[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 May 23 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 22 May follow. Solar flux 99 and estimated planetary A-index 3. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 23 May 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 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 102 102 102 102 102 102 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 A-in 33333343333333 K-in 21011010011211 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] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 May 24 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 23 May follow. Solar flux 98 and estimated planetary A-index 4. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 24 May 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 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 102 102 102 102 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 98 98 A-in 33334333333354 K-in 01101001121111 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] [mwdx] DXing the Western US [ Grandpa, DON'T Tell Me About the Good Ole Days ]
I still occasionally do SR/SS DX although not often live. Planning is key for this. I still use GeoClock as a part of it. Figuring out which targets have a favorable pattern, good power, antenna height and then coupling that with when interfering stations may change power or pattern. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id wb2...@gmail.com AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2); modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15'; Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 10:30 PM, James Renfrew jim.renf...@gmail.com wrote: Les, I'd have to say that in my experience it's a slow grind with few immediate miracles. Sometimes it's a target with a strategy other times it's just being lucky. Spectrum recording should enhance the opportunities, but in my experience I could easily end up with several lifetimes of recordings to review. Being lucky is mostly being in on a tip that a certain dominant station is off the air for a few hours or a few days. That's what happened when Montreal 690 went off for an extended time; I got Vancouver BC, something in Minnesota and a lot of others. Or a station can't or forgets to power down at sunset. One specific strategy is to make a serious study of sign/off, power reductions and pattern changes, Kaz has actually worked out charts to indicate which stations are in greater darkness prior to sign-off in certain months. The key is understanding that the time marker is in quarter hour segments, while the terminator may be slightly earlier than that. This is more subtle than just knowing that the last half of the month is better through December, and that the first half of the month is better after January. For specific stations there are some specific months when there is a distinct advantage, when compared to other months. Kaz can tell you more. Antennae are also a big factor. For most of my DXing life I've had little choice with them, other than just send the wire out the window to the most distant corner of a city lot and hope for the best. Now that I'm in the country I have a lot more room, and choices of directions. Phasing antennae is an important strategy when you can put out several longwires. Numerous visits to Newfoundland with a three kilometer longwire aimed at Brazil have sold me on the value of aiming at the things you want to get. Terminating the eastern end of the antenna also enhances reception to the west. A Flag antenna also has this property, pushing domestics to my west down into the mush while lifting up TAs to the east. So after DXing in the Rochester area since 1976 I have heard every state except for Alaska and Hawaii. Oregon was the last to fall, somewhat ingloriously by finding Disney on the X-Band. I think one of the eastern stations was off at the time. I have had immediate miracles. One day I heard Glenn Hauser report a station from Bermuda with a limited schedule in the 2 MHz region of the band. I went right to the frequency and there it was. Not MW, but fun to log. Then there's the time I sent away for a sample bulletin from the WTFDA, read about e-skip (something I'd never known about), went up the attic and immediately logged TV from Louisiana. Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Les Rayburn l...