Re: [IRCA] DU's TP's for Sunday, July 21, 2013
Only a very weak carrier on 1503 at 1220 ut with a lot of t-storm noise. 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] WBBM 780khz IBOC off
At 07:30 CDT noted IBOC for WBBM 780 Chicago is off. Let's hope this lasts longer than previous off period that occured on 6/28. 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
[IRCA] TP 21 Jul; Victoria version
Well, if there were Asians this morning here, it was before the SDR kicked in at 1130UT And in fact, my signal strength recorder says there were good signals on channels like 774 1053 1287 and 1566 around 1120UT, so will have to start the SDR earlier. Otherwise, except for Tahiti, things were pretty lackadaisical. Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 738 Tahiti popped up a number of times, e.g. man in FF at 1134UT; this was consistently the best signal this morning until well past 1200UT, though not with this level of audio. not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 738 passing through 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) : 819 faint mx 1148UT 1503 man talking, then woman, 1223UT, too weak for a guess at language 1548 man talking, DU EE inflection 1216UT Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 891 972 1053 1116 1566 (though later, so likely DU) 1602 best wishes, Nick ___ 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 21 Jul; Victoria version
Day 2 in Masset. Experimented with TOH overnight recording on 738. Disappointing with little to hear. Live from 12:15 yielded a very modest DU dawn enhancement, including the X-band. Japanese 1st tier were so so, not as good as yesterday, when the JJ were in quite strong. I'm using 2 Bogs, one at 240 deg and the other 275, both DU preferred . Also my ALA 100. For whatever reason the 240 Bog never does well and is noisy, so I'll deconstruct it today. I'm planning on trying a DKAZ too, plus the FSLIC, especially on Rosé Spit. Another observation today was 900 Hawaii. Strong this morning. Shortwave was great this morning, too. Much better than yesterday. Hope all going well in OR and WA dxexpeditions. 73, Walt On Sunday, July 21, 2013, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: Well, if there were Asians this morning here, it was before the SDR kicked in at 1130UT And in fact, my signal strength recorder says there were good signals on channels like 774 1053 1287 and 1566 around 1120UT, so will have to start the SDR earlier. Otherwise, except for Tahiti, things were pretty lackadaisical. Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 738 Tahiti popped up a number of times, e.g. man in FF at 1134UT; this was consistently the best signal this morning until well past 1200UT, though not with this level of audio. not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 738 passing through 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) : 819 faint mx 1148UT 1503 man talking, then woman, 1223UT, too weak for a guess at language 1548 man talking, DU EE inflection 1216UT Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 891 972 1053 1116 1566 (though later, so likely DU) 1602 best wishes, Nick __**_ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/**mailman/listinfo/ircahttp://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: 2013 Jul 21 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 20 July follow. Solar flux 113 and estimated planetary A-index 6. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 21 July 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 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 114 114 114 114 114 114 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 A-in 14 14 14 14 14 14 76666666 K-in 31211111111112 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] UCLUELET TOFINO
Recently spent a few days in Ucluelet and Tofino, BC but did not put much time in on the dials. Of note: 540 CBXQ Ucluelet. Does OK around town but not a whole lot there at the first Ucluelet sign as you head west on Highway 4 toward the town. I asked several people if they knew where the CBC tower was. No one did and I wasn't able to find it. 840 KSWB Seaside, OR. Amazing mid-day signal driving around Tofino. Obviously stronger the closer I got to the beach. I thought there must be a new LPRT in the area but the mention of Seaside and 840 Gold cinched it. No other real surprises noted days or evenings and with just a car radio, I didn't even try for early morning DX. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 ICF2010 Kiwa aircore Palomar loops DX398, SRF-59 M37V Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380 ___ 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] UCLUELET TOFINO
540 CBXQ Ucluelet. Does OK around town but not a whole lot there at the first Ucluelet sign as you head west on Highway 4 toward the town. I asked several people if they knew where the CBC tower was. No one did and I wasn't able to find it. The tx and longwire used to down at the boat basin. I have a photo from 1973. I get CBXQ here all of the time. I have since they signed on in the late 60s. CBXQ is going to FM I have read like the majority of CBC LPRTs. Yes, KSWB is good there. I also heard KVAS 1230 and KAST 1370 there as well, but KSWB was stronger. That was when KSWB was a daytimer on 930 kHz. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-21
