[IRCA] TP 8 Feb Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

A continuing general lack of excitement, only audio beyond the 
regulars was on 1098, maybe Chinese, still unidentified. Still, 
perhaps a touch better than yesterday?


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


972 HLCA emotional male vocal briefly peaking at 1512UT, after man in 
Korean a little earlier, and  somewhat weaker





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


828 JOBB man in Portuguese 1443UT //774
1566 HLAZ female vocal 1529UT, man in Chinese




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



1593 CNR1 man in Chinese 1526UT




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 JOAK, never much more than mumbling on this one, but pips crept 
through at 1500UT

693 JOAB man talking //774 1452UT
774 JOUB never amounting to much, noted //828 1442UT and to 693 noted above
1098 man talking, Chinese intonation 1545UT


Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or 
ravaged by splatter)
 747 1098 1116 1134 1242  1278  1314 1323 1359 1386 1422  1458 
1557  seemed to be Asian;

   1017 1098 1548 seemed to be DU



best wishes,

Nick








Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Gary DeBock]

I was a casual BCB DXer from 1961 (age 8) to 1966 (age 13) with a pocket 
transistor, but really became hooked from 1967-69 as a teenager living in 
Iwakuni, Japan. There were lots of interesting stations that no longer exist 
(AFVN-Armed Forces Vietnam Network, KSBK (?) in Okinawa, and my local 1580-FEN 
(Far East Network, in Iwakuni). In 1971 I joined the Navy, and chased MW-DX on 
portables like the Sony TR-6400 around the world (Mayport, FL, Pearl Harbor, HI 
and Yokosuka, Japan).

>From 1982-2007 I was an amateur radio CW-QRP fanatic, working 144 countries 
>with the 2 watt Heathkit HW-8 and 50' tower. In 2007 it seemed to me that the 
>amateur radio QRP concept (i.e. that a skilled operator can work wonders with 
>basic equipment) could be successfully applied to the MW-DXing hobby-- which 
>turned out to be the concept that ultimately kicked off the Ultralight radio 
>boom.

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Martin Foltz]

I started with MW DX and SWBC DX in about 1972. Then Utility DX in 1974 for a 
couple years. Even a little FM DX in the mid-70's. Not much SWBC DX since 
moving to CA in 1984. Now I split my time between MW DX and Utility DX and 
occasionally listen for 10 meter ham beacons.

Martin Foltz
Mission Viejo CA

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> over the years ?
> 
> 
> I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early 
> twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to 
> log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[R. Colin Newell]

1971: Sister brings home BF who is in Navy.
He goes on deployment leaving her his 5-Band portable radio while he’s away.

I switch it on hearing WWV for first time and a myriad of strange sounds, 
randomly fading signals and noises. 

Boom! I’m addicted. 

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
 Ham radio - VA7WWV 

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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Patrick Martin]

I started in 1962 , as I knew nothing about it, picking up my first radio off a 
garbage rack on my way home from school. I was 13. My mother would not let me 
plug it in until my father got home. We plugged it in and i turned it on, 
catching the Anchorage AK stations from Seward (KENI-550, KHAR-590, KFQD-730, 
and KBYR-1270), plus our local at the time, KIBH-1340 (250w). The radio was a 
Zenith that had a fold down cover, a smaller version of the Oceanic. It was 
sensitive as all Zenith's were. Heard WA/OR/CA stations after dark. Later on 
about 1965 I started to hear some SW and even FM. I guess I started with MW, 
rather than SW. My first QSL'd from Feb 65 were KFBK 1530 and KPAY 1060.


Patrick


Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager



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Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.


How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB over 
the years ?


I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early 
twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to 
log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id
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[IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

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MW since about 1959-1960 fairly consistently with some short periods of 
inactivity.  Joined NRC around 1972-1973 and IRCA about a year later.

SW main activity 1962-1967, some dabbling after that.

Most active ham operating period 1967-1975.

The "rest of the story" (as Paul Harvey used to say) ...
http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/wa1ion_history.htm

Mark Connelly, WA1ION
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Re: [IRCA] S. AZ Thurs. eve. LWBC, and some MW hets

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Things are a little quieter than they have been up Victoria way, Steve.

