Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, Feb 7 at 0119 UT, not much signal from KSTP, so I am 
hearing the blues music station and the warble-tone. KSTP is so weak that I can 
get pretty good bearings on these two, nulling them without KSTP in the way: 
warble is about 95 degrees, and blues about 135 degrees (assuming they are both 
eastward rather than westward). Tends to confirm blues source as the station 
doing that all-night, KCLF New Roads LA. At least on weeknights, with weekends 
unaccounted for:
http://kclf1500am.com/shows.html

Closest to the 95 degree angle from Enid with the warble are three Alabamans 
and one further Georgian: WQCR Alabaster, 2300/3 watts, WVSM Rainsville, 
1000/-, WKAX Russellville, 1000/-; and WDPC Dallas GA, 5000/CH 3200 (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

 
 On 2/5/2016 11:55 AM, Rob Keeney wrote:
 
 
 If everyone posts their location and loop bearing of the
 noisy xmtr, I'll
 
 try and plot the data.
 
 
 
 Rob Keeney
 
 Goose Creek SC
 
 EM92xx
 
 
 
 On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Les Rayburn 
 wrote:
 
 
 
 
 Most of us are using bi-directional (simple) loops, but
 we’re spread out
 
 geographically. If we plot these on a map, we should be able
 to determine
 
 the location pretty quickly. Assuming that the culprit is a
 licensed
 
 broadcaster with transmitter problem, there are a limited
 number of
 
 suspects.
 
 
 
 Anyone have time to try this?
 
 
 
 73,
 
 
 
 Les N1LF
 
 
 
 
 
 Les Rayburn, director
 
 High Noon Media Services
 
 130 1st Avenue West
 
 Alabaster, AL 35007-8536
 
 
 
 On Feb 4, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Rob Keeney 
 wrote:
 
 
 
 I had WFED in pretty well at first look around 1730 ET with
 no sign of
 
 
 the
 
 
 warbler.  Next check was 1845 ET and the warbler was
 present, but
 
 definitely looping west of WFED.
 
 
 
 Rob Keeney
 
 Goose Creek SC
 
 EM92xx
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

[Kraig]

On the evening of February 6, 2016 around 2335 UTC I checked 1500 kHz. 
Heard noise in the upper sideband. The noise wasn't heard in the lower 
sideband. To me the noise sounded like IBOC hash.


73,

Kraig, KG4LAC

On 2/5/2016 11:55 AM, Rob Keeney wrote:

If everyone posts their location and loop bearing of the noisy xmtr, I'll
try and plot the data.

Rob Keeney
Goose Creek SC
EM92xx

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Les Rayburn  wrote:


Most of us are using bi-directional (simple) loops, but we’re spread out
geographically. If we plot these on a map, we should be able to determine
the location pretty quickly. Assuming that the culprit is a licensed
broadcaster with transmitter problem, there are a limited number of
suspects.

Anyone have time to try this?

73,

Les N1LF


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On Feb 4, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Rob Keeney  wrote:

I had WFED in pretty well at first look around 1730 ET with no sign of

the

warbler.  Next check was 1845 ET and the warbler was present, but
definitely looping west of WFED.

Rob Keeney
Goose Creek SC
EM92xx

On Thursday, February 4, 2016, Les Rayburn  wrote:


The “warbler” was on again tonight—audible from just after 5PM until I
returned home just after 7PM. WFED in Washington, DC was audible at

times

in the mix, but not strong enough to tell if the signal is riding on

their

sidebands.

Signal wasn’t quite as strong tonight as last, but still easy copy—and

at

times dominating the channel.



73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL
EM63nf

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Re: [IRCA] Skwayve with 7.5" Loop stick mod

[d1028gary]

Hi Les, 
  
<<<   I own a CCrane Skywave model, and have been very impressed with it’s 
performance. I’d love to find some details on the 7.5” loop stick modification 
for this radio. Looks like it might make a great travel model.   >>> 
  
The CC Skywave 7.5" loopstick transplant has always been a very popular 
modification for DXing, but the modification procedure is quite a bit more 
challenging than that for the Tecsun PL-380 model (which uses exactly the same 
loopstick), and as such, the process has never been written up. The location of 
the loopstick connection points on the RF circuit board is pretty awkward. 
Despite this about 6 of these models are in use around the world (5 were made 
here, 2 of which are in Japan. Guy Atkins has also made a model, I believe). 
The models perform extremely well, with sensitivity superior to that of the 
related PL-380. If time allows (after the completion of the PL-380 FSL 
transplant projects) there may be time to write up the modification procedure 
prior to the summer DXpeditions. 
  
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
  
   

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From: "Les Rayburn"  
To: "IRCA Radio List - irca@hard-core-dx_com"  
Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2016 9:40:16 AM 
Subject: [IRCA] Skwayve with 7.5" Loop stick mod 

I own a CCrane Skywave model, and have been very impressed with it’s 
performance. I’d love to find some details on the 7.5” loop stick modification 
for this radio. Looks like it might make a great travel model. 

Can’t seem to find much on the web. Has anyone seen any details on how to 
perform this mod? 


73, 

Les Rayburn, N1LF 
121 Mayfair Park 
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf 

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. 

Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook 
Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. 


> On Feb 7, 2016, at 11:20 AM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: 
> 
> For those interested, Hiroyuki Okamura of Yokosuka, Japan has posted a 
> YouTube video of his reception of 850-KICY (Nome, Alaska) on his "barefoot" 
> 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave model at home. Congratulations, Hiroyuki-san! 
>   
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDxoHrqsOGQ 
>   
> 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

[Les Rayburn]

Tim,

Thank you for posting this. Extremely helpful for both DX’ers and members of 
the broadcast engineering community who are attempting to help narrow down the 
station with the problem. 

Do you have a bearing on the station from your QTH? 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. 

Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook 
Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. 


