Re: [IRCA] 540 Sauk Rapids
WXYG-540 Sauk Rapids, MN has been heard here in the S metro with a definite ID @ 4pm a day or two ago. So far I haven't IDed them at night with SK so strong. 73, George S., MN --- On Fri, 10/8/10, todftscytj7...@aol.com wrote: From: todftscytj7...@aol.com Subject: [IRCA] 540 Sauk Rapids To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 12:46 PM Loosely monitering 540 and this much I know: they are either still on night pwr at LSR or more likely not on as KWMT was all alone which leads me to believe they s/on at 8am or later. SSS DX has been unobtainable for me this season and SRS has been limited to 15 min avg and with a car radio. I have been working 70 plus hrs a week and wont slow down till Christmas. I will do my best to gather real time info. Maybe George Sherman can help me out with the SSS details and pos night rec for he is closer to their nighttime pattern beam. 73 Todd ___ 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 8 Oct from Victoria, BC
Still mostly weak signals this morning beyond the big guns. Only oddment was that 279 joined the big guns at 1408, and that the weaker signals seemed more CC than KK or JJ. Judging by what was heard in Seattle, I should probably have started listening earlier than 1400UT this morning. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 279 R. Rossii at 1408UT 774 JOUB 828 JOBB 1566 HLAZ didn't get to this level until 1418UT reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK 603 HLSA //558 and something else, female talk not //594 747 JOIB 972 HLCA not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker 945 CC talk //4460 Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) : 153 seemed R Rossii 558 HLQH //603 639 seemed CNR1 //4460 756, also seemed CNR1 963 CRI? 1017 CRI? 1242 JOLF? 1287 JOHR? 1323 CRI? 1575 VoA? Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 567 1098 DU 1143 1188 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
[IRCA] Oklahoma TP's 10/9/10
TP's this morning were better than yesterday. The best signal heard was from JOAK 594. Receiver: Modified Tecsun PL-310 with 7.5-inch loopstick. Local sunrise was at 1232 UTC. 558 unID, 1204, het. 567 JOIK, Sapporo J, 1227, man JJ (fair), QRM from unID 570 (probably KLIF). 594 JOAK, Tokyo J, 1228, //JOIK 567 (poor-to-fair). At 1232, singing, then man & woman JJ (fair), fading away at 1234. 648 unID (VOR?), 1205, het, QRM from CKOM, 650. 702 unID, 1207, het. Weak het still heard at 1239. 747 JOIB, Sapporo J, 1213, man JJ (poor), QRM from KRMG 740. 774 JOUB, Akita J, 1225, man JJ (poor); 1235 poor-to-barely audible, fading out at 1237. 828 JOBB, Osaka J, 1223, man JJ (poor), fading out at 1225. 972 unID (HLCA?), 1202, weak het; stronger at 1218; audible at 1244, QRM from KCFO 970. It seemed all signals were enhanced by the "sunrise lift". It seems JOAK 594 is often best at sunrise. Usually best JOUB 774 was more difficult to hear this morning. No trace of signals on the upper portion of the band. Good DX. Richard Allen 36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W (near Perry OK USA) ___ 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 DX in Seattle 10-9-10
This morning, I let the SDR do the work, while I caught up on my sleep. Conditions were similar to yesterday morning, with strong signals from the NHK powerhouses and a few other stations. Like yesterday, there were lots of tantalizing carriers, some of which produced audio and some of which didn't. Overall, it was a decent but not spectacular morning. I'd say it was about average for this time of year. Tomorrow will be 10-10-10, so hopefully DX conditions will also be a "10". 585Unid trace audio 1356, didn't sound //594 594JOAK good w/ man in JJ, pips, NHK mention, then nx in JJ 1400 603Two sets of pips again 1400. One had 4+1 pips. Audio afterwards sounded typical of the TC's and ID's Chinese stations do at the ToH, but it was way too weak to tell what they said. The second pips sounded 3+1 but not sure (probably KBS or NHK) 6393+1 pips in 630 splatter, probably the NHK station 1400. I don't think I've heard China here so far this season 650"Newsradio 650, KENI Anchorage" ID u/CISL 1400 657N Korea, strident talk 1402 666 Unid, Weak talk 1356, didn't sound //594, light inst mx 1359 then 5+1 pips, weak, likely either Russia or China 693JOAB good w/JJ talk & pips 1400 729Inst mx across ToH 1400 w/NHK pips in background, CC talk faded above 730 splatter 1404, probably Jiangxi but no ID heard 7381400 bits of Taiwan's theme mx, then CC talk weak-fair, 3+1 pips from presumed Korea in background 747 JOIB, pips + JJ talk good //693 1400 7563+1 pips weak 1400, either NHK or KBS 800KINY fair w/promo for website www.