[IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 11/13/16

[Richard N Allen]

It was a very good morning for sleeping in.  Other than hets on 738 and 1098 
kHz nothing was heard.  There was once again traces of something 1116 kHz but 
no audio was heard.  I had hoped to at least hear the distinctive 4BC time 
signal but it wasn't to be.  Once again I hope reception is more favorable at 
locations west of hear.   Now it's time for a good cup of coffee as I listen to 
Radio Australia!

Richard Allen  

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Re: [IRCA] Car Radios

[Larry R Fravel]

And don't forget the cable leakage and broad band  noise being radiated by 
phone lines. These are loud and can blank out all but the best of signals.


Larry K8YYY
Shinnston, WV

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Re: [IRCA] Car Radios

[Todd S]

My best car radio I ever heard was my Dads 68 Catalina when I lived in
Cedar Falls Iowa. This is back in the 80s but WJR and KRVN was a daytime
regular. I also heard 850 KLEU Waterloo Ia very clearly under KOA in Grand
Island Neb. I'd of bet it could've reached Kearny or even Lexington

Todd in Bloomington mn

On Nov 13, 2016 7:24 AM, "Larry R Fravel"  wrote:

> And don't forget the cable leakage and broad band  noise being radiated by
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Re: [IRCA] Car Radios

[Stan Horzepa]

The radio in my current car, 2007 Subaru Outback Sport, is very good. It 
is very clean with regards to noise from the car itself. It is also very 
sensitive. My best catch so far was WAPA in San Juan, 1650 miles away.


Stan, WA1LOU


On 11/13/16 9:58 AM, Todd S wrote:

My best car radio I ever heard was my Dads 68 Catalina when I lived in
Cedar Falls Iowa. This is back in the 80s but WJR and KRVN was a daytime
regular. I also heard 850 KLEU Waterloo Ia very clearly under KOA in Grand
Island Neb. I'd of bet it could've reached Kearny or even Lexington

Todd in Bloomington mn

On Nov 13, 2016 7:24 AM, "Larry R Fravel"  wrote:


And don't forget the cable leakage and broad band  noise being radiated by
phone lines. These are loud and can blank out all but the best of signals.

Larry K8YYY
Shinnston, WV

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[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 13 November 2016

[Nigel Pimblett]

  A different QTH today, but similar results. No Asians, with a few DUs 
producing audio:



567 UNIDTraces of talk by a man at 1417.

1116	4BC	Brisbane, AUSTRALIA		Male talk show host talking about jobs at 
1413, then ads.  Generally fair, with audio to past 1435.


1386	Radio Tarana	Auckland,	NEW ZEALAND 	Briefly at audio level at 1401 
with south Asian vocal, then talk by a man.


1548	4QD	Emerald, AUSTRALIA		ABC news fanfare noted at 1400, but 
splatter from 1550 wiped out much else.


Having Tarana produce audio, even for a couple of minutes, was the 
highlight of the morning.  Other regular DUs like 702, 774 etc, produced 
so-so carriers.  1584.02, presumably New Zealand, was close to audio at 
times, but never quite made it.




73,


Nigel Pimblett
Currently DXing at Lamont, AB
Perseus SDR with west beverage
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[IRCA] Special broadcast today (OT Shortwave kind of stuff...)

[R. Colin Newell]

Canadian film maker, Amanda Christie, is releasing a film on the
demise of Radio Canada as an international broadcaster
and the demolition of the RCI broadcast site in Sackville, NB, Canada.

http://www.amandadawnchristie.ca/spectres-of-shortwave/

She will likely attend SWL-fest in 2018 with her new film.

In my opinion, this is one of the most important films about
SW Listening ever made - all shot on a 35MM film camera.

Many thanks goes out to Jeff White of WRMI for comping us the
transmitter time and the time slot.

Shortwave listeners! *Tune in today (Nov. 13) from 23:00 - 01:00 UTC to
listen to Spectres of Shortwave on 7570 khz*, being transmitted by WRMI,
Radio Miami International, from the Okeechobee, Florida transmission site.