No audio here either.   Not yet.  (said he hopefully)


best wishes,

Nick


At 03:15 2018-02-09, Steve Ratzlaff wrote:
Haven't been doing much radio lately but seeing reports of evening 
TA activity prompted to turn the radio on. Excellent LWBC a little 
earlier; lots of weak to medium MW hets as well but couldn't get any 
audio from those.


171 Morocco medium, 183 Germany poor/weak; 189 Iceland very poor; 
198 England weak; 252 Algeria medium between 0212-0235 utc.


Many MW lo/mid band hets; only a few very poor upper band hets same timeframe.

Steve AA7U

near Sahuarita, AZ

R75; E/W longwire for LWBC; N/S longwire for TA MW

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[IRCA] S. AZ Thurs. eve. LWBC, and some MW hets

[Steve Ratzlaff]

Haven't been doing much radio lately but seeing reports of evening TA 
activity prompted to turn the radio on. Excellent LWBC a little earlier; 
lots of weak to medium MW hets as well but couldn't get any audio from 
those.


171 Morocco medium, 183 Germany poor/weak; 189 Iceland very poor; 198 
England weak; 252 Algeria medium between 0212-0235 utc.


Many MW lo/mid band hets; only a few very poor upper band hets same 
timeframe.


Steve AA7U

near Sahuarita, AZ

R75; E/W longwire for LWBC; N/S longwire for TA MW

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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[billy brooks]

I started dx'ing when I was 11yrs.old in  1963  using an old hallicrafters
s-38e. began with sw and recall getting my first qsl from HCJB "voice of the
andes". Did not find
Sw very interesting due to being overshadowed by my big bro. and his buddy
who still lives down the street and still dx's! they dx'd in the late '50's
when MW was quiet with
Relatively few stations. i logged about a 100 stations, notably kfi, and
ksl. Also a couple of 1kw stations in the west. By 1966 I discovered girls
and the radio, now a knight r-100a went silent.  Sold it for a 1968 sony
8-track recorder.  I did not return to the hobby until I built my house in
2006. Bought a drake r8a and started dx'ing once more. My Logs are ho-hum
mainly due to my lazy attitude. Still love the hobby especially in the
summer, dreaming of the upcoming dx season.  But something always gets
in the way! I have 1st class equip. but there is no substitute for time at
the dials!! My current shack is surrounded by glass and I can see WANB-1210
out my window.

Bill brooks   [ drake r8a wellbrook ala 1530 lnp ]
Waynesburg, pa usa


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Russ,

For me, I started out DXing SW when I was a teen living in Australia on June
29 1975, my first logging was Radio Nederland broadcasting to the Pacific
region with the "Happy Station", then followed by Radio Canada
International.
Later in 1975, I was sharing pretty much equal time between SW and Broadcast
Dxing.
Now a days, it's pretty much Broadcast DXing, more of a challenge 

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Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2018 2:28 PM
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Subject: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.


How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB
over the years ?


I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early
twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to
log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA]

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Russ-
 
My story is just about identical to yours.  Started with MW at age 12, dabbled 
in SW in teens, then back to MW.
 

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

 
 
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Sent: Thu, Feb 8, 2018 3:28 pm
Subject: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.


How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB over 
the years ?


I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early 
twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to 
log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[James Niven]

Russ,

For me, I started out DXing SW when I was a teen living in Australia on June
29 1975, my first logging was Radio Nederland broadcasting to the Pacific
region with the "Happy Station", then followed by Radio Canada
International.
Later in 1975, I was sharing pretty much equal time between SW and Broadcast
Dxing.
Now a days, it's pretty much Broadcast DXing, more of a challenge 

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Subject: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.


How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB
over the years ?


I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early
twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to
log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id
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[IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Phil Bytheway via IRCA]

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I entered a contest in Jr High to see how far I could hear on the AM band. The 
fellow running the contest informed me that I could write stations and get 
verification. So I did. I wrote to KOB and was recruited by IRCA. I wound up 
receiving "DX Monitor" by 3rd class mail (I think).

I did some SW listening afterwards but found AM more interesting. I seem to 
recall getting on Radio Havana Cuba's mailing list... but I don't recall every 
verifying any other SW stations.

