Re: [IRCA] DX'ing from a new location, AGAIN!
Paul, Is the weather report for Galena I see correct: -11F light snow. Steve On 1/16/16 3:05 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: Be prepared for a super small plane ride to Galena lol I flew from little rock to houston, houston to seattle to anchorage then anchorage to fairbanks to ruby to galena. The little plane flights a bit expensive compared to what you pay for a flight on a major airline. We're working on some exciting stuff here Paul -- 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
Re: [IRCA] Noise on 1500
Gang, It sounds like wind whistling through my porch from just outside Moorland, Ia. Steve On 2/4/16 10:37 PM, Stewart, Joseph R wrote: It's fairly strong tonight, though with skywave fading... I hear no "wobbling" or warbling, but rather a fairly steady tone of about 500 Hz, equally strong on both sidebands. It's not a "clean"-sounding tone by any means--definitely sounds like someone with a serious transmitter problem. From here in southwest Missouri it loops pretty much E-W or just slightly ESE/WNW. Anyway, that's what I'm hearing around 2330 EST tonight. Randy Stewart Battlefield MO ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- 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
Re: [IRCA] Pirate radio stations are making a comeback
IRCA, Reading this online article the thing that popped out at me was triggered by this paragraph. - "The DJs sound like you and they talk about things that you're interested in," said Jay Blessed, an online DJ who has listened to various unlicensed stations since she moved from Trinidad to New York City more than a decade ago. "You call them up and say, 'I want to hear this song,' and they play it for you," Blessed said. "It's interactive. It's engaging. It's communal." -- This person is describing how radio was when I was a kid. The 1996 rewrite of the telecommunications act allowing 4 companies to own most of the radio stations, newspapers, and televisions in a given market, is I believe a direct consequence of this action. For the most part local radio is not local, at least as I experienced it. In the mid to late 1950’s there was only one Rock and Roll station in Tucson, KTKT and during the day it was my station. Back then there were a lot of “daytime only” stations and KTKT was one of them. The DJ talked to you, not at you. They and the stations that they worked for did everything they could to make the station more then just background music. They were given room to be creative and be funny. You really listened to the radio, not just had it on in the background, because you never knew what they might do or say. And the radio was a great way to meet girls. Once KTKT finally got permission to stay on at night, such a huge number of kids would call the station nonstop, that the phone exchange would be jammed up all of the time. Kids quickly uncovered a technical quirk that was a side effect of this telephone traffic jam. When you dialed the station you almost always got a busy signal. But so did thousands of other kids. We discovered that if you spoke in between the slow beeps of the busy signal, other kids who were also hearing the busy signal could hear you. You just had to wait for the beep and then say “Hello” and almost always you would get an answer. This communication technique probably anticipated Internet “Chat Rooms” by over 30 years, but it took a little getting used to. The conversations sounded like: “beep, what, beep, school, beep, do you, beep, go to, beep.” Or, “beep, how, beep, old, beep, are, beep, you, beep.” If the two of you struck an emotional or hormonal cord then one of you would give the other their phone number and you would both hang up, and establish a real phone conversation. If you didn’t find anybody you were attracted to all you had to do was hang up and dial back. The chances are that the next time you would land on a different trunk line and get somebody different. Frequently you might be able to hear several people. Occasionally when this happened the conversations would get pretty steamy, or about as steamy and anything ever got in the late 1950’s early 60’s. Before KTKT got permission to stay on all of the time they said goodbye at about 5:00pm and left the air. But right about that time especially in the winter KOMA, a powerhouse running 50,000 watts, came booming in from Okalahoma City. Kids all over the western U.S. grew up listening to KOMA at night. I can still remember countless hot summer evenings, the smell of an approaching desert thunderstorm in the air. The breeze ahead of the storm beginning to drop the temperature, distant lightening strikes crackling out of the radio speaker along with KOMA’s jingles, “Yours Truuly KOMA”. I recently exchanged email with one of the KOMA DJ’s from the late 1960’s. He told me that the calls on the request line used to amaze him, as they came from all over including troops in Vietnam. Steve On 5/3/16 4:12 PM, Dennis Gibson wrote: http://www.startribune.com/pirate-radio-stations-are-making-a-comeback/377624341/ 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 -- 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 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 n
[IRCA] small radio recommendations
Gang, I have a friend who lives in eastern NY in a very rural setting. AM BCB reception is not great. He has a CCRadio but it is not convenient to carry around. He is looking for something small that is pretty high performance as far as AM BCB reception goes. He is not technical so he would not be able to do any mods. I have not used any of the newer small radios so am looking for experienced opinions. Thanks, Steve -- 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 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] Slightly OT - the Best film about Shortwave radio in production.
