Re: [IRCA] IRCA Facebook page day 3

[Mike Sanburn]

I haven't tried it yet, but maybe  
www.facebook.com/Internationalradioclubofamerica   might work. I don't know why 
you can't access it off of the actual site.  ms

> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:13:37 -0400
> From: kilok...@gmail.com
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA Facebook page day 3
> 
> Maybe it's just me, but when I login to Facebook and search for
> "International Radio Club of America" using the search box at the top of the
> page, only six results appear and all have absolutely nothing to do with
> IRCA!  What am I doing wrong?  Is there a direct URL to the page?
> 
> Tim Tromp
> West Michigan
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> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Mike Sanburn wrote:
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> > As of this morning we already have 27 Facebook fans. Be sure to type in
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Re: [IRCA] IRCA Facebook page day 3

[Tim Tromp]

Horacio,

Thanks for that link - now I'm seeing the page.

-Tim

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Horacio Nigro  wrote:

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> https://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Radio-Club-of-America/196416540409529
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>Horacio A. Nigro
> Montevideo
> Uruguay
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> De: Ira Elbert New III 
> Para: HardCore DX 
> Enviado: lunes 27 de junio de 2011 23:25
> Asunto: Re: [IRCA] IRCA Facebook page day 3
>
>
> I just did the same thing, but I got through. Keep trying...it'll work.
>
> Bert New
> Watkinsville, Georgia
> Proudly Serving You Since 1964!
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> > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:13:37 -0400
> > From: kilok...@gmail.com
> > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA Facebook page day 3
> >
> > Maybe it's just me, but when I login to Facebook and search for
> > "International Radio Club of America" using the search box at the top of
> the
> > page, only six results appear and all have absolutely nothing to do with
> > IRCA!  What am I doing wrong?  Is there a direct URL to the page?
> >
> > Tim Tromp
> > West Michigan
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Mike Sanburn  >wrote:
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Re: [IRCA] IRCA Facebook page day 3

[Horacio Nigro]

 https://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Radio-Club-of-America/196416540409529
   
   Horacio A. Nigro
    Montevideo  
    Uruguay









De: Ira Elbert New III 
Para: HardCore DX 
Enviado: lunes 27 de junio de 2011 23:25
Asunto: Re: [IRCA] IRCA Facebook page day 3


I just did the same thing, but I got through. Keep trying...it'll work.

Bert New
Watkinsville, Georgia
Proudly Serving You Since 1964!


> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:13:37 -0400
> From: kilok...@gmail.com
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA Facebook page day 3
> 
> Maybe it's just me, but when I login to Facebook and search for
> "International Radio Club of America" using the search box at the top of the
> page, only six results appear and all have absolutely nothing to do with
> IRCA!  What am I doing wrong?  Is there a direct URL to the page?
> 
> Tim Tromp
> West Michigan
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> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Mike Sanburn wrote:
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> > As of this morning we already have 27 Facebook fans. Be sure to type in
> > International Radio Club of America and click the "LIKE" button!  ms
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Re: [IRCA] WXYG vs. KWMT vs. CBK vs. XEWA

[neilkaz]

So WXYG isn't on today? I thought I had some rock-ish mx but then KWMT IDed at 
2104 CDT tonight and into C&W although I thought they may have been mixing but 
couldn't tell as weak o/u WAUK. 

Anyhow, this isn't a time of the year where I do any AM DX other than to test 
out antennas since it is the worst month of the year. Things stink here in the 
upper midwest between mid May and Mid July, but if you can confirm that they 
are on 24/7 or even just daytimes I'll try for them.

Also possible on 540 sometimes at night on western antennas (nulls XEWA rather 
well) is XETX La Ranchera de Paquime

Not to get too far OT, but I've never had TA audio here in IL in June or July I 
few days ago I tried and the TA BOG was just working as usual to the NW, but 
only weak hets from 1512 and 1521 near Saudi SR. From WI I've had TA's during 
those months, but being Lake Michigan frontage means 10-15 dB more signal from 
them but all I've had is some weak mouth of Med strong stations and a weak 
Mauritania 783 (lower latitude path so is clearly dark all the way and they 
stay on often a bit past 8 pm CDT in summer)

