[IRCA] WSCR-670 IBOC off again! 12:15am CDT
Hope someone is still up & DXing. 73, George S., MN ___ 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] MN South Pacific carriers 0830 UTC 9/25
At 02:50 PM 9/25/2009, you wrote: >1548 probably 4QD Australia, L3-4 at times; 1035 6 kw Solomon Islands or 20kw >Wellington, NZ?; 846 Vanuatu assumed; 702 Australia? How strange the WC people >were reporting almost 100% mainland Asia rather than DU, fixed antenna >directions the cause? >Eton E1 w/8" Quantum loop. 73, George S., MN > No, not at all, George. I have various choices including very much South Pacific/NZ and Australia directed, but it's been Asians that have been burning up the dials this weekWalt What is more likely is the time you listened. This is the normal time for a lot of the Pacific Islands (what few are on MW anymore) might be heard. We normally all listen towards dawn. ___ 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] Eastern NC UNID-1610 and ESPN Sports Radio on WAVQ-1400
1610a UNID, Heard in NC 9/25/2009 @ 1915 to 1935 (intermittent) CW while out on an errand. Several “long dashes” of 2 to 3 seconds; letters: “A,” “E,” “M,” and “ N I” noted. Fair to good signal while driving in N/S direction and non-existent driving E/W. Returning home, I checked for possible LOWFER activity and a station is listed in Kernersville, NC (+/- 200 miles air), on 1611.53 w/ID of JWS (but not using CW mode). Considering the erratic and intermittent manner in which the code was sent, I doubt it was an ARO. Ideas? (Mike Hardester, Jacksonville, NC. Toyota Highlander with stock antenna) +++ 1400 WAVQ NC., Jacksonville is NOT off-air as recently listed; also, I don’t recall any Spanish language activity. For about a month (my bust in not reporting this change earlier), it has been part of the ESPN Network. Announces // 1490 (WWNB, New Bern, NC), and 105.7 (W289BI a translator...of whom I don’t know). Both WAVQ and WWNB have been heard // in Jacksonville, NC, on truck radio, but nothing on 105.7 MHz. Of note, TOH ID is for the frequencies only of WAVQ, WWNB and the translator. Rarely are the call letters announced. There is a 4th station, 1450-WNOS in New Bern: FOX Sports Radio. The four stations have a website (www.rfenc.com) which stands for “Radio Free Eastern North Carolina.” E-mail: i...@rfenc.com. (Mike Hardester, Jacksonville, NC. Toyota Highlander with stock antenna) ++ Considering the length of the above, please feel free to slice and dice as necessary. Very 73 de Mike Hardester Jacksonville, NC. dx4...@ec.rr.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] Puyallup, WA TP's for 9-25... Hot-Rod Paradise
Hello All, As everybody else has reported, the conditions were supreme to Asia. Unfortunately there wasn't enough time here to investigate the entire band, but hopefully this great propagation will continue until tomorrow morning. Checking a few frequencies of interest, I noticed that 891 kHz had both the had both the NHK1 and Thai station mixing together at 1344, for the first time this season. 603 kHz had the UnID Mandarin Chinese station this morning with a fairly strong signal at 1336 (HLSA, which others reported as strong, was way down in the noise). Derek Vincent and I have both been hearing this UnID Chinese on 603 frequently recently-- but without ID clues. Most of the low-band TP's had some kind of audio, but with new Ultralight TP's the top priority, it was a mad scramble on the modified ICF-2010 to find some promising carriers (other than the 88 TP's logged so far on the Slider E100's and SWP's). It looks like a trip to Grayland is in order! Guy Atkins' high band loggings of yesterday were not nearly so impressive here, a sign that the Puyallup propagation is again playing strange tricks. We have both noticed situations when one of us will receive a TP at a strong level, when the other doesn't have a trace of the same station (at the same time). Guy's 1322 Filipino has never been anything more than a ghostly carrier here, but apparently some low-band Chinese sneak through here without a trace at Guy's house. Bizarre, but I guess a good subject for an article :-) 73, Gary Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) Modified C.Crane SWP (7.5" Slider loopstick + CFJ455K5 filter) 36" PVC-frame 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] Sept 25 TP DX - Mind boggling
> Colin > > Today was kind of exceptional. I've had other days when I can get > through a couple hours' SDR files in 10 minutes, so in the end it's > probably a time saver. > > Living life in SDR mode might not be all that bad. You could spot-check > each day beforehand and decide if it was worth bothering with. Some > days would be worth re-living for a week, others could safely be deleted > after a short preview :-) Walt says the same thing - and he is one of the high priests of SDR -- As is Guy. And when you have a very busy life like Walt does (and I guess the rest of us...) it can make a big difference. Sleep in? No problem. Something to think about when we get out of our concrete tower. -- .. 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
