[IRCA] TP 16 Mar Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

How could I miss HLAZ?





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


1566 HLAZ man in Chinese 1415UT.The accompanying piano music 
almost sounded like another station though?





best wishes,

Nick



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Victoria, BC
Canada  


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[IRCA] TP 16 Mar Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Fairly dead at 1300UT, barring a few  squeaks from the low band big 
guns, but things took off a bit after 1410UT, lasting until around 
1430UT.   Not a huge number of stations, but some Chinese among them, 
and fairly erratic.



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


774 JOUB end of English lessons 1258UT, never really recovered this 
level, though could hear traces of sign off music box at 1442UT

828 JOBB Korean lessons 1306UT
1557 Taiwan woman in Chinese, briefly at this level 1417UT



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


567 JOIK woman in Japanese 1424UT
594 JOAK man in Japanese 1410UT, only briefly at this level
603 HLSA soft vocal music //558 over woman in Chinese?  1423UT
639 CNR1 , man in Chinese, this level 1427UT, erratic peaks; no 
parallels available, but one low one high pip at 1430UT, sounded like 
Beijing time check by woman, definite CNR1 news sounder

1287 JOHR man in Japanese 1415UT
1503 JOUK woman in Japanese 1421UT, various times noted //594




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


558 HLQH soft music //603 1423UT;
747 JOIB Korean lessons 1314UT, still audible with music box at 1442UT
1422 "loud" but murky, think there was a woman in Japanese and a man 
in Chinese on this channel 1416UT
1593 NHK2 woman in American English, sounded very NHK 1419UT, but 
didn't get a parallel until 1421UT when JOUB faded up enough.   Also 
heard on 1593 was man in Chinese under NHK2, CNR1 assumed.




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)


612 JOLK woman talking //594 1428UT
1494 man talking, sounded Chinese? 1416UT
1575 VoA 1430UT, "welcome to Voice of America"  by man




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


1134 1242  1314 1323 1359 1386 seemed to be Asian;nothing 
seemed  likely DU?




best wishes,

Nick



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Victoria, BC
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[IRCA] ....and now, Victoria TA

[Nick Hall-Patch]

That lasted for only about 15 minutes.   Back to the usual silence of 
the TAs by 0450UT



I'd been keeping half an ear on things here in Victoria, but got 
caught by surprise 0423UT, when audio traces turned up on 
1215kHz.   Man talking at 0426UT, quite weak, but likely English and 
into music sounding vaguely rockish and getting fairly strong by 0428UT


Carriers 1107 1053 909 and 882

best wishes,

Nick



At 01:05 17-03-17, Richard N Allen wrote:

Algeria 252 kHz audible here in French at 0100 GMT.

Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA,
R75 & ALA1530LNP.

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[IRCA] LWBC in AZ Thursday evening

[Steve Ratzlaff]

Tonight is another very good night for LWBC. 162 France data signal at 
decent level; 171 Morocco at near-armchair copy especially after 04 utc; 
252 Algeria started out very poor but came up dramatically after 0430 utc.


Steve AA7U

near Sahuarita, AZ

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Re: [IRCA] LW BC 3/17/17....and now, Victoria TA

[Nick Hall-Patch]

I'd been keeping half an ear on things here in Victoria, but got 
caught by surprise 0423UT, when audio traces turned up on 
1215kHz.   Man talking at 0426UT, quite weak, but likely English and 
into music sounding vaguely rockish and getting fairly strong by 0428UT


Carriers 1107 1053 909 and 882

best wishes,

Nick


At 01:05 17-03-17, Richard N Allen wrote:

Algeria 252 kHz audible here in French at 0100 GMT.

Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA,
R75 & ALA1530LNP.

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Re: [IRCA] DX dead spots

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Effective_Ground_Conductivity_Map.png

Had I been live during this thread, I too would have said Oklahoma`s red dirt 
with iron oxide can`t be the cause, cf the Iron range of Michigan.

I would hypothesize that the Ogallala Aquifer (what`s left of it) has something 
to do with the large 30 G.C. area in TX-OK-KS-NE. Not a 100% match of course, 
but quite a bit of overlap:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogallala_Aquifer

How fortunate we are here in the great center, since so much of the USA is way 
lower in GC.