> On Feb 7, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Tim Tromp  wrote:
> 
> Just so everyone's on the same page, here's a recording of the interference
> that's in question, which I assume is what everyone else is referring to.
> I have issue with calling this a "warbler" or "warbling" since I
> immediately think of the Cuban transmitters with the wobbling carrier that
> sounds like someone flexing a piece of sheet metal.  This sounds nothing
> like that.  The noise is present in both the upper and lower sideband and
> it appears at 500 hz intervals centered about the carrier.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M4opnMHq88
> 
> 73,
> Tim Tromp
> West Michigan
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Les Rayburn  wrote:
> 
>> Excellent information Glenn. We went to Tennessee yesterday on business,
>> and I brought along a portable to get some DF bearings. The warbler noise
>> was very loud on the car radio right at sunset, but I didn’t have time to
>> try for bearings then. After dinner with clients, I checked again and the
>> noise was so low in the mix of stations that getting a solid bearing would
>> have been fruitless.
>> 
>> I can confirm that WQCR in Alabaster is powering down completely at
>> night—often an hour or more than would be required by rule. I live in
>> Alabaster (Maylene) and they’re not even staying on at the 3 watt level now
>> at night.
>> 
>> The station was an infrequent cheater in the past, but I haven’t heard
>> them do that for the past couple of years.
>> 
>> We can eliminate them as a suspect for the noise.
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> Maylene, AL
>> EM63nf
>> 
>> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
>> 
>> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
>> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 7, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Glenn Hauser  wrote:
>>> 
>>> UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, Feb 7 at 0119 UT, not much signal from KSTP, so I am
>> hearing the blues music station and the warble-tone. KSTP is so weak that I
>> can get pretty good bearings on these two, nulling them without KSTP in the
>> way: warble is about 95 degrees, and blues about 135 degrees (assuming they
>> are both eastward rather than westward). Tends to confirm blues source as
>> the station doing that all-night, KCLF New Roads LA. At least on
>> weeknights, with weekends unaccounted for:
>>> http://kclf1500am.com/shows.html
>>> 
>>> Closest to the 95 degree angle from Enid with the warble are three
>> Alabamans and one further Georgian: WQCR Alabaster, 2300/3 watts, WVSM
>> Rainsville, 1000/-, WKAX Russellville, 1000/-; and WDPC Dallas GA, 5000/CH
>> 3200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2/5/2016 11:55 AM, Rob Keeney wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> If everyone posts their location and loop bearing of the
>>> noisy xmtr, I'll
>>> 
>>> try and plot the data.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Rob Keeney
>>> 
>>> Goose Creek SC
>>> 
>>> EM92xx
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Les Rayburn 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Most of us are using bi-directional (simple) loops, but
>>> we’re spread out
>>> 
>>> geographically. If we plot these on a map, we should be able
>>> to determine
>>> 
>>> the location pretty quickly. Assuming that the culprit is a
>>> licensed
>>> 
>>> broadcaster with transmitter problem, there are a limited
>>> number of
>>> 
>>> suspects.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Anyone have time to try this?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Les N1LF
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Les Rayburn, director
>>> 
>>> High Noon Media Services
>>> 
>>> 130 1st Avenue West
>>> 
>>> Alabaster, AL 35007-8536
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Rob Keeney 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I had WFED in pretty well at first look around 1730 ET with
>>> no sign of
>>> 
>>> 
>>> the
>>> 
>>> 
>>> warbler.  Next check was 1845 ET and the warbler was
>>> present, but
>>> 
>>> definitely looping west of WFED.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Rob Keeney
>>> 
>>> Goose Creek SC
>>> 
>>> EM92xx
>>> 
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

[Tim Tromp]

Les,

I'm not setup with a rotatable loop so I'm unable to get a bearing on this
other than confirming that I only hear it on my south antenna.  I know, not
very helpful..

73,
Tim


On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Les Rayburn  wrote:

> Tim,
>
> Thank you for posting this. Extremely helpful for both DX’ers and members
> of the broadcast engineering community who are attempting to help narrow
> down the station with the problem.
>
> Do you have a bearing on the station from your QTH?
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
>
> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
>
> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
>
>
> > On Feb 7, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Tim Tromp  wrote:
> >
> > Just so everyone's on the same page, here's a recording of the
> interference
> > that's in question, which I assume is what everyone else is referring to.
> > I have issue with calling this a "warbler" or "warbling" since I
> > immediately think of the Cuban transmitters with the wobbling carrier
> that
> > sounds like someone flexing a piece of sheet metal.  This sounds nothing
> > like that.  The noise is present in both the upper and lower sideband and
> > it appears at 500 hz intervals centered about the carrier.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M4opnMHq88
> >
> > 73,
> > Tim Tromp
> > West Michigan
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Les Rayburn 
> wrote:
> >
> >> Excellent information Glenn. We went to Tennessee yesterday on business,
> >> and I brought along a portable to get some DF bearings. The warbler
> noise
> >> was very loud on the car radio right at sunset, but I didn’t have time
> to
> >> try for bearings then. After dinner with clients, I checked again and
> the
> >> noise was so low in the mix of stations that getting a solid bearing
> would
> >> have been fruitless.
> >>
> >> I can confirm that WQCR in Alabaster is powering down completely at
> >> night—often an hour or more than would be required by rule. I live in
> >> Alabaster (Maylene) and they’re not even staying on at the 3 watt level
> now
> >> at night.
> >>
> >> The station was an infrequent cheater in the past, but I haven’t heard
> >> them do that for the past couple of years.
> >>
> >> We can eliminate them as a suspect for the noise.
> >>
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> >> 121 Mayfair Park
> >> Maylene, AL
> >> EM63nf
> >>
> >> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
> >>
> >> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
> >> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Feb 7, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Glenn Hauser  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, Feb 7 at 0119 UT, not much signal from KSTP, so I
> am
> >> hearing the blues music station and the warble-tone. KSTP is so weak
> that I
> >> can get pretty good bearings on these two, nulling them without KSTP in
> the
> >> way: warble is about 95 degrees, and blues about 135 degrees (assuming
> they
> >> are both eastward rather than westward). Tends to confirm blues source
> as
> >> the station doing that all-night, KCLF New Roads LA. At least on
> >> weeknights, with weekends unaccounted for:
> >>> http://kclf1500am.com/shows.html
> >>>
> >>> Closest to the 95 degree angle from Enid with the warble are three
> >> Alabamans and one further Georgian: WQCR Alabaster, 2300/3 watts, WVSM
> >> Rainsville, 1000/-, WKAX Russellville, 1000/-; and WDPC Dallas GA,
> 5000/CH
> >> 3200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 2/5/2016 11:55 AM, Rob Keeney wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> If everyone posts their location and loop bearing of the
> >>> noisy xmtr, I'll
> >>>
> >>> try and plot the data.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Rob Keeney
> >>>
> >>> Goose Creek SC
> >>>
> >>> EM92xx
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Les Rayburn 
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Most of us are using bi-directional (simple) loops, but
> >>> we’re spread out
> >>>
> >>> geographically. If we plot these on a map, we should be able
> >>> to determine
> >>>
> >>> the location pretty quickly. Assuming that the culprit is a
> >>> licensed
> >>>
> >>> broadcaster with transmitter problem, there are a limited
> >>> number of
> >>>
> >>> suspects.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Anyone have time to try this?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 73,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Les N1LF
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Les Rayburn, director
> >>>
> >>> High Noon Media Services
> >>>
> >>> 130 1st Avenue West
> >>>
> >>> Alabaster, AL 35007-8536
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Feb 4, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Rob Keeney 
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I had WFED in pretty well at first look around 1730 ET with
> >>> no sign of
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> warbler.  Next check was 1845 

