[IRCA] Grayland19 - Feb. 18-23, 2019

[Bill Whitacre]

Thanks to a last-minute ‘flash sale’ from Alaska Airlines I made my 19th trip 
to Grayland, Washington a couple of weeks ago.  Propagation conditions were not 
great but following the motto “everything’s better at the beach” I persevered.

You can see and hear what I heard on this webpage: 
http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland19.php

I’m still going through the wav files but there’s enough on the webpage to give 
a flavor of what things were like.

Antenna was the usual 160’ DKAZ at 287 deg. literally ‘on the beach’ and in the 
puddles that collect during winter months on the back-beach.  I’m sure my 
splashing around provided entertainment to the large number of razor clammers 
on the beach.

Highlight so far is DWXI, the Delta Broadcasting System, on 1314kHz, a new 
Philippine station for me from Grayland:

http://realmonitor.com/grayland19/190220/1500/philippines-1314.wav

Enjoy and good DX to everyone.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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[IRCA] Furlough DXpedition Jan 14-18, 2019

[Bill Whitacre]

While on furlough I visited Waters Edge, near Fleeton, VA for a few days about 
a week ago.  Waters Edge is right on the Chesapeake Bay and usually has good 
reception up and down the east coast of the U.S.

Depending on how one points the DKAZ antenna that I normally use, stations from 
New Brunswick to Brazil can be heard … as well as some TAs.

Highlights this trip were Barbados on 900kHz, Panama on 860kHz, Voice of Nevis 
& St. Kitts also on 860kHz and a new Dominican station for me, Radio Dial, on 
670kHz.

I’m still reviewing Perseus wav files but you can see/hear what I've heard so 
far on this webpage:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_we8.php

Oh yea, the antenna used was a 160’ DKAZ aimed at 130 deg.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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Re: [IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Updater

[Bill Whitacre]

Thanks Bruce for this most reliable of sources for Asia/Pacific MW.

Bill Whitacre
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On Jan 16, 2019, at 1:06 AM, Bruce Portzer  wrote:

> Hello everyone:
> 
> I recently completed  the January 2019 edition of the Pacific Asian Log.   
> This edition has many changes and updates for stations throughout Asia and 
> the Pacific.
> 
> The PAL has been posted on the Radioheritage website: 
> http://www.radioheritage.net/ The link for the PDF version is at the top 
> center of the site's main page.
> 
> You can also use an interactive version of the PAL by going through a couple 
> of the site's internal links.
> 
> The next update will be published in a couple of months.
> 
> Corrections and updates from users are always welcome and can be sent to 
> bport...@comcast.net or portze...@gmail.com.
> 
> First issued in 2001, The PAL lists medium wave and domestic shortwave 
> broadcasting stations in southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific.   It 
> includes about 5000 stations in over 50 countries, with frequencies, call 
> signs, locations, power, networks, schedules, languages, formats, networks 
> and other information.
> 
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[IRCA] TPs in Maine this morning

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Getting audio on 1566kHz and carriers on 1134, 1107, 1098 and 1089 this morning 
around 1045utc from the Lubec, Maine KiwiSDR:

http://qhkiwisdr.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073
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[IRCA] QH12 DXpedition - November 10 - 17

[Bill Whitacre]

From November 10 - 17 I was in Lubec, Maine for the QH12 DXpedition, named after
the place I stay - Quoddy House.

I had three DKAZ antennas up during most of the week - one at 115 deg. for
LatAm/Africa, one at 35 deg. for Europe and beyond and one at a nearby location,
Lubec Bay Cottage, at 80 deg. for whatever I could catch.  All used Vactrol
termination.

I use Perseus receivers and have gotten far enough into wav file review to give
a picture of what was heard:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh12.php

The highlite was some of the best TP reception I've had at QH with many carriers
and audio on 747, 774, 945, 972, 1089, 1098 [Marshall Is.],1206, 1287 and 1566
kHz.

For those unfamiliar, I don't keep a written log.  The webpage above IS my log.
Every 'logging' is an audio sample.  The table presented is sorted by frequency
along the left side with column headings on the right corresponding to the
antenna, date and hour of the log.  You can click on the round play button to
hear the corresponding sound sample.

In the heading area of the webpage there are links to ’summary stats’, a map of 
my loggings, geomagnetic conditions during the week and a ‘quick tour’ of the 
shack
and antenna.

Enjoy!

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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[IRCA] TP carriers in Maine Nov. 25

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Lots of TP carriers on the QH KiwiSDR in Lubec, Maine this morning around 
1015UTC.

http://qhkiwisdr.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073

Audio on 972, 981, 1377, 1566

Carriers only on 1422, 1413, 945, 1458, 1017, 1134, 1287, etc.

Wish I were there again with a DKAZ up rather than the 800ft. BOG that I left 
behind.

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Re: [IRCA] Not much TP today

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‘about 60 deg and 900 ft.  Leaving a DKAZ behind would be too visible and not 
maintainable.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 18, 2018, at 9:33 AM, Neil Kazaross  wrote:
> 
> What direction BOG did you leave with it?  73 KAZ
> 
>> On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 8:27 AM Bill Whitacre  wrote:
>> 
>> I’m waiting for a flight home in Bangor but left the KiwiSDR behind at
>> Quoddy House.
>> 
>> Just a couple of carriers seen on it - 1089, 1287 and 972 - from my hotel
>> room.
>> 
>> No audio.
>> 
>> Not sure if conditions that bad or the antenna I left behind.
>> 
>> Bill Whitacre
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[IRCA] Not much TP today

[Bill Whitacre]

I’m waiting for a flight home in Bangor but left the KiwiSDR behind at Quoddy 
House.

Just a couple of carriers seen on it - 1089, 1287 and 972 - from my hotel room.

No audio.

Not sure if conditions that bad or the antenna I left behind.

Bill Whitacre

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Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] Re: [CapeDX] Last night for the twin Lubec, Maine KiwiSDR

[Bill Whitacre]

On Nov 17, 2018, at 12:15 AM, 'Mark Connelly' via NRC-AM 
 wrote:

> Bill, is there a website of your latest DXpedition logs?

There always is Mark.  This latest Quoddy House DXp will be at:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh12.php

Just a skeleton there now but I’ll be adding things over the next couple of 
weeks.

First to show up will be some TPs!

Bill Whitacre
… at the Lucerne Inn awaiting flight home tomorrow - no longer DXing but 
wishing he was.

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You can ‘still be DXing’ from QH by listening to the KiwiSDR I left behind:

http://qhkiwisdr.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/

… before you say anything, there’s a telephone pole and transformer a couple of 
hundred behind it and I think that’s where the noises come from.

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[IRCA] Island Music on 1098

[Bill Whitacre]

Now I’ve got ‘island music’ on 1098kHz:

http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181117/1098-0937-Nov17.wav

http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181117/1098-1015-Nov17.wav

No claims yet but I’m thinking about it.

Bill Whitacre
Lubec, Maine
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Re: [IRCA] Nov 17 - Korea 972 - Maine

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Couple of examples from 0845 and 0910 utc:

http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181117/972-0845-Nov17.wav

http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181117/972-0910-Nov17.wav

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On Nov 17, 2018, at 3:50 AM, Bill Whitacre  wrote:

> Korea on 972 in already @ 0845utc in Lubec, Maine.
> 
> Other traditional TP channels still have TAs on them so need to be careful.
> 
> Bill Whitacre
> Lubec, Maine
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[IRCA] Nov 17 - Korea 972 - Maine

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Korea on 972 in already @ 0845utc in Lubec, Maine.

Other traditional TP channels still have TAs on them so need to be careful.

Bill Whitacre
Lubec, Maine
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Re: [IRCA] TPs on Nov 16 from Lubec, Maine

[Bill Whitacre]

Hmmm … maybe it really IS a ‘zero sum’ game — we can’t both have good DX at the 
same time?!  ;-)

I’m getting payback now as I struggle through gale-force winds driving a nasty 
mix of wintry stuff to take down the 115 deg. DKAZ to have one less thing to do 
tomorrow.  Oh yea, it had already blown down anyway — not just collapsed masts 
but ‘blown down’ still erect but horizontal.  Tie wraps busted clean off.  
After I warm up and dry off a bit I’m going out to finish and try to put the 35 
deg. [‘TP Magic’] antenna back up.  It’s just de-telescoped.

Fingers crossed … as soon as they thaw out.

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On Nov 16, 2018, at 12:24 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

> Conditions in Victoria seemed quite revolting around local sunrise, so it's 
> good to hear that the TP's are showing up somewhere.  I'll have to see if I 
> can find as "good" a signal heard here around sunrise on 1287 for example.
> 
> Straight over the pole seems to be a better bet at the moment, as there's 
> apparently some interesting absorption out over the north Pacific ocean.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 11:28 2018-11-16, Bill Whitacre wrote:
>> Quoddy House, Lubec, Maine - November 16, 2018
>> 
>> Korea on 972 was again the most steady of the TPs heard after 0900utc here 
>> in a snowy Lubec, Maine this morning.  Star of the morning though was 
>> 1089-China doing very well against WBAL on 1090.
>> 
>> Signals seemed best from straight over the pole to China and Korea rather 
>> than Japan.
>> 
>> Here, in no particular order are some sound samples:
>> 
>> Japan on 1287 @ 0931utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1287-0931-Nov16.wav
>> 
>> Japan on 774 @ 1018utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/774-1018-Nov16.wav
>> 
>> Korea on 1566 @ 1018utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1566-1018-Nov16.wav
>> 
>> Korea on 972 @ 1020 and 1021utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1020-Nov16.wav
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1021-Nov16.wav
>> 
>> China on 1089 @ 0954 and 1015utc
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-0954-Nov16.wav
>> http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-1015-Nov16.wav
>> 
>> I wrote down several other frequencies with possible audio during a 1030utc 
>> scan - 963, 1017, 1098, 1188 and 1215.  TP DXers will recognize those as 
>> either China or Korea frequencies.  We’ll see what further listening will 
>> provide.
>> 
>> For reference, the previous 10 days of geomag indices can be viewed on a 
>> running graph I keep:
>> 
>> http://tivodxer.com/jpgraph_example3b_multi_y_axis.php
>> 
>> Note A and K indices have fallen way down and Dst has gone up above zero.  
>> All are ‘good things’ to trans polar DXers.
>> 
>> Bill Whitacre
>> … getting ready to dig out some snow
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[IRCA] TPs on Nov 16 from Lubec, Maine

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Quoddy House, Lubec, Maine - November 16, 2018

Korea on 972 was again the most steady of the TPs heard after 0900utc here in a 
snowy Lubec, Maine this morning.  Star of the morning though was 1089-China 
doing very well against WBAL on 1090.

Signals seemed best from straight over the pole to China and Korea rather than 
Japan.

Here, in no particular order are some sound samples:

Japan on 1287 @ 0931utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1287-0931-Nov16.wav

Japan on 774 @ 1018utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/774-1018-Nov16.wav

Korea on 1566 @ 1018utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1566-1018-Nov16.wav

Korea on 972 @ 1020 and 1021utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1020-Nov16.wav
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/972-1021-Nov16.wav

China on 1089 @ 0954 and 1015utc
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-0954-Nov16.wav
http://realmonitor.com/QH12/181116/1089-1015-Nov16.wav

I wrote down several other frequencies with possible audio during a 1030utc 
scan - 963, 1017, 1098, 1188 and 1215.  TP DXers will recognize those as either 
China or Korea frequencies.  We’ll see what further listening will provide.

For reference, the previous 10 days of geomag indices can be viewed on a 
running graph I keep:

http://tivodxer.com/jpgraph_example3b_multi_y_axis.php

Note A and K indices have fallen way down and Dst has gone up above zero.  All 
are ‘good things’ to trans polar DXers.

Bill Whitacre
… getting ready to dig out some snow

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Re: [IRCA] TPs in Maine - Nov. 16

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Check 1089 Jim.  China doing a good job against WBAL on 1090.

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On Nov 16, 2018, at 5:14 AM, James Renfrew  wrote:

> Virtually nothing in live scanning at 1007z at Cappahayden.  Just some
> bumps in the Perseus spectrum.  Maybe the recordings will show more when I
> review later.  Jim Renfrew, still stuck in Newfiundland.  I was due to
> leave Wednesday, but expect to fly today.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 06:00 Bill Whitacre  
>> Audio so far on 972, 774 and 1287 from 0900utc.  Dangerous time of day
>> though as audio on 1107 was Spanish … though signal level and expectations
>> made it take a minute to figure that out!
>> 
>> Hopefully things will improve a bit nearer sunrise.
>> 
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[IRCA] TPs in Maine - Nov. 16

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Audio so far on 972, 774 and 1287 from 0900utc.  Dangerous time of day though 
as audio on 1107 was Spanish … though signal level and expectations made it 
take a minute to figure that out!

Hopefully things will improve a bit nearer sunrise.

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Re: [IRCA] TPs in Maine

[Bill Whitacre]

Mostly the same as yesterday but weaker and, as Nick Hall-Patch says, more 
‘splashy’ from domestics.

Audio on 972, 774, 747 1566, almost audio on 1287, 1107, 1134, and others.

More later …

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On Nov 15, 2018, at 4:16 AM, Bill Whitacre  wrote:

> They’re back!  Just got up at 0911utc and have audio on 972!  Woohoo!
> 
> Bill Whitacre
> Lubec, Maine
> 
> —
> 
> On Nov 14, 2018, at 4:59 AM, Bill Whitacre  wrote:
> 
>> Not sure how TP reception here in Maine translates to the midwest and west 
>> coast but I hope someone besides me is listening!
>> 
>> I’ve had pretty decent audio so far on 972, 1206, 1287 and to a lesser 
>> extent on 774 and 1566.
>> 
>> Pretty amazing, actually.
>> 
>> More to follow … with audio.
>> 
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Re: [IRCA] TPs in Maine

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They’re back!  Just got up at 0911utc and have audio on 972!  Woohoo!

Bill Whitacre
Lubec, Maine

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On Nov 14, 2018, at 4:59 AM, Bill Whitacre  wrote:

> Not sure how TP reception here in Maine translates to the midwest and west 
> coast but I hope someone besides me is listening!
> 
> I’ve had pretty decent audio so far on 972, 1206, 1287 and to a lesser extent 
> on 774 and 1566.
> 
> Pretty amazing, actually.
> 
> More to follow … with audio.
> 
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[IRCA] Two more ... TPs in Maine

[Bill Whitacre]

>From closer to sunrise this morning the twin Japanese outlets -

774kHz - http://realmonitor.com/qh12/774-1050-Nov14.wav

and

747kHz - http://realmonitor.com/qh12/747-1054-Nov14.wav

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[IRCA] TPs in Maine This Morning - Nov. 14

[Bill Whitacre]

I had the good fortune of having my antenna(s) survive an all-day-rain 
yesterday and a huge increase in wind and decrease in temperature overnight AND 
being part of a TP opening this morning from Quoddy House near Lubec, Maine.

Starting as soon as the strongest TA carriers faded away others remained.  This 
was the loudest I’ve ever heard these here in Maine and I’m sure there are 
others to be found.  I know I have good signals from Japan on 774 and 747kHz, 
for example.

---

Korea on 972kHz is one of the most common [not really anything ‘common’ about 
it] TPs here near solar minima:

http://realmonitor.com/qh12/972-0933-Nov14.wav

—

Not so common is China on 1206kHz in Korean:

http://realmonitor.com/qh12/1206-0953-Nov14.wav

—

Also not common is Japan on 1287kHz:

http://realmonitor.com/qh12/1287-1014-Nov14.wav

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I have a KiwiSDR up and running and Quoddy House for the duration of my visit 
[Saturday AM]:

http://qhkiwisdr.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/

Enjoy!

