[IRCA] WWXL 1450 Easy Copy in Alabama

[Les Rayburn]

Many thanks to Paul Walker, and the staff at WWXL for running this 
impromptu DX test. We had company over, so I used this opportunity to 
record a I/Q file with the new Perseus receiver. Played it back after 
company left, and found the station easy copy in USB mode.


Station is 327 miles from here, and a new one in my log book. Wish more 
Graveyard stations would consider these types of "tests". Since the vast 
majority of stations are running 1,000 watts NDA, they can run this type 
of program material at any hour, not just after midnight. Sweep tones 
would be even better.


Great fun! Thanks again Paul.

Speaking of, can we nominate him for some of the awards given by the NRC 
and IRCA? He's done more for the DX hobby than just about anyone I know 
the past few years.


--
73,


Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL
EM63

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Re: [IRCA] WWXL 1450 Easy Copy in Alabama

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Really.. i dont deserve an award. I do what I do because it's fun... And i
get a thrill out of seeing others thrilled.

Plus. . I've had a few failed DX tests and such.

Just continue to enjoy the hobby. . That's thanks enough.

Paul
On Mar 2, 2014 4:29 AM, "Les Rayburn"  wrote:

> Many thanks to Paul Walker, and the staff at WWXL for running this
> impromptu DX test. We had company over, so I used this opportunity to
> record a I/Q file with the new Perseus receiver. Played it back after
> company left, and found the station easy copy in USB mode.
>
> Station is 327 miles from here, and a new one in my log book. Wish more
> Graveyard stations would consider these types of "tests". Since the vast
> majority of stations are running 1,000 watts NDA, they can run this type of
> program material at any hour, not just after midnight. Sweep tones would be
> even better.
>
> Great fun! Thanks again Paul.
>
> Speaking of, can we nominate him for some of the awards given by the NRC
> and IRCA? He's done more for the DX hobby than just about anyone I know the
> past few years.
>
> --
> 73,
>
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> Maylene, AL
> EM63
>
> Member NRC, IRCA, & Medium Wave DX Circle
> Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA
>
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> Active Whips,
> Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Palstar MW Pre-Selector
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[IRCA] No TPs in Seattle on March 2

[Bruce Portzer]

This morning, for the first time in ages, I didn't have any TP signals.  
Yesterday, there were at least a few weak carriers.  This time, not even 
carriers.


Bruce
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Re: [IRCA] No TPs in Seattle on March 2

[d1028gary]

Almost as bad here, Bruce.

There was very poor audio from 738-Tahiti at 1425 for a few minutes, but no 
audio or carriers from any Asian TP's. A very miserable morning, the worst of 
the year so far.

73, Gary



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To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 

Sent: Sun, Mar 2, 2014 8:24 am
Subject: [IRCA] No TPs in Seattle on March 2


This morning, for the first time in ages, I didn't have any TP signals.  
Yesterday, there were at least a few weak carriers.  This time, not even 
carriers.

Bruce
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Re: [IRCA] WWXL DX Test

[Mike Sanburn]

Congratulations to Steve, Les, Tom, Jerry, Bill, and others who heard the WWXL 
DX test! ---Mike Sanburn

> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> From: dxe...@aol.com
> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 00:07:45 -0500
> Subject: [IRCA] WWXL DX Test
> 
> 
> 
> Heard in Madison WI from just before 2304 ELT to past 2332 ELT. Very weak at 
> times, but my suspicion is that the entire time was continuous Morse code. 
> The code itself was faster than most DX tests, and that combined with 
> generally weak signal will make ID'able material hard to figure out. But 
> there are a few minutes of better quality signal and I am confident that I 
> will read it with time.
>  
> Thank you very much, Paul Walker for posting this test! Thanks too to Rick 
> Dau who made sure that I was notified in time to hear this one.
> 73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI
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Re: [IRCA] No TPs in Seattle on March 2

[Derek Vincent]

I think the DX was in a little early this morning. At 1100 utc I woke up 972 
kHz with fair audio and the Korean jammer jamming. Around 1300utc it all went 
to the mud. No sunrise boost. 