Re: [IRCA] 850-KICY (Nome, Alaska) Received by Ultralight Radio DXer in Japan

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Not bad considering the distance.  I can't hear it 300 miles to the east!!

Paul

On Sunday, February 7, 2016,  wrote:

> For those interested, Hiroyuki Okamura of Yokosuka, Japan has posted a
> YouTube video of his reception of 850-KICY (Nome, Alaska) on his "barefoot"
> 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave model at home. Congratulations, Hiroyuki-san!
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDxoHrqsOGQ
>
> 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

[Tim Tromp]

Just so everyone's on the same page, here's a recording of the interference
that's in question, which I assume is what everyone else is referring to.
I have issue with calling this a "warbler" or "warbling" since I
immediately think of the Cuban transmitters with the wobbling carrier that
sounds like someone flexing a piece of sheet metal.  This sounds nothing
like that.  The noise is present in both the upper and lower sideband and
it appears at 500 hz intervals centered about the carrier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M4opnMHq88

73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan


On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Les Rayburn  wrote:

> Excellent information Glenn. We went to Tennessee yesterday on business,
> and I brought along a portable to get some DF bearings. The warbler noise
> was very loud on the car radio right at sunset, but I didn’t have time to
> try for bearings then. After dinner with clients, I checked again and the
> noise was so low in the mix of stations that getting a solid bearing would
> have been fruitless.
>
> I can confirm that WQCR in Alabaster is powering down completely at
> night—often an hour or more than would be required by rule. I live in
> Alabaster (Maylene) and they’re not even staying on at the 3 watt level now
> at night.
>
> The station was an infrequent cheater in the past, but I haven’t heard
> them do that for the past couple of years.
>
> We can eliminate them as a suspect for the noise.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
>
> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
>
> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
>
>
> > On Feb 7, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Glenn Hauser  wrote:
> >
> > UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, Feb 7 at 0119 UT, not much signal from KSTP, so I am
> hearing the blues music station and the warble-tone. KSTP is so weak that I
> can get pretty good bearings on these two, nulling them without KSTP in the
> way: warble is about 95 degrees, and blues about 135 degrees (assuming they
> are both eastward rather than westward). Tends to confirm blues source as
> the station doing that all-night, KCLF New Roads LA. At least on
> weeknights, with weekends unaccounted for:
> > http://kclf1500am.com/shows.html
> >
> > Closest to the 95 degree angle from Enid with the warble are three
> Alabamans and one further Georgian: WQCR Alabaster, 2300/3 watts, WVSM
> Rainsville, 1000/-, WKAX Russellville, 1000/-; and WDPC Dallas GA, 5000/CH
> 3200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
> >
> >
> > On 2/5/2016 11:55 AM, Rob Keeney wrote:
> >
> >
> > If everyone posts their location and loop bearing of the
> > noisy xmtr, I'll
> >
> > try and plot the data.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rob Keeney
> >
> > Goose Creek SC
> >
> > EM92xx
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Les Rayburn 
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Most of us are using bi-directional (simple) loops, but
> > we’re spread out
> >
> > geographically. If we plot these on a map, we should be able
> > to determine
> >
> > the location pretty quickly. Assuming that the culprit is a
> > licensed
> >
> > broadcaster with transmitter problem, there are a limited
> > number of
> >
> > suspects.
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyone have time to try this?
> >
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> >
> >
> > Les N1LF
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Les Rayburn, director
> >
> > High Noon Media Services
> >
> > 130 1st Avenue West
> >
> > Alabaster, AL 35007-8536
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 4, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Rob Keeney 
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I had WFED in pretty well at first look around 1730 ET with
> > no sign of
> >
> >
> > the
> >
> >
> > warbler.  Next check was 1845 ET and the warbler was
> > present, but
> >
> > definitely looping west of WFED.
> >
> >
> >
> > Rob Keeney
> >
> > Goose Creek SC
> >
> > EM92xx
> >
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[IRCA] Skwayve with 7.5" Loop stick mod

[Les Rayburn]

I own a CCrane Skywave model, and have been very impressed with it’s 
performance. I’d love to find some details on the 7.5” loop stick modification 
for this radio. Looks like it might make a great travel model. 

Can’t seem to find much on the web. Has anyone seen any details on how to 
perform this mod? 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf

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Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. 


> On Feb 7, 2016, at 11:20 AM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> For those interested, Hiroyuki Okamura of Yokosuka, Japan has posted a 
> YouTube video of his reception of 850-KICY (Nome, Alaska) on his "barefoot" 
> 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave model at home. Congratulations, Hiroyuki-san! 
>   
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDxoHrqsOGQ 
>   
> 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
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[IRCA] 850-KICY (Nome, Alaska) Received by Ultralight Radio DXer in Japan

[d1028gary]

For those interested, Hiroyuki Okamura of Yokosuka, Japan has posted a YouTube 
video of his reception of 850-KICY (Nome, Alaska) on his "barefoot" 7.5" 
loopstick CC Skywave model at home. Congratulations, Hiroyuki-san! 
  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDxoHrqsOGQ 
  
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

[Les Rayburn]

Excellent information Glenn. We went to Tennessee yesterday on business, and I 
brought along a portable to get some DF bearings. The warbler noise was very 
loud on the car radio right at sunset, but I didn’t have time to try for 
bearings then. After dinner with clients, I checked again and the noise was so 
low in the mix of stations that getting a solid bearing would have been 
fruitless. 

I can confirm that WQCR in Alabaster is powering down completely at night—often 
an hour or more than would be required by rule. I live in Alabaster (Maylene) 
and they’re not even staying on at the 3 watt level now at night. 

