[IRCA] TP 5 Apr. Victoria version
Actually a fairly lively morning right from 1130UT, though nothing too astonishing that was identifiable. A couple of tentative DUs turned up, and a mystery carrier on 908.984 kHz, quite strong at times, no audio, fading up and down, but still there at 1400UT, and a few seconds later disappeared. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): Not quite, though HLAZ and HLCA came close Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 JOUB EE lessons 1322UT 972 HLCA man and woman in KK 1246UT 1566 HLAZ man in JJ 1245UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 828 JOBB man in JJ 1242UT 891 JOHK. Man in JJ, quite insistent, //594 which was weaker, 1323UT. 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) : 576 unID. Slow contemplative instrumental mx 1316UT 594 unID. Rollicking vocal mx and woman talking, but maybe DU EE? 1231UT; JOAK heard later //891 702 2BL? Two men talking, one quite laid back, DU EE inflection, other more insistent 747 JOIB? Woman w/JJ inflection after mx, 1130UT 954 JOKR? Man talking JJ inflection 1053 KK jammer 1232UT 1287 JOHR? Lively vocal mx, rather countryish, 1223UT... Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 567 603 738 846 909 1008 1323 1332 1593 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] DX last night
Around 8 p.m. EDT last night ( UTC) I took a brief DX break during (what turned out to be a losing) Red Sox game. There were quite a few medium wave TA's in at the time. These included UK and other northern Europe as well as usual France, Spain, and Algeria. I made a short Perseus capture that I'll go over in the next few days. Once thing that surprised me was that there was summer-like static even though any storms were a long distance away. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA ___ 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] KWFM 1330 Tucson back on
Steve, the KWFM office (if they have a studio, it is probably a microphone and a box in a closet) is at St. Phillip's Plaza at Campbell Avenue and River Road. The transmitter site is in NE Tucson just southeasterly of the Ventana Canyon resort area. Punch 32.314N, 110.838W into Google Earth. I am 3.3 miles due south. I used to listen to KFAT during my college years and always looked forward to going to Hawaii for Radio Free Hawaii (FM I believe) sometime after that. Bob Coomler Tucson, AZ From: Hawkins n...@mchsi.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Saturday, April 5, 2014 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] KWFM 1330 Tucson back on Bob, On 4/5/14, 7:56 PM, Bob Coomler wrote: Star 1330 as before with their quasi-1980's hits programming. I've been listening for an hour and still haven't heard anything I recognized. An awful playlist. It was only a matter of time before they returned, but I was hoping for an upgrade to something better like Techno Rap or All P.J. Proby All Of The Time. Bob Coomler Tucson, AZ Where are the 1330 studios now? About 50 years ago when I was a kid growing up in the Flowing Wells area of Tucson, 1330 was KMOP Country Western. And if I remember right, the studio and the transmitter was located on the south side of Grant, just east of what is now I-10. Not far from that place that has all the cattle painted on the concrete block wall around it, but across the screet. KWFM was Tucsons first Undergound FM station. They went on the air early 1970, semi patterned after San Francisco's KMPX, KSAN and later KFAT. I miss KFAT a lot. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@mchsi.com 73 49 111 01001001 ___ 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] TP DX in Seattle on April 6
It was a rather dreary session today. The highlight was hearing a new type of nasty-sounding electrical noise that wiped out most of the meager DX at the low end of the band. The high band wasn't affected as much, but the noise was still noticeable. I suspect conditions would have still been lousy without the noise. Somehow, JOIB made it through with an impressive signal for a couple of minutes. Otherwise, there were very few TPs today. Hopefully, Gary had better success in the cold and rain of the Oregon coast. GOOD 747JOIB, briefly good with male monologue 1342 FAIR 1566HLAZ, choir singing 1247, then man giving a talk until well past 1300, apparently part of a church service 1575VOA, talk in SE Asia language 1317 POOR 972woman talking 1249 CARRIERS 567 774 1422 ___ 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 DX in Seattle on April 6