Bill Whitacre
… freezing and blowing away in Lubec, Maine
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Re: [IRCA] TPs in Maine

[Bill Whitacre]

Sounds like Korea to me Jim.  I’ll take a look for the sign ons from India — 
it’s not that common here.

Safe travel home and regards to the others … even Chuck.  ;-)

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On Nov 14, 2018, at 7:11 AM, James Renfrew  wrote:

> Bill,
> 
> First file check reveals 3+1 pips 1000z on 972. Thanks for the tip.  But
> now I'm packing for departure so I'll have to check files when I return
> home, with 4 wires and signals recorded 1728z to 1128z each day it might
> take a while to get through them!
> 
> Yesterday, NOV 13, India sign ons on many channels 0012-0030z, 648, 666,
> 720, 783, 819, 846, 918, 954, 1107 (followed by Afghanistan at 0030), 1287,
> 1467, 1593.  There may be more to discover.
> 
> I'm leaving today but the rest of the gang leaves Sunday.  Sounds like you
> and we will have much to discuss!
> 
> Jim Renfrew,
> Cappahayden, Newfoundland.
> 
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2018, 07:34 Bill Whitacre  
>> 972 was loudest, starting at <1000utc then 1206 [China in Korean] and then
>> the Japanese on 774 & 747 came in well later.
>> 
>> Sunrise is around 1100utc here so things are pretty much done as I write
>> this.
>> 
>> Hopefully it’ll be there tomorrow or you can check wav files.
>> 
>> —
>> 
>> On Nov 14, 2018, at 6:00 AM, James Renfrew  wrote:
>> 
>>> What time?  In Newfoundland we are interested.  Jim Renfrew
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2018, 06:29 Bill Whitacre >> 
>>>> Not sure how TP reception here in Maine translates to the midwest and
>> west
>>>> coast but I hope someone besides me is listening!
>>>> 
>>>> I’ve had pretty decent audio so far on 972, 1206, 1287 and to a lesser
>>>> extent on 774 and 1566.
>>>> 
>>>> Pretty amazing, actually.
>>>> 
>>>> More to follow … with audio.
>>>> 
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Re: [IRCA] TPs in Maine

[Bill Whitacre]

972 was loudest, starting at <1000utc then 1206 [China in Korean] and then the 
Japanese on 774 & 747 came in well later.

Sunrise is around 1100utc here so things are pretty much done as I write this.

Hopefully it’ll be there tomorrow or you can check wav files.

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> What time?  In Newfoundland we are interested.  Jim Renfrew
> 
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2018, 06:29 Bill Whitacre  
>> Not sure how TP reception here in Maine translates to the midwest and west
>> coast but I hope someone besides me is listening!
>> 
>> I’ve had pretty decent audio so far on 972, 1206, 1287 and to a lesser
>> extent on 774 and 1566.
>> 
>> Pretty amazing, actually.
>> 
>> More to follow … with audio.
>> 
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[IRCA] TPs in Maine

[Bill Whitacre]

Not sure how TP reception here in Maine translates to the midwest and west 
coast but I hope someone besides me is listening!

I’ve had pretty decent audio so far on 972, 1206, 1287 and to a lesser extent 
on 774 and 1566.

Pretty amazing, actually.

More to follow … with audio.

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Re: [IRCA] Nov. 7th: Ionosphere Delivers a Gold Mine to the Pacific NW

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What a wonderful problem to have!

Bill Whitacre - marooned in QRN wasteland in Alexandria, VA

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> On Nov 7, 2018, at 1:18 PM, Guy Atkins  wrote:
> 
> I hope other DXers in the Northwest, from the Victoria crew southwards,
> found last night to be a fascinating time at the dials.
> 
> At my temporary Cape Lookout post in Oregon, I noticed a few Japanese
> stations in audio more than an hour and a half before Japan sunrise. With
> 4.5 terabytes of hard drive space on my laptop now I decided to just let
> SDR recording continue uninterrupted through the night.
> 
> Spot checks a few times through the night showed a wealth of TPs up and
> down the band. When I stopped recording at 1645 UTC (nearly two hours past
> local SR), a handful of Chinese and Korean signals were still providing
> weak but clear audio.
> 
> So... what a turnaround from the previous two mornings. I'll be interested
> to know others impressions of DX on Nov. 7th, as I face an SDR DXer's
> dilemma of how to approach over 11 hours of productive DX recordings!
> 
> 73,
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Re: [IRCA] TP madness in Michigan!

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Yes and unfortunately that’s all we can do - imagine.

Ugh.

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> On Oct 28, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
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> Just staggered back from the DXpedition to the basement in Victoria myself.   
> Not one but two full-bore Chinese on 1098, 1377 thundering etc etc.  plus all 
> sorts of the usual suspects and more.
> 
> Can you imagine what Grayland would have been like this weekend?
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> At 11:21 2018-10-28, Tim Tromp wrote:
>> What a wild morning which is still in full swing here, Japan is all over
>> the dial with good audio on several channels.  This NEVER happens here (not
>> even weak carriers) and I'm totally blown away and unprepared for it!  Full
>> report tonight when I get this all sorted out.  SDRs were made for times
>> like this!
>> 
>> 73,
>> Tim Tromp
>> West Michigan
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[IRCA] Waters Edge DXpedition - Oct. 18 - 21

[Bill Whitacre]

I visited the Waters Edge HomeAway rental property near Fleeton, VA for the 6th 
time from Oct. 18 - 21.  Results are on this webpage:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_we6.php

A 160’ DKAZ was used pointing at 135 deg. -- further south than I had planned 
thus I missed most of the fine TA loggings my friends at LBI enjoyed the same 
weekend.

I also was reminded that the DKAZ is a wonderful ‘deer trap.’  On two 
consecutive mornings I woke to find one of my masts BROKE due to a deer 
incursion.

Conditions were far from auroral so I was mostly limited to the usual 
collection of stations from PR, DR, Cuba and Colombia.

A couple of decent catches did struggle through the mundane to reach my antenna 
though.

On 1290.3 kHz I had a re-log of Radio Timbira do Maranhao from Brazil:

http://realmonitor.com/we6/181019/0100/brazil-1290.wav

And on 828 kHz Magic 828 provided a weak but readable signal ...

http://realmonitor.com/we6/181019//south-africa-828.wav

… that I was not able to // with their on-line feed due to a really crappy 
internet connection but recognized the voice of a rather distinctive male 
announcer from a previous logging in Lubec, Maine last November ...

http://realmonitor.com/qh10/171113/qh100/2330/south-africa-828.wav

Fortunately, the weather was nice and my wife and I had a nice break from DC.

Bill Whitacre
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[IRCA] Tonga English News

[Bill Whitacre]

Now that Tonga appears to have extended their schedule on 1017kHz we’re able to 
hear things we couldn’t before.

One is English news at sometime before 1245utc:

http://realmonitor.com/grayland18/180809/1245/tonga-1017.wav

This is from Grayland, WA on August 9.  I’m not sure it’s a daily feature.

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[IRCA] QH11 - Lubec, Maine over Memorial Day

[Bill Whitacre]

My wife and I visited Quoddy House near Lubec, Maine for the Downeast Birding 
Festival over Memorial Day weekend.  Nobody who knows anything about radio goes 
to Quoddy House without putting up an antenna and giving DXing a try.

I put up a 160’ DKAZ pointing 100 deg. and am working through Perseus wav files 
from May 26-28.  So far the highlights are Bolivia on 960, Mozambique on 1206 
and about 20 Brazilians.

Conditions were not the greatest but anything is better than listening from my 
noise-ridden, non-coastal Alexandria, VA home.

You can see and hear what I heard at this webpage:  
http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh11.php

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[IRCA] DXpedition to Ditchley, VA April 22-24, 2018

[Bill Whitacre]

While my wife was promoting a book in Rochester, NY I made a 2-night visit to 
Ditchley, VA for a short respite from our QRN-ridden suburban DC home.

With a 160’ DKAZ pointed at ~ 135 deg. true North and fairly low levels of 
noise I tried to make the best of pretty mediocre conditions.

The one exception was South Africa on 729 and 828 kHz at sunset on April 22nd.  
Cape Pulpit on 729 was carrying English language religious programming and for 
the first time ever I pulled a web stream parallel trick on Magic 828 with a 
George Michaels song.  Thank goodness I brought along a couple of HF+ radios to 
listen live while the Perseus was monopolized by Mestor.

Otherwise the fare was a good collection of stations from Puerto Rico and 
Dominican Republic but a disappointing showing from Brazil.

Still going through the wav files but here’s a web page that gives an 
accounting of what I’ve heard so far:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_ditchley.php

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Re: [IRCA] 630-Cook Islands Sign On Routine (1555 UTC)

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In re-reading my WRTH article from 1981 I’m reminded that the XCR-30 also went 
to Europe a few times.  Pretty sure I travelled without the dozen or so D-cells 
it craved.  Evereadys didn’t catch on fire like LiOn cells but they were just 
as heavy.  ;-)

Not so long before I joined VOA, in 1982, story goes that monitors lugged 51J’s 
along on reception surveys.  Can you imagine?

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> On Apr 13, 2018, at 11:53 AM, R. Colin Newell  wrote:
> 
> Hey! I've a functioning Barlow-Wadley XCR-30!
> And I assure you, it has never picked up Radio Cook Islands!
> 
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 5:37 AM, Bill Whitacre  wrote:
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>> Oh, oh … now you did it — opened up the door to ‘memory lane!’
>> 
>> Here’s a cut from Radio Cook Islands from July 1980 recorded, as far as I
>> can recall, on a Barlow-Wadley XCR-30 [which I still have] and a cheap
>> little portable cassette recorder at the Orange Grove Lodge about half way
>> around the island from the airport:
>> 
>> http://realmonitor.com/Cook_Islands_Jul1980.wav <
>> http://realmonitor.com/Cook_Islands_Jul1980.wav>
>> 
>> Out of RA news with ID mentioning both 630 and 5045 kHz.
>> 
>> I almost forgot all about these tapes and the article I wrote for the 1981
>> WRTH about my visit.
>> 
>> Thanks for stirring up some happy memories Gary & Guy!
>> 
>> Now if I can only FIND my copy of the 1981 WRTH!
>> 
>> Bill Whitacre
>> Alexandria, VA
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [IRCA] 630-Cook Islands Sign On Routine (1555 UTC)

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Oh, oh … now you did it — opened up the door to ‘memory lane!’

Here’s a cut from Radio Cook Islands from July 1980 recorded, as far as I can 
recall, on a Barlow-Wadley XCR-30 [which I still have] and a cheap little 
portable cassette recorder at the Orange Grove Lodge about half way around the 
island from the airport:

http://realmonitor.com/Cook_Islands_Jul1980.wav 
<http://realmonitor.com/Cook_Islands_Jul1980.wav>

Out of RA news with ID mentioning both 630 and 5045 kHz.

I almost forgot all about these tapes and the article I wrote for the 1981 WRTH 
about my visit.

Thanks for stirring up some happy memories Gary & Guy!

Now if I can only FIND my copy of the 1981 WRTH!

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Apr 13, 2018, at 12:37 AM, Guy Atkins  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> ​Hi Gary,
> 
> Thanks for the RCI sign-on routine recording! I had to laugh when I heard
> the tail end of the audio, when the announcer's voice kicks in. Radio Cook
> Islands is still sounding over-modulated and bass-heavy, just like they
> were *25* years ago when I visited!​ Audio from their tapes or carts were
> fine, but announcer's voices tended to sound really distorted.
> 
> Anyone interested in hearing a vintage Radio Cook Islands sign-on should
> check out my recording #1 from this article on the SWLing Post:
> https://swling.com/blog/2015/07/radio-cook-islands-guys-1993-visit-and-recordings/
> 
> 73,
> 
> Guy Atkins
> Puyallup, WA
> 
> 
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Gary DeBock 
>> To: "America, Mailing" 
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:24:12 -0700 (PDT)
>> Subject: [IRCA] 630-Cook Islands Sign On Routine (1555 UTC)
>> 630-Radio Cook Islands in Rarotonga is one of the most exotic Pacific
>> island stations on the MW band, with a reputation of being a real
>> underperformer. Here in Aitutaki (about 200 km to the north) you can even
>> hear the Australian co-channels 4QN and 2PB in its null at night.
>> 
>> 
>> Here is the sign on routine for 630-RCI, recorded at 1555 UTC this morning
>> (April 12). In the 35 seconds before sign on you can hear the Oz
>> co-channels before the horns sound at 35 seconds, starting the day off for
>> RCI  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/ac25a13oykoc3jmk4e9i898pb8cea0k4
>> 
>> 
>> 73, Gary DeBock (in Aitutaki, Cook Islands)
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-31 (Preliminary)

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Hi Gary.  Found the Grayland cut from Taiwan on 1143kHz on Feb. 21 @ 1430utc 
that has them beginning their Tagalog progam:

http://realmonitor.com/grayland17/180221/1430/taiwan-1143.wav 
<http://realmonitor.com/grayland17/180221/1430/taiwan-1143.wav>

I love the guy’s opening - “C’mon, c’mon turn your radio on!”  Could be a cheer 
for MW DXers rolling out of bed to check the bands!

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Mar 31, 2018, at 10:21 AM, Gary DeBock  wrote:
> 
> Asian propagation was fairly good this morning from both Korea and China, 
> although a primary target station (738-BEL2) didn't really cooperate. A week 
> ago this morning the Indonesian/ Tagalog program was broadcast, and further 
> investigation was in order. What did cooperate (in a major way) was 
> 657-Pyongyang, which provided a nice, throbbing S9 signal right through its 
> 1330 TOH, complete with martial music, throbbing hum, the 3+1 pips and the 
> pleasant morning greeting from the sweet-voiced female announcer 
> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/gf2u64ztx60me4w6sycgj5zrnhqld7og  Other than 
> this there was pretty good Chinese propagation on 756, 981 and a few other 
> frequencies; full details to follow.
> 
> 
> 73 and Good DX,
> 
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> 
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> 
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Re: [IRCA] 738-BEL2 in Apparent Indonesian

[Bill Whitacre]

> On Mar 25, 2018, at 11:41 AM, Gary DeBock  wrote:
> 
> Yes, my neighbor has apparently deployed a plasma TV or something, causing an 
> S6 noise level on most MW frequencies here in Puyallup. The FSL's can null 
> the noise down to about S3, but it's just one more reason to head for the 
> ocean coast for anything exotic. Sound familiar?

Indeed it does Gary.  Just out picking up some limbs shook loose by a ‘big 
wind’ we had here a few weeks back and found one part of my 4-element Wellbrook 
phased delta loop on the ground — chewed off by my neighbors wagging maple tree 
limbs.

Fixed it and gave a listen to see how it was working to find even more local 
noise than when I last used it over a month ago.

I long for another trip to Grayland, Lubec or even the eastern shore of 
Maryland where we can at least find much reduced levels of QRN and a shot at 
some DX across a pond.

Bill Whitacre
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Re: [IRCA] 738-BEL2 in Apparent Indonesian

[Bill Whitacre]

That audio’s kind of rough Gary.  Wouldn’t hazard a guess at the language - 
though it’s NOT Mandarin.  ;-)

In going thru Grayland wav files from a month back I found 1143 going out of 
Mandarin and into what appeared to be Tagalog or some other Philippino dialect. 
 I can’t recall the time now.

Yet another station using MW for its ‘international’ service apparently.

