Re: [IRCA] WRTH 2015
I'm looking at it now, its a quarter page ad on page 49. I received my copy of WRTH yesterday from the British DX Club, they always provide a superb speedy service for their members. Mike (UK) From: Mike Sanburn To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent: Friday, December 5, 2014 2:34 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] WRTH 2015 Be sure to look for the full color IRCA ad in the 2015 issue of WRTH. Ms Sent from my iPod > On Dec 4, 2014, at 4:25 PM, James Renfrew wrote: > > Ordered mine from Universal. Should be shipped after Christmas. > > The $70 book on Amaxon is a single copy someone must be trying to sell from > Europe. > > Jim Renfrew >> On Dec 4, 2014 7:00 PM, "Chuck Hutton" wrote: >> >> It's apparently not being offered by Amazon this year. The copy you see is >> for sale by someone else via Amazon. >> >> It's $30 US from Universal Radio or you can pay 30 pounds and order it >> directly from WRTH. >> >> Chuck >> >> To: IRCA@hard-core-dx.com; d...@yahoogroups.com; s...@mailman.qth.net; >> h...@mailman.qth.net; o...@yahoogroups.com; va...@rogers.com >> From: irca@hard-core-dx.com >> Subject: [IRCA] WRTH 2015 >> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 23:51:06 + >> >> ___ >> IRCA mailing list >> IRCA@hard-core-dx.com >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca >> >> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >> original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the >> IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers >> >> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org/ >> >> To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com >> >> >> >> --Forwarded Message Attachment-- >> To: IRCA@hard-core-dx.com; d...@yahoogroups.com; s...@mailman.qth.net; >> h...@mailman.qth.net; o...@yahoogroups.com; va...@rogers.com >> Subject: WRTH 2015 >> From: dyp...@aol.com >> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 18:51:02 -0500 >> >> Hello all. >> >> Interested in purchasing the WRTH 2015. Amazon has it for over $70.00US. I >> recollect not paying more than $25.00 for years. Any ideas would be greatly >> appreciated >> Thanks! >> Pete Giacopelli >> >> ___ >> IRCA mailing list >> IRCA@hard-core-dx.com >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca >> >> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >> original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the >> IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers >> >> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org/ >> >> To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org/ > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org/ To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] George Woods retires
George posted on Facebook this morning: 8 August 2014 "Final day at Radio Sweden before my retirement. Got most of the stuff in my office packed." Messages can be posted there https://www.facebook.com/radiowood I'm sure many of us remember George on Radio Sweden. I certainly do. This per Wiki: George Wood began as a freelance reporter at Radio Sweden in 1975. Following the retirement of Arne Skoog in 1978 he told over the writing and presenting of the program Sweden Calling DXers and its successor MediaScan, until the latter was taken off the air in 2001. In 1994 MediaScan became the first radio program in Sweden and the second in Europe (the first in English) to have its audio posted on the Internet. More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wood_(Radio_Sweden) He has been Radio Sweden's Webmaster since Swedish Radio's first website launched in 1995, while also serving as a journalist for the Radio Swedish English Service. His was one of the voices in the satirical sketches in the program the Saturday Show. Mike Mike ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Re. CFA antenna
Apparently there was one that worked in Egypt. There were plans to use one on the Isle of Man longwave station but the station never materialised. Mike From: Lee Reynolds To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, 14 April 2014, 13:49 Subject: [IRCA] Re. CFA antenna Those of us of a Certain Age may well recall the CFA of the 60's and 70's - The 'Joystick VFA'. Go search it out on the net, it was very popular for a while. I suspect that eventually people figured out that the feed line was the active component of the antenna... Lee ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org/ To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] BBC News on the long-term survival of shortwave radio
Southgate December 31, 2013 In this audio report, Lucy Burton discusses the future (or lack thereof) of shortwave radio. Burton interviews staff at Radio Romania International and even Glenn Hauser. Thomas Witherspoon, blogger at the SWLing Post and director of the radio charity, Ears To Our World, comments on the continued relevancy of shortwave radio in the digital http://swling.com/blog/2013/12/bbc-news-on-the-long-term-survival-of-shortwave-radio/ http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2013/bbc_news_on_the_long_term_survival_of_shortwave_radio.htm#.UsKdkzaYbDc (Includes audio clip of 10:29) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] World Radio TV Handbook 2014
World Radio TV Handbook 2014 Published 5 December 2013 - Order your copy today! We are delighted to announce the publication of the 2014 edition of WRTH. For full details and to order a copy please visit our website at http://www.wrth.com/ where you can also order the B13 WRTH Bargraph Frequency Guide on CD and as a download. I hope you enjoy using this new edition of WRTH and the new CD. Best regards Nicholas Hardyman Publisher ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WKAN 1320 back on
Their internet stream is still down though. Mike (UK) - Original Message - From: "amd...@core.com" To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, 17 November 2013, 22:41 Subject: [IRCA] WKAN 1320 back on A check at 16:00 CST has WKAN back on at normal power. Tom Jasinski Joliet, IL ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org/ To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] "A Quest to Save AM Before It’s Lost in the Static"
New York Times By Edward Wyatt September 8, 2013 WASHINGTON — Is anyone out there still listening? The digital age is killing AM radio, an American institution that brought the nation fireside chats, Casey Kasem’s Top 40 and scratchy broadcasts of the World Series. Long surpassed by FM and more recently cast aside by satellite radio and Pandora, AM is now under siege from a new threat: rising interference from smartphones and consumer electronics that reduce many AM stations to little more than static. Its audience has sunk to historical lows. But at least one man in Washington is tuning in. Ajit Pai, the lone Republican on the Federal Communications Commission, is on a personal if quixotic quest to save AM. After a little more than a year in the job, he is urging the F.C.C. to undertake an overhaul of AM radio, which he calls “the audible core of our national culture.” He sees AM — largely the realm of local news, sports, conservative talk and religious broadcasters — as vital in emergencies and in rural areas. “AM radio is localism, it is community,” Mr. Pai, 40, said in an interview. AM’s longer wavelength means it can be heard at far greater distances and so in crises, he said, “AM radio is always going to be there.” As an example, he cited Fort Yukon, Alaska, where the AM station KZPA broadcasts inquiries about missing hunters and transmits flood alerts during the annual spring ice breakup. “When the power goes out, when you can’t get a good cell signal, when the Internet goes down, people turn to battery-powered AM radios to get the information they need,” Mr. Pai said. He admits to feelings of nostalgia. As the son of Indian immigrants growing up in small-town Parsons, Kan., he listened to his high school basketball team win a 1987 championship, he said. “I sat in my bedroom with my radio tuned into KLKC 1540,” he recalled. On boyhood family road trips across the wide Kansas plains, he said, AM radio “was a constant companion.” But that was then. In 1978, when