[IRCA] SDR and Linux
Gang, Is anyone using any of the SDR's with Linux? If so will you email me off list. I not used Windows since W98. I have some questions, and solicit your opinions/advice. Thanks, Steve -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@mchsi.com 73 49 111 01001001 ___ 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 10-15-11
Listened from 1305-1340 utc and conditions was not as good as yesterday but a few stations with audio were heard. 279 Radio Rossii at 1317 utc with talk. 774 JOUB at 1325 utc. 1566 Korea hrd at 1328 utc with talk. 1575 A little audio at times. 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] TP's for Saturday 10/15/11
After taking the morning off from TP dxing yesterday, returned to poor conditions this morning. 153 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1321 1324 good signal with jazz and talk in Russian. 189 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1325 fair signal with Russian talk followed by jazz song in English. Good at 1351 with jazz. 279 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1326 fair signal at best, with above music. 1351 still fair with tone interfering with audio. 594 JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1342 poor signal with Japanese. 774 JAPAN, JOUB NHK2 1345 fair with man in Japanese and much splatter. 828 JAPAN, JOBB NHK2 1346-1349 weak to fair signal with man in Japanese. 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1341 weak signal. 1575 THAILAND, VOA 1429 very weak with bits of Asian language audio at times. Dennis, Kalama, WA JRC NRD-545 & Drake R8B High Performance Active Whip SW ewe + 190' long wire NW/SE 753' Sky wire loop Solar Indices SF=136 A=1 K=0 Local Sunrise 1428 utc Local Sunset 0156 utc ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP for 14 Oct 2011 from Victoria (late)
Misplaced my log for yesterday, therefore sorry for being a bit late. Monitored from 13:35 to 14:35 and conditions were good to Asia, especially on the lower half of the band. Once again, China was coming in well (perhaps better than Nick's QTH), while it appears that Nick pick's up Japan a tad better than I do. Also heard VOA back on 1575 as well. SF 138, A 4, K (12:00) 1. No space weather last 24, nor predicted for next 24 hours. Highlights again today were the CNR1 transmitters on 639 and 756. As always, a "6" unless otherwise noted: LW: 189 (6), 279 (7) 529: SQM 7.5 558 567: 7 level at 14:06 // 594 with NHK1 576 585: 6.5 level, and seems // 594 594: 603: 8 level with music at 14:08, presumably South Korea 612 621: 7 level N. Korea at 13:56 639: 8.5 level CNR1 at 13:56. Seemed cochannel at 14:10 675: 7 level at 14:11 ?Vietnam 702: 6+ level, I think N. Korea 738 (comment only) Nick consistently receives this one better than I do. I'm battered by 730 splatter from Vancouver and rarely hear anything here except for late evenings from Tahiti. 747: 9 level NHK2 at 14:13 756: 9 level CNR1 at 14:12 (rarely heard at this strength!) 774: 8.5 level NHK2 at 14:27 801 819: 7 level N. Korea at 14:30 828: 8 level NHK2 at 13:59 864: 7 level at 14:31. Not sure whether this was KK or CC station. 918 945: 7 level CC at 14:33. Would rate much higher, except for bad adjacent splatter. 954 963: CRI Russian at 7 level at 14:33 972: 8 level strong S. Korea but low modulation. 1008, 1017, 1206, 1251, 1323 1566: HLAZ 8 level at 13:35 1575: VOA at 8 level at 14:24. That's it for the morning. Overall not too bad! 73s,.Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC ___ 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 15 Oct 2011 from Victoria: Propagation tanked!
