[IRCA] Off topic - WGN 720 Milt Rosenburg retires from talk radio
This may be off topic, but one of the nice things about DX'ing, hard core or not, is listening to the ideas, sounds and programs we locate. Milt Rosenburg is one of those, as I and I am sure others find 720 AM (and 820 AM in my location) to be good stations to listen to in the evenings and otherwise. Hope whomever replaces Milt is half the quality talk-show host he is. ___ 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 12-20-12
Listened from 1345-1423 utc and no audio and only very weak carriers on 774 and 1566. 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 DX 12/20/12
There was barely audible music and speech heard on 774 kHz at 1326-1333. Also a trace of a signal, but no audio on 1566 kHz at 1334-1338. No other signal received. It was the first reception of JOUB in several weeks. Receiver: Tecsun PL-310 with 7-inch FSL antenna. 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] TP's for Thursday, December 20, 2012
Listened this morning from 1401-1600 utc. Sunrise really helped the upper channel stations this morning. HLAZ 1566 had a good signal just before 1600 utc. Last year to date receptions, long wave stations were better in 2011 and MW this year was much better than 12/20/2011. Last years receptions listed on bottom of page. Current rain storm has melted all the snow. Snow storm toppled the mast for the HPAW. It's back up, but around 5 feet shorter. 153 RUSSIA, Komosomolsk, Radio Rossii 1401-1405 good signal with woman and man in Russian NW ewe. 12/20/2012 209 ALASKA, Yakataga, CYT 1415 weak signal with weather forecast. HPAW. 12/20/2012 558 JAPAN, Kobe, JOCR Radio Kansai, CRK 1547 assuming the station with very weak in and out signal. NW ewe. 12/20/2012 567 JAPAN, Sapporo, JOIK NHK1 1416 poor signal with man in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 12/20/2012. 594 JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAK NHK1 1418 very weak signal with man in Japanese. W-SW ewe. 12/20/2012 639 CHINA, Beijing, 1538 weak signal with woman and man in Chinese. NW ewe. 12/20/2012 657 DPR OF KOREA, Pyongyang, 1536 weak signal with woman singing in Korean. // 3250. NW 12/20/2012 774 JAPAN, Akita, JOUB NHK2 1419 very weak signal with man in Japanese. NW ewe. 12/20/2012 972 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Dangjin, HLCA KBS 1528 fair signal with woman singing. NW ewe. 12/20/2012 1503 JAPAN, Akita, JOUK NHK1 1532-1533 weak signal with man in Japanese. 1557 still around with very weak signal. NW ewe. 12/20/2012 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Cheju, HLAZ FEBC 1429 fair signal with woman singing. NW ewe. Good signal with piano music at 1556. 12/20/2012 1575 THAILAND, Rasom, VOA 1530 very weak signal with man in Asian language. NW ewe. Fair at 1555. 12/20/2012 1593 CHINA, Changzhou CNR1 1555 poor signal with man in Chinese. Heavy KOHI splatter. NW ewe. 12/20/2012 Best regards, Dennis, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + DRAKE R8B NW + W-SW ewes High Performance Active Whip Solar Indices SF 113 A 4 K 2 Temperature 37° F Wind 3 mph Peak 16 mph Rain Rainfall current storm 4.57 inches December Rain fall 4.57 inches Last year to date receptions 12/20/2012 153 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 0745-0751 good signal with talk and music. 180 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 0803 very weak with Russian talk. 189 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 0753 fair signal with music. 234 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 0754 weak signal with talk. 279 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 0755 good signal with man in Russian. 738 TAHITI, 0757 steady weak signal with a lot of splatter. 774 JAPAN, JOUB NHK 2 1159 weak signal with a lot of splatter and man in Japanese. ___ 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] Oklahoma TP DX 12/20/12
Richard, Late December isn't exactly peak season for TP reception, even in the best of solar years. For you to be receiving any TP audio at all in Oklahoma on your Ultralight radio in December is pretty amazing-- and something that apparently has never been reported by anybody (even the late John Bryant). 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) -Original Message- From: richarda richa...@perryisp.net To: irca irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thu, Dec 20, 2012 7:36 am Subject: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 12/20/12 There was barely audible music and speech heard on 774 kHz at 1326-1333. Also a trace of a signal, but no audio on 1566 kHz at 1334-1338. No other signal received. It was the first reception of JOUB in several weeks. Receiver: Tecsun PL-310 with 7-inch FSL antenna. 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 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: 2012 Dec 20 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 20 December follow. Solar flux 114 and estimated planetary A-index 7. The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 20 December was 2. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 UTC 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 116 116 116 116 116 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 114 A-in 66666444444447 K-in 21110110222232 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] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, December 14-20, 2012