Re: [IRCA] Sept 25 TP DX - Mind boggling
c...@islandnet.com wrote: TP conditions this morning were nothing short of fantastic. I'm tempted to go back through the files and look for more stuff, but I've already spent 3 hours playing back 2 hours of DX. Why I don't SDR... yet. No actual time. Imagine if life could be done in SDR! It would take a week to re-live a day. Colin Today was kind of exceptional. I've had other days when I can get through a couple hours' SDR files in 10 minutes, so in the end it's probably a time saver. Living life in SDR mode might not be all that bad. You could spot-check each day beforehand and decide if it was worth bothering with. Some days would be worth re-living for a week, others could safely be deleted after a short preview :-) Bruce ___ 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] WRVC-930
Hi Group: Not sure if this has been reported here or not but WRVC-930, Huntingtom, WV, has dropped ESPN in the a.m., now carrying WV's Metronews and morning talk show wiith Hoppie Kercheval (a guess at the spelling). They appear to join ESPN later in the day, but I've not been able to fingure out just when because they put such a poor signal in here and 930 has a rather nasty whine here all day. They are also not alone on the channel, WHON is always at least in the background, sometimes almost equal to them! 73 David ___ 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] ULR SUNSET SKIP.....2 NEW Stations tonight!!
Hi Guys: Tuned in tonight hoping to cash in on some High School Football Broadcasts. I ended up hearing 2 New Stationsbut neither of them were airing HS Football!! I did hear a Pile of Football Games...but all those stations were RELOGS !! Both of the New Stations are NEW to the ULR and OVERALL LOGS as well. Radio used...SONY SRF-T615 ULR Antenna used ...2 1/2 Foot Homebrew Box Loop ULR Log Totals are now...691 Stations Heard. ^^^ 73..ROB Robert S. Ross VA3SW London, Ontario CANADA *** 1430 WNSW Newark, NJ Sept/25/09 1928 EDT SPANISH FAIR Spanish Religious Talk by Male...Many mentions of "Christo". Spanish Choir Music @ 1930 with Male Vocals. Mentions of New Jersey at 1930.Possibly a Local Church??? NEW STN.NEW ULR # 690 5 KW ROSS, ONT. 1440 WSGO Oswego, NY Sept/25/09 1945 EDTEE GOOD NOS Music. ID by Male DJ @ 1947 EDT as "1200 & 1440 WTLA and WSGO" Into Song."We've Only Just Begun"More NOS Music. NEW STN. NEW ULR # 691 1KW/45 Watts Nights ROSS, ONT. * ___ 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] 1030 AM UNID
My guess would be WEBS. I've heard 'em here doing very well before sunrise and before WBGS s/on. WBGS IDs frequently as "Cruisin' 1030 and is adding more and more local origination. The morning show, done by one host, a man, is now local as is a tradio show at 10 a.m. (seems to sell a lot of guns - WV, you know). I've noted that some of their songs during the local origination segment are out-takes, not the hit versions of the songs. WBGS also puts only slightly better signals in here than does the Gallipolis 990, which has only 1 kw, so I've suspected for a long time that WBGS has a fairly substantial null to the NE. 73. David --- On Fri, 9/25/09, Bill Harms wrote: From: Bill Harms Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1030 AM UNID To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 6:47 PM Karl: I bet you had WBGS as you suspect. I have heard them before in the past at night with presumed day power. Don't expect an ID however. Bill Harms Karl J. Zuk wrote: > Heard on my Sony SRF-59 this morning just north of NYC: Strong oldies station > with zero local content, no IDs and computer playback. Overnight DJ was Larry > of Late Night. After 6 am, it was a guy and girl team but I never heard their > names. > > This station sets a new standard for squeaky clean computer playback. > All the songs sounded like they had come from the same studio. > I heard a phoner during the guy and gal show that sounded like they were > using a voice extra for the call-in guy. > Songs were all the ones you know by heart: > You've got a friend > Light my fire > You get the idea. > > Is this West Virginia's WBGS on full power by mistake? > Is there someone out there I haven't heard of yet? > Big, big signal and about 45 degrees off of WBZ's peak in nulling. > > Any ideas would be appreciated! > > Thanks, Karl Zuk N2KZ > _ ___ 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 26 0001 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 25 September follow. Solar flux 72 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 26 September was 0 (3 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 24 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 26 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 76 76 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 72 72 A-in 22221111111122 K-in 00110112011000 ___ 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 for 09-25-09
