Re: [IRCA] KGA degrade

2007-07-26 Thread Bill Harms
Pat, I fully understand about opening the channel for DX, but I lament the fact that they might be doing this. There is a lot of nostalgia and history involved. It is all about money I suppose. I just hope they don't do something stupid like change the callsign. When they signed on in 1927,

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] KGA downgrade?

2007-07-26 Thread Bill Harms
targeted listeners throughout the west coast and had regular listeners as far away as Southern California (including San Diego if my memory serves me. Bill Harms http://spokane.philcobill.com Home of the Spokane Radio History Web Pages. Scott Fybush wrote: They haven't filed for anything just

Re: [IRCA] My loss

2007-07-25 Thread Bill Harms
Art, Please accept my condolences. My heart goes out to you. Bill Harms Art Blair wrote: My lovely dear wife, Gwendolyn Jean Blair passed away this afternoon. At this time the cause is unknown. Art Folsom, CA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard

Re: [IRCA] 509 Area Code

2007-07-20 Thread Bill Harms
Tom Read of ACN? He has several stations in Eastern Washington, in the 509 area code. Bill Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: Just checking, I know sounds weird.. but.. i got a phone call from The 509 area code at the radio station and i know that's Spokane, Washington area. I accidentally deleted

Re: [IRCA] 760 WJR

2007-07-08 Thread Bill Harms
I noticed the same thing. WSB was not listenable at all here in Maryland. Good bye to DX on 750? Bill chris and anne wrote: Did anyone else notice that WJR ran IBOC well into the night. I first noticed it just after midnight..sure made a mess out of WABC and WSB at this QTH.they

Re: [IRCA] Compact Fluorescent Lamps - Revisited

2007-07-04 Thread Bill Harms
One has to wonder if they were to add the energy used in production and handling the mercury after they are used would it save that much energy. Bill Harms Joe Miller, AB8YP wrote: I guess the trade-off is between longer life and less power usage versus less complicated manufacturing process

Re: [IRCA] WNJC Test

2007-06-26 Thread Bill Harms
I think I heard them, but I don't think I heard the test itself. They are almost local for me and I can hear them in the mix in the daytime. Bill David Faulkner wrote: Patrick: That's what they were running from about 0436(when I tuned in) until after 0445. I didn't listen for an ID as I

Re: [IRCA] Latest Threads

2007-06-25 Thread Bill Harms
Resolved - Should we post bandscans on a common web page so that we can look at them at our leisure? Bill Charles A Taylor wrote: At 10:53 PM 6/24/2007 -0700, you wrote: Charles, I look forward to your bandscan. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager Patrick,

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WNJC test

2007-06-24 Thread Bill Harms
I stayed up last night because I thought the test was on Sunday Morning (24 June) and left the radio on 1360 all night. I did not hear the test and as WNJC is almost always there, if the test was on, I think I would have heard it. Bill chris and anne wrote: Isn't tonight the test for WNJC

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360 test

2007-06-13 Thread Bill Harms
Nick, Could it be a DU or a TP with a weak carrier on 1359? Just a thought Bill Nick Hall-Patch wrote: been going over my recordings of 1360 during the WNJC test, andno code, no sweeps, just KKMO and KUIK. However, was someone testing on the channel with a 1 kHz tone? I have one

Re: [IRCA] nighttime IBOC almost here

2007-06-02 Thread Bill Harms
Marc: I would be curious if KDKA or WHO would mess up WBZ's extended coverage area at night and if WBZ would even care. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland Marc DeLorenzo wrote: If WBZ-1030 turns on IBOC 24 hours (and I think they will) and If Nibi-Nibi were on 1020 or 1040, I wouldn't have

Re: [IRCA] tentative: Hanover County - 1700 City of Arlington - 1700 (VA

2007-05-28 Thread Bill Harms
Charlie, how about Howard County, Maryland? They are also on 1700. Check out the pics and the audio clips at http://dxing.philcobill.com/tis/howard_tis/ For a TIS at a high frequency they get out well on ground wave. Check out the antenna. Bill Charles A Taylor wrote: 1700VA

Re: [IRCA] Tentative now a logging: WPQE514-1620

2007-05-27 Thread Bill Harms
Charlie, one of us is confused. this is the station to which I was referring in the previous message. Bill Charles A Taylor wrote: 1620WPQE514 VA Chester. 1830 5/24. This was my unIDed WCTU514. Keep hearing this until LSS, with looped Welcome