The station was an infrequent cheater in the past, but I haven’t heard them do 
that for the past couple of years. 

We can eliminate them as a suspect for the noise. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. 

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> On Feb 7, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Glenn Hauser  wrote:
> 
> UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, Feb 7 at 0119 UT, not much signal from KSTP, so I am 
> hearing the blues music station and the warble-tone. KSTP is so weak that I 
> can get pretty good bearings on these two, nulling them without KSTP in the 
> way: warble is about 95 degrees, and blues about 135 degrees (assuming they 
> are both eastward rather than westward). Tends to confirm blues source as the 
> station doing that all-night, KCLF New Roads LA. At least on weeknights, with 
> weekends unaccounted for:
> http://kclf1500am.com/shows.html
> 
> Closest to the 95 degree angle from Enid with the warble are three Alabamans 
> and one further Georgian: WQCR Alabaster, 2300/3 watts, WVSM Rainsville, 
> 1000/-, WKAX Russellville, 1000/-; and WDPC Dallas GA, 5000/CH 3200 (Glenn 
> Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
> 
> 
> On 2/5/2016 11:55 AM, Rob Keeney wrote:
> 
> 
> If everyone posts their location and loop bearing of the
> noisy xmtr, I'll
> 
> try and plot the data.
> 
> 
> 
> Rob Keeney
> 
> Goose Creek SC
> 
> EM92xx
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Les Rayburn 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Most of us are using bi-directional (simple) loops, but
> we’re spread out
> 
> geographically. If we plot these on a map, we should be able
> to determine
> 
> the location pretty quickly. Assuming that the culprit is a
> licensed
> 
> broadcaster with transmitter problem, there are a limited
> number of
> 
> suspects.
> 
> 
> 
> Anyone have time to try this?
> 
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> 
> 
> Les N1LF
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Les Rayburn, director
> 
> High Noon Media Services
> 
> 130 1st Avenue West
> 
> Alabaster, AL 35007-8536
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 4, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Rob Keeney 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> I had WFED in pretty well at first look around 1730 ET with
> no sign of
> 
> 
> the
> 
> 
> warbler.  Next check was 1845 ET and the warbler was
> present, but
> 
> definitely looping west of WFED.
> 
> 
> 
> Rob Keeney
> 
> Goose Creek SC
> 
> EM92xx
> 
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[IRCA] 1500 unID solved (WFED DC)

[Saul Chernos]

The unID is WFED, which carries American University, Navy and George Washington 
U basketball.
Had a lot of input on these lists and also over at WTFDA Forums, where I posted 
the MP3 audio.
This one was American University against Lafayette. AU are the Eagles and have 
a James Washington on the team. Lafayette has a Linder, who's name pops up, and 
so on.
Details atre over at:
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?10612
With thanks to all who checked in on this one,
Saul ChernosBurnt River ON



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> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 04:40:08 +
> Subject: [AMFMTVDX] 1500 unID (mixing with seemingly noise-less WPSO)
> 
> On 1500 on Jan 20 at 7:45 pm EST, at Burnt River ON, I had WPSO pretty strong 
> with Greek music (and while I have had lots of the QRM that has plagued the 
> channel there was none apparent in this recording). 
> Mixing in is a live basketball game. One team is the Eagles. They're referred 
> to at least twice. There's two mentions of Washington, but that's a player, 
> not DC.
> At 1:50 there is a mention of what sounds like "Tennessee has a two-point 
> lead." Just a few moments earlier, the Eagles had a two-point lead, and I 
> don't think any scoring happened in between.
> Audio is posted online at the link below. Anyone able to recognize or figure 
> out anything more than this?
> Thanks for listening!
> http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?10612
> Saul Chernos
> Burnt River ON
> 
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[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 7 Feb 2016

[Nigel Pimblett]

Most of the life that was in the band yesterday was missing here today.
Only audio was from 1575 VOA, and that only for about 5 minutes from 1448.
  Still a fair number of carriers, but mainly limited to the top end of the
dial.  Interestingly, one decent carrier on 1592.96 was not evident
yesterday. Not a good morning when a highlight is a
carrier.

73,

Nigel Pimblett
DXing from Lamont, AB
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Re: [IRCA] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

[Rick Dau]

Glenn says he's getting it strongest on a 95 degree bearing from Enid.  Tim, 
you say that you're only hearing it on your south antenna.  Les, from your QTH 
in Maylene, I would suggest pointing your antenna due north.  If my suspicion 
is correct, the warble should almost be blowing your doors off.

73,
Rick Dau (loves playing the sleuth)
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
Http://www.dxworld.com/bcblog.html

From: IRCA  on behalf of Tim Tromp 

Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2016 4:04:03 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

Les,

I'm not setup with a rotatable loop so I'm unable to get a bearing on this
other than confirming that I only hear it on my south antenna.  I know, not
very helpful..

73,
Tim


On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Les Rayburn  wrote:

