[IRCA] CKST-1040
I can sure tell CKST is operating with lower power. They are barely S9 off te NE EWE. At their old site they were S9+30. It will be interesting to see if they are as strong as the old site when they get up to full power. WHO is much easier to hear off the Eastern beverage. WHO could be heard, but there was QRM from CKST often. CFUN seems a bit stronger than before, but they were no slouch before. Seems to me earlier today when going past 1040, Portland was alone. 73, Patrick 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
Re: [IRCA] WWV Solar Report
The WWV report is missing some data. The router in the office was brand new to replace one that quit. This one works for a day, then blocks some outbound connections. I ordered a Sonicwall TZ-190 tp replace it and it should arrive tomorrow. Then the WWV report will be back to normal. Craig Healy, NG1U ___ 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] Tybee Island, Georgia, Saturday Sunset
Folks, My foray to the beach last night was not as successful as the first and was probably some sort of corollary to Murphy's Law regarding degree of preparation with results being inversely proportional to the amount of preparation and enhanced level of expectations. The first time I went last week, preparation was an afterthought. I carried a Bog reel, compass, and two radios and a bag chair and clearly heard audio on 3 TA's, two on a ULR, and numerous hets. Yesterday, beginning at dawn, I drove to the beach to look for a better site with a wider sand apron at high tide than what I had the first time. High tide was at sunrise and sunset yesterday so what I would see at morning would hold true for last night. I also soldered battery connections for my pre-amp and phaser to be powered by a Duracell Instant Jumpstart System. I loaded my E1, D96L, Palstar R30, pre-amp, phaser, two bogs, 500' and 325', a bag chair and piece of plywood for a table top onto RollEeze collapsible beach cart http://www.beachcartsusa.com/ and shoved off about a hour before sunset. The gear fit with room to spare into two plastic milk crates, the type that make great loops a la Kevin and are usually available behind grocery stores at night, just underneath the sign that states the criminal penalties for unauthorized removal. They will never take me alive. I set up the rx, phaser and amp before rolling out the bogs. I shot a 60 degree azimuth from rx to the edge break of highwater mark and the 325' bog fit perfectly. Plan was to aim the longer bog at 45 degrees. To make it fit the apron, it had to be laid 30 degrees. I thought the set up was relatively perfect other than the longer bog's azimuth, but I had success at 30 degrees the other night despite the beam plowing up and through the Eastern seaboard. Being above the high tide line, beachcombers tend to avoid the sand apron or at least that's what I thought. However, tt seemed that every damn jogger, kid, and tourist walked across the wires and two kids followed them to the water's edge. I just knew they were going to pull on it but they didn't. Thoughts about buying an electric fence charging set up for use on my next trip ran through the more evil hemisphere of my brain. I fed the bogs directly to the phasers without transformers. I believe the design can tolerate higher impedance matches. However, phasing was not as good as I experience at home. I couldn't knock down much with phasing. My home bog set up has the wires separated by only 3-4 feet running parallel. Perhaps that was the difference. I set at the dials from 2330 to 0100 and ran the dial from top to bottom and heard numerous carriers but no audio. Strongest hets were at 1521 and interestingly at 1251. It was cold and windy and began to mist, so I reeled up an went home, being the victim of too much planning, high expectations and lousy condx. 73 Gil Tybee Island, GA E1, D96L, Palstar R30 335', 500' BOGS ___ 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 10/18/09
Listened from 1204-1432 utc, good morning here. Taiwan heard on 738 1143 with // programing. 4 unknown stations heard, two on 702 kHz. 153RUSSIA, Radio Rossii ID at 1207 with more Russian talk. S-2 signal, but 100% readable with some lightening noise. 180RUSSIA, 1210 weak with man in Russian. S-1. 189RUSSIA, 1211 good with music. S-4.5 signal. 234RUSSIA, 1212 good with music and S-6 signal. 279RUSSIA, 1213 good with music and S-7 to S-8 signal. 558JAPAN, JOCR 1418 fair over other Asian talking station. 567JAPAN, JOIK NHK1 1215 fair with man/woman in Japanese. // 594. 594JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1218 fair and // 567. 603REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA 1421 weak with woman talking and music. 657DPR KOREA, 1220 S-9+10 db signal, much better than // 3320. Not // 3250 at this hour. Military instrumental music. 666JAPAN, JOBK NHK1 1230 weak. 693JAPAN, JOAB NHK2 1422 weak and // 774. 