Thanks

derekvme...@aol.com
 


On Mar 2, 2014, at 8:45 AM, d1028g...@aol.com wrote:

> 
> Almost as bad here, Bruce.
> 
> There was very poor audio from 738-Tahiti at 1425 for a few minutes, but no 
> audio or carriers from any Asian TP's. A very miserable morning, the worst of 
> the year so far.
> 
> 73, Gary
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Bruce Portzer 
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
> 
> Sent: Sun, Mar 2, 2014 8:24 am
> Subject: [IRCA] No TPs in Seattle on March 2
> 
> 
> This morning, for the first time in ages, I didn't have any TP signals.  
> Yesterday, there were at least a few weak carriers.  This time, not even 
> carriers.
> 
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[IRCA] Fwd: [MDXC] Pop. Comm, Nov and Dec 2013, CQ Jan and Feb 2014

[Forrest Skaine]

This info may help

Todd Skaine
Woodbury, MN
2010 or car radio
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From: 
Date: Mar 1, 2014 8:04 PM
Subject: [MDXC] Pop. Comm, Nov and Dec 2013, CQ Jan and Feb 2014
To: 
Cc:



Hello All

 You can download the November and December 2013 issues of Popular
Communications at:
   http://www.popular-communications.com/
Get them while you can.

 Did any of you Pop. Comm subscribers actually get a paper copy of the Dec.
2013 issue?  What about the Jan 2014 issue, if it even exists?


 You can read the January and February issues of CQ mag at:
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/news/2014_02_attention_cq_subscriber.html

 CQ mag is clearly playing catch-up.  I have read elsewhere that they will
combine the March and April issues.


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[IRCA] TP's for Sunday, March 02, 2014 Kalama, WA

[Dennis Vroom]

Listened off & on from 1310-1430 utc and no audio heard at all. 594 produced a 
weak het. 

Best regards,
Dennis Vroom,
Kalama, WA
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Sky wire + NW ewe
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[IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally

[Les Rayburn]

Forgive more of my silly questions, but here goes. I continue to try to 
fight, abate, and reduce local noise here in my suburban neighborhood. 
Deed restrictions complicate things further, since no visible outside 
antennas are allowed.


Would mounting the active whips horizontally have any effect on the 
noise that they're receiving? I notice that noise seems to generally be 
lower using horizontal antennas than verticals in my situation?




--
73,


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Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally

[Russ Edmunds]

My understanding is that more electrical noise is vertically polarized than 
horizontally, so there
could be an advantage in a horizontal antenna on that score. However, by 
putting the antenna
in the horizontal plane, it is now no longer omnidirectional, but rather 
somewhat bidirectional,
which may or may not be a good thing. 

Where noise is a problem, one's optimum choices would be an inductive antenna. 
This will
normally also be directional, whether it's an indoor tuned air core loop or an 
outdoor untuned
superloop or flag. The former would also include a ferrite core tuned indoor 
antenna.

These will all almost always be quieter than a wire antenna of almost any 
length, either 
vertically or horizontally polarized.

But since you are using an SDR, which is broadband, any of the tuned indoor 
loop options 
would be impractical as they are not broadband.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id





On Sun, 3/2/14, Les Rayburn  wrote:

 Subject: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally
 To: "a...@nrcdxas.org" , "irca@hard-core-dx.com" 

 Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014, 2:08 PM
 
 Forgive more of my silly questions,
 but here goes. I continue to try to fight, abate, and reduce
 local noise here in my suburban neighborhood. Deed
 restrictions complicate things further, since no visible
 outside antennas are allowed.
 
 Would mounting the active whips horizontally have any effect
 on the noise that they're receiving? I notice that noise
 seems to generally be lower using horizontal antennas than
 verticals in my situation?
 
 
 
 -- 73,
 
 
 Les Rayburn, N1LF
 Maylene, AL
 EM63
 
 Member NRC, IRCA, & Medium Wave DX Circle
 Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA
 
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WWXL 1450 Easy Copy in Alabama

[Stewart, Joseph R]

I also want to say thanks for getting the word out--unfortunately I didn't 
check my email last night until about 2335 EST, when the test was probably 
finished!  The way it got out I would've had a real good shot at it...
Randy Stewart
Battlefield MO

From: am-boun...@nrcdxas.org [am-boun...@nrcdxas.org] On Behalf Of Ira Elbert 
New III [i...@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 12:18 PM
To: a...@nrcdxas.org
Cc: NRC; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] WWXL 1450 Easy Copy in Alabama

Good job Paul. I was unable to hear it here at the resort here in Stone 
Mountain, Georgia, but then again, I only had a small portable with me.

KI4SYC


Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 2, 2014, at 1:06 PM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." 
mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com>> wrote:


Really.. i dont deserve an award. I do what I do because it's fun... And i get 
a thrill out of seeing others thrilled.

Plus. . I've had a few failed DX tests and such.