> Tim,
>
> Thank you for posting this. Extremely helpful for both DX’ers and members
> of the broadcast engineering community who are attempting to help narrow
> down the station with the problem.
>
> Do you have a bearing on the station from your QTH?
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
>
> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
>
> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
>
>
> > On Feb 7, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Tim Tromp  wrote:
> >
> > Just so everyone's on the same page, here's a recording of the
> interference
> > that's in question, which I assume is what everyone else is referring to.
> > I have issue with calling this a "warbler" or "warbling" since I
> > immediately think of the Cuban transmitters with the wobbling carrier
> that
> > sounds like someone flexing a piece of sheet metal.  This sounds nothing
> > like that.  The noise is present in both the upper and lower sideband and
> > it appears at 500 hz intervals centered about the carrier.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M4opnMHq88
> >
> > 73,
> > Tim Tromp
> > West Michigan
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Les Rayburn 
> wrote:
> >
> >> Excellent information Glenn. We went to Tennessee yesterday on business,
> >> and I brought along a portable to get some DF bearings. The warbler
> noise
> >> was very loud on the car radio right at sunset, but I didn’t have time
> to
> >> try for bearings then. After dinner with clients, I checked again and
> the
> >> noise was so low in the mix of stations that getting a solid bearing
> would
> >> have been fruitless.
> >>
> >> I can confirm that WQCR in Alabaster is powering down completely at
> >> night—often an hour or more than would be required by rule. I live in
> >> Alabaster (Maylene) and they’re not even staying on at the 3 watt level
> now
> >> at night.
> >>
> >> The station was an infrequent cheater in the past, but I haven’t heard
> >> them do that for the past couple of years.
> >>
> >> We can eliminate them as a suspect for the noise.
> >>
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> >> 121 Mayfair Park
> >> Maylene, AL
> >> EM63nf
> >>
> >> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
> >>
> >> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
> >> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Feb 7, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Glenn Hauser  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, Feb 7 at 0119 UT, not much signal from KSTP, so I
> am
> >> hearing the blues music station and the warble-tone. KSTP is so weak
> that I
> >> can get pretty good bearings on these two, nulling them without KSTP in
> the
> >> way: warble is about 95 degrees, and blues about 135 degrees (assuming
> they
> >> are both eastward rather than westward). Tends to confirm blues source
> as
> >> the station doing that all-night, KCLF New Roads LA. At least on
> >> weeknights, with weekends unaccounted for:
> >>> http://kclf1500am.com/shows.html
> >>>
> >>> Closest to the 95 degree angle from Enid with the warble are three
> >> Alabamans and one further Georgian: WQCR Alabaster, 2300/3 watts, WVSM
> >> Rainsville, 1000/-, WKAX Russellville, 1000/-; and WDPC Dallas GA,
> 5000/CH
> >> 3200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 2/5/2016 11:55 AM, Rob Keeney wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> If everyone posts their location and loop bearing of the
> >>> noisy xmtr, I'll
> >>>
> >>> try and plot the data.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Rob Keeney
> >>>
> >>> Goose Creek SC
> >>>
> >>> EM92xx
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Les Rayburn 
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Most of us are using bi-directional (simple) loops, but
> >>> we’re spread out
> >>>
> >>> geographically. If we plot these on a map, we should be able
> >>> to determine
> >>>
> >>> the location pretty quickly. Assuming 

[IRCA] TP 7 Feb Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

A very large step down from yesterday.   Very little signs of life 
beyond 774 until after 1510UT, and not much then



pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, 
at least briefly):


not today



Reasonable audio  at  times during the period (much of it 
understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise):


774 JOUB various times at this level, e.g. 1429UT, but managed to do 
a strong s/off anthem and chimes at 1520UT

972 HLCA woman in Korean 1521UT




not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or 
noise could be understood by a native speaker:


594 JOAK man in Japanese 1511UT
1566 HLAZ assumed w/female vocal 1513UT, mostly it was in the murk




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)


612 man talking 1524UT, presumed DU, but this didn't sound quite 
right, nor was it //594.

828 JOBB woman talking //774 1348UT
747 JOIB man in Japanese //774 1452UT
1377 CNR1 man talking //1593 at 1515UT, both w/difficult signals
1593 CNR1 //1377, 1515UT

Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or 
ravaged by splatter)


603 702 711 891  1134


best wishes,

Nick

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:Issued: 2016 Feb 08 0005 UTC
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 February follow.
Solar flux 117 and estimated planetary A-index 8.
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Re: [IRCA] [dxld] Re: 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Someone in SW Pennsylvania said it was in an east/west line from them, so
how far south can this be?

On Sunday, February 7, 2016, Les Rayburn  wrote:

> Maybe someone in GA would help out? I’m going to be in the Atlanta area on
> Friday—if we don’t have an answer by then, I might be tempted to drive
> South and try to solve the mystery directly.
>
> Maylene is part of Alabaster, but was once a separateAlabaster community.
> It’s near Alabaster and Helena—just off Highway 17. Not far from Birmingham.
>
>
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL
> EM63nf
>
> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
>
> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
>
>
> > On Feb 7, 2016, at 7:08 PM, Glenn Hauser  > wrote:
> >
> > Looks like your 120/300 bearing would be closest to WAYS Macon GA, or
> maybe further south WSEM Donalsonville GA, both 1 kW daytimers. It`s so
> weak here I would not be surprised if it`s that far away.
> >
> > BTW, Maylene is not in my Rand McNally large scale road atlas, nor the
> index. But I could find Alabaster.  73, Glenn Hauser, OK
> > 
> > On Mon, 2/8/16, Les Rayburn > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Sorry to disappoint Rick,
> > but your hypothesis needs some adjustment.
> > Just
> > went outside in the back yard with a Sangean PR-DR portable.
> > The mystery signal on 1500 KHz was very loud—dominating
> > the channel just after sunset at 6:20 PM Central
> > Time.
> > The
> > maximum signal off the ends of the loop (sides of the
> > portable radio) was obtained at a bearing of roughly 300
> > degrees (NW) or 120 SE.
> > I
> > checked several times to be sure that there was not a peak
> > towards due North, and verified that the mystery signal did
> > not peak in that direction.
> > What
> > does that do to the list of suspects?
> > BTW,
> > received an e-mail saying the following:
> > I have a low
> > cost app on both Android and iPhone called SigTrax that may
> > be a benefit to you and the others who are looking for
> > this signal.
> > SigTrax allows you to
> > plot bearing on a map image and computes and crosspoints
> > where the bearing plots intersect.  It's a
> > perfect solution for triangulating signals from multiple
> > points and different users. You can also save the bearings
> > in an archive and recall and update them at any
> > time.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > 121 Mayfair Park
> > Maylene, AL
> > EM63nf
> >
> >
> > On Feb 7, 2016, at 5:38 PM, Rick Dau  >
> > wrote:
> >
> > Glenn says he's
> > getting it strongest on a 95 degree bearing from Enid.
> >  Tim, you say that you're only hearing it on your south
> > antenna.  Les, from your QTH in Maylene, I would suggest
> > pointing your antenna due north.  If my suspicion is
> > correct, the warble should almost be blowing your doors
> > off.
> >
> > 73,
> > Rick Dau (loves playing the sleuth)
> > South Omaha, Nebraska
> > EN21af
> > Http://www.dxworld.com/bcblog.html
> > 
> >
> > Les,
> >
> > I'm not setup with a rotatable
> > loop so I'm unable to get a bearing on this
> > other than confirming
> > that I only hear it on my south antenna.  I know, not
> > very helpful..
> >
> > 73,
> > Tim
> >
> >
> > Tim,
> >
> > Thank you for posting
> > this. Extremely helpful for both DX’ers and members
> > of the broadcast
> > engineering community who are attempting to help narrow
> > down the station with the
> > problem.
> >
> > Do you have a bearing on
> > the station from your QTH?
> >
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Les Rayburn, N1LF
> >
> > Just so everyone's on the same
> > page, here's a recording of the
> > interference
> > that's in question,
> > which I assume is what everyone else is referring to.
> > I have issue with calling
> > this a "warbler" or "warbling" since
> > I
> > immediately think of
> > the Cuban transmitters with the wobbling carrier
> > that
> > sounds like someone
> > flexing a piece of sheet metal.  This sounds nothing
> > like that.  The noise is
> > present in both the upper and lower sideband and
> > it appears at 500 hz
> > intervals centered about the carrier.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M4opnMHq88
> >
> > 73,
> > Tim Tromp
> > West Michigan
> >
> >
> > Excellent information Glenn. We went to
> > Tennessee yesterday on business,
> > and I brought along a portable to get
> > some DF bearings. The warbler
> > noise
> > was very loud on the car
> > radio right at sunset, but I didn’t have time
> > to
> > try for bearings then.
> > After dinner with clients, I checked again and
> > the
> > noise was so low in the
> > mix of stations that getting a solid bearing
> > would
> > have been fruitless.
> >
> > I can confirm that WQCR in Alabaster
> > is powering down completely at
> 