702UNKNOWN, 1238 two stations, one with music and other with Asian talk. two weak, soon faded out. 738TAIWAN, BEL2 1351-1354 music // 1143 with fair signal. 747JAPAN, JOIB NHK2 1254 good signal, but covered is KXL splatter. // 774 774JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1254 good signal with woman talking and // 747. 828JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1257 fair with above program and // 774. 873JAPAN, JOGB NHK2 1308 fair and // 774. 972REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLCA 1310 fair with woman in Korean and KCMD splatter. 1017 JAPAN, JOLB NHK2 1322 weak with Radio English Conversation program. // 774. 1134 CHINA, CRN1 1346 good signal S-9 with man/woman in Chinese. // 5030. 1143 TAWAIN, BEL3 1350-1353 good at times with music and // 738. 1215 UNKNOWN 1358 faint signal with a few words of Asian language, then back into the noise. 1251 UNKNOWN 1402 level 5 carrier heard almost daily. Never any audio heard and 1250 causes splatter. 1278 JAPAN, JOFR 1406 very weak. 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1413 fair audio with good carrier. Chinese. 1575 THAILAND, VOA 1415 fair with two men in Asian language. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA NRD 545 R8B ewe NW Solar Indices SF 71 A 2 K 1 Local Sunrise 1432 utc. ___ 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] Arizona TP's for 10-18-09
Listened from 1315-1345 ut and conditions was down a little from yesterday but a few stations of interest were heard. All of the action was on the bottom part of the band. 279 Russia hrd at 1337 ut with music. 529 Alaska SQM hrd w/code at 1327 ut. 594 JOAK Japan very poor at 1322 ut. 657 N. Korea very poor at 1335 ut. 693 JOBK Japan just above the noise level at 1320 ut. 774 JOUB Japan fair to poor at 1340 ut. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 ___ 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 18 Oct 2009
What a difference a day makes. After yesterday's mediocre (and I'm being polite) conditions today was a totally different story. In terms of the number of signals it ranked as one of the best of the season, with audio noted on 62 split frequencies. A lot of the signals weren't overly strong though, with even the big Japanese still somewhat subdued, rather like yesterday. Japan in general seemed a bit low, with China more favoured. My highlights: - Chinese doing very well on 918, with strong echoes - Both Korea (a bit low) and Chinese heard on 999. They were about equal in strength, but it was possible to notch out either. - Two stations on 1206, the regular off frequency Korean from China, and another unID which was on frequency. - Also two stations on 729, where I normally just hear the Japanese - Chinese language station on 1386, where I normally hear nothing, but once in a while the NHK synchros - 1179, another frequency where I hear Japan, had a mix of at least 2 and maybe 3 stations. - CRI on 1521 had nice ID at 1300 again. This one's been nearly a daily visitor of late. Another interesting morning, and another batch of Perseus files to review later. Hmmm, that 1 TB drive once seemed so big! 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TPs for 18 Oct 2009
I sat on 1503 khz until nearly 1100, before I went to bed, so I did not get up this morning. However, Kosrae was coming in with nice Island music and male announcer, later ran U.S. based rel programming, mixed with 2BS at times with talk and bits of JJ in there. It has been sometime since I have heard Kosrae. Dake R8 SW EWE 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
Re: [IRCA] Radio St Helena Shortwave 11092.5 KHz USB
*I just got word from Radio St Helena Station Manager Gary Walters that he was very pleased with the liners I sent in and he will start producing them and putting them together for Shortwave night which is on Saturday November 14th from 20:00 to 24:00 UTC at 11092.5 USB* *I don't know exactly when they will be used during the broadcast, but keep an ear out! Feel free to pass this email along to any other DX related lists who might be interested in Radio St Helena's Shortwave broadcasts for the day! *Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.facebook.con/onairdj walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote: If you happen to catch this broadcast on Saturday November 14th, 2009 you might just hear my voice from time to time doing a Station ID for them! Here is information on Radio St helena Day 2009: http://www.sthelena.se/radioproject/Broadcast_Times_2009.htm ___ 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 18 Oct 2009
