' on the Perseus screen when I get up and
only a few times per season does it ever get 'dark' enough to tempt me to start
recording 'just in case.'
Difference is I'm in Virginia vs. Alberta or Grayland. ;-)
Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
Perseus 4-element Wellbrook array
Back in Feb. 2010 I got a Sacred Heart Radio ID on KIHU from Grayland.
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Utah is religious now, could this be them? 73 KAZ
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construction project across the street from my hotel on the Central West End.
You'all have some pretty decent storms out here compared to we DC folks!
What happened Joplin though is really horrific!
Bill Whitacre
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On May 23, 2011, at 9:48 AM, Rick Dau wrote:
I tried to tune
I've had a really hard time with CA here in Alexandria, VA too -- some peeps
out of KFI in a pile of 'stuff' on 640 and not much else UNTIL ... I started
working with a phased BOG system, as designed by Neil Kazaross.
Most weekend nights now I drive our van over to a field behind the local rec
I don't usually go in for the 'look back' stuff ... I must be 'getting old' as
this thread has 'sucked me in.'
I got 'hooked' on DXing one night in 1968 when my dad brought home the
Nems-Clarke field strength meter he used at the radio station he was CE for,
WILS in Lansing, MI.
Not only
/wyth_cw_id.wav
Thanks goodness for CW IDs and sweep tones!
Bill Whitacre
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Left Perseus running and heard in DC with morse code IDs at two different tone
levels -- first set around 1kHz and second set higher.
http://realmonitor.com/stations/WFNY.wav
Fighting with WHKZ the whole time. Male announcer with mentions of National
Radio Club, DXing and 'seeing just how far
Same here Tim. Seems to come in best with the Wellbrook array pointed 'north.'
Bill Whitacre
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On Feb 19, 2011, at 5:32 AM, Tim Tromp wrote:
Back again right now @ 1020 UTC with oldies intermixed with classic ads for
Coca-Cola, Remco radio kit, etc. Coming in strong
WWCS has been running promos for the past few weeks about changing formats,
telling listeners to go to 1250 for their favorite Disney programming.
[ Talk about an oxymoron - 'favorite' 'Disney programming' ? ]
Maybe they have to 'purge' their equipment of all that 'Disney programming' ?!
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I guess since we're all listening to MW we have a sense of 'history.'
Here is a 'reject letter' from the 1975 test WASR ran.
http://voa.his.com/qsl/mw/us/NH-WASR.JPG
From the other names also receiving this letter, I guess I was in good
company. ;-)
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On Dec 23, 2010, at 12:08 PM, J.D.
Ha, was that this one Martin?
http://realmonitor.com/sounds_converted/WHEB_Portsmouth%2C%20NH_1975-12-29.mp3
Once again I should've been doing my homework instead of DXing! ;-)
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On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:47 AM, Martin Foltz wrote:
The only NH station I had in my MI log was WHEB-750. Only
they were on RS at the time.
Martin
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 04:58:34 -0500
From: Bill Whitacre
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] WASR Wolfesboro NH 1420 test
Ha, was that this one Martin?
http://realmonitor.com
Sorry, I tried to shove a 500kB attachment to the lists. Bad etiquette!
Here's a link to the screen shot referred to below:
http://realmonitor.com/740-800hz-tone.png
The test tone is off by 1100utc.
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On Dec 10, 2010, at 4:46 AM, Bill Whitacre wrote:
As heard also a few nights ago, 800Hz
800Hz tone heard in Alexandria, VA too. Definitely west from here mixing with
'AM 740' and others. No breaks or ID heard.
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On Dec 6, 2010, at 12:27 AM, Rick Dau wrote:
740 unID ?? - 12/6 0023 ELT Someone in strong with TTs looping straight
E-W
from Omaha. (RD-NE)
RD-NE
to listen to the Perseus wav's some more tonight as there might be audio
on 945 too.