Mr. Pai was 5, half of all radio listening was on the AM dial. By 2011 AM listenership had fallen to 15 percent, or an average of 3.1 million people, according to a survey by Veronis Suhler Stevenson, a private investment firm. While the number of FM listeners has declined, too, they still averaged 18 million in 2011. (The figures are averages based on measuring listeners every 15 minutes.) Although five of the top 10 radio stations in the country, as measured by advertising dollars, are AM — among them WCBS in New York and KFI in Los Angeles — the wealth drops rapidly after that. In 1970 AM accounted for 63 percent of broadcast radio stations, but now it accounts for 21 percent, or 4,900 outlets, according to Arbitron. FM accounts for 44 percent, or 10,200 stations. About 35 percent of stations stream content online. “With the audience goes the advertising revenues,” said Milford Smith, vice president for radio engineering at Greater Media, which owns 21 stations, three of them AM. “That makes for a double whammy.” Nearly all English-language AM stations have given up playing music, and even a third of the 30 Major League Baseball teams now broadcast on FM. AM, however, remains the realm of conservative talk radio, including roughly 80 percent of the 600 radio stations that carry Rush Limbaugh. Talk radio has helped keep AM alive. “If it had to rely on music,” said Michael Harrison, editor and publisher of Talkers magazine, “AM radio would be dead.” But why try to salvage AM? Critics say its decline is simply natural selection at work, and many now support converting the frequency for use by other wireless technologies. A big sign of AM’s weakness is that one hope for many of its stations may be channeling their broadcasts onto FM. Not so fast, said Mr. Pai, who has been pushing the F.C.C.’s interim chairwoman, Mignon Clyburn, to put the revitalization of AM high on the agency’s agenda. “I’m obviously bullish on next-generation technology,” Mr. Pai said. “But I certainly think there continues to be a place for broadcasting and for AM radio.” Mr. Pai said he was not promoting AM to advance conservative talk radio, but part of his prescription treads a traditional Republican path. He wants to eliminate outdated regulations, for example, like one that requires AM stations to prove that any new equipment decreases interference with other stations, a requirement that is expensive, cumbersome and difficult to meet. Mr. Pai also wants to examine a relatively new technology known as HD Radio, which has allowed some stations to transmit a digital signal along with their usual analog wave, damping static. (HD Radio is a brand name; it does not stand for high definition, as in HDTV.) But some critics still fault the F.C.C. for allowing too many broadcasters to crowd into a relatively narrow AM band of airwaves. In the longer term, Mr. Pai said, the F.C.C. could mand
[IRCA] DX Test - WDEV 550 Waterbury, Vermont - August 16
Kevin Redding writes on ABXC: A REMINDER.. DX TEST ALERT FOR THIS WEEKEND (AUGUST 16th!!) A test on WDEV 550 Waterbury, Vermont is scheduled for 12:03AM Eastern Friday night (Saturday Morning). The test is only 3 minutes long and will consist of a few bits of morse code and mainly sweep tones. The test will be done on WDEV's night power and pattern. WDEV is an affiliate of Red Sox baseball, with a game scheduled for this Friday night. if the game goes long for extra innings or because of a rain delay, the DX test will be automatically rescheduled for Friday August 30th (Saturday) at the same time. Please go to this link for all the details on the test, including how send in a reception report http://onairdj.com/dx-tests/ Email me with any questions, walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com PLEASE repost this or share it anywhere you can think of!! ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] National Radio Day - August 20
Radio World Written by: Brett Moss August 13, 2013 August 20 is National Radio Day. You probably didn’t know that. There is no group organizing National Radio Day, at least as far as we can determine. There is no National Radio Day Foundation. There is no http://www.nationalradioday.org/ website. Are there any radio stations noting this? Any trade groups noting this? The best thing is NPR’s salute … from 2011 at http://www.npr.org/blogs/thisisnpr/2011/08/17/139708648/radio-worth-celebrating. For Edwin Howard Armstrong’s sake, even the United Nations does a better job with World Radio Day (Feb. 13, if you’re interested) at http://www.worldradioday.org/. World Radio Day has its own (very boring) Web page replete with international bureaucrats saying how wonderful radio is and a proclamation boiling radio down to an internationally recognized and approved of activity similar to cheese eating and clog dancing. These are things that our industry could and should do something about. The radio industry is being outorganized and outhustled here. People debate whether radio is important anymore; whether listening is up or down; if the AM band has a future, etc. How about making sure that radio is important to the radio industry? It apparently has a day, National Radio Day. Make sure everyone knows it. Just a little spitballing here: Perhaps the NAB might hold a contest for best National Radio Day PSA? It could host and make available all of the entrants on its website. After a few years there might be quite a time-capsule collection. Wouldn’t some PAMS-style bumpers be great? Perhaps the big boys, Beasley, Clear Channel, Cumulus, Entercom, Hubbard, et al, could put some heft behind the effort. You certainly can’t listen to a CC station for five minutes without hearing about the iHeartRadio Festival; let’s put some of these serious promotional skills to work. And the little guys could join in as well. Anyone with any production chops can write a script, grab a voice and cut a PSA. Program syndicators such as Dial Global and talkers like Rush Limbaugh could put in their two cents. Imagine an effort beginning every August with 15- and 30-second PSAs mentioning National Radio Day and a theme — radio’s history, entertainment value, information/news value and more, airing once an hour. Just to remind the listeners. If people don’t know about National Radio Day, we need only look in the mirror to cast blame. http://www.radioworld.com/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] FCC: Station relocated itself by 36 miles
Inside Radio July 18, 2013 FCC field agents often use direction finding equipment to track down a pirate station, but in this case it was hot on the trail of a licensed operator. But when they started on their journey last October to find out who was behind a station at 89.7 FM in Buffalo, NY, the one thing the agents knew is that there shouldn’t have been any station on that frequency in the market. The Philadelphia-based team tracked the signal back to the Fellowship Christian Center. What they found wasn’t a pirate, but Fellowshipworld’s WFWO, which should have instead been broadcasting from a site in Knowelsville, NY — 36 miles away. When they reached Fellowshipworld president John Young, he told the agents they stopped using their licensed tower site because the property owner needed to remove some trees around the antenna. He agreed to power down WFWO, but it was just a few weeks later the FCC was alerted by an engineer at another station that it was back on the air from its site on Main Street — in Buffalo. Young blamed his children, but in April Fellowshipworld told the FCC it was temporarily going off the air. In proposing an $8,000 fine against Fellowshipworld, the Enforcement Bureau notes it could hand out a penalty half that size — but the broadcaster demonstrated a “deliberate disregard” for FCC requirements by moving more than 30 miles in order to reach a significantly larger audience in the Buffalo metro. “We view the misconduct in this case to be egregious,” Northeast Region director David Dombrowski writes in the decision. Fellowshipworld has 30 days to appeal the proposed fine. - See more at: http://www.insideradio.com//Article.asp?id=2676909#.Uefz5KBwbDc ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Want to win your own US radio station?
