Re: [IRCA] Non-TPs from Orcas Island
Hey John: As one of the guys who got to see you this past season, and in fact finally meet you in person, it was indeed a pleasure to DX with you and get to know you! Hopefully we will meet again next season at Salt Creek for a little pseudo-motel DXing. Have a fun and safe trip back to Oklahoma, and let me know when the gear you kindly borrowed to me should be entrusted to the post office. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA I had my worst TP morning of this trip mainly because I packed my radios yesterday. Today is final packing and then tomorrow we head down I-5 to Bakersfield/Barstow and hang a left. We are going to try to break the trip up some this year, with a day here and half a day there, so it will likely be about a week before we make it to the South Prairie in Oklahoma. Thanks very much from all of the help from the other members of the NW Gang. One of the real pleasures of DXing out here is having such close friends to enjoy this insanity along side. My only regret is that I got to see so few of you in person. I totally missed the Victoria guys this year and saw far less than half of the Seatac crowd. Still, we've been doing this together long enough that is a good visit, if only by e-mail. It was exactly twenty years ago this February that Guy and I made that fabled first tip to the Grayland motel. We heard almost every Pacific Island nation, including Tuvalu and were hooked on TPs on MW. In March of 1990, there was a massive DXpedition at the Grayland Beach State Park with Dave Clark from Toronto and more than half of the NW group that is still making trips down there. I got a real laugh a couple of months ago when several of us were discussing a lovely campground west of Port Angeles on the Washington side of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It looks like a perfect place for fall DXpeditions for Asia. Nick Hall-Patch pointed out that the worst thing about this place was that one had to CAMP OUT. He allowed as maybe the soft beds, flush toilets and complete kitchens in the Grayland Motel units had spoiled him for the vagaries of CAMPING OUT. Why I remember full well the DXpeditions in the 80s and first half of the 90s when Nick drove his little pickup truck to various DX sites and DXed mosta the night from the cab and then slept half the day in the seated position all in the cab of that little truck. I also remember going potty in the deep brush while keeping watch (both ways) for the local mama bear and her cub. Time marches on, eh It's been a fabulous Fall Season... I hope that each of my co-conspirators enjoyed it at least half as much as I did! John B. WinRadio 313e + Ultralights Wellbrook Phased Arrays, SW and NW Grayland, WA, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1410 Vancouver BC/ Pirate Radio
Hey Bill: Thanks for the heads-up on 1410! 203 meters is 1480. There is a nifty chart here that converts meters to khz: http://earlyradiohistory.us/khzmeter.htm Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA 1.As of 11-05-09 CFUN Vancouver BC went from Talk 1410 with night program Coast to Coast AM to all sports Team 1410.Anyone running into this one will hear sports. 2.Checked out movie Pirate Radio last night and thought it was an alright flic. Radio Rock DJ ID'd station to be on 203 meters Medium Wave.Does anyone know if there is a 203 and what that is in Kilohertz? Bill in BC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] NW WA TPs for 23 Nov - The Dog Ate My Antenna
Hi all: This tried and true excuse for not bringing in one's homework seemed applicable to my inability to bring in much of any TP DX this morning. From 1315-1415 UTC, the reception of both domestic and TP signals was so poor I checked my antenna connection a couple times. After hearing snippets of JJ on 747, 774 and 828 and a few other strangled strains of sinewy signals, work beckoned and I called it a day. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] tonight's TAs
Hey Nick: I had audio on 1269 from Germany for a bit, plus the usuals on 1134 and 1215, etc. 1062 and 1179 are interesting hets that haven't been around lately, plus there are several others potential hets that are threatening to become something serious. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Yes, there are a few at 0415UT, but rather predictable. Best has been 1134 with audio that threatens to be readable from time to time. The others, 1215, 1377 and 1422 so far, have been just burbles in the murk. Hmm, 873 also, and that would be new if I could dig up anything. best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] ULR DX...Sunset Skip......AM Station # 1300 Logged....and ULR # 754....a 250/9 Watter!!!!!! + UNID HELP NEEDED!!
Hey Rob: Per: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/archive/irca/msg00234.html there is a WFRB in Frostburg, PA on 560 that has the games? Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Hi Guys: Well..I was sitting at # 1299 Heard for the Overall Log when I began Sunset DXing tonight...and I was hoping I could log a good one for # 1300!!! Luck was with me and I bagged # 1300 (Which is ULR # 754) ...and it's a 250 Watts Days/ 9 Watts Nights, Low Power Station. I don't know if they forgot to Power down to 9 Watts.or if this is just great conditions and they were actually on 9 Watts?? Either way...I didn't expect to hear this Station on 650 with WSM and WNMT there. I had to really work for this New One...they were just playing Song after Song with no Talk. Songs were in PORTUGUESE and ENGLISH. When I realized they weren't gonna IDI rushed down to the Laptop to see if they had a Live Web Feed. I didn't think they would, being a Low Powered Stationbut I lucked out again and they did have a Web Feed!! I was able to Match up 4 Songs with the Webfeed...which seemed a little Behind the Broadcast. 3 Vocal Songs and a STRANGE Instrumental were all matched upThe Web Feed to what I was hearing on the Sony SRF-T615 BAREFOOT!!! I even went out on the back deck in the dark and stood there listening as it was a little quieter out there. I was able to completely NULL WSM and had these guys in the clear for a time while out there on the deck! Even the Schedule matched up with the Program I was hearing. Ya just never know.. I also have a couple of UNIDS if anyone can help. I've searched the web and can't find anything so far Radio UsedSONY SRF-T615 ULR BAREFOOT. ^ ULR LOG is now754 Stations Heard. ^ Overall Log is now1300 Stations Heard. ^^ 73..ROB Robert S. Ross VA3SW London, Ontario CANADA ** 650 WSRO Ashland, MASS. Nov/22/09 1705-1735 EST PP/EE Fair In WSM NULL. Portuguese Vocals at 1705 EST Tune In. Weird Instrumental Selection 1708-13. More Portuguese Vocals by Female @ 1713. EE Pop Music Vocals for a couple of Songs. More PP Vocals 1728-35 EST. Was able to match up 4 Songs with the Live Webfeed. Their Program schedule shows WSRO MUSICA. No ID Heard but NO Doubt this is them with PP Programming and Webfeed matchup! NEW STNULR # 754 AM # 1300 250/9 Watts Nights ROSS, ONT. 1060 UNID E/W Bearing?? Nov/22/09 1615 EST EE FAIR Scott Linden Outdoors...The Radio Show. Talking about Steelhead Fishing. In for about 5 Minutes. No ID Heard. Checked the Scott Linden Webpage but no Station List shown. Anyone know anybody on 1060 that carries them??? UNID...NEED HELP ROSS, ONT. * 560 UNID SE/NW Bearing?? Nov/22/09 1652 EST EE FAIR Pittsburgh Steelers Radio Network ID and Post Game Show. Also gave ID as Here on Talk Sports Radio 1450. Or Maybe it was FOX Sports Radio 1450??I was on 560 but ID was for a Station on 1450. Football Scores. IDs for Giant Eagle Grocery Store. 1658 EST Fade Out. UNID..NEED HELP ROSS, 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 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] ULR DX...Sunset Skip......AM Station # 1300 Logged....and ULR # 754....a 250/9 Watter!!!!!! + UNID HELP NEEDED!!
Hi Rob: For the 560 UNID, per http://news.steelers.com/article/40324/ WTBO-1450 is a sister station which carries the games, and per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTBO the stations do simulcast at times. Also, per WTBO's web site at http://www.foxsportsradio1450.com/ their slogan is in fact FOX Sports Radio 1450, so that's gotta be it? Kevin Hi Guys: * 560 UNID SE/NW Bearing?? Nov/22/09 1652 EST EE FAIR Pittsburgh Steelers Radio Network ID and Post Game Show. Also gave ID as Here on Talk Sports Radio 1450. Or Maybe it was FOX Sports Radio 1450??I was on 560 but ID was for a Station on 1450. Football Scores. IDs for Giant Eagle Grocery Store. 1658 EST Fade Out. UNID..NEED HELP ROSS, 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
Re: [IRCA] 747-Ta or TP?
Hi Bill: I had near-audio on 747 last night as well but couldn't pull out any words - too much slop from 750. 747 on the TA side is likely either the Netherlands or Bulgaria, with Iran or Syria also in the mix - how sure are you that it was Spanish? Radio Nacional in Spain on 747 is only 5 kw, which would be g reat catch but pretty tough. I like to use http://www.hermanboel.eu/emwg/online-mw1.htm for TA info (which is where I got the above info). TPs start coming in around that time this time of year, but there aren't any Spanish TPs that I know of. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA 11-18-09 23;00 PST --Victoria BC Strong whistle between 740 and 750 with possible audio with spanish male voice but not clear enough to ID the language in and out for about 15 minutes until fading .Was that a TA or TP.Is it possible for signals to hop across both oceans at this time? Appreciate any tips on this one.Thanks.Bill in BC __ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the 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] NW Washington TPs - Count Dracula Strikes Again!
