[IRCA] TP 9 Feb Victoria version

[Nick Hall-Patch]

As mentioned, there was quite a confusing opening starting at 
1520UT.   Signals would fade up quickly to barely audible and then 
disappear again.   So lots of carriers heard with traces of audio, 
but also several CNR1 signals dug out by aid of parallels




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


972 HLCA  two men in Korean 1535UT was better than anything earlier
1566 HLAZ man in Chinese 1530UT




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


828 JOBB woman in Portuguese 1447UT; noted //774 earlier





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


774 JOUB woman in Portuguese 1442UT; //828 a moment earlier
1593 CNR1 man in Chinese //6125 1537UT




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)


567 man talking, Japanese intonation 1526UT
612 man talking DU English intonation 1526UT
603 man talking, maybe Chinese? but also music; just a mess 1518UT
639 CNR1 man talking //6125 1527UT
945 CNR1 man talking //1593 1537UT
1314 woman talking, Japanese intonation 1517UT
1323 female vocal 1519UT followed by man and woman talking, couldn't 
really tell if was Russian as quite murky

1377 CNR1 man talking //639 1521UT

Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or 
ravaged by splatter)
 558 594 747  864 891 918 936 1089 1107 1134 1143 1179 1188 1206 
1242  1269 1278   1359 1386 1422  1431 1458  1494 1503 1557  1575 
seemed to be Asian;

 846 891 1017 1098 seemed to be DU



best wishes,

Nick








Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada  


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Re: [IRCA] Feb 9, 2018 Morning TP's

[Nick Hall-Patch]

I don't know Gary.   That was a pretty strong reception of HLCA by 
Victoria standards.   I recall that you heard Asians pretty well when 
you listened regularly for them, and that you usually heard Chinese 
and Koreans better than I hear them in Victoria.There's this big 
block of stone called Vancouver Island that might just attenuate the 
signal on its final approach to my antenna.   Puget Sound may be preferable,hi.



best wishes,


Nick


At 01:22 2018-02-10, Gary DeBock wrote:

Hi Guys,

During antenna testing this morning I had an unattended 8" FSL set 
up to record 972-HLCA throughout the sunrise period, and it came up 
with some fairly strong Korean female vocal music at 1512 UTC. I 
don't know what the signal was like in Victoria, but this mediocre 
location sometimes does seem to have an edge in Korean reception 
(although lackluster in comparison for practically everything else) 
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/4m87h55kekjo5geep9rk7nd08bv5l6a3


Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

> On February 9, 2018 at 9:09 AM Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
>
>
> There seemed to be a boost around 1520UT for about 10 or 15 minutes,
> and there was mostly quite sharp changes in signal strength; very erratic.
>
> Full report later.
>
>
>
>
> At 16:41 2018-02-09, R. Colin Newell wrote:
> >Hall-Patch fish barrel lit up at 1500 UTC.
> >
> >I got out of the shower at 1515 and took a look -
> >
> >The NRD525 revealed quite a few audio and lots of hets upper band.
> >As Nick has suggested, a KAZ antenna will be better than an end-fed Ham
> >80-10 non directional.
> >
> >Audio: 774, 1566, 1575
> >
> >Great carriers - 891, 1323... and likely more.
> >
> >And I always have more VACTROL sets to test!
> >
> >Receiver NRC - NRD525
> >Antenna - 80-10 End-fed.
> >
> >
> >--
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> > and DXer.ca  -
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[IRCA] Kona, Hawaii DXpedition-- Extended TP-DX Mix Recordings

[Gary DeBock]

 During December's trip to the west coast of the Big Island the TP-DX 
propagation was radically different from the watered-down version currently 
being tolerated on the west coast. Instead of a few Asian big guns reaching 
modest audio each morning there were wild DU-TP snarls every evening, along 
with intense frequency fights between Asian co-channels on several frequencies.

 Linked below are several extended mix recordings that were the most 
memorable for the trip, all featuring two transoceanic stations fighting it out 
at potent levels. If anyone is feeling bored with his MW-DXing hobby, I would 
strongly recommend a trip to Hawaii as the ultimate, permanent cure!


