Re: [IRCA] KZSJ 1120 San Martin(San Jose/Salinas, CA) Contact info?

[Mike Hawkins]

Not sure as to the validity, but try this:

https://shadow.com/establishments/santa-clara-county-ca/qu%C3%AA-h%C6%B0%C6%A1ng-media-1630-oakland-rd-a109-san-jose-ca-95131-usa

There's an address and phone number halfway down on the right in the INFO
section.  Google is your friend!

Mike Hawkins

On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 8:24 PM Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
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> That is for the licensee.  I’m ideally looking for some contact info for
> the Vietnamese time broker/program producer.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 9:23 PM Dennis Gibson  wrote:
>
> > The FCC website and fccinfo.com both say 5110 SE Stark St. Portland, OR
> > 97215
> > <
> https://maps.google.com/?q=5110+SE+Stark+St.+Portland,+OR+97215=gmail=g
> >
> > .
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On Apr 7, 2019, at 7:34 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
> > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any recent, confirmed contact info for KZSJ 1120? The
> > > station is owned by Bustos Media, a spanish company but leased out to a
> > > Vietnamese programmer called "Que Hong Media". The website linked on
> > > radio-locator.com is no good, their facebook page hasnt been updated
> in
> > 9
> > > years and i haven't found any other info on that.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
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Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*

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Collin,

It was a question I asked.   I got several replies and some good info.  
They helped but so far I have not found what I was looking for.  I don't 
think such a thing for AMBCB DXing or SWL exists. I'm all for it.


I'd love to hear / see your ideas.  As a Ham I use 
http://www.dxsummit.fi/#/ and a telnet based one called dxspots.com


I like these two because I can filter what spots I see or don't see.  I 
frequently have both of them up filtered different ways.


Steve NG0G

On 3/11/19 11:12 AM, R. Colin Newell wrote:

Last week someone posted a "wouldn't it be great if we had a
live DX spotter chat window web site 100% dedicated to SWBCing
and/or MW DXing ?"

You know, a place where you could quickly sign in and post an alert that
you're hearing HCJB on 9560 khz or Voice of the Voyager on 6160 khz...
or there is a great TA opening to the West Coast...

Show of hands: Who would use a system like this?

I have some free server space and some ideas about domain names that could
be fun...

Anyway... hands!?


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[IRCA] spotting website question

[Stephen Hawkins]

IRCA,

A little off AMBCB Dxing topic but maybe someone out there can point me 
in the right direction.


It has been a while since I did any serious shortwave listening outside 
the Ham Radio bands.  Retirement has increased my radio seat time into a 
world not enjoyed for quite some time.


It occurred to me this afternoon as I was tuning around between 11.500 
and 12.000 there were many stations, mostly all in SS.  Not knowing who 
they were I wondered if there were spotting websites for SWL or for that 
matter AMBCB like there are for Ham radio. Something along the lines of 
DXSummit or DXScape.


A little out of touch,

Steve

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Re: [IRCA] 1390 Salem Oregon

[Mike Hawkins]

Phil,

This email reminded me that I won an IRCA DX contest back around 2006,
received a gift certificate and promptly forgot.  I must be getting old!

Mike Hawkins

On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 11:54 AM Phil Bytheway via IRCA <
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>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
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> Bcc:
> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2019 19:54:54 + (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1390 Salem Oregon
> Folks,
>
> Just so you know, I sent the station a "contact" via their web site. I
> received a phone call very quickly and explained the problem. It was fixed
> by the next day when I was able to log the call letters for the IRCA
> contest.
>
> Phil Bytheway
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>
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
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[IRCA] BOG question

[Stephen Hawkins]

IRCA,

BOG users, how long do you make yours?  I keep hearing from other Hams 
that for 160m between 150 to 200 feet.  I seem to remember hearing on 
here about some that were much longer.


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Re: [IRCA] Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - Wikipedia

[Stephen Hawkins]

Eric,

Great book.  The follow up is:

"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a 
Curious Character


Steve NG0G


On 9/21/18 1:10 PM, Eric Floden wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surely_You%27re_Joking,_Mr._Feynman!

I have been long wanting to tead this, and am enjoying it. Of interest to
radio types, pp.15 on he talks of his boyhood pursuit of fixing (tube)
radios. Just like l did! Only one of us went on to win a Nobel Prize in
Physics though...

EricF
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Re: [IRCA] Best wishes for Ian McFarland

[Stephen Hawkins]

Ian,

Having had and survived two back surgeries you have my deepest sympathy, 
and lots of prayers.


Stephen Hawkins


On 9/14/18 3:51 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote:

As many of you may know, Ian McFarland was "the guy" on Radio Canada
International in the 1970's and 1980's - DX Digest - and even on NHK for a
couple of years.

He is currently "under the weather" and recovering in Hospital after back
surgery.

Feel free to pass me any thoughts and best wishes and I will forward them
to him on a giant greeting/get well card.

Please forward this on to other DX lists if you guys/gals are so inclined.

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Re: [IRCA] RFI on the BCB

[Stephen Hawkins]

Colin, Nick et al,

I avoided taking the openers apart until I was done dealing with 
Chamberlain so they could not blame any problems on me.


I used the Mixture 31 toroids because I already had them.  I'm very 
willing to order some Mixture 75s.


I ran into another ham on the Flexradio community website who had the 
same problem with Chamberlain garage door openers.  He tells me that 
with the bypass caps and some extra wire wound through a mixture 31 
toroid his problem was fixed. He wound through his snap on toroid with 
all the turns overlapping.  I spaced mine evenly around it.  His was 
just a red and black pair, might have been from a power cord.  Since I 
needed 4 wires I stripped 9 feet of cat 5 apart and took two of the 4 
twisted pairs.  I put one end of both of them in a vice and the other 
end in my cordless drill and made a twisted pair of two twisted pairs, 
then wound that through the toroid.


I then rewired all connections from both openers with cat 5 just using 
single pairs from the cat5 as I needed them, without removing the other 
3 twisted pairs.  I used the cat 5 in the hope that I would get some 
attention from the twisted pairs in it, and I had lots of it.


All this work did help but not near enough.

I do not know what frequency he was having a problem with.  It may not 
have been BCB and 160m.   I will email you each photos of the spectrum 
display on my Flex I took with the openers powered off, then a before 
and after pic of the of the same display.  If you look me up on 
www.QRZ.com you can see how close my 160m Inverted L is to the garage 
with the openers.


For now I am getting along by walking out to the garage and tripping the 
breaker that feeds the openers.


The noise is so bad that I have a hard time believing Chamberlain when 
they say they are within the RFI limits imposed by the FCC.


I've got out of town guests coming tomorrow for a few days. After that I 
will see how difficult it will be to open up one of the openers and see 
how hard it would be to disconnect their piece of junk PS and hook up my 
own.


Steve NG0G


On 9/14/18 2:27 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote:

Exactly what I did with a brand new CISCO WIFI router — they used a 99 cent 
Chinese switching supply that was butt ugly across the LW and MW BAND for a 100 
yard circle!
Imagine: one freaking wall wart blaffing 4-6 urban properties. That’s criminal. 
Anyway - I replaced it with a quieter switching supply and messages to CISCO 
were ignored. Reported it to my TELCO. Any TELCO that says they are in 
compliance are lying.

To quote The Beastie Boys... “Ya gotta fight for your right to DX!!!”

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -


On Sep 14, 2018, at 12:14 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:

Have you tried using type 75 cores?   Type 31 is specified for somewhat higher 
frequencies than #75.

Also, is the switching supply the actual source of the problem?  If so, is it 
possible to replace with a less noisy one, or is it integral to the unit?

best wishes,

Nick




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Re: [IRCA] RFI on the BCB

[Stephen Hawkins]

Gang,

I made a video taken from my pickup sitting in the garage with the radio 
on and all you could hear was noise.  Then as I backed up and got 
farther way from the opener the noise slowly died down and you could 
hear the station that had been covered with noise.  I posted it to the 
Chamberlain Facebook page.  I emailed their tech support team photos of 
everything.  Their response was that according to the FCC they are legal.


I stripped 9 feet of cat5 to make the RF choke and took two of the pairs 
and twisted them together  and wound them through a mixture 31 toriod to 
make an RF choke.  I also put a .01 cap from each lead to ground right 
where they came out of the opener.  I also mounted the toroid as close 
as I could to the opener so that there are only a couple of inches of 
wire before the toroid.  Still have problems.


Steve


On 9/14/18 12:09 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote:

Some opener companies have different sensor units which greatly reduce RFI
but you have to go directly to the mfr and ask.
I did that many years ago and have had none of that since.

Russ Edmunds






On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 1:00 PM R. Colin Newell 
wrote:


RF chokes!

I replaced my garage door opener with a new unit - whisper quiet.

Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -


On Sep 14, 2018, at 9:57 AM, Stephen Hawkins  wrote:

Patrick et al,

I have found the worst RFI generator I have heard in quite a while.   We

had a nice garage built and the contractor installed two brand new
Chamberlain garage door openers.  The RFI comes from a cheap, dirty
switching supply that uses the leads going to the sensors at the bottom of
the doors and to the switch by the people door as antenna.  It ruins the
BCB and 160M.   I tried to post a photo of the screen on my Flexradio
showing the interference but it doesn't get through.  It is bad despite
replacing all the wires with cat5 and winding an extra 9 feet of twisted
pair striped out of the cat 5 through a Mixture 31 toroid.  I have to power
them off at night.

I'll email photos to anyone who wants.

Steve NG0G

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[IRCA] RFI on the BCB

[Stephen Hawkins]

Patrick et al,

I have found the worst RFI generator I have heard in quite a while.   We 
had a nice garage built and the contractor installed two brand new 
Chamberlain garage door openers.  The RFI comes from a cheap, dirty 
switching supply that uses the leads going to the sensors at the bottom 
of the doors and to the switch by the people door as antenna.  It ruins 
the BCB and 160M.   I tried to post a photo of the screen on my 
Flexradio showing the interference but it doesn't get through.  It is 
bad despite replacing all the wires with cat5 and winding an extra 9 
feet of twisted pair striped out of the cat 5 through a Mixture 31 
toroid.  I have to power them off at night.


I'll email photos to anyone who wants.

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Re: [IRCA] AM 1320 True Oldies Channel

[Stephen Hawkins]

Kraig,

104.5 in Des Moines is "Pure Oldies" but I don't think they simulcast on 
an AM frequency.  At least not that I know of.


Wish they ran more power I can't hear them up here.

Steve


On 9/12/18 9:11 AM, Kraig wrote:
Hearing "True Oldies Channel" on AM 1320 in the morning recently. 
Checked a few sources and can't determine whom on the east coast or 
midwest carries the "True Oldies Channel" on 1320. Also heard mention 
of "1 oh... 5 FM".


Anyone?

Thanks.

Kraig
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Re: [IRCA] Sticky Radio

[Stephen Hawkins]

Ira,

I think I used alcohol and an old wash cloth.  Had to scrub hard but it 
never came back.


Steve


On 6/7/18 7:45 AM, Ira Elbert New III wrote:

The outside of my Grundig G8 is sticky or perhaps tacky... I cannot seem to get 
rid of it and as a result, dust and whatnot stick to it constantly. Anyone else 
experience this? Any advice on cleaning?

Thanks!

Bert

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[IRCA] electronics travel advice

[Stephen Hawkins]

IRCA,

I have not traveled with a laptop in some time.  I usually take a 
tablet.  I have to fly soon with my laptop.  Do you carry on and if so 
do they want you to fire it up at the security desk?  Or do you check it 
in you suitcase?


Any and all advice will be appreciated.  I check the radios well packed 
and padded in my suitcase.


You can email me off line so as not to clog the mailing list.

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Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"

[Stephen Hawkins]

Russ,

I started with BCB as a kid.  Probably about 10 or 11.  Our next door 
neighbor was carrying a LARGE old wooden Philco radio from the 40's out 
to the curb to throw away.  It seems that where they had it stored in 
the attic of a house they were renting, someone had stolen all the tubes 
out it.  He gave it to me and I sat down with a tube substitution book 
and my Dad's box of tubes and was able get it running again.  I think I 
learned to solder replacing a couple of old caps that had dried out.  
Still have it.


Steve NG0G


On 2/8/18 2:28 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote:

Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years.


How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB over 
the years ?


I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early 
twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to 
log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB.


Russ Edmunds

WB2BJH

Blue Bell, PA

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[IRCA] Fwd: WKYW, 1490 Khz

[Stephen Hawkins]

IRCA,

A fellow 160m DX chaser was able to contact the station owner and they 
got the problem fixed during the night.  Signal is gone this morning.


They appear to be a nice oldies station.  Just did not want to hear them 
on 160m.


Steve



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IRCA or anyone,

Does anyone know the engineer at WKYW, 1490 Khz.

They are loud on 1.810 and should not be.

They are being reported from all over.

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[IRCA] WKYW, 1490 Khz

[Stephen Hawkins]

IRCA or anyone,

Does anyone know the engineer at WKYW, 1490 Khz.

They are loud on 1.810 and should not be.

They are being reported from all over.

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Re: [IRCA] retirement / move / antennas

[Stephen Hawkins]

James,

Thanks.  You guys have me convinced.  However as I told Mark, weather 
rules at the moment.  It's a little warmer today, but things may get a 
lot worse before they get better.


Steve


On 12/27/17 5:44 PM, James Niven wrote:

Stephen,

Mark beat me to the punch, DKAZ antenna is the way to go for MW reception, 5
acres, I would have one on each off the 4 compass point directions.
I have two here in Austin, Texas, one to the east and the other to the
south, both work very well.

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Re: [IRCA] retirement / move / antennas

[Stephen Hawkins]

Mark,


On 12/27/17 5:23 PM, Mark Durenberger wrote:

BOY Stephen, we need to get you into some D-Kaz MW action!  Imagine 30 to 35 db 
rejection across the band toward Milwaukee/Chicago...

One can never have too many antennas...and since we're only three hours apart, I'll 
be glad to pile on, once you can see the soil once again 


Cheers!

Mark Durenberger
I agree.  I need something to hear better.  Yesterday morning it was 
-15.8F here just before sunrise so further antenna work will have to be 
simple or wait until the spring thaw.  8-)


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[IRCA] retirement / move / antennas

[Stephen Hawkins]

IRCA,

This is almost a reintro as I have not been very active the last few 
years.  Between a long commute and long hours at work, added to 2 back 
surgeries I have had little time.


