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Re: [IRCA] Michael Savage

2007-03-01 Thread saulamdx

Perhaps it was the swimming lessons with Allen
Ginsberg, or the botanicals in the tropics. The man is
certainly affected. A half-way decent voice but, as
the ancestors would lament wistfully, mishigina.

> Savage kicks butt (etc...)


 

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Re: [IRCA] 860 KPAM KTRB & CFPR?

Nice dx...Your SS station very likely is XEMO.  Pretty regular here in S.F. and 
haven't heard any other SS for a long long time (on that frequency).

Don



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> At 9:00 P.M. PST heard CBC news and weather on 860 kHz.  KPAM phased.  Gave 
> weather -14 C for some area, and weather for a ? island. Assuming this is 
> CFPR in Prince Rupert.  After the weather there is now a program on Organic 
> farming.  This is being carried on CBC 1.  No ID heard.  Will keep listening 
> for ID.  Very good signal with brief fades from local KPAM an KTRB.  Heard a 
> clip of the "Dave Diamond show" on a fade up of KTRB.  Now a Spanish station 
> is on top at 9:32 P.M. PST, could this be XEMO?  Remember them as a religious 
> station in the 60"s.  Curtis Springer from Baker California had his program 
> on XEMO.  The mineral springs in Zzyzx, California was his base of operations.
> Dennis, Vancouver, WA JRC 545   Fence U shaped antenna phased with HPAW 
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[IRCA] DX Update From Northern Delaware

DX update from northern Delaware:

Not sexy stuff but, hey, DX is DX!!

1-Mar-07 // 2228 local // 540 khz. // WWCS // 0.5 kw night // Canonsburg,
PA // End of “Bad Day” (Daniel Powter) then a quick “AM 540, Radio Disney,
Pittsburgh” ID. || Not new but first time I recorded a sort of legal ID. A
242 mile catch.

MP3 clip available here:

http://www.21centimeter.com/21centimeter/Recordings/540-khz_2228-Local_3-1-07_WWCS_Canonsburg_PA.MP3

1-Mar-07 // 2300 local // 590 khz. // CJCL // 50 kw // Toronto, Ontario //
End of a new employee solicitation ad for Milton Toyota then “15 (?) years
of sports radio in Toronto, the FAN 590 is CJCL, a [unintelligible] of
Rogers Communication…” Into 20/20 sports update. // New. A 310 mile catch.

MP3 clip available here:

http://www.21centimeter.com/21centimeter/Recordings/590-khz_2300-Local_3-1-07_CJCL_Toronto_ON.mp3

Regards,

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[IRCA] 860 KPAM KTRB & CFPR?

2007-03-01 Thread vroomski


At 9:00 P.M. PST heard CBC news and weather on 860 kHz.  KPAM phased.  Gave 
weather -14 C for some area, and weather for a ? island. Assuming this is CFPR 
in Prince Rupert.  After the weather there is now a program on Organic farming. 
 This is being carried on CBC 1.  No ID heard.  Will keep listening for ID.  
Very good signal with brief fades from local KPAM an KTRB.  Heard a clip of the 
"Dave Diamond show" on a fade up of KTRB.  Now a Spanish station is on top at 
9:32 P.M. PST, could this be XEMO?  Remember them as a religious station in the 
60"s.  Curtis Springer from Baker California had his program on XEMO.  The 
mineral springs in Zzyzx, California was his base of operations.  
Dennis, Vancouver, WA JRC 545   Fence U shaped antenna phased with HPAW active 
whip.

   
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Re: [IRCA] 1540 overnite

2007-03-01 Thread saulamdx

I heard WTRK Niles one morning, probably due to KXEL's
absence from the mix. Anyhow, I sat there for awhile,
got one new catch out of it.

Saul 

--- Barry McLarnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thursday 01 March 2007 17:55, Russ Edmunds wrote:
> > Never could ID the black gospe; format mixing with
> WDCD/ZNS earlier and
> > then WDCD/CHIN later. No ID's noted anywhere near
> TOH.
> 
> Maybe WRTK in OH, noted here with black gospel just
> before 2000 EST, which is 
> way after their nominal sign-off time.  First newie
> in March!
> 
> Barry
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[IRCA] 740 and 860, minus the Toronto pests

Lots of electrical noise here making anything useful on 740/860 
difficult, but with CHWO and CJBC both off, I have WAMO-PA on 860, with 
a promo at  EDT 3/2 promoting the "Bev Smith Show," and a lot of 
noise so far on 740.

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Re: [IRCA] A PSSA/PSRA Rant

2007-03-01 Thread Craig Healy

> FYI, for anyone wondering, WABV signs off at SUNSET every night, as we
can't
> legally funciton at night and cease operations since we cant drop to our
> PSSA or night Authorizaiton

If you have a transmitter that uses the common 833A as a final and
modulator, you very likely can get it down to 27 watts.  I mentioned
recently that by putting a large Variac (variable AC autotranformer) to feed
the high voltage and bias supplies, I got an ancient GE XT-1A transmitter
down to 25 watts.  And it sounded fine.  It may not be type accepted down to
that level, but it might also be grandfathered in.  It might be worth
investigating.

I don't know if a transmitter that used a different tube type such as a
4-400A could similarly be dropped to such a low power cleanly.

Chances are you could look on eBay and get a suitable variac.

Just toss in a few code IDs after midnight if you get it to work.  (grin)

Craig Healy
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Re: [IRCA] A PSSA/PSRA Rant

Yes, Scott.. the matter of a solid state rig here at THE BIG 1590 has been  
beaten to a pulp and then some.
 
FYI, for anyone wondering, WABV signs off at SUNSET every night, as we  can't 
legally funciton at night and cease operations since we cant drop to our  
PSSA or night Authorizaiton
 
I've seen a few stations, WFHT for example.. where the PSRA and PSSA  
actually have benefited the station
 
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] A PSSA/PSRA Rant

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This PSSA crap is exactly that, a load of crap.
>  
> Mind you, I'm not complaining about the issue of the power levels my 
> station was given... Im a little upset at all the hoops we must jump thru!
> 
> I go to 33 watts from 6:30 to 7:00pm
> Then I go to 15 watts from 7pm to 7:30pm
> Finally, I go to 10 watts from 7:30 to 8:30PM
>  
> At 8:30pm, I go back to my NIGHT power of 27 WATTS!!
> 
> What is the point of jumping thru all these hoops, which will requires a 
> sophisticated peic eof equipment and solid state transmitter. Neither of 
> which I have or can afford (We're on an old tube right)
> 
> Why cant I just stay and plain old 27 watts?
> LUCKILY, my PSRA stays at 6am ALL year long and a nice, level 500 watts

If you actually read the order before ranting about it, you'd see that 
indeed, you CAN use your licensed night power level instead of a 
PSRA/PSSA power level. So yes, you can go to 27 watts at 6:30 and stay 
there.

(And if you're running a 1 kW tube rig all night long at 27 watts, 
you're probably wasting enough power in a year or two to pay for that 
solid state rig...but that matter's been beaten to death on another list.)