*kiny*radio.com u/CKOR 1343 828JOBB fair-poor talk 1344 890KBBI probably the BBC nx u/CJDC 1345 972KBS fair-good w/YL in KK 1350 981CNR good in CKNW splat w/CC talk 1353 1206Yanbian good w/KK talk 1406 1287Weak JJ talk 14112 1314Unid mx and woman in unid lang 1412 1323CRI good w/woman in Russian 1408 1422Bits of J talk 1331 1566HLAZ good w/JJ talk & Christian mx 1333 1575VOA Thailand, finally had a decent carrier today 1330 but not much audio A few carriers/hets without audio: 621 648 675 846 855 864 909 918 927 936 963 1017 1026 1035 1053 1062 1269 1305 Bruce 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
[IRCA] TP for 9Oct2010 from Victoria: More of the same
Listened this morning from 13:35 to about 14:30. Signals seemed better than yesterday`s, with the JJ first (and 2nd) tier stations dominating. Just a hint of DU activity. Upper band, again, almost absent. Also recorded the TOH at 14:00 for AK with the Perseus, and these are also included. As always, a ``6`` unless otherwise noted: 279: Russian at 8.5 531 540: JOJG // 594 at 13:51 at 6+ level. 558: 8 level HLQH KBS2 567: JOIK at 8 level //594 576: Mayak plus cochannel at 8 level 594: 9 level JOAK 603: 7 level JOOG over HLSA 621 639: 7 level CNR1 plus coch 648: 6.5 level, would otherwise be much better except for severe CISL 650 splatter 657: 7 666: JOBK at 13:57 675, 738 747: JOIB and splatter at 8 level 774: 9 level JOUB 792, 801, 819 (latter prob KCBS) 819: KCBS at 6+ level 828: 9 level JOBB at 14:27 846: CC at 7 level 855: KCBS at 7 level 873: JOGB at 7 level 891, 918 936: Music at 7 level at 14:22 945: CNR1 at 7 level but severe splatter from 950 963: 7 level CRI 972: HLCA at 7 level at 14:20 1008: presumed CNR1 at 14:20 1017: Seems JOLB //774 1026 1134: music and splatter ++ 7 level 1143: 7 level 1152: JOPC //774 at 14:12, then a brief English (not // to 774) which is likely Newstalk ZB, Timara 1179: 7 level ?JOOR 1188: JOKP at 6+ level. Seems // to 594 1233 1242: JOLF at 7 level at 14:00 1269, 1278 1287: 8 level JOHR at 14:00 1296, 1305, 1314, 1323 1332: 7 level pres. JOSF 1341, 1377, 1386 1512: 2RN at 14:03 at 6+ level 1566: 6+ at 14:00 ALASKA: 580: KRSA under ESPN at 14:00 670: KDLG at excellent level. 14:00 700: "AM 700 KBYR" ID at 14:00 at fair/good level. 750: KFQD, mostly under KXL 850: Very good ID for KICY, Nome at 14:00 870: Not AK, but Smithers, IDing as "The Peak" at 14:00 good/very good level. 890: KBBI Homer, AK at very good level at 14:00 That's it from Victoria, BC...Walt ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 10-9-10
Bruce - KBS2 has just a single long pip so it must have been NHK. Chuck Senior Pips Analyst > Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 09:58:57 -0700 > From: bport...@comcast.net > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: [IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 10-9-10 > > 603 Two sets of pips again 1400. One had 4+1 pips. Audio > afterwards sounded typical of the TC's and ID's Chinese stations do at > the ToH, but it was way too weak to tell what they said. The second > pips sounded 3+1 but not sure (probably KBS or NHK) > > Bruce > 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
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Oct 09 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 08 October follow. Solar flux 75 and mid-latitude A-index 4. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 09 October was 1 (7 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 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 A-in 44444434444444 K-in 22111102112201 ___ 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 Ultralight TP's for 10-9
