[IRCA] TP 21 Sep Victoria version.

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Perhaps a touch under yesterday morning's strength, and slightly more DU action 
as well, but at 1340UT, signals seemed to peak, with many channels showing more 
than one signal.

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



594 JOAK man in Japanese 1333UT

747 JOIB man in Japanese //828 1314UT briefly at this level

774 JOUB Chinese lessons 1322UT; still holding forth pretty well at 1400UT

828 JOBB man in Japanese //747 1314UT 

972 HLCA woman and man  in Korean, 1339UT

1566 HLAZ woman in Japanese 1330UT, stronger on north Flag






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

567 JOIK excited man in Japanese (sports?) //594 1317UT

612 4QR woman talking DU English 1333UT

864 English pop music, peaking at 1340UT, after woman talking Japanese earlier; 
JOXR has been heard here

954 JOKR man and woman in Japanese 1351UT, woman mentioned "TBS rajio"

1287 JOHR man in Japanese 1346UT








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

558 HLQH woman in Korean 1334UT; //603 a few minutes earlier, when weaker

666 JOBK man talking //594 1322UT
 
693 JOAB Chinese lessons 1316UT

702 NHK2 woman in Portuguese? //774 1348UT

1143 Taiwan Fisheries woman in Chinese //738 1343UT








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)  

549 2CR pop vocal //612 1339UT

594 3WV woman talking //612 1130UT; JOAK taking a brief breather

657 Star soft vocal music, //909 1336UT

711 man talking, sounded Korean?  1339UT HLKA?

738 Taiwan Fisheries, woman talking //1143  1343UT

765 woman talking sounded Chinese? 1339UT; CNR5 has been heard here

819 unID man talking Japanese intonation 1341UT; not N. Korean

837 JOQK woman and man talking //594 1351UT

873 JOGB Chinese lessons //774 1322UT

891 JOHK man talking //594 1330UT

909 Star soft vocal music, only west Flag 1336UT, //657

1089 female pop vocal, better on north Flag 1340UT

1098 woman talking, Chinese intonation, but no pips at 1330UT

1134 man and woman, Japanese intonation 1342UT

1152 NHK2 woman talking //774 1352UT

1206 man talking, Korean intonation 1342UT; Yanbian likely

1503 man mumbling, better on west Flag 1331UT; not //594, maybe Sport?






Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged 
by splatter)

531 639  846 855  918 936 945  1161 1179 1269 1296 1314  1323 1332 1422 1593 
seemed to be Asian; 
531 576 585 675 792 846 1548  seemed to be DU 



best wishes,

Nick








Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada  

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[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 21 September 2018

[Nigel Pimblett]

   Pretty much lost the Asian signals today, but still a decent day for 
Australia.



549 2CR Orange, AUSTRALIA   Traces of ABC news through 550 splatter 
at 1301.

576 2RN Sydney, AUSTRALIA   Talk by woman at 1251.

594	3WV	Horsham, AUSTRALIA	Man talking about Aussie sports in English at 
1254.


612 4QR Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Man presenting ABC news at 1303.

621 3RN Melbourne, AUSTRALIAABC news by man at 1303, //612

684	2KP	Kempsey, AUSTRALIA	Presumed the one with talk by woman at 1306, 
//612


738 2NR Grafton, AUSTRALIA  Talk by man and woman at 1252

756 unIDLaid back vocal by a woman at 1231

774	3LO	Melbourne, AUSTRALIA	Woman at 1307 interviewing man over the 
phone, //612.


792 4RN Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Man talking about a movie at 1309

828 3GI Sale, AUSTRALIA News fanfare at 1300, then news by a man

855 4QO/4QB AUSTRALIATraces of man and woman conversing at 1310

891 5AN Adelaide, AUSTRALIA Man and woman conversing at 1311

1008unIDWeak, with man speaking at 1328

1017	unID	Traces of music at 1247, then talk by a woman.  Reasonably 
certain it was Tonga today.