Hi all: Similar to the reports of others, conditions were not that great, and at sunrise, the TPs scurried away like Count Dracula avoiding the sun. I was up an hour prior to sunrise, and the conditions at that time were actually much better (again!). Of note was that, throughout the morning, 1134-CNR1-China was actually stronger than its counterpart on 639 which is normally quite strong. 1134 was especially impressive since my Super Loop is pointed straight at 1130-Vancouver. Also, 666-JOBK was briefly up high enough to // with 594. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Fw: [mwcircle] 1280 LA ??
Hi Maurits: Assuming you mean the dominant Spanish speaker at around 00:25 on the audio clip, all 3 stations on 1280 in California have English language formats, so it doesn't appear to be a California station. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Heart this LA station this morning ,anyone a idea ? (high splatter) Perseus Kaz 270degrees 73 Maurits Belgium http://www.4shared.com/file/154136350/a9972291/1280Khz__0418utc_17-11.html - 1280Khz , 0418utc 17-11.mp3 __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: a.. New Members 3 a.. New Files 3 Visit Your Group Start a New Topic MARKETPLACE Mom Power: Discover the community of moms doing more for their families, for the world and for each other Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest ⢠Unsubscribe ⢠Terms of Use. __,_._,___ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TAs in NW Washington - a little action
Hi all: Hets seem to be popping up here and there, and I managed to synch France Info in Bordeaux on 1206 to their web stream for a new logging, my ears tempting fate with the AGC off under a strong local on 1210. Presumed BBC on 693 and 909 have decent signals but no recognizable audio, and 675, 1134 and 1215 are threatening to be decent at times. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA 9x10 Slinky Super Loop ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TAs on the West Coast tonight
Hi Nick/all: Things stayed fairly tame and generally deteriorated here as well, although 864-Paris came up for a while in order to // with their Web stream, and 756-Deutschlandfunk was strong enough to almost // with the web stream. 675, 693 and 1134 came and went throughout the night, 1215-UK was up for a bit with music, and 963 (presumed Pori) again made a late splash around 0600 UTC. Kevin At 02:22 11/16/2009, sa...@sounddsl.com wrote: Hi all: Not bad TA conditions once again. 675 (Radio Maria) , 693 (BBC 5) and 1134 (Croatia) are all in with recognizable audio, and there are a few other channels that seem to have promise, including 747 and 1017. did things deteriorate over the next hour Kevin?or is your setup doing you proud? I really wasn't doing nearly so well 90 minutes later. best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] NW Washington TA/TP for 16 Nov 2009
Hi all: Confirmed TA's last night were 675 (R Maria) 693 (BBC 5) 864 (Paris Radio Bleu) 1134 (Croatia) 1215 (Absolute Radio) Also from across the Atlantic: - 756 was almost assuredly Deutschlandfunk, but I couldn't quite match the web stream to it. - 1017 had what sounded like Russian language news, but I couldn't be sure - Big hets on 747 and 909, but domestics kept me from hearing anything As for TP's this morningmeh - a little better than yesterday, but nothing inspiring 594 - JOAK was the only station to get a boost at sunrise - everything else was basically gone by then. 639 - CNR1 //5030 with decent level at 1421 648 - music briefly at 1454, sounded like Chinese music 738 - what sounded like Taiwan Fishery music at 0350, but heaviliy splattered by domestics 1170 - presumed KBS competing remarkably well with semi-local KPUG The JJ NHK2 outlets on 693, 747, 774 and 828 were all in at one point with weak audio, good enough to // between the four, but weak under splatter Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA 9x10 Slinky loop, R75 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TP stands for Totally Pathetic in NW Washington - 15 Nov 2009
I'm glad it wasn't just me - conditions this morning were almost spooky they were so poor. I thought I heard a little audio on 594 from Japan, but that was from a very weak het. I lucked out yesterday and slept in on a below-average morning, but I should have stayed in bed this morning as well. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TAs on the West Coast tonight
Hi all: Not bad TA conditions once again. 675 (Radio Maria) , 693 (BBC 5) and 1134 (Croatia) are all in with recognizable audio, and there are a few other channels that seem to have promise, including 747 and 1017. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA 9x10 Slinky Super Loop, R75 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] NW Washington TPs for 13 Nov 2009
Hi all: Conditions seemed decent here on the Slinky Super Loop, with numerous hets throughout the morning. Audios noted: 279 1449, not bad RR Radio Rossii; local noise precluded finding // freqs 549 1437, Echoing male newscaster, presumed RR Radio Mayak 594 Various, NHK1 Tokyo (JOAK): came and went throughout the morning, quite clear at times 603 1506, //594, so NHK-1 JJ 621 1500, Faint music, battling 620 domestic 639 1435, CC, CNR-1 //5030 648 1432, Good CC language, presumed Guandong 693 1400, Garbled under 690-Vancouver, but easily //774 729 1450, Music/jingle, battling 730-Vancouver, I believe //594 NHK1 738 1414/1428, Popular music, presumed Taiwan Fishery, with second male announcer murmuring underneath 747 1428, Strongest NHK-2 at this time, easily overcoming 750-KXL even in USB 774 1359, Strong NHK-2 //weaker 828 828 1400, NHK2 pips noted //774, but heavily splattered by 830 864 1427, Faint music, unknown 972 Various, A little better this morning, occasionally discernible audio 1134 1420, Music, unknown 1287 1410, Good JJ audio, woman speaking JOHR Sapporo 1323 1411, Almost discernible audio 1566 Various, not quite discernable audio, presumed HLAZ Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] West Coast TAs
Hi all: Croatia-1134 and Radio Farda-1575 are in with verifiable audio so far, 1215 is close, and a few other decent hets are showing promise. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Decent TA night in NW Washington 13 Nov 2009
Hi all: Pretty good propagation into the house here tonight, competing with the washing machine, computers and other noise makers. At one point or another most channels had some sort of het. Identified stations tonight: 693 - UK: good signal from BBC 5 talking about UK matters at 0354 UTC 855 - Romania: R. Actualitati, verified with web stream, 963 - Finland: Pori station with Russian program decent at 0420-0430 UTC 1134 - Croatia: pretty good all night, HUGE at about 0417, //7375 1215 - UK: Absolute Radio in nicely around 0250, //web stream 1269 - Germany: Deutschlandfunk in and out all night, armchair copy at 0417 with 1270 fairly quiet tonight, //web stream 1575 - Radio Farda verified with web stream, decent at times I had big carriers on 549, 819 and 1341 most of the session, but strong domestics kept me from getting anything from them. Just a little while ago (0710 UTC) I'm pretty sure I had Radio Maria on 675, near its local sunrise, and 1269-Germany as well, so quite a night for TAs! Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 11-12... Anemic
Hi all: Last night I got a 9x10 foot Slinky Super Loop installed in my shack, and it appears that I am now able to actually hear TPs and contribute here! Not sure what size Super Loop it equates to, but it really pulls it in, is deathly quiet even in the urban RF zoo here, and has nulls off the back (with an adjustable pot) like I have never seen before. I agree with Gary's comments and list. 972-KK was remarkably muted, although 693 was pretty good here. China CR1 on 639, verified with the //5030, was quite good here, with 640-KFI completely nulled out on the Super Loop. I had brief audio on 738, and by the sounds of the music was Taiwan Fisheries. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Hello All, Around 0300 UTC yesterday (during a nice west coast TA opening) it seemed like the band suddenly dived, and the mediocre conditions certainly continued throughout the local sunrise period. The strongest TP's (594, 603, 657, 666, 738, 747, 774, 828 and 972 kHz) had decent audio, but the second-tier Asians were seriously down-- and none of the common co-channel TP's showed up to pester the NHK big guns on 594, 666 and 828. The high band seemed depressed, and the rest of the band was depressing. After last night's great TA opening, however, I guess we shouldn't be too disappointed. It's nice to see John joining in the wild TA fun, and hopefully the band will recover to give us more action tonight. 73, Gary DeBock Spotting receiver: Modified ICF-2010 (30 loopstick) Main receiver: Modified C.Crane SWP ultralight (7.5 Slider loopstick + CFJ455K5 filter) 9' PVC tuned passive loop (in the back yard) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TAs in NW Washington
Hi all: 1134 has decent audio, //7375 as Croatia 783 has occasional audio, apparent Arabic language, so likely Syria Various other hets, especially 1269-Germany trying to surface to intelligibility like last night Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TAs in NW Washington
Thanks Bruce. At 0420 now, the TA band seems to be played out. I never quite got anyting out of 1215, although I could probably slew the loop over and get a good null on our local on 1210. Ah well, only a couple hours until the TPs start... in fact, 747 and 774 were better at bedtime last night than they were ths morning. Kevin Kevin Welcome to the world of TA DX. Things are down a bit tonight, with just 1134 1215 so far on this side of the Sound. I've been chasing that 783 station since early October, but it's never had more then trace audio. It hadn't occurred to me that it might be Syria. Unfortunately it's not there now. Bruce sa...@sounddsl.com wrote: Hi all: 1134 has decent audio, //7375 as Croatia 783 has occasional audio, apparent Arabic language, so likely Syria Various other hets, especially 1269-Germany trying to surface to intelligibility like last night Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA _ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the 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 article on Moxon indoor FM antenna available
Hi all: Just uploaded to the DXer.ca and Yahoo UltralightDX sites is an article about building a Moxon antenna for indoor use. As someone who can't hoist a good 12-element Yagi up on the roof, I have been pleasantly surprised by the performance of the Moxon design, which gives a lot more gain than a dipole or whip antenna and is also quite directional. It takes three lengths of PVC pipe, some connectors and some wire and rubber bands to have a really good FM antenna. It will hook up to any FM receiver, including portables, that will take an external FM antenna. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1322 kHz Mystery Station - Possible ID?