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Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast


Bob
 
Yes Radio West and Grant Manning are one of the same.Bill> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 
2007 19:31:34 -0800> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com> 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast> > Of Radio West fame?> > Bob 
Coomler> Cloverdale, CA> > > --- Bill Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > > > 
Don> > > > Grant Manning was the one that called me to tell me> > that the TAs 
were in that night.> > > > Bill Block> > Prescott Valley, AZ> > > > > Date: 
Thu, 1 Mar 2007 18:31:34 -0800> From:> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 
irca@hard-core-dx.com>> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast> >> 
> Thanks for the memory Bill. Reminds me that Randy> > Seaver in San Diego was 
one of the top Intl dxers at> > the time. Also, Don Kenney in the L.A. area.> > 
Don> > K.> S.F. CA> > > > > > > Bill Block wrote:> > >> > Mike> >> > In 1971 I 
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Block> >> > Prescott Valley, AZ> >> > > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007>!
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Subject: [IRCA] TPs and TAs> > on the West Coast> > Since I no longer trust the 
ol'> > brain housing group for memory, I'll > toss this out> > to the West 
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Bay area who were> > reporting exceptional > DX, including TAs (BBC-1215)> > 
and TPs. The year was before 1972 when I > joined> > the Navy. Perhaps past DXM 
issues of that era might> > identify them > a!> > nd their catches.> > Point. A 
lot of interesting> > TPs and some TAs are being noted by WCNA > DXers.> > 
Always one to believe in DX and solar cycles, is> > there a > possibility that 
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level> > > of ground conductivity than many other areas of!
 > > the United States > (http://www.f!> cc!> >> > .gov/mb/audio/m3/ind
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Indeed!



Bob Coomler wrote:

> Of Radio West fame?
>
> Bob Coomler
> Cloverdale, CA
>
> --- Bill Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> > Don
> >
> > Grant Manning was the one that called me to tell me
> > that the TAs were in that night.
> >
> > Bill Block
> > Prescott Valley, AZ
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 18:31:34 -0800> From:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com>
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast> >
> > Thanks for the memory Bill. Reminds me that Randy
> > Seaver in San Diego was one of the top Intl dxers at
> > the time. Also, Don Kenney in the L.A. area.> > Don
> > K.> S.F. CA> > > > > > > Bill Block wrote:> > >
> > Mike> >> > In 1971 I was living in San Diego and I
> > heard BBC-1214 and Japan on 830.> >> > Bill Block> >
> > Prescott Valley, AZ> >> > > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007
> > 13:09:36 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> > irca@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [IRCA] TPs and TAs
> > on the West Coast> > Since I no longer trust the ol'
> > brain housing group for memory, I'll > toss this out
> > to the West Coast DXers from the 60s/70s. There was
> > a > group of DXers in the San Jose Bay area who were
> > reporting exceptional > DX, including TAs (BBC-1215)
> > and TPs. The year was before 1972 when I > joined
> > the Navy. Perhaps past DXM issues of that era might
> > identify them > a!
> >  nd their catches.> > Point. A lot of interesting
> > TPs and some TAs are being noted by WCNA > DXers.
> > Always one to believe in DX and solar cycles, is
> > there a > possibility that this is a cycle that
> > returns less frequently that > expected 11 year
> > cycle?> > Again, I'm not certain, but I think the
> > activity reported lasted for > longer than a year.
> > Of note also, the San Jose region has a higher level
> > > of ground conductivity than many other areas of
> > the United States > (http://www.f!> cc!> >
> > .gov/mb/audio/m3/index.html). This is a topic that
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] FCC withdraws ALL PSSAs/PSRAs granted prior to 2/1/07, reissues 'em in bulk

Russ Edmunds wrote:
> --- Scott Fybush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> Follow the links in the forwarded e-mail below to see how the FCC is 
>> handling the impending change in DST scheduling - they've rescinded
>> all 
>> PSRA/PSSA grants made on or before 2/1/07, and they've recalculated 
>> PSRA/PSSA data for every eligible station and made it available
>> through 
>> their CDBS database. It's still not easily accessible, but at least
>> it's there...
>>
>>
> 
> *** Now if we could only find a way to know who is using theirs and who
> 
> isn't

Given that the FCC order explicitly reminds stations that they're under 
no obligation to use their PSRA/PSSAs, and that they can use licensed 
power levels at those hours if they're higher, we may never know.

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[IRCA] KZIZ 1560 Pacific(?) WA (again ;-)

2007-03-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]

noted mixing about equal w/ KNZR in passing about 7:25pm PST in south
Seattle. I wonder if this is the "real deal" this time, or just the
automation problem again?

Eric Svajdlenka
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Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast

2007-03-01 Thread Bob Coomler

Of Radio West fame?

Bob Coomler
Cloverdale, CA


--- Bill Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> Don
>  
> Grant Manning was the one that called me to tell me
> that the TAs were in that night.
>  
> Bill Block
> Prescott Valley, AZ
>  
> > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 18:31:34 -0800> From:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com>
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast> >
> Thanks for the memory Bill. Reminds me that Randy
> Seaver in San Diego was one of the top Intl dxers at
> the time. Also, Don Kenney in the L.A. area.> > Don
> K.> S.F. CA> > > > > > > Bill Block wrote:> > >
> Mike> >> > In 1971 I was living in San Diego and I
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> 13:09:36 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
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> on the West Coast> > Since I no longer trust the ol'
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> to the West Coast DXers from the 60s/70s. There was
> a > group of DXers in the San Jose Bay area who were
> reporting exceptional > DX, including TAs (BBC-1215)
> and TPs. The year was before 1972 when I > joined
> the Navy. Perhaps past DXM issues of that era might
> identify them > a!
>  nd their catches.> > Point. A lot of interesting
> TPs and some TAs are being noted by WCNA > DXers.
> Always one to believe in DX and solar cycles, is
> there a > possibility that this is a cycle that
> returns less frequently that > expected 11 year
> cycle?> > Again, I'm not certain, but I think the
> activity reported lasted for > longer than a year.
> Of note also, the San Jose region has a higher level
> > of ground conductivity than many other areas of
> the United States > (http://www.f!> cc!> >
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Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast

Bill,

Oh my yes...Grant Manning!  Neat guy, made good antennas...The only time in the 
60s that I came close to hearing a TA was one evening when Clarence Freeman 
from Auburn called me, alerting me to his reception of Dakar on 1206 (I think). 
 I tried but could hear no more than a weak carrier.  I still was primarily a 
domestic dxer then, but did love to hear Alaskans, Hawaiians, ZCO, 4QD, The 
Zedder on 1000 and many JJs that I didn't much pay attention to as I ignorantly 
didn't know about their time signals & IDs.  I learned that 10 years later.  
Midway Island on 920 was one of my better catches now that I think about it.  
Conditions were pretty nice then!

Don



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>
> Grant Manning was the one that called me to tell me that the TAs were in that 
> night.
>
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> > irca@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast> > 
> > Thanks for the memory Bill. Reminds me that Randy Seaver in San Diego was 
> > one of the top Intl dxers at the time. Also, Don Kenney in the L.A. area.> 
> > > Don K.> S.F. CA> > > > > > > Bill Block wrote:> > > Mike> >> > In 1971 I 
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> > TAs on the West Coast> > Since I no longer trust the ol' brain housing 
> > group for memory, I'll > toss this out to the West Coast DXers from the 
> > 60s/70s. There was a > group of DXers in the San Jose Bay area who were 
> > reporting exceptional > DX, including TAs (BBC-1215) and TPs. The year was 
> > before 1972 when I > joined the Navy. Perhaps past DXM issues of that era 
> > might identify them >!
  a!
>  nd their catches.> > Point. A lot of interesting TPs and some TAs are being 
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> a > possibility that this is a cycle that returns less frequently that > 
> expected 11 year cycle?> > Again, I'm not certain, but I think the activity 
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Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast


Don
 
Grant Manning was the one that called me to tell me that the TAs were in that 
night.
 