@highnoonfilm.com wrote: With apologies to the Judds for their hit song. My primary interest in AM DXing is logging domestic stations in the Western part of the U.S. Probably because i enjoy traveling in that scenery, and the people are wonderful. No matter the reason, any station with a K call is a thrill for me to log. I started my DXing career in the late 1990's, right about the time that Total Recorder software made automated monitoring possible. That fit well with my busy lifestyle, so it's continued to dominate my efforts since. Not spending much live time at the dials, I've never appreciated the opportunities for Sunrise and Sunset (SR/SS) DXing to it's full extent. One fond memory is setting at a state park with a portable receiver at sunset, waiting for a daytime station in the East to sign off, revealing a Nebraska station loud and clear giving farm reports underneath. I don't recall the call or the frequency, but it's in my log. Fast forward to 2015. I'm not eager to add to my totals for Western stations. I'd like to ask other DX'er what strategies, equipment, antennas, etc they use when looking for new ones out West. I've asked this question before, and usually receive a lot of stories about how it used to be before the rules changes, when the clear channels dominated, etc. Many articles written about SR and SS DXing also either focus on the historical aspect, or assume that everyone reading knows how it used to be, and only talk about how bad it is now. So--while I appreciate
Re: [IRCA] GeoClock
---BeginMessage--- Hi Russ, Where can I download the professional version? Gary On Saturday, May 23, 2015 8:49 AM, Russ Edmunds wb2...@gmail.com wrote: I didn't get the Professional version, but I've saved all of the maps I've had even as they've changed over the years, and at one point there was an option to purchase some large number of additional maps, and so I have those also. I suppose I should try to inventory them at some point. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id wb2...@gmail.com AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2); modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15'; Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 12:51 AM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote: I was very impressed with your work on this Guy. Must have been a rainy Saturday afternoon involved. DX Atlas can do something similar with the call signs, but it is a kludge. You can mouse over each city, and if you have modified the city.lst file and loaded the new file, it will display the additional information you've provided, as well as what the program provides. See http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/irca/akita.pdf for a rough screenshot. (thanks for the challenge...) No argument though that DX Atlas' city list is lacking in North America. Domestic DXers would not be happy. China, on the other hand, is quite rich as are many other parts of the world, and you can add cities yourself, but it is not immediately self-evident how to do it, and not a quick process. The IRCA Technical Column had a review of DX Atlas about 10 years ago: http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/irca/dxatlas_review.pdf, which also describes Geoclock briefly. Did anyone get the Professional version with 500 maps? I'd completely forgotten about that level of map intensity; probably couldn't afford it, hi. best wishes, Nick At 03:39 22-05-15, you wrote: Hi Gary, For the domestic or TP/DU medium wave DXer, GeoClock allows easy customization via text files, without unnecessary complexity or extraneous information like CQ/ITU zone boundaries, DXCC boundaries, ham prefixes, and so on. I wonder if DX Atlas let you add MW station call signs frequencies at the transmitter location, or even draw your own boxes or shapes on the maps if desired? GeoClock lets you do this. *See this screen shot* https://app.box.com/s/7whf5d36pfxenfeqftue8k1zuxxewyoo from the Japan map in my copy of GeoClock. (City names can be toggled on off with a single keystroke in the program.) The area inside the rectangular box loads a zoomed view of the Tokyo region when clicked in GeoClock. Like I described earlier with Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, this customized map is great for following the terminator across Japan when chasing sunset-at-the-transmitter DX from that region. I know DX Atlas can do some cool things like displaying propagation conditions with a map overlay, but I doubt it works at all for medium wave. (I've never heard of a propagation program or plug-in that works at less than HF frequencies. I'd love to know if one exists though!) 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA -- Forwarded message -- From: Gary Smith wa1...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 23:53:50 + (UTC) Subject: Re: [IRCA] GeoClock I wonder what the attraction to GeoClock when you can get the same thing, and so much more, with DX Atlas? Am I missing something? GaryWA1TJB ___ 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 ---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] Cuba 1640?
