Re: [IRCA] CCrane Twin-Coil Ferrite Loop
Hi Les. It looks like any other product built for indoor use. For outdoor installation, manual says to use silicone grease and Coax-Seal where the cable connects to the ferrite head unit and to similarly seal the perimeter seam and any other place where water might get in. A photo shows it installed high on a wall, under the over-hanging part of a roof. Brian Chapel Victoria, BC On 2015-14-6 15:03 , Les Rayburn wrote: Continuing this thread. I have some questions: 1.) The connecting cables that CCrane sells look similar to a computer cable (PS2?) Is there a less expensive source for these? 2.) Has anyone ever tried mounting one outside, perhaps on a small television rotor? Being a high-Q tuned device these should perform quite well if you can get them away from local noise sources. 3.) Are the loop unit and cable weather-proofed? While they won't work with SDR wideband techniques, I'm thinking about adding one for the receiver in the bedroom. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] C.Crane Twin Coil Ferrite(R) AM Antenna Signal Booster - any good?
Hi Eric. A C. Crane Twin Ferrite connected to an Eton E1 is my favourite combination for DXing from quieter sites away from home. It also would be my main antenna at home if I ever lost my fence-mounted Wellbrook loops. Brian Victoria, BC On 2015-7-6 13:37 , Eric Floden wrote: hi I ask about this from the perspective of someone surprised he owns one. I had forgotten I bought one over 10 years ago for an older relative who could not get reliable radio reception. My recollection is the set-up and installation was called off before it got started for (their) health reasons. So I packed it away and forgot I owned it. It just surfaced this week. So, what do I own? Is it worth using? If not, is it worth anything on re-sale? Not that I expect those questions can be answered, but I am curious if anyone has any experience with this thing. Thanks ef Vancouver, going through trunks of old stuff* * I also found my QSL cards, yay! http://www.ccrane.com/Antennas/Twin-Coil-Ferrite-AM-Antenna-Signal-Booster ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KORE 1050 Springfield-Eugene, OR
In spite of my location being in their null and them twice as far away from here, the much more powerful KTCT usually dominates here in Victoria, BC but a couple of weeks ago KORE edged them out during an 0700 ToH recording. Brian Chapel Victoria, BC On Sunday, May 17, 2015, Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote: At night, KTCT 1050 San Mateo/San Francisco, CA is fairly listenable from my location here in Redding, California despite their 15kw/5 tower night pattern shooting west and Northwest.. Redding is in a bit of a null. I think. Tonight, KORE 1050 Springfield-Eugene, OR completely overrode KTCT and came in at listenable levels for several minutes tonight. KORE's evening and overnight programming features music from the Moody Radio Network. http://www.onairdj.com/KORE1050_05172015_817PM.mp3 I do presume KORE to be on it's 1549 watt night power and not it's 5kw day power. nonetheless, a good catch considering whats usually on the channel. Paul Walker ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] What I learned about noise from a power outage
My neighbourhood recently had a scheduled power outage so I took advantage of it to study my local electromagnetic environment. The whole story might be inappropriately long for this list but if anyone is interested they can read about it in this http://vidxer.blogspot.ca/2014/03/not-my-noise-sources.html post on my still-under-construction hobby blog. Brian ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Reviewing SDR DX
After a long SDR hiatus I started to put my Perseus back into action yesterday. This time around I have it in a dedicated Win7 partition that can only access 50 GB. This is a deliberate restriction to force me to be more selective in what I record and how long I keep it for. I realize that I must form a new and more meaningful relationship with my Delete key. Brian Chapel Victoria, BC On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Les Rayburnl...@highnoonfilm.com wrote: I'm curious to hear how other DX'ers tackle data management when it comes to the use of I/Q recordings from SDR receivers. My SDR-IQ allows me to record 192 KHz of bandwidth, and using HDSDR software, I've started recording TOH periods overnight. I record about four minutes per hour, starting at local sunset and continuing through sunrise. This provides a total of 19 MW channels to be reviewed per hour, Recording for 4 minutes over a ten hour period, leaves me with 760 minutes of data to be reviewed daily. Some channels are nearly impossible to find new ones on, so these can be reviewed quickly, checking only for unusual conditions. But it's still a massive amount of data. Since starting this just a few days ago, I've already deleted days of recordings, unchecked, simply because there is no practical way to review it all. Perseus owners would have an even bigger issue, due to the much wider bandwidth that can be recorded. The entire AM band for instance! What strategies have other DX'ers found successful for managing the data? I've considered recording just the sunrise/sunset periods, or waiting for a night with unusual conditions to record TOH ID periods only, or even simply recording for a week in mid-winter, then taking my sweet time to review them during the summer. -- -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf 6M VUCC #1712 AMSAT #38965 Grid Bandits #222 Southeastern VHF Society Central States VHF Society Life Member Six Club #2484 Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Ultralight Cliffhanger DU-DXpeditions
Many thanks Guy and Gary for the detailed instructions. I've saved the map locations in my Google account and added them to my GPS receiver so I should be all set. I have never heard a DU and only logged a few TPs so there is no need for anyone to worry about me using up all the DX. My only equipment will be an Eton E1, some wire, and my humble RF Plus Quantum Loop. My car is very small so the Wellbrook loops will have to stay home attached to the fence. 73, Brian ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Ultralight Cliffhanger DU-DXpeditions
Hi Gary. I will be spending one night in Newport and one night in Coos Bay during the week preceding the first DXpedition so I would like to see the sites and hopefully do some DXing there. Rockwork 4 is located about 10 miles south of Cannon Beach, OR, and has a 400' sheer drop off to the Pacific Ocean directly below the DXing site. On the east side of the road in Oswald West State Park there is a large parking lot. About 1 mile south of that and about 2 miles north of Manzania on the west side of 101 I see three smaller cliff-side parking lots. Is one of those the Canon Beach site? Cape Perpetua is located 2 miles south of Yachats, OR, and its turnoff site has the additional thrill of being directly in the headlights of 18-wheel trucks before they make their final turn on Highway 101. Where is that in relation to the entrance to the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center? Brian Chapel Victoria, BC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon
Walter Salmaniw wrote: At 11:06 AM 10/21/2009, you wrote: I will run the 160 meter amateur radio beacon this evening, 21 October our time (22 Oct UTC). I plan two segments, one starting before and running past local sunset from 0105UT to 0135UT, and one from 0550 to 0615UT. This will be on 1998.5 kHz and comprise a repeated CW identifier of my amateur callsign VE7DXR. We didn't have much success with it last night, but tonight, Martin Hall in Scotland is bearing down on it with a Beverage, so I'm crossing my fingers. best wishes, Nick Loud and clear starting at 01:07, Nick. And yes, it's VVV de VE7DXR (why I'm not an amateur, I guess). Excellent reception, although the first few seconds were a bit wobbly on the frequencyWalt ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Hi Nick. At 01:13 you were 56 db weaker than the CFAX carrier here. Frequency drifted upwards about 100 Hz over a 15 minute period. Brian ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Was Orcas Island TPs: Sept 18 - IS the Saturday challenge!