Bill Block
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> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 18:31:34 -0800> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 
> irca@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast> > 
> Thanks for the memory Bill. Reminds me that Randy Seaver in San Diego was one 
> of the top Intl dxers at the time. Also, Don Kenney in the L.A. area.> > Don 
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> was a > group of DXers in the San Jose Bay area who were reporting 
> exceptional > DX, including TAs (BBC-1215) and TPs. The year was before 1972 
> when I > joined the Navy. Perhaps past DXM issues of that era might identify 
> them > a!
 nd their catches.> > Point. A lot of interesting TPs and some TAs are being 
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> possibility that this is a cycle that returns less frequently that > expected 
11 year cycle?> > Again, I'm not certain, but I think the activity reported 
lasted for > longer than a year. Of note also, the San Jose region has a higher 
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Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast

Thanks for the memory Bill.  Reminds me that Randy Seaver in San Diego was one 
of the top Intl dxers at the time.  Also, Don Kenney in the L.A. area.

Don K.
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> > Since I no longer trust the ol' brain housing group for memory, I'll > toss 
> > this out to the West Coast DXers from the 60s/70s. There was a > group of 
> > DXers in the San Jose Bay area who were reporting exceptional > DX, 
> > including TAs (BBC-1215) and TPs. The year was before 1972 when I > joined 
> > the Navy. Perhaps past DXM issues of that era might identify them > and 
> > their catches.> > Point. A lot of interesting TPs and some TAs are being 
> > noted by WCNA > DXers. Always one to believe in DX and solar cycles, is 
> > there a > possibility that this is a cycle that returns less frequently 
> > that > expected 11 year cycle?> > Again, I'm not certain, but I think the 
> > activity reported lasted for > longer than a year. Of note also, the San 
> > Jose region has a higher level > of ground conductivity than many other 
> > areas of the United States > (http://www.f!
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Re: [IRCA] Fw: Total Lunar Eclipse

2007-03-01 Thread Bob Foxworth

> > TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE:  Set aside some time this weekend for sky
watching.
> > On Saturday night, March 3rd, there's going to be a total eclipse of
the
> > Moon.  This means the Moon will glide through the heart of Earth's
shadow
> > and turn a beautiful shade of sunset red.  Totality can be seen from
parts
> > of all seven continents including all of Europe and Africa and the
eastern
> > half of North America.

What I have read about this eclipse is this. The midpoint of
the eclipse (moon totally covered by shadow, appearing
a deep red) will occur at moonrise, i. e. sunset, in the
eastern part of NA. ABout an hour after moonrise, the partial
eclipse phase should be visible. Of course in Europe this will
all happen during late evening.

I'll try to look up the time references later.

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[IRCA] DX Update From Northern Delaware

DX update from northern Delaware:

1-Mar-07 // 1850 local // 1650 khz. // CJRS // 1 kw // Montreal, Quebec //
End of “Tie A Yellow Ribbon” by Tony Orlando and Dawn then male giving
station ID and test announcement: “This is CJRS, 1650 khz., 1000 watts,
Montreal. We are currently proceeding with on air tests…” // New with a
surprisingly strong signal. An approx. 395 mile catch.

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Re: [IRCA] A PSSA/PSRA Rant

2007-03-01 Thread Craig Healy

> Why cant I just stay and plain old 27  watts?

That's weird.  I've never heard of a situation where a station had more
power at night than during some other hours.  Perhaps some not-too-distant
station has a PSSA but no night power?  You would have to protect them
during those hours, but not later when they are off?  Sure, there are
stations with bigger power at night and a directional antenna, but not
little powers like this.  Very weird..

It is possible to make a large attenuator to dissipate some power and run
the same transmitter at the same power after daylight hours.  Probably could
be done with some relays.  Do you have some sort of audio automation that
has relay outputs to control things?  That usually can be cobbled up to do
what you need.  Otherwise, Broadcast Tools has a relatively inexpensive
switcher meant for that sort of thing.  What's the minimum power your
transmitter will put out comfortably?

I have used a timer/controller from Grainger to do pretty much what you
need, but it's over a grand these days.  I think it cost about $400 when I
first used it.

There are ways to make that happen, and probably not all that expensive when
you're dealing with under a hundred watts.  Drop me a note off list if you
want to follow up.

To be honest, I think there ought to be some minimum power assigned, maybe
20-25 watts.  Less than that is pretty silly.

Craig Healy
Providence, RI

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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-03-01 Thread Ng1u

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2007 Mar 02 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 March follow.
Solar flux 75 and mid-latitude A-index 12.
The mid-latitude K-index at  UTC on 02 March was 2 (18 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 28   28   28   28   28   01   01   01   01   01   01   01   01   02   
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  
SFlx 75   75   75   75   76   76   76   76   76   76   76   76   75   75   
A-in 11   11   11   11   20   20   20   20   20   20   20   20   11   12   
K-in 53333333423212
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Re: [IRCA] KTRB/860


Patrick
 
I have heard KCMD-970, KEX-1190 and now KPAM-860.
 
Bill Block
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Re: [IRCA] KTRB/860

2007-03-01 Thread Patrick Martin

Great Bill. How many Portland stations have you heard now from AZ?

Patrick Martin
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Re: [IRCA] KTRB/860


Mike
 
No KTRB here but I did hear KPAM at 2035 with traffic report for Portland so I 
still got a new station.
 
Bill Block
Prescott Valley, AZ
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Re: [IRCA] 1540 overnite

2007-03-01 Thread Bill Harms

CHIN and ZNS is more of a problem than WDCD here.  I have heard WRTK 
ID at least three times in the past 5 minutes.  They just pop up with 
an ID. 

Bill Harms
Elkridge, Maryland

On 1 Mar 2007 at 17:18, Russ Edmunds wrote:

> *** Could be - could also be WSIV or one of the two in NC WDCD is just
> way too strong here ! Since KXEL usually buries WDCD, I didn't really
> anticipate this...


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[IRCA] New MW QSL (CFTR-680)

2007-03-01 Thread Patrick Martin

680CFTR  Canada, Toronto, Ont. rec,  FD QSL card in 90d for CD
report. V/S: Ron Combden-CE. Address: 777 Jarvis St. Toronto, Ont.
Canada  M4Y 3B7
Ontario QSL #32. Thank you KNBR for being off!  (PM-OR)

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[IRCA] KTRB/860

2007-03-01 Thread Michael Hawkins

I was listening to them around 1700 PST today, and they have switched from "San 
Francisco Sound" music to a tribute to Bay Area radio.  In the past 30 minutes, 
they have had vintage clips from KFRC, KYA and KEWB.  If you're into this, its 
kinda nice.
   
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Re: [IRCA] 1540 overnite

--- Barry McLarnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Thursday 01 March 2007 17:55, Russ Edmunds wrote:
> > Never could ID the black gospe; format mixing with WDCD/ZNS earlier
> and
> > then WDCD/CHIN later. No ID's noted anywhere near TOH.
> 
> Maybe WRTK in OH, noted here with black gospel just before 2000 EST,
> which is 
> way after their nominal sign-off time.  First newie in March!
> 
>

*** Could be - could also be WSIV or one of the two in NC WDCD is
just way too strong here ! Since KXEL usually buries WDCD, I didn't
really anticipate this...