Just continue to enjoy the hobby. . That's thanks enough.

Paul

On Mar 2, 2014 4:29 AM, "Les Rayburn" 
mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>> wrote:
Many thanks to Paul Walker, and the staff at WWXL for running this impromptu DX 
test. We had company over, so I used this opportunity to record a I/Q file with 
the new Perseus receiver. Played it back after company left, and found the 
station easy copy in USB mode.

Station is 327 miles from here, and a new one in my log book. Wish more 
Graveyard stations would consider these types of "tests". Since the vast 
majority of stations are running 1,000 watts NDA, they can run this type of 
program material at any hour, not just after midnight. Sweep tones would be 
even better.

Great fun! Thanks again Paul.

Speaking of, can we nominate him for some of the awards given by the NRC and 
IRCA? He's done more for the DX hobby than just about anyone I know the past 
few years.

--
73,


Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL
EM63

Member NRC, IRCA, & Medium Wave DX Circle
Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA

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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WWXL 1450 Easy Copy in Alabama

[Russ Edmunds]

Likewise here, as I last checked my email shortly before 2100. 

Had this test occurred a couple of weeks forward, we'd have had the group of us 
who
concentrate on DX'ing the GY's assembled on 1450 already for that week.

Russ Edmunds
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On Sun, 3/2/14, Stewart, Joseph R  wrote:

 Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM]  WWXL 1450 Easy Copy in Alabama
 To: "a...@nrcdxas.org" 
 Cc: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 

 Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014, 1:58 PM
 
 I also want to say thanks for getting
 the word out--unfortunately I didn't check my email last
 night until about 2335 EST, when the test was probably
 finished!  The way it got out I would've had a real
 good shot at it...
 Randy Stewart
 Battlefield MO
 
 From: am-boun...@nrcdxas.org
 [am-boun...@nrcdxas.org]
 On Behalf Of Ira Elbert New III [i...@hotmail.com]
 Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 12:18 PM
 To: a...@nrcdxas.org
 Cc: NRC; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of
 America
 Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] [IRCA] WWXL 1450 Easy Copy in Alabama
 
 Good job Paul. I was unable to hear it here at the resort
 here in Stone Mountain, Georgia, but then again, I only had
 a small portable with me.
 
 KI4SYC
 
 
 Sent from my iPhone
 
 On Mar 2, 2014, at 1:06 PM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." 
mailto:walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com>>
 wrote:
 
 
 Really.. i dont deserve an award. I do what I do because
 it's fun... And i get a thrill out of seeing others
 thrilled.
 
 Plus. . I've had a few failed DX tests and such.
 
 Just continue to enjoy the hobby. . That's thanks enough.
 
 Paul
 
 On Mar 2, 2014 4:29 AM, "Les Rayburn" 
mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>>
 wrote:
 Many thanks to Paul Walker, and the staff at WWXL for
 running this impromptu DX test. We had company over, so I
 used this opportunity to record a I/Q file with the new
 Perseus receiver. Played it back after company left, and
 found the station easy copy in USB mode.
 
 Station is 327 miles from here, and a new one in my log
 book. Wish more Graveyard stations would consider these
 types of "tests". Since the vast majority of stations are
 running 1,000 watts NDA, they can run this type of program
 material at any hour, not just after midnight. Sweep tones
 would be even better.
 
 Great fun! Thanks again Paul.
 
 Speaking of, can we nominate him for some of the awards
 given by the NRC and IRCA? He's done more for the DX hobby
 than just about anyone I know the past few years.
 
 --
 73,
 
 
 Les Rayburn, N1LF
 Maylene, AL
 EM63
 
 Member NRC, IRCA, & Medium Wave DX Circle
 Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA
 
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Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally

[Les Rayburn]

Russ,

What about a broadband loop, such as the Wellbrooke ALA-1530S? I have 
one purchased, and setting the shack awaiting installation. Would this 
be a good choice?



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On 3/2/2014 1:17 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote:

My understanding is that more electrical noise is vertically polarized than 
horizontally, so there
could be an advantage in a horizontal antenna on that score. However, by 
putting the antenna
in the horizontal plane, it is now no longer omnidirectional, but rather 
somewhat bidirectional,
which may or may not be a good thing.

Where noise is a problem, one's optimum choices would be an inductive antenna. 
This will
normally also be directional, whether it's an indoor tuned air core loop or an 
outdoor untuned
superloop or flag. The former would also include a ferrite core tuned indoor 
antenna.

