[IRCA] DISCUSSION OF DAILY SOLAR SPACE AND GEOMAGNETIC WEATHER
DISCUSSION OF DAILY SOLAR SPACE AND GEOMAGNETIC WEATHER- Solar activity is moderate as far as the emergence of the number of new sunspot groups. Currently there are 6 numbered and 2 new un-numbered sunspot groups. Solar activity is very low (0 solar flares) as far as the number of new solar flares and their magnitude. The largest solar flare in the past 24 hour period was a very small B2. The daily sunspot number (SSN) has languished below 100 or higher for 14 consecutive days, currently at 63. The geomagnetic field had been quiet for 3 consecutive days with the Kp (planetary) index in the 0-2 range. The following are the 24 hour 3 hour Kp (planetary) intervals 10101000. The Dst ranged between -19 and -3. For the latest solar, space geomagnetic weather data go to http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o2.htm . To subscribe to the NZ4O Daily MF/HF/6M Radio Wave Propagation Forecast Subscription Service go to http://www.wcflunatall.com/propagation.htm or http://www.solarcycle24.org . 73 GUD DX, Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O Lakeland, FL, USA n...@tampabay.rr.com NZ4O Daily MF/HF/6M Radio Wave Propagation Forecast Subscription Service: http://www.solarcycle24.org NZ4O Solar Space Geomagnetic Weather Data Dashboard: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o2.htm NZ4O Solar Cycle 24 Forecast Discussion Archive: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o4.htm NZ4O 160 Meter Radio Propagation Theory Notes: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o5.htm NZ4O Solar Space Weather Geomagnetic Raw Forecast Data Links: http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o6.htm Solar Cycle 24 Dot Org on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/SolarCycle24org/139198369462931 ___ 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 1-30-13
Listened from 1355-1430 utc and only a very weak carrier on 774 at 1421 utc. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake D8 ___ 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 Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Listened from 1438-1531 utc. No low power Japanese stations that were heard two mornings ago. Strongest signal this morning on MW was a weak signal. 153 RUSSIA, Komosomolsk, Radio Rossii 1438-1440 fair signal with man in Russian NW ewe. 01/30/2013 189 RUSSIA, Petropavlovsk, Radio Rossii 1441 very weak signal with man in Russian. NW ewe. 01/30/2013 567 JAPAN, Sapporo, JOIK NHK1 1445-1448 weak signal with Japanese talk followed by woman singing. Moderate splatter. W-SW ewe. 01/30/2013 603 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Seoul, HLSA 1525 assuming the station with poor signal and music. NW ewe. 01/30/2013 774 JAPAN, Akita, JOUB NHK2 11453 very weak signal with man in Japanese. NW ewe. 01/30/2013 1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Cheju, HLAZ FEBC 1431 weak signal in late with Chinese. NW ewe. 01/30/2013 1575 THAILAND, Rasom, VOA 1511 weak signal with man in Asian language. Moderate splatter. NW ewe. 01/30/2013 Best regards, Dennis, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 NW ewe + W-SW ewe Solar Indices SF 95 A K 0 ___ 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 1-30
Hello All, Despite some promising carriers around 1410 UTC (on 594, 828 and 972), mediocre audio from several Asian big guns was finally the only sign of TP life this morning. During a lackluster sunrise enhancement 972-HLCA came up to fair audio around 1535, 1566-HLAZ managed poor-fair audio at 1540, and 1575-VOA came up to fair audio at 1530. Despite improving solar conditions the band still seems to be stuck in the depressed mode. 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) C.Crane SWP 7.5 Slider loopstick Ultralight + 8 Medium Wave FSL antenna ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Monster TP Signals in a Lean Solar Year
Thanks for your impressions, Walt. Yes, this TP season seems unusual by continuing well into January, as opposed to the previous couple of years when things were pretty much wrapped up in mid-November. Some of the Asian signals in December and January have been very impressive, as well. The strangest aspect here was the general drop-off in Japanese signals during this recent season, combined with the overall boost in the Korean signals. 972-HLCA, the 1053-Jammer and 1566-HLAZ have really become potent here this season, with signals significantly better than their levels during the peak seasons of 2009 and 2010. The Chinese stations have generally been anemic, though, following the Japanese NHK station trend. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) -Original Message- From: Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Tue, Jan 29, 2013 9:14 pm Subject: Re: [IRCA] Monster TP Signals in a Lean Solar Year Gary, I'm finding this DX season somewhat unusual, as well. Whereas other years have yielded almost no TP reception after early/mid November, this season has shown that there is some audio on most mornings. I agree that it hasn't been anything spectacular, but even receiving a few stations seems unusual. 