[IRCA] Strong New Chinese Station on 1566 kHz-- A Jammer?
This new 1566 Chinese station is being heard at a strong level in Japan, mixing with HLAZ (according to Hiroyuki Okamura), and it was also mixing with HLAZ at a pretty strong level last week during my DXpedition at Ocean Shores, Washington. Mauno Ritola says that a remote Perseus receiver in Japan also has it at a strong level (signing off at 1601 UTC), making him think that the transmitter power of the Chinese station is at least 100 kW. The frequency choice of this new Chinese station is bizarre, since HLAZ's strong 250 kW transmitter would presumably make the 1566 kHz frequency anything but clear in eastern China. Since 1566-HLAZ already has such a strong signal in east China, it seems possible that this new Chinese station is really intended to be a jammer, to block HLAZ's Chinese Christian religious programs from the listeners in China. The Chinese government doesn't approve of religious activities that it cannot control. Although 1566-HLAZ was in a class by itself in signal strength last week at Ocean Shores, the new Chinese station was giving it strong competition at times. Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, 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] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project
If they are powering up, maybe they would be willing to run a DX test type program to see where their signal is reaching. ms From: mwd...@webtv.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 22:21:15 -0700 Subject: Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project TWR was common in those days in the NW, but of course the dial was not as crowded either. Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 20:16:36 -0700 From: billbl...@cableone.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project Back in the 1960's it was heard in Portland, Oregon often. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Forrest Skaine todftscytj7...@gmail.com wrote: Wow, that will be a blast from the past to hear again. I remember it was so easy to hear back in the early 80's in Iowa and then here. Todd Skaine Woodbury, MN Sony ICF 2010 Toyota car radio On Apr 15, 2015 10:01 PM, Stewart, Joseph R randystew...@missouristate.edu wrote: I honestly can't recall seeing this anywhere but on TWR's own website ( http://www.twr.org/powerup)... they're trying to raise $3.8 million to boost power on PJB Bonaire-800 kHz from the current 100kW up to 450kW (just short of the 500kW they used from sign-on in 1964 into, what, sometime in the 1990s?). No idea why they aren't going for the last 50,000 watts that would get it back up to the original 500kW level. There's a video on the site that shows proposed directional patterns for the new tx--the north beam will be farther west than currently, basically beamed right at Cuba, the Yucatan peninsula, northern Mexico and up into the western U.S. The south pattern would blanket all of Venezuela and Guyana, the eastern half of Colombia, the western half of Surinam, and the extreme north of Brazil. There will also be a ND Caribbean pattern at some time during their broadcast day (or rather, night). Despite the tweaking of the DA pattern--and the large amount of competition on the frequency--presumably the power increase will make it an easier target for North American DXers once again. I don't think I've conclusively logged PJB here in Missouri since they cut power. Before that of course it was a nightly regular for many years. Randy Stewart Battlefield MO ___ 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 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] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project
Oh yeah? Then somehow 4 10 kw stations and a 100 kw station from Brazil have been missed. Chuck To: a...@nrcdxas.org; d...@yahoogroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com; o...@yahoogroups.com; a...@yahoogroups.com From: irca@hard-core-dx.com CC: wghau...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 04:24:46 + --Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 21:23:43 -0700 From: wghau...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: TWR Bonaire Power Up Project To: a...@nrcdxas.org; d...@yahoogroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com; o...@yahoogroups.com; a...@yahoogroups.com CLIP WRTH shows no Cubans or Brazilians on 800, but there are several stations now in most other S American countries, the DR but nowhere else in Caribbean; in most Central American countries, numerous Mexicans. 73, Glenn Hauser ___ 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] [NRC-AM] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project