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> On Mar 24, 2018, at 10:33 AM, Gary DeBock  wrote:
> 
> As Nick has reported, Taiwan Fisheries has started broadcasting in Indonesian 
> and possibly other languages besides Chinese, Although I'm no expert on 
> Indonesian, this recording of the station at 1337 UTC this morning on 738 kHz 
> certainly wasn't in Mandarin. A trace of the same apparent speech was on 1143
> 
> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/9sj1vf82kmchil3hojh1vuwx971j8k43
> 
> 
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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[IRCA] Grayland DXpedition - Feb. 18-24, 2018

[Bill Whitacre]

I made my 17th visit to Grayland, WA between February 18 - 24, 2018.  Since the
Grayland Motel closed a year ago I have had to find an alternative location for
DXpeditioning.  Such a place exists, albiet a bit more expensive and with a bit
less land to work with, just a couple of lots down the beach called Casa Sea
Esta - a HomeAway rental.  For nearly the entire time I used a 160' DKAZ antenna
aimed at 300 deg. true North errected 'beyond the berm' on the grassy area of
the beach.  Results so far are promising though I wish I had pointed the DKAZ a
little further south given its broad back null and equally broad front lobe.  I
was not nulling Seattle & Vancouver, BC stations near as well as Portland.

I'm just starting the wav file review process but the hightlight so far is
Cambodia on 918kHz.  There are also several Philippine stations in the wav
files, including a new one for me on 1611kHz.  Lots of Japanese and Alaskans
round things out.

You can see and hear what I have reviewed so far at the following webpage:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland17.php

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Re: [IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on 22 Feb

[Bill Whitacre]

Weird here in Grayland too Bruce.  Difference being that the morning ended with 
oddly good Aussie reception.  Heard the ABC news theme on 837 @ 1700!  Kind of 
unusual, no?

Not sure what else is on the wav files but I suspect more of the same.

Asian reception was quite unremarkable.

I think Nick had similar conditions up in Gabriola.

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On Feb 22, 2018, at 9:52 AM, Bruce Portzer  wrote:

> 
> Conditions this morning were kind of weird.  The SDR recording had the normal 
> half dozen Japanese/Korean powerhouses with below average signals from 
> 1200-1330 UTC.  Some time around 1330 they all gradually faded into the noise 
> and never returned.  I guess that would be the exact opposite of a sunrise 
> enhancement, whatever you care to call it.
> 
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Re: [IRCA] West Coast 846 KHz

[Bill Whitacre]

I listened to 846-Kiribati sign off at 0900utc.  Nice signal and wonderful 
acapella national anthem.

Will have to listen to wav files for a more thorough report.  ;-)

About to go out and try a 1000’ driveway BOG by parking the vehicle down the 
road aways and walking home in the dark through a scary stretch of wetlands!

Who says DXing ain’t exciting?!

Bill Whitacre
Grayland, WA

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On Feb 19, 2018, at 11:48 PM, Gary DeBock  wrote:

> Colin and Walt,
> 
> Colin is quite right about the aurora-enhanced signal of 846-Kiribati 
> tonight. The Puyallup valley is a notorious DU-dead zone, and the IBOC pest 
> 850-KHHO is only 4 air miles away from my DXing spot. Despite this 
> 846-Kiribati made it through with its best-ever audio here (fair) at 0720 UTC 
> (26 minutes ago).
> 
> Definitely not up to Kona or even Victoria quality, but I'll take it
> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/mzs6bj9jpqbbwf189i26sr35mrbl3q20
> 
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> 
>> On February 19, 2018 at 9:43 PM "R. Colin Newell"  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Good signal tonight on 846 KHz Kiribati
>> 0545 UTC // N/NE FLAG and Omni 80-10 end fed. With YL talk
>> 
>> Drake R8 / NRD525
>> 
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Re: [IRCA] 1566 HLAZ now with VOA

[Bill Whitacre]

I can confirm that RFA and VOA are now being relayed on 1566kHz via HLAZ, Jeju, 
South Korea.  RFA is on 1000-1100utc and VOA is on 1700-1800utc.

Bill Whitacre
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On Feb 13, 2018, at 2:18 PM, Chris Kadlec wrote:

> Walt,
> 
> 1566 plays Echo of the Gospel in the 2am local hour (assuming your given time 
> of 17:50 would be UTC). The program is produced by 106.9 //1188 Incheon and 
> usually airs in the 4am hour on that station. 1188 runs VOA in the overnight 
> hours, but not at that specific time. If something got mixed up with 1188, 
> that could send VOA to 1566, though I doubt that. Both stations run English 
> programming sometimes, and some of the Korean programs are bilingual as well. 
> Perhaps you stumbled upon it right at the right time. I've noted that many 
> times, at least until Pyongyang upped its power and made FEBC a real pain in 
> the rear end to listen to. But the online schedule shows no VOA. The best you 
> could do would be to listen to the 1566 stream of the program when it comes 
> on and see if you hear English. I always say I want to listen to a program 
> stream, but I get sidetracked by shiny things and forget.
> 
> -Chris Kadlec
> Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide
> 
> 
> 
> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:05:12 +
> From: Volodya S 
> Subject: [IRCA] 1566 HLAZ now with VOA
> 
> I happened to be listening to HLAZ via a Korean Perseus remote SDR and
> noted VOA Korean (? I think?)  programming.  Constant mentions of VOA and
> giving website address.  All this at 17:50 tune in.  No sign of any
> jamming.  HLAZ ID mentioned before the TOH.  Presumably back to HLAZ
> programming after the TOH.  Very strong, of course!   73,  Walt Salmaniw,
> Victoria, BC
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Re: [IRCA] YAHOOOOOO…NEW STATE # 48 on AM-BCB This morning!!

[Bill Whitacre]

And guys [usually] who have to pump your gas ‘cause you’re too darned dumb to 
not light yourself on fire!

NJ is the only other state I know of that also thinks we’re all ignorant and 
unable to pump our own gas.

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> On Jan 18, 2018, at 4:41 PM, Gary DeBock  wrote:
> 
> Rob,
> 
> 
> Congratulations on receiving Oregon as State #48!
> 
> 
> Oregon is a phenomenal state-- full of plunging ocean cliffs, great DU 
> propagation AND no sales tax! If you can ever make it out this way I'll be 
> happy to book you a summer vacation in Manzanita-- the awesome home base for 
> "Cliffhanger DXers" every August. With you on our team, we couldn't lose 
> against the "sleeping squatters!"
> 
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> 
>> On January 18, 2018 at 9:02 AM Robert Ross wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>Hi Guys:
>> 
>>I checked my 0700 EST Recording today and it was Dead as a Doorknob!!! So 
>> I thought I'll check the 0800 Recording to see if things got any better!!
>> 
>>YUP…it did…..Just bagged NEW STATE # 48 OREGON! That just leaves IDAHO, 
>> ALASKA, and HAWAII……so realistically …..IDAHO is my only hope to add any 
>> more States from here in London, ONTARIO!
>> 
>>RECEIVER is ELAD FDM-S2 SDR
>> 
>>ANTENNA isWELLBROOK ALA-1530LNP Imperium Loop
>> 
>>AM BCB TOTALS are now…….. 2,102 Stations Heard
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>73……ROB VA3SW
>> 
>>Robert S. Ross
>>London, Ontario CANADA
>> 
>>
>> ***
>>720 KFIR Sweet Home, OREGON Jan/18/18 0800 EST EE FAIR
>>Heard Under WGN but quite readable! Male DJ with ID @ 0800 as "News talk 
>> One - The Voice
>>of the Valley - 720 AM KFIR". Into News read by Male DJ @ 0800-0802.
>> 
>>NEW STATE # 48 on AM BCB (Only took 42 Years to hear Oregon!!)
>>Just leaves me with IDAHO, ALASKA and HAWAII to complete All States +DC
>> 
>>NEW STN 10 kW/146 Watts
>>ROSS, ON.
>>
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Re: [IRCA] YAHOOOOOO…NEW STATE # 48 on AM-BCB This morning!!

[Bill Whitacre]

OK, you started it.  Here goes … I remember the time my dad brought home a 
Nems-Clark field strength meter from WILS where he was CE and we stood in the 
basement, tuned to 640, nulled the Cuban on-freq and got KFI!  Probably 9 or 
10pm EST from Lansing, MI.  I’ll bet they never got a DX report with a field 
strength measurement before!  ;-)  As I recall it was a 200-300 
microvolts/meter.

That QSL was my ONLY DX stamp!  Nice letter from the CE too.

I was about 13 years old and hopelessly hooked!

“Those were the days!”

Did someone already say that?

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> On Jan 18, 2018, at 4:30 PM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:
> 
> My shack here for the first 20 years was 2 HQ 150's and tuned loops also in 
> the basement. I determined that as long as I wasn't going past about 1400 
> miles, the arrival angle was workable.
> 
> 
> At 1565 miles, I couldn't get a peep from KOA-850 down there, even when it 
> was fully readable on the car radio in the garage at grade level !
> 
> 
> From NJ, I also was able to take 1580 to CA twice in the early 1970's - KDAY 
> in 1973 and KWIP in 1976. Those were the days !
> 
> 
> Russ Edmunds
> 
> WB2BJH
> 
> Blue Bell, PA
> 
> Grid FN20id
> 
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Bill Whitacre 
> 
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 4:20:22 PM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] YAHOO…NEW STATE # 48 on AM-BCB This morning!!
> 
> I did MMs and the ‘CPC trail’ for a few years back in the early/mid-70’s from 
> Lansing, MI with a Worcester loop in the BASEMENT on a Hallicrafters SX-96 
> with a digital frequency display I made.
> 
> Man, that was fun!  I had no idea until I came back to the hobby in 2009 how 
> much ‘fun’ it was!
> 
> Oh and sunset was a riot!  I used to sit on 1580 after our ‘local’ WRBJ in 
> St. Johns, MI signed off and get a new station every 15 minutes many nights!  
> One night I got all the way to Ceres, CA!
> 
> Enough time travel.  Back to figuring out when I can retire!  ;-)
> 
> Yay for ‘old guys’ and ‘old days!'
> 
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> 
>> On Jan 18, 2018, at 3:54 PM, Neil Kazaross  wrote:
>> 
>> MM's were fun, but I was too young to get into the heyday! I do recall from
>> Narragansett RI in the late 70's in July when almost the entire country was
>> in a heat wave. I'd spent much of the MM DXing on my phased Bevs aimed SSW
>> but before going to bed, I switched over to the Sanserino Loop. WBAL 1090
>> was off and their was no Ontario stn then. Hmm...NBC nx and a wx report for
>> high's in the 70's aimed WNW from me. This had to be Montana and a phone
>> call the next day confirmed that it was.
>> 
>> 73 KAZ
>> 
>> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:
>> 
>>> You don't always realize until much later how good conditions were in the
>>> past.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In addition to AK, I also logged OR ( KYMN-1520 on a DX Test ) MT (3), ND
>>> ( 2) WA ( 1 ), NM ( 1 ), and ID ( KBOI on both 950 and 670 ), all from
>>> Syracuse, and all with fairly marginal equipment and antenna. I did have
>>> elevation though.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> But that was also back in the days of not a lot of NSP'ers and lots of MM
>>> SP's ( 1964-67 ).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Russ Edmunds
>>> 
>>> WB2BJH
>>> 
>>> Blue Bell, PA
>>> 
>>> Grid FN20id
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: IRCA  on behalf of Robert Ross <
>>> va...@rogers.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 3:18:41 PM
>>> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] YAHOO…NEW STATE # 48 on AM-BCB This morning!!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2018-01-18, at 2:41 PM, Neil Kazaross wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Robb KBOI via sunset skip thru WSCR would be a good shot. Best up coming
>>>> time would be early Feb. I wouldn't hold my breath for KGEM as the cx to
>>>> bring that in via SSS also probably have Alberta QRM. KGEM has been heard
>>>> here only a couple of times.  73 KAZ 55 km NW of Chicago
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the tips Kaz……I'm gonna keep trying, right place and right time
>>> should bring it in…….
>>> 
>>> 73…ROB VA3SW
>>> 
>>> Robert S. Ross
>>> London, Ontario CANADA
>>> 
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Re: [IRCA] YAHOOOOOO…NEW STATE # 48 on AM-BCB This morning!!

[Bill Whitacre]

MM = Monday Mornings when stations used to s/off and do ‘testing.’  Back in the 
day you never knew exactly what you’d find - listen for test tones and hope 
that an ID came.  It’s also the time CPCs were often scheduled.  CPC = courtesy 
program committee who would coordinate with broadcasters to do tests for MW 
clubs or at least give advance notice of their PoP - proof of performance that 
used to be carried out on MMs.

Great fun!

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> On Jan 18, 2018, at 4:24 PM, Russ Johnson  wrote:
> 
> For us old guys who weren’t in the hobby thencan you give brief
> explanation of MM?
> 
> Thanks!
> Russ J
> 
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 4:21 PM Bill Whitacre  wrote:
> 
>> I did MMs and the ‘CPC trail’ for a few years back in the early/mid-70’s
>> from Lansing, MI with a Worcester loop in the BASEMENT on a Hallicrafters
>> SX-96 with a digital frequency display I made.
>> 
>> Man, that was fun!  I had no idea until I came back to the hobby in 2009
>> how much ‘fun’ it was!
>> 
>> Oh and sunset was a riot!  I used to sit on 1580 after our ‘local’ WRBJ in
>> St. Johns, MI signed off and get a new station every 15 minutes many
>> nights!  One night I got all the way to Ceres, CA!
>> 
>> Enough time travel.  Back to figuring out when I can retire!  ;-)
>> 
>> Yay for ‘old guys’ and ‘old days!'
>> 
>> —
>> 
>>> On Jan 18, 2018, at 3:54 PM, Neil Kazaross  wrote:
>>> 
>>> MM's were fun, but I was too young to get into the heyday! I do recall
>> from
>>> Narragansett RI in the late 70's in July when almost the entire country
>> was
>>> in a heat wave. I'd spent much of the MM DXing on my phased Bevs aimed
>> SSW
>>> but before going to bed, I switched over to the Sanserino Loop. WBAL 1090
>>> was off and their was no Ontario stn then. Hmm...NBC nx and a wx report
>> for
>>> high's in the 70's aimed WNW from me. This had to be Montana and a phone
>>> call the next day confirmed that it was.
>>> 
>>> 73 KAZ
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You don't always realize until much later how good conditions were in
>> the
>>>> past.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> In addition to AK, I also logged OR ( KYMN-1520 on a DX Test ) MT (3),
>> ND
>>>> ( 2) WA ( 1 ), NM ( 1 ), and ID ( KBOI on both 950 and 670 ), all from
>>>> Syracuse, and all with fairly marginal equipment and antenna. I did have
>>>> elevation though.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> But that was also back in the days of not a lot of NSP'ers and lots of
>> MM
>>>> SP's ( 1964-67 ).
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Russ Edmunds
>>>> 
>>>> WB2BJH
>>>> 
>>>> Blue Bell, PA
>>>> 
>>>> Grid FN20id
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From: IRCA  on behalf of Robert Ross <
>>>> va...@rogers.com>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 3:18:41 PM
>>>> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>>>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] YAHOO…NEW STATE # 48 on AM-BCB This morning!!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 2018-01-18, at 2:41 PM, Neil Kazaross wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Robb KBOI via sunset skip thru WSCR would be a good shot. Best up
>> coming
>>>>> time would be early Feb. I wouldn't hold my breath for KGEM as the cx
>> to
>>>>> bring that in via SSS also probably have Alberta QRM. KGEM has been
>> heard
>>>>> here only a couple of times.  73 KAZ 55 km NW of Chicago
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the tips Kaz……I'm gonna keep trying, right place and right
>> time
>>>> should bring it in…….
>>>> 
>>>> 73…ROB VA3SW
>>>> 
>>>> Robert S. Ross
>>>> London, Ontario CANADA
>>>> 
>>>> 
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Re: [IRCA] YAHOOOOOO…NEW STATE # 48 on AM-BCB This morning!!