OK, things went from bad to worse in a hurry this morning. Someone pulled the plug around 14:00. Whatever little propagation was present just dropped like a stone, although there was a hint of dawn recovery at 14:15. Nick's DX Fishbarrel showed the identical trend, so nothing local here! What I did here was mostly present from my West directed corner fed loop, and not on the North loop. (I found that one of the inputs on the W loop had come loose yesterday, explaining why it wasn't working for the past few days!). I listened from13:36 to 14:45 or so. SF 136, A 1, K (12:00) 0. No space weather last 24, nor predicted for the next 24 hours. Therefore, nothing indicating anything unusual for propagation, so not very useful this morning. As always, a "6" unless otherwise noted: LW: 189 (6), 279 (6.5) 529: SQM 7.5 594: 7 level NHK1 early, and slightly recovered at 14:20 747: 6.5 level with +++splatter from 750 at 14:22 774: 8 level NHK2 at 13:54 792, 819 828: NHK2 at 7 level 882, 1008 (wonder if this one is DU as only heard/seen on the West loop and not North loop. ?4TAB or Newstalk ZB?) 1098: 8 level big open carrier at 14:13identical to Nick's 1287: 7 level JJ at 14:01 and 14:12 1503 1575: almost 7 level, at 14:14. Presumably VOA. That's it for a very poor morning. Note that everyone else had a similar morning. 73s from Victoria. Walt Salmaniw ___ 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 10-15
Hello All, This morning's listening session here was split up into two segments, primarily to investigate the Asian sunset TP propagation around 0830-1000 UTC as the season progresses (this propagation path typically becomes stronger than the west coast sunrise path during the late season here). Although the hours are far from convenient, the results this morning were worth the hassle. Longwave results were especially good, with the Radio Rossii outlets on 189, 234 and 279 kHz really strong around 0930 (much more so than during the recent pre-sunrise periods around 1300). Figuring that there might be a similar boost in the weaker Longwave TP's I checked 164-Mongolia, which indeed had the best audio that I've ever heard around 0915 (still pretty weak, though). Despite this surprise 209-Mongolia was missing in action (like it has been throughout October), confirming once again that its propagation is different from that of the 164 kHz station. Medium wave TP's were generally vibrant around 0945, although with a slightly different set of performers than around sunrise. 558 kHz had a moderate-strength JOCR instead of the usual HLQH, and 1134 had JOQR instead of the usual KBS Korean. The Japanese big guns were strong indeed, but the Asian mainland seemed to be in hibernation (I apparently had tuned in during the Japanese sunset period, before the Korean and Chinese stations got a similar sunset propagation boost). After an inadequate period of sleep the LW and MW conditions were again checked from 1300-1400. The vibrant Longwave TP's were long gone at 1300, with not even a decent carrier on 164-Mongolia. The Radio Rossii stations were all quite a bit weaker, as if they had cut power. Medium wave TP's were still pretty vibrant at 1300, with 1566-HLAZ and 738-Taiwan especially strong (as well as Taiwan's buzzing hum). Unfortunately the MW Asian TP signals all seemed to collapse in unison around 1330, leaving the dreary situation that Dennis described. By 1400 only some anemic TP carriers from the "big guns" were still around, and even those didn't stick around for much longer. 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + 12" LW and 8" MW FSL antennas ___ 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 for 10/15/11
I listen for a short time for TP signals on my barefoot Tecsun PL-310 receiver. 1055 UTC 774 weak audio with woman speaking in Japanese; also heard at 1112. 1059 UTC 747 weak audio //774; also at 1113. 1103 UTC 972 weak het. Too busy chasing domestic DX at local sunrise (1237 UTC) to hear more. Richard Allen, 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] Build Your Own (Reasonably Priced) FSL Antenna
Hello All, As most of you know, there has been quite a lot of interest in the new Ferrite Sleeve Loop antennas among many in the AM-DXing community, but there are very few resources to help DXers actually try out the antenna, or even know how to get started in building one. In an effort to change this situation a detailed 7" FSL construction article was written, with a deliberate attempt to include "Heathkit-like" user-friendly instructions and many Photoshop-enhanced assembly pictures. For those who are curious about the new antenna's construction, operation and DXing capabilities, this new 10-page article will answer all your questions. Designed to be built with a component cost of around $150, this 7" FSL takes up only about one cubic foot of space-- but has been tested extensively against a full-sized 4' PVC box loop here, with superior weak-signal reception results. All four 7" FSL test models here have demonstrated this weak-signal superiority over the 