Colin, Looks good. Thanks for the info. Steve On 10/13/16 3:03 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote: http://www.amandadawnchristie.ca/spectres-of-shortwave/ Was just speaking with the producer - director of this film - a young lady. If there ever was a film that needed to be made, that begged to be made... this was it - a 2 hour documentary on the RCI Transmitter site in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada -- coming soon. -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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] Motel QRM
Gang, It seems that about 3/4 of the time I travel I end up in a hotel or a motel that has QRM on every AMBCB frequency strong enough to blank out all but the strong locals (if there is one). Some of the nicer motels seem to be the worst. On a recent trip to my wife's family reunion in eastern NY we stayed in a Best Western in Ohio. Tuning the entire BCB I with my Sony ICF-SW35 I could hear 1 station clearly, and one faintly. I am open to suggestion. After 2 back surgeries and now scoliosis my back wakes me up a LOT in the middle of the night. I suspect my spinal column was a factory reject acquired off ebay or craigslist. I sleep with the radio and a single earbud, (stereo cut with one bud cut off). I like the SW-35 for several reasons, among them are: It has 50 memories It will shut itself off after a reset-able time It has a button I can push to temporarily light up the dial so I can see the time And while not the best performer I have ever owned, it has worked well for a long time. It is aging and if anyone has suggestion for a better replacement please pass them on. Thanks, Steve NG0G -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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
Re: [IRCA] Motel QRM
Colin, I should have been clearer. I was complaining about the Motel QRM while on the road. And A need to replace the SW-35 is on the horizon. I have used it for so long that all of the writing on the case over the controls is gone, and some of the switches are intermittent. I have been using it nightly since I got it more then 14 years ago. Steve On 8/16/17 3:27 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote: Since the QRM is RF energy, the best thing to do is go to a BnB or a cabin. A new radio will be no more resistant to the RF noise mess than any other. Sometimes a radio with a choice of narrow bandwidths helps - but only marginally. Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC DXer.ca -- -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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] Eclipse experiment
Gang, I drove to Grand Island NE two days early and met 3 old shipmates from the submarine I lived on way back when. We got about 2 minutes and 40 seconds of totality. Using my Sony SW-35, I intentionally listened on 850 for KOA every few minutes starting about 2 hours before totality. NADA just band noise. Approx 4 minutes before totality and lasting a little while after KOA was good copy. BTW totality was spectacular. A good time was had by all. Took HWY 30, the old Lincoln Hwy all the way back from Grand Island to my home near Moorland Iowa. Very little traffic. I hear the major roads were / are a nightmare. Steve NG0G -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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] Ralph Sanserino loop preamps
IRCA, Ralph Sanserino while he was still with us, made and sold a preamp to go with his loop antennas. I seem to recall the radio / preamp hooked to the loop differently then the radio without the preamp. Without the preamp each end of the loop was conected to each end of a variable cap. Then one single loop went around the outside of 12 turn loop and each end of it connected to a cable going to the radio. With the preamp I seem to remember you did not use the single loop on the outside of the larger 12 turn loop, but I cannot remember how the preamp / radio got connected to the loop. If any one has one of these and / or remembers how the preamp connect to the loop and the radio please contact me off list and let me know. Thanks, Steve -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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] retirement / move / antennas
IRCA, This is almost a reintro as I have not been very active the last few years. Between a long commute and long hours at work, added to 2 back surgeries I have had little time. I am finally now living in a place I can have all the antennas I can afford. I moved from the San Francisco Bay area to a small house in Boone Iowa in 2004. I retired three years ago (unix / network / application support) and began the hunt for a more suitable place to live now that I did not have to worry about how far I was from work. We hunted for a year. My wife wanted a larger garden and I wanted more room for larger, better antennas. We both wanted more privacy. After a year of hunting we both got what we wanted. A bonus for me low noise level, nearest neighbor is 1/4 of a mile away, next nearest is close to 3/4 of a mile) It has taken me 2 years to move, sell the old place and do some repairs and additions to the new place (it did not have a garage). It had a 42 x 73 foot machine shed for parking combines, but the doors weigh about 400 pounds and can be difficult in the winter. We have 5.2 acres some of which we rent to the farmer who farms the 70 acres behind us. He has told me I can run beverages across the fields in the winter after harvest as long as I take them down in the spring before planting. I spent the last two summers working on antennas. We had a bad hail storm last March (golf ball sized hail driven by 60 MPH winds) $29K worth of damage in about 10 minutes. It undid some of my work. It was a race this summer to finish all my antennas before winter. I just made it. It was -15.8F just before sunrise this morning. I now have antennas up for all the HF ham bands and I have spent the last few days refurbishing my beloved Sanserino Loop. Got it up this afternoon thanks to help from several IRCA members. Thank You all. I hope to also use it on 160M, along with a BOG or two. See www.qrz.com put my callsign ng0g in the little search window in the upper left hand corner. Scroll down below the bio for photos of antennas that include views of some of our new place. Good to be back up and at the dials. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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
Re: [IRCA] retirement / move / antennas
Mark, On 12/27/17 5:23 PM, Mark Durenberger wrote: BOY Stephen, we need to get you into some D-Kaz MW action! Imagine 30 to 35 db rejection across the band toward Milwaukee/Chicago... One can never have too many antennas...and since we're only three hours apart, I'll be glad to pile on, once you can see the soil once again Cheers! Mark Durenberger I agree. I need something to hear better. Yesterday morning it was -15.8F here just before sunrise so further antenna work will have to be simple or wait until the spring thaw. 8-) Steve -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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
Re: [IRCA] retirement / move / antennas
James, Thanks. You guys have me convinced. However as I told Mark, weather rules at the moment. It's a little warmer today, but things may get a lot worse before they get better. Steve On 12/27/17 5:44 PM, James Niven wrote: Stephen, Mark beat me to the punch, DKAZ antenna is the way to go for MW reception, 5 acres, I would have one on each off the 4 compass point directions. I have two here in Austin, Texas, one to the east and the other to the south, both work very well. Cheers! -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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] WKYW, 1490 Khz