These will all almost always be quieter than a wire antenna of almost any 
length, either
vertically or horizontally polarized.

But since you are using an SDR, which is broadband, any of the tuned indoor 
loop options
would be impractical as they are not broadband.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia
Grid FN20id





On Sun, 3/2/14, Les Rayburn  wrote:

  Subject: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally
  To: "a...@nrcdxas.org" , "irca@hard-core-dx.com" 

  Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014, 2:08 PM
  
  Forgive more of my silly questions,

  but here goes. I continue to try to fight, abate, and reduce
  local noise here in my suburban neighborhood. Deed
  restrictions complicate things further, since no visible
  outside antennas are allowed.
  
  Would mounting the active whips horizontally have any effect

  on the noise that they're receiving? I notice that noise
  seems to generally be lower using horizontal antennas than
  verticals in my situation?
  
  
  
  -- 73,
  
  
  Les Rayburn, N1LF

  Maylene, AL
  EM63
  
  Member NRC, IRCA, & Medium Wave DX Circle

  Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA
  
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Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally

[Russ Edmunds]

The Wellbrook loops are broadband and generally work well with an SDR, and are 
less
susceptible to noise than a vertical or wire antenna.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id





On Sun, 3/2/14, Les Rayburn  wrote:

 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally
 To: "Russ Edmunds" , "Mailing list for the International 
Radio Club of America" 
 Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014, 2:28 PM
 
 
   
 
     
   
   
     Russ,
 
       
 
       What about a broadband loop, such as the Wellbrooke
 ALA-1530S? I
       have one purchased, and setting the shack awaiting
 installation.
       Would this be a good choice?
 
       
 
       
 
       
         
           Les Rayburn, Director
 
           High Noon Film
 
           130 1st Avenue West
 
           Alabaster, AL 35007-8536
 
           (205) 621-7500
 
           (205) 621-7505 FAX
 
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       My understanding is that more electrical noise is
 vertically polarized than horizontally, so there
 could be an advantage in a horizontal antenna on that score.
 However, by putting the antenna
 in the horizontal plane, it is now no longer
 omnidirectional, but rather somewhat bidirectional,
 which may or may not be a good thing. 
 
 Where noise is a problem, one's optimum choices would be
 an inductive antenna. This will
 normally also be directional, whether it's an indoor
 tuned air core loop or an outdoor untuned
 superloop or flag. The former would also include a ferrite
 core tuned indoor antenna.
 
 These will all almost always be quieter than a wire antenna
 of almost any length, either 
 vertically or horizontally polarized.
 
 But since you are using an SDR, which is broadband, any of
 the tuned indoor loop options 
 would be impractical as they are not broadband.
 
 Russ Edmunds
 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
 Grid FN20id
 
 
 
 
 
 On Sun, 3/2/14, Les Rayburn 
 wrote:
 
  Subject: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally
  To: "a...@nrcdxas.org"
 ,
 "irca@hard-core-dx.com"
 
  Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014, 2:08 PM
  
  Forgive more of my silly questions,
  but here goes. I continue to try to fight, abate, and
 reduce
  local noise here in my suburban neighborhood. Deed
  restrictions complicate things further, since no visible
  outside antennas are allowed.
  
  Would mounting the active whips horizontally have any
 effect
  on the noise that they're receiving? I notice that
 noise
  seems to generally be lower using horizontal antennas than
  verticals in my situation?
  
  
  
  -- 73,
  
  
  Les Rayburn, N1LF
  Maylene, AL
  EM63
  
  Member NRC, IRCA, & Medium Wave DX Circle
  Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA
  
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Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally

[Les Rayburn]

Russ,

Great. I need to take advantage of the nice weather, and get that 
antenna/rotor mounted.


One last question about the active whips. If I do choose to mount them 
horizontally, what directions will they "favor"? I'd like to "aim" them 
away from the worst of the noise sources.
I believe that they would pickup best off the "ends" of the whip, 
correct? So I could point it away from the house with the worse noise 
maker?




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On 3/2/2014 1:32 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote:

The Wellbrook loops are broadband and generally work well with an SDR, and are 
less
susceptible to noise than a vertical or wire antenna.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia
Grid FN20id





On Sun, 3/2/14, Les Rayburn  wrote:

  Subject: Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally
  To: "Russ Edmunds" , "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of 
America" 
  Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014, 2:28 PM
  
  

  
  


  Russ,
  

  
What about a broadband loop, such as the Wellbrooke

  ALA-1530S? I
have one purchased, and setting the shack awaiting
  installation.
Would this be a good choice?
  

