Re: [IRCA] Grundig G8 Continues to Amaze on FM
Hi all: I second Gary's comments, from the perspective of selectivity. I am in Paris at the moment, where flamethrower FM stations are spaced only 0.4 mhZ apart. Between 88 and 108 mhZ there are 48 stations that serve the metro area(!), compared to much less than half that number in Seattle. After turning on the Tecsun PL-300WT and telling it to scan and enter all the stations into memory, it has absolutely no trouble keeping them all separate. Additionally, they all come in perfectly in stereo, so whatever multipath and other problems might be present on many receivers, this little guy brings all stations in with ease. The most impressive thing is that a few semi-locals are also heard, thanks to the excellent sensitivity, and even with the locals blaring away 0.2 mhZ on either side, the semilocals are heard without any interference. MW is also fun here, in that there are only a couple MW stations left in the Paris area, so that at night the band is fairly wide open. The 300 kW local flamethrower on 585 is easily kept in check, allowing DXing on 576 and 594. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA (usually) Using three different FM cubical quad models, I thought my log of regular FM stations was fairly complete, with lots of Oregon and BC stations. But this was before using the Grundig G8 Ultralight, with its simple whip antenna. ___ 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] NE Oregon TPs, Saturday
Happy 4th of July to the US folks. Today had some DU reception along with usual (of late) Tahiti, with a little better overall levels this morning. 738 Tahiti with poor French talk early, 1134 utc, on a first check before doing the NDB check. Later 648 very poor, unknown language 1205; 891 with DU talk poor 1206; 1116 with DU talk poor/weak 1207; 1107 woman talking in EE poor, unknown who that would be 1209. Back to 738 Tahiti peaking at occasional weak/medium 1214 eventually fading away around 1225 utc. 180 and 279 Radio Rossii poor at 1133 utc. Steve NE Oregon R75, longwires ___ 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] NE Oregon TPs, Saturday
Hey I see you use long wires Well how long??? What type.??? Beverage , giant ewe??? You seem to getting great results... Magic??? Thank you. Derek Vincent Vmedia360...everywhere On Jul 4, 2009, at 5:36 AM, Steve Ratzlaff stever...@wildblue.net wrote: Happy 4th of July to the US folks. Today had some DU reception along with usual (of late) Tahiti, with a little better overall levels this morning. 738 Tahiti with poor French talk early, 1134 utc, on a first check before doing the NDB check. Later 648 very poor, unknown language 1205; 891 with DU talk poor 1206; 1116 with DU talk poor/weak 1207; 1107 woman talking in EE poor, unknown who that would be 1209. Back to 738 Tahiti peaking at occasional weak/medium 1214 eventually fading away around 1225 utc. 180 and 279 Radio Rossii poor at 1133 utc. Steve NE Oregon R75, longwires ___ 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] CC Crane twin coil ferrite antenna
CC Crane has this on their orphan page at $84.95 ($99.95 retail). The current orphan listings run to five pages and includes a number of small radios as well. Bob Coomler Cloverdale, CA ___ 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] NE Oregon TPs, Saturday (what is a longwire....)
Hi Derek, The term longwire generally refers to an unterminated wire antenna running in two directions, with a bi-directional response. That's what my longwires are. I'm blessed with a rural location with room to string a 1600 foot E/W longwire and a 400 foot N/S longwire. The E/W runs east; the N/S runs south. Both use matching transformers and ground rods at the transformers, and coax cable run to the radio room. I primarily DX LF beacons (NDBs) but like to try for some of the TP (and TA) medium wave signals that occasionally make it inland here. 73, Steve NE Oregon (Elgin,OR) - Original Message - From: Derek Vincent eargaz...@aol.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Saturday Hey I see you use long wires Well how long??? What type.??? Beverage , giant ewe??? You seem to getting great results... Magic??? Thank you. Derek Vincent Vmedia360...everywhere On Jul 4, 2009, at 5:36 AM, Steve Ratzlaff stever...@wildblue.net wrote: Happy 4th of July to the US folks. Today had some DU reception along with usual (of late) Tahiti, with a little better overall levels this morning. 738 Tahiti with poor French talk early, 1134 utc, on a first check before doing the NDB check. Later 648 very poor, unknown language 1205; 891 with DU talk poor 1206; 1116 with DU talk poor/weak 1207; 1107 woman talking in EE poor, unknown who that would be 1209. Back to 738 Tahiti peaking at occasional weak/medium 1214 eventually fading away around 1225 utc. 180 and 279 Radio Rossii poor at 1133 utc. Steve NE Oregon R75, longwires ___ 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] NE Oregon TPs, Saturday (what is a longwire....)
