Re: [IRCA] LWBC TA decent tonight
Walt, I had Iceland 189 coming is a bit above threshold with a man in Icelantic. A strong carrier on 171. But Iceland was the best of the lot. Drake R8 1500' Eastern beverage 73, Patrick ___ 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] Excellent LW tonight
Jim Renfrew 0025 EDT OCT 4 153 poor 162 very good 171 very good 177 good 183 excellent 189 poor 198 poor (getting crushed by QRM) 207 fair 216 very good 225 very good (rarely this good!) 234 excellent 252 two stations battling 270 excellent, best ever Virtually nothing on MW at this time. Only audio is 693 BBC. ___ 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] LWBC TA decent tonight
Since first check at 0210 utc, TA LWBC has been relatively decent tonight. Signals fade up and down; at the moment 0342, 171 Morocco is at medium level, "8", and Perseus says it's solid S9 level. Channels with threshold or better audio this evening: 153 Algeria, 162 France, 177 Germany, 183 Germany, 189 Iceland, 198 UK, 207 presumed-Germany, 216 France, 225 not sure who, 234 Luxumbourg, 252 Algeria with middle-eastern music. MW only a few weak hets, 1134 close to audio at times. Steve NE Oregon 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] Alberta TAs happening again
Walter Salmaniw wrote: At 08:17 PM 10/3/2009, you wrote: Things have faded somewhat since the peak around 0115, but still plenty of action. Am currently listening to BBC Five Live on 693, and // 909 and the Voice of Russia from Moldova is in English on 1548. Germany on 1269 also in with audio. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta Nigel, unfortunately for me, those frequencies (693, 909, and 1548 are all difficult due to local splatter. I'm getting threshold audio on 1566. Any luck there. Who might they be ?UK, or Benin?.Walt Interesting, 1566 is one of the few frequencies here doing very little (a weak carrier at best). I've checked there regularly, as I'd sure like to hear Benin. 1548 is certainly doing well tonight though. 73, Nigel ___ 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] Alberta TAs happening again
At 08:17 PM 10/3/2009, you wrote: >Things have faded somewhat since the peak around 0115, but still plenty of >action. Am currently listening to BBC Five Live on 693, and // 909 and the >Voice of Russia from Moldova is in English on 1548. Germany on 1269 also in >with audio. > >73, > >Nigel Pimblett >Dunmore, Alberta Nigel, unfortunately for me, those frequencies (693, 909, and 1548 are all difficult due to local splatter. I'm getting threshold audio on 1566. Any luck there. Who might they be ?UK, or Benin?.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] More Victorian TA audios
171 presumed Morocco pretty good at 03:07. 639, 747, 765 (presumably Switzerland), 783, 828, 837, 855, 1017, 1107, 1116, 1125, 1134, 1215, 1251, 1278, 1341, 1359, 1377, 1422, 1557 all have snippets of audio, and some of these at fair levels. Yes, not a bad night at all. Too bad I wasn't 750 km north at my QCI cottage! 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] Alberta TAs happening again
Things have faded somewhat since the peak around 0115, but still plenty of action. Am currently listening to BBC Five Live on 693, and // 909 and the Voice of Russia from Moldova is in English on 1548. Germany on 1269 also in with audio. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta Walter Salmaniw wrote: Here's my catch of audios or near audios from Victoria at 02:45: 1512, 1422, 1377, 1215, 1206, 1134, 1116, 1107, 855, 837, 819, 675, 531.Walt At 07:16 PM 10/3/2009, you wrote: Last night was good for TAs, but tonight is better. So far I've noted audio on: 684,693,711,765,819,837,855,864,909,945,1044,1089,1206,1215,1377,1539,1575 and a number of those have been at good levels. France seems especially favoured, with 711, 837, 864, 1206, and 1377 all delivering good audio at times. Right now Egypt is in nicely on 819! 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, AB ___ 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] West Coast TAs
