Re: [IRCA] Daytime Enhancement
I think 1160 late afternoon is your best bet for Maine, that is if you don't have a local to contend with from there. Maybe early morning would also work. Jim Renfrew. On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 1:00 AM, Martin Foltz wrote: > Interesting. When I DXed from Michigan in the 70's and early 80's I only > heard 2 Vermont stations. WVMT-620, not enough for a report, and WCFR-1480 > on their frequency check. I have a prepared card from WCFR. New England was > always tough. I only heard New Hampshire and Rhode Island once each. When I > visit Michigan next year I'm going to see if I can hear Maine, the only > eastern state I didn't hear back then. Would love to hear a new state. > Martin Foltz > > > From: David Faulkner > > To: Mailing List for the International Radio Club of America > > > > Subject: Daytime Enhancement > > > > Hi All: > > Vermont has always been tough for me. Still haven't logged it here. But > back in the day the 1480 Springfield used to run a regular frequency check, > which made the state a lot easier. > > I didn't discover daytime enhancement until I moved to Ohio. It's helped > me with certain northern Ohio stations, notably the 1560s in Coshocton and > Chardon and the 1540 in Cleveland, all of which were logged at about 10 > a.m. on a winter day. On Friday, 12/15, I logged WOBL, 1320, Oberlin w/cw > mx & two IDs at 1450 EST, but there were already several stations mixing > with it by then. That leaves me with three unheard operating Ohio stations, > WCCD, 100, WPVL, 1460, and WCSM, 1350. Somehow I doubt I'll ever log WCSM > because of WCHI and WTOU. Still, none of those seems as impossible as WJMP, > Kent was, but it's gone so I don't have to count it anymore. > > 73David FaulknerAlbany, OH > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Daytime Enhancement
Interesting. When I DXed from Michigan in the 70's and early 80's I only heard 2 Vermont stations. WVMT-620, not enough for a report, and WCFR-1480 on their frequency check. I have a prepared card from WCFR. New England was always tough. I only heard New Hampshire and Rhode Island once each. When I visit Michigan next year I'm going to see if I can hear Maine, the only eastern state I didn't hear back then. Would love to hear a new state. Martin Foltz > From: David Faulkner > To: Mailing List for the International Radio Club of America > > Subject: Daytime Enhancement > > Hi All: > Vermont has always been tough for me. Still haven't logged it here. But back > in the day the 1480 Springfield used to run a regular frequency check, which > made the state a lot easier. > I didn't discover daytime enhancement until I moved to Ohio. It's helped me > with certain northern Ohio stations, notably the 1560s in Coshocton and > Chardon and the 1540 in Cleveland, all of which were logged at about 10 a.m. > on a winter day. On Friday, 12/15, I logged WOBL, 1320, Oberlin w/cw mx & two > IDs at 1450 EST, but there were already several stations mixing with it by > then. That leaves me with three unheard operating Ohio stations, WCCD, 100, > WPVL, 1460, and WCSM, 1350. Somehow I doubt I'll ever log WCSM because of > WCHI and WTOU. Still, none of those seems as impossible as WJMP, Kent was, > but it's gone so I don't have to count it anymore. > 73David FaulknerAlbany, OH ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 19 Dec Victoria version
The signal strength monitor said that the Asians were jumping prior to about 1300UT. Only problem is that there really wasn't much leading up to sunrise. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): the above passing through not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above passing through 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 man and woman talking 1523UT, likely JOAK per intonation 747 JOIB pips and 1500UT and not much else. 774 likely JOUB with female singing 1456UT, no parallels 1566 woman talking, Chinese intonation 1542UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 567 603 972 1134 1242 1287 1323 1422 1593 seemed to be Asian; nothing seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Daytime Enhancement
