[IRCA] KCMY 1300
--- Begin Message --- At 0646 ELT this morning, 12/10, I heard KCMY 1300 "Cowboy Country" Carson City, Nevada. They were strong & steady so I think they were running their daytime power of 5kw instead of their night power of 120 watts. I thought I was hearing KLER Orofino, Idaho, which usually occupies 1300 here & is also C, until they gave their calls & slogan. Since it was 0346 local time it's conceivable that they were testing their transmitter during the experimental period. What's interesting for me is I first heard them as KPTL in November 1962 at the tender age of 11, just a couple days after discovering AM DX by accidentally picking up KFBK 1530 on an old Sears Silvertone 5 tube clock radio my parents gave me. That discovery launched a hobby for me that I still thoroughly enjoy 57 years later. I wouldn't pick up KPTL again until 1988 on my Sony ICF 2003 that I still have. This morning's catch of KCMY is only the third time I've heard them from here. I did hear them at the 2017 IRCA Convention in Reno since they are local there, hi. Stan WeisbeckSpokane, WADrake R8 + Kiwa Loop --- End Message --- ___ 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] Fw: KGA 1510 & KWLO 1580
--- Begin Message --- - Forwarded Message - From: Stan Weisbeck To: irca-requ...@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Stan Weisbeck Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019, 12:18:57 PM PSTSubject: KGA 1510 & KWLO 1580 I hadn't noticed that my local KGA had changed formats until I saw Bill Harms & Bruce Portzer's posts about it. I just tuned in & since I'm not a hip hop fan I don't think I'll be listening to them much. They probably aren't expecting to attract too many 67 year old classic rock fans like me anyway. Spokane already has a hip hop FM, KEZE 96.9, which has been around a few years. I don't imagine KGA will do well with this format but who knows. Being on 103.5 FM they might attract some of the younger folks. The slogan KGA is using is "103-5, The Game." On the same note, I recently asked a 26 year old co-worker if he ever listens to radio. He replied that he doesn't. He listens to music on the internet. On another note, I'm occasionally hearing a weak station on 1580 that's playing oldies & I think it's the new KWLO Springville, UT (about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City). I thought I heard the slogan "Utah's Ghost," between a couple songs. Yesterday, I thought I heard "...W-L-O Springville" at 57 before the hour but it was so weak it could have been wishful thinking on my part. I'll keep trying. Stan WeisbeckSpokane, WA --- End Message --- ___ 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] 1100 ESPN
WTAM in Cleveland, Ohio 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 8/9/18 9:48 AM, Forrester S wrote: Aside from Las Vegas, who is now ESPN on 1100? Heard mixing with WISS this morning around 0630 Central. Todd Skaine ___ 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] WRCR off the air
As I reported here earlier this week, I noticed WRCR back on the air on 1700 kHz Tuesday (EDST) evening after a long absence. Their signal was so good here in my neck of the woods that I could listen to the station on my car radio as I drove around town Wednesday. Thursday, I noticed that they were gone again. Same this morning... no WRCR on the car radio or the IC-R8600. No news on their website (http://www.wrcr.com) about what is going on. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WRCR back on the air
Hello Barry, I have been listening off and on, so I don'ty know its full schedule, but it seems to be mixed. I caught a call-in talk show this morning and old rock songs (1970s and newer) in the evening. The station does its own news (no network) and weather. 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 7/26/18 11:05 AM, Barry Davies via IRCA wrote: �Hello Stan What is their format? Best wishes Barry:-) Carlisle UK.��Lat. 55.0119N�� Lon. -2.9668W. ___ 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] WRCR back on the air
WRCR is back on the air on 1700. Heard here for the first time in a long time (since the landlord pulled the plug last August). 66 miles to the SW transmitting 10 kw from Ramapo, NY. with an S-9 signal here in Wolcott, CT, USA. Stan, WA1LOU ___ 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] Stan's dog, story, KKLF, Richardson, TX
Thank you for the info about KKLF, Ward. It is always nice to know more about the DX stations I worked. 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 7/16/18 12:37 AM, Ward Elliott via IRCA wrote: ___ 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] My dog story
My dog woke me up at 4 AM to take her outside. After she was done, I climbed back upstairs and concluded I could go back to sleep after I checked the radio bands. Starting at 1710 kHz, I slowly began tuning and stopped short at 1700 kHz where I heard a weak signal. WJCC (Miami Springs, Florida) shows up here often enough that I thought that's what I was hearing, but after a few minutes, I realized that the back-to-back music with no announcements was not WJCC's format. With no announcements, it was going to be a difficult ID, so I had Radio-Locator list all the stations on 1700 <https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call==AM=1700_exact=Yes_search=starts==_ful=Y_lp=Y_lic=Y_cp=Y=Call=20=1=>. Then I went down the list clicking each station's audio link to find the station audio that matched what I was hearing on the air. Thus, I was able to identify the station: KKLF in Richardson, Texas, transmitting 1 kW, 1419 miles to my west-southwest; my first logging of a Texas station on the AM band! Equipment used was the ICOM IC-R8600 receiver and the Hy-Gain 18AVT/WB-A vertical antenna. 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Pirate on 1710 in Hartford
Saturday morning (4:15 AM EDST), I dropped a relative off at the airport (BDL) in Windsor Locks, CT. On the trip home, I was solo, so I did some DXing with the car radio in my 2007 Subaru Outback Sport. I tuned to 1700 kHz and found WJCC in Miami Springs, Florida fading in and out. Nice catch on a car radio! As I entered Hartford from the north on I-91, a station on an adjacent frequency was splattering onto 1700, so I tuned up and down and found a very strong signal on 1710 transmitting Spanish music and Spanish announcements. The signal was very strong as I passed through downtown Hartford. Heading west on I-84, the signal faded out about 5 miles west of downtown Hartford. I have heard a mystery Spanish station on 1710 in the recent past from home 17 miles southwest of Hartford, but have never been able to identify it.The format of the station I heard Saturday morning matches up with what I heard in the past, so I think that solves the mystery. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU RX and ANT = stock radio and antenna in a 2007 Subaru Outback Sport ___ 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] WUST on 1540
At 2345 UTC, I heard WUST 1120 AM sign-off with the National Anthem on 1540 kHz. Anyone have a clue who is relaying WUST on 1540? RX: ICOM IC-R8600 ANT: Hy-Gain 18 AVT/WB-A Stan, WA1LOU ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1710 mystery station
Thank you for the info, Marc. 73, Stan, WA1LOU ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1710 mystery station
Next time I am on the road near NYC, I will be sure to keep the car radio tuned to 1710. 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 2/9/18 3:00 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote: Almost certainly one of the NYC pirates. Some of those have been there for years. Probably someone whois closer than I might be able to help with which one. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id <wb2...@gmail.com> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (3) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 4); Sony XDRS3HD; modified Sony ICF2010's (2) w/APS9B @ 15'; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 2:56 PM, Stan Horzepa <stanz...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Hi Les, In the past as today, this station plays music most of the time and seldom has any voice. Also, the station is as weak as my Spanish, so I might miss an ID even if they gave one. 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 2/9/18 2:39 PM, Les Rayburn wrote: Stan, Hmm…my first guess would be the pirate station in Baton Rogue, LA that gets out very well at night. It’s Spanish language, and they rarely identify. But a daytime reception over that distance would be unusual. Maybe a Spanish language pirate from NYC? I remember there was one in Brooklyn a few years back. 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR2, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD, Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1, Ray Dees RDS Decoders, Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. “Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…” On Feb 9, 2018, at 1:32 PM, Stan Horzepa <stanz...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: We lost power here for about 30 minutes this afternoon, so what did I do? Chop wood for the fireplace? No, I got on the radio! Logged six new navigational beacons on LW and then I moved over to the AM band and heard a mystery station on 1710. All I heard was Spanish music - no voice - so no station identification. Station was stronger on my vertical antenna as compared to my 80-meter inverted Vee. At times, the Hudson County (NJ) TIS competed with the Spanish music station on both antennas. And as soon as power was restored, the station disappeared into the noise. I have heard this station occasionally at dusk, but have had no luck identifying it. Anyone have a clue? 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1710 mystery station
Hi Les, In the past as today, this station plays music most of the time and seldom has any voice. Also, the station is as weak as my Spanish, so I might miss an ID even if they gave one. 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 2/9/18 2:39 PM, Les Rayburn wrote: Stan, Hmm…my first guess would be the pirate station in Baton Rogue, LA that gets out very well at night. It’s Spanish language, and they rarely identify. But a daytime reception over that distance would be unusual. Maybe a Spanish language pirate from NYC? I remember there was one in Brooklyn a few years back. 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR2, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD, Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1, Ray Dees RDS Decoders, Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. “Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…” On Feb 9, 2018, at 1:32 PM, Stan Horzepa <stanz...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: We lost power here for about 30 minutes this afternoon, so what did I do? Chop wood for the fireplace? No, I got on the radio! Logged six new navigational beacons on LW and then I moved over to the AM band and heard a mystery station on 1710. All I heard was Spanish music - no voice - so no station identification. Station was stronger on my vertical antenna as compared to my 80-meter inverted Vee. At times, the Hudson County (NJ) TIS competed with the Spanish music station on both antennas. And as soon as power was restored, the station disappeared into the noise. I have heard this station occasionally at dusk, but have had no luck identifying it. Anyone have a clue? 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA 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] 1710 mystery station
We lost power here for about 30 minutes this afternoon, so what did I do? Chop wood for the fireplace? No, I got on the radio! Logged six new navigational beacons on LW and then I moved over to the AM band and heard a mystery station on 1710. All I heard was Spanish music - no voice - so no station identification. Station was stronger on my vertical antenna as compared to my 80-meter inverted Vee. At times, the Hudson County (NJ) TIS competed with the Spanish music station on both antennas. And as soon as power was restored, the station disappeared into the noise. I have heard this station occasionally at dusk, but have had no luck identifying it. Anyone have a clue? 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Maryland Terrapins basketball on 560
