[IRCA] TP 31 Aug Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Considerably less liveliness today, but still mostly Asia


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


1566 HLAZ woman in Japanese 1313UT





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


612 4QR "6-12 ABC" by man,  into fanfare and news 1259UT
747 JOIB Chuck Berry "School Days" (appropriate I guess, given this 
was preceded by English lessons), seguing into NHK pips 1300UT, 
something I never quite expected to hear

774 JOUB dance party in the NHK2 studios //747 at 1259UT, into pips
1053 Korean jammer 1239UT


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


594 JOAK man in Japanese 1239UT
702 2BL woman talking //612 1318UT




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 1309UT
828 JOBB Chuck Berry song //774, 747 at 1248UT; must have been a 
reprise on the hour...

873 JOGB English lessons //747 1228UT
954 woman talking, Japanese inflection 1259UT, 2 and 1 pips on the 
hour, maybe news by man and woman after hour?

972 man talking, sounded like Korean? 1232UT


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


 864 1098 1242 1287  1422


best wishes,

Nick

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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 594 India into central USA?

[Sudipta Ghose]

The 3x400kW transmitter of AIR Maitri uses directional antenna pointed
towards East. The configuration is generally 2x350kW using a combiner. In
very favourable situation it is likelyto propagate to Pacific as my fertile
brain imagines.
73 de Sudipta Ghose VU2UT

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 12:40 AM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:

> The main reasons I discounted it were 1) I never heard any easy splits from
> there with that setup; 2) when
> I subsequently relocated another 10-12 miles west, and upgraded to an
> HQ-150 ( dual conversion ) and a
> loop, I did start to hear TA's for real, but it was several months before I
> had any on 1 kHz splits; 3) as I got
> used to the new receiver, I came to realize just how many images and mixing
> products of all kinds the HQ-100
> actually produced.
>
> I did eventually hear Saar on 1421 a year or so later.
>
>
>
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NW Phila
> Grid FN20id
> 
>
> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip
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> Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:07 PM, R. Colin Newell 
> wrote:
>
> > I think it may have been likely that it was indeed Germany on 1421 --
> >
> > Because TA's came thick and fast on many more basic radios - often with
> > little more than the loop-stick for an antenna.
> >
> > I once told an aspiring dxer near Halifax that he could easily hear the
> UK
> > on his Sony 7600G --
> > He thought that was impossible -- and I suggested tuning to 1215Khz or
> > 1089Khz around sun-set any day of the week in September...
> > Sure enough, there it was.
> >
> > One part of the success formula for DXing is actually believing that it
> is
> > possible.
> > I picked up a copy of Communications World in 1973 that had a feature in
> > Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific MW DX.
> > It blew my mind - but I set about to be the best TP and TA dxer I
> possible
> > could...
> > And eventually I was hearing TA's and TP's on DX150B with a 3 X 3 '
> > home-brew loop.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:
> >
> > > I remember way back in 1969, living in Northern NJ, using a Hammarlund
> > > HQ-100 ( single conversion ) and a
> > > short wire antenna from about 30 miles west of NYC. Tuning around one
> > > evening I noted a het on 1421. I played with it a bit and got audio. In
> > > German. Back then Saar was on 1421. Thought I had my first TA.  In a
> > > roundabout way, I did, because it was almost certainly some sort of an
> > > image from SW. What are the odds ???
> > >
> > > Russ Edmunds
> > > 15 mi NW Phila
> > > Grid FN20id
> > > 
> > >
> > >
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2016 Sep 01 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 31 August follow.
Solar flux 98 and estimated planetary A-index 8.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 01 September was 3.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 30   30   30   30   30   31   31   31   31   31   31   31   31   01
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 
SFlx 88   88   88   88   100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100  98   98
A-in 666618   16   16   16   16   16   16   16   12   8
K-in 22344422112133
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#  Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 30 August follow.
Solar flux 100 and estimated planetary A-index 16.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 31 August was 1.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be minor.
Geomagnetic storms reaching the G1 level are likely.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 30   30   30   30   30   30   30   31   31   31   31   31   31   31
UTC  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800
SFlx 88   88   88   88   88   88   100  100  100  100  100  100  100  100
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 594 India into central USA?

[Russ Edmunds]

The main reasons I discounted it were 1) I never heard any easy splits from
there with that setup; 2) when
I subsequently relocated another 10-12 miles west, and upgraded to an
HQ-150 ( dual conversion ) and a
loop, I did start to hear TA's for real, but it was several months before I
had any on 1 kHz splits; 3) as I got
used to the new receiver, I came to realize just how many images and mixing
products of all kinds the HQ-100
actually produced.