---BeginMessage--- Even at the current lower power, PJB is a regular here on Cape Cod, often topping 800, as noted in this recent recording of one of their Spanish broadcasts as Radio TransMundial: http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/audio1/pjb-800_20150320_0330z.mp3 Of course a nearly total over-water route helps. I remember hearing PJB in 1986 on a Sony Walkman on a night flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to El Paso, TX. Ten minutes after taking off from the DFW airport, I noted something slopping over onto WBAP 820. Even that close to WBAP, the slop source, which turned out to be PJB 800, was stronger than 820. Right on 800, XEROK was way way under, even though only about 300 miles away versus something like 2000 miles for PJB. Given that much clout at that kind of distance, I have no doubt that PJB was making it to New Zealand. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA We had this plan some months ago in DX Listening Digest. So does this cause any concern now among US or Canadian regulators? Does TWR have to do anything with NARBA or just go for it? Of maybe that`s why it`s `only` 450 kW? WRTH shows no Cubans or Brazilians on 800, but there are several stations now in most other S American countries, the DR but nowhere else in Caribbean; in most Central American countries, numerous Mexicans. 73, Glenn Hauser On Thu, 4/16/15, Bob Galerstein bobg...@optonline.net wrote: Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project To: a...@nrcdxas.org Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015, 4:07 AM Correct my memory if necessary, but didn't PJB-800 have to power down from 500k because of a (potential) shortage of electricity on Bonaire needed to power the 500k transmitter? Bob Galerstein WB2VGD Monroe, NY On 4/15/2015 11:00 PM, Stewart, Joseph R wrote: I honestly can't recall seeing this anywhere but on TWR's own website (http://www.twr.org/powerup)... they're trying to raise $3.8 million to boost power on PJB Bonaire-800 kHz from the current 100kW up to 450kW (just short of the 500kW they used from sign-on in 1964 into, what, sometime in the 1990s?). No idea why they aren't going for the last 50,000 watts that would get it back up to the original 500kW level.? There's a video on the site that shows proposed directional patterns for the new tx--the north beam will be farther west than currently, basically beamed right at Cuba, the Yucatan peninsula, northern Mexico and up into the western U.S. The south pattern would blanket all of Venezuela and Guyana, the eastern half of Colombia, the western half of Surinam, and the extreme north of Brazil.? There will also be a ND Caribbean pattern at some time during their broadcast day (or rather, night).? Despite the tweaking of the DA pattern--and the large amount of competition on the ???frequency--presumably the power increase will make it an easier target for North American DXers once again.? I don't think I've conclusively logged PJB here in Missouri since they cut power. Before that of course it was a nightly regular for many years. Randy Stewart Battlefield MO ---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
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project
Indeed, I just found it in DXLD 14-36, September 3, 2014... as it was a TWR press release about their 50th anniversary at Bonaire I recall I didn't read it all the way to the end, where the next-to-last paragraph mentions the $3.8 million 450kW upgrade project. Randy Stewart Arts Producer KSMU 901 S. National Springfield MO 65897 -Original Message- From: am-boun...@nrcdxas.org [mailto:am-boun...@nrcdxas.org] On Behalf Of Glenn Hauser Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 11:24 PM To: a...@nrcdxas.org; d...@yahoogroups.com; IRCA; ODXA yg; ABDX Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project We had this plan some months ago in DX Listening Digest. So does this cause any concern now among US or Canadian regulators? Does TWR have to do anything with NARBA or just go for it? Of maybe that`s why it`s `only` 450 kW? WRTH shows no Cubans or Brazilians on 800, but there are several stations now in most other S American countries, the DR but nowhere else in Caribbean; in most Central American countries, numerous Mexicans. 73, Glenn Hauser ___ 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] Enquire about radio listening (Moving deadline)
---BeginMessage--- Dario, feel free to check out https://www.facebook.com/groups/509246815818550/ and post your request in it. Quite a few non-USA DX'er's are in this group, which I moderate -Paul Swearingen, Topeka -Original Message- From: Dario dario_gabrie...@rocketmail.com To: irca irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thu, Apr 16, 2015 12:08 pm Subject: [IRCA] Enquire about radio listening (Moving deadline) Dear friend My name is Dario and I live in the north of Italy. I like listen to radio station of around the world with my two receiver DEGEN 1129 and SANGEAN ATS 909. I like listen to radio that broadcast in Italian, English and Spanish and every months I write regularly to 4 or 5 radio stations With this message I want readers to know that in these days I prepared a survey to know what people want to read in Dx journals or magazines, so if someone wants participate they can write to me to receive the questions so I ask you if please you can publicize this event in your DX Bulletin and DX program I Remember the deadline is move on May 10th, 2015. If you are interested please contact: dario.gabriell...@gmail.com Hoping in your news I say my best 73 Dario ---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] Enquire about radio listening (Moving deadline)
