[IRCA] Interesting ULR statistic

Many of our ULR alumni and enthusiasts will appreciate this observation... I am re-launching the DXer.ca website -- as a University IT guy, I am a true believer in the faster, more secure, more feature rich... school of thought when it comes to web deployment. Now that fact alone is not

Re: [IRCA] TECSUN PL - 380

Does anyone know how to get rid of the loud beep on the TECSUN PL - 380? Is there anyway to change the temperature reading from Celsius to Fahrenheit? Thanks! KI4SYC I believe the manual for it is on the DXer.ca file area -- -- Colin Newell is

[IRCA] Easter Island MP3's

I have been rebuilding my file area on the newly launched DXer.ca website and I have come across a CD of MP3 recordings that John Bryant made while at Easter Island in (I think...) 2007. I would like to gauge how much people are interested in this material and where (if at all...) the readers

[IRCA] More aboout Easter Island MP3's

There are around 45 MP3 tracks available - Most of them, I think, we sampled at around 128kbps - which is a tad high for the source material. All of them are well labeled as to what they are. I will do one or two of several things: I will add them to the DXer.ca download area - and at a preset

[IRCA] Signing on from Kona, Hawaii - Day 1

In my possession, a Debock modified Tecsun PL-380 and a stock Grundig G3 (and an FT-60r 2M for the ham radio stuff) A bright light! It is actually electrically quiet this visit. There has obviously been a lot of work done at the condo since the last time I was here - new pool deck, perhaps new

[IRCA] Kona TP's for Saturday 01/07/12

Up around 1600 UTC (pre dawn) - No question: No audio, lots of hets, lots of near audio. Under normal conditions, there would be a full dial of Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Russian, Australian and Island Stations. Even last night Tahiti was subdued. Receiver - Tecsun (Debocked) PL-380 --

Re: [IRCA] TA carriers only Victoria, BC

No TA carriers in Hawaii tonight -- But good signals from Tahiti 738 and Apia, Samoa on 540 from Kona. This evening is much better than last night. It was better than last night, but this evening was still delivering just carriers. At around 0540UT, 1215 was on the threshold of audio, but

[IRCA] Kona TP for 12 Jan 2012 Not so much

Bit of noise this AM -- around 1500 UTC - and apart from the regular Island sounds on 540, 738, 1017 and 1098 - not much to speak of - lots of hets and hints of audio on many splits - but apart from 1548 with great audio and pop music (assuming Emerald, Queensland...) Normally, I would be hearing

[IRCA] Kona TP day by day - 1440 khz

One thing I have noted, that is a little different, is that 1440khz is occupied all the time by an Island sounding station with Island music and talk in a micronesian sounding dialect - PAL indicates this could be Saipan - normally 300W at night, they have a wicked signal early on and through

[IRCA] Kona TP's for 1-13-12

Listened from 1300 UTC for around 15 minutes. Good, but UNid signals on the likes of 1134, 1170, 1593 etc. Probably Pacific - did hear some Chinese on one frequency or another - BUT Zero signals or audio from all those classic channels we hear first out here and on the coast: 612(aus),

[IRCA] Kona TP's for Saturday 01/14/12

OK. So I slept in and have nothing to report. I did stay up later and I did unplug the Plasma TV that we were not using in the CONDO. Did you know these things generate RF even when they are OFF? Yea, I guess I knew that. I improved my noise signature some - by a few db. In a building with

[IRCA] Kiribati - 1440

Still thought it was Saipan til I looked on the GOOGLE Maps... Internet stream from Saipan revealed NO, this is not parallel - Could not find a stream for Kiribati - but the sound of the music is right - endless chatter by OM and YL and mournful out of tune co-ed choirs (sounds kind of

[IRCA] Late night Kona TP - Jan 15 2012

Stayed up passed 0900 UTC to hear a variety of hopeful things... 540 2AP Samoan Island station signing off with Anthem and instant dead air (no carrier), Hints of Korea on 657, wisps of Japan on 774 (last year at this time of the night, it would have been chock a block...) audio on 945, 954, 1017

[IRCA] Kona TPs for Jan 17th

150UTC for about 15 minutes - a tad more normal... 1044 CRI Foreign service in JJ - Loud 1314 Assuming OBC, Radio Osaka in JJ - loud 1548 4QD Queensland - reliable as gravity w/ EE Aus. news. 1593 CNR 1 - CC - mega loud - generally the loudest TP on the band. Lots and lots of carriers and

