Re: [IRCA] New Message Board

2019-03-19 Thread Bruce Portzer
John You can join the new group by sending a blank email to irca+subscr...@groups.io Bruce On 3/19/2019 4:08 PM, JOHN FISHER wrote: Oops - I think that accidentally deleted the invite. Is there a way that I can get myself re-added to groups.io? Thanks John Fisher, Kingston, ON On

[IRCA] We're moving to groups.io

2019-03-18 Thread Bruce Portzer
Everyone The time has come for moving this message group to groups.io. Many radio-related groups are already using this service, so most of you should be familiar with it.  It definitely has a lot to offer for groups like ours. You will soon receive an e-mail from Lynn Hollerman inviting

Re: [IRCA] TP 17 Mar Victoria version.

2019-03-17 Thread Bruce Portzer
On 3/17/2019 9:51 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: Despite the K5 and K4's in the previous 18 hours, that was a reasonably fair Asiatic morning. The upper band was pretty dead however. I  ran the SDR recording 1345-1430 today but didn't have time today to go through the files.  A quick review of

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle -Ides of March edition

2019-03-15 Thread Bruce Portzer
TP conditions remained quite good here today, with several Koreans having above average appearances. 594    JOAK, 1359 man in Japanese, fair w/much electrical noise 657    N Korea, 1404 female singer fair 693    JOAB, 1400 piano music to TOH, 3+1 pips, then start of English lesson fair but

Re: [IRCA] Exotic Sunrise DX Targets in Hawaii- the Japanese "Cheat Sheet"

2019-03-14 Thread Bruce Portzer
Gary, There are kiwisdr receivers in Shenzen and Hong Kong, which can give a good idea of the DX environment prior to getting there. Looking at a map, Manila, Taipei and Hanoi are only about 600 miles from Hong Kong and the paths are mostly across salt water. During the evening hours, I

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle March 13

2019-03-13 Thread Bruce Portzer
This was my first TP DX  session in many weeks and it was actually quite interesting.  The usual low-band NHK stations were subpar as was HLCA-972, but some of the Chinese stations made up for it.  The best DX was above 1300 today, with several Japanese commercial stations making respectable

[IRCA] DXpedition after IRCA convention

2019-03-01 Thread Bruce Portzer
imed across the Pacific and hope the approaching solar minimum will give us a great post-convention DXpedition. For more information as plans solidify, contact me (Bruce Portzer) at bport...@comcast.net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] KKOL-1300 back on the air

2019-02-27 Thread Bruce Portzer
It's an STA.  Their current CP is to diplex with KLFE-1590 and KNTS-1680 on Bainbridge Island but they're running into issues with local building permits.  So the STA with KBRO is for license preservation, since they've been silent since Feb 2018. Bruce On 2/27/2019 8:49 PM, Forrester S

Re: [IRCA] (New) Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide, etc.

2019-01-31 Thread Bruce Portzer
Chris I agree with Bill and Nick.  So far, I've only had a minute or two to look at it, but there's a lot of interesting stuff to dig through.  Thanks for putting it together. Bruce On 1/31/2019 1:54 AM, bill [his.com] wrote: I can only echo Nick’s comments Chris — what a great page.

Re: [IRCA] ODXA

2019-01-22 Thread Bruce Portzer
Lynn ODXA seems to still be active on Facebook  and groups.io.    You might try those routes.  It's been a long time since I visited their website, which gives me the same result you're getting. Bruce On 1/22/2019 6:12 PM, Geralyn Hollerman via IRCA wrote:

Re: [IRCA] Where are they now?

2019-01-18 Thread Bruce Portzer
Mark Alan's ham call  K4GLU is still active according to the FCC database http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/license.jsp?licKey=245508 It's licensed to William A Merrman in Madison, S Dakota Bruce On 1/18/2019 08:24, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote:

Re: [IRCA] KGA ecletcic new format - Sports Hip Hop.