This evening for about 15 minutes, I heard the Maryland vs. Penn State basketball game on 560 kHz. During a break, the announcer said I was listening to the "Maryland Terrapins Basketball Radio Network" or somesuch. Then WHYN took over 560 and I never heard any more of the game or any station call sign. I found station lists composing that network, but no station on 560. Does anyone have a clue of what station I actually heard? By the way, just before hearing the game, I logged a new one for me: WOKV on 690 KHz out of Jacksonville, FL... 930 miles away as the RF flies. 73, Stan, WA1LOU ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] 2 for 1 in 1
Has this ever happened to you? Logging two new stations on the same frequency at the same time both located in the same state. Mining my December 20 1100Z top-of-the-hour recording, I discovered this early Christmas gift: On 1480 kHz, Ohio stations WDJO in Cincinnati and WHBC in Canton identifying nearly simultaneously... both stations new to my log. 1100Z also turned up two other new loggings: WAAM in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on 1600 kHz and WCYR in Veazie, Maine, in the 1400 kHz graveyard. That was fun! Happy Holidays! Stan, WA1LOU horzepa.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] SSB with the C.Crane CC Skywave SSB
I wanted to make sure I was not hearing things and I wanted to make sure I was passing along good information. So I contacted C.Crane Customer Service and asked them point blank does the new Skywave SSB do SSB on the AM/MW bands, as well as the SW bands. Good news is that C.Crane Customer Service confirmed what I found... that the new Skywave SSB does do SSB on the AM/MW bands, as well as the SW bands! Happy Thanksgiving! Stan, WA1LOU ___ 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] CC Skywave SSB second impressions
Hi Gary, I agree that the manual is misleading with regards to the SSB mode. As soon as I powered up the radio, I tried SSB on SW to see how it worked. Then I switched to AM, pushed the SSB button again and, Voila!, it worked on AM, too. Very nice! I also like that the Skywave SSB's telescoping antenna is longer (by 2.5 inches) than on the original Skywave. Even the packaging is nicer. The new Skywave box is a keeper, whereas the original Skywave's clear plastic package is not. And it was so cool to log a new station with the new radio while sitting in front of the tube watching Law & Order reruns! 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 11/18/17 2:46 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Stan, Thanks for your initial reports on the CC Skywave SSB model. After reading C.Crane's online manual for the model (and its instruction to select the SW band to enable the SSB mode) the fact that the SSB mode would function on the MW frequencies wasn't apparent. Because of the model's SSB capability on MW, I'll go ahead and order one of the pricey models to check it out. My own interest in the model would be to use it as an SSB "spotting receiver" during overseas travel to places like Kona, Hawaii. Modified Sony ICF-2010 models have been used for that purpose during major Rockwork 4 DXpeditions, but those models are a little too unwieldy to pack in hand-carry luggage. 73 and Thanks, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA) - Original Message - From: "Stan Horzepa" <stanz...@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2017 7:03:00 AM Subject: [IRCA] CC Skywave SSB second impressions After spending Friday afternoon playing with my new C.Crane CC Skywave SSB receiver, I tried it out after dark and logged a new station at 0210Z: WFUN on 970 kHz in Ashtabula, Ohio, transmitting 1 kW, 404 miles to the west broadcasting the Cleveland Cavaliers game. With nightime conditions, the Skywave SSB performs like the original Skywave. Like the original, the SSB was able to pull out stations on 1070 despite the slop from 50-kW WTIC on 1080, 12 miles away. Using the SSB mode, I was also able to dig out a station on 980 from under the slop from WPRX on 990, 4 miles away. IMHO, the sensitivity and selectivity of the Skywave SSB and original Skywave is about the same, but the addition of the SSB option on the AM and SW bands makes the Skywave SSB a better radio. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT horzepa.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] CC Skywave SSB second impressions
After spending Friday afternoon playing with my new C.Crane CC Skywave SSB receiver, I tried it out after dark and logged a new station at 0210Z: WFUN on 970 kHz in Ashtabula, Ohio, transmitting 1 kW, 404 miles to the west broadcasting the Cleveland Cavaliers game. With nightime conditions, the Skywave SSB performs like the original Skywave. Like the original, the SSB was able to pull out stations on 1070 despite the slop from 50-kW WTIC on 1080, 12 miles away. Using the SSB mode, I was also able to dig out a station on 980 from under the slop from WPRX on 990, 4 miles away. IMHO, the sensitivity and selectivity of the Skywave SSB and original Skywave is about the same, but the addition of the SSB option on the AM and SW bands makes the Skywave SSB a better radio. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT horzepa.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] New loggings
New loggings, Monday evening... 2300Z on 94.1 MHz, W231DJ in Danbury, Connecticut, transmitting 90 W about 30 miles to the southwest. This is WLAD's translator. 0355Z on 684 kHz, RNE Radio Nacional in Dos Hermanas, Spain. Mostly talk with some short musical interludes. Transmitting 600 kW about 3500 miles to the east-northeast. By far, this was the strongest transatlantic signal I have heard in a long time on MW or LW. 0400Z on 1570 kHz, WISP in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, transmitting 900 W about 150 miles to the southwest. Heard the top of the hour ID. Equipment here: ELAD FDM-S2/SW2, ICOM AH-7000 discone (FM), 80-meter inverted Vee (LW/MW) Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA horzepa.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] WMKM in the log
New logging: WMKM, last night at 2300Z on graveyard channel 1400 kHz, 1000 watts from Inkster, MI, 537 miles to the WNW, playing gospel music Equipment used: ELAD FDM-S2/FDM-SW-2 and an 80 m inverted Vee antenna 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA horzepa.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] WDZY in the log
New logging: WDZY, last night at 2300Z on 1290 kHz, 41 watts(!!!) from Colonial Heights, VA , 384 miles to the SSW, Christian religious talk Equipment used: ELAD FDM-S2/FDM-SW-2 and an 80 m inverted Vee antenna 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA horzepa.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] ELAD FDM-S2/FDM-SW-2 .wav files
I own an FDM-S2/FDM-SW2 and have been making top-of-hour recordings of the AM/MW band for awhile. When I replay the recordings, I use the A and B buttons of the ELAD software to clip and save any new station ID's I encounter. Is there a way to convert these clipped .wav files so that they can be played on generic media/audio players? (They don't seem to be normal ..wav files because none of the audio apps I tried can play them.) The only solution I have come up with is to use a computer system recorder app to record the computer audio output while playing the clippings with the ELAD software, but this seems to me to be a clumsy way of doing it and it sounds to me like some quality is lost in the process. There has got to be a better way! Thank you in advance! Stan, WA1LOU P.S. I posted this question on the ELAD mail list, but the answers I received there did not directly answer my question! ___ 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] 5 TA's
Logged five new stations, all transatlantics over a 24-hour period of remarkable conditions: *ERTU Quran Karem*on 864 kHz transmitting 500 kW from Santah, Egypt, 5,489 miles to the east-northeast at 2325Z, 2017-10-12 *RNE Radio Nacional*on 774 kHz transmitting 100 kW from Valenciana, Spain, 3,703 miles to the east-northeast at 0500Z, 2017-10-13 *RNE Radio Nacional*on 855 kHz transmitting 100 kW from Murcia, Spain, 3,700 miles to the east-northeast at 0507Z, 2017-10-13 *SER Radio*on 1044 kHz transmitting 50 kW from San Sebastian, Spain, 3,503 miles to the east-northeast at 0513Z, 2017-10-13 *SBC Radio*on 1044 kHz transmitting from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 6,921 miles to the east-northeast at 2305, 2017-10-13 Equipment: ELAD FDM-S2/FDM-SW-2 SDR receiver and Hy-Gain 18AVT/WB-A vertical antenna for the Egypt logging and 80-meter inverted Vee antenna for the other loggings. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA horzepa.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] new loggings
I hope some new antennas going up real soon now will null WJR and give me a better shot to the south. 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA horzepa.com On 10/10/17 8:34 PM, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote: Interesting how different 760 is here 150 miles east of you Stan. It's a veritable playpen of Latin American DX with Brazil, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, and Cuba all making regular appearances. WJR is often just a bit player in the tangle. ___ 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] new loggings
LW/MW/AM band conditions were very good last night. On LW, there were a slew of navigational beacons – all Canadian and all already in the log. But I did log a new broadcast station on 234 kHz at 0255 UTC: Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE) in Beidweiler, Luxembourg, transmitting 1500 kW about 3,686 miles to the northeast. The audio was weak, but good enough to ID the station. On MW/AM, I heard plenty, but all already in the log. So I replayed my UTC top-of-the-hour recording and worked my way up the band recording any station identifications I encountered. When I got to 760 kHz, there was WJR loud and clear as expected. WJR is the only nighttime station I have in the log for 760. It is so dominant, that I never expect to hear anything else. So I listened for their station ID, which was followed by a pause and during the pause, I heard the station ID for WETR in Knoxville, Tennessee transmitting 2.4 kW 703 miles to the southwest! WETR is a daytime-only station and this logging was almost an hour after Knoxville sunset, but I'm not complaining! Equipment used was the ELAD FDM-S2/SW2 receiver and an 80-meter inverted Vee antenna. Stan, WA1LOU horzepa.com Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Colombia 720 huge
Thanks to Mark Connelly's post on Saturday, I logged Emisoras Unidas on 720 at 2355 UTC yesterday. Emisoras Unidas is 2,121 miles to my south and those 2,121 miles represents my longest distance AM logging, finally topping my logging of Radio Americas on Swan Island (1787 miles) back in July 1967. Equipment used was the ELAD FDM-S2/FDM-SW2 SDR receiver and the Hy-Gain 18AVT/WB-A vertical antenna. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA horzepa.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] another new one on my old one
Heard another new station on my old vertical antenna last night: 2300 UTC - 1510 kHz - WWSM in Annville-Cleona, PA - 5 kW - country music followed by local eastern Pennsylvania news after the top of the hour By the way, yesterday, I mentioned that I got "my 35-year-old Hy-Gain 18AVQ vertical back on the air." That is wrong. It is a Hy-Gain 18AVT/WB-A vertical and I bought it 37 years ago. (My very first antenna was the 18AVQ and I can't get it out of my mind!!!) Good DXing! Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA horzepa.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] old is new
After some needed hardware arrived last week, I finally got my 35-year-old Hy-Gain 18AVQ vertical back on the air. On the AM/MW front, I was immediately rewarded with three new entries in the log! Compared to the 80-meter inverted Vee, the noise floor of the vertical is much lower, while signal strength on the vertical is slightly lower on the vertical with most stations. On the other hand, switching back and forth between antennas, I heard a handful stations on the each antenna that I could not hear at all on the other. Anyway, here are the new stations I heard with the vertical: *WMBS*on 590 kHz in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, transmitting 1 kW, 376 miles to the west-southwest. *WSLB* on 1400 kHz in Ogdensburg, New York, transmitting 1 kW, 248 miles to the north-northwest. *WJFK*on 1580 kHz in Morningside, Maryland, transmitting 50 kW, 282 miles to the southwest. The receiver was the ELAD FDM-S2/SW2. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA horzepa.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] ID this one?