Phil Bytheway
IRCA's "DX Monitor" Editor-in-Chief
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[David Faulkner via IRCA]

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Hi All:
BCB, pretty much exclusively from about seventh grade on. I was interested in 
Ham radio but never had the money to invest. When my friend Chris, who was a 
ham operator, moved away one of the things that drew me and Bruce Heimburger 
together was an interest in BCB DX. Bruce did more SW than I did, but all I had 
was one of those old multi-band tube radios. But even after I bought Chris's 
old Lafayette allband rx I didn't pay much attention to SW.
What I want to know is how Jim Renfrew DXes FM where he lives. When I lived 
just down the road in Barre Center, I got good signals out of almost every FM 
from Buffalo north to Barre, Ontario, then across to Kingston and across Lake 
Ontario to Sodus, New York. That meant there was a signal on almost every 
channel, and I note that at least three new signals have been added since.
73David FaulknerAlbany, Ohio
 

On Thursday, February 8, 2018 4:15 PM, Keith McGinnis 
 wrote:
 

 SW here when I was about 12 years old.  Then a little MW but also a lot of 
police radio listening.  By my 20's I moved on to other things (women, beer, 
music, etc).  It wasn't until my early 40s that I really got back into the 
hobbyand it was SW again that started it off.


Keith

Hingham MA

> On February 8, 2018 at 3:28 PM Russ Edmunds wrote:
> 
> 
>    Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.
> 
> 
>    How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB 
>over the years ?
> 
> 
>    I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and 
>early twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too 
>easy to log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to 
>BCB.
> 
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Keith McGinnis]

SW here when I was about 12 years old.  Then a little MW but also a lot of 
police radio listening.  By my 20's I moved on to other things (women, beer, 
music, etc).  It wasn't until my early 40s that I really got back into the 
hobbyand it was SW again that started it off.


Keith

Hingham MA

> On February 8, 2018 at 3:28 PM Russ Edmunds wrote:
> 
> 
> Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.
> 
> 
> How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB 
> over the years ?
> 
> 
> I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and 
> early twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too 
> easy to log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared 
> to BCB.
> 
> 
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[James Renfrew]

Shortwave first around age 12 or 13,  but quickly followed by MW, much
later LW, FM and TV.  My first MW DX was WHLO 640 on a very whistle-y
Heathkit kit my dad and I built, a GR-100 or something like that.

These days MW and FM are the priority, though I occasional dabble in the
others, particularly if there's a tip circulating about something.

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On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 8:28 PM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:

> Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.
>
>
> How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB
> over the years ?
>
>
> I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and
> early twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too
> easy to log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared
> to BCB.
>
>
> Russ Edmunds
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Dennis Gibson]

BCB first then SW much later.

Sent from my iPad

> On Feb 8, 2018, at 12:28 PM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:
> 
> Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.
> 
> 
> How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB 
> over the years ?
> 
> 
> I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early 
> twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to 
> log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB..
> 
> 
> Russ Edmunds
> 
> WB2BJH
> 
> Blue Bell, PA
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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Stephen Hawkins]

Russ,

I started with BCB as a kid.  Probably about 10 or 11.  Our next door 
neighbor was carrying a LARGE old wooden Philco radio from the 40's out 
to the curb to throw away.  It seems that where they had it stored in 
the attic of a house they were renting, someone had stolen all the tubes 
out it.  He gave it to me and I sat down with a tube substitution book 
and my Dad's box of tubes and was able get it running again.  I think I 
learned to solder replacing a couple of old caps that had dried out.  
Still have it.


Steve NG0G


On 2/8/18 2:28 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote:

Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.


How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB over 
the years ?


I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early 
twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to 
log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

Grid FN20id
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[IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Russ Edmunds]

Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.


How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB over 
the years ?


I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early 
twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to 
log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

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Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Inaugurates 450 kW Transmitter

[Forrester S]

I do know that they do beam to the NNW in the early evening but I do not
know the specific times. There is a dxer in Indiana that had them at a
local like signal for a brief moment a week or two ago.