c...@islandnet.com wrote: John B. Spoke: My general impression was that things were down from yesterday's Best o the Season to something like average conditions, but with things being a bit disturbed: there were some interesting things around. Good thing - I slept in here in Victoria and Walt was delivering babies to their new owners... Tomorrow morning Walt and I are tag-teaming the morning DX session from St. Ann street in Oak Bay -- location of Walt's antenna farm. So everyone: Sharpen your pencils and clear out the ear wax - Saturday morning is the North versus South DX throw-down - Canada versus the U.S. - winner gets the accolades. Time: 6:00 AM Pacific til sunrise. the person that identifies the most stations wins something... Live listening only. No delayed tuning. No SDR's (shudder!) -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT CA DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT Com -- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com I will try to participate from up on the hill this time. Brian Victoria, BC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TPs for Sept 7: Orcas Island: Victoria perspective
Walter Salmaniw wrote: 1566: HLAZ at 9 level with website mentioned at 13:12. I may also have another local noise source with a spike on 1568 From a few km to the NW, I also had the spike on 1568. Brian ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] 2 MW Band Scans 2009-08-24
I set an early alarm to see what carriers I could hear with my ALA1530 on the balcony. The first column was from 12:39 UTC to 13:12. The second column was from 13:12 to 13:32. I checked for audio on the stronger ones but heard none. 558 567567 576 585585 594 603603 612 639 675 684684 693 702 729 738 747747 756756 774 819 855 864 927 936 963 972 1188 1287 1575 Brian Victoria, BC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TPs for 24Aug09: DU all the way (but late)
Walter Salmaniw wrote: Missed the boat today, getting up not until 13:24. The DUs must have been very good again, with 612 still booming in at an 8 to 9 level. Best so far I've heard them this year! Weak audio still on 639 (but still as strong a carrier as Brisbane). Audio on 531, 576, (both weak), 585 (music at 13:27 at 7), 594, 702 (both weak), 738 (very good RFO at 13:29), 747 (DU), 756, 774 (also DU...all 3 weak at 13:31), 801 (pretty strong audio with music at 13:32 on S wire), 846, 963 (both weak). Now up to the top of the X-band: Weak audio on 1701 with at least 3 almost equal carriers noted and weak audio), 1656 with a decent carrier and almost audio (at 13:37), Hi Walt. I just don't get this. You get audio booming in but, listening at the same time, I only get carriers. We're not that far apart and my loop was oriented for Australia. Is this typical for MW or am I in some RF dead zone? That comparison of simultaneous Perseus LW recordings that we did gave almost identical results. Brian ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] 1710 Local Listeners
More listeners might help to solve this mystery. Friends and family can do some listening but hams in southern BC and northern WA would be more technically inclined and probably more enthusiastic. The regional nets like the: BC Public Service Net on 3,729 KHz at 0130 UTC Northwest Country Cousins Net on 3,970 KHz at 1900 PDT might be good places to contact hams in the target area. Does anyone around here have a 80 m antenna and about 100 W to put into it? Brian Victoria, BC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz ... groundwave in Victoria?
Nick Hall-Patch wrote: I left the SDR-14 recording 1710 kHz today, and the carrier strength did vary over time, but only +/- 3dB around -117 dB on its display. There was a fair bit of electrical noise, so the noise floor was at -120, and it was rare for the carrier to drop below that. By 0030 UT (4:30pm local time), the carrier was getting a little more erratic, with some stronger and weaker points, but nothing like right now (0440UT) when it will drop from -99dB to well below the noise at -120 within a few seconds. So, I think we're getting weak ground wave on this channel here. best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Here in Victoria from 05:10 UT to 05:20 UT I was getting a male Russian-sounding voice occasionally rising out of the noise. Right now at 05:23 it sounds more like a female voice but it's not as strong as the earlier peaks. Brian ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] new? HAR
I heard it on 2009-01-15 at 08:00 UT but had the same problem with the second character of the call sign. I couldn't decide if it sounded more like a 'T' or a 'P' but the announcement of the location was very clear. Brian Chapel Victoria, BC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