73, Walt On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:26 AM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: Hello All, Although the recent TP-DX season has generally featured weaker signals (and less exotic DX) than the exciting years of 2009 and 2010, there were some interesting exceptions. Four Asiatic mainland TP's managed their best signals ever here in Puyallup recently, including 1566-HLAZ only three days ago. Two other Korean big guns (972-HLCA and the 1053-Jammer) routinely pegged the S/N display on the PL-380 Ultralight in early October; in fact, 972-HLCA's monster signal on October 5th was the strongest TP signal ever received here in 6 years of DXing. The other Asiatic TP reaching its best-ever signal level this season was 603-China (presumed Hulun Buir), which has apparently has had some type of antenna upgrade to enable it to dominate the frequency here recently. On the other hand, the Japanese NHK stations were real underperformers here this past season, with none of them even coming close to their optimal signal levels. For those interested, MP3 recording links for these best-ever TP signals are pasted below. They were all received with hot-rodded (7.5 loopstick) Ultralight radios and an 8 FSL antenna. With the exception of 603-China, all of them easily pegged the Ultralight radio signal strength displays. 603 China (Presumed Hulun Buir) Female conversation and vocal music at 1313 UTC on September 15, 2012 http://www.mediafire.com/?9w7h4ycoodlv0ga 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Female speech during news at 1403 UTC on October 5, 2012; this was the strongest TP signal ever received here in Puyallup http://www.mediafire.com/?kbdvs9pk14gv5jz 1053 Korean Jammer Best-ever signal with monster buzz at 1317 UTC on September 15, 2012 http://www.mediafire.com/?o0j9x1hwt9tdayi 1566 Jeju, S. Korea Huge signal during Chinese Christian program at 1558 UTC on January 24, 2013 http://www.mediafire.com/?uj23g7onrlc3yw0 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
[IRCA] New 1220 St. Catharines application denied
The CRTC has denied an application by 8045313 Canada Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language commercial AM radio station in St. Catharines and the Niagara Region, Ontario. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-29.htm This would have taken over the old 1220-CHSC facilities. Good news for those of us still trying to log Radio Globo and CJRB-Boissevain from Southern Ontario. Niel Wolfish Toronto ___ 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 30 Jan 2013; Victoria version
Things seem to be gradually recovering, but not much of an enhancement at sunrise, and best strengths were mostly around 1400UT. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): nope reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 828 JOBB woman in JJ 1408UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 774 JOUB anthem at 1520UT today, followed by music box Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) : 612 woman talking 1406UT, maybe //738, will need to check the recording tonight. If //, then 4QR 738 woman talking 1406UT, //612?? 747 JOIB music box at 1521UT, first sign of it this morning 891 man talking, no parallels, 1404UT 972 HLCA? woman talking 1403UT 1575 VoA? man talking 1533UT, erratically fading Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 1458 1566 best wishes, Nick -- Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2013 Jan 30 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 30 January follow. Solar flux 97 and estimated planetary A-index 2. The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 30 January was 0. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 29 29 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 UTC 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 98 98 98 98 98 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 97 A-in 44444222222222 K-in 01010000010000 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] Alberta TPs for 30 Jan 2012
The lower end of the band was actually down a bit today, with the Japanese carriers rather anemic. The high end was up however, with traces of audio on 1575, after a couple of days of zero TP audio. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta Perseus SDR, Wellbrook Phased Array ___ 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: 2013 Jan 31 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 30 January follow. Solar flux 97 and estimated planetary A-index 2. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 31 January was 0. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 29 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 31 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 98 98 98 98 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 97 97 A-in 44442222222222 K-in 10100000100000 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
