[IRCA] TP 29 Jan Victoria version
Grubbing in the dirt for minimal DX today; the boost at sunrise wasn't too exciting, and as Bruce said, it fell off pretty quickly pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ choral mx, best on the N. Flag 1534UT 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: 1314 JOUF blast of recognizable JJ by man 1529UT, very erratic fading; mostly in the murk 1593 CNR1 down in the mire 1430UT, but faded up to woman in CC, CNR nx sounder between items, then gone again, back fighting with splash around 1530UT as well. 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) 594 JOAK JJ inflected talk various times after 1440UT, pips at 1500UT, noted later //1503 1503 JOUK man talking 1532UT //similarly weak 594 1575 VoA? woman talking 1537UT, could be SE Asian, but?? Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 891 1242 1386 1422 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 DX in Seattle on Jan 29
Today's DX was a bit like yesterday's but a bit more subdued. There weren't any TP signals at the low end of the dial, and almost none below 1300. Very little was heard before about 1515 UT. Then, there was a rather pronounced enhancement. Most signals peaked at about 1520-1530 before they suddenly disappeared. GOOD 1566HLAZ, Chinese woman 1527 FAIR 1503JOUK, Japanese woman 1531 1557Pop songs surfacing at times including 1940's style female vocal 1525 POOR 1314Male talk, unsure of language 1525 1377Faint female talk, sounded Chinese 1518 1386bits of talk in the KRKO splatter 1525 1422JORF, Japanese talk sometimes rising above the splatter 1528 1575bits of talk 1528 CARRIERS 1242 1323 1332 1395 1413 1431 1449 1458 1467 1494 1593 1602 ___ 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 29 January 2015
Another day with the upper band having all the action. Having said that, I did have carriers right from 531 on up, so the lower bnad was not totally dead. The only low band station near audio though was Japan on 594. Today's audio: 1422JORF, Japan poor, with man in Japanese at 1441 1503unIDTraces of audio at 1441 1566 HLAZ, Korea Noted with a good signal at 1330 when I first checked, but then faded, almost to nothing, before coming back up nearer to sunrise. Back to good level by 1439. Easily the best signal today. 1575 VOA, Thailand Noted with talk by man at 1440. Mostly poor, up to fair at times. 1593 unID Man speaking at 1439, not quite strong enough to be sure if it was Japan or China. 1557 was very close to audio, with other decent carriers noted on 1386 and 1377, along with a slew of weaker ones. 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Jan 30 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 29 January follow. Solar flux 165 and estimated planetary A-index 9. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 30 January was 3. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are likely. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 30 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 158 158 158 158 159 159 159 159 159 159 159 159 165 165 A-in 12 12 12 12 9777777710 9 K-in 32111121122243 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
Re: [IRCA] WIGT-1690 - does it exist?
THis station was originally supposed to be 10kw day.. so i wonder how much of a difference 10kw vs 1kw would make out there with a tower just a few hundred yards from the water. Three Angels still owns WGOD 1090, a 250 watt daytimer but they lease it to a local college and also have 50kw WGOD 97.9 as well. Paul On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Dennis Gibson wrote: > For whatever it's worth the FCC database does not show an application for a > Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA. > > I called the phone number on the Construction Permit. A man answered and said > "Hello. Thank you for calling WIGT". > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 29, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Mauno Ritola >> wrote: >> >> Patrick, >> could you please ask them, if they are on now? I asked Puerto Rican DXers >> last year and even they can't hear it. >> It is such a good location and frequency for Europe, that it should be >> audible somewhere in Europe even with 100 watts. >> >> 73, Mauno >> >> 29.1.2015, 7:07, Patrick Martin kirjoitti: >>> Paul, >>> >>> I logged and QSL'd it here back just after it came on. >>> >>> Patrick Martin >>> Seaside OR >>> KGED QSL Manager >>> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:01:30 -0800 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: amdxm...@aol.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com CC: m...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] WIGT-1690 - does it exist? its only licensed for 920 watts.. they were granted a cp for 10kw day/1kw night back in 1997 but France complained based upon some international agreement (rio) in relation to Guadalupe and Martinque.. Three Angels ammended it and was granted a cp last year, but I can imagine the lower power does it no favors in terms of getting out much.. it is diplexed with WGOD 1090. Paul > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Steve Francis > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, m...@googlegroups.com > Cc: > Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:57:48 -0500 > Subject: WIGT-1690 - does it exist? > > WIGT-1690 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday > will mark its > one-year anniversary of being bumped from a Construction Permit to a > licensed > operation on the FCC website. > > I have never seen a report of it from anywhere, not even Scandinavia, > Newfoundland or > Australia/New Zealand. No station website that I can find, either. > > Certainly the X-band is more cluttered than it was in the 90's, but > somebody somewhere > would have DXed it by now if it's been on for at least a year. > > Anyone shed some light? > > Steve Francis > Alcoa, Tennessee ___ 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 >> >> >> --- >> Avast Antivirus on tarkistanut tämän sähköpostin virusten varalta. >> http://www.avast.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 > ___ 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 t
Re: [IRCA] WIGT-1690 - does it exist?