Re: [IRCA] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

[Les Rayburn]

Maybe someone in GA would help out? I’m going to be in the Atlanta area on 
Friday—if we don’t have an answer by then, I might be tempted to drive South 
and try to solve the mystery directly. 

Maylene is part of Alabaster, but was once a separateAlabaster community. It’s 
near Alabaster and Helena—just off Highway 17. Not far from Birmingham. 




73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. 

Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook 
Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. 


> On Feb 7, 2016, at 7:08 PM, Glenn Hauser  wrote:
> 
> Looks like your 120/300 bearing would be closest to WAYS Macon GA, or maybe 
> further south WSEM Donalsonville GA, both 1 kW daytimers. It`s so weak here I 
> would not be surprised if it`s that far away. 
> 
> BTW, Maylene is not in my Rand McNally large scale road atlas, nor the index. 
> But I could find Alabaster.  73, Glenn Hauser, OK
> 
> On Mon, 2/8/16, Les Rayburn  wrote:
> 
> 
> Sorry to disappoint Rick,
> but your hypothesis needs some adjustment. 
> Just
> went outside in the back yard with a Sangean PR-DR portable.
> The mystery signal on 1500 KHz was very loud—dominating
> the channel just after sunset at 6:20 PM Central
> Time. 
> The
> maximum signal off the ends of the loop (sides of the
> portable radio) was obtained at a bearing of roughly 300
> degrees (NW) or 120 SE. 
> I
> checked several times to be sure that there was not a peak
> towards due North, and verified that the mystery signal did
> not peak in that direction. 
> What
> does that do to the list of suspects? 
> BTW,
> received an e-mail saying the following: 
> I have a low
> cost app on both Android and iPhone called SigTrax that may
> be a benefit to you and the others who are looking for
> this signal.
> SigTrax allows you to
> plot bearing on a map image and computes and crosspoints
> where the bearing plots intersect.  It's a
> perfect solution for triangulating signals from multiple
> points and different users. You can also save the bearings
> in an archive and recall and update them at any
> time.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 
> EM63nf
> 
> 
> On Feb 7, 2016, at 5:38 PM, Rick Dau 
> wrote:
> 
> Glenn says he's
> getting it strongest on a 95 degree bearing from Enid.
>  Tim, you say that you're only hearing it on your south
> antenna.  Les, from your QTH in Maylene, I would suggest
> pointing your antenna due north.  If my suspicion is
> correct, the warble should almost be blowing your doors
> off.
> 
> 73,
> Rick Dau (loves playing the sleuth)
> South Omaha, Nebraska
> EN21af
> Http://www.dxworld.com/bcblog.html
> 
> 
> Les,
> 
> I'm not setup with a rotatable
> loop so I'm unable to get a bearing on this
> other than confirming
> that I only hear it on my south antenna.  I know, not
> very helpful..
> 
> 73,
> Tim
> 
> 
> Tim,
> 
> Thank you for posting
> this. Extremely helpful for both DX’ers and members
> of the broadcast
> engineering community who are attempting to help narrow
> down the station with the
> problem.
> 
> Do you have a bearing on
> the station from your QTH?
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 
> Just so everyone's on the same
> page, here's a recording of the
> interference
> that's in question,
> which I assume is what everyone else is referring to.
> I have issue with calling
> this a "warbler" or "warbling" since
> I
> immediately think of
> the Cuban transmitters with the wobbling carrier
> that
> sounds like someone
> flexing a piece of sheet metal.  This sounds nothing
> like that.  The noise is
> present in both the upper and lower sideband and
> it appears at 500 hz
> intervals centered about the carrier.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M4opnMHq88
> 
> 73,
> Tim Tromp
> West Michigan
> 
> 
> Excellent information Glenn. We went to
> Tennessee yesterday on business,
> and I brought along a portable to get
> some DF bearings. The warbler
> noise
> was very loud on the car
> radio right at sunset, but I didn’t have time
> to
> try for bearings then.
> After dinner with clients, I checked again and
> the
> noise was so low in the
> mix of stations that getting a solid bearing
> would
> have been fruitless.
> 
> I can confirm that WQCR in Alabaster
> is powering down completely at
> night—often an hour or more than
> would be required by rule. I live in
> Alabaster (Maylene) and they’re not
> even staying on at the 3 watt level
> now
> at night.
> 
> The station was an infrequent cheater
> in the past, but I haven’t heard
> them do that for the past couple of
> years.
> 
> We can eliminate them as
> a suspect for the noise.
> 
> 
> 73,
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL
> 
> UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, Feb 7 at 0119 UT,
> not much signal from KSTP, 

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

[Les Rayburn]

Sorry to disappoint Rick, but your hypothesis needs some adjustment. 

Just went outside in the back yard with a Sangean PR-DR portable. The mystery 
signal on 1500 KHz was very loud—dominating the channel just after sunset at 
6:20 PM Central Time. 

The maximum signal off the ends of the loop (sides of the portable radio) was 
obtained at a bearing of roughly 300 degrees (NW) or 120 SE. 

I checked several times to be sure that there was not a peak towards due North, 
and verified that the mystery signal did not peak in that direction. 

What does that do to the list of suspects? 