[IRCA] DXing from Kilauea crater

OK - standing in the pitch black with the YL staring down into a glowing crater might not be DXing - but it is right up there with sheer excitement of the radio hobby. Actually had my FT-60r handheld and keyed the local repeater and chatted to Victoria via an IRLP internet/radio link. Staying

[IRCA] Early TP's - Pacifics for 01/23/12

0730 UTC and massive signals on 540 2AP Samoa w/ Island music and chatter - 567 Guam (t) music up/down in the noise 621 audio breaking over 620 - NO idea (kind of too early for Korea) 649 Fiji NOT noted - in fact, freq. is quiet. 738 Tahiti - armchair with French male speaker - good modulation

Re: [IRCA] Early TP's - Pacifics for 01/23/12

I suspect this has something to do with the large geomagnetic storm/solar flare which likely wiped out anything to the north, and enhanced trans-Equatorial paths...Walt By 0900 UTC last night, 1st and 2nd tier JJ stations were in and there were lots of hints and audio from many of the

Re: [IRCA] 900 CKMO's transmitter's finally off!

Brilliant! Good call on that on Walter. Funny - I have the Drake on almost every day and the Icom 703+ on all evening and I regularly do a band scan including the 900 freq. but I have not looked in a week. What will be hear on 900 now? Let's check it out. On 2012-06-06 19:40, Walter Salmaniw

[IRCA] San Francisco area DXers

Heading to the city by the Bay on Friday for a week. If there are any Bay area DXer's that want to meet up for a coffee - I am game. Will probably travel with 2 Meter handheld making comms easier. -- Colin Newell is the editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com, DXer.ca and BobHarris.com

Re: [IRCA] San Francisco area DXers

I am visiting San Francisco for a week and am wondering who there is near the downtown area of San Francisco that would like to meet for a coffee - there are no set dates and no agenda. I am staying in the Nob Hill area and can obviously walk a few kilometers. No car - and will not be

Re: [IRCA] TP for 5 Oct 2011 from Victoria: Way down

I thought that after our very big wind storm overnight that something was ajar with my antenna, but no, Nick's DX Fishbarrel showed the identical anemic conditions. Not much to hear really, and mostly Asian. Just my luck - Up early to check out the ICOM 706 MkII-G with a remote 360 foot

Re: [IRCA] Victoria TP's for 10-14

Colin, that sounds like a fascinating set-up. Any chance to add a real MW rig to that large delta loop? I'm sure that you could probably tweak things a bit more with using an AOR 7030+ for instance rather than the ham rig. What about a SDR? I have a spare SDR-IQ you could borrow. I'd sure

[IRCA] Off the grid - A tribute to IRCA

On Monday evening, of this week, I was perusing the IRCA reprints from the the mid-seventies and started writing a bit of a tribute to the solidarity, brotherhood and sisterhood of the radio hobby - how it has changed my life and engendered and fostered lasting friendships. (And then)Around 8PM

[IRCA] TP's for 10-27-09 Flatter than yesterdays cola

Did not believe what everyone else was saying - 1st day back at the dial... And nothing... other than some hets - at 14:50 Stopped dialing upwards at 774 khz. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT

Re: [IRCA] I'm travelling in the Pacific in November: Any DXers out

Walt and I will be meeting in Kona late in November -- with our wives for lunch and or coffee... Should be fun. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog -

[IRCA] Better Alaskan Evening? The fizz is in the house

Really good 529khz reception here in the North West -- Was hearing snippets of some very unusual rural-gospel on 850 which I was assuming is Alaska - confirmed on the data stream... Who knows, the pop may be in the can by morning... whatever the heck that means... --

Re: [IRCA] Better Alaskan Evening? The fizz is in the house

Listening to the same thing, Colin. KICY had the lovely vocals that you were hearing. Armchair copy, although conditions seem very variable, as they faded down completely for a minute and then came back as strong as ever. ...Walt Just testing out the E1 with some noise canceling

Re: [IRCA] Noise cancelling headphones

I've never found noise cancelling headphones of much use for DXing. They take out a portion of the frequency response and make DXing more difficultWalt When you are DXing next to thundering surf they sure as heck are... Now when you are snug in your cabin with your feet next to the