Transmission should cover much of North America with a very clear signal.

This transmission is a simulcast and will be transmitted at exactly the
same time as the film screens at the FICFA in Moncton, NB. - at the Dieppe
CINEPLEX.


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[IRCA] My First TP & TA AM Signal Log from Alaska!

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Since moving to Galena, Alaska on December 31, 2015 I have done solely
Shortwave DX'ing. I've done it at least 30 minutes a day almost every day
for 11 months. Some days, I've done hours upon hours of it when conditions
are good and other times, I've done days without doing any when conditions
were poor.

Galena is in the central part of Alaska, 300 miles west of Fairbanks, 300
miles east of nome and about 300 miles northwest of Anchorage. In the
middle of summer we have broad daylight sunlight from about 415am to 130am.
The sun goes down around 130 but never completely sets, leaving it kinda
hazily lit. In the winter, around January we have broad daylight sunlight
11am to 4pm. The sun doesn't begin rising until about 10-1030am and starts
setting around 330-345pm or so.

Until November 10th and 11th, I'd only racked up about 30 minutes of AM
DX'ing total here and it was all very casual, with no intent on reporting
or logging anything I heard. (KFBK 1530 is my most regular, reliable AM
Visitor.. the signal is usually solidly in and a very listenable fair
signal, but often quite good)

The other day, with Shortwave conditions fair at best and some free time on
my hands, I decided to do some AM DX and as it turns out, I'm glad I did.
The first night, I used just my Grundig Sattelit 750 and 2 long wires, each
225 feet. Ine oriented to provide east/west pick up patterns and the other
oriented to provide north south pick up patterns. The second night, I added
my DX Engineering HF PreAmp which amplifies a signal about 20db (but also
amplifies the noise too!)

I recorded the TA & TP signals I heard the other day and rather then post
long clips, I waded through about an hours worth of audio and picked out
the best portions of my receptions of various stations.

My first TA signal happened to be Absolute Radio 1215khz on November 11 at
0206UTC. The reception was a bit rough. A SINPO rating for this broadcast
would be 35244. The signal had a ton of noise but thankfully no
interference so I could easily make out "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor.

Audio clip here:
http://www.onairdj.com/amdx/AbsoluteRadio1215khz_2016_0206UTC.mp3

I heard Absolute Radio 1215khz again at about 0240UTC on November 12. I was
using my amp and the signal was much stronger and there wasn't as much
noise. SINPO rating for this broadcast would be 45344. My reception starts
out with "Way Down We Go" by Kaleo followed by a very clear Absolute Radio
station liner and into "My Favourite Game" by The Cardigans.

Audio clip here:
http://www.onairdj.com/amdx/AbsoluteRadio1215khz_11122016_0240UTC.mp3

The next signal I heard was Cadena SER's 1044khz from Spain on November
11th at 0217UTC. The signal was actually pretty darn good, just some
atmospheric noise but had I understood spanish, this would've been easy to
listen to. The signal did start to take a noise dive. There is a woman
casually talking in spanish and thanks to Bjarne Mjelde for catching it,
but at 1 minute 22 seconds the lady gives a casual Cadena SER station
identification. I would give this broadcast a SINPO rating of 35333. It
starts out OK but gets poor by the end.

Audio recording here:
http://www.onairdj.com/amdx/SER1044khz_2016_0217UTC.mp3

The next station I heard was TalkSport 1089khz on November 11 at 0241UTC.
The signal was fair but there was a whine in the background and echo in the
program audio which means I was hearing more then one of the TalkSport 1089
transmitters, they were coming at me from different directions and one was
slightly off frequency from the other. The Two Mikes was on the air
 talking sports and taking listener comments via phone, email and text.
SINPO rating for this broadcast would be 34453. If it wasn't for the whin
and echo, whatever one TalkSport 1089 signal I would've heard would've
likely been pretty listenable.

Audio here:
http://www.onairdj.com/amdx/TalkSport1089khz_2016_0241UTC.mp3

I heard TalkSport 1053khz as well on November 11 at 0226UTC. The Two Mikes
program was on the air here, again talking about sports and taking listener
comments. The 1053khz signal was SOLID and STRONG like a semi local AM
might be. SINPO Rating for this broadcast would be 55454. Overall,
excellent with just a bit of noise.

Audio clips of TalkSport 1053khz here:
http://www.onairdj.com/amdx/TalkSport1053khz_2016_0226UTC.mp3

and here: (signal is a bit weaker and slightly noisier here)
http://www.onairdj.com/amdx/TalkSport1053khz_2016_0231UTC.mp3

I have saved the BEST and MOST AWESOME for last. I have a few AM stations
in particular I really want to log and on my first night out of serious AM
DXing, I was able to knock one station off my Wanted List right off the
bat!!

*V7AB 1098khz Majruo, Marshall Islands *was in remarkably well, all things
considered. There was quite a bit of atmospheric noise but the signal was
pretty strong and the mix of Island type songs and american country music
tines was very very easily cutting through the muck.

I had V

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-13

[d1028gary]

Asian propagation continued to be in a mediocre state this morning as the usual 
collection of big guns showed up in a halfhearted way at peak sunrise 
enhancement. 594, 693, 747, 774, 972, 1053 and 1566 all managed some audio from 
1330-1410, but only 1566-HLAZ sounded somewhat healthy, reaching good peaks in 
and out before the antenna change for the Chinese service. Second tier Asians 
were once again not impressed with the conditions and stayed at weak carrier 
level. The overall Asian season seems to have hit the skids since October 24th, 
with very little showing up except for the usual big guns. 

73 and Good DX, 
Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 
15" FSL antenna 




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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2016 Nov 13 1805 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 12 November follow.
Solar flux 78 and estimated planetary A-index 19.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 13 November 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 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 78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78
A-in 13   13   13   13   13   13   21   19   19   19   19   19   19   19
K-in 34244334444333
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-13

[R. Colin Newell]

I'm pretty much done with the season - the next sunny day, the FLAGS are
coming down
and will be replaced by an 80-10 End fed from MyAntennas.Com for some HF
work -- I have a trip to Toronto and then Hawaii scheduled and the antenna
arrays
were going to be lowered anyway.

The season has been fun but I think the best of it is now well behind us.

On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 1:04 PM,  wrote:

> Asian propagation continued to be in a mediocre state this morning as the
> usual collection of big guns showed up in a halfhearted way at peak sunrise
> enhancement. 594, 693, 747, 774, 972, 1053 and 1566 all managed some audio
> from 1330-1410, but only 1566-HLAZ sounded somewhat healthy, reaching good
> peaks in and out before the antenna change for the Chinese service. Second
> tier Asians were once again not impressed with the conditions and stayed at
> weak carrier level. The overall Asian season seems to have hit the skids
> since October 24th, with very little showing up except for the usual big
> guns.
>
> 73 and Good DX,
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight +
> 15" FSL antenna
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] Final Report # 5 from Murray Harbour North, PEI

[Richard Allen]

I wish to thank you for sharing your log with us.  It will prove helpful to 
serious DX-ers across North America/   Even though I’ve been medium wave DX-ing 
for nearly 60 years, I’ve never gone on a DX-pedition and at my age probably 
won’t have the opportunity.  

Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA.
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Re: [IRCA] Final Report # 5 from Murray Harbour North, PEI

[Mark Durenberger]

Richard, I'm beginning to think those of us of 'advanced age' ought to put a 
DXPedition together in "Middle America."  I know of a perfectly good desert 
not that far from you...



