[IRCA] TP's from Brier, WA 10/27/10
A mediocre morning at best. Asiatic TP's practically died out at 1400Z, only to stage a modest comeback with dawn enhancement on the 1425Z sampling. LWBC Russians were best at 1259Z and went downhill from there. No Alaskans noted this morning.. Times sampled: 1259Z, 1335Z, 1359Z, 1425Z for 1 to 3 minutes each using Perseus. The following heard in audio: 153 R. Rossii Komsomolsk (Russia) Good at 1259Z (best LWBC this morning) 189 R. Rossii Belogorsk (Russia) Good at 1259Z 279 R. Rossii Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Russia) Fair at 1259Z 594 JOAK Tokyo NHK1 (Japan) Good at 1259Z, Poor to absent at other times 603 HLSA Namyang (S Korea) Fair at 1425Z, not in audio earlier 693 JOAB NHK2 Tokyo (Japan) Poor at 1335Z, otherwise not in audio 774 JOIB Akita NHK2 (Japan) Fair a 1335Z, otherwise poor 972 HLCA Dangjin (S. Korea) Poor at 1300Z and 1425Z 981 CNR-1 (China) presumed Fair at 1300Z 1566 HLAZ (S Korea) Poor at 1300Z Tom Rothlisberger K7WV Brier, Washington USA Perseus SDR Wellbrook ALA-100M with 50' wire 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
[IRCA] TP for 26 Oct from Victoria, BC
Well, things were sort of OK at my first check at 1300UT this morning, but 1340 was a wipe out, and 1410UT, not much bettermaybe something happened later, but I was on my way to work by then. So almost everything I describe below was heard at 1300... pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): none reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK 747 JOIB 774 JOUB not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker 828 JOBB 972 HLCA 1566 HLAZ 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) : 279 presumed R. Rossii 567 JOIK //594 864 unID; Japanese??? 1017 unID, didn't seem //NHK2 1044 possibly CRI?? Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 639 and 738 after 1400UT 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] Newfoundland Ultralight Trans-Atlantics Report Oct 27
Hello To All, A Very interesting and rewarding DX Session this evening as a return trip was made to Ladie's Lookout on Signal Hill. Braving the elements at 5 Degrees Celcius and later on 3 Degrees, the second DX session this week began from high above the Atlantic Ocean at around 19:55 UTC until 21:05 UTC. Conditions seemed very good throughout the session and once again many stations were heard. The Spanish stations seemed to dominate in numbers however most of the stations listed on the logs had remarkable strength and were readable at so called armchair length. A couple of surprises awaited as the 702 outlet from Monaco was a new station as well as a new country for the ULR log. The biggest surprise occured at 20:15 UTC while monitoring 1566 khz a signal rose up while Benin in French was already occupying the channel. For a brief couple of moments it was by itself all alone with string type music and high pitched vocal singing, not chanting, no talk was heard before or after and it soon subsided again. Could this be the Nagpur Relay in India , looks likely but I will leave it for the expert Dxer's out there to ponder over. No recording available All in all it was an enjoyable DX session once again 621 khz – CANARY ISLANDS – R. Nacional, 21:05 Spanish talk (good) 675 khz– NETHERLANDS – Radio Maria , 21:05 light music (good) 693 khz – ENGLAND – BBC Five Live Droitwich, 20:25 Sports match commentary 702 khz - MONACO – RMC – Info, Le Col De Le Madonne 20:25 woman with French talk (possible CRI relay) *** NEW*** 711 khz – FRANCE – France Info Rennes, 20:26 music fanfare, man in French talk 720 khz – PORTUGAL – Antena 1, 20:26 man in Portugeuse 729 khz – SPAIN – R. Nacional, 21:05 woman reading news in Spanish ( English news clip) 756 khz – SPAIN – R. Euskadi, Bilboa , 20:25 man in Spanish commentary 774 khz – SPAIN – R. Nacional, 19:55 Spanish talk, time pips, ID 837 khz – SPAIN – COPE 20:25 Sports commentary by man 855 khz – SPAIN – R. Nacional 19:55 Spanish talk by man 864 khz – FRANCE – France Bleu, 19:55 Paris French talk ,music 882 khz – ENGLAND - BBC Wales, 21:05 music program 909 khz – ENGLAND – BBC Five Live Moorside Edge 19:55 Football match commentary 945 khz – FRANCE – France Info, Toulouse 19:55 French talk,man woman 954 khz – SPAIN – Onda Cero Radio Madrid 19:55 Spanish news (fair) 963 khz – PORTUGAL – Radio Sim Seixal 20:25 man talk in Portugeuse 972 khz – LIBYA – R. Jamahiriyah, Sirta 21:05 Arabic music ,talk Very Strong 990 khz – SPAIN – SER Bilbao 20:25 Spanish talk,time pips (strong over CBC Cornerbrook) 999 khz – SPAIN – COPE Madrid 19:55 Two men in Spanish , Morocco with chants under) 1008 khz – CANARY ISLANDS – R. Punto 20:25 Spanish talk, ID 1017 khz – SPAIN – R. Nacional 5 Burgos 20:25 man with Spanish talk (weak) 1026 khz – SPAIN – SER 20:25 Sports commentary in Spanish 1035 khz – PORTUGAL – R. Clube Potugeuse Belmonte, 19:53 Portugeuse, Neil Diamond song 1044 khz – SPAIN – SER San Sebastian 19:54, two men in Spanish 1053 khz – ENGLAND – Talksport Radio 19:55 news mxing with Libya Arabic music 1053 khz – LIBYA – R. Jamarihiyah, Tripoli 20:30 Lively Arabic music 1062 khz – ITALY – RAI 1 Cagliara 20:30 Sports commentary in Italian 1080 khz – SPAIN – SER 19:56 two men in Spanish 1089 khz – ENGLAND – Talksport Radio 19:57 news // 1053 1098 khz – SPAIN - SPAIN – R. Nacional 5 20:45 man and woman news in Spanish (fair) 1107 khz – SPAIN – Radio Nacional 5 20:45 Sports commentary in Spanish 1134 khz – CROATIA – Hrvatske Radio Zadar 19:55 man in Croatian ,Spanish sports under (presumed Spain) 1134 khz – SPAIN – COPE 20:31 Lively Sports event over Croatia 1179 khz – SWEDEN – Radio Sweden via Solvesborg 20:45 Spanish program 1242 khz – FRANCE – France Info, Marseilles 20:33 French talk 1251 khz – LIBYA – Voice of Africa, Tripoli 20:33 Marching music,Arabic talk (Very strong) 1296 khz – SPAIN – COPE Valencia 20:33 Sports match in Spanish 1305 khz – SPAIN – R. Nacional 5 20:34 talk in Spanish by man / Unidentified underneath 1323 khz – GERMANY – Voice of Russia via Wachebrunn Relay 20:46 woman in French 1341 khz – NORTHERN IRELAND – R. Ulster Lisngarvey 20:34 pop songs (Very Strong) 1377 khz – FRANCE – France Info 20:45 News by man in French (Very Strong) 1386 khz – SPAIN – Euskadi Irratia 20:46 man in Basque language (Very Strong) 1395 khz – ALBANIA – Transworld Radio via Fllake 20:10 program in Russian 1413 khz – SPAIN – Radio Nacional 5 20:36 Spanish by two men, mention of other stations 1422 khz – Unidentified 20:10 Arabic talk by man ,musical interlude ,again heard at 20:37 1440 khz – LUXEMBOURG- China Radio Relay Marnach 20:47 Chinese music 1449 khz – LIBYA – Voice of Great Homeland Misurata 20:47 woman song in Arabic (Very strong) 1485 khz – SPAIN – SER Santander 20:38 Sports match commentary in Spanish 1494 khz – FRANCE – France Bleue , Bastia 20:39 songs in French,ID 1521 khz – SAUDI ARABIA – BSKSA Duba 20:45 Arabic talk, music (Very strong) 1530 khz –
[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-27
Hello All, A lackluster pattern of anemic TP signals continued for yet another day, with most Asiatic stations struggling to get out of the noise. An early band check from 1300-1330 revealed little of interest, except for a 1575-VOA signal that was stronger than usual (for this mediocre season, that is). Several "big guns" (594, 738, 747, 828 and 1134) also managed fair audio during this period, but these all dived down in the noise from 1345-1430, when it seemed like the "sunrise enhancement" wouldn't enhance much of anything. Only 1566-HLAZ and 1575-VOA had any audio at all during this period, and it was nothing to shout about. Finally 594-JOAK and 738-BEL2 rose up out of the noise around 1445 with fair-good signals (just before the band collapsed), to bring a somewhat positive end to a mediocre session. Hopefully this morning's anemic signals are related to the unusual solar activity, and not an indication that the Fall TP Season is falling out early. 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: 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Fair-good music break during Japanese interview session at 1445 _http://www.mediafire.com/?d6awacz583q13dh_ (http://www.mediafire.com/?d6awacz583q13dh) 738 BEL2 Penghu, Taiwan Fair Chinese male speech during talk program at 1443 747 JOIB Sapporo, Japan Fair Japanese speech around 1320 in KXL splatter; dropped out at 1345 828 JOBB Osaka, Japan Poor-fair language lessons at 1318 1134 KBS3 Hwaseong, S. Korea Poor-fair Korean speech rising above domestic splatter at 1330 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Fair Japanese religious program 1335 1575 VOA Ban Rassom, Thailand Good Asiatic language program at 1430; best signal during month of October 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Oct 28 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 27 October follow. Solar flux 88 and mid-latitude A-index 4. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 28 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 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 28 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 88 88 A-in 55559999999954 K-in 33122111212121 ___ 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] KXOR 660 Junction City return?
I finally got back online tonight after 2-3 days of t storm activity here on the coast. Very unusual for any time of year, but especially in October. Heard lous SS music on 660 a while a go off the SW EWE. I wonder if KXOR has returned? 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR 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
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Oct 27 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 October follow. Solar flux 86 and mid-latitude A-index 9. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 27 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 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 86 A-in 55555599999999 K-in 32331221112121 ___ 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 York City Soldering Olympics...
Thought I had seen it all... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gFJ2QfQcb4 Medals are Silver, Tin and Lead... obviously... Colin Newell is the editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com, DXer.ca and BobHarris.com Amateur Radio VA7WWV - Victoria B.C. Canada | Twitter.com/coffeecrew ___ 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 10-27-10
Listened from 1310-1345 utc and conditions was very poor with audio from JOAK-594, JOAB-693 and JOUB-774. 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] Oklahoma TP's 10/27/10
It was a morning when the best signals were coming from south of the border. There were very few signals making it this far inland from across the Pacific. Receiver: Modified Tecsun PL-310 with 7.5-inch loopstick. Local sunrise at 1248 UTC. 594 JOAK Tokyo J, 1249, music, poor, fading out by 1252. 702 unID (2BL?), 1233, carrier from 250°+/-, XEGD 700 QRM. 702 unID (JOKD?), 1252, carrier from 320°+/-, faded out by 1259. 774 JOUB Akita J, 1228, barely audible man & woman talking in KSPI 780 slop. 828 unID (JOBB?), 1246, strong het, faint audio. It seems like the current TP DX season continues to deteriorate. I didn't do any DXing last evening, but a check found hets at 531 and 549 kHz at 0500 UTC. 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