I am finally now living in a place I can have all the antennas I can 
afford.


I moved from the San Francisco Bay area to a small house in Boone Iowa 
in 2004.   I retired three years ago (unix / network / application 
support)  and began the hunt for a more suitable place to live now that 
I did not have to worry about how far I was from work.   We hunted for a 
year.  My wife wanted a larger garden and I wanted more room for larger, 
better antennas.  We both wanted more privacy.   After a year of hunting 
we both got what we wanted.   A bonus for me low noise level, nearest 
neighbor is 1/4 of a mile away, next nearest is close to 3/4 of a mile)


It has taken me 2 years to move, sell the old place and do some repairs 
and additions to the new place (it did not have a garage).  It had a 42 
x 73 foot machine shed for parking combines, but the doors weigh about 
400 pounds and can be difficult in the winter.  We have 5.2 acres some 
of which we rent to the farmer who farms the 70 acres behind us.   He 
has told me I can run beverages across the fields in the winter after 
harvest as long as I take them down in the spring before planting.


I spent the last two summers working on antennas.  We had a bad hail 
storm last March (golf ball sized hail driven by 60 MPH winds) $29K 
worth of damage in about 10 minutes.  It undid some of my work.


It was a race this summer to finish all my antennas before winter.  I 
just made it.  It was -15.8F just before sunrise this morning.


I now have antennas up for all the HF ham bands and I have spent the 
last few days refurbishing my beloved Sanserino Loop.   Got it up this 
afternoon thanks to help from several IRCA members.  Thank You all.  I 
hope to also use it on 160M, along with a BOG or two.


See www.qrz.com  put my callsign  ng0g   in the little search window in 
the upper left hand corner.  Scroll down below the bio for photos of 
antennas that include views of some of our new place.


Good to be back up and at the dials.

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[IRCA] Ralph Sanserino loop preamps

[Stephen Hawkins]

IRCA,

Ralph Sanserino while he was still with us, made and sold a preamp to go 
with his loop antennas.    I seem to recall the radio / preamp hooked to 
the loop differently then the radio without the preamp.  Without the 
preamp each end of the loop was conected to each end of a variable cap.  
Then one single loop went around the outside of 12 turn loop and each 
end of it connected to a cable going to the radio.


With the preamp I seem to remember you did not use the single loop on 
the outside of the larger 12 turn loop, but I cannot remember how the 
preamp / radio got connected to the loop.   If any one has one of these 
and / or remembers how the preamp connect to the loop and the radio 
please contact me off list and let me know.


Thanks,

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[IRCA] Eclipse experiment

[Stephen Hawkins]

Gang,

I drove to Grand Island NE two days early and met 3 old shipmates from 
the submarine I lived on way back when.   We got about 2 minutes and 40 
seconds of totality.   Using my Sony SW-35, I intentionally listened on 
850 for KOA every few minutes starting about 2 hours before totality. 
NADA just band noise.   Approx 4 minutes before totality and lasting a 
little while after KOA was good copy.


BTW totality was spectacular.  A good time was had by all.  Took HWY 30, 
the old Lincoln Hwy all the way back from Grand Island to my home near 
Moorland Iowa.  Very little traffic.  I hear the major roads were / are 
a nightmare.


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Re: [IRCA] Motel QRM

[Stephen Hawkins]

Colin,

I should have been clearer.  I was complaining about the Motel QRM while 
on the road.


And

A need to replace the SW-35 is on the horizon.  I have used it for so 
long that all of the writing on the case over the controls is gone, and 
some of the switches are intermittent.  I have been using it nightly 
since I got it more then  14 years ago.


Steve


On 8/16/17 3:27 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote:

Since the QRM is RF energy, the best thing to do is go to a BnB or a cabin.
A new radio will be no more resistant to the RF noise mess than any other.

Sometimes a radio with a choice of narrow bandwidths helps - but only 
marginally.

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[IRCA] Motel QRM

[Stephen Hawkins]

Gang,

It seems that about 3/4 of the time I travel I end up in a hotel or a 
motel that has QRM on every AMBCB frequency strong enough to blank out 
all but the strong locals (if there is one).  Some of the nicer motels 
seem to be the worst.  On a recent trip to my wife's family reunion in 
eastern NY we stayed in a Best Western in Ohio.   Tuning the entire BCB 
I with my Sony ICF-SW35 I could hear 1 station clearly, and one faintly.


I am open to suggestion.

After 2 back surgeries and now scoliosis my back wakes me up a LOT in 
the middle of the night.  I suspect my spinal column was a factory 
reject acquired off ebay or craigslist.  I sleep with the radio and a 
single earbud, (stereo cut with one bud cut off).  I like the SW-35 for 
several reasons, among them are:


It has 50 memories

It will shut itself off after a reset-able time

It has a button I can push to temporarily light up the dial so I can see 
the time


And while not the best performer I have ever owned, it has worked well 
for a long time.  It is aging and if anyone has suggestion for a better 
replacement please pass them on.


Thanks,

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[IRCA] DXing the West from a HOA Neighborhood

[Hawkins]

Gang,

On 5/8/17 5:15 PM, irca-ow...@hard-core-dx.com wrote:

has been rejected by the list moderator.  The moderator gave the
following reason for rejecting your request:

"Your message was too big; please trim it to less than 35 KB in size."


I tried sending sending Les a photo of my inside the shack home made 
loop via the mailing list and it won't go due to size.  I sent it to Les 
directly with  all of the dimensions and construction details.  If 
anyone else is interested in it let me know via email and I'll send it 
directly.


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Re: [IRCA] Big Island DXing

[Hawkins]

Gang,

On 4/14/17 6:42 AM, R. Colin Newell wrote:

On our first date, I described my hobby in very vague terms and then she 
asked...
"Are you a DXER?"

Can't be topped. :-)

Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC


My wife did no know much about DX'ing or Ham Radio when we got married. 
 But in 2006 I sold a article to World Radio about her helping me put 
in an antenna during a snow storm to work 3Y0X.   I got over 200 emails 
from all over, many offering to marry her if I would just get out of the 
picture.


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Re: [IRCA] OT 2014 Dodge Caravan radio question

[Hawkins]

Patrick,

My experience with car radios has been not 100% but pretty much the 
older the better.  My folks had a 1960 Chevy when I was in High School 
and the radio in it far outperformed any of the radios in newer 
vehicles.  I lived in Tucson at the time and I could, especially in the 
winter hear KOMA at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.


The AM radios in most aftermarket car stereos are even worse.

Steve

On 3/15/17 3:58 AM, Patrick Martin wrote:

Jim,


I have had a lot of Caravans starting with the 89, then the 97, and now the 2014. 
Both the 89 & 97 had ignition noise on AM, but the radios were fairly 
sensitive. This one is nothing to write home about regarding sensitivity. That is 
one reason I was wondering if there is some adjustment to peak the antenna like 
years ago. But with so much computer stuff today, there is probably some chip and 
self adjusts, but I have no clue.




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Re: [IRCA] Batteries in my Supper Radio II OT

[Hawkins]

Patrick,

The only time I have ever seen anything like that was in Kenwood 
rechargeable handie talkie batteries from the late 70's / early 80's. 
Never with a non rechargeable battery.


Steve

On 1/14/17 5:50 AM, Patrick Martin wrote:

Hi Everyone,


Something odd happened tonight. I found my Super Radio II dead. So I figured 
the batteries were dead. I went to check them and found something odd. Two of 
the six batteries had reversed polarity! In my over 50 years in electronics I 
have never found that. The batteries are good Duracell. Has this happened to 
anyone else? With electronics I guess anything is possible. Two batteries were 
at about 1V, two were nearly dead and the two that reversed polarity were at 
about 1/2V. Fortunately the radio is fine. I replaced the batteries. This may 
be more common, but I have never seen it.


Patrick


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Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan

[Hawkins]

Tim,

Good going.  Congratulations.

Steve

On 12/28/16 9:32 AM, Tim Tromp wrote:

I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was
accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard.  I don't
count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same
suburban west Michigan location.

I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a
few hundred stations, but I wanted more!  Enter the Quantum Loop, which
worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more
stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and
several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history.  Still wanting
more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go
bigger.  I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a
straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new
mix of more distant stations.  I learned more about BOGs and discovered how
Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and
purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself.

It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup.  At this point I'm
pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually
opted for the Perseus which I still use today.  A reversible D-KAZ loop was
also added to the mix a few years ago.

Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states
heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming).  Most distant catch:
702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km.  Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59
miles!  169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW.  Recordings of some
of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7

Happy New Year & Good DX,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
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Re: [IRCA] Fw: unid on 670

[Hawkins]

IRCA,

The only one I am interested in is the SS.   I figured that the SS was 
probably Cuba.  The vitriol in the voice of the recorded parts surprised 
me, and reminded me of recordings of Hitlers speeches.  I wish I spoke 
Spanish and could have understood it.


Steve

On 12/23/16 11:01 AM, Russ Edmunds wrote:

Guesses, sports = Chicago. Spanish likely Cuba. Third station would depend
on language.
WWFE-FL if Spanish, KBOI or other if English news/talk

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NW Phila
Grid FN20id
<wb2...@gmail.com>

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 Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Geralyn Hollerman via IRCA <
irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote:


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Cc:
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:50:26 + (UTC)
Subject: Fw: unid on 670




- Forwarded Message -
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 Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 9:18 AM
 Subject: unid on 670

Gang,

After two back surgeries my back wakes me up a lot in the middle  of the
night.  I have a very nice Sony SW-35 portable  radio that I listen to
until I can go back to sleep.  About 1130 CST last night on 670 I could
hear three stations.

One semi strong with an American football game on.
One pretty faint that was nearly covered by the other two
and the third station was an SS that sounded like a news cast.
Periodically they played recordings of what ever they were talking
about.  The recordings were all of someone giving a speech in Spanish.
An angry speech full of ranting and shouting.  I could not get an ID and
this "reporting" then "recorded speech" then repeat went on for 10 or 15
minutes.

Any thoughts as to who that might have been.

I hope everyone has a peaceful,  happy Christmas,
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Re: [IRCA] Some TP Catches W/Audio From Alaska

[Hawkins]

Paul,

It's OK.  Many of us (I suspect a LOT of us)  have had to deal with 
actually working for a living and will understand.


Steve
On 12/17/16 5:35 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:

I haven't posted any logs in the last few days, but I've been DX'ing. I
have a full time job that's often busier during high school basketball
season, so I can't keep up with posting logs and recordings all the time.

Galena, Alaska
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Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 12/13/16

[Hawkins]

Colin et al,

On 12/13/16 6:10 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote:

It's a well kept secret but Paul (in Galena) has a theme song for most of
the IRCA Group...

Neil Young's "Old Man..."

Of which I am in that group at 55+


What a great idea.  What if we all went through life with a movie theme 
playing for what ever we were doing.   I just turned 70 and have a hard 
time sleeping due to several visits to the body and fender shop for work 
on my back.   Thus it is coffee that keeps me going. So mine might be 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABrKlQVNuPE  The Percolator, as I don't 
think there is a song about espresso machines, or french presses.  I 
could be wrong though.


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Re: [IRCA] Testing ease of functionality - long logs and soundbytes

[Mike Hawkins]

stopforumspam.com is one of several sites that have a plug-in available,
which checks by username and/or IP address.  IP is much better.  If it
finds you, you're blocked.



On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 1:32 PM, R. Colin Newell 
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> Thanks for the suggestion - edited out some items -
>
> Again, I do this to battle the endless swarm of forum spammers -
> If I did not complicate the registration process ever so slightly I would
> get 100's of auto-bot registrations
> per day and hundreds of forum spams filling my database.
>
> Spam is something that easily must waste a billion dollars in people hours
> in the constant clean-up.
> As you can see in my forum - the notes are everywhere. DO NOT SPAM - Forum
> has an auto-moderation on the
> 1st few posts. Once the forum gets comfortable with you, you can post
> freely.
>
> Whomever thought up spam should be strung up.
>
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
> walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > One suggestion or two on the registration form, everything is a
> > required field.. people may not want to give out their detailed contact
> > information. also, it asks for a website address, if you dont enter
> > http://www first it wont accept it and returns an error.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >
>
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Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs

[Mike Hawkins]

Sorry to bother you.

On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Chuck Hutton <charle...@msn.com> wrote:

> There are a zillion ways to share files, but the radio clubs should step
> up and have a centralized way to share radio files. Otherwise, there are a
> million answers.
>
>
> 
> From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Mike Hawkins <
> michael.d.hawk...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2016 3:45 AM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs
>
> Chuck,
>
> Check out this link:
>
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> You can get a free account, upload files and then share them with others.
> Just don't put private or confidential information up there.
>
> Mike Hawkins
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Chuck Hutton <charle...@msn.com> wrote:
>
> > I'd send it to you but the silly, antiquated 35 kb limit wouldn't let me.
> >
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> > 
> > From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Sylvain Naud <
> > sylvainnau...@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2016 12:26 AM
> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs
> >
> > I would also ask for the Turkey cut if it's not asking too much.
> > Impresing logs Michael, congrats!
> >
> > Sylvain Naud
> > Portneuf, QC
> > www.quebecdx.com<http://www.quebecdx.com>
> > Quebec DX<http://www.quebecdx.com/>
> > www.quebecdx.com<http://www.quebecdx.com>
> > A warm welcome to my website. Here, I'll intent to share with you one of
> > my favourite pastime: DXing or if you prefer, chasing weak radio signals
> > and making with ...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Le 2016-09-03 à 11:20, Bill Whitacre a écrit :
> > > Sorry Michael, I lost your email address in this exchange with the IRCA
> > list but I would love to hear the Ethiopia cut!  Hoping to log it again
> in
> > Maine the week before U.S. Thanksgiving!
> > >
> > > Sorry to 'clutter' the list with personal messages.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > -
> > >
> > >> Hi all - well apparently I put the DKAZ together correctly. These are
> a
> > few
> > >> of the African and Middle Eastern logs from the night before last,
> > >> unfortunately the ELAD did no recordings last night. There are a whack
> > more
> > >> as well - England, Spain, Wales, Scotland, Romania, Canaries.
> > Directionally
> > >> it is just as planned, with the 'beam' right towards the
> Mediterranean,
> > >> nulling North America.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I'm happy with the results of the antenna implementation.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 1. TURKEY - 891 kHz TRT 1 RADYO BIR (Antalya) 0258UTC: s/on with IS
> for
> > >> about a minute, 45-50 seconds of QRN, then time pips and s/on by woman
> > at
> > >> TOH, good audio by 0300:15.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 2. EGYPT - 864 kHz ERTU AL-QURAN AL-KARIM (Santah) 0258UTC: Quranic
> > >> chanting, some fading before TOH. No ID as chanting went through TOH,
> so
> > >> presumed. Good audio.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 3. MOROCCO - 612 kHz SNRT Al Idaâ Al-watania (Sebaâ-Aioun) 0458 UTC:
> AA
> > mx
> > >> program. Good audio.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 4. MAURITANIA - 783 kHz RADIO MAURITANIE (Nouakchott) 0158UTC: s/off 1
> > hour
> > >> later than schedule. ID'd by guitar IS. Good - very good signal. After
> > s/off
> > >> frequency occupied by Quranic chanting, possibly Saudi Arabia.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 5. ETHIOPIA - 1359 kHz DIMTSI WOYANE TIGRAY (Mekelle) 0258UTC: s/on at
> > >> 0301:45, wind instrument IS before. Very strong. Thanks to Willie
> Allen
> > for
> >

Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs

[Mike Hawkins]

Chuck,

Check out this link:

https://www.box.com/pricing/personal

You can get a free account, upload files and then share them with others.
Just don't put private or confidential information up there.