Bill Whitacre
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First of the season over-the-pole [OTP] TP 'traces' this morning just before
sunrise -- 747, 873 and particularly 945kHz -- in the north-facing array.
Screen dumps from around 1035utc here:
http://realmonitor.com/OTPTP.html
945 almost reached audio level at my fairly noisy QTH.
Bill Whitacre
which I had to go to Grayland to hear.
Watching 'ghost traces' flow down [or up] the Perseus screen on 1548, 1566 and
1611kHz this morning before sunrise in the hope - perhaps in vain - of some
audio!
It's the 'hope' that keeps you going in this hobby.
Bill Whitacre
b...@his.com
Alexandria, VA
tell there is modulation but not that it's male or female voice or what
language is being spoken. :-(
Someday though ...
Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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On Sep 8, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
Congratulations on those loggings Neil. Another high band
Hi Nick.
If you and Walt do manage to pull something in, here's what it sounded like at
s/on during one exceptional evening/morning last fall on this side of the
continent:
http://realmonitor.com/stations/benin-1566.wav
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On Jun 23, 2010, at 2:10 AM, Walter
WSM appears to be off this morning - 0839utc. I'm pointing west and crossing
my fingers.
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Oh, and 4.1c lets you attach any antenna of your choice.
Let's see ... if you can change date, location and antenna I'll bet Nico could
charge just about anything he wanted for that upgrade.
Now that's a 'software defined radio!' Heck, that's a 'software defined world!'
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yard and the east element buried in a 4 hedge FULL of
snow along our driveway -- including the base unit! Amazing!
All this only works when/if you have power though ... which we didn't for about
12 hours on Saturday.
Bill Whitacre
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I'm hearing French [or Creole?] program on 1030 since 0130utc with the
Wellbrook array beamed south -- same as I would for the Caribbean.
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I have yet to review the Perseus recording, but after nulling phasing as best
I could 'Coast to Coast' and 'Midnight Radio Network' on 1210 kHz, I found
latin music and stuck with it for awhile. At 0926:30 I heard several K calls,
including what I'm pretty sure was KEVT, in English. We'll
On Jan 9, 2010, at 1:24 AM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
At 10:43 1/8/2010, you wrote:
Here's one that shows the last 60 days of several indices that may or may
not shed any light on DX MW reception:
http://ibbva-133.his.com/jpgraph_example2a.php
and here's one that shows mostly the same
On Dec 17, 2009, at 3:21 AM, vroom...@comcast.net wrote:
Listened from 0809-0818 utc. Chance that some Japanese powerhouse stations
making to
the Midwest or East Coast?
Not to my little backyard here in Alexandria. Just a weak 'trace' on the
Perseus screen on 738kHz with the Wellbrook
' 738 for a couple of months. It comes in best when
'pointing' west whereas the other Asian TPs come in best north. I'll bet it's
Tahiti but I've been unable to get any audio so far. I sure hope it doesn't
turn out to be a 'phantom' signal, produced locally, as I have on a few other
freqs.
Bill
After TiVOing and listening live for TPs since the last 'window on Asia' back
on Nov. 19th, yesterday saw more than tempting, whispery, ghost-like vertical
traces running down the Perseus screen.
774kHz produced enough 'oomph' to give a little audio, albeit barely above
'imagination level' at
Same in DC -- dominant over TIS stations for Arlington County and 'The National
Mall.'
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several days has been rough. Not looking forward to 'normal' conditions.
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On Nov 19, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
At 10:38 11/19/2009, you wrote:
http://realmonitor.com/stations/japan-747.wav
very nice Billbetter than I was hearing them yesterday morning!
best wishes,
Nick
Thanks Nick. I lost a lot of sleep over the past week waiting
Hi Nick. Looking/waiting for TPs here in ECNA I was hearing 855-Spain until
after 0900utc which struck me as kind of late.
TPs were just about nil here today. :-(
So ... when given 'lemons' I made 'lemonaide' -- pointed the Wellbrook array
'south' and did some TOH recordings.