Pretty decent audio on 1215 at 03:00 with Absolute Radio. Also Croatian Radio on 1134 now at 03:04. Probably the best I've heard them this season.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] Alberta TAs happening again
Here's my catch of audios or near audios from Victoria at 02:45: 1512, 1422, 1377, 1215, 1206, 1134, 1116, 1107, 855, 837, 819, 675, 531.Walt At 07:16 PM 10/3/2009, you wrote: >Last night was good for TAs, but tonight is better. So far I've noted audio >on: 684,693,711,765,819,837,855,864,909,945,1044,1089,1206,1215,1377,1539,1575 >and a number of those have been at good levels. > >France seems especially favoured, with 711, 837, 864, 1206, and 1377 all >delivering good audio at times. Right now Egypt is in nicely on 819! > > >73, > >Nigel Pimblett >Dunmore, AB ___ 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] Alberta TAs happening again
Last night was good for TAs, but tonight is better. So far I've noted audio on: 684,693,711,765,819,837,855,864,909,945,1044,1089,1206,1215,1377,1539,1575 and a number of those have been at good levels. France seems especially favoured, with 711, 837, 864, 1206, and 1377 all delivering good audio at times. Right now Egypt is in nicely on 819! 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, AB ___ 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] Tonight's MW DX
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY With 2200 MW stations logged it's not easy to get new ones, but I got two tonight! OCT 3 18541490WNBTPAWellsboro, single call letter ID in the mess, NEW 19291570UNIDSign-off announcement, sounded like WTTS, and mentioned FM 19321570WNSTMDTowson, "Section 410" sports call-in (refers to the Area Code) 19411570WFURMIGrand Rapids, religious music, call letter ID, NEW ___ 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 Oct 04 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 03 October follow. Solar flux 72 and mid-latitude A-index 0. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 04 October was 0 (4 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 02 02 02 02 02 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 04 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 A-in 22221111111110 K-in 01100000001100 ___ 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...Brickwalled at 699 Stations!!! ARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!
Hi Guys: Well..it was No SEEGAR on trying to hit ULR # 700 at Sunset tonight!! Try as I may I was unable to squeeze just one more Station outta the Sony SRF-T615!! Drats!! 2 1/2 Hours of Sunset Skip...and One Station was all I could do.HoweverI did creep one station closer with a New Station for # 699. This was a NEW STN for both the OVERALL LOG and ULR LOG!! Looks like I haveta do an all nighterand bag that new one for #700 before I sleep!! I see John Cereghin...who is trying to hit # 600..and has a Pipeline to the Big Guy is also working hard to hit that Milestone. John...I guess he didn't hear me...so can you fire off a message and let him know I'm stuck at 699!! Great Fun isn't it John!!! Good luck on your trek to # 600 John!! I like to try and make the Milestone Stations be Graveyarders.just to make it a little more challenging...like it isn't already eh!!?? SoI may just strap on the Headphones...and sit on a Graveyarder for the rest of the evening til something pops in!! Sounds pretty exciting eh...it's either that or watch the Leafs lose again!! HAHHAHHA. Radio Used was..SONY SRF-T615 ULR Antenna Used was...2 1/2 Foot Homebrew Box Loop ULR LOG Totals are now.699 Heard 73ROB Robert S. Ross VA3SW London, Ontario CANADA ** 1110 WGNZ Fairborn, OHIO Oct/03/09 1853 EDT EE GOOD Local Events in the Miami Valley. "WGNZ" ID by Male DJ. Local Ads...One had a Phone Number of 236-3400. Nice ID @ 1854 EDT as "Shareathon on Good News 1110 WGNZ". Also gave Station Phone Numberbut missed it. Another Nice ID as "Playing a Better Variety of your Southern Gospel WGNZ". Into Gospel Music. NEW STATION NEW ULR # 699 2.5 KW Days 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
