies by tuning Rx1 to 1053 TalkSport and Rx2 to 
1089 TalkSport, then combining the audio using the Mix functions of the 
Excalibur for example, but it's not really diversity reception by definition 
which would have two SDR receivers each with their own antenna.  I see nothing 
groundbreaking here.

--
Bruce Conti
B.A.Conti Photography www.baconti.com
¡BAMLog! www.bamlog.com
>>

<<
Hi Mark, I have one of the newer Afedri V3.0 dual input radios here. I bought 
it out of curiosity and am pleased with how well it phases. It only has a 
1.2Mhz span width in dual channel mode, but that gets most of MW. It works as 
well as phased loops/flags but without as much loss. I use it with HDSDR after 
setup with the connection tool provided with 

Re: [IRCA] LWBC in Michigan

[Tim Tromp]

Scott, I also have Poland here right now on 225 with music and talk - any
luck up there?  252 is always strong here but so is the beacon interference!

73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan


On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:41 PM Transistor  wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> 171 and 189 are both strong and listenable here in Michigan this evening
>
> 252 is down from previous evenings. 198 has an even match going with NDB
> DIW.
>
> Good DX to all,
>
> Scott
>
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[IRCA] LWBC in Michigan

[Transistor]

Greetings all, 

171 and 189 are both strong and listenable here in Michigan this evening

252 is down from previous evenings. 198 has an even match going with NDB DIW. 

Good DX to all,

Scott

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[IRCA] TP 15 Jan Victoria version.

[Nick Hall-Patch]

another return, to a small semblance of TPs, not quite like the 13th.  


pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least 
briefly):

828 JOBB 1503UT

972 HLCA 1610UT



Reasonable audio at  times during the period (much of it understandable by a 
native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise):

774 JOUB 1503UT

1566 HLAZ woman in Chinese 1543UT; man in Russian, with several fades up over 5 
minutes starting 1630UT






not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could 
be understood by a native speaker: 

594 JOAK 1547UT

873 JOGB English lessons 1535UT



Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by 
cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 


603 HLSA soft voiced woman //558 on Korean KiwiSDR 1547UT

693 JOAB //828 1530UT

819 N. Korea female operatic vocal //2850 1540UT

945 CNR1 man //1593 1545UT

1098 CNR1 man mumbling in //1593 1548UT

1206 man mumbling on off channel carrier, likely Yanbian 1530UT

1287 man talking, Japanese intonation 1548UT

1422 man and woman, Japanese intonation 1545UT

1593 CNR1 man //945 1545UT



Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged 
by splatter)
639 711 747 846 855  864 954 1089 1134 1188 1242 1323  1332  1386 seemed to be 
Asian; 
 612 1017 seemed to be DU  


best wishes,

Nick








Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada  

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[IRCA] PROPAGATION

[Pete Taylor]

Absolutely true, Walt. Other than while under decimating power lines, on three 
of the last ten days while I was driving around Tacoma, KFBK-1530 Sacramento 
was good all day long at great levels. It was first noted at noon at the Tacoma 
Yacht Club and lasted all the way home in Northeast Tacoma.

In other news, KLER-1300 Orofino, ID noted at an excellent level at 9:45p PST 
1/14 with frequent mention of The Clearwater. It was a relog from 1998. 
According to one source, KKOL-1300 goes back on the air in March from its new 
transmitter site. 

Pete Taylor
Tacoma, WA
12225w 4719n
HQ180 & ICF2010
Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops
DX398, SRF-59 & M37V
Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380
=

> On Jan 14, 2019, at 10:56 PM, Volodya S  wrote:
> 
> It's interesting that what happens on LW doesn't equate to the MW band.
> Propagationthere's so much we don't understand!   73,   Walt
> 
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 6:12 AM STEVE  wrote:
> 
>> LWBC got fairly decent later on this Monday evening. At around 06 utc:
>> 171 poor (AM sync); 183 poor (AM sync); 189 very poor; 198 poor (AM
>> sync); 216 very poor; 234 very poor; (243 hints); 252 medium (AM sync).
>> MW only has 1089 with rapidly fading het not lasting long enough for any
>> audio.
>> 
>> Steve AA7U
>> 
>> near Sahuarita, AZ
>> 
>> R75; N/S longwire
>> 
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Re: [IRCA] Ultralight Radio Group Moves to Groups.io

[Gary DeBock]

<<< Well done!

