Re: [IRCA] And now for something completely different - OT
On Apr 5, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Patrick Martin wrote: I did not really need an HDTV set and I don't like watching TV on mot LCDs I have seen Wow, thats weird. I have LCD sets from Philips that have an awesome picture. There is no smeariness like in the very early LCDs. Just a beautiful picture. Kevin ___ 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 reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP's for 04-05-09
Listened from 1255 to 1350 utc. Very good morning for Japanese stations. Some previous unheard channels with audio this morning. 153 RUSSIA, 1307 Radio Rossii weak with man in Russian. 189 RUSSIA, 1306 Radio Rossii weak to fair with man in Russian. 279 RUSSIA, 1308 Radio Rossii weak with man in Russian. 558JAPAN, JOCR 1309 woman singing "A Time for Love" in Japanese, weak to fair. 594 JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 fair with man in Japanese. 603 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA 1304 very weak with a few words coming through. 657 DPR OF KOREA, 1302 fair with man speaking in serious tone. 666 JAPAN, JOBK 1301 weak, but steady signal with man in Japanese. 693 JAPAN, JOAB 1300 weak with a lot of splatter, only a few pips heard. 747 JAPAN, JOIB 1312 seldom hear JOIB fair signal, but covered in KXL splatter. Man in Japanese. 774 JAPAN, JOUB 1255-1259 good with some splatter, woman speaking before audience. 828 JAPAN, JOBB 13 13 good signal in Japanese with a lot of mentions of Tokyo. 1224 JAPAN, JOJK NHK1 1340 fair signal with man/woman in Japanese. Signal better than //594. 1242 JAPAN, JOLF 1336 fair to good at times with man singing in Japanese. 1278 JAPAN, JOFR 1334 fair woman singing and a little splatter. 1314 JAPAN, JOUF? 1344 very weak signal, seemed Asian language. First for this channel here. 1386 JAPAN, 1332 fair, one of the NHK2 stations, // 828 1404 UNKNOWN, 1328 very weak with bits of audio at times. Japan? First heard for this channnel here. 1422 JAPAN, JORF 1325 fair to almost good signal with woman/man in Japanese. 1458 UNKNOWN, 1322 very weak signal in Asian language. First time heard on this channel here. 1467JAPAN, JO?? 1321 weak, one of the NHK2's with Japanese. 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1317 good signal and audio. 1575 THAILAND, VOA 1318 fair signal with low audio with man in Asian language. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA JRC NRD 545 Drake R8B ewe NW ___ 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 reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 4-5-09
Listened from 1230-1315 utc and only a few weak carriers and one with audio and that was JOUB-774. JOUB was very weak and heard at 1254 utc. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 _ Quick access to your favorite MSN content and Windows Live with Internet Explorer 8. http://ie8.msn.com/microsoft/internet-explorer-8/en-us/ie8.aspx?ocid=B037MSN55C0701A ___ 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 reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP for 5 Apr from Victoria, BC
Actually not a bad morning, though as always, you had to be on the spot to hear things out of the ordinary. For example, heard CC talk on 936 at 1326UT this morning, and that was it; before and after that magic 45 seconds, and it was just a carrier. Listened from 1315UT to 1350UT, when things were pretty much done except for weaker audio on the old regulars. pretty darn good audio (at least briefly): 594 JOAK 603 HLSA //558; not having Vancouver on 600 is sure helping in hearing this, didn't last long at this level (1318UT). 747 JOIB 774 JOUB 828 JOBB 1566 HLAZ at 1326 thundering in; still pretty readable after pattern change at 1345UT reasonable audio at times during the period (though often battling w/splash or noise): 567 JOIK //594 873 JOGB //828 972 HLCA 1053 100Hz hum, still unID not so reasonable audio, occasional words in splash or noise: 612 4QR most likely; EE talk at 1350UT 936 CC talk by woman at 1326UT; presumed Anhui 1575 likely VoA Burbles in the splatter and noise: 558 2 stations; one //603 so HLQH, other assumed JOCR 639 not sure if this was CNR-1 (it was Asian); most of time couldn't hear it as parallel to 5030, but then it was 648 unID, likely Russia 702 man talking, pretty murky, but direction said 2BL 954 JOKR? 1134 seemed //972, so S. Korea 1242 nothing to ID it; JOLF? 1422 murky talk w/big carrier; assumed JORF 1494 unID ,sounded like choral mx 1512 unID, no direction possible, woman talking in murk 1593 JOTB/JOQB seemed //828 Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 1098DU, 1377, 1386, 1404, 1475 briefly w/het from 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 Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Equinoxial Propagation in the Southern Hemisphere (from Ultralightdx)