At 09:02 AM 10/18/2009, you wrote: What a difference a day makes. After yesterday's mediocre (and I'm being polite) conditions today was a totally different story. In terms of the number of signals it ranked as one of the best of the season, with audio noted on 62 split frequencies. A lot of the signals weren't overly strong though, with even the big Japanese still somewhat subdued, rather like yesterday. Japan in general seemed a bit low, with China more favoured. Nigel, absolutely ditto here. I got to about 999 before being hauled away to Labour/Delivery for another delivery, but it was sweet while it lasted! Man, things would be hopping at Grayland or Masset! More later...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] TP for 18 Oct from Victoria, BC
Was particularly bleary eyed this morning it seems, as it took awhile to realize that the best antenna had broken in the night, and it wasn't possible to find the problem in the dark. DXed with what I had (the northerly Flag), and must say that conditions seemed quite odd until about 1415UT or so, meaning that even the big gun Japanese were down, signals were erratic, and 594 for example was battling with something else with an oriental sound to it. At around 1415 however, things settled down to more normal, but didn't seem as good as yesterday. Quit listening a little after 1430 as a result. pretty darn good audio (at least briefly): 279 R. Rosii 558 KK talk, so HLQH, but not at this strength until 1423UT 594 JOAK , not until later 774 JOUB later 828 JOBB later 972 HLCA the biggest station of the morning until the big Japanese recovered later on. 1575 VoA reasonable audio at times during the period (though often battling w/splash or noise): 189 R. Rossii 567 JOIK //594 at 1406 612 JOLK //594 at 1420 747 JOIB but not until 1415UT 936 likely Anhui at 1408UT 1566 HLAZ, maybe peaking up a little higher later not so reasonable audio, occasional words in splash or noise: 585 JOPG //594 603 2 stations 621 CC talk 702 N. Korea w/ubiquitous hum 756 3 and 1 pips at 1400, likely HLKA; CC pips underneath 846 NHK1 synchros //594 873 JOGB //774 945 CNR-1, but at least one other, didn't seem to be NHK1 1017 CRI, operatic singing //5965 1377 CNR-1 //5030 Burbles in the splatter and noise: 153, 657 (mostly hum), 1098, 1269, 1278, 1287 plus others not noted, as they were only around for a few seconds at a time Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 1251 best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 18 Oct 2009
At 16:02 10/18/2009, you wrote: What a difference a day makes. After yesterday's mediocre (and I'm being polite) conditions today was a totally different story. .and what a difference 20+ years makes, Nigel. I don't know if you recall using Beverages at Pembina Forks in the October snow, and digging mightily to hear the big gun Japanese. Your loggings this season sound like you're on the coast. best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Tybee Island, Georgia, Saturday Sunset
At 12:33 10/18/2009, you wrote: Folks, My foray to the beach last night was not as successful as the first and was probably some sort of corollary to Murphy's Law regarding degree of preparation with results being inversely proportional to the amount of preparation and enhanced level of expectations. A cautionary tale indeed, Gil. Too bad you can't find someone to at least pay you for the resultant entertaining prose! Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Oct 18 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 October follow. Solar flux 71 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 18 October was 2 (11 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 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 UTC 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 2100 0900 1200 1800 SFlx 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 71 71 71 71 71 A-in 44433333322222 K-in 00000000101112 ___ 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 18 Oct 2009
Nick Hall-Patch wrote: At 16:02 10/18/2009, you wrote: What a difference a day makes. After yesterday's mediocre (and I'm being polite) conditions today was a totally different story. .and what a difference 20+ years makes, Nigel. I don't know if you recall using Beverages at Pembina Forks in the October snow, and digging mightily to hear the big gun Japanese. Your loggings this season sound like you're on the coast. best wishes, Nick Nick, indeed I remember well, both the DX and the frozen orange juice (not to mention toes). Checked the log ,and 20 years ago this month we were out there. Logged 1575 with a modest signal on Oct 14th, and that same morning heard 4MK on 1026Yes, hearing Japan was a big deal, though I see w did manage to hear the low power NHK synchros on 1584 (and I'd forgotten about the 3970 parallel we had on shortwave back then). 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
[IRCA] Australia 1611-1701 AM Radio Guide Released