I wonder if some enterprising person is taking KCIZ's programming and rebroadcasting it using a low power transmitter, perhaps targeted at high school students in your area? While the public stream is apparently not working on the KCIZ web site, maybe someone at Mora High School is sending the feed to a friend here in the Pacific NW on the side? Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Hi Paul, Yes, that is the audio stream I was trying to listen to early this morning and also right now around 9am local. However, there's no audio and the KCIZ home page has a mention of their server being down. From the way it is worded it's hard to tell if they mean the server for their internet stream or the one that automatically generates and displays their playlist. Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA http://fivebelow.squarespace.com -- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:49:11 -0500 From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1322 kHz Mystery Station - Possible ID? Message-ID: 8bce0fe80910020549p5045f04ah4d1d4b7e76fa2...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 SNIP The station has a webstream at http://www.morarocks.com/listen SNIP ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Ordering from Taobao - Success!
I all: As many of you may know, Taobao is China's equivalent of eBay, from which one can buy all the latest electronic gear that is either not yet available in NA or never was/never will be available. The merchandise is typically much cheaper than it is over here. The catch is that you must live in China or in some other way be able to purchase using Chinese funds. Enter Taobao agents such as Obook, which for a fee will order what you want off of Taobao or other Chinese e-commerce site, receive it, and then ship it to you. I just received my first Taobao shipment, a Sony SRF-T615 Ultralight receiver, for a little over half the price that it would cost from the only other known outlet (AudioCubesII in Japan). I placed the order on 9/11 and it arrived yesterday, so 16 days total from order to receipt. It was as advertised on Taobao, new in the box, and appears to work perfectly. The Obook agent provided detailed emails ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Ordering from Taobao - Success!
(let's try this again without pushing SEND prematurely...) Hi all: As many of you may know, Taobao is China's equivalent of eBay, from which one can buy all the latest electronic gear that is either not yet available in NA or never was/never will be available. The merchandise is typically much cheaper than it is over here. The catch is that you must live in China or in some other way be able to purchase using Chinese funds. Enter Taobao agents such as Obook, which for a fee will order what you want off of Taobao or other Chinese e-commerce site, receive it, and then ship it to you. Their fee is placed on eBay for you to bid on, giving them a way to solicit and display feedback (which is currently 100%). I just received my first Taobao shipment, a Sony SRF-T615 Ultralight receiver, for a little over half the price that it would cost from the only other known outlet (AudioCubesII in Japan). I placed the order on 9/11 and it arrived yesterday, so 16 days total from order to receipt. It was as advertised on Taobao, new in the box, and appears to work perfectly. The Obook agent provided quick, detailed emails in excellent English, and even refunded about $6 in postage once they figured out what the final costs were. So, based on this initial transaction, and their feedback on eBay, this appears to be an excellent way to order gear that is otherwise not available or much more expensive here. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] More on buying from Taobao
Hi all: I've already had a couple inquiries as to the nuts and bolts of ordering through an agent off of Taobao, so here's a synopsis of how it works with Obook: 1. Look at Taobao and see what you want - there is a search line towards the top of their home page. The Google translation feature works pretty well. Items are either new or used - I went for an item that showed the new packaging just to make sure. As a rule of thumb, divide the price in Yuan by 5, and that is the approximate amount it will be, with all shipping and fees, delivered to your door by Obook. 2. Send Obook an email, giving them the link to each Taobao item you want. Specify color if necessary. 3. Obook will contact the Chinese seller(s) and verify stock, get ordering information, etc. 4. Obook will send you an email, usually with an Excel spreadsheet form, showing the items and all possible shipping options. It details their fee, and estimated shipping charges, both to them and then to you. 5. If all looks good, pick the shipping scheme and associated total that you want, and send Obook a Paypal payment for that amount. 6. Obook will put up a dummy Ebay item for the amount of their fee. You bid on the Ebay item, but never actually pay for the Ebay item, since Obook will quickly mark it paid. It is simply a way for Obook to receive feedback. 7. Obook orders your stuff, and it is sent to Obook by the Chinese Taobao seller(s). When it arrives at Obook's offices, Obook will send you an email to that effect and let you know that they have in turn shipped it to you. If you order from more than one seller, Obook will collect it all and make one shipment to you, saving shipping fees. 8. Shipping generally takes up to a week for it to get from the seller to Obook, and then another 9-15 days from China to your door. My first transaction took a total of 16 days. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Super Good high end cx..IL to WA
Hey Neil: In the other direction, WBBM-780 is blaring in tonight out here, often on top of its competition from Las Vegas. I'm only 3 miles from the Seattle station on 1680, so that's coming in pretty good as well :-). Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Seattle Spanish religion on 1680 noted as early as 8:30 CDT...Nice Radio Luz ID at 9:14 pm. Still owns 1680 even though it has switched to nite power. 1550 had the Punjabi station in Ferndale decent as early as 9:00pm. All talk, but some ads had Vancouver phone numbers. Am stunned to have KVAN 1560 in for a new one. I noted this about 9:03 pm with Spanish religion. Then a bit later mention some area church events and into Spanish coverage of Mariners BB. Behind it is Black oriented gospel which I presume is KZIZ. Both are still in after they should have switched to night rigs (maybe they did) Unfortanately the KZIZ web stream isn't giving any audio. I made some changes to the Phased BOG System aimed roughly NW and I have crushing back end nulls while slightly enhancing the front end for the upper band. ...ie this seems to be a keeper. Also the wind has died and I have zero line noise...not a trace. 73 and out to DX ..KAZ Barrington IL ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] TPs from the Oregon Coast for 9/15 Late Rise for DUs
Hi all: I'm in Newport, Oregon for a few days on business I wish all such trips could be near places like this with its great DX potential (oh yeah, I hear it's also got a really nice ocean beach or something to that effect). After determining that my hotel room wasn't going to cut it, I have camped out on a State Park picnic bench the past two mornings. A State trooper flashed a curious floodlight my way this morning about a half hour before sunrise, but apparently a lone DXer isn't considered a threat to the public - at any rate, I would have resisted arrest, since DX opportunities like this come FAR too infrequently for me :-) After a lackluster Monday morning here with only the bigger Japanese and Korean guns being heard, and an eerie deadness early this morning, things really picked up as sunrise neared. Local sunrise was 1356. All heard on a Kchibo D96L with Crate loop active/passive loop (Quantum Loop base), using a barefoot Sony 7600GR as a spotter. I skipped around quite a bit, so the following is chronological rather than by frequency (sorry!): 738 Tahiti at 1256 with good French language banter. Still good when I checked again at 1357. 828 Japan at 1300 with NHK synchros this surfaced with audio before 693, 747 or 774 1575 VOA-Thailand at 1311 with a HUGE signal at this time, discernable on the barefoot D96L 594 Japan at 1315, finally coming in, eventually checked against 567 parallel frequency at 1347 675 at 1317 with unknown mumbling man's voice 891 at 1325 pile-up, one DU and another with a woman's Asian language 936 at 1328 unknown female Asian voice, probably CC 972 at 1331 two, one which sounded like KK, the other an unknown female announcer 1134 at 1334 music at good level, presumed CC 1566 HLAZ at 1339 finally faded up to a decent level, with a slow, monotone male announcer (my third grade teacher???) 1575-VOA at 1340 much weaker than at 1311 but still quite listenable 567 Japan at 1347 paralleled with 594 576 at 1344 Russian male announcer at good level, presumed RV1030 639 at 1346 not //594, so presumed Chinese 693 Japan at 1347 now easily the strongest of the NHK-2 Big 4 891 Australia at 1348 clear male anouncer's voice, nice ID at 1350 819 Unknown at 1352 vocal music of some sort 774 Japan at 1355 finally becoming the strongest NHK-2 station, no hint of DU. Best on 773, away from 780-KKOH 558 Unknown at 1401 woman's Asian voice Being a little after sunrise, things started dissipating away.but wait! 531 great signal from Australia at 1402 mentions of meddling politicians in Canberra, etc. Good steady signal for about five minutes 612 very good level at 1406-1408 discussing Australian cricket, so presumed 4QR 774 3LO decent at 1412 but fading away in the vacuum created by JOUB, with discernable Aussie accented male announcer. 891 was not heard during this last gasp. This was still going on 15 minutes after sunrise here. I had to get going to work, but things were starting to fade, so I probably didn't miss much. 73 Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA (usually) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] The Active Passive Loop - now on DXer.ca
