[IRCA] TP 23 Jan; Victoria version

Ouch. I noticed that the DX Fishbarrel was showing a good bit of color at about 1315UT, but just crawling out of bed meant that I didn't quite leap off to the radio. Probably should have, as once again, conditions did a slide. Even by 1410UT, all that was left was a few of the big guns.

[IRCA] for the diehard techie

There's an electronics company offering seminars on setting up their software defined radio, a tiny little USB sticktheir example uses AM band frequencies. I'm not sure I can justify traveling to southern California to play with this though... http://www.altera.com/b/BeRadio.html

[IRCA] tiny TAs

some wispy carriers this evening. 747 is I think JOIB as it's turned up late, and is better on the West Flag, but 882, 1089, 1215, and 1269 are definitely from a more European direction. best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] TP for 24 Jan 2013; Victoria version

--- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily

Re: [IRCA] TP for 24 Jan 2013; Victoria version

Have you heard the 1053 mini monster around sunrise these winter mornings Gary? It's been MIA for me, but you hear it better than I do. I did listen to the recording at 1600UT from 24 January, and nothing too much else to report.Apparent single pip on the hour on 1494 (shorter ones may

[IRCA] TP 25 Jan; Victoria version

Definitely not TP for 24 January. Bottom feeding best describes it, whenever I checked (1430UT, 1510UT, and after 1530UT.) pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): none reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it

Re: [IRCA] IRCA combined convention

I'll be there Mike... Nick At 22:11 25-01-13, you wrote: If anybody is planning on attending the Minneapolis convention this August could you give a shout here on the egroup so we might know who to exspect 73 Mike Sanburn ___ IRCA mailing

Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 25 Jan 2012

Could that be North Korea, Nigel? MWoffsets has it as 702.041, but that reading is a couple of years old. best wishes, Nick At 06:12 26-01-13, you wrote: During the early peak I also noticed a fairly substantial off-freq carrier on 702.06 which I haven't noticed before. Regrettably it

[IRCA] TP 26 Jan; Victoria version

Things were further downhill this morning. What little appeared around sunrise (actually closer to 1530UT) was at the top of the band, and neither 1566 or 1575 were heard! pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): none reasonable audio

[IRCA] TP 27 Jan; Victoria version

At several checks after 1400UT this morning, things were fairly abysmal. Then, a quick (10 minutes?) sunrise boost started around 1530UT,bringing several upper band stations to at least some audio traces. But the bottom dropped out at 1540UT; one minute I was listening to the first bars of

[IRCA] TP for 28 Jan 2013; Victoria version

1314 man talking 1528UT 1422 mumbling in the splash; good carrier though. 1528UT 1593 CNR1 man talking, seemed //6125. 1535UT Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 1242 best wishes, Nick -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC

[IRCA] TP for 28 Jan 2013; Victoria version

1314 man talking 1528UT 1422 mumbling in the splash; good carrier though. 1528UT 1593 CNR1 man talking, seemed //6125. 1535UT Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 1242 best wishes, Nick -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC

[IRCA] TP 29 Jan; Victoria version

I might have missed the best of the enhancement this morning, as didn't get to the radio until after 1530UT to snag HLAZ fading away with a lady in CC. Earlier tomorrow, but not too much earlier, as my check at 1500UT showed minimal signals, and the overnight recorder showed no reason to get

[IRCA] TP for 30 Jan 2013; Victoria version

of it this morning 891 man talking, no parallels, 1404UT 972 HLCA? woman talking 1403UT 1575 VoA? man talking 1533UT, erratically fading Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 1458 1566 best wishes, Nick -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada

[IRCA] TP 31 Jan; Victoria version

Again, not a good morning, but there was a sunrise enhancement, just not spectacular, and almost all upper band. Listened around 1440UT, 1515UT and after 1530UT, and am beginning to get a deeper appreciation of the variety of electrical noises on offer these mornings, at least three

[IRCA] west coast TA traces...