1)  1440-Kiribati Vs. JOWF (Sapporo, Japan)  These two stations were 
equal-strength competitors from around 0800 UTC until Kiribati's sign off at 
1007, carrying on a running battle for supremacy each evening. On December 19th 
Kiribati switched its sign off time from 0936 to 1007, resulting in an 11 
minute recording of the frequency fight (without a Kiribati sign off) starting 
off at 0931  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9eg4ip5jb5pvqsm6m5l1i0e5b05cs8gw

2)  621-Tuvalu Vs. China (Heilongjiang?)  The pesky Chinese station was a major 
problem for the exotic DU after 0800 UTC  each evening, but North Korea's 
Japanese service was almost equally troublesome. As if that weren't enough 
Tuvalu came down with a distorted audio issue on December 18th, which continued 
until I left. In this 8-minute recording China plasters the distorted Tuvalu 
sign off routine at 1003 on 12-18, but Tuvalu manages to get the (garbled) 
National Anthem out by itself. China quickly reclaims the frequency after 
Tuvalu's sign off  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/msy64393v8ty1qxq6hi8kixflb32beqx

3)  819-KCBS (Pyongyang)  Vs. South Korean Jammer   The North Korean "flagship" 
station's ancient music gets pestered by the South's "Beehive" Jammer at 0921 
UTC on 12-19. The jammer is apparently a low-powered transmitter designed to 
cover only the Seoul metropolitan area, but its range included Kona, Hawaii on 
most evenings  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/luw8m6wabvlj4y6seylzwpx18vfavmw3

4)  1593-CNR1 (Changzhou, China) Vs NHK2 Synchros  Despite running 600 kW the 
Chinese station could never quite put away the pesky Japanese 10 kW duo. In 
this typical recording at 1003 on 12-20 CNR1 builds up some potent strength but 
the NHK2 English lessons never go away  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/m8ob9bccityvus66cdv4jlwbr0bbfrcw

5)  909 Mix (All UnID)  One of many potent "mystery mixes" from the Kona trip, 
this recording at 0956 on 12-18 features multiple Chinese voices, including  
various children chanting at an S9 level for the last two minutes-- maybe CNR6 
and others?  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/3f746ufu3x0gjiwe2fi05j2jo3pkav4d


73 and Good DX,

Gary DeBock (DXing in Kona, Hawaii with a 7.5 inch loopstick C.Crane Skywave 
Ultralight + 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna  
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Re: [IRCA] 1710 mystery station

[Stan Horzepa]

Thank you for the info, Marc.

73,

Stan, WA1LOU

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[IRCA] S. AZ LWBC Fri nite

[Steve Ratzlaff]

LWBC doing a little better here this early evening. 171 Morocco, 183 
Germany, 198 England, 252 Algeria all weak or better along with sync det 
on all at 0151 utc. 1089 with occasional bits of audio. Other MW hets 
531, 909, 963, 1044, 1053, 1116, 1215 (very strong local on 1210), 1422, 
1575.


Steve

near Sahuarita, AZ

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

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Re: [IRCA] Feb 9, 2018 Morning TP's

[Gary DeBock]

Hi Guys,

During antenna testing this morning I had an unattended 8" FSL set up to record 
972-HLCA throughout the sunrise period, and it came up with some fairly strong 
Korean female vocal music at 1512 UTC. I don't know what the signal was like in 
Victoria, but this mediocre location sometimes does seem to have an edge in 
Korean reception (although lackluster in comparison for practically everything 
else) https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/4m87h55kekjo5geep9rk7nd08bv5l6a3