Good condition as others have reported. DU action way down here. One more morning left. Thanks John for the DPR of KOREA listings. 702 JAPAN, NHK2 1040 one of the two NHK2 listed. Mostly weak, sometimes fair. // 774 855 DPR OF KOREA, 1103 fair with man in Korean and // 657 918 UNKNOWN 1112 fair with woman in Asian language. 1008 UNKNOWN 1124 two stations weak signals in Asian language 1026 CHINA? 1138 not // to anything listed in Pals. Weak to fair 1017 CHINA? 1132 assuming China, most powerful on channel. Not JOLB or CRN1 1017 JAPAN, JOLB 1134 fair over/under China. // 774. 1053 DPR OF KOREA, 1200 no pips heard. Woman in Korean and not // 2850. Jammer underneath at 1500. Jammer on top 1502-1503. 1062 CHINA? 1206 weak with a lot of domestic splatter. SW loop cut the splatter down. Weaker signal with woman in Chinese. 1071 CHINA, 1210-1230 fair signal, but not CRN1. Familiar with music at times along with with announcer Zhongyang Renmin Guangbo Diantai”. One pip at 1230. 1305UNKNOWN 1344 weak to fair signal at times with man/woman in Asian language. “Let It Be” Beatles. 1323CHINA CRI? 1347 weak in Asian language with a lot of splatter. 1332JAPAN, JOSF 1349 fair with woman/man fun chat. 1350JAPAN, JOER 1355 fair with man/woman in Japanese. 1386JAPAN, NHK2 1402 one of the four NHK2 on this channel. Mixing with other Asian station. 1404JAPAN, 1404 one of the Japanese stations one this channel. 1467UNKNOWN THAILAND? 1408 fair signal with man in Asian language. Over other station. 1476UNKNOWN 1411 a couple of weak stations. 1584UNKNOWN, 1417 to weak to make out language. NW loop. 1593UNKNOWN 1120 fair signal, not CRN1. Sounded like Chinese. 1593CHINA, CRN1 good signal and // 5030. 1602UNKNOWN, 1421 weak signal, but buried in Blaine, WA Dennis, Grayland, WA JR 545 R8B Super Loops SW & 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
Re: [IRCA] Sept 25 TP DX - Mind boggling
> TP conditions this morning were nothing short of fantastic. > I'm tempted to go back through the files and look for more stuff, but > I've already spent 3 hours playing back 2 hours of DX. > Why I don't SDR... yet. No actual time. Imagine if life could be done in SDR! It would take a week to re-live a day. -- .. 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
Re: [IRCA] MN South Pacific carriers 0830 UTC 9/25
> 1548 probably 4QD Australia, L3-4 at times; 1035 6 kw Solomon Islands or 20kw > Wellington, NZ?; 846 Vanuatu assumed; 702 Australia? How strange the WC > people were reporting almost 100% mainland Asia rather than DU, fixed antenna > directions the cause? > Eton E1 w/8" Quantum loop. 73, George S., MN > I would normally defer to the experts; like Nick, John and Guy... and Walt... But. I think there could be a wide variety of reasons why Pacific Island stations penetrate further into the heartland of America, leaving the typical Japanese stations behind... actual distance, angle of arrival, skip zones, etc. My thinking is - if you want to "hear" the Pacific from the Mid-West to the East, go for the Marshall Islands on 1098. If you want to "detect" a Pacific station, go after Tahiti on 738. Some Japanese stations have a good shot -- because many of them are coastal... BUT - they are subject to auroral conditions and are absorbed while Pacific signals arrive from a more southerly bearing. -- .. 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] MN South Pacific carriers 0830 UTC 9/25
1548 probably 4QD Australia, L3-4 at times; 1035 6 kw Solomon Islands or 20kw Wellington, NZ?; 846 Vanuatu assumed; 702 Australia? How strange the WC people were reporting almost 100% mainland Asia rather than DU, fixed antenna directions the cause? Eton E1 w/8" Quantum loop. 73, George S., MN ___ 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] Sept 25 TP DX - Mind boggling