Heard at 0100 EDT/ 0500 UTC this morning on 1370 kHz, a high pitched tone at the top of the hour followed by four letters in Morse Code: TRLB or TRLD (the signal faded on the last letter). I am clueless (as usual). Anyone have an ID for this station? Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] New loggings and relogging
0900 UTC on September 11: Relogged WBOB - 600 kHz - Jacksonville, FLA New loggings: WBTN - 1370 kHz - Bennington, VT WPLM - 1390 kHz - Plymouth, MA Good DX! Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] lots of carriers
Thursday night EDT/0300 UTC, there were carriers galore on the AM band: on 621, 657, 828, 864, 1035, 1242, 1278, 1485, 1503, 1656 and 1692. 1656 even had weak, but unintelligible audio. I never saw anything like it and at first, I thought there was something wrong with my radio because there were also carriers on 725, 898, 933, 966, 1173, 1208, 1312, 1346, 1415, 1553, 1588 and 1622 that don't match up with any normal broadcast channels I am aware of. Last night, about the same time, there were carriers only on 585 and 855, so I guess my radio (ELAD FDM-S2) was not broken the night before. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Eclipse radio conditions
I made over a dozen ELAD FDM-S2 recordings of the AM broadcast band during the eclipse and I will review them later. I also had my C.Crane CC Skywave receiver outdoors with me during the event. I programmed six frequencies from thislist <http://www.skyandtelescope.com/2017-total-solar-eclipse/how-to-hear-the-solar-eclipse/>into the Skywave – 650, 670, 750, 1040, 1190 and 1510 – frequencies that are dead air during daylight here. I heard nothing on these frequencies during the hour leading up to the eclipse maximum here in Wolcott (CT) at 1845 UTC. About 15 minutes later, I could hear a week signal on 1510 that became stronger during the next ten minutes – strong enough to be intelligible and identifiable: WRNJ in Hackettstown, NJ, transmitting 2,000 watts, 113 miles to the west-southwest. The signal peaked at about 1915 UTC and then slowly faded into the noise disappearing completely at about 1930 UTC. I hear WRNJ most nights, but never during daylight, so I assume the eclipse's "nighttime" conditions were the reason I heard it this afternoon. Stan, WA1LOU horzepa.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1510 unid
"the greatest hits of yesterday" is WRNJ. WRNJ has been heard here every night since WMEX off the air. Stan, WA1LOU (Wolcott, CT) On 7/22/17 8:45 AM, Jim B wrote: Does anyone know what station on 1510 ID's as "the greatest hits of yesterday". I am guessing it's either WLGN or WLKR which are both in Ohio, but it maybe someone else? I heard it around 0715 EDST and signals from PA and NJ were coming in well. Jim in Springfield MA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] DXing the West from a HOA Neighborhood
Please send me a copy, Steve. Thanks, Stan, WA1LOU On 5/9/17 6:07 AM, Hawkins wrote: Gang, On 5/8/17 5:15 PM, irca-ow...@hard-core-dx.com wrote: has been rejected by the list moderator. The moderator gave the following reason for rejecting your request: "Your message was too big; please trim it to less than 35 KB in size." I tried sending sending Les a photo of my inside the shack home made loop via the mailing list and it won't go due to size. I sent it to Les directly with all of the dimensions and construction details. If anyone else is interested in it let me know via email and I'll send it directly. Steve ___ 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] LWBC
Thanks, Scott, for the 243. So maybe it was Kalundborg, Denmark. Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT On 4/14/2017 8:23 AM, transistor wrote: Last night seemed to be pretty good conditions so I set up the SDR to record overnight. I noted Morocco 171 in Algeria 252 and also very weak BBC on 198. We'll see what popped in and out through the night, later. Note to Stan Horzeppa - the standard channel assignment would be 243 khz. Possible the station you heard was centered there? Scott 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
Re: [IRCA] LWBC Thursday nite
Same here at about 0300 UTC. Also a very weak BBC on 198. Wednesday night, about UTC, I heard a weak signal with unintelligible audio on 244. Anyone know what that might be on 244? Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT On 4/14/2017 12:48 AM, Steve Ratzlaff wrote: At 0445 utc 171 Morocco is doing well, weak. Static is lower tonight too. Only a weak het on 252 Algeria though. Steve near Sahuarita, AZ R75, E/W longwire ___ 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] ESPN 1490 puzzle
I checked this list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ESPN_Radio_affiliates) and found 14 stations on 1490 and one on 102.9, but no burgs. Good luck! 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 3/25/17 8:53 AM, Kraig wrote: Recently on 1490 kHz I hear the following. 0728 ET male "This is Al... ESPN ... burg (as in a city name) 102.9 FM 14-90 AM. Your home for great sports.". Search the 'net for ESPN 102.9 and 1490. No luck determining whom I heard. Anyone? 73, Kraig, KG4LAC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] philosophy of logging a new one
Thank you all for your input. Looks like my conservative approach follows the majority's approach regarding carrier logging. Good DX! Stan, WA1LOU On 3/22/2017 8:24 AM, Stan Horzepa wrote: I have been chasing DX for almost 50 years. In ham radio, when I exchange signal reports with a DX station, I enter the station in the log. With one-way DX'ing (LW, MW, FM, TV, etc.), when I hear (or see) the call sign of the DX station, I enter the station in the log. But what about all those LW and MW carriers I see reported here on almost a daily basis. Do you log them as new stations even though you can not positively identify them? For example, last week I heard carriers on 549, 684, 693, 855 and 1215, but there was no discernible audio to help identify those stations. 1215 was probably Absolute Radio, but do I log it as a new station? What is the general philosophy about logging carriers? FWIW, I have not logged them as new stations. Am I being too conservative? Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT ___ 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] philosophy of logging a new one
I have been chasing DX for almost 50 years. In ham radio, when I exchange signal reports with a DX station, I enter the station in the log. With one-way DX'ing (LW, MW, FM, TV, etc.), when I hear (or see) the call sign of the DX station, I enter the station in the log. But what about all those LW and MW carriers I see reported here on almost a daily basis. Do you log them as new stations even though you can not positively identify them? For example, last week I heard carriers on 549, 684, 693, 855 and 1215, but there was no discernible audio to help identify those stations. 1215 was probably Absolute Radio, but do I log it as a new station? What is the general philosophy about logging carriers? FWIW, I have not logged them as new stations. Am I being too conservative? Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT ___ 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] OT 2014 Dodge Caravan radio question
The stock radio in my 2007 Subaru Outback Sport is very good. It is very sensitive on AM and FM and is very clean with regards to car generated noise. The only negative is that the selectivity on FM could be better. FWIW, I have logged 67 new AM stations and 29 new FM stations during my 22 mile daily commute with that radio. I'd like to keep the radio if I ever sell the car, but the new owner might mind the gap. 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 3/15/17 10:18 AM, Volodya S wrote: Patrick, I agree with Steve. Any new car I've driven (my own, and rental) have generally been pretty poor on AM. I just drove a Nissan Leaf electric, and it was simply awful on AM. Everytime I accelerated, I could hear all of the electronics whirring and wining, even on strong stations. FM was fine.73, Walt On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Hawkins <n...@wccta.net> wrote: Patrick, My experience with car radios has been not 100% but pretty much the older the better. My folks had a 1960 Chevy when I was in High School and the radio in it far outperformed any of the radios in newer vehicles. I lived in Tucson at the time and I could, especially in the winter hear KOMA at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The AM radios in most aftermarket car stereos are even worse. Steve On 3/15/17 3:58 AM, Patrick Martin wrote: Jim, I have had a lot of Caravans starting with the 89, then the 97, and now the 2014. Both the 89 & 97 had ignition noise on AM, but the radios were fairly sensitive. This one is nothing to write home about regarding sensitivity. That is one reason I was wondering if there is some adjustment to peak the antenna like years ago. But with so much computer stuff today, there is probably some chip and self adjusts, but I have no clue. -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@wccta.net 73 49 111 01001001 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Friday evening/night
Thanks, Jim! Stan On 2/25/2017 9:23 PM, James Renfrew wrote: Who knows, but 585, 684 and 855 are all RNE channels. Jim Renfrew On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 6:52 PM, Stan Horzepa <stanz...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: In my neck of the woods Friday evening, there were more carriers than usual on LW and the 9-kc MW channels. Probably the best night all winter for me! 162 – Allouis, France, IPHA data, strong steady signal 183 – Sauberg, Germany, with a weak carrier 198 – BBC Radio 4, with very good audio 207 – Iceland or Morocco, with a weak carrier 252 – Radio Algerienne, Tipaza, Algeria, with varying audio, music was better than voice but the language barrier probably had something to do with my ear's interpretation of the audio 585 – Unknown station with a solid carrier 684 – Unknown station with a solid carrier and very weak, unintelligible audio 855 – Unknown station with a solid carrier Stan, WA1LOU Downtown Wolcott, CT ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Friday evening/night
In my neck of the woods Friday evening, there were more carriers than usual on LW and the 9-kc MW channels. Probably the best night all winter for me! 162 – Allouis, France, IPHA data, strong steady signal 183 – Sauberg, Germany, with a weak carrier 198 – BBC Radio 4, with very good audio 207 – Iceland or Morocco, with a weak carrier 252 – Radio Algerienne, Tipaza, Algeria, with varying audio, music was better than voice but the language barrier probably had something to do with my ear's interpretation of the audio 585 – Unknown station with a solid carrier 684 – Unknown station with a solid carrier and very weak, unintelligible audio 855 – Unknown station with a solid carrier Stan, WA1LOU Downtown Wolcott, CT ___ 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] Hot 95
Maybe WRRL. 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 2/7/17 6:51 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: Knowing where you are would be extremely helpful! As of right now, after a quick search, I can't; find anything that sticks out as the answer. Paul On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Kraig <kr...@kg4lac.com> wrote: February 3, 2017 0641 ET male with "... Hot 95 95.3 FM" while listening to 1130 AM. Anyone know the station? 73, Kraig, KG4LAC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WCBS 880: 50 Years of News
Without a doubt, I listen to WCBS (880 kHz) more than any other AM radio station. This year is the 50th anniversary of the station's switch to an all-news format. To celebrate the switch, the station's will have a variety of related historic presentations on theirwebsite <http://wcbs880.com/50>and on the air throughout 2017. Stan Horzepa ___ 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] Oh what a night!