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

> On February 9, 2018 at 9:09 AM Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
>
>
> There seemed to be a boost around 1520UT for about 10 or 15 minutes,
> and there was mostly quite sharp changes in signal strength; very erratic.
>
> Full report later.
>
>
>
>
> At 16:41 2018-02-09, R. Colin Newell wrote:
> >Hall-Patch fish barrel lit up at 1500 UTC.
> >
> >I got out of the shower at 1515 and took a look -
> >
> >The NRD525 revealed quite a few audio and lots of hets upper band.
> >As Nick has suggested, a KAZ antenna will be better than an end-fed Ham
> >80-10 non directional.
> >
> >Audio: 774, 1566, 1575
> >
> >Great carriers - 891, 1323... and likely more.
> >
> >And I always have more VACTROL sets to test!
> >
> >Receiver NRC - NRD525
> >Antenna - 80-10 End-fed.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com
> > and DXer.ca  -
> >VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada
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[IRCA] 1710 mystery station

[Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---

Stan-
 
FYI, this station has also been heard by a friend of mine in Newington, CT.  
All he hears is music, no announcements.  He hears it at night.  I'm not sure 
if he has checked during the day.
 

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

 
 
-Original Message-
From: Stan Horzepa 
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 

Sent: Fri, Feb 9, 2018 2:32 pm
Subject: [IRCA] 1710 mystery station

We lost power here for about 30 minutes this afternoon, so what did I 
do? Chop wood for the fireplace? No, I got on the radio!

Logged six new navigational beacons on LW and then I moved over to the 
AM band and heard a mystery station on 1710. All I heard was Spanish 
music - no voice - so no station identification. Station was stronger on 
my vertical antenna as compared to my 80-meter inverted Vee. At times, 
the Hudson County (NJ) TIS competed with the Spanish music station on 
both antennas. And as soon as power was restored, the station 
disappeared into the noise.

I have heard this station occasionally at dusk, but have had no luck 
identifying it.

Anyone have a clue?

73,

Stan, WA1LOU
Wolcott, CT, USA

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[IRCA] Oklahoma LWBC 2/10/18

[Richard N. Allen]

Presently hearing the BBC on 198 kHz here.  The signal is barely audible to 
poor.  

All other frequencies are sillent.

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

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[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, February 3-9, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
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/page66
[over 281,000 views! as of February 9, 2018]

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

** OKLAHOMA. 530, Feb 8 at 2005-2010+ UT, I monitor our local station which I 
have not bothered to log for a long time. Incredibly boring program of a few 
PSAs played over and over, viz.:

1, Lock your doors and windows, trim bushes, get an alarm to discourage 
burglaries: from ncpc.org and US DOJ = National Crime Prevention Council (if 
Drumpf hasn`t eliminated it yet)
2, Teach children to beware of internet, ncpc.org, USDOJ, Ad Council
3, Discouraging sending nude pictures of yourself lest your dad see you 
topless, www.cybertipline.com, DOJ; really salacious-sounding
4, Are you an embarrassment on the dance floor? Then consider adopting a child 
from foster care, 888-200-4005, HHS and Ad Council [non sequitur]
5, (kid voice), Asthma attack prevention, www.noattack.org, 1-866-noattacks, 
EPA, Ad Council. 1-866-noattac is sufficient!

After 5 minutes they start repeating, as reconfirmed Feb 9 at 1705-1710+ UT. An 
amateur ID with heavy background noise interrupts one of them but not always at 
the same spot, ``Enid, Oklahoma, you are listening to K-530-AM, operated by 
Vance Air Force Base``.

There used to be a bunch of other PSAs, which may or may not appear at 
different hourparts, such as what to do when a hurricane hits (Enid!?)

You may notice that the subjects of these helpful advisories have nothing to do 
with the USAF or anything military. K530AM presumably exists to deal with 
genuine emergencies such as a plane crash or terrorist attack, but I have my 
doubts. There is also an electronic sign on a street approaching the base 
advising of its existence. It`s generally audible on caradios around Enid, but 
unfortunately happens to be 430 kHz away from 960, which is 430 kHz away from 
1390, our two local broadcast stations, a mixing product which gets boosted 
under powerlines even near Vance.