10264MK Mackay, AUSTRALIA Oldies pop music, //web stream at 1249.

1116	4BC	Brisbane, AUSTRALIA	Regular talk shown host mentioned 3GB and 
4BC websites at 1235.


12332NC Newcastle, AUSTRALIATalk by woman at 1225

1296	unID	Traces of woman talking at 1313.  Definitely sounded ABCish, 
but too weak to get 100% certainty on parallel.


1332unIDTraces of music at 1322  4BU?

15122RN Newcastle, AUSTRALIATalk by woman and man at 1320.

15484QD Emerald, AUSTRALIA  Talk by woman at 1315.

1566HLAZJeju, S.KOREAWoman and man in Japanese at 1239.


Also noted Hawaiians on 900, 990, and 1570 this morning


73,


Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array
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Re: [IRCA] Brainstorming - Temporary Antenna Supports

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---


Thanks to Dave Aichelman, Roy Barstow, and Bill Nollman on the Cape Cod DXers 
list and also Nick Hall-Patch, Colin Newell, Bruce Portzer, Chuck Hutton, Guy 
Atkins, and Ken Brookner on the IRCA list for the many useful suggestions about 
temporary antenna supports.


The info request certainly garnered a lot of sage advice that will not only 
benefit me but (most likely) quite a few other DXers too.


Besides supporting various sorts of wire loops, temporary vertical antennas 
(including those for multi-element arrays) would be another reason to try out 
different support poles.


I am going to check out the numerous links in the suggestions, likely purchase 
one or more pieces, try them out, and put together a webpage with 
recommendations.  I may wish to include some of the comments recently offered.  
If anyone does not want his comments or name included, let me know.


Before finalizing the online article I will do some additional browsing of ham 
and MW DX publications and web content to see what I can find in construction 
articles, DXpedition / Field Day reports, and other comments.


Most likely I'll have some sort of rough draft article up before the end of 
October even if things I order have not yet arrived.  This will reference 
suggestions just made, as noted below, and other information I read later.  
Eventually that same link will point to the final-version article which I hope 
to be a valuable resource on the topic.


Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA, USA


<<
Hi Mark, you may remember my 7.5' tent pole loops, used for my 1st trip to 
Kawaii back in 2012. I still use them and instead of bungee cords to hold them 
together, I now use plastic 'antenna plates' from DXE cut to size to secure the 
'X' shape. My poles are 9mm thick, but there are 11mm poles out there that 
would allow a much larger loop to be built. Using the plastic antenna plates 
also means that you can change the shape of the loops and put mounting brackets 
on each loop to suspend them higher in the air. The best part is they collapse 
down to a small form factor for travel, movement and fitting through small 
spaces. The 'daiche' files, next to last file, is a picture of 2 of them as 
originally designed. Now they have the rigid plastic antenna plate as a center 
support. I use these loops as bi-directional, flag and as phased pairs.




Regards,


Dave Aichelman N7NZH Grants Pass, Oregon
__._,_.___
Posted by: dai...@yahoo.com
>>


<<
Check out,


Max-Gain Systems, Inc.
221 Greencrest Ct.
Marietta, GA.
30068-3825


Phone (770) 973-6251


They have fiberglass poles of different sizes, length, thickness, etc.


I have been using them for many years now and like them.


The sections telescope to get what height one needs.


For my truck mobile I use 2 sections that are 3ft. long that extend to 6ft. 
With 3ft. long I always keep them in the back behind the seats. The wire is 
attached to the poles and takes about 10 to 15 minutes to set up my system and 
ready to record. I can leave the house at 6:30 PM and in 1/2 hour at Menauhant 
beach be ready to go for 7 PM capture.