For whatever it's worth the FCC database does not show an application for a Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA. I called the phone number on the Construction Permit. A man answered and said "Hello. Thank you for calling WIGT". Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 29, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Mauno Ritola > wrote: > > Patrick, > could you please ask them, if they are on now? I asked Puerto Rican DXers > last year and even they can't hear it. > It is such a good location and frequency for Europe, that it should be > audible somewhere in Europe even with 100 watts. > > 73, Mauno > > 29.1.2015, 7:07, Patrick Martin kirjoitti: >> Paul, >> >> I logged and QSL'd it here back just after it came on. >> >> Patrick Martin >> Seaside OR >> KGED QSL Manager >> >>> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:01:30 -0800 >>> From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com >>> To: amdxm...@aol.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com >>> CC: m...@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] WIGT-1690 - does it exist? >>> >>> its only licensed for 920 watts.. they were granted a cp for 10kw >>> day/1kw night back in 1997 but France complained based upon some >>> international agreement (rio) in relation to Guadalupe and Martinque.. >>> Three Angels ammended it and was granted a cp last year, but I can >>> imagine the lower power does it no favors in terms of getting out >>> much.. it is diplexed with WGOD 1090. >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> -- Forwarded message -- From: Steve Francis To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, m...@googlegroups.com Cc: Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:57:48 -0500 Subject: WIGT-1690 - does it exist? WIGT-1690 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday will mark its one-year anniversary of being bumped from a Construction Permit to a licensed operation on the FCC website. I have never seen a report of it from anywhere, not even Scandinavia, Newfoundland or Australia/New Zealand. No station website that I can find, either. Certainly the X-band is more cluttered than it was in the 90's, but somebody somewhere would have DXed it by now if it's been on for at least a year. Anyone shed some light? Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee >>> ___ >>> 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 > > > --- > Avast Antivirus on tarkistanut tämän sähköpostin virusten varalta. > http://www.avast.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
Re: [IRCA] WIGT-1690 - does it exist?
Patrick, could you please ask them, if they are on now? I asked Puerto Rican DXers last year and even they can't hear it. It is such a good location and frequency for Europe, that it should be audible somewhere in Europe even with 100 watts. 73, Mauno 29.1.2015, 7:07, Patrick Martin kirjoitti: Paul, I logged and QSL'd it here back just after it came on. Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:01:30 -0800 From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: amdxm...@aol.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com CC: m...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] WIGT-1690 - does it exist? its only licensed for 920 watts.. they were granted a cp for 10kw day/1kw night back in 1997 but France complained based upon some international agreement (rio) in relation to Guadalupe and Martinque.. Three Angels ammended it and was granted a cp last year, but I can imagine the lower power does it no favors in terms of getting out much.. it is diplexed with WGOD 1090. Paul -- Forwarded message -- From: Steve Francis To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, m...@googlegroups.com Cc: Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:57:48 -0500 Subject: WIGT-1690 - does it exist? WIGT-1690 Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday will mark its one-year anniversary of being bumped from a Construction Permit to a licensed operation on the FCC website. I have never seen a report of it from anywhere, not even Scandinavia, Newfoundland or Australia/New Zealand. No station website that I can find, either. Certainly the X-band is more cluttered than it was in the 90's, but somebody somewhere would have DXed it by now if it's been on for at least a year. Anyone shed some light? Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee ___ 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 --- Avast Antivirus on tarkistanut tämän sähköpostin virusten varalta. http://www.avast.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: 2015 Jan 29 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 29 January follow. Solar flux 165 and estimated planetary A-index 10. The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 29 January was 4. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level occurred. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 28 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 UTC 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 158 158 158 158 158 159 159 159 159 159 159 159 159 165 A-in 12 12 12 12 12 9777777710 K-in 23211112112224 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] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, January 23-29, 2015
--- Begin Message --- All times and dates strictly UT [5 hours ahead of `ELT`]. Rx: mostly DX-398 or PL-880 with internal antenna only; Nissan stock caradio as specified; FRG-7 with E/W longwire as specified These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes, utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html All my MW DX reports starting August 2011 are archived in this forum with open access: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page30 These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of USA, unidentified, separated by === Within each, they are in frequency order ** OKLAHOMA. 930, Jan 25 at 1328 UT, WKY OKC, El Indomable is still defaulting to English Sunday mornings for a pubaffs interview show at 1300 UT which is often over well before 1330 UT. Also remember that WKY doesn`t hesitate to mix in English commercials when necessary (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 960, Jan 24 at 1344-1400 UT, KGWA Enid in open carrier/dead air, missing IIRC the Cowboy show, the whole hour? And audiblizing others when nulled, definitely KMA: See U S A. KGWA mod cuts back on at 1400 UT for Fox ``news``, so it`s a negative Fox-hole (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1120, Jan 26 at 1557-1600+ UT on caradio, KEOR Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa, is *still* open carrier/dead air. Also at another check 2138 UT. And still OC/DA by 2011 UT Jan 27. Is the management so out of it, they don`t even know they are burning kW for nothing over a few days now? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1210, Jan 23 at 1338 UT, KGYN Guymon with ``Mid America Network`` news, about water problems in Wichita, events at SWOSU Weatherford OK and OSU Stillwater. (Weatherford is hardly further than OKC from here, but on much less direct roads, and we keep intending to visit SWOSU sometime.) The NRC AM Log, which has thorough coverage of regional networks and groups, does not include the Mid America Network. It seems the Mid America News Network is a subset of Mid America Ag Network of Steckline Communications: http://www.midamericaagnetwork.com/ I suppose HQ is in Wichita, but no physical contact address. Besides KGYN as a prominent affiliate, others on the homepage are: KIUL 1240 & 1310 Garden City KS [?? No 1310 there: see next] KYUL 1310 Scott City KS KGGS 1340 Garden City KS KGSO 1410 Wichita KS KQAM 1480 Wichita KS KGBL 100.9 where`s that? Lakin/Garden City, 100 kW (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1520, KOKC off the air again! Jan 23 at 0426 UT. Maybe these nighttime absences mean they are really working on getting back up to 50 kW on proper westward night pattern, instead of 12.5 kW ND STA. Instead, KOLM MN cheater is in the clear, see USA; and once again in its null some weak Mexican music is audible, which I would dearly like to ID before KOKC is back in whack; see UNIDENTIFIED. KOKC is certainly back on at 1740 UT check (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1650, Jan 27 at 1330 UT, ``ABC Sports Radio update``; why do we need this when we have various ESPNs? 1333 UT, joining Radio Oklahoma Network for ag news, but first an ad for a bank in Sallisaw and Fort Smith [AR], so it`s KYHN. Some SS CCI presumably El Paso (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1650, Jan 28 at 0100 UT, CBS News from KYHN, but checking 1120 KMOX, not //, 0104 UT KMOX already back to local while KYHN has another minute of national news (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) == ** U S A. 690, Jan 25 at 0602 UT, as KGGF is wrapping up with Taps, I start seeking WOKV, Jacksonville FL, which Bob Smoak, Bamberg SC had first reported to ABDX and IRCA at 0155 UT Jan 25: ``DX Opportunity, WOKV, 690, Jacksonville, Florida, is blasting away three hours after sunset with their daytime facilities. They rarely "forget", so here is a good opportunity to pick it up``. And then heard by numerous inlanders. Now indeed I am hearing a station in English south of Coffeyville and north of XEN and some other Mexican with NA (Cuba not much of a 690 factor any more; used to be one of their main 50 kW channels, but only 10 kW now). Ad in news which at 0605 UT outros as Fox, 0605 UT weather but can`t catch any local refs (seemingly from a TV station meteorologist), 0606 UT into C2CAM theme. Looks promising for WOKV. 0630 UT during C2C break, PSA for something in ``Jacksonville``, so that`s it! and Fox news headlines. WOKV is 50/25 kW U2, with night pattern normally wasting most of it eastward into the Atlantic (maybe good for W Africa too? but surely with en
[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, January 23-29, 2015