Radio Today March 23, 2013 A radio station owned by Clear Channel in the United States is offering the chance for a listener to win a radio station for a month. The station, 700 WLW (Cincinnati) just happens to have a spare frequency to play with, and will let one person name it and programme it for the month of April. The winner will pick the format of 94.5 FM starting April 1st, which used to be the home of 945 Kiss FM. Other contests listed by 700 WLW include prizes consisting of a pair of headphones and a tour appearance. http://radiotoday.co.uk/ (Hopefully the start up date is purely cooincidencal (!) - Mike) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Voice of America to Test Digital Transmissions this Weekend
ARRL March 14, 2013 The Voice of America Radiogram show, hosted by Kim Andrew Elliot, KD9XB, will be testing a variety of digital modes on March 16 and 17. The data transmissions can be decoded by anyone with an AM shortwave receiver using any of the popular sound-card-based programs such as Fldigi, Ham Radio Deluxe, MixW, MultiPSK, DigiPan (for BPSK31, BPSK63 and QPSK31 only), CocoaModem (for Macs) and others. Each test will last one minute, unless otherwise specified, on the following modes at the audio frequencies indicated. During some tests as many as four modes will be used simultaneously . . . * BPSK31 at 2000 Hz * QPSK31 at 1000 Hz, BPSK31 at 2000 Hz * QPSK31 at 1000 Hz, PSK63F at 1500 Hz, BPSK31 at 2000 Hz * QPSK63 on 1000 Hz, PSKR125 at 1500 Hz, BPSK63 at 2000 Hz * QPSK125 at 1000 Hz, PSKR250 at 1500 Hz, BPSK63 at 2000 Hz * QPSK250 at 800 Hz, PSKR500 at 1500 Hz, BPSK250 at 2200 Hz * QPSK500 at 800 Hz, PSKR1000 at 1500 Hz, BPSK500 at 2200 Hz * PSKR500 at 1000 Hz, PSK63F at 1500 Hz, PSKR125 at 2000 Hz, and PSKR250 at 2500 Hz (5 minutes, 40 seconds total). The latter portions of the PSKR250 and 500 transmissions are formatted for Flmsg, a function within the Fldigi software suite. (In Fldigi, go to Configure > Misc > NBEMS > under “Reception of flmsg files.” Click Open with flmsg and Open in browser and select the desired location of the flmsg.exe file.) * MFSK32 image on 1500 Hz (54 seconds) The 30-minute Radiogram program is scheduled to air . . . Saturday 1600 UTC at 17860 kHz Sunday 0230 UTC at 5745 kHz Sunday 1300 UTC at 6095 kHz Sunday 1930 UTC at 15670 kHz ... from the IBB Edward R. Murrow Transmitting Station in North Carolina. E-mail reception reports are welcomed atradiog...@voanews.com According to Elliot, future VOA Radiogram programs will transmit only one mode at a time. “This will ensure the highest possible signal-to-noise ratio and the best possible chances for a successful decode. These broadcasts are an experiment. We will try different modes in different programs to see which work best via AM analog shortwave broadcast transmitters.” http://www.arrl.org/news/voice-of-america-to-test-digital-transmissions-this-weekend ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Hackers targeted EAS nationwide
Inside Radio 13 February 2013 The FCC, FBI and several state and local law enforcement agencies are investigating what now appears to have been a widespread hack attack on the Emergency Alert System. The full extent of the attack isn’t yet clear, but several HD2 stations aired a bogus message about zombies. Engineers say the hackers apparently had a solid working knowledge of EAS. Bonneville director of engineering John Dehnel says the company’s Salt Lake City stations were one target. While it never made it to news-talk KSL (1160) — the LP1 station for the area — or its sister KSL-TV, the bizarre message was broadcast on the cluster’s three HD2 stations. Dehnel believes the culprit was EAS boxes that were left set to factory-installed default passwords to accommodate tech support crews. “We left the default password in and frankly I forgot about it — my guess is you’ll find everyone still had the default password on it,” he says. The Bonneville HD2 stations fired the bogus EAS messages about one hour before a Great Falls, MT television station that made headlines yesterday. Several other stations also aired a fake EAS message, including TV stations in Albuquerque and Marquette, MI. A radio station in Los Angeles apparently thwarted its attack. It’s possible other stations also broadcast the alert. Following Monday’s breach of the Emergency Alert System, tech manufacturers are scrambling to make sure there are no open security windows in their equipment. Monroe Electronics said its customers should change passwords and step up EAS’ security by putting the system behind a firewall. Hours before their fake EAS activation, Dehnel says Bonneville has been able to piece together that someone outside the U.S. was “probing around” in the middle of the night on its Dasdec boxes. Because of how the fake alert was created, such as using live codes, a duration time, and knowing how to send an audio cut, Dehnel is convinced the hackers know a lot about the inner-workings of EAS. “A normal hacker hitting that thing would not know how to do that,” he says. Rudman agrees. “It would require a little bit more expertise than the average hacker would have to do what appears to have happened,” he says. Besides blatantly bogus messages about a “zombie attack,” the message also told listeners to tune to 920 AM which Dehnel believes shows it was written for a market other than Salt Lake City. Bonneville has taken its box offline to preserve any data it may contain — data which could be used as evidence. Besides violating FCC rules, the hacker could face federal criminal charges. (insideradio.com) (Subscribe to Inside Radio and get free access to: Whoownsradio.com - featuring Top 100 market revenue estimates for the past two years, and future projections. TheRadioBook.com – featuring all U.S. and Canadian stations 10watts.com – includes DAILY reports on format and call letter changes) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Tom Ray Leaving WOR
Hi Karl and all I sometimes listen to WCBS 880 over the internet, but annoyingly they block the local adverts and insert public notices or music which sometimes stops abruptly. Back in the 60s here I heard the real thing on MW, far more exciting days than the internet now. Sadly there are not so many clear channels in Europe now despite many MW stations closing. The expert UK dxers still pull in US stations overnight in winter but it requires being awake overnight or early and having a decent antenna, and a lot of patience. 73s Mike, UK > >From: Karl Zuk >To: irca@hard-core-dx.com >Sent: Tuesday, 12 February 2013, 11:35 >Subject: Re: [IRCA] Tom Ray Leaving WOR > > >It's unlikely that WOR 710 will drop HD Radio any time soon. > >Clear Channel is a big player in the (God forsaken) HD Digital Radio Alliance. >They are the cheerleaders for iBiquity and company. > >Without HD Radio, how could station owners break the rules to get HD-2s and >HD-3s >on to the legitimate analog FM radio channels? > >All of this gives me a headache! >You should hear my very local WCBS 880 at night at my QTH. >I'm only about 40 miles from the transmitter and I hear the digital machine >noise >under the program audio constantly. A joy to listen to. >'Compatible digital' Sure. > >Take out the digital noisemakers and the NRSC filters. >Let my AM radio go! > >Karl Zuk N2KZ > > > > > > > > >> From: rick...