For anyone interested: --- Australian AM Radio 1611-1701 Italian, Country, Arabic, Greek and Gold Almost 70 low power stations are now broadcasting in Australia's expanded AM radio dial almost two decades after the new channels became available says the Radio Heritage Foundation which has released a contemporary guide to them at www.radioheritage.net. Originally populated by ethnic broadcasters and niche formats, the situation remains little unchanged in 2009 as attempts to bring the low cost extra frequencies into mainstream media have largely failed to materialize. Existing commercial broadcasters saw these licences as a dangerously cheap back door into digital broadcasting and lobbied strongly to exclude 1611-1701 AM stations from digital entitlements. Coupled with poor availability of AM radios able to tune to the new frequencies, attempts by commercial aspirants like Radio 2 to establish economics of scale and a nationwide network collapsed. In 2009, the major players on air are Rete Italia [part of the Italian Media publishing and media group], Radio 16 The Goanna [a fledgling country music network co-owned with 2ME an Arabic language station], Smart Group's Hot Country from Queensland, whilst a small foothold in the band has been claimed by Queensland based Christian network Vision FM. A small cluster of independent stations air a variation on the 'Gold' music format of 1960's hits popular with babyboomers, two Greek language stations compete for listeners in Sydney, and a handful of other stations serve ethnic markets for Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Islamic and Lebanese Christian audiences. A large number of licences held in the 1611-1701 AM band have remained silent for many years and are unlikely to ever come on air. The Radio Heritage Foundation has released a detailed list of Australian stations currently operating in the 1611-1701 AM band together with analysis of this fascinating and little known broadcasting landscape. It's currently available as a downloadable Word document at www.radioheritage.net and will be updated regularly. --- Lynn. Lafayette, LA Check out the IRCA web site at http://www.ircaonline.org ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] New RNZI Radio Heritage Documentary - Surviving Tsunamis
For anyone interested: --- RNZI Airs New Radio Heritage Documentary 'Surviving Tsunamis' Radio in the Pacific Ring of Fire Join us from Monday October 19 2009 when we air our new radio heritage documentary about surviving tsunamis in the South Pacific on the next Radio New Zealand International [RNZI] Mailbox program. You can listen directly via shortwave or audio on demand [for the following month] with full details of broadcast frequencies and times in your area and audio download at www.rnzi.com. The recent tsunamis in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga brought forward brave dedication to duty from several radio stations, and the program includes an interview with the morning DJ at KKHJ-FM in Pago Pago who was trapped in the studios as the waves smashed into the ground floor of her building. However, as the program explains, it's by pure luck that the radio station studios in Pago Pago and Apia weren't swept out to sea, their buildings being totally exposed to the Pacific. Across the Pacific, other radio station studios and facilities are at sea level and wouldn't stand a chance if the wrong tsunami hit in the wrong place. Both Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands also had major earthquakes and tsunami warnings within hours. Radio everywhere is an extremely fragile lifeline. The program also looks at the problem of most local Pacific radio stations broadcasting in local languages. Yet local economies increasingly depend on tourists. When emergency strikes, tourists are told to listen to the local radio for instructions. In Samoa, the only two English speaking stations were no longer broadcasting live, and hundreds of tourists had no idea what was happening, as the only live broadcast they could hear was completely in Samoan. Just how fragile the broadcasting infrastructure is and how vulnerable local residents and tourists alike can be in an earthquake, tsunami or cyclone in the Pacific Ring of Fire is discussed. Join David Ricquish of the Radio Heritage Foundation as we celebrate the bravery of Pacific broadcasters and warn of the dangers facing the islands in future natural disasters. A full list of AM radio stations broadcasting in the Pacific is available free in the Pacific Asian Log AM Radio Guide at www.radioheritage.net, where you'll also learn more about broadcasting in these beautiful but vulnerable islands in features from our Island Radio Pacific Style series. RNZI's Mailbox program from Monday October 19 2009, via shortwave and audio on demand with full times and schedules online at www.rnzi.com. --- Lynn. Lafayette, LA Check out the IRCA web site at http://www.ircaonline.org ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Ionospheric Viagra + Orcas Isl. TPs Oct 18