Re: [IRCA] DX logging: WPSF938-1620, Hampstead, N. Carolina

2007-05-27 Thread Bill Harms
hours worth of barely readable audio in a couple of mp3 files that you are welcome to listen to. Bill Harms Charles A Taylor wrote: At 10:32 PM 5/26/2007 -0400, you wrote: Charlie, I am about 99.999 percent sure you have WPQE514. Bill, NOW I understand. The reference to Ashland confused

Re: [IRCA] DX logging: WPSF938-1620, Hampstead, N. Carolina

2007-05-26 Thread Bill Harms
Charlie, I am about 99.999 percent sure you have WPQE514 Ashland. Bill Harms Charles Taylor said QRM from still unIDed VA TIS with frequent references to Petersburg and Civil War memorials. (CAT-NC) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] DX logging: WPSF938-1620, Hampstead, N. Carolina

2007-05-26 Thread Bill Harms
Drop the Ashland. I don't know which one of the several transmitters you have Bill Harms wrote: Charlie, I am about 99.999 percent sure you have WPQE514 Ashland. Bill Harms ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http

Re: [IRCA] Bill Harms: TIS LIST

2007-05-19 Thread Bill Harms
someone in government may have such a list. If it exists, it is not made public. Bill Harms Charles A Taylor wrote: Bill, Do you maintain the TIS List? Charles Charles A Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] DX logging: WQVB479-1610 Rocky Mount, N. Carolina

2007-05-18 Thread Bill Harms
The TIS could have been in safe-mode. They generally start playing the NOAA weather when that happens. Charles A Taylor wrote: 1610 WQVB479 NCRocky Mount, Edgecombe Co. 5/18 @1330. Heard constant relay of NWS station Rocky Mount, without any TIS ID. FCC lists this as Edgecombe

Re: [IRCA] Legal scope of TIS content?

2007-05-12 Thread Bill Harms
PLEASE read the [IRCA] mailing list guidelines at http://www.ircaonline.org/guidelines.htm mmm. Didn't know a grant to buy a transmitter and all the trimmings was a possibility. Patrick Griffith, do you have any info on this? Bill Harms? I have not seen anything official about

[IRCA] U.S. automakers not jumping into HD Radio

2007-04-30 Thread Bill Harms
What does this mean to HD Radio? http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/printarticle.aspx?feed=OBRdate=20070426id=6807502 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on

Re: [IRCA] phasers?

2007-04-26 Thread Bill Harms
in a high signal environment, but I have not noticed a problem. I echo what Pat M said. I wish I would have gotten one years ago. It is worth every penny spent on it, and more. Bill Harms Charles A Taylor wrote: Who currently makes phasers? Current prices? Thanks, y'all. Charles A Taylor

Re: [IRCA] 790 CIGM 600 CKAT in Ontario - Can you hear them at night?

2007-04-13 Thread Bill Harms
Saul, I have never heard CKAT here because of my local on 600 WCAO CIGM is often the channel dominant here day (in the winter) and at night, especially when conditions favor the north and I have an antenna pointed that way. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland saulamdx wrote: 790 CIGM

Re: [IRCA] k m i k possibly testing iboc

2007-04-09 Thread Bill Harms
Bill I am curious about how this affects reception of HLAZ 1566 Bill Harms Bill Block wrote: Lots of IBOC hash here in Prescott Valley. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http

Re: [IRCA] USA 1670kHz (Questions)

2007-04-04 Thread Bill Harms
Gary: I am not surprised at all. I have only heard them a handful of times in the past three years, always by happenstance. They operate the transmitter very irregularly. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A newbie here. I live approximately 40 air miles from

Re: [IRCA] USA 1670kHz (Questions)

2007-04-03 Thread Bill Harms
Hi Les: I heard on Sunday 1 April between 1400 and 1500 EDT as stated in my original post. Brett Saylor also heard them in State College, PA until they signed off after 1800. I have not heard them since (as of 1455 3 April). I have never heard them after dark. Here are my clips.