At 12:20 PM 9/25/2009, you wrote: >TP conditions this morning were nothing short of fantastic. Not just the best >this season but the best in several years here. I've had Grayland DXpeditions >that weren't as productive. > >Mind you, this was all done while I slept (I went to bed late last night), but >that's what SDR's are for. > >The highlight of the morning was hearing CHINA on 1170 mixing with KBS and >KPUG. Before 1300 I had KBS World Radio in Japanese sometimes topping KPUG. >At 1300 there were 3+1 pips from KBS mixing with 5+1 pips from China, of which >the final, longer one coincided with the CBS news sounder on KPUG. A moment >later, I was blown away by CNR's familiar theme tune followed by a clear >"Zhongyang Renmin Guangbo Dientai" ID by a man. CNR1 has outlets listed in >Guangdong province - perhaps one of them boosted power recently to counteract >the co-channel VOA broadcasts. So if anyone hears Chinese on 1170, it's >either KBS, VOA or CNR. Take your pick. > >Other stuff from today, sort of in chronological order > >780 KNOM atop KKOH with ID and ABC news 1200 >738Taiwan presumed, in CC with no pips or theme music at 1200 I heard time pips at 13:00, though, Bruce. No SDR recordings earlier, just at 12:59 onward. I also listened to my 1170 and could make out the KBS World Radio signature tune, and another oriental speaker, but a bit too jumbled for me. For whatever reason (perhaps the Perseus has to "warm-up"), things don't pick up here until perhaps 13:20 or later. That's why I haven't bothered to check earlier than 13:00. Another real possibility is the large amount of domestic splatter which negates a lot of the TP signal strength, and closer to local dawn, they are starting to disappear.Those Alaskans also heard here today, but not as good as a week or two agoWalt. ___ 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 25 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 24 September follow. Solar flux 75 and mid-latitude A-index 1. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 25 September was 0 (3 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 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 76 76 76 76 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 A-in 22222211111111 K-in 00001101120110 ___ 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] 1030 AM UNID
Karl: I bet you had WBGS as you suspect. I have heard them before in the past at night with presumed day power. Don't expect an ID however. Bill Harms Karl J. Zuk wrote: Heard on my Sony SRF-59 this morning just north of NYC: Strong oldies station with zero local content, no IDs and computer playback. Overnight DJ was Larry of Late Night. After 6 am, it was a guy and girl team but I never heard their names. This station sets a new standard for squeaky clean computer playback. All the songs sounded like they had come from the same studio. I heard a phoner during the guy and gal show that sounded like they were using a voice extra for the call-in guy. Songs were all the ones you know by heart: You've got a friend Light my fire You get the idea. Is this West Virginia's WBGS on full power by mistake? Is there someone out there I haven't heard of yet? Big, big signal and about 45 degrees off of WBZ's peak in nulling. Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks, Karl Zuk N2KZ _ ___ 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] Sept 25 TP DX - Mind boggling
TP conditions this morning were nothing short of fantastic. Not just the best this season but the best in several years here. I've had Grayland DXpeditions that weren't as productive. Mind you, this was all done while I slept (I went to bed late last night), but that's what SDR's are for. The highlight of the morning was hearing CHINA on 1170 mixing with KBS and KPUG. Before 1300 I had KBS World Radio in Japanese sometimes topping KPUG. At 1300 there were 3+1 pips from KBS mixing with 5+1 pips from China, of which the final, longer one coincided with the CBS news sounder on KPUG. A moment later, I was blown away by CNR's familiar theme tune followed by a clear "Zhongyang Renmin Guangbo Dientai" ID by a man. CNR1 has outlets listed in Guangdong province - perhaps one of them boosted power recently to counteract the co-channel VOA broadcasts. So if anyone hears Chinese on 1170, it's either KBS, VOA or CNR. Take your pick. Other stuff from today, sort of in chronological order 780 KNOM atop KKOH with ID and ABC news 1200 738Taiwan presumed, in CC with no pips or theme music at 1200 846 China, 4+1 pips, all long, at 1200, weak, not much else heard 837 Asian woman 1159, no pips heard 1200 855 very noisy carrier, probably a mix of N Korea & something else 1201 864 3+1 pips from presumed S Korea 1200 873 Japan, 3+1 pips fair in heavy KIXI splat 1200 750 KFQD killing KXL w/ID & CBS news 1200 756 783 909 918 all had carriers but little audio 1204 1557 TAIWAN, CC woman fair 1208 1566 & 1575 good like usual 1208 1440 Japanese talk mixing w/domestics 1209 1278 JJ talk good 1236 1314 Asian talk 1246 1224 threshold audio 1247 1215 carrier 1247 1332 JJ talk 1249 1323 Audio in domestic splat 1249 1188 S Korea presumed with hymn 1250 fair 1305 S Korea fair-poor w/3+1 pips & KK talk 1300 1206 China, Yanbian strong w/ KK man & woman alternating, 1302-5, sounded like news 1260 JJ talk u/CFRN 1301 1278 China, time pips 1300 but little else 1044 China, CRI JJ service fair 1305 1035China weak //981 1307, echo audio //981 