Re: [IRCA] S. AZ TPs, December 14, Victoria thoughts
It's been a little unpredictable in Victoria. Sunrise today was 1600UT, and HLAZ reappeared with a man in Russian around 1640UT, fairly readable for a minute or so. Between sunrise and time, 1287 and 594 had made a couple of half-hearted appearances. Today was mostly big guns pre-sunrise though, not blistering, but doing all right. There was a fade down after 1530UT or so, with a slight lift closer to sunrise when 594, 747 (s/off again today at 1600UT) were doing well with audio poking up on 945, 954, 1287 as well. best wishes, Nick At 15:44 2017-12-14, Steve Ratzlaff wrote: Right before and up to 20 minutes after sunrise seems to be best lately. Sunrise 1417 utc. 594 Japan 1428 utc very poor talk 666 Japan 1428 utc very poor talk 774 Japan 1431 utc EE lessons fadeup "to recover from the physical trauma of child birth", very poor/poor; last heard 1441 utc. 972 S Korea 1403 utc very poor talk, again 1438 utc very poor 1566 S Korea 1404 utc very poor talk, again at 1426 utc Steve AA7U near Sahuarita, AZ R75; west DKAZ + FLG100 preamp ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TP 13 Dec Victoria version
Still fairly lively and Asiatic this morning, more carriers perhaps, and overall audio was not as strong. The NHK big guns didn't really deliver this morning. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK briefly peaking, man in Japaneaes 1454UT 972 HLCA man and woman in Korean 1501UT, little on the hour Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 747 JOIB English lessons 1510UT 774 JOUB English lessons 1507UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 828 JOBB man and woman in Japanese 1503UT 1566 HLAZ choral music with male lead 1458UT, Chinese sounding talk later when it had faded somewhat Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 693 JOAB pop vocal //774 1459UT 1017 bassy music, not //774, 1458UT. Continued across hour, so unlikely CRI. Tonga on late? 1134 man talking, Japanese intonation 1520UT 1206 woman talking, too much splatter to guess language 1457UT 1287 man talking, Japanese intonation 1518UT 1323 woman talking 1503UT, perhaps Russian? Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 558 567 702 873 891 918 945 954 1053 1116 1143 1188 1242 1422 1458 1503 1593 seemed to be Asian; nothing seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TP 12 Dec Victoria version
A big bounce back to one of the better mornings in awhile, though mostly in signal strength rather than a huge number of signals with audio. Conditions were quite variable, so there could be rapid increases in strength over a short time. Bound to have missed a few things. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 747 JOIB man in Japanese 1507UT //828 etc.; s/off was 1600UT, music box heard at 1601UT and after. 828 JOBB man and woman in Japanese //747 1527UT 873 JOGB woman in Japanese //747 1457UT 972 HLCA man in Korean to another man who was mostly agreeing; 1555UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 JOUB lessons 1551UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 837 JOQK jazz //594 which was very poor at time, 1521UT 945 CNR1 woman in Chinese briefly to this level 1505UT 1323 CRI woman in Russian1517UT 1566 HLAZ "Joy to the World" , woman and man in Chinese 1606UT. Didn't get to this level until this late, then mumbled on until 1645UT at least, not readable, just noticeable.. Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 567 JOIK man talking //594 1504UT 594 JOAK this was around quite a lot, but never very strong, noted //567 1504UT, but also as late at 1552UT 603 soft vocal music 1526UT 981 woman talking Chinese intonation? 1522UT 1287 man talking, Japanese intonation 1514UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 558 819 846 855 864 891 918 954 1098 1134 1206 1242 1332 1422 seemed to be Asian; 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] 846 doing very well
Thanks Colin.I was just about to post that, and you've done it for mepretty early for these guys, even at this time of year. Sun is still up in most of Japanwon't set in Akita for another half hour. Nick At 06:36 2017-12-12, R. Colin Newell wrote: And 567 (assume Japan...) 0633... 774 (armchair in Japanese... ) Now 594 KHz... 0635 in Japanese... Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Dec 11, 2017, at 9:47 PM, Nick Hall-Patch <n...@ieee.org> wrote: > > Kirimati-846 may have been missing a few nights ago, but it is delivery a good signal on the westerly Flag in Victoria, BC at 0540UT this eveningman in island language equal to 840 and 850kHz stations on peaks. The relative lack of interference is due to the Flag of course, but it is still delivering audio on other antennas also. > > best wishes, > > Nick > > > > Nick Hall-Patch > Victoria, BC > Canada > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > ___ > 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 11 Dec Victoria version
A very poor morning indeed. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): nope not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: and nope Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 774 man talking, Japanese intonation? 1501UT 1566 choral music 1539UT; erratic fading Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 567 594 747 828 1287 1422 1503 1593 seemed to be Asian; 1017 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] 846 doing very well
Kirimati-846 may have been missing a few nights ago, but it is delivery a good signal on the westerly Flag in Victoria, BC at 0540UT this eveningman in island language equal to 840 and 850kHz stations on peaks. The relative lack of interference is due to the Flag of course, but it is still delivering audio on other antennas also. best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TP 10 Dec Victoria version
Conditions after 1500UT until about 1545UT were a mix of DU and Asian, mostly low band, with a couple of NHK2 stations the strongest. Around 1545UT, the upper band got a bit more interesting, though the domestic splatter level throughout the whole period seemed to make getting reasonable audio difficult. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 JOUB man in Japanese well over 3LO 1507UT 1566 HLAZ solo male vocal followed by man and woman in Chinese, 1557UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 702 2BL man talking, // 612 1515UT 828 JOBB man talking in Japanese 1500UT //774, no pips on hour Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 3WV bassy music, //612 and 774 at 1458UT; everything faded by the hour 594 music over man talking that was //612, 1517UT; assumed JOAK 612 4QR as 594 (above) 1458UT 774 3LO music //612 at 1458UT, and a few other times, riding along with JOUB 1116 man talking DU English intonation, 1501UT 1242 woman talking 1548UT, too much splash to guess language; likely JOLF 1557 man talking, Chinese intonation 1545UT 1593 CNR1 man talking //6125 1610UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 747 891 1269 1314 1323 1332 1422 1458 1503 seemed to be Asian; 792 846 882 891 1017 1098 1548 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] Peruvian observations
Don Moore has been traveling in Peru, and has posted some DX logs, especially those somewhat off channel http://www.donmooredxer.com/lam/sam2017/peru/peruDXMW.html Western receptions of Peru are pretty non-existent, but this might be helpful for eastern DXers. Plus the blog is an interesting read. best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] S. AZ TPs November 10--very poor
I don't know yet about earlier conditions in Victoria, but this morning showed the first example that I've seen of the "winter high band sunrise enhancement" (if that is enough qualifiers for you...)Erratic fading of carriers above about 1300kHz, and not much below, These can be strong enough at peaks to deliver audio, but being erratic, hard to ID. A powerhouse like HLAZ can be fairly readable under such conditions, and was heard until about 30 minutes after local sunrise today. Details later. best wishes, Nick At 15:14 2017-12-10, you wrote: Conditions this morning were very poor. But I was up later than usual last night --846 had a big het and produced traces of audio at 0554 utc. Sunrise 1414 utc. 774 Japan 1427 utc only traces of audio 972 S Korea 1357 utc very poor male/female talk 1422 China? 1424 utc traces of audio 1566 S Korea 1435 utc traces of audio Steve AA7U near Sahuarita, AZ R75; west DKAZ + FLG100 preamp ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TP 9 Dec Victoria version
Substantially poorer conditions today. A touch more DU, but it was mostly the collapse of Asian signals that defined it. And, who knows why? pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not very likely Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no sign not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 774 JOUB man talking in Japanese 1516UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 man talking, Japanese intonation 1509UT 612 4QR pop music 1456UT, but by 1500UT, fanfare barely made it. 702 woman talking on phone to man, DU English intonation , 1529UT 747 man and woman talking, Japanese intonation 1530UT 774 mix of Aussie and NHK pips at 1500UT; by 1505UT, it sounded like DU English, talk though JOUB faded back later 792 woman talking DU English intonation 1520UT 828 JOBB NHK pips 1500UT, man and woman talking after the hour 1116 man talking DU English intonation, 1516UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 1242 1422 seemed to be Asian; 891 1017 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TP 8 Dec Victoria version
Much like yesterday, though perhaps with a touch more signs of down under stations. But the powerhouses were still Asian for the most part, and the bulk of the action was between 1445 and 1545UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK woman and man in Japanese 1530UT 774 JOUB generally quite strong after 1500UT, and most consistent station today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 612 4QR pop music 1509UT; IDd earlier with //702 828 JOBB man in Japanese //774 1504UT 972 HLCA woman in Korean, man agreeing 1525UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 747 JOIB man talking // 774 1535\UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 567 JOIK woman and man talking //594 1530UT 603 woman singing gentle song 1455UT; HLSA? gone by hour 693 JOAB man talking //828 sneaking through splatter 1504T 702 2BL man and woman talking //612 1456UT 774 3LO pips and fanfare, deep under JOUB 1500T 837 JOQK man and woman talk //594 1502UT 873 JOGB man talking //828 1505UT 891 mix of assumed 5AN, woman talking, DU English intonation, but also with NHK pips and music //594 1500UT, so JOHK 1134 pop music likely JOQR 1524UT 1566 woman singing 1522UT, seemed to be the best that HLAZ did today Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 738 846 855 918 936 9541242 1287 1323 1332 1386 1422 1575 1593 seemed to be Asian; 576 738 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TP 7 Dec Victoria version
More Asians, though mostly the big guns with any strength. Lots of carriers with potential, plus a few weak Aussies. The signal strength monitor indicated that the big guns were quite strong between 1100 and 1300UT, but the SDR wasn't recording at that time, and things mostly faded down again until around 1500UT. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK woman and man in Japanese 1518UT 747 JOIB man in Japanese //774 1524UT 774 JOUB woman and man in Japanese //828 1519UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 828 JOBB man in Japanese 1522UT 1566 HLAZ female vocal music, woman in Chinese 1528UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above, passing throuhgh Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 3WV very faint ABC fanfare under JOAK 1500UT 612 man talking to woman on phone, DU English intonation 1528UT 693 JOAB man talking //774, struggling through CBU splash 1502UT 774 3LO faint fanfare under JOUB 1500UT 972 man talking, language unclear in the murk, 1508UT; HLCA? 1116 man mumbling in a DU English sort of way 1502UT 1422 man talking 1532UT, briefly clear enough to suspect it was Japanese. Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 567 585 603 846 864 873 891 936 945 1017 1134 1143 1242 1287 1323 1503 1593 seemed to be Asian; 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TP 6 Dec Victoria version
Despite geomagnetic upset, there were still Asiatics, though these ones tended to be strongest in the upper end of the band with a peak around 1530UT, about 20 minutes before local sunrise. There was a lull between 1440UT-1510UT approximately for Asians, but not much in the way of Aussies showed up today. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK last DX left standing 1553UT, man in Japanese 774 JOUB English lessons 1414UT; didn't come up to this during the pre-sunrise enhancement 1503 JOUK woman singing 1534UT //594 which was quite a bit weaker 1566 HLAZ assumed, female vocal 1534UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 828 JOBB "time trials" English lessons 1409 //774 1386 NHK2 man talking //747 at 1532UT, with 1386 the stronger Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 612 man talking, DU English intonation 1507UT 693 JOAB man talking //1386 1532UT 747 JOIB man talking 1445UT; English lessons? ID'd later with //1386 828 3GI ABC fanfare 1500UT 972 man talking, language unclear in the splash, 1541UT; HLCA? 1287 man talking, Japanese intonation 1526UT 1323 woman talking 1531UT, difficult to tel, CRI? 1575 man mumbling 1535UT; no clues at 1530UT, unfortunately; VoA? Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 873 891 1017 1269 1359 1422 1557 1593 seemed to be Asian; 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] S. AZ TPs, November 6--very poor
