Re: [IRCA] more 1710
Logged on HF Underground. http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,16258.0.html Rob Keeney Summerville SC On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:14 AM, Nigel Pimblett wrote: > I've been watching 1710 quite closely after logging the NJ TIS last week. > Heard that one even clearer than previously on the weekend, and also heard > what seems to be another TIS. Heard an ID "Springfield Armory > National Historic Sitelocated on 1710 on your AM radio dial" >Haven't seen anything on that one, so if anyone has any more info on it, > that would be appreciated. > > 73, > > Nigel Pimblett > Dunmore, Alberta > ___ > 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] more 1710
There is a Springfield Armory National Historic Site in Springfield, MA, but I've also not seen anything about a TIS connected with it. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id On Tue, 4/8/14, Nigel Pimblett wrote: Subject: [IRCA] more 1710 To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 1:14 AM I've been watching 1710 quite closely after logging the NJ TIS last week. Heard that one even clearer than previously on the weekend, and also heard what seems to be another TIS. Heard an ID "Springfield Armory National Historic Sitelocated on 1710 on your AM radio dial" Haven't seen anything on that one, so if anyone has any more info on it, that would be appreciated. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta ___ 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] 1710 TIS
The Springfield Armory National Historic Site TIS has been on the air for 3 months or so, it is long (3 minutes) and gives a lot of details abut the history of the museum and surrounding area. It used to be a short loop tape about a "special tis" and speculation was everywhere from Albany NY to some college in Louisiana.Jim Spfld Ma, From: Nigel Pimblett To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: [IRCA] more 1710 Message-ID: <534385cb.1040...@telus.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I've been watching 1710 quite closely after logging the NJ TIS last week. Heard that one even clearer than previously on the weekend, and also heard what seems to be another TIS. Heard an ID "Springfield Armory National Historic Sitelocated on 1710 on your AM radio dial" Haven't seen anything on that one, so if anyone has any more info on it, that would be appreciated. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta -- www.fhu.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] Rockworks 4 DXpedition - April 8th
Our hopes for this 3rd morning on the Rockworks 4 cliff bouncing back with lots of DX were not fulfilled. The signals simply weren't there beyond a smattering of TPs/DUs, neither on Chuck's Flag antenna nor my ALA100M loop. By the way, Chuck's Flag loop size is larger than I reported earlier; it is closer to 18 ft. X 15 ft, suspended by fiberglass masts held vertical in concrete bases. My ALA100M loop is working well, with very low background noise levels using the measurement method I described yesterday. The noise floor on 1720 kHz was -119 dBm with the standard DC interface box, and -110 dBm with the ALA1530S+ DC interface.These are even better figures than yesterday's numbers, and indeed the band seemed quieter. Sensitivity was excellent on all domestic channels with this loop, but unfortunately propagation wasn't cooperating for DUs or TPs. Chuck's larger antenna was no better... a few "big guns" and that was it. Here's my brief loggings from this morning: April 8th --- 594 JAPAN JOAK NHK1, Tokyo, Apr 08 1312 - Female talking in Japanese; fair level. (Atkins-OR) 891 UNIDENTIFIED, Apr 08 1320 - Threshold level audio of female high-pitched a capella vocals; sounded SE Asian. Thailand is listed for this frequency. (Atkins-OR) 909 JAPAN JOCB NHK2, Nagoya, Aichi, Apr 08 1308 - Poor signal of Japanese singing. Presumed. (Atkins-OR) 1008 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, Apr 08 1305 - talk in English by male announcers, Poor-fair, and never reached the signal level heard on the 7th. (Atkins-OR) 1035 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB, Wellington, Apr 08 1310 - Noted again this morning with fair signal of talk in English; parallel to 1008. (Atkins-OR) 1206 CHINA Yanbian RGD, Yanji, Jilin, Apr 08 1326 - Talk in Korean by man & woman; Yanbian is listed as 24h Korean lang. Poor-fair. (Atkins-OR) 1503 TAIWAN CBS-RTI-VoTaiwan-Family R, Fangliao, Apr 08 1314 - Tentative, with Chinese talk mixing with Japanese talk from JOUK Akita. Poor. (Atkins-OR) 1566 SOUTH KOREA HLAZ FEBC, Jeju, Jeju-do, Apr 08 1329 - Japanese talk with mention of "FEBC". Fair. (Atkins-OR) --- Good luck to Gary DeBock at this same Rockworks 4 cliff in a couple of days! I know he's always had excellent DX results at Rockworks, and I hope his string of success continues. We left lots of of DX behind for you to pick from, Gary :^) 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA DXing from Rockworks 4 cliff, Oregon ___ 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 7th
