Re: [IRCA] (New) Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide, etc.

2019-01-31 Thread bill [his.com] 
I can only echo Nick’s comments Chris — what a great page.  It’s going to take 
some time to explore all the things you’ve got here.

And what a great resource for helping ID Asian MW stations!  Looking forward to 
using it on some real, live DX soon!

Thanks for your efforts!

Bill Whitacre

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> On Jan 30, 2019, at 10:24 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> I only wish that I had more hours to go through your site.  Interesting radio 
> stuff of course, but your impressions of Korea and other details of that 
> nature are extremely worthwhile also.
> 
> I think that the write up on Asian DX targets' webstreams is still to come is 
> it?
> 
> Thanks for putting that up.
> 
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> 
> At 13:27 2019-01-29, Chris Kadlec wrote:
>> Just a note that my Seoul AM Radio Listening Guide has moved to:
>> 
>> http://chriskadlec.com (see the Radio menu)
>> 
>> I have added numerous full-length propaganda clips (AM FM SW) that I hadn't 
>> featured before, as well as photos and more. My old page was merely a 
>> temporary home for two years in lieu of this new page that had been planned 
>> for that pretty much that long.
>> 
>> In addition to that, I have built new pages featuring all KBS local 
>> addresses for those QSL seekers and a new/improved page for Chinese ID 
>> vocabulary (i.e. guangbo, dianshi zong tai, zhi sheng, etc.) with full 
>> English and pinyin translations for each clip. Both were previously PDFs. I 
>> also have a plan to add a similar page for MBC local addresses and update my 
>> list of Asian station streams.
>> 
>> For those who have interests beyond MW, you can also find all my FM content, 
>> including my full Chinese tropo and E-skip log with 3 hours of audio, and my 
>> new 6-hour 500 top-of-hour ID project for my 530 FM regulars here in 
>> Michigan. And other stuff too.
>> 
>> Hope some of you will check it out and let me know if there are other such 
>> resources that I may have access to that anyone would be interested in.
>> 
>> -Chris Kadlec
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Re: [IRCA] TPs in Maine This Morning - Nov. 14

2019-01-12 Thread bill [his.com] 
Thanks for the hint Mauno!

Just barely there on QH KiwiSDR at 1320utc.

Looks like all the modulation is on the LSB.

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> On Jan 12, 2019, at 8:05 AM, Mauno Ritola  
> wrote:
> 
> World Music Radio, Denmark 15805 kHz 200 W heard somewhat now via Quoddy 
> House.
> 
> 73, Mauno
> 
> Bill Whitacre kirjoitti 14.11.2018 klo 15:41:
>> I had the good fortune of having my antenna(s) survive an all-day-rain 
>> yesterday and a huge increase in wind and decrease in temperature overnight 
>> AND being part of a TP opening this morning from Quoddy House near Lubec, 
>> Maine.
>> 
>> Starting as soon as the strongest TA carriers faded away others remained.  
>> This was the loudest I’ve ever heard these here in Maine and I’m sure there 
>> are others to be found.  I know I have good signals from Japan on 774 and 
>> 747kHz, for example.
>> 
>> ---
>> 
>> Korea on 972kHz is one of the most common [not really anything ‘common’ 
>> about it] TPs here near solar minima:
>> 
>> http://realmonitor.com/qh12/972-0933-Nov14.wav
>> 
>> —
>> 
>> Not so common is China on 1206kHz in Korean:
>> 
>> http://realmonitor.com/qh12/1206-0953-Nov14.wav
>> 
>> —
>> 
>> Also not common is Japan on 1287kHz:
>> 
>> http://realmonitor.com/qh12/1287-1014-Nov14.wav
>> 
>> —
>> 
>> I have a KiwiSDR up and running and Quoddy House for the duration of my 
>> visit [Saturday AM]:
>> 
>> http://qhkiwisdr.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/
>> 
>> Enjoy!
>> 
>> Bill Whitacre
>> … freezing and blowing away in Lubec, Maine
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Re: [IRCA] phased BoG experiment in Masset.