Dear friend My name is Dario and I live in the north of Italy. I like listen to radio station of around the world with my two receiver DEGEN 1129 and SANGEAN ATS 909. I like listen to radio that broadcast in Italian, English and Spanish and every months I write regularly to 4 or 5 radio stations With this message I want readers to know that in these days I prepared a survey to know what people want to read in Dx journals or magazines, so if someone wants participate they can write to me to receive the questions so I ask you if please you can publicize this event in your DX Bulletin and DX program I Remember the deadline is move on May 10th, 2015. If you are interested please contact: dario.gabriell...@gmail.com Hoping in your news I say my best 73 Dario ___ 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] [NRC-AM] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project
Glenn, I thought you might have, but I apparently missed it--should have done a search! However, I don't recall seeing it specifically on the NRC or IRCA reflectors. It did take me by surprise, though--I had just randomly surfed to the TWR website last night and there it was. As Bob Galerstein asked on the NRC list, didn't they power down because the 500kW plant was such a power hog? I didn't see anything on their site addressing electrical grid or environmental concerns. On the TWR Facebook page they mention installation is planned for sometime in the summer, but I've never found a specific timetable anywhere. Their website does mention receiving a reception report/QSL request from New Zealand earlier this year Randy Stewart Arts Producer KSMU 901 S. National Springfield MO 65897 -Original Message- From: am-boun...@nrcdxas.org [mailto:am-boun...@nrcdxas.org] On Behalf Of Glenn Hauser Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 11:24 PM To: a...@nrcdxas.org; d...@yahoogroups.com; IRCA; ODXA yg; ABDX Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project We had this plan some months ago in DX Listening Digest. So does this cause any concern now among US or Canadian regulators? Does TWR have to do anything with NARBA or just go for it? Of maybe that`s why it`s `only` 450 kW? WRTH shows no Cubans or Brazilians on 800, but there are several stations now in most other S American countries, the DR but nowhere else in Caribbean; in most Central American countries, numerous Mexicans. 73, Glenn Hauser ___ 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] Bonaire
---BeginMessage--- Back in the day, TWR had their own power house for the station. Ron Gitscher visited the site and took a series of pics. Of late PJB has been running 50kw non d at night and same with a two tower DA beamed south during the day with Spanish programming. Jerry Kiefer Orlando -- End of IRCA Digest, Vol 132, Issue 43 * ---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
Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project
XEROK 800 certainly doesn't have the same punch here in SoCal that it did back in the 70s when I used to listen to their top 40 rock regularly at night. I managed to hear CKLW once or twice but STILL need to log Bonaire. Ms Sent from my iPod On Apr 15, 2015, at 10:35 PM, Rick Lewis rick...@shellworld.net wrote: Patrick, About eight years ago I'd read that XEROK's radials were in very poor shape and that their effective power was something like 18,000 watts. And that situation was continuing to deteriorate, so that figure may be far lower now. -- Rick ___ 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] R: Re: Enquire about radio listening (Moving deadline)
Dear friend, Now I post my new about enquire in Facebook page of Galena del sur Thank you very much Dario Thank you Dario Inviato da Yahoo Mail su Android Da:Paul Swearingen via IRCA irca@hard-core-dx.com Data:gio, 16 apr, 2015 alle 19:18 Oggetto:Re: [IRCA] Enquire about radio listening (Moving deadline) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Apr 16 1810 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 15 April follow. Solar flux 155 and estimated planetary A-index 29. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 16 April was 4. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are expected. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 147 147 147 147 147 147 155 155 155 155 155 155 155 155 A-in 13 13 13 13 13 13 27 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 K-in 23355454555434 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, April 10-16, 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/page33 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 ** CUBA. 950, April 10 at 0118 UT, as I have just logged XERN in Nuevo León [see MEXICO], I hear the Radio Reloj ``RR`` Morse code sounder, so I know it has to be Cuba, brought in a little better by rotating the DX-398, but still all I can copy are the minutely time tone followed by RR for the next two minutes, and compared to WWV, Reloj is 17 seconds slow!! Good enough for Commie government work? WRTH 2015 shows two CMBDs on 950, each 10 kW: in Camagüey and closer Arroyo Arenas, Habana (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** MEXICO. 