Re: [IRCA] 1709.83 mystery carrier, Argentina?

[Mark Pettifor]

Make that a notch on 1710. I'm trying to avoid 1700 splatter by 
listening on USB.


Mark

On 2018-09-27 11:53 pm, Mark Pettifor wrote:

Heard "WQFG" several times around 0342-0346, while listening to the
mystery station on 1709.85. Have you gotten anything more here Tim on
who this might be? It's there every evening, but I've had no audio
yet. I'm actually trying to listen on USB, with a notch on 1700, to
avoid the splatter from 1700. That's when I heard the TIS from NJ.

And yes, 1700 is a mess of offsets. I zoomed way in the other night,
and there were a lot of carriers, and not one was spot on 1700!

Best,
Mark Pettifor
North Indiana

On 2018-09-24 8:20 pm, Tim Tromp wrote:

Thanks Mauno, and Mark.

The carrier is just starting to fade in again at 00:08 UTC.  The 
splatter
from 1700 makes 1710 tough here on the South DKAZ, otherwise audio may 
have

been possible last night.

Mark, you'll go nuts trying to chase offsets on 1710.  It's not 
exactly a

frequency known for rock-steady transmitters :-)

73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan


On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 8:00 PM, Mark Pettifor  
wrote:


Had nothing here until about 3 minutes before local sunset (2337 
utc),
then a trace carrier appeared over the next minute or so. It's been 
up and
down in strength, not even close to audio levels. The carrier is 
drifting
around some, moving erratically upwards from 1709.83 to 1709.835. Now 
(2356

utc) it's drifting slightly back down again.

No other station is dominant currently on 1710. I'm also seeing a 
very

weak trace at about 1709.955.

Are there other offset lists besides the one at MWLIST?

Mark Pettifor
Northern Indiana
South D-Kaz / Perseus



On 2018-09-23 8:56 pm, Tim Tromp wrote:

I've been noticing a carrier the last few nights on 1709.83 so I 
started

checking various remotes on the Kiwi network.  My search led me to
Argentina where one of the receivers had a station label on 1710 for 
a
"Radio Selva".  Looking closer, the station on the Kiwi remote is 
right on
1709.83, the same as the carrier I'm seeing here in Michigan on my 
DKAZ
pointed due south.  Such DX from deep South America isn't exactly 
common
here, unless conditions go very auroral, but there are no signs of 
such

conditions elsewhere on the band right now.

Radio Selva's audio stream: https://amselva1710.wixsite.com/envivo

Buenos Aires remote that had the best copy on the station:
http://kiwisdr.gastonet.com:8073/

The carrier was pretty strong tonight at local sunset, but fading in 
and
out rapidly.  I was unable to dredge up any audio to confirm it was 
Selva

but it's peaked my interest.

Anyone else seeing or hearing this mystery carrier or know anything 
about

this station?  Pirate, licensed, power, etc.?

73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
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Re: [IRCA] 1709.83 mystery carrier, Argentina?

[Mark Pettifor]

Heard "WQFG" several times around 0342-0346, while listening to the 
mystery station on 1709.85. Have you gotten anything more here Tim on 
who this might be? It's there every evening, but I've had no audio yet. 
I'm actually trying to listen on USB, with a notch on 1700, to avoid the 
splatter from 1700. That's when I heard the TIS from NJ.


And yes, 1700 is a mess of offsets. I zoomed way in the other night, and 
there were a lot of carriers, and not one was spot on 1700!


Best,
Mark Pettifor
North Indiana

On 2018-09-24 8:20 pm, Tim Tromp wrote:

Thanks Mauno, and Mark.

The carrier is just starting to fade in again at 00:08 UTC.  The 
splatter
from 1700 makes 1710 tough here on the South DKAZ, otherwise audio may 
have

been possible last night.

Mark, you'll go nuts trying to chase offsets on 1710.  It's not exactly 
a

frequency known for rock-steady transmitters :-)

73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan


On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 8:00 PM, Mark Pettifor  
wrote:



Had nothing here until about 3 minutes before local sunset (2337 utc),
then a trace carrier appeared over the next minute or so. It's been up 
and
down in strength, not even close to audio levels. The carrier is 
drifting
around some, moving erratically upwards from 1709.83 to 1709.835. Now 
(2356

utc) it's drifting slightly back down again.