All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only. Or Sony SRF-59 when specified. These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes, utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html ** MEXICO. 720, Dec 14 at 1328 UT, a couple of federal PSAs, about safety and the laudable Cámara de Diputados, 1329 ``Regresamos: 7-20 Extremo`` a bit of `Mona Lisa` tune as theme? Then talk about Ixtapaluca (I think, or similar Aztec place). This is XEJCC in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, which WRTH 2013 shows as 1 kW fulltime, while Cantú still lists as 1,000 watts day, 1, [sic] watts night. Anyhow it is dominant on frequency for the moment close to sunrise here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 730, Dec 17 at 0631 UT, ``La Ke Buena`` with full FM AM IDs on the half-hour, mentions 25 kW, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, time as 11:31, back to lively music. Not sure if the 25 kW referred to FM 107.1 or AM. But Cantú shows XHEHB on 107.1 with 25 kW; and on AM: 730 XEHB Ke buena + FM 107.1 Hidalgo del Parral, Chih. 50,000 1,000 and with their dominant signal, we strongly suspect a lot more than 1 kW at night. Yet new IRCA Mexican log shows only 1000/300 watts and schedule at 13-01 UT only, from former location San Francisco del Oro. What about WRTH 2013? 50/1 kW, H del P. Cantú shows zero radio stations in SF del Oro now (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1040, Dec 17 at 0602 UT, ``Chihuahua, Chihuahua`` mentioned in WHO null, so safe to assume it`s the usual per Cantú: 1040 XEHES Romántica + FM 94.1 Chihuahua, Chih. 5,000 250 The new IRCA Mexican Log 2012 has arrived, so I will be comparing Cantú and WRTH info with it. For XEHES, IRCA shows: 5000 250 Radiorama Siglo 21, 24h irreg, ROM format, CIMA net, // 94.1 FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Domestic MW reception was below normal today, and was not getting much from Korea on 2850, but around sunrise at 1332-1337 UT Dec 14, tried some trans-Pacific MW frequencies anyway, and to my surprise there were several carriers as I then stepped thru the entire band: 594, 693, 747, 774, 1566, 1575 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ___ 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] Domestic MW DX to Enid OK, December 14-20, 2012
All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only; or Sony SRF-59 as specified; Nissan stock caradio as specified These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes, utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html These logs are in four sexions, Canada [if any], Oklahoma, rest of USA, unidentified, separated by === Within each, they are in frequency order ** CANADA. Re my previous log of 750, CKJH, Melfort, Sask., I said ``25/25 kW U3, i.e. non-directional day and all-north at night; yeah, sure`` and David Yocis replied, ``Glenn, U3 means directional with same pattern day and night`` So it does; but I was also referencing the NRC Pattern Book of 2005 which at that time showed ND Day, Dir-North at night. In any event, at the time heard, should have been on night pattern, but more likely non-direxional (Glenn Hauser) == ** U S A. 880, Dec 14 at 1404 UT, no signal today from KLRG 50 kW in next state AR when I wanted to hear `Canada Calling` like 24 hours earlier; instead KRVN NE is dominant and in its null only some weak music, probably KHAC AZ/NM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) see also UNIDENTIFIED 880 ** U S A. 900, Dec 20 at 1402 UT, CBS News, in E/W null of KSGL Wichita gospel huxter; based on listings in the NRC AM Log, and proximity, the only possibility is KHOZ in Harrison AR, now on non-direxional 1 kW day power. Naturally losing it by 1406 when there might have been something local (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 960, UT Friday Dec 14 at 0600-0605 UT, KGWA Enid provides another dead-air break, during which the dominant understation this time has ABC News, which I always assume is KMA Shenandoah IA. KGWA continues to be sporadic, silent most midnites, but occasionally plugged with Fox `News` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 960, Dec 16 at 0602, ABC News with echo, so presumably KMA IA and WERC AL (unless WERC is no longer with ABC, as someone reported them with Fox `news` at some other hour). 0602 was the first commercial break, but it was a PSA for Habitat for Humanity, so ABC could not sell this spot; during local KGWA Enid dead-air pause (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A [and non]. 