Hi all: Just posted to DXer.ca is an article about using the base of the Quantum Loop and a small air core loop made from a filing crate to create a high-Q passive loop that easily outperforms a 4x4 foot loop. Check it out at: http://www.dxer.ca/file-area/doc_download/248-the-active-passive-loop Audio files comparing it with a large air-core loop are also available, reachable through links in the article. A copy of the article and audio files are also in the Yahoo UltralightDX group Files section. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] The Kchibo D92L reviewed
Hi all: Just posted to DXer.ca is a review of the new Kchibo D92L Ultralight receiver, which like the Grundig G8 (Tecsun PL-300WT) incorporates the latest DSP technology from Silicon Labs. In summary, as a barefoot receiver it is not a very good performer because of a poorly-designed and/or faulty LCD screen which emits excessive amounts of hash. However, when mated to a passive loop or external antenna, it really shines, and the multiple bandwidths (1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 khz, per sideband) make it a potent DX receiver. Several DXers have also just received its big brother, the D96L, and are busily evaluating whether or not it is an Ultralight and how its performance stacks up, so stay tuned! The D92L review can be downloaded here: http://www.dxer.ca/file-area/doc_download/242-the-kchibo-d92l-receiver-a-review Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] A Review of the Grundig G8 now on DXer.ca
Hi all: Just posted is a fairly in-depth review of this new DSP receiver, which hopefully heralds the next wave of incredible radios coming out of China. Whether you are an AM or FM DXer, this little receiver is incredible in terms of performance and value. The review can be found here: http://www.dxer.ca/file-area/cat_view/87-ultra-light-radio-files-area/94-ultralight-radios There is also a copy on the Yahoo ultralightdx group in the Files section. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] The Tecsun PL300/Grundig G8 on SW
Hi all: The past couple nights have been great for SW here in France. Without strong MW stations causing image and mixing problems, reception is good in the hotel room, with the higher meter bands filled with stations at night. The selectivity is great, allowing stations 5 khz apart to be heard without slop. So, if you don't live in a MW swamp like I do, the SW performance should be excellent. It as also nice to have a full SW and to listen to, reminiscent of my yeqrs out East in the 80's. Kevin S ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Grundig G8 Continues to Amaze on FM
Hi all: I second Gary's comments, from the perspective of selectivity. I am in Paris at the moment, where flamethrower FM stations are spaced only 0.4 mhZ apart. Between 88 and 108 mhZ there are 48 stations that serve the metro area(!), compared to much less than half that number in Seattle. After turning on the Tecsun PL-300WT and telling it to scan and enter all the stations into memory, it has absolutely no trouble keeping them all separate. Additionally, they all come in perfectly in stereo, so whatever multipath and other problems might be present on many receivers, this little guy brings all stations in with ease. The most impressive thing is that a few semi-locals are also heard, thanks to the excellent sensitivity, and even with the locals blaring away 0.2 mhZ on either side, the semilocals are heard without any interference. MW is also fun here, in that there are only a couple MW stations left in the Paris area, so that at night the band is fairly wide open. The 300 kW local flamethrower on 585 is easily kept in check, allowing DXing on 576 and 594. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA (usually) Using three different FM cubical quad models, I thought my log of regular FM stations was fairly complete, with lots of Oregon and BC stations. But this was before using the Grundig G8 Ultralight, with its simple whip antenna. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Russian on 1710
You probably heard the KOMO-1000 and KIRO-710 mixing product, with KOMO on top. It's an easy catch from where I am, unfortunately, being about 11 miles from their 100,000 combined watts. Maybe you could QSL them both, sort of a 2-for-1??? Kevin This morning a bit after dawn, I fired up the big rig hooked to a super loop and I could hear two things on 1710. One, the dominant, was obviously an EE mixing product or image that I was too lazy to ID. The other might have been Russian, though it was too weak to be sure. I'm looking forward to getting back to dawn TP DXing here in the next week. John Bryant Orcas Island, WA Winradio G313e and various Ultralights Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops John Bryant Orcas Island, WA Winradio G313e and various Ultralights Wellbrook Phased Array + Superloops ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the 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] Kchibo tries again, this time with DSP
Hi all: It looks like Kchibo is using Silicon Labs DSP chips, judging by the translated version of: http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/luohuang2007/article?mid=1144 For the D96L, it mentions that it has the antenna level and SNR readout, plus the variable fast-slow tuning of the TecsunPL-300WT, so it probably uses the same SILABS chip. It also has variable bandwidth, and looks pretty big, so it may not be an ULR. The D97L looks smaller and more modestly featured, and may be an ULR. At any rate, perhaps Kchibo will finally have a good receiver or two, since they are not actually making the receiver part :-) Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] FM antenna connector for the PL-300WT/G8?
Hi all: Given the incredible FM performance of this new receiver, I am wondering one could: 1. Remove the whip antenna and desolder its connection to the board 2. Install a 1/8 jack on the upper right-hand side of the case, with the inside of the jack taking up the cavity where the whip used to be. 3. Solder a connection from the tip of the jack to the FM antenna connection, and the barrel of the jack to a suitable ground somewhere on the board. This might be a great way to use the receiver as an FM tuner that would accept an external antenna, depending on what impedance the board connection is looking for (anyone have a guess what the whip antenna impedance is?) One could also plug in a length of wire for mobile use to emulate the whip, and a longer length of wire (I think John Cereghin mentioned that clipping extra wire onto the whip worked well) may pay dividends as well. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] First review of the Grundig G8
Thanks for the heads-up, Paul. It's gotta be the PL-300WT - Grundig just messed up the promotional literature. It's too bad for them, since I wonder how many of us (me included) ordered the Tecsun from China rather than buying from Grundig. The Grundig lists for the same price, but shipping is less and you get easier return privileges and a warranty, so if/when I get another one, it will be the Grundig. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA We now have one review of the newly released Grundig G8 on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001QTXKF6 What is interesting here is the author's mention of the radio's great FM and AM performance, as well as the fact that the radio displays its SNR in dB. This last feature could be an indication that the G8 uses a DSP chip (despite Eton's claim to the contrary). Now that we know Eton's stated dimensions/weight for the G8 are identical to the PL-300WT (see corrected specs at http://www.etoncorp.com/upload/contents/307/G_G8spec.pdf), the question becomes, are these two radios one and the same? Paul ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] PL300WT
Hi Craig/Gary/all: Just got mine today, and I think I have a rare aligned one, in that I put an 8 ferrite near the antenna coil to increase the inductance, and all it did was degrade it, so mine might be just right out of the box. I compared it to an aligned WRX-911, and it is indeed the same up and down the band. I realized I could do this when I aligned the WRX-911 to help find the sweet spot on the ferrite. So, if you have a ferrite laying around, maybe bring it up close and see if a low-band station gets better, in which case your coil might be too far down the ferrite and needs to come more towards the middle? Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Hi Craig, There is currently a major discussion on the Ultralightdx Yahoo list about improving the PL-300WT's AM sensitivity by aligning the stock loopstick, but it's a rather tricky procedure. This was in response to user reports of varying sensitivity levels. Steve Ratzlaff and I have done the procedure, which involves shifting the coil on the stock ferrite bar, after removal of all the wax. The Silicon Labs DSP chip was designed to perform well in an no alignment system on AM, but unfortunately the cost-cutting Tecsun manufacturing methods have compromised the chip designers' original intentions. As a result, alignment seems the best way to ensure optimal PL-300WT AM sensitivity. 73, Gary DeBock In a message dated 6/9/2009 6:46:19 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bu...@dukes-of-hazzard.com writes: Received mine the other day and it seems OK. It's not as sensitive as I'd hoped, but the tuning is better than the other Sony I have. Took a few minutes to discover how to change from 9KHz to 10KHz tuning. Press the button labeled 9KHz/10KHz with the power off. No documentation at all, except for what's printed in Chinese on the box. No prob... The LW/SW is deaf as reported. Do not care... FM seems pretty good. I'll have to drag it along when I take the ferry to a client this Thursday. That gives me a couple hours with nothing to do, and it's on the coastal salt water. Craig Healy Providence, RI ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322977x1201367197/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=62bcd= JunestepsfooterNO62) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] PL300WT (also received today, from anon-co, with manual)