@shellworld.net >> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com >> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:58:59 -0800 >> Subject: [IRCA] Tom Ray Leaving WOR >> >> All Access reports that Tom Ray is leaving WOR, where he's been chief >> engineer for more than 15 years. >> He'll be running a consulting business. >> I suppose the writing was on the wall after Clear Channel purchased the >> station. >> He was certainly a staunch IBOC defender in its early days, although he's >> seemed less optimistic about its viability in recent years. >> -- >> Rick >> >> ___ >> IRCA mailing list >> IRCA@hard-core-dx.com >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca >> >> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >> original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the >> IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers >> >> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org/ >> >> To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com >> > >___ >IRCA mailing list >IRCA@hard-core-dx.com >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > >Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original >contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its >editors, publishing staff, or officers > >For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org/ > >To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] First Vehicle Without AM Radio
We having DAB hoisted upon us in the UK and the public largely does not want it, signals regularly drop out in cars and the audio quality is poor. The powers that be will not take notice of public opinion, its scandalous. DAB radios often come with FM, not AM! Mike > >From: Marc DeLorenzo >To: irca@hard-core-dx.com >Sent: Monday, 12 November 2012, 15:16 >Subject: [IRCA] First Vehicle Without AM Radio > > >Very much saddened to hear this news. But it's a reality we will have to deal >with going forward. I can't afford a new car anyway but, if I could, I would >definitely make sure that it came with an AM Radio > > >Marc DeLorenzo >South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts >http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX > > > > >-Original Message- >From: Tim Kridel >To: ABDX ; irca >Sent: Mon, Nov 12, 2012 9:38 am >Subject: [IRCA] First Vehicle Without AM Radio > > >"Since a car radio was put in a dashboard in 1930, there¹s been an AM radio >in every automobile rolling off assembly lines. But in the upcoming model >year a car will be arriving on dealer lots with an FM-only receiver. It¹s >symbolic of the challenges facing AM broadcasters in 2012." > >Rest at www.insideradio.com/Article.asp?id=2572037&spid=32060#.UKEHeY6flYM > > > > >___ >IRCA mailing list >IRCA@hard-core-dx.com >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > >Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original >contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its >editors, publishing staff, or officers > >For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org/ > >To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > >___ >IRCA mailing list >IRCA@hard-core-dx.com >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > >Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original >contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its >editors, publishing staff, or officers > >For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org/ > >To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Radio St. Helena
Excellent, we achieved great reception in the UK countryside a few years ago, last year was not so good. Mike > >From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." >To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America >; NRC >Sent: Monday, 3 September 2012, 15:08 >Subject: [IRCA] Radio St. Helena > >I have been in touch with the staff down there. They have an Interim >Station Manager as Gary Walters went back home to the United Kingdom. > >Radio Saint Helena will be shutting down, according to Ralph. He says "Our >Final Broadcast will be on the 25 December to coincide with our opening on >the 25 December ’67. This will make us 45 years of broadcasting." > >The AM signal on 1548Khz with 1KW will be shut off for good. As I >understand it, at some point, a government funded radio station, operating >on FM will launch. > >Ralph tells me that the Shortwave broadcasting mast has been dismantled by >Cable & Wireless, but he's talking to local ham operators to see if they >can lash up something for their final broadcast so they can get on >Shortwave. NO promises though. > >That being said, if the Shortwave makes it on December 25th at all, it is >likely to last time it will ever make it on air. > >My voice was featured on the last Radio Saint Helena shortwave broadcast >and even if they don't make it on SW this time, I will likely have my voice >used on the local MW broadcasts. > >I just thought I'd pass the word. Feel free to pass this to other DX lists >and other folks who might be interested. > >Paul Walker >Ridgway, Pennsylvania, USA >www.onairdj.com >www.houndcountry.com >___ >IRCA mailing list >IRCA@hard-core-dx.com >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > >Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original >contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its >editors, publishing staff, or officers > >For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org/ > >To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WWV Solar Report
Sunspot AR1429, the source of many strong flares and geomagnetic storms earlier this month, is about to re-appear following a two-week trip around the backside of the sun... More details here http://spaceweather.com - Original Message - > From: NOAA WWV > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Cc: > Sent: Friday, 30 March 2012, 17:15 > Subject: [IRCA] WWV Solar Report > >: Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt > :Issued: 2012 Mar 30 1805 UTC > # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center > # > # Geophysical Alert Message > # > Solar-terrestrial indices for 29 March follow. > Solar flux 112 and estimated planetary A-index 4. > The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 30 March was 1. > No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. > No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Date 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 > UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 > SFlx 107 107 107 107 107 107 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 112 > A-in 12 12 12 12 12 12 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 > K-in 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 > Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm > > > > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] EDXC Conference reminder