4' air core loop (the antenna which provided reception of 30 DU stations on Ultralight radios during the August 2010 DXpedition to Lincoln City, OR). Unlike similar -sized compact antennas this 7" FSL will provide a very serious gain boost to any portable radio with a loopstick-- even full-sized models like the Sony ICF-S5W and the Panasonic RF-2200 (without the need for any radio modification). With extensive advice on tracking down construction parts and obtaining the best DXing results from your compact FSL, this article will hopefully motivate both experienced builders and beginners to accept the challenge of construction, and personally experience the astonishing performance of this new antenna design. http://www.mediafire.com/?dshnqlbydf6qu25 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, 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
Re: [IRCA] Build Your Own (Reasonably Priced) FSL Antenna
Bravo, Gary! An invaluable article! I've saved it for reference immediately...Walt On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 4:17 PM, wrote: > Hello All, > > As most of you know, there has been quite a lot of interest in the new > Ferrite Sleeve Loop antennas among many in the AM-DXing community, but > there are very few resources to help DXers actually try out the > antenna, or even know how to get started in building one. In an effort > to change this situation a detailed 7" FSL construction article was > written, with a deliberate attempt to include "Heathkit-like" > user-friendly instructions and many Photoshop-enhanced assembly > pictures. For those who are curious about the new antenna's > construction, operation and DXing capabilities, this new 10-page > article will answer all your questions. > > Designed to be built with a component cost of around $150, this 7" FSL > takes up only about one cubic foot of space-- but has been tested > extensively against a full-sized 4' PVC box loop here, with superior > weak-signal reception results. All four 7" FSL test models here have > demonstrated this weak-signal superiority over the 4' air core loop > (the antenna which provided reception of 30 DU stations on Ultralight > radios during the August 2010 DXpedition to Lincoln City, OR). Unlike > similar -sized compact antennas this 7" FSL will provide a very serious > gain boost to any portable radio with a loopstick-- even full-sized > models like the Sony ICF-S5W and the Panasonic RF-2200 (without the > need for any radio modification). With extensive advice on tracking > down construction parts and obtaining the best DXing results from your > compact FSL, this article will hopefully motivate both experienced > builders and beginners to accept the challenge of construction, and > personally experience the astonishing performance of this new antenna > design. http://www.mediafire.com/?dshnqlbydf6qu25 > > 73 and Good DX, > Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, 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] Alberta TPs for 15 Oct 2011
Still a decent Japanese morning, but down from yesterday, as noted by others. This morning's audio: 567 - JOIK, Japan, poor-fair audio, starting at 1325 594- JOAK. Japan, again easily overcoming IBOC noise 693 -JOAB, Japan 747 - JOIB, Japan 774 - JOUB, Japan 828 - JOBB, Japan - has been doing nearly as well as the 594/693/747/774 quartet the last couple of mornings 873 - JOGB, Japan 972 - S.Korea, short bits of audio now and again. 1566 - S.Korea - 1575 - VOA Thailand assumed the one with audio traces at 1327, and one that never made audio yesterday. Similar to what Walt observed, signals dropped out early, just after 1330, which is well before sunrise now. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TP for 15 Oct 2011 from Victoria: Propagation tanked!
On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:20:50 + Walter Salmaniw wrote: >OK, things went from bad to worse in a hurry this morning. Someone pulled >the plug around 14:00. I was wide awake at 12:50 UTC and procrastinated for over an hour about getting up -- Glad I stayed next to my wife -- she is much warmer that time of the morning than next to my radios... The other end of the spectrum (10 meters) is hopping. I was talking to an old-school HAM in Cleveland running AM - he was using 50W and I was using 100 milliwatts... Yup - you read correctly - my .1 Watts was hitting him S5! 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] Saturday
I've read some of the info on the all new KYET 1170 in Golden Valley AZ returning to the air (ex-1180 Williams). 'Sounds like a good DX challenge. 1 watt at night though. Studios are on Beale street in Kingman. I don't see a Facebook page up for them yet. They are reported to be running AM stereo. I found a Kingman Listeners Guide online: http://kingmanarizonaradio.com/listeners-guide/index.htm I hope the folks who are attending the NRC convention this weekend are having a safe and fun time. If anybody gets some digital photos of KFAB 1110 tower or studio, please post some on the International Radio Club of America Facebook page! 73 and good dx. Mike Sanburn. ___ 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] 1700KHz results from 10-14