Hi Bruce, Sorry about your electrical noise issue on the lower band. Hopefully, Gary had better success in the cold and rain of the Oregon coast. Actually it's pretty warm and sunny here in Grants Pass, OR (a real clunker of an inland DX location, with hills on all 4 sides). But Chuck and Guy were supposed to hit the Rockwork 4 cliff this morning, at the start of their DXpedition. Hopefully they had some decent DU-DXing results. My own cliff adventures are planned from Wednesday to Friday this week. Hopefully the weather will cooperate, and not make us all think of Room 15 at the Grayland Motel. 73, Gary -Original Message- From: Bruce Portzer bport...@comcast.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sun, Apr 6, 2014 8:37 am Subject: [IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on April 6 It was a rather dreary session today. The highlight was hearing a new type of nasty-sounding electrical noise that wiped out most of the meager DX at the low end of the band. The high band wasn't affected as much, but the noise was still noticeable. I suspect conditions would have still been lousy without the noise. Somehow, JOIB made it through with an impressive signal for a couple of minutes. Otherwise, there were very few TPs today. Hopefully, Gary had better success in the cold and rain of the Oregon coast. GOOD 747JOIB, briefly good with male monologue 1342 FAIR 1566HLAZ, choir singing 1247, then man giving a talk until well past 1300, apparently part of a church service 1575VOA, talk in SE Asia language 1317 POOR 972woman talking 1249 CARRIERS 567 774 1422 ___ 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: 2014 Apr 06 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 05 April follow. Solar flux 142 and estimated planetary A-index 14. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 06 April 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 05 05 05 05 05 05 05 06 06 06 06 06 06 06 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 157 157 157 157 157 157 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 A-in 66666612 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 K-in 21244333311111 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] Replacement Auto Antenna for improved AM Reception
I'd like to replace the stock radio antenna on my Dodge Ram 2500 (2009 model) to improve reception on the AM Band. The existing antenna and in-dash radio do a respectable job of picking up DX now, but I'd like to see improved performance, especially below 900 KHz. The existing antenna simply screw in with a male, threaded connector. Does anyone know of an after market manufacturer who offers auto antenna for this purpose? A URL or web site would be appreciated. -- 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] Rockworks 4 DXpedition - April 6th
This morning was the first of three sunrise DXing sessions planned for the ~440 ft. high Rockworks 4 cliff, south of Cannon Beach, Oregon. Chuck Hutton (Seattle) and I met at the very foggy cliff side pullout at 1215 UTC (5:15 a.m. local), in anticipation of strengthening DU / TP medium wave signals as the 1345 sunrise approached. We each battled our own antenna gremlins as we sought to get settled and start recording DX to our hard drives via Perseus SDR receivers. Once Chuck got his Flag loop antenna wires readjusted and the weighted concrete bases for the masts in place, it looked to be about 15 ft. X 12 ft. in size. It was hard to tell for sure in the dense, night time fog, though! I'm using another variation on the SUV-top loop I used very successfully last November at the same Rockworks 4 location. This morning I had a Flag configuration of approx. 