While in Victoriathere was quite a nice sunrise lift, with rarer ones such as JOUK-1503 showing up around 1530UT.It had been pretty dead an hour earlier though. Details once I go through the files. best wishes Nick At 15:28 2017-12-06, Steve Ratzlaff wrote: Minimalist conditions this morning, perhaps due to the sharp drop in the Kyoto Dst. Little real audio from anything today. Due to lack of anything else I was sitting on 774 Japan and it did have a brief fadeup to audio well after sunrise. Sunrise 1411 utc. 594 Japan 1412 utc traces of audio only. 774 Japan 1434 utc traces of audio; 1444-1450 utc occasional fadeups to very poor audio. 1566 S Korea HLAZ 1408 utc very poor talk. Steve AA7U near Sahuarita, AZ R75; west DKAZ + FLG100 preamp ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TP 5 Dec Victoria version
Had to head off early this morning, so no time to live DX, but the NetSDR did its best, and it was a surprisingly Asiatic morning in spite of earlier dullness. Strongest signals were around 1500UT. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 747 JOIB vocal music //828 1456UT; this was the big gun this morning 828 JOBB man talking, many mentions of Nagano-ken //774 1517UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 567 JOIK woman in Japanese //594 1455UT, better overall than 594 today 774 JOUB vocal music //747 1456UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 972 HLCA man in Korean 1438UT; 980 splat quite bad today. Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 558 HLQH soft vocal music //603 1452UT 594 JOAK vocal music //567 1451UT 603 HLSA soft vocal music //558 1452UT 702 NHK2 synchros; man and woman talking //747; touch of piano 1508UT 711 instrumental music 1502UT, likely Korea? 837 JOQK NHK instrumental theme //594 1512UT 873 JOGB pop music 1457UT //774 1242 man talking, Japanese intonation 1507UT 1287 sludgy pop vocal, then man talking over chimes of some sort, 1530UT; JOHR? Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 657 891 954 1422 seemed to be Asian; 702 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TP 4 Dec Victoria version
Still delivering some Asiatic signals this morning, Tomorrow may be another matter entirely. Except for HLAZ, there wasn't much sunrise/post-sunrise enhancement. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB briefly at this level with English lessons 1408UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 747 JOIB 1459UT, choral singing, //774; pips on the hour. not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 JOIK woman in Japanese //594 1406UT 828 JOBB English lessons 1403UT 1566 HLAZ; woman in Chinese 1614UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 JOAK pips 1500UT, man talking; not amounting to much this morning 612 woman talking, DU English intonation 1421UT 693 JOAB English lessons struggling with CBU splash 972 man talking; Korean intonation seems likely 1509UT 1206 female vocal, briefly, 1431UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 603 702 891 918 936 1242 1287 1323 1503 1593 seemed to be Asian; 702 846 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TP 3 Dec Victoria version
A considerable improvement this morning, mostly the big guns acting fairly big, but that's quite an improvement. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK man in Japanese 1512UT 774 JOUB as early as 1346UT, English lessons: "umbrellas available at many of the vending machines across the Kanto area". Many other times up to about 1530UT, at this level. Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 693 JOAB man in Japanese //774 1453UT, once CBU splatter took a break. 828 JOBB man in Japanese //747 1503UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 747 JOIB man in Japanese //774 1500UT, no pips on hour? 972 assumed HLCA; pop vocals 1543UT 1566 HLAZ; woman in Chinese after female vocals 1536UT; still hanging around 1617UT after others all gone Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 567 JOIK man talking //594; 1502UT 603 soft music, man talking over top; Korean intonation 1512UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 873 891 1143 1251 1278 1287 1323 1422 1458 1593 seemed to be Asian; nothing seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TA
1575 finally wore out its welcome without producing any audio, but 1215 is squeaking up with an audible carrier now (0500UT) best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] noontime 1575 etc
That seems to correlate pretty well with what was observed in Victoria Don. MW conditions from Europe have been unobservable until this evening (1575 slowly building in strength, though still a carrier, and nothing else noted yet). East Asia was very poor on Saturday morning, though better than on Friday. I haven't gone through this morning in detail yet, but the signal strengths look considerably better from East Asia than on Saturday. best wishes, Nick At 02:03 2017-12-04, Don Moman VE6JY wrote: Well nothing can kill a signal like reporting it! 1575 didn't last long after I did that. No sign of anything resembling a carrier anywhere in the band now... I was also going to mention, just for general interest of guys like Nick and a few others, the conditions experienced from here in the ARRL 160 contest this weekend. Friday evening was pretty normal, no Europe. Sat morning only 2 of the bigger Japan stations. Saturday evening still no Europe but we did see two stations from far Northern Europe that were hearing us. We didn't hear any Europeans calling us. Sunday morning was significantly better to Japan and we worked dozens of them. Not sure how that correlates to any MW stuff you guys saw on Sat vs Sunday.. 73 Don VE6JY (call used in the contest was VE6WQ) On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 1:20 AM, Nick Hall-Patch <n...@ieee.org> wrote: > Thanks Walt. > > Carrier is still there, up and down, 0114UT at this location. > > > At 01:02 2017-12-04, Volodya S wrote: > >> Welcome back, Nick! Nothing on 1575 from my QTH at 01:01 UTCWalt >> >> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:58 AM, Nick Hall-Patch <n...@ieee.org> wrote: >> >> > Not noontime, but certainly there is a weak carrier on 1575 at 0050UT, 4 >> > Dec, being heard in Victoria. >> > >> > best wishes, >> > >> > Nick >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > At 20:43 2017-12-03, Don Moman VE6JY wrote: >> > >> >> 1575 has had a visible het here since I first checked at 1230ish local, >> >> 1930 ut. Don't get excited, still a long long way from audio >> >> >> >> Perseus and Eu beverage... >> >> >> >> 73 Don >> >> Lamont, Ab >> >> ___ >> >> 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 >> >> >> > >> > Nick Hall-Patch >> > Victoria, BC >> > Canada >> > >> > --- >> > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> > https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> > >> > >> > ___ >> > 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 >> > > Nick Hall-Patch > Victoria, BC > Canada > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > _
Re: [IRCA] noontime 1575 etc
Thanks Walt. Carrier is still there, up and down, 0114UT at this location. At 01:02 2017-12-04, Volodya S wrote: Welcome back, Nick! Nothing on 1575 from my QTH at 01:01 UTCWalt On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:58 AM, Nick Hall-Patch <n...@ieee.org> wrote: > Not noontime, but certainly there is a weak carrier on 1575 at 0050UT, 4 > Dec, being heard in Victoria. > > best wishes, > > Nick > > > > > At 20:43 2017-12-03, Don Moman VE6JY wrote: > >> 1575 has had a visible het here since I first checked at 1230ish local, >> 1930 ut. Don't get excited, still a long long way from audio >> >> Perseus and Eu beverage... >> >> 73 Don >> Lamont, Ab >> ___ >> 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 >> > > Nick Hall-Patch > Victoria, BC > Canada > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ___ > 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] noontime 1575 etc
Not noontime, but certainly there is a weak carrier on 1575 at 0050UT, 4 Dec, being heard in Victoria. best wishes, Nick At 20:43 2017-12-03, Don Moman VE6JY wrote: 1575 has had a visible het here since I first checked at 1230ish local, 1930 ut. Don't get excited, still a long long way from audio Perseus and Eu beverage... 73 Don Lamont, Ab ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TP 2 Dec Victoria version
Not quite so dull, but I'm sure glad that the SDR did most of the work, listening from 1345UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not likely today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): an unreasonable expectation not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 747 JOIB man in Japanese //774 1507UT 774 JOUB man in Japanese, briefly at this level 1504T Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 828 JOBB weak pips at 1500UT; woman talking //774, at 1508UT 1566 woman talking perhaps Chinese? 1606UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 972 1323 1575 seemed to be Asian; nothing seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] Fwd: 846
My first recording had a mention of "the capital, Tarawa" before an interview with a 17 year old, Rosa ???, but still haven't found any ID yet. best wishes, Nick At 07:14 2017-12-02, R. Colin Newell wrote: Good modulation tonight - and someone who listens to the 5+ minute weather forecast is going to hear something. Based on everything else I’m hearing tonight - I’d say this is a new installation - 10 to 20 kw. My best guess Kiribati. https://youtu.be/u0ajTyt8cfA Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Dec 1, 2017, at 10:50 PM, Bruce Portzer <bport...@comcast.net> wrote: > > I'm getting it tonight at 0645UT, fair carrier, but no audio as near as I can tell. Maybe it's a new relay on one of the outer islands? > > Bruce in Seattle > >> On 12/1/2017 06:24, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: >> Thanks Mauno. I'd been trying to stay up late enough to check a NZ web receiver, but didn't make it. >> >> >> I wonder what the story is there? Accidental reactivation of an old transmitter? Certainly its carrier strength on 846 was impressive last night.Maybe I should be checking 1440 hi. >> >> best wishes, >> >> Nick >> >> >> > > 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TP 1 Dec Victoria version
A very dull morning indeed pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not likely today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): an unreasonable expectation not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 1566 HLAZ man in Chinese 1559UT; peaked about 15 minutes after local sunrise.; best on north Flag Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 558 man mumbling, maybe island dialect 594 woman talking, sounded DU, definitely better on west Flag Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 774 seemed to be Asian; 756 882 891 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] Fwd: 846
Thanks Mauno. I'd been trying to stay up late enough to check a NZ web receiver, but didn't make it. I wonder what the story is there? Accidental reactivation of an old transmitter? Certainly its carrier strength on 846 was impressive last night.Maybe I should be checking 1440 hi. best wishes, Nick At 07:42 2017-12-01, Mauno Ritola wrote: It seems to be R. Kiribati after all, //1440 kHz per New Zealand web receiver. Best regards, Mauno Nick Hall-Patch kirjoitti 1.12.2017 klo 8:36: Good strength carrier on 846 tonight but poor modulation. Mostly a woman talking, seemingly an island language of some sort?  It doesn't otherwise seem to be stirirng up much attention. best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Fwd: 846
Good strength carrier on 846 tonight but poor modulation. Mostly a woman talking, seemingly an island language of some sort? It doesn't otherwise seem to be stirirng up much attention. best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] 846
I thought that they moved from 846 to 1440 several years ago? At 19:20 2017-11-30, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: How long has Kiribati been off 846? I never knew they left it. Kiribati does 1 hour a day in English playing country music, and then the rest of their day is their mother younger... it sounds a bit Asian to my ears I have some locally made englis language airchecks of Radio Kiribati Paul On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 2:18 PM R. Colin Newell <<mailto:coffeecan...@gmail.com>coffeecan...@gmail.com> wrote: Going out on a limb here and suggesting Kiribati on 846 khz - reactivated... On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Nick Hall-Patch <<mailto:n...@ieee.org>n...@ieee.org> wrote: > > >> >> >> >> Anyone know who might be of 846kHz this evening, between 0500-0535UT? >> >> It seems to be a couple of Hertz below nominal, and on peaks, delivers a >> woman talking, sounding vaguely French.  Better on the west facing Flag >> than the north facing one, and the terminator is still out in the Pacific >> Ocean, so possibly something new on the islands?  Or? >> >> best wishes, >> >> >> Nick >> >> Nick Hall-Patch >> Victoria, BC >> Canada >> > > Nick Hall-Patch > Victoria, BC > Canada > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > <https://www.avast.com/antivirus>https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com <<http://www.Coffeecrew.com>http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and DXer.ca <<http://www.DXer.ca>http://www.DXer.ca> - VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada ___ IRCA mailing list <mailto:IRCA@hard-core-dx.com>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>http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: <mailto:irca@hard-core-dx.com>irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Fwd: 846
Apologies if this is a resend for some, but it never turned up in my own inbox last night: Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 06:15:33 + To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@hard-core-dx.com> From: Nick Hall-Patch <n...@ieee.org> Subject: 846 (seemed to be island accented English after 0600UTbut still no idea what it might be) Anyone know who might be of 846kHz this evening, between 0500-0535UT? It seems to be a couple of Hertz below nominal, and on peaks, delivers a woman talking, sounding vaguely French. Better on the west facing Flag than the north facing one, and the terminator is still out in the Pacific Ocean, so possibly something new on the islands? Or? best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] Florence
