[IRCA] TP 25 Feb Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

A nice short and sharp enhancement 1442 to about 1447UT this morning



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


1566 HLAZ man in Japanese 1258UT, and held up reasonably well until 
1345UT pattern change.   The Chinese program eventually matched this 
reception 1445-1447UT w/man in Chinese




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


558 HLQH female vocal //603 1445UT
567 JOIK  NHK1 theme music, man in Japanese //594 1446UT; someone 
else underneath
585 unID, not Japan, though did briefly hear the theme music at 
1446UT, as this one also peaked, laid back pop vocals; no idea, as 
there was no talk.

594 JOAK man in Japanese 1425UT //567






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



1593 CNR1 man in Chinese 1444UT



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)


603 HLSA female vocal music //558 1445UT
774//828 woman talking 1300UT likely JOUB/JOBB
972 woman talking 1449UT, no real identifying characteristic
1287 man talking Japanese inflection 1444UT
1359 man mumbling 1444UT, couldn't get //1593, so don't know if CNR1
1503 JOUK woman talking //567 1444UT

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


531 702 738 747  891 1179 1269  1386 1422 1557




best wishes,

Nick

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[IRCA] A few logs - Cape Cod, MA: FEB 2016

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---

Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION
Times / dates = UTC / 2016 
e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com" 


[Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA 
(GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq)


Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus


Antenna 1: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 10m vert. by 11m horiz. (peak 165 deg., 
null 345 deg.)
Antenna 2: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 11m vert. by 30m horiz. (peak 80 deg., 
null 260 deg.)
See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type.


==


*** TRANSATLANTIC DX ***


1215 | UNITED KINGDOM | Absolute R. synchros, FEB 10 0300 - Song by the Smiths, 
man with Absolute Radio ID; fair. [Connelly*Y-MA]


1530 | SAO TOME E PRINCIPE | VOA, Pinheira, FEB 10 0259 - ID "This is the Voice 
of America, Washington, DC signing on", then Yankee Doodle intro music; 
dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]




*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***


630 | PUERTO RICO | WUNO, NotiUno, San Juan, FEB 10 0300 - NotiUno ID; 
dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]


650 | COLOMBIA | HJKH, RCN Antena Dos, Bogota, FEB 20 0100 - Pips about a half 
minute late, Antena Dos ID; over Progreso Cuban. [Connelly*Y-MA]


690 | COLOMBIA | HJCZ, W Radio, Bogota, FEB 20 0100 - W Radio ID // 700; over 
R. Progreso Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA]


700 | COLOMBIA | HJCX, W Radio, Cali, FEB 20 0100 - W Radio ID // 690; good. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]


720 | BRAZIL | ZYK276, Porto Alegre, FEB 20 0101 - Man in Portuguese, Porto 
Alegre mention at 0101:35; briefly atop jumble. [Connelly*Y-MA]


730 | COLOMBIA | HJCU, Cadena Melodia, Bogota, FEB 20 0100 - Melodia Estereo 
ID; dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]


770 | COLOMBIA | HJJX, RCN, Bogota, FEB 20 0100 - Pips, timecheck "Ocho de la 
noche en Colombia"; over WABC, Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA]


840 | HAITI | R. 4VEH (4VEF), Cap-Haitien, FEB 20 0100 - Electronic 5-note 
"Dashing Through the Snow" interval signal, hymn, man in French; over Cuba. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]


940 | BRAZIL | ZYJ453, Rio de Janeiro, FEB 20 0001 - Man in Portuguese; 
slightly under WIPR. [Connelly*Y-MA]


940 | PUERTO RICO | WIPR, San Juan, FEB 20 0001 - San Juan advert; over Brazil. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]


990 | COLOMBIA | HJCH, RCN, Medellin, FEB 20  - Banco Popular mention / 
advert, bell; momentarily over dogpile. [Connelly*Y-MA]