Mike Hawkins


On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 6:15 PM, Chuck Hutton <charle...@msn.com> wrote:

> I'd send it to you but the silly, antiquated 35 kb limit wouldn't let me.
>
>
> Chuck
>
>
> 
> From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Sylvain Naud <
> sylvainnau...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2016 12:26 AM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Some Nova Scotia logs
>
> I would also ask for the Turkey cut if it's not asking too much.
> Impresing logs Michael, congrats!
>
> Sylvain Naud
> Portneuf, QC
> www.quebecdx.com<http://www.quebecdx.com>
> Quebec DX<http://www.quebecdx.com/>
> www.quebecdx.com
> A warm welcome to my website. Here, I'll intent to share with you one of
> my favourite pastime: DXing or if you prefer, chasing weak radio signals
> and making with ...
>
>
>
>
> Le 2016-09-03 à 11:20, Bill Whitacre a écrit :
> > Sorry Michael, I lost your email address in this exchange with the IRCA
> list but I would love to hear the Ethiopia cut!  Hoping to log it again in
> Maine the week before U.S. Thanksgiving!
> >
> > Sorry to 'clutter' the list with personal messages.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -
> >
> >> Hi all - well apparently I put the DKAZ together correctly. These are a
> few
> >> of the African and Middle Eastern logs from the night before last,
> >> unfortunately the ELAD did no recordings last night. There are a whack
> more
> >> as well - England, Spain, Wales, Scotland, Romania, Canaries.
> Directionally
> >> it is just as planned, with the 'beam' right towards the Mediterranean,
> >> nulling North America.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm happy with the results of the antenna implementation.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 1. TURKEY - 891 kHz TRT 1 RADYO BIR (Antalya) 0258UTC: s/on with IS for
> >> about a minute, 45-50 seconds of QRN, then time pips and s/on by woman
> at
> >> TOH, good audio by 0300:15.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 2. EGYPT - 864 kHz ERTU AL-QURAN AL-KARIM (Santah) 0258UTC: Quranic
> >> chanting, some fading before TOH. No ID as chanting went through TOH, so
> >> presumed. Good audio.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 3. MOROCCO - 612 kHz SNRT Al Idaâ Al-watania (Sebaâ-Aioun) 0458 UTC: AA
> mx
> >> program. Good audio.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 4. MAURITANIA - 783 kHz RADIO MAURITANIE (Nouakchott) 0158UTC: s/off 1
> hour
> >> later than schedule. ID'd by guitar IS. Good - very good signal. After
> s/off
> >> frequency occupied by Quranic chanting, possibly Saudi Arabia.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 5. ETHIOPIA - 1359 kHz DIMTSI WOYANE TIGRAY (Mekelle) 0258UTC: s/on at
> >> 0301:45, wind instrument IS before. Very strong. Thanks to Willie Allen
> for
> >> the tip.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have the recordings of these if anyone is interested!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Michael
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[IRCA] small radio recommendations

[Stephen Hawkins]

Gang,

I have a friend who lives in eastern NY in a very rural setting. AM BCB 
reception is not great.  He has a CCRadio but it is not convenient to 
carry around.  He is looking for something small that is pretty high 
performance as far as AM BCB reception goes. He is not technical so he 
would not be able to do any mods.


I have not used any of the newer small radios so am looking for 
experienced opinions.


Thanks,

Steve


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Re: [IRCA] KYOS 1480 Merced CA

[Mike Hawkins]

I spoke with Rick quite a bit sometime in the late 1990's or early 2000's
(can't remember exactly when) about a DX test on their expanded band
station.  It didn't work out at the time, but I found him to be a very nice
guy and very friendly.

Mike Hawkins

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 8:36 PM, <martinfo...@cox.net> wrote:

> This is from my recent KYOS email verie. I sent the CE an email and
> mentioned we would be interested if he built the tower and did some testing.
>
> Martin
>
> You may also be interested in knowing that KYOS has been on the air since
> 1936.  Just after World War II, it moved to a transmitter site on Old Lake
> Rd.  At that time, copper was very scarce, so they made the copper ground
> radials for the 3 tower array out of copper covered steel.  Larry and I
> both have always thought that those ground radials were probably rusted
> through and long gone.  We had a lot of trouble with our pattern.
>
> About 2 years ago, we lost the property that we were located on and moved
> the station to a single tower.  Instead of 5,000 watts full time, we now
> operate at 4,700 watts day power and 1,200 watts night power.  We have a
> construction permit to add an additional tower.  Hopefully, we will have
> that built soon.
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Re: [IRCA] Pirate radio stations are making a comeback

[Stephen Hawkins]

IRCA,

Reading this online article the thing that popped out at me was 
triggered by this paragraph.


-

"The DJs sound like you and they talk about things that you're 
interested in," said Jay Blessed, an online DJ who has listened to 
various unlicensed stations since she moved from Trinidad to New York 
City more than a decade ago.


"You call them up and say, 'I want to hear this song,' and they play it 
for you," Blessed said. "It's interactive. It's engaging. It's communal."


--

This person is describing how radio was when I was a kid.  The 1996 
rewrite of the telecommunications act allowing 4 companies to own most 
of the radio stations, newspapers, and televisions in a given market, is 
I believe a direct consequence of this action.


For the most part local radio is not local, at least as I experienced it.

In the mid to late 1950’s there was only one Rock and Roll station in 
Tucson, KTKT and during the day it was my station. Back then there were 
a lot of “daytime only” stations and KTKT was one of them. The DJ talked 
to you, not at you. They and the stations that they worked for did 
everything they could to make the station more then just background 
music. They were given room to be creative and be funny. You really 
listened to the radio, not just had it on in the background, because you 
never knew what they might do or say. And the radio was a great way to 
meet girls.



Once KTKT finally got permission to stay on at night, such a huge number 
of kids would call the station nonstop, that the phone exchange would be 
jammed up all of the time. Kids quickly uncovered a technical quirk that 
was a side effect of this telephone traffic jam. When you dialed the 
station you almost always got a busy signal. But so did thousands of 
other kids. We discovered that if you spoke in between the slow beeps of 
the busy signal, other kids who were also hearing the busy signal could 
hear you. You just had to wait for the beep and then say “Hello” and 
almost always you would get an answer. This communication technique 
probably anticipated Internet “Chat Rooms” by over 30 years, but it took 
a little getting used to. The conversations sounded like: “beep, what, 
beep, school, beep, do you, beep, go to, beep.” Or, “beep, how, beep, 
old, beep, are, beep, you, beep.” If the two of you struck an emotional 
or hormonal cord then one of you would give the other their phone number 
and you would both hang up, and establish a real phone conversation. If 
you didn’t find anybody you were attracted to all you had to do was hang 
up and dial back. The chances are that the next time you would land on a 
different trunk line and get somebody different. Frequently you might be 
able to hear several people. Occasionally when this happened the 
conversations would get pretty steamy, or about as steamy and anything 
ever got in the late 1950’s early 60’s.



Before KTKT got permission to stay on all of the time they said goodbye 
at about 5:00pm and left the air. But right about that time especially 
in the winter KOMA, a powerhouse running 50,000 watts, came booming in 
from Okalahoma City. Kids all over the western U.S. grew up listening to 
KOMA at night. I can still remember countless hot summer evenings, the 
smell of an approaching desert thunderstorm in the air. The breeze ahead 
of the storm beginning to drop the temperature, distant lightening 
strikes crackling out of the radio speaker along with KOMA’s jingles, 
“Yours Truuly KOMA”. I recently exchanged email with one of the KOMA 
DJ’s from the late 1960’s. He told me that the calls on the request line 
used to amaze him, as they came from all over including troops in Vietnam.



Steve



On 5/3/16 4:12 PM, Dennis Gibson wrote:

http://www.startribune.com/pirate-radio-stations-are-making-a-comeback/377624341/

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Re: [IRCA] first California xband stations

[Mike Hawkins]

It came on later, as did 1680/Fresno and 1670/Redding.

Mike

On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Isn't what was Saul Levine's bander now KFOX 1650 Torrance/Los Angeles?
>
> Paul
>
> On Thursday, March 3, 2016, Rick Lewis  wrote:
>
> > Didn't Saul Levine, the owner of KGIL San Fernando have one on 1660?
> > --
> > Rick
> > -Original Message-
> > From: IRCA [mailto:irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com ] On
> > Behalf Of Mike Sanburn
> > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2016 8:18 AM
> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> > >
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] first California xband stations
> >
> > I believe KXBT in the Bay Area was one of them, they switched back
> between
> > 1630 and 1640. Ms
> >
> > Sent from my iPod
> >
> > > On Mar 3, 2016, at 8:14 AM, Jim B >
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anyone know the first 2 stations that came on the expanded AM
> > > band in California back in the 1990's? I logged both of them, but have
> > lost my
> > > record of them.   thanks   Jim in Springfield Ma.
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Re: [IRCA] first California xband stations

[Mike Hawkins]

Just in case you count Vallejo 1640/1630/1640 as one, the second unique one
would be KAXW/1660 in Merced.

Mike Hawkins

On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Jim B <jim01...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know the first 2 stations that came on the expanded AM band in
> California back in the 1990's? I logged both of them, but have lost my
> record of them.   thanks   Jim in Springfield Ma.
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Re: [IRCA] Noise on 1500

[Stephen Hawkins]

Gang,

It sounds like wind whistling through my porch from just outside 
Moorland, Ia.


Steve

On 2/4/16 10:37 PM, Stewart, Joseph R wrote:

It's fairly strong tonight, though with skywave fading... I hear no "wobbling" or 
warbling, but rather a fairly steady tone of about 500 Hz, equally strong on both sidebands.  It's 
not a "clean"-sounding tone by any means--definitely sounds like someone with a serious 
transmitter problem. From here in southwest Missouri it loops pretty much E-W or just slightly 
ESE/WNW. Anyway, that's what I'm hearing around 2330 EST tonight.
Randy Stewart
Battlefield MO
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Re: [IRCA] DX'ing from a new location, AGAIN!

[Stephen Hawkins]

Paul,

Is the weather report for Galena I see correct: -11F light snow.

Steve

On 1/16/16 3:05 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:

Be prepared for a super small plane ride to Galena lol I flew from little
rock to houston, houston to seattle to anchorage then anchorage to
fairbanks to ruby to galena.  The little plane flights a bit expensive
compared to what you pay for a flight on a major airline.

We're working on some exciting stuff here

Paul


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Re: [IRCA] Audio file recording question--using Audacity

[Mike Hawkins]

Along with the size, consider that many email systems will block
attachments over a certain size.  Never assume that an attachment larger
than 10MB will ever even get to the recipient.

Mike Hawkins

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Russ Edmunds <wb2...@gmail.com> wrote:

> .wav files tend to be much larger than .mp3. He can probably play it, but
> that's likely why your email was slow - the size of the attachment.
>
> Russ Edmunds
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>
> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip
> FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
> Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2);
> modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15';
> Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Patrick Martin <mwd...@webtv.net> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Steve.  I kind of done that, except I used Stereo rather than mono
> > and sent it as a wav file. I hope that works out. I presume I will hear
> > from the engineer if he cannot open the file. I could from my sent mail.
> I
> > am keeping my fingers crossed. Much appreciated.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > Patrick Martin
> > Seaside OR
> > KGED QSL Manager
> >
> > > From: sh...@albany.edu
> > > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> > > Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:09:42 +
> > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Audio file recording question--using Audacity
> > >
> > > Patrick, I convert my cassette recordings from a small Aiwa recorder to
> > .mp3 files using Audacity and it's quite simple.  Although you are asking
> > about converting recordings on a CD, I know you have used various tape
> and
> > cassette recorders to make recordings in the past, so perhaps this quick
> > intro will help you get started when wanting to archive them.
> > >
> > > Connect the audio output of your recorder (usually the headphone jack)
> > to the audio input jack of your computer.  With Audacity open, select
> > "Built-in Input" (rather than "Built-in Microphone") from the drop-down
> > menu in the upper center of the screen.  I have to select "Mono Input
> > Channel" rather than "Stereo Input Channel" from the drop-down menu
> > immediately to the right when using recordings made on my Aiwa.  Set the
> > output volume of your recording device to about mid-position to avoid
> > distortion.  Cue up the segment on your tape that you want to covert and
> > press "Play" on your recorder and the "Record" button in Audacity at the
> > same time.  Then just watch your recording being converted.  Just press
> the
> > "Stop" button in Audacity when you're finished.  Make sure to save each
> > Audacity "project" before recording a new file.  Convert each Audacity
> > project to an .mp3 file by selecting "Export" in the "File" drop-down
> menu
> > and then select the .mp3 format.
> > >
> > > Steve Howe
> > > Saint Albans, VT
> > >
> > >
> > > Message: 7
> > > Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:35:38 -0800
> > > From: Patrick Martin <mwd...@webtv.net>
> > > To: IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Audio file recording question
> > > Message-ID: <blu179-w93037f2ba47c3d6a7d9c6ec8...@phx.gbl>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> > >
> > >
> > > Colin,
> > >
> > >
> > > I downloaded Audacity. How does it work? How to I dub from a CD in the
> > drive on the computer to form a file? Thanks.
> > > Patrick Martin
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Re: [IRCA] Audacity editing problem

[Mike Hawkins]

Look for both a difference in sample rate as well as the bit rate.  I do
some editing on files using 44.1 KHz, while others use 48 KHz.  A
difference in bit rate (as someone else mentioned earlier) could also make
a difference.  The difference would be even more pronounced if sample rate
is also off.