[Bill Whitacre]

I did MMs and the ‘CPC trail’ for a few years back in the early/mid-70’s from 
Lansing, MI with a Worcester loop in the BASEMENT on a Hallicrafters SX-96 with 
a digital frequency display I made.

Man, that was fun!  I had no idea until I came back to the hobby in 2009 how 
much ‘fun’ it was!

Oh and sunset was a riot!  I used to sit on 1580 after our ‘local’ WRBJ in St. 
Johns, MI signed off and get a new station every 15 minutes many nights!  One 
night I got all the way to Ceres, CA!

Enough time travel.  Back to figuring out when I can retire!  ;-)

Yay for ‘old guys’ and ‘old days!'

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> On Jan 18, 2018, at 3:54 PM, Neil Kazaross  wrote:
> 
> MM's were fun, but I was too young to get into the heyday! I do recall from
> Narragansett RI in the late 70's in July when almost the entire country was
> in a heat wave. I'd spent much of the MM DXing on my phased Bevs aimed SSW
> but before going to bed, I switched over to the Sanserino Loop. WBAL 1090
> was off and their was no Ontario stn then. Hmm...NBC nx and a wx report for
> high's in the 70's aimed WNW from me. This had to be Montana and a phone
> call the next day confirmed that it was.
> 
> 73 KAZ
> 
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:
> 
>> You don't always realize until much later how good conditions were in the
>> past.
>> 
>> 
>> In addition to AK, I also logged OR ( KYMN-1520 on a DX Test ) MT (3), ND
>> ( 2) WA ( 1 ), NM ( 1 ), and ID ( KBOI on both 950 and 670 ), all from
>> Syracuse, and all with fairly marginal equipment and antenna. I did have
>> elevation though.
>> 
>> 
>> But that was also back in the days of not a lot of NSP'ers and lots of MM
>> SP's ( 1964-67 ).
>> 
>> 
>> Russ Edmunds
>> 
>> WB2BJH
>> 
>> Blue Bell, PA
>> 
>> Grid FN20id
>> 
>> 
>> From: IRCA  on behalf of Robert Ross <
>> va...@rogers.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 3:18:41 PM
>> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] YAHOO…NEW STATE # 48 on AM-BCB This morning!!
>> 
>> 
>> On 2018-01-18, at 2:41 PM, Neil Kazaross wrote:
>> 
>>> Robb KBOI via sunset skip thru WSCR would be a good shot. Best up coming
>>> time would be early Feb. I wouldn't hold my breath for KGEM as the cx to
>>> bring that in via SSS also probably have Alberta QRM. KGEM has been heard
>>> here only a couple of times.  73 KAZ 55 km NW of Chicago
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for the tips Kaz……I'm gonna keep trying, right place and right time
>> should bring it in…….
>> 
>> 73…ROB VA3SW
>> 
>> Robert S. Ross
>> London, Ontario CANADA
>> 
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Re: [IRCA] more TA hints

[Bill Whitacre]

Interesting Nick.  Lithuania-1386 was doing very well on the Lubec KiwiSDR at 
around 2300utc and was producing a hefty carrier here in DC.  1215 was 
atypically more than just a carrier between 1210 and 1220 as well.

Seeing lots of carriers since I’ve started playing with the HF+ - nearly all of 
them are actual stations too unlike some other ‘cheap’ SDRs.

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> On Jan 18, 2018, at 12:52 AM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
> 
> Quite a few TA carriers heard this evening in Victoria, but quite odd ones:  
> 603, 864, 954 1116, 1413 for examples.  Although the "usual" 1215 was noted, 
> it didn't develop into anything; 1386 was the star of the show with a good 
> enough carrier at times to show audio traces.   The carrier was cut at 
> 0500UT, pointing to Lithuania, so something to chase for another day.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
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> Victoria, BC
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Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] 1530 VOA Sao Tome at sign-on and sign-off

[Bill Whitacre]

I get a kick out of those anmts.  The guy who recorded them LONG ago is no 
longer with us - Frank Oliver.  The U. S. Information Service is long gone as 
are 'cultural centers.'  And the zip on the address given - 20547 - hasn't been 
used in decades.

Oh well, it's not like anybody's actually listening ... except us DXers.  ;-)

Bill Whitacre
IBB Monitoring
Washington, DC

---

On Jan 16, 2018, at 12:32 PM, Mark Connelly markwa1...@aol.com [CapeDX] wrote:

> 
> Recent recording (UTC 0259 / 15 JAN) of 1530 VOA Sao Tome at sign-on.  Man 
> with announcement "This is the Voice of America, Washington, DC, signing on." 
> then Yankee Doodle music; mostly over WCKY.
> https://app.box.com/s/3h5ykp9zxyqd9ta3xkdou8385yemqqvi
> 
> A couple of days earlier I had the other end of VOA 1530's broadcast day.  
> WJDM (NJ) sign-off announcement in English, mention of Cantico Nuevo program. 
>  VOA Sao Tome then is audible with its sign-off announcement right after.  13 
> JAN at 2200 UTC / 5 p.m. EST.
> https://app.box.com/s/x4orxy5sh633244vn0otgnmdz35ggjky
> 
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, Cape Cod, MA, USA
> (GC= 41.6931 N / 70.1912 W) (= 41° 41.59' N / 70° 11.47' W) (grid FN41vq)
> 
> Receiver: Microtelecom Perseus
> See http://microtelecom.it/perseus/
> 
> Antenna: Cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 9m vert. by 20m horiz. (peak 90 deg., 
> null 270 deg.)
> See http://www.bamlog.com/superloop.htm for similar antenna type.
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[IRCA] China being worked on 160mb from ECNA

[Bill Whitacre]

A buddy at work mentioned today that hams are working China on 160mb.

I assume I'm not the only one looking occasionally for Asians on MW from the 
east coast.

Anybody heard anything or seen any carriers?

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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[IRCA] NDBs from both coasts

[Bill Whitacre]

Happy New Year to everyone!

Good friend Andy Robins has gone through some of my Perseus files from 
DXpeditions to Quoddy House, near Lubec, Maine [Nov. 2017], the former Grayland 
Motel [Feb. 2017], Casa Sea Esta, also near Grayland, WA [August 2017] and Sans 
Souci, near Florence, OR [August 2017] looking for NDB stations.

Here’s what he found:

http://realmonitor.com/qh10/Quoddy%20House%20NDB%20Logs%202017.pdf

http://realmonitor.com/grayland16/Grayland%20Trans-Pacific%20NDBs%202017-final.pdf

Thanks to Andy for going thru these and for putting together excellent reports.

Hope you enjoy them.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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Re: [IRCA] [dxld] Fwd: [dxdialog] Radio Kiribati 846 transmission coming from Christmas Island

[Bill Whitacre]

Very cool Bruce!  Thanks for sharing.  BTW, is this a ‘new’ country … if we can 
hear it?

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> On Dec 6, 2017, at 2:34 PM, Bruce Portzer  wrote:
> 
> Mystery solved!
> 
> You can find the story at 
> https://www.facebook.com/RadioKiribati/posts/1734641830176128 if you can't 
> read the attachment
> 
> Bruce
> 
>  Forwarded Message 
> Subject:  [dxld] Fwd: [dxdialog] Radio Kiribati 846 transmission coming 
> from Christmas Island
> Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 08:21:37 +1300
> From: 'Bryan Clark (DX)' bryannzr...@gmail.com [dxld] 
> 
> Reply-To: d...@yahoogroups.com
> To:   DX LIstening Digest 
> 
> 
> 
> Appropriately as we approach the Christmas season, we learn that the
> reactivated transmissions of Radio Kiribati on 846 AM are in fact coming
> from a new location - London Village on Christmas Island, providing
> coverage of the Line and Phoenix Group, including Kanton Island.  Long
> time DXers will recall the last radio station on Canton Island - WXLE on
> 1385 AM.
> 
> See attached from the Radio Kiribati Facebook page.
> 
> Thanks to Theo Donnelly for encouraging me to do some sleuthing on this one!
> 
> Bryan
> 
> -- 
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[IRCA] South Africa on 702kHz heard in Maine

[Bill Whitacre]

Sometimes it takes awhile to find ‘the sweet spot’ in a weeks worth of wav 
files.

2100utc on Nov. 13 is such a spot apparently.

I don’t know what the sun was doing while I was at Quoddy House near Lubec, 
Maine but I’ve got a recording of at least three IDs for LM Radio on 702kHz in 
this cut:

http://realmonitor.com/qh10/171113/qh100/2100/south_africa-702.wav

You’ll need your headphones.

First a female announcer at :13 says ‘LM Radio’ then a guy says ‘Set your time 
to LM time’ with a ding-dong doorbell sound at :23 and then goes into a 
announcement of frequencies, including 702 AM, and near the end of the cut 
there’s another clear mention of LM Radio by a male announcer at :46.

I’ve just begun digging thru this wav file and have unIDs on 639, 648 and 972 
for that matter!

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[IRCA] DXpedition to Quoddy House - Lubec, Maine - Nov. 12-18, 2017

[Bill Whitacre]

>From November 12 - 18 I was on a DXpedition in Lubec, Maine sharing time 
>between
Quoddy House [QH] and Lubec Bay Cottage [LBC].

I had 2 DKAZ antennas at QH - one pointing 45 deg. and the other at 100 deg.  At
LBC I had one DKAZ at 90 deg.  All antennas were 160' DKAZ with Vactrol
termination resistance [Rt].

I'll be going through Perseus wav files for awhile but have a webpage up and a
decent start:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh10.php

Highlights so far are South Africa on 846 kHz, ID'd by Ralph Brandi and a
parallel webstream, and CRI on 1521 kHz from Xinjiang provice, China.

Another highlight was getting a KiwiSDR receiver going at QH.  To make sure it
was working without totally overloading a slow internet connection a few lucky
souls tested it while I was still at QH and dug out some amazing DX - like South
Africa [thanks again Ralph Brandi!].  The KiwiSDR will be up, all going well,
over the winter from QH on a 1000ft. BOG at ~75 deg.

During the few days I had the DKAZ connected to the KiwiSDR and since on the BOG
Andy Robins took the set up for a spin DXing NDBs - non-directional beacons - on
LW.  His excellent write-up of the experience is here:

http://realmonitor.com/qh10/Quoddy%20House%20NDB%20Logs%202017.pdf

You can give the KiwiSDR at QH a try here:

http://qhkiwisdr.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/

Be gentle and patient.  It's on a slow RF-link wifi connection assisted by a
beta proxy server hosted by the KiwiSDR folks.

The 1000ft. BOG is not as good as the 160' DKAZ at 45 deg. but there is no way a
DKAZ - as I errect them for DXpedition use - would survive a cold, wet, windy
winter on the Maine coast.  Based on my experience at QH in 10 trips over the
past several years, any antenna not already on the ground would eventually end
up there anyway.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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Re: [IRCA] Congratulations to DXpedition Partner Tom R.

[Bill Whitacre]

Thanks for this news Gary and congrats to Tom!  Someone has finally found the 
secret to wide-band recorded DX at Rockworks.  Maybe more of us will come now?!

Not to take anything away from this awesome achievement, but in fairness to 
Grayland - when there was one - I show 64 NZ stations heard from there during 
my July 2014 DXpedition:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland10.php

… but who’s counting?

Seems to me even tying a record held by Grayland is quite an achievement.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA … just back from one coast and longing for another.

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> On Nov 22, 2017, at 2:58 AM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> During exceptional propagation my August Rockwork 4 DXpedition partner Tom 
> Rothlisberger was able to record a bonanza, including 64 New Zealand MW 
> stations (once again surpassing the all-time Grayland record), 35 from 
> Australia (including such obscurities as 531-6DL, 558-6WA, 558-7BU and 
> 1161-7FG) as well as the huge signal from 558-Radio Fiji One, for a total of 
> 100 DU stations on MW. In addition he also came away with multiple Longwave 
> NDB and DGPS stations from the South Pacific, including several that had 
> never been reported from North America. Congratulations, Tom-- you have 
> turned into an exceptional "Cliffhanger DXer!" 
> http://www.qsl.net/k7wv/RockworkDX4.htm 
> 
> 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) 
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Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] 576 South Africa .. new one!

[Bill Whitacre]

Nice catch Mark!

Made me go back and listen to my May 29, 2017 files from Quoddy House when 
there was an opening to southern Africa.  576 has something on it but it’s 
covered by either QRN or a spur from some domestic station.

You’re getting us all rev’d up for fall DXpeditions!

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Oct 21, 2017, at 12:26 PM, 'Mark Connelly' via NRC-AM 
>  wrote:
> 
> When reviewing my Perseus capture of 20 OCT at 2300 UTC I noted what seemed 
> to be English talk on 576.  Most of the time the channel has RNE Spain // 
> Canary Islands synchros, always in Spanish, so I was intrigued.
> 
> I uploaded the file to ' 
> https://app.box.com/s/wihr8af3wu8d8njc01ynjumq3u2t4v8e ' and posted a link on 
> RealDX for assistance.
> 
> Right away Bruce Conti recognized EWTN theme music at the top of the hour.
> 
> His comments included:
> "Radio Veritas?  Definite EWTN music at the beginning of the clip.  Per the 
> online 576 R.Veritas program schedule 
> http://www.radioveritas.co.za/index.php/programmes EWTN 19:30-03:00 UTC."
> 
> I replied:
> 
> Thanks Bruce.  That would be a new one here.  Propagation from eastern Brazil 
> was good (760 at least) so, by extension on a not-too-different bearing, 
> lower Africa should also have been in play.
> 
> Here in the New England states this is likely a better South Africa 
> opportunity than 828.  That one is in there some evenings but is battered by 
> slop from WCRN.
> 
> 576 is not too badly slopped since adjacent 570 (WMCA / Reloj) and 580 (WKAQ 
> / WTAG) are mostly talk.
> 
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA
> 
> Perseus receiver; cardioid-pattern SuperLoop: 9m vert. by 20m horiz. (peak 90 
> deg., null 270 deg.)
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Re: [IRCA] Old school logging

[Bill Whitacre]

This is an interesting discussion.

Seems to me that logging is another part of the hobby where there is no one 
‘right’ or ‘best’ way to do it.  We’re all doing this because it’s either fun 
or we don’t have anything else to do.  Either way you need to find a way to 
keep track of what you hear that’s ‘fun’ and adds to your enjoyment of the 
hobby or you won’t keep doing it.

An Excel spreadsheet is a very powerful tool — you can do LOTS of things with a 
spreadsheet.

BUT there are some things that you really aught to be using a database for.  
One is making your logs available on-line.  If that’s not important to you then 
you can stop reading.

For me it’s a satisfying part of the hobby - not only are my ‘logs’ just sound 
samples of what I’ve heard but I also get a kick out of figuring out how to 
coax MySQL, PHP and HTML to show what I want to show in the way I want to show 
it.

An example:  http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh9.php

That’s not for everyone, I understand.

—

It is also true that HOW you DX dictates HOW you LOG.  I use a Perseus and very 
often use Mestor to record TOH and other pieces of an hour.  So I’ve ALWAYS got 
some recorded audio to work from.  I call it TiVO DXing.

I have found over 35 years of working with ‘program people’ at VOA that there 
is NO amount of text or verbiage that can adequately describe or validate a 
reception when compared to actually hearing it.  There MAY be some notes 
required to put the recorded audio in context but that’s just another ‘column’ 
in a spreadsheet or table element in a database.

Besides, with a recording you’ve got permanent record and can let others help 
in IDing something you can’t.

—

Seems to me that if there were one place [website] that could handle anyone's 
loggings and sounds in various formats then that might be a useful option.

I used to ‘host’ our city’s Little League teams website.  Over the nearly 10 
years that I did the job I devised ways to show schedules, pictures, results 
via form input from the coaches and even a testing module for prospective 
umpires.  When I stopped doing it I thought the organization would struggle to 
replace me.  They quickly found a site on-line that did all that I did and more 
for TONS of sports teams all over the country and became just another one of 
their customers.