Best conditions I've heard in years overnight! TAs on 162, 171 198, 216 and 252 were loud and clear. Logged a bunch of new navigational aid and AM radio stations. It may take me days to log all the new stations from the recordings! About 1 AM, we lost power, but since the ELAD FDM-S2 is powered via the USB port of my MacBook Pro, I was able to continue DXing for another 90 minutes without any of the neighborhood QRN (what a listening pleasure!) until my Mac's battery ran down. 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Morse Code at the top of the hour
Thanks, Barry, but I don't believe that Radio Reloj. They don't have a presence on 1450 and there was an English speaking announcer ending an advertisement just before the code. 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 12/26/16 5:06 PM, Barry Davies wrote: Hello StanOnly one I have heard on this side of the pond is Radio Reloj in Cuba but don't know if they have a tx on 1450. Best wishes Barry:-) Carlisle UK. Lat. 55.0119N Lon. 02.9672W.PERSEUS+Flag+Vactrol+FLG100amp. On Monday, 26 December 2016, 21:19, Stan Horzepa <stanz...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Is anyone familiar with an AM station on 1450 kHz that sends Morse Code at the top of the hour? I heard it at 1100 UTC today, but the code was too fast and muddied for me to decipher. I assume it was a station identification because there was no voice id before or after the code. The station faded away after the code, so I have no idea what was the station's format. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Morse Code at the top of the hour
Is anyone familiar with an AM station on 1450 kHz that sends Morse Code at the top of the hour? I heard it at 1100 UTC today, but the code was too fast and muddied for me to decipher. I assume it was a station identification because there was no voice id before or after the code. The station faded away after the code, so I have no idea what was the station's format. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT ___ 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] SDRs and Windows (was Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-30)
Dunno about Parallels "many years ago," but there are no USB port fast enough issues in the current Parallels that I am using. Bill: Curious... why is it a "bad idea" using Windows 10 on the Mac? I have not run into any issues in 6 months of daily usage, although I admit that the only Windows app I use is the ELAD software. Stan, WA1LOU On 12/1/2016 8:34 AM, Bill Whitacre wrote: Hey Saul. I’ve been using MacBooks of various vintages with Bootcamp and Win7 to run Perseus software for years. Works well. I went this route because using Parellels, when I tried it many years ago, just couldn’t ‘emulate’ the USB port fast enough to ‘keep up’ with the Perseus. There’s a good help section on-line and the Bootcamp software is good about talking you through installation. Once thing you should keep in mind is that ‘newer’ MacBooks and MacOS will force you into using Win 10 — bad idea! I’m not sure what Mac OS is the last one to run Win 7 but there MAY be ways to work around it if you have a newer OS. Google is your friend. Bill Whitacre Alexandria, VA --- On 11/30/2016 11:01 PM, Saul Chernos wrote: While on topic of SDRs, I want to get in the game for AM and FM. What's holding me back is a decision about a computer. I want to dedicate a laptop to this (so it can be used when I'm working, and also with a view to it being an emergency backup for me at my Burnt River ON DX site in the event my work computer ever has issues). I used to use a PC but switched to Mac (PacBook Pro) a few years ago and am much happier with it. I hate to buy a PC at this juncture. So a few questions: 1) Is there anything really hot coming down the pipe in the next month or two that I should wait for? 2) What am I best to get in way of an SDR that would work with Masc? 3) If Mac is less advisable, will said SDR work off Windows for Mac? Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] SDRs and Windows (was Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-30)
Hi Saul, I have a circa 2013 15-inch MacBook Pro and have been using it with the ELAD FDM-S2 SDR receiver running the ELAD Windows application (FDM-SW2) using Parallels Desktop with Windows 10 on my Mac. The system has run flawlessly since I put it together in June. Nice thing about Parallels is that you run the Mac OS and Windows simultaneously and can switch between OS's instantly. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU On 11/30/2016 11:01 PM, Saul Chernos wrote: While on topic of SDRs, I want to get in the game for AM and FM. What's holding me back is a decision about a computer. I want to dedicate a laptop to this (so it can be used when I'm working, and also with a view to it being an emergency backup for me at my Burnt River ON DX site in the event my work computer ever has issues). I used to use a PC but switched to Mac (PacBook Pro) a few years ago and am much happier with it. I hate to buy a PC at this juncture. So a few questions: 1) Is there anything really hot coming down the pipe in the next month or two that I should wait for? 2) What am I best to get in way of an SDR that would work with Masc? 3) If Mac is less advisable, will said SDR work off Windows for Mac? Saul Chernos Burnt River ON -- Original Message -- From: Mark Connelly via IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Date: November 30, 2016 at 8:30 PM ___ 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 -- Original Message -- From: Date: at Paul's situation seems like a slam-dunk case for SDR usage. Go out five to ten minutes before top-of-hour, record the whole band xx58-xx03, and then you're back inside where it's warm by five past the hour. Total time outside 10-15 minutes. Whole dial worth of stuff to tune after-the-fact will keep you busy INDOORS for several hours unless conditions are completely "naff." Unless you want to drag an extra battery pack along, you want a receiver that powers up right off the host laptop's USB. The tent is still a good idea to moderate wind / temperature / precipitation effects on gear and operator. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA << Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 13:55:04 -0500 From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-30 As I've said before I can't run coax from my DX spot to the house. It would cross tiger freeway and pick up a bunch of RF and electrical noise from the building. I am going to eventually look into a heated tent of some kind On Wednesday, November 30, 2016, Neil Kazaross <neilka...@gmail.com> wrote: > C'mon Pauldress up and get outside and DX. Seriously, you need to find > some way to run coax into someplace warmer. 73 KAZ > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:46 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < > walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > Too cold here to go outside and DX... It's -34 below > > > > Paul > > > > > > On Wednesday, November 30, 2016, Neil Kazaross <neilka...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > > > CX here in IL remain worthless. Semi-AU boredom is endless. Not AU > enough > > > to get good stuff south with little northern QRM. But too AU to get > much > > > past Winnipeg towards the north. Too AU for decent TA cx etc. > > > > > > Other than to test antennas I have little incentive to turn the radio > on. > > > 73 KAZ >> ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Car Radios
The radio in my current car, 2007 Subaru Outback Sport, is very good. It is very clean with regards to noise from the car itself. It is also very sensitive. My best catch so far was WAPA in San Juan, 1650 miles away. Stan, WA1LOU On 11/13/16 9:58 AM, Todd S wrote: My best car radio I ever heard was my Dads 68 Catalina when I lived in Cedar Falls Iowa. This is back in the 80s but WJR and KRVN was a daytime regular. I also heard 850 KLEU Waterloo Ia very clearly under KOA in Grand Island Neb. I'd of bet it could've reached Kearny or even Lexington Todd in Bloomington mn On Nov 13, 2016 7:24 AM, "Larry R Fravel" <lfra...@suddenlink.net> wrote: And don't forget the cable leakage and broad band noise being radiated by phone lines. These are loud and can blank out all but the best of signals. Larry K8YYY Shinnston, WV "Common sense aint common" Will Rogers - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7859 / Virus Database: 4664/13403 - Release Date: 11/13/16 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] a few domestic logs - Cape Cod, MA
That's WQFG689, the Hudson County NJ TIS transmitting 10 watts out of Jersey City, NJ 73, Stan, WA1LOU horzepa.com On 11/4/2016 12:42 AM, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote: 1710 TIS NY, ?, 10/20 0601 - Hudson County mention. (MC-MA) ___ 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] 680: WAPA Puerto Rico hammering WRKO Boston
Heard bursts of WAPA on top of WRKO this morning (around 1030 UTC, 21 Oct 2016) on my car radio while driving in Wolcott, CT, USA. Stan, WA1LOU horzepa.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1180 unid
WFGN in Gaffney, SC - Stan, WA1LOU On 10/20/2016 8:48 AM, Jim B wrote: I was listening on 1180 at 0800 on 10/20/16 and was hearing a religious type program with male and female speakers. I doubt that it was "relevant radio" as is listed for KYES in MN. The only other station I see is WGAB in Indiana. They would be nice catch at 670 watts.Does anyone know of other religious stations on 1180? Jim in Springfield Ma. ___ 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] KFIO 1050 Dishman-Spokane, WA, equipment testing & asking for reception reports.
--- Begin Message --- Early morning 9/22 ELT, I heard a relatively strong station on 1050 airing continuous classical music. At 0200, a male announcer gave a legal ID as KFIO Dishman, Spokane, Coeur dAlene, then esaid they were on equipment testing & would like reception reports at k...@kfio.info, or you could write them @ KFIO, P.O. Box 31000, Spokane, WA 99223. They sounded like they were on their 260 watt night power as I could easily null them to hear CJNB-SK, & CJNB could occasionally be heard underneath. Their transmitter is within 10 miles of my location. After sending them an e-mail report, I checked for them at 0215 but they were off. If they use their new CP daytime power of 26kw U1 they should be heard far & wide at SRS & SSS. Even at their old 5kw day power they got out well. Good luck & I hope they QSL! 73, Stan Weisbeck Spokane Valley, WA--- End Message --- ___ 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] TA's in traffic (Sat. early evening)
Hi Mark, Were you using your vehicle's stock radio and antenna? (My car's stock radio tunes in 10 kHz steps, so I can't tune in the TAs.) Stan, WA1LOU On 9/18/2016 9:49 PM, Mark Connelly via IRCA wrote: ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Sept 16 - super-opening - 1st video - Victoria B.C.