IRCA or anyone, Does anyone know the engineer at WKYW, 1490 Khz. They are loud on 1.810 and should not be. They are being reported from all over. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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] Fwd: WKYW, 1490 Khz
IRCA, A fellow 160m DX chaser was able to contact the station owner and they got the problem fixed during the night. Signal is gone this morning. They appear to be a nice oldies station. Just did not want to hear them on 160m. Steve Forwarded Message Subject:WKYW, 1490 Khz Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 18:46:22 -0600 From: Stephen Hawkins To: irca@hard-core-dx.com IRCA or anyone, Does anyone know the engineer at WKYW, 1490 Khz. They are loud on 1.810 and should not be. They are being reported from all over. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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
Re: [IRCA] Informal "poll"
Russ, I started with BCB as a kid. Probably about 10 or 11. Our next door neighbor was carrying a LARGE old wooden Philco radio from the 40's out to the curb to throw away. It seems that where they had it stored in the attic of a house they were renting, someone had stolen all the tubes out it. He gave it to me and I sat down with a tube substitution book and my Dad's box of tubes and was able get it running again. I think I learned to solder replacing a couple of old caps that had dried out. Still have it. Steve NG0G On 2/8/18 2:28 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote: Mostly this is aimed at folks here who've been DX'ing for many years. How many here either started out DX'ing SW or have done so along with BCB over the years ? I started with BCB as a child, and dabbled in SW in my late teens and early twenties, then went back to BCB because to me at the time it was too easy to log multiple countries in a fairly short period of time as compared to BCB. Russ Edmunds WB2BJH Blue Bell, PA Grid FN20id ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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] electronics travel advice
IRCA, I have not traveled with a laptop in some time. I usually take a tablet. I have to fly soon with my laptop. Do you carry on and if so do they want you to fire it up at the security desk? Or do you check it in you suitcase? Any and all advice will be appreciated. I check the radios well packed and padded in my suitcase. You can email me off line so as not to clog the mailing list. Thanks, Steve -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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
Re: [IRCA] Sticky Radio
Ira, I think I used alcohol and an old wash cloth. Had to scrub hard but it never came back. Steve On 6/7/18 7:45 AM, Ira Elbert New III wrote: The outside of my Grundig G8 is sticky or perhaps tacky... I cannot seem to get rid of it and as a result, dust and whatnot stick to it constantly. Anyone else experience this? Any advice on cleaning? Thanks! Bert Sent from my iPhone ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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] New antenna
Gang, I put up an Inverted L for 160M which appears to be working pretty well. I worked a guy in Alaska with it last Monday with 100watts. Tonight I decided to cruise the BCB band with it. It is, at the moment, 0114 local and I am listening to KNBR 680 from here in Boone, IA. This is the first time I ever heard them from here, as I don't think their pattern puts much gas in this direction. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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 antenna
Ira, On Saturday 30 August 2008 06:46:41 am Ira Elbert New, III wrote: > Can you pass along the specs? I would love to put something up here for > 160m. Congrats on the catch and the QSO too! > Certainly. I started with 128 feet of wire. My coax turns where it comes out of the side of the house, and goes along side the house about 12 feet to a point about 4 feet off the ground and along side an unused chimney. There I have a fence post with a small shelf on it, and an old rubbermaid tool screwed to it. Inside the tool box is a 750 pico farad vacuum variable capacitor. The coax splits here. The shield goes to a ground rod, and to wire that is electrically bonded to about 200 feet of 4 foot high chain link fence that acts as a giant radial. Another wire goes the other way around the house for more ground plane. The hot side goes into the side of the tool box and fastens to one end of the vacuum variable (VV). The other side of the VV has a wire fastened to it that goes out the other end of the tool box and runs up along side the chimney about 3.5 feet from it. At the top of the chimney I used chimney straps to attach a 12 foot pole with an insulator attached to it. The wire goes up and through the insulator and then horizontally back to the east until it runs out of wire. There I have another insulator and then rope to a pole at the back of the garage. I will send a photo or two later today if you would like. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] It`s official - an actual calsign...
Colin, On Tuesday 11 November 2008 02:14:37 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just thought I would let the group know... > > My wife just gave me a High-Five... after I checked the website... > > VA7WWV is on the air! Great call. I have a T-shirt that says: WWV We're all Time All the time BTW Code doesn't suck. The way it is taught might. If you learned to talk you can copy code. If, for instance, I say the word "Beer" you don't count the letters and spell it out to figure out what I meant. You just know that they sound I made means a delicious dark brown liquid. However if I instead said "to to too to" instead of listening to the sound everyone counts the dits and dahs. Thats hard work, and after about 10 you can't count that fast. If I ask most folks to learn 26 new vocabulary words in a week and be able to recognise them when spoken, people would have no trouble. But if I called it a code and tried to teach you to spell out each letter of every word you would hate it. Enough about that. Great job Colin. And don't worry about being giddy about radios. My motto is that you can't have too many radios. cu in the pileups. Steve NG0G -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] That time of year...
Colin, On Tuesday 02 December 2008 06:24:44 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Twas the night before the doldrums, when all through the shack Well done. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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 with a One Tube Radio
Deane, On Tuesday 30 December 2008 04:39:59 am Deane McIntyre wrote: > Alfred Morgan Oh, I cannot tell you how many times I checked those books out of the library when I was a kid. Those were books that dreams were made of. Now you've got me fired up and I'll probably have to build one also. Thanks, Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 n...@arrl.net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] KFRC 1550
Mike, On Thursday 01 January 2009 11:51:48 pm Mike Hardester wrote: > Having been born and raised in the Central Valley of California > (Modesto, specifically), I have to comment. "The Big 6-10" sounds a lot > better than "The Big 15-50." IMHO. Back to the 60's!!Mike > I agree. They are nothing without Dr. Don. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 n...@arrl.net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] What's your closest unheard AM station? KDAC
Patrick, On Saturday 31 January 2009 02:53:52 am Patrick Martin wrote: > Don, > > Back in the 90s Bob and I were on our way back from LA and driving up > 101 and I got a new report for KDAC I had brought along, logging it a > few days before we left for our trip. I think I even had a cassette with > programming as I remember. I called the station from just before > Willits and caught their CE. Great story. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 n...@arrl.net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] WHO 1040 Des Moines, Iowa