K530AM is obviously a made-up call. I can`t think of any DX loggings of this, 
presumably circa 10 watts. Richard Allen nearby cannot help but have heard it, 
but I am unaware if the few other Okie DXers in Tulsa, Shawnee or Hooker have 
ever reported it. Like any other 10-watt TIS/HAR station it`s barely possible 
to DX by skywave. A few miles away, it can`t overcome ordinary household noise 
level, and at night it is easily nullable to get Cuba. I believe I have heard 
it on the road close to NW OKC. 

I am reminded to draw attention to K530AM, since looking at seemingly 
exhaustive list of TIS/HAR and ordinary broadcasters on 530 at:
http://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=3&kHz=530
we see it does NOT exist! In OK there are only two, in OKC, WNWU499 with no 
further info. And WPTZ990 on MLK Drive (neither of which I have heard on 
visits). Listings are in order by callsign, not location, so you have to search 
on ``OK``.

Yet I am credited as one of the sources, and have reported K530AM a number of 
times in past. The fact that it is not in an FCC database, as under USG/DOD 
military control, should not make any difference. So please add it to the list! 

Northward from here, there is a Kansas Turnpike Authority station near South 
Haven on 530, which relays Wichita NOAA Weatherradio, and I have also reported, 
but nothing from Kansas on 530 is listed either. There are a few others further 
up the Turnpike (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

==

** U S A. 1710, Feb 8 at 0611 UT, seems Spanish talk, then soft song; 0651 UT 
screaming gospel huxter, so Retén lo que Tienes, persistent Bâton Rouge pirate 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)



UNIDENTIFIED. 1710+, Feb 7 at 0709 UT, two very weak carriers here, one very 
slightly on hi side, like 1710.002, the other further up, like 1710.025, one 
with JBA music, from a couple of pirates (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, February 3-9, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

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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
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And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individuals and 
publications in DX LISTENING DIGEST:
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access:
http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?6543-MW-DX-from-Enid-OK-by-Glenn-Hauser/page66
[over 281,000 views! as of February 2, 2018]

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.

** BONAIRE [and non]. 800, Feb 3 at 0126 UT, nulling KQCV OKC from the SSE, I 
would normally hear CKLW, but even at that angle, Spanish is atop it, mentions 
La Habana and dios, so likely PJB. XEROK originally would be dominant, but has 
receded into QRP and hardly hear it any more --- maybe around sunrise. SAH of 
about 40/minute = 0.67 Hz, not clear between which two of the three or four. MW 
Offset list shows:

http://www.mwlist.org/mwoffset.php?khz=800
799.9983 BES PJB Shine 800 AM (Trans World Radio) (Kralendijk) 
 [-799.999] 2017-12-30 
799.9985 MEX XEROK-AM Radio Cañón (Ciudad Juárez) [799.9985-800.0002]  
 2017-09-12 
799. USA KQCV (Oklahoma City, OK) 2018-01-23 
800.0015 CAN CKLW (Windsor, ON) [799.998-] 2014-01-03 

Plenty of other LA stations now must cope with the superpower Bonairean: WRTH 
shows 7 other Mexicans on 800; also one each: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, 
Honduras (2), Nicaragua, Panamá, El Salvador. There are also Colombians, 
Ecuadorians, deeper South Americans, but no Venezuelans (Glenn Hauser, OK, 
WORLD OF RADIO 1916, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Checked 3 SDR remotes in central Florida, Detroit Michigan and Rochester NY in 
04-05 UT slot on Febr 3.
799.916 poor and tiny
799.972
799.9965
799.998
799.9995 strongest in Florida noted as Spanish language at 0410 UT
800.002, which is an Ontarion CAN one, many mentions on Ontario matter, 
strongest in Detroit S=9+50dB CKLW ?
800.008
800.0145
73 wb df5sx (Wolfgang Büschel, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Wolfi, Glenn, I see some carping in the latest WWDXC regarding the recently 
implemented new antenna and transmit power of TWR Bonaire.

