[IRCA] DX Tip for WDXR
740 KVOXND, Fargo, while listening to CHWO, this FOX sports station faded up just before 0300 EST 1/8 with ID as 740 KVOX Fargo Into more FOX Sports. New. Listed as 940 watts watts at night, then lost under CHWO/KTRH. (PM-OR) Drake R8 1500' Eastern Beverage, term. WNW EWE for phasing Quantum Phaser Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] DX Tip for WDXR
I can include the whole posting with response. However, when I have tryed that, if my posting shows up at all, there is no message. So it is really wierd. Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Dennis, Congratulations on your tremendous logging of KCJJ-1630 on your SRF-59. Right under the nose of IBOC slopper KDZR-1640 (a daytimer here), that is one fantastic accomplishment! It just shows again that the nulling ability of this tiny little $15 radio is second to none. Thanks for telling us about your great success, and keep up the great DX work. 73, Gary **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WXVI-1600
Willis, You re a man after my heartWould you believe back in the late 80s after I coaxed the Eastern beverage for a couple years WXVI was a pest. I heard it time after time after time, sometimes mixing with KATZ. They owned the channel. But by the early 90s, WXVI became a rare catch. KATZ continued to be heard often, but not WXVI. Ah, the good ol' days Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] MW station #1200 QSLed
Congrat's Nigel. #1200 with a good catch too! Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
Dan, WQEW and WQXR were the most common NYC station(s) for year here after the other clears went away. I still hear them on occasion, but not as often with the SSer in Eastern WA on. Now my most common NY State station seems to be WGY with KGO phased. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Great going Dennis. I wonder if WY was off as I did not hear them when I was hearing KCJJ. Did you notice WY? Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
I hate to correct you, Willis but William B. Williams died in 1986 and WQEW did not begin its American popular standards format until December 2, 1992. Before that they were WQXR/AM. Larry Stoler - Original Message - From: k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 11:39 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney This makes me curious Patrick. The Disney stations that I am familiar with are all network fed 24/7. So I would expect them to all be the same. The network sends a control signal down the line that tells the local computer when to insert local content and when to return to the network feed. So they should all air the same number of local inserts and do so at the same time slot within the hour. The only way to add extra liners or bumpers locally without talking over network content would be to insert them in place of the time allotment for local commercials or to compress the network feed enough to build additional space within the hour. So what does WQEW do that is different from the rest of the network? Pat- WQEW doesn't follow Disney to the letter. They will have baseball and football games from time to time along with local adds. The Disney stations in Florida insert a local ID during hour. EVERY RADIO DISNEY STATION WILL HAVE A LOCAL ID SOMETIME DURING EACH HOUR The trick is to force yourself to listen thorough all the crap during the hour to get to the ID. WQEW use to be one of my favorite stations, back when William B. Williams was on it. Willis Old Fort, TN ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1213 - Release Date: 1/7/2008 9:14 AM ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
Willis, I can take Radio Disney for a very short time. It is not the music, but all of the other junk. I guess if I was 8, I might like it better. But I haven't been eight for 50 years. hi. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
Willis said: WQEW doesn't follow Disney to the letter. They will have baseball and football games from time to time along with local adds. / Thanks Willis. That explains it. Disney likes to wave that logo in front of everyone as often as they can. So I'm surprised the network doesn't cue the local logo bumpers even more often than they do. Pat- Just this last year WQEW had Yankees or Mets, don't remember during the play offs. Seems that WFAN opted for a baskeball game(not sure, there ended up that both New York teams that WFAN carries, we playing at the same time) and QEW got to have baseball. But it isn't always, just once and a great while. Just for fun, let ask you, have you ever been up at the top of the Empire state building where all the antennas are. I was there in January of 1998. I believe that at that time only some of the FM stations were using the antennas, as I believe the TV was all over at the WTC. What does that have to do with Disney? nothing. Willis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
I can take Radio Disney for a very short time. It is not the music, but all of the other junk. I guess if I was 8, I might like it better. But I haven't been eight for 50 years. hi. As Paul said earlier, Disney isn't ment for 8 year olds. It is ment for 20 to 40 years old with money. Music is slowly fading from from radio, AM and FM. Willis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WXVI-1600
You re a man after my heartWould you believe back in the late 80s after I coaxed the Eastern beverage for a couple years WXVI was a pest. I heard it time after time after time, sometimes mixing with KATZ. They owned the channel. But by the early 90s, WXVI became a rare catch. KATZ continued to be heard often, but not WXVI. Ah, the good ol' days Their a semi-pest here on 1600. Either them or a black rhythm and blues station in Tampa, FL. The Tampa station isn't to bad at times, if you like jazz, and I do. When came up to Tennessee, WXVI was all news, in 1991. When I lived in north Texas, KATZ was a real pest. But here in southeastern Tennessee, I have only heard them twice in the 17 years I have been here. Willis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
Willis, One advantage to not having music on AM, a lot less splatter. I remember well the days of so many loud CW and Rock stations on AM and we had tons of splatter up and down the dial. That I don't miss. The song Shaft comes to mind. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
I hate to correct you, Then why did you? You are correct, about WQXR. I 'DO' have a QSL for WQXR from when I lived in Texas. I got my box of QSL's out to find the card. William B. Williams died in 1986 You may be correct, HOWEVER, I do remember hearing his voice on 1560 when I first moved to Tennesse. I came up here in November 1991. Didn't get my antennas and rig up here till late 1992. I remember being very up set over the loss on one more good music station. Perhaps a tape? WNEW call is a combo of WQXR and WNEW and the music from WNEW was switched to 1560. and WQEW did not begin its American popular standards format until December 2, 1992. Before that they were WQXR/AM. Willis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WXVI-1600
Willis, If I remember right, KATZ has a lobe to the West. They probably null your direction. I think WXVI has a lobe to the NW . I would like to hear them again. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] MW station #1200 QSLed
Congratulations, Nigel (your RAT!) Great accomplishment! is one of my thoughts as I look northward and turn green with envy! John B. Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods) Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production version) At 09:42 PM 1/7/2008 -0700, you wrote: Finally reached my latest milestone, which I'd hoped to reach in 2007 but didn't quite make. After getting TPs and TAs as stations 1197 to 1199, and hoping #1200 would be something exotic, it turned out to be Vancouver's CFUN, about the easiest to hear station I've verified in years, but one I'd never got around to QSLing.Got a reply today for a report I sent them back on June 1st, so a bit of a surprise in any case. Regardless, I'm happy to reach 1200. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com John B. Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods) Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production version) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WXVI-1600
Willis: There is a black rhythm and blues stationon 1590 in Tampa. The nearest 1600 are either Children's programming (Radio Disney) or Gospel (WOKB) Paul On Jan 8, 2008 3:51 AM, k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You re a man after my heartWould you believe back in the late 80s after I coaxed the Eastern beverage for a couple years WXVI was a pest. I heard it time after time after time, sometimes mixing with KATZ. They owned the channel. But by the early 90s, WXVI became a rare catch. KATZ continued to be heard often, but not WXVI. Ah, the good ol' days Their a semi-pest here on 1600. Either them or a black rhythm and blues station in Tampa, FL. The Tampa station isn't to bad at times, if you like jazz, and I do. When came up to Tennessee, WXVI was all news, in 1991. When I lived in north Texas, KATZ was a real pest. But here in southeastern Tennessee, I have only heard them twice in the 17 years I have been here. Willis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