1020 | CUBA | R. Trinchera Antiimperialista, Baracoa, FEB 20  - "Radio 
Trinchera Antiimperialista desde Guantanamo" ID by woman; over Reloj. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]


1100 | BRAZIL | ZYK694, R. Globo, Sao Paulo, FEB 20 0001 - Two men in 
Portuguese (phone interview); to fair peak. [Connelly*Y-MA]


1140 | BRAZIL | ZYH449, Salvador, FEB 19 2359 - Man in Portuguese (possible 
preaching); under CBI. [Connelly*Y-MA]


1220 | BRAZIL | ZYJ258, R. Globo, Rio de Janeiro, FEB 20  - Globo ID, audio 
sweep; mixed with WWSF. [Connelly*Y-MA]


1220 | COLOMBIA | HJFF, Emisora 1220, Barranquilla, FEB 20 0100 - ID as "HJFF, 
Emisora Mil Dos Cientos Veinte (1220) AM, Barranquilla"; in mush. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]


Note: Many routine Cubans heard but not reported.
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[IRCA] Sign petition at KXEL.com

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
** U S A. Glenn, I have been listening to KXEL on 1540 AM for the last ten 
years or so. They started running an announcement for the last few days about 
the FCC possibly reducing their nighttime coverage area. They asked listeners 
to go to their website and sign the petition here:

http://www.kxel.com/50KPetition.aspx

This request may be a first, at least for the last couple of decades or so. 
THANK YOU, (Artie Bigley, Columbus OH, Feb 24, WORLD OF RADIO 1814, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Petition speaks only in generalities about FCC changing rules to allow more 
stations on air at night, harming KXEL and other 50 kW clear channel stations 
(Glenn Hauser, ibid.)
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2016 Feb 26 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 25 February follow.
Solar flux 92 and estimated planetary A-index 5.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 26 February was 2.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 24   24   24   24   24   25   25   25   25   25   25   25   25   26
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 
SFlx 91   91   91   91   88   88   88   88   88   88   88   88   92   92
A-in 66667777777755
K-in 21211212211112
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[IRCA] New station heard KGVO 1290 Missoula, MT

[Dennis Vroom via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
New station heard this afternoon. KGVO 1290 Missoula, MT received at  UTC 
with call letter ID. 426 miles as the crow flies. Fair signal. #4 antenna.
Best regards,

Dennis  Vroom, 
Kalama, WA
JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B
1) NW ewe
2) SW ewe
3) Long wire
4) Random wire
5) Bog NW 280'--- End Message ---
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, February 19-25, 2016

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also 
VHF/UHF, sometimes utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without 
much delay, such as
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser

And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and 
publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html

All my MW DX reports starting August 2011 are archived in this forum with open 
access:
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page44

All times and dates strictly UT. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only 
or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside E-W or inside randomwire N-S; Nissan 
stock caradio as specified; ICR-75  E-W longwire; FRG-7 with NW-SE shortwire

** MEXICO. Changes at Grupo Radio México, Ciudad Juárez:
 720 XEJCC El Fonógrafo, ex Extremo 7-20
 970 XEJ R México Noticias, ex La J Mexicana
1190 XEPZ R Centro, ex R Norteña
1240 XEWG La Jefa, ex Cambio 12-40
1300 XEP R Mexicana, ex R 13
1460 XEYC R Fórmula, ex 1030 kHz 
(Héctor García Bojorge via Mauno Ritola, WRTH via Central [sic] 
American News, ed. Tore Larsson, Feb MW News via DXLD)

I had been hearing R. Fórmula Noticias, XEYC on 1030 as recently as Dec 29. 
1460 would certainly be a clearer spot for it, with only 4 
Mexicans already listed there, and nothing else in the tri-state area. 
But not for here: XEYC often dominated 1030 over KTWO or anything else. I had 
also been hearing Fonógrafo on 720, Centro on 1190 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 1020, Feb 19 at 0141 UT, praise music in Spanish owns 
frequency, i.e. 50 kW KCKN Roswell NM still not nulling toward KDKA; but there 
is also a heavy SAH of 2.5 Hz, with DF fitting for my semi-local KOKP Perry OK. 
I conclude that KOKP is in dead air instead of Triple-Play Sports. 

