[IRCA] TP's for 09-20-09
Good Morning, Listened from 1207-1350 utc. A lot of stations with weak audio this morning. JOUB with good signal earlier, but the band never really followed. 153 RUSSIA, 1207 good with man in Russian. 189 RUSSIA, 1210 good with man in Russian. 234 RUSSIA, 1212 weak with music. 279 RUSSIA, 1213 weak with music. 594 JAPAN, JOAK 1217 weak. 639 CHINA, CRN1 1336 very weak. Seemed to match //5030. 657 DPR KOREA 1330 fair and equal to //3250 in signal strength. 666 JAPAN, JOBK 1338 very weak. 693 JAPAN, JOAB 1222 fair for a few seconds with woman in Japanese. 774 JAPAN, JOUB 1226 good with woman/man in Japanese. Signal strong enough to be heard in 6 hz selectivity mode. 1320 good Conversation English program. 828 JAPAN, JOBB 1231 weak. 1134 CHINA, CRN1 1323 weak. 1134 JAPAN, JOQR 1325 weak mixing with CRN1. 1143 JAPAN? JOBR? 1343 just threshold audio. 1287 JAPAN, JOHR 1348 very weak. 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1246 fair with religious organ music and singing. 1575 THAILAND, VOA 1247 weak. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA JRC 545 R8B ewe NW ___ 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] Victoria area TP's - the groove returns
Murphy strikes again - conditions up solidly from yesterday. With the Eton E1 barefoot from the tower... 531 - mix of audio - not JJ sounding 540 - 558 - JJ 567 - JJ as solid as any morning - 9 576 - RR - not as good as last week 585 - music at an 8 594 - rock solod JJ 603 - choral music w/ some KK bits here and there - 8/9 612 - jumble 621 - KK in the clear (thanks PBT and SYNC!) 639 - Easy CC 675 - VV 7/8 under splash 702 - audio traces in hash 738 - mix w/ lots of adj. QRM 747 - one of the top 3 signals of the morning 756 - CC // sounding to 639 765 - jumble 774 - JJ top signal 783 - traces 801 - KK 828 - under performing JJ 837 - Audio traces 846 = 855 - definite muddy OM speaking here. CC or KK not sure 864 - audio traces 873 - JJ 918 - audio traces 936 - CC YL 963 - music as I passed / best signal on this channel (not as good as last season) 972 - KK in the clear 1008 - 1053 wiped out by 1070 trashing 1098 - better signal than yesterday but lo-modulation 1134 - excellent signal w/ YL 1143 - trace audio Above here little excitement for me... 1287 NOTHING 1566 Korea lower than usual 1575 Asian lang - lower than usual I hope everyone else got up! -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT CA DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT 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] TP Victoria for 20Sep09: Average
Despite Colin's luck, my read is that things weren't a whole lot better than yesterday. Definitely no where near as good as last week or two. I started at 13:03 and listened past 14:00. Plenty of audio, but most lacked the punch of a really good morning. A very modest DU enhancement close to 14:00, past LSR. LW Russians weren't very good either. Here's my take, with 6 unless otherwise noted: 153, 171, 189, 279: LW Russians with 153 the best and 279 the worst! 164: 6 level possible Mongolia 529: SQM virtually absent today. Not a good sign. 531: Agree with Colin that this one was pretty good today at 8 level DU at 13:17 with music 540: Never eaked out Rhema today. 558: Asian with music at 13:23 567: Did hear NHK1 at 13:24 at 7- level. 576: Russian regular. Nothing at 13:20, but a solid 9 at 13:26. May indicate disturbed conditions. Probably my most regular semi-exotic TP this season. DU at 8 level at 14:00. 594: NHK1 at 8 to 9 level early, Australia at 14:02 // 612 with news. 603: pres KBS2 at 13:27 8 level. 612: 8 level Brisbane at 14:00. 639: 7 level early, presumably CC 657: North Korea with it's usual tirade at 13:29 8 level. 675: VoV at 7 level early, ?DU at 14:04 but too weak to be sure. 720: North Korea heard at 719.9 at 13:32 at 7 level. Comment: My take is that N.Korea is a bit weaker (as is S. Korea) compared to last season. 729: ?North Korea too? 7 level. 738: CC //1143 at 13:36 at 9 level (another really strong regular this year). 747: NHK2 at 7 only early. 756: low modulation not JJ at 7 level early. 765 774: 9 level JJ 783 792: KK at 7 level 828: JJ at 8 level early. Late I see 2 signals causing het on 828.0 and 827.897 (at 14:06). 837 846: 7 level early 855: N. Korea on 855.05 but only a 6 891, 909, 918, 927 936: 9 level CC at 13:48. Also a regular this year at good levels. Presumably Anhui? 963: CRI Russian early at 8 level. Also not as good as last year. 972: KK at 9 level early 1017: CC at 8 level early 1053 1089: CC at 7 level 13:52 1098: Big OC 1143: music at 7 level early 1152, 1161 1170: CC clearly audible under the very clean signal of KPUG at 13:54. I'll call it an 8. 1251: A jumble here today at 13:55 with 3 tx seen on 1251.027, 1251.004, and 1250.954 1287: JJ at 7 level 1440: JJ at 13:57 at 8 level. 1566: HLAZ at 8 level at 13:58 (stronger earlier) 1575: VOA at 7 level late (stronger earlier) X-band: modest appearance with carriers noted on 1638, 1647, 1656 (almost audio). Weak audio on 1701 at 14:07 I was still hearing Brisbane weakly at 14:20. Overall, at my QTH a very average morning. No surprises. .Walt ___ 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] 2009 IRCA convention group photos