Normally here at mid-season, I see a post-dawn period that varies between 15 and 30 minutes. Not so long as the post-dawn period that we enjoy routinely at Grayland, but welcome, nonetheless. With local SR at 1427 today, I was hoping to hear the JJ Big Guns at TOH 1500 and maybe hear them sign-off at 1507 or so as they used to do on Sundays. Well, things hung in fairly well and there was plenty of audio from the stronger stations at 1500 and also at 1515... and the NHK2s did NOT sign off. Am I confused as to which day??? I thought that I read that they were signing off again? Anyway, I was so impressed with things still going at 45 minutes after dawn that I rechecked at 9:30AM PDT (1630 UTC) two hours after dawn. Yup, there were still hets all over the place and listenable JJ audio on 594 and 1242!!! I also had threshold audio on 774, 837, 945, 972 and 1143. Unfortunately, I had to leave the house right after that, so I don't know when the last audio faded... But WOW! As they say in the financial field past performance does not necessarily predict future results BUT, if I had an antenna that looked toward the TAs, I sure think that I'd plan to be at the dials at dark tonight. The main TP opening today seemed above average, but not excellent. The upper band was open as was the slightly more populated lower band and I image that I had about Nigel's 60-plus audios. The more interesting catches were the Amur River Russian on 810, along with but dominating North Korea and an unid CC on 927. 630 was KJNO, Juneau for a while and then CNR1 and North Korea took over. The most fun of the morning was some WILD Central Asian music on 1503. During the Asian season, JOUK, NHK1 Akita in northern Honshu just owns 1503. This music did not sound like normal NHK1 fare at all, it was louder than JOUK usually is, and it WAS NOT // TO NHK1 ON 531 AND 594! A quick glance at PAL showed a VOR 500 kW transmitter at Dushambe, Tajikistan and I was much excited! However, my house of cards came crashing down when the music finally ended and a Japanese lady closed out the program with a few judicious comments and went into the NHK 1400 Time Check and TOH routine! I had checked parallels twice in the ten minutes or so... and there was no question but what JOUK was running a local program. The reason that it sounded Central Asian is because it was probably early Japanese music. All of East, Central and South Asian early music was heavily influenced by Indian music which reached those areas as Buddhism spread out from Northern India between 500BC and 500AD. It is rare to hear that kind of music on NHK and the fact that it was a local program makes me wonder if they weren't covering a music festival or something. Akita is the northern headquarters for NHK, so JOUK is a staffed station, with local news, production staff, etc. Geez, I wish it had been Dushanbe!!! Well its only four or five hours until dark!!! 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
[IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 10-18... Another Sizzler
Hello All, Like everyone else has reported, the TP's certainly were fun to chase this morning-- and they seemed especially vibrant here. Continuing to investigate the mid-band frequencies with the 9' box loop, I found the always-weak 1107-HLAV with Korean, at language recognition level around 1416-- quite a rare event. China-1125 was also there, but not at the unusually strong level of yesterday. I decided to check 1134 kHz at 1420 to see which station would be dominant, and found the frequency booming-- CNR1 sounded like a local, but KBS was right behind, and JOCR was there below them. A real TP graveyard channel (or as John would say, a United Nations), from which I was fortunate to get an MP3 (which I plan to upload to dxer.ca and Ultralightdx). Since I had never yet logged Asiatic TP's on 1017 kHz, I checked that frequency at 1424, and found both Korean talk and music from a presumed CNR Foreign Service, and also a strong co-channel which apparently was the NHK2 Radio English Conversational lesson noted by Dennis (although I didn't check the //, so all I have is the MP3 to review). Either or both would be new Ultralight TP loggings here. Finally, 1071 kHz had a weak male-voiced TP in the CFAX splatter (which was un-nullable on the loop, because the bearings were too close). The program was some kind of news or talk, heard around 1431 right before the band slowly started to fade here. I have no idea who it was, and I don't expect too much help from the Victoria DXers :-) Maybe it will be tomorrow's big target? 73, Gary DeBock Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30 loopstick) Main receiver: Modified C.Crane SWP (7.5 Slider loopstick + CFJ455K5 filter) 9' PVC-frame tuned passive loop (in back yard) ___ 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 from Victoria for 18Oc09: Wow!