BTW, received an e-mail saying the following: 

I have a low cost app on both Android and iPhone called SigTrax that may be a 
benefit to you and the others who are looking for this signal.

SigTrax allows you to plot bearing on a map image and computes and crosspoints 
where the bearing plots intersect.  It's a perfect solution for triangulating 
signals from multiple points and different users. You can also save the 
bearings in an archive and recall and update them at any time.


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 
EM63nf

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. 

Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook 
Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. 


> On Feb 7, 2016, at 5:38 PM, Rick Dau  wrote:
> 
> Glenn says he's getting it strongest on a 95 degree bearing from Enid.  Tim, 
> you say that you're only hearing it on your south antenna.  Les, from your 
> QTH in Maylene, I would suggest pointing your antenna due north.  If my 
> suspicion is correct, the warble should almost be blowing your doors off.
> 
> 73,
> Rick Dau (loves playing the sleuth)
> South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
> Http://www.dxworld.com/bcblog.html
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Tim Tromp 
> 
> Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2016 4:04:03 PM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"
> 
> Les,
> 
> I'm not setup with a rotatable loop so I'm unable to get a bearing on this
> other than confirming that I only hear it on my south antenna.  I know, not
> very helpful..
> 
> 73,
> Tim
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Les Rayburn  wrote:
> 
>> Tim,
>> 
>> Thank you for posting this. Extremely helpful for both DX’ers and members
>> of the broadcast engineering community who are attempting to help narrow
>> down the station with the problem.
>> 
>> Do you have a bearing on the station from your QTH?
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> Maylene, AL
>> EM63nf
>> 
>> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
>> 
>> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
>> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 7, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Tim Tromp  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just so everyone's on the same page, here's a recording of the
>> interference
>>> that's in question, which I assume is what everyone else is referring to.
>>> I have issue with calling this a "warbler" or "warbling" since I
>>> immediately think of the Cuban transmitters with the wobbling carrier
>> that
>>> sounds like someone flexing a piece of sheet metal.  This sounds nothing
>>> like that.  The noise is present in both the upper and lower sideband and
>>> it appears at 500 hz intervals centered about the carrier.
>>> 
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M4opnMHq88
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Tim Tromp
>>> West Michigan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Les Rayburn 
>> wrote:
>>> 
 Excellent information Glenn. We went to Tennessee yesterday on business,
 and I brought along a portable to get some DF bearings. The warbler
>> noise
 was very loud on the car radio right at sunset, but I didn’t have time
>> to
 try for bearings then. After dinner with clients, I checked again and
>> the
 noise was so low in the mix of stations that getting a solid bearing
>> would
 have been fruitless.
 
 I can confirm that WQCR in Alabaster is powering down completely at
 night—often an hour or more than would be required by rule. I live in
 Alabaster (Maylene) and they’re not even staying on at the 3 watt level
>> now
 at night.
 
 The station was an infrequent cheater in the past, but I haven’t heard
 them do that for the past couple of years.
 
 We can eliminate them as a suspect for the noise.
 
 
 73,
 
 Les Rayburn, N1LF
 121 Mayfair Park
 Maylene, AL
 EM63nf
 
 Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
 
 Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
 Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
 
 
> On Feb 7, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Glenn Hauser 

Re: [IRCA] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
Looks like your 120/300 bearing would be closest to WAYS Macon GA, or maybe 
further south WSEM Donalsonville GA, both 1 kW daytimers. It`s so weak here I 
would not be surprised if it`s that far away. 

BTW, Maylene is not in my Rand McNally large scale road atlas, nor the index. 
But I could find Alabaster.  73, Glenn Hauser, OK

On Mon, 2/8/16, Les Rayburn  wrote:


 Sorry to disappoint Rick,
 but your hypothesis needs some adjustment. 
 Just
 went outside in the back yard with a Sangean PR-DR portable.
 The mystery signal on 1500 KHz was very loud—dominating
 the channel just after sunset at 6:20 PM Central
 Time. 
 The
 maximum signal off the ends of the loop (sides of the
 portable radio) was obtained at a bearing of roughly 300
 degrees (NW) or 120 SE. 
 I
 checked several times to be sure that there was not a peak
 towards due North, and verified that the mystery signal did
 not peak in that direction. 
 What
 does that do to the list of suspects? 
 BTW,
 received an e-mail saying the following: 
 I have a low
 cost app on both Android and iPhone called SigTrax that may
 be a benefit to you and the others who are looking for
 this signal.
 SigTrax allows you to
 plot bearing on a map image and computes and crosspoints
 where the bearing plots intersect.  It's a
 perfect solution for triangulating signals from multiple
 points and different users. You can also save the bearings
 in an archive and recall and update them at any
 time.
 
 73,
 
 Les Rayburn, N1LF
 121 Mayfair Park
 Maylene, AL 
 EM63nf
 
 
 On Feb 7, 2016, at 5:38 PM, Rick Dau 
 wrote:
 
 Glenn says he's
 getting it strongest on a 95 degree bearing from Enid.
  Tim, you say that you're only hearing it on your south
 antenna.  Les, from your QTH in Maylene, I would suggest
 pointing your antenna due north.  If my suspicion is
 correct, the warble should almost be blowing your doors
 off.
 
 73,
 Rick Dau (loves playing the sleuth)
 South Omaha, Nebraska
 EN21af
 Http://www.dxworld.com/bcblog.html
 
 
 Les,
 
 I'm not setup with a rotatable
 loop so I'm unable to get a bearing on this
 other than confirming
 that I only hear it on my south antenna.  I know, not
 very helpful..
 
 73,
 Tim
 
 
 Tim,
 
 Thank you for posting
 this. Extremely helpful for both DX’ers and members
 of the broadcast
 engineering community who are attempting to help narrow
 down the station with the
 problem.
 
 Do you have a bearing on
 the station from your QTH?
 
 
 73,
 
 Les Rayburn, N1LF
 
 Just so everyone's on the same
 page, here's a recording of the
 interference
 that's in question,
 which I assume is what everyone else is referring to.
 I have issue with calling
 this a "warbler" or "warbling" since
 I
 immediately think of
 the Cuban transmitters with the wobbling carrier
 that
 sounds like someone
 flexing a piece of sheet metal.  This sounds nothing
 like that.  The noise is
 present in both the upper and lower sideband and
 it appears at 500 hz
 intervals centered about the carrier.
 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M4opnMHq88
 
 73,
 Tim Tromp
 West Michigan
 
 
 Excellent information Glenn. We went to
 Tennessee yesterday on business,
 and I brought along a portable to get
 some DF bearings. The warbler
 noise
 was very loud on the car
 radio right at sunset, but I didn’t have time
 to
 try for bearings then.
 After dinner with clients, I checked again and
 the
 noise was so low in the
 mix of stations that getting a solid bearing
 would
 have been fruitless.
 