1215 with an audible carrier, very wispy, 0625UT. 1089 a little weaker. So, there's hope... best wishes, Nick \ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on

[IRCA] TP for 1 Feb 2013; Victoria version

It looked pretty discouraging at 1400 and at 1500UT this morning, but at 1520UT, things started to get interesting, at least for the next 15 minutes, and mostly above 1300kHz, though as the opening ended, a couple of things turned up on the low band also. Then there was another burst about

[IRCA] TP 2 Feb; Victoria version

Well, my local noise maker was off this morning, unfortunately so was the DX, when I checked at 1400, 1500 and 1530UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): none reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a

[IRCA] TP 3 Feb; Victoria version

Bill's comments were fair warning, hi. 747 had weak audio around 1500UT, as did 594 at 1520UT. 774 faded up to a brief snippet of fair audio at 1521UT, but that was it for this morning. What little was there was wiped out when the local noise maker kicked in at 1530UT. It's hard to

Re: [IRCA] Discussion Of Daily Solar Space And Geomagnetic Weather

Are those Dst numbers for real Thomas? The Kyoto site http://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dst_realtime/presentmonth/index.html and Colorado site http://lasp.colorado.edu/space_weather/dsttemerin/dsttemerin.html say the same thing, but they didn't a day or so ago I'm sureah, scientific data,

Re: [IRCA] Discussion Of Daily Solar Space And Geomagnetic Weather

amp From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, 4 February 2013, 15:38 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Discussion Of Daily Solar Space And Geomagnetic Weather Are those Dst numbers for real Thomas?The Kyoto site http

[IRCA] TP for 5 Feb 2013; Victoria version

Another I don't know quite to make of this morning, but better than yesterday...There was a sunrise enhancement from about 1515 to after 1530UT, all the more obvious because conditions had been so grim from when I started checking at 1400UT. Not to say there were strong signals at sunrise, just

[IRCA] TP for 5 Feb 2013; Victoria version, reprise

1539 unID. Man talking, some IBOC hash, at 1520 and 1531. Will need to listen to the recording again; the thought of these being the NHK2 100 watters is enticing. It really was an interesting morning. From the recording, 1539 was indeed the NHK2 synchros // at times w/1386 and 774 with

[IRCA] TP for 6 Feb 2013; Victoria version

The local noisemaker held out until 1530UT this morning, but unfortunately, the DX held out for even longer, if it ever appeared at all. 594, 747, 774 and 1566 showed weak audio from time to time from 1415 onwards, but that seemed to be about it. best wishes, Nick --

Re: [IRCA] TP's for Monday, February 04, 2013

My gosh Dennis, I thought I'd missed out on something this morning, but then I saw the date. Are you catching up or is your ISP being slow? best wishes, Nick At 00:20 07-02-13, you wrote: Listened from 1459-1535 utc. Best morning of the 2013 here for MW stations. HLAZ 1566 a excellent

[IRCA] TP for 7 Feb 2013; Victoria version

I was up earlier than usual this morning (1330UT), so fitted in a bit of DXing then. It was actually pretty lively, at least in the lower band. Things calmed down as time went on, so went off to do morning things, to return about 1515UT, when things had livened up again for another 10 minutes or

Re: [IRCA] New England Storm???? sorry, OT

OK, this is increasingly not about DX, but my hometown, Victoria, BC is one of the least snowy places in Canada, a few inches a year usually (too warm in the winter). But given that marvellous coverage of the Great Canadian Blizzard, it's quite difficult to find out what Victoria went

[IRCA] TP 9 Feb; Victoria version

An interesting morning, mostly concentrated between 1505 and 1515UT, with the lower part of the band and NHK1 shining, just a bit. No s/off on NHK2 at 1540UT, still weak chat on 747, 774 and even snippets on 828 at 1544UT. The real kicker was 747 fading up with a woman talking slowly at

[IRCA] TP 10 Feb; Victoria version

Not so good today, and not assisted by the high and unrelenting level of splash along with the local noise sources starting early (obviously Sunday is not a day of rest for them). Listened from 1420 to 1440UT and 1455UT onwards; most of the stronger signals were in the earlier session, so not

[IRCA] TP for 8 Feb 2013; the lost Victoria version

We, maybe I should have gotten up earlier, because listening around sunrise didn't get me anything close to what Gary was reporting. I did do some quick listening around 1400UT when a couple of the big guns showed some strength, but 1510UT onwards didn't yield much of interest, I'm afraid.

[IRCA] TP for 11 Feb 2013; Victoria version

Low band big guns were at reasonable strength after 1400UT, and not much had changed after 1500UT, but sticking around paid a dividend or two, as things popped into life just before 1510UT to be crushed pretty much by the local noise popping into life at 1520UT. Perhaps things were starting to

[IRCA] TP for 12 Feb 2013; the lost Victoria version

Definitely a lively morning as others have mentioned; the erratic fades up on many channels made things interesting, even when I started listening for just a couple of minutes at 1415UT, but it was sort of difficult to find a spot where things had calmed down previous to sunrise, in order to get

Re: [IRCA] 1470 WAZN Watertown, MA and 1360 WLYN Lynn, MA

You know Dave, I think that might be a brilliant idea. Wonder what 15 minutes costs in the wee hours of the morning? Of course they'd probably want to sell an hour; maybe we can subcontract... best wishes, Nick At 00:58 14-02-13, you wrote: Hey, how about a DX Infomercial? ;) On Wed,

[IRCA] TP for 14 Feb 2013; Victoria version

or ravaged by splatter): 909 1098(supersized) best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed

[IRCA] TP for 15 Feb 2013; Victoria version

): 603 639 1008 1242 1269 best wishes, Nick === Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list

Re: [IRCA] WLYN 1360 WAZN 1470

Didn't hurt to try Paul, and thanks for your dedication to the hobby. Business must be good for them to be unpleasant about it, particularly to someone in the business. Next kick at the can, I wonder what a 30 second spot costs at 2am on a non-brokered station, particularly for a

Re: [IRCA] Arizona TP's for 2-16-13; brief Victoria version

My impression also was that conditions were down somewhat, but I didn't DX with quite the same dedication this morning, as Colin Newell was over with his DeBockian FSL and we were running various comparisons using the ICF2010, and with various computers shut down. Were were able to hear a

[IRCA] TP 17 Feb; Victoria version

Um, no sunrise enhancement at all today??? Or was it just because I had another local noise maker arrive on the scene this morning, thereby wiping out any enhancement? The regulars were doing OK around 1430UT, and included a couple of apparent Aussies, but the party was pretty much over

[IRCA] TP for 18 Feb 2013; Victoria version

undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 558 1017 1143 1287 1314 1359 1422 1503 best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

[IRCA] TP for 19 Feb 2013; Victoria version

): nothing much; anything with a good carrier eventually produced the audios noted above best wishes, Nick -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

Re: [IRCA] Don Kaskey - SK

Don was also a great supporter of the club in his day as well, I know he was involved in the production of DX Monitor (editor?) , and hosted the 1976 IRCA convention in San Francisco in the hotel that he managed at the time, if my memory banks are firing on all cylinders.There was

[IRCA] TP for 20 Feb 2013; Victoria version

mx 1451UT 1593 CNR1 woman in CC //6125 at 1450UT Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 756 837 864 909 1143 1323 1359 best wishes, Nick -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core

[IRCA] TP for 21 Feb 2013; Victoria version

then instrumental mx //594 1451UT, pips at 1500UT when just this and 747 remained Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 1116 1242 1278 1332 1458 best wishes, Nick -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada

[IRCA] TP for 22 Feb 2013; Victoria version

Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 612 1458 1476 best wishes, Nick -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