Listening further, I hear a weak country(?) music station which seems to be 
close to the KOKP direxion. Not that many 1020s in the USA, and format 
unmatches any of them, near or far, in NRC AM Log. DF is no good for Mexico 
either. Maybe it was really one of the three Cubans in WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** CUBA. 1620, Feb 19 at 0137, Spanish pop music. Must be Rebelde FM, since not 
// 1180 or 5025 which are in béisbol. Well, their top players defecting to MLB 
still have their choice of Rebeldes in América! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** CUBA. 1620, Feb 24 at 0701:11.5, two-tone timesignal 71.5 seconds late, and 
R. Rebelde ID (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, February 19-25, 2016

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
All times and dates strictly UT [5 hours ahead of `ELT` during EST; when 
changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-05 UT period 
to the previous date by ELT].

Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S 
inside E-W or inside randomwire N-S; Nissan stock caradio as specified; IC-R75 
with E-W longwire; FRG-7 with NW-SE shortwire

These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also 
VHF/UHF, sometimes, utility, ham, which may be found in several archives 
without much delay, such as
http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser

And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and 
publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST:
http://www.worldofradio.com/dxldmid.html

All my MW DX reports starting August 2011 are archived in this forum with open 
access: 
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page44

These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of 
USA, unidentified [if any], separated by === Within each, they are in 
frequency order

** CANADA. 1610, Feb 25 at 0459 UT, announcement in Spanish over PMS Anguilla, 
and 0500 UT `O, Canada` national anthem, i.e. CHHA, Voces Latinas, Toronto. Do 
any other or all Canadians play NA at local midnite? I haven`t noticed it 
before, certainly not from CBC; optional unlike Mexico? Getting the new 1610 in 
Montreal past CHHA will be tough here (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

===

** OKLAHOMA [and non]. 1020, Feb 19 at 0141 UT, praise music in Spanish owns 
frequency, i.e. 50 kW KCKN Roswell NM still not nulling toward KDKA; but there 
is also a heavy SAH of 2.5 Hz, with DF fitting for my semi-local KOKP Perry OK. 
I conclude that KOKP is in dead air instead of Triple-Play Sports. 

Listening further, I hear a weak country(?) music station which seems to be 
close to the KOKP direxion. Not that many 1020s in the USA, and format 
unmatches any of them, near or far, in NRC AM Log. DF is no good for Mexico 
either. Maybe it was really one of the three Cubans in WRTH (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** OKLAHOMA. 1210, Feb 20 at 1750 UT on caradio, very poor signal from KGYN 
Guymon on groundwave. IIRC it used to be better, so continue to suspect 
something is amiss, like power lowered from 10 kW, or sticking to night pattern 
in day, nulling toward Philadelphia and us; it used to be the other way round, 
ND day pattern at night, when I don`t hear much from it either now (Glenn 
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

===

** U S A. 1080+, Feb 24 at 0713 UT, country music is ripping up KRLD Dallas 
talk, loops NW/SE, and only by nulling this can I get KRLD more or less clear 
from the SSE. Can`t be anything but KSLL Price UT, 10 kW daytimer! once again 
on air at night. Listed as Rock/OLD, so maybe crossing over a bit. It`s also 
slightly off frequency to the hi side making fast SAH with KRLD (Glenn Hauser, 
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1080, Feb 25 at 0534 UT, C music vs KRLD Dallas, i.e. KSLL Price 
UT, 10 kW non-direxional daytimer still funxioning 24h. Does KRLD care? (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