Paul, On Wednesday 25 March 2009 04:08:09 am Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > > I guess someone got a little creative in the script department, and I doubt > this contest announcement runs during the day! I can't think of the womans name, but she does that all the time. Some are really funny. Especially because she reads the whole thing so seriously. Steve Boone, Iowa -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 n...@arrl.net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Tecsun question
IRCA, Can someone who has recieved one of the Tecsun R1210s from dpmega, tell me about how long it took to arrive? Thanks, Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 n...@arrl.net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Amateur with 5 towers
Gang, On Monday 04 June 2007 05:23, Chris Black wrote: > Hi Mark, > Roger that. Actually the name did come back to me after I posted, and I > have met Rush several times at meetings. My old call was N7MWL when I lived > in Oregon. I didn't do a lot of contesting at that time, more Public > Service and ARES work. But that site was certainly impressive. N0NI's antenna farm is visible on Google Earth. I usually only get over there during Ham radio contests. But one day this coming winter I would like to try some AM BCB Dxing from there. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] KPSZ 940
IRCA, Does anyone know if KPSZ runs IBOC or if they just have a fat signal. I can hear them on several radios from 930 to 950. Thanks, Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] My loss
Art, On Tuesday 24 July 2007 21:30, Art Blair wrote: > My lovely dear wife, Gwendolyn Jean Blair passed away this afternoon. At > this time the cause is unknown. I am so sorry to hear that. You and your wife are in my prayers. Your IRCA family hurts with you. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa's thoughts on Television I am gross and perverted, I'm obsessed and deranged, I have existed for years, but very little has changed. I'm the tool of the government and industry too, For I am destined to rule and regulate you. I may be vile and pernicious, but you can't look away, I make you think I'm delicious with the stuff that I say. I'm the best you can get. Have you guessed me yet? I'm the slime oozing out from your TV set. You will obey me while I lead you With the garbage that I feed you, Till the day that we don't need you. Don't go for help, no-one will heed you! Your mind is totally controlled, It has been stuffed into my mould. And you will do as you are told Until the rights to you are sold. "That's right folks, don't touch that dial" Well I am the slime from your video, oozing along on your living room floor. I am the slime from your video, can't stop the slime people look at me go. -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] radiotapes.com
Lynn, On Tuesday 21 August 2007 06:10, Geralyn Hollerman wrote: > For those interested: > NEWS RELEASE > August 21, 2007 > www.radiotapes.com > Minneapolis/St. Paul Historical Radio Aircheck Website Thank You very much for the heads up on this. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Alaska
IRCA, I lived for 2.5 years on a Submarine when I was in the Navy. A submarine veterans organization decided to hold their annual convention on a cruise ship. My wife and I went on the cruise. An "Alaska Inside Passage Cruise", and we returned recently. I have posted the photos at. http://picasaweb.google.com/radioman621/Alaska?authkey=jTUUy16nMBY Among them are a couple of photos of the stations in Ketchikan and the tower for one of them. I tried DX'ing from the ship, but unless I stood out on our cabins veranda in the rain, or stood up and held the radio up against the glass door, I could hear NOTHING. The ship made a great shield. Up against the glass window, using my Sony SW-35 I could hear JOUB. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] WHO
IRCA, It is 0559 CDST and WHO 1040 (IBOC) (Van and Bonnie) are discussing "Q" signals, and AMBCB DXing. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Interesting radio
IRCA, This has interesting implications. "Researchers at the National Science Foundation have utilized a single carbon nanotube to perform all the functions of a standard radio, acting as an antenna, tunable filter, amplifier, and demodulator. They were then able to tune in a radio signal generated in the room and play it back through an attached speaker. The device is functional across a bandwidth widely used for commercial radio. From the NSF: 'The source content for the first laboratory test of the radio was "Layla," by Derek and the Dominos, followed soon after by "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys.'" http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=110566 Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] WHO 1040
Gangue, I noticed this morning, that since WHO 1040 went IBOC, I can detect their signal from 1020.56 to 1058.63 edge to edge. I am in Boone about 40 miles north of them. I say about, as I don't go to Des Moines much, and thus I am not exactly sure where their antennas are. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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
Maurits, Welcome. Glad to have you as a member. Yoou will find this is a good group of people. Steve Hawkins NG0G Boone, iowa, USA. On Friday 14 August 2009 06:01:45 am mauritsvandriess...@skynet. wrote: > Hello ,Im new here ! ,and I hope for a littel respons back in the future > about informetion ect Im using one of the best receivers for the > moment ,the Perseus SDR for 18 month .The antennas are ,a coppel of super > Kaz (working great) .The MW wave band are good open direction TA and LA > for the moment .Im from Belgium ,life in a free noise place .Iff anyone > need informetion from Europe stations ,no problems just ask !! So all the > best and 73, > > > RX= Perseus SDR > > Antennas several super Kaz + Marconi with long core > DBX 1215 for poor boost audio and weak signals > MFJ 1026 > > Gr. > > Maurits Van Driessche > > Belgium > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 n...@arrl.net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] AM740 CFZM-AM and the Wobbler
IRCA, I live in Boone, Iowa and work in Des Moines. As i was driving home tonight about 1830 CST, I was listening to CFZM on the stock radio in the Buick. I could hear the Wobbler and CFZM simultainously, for much of the trip home from work. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 n...@arrl.net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Ear phone / bud question
IRCA, I used to buy, at Radio Shack, these single, mono ear buds that were foam covered and much more comfortable then the plastic plug kind. It seems that Radio Shack no longer carries these. I have hunted and hunted for them. Does anyone know some place that still sells these? Stever -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] tiny radio DXing name
IRCA, I vote for "tinytune", or "tinytuning". We can modify the song from the TV cartoon show that my daughter used to sing when she was little. We're tiny, we're tuny, we're all a little looney, And in this tuning, we're detecting your RF! We're good advice dispensers; we crack up all the censors, On Tiny Tune Adventures get a dose of comedy! So here at RF Acres, a radio world apart Our home sweet home, it stands alone, an antenna work of art! As signals are detected, expect the unexpected Our Tiny Tune Adventures - are about to start! It's 0358 CST and I have been up since 0200, I did not get enough sleep so I am not thinking well this morning. Thus I'll leave modifying the last two verses to someone who is a little more creative then I am today. I'm sure some real names, or call letters can be worked in to the 3rd verse. They're furry, they're funny, they're Babs and Buster Bunny, Montana Max has money, Elmyra is a pain! Here's Hamton and Plucky, Dizzy Devil's yucky, Furrball's unlucky, and Gogo is insane! At Acme Looniversity we earn our toon degree, The teaching staff's been getting laughs since 1933! We're tiny, we're toony, we're all a little loony, It's Tiny Toon Adventures, come and join the fun! Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TA's and frustration