No other station is dominant currently on 1710. I'm also seeing a very
weak trace at about 1709.955.

Are there other offset lists besides the one at MWLIST?

Mark Pettifor
Northern Indiana
South D-Kaz / Perseus



On 2018-09-23 8:56 pm, Tim Tromp wrote:

I've been noticing a carrier the last few nights on 1709.83 so I 
started

checking various remotes on the Kiwi network.  My search led me to
Argentina where one of the receivers had a station label on 1710 for 
a
"Radio Selva".  Looking closer, the station on the Kiwi remote is 
right on
1709.83, the same as the carrier I'm seeing here in Michigan on my 
DKAZ
pointed due south.  Such DX from deep South America isn't exactly 
common
here, unless conditions go very auroral, but there are no signs of 
such

conditions elsewhere on the band right now.

Radio Selva's audio stream: https://amselva1710.wixsite.com/envivo

Buenos Aires remote that had the best copy on the station:
http://kiwisdr.gastonet.com:8073/

The carrier was pretty strong tonight at local sunset, but fading in 
and
out rapidly.  I was unable to dredge up any audio to confirm it was 
Selva

but it's peaked my interest.

Anyone else seeing or hearing this mystery carrier or know anything 
about

this station?  Pirate, licensed, power, etc.?

73,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
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[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 27 September 2018

[Nigel Pimblett]

   A few differences, but on the whole this morning was remarkably 
similar to yesterday, with many stations peaking at exactly the same times.


531	Traces of man talking at 1233.   Was definitely 4KZ with music at 
1327, but I suspect it was Japan earlier.


549 2CR Orange, AUSTRALIAInterview with woman at 1326

576 2RN Sydney, AUSTRALIA   Feature about Aretha Franklin music at 
1325

585 7RN Hobart, AUSTRALIA   ABC news at 1303

594 JOAKTokyo, JAPANPips at 1300, then talk in Japanese by man and 
woman.

594	3WV	Horsham, AUSTRALIA	ABC weather at 1304, with Japan in the 
background.


612 4QR Brisbane, AUSTRALIA ABC news at 1303.

675 uNIDTraces of man speaking at 1243.

693 JOABTokyo, JAPANTraces of English lesson at 1231, //828

702 2BL Sydney, AUSTRALIA   Talk by man and woman at 1328

747 JOIBSapporo, JAPAN  Woman in English during language lesson at 1246

774 JOUBAkita, JAPANMan and woman during English lesson at 1247.

792 4RN Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Talk by a man at 1306, then vocal by a 
woman

819 2GL Glen Innes, AUSTRALIA  Talk by man and woman at 1328

828 JOBBOsaka, JAPANEnglish language lesson at 1242.

972 HLCADanjing, S,KOREAMan in Korean at 1248.

1107unIDTalk by a man at 1257

1116	4BC	Brisbane, AUSTRALIA	Host talking with woman guest during 
regular talk program at 1240.


1134unIDTalk by woman and man at 1250.

1152unIDTraces of man speaking at 1330

1188JOKPKitami, JAPAN   Conversation between man and woman at 1302.

1188unIDConversation between 2 men in English at 1321.

1242JOLFTokyo, JAPANTraces of man in Japanese at 1233

1287JOHRSapporo, JAPAN   Woman in Japanese at 1227.

1314JOUFOsaka, JAPAN Woman in Japanese at 1250

1386NHK2synchros, JAPAN  Man and woman with English lesson at 1244.

15122RN Newcastle, AUSTRALIATalk by a woman at 1322

15484QD Emerald, AUSTRALIA  Man interviewing a woman at 1324.

1566HLAZJeju, S.KOREA   Man in Japanese at 1251.