The writing has been on the wall for a long time -
I managed to migrate 5 groups - it was pretty seamless at the time - but the 
Yahoo rulebook was constantly changing. >>>

Thanks Colin,

Because of some new Yahoo shenanigans we had a somewhat interesting time trying 
shift over our sizable membership and numerous files, but Groups.io did finally 
come up with a sneaky solution to help us get the "seamless transfer" that 
other hobby groups have enjoyed.

Gary


> On January 15, 2019 at 9:03 AM "R. Colin Newell"  
> wrote:
> 
> Well done!
> 
> The writing has been on the wall for a long time -
> 
> I managed to migrate 5 groups - it was pretty seamless at the time - but 
> the Yahoo rulebook was constantly changing.
> 
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 11:53 PM Gary DeBock < d1028g...@comcast.net 
> mailto:d1028g...@comcast.net > wrote:
> 
> > > Following the general trend among radio hobby groups, the 1,500+ 
> member Ultralight Radio enthusiast group has moved its home base from Yahoo 
> to Groups.io. This is a general notice to other radio hobby groups before the 
> Yahoo site is closed down.
> > 
> > Founded in early 2008 by the late John Bryant and yours truly, the 
> > Ultralight Radio group has enjoyed steady worldwide growth for over ten 
> > years, leading the way in portable radio modification, FSL antenna 
> > development, ocean cliff propagation discoveries and the new "Frequent 
> > Flyer" transoceanic DXing sport (using a compact FSL antenna on exotic 
> > ocean beaches). We feel honored to have many of the hobby leaders among our 
> > membership, and look forward to continued innovation, exploration and 
> > excitement in the coming years!
> > 
> > 
> > Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> > 
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[IRCA] LWBC and MW correlation

[Transistor]

Hi Steve,

Many evenings so far this month have yielded decent LWBC conditions here in 
Michigan. I've made some decent recordings with the SDR for the archives.  

Usually 171 and 183 are the dominant stations here, but so far this year it's 
been the BBC on 198 and then Algeria on 252. I've actually heard two stations 
on 252 occasionally. 

And interestingly, 216 R. Monte Carlo has shown up in the early evening a 
couple of times.  Back when you and I were doing coordinated listening 216 was 
historically rare for my QTH.

252 was exceptionally loud a couple of evenings ago. I suppose we would call it 
blow torch status for long wave.

Walt, I've noticed that also where LWBC conditions do not equate to Medium Wave 
and with the SDR when I see MW carriers have noted sometimes it's high band 
dominant, and sometimes low band dominant, but to verify what you observed, 
long and medium waves don't correlate. 

Good DX to all, 

Scott 
Michigan

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Re: [IRCA] Monday night LWBC, S. AZ

[Nick Hall-Patch]

I'll need to talk to my neighbours about any 
equivalent here, hi.   Are these Beverage antenna height, or higher?


Thanks.

Nick

At 19:38 2019-01-15, STEVE wrote:

I have a 700' N/S longwire and a 900' E/W 
longwire that are my primary antennas. I get 
more local AC noise on the E/W wire and even 
though most LWBC is stronger on the E/W, the N/S 
wire has less noise and better overall S/N. When 
I lived in northeast Oregon I also had longwire 
antennas and would get LWBC; being much farther 
south here in AZ I never really expected to get 
much, and have been very pleased with what's 
been heard, especially this season. Several 
instances of 252 Algeria at "armchair copy" in 
AM sync mode, where normally the NDBs cause 
strong hets from the carriers, and the NDB 
idents themselves create "interference". (And 
I'm primarily an NDB DXer, but do like to hear any LWBC coming my way!)


Steve

On 1/15/2019 12:25 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
In Victoria, rarely any LWBC action in 
comparison, I think I've only every heard 189 
with audio, some years ago.   How large is your longwire Steve?