73 KAZ Barrington IL noting WSCR IBOC REMAINS OFF :)


-Original Message-
>From: Todd 
>Sent: Jun 27, 2011 7:57 PM
>To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
>
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] WXYG vs. KWMT vs. CBK vs. XEWA
>
>Hi all,
>
> WXYQ has been off for the last 2-3 weeks. When the are on, I have only heard 
> them on during the day. Their day pattern is a sideways 8. They cover all of 
> the twin cities that dominates. However, KWMT manages to come in u/WXYQ in 
> the burnsville and the rest of the S/SW metro. The same goes for KCRO u/ 
> KBHR. KWMT  does not make it past the dwtn's of msp/stp.
>Very little overlapping of these two stations.
>Until this last season, XEWA has not been heard for awhile.
>In the winter months I have heard CBK all day at times.
>Hope that paints a better picture.
>Todd 
>
>Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
>
>Rick Dau  wrote:
>
>>I hadn't even known that WXYG wasn't on the air yet until I opened up my 
>>inbox 
>>this morning and saw Paul Walker's original post on 'em. 
>>
>>
>>Some thoughts: I have no idea how the FCC even let a station in mid-Minnesota 
>>on 540 in the first place, when KWMT and CBK are so near and stations on 540 
>>get 
>>out like gangbusters.  And I especially can't see how WXYG is able to throw 
>>virtually all of its night power in the direction of Fort Dodge, when they 
>>SHOULD be protecting KWMT at night. 
>>
>>  
>>Regarding XEWA, I haven't heard them ONCE since starting a new logbook at my 
>>South Omaha QTH this past September.  At night it's CBK when the Quantum loop 
>>is 
>>pointed NW-SE and KWMT when it's 90 degrees from that.   
>>
>>
>>KWMT gets out amazingly well to the south -- Glenn Hauser sez he hears them 
>>daytimes 365 days a year in northern Oklahoma.  But, to the north, it's a 
>>totally different story.  When I drove to Winnipeg in August 2008, KWMT was 
>>still there, albeit not real strong, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.  By the 
>>time I 
>>got to Fargo, however, it was all CBK. 
>>
>>
>>Once upon a time (say, early 1960s and before), KWMT held the honor of having 
>>the largest daytime coverage of any AM station in the U.S.  Nowadays, I'd put 
>>them 3rd behind both KFYR-550 (whose terrestrial signal I was listening to 
>>through most of this morning for their coverage on the flooding in Minot) and 
>>WNAX-570. 
>>
>>
>>And CBK easily gets the honor of largest dayime coverage of any AM station in 
>>North America. 
>>
>> 
>>73,
>>Rick Dau
>>South Omaha, Nebraska
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>From: Earl Higgins 
>>Sent: Mon, June 27, 2011 10:41:27 AM
>>Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] WXYG 540 Sauk Rapids, MN
>>
>>That nighttime pattern surprises me, but I forgot Fort Dodge isn't entitled 
>>to 
>>nighttime protection. Ouch, that's got to be quite a clash in KWMT's 
>>secondary 
>>coverage areas (Storm Lake, Ames), especially since they ALSO null to the 
>>north.
>>
>>2011/6/27 Doug Smith 
>>
>>>The daytime pattern has lobes roughly due east (larger) and west (smaller). 
>>> Looks like there's a null, though not particularly deep, in the direction
>>>of Saskatchewan.  (where the monster signal of CBK is on 540)  There's 
>>>another 
>>>daytime null due south, probably for KWMT.
>>>
>>>The nighttime pattern is a circle, tangential to the transmitter site and 
>>>radiating everything south-southwest.  KWMT is a Class D station, not
>>>entitled to nighttime protection -- it looks like nearly all the protection 
>>>is 
>>>to the Canadian border.
>>>
>>>I would imagine WXYG causes considerable interference to CBK in areas in the 
>>>U.S. that used to get a decent CBK signal.  These days, Canadian stations
>>>are not entitled to interference protection outside Canada. (and vice-versa; 
>>>Canada can license stations that would interfere with U.S. operations, as
>>>long as all the interference happens in 

Re: [IRCA] IRCA Facebook page day 3

[Ira Elbert New III]

I just did the same thing, but I got through. Keep trying...it'll work.

Bert New
Watkinsville, Georgia
Proudly Serving You Since 1964!


> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:13:37 -0400
> From: kilok...@gmail.com
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA Facebook page day 3
> 
> Maybe it's just me, but when I login to Facebook and search for
> "International Radio Club of America" using the search box at the top of the
> page, only six results appear and all have absolutely nothing to do with
> IRCA!  What am I doing wrong?  Is there a direct URL to the page?
> 
> Tim Tromp
> West Michigan
> 
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Mike Sanburn wrote:
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Re: [IRCA] IRCA Facebook page day 3

[Tim Tromp]

Maybe it's just me, but when I login to Facebook and search for
"International Radio Club of America" using the search box at the top of the
page, only six results appear and all have absolutely nothing to do with
IRCA!  What am I doing wrong?  Is there a direct URL to the page?