 I can confirm that WQCR in Alabaster
 is powering down completely at
 night—often an hour or more than
 would be required by rule. I live in
 Alabaster (Maylene) and they’re not
 even staying on at the 3 watt level
 now
 at night.
 
 The station was an infrequent cheater
 in the past, but I haven’t heard
 them do that for the past couple of
 years.
 
 We can eliminate them as
 a suspect for the noise.
 
 
 73,
 
 Les Rayburn, N1LF
 121 Mayfair Park
 Maylene, AL
 
 UNIDENTIFIED. 1500, Feb 7 at 0119 UT,
 not much signal from KSTP, so I
 am
 hearing the blues music
 station and the warble-tone. KSTP is so weak
 that I
 can get pretty good
 bearings on these two, nulling them without KSTP in
 the
 way: warble is about 95
 degrees, and blues about 135 degrees (assuming
 they
 are both eastward rather
 than westward). Tends to confirm blues source
 as
 the station doing that
 all-night, KCLF New Roads LA. At least on
 weeknights, with weekends unaccounted
 for:
 http://kclf1500am.com/shows.html
 
 Closest to the 95 degree angle from
 Enid with the warble are three
 Alabamans and one further
 Georgian: WQCR Alabaster, 2300/3 watts, WVSM
 Rainsville, 1000/-, WKAX Russellville,
 1000/-; and WDPC Dallas GA,
 5000/CH
 3200 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
 LISTENING DIGEST)
 
 
 On 2/5/2016 11:55 AM, Rob
 Keeney wrote:
 
 
 If everyone posts their 

Re: [IRCA] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

[Rick Dau]

Well, it shoots down my suspicion that WLAC was somehow causing this warble 10 
KHz down from its home frequency.  So the mystery continues, it looks like.



And I have no shot at hearing it here.  I'm 2 miles from the tower of KOMJ 1490 
(I'm 78 degrees from it) and if I turn the loop 90 degrees from it and do a 
VERY tight null, I don't get much of anything on 1500 other than St. Paul and, 
occasionally, Pawhuska, Oklahoma.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af

http://www.dxworld.com/bcblog.html


From: Les Rayburn 
Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2016 6:33 PM
To: Rick Dau
Cc: IRCA Radio List - irca@hard-core-dx_com; ABDX Yahoo Group - 
abdx@yahoogroups_com; National Radio Club NRC am@nrcdxas_org
Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

Sorry to disappoint Rick, but your hypothesis needs some adjustment.

Just went outside in the back yard with a Sangean PR-DR portable. The mystery 
signal on 1500 KHz was very loud—dominating the channel just after sunset at 
6:20 PM Central Time.

The maximum signal off the ends of the loop (sides of the portable radio) was 
obtained at a bearing of roughly 300 degrees (NW) or 120 SE.

I checked several times to be sure that there was not a peak towards due North, 
and verified that the mystery signal did not peak in that direction.

What does that do to the list of suspects?

BTW, received an e-mail saying the following:

I have a low cost app on both Android and iPhone called SigTrax that may be a 
benefit to you and the others who are looking for this signal.

SigTrax allows you to plot bearing on a map image and computes and crosspoints 
where the bearing plots intersect.  It's a perfect solution for triangulating 
signals from multiple points and different users. You can also save the 
bearings in an archive and recall and update them at any time.


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL
EM63nf

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.

Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook 
Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.


On Feb 7, 2016, at 5:38 PM, Rick Dau 
> wrote:

Glenn says he's getting it strongest on a 95 degree bearing from Enid.  Tim, 
you say that you're only hearing it on your south antenna.  Les, from your QTH 
in Maylene, I would suggest pointing your antenna due north.  If my suspicion 
is correct, the warble should almost be blowing your doors off.

73,
Rick Dau (loves playing the sleuth)
South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
Http://www.dxworld.com/bcblog.html

From: IRCA  on behalf of Tim Tromp 

Sent: Sunday, February 7, 2016 4:04:03 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1500 KHz "Mystery Station"

Les,

I'm not setup with a rotatable loop so I'm unable to get a bearing on this
other than confirming that I only hear it on my south antenna.  I know, not
very helpful..

73,
Tim


On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Les Rayburn  wrote:

Tim,

Thank you for posting this. Extremely helpful for both DX’ers and members
of the broadcast engineering community who are attempting to help narrow
down the station with the problem.

Do you have a bearing on the station from your QTH?


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL
EM63nf

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.

Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.


On Feb 7, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Tim Tromp  wrote:

Just so everyone's on the same page, here's a recording of the
interference
that's in question, which I assume is what everyone else is referring to.
I have issue with calling this a "warbler" or "warbling" since I
immediately think of the Cuban transmitters with the wobbling carrier
that
sounds like someone flexing a piece of sheet metal.  This sounds nothing
like that.  The noise is present in both the upper and lower sideband and
it appears at 500 hz intervals centered about the carrier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M4opnMHq88

73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan


On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Les Rayburn 
wrote:

Excellent information Glenn. We went to Tennessee yesterday on business,
and I brought along a portable to get some DF bearings. The warbler
noise
was very loud on the car radio right at sunset, but I didn’t have time
to
try for bearings then. After dinner with clients, I checked again and
the
noise was so low in the mix of stations that getting a solid bearing
would
have been fruitless.

I can confirm that WQCR in Alabaster is powering down completely at
night—often an hour or more than would be required by rule. I live in
Alabaster (Maylene) and they’re not even staying on at the 3 watt level
now
at 

[IRCA] TA hets Feb 08

[Don Moman VE6JY]

In spite of, or maybe because of, some geomagnetic disturbances, we (Nigel,
Mickey and myself) are hearing some TA's with audio like the British trio
909 1053 1089 and others popping up and down. Time is 0530 ut.  Had
carriers earlier but along way from audio but they surprised us..

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Re: [IRCA] TA hets Feb 08

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Things did drop off rather quickly here after I posted that. Of course.

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Nothing made it out to the west coast, Don.   73,...Walt

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