Hello All, First of all, thanks very much to Dennis, Bill, Nick and Walt for their DU-DX reports this morning, which provided a very interesting comparison. The first Cliffhanger' DXing session at Rockwork 4 provided the typical Kiwi-slanted results this morning, although there were a few surprises. About 18 DU's were in audio, although huge signals were less common than usual. The biggest surprise of the session was a booming signal from 783-Samoan Capital Radio, which nearly pegged the PL-380 S/N display with its island-type music around 1248 (usually this is a weak underperformer). Other than this 594-NZ Rhema had a pretty nice signal, and the usual Kiwi big guns were well represented. Except for decent signals from 576-2RN, 774-3LO and 828-3GI, the Aussies were pretty much missing in action. With far more DU signals than live DXing time, I concentrated on the low-band signals as usual. With the major DXpedition in Yachats (and nearby Cape Perpetua) scheduled to start up tomorrow, there should be some heavy-duty South Pacific DXing activity this week. This morning's Cliff DU-DXing results seem strangely out of synch with the other reports, but I was able to record a few MP3's to back up the claims. Hopefully Nick and the others will not feel motivated to drive down and throw me off of the Cliff. 531 PI Auckland, NZ Fair-good signal with female Samoan voice mixing with UniD Aussie male voice at 1305 567 RNZ Wellington, NZ Good DU English male conversation at 1252 overcoming some KVI splatter http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tp81ibsa67s0b7i/567-RNZ-1252z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 576 2RN Sydney, Australia Fair-good DU English commentary at 1235 594 NZ Rhema Timaru, NZ Good level Christian contemporary music at 1318 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/v2871q170bnsv0b/594-NZ.Rhema-1318z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 603 R.Waatea Fair-good Maori language music at 1244, // 765 639 RNZ Alexandra, NZ Fair DU English conversation // 675 at 1322 657 Southern Star Wellington, NZ Strong level Christian music at 1222 675 RNZ Christchurch, NZ Strong level music and DU English speech at 1228 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tktcaddq46c7bwg/675-RNZ-1228z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 738 Radio Polynesie Mahina, Tahiti Good TOH fanfare and French OM speech at 1200 (through KCBS splash and het) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/8cscgc1gk6zhap8/738-R.Polynesie-1200z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 756 RNZ Auckland, NZ This 10 kW RNZ relay had fair signals at 1301 despite its proximity to 750-Portland 765 R. Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ Good Maori-language music at 1244, // 603 774 3LO Melbourne, Australia Fair good DU English conversation at 1238, // 828 783 Samoan Capital Radio, Wellington, NZ Biggest surprise of the morning-- huge signal at 1248 almost pegging the PL-380 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/jfmefx37z1pbvo5/783-SamoanCapRadio-1248z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 828 3GI Sale, Australia Fair DU English conversation // 774 at 1320 (many more DU signals were all over the band, but these were the ones that I had time to investigate during live DXing during morning enhancement. Presumably the Perseus-SDR DXers in Yachts will not have this issue :-) 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (temporarily in Cannon Beach Oregon) DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff (photo at http://www.mediafire.com/view/khqdch7gk0w1v1l/P1100481.JPG 7,5 MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + New 12 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
[IRCA] Superconductor Radio
Has anyone heard anything about this radio? I can find no price on this radio but the radio is 400 lbs. http://www.hypres.com/products/digital-rf-receiver/ Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ ___ 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] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-21
Great stuff, Gary. Um, but that's the strangest Samoan programming I've ever heard (on 783)! That would be Wellington Access Radio with a South Asian segment. I can't get Access' website to spit out a schedule, either on the PC or tablet, but Samoa Capital Radio's sked suggests they don't have any programming from 6 p.m. NZT Friday (0600 UT Saturday) till 7 a.m. NZT Monday (1900 UT Sunday). Theo On 21/07/2013 2:14 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: Hello All, First of all, thanks very much to Dennis, Bill, Nick and Walt for their DU-DX reports this morning, which provided a very interesting comparison. The first Cliffhanger' DXing session at Rockwork 4 provided the typical Kiwi-slanted results this morning, although there were a few surprises. About 18 DU's were in audio, although huge signals were less common than usual. The biggest surprise of the session was a booming signal from 783-Samoan Capital Radio, which nearly pegged the PL-380 S/N