2019-01-16 Thread Bruce Portzer
KGA is skipping into Seattle right now with a good signal and hiphop exactly as Bill described.  A pretty strange format for Spokane.  I wonder if it's for real or if they're "stunting" for a bigger change? KRKO is oldies and sports, but that actually makes sense in the cities north of

[IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Updater

2019-01-15 Thread 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

[IRCA] Radio equipment for Sale

2019-01-09 Thread Bruce Portzer
I've been cleaning house recently and have decided to sell several items that aren't being used anymore. Icom IC-R75 receiver with UT-106 DSP module and FL-223 1900 Hz SSB filter.  Includes owner's manual and power supply, as well as original carton.  Some minor cosmetic blemishes but

Re: [IRCA] TP report from Masset for January 1 2019

2019-01-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
Chuck AIR just announced that the National Channel will close down "with immediate effect" on its current freqs of 1566 1215 and 9380.   Which may explain the deteriorated reception in Newfoundland. Bruce On 1/3/2019 17:42, Chuck Hutton wrote: AIR 1566 used to be a powerful dominant

[IRCA] TA reception in Seattle tonight 12/28

2018-12-27 Thread Bruce Portzer
TA reception was quite good here in Seattle tonight.  I'm surprised nobody reported anything from north of the border. 531    music with a beat to it 0133 0236 possibly Algeria 702    carrier sometimes with audio 0156, pummeled by KIRO splash 855    UNID, 0159 music, 0200 pips if any were

Re: [IRCA] 774 in early in Victoria

2018-12-13 Thread Bruce Portzer
693 BBC & JOAB would be one possibility. Tokyo sunset is about 0730 right now and London sunrise is 0800. Bruce On 12/13/2018 20:15, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: At 03:37 2018-12-14, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote: For the first time in many years, this season has delivered TAs fading out, as TPs

Re: [IRCA] TA traces in Victoria

2018-12-13 Thread Bruce Portzer
this evening, the best has been some male mumbling on 1215 at 0116UT, and some other male mumbling on 1386 at 0231UT.  The 1575  Buzzah, howevah, has quite strong at times. best wishes, Nick At 01:17 2018-12-14, Bruce Portzer wrote: I'm getting audio on 1413, which is maybe 10-20 db weaker

Re: [IRCA] TA traces in Victoria

2018-12-13 Thread Bruce Portzer
I'm getting audio on 1413, which is maybe 10-20 db weaker than 1410.  Otherwise, there are weak carriers on 1575 etc. Bruce On 12/13/2018 17:05, Volodya S wrote: Nick, only the very faintest of a carrier noted at 01:05 UTC at my Fairfield locationWalt On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 12:43 AM

[IRCA] Fwd: [UDXF] SDRs Available at KPH Receive Site

2018-12-07 Thread Bruce Portzer
This receiving site is less than a mile from the ocean, so it might provide some interesting TP listening experiences.  I checked it out just now and found the Alaska weather station on 529 coming in quite well.  As advertised, it sounds like the noise level is low.  On the other hand, there

Re: [IRCA] oddball TA carriers

2018-12-06 Thread Bruce Portzer
Weak carriers in Seattle on most of the freqs Nick mentioned, plus 864 and 1575.  Right now, they're just barely above the noise, except maybe 1575. Bruce On 12/6/2018 16:52, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: A number of TA carriers plus one weak audio in Victoria. 1386 had a woman talking, Russian

Re: [IRCA] Michigan TPs, Dec. 1, 2018

2018-12-02 Thread Bruce Portzer
Nice!  Xinjiang on any frequency is rare here in the Northwest. I think the last time we heard 1107 was in 2009. Bruce On 12/2/2018 08:31, Tim Tromp wrote: Thanks to Bjarne Mjelde, who was simultaneously recording and provided me with a parallel audio clip, I have identified my 1107 UNID as

Re: [IRCA] Michigan TPs, Dec. 1, 2018

2018-12-02 Thread Bruce Portzer
Congratulations on the continued TP logs, Tim.  My recordings haven't been starting until just before 1300, so I can't help there.  I have a few comments: Bruce On 12/2/2018 06:24, Tim Tromp wrote: 756 Woman talking at 1212 UTC under heavy splatter, poor. CNR1 dominates here. 819 Asian

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-12-01 Thread Bruce Portzer
and evening. 73 Nick At 06:53 2018-12-01, Bruce Portzer wrote: Nick My experiences have been very similar to Gary's.  I get lots of carriers but not a lot of audio.   I hear little bits of audio when you guys are reporting good audio on the same frequencies. Some of it may be a higher

[IRCA] Yesterday's DX in Seattle

2018-12-01 Thread Bruce Portzer
I finally found the time to go through Friday's SDR files. +++ TA reception last night was better than normal, with a few stations providing tantalizing bits of audio: 693 & 909 - parallel British-accented mumbling 0233 864    Egypt fair at times with Koranic recitations 0235 1413  

Re: [IRCA] KICY 850 Nome loud and clear at 05:05

2018-11-30 Thread Bruce Portzer
Also noted in Seattle, with KHHO in the flag's null.  KOA was also there, in part because my antenna is aimed NNE instead of North (in order to get better nulls SSW, where most of my strong locals are located.. I was out this evening and left the SDR running, so I checked the recording for

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-11-30 Thread Bruce Portzer
Nick My experiences have been very similar to Gary's.  I get lots of carriers but not a lot of audio.   I hear little bits of audio when you guys are reporting good audio on the same frequencies. Some of it may be a higher noise floor at my house, but that's not necessarily the whole story.

