[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on MArch 12
It was another prolific TP morning here. Most of the action was at the lower end of the dial. There were lots of carriers at the upper end, but few had audio. HLAZ struggled to be heard, but VOA-1575 was audible for the first reasonable time in quite a while. There was a noticeable sunrise enhancement just after 1400, even though some signals peaked an hour earlier GOOD 594JOAK, 1327 brief piano music, tn Japanese talk 693JOAB, Chinese lesson 1344, Korean lesson 1409 774JOUB, English lesson about high school sports 1308 890KBBI, legal ID o/CJDC 1400, then weather 972HLCA, good at various times, best at 1409 with interview FAIR 670KDLG (tentative), NPR news mixing with KBOI 1404 747JOIB, English lesson 1314 750KFQD, somewhat dominant w/legal ID CBS news 1300, also 1321 atop with news KFQD news time 5:21 828JOBB, man woman talking rapidly //774 1326 981CNR1, 1300 the usual pips, time check, announcements ID 1053 Korean jammer 1359 1422JORF, Japanese male 1408 1566HLAZ, choir, organ, and man talking, possibly a church service 1308 1575VOA, talk in unid language 1353 POOR 558Pop music 1333 819DPRK, time pips woman in heavy KGNW splat 1400 792very weak talk, no pips 1400 1206Yanbian, weak talk 1302 on 1205.95 1503JOUK, weak talk 1403 //594 1593very brief talk in KLFE splat 1347, probably CNR 1602NHK2, pips 1300, faint talk 1302 same voices as 774 CARRIERS 567 603 612 666 675 684 702 729 738 756 783 837 846 864 891 909 918 936 945 954 963 1017 1035 1044 1098 1134 1143 1179 1242 1287 1314 1323 1386 1404 1413 1431 1458 1467 1476 1512 1557 ___ 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] Arizona TP March 12th
Congratulations Brian. You must have been taking most of HLCA's signal at 1304UT this morning. Your entire recording is better than anything I was able to manage at that time. Impressive recording. And, actually, you did at least as well or better as I did on several other of your recordings... best wishes, Nick At 00:57 13-03-15, you wrote: (6-foot tuned loop, 23-foot vertical, Quantum Phaser, RTL-SDR) I think Gary's description of conditions as vibrant fits here as well. There seemed to be two broad signal peaks from Japan, one centered near 5:25am MST (1225UT) and another centered near 6:20am MST (1320UT). Local sunrise was at 6:45am MST (1345UT). I had a little equipment problem that took me off the air at 1337UT, but conditions were way down by that point. I finally caught some good audio during the English lessons on 774-JOUB during the 1200-hour peak. Let the record show that the first intelligible English I've received on the AM BCB from overseas was the ever-popular question Were you taken to the hospital?. I also picked up some weak audio on presumed 747-JOIB during the 1300-hour peak. As far as Korea, although 1566-HLAZ wasn't very strong this morning, I did catch some audio from presumed 972-HLCA shortly after 6am MST (13UT) that sounded Korean. I also picked up some weak audio on 1593 which might have been China, but it would have been too weak to try to look for parallels on shortware. Some recordings are available at: https://azswdxing.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/log-am-bcb-march-12th-trans-pacific-reception/ I had quite a few carriers on the low band including a couple that were near audio, and there were probably others, but with my tuned antennas I can't monitor everything and still get optimal recordings. I mostly ignore the middle of the band since there isn't anything strong there. Summary: Fair-good audio: 774, 972 Marginal-weak audio: 747, 1566, 1593 Strong carriers: 828, 864 Other carriers: 693, 738, 765, 873, 945, 963, 981, 1422, 1503, 1521, 1557 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 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-12
Hello All, Congratulations to Richard for his TP receptions on Ultralight radios in Oklahoma this morning. Those DXers hoping for a repeat of Tuesday's great propagation certainly got their wish this morning, with the low band Japanese big guns once again on the warpath at my 1320 start time. Besides very NHK good signals on 594, 693, 747, 774 and 828 the Korean big gun 972-HLCA was also joining the enhanced propagation party at an S9 level in the predawn darkness. The vibrant propagation at 1315 featured weak audio from a variety of second-tier TP's on 603, 657, 738 and 1044, while the NHK big guns pounded in and out right through the 1400 TOH. Unfortunately (like two days ago) the high band Asians didn't seem to share in the propagation bonanza, with only 1566-HLAZ hitting fair peaks at times. With increasing daylight around 1350 the low band Asian mainland stations on 603, 657 and 738 all got a decent boost, and for a while it seemed like 738-BEL2 might repeat its stellar performance of two days ago as it came up to fair peaks around 1358. Its hyper-speed Chinese audio soon faded, however, leaving 603-HLSA and 657-Pyongyang to receive the main benefits of the sunrise enhancement kick. 603-HLSA came up to an S9 level around 1410 with a monologue by KBS2's deep-voiced male, followed by the Carpenters' classic pop music, also with strong peaks in and out. 657-Pyongyang's dreary orchestra was also in and out at a fair level around 1402, possibly hosted by the Korean tirade lady. Overall the band was far above average for March, with many potent signals from both Japan and Korea. 