They COULD have anti-malware running on a Mac, but there aren't any
anti-virus products for Mac.

Mike Hawkins

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 3:03 PM, R. Colin Newell <coffeecan...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> If you are running a mac then you have no antivirus running! :-)
>
> It is a 44.1 Khz sample and that is perfect --
>
> Which model of MAC do you have and which OS?
>
> I am a certified Apple Tech (took about a year of part time study...)
> and I like applying my knowledge where ever possible.
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Saul Chernos <sau...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Colin. What could an antivirus program do to an audacity edit?
> I'm
> > using a Mac, if that means anything. I've uploaded a sample to WTFDA
> Forums
> > and reference it in another  post to this list
> >
> > Saul
> >
> >
> > > From: coffeecan...@gmail.com
> > > Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 09:28:43 -0800
> > > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
> > > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Audacity editing problem
> > > CC: a...@nrcdxas.org
> > >
> > > Check what else is running in the background... Like anti virus
> programs
> > - I've been using AUD forever...
> > >
> > > Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC
> > >
> > > > On Dec 21, 2015, at 9:12 AM, Saul Chernos <sau...@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Audacity problem. It's started warbling audio after I delete the
> > excess and save the patch I want. Sounds like it's under water. I've even
> > deleted my copy of Audacity and downloaded a fresh new one. Still
> happens.
> > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > Saul Chernos
> > > > Burnt River ON
> > > >
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Re: [IRCA] Eldon Luoma passed away at 64

[Hawkins]

IRCA,

Amen

Steve

On 7/13/15 2:03 PM, Patrick Martin wrote:

I got the sad news that long time DXer and radio enthusiast, and a very active in the 
hobby for many years and a dear friend, Eldon Sanders Luoma passed away at 
64.  He  had been a member of the IRCA in the past. I had talked with him a week ago on 
the phone from his location in Ontario and he wasn't feeling well, stating he had Acid 
Reflex, but it must had been more serious than that. He will be really missed and also at 
64 so young.

Rest in Peace my friend.

Patrick



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Re: [IRCA] GeoClock

[Mike Hawkins]

That website now redirects to a different one.  Consider it dead.

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 7:35 PM, Les Rayburn l...@highnoonfilm.com wrote:

 I just checked my copy, running on Windows 7 Pro Machine (64bit). It's
 Geoclock Version 9. I had a pro version customized with my ham call and
 coordinates. I purchased the upgraded version about a year ago on:

 www.geoclock.com

 That site is now owned by a financial company, so no joy there.

 My Register page provided the following information:

 Geoclock
 2218 N. Tuckahoe St.
 Arlington, VA 22205
 703-241-2661 VOICE
 703-241-5809 FAX (24 HOURS)

 You could try faxing Joe, or calling his house tomorrow. Hope that helps.
 It's a great piece of software--though dated.


 --
 73,


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 Maylene, AL
 EM63

 Member NRC, IRCA,  Medium Wave DX Circle
 Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA

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 Lab Active Whip,
 Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Palstar MW Pre-Selector





 On 5/21/2015 8:40 PM, Larry R Fravel wrote:

 So where do you get version 9.xx.  Only one I could find was version 8.x
 need something that runs on win7 64 bit and win 10.

 Larry K8YYY


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Re: [IRCA] IBOC Hash AM vs FM OT question

[Mike Hawkins]

Patrick,

You do realize you're going to need to buy out a stationery store to get
enough supplies for your FM QSLs if you get serious about FM.  I do poorly
with skip here and I still have about 300 Es receptions.  If you get real
patient, you can also use meteors.

Mike Hawkins

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:

 Thanks Scott. I kind of follow it. 88.1 is interesting here, as when I
 first tune to it on the Sony, I get analog KWAO Ocean Park WA, but within
 seconds, HD signal KQOC Gleneden Beach OR takes over the frequency and
 locks the HD, totally eliminating analog KWAO. Infact on any portable on
 non HD radio, all I get is KWAO. I was quite taken back when the Sony gave
 me KQOC!  The same is true with 96.5. When I first tune it in, I am getting
 analog KCYS Seaside, with within seconds again (depending of the signal),
 KJAQ Seattle locks the frequency. At that point hearing KCYS takes work and
 I have to turn the yagi to knock KJAQ down  to get local KCYS. It is odd
 sounding to me.  Also sometimes when I land on 96.5, I immediately get the
 KJAQ ID, before I get the station! So the audio is KCYS (also Country) and
 I am getting the ID RDS from KJAQ.  I guess that is what you have
 explained, but it is different to say the least! So the sub channels I am
 hearing, when they pop in at 1% of th
  e analog signal. I thought I might get some HD from Seattle as I know
 that years ago when the powers were a lot less (60s/70s), some ran a couple
 KW or so from Cougar Mt and I got them in full FM Stereo. One I wanted was
 KNHC 89.5, but so far no luck. even in analog. I used to get it years ago
 off and on, but I did have a better yagi. I may stack two FM6's. I'll say
 one thing, HD FM is a different thing. It will be interesting with E Skip.
 I guess I could get the RDS ID without getting the audio from the station
 too, depending on how stable the signal is. Being away from FM DX for 25
 years, the dial is sure a lot different than it was.

 Patrick

 Patrick Martin
 Seaside OR
 KGED QSL Manager

  Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 14:19:15 -0400
  From: sc...@fybush.com
  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBOC Hash AM vs FM OT question
 
  For those who are interested in the technical reasons why Patrick
  doesn't get the same kind of adjacent-channel hash that those of us in
  urban areas do, read on. For those who don't...another thread will be
  along shortly with convention news ;)
 
  --
 
  As far as propagation is concerned, there is nothing at all magical
  about the digital signals that flank the analog FM signal to create HD
  radio on FM. The ionosphere doesn't care whether it's analog or digital
  modulation. If a signal is (a) strong enough to be received and (b)
  doesn't have something stronger sitting over it, you'll get it. If
  either of those factors doesn't exist, you won't.
 
  So: it helps to think of the digital signal as something separate from
  the analog. If you're getting KUOW in HD, for instance, you're really
  getting:
 
  --94.6 ---
 
  KUOW lower digital carriers (on the same piece of spectrum used by an
  analog 94.7 signal)
 
  --94.8 ---
 
  KUOW analog signal (centered at 94.9)
 
  --95.0 ---
 
  KUOW upper digital carriers (on the same spectrum used by an analog 95.1
  signal)
 
  --95.2 ---
 
  Depending on the station's technical setup, the digital signal may
  literally be completely separate from the analog. At WXXI-FM, for
  instance, our digital signal uses a separate transmitter, separate
  transmission line and separate antenna bays interleaved with our analog.
  It is possible (albeit not currently legal) for us to completely turn
  off our analog transmission chain and run only the digital carriers. If
  you were listening on an analog radio, you'd hear nothing on 91.5 (or
  maybe even be able to DX something else on that frequency), but an HD
  radio would detect the digital carriers and still give you WXXI-FM when
  tuned to 91.5.
 
  The digital carriers operate at much lower power levels than the analog.
  Initially, digital operated at just 1% of analog, or 20 dB below carrier
  (-20 dBc). More recently, the FCC has started allowing stations to use
  higher power levels of 4% (-14 dBc) or even 10% (-20 dBc) of analog.
 
  So using KUOW as an example, let's say it's still -20 dBc. That's 100kW
  in analog and 1 kW in digital. If you're in metro Seattle, that 1 kW
  digital is plenty to still ride right over anything else that might be
  coming on the adjacent channels of 94.7 and 95.1. If you're way down in
  Seaside, though, those 1 kW digital signals are DX: point a good antenna
  right at Seattle and you might get them strongly enough to decode, IF
  there's nothing else in the way on those frequencies. Point the antenna
  away from Seattle or disconnect it and you won't hear much of anything,
  as would be the case with ANY signal of 1000 watts from 100+ miles away.
 
  This leads to a bunch of interesting

Re: [IRCA] GeoClock

[Hawkins]

Eric,

I stopped using it some where about 1998 when I shifted from Windows to 
Linux.  There was no version for anything but Windows.


Steve


On 5/20/15 11:45 AM, Eric Floden wrote:

I had forgotten about this application -- does anyone still use it?  There
is a download site on the net but wanted to see what people thought before
I tried accesssing it

thanks



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Re: [IRCA] GeoClock

[Mike Hawkins]

Compatibility mode solves most problems like that.  Right click on any file
in Explorer and go to the COMPATIBILITY settings.

Mike Hawkins

On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Nick Hall-Patch n...@ieee.org wrote:

 I suspect Bruce is right...the actual error message burbled on about your
 version of Windows, 32 bit, 64 bit etc. covering all possible error  modes,
 barring operation after the year 2000.   Chuck is of course correct about
 32 bit running on 64 bit, but really, it doesn't matter. Apparently the
 program hasn't been used since I moved to Windows 7 some years ago.   Now,
 I'm sure there might be a Windows 98 machine around here somewhere...or
 maybe Windows 10 is more forgiving...


 best wishes,

 Nick


 At 04:27 21-05-15, you wrote:

 I sort of recall my late 90s version of Geoclock not working on my 64 bit
 Win7 PC, which prompted me to upgrade last year.  I think the older
 versions of Geoclock may be incompatible with newer versions of Windows.

 Bruce

 On 5/20/2015 21:00, Chuck Hutton wrote:

 GeoClock, like other 32 bit programs, will run on 64 bit machines. It
 runs fine here on my 64 bit I7 machines with Win 7.
 There must be some other factor involved.
 Chuck



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Re: [IRCA] IBOC Hash AM vs FM OT question

[Mike Hawkins]

To me, FM IBOC is like bacon sizzling as its cooking.  It not as obnoxious
as it is on AM, but it has the same effect.  As an example, 97.3 in San
Francisco (xmtr 20 or so miles away) runs IBOC.  It does not have obvious
artifacts on adjacent channels.  If they turn it off (as they sometimes
do), I immediately have a strong signal from Visalia CA (200 miles away)
and a RDS readout.  I don't get RDS on 97.5, but I also get a strong signal
from 97.5 in Merced about 130 miles away.  Its effect is as bad on FM as it
is on AM.  You just don't notice how bad it really is until you can do an
IBOC on/IBOC off comparison.

I have a college station on 91.1 that uses HD 1 mile away from me.  I
cannot get the Sacramento powerhouse on 90.9 until I am 15-20 miles away,
and if I hear anything at all on 91.3, I know its skip.  The Stockton
station on 91.3 NEVER comes in at all.

Mike Hawkins

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 12:33 AM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:

 This is a bit off tropic, but I know some of you DX FM at times. I just
 got an FM6 yagi up and I am very impressed with the Sony XFR radio. Between
 the filters and sensitivity, it leaves my old Pioneer TX9100 in the dust
 (1970s). Anyway, out here on the Northern Oregon Coast we have no AM or FM
 HD stations. The nearest are Newport (100 miles), Portland (75 miles), or
 Seattle (130 miles). I have received several FM stations in HD. A few stay
 locked and others come and go. But so far I have not detected any hash on
 adjacent frequencies. None. The tuner is very selective and sensitive. I
 can easily get weak stations next to locals without any splash. The HD
 signals like 95.7 Seattle, I can easily get 95.9 Bay City OR, and so on. AM
 IBOC hash is horrible as we all know and covers great distances. Off the
 Eastern Beverage I have heard IBOC hash from the Midwest at night. But so
 far nothing on FM. This is my first shot at hearing FM HD. One thing I will
 say, the FM dial is sure a l
  ot different than it was 20 years ago. Translators all over the place
 along with some LPFMs. By the way, I do find FM HD to be touchy, as I get
 nothing in HD from Portland over the Coast range, not even a flashing HD
 symbol. But Seattle from Cougar  Tiger Mountains come in much stronger. I
 have even caught several with their sub channels. But does FM IBOC hash
 cause as much noise locally? It sure does not carry very far. I cannot wait
 for my first E Skip as I might get a taste of local sounding station in
 HD.  Thanks.

 Patrick


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Re: [IRCA] IBOC Hash AM vs FM OT question

[Mike Hawkins]

I don't get hash on distant FM stations, but there really isn't hash at
all.  Its a blanking of adjacents.  You have to remember too that they are
using lower power for the digital components.  If they up the power, you'll
get the full force of the signal.

They try to convince us that this is the future of radio, but the last
thing I want is to know whether Rush Limbaugh is wheezing.  AM is sports or
conservative talk.  FM is I-Heart-Monopoly.  If it weren't for skip, I
would listen exclusively to the all-news station until I got bored with
it.  Outside of the DX groups, I don't even know anyone who listens to
radio anymore.  I know nobody who even owns a HD radio.  They have had
years to get one, so where are they.  I think the only thing that HD radio
has really accomplished is to lose all of the non-locals and semi-locals in
the noise left behind by the artifacts.

The fidelity doesn't matter if the choices are non-existent.  Elvis left
the building years ago.

Mike

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 1:11 AM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:

 Thanks Mike. It sounds like, at least in your case, the FM IBOC noise is
 an issue if on a local station. Do you get any IBOC FM Hash on distant
 stations? As I mentioned, even the powerful 88.1 from Newport down the
 coast, it is stable and I get both channels FM1  FM2, yet on 88.3 I hear a
 mix of Portland and some translator. I have compared a non-IBOC near an
 IBOC, both distant signals and I do not notice anything different. The hash
 must be wiped out at some distance then. I am glad we have no IBOC locally.
 At least for now. Our stations for the most part have little money, so I
 doubt we will get any soon. Two stations do run RDS though. KFMY 99.7 I
 never detected the RDS before I got the FM6 up. The other is KOAC FM 89.7
 and they are strong in RDS.

 Patrick Martin
 Seaside OR
 KGED QSL Manager

  Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 00:57:49 -0700
  From: michael.d.hawk...@gmail.com
  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBOC Hash AM vs FM OT question
 
  To me, FM IBOC is like bacon sizzling as its cooking.  It not as
 obnoxious
  as it is on AM, but it has the same effect.  As an example, 97.3 in San
  Francisco (xmtr 20 or so miles away) runs IBOC.  It does not have obvious
  artifacts on adjacent channels.  If they turn it off (as they sometimes
  do), I immediately have a strong signal from Visalia CA (200 miles away)
  and a RDS readout.  I don't get RDS on 97.5, but I also get a strong
 signal
  from 97.5 in Merced about 130 miles away.  Its effect is as bad on FM as
 it
  is on AM.  You just don't notice how bad it really is until you can do an
  IBOC on/IBOC off comparison.
 