--- Begin Message --- Hi All: Vermont has always been tough for me. Still haven't logged it here. But back in the day the 1480 Springfield used to run a regular frequency check, which made the state a lot easier. I didn't discover daytime enhancement until I moved to Ohio. It's helped me with certain northern Ohio stations, notably the 1560s in Coshocton and Chardon and the 1540 in Cleveland, all of which were logged at about 10 a.m. on a winter day. On Friday, 12/15, I logged WOBL, 1320, Oberlin w/cw mx & two IDs at 1450 EST, but there were already several stations mixing with it by then. That leaves me with three unheard operating Ohio stations, WCCD, 100, WPVL, 1460, and WCSM, 1350. Somehow I doubt I'll ever log WCSM because of WCHI and WTOU. Still, none of those seems as impossible as WJMP, Kent was, but it's gone so I don't have to count it anymore. 73David FaulknerAlbany, OH --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Vermont
Quite a ways back I could never get Vermont into my log book from western New York, a situation now remedied with quite a few from that state received. Eventually I got my first Vermont station during mid-day. I can't remember which one, but it may have been the one I just logged at noon on the car radio: WSYB 1380. Of course, at this time of year the short days leave residual enhancement. I also noted 880 and 660 NYC coming in quite well, along with 1330 from there, too.Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 846 Christmas Island booming in at 06:11 UTC
David Ricquish wrote in WRTH Facebook group: "Christmas Island 846 advises power is 10kw." 73, Mauno Neil Kazaross kirjoitti 18.12.2017 klo 17:45: What power is 846 using? Is it 10 kW or could it be more? 73 KAZ On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 4:19 AM, Gary DeBock wrote: Todd, if the remote SDR in Hawaii couldn't get much of a signal from 846-Kiribati last night, its antenna probably needs to be replaced. Gary DeBock (in Kona, Hawaii, where Christmas Island was S7-S9 all evening long) On December 18, 2017 at 1:15 AM Forrester S wrote: Looking at a remote SDR in Hawaii, I can see the signal on it but cant hear much. I so wish I was there, I miss Hawaii. Todd Skaine On Dec 18, 2017 12:55 AM, "R. Colin Newell" wrote: You could weld aluminum with the signal tonight! Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - On Dec 17, 2017, at 10:12 PM, Volodya S wrote: Super powerful, although pretty uninspiring programming (I think it's political). I'm measuring S9 + 5 at 06:11 UTC into Victoria, best on my west directed corner fed loop/FLG 100 LN73,Walt ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] S. AZ TPs December 19--poor
A tiny bit better than yesterday with a couple with barely-audible signals. Sunrise 1420 utc. 774 Japan 1450 utc had the best brief fadeup of talk at very poor level. 1500 utc TOH pips and chime very poor. 1008 Japan? 1402 utc very poor mumbly talk for a few seconds 1556 S Korea 1435 utc very poor male talk Steve AA7U near Sahuarita, AZ R75; west DKAZ + FLG100 preamp ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Kona, Hawaii Ultralight DU's for 12-19
The Asians once again slammed the Pacific island DU's with huge signals from 0830-1030, so apparently this is the usual Kona propagation pattern for December. Japan, Korea and China were all well represented, with several wild and wacky S9+ signals from the likes of 819-Pyongyang, 981-CNR1 and 1440-JOWF. 846 and 1440-Kiribati have delayed their sign off until 1014 the last couple of days, so this may be a new programming change. 1440-Kiribati's sign off was particularly interesting tonight, with JOWF doing its best to hold down the frequency. 621-Tuvalu's garbled audio has become a chronic issue, and no longer seems to be intermittent. Unlike April both of these DU's have trouble holding down their frequencies, and around 1000 Tuvalu's garbled audio was so weak that three different TP's (NHK1, Pyongyang and China) were running all over it, TP mixes were all over the band, with Japan, North Korea and China fighting it out. Recordings have been made of all these mixes but there 's no time currently to write up a detailed report and post them. The full report will need to wait until return to Puyallup, I'm afraid. In any case I'll post this one wacky recording of 819-Pyongyang KCBS at 1035 tonight (dedicated to Chris Kadlec), with bizarre female doo-wop music loud enough to wake up the dead https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xd18go0080a8xgnku4fcwf3ug2mcaws0 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Kona, Hawaii) 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
