Re: [IRCA] TA carriers
Hello Nick Thanks for the heads up. JAGUAR tells me the NA peak was between 0500 & v0600 UTC. I will look at 1000 carefully as we usually have reciprocation on this side of the pond. Best wishes Barry:-) Carlisle UK. Lat. 55.0119N Lon. -2.9668W. From: Nick Hall-Patch To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2018, 5:01 Subject: [IRCA] TA carriers April is fast approaching, but between 0345 and 0445UT this evening, there have been carriers on the British channels, 909 1089 1215 1485. Nothing too exciting, as not developing into anything, but also not too expected either. 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 ___ 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's for March 29, 2018 Kalama, WA
--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1345-1415 utc. 594 JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo NHK1 03/29 1348 good signal with man in Japanese. 603 REP KOREA, HLSA Seoul, 03/29 1357 very weak with talk. 774 JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 03/29 1355 good with Chinese lessons. 828 JAPAN, JOBB Osaka, NHK2 03/29 1356 fair //JOUB. 972 R. KOREA HLCA, Dangjin KBS 03/29 1351 good signal briefly with music. KUFO splatter took over. 1287 JAPAN, JOHR Sapporo, HBC 03/29 1412 very weak signal with talk.. Assuming JOHR. 1566 REP OF KOREA, HLAZ, Jeju, 03/29 1408 fair signal with male speaker. Best regards, Dennis Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B NW ewe 310° Long wire 339' Random wire 380' --- 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] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-29
What seemed like a pretty routine session developed some drama around 1330 as the fairly rare 657-China (Henan?) managed to take over the frequency, silencing Pyongyang BS and its "TOH" 3+1 pips. On the high band 1593-CNR1 also had an above average session, although there didn't seem to be any unusual Chinese propagation wave on the other high or low band frequencies. At my 1300 start time the usual big guns on 594, 693, 747, 972 and 1566 were at good levels in and out, with some occasional fair signals from 603-HLSA, 657-Pyongyang and 1593-CNR1. Around 1320 the usual Pyongyang tirade woman on 657 started having some co-channel competition from an easy listening music station, which made a strange combination with her angry shouting. By 1330 the co-channel had pushed Pyongyang way down, so that the 3=1 pips were barely heard in the soft music. Pleasant Chinese female speech was all alone on the frequency at 1333, and Pyongyang had bailed for the session. The other usual second-tier Asians on 603 and 738 didn't seem quite as strong as yesterday, and there weren't any Chinese signals on 603, 756 or 936. 639-CNR1 managed a strong carrier and seemed to show up with some audio, but KFI splatter was too obnoxious to make sure. 1575-VOA and 1593-CNR1 both got a boost from the daybreak enhancement, though, reaching good peaks in and out around 134 0. 594-JOAK and 972-HLCA both managed extended S9 runs during daybreak enhancement, which seemed to peak around 1335 here. They were the strongest big guns in a moderately interesting session. 657 China (Henan?) Chinese female speech and music at fair level all alone at 1333, after Pyongyang BS had been thoroughly silenced https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/hgbhmenflvnxpaaxgx5r0v3los4jnsgl 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight + 15" 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
Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-29
1330UT seemed to be the peak here as well, Gary, but not much in the way of Chinesethere might be something identifiable on the recordings, but 1593 didn't show until 1400UT, and even then was quite weak. On the other hand, there has been a fair bit of post-sunrise evidence. 747 just had the sign off chimes at fair strength at 1504UT, well over an hour after local sunrise, and several other channels were still showing intermittent audio as well. Maybe 1593 was in there somewhere also. best wishes, Nick At 14:46 2018-03-29, Gary DeBock wrote: What seemed like a pretty routine session developed some drama around 1330 as the fairly rare 657-China (Henan?) managed to take over the frequency, silencing Pyongyang BS and its "TOH" 3+1 pips. On the high band 1593-CNR1 also had an above average session, although there didn't seem to be any unusual Chinese propagation wave on the other high or low band frequencies. At my 1300 start time the usual big guns on 594, 693, 747, 972 and 1566 were at good levels in and out, with some occasional fair signals from 603-HLSA, 657-Pyongyang and 1593-CNR1. Around 1320 the usual Pyongyang tirade woman on 657 started having some co-channel competition from an easy listening music station, which made a strange combination with her angry shouting. By 1330 the co-channel had pushed Pyongyang way down, so that the 3=1 pips were barely heard in the soft music. Pleasant Chinese female speech was all alone on the frequency at 1333, and Pyongyang had bailed for the session. The other usual second-tier Asians on 603 and 738 didn't seem quite as strong as yesterday, and there weren't any Chinese signals on 603, 756 or 936. 