When the LMA began between the New York Times Company and Disney, they did run some sports on WQEW for a short time. I believe that was brokered programming and they had to run out the contract with whatever team was buying the time. Many times in New York, sports teams have to be shared with other stations not necessarily the ones where they are usually heard. This comes from a non sports fan. I am not a fan of Radio Disney. I was dialing around a few years ago and did hear sports on 1560 so I assumed that was left over as far as contractual commitments from the days before the format change. Larry Stoler - Original Message - From: k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 3:44 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney Willis said: WQEW doesn't follow Disney to the letter. They will have baseball and football games from time to time along with local adds. / Thanks Willis. That explains it. Disney likes to wave that logo in front of everyone as often as they can. So I'm surprised the network doesn't cue the local logo bumpers even more often than they do. Pat- Just this last year WQEW had Yankees or Mets, don't remember during the play offs. Seems that WFAN opted for a baskeball game(not sure, there ended up that both New York teams that WFAN carries, we playing at the same time) and QEW got to have baseball. But it isn't always, just once and a great while. Just for fun, let ask you, have you ever been up at the top of the Empire state building where all the antennas are. I was there in January of 1998. I believe that at that time only some of the FM stations were using the antennas, as I believe the TV was all over at the WTC. What does that have to do with Disney? nothing. Willis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1213 - Release Date: 1/7/2008 9:14 AM ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
I also think that, sometimes, when one of the other ABC/Disney station has conflicts in scheduling, the sports get pushed to 1560 simply to make room for them. Paul On Jan 8, 2008 9:17 AM, LAWRENCE STOLER [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When the LMA began between the New York Times Company and Disney, they did run some sports on WQEW for a short time. I believe that was brokered programming and they had to run out the contract with whatever team was buying the time. Many times in New York, sports teams have to be shared with other stations not necessarily the ones where they are usually heard. This comes from a non sports fan. I am not a fan of Radio Disney. I was dialing around a few years ago and did hear sports on 1560 so I assumed that was left over as far as contractual commitments from the days before the format change. Larry Stoler - Original Message - From: k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 3:44 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney Willis said: WQEW doesn't follow Disney to the letter. They will have baseball and football games from time to time along with local adds. / Thanks Willis. That explains it. Disney likes to wave that logo in front of everyone as often as they can. So I'm surprised the network doesn't cue the local logo bumpers even more often than they do. Pat- Just this last year WQEW had Yankees or Mets, don't remember during the play offs. Seems that WFAN opted for a baskeball game(not sure, there ended up that both New York teams that WFAN carries, we playing at the same time) and QEW got to have baseball. But it isn't always, just once and a great while. Just for fun, let ask you, have you ever been up at the top of the Empire state building where all the antennas are. I was there in January of 1998. I believe that at that time only some of the FM stations were using the antennas, as I believe the TV was all over at the WTC. What does that have to do with Disney? nothing. Willis ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1213 - Release Date: 1/7/2008 9:14 AM ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] morning TP's
Not what you'd call earth shattering, but better than it has been At 1400UT, occasionally readable audio on 747, 774, and 828, reasonable carriers on 567 and 639, and a number of weaker carriers, mostly favoring the low band. best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, B.C. Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP's for 1-8
Conditions this morning were good with carriers on 567, 585, 594, 648, 666, 693, 774, 1512, 1521, 1557, 1566 and 1575 heard from 1405-1440 UT. The only audio was from Japan on 693 and 774 at 1420-1427 UT. Bill Block Prescott Valey, AZ Drake R8 _ Make distant family not so distant with Windows Vista® + Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/digitallife/keepintouch.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_VideoChat_distantfamily_012008 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
Willis said: Just for fun, let ask you, have you ever been up at the top of the Empire state building where all the antennas are. I was there in January of 1998. / Never been to NYC. I was on my way there in 1999. But I only made it as far as the Jersey shore. I was stationed at Fort Dix NJ for 4 weeks as the communications and IT manager for the National Disaster Medical System and FEMA as part of Operation Provide Refuge (the Kosovo relief efforts). Fort Dix via adjacent McGuire AFB was a high security medical intake center for refugees with medical concerns plus the family members who accompanied them. The region was experiencing a terrible heatwave during the time I was there with ambient temperatures reaching as high as 115 degrees at the base. I got one partial day off out of the +30 days I was there on a hot Sunday afternoon. I drove over to the Jersey shore where I planned to catch a train into the city. While I was waiting for the train I was listening to news reports of a significant number of people who had died in NYC secondary to the heatwave. That combined with the fear of missing the last of a limited number of Sunday evening trains back to NJ caused me to not go. With the train schedule I would have only had about 7 hours to spend in the city anyway. Patrick Griffith, CBT CBNT CRO Westminster CO http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] SRF-59 problem
Sorry about the turkey. Would it be helpful to collect the serial numbers of the defective units? Could the problems be associated with a specific production run? Mark Markham, ON on 1/7/08 6:08 AM, Russ Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mine is worse at the ends also and worse when you tune fast. However, I can now notice it when tuning at any speed. Looks like I got a turkey. Thanks guys From: Deane McIntyre [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 12:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] SRF-59 problem On 6-Jan-08, at 12:50 PM, Russ Johnson wrote: Anyone else having this one? On AM, as I tune across the band - it's like something in the tuning mechanism interferes with the radio. It's like a crackling, scratching sound . It stops shortly after you stop tuning and settle on a station. Very annoying. Mine stared doing this after a week or so of use, only on AM, and strangely only when tuning from high frequencies to low, never when tuning in the opposite direction. Is worse at the low end of the band. Only happens when tuning rapidly as well. 73, Deane McIntyre ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWDJ 970 WWRV 1330
Over the next 4-7 nights WWDJ and - or WWRV will be off the air formaintenance from 11pm to 5am Posted to another list by Stu Engelke Paul Walker www.walkerbroadcasting.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WIMA DX Test Final Report
WIMA DX Test copied well in Central Alabama (near Birmingham) on an Icom 746 Pro. Heard lots of Morse Code, some 1khz tones, and an occasional snippet of a voice ID. Did really miss the sweep tones though! Thanks to WIMA and Fred V. for this test! 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Les Rayburn, director High Noon Film 100 Centerview Drive Suite 111 Birmingham, AL 35216 205.824.8930 205.824.8960 fax 205.253.4867 cell -- From: Jim Pogue [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 7:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; irca@hard-core-dx.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [NRC-AM] WIMA DX Test Final Report WIMA DX Test Final Report After a weekend of tests from a trio of West of the Rockies stations, we returned to the Midwest for a test from the ever-popular WIMA in Lima, Ohio. Their fine rig got out quite well and but them in logbooks from Oregon to Vermont. Here's the list of those who have thus far reported or tentatively reported hearing the test: Roy Barstow - Old Cape Cod, MA Saul Chernos - Toronto, ON Steve Francis - Alcoa, TN Scott Fybush - Rochester, NY Dave Hochfelder - Albany, NY Steve Howe - Saint Albans, VT Tom Jasinski - Shorewood, IL Joe Miller - Troy, MI Willis Monk - Old Fort, TN Nigel Pimblett - Dunmore, AB Steve Ratzlaff - NE Oregon Curtis Sadowski - Paxton, IL Brett Saylor - State College, PA George Sherman - Minnesota J.D. Stephens - Hampton Cove, AL Joe Wozniak - St. Louis, MO Mark ? - Markham, ON Herb ? - Hudson Valley, NY Shawn ? - Winnipeg, MB In keeping with the latest craze to take over our hobby, quite a few veteran DXers heard the test on their new Ultra-Light Radios, thus presenting a new challenge and achievement for them. Thanks to everyone who tried for the test, and congratulations to those who logged it. And a very special thank you to Fred Vobbe and the engineering crew at WIMA for their special efforts on behalf of DXers and radio hobbyists. You've gone the extra mile and we are indeed grateful. Be sure to try for the upcoming CFFX test - a special event since the test will take place during the last few hours this station will be on the AM band. When they're gone . they're gone! Remember to keep checking the DXTESTS.INFO Web site frequently and listen to the BTC Podcasts for news and late-breaking developments. Jim Pogue IRCA/NRC Joint Broadcast Test Committee Coordinator Memphis, TN ___ The NRC AM mailing list nrcdxas.org ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
LAWRENCE STOLER wrote:
I am not a fan of Radio Disney. I was dialing around a few years ago and
did hear sports on 1560 so I assumed that was left over as far as
contractual commitments from the days before the format change.