Tim Tromp
West Michigan

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Mike Sanburn wrote:

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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2011 Jun 28 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 27 June follow.
Solar flux 89 and mid-latitude A-index 6.
The mid-latitude K-index at  UTC on 28 June was 2 (15 nT).
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted 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 94   94   94   94   90   90   90   90   90   90   90   90   89   89
A-in 66666777777746
K-in 11122122212122
Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm



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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WXYG 540 Sauk Rapids, MN

[Todd]

Sorry, did not see this e-mail. Did not realize that they are back 
on..again!

Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone

Mark Durenberger Mobile  wrote:

>I'm 30 miles NW of their towers.  Daytime pretty fair; can't hear them at 
>night.
>
>Mark Durenberger
>
>-Original Message- 
>From: Earl Higgins
>Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 8:57 AM
>To: a...@nrcdxas.org ; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of 
>America ; Rick Dau
>Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WXYG 540 Sauk Rapids, MN
>
>Interesting. I wonder what their pattern(s) look like. Radio-locator doesn't 
>have it yet.
>
>If I'm not mistaken, 540 is a Canadian (-Mexican?) clear. Being on such a 
>low frequency where groundwave gets out really well, especially in the rich 
>soil of the upper Midwest (see KFYR, CBK for some huge coverage), I would 
>think they would need to take great effort to limit the signal to the north 
>and west. On the other hand, Jackson Wisconsin isn't so far away to the 
>southeast, and Fort Dodge Iowa isn't so far away to the southwest. Their 
>assigned power of 1000/250 might not seem like much, but given the above, 
>this thing could really get out.
>
>Kaz-IL, are you hearing them? Rick Dau-NE, are you?
>
>Earl Higgins
>St. Louis, Missouri
>
>From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." 
>Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 4:52 AM
>
>From Radio-Info.com:
>
>St. Cloud WXYG, Sauk Rapids (540) signs on  as “The Goat”...
>
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Re: [IRCA] WXYG vs. KWMT vs. CBK vs. XEWA

[Todd]

Hi all,

 WXYQ has been off for the last 2-3 weeks. When the are on, I have only heard 
them on during the day. Their day pattern is a sideways 8. They cover all of 
the twin cities that dominates. However, KWMT manages to come in u/WXYQ in the 
burnsville and the rest of the S/SW metro. The same goes for KCRO u/ KBHR. KWMT 
 does not make it past the dwtn's of msp/stp.
Very little overlapping of these two stations.
Until this last season, XEWA has not been heard for awhile.
In the winter months I have heard CBK all day at times.
Hope that paints a better picture.
Todd 

Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone

Rick Dau  wrote:

>I hadn't even known that WXYG wasn't on the air yet until I opened up my inbox 
>this morning and saw Paul Walker's original post on 'em. 
>
>
>Some thoughts: I have no idea how the FCC even let a station in mid-Minnesota 
>on 540 in the first place, when KWMT and CBK are so near and stations on 540 
>get 
>out like gangbusters.  And I especially can't see how WXYG is able to throw 
>virtually all of its night power in the direction of Fort Dodge, when they 
>SHOULD be protecting KWMT at night. 
>
>  
>Regarding XEWA, I haven't heard them ONCE since starting a new logbook at my 
>South Omaha QTH this past September.  At night it's CBK when the Quantum loop 
>is 
>pointed NW-SE and KWMT when it's 90 degrees from that.   
>
>
>KWMT gets out amazingly well to the south -- Glenn Hauser sez he hears them 
>daytimes 365 days a year in northern Oklahoma.  But, to the north, it's a 
>totally different story.  When I drove to Winnipeg in August 2008, KWMT was 
>still there, albeit not real strong, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.  By the time 
>I 
>got to Fargo, however, it was all CBK. 
>
>
>Once upon a time (say, early 1960s and before), KWMT held the honor of having 
>the largest daytime coverage of any AM station in the U.S.  Nowadays, I'd put 
>them 3rd behind both KFYR-550 (whose terrestrial signal I was listening to 
>through most of this morning for their coverage on the flooding in Minot) and 
>WNAX-570. 
>
>
>And CBK easily gets the honor of largest dayime coverage of any AM station in 
>North America. 
>
> 
>73,
>Rick Dau
>South Omaha, Nebraska
>
>
>
>
>From: Earl Higgins 
>Sent: Mon, June 27, 2011 10:41:27 AM
>Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] WXYG 540 Sauk Rapids, MN
>
>That nighttime pattern surprises me, but I forgot Fort Dodge isn't entitled to 
>nighttime protection. Ouch, that's got to be quite a clash in KWMT's secondary 
>coverage areas (Storm Lake, Ames), especially since they ALSO null to the 
>north.
>
>2011/6/27 Doug Smith 
>
>>The daytime pattern has lobes roughly due east (larger) and west (smaller). 
>> Looks like there's a null, though not particularly deep, in the direction
>>of Saskatchewan.  (where the monster signal of CBK is on 540)  There's 
>>another 
>>daytime null due south, probably for KWMT.
>>
>>The nighttime pattern is a circle, tangential to the transmitter site and 
>>radiating everything south-southwest.  KWMT is a Class D station, not
>>entitled to nighttime protection -- it looks like nearly all the protection 
>>is 
>>to the Canadian border.
>>
>>I would imagine WXYG causes considerable interference to CBK in areas in the 
>>U.S. that used to get a decent CBK signal.  These days, Canadian stations
>>are not entitled to interference protection outside Canada. (and vice-versa; 
>>Canada can license stations that would interfere with U.S. operations, as
>>long as all the interference happens in Canada.  In practice this hasn't been 
>>happening on AM but there are plenty of examples on FM.)
>>
>>I'm sure WXYG would not exist if we were still protecting the signals of 
>>Canadian stations in the U.S..
>>
>>--
>>
>>Doug Smith W9WI
>>Pleasant View, TN  EM66
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Re: [IRCA] noise issue update