display with its island-type music around 1248 (usually this is a weak underperformer). Other than this 594-NZ Rhema had a pretty nice signal, and the usual Kiwi big guns were well represented. Except for decent signals from 576-2RN, 774-3LO and 828-3GI, the Aussies were pretty much missing in action. With far more DU signals than live DXing time, I concentrated on the low-band signals as usual. With the major DXpedition in Yachats (and nearby Cape Perpetua) scheduled to start up tomorrow, there should be some heavy-duty South Pacific DXing activity this week. This morning's Cliff DU-DXing results seem strangely out of synch with the other reports, but I was able to record a few MP3's to back up the claims. Hopefully Nick and the others will not feel motivated to drive down and throw me off of the Cliff. 531 PI Auckland, NZ Fair-good signal with female Samoan voice mixing with UniD Aussie male voice at 1305 567 RNZ Wellington, NZ Good DU English male conversation at 1252 overcoming some KVI splatter http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tp81ibsa67s0b7i/567-RNZ-1252z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 576 2RN Sydney, Australia Fair-good DU English commentary at 1235 594 NZ Rhema Timaru, NZ Good level Christian contemporary music at 1318 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/v2871q170bnsv0b/594-NZ.Rhema-1318z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 603 R.Waatea Fair-good Maori language music at 1244, // 765 639 RNZ Alexandra, NZ Fair DU English conversation // 675 at 1322 657 Southern Star Wellington, NZ Strong level Christian music at 1222 675 RNZ Christchurch, NZ Strong level music and DU English speech at 1228 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tktcaddq46c7bwg/675-RNZ-1228z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 738 Radio Polynesie Mahina, Tahiti Good TOH fanfare and French OM speech at 1200 (through KCBS splash and het) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/8cscgc1gk6zhap8/738-R.Polynesie-1200z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 756 RNZ Auckland, NZ This 10 kW RNZ relay had fair signals at 1301 despite its proximity to 750-Portland 765 R. Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ Good Maori-language music at 1244, // 603 774 3LO Melbourne, Australia Fair good DU English conversation at 1238, // 828 783 Samoan Capital Radio, Wellington, NZ Biggest surprise of the morning-- huge signal at 1248 almost pegging the PL-380 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/jfmefx37z1pbvo5/783-SamoanCapRadio-1248z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 828 3GI Sale, Australia Fair DU English conversation // 774 at 1320 (many more DU signals were all over the band, but these were the ones that I had time to investigate during live DXing during morning enhancement. Presumably the Perseus-SDR DXers in Yachts will not have this issue :-) 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (temporarily in Cannon Beach Oregon) DXing at the Rockwork 4 ocean cliff (photo at http://www.mediafire.com/view/khqdch7gk0w1v1l/P1100481.JPG 7,5 MW loopstick Tecsun PL-380 Ultralight + New 12 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 ___ 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] Fwd: [The3965Group] WLW 500KW station
This is a tour of the 50/500 KW transmitter site of WLW: Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: David Mulvey kd6...@dslextreme.com Date: July 20, 2013, 6:35:40 PM PDT To: the3965gr...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [The3965Group] WLW 500KW station Reply-To: the3965gr...@yahoogroups.com BIG AMPLIFIER! http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?398944-K7AGE-posts-video-of-WLW-s-1932-500-000-Watt-AM-transmitter or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbHjcwIoTiY Dave __._,_.___ Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) RECENT ACTIVITY: New Photos 1 Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us Feedback . __,_._,___ ___ 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 Jul 22 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 21 July follow. Solar flux 109 and estimated planetary A-index 5. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 22 July 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 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 114 114 114 114 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 113 109 109 A-in 14 14 14 14 7666666655 K-in 21111111111212 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
Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-21