If you want to get into bigger antennas at remote sites, Michael, maybe look at a mini-pole to support either a delta loop or a KAZ terminated loop.Two of them could allow a small DKaz. <https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/mini-telescopic-fiberglass-poles/>https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/mini-telescopic-fiberglass-poles/ These are quite small when telescoped. I traveled on the train with one in a small suitcase. I borrowed it from Satoshi Miyauchi in Japan, and it is thanks to him that I even heard about it. You can also get a "stake kit", also quite small, that can support that pole. best wishes, Nick At 18:09 2017-11-29, Michael Yule wrote: Hi Mark, thanks for your message on list. It's a different DX situation here than Nova Scotia for sure, and there are times that I'm really gonna miss the DKAZ! But there are some compensations for me, like well heck, I'm living in Florence...! I'm going to be starting out with a 'Frequent Flyer' FSL that Gary is very generously sending over to me, and am looking for a portable to go with it, as I can't couple it directly to my ELAD. I think I've narrowed the choice down to either a Tecsun 660 or a Sony EX5MK2, and I will take the bus about 20 minutes to the hills outside of the city, a small town called Fiesole where I think reception will be much better than in town here. We aren't going to buy a car as there really isn't any need to apart from mini DXpeditions as everything in the city is in walking range and if we are going on a longer trip that needs a car we'll rent one. Most places can be reached though through the excellent public transport available. That being said, I have been considering ways of trying to make a foldable version of your broadband loop so I can bring the ELAD and do some broadband captures, which is what I'd also really like to do. Is there any way I can use my existing FLG100 with this rather than having to construct the amplifier? I'd like to use as many existing parts as possible. I sent myself the FLG, the transformers I used for the CAT5 and one of Colin's Vactrols from Nova Scotia before I left along with a couple of toroids and some other things, and they arrived safe and somewhat sound, athough Poste Italia made me do a lot of 'splainin what exactly I was trying to import and made me pay an import fee. I'm definitely going to join the groups you mentioned, thanks very much for the tips. My Italian is developing, and I can usually make myself understood in the present, past perfect and past imperfect tenses, but my vocabulary is still quite weak and so English is still very helpful. I still think in English. We have a tutor come in 3X a week, so we're making some progress. I will definitely post what I am hearing, and if you )or any of the other list members are interested in having me try to assist in an ID based on an interval signal or have me make a TOH or other ID recording of a particular station please ask and I'll certainly help as best I can. It will also be really interesting and not a little unreal to consider NAm stations as 'DX'! I'll let you all know what I hear. Thanks again for the message! Michael ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] TP 21 Sept Victoria version
There was a lot going on this morning, but it took some digging, and there wasn't too much time today.Asians were reasonable up until 1300U|T or so, but the sunrise enhancement didn't affect them much, and DUs weren't really too active either at sunrise. Normally I listen just for sunrise enhancement, but today I checked earlier as Asians were obviously better then. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB pips 1300UT, then English lessons with Hannah Grace 828 JOBB English lessons 1213UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 3WV man DU English over JOAK 1326UT 594 JOAK man in Japanese 1221UT 612 4QR man in DU English 1339UT 1566 HLAZ man in Japanese 1250UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 774 JOIB English lessons 1225UT 891 man in DU English 1347UT for a short period; 5AN? 972 HLCA man in Korean 1209UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 567 RNZ National , as 756 693 JOAB English lessons 1225UT //747 756 RNZ National 1335UT man //567 828 3GI man talking //612 and lagging slightly at 1337UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 864 873 954 1134 1206 1242 1287 1323 1386 1422 1593 seemed to be Asian; 531 549 576 585 621 909 936 1035 1098 1116 1548 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ 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] Fwd: Topband: Upcoming Webinars - Preparing for the Upcoming Contest Season
from the Topband list.Although this announcement talks of contests, Carl, K9LA, who gave a presentation at the Fort Wayne convention a couple of years back, is THE expert on MF propagation, so there will likely be a nugget or two in this webinar. best wishes, Nick Hi Gang - with CQWW DX and other contests coming up, I've put together a few Webinars to kick things off. More are in the works, but we're ready to announce the first two. Pass the word! Wednesday, October 4, 9 PM EDT (Thursday, October 5 - 01:00 UTC) A Look at Propagation for the 2017/2018 Contest Season Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5179671020739447042 K9LA will review the status of Cycle 24 for the next half-year, and will discuss how the contest bands will be affected. Bonus - He'll also tell host K4ZW whether the lowbands will open this year during his XW4ZW lowband DXpedition or, whether to bring extra beer money and a deck of cards. Wednesday, October 11, 9 PM EDT (Thursday, October 12 - 01:00 UTC) Contesting! It's a fun game. Let's do it the right way. Registration: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4458259451700357122 W5ZN discusses the ethics of radiosport and why following the rules matters! 73 Ken K4ZW _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 20 Sept Victoria version
Not too much action today...sort of the regulars, erratically fading up then mostly down again.Signals from both DU and Asia seemed to peak a bit as local sunrise approached at 1400UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today, though 594 and 774 were briefly close Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK two men in Japanese 1331UT 612 4QR assumed, man in DU English 1336UT 747 JOIB Chinese lessons 1342UT, better on west Flag 774 JOUB Chinese lessons 1334UT o/3LO not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 576 2RN female vocals //585 1355UT, just before local industrial noise sat on it 594 3WV woman and man talking, somewhat //612 1237UT 675 RNZ National man in DU English //756 1343UT 828 JOBB English lessons 1200UT; didn't approach this level later Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 585 7RN female vocal //576 1355UT 603 slow music, likely Waatea 621 3RN man mumbling //576 1346UT 756 RNZ National 1343UT man //675 774 3LO teletalk //828, 594 1329UT 828 3GI as 774/594 at 1329UT 891 JOHK woman and man talking //594; slight offset; 1317UT 1566 HLAZ recognizable s/off sequence for Japanese program 1342UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 693 972 1242 1287 seemed to be Asian; 567 864 891 1035 1098 1251 1548 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] IRCA DXWW-W Column
I also certainly find yours and other submissions interesting Steve. It's really obvious that you hear Asians after a geomagnetic upset before more northerly DXers do, though Dennis Vroom also does well in that respect. As far as Brandon's possible harvesting of the list, maybe we all could make a point of providing more detail for special catches that we'd like to have remembered.TA's heard in the west, TP's in the east, 2kw New Zealanders etc., as Brandon won't always know what what is a special reception at particular site. If we highlight it and detail it (after all, don't we want to brag?), then he can ignore it. (cc'ing to him might be very helpful also). That way, there's a difference between propagation reports, and DX reports.(DXpedition reports are another thingis Phil still harvesting those?) best wishes, Nick At 07:38 20-09-17, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Brandon, <<< I'm happy to continue with the email list. I highly doubt very many read my postings anyway. >>> Well, I read them every day, Steve :-) Usually by this time in September I have gotten into the routine of a daily TP report, Brandon, but the TP's seem to have been on an extended propagation swoon here (similar to what Nigel has reported), and I'm still busy reviewing some DU recordings from my "Oz Hill" trip to Lincoln City, OR from August 20-23. Once the Asians get serious about showing up I don't mind changing my reporting format to what you desire, although I don't know if you would be interested in the TP-DX recording links that I sometimes include with the loggings. In any case, your volunteer efforts to take some of the administrative load off of Phil are greatly appreciated-- thanks! Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) - Original Message - From: "Steve Ratzlaff" <ratzlaffst...@gmail.com> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 6:54:53 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA DXWW-W Column Hi Brandon, Thank you for volunteering to do the DXWW-W column in the IRCA newsletter. I'd have to say I fall into the "don't care" category you mentioned, and my email list postings are 99% not suited for inclusion in the column, and I'd suggest to just ignore my postings. On the rare event that possibly something is heard well enough to maybe include, I could CC you that info and maybe edit it for possible inclusion. So, speaking only for myself, I have little interest in seeing anything from me posted in the official newsletter. I'm happy to continue with the email list. I highly doubt very many read my postings anyway. There are much better TP listeners who do report what they hear, who would be better included in the official newsletter column. 73, Steve Ratzlaff near Sahuarita, AZ (S. AZ) On 9/19/2017 6:25 PM, Brandon Jordan wrote: > If nobody really cares one way or the other except posting on the e-group, > then speak up so the IRCA can discuss planning for the future on the DXWW > column. > > 73, > Brandon > ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Sad Story from the Rockwork Cliff
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[IRCA] TP 12 Sept Victoria version
Still DU...still getting poorer day by day. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 3LO assumed, man in DU English, another man on phone, no parallels 1223UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 612 4QR man talking DU English, 1306UT, later parallels on 702 and 738 Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 558 island music 1310UT, assumed Fiji 576 woman talking, DU English intonation 1329UT 594 man talking, DU English intonation 1243UT, no parallels 603 rhythmic music 1252UT, assumed Waatea 702 2BL man talking //612 1330UT 738 2NR man talking //612 1335UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) nothing seemed to be Asian; 549 567 621 828 855 891 909 1098 1116 1386 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 11 Sept Victoria version
Note to self. Yesterday was the 10th, today was the 11th. The 11th, this morning, was not as good as the last couple of mornings, most emphasis on NZ it seemed pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 612 4QR man talking DU English 1331UT, Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 603 Waatea, choral singing //765 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 657 likely Star. Man talking DU English 1303UT, no parallels available. 756 RNZ National woman talking DU English 1328UT 765 R. Kahungunu choral singing //603 1306UT, best strength so far this season 1116 4BC likely man and woman DU English Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 531 man talking, DU English intonation 1313UT 567 RNZ National ballad //756 1246UT 576 man talking DU English? 702 vocal pop music 1326UT, assumed Magic, not //ABC 747 4QS man talking //774 1331UT 774 3LO man talking //747 828 3GI man talking //612 1331UT 909 quiet vocal music 1236UT, likely Star, but no parallels 1035 man talking, DU English intonation 1338UT 1386 rather lively Indian sounding vocal music 1241UT, likely Tarana Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) nothing seemed to be Asian; 819 837 855 1008 1026 1053 1098 (immense) 1107 1179 1251 1458 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 9 Sept Victoria version
A slow start today, but DUs lasted until 1355UT on the lower band (when my recording ran out) pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 612 4QR woman talking //594 1336UT, still going pretty strong 1355UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 558 likely Fiji, island vocals 1322UT 594 3WV woman talking //612 1343UT 792 4RN woman talk 1324UT, no // available, but at 1333UT, was //576 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 639 5CK man talking, phone in program 1320UT; // weaker 891 at 1322UT 675 RNZ National man talking //756 1315UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 549 2CR woman talking 1313UT //594 576 2RN as below; not too strong today 585 7RN man talking //576 1304UT 621 3RN man talking //792 1334UT 702 2BL woman talking //612, very weak 1313UT 747 4QS woman talking //612 1337UT 756 RNZ Nat. man talking //675 1315UT 774 3LO woman // 612 1323UT 882 laid back music, man and woman DU English inflection. 1327UT 936 woman and man talking DU English inflection 1340UT; Brisbane? 1008 man talking DU English inflection 1343UT 1116 man talkin DU English sound to it 1341UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) nothing seemed to be Asian; 657 819 837 909 1026 1035 1098 1107 1179 1458 1503 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WBOB 600 FL huge with hurricane coverage.