Larry Stoler
I've never really understood the dislike of Radio Disney that seems to
be common in the DX community. It's always seemed to me that there's
something inconsistent about bemoaning the death of music on the AM dial
and the disappearance of younger listeners, and then turning around and
criticizing one of the few attempts that's being made to bring younger
listeners back to the AM dial and to keep music alive there.
I don't mind admitting that I'm a fan of what Radio Disney is trying to
do. In a lot of ways, it's a throwback to what AM top 40 radio was back
in the day - real live DJs, a ton of listener interaction, tight
playlist, good production values. I'll take it any day over a lot of the
other satellite-delivered dreck that makes up most of the AM dial at
night these days.
It's also been my experience that as long as the local automation is
running correctly, IDs on Disney affiliates are quite consistent. The
calls only air once an hour, in a floating break that usually falls
between :57 and :02, just after an optional local cutaway and just
before the Radio Disney's back top-hour network announcement. The rest
of the IDs are either just Radio Disney, {frequency} or {City's}
Radio Disney, {frequency}.
s
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Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
Please pardon the system burp that led to a partially-composed message going to the list. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
--- Scott Fybush [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've never really understood the dislike of Radio Disney that seems
to
be common in the DX community. It's always seemed to me that there's
something inconsistent about bemoaning the death of music on the AM
dial
and the disappearance of younger listeners, and then turning around
and
criticizing one of the few attempts that's being made to bring
younger
listeners back to the AM dial and to keep music alive there.
*** I believe there are multiple things at work here. Bemoaning the
loss of music on AM is one segment of DX'ers but not all. Many DX'ers
would probably prefer talk to music in terms of adjacent channel
interference.
Further, a couple of reasons why DX'ers don't like Disney:
I don't mind admitting that I'm a fan of what Radio Disney is trying
to
do. In a lot of ways, it's a throwback to what AM top 40 radio was
back
in the day - real live DJs, a ton of listener interaction, tight
playlist, good production values. I'll take it any day over a lot of
the
other satellite-delivered dreck that makes up most of the AM dial at
night these days.
It's also been my experience that as long as the local automation is
running correctly, IDs on Disney affiliates are quite consistent. The
calls only air once an hour, in a floating break that usually falls
between :57 and :02, just after an optional local cutaway and just
before the Radio Disney's back top-hour network announcement. The
rest
of the IDs are either just Radio Disney, {frequency} or {City's}
Radio Disney, {frequency}.
s
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Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
--- Scott Fybush [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've never really understood the dislike of Radio Disney that seems to be common in the DX community. It's always seemed to me that there's something inconsistent about bemoaning the death of music on the AM dial and the disappearance of younger listeners, and then turning around and criticizing one of the few attempts that's being made to bring younger listeners back to the AM dial and to keep music alive there. *** I believe there are multiple things at work here. Bemoaning the loss of music on AM is one segment of DX'ers but not all. Many DX'ers would probably prefer talk to music in terms of adjacent channel interference. Further, a couple of reasons why DX'ers don't like Disney: * Infrequent ID's * Excessive overmodulation and sideband splatter * Much of the music consists of poor-quality covers of older music * Extremely constricted playlists The first only applies when the Disney station is the DX target; the others apply mostly to those of us trying to DX on the same frequency or first adjacents. My personal opinion is that because of the 3 lower points above, Disney is my personal least-preferred music on AM from a purely DX perspective. And none of those are 100% necessities to what they're doing. As to comparisons to what Top 40 was, Disney is all networked, single-source, so the comparison fails for the same reason that voice-tracking fails for a lot of non-DX listeners -- and I do recognize that they couldn't even approach viability for the format running local programming. ( just because you asked, g ) Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: I also think that, sometimes, when one of the other ABC/Disney station has conflicts in scheduling, the sports get pushed to 1560 simply to make room for them. Paul No such thing as ABC/Disney where radio is concerned these days, of course - but yes, this is basically correct. With a large number of sports franchises in the NYC market and a fairly limited number of useful flagship stations, conflicts are a way of life there, and there's a pretty well-defined hierarchy of which stations get used for which bits of overflow and who takes priority. Baseball and football don't get bumped - there are no conflicts against the Yankees on WCBS (except for the very biggest of breaking news stories, such as the 2003 blackout, which pushed the Yanks to WFAN), and the Mets generally don't get bumped from WFAN. Neither do the Giants (WFAN/WXRK) or the Jets (WABC). (When there's a conflict between a preseason Giants game and the Mets, the Mets usually go to WXRK-FM.) Basketball and hockey do get bumped sometimes. The biggest source of conflict is Devils and Nets on WFAN. The Nets usually go to WBBR 1130 when there's a conflict. If there's a further conflict (three teams at once), WLIB 1190 and WWDJ 970 come into play as well. The Knicks and the Rangers are on WEPN 1050, and that's where WQEW comes into play most often, since it's co-owned with WEPN and makes for an easy conflict-relief choice. The Islanders are on WBBR 1130 and don't usually get bumped, though tonight's game, which conflicts with the NH primaries, moves to Long Island's WMJC-FM. Most of these teams (with the exception of the baseball teams) own their own broadcast rights and simply purchase the airtime from the flagship stations, usually contracting with the stations to produce the broadcasts and run whatever networks exist. So if the flagship is unavailable because of a conflict, it's generally up to the team to buy the time from a smaller station (WBBR, WLIB, WWDJ, WQEW, etc.) At least at WFAN, there are several backup control rooms that get used during conflicts - you might have the Mets network coming out of the main control room, with the Devils game or the Nets game (or both) being produced in one of the rooms in back and being fed to another station to air. It can get crazy in the rack rooms down there in the midst of all that activity! s ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Hey Dennis: 1630 is just the opposite for me: KKWY is the usual occupant, if anything is there; anything else (Iowa, Texas and Georgia) is on the same general bearing (precluding nulling) and doesn't compete well with KKWY. Go figure! 73 - Kevin Pat, I have probably spent 2 hours on 1630 for the last two nights. No sign of KKWY or no ID. On Sunday evening did have a religious station in, but could not get an ID. The SRF-59 is amazing! Many times stations seem to come out of nowhere. (KCJJ) Plan on doing some daytime DX today. Might be able to pull in some fringe stations that are not heard at night. Dennis, Vancouver, WA SRF-59 barefoot ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Gil, Have not been doing much TP Dxing with the big radios. Chances of hearing a new TP with time of year are slim at this location. Your right about hearing a lower power station over land at 1,000 miles or more. Hearing it on a radio while roaming around the house with the radio in your pocket is a dream come true. My wife and I are spending 3 days at Grayland next week. Plan on spending a lot of time DXing with the Ultralights. Will start a Grayland Utralight log book. Will DX with the Utralights during the evenings and day. Also will spot for TPs on the big receiver, and then try for them on the Utralight. Dennis, Vancouver, WA -- Original message -- From: Gil Stacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dennis, Not to denigrate TP's, but your transcontinental dx catches across mountain ranges and lotsa dirt are far more impressive IMO than your TP's.. (Sour grapes? It's rare for me to nab a TA from my semi-urban environment here in Georgia, even with my R8B and wire in the air or on the ground.) 73 Gil ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Dennis, Correction, X banders, not topbanders. 