I've been tweaking one of my active ferrite designs and so far it works quite well at the upper end of the MWBC band, esp. the X-band. After some investigation I realized that I slipped a decimal place and the preamp is optimized for 1.5 to 18 MHz rather than the planned 150 to 1800KHz. Blame it on my gray hair I guess KVNS 4:01 GMT "Green Eyed Lady" playing and ID at 4:02, "Classic Hits KVNS" with a reference to 105.5 FM then into "Everlasting Love". Very readable with some fading and interference from KKLF KBGG 4:05 GMT ID at 4:06 "The Champ" and "Iowa Sports Connection program" Coming in almost like a local. UNID 4:09 GMT OM in Spanish, "futball" mentioned several times. My Spanish is very poor but the antenna bearing, language and sports format all point to XEPE. Heavy fading but would have been readable if I knew Spanish. KKLF 4:50 GMT AM Coast to Coast with ID at 4:56. Station ID was "KLIF Talk 570" which is what KKLF simulcasts. Credit card debt commercial then into Nx. Some fading and interference from KVNS but good signal strength. From my QTH KVNS and KKLF are only 3* apart yet I was able to peak one or the other with KBGG in the fringe of the null. The reception pattern on this antenna is almost like a mufti-element beam without the reflector with a strong peak on one end and a weaker one( -3 to 6 dB) at 180*. The nulls are very wide, from about 45* to 135* off the main peak on each side with a fairly steep falloff after about 10* from the peak. Without a preamp the output of the antenna is very low and part of it's directional characteristics are in the preamp circuit so it does require a receiver with an external antenna input. Low noise MOSFETS developed for the cellphone industry make my life much easier :D The antenna was indoors about 6'AG and the receiver was a DX-440. Got the soldering iron heating up to correct my bout of cerebral flatulence. I hope to see what I can do with 540 tonight. Tim Hills Sioux Falls, SD ___ 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: 2011 Oct 15 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 14 October follow. Solar flux 136 and mid-latitude A-index 1. The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 15 October was 2 (18 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 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 138 138 138 138 138 138 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 A-in 44444421111111 K-in 00111110321022 Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] 1040 with British news and business talk
At left and right of 0700 PDT a signal drops in to Victoria on 1040 (over a weak and unstable ground wave of CKST Van BC) with a Brit accent male voice doing news and later on some business talk but of course a fade out at toh leaving Van to occupy the slot.Could not find this kind of format on 1040 in old log and websites. Is anyone out there in the west with info on who or where? Bill in BC ___ 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] Report from Grayland, Oct. 15th
Kevin Schanilec and I arrived at Grayland Beach State Park yesterday for three nights of DXing. The primary antenna in use for this trip is a Wellbrook ALA100 phased array, although later today I'll probably put up a PA0RDT Mini-Whip for a "reference" omni-directional antenna. Kevin is using his ICOM R-75 on the Wellbrook array, while I have a recently hotrodded AR7030 Plus receiver in use. Kevin is also trying out two Ferrite Sleeve Loop (FSL) antennas on this trip, including his new and very clever "Backpack FSL". A casual check of the band at approx. 0400 revealed 738 Tahiti at a fair to good level, and some island music and talk from 1017 Tonga. There were strong hets on usual South Pacific frequencies 846 and 1098 but no audio at this time. Our first serious session on the bands was at 0930 UTC. Conditions were not impressive-- we heard a few NHK outlets such as 774, 747, and 828 kHz, but only at moderate level. Kevin found 1566 HLAZ very strong, however. Overall, reception 0930-1000 seemed poor with not many TP signals to be found so we went back to bed. We were at the dials again later around sunrise, and didn't find conditions to be much better. A few Japanese outlets were still "in" on the low band, but most of the action (what little there was to be found) was on high band. There was a sudden switch to DU at 1445 when we logged 4BC Brisbane with ID as "4BC, your Australia, your station" on 1116. Shortly after that we came upon a presumed 4QD Emerald on 1548. Moving up the band, regular channels 1566 and 1575 were absent of any signals. 