Take care,


Roy


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Posted by: roybars...@hotmail.com
>>


<<
I like the Jackite fiberglass poles. They twist lock quite easily (but stay 
locked when upright) and you can buy them in many sizes up to 31 feet long. If 
the picture comes through below you can see my setup from this summer in North 
Dakota. That’s about 23 feet at the top and maybe 60 feet wide, much bigger 
than you want but that’s ok, you can buy the shorter poles or buy the 31’ and 
just open what you need. In my case I don’t use the top 2 sections because they 
are much too thin. I also like that a standard guy ring stays put nicely about 
10 feet above the ground with no other hardware needed. That’s where I have the 
white ropes attached. These poles collapse down to 46 inches and if you break a 
section you can buy just the section(s) you need from Jackite. 
https://www.jackite.com/online-store/Windsock-Flying-Poles-c21767998


 
Bill Nollman


Farmington, CT.
>>


<<
I think you might be a little surprised at the telescoping poles, Mark.


32' telescoping fiberglass pole collapses to <4' 
long: http://tmastco.com/main/page_products_telescopic_poles.html


This company provides a 13.5' pole that collapses to 20", carry-on 
luggage dimensions:
https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/mini-telescopic-mast-4-1-m-13-5-ft/
They also provide a mount.


I notice DXEngineering now carries them 
too: https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/sbm-mini-poles


best wishes,


Nick
>>


<<
I use bamboo poles - one or two sections lashed together giving me 26? lengths 
that last for 2 or 3 DX seasons - they tear down easily and transport well... 
survive nasty weather... very rustic as well... non conductive... cheap. Don?t 
contribute to global warming... 


They are what hold up my Flags and End-fed for the Amateur bands. 


Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -

Re: [IRCA] Question concerning propagation differences

[Nick Hall-Patch]

As higher power stations tend to congregate on the lower band in many 
locations, the lower band often seems to deliver more regular 
overseas DX here, Carl.   However, the "real" DX seems to be on the 
higher band, on the occasions when the lower power suddenly punch 
through (the extended band Australians sometimes do pretty well 
considering their <1000watts power.for example)


This season so far, I would say that the lower band Asians / 
Australians have been putting on a better show.


best wishes,

Nick






At 20:41 2018-09-20, Carl DeWhitt wrote:

What differences have those in eastern North America noticed between
propagation on the 540-1120KHz segment and the 1120-1700 KHz segment over
the years ? Does the lower half or upper half of the band seem better
especially for foreign dx or have you noticed a difference
? Carl DeWhitt,KI5SF,Maryville,TN
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Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/21/18

[Gary DeBock]

Hi Craig,

<<< Pining for TP DXing from Hawaii and Rockworks! Looking forward to Maui in 
Jan!!
73 and Best of DX, >>>

Me too! We will be heading to Kauai in about a month, and see what the 
miniature FSL can track down as a encore to the overachieving Cook Island trip. 
This kind of DXing fun can get habit forming very quickly!

Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA)

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> On September 21, 2018 at 6:37 AM C B  wrote:
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> Another decent morning for TP DX in CO. I listened from 1142 to 1240. 
> 594 JOAK w/two males in JJ weak
> 693 JOAB w/male in JJ, fair
> 747 JOIB w/male and female w/EE lesson good //JOUB
> 774 JOUB w/male and female w/EE lesson good to very good
> 828 JOBB w/male in JJ weak through domestic splatter
> 972 HLCA w/male and female in ?? lang., weak
> 1287 pres. JOHR w/male at threshold audio level
> Hets on 738, 837, 864, 873, 882, 891, 927, 936, 1008, 1035, 1044, 1053, 1062, 
> 1071, 1098, 1107, 1116, 1125, 1134, 1197, 1314, 1422, 1566 and 1575
> Pining for TP DXing from Hawaii and Rockworks! Looking forward to Maui in 
> Jan!!
> 73 and Best of DX,
> Craig BarnesWheat Ridge, CO
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Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 9/21/18

[Gary DeBock]

Hi Richard,


Congratulations on your outstanding TP receptions in Oklahoma. John B. would be 
very proud of your Asian and DU-DXing accomplishments with Ultralight radios, 
and your 8" FSL antenna is undoubtedly the most successful one of its size ever 
constructed on the planet!


Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)


594 JOAK poor, man talking JJ at 1154; fair at 1204 (audible on barefoot 
PL-380).
747 JOIB poor-tp-fair // JOUB.
774 JOUB poor, man talking.
828 JOBB poor // JOUB at 1159, QRM from WCCO 830.
972 HLCA fair, man talking at 1201 (best signal of morning).
All signals gone by 1210 GMT.

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> 594 JOAK poor, man talking JJ at 1154; fair at 1204 (audible on barefoot 
> PL-380).
> 747 JOIB poor-tp-fair // JOUB.
> 774 JOUB poor, man talking.
> 828 JOBB poor // JOUB at 1159, QRM from WCCO 830.
> 972 HLCA fair, man talking at 1201 (best signal of morning).
> All signals gone by 1210 GMT.
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> near Perry OK USA,
> Skywave & PL-380 with 8” FSL.
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Re: [IRCA] Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - Wikipedia

[Stephen Hawkins]

Eric,

Great book.  The follow up is:

"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a 
Curious Character


Steve NG0G


On 9/21/18 1:10 PM, Eric Floden wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surely_You%27re_Joking,_Mr._Feynman!

I have been long wanting to tead this, and am enjoying it. Of interest to
radio types, pp.15 on he talks of his boyhood pursuit of fixing (tube)
radios. Just like l did! Only one of us went on to win a Nobel Prize in
Physics though...

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Re: [IRCA] West Coast TP's - another ordinary day...

[Nick Hall-Patch]

KPUG-1170 often has a chunk of dead air at the top of the hour.   The 
pips from the powerful Korean can be heard there.


Probably you've heard the Japanese on 1440 as well, and NHK1 has been 
heard on 540.  Other channels are a bit more challenging unless 
you're at the coast.   Certainly worth looking when conditions are 
good on the other 9kHz channels however.  Thanks for the reminder.


As for "ordinary days", wait until the depths of December and you 
will look back fondly on these "ordinary days", hi






At 16:34 2018-09-21, R. Colin Newell wrote:


I was paying particular attention to 1170 Khz - which is both a "Stateside"
domestic channel but also the Asian 9 khz spectrum
falls onto this channel ...


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[IRCA] Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - Wikipedia

[Eric Floden]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surely_You%27re_Joking,_Mr._Feynman!

I have been long wanting to tead this, and am enjoying it. Of interest to
radio types, pp.15 on he talks of his boyhood pursuit of fixing (tube)
radios. Just like l did! Only one of us went on to win a Nobel Prize in
Physics though...

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Re: [IRCA] West Coast TP's - another ordinary day...

[C B via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 Colin,
Thanks for another great video! Love that last frame with the Hawaiian Airlines 
prop plane:-) I'm trying to hang in there until January.
73,
Craig BarnesWheat Ridge, CO
On Friday, September 21, 2018, 11:54:56 AM MDT, R. Colin Newell 
 wrote:  
 
 Thank you - very kind. I am working on raising the production value on
these videos --

at some point I am going to RECORD separate high quality audio and add that
in -
and eliminate the spoken word "at the time" audio - which can be MUFFLED --
and record a stand alone audio channel from the radio - that will raise the
level of intelligibility as well.

I am truly blessed to live where I live... on an Island overlooking the
Pacific Ocean...
surrounded by a handful of truly dedicated and thoroughly enthusiastic
DXers...
Seriously nothing to complain about here.

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 10:05 AM ken brookner  wrote:

> Oh, I've done the power button thing myself a few times...  Who hasn't?
>
> I really enjoy your vids, Colin.  They show me what's possible and offer
> incentive to up my game here.  For instance I received 1566 on an SDR
> catch this morning too, but nothing like you did!  Might have done
> better if I'd been up to steer my array, but maybe not by much.  I'll
> set the alarm and see one of these mornings.
>
> And, I love watching the R8 in use...
>
> Ken
> Lummi Island, WA
>
>
>
>

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Re: [IRCA] West Coast TP's - another ordinary day...