[IRCA] October 28 - 2009 - Victoria carbonation levels

There was a schism in the band this morning... a BIG one at that. Heard Chinese clear as a bell on 621khz - never had it so good. Reception on 567, 558, 594 was average JJ. 603 was surprisingly loud -- assume Korea. Much above that, there was a tourniquet on the rest of the band -- except that

[IRCA] Noise cancelling headphones + Travel

The Coby ones do have an on-off switch, for the noise cancellation circuitry. I wonder if the frequency response in the off position, is compromised, in the least? These are the ones I use -- http://www.maxellcanada.com/press_releases/2004/noise_cancel_headphones.html I have middle-aged

[IRCA] Victoria TP's for 10/29/09

Listened from 1445 for about 10 minutes - Seemed down from yesterday. Some audio on 594, 603, 828 and a few others. Actually - seemed WAY down. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria,

Re: [IRCA] Down - A Lot: TPs from the Northwest

My spectrum chart of average signal strength showed a marked decline even from a couple of days ago, so I was worried about an antenna failure, but no, just a propagation failure. My thinking is usually -- how will this effect reception in Hawaii? Answer is: It probably will not. What we

[IRCA] TP's for October 30, 2009 - Victoria - Spooky

Listened from 1445 and there were signs of life on the lower quadrant of the medium-wave band... or were there? I started at 279 and found a lively Russian speaker. Skipping up the dial to 531, I found a het and little else... Turning over some rocks, I found Japanese on 558... I was filled

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA's

Things are looking up from time to time. Fair audio (pop mx) on 1134, poorer on 1215, occasional audio traces 675, 747, 855, 1269, 1377.This all between 0315-0330UT. from Kona -- all the Pacifics are starting to settle in... Odd phenomenon on FM however -- sorry if this is OT: On

[IRCA] TP for 7 Nov from Kona Hawaii

Nick's view was a good one -- From Kona Hawaii (this AM at around 0600 Local) 1600 UTC methinks... There was the kind of activity from 531 to 972 one would expect on a low average morning... for November in Victoria. However... Much above 1100khz it was audio on every 9 and audio on almost

Re: [IRCA] TP for 7 Nov from Kona Hawaii and the Tasman

Hawaii is something like John Bryant's Easter Island locale - the potential for 'getting it from all directions' is high. Even here at night the dial has more than its share of continental North and Central American stuff -- hearing Spanish on a variety of frequencies -- and get this: Left the

Re: [IRCA] test: Am I getting through? + WALT relay

Not sure whether this email address is connecting with IRCA. Please confirm! ..Walt (bobbing around in the S. Pacific) YUP - with a bonus Walt quote: Glad that things are going really well for you. I love being at sea personally, but for DXing it's more difficult, as Nick can attest

[IRCA] Kona Hawaii - 0710 UTC

Was listening to 738 Tahiti at glistening strength -- a good 100% modulation too -- w/ japan starting to fade in -- 747 with EE lessons or something... As usual, everything above 1100khz is hopping with the '9's dominating -- completely the reverse of what it would be on the pacific coast of N.A.

Re: [IRCA] TP's for evening of 11/07/08

153RUSSIA, 0719 threshold audio 180RUSSIA, 0719 fair with woman singing. 189RUSSIA, 0720 fair with above singing. 234RUSSIA, 0720 fair same package as above. 279RUSSIA, 0721 fair with interference and woman singing. Hearing 279 at a solid 9 TP audio on 540, 567, 576,

[IRCA] Kona TP for 8 Nov 2009

Listened from 1600 to 1615 with the E1 and ALA100M dial was pretty light up but not what I would consider a spectacular morning - the DUs were somewhat subdued with JJ and KK stations dominating the lower bands. From memory (just starting to write stuff down now...) 531 - jumble with nothing

Re: [IRCA] Kona TP for 8 Nov 2009

c...@islandnet.com wrote: 774 - mix of stuff struggling against 770 Island station Colin, who would that be? Memory boo-boo 770 (I think) is Seattle - and was not giving 774 much of a hassle - this AM, 774 was fairly average. 760 is KGU I think - and they do not really cause any trouble

Re: [IRCA] Definite JJ on 774 at 0600 UTC

I couldn't believe it especially since I was also following carriers on 576 and 666 plus low audio on 747. Geez, I'm going to BED! Not here in Kona -- Definitely feeling somewhat disturbedbased on the signal variations on WWVH. --