These were taken after the auction, which is the last organized event of the convention. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcgibson55/sets/72157622416751114/detail ___ 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] IRCA 2009 convention tower and group photos
I've labeled all of yesterday's tower photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcgibson55/sets/72157622287895203/detail The group photos will be here until I add more photos. Tower photos from other cities and the 2007 convention in Salt Lake City are also here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcgibson55 I should have zoomed in closer for the group photos. They were taken at 11:00 PM and I was exhausted. ___ 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] TPs - Orcas Island: Sept 20 - Low Average
I heard about what Walt did today and gotta call it low average/lackluster or similar. What action there was fell below 1100, save for 5 of the regulars up top. There was a bit of interest, though, during the very pronounced burst right at dawn: 666: Had Mayak RR//576 loud briefly before it fell back into a fur ball with the JJ and a CC thrown in. It was a real UN meeting for a while. The Mayak is listed at Komsomolsk near the Amur River and a somewhat rare visitor here. 675: V of Vietnam was doing well in the middle part of the morning but was fighting with a Chinese at dawn. 783: I rarely hear audio here but I've had Hebei Province, China here in the past. This morning it was Korean, I'm almost certain and there is a 10 kW KBS1 listed here. 864: Had the OC here again, though somewhat diminished this AM. Walt, did I understand you to say that the Koreans seemed diminished this year to you??? I feel the opposite. I seem to have Koreans all over the dial... little beyond KBS in South Korea, but a slew of those and more North Koreans around than I've ever noticed before. For me, there are two black clouds... one sitting on top of most everything above 1100 on the dial and the other perched squarely over Japan. Did I misunderstand what you meant about the Koreans being down??? That's about it from here on a stunningly beautiful Sunday morning (the kind that we don't tell the tourists about.) John Bryant Orcas Island, WA, USA Winradio G313e and various Ultralights Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops ___ 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] TP Victoria for 20Sep09: Average
Despite Colin's luck, my read is that things weren't a whole lot better than yesterday. I think I need to have an open house up here on the Rock. Where the other local boys can experience the magic of this location. My location is the highest point in greater Victoria - to top that, I am 7 stories up on a 16 floor concrete and steel behemoth - there are no power lines for hundreds of meters and the steel in my building shields me from most forms of QRN. I have about 240 degrees of Ocean view looking North towards Vancouver. Under the right conditions I can see the lights on grouse mountain in Vancouver. Mount Ranier is visible to South west under clear conditions. Mt. Baker is almost always visible. I can see the lights of Port Angeles and other communities. There is some aspect of the geography and (perhaps) geology that makes this location a low and mid-band sweet spot -- incl. longwave. Above 1200 khz, even on very, very good mornings for the other guys, it is hum-drum here. Surprisingly 1566 and 1575 have been more audible for me the last 2 seasons than every before - and that might be psychological. Every season, and location, offers some buzz that was (or is) different than the one before - which makes this hobby so much fun. What the future holds, we don't know - What we do know if that this season is shaping up just fine. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT CA DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT 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 Sep 20 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 19 September follow. Solar flux 71 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 20 September was 1 (6 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 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 69 69 69 69 69 69 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 A-in 44444422222222 K-in 10110111011121 ___ 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] Puyallup, WA TP's for 9-20.. Uneven Results