Gangue, I have been combing the web for lists of commonly detected TA's and using my Yaesu FT-1000MP to try them all. I am saddened by the number of the frequencies listed as "very good", that are covered my IBOC hiss. Many of those that are clear have a local or strong state side station close by. My shack is currently in a small room with no room for my loop. I will have to figure some way around this. Any advice on TA's or Alaska from Iowa will be gratefully received. Thanks, Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] WHO 1040 clicking
IRCA, It is 0351 CST 0951Z and I am hearing a clicking on WHO 1040. I have it on several radios, including ones with only an outside antenna. Can anyone else hear this besides me? I am trying to find out if this is a local noise, or if they are transmitting it. I tried calling but get RNA. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] WHO 1040 clicking part 2
IRCA, I finally got hold of someone at WHO at 0434 and let them know. They checked on their studio monitor (which I suspect is not a radio but just a monitor of what ever is being sent to the transmitter site). and could not hear it. But when they tried a radio they could. As I type this the clicking, which was very loud just stopped. I called back and was told that they had called the Engineer and he was aware of the problem. I asked what it was and they told me that it was because their power was down from 50KW to 29KW??? The person I spoke to could not explain why reduced power would cause this and I don't know how to contact the Engineer directly. Anyway mystery solved,.. sort of. This happened once before, several months ago. I emailed them as I could not get anyone on the phone and got a reply that they heard no problem. I am about 40 miles north, and a little bet west of them and they and their IBOC hash are VERY loud here. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] West coast of Canada Earthquake
Walt, On Wednesday 09 January 2008 04:52:59 pm Walter Salmaniw wrote: > Nope. The earthquake was from the depths of the ocean to the north of > Vancouver Island and south of the Queen Charlottes. It was not a vertical > earthquake (ie risk of tsunami), but more horizontal motion according to > the experts and barely felt by a few in the south of the QCI or northern > VI..Walt Thank You very much for the info. I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 27 years and was there for the 7.2 in 1989. I now live in Boone Iowa, but I am still curious when I see earthquakes over 6. Thanks again for the info, Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] WHO on 1040
IRCA, The folks on the morning show on WHO got on some subject trying to hear some radio station and needing a better radio. I sent them an email about BCB DXing, the IRCA, and the latest ultralite craze. I have been getting a bunch of email from different people who tell me that yesterday they read most or all of my email on the radio. I did not hear it but they mentioned the IRCA and talked quite a but about radios and antenna's. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Fully Aligned SRF-59's Available for Canadian DXers
Gary, On Wednesday 16 January 2008 03:38:27 am [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > As Rob Ross of London, Ontario has discovered, there is a significant > difference in sensitivity between a factory unit and a service-manual > aligned unit. After performing 16 of these full alignments, I have seen > major improvements in sensitivity in 10 units, minor improvements in 4 > units, and marginal improvements in 2 units. There has not yet been a > factory SRF-59 that has not had some sensitivity improvement gained by > full alignment. > > Of course, every SRF-59 DXer (American and Canadian) deserves the > maximum sensitivity possible for DXing success, and as more technicians > offer their services for full service-manual alignments, this will become > a reality. I just ordered the "prison radio" from Ebay which I have been led to believe is the same as the SRF-59, but with a clean case. Let me know if you know, if this is true. I will see how hard it is to get apart and align. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] SRF-39FP
GANG, My SRF-39 arrived last Friday and I have been very impressed. I have heard several new stations with the limited time that I have had to set and listen in the last few days. I go this morning to get another cortison shot in my spine, for a damaged disk. This usually means I'll be moving slow for a couple of days. This will give me a great excuse to set in my living room recliner and listen to the radio. I am having a great time with it. I am astounded that a radio with an antenna this small, works this well. I ordered another one yesterday for my brother in Tucson. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] coast to coast am on 1700
IRCA, Listening to the jumble on 1700 at 0339 CDST. Coast to Coast AM popped up of the mess. Suspect KKLF-AM Sherman, TX. It is mixing with an oldies station that I can't get an ID from. And way underneath them both, I can occasionally hear some faint SS. Static crashes from lightning some where are terrible tonight. Steve in Boone, Iowa -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] QSLing
Patrick, On Sunday 23 March 2008 04:14:34 am Patrick Martin wrote: >When I started DXing in 1962, I was only 13 and knew nothing > except a few things my father told me. I was on my way home from school > and saw an old Philco radio sitting on a garbage rack walking through > the alley between our house and the school. I picked up the radio and > brought it home. I remember my mother saw it and would not let me plug > it in. The cord looked okey, but I had to wait until my father got home > from work. .. What a great story. I enjoyed reading it. I'll bet there are a lot of good stories about how we all go into this. Some, when written, might be too long to post to this list. If there were a repository where we could upload these, I would really enjoy reading about how others got into dxing/radios. Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] KFI tower fall
IRCA, Perhaps this has already been posted and I missed it. But if anyone is interested this site has photos of the recent KFI tower fall, including one of it actually going down. http://www.k6rix.com/kfitowerfalls.html Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] WW2 POW Shortwave Monitoring
Dave, On Wednesday 07 May 2008 10:27:45 pm David Hochfelder wrote: > My wife is currently researching at the National Archives for her next > book, on WW2 radio traitors. She just emailed me a group of four letters > and a prepared card from shortwave listeners to families of POW's. German > shortwave stations broadcast brief POW messages and apparently SWL's of the > day copied down the information and sent it on to the families. Amateur > stations were off the air for the duration, so I imagine a lot of wartime > SWL's were hams. > > I can email them to anyone who wants to have a look. I would love to see them. I have been making myself nuts this morning. I know I just read about this very thing recently. I seem to remember either a book review, or a small piece about an upcoming book, about SWLs during WW2 copying lists of POW's. I have been pouring through all of my recent magazines and cannot find it. Arrrgh! Thanks, Steve -- Stephen Hawkins 73 49 111 01001001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Radio and the FCC where are we headed?