I felt the same way until I added the ELAD S2 receiver to my shack. There is no way I could have logged 125 new stations this summer the old fashioned way, but each to his own. By the way, I still DX the old fashioned way when time permits. Recording is just another tool in my DX arsenal. 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 9/16/16 11:40 PM, Richard N Allen wrote: I agree with Colin, unattended listening isn't real DX. I guess it's my old age but I have a disdain for recording multiple frequencies simultaneously, then trying to figure out what was received later. Richard Allen. Sent from my iPad ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] 1st TAs with new radio
Thanks, Scott. I just looked at my 0500 top-of-the-hour recording from this morning and it looks like a repeat of Sunday morning with stronger signals and more of them! Stan, WA1LOU On 8/28/2016 10:11 PM, transistor wrote: Stan, Congrats on the TA's with your new radio. Last night around 0300 Z, 162, 171, 216, and 252 were all nicely audible. I captured some great recordings here in Michigan, too. It was fun reviewing them today. Scott ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] 1st TAs with new radio
Thank you for the link and info on 153, Neil. Stan, WA1LOU On 8/28/16 8:52 PM, Neil Kazaross wrote: Hi Stan, it is good that your QTH is quiet enough for LW. Here's a link to what likely still is on LW from Europe. http://emwg.info/ I'd expect your 153 to be Algeria. Look for them also on 252 with Ireland. I don't DX LW so my appologies if the Algerians are no longer. On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Stan Horzepa <stanz...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Recorded the 0500 UTC top-of-hour Sunday morning and upon playback, I was very surprised to hear my first transatlantics with my "new" radio: - France Inter from Allouis, France, on 162 kHz, 1000 kW over 3585 miles - Radio Mediterranee Internationale from Nador, Morocco, on 171 kHz, 1600 kW over 3712 miles - BBC 4 from Droitwich, on 198 kHz., 200 kW over 3278 miles - RTE Radio i from Clarkstown, Ireland, on 252 kHz, 300 kW over 3096 miles - AY (navigational beacon) from St. Anthony, Newfoundland, on 356 kHz, 25 watts over 1043 miles - Also heard a carrier on 153 kHz; likely suspect is Antena Satelor in Brasov, Romania, 200 kW over 4598 miles Equipment used was an ELAD FDM-S2 with an 80-meter inverted Vee. 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] 1st TAs with new radio
Recorded the 0500 UTC top-of-hour Sunday morning and upon playback, I was very surprised to hear my first transatlantics with my "new" radio: - France Inter from Allouis, France, on 162 kHz, 1000 kW over 3585 miles - Radio Mediterranee Internationale from Nador, Morocco, on 171 kHz, 1600 kW over 3712 miles - BBC 4 from Droitwich, on 198 kHz., 200 kW over 3278 miles - RTE Radio i from Clarkstown, Ireland, on 252 kHz, 300 kW over 3096 miles - AY (navigational beacon) from St. Anthony, Newfoundland, on 356 kHz, 25 watts over 1043 miles - Also heard a carrier on 153 kHz; likely suspect is Antena Satelor in Brasov, Romania, 200 kW over 4598 miles Equipment used was an ELAD FDM-S2 with an 80-meter inverted Vee. 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1710
Thanks, Russ. I listened to the recording again and noticed that the second song I heard was actually in English -- sounded like Aretha Franklin. And the first song was probably in Spanish as I recognized a couple of words per my two years of high school Spanish in the previous century. Stan, WA1LOU On 8/25/2016 10:43 AM, Russ Edmunds wrote: Most likely one of the ethnic pirates operating in NYC. Might be Spanish, might be Creole as there's at least one of each operating there from time to time. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id <wb2...@gmail.com> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2); modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15'; Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Stan Horzepa <stanz...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Overnight, I recorded the 0500 UTC top-of-the-hour using an ELAD FDM-S2 and an 80-meter inverted Vee antenna. When I play back a recording, I usually start at 1710 in order to get an idea of band conditions. Typically, I hear the Hudson County (NJ) TIS and less frequently, the Springfield (MA) Armory TIS. This morning, I heard both TIS's simultaneously, as well as music from a third station... either in Spanish or Portugese... but no ID. Anyone have a clue what the third station might be? Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] 1710
Overnight, I recorded the 0500 UTC top-of-the-hour using an ELAD FDM-S2 and an 80-meter inverted Vee antenna. When I play back a recording, I usually start at 1710 in order to get an idea of band conditions. Typically, I hear the Hudson County (NJ) TIS and less frequently, the Springfield (MA) Armory TIS. This morning, I heard both TIS's simultaneously, as well as music from a third station... either in Spanish or Portugese... but no ID. Anyone have a clue what the third station might be? Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] Headphones for Drake R8
--- Begin Message --- As the new DX season gets underway I'd like to get a decent pair of headphones for my Drake R8. I've used cheap iPod type phones up until now & I'm thinking some good ones might provide better clarity for my aging ears. I'd also prefer not to spend more than $100 for them if something decent is available in this price range. What I'm looking for is the ability to hear DX in the noise as clearly as possible rather than good music frequency response. If both are possible with the same headphones at low cost, I'd be thrilled, but I'd imagine that's like expecting to win the lottery! Any suggestions anyone would have would be greatly appreciated! 73,Stan WeisbeckSpokane, WA--- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] 0800 UTC top-of-the-hour from Wolcott, CT
I had a very successful two days recording the 0800 UTC top-of-the-hour garnering 9 new loggings: WMSA on 1340 kc in Massena, NY, transmitting 910 W, 246 miles to the north-northwest WASR on 1420 kc in Wolfeboro, NH, transmitting 137 W, 161 miles to the north-northeast WTSA on 1450 kc in Brattleboro, VT, transmitting 1 kW, 99 miles to the north-northeast WAZN on 1470 kc in Watertown, MA, transmitting 3.4 kW, 104 miles to the northeast WUVR on 1490 kc in Lebanon, NH, transmitting 640 W, 145 miles to the north-northeast WSMN on 1590 kc in Nashua, NH, transmitting 5 kW, 107 miles to the northeast CHRN on 1610 kc in Montreal, PQ, Canada, transmitting 1 kW, 266 miles to the north WNRP on 1620 kc in Pensacola, FL, transmitting 1 kW, 1108 to the miles SW WPLA on 1670 kc in Dry Branch, GA, transmitting 1 kW, 845 miles to the SW Using an ELAD FDM-S2 receiver and 80-meter inverted Vee antenna. Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT horzepa.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] WAAF on 1420 AM
I listened all week and never heard WAAF on 1420 again. And so it goes.
Meanwhile, Tuesday morning, I caught WTAB on 1370 transmitting 109 watts
out of Tabor City, NC, 609 miles from here
And this morning, I heard WJCC loud and clear on 1700 transmitting 1 kW
out of Miami Springs, FL, 1666 miles away.
Stan, WA1LOU
Downtown Wolcott, CT at horzepa.com
On 7/25/2016 3:48 PM, Stan Horzepa wrote:
Does anyone know the call sign of the station that is simulcasting
WAAF FM ("Boston's Rock Station") on 1420 kHz?
FWIW, the simulcast was an S-7 here in Downtown Wolcott, CT this
morning at 4 AM EDST. I have searched high and low and cannot find who
is the simulcaster on 1420.
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Re: [IRCA] WAAF on 1420 AM
I almost never hear WLIS here. But I had a pipeline to Boston before
sunrise this morning.
Stan
On 7/25/16 4:11 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
A bit too close to WLIS though? I mean not too close but not too far either?
Who'd wanna pirate on such a crowded cruddy channel... If I were to pirate,
I'd be up in the expanded band.
Paul
On Monday, July 25, 2016, Scott Fybush <sc...@fybush.com> wrote:
On 7/25/2016 3:48 PM, Stan Horzepa wrote:
Does anyone know the call sign of the station that is simulcasting WAAF
FM ("Boston's Rock Station") on 1420 kHz?
FWIW, the simulcast was an S-7 here in Downtown Wolcott, CT this morning
at 4 AM EDST. I have searched high and low and cannot find who is the
simulcaster on 1420.
Sounds like someone's pirating. WAAF has no co-owned station on 1420; the
nearest is WVEI Worcester on 1440, and it's a simulcast of sports WEEI-FM
from Boston.
s
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[IRCA] WAAF on 1420 AM
Does anyone know the call sign of the station that is simulcasting WAAF
FM ("Boston's Rock Station") on 1420 kHz?
FWIW, the simulcast was an S-7 here in Downtown Wolcott, CT this morning
at 4 AM EDST. I have searched high and low and cannot find who is the
simulcaster on 1420.
TU,
Stan, WA1LOU
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[IRCA] Very good night last night
Last night, my ELAD FDM-S2/SW2 recorded three new ones at the UTC top-of-hour: WHOL - 1600 kHz - Allentown, PA - 56 watts - 150 miles to my southwest WQKJ417 - 1630 kHz - Fort Pierce, FL - 10 watts - 1063 miles to my south-southwest - State of Florida Radio Service TIS WDHP - 1620 kHz - Frederiksted, Virgin Islands - 1 kW - 1719 miles to my south-southeast Antenna is an 80-meter inverted Vee. Stan, WA1LOU Downtown Wolcott CT ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] New Loggings With New Radio
Thanks, KAZ! 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 6/23/16 7:46 PM, Neil Kazaross wrote: Congrats on owning a fine SDR, Stan. You have no idea how much your log will grow now. 73 KAZ On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Stan Horzepa <stanz...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: I bought an ELAD FDM-S2 receiver at Hamvention. Slowly working my way through the manual and getting the hang of using the receiver. Four 4-minute top-of-the-hour recordings on four separate nights resulted in 22 new loggings: CIAO - 530 kc - Brampton, ON - 250 W - 378 miles CMBR - 530 kc - Habana, Cuba - 10 kW - 1390 miles WRGC - 540 kc - Sylva, NC - 140 W - 702 miles WGAN - 560 kc - Portland, ME - 5 kW - 195 miles WSYR - 570 kc - Syracuse, NY - 5 kW - 190 miles CKAT - 600 kc - North Bay, ON - power unknown - 455 miles WHLO - 640 kc - Akron, OH - 500 W - 450 miles WLVP - 870 kc - Gorham, ME - 1 kW - 188 miles WPKX - 930 kc - Rochester, NH - 5 kW - 153 miles WFGL - 960 kc - Fitchburg, MA - 1 kW - 88 miles WFIR - 960 kc - Roanoke, VA - 5 kW - 480 miles WLLI - 990 kc - Somerset, PA - 100 W - 340 miles WNEB - 1230 kc - Southbridge, MA - 1 kW - 73 miles WBLQ - 1230 kc - Westerly, RI - 1 kW - 60 miles WCMC - 1230 kc - Wildwood, NJ - 1 kW - 206 miles WBIX - 1260 kc - Boston, MA - 5 kW - 107 miles WNBF - 1290 kc - Binghamton, NY - 5 kW - 158 miles WRNI - 1290 kc - Providence, RI - 10 kW - 78 miles WICH - 1310 kc - Norwich, CT - 5 kW - 45 miles WEMG - 1310 kc - Camden, NJ - 250 W - 162 miles WWRU - 1660 kc - Jersey City, NJ - 10 kW - 85 miles WTTM - 1680 kc - Lindenwold, NJ - 1 kW - 162 miles Also worked 4 new ones randomly tuning around: WACK - 1420 kc - Newark, NY - 500 W - 232 miles WGYM - 1580 kc - Hammonton, NJ - 1 kW - 168 miles WQFG689 - 1710 kc - Jersey City, NJ - 10 W - 85 miles W241CG - 96.1 Mc - Southington, CT - 250 W - 7 miles Antenna was an 80-meter inverted Vee. Having fun! Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA www.horzepa.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] New Loggings With New Radio