1575	AFN	JAPAN	Even weaker than yesterday but still able to //local SDR 
with man talking and music at 1247.


1593 NHK2   synchros, JAPAN  Man speaking at 1307.



73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array
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[IRCA] 9-27-2018 log

[Carl DeWhitt]

WTIC -1080-Hartford,CT.0511-0513.9.27.18.I finally caught this over
dominant WKJK with weather" from the WTIC Weather Center". In briefly over
WKJK and an unidentified Spanish station.poor-very poor to fade.Tecsun
PL-380 barefoot.Carl,
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Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18 (Drake vs Elad)

[STEVE]

I sent my reply to Nick but maybe others might be interested. The Drake 
PIN diode deterioration is not my opinion; Drake has mentioned this in 
tech articles in the distant past, where I first learned about it.


Steve

On 9/27/2018 10:48 AM, STEVE wrote:
I'm mostly familiar with the Drake R8 series, having worked on two 
R8Bs, converting them to true VLF-HF reception instead of the 
no-sensitivity below about 130 kHz. I don't know if the R7 uses PIN 
diodes. I'm not directly aware of other brands that used PIN diodes in 
the front end. Drake also used 200 ohm input switched band filters, 
with transformers to convert from 50 to 200 ohms, and the reverse on 
the output of the filters. Those diodes are associated with that and 
possibly are more sensitive to deterioration at the higher impedance 
than where PIN diodes are usually used in 50 ohm systems.


Steve

On 9/27/2018 10:40 AM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
Thanks for pointing that out Steve.   Are there other receivers of 
that vintage that might also suffer from  deteriorating front end  
PIN diodes?


best wishes,

Nick



 At 17:38 2018-09-27, STEVE wrote:
Drake uses PIN diodes in the front end switched band filters of the 
R8 series (and at least the SW8); those diodes deteriorate over 
time, significantly reducing sensitivity. Unless you had those 
diodes replaced at your service it's likely that's why your Drake is 
less sensitive than the Elad.


Steve

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An OK morning for TPs in CO. I did a preliminary comparison between 
my Elad FDM-S2 and the Drake R8A. As Bogey said "This could be the 
beginning of a beautiful friendship". I started with comparing the 
two JJ powerhouses, JOUB and JOIB. The Drake had weak, barely 
discernable audio with both the ALA 1530ln and the NW Corner-Fed 
loop. The Elad produced fair to good audio readily understandable 
to a JJ speaker. I did not expect the difference to be so evident. 
I had my R8A serviced a couple of years ago by a former Drake tech, 
so while a bit long in the tooth, it's working fine. More to come

This morning's results:
594 JOAK w/male in JJ weak (w/Elad, just a het w/Drake)
747 JOIB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
774 JOUB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
828 JOBB w/ weak audio (w/Elad, threshold audio w/Drake)
A decent assortment of hets.
73 and Best of DX,
Craig BarnesWheat Ridge, CO
Elad FDM-S2, Drake R8A, ALA 1530ln, NW Corner-Fed loop, Quantum Phaser

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Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18 (Drake vs Elad)

[Mike Sanburn]

I have strongly suggested to Drake company that they should manufacture a SDR, 
but I only get the reply that they are no longer in the Shortwave Receiver 
market.  'Glad they made the R8 series when they did.   ms

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Subject: Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18 (Drake vs Elad)

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Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18 (Drake vs Elad)

[C B via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 Steve,
Thanks for providing that insight. I was not aware of it. The tech who serviced 
my R8A mentioned that the components he checked were good, except for one 
transistor, which he replaced.
Craig
On Thursday, September 27, 2018, 11:44:19 AM MDT, Chuck Hutton 
 wrote:  
 
 PIN diodes for the AM BCB? I thought there were no PIN diodes whose range 
extended down that far due to carrier lifetime.

What have they done to overcome that?


Chuck



From: IRCA  on behalf of STEVE 

Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2018 10:38 AM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18 (Drake vs Elad)

Drake uses PIN diodes in the front end switched band filters of the R8
series (and at least the SW8); those diodes deteriorate over time,
significantly reducing sensitivity. Unless you had those diodes replaced
at your service it's likely that's why your Drake is less sensitive than
the Elad.