73 Gil ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Gil, That's an amazing catch KDIA from Georgia. Coast to Coast hearing a 1 kw station. Especially on a one tube receiver. Heard KDIA last night with the SRF-59 nulling out local KDRZ. I plan on spending a lot of time on the top end of the band. Dennis, Vancouver, WA -- Original message -- From: Gil Stacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dennis, Have you taken a look at Whamlog or another station list by freq. and determined if there are any western topbanders that you could null and try to nail more eastern stations? With the dearth of stations on top band that seems like a good strategy to spend a lot of time up there. Sounds like you may be doing this already. Last winter during the One Active Device contest, I used my one tube superhet to nab 1640 KDIA in the Bay Area of California. While I couldn't null WTNI Gulfport MS with my rig, I got lucky when it was off the air late at night. I was also able to hear the other two remaining stations on the freq. that night. 73 Gil SE GA. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Gil, I knew what you met, topbanders sounded good to me. I could not come up with X-banders either. I was out of MW dxing when the X-banders started. Dennis, -- -- Original message -- From: Gil Stacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dennis, Correction, X banders, not topbanders. 73 Gil ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Dennis, Have you taken a look at Whamlog or another station list by freq. and determined if there are any western topbanders that you could null and try to nail more eastern stations? With the dearth of stations on top band that seems like a good strategy to spend a lot of time up there. Sounds like you may be doing this already. Last winter during the One Active Device contest, I used my one tube superhet to nab 1640 KDIA in the Bay Area of California. While I couldn't null WTNI Gulfport MS with my rig, I got lucky when it was off the air late at night. I was also able to hear the other two remaining stations on the freq. that night. 73 Gil SE GA. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] FM Conditions Are Good
My friend in Southington, Connecticut (SW of Hartford) heard WOKK 97.1Meridian, Mississippi and WCDV 103.3 Hammon, Louisiana earlier this afternoon on his car radio. I might try spinning the FM dial a bit to see what's going on. -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Dead YB400PE question
Someone sent me one to take a quick look at: No audio. No signal levels. Display works fine. Powers on and off. ideas? -- Colin Newell - Editor/Creator coffeecrew.com | dxer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Dennis, If you can get past the 500 lb. gorillas in between, low band offers some sparsely crowded positions at 650 (12), 700 (11) and 720 (11). X band, you cjould go corner-to-corner on 3 GA stations, 1630, 1670 and 1690. 1630 only has 4 active stations. 1610 has two stations, Toronto and Montreal. If you could shoot a 1610 tone into the RX with a freq. generator and leave one SRF59 parked on 1610, that would be a great target for you. It would pay to have a basket full of '59s all preset on several freq's that had low station counts. Then you could monitor with a big rig. Beats fiddling around with that miserable little dial. ;) 73 Gil ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WAGY-1320
--- k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1320 WAGYNC FOREST CITY 0045 08/01/08 Real country, WAGY Then into song by Diamond Rio. Nice signal for only 500 watts. QRM from WJAS. [WM-TN] Short skip with disturbed conditions works wonders. I got the Shelby 1390 one night with those conditions. AND it was *THE* only thing I heard on 1390 too! Powell POP email is powell at backroads DOT net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Sony SRF-59.. Is This Science Fiction DX?
Dennis Vroom of Vancouver, Washington Receives 1 kw KCJJ-1630 in Iowa City, Iowa (1,574 miles) on a Pocketed SRF-59 While Roaming House (and Zapping IBOC Local KDZR-1640) If we could have read something like this two months ago, we all would have split our sides laughing.. but nobody is laughing anymore. This tiny radio not only shocks, it rocks! As the radio that kicked off the Ultralight Boom, the SRF-59 will surely go down in history as the most incredible 15-buck DX bargain anybody could have hoped for. Add to that its 200 hour battery run time, an FM stereo section to entertain you when conditions are down, and its included, fairly decent headphones... then brothers, you are talking about a steal of monstrous proportions! There are already rumors about Sony running out of stock on this amazing radio... get yours while you can, and contribute to the Ultralight Mission with this super-IC powered pocket rocket. 73, Gary DeBock SRF-59 Reviewer **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] UltraSick, or What??
Last night at 8:00, I checked into the hospital for a long-scheduled overnight stay for tests related to sleep disturbances, etc. I've done this once before since we have been back in Oklahoma. They connect about 20 sensors to various parts of your body and you go to bed in what looks like a nice motel room. You are allowed to read, watch TV, etc. until you are sleepy. They monitor you all night from a control room next door with all sorts of sensors, along with two-way audio and a live video feed. You are supposed to behave normally, go to sleep and wake up the next AM, with the techs having all sorts of data on your sleep patterns. Last evening as I left the house, I saw my SRF-59 laying there, with the stock little headphones attached, and I said WHY NOT! So I put it in my overnight bag and trundled on over to the hospital. I was on the third floor of the hospital tower, in a room with a big picture window facing south and an amazing amount of medical electronics. After they had me all hooked up and I was settled in, wearing a breathing mask and 20 sensors, I took that '59 out of the bag (left it in range of the bedside), put it on my chest, the headphones on my head and started DXing like mad. I half-expected to hear nothing but electronic buzzes and chirps, with alla the technology around and being in a concrete and steel high-rise building. but, NO, the SRF-59 came through like a champ. There were buzzes and clicks all right, but there were LOTS of stations, too. I hadn't been at the dials too long, laying there, rotating the radio on my chest and using my patented two hands approach to managing the tuning dial, when in charged the Head Nurse, wanting to know just what in the Blue Blazes I was doing! Well, I couldn't speak too clearly, with this thing like a gas mask on my face... and then there were the Sony headphones and all of the sensors on my eyes, head, shoulders, etc. I must have looked a nightmare, for sure. I tried to explain DXing for a little while that really upset and confused her, so I admitted that I just had to listen to some rock and roll before sleep every night and she went away somewhat mollified. Loggings, you ask??? Well, I really couldn't keep a log under those circumstances, but this little radio is a true wonder I heard WOAI-1200 San Antinio (loudest on the dial), several Chicago stations, what I think was WSB, Atlanta and quite a few others... Denver, Louisville. That big south-facing window must have been working, too, because I had a lot of Spanish across the dial. When we have our first UltraLight Contest, I may have to check back into the hospital (and get a south-facing room!) Does Medicare cover UltraLight DXing? Of course, the ability to DX almost any time, any where with these little pocket rockets is a big part of the fun! As I lay there, it got me to thinking that maybe we should have a Records category or maybe a special section in our Awards Program for DXing from the most unusual locations On horseback, while river rafting, above 20,000 feet, etc... as I began to fall asleep, my mind wandered quite far as I pondered the possibilities for DXing in unusual venues maybe we could have a Kamasutra Category! Well, maybe not.. Anyway, I did finally fall asleep and am now back home. I hope to DX more conventionally this evening! John B. Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods) Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production version) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Dead YB400PE question
Someone sent me one to take a quick look at: No audio. No signal levels. Display works fine. Powers on and off. ideas? Why yes, Colin... It is the 2SB1121 Transistor in the power supply -- It switches UNREG 9-11 V to the 5V regulator. Replace or BYPASS to test - the YB400 will spring to life. -- Colin Newell - Editor/Creator coffeecrew.com | dxer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] UltraSick, or What??