[Patrick Martin]

Who cares about a few extra watts with the FCC allowing more AM & FM
stations and they add a lot more than the few of us. 

73,

Patrick

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Re: [IRCA] noise issue update

[Russ Johnson]

I did the same thing Russ.



On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:

> I have no fluorescents, no CFL's and no LED bulbs in my house. There is a
> fluorescent tbe lamp in my shed some 75' from the house, and I'm the only
> one who uses it, so...
>
> I have no expectations of having any of them because I have almost finished
> stocking up on enough incandescent bulbs to last as long as I'm likely to be
> here - even if that's another 15+ years !
>
> I am not concerned about the relatively minimal increase in power
> consumption by remaining with the old and am willing to pay for that
> inefficiency in order to continue DX'ing.
>
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia
> Grid FN20id
> 
> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
> AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot
>
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> --- On Mon, 6/27/11, Russ Johnson  wrote:
>
> > From: Russ Johnson 
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] noise issue update
> > To: rte...@pobox.com, "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of
> America" 
> > Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 2:16 PM
>  > I have avoided CFLs just for the
> > noise factor.   I purchased a couple of LED
> > bulbs (yes, pricey) recently.  While they seem to have
> > a lot of advantages,
> > I was disappointed to see that they generated noise up to
> > about 3 feet.
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Rene Tetro 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Fluorescent lights have always been a source of RF
> > pollution, however.  So
> > > they probably made the situation worse by moving to
> > them.  I have never
> > > allowed fluorescent lighting in my houses for that
> > very reason.
> > > Unfortunately, the world is moving away from
> > incandescent to fluorescent
> > > because of the energy savings, with little thought to
> > what they do to the
> > > RF
> > > Spectrum.
> > >
> > > 73,
> > > Rene'
> > >
> > > >Is ironic that all the lighting there has been
> > replaced
> > > >with energy smart fluorescent tubes and the like
> > but the
> > > >noise level has gone from -121dbm (less than S1)
> > to -63dbm (10db over S9)
> > >
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[IRCA] WXYG vs. KWMT vs. CBK vs. XEWA

[Rick Dau]

I hadn't even known that WXYG wasn't on the air yet until I opened up my inbox 
this morning and saw Paul Walker's original post on 'em. 


Some thoughts: I have no idea how the FCC even let a station in mid-Minnesota 
on 540 in the first place, when KWMT and CBK are so near and stations on 540 
get 
out like gangbusters.  And I especially can't see how WXYG is able to throw 
virtually all of its night power in the direction of Fort Dodge, when they 
SHOULD be protecting KWMT at night. 

  
Regarding XEWA, I haven't heard them ONCE since starting a new logbook at my 
South Omaha QTH this past September.  At night it's CBK when the Quantum loop 
is 
pointed NW-SE and KWMT when it's 90 degrees from that.   


KWMT gets out amazingly well to the south -- Glenn Hauser sez he hears them 
daytimes 365 days a year in northern Oklahoma.  But, to the north, it's a 
totally different story.  When I drove to Winnipeg in August 2008, KWMT was 
still there, albeit not real strong, in Redwood Falls, Minnesota.  By the time 
I 
got to Fargo, however, it was all CBK. 


Once upon a time (say, early 1960s and before), KWMT held the honor of having 
the largest daytime coverage of any AM station in the U.S.  Nowadays, I'd put 
them 3rd behind both KFYR-550 (whose terrestrial signal I was listening to 
through most of this morning for their coverage on the flooding in Minot) and 
WNAX-570. 


