[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Jan 10 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 January follow. Solar flux 151 and estimated planetary A-index 8. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 10 January was 2. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 08 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 10 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 147 147 147 147 157 157 157 157 157 157 157 157 151 151 A-in 38 38 38 38 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 12 8 K-in 32232332322222 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] Good night last night, and going for 400 stations
(6-foot tuned loop + 23-foot tuned vertical + Quantum Phaser + RTL-SDR) Had a good night last night (including a new Mexican state) to put me up to 399 stations from this location since August 15th: 1320 XECPN, Piedras Negras CI, weak at 11:30pm (0630UT), 100W (or not...), webcast and slogan (new; phaser), 809 miles 1630 KRND, Fox Farm WY, weak at 12:29am (0729UT), 1000W, webcast and slogan (new; loop), 618 miles 1550 XENU, Nuevo Laredo TM, weak at 1:00am (0800UT), 250W (or not...), call (new estado; phaser), 893 miles 1490 KCPX, Spanish Valley UT, very weak at 1:52am (0752UT), 1000W, call (new; phaser), 320 miles Hoping for #400 tonight before I doze off at the dials... Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ azswdx...@gmail.com http://azswdxing.wordpress.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] Good night last night, and going for 400 stations
Brian, That's impressive. I've been DXing casually and not so casually since 2000...on and off...all from the same location. I've barely logged 500 stations. Guess I need to get cracking. Congratulations and Good DX! 73, Les N1LF Les Rayburn, Director High Noon Film(205) 621-7500 (205) 621-7505 FAX (205) 253-4867 CELL http://www.highnoonfilm.com htt://www.highnoonfilm.com - This e-mail contains information that may be confidential or privileged and is intended only for the person(s) named above. Any other distribution, copying or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and return the original transmission to the above address by mail without making a copy. On 1/9/2015 9:06 PM, Brian Rachford wrote: (6-foot tuned loop + 23-foot tuned vertical + Quantum Phaser + RTL-SDR) Had a good night last night (including a new Mexican state) to put me up to 399 stations from this location since August 15th: 1320 XECPN, Piedras Negras CI, weak at 11:30pm (0630UT), 100W (or not...), webcast and slogan (new; phaser), 809 miles 1630 KRND, Fox Farm WY, weak at 12:29am (0729UT), 1000W, webcast and slogan (new; loop), 618 miles 1550 XENU, Nuevo Laredo TM, weak at 1:00am (0800UT), 250W (or not...), call (new estado; phaser), 893 miles 1490 KCPX, Spanish Valley UT, very weak at 1:52am (0752UT), 1000W, call (new; phaser), 320 miles Hoping for #400 tonight before I doze off at the dials... Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ azswdx...@gmail.com http://azswdxing.wordpress.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 -- 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
Re: [IRCA] Good night last night, and going for 400 stations
I agree, impressive. I've been listening here in So Cal on and off since 1984 and just barely over 400 heard. Hope to read about your #400 in the next day or two. Martin Foltz Mission Viejo CA Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 23:28:29 -0600 From: Les Rayburn l...@highnoonfilm.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Good night last night, and going for 400 stations Message-ID: 54b0b87d.8040...@highnoonfilm.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Brian, That's impressive. I've been DXing casually and not so casually since 2000...on and off...all from the same location. I've barely logged 500 stations. Guess I need to get cracking. Congratulations and Good DX! 73, Les N1LF ___ 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] Good night last night, and going for 400 stations
Got it, and a pretty good one:
1150 KAGO, Klamath Falls OR, weak at 10:38pm (0538UT), 1000W, call (new;
phaser), 732 miles
I had to process the audio a bit to be sure, because there were a couple of
poorly-timed fraction-of-a-second fadeouts, particularly on the letter G,
but I ended up with The Basin('s) information station, NewsTalk 11-50,
K-A-G-O, then back into Coast To Coast. Just my 3rd on this frequency
(KEIB, KSAL).
Thanks for the kind words Les and Martin. I'm glad I found this list and
there has been a lot of interesting and useful stuff here. I'm way behind
in tallying up how many hours of listening it's taken for this, although I
know that from mid-August through October, I was averaging about 15 hours
per week and that's probably still about right. I'm on the computer for
this anyway with the RTL-SDR receiver, so when I'm sitting on a frequency
waiting for something, I can some multi-tasking. I occasionally do
unattended recordings, but an overwhelming majority is live listening. I'm
lucky to have few local stations and a pretty clean RF environment, except
I lose some directions on lower frequencies to QRM when I have the loop
indoors this time of year.
As far as stats:
United States 304 in 25 states
CA - 74
AZ - 57 (of 73)
CO - 29
UT - 24
TX - 23
NM - 17
ID,NV - 11
WY - 8
MT,WA - 7
OR - 6
NE - 5
KS,OK - 4
LA - 3
IL,IA,MN,MO,PA - 2
AR,ND,OH,TN - 1
Mexico 80 in 10 estados
CH - 25
BN - 22
SO - 18
SI - 7
CI,NL - 2
CS,DF,DU,TM - 1
Canada - 9 in 4 provinces
AB - 4
BC,SK - 2
ON - 1
Cuba - 5
Japan - 1
Rep. of Korea - 1
Distance (mi):
5000 - 2
2000-2500 - 2
1500-1999 - 8
1000-1499 - 33
750- 999 - 39
600- 749 - 34
500- 599 - 63
400- 499 - 42
300- 399 - 59
200- 299 - 54
100- 199 - 36
50- 99 - 22 (out of 24)
0- 49 - 6 (out of 6)
Nearest miss: 600 KVNA Flagstaff AZ (65 mi), although I think I've had the
call letters on the car radio in town
Most distant: 1566 HLAZ Jeju REP KOREA (6390 mi)
Longest overland: 1060 KYW Philadelphia PA (2067 mi)
Most distant graveyarder: 1240 KODY North Platte NE (785 mi)
Including later re-logs, I've heard the call letters for almost 300 of the
stations (with 200 recordings) and nearly all of the rest are from a
combination of matching a webcast plus hearing a slogan or a distinctive
location over the air. I continue to try to get call letters and
recordings to upgrade the quality of the logging of a station. It's
still hard to imagine racking up the totals compiled by many of the people
here!
Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ
azswdx...@gmail.com
http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 8:06 PM, Brian Rachford azswdx...@gmail.com wrote:
(6-foot tuned loop + 23-foot tuned vertical + Quantum Phaser + RTL-SDR)
Had a good night last night (including a new Mexican state) to put me up
to 399 stations from this location since August 15th:
1320 XECPN, Piedras Negras CI, weak at 11:30pm (0630UT), 100W (or not...),
webcast and slogan (new; phaser), 809 miles
1630 KRND, Fox Farm WY, weak at 12:29am (0729UT), 1000W, webcast and
slogan (new; loop), 618 miles
1550 XENU, Nuevo Laredo TM, weak at 1:00am (0800UT), 250W (or not...),
call (new estado; phaser), 893 miles
1490 KCPX, Spanish Valley UT, very weak at 1:52am (0752UT), 1000W, call
(new; phaser), 320 miles
Hoping for #400 tonight before I doze off at the dials...
Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ
azswdx...@gmail.com
http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/
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[IRCA] TP 9 Jan Victoria version
Two Aussies? and a mystery? pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): ahh, memories of December 2014 Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): the above passing through not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 612 4QR likely; man and woman in DU EE 1424-27UT 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) 1116 4BC? man and woman talking 1539UT, maybe DU EE? Also heard earlier w/man at 1418UT, a commercial judging by the brightness, maybe DU EE? 1575 unID. Man talking 1538UT, then a woman, too rough for language ID Strongish het, no or near imaginary audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 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
[IRCA] TP's for Friday, January 9th, 2015 Kalama, WA
Three stations with audio this morning all on the lower channels. 594 JAPAN, JOAK,Tokyo, NHK1 1425 assuming the station with very weak signal and talk. NW ewe. 01/09/2015 774 AUSTRALIA, Melbourne 3LO 1420 weak signal with woman/man talking. SW ewe. 01/09/21015 828 JAPAN, JOBB, Osaka, NHK 2 1438 poor signal with bits of audio heard. NW ewe. 01/09/2015 Hets 567, 603, 693, 702, 738, 873, 972, 1566 Best regards, Dennis Vroom, Kalama, WAJRC NRD 545 R-390 ANW SW ewe ___ 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's for Friday, January 9th, 2015 Kalama, WA
Dennis: I had the trace of a signal on 594 kHz just after local sunrise this morning, at 1242-1248 GMT. It was first sign of a TP here since 11/18/14. Received on a PL-606 with 8 FSL. Good DX. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA. --- Original Message --- From: Dennis Vroom[mailto:vroom...@ymail.com] Sent: 1/9/2015 10:29:13 AM To : irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc : Subject : RE: [IRCA] TP's for Friday, January 9th, 2015 Kalama, WA Three stations with audio this morning all on the lower channels. 594 JAPAN, JOAK,Tokyo, NHK1 1425 assuming the station with very weak signal and talk. NW ewe. 01/09/2015 774 AUSTRALIA, Melbourne 3LO 1420 weak signal with woman/man talking. SW ewe. 01/09/21015 828 JAPAN, JOBB, Osaka, NHK 2 1438 poor signal with bits of audio heard. NW ewe. 01/09/2015 Hets 567, 603, 693, 702, 738, 873, 972, 1566 Best regards, Dennis Vroom, Kalama, WAJRC NRD 545 R-390 ANW SW ewe ___ 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] Radio Shack catalog archives
Incredible site! I didn't realize they went back that far. I think Radio Shack has played a part in many a DXers career. I remember logging KBOI on a radio that I purchased there. Ms Sent from my iPod On Jan 9, 2015, at 1:20 PM, Dennis Gibson wb6...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalog_directory.html Sent from my iPhone ___ 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] Radio Shack catalog archives
http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalog_directory.html Sent from my iPhone ___ 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] 1203.5 kHz presumed WBML Macon, GA.
1203.5 WBML is currently blasting in on my barefoot Tecsun PL-390. Rob Keeney, Summerville SC On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 11:06 PM, neilkaz neil...@earthlink.net wrote: Did you have to retune Rt at all for best null with the snow? Hmm. I need WBML, this should be easy. I have to check some previous days recordings. I rested tonight and played back some recordings rather than heading out to DX in snow storm. It would take me a full day to prepare a proper report of the past three weeks. Lets hope tomorrow is AU. 73 KAZ -Original Message- From: Tim Tromp kilok...@gmail.com Sent: Jan 8, 2015 9:23 PM To: abdx a...@yahoogroups.com, IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] 1203.5 kHz presumed WBML Macon, GA. Massive snow storm still ongoing here, so I wanted to see how the D-KAZ would perform tonight while the lower section is buried under snow. No problem! At 0100 UTC I heard a c/w music station at 1203.5 kHz announcing FM 105.1. I never caught any call letters but I'm guessing this is coming from WBML again. I think it was one year ago in January that this one was being reported on 1203.5 and eventually traced to WBML in Macon. It's back and I'm still trying to figure out how to log/count this one :-) New tonight: 1040 WHBO Pinellas Park, FL. tearing up WHO earlier at 0100 UTC. Colombia also booming in on 1170 among other things. 73, Tim Tromp frozen Western Michigan Perseus SDR + North/South D-KAZ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