2019-01-07 Thread bill [his.com] 
Geez, that WAS fun!  May have to go over to TC Williams HS and try that again.  
Almost as fun as bowtie-in-the-woods at the Virginia Theological Seminary … 
until they chased me out.  :-(

The ‘DX van’ still exists but being on furlough I’m thinking more of a trip to 
Fleeton, VA for a DKAZ-antastic solution!

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> On Jan 7, 2019, at 1:45 PM, Neil Kazaross  wrote:
> 
> Here are Bill's loggings with this. I've never seen these higher band
> Mexicans reported from that far east on regional channels in this day and
> age. http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_chinquapin.php
> 
> Walt, approx, how long were your two wires? Here in IL a mini-PBS is giving
> me good results for TA's all I have is about 290 ft // 190 ft. With lots of
> work, maybe I could add a couple dozen feet.  73 KAZ
> 
> On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 11:55 PM Volodya S  wrote:
> 
>> Bill, my phased array was similarly about 1.3 to 1, but more like about 5'
>> apart.   Results were occasionally very interesting, but in the end, I
>> didn't use it very much (too much happening during TP openings).  One down
>> side was that the shorter BoG was not amplified compared to the longer one,
>> so I sensed this made a big difference in decreasing the efficacy.  Perhaps
>> I'm wrong on that.  I also don't necessarily have much to the rear of the
>> NW BoG once daylight breaks to my east.  I suspect, perhaps that a phased N
>> Beverage might be more interesting, especially if it can help with splatter
>> from the rear!73,   Walt
>> 
>> On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 9:02 PM bill [his.com]  wrote:
>> 
>>> The ’system’ Kaz uses is two wires of dis-similar length [ratio of ~
>>> 1.3:1] spaced about an arms length apart.  Works really well and can be
>>> surprisingly wide-band with a phaser.  I used to use a 350’ & 500’ set
>> in a
>>> park nearby.
>>> 
>>> ---
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>>>> On Dec 30, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Volodya S  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Chuck, I didn’t erect any DU wires this time. The Aussies were heard on
>>> the
>>>> NE BoG so no promises. I’v Just set up // BoGs to experiment with a
>>> phaser.
>>>> 73, Walt
>>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [IRCA] TP from Masset for 30 Dec 2018

2018-12-30 Thread bill [his.com] 
The ’system’ Kaz uses is two wires of dis-similar length [ratio of ~ 1.3:1] 
spaced about an arms length apart.  Works really well and can be surprisingly 
wide-band with a phaser.  I used to use a 350’ & 500’ set in a park nearby.

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> On Dec 30, 2018, at 3:59 PM, Volodya S  wrote:
> 
> Chuck, I didn’t erect any DU wires this time. The Aussies were heard on the
> NE BoG so no promises. I’v Just set up // BoGs to experiment with a phaser.
> 73, Walt
> 
> On Sunday, December 30, 2018, Chuck Hutton  wrote:
> 
>> Yes, Western Australia is the only ABC station on 531 so you have a tough
>> catch.
>> Sounds like the regulars were fairly strong.  We'll hope for a later
>> report with lots of unusual stuff.
>> 
>> Chuck
>> 
>> From: IRCA  on behalf of Volodya S <
>> can...@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2018 12:14 PM
>> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
>> Subject: [IRCA] TP from Masset for 30 Dec 2018
>> 
>> An interesting morning with a strong Japanese showing as well as some
>> Australia. 531 was especially interesting as I heard the ABC fanfare at
>> 15:00 (does that mean 6DL Western Australia?)  but at 16:00 it was 4KZ
>> armchair ID at 16:03 and // to much weaker 5055.  AFN was powerful on 1575
>> and it’s still there at 19:30 UTC. Even a loud Iranian jammer earlier on
>> the same frequency. Too much fun for sure!  73, from Masset (as I type this
>> on my iPhone on the beach Alaska is in view and an eagle is regularly
>> flying back and forth where the surf breaks. Too nice!)
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Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] 1530 VOA Sao Tome, easy pickin's

2018-12-19 Thread bill [his.com] 
From the midwest you’re best bet is to ‘aim east’ and keep checking for the 
night or two when ‘Yankee Doodle’ is audible thru WCKY just prior to VOA’s 
0300utc s/on.

Good luck!