--- Begin Message --- These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST: http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html All my MW DX reports starting August 2011 are archived in this forum with open access: http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page30 All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 or PL-880 with internal antenna only; Nissan stock caradio as specified; FRG-7 with E-W longwire as specified ** MEXICO. 540, Jan 23 at 0623, XETX, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, with ID soon after tune-in (since they do so at every break, it seems), as ``La Ranchera de Paquimé!``, ``ahora en FM, 540 AM y 90.5 FM``. Axually I copied only the point-5, but Cantú says 90.5. We`ll sure miss this station which with only 1 kW day power will be required to turn off its AM. Despite nominal nite power of only 250 watts, it continues to be the dominant signal on 540, not the alleged 150,000-watt ND XEWA in San Luis Potosí (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 550, Jan 23 at 0624, rock music in Spanish, time check as ``11 y 23`` which is close enough to UT -7, and loops NE/SW, which means it has to be XEPL, as in Aoki: 550 XEPL La Super Estación + FM 91.3 Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chih. 5,000 150 150 watts? Come on; it`s the usual Mexican heard here. (Well, there is another 150-watter in Nayarit, also UT -7.) BTW, per NRC AM Log, believe it or not, there are zero USA SS stations on 550 (except PR) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 730, Jan 25 at 0612, novelty song in Spanish, almost nonsense words, then SHVA with ``Qué Buena, 107.1 FM, 730 AM`` which means it`s still XEHB, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, 50/1 kW. Guess which? It`s dominating everything else on the frequency including the Metroplex Korean, and allegedly 100 kW XEX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 760, Jan 23 at 0340, having struck out on the off-frequency Dominican [q.v.], no signal on 762.74, since WJR is already being almost fully nulled, I pay attention to the weak SS on 760. Harp and romantic YL vocal music, so that makes me dream of Venezuela, fat chance (some static crashes, too; spring is nigh). Immediately rule out Cuba by not // Progreso on 4765.. I keep checking this past 0400 alternating with 830 [see USA]. Can`t catch an ID at 0400, but into talk mentioning Paseo de la Reforma, which is a strong indicator of a Mexican, even from Ciudad de México itself. News headlines by YL leading with Saudi king death, hi-pitched sounders between items, about 6 notes. (I should try webcast for those.) 0404 outro news, something about Informa, back to music. There are eight XEs here, the greatest of which is XEABC, 70/10 kW adjacent to the DF from Los Reyes de la Paz, Estado de México, Radio ABC, format VARiety per IRCA (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 760, Jan 24 at 0348, amid music, announcement as ``ABC`` and PSA for Tribunal Electoral del Estado de México, both of which clinch the inhabitant of the WJR null from here as XEABC. Elexions are coming up in México, so expect a lot more of these, national and state-specific (G lenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 970, Jan 29 at 1334 UT, Spanish music and announcements, losing out to English, probably Tulsa. NRC AM Log shows of the 51 USA stations on 970, the only SS is WNNR Jacksonville FL, 1 kW, so not possibly thence. Could XEJ Juárez be back? Not up to the level it used to attain around sunrise, so maybe another XE. Seems to peak roughly from the southwest (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 980, Jan 24 at 0403, amid the QRM, make out ID as ``9-80, a través de Nueva Rosita, 11 grados``, norteña music, which per WRTH is 5/0.5 kW from Nueva Rosita, Coahuila, slogan ``La que gusta más`` which I am yet to hear. IRCA makes it ``La que le gusta más``, and says frequency varies -2 kHz --- certainly no such variation noticed here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1570, Jan 27 at 0608 UT, XERF is playing what must be the state song, after the national anthem. I keep trying to hear Coahuila mentioned in the lyrix, but do not. Yet it`s frequently repeated per: http://parrascoah.mx.tripod.com/himnocoahuilense.htm 0610 on to full ID for AM and FM (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific MW carrier search, circa 1339 UT sunrise here Jan 24: full bandscan finally pays off, with JBA carriers looping NW on 1566 at 1333; 774 at 1335; 882 at 1337; 918 at 1337. 1566 would be 250 kW HLAZ in Korea South; 774 of course the most regular, 500 kW JOUB in Akita, Japan; 882 maybe 250 kW at Wonsan, North Korea; 918 has a 200
[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 1-29
Hello All, Despite some interesting low and high band signals around 1430 the increasing daylight didn't do much for the Asians this morning, with only a few high band regulars sticking around until 1540. At my 1430 start time both 594-JOAK and 603-HLSA were managing fair peaks, along with 1377-CNR1, 1566-HLAZ, 1575-VOA and 1593-CNR1 on the high band. Unlike yesterday the low band Asians fizzled out pretty quickly after 1500, lacking any sunrise enhancement boost. The usual high band regulars on 1566, 1575 and 1593 (CNR1, all alone) were in and out of the noise with fair peaks from 1515-1540, with 1566-HLAZ managing a few good peaks for brief moments. Overall it was a typical late January performance, without any of the drama or variety of yesterday's session. 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 15" 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] WKNR-850 OH o/u KOA in MN
--- Begin Message --- Reading about S-9+30 on Icom R-75 with Quantum loop. Also very good copy with KOA mostly nulled on CCrane CC Skywave with built-in ant. Will be interesting to see if anyone closer to Denver gets this. Promo for ESPN Cleveland Golf Card, and area courses. Also mentioned espncleveland.com/ 73, George S., MN --- End Message --- ___ 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