[IRCA] TP for 25 Feb 2013; Victoria version

, there seemed to be a JJ inflection 1359 CNR1? woman talking, echoey, so possibly more than one transmitter, seemed //6125, at 1455UT. Bit of a surprise. Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 549 747 756 774 891 1422 best wishes, Nick -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria

[IRCA] TP for 26 Feb 2013; Victoria version

Enhancement today was slim pickings on top of a slimmer baseline. There was a weak post 1500UT DU enhancement, and there may have been a DU or two earlier, but really, everything was too weak. It seems like a good time for the antennas to come down for some needed tree pruning, hi, and in fact I

[IRCA] TP 27 Feb; Victoria version

Signals were reasonable on the low band when I tuned in at 1430UT, but mostly went downhill after that. NHK2 had yet another s/off time today, starting the music box at 1455UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite reasonable

[IRCA] TP for 28 Feb 2013; Victoria version

In spite of Colin's observations, I can't say there was a lot of enhancement at my location this morning, unless enhancement was at 1430UT. Except of course for JOUB signing off at 1445UT, but then, I swear they pump up the transmitter at the end of their broadcast day, hi. pretty darn good

[IRCA] TP 1 March; Victoria version

March came in like a lion (geomagnetically), and the DX fled for the exits. Oddly, there was some spotlight enhancement at around 1430UT when JOUB just thundered in for a few minutes with EE lessons, a young woman berating a young man for his sales performance (what did you think?). And

[IRCA] TP 2 March; Victoria version

I listened just after 1400UT, and then again at 1430UT, and figured that the earlier period was better, with Tahiti-738 delivering fair audio (man in FF) for a few minutes around 1402UT, and JOUB-774, fair to good signal w/ man talking 1407UT. 594 had some mumbling at the same time. None of

[IRCA] TP 3 Mar; Victoria version

A late submission today, but things weren't too exciting; better than the previous mornings, but nothing to jump up and down about. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite; maybe tomorrow reasonable audio at times during the period

[IRCA] TP 4 Mar; Victoria version

Another late submission today, definitely an unexciting morning, only audios just around 1430UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not at all reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker,

[IRCA] TP 5 Mar; Victoria version

Not even at the levels Gary was getting. I'm surprised he didn't hear the low band NHK2s, as that's practically all I heard, and it was actually a sunrise enhancement, best around 1440UT, along with 1575UT; earlier, not nearly as good pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a

Re: [IRCA] TP 6 Mar; Victoria version

here were a dreary repeat of yesterday, but without any unusual audio from 1575-VOA. It only reached a poor-fair level around 1425, along with similar audio from 972-HLCA at the same time. All of the other Asians stayed in hibernation. 73, Gary -Original Message- From: Nick Hall

[IRCA] TP 7 Mar; Victoria version

I gather from the silence that it wasn't just me who had, um, extreme minimalist DXing conditions. Monitoring from 1400ish to after 1430UT (not continuously...life is too short), yielded 1557 w/instrumental mx and woman talking at the noise level at 1423UT, and, carriers, some close to audio

[IRCA] TP for 8 Mar 2013; Victoria version

Things are improving, slightly, ever so slightly, though not quite like Gary or even Bill described. Again, monitored from around 1400 to past 1430UT, and a bit of a lift from 1420 to 1430UT. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): Not yet

[IRCA] TP 9 Mar as compared with 10 Mar; Victoria version

This morning, 10 March, was fairly frightful except for JOUB-774 which was quite readable with EE lessons at 1417UT. Heard within the following few minutes before everything faded for good, 738 (FF?), 747, 828 and 972 delivered very weak audio. Stronger carriers with little or imaginary

[IRCA] TP 11 Mar; Victoria version

Another dreadful morning, unless you wanted to listen to Thailand on 1575, in which case, it was a wonderful morning, with strong steady signal from 1350 to after 1430UT even keeping pace with the local intermittent electrical noise, with a nice fat VoA EE ID at 1430UT announcing Burmese to