[IRCA] Kona TPs: Nov 9

A sleep in for me -- as up at 1625 UTC Did a quick scan on the E100 slider - Farda dominating Thailand on 1575 with upbeat M.Eastern pop music - and several obvious Farda mentions by YL on the 1/2 hour. Seemed subdued last night before bed -- with wavery WWVH signal and significantly less of the

[IRCA] In Hawaii - Playing with something new

One of the equipment sponsors for the Kona trip was PK Loop Antennas of Victoria, Australia As little as 3 weeks prior to the Hawaii trip I had never heard of them - the owner, a ham and former telecom-TV engineer decided that what Australia needed was a gadget to aid AM listening in their huge

[IRCA] Early TP for Kona at 0730UT - NOV 11

1st and 2nd tier JJ all over the dial - Was just listening to NewsTalk New Zealand on 1296 like a local -- other stuff that like 1224 in EE (NPR sounding that could be Marshall Islands - AFRTS... Japan on 1242, 1260, 1332 and several dozen other channels... starting to hear Korean now (0827) --

[IRCA] Early TP for Kona at 0900UTC - NOV 11

Currently over 90 9khz channels in audio -- Realized that my wife actually packed a WRTH - bless her heart... Getting late for me though. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria,

[IRCA] Kona TP's for 11-10... from the Early Warning log

Stayed up as late as I could last night -- turning in at around 11:30PM local -- consequently, slept until 6:20AM and scratched the morning session - This is what I noted last night -- chronologically... UTCKHZ Station - Location - Comments 0802 972 Korea in solidly w/ CC underneath

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA, sort of

Looking mildly promisingweak audio on 1215, enough to match to Absolute's website. A few other carriers including snippets of 1539, 1575, 1503, 1134, 1377 Sidebar: KFQD 750 is as reliable as gravity here night after night with 1.5 hours of sunset. That and Vancouver on 730khz.

Re: [IRCA] Who the Heck is on 234 LW

I have had 279 in audio for about 1 hour now -- and the TP's seem somewhat livelier and earlier tonight than last... and it is only 8:30PM local! Also reoriented the ALA100M so the loop is POINTING E-W as opposed to N-S to try and kill some of the arc-fluorescent tube or merc-vapor lighting

[IRCA] Kona Early Warning System report for Nov 11

Was listening to a solid NHK2 on 909khz // 747, 774, 1386 and 1593 to name a few... Tokyo also solid on 954 and 1242khz Had 981 in for about 15 min. that I was assuming Taiwan in CC and some pop music - could not find a stream from this but their website is khmusic.com.tw in CC script Just

[IRCA] Kona TP for 11- India - Thank you Frank Sinatra

Some stuff from last night and this morning -- and conditions were either better or my antenna position was better... UTC -- COUNTRY KHZSTATION DETAILS 0811 New Zealand 1008 NewsTalk //1035 and 1296 0817 JAPAN1179 Osaka, Japan -- assume the JJ talker here w/ pops

Re: [IRCA] TA carriers

Lessee, two hours before local sunsetTA carriers on 1575, 1539, 1503 (just a little one), 1377, 1215 (SAH), 1134, 999 at least... and I'm going out this evening. Considering that Alaska is a freebie here, I should be checking the same channels for Hets into the evening... problem is --

[IRCA] Kona TP/DU November 12 - 2009 AUSSIE FEST

Was only up for 1/2 hour this morning - an to trot out an oldie... What a difference a day makes! UTC -- STATION -- KHZ -- DETAILS 1616 ABC Brisbane 612 EE News feature // 630khz and 702khz 1618 CNR CHINA639 Despite prevailing conditions, this was banging in

Re: [IRCA] early TPs

At 0650UT, audio has been heard on 567, 576, 594, 747, 774 (quite good), 1008 (Russian?, quite weak and brief in splash), 1287...Good carriers on 666, 738 and 846 but the latter two may be Pacific Islands. Fascinating -- I have 540khz from Samoa, 1098 Marshalls and a few others -- no 738

Re: [IRCA] early TPs

At 0650UT, audio has been heard on 567, 576, 594, 747, 774 (quite good), 1008 (Russian?, quite weak and brief in splash), 1287...Good carriers on 666, 738 and 846 but the latter two may be Pacific Islands. correction -- at 0735... the dial is pretty full now... tons and tons of lightning