600 is a fairly open channel in western Canada, so I killed the termination on the west Flag and the dominant is a guy with a mildly southern accent talking about the storm, "west coast, east coast of Florida", "storm didn't hit Miami directly" "storm surge inMarco Island six feet"but of course could be any talker, as it's a major news item. Can't bring up the stream, probably a lot of demand... will keep listening. best wishes, Nick At 02:25 11-09-17, Neil Kazaross wrote: Obviously on 50 kW day rig and crushing the Cuban in AU cx. WFTL 850 noted weakly mixed with SSers with hurricane coverage so likely normal power. Something on 1010 has generic hurricane news. New tonight in AU is WKLY GA on 980 at times alone. 73 KAZ Barrington IL Perseus and DKAZ aimed due south ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 9 Sept Victoria version
Likely missed all sorts of things in that DU deluge that didn't let up until after 1330UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 558 Fiji island vocals 1325UT, stronger than 560 at this time 612 4QR woman talking //702 1331UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 567 RNZ National woman talking //756 1245UT 585 7RN man talking //792 1323UT 594 3WV man sporting //774, no delay 1247UT 621 3RN two men //576 1307UT, also readable in LSB 702 pop music then faded down as man started talking , mention Magic? then faded under 2BL //612 738 2NR woman talking //774 1309UT 774 as 594 891 5AN assumed with sports announcer //594, readable in LSB; 1301UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 576 2RN man talking //621 1307UT 603 Waatea soft music //765 1301UT 747 4QS woman and man talking //774 1321UT 792 $RN man talking //585 1323UT 828 3GI man talking //774 1313UT 1035 NZ likely, man DU English, no parallels 1336UT 1116 likely 4BC, DU man, folky vocal 1313UT 1503 man DU English 1335UT, Sport? Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 657 man talking DU English inflection 1301UT, no parallels, but likely Star 765 NZ //603 soft music 1301UT 837 RNZ National pop music //567 1251UT 846 2RN man talking //585 1254UT 855 4QO/4QB woman talking //774 1309UT 873 countryish music 1311UT 882 Star soft music 1257UT //963 much weaker 963 Star as 882 1386 vocal music, not Indian sounding 1316UT 1566 man talking, maybe Japanese? seemed echoey 1311UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) nothing else seemed to be Asian; 549 639 909 864 1098 1215 1251 1278 1512 1548 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TP 8 Sept Victoria version pt 2
Nothing heard on 825 this morning here Colin. Is it audible in the daytime? I'd check 1200 or 1600 for parallels... With the suppressed domestics from the aurora, it's been amusing to listen to such channels as 621, 702 and 891 in AM (or even LSB), with the Aussies dominant and domestics a mere het on them. best wishes, Nick At 13:40 09-09-17, R. Colin Newell wrote: Who is on 825 with S. Asian music!? Colin Newell - SYSTEMS UVic - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -- > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 8 Sept Victoria version
No real enhancement at sunrise today; in fact the best action was around 1200UT. There was some sort of big sports deal on ABC, but life was too short to twirl around their website trying to figure out what it was. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 567 RNZ National pop vocal 1220UT //675 which was much weaker 621 man and woman in DU English 1218UT; 620 was down so far that this dominated in AM mode, and even in LSB. Assumed 3RN though no parallels. A minute later this had gone and 576 had a similar man and woman not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 828 3GI man in DU English 1152UT //774 909 soft music 1157UT, faded down as man talked with DU English inflection Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 558 island vocals 1147UT, likely Fiji 585 7RN pips and fanfare 1300UT 594 3WV pips accompanying sports announcer 1200UT //774 etc. 603 //765 non-descript music then man talking over top of it 1148UT; NZ Maori stations 612 4QR/ 774 3LO man talking, increasing intensity; sports of some sort? 1152UT 675 RNZ National female vocal muisc //567 1150UT 702 couple of commercials? DU English inflection, then man and woman alternating news items? 1200UT, not //ABC, so Magic? 819 RNZ National man talking //675 1154UT 891 likely 5AN man building to a crescendo, //774 and 594, 1159UT, but they had pips on the hour; this didn't Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) nothing seemed to be Asian; 837 846 855 882 1008 1017 1098 1116 1368 (not 1386) 1458 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 7 Sept Victoria version
This morning was a bit of a sleeper, initially just a few of the big gun Asians, but towards sunrise, both Asians and DUs popped up fairly indiscriminately pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 612 4QR folky music, followed by man talking, then woman "this is Nightlife...ABC Radio" 1338UT 774 JOUB English lessons after pips 1300UT: "hi, I'm Hannah Grace, thanks for joining us" 1566 HLAZ man in Japanese 1316UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 603 choral music with guitar accompaniment 1252UT, assumed Waatea 828 JOBB English lessons 1253UT 972 HLCA two men in Korean 1309UT 1287 JOHR man in Japanese 1320UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above passing through Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 576 2RN woman talking DU English inflection 1304UT; ID'd //585 at 1323UT 585 7RN slow music followed by man talking 1323UT 702 rapid instrumental music 1257UT 747 JOIB English lessons 1239UT //774 756 man declaiming, DU English inflection 1252UT 792 4RN musi //585 1337UT; lots of splatter to make it rough 873 JOGB man in Japanese /774 1327UT 1323 CRI? man talking, Russian inflection 1312UT 1548 4QD man and woman talking, sneaking through 1550 splatter //612 1318UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 846 864 945 1053 1242 1269 1314 seemed to be Asian; 558 567 621 675 891 1098 1386 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 6 Sept Victoria version
And, this morning made up for yesterday's lack of Asians. A few suspect Zedders appeared among the Asians, and that seemed to be it.. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK man in Japanese 1306UT 774 JOUB English lessons 1240UT 1566 HLAZ woman in Japanese 1243UT; there was some audio from the earlier Chinese program too, but nothing like this level Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 828 JOBB English lessons, just before 1300UT pips 972 HLCA man in Korean 1243UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 747 JOIB English lessons 1249UT; battling evil 750 splatter Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 603 soft music, island feel 1251UT; continued across hour , so not HLSA, also known for soft music 693 JOAB English lessons //774 1246UT; without 690 splat, would have been quite readable 891 JOHK pips at 1200 and 1300UT followed by man, weakly in //594 1044 CRI? woman talking 1312UT, Japanese inflection 1287 man talking, Japanese inflection 1305UT 1323 CRI? woman talking, Russian inflection 1256UT, into orchestral music with an oriental tinge to it.. Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 711 738 837 846 855 1053 1134 1206 1242 1251 1386 1575 1593 seemed to be Asian; 675 702 756 891 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 5 Sept Victoria version
That made up for yesterday's lack of DUsa couple of Asians earlier pretty much, and one or two later. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK man in Japanese 1314UT, presumed 3WV mumbling far underneath 612 4QR man talking //774 1315UT 774 3LO pips, fanfare, ABC news, 1300UT 774 JOUB English lessons 1204UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 702 likely Magic? although ABC pips and fanfare on hour, pop vocal took over at 1301UT, while ABC continued underneath 828 3GI man talking //594 1247UT 891 man in DU English 1324UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 558 Fiji? island vocals 1320UT 567 likely RNZ National...man talking DU English inflection, 1303-04UT, not // various ABC, assumed NZ 576 2NR weak pips and fanfare, man talking 1300UT 594 3WV man talking //828 1253UT 675 woman talking Du English inflection 1316UT; no parallels-- RNZ? 702 2BL man talking //774, one second ahead, 1253UT 792 4RN instrumental music woman talking //576 1305UT 828 JOBB pips 1200UT, start of English lessons 909 slow choral music 1317UT, Star? 972 HLCA pips 1200UT, portentous music, then man talking, KK inflection 1116 man talking, DU English inflection 1325UT 1323 the DU that got away: slow vocal music 1317-18UT 1395 another DU that got away; woman and man talking, DU English inflection 1321UT; no ZB parallels available. 1539 man talking rapidly, DU English inflection, TAB? 1319UT 1566 woman talking , Japanese inflection 1313UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 747 seemed to be Asian; 603 621 738 756 845 855 882 1098 1359 1386 1503 1548 1611 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 4 Sept Victoria version
Mostly an Asian morning today; a few DUs came in quite late and with little enthusiasm. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 JOUB English lessons 1246UT; mumbling far underneath might have been 3LO, but no parallels 828 JOBB sudden ooost at 1309UT, with woman in Japanese, //774 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 693 JOAB woman in Japanese briefly 1158UT, pips on hour were well under CBU splatter 702 2BL man in DU English 1320UT //612 747 JOIB English lessons //774 1242UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 576 man mumbling in a DU English sort of way 1309UT 594 JOAK woman talking, Japanese inflection 1249UT; pips at 1300UT, and //837 at 1305UT when both quite weak 612 4QR woman talking, DU inflection 1242UT; not properly ID'd until //702 at 1320UT 837 JOQK very weak with man talking //594 1305UT (though 3WV might have been interfering with 594; it was pretty rough) 972 woman talking, could have been Korean 1310UT 1503 man talking, DU English inflection; briefly 1337UT 1566 woman talking , Japanese inflection 1243UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 657 1386 seemed to be Asian; 603 675 738 891 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Eclipse Report - the rest of the story
Hi Bruce, For 960, had you considered Utah for the sports station? There seemed to be quite a pipeline to Utah from here in Victoria during the eclipse. Around 10:26PDT, there was a mention of west valley and " Utah county's sports station", which is about as good an ID as I could hope for. I think there was also mentions of ESPN, Salt Lake etc. a bit earlier. best wishes, Nick At 05:26 22-08-17, Bruce Portzer wrote: As promised, here is a listing of what my SDR captured here in Seattle during this morning's eclipse. I mostly heard Oregon and northern California stations, plus KSL and a few from Idaho. There was a very pronounced enhancement between about 10:10 and 10:30 PDT, after which things tapered off. The best reception was on the upper part of the band. Relatively few skywave signals were heard below 900, and most of those weren't very exciting. Best catches of the morning were stations in Eureka, Redding, Sacramento and Merced CA, as well as the Idaho stations on 1350 and 1290. . 960unid 10:22 sportstalk weak, KLAD or KALE? Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 3 Sept Victoria version
Mostly DU around sunrise today, though the Japanese NHK2 big guns were noticeable even after 1300UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 576 2NR man saying "what is the title of that song?" 1254UT 594 3WV woman talking to man on phone 1251UT 612 4QR 1315UT, woman talking to man on phone //594 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above passing through Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 585 7NR man talking //576 1308UT, delayed by one second 603 rhythmic music likely Waatea? 1255UT 675 RNZ National man and woman talking //837 1320UT 702 2BL woman talking to man on phone //774 1247UT 738 2NR man on phone 1249UT //594 747 JOIB interlude music fighting with splash 1259UT; pips at 1300UT 756 RNZ National woman and man talking 1328UT 774 3LO woman talking to man on phone //702 1247UT 774 JOUB interlude music //747 and 828 pips on hour equal to 3LO; 1300UT, but dominated after hour 828 3GI pips and fanfare mixing with JOBB 1300UT 828 JOBB pips after interlude music 1300UT, mixing with 3GI 837 RNZ National woman and man talking //675 1320UT 855 4QO/4QB man and woman //702 1307UT 1116 likely 4BC with man talking DU English inflection 1340-41UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) nothing else seemed to be Asian; 639 846 891 909 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 30 Aug Victoria version
Much like yesterday in its order of DX, but not as strong nor as interesting; decided slant towards New Zealand. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 567 RNZ National woman taling //675 1306UT 774 JOUB English lessons 1246UT 828 JOBB man in Japanese 1150UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 JOAK likely Enka music (emotional, oriental) then woman in Japanese, 1209UT 603 R. Waatea, rhythmic instrumental //765 1246UT 612 4QR woman DU English 1303UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 675 RNZ National man and woman talking //567 1305UT 702 woman on phone DU English inflection, man agreeing, DU English inflection, no parallels 1248UT 756 RNZ National flute music //837 1153UT 765 R. Kahungunu very weak music //603 1246UT 828 man DU English inflections, sounded hyped up like a horse racing announcer 1302UT; not //612 837 RNZ National flute music //756 1153UT 909 Star soft vocal music //963 1311UT, though heard earlier 963 Star, as 909 1035 man talking DU English inflection 1311UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 954 972 1242 1566 seemed to be Asian; 819 882 891 1008 1017 1098 1161 1386 1503 1629 1701 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29