My brother is here visiting with me in Florida and doing some dxing with the Crane Skywave I gave him for his birthday. The other night he heard what he thought had to be a Cuban station on 1640. Spanish language with many references to ‘Nacional’, ‘Havana’, ‘Cuba’ but we could not find any Cubans listed for 1640. Any suggestions on what it could have been? ___ 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] GeoClock
I didn't get the Professional version, but I've saved all of the maps I've had even as they've changed over the years, and at one point there was an option to purchase some large number of additional maps, and so I have those also. I suppose I should try to inventory them at some point. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id wb2...@gmail.com AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2); modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15'; Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 12:51 AM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote: I was very impressed with your work on this Guy. Must have been a rainy Saturday afternoon involved. DX Atlas can do something similar with the call signs, but it is a kludge. You can mouse over each city, and if you have modified the city.lst file and loaded the new file, it will display the additional information you've provided, as well as what the program provides. See http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/irca/akita.pdf for a rough screenshot. (thanks for the challenge...) No argument though that DX Atlas' city list is lacking in North America. Domestic DXers would not be happy. China, on the other hand, is quite rich as are many other parts of the world, and you can add cities yourself, but it is not immediately self-evident how to do it, and not a quick process. The IRCA Technical Column had a review of DX Atlas about 10 years ago: http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/irca/dxatlas_review.pdf, which also describes Geoclock briefly. Did anyone get the Professional version with 500 maps? I'd completely forgotten about that level of map intensity; probably couldn't afford it, hi. best wishes, Nick At 03:39 22-05-15, you wrote: Hi Gary, For the domestic or TP/DU medium wave DXer, GeoClock allows easy customization via text files, without unnecessary complexity or extraneous information like CQ/ITU zone boundaries, DXCC boundaries, ham prefixes, and so on. I wonder if DX Atlas let you add MW station call signs frequencies at the transmitter location, or even draw your own boxes or shapes on the maps if desired? GeoClock lets you do this. *See this screen shot* https://app.box.com/s/7whf5d36pfxenfeqftue8k1zuxxewyoo from the Japan map in my copy of GeoClock. (City names can be toggled on off with a single keystroke in the program.) The area inside the rectangular box loads a zoomed view of the Tokyo region when clicked in GeoClock. Like I described earlier with Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, this customized map is great for following the terminator across Japan when chasing sunset-at-the-transmitter DX from that region. I know DX Atlas can do some cool things like displaying propagation conditions with a map overlay, but I doubt it works at all for medium wave. (I've never heard of a propagation program or plug-in that works at less than HF frequencies. I'd love to know if one exists though!) 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA -- Forwarded message -- From: Gary Smith wa1...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 23:53:50 + (UTC) Subject: Re: [IRCA] GeoClock I wonder what the attraction to GeoClock when you can get the same thing, and so much more, with DX Atlas? Am I missing something? GaryWA1TJB ___ 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] DXing the Western US [ Grandpa, DON'T Tell Me About the Good Ole Days ]
I'm tied up this weekend but will be adding a couple replies to this thread. All I'll say now is to use modern tech for best results. 1) SDR to record the entire band (or a good chunk of it) 2) You want to receive to the west, so use an antenna system that nulls the east. 3) Wait for fall. Trying SSS to the west anytime in the summer prior to late Aug isn't likely to get you much difficult. 4) You don't need GeoClock, but have the sunset grid maps is certainly useful as they'll tell you the boundaries between the 15 minute sunset power switch times. 