639-CNR1 managed a strong carrier and seemed to show up with some audio, but KFI splatter was too obnoxious to make sure. 1575-VOA and 1593-CNR1 both got a boost from the daybreak enhancement, though, reaching good peaks in and out around 134 0. 594-JOAK and 972-HLCA both managed extended S9 runs during daybreak enhancement, which seemed to peak around 1335 here. They were the strongest big guns in a moderately interesting session. 657 China (Henan?) Chinese female speech and music at fair level all alone at 1333, after Pyongyang BS had been thoroughly silenced https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/hgbhmenflvnxpaaxgx5r0v3los4jnsgl 73 and Good DX, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight + 15" 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 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
Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-29
Interestingly 1593 was doing well here this morning also, and was the sole Chinese on a mostly DU morning. 73, Nigel On Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 9:21 AM Nick Hall-Patch, wrote: > 1330UT seemed to be the peak here as well, Gary, but not much in the > way of Chinesethere might be something identifiable on the > recordings, but 1593 didn't show until 1400UT, and even then was quite > weak. > > On the other hand, there has been a fair bit of post-sunrise > evidence. 747 just had the sign off chimes at fair strength at > 1504UT, well over an hour after local sunrise, and several other > channels were still showing intermittent audio as well. Maybe 1593 > was in there somewhere also. > > best wishes, > > Nick > > > At 14:46 2018-03-29, Gary DeBock wrote: > >What seemed like a pretty routine session developed some drama > >around 1330 as the fairly rare 657-China (Henan?) managed to take > >over the frequency, silencing Pyongyang BS and its "TOH" 3+1 pips. > >On the high band 1593-CNR1 also had an above average session, > >although there didn't seem to be any unusual Chinese propagation > >wave on the other high or low band frequencies. > > > > > >At my 1300 start time the usual big guns on 594, 693, 747, 972 and > >1566 were at good levels in and out, with some occasional fair > >signals from 603-HLSA, 657-Pyongyang and 1593-CNR1. Around 1320 the > >usual Pyongyang tirade woman on 657 started having some co-channel > >competition from an easy listening music station, which made a > >strange combination with her angry shouting. By 1330 the co-channel > >had pushed Pyongyang way down, so that the 3=1 pips were barely > >heard in the soft music. Pleasant Chinese female speech was all > >alone on the frequency at 1333, and Pyongyang had bailed for the > >session. The other usual second-tier Asians on 603 and 738 didn't > >seem quite as strong as yesterday, and there weren't any Chinese > >signals on 603, 756 or 936. 639-CNR1 managed a strong carrier and > >seemed to show up with some audio, but KFI splatter was too > >obnoxious to make sure. 1575-VOA and 1593-CNR1 both got a boost from > >the daybreak enhancement, though, reaching good peaks in and out around > 134 > > 0. 594-JOAK and 972-HLCA both managed extended S9 runs during > > daybreak enhancement, which seemed to peak around 1335 here. They > > were the strongest big guns in a moderately interesting session. > > > > > >657 China (Henan?) Chinese female speech and music at fair > >level all alone at 1333, after Pyongyang BS had been thoroughly > >silenced https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/hgbhmenflvnxpaaxgx5r0v3los4jnsgl > > > > > >73 and Good DX, > > > >Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) > > > >7.5" loopstick CC Skywave SSB Ultralight + > > > >15" 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 > > 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 > > ___ 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] WALK-FM on AM
--- Begin Message --- Hi All: At 8 p.m. tonight WALK-FM ran the following TOH ID, the first one like it I've heard; "You're listening to WALK-FM, WKAO, Ashland, WVRR, Point Pleasant, WPJW, Hurricane, WPJY, Blennerhasset, WMUX, Hurricane, WONS, Cannonsburg." Unfortunately, 2000 is not the time to check the status of daytimers around here, but I'll see what I can find out tomorrow. Both these AMs have been off for a long time. 73David --- 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
Re: [IRCA] WALK-FM on AM