** U S A. 1370, after rehearing 1380 KRCM on day power, I find something else 
interesting a channel below (other than nearest KGNO Dodge City KS, which I 
NEVER hear, day or night --- is it really active?) --- Feb 24 at 0706 UT, ID 
for KCRV and KCRVradio.com, country music on ``AM 1370 KCRV``, loops east-west. 
It`s Caruthersville MO, right on the Mississippi River across from TN in the 
extreme SE corner, address in Kennett further west, 1000/63 watts U1 = always 
non-direxional, per NRC AM Log (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1380, Feb 21 at 0456 UT, Spanish gospel music is dominant, and on LSB 
plenty strong not to be splashed by local ESPN 1390 KCRC. Soon Spanish promo 
for new customers on ``la nueva estación de Radio Aleluya, 1590-AM``, address 
1600 Pasadena Blvd, Pasadena TX 77562, phone 713-589-1336 during business hours 
8-6 l-v, 9-6 sábado, concluding with ``aún no hemos dicho nada`` (we haven`t 
said anything yet --- ??). Then ad still in Spanish for church services in 
English! Jueves a 7:30 at La Iglesia del Pueblo in Pasadena, 713-920-1840. 0500 
UT illegal ID ONLY for ``KMIC [letters in English], Houston, 15-90 AM, Radio 
Aleluya``. Then into ranchera style music but must be religious.

Nothing said on 1380 about 1380! Which is really KRCM, Shenandoah TX, 2800/60 
watts U1 and this was no 60 watts! Or application for 22000/43 U5, per NRC AM 
Log, which already had this as a R. Aleluya as of last August, at same Pasadena 
address as announced above. Shenandoah is a Houston suburb to the north along 
I-45 closer to Conroe, not necessarily correlating with transmitter site.

At 0500 UT Feb 21, I check 1590 anyway and don`t hear enough for a // in the 
mush, but there is a persistent LAH from 

[IRCA] The Free Ride Should Be Over for Dual Expanded-Band AMs

[Dennis Gibson]

The 1997 AM Expanded Band Fact Sheet is interesting. So is the Expanded-Band 
Sunset Rule Appealed article. 

http://www.radioworld.com/article/expanded-band-sunset-rule-appealed/16586

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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2016 Feb 25 2105 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 25 February follow.
Solar flux 92 and estimated planetary A-index 5.
The estimated planetary K-index at 2100 UTC on 25 February 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 24   24   24   24   24   24   25   25   25   25   25   25   25   25
UTC  0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100
SFlx 91   91   91   91   91   88   88   88   88   88   88   88   88   92
A-in 66666777777775
K-in 22121121221111
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[IRCA] Grayland DXpedition - February 17-21, 2016

[Bill Whitacre]

I was fortunate enough to get to the Grayland Motel & Cottages again last week. 
 It was not at all clear that I would make it this year when my first attempt 
ended up landing some 15 miles from where it took off when smoke filled the 
cockpit of our Alaska Air flight just after take-off from Washington National 
Airport:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/smoke-in-cockpit-grounds-alaska-airlines-flight/

So, shorted two days at Grayland but spared something much worse I arrived on 
Wednesday, Feb. 17 to put up the usual ‘winter’ antenna - a 160’ DKAZ ‘facing’ 
~290 degrees.  In a hurry, the first night I suffered through not only 
‘disturbed’ geomag conditions but a fixed 1KOhm termination resistance [Rt].

On day 2 I replaced the fixed Rt with a Vactrol and about 500’ of CAT5 cable.  
With that I was able to get ~ 30dB nulls on Portland stations and ~ 25 dB nulls 
on Seattle stations — not bad considering neither is directly off-the-back of 
the antenna.  Those are groundwave nulls and as anyone who uses a flag antenna 
will tell you those don’t hold up quite as well at night under the onslaught of 
varying arrival angle skywave.

Nick Hall-Patch joined me on Thursday evening and we immediately put up a 
ALA100 phased array to compare.  I believe Nick will tell you that he preferred 
the DKAZ except for some intermittent noise caused by a bad coax run of over 
600’ — diagnosed and cured the last day of my visit.