Re: [IRCA] WD2XXM 1670

2007-04-02 Thread Bill Harms
to my information, so they probably can be wdiely heard on the East Coast. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing

Re: [IRCA] USA 1670kHz (Questions)

2007-04-02 Thread Bill Harms
://bill.dxclipjoint.com/01670-20040503-1758-wd2xxm.mp3 Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland BARRY DAVIES wrote: Hello Bill At 1kW WD2XXM would likely make it to the UK. What is the purpose of the station and why the funny calls? Barry Steve Whitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** U S A. After

Re: [IRCA] USA 1670kHz (Questions)

2007-04-02 Thread Bill Harms
Again for clarity, I am not sure how long they have been on the air and whether or not they were the first to run IBOC Bill Bill Harms wrote: Barry: This is an experimental station operated by iBiquity, the company which is promoting IBOC. They have run irregular tests of IBOC

Re: [IRCA] USA 1670kHz (Questions)

2007-04-02 Thread Bill Harms
interested in regular broadcaster but some members may be interested in experimental stations. Do they broadcast overnight your time. Barry Bill Harms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again for clarity, I am not sure how long they have been on the air and whether or not they were the first to run

[IRCA] WD2XXM 1670

2007-04-01 Thread Bill Harms
, so they probably can be wdiely heard on the East Coast. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland. ___ 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

Re: [IRCA] E-Mail Directory

2007-04-01 Thread Bill Harms
Maybe we can do the same with members' DX related web sites. Bill ___ 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

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 747 TP carrier this morning in IL

2007-03-20 Thread Bill Harms
Neil: Have you heard anything from Down Under? It seems like they show up here in Maryland with carriers more often that the TPs. Although I have had carriers from 747 and 1566 here as well. I have had a carrier on 774, but I have not been to tell if it is Japan or the Aussie. Bill On 20

[IRCA] KMTI 650 heard in Maryland

2007-03-19 Thread Bill Harms
The KMTI DX text was heard in Maryland. At 0242 3/19 heard a combination of sweep tones and code IDs through WSM and WSRO. The code sounds jumbled because of the interference, but you can tell it was code. The sweep tones came through just fine. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland 260 degree EWE

Re: [IRCA] Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-18 Thread Bill Harms
Pat/Bob: I believe the restriction only applies to cable/satellite systems. Please correct me if I am wrong. There is no problem picking up a station over the air outside of your market. Bill On 18 Mar 2007 at 8:47, Bob Young wrote: There is no such law, only BS from the big boys,

Re: [IRCA] Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-17 Thread Bill Harms
If the FCC were completely reasonable about this, they would authorize temporary experiemental use of IBOC at night just to see what would happen before making a final decision. It seems to me that the question of what would happen with nighttime IBOC is still open. Bill Harms On 16 Mar

Re: [IRCA] Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-17 Thread Bill Harms
Good thought, but I understand that many other countrys are going to digital on MW. Bill Harms On 17 Mar 2007 at 13:06, Neil Kazaross wrote: 73 KAZ who will be spending more time in the evening working out, since his DX hobby will be ruined in a few years. With luck I can live another 50

Re: [IRCA] KMTI 650khz Maintenance Test is ON!

2007-03-17 Thread Bill Harms
Good deal. This will be fun trying to pick up. I have them verified on 1340 and 1590. The 1340 QSL is the smallest in my collection (a business card). http://qsl.philcobill.com/mw/usa/KMTI_Manti_1340a.jpg http://qsl.philcobill.com/mw/usa/KMTI_Manti_1590.jpg See you on #MWDX Bill Harms

Re: [IRCA] Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-17 Thread Bill Harms
that the latter would get more people's attention. Bill Harms On 17 Mar 2007 at 12:16, Patrick Martin wrote: I don't think there is any question about IBOC at night. We have heard it often. KSL alone ran their IBOC 24/7 over a 3 day holiday sometime back. 1150 1170 were not listenable even out

Re: [IRCA] Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-17 Thread Bill Harms
when all stations light up with IBOC at night. I am sure that when that happens, some people will then realize the monster that has been created. I agree to the extent that there will be problems, because as a DXer, like you and Pat, we all have a feel for the band. Bill Harms On 17 Mar 2007

Re: [IRCA] Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-17 Thread Bill Harms
Pat: I have also noticed that many stations which were stalwarts on AM are now focusing on FM. Even our old time friend KSL is emphasizing its FM over the AM. There are countless other stations doing the same thing. Maybe AM is indeed dying. IBOC would only hasten the end. Bill Harms