Hello All, Asian signal strength was markedly improved here this morning, but where Walt had the Japanese dominating, it was the Chinese and Koreans that received the propagation boost here. Like Bruce I had several co-channel mysteries (639, 756 and 936) that remained mysteries, and a 603 kHz mix (clearly KBS2 and the UnID Chinese here). The upper band seemed fairly good, and the Asian "big guns" from 639- 675 kHz all had decent signals at times. In comparison with recent days, the vibrant TP signals were a refreshing change. The big event of the morning here was a strong signal from 729-China (presumed Jiangxi, according to Chuck's suggestion last year) around 1351. It easily pushed aside a much weaker JOCK (and CHMJ splatter) and had its best strength ever here. I see that Bruce also heard the 729-China station around 1400, but by that time it had lost most of its strength here. 936-Anhui was back with decent audio this morning, but it was all Chinese (both speech and music) with no English. Maybe Maybe 936-Anhui is taking a break (on Saturday night) from the tough weekday English lessons? There was a weak musical co-channel observed for the first time under Anhui on 936, but like this morning's other weak co-channels it provided no ID clues. It's nice to hear the mystery stations anyway, as a sign of better propagation. The following were heard on a C.Crane SWP Slider model (7.5" loopstick) inductively coupled to a 9' sided PVC tuned passive loop (in the back yard). A modified ICF-2010 (30" loopstick) was used as an SSB spotting receiver. 558 HLSA Daegu, S. Korea Fair KBS2 music at 1412 // 603-HLSA 585 JOPG Kushiro, Japan Weak Japanese speech in and out 1333 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Strong Japanese talk program at 1336 603 TP-Mix Fair-good mix of HLSA music and UnID Chinese 1413 639 CNR1 China Synchros Good male-female speech with weak Asiaitic co-channel (not // 594) around 1409 648 VOR Razdolnoye, Russia Fair-good Chinese speech at 1347 657 Pyongyang BS, N. Korea Vibrant Korean rants around 1349 666 JOBK Osaka, Japan Fair Japanese talk // 594 around 1338 675 VOV Hanoi, Vietnam Back with fair Vietnamese speech 1355 729 China (presumed Jiangxi) Very strong fade-in over JOCK and CHMJ splatter at 1346; male-female talk with some instrumental music _http://www.mediafire.com/?2njgjcuuu6khjp2_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?2njgjcuuu6khjp2) 729 JOCK Nagoya, Japan Weak NHK1 talk at 1345 but soon buried under huge Chinese signal 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Good Chinese pop music o/ KBS 1358 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Strong Japanese speech in KXL slop 1401 756 TP-Mix CNR1 Chinese mixing with UnID instrumental music (presumed KBS1; no // available) _http://www.mediafire.com/?v6wi460gff28l1b_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?v6wi460gff28l1b) 774 JOUB Akita, Japan Equal strength with KTTH splatter at 1403 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Good but pestered with UnID Chinese 1350 927 China (presumed) Chinese threshold audio in and out at 1407 936 Anhui, China Fair Chinese speech and music at 1408 over weak UnID co-channel with music _http://www.mediafire.com/?9237kytpgefccw7_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?9237kytpgefccw7) 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Good Korean speech around 1415 1035 CNR1 China Synchros Fair male-female Chinese dialog 1410 1044 CRI Jiangsu, China Good Japanese external program 1345 1053 Korean Jammer Strong buzzing over UnID Chinese around 1339 1134 TP-Mix Good strength shootout of KBS and CNR1 around 1342 1377 CNR1 China Threshold Chinese audio in and out at 1417 1386 NHK2 Synchros Japanese barely above KRKO splatter 1418 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Good Japanese religious program 1329 1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Threshold audio around 1328 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock ___ 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] Brier, WA TP's fpr 10/9/2010