  

  

  
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High Noon Film
  
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Alabaster, AL 35007-8536
  
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On 3/2/2014 1:17 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote:
  
  
  
My understanding is that more electrical noise is

  vertically polarized than horizontally, so there
  could be an advantage in a horizontal antenna on that score.
  However, by putting the antenna
  in the horizontal plane, it is now no longer
  omnidirectional, but rather somewhat bidirectional,
  which may or may not be a good thing.
  
  Where noise is a problem, one's optimum choices would be

  an inductive antenna. This will
  normally also be directional, whether it's an indoor
  tuned air core loop or an outdoor untuned
  superloop or flag. The former would also include a ferrite
  core tuned indoor antenna.
  
  These will all almost always be quieter than a wire antenna

  of almost any length, either
  vertically or horizontally polarized.
  
  But since you are using an SDR, which is broadband, any of

  the tuned indoor loop options
  would be impractical as they are not broadband.
  
  Russ Edmunds

  15 mi NNW of Philadelphia
  Grid FN20id
  
  
  
  
  

  On Sun, 3/2/14, Les Rayburn 
  wrote:
  
   Subject: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally

   To: "a...@nrcdxas.org"
  ,
  "irca@hard-core-dx.com"
  
   Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014, 2:08 PM
   
   Forgive more of my silly questions,

   but here goes. I continue to try to fight, abate, and
  reduce
   local noise here in my suburban neighborhood. Deed
   restrictions complicate things further, since no visible
   outside antennas are allowed.
   
   Would mounting the active whips horizontally have any

  effect
   on the noise that they're receiving? I notice that
  noise
   seems to generally be lower using horizontal antennas than
   verticals in my situation?
   
   
   
   -- 73,
   
   
   Les Rayburn, N1LF

   Maylene, AL
   EM63
   
   Member NRC, IRCA, & Medium Wave DX Circle

   Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA
   
   Perseus SDR, SDR-IQ,Funcube Pro, Wellbrooke ALA-1530+ loop,

   LF Engineering Active Whips,
   Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Palstar MW Pre-Selector
   
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Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally

[Russ Edmunds]

Having never tried it, either with a passive whip nor an active one, I am not 
certain, 
however generally a random wire is directional from the ends, although not 
extremely 
so. However when looking at an active whip, it might only be directional off 
the 'top' end. 


Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id





On Sun, 3/2/14, Les Rayburn  wrote:

 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally
 To: "Russ Edmunds" 
 Cc: "IRCA List" , "NRC List" 
 Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014, 2:38 PM
 
 
   
 
 
   
   
 Russ,
 
 
 
 Great. I need to take advantage of the nice weather,
 and get
 that antenna/rotor mounted. 
 
 
 
 One last question about the active whips. If I do
 choose to
 mount them horizontally, what directions will they
 "favor"? I'd
 like to "aim" them away from the worst of
 the noise sources. 
 
 I believe that they would pickup best off the
 "ends" of the
 whip, correct? So I could point it away from the
 house with the
 worse noise maker? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
 
   Les Rayburn, Director
 
   High Noon Film
 
   130 1st Avenue West
 
   Alabaster, AL 35007-8536
 
   (205) 621-7500
 
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   (205) 253-4867 CELL
 
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   On 3/2/2014 1:32 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote:
 
 
 
   The Wellbrook loops are broadband and generally
 work well with an SDR, and are less
 susceptible to noise than a vertical or wire antenna.
 
 Russ Edmunds
 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
 Grid FN20id
 
 
 
 
 
 On Sun, 3/2/14, Les Rayburn 
 wrote:
 
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally
  To: "Russ Edmunds" ,
 "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of
 America" 
  Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014, 2:28 PM
  
  
    
  
      
    
    
      Russ,
  
        
  
        What about a broadband loop,
 such as the Wellbrooke
  ALA-1530S? I
        have one purchased, and
 setting the shack awaiting
  installation.
        Would this be a good choice?
  
        
  
        
  
        
          
            Les Rayburn,
 Director
  
            High Noon Film
  
            130 1st Avenue
 West
  
            Alabaster, AL
 35007-8536
  
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        On 3/2/2014 1:17 PM, Russ
 Edmunds wrote:
  
      
      
        My understanding is that
 more electrical noise is
  vertically polarized than horizontally, so there
  could be an advantage in a horizontal antenna on that
 score.
  However, by putting the antenna
  in the horizontal plane, it is now no longer
  omnidirectional, but rather somewhat bidirectional,
  which may or may not be a good thing. 
  