[IRCA] TP 12 Mar; Victoria version

An odd morning. Not any really good signals, but a few spotlights . Listened around 1330, 1400 and 1430UT approximately, while keeping an eye on ye olde DX Fishbarrel at other times. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): asking a bit

[IRCA] TP 13 Mar; Victoria version

As Gary, Dennis and Bill all noted, it was the morning of 1575. However, I can't say my reception of VoA was quite in the barn burning category that Gary and Dennis described. It was good at times, but not as good or consistent as a couple of days ago.It was however the only DX to speak

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-14

Obviously my employer picked a very poor morning to assign me a must attend meeting first thing this morning. I was long gone by the time that enhancement occurred, and it had certainly been pretty uninteresting up to 1415UT or so. best wishes, Nick Quoting d1028g...@aol.com: Hello All,

[IRCA] TP 15 Mar; Victoria version

Off to work early again, so any sunrise enhancement is missing from my log. Spotty conditions this morning, and some serious DXing might have dug out a weak one or two, but didn't have the time. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566

[IRCA] TP for 19 Mar 2013; Victoria version

Certainly an auroral morning, but not much identifiable unfortunately. Last night, Tahiti was booming in on 738 about the same time as Dennis noted it, but for some reason, my heads up mail never left home. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least

[IRCA] TP for 20 Mar 2013; Victoria version

There's nothing quite like a geomagnetic upset to clear out the propagation passageways a bit. This morning had some of the most interesting Asian DX in some timenot loud, or consistent, but at least it was there, and only during some brief enhancement around 1400UT. pretty darn good audio

[IRCA] TP 21 Mar; Victoria version

There seemed to be some Asian activity around 1300UT today (weak audio on 1503, 1566 and 1575), but by 1400UT, it was just DU, with a very weak enhancement. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): nope reasonable audio at times during the

[IRCA] TP for 22 Mar 2013; Victoria version

A strictly DU morning here (I think; 567 remains a mystery), and lest Gary point out that while he hears the Chinese and Koreans, I get to hear the DUs, I must say that most everything heard this morning was quite erratic, and dug out of the undergrowth by using the DX Fishbarrel and/or playing

Re: [IRCA] TP for 22 Mar 2013; Victoria version

A strange definition of fun indeed Gary.Winkling those signals out was hard work, hi. Certainly if you heard my audio recordings compared with some of yours, you would advise me to come back when the signals were stronger. Extreme minimalist DXing indeed. best wishes, Nick At 21:16

[IRCA] TP 23 Mar; Victoria version

Still DU here, and pretty weak, but a fair number of loggings just the same. Some interesting peculiarities on the recording...read on. Might have been an interesting 15 minutes on the coast. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): nope

[IRCA] TP 24 Mar; Victoria version

Got up just before 1330UT (hey, it's Sunday), looked at the Fishbarrel lit up like a Christmas tree, and headed off to the radio room. Asia has returned with a vengeance; and looking at the various indices does not explain anything, unless we're on the cusp of another geomagnetic upset.

[IRCA] TP 25 Mar; Victoria version

I did listen this morning, and conditions were once more Asiatic. Conditions for the rest of the day were rather frantic unfortunately, so have only got around now to reporting.Dennis, what time did you hear filipino mention on 1215.?...they were reasonable at time here, and I still have

Re: [IRCA] TP 25 Mar; Victoria version

Can't catch it I'm afraid Dennis, but thanks for the info.there was an excited man talking on his own at that time, then another man joined in. Fairly consistent level for several minutes in the splash and local noise. At 1347:18, there was a very brief snatch of vocal mx (a way of