A definite improvement heard here this morning, with JA "big guns" louder, some additional JA and some activity in the upper band. still no Russian LWBC heard. Following times sampled this morning: 1300Z, 1335Z, 1400Z, 1411Z using Perseus. The following heard in audio: 558 UNID just too weak today 567 JOIK Sapporo (Japan) in the pauses of KVI spatter 585 UNID Definitely not // 594 at 1400Z TOH. Too weak to ID language 585 JOPG Kushiro (Japan) weak and // 594 at 1411Z 594 JOAK NHK1 Tokyo (Japan) back up in strength from yesterday 603 HLSA presumed (S. Korea) weak 612 UNID best after 1400Z, barely in audio 640 KYUK Bethel, AK fair, all alone. ID just prior to TOH 648 VOR (Russia) 666 JOBK NHK1 Osaka presumed (Japan) // 594 670 KDLG Dillingham AK fair, winning the battle with KBOI today 675 VOV (Vietnam) presumed, fair with music at 1411Z 693 JOAB NHK2 Tokyo (Japan) A little weaker than yesterday 738 BEL2 presumed (Taiwan) good at 1411Z, YL in CC with background music 747 JOUB NHK2 Sapporo (Japan) really strong this morning 750 KFQD Anchorage AK presumed under KXL, weaker than yesterday 756 JOGK presumed; 2 stations in weakly. Stronger had "NHK style" pips (3 low + 1 high) 1400Z 756 UNID Weaker station had 5+1 pips, higher tones 1400Z 774 JOIB Akita NHK2 (Japan) Good 828 JOBB NHK2 Osaka (Japan) good at 1335Z with EE lesson, gone by 1400Z 890 KBBI Homer, AK in with NPR news at TOH. fair, with CJDC 891 JOHK Sendai presumed (Japan) 972 HLCA Dangjin (S. Korea) 981 CNR-1 (China) weak 1017 CRI with interval signal TOH. 1134 JOQR presumed, stn had "NHK style" time pips, 3 low + 1 high tones 1400Z 1161 UNID Man in CC speaking at 1411Z 1206 Yanbian China presumed. weak at 1400Z 1269 UNID in audio weakly at 1400Z 1287 JOHR Sapporo HBC good at 1400 with man in JJ 1575 R. Saranrom/VOA (Thailand) big het, weak audio Tom Rothlisberger K7WV Brier, Washington USA Perseus SDR Wellbrook ALA-100M with 50' loop element NW/SE ___ 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] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-9
Gary I checked Anhui's website earlier this week when their English program first came up. According to the Google translation of the program schedule, Anhui has a bilingual program at 22:00-22:30 local time, 1400-1430 UTC Monday to Friday. On weekends they air something that translated as "foreign music" at 1400. So your logs are consistent with what's listed. I'm not sure what "foreign music"means, other than stuff that's not from China. On 10/9/2010 2:54 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: Hello All, 936-Anhui was back with decent audio this morning, but it was all Chinese (both speech and music) with no English. Maybe Maybe 936-Anhui is taking a break (on Saturday night) from the tough weekday English lessons? There was a weak musical co-channel observed for the first time under Anhui on 936, but like this morning's other weak co-channels it provided no ID clues. It's nice to hear the mystery stations anyway, as a sign of better propagation. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 10-9-10
I always wonder who has what for pips?... 4+1short 4+1long 3+1 short and you get the picture. Can anyone shed some light on this topic??? Thank you. Derek Vincent Vmedia360...everywhere On Oct 9, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Chuck Hutton wrote: Bruce - KBS2 has just a single long pip so it must have been NHK. Chuck Senior Pips Analyst Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 09:58:57 -0700 From: bport...@comcast.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 10-9-10 603 Two sets of pips again 1400. One had 4+1 pips. Audio afterwards sounded typical of the TC's and ID's Chinese stations do at the ToH, but it was way too weak to tell what they said. The second pips sounded 3+1 but not sure (probably KBS or NHK) Bruce 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 ___ 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: 2010 Oct 10 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 October follow. Solar flux 76 and mid-latitude A-index 3. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 10 October was 1 (6 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 08 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 10 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 76 76 A-in 44443444444433 K-in 11110211220101 ___ 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] KUMU-1500 now KHKA
From the Honolulu Star Advertiser 10/6 Sports radio on KHKA, 1500-AM A new 24-hour sports radio station KHKA (ESPN), 1500-AM, which launched last Friday, will provide broadcasts of Major League Baseball playoff games, college football and Hawaii high school football. Also featured are ESPN Radio national programming as well as encore performances of sister station KKEA (ESPN), 1420-AM's "The Bobby Curran Show" and "The Sports Animals" programs. ___ 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] DX test question for West Coasters