Steve

On 9/27/2018 9:34 AM, C B via IRCA wrote:
> An OK morning for TPs in CO. I did a preliminary comparison between my Elad 
> FDM-S2 and the Drake R8A. As Bogey said "This could be the beginning of a 
> beautiful friendship". I started with comparing the two JJ powerhouses, JOUB 
> and JOIB. The Drake had weak, barely discernable audio with both the ALA 
> 1530ln and the NW Corner-Fed loop. The Elad produced fair to good audio 
> readily understandable to a JJ speaker. I did not expect the difference to be 
> so evident. I had my R8A serviced a couple of years ago by a former Drake 
> tech, so while a bit long in the tooth, it's working fine. More to come.
> This morning's results:
> 594 JOAK w/male in JJ weak (w/Elad, just a het w/Drake)
> 747 JOIB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
> 774 JOUB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
> 828 JOBB w/ weak audio (w/Elad, threshold audio w/Drake)
> A decent assortment of hets.
> 73 and Best of DX,
> Craig BarnesWheat Ridge, CO
> Elad FDM-S2, Drake R8A, ALA 1530ln, NW Corner-Fed loop, Quantum Phaser
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Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18 (Drake vs Elad)

[Chuck Hutton]

PIN diodes for the AM BCB? I thought there were no PIN diodes whose range 
extended down that far due to carrier lifetime.

What have they done to overcome that?


Chuck



From: IRCA  on behalf of STEVE 

Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2018 10:38 AM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18 (Drake vs Elad)

Drake uses PIN diodes in the front end switched band filters of the R8
series (and at least the SW8); those diodes deteriorate over time,
significantly reducing sensitivity. Unless you had those diodes replaced
at your service it's likely that's why your Drake is less sensitive than
the Elad.

Steve

On 9/27/2018 9:34 AM, C B via IRCA wrote:
> An OK morning for TPs in CO. I did a preliminary comparison between my Elad 
> FDM-S2 and the Drake R8A. As Bogey said "This could be the beginning of a 
> beautiful friendship". I started with comparing the two JJ powerhouses, JOUB 
> and JOIB. The Drake had weak, barely discernable audio with both the ALA 
> 1530ln and the NW Corner-Fed loop. The Elad produced fair to good audio 
> readily understandable to a JJ speaker. I did not expect the difference to be 
> so evident. I had my R8A serviced a couple of years ago by a former Drake 
> tech, so while a bit long in the tooth, it's working fine. More to come.
> This morning's results:
> 594 JOAK w/male in JJ weak (w/Elad, just a het w/Drake)
> 747 JOIB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
> 774 JOUB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
> 828 JOBB w/ weak audio (w/Elad, threshold audio w/Drake)
> A decent assortment of hets.
> 73 and Best of DX,
> Craig BarnesWheat Ridge, CO
> Elad FDM-S2, Drake R8A, ALA 1530ln, NW Corner-Fed loop, Quantum Phaser
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Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18 (Drake vs Elad)

[Nick Hall-Patch]

Thanks for pointing that out Steve.   Are there other receivers of 
that vintage that might also suffer from  deteriorating front end  PIN diodes?


best wishes,

Nick



 At 17:38 2018-09-27, STEVE wrote:
Drake uses PIN diodes in the front end switched band filters of the 
R8 series (and at least the SW8); those diodes deteriorate over 
time, significantly reducing sensitivity. Unless you had those 
diodes replaced at your service it's likely that's why your Drake is 
less sensitive than the Elad.


Steve

On 9/27/2018 9:34 AM, C B via IRCA wrote:
An OK morning for TPs in CO. I did a preliminary comparison between 
my Elad FDM-S2 and the Drake R8A. As Bogey said "This could be the 
beginning of a beautiful friendship". I started with comparing the 
two JJ powerhouses, JOUB and JOIB. The Drake had weak, barely 
discernable audio with both the ALA 1530ln and the NW Corner-Fed 
loop. The Elad produced fair to good audio readily understandable 
to a JJ speaker. I did not expect the difference to be so evident. 
I had my R8A serviced a couple of years ago by a former Drake tech, 
so while a bit long in the tooth, it's working fine. More to come

This morning's results:
594 JOAK w/male in JJ weak (w/Elad, just a het w/Drake)
747 JOIB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
774 JOUB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
828 JOBB w/ weak audio (w/Elad, threshold audio w/Drake)
A decent assortment of hets.
73 and Best of DX,
Craig BarnesWheat Ridge, CO
Elad FDM-S2, Drake R8A, ALA 1530ln, NW Corner-Fed loop, Quantum Phaser

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Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18 (Drake vs Elad)

[STEVE]

Drake uses PIN diodes in the front end switched band filters of the R8 
series (and at least the SW8); those diodes deteriorate over time, 
significantly reducing sensitivity. Unless you had those diodes replaced 
at your service it's likely that's why your Drake is less sensitive than 
the Elad.


