Re: [IRCA] List of past IRCA Conventions by year

[Rick Dau]

Does anyone out there have pictures from the Billings convention of 3 years 
ago?  That was the club's 50th Anniversary, and it'd be a shame if there 
weren't any photos from that weekend that could be put up on the website.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska


From: IRCA  on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch 

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Hi Tom,

http://www.ircaonline.org/ircahistory.htm   has a list, some with
links to pictures, down at the end of the page.

best wishes,

Nick




At 05:05 21-07-17, you wrote:
>Does anyone have a file with the locations of past
>conventions by year.
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>Tom Jasinski
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[IRCA] TP 20 July Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Yesterday's promise didn't  particularly continue, though there were 
a couple of reasonable strength Brisbane stations.


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


no



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



612 4QR man in DU English 1232 and 1238UT




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


1116 4BC  man in DU English 1104UT and a few other  times.


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)


594 slow vocal music then woman talking, DU English inflection 1155-1157UT
891 man talking, DU English inflection 1200UT


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


774 seemed to be Asian;
 594 603 738 756 774 792 828 837 1008 1035  1098  1503 seemed to be DU



best wishes,

Nick






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Re: [IRCA] List of past IRCA Conventions by year

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Hi Tom,

http://www.ircaonline.org/ircahistory.htm   has a list, some with 
links to pictures, down at the end of the page.


best wishes,

Nick




At 05:05 21-07-17, you wrote:

Does anyone have a file with the locations of past
conventions by year.

Tom Jasinski


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[IRCA] List of past IRCA Conventions by year

[amdxer]

Does anyone have a file with the locations of past
conventions by year.

Tom Jasinski


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[IRCA] 1710 kHz oddities this week

[Tim Tromp]

00:04 UTC: I'm currently hearing a 400 Hz test tone on 1710 kHz, fair
signal at times but exhibiting deep fading (ruling out local RFI).  Earlier
in the week I had an UNID pirate here playing oldies but never any
announcements or informal IDs, and tonight the continuous test tone.  A
recording of the oldies medium wave pirate from a few nights ago:

https://youtu.be/oBA5NwGBMi0

73,
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West Michigan
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Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] Logs - Cape Cod, MA - early to mid July auroral activity

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the Snow" electronic interval signal at 0100:35; under Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA]

 





 
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[IRCA] Logs - Cape Cod, MA - early to mid July auroral activity

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Report from Mark Connelly, WA1ION
Times / dates = UTC / 2017 
e-mail = "markwa1...@aol.com" 

[Connelly*Y-MA] = South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA 
(GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq)

Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus
See http://microtelecom.it/perseus/

Antenna: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 10m vert. by 11m horiz. (peak 165 deg., 
null 345 deg.)
See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type.

==

*** PAN-AMERICAN DX ***

600 | PUERTO RICO | WYEL, Mayaguez, JUL 4 0100 - WKAQ network ID's; over Cuba. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]

650 | COLOMBIA | HJKH, RCN Antena Dos, Bogota, JUL 4 0100 - Fast Colombia 
sports talk mentioning Cartagena team; dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]

650 | CUBA | R. Rebelde, JUL 5 0200 - 9-note Rebelde sounder; mixed with more 
common Progreso. [Connelly*Y-MA]

690 | COLOMBIA | HJCZ, W Radio, Bogota, JUL 4 0100 - // 700 HJCX with W Radio 
ID, 16 pips; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]

700 | COLOMBIA | HJCX, W Radio, Cali, JUL 4 0100 - // 690 HJCZ with W Radio ID, 
16 pips; good. [Connelly*Y-MA]

720 | NICARAGUA | R. Catolica, Managua, JUL 16 0300 - Catolica mention, folk 
religious vocal; mixed with WGN. [Connelly*Y-MA]

730 | CUBA | R. Progreso, La Fe, JUL 16 0300 - Overmodulated female vocal // 
640; over CKAC. [Connelly*Y-MA]

730 | COLOMBIA | HJCU, Cadena Melodia, Bogota, JUL 18 0059 - Melodia Estereo 
ID; over others. [Connelly*Y-MA]

750 | VENEZUELA | YVKS, RCR, Caracas, JUL 6 0100 - ID "RCR siete cincuenta AM"; 
good / alone on channel. [Connelly*Y-MA]

760 | COLOMBIA | HJAJ, RCN, Barranquilla, JUL 4 0100 - RCN news intro. + JUL 5 
0100 - RCN ID; loud. + JUL 19 0100 - Banco Popular advert, pips. [Connelly*Y-MA]

780 | VENEZUELA | YVMN, R. Coro, Coro, JUL 17 0900 - "Radio Coro presenta .."; 
fair over WBBM. [Connelly*Y-MA]