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Dec 19, 2018, at 4:37 PM, Mark Pettifor  wrote:
> 
> Trying to find an antenna that will "thread the needle" between WCKY 
> Cincinnati and a country/oldies station about two hours straight north of me 
> in Grand Rapids, MI.
> 
> Is there an online stream to check for //? I haven't found anything.
> 
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> Goshen, IN
> en71ao
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Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] Perseus and Jaguar?

2018-11-29 Thread bill [his.com] 
As long as we’re discussing Jaguar ...

I always felt like I was DXing through a microscope with it.  While other 
programs default to either a waterfall or peak-and-valley graph of a hunk of 
spectrum, Jaguar defaults to a microscopic view of the frequency you’re DXing.

I have used both full-bore Jaguar [a few years ago or more] and Jaguar Lite and 
was never able to overcome the learning curve with either.

Like Chuck said though, I do go back to Jaguar Lite every now and then to 
review wav files to see if I’ve missed something.

I have never really used the full power of Jaguar — particularly the analysis 
tools and such — though I REALLY liked the full-featured Mestor built-in that 
included all the things I wish the stand-alone version released years ago 
leaves out.

It was if Jaguar required a certain ’style’ of very serious DXing that I was 
just no in-sync with.  My fault, not theirs.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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Re: [IRCA] Jammin' on the Beach

2018-11-27 Thread bill [his.com] 
And here is what the other VOA language services sound like from various 
locations in SEA:

http://ibbmonitor.appspot.com/sounds/query?brc=VOA=BURM,LAO,VIET,KHME=2018-11-25,2018-11-26,2018-11-27=1575
 
<http://ibbmonitor.appspot.com/sounds/query?brc=VOA=BURM,LAO,VIET,KHME=2018-11-25,2018-11-26,2018-11-27=1575>

Iran jammer is even less in play though audible in some locations.

If you have questions about this URL email off-line.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Nov 27, 2018, at 5:28 PM, bill [his.com]  wrote:
> 
> Here is what VOA Bangla sounds like in Calcutta over the past few days:
> 
> http://ibbmonitor.appspot.com/sounds/query?site=CALC=2018-11-25,2018-11-26,2018-11-27=16:00=23:00=1575
>  
> <http://ibbmonitor.appspot.com/sounds/query?site=CALC=2018-11-25,2018-11-26,2018-11-27=16:00=23:00=1575>
> 
> Iran jammer is present but not prohibitive.
> 
> If ’normal’ listeners can hear VOA Bangla this well I would be happy.
> 
> Bill Whitacre
> Alexandria, VA
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>> On Nov 27, 2018, at 4:11 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
>> 
>> I wonder how many of VoA-Thailand's real listeners are getting fouled up by 
>> that jammer, hi.
>> 
>> Certainly VoA can be overpowered here, at least this season.
>> 
>> best wishes,
>> 
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Re: [IRCA] Jammin' on the Beach

2018-11-27 Thread bill [his.com] 
Here is what VOA Bangla sounds like in Calcutta over the past few days:

http://ibbmonitor.appspot.com/sounds/query?site=CALC=2018-11-25,2018-11-26,2018-11-27=16:00=23:00=1575
 


Iran jammer is present but not prohibitive.

If ’normal’ listeners can hear VOA Bangla this well I would be happy.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Nov 27, 2018, at 4:11 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
> 
> I wonder how many of VoA-Thailand's real listeners are getting fouled up by 
> that jammer, hi.
> 
> Certainly VoA can be overpowered here, at least this season.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
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Re: [IRCA] Kauai Island AM-DXing.. Know Before You Go (Conclusion)

2018-11-21 Thread bill [his.com] 
I’d like to 2nd Nick’s comments Gary.  There were a few times I thought of you 
there in Hawaii with a souped up portable radio and modest sized FSL and 
compared it to freezing my butt off in Maine trying to keep up two huge DKAZ 
antennas in a very unfriendly environment.  Then I got under the quilts at 
night and let the SDR do the work and knew I’d made the right choice.  The only 
thing worse than having to keep a big antenna up is having to actually DX out 
there live!

Thanks again for the write up and exposing us all to some pretty amazing DX!