1134 JOCR was heard with a weak to fair signal around sunrise too, but that was the extent of audio from Asia on the upper half of MW. Chinese broadcasters were also notable due to their absence. Overall this was a very lackluster morning at Grayland, but we have two more nights here for things to pick up! Kevin's planning on taking one or both FSL loops to the beach itself prior to sunrise tomorrow, to get the antennas and his ULR receivers as far as possible from the RFI noises on long wave heard within the park boundaries. (Background noise levels on the MW and the tropical bands are extremely low, but long wave is noisy close to the yurts.) About an hour past local sunrise I moved up to 60 meters and enjoyed nice, low noise reception of six All India Radio regional stations. Well, I was surprised at a few of the reports of good Asian TP reception heard by others this morning, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised. This hobby is very unpredictable! Long distance MW propagation to various locations can be quite variable, even when the locations are in the same region. 73, Guy ___ 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] Report from Grayland, Oct. 15th
Guy: As I understand it, 846 is dead (transmitter failures in 2008) and moved to 1440 where it has been heard by a few in the last year. Chuck On 10/15/2011 1:36 PM, Guy Atkins wrote: Kevin Schanilec and I arrived at Grayland Beach State Park yesterday for three nights of DXing. The primary antenna in use for this trip is a Wellbrook ALA100 phased array, although later today I'll probably put up a PA0RDT Mini-Whip for a "reference" omni-directional antenna. Kevin is using his ICOM R-75 on the Wellbrook array, while I have a recently hotrodded AR7030 Plus receiver in use. A casual check of the band at approx. 0400 revealed 738 Tahiti at a fair to good level, and some island music and talk from 1017 Tonga. There were strong hets on usual South Pacific frequencies 846 and 1098 but no audio at this time. 73, Guy ___ 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 attempts 2011-10-15 from El Cajon / La Mesa, CA
Hi all, This morning around 6:30-7:15 local time (PDT) I made a few attempts at bagging some TP signals. (Local stations do their sunrise pattern switch at 6:45am this month.) I was using my Tecsun PL-606 set to 1kHz BW, aided by the Select-A-Tenna, along with an Eico Model 710 vacuum-tube grid dip meter's oscillator as a rather unstable makeshift BFO / carrier / het detector. I uploaded a few short (approximately a minute or two) recordings of catches with possible audio at the following link: http://www.mediafire.com/?kb2v1v9s52dav There you'll find a couple clips of 747 (at 6:32 and 6:35) and one of 873 (at 6:46, all times PDT am). Also, not recorded, but noted, were... 819 het but fading 963 possible weak het 1008 strong het, but too much domestic slop prevented me from recording it 1053 het, but I didn't record it either as S/N never rose above 0 and KNX's IBOC was confusing me. Regarding that 1053... I have 1070 KNX, who runs IBOC, only 111 miles from me across a partial saltwater path (and the land portion has mostly "15" conductivity with a little bit of "8" the last several miles to where I am), so they put a fairly strong signal here 24/7, typically 46/25 to 48/25 daytime depending on where I am in the house (lay it on top of my piano and it's 52/25, hold it up to the electrical panel in the coat closet and it'll hit 60/25). Anyone have suggestions on how I would tell the difference between that Korean jammer that some in Washington state have logged, vs. residual KNX IBOC? ___ 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] 1040 with British news and business talk
>>At left and right of 0700 PDT a signal drops in to Victoria on 1040 (over a weak and unstable ground wave of CKST Van BC) with a Brit accent male voice doing news and later on some business talk but of course a fade out at toh leaving Van to occupy the slot.Could not find this kind of format on 1040 in old log and websites. Is anyone out there in the west with info on who or where? Bill in BC<< Very likely Radio China 1040 Portland (Tigard). 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
Re: [IRCA] TP attempts 2011-10-15 from El Cajon / La Mesa, CA
Stephen, it's easy when you have a SDR that you can see the classic IBOC bands. Otherwise, I think they'll sound very similar. The IBOC will sound more like white noise, while the jammer is lower pitched and grinding.Walt On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Stephen Airy wrote: > Hi all, > > This morning around 6:30-7:15 local time (PDT) I made a few attempts at > bagging some TP signals. (Local stations do their sunrise pattern switch at > 6:45am this month.) I was using my Tecsun PL-606 set to 1kHz BW, aided by > the Select-A-Tenna, along with an Eico Model 710 vacuum-tube grid dip > meter's oscillator as a rather unstable makeshift BFO / carrier / het > detector. > > I uploaded a few short (approximately a minute or two) recordings of > catches with possible audio at the following link: > http://www.mediafire.com/?kb2v1v9s52dav > There you'll find a couple clips of 747 (at 6:32 and 6:35) and one of 873 > (at 6:46, all times PDT am). > > Also, not recorded, but noted, were... > 819 het but fading > 963 possible weak het > 1008 strong het, but too much domestic