I seem to recall that fmscan.org used to provide such things, but the site seems awfully flaky now, and I can't find any patterns either. best wishes, Nick At 19:27 30-08-17, Neil Kazaross wrote: Where can one look at plots of DU directional patterns? I used to know a site but have lost it. 73 KAZ On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Nick Hall-Patch <n...@ieee.org> wrote: > 693 is an interesting one, if it's DU, as all the others seem to be. > > Brisbane is directional, and I don't see any record of it being heard on > the coast (Chuck? Gary?) New Zealand has been heard a few times in spite > of low power. > > One to watch, for certain. > > > best wishes, > > Nick > > > At 17:39 30-08-17, Neil Kazaross wrote: > >> Good stuff Tim. I should soon be set up again to check DU's as well. Re: >> 603 never more than a weak carrier here. Re: 693 carrier here but never >> that strong and honestly too close to IBOC noise from WSCR. >> >> >> >> > - Original Message - >> > >> > From: "Tim Tromp" <kilok...@gmail.com> >> > To: "IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" < >> > irca@hard-core-dx.com>, "abdx" <a...@yahoogroups.com> >> > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 7:44:27 PM >> > Subject: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29 >> > >> > Local sunrise: 1107 UTC >> > Receiver: Perseus SDR >> > Antenna: southwest phased BOGs >> > >> > >> > <<< 603 unid with solid strong carrier at 1100 UTC and just a few dB >> shy of >> > producing audio but good enough to hold the sync AM lock on the Perseus. >> > >>> >> > >> > At your Australia-favoring location this is likely 603-2RN in Nowra ( // >> > 576), but it could also be the 5 kW New Zealand Maori station Radio >> Waatea. >> > Waatea plays a lot of rhythmic music, while the ABC RN network is >> usually >> > talk (but with some exotic music at times). The two were fighting it out >> > during Australia-favored propagation at Rockwork 4 on August 4th of this >> > month, with 2RN dominant https://app.box.com/s/ >> > i3mgrjxw0dwadrtc2c69x7f2f7h6qzua >> > >> > 693 unid with another solid carrier at 1100 UTC, again just not enough >> to >> > punch any audio through but one to watch in the future. >> > >> > <<< 701.999 unid with threshold music, no pips, no ABC fanfare heard at >> > TOH, so >> > maybe something other than Sydney? Song ends at 1101 UTC and then male >> > announcer. Lost to 700 splash soon after. 701.996 shows a strong carrier >> > later, at 1122 UTC, whom I think belongs to 2BL Sydney. >>> >> > >> > Almost certainly the 10 kW oldies broadcaster 702-Magic in Auckland, NZ. >> > It mixes frequently with 2BL on the coast. The TOH ID is "Magic-- feels >> > good" like at 55 seconds into the recording at https://app.box.com/s/ >> > 1kmy738awm8pl70ht0vmsm6rrvswijb6 >> > >> > >> > <<< 756 unid with solid carrier for several minutes at 1053 UTC and >> > threshold >> > audio but far too weak to make anything out. Blown out of the ocean at >> > 1100 UTC when WNDZ signs on the air. >>> >> > >> > Likely 756-RNZ in New Zealand, one of the strongest RNZ frequencies on >> the >> > coast, and // 567 and 675 https://app.box.com/s/ >> > anomc4qcr64ezmoe8aykin4podyah1w7 >> > >> > <<< 1017 had a "near audio" carrier at 1057 UTC. >>> >> > >> > Tonga is much stronger than any other DU on the frequency, so as long as >> > you have a decent carrier on 1017 in the Midwest it's most likely Tonga >> > https://app.box.com/s/zjc64srpsqz6xplxlr2v8o2i667qrvrc >> > >> > 1098 probably Marshalls with very faint music during a rare moment of >> > minimum 1090 splash. This was at 1052 UTC. Music, though not >> identifiable >> > to my ears, was probably good enough to make a parallel confirmation if >> I >> > had been DXing live at the time. Best audio so far from 1098 and >> > encouraging. >> > >> > >> > Weaker DU carriers also noted on many of the lower 9 kHz channels this >> > morning. >> > >> > >> > Domestic notes: >> > >> > 760 KFMB San Diego continues to be heard here every morning at sunrise >> > under WJR. This could be a good time to log them from the Midwest if y
Re: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29
693 is an interesting one, if it's DU, as all the others seem to be. Brisbane is directional, and I don't see any record of it being heard on the coast (Chuck? Gary?) New Zealand has been heard a few times in spite of low power. One to watch, for certain. best wishes, Nick At 17:39 30-08-17, Neil Kazaross wrote: Good stuff Tim. I should soon be set up again to check DU's as well. Re: 603 never more than a weak carrier here. Re: 693 carrier here but never that strong and honestly too close to IBOC noise from WSCR. > - Original Message - > > From: "Tim Tromp" <kilok...@gmail.com> > To: "IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" < > irca@hard-core-dx.com>, "abdx" <a...@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 7:44:27 PM > Subject: [IRCA] Michigan DU's & KFMB San Diego, Aug 29 > > Local sunrise: 1107 UTC > Receiver: Perseus SDR > Antenna: southwest phased BOGs > > > <<< 603 unid with solid strong carrier at 1100 UTC and just a few dB shy of > producing audio but good enough to hold the sync AM lock on the Perseus. > >>> > > At your Australia-favoring location this is likely 603-2RN in Nowra ( // > 576), but it could also be the 5 kW New Zealand Maori station Radio Waatea. > Waatea plays a lot of rhythmic music, while the ABC RN network is usually > talk (but with some exotic music at times). The two were fighting it out > during Australia-favored propagation at Rockwork 4 on August 4th of this > month, with 2RN dominant https://app.box.com/s/ > i3mgrjxw0dwadrtc2c69x7f2f7h6qzua > > 693 unid with another solid carrier at 1100 UTC, again just not enough to > punch any audio through but one to watch in the future. > > <<< 701.999 unid with threshold music, no pips, no ABC fanfare heard at > TOH, so > maybe something other than Sydney? Song ends at 1101 UTC and then male > announcer. Lost to 700 splash soon after. 701.996 shows a strong carrier > later, at 1122 UTC, whom I think belongs to 2BL Sydney. >>> > > Almost certainly the 10 kW oldies broadcaster 702-Magic in Auckland, NZ. > It mixes frequently with 2BL on the coast. The TOH ID is "Magic-- feels > good" like at 55 seconds into the recording at https://app.box.com/s/ > 1kmy738awm8pl70ht0vmsm6rrvswijb6 > > > <<< 756 unid with solid carrier for several minutes at 1053 UTC and > threshold > audio but far too weak to make anything out. Blown out of the ocean at > 1100 UTC when WNDZ signs on the air. >>> > > Likely 756-RNZ in New Zealand, one of the strongest RNZ frequencies on the > coast, and // 567 and 675 https://app.box.com/s/ > anomc4qcr64ezmoe8aykin4podyah1w7 > > <<< 1017 had a "near audio" carrier at 1057 UTC. >>> > > Tonga is much stronger than any other DU on the frequency, so as long as > you have a decent carrier on 1017 in the Midwest it's most likely Tonga > https://app.box.com/s/zjc64srpsqz6xplxlr2v8o2i667qrvrc > > 1098 probably Marshalls with very faint music during a rare moment of > minimum 1090 splash. This was at 1052 UTC. Music, though not identifiable > to my ears, was probably good enough to make a parallel confirmation if I > had been DXing live at the time. Best audio so far from 1098 and > encouraging. > > > Weaker DU carriers also noted on many of the lower 9 kHz channels this > morning. > > > Domestic notes: > > 760 KFMB San Diego continues to be heard here every morning at sunrise > under WJR. This could be a good time to log them from the Midwest if you > need them. > > 73, > Tim Tromp > West Michigan > ___ > 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 ex
[IRCA] TP 29 Aug Victoria version
Lots of carriers, DU audio mixing with Asian earlier, then more DU towards sunrise with quite a New Zealand romp from 1300-20UT. I'm sure that some were missed, like 4QR and 3LO, too busy chasing other stuff pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 567 RNZ National 1317UT woman in DU English //837, 918 etc. 774 JOUB English lessons 1232UT 1566 HLAZ piano music, woman in Japanese 1237UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): the above passing through not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 3WV fanfare "ABC news" 1300UT but also NHK pips 603 rhythmic vocal music 1237UT Waatea very likely 702 Magic. commercial to do with satellites and motor home 1300UT, into pop music after deep voiced man "Magic --feels good" just like Gary's referenced audio for Tim Tromp 747 JOIB English lessons 1256UT 756 RNZ National, //567 1317UT 828 JOBB English lessons 1205UT 909 Star ballad 1237UT, 1255UT; //882 at 1323UT 1008 ZB man in DU English 1322UT //1053 1566 HLAZ man in Chinese 1216UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 675 RNZ National pop music //567 1318UT 837 RNZ National pop music //567 1317UT 882 Star soft vocals //909 1323UT 918 RNZ National pop music //567 1317UT; quite rare here (two 2.5kw synchros) 1053 ZB, first noted 1319UT, ID'd //1008 at 1322UT; two whole kilowatts---don't know where the other ZB's were. Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 954 1206 1242 1287 1323 1575 1593 seemed to be Asian; 576 585 765 855 891 1026 1035 1098 (rough carrier; anyone else noticing this?) 1179 1251 1386 1503 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17
A good point Gary. I believe that you have noted that the FSL tends to favor the lower MW band, where its Q is highest. Perhaps there might be a more even match at higher frequencies when using a brute force broadband antenna. It would be an interesting comparison. best wishes, Nick At 01:21 30-08-17, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Nick, <<< Might I disagree Gary? >>> No disagreement, necessary, Nick! I think both of us agree that the ALA1530 would boost the CC Skywave's MW reception beyond that of the midget stock loopstick. Almost any type of external antenna will do that, as long as it is designed for MW frequencies. In Richard's situation, however, he already has a very effective 8" FSL antenna, which has received DU audio from several different Australian stations in Oklahoma. The high performance of that antenna is directly related to its razor sharp, single-optimized-frequency advantage. Directly connecting a small, mismatched broadband antenna in its place is unlikely to accomplish anything significant. Otherwise, we would already have had multiple reports of DU's being received far inland on the ALA1530. In rare situations that might be possible with a $1,000+ table receiver with a 50 ohm antenna input, but not with a mismatched Ultralight radio. Gary - Original Message - From: "Nick Hall-Patch" <n...@ieee.org> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 5:55:26 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17 Might I disagree Gary? I think what the ALA1530 could do is boost sensitivity across the band for the CC Skywave. The old method of coupling a random wire into a portable radio seems to work at least as well for a 50 ohm output from the Wellbrook amplifer. A turn or two of wire around the body of the radio could hot things up nicely when the wire is connected between the center pin and ground of the ALA1530's RF output connector, normally meant to couple into a receiver input connector. Elegance might involve a loop of wire around the internal loop's ferrite rod, with a small input connector adapted from the ALA1530's output? At any rate, I have neither a CC Skywave nor an ALA1530, so I haven't tried it exactly. But the concept seemed to work haywired with a PL-380 that was modified already with an external 7.5" ferrite rod antenna being fed by a Wellbrook ALA100 amplifier hooked to a 4' square copper pipe antenna . Wenatchee on 900kHz became readable here on a late summer afternoon, with little sign on it before. Also tried the ALA-100 with the old SRF-39 Ultralight...KONA-610 leapt out whereas just traces before. Give it a try Richard. It won't be "Ultralight" anymore, but it might bring up those trans-Pacifics, plus you can aim the loop in the right direction or use it to null interference. best wishes, Nick At 19:16 29-08-17, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: ><<< Question: Is it feasible to couple a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP aerial >with a C Crane Skywave receiver without serious modification? I'd >like try using them together. >>> > >The short answer is that this wouldn't work very well, Richard. > >The Wellbrook ALA1530LNP is a relatively small broadband loop >designed for a 50 ohm impedance-input table receiver, while since >the CC Skywave is a pocket radio designed for portability, it was >never designed to be directly connected to any external antenna (50 >ohm input, or otherwise). Installing such a 50 ohm antenna connector >on the CC Skywave would be a nightmare, and even if you do this, >since the ALA1530LNP is a broadband loop designed to receive all MW >frequencies simultaneously, it's highly unlikely to provide the >single-optimized-frequency performance of an inductively coupled FSL >antenna when used with an Ultralight radio. > >This is the flip side of a challenge that has been intriguing the >local Perseus-SDR DXers for about 5 years now-- how to somehow >combine the single-optimized-frequency performance of the FSL's with >the 50-ohm input Perseus-SDR's, and still have spectrum capture >capability. That challenge is equally monumental. > >73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) > > >- Original Message - > >From: "Richard N Allen" <richa...@perryisp.net> >To: irca@hard-core-dx.com >Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 6:30:01 AM >Subject: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17 > >The only possible signal heard here from across the Pacific was a >significant carrier from the WSW on 702 kHz, most likely from 2BL. >It was first heard as a slight heterodyne against 700-XEGD at 1142 >UTC becoming much stronger toward sunrise at 1200. It peaked at 1201 >before fading somewhat at 1204, then regaining in strength 1206. The >signal began fading away from 1210
Re: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17
Might I disagree Gary? I think what the ALA1530 could do is boost sensitivity across the band for the CC Skywave. The old method of coupling a random wire into a portable radio seems to work at least as well for a 50 ohm output from the Wellbrook amplifer.A turn or two of wire around the body of the radio could hot things up nicely when the wire is connected between the center pin and ground of the ALA1530's RF output connector, normally meant to couple into a receiver input connector. Elegance might involve a loop of wire around the internal loop's ferrite rod, with a small input connector adapted from the ALA1530's output? At any rate, I have neither a CC Skywave nor an ALA1530, so I haven't tried it exactly. But the concept seemed to work haywired with a PL-380 that was modified already with an external 7.5" ferrite rod antenna being fed by a Wellbrook ALA100 amplifier hooked to a 4' square copper pipe antenna . Wenatchee on 900kHz became readable here on a late summer afternoon, with little sign on it before. Also tried the ALA-100 with the old SRF-39 Ultralight...KONA-610 leapt out whereas just traces before. Give it a try Richard. It won't be "Ultralight" anymore, but it might bring up those trans-Pacifics, plus you can aim the loop in the right direction or use it to null interference. best wishes, Nick At 19:16 29-08-17, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: <<< Question: Is it feasible to couple a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP aerial with a C Crane Skywave receiver without serious modification? I'd like try using them together. >>> The short answer is that this wouldn't work very well, Richard. The Wellbrook ALA1530LNP is a relatively small broadband loop designed for a 50 ohm impedance-input table receiver, while since the CC Skywave is a pocket radio designed for portability, it was never designed to be directly connected to any external antenna (50 ohm input, or otherwise). Installing such a 50 ohm antenna connector on the CC Skywave would be a nightmare, and even if you do this, since the ALA1530LNP is a broadband loop designed to receive all MW frequencies simultaneously, it's highly unlikely to provide the single-optimized-frequency performance of an inductively coupled FSL antenna when used with an Ultralight radio. This is the flip side of a challenge that has been intriguing the local Perseus-SDR DXers for about 5 years now-- how to somehow combine the single-optimized-frequency performance of the FSL's with the 50-ohm input Perseus-SDR's, and still have spectrum capture capability. That challenge is equally monumental. 73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA) - Original Message - From: "Richard N Allen" <richa...@perryisp.net> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 6:30:01 AM Subject: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 8/29/17 The only possible signal heard here from across the Pacific was a significant carrier from the WSW on 702 kHz, most likely from 2BL. It was first heard as a slight heterodyne against 700-XEGD at 1142 UTC becoming much stronger toward sunrise at 1200. It peaked at 1201 before fading somewhat at 1204, then regaining in strength 1206. The signal began fading away from 1210 but didn't disappear until around 1225. In the past 2BL has been the most often heard DU carrier signal here, but only rising above the audio threshold a few times. No Asian signals were observed. Also, there wasn't the usual trace of a signal from DU on 612. Question: Is it feasible to couple a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP aerial with a C Crane Skywave receiver without serious modification? I'd like try using them together. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA, Skywave & 8-inch FSL. Sent from my iPad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailin
[IRCA] TP 28 Aug Victoria version
Quite a festival of DU carriers, with some audios as well, though none really strong. Didn't stop some big gun Asians from looking in however. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 JOUB English lessons 1240UT 828 JOBB man in Japanese 1154UT //774 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 612 4QR 1300UT, fanfare, man with "ABC news" Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 567 RNZ National //675 (see below) 594 woman talking, DU English? 1255UT. 3WV? but no parallels. Buried (weakly) by JOAK on hour with NHK pips 639 soft music, seemed DU, but no parallels 1137UT 675 RNZ National pop music, woman talking DU English inflection 1310UT //567 going into female bluesy vocal 702 NHK2 English lessons //774; very weak in splash, but English squeaking woman is very distinctive; first time heard this season 1216UT 747 JOIB English lessons //774 1216UT 846 woman talking, DU English 1135UT 909 Star soft vocal music 1226UT; ID'd later //963 963 Star female ballad //909 1316UT 1566 woman and man talking, Japanese inflection 1239UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 1206 1287seemed to be Asian; 531 576 585 603 702 738 756 792 837 855 864 891 1035 1098 1116 1494 1503 1548 1611 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 27 Aug Victoria version
More of an Asian morning, but the DUs did appear around local sunrise. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 612 4QR man talking about being fostered in Hawaii 1311UT; later paralleled with 774 Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 3LO man talking //612 1329UT 774 JOUB man in Japanese 1225UT //828 828 JOBB man in Japanese 1225UT //774 972 HLCA man in Korean 1216UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 576 2RN woman in DU English 1310UT, later paralleled with 621 and 585 747 JOIB man in Japanese 1243UT //774 1287 JOHR man and woman in Japanese 1219UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 567 woman talking DU English? 1241UT 585 7RN woman talking //576 1324UT 594 3WV man talking 1325UT //612, close to synchronized 594 JOAK man talking Japanese inflection ; NHK pips 1200UT, maybe man said "NHK nyusu"? 702 laid back bocals 1237UT, no parallels, possibly DU 621 3RN man talking //576 1326UT 693 JOAB NHK pips, few words from woman battling the 690 splatter 1300UT; //774 1242 man and woman Japanese inflection 1252UT 1566 choral music 1236UT, likely HLAZ Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 567 1179 1206 1251 1422seemed to be Asian; 675 675 756 846 855 909 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 26 Aug Victoria version
As Tim Tromp observed, a very DU morning. Probably things got missed pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 3WV interview with man by woman 1312UT //612 612 4QR "ABC radio across Australia", Nightlife mention 1305UT 702 2BL "on ABC, Radio Sydney" 1310UT by man Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 576 2RN sports then weather // 702 1304UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 585 7RN DU English by woman //576 1327UT, delayed by over a second 603 R. Waatea countish music //765 1319UT 756 RNZ National man and woman talking //675 774 3LO man DU English 1249UT, no parallels, but definite fanfare and pips at 1300UT 891 woman DU English, another on phone 1326UT; 5AN? Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 531 man talking slowly 1310-1UT, pretty sure DU English 549 2CO pop music //828 with a slight delay 1257UT 558 woman talking, Pacific islands language? 1318UT 585 woman talking DU English inflection 1302UT, not //576; also old pop song "Young Girl" 1322UT, also not //576 621 3NR ABC news 1300-01UT //612 675 RNZ National man and woman talking //756 738 2NR pop music //828 and slightly delayed 1254UT 765 R. Kahungunu countryish music //603 1319UT 774 JOUB woman talking Japanese inflection, quite weak 1249UT under 3LO; NHK pips on hour under Aussie ones 828 3GI pop music //594 1253UT 846 2NR ABC news 1303UT 873 pop music 1313UT, likely DU judging by conditions 909 Star laid back pop music //963 963 Star laid back pop music //909 Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 747 1566 seemed to be Asian; 792 855 882 1098 1503 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 25 Aug Victoria version
Lots of carriers, many close to audio, but not much real action pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): the above passing through not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above passing through Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 man talking, DU English inflection 1254UT, not //612 612 man mumbling, likely DU English 1254UT 774 man talking Japanese inflection, quite weak 1132UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 747 828 1242 1287 1422 1566 seemed to be Asian; 576 603 675 702 738 756 891 1098 1503 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 24 Aug Victoria version
Definitely he morning that DX forgot... pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): the above passing through not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above passing through Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) to prevent a complete audio wipe out, 774 man talking Japanese inflection 1145UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 747 828 seemed to be Asian; 594 612 702 756 792 891 1098 1503 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 23 Aug Victoria version
Except for the low band around 1300UT, that was the morning that DX forgot... pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 612 man and woman DU English 1320UT; assumed 4QR Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): the above passing through not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above passing through Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 531 unD, man talking rapidly, likely a commercial, sounding DU English 1319UT, possibly 4KZ? 594 3WV man and woman talking, DU English inflection 1259UT, 2 pips at 1300UT and ABC fanfare, all quite weak 702 2BL man talking, DU English inflection 1240UT, but no parallels, and was down on the hour, recovered enough by 1301UT to snag parallel with 4QR, but still very poor Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) nothing seemed to be Asian; 576 585 1098 1503 1548 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Eclipse DX Report from Glenn Hauser
That list no longer is being updated Glenn. However, http://www.mwlist.org/mwoffset.php will get you all the latest, I believe. best wishes, Nick At 16:59 23-08-17, Glenn Hauser via IRCA wrote: The MW Offset List I have bookmarked, http://www.myradiobase.de/mediumwave/mwoffset.txt is dated October 5, 2014; is there one more recent? Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 22 Aug Victoria version
In spite of Gary's success down south, conditions in Victoria remained somewhat eclipsed this morning. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 612 4QR man talking, woman on phone 1247UT, //702 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above passing through Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 JOAK despite other channels with ABC stations on them, this delivered weak NHK pips at 1300UT 702 2BL man talking, woman on phone //612 1246UT 774 man talking, Japanese inflection 1243UT 855 4QO/4QB, man mumbling 1259UT, seemed //612; fanfare crept through at 1300UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 747 1566 seemed to be Asian; 738 891 1098 1548 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 21 Aug Victoria version
Conditions were a little, ah, eclipsed this morning. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: and no Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 woman talking, DU English inflection 1142UT 612 man and woman talking, DU English? 1249UT 774 man talking Japanese inflection 1253UT 1116 two men, DU English sounding talk, 1151UT 1566 HLAZ, familiar start of Japanese program 1230UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 828 972 seemed to be Asian; 567 675 702 738 756 846 882 891 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Dxing the Eclipse
1700 was a winner all right Dennismade it here with barely readable audio for a couple of minutes around 1722UT, English talk presumed XETE until I can find an ESPN parallel, but not much else possible. Serious DX for 10:22am on an August morning, hi KSL just thundered in at 1726UT in Victoria, nothing there at 1713UT, the slightest carrier perhaps, 50dB increase in 13 minutesmeantime, outside, the temperature dropped 4 degrees Celsius during our 87% totality. I suspect there will be a lot of looking over those files. best wishes, Nick 98% totality here in Kalama, WA. Loggings below. Time 10:00 AM PDT to 10:50 AM PDT 670 KBOI Boise ID signal peak at S-3. Now S-1/2 870 KFLD Pasco, WA signal peak S-6 Now gone. 1110 KBND Bend, OR peaked at S-9. Now S-2. 1160 KSL Salt Lake City, UT Peaked at S-2.5 and gone at 10:50 AM PDT 1700 XEPE  Tecate, Mexico peaked at S-6 and gone at 10:30 AM PST   Best regards, Dennis Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 Long wire ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 20 Aug Victoria version
Not an astonishing morning, fairly low band and somewhat Asiatic with surprising strength on JOAK, briefly. A fair number of DU carriers also though. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 JOAK man and woman being hilarious in Japanese 1235UT, man mumbling underneath might have been 3WV which had been heard earlier, but no parallels at the time. not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 612 4QR man and woman in DU English 1253UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 3WV woman talking 1143UT //612 693 older man talking in CBU splash, sounded Japanese but no parallels 1244UT 774 man talking, not //612, and could have been Japanese, plus there was a woman talking also that seemed //612 but very fragmented 1136UT 828 man talking, Japanese inflection 1237UT 1566 man talking Japanese inflection 1243UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 747 seemed to be Asian; 531 567 576 585 675 702 756 891 909 1116 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 19 Aug Victoria version
Sort of a laid back morning, mostly DU and low band. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 612 4QR woman talking with man on phone, DU English 1312, briefly at this level. Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 756 RNZ National most likely, man in DU English, then woman 1307-09UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above passing through Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 603 rhythmic music 1315-6UT; assumed Waatea 702 2BL man talking //612 1222UT 774 3LO DU man talking, sports?, //612 1141UT 774 man talking Japanese inflection 1132UT; woman Japanese inflection 1209UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 828 seemed to be Asian; 558 576 585 594 621 675 738 1098 1548 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 18 Aug Victoria version
Not as vigorous a DU opening, but earlier there was a reappearance of Asians. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB man in Japanese 1155UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 576 2NR woman in DU English talking to deep voiced man 1257UT; faded to ABC fanfare 1300UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 3WV man DU English very excited, sports broadcast? then cut to fanfare and "ABC news" 1300UT 603 R. Waatea assumed; slow vocal music 1222UT, not quite the usual Waatea fare, sounded more like KBS on this channel, but music became more islandish later. Pretty steady signal for well over 10 minutes 702 2BL, ID'd earlier //612; man on phone talking to woman in studio 1251UT 747 JOIB NHK interlude music and pips 1200UT, then English lessons, struggling with evil 750 splash 1566 choral music 1237UT; HLAZ assumed Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 585 7RN, traces of the fanfare kicking through 1300UT 594 woman talking, Japanese inflection 1224UT 612 4QR woman and man talking //702 1243UT 621 3RN traces of music creeping through //576 at 1305UT 828 JOBB recognizable English lessons by tones of voices 1201UT 972 man at 1236UT, sounding Korean 1206 woman talking, Korean inflection 1152 Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 873 891 1287 seemed to be Asian; 531 558 567 639 675 738 846 891 1098 1548 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 17 Aug Victoria version
As Colin mentioned, DU on top of DU pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 612 4QR man in DU English 1255UT //594 and others at various times Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 594 3WV man DU English 1245UT //702 , 612 774 etc 603 R. Waatea man in Maori presumably, then others reading short items, 1304UT. News? 756 RNZ National man in DU English, then woman 1246UT, ID'd various times, //567, 675 not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 567 RNZ National man in DU English 1241UT, various times //675 756 675 RNZ National 6 short pips, last slightly elongated, time check then woman with news 1300UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 558 island vocal music 1246UT, likely Fiji 531 pop vocal 1148UT, man mumbling, DU English inflection 1152UT 558 island vocals 1153UT 576 2RN female vocal "America the Beautiful" oddly enough //621 1234UT 585 7RN man talking //576. 1244UT 621 3RN see 576 for details 1234UT 702 2BL various times //612 or 594 or? 774 3LO various times //612 or 594 or? 792 4RN suspected woman talking DU English inflection poking through when 790 lost its carrier briefly. Was not //621 though Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) none seemed to be Asian; 657 738 909 1098 1296 1503 1566 1611 1629 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TP 17 Aug Victoria version- live.
