[IRCA] TP 12 Mar Victoria version.

[Nick Hall-Patch]

The dire predictions don't seem to have had much effect on reception; still 
pretty reasonable.



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

594 JOAK 1355UT

1575 VoA powering in at 1411UT with woman in  ?? (Khmer listed)   Fading 
somewhat by 1430UT when VoA ID was heard




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

603 HLSA woman in Korean //558 1415UT

774 JOUB 1423UT

972 HLCA 1436UT

1386 NHK2 //774 1418UT

1422 JORF woman in Japanese 1419UT

1566 HLAZ? and ???   two stations mixing; pop music and maybe Chinese talk, 
then more sedate Chinese talk by man also assumed HLAZ, along with a grumble on 
channel 1416UT

1593 NHK2 //1386 1425UT, with CNR1 Chinese man trading places (//6175 earlier)




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

558 HLQH 1415UT //603

567 JOIK //594 1414UT

1503 JOUK //594 1423UT





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) 

666 JOBK //594 1418UT

747 JOIB //774 1412UT

945 CNR1 man and woman //6175 1429UT

1206 man talking,Korean? 1413UT (off channel)

1242 woman talking, Japanese intonation 1419UT

1314 woman talking, Japanese intonation 1414UT

1323 woman talking, Russian intonation? 1415UT

1332 female vocal 1414UT






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

 612 621 639 657 693 702 711 918 1017 1215  1287 1359 1431 1485 1494 1512  1539 
 1548 1557 1584 seemed to be Asian; 
  
585 612 1548 seemed to be DU  


best wishes,

Nick








Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria, BC
Canada  

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[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 12 March 2019

[Nigel Pimblett]

 Running too late for a proper report tonight, but in brief, had 
good signals from Japan this morning on 594, 693, 747, 774, and 828 and 
also a bit weaker on 666.  As well had Australia on 891, 1548, and 
surprisingly 1701.02 with Koran recitations (Presumably Islamic Voice 
given the offset).  First x-band audio here in months.   X-band had 
other good carriers too, and I might have dug out further audio if I had 
the time.    Yesterday wasn't bad either, with the highlight being audio 
from one of the ABC stations on 1161.



73,

 Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array

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Re: [IRCA] the (TP) joint is jumping

[C B via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 A very quiescent morning here in CO.
Craig Barnes
On Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 8:22:49 AM MDT, Nicholas Hall-Patch 
 wrote:  
 
 in Victoria, lots of signals 1415-1420UT from Japan etc. particularly upper
band

best wishes,

Nick
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Re: [IRCA] live dx spotter

[Carl DeWhitt]

I think a group text number where dx tips could be sent to the group would
be great.Carl DeWhitt,KI5SF,Maryville,TN
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[IRCA] UN ID'd 1000

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Any idea who on 1000khz would play a Bruno Mars song at 625pm
mountain/725pm central, 0225UTC ), which is Hot AC pop? They then played
another hot AC/pop song and 5 minutes later signed off entirely or severely
dropped power?

I dont think its XETAC Tapachula and I found a stream for XECSV 1000 which
does appear to play english language music, but couldn't find a previous
playlist

Im in Laramie, WY

Paul walker
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Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

[Mark Connelly via IRCA]

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<<
The chat channel over at DXER.ca/blab is hopping tonight.

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
>>

I will be interested to see how this all plays out. I'll be reading the reviews.

Not that I have much of a "horse in the race" as 95% of my DXing is 
after-the-fact, sometimes a few hours after and sometimes a few weeks after. 
This is somewhat out of necessity as peak DX time (local sunset typically 
around here) lands right in the middle of family dinner, something that can 
stretch over two hours from the start of prep to the clean-up of the last dish 
or utensil. Fortunately, by allowing time-shifting of listening, SDR file 
capture has taken away some of the "recluse during good DX time" problems many 
of us had pre-2005 or so. One can do normal things with family and friends at 
normal times. DXing can be done at some otherwise-useless time such as the 
middle of the day waiting for work being done on the car.

Still there will be a few times when I'll be DXing live. Sometimes this will be 
on my home gear, sometimes on a remote SDR, and sometimes in the car at a beach 
(where, presumably, I could hook to the chat site via cellphone web browser).