Steve

On 9/27/2018 9:34 AM, C B via IRCA wrote:

An OK morning for TPs in CO. I did a preliminary comparison between my Elad FDM-S2 and 
the Drake R8A. As Bogey said "This could be the beginning of a beautiful 
friendship". I started with comparing the two JJ powerhouses, JOUB and JOIB. The 
Drake had weak, barely discernable audio with both the ALA 1530ln and the NW Corner-Fed 
loop. The Elad produced fair to good audio readily understandable to a JJ speaker. I did 
not expect the difference to be so evident. I had my R8A serviced a couple of years ago 
by a former Drake tech, so while a bit long in the tooth, it's working fine. More to 
come
This morning's results:
594 JOAK w/male in JJ weak (w/Elad, just a het w/Drake)
747 JOIB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
774 JOUB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
828 JOBB w/ weak audio (w/Elad, threshold audio w/Drake)
A decent assortment of hets.
73 and Best of DX,
Craig BarnesWheat Ridge, CO
Elad FDM-S2, Drake R8A, ALA 1530ln, NW Corner-Fed loop, Quantum Phaser

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Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18

[Steve]

OK - I'll totally go out on a limb here and declare that Humphrey Bogart

would have been a *Hammarlund* owner...
much more manly-man that the *Hallicrafters*... take that Halli users...

I visualize Bogey planted in front of a Collins...perhaps a 51J-1 :-)


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Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18

[R. Colin Newell]

Bogey would have TOTALLY been a medium wave DXer -- I'd say a
*Hallicrafters* or *Hammarlund* receiver...

OK - I'll totally go out on a limb here and declare that Humphrey Bogart
would have been a *Hammarlund* owner...
much more manly-man that the *Hallicrafters*... take that Halli users...

On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 9:34 AM C B via IRCA  wrote:

>
>
> An OK morning for TPs in CO. I did a preliminary comparison between my
> Elad FDM-S2 and the Drake R8A. *As Bogey said "This could be the
> beginning of a beautiful friendship".* I started with comparing the two
> JJ powerhouses, JOUB and JOIB. The Drake had weak, barely discernable audio
> with both the ALA 1530ln and the NW Corner-Fed loop. The Elad produced fair
> to good audio readily understandable to a JJ speaker. I did not expect the
> difference to be so evident. I had my R8A serviced a couple of years ago by
> a former Drake tech, so while a bit long in the tooth, it's working fine.
> More to come
> This morning's results:
> 594 JOAK w/male in JJ weak (w/Elad, just a het w/Drake)
> 747 JOIB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
> 774 JOUB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
> 828 JOBB w/ weak audio (w/Elad, threshold audio w/Drake)
> A decent assortment of hets.
> 73 and Best of DX,
> Craig Barnes Wheat Ridge, CO
> Elad FDM-S2, Drake R8A, ALA 1530ln, NW Corner-Fed loop, Quantum Phaser
>
>
>
>

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[IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18

[C B via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
An OK morning for TPs in CO. I did a preliminary comparison between my Elad 
FDM-S2 and the Drake R8A. As Bogey said "This could be the beginning of a 
beautiful friendship". I started with comparing the two JJ powerhouses, JOUB 
and JOIB. The Drake had weak, barely discernable audio with both the ALA 1530ln 
and the NW Corner-Fed loop. The Elad produced fair to good audio readily 
understandable to a JJ speaker. I did not expect the difference to be so 
evident. I had my R8A serviced a couple of years ago by a former Drake tech, so 
while a bit long in the tooth, it's working fine. More to come
This morning's results:
594 JOAK w/male in JJ weak (w/Elad, just a het w/Drake)
747 JOIB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
774 JOUB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
828 JOBB w/ weak audio (w/Elad, threshold audio w/Drake)
A decent assortment of hets.
73 and Best of DX,
Craig BarnesWheat Ridge, CO
Elad FDM-S2, Drake R8A, ALA 1530ln, NW Corner-Fed loop, Quantum Phaser

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[IRCA] More 1368 khz thoughts...

