Re: [IRCA] Alaskans Alaskans Alaskans!!!

Doug KFQD relays KTUU-TV-2 news daily at 5 and 10 pm local time (2100 & 0200 eastern time), which might stand out a bit more than the normal sort of news or talk shows. Bruce Doug Pifer-desert4wd.com wrote: > Thanks for the info on KFQDPatrick, > I've alwasy wanted to hear that station. I'll g

Re: [IRCA] Alphabet DX the hard way (almost)

Tim There are lots of Canadians with J as the second letter (CJCA CJVB CJDC CJME etc), but you're probably too far from the border Bruce Tim Hall wrote: > I tried to do the alphabet thing tonight, getting 26 stations for each > of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th letters of the calls. I just missed on th

Re: [IRCA] KKOL

Dan KVI-570 is also on Vashon, as is KIRO-710. With six 50kw transmitters and a 5kw at the bottom of the dial, Vashon wouldn't exactly be the first place I'd look for a summer home :) 880 is northwest of the I-405/I-90 interchange in Bellevue, as are 1540 and 1150. Not having read KKOL's app

Re: [IRCA] 1200 happenings

Walt - I think it was Spurs, not Furs or Burrs...as in the San Antonio Spurs basketball team, for which WOAI is the flagship station Bruce Walter Salmaniw wrote: > With the new super powerful CJRJ, I thought I'd try my hand at phasing. I > could hear something in the background. On went my Mi

Re: [IRCA] 1200 happenings

I listened to 1200 on the way home from work tonight and had bits of KYAA behind CJRJ. Until now I would've had to travel thousands of miles to hear two Indian language stations on the same frequency (not necessarily Hindi, since India has 17 major languages and countless others. I believe Pu

Re: [IRCA] More phaser musings

Walt What a difference 60 miles can make. Earlier tonight I had CKBI Prince Albert all alone and local like on 900 on the car radio while waiting to pick up my daughter. They went into a sports play by play at 6 pm PDT. It might've been a football game (too early in the season for hokey, eh?

Re: [IRCA] Vashon TX sites

Patrick This picture is definitely NOT Vashon Island (to start with, there aren't any trees). The site you mention is the Radio Sawa site on Cyprus, which H&D designed. If you dig further into their website there's a presentation on the Sawa facility http://www.hatdaw.com/papers/SOCIETY_of_A

Re: [IRCA] Vashon TX Sites

My parents house is in Seattle's south end, about 4.5 miles east of the KOMO transmitter site. As a teenager, I could look out my bedroom window and see KOMO's tower lights at night. Eventually, someone built a house across the street from us and I no longer hand line-of-site reception, thoug

Re: [IRCA] I don't think I said...

Dan Strassberg wrote: > ...or implied that KKMO ever operated from the boat. KKOL did that. Of > course, I was writing about both KKMO and KKOL in the same message (stations > that originally bore the calls KMO and KOL, that are adjacent on the > Seattle/Tacoma dial, that are licensed to cities on

Re: [IRCA] KKOL - continued

Pete I agree, KKOLs transmitter site is within the city limits. I was referring to KKMOs transmitter site at Brown's Point, which appears to be in an unincorporated area a few blocks outside the city limits. Bruce Pete Taylor wrote: > Bruce Portzer wrote: > > >> Also,

Re: [IRCA] Try Sleep Deprivation: TPs for 10/29

Nick's observations and data match my experiences quite a bit. I tend to get up earlier than most Graylanders - sometimes at 2 a.m. local time, and often find conditions quite good then. At that time of night, the regulars tend to dominate. It seems like the really good stuff comes later - a

Re: [IRCA] 810 KLDC

Nigel KLDC is listed as 2.2kw-D/0.43kw-N on 810 in the FCC database http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?state=&call=kldc&arn=&city=&freq=530&fre2=1700&type=0&facid=&class=&list=1&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 It looks like the CP was granted 2/22/06 Bruce Nigel Pimb

Re: [IRCA] More phaser musings

In the mid-70s Gordon was working on something he called the TWESPA (Traveling Wave Electronically Steerable Phased Array). I never learned the technical details, but the name suggests phased Beverages. He once sent me a tape with some examples of what it could do. I don't remember what was

Re: [IRCA] Dare I Say Mid-Winter Anomaly??