[IRCA] HLAZ-1566

2018-11-30 Thread Bruce Portzer
HLAZ is still audible this morning at 1717 UTC. I'm also getting carriers on 1575  (weak) and 1584. Bruce ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing

Re: [IRCA] TAs once more, Seattle style

2018-11-28 Thread Bruce Portzer
A few weak carriers, with 864 the best at the moment. Bruce On 11/28/2018 16:38, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: A bit of Russian sounding talk on 1386 and the buzz saw only, neither very strong.   Carriers were showing by 2300UT 73, Nick   At 00:16 2018-11-29, Nigel Pimblett wrote: Audio around

Re: [IRCA] Help recover list

2018-11-28 Thread Bruce Portzer
Barry You're probably referring to the Pacific Asian Log (PAL) that I edit.  You can find it at radioheritage.net  - scroll down the main page to the PAL link, then follow another link or two until you get to the page where you can download it.   There were some compatibility issues between

Re: [IRCA] TA’s etc etc etc

2018-11-27 Thread Bruce Portzer
It was mainly the usual carriers in Seattle tonight (693 855 864 1215 1386 1413 1575 plus a few weaker ones).  There was also something on 702 for a while (Oman?). Bruce On 11/ 27/2018 18:13, R. Colin Newell wrote: 1575 in audio... not sure it’s FARDA... Western sounding music... 855 and

Re: [IRCA] early signs

2018-11-26 Thread Bruce Portzer
Most of the usual suspects in Seattle: 693 855 864 1215 1386 1413.  864 is the only one with audio Bruce On 11/26/2018 17:00, R. Colin Newell wrote: 0058 - easy Russian talk on 1386... Pops occasionally popping up on 1215 - No shortage of carriers... modest beginnings. Colin Newell -

Re: [IRCA] 26 NOV TAs WC CANADA

2018-11-25 Thread Bruce Portzer
The evening was over before 0300 here.  The buzzing on 1575 peaked at about 0220.  1386 had fair Russian talk 0242.  1413 had a carrier for a while but it never produced audio.  There was also a weak carrier on 1278.  That was it in Seattle - the opening was only at the upper end of the band.

Re: [IRCA] TA’s, TA’s, TA’s - WEST COAST

2018-11-24 Thread Bruce Portzer
The TAs peaked at about 0400 in Seattle. Bruce On 11/24/2018 07:05, Barry Davies wrote: Only Alberta here on 770 and 840. What time were the TAs peaking at your end? Best wishes Barry Carlisle UK.  Lat. 55.0119N   Lon. -2.9668W. On Saturday, 24 November 2018, 07:06:47 GMT, Bruce

Re: [IRCA] TA’s, TA’s, TA’s - WEST COAST

2018-11-23 Thread Bruce Portzer
I finally had a decent TA opening here in Seattle.  Audio on 693(the strongest) 909 1215 and 1413.  Good carriers on 855 864 and 1386 that might reveal something after closer scrutiny of the SDR recordings.  Lots of weaker carriers on 765 774 783 1107 1125 1341 1422 1458 1566 and 1575.  All in

Re: [IRCA] Two more ... TPs in Maine

2018-11-14 Thread Bruce Portzer
Congratulations Bill.  Those are nice recordings for that far east. I'm not sure how conditions were today in Seattle.  My scheduled recording failed, and I didn't get up until about 1500 UT. bruce On 11/14/2018 07:03, Bill Whitacre wrote: From closer to sunrise this morning the twin

Re: [IRCA] Actual early TP’s 0635 U

2018-11-11 Thread Bruce Portzer
774 has very good audio at 0750, and 747 is almost as good. Carriers are popping up unexpectedly early on 675 756 and 837. Bruce in Seattle On 11/11/2018 22:38, R. Colin Newell wrote: 774 in weak audio - Carriers 567, 747, 846, 1098... Loud SQM on 529 KHz. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C.

