[IRCA] TAs Western NY

2018-12-24 Thread James Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY Drake R8B, longwire (KAZ rolled up tonight since it crosses the driveway and I don't want my friend to shred it with the sno-blower while I'm away for a few days. A little late to the game, due to my church responsibilities this evening ... DEC 25 2018 0530z 183 audio

[IRCA] TAs into my QTH in Victoria

2018-12-23 Thread Volodya S
I'm definitely the poor cousin for TA activity in Victoria, but at least I'm getting decent audio on 855 from Romania (// to net feed for Actualitati), and Egypt with Koranic recitations on 864. The latter was pretty good about 03:00, while the latter is coming in well about 03:05 UTC73,

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-12-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
It has been certainly a much poorer evening here Barry, but the Iranian jammer is still making an appearance, and quite a few TA carriers, though haven't managed any audio yet. best wishes, Nick At 23:02 2018-12-01, Barry Davies via IRCA wrote: Hello Nick Conditions blown out

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-12-01 Thread Barry Davies via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Hello Nick Conditions blown out here with Tromsø up to K4 @ 2100 UTC. : - ( Best wishes Barry Carlisle UK.  Lat. 55.0119N   Lon. 2.9668W On Saturday, 1 December 2018, 22:12:23 GMT, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: How quickly the 1575 jammer became part of the

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-12-01 Thread Gary DeBock
Hi Nick, <<< Next stop, Puyallup? Gary, I think that a barefoot ultralight might hear it. After all, didn't Guy Atkins hear Farda on an ultralight? >>> Yes he did, Nick (on an SRF-39FP during supreme conditions, at Grayland in November of 2008). Puyallup is definitely in a much lower

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-12-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
How quickly the 1575 jammer became part of the landscape, eh? Next stop, Puyallup? Gary, I think that a barefoot ultralight might hear it. After all, didn't Guy Atkins hear Farda on an ultralight? Nick At 20:42 2018-12-01, Bruce Portzer wrote: Actually, I have been hearing that one

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-12-01 Thread Volodya S
-- Forwarded message -- > From: C B > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America < > irca@hard-core-dx.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 21:08:29 + (UTC) > Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again > For what it's worth, I have rea

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-12-01 Thread C B via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- For what it's worth, I have read Nigel's impressive reports from southern Alberta in amazement. The regularity of TPs and TAs he receives amazes me as his location is quite far inland, as is mine. The consistency with which he receives DUs is also noteworthy. Although

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-12-01 Thread Bruce Portzer
Actually, I have been hearing that one a lot lately.  I apparently haven't been mentioning it enough. Bruce On 12/1/2018 12:33, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: The one that surprises me by its lack in your location is the jammer on 1575, Bruce.  Sometimes, that can be downright loud here, morning

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-12-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
The one that surprises me by its lack in your location is the jammer on 1575, Bruce. Sometimes, that can be downright loud here, morning 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

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-11-30 Thread Bruce Portzer
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] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-11-30 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
That's really interesting, Gary. I will not make any jokes about the US border protection agency, and move directly into the realm of real speculation. Victoria city looks out over about 20-60km of salt water along the bearings for Europe and the Middle East. I would have thought that the

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-11-30 Thread Volodya S
And how, Nick! Just died rather quickly. What happened with the sun? Walt PS: However, I'm getting great signal from KICY 850 right now with local Xmas caroling. At least, I'm quite certain it's them. Sure sounds like them (at 05:00)Walt On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 3:45 AM Nick Hall-Patch

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-11-30 Thread Gary DeBock
<<< Have managed 1539 UAE, Asianet Indian pop, //657 on the Qatar KiwiSDR, poor at 0239UT And, 1278 IRAN Kermanshah IRIB, man and woman talking in long phrases // Qatar KiwiSDR on 1278 where Oman is a problem, but a few minutes later verified that the same program is being streamed on IRIB

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-11-30 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
And, about the time you wrote that Walt, the bottom started to drop out of the opening. Was anyone hearing anything anywhere else in North America I wonder? best wishes, Nick At 03:32 2018-12-01, Volodya S wrote: Thanks to Nick for doing some of the leg work. At 03:23, Radio Romania

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-11-30 Thread Mark Connelly via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- The main 'raison d'etre' for SDRs: < On Nov 30, 2018, at 4:47 PM, Volodya S wrote: > > Great reception of Qu'ran recitations at 00:46 on 864 kHz from Egypt. > Strong, too!  Very nice!  Walt in Victoria>> Technology has existed at least 10 years to deal with this. --- End