Last night at 8:00, I checked into the hospital for a long-scheduled overnight stay for tests related to sleep disturbances, Dr. Walt will agree with my prognosis: DXosis. classic case. Cure: Take two SRF-59's in Phase and call me in the morning. -- Colin Newell - Editor/Creator coffeecrew.com | dxer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Sony SRF-59.. Is This Science Fiction DX?
amazon.com was down to 3 left in stock, so I grabbed one... $13.87 + $7.49 shipping... I'll gamble $21 based on all these incredible reviews that keep pouring in. It could make a nice compact travel radio... Tim On Jan 8, 2008 1:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dennis Vroom of Vancouver, Washington Receives 1 kw KCJJ-1630 in Iowa City, Iowa (1,574 miles) on a Pocketed SRF-59 While Roaming House (and Zapping IBOC Local KDZR-1640) If we could have read something like this two months ago, we all would have split our sides laughing.. but nobody is laughing anymore. This tiny radio not only shocks, it rocks! As the radio that kicked off the Ultralight Boom, the SRF-59 will surely go down in history as the most incredible 15-buck DX bargain anybody could have hoped for. Add to that its 200 hour battery run time, an FM stereo section to entertain you when conditions are down, and its included, fairly decent headphones... then brothers, you are talking about a steal of monstrous proportions! There are already rumors about Sony running out of stock on this amazing radio... get yours while you can, and contribute to the Ultralight Mission with this super-IC powered pocket rocket. 73, Gary DeBock SRF-59 Reviewer **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Sony SRF-59.. Is This Science Fiction DX?
Sony still has them with free shipping for $15 plus local sales tax. Gil ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio Disney
Willis, Yes, the good ol' days. In many ways DXing was better, but in others they weren't. The dial was a lot cleaner early on with few 24/7 stations. However with the move to the splits in 1978 for DUs and TPs, it opened up so much DX from Asia and the Pacific that was not possible before. That is still true today. The X Band was a fantastic band the frequencies early on, in the 80s with 500 watt Aussies on the splits between 1611-1701 khz, including many 50 watt JJ lighthouse stations on 1670.5 khz . I logged and QSL'd too, but along came the X Band in the US and I heard a lot of stuff coast to coast. Gone are many of the 10 watt TIS stations heard coast to coast now. But it was also fun while it lasted. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TANDEM SRF-59s
If you have two SRF-59s, for fun and games, try this: I was doing an A/B between two units to compare sensitivity. While listening to unit #1, I moved the second unit next to it. The signal I was listening to got louder. When I moved the dial on the 2nd unit up and down, the signal varied in strength. I was able to peak it for maximum strength, considerably improving it from what it was doing alone. Whatever works! Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 + Kiwa air core loop ICF2010 + DX398; Palomar loop SRF-59 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Gil, Thanks for the suggestions, they sound good. I use the SFRM85V to spot tune the frequency. Since I have 3 SRF-59s and a peaked SRF-59 arriving soon, I will set one to 1610 and hope. The only stations I hear on 1610 are HARS and TIS. Also would set one for 530 for Turks. Have a local HARS station on 530, but may be able to null it. Having much fun with the Utral lights. 73, Dennis, Vancouver, WA -- Original message -- From: Gil Stacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dennis, If you can get past the 500 lb. gorillas in between, low band offers some sparsely crowded positions at 650 (12), 700 (11) and 720 (11). X band, you cjould go corner-to-corner on 3 GA stations, 1630, 1670 and 1690. 1630 only has 4 active stations. 1610 has two stations, Toronto and Montreal. If you could shoot a 1610 tone into the RX with a freq. generator and leave one SRF59 parked on 1610, that would be a great target for you. It would pay to have a basket full of '59s all preset on several freq's that had low station counts. Then you could monitor with a big rig. Beats fiddling around with that miserable little dial. ;) 73 Gil ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Sony SRF-59.. Is This Science Fiction DX?