IRCA, Just spotted this ariticle from Variety.com. Steve --cut- FCC plans draw fire Dems bash media ownership studies By WILLIAM TRIPLETT As part of its current review of media ownership rules with an eye toward loosening them -- which already has sparked heated controversy -- the FCC announced plans to conduct 10 economic studies on the issue. But the agency's two Democratic commissioners immediately attacked the plans as inadequate and secretive. Studies will focus on individual topics such as the impact of ownership on programming; the relationship between cross-ownership and news reporting; and the status of minority ownership. Announcement, issued Wednesday, identified study authors, who will include academics, FCC officials and the Nielsen organization. All studies will be peer-reviewed, the agency said. "Today's announcement of the commission's new media ownership studies, unfortunately, raises more questions in the public's mind than it answers," commissioner Michael J. Copps said in a statement. "How were the (authors) selected for the outside projects? How much money is being spent on each project -- and on the projects collectively? What kind of peer-review process is envisioned?" Jonathan S. Adelstein, Copps' Democratic colleague, said the announcement "ultimately undermines the public's confidence" because "the legitimacy of the studies is directly correlated to the transparency of the process undertaken to develop the studies and select the authors. The descriptions of the studies are scant, lacking any sense of the commission's expectations for scope, proposed methodology and data sources." FCC chairman Kevin J. Martin has stated the ownership rules are outdated and that limitations or restrictions should be eased to reflect the contemporary media environment. When the commission last voted to ease ownership rules in 2003 along strict party lines, a federal court blocked the attempt, saying it was unjustified. end cut-- Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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 Morning in Boone
Patrick and anyone else in the NW, Are you still with us this morning, or are you tumbling this way, blown by the wind? Let me know if I should go outside and look for folks to come whizzing by. The news here is describing your storm in such a way that I picuture the western edge of Oregon to be lifting up in the wind like the last shingle on the outer edge of the roof, just before it peals off. You are in my prayers. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon
Bob, On Monday 25 December 2006 09:27, Bob Young wrote: > Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon's a Boston boy, got his greatest hits on LP, Freddy's hit Palisades Park was written by Chuck Barris, host and creator of the "Gong Show". Also creator and producer of the Dating Game, and the Newlywed Game. Writer of "Confessions of a dangerous mind". Interesting guy. And now back to our regularly scheduled programming. I got a Pogo radio for Christmas. It's on the charger at the moment, so I have not tried it. It is very tiny, and I suspect will not be a good for DX, but it will come in handy recording stuff in the middle of the night that I am too sleepy to listen to. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Long Songs
Gil, On Sunday 07 January 2007 15:49, Gil Stacy wrote: > My favorite, Don Walser, the "Pavarotti of the Plains" died in September > at age 72. His career started late and ended early. The man could flat > yodel. I never heard him on the radio which would have been great. The King of Western Swing is gone. Sad stuff. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] 1130 at 0530 to 0600 CST UnIDs
IRCA, I have been listening to two stations battling it out on 1130 One is carrying "classic country weekend", the other seems to be ESPN. I thought that I caught "O" as letter of a call. Commercials for "ice-fishing.com" on one. During commercials it is frequently difficult to determine which one I am hearing. It is now 0608 and I seem to have lost the ESPN station. Any thoughts. I think one might be KWKA as I heard one quick mention of Louisiana. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] antenna performance and snow
IRCA, Does anyone have any thoughts, or data on how having a layer of snow, say 10 inches deep, on the ground around a vertical antenna, will change the performance. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Truthfulness and the seafarer (was WABV explodes)
Ex Navy DXers, and any Interested IRCA, or both, Obligatory radio stuff. On election day in 1968, I was TOLD by the Captain of my Submarine to find out who won the electionNOW. I guess he thought it would really make a difference. We were running at periscope depth between Guam and Japan heading for a place I can't talk about. I had the OOD pop up the Snorkel Whip, which I patched to one of my two R-390s, and the antenna for the AN/BRD-6, (RDF 500khz to 550 MHZ) I searched high and low for press, VOA, BBC, Radio Djibouti, anything,I could hear...Nothing. Then a miracle occurred, and I found out who won and saved myself from being shot out one of the tubes, by tuning into an on the hour news cast from KCBS 740 AM. Now my response to all of the Navy postings.From the point of view of an ex Navy RM2(SS), there are only two kinds of sea going vessels, Submarines, and Targets. And it is written in the Deck Log of THE Ark, that hence forth all Sea Stories shall begin or end with the phrase, "And this ain't no shit,......." Stephen Hawkins NG0G ex RM2(SS) 73 49 111 01001001 "Now Station the Maneuvering Watch and Rig Ship for Dive." On Sunday 25 February 2007 14:48, willis wrote: > I am a X-navy Radarman (from the old days of vacuum tube radar) and I will > testify that I never indulge in such thinks as 'sea stories'. I never lie > or stretch the truth. > Some on this list may think other wise, be that is because they have eaten > to many smart pills. > > Willis, K4APE > Old Fort, TN > > > I am a former Navy Electronics Technician. Mike Hardester is a former > > Navy Corpsman. > > You will quite agree with us when I state: > > > > "Seafarers are at the vanguard of truth. Never would a seafarer allow an > > untruth to fall > > from his lips!" > > > > Are the any (former) Navy or Coast Guard personnel out there who will > > vouch > > > for the > > statement that I have made? > > > > THREE SCORE AND THIRTEEN de Charles > > > > (Shivver me timbers and spark me gap.) > > > > > > - > > Charles A Taylor, WD4INP > > Greenville, North Carolina > > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] way OT: Truthfulness and the seafarer (was WABV explodes)
Willis, On Monday 26 February 2007 21:35, willis wrote: > Steve wrote- > >I could hear things that weren't tied down crashing to the deck all over > > the ship. > Steve, what kind of ship? That wasn't me Willis. Some times replies can get confusing about who sent it. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] What I thought was an interesting radio comment
Gangue, I am up very early most days and this morning I caught the tail end of Coast to Coast AM. The guests were Casey & Jeannie Kasem.George asked them where they thought radio was headed. Jeannie quickly said that she thought that "we will all end up working for one person". Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] E-Mail Directory
IRCA Steve Hawkins NG0G ng0g At mchsi DOT com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] E-Mail Directory
IRCA, I left out my QTH on my first post. Steve Hawkins NG0G Boone, (Is this heaven? No it's) Iowa ng0g At mchsi DOT com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] UnID
Oh Experience DX'ers, Laying in bed last night listening to 990, I heard a station slide up out of the noise. I did not even get a partial call but I heard them say "Radio one" several times. Then they disappeared back into the mud. It seemed pretty high up in the band for an NPR station to be rebroadcasting the BBC, and even when I do hear the BBC being rebroadcast I have not heard the "Radio One" phrase. Any ideas. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] High Power electrical towers (OT)