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Re: [IRCA] 1540 overnite

2007-03-01 Thread Barry McLarnon

On Thursday 01 March 2007 17:55, Russ Edmunds wrote:
> Never could ID the black gospe; format mixing with WDCD/ZNS earlier and
> then WDCD/CHIN later. No ID's noted anywhere near TOH.

Maybe WRTK in OH, noted here with black gospel just before 2000 EST, which is 
way after their nominal sign-off time.  First newie in March!

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[IRCA] A PSSA/PSRA Rant

This PSSA crap is exactly that, a load of crap.
 
Mind you, I'm not complaining about the issue of the power levels my  station 
was given... Im a little upset at all the hoops we must jump  thru!

I go to 33 watts from 6:30 to 7:00pm
Then I go to 15 watts from 7pm to 7:30pm 
Finally, I go to 10 watts from 7:30 to 8:30PM
 
At 8:30pm, I go back to my NIGHT power of 27 WATTS!!

What is the  point of jumping thru all these hoops, which will requires a 
sophisticated peic  eof equipment and solid state transmitter. Neither of which 
I 
have or can afford  (We're on an old tube right)

Why cant I just stay and plain old 27  watts?

LUCKILY, my PSRA stays at 6am ALL year long and a nice, level 500  watts

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Re: [IRCA] FCC withdraws ALL PSSAs/PSRAs granted prior to 2/1/07, reissues 'em in bulk


--- Scott Fybush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> Follow the links in the forwarded e-mail below to see how the FCC is

> handling the impending change in DST scheduling - they've rescinded
> all 
> PSRA/PSSA grants made on or before 2/1/07, and they've recalculated 
> PSRA/PSSA data for every eligible station and made it available
> through 
> their CDBS database. It's still not easily accessible, but at least
> it's there...
> 
>

*** Now if we could only find a way to know who is using theirs and who 
isn't

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Re: [IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes

2007-03-01 Thread Konnie Rychalsky

Russ, I'm with you... I stay with stereo mp3s.  This is even more pronounced 
when using two receivers slightly off from one another... great stereo fades 
and effects.  I can dig some up if anyone wants to hear a few.

Konnie



From: Russ Edmunds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of 
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 16:08:01 -0800 (PST)


--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>
> Not surprisingly, MP3 files deteriorate about as fast as
> WAV files (if they do at all...)
>
> And I challenge anyone to record dx, any dx, at 16 to
> 24kbps (ok, maybe 64kbps...) and tell the difference
> between that and a cassette tape.
>
> Recording DX as a WAV file is a huge waste of storage space.
>
> Note:
>
> WAVuncompressed1:1 10 MB   If the wave wav file was sampled
> at 16 bits/44.1kHz, you've got CD quality sound
> MP3160 kbps9:1 1.5 MB  Very low compression, superior 
sound
> quality
> MP3128 kbps11:11 MBThe standard "CD quality" bit rate
> MP396 kbps 15:1700KConsidered "near CD quality"
> MP364 kbps 22:1400KAbout the same quality as an FM 
radio
> station
>
> 64 kbps MP3 "As good as FM"
>
>

For the record, I record both my AM and FM DX at 64kbps, 16kHz stereo.
There are those who insist that stereo offers nothing and uses up more
space. Because I interchange between AM & FM, and since most FM is in
Stereo, I've found it's less trouble to do it all in stereo.



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Re: [IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes

2007-03-01 Thread Brett Saylor

I agree with Russ; apart from the size, I find working with MP3  
format files no different than editing the original WAV format. They  
sound identical and, using most editing tools, you can trim/process  
the audio the same with either format. (I use Cool Edit, Audacity and  
Total Recorder for my editing and recording).

Brett Saylor
Central PA

> There are those who insist that we should all use .wav files,  
> however I
> am not one of those. I did that for the first 6 months or so of
> recording DX via PC, and for DX purposes, I never noticed any
> difference, degradation or whatever. But working with .wav files for
> remote recording of DX for longer periods results in really ginormous
> files which take forever to load up and are harder to work with. For
> short clips, .wav remains an option for some, but I work in .mp3 and
> have no regrets.
>
>
>
> Russ Edmunds


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Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast

2007-03-01 Thread John Sampson

I DXed from the Bay Area (Cupertino) from mid-1966 thru mid-1968.  This 
type of catch sure wasn't happening when I was there!

On Mar 1, 2007, at 11:09 AM, Mike Hardester wrote:

> Since I no longer trust the ol' brain housing group for memory, 
> I'll
> toss this out to the West Coast DXers from the 60s/70s. There was a
> group of DXers in the San Jose Bay area who were reporting exceptional
> DX, including TAs (BBC-1215) and TPs. The year was before 1972 when I
> joined the Navy. Perhaps past DXM issues of that era might identify 
> them
> and their catches.
>
> Point. A lot of interesting TPs and some TAs are being noted by 
> WCNA
> DXers. Always one to believe in DX and solar cycles, is there a
> possibility that this is a cycle that returns less frequently that
> expected 11 year cycle?
>
> Again, I'm not certain, but I think the activity reported lasted 
> for
> longer than a year. Of note also, the San Jose region has a higher 
> level
> of ground conductivity than many other areas of the United States
> (http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/m3/index.html). This is a topic that has
> been discussed here and/or the NRC site.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes


--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> 
> Not surprisingly, MP3 files deteriorate about as fast as
> WAV files (if they do at all...)
> 
> And I challenge anyone to record dx, any dx, at 16 to
> 24kbps (ok, maybe 64kbps...) and tell the difference
> between that and a cassette tape.
> 
> Recording DX as a WAV file is a huge waste of storage space.
> 
> Note:
> 
> WAV   uncompressed1:1 10 MB   If the wave wav file was sampled
> at 16 bits/44.1kHz, you've got CD quality sound
> MP3   160 kbps9:1 1.5 MB  Very low compression, superior sound
> quality
> MP3   128 kbps11:11 MBThe standard "CD quality" bit rate
> MP3   96 kbps 15:1700KConsidered "near CD quality"
> MP3   64 kbps 22:1400KAbout the same quality as an FM radio
> station
> 
> 64 kbps MP3 "As good as FM"
> 
>

For the record, I record both my AM and FM DX at 64kbps, 16kHz stereo.
There are those who insist that stereo offers nothing and uses up more
space. Because I interchange between AM & FM, and since most FM is in
Stereo, I've found it's less trouble to do it all in stereo.



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Re: [IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes

2007-03-01 Thread cafe


Not surprisingly, MP3 files deteriorate about as fast as
WAV files (if they do at all...)

And I challenge anyone to record dx, any dx, at 16 to
24kbps (ok, maybe 64kbps...) and tell the difference
between that and a cassette tape.

Recording DX as a WAV file is a huge waste of storage space.

Note:

WAV uncompressed1:1 10 MB   If the wave wav file was sampled at 16 
bits/44.1kHz, you've got CD quality sound
MP3 160 kbps9:1 1.5 MB  Very low compression, superior sound 
quality
MP3 128 kbps11:11 MBThe standard "CD quality" bit rate
MP3 96 kbps 15:1700KConsidered "near CD quality"
MP3 64 kbps 22:1400KAbout the same quality as an FM radio 
station

64 kbps MP3 "As good as FM"

Pretty much sums it up.
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Re: [IRCA] (OT) GMAIL??