Clarifying here... this is the religious network that brands itself as "Walk-FM," not the radio station at 97.5 on Long Island that's licensed as "WALK-FM." Right? On 3/29/2018 10:00 PM, David Faulkner via IRCA wrote: ___ 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] Alberta TPs for 29 March 2018
Much like yesterday, perhaps a bit better. Once again mostly DU, with a smattering of Asians. The surprise was China doing well on 1593, as China has been MIA most of the season here in Alberta. 549 unIDTraces of man speaking at 1315. Likely 2CR 576 2RN Sydney, AUSTRALIA Man and woman conversing at 1315 585 7RN Hobart, AUSTRALIA Instrumental music, then talk by woman at 1245, //SDR in Tasmania 585 2WEBBourke, AUSTRALIA Pop music, // to webstream at 1313 594 JOAKTokyo, JAPANWoman in Japanese at 1231 612 4QR Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Man and woman talking at 1249 621 unIDTraces of man talking at 1230 (3RN?) 693 JOABTokyo, JAPANWoman in Japanese at 1229 702 2BL Sydney, AUSTRALIA Seemed to be less 700 splash than usual, and was able to hear two men in conversation at 1232. 747 JOIBSapporo, JAPAN Man in Japanese at 1241, //774 774 JOUBAkita, JAPANMan and woman presenting English lesson at 1235 792 4RN Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Man talking at 1251, //585. 828 JOBBOsaka, JAPANEnglish lesson at 1236, //774. 891 5AN Adelaide, AUSTRALIA Interview about tax system at 1254 981 unIDMan and woman talking at 1311. Likely 2NM 1107unIDTraces of man and woman talking at 1309 11164BC Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Ad for insomnia remedy at 1258. 1188unIDA couple of minutes of audio with vocal by man at 1236 1332unIDMan talking during phone-in program at 1316. 1548 4QD Emerald, AUSTRALIA Talk by a man at 1306 through heavy 1550 splatter 1557unIDTraces of talk at 1323 1566HLAZJeju, S.KOREA Woman in Japanese at 1236 1593 CNR1 Changzhou, CHINA Man in Chinese at 1259, then time pips and woman talking. One of the best signals from them this season 1629unIDTraces of music at 1304, in a mess of 3 off-freq carriers. 1701.03 Islamic VoiceMelbourne, AUSTRALIA Koran recitations at 1309 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta Perseus SDR and Wellbrook Phased Array ___ 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 29 Mar Victoria version
Much the same as far as the big guns...plus lots of Asian small stuff (including a bit of China), and carriers. Band peak again, maybe between 1325 and 1340UT, and maybe slightly lower signal levels overall. Post sunrise signals for a few minutes, then mostly fading down for 40 minutes or so, then back up for awhile about an hour after local sunrise. Nothing like earlier strengths, but a number were readable for a few minutes. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 747 JOIB Chinese lessons 1344UT (music box came up to fair level at 1504UT sign off as well; local sunrise 1357UT) 774 JOUB man in Japanese 1328UT 828 JOBB Chinese lessons 1342UT 972 HLCA man and woman in Korean 1328UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK man in Japanese 1335UT 693 JOAB Chinese lessons 1334UT 1287 JOHR woman in Japanese 1455UT, after commercials and HBC Radio (not rajio) mentions; its best signal of the morning. Reprise at 1513UT at pretty fair level also. 1566 HLAZ man in Chinese 1354UT, but a couple of reprises to this strength with man in Chinese 1454UT, and woman in Chinese 1515UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 873 JOGB man in Japanese //774 1326UT 891 JOHK man in Japanese //594 1342UT 954 JOKR man talking Japanese 1331UT 1008 JONR likely; man in insistent Japanese 1338UT 1134 KBS3 likely Korean man 1334UT 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) 558 HLQH quiet vocal music //603 which was very weak 1338UT 567 JOIK man talking //594 1345UT 576 woman and man talking, DU English intoation 1350UT 603 HLSA, quiet vocal //558 1331UT 612 JOLK man talking //594 1337UT 666 JOBK man talking //594 1334UT 837 JOQK man talking //594 1333UT 909 JOCB woman talking //828 1341UT 918 man talking, Chinese intonation 1337UT 945 CNR-1 man talking, Chinese intonation, one low and one high pip 1330UT; also ID'd earlier //981 981 CNR-1 man talking //945 12328UT 1143 Taiwan Fisheries? woman talking, Chinese intonation?, 1332UT 1152 NHK2 woman talking, //828, then slow violin music theme for the Chinese lessons 1344UT 1323, man talking, Russian perhaps? 1339UT 1386 NHK2 Chinese lessons //774 1348UT 1503 JOUK woman talking //594 1325UT 1575 man talking, SE Asian language? 1358UT but continued across the hour with no ID?? 1593 CNR-1man talking, //6125 1401UT; pips and CNR1 interlude music heard a moment before Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 657 864 936 1026 1053 1089 1098 1107 1116 1179 1188 1206 1242 1251 1269 1278 1314 1359 1422 1557 seemed to be Asian; 585 792 846 909 1017 1098 1116seemed 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