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on November 8

2018-11-08 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions were good today.  The Japanese dominated the scene, with Koreans and Chinese generally not as good. JOAB-693 must've gotten an extra does of steroids today.  It was often just a few db weaker than CBU, between 1330 and 1400 and actually was slightly stronger than CBU during the

Re: [IRCA] Nov. 7th: Ionosphere Delivers a Gold Mine to the Pacific NW

2018-11-07 Thread Bruce Portzer
My experience today was similar to Nick's.  A bit of a recovery, but nothing spectacular.  Reception was limited to the usual crowd, most of them a bit below normal. Bruce On 11/7/2018 11:47, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: I agree that it was a better morning than the last two have been, Guy, but

Re: [IRCA] Poipu, Kauai Ultralight TP's for 11-3

2018-11-05 Thread Bruce Portzer
Gary The 1431 transmitter may be off the air.  I've tried for it several times on the KiwiSDR receivers at Daegu, Seoul, Cangzhou, Khabarovsk, and a couple Japanese sites, with no sign of it.  The Seoul receiver seems to be picking up a jammer, Cangzhou has an unid Chinese station

[IRCA] Recent Transcontinental DX in Seattle

2018-11-05 Thread Bruce Portzer
In the past couple of weeks, I've been checking the dial for stations in the Eastern time zone.  The results have been rather interesting. About a week ago, I was able to null KFI well enough to hear the Cuban on 640 at 0400.  It was pretty weak - I had to use the KiwiSDR in Key West to

[IRCA] TP conditions this morning

2018-11-05 Thread Bruce Portzer
I rebuilt my antenna yesterday.  Either I did something horribly wrong or conditions took a dive. There were a few weak TPs on 603 693 774 792 972 1098 etc just barely above the noise. NOAA is reporting a moderate geomagnetic storm and my locals seem to be at normal strength, so I don't

Re: [IRCA] Michigan TPs November 4th, 2018 (3 new from China)

2018-11-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
Congratulations Tim.   All three are heard often here in the Pacific Northwest.  To see them reported in Michigan is amazing. Bruce On 11/4/2018 17:35, Tim Tromp wrote: Another good morning to hear Asia from Michigan resulting in three new Chinese stations heard: 837 Harbin China @ 1150 UTC

[IRCA] TP's in Seattle on Nov 4

2018-11-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions this morning continued to be somewhat OK. There was a mild enhancement around sunrise, but otherwise it was just another morning here. Today's highlights included: 585    JAPAN, 1200 time pips & Japanese man //594 fair-poor 729    Woman in Chinese 1444 fair-poor in domestic

Re: [IRCA] Logging Methodology?

2018-11-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
Hi Ken I use Excel to keep track of my loggings.  One workbook for raw notes with columns  for date, time, frequency, station, etc. Another workbook to keep track of TP and TA stations I've heard and QSLed. (I don't keep track of domestics and Latin Americans anymore). Bruce On 11/4/2018

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on November 3

2018-11-03 Thread Bruce Portzer
Here are the highlights of today's TP session in Seattle. Conditions are down a bit, which should be no surprise for early November.  Nonetheless, there were a few interesting things to dig out of the noise and splatter. 603    Chinese talk briefly good 1308, fast-talking woman 756    CNR1

Re: [IRCA] Poipu, Kauai (Hawaii) DXing

2018-11-03 Thread Bruce Portzer
Hi Gary It sounds like you're off to a good start. 783 lacked the key words I need, such as "Guangbo", to ID Chinese stations.  No ideas on that one. 801 sounds like Italian, which suggests the Rete Italia station in Gosford NSW.  The gang at RealDX should  be able to nail it down for sure.

[IRCA] Halloween TP Treats in Seattle

2018-10-31 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions this morning started out like a typical TP opening,but when local sunrise neared there was a very pronounced enhancement above 1400 kHz. The high point of the opening was on 1530, which sounded like a graveyard  channel, instead of just KFBK.  DZME was the dominant station from

Re: [IRCA] Halloween TP -early bird gets the worm gear...