GMAIL FINALLY let me in.. but I dont have nearly as many messages as i  think 
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[IRCA] 1540 overnite


Never could ID the black gospe; format mixing with WDCD/ZNS earlier and
then WDCD/CHIN later. No ID's noted anywhere near TOH.



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Re: [IRCA] (OT) GMAIL??

2007-03-01 Thread Eric Floden

mine has been fine as well

gmail is sensitive to tight firewalls -- I can get around this by resetting
the browser (F5?) when this happens

my canada.com account is another matter -- site maintenance was offloaded to
a USA provider, and before we can access our accounts we have to agree to
all kinds of USA laws . . . sheesh

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[IRCA] A couple of Iowa college items from the early 1960s.

2007-03-01 Thread Dr. Tom Gruis

Hi!

 

The unfortunate thing about KHKE stirred up a few memories.

 

Under the trivia heading, when KRNL, a 10 Watt FM-er came on the air in
about 1963, I was the person that installed the equipment and even had done
the FCC paper work.

 

They had had a carrier current station before that. And after the FM came on
there were little AM transmitters fed by an FM receiver because so few of
the students had FM radios! That little station had a range of about 15
miles.

 

And I did the last upgrade of Coe College's carrier current system that they
planned to use for just a couple or three years before they too went to FM
KCOE.

 

In 1969 the Division of Audio-Visual Instruction of the National Education
Association had their convention in Portland, Oregon and this was my last
Carrier current project, although I did repair the one at Reed College near
Portland. 

 

At the time I was the engineer for KBPS ("Benson Polytechnic School"). This
was, and is, the station of the Portland, Oregon Public Schools. They were
at the time 250 watts unlimited on 1450. During my time I filed paperwork
with the FCC there in Portland to increase their power to 1 KW. The old AM
transmitter had been built in the 30s, so I was told. It had marvelous
performance and great audio and RF power to spare. Most reliable. I ran
proof on it three or four times. I had to rebuild it over Christmas break in
1968-1968 - no school - not on the air. That required an extra proof or two.
All was well with it except the olde wires' insulation was crumbling and
there were a couple of tube types that were on the far edge of becoming
extinct. 

 

UNI's station has a repeater or translator here in Des Moines. It is located
t the Site of KDPS, 88.1, the Des Moines Public School station, on the air
since ca. 1952. I was in Des Moines Tech high school at the time. (The calls
are: KBPS and KDPS.) 

 

I have lots of olde time radio memories. 

 

Check desmoinesbroadcasting.com and click on KCBC, where I worked for about
8-1/2 years, and be prepared

 

Please excuse the perhaps maudlin memories of an olde coot. ("Olde" is the
olde way to spell "old.")

 

73,

 

Doc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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One of the many victims of the Waterloo IA ice storm of 2/24 was the  

University of Northern Iowa's KHKE 89.5 Cedar Falls. During the storm the
top of  the 

station's tower was toppled. For those who are interested, a link to photos


of the damaged facilities is on the station's website _http://www.khke.org/_


(http://www.khke.org/)  .

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Re: [IRCA] (OT) GMAIL??


--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I've been trying to log into GMAIL since 10am this morning.
>  
> My Station Sales account([EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ) logs in fine,  but my other
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> (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])  will  NOT log me in.
>  
> Anyone else having any issues logging in this morning?
> 


I've been in and out of my gmail account a couple of times today -
around 7 am and again around noon without any problems.

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Re: [IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes


> >
> >It uses Nero software.
> >
> >1 hour of audio (at 44 kb sampling rate) came to 500 MB.
> >
> >The test file carried a .nb extension. When I attempted to open that
> file 
> >with
> >Nero software, I got an "unexpected error in reading file!"
> >
> >Copied the file, and changed the extension to .wav, and the file
> opened
> >properly.
> >
> >Nero was supposed to have (I believe) compressed the file. 500 MB is
> huge,
> >after my understanding.
> >
>


Nero is a CD burning software, which has some bells and whistles, but
AFAIK one of them is not compressing the audio files. I use Nero to
brun my CD's now. Used to use Roxio but Nero works better and is more
efficient to use.

A .wav file is uncompressed whereas an .mp3 is compressed. The values
cited by someone else earlier in this thread are representative.

There are those who insist that we should all use .wav files, however I
am not one of those. I did that for the first 6 months or so of
recording DX via PC, and for DX purposes, I never noticed any
difference, degradation or whatever. But working with .wav files for
remote recording of DX for longer periods results in really ginormous
files which take forever to load up and are harder to work with. For
short clips, .wav remains an option for some, but I work in .mp3 and
have no regrets.



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[IRCA] Applications for three new AM stations in Montreal Quebec (650, 1400, 1410)

2007-03-01 Thread Deane McIntyre

Applications have been submitted to the CRTC for three new AM radio
stations in Montreal Quebec, as detailed below. They are for a
graveyarder on 1400 (1kW), a station on 1410 (10kW) and a station
on 650 (5.8 kW). Of course the applications for 1400 are 1410 are
mutually exclusive.




23.
Montréal, Quebec
Application No. 2006-0214-5

Application by Radio Humsafar Inc. for a licence to operate an AM
commercial (ethnic radio) programming undertaking in Montréal.

The new station would operate on frequency 1,400 kHz (Class C)
with a transmitter power of 1,000 watts day-time and night-time.

By condition of licence, the applicant proposes to direct ethnic
programming to a minimum of 8 cultural groups in a minimum of 7
different languages per broadcast week.

This application is technically mutually exclusive with an  
application by
S. S. TV Inc. (2006-1567-7) which will also be heard at this hearing.



24.
Montréal, Quebec
Application No. 2006-1567-7

Application by S. S. TV Inc. for a licence to operate an AM commercial
(ethnic radio) programming undertaking in Montréal.

The new station would operate on frequency 1,410 kHz (Class B) with a
transmitter power of 10,000 watts day-time and night-time.

By condition of licence, the applicant proposes to direct ethnic
programming to a minimum of 13 cultural groups in a minimum of 12
different languages per broadcast week.

This application is technically mutually exclusive with an application
by Radio Humsafar Inc. (2006-0214-5) which will also be heard at this  
hearing.



25.
Montréal, Quebec
Application No. 2006-1327-5

Application by Gospel Media Communications, for a licence to operate a
French-language AM commercial radio programming undertaking in Montréal.

The new station would operate on frequency 650 kHz (Class B) with a
transmitter power of 5,800 watts day-time and night time.

The applicant proposes to offer a christian music service.
It also plans to offer some religious spoken word programing.

73,

Deane McIntyre VE6BPO
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-03-01 Thread Ng1u

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2007 Mar 01 2105 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 March follow.
Solar flux 75 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 11.
The mid-latitude K-index at 2100 UTC on 01 March was 1 (9 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 28   28   28   28   28   28   01   01   01   01   01   01   01   01   
UTC  0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 
SFlx 75   75   75   75   75   76   76   76   76   76   76   76   76   75   
A-in 11   11   11   11   11   20   20   20   20   20   20   20   20   11   
K-in 45333333342321
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[IRCA] Photos of KHKE 89.5 FM Cedar Falls IA Tower Damage

One of the many victims of the Waterloo IA ice storm of 2/24 was the  
University of Northern Iowa's KHKE 89.5 Cedar Falls. During the storm the top 
of  the 
station's tower was toppled. For those who are interested, a link to photos  
of the damaged facilities is on the station's website _http://www.khke.org/_ 
(http://www.khke.org/)  .
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[IRCA] FCC withdraws ALL PSSAs/PSRAs granted prior to 2/1/07, reissues 'em in bulk

So much for the old days of "if you saved a copy of your PSRA/PSSA, you 
can keep using it, but otherwise they're all lost."