Putting this to the list... When is the best time to run a DX test in Wisconsin - what month and what time of night (must be between -0600 central time zone) to maximize (1) west coast and (2) Europe / Nordic chances Saul ___ 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: 2010 Oct 10 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 October follow. Solar flux 76 and mid-latitude A-index 3. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 10 October was 1 (6 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 08 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 10 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 76 76 A-in 44443444444433 K-in 11110211220101 ___ 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: 2010 Oct 10 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 October follow. Solar flux 76 and mid-latitude A-index 3. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 10 October was 1 (6 nT). No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 08 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 10 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 76 76 A-in 44443444444433 K-in 11110211220101 ___ 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] DX test question for West Coasters
Saul From my standpoint, any time between now and March is fine. With virtually everyone on 24/7, the time of night doesn't matter much around here. Our ability to hear a test pretty much depends on local/regional QRM and conditions at the time. So if you've got a station that's in terested, I'd say set up the test for whenever it's best for them and we'll hope for the best. Bruce On 10/9/2010 8:08 PM, Saul DX wrote: Putting this to the list... When is the best time to run a DX test in Wisconsin - what month and what time of night (must be between -0600 central time zone) to maximize (1) west coast and (2) Europe / Nordic chances Saul ___ 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] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-9
Hi Bruce, Thanks for your investigation of 936-Anhui's programming (and also for the detailed work that you and Chuck devote to the Pacific Asian Log, the definitive resource for TP-DXers). The music on 936 this morning sounded Chinese to me, but since it certainly wasn't American music (like Anhui seems to play on weekdays during this time period), it certainly was "foreign music" to me :-) I'm kind of surprised at the constant strength of this 936-Anhui station so far this month-- it didn't seem nearly so strong last year, at this time. 73, Gary In a message dated 10/9/2010 3:53:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bport...@comcast.net writes: Gary I checked Anhui's website earlier this week when their English program first came up. According to the Google translation of the program schedule, Anhui has a bilingual program at 22:00-22:30 local time, 1400-1430 UTC Monday to Friday. On weekends they air something that translated as "foreign music" at 1400. So your logs are consistent with what's listed. I'm not sure what "foreign music"means, other than stuff that's not from China. On 10/9/2010 2:54 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: > Hello All, > > > 936-Anhui was back with decent audio this morning, but it was all Chinese (both > speech and music) with no English. Maybe Maybe 936-Anhui is taking a break > (on Saturday night) from the tough weekday English lessons? There was a weak > musical co-channel observed for the first time under Anhui on 936, but > like this morning's other weak co-channels it provided no ID clues. It's nice > to hear the mystery stations anyway, as a sign of better propagation. > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] DX test question for West Coasters
The European DXers will probably have their own say, but presumably it should be early enough that central Europe at least is still dark when the test takes place, so that would place it closer to midnight central time. There are several IRCA'ers who are members of Medium Wave Circle. If you're not a member Saul, perhaps one of the European ones could pass this question on to that club, as they would be the most interested in making it work. I'll certainly pass it on if no one else steps forward. best wishes, Nick At 03:08 10/10/2010, you wrote: Putting this to the list... When is the best time to run a DX test in Wisconsin - what month and what time of night (must be between -0600 central time zone) to maximize (1) west coast and (2) Europe / Nordic chances Saul ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-9