People don’t do things like that for free though — they do it to make $$ — even 
though what they charge any single customer might not seem like much.

I have not looked at things like mwlist.org <http://mwlist.org/> as a place for 
putting my loggings but from what Tim Tromp has described it might be a place 
to consider.

There may be others and I’ll bet hams have developed some solutions to this 
that might be adaptable to DXers use as well.

Just my 2 cents.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

—

> On Oct 9, 2017, at 8:32 AM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:
> 
> First, I'll note that I've been mostly inactive the past couple of years,
> and the only reports I send out are from DX Tests, and even those ( Such as
> WBOB-600 ) don't always respond even with recordings.
> 
> I agree with others than sometimes a recording isn't practical, such as on
> my short drive to work around SR.
> 
> I migrated all of my logs for AM, FM, & LW to Access databases a few years
> ago ( previously they'd been in Excel). I use Access because it's a
> database where I can generate any sort of output file in terms of selection
> or sort. I don't use a paper backup, rather I regularly update 2 backup
> copies contained on memory sticks, one of which is stored offsite.
> 
> 
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NW Phila
> Grid FN20id
> 
> 
> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (3) barefoot w/whip
> FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
> Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 4); Sony XDRS3HD;
> modified Sony ICF2010's (2) w/APS9B @ 15';
> modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 9:56 PM, Russ Johnson  wrote:
> 
>> I do.
>> 
>> I handwrite in a paper log (I use an ARRL ham radio logbook and modify the
>> columns).  Then transfer to excel spreadsheet when convenient.
>> Periodically back it up to an external hard drive.
>> 
>> I can't think of any "logging power" one would need beyond what you can do
>> in a spreadsheet.  At least not for me.
>> 
>> Russ Johnson
>> Lexington NC
>> 
>> On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 9:50 PM Mike Sanburn 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I have often wondered how many DXers use Excel spreadsheet as an AM radio
>>> log? It is always a good idea to keep things backed up with some old
>> school
>>> hard copy, ie paper. How many official logging software brands do we know
>>> of know?  ms
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPod
>>> 
&g

Re: [IRCA] There were 'northern lights' in Maine last night

[Bill Whitacre]

Ugh, sorry.  Turns out that was ‘fake news.’  My ‘host’ has a quirky sense of 
humor.  That pix was actually taken from Alaska where her brother-in-law lives.

Kind of like a ‘remote receiver’ - yea, you heard it but not from where we 
think you did.  ;-)

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> On Sep 30, 2017, at 9:15 AM, Bill Whitacre b...@his.com [CapeDX] 
>  wrote:
> 
> A pic from my Quoddy House hosts taken on the property last night near Lubec, 
> Maine:
> 
> http://realmonitor.com/QH10/DSC_1319ps.jpg
> 
> Besides being beautiful, I’ll bet this had some effect on reception!
> 
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> Alexandria, VA


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[IRCA] There were 'northern lights' in Maine last night

[Bill Whitacre]

A pic from my Quoddy House hosts taken on the property last night near Lubec, 
Maine:

http://realmonitor.com/QH10/DSC_1319ps.jpg

Besides being beautiful, I’ll bet this had some effect on reception!

Bill Whitacre
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Re: [IRCA] The season so far.

[Bill Whitacre]

> On Sep 17, 2017, at 10:41 PM, R. Colin Newell  wrote:
> 
> It's interesting that on a fabulous morning, where every channel has 
> something on it, it makes you wonder what phenomena is at work to make it so 
> crappy so often. 
> 
> Colin Newell - SYSTEMS UVic - Victoria - B.C. CANADA — 

—

Difference in perspective Colin.  I consider ‘steady state’ hearing nothing new 
and marvel at how something different can occasionally be heard even after 
you’ve listened to a given frequency at the same time thousands of times before.

Isn’t that the definition of insanity?  Doing the same thing again and again 
and expecting a different outcome?

Hmmm …

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Re: [IRCA] Pacific Asian Log Update

[Bill Whitacre]

Thanks for your long and outstanding efforts on this Bruce.  PAL is an 
invaluable resource!

Bill Whitacre
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> On Sep 13, 2017, at 2:13 PM, Bruce Portzer  wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone:
> 
> I updated the Pacific Asian Log a few days ago.  It's now posted on the 
> Radioheritage website: http://www.radioheritage.net/ You'll need to go 
> through a couple of the site's internal links to get to the proper page, but 
> you'll be able to either download the PDF version or use the interactive 
> version.  If you have problems finding it, let me know.  I can also send a 
> copy directly.
> 
> Changes since last update in May include major updates to the Australia, 
> China, and Philippines listings, as well as changes for other countries.  
> Corrections and updates from users are always welcome and can be sent to 
> bport...@comcast.net or portze...@gmail.com.   I'm planning to issue the next 
> update in November.
> 
> First issued in 2001, The PAL lists medium wave and domestic shortwave 
> broadcasting stations in southern and eastern Asia and the Pacific.   It 
> lists about 5000 stations in over 50 countries, with frequencies, call signs, 
> locations, power, networks, schedules, languages, formats, networks and other 
> information.
> 
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[IRCA] Carrier and audio on 774 in DC this morning - Sep 1

[Bill Whitacre]

Following Tim Tromp’s loggings from western Michigan I’ve been watching for DU 
carriers here in Alexandria, VA in the off-chance that something might show up.

To date this season not much more than imaginary whisps of waterfall traces 
have.

But today, Sept. 1, when locals back off on their early s/on times I got a nice 
carrier on 774 and some weak audio - the kind of audio where I can tell you 
that there was either a male or female announcer but not the language and when 
there was music but not the title or even the genre.

Still it’s a start.  The kind of thing that keeps you coming back to the dials 
each morning with some hope!

All this happened around sunrise - 1030utc [6:30am EDT] - in an extended widow 
of opportunity with local WAVA-780 signing on later than they were in August.  
By 1040utc or so it was all gone.

Oddly there were NO other carriers visible and I suspect the sun burping had 
something to do with this.

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Re: [IRCA] Southern Star New Zealand I-BLOCKED in Michigan

[Bill Whitacre]

> On Aug 27, 2017, at 10:57 AM, Neil Kazaross  wrote:
> 
> Good job, Tim! I thought you'd had at least audio traces from Star on 657
> before back a couple years ago before WSCR IBOC came back after being off
> for a couple of years. As for whether Star was coming from Wellington or
> Tauranga I am not sure how you can tell and I log things like that (very
> common with TA's) as synchros.

Here’s what 657 Star sounds like in Grayland:

http://realmonitor.com/grayland16/170808/cse2/1300/nz-657.wav

Sometimes better but you get the idea.

Sorry, it’s the only way I can ‘compete.’  ;-))

> Bill have you ever had any definite audio from DU's from Arlington? That
> would be quite an accomplishment if you could log one from DC area.

Very close but just like Tahiti on 738 - not quite.  Came close last year when 
you and Tim were having fun but either I had a carrier on 1098 that would’ve 
produced audio had there been any or couldn’t quite pull it out of 1548 or 774 
or 702.

Now, I’m afraid, the QRN is even worse and it’s pretty unlikely to get much 
beyond carriers.

I got TPs back in 2009 here in DC but doubt that’d be possible now with QRN.

Sad.  Must travel for DX.

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Re: [IRCA] Southern Star New Zealand I-BLOCKED in Michigan

[Bill Whitacre]

Good stuff Tim!  Based on your report from yesterday I was lured into 
resurrecting the E-W elements of my Wellbrook delta phased array yesterday.  No 
joy.  Not only were there only threshold traces last night on usually decent 
TAs but this morning I was barely able to claim carriers on 612, 1098 and 774 
at various times between 1000 - 1030+utc sunrise here in DC.

Pretty disappointing after a visit to Grayland a couple of weeks ago.  ;-)

So I got on sdr.hu and found a decent signal from 1098 on a receiver in Hawaii. 
 Reasonable modulation for once with a program of island-ish music and male 
announcer in local language.

Looking forward to another DXpedition to someplace with room for antennas and a 
helluva lot less noise than here @ home.

Bill Whitacre
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> On Aug 27, 2017, at 8:15 AM, Tim Tromp  wrote:
> 
> 670 WSCR was IBOC free this morning, which opened up the adjacent channels
> to DX.  670 KLTT was also heard clearly under Chicago and a new one for the
> log book with religious programming.  During this, I'm "watching" a carrier
> come up on the Perseus on 657, which would otherwise be occupied by strong
> IBOC hash from WSCR, but the hash is absent this morning.  As time passes
> and sunrise approaches, 657 builds in strength, but with it comes weak IBOC
> hash from another unknown source, but likely far off in the distance.  Per
> Barry M's search page, KLTT is also HD, so I assume they are the long
> distance culprit spewing out this hash.  My excitement of logging KLTT was
> short lived as it's IBOC is now beginning to ruin any chance of hearing the
> threshold audio coming up on 657.  Sticking it out, and carefully listening
> against Star's streaming audio, start/stop times of talking vs. music
> matched what I'm hearing, and high notes in some of the spiritual songs
> also boosted my confidence when they matched the very weak audio I was
> hearing, which was just enough to maintain SAM lock on the Perseus.  Hard
> to log New Zealand at this point, but I hope WSCR's IBOC stays off for a
> few days to try again.  657's carrier was also the last one to hang on this
> morning before finally disappearing around 1128 UTC - that's 24 minutes
> past my local sunrise.
> 
> 73,
> Tim Tromp
> West Michigan
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[IRCA] Grayland, WA DXpedition - Aug. 8 - 13, 2017

[Bill Whitacre]

I was fortunate to visit again Grayland, WA and Florence, OR during the week of 
August 8 - 13, 2017 and erected a 160’ DKAZ antenna at both sites facing around 
250 degrees.

Results were pretty mediocre with the highlight being getting a KiwiSDR to 
‘play’ through the router at Casa Sea Esta [near the old Grayland Motel] so 
several other folks could have a listen.  Thanks to Ralph Brandi for helping to 
get this going.

I’ll be adding more things but ‘loggings’ are available for listening here:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland16.php

For those who haven’t seen my logs before, I don’t do traditional text loggings 
instead saving small sound samples as I go thru Perseus WAV files making them 
available on a webpage in a frequency vs. date/time table.

They say a sound is worth 1000 words [or is that a picture?]  Either way, I 
know I’d prefer to HEAR what someone else heard than have them describe it to 
me.

Enjoy.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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[IRCA] Downeast Maine over Memorial Day

[Bill Whitacre]

My wife and I visited Lubec, in ‘downeast’ Maine, over the Memorial Day holiday 
for a combination birding and radio expedition.  Birding was good but DX was 
better!  Just starting thru the wav files and have ‘the page’ up for my 
unorthodox way of logging:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh9.php

Seems we hit an ‘opening’ on May 29 after the sun burped and produced some 
amazing conditions towards Brazil and southern Africa.

Check out 657, 756 and 828 — 2 x South Africa and 1 x Malawi!  I always assume 
EVERYthing has been heard before in Newfoundland but I’m not sure any of these 
have been heard in the U.S.

Usual 160’ DKAZ was facing 100 deg. - a little south from where I put it in 
November when Europe/ME are more of a target.

Things went well with the remote Rt antenna until the final morning when 
‘somebody’ chewed thru my CAT5 control line out by the back-end of the antenna. 
 My prime suspect is the owner’s ‘pet’ porcupine who I had surprised more than 
once when driving in or coming outside the house.  I can’t imagine that CAT5 
tastes good so this guy must hold a grudge.  ;-)

Looking forward to moving thru more wav files but I suspect the DX gods have 
given about all they’re going to on this round.

Bill Whitacre
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[IRCA] Interesting presentation on the Bev-Flex 4 antenna

[Bill Whitacre]

A unique coax-based antenna system.  Works as bev, BOG, flag or EWE.

Examples for the demo are AM stations at the top-end of the dial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZiQXihUvIo

I have not tried this product nor do I have any connection to the developers 
but it sure looks interesting.

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Re: [IRCA] 621-Tuvalu Sign Off Routine

[Bill Whitacre]

I 'consider' a trip to Kona all winter long in my dreams Gary.  ;-)

Won't be using my United frequent flyer miles to make the trip though given 
their treatment of passengers.

Meanwhile, I'm quite enjoying your recordings from home.

---

On Apr 11, 2017, at 6:28 AM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote:

> Bill and Neil, 
> 
> Thanks for your comments on 621-Tuvalu's sign off recording. As far as I 
> know, Neil, the station runs 5 kW power, but is a tough catch anywhere around 
> a domestic 620 kHz transmitter (like on the Oregon coast, next to 
> 620-Portland). 
> 
> Bill, I've heard several of your 621-Tuvalu recordings made at Grayland, but 
> if you have the chance, you really should consider a Kona trip. Although the 
> local motels are unlikely to allow a beverage or DKAZ setup, even a 7.5" 
> loopstick PL-380 (like you constructed) can pull in S9+ signals from the 
> likes of 540-Samoa, 621-Tuvalu, 1098-Marshalls and 1440-Kiribati here in 
> Kona. Special new airport-friendly "frequent flyer" FSL models are being 
> developed to provide a dramatic sensitivity boost for going after "bigger 
> game" on frequencies like 693 and 1566. 
> 
> Gary (in Kona) 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> 
> From: "Bill Whitacre"  
> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
>  
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 12:23:04 PM 
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 621-Tuvalu Sign Off Routine 
> 
> Sitting back east here Gary that sounds just awesome! Looking forward to some 
> summer west coast DX in a few months! 
> 
> Bill Whitacre 
> Alexandria, VA 
> 
> — 
> 
>> On Apr 10, 2017, at 2:30 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: 
>> 
>> Just to provide a little more evidence of the awesome Kona propagation, here 
>> is the full sign off routine of 621-Tuvalu starting at 0957 UTC and ending 
>> up at 1002. This includes the usual female announcer, choral music and 
>> presumed national anthem-- most of which is at S9 + 80dB. After the 1002 
>> programming sign off there is apparently an open carrier still on the 
>> frequency, judging by the continuing 1 kHz heterodyne with the domestics on 
>> 620. 
>> 
>> https://app.box.com/s/e1hfplf3m7xli8i2891z6mmog8cnx5br 
>> 
>> Gary DeBock (DXing in Kona, Hawaii) 
>> 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave Ultralight + 
>> 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna 
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Re: [IRCA] 1440-Kiribati Sign Off Routine

[Bill Whitacre]

Nice Gary!  Nothing like an English ID at the end and an a cappella anthem to 
seal-the-deal!  Love that lack of domestics too.

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> On Apr 11, 2017, at 6:01 AM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> Another obscure Pacific Island DX station has been tracked down with an S9+ 
> signal here in Kona, Hawaii during its sign off routine. 1440-Kiribati is one 
> of the tougher stations (and countries) to catch because of its domestic 
> channel frequency, but this sign off recording contains several identity 
> clues to ID the station under rough conditions, including the usual female 
> announcer's voice, the national anthem, and a blistering tone of long 
> duration right before transmitter power is cut off at 0936 UTC. Unlike 
> 621-Tuvalu this station does not keep any kind of open carrier on the air 
> after sign off. 
> 
> Thanks also for the previous comments on the 621-Tuvalu sign off recording 
> posted yesterday. I wish that Bill, Neil and everybody else could be in Kona 
> here with me to experience this awesome TP and DU-DX (it's kind of like 
> shooting fish in a barrel)! 
> 
> https://app.box.com/s/qxzl4ume5xv5bnjbn6ewbmh1kd3jxjse 
> 
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Re: [IRCA] 621-Tuvalu Sign Off Routine

[Bill Whitacre]

Sitting back east here Gary that sounds just awesome!  Looking forward to some 
summer west coast DX in a few months!