  Where noise is a problem, one's optimum choices would
 be
  an inductive antenna. This will
  normally also be directional, whether it's an indoor
  tuned air core loop or an outdoor untuned
  superloop or flag. The former would also include a ferrite
  core tuned indoor antenna.
  
  These will all almost always be quieter than a wire antenna
  of almost any length, either 
  vertically or horizontally polarized.
  
  But since you are using an SDR, which is broadband, any of
  the tuned indoor loop options 
  would be impractical as they are not broadband.
  
  Russ Edmunds
  15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
  Grid FN20id
  
  
  
  
  
  On Sun, 3/2/14, Les Rayburn 
  wrote:
  
   Subject: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally
   

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

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Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally

[Andrew Ikin]

Hello Les,

Mounting an active Whip horizontally shouldn't make much difference as the 
antenna will still respond to vertically polarized signals. If you need 
horizontal polarization you well need a active dipole e.g. a second hand 
Datong AD370. Then there is still an issue that with horizontal 
polarisation; in that where the antenna is close to the ground in terms of 
wavelength the reflected ground wave causes signal cancellation. Also the 
Active Dipole will still be responding to the Electric field which tends to 
be more noisy at low and medium frequencies. Other issues with active Whips 
and dipoles: most offer poor rejection of conducted powerline noise which 
comes from the receiver connexion to the mains power and its Earth. You 
could use a mains filter with a an Earth line choke on the power feed to 
your equipment. The equipment can then be connected to a ground rod and the 
choke will isolated the equipment ground from the powerline Earth.


Have you tried using you ALA1530 in tilted position close the ground to see 
if this helps.


73

Andrew

- Original Message - 
From: "Les Rayburn" 

To: ; 
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 7:08 PM
Subject: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally


Forgive more of my silly questions, but here goes. I continue to try to 
fight, abate, and reduce local noise here in my suburban neighborhood. 
Deed restrictions complicate things further, since no visible outside 
antennas are allowed.


Would mounting the active whips horizontally have any effect on the noise 
that they're receiving? I notice that noise seems to generally be lower 
using horizontal antennas than verticals in my situation?




--
73,


Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL
EM63

Member NRC, IRCA, & Medium Wave DX Circle
Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA

Perseus SDR, SDR-IQ,Funcube Pro, Wellbrooke ALA-1530+ loop, LF Engineering 
Active Whips,

Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Palstar MW Pre-Selector

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Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally

[Tom Dimeo]

From where can these mains filters be obtained?

Thank you,

Tom

** Your Message **
>Other issues with active Whips and dipoles: most offer poor
>rejection of conducted powerline noise which comes from the
>receiver connexion to the mains power and its Earth. You
>could use a mains filter with a an Earth line choke on the
>power feed to your equipment. The equipment can then be
>connected to a ground rod and the choke will isolated the
>equipment ground from the powerline Earth.

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[IRCA] CBS Sports Radio - KIKR-AM 1450 Beaumont, TX, and KBED-AM 1510 Nederland, TX

[Stephen H. Ponder]

While waiting for my wife to come out of the local HEB grocery store this 
afternoon on our way home from morning worship, I decided to see what I could 
hear on the radio in the Highlander.

While tuning through the upper segment of the band, I was surprised to hear a 
strong station on 1450.  Knowing that 1450 is a GY channel and that there is a 
semi-local to my QTH on 1460 (KBRZ Missouri City, TX), I camped out on 
frequency to learn more.

Turns out that the 1450 station is KIKR-AM in Beaumont, TX, which flipped from 
Hispanic programming to CBS Sports Radio Format on April 1, 2013.  They have a 
sister station in the Golden Triangle - 1510 KBED-AM in Nederland, TX.  Both 
stations are part of the Cumulus Media group.

Here's a link to the article from the Orange Leaf newspaper explaining the 
format change:

http://www.orangeleader.com/breakingnews/x1319119685/All-new-sports-stations-debuts-Monday

KBEB-1510 has a much weaker signal to my QTH (southeast Houston) than does 
KIKR-1450, even though their antenna patterns, according to Radio-Locator.com, 
look very similar.

Just wanted to add this info to the DX community.

73 & Good DX,

Steve Ponder, N5WBI
Houston, TX

"Character is not what people see from a distance-- that's platform. Character 
is more often seen up close and over time." - Ed Stetzer
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[IRCA] Elad FDM-S1 and FDM-S2

[Mark Connelly]

Elad FDM-S1 and FDM-S2

http://shop.elad-usa.com/sdr-radio/fdm-s1/
http://shop.elad-usa.com/sdr-radio/fdm-s2/

I thought I saw a mention of these recently.