Hey Steve/all: I got the notice from the mailman today, so I will pick mine up tomorrow. I order mine 8 days ago from lypin, so not bad shipping time. Kevin S Bainbeidge Island, WA I received my PL300WT today, from anon-co. It came with an English Operation Manual consisting of 9 pages of 8 1/2 x 11 paper and is an obvious photocopy of a smaller version. I haven't had time yet to do more than put in batteries and tune around for a couple of minutes. I was pleased to be able to figure out how to switch to 10 kHz tuning without looking through the manual. No time for much more than that--too many things going on right now. A quick glance through the manual indicates it's a fairly good English rendition. 73, Steve NE Oregon - Original Message - From: d1028g...@aol.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] PL300WT Hi Pete, Thank you for your comments. By coincidence, I also received another Tecsun PL-300WT today, which was my second (both from Liypn, and both with no manual of any type). I plan to run detailed tests on quality control, and performance against other stock Ultralights to confirm that the sensitivity and selectivity are identical to the previous performance of the first model (which now has a 7.5 loopstick). On both my units, you can switch between MW and LW simply by pushing the LW/MW button when the unit is operating. The unit gives one beep for switching to LW, and two beeps for switching to MW. The rapid tuning function is a normal digital feature of the radio, which tunes at a faster rate when the user makes wide frequency sweeps. It then returns to the 1 kHz or 10 kHz step mode (whichever is selected) when the user's rapid tuning stops. Since our locations are so close, I'll be checking the same fringe stations that you listed (during your quick band sweep) on the new stock PL-300WT here. I'll be interested to see if Tecsun's factory assembly of the loopstick is identical to the first model, which had the coil secured right up against the left mounting bracket. That no alignment position wasn't bad for AM sensitivity, but it turned out that it wasn't the exact optimum position. 73, Gary In a message dated 6/8/2009 3:07:43 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, p...@comcast.net writes: Mine arrived today. Initial comments: 1. As others have noted, very good on FM. 2. I cannot get it to go in to LW mode despite following the instructions (turn off; depess MW/LW button until it says LW YES). Its default after that when I turn it on is the FM band; when I press MW/LW, the MW band always shows. 3. Sometimes while scooting up the AM band, it will jump by the hundreds rather than the 10s (900-1000-1100 etc.) 4. I just can't tell if what I'm getting matches Gary's observations. Comparisons (all on my desk inside the house): 1650 - mix of Kent and Vashon Island TIS stations Eton E100 - loudest but hindered by high frequency cutoff caused by modification DX398 - pretty good PL300 - fair but no wiggle room SRF59 - barely there; very tough to tune M37V - barely there; vulnerable to KKMO overload 1130 - CKWX Eton E100 - quite good DX398 - good SRF59 - not the strongest but better frequency response makes it more readable PL300 - barely readable at max volume M37V - useless due to KKOL overload 680-KBRD was good on all of them; KOAC not readable on any of them. They all pick up the KKOL/KKMO mixtures on 1240 and 1420. I look forward to playing with it tonight. Off the top, though, it looks to me like you can't boost the audio up high enough to be able to read weak signals. We'll see. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 + Kiwa air core loop ICF2010 + DX398; Palomar loop SRF-59 -M37V Eton E100 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KORC for sale
Thank for the link - I really had no sense what a radio station would go for. For a building, equipment, and a license, that almost seems like a steal, although the gear may need work, and who knows if anyone is listening to radio near there. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Good Morning, Below is a link listing Oregon radio station KORC 820. Sale price and information about the station. http://www.windermere.com/index.cfm?FUSEACTION=listing%2ElistingDetailLISTINGID=47828998 Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA ___ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Site Update
Thanks! I heard it in September 2007 according to my log - do you know if that was before the move to FM? Kevin Kevin, Your 1270 was CBC Squammish 400/200w that moved to FM. They were on 1260, later 1270. I QSL'd both frequencies. It was a regular here most nights. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Site Update
Thanks! I will mark it down as a definite catch. Kevin Sept 2007, they were still on 1270. Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Site Update
Thanks Barry - that was my sense, but wanted to check it out. Let's hope the flatline in new stations growth leads to a total flatline of its heartbeat in general. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA AM IBOC has pretty much flatlined. The numbers really haven't changed significantly in the past year. More telling is the fact that some very prominent stations, such as WGN and WJR, have turned it off completely, and don't show any inclination to turn it back on again. The diehards, most of whom are iBiquity investors, are sticking with it for now, but it's not gaining any traction at all. I think it's a dead system walking. Barry -- Barry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Site Update
I was sweating KRKO a bit, but bless their hearts they keep to their new pattern fairly well. I pity the guys up in Vancouver and Victoria, though! Kevin S Bainbridge Island The only new IBOCer is KRKO-1380 is recent months aroud the NW. Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Site Update
Thanks, Barry for all your hard work! Your site continues to be invaluable. There is a CBC-690 rebroadcaster on 860 I have been hoping to pin down, so perhaps now I can figure it out! I see the IBOC page was recently updated as well, and it is as far as I know the only good list out there. Have the number of total stations, and number of nighttime operators, gone up or down since the last update? Just curious what direction the industry is going. thanks - Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Some of you are no doubt familiar with my Canada/US AM Station Info site at http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/. I've had a few requests to include the Canadian low power transmitters in the listings, and I've finally gotten around to doing this. In order to reduce the clutter for folks who aren't interested in seeing them, the default is to not show the LP stations in the listings; however, in the station search function you'll now see a checkbox to select inclusion of these stations (if you don't see it, try clearing your browser cache or doing a shift-reload to get rid of the old version). After doing the update, I was curious to see what the current stats are on AM stations in Canada. Here's the current number for each province and territory - the first figure is full power stations (100 W or more day power), and the second is low power stations (under 100 W): AB 24 9 BC 36 43 MB 16 3 NB5 4 NL 22 4 NS 7 0 ON 46 27 PE 0 0 QC 20 24 SK 18 0 NT 3 8 NU 1 1 YK 3 8 Grand total is 201 full power stations and 131 low power stations. Barry -- Barry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Review with screenshots of the si4735 Receiver on a chip
Hi all: For those interested in what is inside the new DSP radios coming from Tecsun, here is a web page (in German, but Goggle Translate does a pretty good job) of one person's experience with an evaluation board version: http://www.franzis.de/elo-das-magazin/entwicklung-und-projekte/kurzwellenempfaenger/testbericht-si4735 The basic specs of this si4735 version are substantially similar to the si4730/31 that is apparently in the Tecsun PL-300WT. Among other things, on AM, selectivity can be programmed to 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6 khz (this appears to be per sideband, so double those numbers to get the type of spec we normally see). Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Site Update
Hey Pat - thanks. In checking my log, the catch I was trying to think of was a LPRT on 1270, which I picked up about a year ago and never could figure out where they were. I checked the synch with 690, so I figure it is up in BC somewhere. Have you ever found a // to 690 on 1270? Kevin Here the CBC I hear // 690 on 860 is CFPR. They are dominant and strong on 860 any night of the year. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Review with screenshots of the si4735 Receiver on a chip
Hey Nick/all: It took a while, but I eventually stumbled on it by doing some creative searches in the UltralightDX group archives. The uber-site for Silicon Labs products appears to be: http://delanet.ru/content/view/782/39/1/1/ In addition to a lot of tech docs on SILABS products, there is a VERY interesting graphic of a young girl hitting a rat with a broom over and over again! Kevin At 02:54 6/5/2009, sa...@sounddsl.com wrote: Hi all: For those interested in what is inside the new DSP radios coming from Tecsun, here is a web page (in German, but Goggle Translate does a pretty good job) of one person's experience with an evaluation board version: http://www.franzis.de/elo-das-magazin/entwicklung-und-projekte/kurzwellenempfaenger/testbericht-si4735 The basic specs of this si4735 version are substantially similar to the si4730/31 that is apparently in the Tecsun PL-300WT. Among other things, on AM, selectivity can be programmed to 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6 khz (this appears to be per sideband, so double those numbers to get the type of spec we normally see). How do you find this stuff Kevin?? I've been running around in circles the last couple of days trying to get any information on this evaluation board, which is available through Mouser Electronics, though not stocked (they do stock the 4731 board however, as does Avnet...but no documentation. I sure couldn't find this even as a part on the Silicon Labs website, let alone a data sheet. The only thing I've come up with is the Si4731-Demo which is actually rather fun, and doesn't cost much more than the Tecsun radio, $64.75 and in stock at Mouser. Details at https://www.silabs.com/Pages/default.aspx and search for Si4731-Demo. You have to register to get the documentation; it's free, though I've now had to re-register twice, as their log-in software doesn't seem to remember things very well. It's stand alone, but you're limited as to what functions are available. Looks as if it has selectable selectivity. Wonder if this qualifies as an Ultralight, hi best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Tecsun PL-300WT-- A Sizzler on AM FM, A Fizzler on LW and SW