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Apr 10, 2017, at 2:30 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> Just to provide a little more evidence of the awesome Kona propagation, here 
> is the full sign off routine of 621-Tuvalu starting at 0957 UTC and ending up 
> at 1002. This includes the usual female announcer, choral music and presumed 
> national anthem-- most of which is at S9 + 80dB. After the 1002 programming 
> sign off there is apparently an open carrier still on the frequency, judging 
> by the continuing 1 kHz heterodyne with the domestics on 620. 
> 
> https://app.box.com/s/e1hfplf3m7xli8i2891z6mmog8cnx5br 
> 
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> 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL antenna 
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Re: [IRCA] DXpedition to Masset 24 - 30 March 2017

[Bill Whitacre]

Checked carrier from Grayland wav files last month and it’s 882.3 also.  No 
discernable audio yet though.

—

> On Apr 3, 2017, at 4:28 PM, Mauno Ritola  wrote:
> 
> Yes, carrier fading out now after 2000 also here in Finland on 882.3v kHz. 
> Audio confirmed via Seoul // Pyongyang BS 3250 kHz.
> 
> 
> 3.4.2017, 3:10, Bill Whitacre kirjoitti:
>> So that’s who it is causing a huge problem to 882!  On every wav file where 
>> there’s anything on 882 from Feb. Grayland I’ve got that het from above.  
>> It’s almost always weaker than 882 but it’s kind of hard to avoid by going 
>> to the LSB when 880 is so loud.
>> 
>> I’ll go back and see if I can pull some audio.
>> 
>> Korea/China were coming in pretty well during a late February visit to 
>> Grayland this year.
>> 
>> —
>> 
>>> On Apr 2, 2017, at 6:43 PM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 882 was a yearly visitor to Grayland (usually poor) and off frequency on 
>>> 882.4. I haven't noticed it in several years, but that could be a 
>>> combination of not having our NW Beverage pointed at Korea and the 
>>> relatively poor propagation in recent years.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Chuck
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: IRCA  on behalf of Chris Kadlec 
>>> 
>>> Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 11:11 PM
>>> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
>>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] DXpedition to Masset 24 - 30 March 2017
>>> 
>>> Walt, I'm not so sure that there is a 765 in North Korea. I mean, I know
>>> technically there should be, but I've never *once* heard it, just like 882.
>>> It was just never, ever there. A lot of the stations were off for many
>>> months at a time, but these two frequencies never appeared even after they
>>> fired up everything on their soil at once for New Years Day 2016.
>>> 
>>> I didn't really monitor 765 actively (you can see it doesn't even appear in
>>> my guide, aside from 765 Daejeon in the daytime, and I couldn't hear that
>>> clearly from 60 miles away at night), mainly because it was too trashed that
>>> I could never get a stable signal. So I'm not saying the station isn't there
>>> since I know it's low power at only 50kw and quite far from my location
>>> along the border, but... I never once heard it in more than a year.
>>> 
>>> Has anyone else logged it?
>>> 
>>> -Chris Kadlec
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>>> 
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>>> Kadlec<http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/seoul/>
>>> www.beaglebass.com
>>> Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide by Chris Kadlec, January 2017 The Seoul AM 
>>> Radio Listening Guide is a three-hour documentary broadcast narrated by 
>>> Chris Kadlec that ...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 03:58:10 +
>>>> From: Volodya S 
>>>> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>>>> 
>>>> Subject: [IRCA] DXpedition to Masset 24 - 30 March 2017
>>>> 
>>>> NORTH KOREA 765, 1423-, KCBS Mar 26 I was hearing one of the Japanese on
>>>> frequency at fair to good level, when a cochannel male came on with
>>>> strident speaking, which I am assuming should be North Korea.  By the time
>>>> I checked for // frequencies, Japan came back at very good level.
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Re: [IRCA] DXpedition to Masset 24 - 30 March 2017

[Bill Whitacre]

So that’s who it is causing a huge problem to 882!  On every wav file where 
there’s anything on 882 from Feb. Grayland I’ve got that het from above.  It’s 
almost always weaker than 882 but it’s kind of hard to avoid by going to the 
LSB when 880 is so loud.

I’ll go back and see if I can pull some audio.

Korea/China were coming in pretty well during a late February visit to Grayland 
this year.

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> On Apr 2, 2017, at 6:43 PM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> 
> 882 was a yearly visitor to Grayland (usually poor) and off frequency on 
> 882.4. I haven't noticed it in several years, but that could be a combination 
> of not having our NW Beverage pointed at Korea and the relatively poor 
> propagation in recent years.
> 
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Chris Kadlec 
> 
> Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 11:11 PM
> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] DXpedition to Masset 24 - 30 March 2017
> 
> Walt, I'm not so sure that there is a 765 in North Korea. I mean, I know
> technically there should be, but I've never *once* heard it, just like 882.
> It was just never, ever there. A lot of the stations were off for many
> months at a time, but these two frequencies never appeared even after they
> fired up everything on their soil at once for New Years Day 2016.
> 
> I didn't really monitor 765 actively (you can see it doesn't even appear in
> my guide, aside from 765 Daejeon in the daytime, and I couldn't hear that
> clearly from 60 miles away at night), mainly because it was too trashed that
> I could never get a stable signal. So I'm not saying the station isn't there
> since I know it's low power at only 50kw and quite far from my location
> along the border, but... I never once heard it in more than a year.
> 
> Has anyone else logged it?
> 
> -Chris Kadlec
> Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide
> http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/seoul/
> [http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/media/seoul_page_1.jpg]
> 
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> Kadlec
> www.beaglebass.com
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>> Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 03:58:10 +
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>> Subject: [IRCA] DXpedition to Masset 24 - 30 March 2017
>> 
>> NORTH KOREA 765, 1423-, KCBS Mar 26 I was hearing one of the Japanese on
>> frequency at fair to good level, when a cochannel male came on with
>> strident speaking, which I am assuming should be North Korea.  By the time
>> I checked for // frequencies, Japan came back at very good level.
>> (Salmaniw,Masset, BC)
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Re: [IRCA] 1548 4QD Australia into Michigan right now

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Congrats Tim.  Only a matter of time before these improved TP/DU cx reached as 
far east as MI.

Spring equinox?

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> On Mar 19, 2017, at 7:53 AM, Tim Tromp  wrote:
> 
> Strong carrier with some muffled but steady audio right now and gaining
> strength.  Aussie accented man and woman conversing and easily holding the
> AM sync lock on the Perseus.  1150 UTC, local sunrise here is 1149 UTC.  On
> the North D-KAZ @ 9,081 miles.
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> 73,
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[IRCA] Grayland 15 - Feb. 19-25, 2017

[Bill Whitacre]

Nick Hall-Patch and I DX’d from the Grayland Motel for all or part of February 
19-25 UTC.  I have gone through ‘the best’ of my collected wav files and the 
‘loggings’ from them appear on this webpage:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland15.php

Highlights were a decent opening to Asia and Alaska on the 25th and Majuro on 
1098 staying on ‘all night’ on the 21st with lively ‘island music.’

As the saying goes “even a bad day at Grayland is better than being any place 
else.”

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[IRCA] Help from Neil - was - Re: Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-11

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You’re luck Mike.  Neil is not only one of the best DXers I have known but he’s 
also forgotten more about antennas than I’ll ever know!

I hear he’s a pretty good backgammon player too.  ;-)

Bill Whitacre
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> On Feb 13, 2017, at 8:28 AM, Mike Irizarry  
> wrote:
> 
> I finally hooked up with Neil "Kaz" this weekend. Neil was kind enough to
> help me fix a couple of antennas that got beat up with high winds Sunday
> (beverage and pennant). We were able to snag KNTS 1680 out of Seattle
> phasing a K9AY and a pennant through a NCC-1 phase box during Seattle
> sunset. Phasing the two allowed us to drop a nice null on KRJO out of
> Louisianna. As a newbie to medium wave dxing, Neil was kind enough to share
> some tips on how to better use my radio shack (predominately amateur radio)
> to work medium wave. Thanks Neil!
> 
> Mike
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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-11

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> On Feb 12, 2017, at 12:09 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote:
> 
> This kind of wacky "Ferrite Frankenstein" gain system works best on the 
> higher MW frequencies, when the FSL's can be placed relatively close 
> together. On the lower frequencies you can get the same gain boost, but need 
> to have about 4 feet of space to play with. 

Ah, I see multiple trips to Home Depot’s PVC pipe department in your future 
with a ‘dual winged’, adjustable spacing device to this summer’s Rockworks 
adventures!



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Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-11

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Gives new meaning to ‘like a local!’

Is the ‘array’ in-line with Korea Gary or broadside? — not a sarcastic question 
at all.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Feb 12, 2017, at 10:32 AM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
> 
> Hope that you enjoyed your overnight visit to Jeju Island  Gary.   I was 
> quite pleased with HLAZ' signal near sunrise this morning, but your reception 
> decidedly blew that out of the water.   That was quite a menacing looking 
> pair of FSLs too.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> 
> At 06:50 12-02-17, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote:
>> Early morning antenna testing coincided with moderately good TP-DX 
>> conditions from 1300-1400 UTC this morning (in predawn darkness). 594, 747, 
>> 972 and 1575 were managing fair to good signals, while 1566-HLAZ was peaking 
>> at very good levels.
>> 
>> For kicks I phased the gain boost (on 1566-HLAZ's Japanese service at 1321 
>> UTC) from two 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL's onto a 7.5" loopstick CC Skywave 
>> model, and ended up with somewhat of a "Frankenstein" boost in gain (S3 
>> without any FSL boost, S5 with one FSL, and S9+ with both FSL's). A photo of 
>> this grand extravaganza is posted at 
>> https://app.box.com/s/avl1jvccrkjjqrqie387c0hpw5qenx9w , and an MP3 of the 
>> huge signal (with weak accompaniment from the NK jammer) is linked below.
>> 
>> 1566 HLAZ Jeju, S. Korea Japanese service at 1321 after double gain boost 
>> from two 5 inch "Frequent Flyer" FSL's
>> https://app.box.com/s/sk2pnmobcl37kmp0fkqlmatokslet072
>> 
>> 73 and Good DX,
>> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Re: [IRCA] 1610 CHHA

[Bill Whitacre]

I guess it pays to have the channel almost to yourself, eh Walt?  The only 
interference here on 1610 is the occasional TIS and Caribbean Beacon which 
almost never IDs.

Bill Whitacre
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> On Jan 31, 2017, at 12:45 AM, Walter Salmaniw  wrote:
> 
> Once again tonight, good reception from 1610 CHHA Voces Latinas from
> Toronto.  Not quite as strong, but still a very respectable signal with
> latin music, and frequent announcements, and occasional English IDs.  All
> this at 05:45 UTC 73,  Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC
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Re: [IRCA] Masset DXpedition loggings Jan 5 - 15th Part I-II

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Hi Chris.  Does NHK give any ‘local’ IDs?

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> On Jan 19, 2017, at 6:22 PM, Chris Kadlec  wrote:
> 
> Whoops. Thanks for the catch on that. I mentioned that exact same thing on 
> his 729 catch about NHK 2 being off the air by that hour but replied to this 
> one first where I hadn't paid attention to the times.
> 
> NHK 2 turns off every night at 1545.
> 
> -Chris Kadlec
> Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide
> http://www.beaglebass.com/dx/seoul/
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> 
>> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 12:58:58 +0200
>> From: Mauno Ritola 
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Masset DXpedition loggings Jan 5 - 15th Part I-II
>> Message-ID: <3e1bb18d-08ff-7774-f6ae-3029afa84...@realmonitor.com>
>> 
 693 CHINA unid, Jan 13 1600 - Chinese language speaker, at good level
 with
 FM frequencies being announced.  I wonder abut Shaanxi Weixing guangbo.
 200 kW listed in Xianyang.  I'll need to double check.
 (Salmaniw,Masset, BC)
>>> 
>>> I would have expected 300kw Tokyo on 693, but I suppose 100kw Shaanxi
>>> if it was indeed Chinese. You seem to have some very far inland
>>> stations, so it would make sense.
> 
> Isn't NHK2 usually closed by 1600?
> 
> 73, Mauno
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[IRCA] New Mediumwave Propagation Project

[Bill Whitacre]

If you're interested in radio propagation and how geomagnetic indices effect
what you hear on mediumwave, there's a project you should know about.

Graphs of the last 60 days of the daily average of the 2MeV electron flux,
A-index, K-index, Dst and solar wind plus a numerical index of Nick Hall-Patch's
daily Victoria, BC TP and DU reception quality can be found here:

http://tivodxer.com/jpgraph_example_multigraph1.php

Not only are pertinent geomagnetic indices shown on the same page for the same
period for your comparison, but we've added actual reception data to the graph.
Our hope is that this will allow us to find some new correlations between
reception and what the sun is doing, as well as validate or refute some existing
theories.

Involved in this project are Nick Hall-Patch as chief scientific consultant and
contributor of the reception index, Mauno Ritola as sanity check and contribitor
of the 2MeV electron flux, and Bill Whitacre as curator and 'scraper' of data.

In the works is a way to let you select a date range and get back results.
We're also interested in your observations that confirm or refute 'common
widsom' about propagation.

Bill Whitacre
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Re: [IRCA] Nova Scotia Logs and a question

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Same in Maine Walt.  I was amazed at how well and how early 1431 UKR came in!  
I have not heard it this well before on several trips to the same location.

Here it is at 1900utc [2pm EST/3pm AST] on Nov. 16:

http://realmonitor.com/qh8/161116/qh/1900/ukr-1431.wav 


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> On Dec 2, 2016, at 10:23 AM, Walter Salmaniw  wrote:
> 
> Michael, 1431 RUI is actually in Russian, as it's an external service to
> Russia (actually Russian occupied Crimea), and not in Ukrainian.  Nice
> signal, too!  73,...Walt
> 
> 
>> 
>> 3. UKRAINE - UR Radio Ukraine International 1431 kHz 30 Nov 2016 1958-2003
>> UTC: Talk in Ukrainian, IS, ID, into news. 33433
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/qzomilqyy5ujd7y/Radio%20-%20R%
>> 20Ukraine%20Intl%201
>> 431%20kHz%2030%20Nov%202016%201958%20UTC.mp3?dl=0
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Re: [IRCA] Nova Scotia Logs and a question

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> On Dec 2, 2016, at 11:19 AM, Neil Kazaross  wrote:
> 
> 1) Spain  I believe SER stns. are always in // except during their local
> breaks. http://www.hermanboel.eu/en-emwg-mw2.htm Unless catching a local
> break, you can't be sure which one you have and certainly you could have
> both. I refer to such logs as synchros. So my logging would read Spain SER
> synchros.

SER has local IDs at all sorts of times and what I’ve found most useful is to 
find a time [wav file] that has one and then start looking for others - if 
one’s doing it, they all are.  It’s usually just before TOH or TOHH [top of 
half hour].

RNE has some local/regional IDs at a 0625utc break.  I, for once, took 
advantage of this knowledge and programmed in some 8 min. Mestor events at 
0623utc and got several ‘new’ stations!  It’s boring just recording the usual 
TOH RNE stuff and writing ‘Spain’ in the log.  Having a specific ID is NEAT!

Couple of examples:

http://realmonitor.com/qh8/161115/lbc/0625/e-531g.wav 


http://realmonitor.com/qh8/161115/lbc/0625/e-531g.wav 


Great way to learn your Spanish geography!

I also found this webpage helpful if you can’t figure out from MWList.org 
 where a given region is on a given frequency:

http://www.rtve.es/rne/emisoras/frec-rne2011.htm 


> 2) Certainly you had Iran here. The language spoken in Iran isn't AA but is
> Farsi. You refer to a Farda on 1305. I was unaware that there was one
> there. Is this a new development?