1230 981 China, CNR1 strong w/YL in CC, huge signal 1330 1026 Asian talk 1307, 2 stations mixing 1320 972 Korea 10 db stronger than domestics on 970 at 1308, seemed to be another stn in background 1053 Jammer at monster level 1311 1017 China, CRI KK service fair 1320 1116 Good carrier, weak audio, Asian talk but couldn't ID language 1328 1071 Woman in Asian language 1331 1008 Someone in English during pause in KOMO splat 1332, man giving report by phone, mentioning "a mile south of (unintelligible)", also caught 2-3 references to firefighters. Probably a DU 963 Two Stations 1334 621 Asian talk in splat 1336, unfortunately KCIS-630 is my strongest local on the Northwest lobe of the antenna 675 Vietnamese talk fair 1342 666 Japan good 1341 //594 612 JOLK weak //594 1342 mixing w/another stn (Aussie?), fair 1349 //594 567 Japan //594 1340 good at times, but bad KVI-570 splat 558 KK talk fair 1347 549 Unid 1347 in what appeared to be Chinese or Vietnamese, didn't sound like Russian 693 Japan, JOAB monster signal at times (better than 594) w/EE lessons 1348, signal peaked at 5db weaker than CBU! 747 774 & 828 were also in but not nearly as good I'm tempted to go back through the files and look for more stuff, but I've already spent 3 hours playing back 2 hours of DX. Bruce in Seattle SDR-IQ receiver, K9AY 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
Re: [IRCA] Thursday Sept. 24 TPs from Puyallup - Great !
These cx didn't carry over to the midwest, unfortunately. I had hopes for this morning as when I went to bed at 10:30 CDT CJDC was abut the best ever and an even mixed on peaks to phased WLS and CJCA 930 was at VG levels on peaks. But when I checked somewhat prior to my SR and hung around for a few minutes, these cx had dissapated. Prarie Canada was still good but nothing that would have been 2 hop was in and not a trace of a TP het. 73 KAZ Barrington IL -Original Message- >From: Guy Atkins >Sent: Sep 25, 2009 12:30 PM >To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > >Subject: [IRCA] Thursday Sept. 24 TPs from Puyallup - Great ! > >As others in the Pacific NW reported, Thursday morning was a good one for >Asians from my QTH. > >-- > >549 Rst. Mayak presumed, with Russian talk and singing; fair to good at >1345 > >558 JOCR fair with JJ at 1245 > >585 JOPG Kushiro, fair in JJ and parallel 594 JOAK > >594 JOAK strong "9" level signal of JJ at 1245 > >603 HLSA S. Korea, very good 8 to 9 signal in KK, especially around 1345. >I noted a weak station in English during a pause in speech...sounded Aussie. >2RN?? > >612 JOLK in JJ with a strong signal at 1334 > >657 N. Korea with a very good signal in KK at 1334 > >666 JOBK Japan; very good signal at 1337 in JJ > >693 JOAB Japan, very good in JJ at 1310 > >738 Taiwan with good signal from 1250 onwards, especially at 1345 when it >was really powerhouse, as Gary reported. I also heard another station >(JJ?) in the background at 1345. I've decided I'm not hearing the buzzing on >738 because it's masked by 740 KCBS splatter on my antenna, but I can >certainly see the ragged carrier on the Perseus waterfall display. > >747 JOIB Japan with excellent signal in JJ at 1330 > >774 JOUB Japan in JJ with excellent signal at 1335 > >828 JOBB Japan in at a good level 1250 in JJ > >936 China at 1252 in CC with a good signal > >963 China CRI with a fair signal of RR language from 1248 onwards > >972 HLCA S. Korea, very good level in KK from 1300 onwards > >1044 CRI China in Japanese at a fair to good level 1248 > >1053 V. of Natl. Salvation, N. Korea, in KK language with jammer in >background at 1305. > >1062 HLKQ S. Korea, fair in KK at 1350 > >1134 JOQR Japan in JJ at 1257; fair > >1287 JOHR Japan, noted at 1310 with good to very good signal in JJ > >1322 UNID station here again 1345, with same sort of bass heavy music I've >heard before. Poor to fair at best, and was only in for a minute. This is >likely DXAD, Marawi City, Philippines as has been reported on this >off-channel frequency. With a traditional receiver, it's highly unlikely I >would have stumbled across 1322 at the right moment when it rose above the >noise so briefly. The waterfall display of an SDR receiver makes it easy to >spot and tune into these fleeting signals. > >1377 China with fair signal of CC lang. at 1250 > >1422 JORF Japan, good level of JJ at 1310 > >1566 HLAZ S. Korea, fair signal in JJ at 1310; never quite rose above fair >at any time > >1575 Thailand VOA at 1335 with female announcer in Khmer; fair level > >1593 China CNR1 at 1254, good signal of CC talk > >-- > > >On my Perseus blog I've posted MP3 clips of the signals from 549, 585, 594, >603, and 738 kHz for September 24th. > >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 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] Thursday Sept. 24 TPs from Puyallup - Great !