[R. Colin Newell]

Thank you - very kind. I am working on raising the production value on
these videos --

at some point I am going to RECORD separate high quality audio and add that
in -
and eliminate the spoken word "at the time" audio - which can be MUFFLED --
and record a stand alone audio channel from the radio - that will raise the
level of intelligibility as well.

I am truly blessed to live where I live... on an Island overlooking the
Pacific Ocean...
surrounded by a handful of truly dedicated and thoroughly enthusiastic
DXers...
Seriously nothing to complain about here.

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 10:05 AM ken brookner  wrote:

> Oh, I've done the power button thing myself a few times...  Who hasn't?
>
> I really enjoy your vids, Colin.  They show me what's possible and offer
> incentive to up my game here.  For instance I received 1566 on an SDR
> catch this morning too, but nothing like you did!  Might have done
> better if I'd been up to steer my array, but maybe not by much.  I'll
> set the alarm and see one of these mornings.
>
> And, I love watching the R8 in use...
>
> Ken
> Lummi Island, WA
>
>
>
>

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Re: [IRCA] West Coast TP's - another ordinary day...

[ken brookner]

Oh, I've done the power button thing myself a few times...  Who hasn't?

I really enjoy your vids, Colin.  They show me what's possible and offer 
incentive to up my game here.  For instance I received 1566 on an SDR 
catch this morning too, but nothing like you did!  Might have done 
better if I'd been up to steer my array, but maybe not by much.  I'll 
set the alarm and see one of these mornings.


And, I love watching the R8 in use...

Ken
Lummi Island, WA

R. Colin Newell wrote on 9/21/2018 9:34 AM:

Much the same as yesterday and the day before -- maybe a few DB less than
yesterday -- largely Japanese,
Korean and a few subdued Chinese stations...

I was paying particular attention to 1170 Khz - which is both a "Stateside"
domestic channel but also the Asian 9 khz spectrum
falls onto this channel - other examples are 540, 630, 720, 810, 900, 990,
1080, 1260, 1350, 1440, 1530 and 1620...
One should never assume that TransPacifics (or Trans-Atlantics ) cannot pop
on these "evens" - last year I heard Australia
on 630. Korea used to surface on 720.. and I am always curious about 540 as
a potential ocean hop channel...

https://youtu.be/6YzW7QNgbv8

3 minute video -

Note the OPERATIONAL Blooper at 1.36 !!! Not so swift today...




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[IRCA] West Coast TP's - another ordinary day...

[R. Colin Newell]

Much the same as yesterday and the day before -- maybe a few DB less than
yesterday -- largely Japanese,
Korean and a few subdued Chinese stations...

I was paying particular attention to 1170 Khz - which is both a "Stateside"
domestic channel but also the Asian 9 khz spectrum
falls onto this channel - other examples are 540, 630, 720, 810, 900, 990,
1080, 1260, 1350, 1440, 1530 and 1620...
One should never assume that TransPacifics (or Trans-Atlantics ) cannot pop
on these "evens" - last year I heard Australia
on 630. Korea used to surface on 720.. and I am always curious about 540 as
a potential ocean hop channel...

https://youtu.be/6YzW7QNgbv8

3 minute video -

Note the OPERATIONAL Blooper at 1.36 !!! Not so swift today...


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Re: [IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, September 15-21, 2018

[Glenn Hauser via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
** JAPAN. 774, Sept 21 at 1200, I am interrupting a 9-kHz bandscan (see 
UNIDENTIFIED) just in time to hear the NHK top-of-hour final prolonged 
timesignal chime, from 500 kW NHK-2, JOUB, Akita, on the NW coast of Honshu, 
but remains the #1 MW TP signal here, and despite splash from nearby 780 KSPI 
Stillwater, worsened since that flipped to music format. Along with 693, 747 & 
828, other superpower NHKs, 774 stronger than other carriers thruout my 
monitoring span today between 1150 and 1215 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING 
DIGEST)

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[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, September 15-21, 2018

[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/page71
[over 311,000 views! as of September 21, 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 with 100-foot E-W longwire.
 
UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search, Sept 19 at 0634: only 936, 
none lower (except 846 presumed TP Kiritimati).

Regarding the stronger-than-others JBA TA carriers I have been getting on 936 
kHz, here`s another report regarding that:

``MARROCOS, 936. Ago 26, 2018. 0010-0035, SNRT*-Al Idaâ Al Amazighia, 
Agadir-MRC, em Berbere. Conversação entre a locutora e uma ouvinte, ao 
telefone, provavelmente; Uma canção berbere, suponho. Apesar de estar entre 
duas emissoras brasileiras OM ativas (930 e 940 kHz, a saber: Radio Liberdade, 
Aracajú-SE, filiada Band e Super Radio Brasil, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, 
respectivamente). Al Idaâ tem recepção satisfatória por aqui, 34433. Minha 
primeira sintonia desta emissora.

936. Ago 27, 2018. 0154-0210, SNRT-Al Idaâ Al Amazighia, Agadir, em Berbere. 
Locutora em conversação com um senhor; 0200 Canções berberes, interpretadas por 
cantor, cantora e coral de vozes. Hoje, apresenta recepção pobre entre nós, 
35432.

*Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision.
Fonte da pesquisa desta Emissora:
https://www.mwlist.org/mwlist_quick_and_easy.php?area=1=936
(José Ronaldo Xavier (JRX) - PR7036SWL (SWARL), 
Cabedelo-Paraiba, Brasil (UTC-3), Conexión Digital Sept 16 via DXLD)``

That source gives power as 400 kW: ``400 Thomson S7HP tx, max 400 kW, la: 
Tamazight (Berber), Tachelhit, Rifain, ar // 711 1044`` JRX says he heard it 
for the first time August 26, which may also imply the power increase was 
recent (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search, Sept 19 at 1126-1131 on the 
R75 with E-W longwire: 1098, 936, 891, 846, 828, 774, 747, 666, 612, 594.

Immediately repeating the search on the DX-398 which I can rotate for DF, Sept 
19 at 1133-1142: 594-NW, 612-WSW, 747-NW, 774-NW, 846-W, 936-WSW, 972-NW, 
1017-?, 1035-?, 1098-?, 1512-WSW. NW points to E Asia such as Japan, Korea; WSW 
to Australia or NZ; W to other Pacific islands. Sunrise at Enid 1217 UT. My 
neighbor Richard N Allen, with more antenna gain, was also active this morning 
with audio from Japan before and after 1200 on 594, 774, 828 and carrier maybe 
Korea on 972 (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Trans-Atlantic JBA MW carrier search Sept 20 at 0605-0613 UT: 846 
(this one only presumed TP Kiritimati); 855, 1044, 1116, 1125, 1215, 1413, 531, 
558, 774, 828.

Sept 21 at 0246 while computers, TVs, etc. are also running: 1044-NE, 1215, 
1503.

Sept 21 at 0600 with other devices off: 774, 747, 738, 639, 612, 558, 855, 882, 
[no 846], 936, 1017, 1098, 1107, 1125.

Trans-Pacific JBA MW carrier search Sept 21 at 1150-1159 on R75 with E-W 
longwire: 558, 594(2), 603, 612, 621, 657, 666, 675, *693, 702, 711, 747, 756, 
765, *774, 792, 819, *828(2), 837, 846, 855, 873, 909, 927, 936, 972, 1035, 
1044, 1098, 1134, 1287. I then hasten back to 774; see JAPAN. * here means 
strongest signals, surely also NHK; (2) means (at least) two carriers beating.