[R. Colin Newell]

On the Vietnamese WebSDR - http://tranp.sytes.net:8073

1368 is // to 891 (which would indicate Thailand...)
that could be helpful to know.

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[IRCA] September 27 West Coast TP's cutting bait...

[R. Colin Newell]

More of a research project this morning - with general fair to good
conditions -
thought I would set up a laptop (that's right... a laptop...) set up on a
couple (not one but two) WebSDR's in China and Japan
to make some sense of some mystery stations.

For instance - getting a solid stream of NHK1 on 594 khz and listening to
parallel programming on 585 (assume Kushiro, Hokkaido...)
and 612 Khz (kind of a no-brainer with Fukuoka...) [and yes, 531 was
parallel to this as well...) - and sure, I could have done this with the
dual VFO in the Drake R8 - but the WebSDR in Yokohama gave me a rock solid
594 Khz reference signal.

Other similar exercises were achieved with a Chinese WebSDR in Shenzhen
http://szsdr.ddns.net:8073 picking out
CNR1 on various channels...756 Khz... 639 khz... etc.

The mystery remains as to who holds court on 1368 khz (and there wasn't
much of this station this morning.)
Currently the Shenzhen WebSDR stream shows a rather distant pop station -
not telling me much.

What was different about this morning was the *"interior" domestics were
quite muted* by 1330 UTC - leaving many 9 khz splits dominant and alone...
like; 1188 khz (Japanese), 1179 khz (Japanese), 1116 (not English...) 1107
khz (Japanese I think...), 1098 (which usually dominates anyway...),
1008 khz, 1017 khz and so on...

So - listened from 1330 until 1345 UTC -  the session was low on mainland
splash with muted domestic and regional signals.

Drake R8 - West Facing Flag (42' x 26') with a variable remote termination.

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Re: [IRCA] KOHI 1600 Returns to air briefly.

[Mike Sanburn]

KOHI ran a nice DX test several years back. Perhaps when their new tower and 
equipment are up and running they would be willing to repeat it for reciprocal 
benefits. 

Sent from my iPod

On Sep 26, 2018, at 4:25 PM, "Dennis Gibson"  wrote:

> The station’s website says the antenna and transmitter are moving this week. 
> It’s doing that without an FCC construction permit or application. The last 
> activity on the application search web page is for renewal of the license in 
> early 2014. 
> 
> I read the FCC Daily Digest every day. I’ll be on the lookout for a 
> construction permit application. 
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Sep 26, 2018, at 1:37 PM, Dennis Vroom  wrote:
>> 
>> KOHI 1600 been been off the air for a couple of weeks. Their Facebook page 
>> says their moving the antenna and transmitter. Heard KOHI today from 12:00 
>> PM to 12:45 PM PDT. Signal in our Ford Escape was much weaker than normal. 
>> They had sign off by the time I turn on the JRC 545 at home. 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Dennis  Vroom, 
>> Kalama, WA
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Re: [IRCA] Long Time NW DJ Norm Gregory passes away

[Mike Sanburn]

True, I believe that the great DJ Real Don Steele was quite the chain smoker. 

Sent from my iPod

On Sep 26, 2018, at 10:34 PM, "Patrick Martin"  wrote:

> Unfortunately a lot of the old DJ's smoked and drank pretty hard. Not great 
> for a long life  too.
> 
> Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager
> 
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Mike Sanburn 
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> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 12:20 PM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Long Time NW DJ Norm Gregory passes away
> 
> 'Always sad to lose one of the great classic radio personalities.We had a 
> great tour of KJR AM & FM studios at the 2002 IRCA Convention in Seattle.   ms
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Patrick Martin 
> 
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 1:26 PM
> To: IRCA; NRC
> Subject: [IRCA] Long Time NW DJ Norm Gregory passes away
> 
> I just read on another site that Norm Gregory (KJR fame) has passed away. 
> Used to listen to him a lot in the 70s. One of the greats! My best goes out 
> to his family. RIP. He is missed.
> 
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[IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 9/27/18

[Richard N. Allen via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
Reception of Japanese signals was the best thus far this season.
567 JOIK barely audible at 1203; poor-to-fair // 594 at 1208-1210.
594 JOAK poor at 1204.
693 JOAB poor // 747 briefly at 1155.
747 JOIB barely audible, woman talking at 1007 under WSB-750 slop; poor briefly 
at 1016; poor at 1042; fair at 1152 with KRMG-740 splatter.
774 JOUB poor, woman talking // 747 at 1011; poor at 1043; poor at 1149 with 
moderate KSPI-780 QRM.
828 JOBB poor, English lesson, at 1210; barely audible at 1223-1224 (LSR 1222)
873 JOGB poor // 747 at 1157; faded away at 1201.
1218 (JOLF?) unidentified carrier, no audio.
No signals noted on 666, 954, 972, 1134, 1242 or 1287 or  when checked.

Richard Allen,
near Perry OK USA,
Skywave & 8-inch FSL.

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[IRCA] TP 26 Sep Victoria version.

[Nick Hall-Patch]

When live listening, didn't realize quite the depth of Chinese signals this 
morning; messing around too much with webstreams I guess.  Felt that Koreans 
and Japaneses were weaker today perhaps, and not as much DU.   As usual, lots 
of things missed, I'm sure.  No sign of any carrier on 1071 (CFAX-1070 is 
always nulled here, stops the Flag from melting)


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


594 JOAK man in Japanese 1334UT 

693 JOAB Chinese lessons 1332UT, briefly burying CBU splatter

747 JOIB Chinese lessons 1335UT 

774 JOUB  Chinese lessons 1335UT, the "weakest" of 747/828/774

828 JOBB Chinese lessons 1336UT

954 JOKR Japanese man talking 1353UT

972 HLCA man and woman in Korean then woman singing folky ballad, guitar 
accompaniment, but Korean lyrics 1334UT







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

567 JOIK man in Japanese //594 1334UT

666 JOBK man talking //594 brief peak at 1336UT 

1287 JOHR excited man in Japanese 1347UT mention of Hokkaido, and several 
mentions of HBC

1566 HLAZ  woman in Japanese peaking at 1337UT, continuing to underperform






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

558 HLQH ballad //603 1344UT

603  HLSA ballad //558 1344UT

603 NHK1 man talking //594 1334UT

738 Taiwan Fisheries woman talking //1143 1343UT

846 female ballad, then woman in Chinese 1338UT, best on north Flag

873 JOGB man talking //774 1330UT

918 unID  woman in Chinese not //FM95 on Shandong web stream 1351UT.  Shandong 
has been  most common Chinese on this channel

936 Anhui RGD man talking // webstream  with ~20second delay 1340UT

945 CNR1  man in Chinese //1098 1338UT

1098 CNR1 man talking //945 1338UT

1143 Taiwan Fisheries woman talking //738 1338UT










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 RNZ National 756, very weak, under JOIK 1336UT

639 CNR1 man talking //945 1352UT

702 NHK2 Chinese lessons //774 1335UT

756 RNZ National woman talking //567 1336UT

864 pop vocal 1357UT; perhaps Korea, judging by previous days loggings, but no 
// and only generic pips on hour

891 JOHK man talking //594 1347UT

909 JOCB 3 and 1 pips, into intro music for English lessons //774 1400UT

963 CRI //1323 with ballad at 1354UT

1017 man talking, possibly Korean 1334UT

1053 pop music 1356UT; Japan?

1089 female ballad, best on north Flag 1337UT, maybe CNR6?

1134 man talking, Korean? 1345UT

1179 man talking Chinese intonation today 1342UT

1242 JOLF? pop music 2355UT

1323 CRI female ballad  //963 1354UT









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

 657 711 819 981 1008 1035  1098 1107 1314 1422 seemed to be Asian; 
576 585 612 702 909  seemed to be DU 



best wishes,

Nick








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