2018-10-31 Thread Bruce Portzer
I had somewhat the opposite happen here.  It seemed like a routine morning at 1400 so I wandered off and did something else for a while.  I came back to the radio just before 1500 and found the upper end of the band (which hasn't done squat all season) to be rather lively for a few minutes,

Re: [IRCA] TP DX from Central Iowa

2018-10-30 Thread Bruce Portzer
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018, 7:39 PM Bruce Portzer wrote: Hi Tim Nice going on the Asian logs. I recorded the AM band on my SDR from 1155 to 1505 this morning. Unfortunately, your reception of 1098 was better than mine at 1211-12 UT. I've mostly been hearing CNR1 there this season, so I checked

Re: [IRCA] TP DX from Central Iowa

2018-10-30 Thread Bruce Portzer
Hi Tim Nice going on the Asian logs. I recorded the AM band on my SDR from 1155 to 1505 this morning.   Unfortunately, your reception of 1098 was better than mine at 1211-12 UT. I've mostly been hearing CNR1 there this season, so I checked potential CNR1 //s: 981 was the best with a woman

[IRCA] TPs in Seattle on October 29

2018-10-29 Thread Bruce Portzer
My experiences this morning were like those of Gary and Colin. TP reception was similar to the past few days - the signals didn't seem to be as strong, but the same cast of characters was there. I was tempted to find a report from a few days ago, change the date, modify a few of the entries

Re: [IRCA] Michigan TP Asian logs this morning, October 28th, 2018

2018-10-28 Thread Bruce Portzer
Hi Tim Those are some amazing recordings of 693 and 774 Japan . Yanbian has been operating on 1205.96 as far back as I can remember.  The measured carrier frequency is so unique, it's as good as an ID in my book.  I'm not sure about the music you heard at 1159.  I'll try to start my SDR

[IRCA] TAs in Seattle

2018-10-28 Thread Bruce Portzer
The TA's have been a lot more exciting in Victoria than in Seattle. I've mostly been chasing carriers on 1413 and 1386 for the past 45 minutes.  1413 is the best but has only been producing tantalizing traces of audio. I've also been getting a weaker carrier on 1215, which I assume is

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Oct 28

2018-10-28 Thread Bruce Portzer
Japanese stations were in short supply today, and Koreans weren't much better.  Chinese on the other hand were quite plentiful.  My 1116 station turned out to be CNR2 thanks to a much better signal today.  I had two stations on 1098: one with the CNR1 programming we've been hearing all season,

Re: [IRCA] TP madness in Michigan!

2018-10-28 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions look good here in Seattle too, similar to the past few days. I've only been at the dials for a few minutes but it looks like China and Korea are favored again. Bruce On 10/28/2018 06:07, Nigel Pimblett wrote: Happy to hear of your success Tim, and will look forward to your report.

Re: [IRCA] TA? oh, no!

2018-10-27 Thread Bruce Portzer
Rats!  Having missed the last two TA openings, I'm eagerly awaiting the next one.  Maybe tomorrow Bruce On 10/27/2018 20:46, Nigel Pimblett wrote: Yes,  ti turned out that the audio just after our local sunset was the peak, all downhill since then, just a few carriers now. 73, Nigel

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 10/27

2018-10-27 Thread Bruce Portzer
Today's report is abbreviated a bit.  I left off most of the easy stuff like JOUB & HLAZ to save time.  I also left off a bunch of cases where all I had was traces of audio, also to save time. The Chinese were in abundance today, while the Japanese were mostly well below normal (with a couple

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on October 26

2018-10-26 Thread Bruce Portzer
This morning's TP DX seemed promising when I stared at the screen in real time at 1330 today.  But it turned out to be a bit on the dull side when I went through the files later.  There were lots of things to be heard but they weren't all that strong.  And for some reason the locals were more

[IRCA] TP DX this morning

2018-10-25 Thread Bruce Portzer
As others have reported, conditions were good this morning with many of the usual Asians putting in decent signals.  The most interesting receptions here were in the 700's and 800's, with stations on 783, 792, 801, 837, 846, and 855 almost but not quite strong enough to produce identifiable

Re: [IRCA] further Victoria TA from Oct 25

2018-10-24 Thread Bruce Portzer
I totally missed out on last night's TA fun due to a visitor from out of town.  Tonight I had a carrier on 1413 which sometimes produced weak audio.  It seemed to match the Vesti FM streaming audio but I'm not totally sure. Right now I've got KFBK phased down far enough to hear an ESPN

Re: [IRCA] TP 13 Oct Victoria version.