Mid-winter anomaly? It depends on where you are. Chuck and I were at Grayland this weekend. It wasn't the exactly best I've ever seen there, but it wasn't the worst either. Between the two nights, we had audio on maybe 70-80 channels. Japan was quite poor both nights. I think we could count

Re: [IRCA] TP fade in

Nick I noticed the same thing Friday night at Grayland, starting with the island stations: Marshalls-1098 & Tonga -1017 were already good at 0550. Several other islanders followed over the next hour, including a few uncommon ones like 1125 (Vanuatu I assume) and 1467 Fiji. 4BC-1116 was coinc

[IRCA] KOMO silent period

KOMO-1000 was off Saturday morning beginning at about midnight PST. The only thing I definitely IDed was China 999, though it helped that I was on a Beverage expedition in Grayland. Between midnight and 1am PST, I heard something with classic country but anmts were just below readable levels.

Re: [IRCA] LAX TIS 530

Many years ago, the entire LAX TIS operated with leaky coax. I remember listening to it on rental car radios in the mid 80's. The signal was good while you drove along the main street (I forget which one, but it was probably one that Mike mentioned). The signal was fine as long as you drove

Re: [IRCA] CJRJ 1200 update

WOAI had an amazing signal on the car radio last Wednesday and Thursday evenings while I drove home from work, so CJRJ hasn't been on continuously. On the other hand, it was there every time I checked over the weekend. Bruce Eric Floden wrote: > from the Northwest Broadcasters site*, this ite

Re: [IRCA] Fort Lewis WA TIS 1500

I agree, this one has been around for a couple of years. I've not heard it here at home or at Grayland, but I make a point to check it when I drive through the Tacoma area. Sometimes it's been off the air, while at other times it's running general info about the base. There are a couple of w

Re: [IRCA] Phasing

I've found it depends on how strong the desired station is vs the interference. If the signal level is varying and reducing one brings up the strength of the other, then it makes more sense to ignore the S-meter and adjust the controls and listen for the desired station's audio. For example,

Re: [IRCA] Midnight Truck'n radio network

KIRO 710 Seattle recently started carrying the show. Except they call it the Midnight Radio Show Bruce willis wrote: > For those that are interested, here is a list of stations that carry the > Midnight Truck'n show, arranged by frequency. This is per there web site > Willis > Old Fort, TN > >

Re: [IRCA] Where were you on 22 November 1963?

I was in seventh grade, third period English class at the time. An office helper came into the classroom with a stack of papers, handed one to the teacher, and left. She glanced at it briefly, and then dashed across the hall to the office, apparently to confirm that the message was true. She

Re: [IRCA] unID 0n 680

Willis According to weather.com, there are a couple of US places with stations on 680 that were colder than that last night - Omak WA dropped down to -12 degrees and Helena MT was -18. I very much doubt that you heard either station (they're both daytimers and the temps were too low). Like

Re: [IRCA] Just another day?

From what I've been told, back before WW2 the US government would pay KGMB to stay on all night whenever military planes were expected to arrive from the mainland. That way, the aircraft crews could use their direction finding equipment to home in on Oahu, and not fly past the island. On th

Re: [IRCA] Friday Morning in Boone

The weird weather this fall seems to happen only when the Seahawks play during the week (two Monday night Football games & Thursday night had rain snow and wind, in that order). Last night's storm was mother nature's way of helping us forget about Thursday's game. Seriously, I came throug

Re: [IRCA] Friday Morning in Boone

These things are known as "100 year storms" around here, except we have them every decade or so. I guess there was a period thousands of years ago when several centuries went by without any big storms. So now we're making up for it :-) Bruce Patrick Martin wrote: > It is probably a pattern.

[IRCA] ARRL 600-METER EXPERIMENT SEEKS RECEPTION REPORTS

>From The ARRL Letter, Vol 25, No 49 (Dec 15, 2006)- The ARRL 500 kc Experimental Group for Amateur Radio (WD2XSH) is encouraging radio amateurs and listeners to submit reception reports of group members' operations between 505 a

Re: [IRCA] WTSB, ca.1956?