I did eventually hear Saar on 1421 a year or so later.



Russ Edmunds
15 mi NW Phila
Grid FN20id


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On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:07 PM, R. Colin Newell 
wrote:

> I think it may have been likely that it was indeed Germany on 1421 --
>
> Because TA's came thick and fast on many more basic radios - often with
> little more than the loop-stick for an antenna.
>
> I once told an aspiring dxer near Halifax that he could easily hear the UK
> on his Sony 7600G --
> He thought that was impossible -- and I suggested tuning to 1215Khz or
> 1089Khz around sun-set any day of the week in September...
> Sure enough, there it was.
>
> One part of the success formula for DXing is actually believing that it is
> possible.
> I picked up a copy of Communications World in 1973 that had a feature in
> Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific MW DX.
> It blew my mind - but I set about to be the best TP and TA dxer I possible
> could...
> And eventually I was hearing TA's and TP's on DX150B with a 3 X 3 '
> home-brew loop.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:
>
> > I remember way back in 1969, living in Northern NJ, using a Hammarlund
> > HQ-100 ( single conversion ) and a
> > short wire antenna from about 30 miles west of NYC. Tuning around one
> > evening I noted a het on 1421. I played with it a bit and got audio. In
> > German. Back then Saar was on 1421. Thought I had my first TA.  In a
> > roundabout way, I did, because it was almost certainly some sort of an
> > image from SW. What are the odds ???
> >
> > Russ Edmunds
> > 15 mi NW Phila
> > Grid FN20id
> > 
> >
> >
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Re: [IRCA] 594 India into central USA?

[Patrick Martin]

I know I have never logged India here on 594. 1134 is heard in Hawaii, but 
never IDed here either. 1566 is probably the most common, if you can call them 
that. When I have that Sub continental DX, it is always after LSR. 

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

> From: can...@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:42:10 -0700
> To: wghau...@yahoo.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 594 India into central USA?
> 
> Glenn, I don't think any of us on the PNW coast have ever heard 594.  Much
> more likely this time of year are DU stations.  Normally in the
> Fall/Winter, it's a major NHK frequency.  Perhaps Patrick Martin just might
> have heard your station?   73,Walt Salmaniw
> 
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Glenn Hauser via IRCA <
> irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote:
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> > Cc: NRC AM 
> > Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 22:14:43 + (UTC)
> > Subject: 594 India into central USA?
> > UNIDENTIFIED. Re trans-Pacific MW carrier search: ``at 1146 UT Aug 29,
> > something on 594 seems to peak N/S --- that can`t be right. Those were on
> > the DX-398``
> >
> > Now it dawns on me this could well be the megawatt in Chinsurah, INDIA:
> > ``Akashvani Maitree channel on 594 kHz beamed to Bangladesh``
> >
> > Grayline would work as sunset in Kolkata is about 1225 UT, and sunrise
> > here 1202 UT. Make that trans-polar! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
> >
> >
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Re: [IRCA] 594 India into central USA?

[Patrick Martin]

DXing on the coast in a rural area, India is quite rare here, even with 
antennas aimed in that general direction. I have two to date, AIR 864 Shillong 
(100KW) that John Bryant's student IDed for me (QSL'd), and AIR 1566 IDed for 
the India DX Club. It takes excellent conditions and the skip in the right 
direction. I figure on mornings when Thailand 891 was booming in, I had a shot 
at that part of Asia. It happens with India, Bangladesh (558) as well as Nepal. 
But again it is not common here. I would be very surprised if anyone could log 
it from the center of the US. The NF guys have gotten it as well as some of us 
on the West Coast. I have friends in Asia that gets India often, but they are a 
lot closer.

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

> From: coffeecan...@gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:45:01 -0700
> To: wghau...@yahoo.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 594 India into central USA?
> 
> >
> > Unless you heard some distinctive music or established a parallel or
> > online stream,
> 
> I'd say with 99% certainty that you were tuning in Japan.
> 
> India is indeed possible on the West Coast -- with better than average
> antennas
> and receivers and ideal conditions.
> 
> We are currently at a medium low point in the DX season which "should" turn
> around
> in the next 2 - 3 weeks if past experience is any guide.
> 
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 594 India into central USA?