And CBK easily gets the honor of largest dayime coverage of any AM station in 
North America. 

 
73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska




From: Earl Higgins 
Sent: Mon, June 27, 2011 10:41:27 AM
Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] WXYG 540 Sauk Rapids, MN

That nighttime pattern surprises me, but I forgot Fort Dodge isn't entitled to 
nighttime protection. Ouch, that's got to be quite a clash in KWMT's secondary 
coverage areas (Storm Lake, Ames), especially since they ALSO null to the north.

2011/6/27 Doug Smith 

>The daytime pattern has lobes roughly due east (larger) and west (smaller). 
> Looks like there's a null, though not particularly deep, in the direction
>of Saskatchewan.  (where the monster signal of CBK is on 540)  There's another 
>daytime null due south, probably for KWMT.
>
>The nighttime pattern is a circle, tangential to the transmitter site and 
>radiating everything south-southwest.  KWMT is a Class D station, not
>entitled to nighttime protection -- it looks like nearly all the protection is 
>to the Canadian border.
>
>I would imagine WXYG causes considerable interference to CBK in areas in the 
>U.S. that used to get a decent CBK signal.  These days, Canadian stations
>are not entitled to interference protection outside Canada. (and vice-versa; 
>Canada can license stations that would interfere with U.S. operations, as
>long as all the interference happens in Canada.  In practice this hasn't been 
>happening on AM but there are plenty of examples on FM.)
>
>I'm sure WXYG would not exist if we were still protecting the signals of 
>Canadian stations in the U.S..
>
>--
>
>Doug Smith W9WI
>Pleasant View, TN  EM66
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Re: [IRCA] noise issue update

[Russ Edmunds]

I have no fluorescents, no CFL's and no LED bulbs in my house. There is a 
fluorescent tbe lamp in my shed some 75' from the house, and I'm the only one 
who uses it, so...

I have no expectations of having any of them because I have almost finished 
stocking up on enough incandescent bulbs to last as long as I'm likely to be 
here - even if that's another 15+ years !

I am not concerned about the relatively minimal increase in power consumption 
by remaining with the old and am willing to pay for that inefficiency in order 
to continue DX'ing.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id

FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM:  Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot


--- On Mon, 6/27/11, Russ Johnson  wrote:

> From: Russ Johnson 
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] noise issue update
> To: rte...@pobox.com, "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of 
> America" 
> Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 2:16 PM
> I have avoided CFLs just for the
> noise factor.   I purchased a couple of LED
> bulbs (yes, pricey) recently.  While they seem to have
> a lot of advantages,
> I was disappointed to see that they generated noise up to
> about 3 feet.
> 
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Rene Tetro 
> wrote:
> 
> > Fluorescent lights have always been a source of RF
> pollution, however.  So
> > they probably made the situation worse by moving to
> them.  I have never
> > allowed fluorescent lighting in my houses for that
> very reason.
> > Unfortunately, the world is moving away from
> incandescent to fluorescent
> > because of the energy savings, with little thought to
> what they do to the
> > RF
> > Spectrum.
> >
> > 73,
> > Rene'
> >
> > >Is ironic that all the lighting there has been
> replaced
> > >with energy smart fluorescent tubes and the like
> but the
> > >noise level has gone from -121dbm (less than S1)
> to -63dbm (10db over S9)
> >
> >
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2011 Jun 27 1805 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 June follow.
Solar flux 90 and mid-latitude A-index 7.
The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 27 June was 1 (7 nT).
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted 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 94   94   94   94   94   94   90   90   90   90   90   90   90   90
A-in 66666667777777
K-in 33111221222121
Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm



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Re: [IRCA] 960 KMA

[Rick Dau]

And growing up where I did (just east of Council Bluffs, Iowa), I spent many a 
winter's morning during my childhood glued to KMA to see if my school's 
classes would be among those announced for cancellation due to snow.  :) 

 
Radio-locator.com shows their main nighttime lobe going north, with a smaller 
one to the south.  Yet I do recall hearing them at night once in 1996-97 when I 
was living in Lafayette, Indiana.  In the daytime, I could get them in 
Iowa City 
(a good 200 miles east of Shenandoah), but under WDLM. 

 
73,
Rick Dau
South Omaha, Nebraska 
 



From: Steve Francis 
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Sent: Sun, June 26, 2011 11:25:57 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 960 KMA


I heard their Star-Spangled Banner and sign-on many a time at 6:00am ELT.

Ike and Margaret Everly and their sons Don and Phil lived in Shenandoah in the 
early 1950's; they had a predawn musical show weekdays on KMA, the "Everly 
Family Program."  They later moved to Knoxville, where the brothers graduated 
from West High School and were briefly regulars on "Cas Walker's Farm and Home 
Hour."