Dennis, On Sunday 22 April 2007 19:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > While driving around East Vancouver today, I noticed a high power > electrical right of way than ran along the street that I was driving on. On > top of one of the many towers was a cell phone antenna site. I have never > seem a cell site on a high power electrical tower. Around here the cell > sites are usually on a separate tower. Sometimes on a tower with other > types of high frequency antennas or on a tall building. Saw one cell site > on a church steeple.. Has anyone else notice a cell antenna on a high > power tower? Two years ago I spent a entire summer contracting to upgrade a BUNCH of cell sites in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Florida, to double the number of calls they could handle. There are cell sites in places you would never think of. In Lincoln Neb. a cell company had rented a room on the top floor of a Holiday Inn, on a "forever" basis, and installed a cell site in it. There are companies that make cell antennas that look like trees, or parts of buildings, or just about anything you can think of. However driving across a field full of hood high weeds, in the middle of the night, miles and miles from civilization, praying that there is not a ditch, or abandoned farm equipment, or Lord knows what hidden in the weeds, trying to find an unlit tower, in the pitch dark, at 0200 is at best,an..hmmadventure. You do get to see a lot of wildlife. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] AM 1320 True Oldies Channel
Kraig, 104.5 in Des Moines is "Pure Oldies" but I don't think they simulcast on an AM frequency. At least not that I know of. Wish they ran more power I can't hear them up here. Steve On 9/12/18 9:11 AM, Kraig wrote: Hearing "True Oldies Channel" on AM 1320 in the morning recently. Checked a few sources and can't determine whom on the east coast or midwest carries the "True Oldies Channel" on 1320. Also heard mention of "1 oh... 5 FM". Anyone? Thanks. Kraig ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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] RFI on the BCB
Patrick et al, I have found the worst RFI generator I have heard in quite a while. We had a nice garage built and the contractor installed two brand new Chamberlain garage door openers. The RFI comes from a cheap, dirty switching supply that uses the leads going to the sensors at the bottom of the doors and to the switch by the people door as antenna. It ruins the BCB and 160M. I tried to post a photo of the screen on my Flexradio showing the interference but it doesn't get through. It is bad despite replacing all the wires with cat5 and winding an extra 9 feet of twisted pair striped out of the cat 5 through a Mixture 31 toroid. I have to power them off at night. I'll email photos to anyone who wants. Steve NG0G -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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
Re: [IRCA] RFI on the BCB
Gang, I made a video taken from my pickup sitting in the garage with the radio on and all you could hear was noise. Then as I backed up and got farther way from the opener the noise slowly died down and you could hear the station that had been covered with noise. I posted it to the Chamberlain Facebook page. I emailed their tech support team photos of everything. Their response was that according to the FCC they are legal. I stripped 9 feet of cat5 to make the RF choke and took two of the pairs and twisted them together and wound them through a mixture 31 toriod to make an RF choke. I also put a .01 cap from each lead to ground right where they came out of the opener. I also mounted the toroid as close as I could to the opener so that there are only a couple of inches of wire before the toroid. Still have problems. Steve On 9/14/18 12:09 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote: Some opener companies have different sensor units which greatly reduce RFI but you have to go directly to the mfr and ask. I did that many years ago and have had none of that since. Russ Edmunds On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 1:00 PM R. Colin Newell wrote: RF chokes! I replaced my garage door opener with a new unit - whisper quiet. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - On Sep 14, 2018, at 9:57 AM, Stephen Hawkins wrote: Patrick et al, I have found the worst RFI generator I have heard in quite a while. We had a nice garage built and the contractor installed two brand new Chamberlain garage door openers. The RFI comes from a cheap, dirty switching supply that uses the leads going to the sensors at the bottom of the doors and to the switch by the people door as antenna. It ruins the BCB and 160M. I tried to post a photo of the screen on my Flexradio showing the interference but it doesn't get through. It is bad despite replacing all the wires with cat5 and winding an extra 9 feet of twisted pair striped out of the cat 5 through a Mixture 31 toroid. I have to power them off at night. I'll email photos to anyone who wants. Steve NG0G -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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 -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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
Re: [IRCA] RFI on the BCB
Colin, Nick et al, I avoided taking the openers apart until I was done dealing with Chamberlain so they could not blame any problems on me. I used the Mixture 31 toroids because I already had them. I'm very willing to order some Mixture 75s. I ran into another ham on the Flexradio community website who had the same problem with Chamberlain garage door openers. He tells me that with the bypass caps and some extra wire wound through a mixture 31 toroid his problem was fixed. He wound through his snap on toroid with all the turns overlapping. I spaced mine evenly around it. His was just a red and black pair, might have been from a power cord. Since I needed 4 wires I stripped 9 feet of cat 5 apart and took two of the 4 twisted pairs. I put one end of both of them in a vice and the other end in my cordless drill and made a twisted pair of two twisted pairs, then wound that through the toroid. I then rewired all connections from both openers with cat 5 just using single pairs from the cat5 as I needed them, without removing the other 3 twisted pairs. I used the cat 5 in the hope that I would get some attention from the twisted pairs in it, and I had lots of it. All this work did help but not near enough. I do not know what frequency he was having a problem with. It may not have been BCB and 160m. I will email you each photos of the spectrum display on my Flex I took with the openers powered off, then a before and after pic of the of the same display. If you look me up on www.QRZ.com you can see how close my 160m Inverted L is to the garage with the openers. For now I am getting along by walking out to the garage and tripping the breaker that feeds the openers. The noise is so bad that I have a hard time believing Chamberlain when they say they are within the RFI limits imposed by the FCC. I've got out of town guests coming tomorrow for a few days. After that I will see how difficult it will be to open up one of the openers and see how hard it would be to disconnect their piece of junk PS and hook up my own. Steve NG0G On 9/14/18 2:27 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote: Exactly what I did with a brand new CISCO WIFI router — they used a 99 cent Chinese switching supply that was butt ugly across the LW and MW BAND for a 100 yard circle! Imagine: one freaking wall wart blaffing 4-6 urban properties. That’s criminal. Anyway - I replaced it with a quieter switching supply and messages to CISCO were ignored. Reported it to my TELCO. Any TELCO that says they are in compliance are lying. To quote The Beastie Boys... “Ya gotta fight for your right to DX!!!” Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - On Sep 14, 2018, at 12:14 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: Have you tried using type 75 cores? Type 31 is specified for somewhat higher frequencies than #75. Also, is the switching supply the actual source of the problem? If so, is it possible to replace with a less noisy one, or is it integral to the unit? best wishes, Nick 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 -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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
Re: [IRCA] Best wishes for Ian McFarland