Dear Friends ! The correct prices should read : Each Excursion costs EUR 25,-- per person. Conference Fee : EUR 25,-- per person. Banquet Dinner : EUR 25,-- per person. So, for example, if you wish to participate on each excursion, then you will pay to Dr. Harald Gabler : 3 x 25 = 75 for all excusrions plus 25 for Conference Fee plus 25 for Banquet Dinner, altogether : EUR 125,-- *** Sorry for the mistake earlier. This is the correct price ! Best regards T i b o r S z i l a g y i > >From: Mike Terry >To: DXLDtrinado >Cc: BDXCNews >Sent: Friday, 2 March 2012, 17:29 >Subject: EDXC Conference reminder > >EDXC >2 March 2012 > >Dear DX Friends all over the World ! > >This is just a friendly reminder : Our next EDXC Conference in Germany ! > >Please do not hesitate to order your hotel rooms via Dr. Harald Gabler in >Germany. > >With best wishes and greetings > >T i b o r S z i l a g y i >EDXC Secretary General >E-Mail : tiszi2...@yahoo.com > > >From Facebook: > >The 2012 EDXC Conference will take place together with the 2012 Annual General >Meeting of the Danish Shortwave Club International. For the first time in the >DSWCI's 55-year history, its annual general meeting will be held outside the >Kingdom of Denmark immediately follow...ing the EDXC Conference on June 1-3. >Bernhard Hein is the organizer of the event. For more information as it >becomes available, see the DSWI website www.dswci.org/agm-2012 and the EDXC >website www.edxc.org For more details on the meeting venue -- the Dubener >Heide natural preserve, 22 km east of Seaau -- see the website > www.duebener-heide.com > >https://www.facebook.com/events/278375375534996/ > > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] EDXC Conference reminder
EDXC 2 March 2012 Dear DX Friends all over the World ! This is just a friendly reminder : Our next EDXC Conference in Germany ! Please do not hesitate to order your hotel rooms via Dr. Harald Gabler in Germany. With best wishes and greetings T i b o r S z i l a g y i EDXC Secretary General E-Mail : tiszi2...@yahoo.com >From Facebook: The 2012 EDXC Conference will take place together with the 2012 Annual General Meeting of the Danish Shortwave Club International. For the first time in the DSWCI's 55-year history, its annual general meeting will be held outside the Kingdom of Denmark immediately follow...ing the EDXC Conference on June 1-3. Bernhard Hein is the organizer of the event. For more information as it becomes available, see the DSWI website www.dswci.org/agm-2012 and the EDXC website www.edxc.org For more details on the meeting venue -- the Dubener Heide natural preserve, 22 km east of Seaau -- see the website www.duebener-heide.com https://www.facebook.com/events/278375375534996/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] BBC World Service - Celebrating 80th birthday live on air today
29 February 2012 Celebrating our 80th birthday live on air. To mark 80 years of international broadcasting, we're hosting a special day of live programming on February 29. Join us for unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to Bush House, the home of the World Service in London. Find out what's on today http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/schedules/2012/02/29 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] “Godspeed, John Glenn”
Its a pleasure Ira. I remember it all so well from hearing Sputnik on the radio, then watching Yuri Gagarin on a black and white TV, through all the US and Russian flights, space is still so exciting and man will never comprehend its size and magnificence. Would love to fly on Richard Branson's space ship, its going to be a reality soon, something to do when I win the Lottery! Mike > >From: Ira Elbert New III >To: miketerr...@btinternet.com; d...@yahoogroups.com >Cc: HardCore DX >Sent: Monday, 20 February 2012, 19:42 >Subject: RE: [IRCA] “Godspeed, John Glenn” > > > Thanks for the article. This was just a couple of years before my time, >but once I got a little older, space was something I thought about a lot. >Maybe I'll make it there some day... > > >Ira Elbert New, III >Watkinsville, Georgia >Proudly Serving You Since 1964. > > >> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:38:30 + >> From: miketerr...@btinternet.com >> To: d...@yahoogroups.com >> CC: irca@hard-core-dx.com >> Subject: [IRCA] “Godspeed, John Glenn” >> >> 50 years ago today the above words were sent by radio to Friendship 7. >> >> Scott Carpenter, the backup astronaut for the mission, uttered the phrase >> most associated with man’s first orbit of the Earth. As mission control >> performed its final system checks, test conductor Tom O’Malley initiated the >> launch sequence, adding a personal prayer, “May the good Lord ride all the >> way,” to which Carpenter added, “Godspeed, John Glenn.” Carpenter later >> explained that he had come up with the phrase on the spot, but the phrase >> did have meaning for any test pilot and astronaut: “In those days, speed was >> magic…and nobody had gone that fast. If you can get that speed, you’re >> home-free.” The phrase became part of the public consciousness, however >> Glenn himself didn’t hear Carpenter’s comment until he had returned to >> Earth. Due to a glitch in Glenn’s radio, Carpenter’s microphone wasn’t on >> his frequency. >> >> Read the more about the momentous events of February 20, 1962 >> http://www.history.com/news/2012/02/20/7-things-you-may-notknow-about-john-glenn-and-friendship-7/ >> ___ >> IRCA mailing list >> IRCA@hard-core-dx.com >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca >> >> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >> original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the >> IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers >> >> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org >> >> To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com >> > > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] “Godspeed, John Glenn”
50 years ago today the above words were sent by radio to Friendship 7. Scott Carpenter, the backup astronaut for the mission, uttered the phrase most associated with man’s first orbit of the Earth. As mission control performed its final system checks, test conductor Tom O’Malley initiated the launch sequence, adding a personal prayer, “May the good Lord ride all the way,” to which Carpenter added, “Godspeed, John Glenn.” Carpenter later explained that he had come up with the phrase on the spot, but the phrase did have meaning for any test pilot and astronaut: “In those days, speed was magic…and nobody had gone that fast. If you can get that speed, you’re home-free.” The phrase became part of the public consciousness, however Glenn himself didn’t hear Carpenter’s comment until he had returned to Earth. Due to a glitch in Glenn’s radio, Carpenter’s microphone wasn’t on his frequency. Read the more about the momentous events of February 20, 1962 http://www.history.com/news/2012/02/20/7-things-you-may-notknow-about-john-glenn-and-friendship-7/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Free access without app or web? It's called radio.