Regards,

Mark Durenberger



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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Final Report # 5 from Murray Harbour North, PEI

I wish to thank you for sharing your log with us.  It will prove helpful to 
serious DX-ers across North America/   Even though I’ve been medium wave 
DX-ing for nearly 60 years, I’ve never gone on a DX-pedition and at my age 
probably won’t have the opportunity.


Richard Allen,
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[IRCA] WRMI 7570 KHz Nov 13 2016

[R. Colin Newell]

Great signal on 7570 KHz -

Radio Canada International documentary...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nUflBX9xb8


Colin Newell - DXer.ca - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2016 Nov 14 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
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#  Geophysical Alert Message
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Solar-terrestrial indices for 13 November follow.
Solar flux 78 and estimated planetary A-index 21.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 14 November was 4.
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 expected.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78   78
A-in 13   13   13   13   21   19   19   19   19   19   19   19   23   21
K-in 24433444433344
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[IRCA] Space weather

[Jim Myrick]

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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-13

[d1028gary]

<<< I'm pretty much done with the season - the next sunny day, the FLAGS are 
coming down. 
The season has been fun but I think the best of it is now well behind us. >>> 

Probably a reasonable decision, Colin. It's pretty bad when even 657-Pyongyang 
stays away from Puyallup for 19 days. 

Gary 




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From: "R. Colin Newell"  
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
 
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 2:12:50 PM 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-13 

I'm pretty much done with the season - the next sunny day, the FLAGS are 
coming down 
and will be replaced by an 80-10 End fed from MyAntennas.Com for some HF 
work -- I have a trip to Toronto and then Hawaii scheduled and the antenna 
arrays 
were going to be lowered anyway. 

The season has been fun but I think the best of it is now well behind us. 

On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 1:04 PM,  wrote: 

> Asian propagation continued to be in a mediocre state this morning as the 
> usual collection of big guns showed up in a halfhearted way at peak sunrise 
> enhancement. 594, 693, 747, 774, 972, 1053 and 1566 all managed some audio 
> from 1330-1410, but only 1566-HLAZ sounded somewhat healthy, reaching good 
> peaks in and out before the antenna change for the Chinese service. Second 
> tier Asians were once again not impressed with the conditions and stayed at 
> weak carrier level. The overall Asian season seems to have hit the skids 
> since October 24th, with very little showing up except for the usual big 
> guns. 
> 
> 73 and Good DX, 
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
> 7.5" loopstick C.Crane Skywave Ultralight + 
> 15" FSL antenna 
> 
> 
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Re: [IRCA] Cape Lookout Oregon non-DX Overview - Oct. 31-Nov. 2

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Hi Guy,

I've done similar work here with more closely spaced ALA100s and the 
Wellbrook phasing unit.   Same results, good, sometimes spectacular 
nulls, and a marked decline in signal strength from the desired 
direction as well.  Usually defeats the purpose when you are looking 
for overseas weak signals in the boresight.


Chuck Hutton pointed out to me that the effect can be modeled, and 
Chavdar Levkov also has modeled / experimented with phasing closely 
spaced antennas:


http://www.lz1aq.signacor.com/docs/phased-array/2-ele_phased_array11.pdf

http://active-antenna.eu/tech-docs/radiation_patterns.pdf


best wishes,

Nick




At 06:32 12-11-16, Guy Atkins wrote:

Hi Nick,

The conclusions were inconclusive, LOL!

The bulk of the so-called experiments involved observing phasing results
with close spacing (approx. 70 feet between antennas). Andrew Ikin of
Wellbrook has said repeatedly to me and Dave that his phaser design
requires a minimum of 40 meters spacing to work effectively. However, Dave
had the Quantum Phaser along, and he knew we could get *some* results at
closer spacing but with a limited bandwidth. We did not have a Wellbrook
phasing unit with us this trip.

