[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle 10-6-17

[Bruce Portzer]

I've been recording DX at sunrise for a few days now but this was the 
first session worth reporting.  The results were mainly the usual first 
tier stations, but at least it gave me a chance to try out my reworked 
antenna system..


693    JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAB, talk //774/747 mostly poor in CBU splat

747    JAPAN, Sapporo, male talk //774 1325

774    JAPAN, Akita, JOUB Japanese male monologue 1324 good

828    JAPAN, Osaka, JOBB, talk //774 1326 fair

972    S KOREA, HLCA, man & woman in Korean fair 1324

1287    JAPAN, Sapporo JOHR Japanese woman fair 1334

1323    UNID, brief female talk 1330, bits of vocal music 1334, both 
weak with much electrical noise, probably CRI


1566    S KOREA, HLAZ, 1336 quite good w/Christian program, man in 
Japanese, then pipe organ.  Closedown 1343 by woman with FEBC ID & 
piano, back weakly in Chinese 1345


1575    THAILAND, presumed VOA, weak woman in unid language 1334

Carriers: 594 657 666 1206 1314

Bruce in Seattle

Elad FDM-S2, 40x10 flag antenna





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Re: [IRCA] TP's & DU's for Friday, October 06, 2013 Kalama, WA

[R. Colin Newell]

I was up last night at 0530 checking band conditions and Alaska KQA-59 was at 
its level best this season on 529 KHz with Aero weather. Usually a good sign 
for favorable TP reception. 

JRC - NRD525 and DRAKE R8
W/NW FLAG, ALA100, VACTROL - controller. 

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -- 

> On Oct 6, 2017, at 7:36 AM, Dennis Vroom  wrote:
> 
> 
> Listened from 1245-1430 utc. Asian signals dominated until 30 minutes before 
> sunrise when the DU's took over. Exception was JOUB 774 with good signal at 
> 1419 utc. 
> 
> 529  ALASKA, KQA-59 Level Island, 10/06 1323 weak with aviation weather 
> forecast.
> 
> 
> 
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[IRCA] S. AZ TPs Oct. 6

[Steve Ratzlaff]

Clear sky for the big full moon; lots of hets over the whole band though 
few making it to audio.


594 Japan pips and chime at 1300 utc very poor; 1312 talk very poor/poor

567 Japan chime at 1300 utc faint

666 Japan chime at 1300 utc faint

693 Japan pips and chime at 1300 utc then talk, very poor/poor

747 Japan pips and chime at 1300 utc then talk, very poor

774 Japan pips and chime at 1300 utc then talk, very poor/poor

873 Japan assumed, 1327 utc talk very poor

927 Japan chime at 1300 utc faint

945 unknown 1324 utc talk very poor

972 S Korea pop music/rap 1255 utc very poor/poor

1116 unknown, chime at 1300 utc, but "C" note, not usual "A" note. faint

1134 Japan chime at 1300 utc, faint. (not network)

1179 Japan chime at 1300 utc, faint

1188 Japan chime at 1300 utc, faint

1242 Japan assumed, 1320 talk very poor

1314 Japan chime at 1300 utc then talk (not  network)

1521 Japan chime at 1300 utc, only 1 kW stations listed for Japan!

1566 S Korea HLAZ 1231 first heard, reaching poor/weak at times (sync 
det lock) 1330, fading after 1345 utc


1575 unknown, faint audio 1259 utc

Steve AA7U

near Sahuarita AZ

R75; FDM S2 recording; west DKAZ + FLG100 preamp

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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, September 29-October 6, 2017

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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 00-04 UT eriod 
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. FRG-7 is no longer in use.

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/page62
[over 251,000 views! as of September 28, 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. 660, Oct 6 at 1234 UT, ``The Answer`` local weather, traffic break, 
and back to talk show, with hiccups/glitches every couple seconds in the 
modulation, not the carrier: KSKY, 20/0.7 kW U4 from Balch Springs TX, address 
in Irving, and long known as a Dallas station within The Metroplex. Must be 
claim to fame of ugly-named Balch Springs which is ESE downtown Dallas next to 
Mesquite, but B.S. claims 24K inhabitants itself. With a neat call like KSKY, 
why downplay it for kooky slogan, also in some other markets, related far-right 
stations? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
 
** U S A. UNIDENTIFIED. 1010, Sunday October 1 around 1237 UT, preacher in 
Spanish with somewhat strange accent, but not exactly gringo. Loops E/W or 
slightly counterclockwise. #1 suspect is KXXT Tolleson AZ (Phœnix market), 
Family Values Radio, 15000/250 watts U5. Official FCC October sunrise is not 
until 1330 UT. Day pattern is circle tangent eastward, good for us. Schedule is 
overwhelmingly in English, but the daily lineup has lots of gaps including now:
http://familyvaluesradio1010.com/programguidedaily/
There is a `Conexión Cristiana` at unknown time, and even a woman holding up a 
Brazilian flag, so could emit some Brazuguese too (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX 
LISTENING DIGEST)

This would explain my unID: I had thought of KTNZ, my nearest 1010 to the west, 
but could not find any update of format change for it from stupid ballgame talk 
on ESPN en inglés; from Neil Kazaross, IL, Oct 3, in IRCA, et al.: 

``KTNZ 1010 Amarillo now Spanish Religion --- I've heard their calls followed 
by Radio Católica Mundial slogans the past couple days at sunrise. This is EWTN 
Spanish. 73 KAZ Barrington IL`` (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Thanks! I was just about to ask who was running that format. They're all over 
my Border Inn recordings and KTNZ has always been a pest there so I should have 
guessed. Unfortunately, ever since EWTN revamped their web site a year or two 
ago they've been failing to update their list of Spanish affiliates.