I bought an ELAD FDM-S2 receiver at Hamvention. Slowly working my way through the manual and getting the hang of using the receiver. Four 4-minute top-of-the-hour recordings on four separate nights resulted in 22 new loggings: CIAO - 530 kc - Brampton, ON - 250 W - 378 miles CMBR - 530 kc - Habana, Cuba - 10 kW - 1390 miles WRGC - 540 kc - Sylva, NC - 140 W - 702 miles WGAN - 560 kc - Portland, ME - 5 kW - 195 miles WSYR - 570 kc - Syracuse, NY - 5 kW - 190 miles CKAT - 600 kc - North Bay, ON - power unknown - 455 miles WHLO - 640 kc - Akron, OH - 500 W - 450 miles WLVP - 870 kc - Gorham, ME - 1 kW - 188 miles WPKX - 930 kc - Rochester, NH - 5 kW - 153 miles WFGL - 960 kc - Fitchburg, MA - 1 kW - 88 miles WFIR - 960 kc - Roanoke, VA - 5 kW - 480 miles WLLI - 990 kc - Somerset, PA - 100 W - 340 miles WNEB - 1230 kc - Southbridge, MA - 1 kW - 73 miles WBLQ - 1230 kc - Westerly, RI - 1 kW - 60 miles WCMC - 1230 kc - Wildwood, NJ - 1 kW - 206 miles WBIX - 1260 kc - Boston, MA - 5 kW - 107 miles WNBF - 1290 kc - Binghamton, NY - 5 kW - 158 miles WRNI - 1290 kc - Providence, RI - 10 kW - 78 miles WICH - 1310 kc - Norwich, CT - 5 kW - 45 miles WEMG - 1310 kc - Camden, NJ - 250 W - 162 miles WWRU - 1660 kc - Jersey City, NJ - 10 kW - 85 miles WTTM - 1680 kc - Lindenwold, NJ - 1 kW - 162 miles Also worked 4 new ones randomly tuning around: WACK - 1420 kc - Newark, NY - 500 W - 232 miles WGYM - 1580 kc - Hammonton, NJ - 1 kW - 168 miles WQFG689 - 1710 kc - Jersey City, NJ - 10 W - 85 miles W241CG - 96.1 Mc - Southington, CT - 250 W - 7 miles Antenna was an 80-meter inverted Vee. Having fun! Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT, USA www.horzepa.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] The Bad News
Thank you, Brian. I also don't do radio long enough for the battery to run out! Anyways, I think it may be a ground issue. Grounding the chassis of the FDM-S2 receiver noticeably reduced the noise. Stan, WA1LOU On 6/13/2016 3:16 PM, Brian Rachford wrote: Stan, Although I don't use an Elad, I've had similar problems with my MacBook Pro and I haven't figured out a good solution either. I generally don't DX live long enough for the battery to run out. When I do an unattended recording, I turn off demodulation, turn off the FFT/waterfall, and turn off the screen. I can get about 7 hours that way. Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ azswdx...@gmail.com http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/ On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Stan Horzepa <stanz...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: I bought an ELAD FDM-S2 SDR receiver and I am using it with my MacBook Pro under Windows 10 and Parallels. I am very happy with my new radio, but there is a problem: interference from the MacBook Pro battery charger/power supply. The interference is so strong that only the strongest AM stations are above the noise. The cable between the charger and the computer is the problem because the noise disappears completely when I disconnect the cable from the computer even though the charger is still powered. I installed ferrite cable clips on the cable, but that made no difference. I wrapped the cable 20 times around a toroid ferrite core, but that made no difference. One solution that works is to use the ELAD-MacBook Pro combo without the battery charger. This gives me a few hours operating without the interference, but sooner or later, the battery will need to be recharged. Anyone have any other solutions? 73, Stan, WA1LOU ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] The Bad News
Thank you, Nick. I tried that last night and it made no difference. However, I am making progress. I think it is a ground issue. Grounding the chassis of the FDM-S2 receiver noticeably reduced the noise. Thanks again, Stan, WA1LOU On 6/13/2016 12:22 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: I notice that you're using an external antenna Stan.Have you tried looping the lead-in from the antenna through the ferrite core? (to be simplistic) Often the problem is that the computer noise is conducted out the antenna cable to the vicinity of the antenna.and the antenna picks up the noise. Good luck. Nick At 16:06 13-06-16, you wrote: I bought an ELAD FDM-S2 SDR receiver and I am using it with my MacBook Pro under Windows 10 and Parallels. I am very happy with my new radio, but there is a problem: interference from the MacBook Pro battery charger/power supply. The interference is so strong that only the strongest AM stations are above the noise. The cable between the charger and the computer is the problem because the noise disappears completely when I disconnect the cable from the computer even though the charger is still powered. I installed ferrite cable clips on the cable, but that made no difference. I wrapped the cable 20 times around a toroid ferrite core, but that made no difference. One solution that works is to use the ELAD-MacBook Pro combo without the battery charger. This gives me a few hours operating without the interference, but sooner or later, the battery will need to be recharged. Anyone have any other solutions? 73, Stan, WA1LOU ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] The Bad News
I bought an ELAD FDM-S2 SDR receiver and I am using it with my MacBook Pro under Windows 10 and Parallels. I am very happy with my new radio, but there is a problem: interference from the MacBook Pro battery charger/power supply. The interference is so strong that only the strongest AM stations are above the noise. The cable between the charger and the computer is the problem because the noise disappears completely when I disconnect the cable from the computer even though the charger is still powered. I installed ferrite cable clips on the cable, but that made no difference. I wrapped the cable 20 times around a toroid ferrite core, but that made no difference. One solution that works is to use the ELAD-MacBook Pro combo without the battery charger. This gives me a few hours operating without the interference, but sooner or later, the battery will need to be recharged. Anyone have any other solutions? 73, Stan, WA1LOU ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] The Good News
I bought an ELAD FDM-S2 SDR receiver at the Hamvention last month. I wanted to use the receiver with my MacBook Pro computer, so last week I installed Parallels on my MacBook Pro, installed Windows 10 on Parallels and finally, installed the ELAD software on Windows 10. The software ran perfectly and tuning around the AM band, I logged three new stations: - WGYM on 1580 kc in Hammonton, NJ, transmitting 1 kW 168 miles to the SSW. - WACK on 1420 kc in Newark, NY, transmitting 500 W, 232 miles to the WNW. - WQFG689 on 1710 kc in Jersey City, NJ, transmitting 10 W, 85 miles to the SW. WQFG689 is a TIS for Hudson County, NJ. Friday night, I tried recording the whole AM band for two minutes around 10 PM EDST. Then I spent a few hours listening to the recording and logged six new stations: - WNEB on 1230 kc in Southbridge, MA, transmitting 1 kW, 73 miles to the NE - WICH on 1310 kc in Norwich, CT, transmitting 5 kW, 45 miles to the WSE. - WEMG on 1310 kc in Camden, NJ, transmitting 250 W, 162 miles to the SW. - WWRU on 1660 kc in Jersey City, NJ, transmitting 10 W, 85 miles to the SW. - WTTM on 1680 kc in Lindenwold, NJ, transmitting 1 kW, 162 miles to the SW. - CKAT on 600 kc in North Bay, Ontario, 455 miles to the NW. All were heard using an 80 meter inverted Vee antenna. 73, Stan, WA1LOU ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] mystery station on 690
You and Russ may be correct, but since it is not easy to verify, I assume they are legal and that is how I log it. What else can I do? I guess I could add an asterisk to the logging a la Roger Maris. LOL 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 3/31/2016 12:47 PM, Rick Dau wrote: I echo what Russ said. WELD has been known to cheat from time to time. 73, Rick Dau South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Russ Edmunds <wb2...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 10:42:30 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] mystery station on 690 I wouldn't bet on it running 14 watts. The signal strongly indicates they are frequenctly running their day power. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id <wb2...@gmail.com> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2); modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15'; Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 7:05 AM, Stan Horzepa <stanz...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Thanks, Russ. The mystery station was much stronger this morning and it positively identified as WELD. A nice new catch for me - 14 watts over a 370 mile path! Stan, WA1LOU On 3/30/2016 3:44 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote: Likely you had WELD. They are heard frequently here before my local signs on. They usually have a very good signal. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id <wb2...@gmail.com> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2); modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15'; Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Stan Horzepa <stanz...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Driving to work at sunrise this morning, I had the radio tuned to 690 trying to identify a station that was way down in the mud. A couple of times, I heard the announcer identify with two letters: W-B or W-E or some combination of the letter W followed by a letter that rhymes with E, obviously not a legal callsign, but probably a nickname of the callsign or somesuch. There was not much content --- some news and sports and ads. I thought West Virginia was mentioned once or twice. The only station on 690 in that state is WELD. Could they have been identifying WELD as W-E? I dunno. CKGM took over 690 about half way to work, so that is all I heard. Does anyone have a clue of what I heard? (I was traveling through central Connecticut at the time.) Stan, WA1LOU ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] mystery station on 690
Thanks, Russ. The mystery station was much stronger this morning and it positively identified as WELD. A nice new catch for me - 14 watts over a 370 mile path! Stan, WA1LOU On 3/30/2016 3:44 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote: Likely you had WELD. They are heard frequently here before my local signs on. They usually have a very good signal. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id <wb2...@gmail.com> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2); modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15'; Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Stan Horzepa <stanz...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Driving to work at sunrise this morning, I had the radio tuned to 690 trying to identify a station that was way down in the mud. A couple of times, I heard the announcer identify with two letters: W-B or W-E or some combination of the letter W followed by a letter that rhymes with E, obviously not a legal callsign, but probably a nickname of the callsign or somesuch. There was not much content --- some news and sports and ads. I thought West Virginia was mentioned once or twice. The only station on 690 in that state is WELD. Could they have been identifying WELD as W-E? I dunno. CKGM took over 690 about half way to work, so that is all I heard. Does anyone have a clue of what I heard? (I was traveling through central Connecticut at the time.) Stan, WA1LOU ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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 Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] mystery station on 690
Driving to work at sunrise this morning, I had the radio tuned to 690 trying to identify a station that was way down in the mud. A couple of times, I heard the announcer identify with two letters: W-B or W-E or some combination of the letter W followed by a letter that rhymes with E, obviously not a legal callsign, but probably a nickname of the callsign or somesuch. There was not much content --- some news and sports and ads. I thought West Virginia was mentioned once or twice. The only station on 690 in that state is WELD. Could they have been identifying WELD as W-E? I dunno. CKGM took over 690 about half way to work, so that is all I heard. Does anyone have a clue of what I heard? (I was traveling through central Connecticut at the time.) Stan, WA1LOU ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Be sure to register now for the Joint DX Convention Kansas City, September 9 to 11. Hotel space is filling up. Registration info: http://www.nrcdxas.org 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] Two 1510 loggings