Are these viable competitors to Perseus and Excalibur in raw DXing 
capability terms and in spectrum capture / replay ability?


Of use for "field" operation:
"FDM-S1 is powered by USB connection due to less than 2.2 W power 
consumption."


Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA

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Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally

[Andrew Ikin]

Tom,

A google search of the topic "mains filter with earth line choke" will bring 
up a few examples.


73

Andrew

- Original Message - 
From: "Tom Dimeo" 

To: 
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 9:31 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally



From where can these mains filters be obtained?

Thank you,

Tom

** Your Message **
>Other issues with active Whips and dipoles: most offer poor
>rejection of conducted powerline noise which comes from the
>receiver connexion to the mains power and its Earth. You
>could use a mains filter with a an Earth line choke on the
>power feed to your equipment. The equipment can then be
>connected to a ground rod and the choke will isolated the
>equipment ground from the powerline Earth.

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Re: [IRCA] Elad FDM-S1 and FDM-S2

[Nick Hall-Patch]

They certainly look ideal for travel 
Mark.Principal question is how much the lack 
of preselection filters affects them (they call 
it a "sampler" at first, changing to "receiver" 
for under 30Mhz for which there is a low pass 
filter.)  The similarly priced SDR-IQ does have 
switched front end filters, but it  delivers 
192kHz bandwidth compared to up to 
6144kHz  (really, that's what they say;  the Elad 
started as a 192kHz receiver also)


A couple of us here on the west coast are talking 
about  making an investment to find out...there 
is a reasonably good review or two floating around on the web.


The S2 is very intriguing, though not yet widely 
available; 2 different receivers possible (though 
only at about 300kHz bandwidth each, I 
understand, though you can still get 6MHz 
bandwidth out of one; there's also the 
complication of a separate VHF receiver)...per 
Simon Brown on the sdr-radio list:


"Preliminary: FDM-S2 has a 122.88MHz sampling 
rate with 16bit ADC High performance analog to 
digital converter this means: 9kHz to 52MHz 
direct sampling SDR receiver; -132dBm MDS 
(Bandwidth 500Hz) @ 14 MHz – USB Port Powered – 2 
antennas input: one for HF one for VHF (VHF input 
has 2 filters: one for use Broadcasting FM Band 
(74-108MHz), one for 136-160 MHz, and more. - 
possibility two independent receivers: FDM-S2 has 
two independent NCO (Numerical Local Oscillator) 
and the new FDM-SW2 software, using Multichannel Extio Dll."


Stay tuned.to a 6MHz wide swath.

best wishes,

Nick




At 23:13 02-03-14, you wrote:

Elad FDM-S1 and FDM-S2

http://shop.elad-usa.com/sdr-radio/fdm-s1/
http://shop.elad-usa.com/sdr-radio/fdm-s2/

I thought I saw a mention of these recently.

Are these viable competitors to Perseus and 
Excalibur in raw DXing capability terms and in 
spectrum capture / replay ability?


Of use for "field" operation:
"FDM-S1 is powered by USB connection due to less 
than 2.2 W power consumption."


Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA

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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2014 Mar 03 0010 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 March follow.
Solar flux 161 and estimated planetary A-index 5.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 03 March was 1.
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S1 level occurred.
Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor.
Solar radiation storms reaching the S1 level are expected.
Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are likely.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 01   01   01   01   01   02   02   02   02   02   02   02   02   03
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 
SFlx 171  171  171  171  165  165  165  165  165  165  165  165  161  161
A-in 13   13   13   13   7777777765
K-in 22212332111011
Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm



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[IRCA] CBC Calgary to be briefly off-air

[Eric Floden]

This is interesting -- I had no idea.   I assume this is all CBC Calgary
radio (i.e., Radio One and Two, no?)

E. Floden
Vancouver

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cbc-radio-to-be-briefly-off-air-sunday-monday-1.2557002

CBC Radio will briefly go off-air in Calgary on Sunday and Monday due to a
seasonal issue with satellites and transmitters.

Each year at this time, the sun moves behind the satellite used by CBC
Radio. It causes a sort of reverse eclipse, briefly interfering with
the transmitter's ability to pick up signals from the satellite.

This is temporary and will only last several minutes each day.