Hi Theo, You are definitely the expert on Kiwi station programming! The funny thing was that the 2012 WRTH had Wellington 783 kHz listed as Access Radio (which I had always assumed that it was), but the new 2013 WRTH has changed the listing to Samoan Capital Radio. I was going by the new WRTH listing, although even I thought that the music had an Indian flavor. I have no idea why the WRTH changed the listing if the same shared-programming system is continuing on 783 kHz. In any case, this was by far the strongest that I have ever heard 783-Wellington on any Cliff trip--- so I'll be happy to take it... whatever it is. By the way, Theo, these Oregon cliff sites seem to have an astonishing preference for Kiwi signals, at the expense of Australian stations. It will be interesting to see if the Yachats group (at Cape Perpetua) will report the same bizarre phenomena. 73, Gary DeBock (temporarily in Cannon Beach, OR) -Original Message- From: Theo th...@telus.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sun, Jul 21, 2013 4:51 pm Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-21 Great stuff, Gary. Um, but that's the strangest Samoan programming I've ever heard (on 783)! That would be Wellington Access Radio with a South Asian segment. I can't get Access' website to spit out a schedule, either on the PC or tablet, but Samoa Capital Radio's sked suggests they don't have any programming from 6 p.m. NZT Friday (0600 UT Saturday) till 7 a.m. NZT Monday (1900 UT Sunday). Theo On 21/07/2013 2:14 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: Hello All, First of all, thanks very much to Dennis, Bill, Nick and Walt for their DU-DX reports this morning, which provided a very interesting comparison. The first Cliffhanger' DXing session at Rockwork 4 provided the typical Kiwi-slanted results this morning, although there were a few surprises. About 18 DU's were in audio, although huge signals were less common than usual. The biggest surprise of the session was a booming signal from 783-Samoan Capital Radio, which nearly pegged the PL-380 S/N display with its island-type music around 1248 (usually this is a weak underperformer). Other than this 594-NZ Rhema had a pretty nice signal, and the usual Kiwi big guns were well represented. Except for decent signals from 576-2RN, 774-3LO and 828-3GI, the Aussies were pretty much missing in action. With far more DU signals than live DXing time, I concentrated on the low-band signals as usual. With the major DXpedition in Yachats (and nearby Cape Perpetua) scheduled to start up tomorrow, there should be some heavy-duty South Pacific DXing activity this week. This morning's Cliff DU-DXing results seem strangely out of synch with the other reports, but I was able to record a few MP3's to back up the claims. Hopefully Nick and the others will not feel motivated to drive down and throw me off of the Cliff. 531 PI Auckland, NZ Fair-good signal with female Samoan voice mixing with UniD Aussie male voice at 1305 567 RNZ Wellington, NZ Good DU English male conversation at 1252 overcoming some KVI splatter http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tp81ibsa67s0b7i/567-RNZ-1252z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 576 2RN Sydney, Australia Fair-good DU English commentary at 1235 594 NZ Rhema Timaru, NZ Good level Christian contemporary music at 1318 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/v2871q170bnsv0b/594-NZ.Rhema-1318z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 603 R.Waatea Fair-good Maori language music at 1244, // 765 639 RNZ Alexandra, NZ Fair DU English conversation // 675 at 1322 657 Southern Star Wellington, NZ Strong level Christian music at 1222 675 RNZ Christchurch, NZ Strong level music and DU English speech at 1228 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tktcaddq46c7bwg/675-RNZ-1228z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 738 Radio Polynesie Mahina, Tahiti Good TOH fanfare and French OM speech at 1200 (through KCBS splash and het) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/8cscgc1gk6zhap8/738-R.Polynesie-1200z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 756 RNZ Auckland, NZ This 10 kW RNZ relay had fair signals at 1301 despite its proximity to 750-Portland 765 R. Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ Good Maori-language music at 1244, // 603 774 3LO Melbourne, Australia Fair good DU English conversation at 1238, // 828 783 Samoan Capital Radio, Wellington, NZ Biggest surprise of the morning-- huge signal at 1248 almost pegging the PL-380 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/jfmefx37z1pbvo5/783-SamoanCapRadio-1248z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 828 3GI Sale, Australia Fair DU English conversation // 774 at 1320 (many more DU signals were all over the band, but these were the ones that I had time to investigate during live DXing during morning enhancement. Presumably the Perseus-SDR DXers in Yachts will not have this issue :-) 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock
Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-21