Hey guys: I also look forward to the PL-310 and PL-380, also advertised as having DSP. If they used the chip with SW capability, then these would be much better sets for SW listeners. On the one hand, if they are otherwise the same performers for AM and FM one might just stick with the P-300WT, although having a keypad and perhaps other bells and whistles might be nice as well. Paul - it doesn't look there will be an SSB receiver with DSP, at least not this year: does it look like any of the Silicon Labs chips support SSB? Kevin Hi Paul, Thanks for the information on the PL-300WT's AM-FM DSP chip, and of course the radio's uneven performance on LW and SW certainly makes me agree with your statements. It's obvious now that Tecsun designed the breakthrough DSP performance to apply only on AM and FM, and the LW and SW bands are mediocre additions which border on the defective. I myself have been puzzling why Tecsun would even wish to include them in this innovative receiver, but I suppose that if they were lacking, purchasers might think that this was only another typical AM-FM portable receiver for local reception (which of course would be a great mistake), and pass over this receiver in favor of its 4-band competitors. 73, Gary In a message dated 6/1/2009 10:16:22 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, texn...@yahoo.com writes: Gary, According to the ebay description of the Tecsun PL-300WT (by the seller liypn), this radio uses the Silicon Labs Si4737 DSP chip which can only demodulate MW, FM, and the Weather Band. See slide 12 of https://www.silabs.com/Marcom%20Documents/Resources/Si473x_Presentation.pdf and https://www.silabs.com/products/audiovideo/amfmreceivers/Pages/Si473637.aspx If liypn's information is correct (verified by opening the radio up and locating the Silicon Labs chip), Tecsun must use this chip for MW/FM, and a separate non-DSP single or dual conversion demodulator/tuner with much poorer selectivity and sensitivity for shortwave. For shortwave enthusiasts, it will be interesting to see which one of the forthcoming DSP radios from Tecsun use the Si4734 or Si4735 chips, which demodulate MW, FM, and SW. In terms of price, the Si4737 chip starts at $3.06 in quantities of 10K; the Si4734/35 starts at $3.27 in quantities of 10K. Paul --- On Mon, 6/1/09, d1028g...@aol.com d1028g...@aol.com wrote: From: d1028g...@aol.com d1028g...@aol.com Subject: [IRCA] Tecsun PL-300WT-- A Sizzler on AM FM, A Fizzler on LW and SW To: irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@nrcdxas.org, ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com, o...@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, June 1, 2009, 9:45 PM Hello All, Although evidence indicates that a huge ordering boom has started for the DSP-enhanced Tecsun PL-300WT Ultralight radio, for those of you still on the fence about this innovative pocket radio, some further information may be of interest. Tecsun's primary focus in developing this breakthrough model appears to have been in transforming the AM and FM circuitry to set new standards of weak-signal performance, and with superlative sensitivity and selectivity in both bands, they appear to have accomplished their purpose. However, the model does have other bands included in the package, which frankly appear to have been neglected, and border on the substandard. The Longwave band (153-513 kHz) of the PL-300WT was thoroughly searched for any possible signals at local sunset, without any results. This is not unusual for small portables with LW capability, but in most cases, one or two of the strongest beacons will at least make an appearance at sunset. The Shortwave bands of the PL-300WT are filled with local MW station spurs, and mixing products. The signal of local KSUH-1450 has a coverage of about 6 Mhz on the Tecsun's shortwave bands, from 9.5 Mhz to 15.5 Mhz. WWV on 10 Mhz is really just a mixing product with KSUH. Legitimate SW stations have anemic signal levels, to the point of being crowded out by the MW spurs. The Tropical Band is especially bad, with a sorry collection of MW station spurs and mixing products overpowering any legitimate stations. Of course the argument could be made that for a $50 receiver, Tecsun has already provided an outstanding value with the superlative, DSP-enhanced reception on the AM and FM bands. The puzzling aspect is why Tecsun would include such dreadful LW and SW sections in a model which is otherwise so superb. In summary, if LW or SW reception is your top priority in a portable, my strong recommendation would be to avoid the PL-300WT, despite its breakthrough DSP capabilities. 73, Gary DeBock **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585042x1201462767/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=62bcd=Jun
Re: [IRCA] Tecsun PL-300WT-- A Sizzler on AM FM, A Fizzler on LW and SW
Thanks, Paul. As I think about it, judging by what the PL200/e100 had (keypad yes, no antenna jack, no RF gain, etc.), there may or may not be much of interest to the AM and FM DXer in the PL-310/380. Without SW, the PL-300WT's 9/10 khz tuning jumps, plus the ability to program 500 stations into memory, sorta makes the keypad issue a moot point. If they use the same ferrite in all of their radios in this size range, which I strongly suspect they will, the PL-300WT may be as good as anything. I seem to recall that someone hooked one of these Silicon Lab chips up to a laptop and made an impromptu SDR out of it. One of the screens I remember seeing was where one could select the bandwidth, from quite wide to incredibly. I am wondering if this ability to select BW is available for the PL-300WT? It may be a firmware issue that canot be user-changed, but it would be something if the selectivity could be made even better! Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Kevin, No indiation that any Silicon Labs chips support SSB ... right now it looks like they're going after the mass consumer market. Paul ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Grundig G8 vs. Tecsun PL-300WT
Thanks for doing the legwork on this! This pretty much crosses the G8 off my list of radios to look at. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ***Reply from Eton*** From: Austin Parker apar...@etoncorp.com Hi, This radio [Grundig G8] and all other models do not have a DSP chip. Let me know if there's anything else I can help you with. Regards, Austin Parker Technical Support Specialist Etón Corporation 1015 Corporation Way Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA U.S.: + 1 800 872 2228 Canada: + 1 800 6371648 fax: + 1 650 903 3867 www.etoncorp.com The content of this email is property of Etón Corporation. The information contained in this communication may be private, privileged, and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, any distribution, copying or other use without written consent is strictly prohibited. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Tecsun PL-300WT DSP-enhanced Ultralight Radio--Amazing Performance
Hey Guy: I asked Gary the same thing - it DOES tune in 1 khz increments. It sounds like it has the same ferrite as the e100, so the nulls are the same as well: pretty good, but not as good as the 911/912/9012. As a result, I have a PL-300WT on the way from China... Kevin Hi Gary, Does the PL-300WT tune MW in 1 kHz increments? Also, how is its shortwave performance... have you checked any signals? This sounds like a great unit to mod experiment with! 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com -- From: d1028g...@aol.com To: ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com, irca@hard-core-dx.com, a...@nrcdxas.org, o...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [IRCA] Tecsun PL-300WT DSP-enhanced Ultralight Radio-- Amazing Performance Message-ID: c8f.46b3aabc.37532...@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hello All, Only rarely does a manufacturer bring out a new portable model with excellent AM sensitivity and selectivity in combination, but the Chinese Tecsun company has apparently managed this design breakthrough in their brand-new PL-300WT model. SNIP ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Tecsun PL-300WT DSP-enhanced Ultralight Radio--Amazing Performance