[IRCA] TP for 26 Mar 2013; Victoria version

It wasn't as interesting a morning in some respects here. Still Asiatic, but primarily the big guns around 1315UT, and signals didn't really improve as time moved on, nor were there any unusual signals. But some things held on after 1400UT (774, 828, 1287, 1566 at 1410UT), and on, and on: 1566,

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-27

Yikes Walt, having the ocean down at the end of your road sure made a difference today. Just a weak SAH-y carrier on 1116 here this morning at that time; conditions were still Asian, but generally poorer than the last couple of mornings, barring weak CRI on 1017.And 747 was the most

Re: [IRCA] TP's for Thursday, March 28, 2013; Victoria version

Again an interesting contrast. This morning would have been DU here, if the signals had had any zip at all. Weak audio on 819 and 738, good carriers at times on 702 774 918 1008 1098 1611 and 1629. best wishes, Nick At 14:09 28-03-13, Dennis wrote: Listened from 1329-1404 utc.

[IRCA] TP 29 Mar; Victoria version

Surprisingly, given the fairly active geomagnetic conditions, conditions this morning were pretty much Asiatic, though nothing was at even at mildly decent strength, and things were pretty much done by 1345UT. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least

[IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] Finland CRI relay

from MW Circle.wonder if that's another target down the drain? In today's environment, whether the transmitter can find another client at that time seems a bit unlikely. best wishes, Nick (As of April 15 our broadcasts will no longer be aired via a transmission facility in

[IRCA] TP 30 Mar; Victoria version

Once again, conditions were unexpected (if one looked at geomagnetic and solar activity, past and present). Some good JJ signals, and some not so good, but very welcome New Zealand signals as sunrise approached. Things were most active in the 1330 to 1345UT time frame, but some signals

[IRCA] TP 1 Apr; Victoria version

Very much an Asiatic, mostly Japanese, morning, though there were a couple of later mysteries that might have been DU. I was up earlier than usual this morning, and before 1300UT was certainly a good time to hear some of the big guns at reasonable strength. pretty darn good audio (all of

[IRCA] TP 2 Apr; Victoria version

An interesting morning in that Korea through New Zealand was heard, often at the same time. The best Japanese was 747, the most northerly, yet a number of Australians were heard also.Listened from 1230 to 1350UT, though a fair bit of that was listening to a recording, and most of the

[IRCA] TP 3 Apr; Victoria version

Sorry for the late check in, it was a rather full day, even if I did get a bit of time to DX around 1330UT. Most of the interest was DU, but there was some first tier Japanese and a couple of Koreans to liven things up. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker,

[IRCA] TP 4 Apr; Victoria version

Definitely an Asiatic morning as Gary observed. Not a hint of DU here, bar 738, likely Tahiti.I had the NetSDR recording from 1300UT, but actual listening was from 1325UT, so I might have missed some of the stuff Gary was hearing. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a

[IRCA] um, good grief, 1215 and....

Wispy but audible carrier on 1215 at 0457UT...1089 also. 882, 1341 and 1053 had visible carriers in Spectran. best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in

[IRCA] TP 5 Apr; Victoria version

Still mostly Asiatic, Japanese mostly, though a couple of DUs observed, earlier rather than later. Tuned in at 1319UT (though was recording from 1300UT), and moments later 774 delivered a nice JOUB NHK...dai-ni hoso ID by a man at good level. Nothing earth shattering heard (hmm, 1188 isn't

[IRCA] 1215 again

A better strength carrier tonight on 1215 at 0500UT, still a long way from audio, but quite a bit stronger than it was even 20 minutes ago. A barely audible carrier on 855, and one on 1089 occasionally as well. best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing

[IRCA] TP 6 Apr; Victoria version

Although still mostly Asiatic, this morning was decidedly spotty, with the big guns popping up and down and not generally doing very well. I listened from 1315UT onwards, but the DX Fishbarrel recording shows that things were generally not much better earlier, barring some mysterious

