[IRCA] TA traces in Victoria
carriers noted in the 0300-0430UT time period: 882 909 1089 1215...no chance of audio, but the TA season isn't quite done yet...barring the various geomagnetic upsets 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] TP 10 Mar Victoria version.
Still pretty lively, with a brace of weak Chinese, plus something unusual on 1296. A nice lift around 1430UT, near local sunrise. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB 1422UT 828 JOBB 1342UT 972 HLCA 1439UT 1557 Taiwan woman in Chinese, strongest signal on the band at 1433UT 1575 VoA powering in at 1438UT with man in Burmese per announcement at 1430UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling with splash or noise): 567 JOIK //594 1406UT 594 JOAK 1438UT 774 JOIB 1443UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above passing through 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) 603 HLSA ballad //558 on Korean KiwiSDR 1437UT, but someone there also with Chinese? talk 738 man talking, Chinese intonation, 1349UT; ~30Hz with harmonics modulating a carrier on the channel 756 CNR1 //981 at 1343UT 873 JOGB //774 1408UT 891 JOHK man //594 1352UT 981 CNR1 man talking //756 1343UT, fading down as 756 faded up 1017 woman and man talking, possibly Korean? 1349UT, not //NHK2 1143 woman in Chinese? 1425UT; just a rumble on 738 at this time 1296 the morning mystery: woman talking, Chinese? intonation, then flute music as intro to male/female vocals 1428-1433UT; best on north Flag 1377 CNR1 man talking, CNR1 news sounders 1431UT //639 1503 JOUK //594 1429UT 1566 man talking, Chinese intonation 1434UT 1593 man in Chinese? no parallels 1414UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 558 621 675 693 702 711 729 837 846 909 918 945 1098 1188 1269 1287 1323 1359 1458 1494 1539 seemed to be Asian; 576 585 1548 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
Re: [IRCA] 6070 The temerity of the ionosphere.
I’d check now - but like you, it’d be gone. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Mar 10, 2019, at 8:04 PM, Volodya S wrote: > > And yet an hour later at my QTH, nothing at all! (03:04 UTC)Walt > >> On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 2:46 AM R. Colin Newell >> wrote: >> CFRX 6070 booming in at 0220 UTC -sunset give or take. >> >> Goes to show that the “standard” old bands of 49 through 19 meters can be >> devoid of all but the raspy bible screamers all day long, then boom, up >> comes something you don’t hear every day. >> >> - here on the WCNA... the World’s SW fringe area... always. >> >> >> Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - >> Drake R8’s - W and N Flags - hand built Lankford Phasers and VACTROL Flag >> termination controllers - DXer.ca ___ 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] 6070 The temerity of the ionosphere.
And yet an hour later at my QTH, nothing at all! (03:04 UTC)Walt On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 2:46 AM R. Colin Newell wrote: > CFRX 6070 booming in at 0220 UTC -sunset give or take. > > Goes to show that the “standard” old bands of 49 through 19 meters can be > devoid of all but the raspy bible screamers all day long, then boom, up > comes something you don’t hear every day. > > - here on the WCNA... the World’s SW fringe area... always. > > > Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > Drake R8’s - W and N Flags - hand built Lankford Phasers and VACTROL Flag > termination controllers - DXer.ca ___ 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] 6070 The temerity of the ionosphere.
CFRX 6070 booming in at 0220 UTC -sunset give or take. Goes to show that the “standard” old bands of 49 through 19 meters can be devoid of all but the raspy bible screamers all day long, then boom, up comes something you don’t hear every day. - here on the WCNA... the World’s SW fringe area... always. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - Drake R8’s - W and N Flags - hand built Lankford Phasers and VACTROL Flag termination controllers - DXer.ca ___ 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] XHDATA D-808
I don't normally buy stuff from Ebay. But when I do, it's a XHDATA D-808 that isn't legally sold in North America. Cost $AUD 118 including shipping from Australia via Singapore. It arrived by Canada Post on Friday, less than 2 weeks after I ordered it. It's a little bigger than the C Crane Skywave, so the C Crane will still be my go-to radio for road trips and for travel where every cubic millimeter of backpack space is crucial. The Skywave also has the Weather band, which is good to have for traveling, and runs on AA batteries, which are sold virtually everywhere. Jury is still out on the D-808's lithium battery. I have no idea how long the it will last, how often it will need to be recharged (so far, it doesn't seem like it will need to be plugged in every night like my phone) and how many recharges it can handle before it craps out and needs to be replaced. I don't think lithium batteries like the one in the D-808 are easy to find or are even sold in North America. The D-808's user manual is written in pretty poor Chinglish. But this is non unusual with many made-in-China products. It doesn't come with headphones or a charger. Only a USB charging cable. So far, after using it only a couple days, the D-808 has a slight edge over the C Crane on AM, a bigger edge on SW. But neither will beat my 1978 Panasonic RF-2200. 73 Mike Brooker Toronto, ON ___ 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