  I have a college station on 91.1 that uses HD 1 mile away from me.  I
  cannot get the Sacramento powerhouse on 90.9 until I am 15-20 miles away,
  and if I hear anything at all on 91.3, I know its skip.  The Stockton
  station on 91.3 NEVER comes in at all.
 
  Mike Hawkins
 
  On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 12:33 AM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net
 wrote:
 
   This is a bit off tropic, but I know some of you DX FM at times. I just
   got an FM6 yagi up and I am very impressed with the Sony XFR radio.
 Between
   the filters and sensitivity, it leaves my old Pioneer TX9100 in the
 dust
   (1970s). Anyway, out here on the Northern Oregon Coast we have no AM
 or FM
   HD stations. The nearest are Newport (100 miles), Portland (75 miles),
 or
   Seattle (130 miles). I have received several FM stations in HD. A few
 stay
   locked and others come and go. But so far I have not detected any hash
 on
   adjacent frequencies. None. The tuner is very selective and sensitive.
 I
   can easily get weak stations next to locals without any splash. The HD
   signals like 95.7 Seattle, I can easily get 95.9 Bay City OR, and so
 on. AM
   IBOC hash is horrible as we all know and covers great distances. Off
 the
   Eastern Beverage I have heard IBOC hash from the Midwest at night. But
 so
   far nothing on FM. This is my first shot at hearing FM HD. One thing I
 will
   say, the FM dial is sure a l
ot different than it was 20 years ago. Translators all over the place
   along with some LPFMs. By the way, I do find FM HD to be touchy, as I
 get
   nothing in HD from Portland over the Coast range, not even a flashing
 HD
   symbol. But Seattle from Cougar  Tiger Mountains come in much
 stronger. I
   have even caught several with their sub channels. But does FM IBOC hash
   cause as much noise locally? It sure does not carry very far. I cannot
 wait
   for my first E Skip as I might get a taste of local sounding station
 in
   HD.  Thanks.
  
   Patrick
  
  
   Patrick Martin
   Seaside OR
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Re: [IRCA] Norway to end FM broadcasting by 2017

[Hawkins]

Patrick,

On 4/20/15 1:09 AM, Patrick Martin wrote:

I just read that the Ministry of Broadcasting in Norway has said, that FM 
Broadcasting will be phased out by 2017 leaving only internet radio. Is this 
the future?

73,

Patrick


Boy, I hope not.  Depending on the Internet for everything, is way over 
the line, of putting all  your eggs in one fragile basket.


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Re: [IRCA] Radio Shack Store Closures

[Mike Hawkins]

Its good to know they have the same level of ethics as managers everywhere.

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 7:21 PM, james Weber dxdud...@gmail.com wrote:

 as a former Radio Shack Manager I can assure you whether a store will
 remain open or be  closed will not be told to employees. Corporate will
 deny a store closure up until the day they are ready to lay them off
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Re: [IRCA] KSFN address?

[Mike Hawkins]

From their web site:

EDI Media Inc.
1773 W. San Bernardino Road, Bldg C-31
West Covina CA 91790
(626) 856-3889
i...@edimediainc.com

Mike Hawkins

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Martin Foltz martinfo...@cox.net wrote:

 This is an older post but wanted to send an update.

 My report to the NRC log address was just returned with a post-it note
 saying it's an incorrect address. So someone opened the letter and returned
 it. Make a note in your NRC logs.

 My report to EDI media's email bounced with the following message:

 Most likely there is a network problem that prevented delivery, but it is
 also possible that the computer is turned off, or does not have a mail
 system running right now.

 Your message was not delivered within 4 days and 0 hours.
 Host edimedia.com is not responding.

 Martin Foltz
 Mission Viejo CA

  Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 23:34:58 + (UTC)
  From: Dennis Vroom vroom...@ymail.com
  To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] KSFN address?
  Message-ID:
22019511.3238878.1420068898817.javamail.ya...@jws10671.mail.bf1.
  yahoo.com
 
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
 
  Martin,
  The address in the 35th NRC log for KSFN is 459 Hamilton Ave ?#300,
  Palo Alto, CA 9301-1811 Best regards,?Dennis Vroom, Kalama, WA
 
   On Wednesday, December 31, 2014 1:03 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr.
  walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 
   Martin,
 
  Look at the bottom of this page for parent company EDI Media's address:
 
  http://www.edimediainc.com/en/index.php?option=com_contentview=article
  id=143Itemid=137
 
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Re: [IRCA] 1450

[Mike Hawkins]

Fort Worth TX on 97.1

Easiest place to look is always here:

http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php

Mike Hawkins

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 11:25 PM, Mike Sanburn mikesanb...@hotmail.com
wrote:

 I was sitting on 1450 just before 11 pm Pacific Time when both KZNU and
 KNOT took a deep down fade together and I heard call letters that sounded
 very much like KEGL. I wonder if this could be an AM/FM simulcasted or ?
 What city of license are those calls currently assigned to on FM?? Hobbs
 NM, Portales NM, or ???   Ms  Lakewood CA

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Re: [IRCA] RadioShack is gearing up to sell or shutter its stores, report says

[Mike Hawkins]

Decided to check out a store for possible goodies.  All I found was a
Grundig S450DLX radio for $29.  Works for me!  Batteries were on sale too.

Mike Hawkins

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Russ Edmunds wb2...@gmail.com wrote:

 Locally, since the prior round of shutdowns several years ago, there are 7
 stores within about 10 miles of me here. Of these, 3 are selling off,
 shipping out and will close imminently. Two others, in large ( expensive
 rent ) malls will temporarily serve as clearance stores disposing of the
 merchandise from the closed store, plus their own. The other tow, smaller
 stores in out-of-the-way strip malls, and having the lowest rent will stay
 'as-is' for the immediate future. I took advantage of 50% off in two stores
 to round out my own supply cabinet, and will also keep an eye on one of the
 clearance stores in hopes of bargains on a wider array of stuff.

 It's unfortunate that mismanagement, misreading the trends and maintaining
 too many stores ( a common afflictions ) will leave me without a 'go-to'
 locally for something I need quickly and will instead have to deal with on
 line and the resulting shipping delay.



 Russ Edmunds
 15 mi NW Phila
 Grid FN20id
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 AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip
 FM: Yamaha T-80  T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
 Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2);
 modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15';
 Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip


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 wrote:

 
   Sad to hear even if they are just a shadow of what they once were. Ms
 
  Sent from my iPod
 
   On Feb 2, 2015, at 2:45 PM, Dennis Gibson wb6...@gmail.com wrote:
  
  
 
 http://www.pcworld.com/article/2878815/radioshack-is-gearing-up-to-sell-or-shutter-its-stores-report-says.html
  
   Sent from my iPhone
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Re: [IRCA] Saved Perseus Files

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Look in the program's menus for PREFERENCES or CONFIGURATION.  There will
be places that you can set all of your folder specs.  If you don't set
them, you get what you get.  Also, clicking on the file on the Desktop
itself will cause the file to open (or try to) with whatever application is
defined by Windows to be associated with that type of file.  That doesn't
change unless you tell it to either.

Mike Hawkins

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Steve ve...@shaw.ca wrote:


  When you say that you choose a file on the desktop, do you mean that you
 are in Perseus and trying to open it ? If so, that suggests that for some
 reason Perseus 'wants' to see files in that folder, which is likely the
 default.


 correct...in Perseus ...wav / file / ... then it opens the documents
 folder to pick a file...doesn't want me to pick from the desktop
 (understandable I guess). Perhaps the default mode for Perseus is to
 automatically open the documents unless another place has been specified,
 which I don't recall doing.

 Steve



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Re: [IRCA] Saved Perseus Files

[Mike Hawkins]

I just did a Google search and found a manual...I don't know if it is for
the same version of the software that you have.  A link is here:

http://microtelecom.it/perseus/perseususermanual-en14.pdf

The top half of page 17 says essentially that recording and playback are
both done based on browsing to the directory where files are/will be
stored.  The only thing that could make that quirky is that Windows 7
sometimes uses two different references for system areas.  One you can
access and the other one gets you a slap on the wrist when you try (Access
Denied messages).

They want you to store everything in My Documents, which is actually the
worst possible place  to store files considering that you will eventually
need to rebuild your computer when user registry hives crash due to bloat.
They do that so forensic analysis of bad guys is easier to do.  If the
stuff I said in the last paragraph resembles what you are getting, create
directories for your Perseus use, and put everything there.

Mike Hawkins

On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Steve ve...@shaw.ca wrote:

 I am not clear as to whether you mean the desktop directory or its files
 are not displayed, or do you mean they are displayed but you can not select
 them?
 The more detail you can give, the better your chances of success.


 I select 'wav' on Perseus the select 'file' on Perseus ... at that point
 the Documents folder opens along with its selections of previuosly recorded
 files that I have put there. If the file that I want to play is a new one,
 it is on the desktop at this point. If I then click on that file (on the
 desktop), it opens in the windows media player. If I want to hear the file
 on Perseus I need to drag it into the documents folder as I have indicated
 earlier. I probably should just have Mestor put all of the files in there
 to begin with and the extra step would be gone. I was interested in how /
 where others saved their files.

 I think we've beat this one to death Chuck :-)

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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] IRCA Goodie Factory

[Hawkins]

Phil and family,

On 1/7/15 3:40 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote:

I'm bringing my wife home from hospital today.




The best news I have heard all day.

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Re: [IRCA] Rosined Radio Help Needed

[Hawkins]

Gang,

My Tivoli Audio PAL had the same problem.  I took an old rough washcloth 
and scrubbed the outside of the radio with rubbing alcohol.  That 
eventually got rid of 98% of the stickiness. Tivoli radically changed 
the material they used in the case because of this.


Steve

On 1/1/15 1:31 PM, Dennis Gibson wrote:

My Eton E-10, E-100 and Grundig G8 all have this problem. I've tried everything 
I can think of and nothing has worked.

Sent from my iPhone


On Jan 1, 2015, at 11:13 AM, James Renfrew jim.renf...@gmail.com wrote:

Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY

OK, it's cleaning day in the office/shack and I put my hands on my Eton E-1
radio for the first time in a while, and - yuck! - the thing is as sticky
as a honey jar.  Nothing was spilled on it, just seems to be ambient dust.
The screen is clean, as are the dials, but the whole case, back, front and
sides is like pine tar.  I guess this might be helpful for keeping the
radio in hand on a Newfoundland beach during a gale, or an Oregon cliff
with 50 mph winds, or leaning over the railing to null Tierra del Fuego
just so on a Falklands cruise, but not too useful otherwise!  I tried a
glass cleaner, then alcohol, and nothing seems to be working.  Has anyone
else run into this?  And what would work to clean it?  Soaking the whole
radio in bleach overnight?  Sandblasting?  Muriatic acid?  High SPF cocoa
butter?  Help!  And thanks!
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Re: [IRCA] Rosined Radio Help Needed

[Hawkins]

Gang,

On 1/1/15 2:13 PM, Guy Atkins wrote:

91% isopropyl rubbing alcohol


Guy is correct.  The 91% works better then the standard rubbing alcohol. 
 I forgot to say that in my previous posting. The rubbing alcohol will 
get the job done, it just took a lot more scrubbing.


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Re: [IRCA] Phone exchanges (was Re: KIDD-630)

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Different reason completely.  Exchanges were used because people doing the
phone system planning thought their user base was not intelligent enough to
remember that many numbers.  Their answer was to use exchanges that people
would be more likely to remember.  When it reached a point with phone
system expansion that remembering the exchanges became the more difficult
task, they gave up and just used the numbers that the exchanges
represented.  As late as the 1990's, those people said that people in
general could not remember more than 7 numbers in a row.

And we still have those letters on our telephone keypads, which seem to be
reserved for marketing fools.

Mike Hawkins

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 6:52 AM, Mike Brooker aum...@idirect.com wrote:

 I think those phone exchanges disappeared in the 1970s or late 1960s
 because they became politically incorrect. Most of them were very white
 Anglo-Saxon sounding. In Toronto, they used to have exchanges like MElrose,
 LEnnox, RUssell, HUdson, and of course EMpire, as Toronto was a bastion of
 the British Empire (as recently as 1961, the population was over 90% white,
 with origins in the UK).

 73

 Mike Brooker
 Toronto, ON

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  IRCA,

 On 12/26/14 10:20 PM, Patrick Martin wrote:

 By the way in 1966 their phone number was FRontier 2-8154, to give you
 an idea how long ago that was.


 I miss phone numbers like that.  I wrote a short piece for WHO about
 them, when the morning hosts were talking about their, and WHO's old phone
 numbers.

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Re: [IRCA] KIDD-630

[Hawkins]

IRCA,

On 12/26/14 10:20 PM, Patrick Martin wrote:

By the way in 1966 their phone number was FRontier 2-8154, to give you an idea 
how long ago that was.


I miss phone numbers like that.  I wrote a short piece for WHO about 
them, when the morning hosts were talking about their, and WHO's old 
phone numbers.


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Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful!!!!

[Mike Hawkins]

Ah yes!  Nothing like hearing South Carolina from California.  I'd buy the
DVDs if information was made available.

Mike Hawkins

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Mike Sanburn mikesanb...@hotmail.com
wrote:

 I dearly miss those frequency checks. Ms

 Sent from my iPod

  On Nov 24, 2014, at 7:16 PM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:
 
  Chuck,
 
  You're right. It doesn't seem to be listed. But you can contact Phil
 directly. But it is sure nice way to have the history on DVD. It is by
 volume and then after I clicked on a volume, then all of the issues for
 that volume comes up and a particular issue you can click on and the whole
 issue is there. The 60s and 70s are especially fun to read the zillions of
 f/c and DX tests. The loggings coast to coast. Fun stuff.
 
  73,
 
  Patrick
 
  Patrick Martin
  Seaside OR
  KGED QSL Manager
 
  From: charle...@msn.com
  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 23:45:05 +
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful
 
  There seems to be no mention of this at
 http://ircaonline.org/bookst.htm ...
 