WNAX 570 Yankton SD is here on groundwave any day; only problem KLIF Dallas 
also 570. Also: KWMT 540 Fort Dodge IA vs another Metroplex station. 550 has 
signs of Midland TX and 580 signs of Lubbock TX under the Kansans. 670 KLTT 
Denver is barely audible on daytime groundwave, and sometimes WSCR Chicago tho 
by then I`m not certain it`s GW rather than daytime skywave, or a mixture with 
sporadic E affecting MW.

73, Glenn Hauser, Enid
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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2017 Mar 17 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 16 March follow.
Solar flux 71 and estimated planetary A-index 6.
The estimated planetary K-index at  UTC on 17 March 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 15   15   15   15   15   16   16   16   16   16   16   16   16   17
UTC  0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 
SFlx 70   70   70   70   70   70   70   70   70   70   70   70   71   71
A-in 44445777777766
K-in 22111332011011
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Re: [IRCA] dx dead spots

[Pete Taylor]

A few years back, I left Brainerd, MN and drove counter-clockwise through North 
Dakota and then South Dakota toward Mpls. and couldn’t believe how well 
KFGO-790 got out. Years before that, while driving in Kansas, I remember 
WNAX-570 bangin’ in pretty well. Nice ground systems indeed...
Pete Taylor
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HQ180 & ICF2010
Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops
DX398, SRF-59 & M37V
Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380






> On Mar 15, 2017, at 5:23 PM, Theo  wrote:
> 
> I recall while heading to the 2011 convention in Colorado Springs being more 
> than mildly astounded at the signal put out by KOAL/750 in Price, UT.  I'd 
> stayed overnight in Green River, and while driving the following day through 
> the extended badlands around Moab and on to Grand Junction, CO, it just kept 
> on thumping in on a stock Toyota rx.
> 
> I still have to thank Richard for being my chauffeur around The Springs!  I 
> wasn't much of a navigator.
> 
> Theo
> 
> On 3/15/2017 4:29 PM, Mike Sanburn wrote:
>> I have visited cities like St. George UT and Sedona AZ and it is brick red 
>> wherever you look.  For DXing maybe redder means better???
>> 
>> 
>> ms
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: IRCA  on behalf of Richard Allen 
>> 
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 2:44 PM
>> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] dx dead spots
>> 
>> I’m fortunate enough to live in an area of excellent ground conductivity.  
>> Ground wave DX into surrounding states is very good at mid-day.  My guess is 
>> it has something to do with the Port Silt Loam (Red Dirt) that cover much of 
>> Oklahoma.  It’s a significant enough feature of the region to have been 
>> named the official state soil.
>> 
>> Richard Allen,
>> near Perry OK USA.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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[IRCA] LW BC 3/17/17

[Richard N Allen]

Algeria 252 kHz audible here in French at 0100 GMT.

Richard Allen, 
near Perry OK USA,
R75 & ALA1530LNP.

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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, March 12-16, 2017

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
Note: this report concerns logs following the imposition of DST, so EDT 
conversions are now called for.

All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during EDT; 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

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/page56
[over 201,000 views! as of March 16, 2017]

These logs are in four sections, Canada [if any], Oklahoma [if any], rest of 
USA [if any], unidentified [if any], separated by === Within each, they are 
in frequency order 
 
** U S A. 1540.11, March 13 at 0434 UT, off-frequency het loops about SSE/NNW, 
not much signal from KXEL, and with notching on the NRD-545, separable from 
various signals on 1540.0. Playing classic rock music. I bet it`s KGBC 
Galveston TX, which for many months in 2015-2016 was off frequency, but no het 
lately, presumably temporarily fixed until now. At 0434 UT, partial ID as 
``##101.5 FM & 1540 AM``, refers to a website ending in 1015.com. Researching 
later:

WTFDA FM Database confirms the 1540/101.5 translator for KGBC:
``K268DE // KGBC-1540 101.5 GALVESTON TX 0.22 0.22 0.0 0.0 29-18-52 94-48-19 
Chinese ETHNIC/ASIAN``

It used to be Chinese with CRI relay // 1520 KYND but that was done long ago. 
Wikipedia has some info, starting with newer? but still outdated format:

``The current format is a business talk format.[5] [sic] In 2016, after 69 
years of broadcasting as "1540 KGBC", Siga changed the station's image to 
reflect the new 101.5 translator dial position attached to the heritage AM``

Then I search out this website unknown to Wikipedia:
http://www.gc1540.com/ 
which still exists but refers to www.gc1015fm.com --- GC stands for Gulf Coast. 