They peaked about 1304UT here I thinkvery good signal, island music and talk.I wonder what is their secret, as they have been quite common this summer; transmitting tower in the salt water? The usual parallel on 765 was only spotty however, and never audible when 603 was. best wishes, Nick At 13:00 17-08-17, R. Colin Newell wrote: Very auroral - very du- 12:55 And I'm parked on 603 listening to what sounds like Maori - Island music - one of the best signal on the bands. Confirmed // 603 Waatea TuneIn live stream! Wow. Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC > > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 16 Aug Victoria version
Quite a muddle, with emphasis on DU, and not as strong as yesterday. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ woman in Japanese 1233UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 612 4QR two women in DU English 1256UT assumed this 774 JOUB...man in Japanese 1153UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 747 JOIB English lessons fighting 750 splash 1230UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 558 island vocal music 1246UT, likely Fiji 594 woman and man DU English inflection 1143UT, no parallel 603 slow music 1143 and 1216UT Waatea? 621 3RN fanfare 1300UT, slipping past 620 splatter 675 man and woman talking DU English inflection 1250UT 702 man and woman DU English inflection, 1243UT likely 2BL, but no parallel 738 2NR two women talking //612 1257UT 828 man DU English inflection 1136UT 828 JOBB man talking //774 1136UT, mixing with unID DU 846 2RN fanfare, ABC news 1300UT 873 JOGB man talking //774 1253UT 891 man talking, DU English? 1217UT 972 woman talking Korean inflection perhaps 1155UT 1287 woman talking Japanese inflection 1222UT 1323 woman talking, Russian inflection? 1234UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 945 981 1242 seemed to be Asian; 567 756 855 864 963 1098 1503 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 15 Aug Victoria version
Asians were mostly big guns, but low band DUs around 1300UT got interesting. May have been more there that I missed. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 585 7RN surprise of the morning; peaking at this level just after the fanfare, "foreign minister Julie Bishop should be ashamed" 1301UT 612 4QR woman and man in DU English 1246UT assumed this 774 JOUB...English lessons 1242UT 1566 HLAZ man in Chinese 1209UT...the Japanese program got to this level a few times after 1230UT, but no better not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 3WV man and woman talking //702 1230UT 603 jazz female vocal 1259UT, man in DU English , but no ID...seemed // with near imaginary 765 675 man in DU English, assumed RNZ National1239UT 702 2BL man and woman DU English 1230UT //594 747 JOIB English lessons fighting 750 splash 1225UT 756 RNZ National assumed, man in DU English 972 HLCA woman in Korean 1125UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 576 2RN woman talking DU English inflection 1234UT ID'd later //3RN 621 3RN man talking //576, slight offset, 1301UT 639 5CK woman talking //891, slightly delayed 1304UT 891 5AN woman talking //639 1304UT 1287 man talking Japanese inflection 1235UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 945 1206 1323 seemed to be Asian; 558 567 837 864 882 909 1098 1503 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TP 15 Aug Victoria version
This was 1300UT or thereabouts Colin? Here it was still somewhat Asian (the usual suspects) about 20 minutes earlier, though DUs were starting to turn up, as presumed RNZ National on 675 was starting to hold forth. More when I go over the files. I'll bet your 585 was 7RN //2RN-576. The latter has been fairly common in the last month, but not strong. 7RN seems to be more in the DX category, though grumblings have been heard. Good to hear the new antenna is living up to its promise At 13:05 15-08-17, R. Colin Newell wrote: Early bird live look on my newly minted W/NW Flag nicknamed "the beast..." A DU kind of morn with good listenable audio on 612 KHz... // 594 Other mystery EE audio on 585 which is // to 576 KHz 702 in the splash... but def. EE 891 EE not // to 612 1566 fr. gd in Lang... Drake R8 -- W/NW flag + Newell built VACTROL -/ (see DXer.ca) Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 14 Aug Victoria version
A fair bit of a fall back from yesterday; mostly Asian still pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ firing up the Japanese program at 1230UT. Chinese program preceding was quite a bit weaker Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 JOUB...English lessons 1122UT 828 JOBB woman in Japanese //774 1229UT, only briefly at this level though not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: the above, passing through Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 747 JOIB woman talking 1127UT //774 909 ballad 1313UT, Star? 972 HLCA man and woman talking after pop music 1115UT, Korean inflection? 1242 western pop music 1138UT; woman Japanese inflection 1209UT...likely JOLF? 1575 woman talking , man on phone, too weak to guess language 1235UT, but might be VoA? Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 837 891 1206 1287 1323 1422 1503 1593 seemed to be Asian; 567 576 594 702 891 1035 1044 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 13 Aug Victoria version
More Asia today, but more DU too, as they took advantage of the lower interference level around sunrise. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUBman in Japanese 1116UT //828; many times after this 828 JOBB man in Japanese //774 1223UT Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 747 JOIB man in Japanese 1130UT //774 972 HLCA man in Korean 1211UT 1566 HLAZ man in Chinese 1203UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 JOAK men and woman in Japanese 1213UT 612 4QR man in DU English 1234UT, paralleled with others later 702 2BL man in DU English 1308UT //612 Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 3WV man talking //612, very weak 1309UT 738 2NR woman talking 1248UT //612 873 JOGB man talking //774 1243UT 1206 pop music, off channel carrier 1225UT, assumed Yanbian 1287 man and woman talking Japanese inflection 1123UT 1422 man mumbling in a Japanese sort of way 1121UT and later; lots of splash Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 891 945 954 963 1053 1143 1179 1242 1251 1323 1386 1503 1575 1593 seemed to be Asian; 531 558 567 576 603 756 819 891 1098 1548 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 12 Aug Victoria version
Lots of carriers, not so much audio, with more of a tilt towards DU as 1300UT approached pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 1566 HLAZ "nihongo hoso" 1230UT, pattern change boost; Chinese signal heard earlier, but not quite at this level not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 531 slow bassy music 1244UT, couple of words by a man and into another song; fairly steady until after 1300UT, but no IDs; PI? 612 4QR countryish vocals 1309UT, woman in DU English Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 567 pop vocal 1153UT, man talking DU English? 1203UT 774 sounded like a mix of possible Japanese and DU English? 891 woman talking, DU English inflection; man on phone. 1238UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 747 828 972 1242 1287 1323 seemed to be Asian; 558 576 594 603 738 756 792 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Fiji Radio info
An item on the MW Circle website led to the following: https://fijisun.com.fj/2017/08/12/15-million-am-radio-facility-better-covers-maritime-islands/ Two AM transmitters are mentioned, though whether there are two stations on the air seems unclear Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 11 Aug Victoria version
Asians roaring back, couple of tentative Chinese, lots of carriers, plus a few DU, pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ Japanese program start up 1230UT, and several times afterwards. The Chinese program beforehand had some portly moments, but not quite as big as this. Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 JOUB English lessons 12007UT 972 HLCA pop music, man in Korean not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 747 JOIB English lessons mangled by splash 1208UT 828 JOBB man in Japanese 1132UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 woman talking Japanese inflection 1221, likely JOAK as seemed //891 603 choral music; Waatea? 1139-40UT 612 man and woman talking DU English inflection 1254UT 693 JOAB NHK2 interlude music,man talking, Japanese inflections,1159UT 891 man talking Japanese inflection 1234UT; seemed // to weaker 594...JOHK? 909 slow vocal music 1206UT; Star? 1287 man talking Japanese inflection 1147UT 1323 man talking, Russian inflection? 1222UT, in for a moment or two, though strong carrier otherwise Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 864 945 981 1134 1197 1215 (rough carrier) 1242 1251 1269 1386 1503 1593 seemed to be Asian; 531 558 567 576 756 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 10Aug Victoria version
Still Asian today, not as much zip as yesterday. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ woman in Japanese 1232UT, faded up from lackluster start of Japanese broadcast; soon faded down again Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): the above passing through not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 828 JOBB man in Japanese 1106UT 972 HLCA man in Korean, another man on phone 1121UT 1566 HLAZ woman in Chinese 1113UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 pop music, then man talking Japanese inflection 1129-30 693 man talking, Japanese inflections, sneaking past 690 splat 1131UT 747 JOIB English lesson //828 1208UT 774 man talking Japanese inflection 1053UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 891 1053 1143 1206 13231386 1503 1575 seemed to be Asian; 612 756 1215 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] S.AZ TPs, August 10
Good to hear that the band is livening up, Steve; first glance here in Victoria revealed another Asian morning, but not as vigorous as yesterday. Details this evening. Re HLAZ.it changes to the Japanese pattern / program at 1230UT, then back to to Chinese at 1345UT. You might hear it suddenly fade up at 1230UT as a result best wishes, Nick At 16:23 10-08-17, Steve Ratzlaff wrote: Two stations with audio this morning; lots of hets including expanded band. 657 with female vocal pop music, very poor 1249 utc. 1566 presumed HLAZ poor/weak 1241 utc continuing on past 1245 if it's still supposed to switch pattern. Steve AA7U near Sahuarita, AZ R75; west DKAZ + FLG100 preamp ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 9 Aug Victoria version
In contrast to Gary's experiences at Rockwork 4, this morning's experience in Victoria was almost exclusively Asian, and the best so far this season, with a couple of Chinese for certain, and hints of several others among the many carriers pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ man in Chinese on phone, talking to woman in studio who couldn't get a word in edgewise 1114UT, only briefly this strong however. Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 JOUB English lessons 1218UT 972 HLCA man in Korean 1221UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 1287 JOHR man in Japanese 1145 and 1153UT 1323 CRI pop vocal 1151UT; at 1159UT it was weaker, but familiar stringed music before the hour was recognizable Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 747 JOIB man talking 1205UT //774 828 JOBB woman talking 1102UT //774 1593 CNR1 portentous stringed music 1201UT, one of CNR1's themes; man and woman talking 1202UT, Chinese inflection Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 918 945 963 1053 1089 1134 1143 1179 1188 1206 1215 (rough sounding) 1242 1251 1269 1386 1422 1575 seemed to be Asian; 1098 1116 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 8 Aug Victoria version
Less Asia, more DU this morning, all somewhat underpowered pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 603 R. Waatea. choral music 1257UT, ID'd w/ //765 a moment later as this started to fade down. 738 2NR man DU English 1250UT; had been ID'd earlier //702 Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 585 7RN wasn't at Rockwork 4 because it was visiting here. woman talking, then fanfare 1300UT 594 3WV fanfare, "ABC news" by man 1300UT 702 2BL slow vocal music //738 1127UT 756 man talking, DU English inflection 1256UT 765 R. Kahungunu. Choral music //603 1258UT 774 JOUB interlude music, pips 1200UT 972 vocal music in splash 1153UT; likely Korea 1548 4QD man talking //738 1255UT 1566 man and woman talking, Chinese inflection 1128UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 747 828 1287 1323 1386 seemed to be Asian; 567 576 612 846 855 1098 1116 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Rejuvenated 558-Fiji Reaches S9 at 1318
A first look at the recordings from this morning shows little other than a carrier on that channel here in Victoria Gary.Our sunrise is a few minutes earlier than yours, but nothing much a few minutes earlier either. There was a tentative audio on 558 with weak island music on 30 July, but that seems to have been it so far. best wishes, Nick At 14:48 08-08-17, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: It was another wild session at Rockwork 4 this morning, with 558-Fiji, 585-7RN and a presumed 585-2WEB (not // 576) all reaching S9 levels at times. When 558-Fiji pounds in at this level it should be more than adequate to reach Victoria and other salt-water enhanced locations. This was its signal at 1318 this morning, received on a Tecsun PL-380 boosted by a 15 inch FSL antenna at the ocean cliff near Manzanita, Oregon https://app.box.com/s/6b2fxp2ai8p44t38fih4dn1meffzocxi Gary DeBock (in Nehalem, OR) ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 7 Aug Victoria version