[IRCA] Notes from Grayland
Here's a quick note from Grayland where myself, Nich Hall-Patch and Bruce Portzer are DXing with a 1400' Beverage: 1512 good Chinese but we can't match the ID to anything in the Pacific Asian Log so won't toss out a wild guess. 1548 Sri Lanka as good as I've heard it with their erman program around 1400. 1557 Chinese fighting Taiwan. 684 China (Fujian) parallel 1089 945 KBS parallel the rest of the network, new for us. 1188 China CRI along with VOA from FEBC (a new development) 630 - 855 - 1116 China CNR2 all doing fair. 1116 is new. On 630, it was dominant. 680 KBRW Barrow with a great top of the hour ID giving calls and location, on top of KNBR. 1440 China Nei Menggu nice and parallel to 1458. 1134 China CNR1" 1422 China fair Taiyuan 1170 China CNR1 under KBS Korea. 1341 China Heilongjiand parallel 621 along with NHK1 1530 China 2 stations over (yes!) KFBK but review needed for the IDs 171 Morocco 1008 and 1377 Russia parallel 1098 China CRI 1330 Alaska new Juneau station dominant. There's so much more, but we haven't really had a chance to review it. All of Alaska was in, including graveyarder 1230 at least. China was all over the dial. Chuck Chuck 1422 China fair and dominant with ___ 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-BEL2 (Taiwan Fisheries) Apparently Fixes the Buzzing Carrier
Hello All, For the second day in a row, the signal from Taiwan's 738 kHz BEL2 station has had a clean-sounding carrier, which is much improved from its ragged sound during the entire month of September. Yesterday the BEL2 signal showed up with a clean sound for the first time on my 3' bedside loop, making me think I had finally found the clean-carrier South Korean KBS station reported by Bruce, Guy and others :-) This morning, when testing the new 9' PVC box loop here for the first time in TP-DXing, not only did BEL2 have a clean-sounding, strong signal on 738 kHz, but the KBS station HLKG (South Korean) was also easily heard, along with another Chinese station under these two. The gain of the 9' loop made these three stations mix together for a nice MP3 at 1400 UTC, making the frequency sound like a TP graveyard channel. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 3 Oct 2009
At 10:01 AM 10/3/2009, you wrote: >In general China was doing quite well, while Japanese signals were lower than >many other mornings, with the exception of 567 and 666, which were at times >better than 594. Korea seemed about average, other than 819. And, in spite >of Vietnam doing so well out west, it has yet to make an appearance here this >season. With TAs last night and TPs this morning it's getting hard to fit >in some sleep! Nigel, you sure have that correct, and with me, add on lots of deliveries which takes me away from the shack all hours of the day and night. Now that explains why I also have a PVR which is pretty full (looking at adding another HD to it), since during DX season I'm watching virtually no TV. Someone please explain to my YL why we do SDR recordings. She feels we should just "live in the moment" and enjoy. Hmmm. My reasons didn't resonate with her at all! ...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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Oct 03 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 October follow. Solar flux 72 and mid-latitude A-index 1. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 03 October was 1 (06 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 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 03 03 03 03 03 03 03 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 A-in 22222211111111 K-in 01011000000011 ___ 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] Alberta TPs for 3 Oct 2009