I wonder what this means for KICA-980 [Clovis NM] which had been simulcasting 
KTNZ's ESPN until sometime in the past year. I suspect KICA must be in very bad 
shape. I've never heard them from the Border Inn despite having many wires 
aimed at them which picked up KCLV-1240
and lots of small Texans in the same direction (Tim Sent from my BlackBerry 10 
smartphone Hall, CA, ABDX via DXLD)

** U S A. 1080, October 2 at 0235 UT, KRLD Dallas TX ending CBS TV `60 Minutes` 
segment I saw earlier about the Webb space telescope (lacking stunning 
visuals!); 5 minutes of local radio ads; 0240 UT resume next 60M story about a 
millionaire teen soccer star, in this crazy world of ours. Anyhow, CBS-owned 
radio station is playing audio track of the TV show at 0200 UT Mondays, 3 hours 
after nominal original telecast (but which was delayed a semihour due to a 
different stupid ballgame). IIRC some CBS radio stations used to run this 
closer to original airtime 6 pm CT Sundays (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

** U S A. 1520, October 1 at 1240 UT, immediately upon tune-in, KYND ID, and no 
KOKC modulation, dead air there making usual slow SAH. Turns out that KYND is 
running a 73-second loop over and over trying to promote some business. The 
points made include, summarizing, not verbatim: if you want to get your program 
widely heard in the #6 radio market, phone Joel Turner(?) 281-373-1520. Check 
the coverage map at Radio Locator. 25000 watts. Subject to FCC limitations. 
Cypress-Houston. 

At 1255 UT some CCI from a third station. At 1301 UT, KOKC has started 
modulating with news, CBS? Never heard that mentioned. 1305 UT dead air. 1306 
UT talk show starts, beginning with morning-wake-up bugle call, 

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, September 29-October 6, 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 
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/page62
[over 251,000 views! as of October 6, 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. I am no longer using the 
FRG-7 so remove it from my equipment list

UNIDENTIFIED. 860, Sept 29 at 1221 UT, Mexican music, ID over it as ``La 
Compera`` or something like that; DF from WSW/ENE which could put it in the US 
rather than Mexico. KNAI Phoenix? That`s Radio Campesina, and this word has 
only three syllables. At 1224 UT definite TC for 5:24 am = UT -7 zone, which 
means it has to be AZ, Sonora or BCN, as there are no such stations in CA or 
NV, and ``La Contrera`` (?), plug for Mexico City earthquake aid. 

Sonora`s 860 is XEHX Ciudad Obregón, which is widely shown to be ``La Mia``. 
BCN`s is XEMO Tijuana, ``La Poderosa``. So have any of these changed name? 
(There is/was a La Campera on 1320 in Ciudad Jiménez, Chihuahua, XEJZ.) 
Initially atop KKOW KS, making 2.7 Hz SAH, and losing out to its weekdaily 
polka/birthday spot at 1226 UT (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

I'm not sure what you had here on 860, Glenn, but XEHX is confirmed to be off, 
per Facebook and I find no changes for XEMO or KNAI. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, 
ABDX via DXLD)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search September 29 at 1209-1217, a 
few minutes before sunrise here, all from WSW, u.o.s: 774, 702, 828, 891, 
1098-west, 1548 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, October 6 at 1226-1231 UT: 
828 (2 carriers?), 882, 1035, 1512 from WSW; 1098 west; 1566-NW. Sunrise here: 
1231 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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Re: [IRCA] Eclipse QSL

[Mike Sanburn]

Congratulation on the Eclipse QSL's! 'Hope the third one comes soon.


Mike Sanburn



From: IRCA  on behalf of James Renfrew 

Sent: Friday, October 6, 2017 6:29 AM
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Subject: [IRCA] Eclipse QSL

Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY

I sent out three August 21 Eclipse QSL requests.  I got a response from
WRAK 1400 Williamsport PA, and yesterday from WKST 1200 New Castle PA.
Still waiting for WJZ 1300 Baltimore MD.  WKST 's signature is illegible,
but the title is CE.
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[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Friday, October 06, 2013 Kalama, WA

[Dennis Vroom via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---

Listened from 1245-1430 utc. Asian signals dominated until 30 minutes before 
sunrise when the DU's took over. Exception was JOUB 774 with good signal at 
1419 utc. 