[IRCA] Kona TP for 13 Nov 09

Just did a quickie scan at 1600UTC this morning - Talking 5 minutes. Slightly down conditions from yesterday -- Mostly China, some Korean and a bit of Aussie Had to be up early for a day trip to Waimea (which was fabulous...) Will put in a good evening tonight - TP dxing comes in 2 flavors

Re: [IRCA] TA to LW TP

Back in the 'day' as in 1976, TA's on the West Coast were treated like nectar... It was a big deal - Nick and I both heard our first TA's ever from Victoria on the same night... Breathless phone calls were exchanged... notes were compared the next day... It was revolutionary. Now it is routine.

[IRCA] Kona TP/DU November 15

Full report coming -- I listening from 0930 to about 1015 UTC before I went to bed... and it was chock-a-block up and down the dial with JJ, Russian, Aussie, KK, CC and some Island stuff. Doing things a little differently -- not really referring to any guides directly (WRTH, PAL, etc) just

Re: [IRCA] OK, so what's on 594: TPs Orcas Island.

But the big one was, around 1515, who the heck was on 594 I had no other channel with presumed NHK1 on it in audio and what I had on 594 was NOT Japanese. It was also not standard Chinese and it was not Korean. further, it had a distinct ECHO. My best guess would be Taiwan, there

[IRCA] Kona TP/DU November 15 - details

UTC - FREQ -- STATION -- Details = 0926 - 1116 - AUS-Brisbane - EE Talk and several great IDs recorded - will post later on dxer.ca 0933 - 1008 - NHK Osaka - Bg signal with JJ chatter 0938 - 1179 - MBS Osaka - huge 0939 - 1197 - CC Unid 0940 - 1242 - NBS

[IRCA] Kona TA/TP/DU for 16th November - Skype anyone

Yes I did have an actual carrier on 1575khz 20 minutes prior to sunset. Long gone now -- will look for others. If anyone wants to show up after 0850UTC via Skype (userid - coffee_experts) I can treat anyone to TP/DU audio via the computer connection live. Just a thought. Meantime - must ferret

[IRCA] 4BC Brisbane uploaded to DXer.ca

Station ID from this very common Aussie in Hawaii - http://www.dxer.ca/file-area/doc_details/273-111bris -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC

Re: [IRCA] 4BC Brisbane uploaded to DXer.ca

Some photos of the Hawaii set-up http://www.dxer.ca/photo-gallery?func=viewcategorycatid=6 -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT CA DXer

Re: [IRCA] Radio St Helena

Did anyone catch their broadcast on 11/14 (This past Saturday) on 11092.5? Did anyone record any of it? A virtual no-show out here in the Pacific. Aloha from Kona Hawaii -- .. Colin Newell - Editor -

Re: [IRCA] DXing from the South Pacific 16 Nov2009

*/Dxing report from the South Pacific (sailing toward Tonga) for November 16, 2009:/* Hello, everyone! We’re now 2 days outbound from The Bay of Islands, New Zealand and bound for Tonga. Good work Walt - you are working way harder than I am! I keep trying different deployments of the

[IRCA] Nov 18th early scan Kona TP-DU

Listened from 0828 til 0936 attempting an early and thorough band-scan... 0828 - 540 Samoa - alone on channel 0829 - 558 Japan - YL chat - pr. 0830 - 567 Japan - OM in JJ at a 7 0830 - 576 Russia - dominating (603 khz a jumble) 0834 - 750 Alaska - KFQD - reliable as gravity most nights 747,

Re: [IRCA] Nov 18th early scan Kona TP-DU

in hilo for the night -- brought the E100 slider. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT CA DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT Com

[IRCA] very small hilo report 1st night

nov 19 - 2009 CBC Vancouver on 690khz // 540khz 0900UTC Ucluelet? hard to believe -- will try again tonight. back to kona in the morning. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria,

Re: [IRCA] and you thought YOU had too many radios

from the SDR-IQ list: While playing with your SDR radios, take a look at http://www.qrz.com/db/w9evt and just wonder where y'all went wrong. My wife thought this guy was very neat and tidy and would happily support me if I had this many radios... Someone PINCH me! --

[IRCA] Kona summary from NOV 18 - pt 2.