Gary, Sony running low on SRF-59's?. WOW. I check Fred Meyer quite often to see if the $17.99 price has dropped. When it does I'll get the 4 or 5 that they normally have in stock. Dennis, -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dennis Vroom of Vancouver, Washington Receives 1 kw KCJJ-1630 in Iowa City, Iowa (1,574 miles) on a Pocketed SRF-59 While Roaming House (and Zapping IBOC Local KDZR-1640) If we could have read something like this two months ago, we all would have split our sides laughing.. but nobody is laughing anymore. This tiny radio not only shocks, it rocks! As the radio that kicked off the Ultralight Boom, the SRF-59 will surely go down in history as the most incredible 15-buck DX bargain anybody could have hoped for. Add to that its 200 hour battery run time, an FM stereo section to entertain you when conditions are down, and its included, fairly decent headphones... then brothers, you are talking about a steal of monstrous proportions! There are already rumors about Sony running out of stock on this amazing radio... get yours while you can, and contribute to the Ultralight Mission with this super-IC powered pocket rocket. 73, Gary DeBock SRF-59 Reviewer **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Also, if you can get null on 1660 out of Wyoming, KQWB-1660 goes up to 10,000 watts in the morning perhaps an hour beofre Wyoming increases power: that's when I got them. There is also a religious station on 1200 that really increases its power during the day, and I think I heard them one morning a while back, but now that there is a 1200 station out of Vancouver, it's a little out of my reach. Kevin if 660 KEYZ wasn't so directional, they'd be another shot from North Dakota. They have one hellacious local signal, form Billings to Regina to Minot to Rapid City by day practically.. and almost by night, too Paul On Jan 8, 2008 8:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Dennis: I'm going to look for 740-KVOX as well. I have two ND stations (910-KCJB and 1660-KQWB), both of which were one-in-a-lifetime occurences as far as i CAN TELL. Pat, Thanks for the information, I need ND and would be great to hear KVOX 740. At this location KCBS is not that strong, and maybe if the Canadian stations fades, will give it a try. At Steve's house using his beverage I heard South Dakota on 1000 with KOMO fading. Might give that a try too. Need both SD ND here. Dennis, Vancouver, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
It's 1630 in Wyoming... not 1660. Where is 1200? Paul On Jan 8, 2008 8:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, if you can get null on 1660 out of Wyoming, KQWB-1660 goes up to 10,000 watts in the morning perhaps an hour beofre Wyoming increases power: that's when I got them. There is also a religious station on 1200 that really increases its power during the day, and I think I heard them one morning a while back, but now that there is a 1200 station out of Vancouver, it's a little out of my reach. Kevin if 660 KEYZ wasn't so directional, they'd be another shot from North Dakota. They have one hellacious local signal, form Billings to Regina to Minot to Rapid City by day practically.. and almost by night, too Paul On Jan 8, 2008 8:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Dennis: I'm going to look for 740-KVOX as well. I have two ND stations (910-KCJB and 1660-KQWB), both of which were one-in-a-lifetime occurences as far as i CAN TELL. Pat, Thanks for the information, I need ND and would be great to hear KVOX 740. At this location KCBS is not that strong, and maybe if the Canadian stations fades, will give it a try. At Steve's house using his beverage I heard South Dakota on 1000 with KOMO fading. Might give that a try too. Need both SD ND here. Dennis, Vancouver, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Hey Dennis: I'm going to look for 740-KVOX as well. I have two ND stations (910-KCJB and 1660-KQWB), both of which were one-in-a-lifetime occurences as far as i CAN TELL. Pat, Thanks for the information, I need ND and would be great to hear KVOX 740. At this location KCBS is not that strong, and maybe if the Canadian stations fades, will give it a try. At Steve's house using his beverage I heard South Dakota on 1000 with KOMO fading. Might give that a try too. Need both SD ND here. Dennis, Vancouver, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Sony SRF-59.. Is This Science Fiction DX?
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary, Sony running low on SRF-59's?. WOW. I check Fred Meyer quite often to see if the $17.99 price has dropped. When it does I'll get the 4 or 5 that they normally have in stock. Sony still has them - I believe it's Amazon running low. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id [EMAIL PROTECTED] FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Oops - I meant 1660-KXOL out of Brigham City, Utah, which like 1630-KRND has a SS format. 1200 is KFNW out of West Fargo, ND which jumps up to 10,000 watts NDA during the days, and its religious programming should stand out against CJRJ's ethnic programming (and what's left of WOIA at that point in the morning). Kevin It's 1630 in Wyoming... not 1660. Where is 1200? Paul On Jan 8, 2008 8:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, if you can get null on 1660 out of Wyoming, KQWB-1660 goes up to 10,000 watts in the morning perhaps an hour beofre Wyoming increases power: that's when I got them. There is also a religious station on 1200 that really increases its power during the day, and I think I heard them one morning a while back, but now that there is a 1200 station out of Vancouver, it's a little out of my reach. Kevin if 660 KEYZ wasn't so directional, they'd be another shot from North Dakota. They have one hellacious local signal, form Billings to Regina to Minot to Rapid City by day practically.. and almost by night, too Paul On Jan 8, 2008 8:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Dennis: I'm going to look for 740-KVOX as well. I have two ND stations (910-KCJB and 1660-KQWB), both of which were one-in-a-lifetime occurences as far as i CAN TELL. Pat, Thanks for the information, I need ND and would be great to hear KVOX 740. At this location KCBS is not that strong, and maybe if the Canadian stations fades, will give it a try. At Steve's house using his beverage I heard South Dakota on 1000 with KOMO fading. Might give that a try too. Need both SD ND here. Dennis, Vancouver, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KCJJ 1630
Dennis, Will you please submit the KCJJ log for Firsts and Records??? Since there was no reference to Ultralights, I almost missed the notes on this wonderful catch entirely. Thanks! John B. Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods) Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production version) At 12:39 AM 1/9/2008 +, you wrote: Gil, Thanks for the suggestions, they sound good. I use the SFRM85V to spot tune the frequency. Since I have 3 SRF-59s and a peaked SRF-59 arriving soon, I will set one to 1610 and hope. The only stations I hear on 1610 are HARS and TIS. Also would set one for 530 for Turks. Have a local HARS station on 530, but may be able to null it. Having much fun with the Utral lights. 73, Dennis, Vancouver, WA -- Original message -- From: Gil Stacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dennis, If you can get past the 500 lb. gorillas in between, low band offers some sparsely crowded positions at 650 (12), 700 (11) and 720 (11). X band, you cjould go corner-to-corner on 3 GA stations, 1630, 1670 and 1690. 1630 only has 4 active stations. 1610 has two stations, Toronto and Montreal. If you could shoot a 1610 tone into the RX with a freq. generator and leave one SRF59 parked on 1610, that would be a great target for you. It would pay to have a basket full of '59s all preset on several freq's that had low station counts. Then you could monitor with a big rig. Beats fiddling around with that miserable little dial. ;) 73 Gil ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] SRF59 and Ewe Experiment