[R. Colin Newell]

I think it may have been likely that it was indeed Germany on 1421 --

Because TA's came thick and fast on many more basic radios - often with
little more than the loop-stick for an antenna.

I once told an aspiring dxer near Halifax that he could easily hear the UK
on his Sony 7600G --
He thought that was impossible -- and I suggested tuning to 1215Khz or
1089Khz around sun-set any day of the week in September...
Sure enough, there it was.

One part of the success formula for DXing is actually believing that it is
possible.
I picked up a copy of Communications World in 1973 that had a feature in
Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific MW DX.
It blew my mind - but I set about to be the best TP and TA dxer I possible
could...
And eventually I was hearing TA's and TP's on DX150B with a 3 X 3 '
home-brew loop.


On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:

> I remember way back in 1969, living in Northern NJ, using a Hammarlund
> HQ-100 ( single conversion ) and a
> short wire antenna from about 30 miles west of NYC. Tuning around one
> evening I noted a het on 1421. I played with it a bit and got audio. In
> German. Back then Saar was on 1421. Thought I had my first TA.  In a
> roundabout way, I did, because it was almost certainly some sort of an
> image from SW. What are the odds ???
>
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NW Phila
> Grid FN20id
> 
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 594 India into central USA?

[Russ Edmunds]

I remember way back in 1969, living in Northern NJ, using a Hammarlund
HQ-100 ( single conversion ) and a
short wire antenna from about 30 miles west of NYC. Tuning around one
evening I noted a het on 1421. I played with it a bit and got audio. In
German. Back then Saar was on 1421. Thought I had my first TA.  In a
roundabout way, I did, because it was almost certainly some sort of an
image from SW. What are the odds ???

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NW Phila
Grid FN20id


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On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Stewart, Joseph R <
randystew...@missouristate.edu> wrote:

> Maddening, isn't it?  I've occasionally had locally (or area)-generated
> spurs sitting EXACTLY on a 9-kHz split frequency, but often looping in
> nonsensical directions for the time of day, propagation paths, etc.  After
> being dumbfounded, I finally say, "Aw, no WAY that's a trans-oceanic
> signal!!"  We get really decent hets from the "real thing(s)" seldom enough
> here in the dead center of the continent as it is.
> Randy Stewart
> Battlefield MO
>
> -Original Message-
> From: am-boun...@nrcdxas.org [mailto:am-boun...@nrcdxas.org] On Behalf Of
> Glenn Hauser
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 9:49 AM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; Walter
> Salmaniw
> Cc: a...@nrcdxas.org
> Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] 594 India into central USA?
>
> We may now relax --- I monitored 594 continuously from 1130 UT today, and
> found a very steady signal which continued past 1430 UT  2.5 hours
> after sunrise, so never mind Kolkata (unless it`s groundwave, ha ha).
> Amazing coincidence that *something else* would be putting a signal on its
> exact split frequency from its direxion. Not inside my household, at least.
> Possibly spur from my local 960 KGWA which is about the same angle from
> here. I will be driving around to confirm that or not. Full report to
> follow. 73, Glenn
>
> 
> On Wed, 8/31/16, Walter Salmaniw  wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [IRCA] 594 India into central USA?
>  To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <
> irca@hard-core-dx.com>
>  Cc: "Glenn Hauser" 
>  Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2016, 6:39 AM
>
>  Isn't
>  that the beauty of DXing?  One just never knows!   One day  it's one
> channel, and on the next, something completely  different.  This brings me
> back to November 3 years ago in  PEI, when 1566 AIR was just booming in for
> several hours.  Yep, armchair copy at 3:00 in the afternoon.  Anything is
> possible!  73,...Walt  On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at
>  6:02 AM, Nick Hall-Patch 
>  wrote:
>  The end
>  of August can be a strange and interesting time for  transpolar signals.
> There were TA carriers in western  Canada a couple of nights ago after
> quite a short period of  quiet conditions.  Unfortunately, the 29th was the
> one  morning my SDR recordings failed, but the signal strength  monitor
> recording looked lively, and this morning  (30th)  showed the first signs
> of mainland China this season as  geomagnetic conditions worsened.At
> 1320UT when we had  our grayline to India, JOAK ruled the roost, no
> argument.
>   There were two other carriers as well as JOAK
>  however0.4 and 0.6 lower, 0.9 and 1.9Hz higher, plus a  couple of
> others, and some got within 10dB or so of JOAK  (briefly).
>
>
>
>  So, I won't join the naysayers on this.   I would
>  encourage other DXers in the central part of the continent
>  to hunt for this at that time, though likely it will have to
>  wait until the current geomagnetic upset works itself out.
>   Once we're right into the thick of the season, I
>  suspect chances will become slimmer, as arctic conditions
>  become more "normal".
>
>
>
>  best wishes,
>
>
>
>  Nick
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  UNIDENTIFIED. Re trans-Pacific MW carrier search: ``at 1146
>  UT Aug 29, something on 594 seems to peak N/S --- that can`t
>  be right. Those were on the DX-398``
>
>
>
>  Now it dawns on me this could well be the megawatt in
>  Chinsurah, INDIA: ``Akashvani Maitree channel on 594 kHz
>  beamed to Bangladesh``
>
>
>
>  Grayline would work as sunset in Kolkata is about 1225 UT,
>  and sunrise here 1202 UT. Make that trans-polar! (Glenn
>  Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] 594 India into central USA?

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Thanks for the recent offset on AIR Mauno.   That 
should be very visible then, and I don't think I 
saw any sign of it yesterday.   ABC was quite 
strong and became dominant after 1330UT, but 
we're talking carriers here, any audio was pretty much in the mud by that time.


(Spectran is also good software for looking at offsets in the audio beat note)

best wishes,

Nick

At 09:54 31-08-16, you wrote:
Glenn, what about next time feeding ±1 kHz SSB 
audio from your comms rx to your computer and 
check by Argo or similar software the frequency 
offset if any? AIR is 6 Hz below nominal, NHK on nominal, ABC +1.


73, Mauno

31.8.2016, 9:39, Walter Salmaniw kirjoitti:

Isn't that the beauty of DXing?  One just never knows!   One day it's one
channel, and on the next, something completely different.  This brings me
back to November 3 years ago in PEI, when 1566 AIR was just booming in for
several hours.  Yep, armchair copy at 3:00 in the afternoon.  Anything is
possible!  73,...Walt

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 6:02 AM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:


The end of August can be a strange and interesting time for transpolar
signals.  There were TA carriers in western Canada a couple of nights ago
after quite a short period of quiet conditions.  Unfortunately, the 29th
was the one morning my SDR recordings failed, but the signal strength
monitor recording looked lively, and this morning  (30th) showed the first
signs of mainland China this season as geomagnetic conditions worsened.
At 1320UT when we had our grayline to India, JOAK ruled the roost, no
argument.   There were two other carriers as well as JOAK however0.4
and 0.6 lower, 0.9 and 1.9Hz higher, plus a couple of others, and some got
within 10dB or so of JOAK (briefly).

So, I won't join the naysayers on this.   I would encourage other DXers in
the central part of the continent to hunt for this at that time, though
likely it will have to wait until the current geomagnetic upset works
itself out.   Once we're right into the thick of the season, I suspect
chances will become slimmer, as arctic conditions become more "normal".

best wishes,

Nick




UNIDENTIFIED. Re trans-Pacific MW carrier search: ``at 1146 UT Aug 29,

something on 594 seems to peak N/S --- that can`t be right. Those were on
the DX-398``

Now it dawns on me this could well be the megawatt in Chinsurah, INDIA:
``Akashvani Maitree channel on 594 kHz beamed to Bangladesh``

Grayline would work as sunset in Kolkata is about 1225 UT, and sunrise
here 1202 UT. Make that trans-polar! (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)



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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 594 India into central USA?

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

I can't wait for winter, mroe darkness and trying my hand at some TP Stuff
here in Alaska :)

Paul

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 11:10 AM, Stewart, Joseph R <
randystew...@missouristate.edu> wrote:

> Maddening, isn't it?  I've occasionally had locally (or area)-generated
> spurs sitting EXACTLY on a 9-kHz split frequency, but often looping in
> nonsensical directions for the time of day, propagation paths, etc.  After
> being dumbfounded, I finally say, "Aw, no WAY that's a trans-oceanic
> signal!!"  We get really decent hets from the "real thing(s)" seldom enough
> here in the dead center of the continent as it is.
> Randy Stewart
> Battlefield MO
>
> -Original Message-
> From: am-boun...@nrcdxas.org [mailto:am-boun...@nrcdxas.org] On Behalf Of
> Glenn Hauser
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 9:49 AM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; Walter
> Salmaniw
> Cc: a...@nrcdxas.org
> Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] 594 India into central USA?
>
> We may now relax --- I monitored 594 continuously from 1130 UT today, and
> found a very steady signal which continued past 1430 UT  2.5 hours
> after sunrise, so never mind Kolkata (unless it`s groundwave, ha ha).
> Amazing coincidence that *something else* would be putting a signal on its
> exact split frequency from its direxion. Not inside my household, at least.
> Possibly spur from my local 960 KGWA which is about the same angle from
> here. I will be driving around to confirm that or not. Full report to
> follow. 73, Glenn
>
> 
> On Wed, 8/31/16, Walter Salmaniw  wrote:
>
>  Subject: Re: [IRCA] 594 India into central USA?
>  To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <
> irca@hard-core-dx.com>
>  Cc: "Glenn Hauser" 
>  Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2016, 6:39 AM
>
>  Isn't
>  that the beauty of DXing?  One just never knows!   One day  it's one
> channel, and on the next, something completely  different.  This brings me
> back to November 3 years ago in  PEI, when 1566 AIR was just booming in for
> several hours.  Yep, armchair copy at 3:00 in the afternoon.  Anything is
> possible!  73,...Walt  On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at
>  6:02 AM, Nick Hall-Patch 
>  wrote:
>  The end
>  of August can be a strange and interesting time for  transpolar signals.
> There were TA carriers in western  Canada a couple of nights ago after
> quite a short period of  quiet conditions.  Unfortunately, the 29th was the
> one  morning my SDR recordings failed, but the signal strength  monitor
> recording looked lively, and this morning  (30th)  showed the first signs
> of mainland China this season as  geomagnetic conditions worsened.At
> 1320UT when we had  our grayline to India, JOAK ruled the roost, no
> argument.
>   There were two other carriers as well as JOAK
>  however0.4 and 0.6 lower, 0.9 and 1.9Hz higher, plus a  couple of
> others, and some got within 10dB or so of JOAK  (briefly).
>
>
>
>  So, I won't join the naysayers on this.   I would
>  encourage other DXers in the central part of the continent
>  to hunt for this at that time, though likely it will have to
>  wait until the current geomagnetic upset works itself out.
>   Once we're right into the thick of the season, I
>  suspect chances will become slimmer, as arctic conditions
>  become more "normal".
>
>
>
>  best wishes,
>
>
>
>  Nick
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>  UNIDENTIFIED. Re trans-Pacific MW carrier search: ``at 1146
>  UT Aug 29, something on 594 seems to peak N/S --- that can`t
>  be right. Those were on the DX-398``
>
>
>
>  Now it dawns on me this could well be the megawatt in
>  Chinsurah, INDIA: ``Akashvani Maitree channel on 594 kHz
>  beamed to Bangladesh``
>
>
>
>  Grayline would work as sunset in Kolkata is about 1225 UT,
>  and sunrise here 1202 UT. Make that trans-polar! (Glenn
>  Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 594 India into central USA?

[Stewart, Joseph R]

Maddening, isn't it?  I've occasionally had locally (or area)-generated spurs 
sitting EXACTLY on a 9-kHz split frequency, but often looping in nonsensical 
directions for the time of day, propagation paths, etc.  After being 
dumbfounded, I finally say, "Aw, no WAY that's a trans-oceanic signal!!"  We 
get really decent hets from the "real thing(s)" seldom enough here in the dead 
center of the continent as it is.
Randy Stewart
Battlefield MO

-Original Message-
From: am-boun...@nrcdxas.org [mailto:am-boun...@nrcdxas.org] On Behalf Of Glenn 
Hauser
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 9:49 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; Walter Salmaniw
Cc: a...@nrcdxas.org
Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] 594 India into central USA?

We may now relax --- I monitored 594 continuously from 1130 UT today, and found 
a very steady signal which continued past 1430 UT  2.5 hours after sunrise, 
so never mind Kolkata (unless it`s groundwave, ha ha). Amazing coincidence that 
*something else* would be putting a signal on its exact split frequency from 
its direxion. Not inside my household, at least. Possibly spur from my local 
960 KGWA which is about the same angle from here. I will be driving around to 
confirm that or not. Full report to follow. 73, Glenn


On Wed, 8/31/16, Walter Salmaniw  wrote:

 Subject: Re: [IRCA] 594 India into central USA?
 To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 

 Cc: "Glenn Hauser" 
 Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2016, 6:39 AM
 
 Isn't
 that the beauty of DXing?  One just never knows!   One day  it's one channel, 
and on the next, something completely  different.  This brings me back to 
November 3 years ago in  PEI, when 1566 AIR was just booming in for several 
hours.  Yep, armchair copy at 3:00 in the afternoon.  Anything is  possible!  
73,...Walt  On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at
 6:02 AM, Nick Hall-Patch 
 wrote:
 The end
 of August can be a strange and interesting time for  transpolar signals.  
There were TA carriers in western  Canada a couple of nights ago after quite a 
short period of  quiet conditions.  Unfortunately, the 29th was the one  
morning my SDR recordings failed, but the signal strength  monitor recording 
looked lively, and this morning  (30th)  showed the first signs of mainland 
China this season as  geomagnetic conditions worsened.    At 1320UT when we had 
 our grayline to India, JOAK ruled the roost, no argument.
  There were two other carriers as well as JOAK
 however0.4 and 0.6 lower, 0.9 and 1.9Hz higher, plus a  couple of others, 
and some got within 10dB or so of JOAK  (briefly).
 
 
 
 So, I won't join the naysayers on this.   I would
 encourage other DXers in the central part of the continent
 to hunt for this at that time, though likely it will have to
 wait until the current geomagnetic upset works itself out. 
  Once we're right into the thick of the season, I
 suspect chances will become slimmer, as arctic conditions
 become more "normal".
 
 
 
 best wishes,
 
 
 
 Nick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 UNIDENTIFIED. Re trans-Pacific MW carrier search: ``at 1146
 UT Aug 29, something on 594 seems to peak N/S --- that can`t
 be right. Those were on the DX-398``
 
 
 
 Now it dawns on me this could well be the megawatt in
 Chinsurah, INDIA: ``Akashvani Maitree channel on 594 kHz
 beamed to Bangladesh``
 
 
 
 Grayline would work as sunset in Kolkata is about 1225 UT,
 and sunrise here 1202 UT. Make that trans-polar! (Glenn
 Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
 
 
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Re: [IRCA] 594 India into central USA?

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
We may now relax --- I monitored 594 continuously from 1130 UT today, and found 
a very steady signal which continued past 1430 UT  2.5 hours after sunrise, 
so never mind Kolkata (unless it`s groundwave, ha ha). Amazing coincidence that 
*something else* would be putting a signal on its exact split frequency from 
its direxion. Not inside my household, at least. Possibly spur from my local 
960 KGWA which is about the same angle from here. I will be driving around to 
confirm that or not. Full report to follow. 73, Glenn


On Wed, 8/31/16, Walter Salmaniw  wrote:

 Subject: Re: [IRCA] 594 India into central USA?
 To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 

 Cc: "Glenn Hauser" 
 Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2016, 6:39 AM
 
 Isn't
 that the beauty of DXing?  One just never knows!   One day
 it's one channel, and on the next, something completely
 different.  This brings me back to November 3 years ago in
 PEI, when 1566 AIR was just booming in for several hours. 
 Yep, armchair copy at 3:00 in the afternoon.  Anything is
 possible!  73,...Walt
 On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at
 6:02 AM, Nick Hall-Patch 
 wrote:
 The end
 of August can be a strange and interesting time for
 transpolar signals.  There were TA carriers in western
 Canada a couple of nights ago after quite a short period of
 quiet conditions.  Unfortunately, the 29th was the one
 morning my SDR recordings failed, but the signal strength
 monitor recording looked lively, and this morning  (30th)
 showed the first signs of mainland China this season as
 geomagnetic conditions worsened.    At 1320UT when we had
 our grayline to India, JOAK ruled the roost, no argument. 
  There were two other carriers as well as JOAK
 however0.4 and 0.6 lower, 0.9 and 1.9Hz higher, plus a
 couple of others, and some got within 10dB or so of JOAK
 (briefly).
 
 
 
 So, I won't join the naysayers on this.   I would
 encourage other DXers in the central part of the continent
 to hunt for this at that time, though likely it will have to
 wait until the current geomagnetic upset works itself out. 
  Once we're right into the thick of the season, I
 suspect chances will become slimmer, as arctic conditions
 become more "normal".
 
 
 
 best wishes,
 
 
 
 Nick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 UNIDENTIFIED. Re trans-Pacific MW carrier search: ``at 1146
 UT Aug 29, something on 594 seems to peak N/S --- that can`t
 be right. Those were on the DX-398``
 
 
 
 Now it dawns on me this could well be the megawatt in
 Chinsurah, INDIA: ``Akashvani Maitree channel on 594 kHz
 beamed to Bangladesh``
 
 
 
 Grayline would work as sunset in Kolkata is about 1225 UT,
 and sunrise here 1202 UT. Make that trans-polar! (Glenn
 Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
 
 
--- End Message ---
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[IRCA] TP's for Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Kalama, WA

[Dennis Vroom via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
Good Morning,
Listened from 1250-1324 utc. Two stations managed good signals 774 JOUB & HLAZ 
1566. 
594  JAPAN Tokyo, JOAK NHK1 1253 very weak signal. Man in JJ. 08/31/2016
693  JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAB NHK2 1318 weak signal with man in JJ. 08/31/2016
774  JAPAN Akita, JOUB NHK2 1301 good signal with man/woman in JJ, 08/31/2016
828  JAPAN Osaka, JOBB NHK2 1322 poor signal with man talking. 08/31/2016
1134 JAPAN, Tokyo, JOOR NCB 1311 fair with man in JJ. 08/31/2016
1566 REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ 1314 good/fair signal with music. 08/31/2016

Carriers (hets) 567 603 639 648 729 738 747 783 792 828 891 927 936 972 1035 
1053 1161 1422 1503 

Best regards,

Dennis  Vroom, 
Kalama, WA
JRC NRD 545 
Local Sunrise 1331 utc--- End Message ---
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Re: [IRCA] DKAZ

[Mark Durenberger]

Michael:  Sounds like you're well on the way!

One thought:  You probably don't want to hang a shack ohmmeter across the 
D-KAZ Vactrol to read real-time null resistance.  That's likely to upset the 
nulling of the antenna since you'd be hanging a long Cat-5 pair across the 
Vactrol resistance (and hence the antenna null port).


The valid way to do remote null-resistance readings would require a 
momentary "push-to-read" switching of the Vactrol, between the antenna and 
the ohmmeter lead-in pair.


You'd also have to factor in the resistance of the Cat-5 (although in an 
ohmmeter application that should be negligible).  The bigger concern would 
be adding that Cat-5 pair across the antenna null-port.


At the upcoming Kansas City convention we hope to have in operation a 
reversible D-KAZ...if the QRN, QRM and Hotel gods look kindly upon us.




Cheers!

Mark Durenberger



-Original Message- 
From: Michael Yule

Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 5:49 AM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [IRCA] DKAZ

Hi everyone - thanks to the help I received from Colin Newell, Nick
Hall-Patch, Mark Durenburger and others, the DKAZ is now up and operative.
Not a trivial antenna to assemble and get going! I thought that it would be
best if I started with a basic one (non-reversible) and then added
reversability later if I want. All the interesting stuff is off one end
anyway since I am at the end of the continent. The antenna is 'pointed' at
about 60 degrees which should take in Europe, the Middle East, and North and
West Africa. I did some null testing a few minutes ago and with Colin's
Vactrol was able to drop a couple of stations mid-band about 40 dB as
indicated by the IF Spectrum of the ELAD.



I ended up running CAT5 to both ends (250ft to the Vactrol, 400ft to the
other end). I used 9:1 transformers at the antenna and at the house and the
amp is inside. I also ended up replacing the BNC jacks on the Vactrol unit
with banana jacks, which are easier to use coming off the antenna and with
the CAT5. I have a bunch of spare pairs of course, so when I decide to add
relays it shouldn't be that difficult. I'm thinking of using one of the
pairs going to the Vactrol to feed an ohmmeter in the house so I can see
real time what resistance is being inserted, but for now I just have the
pair hanging in the breeze so to speak.



One of the issues I had was how to get the cables into the house without
drilling holes in the walls or disturbing the aesthetic sense of my wife - I
also have a BNC termination for an ALA1530 and a N termination for a VHF log
periodoc I use for FM, so a total of at least 4 cables had to come in. I
also had to consider that it gets a little chilly here in the winter and so
couldn't simply close the window (it slides up and down) on the cables
because of the cold air getting in. What I did was get a piece of 3/8" Lexan
the width of the window and 6" high and put bulkhead connectors for the BNC
and N cables and holes for the other cables. I sealed it at the top and
bottom with the weatherstripping used for storm doors and it seems at this
point to be draftproof and since it's clear it looks just like the window,
and there's plenty of space to add other bulkhead connectors or pass through
holes when the antenna farm expands :-).  I thought I'd pass this on in case
anyone else was struggling with the same issue.



Anyway, we'll see what happens in a few hours! Thanks again to everyone for
your help and suggestions.