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea KBS2's deep voiced male at an S9 level around 1411, introducing the Carpenters' Yesterday Once More classic pop music, which also built up to very potent strength http://www.mediafire.com/listen/7vcws0ll8vj8te9/603-HLSA-1412z031215CCSW.MP3 657 Pyongyang BS Pyongyang, N. Korea Dreary orchestra finishing up at 1402 with the tirade woman speaking in Korean at a fair level http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ldxeqsduy7031zj/657-Pyongyang-1402z031215CCSW.MP3 693 JOAB Tokyo, Japan Animated Japanese male conversation at 1320 with very good strength (typical of the low band NHK big gun stations this morning) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/3sc8cbf7xejq0ra/693-JOAB-1320z031215CCSW.MP3 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Korean male speech, interval music and female speech at an S9 level around 1340-- its best signal of 2015 so far http://www.mediafire.com/listen/25rjnr3n989f5af/972-HLCA-1340z031215CCSW.MP3 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] Looking for a receiver
A friend would like to purchase a Kenwood R-600 general coverage receiver. He has been checking Ebay and QRZ.com but no luck. If you have a lead on one of these please email me directly. Thanks. Jim - KH2AR/W4 Memphis kh...@comcast.net ___ 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, March 8-12, 2015
---BeginMessage--- All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during DST; when changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-04 UT period to the previous date by 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/page32 These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of USA, unidentified [if any], separated by === Within each, they are in frequency order ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 640, March 9 at 1746 UT, KWPN Moore, IBOC is off, allowing clear reception of 20 kW 660, KSKY The Metroplex (yes, when on, and it usually is in the daytime, the Okie IBOC even messes this up 20 kHz away,); and 660 is so clear that I can now even hear Omaha underneath it, i.e. 1 kW KCRO (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1120, March 9 at 1750 UT, KETU Catoosa/Sperry/Tulsa, dead carrier is still detectable on caradio via daytime groundwave after at least a sesquimonth, altho seems weaker than before, nominally 10 kW now, but no comparison whatsoever to 50 kW ND 1170 KFAQ. However, pattern shows null at 310 degrees (Enid is more like 280), and another at 70; major broad lobe centered at 190 degrees, and minor at 10. http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1553082-121213.pdf This is because site is on the north side of Tulsa --- not that any of this matters as long as they fail to modulate (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1170, March 10 circa 1315 UT, KFAQ Tulsa local far-right talk show makes excuses for rampant racism at OU fraternities, implies the video was by an infiltraitor. At least its IBOC is off at the moment; usually on 24 hours, ruining KSL 1160 and other neighbors (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1360 1420, March 9 at 1751 UT check on caradio, weak hets still audible on KS and OK stations, i.e. matching spurs from local 1390 KCRC Enid. Pitch on 1360 is lower than on 1420, so one or more of the three stations are slightly off-frequency (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1650, March 10 at 0551 UT, `Red Eye Radio` audible and a few words ahead of // 1640 KZLS, so this confirms KYHN Sallisaw is still on the air, but it`s no longer dominant vs tri-station CCI; QRP? Or is it now really 1 kW instead of previously 10 kW day power at night? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1650, March 11 at 0639 UT, KCNZ Iowa ID in passing; even when aimed toward Sallisaw I get KCNZ and no trace of KYHN. But at 1258 UT March 11, KYHN poor signal promoting Iphone and Android access, ``Arklahoma`s conservative talk radio``. Must be underpowered and/or sporadic (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) == ** U S A. 720, March 9 at 1741 UT on caradio, WGN is still getting here on residual skywave less than an hour before local mean noon --- appropriately, MW discussing the OU fraternity scandal; 1745 UT WGN ID for sure. Weak but steady, and between stoplites and powerline noise sources, quite listenable. Has faded out by 1752 UT, but back again during news at 1802 UT. 670 also has signs of WSCR, something CCI to KLTT Denver (and 850 KOA is also in over Spanish from Metroplex) (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 760, March 11 at 1300 UT, ID for KMTL, Little Rock-North Little Rock, ``Inspiration Radio`` with CCI from KC. Is 10 kW daytimer, COL Sherwood AR, address in Clarksville (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 790, March 9 at 1307 UT, ``Curm Dial-a-Trade`` show opening, both host and callers, some from Missouri, with deep Ozarkish accents. Reserves first 10 minutes for new callers. Proudly announces nationwide WATS number tho 790 coverage is more limited. See http://www.kurm.net/dialatrade.htm KURM is in Rogers AR, now on 5 kW ND day power but still in via SRS as it`s too far by groundwave (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 790, March 9 at 1748 UT on caradio, ad for something in Burlington CO, times as Mountain, then ``K-Triple-X`` ID. This 5 kW ND Colby KS is normally difficult due to splash from 800 KQCV OKC, allegedly only 2.5 kW, but KXXX lucks out at the moment, also vs Lubbock 790. I still can`t get its next neighbor to the west, 1 kW KLOE 730 Goodland, due to huger splash from 740 KRMG Tulsa. KXXX is on
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Mar 12 1810 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 11 March follow. Solar flux 132 and estimated planetary A-index 9. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 12 March was 2. 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. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are likely. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 121 121 121 121 121 121 132 132 132 132 132 132 132 132 A-in 55555589999999 K-in 13222321232322 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] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, March 6-12, 2015
---BeginMessage--- 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/page32 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 UNIDENTIFIED. 774, March 12 at 1249-1252+, JBA carrier from NW, no doubt 500 kW NHK, the #1 TP signal if any remnant make it to here. Nothing on some others checked in the 1000 and 1566 range. Our sunrise today: 1247 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** CUBA. 890, March 8 at 0244, song about basura, with WLS easily nulled, immediately identifiable as R. Progreso since it`s // 900 but which is about one second (more than a single satellite hop would be) behind 890 but a tad louder. // 4765 is very slightly ahead of 890. Per WRTH, 890 is 200 kW in Chambas, Ciego de Ávila province, while 900 is 50 kW in further San Germán, Holguín (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 1010, March 8 at 0627, dominant signal from NE/SW is ``Recuerdos 103.7``, I thought, but uplooked later it has to 106.7, the FM side of XEVK Torreón, Coahuila; (seis and tres are easily confused) and IRCA Log adds that transmitter site is across the state line in sibling city Gómez Palacio, Durango. Cantú and IRCA agree it`s 5/1 kW and official name is ``Tu Recuerdo``, i.e. thy memory, i.e. nostalgia format? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) UNIDENTIFIED. 1470, March 12 at 1308 UT, Spanish mentions Los Ángeles, 1309 ``un nuevo día más, radio por la mañana``, maybe a searchable catch-phrase? Yes, but nothing clix. Soon fades; loops approx., E-W, but too much QRM from any other direxion to be sure. L.A. could be mentioned anywhere, but there is a SS in CA, KUTY in Palmdale, 5/5 kW U4. Per the NRC AM Log 2014-2015, other 1470 USA SS are in: FL, IA, MN, NC, PR, all of which are even less likely than CA, unless the DF is way off, from IA. This is 20 minutes after LSR in Enid. Group site http://highdesertbroadcasting.com/ shows only this one of the cluster lacks its own webpage, but listed as: ``KUTY 1470 AM – Hermosa - Spanish Music/Talk/News`` Or could it be a Mexican? Possibly XEACE in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, 1/0.1 kW. This late I haven`t heard any other N/W Mexicans on lower channels, tho 1570 XERF is still audible (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) KAZ suggests 1470 could be XERCN Tijuana, 10/5 kW, Uniradio --- yes, it could ** MEXICO. 1560, March 9 at 0558, full ID including street address in Ciudad Juárez, from R. Vida ID, into NA now with local midnite in UT - 6 zoneshift to MDT. I.e., per IRCA 2014 and Cantú as of Feb 19 printout, XEJPV still called ``Indie`` as a 1 kW daytimer! I wonder if the call has changed too, unheard this time (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) XEJPV (unsure if calls have changed but Juárez has had these calls for decades) has been Radio Viva for a couple months at least. http://radioviva.mx/ The last post on the Indie FB site was from Oct 10, 2014. I've had them weakly a couple of times this season from IL thru the weak mess of stations there once KLNG goes off a couple hours after sunset. 1560 is very good here on western oriented antennas as I cannot tell that NYC in on the air. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, ABDX via DXLD) ---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
[IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 3/12/15
There were hints of signals indicated on 594 and 693 kHz just before LSR at 1246, but no audio. Also, 774 JOUB - heard fading in and out between 1055 and 1228, peaking at fair at 1138-1139. Receivers: Tecsun PL310 (7.5 ferrite rod) PL-606, with C Crane Skywave. Antenna: 8-inch (20 cm) FSL. A comparsion of the PL-606 and Skywave on 774 kHz favored the Tecsun. Good DX. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA. ___ 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] WPIE 1160 NY being Heard Well in Madison WI
Wow 1900! Congratulations Nigel! Sincerely, Todd Skaine Woodbury, MN Sony ICF 2010 Superradio 2 Grundig S350 M400 Toyota car radio On Mar 12, 2015 6:49 PM, Nigel Pimblett nige2...@telus.net wrote: Thanks to all who posted about WPIE. I gave it a try last night, not really expecting to hear anything other than KSL and WYLL, but at 0500 UTC I was rewarded with a nice clear ID for WPIE, for a new one here, and my 1900th station logged. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, AB On 11/03/2015 7:30 PM, William Dvorak wrote: WPIE 1160 Trumansburg NY is currently coming in very well at my QTH in Madison WI at 2030 CDT, carrying ESPN coverage of the ACC men's basketball tournament. WPIE facilities are 10kw days and 310w nights. WPIE's signal is as strong as or even above WYLL Chicago here, which is the overwhelming dominant station on most nights. 73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI ___ 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
[IRCA] Arizona TP March 12th
(6-foot tuned loop, 23-foot vertical, Quantum Phaser, RTL-SDR) I think Gary's description of conditions as vibrant fits here as well. There seemed to be two broad signal peaks from Japan, one centered near 5:25am MST (1225UT) and another centered near 6:20am MST (1320UT). Local sunrise was at 6:45am MST (1345UT). I had a little equipment problem that took me off the air at 1337UT, but conditions were way down by that point. I finally caught some good audio during the English lessons on 774-JOUB during the 1200-hour peak. Let the record show that the first intelligible English I've received on the AM BCB from overseas was the ever-popular question Were you taken to the hospital?. I also picked up some weak audio on presumed 747-JOIB during the 1300-hour peak. As far as Korea, although 1566-HLAZ wasn't very strong this morning, I did catch some audio from presumed 972-HLCA shortly after 6am MST (13UT) that sounded Korean. I also picked up some weak audio on 1593 which might have been China, but it would have been too weak to try to look for parallels on shortware. Some recordings are available at: https://azswdxing.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/log-am-bcb-march-12th-trans-pacific-reception/ I had quite a few carriers on the low band including a couple that were near audio, and there were probably others, but with my tuned antennas I can't monitor everything and still get optimal recordings. I mostly ignore the middle of the band since there isn't anything strong there. Summary: Fair-good audio: 774, 972 Marginal-weak audio: 747, 1566, 1593 Strong carriers: 828, 864 Other carriers: 693, 738, 765, 873, 945, 963, 981, 1422, 1503, 1521, 1557 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] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-12
Gary, Nice report and nice signal on 972! I finally got audio there this morning, although much weaker. After missing Tuesday's conditions, it was nice to get in on the TP bonanza this morning. Thanks to everybody for the regular TP reports. Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:00 AM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: Hello All, Congratulations to Richard for his TP receptions on Ultralight radios in Oklahoma this morning. Those DXers hoping for a repeat of Tuesday's great propagation certainly got their wish this morning, with the low band Japanese big guns once again on the warpath at my 1320 start time. Besides very NHK good signals on 594, 693, 747, 774 and 828 the Korean big gun 972-HLCA was also joining the enhanced propagation party at an S9 level in the predawn darkness. The vibrant propagation at 1315 featured weak audio from a variety of second-tier TP's on 603, 657, 738 and 1044, while the NHK big guns pounded in and out right through the 1400 TOH. Unfortunately (like two days ago) the high band Asians didn't seem to share in the propagation bonanza, with only 1566-HLAZ hitting fair peaks at times. With increasing daylight around 1350 the low band Asian mainland stations on 603, 657 and 738 all got a decent boost, and for a while it seemed like 738-BEL2 might repeat its stellar performance of two days ago as it came up to fair peaks around 1358. Its hyper-speed Chinese audio soon faded, however, leaving 603-HLSA and 657-Pyongyang to receive the main benefits of the sunrise enhancement kick. 603-HLSA came up to an S9 level around 1410 with a monologue by KBS2's deep-voiced male, followed by the Carpenters' classic pop music, also with strong peaks in and out. 657-Pyongyang's dreary orchestra was also in and out at a fair level around 1402, possibly hosted by the Korean tirade lady. Overall the band was far above average for March, with many potent signals from both Japan and Korea. 