Randy The oldest listing I have is a Vane Jones log from 1965. It shows a WTSB on 1340 in Lumberton, NC Bruce Stewart, Joseph R wrote: > I just won, from a Nauck's Vintage Records auction, a 16-inch > vinyl-pressing transcription disc of a pair of 1956 episodes of "The Red > Foley Show," produ

[IRCA] KARR-1460 off the air

KARR-1460 in Kirkland WA has been off the air for several days, apparently because of our big windstorm a week ago. The station's transmitter site is in an area that still has places without power. I'm not sure what effect this has on KKDZ-1250. KKDZ is ND from 2315 PT until LSS from anothe

Re: [IRCA] Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon

Russ Edmunds wrote: > > PR&R would be in the top 3 Boston rock groups IMHO. Only just saw the > question or woyuld have answered sooner. > Russ I hate to break the news to you but PR&R were originally from Boise and later moved to Portland. After that, they probably hung out in LA once they

Re: [IRCA] Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon

IMNSHO, the sixties didn't get started until about 1963 with the civil rights movement, the Kennedy assassination, and the start of the Vietnam War, and lasted until about 1974 (Nixon resignation, end of Vietnam War). Before 1963, we were still in the fifties. Which means that the seventies o

Re: [IRCA] WRTH

February 24??? I guess that's to be expected -- after all, the pack mules have to cross the Rockies in the dead of winter. I just hope the DHL workers don't get snowed in somewhere and burn your order to stay warm ;) I ordered mine on December 27. Amazon says it hasn't been shipped yet but

Re: [IRCA] Wolfman Jack on 1150AM?

Paul I did a quick Google search for Wolfman Jack Show. One of the first hits I got was CKOC-1150, which has Wolfman Jack on Saturday night. Dunno if CKOC is a feasible catch in SC. My old NRC pattern book sez they send most of their signal towards Hudson Bay. Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

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

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] TA’s, TA’s, TA’s - WEST COAST

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] 26 NOV TAs WC CANADA

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] early signs

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 - Victori

Re: [IRCA] TA’s etc etc etc

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 864

Re: [IRCA] Help recover list

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 A

Re: [IRCA] TAs once more, Seattle style

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

[IRCA] HLAZ-1566

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, sigh, yet again

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.

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

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 oth

[IRCA] Yesterday's DX in Seattle

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] TAs, sigh, yet again

rning 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 b

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

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 mus

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

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 Xi

Re: [IRCA] oddball TA carriers

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 in

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

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 ar

Re: [IRCA] TA traces in Victoria

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 Nick

Re: [IRCA] TA traces in Victoria

s. So far 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

Re: [IRCA] 774 in early in Victoria

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 fad

[IRCA] TA reception in Seattle tonight 12/28

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 gr

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

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 station

[IRCA] Radio equipment for Sale

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 otherwis

[IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Updater

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

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

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 Seattle

Re: [IRCA] Where are they now?

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] ODXA

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] (New) Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide, etc.

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. It’s

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

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 wrote

[IRCA] DXpedition after IRCA convention

nas aimed 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

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle March 13

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 ap

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

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 woul

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

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 mu

Re: [IRCA] TP 17 Mar Victoria version.

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 th

[IRCA] We're moving to groups.io

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 you

Re: [IRCA] New Message Board

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 03/19/

[IRCA] Seattle TPs October 4

Today's DX here was almost a repeat of yesterday's. I had weak audio from two TP stations: 1575VOA, woman in SEA language 1404 1602NHK2, the surprise of the morning with weak but very recognizable time pips 1400. First audio of the season here. Other than that, the low band NHK stati

Re: [IRCA] Seattle TPs October 4

Correction: the low band NHK stations were heard at 1325! And add 1386 1422 and 1476 to the list of carriers noted at 1400 Bruce On 10/4/2013 17:07, Bruce Portzer wrote: Today's DX here was almost a repeat of yesterday's. I had weak audio from two TP stations: 1575VOA, wo

[IRCA] TP DX for Saturday Oct 5

My morning was a bit different from Gary's, with almost nothing at the low end of the dial, but some interesting stuff at the upper end. The whole band seemed quite dead until about 1345. After that there were carriers on about 70% of the 9 kHZ channels above 1000, although most of them were