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA

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> On Nov 21, 2018, at 11:28 AM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
> 
> Heh, I hope that Costco is giving you a good finders' fee for that write up 
> Gary (hi).   It certainly sounds like quite the deal all right.
> 
> Seriously, thanks for an excellent write up on how to approach a new and 
> exotic DX location, and how to take full advantage of it.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> 
> At 09:38 2018-11-21, Gary DeBock wrote:
>> Finally, In consideration of the exceptional value of the Costco travel 
>> package and the superb transoceanic DX propagation prevalent on the Kauai 
>> beach, this 6 day Hawaii vacation proved to be as much of a lifetime hobby 
>> thrill as visiting the exotic Cook islands in April-- at less than half the 
>> cost. My strong advice to anyone who is feeling bored with his AM-DXing 
>> hobby is to step out of your comfort zone, and try something really new. You 
>> can certainly chase DX at home (or at the same flat ocean beach) for 
>> decades, but you are unlikely to experience anything radically different 
>> from what you have already experienced. Breakthrough results require 
>> breakthrough innovation, exploration and experimentation, and the commitment 
>> to overcome all challenges until you get the results you desire.
>> 
>> DXing on Kauai Island makes it easy for you. All the comforts of home 
>> are within a 20-minute drive. A Walmart, Safeway, Costco and Home Depot are 
>> all in the local area, close to your gorgeous 2-BR beach side condo. You 
>> don't even need to change currency or bring a passport (well, at least if 
>> you live south of the border). An outstanding snorkeling beach is a 5 minute 
>> walk away, and the "Garden Island" is one of the most beautiful in the 
>> entire Hawaiian chain, waiting for you to explore it in your new, full-sized 
>> rental car. What more could you ask for? So go ahead and take the plunge... 
>> and discover the exceptional thrill of forward Pacific TP-DXing!
>> 
>> 
>> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [IRCA] Nov. 7th: Ionosphere Delivers a Gold Mine to the Pacific NW

2018-11-07 Thread bill [his.com] 
How does the S3 do on MW & HF Walt?

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> On Nov 7, 2018, at 2:07 PM, Volodya S  wrote:
> 
> Agree, Bill.   A very nice problem to have.  We haven't had the greatest
> conditions on the east coast.  Nothing overnight here, as far as I know.
> This morning, the weather was perfect, so 4 of us went for a long walk
> along the beach, then bushwacked our way home, but as this place is
> surrounded by salty lagoons, we had to back track to make it back to the
> house.  It's just coming up to our TA time, so here's hoping something
> decent today.  Looks like conditions again will take a turn for the worse
> in the next 2 days.  You win some, you lose some.  Bill Nollman showed me
> the joys of meteor FM scatter last night.  His new Elad FDM S-3 can record
> the entire FM band.  Sure fun watching the blips of meteor scatter.  Just
> maybe, I might have to get into FM DXing!73,Walt
> 
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 6:18 PM Guy Atkins  wrote:
> 
>> I hope other DXers in the Northwest, from the Victoria crew southwards,
>> found last night to be a fascinating time at the dials.
>> 
>> At my temporary Cape Lookout post in Oregon, I noticed a few Japanese
>> stations in audio more than an hour and a half before Japan sunrise. With
>> 4.5 terabytes of hard drive space on my laptop now I decided to just let
>> SDR recording continue uninterrupted through the night.
>> 
>> Spot checks a few times through the night showed a wealth of TPs up and
>> down the band. When I stopped recording at 1645 UTC (nearly two hours past
>> local SR), a handful of Chinese and Korean signals were still providing
>> weak but clear audio.
>> 
>> So... what a turnaround from the previous two mornings. I'll be interested
>> to know others impressions of DX on Nov. 7th, as I face an SDR DXer's
>> dilemma of how to approach over 11 hours of productive DX recordings!
>> 
>> 73,
>> Guy Atkins
>> Puyallup, WA
>> DXing from Cape Lookout State Park, OR
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Re: [IRCA] DKAZ and Flag data

2018-10-25 Thread bill [his.com] 
Thanks for running this Chuck and to Nick for making the results readable.