[IRCA] 1215 again

ah yes, the skipping record returns (that dates me...) with news of 1215.which has ... a fair carrier, quite a bit earlier this evening, 0340UTyep, there's one on 1089 at 0345UT, slight one on 882, traces on 1341... best wishes, Nick ___

[IRCA] TP for 7 April Victoria version

um, what bad thing happened overnight? The carrier on 1215 continued to after 0600UT last evening, well after British sunrise, but this morning was very dull in comparison. I was recording at 1300UT, and weak mx was heard on 909, and a little later, recognizable DU EE talk on 891 and

[IRCA] 1215 x2

For a change of scene, two carriers on 1215 at 0403UT, separated by just over 3Hz (1214.9997 and 1214.9964). The lower frequency carrier seems to fade out completely at times. Also an audible carrier on 1089. best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing

[IRCA] 855 / 1557

barely there855 and 1557 best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not

[IRCA] TP 8 Apr; Victoria version

The Asiatics were back this morning, though mostly the bigger guns, and fading quite erratically. Having said that, some of the second string took advantage of the erratic fading too, you just had to be there, and without the SDR recording to back me up, I'd probably have missed them.

[IRCA] yet another 1215 evening

Yet another evening with the 1215 carrier holding in there, here in Victoria 0345UT onwards.. Weaker evidence on 1089, 882 even a touch on 1377 No chance of audio, but even a carrier is pretty unusual this late in the season. best wishes, Nick

Re: [IRCA] Best-Ever Signal Here on 1610-Anguilla Beacon

Interestingly, good Caribbean conditions have accompanied over the pole trans-Atlantic conditions in the past here, so I was interested to see Gary's catch shortly after I was hearing late season TA carriers. There seem to be fewer possibilities for the Caribbean (beyond Cuba) in recent

[IRCA] TP 9 Apr; Victoria version

Not as good a morning, but still exclusively Asiatic, and still very erratic. Only HLAZ really showed its colors, and some serious mining of the SDR recording was needed for some of the others. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): HLAZ

[IRCA] TP 10 Apr; Victoria version

An odd morning. I listened live after 1320UT, but that apparently was the end of the opening, as only HLAZ was heard. But going over the recording yielded a spotlight Japanese opening at the bottom of the band, so I'm glad that I didn't have the time to send in my first impression this

[IRCA] TP 11 Apr; Victoria version

Not exciting at all this morning, no spotlight enhancements, but what little there was, was Asiatic pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): none reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker,

[IRCA] TP 12 Apr; Victoria version

A bit more interesting morning, quite a number of audios, some reaching reasonable strength, though most only for a moment or two. As Dennis observed, longwave was particularly good, with four Russian LWBC heard here, two quite listenable. I didn't hear 180 however. pretty darn good

[IRCA] TP 13 Apr; Victoria version

This morning was pretty darn interesting for the time of year, and I slept through it (peak was between 1255 and 1310UT), but through the magic of SDR recordings there is something to report. One peculiarity was the large number of good carriers with no or near-imaginary traces of audio,

[IRCA] TP 15 Apr; Victoria version

Still Asiatic, still erraticmind you, presumed 4BC made a couple of appearances on 1116 as well. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): HLAZ woman in JJ at 1307UT, still around at 1317UT at lower level when everything else had faded.

Re: [IRCA] TA hets

Thanks for the heads up Todd. Nothing out west...yet. best wishes, Nick At 04:13 17-04-13, you wrote: Crazy strong het from 1179 on 1180. Weak one on 1251 and faint one on 1090 right now on car radio Todd Skaine Woodbury, MN 2010, PL 310 or Toyota radio

[IRCA] TP 16 Apr; Victoria version; better late than never

A bit of a change here, with some Aussies for as well, but still a fair number of the Asiatic regulars (except they're usually not that regular in April), more before 1300UT with the DUs starting to take over afterwards, and a sort of dull period around 1300UT pretty darn good audio (all of

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