Hello All, Once again the conditions overall were less than inspiring, with audio down on most of the usual powerhouses (594, 657, 747 and 972). But also again, 738-Taiwan Fisheries managed to ignore the trend, with a huge signal (and MP3) at 1342 complete with a buzzing carrier and funky audio. For some bizarre reason, the signal of this station here throughout this month has generally been stronger than any other TP, including the usual 594 and 747 Japanese NHK powerhouses. 738-Taiwan was received here last year on a stand-alone Slider E100, but it was at the noise level, and nothing like the monster signal this month. Maybe the ragged carrier is related to the serious new signal strength? 73, Gary DeBock Modified ICF-2010 (30 loopstick) Modified C.Crane SWP (7.5 Slider loopstick + CFJ455K5 filter) 36 PVC-framed tuned passive loop ___ 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] TPs - Orcas Island: Sept 20 - Low Average
At 09:19 AM 9/20/2009, you wrote: I heard about what Walt did today and gotta call it low average/lackluster or similar. What action there was fell below 1100, save for 5 of the regulars up top. There was a bit of interest, though, during the very pronounced burst right at dawn: 666: Had Mayak RR//576 loud briefly before it fell back into a fur ball with the JJ and a CC thrown in. It was a real UN meeting for a while. The Mayak is listed at Komsomolsk near the Amur River and a somewhat rare visitor here. 675: V of Vietnam was doing well in the middle part of the morning but was fighting with a Chinese at dawn. 783: I rarely hear audio here but I've had Hebei Province, China here in the past. This morning it was Korean, I'm almost certain and there is a 10 kW KBS1 listed here. 864: Had the OC here again, though somewhat diminished this AM. Walt, did I understand you to say that the Koreans seemed diminished this year to you??? I feel the opposite. I seem to have Koreans all over the dial... little beyond KBS in South Korea, but a slew of those and more North Koreans around than I've ever noticed before. For me, there are two black clouds... one sitting on top of most everything above 1100 on the dial and the other perched squarely over Japan. Did I misunderstand what you meant about the Koreans being down??? That's about it from here on a stunningly beautiful Sunday morning (the kind that we don't tell the tourists about.) Oh man, and likewise in Victoria across the water. We are SOO lucky to live in such paradise! Road my bike downtown to enjoy the harbour and sites, and now I'm off to work in the clinic. Anyway, yes, the North Koreans are there, and plenty of them, but not with quite the punch I experienced last year it would seem. There are some exceptions, like 1170 and 603, however. I'm with you, though, of your assessment of this morning! Walt ___ 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] TP Victoria for 20Sep09: Average
I must agree on altitude. You being up on the 16th floor makes a difference. My 700 BOG at sea level is matched an sometimes out performed by my 300ft BOG 600ft up on a cliff top Thank you. Derek Vincent Vmedia360...everywhere On Sep 20, 2009, at 12:01 PM, c...@islandnet.com wrote: Despite Colin's luck, my read is that things weren't a whole lot better than yesterday. I think I need to have an open house up here on the Rock. Where the other local boys can experience the magic of this location. My location is the highest point in greater Victoria - to top that, I am 7 stories up on a 16 floor concrete and steel behemoth - there are no power lines for hundreds of meters and the steel in my building shields me from most forms of QRN. I have about 240 degrees of Ocean view looking North towards Vancouver. Under the right conditions I can see the lights on grouse mountain in Vancouver. Mount Ranier is visible to South west under clear conditions. Mt. Baker is almost always visible. I can see the lights of Port Angeles and other communities. There is some aspect of the geography and (perhaps) geology that makes this location a low and mid-band sweet spot -- incl. longwave. Above 1200 khz, even on very, very good mornings for the other guys, it is hum-drum here. Surprisingly 1566 and 1575 have been more audible for me the last 2 seasons than every before - and that might be psychological. Every season, and location, offers some buzz that was (or is) different than the one before - which makes this hobby so much fun. What the future holds, we don't know - What we do know if that this season is shaping up just fine. -- ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT CA DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT 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] Five Below Perseus SDR Blog Redesigned; New Web Address