Radio Netherlands Worldwide By Andy Sennitt 11 February 2012 On World Radio Day, 13 February 2012, UNESCO will remind the world that there is a medium which reaches parts that other media can't reach. Radio is still a vital form of communication because a radio station can be set up much faster, and at much lower cost, than a terrestrial or satellite TV station. Radio is especially useful for reaching remote communities and vulnerable people such as the illiterate, the disabled and the poor. It also provides a platform for such groups to take part in the wider public debate. Radio also plays a vital role in emergency communication and disaster relief, which was illustrated following the tsunami in the Indian Ocean in December 2004. RNW was able to help several partner stations in Indonesia by sending out “radio stations in a box” – self-contained mobile FM stations providing a temporary studio and transmitter ready to be used by broadcasters whose own facilities had been destroyed. One billion people do not have access to radio, let alone technically more complex media like the internet On 3 November, 2011, the 36th General Conference of UNESCO approved the creation of an annual World Radio Day. The initial idea came from the Spanish Academy of Radio four years earlier. The date chosen was 13 February, which corresponds to the birth of United Nations radio in 1946. World Radio Day seeks to raise awareness about the importance of radio, facilitate access to information through radio, and enhance networking among broadcasters. Website: http://www.worldradioday.org Education: World Radio Day is intended as a focal point for discussion and debate on the role of radio in supporting the most vulnerable sectors of the worldwide community. Various events have been organised around the world. In London, a mix of practitioners, academics and tools providers are coming together at the School of Oriental and African Studies for a one-day conference on “New Perspectives on Traditional Radio”. The conference organisers point out that radio is still the world’s most active, localized broadcast technology. Because radio is a free and accessible platform, it plays a crucial role in promoting development, improving livelihoods and supporting access to education. They point out that “you don’t need an app or the Internet to access the radio!“ Social engagement: But that doesn’t mean that radio has to stay in a timewarp. It’s easy to fall into the trap of imagining that the transmission platform is the only important element. For example, some shortwave hobbyists – and sometimes even broadcasters themselves – consider that when an international broadcaster stops using expensive, inefficient legacy technology like analogue shortwave, it has somehow ceased to be a proper broadcaster. The London conference will be looking at how different technologies can serve to change the way in which radio is used as a platform for social engagement. Boring: That’s probably the biggest change in radio during the time I’ve worked in it. When I started listening to radio, it was a passive medium, especially international radio. On some stations, the programmes often consisted of an announcer with a strong accent reading out a poorly translated text on a boring subject, guaranteed to minimise the chances of getting a reaction from the listener. In fact RNW was one of the first international broadcasters to experiment with the kind of direct listener contact that is now the norm in radio. In the 1980s, before the advent of the internet and handheld devices, I took part in some live phone-ins for the English service, which went out in some of the Saturday transmissions. There were four transmissions to different parts of the world, and we were amazed at how many people were prepared to make an international phone call just to speak to us. Grassroots radio: These days, much of our two-way contact with international listeners is done online via Facebook, Twitter, and our websites and blogs. But on local stations, it’s much easier to get involved via the programmes themselves. When I was at university in the UK in the early 1970s, I experienced at first-hand just how grassroots radio worked. On a sunny day, I walked across the deserted main square to the studio, and I said on the air that it was ideal weather to take a radio outside and sit in the main square listening to us. At the end of my show, I walked back across the square and there were several hundred people, and lots of radios playing our station. Coincidence? I’d like to think not. I believe that, at a very basic level, it demonstrated the power of radio in a small community. For more details of World Radio Day 2012, and details of events around the world, visit the official websitehttp://www.worldradioday.org/ http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/free-access-without-app-or-web-its-called-radio ___
[IRCA] World Radio Day - a reminder
The first World Radio Day is celebrated tomorrow, Monday February 13, it would be good to scan the bands, hear many stations & send in reception reports to mark this auspicious occasion. 73s Mike See www.worldradioday.org/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] VOA Looks to Future on 70th Anniversary
Press Release Washington, D.C. February 1, 2012 Voice of America turned 70 on Wednesday, and VOA Director David Ensor says the international broadcast agency is aggressively moving forward with new programs that ensure it remains an “information lifeline to people in closed societies like Iran.” Addressing VOA journalists at the agency’s Washington headquarters, Ensor pointed to a television news show for Burma that began airing in January, a popular video blog that has been viewed more than 7 million times in China, expanded TV broadcasts to Iran, and new health programs on radio in Africa. He also described plans for a Russian language TV program that will harness popular social media programs to make citizen journalists and the audience a key part of the show. Ensor said the one-time cold war broadcaster is “as relevant today as it was February 1st, 1942,” the date of the first shortwave radio broadcast to Germany.” Created by the U.S. government in the opening days of World War Two, the Voice of America has evolved into a global multi-media organization, broadcasting balanced and comprehensive news in 43 languages to an estimated weekly audience of 141 million. The first shortwave radio transmission, spoken in German just weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, began with the words “Here speaks a voice from America.” The broadcast went on to promise, “The news may be good. The news may be bad. We shall tell you the truth.” Ensor, the 28th Voice of America director, says the agency continues to be guided by those words. VOA radio remains highly popular in many markets, including Somalia, parts of Pakistan and Haiti. Ensor says the agency is moving forward with new television and Internet programs that target countries like Iran, where the government restricts the free flow of information. VOA programs are delivered on satellite, cable TV, mobile, shortwave, FM, medium wave, the Internet, and on a network of about 1,200 affiliate stations around the world. In addition to more than 1,100 employees in Washington, VOA works with contract journalists in trouble spots around the world. Last month the Taliban claimed responsibility for the murder of a reporter working for VOA in Pakistan. For more information about this release please contact Kyle King at the VOA Public Relations office in Washington at kk...@voanews.com. Visit our main website at www.voanews.com for information about all of our programs. The Voice of America is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. Government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors. VOA broadcasts approximately 1,500 hours of news, information, educational, and cultural programming every week to an estimated worldwide audience of about 141 million people. Programs are produced in 43 languages and are intended exclusively for audiences outside of the United States. For more information, call VOA Public Relations at (202) 203-4959 (202) 203-4959 . Follow us on Twitter @VOABuzz and Facebook at InsideVOA. Voice of America | 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC 20237 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Radio Bulgaria’s closure of its short-wave broadcasts - an unpleasant surprise to longtime listeners
Radio Bulgaria Author: Rumiana Tsvetkova January 31, 2012 "You will always have a friend in Brazil who will keep roaming on your short wave frequencies, looking forward to the return of Radio Bulgaria’s broadcasts on the air" – these are lines from the letter of our listener José Vieira Saul Bello from Brazil. "I never imagined that the year may begin with such terrible news. After 35 years of contact between us, I perceive myself as a person belonging to one family with you. All of you together and each one individually have done so much for your listeners that you will remain forever in our hearts," writes Juan Carlos Buskalya from Argentina. And these are just two quotes from two of our South American listeners, a tiny part of the nearly 1,000 letters and emails and 120 phone calls that have arrived to us during the first month of 2012 with your feedback. Besides the reactions of disappointment and sadness on the termination of Radio Bulgaria’s short-wave emission of Radio Bulgaria as of February 1, many of you as a token of sympathy have sent to us constructive suggestions for the future of the program. For example, our listner Mike Usher from England proposes that we should follow the example of Radio Slovakia and Radio Prague that use a platform allowing their foreign language programs to be available for smartphones and other mobile and Internet devices. "This will allow listeners to listen to you, even when they are not in front of the computer. Has the management of the Bulgarian National Radio considered working with other public stations, members of the European Union for Radio and Television and whether Evranet can be used for retransmission of at least some of your programs to other parts of the world through