[IRCA] TP 13 Jun Victoria version
Tahiti and some odd carriers (a couple very odd), c'est tout. not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 738 Tahiti, femme en francais 1143UT 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) 1152 1224 1503 best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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: 2016 Jun 14 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 13 June follow. Solar flux 91 and estimated planetary A-index 9. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 14 June 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 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 14 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 88 88 88 88 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 91 91 A-in 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 99 K-in 22323234222121 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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: 2016 Jun 13 1810 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 12 June follow. Solar flux 94 and estimated planetary A-index 10. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 13 June 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 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 88 88 88 88 88 88 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 A-in 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 K-in 22223232342221 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] The Bad News
Stan, Although I don't use an Elad, I've had similar problems with my MacBook Pro and I haven't figured out a good solution either. I generally don't DX live long enough for the battery to run out. When I do an unattended recording, I turn off demodulation, turn off the FFT/waterfall, and turn off the screen. I can get about 7 hours that way. Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ azswdx...@gmail.com http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/ On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Stan Horzepa wrote: > I bought an ELAD FDM-S2 SDR receiver and I am using it with my MacBook Pro > under Windows 10 and Parallels. > > I am very happy with my new radio, but there is a problem: interference > from the MacBook Pro battery charger/power supply. The interference is so > strong that only the strongest AM stations are above the noise. > > The cable between the charger and the computer is the problem because the > noise disappears completely when I disconnect the cable from the computer > even though the charger is still powered. > > I installed ferrite cable clips on the cable, but that made no difference. > > I wrapped the cable 20 times around a toroid ferrite core, but that made > no difference. > > One solution that works is to use the ELAD-MacBook Pro combo without the > battery charger. This gives me a few hours operating without the > interference, but sooner or later, the battery will need to be recharged. > > Anyone have any other solutions? > > 73, > > Stan, WA1LOU > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] The Bad News
I notice that you're using an external antenna Stan.Have you tried looping the lead-in from the antenna through the ferrite core? (to be simplistic) Often the problem is that the computer noise is conducted out the antenna cable to the vicinity of the antenna.and the antenna picks up the noise. Good luck. Nick At 16:06 13-06-16, you wrote: I bought an ELAD FDM-S2 SDR receiver and I am using it with my MacBook Pro under Windows 10 and Parallels. I am very happy with my new radio, but there is a problem: interference from the MacBook Pro battery charger/power supply. The interference is so strong that only the strongest AM stations are above the noise. The cable between the charger and the computer is the problem because the noise disappears completely when I disconnect the cable from the computer even though the charger is still powered. I installed ferrite cable clips on the cable, but that made no difference. I wrapped the cable 20 times around a toroid ferrite core, but that made no difference. One solution that works is to use the ELAD-MacBook Pro combo without the battery charger. This gives me a few hours operating without the interference, but sooner or later, the battery will need to be recharged. Anyone have any other solutions? 73, Stan, WA1LOU ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] The Bad News
I bought an ELAD FDM-S2 SDR receiver and I am using it with my MacBook Pro under Windows 10 and Parallels. I am very happy with my new radio, but there is a problem: interference from the MacBook Pro battery charger/power supply. The interference is so strong that only the strongest AM stations are above the noise. The cable between the charger and the computer is the problem because the noise disappears completely when I disconnect the cable from the computer even though the charger is still powered. I installed ferrite cable clips on the cable, but that made no difference. I wrapped the cable 20 times around a toroid ferrite core, but that made no difference. One solution that works is to use the ELAD-MacBook Pro combo without the battery charger. This gives me a few hours operating without the interference, but sooner or later, the battery will need to be recharged. Anyone have any other solutions? 73, Stan, WA1LOU ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] The Good News
I bought an ELAD FDM-S2 SDR receiver at the Hamvention last month. I wanted to use the receiver with my MacBook Pro computer, so last week I installed Parallels on my MacBook Pro, installed Windows 10 on Parallels and finally, installed the ELAD software on Windows 10. The software ran perfectly and tuning around the AM band, I logged three new stations: - WGYM on 1580 kc in Hammonton, NJ, transmitting 1 kW 168 miles to the SSW. - WACK on 1420 kc in Newark, NY, transmitting 500 W, 232 miles to the WNW. - WQFG689 on 1710 kc in Jersey City, NJ, transmitting 10 W, 85 miles to the SW. WQFG689 is a TIS for Hudson County, NJ. Friday night, I tried recording the whole AM band for two minutes around 10 PM EDST. Then I spent a few hours listening to the recording and logged six new stations: - WNEB on 1230 kc in Southbridge, MA, transmitting 1 kW, 73 miles to the NE - WICH on 1310 kc in Norwich, CT, transmitting 5 kW, 45 miles to the WSE. - WEMG on 1310 kc in Camden, NJ, transmitting 250 W, 162 miles to the SW. - WWRU on 1660 kc in Jersey City, NJ, transmitting 10 W, 85 miles to the SW. - WTTM on 1680 kc in Lindenwold, NJ, transmitting 1 kW, 162 miles to the SW. - CKAT on 600 kc in North Bay, Ontario, 455 miles to the NW. All were heard using an 80 meter inverted Vee antenna. 73, Stan, WA1LOU ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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