Dave found that he could indeed get decent nulls (loop vs loop, or loop vs
vertical) at 70 feet, but unfortunately the desired DX signal strength
dropped along with the nulled station! That's the main takeaway that I
remember from our work, which granted wasn't very scientific. Too bad you
weren't along, Nick, as I know you'd keep us in line and help us reduce
variables and banish wishful thinking :^)

73,

Guy



-- Forwarded message --
> From: Nicholas Hall-Patch 
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <
> irca@hard-core-dx.com>
> Cc:
> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 12:44:49 +
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Cape Lookout Oregon non-DX Overview - Oct. 31-Nov. 2
> And what did you conclude from the experiments, Guy?I always find that
> my experiments raise more questions than they answer, especially if they
> involve phasing.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] Cape Lookout Oregon non-DX Overview - Oct. 31-Nov. 2

[Chuck Hutton]

And more to the point, I said:


- you can phase 2 antennas an inch apart by having your phasing unit or 
transformer insert a 180 degree phase shift. The problem is that the signals on 
the antennae are 99.99% the same, so you'll get rid of 99.99% of the desired 
signal.

- if instead of 1 inch separation you use separation of at least .1 wavelength, 
you can then have a rearside null without significant loss of desired (forward) 
signal.


So no, you can't put two antennas on top of your VW Beetle or Yugo and have it 
be useful.


Chuck



From: IRCA  on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch 

Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 9:11 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Cape Lookout Oregon non-DX Overview - Oct. 31-Nov. 2

Hi Guy,

I've done similar work here with more closely spaced ALA100s and the
Wellbrook phasing unit.   Same results, good, sometimes spectacular
nulls, and a marked decline in signal strength from the desired
direction as well.  Usually defeats the purpose when you are looking
for overseas weak signals in the boresight.

Chuck Hutton pointed out to me that the effect can be modeled, and
Chavdar Levkov also has modeled / experimented with phasing closely
spaced antennas:

http://www.lz1aq.signacor.com/docs/phased-array/2-ele_phased_array11.pdf
Receiving Phased Array with Small Electric or Magnetic 
...
www.lz1aq.signacor.com
Receiving Phased Array with Small Electric or Magnetic Active Wideband Elements 
© LZ1AQ - 2 - Fig.1 Basic 2-element array Two cases will be analyzed: the first 
where ...




http://active-antenna.eu/tech-docs/radiation_patterns.pdf
Radiation Patterns prn - Active Antenna 
Amplifier
active-antenna.eu
Radiation Patterns of 2-el. Active Receiving Phased Array for Loop and Dipole 
Mode v.1.1 Aug 2014 © LZ1AQ These are the expected radiation patterns using 
active ...





best wishes,

Nick




At 06:32 12-11-16, Guy Atkins wrote:
>Hi Nick,
>
>The conclusions were inconclusive, LOL!
>
>The bulk of the so-called experiments involved observing phasing results
>with close spacing (approx. 70 feet between antennas). Andrew Ikin of
>Wellbrook has said repeatedly to me and Dave that his phaser design
>requires a minimum of 40 meters spacing to work effectively. However, Dave
>had the Quantum Phaser along, and he knew we could get *some* results at
>closer spacing but with a limited bandwidth. We did not have a Wellbrook
>phasing unit with us this trip.
>
>Dave found that he could indeed get decent nulls (loop vs loop, or loop vs
>vertical) at 70 feet, but unfortunately the desired DX signal strength
>dropped along with the nulled station! That's the main takeaway that I
>remember from our work, which granted wasn't very scientific. Too bad you
>weren't along, Nick, as I know you'd keep us in line and help us reduce
>variables and banish wishful thinking :^)
>
>73,
>
>Guy
>
>
>
>-- Forwarded message --
> > From: Nicholas Hall-Patch 
> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <
> > irca@hard-core-dx.com>
> > Cc:
> > Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 12:44:49 +
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Cape Lookout Oregon non-DX Overview - Oct. 31-Nov. 2
> > And what did you conclude from the experiments, Guy?I always find that
> > my experiments raise more questions than they answer, especially if they
> > involve phasing.
> >
> > best wishes,
> >
> > Nick
> >
> >
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