2018-10-14 Thread Bruce Portzer
So far I've managed to definitely ID one NZer from yesterday: Newstalk ZB on 1296 (a bit of a surprise).  There are probably a few others.  I'm pretty sure 1503 was in as well, albeit briefly. Bruce On 10/13/2018 22:11, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: Yesterday was a transitional morning all right;

[IRCA] TP DX at Grayland on October 14

2018-10-14 Thread Bruce Portzer
Day two at Grayland.  Conditions were much better today.  At first it looked like a DU morning, with many Aussies at about 1100-1200.  Then the Asians suddenly faded up, with a nice mix of Chinese, Japanese and Korean signals. The 711 KBS station was often stronger than KIRO, and parallel

Re: [IRCA] TP 13 Oct Victoria Saturday slumber...

2018-10-13 Thread Bruce Portzer
I'm at Grayland this weekend with Chuck & Tom.  As is usually the case, it was a much different story out here.  There were lots of TP's to be heard, with carriers on nearly all of the 9 kHz channels.  About 80-90% of the stations were from Japan including many of the low powered NHK outlets. 

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 10 Oct

2018-10-10 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions this morning were a bit below average.  The only good audio was from the high powered Japanese on 594 693 747 774 and 828, and the Korean on 972.   I also heard the 738 Korea/Taiwan battle Gary mentioned, and HLAZ grudgingly throw some audio at me from time to time.  Beyond that,

Re: [IRCA] TP 7 Oct Victoria version.

2018-10-08 Thread Bruce Portzer
Nick - I received QSLs from Myanmar using nptradio@gmail.com One for SW in 2012 and the other for 729 kHz in 2014.  The replies were in reasonably good English. Bruce On 10/7/2018 22:54, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: It looked like a relaxing session, at first, but more there than met the

[IRCA] More Saturday TP DX in Seattle

2018-10-07 Thread Bruce Portzer
I managed to dig out a few more logs from yesterday's SDR recordings: 585    UNID, 1353 very weak talk, sounded female, not //594 620    ALASKA, KGTL 1351 dominant w/standards, "Unforgettable Favorites, KGTL" ID 650    ALASKA, KENI 1400, "650 KENI Anchorage" ID during perfectly timed pause

Re: [IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

2018-10-07 Thread Bruce Portzer
-Patch wrote: At 06:22 2018-10-07, Bruce Portzer wrote: Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good stuff.  I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were starting to come in for the first time this season.  So I had limited time for listening to the SDR

[IRCA] Saturdays highlights - TP DX in Seattle

2018-10-07 Thread Bruce Portzer
Today's report will be very abbreviated, focusing on the really good stuff.  I was gone all day and by the time I got home, TA's were starting to come in for the first time this season.  So I had limited time for listening to the  SDR recording of what was obviously an impressive morning. 

Re: [IRCA] 1215 and 1089

2018-10-06 Thread Bruce Portzer
Add 1413 to the list, probably Moldova.  No audio yet but a decent carrier on peaks Bruce On 10/6/2018 20:23, Bruce Portzer wrote: There are signs of TAs in Seattle too.  Possible audio at times on 909 and 1215.  Also weak carriers on 1107 and 1458. Bruce On 10/6/2018 20:14, Nick Hall

Re: [IRCA] 1215 and 1089

2018-10-06 Thread Bruce Portzer
There are signs of TAs in Seattle too.  Possible audio at times on 909 and 1215.  Also weak carriers on 1107 and 1458. Bruce On 10/6/2018 20:14, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: location location location. Carrier levels are good here, but only a little audio so far. 1215 with usual rock and

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 3 Oct

2018-10-03 Thread Bruce Portzer
A nice rebound from yesterday's slump. 558    S KOREA 1326 pop song //603 fair 567    JAPAN, JOIK 1327 Japanese woman good but much KVI splash 585    JAPAN 1332 weak talk //594, fair at 1350 594    JOAK 1333 good discussion i Japanese 603    S KOREA, 1257 pp tune & melodic woman fair 612   

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on October 1

2018-10-01 Thread Bruce Portzer
Overall, this was a pretty good morning.  The highlight was hearing JOHB-1089 through the local 1090 splash.  There were also several second tier Chinese stations checking in, with 918 and 981 putting in their best signals so far this season.  I remembered to listen for Alaskans today and

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 26 Sept

2018-09-26 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions today were down slightly from  yesterday, especially at the upper end of the dial.  Several Chinese regional stations continue to poke their heads above the noise, but not far enough to hear IDs. 567    JOIK 1319 Japanese talk fair //594 594    JOAK, 1314 man in Japanese good 603  