I have attached the internationally notified information regarding the Bonaire 
800 kHz operation, which predates the RJ-81 Agreement.  This datasheet is from 
the ITU RJ-81 database as of half an hour ago.
[unfortunately, the pdf will not copy accurately --- gh]

The antenna description is actually a bit confusing, but the originally 
notified antenna was a single driven element with 3 different parasitic 
elements which could be configured for radiation maxima in several directions, 
depending upon intended audience.  The antenna was designed by the late Carl 
Smith (probably with some help from his brother-in-law, Dan Hutton). As you can 
see from the "augmented" data, the maxima are substantially greater than the 
omnidirectional radiation from a single tower would be. At 325 degrees true, 
for example, the 14680 mV/m/km value is almost twice the listed omni value, or 
equivalent to nearly 2 MW.

What this means internationally is that some stations which have not 
experienced relatively high levels of co-channel interference in the past have 
just been the beneficiaries of chance. And TWR is on RJ-81 list B which means 
that US stations do not include it in their computations of nighttime 
interfering signal. Ben
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UT Feb 4, WORLD OF RADIO 1916, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

TWR says, ``Not optimized for coverage into USA``. But if they are aiming all 
that power at Habana, what`s to keep it from further bounces into North 
America? Vertical angle of radiation? How would they change if it they were 
trying to reach western USA? (Glenn to Ben Dawson, via DXLD)

Glenn, Of course a pattern with its maximum directed toward Havana from Bonaire 
(not far from the ITU notified 325 degree "augmentation") will have signal into 
the US. But I have no idea of the radiation pattern of the present antennas. 
The present tower arrangement is a 4 tower parallelogram, so (unlike an in-line 
array) there's no way to determine the direction of the maxima for sure without 
more numerical data. From the orientation (from Google Earth) it looks like 
it's a wide-by-narrow configuration, which could be used to produce a maximum 
at about 315 degrees true, at right angles to the wide-spaced pairs of towers, 
pretty much right toward Cuba. And such a pattern could be perfectly consistent 
with the ITU notification.

The ITU

Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[John Sampson]

My start was in Northern Wisconsin at a summer camp in 1951.  I lived in Des 
Moines at the time and had an old Silvertone “portable” at camp.  One of my 
tent mates was from the Chicago area, was a Cubs fan and wanted to see if we 
could hear the games at night on WIND, 560.  Of course, then, we could hear 
them at night like a local.  There were also a couple of others I heard during 
the day (WLIN, 560,Merrill; WLBL, 930, Auberndale and WOBT, 1240, Rhinelander). 
 When I returned to DM that summer, I wanted to see what I could hear on the 
BCB and off I went! 

> On Feb 8, 2018, at 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
> 
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> 
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Re: [IRCA] 1710 mystery station

[Stan Horzepa]

Next time I am on the road near NYC, I will be sure to keep the car 
radio tuned to 1710.


73,

Stan, WA1LOU


On 2/9/18 3:00 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote:

Almost certainly one of the NYC pirates. Some of those have been there for
years.

Probably someone whois closer than I might be able to help with which one.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NW Phila
Grid FN20id


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On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 2:56 PM, Stan Horzepa  wrote:


Hi Les,

In the past as today, this station plays music most of the time and seldom
has any voice. Also, the station is as weak as my Spanish, so I might miss
an ID even if they gave one.

73,

Stan, WA1LOU


On 2/9/18 2:39 PM, Les Rayburn wrote:


Stan,

Hmm…my first guess would be the pirate station in Baton Rogue, LA that
gets out very well at night. It’s Spanish language, and they rarely
identify. But a daytime reception over that distance would be unusual.

Maybe a Spanish language pirate from NYC? I remember there was one in
Brooklyn a few years back.


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.

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Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.

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On Feb 9, 2018, at 1:32 PM, Stan Horzepa  wrote:

We lost power here for about 30 minutes this afternoon, so what did I
do? Chop wood for the fireplace? No, I got on the radio!

Logged six new navigational beacons on LW and then I moved over to the
AM band and heard a mystery station on 1710. All I heard was Spanish music
- no voice - so no station identification. Station was stronger on my
vertical antenna as compared to my 80-meter inverted Vee. At times, the
Hudson County (NJ) TIS competed with the Spanish music station on both
antennas. And as soon as power was restored, the station disappeared into
the noise.