Re: [IRCA] Help needed with sound clips

2007-03-16 Thread Bill Harms
in Italy and Holland (and elsewhere in Europe?) this season and the Korean even sent a QSL to the lucky DXer in Holland, Max Arnhem. Bill Harms On 15 Mar 2007 at 22:11, Walter Salmaniw wrote: Fellas, I've posted a number of interesting MW clips from my dxpedition on the Queen Charlotte Islands

[IRCA] WYRE 810 format change

2007-03-15 Thread Bill Harms
WYRE 810 Annapolis is now Urban (at least when I heard them) // to KBLA 1580 and WKHZ 1590. Their web site is khztv.com. This must be a very recent change as 100,000watts has not picked it up yet. Hi Scott! Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland ___ IRCA

Re: [IRCA] WYRE 810 format change

2007-03-15 Thread Bill Harms
You are welcome. Yes, they were, and were running an OC. :-) Bill On 15 Mar 2007 at 18:26, Scott Fybush wrote: Bill Harms wrote: WYRE 810 Annapolis is now Urban (at least when I heard them) // to KBLA 1580 and WKHZ 1590. Their web site is khztv.com. This must be a very recent change

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: WYRE 810 format change

2007-03-15 Thread Bill Harms
BTW, KBLA and WKHZ may have also changed formats Bill On 15 Mar 2007 at 18:26, Scott Fybush wrote: Thanks, Bill! I hear WYRE was off the air for a while before this? ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] WYRE 810 format change

2007-03-15 Thread Bill Harms
Who knows for sure? I heard them announcing all three stations this afternoon. I notice there is a place holder for Washington, DC, and the audio strem was //. Bill On 15 Mar 2007 at 18:51, Scott Fybush wrote: If I'm reading the (really awful) khztv.com website correctly, the KHZ TV

Re: [IRCA] #MWDX Instructions Needed

2007-03-13 Thread Bill Harms
Les, I am not familiar with the GAIM client. I use mIRC. At some place in the client you have to connect with the room. In chat room parlance that is called joining. At some point you will have to enter the name of the chat room. In this case it is #mwdx. Bill Harms co-founder

Re: [IRCA] #MWDX Instructions Needed

2007-03-13 Thread Bill Harms
Hi Les: I see that you logged on to #mwdx chat room. Glad you made it, but sorry I missed you. I am sure we will chat there in the future. Bill Harms #MWDX co-founder On 13 Mar 2007 at 12:46, Les Rayburn wrote: I'm a long time, though infrequent user of the Medium Wave

Re: [IRCA] OT OT OT DX Genealogy OT OT OT

2007-03-10 Thread Bill Harms
How about setting up a moderated blog? We could post things to it and carry on the discussion of old-time DXers there. Is there someone in our midst with the web publishing skills to accomplish this? If not, my son is a web designer, perhaps I could persuade him to help. Bill Harms On 10

Re: [IRCA] KSL-1160 or KOA-850, anyone?

2007-03-10 Thread Bill Harms
Charlie: KOA is relatively easy here in Maryland when cx to the West are halfway decent. I think they can be heard easily if you are far enough away from a nearby co-channel station. I heard KSL a couple of months ago, but it was a situation where the ID popped in while camping on the

[IRCA] Hearing stations on other side of country was Dubya Dubya EL Norlins, Lousiana

2007-03-09 Thread Bill Harms
at hearing those rare states? Bill Harms On 9 Mar 2007 at 1:59, Patrick Martin wrote: Of the old clears, I still get WLW, WGN, WJR, WBBM, WBAP, WCCO, WWL, WLS, WHO, KWKH, WOAI, and maybe one or two others. But most are no longer QRM free. This is with my beverage. 1200 I think was the last one

Re: [IRCA] Fw: (was: New MW QSL) Ernest R. Cooper? Part 3

2007-03-09 Thread Bill Harms
Or a certain DXer who hails from BC who built his own DX rig and contributed to introducing DXers to the technical side of DXing. Bill Harms On 9 Mar 2007 at 18:32, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: And each individual club (including IRCA) has many unsung heroes that have mainly contributed