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 25 Sept

2018-09-25 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions continue to be good here.  The upper end of the dial finally had some life to it today, after a long DX drought.  I heard more than I have listed here, but time was limited today. These daily logs are starting to taken on DXpedition proportions and it's not even October yet. 567   

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 24 Sept

2018-09-24 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions below 1000 kHz were good today, with lots of second tier stations.  Most were from Japan, but a few Korean and Chinese signals were there as well. There wasn't much to be heard above 1200.  Even HLAZ struggled. The one exception was CRI-1323 which had a blowtorch signal that almost 

Re: [IRCA] Brainstorming - Temporary Antenna Supports

2018-09-20 Thread Bruce Portzer
I also use bamboo poles at home.  Many years ago, a next door neighbor planted some bamboo in their back yard.  Fast forward to 2018, and I now have an infinite amount of the stuff growing on my side of the fence.  It spreads rather aggressively and lends a whole new meaning to the word

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 20 Sept

2018-09-20 Thread Bruce Portzer
Today was another reasonable good morning for TPs.  The two North Koreans continued to over-achieve, compared to past seasons, as did a Chinese station on 918. 567    JOIK, 1322 Japanese talk //594 fair-poor in KVI splash 594    JOAK, 1307 woman in Japanese fair 657    DPRK, 1300 weak 3+1

Re: [IRCA] Morning TP Methodology?

2018-09-20 Thread Bruce Portzer
Ken My morning listening is usually done by programming the SDR to record the AM band from about an hour before to a half hour after local sunrise (sometimes longer).  I can then either listen in real time or play back the recording later in the day   The main advantages of this approach: - I

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2018-09-19 Thread Bruce Portzer
Nothing in Seattle at the moment Bruce On 9/19/2018 20:37, Nigel Pimblett wrote: Plenty of carriers here in Alberta too.   Only audio is on 1386 with woman talking (too weak to determine language) and traces of music on 1179. 73, NIgel On 9/19/2018 9:27 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote: 1089 in

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 19 Sept

2018-09-19 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions were somewhat OK today, though not as good as a few days  ago Due to a computer glitch, I lost the listings above 1000 after typing them in.   The upper part of the band was rather uninteresting today, so it wasn't much of a loss.  As I recall, I had decent audio from HLAZ-1566,

Re: [IRCA] TP 18 Sep Victoria version Headlines.

2018-09-18 Thread Bruce Portzer
 KUAU is likely the best chance for Hawaii to be heard in the upper midwest on a loop or Beverage. It's consistently among the strongest Hawaiians and the first to fade in during our coastal DXpeditions.  There's aren't many interference sources between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Ocean -

Re: [IRCA] Sept 17th - Video Highlights - West Coast TP's - What was on 1368 khz?

2018-09-17 Thread Bruce Portzer
According to the latest SARFT list (roughly the Chinese counterpart to the FCC list), there currently aren't any Nei Menggu stations on 1368.  I think there was one a few years ago, but recently a major reassignment concentrated the Nei Menggu AM stations onto about ten frequencies.  Maybe it

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 17 Sept

2018-09-17 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions this morning were not quite as good as yesterday, but interesting nonetheless.  The overachievers of the morning were N Korea on 819 and CNR1 on 945, both of which had sustained good signals despite strong splash from adjacent local stations. Most of the signals peaked about a half

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 16 Sept

2018-09-16 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions today were remarkably good for this early in the season.  There were many Chinese, as well as the usual assortment of Japanese and Korean stations.  The signals seemed to be best about 15-30 minutes before local sunrise and gradually faded away. The North Korean on 657 was the best

[IRCA] TP DX in Seatttle on 15 Sept

2018-09-15 Thread Bruce Portzer
I managed to hear a few TP's between 1255 & 1400 on this morning's SDR recording.  There were lots of signals, though none were particularly strong. JOAK-594 JOUB-774 & KBS-972 managed to have brief periods of good audio but were otherwise down in the mud JOAB-693 JOIB-747 JOBB-828 and

[IRCA] Korean radio propaganda article

2018-09-11 Thread Bruce Portzer
Here's an article on the Korean radio propaganda war.  Most of the info is well-known to the AM-SW DX community but it's still interesting to see it written up for general dissemination. https://www.radioworld.com/global/has-there-been-a-thaw-in-the-inter-korean-radio-war

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TP VIEW 9/11 *live*

2018-09-11 Thread Bruce Portzer
Same thing here.  Just a weak carrier on 1566. I'm probably the one to blame for today's lousy TP conditions - I set up an SDR recording for the first time this season, which probably disturbed the entire cosmos. Bruce On 9/11/2018 06:06, R. Colin Newell wrote: To quote Bones of Star Trek:

Re: [IRCA] Blowtorches of the Americas.