73 KAZ -Original Message- From: Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org Sent: May 23, 2015 9:47 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] DXing the Western US [ Grandpa, DON'T Tell Me About the Good Ole Days ] Neil Kazaross gave a good talk on the subject of sunset skip at the Minneapolis convention Les, and used many illustrations of western stations heard in his part of the world. I'd certainly ask him. best wishes, Nick At 00:46 23-05-15, you wrote: With apologies to the Judds for their hit song. My primary interest in AM DXing is logging domestic stations in the Western part of the U.S. Probably because i enjoy traveling in that scenery, and the people are wonderful. No matter the reason, any station with a K call is a thrill for me to log. I started my DXing career in the late 1990's, right about the time that Total Recorder software made automated monitoring possible. That fit well with my busy lifestyle, so it's continued to dominate my efforts since. Not spending much live time at the dials, I've never appreciated the opportunities for Sunrise and Sunset (SR/SS) DXing to it's full extent. One fond memory is setting at a state park with a portable receiver at sunset, waiting for a daytime station in the East to sign off, revealing a Nebraska station loud and clear giving farm reports underneath. I don't recall the call or the frequency, but it's in my log. Fast forward to 2015. I'm not eager to add to my totals for Western stations. I'd like to ask other DX'er what strategies, equipment, antennas, etc they use when looking for new ones out West. I've asked this question before, and usually receive a lot of stories about how it used to be before the rules changes, when the clear channels dominated, etc. Many articles written about SR and SS DXing also either focus on the historical aspect, or assume that everyone reading knows how it used to be, and only talk about how bad it is now. So--while I appreciate the history--I'm more interested in putting new ones in the log today. Any DX'ers have suggestions on how best to do that now in 2015? Knowledge is always appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63 Member NRC, IRCA, Medium Wave DX Circle Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA Elad FDM-S2 SDR, SDR-IQ,Funcube Pro, Wellbrooke ALA-1530+ loop, Clifton Lab Active Whip, Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Palstar MW Pre-Selector ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ 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] GeoClock
As posted here by a few folks, it doesn't appear to be available. Someone was going to try to contact him directly. Someone else here offered to share his current version if it was indeed no longer available. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id wb2...@gmail.com AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2); modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15'; Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Gary Smith via IRCA irca@hard-core-dx.com wrote: ___ 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 -- Forwarded message -- From: Gary Smith wa1...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 13:02:05 + (UTC) Subject: Re: [IRCA] GeoClock Hi Russ, Where can I download the professional version? Gary On Saturday, May 23, 2015 8:49 AM, Russ Edmunds wb2...@gmail.com wrote: I didn't get the Professional version, but I've saved all of the maps I've had even as they've changed over the years, and at one point there was an option to purchase some large number of additional maps, and so I have those also. I suppose I should try to inventory them at some point. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id wb2...@gmail.com AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2); modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15'; Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 12:51 AM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote: I was very impressed with your work on this Guy. Must have been a rainy Saturday afternoon involved. DX Atlas can do something similar with the call signs, but it is a kludge. You can mouse over each city, and if you have modified the city.lst file and loaded the new file, it will display the additional information you've provided, as well as what the program provides. See http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/irca/akita.pdf for a rough screenshot. (thanks for the challenge...) No argument though that DX Atlas' city list is lacking in North America. Domestic DXers would not be happy. China, on the other hand, is quite rich as are many other parts of the world, and you can add cities yourself, but it is not immediately self-evident how to do it, and not a quick process. The IRCA Technical Column had a review of DX Atlas about 10 years ago: http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/irca/dxatlas_review.pdf, which also describes Geoclock briefly. Did anyone get the Professional version with 500 maps? I'd completely forgotten about that level of map intensity; probably couldn't afford it, hi. best wishes, Nick At 03:39 22-05-15, you wrote: Hi Gary, For the domestic or TP/DU medium wave DXer, GeoClock allows easy customization via text files, without unnecessary complexity or extraneous information like CQ/ITU zone boundaries, DXCC boundaries, ham prefixes, and so on. I wonder if DX Atlas let you add MW station call signs frequencies at the transmitter location, or even draw your own boxes or shapes on the maps if desired? GeoClock lets you do this. *See this screen shot* https://app.box.com/s/7whf5d36pfxenfeqftue8k1zuxxewyoo from the Japan map in my copy of GeoClock. (City names can be toggled on off with a single keystroke in the program.) The area inside the rectangular box loads a zoomed view of the Tokyo region when clicked in GeoClock. Like I described earlier with Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, this customized map is great for following the terminator across Japan when chasing sunset-at-the-transmitter DX from that region. I know DX Atlas can do some cool things like displaying propagation conditions with a map overlay, but I doubt it works at all for medium wave. (I've never heard of a propagation program or plug-in that works at less than HF frequencies. I'd love to know if one exists though!) 