Ahhh I see... That 1600 ft wire says it all... Combine that with a nice damp Oregon soil and I can see where the magic is... How far are you from the coast Thank you. Derek Vincent Vmedia360...everywhere On Jul 4, 2009, at 9:09 AM, Steve Ratzlaff stever...@wildblue.net wrote: Hi Derek, The term longwire generally refers to an unterminated wire antenna running in two directions, with a bi-directional response. That's what my longwires are. I'm blessed with a rural location with room to string a 1600 foot E/W longwire and a 400 foot N/S longwire. The E/W runs east; the N/S runs south. Both use matching transformers and ground rods at the transformers, and coax cable run to the radio room. I primarily DX LF beacons (NDBs) but like to try for some of the TP (and TA) medium wave signals that occasionally make it inland here. 73, Steve NE Oregon (Elgin,OR) - Original Message - From: Derek Vincent eargaz...@aol.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Saturday Hey I see you use long wires Well how long??? What type.??? Beverage , giant ewe??? You seem to getting great results... Magic??? Thank you. Derek Vincent Vmedia360...everywhere On Jul 4, 2009, at 5:36 AM, Steve Ratzlaff stever...@wildblue.net wrote: Happy 4th of July to the US folks. Today had some DU reception along with usual (of late) Tahiti, with a little better overall levels this morning. 738 Tahiti with poor French talk early, 1134 utc, on a first check before doing the NDB check. Later 648 very poor, unknown language 1205; 891 with DU talk poor 1206; 1116 with DU talk poor/weak 1207; 1107 woman talking in EE poor, unknown who that would be 1209. Back to 738 Tahiti peaking at occasional weak/medium 1214 eventually fading away around 1225 utc. 180 and 279 Radio Rossii poor at 1133 utc. Steve NE Oregon R75, longwires ___ 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 ___ 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] Cortes Island TPs 4 July
At 12:36 7/4/2009, Steve wrote: . Today had some DU reception along with usual (of late) Tahiti, with a little better overall levels this morning. tried a new antenna set up this morning (ALA100's phased), and don't know if that affected results, but no real evidence of Asiatics this morning; even 279 was down in the murk; 1116 was the best overall just after 1100 UT with assumed 4BC. Lots of high band DU action after 1200UT, but mostly weak (though 1512 was the best I've heard), and no IDs, just lots of mx. (low band DUs faded fairly quickly after 1200, but high band stuck around later that I've heard before, 1230UT at least) examples: 1566 pop mx; 1332, 1116 of course, 1611 pop mx 1228 UT, 1602, 1332, 1503, 891, 1593,1305; nothing stuck around for long, just quick fades up and down. best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Saturday (what is a longwire....)
I'm 300+ air miles from the coast. This part of Oregon is not damp; we get heavy winter snows and some spring rains, otherwise it's dry. Steve - Original Message - From: Derek Vincent eargaz...@aol.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Saturday (what is a longwire) Ahhh I see... That 1600 ft wire says it all... Combine that with a nice damp Oregon soil and I can see where the magic is... How far are you from the coast Thank you. Derek Vincent ___ 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] CC Crane twin coil ferrite antenna
Hi Bob, If you have a Fry's Electonics outlet anywhere near you, you may want to try there for a discounted Twin Coil Ferrite Antenna. I spotted them at the Fry's in the Seattle area last week for $39.95. They were not returns, and not marked refurbished, etc. They appeared to be a brand new units. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 08:43:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Coomler w6...@yahoo.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] CC Crane twin coil ferrite antenna Message-ID: 30364.99003...@web37103.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CC Crane has this on their orphan page at $84.95 ($99.95 retail). The current orphan listings run to five pages and includes a number of small radios as well. Bob Coomler Cloverdale, CA ___ 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] CC Crane twin coil ferrite antenna
Thanks, Guy. I already have one, but happen to see this while looking for something else. Pretty significant price difference! Bob Coomler Cloverdale, CA --- On Sat, 7/4/09, Guy Atkins d...@guyatkins.com wrote: From: Guy Atkins d...@guyatkins.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] CC Crane twin coil ferrite antenna To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Saturday, July 4, 2009, 10:51 AM Hi Bob, If you have a Fry's Electonics outlet anywhere near you, you may want to try there for a discounted Twin Coil Ferrite Antenna. I spotted them at the Fry's in the Seattle area last week for $39.95. They were not returns, and not marked refurbished, etc. They appeared to be a brand new units. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 08:43:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Coomler w6...@yahoo.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] CC Crane twin coil ferrite antenna Message-ID: 30364.99003...@web37103.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CC Crane has this on their orphan page at $84.95 ($99.95 retail). The current orphan listings run to five pages and includes a number of small radios as well. Bob Coomler Cloverdale, CA ___ 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Jul 04 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 03 July follow. Solar flux 67 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 04 July was 2 (10 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 A-in 22222222222222 K-in 11011011101012 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Jul 05 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 04 July follow. Solar flux 71 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 05 July was 1 (07 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 03 03 03 03 03 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 05 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 71 71 A-in 22222222222222 K-in 01101110101201 ___ 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