Last few evenings have seen MW carriers seeming 
to be from the UK and Lithuania, a contrast to poor TP conditions.



best wishes,



Nick




At 06:12 2019-01-15, STEVE wrote:
LWBC got fairly decent later on this Monday 
evening. At around 06 utc: 171 poor (AM sync); 
183 poor (AM sync); 189 very poor; 198 poor 
(AM sync); 216 very poor; 234 very poor; (243 
hints); 252 medium (AM sync). MW only has 1089 
with rapidly fading het not lasting long enough for any audio.


Steve AA7U

near Sahuarita, AZ

R75; N/S longwire

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Re: [IRCA] dual receiver SDRs for diversity reception / phasing

[Chuck Hutton]

A couple of drawbacks for the Afedri:

(1) As of a year ago (I have not checked since), the phasing only worked on the 
live signals. No phasing was possible on a recorded file.

(2) It has only a 12 bit converter so is not top of the line.


And something that needs verification: the Afedri was only spec'ed to record 
900 kHz of bandwidth. I see it has recently been changed to 1100 kHz. That's 
enough for me if it performs as advertised.


Chuck

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Re: [IRCA] Monday night LWBC, S. AZ

[STEVE]

I have a 700' N/S longwire and a 900' E/W longwire that are my primary 
antennas. I get more local AC noise on the E/W wire and even though most 
LWBC is stronger on the E/W, the N/S wire has less noise and better 
overall S/N. When I lived in northeast Oregon I also had longwire 
antennas and would get LWBC; being much farther south here in AZ I never 
really expected to get much, and have been very pleased with what's been 
heard, especially this season. Several instances of 252 Algeria at 
"armchair copy" in AM sync mode, where normally the NDBs cause strong 
hets from the carriers, and the NDB idents themselves create 
"interference". (And I'm primarily an NDB DXer, but do like to hear any 
LWBC coming my way!)


Steve

On 1/15/2019 12:25 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
In Victoria, rarely any LWBC action in comparison, I think I've only 
every heard 189 with audio, some years ago.   How large is your 
longwire Steve?


Last few evenings have seen MW carriers seeming to be from the UK and 
Lithuania, a contrast to poor TP conditions.


best wishes,

Nick


At 06:12 2019-01-15, STEVE wrote:
LWBC got fairly decent later on this Monday evening. At around 06 
utc: 171 poor (AM sync); 183 poor (AM sync); 189 very poor; 198 poor 
(AM sync); 216 very poor; 234 very poor; (243 hints); 252 medium (AM 
sync). MW only has 1089 with rapidly fading het not lasting long 
enough for any audio.


Steve AA7U

near Sahuarita, AZ

R75; N/S longwire


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Re: [IRCA] Monday night LWBC, S. AZ

[Nick Hall-Patch]

In Victoria, rarely any LWBC action in comparison, I think I've only 
every heard 189 with audio, some years ago.   How large is your longwire Steve?


Last few evenings have seen MW carriers seeming to be from the UK and 
Lithuania, a contrast to poor TP conditions.


best wishes,

Nick


At 06:12 2019-01-15, STEVE wrote:
LWBC got fairly decent later on this Monday evening. At around 06 
utc: 171 poor (AM sync); 183 poor (AM sync); 189 very poor; 198 poor 
(AM sync); 216 very poor; 234 very poor; (243 hints); 252 medium (AM 
sync). MW only has 1089 with rapidly fading het not lasting long 
enough for any audio.


Steve AA7U

near Sahuarita, AZ

R75; N/S longwire

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[IRCA] dual receiver SDRs for diversity reception / phasing

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
The subject of SDRs containing two phase-locked receivers came up recently on 
the Topband (160m ham) list ( 
http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/topband/2019-01/threads.html ).

The discussion dealt primarily with diversity reception: audio from antenna A's 
RF goes to your left headphone, antenna B to the right.  In some cases a weak 
or interfered-with signal that isn't quite readable on either channel 
independently can "pop out of the mud" when both channels are presented, one to 
the left and one to the right as mentioned. Typically you're on the same 
frequency, mode, bandwidth, and AGC for this.  Maybe you use USB one channel 
and LSB the other if the interference is different owing to antenna pick-up 
patterns.  For MW DX, sometimes two different frequencies would be fed to the 
headphones for quick comparison of parallel audio content (e.g. Spain 684 & 
855, Cuba 670 & 710, Japan 747 & 774).