  Chuck
 
  From: mwd...@webtv.net
  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:38:25 -0800
  Subject: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful
 
  Hi everyone,
 
  I just got from Phil and the IRCA bookstore the DX Monitor on DVD.
 Wow! What a walk down memory lane. I had lost a lot of bulletins through
 the years with moves and all, plus I did not join the IRCA until 1968, so I
 missed out on the first 4 years.  What a change in DXing through the years.
 As each year goes by, it is just a little slice of time, but when it all
 adds up and I go back to 1964, radio was in a different World. AM was it.
 FM was not popular and in many cases, few people listened to it. AM's
 supported the FM's. Chief Engineers were from the old school of knowing was
 a QSL was and the percentage of QSL's a DXer got back on their first try
 was nearly 100%. I know in the mid 60s, I rarely had to send out a follow
 up. Even when I did, the reply came through then, with rarely any hold
 outs. DX, Coast to Coast was the norm. I see Larry Godwin reporting WTIC, a
 easy catch from the West on Monday mornings..Ah, Monday Mornings...few
 DXers were not up all night or most
  of
   t
  he night in those days. I remember hearing 5 KWers from the East on
 many frequencies. 970 had a mix of FL and TN for me, WFLA and WAVE. I am
 sure pleased with the DVD set (2). A very nice Christmas Gift for the DXer
 on your list you have no idea what to buy for. Thank you for all who had a
 part and getting this done for the club. So many names from the past. This
 made my day. Thank you Phil for all you have done and continue to do for
 our club. Again my prayers are with you, Sherry, and your family.
 
  Patrick
 
  Patrick Martin
  Seaside OR
  KGED QSL Manager
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Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful!!!!

[Mike Hawkins]

Phil,

Paypal just now sent to you for DVDs.  Use shipping address in the Paypal
transmittal.  Thanks!

Mike Hawkins

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Phil Bytheway via IRCA 
irca@hard-core-dx.com wrote:

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 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Cc:
 Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:42:24 + (UTC)
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful
 Yet another place the promo is missing... hopefully the last one!!!
  “DX Monitor” on DVD IRCA’s regular bulletin “DX Monitor” Volumes 1
 through 49 in.pdf format on 2 DVDs. Re-live the days gone by and
 re-introduce yourself tothe former members who helped make the IRCA great!!
 NOTE: You will NEED a DVDreader to open the .pdf files. These files were
 TOO LARGE to use regular CD’s.Prices: IRCA/NRCmembers – $15.00 (US),
 $16.00 (Canada) $16.50 (México), $17.50 (rest of theworld). Non-IRCA/NRC
 members – add$2.00.To order from the IRCA Goodie Factory, send the
 correct amount (in USfunds payable to IRCA) to: IRCAGOODIE FACTORY, 9705
 MARY NW, SEATTLE WA 98117-2334. Or, order through PayPal [add $1.00] to
 email: phil_te...@yahoo.com(Phil Bytheway). Please state club affiliation
 when ordering. Phil Bytheway
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 (whew!)
 Seattle WA
 Drake R-7 / KIWA Loop
   From: Chuck Hutton charle...@msn.com
  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 3:45 PM
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful

 There seems to be no mention of this at http://ircaonline.org/bookst.htm ..

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Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful!!!!

[Mike Hawkins]

I STILL have two tube-powered consoles plus a tube-powered R388A. They
still work fine!

Mike Hawkins

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 11:35 PM, Mike Sanburn mikesanb...@hotmail.com
wrote:

 Those must have been fun days DXing on tube powered consoles or crystal
 radios and collecting EKKO stamps.

 Sent from my iPod

  On Nov 24, 2014, at 11:28 PM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:
 
  Mike,
 
  I was a teenager and in my early 20's when the old timers Len Lockwood
 and Hank Wilkinson were around. They started even before Ernie Cooper. In
 fact one of my electronic instructors at Clatsop College was a DXer in the
 20s. He heard all 88 stations ( I think) in a few months.  This was in the
 mid to late 1920's I believe he told me.
 
  Patrick Martin
  Seaside OR
  KGED QSL Manager
 
  From: mikesanb...@hotmail.com
  Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 23:04:17 -0800
  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful
 
  Reading about DX in the 1930s would be a blast indeed. Even the DX in
 the 1960s is a whole different world. I think the DXM DVD deserves a full
 page ad with details in an upcoming issue. I should post something about it
 on the IRCA Facebook page as well.
 
  Sent from my iPod
 
  On Nov 24, 2014, at 10:58 PM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:
 
  Chuck,
 
  I am sure it will be listed. I knew about the DVD's for some time.
 However I did not know they were available until I talked to Phil in
 Billings. They really weren't as it took a couple of months to get my set.
 I wonder if the NRC has anything like this? Going back to the 30s, would be
 interesting.
 
  Patrick Martin
  Seaside OR
  KGED QSL Manager
 
  From: charle...@msn.com
  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:39:07 +
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful
 
  Of course you can contact Phil (if you somehow knew it was
 available), but it would be much better if it was listed in the web site
 where people would expect to see what is available.
 
 
  Chuck
 
  From: mwd...@webtv.net
  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 19:16:19 -0800
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful
 
  Chuck,
 
  You're right. It doesn't seem to be listed. But you can contact Phil
 directly. But it is sure nice way to have the history on DVD. It is by
 volume and then after I clicked on a volume, then all of the issues for
 that volume comes up and a particular issue you can click on and the whole
 issue is there. The 60s and 70s are especially fun to read the zillions of
 f/c and DX tests. The loggings coast to coast. Fun stuff.
 
  73,
 
  Patrick
 
  Patrick Martin
  Seaside OR
  KGED QSL Manager
 
  From: charle...@msn.com
  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 23:45:05 +
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful
 
  There seems to be no mention of this at
 http://ircaonline.org/bookst.htm ..
 
  Chuck
 
  From: mwd...@webtv.net
  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:38:25 -0800
  Subject: [IRCA] IRCA DX Monitor on DVD Wonderful
 
  Hi everyone,
 
  I just got from Phil and the IRCA bookstore the DX Monitor on DVD.
 Wow! What a walk down memory lane. I had lost a lot of bulletins through
 the years with moves and all, plus I did not join the IRCA until 1968, so I
 missed out on the first 4 years.  What a change in DXing through the years.
 As each year goes by, it is just a little slice of time, but when it all
 adds up and I go back to 1964, radio was in a different World. AM was it.
 FM was not popular and in many cases, few people listened to it. AM's
 supported the FM's. Chief Engineers were from the old school of knowing was
 a QSL was and the percentage of QSL's a DXer got back on their first try
 was nearly 100%. I know in the mid 60s, I rarely had to send out a follow
 up. Even when I did, the reply came through then, with rarely any hold
 outs. DX, Coast to Coast was the norm. I see Larry Godwin reporting WTIC, a
 easy catch from the West on Monday mornings..Ah, Monday Mornings...few
 DXers were not up all night or m
  os
  t
  of
  t
  he night in those days. I remember hearing 5 KWers from the East
 on many frequencies. 970 had a mix of FL and TN for me, WFLA and WAVE. I am
 sure pleased with the DVD set (2). A very nice Christmas Gift for the DXer
 on your list you have no idea what to buy for. Thank you for all who had a
 part and getting this done for the club. So many names from the past. This
 made my day. Thank you Phil for all you have done and continue to do for
 our club. Again my prayers are with you, Sherry, and your family.
 
  Patrick
 
  Patrick Martin
  Seaside OR
  KGED QSL Manager
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Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] 1520 KKXA

[Mike Hawkins]

KAZA is coming in very poorly in San Mateo right now, so they may very well
be on night power.

Mike Hawkins

On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Dennis Gibson wb6...@gmail.com wrote:

 Starting Tuesday evening I'll be visiting my Mom near Santa Cruz and will
 check out KAZA. From there I've sometimes suspected day power (5 kW) at
 night. It owned the frequency at night in Santa Maria once when I was
 passing through. That seemed unlikely with the licensed 88 watts.

 Sent from my iPhone

  On Nov 23, 2014, at 6:31 PM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:
 
  1KW could give Chico issues easily, but I am sure KAZA was not 20 watts.
 1310 Prosser WA has been running 5 KW ND 24/7 for the past several weeks.
 
  Patrick Martin
  Seaside OR
  KGED QSL Manager
 
  From: wb6...@gmail.com
  Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:04:37 -0800
  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] 1520 KKXA
 
  KAZA needs to be extremely careful. It was just issued a Notice of
 Apparent Liability for $18,000. The violations are failure to renew the
 license on time and big time public file problems.
 
  It lost its transmitter site and under an STA is running 25% of the
 licensed power (20 watts at night) nondirectional diplexed at KZSJ-1120. I
 can't imagine 20 watts nondirectional giving Chico grief up there. 25% of
 day power is 1,250 watts. The difference is a mere 17.95 dB!
 
  Sent from my iPhone
 
  On Nov 22, 2014, at 10:08 PM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:
 
  KAZ,
 
  I totally agree. It has been a horrible season for anything to the
 East/NE. CX tonight are very Southerly. It looks like KAZA-1290-Gilroy CA
 may be on high power as they are QRMing Chico.  Prosser WA 1310 is running
 high power most nights of late. They are SS. KAZA is ETH.
 
  Patrick Martin
  Seaside OR
  KGED QSL Manager
 
  Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:27:11 -0600
  From: neil...@earthlink.net
  To: a...@yahoogroups.com
  CC: irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] 1520 KKXA
 
  What's the scoop with KKXA? Are they running day rig at night? They
 seem to make it well eastward more often than one would expect in spite of
 basically horrid cx towards western upper latitude regions from here in the
 Midwest this season.
 
  73 KAZ
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Forrest Skaine todftscytj7...@gmail.com [ABDX] 
 a...@yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Nov 22, 2014 8:24 PM
  To: CDXR John c...@ircaonline.org
  Cc: IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
 irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@yahoogroups.com, Jim Dale 
 m...@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [ABDX] 1520 KKXA
 
  1520 KKXA Snohomish WA  2011-2013 Was listening to a semi clear WWKB
 when a
  KXA ID came up and into Pasty Cline. Unexpected and new!  FTS-MN
 
  Sincerely,
  Todd Skaine
  Woodbury, MN
  Sony ICF 2010
  Superradio 2
  Grundig S350 M400
  Toyota car radio
 
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Re: [IRCA] A minor milestone

[Hawkins]

Patrick,

On 11/17/14, 5:04 AM, Patrick Martin wrote:

The problem is that so few people now listen to AM these days. KSWB, KAST, and 
KVAS have to struggle.

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager



I agree for the general population.  I live in Boone, Iowa which is a 
little like Mayberry, but with high speed internet.  I find myself 
listening to the local KWBG, during the day, especially in the morning 
when all the programming is very local, ie, school lunches, what's going 
on in the little cafe built in to the local grocery store, what is 
happening around town today.  I love it.


Having lived in the San Francisco Bay area for 27 years where there was 
a plethora of radio choices, the only things I miss, besides Jon Miller 
during Giants games, don't exist anymore.  KFAT, and Dr. Don Rose.


Steve
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Re: [IRCA] Question to the left coast guys

[Mike Hawkins]

Just a guess, but...

610 - 530 = 80
530 - 80 = 450

IF oscillator is at 455.  If you have an analog dial, see if it gets any
stronger at 610-((610-455)/2)=532.5

Mike Hawkins


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Mike Stonebridge stonb...@abnorth.com
wrote:

 Hi All:

 Early this morning I heard a pefect ID for CBC Radio One that mentioned
 88.1 and 690, on 530kHz. I have spent some time on line searching for a CBC
 repeater on 530 with any success, so does anyone know of this?

 Another possibility, it could have been a mixing product from my local on
 610. Last week one of their towers was struck by lightning and they were
 off air, both their AM and FM for more than a day. Both are back up now tho
 they both sound terrible. The AM is running it's full 10kW, but the
 modulation is way down to the point of not being able to hear it on my
 truck radio. The FM is LH channel only and up and down in volume. If what I
 heard on 530 was caused by CKYL-610, I haven't yet been able to figure out
 the math. In the past when I've heard mixing products caused by CKYL, it's
 always been there underneath the product signal. Not this time. Anyone have
 any suggestions?

 The radio used here was my Perseus and the antenna my western beverage.

 Mike in St Isidore, AB
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Re: [IRCA] Pat Martin

[Mike Hawkins]

I am not on Facebook, and am free of the everchanging privacy issues that
it presents. Nor do I feel like I am missing a thing by not being there.

Mike
old, cynical and malware-free


On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 8:44 AM, R. Colin Newell coffeecan...@gmail.com
wrote:

 I am on Facebook with Pat -- as everyone should be. :-)


 On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Mike Hawkins michael.d.hawk...@gmail.com
 
 wrote:

  I haven't seen Pat (or references to Pat) lately.  Maybe I just haven't
  noticed, but I thought I'd ask if everything's OK.
 
  Mike Hawkins
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Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-15

[Mike Hawkins]

EML attachments are usually coming from Outlook when the user has decided
to format their message as HTML. Outlook users will see a message formatted
by Outlook senders differently than other people will.  Using plain text
usually stops this problem.

Pat: Glad to see you're alive. I was asking about you.

Mike


On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 8:28 PM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:

 I notice the same thing. Infact for some reason my computer will not open
 the attachments and I have to go to the laptop. I wonder what is up? Anyone
 know. Some messages are find, others show the attachment.

 Patrick

 Patrick Martin
 Seaside OR
 KGED QSL Manager

  Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 23:11:45 -0400
  From: sylvainnau...@gmail.com
  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oregon Cliff (Rockwork 4) Ultralight DU's for 7-15
 
 
  Le 2014-07-16 10:08, Derek Vincent a écrit :
 
   Is it just me or is anyone else receiving no content?
  
 
  You have to open the attached file to see the message (.eml format).
  Even your own message came in this way.
 
  I can't explain however why some members messages are received in that
  format.
 
  Sylvain Naud
  Portneuf, QC
  www.quebecdx.com
 
 
 
 
 
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[IRCA] Pat Martin

[Mike Hawkins]

I haven't seen Pat (or references to Pat) lately.  Maybe I just haven't
noticed, but I thought I'd ask if everything's OK.

Mike Hawkins
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Re: [IRCA] Pat Martin

[Mike Hawkins]

That's good to hear.  He often posts, then all of a sudden, not at all.  It
made me wonder.  Glad he's just busy!