Re: [IRCA] Fw: (was: New MW QSL) Ernest R. Cooper? Part 3

2007-03-09 Thread Bill Harms
Include this in the last message. It makes more sense that way. Bill Harms On 9 Mar 2007 at 18:32, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: Of course, where does history cut off? There are folks doing things today that I'm sure historians will regard as important, Bruce Portzer's Pacific Asian log, Herman

[IRCA] 1540 clip parallel to 91.9

2007-03-07 Thread Bill Harms
the link below) Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland http://sounds.philcobill.com/01540-20070302-0709-unid.mp3 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing

Re: [IRCA] 1540 clip parallel to 91.9

2007-03-07 Thread Bill Harms
Thanks to Saul Chernos, this has been IDed at CHIN. There is a clear ID at the beginning of the announcement. I don't know why I missed it. Argh. I apologize for the doubling up of the messages. My virus scanner sometimes becomes overly aggressive.. Bill Harms On 7 Mar 2007 at 10:51

Re: [IRCA] 1540 overnite

2007-03-01 Thread Bill Harms
CHIN and ZNS is more of a problem than WDCD here. I have heard WRTK ID at least three times in the past 5 minutes. They just pop up with an ID. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland On 1 Mar 2007 at 17:18, Russ Edmunds wrote: *** Could be - could also be WSIV or one of the two in NC WDCD

Re: [IRCA] DX ALERT: SOUTH CAROLINA STATION WILL CONDUCT A TEST

2007-02-23 Thread Bill Harms
I have been monitoring the channel from about 1215 to 1245 and have not heard anything yet. Will continue to listen. Bill Harms Elkridge, maryland On 23 Feb 2007 at 22:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WABV, at 1590 kHz will conduct a test at from 12:05 am to 2:05 am on the morning of Saturday

Re: [IRCA] KIRO will be off tonight

2007-02-22 Thread Bill Harms
Good going for you WC guys. Now if WOR and Rebelde would sign off at the same time it would be good for us EC DXers. Bill Harms On 22 Feb 2007 at 19:50, Patrick Martin wrote: Bruce, Thanks for the great tip!!! Hopefully CX will be decent enough to hear something new. 73, Patrick

Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL (DXGM)

2007-02-21 Thread Bill Harms
I did hear VOA 1575, but that was Thailand... I heard VOA 1143 too, and that was Philippines. I was confusing myself. Bill On 20 Feb 2007 at 22:12, Bill Harms wrote: Pat: I heard VOA 1575 and Radio Veritas 846 when I DXed in Utah, but that was on beverage antennas strung

Re: [IRCA] DUs

2007-02-20 Thread Bill Harms
I have the telltale spike on 738. I doubt I will ever hear audio from Tahiti here because of CHWO KRMG etc. One can dream however. Bill Harms On 20 Feb 2007 at 1:48, Patrick Martin wrote: I notice NZ is fairly decent on 765 as I type this with some Maori sounding ancr at 0945 UTC. Tonga

Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL (DXGM)

2007-02-20 Thread Bill Harms
Pat: I heard VOA 1575 and Radio Veritas 846 when I DXed in Utah, but that was on beverage antennas strung out in the desert. Bill Harms On 20 Feb 2007 at 15:10, Patrick Martin wrote: I don't know if the Philippines has ever been logged off the West Coast. I am not sure if anyone off

Re: [IRCA] recorded the iboc

2007-02-19 Thread Bill Harms
of what they are losing if IBOC becomes a full reality. Bill Harms On 19 Feb 2007 at 16:53, Patrick Martin wrote: I guess it comes down to Does KGO care about their skywave listeners any longer? Maybe the hiss is not heard in the local bay area, but it sure affects the distant listeners

Re: [IRCA] KGO is running IBOC

2007-02-18 Thread Bill Harms
Pat, can you get an audio clip of that chainsaw sound? Maybe you can send a polite note to KGO telling them what you are hearing... Bill Harms On 18 Feb 2007 at 6:20, Patrick Martin wrote: Hi everyone, I have no idea if it is another test, or they kicked it on at 0600 PST

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: KGO is running IBOC

2007-02-18 Thread Bill Harms
I wonder if this is the asymmetry/directional antenna issue that people have been talking on the BROADCAST mailing list. I have heard something similar on WTWP/WTOP when they had IBOC on. That is why I was asking about an audio clip, so I could compare. Bill Harms On 18 Feb 2007 at 7:25