I have heard this station occasionally at dusk, but have had no luck
identifying it.

Anyone have a clue?

73,

Stan, WA1LOU
Wolcott, CT, USA

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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Fred Schroyer]

I'm the buddy down the street that Billy Brooks referred to! I started
around age 12 (1956) with a Zenith All-American Five table radio. Heard
some remarkable BCB DX, most notably HCJB-1310. Upgraded to a Hallicrafters
S-85 and 200' longwire, and all thru HS (1958-1962) enjoyed those wondrous
Monday AMs w/open channels, kilowatt Californians, f/cs, ETs, DX tests,
Dixie sign-ons at 4 a.m., and SSS westward from my home in PA to CO. Still
DX with car stereo as I commute, SRS and SSS. Casual DX with a CCrane
Skywave SSB and Grundig Satellite 750. Just bought an Icom 7300, MFJ-1886
amped loop, and Yaesu rotor to use when I retire some day (I'm 74) and have
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Re: [IRCA] 1710 mystery station

[Russ Edmunds]

Almost certainly one of the NYC pirates. Some of those have been there for
years.

Probably someone whois closer than I might be able to help with which one.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NW Phila
Grid FN20id


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FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 4); Sony XDRS3HD;
modified Sony ICF2010's (2) w/APS9B @ 15';
modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip


On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 2:56 PM, Stan Horzepa  wrote:

> Hi Les,
>
> In the past as today, this station plays music most of the time and seldom
> has any voice. Also, the station is as weak as my Spanish, so I might miss
> an ID even if they gave one.
>
> 73,
>
> Stan, WA1LOU
>
>
> On 2/9/18 2:39 PM, Les Rayburn wrote:
>
>> Stan,
>>
>> Hmm…my first guess would be the pirate station in Baton Rogue, LA that
>> gets out very well at night. It’s Spanish language, and they rarely
>> identify. But a daytime reception over that distance would be unusual.
>>
>> Maybe a Spanish language pirate from NYC? I remember there was one in
>> Brooklyn a few years back.
>>
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> Maylene, AL 35114
>> EM63nf
>>
>> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
>>
>> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR2, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD, Dennon
>> TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1, Ray Dees RDS Decoders,
>> Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop,
>> Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
>>
>> “Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…”
>>
>>
>> On Feb 9, 2018, at 1:32 PM, Stan Horzepa  wrote:
>>>
>>> We lost power here for about 30 minutes this afternoon, so what did I
>>> do? Chop wood for the fireplace? No, I got on the radio!
>>>
>>> Logged six new navigational beacons on LW and then I moved over to the
>>> AM band and heard a mystery station on 1710. All I heard was Spanish music
>>> - no voice - so no station identification. Station was stronger on my
>>> vertical antenna as compared to my 80-meter inverted Vee. At times, the
>>> Hudson County (NJ) TIS competed with the Spanish music station on both
>>> antennas. And as soon as power was restored, the station disappeared into
>>> the noise.
>>>
>>> I have heard this station occasionally at dusk, but have had no luck
>>> identifying it.
>>>
>>> Anyone have a clue?
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Stan, WA1LOU
>>> Wolcott, CT, USA
>>>
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Re: [IRCA] 1710 mystery station

[Stan Horzepa]

Hi Les,

In the past as today, this station plays music most of the time and 
seldom has any voice. Also, the station is as weak as my Spanish, so I 
might miss an ID even if they gave one.


73,

Stan, WA1LOU


On 2/9/18 2:39 PM, Les Rayburn wrote:

Stan,

Hmm…my first guess would be the pirate station in Baton Rogue, LA that gets out 
very well at night. It’s Spanish language, and they rarely identify. But a 
daytime reception over that distance would be unusual.

Maybe a Spanish language pirate from NYC? I remember there was one in Brooklyn 
a few years back.


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.

Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR2, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD, Dennon 
TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1, Ray Dees RDS Decoders,
Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, 
Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.

“Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…”



On Feb 9, 2018, at 1:32 PM, Stan Horzepa  wrote:

We lost power here for about 30 minutes this afternoon, so what did I do? Chop 
wood for the fireplace? No, I got on the radio!