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA -- Forwarded message -- From: Gary Smith wa1...@yahoo.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 23:53:50 + (UTC) Subject: Re: [IRCA] GeoClock I wonder what the attraction to GeoClock when you can get the same thing, and so much more, with DX Atlas? Am I missing something? GaryWA1TJB
Re: [IRCA] DXing the Western US [ Grandpa, DON'T Tell Me About the Good Ole Days ]
Neil Kazaross gave a good talk on the subject of sunset skip at the Minneapolis convention Les, and used many illustrations of western stations heard in his part of the world. I'd certainly ask him. best wishes, Nick At 00:46 23-05-15, you wrote: With apologies to the Judds for their hit song. My primary interest in AM DXing is logging domestic stations in the Western part of the U.S. Probably because i enjoy traveling in that scenery, and the people are wonderful. No matter the reason, any station with a K call is a thrill for me to log. I started my DXing career in the late 1990's, right about the time that Total Recorder software made automated monitoring possible. That fit well with my busy lifestyle, so it's continued to dominate my efforts since. Not spending much live time at the dials, I've never appreciated the opportunities for Sunrise and Sunset (SR/SS) DXing to it's full extent. One fond memory is setting at a state park with a portable receiver at sunset, waiting for a daytime station in the East to sign off, revealing a Nebraska station loud and clear giving farm reports underneath. I don't recall the call or the frequency, but it's in my log. Fast forward to 2015. I'm not eager to add to my totals for Western stations. I'd like to ask other DX'er what strategies, equipment, antennas, etc they use when looking for new ones out West. I've asked this question before, and usually receive a lot of stories about how it used to be before the rules changes, when the clear channels dominated, etc. Many articles written about SR and SS DXing also either focus on the historical aspect, or assume that everyone reading knows how it used to be, and only talk about how bad it is now. So--while I appreciate the history--I'm more interested in putting new ones in the log today. Any DX'ers have suggestions on how best to do that now in 2015? Knowledge is always appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63 Member NRC, IRCA, Medium Wave DX Circle Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA Elad FDM-S2 SDR, SDR-IQ,Funcube Pro, Wellbrooke ALA-1530+ loop, Clifton Lab Active Whip, Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Palstar MW Pre-Selector ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ 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] DXing the Western US [ Grandpa, DON'T Tell Me About the Good Ole Days ]
Les, two great tools: http://www.topazdesigns.com/ambc/ Arguably the most useful and likely to be the most up-to-date reference, this site will give you local sunset/sunrise times for stations and you'll also find several other ways to index desired targets as well as to help you with indecipherable IDs. http://radio-timetraveller.blogspot.com/ Download the zip files showing target stations by frequency for both day and night operation. This is very useful when you're listening to that difficult ID and can't quite make out all the call-letters. Having them all on a map in front of you is very useful. I believe I sent you the logs from the recent D-Kaz broadside operation. Good hunting! Mark Durenberger On The Road Again -Original Message- From: Les Rayburn Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2015 10:25 AM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] DXing the Western US [ Grandpa, DON'T Tell Me About the Good Ole Days ] Nick, Kaz has briefly chimed in---but I'll eagerly await his more detailed replies. One thing that would be helpful would be some target stations that *SHOULD* be possible for me to log at certain times of the year on SS skip. For some reason, my brain just refuses to grasp the concepts involved. Maybe someone could provide a Top Ten lists of Western SS targets? 