"Laugh-In"'s Gary Owens also worked at KMA before heading to KOIL in Omaha.

Steve Francis
Alcoa, Tennessee






-Original Message-
From: Donald K. Kaskey 
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 

Sent: Sun, Jun 26, 2011 11:26 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 960 KMA


A grand ole station 'KMA'.  Not only could I hear it with an excellent 
ignal (night/day) from NW Iowa, but I heard them when I was in Iceland 
nd also from Northern California (60s-70s).
Don Kaskey
F CA


odd wrote:
Back on now

Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone

Todd  wrote:

  
> Just heard through99.1 KMA stream that AM side is now off the air due to 
torms.
>
> Todd 
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Re: [IRCA] IRCA convention photos

[Mike Sanburn]

Sorry you didn't make it this year Doug. It was a neat event. Now is a good 
time for members to strart thinking about who is going to bid to host the 2012 
IRCA convention!!!  ms

> From: i...@desert4wd.com
> Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:24:16 -0700
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA convention photos
> 
> Thanks to you and Mike for posting the convention photos. Wish I could have 
> attended (really wanted to and my loss...). Looks like it was a lot of fun
> 73- Doug
> Salem, OR
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> 
> On Jun 24, 2011, at 10:46 PM, wien...@aol.com wrote:
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Re: [IRCA] noise issue update

[Patrick Martin]

I have heard the LEDs are noisy too. The old tryed and true bulbs are
still throughout my house. I have stored a lot of them, so if they quit
making them, I still will have them for years. 

Patrick

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Re: [IRCA] noise issue update

[Patrick Martin]

Rene,

I remember the station in Reedsport OR boosting from 10 to 50 KW just to
cover their listening area as the powerline noise is so horrible. 

Patrick

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Re: [IRCA] noise issue update

[Russ Johnson]

I have avoided CFLs just for the noise factor.   I purchased a couple of LED
bulbs (yes, pricey) recently.  While they seem to have a lot of advantages,
I was disappointed to see that they generated noise up to about 3 feet.

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Rene Tetro  wrote:

> Fluorescent lights have always been a source of RF pollution, however.  So
> they probably made the situation worse by moving to them.  I have never
> allowed fluorescent lighting in my houses for that very reason.
> Unfortunately, the world is moving away from incandescent to fluorescent
> because of the energy savings, with little thought to what they do to the
> RF
> Spectrum.
>
> 73,
> Rene'
>
> >Is ironic that all the lighting there has been replaced
> >with energy smart fluorescent tubes and the like but the
> >noise level has gone from -121dbm (less than S1) to -63dbm (10db over S9)
>
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Re: [IRCA] noise issue update

[Patrick Martin]

Unless we move on to acreage and have underground powerlines, there is
always the possibility of noise, but most of us cannot do that, so we
live with noise. I have been very lucky the last 30 years out here as
noise has been rare.

Patrick 

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[IRCA] IRCA Facebook page day 3

[Mike Sanburn]

As of this morning we already have 27 Facebook fans. Be sure to type in 
International Radio Club of America and click the "LIKE" button!  ms
  
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WXYG 540 Sauk Rapids, MN

[neilkaz]

So these guys are finally on full time!! I've struck out many times trying for 
them but perhaps they weren't on.

My new 500 ft BOG due west nulls pest WAUK (due north) very well and lets me 
listen to KWMT daytimes well atop. Once KWMT drops to 170 watts, they are still 
in there weakly before CBK takes over, but since WXYG seems to put somewhat 
more signal this way (also 15 minute window this month between sunset switches) 
they should be possible for me.

If I ever get a non T-storm evening I'll try for them. They are one of 3 
stations I need to complete MN.

73 KAZ 35 miles NW of Chicago


-Original Message-
>From: Earl Higgins 
>Sent: Jun 27, 2011 8:57 AM
>To: "a...@nrcdxas.org" , Mailing list for the International 
>Radio Club of America , Rick Dau 
>Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] WXYG 540 Sauk Rapids, MN
>
>Interesting. I wonder what their pattern(s) look like. Radio-locator doesn't 
>have it yet.
>
>If I'm not mistaken, 540 is a Canadian (-Mexican?) clear. Being on such a low 
>frequency where groundwave gets out really well, especially in the rich soil 
>of the upper Midwest (see KFYR, CBK for some huge coverage), I would think 
>they would need to take great effort to limit the signal to the north and 
>west. On the other hand, Jackson Wisconsin isn't so far away to the southeast, 
>and Fort Dodge Iowa isn't so far away to the southwest. Their assigned power 
>of 1000/250 might not seem like much, but given the above, this thing could 
>really get out.
>
>Kaz-IL, are you hearing them? Rick Dau-NE, are you?
>
>Earl Higgins
>St. Louis, Missouri
>
>From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." 
>Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 4:52 AM
>
>From Radio-Info.com:
>
>St. Cloud WXYG, Sauk Rapids (540) signs on  as “The Goat”...
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Re: [IRCA] 960 KMA

[Mike Sanburn]

What I always remember most about KMA is that they used to publish that 
cookbook of "homestyle" recipies. Does anybody know if they still do that???