960, Dec 20 at 0600-0605 UT during another Fox-hole from local KGWA Enid, with its dead-air carrier nulled as much as possible, a mix of ABC News, ABC News slightly echoing against the first one, blues music, and Mexican music. The last two probably WABG in Mississippi, and XEK Nuevo Laredo; the first ABC, KMA in Iowa. I had previously figured that WERC in Alabama was the most likely second ABC station, as listed in the NRC AM Log, but Kevin Redding in TN says WERC is now running Fox news. So I look thru the NRC Log again; altho there are a few ABC affiliates in further reaches of the US, with 2-digit watt night power, the most likely one I am getting is KNEB in Scottsbluff NE, with 350 watts night, and NRC Pattern Book 2005 showed at night it`s a N/S figure-8, meaning some signal should be coming our way to the SE thru KGWA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1060, Dec 14 at 1407 UT, Spanish opening ``el mejor informativo de los Estados Unidos``. Probably 10 kW, non-direxional daytimer KXPL El Paso TX, as would not expect Spanish gospel-huxter KIJN Farwell TX to be broadcasting news, tho a fast SAH revealed its presence too. Official FCC sunrise for KXPL in Dec and Jan is 1400 UT. It also has a PSRA of 150 watts starting at 1300 UT in Dec Feb, the limiting station being ``XENVA2`` but in Jan reduced to only 8 watts due to XEEP. These NVA entries in FCC database are not real calls, but mean `new` station, i.e. not necessarily anything really on the air. Does this mean SCT will never assign a real callsign XENVA to anystation? There are a few other SS on 1060 in the USA, but at this time, KXPL is most likely and the only one in NRC AM Log with NWS/TLK format. BTW, I`ve read that there is a movement in Mexico to eliminate ``Estados Unidos`` from the official name of that country, which was adopted long ago to match the other United States country abutting it (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1060, Dec 17 at 1235 UT, KIJN Farwell TX on NM border, gospel huxter in Spanish with shall we say, Chicano accent, mentions ``en el nombre de Jesús``, which is what the call letters mean in English, and introducing ``Noticiero Semanal desde Jerusalén`` in good Spanish; so KIJN does have ``news`` after all, as long as it is from the future. Usual more than sufficient signal before local sunrise, and making fast-ripple SAH with whatever else on 1060
[IRCA] unID on 1040 u/WHO w/music
Hearing someone here under WHO w/a variety of music -- Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing at 1850 ELT, Natalie Cole's This Will Be at 1855, then the Judds' Love Can Build a Bridge after that. Doesn't sound like KCBR's format. Anybody else hearing this? 73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska Kenwood R-5000, Quantum QX Pro loop ___ 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] [NRC-AM] 1620 Indiana
I wonder if there will be a call letter change when the sale is complete. According to the FCC AM Query, after signing on with the calls WJVA in 1998, this station has changed calls six times, including twice to WHLY and twice to WDND. 73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI No, you remembered correctly, Paul. 1620 is being sold to the Fort Wayne Catholic group that owns WLYV 1450 in Fort Wayne. -Original Message- From: Scott Fybush sc...@fybush.com To: am a...@nrcdxas.org Sent: Wed, Dec 19, 2012 5:41 pm Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] 1620 Indiana On 12/19/2012 5:56 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: Unless I've gotten my stations confused... which is entirely possible. I should've double checked before posting this, so If I'm wrong.. my apologies! No, you remembered correctly, Paul. 1620 is being sold to the Fort Wayne Catholic group that owns WLYV 1450 in Fort Wayne. WHLY 1580, which has been leased to a different Catholic group, is also in the process of being sold. It's going to the Spanish-language broadcasters who run WKAM 1460 in nearby Goshen. s ___ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? ow...@nrcdxas.org Pre-orders for the 33rd AM Radio Log Now being accepted! Shipping 8/27/2012 FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Order both at http://www.nrcdxas.org ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP's for Thursday, December 20, 2012
Long waves are in good late Thursday night. Four Alaskan weather forecast stations heard along with four Russian Radio Rossii stations. The MW band turn up JOUB 774 in with woman singing for the only MW TP with audio at this time. Hoping the good conditions made it back to you fellows East of here. Good luck. 153 RUSSIA, Komosomolsk, Radio Rossii 0710 fair signal with Radio Rossii ID. NW ewe. 12/20/2012 180 RUSSIA, Yelizovo, Radio Rossii 0711 poor signal with man in Russian. NW ewe. 12/20/2012 189 RUSSIA, Petropavlovsk, Radio Rossii 0713 very weak with woman in Russian. NW ewe. 12/20/2012 209 ALASKA, Yakataga, CYT 0715 fair signal with weather forecast for Valdez. NW ewe 12/20/2012 279 RUSSIA, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Radio Rossii 0717 good signal with man in Russian. NW ewe. 12/20/2012 394 ALASKA, Kodiak KAK20 0720 fair signal with weather forecast. NW ewe.12/20/2012 411 ALASKA, KAI 82 Ilamna 0722 weak with weather forecast. 12/20/2012 529 ALASKA. Level Island, 1449 very weak signal with weather forecast. NW ewe. 12/20/2012 774 JAPAN, Akita, JOUB NHK2 0727 fair signal with woman singing in Japanese. NW ewe. 12/20/2012 Best regards, Dennis, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 NW ewe ___ 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