Hi Nick, Thanks for your comments. I agree that the Flag noise was unacceptably bad. I've never noticed a noise floor so high on a (SDR) DXpedition before. If I had realized it sooner I might have swapped out the FLG100LN head unit for my other one. Hopefully one of them hasn't gone bonkers. I'll be putting up the same loop on my antenna rotor at home, and can experiment with different FLG100LN head units. I've posted my results from today the 8th, and the substitute ALA100M antenna continues to have very low noise and seems to perform well... except for the lack of DUs and TPs to hear! Chuck's much larger Flag (closer to 18 x 15 ft. than what I stated earlier) had basically the same results again this morning. I'm really glad we were together at Rockworks 4, as it's less likely that we both have lousy antennas. Poor propagation on these dates and at this spot is appearing more likely. I was hoping for a real haul of DX like I had last November with a smaller-yet loop at the same cliff. Sorry, I didn't check >1600 kHz, as I'm not in the habit of DXing above there (I'm stuck in the *pre*-extended AM band days :^) I'll check those frequencies on the recordings after I return home. You'll see in my report from this morning that my background noise floor <520 and >1700 kHz was at -120 dBm. I'd suspect that our two brands of SDRs are very close in measured signal strength. They are both designed like spectrum analyzers in the sense that they give the actual signal strength at the antenna input. In hindsight, I think I should have really made room for the 12-inch FSL in my vehicle! It would have been very interesting to peak it on some frequencies for comparisons to the Flags and ALA100M loop. Guy - > From: Nick Hall-Patch > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America < > irca@hard-core-dx.com> > Cc: > Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 05:37:50 + > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Rockworks 4 DXpedition - April 7th > No stations above 1600kHz this morning, Guy? 1611 and 1629 were briefly > close to audio here for a minute or two. > > The noise in your small Flag seems quite bad. A small (4' on a side) > ALA100 east-west loop here delivers > -115dB (relative to full scale on the NetSDR) below 520kHz, and -105dB > above 1700kHz. KAPS-660, right in line with the loop is at -65dB.My > full scale east-west FLG100 shows -100dB noise both above and below the MW > band, and KAPS is at about -40dB when not nulled. (sorry, I don't have > a Perseus here for direct comparison with your observations) > > So the Flag has at least 25dB more oomph, but nothing like that much extra > noise. (a 50 ohm dummy delivers about -120dB noise floor). > > I wonder where your extra noise is coming from? > > 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Apr 08 1810 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 April follow. Solar flux 140 and estimated planetary A-index 11. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 08 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 07 07 07 07 07 07 07 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 141 141 141 141 141 141 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 A-in 55555512 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 K-in 32213422210221 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] Array Solutions Shared Apex Loop
I recently reported about the exceptional performance I have experienced with the AS-SAL-30 loop. I recently deployed an AL-SAL-12 loop and have had a week to do some comparisons between them on MW. First of all, comparatively speaking the AS-SAL-30 takes a lot of real estate. Erecting the mast takes a minimum of 3 people, and took me 2 weeks to get the manpower assembled for deploying last mast section. The AS-SAL-12 can be deployed by one person in a small backyard lot. After a week of A/B comparison from my QTH outside of Memphis, TN,and as can be expected I can report that the SAL-30 is by and far the better MW performer. The SAL in general totally outperforms all loops or phased verticals that I have at my disposal at all frequencies below 15 mhz. I am a LF/MF/HF DXer, and deployed the SAL-12 for better 8 mHz+ directional performance and for that purpose it is fantastic. For 15 mHz+ I have found that the DX Engineering Phased Vertical Array has better performance so am contemplating converting the SAL-12 to a SAL-20, which is reported to have a good directional pattern to 15 mHz. My recommendation for a MW DXer is to only deploy a SAL-12 if you do not have the real estate for a SAL-20. If you are a LF/MF/HF DXer, the SAL-20 is the best option. If you are a LF/MF DXer and have the room, you simply cannot go wrong with the SAL-30. It is the best antenna I have used for LF to 8 mHz. BUT, the SAL-12 will out perform any small antenna, antenna/phaser combo or K9AY that I have experienced. 73, Brandon Jordan, Fayette County, TN http://www.swldx.us WinRadio G33DDC, WinRadio G313-e, RFSpace SDR-IQ, Icom R75, Eton E1 DX Engineering NCC-1 Phased Dual Active Verticals Array Solutions AS-SAL-12 Shared Apex Loop Array Solutions AS-SAL-30 Shared Apex Loop. ___ 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] Molokai, HI
Has anyone done any serious or recreational DXing from Molokai? Just doing some long range planning. Thanks. Bob Coomler W7SWL Tucson, AZ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Apr 09 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 08 April follow. Solar flux 132 and estimated planetary A-index 5. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 09 April was 0. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 07 07 07 07 07 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 08 09 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 141 141 141 141 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 132 132 A-in 555512 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 65 K-in 21342221022110 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] Alberta TPs for 8 April 2014