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-11-30 Thread Volodya S
Thanks to Nick for doing some of the leg work. At 03:23, Radio Romania Actualitati on 855 was coming in very well, easily identified // to their web stream at http://89.238.227.6:8000/ 73, Walt On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 3:20 AM Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > Have managed 1539 UAE, Asianet Indian

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-11-30 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Have managed 1539 UAE, Asianet Indian pop, //657 on the Qatar KiwiSDR, poor at 0239UT And, 1278 IRAN Kermanshah IRIB, man and woman talking in long phrases // Qatar KiwiSDR on 1278 where Oman is a problem, but a few minutes later verified that the same program is being streamed on IRIB

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-11-30 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
It's really erratic, unfortunately. Things can be quite strong one moment, and gone the next. Buthave repeated Romania 855//1179 and Egypt 864//1503 from last night, but bringing up webstreams in time seems almost out of the question. 1026 was up with a Koranic sounding chant, and

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-11-30 Thread R. Colin Newell
I’m out doing errands and the band is on fire!!! Ack!!! Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Nov 30, 2018, at 4:47 PM, Volodya S wrote: > > Great reception of Qu'ran recitations at 00:46 on 864 kHz from Egypt. > Strong, too! Very nice! Walt in Victoria >

Re: [IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-11-30 Thread Neil Kazaross
It seems that no one misses having Paris on this channel! 73 KAZ On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 6:47 PM Volodya S wrote: > Great reception of Qu'ran recitations at 00:46 on 864 kHz from Egypt. > Strong, too! Very nice! Walt in Victoria > ___ > IRCA

[IRCA] TAs, sigh, yet again

2018-11-30 Thread Volodya S
Great reception of Qu'ran recitations at 00:46 on 864 kHz from Egypt. Strong, too! Very nice! Walt in Victoria ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this

Re: [IRCA] TAs once more, Victoria style

2018-11-28 Thread Nigel Pimblett
The norm around here seems to be a peak around sunset, then things drop off a bit, sometimes rebounding later, but often not.   Signals have certainly dropped off tonight, only carriers here now.    Interestingly quite a strong presumed Farda carrier on 1575, but I can't even see the buzz saw

Re: [IRCA] TAs once more, Victoria style

2018-11-28 Thread Volodya S
I don't get home early enough from work (just now, 01:44 UTC) and things are pretty deadWalt On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 12:38 AM 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 > >

Re: [IRCA] TAs once more, Victoria style

2018-11-28 Thread Steve
No IranianByzzer... It was very strong here at 3:45 today, lots of hets and one with good audio (didn't write freq down but not 855). I thought it might be great night but maybe not. Steve, Mayne Island WEB - "The VE7SL Radio Notebook": http://qsl.net/ve7sl/ VE7SL BLOG -

Re: [IRCA] TAs once more, Victoria style

2018-11-28 Thread R. Colin Newell
Yup - I’m there. No IranianByzzer... Who broke the ionosphères... Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Nov 28, 2018, at 4:38 PM, 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 > >

Re: [IRCA] TAs once more, Seattle style

2018-11-28 Thread Bruce Portzer
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

Re: [IRCA] TAs once more, Victoria style

2018-11-28 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
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 sunset here beyond the regulars on 1413 and 1386:Â 684, 693, 702, 855, 864, 1071, 1188 and of

[IRCA] TAs once more

2018-11-28 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Audio around sunset here beyond the regulars on 1413 and 1386:  684, 693, 702, 855, 864, 1071, 1188 and of course the buzz saw. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, AB, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] TAs again

2018-10-30 Thread Volodya S
I'm hearing weak audio on 1026 as well at 02:54 UTC. Seems like I get the ME better than I receive Europe. Not sure why. More water somehow? Poor level. Better than last night overall, but not as good as a couple nights ago! Walt. On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 2:48 AM Nicholas Hall-Patch

Re: [IRCA] TAs again

2018-10-30 Thread Nicholas Hall-Patch
Yep, Radio Tabriz on 1026, 25 second delay from webstream http://tabriz.irib.ir/liveradio, 0240UT approx (recording will tell me). Poor at best, but nice sequence of orchestral music, then woman talking. Only third time that Iran has been heard here at home. Only others were 1503, no longer

Re: [IRCA] TAs again

2018-10-30 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Neither 531 or 1386 doing well here at present, but do have Egypt on 864 and Spain on 855. 73, Nigel  (also with pumpkins to attend to) On 10/30/2018 8:37 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote: Concur — 1386 clear Slavic... 531 sounds French — Got pumpkins to carve! Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C.