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> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 960 KMA
> 
> 
> I heard their Star-Spangled Banner and sign-on many a time at 6:00am ELT.
> 
> Ike and Margaret Everly and their sons Don and Phil lived in Shenandoah in 
> the early 1950's; they had a predawn musical show weekdays on KMA, the 
> "Everly Family Program."  They later moved to Knoxville, where the brothers 
> graduated from West High School and were briefly regulars on "Cas Walker's 
> Farm and Home Hour."
> 
> "Laugh-In"'s Gary Owens also worked at KMA before heading to KOIL in Omaha.
> 
> Steve Francis
> Alcoa, Tennessee
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Donald K. Kaskey 
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> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 960 KMA
> 
> 
> A grand ole station 'KMA'.  Not only could I hear it with an excellent 
> ignal (night/day) from NW Iowa, but I heard them when I was in Iceland 
> nd also from Northern California (60s-70s).
> Don Kaskey
> F CA
> 
> 
> odd wrote:
>  Back on now
> 
>  Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
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>  Todd  wrote:
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> > Just heard through99.1 KMA stream that AM side is now off the air due to 
> torms.
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Re: [IRCA] noise issue update

[Rene Tetro]

Fluorescent lights have always been a source of RF pollution, however.  So
they probably made the situation worse by moving to them.  I have never
allowed fluorescent lighting in my houses for that very reason.
Unfortunately, the world is moving away from incandescent to fluorescent
because of the energy savings, with little thought to what they do to the RF
Spectrum.

73,
Rene'

>Is ironic that all the lighting there has been replaced
>with energy smart fluorescent tubes and the like but the
>noise level has gone from -121dbm (less than S1) to -63dbm (10db over S9)



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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WXYG 540 Sauk Rapids, MN

[Mark Durenberger Mobile]

I'm 30 miles NW of their towers.  Daytime pretty fair; can't hear them at 
night.


Mark Durenberger

-Original Message- 
From: Earl Higgins

Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 8:57 AM
To: a...@nrcdxas.org ; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of 
America ; Rick Dau

Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WXYG 540 Sauk Rapids, MN

Interesting. I wonder what their pattern(s) look like. Radio-locator doesn't 
have it yet.


If I'm not mistaken, 540 is a Canadian (-Mexican?) clear. Being on such a 
low frequency where groundwave gets out really well, especially in the rich 
soil of the upper Midwest (see KFYR, CBK for some huge coverage), I would 
think they would need to take great effort to limit the signal to the north 
and west. On the other hand, Jackson Wisconsin isn't so far away to the 
southeast, and Fort Dodge Iowa isn't so far away to the southwest. Their 
assigned power of 1000/250 might not seem like much, but given the above, 
this thing could really get out.


Kaz-IL, are you hearing them? Rick Dau-NE, are you?

Earl Higgins
St. Louis, Missouri

From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." 
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 4:52 AM

From Radio-Info.com:

St. Cloud WXYG, Sauk Rapids (540) signs on  as “The Goat”...


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[IRCA] Trimming the radio collection

[Colin Newell]

With so many radios in my collection
and only using a few for the medium-wave DX side of the
house -- considering a cull.

Want to put a few things out on the IRCA table for
exclusive consideration here. I am not an EBay user -
though I do have an account for looking -- I have
never bought anything on there either.

My Sony 2001D (Euro version of the venerable 2010)
gets very little serious use.
Comes with the original box, manual, and active antenna (less the antenna 
element)
+ the original power supply.

I am not going to put a price on it because I want it to go to
a good home and get used -- preferably to someone young (i.e. under the age of 
85)
and living in the North West or anywhere in Canada.

I have a fully functional Barlow-Wadley XCR-30 which I switch on once a year
and again, I imagine that these have a wildly variable price -- and it is not
a serious MW receiver - but smokes on S.W.

Lots of portables - but will get to those eventually.
If anyone is interested, e-mail me via the contact page on dxer.ca
Thanks!

Colin Newell is the editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com, DXer.ca and 
BobHarris.com Amateur Radio VA7WWV - Victoria B.C. Canada | 
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Re: [IRCA] noise issue update

[Colin Newell]

My favorite DX spot -- at the Hale Kona Kai Condos -- right next to the
Pacific Ocean on the Big Island of Hawaii -- is a WALL of noise
from about 1800 local to 2300 local. Often S9 signals -- all sounding
very "SCR speed control and light dimmer" like.