One thing I can do is publicize this chat channel on some other lists. That may 
generate more users covering more geographic areas.

Mark Connelly, WA1ION
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[IRCA] URL Correction - NRC Facebook

[Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA]

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Barry -  Yes I know - sorry about that.  If you remove the name "Marc" at the 
end of the link, it will work. I have big problems using the IRCA Reflector. I 
can't create any white space.  Any suggestions appreciated! Marc DeLorenzoSouth 
Dennis, Mass, USA  -Original Message-
From: Barry Davies via IRCA 
To: Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA 
Cc: Barry Davies 
Sent: Tue, Mar 12, 2019 12:03 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] URL Correction - NRC Facebook



Hello
This page isn't available

The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.


Best wishes
Barry 
Carlisle UK.  Lat. 55.0119N   Lon. 2.9668W 

    On Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 01:22:08 GMT, Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA 
 wrote:  
 
 This will work better:https://www.facebook.com/groups/210104603155267/
-Original Message-
From: Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA 
To: irca 
Cc: Marc DeLorenzo 
Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2019 9:12 pm
Subject: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

Nick -  The NRC Facebook Group is available and open to all DXers and 
broadcasters.  NRC membership is not required. 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/210104603155267/ Marc DeLorenzoSouth Dennis, 
Mass.  -Original Message-
From: Nick Hall-Patch 
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 

Cc: Hard-Core-DX 
Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2019 1:48 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

First rule is to see what's already available.

bcblog had its last submission less than two hours ago.

Does anyone know what happened to #mwdx?

Even ye olde DXFishbarrel can 
help  http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/test/display.htm
Obviously most relevance to the northwest DXer, but if the thing is 
lit up like a Christmas tree in the evening, checking for TAs 
anywhere in America might be productive, and if it's lit up at your 
local sunrise, it may mean that conditions are good overall, and that 
switching on the radio would not be amiss.

best wishes,

Nick







At 17:09 2019-03-11, Mark Pettifor wrote:
>Would this be similar to the BCB / SW / etc. log pages at dxworld? 
>(Ex: http://dxworld.com/bcblog.html)
>
>Besides AM DXing, I've been wanting to do more SW DXing, and a quick 
>page for alerts for both would be great for that. I think maybe 
>there's 4 people in the entire world who use the SW logger at dxworld...
>
>Mark Pettifor
>Goshen, IN
>
>
>On 2019-03-11 12:12 pm, R. Colin Newell wrote:
>>Last week someone posted a "wouldn't it be great if we had a
>>live DX spotter chat window web site 100% dedicated to SWBCing
>>and/or MW DXing ?"
>>You know, a place where you could quickly sign in and post an alert that
>>you're hearing HCJB on 9560 khz or Voice of the Voyager on 6160 khz...
>>or there is a great TA opening to the West Coast...
>>Show of hands: Who would use a system like this?
>>I have some free server space and some ideas about domain names that could
>>be fun...
>>Anyway... hands!?
>>--
>>Colin Newell - Editor and creator Coffeecrew.com
>> and
>>DXer.ca  -
>>Ham Radio VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - B.C. Canada
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Re: [IRCA] URL Correction - NRC Facebook

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--- Begin Message ---


Hello
This page isn't available

The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.


Best wishes
Barry 
Carlisle UK.  Lat. 55.0119N   Lon. 2.9668W 

On Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 01:22:08 GMT, Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA 
 wrote:  
 
 This will work better:https://www.facebook.com/groups/210104603155267/
-Original Message-
From: Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA 
To: irca 
Cc: Marc DeLorenzo 
Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2019 9:12 pm
Subject: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

Nick -  The NRC Facebook Group is available and open to all DXers and 
broadcasters.  NRC membership is not required. 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/210104603155267/ Marc DeLorenzoSouth Dennis, 
Mass.  -Original Message-
From: Nick Hall-Patch 
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 

Cc: Hard-Core-DX 
Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2019 1:48 pm
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

First rule is to see what's already available.

bcblog had its last submission less than two hours ago.

Does anyone know what happened to #mwdx?