Michael

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[IRCA] DKAZ

[Michael Yule]

Hi everyone - thanks to the help I received from Colin Newell, Nick
Hall-Patch, Mark Durenburger and others, the DKAZ is now up and operative.
Not a trivial antenna to assemble and get going! I thought that it would be
best if I started with a basic one (non-reversible) and then added
reversability later if I want. All the interesting stuff is off one end
anyway since I am at the end of the continent. The antenna is 'pointed' at
about 60 degrees which should take in Europe, the Middle East, and North and
West Africa. I did some null testing a few minutes ago and with Colin's
Vactrol was able to drop a couple of stations mid-band about 40 dB as
indicated by the IF Spectrum of the ELAD. 

 

I ended up running CAT5 to both ends (250ft to the Vactrol, 400ft to the
other end). I used 9:1 transformers at the antenna and at the house and the
amp is inside. I also ended up replacing the BNC jacks on the Vactrol unit
with banana jacks, which are easier to use coming off the antenna and with
the CAT5. I have a bunch of spare pairs of course, so when I decide to add
relays it shouldn't be that difficult. I'm thinking of using one of the
pairs going to the Vactrol to feed an ohmmeter in the house so I can see
real time what resistance is being inserted, but for now I just have the
pair hanging in the breeze so to speak.

 

One of the issues I had was how to get the cables into the house without
drilling holes in the walls or disturbing the aesthetic sense of my wife - I
also have a BNC termination for an ALA1530 and a N termination for a VHF log
periodoc I use for FM, so a total of at least 4 cables had to come in. I
also had to consider that it gets a little chilly here in the winter and so
couldn't simply close the window (it slides up and down) on the cables
because of the cold air getting in. What I did was get a piece of 3/8" Lexan
the width of the window and 6" high and put bulkhead connectors for the BNC
and N cables and holes for the other cables. I sealed it at the top and
bottom with the weatherstripping used for storm doors and it seems at this
point to be draftproof and since it's clear it looks just like the window,
and there's plenty of space to add other bulkhead connectors or pass through
holes when the antenna farm expands :-).  I thought I'd pass this on in case
anyone else was struggling with the same issue.

 

Anyway, we'll see what happens in a few hours! Thanks again to everyone for
your help and suggestions.

 

Michael

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Re: [IRCA] 594 India into central USA?

[Mauno Ritola]

Glenn, what about next time feeding ±1 kHz SSB audio from your comms rx 
to your computer and check by Argo or similar software the frequency 
offset if any? AIR is 6 Hz below nominal, NHK on nominal, ABC +1.


73, Mauno

31.8.2016, 9:39, Walter Salmaniw kirjoitti:

Isn't that the beauty of DXing?  One just never knows!   One day it's one
channel, and on the next, something completely different.  This brings me
back to November 3 years ago in PEI, when 1566 AIR was just booming in for
several hours.  Yep, armchair copy at 3:00 in the afternoon.  Anything is
possible!  73,...Walt

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 6:02 AM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:


The end of August can be a strange and interesting time for transpolar
signals.  There were TA carriers in western Canada a couple of nights ago
after quite a short period of quiet conditions.  Unfortunately, the 29th
was the one morning my SDR recordings failed, but the signal strength
monitor recording looked lively, and this morning  (30th) showed the first
signs of mainland China this season as geomagnetic conditions worsened.
At 1320UT when we had our grayline to India, JOAK ruled the roost, no
argument.   There were two other carriers as well as JOAK however0.4
and 0.6 lower, 0.9 and 1.9Hz higher, plus a couple of others, and some got
within 10dB or so of JOAK (briefly).

So, I won't join the naysayers on this.   I would encourage other DXers in
the central part of the continent to hunt for this at that time, though
likely it will have to wait until the current geomagnetic upset works
itself out.   Once we're right into the thick of the season, I suspect
chances will become slimmer, as arctic conditions become more "normal".

best wishes,

Nick




UNIDENTIFIED. Re trans-Pacific MW carrier search: ``at 1146 UT Aug 29,

something on 594 seems to peak N/S --- that can`t be right. Those were on
the DX-398``

Now it dawns on me this could well be the megawatt in Chinsurah, INDIA:
``Akashvani Maitree channel on 594 kHz beamed to Bangladesh``

Grayline would work as sunset in Kolkata is about 1225 UT, and sunrise
here 1202 UT. Make that trans-polar! (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)


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