Logged six new navigational beacons on LW and then I moved over to the AM band 
and heard a mystery station on 1710. All I heard was Spanish music - no voice - 
so no station identification. Station was stronger on my vertical antenna as 
compared to my 80-meter inverted Vee. At times, the Hudson County (NJ) TIS 
competed with the Spanish music station on both antennas. And as soon as power 
was restored, the station disappeared into the noise.

I have heard this station occasionally at dusk, but have had no luck 
identifying it.

Anyone have a clue?

73,

Stan, WA1LOU
Wolcott, CT, USA

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Re: [IRCA] 1710 mystery station

[Les Rayburn]

Stan,

Hmm…my first guess would be the pirate station in Baton Rogue, LA that gets out 
very well at night. It’s Spanish language, and they rarely identify. But a 
daytime reception over that distance would be unusual. 

Maybe a Spanish language pirate from NYC? I remember there was one in Brooklyn 
a few years back. 


73,

Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf

Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. 

Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR2, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD, Dennon 
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Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, 
Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. 

“Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…” 


> On Feb 9, 2018, at 1:32 PM, Stan Horzepa  wrote:
> 
> We lost power here for about 30 minutes this afternoon, so what did I do? 
> Chop wood for the fireplace? No, I got on the radio!
> 
> Logged six new navigational beacons on LW and then I moved over to the AM 
> band and heard a mystery station on 1710. All I heard was Spanish music - no 
> voice - so no station identification. Station was stronger on my vertical 
> antenna as compared to my 80-meter inverted Vee. At times, the Hudson County 
> (NJ) TIS competed with the Spanish music station on both antennas. And as 
> soon as power was restored, the station disappeared into the noise.
> 
> I have heard this station occasionally at dusk, but have had no luck 
> identifying it.
> 
> Anyone have a clue?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Stan, WA1LOU
> Wolcott, CT, USA
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[IRCA] 1710 mystery station

[Stan Horzepa]

We lost power here for about 30 minutes this afternoon, so what did I 
do? Chop wood for the fireplace? No, I got on the radio!


Logged six new navigational beacons on LW and then I moved over to the 
AM band and heard a mystery station on 1710. All I heard was Spanish 
music - no voice - so no station identification. Station was stronger on 
my vertical antenna as compared to my 80-meter inverted Vee. At times, 
the Hudson County (NJ) TIS competed with the Spanish music station on 
both antennas. And as soon as power was restored, the station 
disappeared into the noise.


I have heard this station occasionally at dusk, but have had no luck 
identifying it.


Anyone have a clue?

73,

Stan, WA1LOU
Wolcott, CT, USA

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Re: [IRCA] Feb 9, 2018 Morning TP's

[Nick Hall-Patch]

There seemed to be a boost around 1520UT for about 10 or 15 minutes, 
and there was mostly quite sharp changes in signal strength; very erratic.


Full report later.




At 16:41 2018-02-09, R. Colin Newell wrote:

Hall-Patch fish barrel lit up at 1500 UTC.

I got out of the shower at 1515 and took a look -

The NRD525 revealed quite a few audio and lots of hets upper band.
As Nick has suggested, a KAZ antenna will be better than an end-fed Ham
80-10 non directional.

Audio: 774, 1566, 1575

Great carriers - 891, 1323... and likely more.

And I always have more VACTROL sets to test!

Receiver NRC - NRD525
Antenna - 80-10 End-fed.


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[IRCA] Feb 9, 2018 Morning TP's

[R. Colin Newell]

Hall-Patch fish barrel lit up at 1500 UTC.

I got out of the shower at 1515 and took a look -

The NRD525 revealed quite a few audio and lots of hets upper band.
As Nick has suggested, a KAZ antenna will be better than an end-fed Ham
80-10 non directional.

Audio: 774, 1566, 1575

Great carriers - 891, 1323... and likely more.

And I always have more VACTROL sets to test!

Receiver NRC - NRD525
Antenna - 80-10 End-fed.


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