8 ft. X 7 ft., with a Wellbrook FLG100LN module and a remote, transformer-based termination resistance (Mark Connelly's design). On the advice of Andy Ikin of Wellbrook, I used the DC interface box from a ALA1530S+, which has an additional 9db gain. I also have an additional Wellbrook preamp of 12-15db gain to use if needed (small Flag loops are not very sensitive). Unfortunately I was only getting about 10db of nulling to the east, at the best setting of the remote termination control. I don't know if something's wrong with my wiring, or if the Flag's performance was totally screwed up from the vehicle's metal body and/or Chuck's nearby Flag loop. TP signal levels were also very low, unlike November's sterling DX when I was using a ALA100M (bi-directional) head unit for a smaller 4.5 ft. X 6 ft. loop. Neither Chuck nor I found any DX worth noting; only a few big guns were in, such as 738 Tahiti, 972 HLCA, and 1566 HLAZ. Perhaps there's something of interest lurking on our hard drives yet to be found, but I think conditions were basically mediocre. The weather on the Oregon coast is getting better by the minute, and sunny skies and mid 60s F. are in the forecast for tomorrow. This afternoon I'm switching my antenna back to the ALA100M bi-directional loop setup, and hoping for better results tomorrow. I trust we can get the DX conditions fully warmed up in time for Gary DeBock's arrival in a few days (after Chuck and I return home, unfortunately). If I remember to take some photos tomorrow at the cliff before we head back down to sea level, I'll take some photos of our antenna setups. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA DXing at Rockworks 4 cliff, Oregon coasthttps://maps.google.com/maps?q=Nehalem,+ORhl=enll=45.743559,-123.9583spn=0.000555,0.001206sll=44.145447,-120.583402sspn=4.643208,9.876709oq=nehalemt=hhnear=Nehalem,+Tillamook+County,+Oregonz=20layer=ccbll=45.743611,-123.958434panoid=NGo3mctKj0XXvu528NQzEQcbp=12,172.4,,0,0 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Rockworks 4 DXpedition - April 6th
Sorry to hear, Guy that conditions were sub-par this morning. Here's hoping that conditions will improve over the next few days. Now, I checked the link, and this is NOT the turn-off that I've used in the past. The main turn-out is the one with a description of the highway and area, and is much larger, and higher as well, I believe. There's a good view from the summit of the region to the south. I'm sure you know where I'm talking about. Let us know if you, indeed, have changed locations. 73,Walt On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 10:59 PM, Guy Atkins d...@guyatkins.com wrote: This morning was the first of three sunrise DXing sessions planned for the ~440 ft. high Rockworks 4 cliff, south of Cannon Beach, Oregon. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA DXing at Rockworks 4 cliff, Oregon coast https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Nehalem,+ORhl=enll=45.743559,-123.9583spn=0.000555,0.001206sll=44.145447,-120.583402sspn=4.643208,9.876709oq=nehalemt=hhnear=Nehalem,+Tillamook+County,+Oregonz=20layer=ccbll=45.743611,-123.958434panoid=NGo3mctKj0XXvu528NQzEQcbp=12,172.4,,0,0 ___ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Rockworks 4 DXpedition - April 6th
Hi Guy, I'm sorry to hear that this morning's TP-DX at the Rockwork cliff didn't meet your expectations (and those of Chuck). I wish that I could have checked the propagation that you faced this morning, but I was stuck at one of the worst possible Oregon locations for either TP's or DU's-- Grant's Pass, surrounded on all 4 sides by high hills. This place makes even Puyallup look good! I don't know if something's wrong with my wiring, or if the Flag's performance was totally screwed up from the vehicle's metal body and/or Chuck's nearby Flag loop. TP signal levels were also very low, unlike November's sterling DX when I was using a ALA100M (bi-directional) head unit for a smaller 4.5 ft. X 6 ft. loop. Well, I've found out the hard way that Murphy's Law loves those cliffs, and the only way to survive is to keep everything simple, and carry backup radios, FSL's and audio recorders so that Mr. Murphy can't knock you out completely with only one or two strikes. It's kind of a puzzle about the propagation, though. I've never had a bad day of TP-DXing at the Rockwork or Cape Perpetua cliffs (18 days total). Like Bill W. always says, though, everything about the two approaches is completely different-- radios, antennas, spectrum capture Vs. single-optimized-frequency, TOH recordings Vs. signal peak recordings, etc. Probably the only real way we will ever sort out all the variables is to have a side-by-side DXpedition (and it's unfortunate that we couldn't arrange it this week). This afternoon I'm switching my antenna back to the ALA100M bi-directional loop setup, and hoping for better results