Logged two new ones just before dawn on 1510 kc: *WFAI*on Thursday morning 1145 UTC transmitting gospel music with 2500 watts from Salem, NJ, 190 miles to the southwest. Elecraft KX3 radio and C.Crane CC twin coil ferrite antenna were the equipment. *WLAC*on Friday morning, 1125 UTC, transmitting 50,000 watts from Nashville,*830 miles*to the west-southwest. Began hearing WLAC as I pulled out of my driveway and continued hearing it until it was captured by WMEX about half way to work. Also heard WFAI briefly near the end of my 35-minute commute. Equipment was the stock radio and antenna in my 2007 Subaru Outback Sport. If I ever sell my Subaru, I hope I can keep the radio! Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT horzepa.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] long time, no post
I have not posted here much in awhile, but I am working from home today twiddling my thumbs waiting for some files from work to be e-mailed to me, so while I am waiting, I thought I'd post. A week or so ago, there was a brief discussion about the dearth of stations on 1710. That frequency is blank in my log, so I started monitoring 1710 intently for a couple of days and managed to hear the Springfield (MA) Armory National Historic Site TIS, 40 miles away. I logged number 300 in my AM log just before the new year. My main tools the past year were an Elecraft KX3, C.Crane Skywave and the stock radio in my 2007 Subaru Outback Sport. Antennas were a Terk Advantage, C.Crane Twin Coil Ferrite and a 40-meter inverted vee... the first two are indoors, the third is outdoors. My best loggings mileage-wise the past year were KXEL (996 miles from the Subaru on the way to work), WBOB (924 miles), three Cubans (1300 to 1400 miles). I also logged a bunch of distant low-power stations, but whenever I mention those, some folks chime in claiming that those stations must have been running daytime power, so I won't bother mentioning them. I plan to enhance my outdoor antenna farm after this winter ends. 73, Stan, WA1LOU ___ 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] WBOB Test
I had my doubts about hearing WBOB here in Central Connecticut, but I stayed up anyway and was rewarded with a new log entry. I began hearing WBOB at 0516 UTC and monitored 600 kHz until 0605 UTC. During that time I heard voice and Morse Code station ID's, as well as, music (the "Price is Right" theme song), a variety of tone sweeps and telephone busy signals. WBOB was competing with local WICC and an unidentified Spanish station, but I managed to hear "something" from WBOB most of the 49 minutes I monitored 600 kHz. I recorded about ten minutes of the test with my iPad. I used an Elecraft KX3 with an 80-meter inverted Vee dipole most of the time, but the signal was so good that I tried listening with my C.Crane Skywave receiver using its stock internal antenna and heard a voice ID loud and clear. Great Fun! Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT ___ 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] CINA 1650
Thanks to you, Todd, I caught CINA on the car radio on my way home from work at 2132 UTC. Thanks for the new one in my log! 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT On 1/7/16 3:56 PM, Forrester S wrote: Dominating the frequency at 1454 central Todd Skaine Bloomington MN Carol radio ___ 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] Four domestic unIDs
Super Guppy landed at Mansfield Lahm Airport in Ohio on November 3 according to a Google News search WMRN is the nearest station on 1490. 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 11/16/15 4:12 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: Well, i get this. your 1360.. the weather guy sounds like hes saying GREENWOOD. The 1400 sounds like its doing a sung and spoken legal id going into news.. With the second letter of the call sign being or sounding like a K and the city of license being sung sounds like it rhymes with Erie or soundsalike. The 1490 sounds like the cargo plane is named the Super Guppy On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Saul Chernos <sau...@sympatico.ca> wrote: A few unIDs from Burnt River a couple weeks ago, curious for any leads on these: 1150 = Sounds like "WGUS Traffic and Weather..." to start off. Nothing listed on 1150 even remotely fits. Perhaps a call change, or an FM reference here? 1360 = Weather mentions town sounding like Greenwin, then what appears to be souther gospel music. 1400 = Oldies and a jingle that appears to start with a "W" ... this one is likely too weak to ID but giving it one last chance before declaring it a goner. 1490 = News sounds local in nature, but what sounds like the biggest cargo plan to land at an airport is intriguing. Name of airport sounds like Maidstone. Nothing checks. Clips are all posted onlineat http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?10447 Any leads are welcome, with appreciation. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Big Brother CJ Show on 1200 kHz
WXKS out of the Boston area usually dominates 1200 kHz here, but last night, for about 45 minutes, it lost out to another station I was unable to identify. The station was playing modern black gospel music. At 7 PM EST, it had the "Big Brother CJ Show," but I never heard a station I.d. I searched the Internet, but I could not find a 1200 kHz - Big Brother CJ Show connection. Anybody have a clue? Thanks in advance and 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT ___ 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] Big Brother CJ Show on 1200 kHz
Hi Saul, Thank you for the tips. I checked WCHB online at the time, but they were playing jazz, not gospel. I will contact WMIR and keep my fingers crossed. It will be a nice catch from Connecticut! 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 11/13/2015 12:00 PM, Saul Chernos wrote: Hi Stan, I don't see evening programming on the schedule on the web site of WMIR SC, but it's the only black gospel station listed on 1200, and I have heard it a couple of times up in Ontario during auroral cx. Might be worth calling them. www.rejoice1200.com I doubt WCHB Inkster MI as they're listed as carrying jazz at that hour. But that'd be my second guess. My NRC log is at my DX site (I'm now in Toronto), so I'm going by the following online directory, which I find very useful and fairly up to date:www.topazdesigns.com/ambc Saul Saul Chernos Burnt River ON To: irca@hard-core-dx.com From: stanz...@sbcglobal.net Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:05:39 -0500 Subject: [IRCA] Big Brother CJ Show on 1200 kHz WXKS out of the Boston area usually dominates 1200 kHz here, but last night, for about 45 minutes, it lost out to another station I was unable to identify. The station was playing modern black gospel music. At 7 PM EST, it had the "Big Brother CJ Show," but I never heard a station I.d. I searched the Internet, but I could not find a 1200 kHz - Big Brother CJ Show connection. Anybody have a clue? Thanks in advance and 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Big Brother CJ Show on 1200 kHz
It was after local sunset, so they were transmitting night-time power: only 11 watts Stan, WA1LOU On 11/13/2015 1:07 PM, Saul Chernos wrote: Perhaps you caught it before local sunset...you can find the time online for that of course so you'll know if it was legitimately on day power. Nice catch. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON To: irca@hard-core-dx.com From: stanz...@sbcglobal.net Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 13:02:13 -0500 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Big Brother CJ Show on 1200 kHz Hi Saul, It was WMIR. Again, thanks for the yips! 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 11/13/2015 12:00 PM, Saul Chernos wrote: Hi Stan, I don't see evening programming on the schedule on the web site of WMIR SC, but it's the only black gospel station listed on 1200, and I have heard it a couple of times up in Ontario during auroral cx. Might be worth calling them. www.rejoice1200.com I doubt WCHB Inkster MI as they're listed as carrying jazz at that hour. But that'd be my second guess. My NRC log is at my DX site (I'm now in Toronto), so I'm going by the following online directory, which I find very useful and fairly up to date:www.topazdesigns.com/ambc Saul Saul Chernos Burnt River ON To: irca@hard-core-dx.com From: stanz...@sbcglobal.net Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:05:39 -0500 Subject: [IRCA] Big Brother CJ Show on 1200 kHz WXKS out of the Boston area usually dominates 1200 kHz here, but last night, for about 45 minutes, it lost out to another station I was unable to identify. The station was playing modern black gospel music. At 7 PM EST, it had the "Big Brother CJ Show," but I never heard a station I.d. I searched the Internet, but I could not find a 1200 kHz - Big Brother CJ Show connection. Anybody have a clue? Thanks in advance and 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA 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] Big Brother CJ Show on 1200 kHz
Hi Saul, It was WMIR. Again, thanks for the yips! 73, Stan, WA1LOU On 11/13/2015 12:00 PM, Saul Chernos wrote: Hi Stan, I don't see evening programming on the schedule on the web site of WMIR SC, but it's the only black gospel station listed on 1200, and I have heard it a couple of times up in Ontario during auroral cx. Might be worth calling them. www.rejoice1200.com I doubt WCHB Inkster MI as they're listed as carrying jazz at that hour. But that'd be my second guess. My NRC log is at my DX site (I'm now in Toronto), so I'm going by the following online directory, which I find very useful and fairly up to date:www.topazdesigns.com/ambc Saul Saul Chernos Burnt River ON To: irca@hard-core-dx.com From: stanz...@sbcglobal.net Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:05:39 -0500 Subject: [IRCA] Big Brother CJ Show on 1200 kHz WXKS out of the Boston area usually dominates 1200 kHz here, but last night, for about 45 minutes, it lost out to another station I was unable to identify. The station was playing modern black gospel music. At 7 PM EST, it had the "Big Brother CJ Show," but I never heard a station I.d. I searched the Internet, but I could not find a 1200 kHz - Big Brother CJ Show connection. Anybody have a clue? Thanks in advance and 73, Stan, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] First Christmas music of the season heard on 1390.
--- Begin Message --- On 11/4 at around 2300 ELT, I heard my first Christmas music of the season on 1390. I wasn't able to ID them because they faded down & I had other things I needed to go & do but I'm pretty sure it was KLGN, Logan, Utah. KLGN isn't consistently there at night here but does show up relatively often. They are normally AC/EZL & use the slogan "Lite 103.3," promoting their FM translator: K277BD. Around 0900 ELT, 11/6, while driving to work I noticed my local KISC(FM) "Kiss 98.1" playing solid Christmas music which will, of course, continue through 12/25. I believe this is lucrative for them as they sell sponsorships for it & have been doing this for many years. I called my wife at lunchtime to inform her that Kiss FM had gone all Christmas music, preempting their normal "Lite Rock," & she was excited. Kiss FM is her favorite station anyway. I'm with Rick Dau that Christmas music should appear only after Thanksgiving, & then only mixed in with the regular music. My normal response to Kiss FM is to remove them from my car radio presets until 12/26, although I haven't done this yet. My favorite station is Kool 107-1, KPKL Deer Park-Spokane, WA, which plays oldies from the 50's to the 80's, including many I haven't heard on the radio in decades. Where else can I hear "Pictures of Matchstick Man" by Status Quo (1968) or "Bad Time" by Grand Funk Railroad (1975). For years I've yearned for an oldies station that didn't play the same 300 oldies over & over but instead played lots of the thousands of popular old rock songs & KPKL does. Sorry if I've veered too far from the DX topic, but at least I didn't talk about how my local grocery store had a giant Halloween candy display up the last week of August, & the day after Halloween replaced them with Christmas candy. Stan "Bah Humbug!" WeisbeckSpokane, WA --- End Message --- ___ 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] KSLL 1080 cheating tonight!