Follow the links in the forwarded e-mail below to see how the FCC is 
handling the impending change in DST scheduling - they've rescinded all 
PSRA/PSSA grants made on or before 2/1/07, and they've recalculated 
PSRA/PSSA data for every eligible station and made it available through 
their CDBS database. It's still not easily accessible, but at least it's 
there...

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There was a discussion on one of these lists awhile back regarding
how daytime AM stations are affected by the change in DST.

The FCC released a Public Notice today on that topic, links below.


  Released:  03/01/2007.  MEDIA BUREAU MODIFIES PRESUNRISE AND
POSTSUNSET AUTHORIZATIONS FOR AM RADIO STATIONS. (DA
No.  07-938).  MB. Contact: Charles Miller, Susan Crawford or Son
Nguyen at (202) 418-2700







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[IRCA] (OT) GMAIL??

I've been trying to log into GMAIL since 10am this morning.
 
My Station Sales account([EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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Re: [IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes

Download goldwave from _www.goldwave.com_ (http://www.goldwave.com)  grab the 
LMAE mp3  encoder(that's what its called)... it's all free.
 
If its just AM DX, encode it at 32K Mono 16hz and all will be good, that's  
what I use.. and what I do.
 
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[IRCA] 2007 MLB Networks - Baltimore Orioles

2007-03-01 Thread robert Pietsch

2007 MLB NETWORKS - BALTIMORE ORIOLES
(per baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/bal/ballpark/guide.jsp)

540-WGOP-Pocomoke City MD
560-WFRB-Frostburg MD
930-WFMD-Frederick MD
980-WTEM-Washington DC
1200-WAGE-Leesburg VA
1280-WHVR-Hanover PA
1320-WICO-Salisbury MD
1340-WEPM-Martisnburg WV
1350-WOYK-York PA
1400-WINC-Winchester VA
1430-WNAV-Annapolis MD
1430-WKEX-Blacksburg VA
1450-WTBO-Cumberland MD
1470-WTTR-Westminster MD
1490-WARK-Hagerstown MD
1600-WPDC-Elizabethtown PA

105.7-WHFS-Catonsville MD (Flagship)
106.5-WKHW-Pocomoke City MD

Bob Pietsch (aka The Rocklin Rocket)
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Re: [IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes

2007-03-01 Thread Brett Saylor

You may also want to try recording directly into Audacity next time and 
eliminate the Nero software all together. Looks like the RDX-150 
functions as a USB sound card so Audacity (or any other recording 
software) would work with it.

Brett


>> Comments?
>>
> 
> Import the WAV audio into the free app. "Audacity"
> (with the LAME MP3 encoder installed...)
> and export as MP3 in any number of comoression
> protocols...
> 
> 500 MB Wav now becomes anything from 30MB to 150MB.
> 
> Bobs your uncle,
> 
> 
> --
> Colin Newell - Victoria B.C. Canada
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Re: [IRCA] WABV-1590 gets 10 kW!

When and if they get their 10KW granted, I'll be paying close  attention.
 
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Re: [IRCA] WLS 890 IBOC

 
In a message dated 3/1/2007 11:39:03 AM Central Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

>> Noted WLS 890 running IBOC on on 2/28  and this morning 3/1.  This is
something I was hoping would not  happen.  WLS is 20 miles away and has a
potent signal  here. <<
 
Oh, that is GREAT news, Tom! March comes in like a lion!
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Re: [IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes

2007-03-01 Thread Konnie Rychalsky

Charles,

Nero is fine.  Archiving to .wav is prefered.  Assuming the 'many 1.4 MB 
floppies' post was a kid: I obtained a CD burner at under $50 which came 
with Nero (but use Music Center Pro*) and that 500 MB can be stored, as is, 
on a CD at a wopping 17 cents each, in 100 bulk qty.  Actually, I archive a 
complete DX season onto one (1) CD as mp3 files (about twelve hours worth.)  
Since my cassettes run about an hour, I use an editor to cut the l-o-n-g 
recording into segments (tracks) that begin with IDs, and other line items 
in my reception report (allowing quick run through and check by station.)

Basically, once stored as a wav file onto a CD, you can edit, copy, convert 
from there without changing the original, and keeping the computer sludge 
free.

73s,
Konnie
*Program has 32 tracks available for more sophisticated projects, and had 
national airplay of an edited project for 9-11 rememberance last year.  This 
is not recommended since the sequence file generated uses twice the memory 
until it is deleted.

>I acquired an ADS Tech RDX-150 "Instant Music" converter which interfaces
>stereo RCA-type plugs (input and output audio) to USB and thence to my
>PC for storage.
>
>It uses Nero software.
>
>1 hour of audio (at 44 kb sampling rate) came to 500 MB.
>
>The test file carried a .nb extension. When I attempted to open that file 
>with
>Nero software, I got an "unexpected error in reading file!"
>
>Copied the file, and changed the extension to .wav, and the file opened
>properly.
>
>Nero was supposed to have (I believe) compressed the file. 500 MB is huge,
>after my understanding.
>
>Comments?
>73,
>Charles

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Re: [IRCA] WABV-1590 gets 10 kW!

At 12:20 PM 3/1/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>I WISH LOL.
>
>That 10KW on WCSL won't do nearly as good as you'd think, their ground
>conductivity is piss poor.
>
>Paul

Paul,

If you look at FCC ground counductivity charts for  e. NC, and
specifically for Pitt County, North Carolina, you'll see that the boundary 
for 4
mmho conductivity and 2 mmho conductivity passes south of Greenville (NC).
Grifton is inside the 4 mmho boundary.

Groundwave coming from the 2 mmho region is weaker than would other-
wise be the case.

Skywave is a different matter!

Yes, I am familiar.  The Coastal Plains were once under the ocean, and are
much sandier than the norm. Hard to make a good DC ground here.

Charles

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Re: [IRCA] [AMFMTVDX] Re: 2/28 Loggings on 1540 w/KXEL Off

In a message dated 3/1/2007 11:10:05 AM Central  Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>  Anyone know if KXEL will still be off tonite, since with the turn of 
the  
month daytimer will be on quite longer on day rigs and we may clean up on  
1540 via SSS. <<

As Randy Stewart  posted earlier, Kaz, and as is still shown on the KXEL 
website, the power  company Alliant Energy is telling the station that it may 
be 
Sunday before power  is restored to the KXEL transmitter site. We should have 
at least a couple of  more nights of an open 1540.
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Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast


Mike
 
In 1971 I was living in San Diego and I heard BBC-1214 and Japan on 830.
 