Bill Whitacre
you something to think about for the rest of the day
and look forward to solving tomorrow.
Oh yea, also had KFI on 640kHz with audio // web-feed and TWR via Albania
on 1394.82kHz last night -2200*.
Bill Whitacre
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as
something new -- gives you something to think about for the rest of the day
and look forward to solving tomorrow.
Oh yea, also had KFI on 640kHz with audio // web-feed and TWR via Albania
on 1394.82kHz last night -2200*.
Bill Whitacre
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Alexandria, VA
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Check out 1179 Jim. I just had a good signal on Sweden about 15 minutes ago.
'Normal' winter conditions are going to be hard to get used to ... if they ever
come.
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Jim Renfrew, Holley NY
1630 EST2139z1394.86ALBANIATWR -
M/F talk on 945kHz this morning, 0850utc, in what sounds like Chinese.
Other 'traces' on 747, 774, 828, 846 and 873 kHz.
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I hope you're right but I'm sitting here at 0830ut waiting for 855 [Spain] to
STOP coming in so I have a little confidence that what I 'see' [maybe hear if
I'm really lucky] on 747, et al are TPs!
When's the last time you sat around waiting for TAs to fade out?! I think I
got up too early.
-1130utc.
Bill Whitacre
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a 'shortcut' by the
name of 'japan' rather than a wav file! :-((
Other traces seen on 774 and 1134kHz.
Everything gone by 1130utc but I'll definitely be back tomorrow!
Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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for this tip Lee. I forgot to set the Perseus to record some
samples but did manage to wake up about 3:30 with allergies and heard
XEABC -- a new one here.
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there someplace.
Thanks.
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Does anybody know who might be carrying EWTN and H2Onews.org
programming on 1640kHz at 2300utc [6pm EST]?
Heard last night without any ID across the TOH.
Thanks.
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Sorry. Should've pointed out I'm near Washington, DC.
This reception was on a Wellbrook phased array facing largely south.
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Does anybody know who might be carrying EWTN and H2Onews.org
programming on 1640kHz at 2300utc [6pm EST
: irca@hard-core-dx.com
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Yup, WWRC, and they have a 10 second cut of an Obama speech from the
campaign trail at TOH.
Amazingly, here in Alexandria, VA, you can DX through it most of the
time.
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On Jan 31, 2009, at 7:55 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
Your Obama 1260 is WWRC Washington, DC
Paul Walker
WOON test heard in Alexandria, VA - 1' 30/720kB wav file:
http://realmonitor.com/stations/WOON.wav
Morse code IDs and voice ID at about 56 seconds into recording.
Heard on Perseus SDR with Wellbrook 4-element phased array.
First CPC I've tried for in 25+ years!
Bill Whitacre
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Someone asked if CFDR is still on.
FWIW, I heard CFDR with a real, live call-letter ID last night,
12/31/08, at 7:30pm EST with a nulled WBBM ... that's after a LOT of
'780 kicks' IDs previously.
'course I didn't have RecAll running at the time. :-(
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it sometimes when we have feed problems on VOA/RFE/RFA
programs at work. It's not funny then. ;-)
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looking to ID it.. it would help to know where
you are
;=)
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On 12/17/08, Bill Whitacre b...@his.com wrote:
So I'm listening to a Perseus TOH session from 12/13 @ 5pm EST and
on 1490,
out of the 'pile' comes a 800Hz test tone for a few seconds
:
http://realmonitor.com/dx.php
What you will find is mostly domestic AM stations' sign/ons, sign/offs
and tests logged between 1971-1976 from Lansing, MI.
Enjoy!
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that the 332 degree beam
actually 'works' anyway.
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My colleagues at Radio Marti like to think that jamming began with them!
Can someone pls remind me when VOA started using 1180 in Marathon
Key, FL?
Was it co-channeled by the Cubans prior to Marti?
Thanks.
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