Glad to hear Walt had such a successful morning, but I can't claim it was quite as spectacular here. It was definitely better than yesterday though ,and there were certainly enough highlights to make it a fun morning: - my first Russian reception of the season, with Mayak on 549 & 576, and Voice of Russia on 720 - CRI in Russian on 1323 for the first time this season - Chinese audio on 1251, again for the 1st time this year, and there seemed to be a second station playing music in the background - 801 was finally good enough that I was able to confirm the language was Chinese, though from where I still don't know - 819 provided my best North Korean reception of the season thus far - TP audio on 891 which is very rare here. Signal was of fair level, but my NW antenna brings in 890 CJDC extremely well, making 891 real tough - Like yesterday, both VOA and Korea noted on 1170. -1089 was not Japanese today, so likely China In general China was doing quite well, while Japanese signals were lower than many other mornings, with the exception of 567 and 666, which were at times better than 594. Korea seemed about average, other than 819. And, in spite of Vietnam doing so well out west, it has yet to make an appearance here this season. With TAs last night and TPs this morning it's getting hard to fit in some sleep! 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta Korea 711 Russia 720Walter Salmaniw wrote: OK, first a confession. Slept in a smidgeon, and didn't get to the dials until 13:33, but what a morning! I knew something was really up when I noticed many cochannels on many frequencies. In fact I'm still listening to JOUB at 14:48 with French lessons from at least 14:30 (when they were still a 9, and presently about a 7.5). Exceptionally good conditons (sorry Dennis, don't know what happened to you out there!). I'm sure the fellas in Grayland are having a ball! Colin Newell's out at Point-No-Point not far from the old Sombrio Beach site we used to use and texted me several times that things were really hopping there as well. I would even suggest that this morning might match or surpass John's best morning a few days ago at Grayland! Thankfully, I have my trusty SDR recording function going. Due to all the fun, I mostly was able to concentrate only on the bottom half of the band and a cursory upper band review very late, apart from a careful early listen to 1566 an! d! 1575. SF 72, A1, K0. As always, a "6" unless otherwise noted: 153: 6.5 189: 8 279: 8.5 531: NHK1 at 8 level at 13:44, but just before that EZL music, likely one of the Australians. 540: 8 level CC at 13:50 and echo (lots of echos this morning!) 549: 7 level RR 558: mx at 8 level 567: 8 level NHK1 576: 9 level RR at 13:51 585: 8 level JJ 594: 9 level JJ and cochannel at 13:52 603: Several cochannels heard here including weak NHK1 at 13:56! 612: JOLK // 594 at 14:01. Music heard at 9 level at 13:57. Not sure who they were, though. 621: CC at 9 level, but so was North Korea at 620.901 (usually the CC dominates, but today the N. Korean was equal in strength. This was an excellent KK morning!) 639: 8 level CNR1 plus hymn (possibly Fiji) 657: 9 level North Korea at 14:02 666: JOBK // 594 at 9 level 675: 9 level Vietnam for a change. Love their music! 702: Hymn at 14:05 at 9 level. Thought this might be Sydney, but no, I'm pretty sure it was actually DZAS. 738: 8 level CC and cochannel C&W music at 8 level 747: 9 level NHK2 756: CNR1 at 7 level 14:12 765: echo ++ at 7 774: JJ and cochannel at 14:13. FF lesson at 14:30 still at 9 level, and finally faded out near 15:00. Don't see FF mentioned in PAL, Bruce 801: CC at 9 819: North Korea at 9 level // and much better than 2850 (Bruce I don't think 2380 is on the air since I never hear it). At 14:16 828: NHK2 surprisingly weak today at only 7 837: Multiple stations! JJ or KK and CC with echo at 14:18 at 8 level 846: 7 855: North Korea at 9 level at 14:19 864: 7 873: 8 level JJ at 14:19 882: 7 918 936: EZL music at 14:20 at 8 945: 7 level CC and echo. More than 1 CC station here. I could hear CNR1 plus a more dominant non-CNR1 CC overtop. 972: KK at 9 and another cochannel 1116 1242: 8 level pop music at 14:24 1251: 7 1287: JJ at 7 1323: 8 level CRI RR 1332 1440: 8 level JJ at 14:27 1503 1557: WYFR at 7 level at 14:28 1566: HLAZ at 9 level at 13:33, but with a fairly strong cochannel on 1566.038 1575: VOA, as a perfect 10. Armchair completely but with obvious het arising from 1574.945 (and I think I could hear very weak audio from it) 1584: jumble of 3 carriers on 1584.068, 1584.000, and 1583.977 all quite strong resulting in a mess 1593: nice 8 level CC 1701: threshold audio at 13:31 That's it for the morning. I'm sure I'll have many many more catches when I review the Perseus files. Wow, quite the morning! Looking forward very much to what others heard today! Walt in Victoria _