Nick got his famous ‘DX Fishbarrel’ program going from the Grayland Motel and 
it ran for most of the next couple of days.  It was impressive to see the 
signal levels from Grayland as compared to his home QTH in Victoria, BC.  Made 
it kind of hard to leave …

… but leave we did on Saturday for what turned out to be an extended drive back 
to Seattle for a chance to meet with other DXers.  Taking very different 
alternative routes Nick and I managed to find our way to the gathering spot and 
enjoyed a good rag-chew with fellow west coast DXers.  Oh yes, the cause of our 
alternative routes?

http://komonews.com/news/local/officer-involved-shooting-follows-high-speed-chase-in-lakewood

Nick continued on home after the gathering and I returned for one more night at 
Grayland.

I’m still going thru wav files but you can see the fruits of our efforts so far 
and come back over the next few weeks to see more appear at this web page:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland13.php

I can hardly wait to get back to Grayland again!

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA


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[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 2-25

[Bill Block]

Listened from 1330-1405 UT and the only carriers were 1593, 1566 1503 and 972 
and one with audio. 
  
1566  HLAZ hrd at 1337 UT with talk. 
  
Bill Block 
Prescott Valley, AZ 
Drake R8 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Re: [IRCA] VACTROL build parts list -

[coffee_canuck]

The Opti Isolator part I imagine...
Which is one of the priciest parts of the builds.

Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC

> On Feb 25, 2016, at 4:05 AM, Mark Durenberger Mobile  
> wrote:
> 
> FYI: Believe it or not, you can buy the Vactrol thru Amazon!
> 
> 
> Mark Durenberger
> 
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Re: [IRCA] VACTROL build parts list -

[Mark Durenberger Mobile]

FYI: Believe it or not, you can buy the Vactrol thru Amazon!


Mark Durenberger

-Original Message- 
From: Sylvain Naud

Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 12:57 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] VACTROL build parts list -

As I also have my own experience with vactrols, I thought the following
might be some interest if I may. I had a K9AY loop working for some
years here which was terminated with a vactrol, a VTL5C4 actually
http://www.quebecdx.com/vactrol.pdf

I remember that the antenna wasn't as performing as the Beverages for TA
MWDX for instance but it was a very quiet antenna nevertheless. One day,
during a great TA opening, I've got great result on this antenna
especially with former Denmark Radio on 1062 KHz.

Here's a recording where I deliberately played with the vactrol at the
beginning in order to demonstrate how I could get rid of IBOC hiss,
probably coming from WTIC at that time (actually on Sept 11 2010 at
04;00 UTC http://www.quebecdx.com/1062_dnk_k9ay.mp3

And as a coincidence, I remember having bought the vactrols over the
Internet from a BC vendor ;)

Sylvain Naud
Portneuf,QC


Le 2016-02-24 19:20, R. Colin Newell a écrit :

I have had 3 or 4 requests for VACTROL sets -

Here is an approximate break down of the main parts which brings
me to the price for a set for those interested.

Aluminum Box (for indoor controller)  - $9.00
Binding Posts (for antenna end box) $6.00
Plastic case for outdoor antenna termination box - $5.00
BNC Connector X 2 - $8.00
10-turn Bournes vernier - $17
10-turn Bournes 500 ohm or 1000 ohm POT - $17
Power jack for wall wart - $2.00
Opti-Isolator - $12.00
V- Regulator - $2.00
Circuit boards - $3.00
Assorted resistors, capacitors, POWER LED and diodes - $2.00

*Wall-Wart and BNC terminated coaxial cable not included.*

That is 83 dollars (Canadian) [your lucky day folks to the South!]

I'd say that since we are a family, I am not going to attach any labor or
assembly costs -- so I am prepared to price these at *$85 (US)*
*shipping included* (if the shipping is around $15 or so...)

For those interested (there were 3 or 4...) send me your opinion on this.
I think I have 3 sets made already and circuit boards for 3 more sets to
populate
and I can order more circuits from OSH PARK in a heart beat.



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