780 | BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS | ZBVI, Road Town, Tortola, JUL 18 0100 - ZBVI ID, 
bit of a country gospel song (Jim Reeves?), then a cover version of "Human 
Nature" (Michael Jackson song); to fair peak through T-storm static. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]

800 | BONAIRE | PJB, TransWorld Radio, Kralendijk, JUL 4 0100 - Transmundial 
and Bonaire mentions in Spanish talk; over jumble. + JUL 19 0100 - Usual hymn, 
male preacher in Spanish; atop pile-up. [Connelly*Y-MA]

810 | COLOMBIA | HJCY, Caracol R., Bogota, JUL 4 0100 - ID "en CARACOL Radio" 
at 0100:40; mixed with WGY. + JUL 5 0100 - "CARACOL Radio" ID; over WGY. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]

840 | HAITI | R. 4VEH (4VEF), Cap-Haitien, JUL 4 0100 - 4-note "Dashing Through 
the Snow" electronic interval signal at 0100:35; under Cuba. [Connelly*Y-MA]

860 | BRAZIL | ZYJ459, R. CBN, Rio de Janeiro, JUL 5 0200 - "CBN" network ID, 
man in Portuguese; through jumble. + JUL 18 0100 - Man in Portuguese with fast 
sports commentary including "gol!" shouts. [Connelly*Y-MA]

860 | CUBA | R. Reloj, Jovellanos, JUL 19 0059 - RR beeps in mess. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]

900 | CUBA | R. Progreso, JUL 19 0101 - "Big Girls Don't Cry" by the Four 
Seasons, deep voice announcer // 640; good, alone on channel. [Connelly*Y-MA]

940 | PUERTO RICO | WIPR, San Juan, JUL 18 0101 - "WIPR nueve cuarenta" ID; 
briefly over pile. [Connelly*Y-MA]

1000 | CUBA | R. Granma, Media Luna, JUL 19 0100 - Woman with Radio Granma ID, 
9-note 'tinkly' chimes; through IBOC hash. [Connelly*Y-MA]

1100 | COLOMBIA | HJCN, BBN, Bogota, JUL 5 0100 - BBN mention and "desde 
Bogota, Colombia"; over the stew. [Connelly*Y-MA]

1170 | COLOMBIA | HJNW, Caracol R., Cartagena, JUL 5 0201 - "En CARACOL Radio"; 
over WWVA. + JUL 19 0100 - CARACOL Radio ID; dominant. [Connelly*Y-MA]

1220 | BRAZIL | ZYJ258, R. Globo, Rio de Janeiro, JUL 5 0200 - Globo mention, 
man in Portuguese, sweep tones; in jumble with WQUN, WHKW, WWSF. [Connelly*Y-MA]

1540.502 | PERU | OCU2X, R. Turbomix, Cajamarca, JUL 3 0900 - Carrier, bits of 
audio.  Interference from Indian music on 1540.0, presumably CHIN. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]

1610 | ANGUILLA | Caribbean Beacon, The Valley, JUL 6 0100 - Gene Scott 
preaching about what to do when everything is going wrong; over two others. 
[Connelly*Y-MA]

1620 | US VIRGIN ISLANDS | WDHP, Fredriksted, JUL 6 0100 - Woman mentioned "on 
the BBC World Service", 5+1 pips; over Cubans. [Connelly*Y-MA]

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Re: [IRCA] Iceland

[James Renfrew]

Faroes 531 was loud and clear during the day in NW Scotland in June, 2017.

On Jul 20, 2017 08:04, "Aaron Kreider"  wrote:

> I went to Iceland for the past week and did a bit of DXing using a Tecsun
> 880. It was limited as I was travelling with family, hotel noise levels
> varied greatly, and "night" time hours were limited (3-4 hours).
>
> 666 RUV Iceland is on the air most of the time (maybe 90% when I checked)
> and is probably still running low power as they weren't super strong in
> Reykjavik.
>
> On the east coast of Iceland with a nice water path and generally 1-4 km
> from the water, I had regular very weak daytime reception of 810 BBC (North
> Scotland) and 693 BBC (not sure which transmitter). I also had some hets
> (probably including BBC Wales).  I tested several cliffs and didn't notice
> any gain.  Is it possible that lava rocks lack iron and thus aren't as
> good?  I've read that Iceland is low on metals.  This is the best daytime
> distances I've ever had on MW so I was quite happy!
>
> I did one short session of night time listening on the south coast of
> Iceland near Vik.  I didn't hear Faero 531 - so they are still inactive.  I
> also didn't hear Greenland or any US stations.  I got the best reception
> from the UK, followed by Spain. Algeria (531 and 549) was good.  I also
> tentatively heard Tunisia and Morocco.  The furthest signal was from Saudi
> Arabia (585).
>
> Reykjavik isn't the best for DXing Europe as it on the coast, but has a
> lot of land between it and Europe.
>
> Iceland is an amazingly beautiful country due to the volcanos, though
> rather pricy (expect to pay double or more what you do in the US).  We
> drove the highway 1 which wraps around the shoreline much of the time  and
> would provide a lot of opportunities for a more DX oriented visit.  Most of
> the country is open fields and you could also set up long antennas without
> a problem, assuming the sheep cooperate and that you can figure out who
> owns it (or frankly they probably won't care or find out).  It is nice and
> temperate in the summer, though it can be also be rather cold (40) and
> windy (we had 30 mph gusts one day).
>
> Aaron
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[IRCA] Iceland

[Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA]

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Nice report.  Thanks Aaron!
 

Marc DeLorenzo 
South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
 http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX
 

 
 
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Subject: [IRCA] Iceland

I went to Iceland for the past week and did a bit of DXing using a 
Tecsun 880. It was limited as I was travelling with family, hotel noise 
levels varied greatly, and "night" time hours were limited (3-4 hours).

666 RUV Iceland is on the air most of the time (maybe 90% when I 
checked) and is probably still running low power as they weren't super 
strong in Reykjavik.

On the east coast of Iceland with a nice water path and generally 1-4 km 
from the water, I had regular very weak daytime reception of 810 BBC 
(North Scotland) and 693 BBC (not sure which transmitter). I also had 
some hets (probably including BBC Wales).  I tested several cliffs and 
didn't notice any gain.  Is it possible that lava rocks lack iron and 
thus aren't as good?  I've read that Iceland is low on metals.  This is 
the best daytime distances I've ever had on MW so I was quite happy!

I did one short session of night time listening on the south coast of 
Iceland near Vik.  I didn't hear Faero 531 - so they are still 
inactive.  I also didn't hear Greenland or any US stations.  I got the 
best reception from the UK, followed by Spain. Algeria (531 and 549) was 
good.  I also tentatively heard Tunisia and Morocco.  The furthest 
signal was from Saudi Arabia (585).

Reykjavik isn't the best for DXing Europe as it on the coast, but has a 
lot of land between it and Europe.

Iceland is an amazingly beautiful country due to the volcanos, though 
rather pricy (expect to pay double or more what you do in the US).  We 
drove the highway 1 which wraps around the shoreline much of the time  
and would provide a lot of opportunities for a more DX oriented visit.  
Most of the country is open fields and you could also set up long 
antennas without a problem, assuming the sheep cooperate and that you 
can figure out who owns it (or frankly they probably won't care or find 
out).  It is nice and temperate in the summer, though it can be also be 
rather cold (40) and windy (we had 30 mph gusts one day).

Aaron
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[IRCA] Iceland

[Aaron Kreider]

I went to Iceland for the past week and did a bit of DXing using a 
Tecsun 880. It was limited as I was travelling with family, hotel noise 
levels varied greatly, and "night" time hours were limited (3-4 hours).


666 RUV Iceland is on the air most of the time (maybe 90% when I 
checked) and is probably still running low power as they weren't super 
strong in Reykjavik.


On the east coast of Iceland with a nice water path and generally 1-4 km 
from the water, I had regular very weak daytime reception of 810 BBC 
(North Scotland) and 693 BBC (not sure which transmitter). I also had 
some hets (probably including BBC Wales).  I tested several cliffs and 
didn't notice any gain.  Is it possible that lava rocks lack iron and 
thus aren't as good?  I've read that Iceland is low on metals.  This is 
the best daytime distances I've ever had on MW so I was quite happy!


I did one short session of night time listening on the south coast of 
Iceland near Vik.  I didn't hear Faero 531 - so they are still 
inactive.  I also didn't hear Greenland or any US stations.  I got the 
best reception from the UK, followed by Spain. Algeria (531 and 549) was 
good.  I also tentatively heard Tunisia and Morocco.  The furthest 
signal was from Saudi Arabia (585).


Reykjavik isn't the best for DXing Europe as it on the coast, but has a 
lot of land between it and Europe.


Iceland is an amazingly beautiful country due to the volcanos, though 
rather pricy (expect to pay double or more what you do in the US).  We 
drove the highway 1 which wraps around the shoreline much of the time  
and would provide a lot of opportunities for a more DX oriented visit.  
Most of the country is open fields and you could also set up long 
antennas without a problem, assuming the sheep cooperate and that you 
can figure out who owns it (or frankly they probably won't care or find 
out).  It is nice and temperate in the summer, though it can be also be 
rather cold (40) and windy (we had 30 mph gusts one day).


Aaron
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