Re: [IRCA] recorded the iboc

2007-02-18 Thread Bill Harms
old cicadas that came old a couple of years ago. It is my understanding it had to do with bandwidth issues and asymmetry involved with directional antennas. That is a serious issue for certain stations, something that is not easily dismissed. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland On 19 Feb 2007 at 1:21

Re: [IRCA] Oldies on 690

2007-02-16 Thread Bill Harms
It sounds like WELD Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland On 16 Feb 2007 at 19:27, Ira Elbert New, III wrote: Who has Oldies on 690? I have a station mixing with Montreal that I can't seem to track down. There's a station in NE, but I doubt I'm hearing it here in GA tonight. Bert New

Re: [IRCA] WAGE 1200 (VA) at full power tonight?

2007-02-13 Thread Bill Harms
I will take the snow over the freezing rain we here in the Baltimore- DC are supposed to get tonight. Bill Harms On 13 Feb 2007 at 20:44, Scott Fybush wrote: A poster to the DCRTV.com site reports WAGE 1200 Leesburg VA announcing that it will stay at full 5 kW day power/pattern tonight

Re: [IRCA] TPs 02-12-07

2007-02-12 Thread Bill Harms
And KBRW is heard all day long in Scandanavia. Bill Harms On 12 Feb 2007 at 19:40, Chuck Hutton wrote: Bruce and I had pieces of Barrow (NPR programming etc) at sunrise a year or so ago. It's hard to drill a hole in KNBR, and letting sunrise take out the domestics helped a bunch

[IRCA] IBOC status in Washington DC area

2007-02-11 Thread Bill Harms
570 WTNT on 600 WCAO on 730 WKDL/WXTR off since call change 980 WTEM off 1450 WOL off 1500 WTWP off. So, in the Washington, DC - Baltimore, MD area, four out of the six stations which have had IBOC are not using it as of 11 February. How does that compare to other areas? Bill Harms Elkridge

Re: [IRCA] (OT) Cable internet help needed

2007-02-11 Thread Bill Harms
, but that is manageable with matching transformers etc. Then again, the overall signal strengths of stations here are stronger than for you, so they overpower any noise to some extent. I hope this makes sense. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland On 11 Feb 2007 at 19:01, Patrick Martin wrote: Greetings; I have been

[IRCA] WINU heard in Maryland

2007-02-11 Thread Bill Harms
in the clear when I use the phaser.. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland ___ 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

[IRCA] Digitizing past DXMs

2007-02-10 Thread Bill Harms
I seem to recall a project to digitize past DXMs. Is that project still going on? What is the status if it is? Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions

Re: [IRCA] WERE 1300 - ESPN?

2007-02-10 Thread Bill Harms
For the record, WJFK is in Baltimore, MD On 10 Feb 2007 at 7:03, Russ Edmunds wrote: WAVZ New Haven CT recently went ESPN, and WJFK-VA also is. I can't say about WERE. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] [AMFMTVDX] WKYH day power

2007-02-06 Thread Bill Harms
Thanks to Bruce I too was also able to log WKYH. I heard USA radio news, weather forecast, local ad, ID, and then Savage Nation. Mostly over my phase nulled local WCAO. Bruce informed me of his reception on the #mwdx chat room. Thank you Bruce. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland R8B K9AY 260 deg

[IRCA] hum on 1040

2007-02-05 Thread Bill Harms
Does anyone else hear a hum on 1040? I have a loud hum here in Maryland and it is making listening to WHO annoying. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

Re: [IRCA] hum on 1040

2007-02-05 Thread Bill Harms
Here is an image from Spec Lab of the hu. http://sounds.philcobill.com/capt-01040-20070206-0035-drifter.jpg Bill Harms On 5 Feb 2007 at 21:35, Bill Harms wrote: Does anyone else hear a hum on 1040? I have a loud hum here in Maryland and it is making listening to WHO annoying

Re: [IRCA] KGYN-1210 heard on Cape Cod

2007-02-04 Thread Bill Harms
Congratulation Marc! Glad you found the #mwdx room to be useful. Bill Harms #mwdx co-founder On 4 Feb 2007 at 6:16, Marc DeLorenzo wrote: With WPHT off, KGYN faded up nicely at 0107 EST with ID, local weather, CW music. First time heard and long sought. One word of caution - KOKK S.D