Bill Block
Prescott Valley, AZ
 
> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 13:09:36 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 
> irca@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast> > Since 
> I no longer trust the ol' brain housing group for memory, I'll > toss this 
> out to the West Coast DXers from the 60s/70s. There was a > group of DXers in 
> the San Jose Bay area who were reporting exceptional > DX, including TAs 
> (BBC-1215) and TPs. The year was before 1972 when I > joined the Navy. 
> Perhaps past DXM issues of that era might identify them > and their catches.> 
> > Point. A lot of interesting TPs and some TAs are being noted by WCNA > 
> DXers. Always one to believe in DX and solar cycles, is there a > possibility 
> that this is a cycle that returns less frequently that > expected 11 year 
> cycle?> > Again, I'm not certain, but I think the activity reported lasted 
> for > longer than a year. Of note also, the San Jose region has a higher 
> level > of ground conductivity than many other areas of the United States > 
> (http://www.fcc!
 .gov/mb/audio/m3/index.html). This is a topic that has > been discussed here 
and/or the NRC site.> > Just a thought.> > Mike> > > > > 
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Re: [IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes

At 12:38 PM 3/1/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>Charles A Taylor wrote:
> > Group:
> >
> > Nero was supposed to have (I believe) compressed the file. 500 MB is huge,
> > after my understanding.
> >
> > Comments?
> >
> >
>Charlie,
>
> How many floppies do you need? Hmmm. Optimistically, 347 or so @
>1.44MB each. I'll have 350 of those bad boys shipped to you Overnight
>Express, COD, from the PRC.   Your computer friend, Doc
>

Doc,

Thanks a zillion. Just EXACTLY what I needed! More cassettes!

Are you familiar with those little "flash drives?" I have three 1-GB 
"Intelligent
Sticks."  1.75" long, 0.75" wide, 0.125" thick.

I keep important records in duplicate on two of the three. Plugged into a 
"USB hub"
that goes from PC to PC.

A few of the newer, and cheaper, flash drives could store my DX IDs (in dupli-
cate) for a long time.

BTW, I have a serious problem in calling my taped IDs, "airchecks." The latter
word is too broadcast oriented.

I have had a BAD time with PCs, so I refuse to keep important data on a 
PC's hard-
drive. OTOH, my eldest daughter has an old Gateway PC that she leaves energizes
constantly. She's more like an appliance operator, while I'm more like a 
technician.

She's had nearly zero problems with the Gateway in five years. OTOH, my PCs
go Berkeley regularly. Probably because I "fool" with the applications so much.
Go figure.

Are you keeping up with KTRB?

Charles

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[IRCA] Fw: Total Lunar Eclipse

2007-03-01 Thread Art Blair


- Original Message - 
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Subject: Total Lunar Eclipse


> Space Weather News for March 1, 2007
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> TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE:  Set aside some time this weekend for sky watching. 
> On Saturday night, March 3rd, there's going to be a total eclipse of the 
> Moon.  This means the Moon will glide through the heart of Earth's shadow 
> and turn a beautiful shade of sunset red.  Totality can be seen from parts 
> of all seven continents including all of Europe and Africa and the eastern 
> half of North America.
>
> Visit http://spaceweather.com for observing tips, maps and links to live 
> webcasts.
>
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[IRCA] KTRB Comments

2007-03-01 Thread Mike Hardester

For those following the movement of KTRB - 860 to the San Francisco 
Bay Area, an accurate historical account of the station can be found in 
Bob Wien's column in the the March 3, 2007 issue of DX Monitor and 
"soft" DX MONITOR.

I was born and raised in Modesto and my cousin, Milt Hibdon, began 
his radio career at KTRB. He often talked about the station -- a clear 
channel station that maintained its regional programming and appeal for 
many years, and one that he was proud to have been a part.

Bill Bates was a local figure, had an AM program which I listened to 
back in the 50's while getting ready to go to school. Bill provided 
programming for the community. Whether it was involving downtown 
Modesto, the Portuguese community of the West Side (broadcasting in the 
Portuguese language), local sports, weather information, lost children, 
lost animals (and the occasional wandering cow), he tried to provide 
something for all listeners.

Years ago, KTRB conducted a DX Test for the IRCA and NRC. When I 
approached Cal Purviance, PD and part-time CE, about the test, he 
enthusiastically agreed.

KTRB was a part of the community and never forgot its roots.

Mike in Jacksonville, NC 
=

My cousin, Milt Hibdon, went on to be GMs at several stations. His last 
GM position was KORL-650, in HI, years ago. After KORL, he was assigned 
to corporate HQ in New York where he passed away in 1989.




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Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast

2007-03-01 Thread Patrick Martin

Mike,

I am hoping two cycles repeat themselves in the future. One, is the the
fantastic night after night of solid DUs up and down the dial in the
early 80s I had here. Two and three DUs on many frequencies. In the
period of a few years I picked up over 200 Aussies & over 100 NZers plus
most of the Pacific heard & QSL'd. After 1985, that pretty much
disappeared. Today, DUs are maybe 10% of what they once were.  The
second is the unbelievable conditions from 1992-1995, when I heard and
QSL'd Nepal, India, Tibet, and Bangladesh. That was much more short
lived, but it was great while it lasted.  Conditions do run in cycles.
However, quite often sometimes those conditions never repeat themselves
to the point where there once were. In both cases, the DUs and the
Subcontiental Asians have never returned. Sure, I have had decent DU
openings since those days, and on a rare occasion,  and India on 1566,
but nothing like before. I think it comes down to being at the dials at
the right time.  As far a TAs go, at least here the fantastic opening I
got back in the early 80s was much better than anything I have had in
recent years. I was driving to the store in the early 80s when I had
Algeria 891 armchair copy on the car radio! I came home and pulled a
bunch of Germans, France, UK, etc, easy as pie. The opening was weak
here last Fall compared to the early 80s.

73,

Patrick

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[IRCA] WVNN-770 Techinical Difficulties

2007-03-01 Thread J.D. Stephens

WVNN-770, Athens, AL has been intermittently off the
air throughout the day today (Thursday March 1st) due
to a lightning strike.  If this continues at sunset
and/or into the night, it may open up DX opportunities
on 770 for some.  

Here is the text of the announcement from WVNN's
website

"WVNN is experiencing technical difficulties today due
to a lightning strike we suffered during the severe
weather that hit the Tennessee Valley earlier this
morning. Our engineering staff is hard at work to get
WVNN back to full capacity, but you may hear some
temporary changes to our lineup today. Also, stay with
WVNN for the latest severe weather updates. We are
tracking the next bout of severe weather and we will
bring you up to date whenever news breaks. We
apologize for the technical difficulties, and we
encourage you to stay with NewsTalk 770am/92.5fm WVNN
for the latest information."

73  -  J.D. Stephens
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Re: [IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast

2007-03-01 Thread Eric Floden

Larry Godwin?  Gray Scrimgeour?  DEE?

ef


On 01/03/07, Mike Hardester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Since I no longer trust the ol' brain housing group for memory, I'll
> toss this out to the West Coast DXers from the 60s/70s. There was a
> group of DXers in the San Jose Bay area who were reporting exceptional
> DX, including TAs (BBC-1215) and TPs. The year was before 1972 when I
> joined the Navy. Perhaps past DXM issues of that era might identify them
> and their catches.
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[IRCA] TPs and TAs on the West Coast

2007-03-01 Thread Mike Hardester

Since I no longer trust the ol' brain housing group for memory, I'll 
toss this out to the West Coast DXers from the 60s/70s. There was a 
group of DXers in the San Jose Bay area who were reporting exceptional 
DX, including TAs (BBC-1215) and TPs. The year was before 1972 when I 
joined the Navy. Perhaps past DXM issues of that era might identify them 
and their catches.

Point. A lot of interesting TPs and some TAs are being noted by WCNA 
DXers. Always one to believe in DX and solar cycles, is there a 
possibility that this is a cycle that returns less frequently that 
expected 11 year cycle?