Only one TP delivered audio this morning, and that was Japan on 693. A little unusual for 693 to be that much superior to the other Japanese big guns, which only had mediocre carriers. This morning had an interesting aspect in that many of the other carriers seemed to be of the DU variety, with 792, 891 and 3 X-banders (1611,1629,1701) being noteworthy. Also noted a couple of fairly decent carriers on 1152, but I'm not totally convinced that wasn't a spurious signal of some sort. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta ___ 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 8th
<<< Good luck to Gary DeBock at this same Rockworks 4 cliff in a couple of days! I know he's always had excellent DX results at Rockworks, and I hope his string of success continues. We left lots of of DX behind for you to pick from, Gary :^) >>> Hi Guy, I'm very sorry that you and Chuck didn't enjoy better results at Rockwork this week. I've never DXed here in April, so I really don't know what to expect as far as TP's and DU's. I do know that the New Zealand stations really boom in on any July or August day, though. Here in Cannon Beach it's raining the night before my first cliff visit, and Murphy's Law has already struck once (my Edirol R09 recorder was left in Puyallup by mistake, so I won't be able to post same-day MP3's). The FSL antennas and radios are all here, though, and ready for some nasty weather. By tomorrow morning it should be clear how well they will do against Mr. Murphy in tracking down the TP's and DU's on the Cliff (after all, it can't be any worse than it is in Puyallup, right? :-) 73, Gary DeBock (in rainy Cannon Beach, OR) -Original Message- From: Guy Atkins To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent: Tue, Apr 8, 2014 10:44 am Subject: [IRCA] Rockworks 4 DXpedition - April 8th Our hopes for this 3rd morning on the Rockworks 4 cliff bouncing back with lots of DX were not fulfilled. The signals simply weren't there beyond a smattering of TPs/DUs, neither on Chuck's Flag antenna nor my ALA100M loop. By the way, Chuck's Flag loop size is larger than I reported earlier; it is closer to 18 ft. X 15 ft, suspended by fiberglass masts held vertical in concrete bases. My ALA100M loop is working well, with very low background noise levels using the measurement method I described yesterday. The noise floor on 1720 kHz was -119 dBm with the standard DC interface box, and -110 dBm with the ALA1530S+ DC interface.These are even better figures than yesterday's numbers, and indeed the band seemed quieter. Sensitivity was excellent on all domestic channels with this loop, but unfortunately propagation wasn't cooperating for DUs or TPs. Chuck's larger antenna was no better... a few "big guns" and that was it. Here's my brief loggings from this morning: April 8th --- 594 JAPAN JOAK NHK1, Tokyo, Apr 08 1312 - Female talking in Japanese; fair level. (Atkins-OR) 891 UNIDENTIFIED, Apr 08 1320 - Threshold level audio of female high-pitched a capella vocals; sounded SE Asian. Thailand is listed for this frequency. (Atkins-OR) 909 JAPAN JOCB NHK2, Nagoya, Aichi, Apr 08 1308 - Poor signal of Japanese singing. Presumed. (Atkins-OR) 1008 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, Apr 08 1305 - talk in English by male announcers, Poor-fair, and never reached the signal level heard on the 7th. (Atkins-OR) 1035 NEW ZEALAND Newstalk ZB, Wellington, Apr 08 1310 - Noted again this morning with fair signal of talk in English; parallel to 1008. (Atkins-OR) 1206 CHINA Yanbian RGD, Yanji, Jilin, Apr 08 1326 - Talk in Korean by man & woman; Yanbian is listed as 24h Korean lang. Poor-fair. (Atkins-OR) 1503 TAIWAN CBS-RTI-VoTaiwan-Family R, Fangliao, Apr 08 1314 - Tentative, with Chinese talk mixing with Japanese talk from JOUK Akita. Poor. (Atkins-OR) 1566 SOUTH KOREA HLAZ FEBC, Jeju, Jeju-do, Apr 08 1329 - Japanese talk with mention of "FEBC". Fair. (Atkins-OR) --- Good luck to Gary DeBock at this same Rockworks 4 cliff in a couple of days! I know he's always had excellent DX results at Rockworks, and I hope his string of success continues. We left lots of of DX behind for you to pick from, Gary :^) 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA DXing from Rockworks 4 cliff, Oregon ___ 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 8 Apr. Victoria version
I hate to say this, given what the Rockworks guys were (not) hearing, but it was actually a pretty fair morning here for Asiatics at this time of year, though some of the "DX" was noted before 1300UT. I'll keep the files from 1300-1330UT for awhile, in case any comparisons need to be made. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB. EE lesson theme mx 1259UT, faded across hour, but back w/more EE lessons after the hour, quite readable. No more weather reports after 1300UT I guess. 1566 HLAZ. Man in JJ 1331UT, but also heard woman in JJ at reasonable strength several times between 1300 and 1330UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 972 HLCA. Woman in KK 1309UT, after instrumental mx not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 JOAK. Man in JJ 1218UT 747 JOIB. Man talking, //774, 1147UT 828 JOBB. Man talking //774 1149UT 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. Two men talking //594, 1243UT. 1017 CRI? Woman talking 1313, couple of words sure sounded KK to me, though mostly not good enough for any language ID. 1053 KK jammer. 1148UT 1287 JOHR? Man in possible JJ, into a jingle, woman singing, then talking, 1153UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary"audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter): 603 702 738 747 756 837 864 891 945 1008 1098 1206 1323 1503 1557 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