Todd Skaine
ICOM 7300
Sony ICF 2010
Both hooked up to a Superloop
Toyota car radio

On Feb 8, 2018 12:31 PM, "Bruce Portzer"  wrote:

> I just returned from a Caribbean cruise, where I made a point of checking
> 800 during local evenings.
>
> PJB was local quality near the southeast corner of Cuba at 0210 1/29,
> giving contact info and RTM/Transmundial IDs.  The carrier dropped for 1-2
> seconds a few times as though they were having technical issues.
>
> Further south, the signal was not nearly as strong near the coasts of
> Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.  Near Panama, 800 had a battle between 3
> stations at least once when I checked.
>
> PJB was local quality again near Grand Cayman and the SW corner of Cuba on
> 2/3 and 2/4 respectively (with traces of another station in the
> background).  No carrier drops, so the earlier problem had apparently been
> fixed.  It sure sounded like 450 kw with a directional pattern, being near
> their primary target.
>
> Bruce, now back in Seattle
>
> On 2/6/2018 07:55, Fred Nordquist wrote:
>
>> Been checking AM 800 in early morning hours and so far
>> haven't heard a peep from them here in SE US, just a jumble of low power
>> radio station signals.  Could be their three-pattern radio broadcast
>> transmission system
>> has a null in my direction?
>> Using a Walkman SRF M37V.
>>
>> Just had a visit by a couple who just came back from Bonaire who
>> helped with the upgrade.  Also saw the live streaming of the dedication
>> service.
>>
>> Fred Nordquist - Moncks Corner SC - FM03af.
>>
>>
>> -Original Message- From: B-T-M
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 1:08 AM
>> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Inaugurates 450 kW Transmitter
>>
>> Has anone been able to pick it up in the USA?
>>
>> Does it sound like the old TWR we heard in the 70's and 80's?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> - Original Message - From: "Dennis Gibson" 
>> To: "Mailing List for the International Radio Club of America"
>> 
>> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 1:15 PM
>> Subject: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Inaugurates 450 kW Transmitter
>>
>>
>> http://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/0002/twr-bonaire
>>> -inaugurates-450-kw-transmitter/341123
>>>
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Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Inaugurates 450 kW Transmitter

[Bruce Portzer]

I just returned from a Caribbean cruise, where I made a point of 
checking 800 during local evenings.


PJB was local quality near the southeast corner of Cuba at 0210 1/29, 
giving contact info and RTM/Transmundial IDs.  The carrier dropped for 
1-2 seconds a few times as though they were having technical issues.


Further south, the signal was not nearly as strong near the coasts of 
Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.  Near Panama, 800 had a battle between 
3 stations at least once when I checked.


PJB was local quality again near Grand Cayman and the SW corner of Cuba 
on 2/3 and 2/4 respectively (with traces of another station in the 
background).  No carrier drops, so the earlier problem had apparently 
been fixed.  It sure sounded like 450 kw with a directional pattern, 
being near their primary target.


Bruce, now back in Seattle

On 2/6/2018 07:55, Fred Nordquist wrote:

Been checking AM 800 in early morning hours and so far
haven't heard a peep from them here in SE US, just a jumble of low power
radio station signals.  Could be their three-pattern radio broadcast 
transmission system

has a null in my direction?
Using a Walkman SRF M37V.

Just had a visit by a couple who just came back from Bonaire who
helped with the upgrade.  Also saw the live streaming of the dedication
service.

Fred Nordquist - Moncks Corner SC - FM03af.


-Original Message- From: B-T-M
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2018 1:08 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Inaugurates 450 kW Transmitter

Has anone been able to pick it up in the USA?

Does it sound like the old TWR we heard in the 70's and 80's?

Thanks!


- Original Message - From: "Dennis Gibson" 
To: "Mailing List for the International Radio Club of America"

Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2018 1:15 PM
Subject: [IRCA] TWR Bonaire Inaugurates 450 kW Transmitter


http://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/0002/twr-bonaire-inaugurates-450-kw-transmitter/341123 





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[IRCA] Has anyone recorded WBZ from this morning?

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Did anyone do a recording this morning (8 February) that would have 
included WBZ-1030 at around 1010UT (5:10AM EST)?


If so, please contact me off list.   No prizes or anything, just 
trying to help out another DXer!


best wishes,

Nick


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