Hey Paul: Good question. In looking back, I realized that Grundig has quite a history of making substantial changes to Tecsun/Degen models, for better or for worse: - The G5 is really the 1103 but with better ergonomics, and the two models look quite a bit different from each other. - The M400 is apparently the DE1123 without the MP3 player - The G8 is based on the PL-300WT but bigger, without DSP, and who knows what else Of course, they often import and sell models as-is, such as the woeful Mini-World M300 (Tecsun R919), the now-famous e100 (Tecsun PL-200), etc. So, it appears that Grundig is in a position to ask/tell Tecsun and Degen what they think would be a good seller on this side of the Pond and to retool the manufacturing plant accordingly. Given the performance of the PL-300WT, why they would dumb it down to the G8 is anyone's guess. Perhaps Grundig believes that such a radio should be a little bigger, and that North American consumers don't need, aren't savvy about, and/or don't want the restricted bandwidth of, DSP? Perhaps a cautionary note to Grundig here: if the PL-300WT is representative of a new wave of irresistably-priced radios that are properly aligned and perform well out of the box, and the Chinese eBay sellers continue to give good service, Western distributors might find their task of selling us radios a lot harder?? At any rate, I look forward to hearing about the G8 if/when someone takes the plunge. Since it is too big to be an Ultralight, and appears to be of lesser performance, it probably won't be me! I am likely going to save up my egg money for the PL-310 and/or PL-380, apparently the successors to the PL-200 (Eton e100). Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA I am very curious to know whether the Eton Grundig branded G8 is the same as the Tecsun PL-300WT or not. If you look closely at photos of the two radios, you will notice that some of the labels/buttons are different, and of course the quoted weight/dimensions are different too. However I find it hard to believe that Tecsun would produce two more or less identical looking radios, with completely different internal circuitry. I would rather think that Eton's photos and weight/dimensions are incorrect, and leftovers from a prototype or old design document. Any ideas? Paul ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Tecsun PL-300WT DSP-enhanced Ultralight Radio--Amazing Performance
Hey Russ: Yeah, I could see how that could go either way. If DSP is too restrictive in bandwidth and sounds muffled, then go with traditional filtering in the Americas. However, the pro for offering a DSP receiver on this side of the pond would be that having DSP filtering would allow the casual listener, in regular old AM mode, to avoid picking up the digital sidebands of the station they are listening to. I have heard that cheap receivers with barn-door wide filtering pick up those sidebands, meaning that the already-poor analog audio of an IBOC station is even worse now that they pick up the dreaded hiss of their own IBOC signal! Now they know how stations (and DXers) on adjacent channels feel... My gut tells me that the G8 borrowed the unique 24 time zone clock feature of the PL-300WT, but still has the receiver section of much lesser models. I could see how Tecsun could lift the clock feature and put it in virtually any other design. Kevin Given the performance of the PL-300WT, why they would dumb it down to the G8 is anyone's guess. Perhaps Grundig believes that such a radio should be a little bigger, and that North American consumers don't need, aren't savvy about, and/or don't want the restricted bandwidth of, DSP? Here's one guess - Most of the rest of the world isn't using IBOC to achieve digital AM. The US is. To the extent that Grundig's sales of portables is skewed to the US, that could be the answer to your question. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010 barefoot ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the 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] The Tecsun CL-1100: the new Superadio?
Amid the delightful furor the PL-300WT is causing, another Tecsun DSP receiver, the CL-1100 may also end up causing quite a stir. Jeff McMahon, the Herculodge site owner, had one sitting around that he never actually used, thinking it was the non-DSP previous model. However, he fired it up this morning, and not only does it have DSP, but it sounds like it has a big ferrite as well, holding its own with his Sangean PR-D5 and its 8-inch ferrite. He said the sound is quite good, putting out 1 watt of power. As with the PL-300WT, FM sensitivity is off the charts, picking up normally-marginal stations like locals. This combination of sensitivity and selectivity may put this amongst the elite of portables, making receivers like the GE/RCA Superadio and, dare I say it, no it can't be, the Sony ICF-S5W, wondering what happened. Man, I am having a terrible time resisting the Buy It Now button. So, the good folks at Tecsun may have quite a line-up of new DSP radios! Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] The Tecsun CR-1100: the new Superadio?
Thanks, Powell - I mixed up PL and CR. Radio dyslexia? At any rate, it is indeed the Tecsun CR-1100 I am referring to. It's currently $80 with shipping on eBay and Amazon, and since it comes from US distributors you get a warranty. Kevin I find a CR-1100 but not a CL Powell POP email is powell at backroads DOT net - Original Message From: sa...@sounddsl.com sa...@sounddsl.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 5:49:01 PM Subject: [IRCA] The Tecsun CL-1100: the new Superadio? Amid the delightful furor the PL-300WT is causing, another Tecsun DSP receiver, the CL-1100 may also end up causing quite a stir. Jeff McMahon, the Herculodge site owner, had one sitting around that he never actually used, thinking it was the non-DSP previous model. However, he fired it up this morning, and not only does it have DSP, but it sounds like it has a big ferrite as well, holding its own with his Sangean PR-D5 and its 8-inch ferrite. He said the sound is quite good, putting out 1 watt of power. As with the PL-300WT, FM sensitivity is off the charts, picking up normally-marginal stations like locals. This combination of sensitivity and selectivity may put this amongst the elite of portables, making receivers like the GE/RCA Superadio and, dare I say it, no it can't be, the Sony ICF-S5W, wondering what happened. Man, I am having a terrible time resisting the Buy It Now button. So, the good folks at Tecsun may have quite a line-up of new DSP radios! Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] The Tecsun CR-1100: the new Superadio?
Hey Russ: Wish I had one on front of me, but I can point you to eBay item number 220419567619 and to Amazon for the specs and features. It is AM/FM (no shortwave) and is about 10x6x2.5 inches. Weight without batteries is listed as a little over 2 pounds, so kinda hefty. The 1 watt amp pushes a 3 speaker. 4 D-cells or an adapter for power. It has a thermometer, clock, and dual alarm with either a chime or radio for wake-up! It's got a headphone out jack (FM stereo there, apparently) and a line-in for MP3 players, etc. No AM antenna jack, but it has a F-connector FM antenna jack. It has a fairly big tuning knob which goes around 360 degrees. AM sensitivity is listed as 0.5 uV, which is pretty darn good; the PL-300WT is listed as 1.0 uV, so a fair difference there over the Ultralight. The FM sensitivity is listed as 3.0 uV: not sure what their reference is, but it is the same as that quoted for the PL-300WT, so based on Gary's and Jeff McMahon's experiences, it is hotter than any other portable out there. Both bands on the PL-300WT have DSP filtering, and I'd bet it's the same for the CR-1100, so basically best-in-class. Jeff didn't notice the birdies and other defects normally noted on portables, so perhaps the DSP takes care of that as well. Gary said that the images 910 khz down from strong locals are absent on the PL-300WT. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA So now what are the rough specs on this one - bands, size, performance on other than AM, etc. ? Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010 barefoot --- On Sun, 5/31/09, sa...@sounddsl.com sa...@sounddsl.com wrote: From: sa...@sounddsl.com sa...@sounddsl.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] The Tecsun CR-1100: the new Superadio? To: Powell E. Way III w4...@yahoo.com, Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 6:30 PM Thanks, Powell - I mixed up PL and CR. Radio dyslexia? At any rate, it is indeed the Tecsun CR-1100 I am referring to. It's currently $80 with shipping on eBay and Amazon, and since it comes from US distributors you get a warranty. Kevin I find a CR-1100 but not a CL Powell POP email is powell at backroads DOT net - Original Message From: sa...@sounddsl.com sa...@sounddsl.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 5:49:01 PM Subject: [IRCA] The Tecsun CL-1100: the new Superadio? Amid the delightful furor the PL-300WT is causing, another Tecsun DSP receiver, the CL-1100 may also end up causing quite a stir. Jeff McMahon, the Herculodge site owner, had one sitting around that he never actually used, thinking it was the non-DSP previous model. However, he fired it up this morning, and not only does it have DSP, but it sounds like it has a big ferrite as well, holding its own with his Sangean PR-D5 and its 8-inch ferrite. He said the sound is quite good, putting out 1 watt of power. As with the PL-300WT, FM sensitivity is off the charts, picking up normally-marginal stations like locals. This combination of sensitivity and selectivity may put this amongst the elite of portables, making receivers like the GE/RCA Superadio and, dare I say it, no it can't be, the Sony ICF-S5W, wondering what happened. Man, I am having a terrible time resisting the Buy It Now button. So, the good folks at Tecsun may have quite a line-up of new DSP radios! Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the 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:
Re: [IRCA] [Fwd: Re: GNARLY 1710 INFO]
Hey Tom in Brier - did you get the address of the house? Perhaps a reverse address search will turn up the name of the person to whom one could try to send a QSL. With the sophistication of the antenna, could be they are a ham anyway and have several QSL cards ready to go! Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA I checked G25 for radio services in Russian and there are several, but all are scrambled, so a subscription is needed to receive those service(s). I get a couple hundred TV and 100 audio/radio services on the KU side of G25, but the rest are scrambled. I do get a few Russian TV stations, including Russia Today in EE that broadcasts news and doc. 24/7. There is a company that sells the receivers and a person can sub to their favorite TV and Radio services and you buy a card and pay by the month. I get what is free. I just have a basic free-to-air receiver. But I would guess the pirate is getting the service off G25. They are probably a Russian family that subs to the Russian package and they are rebroadcasting the radio station to serve the Russians who live in the area. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1710 Mystery Station - not near Seattle?