750 KFQD 0834UTC - nearly nighty 891 NHK Sendai - 0841 usually JJ stuff nightly 909 Japan NOT NHK - 0842 927 CBS Taiwan (t) 0843 BIG CC 999 China Regional 0845 In diaect 1089 PRC China - 0851 Call in program - vry gd 1152 NHK 2 JAPAN - 0855 - duking it out w/ 1150hz mainland station 1170 KFAQ

Re: [IRCA] Pacific DX Report for 20 November, 2009: From Tonga to Samoa

Footnote here: I have been a bit underwhelmed by the lack of Pacific stations to be heard on MW. I had thought that with the big blue ocean surrounding me, that I’d be hearing Vanuatu, The Marshalls, Guam, Cook Islands, etc at armchair level, but such is not the case! Exactly -- from

Re: [IRCA] Pacific DX Report for 20 November,

Do you hear Marshalls on 1224 Colin? They don't ID much unfortunately. What about Tonga-1017? ** Yes to both. With one week left, looking for some good Philippine reception maybe try 1512? When they ID they ID big

Re: [IRCA] Modest TPs Here, Too: Orcas Island

JB said... Still, I've only a little more than a week of ANY TPs left, so John Bryant The words right out of my mouth! -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia

Re: [IRCA] TP DX This morning

My 1098 mystery station was back again, and a bit better than normal. It had a great carrier, but not so great modulation. I still can't decide on the language. I'm pretty sure its not Japanese or standard Chinese, but I haven't ruled out Korean or Mongolian. Oddly enough, other mid band

[IRCA] small MP3 sound bytes uploaded

Chinese on 549khz, 1134khz and 1377khz - this morning at dawn in Kona, Hawaii http://www.dxer.ca/file-area/cat_view/84-soundbytes-classic-and-current-mp3 -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com ---

[IRCA] MP3 sound bytes uploaded -live tune-up

Join me on a live tune up the dial with commentary... http://www.dxer.ca/file-area/doc_details/280-dial-spin-nov-22-09-0904ut-eton-e1-wellbrook-ala100m or http://tinyurl.com/kona-am-dial a fun listen Aloha. --

[IRCA] Early TPS for November 22 (yes, yesterday...)

A very good early evening for Japan last night -- all the while, WWVH was getting whacked by Auroral flutter - odd hearing Auroral anything in Hawaii - Here is a sound-byte of JOIB Sapporo on 747khz - as heard on the Eton E1 with the Wellbrook antenna... 0900UTC today -- in English no less.

[IRCA] Early Kona action - November 23 2009 0900UTC on

I have decided that it is not really suitable calling the reception that we are having in Kona, Hawaii TP's because they are not trans-pacific at all - that are half-pacific... HP's. Kind of an early warning location for potential reception. Anyway - last night was very interesting... and here is

[IRCA] Kona AM walking tour part 2

http://tinyurl.com/kona-am-dial-pt2 The evening is already shaping up nicely -- NHK on 1593khz in the clear -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT

[IRCA] Kona AM dial stroll Part - 3 from the top down...

http://tinyurl.com/kona-am-dial-pt3 More audio from the top of the dial down... Actually got up this AM at 1600UTC and it was not as lively as last night at 0830UTC. Enjoy. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor -

Re: [IRCA] Pacific DX report for 24Nov2009: 800 miles south of

I was in the condo BR last night with the E100 slider (provided by Gary D.B.) and NHK on 1593khz was in FULL Bars! That little radio is a monster. Hats off to Gary for injecting a megawatt of enthusiasm to the hobby! --

[IRCA] Leaving Kona.

Heading back to the mainland today -- No listening this AM - I could be wrong but I think I spy Walt's Cruise ship out in Kona harbor... Hey Walt - if you see this, we will be at Island Lava Java on Alii Drive at around 10AM! You have my Cell phone number. Flying at 1:50PM today to Seattle

Re: [IRCA] Leaving Kona.

Flying at 1:50PM today to Seattle via Alaska - overnighting in Seattle and then getting into Victoria around 11AM. Alaska Airlines! Not via Alaska the state. Minor detail. ;-) -- .. Colin Newell - Editor

Re: [IRCA] Comatose TP's in Puyallup, WA

Hello All, The band was checked at 0910, 1435 and 1525 UTC for signs of Asian TP life, with the A and K indexes near zero. Unfortunately the TP's were also near zero-- during all three band scans. I tuned in before 1600 UTC (LSR) and there was absolutely nothing going on... 1st few days

[IRCA] Paging Mike Maghakian

From the Spokane area - Anyone heard from him recently? Thank you. Resume your listening, -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT CA DXer

Re: [IRCA] not much TP for 4 Dec from Victoria, BC (any?)