Re: [IRCA] Arabic on 1160 at 1430 EST

2007-02-04 Thread Bill Harms
Charlie, Your guess of WMET is pretty good. WMET does play a lot of non-English stuff on the weekends especially. In fact, they are running Arabic as I am typing this (1637 EST 2/4). You might also hear non-English programming on 1120 WUST and WBIS 1190 Bill Harms On 4 Feb 2007 at 15:42

[IRCA] offsets on 1040

2007-02-04 Thread Bill Harms
I am hearing a bunch of offset signals on 1040. 1. 1040.061 2. 1040.135 3. carrier drifting between 1039.875 and 1039.890, oscillating about once every 2 minutes. I have not been able to pull any audio out of them. I am curious about what others are hearing. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland R8B

Re: [IRCA] Power vs tower

2007-02-04 Thread Bill Harms
in the daytime even in the summer, and I believe that Pat Martin hears them regularly in Oregon. I also understand that they have been heard in the daytime in Oklahoma (John Bryant?). Bill Harms On 4 Feb 2007 at 22:08, Craig Healy wrote: Is it true that lower freq daytime signals travel further

[IRCA] KGYN 1210

2007-02-03 Thread Bill Harms
their antenna pattern is out of whack for some reason. Re-log for here Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland R8B 260 degree EWE ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages

[IRCA] WACE 730

2007-02-03 Thread Bill Harms
://sounds.philcobill.com/00730- 20070203-2131-WACE.mp3 Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland R8B 260 degree EWE K9AY 400 foot BUG Quantum Phaser ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed

[IRCA] KXSP 590 Omaha in Maryland tonight

2007-01-28 Thread Bill Harms
The DX gods are smiling on Maryland tonight. KXSP 590 was coming in a few minutes ago with a booming signal with a spot for Creighton Basketball, an ID as Fox Big Sports and mentions of Omaha. Caught it all in a recording! 1/28/07 1845 Bill Harms

Re: [IRCA] TNX 4 HELP: 1620 R Republica

2007-01-22 Thread Bill Harms
WDHP Frederiksted, Virgin Islands re-broadcasting this program? On 22 Jan 2007 at 18:28, Konnie Rychalsky wrote: Just heard, can anyone comment on what I heard 1620 Radio Republica - 2300-UTC Jan 22, 07; OM in SS giving station call letters and address in Miami before slow fade.

[IRCA] Jammer? on 1550?

2007-01-22 Thread Bill Harms
I believe I have a jammer on 1550? Is it bleedover from 1548. Anyway, here is a clip of it http://sounds.philcobill.com/01550-20070122-2022-bubble_jammer.mp3 Bill Harms ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman

Re: [IRCA] Jammer? on 1550?

2007-01-22 Thread Bill Harms
Upon further thought, is Cuba trying to jam a USA station? Just speculation. On 22 Jan 2007 at 20:44, Bill Harms wrote: I believe I have a jammer on 1550? Is it bleedover from 1548. Anyway, here is a clip of it http://sounds.philcobill.com/01550-20070122-2022-bubble_jammer.mp3 Bill

Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon Jan 20

2007-01-20 Thread Bill Harms
The few times I have checked this channel, I have had a stout carrier (5-10 db above the noise) in the morningds. No audio yet. Other TP/DU carriers include 738, 774, 1017, 1098, and 1566. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland On 20 Jan 2007 at 17:47, Neil Kazaross wrote: This one gets inland

Re: [IRCA] Antenna question

2007-01-14 Thread Bill Harms
offer this URL a place to start. We can also talk about it on #mwdx. http://www.dxing.info/equipment/impedance_transformer_bryant.doc Bill Harms On 14 Jan 2007 at 14:20, Jim Pogue wrote: OK, this is probably going to sound like a dumb question to a lot of you, but I've never been one to shy

Re: [IRCA] Web site not working. Any news?

2007-01-12 Thread Bill Harms
Barry: I have been using Barry M's web site all day. The domain name has a new IP and it has not caught up with the DNS servers. You can access his site at http://74.104.55.19/ambc/ Bill Harms Co-founder of #MWDX chat room On 12 Jan 2007 at 18:59, BARRY DAVIES wrote: Hello

Re: [IRCA] Web site not working. Any news?