Monitored this morning between 14:13 and being called away to the hospital about 14:40 or so, so my listening was truncated by a call to duty! Quite an amazing morning with good level audio on most of the bottom band that I monitored (and I got as far as 990 kHz). The JJ dominated, although 963 had the best CRI RR I've heard this season. Really armchair! As always, 6 unless noted. 531: JJ with NHK1 at 9 level at 14:13 549: JOAP at 7 level, with lots of local splatter 558: KBS2 and cochannel (stronger) JOCR at 14:20 at 8 level 567: 9 level NHK1 576: 585: 8 level NHK1 at 14:19 594: 9+ level JOAK 603: CC KBS2 at 9 level 612: Infrequently heard NHK1 at 9 level Brisbane 621: CC at 8 level 639: IBOC +++ 648: splatter +++ 657: N Korea at 7 666: NHK1 at 14:29 at 9 level 693: NHK2 at 8 level between splatter from CBU at 14:27 720: CNR2 at 7 level 738: 747: 9 level NHK2 756, 765 774: 9 level NHK2 and cochannel at 14:29 783: IBOC ++ 828: 9 level NHK2 at 14:30 837: 7 846: interesting with 2 CC stations cochannel at 7 level 855: 8 level N. Korea at 14:32 864: 8 level with music ???who 873: 8 level JJ and N. Korea //2850 882: 8 level oriental station at 14:35 918: prob Shandong at 14:36 6 level 936: 2 cochannels at 14:37 945: ditto above 963: 9+ CRI RR at 14:15 Superb! 972: 9 level KK 981: 7 level CNR1 990: seems to have a TP mixed in with domestic 1323: 7 level That was it for the morning. Delivered a healthy African-Canadian boy (9' 15), just after 8:00 AM local too! ..Walt -- Walter (Volodya) Salmaniw, MD Victoria, BC, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Ionospheric Viagra + Orcas Isl. TPs Oct 18
John, the NHK2 sure were signing off last weekend when I was in Masset. Right at 15:00 with there local IDs and prolonged s/off procedure. Not sure what's happened since. Do you think they've had their clocks moved back for DST yet, or do they even do that in Japan? ...Walt On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 3:16 PM, John H. Bryant bjohnor...@rockisland.comwrote: Normally here at mid-season, I see a post-dawn period that varies between 15 and 30 minutes. Not so long as the post-dawn period that we enjoy routinely at Grayland, but welcome, nonetheless. With local SR at 1427 today, I was hoping to hear the JJ Big Guns at TOH 1500 and maybe hear them sign-off at 1507 or so as they used to do on Sundays. Well, things hung in fairly well and there was plenty of audio from the stronger stations at 1500 and also at 1515... and the NHK2s did NOT sign off. Am I confused as to which day??? I thought that I read that they were signing off again? -- Walter (Volodya) Salmaniw, MD Victoria, BC, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Ionospheric Viagra + Orcas Isl. TPs Oct 18
John, I heard exactly the same kind of music last week on 531 and had a similar excitement wondering whether I had some exotic Indian or something, and this was before 14:00 (I think, or was it before 15;00?) when they rejoined the network feedWalt The most fun of the morning was some WILD Central Asian music on 1503. During the Asian season, JOUK, NHK1 Akita in northern Honshu just owns 1503. This music did not sound like normal NHK1 fare at all, it was louder than JOUK usually is, and it WAS NOT // TO NHK1 ON 531 AND 594! A quick glance at PAL showed a VOR 500 kW transmitter at Dushambe, Tajikistan and I was much excited! However, my house of cards came crashing down when the music finally ended and a Japanese lady closed out the program with a few judicious comments and went into the NHK 1400 Time Check and TOH routine! I had checked parallels twice in the ten minutes or so... and there was no question but what JOUK was running a local program. The reason that it sounded Central Asian is because it was probably early Japanese music. All of East, Central and South Asian early music was heavily influenced by Indian music which reached those areas as Buddhism spread out from Northern India between 500BC and 500AD. It is rare to hear that kind of music on NHK and the fact that it was a local program makes me wonder if they weren't covering a music festival or something. Akita is the northern headquarters for NHK, so JOUK is a staffed station, with local news, production staff, etc. Geez, I wish it had been Dushanbe!!! Well its only four or five hours until dark!!! 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 -- Walter (Volodya) Salmaniw, MD Victoria, BC, Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] CROATIA 1134 ....Strong tonight on 2 Different ULR's!!!
