[IRCA] My First TP AM DX Catch

I am in Galena, Alaska in the central part of the state halfway between Nome & Fairbanks. About a week ago, I was tuning the AM Band in my Grundig Sattelit 750 with external AM antenna jack connected to a 225 foot long wire. I was tuned to 1017kHz and had serious spillage from KVNT 1020

[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 8-23-16

Listened from 1140-1215 UT and heard two stations with audio.   594 JOAK hrd with a few words at 1148 UT. 1566 HLAZ hrd at 1152 UT.   Weak carriers on 738, 747, 774 and 1575.   Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8                                                

[IRCA] S. AZ TPs, 8/23 Tuesday

Much better conditions this morning, with lots of hets from top to bottom though 1566 HLAZ never peaked at decent levels like it often does. I appreciate Bill Block's reports--I've used them as guides since moving to AZ. Steve near Sahuarita, AZ (south of Tucson) R75; 140' west DKAZ 594

[IRCA] reversible Beverages

--- Begin Message --- For those with adequate land (not me), here are some links to reversible BOG / Beverage articles gleaned from the Topband (160m) reflector. Whether these really offer any advantage over terminated loops (DKAZ etc.) or arrays of same for MWDX is debatable. BevFlex

[IRCA] US Air Force to bomb the ionosphere?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3753417/The-Air-Force-reveals-radical-plan-bomb-sky-improve-radio-reception.html I will take D layer enhancement during the day for the MW band and 24/7 E-layer enhancement for round the clock FM ESkip. ;) On another note, I saw that for the 2020

[IRCA] Headphones for Drake R8

--- Begin Message --- As the new DX season gets underway I'd like to get a decent pair of headphones for my Drake R8.  I've used cheap iPod type phones up until now & I'm thinking some good ones might provide better clarity for my aging ears. I'd also prefer not to spend more than $100 for them

Re: [IRCA] Headphones for Drake R8

http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/head.html I believe that the Drake R8 audio output is MONO so there is no point wasting money on a set of stereo headphones... On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Stan Weisbeck via IRCA < irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote: >

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2016 Aug 23 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 22 August follow. Solar flux 80 and estimated planetary A-index 5. The

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2016 Aug 24 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 23 August follow. Solar flux 81 and estimated planetary A-index 18. The

[IRCA] 23 August 2016 West Coast TP's Victoria B.C. Canada

Did a bit of listening between 12:00 and 12:35 UTC this morning - what I would consider slightly low average for this time of year. Audio on 738khz (pop music) and 1566khz (talking...) and the jammer on 1053khz and promising carriers on 531, 702, 828khz and a couple of others. Was in the process

[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 23 August 2016

This morning brought the first Asians of the month. Both 747 and 774 from Japan had weak audio around 1150, with NHK pips noted at 1200. Lots of carriers throughout the band, but after 1200 they seemed mostly DU, including several decent ones in the X-band. No DU audio though. 73,