Re: [IRCA] TAs again

2018-10-30 Thread R. Colin Newell
Concur — 1386 clear Slavic... 531 sounds French — Got pumpkins to carve! Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Oct 30, 2018, at 7:31 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > > > > Looks like it might be opening up at 0225UTgetting a tentative signal on > 1026 which sounds awfully similar

Re: [IRCA] TAs again

2018-10-30 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Looks like it might be opening up at 0225UTgetting a tentative signal on 1026 which sounds awfully similar to the Radio Tabriz webstream..And audio seems to be coming up on other channels, after a couple of hours of futzing around. best wishes, Nick At 01:07 2018-10-31, Nigel

Re: [IRCA] TAs again

2018-10-30 Thread STEVE
I've had very poor audio on 1089 here past 30 minutes, assumed UK. (Forgot to check "send to all" and not just to Nigel, the first try.) Steve AA7U near Sahuarita, AZ On 10/30/2018 6:07 PM, Nigel Pimblett wrote: Not improving here, but not dropping off too rapidly either.   Have had the

Re: [IRCA] TAs again

2018-10-30 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Not improving here, but not dropping off too rapidly either.   Have had the 'regulars' on 1575,1413,1386, but also Iran on 1026, 1197 and tentatively 936.    Also UK on 1089 and likely Spain on 999.   Like the other night signals pop up briefly and vanish just as quickly, so I've likely missed

Re: [IRCA] TAs again

2018-10-30 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Just carriers out in Victoria, not leading to much so far, Nigel. Thanks for the heads up. Nick At 23:50 2018-10-30, Nigel Pimblett wrote: Just a warning to those of you further west - the TAs sound a bit more serious tonight. Audio on 1593, 1575, 1386, 1098, 1089 and carriers of

[IRCA] TAs again

2018-10-30 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Just a warning to those of you further west - the TAs sound a bit more serious tonight. Audio on 1593, 1575, 1386, 1098, 1089 and carriers of varying strength from 531 to 1602. One of these evenings it won't be a false alarm. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, AB

[IRCA] TAs in Seattle

2018-10-28 Thread Bruce Portzer
The TA's have been a lot more exciting in Victoria than in Seattle. I've mostly been chasing carriers on 1413 and 1386 for the past 45 minutes.  1413 is the best but has only been producing tantalizing traces of audio. I've also been getting a weaker carrier on 1215, which I assume is

[IRCA] TAs

2018-02-07 Thread Donald Barnes via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- I have hets on 162, 171, 189, 198, 531, 1215 and 1575. Presumed R. Algeirienne 252 w/weak audio, sounds like male in AA. Craig Barnes Wheat Ridge, CO Drake R8A NW and NE Conti Superloops, SW KAZ w/Vactrol, ALA 1530ln, Quantum Phaser, FLG100 Sent from my iPhone --- End

[IRCA] TAs

2016-10-11 Thread James Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY OCT 10 2300 1215 UK Absolute Radio - rock music, fair 2400 750 VEN RCR presumed with an unid anthem, followed by the national anthem around 0004. Plenty of hets when I checked, only Absolute with Audio OCT 11 2350 1215 UKAbsolute radio, poorer

Re: [IRCA] TAs in Alberta and on to Victoria

2016-09-19 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Ponderous rock music creeping through on 1215, 0444UT really nothing much else though...weak carrier on 1089. Nothing much developed either within the next 45 minutes. best wishes, Nick At 03:10 20-09-16, you wrote: TA carriers evident again tonight. Even had some audio on the

Re: [IRCA] TAs in Alberta

2016-09-19 Thread R. Colin Newell
Absolutely nothing on the west coast based on the NHP fish barrel... Which could be broken I guess... I haven't actually looked. Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC > On Sep 19, 2016, at 8:10 PM, Nigel Pimblett wrote: > > TA carriers evident again

[IRCA] TAs in Alberta

2016-09-19 Thread Nigel Pimblett
TA carriers evident again tonight. Even had some audio on the rather unusual freq of 891 khz. Decent carriers on 1413,1386,1314,1251,1215,1179,1053(2), 981, 954, 864, 783 on a just completed scan. A couple of those are real close to audio too. Those further west might want to check

Re: [IRCA] TAs tonight?