KSLL 1080 Price, Utah, is supposed to sign off @ sunset but I'm hearing them @ 0145 ELT 9/11 using the slogan "Classic Rock 105" &, of course, playing classic rock from what sounds like a satellite service. They have an FM translator on 104.9 which should be the only thing on now. They are fading up & down here in Spokane but at times they're strong. They use the slogan "The Castle" at times, too. I hope you can catch them. Stan WeisbeckSpokane, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] New to list
Hi Jim. I do realize that the powers may not be accurate, but what's a poor boy to do but assume that the stations are running legal power. However, it is a very legitimate point, so I think my loggings will now include the daytime power in parenthesis next to the nighttime power (or vice versa for daytime loggings). By the way, WJJL runs 1 kW during the day, so that is still a nice catch! And my best catch during my Dawn Patrol this winter was KCJJ in Iowa City, 950 miles to my west running 1 kW (10 kW). Also caught KXEL a couple of times 996 miles away, but they are running 50 kW (50 kW) LOL. Stan, WA1LOU On 3/31/2015 10:43 AM, James Renfrew wrote: Welcome, Stan. Glad to have you on the list. The night time powers you see listed for those stations MAY or MAY NOT be accurate in actual practice. It leads to considerable discussion on this list whether some stations actually turn down their power at night! We even see daytime only operations sometimes running at night, usually due to the primary station being on FM, and someone at the station forgetting to turn off the AM at sundown. Also, at 6:00 AM, some stations have PSSA authorization to run a little more power than at night, but not full day power. Jim Renfrew, Clarendon NY On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Stan Horzepa stanz...@sbcglobal.net wrote: New to list, joined last week, but have been DXing for awhile (like about 50 years). Tried something new this winter: AM DXing from the car while driving to work. My daily 35-minute commute is around dawn local time, so the band can be very interesting. I use the stock radio and antenna in my 2007 Subaru Outback Sport and my iPhone to record what I monitor with me annotating the times and frequencies by voice. I suspected conditions were good this morning when the first thing I heard was a French language station (I assume Canadian) interfering with local WPOP on 1410. So I slid up the band, parked on 1440 for the ride to work, and logged two new ones: WCDL and WJJL. Sports talk station WCDL is located in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, transmitting 37 watts, 134 miles to my west. Oldies station WJJL is in Niagara Falls, New York, transmitting 55 watts, 334 to my north-northwest. During my commute, the two stations took turns dominating 1440. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] New to list
New to list, joined last week, but have been DXing for awhile (like about 50 years). Tried something new this winter: AM DXing from the car while driving to work. My daily 35-minute commute is around dawn local time, so the band can be very interesting. I use the stock radio and antenna in my 2007 Subaru Outback Sport and my iPhone to record what I monitor with me annotating the times and frequencies by voice. I suspected conditions were good this morning when the first thing I heard was a French language station (I assume Canadian) interfering with local WPOP on 1410. So I slid up the band, parked on 1440 for the ride to work, and logged two new ones: WCDL and WJJL. Sports talk station WCDL is located in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, transmitting 37 watts, 134 miles to my west. Oldies station WJJL is in Niagara Falls, New York, transmitting 55 watts, 334 to my north-northwest. During my commute, the two stations took turns dominating 1440. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] New to list
Hi Kaz, I thought it might be CJWI, but I did not hang around to find out because my drive to work takes me into WPOP's best coverage area. Can't do much about the cheaters. So I just go by the book with my loggings and check to see what time is local sunrise at the station I'm logging in order to make the correct or should I say legal power entry. Nevertheless, I am having fun! Stan, WA1LOU On 3/31/2015 11:44 AM, neilkaz wrote: Welcome to the list, Stan. Your 1410 should be CJWI moved from 1610 a couple years ago. Re: 1440's. You can't always be sure of stations using night time flee powers. WJJL has been a chronic abuser since the 1990's often running day power at night. In addition, many stations come on at their 6 am with power day power. Some may not understand PSA powers and others may not care nor want to bother to switch from PSA to full power at sunrise. 73 KAZ -Original Message- From: Stan Horzepa stanz...@sbcglobal.net Sent: Mar 31, 2015 8:52 AM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] New to list New to list, joined last week, but have been DXing for awhile (like about 50 years). Tried something new this winter: AM DXing from the car while driving to work. My daily 35-minute commute is around dawn local time, so the band can be very interesting. I use the stock radio and antenna in my 2007 Subaru Outback Sport and my iPhone to record what I monitor with me annotating the times and frequencies by voice. I suspected conditions were good this morning when the first thing I heard was a French language station (I assume Canadian) interfering with local WPOP on 1410. So I slid up the band, parked on 1440 for the ride to work, and logged two new ones: WCDL and WJJL. Sports talk station WCDL is located in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, transmitting 37 watts, 134 miles to my west. Oldies station WJJL is in Niagara Falls, New York, transmitting 55 watts, 334 to my north-northwest. During my commute, the two stations took turns dominating 1440. Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU Wolcott, CT ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] KLYC 1260 sign-off
I'm sad to hear of KLYC 1260 planning to leave the air. I can occasionally hear them here in Spokane, usually on SRS in the morning, when CFRN is not too strong. When I was attending Gonzaga University here in Spokane in the early 70's, one of my dormmates was from McMinnville had worked weekends at then KMCM, which was a country station at the time. He told me a story about being on the air there one Saturday night, probably in the summer of 1972, he sort of deviated from the normal format. He knew the owner was out of town beyond reception range, he therefore brought a stack of his favorite rock roll 45's began playing them on-the-air. The program director called him to find out what was going on he told the PD that they were the records provided there for him to play, he didn't realize there was a problem. According to what he told me, the PD bought his story just told him to be careful about what he played. Apparently, he didn't get in trouble for this. He I were both DJ's at our campus AM carrier current station: KZAG 700. I was jealous that he had professional experience, as I was a broadcast major wanted a radio career. I was able to do that after graduation, working first at KNOM 780, Nome, Alaska, beginning in June 1974. I hope someone buys KLYC returns it to the air. ___ 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 Digest, Vol 106, Issue 2
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[IRCA] Classical music on 1260
Isn't 1260 Beverly Hills (Los Angeles),CA, back to programming classical music? I think their calls may be KMZT (K-Mozart) again, too. They were KGIL the last I heard about them. I'm going down there for a short vacation with my girlfriend next week so I'll tune in and see what they are doing. DX has been fun here as of late. I've gotten two new ones: KROE 930 Sheridan, Wyoming on sunrise skip, and KMZQ 670 Las Vegas at night in KBOI's null while looking for WSCR Chicago. My favorite time to DX recently has been 0700 Pacific (1000 ELT) just after getting off work at my overnight shift at the hospital in Post Falls, Idaho, 25 miles east of Spokane. I seemed to have a pipeline to Wyoming a few days ago which allowed me to hear KROE. I also heard KHAT 1210, KPOW 1260, and KIML 1270. I'm pretty sure KTWO 1030 was in, too, but they are a pest for me at night. In spite of relatively close distance, Wyoming is a difficult state to DX from Spokane except for KTWO. I'm happy that I've managed to hear 10 stations from there this season, which is a record for me. My most wanted from there now is KWTY 1470. With 500 watts non-directional at night, I would think they would show up sometime, in spite of stiff competition from KELA(WA), CJVB(BC), and KBSN(WA) on day pattern. KBSN is a former employer that I worked at in 1976-77 when they were KSEM. By coincidence, I'm in Moses Lake, home of KBSN, visiting my girlfriend. It's strange spending time in Moses Lake again as in some ways it's like it was in 1977, but in other ways it's very different. The town has grown from 11,000 people to 20,000 in that time, and spread out considerably in area. The mightly twin towers of 1470 on Marsh Island, right next to Interstate 90, are still shining brightly, even though some vandals knocked them down once about ten years ago. Their only AM competition, KWIQ, was a daytimer on 1260 back then and is now full-time on 1020 with a sports format //KKRT 900 Wenatchee,WA. KBSN is newstalk. In 1977, KBSN was soft rock and KWIQ was country//FM 100.3 which is still country. KBSN now has an FM, KDRM 99.3, which is Top 40 rock, which is essentially the format KSEM had in 1977. The FM antenna is on one of the previously mentioned twin towers. Curiously, I never KWIQ 1260 from Spokane (105 miles east) but 1020 is commonly heard there. Stan Weisbeck Spokane,WA (OK, Moses Lake at the moment) ___ 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] Three letter calls on TV
To confirm for Pat Martin, the KHQ calls do live on on Channel 6 here in Spokane. I guess I should say digital Channel 6 because they actually broadcast on RF Channel 15. I was sad when 590 dropped the KHQ calls back in the early 80's. They were still co-owned with KHQ-TV, but the owners put their radio stations up for sale and they sold pretty quickly. KHQ-FM 98.1 became KISC (Kiss FM) and still has those calls and slogan with a soft rock format. 590 became KLSN with the slogan Listen 5-90, but they later became KAQQ, and then several years ago, at least, they dropped the adult contemporary music format, becoming conservative talk, and took on their current calls of KQNT. I, like Pat Martin, wish that heritage stations would keep their three letter calls, and just change slogans if they change formats. I think it's still true, though, if radio and TV stations split ownership, they can't keep the same calls, except with special permission. I know KING-FM 98.1 Seattle, got special permission to keep its calls when it was sold off from KING-TV. I wish 1090 Seattle was still KING! Stan Weisbeck Spokane, WA ___ 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] Three letter calls
I think someone already mentioned that KGY 1240 Olympia, WA, is another three letter call on a local channel. I heard them in Spokane (300 miles away) for the first time only about a year ago. Doesn't KWG 1230 Stockton, CA, still exist? I've never heard them but I'd love to. My local KTRW 630 Opportunity, WA (suburb of Spokane) uses the slogan KTW I think as a reference to the old KTW 1250 Seattle. KTRW runs conservative talk and some religious programming. I actually worked for them back in the late 70s/early 80's when they were KZUN, initially running MOR (middle of the road) music and then went CW to compliment their then FM sister KZUN-FM 96.1, which had gone CW. 630 changed calls to KGGR while I was still there and took on an oldies format. This was in 1982 and I left in 1983 to work at KXLY 920 and KXLY-TV. 630 has been through numerous call changes and ownership changes since then. The KTRW calls were originally, in this market at least, on 970, which is now KTTO Sacred Heart (Catholic) radio. That was in 1988 when the station changed format to traditional country and used the slogan True Country. Prior to that, 970 was KZZU and simulcast then sister station KZZU-FM 92.9 with Top 40 music. KZZU(FM) is still Top 40. 96.1 FM here is back to CW, after at least a couple format changes over the years, with the call letters KIXZ and uses the slogan Kicks 96. Stan Weisbeck Spokane, WA ___ 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] Directional AM's in Alaska
I see Dennis in SW Washington indicated before I could that there is at least one directional AM in Alaska. The last I knew there were two, and the other one might be KJNP 1170 North Pole (near Fairbanks). I know they at least used to be, back in the '70s, beaming NW at night. I toured their facilities back in 1975 on my way back to the lower 48, after living in Nome and working for KNOM 780 for a little more than a year. Tom Busch, who passed away suddenly last month, was my boss for the latter part of time I was there. He was directly responsible for building KNOM from 1969-1971, left to work in Fairbanks 1973-75 at KIAK 970, and then returned to KNOM as GM from 1975-2005. He was very influential in Alaska radio and a wonderful guy to work for and work with. He was president of the Alaska Association of Broadcasters for a year and a member of the organization for decades. Nome's power is provided by diesel generators, and KNOM, I believe, still gets its power from the city, but has back-up generators at both the studio and transmitter sites. I still get KNOM's newsletter and I try to follow what's happening in Alaska radio. The last time I visited Nome was in 1992 but I hope to return again one of these days. Speaking of the power output of Alaska radio stations, KNOM looked into boosting power to 50kW from their present 25kw (days) some years back, but decided it was too expensive. KNOM is 25kw/14kw. They drop power at night to protect KCAM 790, Glenallen, Alaska. This time of year KNOM is on day power maybe 4 hours a day, but in June they are on day power about 21 hours a day! The difference between winter and summer daylight that far north is pretty amazing! Stan Weisbeck Spokane, WA ___ 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] Status
Best wishes, hope you get well Stanj Phil Bytheway wrote: Folks, I'll be going in to hospital tomorrow (Tuesday) for an angiogram. After a series of tests last week (I didn't pass), this is the next step. There is a portion of my heart that is in question. and I've been feeling very weak for the last week or so. So, I will be out of action for a couple of weeks max... maybe I'll get some DXing done, if I can stay up late enough, hi. Please support Eric for his first issue of DXM next week. Phil Bytheway IRCA Bookstore Seattle WA Drake R-7 / KIWA Loop ___ 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] Thanks for the answers to Off the wall Question.
Thanks to everyone for the answer, I had forgotten about the Police Band. My Firestone is just two years older than I. My grandparents had one just like it that I used to start DXing with many years ago. Who remembers Stereo FM(AM) ? When one channel was FM and the other was AM? That's it for no on off-topic subjects... Stan ___ 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] Off the wall question
I was noticing the other day, my 1948 Firestone radio I keep in the workshop goes up to 1700kc. The X band wasn't officially used until around 1993 if I'm correct. Why does it go that high in the 1st place? Does anyone else know of some of the older tube, and transistor radios that go that high?? ___ 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