Is ironic that all the lighting there has been replaced
with energy smart fluorescent tubes and the like but the
noise level has gone from -121dbm (less than S1) to -63dbm (10db over S9)

On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:02:04 -0700 mwd...@webtv.net (Patrick Martin) wrote:
>A light dimmer can be turned down and not off and the owner may not even
>know it. I doubt this 92 year old man is a DXer either. hi.  But unless
>a DXer wants to move miles away from people, they are stuck with noise.
>This noise drops off once you get above 1000 kHz, and shows up a bit in
>60 meters, but the issue is mainly the lower MW and LW frequencies.


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Re: [IRCA] noise issue update

[Patrick Martin]

A light dimmer can be turned down and not off and the owner may not even
know it. I doubt this 92 year old man is a DXer either. hi.  But unless
a DXer wants to move miles away from people, they are stuck with noise.
This noise drops off once you get above 1000 kHz, and shows up a bit in
60 meters, but the issue is mainly the lower MW and LW frequencies.

Patrick 

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR 
KGED QSL Manager

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Re: [IRCA] Patrick and email QSLs.

[Patrick Martin]

Thanks for the update. But they don't take everything. The last I heard
they don't take prepared cards, e mail QSLs, etc. 

Patrick

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR 
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WXYG 540 Sauk Rapids, MN

[Earl Higgins]

Interesting. I wonder what their pattern(s) look like. Radio-locator doesn't 
have it yet.

If I'm not mistaken, 540 is a Canadian (-Mexican?) clear. Being on such a low 
frequency where groundwave gets out really well, especially in the rich soil of 
the upper Midwest (see KFYR, CBK for some huge coverage), I would think they 
would need to take great effort to limit the signal to the north and west. On 
the other hand, Jackson Wisconsin isn't so far away to the southeast, and Fort 
Dodge Iowa isn't so far away to the southwest. Their assigned power of 1000/250 
might not seem like much, but given the above, this thing could really get out.

Kaz-IL, are you hearing them? Rick Dau-NE, are you?

Earl Higgins
St. Louis, Missouri

From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." 
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 4:52 AM

From Radio-Info.com:

St. Cloud WXYG, Sauk Rapids (540) signs on  as “The Goat”...


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Re: [IRCA] Patrick and email QSLs.

[John Fisher]

Patrick,

There is a place where old QSL's are saved and stored to preserve this 
aspect of radio history. The Committee to Preserve Radio Verifications 
(CPRV) set up and run by noted SW DX'er Jerry Berg has been in operation 
since 1986. They collect old QSL's from DX'ers that have retired or passed 
on and store them with help from the Library of American Broadcasting at the 
University of Maryland. They cover both SW and MW veries. They provide 
stickers that you put on your QSL albums to let others know that, when they 
are no longer needed or wanted, the QSL's can be sent to the CPRV's address. 
The last I heard, they had a collection in the 10's of thousands.


Their website and contact info is:

http://pl703.pairlitesite.com/cprv.html

Hope this helps.

John Fisher,
Kingston, ON

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Cc: 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Patrick and email QSLs.


Martin,

What we need is a museum for DXers to will their QSLs to. So many DXers
QSLs have gone in the trash through the years.


Patrick

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

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Re: [IRCA] noise issue update

[BARRY DAVIES]

Dimmers are the kiss of death for AM over here.Surely they would not be 
switched on 24/7?  Well done on the sortie to the carport light without any 
cops attending hi!





Best wishes




Barry :-) 

--- On Sun, 26/6/11, Patrick Martin  wrote:


From: Patrick Martin 
Subject: [IRCA] noise issue update
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
, a...@nrcdxas.org
Date: Sunday, 26 June, 2011, 23:03


My neighbor was gone today, so I went over with a portable and unplugged
the light in the carport briefly and the noise was still there, so not
that.
   I seem to remember that the previous owner has light dimmers and
there could be one on. Again, just a guess. But I still do not know. But
it is not the light in the carport. 

Patrick

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[IRCA] WXYG 540 Sauk Rapids, MN

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

>From Radio-Info.com:

*St. Cloud WXYG, Sauk Rapids (540) signs on as “The Goat”,* doing a
library-heavy classic rock format from “the golden age of rock.” They say
it's the station for you "if you grew up listening to underground,
progressive rock, free-form radio." And yes, they stream, at
540WXYG.com.
The Minnesota Board of Radio-Info.com says the sign-on occurred Saturday
morning at 5:40am – synced with the frequency.

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