Mike


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 Cc:
 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 00:19:57 -0400 (EDT)
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Pat Martin

 Hi Mike,

 I talked with Patrick today here on the Oregon coast, and he is fine. We
 plan to try for a meal together this week, if he can find the time for it.

 73, Gary DeBock (in Cannon Beach, OR)





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 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Sent: Wed, Jul 16, 2014 9:00 pm
 Subject: [IRCA] Pat Martin


 I haven't seen Pat (or references to Pat) lately.  Maybe I just haven't
 noticed, but I thought I'd ask if everything's OK.

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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] AM: No Static At All

[Mike Hawkins]

Similarly, KMPX in San Francisco broadcast album-oriented rock back in the
days when it was called underground.  The DJs were generally from Top 40 AM
stations who felt there was more to the music than what could be said in
three minutes or less.  KMPX became very popular in San Francisco, and the
owner decided that the DJs were getting paid too much money.  Out of the
kindness of his heart, he instituted a pay cut and they instituted a
strike.  They pooled their money and bought a floundering classical station
owned by Metromedia named KSAN.  They moved their format from KMPX to KSAN,
and KSAN immediately became the #1 FM station in San Francisco for younger
demographics, and also became the station that was copied in every major
market.  KSAN lasted from 1967 until it went country somewhere around 1980.

Mike Hawkins


On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Bob Young bobyoun...@hotmail.com wrote:

 I remember seeing the movie FM that that song was written for, I loved
 it even though it was widely panned. It was about a fictional progressive
 radio station that went on strike because a conglomerate bought it and
 ruined it (in their eyes), coincidentally the station I had listened for
 years to at that time, WBCN Boston had the same thing happen to it in real
 life no where near as exciting although much closer to what was happening
 in real life to those types of stations around that time. The station was
 run with scabs for DJ's for about a month and they lost so many listeners
 that the company capitulated, it was a great station, one of the first
 progressive rock stations in the country, went on the air in 1968, story
 here if you're interested :

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBCN_%28FM%29

 Bob Young
 Millbury, Ma

  Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:12:17 -0500
  From: l...@highnoonfilm.com
  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org; a...@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [NRC-AM] AM: No Static At All
 
  A few days ago, The Los Angeles Daily News featured an article called
  When AM Radio Created Their own Versions of Songs. Within the article,
  there was a reference to a version of the 1978 Steely Dan hit song, FM
  (No Static at all) that was created for KHJ. They had refused to air the
  song because it seemed like a blatant endorsement of their competition.
  So, a special version was created with the new lyric, A-M- No Static At
  All.
 
  I knew instantly that I had to hear that! YouTube to the rescue. Here's
  a link to a song that only Medium Wave DX'ers could truly appreciate:
 
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LHbyNTfd3Y
 
  You can also listen to a Podcast that contains several of these special
  versions of songs recorded for AM radio stations:
  http://laradiowaves.com/audio/RadioWaves37.mp3
 
 
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  73,
 
 
  Les Rayburn, N1LF
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  EM63
 
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  Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA
 
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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] AM: No Static At All

[Hawkins]

Mike,

Thank You!  This brings back so many memories.  I lived in San Francisco 
back then, of the park on west side of 9th Ave. between Kirkham and Lawton.


Do you remember what group played on the street at the KMPX strike, and 
who paid for it?  Blue Cheer, and Owlsley.  Looking back it seems like a 
commercial, as Blue Cheer was one of Owlsley's products.


Steve Now of a small farming town in Iowa Hawkins

On 6/17/14, 6:00 PM, Mike Hawkins wrote:

Similarly, KMPX in San Francisco broadcast album-oriented rock back in the
days when it was called underground.  The DJs were generally from Top 40 AM
stations who felt there was more to the music than what could be said in
three minutes or less.  KMPX became very popular in San Francisco, and the
owner decided that the DJs were getting paid too much money.  Out of the
kindness of his heart, he instituted a pay cut and they instituted a
strike.  They pooled their money and bought a floundering classical station
owned by Metromedia named KSAN.  They moved their format from KMPX to KSAN,
and KSAN immediately became the #1 FM station in San Francisco for younger
demographics, and also became the station that was copied in every major
market.  KSAN lasted from 1967 until it went country somewhere around 1980.



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Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] AM: No Static At All

[Mike Hawkins]

I saw Blue Cheer, Mount Rushmore and Big Brother  the Holding Company at
Avalon Ballroom one night. Blue Cheer almost put my ears out, and Janis
Joplin stuck a piece of glass in my eyebrow when her Southern Comfort
bottle broke.  Twas a night I'll never forget.


On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Hawkins n...@mchsi.com wrote:

 Mike,

 Thank You!  This brings back so many memories.  I lived in San Francisco
 back then, of the park on west side of 9th Ave. between Kirkham and Lawton.

 Do you remember what group played on the street at the KMPX strike, and
 who paid for it?  Blue Cheer, and Owlsley.  Looking back it seems like a
 commercial, as Blue Cheer was one of Owlsley's products.

 Steve Now of a small farming town in Iowa Hawkins


 On 6/17/14, 6:00 PM, Mike Hawkins wrote:

 Similarly, KMPX in San Francisco broadcast album-oriented rock back in the
 days when it was called underground.  The DJs were generally from Top 40
 AM
 stations who felt there was more to the music than what could be said in
 three minutes or less.  KMPX became very popular in San Francisco, and the
 owner decided that the DJs were getting paid too much money.  Out of the
 kindness of his heart, he instituted a pay cut and they instituted a
 strike.  They pooled their money and bought a floundering classical
 station
 owned by Metromedia named KSAN.  They moved their format from KMPX to
 KSAN,
 and KSAN immediately became the #1 FM station in San Francisco for younger
 demographics, and also became the station that was copied in every major
 market.  KSAN lasted from 1967 until it went country somewhere around
 1980.



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Re: [IRCA] Casey Kasem dies at 82

[Mike Hawkins]

I listened to Casey Kasem way back on KEWB in Oakland.  He was the first DJ
I can remember on rock  roll radio.

Mike Hawkins


On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 9:31 AM, Rick Dau drummer196...@hotmail.com wrote:

 And a huge piece of my formative years is gone.  Wasn't a Sunday that went
 by from about 1977-83 that I didn't tune in to American Top 40.  During a
 time in my life that was oftentimes downright bewildering and depressing,
 it was one of the few things to which I could actually look forward.  Those
 were shoes that couldn't be filled (although Shadoe Stevens did try in
 1988) and still can't be (IMHO, Ryan Seacrest is just dreadful as a
 countdown host).  Really, there's not much more that I could add,
 exceptCasey, thank you for everything.  Sincerely, Rick Dau (still
 keeping his feet in the ground and still reaching for the stars) South
 Omaha, Nebraska


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 To: a...@nrcdxas.org
 Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 10:26:27 -0500
 Subject: [NRC-AM] Casey Kasem dies at 82




 Just saw this on the CBC website

 Rest in peace

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Re: [IRCA] QRM from lights

[Mike Hawkins]

Halogen lamps are very noisy.  I stayed with a relative several years ago,
and from the opposite end of a huge house, I knew immediately when she
turned on her reading light.  My radio reception was destroyed immediately.
 Halogen or AM DX.pick one.

Mike Hawkins


On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Saul Chernos sau...@sympatico.ca wrote:

 Just had some halogen track lights installed at the Burnt River DX site.
 They're billed as LED compatible, for what that's worth, and it's also
 labeled as a 2-wire track system. System is on a dimmer that never
 previously caused problems when it was either off or set to full
 brightness. But this new system is creating a terrible buzz on AM that only
 goes away when I turn them off. The noise carries a fair ways - beyond
 where my coax goes to the external antenna. Any thoughts, recommendations
 or such?

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Re: [IRCA] IRCs

[Mike Hawkins]

Bill,

You should have kept searching...

http://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immc3_020.htm

They stopped selling them one year later.  The internet made them (for the
most part) obsolete.

Mike Hawkins


On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 1:25 AM, Bill Harms philcob...@verizon.net wrote:

 Jim,

 It looks like whoever told you that the USPS no longer sells IRCs is
 wrong.

 http://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22329/html/info_003.htm

 You may have to ask the post office you deal with to order some for
 you.

 Bill Harms


 On 4/27/2014 10:38 AM, kh...@comcast.net wrote:

 Does anyone know a source for International Reply Coupons (IRCs) these
 days? Thanks for any suggestions since USPS no longer carries them.

 Jim Pogue
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Re: [IRCA] IRCs

[Mike Hawkins]

Jim,

From a DXers reference page, here is a list:

http://www.dxzone.com/dx23258/countries-that-sell-irc.html

It appears that you will have to purchase them from a foreign country,
Canada being the closest.

Mike Hawkins


On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 7:38 AM, kh...@comcast.net wrote:

 Does anyone know a source for International Reply Coupons (IRCs) these
 days? Thanks for any suggestions since USPS no longer carries them.

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Re: [IRCA] KWFM 1330 Tucson back on

[Hawkins]

Bob,

On 4/5/14, 7:56 PM, Bob Coomler wrote:



Star 1330 as before with their quasi-1980's hits programming.
I've been listening for an hour and still haven't heard anything I recognized.  
An awful playlist.
It was only a matter of time before they returned, but I was hoping for an 
upgrade
to something better like Techno Rap or All P.J. Proby All Of The Time.

Bob Coomler
Tucson, AZ


Where are the 1330 studios now?  About 50 years ago when I was a kid 
growing up in the Flowing Wells area of Tucson, 1330 was KMOP Country 
Western.  And if I remember right, the studio and the transmitter was 
located on the south side of Grant, just east of what is now I-10. Not 
far from that place that has all the cattle painted on the concrete 
block wall around it, but across the screet.


KWFM was Tucsons first Undergound FM station.  They went on the air 
early 1970, semi patterned after San Francisco's KMPX, KSAN and later 
KFAT.  I miss KFAT a lot.


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Re: [IRCA] KWFM 1330 Tucson back on

[Mike Hawkins]

Ditto!  Thin may be in, but FAT's where its at.  I still have one of KFAT's
T-shirts!

Mike (the other) Hawkins


On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Hawkins n...@mchsi.com wrote:

 Bob,

 On 4/5/14, 7:56 PM, Bob Coomler wrote:



 Star 1330 as before with their quasi-1980's hits programming.
 I've been listening for an hour and still haven't heard anything I
 recognized.  An awful playlist.
 It was only a matter of time before they returned, but I was hoping for
 an upgrade
 to something better like Techno Rap or All P.J. Proby All Of The Time.

 Bob Coomler
 Tucson, AZ


 Where are the 1330 studios now?  About 50 years ago when I was a kid
 growing up in the Flowing Wells area of Tucson, 1330 was KMOP Country
 Western.  And if I remember right, the studio and the transmitter was
 located on the south side of Grant, just east of what is now I-10. Not far
 from that place that has all the cattle painted on the concrete block wall
 around it, but across the screet.

 KWFM was Tucsons first Undergound FM station.  They went on the air
 early 1970, semi patterned after San Francisco's KMPX, KSAN and later KFAT.
  I miss KFAT a lot.

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Re: [IRCA] Morse Code mystery on 1440

[Hawkins]

Rick,

Steve here in Boone, Iowa.  Listening on my 160M inverted L I hear an SS 
rising above a unintelligible jumble. No CW.


BTW for those DX'ers in warmer climates, at 0548 local / 2348 GMT it is 
5.5F here.  Low tomorrow night is supposed to be -10F, no surprise.


To see what happens when you throw a cup of boiling water up in the air 
when it is -13F see:


www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uHgPUoRvJQfeature=youtu.be

This is my wife doing the throwing, and me doing the poor digital 
filming.  The boiling water freezes into a frozen fog and blows away 
in the wind.


CNN just momentarily rose above the SS on 1440, not sure who it is.

Steve

On 2/9/14, 5:40 PM, Rick Dau wrote:


At 1739 CLT, I am hearing the distinct sounds of Morse Code being 
intermittently broadcast on 1440 either directly north or south of my QTH.  
This has been going on for at least the last 5 minutes.  Can someone in the 
Midwest get a fix on this?

73,
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South Omaha, Nebraska
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Re: [IRCA] Wobbler on 740

[Hawkins]

Scott and Gang,

I heard them there last night then fell asleep, HARD, and forgot to say 
anything this morning.  I have not heard them in a while.


Steve


On 2/9/14, 7:54 PM, Scott wrote:

Wobbler audible on 740 Khz right now (0150Z).

Scott
Michigan
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Re: [IRCA] KXOL 1660 Utah

[Hawkins]

IRCA,

On 12/18/13, 2:37 AM, Mike Sanburn wrote:

What a great Christmas gift if KXOL would return to their original first 10 
years of rock n roll format. They always had a good signal here into Southern 
CA.   ms


I loved listening to KXOL when I lived in Ca.  Starting in the fall I 
could sometimes hear them at 4pm local with my GE SRII.  I had them on 
for hours.


I tried to talk a local oldies station here into that with no luck. 
The best I can get here in Iowa is AM740 CFZM from Toronto.


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Re: [IRCA] Need KQQZ-1190 Address

[Mike Hawkins]

Try this:

6500 W Main St.
Belleville IL 62223

Mike Hawkins


On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 2:16 PM, DX E-Mail dx-t...@att.net wrote:

 Anyone have the postal address for KQQZ-1190?

 Report to 513 Rockkhill Road, Columbia MO 65201 retuedn as Undeliverable

 73,

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[IRCA] Frank Back surgery

[Hawkins]

Frank,

Had one, facing another.  Do what they tell you, but pay attention to 
what your body tells you.


Hope your recovery is speedy.

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Re: [IRCA] Fwd: Amazing, Adaptable AM Radio

[Mike Hawkins]

Per Wikipedia, XWA started experimentally on 01 Dec 1919 and began regular
programming on 20 May 1920.  KDKA may have still been using 8ZZ on 02 Nov
1920 when they broadcast election returns.  It was listed as unclear
whether their license had been received by that date.  KQW was not licensed
until 09 Dec 1921, but had been using experimental calls since 1909.

Mike Hawkins


On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Mike Sanburn mikesanb...@hotmail.comwrote:

 XWA in Montreal  (later CFCF?) claims that they were the first on the air.
 I wonder what their date of first transmission actually was?  ms

  Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:51:45 -0800
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  To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] Fwd: Amazing, Adaptable AM Radio
 
  As Dennis (and others) pointed out with Wikipedia links, KCBS/KQW was
  testing in 1909, though they were using experimental calls at the time.
  There was also a Canadian Marconi station on the air before KDKA.  The
  first license granted in the USA by the Department of Commerce was to
 KDKA,
  but they weren't the first on the air.
 
