[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Apr 29 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 28 April follow. Solar flux 108 and estimated planetary A-index 6. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 29 April was 1. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 29 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 119 119 119 119 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 A-in 44445555555586 K-in 12212221222111 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] 1710 Springfield MA armory logged in IL tonight.
Mixing with a TIS giving weather info mostly for waters of the coast of Long Island (is this Hudson Cty NJ or Nassau Cty NY?) with a ment of Springfield Armory, George Washington ment, and also parts of directions to get there. 73 KAZ Barrington IL. Perseus and 2 element DKAZ phased array with beam steered ENE. ___ 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] Antenna pattern testing of a MW tuned loop
In preparation for some testing I want to do with a Superloop antenna once I can figure out a reasonable way to rotate it, I did some pattern testing yesterday on my 6-foot tuned loop. I used my SDR and a simple hiking compass to take signal strength readings on 4 local and local-ish stations in 10 degree increments, plus extra measurements near the two nulls in the pattern. I was pretty happy with the results, but there were a few oddities (the two nulls for each station were considerably different, the directional patterns were significantly skewed for my hyper-locals, and a few other things). A full writeup is too long for the list and wouldn't be complete without the plots, but I've put up a detailed blog post, including the pattern plots: https://azswdxing.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/gear-pattern-test-of-am-bcb-tuned-loop-antenna/ I haven't seen a lot of full pattern testing data on-line, but it's obviously much more difficult to do for larger antennas. Comments welcomed and encouraged. 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] Ultralight Radio DXing Takes Off in Japan
Hello All, Although most of us associate Japan with the export of Ultralight radios like the Sony SRF-T615, SRF-M37W and SRF-39FP, there has recently been a North American export which has caught on like wildfire in Japan-- Ultralight radio DXing. Based on the export of two 7.5 loopstick Tecsun PL-380 models and two 7.5 loopstick CC Skywave models to several Japanese DXers in the Tokyo area (Hiroyuki Okamura, Satoshi Miyauchi and Shinya Hasegawa), the popularity of chasing DX with these modified DSP Ultralights has started a boom similar to what we experienced here in North America in early 2008. Other Japanese DXers have seen these modified radios, and like here in North America, the demand for them is far greater than the supply. The interest in having a local version was so great that a group of Japanese DXers commissioned a local engineer to design a home-grown substitute, based on the PL-380 Supercharging article (described in the Japanese Yahoo blog posted at http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/sawapon308/13192201.html ) The Japanese DXers who have already received their modified Ultralights have posted some excellent You Tube videos with them, such as the amazingly strong reception of 1134-AIR (India) near Tokyo, Japan on a modified PL-380 (at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68iKwz3gLFw ) and 666-DZRH (Philippines,, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg8ZdbKitcI ). Recently Japan Customs passed the smoke test by successfully allowing the import of a 5 FSL antenna into the country. Satoshi Miyauchi recorded this very strong MP3 of 630-4QN (ABC in Townsville, Australia) received near Tokyo on his 7.5 loopstick C.Crane Skywave and 5 FSL antenna http://www.mediafire.com/listen/lzcuyaaqh83r5rm/2015-04-19-2000-630-ABC.mp3 Since almost all Japanese DXers live within a 30 minute train ride of an ocean coast, we can expect a lot more DXpedition activity from these new Ultralight radio enthusiasts in the future! 73 and Good DX, 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] Ultralight Radio DXing Takes Off in Japan
Fascinating update and video. Thanks for posting. ms Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 05:35:22 + From: d1028g...@comcast.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Ultralight Radio DXing Takes Off in Japan Hello All, Although most of us associate Japan with the export of Ultralight radios like the Sony SRF-T615, SRF-M37W and SRF-39FP, there has recently been a North American export which has caught on like wildfire in Japan-- Ultralight radio DXing. Based on the export of two 7.5 loopstick Tecsun PL-380 models and two 7.5 loopstick CC Skywave models to several Japanese DXers in the Tokyo area (Hiroyuki Okamura, Satoshi Miyauchi and Shinya Hasegawa), the popularity of chasing DX with these modified DSP Ultralights has started a boom similar to what we experienced here in North America in early 2008. Other Japanese DXers have seen these modified radios, and like here in North America, the demand for them is far greater than the supply. The interest in having a local version was so great that a group of Japanese DXers commissioned a local engineer to design a home-grown substitute, based on the PL-380 Supercharging article (described in the Japanese Yahoo blog posted at http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/sawapon308/13192201.html ) The Japanese DXers who have already received their modified Ultralights have posted some excellent You Tube videos with them, such as the amazingly strong reception of 1134-AIR (India) near Tokyo, Japan on a modified PL-380 (at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68iKwz3gLFw ) and 666-DZRH (Philippines,, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg8ZdbKitcI ). Recently Japan Customs passed the smoke test by successfully allowing the import of a 5 FSL antenna into the country. Satoshi Miyauchi recorded this very strong MP3 of 630-4QN (ABC in Townsville, Australia) received near Tokyo on his 7.5 loopstick C.Crane Skywave and 5 FSL antenna http://www.mediafire.com/listen/lzcuyaaqh83r5rm/2015-04-19-2000-630-ABC.mp3 Since almost all Japanese DXers live within a 30 minute train ride of an ocean coast, we can expect a lot more DXpedition activity from these new Ultralight radio enthusiasts in the future! 73 and Good DX, 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 ___ 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 28 Apr Victoria version
Quite a step down from the last couple of mornings. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): back to normal... Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 1566 HLAZ What a friend I have in Jesus on the piano 1230UT, and was able to pick out familiar portions of the Japanese s/on announcement, nihongo hoso indeed. not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above, passing through 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) 738 mostly just the bass line of the rhythmic pop mx, occasionally vocals would surface amid the splash 1051UT 702 laid back vocal mx 1138UT, woman talking 1140UT was too far in splash to say for sure if DU English. Maybe Magic the latest NZ occupant of this channel? 1287 woman talking rapidly, Japanese inflection 1203UT Strongish het, no or near imaginary audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 891 1017 1053 1098 1323 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 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 28 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 27 April follow. Solar flux 108 and estimated planetary A-index 5. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 28 April was 1. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 119 119 119 119 119 119 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 108 A-in 44444455555555 K-in 11122122212221 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