[IRCA] Chasing TP's with a 9' Box Loop-- October 3
Hello All, After some mechanical refinements, the largest PVC-frame box loop made here was finally ready for testing in actual TP-DXing this Saturday morning. A rare break in the typical western Washington rainy season (running from October to May :-) helped make the testing easier. The huge loop (described in the recent PVC Loop article) turned out to be the gain master it was created to be, providing 2 new Ultralight TP catches during its first 10 minutes of testing. Although most of the morning was spent testing the tuning range, nulling ability and other aspects of the 9'1" side (13' diagonal) box loop, an MP3 recording was made on 738 kHz at 1400 UTC, which not only had a strong signal from Taiwan Fisheries (the only TP station received here on the smaller loops), but also had a decent signal from the KBS station HLKG, and even a Mandarin Chinese station under these two. Testing was also made on 792 kHz, a frequency that had provided marginal reception of a weak station here on the smaller loops. The 9' box loop clearly had Mandarin Chinese speech on the frequency at 1408, presumably from the Shenyang station. I have no idea what the TP-DXing situation was for others this morning, but that was the situation here (during my limited checking). Of course, there are tradeoffs when using a 9' sided box loop, which typically will not fit in living rooms. Outdoor performance requires waterproof construction (especially in western Washington), and birds are fond of using the upper wires as a potty. The upcoming Puget Sound windstorms will surely give adequate testing of my loop's mechanical design. With plentiful insect life in my back yard, I found it necessary to evict a couple of large spiders who found the PVC tubing ideal for escaping the rain. The loop will rotate easily by the Armstrong method, although wrestling the monster to fine-tune a null is somewhat more challenging than with the smaller loops. Of course, using an altazimuth tilting system is out of the question with a monster loop like this-- the DXer would surely accompany the loop and the base to the ground at the first such foolish attempt. Despite all the quirks, I think this huge 9' PVC box loop would thrill any DXer fanatical (or foolish) enough to build one. As long as my neighbor doesn't report me to the City for making it without a building permit, I'll be happy. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) Main receiver: Modified C.Crane SWP ultralight (7.5" Slider loopstick + CFJ455K5 IF filter) 9' PVC-framed box loop (on a heavy-duty PVC base) ___ 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 3Oct09 Victoria: Can things get any better?
OK, first a confession. Slept in a smidgeon, and didn't get to the dials until 13:33, but what a morning! I knew something was really up when I noticed many cochannels on many frequencies. In fact I'm still listening to JOUB at 14:48 with French lessons from at least 14:30 (when they were still a 9, and presently about a 7.5). Exceptionally good conditons (sorry Dennis, don't know what happened to you out there!). I'm sure the fellas in Grayland are having a ball! Colin Newell's out at Point-No-Point not far from the old Sombrio Beach site we used to use and texted me several times that things were really hopping there as well. I would even suggest that this morning might match or surpass John's best morning a few days ago at Grayland! Thankfully, I have my trusty SDR recording function going. Due to all the fun, I mostly was able to concentrate only on the bottom half of the band and a cursory upper band review very late, apart from a careful early listen to 1566 and! 1575. SF 72, A1, K0. As always, a "6" unless otherwise noted: 153: 6.5 189: 8 279: 8.5 531: NHK1 at 8 level at 13:44, but just before that EZL music, likely one of the Australians. 