950, April 10 at 0117 UT, Mexican-sounding PSA, then ``La Mera Mera`` slogan (plus ``La Ranchera``? Not sure about that part), but I am sure an 8:17 timecheck followed and temp in Montemorelos. So it`s XERN, 5/1 kW in that Nuevo León city per Cantú, which however calls it ``La Jefa``. Even further off is the IRCA Log listing as La Jefa in Monterrey. Where will WRTH find it? Monterrey, but called ``Radio Naranjera`` --- at least that matched the call letters. Could that be what I heard, rhyming with mera? No, ``La Mera Mera`` was pretty clear and a slogan used by several Mexican stations, odd as it sounds. That ex-name obviously had something to do with oranges, but what, exactly? My Random House LA SS dixionary spells it out: naranjera is orange-seller (if feminine), but what`s that got to do with radio? Naranjal is orange grove; naranjada is orangeade; naranja is orange, the fruit; while naranjo besides meaning orange tree can also informally mean lout or blockhead. I guess the color naranj@ can be either gender, depending. Montemorelos is about 52 km SE of Monterrey on Carretera 85, so just about a suburb easily linked to the metropolis (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also CUBA Nice catch with XERN. Here's their website. http://radionaranjera.com.mx/ 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, ABDX via DXLD) ** MEXICO. 1030, April 14 at 1245 UT as I tune in, ``Radio Fórmula, Ciudad Juárez`` ID, quickly losing out to gospel huxtering in English, KCTA TX or KCWJ MO. It`s XEYC, 1/1 kW per IRCA, or 5/0.5 kW per Cantú and WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ---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
Re: [IRCA] Strong New Chinese Station on 1566 kHz-- A Jammer?
Yes, Mark, there is no conceivable reason for a powerful eastern China station to start broadcasting on 1566 kHz unless it has negative intentions toward the 250 kW Christian broadcaster, HLAZ. The frequency is certainly far from open. 1566-HLAZ has two Christian programs beamed to China in Mandarin each evening (during our morning DX period here on the west coast), and at very powerful strength. They must be causing some consternation in Beijing, which attempts to suppress any religious activity which it cannot control. 73, Gary This is oddly reminiscent of the Radio Farda UAE versus Iran mash-up on 1575 which is sometimes a DX feature on the East Coast. Or, for that matter, the nightly Radio Marti versus Rebelde Cuba shoot-out on 1180 that usually leaves hapless WHAM spinning in the dust here on the Cape. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA - Original Message - From: Mark Connelly via IRCA irca@hard-core-dx.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Mark Connelly markwa1...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 5:50:38 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Strong New Chinese Station on 1566 kHz-- A Jammer? ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Apr 17 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 16 April follow. Solar flux 150 and estimated planetary A-index 43. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 17 April was 6. Space weather for the past 24 hours has been moderate. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level occurred. Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be moderate. Geomagnetic storms reaching the G2 level are expected. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 147 147 147 147 155 155 155 155 155 155 155 155 150 150 A-in 13 13 13 13 27 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 36 43 K-in 35545455543456 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, April 10-16, 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/page33 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 ** CANADA. 2749-USB, April 11 at 0102, very poor signal but YL voice, presumably marine weather; then I check 2598-USB and hear more of same, probably not //, both too weak to read --- but first time I`ve heard either in months, not all winter, so suspected the Canadian Coast Guard may have closed them, but Bill Hepburn confirmed they were still on. His listings http://www.dxinfocentre.com/mb.htm show these must have been, on shared frequencies, at this hour: 2749, VCO, Sydney NS, starting at 0040 2598, VCP-4, Placentia NL, starting at 0048 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1769, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 960, April 12 at 0100-0105 UT, KGWA Enid with unexpected Fox-hole of dead air, audiblizing KGKL: See U S A 960 log (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1520, April 10 at 0057 UT, syndicated paranoid talkshow loops toward OKC, so KOKC already back on the air again? Only fair signal with plenty of QRM, KOLM et al. Yes, 0059 UT ID ``News-Talk 1520, K-OKC, Oklahoma City, 1560 KEBC Del City`` and into (bong) CBS News. So have KOKC finished the reconstruxion already? (Glenn Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST) See also USA: 1560 ** OKLAHOMA. 