I’ll repeat a request I made a few days ago - any chance of adding a column for 
1MHz?

My impression is that there is not a linear degradation in gain on the DKAZ but 
that it falls off more rapidly below 700 or 800 kHz.  Therefore I’m betting a 
run at 1MHz would have similar values to that at 1.5MHz.

Bill Whitacre

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> On Oct 25, 2018, at 3:37 PM, Nick Hall-Patch  wrote:
> 
> I've posted Chuck's tabulated results at
> 
> http://www3.telus.net/public/shallpat/4all/DKAZ_and_flag_size_comparisons.pdf
> 
> Hate to think of the work he has put into this going to waste because of the 
> mail limitation.  It's good information, and this has been a really 
> worthwhile discussion.
> 
> best wishes,
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> 
> At 18:40 2018-10-25, Chuck Hutton wrote:
>> Here's an updated data set on the DKAZ and Corner Fed Loop.
>> 
>> 
>> DKAZ
>> LENGTH  .5 MHZ GAIN 1.5 MHZ GAIN.5 MHZ F/B
>> AND TERM1.5 MHZ F/B
>> AND TERMRDF .5 MHZ  RDF 1.5 MHZ 3 DB WIDTH
>> (.5 and 1.5 MHZ)   6 DB WIDTH
>> (.5 and 1.5 MHZ)
>> 100 -61.1   -34.6   35.1 (1150) 47.3 (1100) 8.9 7.9 99 / 
>> 101140 / 150
>> 120 -58 -31.8   42  32.5
>> 140 -55.4   -29.5   37.430.7
>> 160 -53.2   -27.5   39.4 (1000) 26.5 (1100) 8.7 7   97 / 
>> 102140 / 140
>> 180 -51.2   -26.8   44.822.2
>> 200 -49.5   -24.2   45.2 (1500) 19.1 (1500) 8.6 11.23   96 / 
>> 106140 / 150
>> CORNER FED LOOP
>> 18 x 18 -52.5   -34.1   46.5 (1000) 43.7 (1025 or 1050) 8.5 8.7  
>>150 /  151  190 / 200
>> 18 x 36 -47 -28.7   36.6 (1150) 30.4 (1150)
>> 25 x 50 -42.4   -24.2   35.8 (1175) 27.6(1225)  7.7 7.7 146 
>> / 150   200 / 200
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Re: [IRCA] Michigan DUs, October 17th, 2018

2018-10-17 Thread bill [his.com] 
Nice Tim!  I sure envy that quiet location!

Bill Whitacre
QRN-ridden Alexandria, VA

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> On Oct 17, 2018, at 12:44 PM, Tim Tromp  wrote:
> 
> Local sunrise is now corresponding to 12:00 UTC top of hour.  During these
> times, when all the right circumstances prevail, we can sometimes catch the
> majestic fanfare at the top of the hour from the ABC outlets down under,
> from the Midwest.  All the planets lined up this morning:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItOnHL5ZoZE
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> 73,
> Tim Tromp
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[IRCA] Grayland, WA & Florence, OR DXpedition - August 5 - 12

2018-08-19 Thread bill [his.com] 
I visited 2 rentals in Grayland, Washington and near Florence, Oregon between
August 5 - 12.  At both I erected a 160' DKAZ pointing roughly 255 deg. with
Vactrol termination.

You can see and hear what I heard on this webpage:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland18.php

I'm still working through Perseus wav files so the page will change over the
next few weeks.

Highlight was hearing Gold FM from Fiji on 990 kHz.  Low point was having a deer
or elk run thru the antenna on the last day of the DXpedition ruining reception.
Note to self:  always check antenna prior to sunrise.

Reception conditions throughout were much more Asian than I'm used to from
previous summer trips to the same locations over the past several years.  May 
be an
indication that we're at or near the minimum of the current cycle?

For those interested, I'm trying a new strategy for working through wav files -
going through 200 kHz at a time for each day of the 1300utc TOH file.  That's
roughly sunrise on the west coast this time of year and based on past experience
is the best time to hear 'good stuff' and catch IDs.  When I find something
interesting I'll have to delve into wav files before or after 1300 but this
first-pass will guide where to look/listen next.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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