73, Les N1LF On 5/23/2015 9:47 AM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: Neil Kazaross gave a good talk on the subject of sunset skip at the Minneapolis convention Les, and used many illustrations of western stations heard in his part of the world. I'd certainly ask him. best wishes, Nick At 00:46 23-05-15, you wrote: With apologies to the Judds for their hit song. My primary interest in AM DXing is logging domestic stations in the Western part of the U.S. Probably because i enjoy traveling in that scenery, and the people are wonderful. No matter the reason, any station with a K call is a thrill for me to log. I started my DXing career in the late 1990's, right about the time that Total Recorder software made automated monitoring possible. That fit well with my busy lifestyle, so it's continued to dominate my efforts since. Not spending much live time at the dials, I've never appreciated the opportunities for Sunrise and Sunset (SR/SS) DXing to it's full extent. One fond memory is setting at a state park with a portable receiver at sunset, waiting for a daytime station in the East to sign off, revealing a Nebraska station loud and clear giving farm reports underneath. I don't recall the call or the frequency, but it's in my log. Fast forward to 2015. I'm not eager to add to my totals for Western stations. I'd like to ask other DX'er what strategies, equipment, antennas, etc they use when looking for new ones out West. I've asked this question before, and usually receive a lot of stories about how it used to be before the rules changes, when the clear channels dominated, etc. Many articles written about SR and SS DXing also either focus on the historical aspect, or assume that everyone reading knows how it used to be, and only talk about how bad it is now. So--while I appreciate the history--I'm more interested in putting new ones in the log today. Any DX'ers have suggestions on how best to do that now in 2015? Knowledge is always appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63 Member NRC, IRCA, Medium Wave DX Circle Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA Elad FDM-S2 SDR, SDR-IQ,Funcube Pro, Wellbrooke ALA-1530+ loop, Clifton Lab Active Whip, Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Palstar MW Pre-Selector ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63 Member NRC, IRCA, Medium Wave DX Circle Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA Elad FDM-S2 SDR, SDR-IQ,Funcube Pro, Wellbrooke ALA-1530+ loop, Clifton Lab Active Whip, Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Palstar MW Pre-Selector ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the
Re: [IRCA] Cuba 1640?
I hate to question freq, but this sd/lk what I'd expect on 1620 to me. -Original Message- From: Anthony R Gargano n...@n2ss.com Sent: May 23, 2015 6:24 AM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Cuba 1640? My brother is here visiting with me in Florida and doing some dxing with the Crane Skywave I gave him for his birthday. The other night he heard what he thought had to be a Cuban station on 1640. Spanish language with many references to ‘Nacional’, ‘Havana’, ‘Cuba’ but we could not find any Cubans listed for 1640. Any suggestions on what it could have been? ___ 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] DXing the Western US [ Grandpa, DON'T Tell Me About the Good Ole Days ]
Nick, Kaz has briefly chimed in---but I'll eagerly await his more detailed replies. One thing that would be helpful would be some target stations that *SHOULD* be possible for me to log at certain times of the year on SS skip. For some reason, my brain just refuses to grasp the concepts involved. Maybe someone could provide a Top Ten lists of Western SS targets? 73, Les N1LF On 5/23/2015 9:47 AM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: Neil Kazaross gave a good talk on the subject of sunset skip at the Minneapolis convention Les, and used many illustrations of western stations heard in his part of the world. I'd certainly ask him. best wishes, Nick At 00:46 23-05-15, you wrote: With apologies to the Judds for their hit song. My primary interest in AM DXing is logging domestic stations in the Western part of the U.S. Probably because i enjoy traveling in that scenery, and the people are wonderful. No matter the reason, any station with a K call is a thrill for me to log. I started my DXing career in the late 1990's, right about the time that Total Recorder software made automated monitoring possible. That fit well with my busy lifestyle, so it's continued to dominate my efforts since. Not spending much live time at the dials, I've never appreciated the opportunities for Sunrise and Sunset (SR/SS) DXing to it's full extent. One fond memory is setting at a state park with a portable receiver at sunset, waiting for a daytime station in the East to sign off, revealing a Nebraska station loud and clear giving farm reports underneath. I don't recall the call or the frequency, but it's in my log. Fast forward to 2015. I'm not eager to add to my totals for Western stations. I'd like to ask other DX'er what strategies, equipment, antennas, etc they use when looking for new ones out West. I've asked this question before, and usually receive a lot of stories about how it used to be before the rules changes, when the clear channels dominated, etc. Many articles written about SR and SS DXing also either focus