1520, April 10 at 1320 UT, KOKC remains on air, and IDs as ``Your 50,000-watt news source, News-talk 1520, KOKC`` --- NOT HARDLY --- as we all know (but not ordinary listeners?), it`s not been 50 kW for at least a couple of years, but 12.5 and now only 10 kW. THEY LIE. Also at this hour with SAH from remnant of CRI via KYND TX. Slightly different angles allow KOKC to be minimized and KYND maximized by precise positioning of the DX-398 (Glenn Hauser, Enid, WORLD OF RADIO 1769, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** OKLAHOMA. 1560, April 10 at 1820 UT on caradio, KEBC Del City is once again back on its own, no longer duplicating 1520 KOKC, where rebuild of a single tower must now be complete. Instead on 1560 I am hearing Oklahoma high school sports promos (same one twice?), and Oklahoma Dept of Health PSA, 1822 UT rejoining NBC Sports Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) === ** U S A. 720, April 14 at 1240 UT, half a sesquihour after sunrise here, I start scanning MW from the bottom to find what`s still skywaving: here in Spanish is `Trabajos`, quick call-ins offering day-jobs such as ``decking, stucco, yardero`` with phone numbers mostly in 210 area code. Bits of music interspersed. Obviously KSAH Universal City (San Antonio) TX (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 960, April 12 at 0101 UT, local KGWA Enid is in another Fox-hole! I.e. dead air during Fox newscast which we often find at local midnite 0500-0505 UT. I`ve long suspected there could be others, but have better things to do than monitor KGWA constantly. Anyhow, I can now hear something clearly with it nulled: GEICO ad and back to a silly baseball game, batter being some guy Hernández (ergo a multi-millionaire), finished already at 0103 (strike out?), and ID as Rangers Radio Network. That`s all I need. See affiliate map/list at: http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/tex/download/y2015/radio_network.pdf showing the only 960 is KGKL San Angelo TX (which I also have often heard in the other Fox-hole with ABC News). The only other 960 in TX is KIMP, but not on the list, which it could have been as the Rangers do have a few Spanish affiliates too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 970, April 16 at 0620 UT, ad mentioning `Red Eye Radio`, loops NNE/SSW, i.e. WDAY Fargo ND, which is 10/10 kW U4. Another affiliate, less likely, is WMAY Springfield IL, among several further RER affils listed in the NRC AM Log. Originally a show specifically for truckers, now for all right-wing fantatix (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ** U S A. 1500, April 12 at 0104 UT, with KSTP nulled, CBS News making SAH of about 3 Hz; 0105 right into NWS automaton with local weather for
Re: [IRCA] Strong New Chinese Station on 1566 kHz-- A Jammer?
---BeginMessage--- This is oddly reminiscent of the Radio Farda UAE versus Iran mash-up on 1575 which is sometimes a DX feature on the East Coast. Or, for that matter, the nightly Radio Marti versus Rebelde Cuba shoot-out on 1180 that usually leaves hapless WHAM spinning in the dust here on the Cape. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA Since 1566-HLAZ already has such a strong signal in east China, it seems possible that this new Chinese station is really intended to be a jammer, to block HLAZ's Chinese Christian religious programs from the listeners in China. The Chinese government doesn't approve of religious activities that it cannot control. Although 1566-HLAZ was in a class by itself in signal strength last week at Ocean Shores, the new Chinese station was giving it strong competition at times. Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) ---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
Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Power Up Project
One of the stations that really got me into DXing was hearing the old Record Roost program on XELO-800. PJB would crash the party if I didn't have my Realtone GlobeSpanner turned just right. Rob Keeney Summerville SC On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 1:40 PM, Mike Sanburn mikesanb...@hotmail.com wrote: XEROK 800 certainly doesn't have the same punch here in SoCal that it did back in the 70s when I used to listen to their top 40 rock regularly at night. I managed to hear CKLW once or twice but STILL need to log Bonaire. Ms Sent from my iPod On Apr 15, 2015, at 10:35 PM, Rick Lewis rick...@shellworld.net wrote: Patrick, About eight years ago I'd read that XEROK's radials were in very poor shape and that their effective power was something like 18,000 watts. And that situation was continuing to deteriorate, so that figure may be far lower now. -- Rick ___ 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