2018-09-05 Thread Bruce Portzer
I once heard a station ID saying it operated "with a maximum effective radiated power not exceeding 250 thousand watts".   An accurate statement if you read it carefully, but a tad misleading. Bruce On 9/5/2018 19:33, Mark Durenberger wrote: Good story but I wonder how many of those power

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on Sept 5

2018-09-05 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions continue to improve here. Today's logs included: Fair audio at times 1255-1320 from the NHK Stations on 594 693 747 774 and 828 Good audio on 972 at 1320 JOHK-1287 fair-poor audio 1320 CRI-1323 weak woman in Russian 1320, first China log of the season Bits of talk on 738,

Re: [IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Update

2018-09-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
). Bruce On 9/3/2018 16:42, Bruce Portzer wrote: Hello everyone: I just completed another update to the Pacific Asian Log.  The September 2018 version has been posted on the Radioheritage website: http://www.radioheritage.net/ You'll need to go through a couple of the site's internal links to get

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 3 Sept

2018-09-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
I managed another "real time" DX session (no SDR recordings just yet) at sunrise today. For some reason, JOAK-594 was missing in action, but several other Japanese and Korean stations showed up: JOAB-693 JOIB-747 JOUB-774 and JOBB-828 were all noted with Chinese lessons 1300-1316.  JOUB was

Re: [IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Update

2018-09-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
doesn’t show up and the display is strange. I have downloaded many previous editions but haven’t run in to this before. ??? Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 & ICF2010 Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops DX398, SRF-59 & M37V Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380 On Sep 3, 2018, at 4:

[IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Update

2018-09-03 Thread Bruce Portzer
Hello everyone: I just completed another update to the Pacific Asian Log.  The September 2018 version has been posted on the Radioheritage website: http://www.radioheritage.net/ You'll need to go through a couple of the site's internal links to get to the proper page, but when you get there

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 2 Sept

2018-09-02 Thread Bruce Portzer
I had my first TP opening of the season this morning. Nothing spectacular, just a few of the regulars. 594    JOAK, man in Japanese 1256 fair 693    JOAB, 1307 English lesson  //774 poor in CBU splat 747    JOIB, 1309 English lesson //774 fair-poor 774    JOUB, time pips 1300, then animated

Re: [IRCA] SDR ELAD Recordings

2018-08-31 Thread Bruce Portzer
ELAD recordings can also be replayed using HDSDR, SDR Console, Studio One and probably a few others. There's a learning curve for all of them.  HDSDR is probably the easiest to figure out.  Studio One needs to be purchased before you can use it, the others are free. Bruce On 8/31/2018 19:26,

Re: [IRCA] Turbocharged Tonga

2018-08-09 Thread Bruce Portzer
Tonga had a new transmitter installed about a year ago, which would  explain why it's been heard so well lately. There's a brief story about it at http://www.tonga-broadcasting.net/?p=7192 Bruce On 8/9/2018 20:53, Gary DeBock wrote: Hi Guy (and Mark), <<< You are so right about Tonga since

Re: [IRCA] (no subject)

2018-08-02 Thread Bruce Portzer
Hi Frank I'll be flying to the convention. I hadn't heard about painting that was sent to Karen.  I'll check into it. Didn't get any books from you. Bruce On 7/31/2018 20:08, n7...@aol.com wrote: Are you flying or driving to the convention?  Doubtful for me as I have a lot to take care

Re: [IRCA] Ultra Rare 630-Cook Islands-- Full Details

2018-05-04 Thread Bruce Portzer
Radio Cook Islands is also available via streaming audio.  The link on the station's website doesn't work, but this one will: http://vtuner.com/setupapp/guide/asp/func/dynampls.asp?link=1=24442 The audio feed sounds pretty clean and doesn't have the quality issues Gary reported for over the

Re: [IRCA] UnID Oz Pest on 693 kHz

2018-04-19 Thread Bruce Portzer
Gary I can hear a "Talking Melbourne" jingle at 6:36, so it's 3AW. Bruce On 4/19/2018 02:52, Gary DeBock wrote: This prolific Australian pest station was the dominant performer on 693 KHz during the sunrise sessions in the Cook Islands, frequently pounding in at S9 levels but never seeming

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