d1028g...@aol.com wrote: Hi Theo, You are definitely the expert on Kiwi station programming! The funny thing was that the 2012 WRTH had Wellington 783 kHz listed as Access Radio (which I had always assumed that it was), but the new 2013 WRTH has changed the listing to Samoan Capital Radio. I was going by the new WRTH listing, although even I thought that the music had an Indian flavor. I have no idea why the WRTH changed the listing if the same shared-programming system is continuing on 783 kHz. In any case, this was by far the strongest that I have ever heard 783-Wellington on any Cliff trip--- so I'll be happy to take it... whatever it is. By the way, Theo, these Oregon cliff sites seem to have an astonishing preference for Kiwi signals, at the expense of Australian stations. It will be interesting to see if the Yachats group (at Cape Perpetua) will report the same bizarre phenomena. 73, Gary DeBock (temporarily in Cannon Beach, OR) -Original Message- From: Theo th...@telus.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sun, Jul 21, 2013 4:51 pm Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-21 Great stuff, Gary. Um, but that's the strangest Samoan programming I've ever heard (on 783)! That would be Wellington Access Radio with a South Asian segment. I can't get Access' website to spit out a schedule, either on the PC or tablet, but Samoa Capital Radio's sked suggests they don't have any programming from 6 p.m. NZT Friday (0600 UT Saturday) till 7 a.m. NZT Monday (1900 UT Sunday). Theo On 21/07/2013 2:14 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: Hello All, First of all, thanks very much to Dennis, Bill, Nick and Walt for their DU-DX reports this morning, which provided a very interesting comparison. The first Cliffhanger' DXing session at Rockwork 4 provided the typical Kiwi-slanted results this morning, although there were a few surprises. About 18 DU's were in audio, although huge signals were less common than usual. The biggest surprise of the session was a booming signal from 783-Samoan Capital Radio, which nearly pegged the PL-380 S/N display with its island-type music around 1248 (usually this is a weak underperformer). Other than this 594-NZ Rhema had a pretty nice signal, and the usual Kiwi big guns were well represented. Except for decent signals from 576-2RN, 774-3LO and 828-3GI, the Aussies were pretty much missing in action. With far more DU signals than live DXing time, I concentrated on the low-band signals as usual. With the major DXpedition in Yachats (and nearby Cape Perpetua) scheduled to start up tomorrow, there should be some heavy-duty South Pacific DXing activity this week. This morning's Cliff DU-DXing results seem strangely out of synch with the other reports, but I was able to record a few MP3's to back up the claims. Hopefully Nick and the others will not feel motivated to drive down and throw me off of the Cliff. 531 PI Auckland, NZ Fair-good signal with female Samoan voice mixing with UniD Aussie male voice at 1305 567 RNZ Wellington, NZ Good DU English male conversation at 1252 overcoming some KVI splatter http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tp81ibsa67s0b7i/567-RNZ-1252z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 576 2RN Sydney, Australia Fair-good DU English commentary at 1235 594 NZ Rhema Timaru, NZ Good level Christian contemporary music at 1318 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/v2871q170bnsv0b/594-NZ.Rhema-1318z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 603 R.Waatea Fair-good Maori language music at 1244, // 765 639 RNZ Alexandra, NZ Fair DU English conversation // 675 at 1322 657 Southern Star Wellington, NZ Strong level Christian music at 1222 675 RNZ Christchurch, NZ Strong level music and DU English speech at 1228 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tktcaddq46c7bwg/675-RNZ-1228z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 738 Radio Polynesie Mahina, Tahiti Good TOH fanfare and French OM speech at 1200 (through KCBS splash and het) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/8cscgc1gk6zhap8/738-R.Polynesie-1200z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 756 RNZ Auckland, NZ This 10 kW RNZ relay had fair signals at 1301 despite its proximity to 750-Portland 765 R. Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ Good Maori-language music at 1244, // 603 774 3LO Melbourne, Australia Fair good DU English conversation at 1238, // 828 783 Samoan Capital Radio, Wellington, NZ Biggest surprise of the morning-- huge signal at 1248 almost pegging the PL-380 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/jfmefx37z1pbvo5/783-SamoanCapRadio-1248z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 828 3GI Sale, Australia Fair DU English conversation // 774 at 1320 (many more DU signals were all over the band, but these were the ones that I had time to investigate during live DXing during morning enhancement. Presumably the Perseus-SDR DXers in Yachts will not have this issue :-) 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock
Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-21
Yeah, but the nominal total programme supplier to Kordia's 783 tx at TItahi Bay as I understand it is Wellington Access Radio. Access has a huge small-group contributory programme source. However, AFAIK, Samoa Capital leases/brokers a block (~40 hours/week), rather than being a production unit within Access. That seems to be where the dual ID confusion arises. My experience with ethnic CJVB/1470 in Vancouver mirrors that split of producer-for-station or brokered time. But you're still hearing 10kW from the latest earthquake-hit city in Godzone. Theo d1028g...