2007-01-12 Thread Bill Harms
Barry and others: Keep checking back. The DNS servers should be caught up soon. Meanwhile, you can use the explicit address. Bill Harms Co-founder of the #mwdx IRC chat room On 12 Jan 2007 at 20:22, BARRY DAVIES wrote: Spot on Bill and working. I am not a computer buff and so ask is it OK

Re: [IRCA] Web site not working. Any news? (Bookmark clarification)

2007-01-12 Thread Bill Harms
Barry: To answer your question, you could still use the explicit address until the IP changes, and that is probably not likely to happen for a while. Since the domain name URL works fine now that is moot anyway. Bill Harms On 12 Jan 2007 at 21:13, BARRY DAVIES wrote: Hello Bill (again

Re: [IRCA] Rock oldies on 750 to 5pm CST disappearance-who?

2007-01-08 Thread Bill Harms
How about CKJH 750 Melfort, Saskatchewan? They change their pattern at 1815 EST and they are oldies. Bill Harms Elkdridge, Maryland On 8 Jan 2007 at 15:35, George Sherman wrote: Anybody know any possibilities here? Heard w/WSB nulled, 3 rock oldies in a row, then off or to night facilities

Re: [IRCA] WD2XSH/10 Logged

2007-01-07 Thread Bill Harms
Do they have a regular schedule? Bill Harms On 7 Jan 2007 at 12:52, Chris Black wrote: They just repeat the special beacon call which is: WD2SXH and then add a / and a number like 10 or 17 which is the designation of the particular Amateur operator. A 10 would be W4DEX which is in the 4

Re: [IRCA] unIDed Country Kick on 780

2007-01-07 Thread Bill Harms
Hi Charlie: How are things going? This is CFDR 780, Darthmouth, NS. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland On 7 Jan 2007 at 19:50, Charles A Taylor wrote: MW DX fans, Tonight (1/7/07 at 1900 EST), on 780 I heard an unIDer that called itself Country Kick. The NRC AM DX Log

Re: [IRCA] 1520 gospel or rnb u/WWKB

2007-01-06 Thread Bill Harms
Perhaps you are right. However, I tried a few minutes ago and they are looping to the South of me. Bill On 6 Jan 2007 at 2:43, Saul Chernos wrote: My hunch is Rossford OH. Not much luck getting clear enough signals for IDs, tonight... Saul - Original Message - From: Bill

Re: [IRCA] FF on 690??

2007-01-06 Thread Bill Harms
My guess? I believe you have CBKF and not CINW, based on the fact that you heard music and CINW is all news. But of course, anything is possible. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland On 6 Jan 2007 at 5:34, Doug Pifer-desert4wd.com wrote: What the heck? Hearing french music, talk fading in and out

Re: [IRCA] FF on 690??

2007-01-06 Thread Bill Harms
Doug: I agree. The Radio Canada slogan clinches it, since that is the slogan they use. CINF calls itself Info 690. Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland On 6 Jan 2007 at 6:20, Doug Pifer-desert4wd.com wrote: Thanks for all your help. I guess it's CBKF. Odd's are good I suppose, hi. Normally I

Re: [IRCA] 930 g-music u/Buffalo

2007-01-05 Thread Bill Harms
I have WLLL On 5 Jan 2007 at 21:18, saulamdx wrote: 930 gospel music to south earing up BEN Buffalo NY. Perhaps VA or NC? Signs of Wobbler earlier on 930... Saul Burnt River ON __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the

Re: [IRCA] [AMFMTVDX] 1520 gospel or rnb u/WWKB

2007-01-05 Thread Bill Harms
Not sure, but I believe the R and B is WARR. At least I have heard them there at night in the past. On 5 Jan 2007 at 23:00, Saul Chernos wrote: 1520 WWKB Bufalo getting naled by presumed sikeston MO with counry and an unID with r'n'b or gospel music.

[IRCA] WKTR 840 on early

2007-01-04 Thread Bill Harms
WKTR noted on at 0500 1/4 with the ESPN overnight show. ID at 0600. I guess they are either on accidently or they have a new authorization to operate at night. AM Query at FCC has them still as a daytimer. Bill Harms ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard

[IRCA] Gerry Thomas - Quantum Phaser question

2007-01-04 Thread Bill Harms
What is Gerry Thomas' of Radio Plus best email address? I have a couple of questions about his Quantum phaser. Gerry if you happen to see this, please send a note to me. Bill Harms ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http

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