There is NO Farda on 1305!  Though there is Persian on Iran fighting [and 
usually loosing] to RNE.

http://realmonitor.com/qh8/161115/qh/1930/irn-1305.wav

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Re: [IRCA] SDRs and Windows (was Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-30)

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> On Dec 1, 2016, at 9:23 AM, Stan Horzepa  wrote:
> 
> Bill: Curious... why is it a "bad idea" using Windows 10 on the Mac? I have 
> not run into any issues in 6 months of daily usage, although I admit that the 
> only Windows app I use is the ELAD software.

It’s not the Mac part, it’s the Win 10 part.  I gather, from this list, that 
Win 10 is not ‘friendly’ to Perseus software … or many other things.
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Re: [IRCA] SDRs and Windows (was Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-30)

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Hey Saul.  I’ve been using MacBooks of various vintages with Bootcamp and Win7 
to run Perseus software for years.  Works well.  I went this route because 
using Parellels, when I tried it many years ago, just couldn’t ‘emulate’ the 
USB port fast enough to ‘keep up’ with the Perseus.  There’s a good help 
section on-line and the Bootcamp software is good about talking you through 
installation.

Once thing you should keep in mind is that ‘newer’ MacBooks and MacOS will 
force you into using Win 10 — bad idea!  I’m not sure what Mac OS is the last 
one to run Win 7 but there MAY be ways to work around it if you have a newer 
OS.  Google is your friend.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

---

On 11/30/2016 11:01 PM, Saul Chernos wrote:
> 
> While on topic of SDRs, I want to get in the game for AM and FM. What's 
> holding me back is a decision about a computer. I want to dedicate a laptop 
> to this (so it can be used when I'm working, and also with a view to it being 
> an emergency backup for me at my Burnt River ON DX site in the event my work 
> computer ever has issues).
> 
> I used to use a PC but switched to Mac (PacBook Pro) a few years ago and am 
> much happier with it. I hate to buy a PC at this juncture. So a few questions:
> 
> 1) Is there anything really hot coming down the pipe in the next month or two 
> that I should wait for?
> 
> 2) What am I best to get in way of an SDR that would work with Masc?
> 
> 3) If Mac is less advisable, will said SDR work off Windows for Mac?
> 
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[IRCA] QH8 DXpedition near Lubec, Maine

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From November 13 - 19, 2016 I was in two locations near Lubec, Maine - just 
across the US/Canada border from Campobello Island, NB.

At Lubec Bay House [LBC] I had a 160’ DKAZ pointing 100 degrees and at Quoddy 
House [QH] I had another 160’ DKAZ at 57 degrees.

Many wav files yet to review but loggings so far can be seen on this webpage:  
http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh8.php

Conditions were good and highlights include South Africa and Nigeria both on 
828kHz, Eritrea on 845kHz, lots of stations from Iran and several Brazilians.

Thanks to everyone who have helped me ID some of these stations, particularly 
Mauno Ritola and Vlad Titarev, as well as the guys from the PEI DXpedition who 
‘forged the way’ for what could be heard from the great northeast.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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[IRCA] DXpedition near Lubec, Maine

[Bill Whitacre]

Sitting in the library for wifi here in Lubec, Maine waiting for the highest 
tide ever thanks to the ‘super moon.’  I’m at two sites with one 160’ DKAZ at 
57 deg. and another a short distance away at 100 deg.  Both are ‘traditional’ 
23’ mast versions with Vactrol Rt.

No internet at either location so paralleling with on-line streaming is out.  
Will make a positive ID on things like South Africa on 828 a bit of a 
challenge.  That’ll have to wait ’til I get a chance to listen to wav files and 
pull some song titles hoping that they may actually be logged by the station … 
bit of a long-shot I fear.

What I’ve noted so far is that despite the unsettled conditions things are 
coming in pretty well … and fading in pretty early compared with ‘back home’ in 
DC.  ‘Early’ means hearing audio from 1900utc onwards from the likes of the UK 
on 1215 and 909 as well as Albania on 1395 [or thereabouts] and a few Spanish 
outlets.  By 1930 some more interesting stuff starts to come in and by 2000utc 
we’re in full-on DXp mode.

Past couple of morning I’ve watched TP carriers on 774, 972, 1593 fading up 
after 1000utc and lasting as late as 1100utc in the case of 1593.

More as I get a chance to go thru wav files.

Bill Whitacre
Lubec, Maine
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Re: [IRCA] Final Report # 5 from Murray Harbour North, PEI

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Congrats on a very successful DXpedition!  Pretty ironic that you heard South 
Africa after the DKAZ came down.

Safe travel home to all.

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> On Nov 11, 2016, at 10:53 PM, Walter Salmaniw  wrote:
> 
> Well, things are winding down.  This afternoon and evening, we DX'd using
> solely the remaining Superloop antenna, which, despite it's small
> dimensions, still provided some really interesting DX.  Here are my final
> loggings for the trip, as we all return to our homes tomorrow.  73,  Walt
> Salmaniw
> 
> 828 SOUTH AFRICA Klipheuwel 25 kW Magic 828, Nov 11 2138 - Thanks to Nick
> Hall-Patch for alerting all of us to Celine Dion singing, and sure enough,
> // to the internet feed, and followed by Dan Hill's Sometimes When We
> Touch.  A difficult copy, but the songs are readilly copyable.  I tried
> very hard yesterday to hear this one, and thought at one point that I might
> have had them, but not conclusively.  Here's the proof!   Thanks again,
> Nick!  By 21:45 faded down to be replaced by UK's Smooth Radio.
> (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
> 
> 837 IRAN Esfahan 400 kW IRIB Radio Esfahan, Nov 11 2029 - Happened to be
> parked on the channel (looking for Ukraine), and a choral anthem started.
> Followed by the infamous gong at 20:30, confirming this to be Iran.  Very
> strong. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
> 
> 1035 IRAN Yazd 100 kW IRIB Radio Yazd, Nov 11 2002 - Nice ID heard for
> Radio Yazd.  Sounds like a childrens program or a story told to a young
> child.  Was very strong!  Not bad for a super loop antenna, the sole
> remaining antenna at our DXpedition site, now that the fabulous DKAZ and
> Beverage has been taken in. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
> 
> 1206 ? GREECE Athens Radio Babis (tent), Nov 12 0233 - Highly tentative.
> We battled with this frequency all evening.  Never very strong, but would
> occasionally rise.  Mostly non-stop music, but with occasional speech,
> including a very brief mention a few minutes ago.  The style to me of
> broadcasting is very much Greek pirate, but have no idea to be honest.
> I'll post the brief audio clip at RealDX and see if anyone has any ideas.
> I tried the UTwente SDR but nothing heard there on repeated attempts, and
> apparently also not heard on an Italian SDR site. A mystery!.
> (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
> 
> 1278 UKRAINE Petrivka 100 kW Radio Ukraine International, Nov 11 2040 - The
> best heard during this DXpedition.  1270 is a local station which splatters
> a lot, but this afternoon, with our most modest antenna, reception is
> actually good at times, and clearly // to 1431 in Russian, so it's not the
> 1st domestic program, but the external service to Crimea in Russian.  Vlad
> Titarev tells me as well that it's 1 minute out of sync with 1431, so not
> to be fooled. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
> 
> 1395 ALBANIA Filake 500 kW TWR Europe, Nov 11 2116 - Very strong reception
> in listed Serbian, with a certain amount of splatter from adjacent
> channels.  Clearly religious in nature.  Clean audio.  No cochannel
> interference at all.  Measured on slightly off frequency of 1394.950.
> (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
> 
> 1593 ROMANIA Radio Romania Actualitati (tent), Nov 11 2026 - I'm not clear
> which Romanian this might be.  4 transmitters are listed:  SRR Radio Cluj
> in Oradea with 15 kW, SRR Radio Romania Actualitati with 15 kW in Ion
> Corvin, SRR Radio Targu Mures with 15 kW from Miercurea Ciuc, and SRR Radio
> Cluj with 10 kW from Sibiu.  In any case, we found a huge number of
> parallel frequencies:  1530, 1458, 1422, 1332, 1179, 1152, 855 and 711!
> Some very strong, but most cochannel.  Apparently a World Cup qualifying
> game between Poland vs Romania. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
> 
> 1635 HOLLAND Europirate Monte Carlo Radio, Nov 11 2320 - Just ID'd in Dutch
> at good level. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
> 
> 1677 SPAIN La Coruna La Coruna Coast Guard Radio., Nov 11 2311 - Just
> signing off in Spanish at good/very good level with maritime weather.  I
> believe there is an error in the MWList, as it only list Cabo de Penas
> Radio, but clearly the ID was for La Coruna, and verified by some on-line
> marine radio guides checked. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
> 
> 1530 SAO TOME PRINCIPE Pinheira 600 kW VOA, Nov 11 2051 - Excellent
> reception with their English to Africa feed, confirmed on-line.  Within a
> minute, faded down to be briefly replaced with Romania with the
> Poland/Romania soccer elimination match. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
> 
> 6949 PIRATE North American Pirate Pee Wee Radio, Nov 12 0159 - Tuned in at
> 01:50 to good reception playing modern guitar music, followed by Kryptonite
> with Three Doors Down.  Reported it to the HF Underground.  Dead air for
> about a minute, but back at 02:01:30.  Not really my style of music, but
> always nice to hear a pirate broadcaster.  Good reception.  Measured on
> 6949.75 USB. (Salmaniw,Murray Harbour PEI)
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Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] 2016 DX Audio Files - Cape Cod, MA (preliminary webpage)

[Bill Whitacre]

On Nov 1, 2016, at 8:24 AM, Richard N Allen wrote:

> I really like the appearance of your logs.  While not as colourful, I 
> maintain similar logs in both Numbers (preferred) and Excel programs.  
> 
> Richard Allen,
> near Perry OK.

Thanks Richard and congrats on using Numbers!  I don't know many who do.  That 
was brought out, along with Pages, when Steve was still with us, to put some 
pressure on MS to try and keep Excel and Word up-to-snuff on the Mac vs. 
Windows versions.

After a long life a Mac user in a Windows world I can do some pretty cool stuff 
with Excel -- w/out even invoking VisualBasic or macros.  ;-))

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Re: [IRCA] [CapeDX] 2016 DX Audio Files - Cape Cod, MA (preliminary webpage)

[Bill Whitacre]

> On Nov 1, 2016, at 12:18 AM, Mark Connelly markwa1...@aol.com [CapeDX] 
>  wrote:
> 
> One thing I hear about DXing in the SDR age is that people store up 
> voluminous capture files and seem to take forever to review them and report 
> loggings to other hobbyists.  It does take some effort to save pertinent 
> audio clips, upload them somewhere, and create / update a suitable HTML links 
> page.  Quite a different paradigm from the old days of exclusively "live" 
> one-frequency-at-a-time DX when reports to others tended to get out more 
> quickly.  Right now I have an under-construction page of audio clip links of 
> this year's reception highlights here.  Many are within the last month or two 
> (so likely still relevant).  Not all details for each item have been 
> populated into the webpage but I figured let's get it out there before the 
> tips get too stale.  Detailed reports, resolution of some unID's, and general 
> page clean-up will come over the next week or so.&n bsp; November and 
> December will likely see the addition of more items.
> 
> See:
> http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_2016.htm 
> <http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/audio_2016.htm>
> 
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION
> South Yarmouth, MA, USA
> 
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Great stuff Mark!

I have never found words very useful when trying to describe to someone what 
I’ve heard on the radio.

Since my return to the hobby in late 2008, after a 25+ year absence, I have 
skipped written logs completely and use a database/webpage system to present 
what I’ve heard - either @ home or on DXpeditions:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs.php <http://realmonitor.com/am_logs.php>

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh6.php <http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_qh6.php>

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland10.php 
<http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland10.php>

… are a few examples.

It’s not perfect but now that I have a ‘template’ it’s pretty easy to make a 
new page or add to an existing one.

It does require a little knowledge or PHP, MySQL and HTML but since ‘playing 
with the computer’ is part of the hobby for many of us that’s not a problem.

I hope more people go this route.  For me, it’s a lot more ‘real’ than pages 
upon pages of written logs. And once it’s in a database you can do all sorts of 
analysis that I’m sure would attract the attention of the ‘counters’ among us.

Bill Whitacre
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Re: [IRCA] WATERPROOF BOXES (was: DKAZ questions)

[Bill Whitacre]

I use Guy’s eBay gray plastic boxes for the indoor portion of the Vactrol and 
some black RadioShack mini-boxes for outside — WITH bleed holes.  I can attest 
to the fact that condensation DOES happen — whether at Grayland or Lubec or 
Fleeton, VA on the Chesapeake Bay.

Fortunately, inside the outdoor portion of the Vactrol you’ve only got a 
Vactrol itself and perhaps a couple of resistors, depending on whose circuit 
you’re using.  Not much bad can happen unless the condensation mixes with a 
little salt water and shorts something out — could happen.

After just one trip to Grayland a new outdoor device needs a good fresh water 
rinse after several days of salty mist or just blowing breeze.  Not quite sure 
how my ‘old’ FLG100s still work but they do!  Proves that ‘potting’ something 
is far more useful than just to keep prying eyes away.  ;-)

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> On Oct 30, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
> 
> One thing that will interest me is whether you get condensation inside those 
> sealed boxes Mark and Guy.Over the years, a number of radio amateurs have 
> found they needed to add bleed holes on the underside of the box to allow 
> condensation to escape, at least for long term deployment.
> 
> I believe the problem is that moist air can find its way into the box, even 
> if actual moisture can't, and then it gets cooler and the moisture condenses 
> and has nowhere to go.
> 
> It's a battle!
> 
> I've sealed up regular plastic boxes over the years with a runny silicone 
> compound used for sealing windshields (auto supply stores have it, Permatex 
> is one of the brands), figuring I won't be taking it apart except in direst 
> circumstances.  Then I have had to add a bleed hole anyway.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> At 14:04 30-10-16, ma...@durenberger.com wrote:
>> Guy, I ordered a bunch of these and have been getting e-mails in bad English 
>> about running into customs problems, and so sorry, and if I send my PayPal 
>> info he'll refund the money etc..  So it might have become a bad bet but tnx 
>> anyway.  On the other hand the boxes may eventually arrive and I'll be the 
>> first to apologize.
>> 
>> Meanwhile if someone IS looking for small waterproof boxes, try this:
>> 
>> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E0H7HFK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>> 
>> Mine arrived in the usual two days and are very well-built.
>> 
>> 
>> I'm halfway through a complete how-to story on waterproofing antenna 
>> terminations and hope to have this published in a week or two.
>> 
>> Cheers!
>> 
>> Mark Durenberger
>> 
>> -Original Message- From: Guy Atkins
>> 
>> Last year I came upon this weatherproof model and have found the quality to 
>> be very impressive for the price:
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/1x-Waterproof-Plastic-Enclosure-Electronic-Project-Box-Instrument-Case-DIY-Hot-/271598155425
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Re: [IRCA] Auroral question

[Bill Whitacre]

Yes, that’s the first rule — NEVER let some geomag prediction keep you from the 
dials!  Nobody here will bet you a new car [or even an old one] that X will 
happen if the geomag conditions are Y.

About the same time all sorts of particles were apparently hitting the 
ionosphere and driving up the A-index I was having the best TA conditions in a 
long time in the mid-Atlantic.

That’s not what one normally expects.