As others in the Pacific NW reported, Thursday morning was a good one for Asians from my QTH. -- 549 Rst. Mayak presumed, with Russian talk and singing; fair to good at 1345 558 JOCR fair with JJ at 1245 585 JOPG Kushiro, fair in JJ and parallel 594 JOAK 594 JOAK strong "9" level signal of JJ at 1245 603 HLSA S. Korea, very good 8 to 9 signal in KK, especially around 1345. I noted a weak station in English during a pause in speech...sounded Aussie. 2RN?? 612 JOLK in JJ with a strong signal at 1334 657 N. Korea with a very good signal in KK at 1334 666 JOBK Japan; very good signal at 1337 in JJ 693 JOAB Japan, very good in JJ at 1310 738 Taiwan with good signal from 1250 onwards, especially at 1345 when it was really powerhouse, as Gary reported. I also heard another station (JJ?) in the background at 1345. I've decided I'm not hearing the buzzing on 738 because it's masked by 740 KCBS splatter on my antenna, but I can certainly see the ragged carrier on the Perseus waterfall display. 747 JOIB Japan with excellent signal in JJ at 1330 774 JOUB Japan in JJ with excellent signal at 1335 828 JOBB Japan in at a good level 1250 in JJ 936 China at 1252 in CC with a good signal 963 China CRI with a fair signal of RR language from 1248 onwards 972 HLCA S. Korea, very good level in KK from 1300 onwards 1044 CRI China in Japanese at a fair to good level 1248 1053 V. of Natl. Salvation, N. Korea, in KK language with jammer in background at 1305. 1062 HLKQ S. Korea, fair in KK at 1350 1134 JOQR Japan in JJ at 1257; fair 1287 JOHR Japan, noted at 1310 with good to very good signal in JJ 1322 UNID station here again 1345, with same sort of bass heavy music I've heard before. Poor to fair at best, and was only in for a minute. This is likely DXAD, Marawi City, Philippines as has been reported on this off-channel frequency. With a traditional receiver, it's highly unlikely I would have stumbled across 1322 at the right moment when it rose above the noise so briefly. The waterfall display of an SDR receiver makes it easy to spot and tune into these fleeting signals. 1377 China with fair signal of CC lang. at 1250 1422 JORF Japan, good level of JJ at 1310 1566 HLAZ S. Korea, fair signal in JJ at 1310; never quite rose above fair at any time 1575 Thailand VOA at 1335 with female announcer in Khmer; fair level 1593 China CNR1 at 1254, good signal of CC talk -- On my Perseus blog I've posted MP3 clips of the signals from 549, 585, 594, 603, and 738 kHz for September 24th. 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] NE Oregon Pacific good LWBC, Friday
LWBC Radio Rossii very good this morning, 153, 171, 180, 189, 234, 279; 279 hitting S9+10 at times. Playing old Beatles tunes, mostly other artist's versions with a beautiful solo acoustic guitar number at 1254 utc. Even had 261 Rossii briefly at 1234. Mongolia on both 164 and 209, 1220-1240 utc. Steve NE Oregon R75, Perseus, 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] 1030 AM UNID
I likely heard the same station here in Central Pennsylvania at midnight Eastern time. No TOH ID, and was way over WBZ on my north- pointing superloop. Barry's site lists WBGS as sports/talk; oldies format on that frequency could also be WEBS-GA but hard to imagine their 5kW would overpower WBZ's 50kW here. Brett Saylor Central PA Perseus w/ N-pointed 16'x36' Superloop On Sep 25, 2009, at 8:02 AM, Karl J. Zuk wrote: Heard on my Sony SRF-59 this morning just north of NYC: Strong oldies station with zero local content, no IDs and computer playback. Overnight DJ was Larry of Late Night. After 6 am, it was a guy and girl team but I never heard their names. This station sets a new standard for squeaky clean computer playback. All the songs sounded like they had come from the same studio. I heard a phoner during the guy and gal show that sounded like they were using a voice extra for the call-in guy. Songs were all the ones you know by heart: You've got a friend Light my fire You get the idea. Is this West Virginia's WBGS on full power by mistake? Is there someone out there I haven't heard of yet? Big, big signal and about 45 degrees off of WBZ's peak in nulling. Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks, Karl Zuk N2KZ _ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 ___ 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] TP for 25Sep09 from Victoria: Superb JJ morning