the BBC and Deutchewelle?" Mr. Usher asks. The longtime listener of the U.S., William Flim, proposes that Radio Bulgaria should offer to broadcast its programs via live streaming and adds: "My biggest concern is that the decision to stop short-wave broadcasts is taken without a clear understanding that , at this stage, Radio Bulgaria does not offer a serious alternative to listening via the Internet. Discontinuing short-wave broadcasts before removing the deficiencies found on your website will result in the loss of most of your listeners. I understand that shortwave transmissions are very expensive and all governments are facing very difficult decisions relating to strict economic constraints. But I hope that the decision to stop short waves may be revoked or postponed at least until your station offers a real alternative to listening to audio on the Internet, similar to the quality of your shortwave broadcasts. The wonderful work of the team of Radio Bulgaria should continue and its efforts should be appreciated by the widest possible range of listeners." We continue today’s show with a very emotional letter sent to us by Wolfgang Hervih Elerbek from Germany: "Yesterday I heard on your program and I could not believe my ears: Radio Bulgaria leaving shortwave - that's just unbelievable! Why limit the spread and thus these good audibility of informative programs? For me and for many listeners it will be very unfortunate that, as of February 1, we will stop receiving extensive information about Bulgaria. I feel sorry for the employess at the radio who don’t seem to receive the due recognition." "As a longtime and loyal listener of Radio Bulgaria from the United States, it was with great sadness that I learned that Radio Bulgaria will soon cease its short-wave broadcasts”, writes Alice Sdjardin from the US. “Your station was much a needed source of international news to which local media in my region pay no attention. The views presented by your announcers and hosts were invaluable with regard to addressing global problems. "Another friend of ours from the U.S. - even Eldin Stevens believes that the suspension of shortwave Radio Bulgaria will reduce visibility among the international media, and the number of their ordinary listeners. Rene Pijar, a longtime listener from France, admitted in his letter: "We learned with much bitterness that Radio Bulgaria will stop broadcasting on short wave. We would have liked it if this was not done in such an abrupt manner but was preceded by a poll among listeners on their opinion of such a measure. Let us say that for decades we have actively participated in the life of Radio Bulgaria. We attach to this email a protest letter on behalf of all members of the Radio club du Perche, asking that it be read on the air”. Thomas Witherspoon is a listener of our Albanian-language service, who has written an article in his blog, expressing his disappointement even devoted an article to your blog, expressing regret for the suspension of short-wave emission. Another listner we have in the Balkans is John Babis who enjoyed our Greek-language broadcasts. He wrote an email that he has been l
[IRCA] David DeLay, pirate-radio DJ who entertained Vietnam troops as ‘Dave Rabbit,’ dies
Dallas Morning News By Joe Simnacher January 24, 2012 C. David DeLay Jr. received the Purple Heart and became a sergeant during his three combat tours with the Air Force in Vietnam, but is most widely known to veterans as “Dave Rabbit,” his underground radio persona in Saigon... More at: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/lake-highlands-richardson/headlines/20120124-david-delay-pirate-radio-dj-who-entertained-vietnam-troops-as-dave-rabbit-dies.ece Radio First Termer From Wikipedia: Radio First Termer was a pirate radio station which operated in January 1971 in Saigon during the Vietnam War. The station was hosted by a United States Air Force Sergeant Clyde David DeLay (August 15, 1948 - January 20, 2012 better known to some by his DJ alter-ego "Dave Rabbit". The two other members of the crew were known as "Pete Sadler" and "Nguyen". Their real names are unknown. After three tours in Vietnam, "Dave Rabbit" and his friends launched Radio First Termer from a secret studio in a Saigon brothel. The station broadcasted for 63 hours over 21 nights (between 1 January 1971 and 21 January 1971. The station played "hard acid rock" such as Steppenwolf, Bloodrock, Three Dog Night, Led Zeppelin, Sugarloaf, the James Gang, and Iron Butterfly, bands which were popular among the troops but largely ignored by the American Forces Vietnam Network. The music was mixed with antiwar commentary, skits poking fun at the U.S. Air Force and Lyndon B. Johnson, and raunchy sex and drug oriented jokes. During the mid-1990s, sound clips from a Radio First Termer broadcast posted on the internet renewed interest in the station. In February 2006, "Dave Rabbit" came forward and told his story. He also did an interview for a bonus feature on the DVD release of Sir! No Sir!, a film about G.I. counterculture during the Vietnam era. Although the frequency was always announced as FM69, in reality the show was broadcast over numerous frequencies, in addition to 69 MHz as selected by the Radio Relay troops across Vietnam. It was also broadcast over AM frequencies, including 690 AM. In February 2008 audio clips of this underground radio show made their way into the hands Opie & Anthony and 3rd mic Jim Norton. They played some of the audio of these shows over the air at both their terrestrial radio show and their XM Satellite radio show and were impressed with the skills of Dave Rabbit back in "the 'Nam" which led to renewed interest on such sites as Google. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_First_Termer ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Happy New Year!
Trans World Radio-Asia posted this on Facebook on 23 January: Happy Lunar New Year to all our Chinese friends! Wishing you a blessed year ahead... https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=599648472#!/twr.asia There are various celebrations taking place around the world for the Chinese Lunar New Year - The Year of The Dragon. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] More on the planned closures at Radio Bulgaria
Kai Ludwig posted this on DXLD: Just got the enclosed message forwarded from John Babbis. It makes clear that the broadcasts on 747 and 1224 will go away as well, and presumably the transmitters, the last high power mediumwave outlets still on air in Bulgaria, will be switched off altogether. I have to add that I find the time horizon specified in the PS. indeed frightening. -- BULGARIA Dear listeners and friends of the short waves and Radio Bulgaria, With a huge regret to inform you very bad news. After more than 75 years in the world broadcasting from January 31, 2012 at 2200 UT, Radio Bulgaria cease broadcasting on short and medium waves. The solution is that Radio Bulgaria is not necessary now its short waves and medium waves listeners. The reason -no money for broadcast on short and medium waves. And who listens to short waves today? Already has internet. Maintaining the short waves was "Mission Impossible"! Hope dies last. As a frequency manager in the last 19 years my main task was to provide best quality signal of Radio Bulgaria in worldwide coverage. There will be no short waves, there will be no frequency manager. For all people who work in Radio Bulgaria that bad news is shock and horror Beginning of the end. But expect your moral support. Please send e-mail to: Albanian section: Bulgarian section: English section: French section: German section: Greek section: Russian section: Serbian section: Spanish section: Turkish section: and from January 14, 2012: Thank you and goodbye, Ivo Ivanov P.S. SW txs Kostinbrod & Padarsko will be destroyed in the next few months. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Radio Bulgaria to end shortwave
Posted today on DXLD by Kraig, KG4LAC : Email from Radio Bulgaria January 6, 2012. "Dear Kraig, This year the radio's budget has been seriously cut, and we will soon be facing some radical changes in our transmissions. Shortwave broadcasts are to be ceased, and opportunities for satellite broadcasting and online programs are now explored. We are under quite a lot of mostly negative pressure recently, as we fear they might lead to losing some of our most regular and interested listeners, including you. But let's hope that things will change for the better! Keep listening to our programs while we are still on the air on shortwave. We will soon be sending all our listeners detailed info on what the future changes to our broadcasts will be. Warm regards from sunny but cold Sofia, Rossitsa English Section, Radio Bulgaria" Another voice lost. 73, Kraig, KG4LAC Manassas, Virginia USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Media Network Plus
Keth Perron writes on Facebbok: This weeks Media Network Plus ready to go. This show is a special on the media in the DPRK. For transmission times go to www.pcjmedia.com/medianetworkplus ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KGFW QSL
My first QSL was Radio Norway in English on medium wave, I was thrilled to hear them and to receive a beautiful card, I didn'tknow what a QSL card was before then. Radio Portugal soon followed, also in English on AM. Mike UK - Original Message - > From: Bruce Portzer > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, 27 December 2011, 8:20 > Subject: Re: [IRCA] KGFW QSL > >T hat makes three of us. KFBK was my first QSL as well. I saw a picture > of one of their cards in Popular Electronics, so I decided to write them > on 12-31-64. > > Bruce > > On 12/26/2011 22:18, Patrick Martin wrote: >> Nigel, >> >> Congrats! Great catch and QSL. Distant GYers are always good ones! Funny >> you mentioned KFBK was your first. I got my first two from Feb 1965 in >> the mail the same day, KFBK and 1060-KPAY. I was 15 at the time. I >> turned 16 in March. >> >> 73, >> >> Patrick >> >> Patrick Martin >> Seaside OR >> KGED QSL Manager >> >> > > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [ODXA] Major Earthquake and Tsunami hits Japan.......Check out CNN or News in your Area!!