I've moved my Perseus SDR blog to a new hosting service and have given the blog a new look. I trust you'll find it easier to navigate and more pleasing to the eye. The search feature is improved and gives more relevant results, too. The topics section on the left sidebar is a work in progress, and will grow as I tag more of the past entries with categories. The new address is: http://fivebelow.squarespace.com Please update your bookmarks, RSS feeds, etc., as all new content will appear at this Web address. The previous location at Blogspot.com will manually redirect readers to this URL for 60 days, and then it will be disabled. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA http://fivebelow.squarespace.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] TP Victoria for 20Sep09: Average
Team slacker here Late again 1132utc 819 unid asain mixing with KCBS 1137utc 828 unid asain mixing with jj 1148utc 855 KK DU mix 1204utc 576 RR with music underneath 1221utc 594 JJ 1234utc 603 unid asain mixing with JJ 1228utc 612 DU 1256utc 891 mix DU/JJ and that strange ethnic asian music.. Vietnam again Walt 1259utc 927 faint time pips 1303utc 936 unid CC mixing with music 1308utc 954 Unid male singing what Lang 1311utc 963 unid Asian 1312utc KK pop music 1315utc 999/999.06 growl fest 1321utc 1044 JJ 1333utc 1134 jumble 1341utc 1593 jumble 1349utc 621 KK?? CC weak 1351utc 639 faint mix 1353utc 729 mix of Asians poor 1403utc 792 two Asian mixing KK and CC??? 1405utc 801 weak Asian Lang. Sounds like CC 1409utc 846 EE religious service Thank guys... If you have any answers it would make this newbie happy... Time for a nap... If I can turn off the playststion. 12v DX point arena BOGS K9ay omni mode Thank you. DX TEAM SLACKER On Sep 20, 2009, at 7:39 AM, Walter Salmaniw salma...@shaw.ca wrote: Despite Colin's luck, my read is that things weren't a whole lot better than yesterday. Definitely no where near as good as last week or two. I started at 13:03 and listened past 14:00. Plenty of audio, but most lacked the punch of a really good morning. A very modest DU enhancement close to 14:00, past LSR. LW Russians weren't very good either. Here's my take, with 6 unless otherwise noted: 153, 171, 189, 279: LW Russians with 153 the best and 279 the worst! 164: 6 level possible Mongolia 529: SQM virtually absent today. Not a good sign. 531: Agree with Colin that this one was pretty good today at 8 level DU at 13:17 with music 540: Never eaked out Rhema today. 558: Asian with music at 13:23 567: Did hear NHK1 at 13:24 at 7- level. 576: Russian regular. Nothing at 13:20, but a solid 9 at 13:26. May indicate disturbed conditions. Probably my most regular semi- exotic TP this season. DU at 8 level at 14:00. 594: NHK1 at 8 to 9 level early, Australia at 14:02 // 612 with news. 603: pres KBS2 at 13:27 8 level. 612: 8 level Brisbane at 14:00. 639: 7 level early, presumably CC 657: North Korea with it's usual tirade at 13:29 8 level. 675: VoV at 7 level early, ?DU at 14:04 but too weak to be sure. 720: North Korea heard at 719.9 at 13:32 at 7 level. Comment: My take is that N.Korea is a bit weaker (as is S. Korea) compared to last season. 729: ?North Korea too? 7 level. 738: CC //1143 at 13:36 at 9 level (another really strong regular this year). 747: NHK2 at 7 only early. 756: low modulation not JJ at 7 level early. 765 774: 9 level JJ 783 792: KK at 7 level 828: JJ at 8 level early. Late I see 2 signals causing het on 828.0 and 827.897 (at 14:06). 837 846: 7 level early 855: N. Korea on 855.05 but only a 6 891, 909, 918, 927 936: 9 level CC at 13:48. Also a regular this year at good levels. Presumably Anhui? 963: CRI Russian early at 8 level. Also not as good as last year. 972: KK at 9 level early 1017: CC at 8 level early 1053 1089: CC at 7 level 13:52 1098: Big OC 1143: music at 7 level early 1152, 1161 1170: CC clearly audible under the very clean signal of KPUG at 13:54. I'll call it an 8. 1251: A jumble here today at 13:55 with 3 tx seen on 1251.027, 1251.004, and 1250.954 1287: JJ at 7 level 1440: JJ at 13:57 at 8 level. 1566: HLAZ at 8 level at 13:58 (stronger earlier) 1575: VOA at 7 level late (stronger earlier) X-band: modest appearance with carriers noted on 1638, 1647, 1656 (almost audio). Weak audio on 1701 at 14:07 I was still hearing Brisbane weakly at 14:20. Overall, at my QTH a very average morning. No surprises. .Walt ___ 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 Sep 21 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 20 September follow. Solar flux 71 and mid-latitude A-index 4. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 21 September was 2 (12 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 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 69 69 69 69 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 A-in 44442222222234 K-in 11011101112122 ___ 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] Home from convention