OK, as John mentioned yesterday, it's difficult to call yet another morning, "best of the season", or "best ever", but this morning I was blown away with the wealth of rarely heard frequencies, especially on the lower half of the band and especially from Japan. Wow! Now the upper band may have been as good, but with all the digging in the bottom half, perhaps it was simply too far past dawn before I got to the upper channels. I'm not complaining, though! I started only at 13:18, having come home after midnight from a marathon delivery session last night. SF 75, K1, A1. "6" unless otherwise noted. 153 (9) and 279: 8 529: SQM at 9 (a good predictor of TP DX) 531: JJ at 6 level 13:25 540: CNR1 at 8 level and someone on 539.611 549: 7 level JJ at 13:29 558: 9 level with music 567: JJ at 8.5 level // 594 576: RR at 9 level 585: JJ and cochannel music at 7.5 level 594: JJ and coch at 9 level, and still 8 to 9 at 14:11 603: KK and strong CC at 13:32 9 level 612: Brisbane at 13:33 (strange how they're coming in all alone, no other cochannel and when I didn't hear any other DU stations). 8+ at 14:10. 621: North Korea at 7 level. I'm seeing 2 carriers on 620.996 and 620.92 639: CNR1 at 7 657: 7 level North Korea 666: JJ at 13:27 at 8 675: NHK1! at 13:38, then like a light switch, presumed VoV with soft spoken female (less likely CC) at 8 level 702: N. Korea at 8 711: 9 level pres KBS1 720: CNR2 at 8 738: Instrumental music over Taiwan Fisheries station (which was talk and //1143) 747: JJ at 9 level 756: 7 level undermod 765: 7 level undermod 774: JJ at 9+ level and weak cochannel. Still at 9+ at 14:12, and I was still hearing audio at 14:20 (with the sun up for a while). 783: 7 level 792: 8 level with 2 cochannel. Instrumental and talk at 13:45 801: 7 level with a very sick wobbly transmitter on the high side as well. Fun to watch it drift on the Perseus! 819: 8 level music at 13:48 828: JJ and cochannel at 9 level. Still 9+ after 14:00 837: 8 level with 2 cochannel incl JOQK 846: 7 level. Weak NHK1 at 13:50 855: North Korea at 7 864 873: 8 level JJ 891, 918, 927 936: 9 level and weak cochannel at 13:30 945 954: JOKR at 9 963: CRI RR and coch at 8 972: KK at 8 981, 1008 1017: CRI KK at 13:54 1026, 1035, 1044 1053: 8 level esp jammer 1089 1098: mx audible at 13:56 1125 1134: 7.5 not CNR1 at 13:57. More likely JJ or KK 1143: ?JOBR at 8 1152, 1224 1242: 7.5 level at 14:01 plus het from 1242.45 1251: Jumble and CC at 7 level 1269, 1278 1287: JJ at 8 level 1314, 1332, 1341, 1359, 1386, 1422 1440: JJ at 8 level 14:05 1503, 1512 1566: HLAZ at 9 early, still a 7 at 14:06 1575: VOA at 9 early, still an 8 at 14:06 1584: 6 level with 3 tx seen: 1583.98, 1584.015, 1584.069 1593 No X-band activity. That's it for a superb JJ 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
[IRCA] TPs from Orcas: Sept 25
It was another really good morning here on Orcas, down a bit from yesterday maybe, but still awfully good. The bottom 2/3 of the band was quite full. Several interesting things: 630: CNR2 was absolutely wiping out KCIS, Seattle AND KJNO, Juneau for a while. A new station for me. 837 had two at murmur level at 1400, with two radically different TCs, about 2 seconds apart. 1053 After dawn, the jammer was gone and there were two Asian signals there, each just above murmur level. Neither was //2850 1080 had an Asian signal for a while, dominating the channel briefly. I think that it was Korean, but it was not //819 and 2850. 1278 was JOFR, Fukuoka //1287 with ANN 1341 was doing well after dawn with standard CC that might have been unlisted CNR2 and then I tried to kill a moth in the shack and spilled half a cup of coffee on my log book and myself. 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] KYES 1180 MN on day power ?