More of interest to me is phasing based in the receiver.  This should be 
available under complete (manual) operator control of each channel's gain and 
phase / time delay.  There should be a way to save successful null or peak 
set-ups to a look-up table text file that can be invoked later to speed up 
DXing.  The file should also be importable into Excel / Word / Access / 
PowerPoint for producing technical articles.  Additionally the receiver should 
provide a degree of auto-nulling, at least when the two synchronized receivers 
are getting the same dominant "pest" signal (or noise) a reasonable amount 
above co-channel and adjacent interference.

The subject has been chatted up here before and I think that one or more 
receivers hardware-capable of this were out there but there was no clear 
software solution, at least anything that has been adequately "road tested" by 
cutting edge contester hams and the top MW talent in Scandinavia, North 
America, and east Asia.

If there is new information on this topic, feel free to comment.

Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA 

These are some posts recently appearing on the Topband list under the "Re: 
Topband: Dual RX SDR receivers (diversity capable)" header.

<<
Have you looked at
http://www.afedri-sdr.com/index.php/new-afe822x-sdr-net-dual-channel ?

73
Nick
VE7DXR
>>

<<
Cross Country Wireless SDR-4++ dual diversity SDR general coverage receiver

Digitally signed mail - John? M0ELS
>>

<<
Hi Bjorn

If you are interested, I have a dual Softrock 160m SDR receiver (two receivers 
in one diecast box) that was built up about ten years ago or so for diversity 
reception, using Alex VE3NEA?s Rock 2.0 diversity version ? see 
http://www.dxatlas.com/Download.asp.

Owing to family/business pressures I never got around to using it. My 
recollection is JC N4IS may have built up something similar?

The receiver is just sitting on a shelf here and I am happy to part with it. 
Also have a M-Audio D44 professional soundcard that was going to used with it.

Vy 73

Steve, VK6VZ 
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Re: [IRCA] Ultralight Radio Group Moves to Groups.io

[R. Colin Newell]

Well done!

The writing has been on the wall for a long time -

I managed to migrate 5 groups - it was pretty seamless at the time - but
the Yahoo rulebook was constantly changing.

On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 11:53 PM Gary DeBock  wrote:

> Following the general trend among radio hobby groups, the 1,500+ member
> Ultralight Radio enthusiast group has moved its home base from Yahoo to
> Groups.io. This is a general notice to other radio hobby groups before the
> Yahoo site is closed down.
>
> Founded in early 2008 by the late John Bryant and yours truly, the
> Ultralight Radio group has enjoyed steady worldwide growth for over ten
> years, leading the way in portable radio modification, FSL antenna
> development, ocean cliff propagation discoveries and the new "Frequent
> Flyer" transoceanic DXing sport (using a compact FSL antenna on exotic
> ocean beaches). We feel honored to have many of the hobby leaders among our
> membership, and look forward to continued innovation, exploration and
> excitement in the coming years!
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] Cape Cod, MA, USA - logs (late DEC wrap-up, audio for all)

[Sylvain Naud]

Your unID Mark on 243 is Denmark. If my memory serves me well, between 4:45
and 5:00, they have maritime weather and at 5:00, the news. Although they
have very limited air time, they have been very consistent up here this
season.

Sylvain

Le lun. 14 janv. 2019 22 h 50, Mark Connelly via IRCA 
a écrit :