Yes, I pore over mountains of details and analyze them until the truth is revealed. I've also taught myself 7 Asian languages to further the information content of the PAL. It takes 20 hours a month on average, but Ispend the time willingly. For you. Truth be known. I toss the occasional tidbit over to Bruce. He does the other 99.99% of the work. My name should not even be mentioned. Chuck > From: d1028g...@aol.com > Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:43:33 -0400 > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-9 > > Hi Bruce, > > Thanks for your investigation of 936-Anhui's programming (and also for the > detailed work that you and Chuck devote to the Pacific Asian Log, the > definitive resource for TP-DXers). > > The music on 936 this morning sounded Chinese to me, but since it > certainly wasn't American music (like Anhui seems to play on weekdays during > this > time period), it certainly was "foreign music" to me :-) I'm kind of > surprised at the constant strength of this 936-Anhui station so far this > month-- > it didn't seem nearly so strong last year, at this time. > > 73, Gary > > > > In a message dated 10/9/2010 3:53:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > bport...@comcast.net writes: > > Gary > > I checked Anhui's website earlier this week when their English program > first came up. According to the Google translation of the program > schedule, Anhui has a bilingual program at 22:00-22:30 local time, > 1400-1430 UTC Monday to Friday. On weekends they air something that > translated as "foreign music" at 1400. So your logs are consistent with > what's listed. I'm not sure what "foreign music"means, other than stuff > that's not from China. > > On 10/9/2010 2:54 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > > > 936-Anhui was back with decent audio this morning, but it was all > Chinese (both > > speech and music) with no English. Maybe Maybe 936-Anhui is taking a > break > > (on Saturday night) from the tough weekday English lessons? There was a > weak > > musical co-channel observed for the first time under Anhui on 936, but > > like this morning's other weak co-channels it provided no ID clues. > It's nice > > to hear the mystery stations anyway, as a sign of better propagation. > > > > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, > its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP for 9 Oct from Victoria, BC
Not sure it was a whole lot better here this morning, but I did spend longer at it, and it's surprising how many that faded into weak audibility over time. In addition, the big guns faded up to greater strength, but one had to be there to hear them at that strength, as most didn't last long. Listening was from 1400 to just after 1430UT. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK 747 JOIB 774 JOUB 828 JOBB 1566 HLAZ at 1409 reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 567 JOIK later on 603 HLSA //558 972 HLCA 1287 JOHR not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker 639 CC talk //4460, so CNR-1 873 JOGB //828 936 mx at 1412, presumed Anhui Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) : 558 HLQH //603 612 DU EE inflected talk at 1420UT; 4QR? 657 growly talk likely N. Korea 702 sounded like EE talk at 1433, so 2NR? 846 woman talking seemed //594 at 1415UT, so JOCP and/or synchros? 1017 not NHK2; CRI? 1044 CRI? 1053 woman talking, so JOAR? 1134 not sure 1143 seemed //738 (which didn't seem to have the noise that Gary has noted?) at 1416UT; so Taiwan Fisheries 1242 cuckoo clock pips at 1400 so JOLF 1269 JJ inflected talk at 1423, similar to JOHR-1287 a minute or so earlier 1323 CRI? 1557 likely Taiwan's Family Radio 1593 seemed //4460 at 1433UT, so CNR1, but pretty sure NHK2 mx there also Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 1098DU; 1476,and many others at various times 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