Thanks, Neil. I'll check for KYES (and HSFB), tonight. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 6 Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:34:27 -0500 From: "Neil Kazaross" To: Cc: a...@yahoogroups.com, a...@wtfda.info, IRCA List Subject: [IRCA] KYES 1180 MN on day power ? Message-ID: <004501ca3d88$b5350d80$3200a...@bigyam> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Really strong at times here with Relevent Radio religous pgmg and didn't seem to switch power at sunset. 73 KAZ Barrington IL ___ 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] Richard Allen was: ULR SUNSET SKIP Tonight...One New Station
Rob; Please pass along my congrats to Richard. 700 is a good number! Considering that I only have a little over 700 in my main log of 25 years of "sporadic" logging (I count only US + Canada in that book). My ULR logbook (not always updated) of 180 is also barefoot and in about 20 hours of total listening time and mostly with an SRF-59 and then the e-100. Have there been any ULR contests? I had FUN with those. 73, Dave in Indy -- Message: 2 Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:03:52 -0400 From: "Robert S.Ross VA3SW" To: IRCA AM List Subject: [IRCA] ULR SUNSET SKIP Tonight...One New Station.1440 WAJR Morgantown, West Virginia.. Message-ID: <4abc16f8.4050...@rogers.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Guys: Still picking away at my quest to hit 700 ULR Stations heard..but the BIG NEWS is that Richard Allen of OKLAHOMA has just sent me his ULR AWARD application for 700 ULR Stationsso he is the FIRST to hit 700 heard with a Handheld ULR RADIO!!! My congratulations to Richard, who has accomplished this amazing feat using a BAREFOOT/UNMODIFIED ULR Radio...which makes this even more remarkable!! Way to go Richard...I knew you were sneaking up on meand I bow to you as the First ULR DXer to hit 700 Stations Heard!! My quest to hit 700 Stations was lessened by one tonight when I logged the following Station at Sunset...This Station is NEW to Both the ULR and OVERALL LOGS. Radio UsedSONY SRF-T615 ULR Antenna Used.2 1/2 Foot Homebrew Box Loop. ULR LOG TOTALS are ...688 Stations Heard. 73.ROB. Robert S. Ross VA3SW London, Ontario 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] Drift net MW DX update (SDR-IQ) from northern Delaware
Drift net MW DX update (SDR-IQ) from northern Delaware: 20-Sep-09 // 2300 local // 1380 khz. // WKDM // 5 kw // New York, New York // Male with "AM 1380, WKDM, New York" followed by "The following program is a presentation of the public affairs department here at AM 1380, WKDM." // New. A 'short' 113 mile catch with QRM from WTMC. MP3 clip available here: http://www.21centimeter.com/21centimeter/Recordings/1380-khz_2300-Local_9-20-09_WKDM_New-York.mp3 Rgds, -Pete Jernakoff- K3KMS Wilmington, Delaware www.21centimeter.com This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains information that may be Privileged, confidential or copyrighted under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby formally notified that any use, copying or distribution of this e-mail, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Unless explicitly and conspicuously designated as "E-Contract Intended", this e-mail does not constitute a contract offer, a contract amendment, or an acceptance of a contract offer. This e-mail does not constitute a consent to the use of sender's contact information for direct marketing purposes or for transfers of data to third parties. Francais Deutsch Italiano Espanol Portugues Japanese Chinese Korean http://www.DuPont.com/corp/email_disclaimer.html ___ 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] 1030 AM UNID
Heard on my Sony SRF-59 this morning just north of NYC: Strong oldies station with zero local content, no IDs and computer playback. Overnight DJ was Larry of Late Night. After 6 am, it was a guy and girl team but I never heard their names. This station sets a new standard for squeaky clean computer playback. All the songs sounded like they had come from the same studio. I heard a phoner during the guy and gal show that sounded like they were using a voice extra for the call-in guy. Songs were all the ones you know by heart: You've got a friend Light my fire You get the idea. Is this West Virginia's WBGS on full power by mistake? Is there someone out there I haven't heard of yet? Big, big signal and about 45 degrees off of WBZ's peak in nulling. Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks, Karl Zuk N2KZ _ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 ___ 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] KYES 1180 MN on day power ?
Thanks Deane. After that, the signal dropped into the mud... Patrick Martin KGED QSL 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