>
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Mark Connelly 
> To: b...@yahoogroups.com, cap...@yahoogroups.com, nrc...@googlegroups.com,
> irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@yahoogroups.com
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 03:50:40 + (UTC)
> Subject: Cape Cod, MA, USA - logs (late DEC wrap-up, audio for all)
> Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> Times / dates = UTC / 2018
> e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com"
>
> [Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA
> (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq)
>
> NOTE:
> {A} in entry indicates that audio can be accessed from link on the
> following page:
> http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_2018.htm
>
> Receiver: Elad FDM-S2
> See http://shop.elad-usa.com/sdr-radio/fdm-s2/
>
> Antenna: Cardioid pattern SuperLoop: 9m vertical by 20m horizontal (peak
> 84 deg., null 264 deg.)
> See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type.
>
> ==
>
> *** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***
>
> 153 | ROMANIA | Antena Satelor / Romania Actualitati, Brasov Bod, DEC 24
> 0500 - Woman in Romanian, Radio Antena Satelor ID, fast string music, talk
> by man, rooster crow, 3 pips; fair over static. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 171 | MOROCCO | R. Mediterranee Internationale, Nador, DEC 24 0500 - Woman
> in Arabic, chimes, attention music, news; to good peak. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 183 | GERMANY | Europe No. 1, Felsberg, DEC 24 0500 - Two men talking in
> French, typical chimes, woman and man; to good peak, slight static. {A}
> [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 189 | ICELAND | RÚV Rás, Gufuskálar, DEC 24 0500 - Female English vocal,
> electronic sound, man in Icelandic with RUV mention; good. {A}
> [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 198 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC R.4, Droitwich et al., DEC 24 0500 - Promos for
> comedy and science programs, woman "BBC World Service, the world's radio
> station", 5+1 pips, man with news about Indonesia tsunami; fair to good.
> {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 216 | FRANCE | Radio Monte Carlo, Roumoules, DEC 24 0500 - Man in French,
> then woman, attention sounds in newscast; good. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 225 | POLAND | Polskie Radio, Konstantynow, DEC 24 0500 - Man in Polish,
> 5+1 pips, fanfare music, more talk; fair over static. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 234 | LUXEMBOURG | RTL, Junglinster, DEC 24 0500 - Woman in French; fair
> over static. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 243 | unID | ?, DEC 24 0500 - Bits of talk by man under YVB beacon. {A}
> [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 252 | ALGERIA | R. Algerienne, Tipaza, DEC 24 0500 - Folk style vocal and
> guitar, 5+1 pips (last higher pitch), jingle, woman in French; good. {A}
> [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 603 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, DEC 29 2200 - Male vocal and folk guitar, 5+1
> pips with synchro echo, time check including Canarias mention, fanfare
> music, man "veinte cuatro horas en Radio Nacional de Espana"; fair. {A}
> [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 639 | CZECHIA | CRo Dvojka, Praha/Liblice, DEC 31 2100 - Slavic talk by
> man, Dvojka mention; over Spain. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 774 | EGYPT | ERTU Al-Sharq al-Awsat, Abis, DEC 23 2100 - Shrill female
> vocal, 4+1 pips (last higher pitch) a bit after Spain's pips, Salaam
> Aleikum in talk; fair, mostly over Spain. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 774 | SPAIN | RNE1 synchros, DEC 29 2100 - Rustic male vocal, 5+1 pips,
> time check by woman, fanfare music, man "Radio Nacional de Espana,
> servicios informativos", "buenas noches" at start of news by woman; good.
> {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 792 | SPAIN | SER R. Sevilla, Sevilla, DEC 29 2200 - Piano and orchestral
> music, 4+1 pips, man in Spanish, music, man with Cadena SER net ID, news;
> to good peak. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 909 | UNITED KINGDOM | BBC Radio 5 synchros, DEC 29 2200 - Man "This is
> BBC Five Live", news about bus accident near Scottish border; fair over
> slop. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 999 | SPAIN | COPE, Madrid, DEC 31 2200 - 5+1 pips, COPE ID in talk by man
> & woman; fair over IBOC hash. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 1017 | SPAIN | RNE5, Burgos//Granada, DEC 22 2200 - Vocal, 5+1 pips,
> fanfare music, man "veinte cuatro horas en Radio Nacional de Espana"; fair.
> {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 1044 | SPAIN | SER, San Sebastian // Valladolid, DEC 19 0500 - Elaborate
> fanfare / attention music, "en la cadena SER" ID; good. {A} + DEC 31 2201 -
> Vocal of "Sleigh Ride", fast Spanish talk by two guys in studio partying it
> up; loud. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 1098 | SPAIN | RNE5 synchros, DEC 23 2200 - 5+1 pips, time check by woman
> including Canarias mention, fanfare music, man "veinte cuatro horas en
> Radio Nacional de Espana"; fair. {A} [Connelly*Y-MA]
>
> 1170 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Sawt