603 HLSA Namyang, S. Korea KBS2's deep voiced male at an S9 level around 1411, introducing the Carpenters' Yesterday Once More classic pop music, which also built up to very potent strength http://www.mediafire.com/listen/7vcws0ll8vj8te9/603-HLSA-1412z031215CCSW.MP3 657 Pyongyang BS Pyongyang, N. Korea Dreary orchestra finishing up at 1402 with the tirade woman speaking in Korean at a fair level http://www.mediafire.com/listen/ldxeqsduy7031zj/657-Pyongyang-1402z031215CCSW.MP3 693 JOAB Tokyo, Japan Animated Japanese male conversation at 1320 with very good strength (typical of the low band NHK big gun stations this morning) http://www.mediafire.com/listen/3sc8cbf7xejq0ra/693-JOAB-1320z031215CCSW.MP3 972 HLCA Dangjin, S. Korea Korean male speech, interval music and female speech at an S9 level around 1340-- its best signal of 2015 so far http://www.mediafire.com/listen/25rjnr3n989f5af/972-HLCA-1340z031215CCSW.MP3 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Mar 13 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 12 March follow. Solar flux 127 and estimated planetary A-index 8. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 13 March was 0. 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. Radio blackouts reaching the R1 level are likely. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 121 121 121 121 132 132 132 132 132 132 132 132 127 127 A-in 55558999999911 8 K-in 22232123232210 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] Arizona TP March 12th
Brian, Thanks also for your interesting and detailed TP-DXing report from Arizona this morning. It's always nice to know how Asian propagation varies in places far away from here (even though it can also vary a lot between here and Seattle, 35 miles north :-) I think a lot of the different TP-DXing results here in the Puget Sound area (for Bruce, Nick and I) are due to the different antennas being used. Like your 6-foot tuned loop, my 15 FSL antenna is a tunable, single-optimized-frequency design which has a reputation for good sensitivity on the low band. Bruce and Nick are using much larger broadband loops, which in combination with their sensitive SDR receivers usually provide better high band results. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) - Original Message - From: Brian Rachford azswdx...@gmail.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:57:15 PM Subject: [IRCA] Arizona TP March 12th (6-foot tuned loop, 23-foot vertical, Quantum Phaser, RTL-SDR) I think Gary's description of conditions as vibrant fits here as well. There seemed to be two broad signal peaks from Japan, one centered near 5:25am MST (1225UT) and another centered near 6:20am MST (1320UT). Local sunrise was at 6:45am MST (1345UT). I had a little equipment problem that took me off the air at 1337UT, but conditions were way down by that point. I finally caught some good audio during the English lessons on 774-JOUB during the 1200-hour peak. Let the record show that the first intelligible English I've received on the AM BCB from overseas was the ever-popular question Were you taken to the hospital?. I also picked up some weak audio on presumed 747-JOIB during the 1300-hour peak. As far as Korea, although 1566-HLAZ wasn't very strong this morning, I did catch some audio from presumed 972-HLCA shortly after 6am MST (13UT) that sounded Korean. I also picked up some weak audio on 1593 which might have been China, but it would have been too weak to try to look for parallels on shortware. Some recordings are available at: https://azswdxing.wordpress.com/2015/03/13/log-am-bcb-march-12th-trans-pacific-reception/ I had quite a few carriers on the low band including a couple that were near audio, and there were probably others, but with my tuned antennas I can't monitor everything and still get optimal recordings. I mostly ignore the middle of the band since there isn't anything strong there. Summary: Fair-good audio: 774, 972 Marginal-weak audio: 747, 1566, 1593 Strong carriers: 828, 864 Other carriers: 693, 738, 765, 873, 945, 963, 981, 1422, 1503, 1521, 1557 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 ___ 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