Amazingly poor conditions! The solar and geomagnetic conditions are completely flat, and so was the DX. Things were not helped by a new local noise source, but there didn't seem much there to be concealed by the noise. I checked at 1545UTC. 774khz at barely threshold audio... and a het

Re: [IRCA] TP for 16 Dec from Victoria, BC

In spite of Bill's observation of improving conditions this morning, my impression was of deteriorating conditions, at least from 1520UT onwards 828 and 1575 (seemed VoA by direction) had the most audio, reasonable but not great by any means. 774 and 972 were back of the pack in

[IRCA] Slightly OT: Receiver spotting on TV

As seen on a recent episode of Fringe - A DX150B - being used as a low-frequency audio generator! -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT

[IRCA] MW Hobbyist of the Year Award

Hello All, For those interested in the DXing capabilities of Tecsun's newest DSP pocket radio, a thorough 7-page review of the PL-380 AM-LW-FM-SW receiver (covering the development, capabilities and relative performance of this soft mute-free model) has been uploaded to DXer.Ca Many

[IRCA] One for the you never know... files

I received an unusual request a week ago from a guy... someone I figured was an SWL and DXer... The request was for some high quality on air recordings of WWV and WWVH... to be used in a project... On further inquiries... I discovered that the guy was not a guy... but a very beautiful lady --

Re: [IRCA] WRTH 2010

I received the same message. Should have it in a few days. No Passbook listed. I had heard they were not printing those any longer. A great book on QSLing poliies. Will miss it. For some reason I think I failed in tracking down the 2009 Passport. My bad. However sad this loss is, it has

Re: [IRCA] TA's tonight

Noticed good carriers on 1215 and 1134. Also noticed that, for whatever reason, there is so little ionization - that 5 Mhz WWV is almost inaudible up here... Some prop. on 6Mhz - but other than that, SW is utterly dead. --

Re: [IRCA] TP for 7 Jan from Victoria, BC

639 CNR-1 //5030 (and stronger than 5030; Colin is right about the SW conditions) 747 JOIB I have been SWLing since 1971 and I have never experienced this kind of odd reception pattern... ever; TA hets on medium wave and virtually NO SW reception of any kind above 5 MHZ -- apart from the

[IRCA] West Coast TA's

Seriously good signals now (0200UTC JAN 8 - 2010) on 1134, 1215... lots and lots of carriers. Nick? Is that fish bowl of yers up and running? -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria,

[IRCA] Haiti relief challenge

Tonight I pledged $200 to the Haiti relief fund on the Red Cross Canada website and with World Vision. This is a challenge to all the members of this list to dig deep and match my pledge - The need is great - god bless everyone, --

[IRCA] Free Radio - ooops

I was just in the process of giving away this radio to a local enthusiast (you know who you are...) http://www.dxer.ca/latest/41-redsun-rp2100-first-look-updated-november-5-2006 and sent the message to the entire list. I guess this means that I am... a.) Buying a round of drinks for the whole

[IRCA] Free Radio

http://www.dxer.ca/latest/41-redsun-rp2100-first-look-updated-november-5-2006 How does this one sound? Great SW reception and super sensitive on MW. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com ---

Re: [IRCA] TP for 17 Jan from Victoria, BC

I hate to say it (as others have), but the TP DX really is at night, This is what it is like in Hawaii all the time. Sure, the most intense stuff is at LSR - but why get up at 6AM when you can get 80% of the excitement at 11:00 PM local time. --

Re: [IRCA] TAs from the WCNA

SW, though, is sure completely the pits up here in BC with the MUF around 6 or 6.5 MHz in the local evenings. Simply virtually nothing to listen to there at all! I do not recall seeing anything like this... ever on the SW dials. MW on the other hand... endless promise! --

Re: [IRCA] Here's an interesting sidebar to the Haiti Disaster

Would seem to make more sense to set up a ground based transmitter in the Dominican republic or somewhere nearby... I hear from a reliable source a week ago that a 250kw and 500kw AM transmitter (allegedly built by Continental [and vintage gear too]) was on the way to Cuba... ostensibly to be

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