Hi Guys: At 2030 EDT I have 1134 Zadar CROATIA in Slavic Language and Music with a NICE Signal on 2 Different ULRs (The Only 2 Have Tried so far!!). The ETON E100 Slider with Narrow Murata Filter and the TECSUN PL-310 BAREFOOT are receiving this Equal Strength. The Amazing thing is that I am in my Basement Family Room about 5 Feet BELOW GROUND!! I've heard of DXing GRAVEYARD Stations...but Man.another foot and I'd be in the Graveyard Literally!! If anyone needs CROATIA on Ultralight...tonight is a Good Night to try!! And yes...it's a RELOG for The ULR LOG!! Looked around and haven't found any other Trans Atlantics yet however... 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
Re: [IRCA] Ionospheric Viagra + Orcas Isl. TPs Oct 18
Nick had reported hearing NHK2 s/off at 1500 in late September. I subsequently found the NHK2 schedule on their website, and confirmed that they are now signing off every night at 1500. That's good news as the season progresses, since it will make 693 747 774 828 873 and others a bit clearer for other stuff. I'm not sure how long this has been the case. Bruce Walter Salmaniw wrote: John, the NHK2 sure were signing off last weekend when I was in Masset. Right at 15:00 with there local IDs and prolonged s/off procedure. Not sure what's happened since. Do you think they've had their clocks moved back for DST yet, or do they even do that in Japan? ...Walt On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 3:16 PM, John H. Bryant bjohnor...@rockisland.comwrote: Normally here at mid-season, I see a post-dawn period that varies between 15 and 30 minutes. Not so long as the post-dawn period that we enjoy routinely at Grayland, but welcome, nonetheless. With local SR at 1427 today, I was hoping to hear the JJ Big Guns at TOH 1500 and maybe hear them sign-off at 1507 or so as they used to do on Sundays. Well, things hung in fairly well and there was plenty of audio from the stronger stations at 1500 and also at 1515... and the NHK2s did NOT sign off. Am I confused as to which day??? I thought that I read that they were signing off again? ___ 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] NHK2 s/off
At 00:32 10/19/2009, you wrote: John, the NHK2 sure were signing off last weekend when I was in Masset. Right at 15:00 with there local IDs and prolonged s/off procedure. Not sure what's happened since. Do you think they've had their clocks moved back for DST yet, or do they even do that in Japan? ...Walt No DST in Japan, Walt, so that isn't the answer.maybe some sort of special event or program? Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] 1134 already has signs of life tonight
I was getting a carrier and bits of audio (talk, music) on 1134 just before 0100. Not a bad signal considering it's still daylight here. Unfortunately, the signal took a nosedive at about 0059:45, so I heard nothing at the ToH. 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Oct 19 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 18 October follow. Solar flux 70 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 19 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 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 19 UTC 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 2100 0900 1200 1800 2100 SFlx 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 71 71 71 71 71 70 70 A-in 43333332222232 K-in 00000010111210 ___ 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] 1134 already has signs of life tonight
I was getting a carrier and bits of audio (talk, music) on 1134 just before 0100. Not a bad signal considering it's still daylight here. Het audible on my barefoot Eton E1 INSIDE my concrete and steel APARTMENT on the 7th floor... which is odd -- Best signals currently on 855 and 1134. Mini-DXer summit here in Victoria today featuring Walter S, Nick H.P. and Brian Chapel -- Next Saturday we are doing a South Island summit featuring all the lads from a little further up Island and former RCI Alumni, Ian McFarland. Naturally, everyone on this list is invited! -- .. 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] TA's in Seattle
Right now Farda is putting in a decent signal on 1575 I'm also getting audio on 1134 1215, plus carriers on 1116 1206. 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] Strong 1134-Croatia audio at 0207
Hello All, A nice recording of pop music from 1134-Croatia was made here at 0207 on the C.Crane SWP 7.5 Slider. Weak audio from 1377-France was also heard at the same time. 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] Strong 1134-Croatia audio at 0207
1134 fai to good and audio on 864. 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
Re: [IRCA] TA's in Seattle
Add a few more carriers to the list: 1341 1296(hetting local KKOL-1300) 963 918(one of the best) 909(brief audio) 864(two stations with some audio) 855 Not much audio so far. Wish I knew what 1296 or 918 might be. Bruce Bruce Portzer wrote: Right now Farda is putting in a decent signal on 1575 I'm also getting audio on 1134 1215, plus carriers on 1116 1206. 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] TA's in the Pacific Northwest
I'm green with envy. This list sure comes in handy when things go nuts like they have been. 73 ___ 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] Arizona TA's
Only very weak carriers at times on 1206 and 1215. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ ___ 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] Radio and TV studio and transmitter site photos