Excellent work, Gil I'd kind of been wondering about that and also the related boost that one sometimes gets on a AM car radio driving under some (but not all) power lines. The next time that happens, I'm gonna try DXing with an Ultralight from there. With your discovery, I can just see the next Newfoundland DXpedition in October '08 Its driving freezing rain and sleet mixed, ice bergs grinding the rocks just off shore, the wind at 40 knots and there is a whole line of bundled-up DXers on their knees holding their SRF-59s up against the business end of the 2500 foot Brazilian BOG sort of like Muslims at prayer well sorts like it, anyway. Good going, Gil! John B. Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods) Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production version) At 06:11 PM 1/8/2008 -0500, you wrote: Minds out of the gutter, please; it's the antenna, not the grass eater. I just had some amazing DX witha '59 coupled to a ewe. It is 2227 UTC, ten minutes before local sundown. Yesterday afternoon I restrung the 130 degree firing ewe (18'x40'x18' #26 black vinyl jacketed copperweld) in the front yard over the entrance sidewalk to our home, much to the delight of my xyl if only she saw it. She obviously hasn't as I would have heard by now to the accompaniement of rolled eyeballs. At 2200, WDHP 1620 US VI was rolling in very well (s9) on the ewe hooked to my R8B. The 15' noise reducing vertical was not living up to its name as all I heard was a jumble of noise and signal mix. I had been hearing what sounded like RFI on and off for the past few weeks. I took my SRF59 outside to see if it was a nearby faulty streetlight photo cell. Didn't hear any strange noise. I then walked over to the firing side of the ewe and held my '59, ferrite rod side next to the firing vertical element of the ewe with the '59 tuned to 1620. WDHP 1620 Fredricksted VI, 1450 miles away, boomed in, as strong as it had been on the Drake, more than 30 minutes before SS. The ferrite rod was centered on the wire. I circled the vertical element with the RX and signal strength remained the same. It made no difference if the RX was held parallel to the ground or parallel to the element as long as the RX was within 2 to contact with the wire. To say that I was amazed is an understatement. I walked 40' to the other vertical element, the one terminated to a resistor network, and I heard a roar of mixed signals coming in from all directions. Away from either element, I could not hear WDHP, but only background hiss and faint signals. Bear in mind, there was not a coupling coil from EWE to RX. I see no reason why the same would not happen with a BOG, beverage or Kaz. It's now 2300 UTC and sun has been down for 24 minutes. I turned on the SRF59 to 780 and all I could hear was WBBM Chicago--not bad. I went outside to the ewe and with the rx tuned to 780, held it close to the ewe--in came ZBVI, Tortola, BVI, loud and clear. I pulled the rx away from the vertical element, swamped by WBBM Chicago. Nulled out Chicago, but no ZBVI, basically run the same heading. Back to the wire, Virgin Concrete ad on ZBVI. Pretty amazing. 73, Gil SE Georgia SRF59 and 18x40x18 ewe, firing 130 degrees. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Special CHWO - AM 740 QSL card - Reminder for January 8th
Could it be 740 in Orlando? Paul On Jan 8, 2008 9:56 PM, Joe Miller, KJ8O [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings to Brian Smith and the group, Did manage my second reception of CHWO at 8:00 - 8:45 EST tonight. Normally this would be a very easy catch for from Troy Michigan (approx. distance 240 miles) EXCEPT for the awful superheterodyne whistle that did a good job of obliterating the signal. First attempt with an ICOM 718 with omnidirectional antenna --- no luck Second attempt with a Grundig Satellit 800 using a 100' random wire and same thing Third attempt with a Sony ICF-2010 and a Radio Shack loop antenna where I got clean copy when pointing towards Toronto, and getting a SS station with what appears to be a futbal (soccer) game. So much for the whistle.. Does any one have any ideas what the SS was? 73 de Joe Miller, KJ8O, Troy, Michigan Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Special CHWO - AM 740 QSL card - Reminder for January 8th
It would make my 37th state if it was... Thx and 73 de Joe --- Paul B. Walker, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could it be 740 in Orlando? Paul On Jan 8, 2008 9:56 PM, Joe Miller, KJ8O [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings to Brian Smith and the group, Did manage my second reception of CHWO at 8:00 - 8:45 EST tonight. Normally this would be a very easy catch for from Troy Michigan (approx. distance 240 miles) EXCEPT for the awful superheterodyne whistle that did a good job of obliterating the signal. First attempt with an ICOM 718 with omnidirectional antenna --- no luck Second attempt with a Grundig Satellit 800 using a 100' random wire and same thing Third attempt with a Sony ICF-2010 and a Radio Shack loop antenna where I got clean copy when pointing towards Toronto, and getting a SS station with what appears to be a futbal (soccer) game. So much for the whistle.. Does any one have any ideas what the SS was? 73 de Joe Miller, KJ8O, Troy, Michigan Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Sony SRF-59.. Is This Science Fiction DX?
Russ Gary, Just check Fred Meyer and they have 4 SRF-59s on the shelf. Regular price $17.99. I'm might send KOHI owner Mary Rowe a SRF-59 preset to 1600. I will remove the tuning wheel and super glue the capacitor. Will cover the tuning dial and add KOHI 1600 News talk. Maybe get rid of the FM switch too. Was listening to KOHI in bed this morning and Marty was giving the school bus route departures because of snow in the St. Helens area. He the said maybe Dennis in Salmon Creek can let us know about the Vancouver area. Love small town radio. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA -- Original message -- From: Russ Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary, Sony running low on SRF-59's?. WOW. I check Fred Meyer quite often to see if the $17.99 price has dropped. When it does I'll get the 4 or 5 that they normally have in stock. Sony still has them - I believe it's Amazon running low. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 4' FET air core loop Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Special CHWO - AM 740 QSL card - Reminder for January 8th
Hi Paul, After second thought, altough WQTM in Orlando carries sports, they are English speaking. WIAC in Puerto Rico is Spanish but news format (unless my info is dated). Now I am wondering if perhaps I got something from Central or South America??? Thank you for your suggestion, it gave me hope for a minute. 73 de Joe --- Joe Miller, KJ8O [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would make my 37th state if it was... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could it be 740 in Orlando? and getting a SS station with what appears to be a futbal (soccer) game. So much for the whistle.. Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Special CHWO - AM 740 QSL card - Reminder for January 8th
Joe Miller, KJ8O wrote: Hi Paul, After second thought, altough WQTM in Orlando carries sports, they are English speaking. WIAC in Puerto Rico is Spanish but news format (unless my info is dated). It is - WQTM flipped to Spanish adult hits La Preciosa last week. s ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] VENEZUELA on Sony SRF-59........2395 Miles!!!!
Hi Guys: Well.after hearing this station on the SONY SRF-59 for over the past week..I finally got a definite ID and it was as I suspectedVENEZUELA. Here's the Details for COUNTRY # 7 Heard on the SRF-59!! ^^^ 750 RCR Radio Caracas Caracas, VENEZUELA Jan/08/08 2245 EST GOOD SS OVER WSB Finally after being in the Mud underneath for a week. Male and female with Spanish News items. Jingle at 2245. Female with several mentions of Caracas and ID as Radio Caracas, Back to News and SS talk. Heard many years ago..but NEW ON SONY SRF-59!! 100 KW Stn. Distance 2395 Miles!! New Distance Record for me on the SRF-59 ROSS, ONT. ^^^ Yieeethis is getting better all the time..seems like the sky is the limit for the SRF-59!!! 73...ROB. Robert S. Ross VA3SW Box 1003, Stn. B. London, Ontario CANADA N6A5K1 Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC Defy Physics.Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude) «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥« ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] VENEZUELA on Sony SRF-59........2395 Miles!!!!
Robert, Congratulations on hearing Venezuela and country 7 on your SRF-59. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] VENEZUELA on Sony SRF-59........2395 Miles!!!!
OK, so is anybody sharing any of this with Sony? Maybe a bad idea. They're liable to raise the price to $300. Jim Pogue KH2AR/WPE9HLJ/KG6DX1A Memphis, Tennessee USA QRZ.com/KH2AR -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Ross Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 9:59 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] VENEZUELA on Sony SRF-592395 Miles Hi Guys: Well.after hearing this station on the SONY SRF-59 for over the past week..I finally got a definite ID and it was as I suspectedVENEZUELA. Here's the Details for COUNTRY # 7 Heard on the SRF-59!! ^^^ 750 RCR Radio Caracas Caracas, VENEZUELA Jan/08/08 2245 EST GOOD SS OVER WSB Finally after being in the Mud underneath for a week. Male and female with Spanish News items. Jingle at 2245. Female with several mentions of Caracas and ID as Radio Caracas, Back to News and SS talk. Heard many years ago..but NEW ON SONY SRF-59!! 100 KW Stn. Distance 2395 Miles!! New Distance Record for me on the SRF-59 ROSS, ONT. ^^^ Yieeethis is getting better all the time..seems like the sky is the limit for the SRF-59!!! 73...ROB. Robert S. Ross VA3SW Box 1003, Stn. B. London, Ontario CANADA N6A5K1 Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC Defy Physics.Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude) «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥« ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] VENEZUELA on Sony SRF-59........2395 Miles!!!!