slop prevented me from recording it > 1053 het, but I didn't record it either as S/N never rose above 0 and KNX's > IBOC was confusing me. > > Regarding that 1053... I have 1070 KNX, who runs IBOC, only 111 miles from > me across a partial saltwater path (and the land portion has mostly "15" > conductivity with a little bit of "8" the last several miles to where I am), > so they put a fairly strong signal here 24/7, typically 46/25 to 48/25 > daytime depending on where I am in the house (lay it on top of my piano and > it's 52/25, hold it up to the electrical panel in the coat closet and it'll > hit 60/25). Anyone have suggestions on how I would tell the difference > between that Korean jammer that some in Washington state have logged, vs. > residual KNX IBOC? > ___ 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: 2011 Oct 16 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 15 October follow. Solar flux 138 and mid-latitude A-index 6. The mid-latitude K-index at UTC on 16 October was 1 (8 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 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 138 138 138 138 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 138 138 A-in 44442111111166 K-in 11111032102211 Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] DX test
>From Shawn Axelrod: From: w...@lsol.net DX test Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:03:03 -0500 WGBW AM 1590 Denmark, Wisconsin USA test set for this upcoming Sunday, October 23rd from Midnight to 1am local time (CDT) 10kilowatts and daytime pattern. Programming will include tones, ID's and unique music. Thought I'd give you a 'heads-up'. Best, Mark Heller WGBW AM-1590 Denmark, WI USA w...@lsol.net ___ 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] Build Your Own (Reasonably Priced) FSL Antenna
Thankyou Gary... On Oct 15, 2011, at 9:17 AM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: > Hello All, > > As most of you know, there has been quite a lot of interest in the new > Ferrite Sleeve Loop antennas among many in the AM-DXing community, but > there are very few resources to help DXers actually try out the > antenna, or even know how to get started in building one. In an effort > to change this situation a detailed 7" FSL construction article was > written, with a deliberate attempt to include "Heathkit-like" > user-friendly instructions and many Photoshop-enhanced assembly > pictures. For those who are curious about the new antenna's > construction, operation and DXing capabilities, this new 10-page > article will answer all your questions. > > Designed to be built with a component cost of around $150, this 7" FSL > takes up only about one cubic foot of space-- but has been tested > extensively against a full-sized 4' PVC box loop here, with superior > weak-signal reception results. All four 7" FSL test models here have > demonstrated this weak-signal superiority over the 4' air core loop > (the antenna which provided reception of 30 DU stations on Ultralight > radios during the August 2010 DXpedition to Lincoln City, OR). Unlike > similar -sized compact antennas this 7" FSL will provide a very serious > gain boost to any portable radio with a loopstick-- even full-sized > models like the Sony ICF-S5W and the Panasonic RF-2200 (without the > need for any radio modification). With extensive advice on tracking > down construction parts and obtaining the best DXing results from your > compact FSL, this article will hopefully motivate both experienced > builders and beginners to accept the challenge of construction, and > personally experience the astonishing performance of this new antenna > design. http://www.mediafire.com/?dshnqlbydf6qu25 > > 73 and Good DX, > Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, 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 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] Build Your Own (Reasonably Priced) FSL Antenna
Thanks Walt, Your comment on the FSL article is appreciated. One of these compact antennas has already breezed through Canadian Customs, much to the amazement of Rob Ross (of London, Ontario) and I. Sooner or later we will probably find out if the Vancouver Customs office is so customer-friendly! 73, Gary -Original Message- From: Walter Salmaniw To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 9:48 am Subject: Re: [IRCA] Build Your Own (Reasonably Priced) FSL Antenna Bravo, Gary! An invaluable article! I've saved it for reference immediately...Walt On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 4:17 PM, wrote: Hello All, As most of you know, there has been quite a lot of interest in the new Ferrite Sleeve Loop antennas among many in the AM-DXing community, but there are very few resources to help DXers actually try out the antenna, or even know how to get started in building one. In an effort to change this situation a detailed 7" FSL construction article was written, with a deliberate attempt to include "Heathkit-like" user-friendly instructions and many Photoshop-enhanced assembly pictures. For