Even ye olde DXFishbarrel can 
help  http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/test/display.htm
Obviously most relevance to the northwest DXer, but if the thing is 
lit up like a Christmas tree in the evening, checking for TAs 
anywhere in America might be productive, and if it's lit up at your 
local sunrise, it may mean that conditions are good overall, and that 
switching on the radio would not be amiss.

best wishes,

Nick







At 17:09 2019-03-11, Mark Pettifor wrote:
>Would this be similar to the BCB / SW / etc. log pages at dxworld? 
>(Ex: http://dxworld.com/bcblog.html)
>
>Besides AM DXing, I've been wanting to do more SW DXing, and a quick 
>page for alerts for both would be great for that. I think maybe 
>there's 4 people in the entire world who use the SW logger at dxworld...
>
>Mark Pettifor
>Goshen, IN
>
>
>On 2019-03-11 12:12 pm, R. Colin Newell wrote:
>>Last week someone posted a "wouldn't it be great if we had a
>>live DX spotter chat window web site 100% dedicated to SWBCing
>>and/or MW DXing ?"
>>You know, a place where you could quickly sign in and post an alert that
>>you're hearing HCJB on 9560 khz or Voice of the Voyager on 6160 khz...
>>or there is a great TA opening to the West Coast...
>>Show of hands: Who would use a system like this?
>>I have some free server space and some ideas about domain names that could
>>be fun...
>>Anyway... hands!?
>>--
>>Colin Newell - Editor and creator Coffeecrew.com
>> and
>>DXer.ca  -
>>Ham Radio VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - B.C. Canada
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[IRCA] the (TP) joint is jumping

[Nicholas Hall-Patch]

in Victoria, lots of signals 1415-1420UT from Japan etc. particularly upper
band

best wishes,

Nick
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[IRCA] CHFO 1350 Gatineau

[Eric Floden]

We have been in Ottawa for a week now, and not a sign of them.  (I was
extra keen to hear them last week as I was filling out a radio ratings
diary.) When we were here october to January,they were usually on and a fun
listen. (I still have CJEU 1690 to listen to French music and gab.)

A quick search shows no sign of an internet presence, or announcement of an
interruption. Years ago, I would have telephoned them, but my French is now
not so good...

EricF
New Edinburgh Ont
Sangean PRD15
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[IRCA] XHDATA D-808 and Radiwow R-108 Loopsticks

[Gary DeBock]

For those who weren't aware of the fact, XHDATA and Radiwow are actually the 
same Chinese company, which has specialized in wholesale design appropriation 
of the C.Crane Skywave SSB's technical innovations (in the D-808) and physical 
cabinet characteristics (in the R-108). As for why they choose to go by two 
different names, maybe they figure that C.Crane would be less inclined to sue 
two companies for design theft than one? Of course C.Crane can't sue anybody in 
China, where the term "copyright" means "the right to copy." The Fortuna, CA 
company has reason to deeply regret building their breakthrough Skywave SSB 
model at the Redsun factories in Shenzhen-- which is of course the home of 
XHDATA/ Radiwow.

Anyway, since both reverse-engineered models have been "Supercharged" here with 
7.5" loopsticks, I thought some DXers might like to know about their stock 
loopsticks. In the XHDATA D-808 model the loopstick has a 98mm x 8mm x 4mm 
ferrite rod with a 12mm coil, for a total inductance of 341 uH (see detailed 
photo posted at  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/nimnw5jffcnk5h11yvumsy479synihvv

The Radiwow R-108 has a 70mm x 8mm x 4mm ferrite rod with the same 12mm coil, 
for a total inductance of 212 uH. Of course because of the longer loopstick the 
D-808 has significantly better MW sensitivity than the R-108, and in fact has 
better MW sensitivity than any Ultralight radio (the D-108 is a little too 
large to qualify as an Ultralight portable).

Following the typical practice of companies in the Chinese domestic market, 
XHDATA/ Radiwow does not offer any manufacturer's warranty on their radio 
models-- but this doesn't seem to have deterred their sales on the 
international market. When a purchaser can get a $75 model like the D-808 which 
is highly competitive with the $169.98 Skywave SSB (with a few added features 
like a more powerful audio amp and a long endurance rechargeable battery), 
sales are definitely going to happen. So far the component quality of both the 
D-808 and R-108 seem quite good, and international purchasers are cautiously 
optimistic that this will continue. Hopefully this Chinese company will avoid 
the Tecsun example of cutting down quality (as in the PL-380's digital 
shielding) in order to increase profits.

73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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