  Mike Hawkins
  currently looking out the window at KQW's original 1909 building!
 
 
  On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Dennis Gibson wb6...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCBS_(AM)
  
   Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:09:15 -0800
   From: Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net
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   I think KQW San Jose was testing back in 1909 I had read.
  
   Patrick
  
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Re: [IRCA] Fwd: Amazing, Adaptable AM Radio

[Mike Hawkins]

As Dennis (and others) pointed out with Wikipedia links, KCBS/KQW was
testing in 1909, though they were using experimental calls at the time.
There was also a Canadian Marconi station on the air before KDKA.  The
first license granted in the USA by the Department of Commerce was to KDKA,
but they weren't the first on the air.

Mike Hawkins
currently looking out the window at KQW's original 1909 building!


On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Dennis Gibson wb6...@yahoo.com wrote:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCBS_(AM)

 Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:09:15 -0800
 From: Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net
 To: IRCA irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Fwd: Amazing, Adaptable AM Radio

 I think KQW San Jose was testing back in 1909 I had read.

 Patrick

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Re: [IRCA] KDOW 1220 update

[Mike Hawkins]

I listened to them intentionally on the way home from work tonight.  Twenty
miles away, their signal was weaker than KEX.  Their high power must have
been a one-day glitch, as they were rather weak in San Jose.

Mike Hawkins


On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:

 I checked 1220 tonight and KDOW is back in the jumble, so they must have
 had a glitch and was on high power last night (5 KW).

 Patrick

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Re: [IRCA] Cable Routers OT

[Hawkins]

Patrick,

If they are like my ISP (Mediacom the cable company) they charge you a 
few dollars a month to rent the cable modem.  You don't have to use 
theirs, you can buy your own.  I chose not to because, if it is my cable 
modem, and there is a problem the first words out of their mouths are 
it's probably your cable modem.  Then I say, no it's your cable 
modem.  Then shortly the problem get fixed, usually on their end.


Steve

On 10/17/13 2:30 AM, Patrick Martin wrote:

Hi Tim,

No charge for the modem. Only if I bought one with a battery backup for $40. I 
wonder if they make a dual modem that has no noise. I don't know if a phone 
modem can be purchased. I have never seen one, just the internet modems. 
Staples has a lot of them.

Patrick

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager


Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:59:17 -0500
From: t...@timkridel.com
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [IRCA] Cable Routers OT

Apple makes only routers, so you'll still need a separate modem. If
Charter is like a lot of other cable companies, you can buy your own modem
as long as it's a model that Charter can support.

Does Charter charge you a monthly fee for the Arris box? If so, it's
probably cheaper in the long run to buy your own modem or modem/router
combo. For example, when my cable op started charging $5/month for a
modem, I returned it and bought my own. It cost ~$70, so it paid for
itself after 14 months.

Since my original post below, I switched to an AirPort Extreme to get
better coverage throughout my house. As with the Time Capsule, I haven't
noticed any QRM on any band.




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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:35:27 -0700
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Cable Routers OT
Message-ID: blu177-w27ac457ce045bd43336ccc8...@phx.gbl
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

Thanks.  Do they make a dual or should I have separate modems? The one
Charter cable supplied is a Arris.

Patrick

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager


Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 13:14:10 -0500
From: t...@timkridel.com
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Cable Routers OT

Since 2009, I've been using an Apple Time Capsule, which has an AirPort
router built in. Zero QRM. It's fed by a Motorola SURFboard 6120, which
also produces no QRM.



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Re: [IRCA] Recordings Test

[Mike Hawkins]

Blank spaces are not allowed in internet addresses.  Some browsers may be
nice and substitute the equivalent characters that represent the blanks,
but not usually.

Mike Hawkins


On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Dennis Gibson wb6...@yahoo.com wrote:

 It works fine with the Apple Safari browser after I copied and pasted the
 entire URL.

 Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 17:25:47 -0700
 From: Chuck charle...@msn.com
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
irca@hard-core-dx.com
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Recordings Test

 Michael -

 It works fine for me in Chrome after I manually select the entire link.
 Note that your hyperlink stopped before the end of the complete path.

 No joy in Internet Explorer - I get a blank window with the little
 symbol in the upper left that is a circle with a line through it. I
 suspect that is an IE problem at my end.

 Chuck

  On 10/1/2013 4:54 PM, Michael Yule wrote:
  Hi everyone - I think that I've set up public access to any recordings I
 make using Dropbox.
 
  If so, this is this mornings R Kitaja TOH ID. Perhaps someone could test
 it out and see if it's working like I want it to.
 
  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16881917/Radio Recordings/Radio -
 2013 Oct 1 1359 1401 963kHz R Kitaja ID.mp3
 
  Thanks very much!
 
  Michael
  Lions Bay BC

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Re: [IRCA] Recordings Test

[Mike Hawkins]

Not a Windows problem.  Blanks spaces have never been allowed in internet
addresses.

Mike Hawkins


On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Theo th...@telus.net wrote:

 I accidentally deleted Michael's original post, but it's the old Windoz
 problem with posted links.

 Please enclose them in  and they'll launch in my experience.

 TD

 Chuck charle...@msn.com wrote:

 Michael -
 
 It works fine for me in Chrome after I manually select the entire link.
 Note that your hyperlink stopped before the end of the complete path.
 
 No joy in Internet Explorer - I get a blank window with the little
 symbol in the upper left that is a circle with a line through it. I
 suspect that is an IE problem at my end.
 
 Chuck
 
 On 10/1/2013 4:54 PM, Michael Yule wrote:
  Hi everyone - I think that I've set up public access to any recordings
 I make using Dropbox.
 
  If so, this is this mornings R Kitaja TOH ID. Perhaps someone could
 test it out and see if it's working like I want it to.
 
  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16881917/Radio Recordings/Radio -
 2013 Oct 1 1359 1401 963kHz R Kitaja ID.mp3
 
  Thanks very much!
 
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Re: [IRCA] Broadband Cable Internet

[Mike Hawkins]

I would also recommend that before you allow the installer to leave the
premises, you run through all the frequencies you intend to listen to and
make sure you don't have any noise issues anywhere.  When Comcast installed
my internet and TV boxes, I had serious noise issues on my radio.  Their
expert said it couldn't be because of their box because everything was
working.  Their expert had never heard of a bad solder joint.  Everything
had the conductivity it was supposed to, so it worked fine for his
purposes.  It also radiated RF garbage in a 6-foot radius.  He replaced the
box. I tested it. It worked. Don't let him leave without testing!

Mike Hawkins



On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Tim Hills thi...@sio.midco.net wrote:

 Patric:

 The box in the yard isn't likely to cause any interference, you could
 probably run the cable directly to your radio and not get any noticeable
 noise. The line amps and filters on the cable systems (usually) have a
 pretty sharp cutoff below ~50MHz. Watch out for possible DC voltage if you
 try this at home ;) Once it's installed it will probably be grounded to the
 electrical ground. I switched the grounding block from electrical to Earth
 even though it wasn't causing a problem just to prevent future mystery
 noises.

 The majority of the noise I found with cable internet was coming from the
 switching type wall-wart. I found the same for the router and hubs.

 Some of our local thrift stores have boxes of old wall-warts and I managed
 to round up enough with the same voltage ratings and equal or higher
 current that are transformer based. Look for the big, heavy ones. If it
 wouldn't hurt to get whacked in the head with it isn't transformer based
 unless it's very small.

 You can also check them with an Ohmmeter. If the meter reads 100 Ohms and
 stays steady it's transformer based, if it shows open or increases over
 time then it's a switching supply.

 If your not going wireless make sure you have good quality CAT5e or CAT6
 cables, you'll have better network speed if you have more than a 10' or so
 run anyway. My wireless router is dead silent from 100KHz to 30MHz and I'd
 avoid using the USB network interface if it has one.

 If your going from dialup to high-speed I think you'll be happy with the $
 and effort as well spent.

 Tim Hills
 Sioux Falls, SD

 On 9/23/2013 3:20, Patrick Martin wrote:

   I thought before Charter gets here this week to install the Broadband,
 I would try one more experiment. So I ran a wire across the yard to my
 neighbors broadband box in the yard. A couple wraps around the box and
 then run it through the mtching transformer to the R8. I disconnected
 the SW EWE briefly and used that coax. Again, no noise noted that I
 could tell. I ran across the MW band and I could not find anything, so I
 am still hoping no issues, but at this point it doesn't sound like any.

 73,

 Patrick

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Re: [IRCA] Possible cable internet noise??

[Hawkins]

Martin et al,

I have an extensive in house computer network ie, firewall,wired router, 
2 switches, and a wireless router.  I have 11 computers (all linux 
except 2 OS-X Apple).  I get little or no interference from any of this.


I do get interference from my computer monitor occasionally.  I have a 
KVM switch (Keyboard, Video, Mouse switch) it allows me to switch one 
keyboard, monitor, and mouse between several computers.  I strongly 
suspect it is actually from the cable (which I have tried shielding) as 
I can make it go away by switching to a computer that is not displaying 
anything.


My biggest source of interference comes from a neighbors house about 3 
doors down.  Using my Sangean ATS909 I have tracked this down to 
something in a neighbors basement.  He has not been home much so I don't 
know what it is.  I suspect a cheap switching power supply as I can hear 
multiples of the interfering signal as I go up in frequency.


Steve

On 9/20/13 2:00 AM, Patrick Martin wrote:

Tonight I took a portable out to the cable box in my neighbor's yard
(now moved) and across the street where the main box is and ran the
portable right next to the boxes and I did not detect any noise that I
could tell. At least no wide band noise. I was on 600 kHz which is
fairly clear frequency with no stations in the NW. The nearest is SASK
or MT. Both are weak here. I did not check out the whole band, but
nohing noted on 600. I get more TVI from my own TV in the house! Maybe I
have nothing to worry about. Since Charter Cable has to run the cable
around to the far side of the house to where the power ground is, they
run is across the front of the yard and back behind the house, a run of
about 80 feet. But it will be buried. Hopefully no issues. The TVI noise
I get from homes with cable may be the TV set itself radiating. It may
be another week or more before they will run the drop and then into the
house. But at least I did not notice any noise out by the Charter boxes.
I fiqure that is a good sign.

Patrick

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Re: [IRCA] KCTC 1320 CA logged in IL tonight

[Mike Hawkins]

Nice catch!  They are weak here, 80 miles away!

Mike Hawkins



On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:34 PM, neilkaz neil...@earthlink.net wrote:

 This evening I reversed the feed and termination points on my broadside
 Double KAZ Array to aim it west rather than east since there's far more
 HSFB to my west. New with HSFB was KAIR from KS. I have enough directivity
 to slice past WMBD but the usual was then KWAY.

 My 2300 Perseus recording had a couple of California ments during an ad
 about 1 minute prior to ToH o/u KELO and then at the TOH somewhat under a
 weak KELO there's a KCTC call and West Sacramento and ESPN 1320 mention.
 Even if they left day pattern on, this doesn't put all that much of their 5
 kW in my direction! Shocked to log this!

 On 1430 I also was able to add KLO with a decent signal and dominant at
 the same time! KLO was also just logged in Michigan's UP by John Reiger.
  Are they running day power at night?

 Anytime I've improved my antenna system's directivity I've improved my DX.

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Re: [IRCA] SEP 9 Article on AM Radio in the NY Times

[Hawkins]

Gang,

I just sent Commissioner Pai my views.  I'll be happy to share them with 
anyone who wants them, but I won't bore the list with them.


Steve

On 9/9/13 5:55 AM, James Renfrew wrote:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/09/us/a-quest-to-save-am-radio-before-its-lost-in-the-static.html?hp_r=0

Focuses on one of the FCC commissioners and his views on the future of AM
radio.  Have at it.

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Re: [IRCA] AM LOGBOOK TO CLOSE

[Mike Hawkins]

Lee,

You have provided a great service for many years and all of us folks who
sit and listen for hours owe you a major debt of gratitude.

Mike Hawkins


On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:54 AM, LEE FRESHWATER amlogb...@yahoo.com wrote:




 It
 is with deep regret that I announce the closing of the AMLOGBOOK.  I
 no longer have the time nor the desire to spend the countless hours
 of updating and keeping track of AM Radio stations. I have not DX'ed
 in three years and do not see any Dxing in my immediate future.
 Noise
 levels have gotten to the point where Dxing for me is a  waste of
 time, not to mention the lack of anything worth listening to on this
 forgotten radio band.
 It's been
 a pleasure to provide station information for radio hobbyists since
 1995, and I am glad I was able to provide it as a FREE service to
 DX'ers. But time marches on.
 I will
 leave the AMLOGBOOK site posted for the nextseveral
 months. I will then be canceling my domain and email.
 Thank you
 for all your support over the years.
 All
 the best.
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Re: [IRCA] Gene burns KGO

[Hawkins]

IRCA,

On 5/25/13 4:56 PM, Derek Vincent wrote:

Gene Burns passed away this morning.



Wow...sorry to hear that.  Makes me feel old.  Or at least older then I 
was earlier today.


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Re: [IRCA] When did KYAA-1200 switch to Imaculate Heart radio?

[Mike Hawkins]

Here's the whole story on that one from a discussion board...

http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=230185.0

Mike Hawkins



On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Douglas Martin martin-d...@att.net wrote:

 Hi.  KYAA-1200 was an oldies station a week ago.  I was just listening to
 them around sunset in San Diego, and they're a Catholic network.  Anybody
 know when they changed formats?

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Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] Re: Hi

[Mike Hawkins]

What this really does is show that a lot of users are not keeping
up-to-date anti-virus software and malware protection running on their
computers at all times.  Having and using those can't keep you safe 100% of
the time, but they do a pretty good job.  You can lead a horse to water.

They're free nowadays.  Use them.

Mike Hawkins


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Donna Halper d...@donnahalper.com wrote:

 On 4/15/2013 7:24 PM, Barry Davies wrote:

 Do we know Donna Halper? How the hell can this destructive crap get on a
 legitimate DX group email list?


 I know me very well.  And I didn't send it out.  It was sent to* all of
 us* on the ABDX list and then forwarded with all of our names on it to
 other lists.  That is what a virus does and that is why you shouldn't open
 mysterious links.  But getting angry with me isn't useful.  I didn't do it.
  I identified it as a virus and warned everyone.

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