Re: [IRCA] DX-394: Need Whip Antenna
I have a Radio Shack DX-394, and have lost the whip antenna that came with it. Anyone know where I can get a replacement? Thanx and 73, J.D. Stephens dx-t...@att.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] What Happened To dxt...@nrcdxas.org ?
What happened to the NRCDXAS DX tip list? I noticed I haven't been getting any tips for awhile. Test message came back "message unknown". 73 J.D. Stephens dx-t...@att.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] What happened to Starchat BCB Chat ?
What happened to the IRC chat for BCB DXing ? I haven't been able to open the Starchat web page for days. 73 J.D. Stephens dx-t...@att.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] TP 31 Aug; Victoria version
This morning showed the signs of the little geomagnetic upset...very little before 1300UT, not even carriers, and what there was afterwards was DU. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 612 4QR got to this level with female folk singer 1314UT; ID'd by parallel w/891 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 738 Tahiti man in FF 1304UT 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) : 567 woman talking 1331UT (NZ?) 594 3WV woman singing, faint, but //612 1326UT 774 3LO woman talking, too weak on its own for any hope of ID, but //612 at 1312UT 891 5AN female folk singer w/acoustic guitar //612 1313UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary"audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 765 792 972 1548 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
[IRCA] What Happened To dxt...@nrcdxas.org ?
JD- I believe you are including an extra "s" in the dxtip email address. I believe the correct address is: dx...@nrcdxas.org Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX -Original Message- From: DX E-Mail To: irca Sent: Sat, Aug 31, 2013 10:14 am Subject: [IRCA] What Happened To dxt...@nrcdxas.org ? What happened to the NRCDXAS DX tip list? I noticed I haven't been getting any tips for awhile. Test message came back "message unknown". 73 J.D. Stephens dx-t...@att.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
Re: [IRCA] What happened to Starchat BCB Chat ?
It's still there for me. Steps I took to get in just now: Open Chatzilla (my chat client - attached to Firefox) type "/server irc.starchat.net", then wait the several seconds for it to load type "/join #mwdx" ... and there it is. :) I also have AndChat on my Android phone, and it has an entry I can tap on to open the server. (I don't remember if I have it set to auto-join the chat or not, though.) 73, Stephen A From: DX E-Mail To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 7:16 AM Subject: [IRCA] What happened to Starchat BCB Chat ? What happened to the IRC chat for BCB DXing ? I haven't been able to open the Starchat web page for days. 73 J.D. Stephens dx-t...@att.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
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2013 Aug 31 1810 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 30 August follow. Solar flux 108 and estimated planetary A-index 8. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 31 August was 2. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are likely. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 109 109 109 109 109 109 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 A-in 33333358888888 K-in 00122224433222 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] TWR-1566 Benin
Tim Tromp, Jim Renfrew, et. al. Was wondering why I didn't get the e-mail alerts on TWR Benin thru the NRCDXAS list. It seems an incorrect e-mail address for your postings was used of dxt...@nrcdxas.org Correct e-mail address is dx...@nrcdxas.org (no 's') I also make this error frequently. 73, J.D. Stephens dx-t...@att.net - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 11:29 PM Subject: IRCA Digest, Vol 112, Issue 59 Send IRCA mailing list submissions to irca@hard-core-dx.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to irca-requ...@hard-core-dx.com You can reach the person managing the list at irca-ow...@hard-core-dx.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of IRCA digest..." Today's Topics: 1. La Fifi? (Lee Reynolds) 2. TP 30 Aug; Victoria version (Nick Hall-Patch) 3. WWV Solar Report (NOAA WWV) 4. WWV Solar Report (NOAA WWV) 5. 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC (kilokat7) 6. Re: 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC (James Renfrew) 7. Benin 1566 (James Renfrew) 8. Re: 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC (kilokat7) 9. Re: 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC (Bruce Portzer) 10. Re: 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC (James Renfrew) -- From: kilokat7 To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com" Cc: ABDX , dxt...