529  ALASKA, KQA-59 Level Island, 10/06 1323 weak with aviation weather 
forecast.

594  JAPAN JOAK Tokyo NHK1 10/06 1245 very weak briefly with woman in JJ. Weak 
@ 1324.

657  NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, Star 10/06 1402 fair briefly, assuming Star with 
news.

666  AUSTRALIA, 2CN ABC Canberra 10/06 1410 assuming 2CN with very weak DU 
English.

693  JAPAN, JOAB, Tokyo, NHK2 10/06 1359 fair with splatter. One single chime 
TOH.

738  NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, Magic 10/06 weak, assuming the station as 
programming that did not match ABC live stream. Talk followed by music. 
774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 10/06 1251 fair signal with EE lessons. Good @ 
1419.

828  JAPAN, JOBB, Osaka, NHK2 10/06 1253 weak with EE lessons. //774 JOAK.

873  JAPAN, JOGB Kumamoto, NHK 2 10/06 1309 weak with woman n JJ.  

972  REP KOREA, Dangjin, HLCA 10/06 1306 fair woman/man in KK. KUFO splatter.

1017  Tonga, A3Z Nuku'alofa Radio 1 10/06 assuming Tonga with poor signal. 
Woman speaker.

1134  UNKNOWN 10/06 1427 very weak with EE talk followed by music. 
1566 REP OF KOREA, HLAZ, Jeju, 10/06 1259 poor with woman speaker.



 Best regards,

Dennis  Vroom, 
Kalama, WA
JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B
NW ewe 310°
Long wire 339'
Random wire 380'
Solar Indices SF=85 A=7 K=2

Local Sunrise 1417 UTC

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[IRCA] Eclipse QSL

[James Renfrew]

Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY

I sent out three August 21 Eclipse QSL requests.  I got a response from
WRAK 1400 Williamsport PA, and yesterday from WKST 1200 New Castle PA.
Still waiting for WJZ 1300 Baltimore MD.  WKST 's signature is illegible,
but the title is CE.
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Re: [IRCA] Great catch from the Border Inn - XETLA-930 Tlaxiaco OAX!

[Rick Dau]

Annual DXpedition?  Gosh, Tim, I thought you went there several times a year.  
I know what a great DXing environment that's been for you.



A week from tomorrow, Ernie Wesolowski and I are headed up to Spirit Lake (my 
old stomping grounds, from May 1995 - July 1996) in northwest Iowa's Okoboji 
region for a 3-day DXing vacation.  Among other things, I hope to do a more 
thorough daytime bandscan (one that I did from nearby Arnolds Park in April 
1989 on the radio in my 1977 Ford LTD turned up 82 stations, and I KNOW more 
than that are audible from the Iowa Great Lakes on any given day).  Also hope 
to do lots of FM DXing -- the Okoboji area is situated on nearly the highest 
point in Iowa, elevation-wise, and the landscape is almost entirely 
pancake-flat for miles around, so FM signals travel a great distance.  As I 
recall, many Sioux Falls FMs, 80-some miles distant, are like locals.



73,

Rick Dau

South Omaha, Nebraska


From: a...@yahoogroups.com  on behalf of Tim Hall 
timha...@gmail.com [ABDX] 
Sent: Friday, October 6, 2017 6:35 AM
To: ABDX; Friends - Neil Kazaross; Friends - Ron Schiller; Mark Durenberger; 
Don Perkins
Subject: [ABDX] Great catch from the Border Inn - XETLA-930 Tlaxiaco OAX! [1 
Attachment]



I'm reviewing my recordings from my annual Border Inn DXpedition (US 6/50 at 
the Nevada-Utah border).  On my last morning there (10/2) the conditions to 
Mexico finally improved.

At 1101:40 UT on 930 kHz, mixing with KIUP, KAFF, and an unidentified Spanish 
station (most likely KAPR), I heard a very unusual version of the Mexican 
national anthem, sung by little children accompanied by a school band.  I 
eventually realized they were singing in a native language.

This turns out to be the indigenous station XETLA-930 in Santa Maria Asuncion 
Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, a 5kW daytimer.  I got up at 4am this morning to listen to 
XETLA's webstream, and sure enough, there was the anthem I heard.

This might be the first time I have heard Oaxaca from anywhere.

I think others may be able to hear this station, so I'm attaching a long audio 
clip from their webstream.  Note this morning they turned the transmitter on 
around 1058 (based on OC sound suddenly appearing on webstream) but didn't get 
around to signing on until just after 1104 UT.  This is not unusual for Mexican 
stations.

This presumably would have been even easier if KIUP-CO hadn't recently returned 
to the air.  BTW I'm fairly confident that XETLA is the only Mexican station 
left on 930 that hasn't migrated to FM.

73 Tim

Webstream URL:  http://www.cdi.gob.mx/ecosgobmx/xetla.php
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Re: [IRCA] Iceland

[Mauno Ritola]

Sorry for the typo, should have been 1 kW. Thanks to Bernd Trutenau for 
the correction.


Mauno


Mauno Ritola kirjoitti 23.7.2017 klo 18:04:

Yes, they are on, but just with 10 kW.

Mauno

James Renfrew kirjoitti 20.7.2017 klo 20:00:
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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