``Visit our Facebook page 
Check out the Live Surf Cam Courtesy of Gtownsurf.com
K242BG 101.5 fm (Galveston) and KGBC 1540 am (Galveston & Houston), keeping 
Galveston Island and Galveston County connected with great music and 
entertainment Owned and operated by SIGA Broadcasting on Galveston Island 
Texas``

The AM appendage still claims to broadcast on 1540, rather than 1540.11 kHz! 
Clearly it`s mainly music now, with local talk, and not particularly business. 
Check out the Local Programs tab (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1869, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

Glenn, KGBC has been running an Oldies format for a few months now. The 101.5 
translator is fairly new, but covers much less area than the daytime AM signal. 
No het on 1540 when checked recently. Unsure if Oldies is "permanent" as the 
new FM outlet may have convinced Siga to try something other than a succession 
of brokered formats. The nighttime KGBC signal doesn't make it to my QTH, some 
70 miles away --- buried in the 1540 pileup (Stephen Luce, Houston, Texas, 0021 
UT March 14, dxldyg via DX LISTENING DIGEST)

1540.11, March 15 at 0109 UT, no het from KGBC Galveston TX, as heard a binite 
ago, so presumably back on 1540.00 (or off), with 1540 dominated by far-right 
talkhost presumed KXEL, and TexMexmx in background, from KEDA San Antonio. KGBC 
might have been on 2.5 kW daypower then too instead of 0.25 kW nite (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1869, DX LISTENING DIGEST) 
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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, March 10-12, 2017

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
Note: this report concerns logs before the imposition of DST, so EST 
conversions are still called for. A separate report for the EDT period
will follow.

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

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/page56
[over 201,000 views! as of March 16, 2017]

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

** NEWFOUNDLAND. 2598-USB, March 12 at 0135 UT, roboYL in English with marine 
weather, citing some UTCs and some Eastern Standards; vs S9+10 lightning 
crashes. Scheduled starting at 0137 UT is VOK, Labrador via both Cartwright and 
Hopedale, but if timing is precise, preceding it from 0107 UT is VOK via St 
Anthony site. Nothing on 2749 now, but see CANADA. I THINK all these stay on 
same UT schedules despite imposition of DST, right? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

** CANADA. 2749-USB, March 12 at 0152 UT, roboYL with maritime weather in 
English, S9+10 vs QRN level merely S9; VCS Halifax via Chebogue NS site 
scheduled starting at 0140 UT. Nothing heard on 2598 now, but see NEWFOUNDLAND 
earlier (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

==

** OKLAHOMA. 1520, March 12 at 0155 UT, KOKC with a gun show explaining exactly 
where to shoot people to cause the most damage. Good to know! Outro as 
`Frontlines of Freedom` on a growing network of outlets (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

==

** U S A. 1020, KMMQ Plattsmouth, NE: regarding my log of this station 
mentioning ESPN Deportes, Wayne Heinen, NRC AM Log Editor, checked with Andy 
Ruback of the NRG group in Omaha owning it, who says it is still same format as 
before, ``Regional Mexican``. Local DXers Carl Mann and Rick Dau agree. So what 
I heard must have been a fleeting reference for some reason (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
DX LISTENING DIGEST) 

** U S A. 1450, March 10 at 0619 UT bandscan on the E-W antenna, briefly atop 
the mush is an ad with an address in Portales, so it`s KSEL NM, which is only 
950 instead of the usual 1000 graveyard watts. KSEL is on the ``second ring`` 
of 1450 stations from here beyond Woodward and Altus, along with KLMX Clayton 
NM. Portales distance 344 miles = 553 km, making me grateful for such a log 
from one of the gateways to NM. BTW, KSEL used to be the call of a Lubbock 
station, 950 until 1987y, now KJTV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Note: my companion Mostly Mexican MWDX Report this week failed to change the 
dates on the subject line to March 10-16, but it is different from previous one
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, February 24-March 9, 2017

