Re: [IRCA] XEKAM-950 off the air
Thanks for the tip. In the past I've logged KJR in Washington and KMER in Wyoming with XEKAM off. ms From: martinfo...@cox.net To: a...@yahoogroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 23:04:28 -0800 Subject: [IRCA] XEKAM-950 off the air Just tuned in and sound like weak sports station on 950, no Grupo Formula from XEKAM. 11:03 PM PST. Maybe they'll stay off until after my wife turns off the plasma TV! Martin Foltz Mission Viejo CA ___ 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] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-7
Hello All, The Asians finally managed a somewhat decent sunrise enhancement session this morning (for March, that is). While still in the predawn darkness prior to the 1400 TOH there was already very good audio from 972-HLCA, along with good audio from 594-JOAK. Those two big guns set the pace here this morning, although their signals were in and out throughout the session. Some anemic audio was also received from 558-HLQH (fair at 1408), its // 603-HLSA (fair at 1410), 657-Pyongyang (poor at 1415), a presumed 738-BEL2 (poor at 1413), 1566-HLAZ (fair at 1418), 1575-VOA (fair to good at 1425) and 1593-CNR1 (poor at 1422). The Asians stuck around a little longer this morning before collectively bailing around 1435, with 594-JOAK and 972-HLCA the last to sink into the noise. It wasn't a particularly exciting session, but after the past few days any improvement is welcome. 594 JOAK Tokyo, Japan Fair-good NHK news by Japanese male at 1402 http://www.mediafire.com/listen/q00aaannktqpxjm/594-JOAK-1402z030714SWP.MP3 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Good Korean male speech at 1425, but very good at 1358 with pop music (best TP signal of the session) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/htmw3tb1aj4bifr/972-HLCA-1425z030714SWP.MP3 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) C.Crane SWP 7.5 Slider loopstick Ultralight + 12 Experimental 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] AM Radio Needs Strong Medicine
Radio World has a nice article out about comments filed with the FCC by the National Alliance of AM Broadcasters. While DX'ers may not agree with all of them, I think we would favor the majority. I also applaud their response pointing out that half measures (which the FCC is very fond of) will only prolong the demise of the AM Band. Saving it will require some bold action. The elimination of corporate influences such as IBOC would be a great place to start. Time to admit that the emperor has no clothes (IBOC won't work on AM) and move on to another digital solution, or better analog fidelity. http://www.radioworld.com/article/am-%E2%80%9Cneeds-strong-medicine-to-survive%E2%80%9D/269227 -- 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 ___ 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: 2014 Mar 08 0015 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 March follow. Solar flux 148 and estimated planetary A-index 4. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 08 March was 1. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 06 06 06 06 06 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 08 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 148 148 A-in 77776666666644 K-in 12223111111111 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] TP DX in Seattle on March 7
This is more like it! Today was possibly my best morning of 2014 for TPs. Conditions were like what I would expect in mid September, with many stations producing audio, even though some were quite weak. Many intriguing carriers showed up as well. I can now hear a carrier on 1458 now that KARR-1460 is gone, but no audio yet. The SDR files revealed TP signals throughout the time I recorded 1150-1455, with the Korean on 9 still there when the recording ended. VOA-1575 was impressive today, and a few others had their moments. Oddly enough, HLAZ-1566 was at subpar levels today for some reason. Good - a native speaker would have understood most of it, at least briefly 594JOAK, man woman 1357, time pips 1400 then man possibly with news 774JOUB Chinese lesson 1332 972HLCA, 2 men in Korean 1243, fair at various other times, still there with Korean talk 1453 1575VOA, 11424 very nice with news pgm in Cambodian, mentions of Vietnam and Crimea, 1428 close by woman mentioning voacambodia.com, theme mx, 1429 English ID, 1430 another English ID, Yankee Doodle and start of Burmese pgm Fair - a native speaker would have recognized a few words 693JOAB, JJ talk 1359, then time pips at ToH 747JOUB, Chinese lesson // 774 1350 819DPRK, angry Korean woman in KGNW-820 splatter 1336 1503JOUK, Japanese male surfaced briefly a few times 1420-22 1566HLAZ,Chinese male 1415 Poor -ranging from one notch above imaginary to one notch below understandable 567weak male talk, sounded Japanese 1328 648faint talk too weak to ID language 1430 729JOCK? weak talk sounded more like JJ than CC 1350, 594 too weak to // 738Bits of talk 1342 756Good carrier, very light modulation 1406, bits of talk, maybe Chinese but too weak to say for sure 828JOBB, 1337 faint talk //774 963talk, possibly in Russian 1426 981traces of CC-like talk 1446 1044very faint talk 1226 1053Korean jammer 1355 1557woman talking in heavy domestic splat 1414 1593CNR1, a few syllables of Chinese male talk in KLFE splatter 1425 Carriers 657 837 846 936 945 954 1017 1035 1134 1323 1332 1377 1386 1422 1458 ___ 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 7 Mar, Victoria version
Vastly superior to the past little while, though I'm not sure I would go so far as Bruce did in his description. 24 January still has some very fond memories for me. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK woman in JJ then man 1336UT 1575 VoA man in SE Asian language banging in 1435UT when pretty much everything else had faded, most for good. Had been pretty good earlier as Bruce noted. Burmese program announcement at 1430UT definitely had some zip. Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 JOUB KK lessons 1405UT 972 HLCA two men in KK 1238UT, heard as late as 1450UT, though not quite at this level 1503 JOUK sudden burst of strength 1420UT w/NHK1 interlude mx not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 738 Tahiti man in FF 1340UT 747 JOIB KK lessons 1409UT 828 JOBB EE lessons 1248UT 1566 HLAZ man in CC 1425UT 1593 CNR1 woman in CC 1424UT; also noticed CNR1 news sounder just after 1430UT 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) : 954 JOKR? man and woman JJ inflection 1414UT 963 CRI chimes and fanfare at 1400UT 1017 CRI vocal mx //5965 1421UT 1053 KK jammer 1231UT 1287 JOHR? man and woman talking, JJ inflection 1236UT 1323 CRI tail end of CRI fanfare just after 1400UT 1422 JORF? woman and man talking in splash, JJ inflection 1431UT Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 756 891 909 936 945 1008 1089 1134 1179 1242 1377 1386 1512 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