@nrcdxas.org Subject: [IRCA] 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC Message-ID: <1377920428.2155.29.camel@ubuntu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 1566 TWR Benin coming in surprisingly well over the terrible thunderstorm noise here. English announcements and now into a song with consistent audio for the last few minutes. No other TAs noted right now, but 783 was in last night with occasional audio at this time (0330 UTC). This might be my best copy of 1566 to date. 73, Tim Tromp West Michigan Perseus SDR + phased BOGs -- Message: 6 Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:00:08 -0400 From: James Renfrew To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Cc: ABDX , dxt...@nrcdxas.org Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Awesome, hearing it through the noise with attenuation. First time received here, so a new country. Thanks for the tip. Recognizable hymn at 2356 EDT (0356z) so this is QSLable. Jim Renfrew, Holley NY Drake R8B two longwires phased. On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 11:40 PM, kilokat7 wrote: 1566 TWR Benin coming in surprisingly well over the terrible thunderstorm noise here. English announcements and now into a song with consistent audio for the last few minutes. No other TAs noted right now, but 783 was in last night with occasional audio at this time (0330 UTC). This might be my best copy of 1566 to date. 73, Tim Tromp West Michigan Perseus SDR + phased BOGs ___ 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 -- Message: 7 Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:06:29 -0400 From: James Renfrew To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America , a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: [IRCA] Benin 1566 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Awesome, hearing it through the noise with attenuation. First time received here, so a new country (#78). Tim, thanks for the tip. Recognizable hymn at 2356 EDT (0356z) so this is QSLable. Jim Renfrew, Holley NY Drake R8B, two longwires phased. -- Message: 8 Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:09:14 -0400 From: kilokat7 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Cc: ABDX Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC Message-ID: <1377922154.2155.33.camel@ubuntu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Great Jim! They are still going strong here, over 30 minutes now with steady audio with very little fade. TA's never come in like this here, so this is a bit exciting, and the local music a little bit ago was awesome to hear. -Tim On Sat, 2013-08-31 at 00:00 -0400, James Renfrew wrote: Awesome, hearing it through the noise with attenuation. First time received here, so a new country. Thanks for the tip. Recognizable hymn at 2356 EDT (0356z) so this is QSLable. Jim Renfrew, Holley NY Drake R8B two longwires phased. On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 11:40 PM, kilokat7 wrote: > 1566 TWR Benin coming in surprisingly well over the terrible > thunderstorm noise here. English announcements and
Re: [IRCA] 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC
Good job guys. Sometimes there's high end openings to Africa when nothing else is coming in nearly as well. These tend to correlate with sunrise near the xmtr, but this is quite a bit earlier than that. When this is is that well, look for VOA Sao Tome thru phased WCKY as they are from the same general area and also high end. 783 Mauritania has been all night for at least two years I think. I can't get them in IL as I am 14 miles from WBBM but they aren't hard when using Phased BOGs at my WI Lake Michigan Bluff House. Their SW // goes off overnight. They play continuous mx overnight which is basically Arabic with African flavoring. There used to be more high end Africans on the air to try for in cx like that but most are gone. 1088 Angola while not high end, has put carriers in my IL or WI places before but nothing that I felt was better than 10 dB S/N too low for audio. 73 KAZ -Original Message- >From: kilokat7 >Sent: Aug 30, 2013 10:40 PM >To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com" >Cc: ABDX , dxt...@nrcdxas.org >Subject: [IRCA] 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC > >1566 TWR Benin coming in surprisingly well over the terrible >thunderstorm noise here. English announcements and now into a song with >consistent audio for the last few minutes. No other TAs noted right >now, but 783 was in last night with occasional audio at this time (0330 >UTC). This might be my best copy of 1566 to date. > >73, >Tim Tromp >West Michigan >Perseus SDR + phased BOGs > >___ >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] 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC
You're right, not too many targets in Africa. I've had a handful over the years: Guinea 1403 (so long ago that I have no memory of it but it's in my log book. Egypt 774 and 819, Algeria 531 and 549, tentative Morocco 1044, Canaries 621 and 747, Azores 693, Libya 1053 and 1251, and Sao Tome 1530 (when WCKY was off some years ago, mixing with Vatican Radio). I figured I'd get Benin at some point, but I never thought it would be in August! Jim On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 4:41 PM, neilkaz wrote: > Good job guys. > > Sometimes there's high end openings to Africa when nothing else is coming > in nearly as well. These tend to correlate with sunrise near the xmtr, but > this is quite a bit earlier than that. When this is is that well, look for > VOA Sao Tome thru phased WCKY as they are from the same general area and > also high end. > > 783 Mauritania has been all night for at least two years I think. I can't > get them in IL as I am 14 miles from WBBM but they aren't hard when using > Phased BOGs at my WI Lake Michigan Bluff House. Their SW // goes off > overnight. They play continuous mx overnight which is basically Arabic with > African flavoring. > > There used to be more high end Africans on the air to try for in cx like > that but most are gone. > > 1088 Angola while not high end, has put carriers in my IL or WI places > before but nothing that I felt was better than 10 dB S/N too low for audio. > > 73 KAZ > > > -Original Message- > >From: kilokat7 > >Sent: Aug 30, 2013 10:40 PM > >To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com" > >Cc: ABDX , dxt...@nrcdxas.org > >Subject: [IRCA] 1566 TWR Benin right now 0336 UTC > > > >1566 TWR Benin coming in surprisingly well over the terrible > >thunderstorm noise here. English announcements and now into a song with > >consistent audio for the last few minutes. No other TAs noted right > >now, but 783 was in last night with occasional audio at this time (0330 > >UTC). This might be my best copy of 1566 to date. > > > >73, > >Tim Tromp > >West Michigan > >Perseus SDR + phased BOGs > > > >___ > >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 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] What happened to Starchat BCB Chat ?
For some odd reason, Stephen, I'm not able to get in right now. I'm getting an "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to www.starchat.net -- try reloading the page", and just running into the same error message whenever I do. Have not had this problem with starchat.net until today. Last time I was in the #MWDX room was two nights ago, and everthing worked fine then. 73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska From: Stephen Airy To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 3:10 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] What happened to Starchat BCB Chat ? It's still there for me. Steps I took to get in just now: Open Chatzilla (my chat client - attached to Firefox) type "/server irc.starchat.net", then wait the several seconds for it to load type "/join #mwdx" ... and there it is. :) I also have AndChat on my Android phone, and it has an entry I can tap on to open the server. (I don't remember if I have it set to auto-join the chat or not, though.) 73, Stephen A From: DX E-Mail To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 7:16 AM Subject: [IRCA] What happened to Starchat BCB Chat ? What happened to the IRC chat for BCB DXing ? I haven't been able to open the Starchat web page for days. 73 J.D. Stephens dx-t...@att.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 ___ 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 Sep 01 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 31 August follow. Solar flux 108 and estimated planetary A-index 11. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 01 September was 2. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are likely. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 30 30 30 30 30 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 01 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 109 109 109 109 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 A-in 33335888888812 11 K-in 12222443322212 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] What happened to Starchat BCB Chat ?
Thanx, Stephen. I don't use Mozilla. Up until a month or so ago, I could easily access it via IE from server http://www.starchat.net, or from my Apple mobile device with Safari browser using the same URL. Now, the website won't open up. Anyone have any solutions? 73, J.D. Stephens dx-t...@att.net From: Stephen Airy To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] What happened to Starchat BCB Chat ? Message-ID: <1377979841.89189.yahoomail...@web161803.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 It's still there for me.? Steps I took to get in just now: Open Chatzilla (my chat client - attached to Firefox) type "/server irc.starchat.net", then wait the several seconds for it to load type "/join #mwdx" ... and there it is. :) I also have AndChat on my Android phone, and it has an entry I can tap on to open the server.? (I don't remember if I have it set to auto-join the chat or not, though.) 73, Stephen A ___ 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