2013-09-29 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
bit of a burp in the K-index?solar wind is still quite low speed though At 04:16 30-09-13, you wrote: After a very good night last night with 10s of TAs, at least at het strength, tonight so far, up to 04:16 UTC has been a total bust. Go figure!73, Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC

Re: [IRCA] TAs tonight?

2013-09-29 Thread Les Rayburn
Conditions here seem quite a bit less interesting that last night too. For both domestics and TA's. That's the magic of the broadcast band. I'm hoping we're off to a good start on a nice winter season. 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Les Rayburn, Director High Noon Film 130 1st Avenue West Alabaster,

[IRCA] TAs decent

2013-09-26 Thread Chernos Saul
1089 TalkSport has at times been very close to armchair quality; 909 also okay at times...lots of hets... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] TAs decent...not yet

2013-09-26 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Out on the coastjust carriers, mostly the usual suspects, and not too strongyet (0328UT) best wishes, Nick At 01:56 27-09-13, you wrote: 1089 TalkSport has at times been very close to armchair quality; 909 also okay at times...lots of hets... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON

Re: [IRCA] TAs decent...not yet

2013-09-26 Thread Bruce Portzer
At 0340, I'm getting carriers on 909 1179 1206 1215 and 1422. No audio at the moment. Bruce in Seattle On 9/26/2013 20:28, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: Out on the coastjust carriers, mostly the usual suspects, and not too strongyet (0328UT) best wishes, Nick At 01:56 27-09-13, you

Re: [IRCA] TAs decent...not yet (long-wave) 162 kHz

2013-09-26 Thread Dennis Vroom
From: Bruce Portzer bport...@comcast.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs decent...not yet At 0340, I'm getting carriers on 909 1179 1206 1215 and 1422

Re: [IRCA] TAs decent...not yet (long-wave) 162 kHz

2013-09-26 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
162 France, 183 Germany, 189 Iceland at 0500 utc here. Very poor 1377 het. Steve NE Oregon On 9/26/2013 9:02 PM, Dennis Vroom wrote: Good evening, For the second night in a roll audio on long wave 162. Very poor with man talking and some music. Must be France as their the only station on the

[IRCA] TAs Yet Again!

2013-02-27 Thread Barry McLarnon
Very spotty tonight, and not a Spanish feeding frenzy like last night, but still quite interesting. Conditions seem to favor France tonight, e.g., a huge signal on 1557 busting through the Disney din, and also very good on 1377. A new logging here is Radio Maria on 1467, with religious music

Re: [IRCA] TAs Yet Again!

2013-02-27 Thread jrenfrew
Nothing noted here in Western NY. Jim Renfrew Barry McLarnon b...@bdmcomm.ca wrote: Very spotty tonight, and not a Spanish feeding frenzy like last night, but still quite interesting. Conditions seem to favor France tonight, e.g., a huge signal on 1557 busting through the Disney din,

[IRCA] TAs not entirely gone

2013-01-15 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Noticed a weak carrier on 1215 at 0240UT in Victoria, BC, and still there a couple of hours later, at varying strength but no audio.Weaker carriers on 1089 and 882.Things ain't dead yet... best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] TAs present (1575 at least)

2013-01-07 Thread Walter Salmaniw
After Patrick having noticed Finland on 963, last night, I turned on the Perseus after getting home from work at 00:55 UTC, and am seeing 1575 with a strong carrier, and 1215 also present at weaker level. Just checking at 00:59, I'm hearing weak audio at threshold level. I see two carriers as

[IRCA] TAs are hot, too

2012-11-06 Thread Chernos Saul
From Burnt River Algeria huge 531, 549Brits on 693 and 909 nalso hugeTent France 702, Spain 657 both would be new.Others...some nice hets and lots of very weak audio. Saul Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 20:22:37 -0500 From: mbug...@gmail.com To: a...@wtfda.info Subject: Re: [Amdx] East hot, new

[IRCA] TAs in Alberta too

2012-10-31 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Your posts from out west finally lured me away from all the Halloween pirate activity to check out the MW band, and sure enough, TA audio noted here on 1575, 1503 (Iran I'm guessing), 1269, and 1116. 73, NIgel Pimblett Dunmore. Alberta ___ IRCA