tomorrow. I trust we can get the DX conditions fully warmed up in time for Gary DeBock's arrival in a few days (after Chuck and I return home, unfortunately). Good luck to you and Chuck tomorrow morning, Guy. I remember your excellent TP-DX recordings at the same site in early November with the ALA100M bi-directional loop setup, and am pretty sure that once you switch back to the same simple system, you will have better results. You really don't need much of an antenna at a site like Rockwork 4-- the ocean cliff does the most of the work for you, with its propagation enhancement (the DU-DXing results with the tiny, simple FSL's are ample evidence). As long as Murphy's Law doesn't mess with your antenna or receiver(s), you should have good results. 73, Gary DeBock (in Grants Pass, OR until Tuesday night) -Original Message- From: Guy Atkins d...@guyatkins.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sun, Apr 6, 2014 4:00 pm Subject: [IRCA] Rockworks 4 DXpedition - April 6th This morning was the first of three sunrise DXing sessions planned for the ~440 ft. high Rockworks 4 cliff, south of Cannon Beach, Oregon. Chuck Hutton (Seattle) and I met at the very foggy cliff side pullout at 1215 UTC (5:15 a.m. local), in anticipation of strengthening DU / TP medium wave signals as the 1345 sunrise approached. We each battled our own antenna gremlins as we sought to get settled and start recording DX to our hard drives via Perseus SDR receivers. Once Chuck got his Flag loop antenna wires readjusted and the weighted concrete bases for the masts in place, it looked to be about 15 ft. X 12 ft. in size. It was hard to tell for sure in the dense, night time fog, though! I'm using another variation on the SUV-top loop I used very successfully last November at the same Rockworks 4 location. This morning I had a Flag configuration of approx. 8 ft. X 7 ft., with a Wellbrook FLG100LN module and a remote, transformer-based termination resistance (Mark Connelly's design). On the advice of Andy Ikin of Wellbrook, I used the DC interface box from a ALA1530S+, which has an additional 9db gain. I also have an additional Wellbrook preamp of 12-15db gain to use if needed (small Flag loops are not very sensitive). Unfortunately I was only getting about 10db of nulling to the east, at the best setting of the remote termination control. I don't know if something's wrong with my wiring, or if the Flag's performance was totally screwed up from the vehicle's metal body and/or Chuck's nearby Flag loop. TP signal levels were also very low, unlike November's sterling DX when I was using a ALA100M (bi-directional) head unit for a smaller 4.5 ft. X 6 ft. loop. Neither Chuck nor I found any DX worth noting; only a few big guns were in, such as 738 Tahiti, 972 HLCA, and 1566 HLAZ. Perhaps there's something of interest lurking on our hard drives yet to be found, but I think conditions were basically mediocre. The weather on the Oregon coast is getting better by the minute, and sunny skies and mid 60s F. are in the forecast for tomorrow. This afternoon I'm switching my antenna back to the ALA100M bi-directional loop setup, and hoping for better results tomorrow. I trust we can get the DX conditions fully warmed up in time for Gary DeBock's
[IRCA] TP 6 Apr. Victoria version
Various audios noted from 1130UT, but almost all predictable, and few at any strength for any time, though both HLAZ and HLCA had their moments. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 972 HLCA. Man and woman in KK 1310UT 1566 HLAZ. Man in JJ, amen from the congregation and into a hymn sing with accompanying organ, 1236UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 747 JOIB. Man in JJ 1242UT, //774 about a minute later not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 774 JOUB. JJ by man 1136UT, later paralleled with 747 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 JOIK? Man talking vigorously, seemed JJ, 1211UT; no 594 // 873 JOGB. Man in JJ //774 1247UT 1116 4BC? Man talking, sounded DU EE, interviewing woman on phone? 1324UT 1287 JOHR? Woman in JJ, calm compared w/ men shouting etc. 1135UT 1575 ? man talking, too poor for language guess 1309UT Strongish het, no or near imaginaryaudio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 594 702 828 864 891 981 1008 1053 1134 1188 1206 1242 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