Sept 21 at 1202-1215 UT, another search this time on the rotatable DX-398 with 
DF notations for most: 558-NW, 594-SSE? (beware, probably the KZLS 1640 spur I 
tracked down a few years ago), 612-WSW, 675-NW, 684-WSW, *693-NW, 702(2)-WSW, 
765-WSW, *774-NW, 792-NW, 828-NW, 846-NW, 882(2), 891-NW, 936-WSW, 972-NW, 
1035(2)-NW, 1053-NW, 1098-W, 1134-NW. 828 is still in at 1218, almost sunrise 
1219 UT (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

[no Domestic DX report this week]
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[IRCA] CO TP Report 9/21/18

[C B via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
Another decent morning for TP DX in CO. I listened from 1142 to 1240. 
594 JOAK w/two males in JJ weak
693 JOAB w/male in JJ, fair
747 JOIB w/male and female w/EE lesson good //JOUB
774 JOUB w/male and female w/EE lesson good to very good
828 JOBB w/male in JJ weak through domestic splatter
972 HLCA w/male and female in ?? lang., weak
1287 pres. JOHR w/male at threshold audio level
Hets on 738, 837, 864, 873, 882, 891, 927, 936, 1008, 1035, 1044, 1053, 1062, 
1071, 1098, 1107, 1116, 1125, 1134, 1197, 1314, 1422, 1566 and 1575
Pining for TP DXing from Hawaii and Rockworks! Looking forward to Maui in Jan!!
73 and Best of DX,
Craig BarnesWheat Ridge, CO
Drake R8A, ALA 1530ln, Quantum Phaser--- End Message ---
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[IRCA] New Edition of Mexican Log

[jniven]

Is there any new edition of the Mexican Log in the works?

Thanks

 

James Niven

Austin, Texas

 



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Re: [IRCA] Brainstorming - Temporary Antenna Supports

[Chuck Hutton]

And here is another  option : the satellite dish stands that RV'ers use.

Here is a link to one on Amazon, although I have seen them a little cheaper..


https://www.amazon.com/Satellite-Tripod-Directv-Network-Mount/dp/B00TXSND8G/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8=1537510091=8-14=rv+satellite+dish+mount

[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41u61ro81tL._SY300_QL70_.jpg]

Amazon.com: Satellite Tripod for Directv or Dish Network 2 
...
www.amazon.com
Buy Satellite Tripod for Directv or Dish Network 2" & 1 5/8" OD Satellite Mount 
work on FTA as well: Satellite Television - Amazon.com FREE DELIVERY possible 
on eligible purchases






From: IRCA  on behalf of Guy Atkins 

Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2018 9:09 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Brainstorming - Temporary Antenna Supports

I concur with all the comments about fiberglass poles, especially Chuck's..
he knows whereof he speaketh.

I'll mention that I'm fond of "pro audio speaker stands", such as this one
(I own three):
https://www.amazon.com/Pyle-Universal-Speaker-Stand-Holder/dp/B000E0PPG0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8=1537502614=8-3=pro+speaker+stand
The pricing is very reasonable and the stands can hold anything from
fiberglass poles to Wellbrook loops. For the Wellbrook loops I add one of
these mounts:
https://www.amazon.com/Speaker-Mounting-Adapter-Bracket-Tripod/dp/B00IGGRXT6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8=1537502847=8-3=pro+speaker+stand+mounting+bracket

While the stands won't weather high winds on the Rockwork cliffs, they will
hold up better in moderate wind if you add some weight like wrap-around leg
weights (such as used for exercising).