Go figure …

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Oct 25, 2016, at 4:40 PM, Russ Edmunds  wrote:
> 
> Your guess is probably a reasonable one - given that there's a lot of
> variables.
> 
> Russ Edmunds
> 15 mi NW Phila
> Grid FN20id
> 
> 
> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (4) barefoot w/whip
> FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
> Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 4);
> modified Sony ICF2010's (3) w/APS9B @ 15';
> modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Mark Pettifor  wrote:
> 
>> Are there any "hard and fast" rules about what areas for DX reception will
>> be enhanced when auroral conditions exist? (Excluding the gray line effect)
>> 
>> My experience so far has been that it seems to favor the deep south and
>> Central / South America from my location (N. Indiana). It's probably
>> location-dependent, I would guess.
>> 
>> Best rule is just listen and see what shows up, eh?  :^)
>> 
>> Planning on seeing something interesting this evening, after the K-index
>> spike today. (While watching the world series of course...)
>> 
>> Mark
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Re: [IRCA] Some TAs in the Mid-Atlantic

[Bill Whitacre]

Oh yea, this was all between 2330-0100utc and there was a YUGE signal on 783 
with audio - usually I get a nice carrier with little or no audio.  Arabic and 
lots of mentions of Iraq and Syria so I'm betting Syria vs. Mauritania.

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On Oct 25, 2016, at 9:26 AM, Bill Whitacre wrote:

> Been awhile since I've had any reasonable TA reception here in my 
> mid-Atlantic evening ... but last night started with nice signal from what I 
> assume was Saudi on 594 then what I assume was Egypt on 819, 864 and 774 
> sneaking by WABC; later the UK on 693, 909, 1089 and 1215; Spain on 855, 
> 1044, 1413 and a few other channels.
> 
> Fun listening to audio vs. watching traces roll up the Perseus screen.  ;-)
> 
> BTW, 1521 is no longer the 'monster' it has been in seasons past.  In fact, 
> it's not in here at all!  Must be having tx problems.
> 
> Bill Whitacre
> Alexandria, VA
> 
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[IRCA] Some TAs in the Mid-Atlantic

[Bill Whitacre]

Been awhile since I've had any reasonable TA reception here in my mid-Atlantic 
evening ... but last night started with nice signal from what I assume was 
Saudi on 594 then what I assume was Egypt on 819, 864 and 774 sneaking by WABC; 
later the UK on 693, 909, 1089 and 1215; Spain on 855, 1044, 1413 and a few 
other channels.

Fun listening to audio vs. watching traces roll up the Perseus screen.  ;-)

BTW, 1521 is no longer the 'monster' it has been in seasons past.  In fact, 
it's not in here at all!  Must be having tx problems.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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Re: [IRCA] Autumn 2016 DXpeditions?

[Bill Whitacre]

Hi Mark and thanks for putting together a list of prospective DXpeditions.

After joining the crowd at LBI in a couple of weeks, I’ll be making the trek to 
Quoddy House in a month or so - Nov. 13-20 - then back to Fleeton, VA, on the 
Chesapeake Bay, for a few days in early December and then Grayland in February, 
2017.

Hoping for quiet geomag conditions and mild weather!

At all locations I’ll be using what has become my ‘stock’ 160’ DKAZ with 
Vactrol termination.  Just completed two more Vactol units yesterday and may 
summon the energy to try an in-line array of closely-spaced DKAZ for some added 
directivity … or take another shot at a broadside array of DKAZ.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Oct 20, 2016, at 11:55 PM, Mark Connelly via IRCA  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Mark Connelly 
> Subject: Autumn 2016 DXpeditions?
> Date: October 20, 2016 at 11:55:02 PM EDT
> To: b...@yahoogroups.com, cap...@yahoogroups.com, a...@nrcdxas.org, 
> irca@hard-core-dx.com
> 
> 
> I'm curious as to what DXpeditions are on tap before winter sets in.
> 
> "Who's going where when?"
> 
> Of greatest interest to me are ones along the US and Canadian Atlantic 
> coastline such as:
> PEI - I think Bruce Conti, Brent Taylor, and some others are signed up for 
> that
> Newfoundland - ?
> NJ coast (Long Beach Island?)
> 
> Of course, here in the east, results from those outings are augmented well by 
> near-DXpedition-grade home-based reporters such as Allen Willie in NL, 
> Michael Yule in NS, Brent Taylor in PEI, Sylvain Naud in QC, a few of us in 
> New England, and sporadic contributors from other coastal hotspots such as 
> the NC Outer Banks and south FL. 
> 
> Still somewhat relevant to me would be news about DXpeditions in Europe, 
> Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda.
> 
> The West Coast guys must have some activities cooked up (such as Rockworks, 
> Grayland, and Haida Gwaii).  Every so often trips to Hawaii are mentioned.  
> Japanese and Australian DXers are likely to be active sometime too.
> 
> I'm thinking of doing at least one or two sessions from the car at beach 
> sites within an hour's drive time.  Typically these would be around local 
> sunset at sites providing more consistent / strong TA and South American 
> signals than can normally be obtained at the house.  Maybe I would try to 
> coordinate a mini-DXpedition night with others' activities in PEI or NL as 
> I've done in some previous years.
> 
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Re: [IRCA] 720 TP

[Bill Whitacre]

I have only heard AUS on 720 - and then only ONCE and only at Sans Souci, on 
the Oregon coast between Florence and Yachats, OR.

Chuck did ‘glean’ many of my Grayland logs for a re-issued ‘master log.’  I’ll 
let  him address where that might be.

My own master log from Grayland & Sans Souci, covering 14 trips to Grayland and 
5 to Sans Souci since 2010 is here:

http://realmonitor.com/master_log_grayland.php

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> On Oct 8, 2016, at 11:55 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
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> Can't say I've heard any Aussie there Nigel.   Were there any signs of odd 
> life on 558 or 531?  Grayland master list claim 6WF only heard from Australia 
> on that channel.   Don't know if that has all Bill Whitacre's Grayland 
> loggings though.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> At 03:33 09-10-16, you wrote:
>> Since I didn't have to spend time reviewing this morning's recording 
>> (which quickly hit the recycle bin) I was cleaning up some others this 
>> evening, and found out that on Thursday the 6th I had the ABC news fanfare 
>> on 720 at 1300.Don't usually bother checking 720 as if it's not KDWN 
>> it's generally KFIR.   Interestingly, there was no ABC on the 4th, which was 
>> a better overall DU morning. What do you guys out west typically hear 
>> from Australia on 720?I'm guessing 4AT in Queensland would be the most 
>> likely?  (Though I might like to dream of Perth!)
>> 
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Nigel Pimblett
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[IRCA] DU carriers in DC - Oct. 7

[Bill Whitacre]

Carriers today on 612, 702, 738, 774, 1116, 1512 and 1548.  Only 1512 and 1548 
came close to audio - both just at sunrise @ 7:10 AM EDT [1110 utc].

Fade pattern on 1512 and 1548 of ~ 2 second peaks and ~ 2 second valleys.  Both 
‘teased’ the SAM on peaks which took a bit of time to settle and then got lost 
in the domestic splatter and fading desired signal.

Few mumbly words heard on both 1512 and 1548 between 1106 - 1115utc with 1548 
holding out the longest.

Perseverance will pay off someday!

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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[IRCA] DU carriers in DC - Oct. 6

[Bill Whitacre]

Several presumed DU carriers/traces this morning near Washington, DC 
[Alexandria, VA] - 612, 702, 738, 1512 and 1548 which almost became strong 
enough for audio several minutes prior to sunrise at 1106utc [7:06am EDT].

But for QRN and LOUD domestics 1548 might’ve ‘made it’ this morning.  Alas, 
it’ll take one heckuva opening to get audio here.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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Re: [IRCA] Early TP report Oct 2 - Victoria BC

[Bill Whitacre]

Tonga usually has very low modulation.

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> On Oct 2, 2016, at 5:33 PM, Neil Kazaross  wrote:
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> Hmmm I wonder why 1098 comes in so well but I don't seem close to raising
> any audio on 1017 even though this isn't a particularily slopped freq.  73
> KAZ
> 
> On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
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>> Neil -
>> 
>> 
>> Tonga does news at 1100 and then signs off and cuts the carrier. On
>> weekends they stay on an extra hour.
>> 
>> They tend to stay on late for a few special events also.
>> 
>> Know what you need? The Pacific Asian Log at http://www.radioheritage.net/
>> OurRadioGuides.asp  then click on the confusing "Browse the Pacific Asian
>> Log" even though you will be downloading.
>> 
>> Chuck
>> 
>> 
>> From: IRCA  on behalf of Neil Kazaross <
>> neilka...@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2016 5:28 AM
>> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Early TP report Oct 2 - Victoria BC
>> 
>> Nice to have Tonga like that. What time do they typically s/off? I think
>> that they, unlike V7AB 1098 shut the carrier off as well as I don't ever
>> notice much carrier on 1017 here, but have been starting DXing around
>> 1130-1135 UT this week.
>> 
>> Only thing noteworthy here from IL this morning was rather decent copy of
>> 702 from about 1152-7. I was hoping it would hold up for 1200, but not to
>> be. (LSR was 1152)
>> 
>> 73 KAZ on a noisier morning than usual from Barrington IL
>> 
>> On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 2:24 AM, R. Colin Newell 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 0723 UTC - 1017 KHz assuming Tonga at very good levels with Island music.
>>> 
>>> Lots of carriers here and there.
>>> 
>>> Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC
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Re: [IRCA] Early TP report Oct 2 - Victoria BC - relabeled 'No DU Audio in DC on Oct. 2'

[Bill Whitacre]

Not surprisingly no audio here this AM.  Carriers approaching audio at sunrise 
- 1102utc - on 702, 612 and 774 though.

Still working on an intermittent fuse-blowing on my Wellbrook phaser.  
Narrowing it down to one of four legs now.

Also having some fun and frustration with a new SDRPlay rx and SDRUno software. 
 Using every other software I’ve tried makes me REALLY glad I started back in 
the hobby with Perseus.  What is intuitive on Perseus stock software is mostly 
buried behind odd windows and menu picks and key combinations on the others.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Oct 2, 2016, at 8:28 AM, Neil Kazaross  wrote:
> 
> Nice to have Tonga like that. What time do they typically s/off? I think
> that they, unlike V7AB 1098 shut the carrier off as well as I don't ever
> notice much carrier on 1017 here, but have been starting DXing around
> 1130-1135 UT this week.
> 
> Only thing noteworthy here from IL this morning was rather decent copy of
> 702 from about 1152-7. I was hoping it would hold up for 1200, but not to
> be. (LSR was 1152)
> 
> 73 KAZ on a noisier morning than usual from Barrington IL
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[IRCA] Carrier and a little audio from DU near DC

[Bill Whitacre]

Got my 4-element Wellbrook delta phased array back up and working yesterday.  
Recorded some HSFB last night pointing west and got up this morning hoping to 
at least see some DU carriers [‘traces’ on the Perseus screen].

Pointing the array west, I started at about 1000utc [6am EDT] and wasn’t seeing 
much.  Sunrise today is 7:02am EDT [1102utc].

Then nearing 1030 utc I started to see a trace on 702 fighting WWL - could 
actually ‘hear’ a weak 2kHz het, something very weak on 738, nothing on 612 and 
something weak on 1098.

In searching around for possibilities I came to 774 where there was a pretty 
decent carrier/trace sandwiched between WMAQ and WABC.  It peaked with some 
audio around 1030 and near the end of that peak I finally thought to hit 
‘record’ and got this:

http://realmonitor.com/774-1031-2016Oct1.wav

About all one can tell with careful listening is there’s a male voice in there. 
 It would take a lot of imagination to say much more I’m afraid.  Presuming 
it’s Melbourne which is one of the strongest OZ stations in the Northwest.

Actually, this is the first time I’ve gotten ANY audio on DU here in DC.  Few 
years back I tried almost daily to see/hear something on 738 - carrier most 
nights, never any real audio - and the past few years, around Labor Day, I’ve 
‘seen’ some carriers on the hi-band - 1548, 1566 and 1611 - but never any audio.

Given what Kaz and Tim Tromp are hearing in the midwest this must be an 
exceptional year!

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[IRCA] AMBC down?

[Bill Whitacre]

Has anybody else noticed that http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/ is not working?  
I’ve PINGed it and gotten no reply since yesterday afternoon.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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Re: [IRCA] Sept 16 - super-opening - 1st video - Victoria B.C.

[Bill Whitacre]

Thanks for putting this up Colin.  Unfortunately, Youtube just spins and spins 
when I try to open it.  Must be a LOT of folks trying to hear what they missed.

It’s not easy being a ‘frequent Grayland visitor’ living on the east coast.

I would suspect that ‘opening’ allowed some carriers, at least, to come pretty 
far east.  Alas, my 4-element Wellbrook array is down at the moment.

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> On Sep 16, 2016, at 11:38 AM, R. Colin Newell  wrote:
> 
> Enjoy this 5 minutes of excitement!
> 
> https://youtu.be/OehsoDWfZtM
> 
> Drake R8 - Flag W/NW
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Re: [IRCA] Nova Scotia Logs 16 Sep 2016

[Bill Whitacre]

Nice Michael!  The few times I’ve heard 1071 in Maine it’s very quickly 
overtaken by Iran after about 2000utc.

I hear those nasty WTIC ‘dit dit dit dah’ TOH tones adjacent at the beginning.  
Ugh!

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> On Sep 16, 2016, at 12:18 PM, Michael Yule  wrote:
> 
> 1. INDIA - AIR GOS 1071 kHz (Rajkot) -0003 UTC: ID at TOH 'This program
> is brought to you by the General Overseas Service of All India Radio'. into
> news. Good to very good.
> 
> 
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/c6pi8b4dg2nofrh/Radio%20-%20AIR%20GOS%201071%20kHz
> %2016%20Sep%202016%20%20UTC.mp3?dl=0

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Re: [IRCA] [mwcircle] 2016 Pantanito Argentina Dxpedition

[Bill Whitacre]

Great stuff Nick!  I see they heard WBAL in Baltimore too - just up the road 
from me here in DC.

I love the subtitle of one of their sections:  EL RECEPTOR SDR. UN NUEVO 
PARADIGMA EN LA RECEPCIÓN

Ah men to that!

P.S.  Where they stayed made the Grayland Motel look like a Holiday Inn!  At 
least we don’t have outhouses, solar panels and generators … yet.

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> On Sep 15, 2016, at 11:10 AM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
> 
> from the MW Circle list:
> 
> https://lagalenadelsur.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/pescando-radioemisoras-distantes-desde-la-patagonia-pantanito-dx-camp-2016/
> 
> 
> Patagonian DXpedition, in Spanish, but lots of pictures, loggings, and audio 
> clips.   They were hearing Californian X-banders.   Are Argentinian X-banders 
> should be heard in California?
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Nick
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Re: [IRCA] 1098

[Bill Whitacre]

They seem to leave the carrier on all night Walt.  I'd bet for navigation 
purposes.  Unless they've done something drastic they ALWAYS have weak 
modulation so it's hard to know when they actually take audio off but it's well 
before 1200utc.

1098 was the first TP/DU carrier Nick found on Sunday AM in KC.  Kind of fun 
watching him race around using his little teeny laptop and some non-Perseus 
software I was totally unfamiliar with.  Made me like stock Perseus s/ware even 
more.  ;-)

Still curious to know if he round any audio on 1548 when he got home.  Was a 
bit past sunrise by the TOH at 1200utc but it wasn't doing bad on fade-ups.

We had fun.

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> I noticed a comment from Glenn Hauser about 1098.   Just so happens that I
> returned home after a baby delivery, about 12:15 AM (07:15 UTC).  There was
> a pretty darn good carrier on 1098, in fact the strongest on the band.  The
> Marshall Islands are in darkness, of course by then, and Japan, Korea,
> China are still in daylight (as is Australia, but not New Zealand).  Based
> on that, it's highly probable that it is V7AB.   I'll have to pay more
> attention to this frequency henceforth!   73,  Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC
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