Good one! I almost always hear something under WSB so maybe I should listen a little harder. I did hear and ID Cuba at one point on 750. I think WSB was off the air though. IEN-GA Ira Elbert New, III, Watkinsville - SANGEAN ATS 909 SELECT-A-TENNA and DRAKE R8B 135' N/S Wire 750 CMHV Cuba Trinidad - 06/17 0324 - Latin music, Newscast just shy of 0330 and then more music. Man and woman talking at 0345 and then more music. Another Newscast was delivered just shy of 0400. Radio Progreso was mentioned several times along with Havana. President Bush was mentioned in the newscast just shy of 0400. Good, steady signal on both the SANGEAN and the DRAKE with slight splatter from WJR on 760 in Detroit, MI. Radio Progreso. (IEN-GA) Now...what year was that? Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 22:59:27 -0500 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IRCA] VENEZUELA on Sony SRF-592395 Miles Hi Guys: Well.after hearing this station on the SONY SRF-59 for over the past week..I finally got a definite ID and it was as I suspectedVENEZUELA. Here's the Details for COUNTRY # 7 Heard on the SRF-59!! ^^^ 750 RCR Radio Caracas Caracas, VENEZUELA Jan/08/08 2245 EST GOOD SS OVER WSB Finally after being in the Mud underneath for a week. Male and female with Spanish News items. Jingle at 2245. Female with several mentions of Caracas and ID as Radio Caracas, Back to News and SS talk. Heard many years ago..but NEW ON SONY SRF-59!! 100 KW Stn. Distance 2395 Miles!! New Distance Record for me on the SRF-59 ROSS, ONT. ^^^ Yieeethis is getting better all the time..seems like the sky is the limit for the SRF-59!!! 73...ROB. Robert S. Ross VA3SW Box 1003, Stn. B. London, Ontario CANADA N6A5K1 Antique/Vintage Radio Enthusiast Amateur Radio Stations VA3SW/VE3JFC Defy Physics.Play Table Tennis!! (Ping Pong with an Attitude) «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥« ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com _ Share life as it happens with the new Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] OT all Disney
I am not familiar with (do not listen to) Radio Disn, but I have never, ever cared for ANY of the Disney stuff. A friend called him Walt Dismal and I must agree. Keep it away from me -- I have not seen one worthwhile thing from Disney since Mr. Walker Mr. Wheeler (1950's I bet) youngish curmudgeon? ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] SRF-59 Antenna Experiments
Well, more like playing around... First, I tried an old ferrite antenna from a friend's junk box. Placing it near the internal ferrite actually worsened reception. So a quick-n-dirty augmentation to the ultralight didn't work. Second, I tried my Radio Shack loop. The SRF-59 liked being inside it, but it was happiest at the center of the loop. Obviously this requires some dexterity and juggling if you're going to do serious nulling and loop tuning. Finally, I placed the SRF-59 on the loop head of my Quantum loop. This worked the best, both ergonomically and electrically. The Quantum gave good directionality/nulling, selectivity, and ease of movement. Velcro would take care of stability. Not surprisingly, there was no difference between the loop switched on or off. The Quantum threatened to overload the poor ultralight, so I had to detune the loop away from the radio's frequency. Testing was on 570 to test nulling a semi-local, WMCA. R. Reloj was actually dominant, so most of my jiggering was aimed at nulling Cuba instead. Also dominant was Rebelde on 560. Another testament to the DX powers of this amazing little rig. Testing was conducted while drinking a snifter of cognac, so caveat lector. Thanks, Dave Albany, NY ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] SRF-59 Antenna Experiments
Hey Dave: Isn't it great to get the toys out and play? Not sure which version of the Quantum Loop you have: on mine, I tried it a couple weeks back with the power On, and the Q Multiplier really tightened up on the bandwidth. It seemed to distort the nulling ability of the SRF-59 somewhat, but if what you need is razor-sharp selectivity, the built-in Q-multiplier works great. 73 - Kevin Well, more like playing around... First, I tried an old ferrite antenna from a friend's junk box. Placing it near the internal ferrite actually worsened reception. So a quick-n-dirty augmentation to the ultralight didn't work. Second, I tried my Radio Shack loop. The SRF-59 liked being inside it, but it was happiest at the center of the loop. Obviously this requires some dexterity and juggling if you're going to do serious nulling and loop tuning. Finally, I placed the SRF-59 on the loop head of my Quantum loop. This worked the best, both ergonomically and electrically. The Quantum gave good directionality/nulling, selectivity, and ease of movement. Velcro would take care of stability. Not surprisingly, there was no difference between the loop switched on or off. The Quantum threatened to overload the poor ultralight, so I had to detune the loop away from the radio's frequency. Testing was on 570 to test nulling a semi-local, WMCA. R. Reloj was actually dominant, so most of my jiggering was aimed at nulling Cuba instead. Also dominant was Rebelde on 560. Another testament to the DX powers of this amazing little rig. Testing was conducted while drinking a snifter of cognac, so caveat lector. Thanks, Dave Albany, NY ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Strange QSL
I just received a F/D QSL letter confirming my February 28, 2004 reception of KRZI / 1580 in Waco TX. I sent a cassette recording of my reception with the original report and I sent a followup report during the 4th quarter of 2004. Of course the KRZI calls are now on 1660 in Waco and 1580 no longer exists. What's even more strange is that the QSL letter was dated 2006 and outdated items mentioned in the letter seem to indicate that it was indeed written in 2006. The envelope it arrived in was postmarked 01/05/08. Strange! QSL report. 1580 KRZI TX Waco. F/D V/L in 3 years and 11 months for a report with a cassette recording and a followup letter in late 2004. Of course 1580 no longer exists in Waco and the KRZI call is now on 1660 there. The QSL is dated 2006 and includes outdated information that seems to indicate that it was written in 2006. It also contains an apology for the delay in responding. The envelope was metered with current US postage date stamped 2008. Very strange! They also returned my original and followup reports. V/S Jcole McClellan, Technician. Add: 220 S. 2nd Street, Suite 2B2, Waco TX 76701. (Griffith-CO) Patrick Griffith, CBT CBNT CRO Westminster CO http://community.webtv.net/AM-DXer/ http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Special CHWO - AM 740 QSL card - Reminder for January 8th
I was able to catch CHWO tonight at 2207 EST for the second report, but unfortunately not a lot of programming. I did catch their ID on tape and earlier last night a bunch of NOS songs, including one Canadian Artist. But with the AK elevated, CHWO has been weaker than normal. But I will put together the report to Brian. The signal in November was much better though. Darn high AK!!! 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Strange QSL
Patrick, Glad you got your QSL though. Slow mail service? 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WWDJ 970 WWRV 1330
I believe that Stu is beginning to make preparations for the 50kw-Day upgrade at WWDJ. I'll talk to him tomorrow to see what's happening. Rene F. Tetro Lansdale, PA, USA W2FIL, WPXG816, WPXU288 Coordinates: 40D12'41N 75D18'22W Grid: FN20IF Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Moderator: www.radioveronica.us and www.dxhub.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul B. Walker, Jr. Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 11:24 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: [IRCA] WWDJ 970 WWRV 1330 Over the next 4-7 nights WWDJ and - or WWRV will be off the air formaintenance from 11pm to 5am Posted to another list by Stu Engelke Paul Walker www.walkerbroadcasting.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