Re: [IRCA] TAs in Alberta too

2012-10-31 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Definitely one of the better TA evenings in the west this year, if not the best evening. Patrick Martin got into a bit of TA listening in the past, so wonder if he's at the dials! 73,Walt PS: Sorry kids, but this beats handing out Halloween candy any day!!! On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 1:22 AM,

[IRCA] TAs at 1900 EDT

2012-09-26 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY SEP 26 1915 EDT1089UKVery good, talk and ads 1920 EDT1215UKOldies Don't You Want Me Baby? by the Human League 1923 EDT1521ARSLikely the Saudi, soft talk in WWKB slop 1929 EDT909UKSounds like BBC, weak 1930 EDT693UK

[IRCA] TAs

2012-01-18 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY JAN 19 0520z TA audio 549UNIDmusic 693UKvery good 747NEDpoor 909UKvery good 1089UKpoor 1206FRpoor 1215UKgood ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] TAs in early at Burnt River ON

2011-10-24 Thread Chernos Saul
1521 already yielding audio at 5:40 pm. So is 183 and have a few strong hets looking threshold for 1377 and 1413... Saul @ Burnt River ON ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] TAs in early at Burnt River ON

2011-10-24 Thread Tony Ward
Schrodinger's dog isn't very well either ... From: Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca To: a...@nrcdxas.org; a...@wtfda.info; irca@hard-core-dx.com; amfmt...@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 5:44:41 PM Subject: [IRCA] TAs in early at Burnt River ON 1521

Re: [IRCA] TAs!

2011-10-21 Thread BARRY DAVIES
jrenf...@rochester.rr.com To: a...@nrcdxas.org; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@wtfda.info Sent: Friday, 21 October 2011, 2:04 Subject: [IRCA] TAs! Jim Renfrew, Holley I've been spending my spare time reviewing Perseus tapes from last November

[IRCA] TAs!

2011-10-20 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley I've been spending my spare time reviewing Perseus tapes from last November in Newfoundland, with little time for actual DXing. But after reading Ben's report I fired up the Drake to see what might be cooking this far inland. Quite a lot it turns out. 2155-2200 EDT

[IRCA] TAs good

2010-12-16 Thread Saul DX
972 with German (new), when it faded something in what sounded like Arabic came up. 783 suspect Sudan as Mauritania seems off of its SW // 7245; 666 briefly a signal and hoping for germany; 873 had something; earlier, around sunset, nabbed 1413 Spain for a new catch... Saul / Burnt River ON

Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-14 Thread Mauno Ritola
for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight Jim, I believe Iran also uses 702 for Russian at 1930, and 702 does very well, as I heard it here many evenings last season, and even a few mornings. Don't

Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-14 Thread Jim Renfrew
: Mauno Ritola mauno.rit...@realmonitor.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 3:21 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight Hi Jim, 7.12.2010 7:22, Jim Renfrew kirjoitti: EMWG and WRTH have conflicting info, and the info

Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-14 Thread Mauno Ritola
Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight Hi Jim, 7.12.2010 7:22, Jim Renfrew kirjoitti: EMWG and WRTH have conflicting info, and the info in the WRTH conflicts with itself! in what way? 73, Mauno But the chimes are Iran, thanks to Chuck. Jim - Original Message - From: Nigel Pimblett n

Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-07 Thread Stewart, Joseph R
Barry McLarnon wrote, A better than usual evening for TAs here... many of the usual suspects have good signals (e.g., Algeria on 531/549)... Around 0420 UT Monday evening (UT Tues 12/7) I was finally getting audio on 531--a distinctly Arabic-sounding florid vocal by what sounded like a male

Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-07 Thread Stewart, Joseph R
QTH not included in my sig file below, sorry! Springfield MO (actually city of Battlefield a few miles SW) Randy Stewart KSMU Arts Producer ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions

[IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-06 Thread Barry McLarnon
A better than usual evening for TAs here... many of the usual suspects have good signals (e.g., Algeria on 531/549, UK on 693/882/909/1089/1215, France on 603/864/711/1377, Holland on 675/747, Spain 684/774, etc.), but also some less common stuff. Just noted some audio from Benin-1566, and

Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-06 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Just Absolute on 1215 here, Barry, and not very strong at that, but reasonably consistent; guess you must be grabbing all the good stuff before it gets here, hi. best wishes, Nick At 03:44 07-12-10, you wrote: A better than usual evening for TAs here... many of the usual suspects have good

Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-06 Thread Jim Renfrew
while in Newfoundland in November. Jim Renfrew - Original Message - From: Barry McLarnon b...@bdmcomm.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 10:44 PM Subject: [IRCA] TAs Tonight A better than usual evening for TAs here... many of the usual suspects have good

Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-06 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Monday 06 December 2010 22:59:03 Jim Renfrew wrote: Barry, as far as I know Turkey has a very limited MW schedule these days, listed in the EMWG as on 702 0400-0800. Turkey was invisible while in Newfoundland in November. Hmm... the audio was noted around 0300, so maybe not Turkey after

Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-06 Thread Jim Renfrew
06, 2010 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight On Monday 06 December 2010 22:59:03 Jim Renfrew wrote: Barry, as far as I know Turkey has a very limited MW schedule these days, listed in the EMWG as on 702 0400-0800. Turkey was invisible while in Newfoundland in November. Hmm... the audio

Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-06 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight On Monday 06 December 2010 22:59:03 Jim Renfrew wrote: Barry, as far as I know Turkey has a very limited MW schedule these days, listed in the EMWG as on 702 0400-0800. Turkey was invisible while in Newfoundland in November. Hmm... the audio was noted around

Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-06 Thread Chuck Hutton
although I hear 3 note chimes rather than 2 note. Chuck From: jrenf...@rochester.rr.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:26:50 -0500 Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight Barry, I'm working my way through a lifetime of Perseus recordings from November. If you have

Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-06 Thread Jim Renfrew
! Jim - Original Message - From: Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 11:47 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight Hi Jim - I can't say I have ever heard Govorit IDs from Mayak. I'd be tempted to think this was Iran ending

Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight

2010-12-06 Thread Jim Renfrew
, December 06, 2010 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs Tonight Jim, I believe Iran also uses 702 for Russian at 1930, and 702 does very well, as I heard it here many evenings last season, and even a few mornings. Don't think they use 711 though, so may not be your answer. 73, Nigel Pimblett

[IRCA] TAs!

2010-11-18 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY Some strong signals on the lower band at 2200 est tonight, and I haven't checked all the way to the top yet. Audio on 549, 558, 576 (RNE5), 585, 594, 603, 621, 639, 657 (not RNE5, probably Italy), 684, 693, 756, 765, 774, 783, 837, 855, 882, 909.

Re: [IRCA] TAs!

2010-11-18 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Still pretty dead out on the west coast Jim.Not even imaginary carriers for the most part (675 was a wispy carrier around 0200 though). Nick At 03:13 19/11/2010, you wrote: Jim Renfrew, Holley NY Some strong signals on the lower band at 2200 est tonight, and I haven't checked all the

Re: [IRCA] TAs!

2010-11-18 Thread Jim Renfrew
: Thursday, November 18, 2010 11:26 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs! Still pretty dead out on the west coast Jim.Not even imaginary carriers for the most part (675 was a wispy carrier around 0200 though). Nick At 03:13 19/11/2010, you wrote: Jim Renfrew, Holley NY Some strong signals

[IRCA] TAs strong again tonight

2010-11-10 Thread Saul DX
Had some very strong TA hets at sunset, audio on many channels, quality varying significamntly, but faded somewhat soon after. French on 702, not sure who; 711.7 with Arabic and vocal music / prayers, others, especially at low end of band and longwave. One of the better nights I've seen.

[IRCA] TAs in Alberta

2010-11-05 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Currently hearing audio from Radio Farda on 1575, and VOA on 1539, both for the first time this season. Snippets of audio on 1215, 1413 and 1458 also. Might be a night for you guys on the coast to have a listen. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta

[IRCA] TAs good, t-storm static bad

2010-10-20 Thread Saul DX
Lots of moderate hets, some producing audio, as of sunset tonight, at Burnt River ON. Nothing new yet noted but if I can make some sense out of the weak audio on some channels I may add to the logbook ... Must be thunderstorms about - lots of storm static noises. If it localizes I may have to

[IRCA] TAs tonight

2010-10-17 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY Quick Check of the dial 2346 EDT 531Algeria 684Spain 756Germany 855Spain 864France 909UK 936weak audio 1116Spain 1125weak audio 1215UK 1530Some domestic station with Gospel under Cincinnati