HHHell Hmmm...Difficult to tell really cos I don't listen every day...BUT..There is some kind of mid-winter anomaly that I've noticed. Signals from across both ponds seem to be best either side of this period. In fact some of the best N.American reception for me has come in midsummer recently (January)..and Aussie reception is good in May, August & Sept if I recall correctly.. Vince > > > > For Gary, Vince and John in South Africa (and Horacio and Huelbe in > South America), > > This question was raised by one of our dedicated TP and TA DXers on the > IRCA mailing list, and I'm sure that some of you could answer his > question quite well. Do you notice that long-range DX conditions are > much better in the months of August, September and October (like here in > the Northern Hemisphere), or during the months of March and April? Any > opinions would be greatly appreciated! > > 73, Gary DeBock > > Having been an ardent TP and TA DXer for several seasons, I've noticed > that in my part of the world, the Fall equinox far exceeds Spring > equinox for TP and TA DX. My question is thus: Do our DU colleagues > experience the same Fall/Spring differences (ie their Fall/Spring) expe > do they mimic our September superiority over March? Has there been any > research in this area, and explanation for the differences? .Walt > Salmaniw, Victoria, BC. > __,_._,___ **Worried about job security? Check out the 5 safest jobs in a recession. (http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare0003) ___ 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 reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] And now for something completely different - OT
On Sunday 05 April 2009 8:53:31 am kevin redding wrote: > On Apr 5, 2009, at 12:29 AM, Patrick Martin wrote: > > I did not really need an HDTV set and I don't > > like watching TV on mot LCDs I have seen > > Wow, thats weird. I have LCD sets from Philips that have an awesome > picture. There is no smeariness like in the very early LCDs. Just a > beautiful picture. Same here. Crystal clear on my Sony 65 inch LCD. No screen door effects at all. There were some light-engine redesigns on some of the sets that were covered under and after warranty. Not published, but manufacturers were replacing them for customers. I had mine done one time. Some of the cable companies compress the stuff too much, luckily mine is decent about that. Rick Kunath ___ 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 reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Apr 05 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 04 April follow. Solar flux 70 and mid-latitude A-index 1. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 05 April was 1 (09 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 05 05 05 05 05 05 05 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 A-in 22222211111111 K-in 00001101112201 ___ 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 reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] And now for something completely different - OT
Colin, The past is wonderful, and the future is amazing. I run an Internet radio station, and its audio is better than any radio station I ever worked for. And it's as good in Australia as it is in my home. I wouldn't have believed it 15 years ago. Unfortunately, radio jobs aren't what they used to be, so in that light, the past looks better. But the world is full of wonder. -- Rick ___ 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 reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Apr 06 0001 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 05 April follow. Solar flux 70 and mid-latitude A-index 3. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 06 April was 1 (05 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 04 04 04 04 04 05 05 05 05 05 05 05 05 06 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 A-in 22221111111133 K-in 00110111220111 ___ 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 reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] And now for something completely different - OT
Rick, How does one go about starting and operating an Internet Radio Station? I've wanted to start one for years, but I've never know who to ask or what to ask, for that matter. Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! > Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 16:37:05 -0700 > From: rick...@shellworld.net > To: c...@islandnet.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [IRCA] And now for something completely different - OT > > Colin, > The past is wonderful, and the future is amazing. > I run an Internet radio station, and its audio is better than any radio > station I ever worked for. > And it's as good in Australia as it is in my home. > I wouldn't have believed it 15 years ago. > Unfortunately, radio jobs aren't what they used to be, so in that light, > the past looks better. > But the world is full of wonder. > -- > Rick > > ___ > 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 reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > _ Rediscover Hotmail®: Get e-mail storage that grows with you. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Storage1_042009 ___ 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 reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] And now for something completely different - OT
Kevin, Who makes your LCD and what is the size & cost? The top of the like LCDs are much better for SD. So many people I know buy the cheapie LCDs and they good great in HD, but the SD looks horrible. They just don't seem to down convert well. A friend in LA spent $3,000 for his 52" and it is great in SD or HD, but $3 grand for a TV is a bit much. Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ 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 reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com