On Sunday, March 2, the outage will last from roughly 12:13 p.m. MT to 12:
20 p.m. MT.

On Monday, March 3, the outage will last from roughly 12:14 p.m. MT to
12:19 p.m. MT.
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Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally

[Chuck Hutton]

Tom - 
Try Corcom's web site.
 
Chuck

 
> From: andrew.i...@btconnect.com
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 21:49:47 +
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally
> 
> Tom,
> 
> A google search of the topic "mains filter with earth line choke" will bring 
> up a few examples.
> 
> 73
> 
> Andrew
> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: "Tom Dimeo" 
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 9:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Active Whips Mounted Horizontally
> 
> 
> > From where can these mains filters be obtained?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > ** Your Message **
> > >Other issues with active Whips and dipoles: most offer poor
> > >rejection of conducted powerline noise which comes from the
> > >receiver connexion to the mains power and its Earth. You
> > >could use a mains filter with a an Earth line choke on the
> > >power feed to your equipment. The equipment can then be
> > >connected to a ground rod and the choke will isolated the
> > >equipment ground from the powerline Earth.
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[IRCA] Tasmania DXing Sessioin Video

[d1028gary]

Hello All,

For DU-DXers on the west coast with interest in the signals and programming 
formats of stations in Australia, Paul Blundell of the Ultralight radio group 
has posted a video of his DXing session with a 7.5" loopstick Tecsun PL-380 in 
Launceston, Tasmania. Multiple stations, frequencies and programming formats 
can be heard in the video, which is especially interesting for those who chase 
the same DU stations during transoceanic DXing here on the North American west 
coast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu77-rA5SRg

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

 
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Re: [IRCA] [dxld] CBC Calgary to be briefly off-air

[Glenn Hauser]

a.k.a. solar transit outage. Happens twice a year also in Sept or Oct, 
depending on the geometry.

We`ve seen it gradually wipe out and back in various cable TV channels. Rare is 
the provider that warns users of upcoming outages, tho they can all be 
predicted accurately. They could avoid by switching to another satellite, but 
too much trouble for brief periods. Or they could pre-feed `essential` 
programming but that would require systems, stations to be on the ball and play 
out that during the outages.

73, Glenn Hauser


On Sun, 3/2/14, Eric Floden  wrote:

 Subject: [dxld] CBC Calgary to be briefly off-air
 To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
, "dxld" 
 Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014, 8:40 PM
 
 
   This is interesting -- I
 had no idea.   I assume this is all CBC Calgary radio
 (i.e., Radio One and Two, no?)
 
 E. Floden
 Vancouver
 
 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cbc-radio-to-be-briefly-off-air-sunday-monday-1.2557002
 
 
CBC Radio will briefly go off-air in Calgary on
 Sunday and Monday due to a seasonal issue with satellites
 and transmitters.
 
 Each year at this time, the sun moves behind the
 satellite used by 
 CBC Radio. It causes a sort of reverse eclipse, briefly
 interfering with
  the transmitter's ability to pick up signals from the
 satellite.
 
 This is temporary and will only last several minutes each
 day.
 
 On Sunday, March 2, the outage will last from roughly
 12:13 p.m. MT to 12: 20 p.m. MT.
 
 On Monday, March 3, the outage will last from roughly
 12:14 p.m. MT to 12:19 p.m. MT.
 

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[IRCA] Another WWXL 1450 DX test

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

>From the Chief Enigneer

"XL am 1450 will run a dx test on saturday marh 15 th at 11 pm eastern
time. Test will be of morse code and other sound fx and voice. all reports
shound be send by email to jodypritc...@gmail.com and consist of mp3
audio.snail mail to wwxl att Jody Ritchie ce po box 449 Manchester Ky 40962"
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[IRCA] TP 2 Mar, Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Others have checked in with what a snorer this morning was.  Someday 
we will have to figure out why.  I wasn't listening early enough to 
hear what Derek heard, and suspect that it wouldn't have been heard 
this far north anyway.




pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, 
at least briefly):



pounding the floor; hoots of derision



Reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it 
understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):


did I mention maniacal laughter?




not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or 
noise could be understood by a native speaker:


in our dreams




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 4QR? female ballad  1353UT, followed by man talking, might have 
been DU EE; gone by the hour

738 Tahiti?   faint talk by woman, might have been FF 1250UT
1116 man talking, could have been DU EE? 1314UT


Strongish het, no or "near imaginary"audio (either undermodulated or 
ravaged by splatter):


 891

  that's all...


best wishes,

Nick

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