[IRCA] TAs coming in well at 1900edt

2010-10-01 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 1848-1910 EDT 1521BSKSAexcellent! And look how close I am to WWKB! 1377France weak talk 1215Absoluteexcellent 1125RNE590% positive 1107RNE5 1098RNE5 1035R. Comercialbusting through IBOC for a few minutes - rare to get this one

Re: [IRCA] TAs coming in well at 1900edt

2010-10-01 Thread Jim Renfrew
; a...@wtfda.info; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 7:36 PM Subject: [IRCA] TAs coming in well at 1900edt Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 1848-1910 EDT 1521BSKSAexcellent! And look how close I am to WWKB! 1377France

[IRCA] TAs Last Night

2010-02-15 Thread Barry McLarnon
Another one of those TA mini-enhancements last night that seem to happen when the solar indices kick up. This was between 0400 and 0530 UTC - many of the usual suspects in Spain/France/UK/Holland had some audio, plus Italy sneaked in on 567. What was more interesting was getting audio on less

[IRCA] TAs coming in!

2010-01-29 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY Best that I've noted in some time 1730 EST 693UK 729Spain 855Spain 909UK 963Finland (with CRI language lessons, I think) 1215UK/Kaliningrad ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] TAs coming in!

2010-01-29 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Friday 29 January 2010 17:46:12 Jim Renfrew wrote: Best that I've noted in some time Well, reception is about to get better on 684, 693, 936, and 945! Three of the four have a very dominant TA station, but 936 should be particularly interesting to try. Barry -- Barry McLarnon VE3JF

[IRCA] TAs on the west coast

2010-01-29 Thread Walter Salmaniw
As others have reported from central and eastern NA, the TAs are coming in. At 00:35 UTC (4:35 pm local), I'm hearing Absolute Radio on 1215 at a good level at times, and also Farda on 1575. KOMO 1000 has a loud het from 999, and most other channels 1 kHz from a North American also have

Re: [IRCA] TAs on the west coast

2010-01-29 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 00:47 1/30/2010, you wrote: As others have reported from central and eastern NA, the TAs are coming in. At 00:35 UTC (4:35 pm local), I'm hearing Absolute Radio on 1215 at a good level at times, and also Farda on 1575. Did things peak then, Walt? (half hour before local sunset?)At

Re: [IRCA] TAs on the west coast

2010-01-29 Thread Nigel Pimblett
A rather odd evening. Had some audio from the regulars when I first got home around 0100 UTC, but then things faded.Now, I'm hearing only carriers, with one exception - that being Iran in Russian on 702, certainly not what I would normally expect. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta

Re: [IRCA] TAs on the west coast

2010-01-29 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
A frustrating evening for TAs, though much better than has been heard recently. There was no audio much past the mumble level, there was a reasonable number of those at one time or another: 675, 747, 756, 783, 855, 1134, 1215 and 1575 783 is the only channel that I don't have a good

Re: [IRCA] TAs on the west coast

2010-01-29 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 05:06 PM 1/29/2010, you wrote: At 00:47 1/30/2010, you wrote: As others have reported from central and eastern NA, the TAs are coming in. At 00:35 UTC (4:35 pm local), I'm hearing Absolute Radio on 1215 at a good level at times, and also Farda on 1575. Did things peak then, Walt? (half

Re: [IRCA] TAs on the west coast

2010-01-29 Thread Patrick Martin
The only TA noted here around 0400 was Croatia 1134. It was weak to fair. Been spending time tonight getting reports out to WHKW and KDDR. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] TAs from the WCNA

2010-01-27 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Wednesday 27 January 2010 00:35:58 Nick Hall-Patch wrote: At 03:29 1/27/2010, you wrote: First time I've listened in a few weeks in the evening, as we're preparing to move, but I do still have the N and NW directed large diameter loops outside and at 03:25 UTC UTC 27Jan, I'm noting

Re: [IRCA] TAs from the WCNA

2010-01-27 Thread Mike Stonebridge
Barry: TA's are in Northern Alberta most afternoons starting an hour or so before local sunset and then fading down into the noise around sunset. Most of the time very few have any audio, tho the carriers show quite clearly on the Perseus waterfall display. Today was very much different with

[IRCA] TAs from the WCNA

2010-01-26 Thread Walter Salmaniw
First time I've listened in a few weeks in the evening, as we're preparing to move, but I do still have the N and NW directed large diameter loops outside and at 03:25 UTC UTC 27Jan, I'm noting Absolute at fair level on 1215, and weaker audio from Croatia on 1134. I've noticed the SF has

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