540: 8 level CC at 13:50 and echo (lots of echos this morning!) 549: 7 level RR 558: mx at 8 level 567: 8 level NHK1 576: 9 level RR at 13:51 585: 8 level JJ 594: 9 level JJ and cochannel at 13:52 603: Several cochannels heard here including weak NHK1 at 13:56! 612: JOLK // 594 at 14:01. Music heard at 9 level at 13:57. Not sure who they were, though. 621: CC at 9 level, but so was North Korea at 620.901 (usually the CC dominates, but today the N. Korean was equal in strength. This was an excellent KK morning!) 639: 8 level CNR1 plus hymn (possibly Fiji) 657: 9 level North Korea at 14:02 666: JOBK // 594 at 9 level 675: 9 level Vietnam for a change. Love their music! 702: Hymn at 14:05 at 9 level. Thought this might be Sydney, but no, I'm pretty sure it was actually DZAS. 738: 8 level CC and cochannel C&W music at 8 level 747: 9 level NHK2 756: CNR1 at 7 level 14:12 765: echo ++ at 7 774: JJ and cochannel at 14:13. FF lesson at 14:30 still at 9 level, and finally faded out near 15:00. Don't see FF mentioned in PAL, Bruce 801: CC at 9 819: North Korea at 9 level // and much better than 2850 (Bruce I don't think 2380 is on the air since I never hear it). At 14:16 828: NHK2 surprisingly weak today at only 7 837: Multiple stations! JJ or KK and CC with echo at 14:18 at 8 level 846: 7 855: North Korea at 9 level at 14:19 864: 7 873: 8 level JJ at 14:19 882: 7 918 936: EZL music at 14:20 at 8 945: 7 level CC and echo. More than 1 CC station here. I could hear CNR1 plus a more dominant non-CNR1 CC overtop. 972: KK at 9 and another cochannel 1116 1242: 8 level pop music at 14:24 1251: 7 1287: JJ at 7 1323: 8 level CRI RR 1332 1440: 8 level JJ at 14:27 1503 1557: WYFR at 7 level at 14:28 1566: HLAZ at 9 level at 13:33, but with a fairly strong cochannel on 1566.038 1575: VOA, as a perfect 10. Armchair completely but with obvious het arising from 1574.945 (and I think I could hear very weak audio from it) 1584: jumble of 3 carriers on 1584.068, 1584.000, and 1583.977 all quite strong resulting in a mess 1593: nice 8 level CC 1701: threshold audio at 13:31 That's it for the morning. I'm sure I'll have many many more catches when I review the Perseus files. Wow, quite the morning! Looking forward very much to what others heard today! Walt in Victoria ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP's for 10/03/09
Listened from 1330-1419. Conditions here down from yesterday. Did improve a little just prior to sunrise. VOA 1575 with the best signal of the morning at 1410 utc. Have a nice weekend. 153 RUSSIA, 1330 fair with man in Russian. 189 RUSSIA, 1331 fair with man in Russian. 279 RUSSIA, 1332 good with man in Russian. Jazz music. 567 JAPAN, JOIK 1358 weak with man in Japanese. 594 JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 weak with woman in Japanese. 603 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA 1334 weak with talk. 657 DPR KOREA, 1359 fair with woman in Korean. //3250. 738 TAIWAN/JAPAN 1136 very weak signal, not French. 738 TAIWAN, Fishery 1401 fair with music. 774 JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1337 fair to good with Radio English Conversation prg. 828 JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1338 weak to fair with above program. 1134 CHINA, CRN1 1347 weak to fair. Woman in Chinese. //5030. Splatter. 1323 CHINA, CRI? 1408 weak at times. 1422 JAPAN, JORF 1409 poor. 1417 weak with man in Japanese. 1458 UNKNOWN 1409 threshold audio. 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1339 strong carrier low audio. 1575 THAILAND, VOA 1340 fair at times with man in Vietnamese. 1410 Good signal. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA JRC 545 Drake R8B NW ewe Solar-terrestrial indices SF 72 A 1 K 0 Local sunrise 1412 utc http://home.comcast.net/~vroomski/site/ ___ 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