@aol.com wrote: Hi Theo, You are definitely the expert on Kiwi station programming! The funny thing was that the 2012 WRTH had Wellington 783 kHz listed as Access Radio (which I had always assumed that it was), but the new 2013 WRTH has changed the listing to Samoan Capital Radio. I was going by the new WRTH listing, although even I thought that the music had an Indian flavor. I have no idea why the WRTH changed the listing if the same shared-programming system is continuing on 783 kHz. In any case, this was by far the strongest that I have ever heard 783-Wellington on any Cliff trip--- so I'll be happy to take it... whatever it is. By the way, Theo, these Oregon cliff sites seem to have an astonishing preference for Kiwi signals, at the expense of Australian stations. It will be interesting to see if the Yachats group (at Cape Perpetua) will report the same bizarre phenomena. 73, Gary DeBock (temporarily in Cannon Beach, OR) -Original Message- From: Theo th...@telus.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sun, Jul 21, 2013 4:51 pm Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-21 Great stuff, Gary. Um, but that's the strangest Samoan programming I've ever heard (on 783)! That would be Wellington Access Radio with a South Asian segment. I can't get Access' website to spit out a schedule, either on the PC or tablet, but Samoa Capital Radio's sked suggests they don't have any programming from 6 p.m. NZT Friday (0600 UT Saturday) till 7 a.m. NZT Monday (1900 UT Sunday). Theo On 21/07/2013 2:14 PM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: Hello All, First of all, thanks very much to Dennis, Bill, Nick and Walt for their DU-DX reports this morning, which provided a very interesting comparison. The first Cliffhanger' DXing session at Rockwork 4 provided the typical Kiwi-slanted results this morning, although there were a few surprises. About 18 DU's were in audio, although huge signals were less common than usual. The biggest surprise of the session was a booming signal from 783-Samoan Capital Radio, which nearly pegged the PL-380 S/N display with its island-type music around 1248 (usually this is a weak underperformer). Other than this 594-NZ Rhema had a pretty nice signal, and the usual Kiwi big guns were well represented. Except for decent signals from 576-2RN, 774-3LO and 828-3GI, the Aussies were pretty much missing in action. With far more DU signals than live DXing time, I concentrated on the low-band signals as usual. With the major DXpedition in Yachats (and nearby Cape Perpetua) scheduled to start up tomorrow, there should be some heavy-duty South Pacific DXing activity this week. This morning's Cliff DU-DXing results seem strangely out of synch with the other reports, but I was able to record a few MP3's to back up the claims. Hopefully Nick and the others will not feel motivated to drive down and throw me off of the Cliff. 531 PI Auckland, NZ Fair-good signal with female Samoan voice mixing with UniD Aussie male voice at 1305 567 RNZ Wellington, NZ Good DU English male conversation at 1252 overcoming some KVI splatter http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tp81ibsa67s0b7i/567-RNZ-1252z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 576 2RN Sydney, Australia Fair-good DU English commentary at 1235 594 NZ Rhema Timaru, NZ Good level Christian contemporary music at 1318 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/v2871q170bnsv0b/594-NZ.Rhema-1318z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 603 R.Waatea Fair-good Maori language music at 1244, // 765 639 RNZ Alexandra, NZ Fair DU English conversation // 675 at 1322 657 Southern Star Wellington, NZ Strong level Christian music at 1222 675 RNZ Christchurch, NZ Strong level music and DU English speech at 1228 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/tktcaddq46c7bwg/675-RNZ-1228z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 738 Radio Polynesie Mahina, Tahiti Good TOH fanfare and French OM speech at 1200 (through KCBS splash and het) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/8cscgc1gk6zhap8/738-R.Polynesie-1200z072113PL380.mp3.MP3 756 RNZ Auckland, NZ This 10 kW RNZ relay had fair signals at 1301 despite its proximity to 750-Portland 765 R. Kahungunu Napier-Hastings, NZ Good Maori-language music at 1244, // 603 774 3LO Melbourne, Australia Fair good DU English conversation at 1238, //
Re: [IRCA] UCLUELET TOFINO
And you didn't stop in Victoria to meet with Walt, Nick or yours truly? Where did you stay while on the Island? Sent from my iPhone On 2013-07-21, at 1:28 PM, Pete Taylor p...@comcast.net wrote: Recently spent a few days in Ucluelet and Tofino, BC but did not put much time in on the dials. Of note: 540 CBXQ Ucluelet. Does OK around town but not a whole lot there at the first Ucluelet sign as you head west on Highway 4 toward the town. I asked several people if they knew where the CBC tower was. No one did and I wasn't able to find it. 840 KSWB Seaside, OR. Amazing mid-day signal driving around Tofino. Obviously stronger the closer I got to the beach. I thought there must be a new LPRT in the area but the mention of Seaside and 840 Gold cinched it. No other real surprises noted days or evenings and with just a car radio, I didn't even try for early morning DX. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 ICF2010 Kiwa aircore Palomar loops DX398, SRF-59 M37V Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380 ___ 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