Again, I'm not certain, but I think the activity reported lasted for 
longer than a year. Of note also, the San Jose region has a higher level 
of ground conductivity than many other areas of the United States 
(http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/m3/index.html). This is a topic that has 
been discussed here and/or the NRC site.

Just a thought.

Mike
   



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[IRCA] WLS 890 IBOC

2007-03-01 Thread Tom Jasinski

Noted WLS 890 running IBOC on on 2/28 and this morning 3/1.  This is
something I was hoping would not happen.  WLS is 20 miles away and has a
potent signal here.

Tom Jasinski
Shorewood, IL

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Re: [IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes

2007-03-01 Thread Mike Hardester

Charles A Taylor wrote:
> Group:
>
> Nero was supposed to have (I believe) compressed the file. 500 MB is huge,
> after my understanding.
>
> Comments?
>
>   
Charlie,

How many floppies do you need? Hmmm. Optimistically, 347 or so @ 
1.44MB each. I'll have 350 of those bad boys shipped to you Overnight 
Express, COD, from the PRC.   Your computer friend, Doc

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[IRCA] 891 HET

2007-03-01 Thread Pete Taylor

Not your all time great TP DXer here but while listening to KDJQ-890  
this morning, before and after KIXI's 0945 ET pattern change, there  
was a nice het, presumably attributable to 5AN. If I was getting  
this, I would think it would have to have been a half way decent  
morning for those on the coast with more sophisticated signal sucking  
devices.

What's of interest is that the Palomar allowed me to turn down the RF  
so KDJQ wasn't obliterated by KIXI or by other nefarious nearby  
overloading powerhouses. I can't do that with the Kiwa.

Pete Taylor
Tacoma, WA
12225w 4719n
ICF2010 + Palomar loop





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Re: [IRCA] WABV-1590 gets 10 kW!

I WISH LOL.
 
I'm fairly well locked in due to WDAB and WFIS. Ironically, my CE worked  for 
WDAB lol.
 
That 10KW on WCSL won't do nearly as good as you'd think, their ground  
conductivity is piss poor.
 
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 2/28 Loggings on 1540 w/KXEL Off

Bill -

>>1540  WDCD  NY  Albany. 2/28 2200. Fair with
>>moderate CHIN  QRM. Contemporary Christian
>>selection, legal ID, including mention of
>>Crawford  Broadcasting and slogans "Your
>>God and Country Station" and "Life 1540."
>>KXEL  off, a victim of the 2/24 storm.
>>New, and long sought after!

Nice grab. This brings back memories of listening in the 70's and early
80's to this station (I grew up just outside of Albany, NY) when it was the
rock-and-roll 'powerhouse' WPTR.

Best regards,

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Re: [IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes

2007-03-01 Thread cafe

> 
> Comments?
> 

Import the WAV audio into the free app. "Audacity"
(with the LAME MP3 encoder installed...)
and export as MP3 in any number of comoression
protocols...

500 MB Wav now becomes anything from 30MB to 150MB.

Bobs your uncle,


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Re: [IRCA] 2/28 Loggings on 1540 w/KXEL Off

2007-03-01 Thread Neil Kazaross

Nice going on WDCD. I think they may be harder in Madison than they are in 
Grafton WI (rather easy on East BOGs thru CHIN) and hear in Barrington IL, 
since my QTH's are further from phasable KXEL and closer to Albany. I think 
WADM left full power on a couple hours too late.

Anyone know if KXEL will still be off tonite, since with the turn of the 
month daytimer will be on quite longer on day rigs and we may clean up on 
1540 via SSS. So far the only new thing here in Barrington is Bahamas which 
has floated in from time to time, but I have quite an extensive log book on 
1540 from the past. I caught Bahamas in Grafton a couple years back in a big 
AU.

73 KAZ home and crippled up with gout (some of you may recall me hobbling 
around the NY State WTFDA convention a few years ago)
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Subject: [IRCA] 2/28 Loggings on 1540 w/KXEL Off


> Two new ones logged last night with KXEL off, all times ELT (EST):
>
> 1540  WADM  IN  Decatur. 2/28 1900. Poor in much QRM. Legal  ID. KXEL off, 
> a
> victim of the 2/24 storm. New!
>
> 1540  WDCD  NY  Albany. 2/28 2200. Fair with moderate CHIN  QRM. 
> Contemporary
> Christian selection, legal ID, including mention of Crawford  Broadcasting
> and slogans "Your God and Country Station" and "Life 1540." KXEL  off, a 
> victim
> of the 2/24 storm. New, and long sought after!
>
> 73 Bill Dvorak Madison  WI   Drake R8B, Quantum QX Pro loop
>
>
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[IRCA] 2/28 Loggings on 1540 w/KXEL Off

Two new ones logged last night with KXEL off, all times ELT (EST):
 
1540  WADM  IN  Decatur. 2/28 1900. Poor in much QRM. Legal  ID. KXEL off, a 
victim of the 2/24 storm. New!
 
1540  WDCD  NY  Albany. 2/28 2200. Fair with moderate CHIN  QRM. Contemporary 
Christian selection, legal ID, including mention of Crawford  Broadcasting 
and slogans "Your God and Country Station" and "Life 1540." KXEL  off, a victim 
of the 2/24 storm. New, and long sought after!
 
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[IRCA] Digitalizing DX cassettes



Group:

I acquired an ADS Tech RDX-150 "Instant Music" converter which interfaces
stereo RCA-type plugs (input and output audio) to USB and thence to my
PC for storage.

It uses Nero software.

1 hour of audio (at 44 kb sampling rate) came to 500 MB.

The test file carried a .nb extension. When I attempted to open that file with
Nero software, I got an "unexpected error in reading file!"

Copied the file, and changed the extension to .wav, and the file opened
properly.

Nero was supposed to have (I believe) compressed the file. 500 MB is huge,
after my understanding.

Comments?

73,

Charles


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[IRCA] WABV-1590 gets 10 kW!

At 01:02 AM 3/1/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>Paul-
>
>Your right. It will get worse. WCSL will get 10Kw and then turn on the IBOC.
>Just keep watching!
>
>Willis
>

Willis,

If WCSL-1590 gets 10 kW, I think we should volunteer to steal the 
transmitter and
drag it down to Abbeville. Give it to Paul.

FCC doesn't seem to have a clue. Probably would never find out.

73, Charles

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Re: [IRCA] TPs for 03-01-07

2007-03-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch

At 14:12 01/03/2007, you wrote:


>5 TPs with audio this morning.


A brief listen at 1400UT yielded nothing too exciting, another run at 
1430UT yielded the following:

out of the ordinary:  738 very bassy audio, seemed to be a man 
talking, but not readable at all, best on the west Flag, so likely DU.
 972 with traces of music riding on its big 
carrier.  First audio on this since the fall I think.

"the usuals":

reasonable audio, but still fighting with splatter:  774, 594

audio buried in splash, readable snippets:  567, 828, 1287

audio traces in splash, nothing readable:  639 747

Most carriers heard were below 1100 kHz, hum noted on 657 and 855, 
presumably the N. Koreans, but nowhere near audio.


best wishes,

Nick





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[IRCA] KCNZ Is Back On

As confirmed by both the KCNZ website and my personal monitoring, KCNZ  1650  
is back on air. Reception on the evening of 2/28 and this morning  at 0804 
ELT  
was poor, and I suspect that they are not running at full  power. Usually 
KCNZ 
is  dominant here, but last night KHWN AR was the  dominant station on 1650.
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[IRCA] TPs for 3-1