Ian, Having had and survived two back surgeries you have my deepest sympathy, and lots of prayers. Stephen Hawkins On 9/14/18 3:51 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote: As many of you may know, Ian McFarland was "the guy" on Radio Canada International in the 1970's and 1980's - DX Digest - and even on NHK for a couple of years. He is currently "under the weather" and recovering in Hospital after back surgery. Feel free to pass me any thoughts and best wishes and I will forward them to him on a giant greeting/get well card. Please forward this on to other DX lists if you guys/gals are so inclined. Thank you everyone! -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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
Re: [IRCA] Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - Wikipedia
Eric, Great book. The follow up is: "What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character Steve NG0G On 9/21/18 1:10 PM, Eric Floden wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surely_You%27re_Joking,_Mr._Feynman! I have been long wanting to tead this, and am enjoying it. Of interest to radio types, pp.15 on he talks of his boyhood pursuit of fixing (tube) radios. Just like l did! Only one of us went on to win a Nobel Prize in Physics though... EricF Ottawa Ont ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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] BOG question
IRCA, BOG users, how long do you make yours? I keep hearing from other Hams that for 160m between 150 to 200 feet. I seem to remember hearing on here about some that were much longer. Thanks, Steve -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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] spotting website question
IRCA, A little off AMBCB Dxing topic but maybe someone out there can point me in the right direction. It has been a while since I did any serious shortwave listening outside the Ham Radio bands. Retirement has increased my radio seat time into a world not enjoyed for quite some time. It occurred to me this afternoon as I was tuning around between 11.500 and 12.000 there were many stations, mostly all in SS. Not knowing who they were I wondered if there were spotting websites for SWL or for that matter AMBCB like there are for Ham radio. Something along the lines of DXSummit or DXScape. A little out of touch, Steve -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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
Re: [IRCA] Live DX spotter / chat system *show of hands*
Collin, It was a question I asked. I got several replies and some good info. They helped but so far I have not found what I was looking for. I don't think such a thing for AMBCB DXing or SWL exists. I'm all for it. I'd love to hear / see your ideas. As a Ham I use http://www.dxsummit.fi/#/ and a telnet based one called dxspots.com I like these two because I can filter what spots I see or don't see. I frequently have both of them up filtered different ways. Steve NG0G On 3/11/19 11:12 AM, R. Colin Newell wrote: Last week someone posted a "wouldn't it be great if we had a live DX spotter chat window web site 100% dedicated to SWBCing and/or MW DXing ?" You know, a place where you could quickly sign in and post an alert that you're hearing HCJB on 9560 khz or Voice of the Voyager on 6160 khz... or there is a great TA opening to the West Coast... Show of hands: Who would use a system like this? I have some free server space and some ideas about domain names that could be fun... Anyway... hands!? -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@arrl.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
Re: [IRCA] HD Radios - snap them up!!
Craig, On Saturday 14 October 2006 18:21, Craig Healy wrote: > Who will be the first to have a thousand mile HD DX reception on AM? > Anyone in the midwest tried for WBZ at sunrise? I did some extensive > listening when WOWO and WHAM left the pot boiling overnight. Nada.. I can hear them in Boone, Iowa at 0526 Boone Daylight Savings time, or 1026Z. However I am using my 80M vertical and a Yaesu FT1000 MP, MkV Field, not an HD radio, as I don't own one, and probably never will. With a few exceptions there is nothing on AM BCST that would benefit from HD. The only reason I can think of that they might be doing it is to sell some kind of data services that they can transmit simultaneously with their current fare. BTW, I can also hear an oldies station under WBZ but they have not given a call when I could copy it. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] WWV Solar Report
On Sunday 15 October 2006 19:45, Bill Block wrote: > I would also like this in my mailbox. Thanks. I would also like it in my mail box. Thanks Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Please help
Bill, On Thursday 26 October 2006 14:29, Bill Harms wrote: > After I caught KTNN this morning after 0700 EDT 10/26, I continued to > record 660 and heard some country music and a spot for Truckers > Networks and TravelCenters of America. Then the station faded out. > Then I heard some Native American Music. However, according to the > Midnight Truckers Network website, the network stops its programming > at 0500 CDT (or 0600 EDT). Does this fit with KTNN? The Native American Music was KTNN. I can't hear them easily from Iowa so I can't tell you about the spot. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] IRCA re St. Isidore
Mike, On Sunday 12 November 2006 11:30, Mike Stonebridge wrote: > Hi Chris: > > Mike in St Isidore, AB I just looked up St. Isidore on the Internet and with Google Earth. Your pretty far north. Your community reminds me a little of the small Iowa Farming town I live in. I'll bet you have room for some serious antennas. Have you lived there much of your life? I think you said you were retired. Did you move there after you retired or is that where you worked? Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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 re St. Isidore
IRCA, On Monday 13 November 2006 05:38, Stephen Hawkins wrote: > Mike, > > I just looked up St. Isidore Sorry. I know this is off radio topic, and I accidentally sent it to the list instead of straight to Mike. Thank, Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Who 1040
Gang, WHO radio 1040, the local flame thrower, is having a contest. They know that they are heard all over the country, so they are going to pick one of the out of state listeners and fly them to Des Moines (about 40 miles south of me), wine them dine them, and show them Iowa. To enter see: http://www.whoradio.com/cc-common/globalcontestfinder.html?contest=18830 Be prepared to paste 50 word or less reason, why you want to come to Iowa. If one of you wins, let me know and drop by. I'll offer you some of my home brewed Stout. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] serious antenna farm
Gangue, This is a little off the BCB DX topic. At the end of October I operated the first half of a Ham Radio contest from a friends house. He has a farm here in central Iowa and lots of room for antennas. I drool everytime I go there. He has 18 towers. 2 x 80M 4 squares, and a 160M 4 square. Four Stacked mono-band yagis on rotatable towers for each band. Plus some fixed stacks. In the works is a second rotatable tower with stacked 4 x 40M yagis, that will be phased with the first rotatable tower with stacked 4 x 40M yagis. Plus 2 beverages in the summer, increased to 4 in the winter, when the crops have been harvested out of the way. A finished basement Ham Shack with a kitchen, living room, bedroom, and bathroom for guest ops during contest weekends. When he has the other two beverages back up I am going to try some BCB DXing from there. I'll let you know how that works out. I will send photos to anyone interested. Let me know how fast your Internet connection is, so I don't choke it. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Where were you on 22 November 1963?
IRCA, Hmmm! I was about a sophomore in High School at Flowing Well High School in Tucson Arizona, right off Flowing Wells road, near Prince Road. And I had just walked into the school office and everyone was going sssh, sh, so they could hear the radio. A half an hour later they sent us all home. Arriving home I fired up every radio I owned at the time, (about 3) and spent the next two or three days listening. Steve -- 73 49 111 01001001 Steve Hawkins NG0G [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