[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 
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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/page56
[over 201,000 views! as of March 16, 2017]

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

** MEXICO. [Re last week`s report about FM side of 730 XEHB:] They might even 
be missing the added E in the XHEHB ID, which is common for that variety of 
AM-FM migrant. (See: XHEOA, XHEPQ, XHECPQ which are known to ID as XHOA, XHPQ 
and XHCPQ. Fun fact: two of those "wrong" calls are actually available!)(Raymie 
Humbert, AZ, March 9, WTFDA Forum via DXLD)

** MEXICO. 1300, UT Monday March 13 at 0436, Radio Mexicana ID from XEP, and 
music, evidently not running `La Hora Nacional` now as would be expected 
Sundays at 10 pm local, since Juárez has certainly copied El Paso by going on 
MDT of UT -6, unlike further south in México, no DST until April 2 (Glenn 
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

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[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

[NOAA WWV]

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2017 Mar 16 1805 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
#  Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 15 March follow.
Solar flux 70 and estimated planetary A-index 7.
The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 16 March was 0.
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 15   15   15   15   15   15   15   16   16   16   16   16   16   16
UTC  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100  0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800
SFlx 70   70   70   70   70   70   70   70   70   70   70   70   70   70
A-in 44444457777777
K-in 12221113320110
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[IRCA] IRCA Site.

[DXer]

As of 11:10 AM, Mar 16

Lynn's link works: http://www.ircaonline.org/index1.html

Remove the /index1.html  part, and
there is a fatal error.

Regards,

Vince
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[IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 3/16/17

[Richard N Allen]

594 JOAK heard from 1224 until fade out at 1231, peaking to poor strength 
momentarily at 1226 (LSR 1239).
828 JOBB? weak het at 1237.

Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA,
PL-310 & FSL.

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Re: [IRCA] OT 2014 Dodge Caravan radio question

[Patrick Martin]

My old 65 Rambler, 1970 Impala, as well as the 89 & 97 Caravans all had good 
radio in them. There are radios out there that are sensitive, but getting one 
to fit the dash may be another issue.

   Internet radio is not practical on the coast. Unless I go with a carrier 
like Verizon, the others are more spotty and I have my cel phone account with 
Verizon and to have enough data to stream radio would be quite costly. Now if I 
lived in Portland or the Valley, Seattle, etc, the charges are less as there 
are many carriers to choose from. We have several out here, but Verizon has by 
far the best coverage, but also is the most expensive. I do have a wifi radio 
at home as well as the Roku for radio & TV, but getting the signal off the 
Verizon tower is expensive if I want to run it all day while I go from job to 
job.


Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager



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Patrick,

My experience with car radios has been not 100% but pretty much the
older the better.  My folks had a 1960 Chevy when I was in High School
and the radio in it far outperformed any of the radios in newer
vehicles.  I lived in Tucson at the time and I could, especially in the
winter hear KOMA at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

The AM radios in most aftermarket car stereos are even worse.

Steve

On 3/15/17 3:58 AM, Patrick Martin wrote:
> Jim,
>
>
> I have had a lot of Caravans starting with the 89, then the 97, and now the 
> 2014. Both the 89 & 97 had ignition noise on AM, but the radios were fairly 
> sensitive. This one is nothing to write home about regarding sensitivity. 
> That is one reason I was wondering if there is some adjustment to peak the 
> antenna like years ago. But with so much computer stuff today, there is 
> probably some chip and self adjusts, but I have no clue.
>


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Re: [IRCA] OT 2014 Dodge Caravan radio question

[Patrick Martin]

I am not hearing noise on the radio. That issue has been solved. Infact both 
the 89 & 97 Dodge Caravans I always had some ignition noise (spark plus, etc), 
but the radio in the 2014 is fairly quiet on AM, but some not very sensitive. 
Of course if I increase the sensitivity, possibly the the car noise will get 
into the radio more.