For those of you into such things my flickr site has some new photos you may not have seen before. In April of 2008 Scott Fybush was kind enough to invite me to join him on one of his well known road trips. This one was in Los Angeles, San Diego and Northern Baja California, Mexico. After arriving home I couldn't find the media card I'd used. I found it a couple of weeks ago. There are some very good, some average and some what was I thinking? photos. I've learned a lot and future photos overall will be better (I hope). The camera I used to take these died. It has been replaced with a somewhat better camera. There's a saying in photography that goes 95% of photography is what's six inches behind the lens so a better camera is no guarantee of better photos. I almost forgot to mention if there's a baseball game anywhere nearby Scott and his friend/co-conspirator/driver on these trips Garrett Wollman from Boston will take one in so we went to a Dodgers game. That was fun too. I'll be happy if only one of you has 1% as much fun looking at them as I did circling the globe (well, not exactly) taking them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcgibson55 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcgibson55/sets 73 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio and TV studio and transmitter site photos
Dennis, I checked out some of the photos and loved 'em! I must be up at 5am for work, so I'll check em out more tomorrowI know I loved em, I even have some friends who call me a mini Scott Fybush because of my, uh, obsession with radio towers;) Paul Walker On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Dennis Gibson wb6...@cox.net wrote: For those of you into such things my flickr site has some new photos you may not have seen before. In April of 2008 Scott Fybush was kind enough to invite me to join him on one of his well known road trips. This one was in Los Angeles, San Diego and Northern Baja California, Mexico. After arriving home I couldn't find the media card I'd used. I found it a couple of weeks ago. There are some very good, some average and some what was I thinking? photos. I've learned a lot and future photos overall will be better (I hope). The camera I used to take these died. It has been replaced with a somewhat better camera. There's a saying in photography that goes 95% of photography is what's six inches behind the lens so a better camera is no guarantee of better photos. I almost forgot to mention if there's a baseball game anywhere nearby Scott and his friend/co-conspirator/driver on these trips Garrett Wollman from Boston will take one in so we went to a Dodgers game. That was fun too. I'll be happy if only one of you has 1% as much fun looking at them as I did circling the globe (well, not exactly) taking them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcgibson55 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcgibson55/sets 73 ___ 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] NHK2 Sign-Off Schedule
At 05:48 PM 10/18/2009 -0700, you wrote: Nick had reported hearing NHK2 s/off at 1500 in late September. I subsequently found the NHK2 schedule on their website, and confirmed that they are now signing off every night at 1500. That's good news as the season progresses, since it will make 693 747 774 828 873 and others a bit clearer for other stuff. I'm not sure how long this has been the case. Bruce Walter Salmaniw wrote: John, the NHK2 sure were signing off last weekend when I was in Masset. Right at 15:00 with there local IDs and prolonged s/off procedure. Not sure what's happened since. Do you think they've had their clocks moved back for DST yet, or do they even do that in Japan? ...Walt I guess that I better give a listen in the morning... I guarantee they did not sign-off this AM maybe they went back to 24/7 again??? Gosh, I hope not. Walter, I remember your mention of the odd program on 531. Maybe its some sort of special program that regional stations can run when they wish. Weird! I think I'll make my motto: Gee, I sure wish that it had been Dushanbe! John Bryant ___ 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] 1134-Croatia, Other TA's Fizzle Out
Hello All, It was fun while it lasted, but only 1134-Croatia had decent audio here tonight. Two MP3's were made on the C.Crane SWP 7.5 Slider, one with pop music at 0207, and the other with male-voiced news at 0231. 1377-France had threshold audio at 0210 (which disappeared when the MP3 recorder was turned on). No sign of Bruce's 1575, or Patrick's 864. 1215 is a waste here, with a local Spanish pest on 1210. 73, Gary (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
[IRCA] the evening's TAs
I've been in and out this evening, rather like the TA's it seems. As seems to be normal these nights, audio comes up for a moment or two, then disappears again. 1215 has been the most consistent, with at times, perfectly readable signal. Between 0300 and 0345, audio (mostly weak in the splatter) has been noted on 1377, 1269, 1134, 1089, 864 (seemed to be France Bleu traces, similar to web stream), 855, and 1422 DLF apparently //756 (the latter a stroke of luck, and not really a recording to be treasured due to poor levels on both channels). Channels to bear watching include 675, 828, 1008, 1053 1206, 1278, 1296 (Sudan???), and 1485 Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] the evening's TAs
At 08:47 PM 10/18/2009, you wrote: I've been in and out this evening, rather like the TA's it seems. As seems to be normal these nights, audio comes up for a moment or two, then disappears again. 1215 has been the most consistent, with at times, perfectly readable signal. Between 0300 and 0345, audio (mostly weak in the splatter) has been noted on 1377, 1269, 1134, 1089, 864 (seemed to be France Bleu traces, similar to web stream), 855, and 1422 DLF apparently //756 (the latter a stroke of luck, and not really a recording to be treasured due to poor levels on both channels). Channels to bear watching include 675, 828, 1008, 1053 1206, 1278, 1296 (Sudan???), and 1485 Nick You're right, Nick. I just returned from my shift at the clinic and had 1215 on. Reasonable audio for a few minutes, then nothing for about 5, and then not so bad audio again at 04:25 UTC. Like a light switch here! .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] 1134 kHz Croatia
Croatia 1134 kHz 0528 utc fair signal with talk and music. Seemed like they signed-off or changed antenna direction. No carrier at all after 0530 utc. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA NRD 545 u-shaped fence antenna NE ___ 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