on the historical aspect, or assume that everyone reading knows how it used to be, and only talk about how bad it is now. So--while I appreciate the history--I'm more interested in putting new ones in the log today. Any DX'ers have suggestions on how best to do that now in 2015? Knowledge is always appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63 Member NRC, IRCA, Medium Wave DX Circle Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA Elad FDM-S2 SDR, SDR-IQ,Funcube Pro, Wellbrooke ALA-1530+ loop, Clifton Lab Active Whip, Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Palstar MW Pre-Selector ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63 Member NRC, IRCA, Medium Wave DX Circle Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA Elad FDM-S2 SDR, SDR-IQ,Funcube Pro, Wellbrooke ALA-1530+ loop, Clifton Lab Active Whip, Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Palstar MW Pre-Selector ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] DXing the Western US [ Grandpa, DON'T Tell Me About the Good Ole Days ]
Mark, Wow--I had never seen the radio-timetraveler.blogspot.com site until today. How did I miss it!! Can't wait to download these, and start working out a game plan. Since you obviously know a lot more about Google Earth than I, I can't help but wonder if it's possible to overlay real-time grayline maps with your maps for antenna patterns, ground conductivity, etc? That would be like Geoclock on steroids! Mark---everyone in the hobby should be grateful for the effort you've put into this. Yeoman's work to be sure! -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63 Member NRC, IRCA, Medium Wave DX Circle Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA Elad FDM-S2 SDR, SDR-IQ,Funcube Pro, Wellbrooke ALA-1530+ loop, Clifton Lab Active Whip, Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Palstar MW Pre-Selector On 5/23/2015 10:49 AM, Mark Durenberger Mobile wrote: Les, two great tools: http://www.topazdesigns.com/ambc/ Arguably the most useful and likely to be the most up-to-date reference, this site will give you local sunset/sunrise times for stations and you'll also find several other ways to index desired targets as well as to help you with indecipherable IDs. http://radio-timetraveller.blogspot.com/ Download the zip files showing target stations by frequency for both day and night operation. This is very useful when you're listening to that difficult ID and can't quite make out all the call-letters. Having them all on a map in front of you is very useful. I believe I sent you the logs from the recent D-Kaz broadside operation. Good hunting! Mark Durenberger On The Road Again e-Selector ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] DXing the Western US [ Grandpa, DON'T Tell Me About the Good Ole Days ]
Les, in the fall you should look for High School football. There was a list a few years ago, maybe on ABDX. Might have been Tim Hall who put it together. That list will give you some possible Friday night targets in the fall. I've heard a few of them. Can't help much since I'm on the west coast and reception is different here. Know the station formats on all the frequencies and scan them nightly looking for something different that might be a station running day power at night. I hear a few new stations each year with this method. And watch the email lists for posts by others on stations running day power at night. Martin Foltz Mission Viejo CA Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 09:54:54 -0500 (GMT-05:00) From: neilkaz neil...@earthlink.net To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] DXing the Western US [ Grandpa, DON'T Tell Me About the Good Ole Days ] Message-ID: 1038834.1432392894486.javamail.r...@wamui-haziran.atl.sa.earthlink.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I'm tied up this weekend but will be adding a couple replies to this thread. All I'll say now is to use modern tech for best results. 1) SDR to record the entire band (or a good chunk of it) 2) You want to receive to the west, so use an antenna system that nulls the east. 3) Wait for fall. Trying SSS to the west anytime in the summer prior to late Aug isn't likely to get you much difficult. 4) You don't need GeoClock, but have the sunset grid maps is certainly useful as they'll tell you the boundaries between the 15 minute sunset power switch times. 73 KAZ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 23 May Victoria version
After another dry period, likely HLAZ was in this morning for a few minutes. .. not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker:: 1566 HLAZ likely; first noted with man talking 1123UT, various people talking on fade-ups after that, hymn-like music, then peaking with woman in Chinese 1141-5UT along with female vocal music, pretty much gone after 1150UT though. 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) the above, passing through Strongish het, no or near imaginary audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 738 1116 1287 1602 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