those who are curious about the new antenna's construction, operation and DXing capabilities, this new 10-page article will answer all your questions. Designed to be built with a component cost of around $150, this 7" FSL takes up only about one cubic foot of space-- but has been tested extensively against a full-sized 4' PVC box loop here, with superior weak-signal reception results. All four 7" FSL test models here have demonstrated this weak-signal superiority over the 4' air core loop (the antenna which provided reception of 30 DU stations on Ultralight radios during the August 2010 DXpedition to Lincoln City, OR). Unlike similar -sized compact antennas this 7" FSL will provide a very serious gain boost to any portable radio with a loopstick-- even full-sized models like the Sony ICF-S5W and the Panasonic RF-2200 (without the need for any radio modification). With extensive advice on tracking down construction parts and obtaining the best DXing results from your compact FSL, this article will hopefully motivate both experienced builders and beginners to accept the challenge of construction, and personally experience the astonishing performance of this new antenna design. http://www.mediafire.com/?dshnqlbydf6qu25 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, 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 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 attempts 2011-10-15 from El Cajon / La Mesa, CA
Stephen, The 1053-Korean Jammer has a very distinctive sound, and it has been heard on Ultralight radios as far east as Oklahoma (by Richard Allen). A recording of it booming in here on the 9' PVC loop last year in September is posted at http://www.mediafire.com/?qimu5i2djvji2vt 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) -Original Message- From: Walter Salmaniw To: Stephen Airy ; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent: Sat, Oct 15, 2011 3:59 pm Subject: Re: [IRCA] TP attempts 2011-10-15 from El Cajon / La Mesa, CA Stephen, it's easy when you have a SDR that you can see the classic IBOC bands. Otherwise, I think they'll sound very similar. The IBOC will sound more like white noise, while the jammer is lower pitched and grinding.Walt On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Stephen Airy wrote: > Hi all, > > This morning around 6:30-7:15 local time (PDT) I made a few attempts at > bagging some TP signals. (Local stations do their sunrise pattern switch at > 6:45am this month.) I was using my Tecsun PL-606 set to 1kHz BW, aided by > the Select-A-Tenna, along with an Eico Model 710 vacuum-tube grid dip > meter's oscillator as a rather unstable makeshift BFO / carrier / het > detector. > > I uploaded a few short (approximately a minute or two) recordings of > catches with possible audio at the following link: > http://www.mediafire.com/?kb2v1v9s52dav > There you'll find a couple clips of 747 (at 6:32 and 6:35) and one of 873 > (at 6:46, all times PDT am). > > Also, not recorded, but noted, were... > 819 het but fading > 963 possible weak het > 1008 strong het, but too much domestic slop prevented me from recording it > 1053 het, but I didn't record it either as S/N never rose above 0 and KNX's > IBOC was confusing me. > > Regarding that 1053... I have 1070 KNX, who runs IBOC, only 111 miles from > me across a partial saltwater path (and the land portion has mostly "15" > conductivity with a little bit of "8" the last several miles to where I am), > so they put a fairly strong signal here 24/7, typically 46/25 to 48/25 > daytime depending on where I am in the house (lay it on top of my piano and > it's 52/25, hold it up to the electrical panel in the coat closet and it'll > hit 60/25). Anyone have suggestions on how I would tell the difference > between that Korean jammer that some in Washington state have logged, vs. > residual KNX IBOC? > ___ 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] WSCR 670 IBOC off
Noted WSCR 670 Chicago has it's IBOC off the last few days. Anyone know if this is for maintenance or ?? When the IBOC was turned on after a "quiet" summer I noted some slight splatter from WSCR's signal. This was heard on 690 and 650 (+/- 20khz) This is compared to WBBM's signal with IBOC. They are "clean" with no splatter on 800 and 760. Tom Jasinski Joliet, IL ___ 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
Thanks for the timely tip! I hope it gets out well. Mike Sanburn > From: mwd...@webtv.net > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:10:39 + > Subject: [IRCA] DX test > > From Shawn Axelrod: > > From: w...@lsol.net > DX test > Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:03:03 -0500 > > WGBW AM 1590 Denmark, Wisconsin USA test set for this upcoming Sunday, > October 23rd from Midnight to 1am local time (CDT) > > 10kilowatts and daytime pattern. > > Programming will include tones, ID's and unique music. > Thought I'd give you a 'heads-up'. > > Best, > > Mark Heller > WGBW AM-1590 > Denmark, WI USA > > w...@lsol.net > > > > ___ > 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