BBC now reporting waves of up to 30 foot high covering a wide area. "Early days but it looks very big indeed". Mike - Original Message - From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW To: IRCA AM List ; NRC AM List ; ODXA List ; DXPlorer List Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:23 AM Subject: [ODXA] Major Earthquake and Tsunami hits Japan...Check out CNN or News in your Area!! Hi Guys: For anyone who is up at this hour 0220 EST here. 0720 UTC...A Major 8.9 Earthquake hit off the Coast of Japan at approx. 0600 UTC Friday. Major Tsunami Damage to Japan already and Major Tsunami Warnings for much of the Pacific Rim. CNN Has Live Coverage. The Coverage of the Tsunami Waves moving thru the Coastline of Northern Japan is Unbelievable!!! This does not look good. ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: a.. New Members 1 Visit Your Group MARKETPLACE Find useful articles and helpful tips on living with Fibromyalgia. Visit the Fibromyalgia Zone today! -- Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use. __,_._,___ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] [ODXA] Major Earthquake and Tsunami hits Japan.......Check out CNN or News in your Area!!
BBC now reporting it measured 8.9. Russian, Indonesian and Philippines coastlines under threat. Mike - Original Message - From: Mike Terry To: o...@yahoogroups.com ; IRCA AM List ; NRC AM List ; DXPlorer List Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:29 AM Subject: Re: [ODXA] Major Earthquake and Tsunami hits Japan...Check out CNN or News in your Area!! BBC now reporting waves of up to 30 foot high covering a wide area. "Early days but it looks very big indeed". Mike - Original Message - From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW To: IRCA AM List ; NRC AM List ; ODXA List ; DXPlorer List Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 7:23 AM Subject: [ODXA] Major Earthquake and Tsunami hits Japan...Check out CNN or News in your Area!! Hi Guys: For anyone who is up at this hour 0220 EST here. 0720 UTC...A Major 8.9 Earthquake hit off the Coast of Japan at approx. 0600 UTC Friday. Major Tsunami Damage to Japan already and Major Tsunami Warnings for much of the Pacific Rim. CNN Has Live Coverage. The Coverage of the Tsunami Waves moving thru the Coastline of Northern Japan is Unbelievable!!! This does not look good. ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: a.. New Members 1 Visit Your Group MARKETPLACE Find useful articles and helpful tips on living with Fibromyalgia. Visit the Fibromyalgia Zone today! Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest . Unsubscribe . Terms of Use. __,_._,___ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Med1 - 171 kHz
That's excellent Charles. I heard them local strength in the Spanish Costa two weeks ago. Mike - Original Message - From: "calltaylor"@isp.com <" To: "Glenn Hauser" ; "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" ; Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 6:21 AM Subject: [IRCA] Med1 - 171 kHz 171.000 Med1 0002 10/04/09 Nador, Morroco While I was DXing in the LW band: I heard Radio Mediterraneé International. I have 2 audio clips. One is gorgeous Arabic female young jazz-like vocal with Arabic orchestral background! The other one has AA and FF IDs. Receiver: Drake R8B, EWE 30 x 75 x 30 with ground return & 9/1 toroid. Charles (Cholly) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Victoria TP's for 10/01/09 - hot, hot, heat
Hi Colin 531 here on my E5 is Spain, or Iceland if you are lucky at night. Spain pops up all round the band at night. Mike Bournemouth, UK - Original Message - From: To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 4:42 PM Subject: [IRCA] Victoria TP's for 10/01/09 - hot, hot, heat I generally leave my Eton E1 tuned to 531 or one of the regulars near the bottom of the band when I turn it off, so when I switch it on in the morning, there is a pleasant surprise. Pleasantly surprised this AM. Starting with JJ YL on 531.. - 1348UTC - not loud but clear. 540 - nothing definitive - 1348 - 558 - JJ " " " 567 - JJ still not a great performer 576 - Jumble 585 - RR but not as good as in days past 594 - JJ at stunning levels 1348, 1359 603 - JJ under the KK 1400 (great recording on the hour - will submit the MP3 shortly to DXer.ca) 612 - mish-mash under the splatter 1402 621 - something hear but buried under the splatter. 639 - good signal but nothing really coming out of the hash 648 - good carrier but buried 657 - actual lock on with the Drake R8 666 - good carrier, buried by splash 675 - OM in lang 693 - assume JJ buried in CBC splat 702 - assortment but nothing winning 720 - " " " snippets of YL talking that could have been Asian 738 - CC sounding YL - not bad 747 - Usual JJ 756 - CC 774 - very big JJ as usual 792 - traces in splash 801 - " " " 828 - JJ 837, 846 - traces 855 - Huge KK (generally this is a mosh pit with few winners...) 918 - traces 936 - CC with sounds of jamming underneath 945 - trace audio 954 - audio 963 - CRI - RR 1350 972 - very, very good signal from the Korean today Ignored much of everything above here - noted near audio on 1134, 1143, 1278, 1287, etc Receivers - Eton E1 barefoot E100 Slider - 2009 version from Gary DeBock Drake R8 w/ dual Wellbrook ALA100 into Ratzlaff-built Phasing unit. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT CA DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT Com -- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] AM FM mp3 recorder
Sounds great Bill, I am wondering if it or something comparable is available in the UK as I would like one. Mike - Original Message - From: "Bill Harms" To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" ; ; ; Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:33 AM Subject: [IRCA] AM FM mp3 recorder My wife got me a CC Witness AM FM radio mp3 recorder for Father's day and I have been playing with it for the past few days. I love it! The ability to record mp3 files both AM and FM stations on a small hand-held device is fantastic. It sure beats the heck out of fiddling with cassettes and this one does mp3s and not WAVs like previous devices. A more complete review will be forthcoming in the next couple of weeks. Bill Harms ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