73,

Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA





On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 8:28 PM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:

> Mark -
>
>
> I'd not think of using the painter;s extension poles. They are a bit
> flimsy and too short for a DKAZ or flag/loop.
>
>
> The Jackite poles are fairly common in ham circles. I've owned 4 of them
> for at least 10 years without problems.
>
>
> I also own a handful of other fiberglass poles and they have all been OK
> except an MFJ product. They collapse to approximately 4 feet.
>
>
> Two of my poles with the bases at https://wordpress.com/view/
> chuckhuttonblog.wordpress.com
>
>
> form the 18 x 18 corner fed loop I use at Rockworks. It can be assembled
> in 10 minutes in total darkness (with a flashlight).  The concrete bases
> are thick enough to withstand moderate coastal windstorms and might be a
> bit heavy for a several hour DXpedition.
>
>
> Chuck
>
>
>
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Re: [IRCA] Morning TP Methodology?

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Yes, and...no.   They aren't in use every day, but help to point one 
in the direction of  what web stream might be of use if audio should 
appear.Last night,  Algeria's Jil FM was likely delivering a 
carrier on 531 here...11 Hertz high, which coincides well with what 
is listed on MWOffsets, plus Colin Newell has heard it in the last 
couple of years.   Audio never appeared unfortunately.


Another day...

And, of course, if we have the capability, we should be submitting 
our locals' offsets to the MWOffsets list.  Also, unfortunately, another day.


best wishes,

Nick







At 02:38 2018-09-21, ken brookner wrote:

Do you guys do anything with offsets?  Not exactly the same as 
demodulating readable audio, though.


Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada 


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[IRCA] TP 20 Sep Victoria version.

[Nick Hall-Patch]

The less than usual signal peaking up was 639, CNR1, but overall, things 
continued splashy with lots of carriers, many with audio traces, and erratic 
fading.  Perhaps not too much different from yesterday?


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

567 JOIK woman and man in Japanese //594 1344UT

594 JOAK woman in Japanese 1323UT, mostly continuing its winning ways, though 
did hear something (3WV?) breaking through occasionally

639 CNR1 man in Chinese, another man agreeing 1332UT; this could be listened to 
with synchronous demodulation centered on 639 (or even USB; only a het from 640 
by now)

693 JOAB peaking at 1324UT, Chinese lessons

747 JOIB Chinese lessons drowning the 750 splash 1333UT

774 JOUB sounded like Portuguese lessons 1347UT

828 JOBB Chinese lesson 1318UT

972 HLCA man  in Korean, 1348UT









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

702 NHK2 Chinese lessons 1324UT

864 HLKR two men in Korean 1343UT, //711

891 JOHK man and woman talking //594 1339UT

1566 HLAZ man in Japanese 1323UT; not at great level today; possibly its peak 
was after pattern change at 1345UT when Chinese was quite readable also?








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


603 HLSA jazzy vocal 1317UT //558

612 4QR man talking DU English 1333UT

873 JOGB Chinese lessons 1323UT

945 CNR1 man talking //638 1327UT

954 JOKR man in Japanese 1330UT

963 CRI man in Russian 1339UT






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)  

531 JOQG woman talking //594 1324UT

558 HLQH 1317UT  jazzy vocal //603

585 man talking, DU Enlish intonation 1338UT

657 man talking insistently, Korean intonation 1319UT

666 JOBK woman talking //594 1320UT.

711 HLKA man talking //864 1342UT

729 JOCK woman talking //594 1329UT

909 JOCB man talking //828 1335UT

936 man mumbling 1348UT, possibly China?

981 CNR1 man talking //945 1353UT

1098 CNR1  //639, man mumbling, 1315UT, not much to choose between them at this 
time

1116 4BC?  man talking DU English intoation 1335UT

1134 man talking quickly Japanese intonation,something else underneath 1321UT

1224 JOJK man talking //594 1348UT

1242 man and woman talking Japanese? 1340UT

1287 JOHR likely with man and woman talking, Japanese intonation 1317UT





Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged 
by splatter)

 675 736 756 819 846 855  918 1008 1026 1017  1143  1053 1089 1179  1251 1314 
1422 1575  1593 seemed to be Asian; 
not much else  seemed to be DU 



best wishes,

Nick








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Victoria, BC
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