[IRCA] Grand and Glorious TP DX for Oct 6

After four days of mediocrity, the TPs came through in a huge way today. It was probably my best morning of the season in terms of high quality DX, and it took quite a bit of time to go through the SDR recording. Highlights included hearing NHK1 on 963 with no sign of CRI, JOWF-1440 complete

Re: [IRCA] Grand and Glorious TP DX for Oct 6

I've uploaded a few recordings of this morning's TPs. 1440 JOWF, totally overwhelming the domestics w/lively discussion 1357, woman mentioned "STV" 1358, 1359 ads, chime at ToH, then more lively discussion http://www.qsl.net/n7ecj/JOWF-1440_6Oct13_1400.mp3 1557 TAIWAN, presumed with lively po

[IRCA] TP DX for Monday October 7

Conditions were a bit of a let down today, after the spectacular Japanese reception yesterday. Most stations were weaker than yesterday, and peaked for short periods of time. The most notable exception was HLAZ, which was consistently good-strong. Nonetheless, there were a few bright spots.

[IRCA] TP DX for Tuesday Oct 8

Conditions were about average today. The usual stations were heard, some better than normal, some weaker than normal. That's about it. Good - Mostly understandable by a native speaker for at least a minute or so 747JOIB, time pips 1400, then KK lessons 750KFQD, dominant with promo for

[IRCA] TP non DX for October 9

My DX was pretty much like everyone else's today. Most of the usual powerhouses took the day off. Only two NHK Stations were heard, and they were just barely audible. It was really surprising to not hear any trace of 747 972 or 1566. Good Nobody Fair See above Poor 693JOAB weak pips 14

[IRCA] TP DX for OCtober 10

As Gary noted, conditions made a partial recovery this morning. The low end of the dial was reasonably good, with great signals from a couple of the high powered NHK stations, and weak audio from a few others. JOLK-612 produced audio, though just barely, for the first time this season. The K

[IRCA] TP DX for October 11

The morning started out as absolutely horrible, but eventually improved to "not very good". As Gary noted, there wasn't much activity until just before 1400, but signals never rose to the levels he had. A couple of the usual powerhouses had somewhat ok audio for a few minutes. Otherwise, t

[IRCA] TP DX for Saturday October 12

Today's TP opening was better than yesterday's, but still far from ideal. The good signals were limited to the low end of the dial, and there wasn't much activity until about 1345. JOIB-747 was particularly impressive today, with a good signal for quite some time. Some stations, including JO

[IRCA] Best-heard TPs so far this season

This season, I've been using a spreadsheet to keep track of the Asian stations I've been receiving. I've been listening daily since September 8. For each day since then, I've given three points to stations I report as "good", two points to stations reported as "fair", and one point to station

[IRCA] TP DX for October 13

As Nigel and Richard said, this wasn't a very good morning. It made me glad I let the SDR run while I slept. There were only a few Asians audible today. I briefly had OK audio on 972 and 1575. but everything else was either feeble or missing. The Good 972KBS, pop vocal 1357, woman in KK

[IRCA] TP Report for Seattle, October 14

It was another slightly below average morning here. Very little from China, but the usual Korean and Japanese signals were there. As others have noted, signals dropped off just before 1400. Good 747JOIB, good at times 1312-1346 w/the usual weather, EE lessons, & CC lessons 774JOUB br

[IRCA] Oct 15 TPs in Seattle

As everyone else already said, today was a bummer TP-wise. Nothing but weak audio from a few of the more common stations. Good Not today Fair See above Poor 594JOAK, faint pips 1300, then equally faint talk 693JOAB, 1309 weak w/usual weather report 747JOIB, 1300 weak time pips, no

[IRCA] Seattle TP report for October `6

As Gary and Walt pointed out, there wasn't much to cheer about today. Good Fergeddit Fair 890KBBI, 1359 the usual woman with legal ID and marine wx o/CJDC. No other Alaskans noted. 972 KBS, sometimes producing decent audio today, i.e. 1321 man in KK, 1357 woman then mx, 1400 ToH anmt & p

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle for October 17

Today was a definite improvement over the past couple of days. Things are at least trending in the right direction. A few interesting carriers almost produced audio today: 846 864 918 936 1035 1044 1143 1179 1188 1341 1377 1386 1422 1449 1503 1512 and 1602 to name to standouts. Good - porti

