[IRCA] TP 30 Apr Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

This morning was a little more interesting, almost all Asian, though 
not too many signals, and lots of domestic splash.



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


1566 HLAZ man in Japanese 1240 and 1246UT. After this, in and out 
with poor to fair  levels until about 1310UT this morning,



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


774 JOUB man and woman in Japanese 1213UT
1053 Korean jammer 1208UT
1566 HLAZ man in English, presumably a sermon, "verses 22-23", then 
man in Chinese (presumably) translating 1210UT





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


972 HLCA man and woman in Korean 1218UT
1287 JOHR man and woman in Japanese 1207UT


Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be 
guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in 
talk or music)


738 pop music 1238UT
747 JOIB man and woman talking //774 1207UT
1386 NHK2 synchros, a couple of words crept through the splash //774 1213UT



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


594 702 873 1098  1134 1242 1269 1323




best wishes,

Nick

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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

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:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2016 May 01 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 30 April follow.
Solar flux 94 and estimated planetary A-index 7.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 01 May was 3.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

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UTC  1500 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 
SFlx 93   95   95   95   92   92   92   92   92   92   92   92   94   94
A-in 10   5555444444410   7
K-in 11101111222223
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:Issued: 2016 Apr 30 1805 UTC
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#  Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 29 April follow.
Solar flux 92 and estimated planetary A-index 4.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 30 April was 2.
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Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are likely.

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UTC  0900 1200 1500 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800
SFlx 93   93   93   95   95   95   92   92   92   92   92   92   92   92
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[IRCA] 1210 UNID Spanish

[martinfoltz]

I've heard Spanish on 1210 lately and this morning at 7 AM I tuned in just 
after ToH and heard a slogan that sounded like Radio Maricial 12-10 AM. It's 
light out at this time but reception can be over 500 miles. It's not KPRZ. 
Anyone know what the current formats for Fowler and Rocklin CA are?

I'll try to get to the radio tomorrow a little earlier.

Martin Foltz
Mission Viejo CA
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Re: [IRCA] Layer Announces All-Digital AM Co-Channel Lab Test Results

[Patrick Martin]

Artifacts or Harmonics, whatever their reasoning, they are two very gifted CEs 
and it is their ears, not mine. One referred to them as digital harmonics and 
they bother his ears, where analog doesn't. Apparently he has quite a high 
range that most do not have.

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

> From: charle...@msn.com
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 05:29:19 +
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Layer Announces All-Digital AM Co-Channel Lab Test
> Results
> 
> I'll put their opinions in the trash can where they belong, as there is no 
> such thing as a "digital harmonic" and - assuming they mean simply 
> "harmonic", harmonics are not the issue with digital codecs. It's rather the 
> artifacts of the compression that cause the odd swirls, muffling and 
> artificial sound. None of that has anything to do with harmonics.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Patrick Martin 
> 
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 4:53 AM
> To: IRCA
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Layer Announces All-Digital AM Co-Channel Lab Test Results
> 
> Chuck,
> 
> Two broadcasting engineers I know, both in CA state that they have acute 
> hearing and to them, the digital harmonics drive them nuts, if they have to 
> monitor IBOC audio too long. It is quite personal to them. Some people like 
> vinyl as the audio has the "warmth" that digital audio lacks. I kind of agree 
> with that, as I have compared both many times. An album sounds better to me, 
> if played through a good sound system. My hearing is not that acute that 
> affects me listening to digital. IBOC audio sounds fine to me as well as the 
> streaming audio, but to some digital audio is not to their liking.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside OR
> KGED QSL Manager
> 
> > From: charle...@msn.com
> > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> > Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:38:55 +
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Layer Announces All-Digital AM Co-Channel Lab Test  
> >   Results
> >
> > Patrick:
> >
> > Audio quality testers have been aware of that for a hundred years. That's 
> > why professional audio testing always uses many listeners, male and female, 
> > old and youg, etc. That's exactly what the consultant did that wrote the 
> > IBOC audio quality report.
> >
> > And as for the engineers that hate it, you have to tell me why. There are a 
> > lot of emotions surrounding IBOC, and with just your words I can't tell if 
> > they have an agenda.
> >
> > As for why I dislike (it seems wrong to say "hate") IBOC audio quality: the 
> > hybrid mode was the lowest quality of FM, analog AM, digital FM, or most 
> > streaming channels. The all digital quality only gets it up to just below 
> > analog FM. Still in last place.but possibly equal to many streaming 
> > channels.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> > 
> > From: IRCA  on behalf of Patrick Martin 
> > 
> > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2016 12:08 AM
> > To: IRCA
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Layer Announces All-Digital AM Co-Channel Lab Test 
> > Results
> >
> > Chuck,
> >
> > I think with IBOC, if is up to the person's ears. I know several CE's that 
> > hates digital audio, especially IBOC.
> >
> > Patrick Martin
> > Seaside OR
> > KGED QSL Manager
> >
> > > From: charle...@msn.com
> > > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> > > Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:33:58 +
> > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Layer Announces All-Digital AM Co-Channel Lab 
> > > TestResults
> > >
> > > It should be mentioned that all digital IBOC sounds better than hybrid 
> > > IBOC and is more robust. The question is whether it is good enough to 
> > > spark more interest and then more interest sparks more receivers. Or: the 
> > > FCC does something to force the issue, an unlikely possibility given 
> > > their lack of desire so far.
> > >
> > > Chuck
> > >
> > > 
> > > From: IRCA  on behalf of Russ Edmunds 
> > > 
> > > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 10:45 AM
> > > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Layer Announces All-Digital AM Co-Channel Lab Test  
> > > Results
> > >
> > > Going to all digital might or might not solve interference issues but the
> > > cost for stations to do so
> > > coupled with the lack of interest already and the lack of receivers would
> > > indeed likely be the final
> > > nail in the coffin.
> > >
> > > Russ Edmunds
> > > 15 mi NW Phila
> > > Grid FN20id
> > > 
> > >
> > > 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, Apr 29, 2016 at 3:13 AM, Patrick Martin  wrote: