[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 19 November 2018
A regulars were a bit stronger than yesterday, with 693,774, and 828 doing pretty well, and quite a few more carriers were noted, but not much more in terms of audio: *594 JOAK Tokyo, JAPAN Man in Japanese at 1353. *693 JOAB Tokyo, JAPAN Man and woman presenting language lesson at 1337. *747 JOIB Sapporo, JAPAN Language lesson, //774 etc. A level lower than the other big guns this morning. *774 JOUB Akita, JAPAN Man and woman presenting language lesson at 1338, //693 *828 JOBB Osaka, JAPAN Woman in Japanese at 1357, //693 etc. *1116 4BC Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Host talking with caller at 1434 *1566 HLAZ Jeju, S.KOREA Man in Japanese at 1422 *1593 CNR1 CHINA In audio briefly at 1432 with man in Chinese. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, AB Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> ___ 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] 19 Nov Victoria version.
A bit all over the map this morning, nothing very special, but with some DUs turning up also. No post sunrise entertainment. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK 1436UT 747 JOIB 1457UT 774 JOUB 1436UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise): 828 JOBB 1438UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 954 JOKR briefly with woman in Japanese 1522UT 972 HLCA man and woman in Korean 1444UT 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 island sounding music 1438UT; suspect Fiji 567 JOIK violin music //594 1436UT 612 4QR man talking //702 1445UT 621 man talking DU English intonation, nothing on 576 702 2BL man talking //612 1445UT 891 JOHK violin music //594 1436UT 1242 man and woman talking, Japanese intonation 1529UT 1566 woman talking, Chinese intonation 1505UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 693 864 873 918 981 1098 1134 1287 1422 seemed to be Asian; 576 738 756 792 819 846 1017 seemed 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
[IRCA] CO TP Report 11/19/18
--- Begin Message --- This morning was an improvement over yesterday. I listened from 1310 to 1350. There was a noticeable pre LSR propagation enhancement as well. LSR at 1348. 693 pres JOAK faint w/male w/what sounded like JJ 747 JOIB fair w/what sounded like a language lesson 774 JOUB weak, //747 828 JOBB faint to fair, //747, lang lesson 972 pres HLCA very faint, faded down before LSR, w/male in unknown lang No sign of 1566 this AM. 73 and Best of DX, Craig BarnesWheat Ridge, CO Elad FDM-S2, W KAZ w/Vactrol, NW Corner-fed loop, Quantum Phaser--- 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] New EWE Idea
Patrick, best of luck with the new EWE! Be careful climbing if you have to. I do want to point out that I show that the bearing from Seaside to Taipei is 304.4 degrees. 73 KAZ On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 10:31 PM Volodya S wrote: > Welcome back to the game, Patrick. Do keep us posted, and I"m looking > forward to your loggings again! 73, Walt > > On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 4:29 AM Patrick Martin wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > > > Yes, I am still here, but I still have my noise level. I don't really > know > > what it is coming from, but when the power in the neighborhood goes off, > it > > is gone. > > > > I am thinking of trying another EWE, but this one will run E/W, with > > the lode to the West, pretty much aimed at Taiwan or Northern > Philippines. > > I have enough room, from the old stump behind the house to the shore pine > > tree to the East, runs about 112 feet. I figure I can run a piece of PVC > > pipe up the side of the tree and attach another one on the stump in the > > backyard. With some luck I should be able to get up 20-25 feet. I can > > easily I pound a bunch of copper pipe into the ground around the tree > for a > > ground for the termination. I may disconnect my NW EWE and use that coax, > > or I can run an extension from my old SW EWE coax. That antenna came > down a > > couple years ago from out in the field. I never replaced it as it is not > > easy on the far side of the electric fence and climbing the tree. With > the > > noise level I just never bothered. At nearly 70, I can still climb a > tree, > > but if I can get away from having to do it, I would rather. So, this is > > project I am considering. I should be able to put a null to the East > with a > > pot again, nulling like Long > > view WA during the day, to give me a lobe to the West. > >I thought about a KAZ or K9AY, but I have the pesky return wire near > > the ground that my mower gets in the way. A EWE is up out of the way > better > > and they work well here. The interesting thing about this EWE, it will be > > longer than my old SW one. Should be interesting to try. More later. > > > > 73, > > > > > > Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager > > ___ > > 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 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] Oklahoma TP DX 11/19/18
--- Begin Message --- Another miserable TP DX session here on the plains (LSR 1311). 702 unID (2BL?) strong heterodyne (no audio) with XEGD 700 QRM at 1257-1305. 774 JOUB fading in and out with barely audible to very poor signal between 1208 and 1248. 828 unID (JOBB?) slight heterodyne with WCCO and XEITE 830 QRM at 1214. 972 unID (HLCA?) heterodyne (no audio) at 1219. Receiver: Skywave with 8-inch FSL. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA. Sent from my iPad--- 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