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Subject: Re: [IRCA] OT 2014 Dodge Caravan radio question

Patrick, I agree with Steve.  Any new car I've driven (my own, and rental)
have generally been pretty poor on AM.  I just drove a Nissan Leaf
electric, and it was simply awful on AM.  Everytime I accelerated, I could
hear all of the electronics whirring and wining, even on strong stations.
FM was fine.73,  Walt

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Hawkins  wrote:

> Patrick,
>
> My experience with car radios has been not 100% but pretty much the older
> the better.  My folks had a 1960 Chevy when I was in High School and the
> radio in it far outperformed any of the radios in newer vehicles.  I lived
> in Tucson at the time and I could, especially in the winter hear KOMA at 4
> o'clock in the afternoon.
>
> The AM radios in most aftermarket car stereos are even worse.
>
> Steve
>
> On 3/15/17 3:58 AM, Patrick Martin wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>>
>>
>> I have had a lot of Caravans starting with the 89, then the 97, and now
>> the 2014. Both the 89 & 97 had ignition noise on AM, but the radios were
>> fairly sensitive. This one is nothing to write home about regarding
>> sensitivity. That is one reason I was wondering if there is some adjustment
>> to peak the antenna like years ago. But with so much computer stuff today,
>> there is probably some chip and self adjusts, but I have no clue.
>>
>>
>
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> 73 49 111 01001001
>
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Re: [IRCA] OT 2014 Dodge Caravan radio question

[Patrick Martin]

It is nice to know that some later car radios have decent AM sections. I do 
have my Sony HD radio I could install, but it would not fit with the the dash 
well. hi.


Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager



From: IRCA  on behalf of Stan Horzepa 

Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 8:00 AM
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The stock radio in my 2007 Subaru Outback Sport is very good. It is very
sensitive on AM and FM and is very clean with regards to car generated
noise. The only negative is that the selectivity on FM could be better.
FWIW, I have logged 67 new AM stations and 29 new FM stations during my
22 mile daily commute with that radio. I'd like to keep the radio if I
ever sell the car, but the new owner might mind the gap.

73,

Stan, WA1LOU


On 3/15/17 10:18 AM, Volodya S wrote:
> Patrick, I agree with Steve.  Any new car I've driven (my own, and rental)
> have generally been pretty poor on AM.  I just drove a Nissan Leaf
> electric, and it was simply awful on AM.  Everytime I accelerated, I could
> hear all of the electronics whirring and wining, even on strong stations.
> FM was fine.73,  Walt
>
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Hawkins  wrote:
>
>> Patrick,
>>
>> My experience with car radios has been not 100% but pretty much the older
>> the better.  My folks had a 1960 Chevy when I was in High School and the
>> radio in it far outperformed any of the radios in newer vehicles.  I lived
>> in Tucson at the time and I could, especially in the winter hear KOMA at 4
>> o'clock in the afternoon.
>>
>> The AM radios in most aftermarket car stereos are even worse.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On 3/15/17 3:58 AM, Patrick Martin wrote:
>>
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>>
>>> I have had a lot of Caravans starting with the 89, then the 97, and now
>>> the 2014. Both the 89 & 97 had ignition noise on AM, but the radios were
>>> fairly sensitive. This one is nothing to write home about regarding
>>> sensitivity. That is one reason I was wondering if there is some adjustment
>>> to peak the antenna like years ago. But with so much computer stuff today,
>>> there is probably some chip and self adjusts, but I have no clue.
>>>
>>>
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>> n...@wccta.net
>> 73 49 111 01001001
>>
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Re: [IRCA] OT 2014 Dodge Caravan radio question

[Patrick Martin]

Karl,


I did have the noise problem with the radio, but found the regular hood mounted 
steel whip was loose. I tightened it down and suddenly the noise is gone, but 
the AM section is not very sensitive. A far cry from my 1997 or 1989. I think I 
will try to extend the whip a foot or two higher with some stiff copper wire 
and see if the gain increases. It  looks like I can unscrew the whip as it 
looks threaded to the base. If that is the case, installing a longer whip might 
be the answer. It could be, the AM section is just poor. I know some car radios 
are terrible on AM.  If that is the case, the only other answer is to replace 
the Stereo with something better like a Kenwood or Pioneer, but of course 
getting anything like that to perfectly fit the dash would not be easy 
probably. The Stereo uses a 2 din set up, so it would have to match up. Gone 
are the days when the radios were easy as you said. Everything is way to 
complicated in today's world.

Thanks Karl.  I will post any improvements.




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