[IRCA] Seattle TP report for October 18

Today's conditions were similar to yesterday in terms of signal strength. Overall TP reception was rather unexciting, but not as bad as some of the sessions earlier this week. Most of the action didn't start until after 1400, with some stations peaking around 1420-35. There were still a few

[IRCA] Late TP Reception

At 1618 UT, I'm still getting weak TP carriers on 972 981 1287 1566 and 1575. No hope of audio - at best, they're 10-15 db above the noise. Still, it's interesting to receive them 2 ours after LSR. Bruce ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] October 19 TP Report - Grayland version

Chuck, Tom, and I are having our annual Beverage expedition to Grayland this weekend. The good conditions reported by Nick, Gary and Dennis were similar to ours, though on a vastly different scale. Most 9 kHz channels were occupied by good signals here, and many had 2-3 TPs on them. For ex

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-20

Sorry to say today wasn't nearly as good today as yesterday in Grayland. Conditions seemed promising at about 1200 but never improved after that. Pyongyang 657 was much better today, but practically everything else was weaker. The stations were there on almost every channel with somewhat OK

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-20

one good morning's DX. Bruce On 10/20/2013 09:58, Bruce Portzer wrote: Sorry to say today wasn't nearly as good today as yesterday in Grayland. Conditions seemed promising at about 1200 but never improved after that. Pyongyang 657 was much better today, but practically everything el

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-26 (Conclusion)

CRI's use of 1323 is rather complicated: There's the Russian service transmitter which is located in Heilongjiang province and probably beams east or northeast with 600kw, which explains why we hear it so well. I have it listed in the PAL as switching to CNR2 at 1500, but that may be out of d

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle, November 2 edition

I decided to fire up the receiver this morning for the first time in two weeks. I was even able to listen for a while in "real time", rather than rely solely on SDR recordings. Conditions were quite good. The low end of the dial was productive the entire time I recorded (1255-1510 ut). The

[IRCA] TP DX for Tuesday 11-26

I decided to listen for TPs this morning for the first time in a couple of weeks. Unfortunately, I didn't pick the best possible day. There's a new noise source that wasn't there last time I tried, but judging from Nick and Dennis' reports, propagation was the main culprit. The bottom of the

Re: [IRCA] TP DX for Tuesday 11-26

I just realized that all of these times are an hour off. They should all be 15-something instead of 14-something. Like I said, I hadn't listened in the past couple of weeks. I guess we were still on DST the last time I tried :) Bruce On 11/26/2013 09:04, Bruce Portzer wrote: I decid

[IRCA] TP DX for November 28 - not a turkey

Today was a rather good morning here. The low band was still anemic at best. Above 1100, however, it was another story. There was an excellent sunrise enhancement at about 1520-1530, producing interesting audio on several channels. The day's highlights were the Chinese stations on 1395 and

[IRCA] TP DX for Friday November 29

TP DX remains quite good here. The low end is still rather anemic, but a couple of mid-band stations were coming in quite well. I was surprised by yesterday's reports of decent low-band reception from Nick and Gary, because I had nothing like that here. For some odd reason, most signals peak

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle - November 30

Today's TP conditions were definitely not as good as yesterday and Thursday. My recordings showed decent signals on 1566 and 1575 at about 1330. Other than that, there wasn't anything to cheer about. Good - Mostly understandable by a native speaker 1566HLAZ, 1318-1338 JJ talk, then organ

[IRCA] TP DX for Dec 1

Today's conditions were about the same as yesterday's, with below average signals from the major players. Good - Mostly understandable by a native speaker 1566HLAZ, CC talk briefly peaking 1525, otherwise fair-nil today Fair - Some of it understandable by a native speaker 774JOUB, Engli

[IRCA] TPs in Seattle - December 2

Conditions continue to be below average here. TPs were mostly absent from the lower part of the band today, except for a couple of marginal signals from NHK stations. The upper band showed a bit of life around sunrise, with somewhat OK audio from a handful of Japanese stations. I think I had

Re: [IRCA] TP 3 Dec, Victoria version

My SDR recordings weren't much different from what Nick reported. Today I had fragmentary audio on 774 and 1566 at around 1300. Also traces of real or imaginary audio on 747 and 972. I wondered for a while if I had my antenna switch in the wrong position, but everything was set up correctly.

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