Quite lively for some big gun Asiatics until after 1200UT, then a bit of a bounce for a couple of low band DUs pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB English lesson 1128UT, though the majority of the talk was Japanese; ending though with "this is Julia, please tune in next time" Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 747 JOIB English lessons 1207UT; if not for 750 splatter would have been perfectly readable 972 HLCA woman in Korean 1149UT, preceded by androgynous pop vocal not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 612 4QR woman in DU English 1245UT, ID'd with //774 and weak fanfare at 1300UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 3WV woman talking DU English inflection 1214UT; firm ID at 1300UT with very weak fanfare 774 3LO man talking //612 1245UT 828 JOBB woman talking //774 1138UT, then into familiar interlude music 837 JOQK assumed; very weak with woman talking, NHK pips at 1200UT 1287 man and woman talking, Japanese inflection 1151UT 1566 HLAZ audio traces in and out, but not really certain until Japanese program started at 1230UT, and even then, ID'd only by the usual intro music Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 891 1242 1323 1386 seemed to be Asian; 603 675 756 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 3 Aug Victoria version
Still fairly normal...i.e., not too much, mostly carriers and weak audio from time to time. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: no Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 612 4QR man talking //774 1235UT 774 3LO man talking //612 1235UT 891 man talking, DU English inflection; 1233UT 1297 man talking, Japanese inflection 1208UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 774 828 1242 1566 seemed to be Asian; 756 855 909 1017 1098 1503 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 2 Aug Victoria version
A big disappointment after yesterday's showing (i.e., back to normal) pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: no Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 3WV woman talking 1159UT, pips, fanfare, then and man talking 612 man talking, DU English inflection 1256UT, but gone by the hour. 774 man talking, Japanese inflection 1124UT 828 man talking Japanese inflection 1146UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 747 1323 1566 seemed to be Asian; 558 603 756 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 1 Aug Victoria version
That was interesting, and annoying too, as the SDR recording failed at 1200UT todayI suspect set up problems. But it was completely contrary to Gary's Rockwork description, as this was the best Asian morning of the new season in Victoria. The signal strength recordings claim there was somewhat of a New Zealand showing aroung 1230UT, but not like the earlier Asians. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB woman in Japanese 1122UT (1566 came close to this level also) Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 1566 HLAZ woman in Chinese 1150UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 747 JOIB woman in Japanese //774 1118UT 1287 JOHR two men in Japanese 1104UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 woman and man talking, Japanese inflection? 11237UT 828 JOBB woman talking //774 1117UT 972 man talking, possibly Korean inflection 1153UT 1323 woman talking, Russian inflection 1147UT, first appearance of CRI here, if so. Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 567 891 1206 seemed to be Asian; 531 603 1098 1386 1548 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 31 July Victoria version
Not much today, but a good percentage of the not much produced audio. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 4QR came close... not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 612 4QR woman talking DU English , another woman on phone, then a man talking 1237-8UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 3WV woman talking, sounding like DU English 1231UT, //612 774 JOUB woman talking 1113UT //828 828 JOBB woman talking, Japanese inflection 1110UT, ID'd //774 a few minutes later Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 1566 seemed to be Asian; 891 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 31 July Victoria version
Not an particularly interesting morning... pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 3WV woman talking, sounding like DU English 1156UT. Pips and fanfare weakly heard on the hour, but sounded like JOAK's pips were riding along too 756 woman talking, DU English inflection 1231UT; NZ likely 1386 woman talking, too much splat to guess at language 1241UT; also likely NZ? Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 747 774 972 1287 seemed to be Asian; 612 675 702 963 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 29 July Victoria version
Asians poorer today, DU rather better particularly around 1230UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 774 unID DU 1224UT man talking DU English, briefly this level, "by 43 points", and a number of other readable phrases. No parallels, but thinking 3LO not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 594 3WV?? folky harmonies 1243UT, woman talking immediately afterward seemed to be one of the singers? not //612 or 702. 576 2RN assumed, man in DU English 1227UT 612 4QR woman in DU English 1236UT; //702 Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 558 choral music, island feel to it? 1225UT Fiji? 702 2BL man talking //612 1235UT 756 female pop vocal 1216UT, NZ? 774 JOUB faded up over DU station by 1159 with interlude music and pips on the hour 1566 woman talking, Chinese inflection 1126UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 747 828 972 seemed to be Asian; 549 585 603 792 828 891 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 28 July Victoria version
A nice mix of Asians until around 1200UT, with some DUs turning up about half an hour later. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 612 4QR woman in DU Enlgish 1230UT; ID a few minutes later //738 Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 man talking DU English inflection , not //612 1237UT 738 2NR woman and man talking DU English //612 with slight offset 1231UT 774 JOUB, man talking, Japanese inflection 1101UT, not properly ID'd until pips heard at 1200UT 828 JOBB, man talking, Japanese inflection 1140UT; pips heard at 1200UT 891 man talking DU English inflection 1240UT 891 JOHKpushing it, but NHK pips heard at 1200UT, not much else 1116 woman talking, DU English inflection 1237UT 1566 woman talking, Chinese inflection 1135-6UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 693 747 972 1242 1323 1566 seemed to be Asian; 702 756 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 27 July Victoria version
Not as lively today, and not really much sign of life until around 1200UT, and not for very long pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: no Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 567 female ballad 1213UT NZ? 603 bluesy sounding music 1153UT Waatea? 612 man talking, DU English? 1205UT 774 man and woman talking, sounded like English lessons 1204UT 909 soft music 1238UT. Star NZ? Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 828 972 1566 seemed to be Asian; 702 756 891 1098 1116 1503 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 26 July Victoria version
Quite a bit livelier morning, with a bit of a DU opening around 1240UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 612 4QR woman talking //594 (in sync) and //774 (not in sync) 1238UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 576 man in DU English 1239UT 2RN? 594 3WV woman and man talking DU English //612 1229UT 774 3LO woman in DU English roughly //612 1237UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 603 man speaking slowly, maybe island type language? 1229UT 756 light pop music 1229UT RNZ National? 774 JOUB woman talking insistently, Japanese? 1121UT. Definite NHK pips at 1200UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 828 972 1287 1566 seemed to be Asian; 702 882 891 909 1098 1116 1386 1548 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 25 July Victoria version
Pretty low key, only a few carriers and a couple of audios, all DU pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: no Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 man talking, DU Englishe inflection 1244UT 603 slow bassy music with vocal 1222UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) nothing seemed to be Asian; 567 756 891 1098 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1566 etc
Thanks Nigel. Unfortunately, a slow evening out on the coast, just the slightest hints of a 1566 carrier visible (no het audible with the BFO). It might have been slightly better last night when a het was barely audible, but not really exciting enough to report. Your other carriers look like a very early harbinger of the TA season. best wishes, Nick At 03:34 25-07-17, you wrote: Not threatening audio, but a respectable carrier on 1566 this evening at 0330 UTC. Weaker ones noted (mostly in and out) on 1413, 1422, 1458, 1575. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 24 July Victoria version
Mostly the JOUB show (and not a lively one) until about 1230UT when a couple of DU's appeared. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 756 man and woman in DU English briefly fair at 1240UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 702 light vocal music 1225UT, likely DU by this time 774 JOUB man mumbling in a Japanese sort of way 1101 (any pips blasted by splatter); continued in and out for several more minutes , then a reprise at 1150UT, pips at 1200UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) nothing else seemed to be Asian; 567 594 1098 1386seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 23 July Victoria version
There was little sign of any overseas signals until after 1130UT this morning, but then some Asian carriers appeared with one audio. Much later a couple of DU carriers showed up. So, nothing much like yesterday as far as signal strength is concerned. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 774 JOUB man in Japanese 1158UT, fading down somewhat to interlude music and pips at 1200UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) the above passing through Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 594 828 1287 1566 seemed to be Asian; 702 756 1503 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 22 July Victoria version
Quite a bounce back today, with the best Asian showing of the summer...especially considering K indices of 4 and 5 just a few hours before. Some DU also, but not as noticeable pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 1566 HLAZ likely with woman in Chinese 1137UT Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 JOAK man talking, Japanese inflection 1127UT; clinched at 1200UT with NHK pips 603 slow vocal music with heavy bass line 1120UT; Waatea? 612 man talking, DU English inflection 1056UT 702 man talking, DU English inflection 1137UT 774 3LO assumed with 6 pips under dominant JOUB 774 JOUB NHK2 interlude music 1159UT, pips on hour 792 woman talking briefly, DU English inflection 1203UT 828 man talking, Japanese inflection 1123UT 891 man talking rapidly, DU English inflection, sports? 1155UT 891 JOHK woman talking 1159UT //594, pips at 1200UT 1287 man talking Japanese inflection 1124UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 693 747 954 972 1242 1422 seemed to be Asian; 756 819 882 909 1098 1386 1593 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 21 July Victoria version
Pretty sluggish today, all DU, and low band. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: no Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 567 woman talking, DU English inflection 1142UT 603 rhythmic music 1217UT 675 female vocal music 1223UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) nothing seemed to be Asian; 594 612 702 774 909 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 20 July Victoria version
Yesterday's promise didn't particularly continue, though there were a couple of reasonable strength Brisbane stations. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): 612 4QR man in DU English 1232 and 1238UT not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 1116 4BC man in DU English 1104UT and a few other times. Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 slow vocal music then woman talking, DU English inflection 1155-1157UT 891 man talking, DU English inflection 1200UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 774 seemed to be Asian; 594 603 738 756 774 792 828 837 1008 1035 1098 1503 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] List of past IRCA Conventions by year
Hi Tom, http://www.ircaonline.org/ircahistory.htm has a list, some with links to pictures, down at the end of the page. best wishes, Nick At 05:05 21-07-17, you wrote: Does anyone have a file with the locations of past conventions by year. Tom Jasinski ___ 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 Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP 19 July Victoria version
Quite a promising morning with both Asians and DU signals; quite a few of the latter, including low grade audio over a ten minute period. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): no not so reasonable audio, occasional words or phrases in splash or noise could be understood by a native speaker: 576 two men talking on telephone DU English 1227UT, likely 2RN? Burbles in the splatter and noise (if lucky, language might be guessed at by cadence of talk, or parallel established by changes in talk or music) 594 man mumbling, DU English inflection 1228UT 675 RNZ National, woman talking //756 1230UT 702 man talking DU English inflection 1225UT 756 RNZ National laid back music 1225UT, ID'd //675 a few minutes later 774 man talking Japanese inflection 1108UT 828 vocal harmonies, briefly coming out of the murk 1223UT, no parallels found, but likely DU by this time? 909 male ballad 1226UT 963 laid back vocals 1231UT 1386 man talking, hard to guess inflection in 1380 splash 1239UT, likely Tarana by this time 1107 woman and man talking DU English? 1223UT Strongish het, no or "near imaginary" audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter) 747 828 972 1287 1566 seemed to be Asian; 594 774 792 882 918 1008 1026 1035 1053 1098 1161 1503 seemed to be DU best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