Returned safe and sound from convention, following 11-hour drive from Santa Fe to Krum. Got up at 5:30 a.m. to get to Santa Fe to pick up my wife for the return trip. Hit the hay after entertaining auction but before group picture ... (temptation to insert cliché about possilbly breaking the camera resisted) ... Tours were entertaining and enjoyable ... thought of Scot Fybush while running around ABQ taking tower site pictures ... lady stepped out of her house to ask what in the world we were taking pictures of in her neighborhood, and was satisfied with explanation ... she even knew where Krum, Texas, was having come from North Texas to Albuquerque. Delighted to see Bill Nittler after four and a half decades ... plus several others I've jabbered with along the way. (I think Bill Block and Frank Merrill were the only ones in Albuquerque who attended the only other IRCA convention I did -- Columbus OH in (my memory said '74 but others corrected to '75.) Shared Corvallis/Albany H.S. rivalry stories with Doug Pifer ... learned that Dave Williams and I were on Oregon State campus about the same time ... enjoyed chauffeuring Dave, Nigel Pimblett and Stan Weisback on excursions from headquarters ... Kudos to the organizers and the publishers and other volunteers ... nice, to, to be updated on some other old friends who weren't able to attend the gathering. Y'all are keeping a couple of good things going ... the AM DX hobby and this 46-year-old club. Qal R. Mann, Krumudgeon ___ 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] 738 Taiwan's Ragged Carrier Revealed in Perseus Waterfall Display
Gary DeBock and others have had frequent comments this month about the ragged carrier of 738 Taiwan. I decided to take a close look at 738 with the Perseus receiver's feature called Zoom mode. Sure enough, there's something strange about the 738 signal! I've posted a screen capture of 738 Taiwan's signal here: * http://tinyurl.com/738-taiwan* ** Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA http://fivebelow.squarespace.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] 738 Taiwan's Ragged Carrier Revealed in Perseus Waterfall ...
Hi Guy, Thanks very much for posting the photo of the Perseus' waterfall display of the 738-Taiwan ragged carrier. For some reason, the 738-Taiwan audio (on your Perseus SDR) in the MP3 clip sounds much more normal than the typical 738-Taiwan audio received here on the C.Crane SWP ultralight. Maybe the Perseus filtering removes some of the noisy components of the impaired signal. I posted an MP3 of 738-Taiwan's signal here this morning (of the same approximate signal strength as your MP3) in the Ultralightdx sound file site, which includes a definite buzzing sound in the background of the Chinese conversation. This buzzing sound doesn't show up on the other TP's, except of course for the North Koreans. 73, Gary ___ 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] 738 Taiwan's Ragged Carrier Revealed in Perseus
Hi Gary, Thanks for posting the MP3 of Taiwan's 738 audio as heard on your ultralight. Wow, I certainly haven't heard anything like that buzz on 738 over on this side of town! I'd suggest that maybe it's local QRM in your vicinity, but I know Bruce, Walt, and John have heard the buzzy audio too. That's a possibility about Perseus being more immune to the noise, but the three guys mentioned above all have SDR receivers too. I don't think there's anything special about Perseus compared to Bruce's SDR-IQ or John's WinRadio that would cause the buzz to disappear or be filtered out. The noise blanker in Perseus works well and has two effective blanking widths, but I rarely turn it on. The noise reduction control is used more often, but I know I haven't tried it on Taiwan 738. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA http://fivebelow.squarespace.com Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:50:34 EDT From: d1028g...@aol.com Subject: [IRCA] 738 Taiwan's Ragged Carrier Revealed in Perseus Waterfall ... Hi Guy, Thanks very much for posting the photo of the Perseus' waterfall display of the 738-Taiwan ragged carrier. For some reason, the 738-Taiwan audio (on your Perseus SDR) in the MP3 clip sounds much more normal than the typical 738-Taiwan audio received here on the C.Crane SWP ultralight. Maybe the Perseus filtering removes some of the noisy components of the impaired signal. I posted an MP3 of 738-Taiwan's signal here this morning (of the same approximate signal strength as your MP3) in the Ultralightdx sound file site, which includes a definite buzzing sound in the background of the Chinese conversation. This buzzing sound doesn't show up on the other TP's, except of course for the North Koreans. 73, Gary ___ 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