All I had last night was the mixing product, which bears about due south of me, with both 710 and 1000 originating on different places on Vashon Island. Assuming the mystery station is also to the south, nulling the mixing product to the hear the Russian may mean that I have to sell my house and move. But hey, if you've got your priorities in line, you do you crazy things! Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA (for now...) Hello Guys, For the first time, I'm trying the new 10' box loop at night, and it has two weak signals on 1710 kHz at opposite bearings-- the previously discovered KIRO-710 and KOMO-1000 mixing product at 300 degrees, and another weak station in the null of the mixing product at 030 (or 210) degrees, presumably the Russian. Weak male-voiced audio was heard on this station around 0440 UTC, and was not // to either KIRO or KOMO. Kind of tough to get much audio out of it, though, and the getting accurate DF with the mixing product on the frequency is a little tricky. 73, Gary In a message dated 5/23/2009 9:42:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, n...@ieee.org writes: At 18:01 5/23/2009, you wrote: There are Doukhobors in central/south-eastern BC, but this is a very old immigration. The main new Russian population is in Vancouver, and IMHO, running pirates on 1710 is simply not a Canadian thing to do. My DFing (as primitive as it is) is all to the south. Nick has better access to DFing than I do, so he might be able to comment further. Doubt very much Canada.Walt The direction finding this evening is actually pointing towards Canada, but the fading is so erratic on this one that I can't really be certainit seems to be about 60 degrees(240 degrees seems unlikely I would think, as there's not much population in the northwestern tip of the Olympic peninsula, Russian or otherwise). There really isn't much USA except for Blaine, WA, at 60 degrees from here...anybody in the Vancouver area monitoring this? Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322948x1201367184/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=62bcd=May ExcfooterNO62) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1710 carrier
Hey Chris: Is it sounding like Russian religious programming? If you are getting it in Colorado, it might not even be in WA State necessarily? Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA This carrier is detectable on a 16' x 34' WNW-facing corner-fed loop antenna. Now in at 0315 UTC with threshold audio. There's plenty of T-storm QRN but there are gaps between crashes. Chris Knight Fort Lupton, CO Drake R8 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Help wanted/mysterious clip from 1997 !
Hi Markku: There is currently a WHJC Matewan, West Virginia. It is a religious station now. Per: http://jeff560.tripod.com/1997wv.html it had the same call sign letters back in 1997 (and also in 1995, for that matter). It's a daytime-only station, so if it is this station, you should check what the UTC is on your log to see if it was daytime in West Virginia (unless that station left the transmitter on...). As for the format, per: http://www2.hard-core-dx.com/archive/1996/msg00123.html they were playing CW and bluegrass music in January 1996 Hope this helps - Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA USA Hi I was finally found my archives from the previous solar minimum. We've moved some five times during this 12 year period and my dx stuff has been sort of one of the boxes in the warehouse. I found an id sounding like News Radio 13-60 W- - -H Matewan to my ears from January 9th, 1997 on 1360 mixed with KSCJ . This might be a shot in the dark but does anyone have a clue? Is there anyone who would like to listen the clip? Is there any old station data on the Web? Thank you in advance, Markku Jussila Karperö Finland ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] 1710 Mystery Station - not near Seattle?
Hi Pat/all: I tried for it last night, and had a het on the H-900 whip but nothing on a Quantum Loop tied into a larger crate loop. Given that it only appeared on an untuned antenna, I suspected that it was the KIRO-KOMO mixing product, so I tuned the Quantum Loop base unit to 1000 and 710, and sure enough the het appeared with audio from those two stations. So, my guess is that it's not anywhere near the Seattle/Tacoma area, since I would at least get a weak het on it. What I heard the other night was probably the mixing product. I'm not that far from Everett and Bellingham as the crow flies, either, with a water path to them. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] New Palstar tunable ferrite loop on their webpage
Hi Steve: Thanks for the link! I gotta say, for a lot more than the Quantum Loop goes for, it seems that you get less: modest ferrite length, no azimuth tilt, no Q control, and no external antenna connection. I'm sure it's built like a tank, though. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA From a note posted today on the yahoo Palstar group, the new LA-30 tunable ferrite loop is now listed on the Palstar webpage. http://palstar.com/la30.php There's a preliminary manual and schematic you can download, and some pictures. A MW loop head is standard with extra-cost optional LW and low-HF loop heads. No length for the ferrite rod is given but comparing with the 8.25 wide enclosure, the rod looks to be around 5-6 long. No tilting of the loop head, just the usual horizontal rotation. An internal picture shows a very large tuning capacitor; the schematic says it's 1100 pF. Only $329 for this unit with the MW loophead, and $60 each for the two optional loop heads. (I wonder how Gary's Slider ferrite rod compares--my bet is on the Slider, which seems to be a longer (more sensitive) ferrite rod compared to the Palstar's. With a little effort one could make LW and HF Slider rods as well.) Steve ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] 1710 - Anyone in Tacoma listening???
Here on Bainbridge Island, I get a het that is due north/south, based on a simple null on a Sony 7600GR and a crate loop - very weak and it comes and goes, similar to what others are reporting. I haven't heard any audio. So, if it's west of Gary in Puyallup, by triangulation that puts it in the Tacoma/Lakewood area. HEY PETE TAYLOR IN TACOMA - GOT YOUR EARS ON?? Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Patrick, They are pretty well spread out over Puget Sound, and could be anywhere from here to North Seattle. 73, Gary In a message dated 5/21/2009 9:45:32 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mwd...@webtv.net writes: Gary, Best by far on NE EWE here. Where does the Russian population of the Puget Sound live? 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com **Kick start your favorite gradâs career with mobile email for under $50. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100122638x1221971194x1201441917/aol?redir==http://www.getpeek.com/aol) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1710
I have a weak het due south of me from Bainbridge Island: no audio, but it fades up and down like it does for others. So, if it's west of Gary, that definitely puts it in the Tacoma/Lakewood area. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Gary, Thanks. Well, it was a thought. But reports from all over Puget Sound, doesn't seem to pinpoint it. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Perseus SDR and Slinky Flag Antenna
Hey Guy/Dennis: What do the dimensions look like for the unit on the video? I am guessing a square about 8 feet per side. At that rate, two slinkies would do it. For David to be picking up TA on 790 in his attic is remarkable indeed. For those of us without an attic to exploit, I am wondering if four lengths of PVC formed into a square would be good for this, and could probably be taken down and reassembled easily if one was not able to leave it up 24/7. While David had the horizontal slinky supported with taught string or clotheline, the horizontal PVC arms/legs could serve this function as well. A more permanent outdoor unit could be constructed using wide-diameter PVC formed into a square, such that the slinky was able to run inside the PVC and be sealed up. Hmmm... I think I'm suddenly busy this weekend Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Hi Dennis, A few months ago the Youtube video you mention made the rounds of the Perseus Yahoogroup and a couple others I belong to. I correspond occasionally with David Hamilton, the DXer who came up with the Slinky Flag. He continues to do very with with TA DX using this antenna, which looks admittedly sloppy and close to interfering house wiring, etc. It sure works well for him! I bought some Slinkys with the idea of trying them here sometime on the structure that currently supports my rotating ALA100. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 23:11:33 + (UTC) From: vroom...@comcast.net To: IRCA irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Perseus SDR and Slinky Flag Antenna Saw is on You Tube, a guy in Scotland has his Perseus SDR connected to a Slinky Flag antenna in his attic. Tuned to 790, ?he's listening to stations in the United States.? Link below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVP9jUAuhOcfeature=related Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Perseus SDR and Slinky Flag Antenna
Hey Dennis: Haven't looked around at the brick and mortar stores, but there are a few vendors on eBay with several for sale. By filtering for only Buy It Now sales, there are various sources which, for four of them, would be less than $20 with shipping (assuming the seller combines shipping). That may be the way to go, since I'm not sure where I could pick any up around here. There appear to be several sizes (Jr. size, 1.5, 2, etc.) - the one to get is the original 2.75 outside diameter one. Given that the flag should have verticals about half the height of the horizontals, perhaps three slinkies (one cut in half for the verticals) would suffice? Kevin Hi Kevin, Let me know what store you buy your slinkys at. I checked Fred Meyer today and none found. Maybe Toys R us? If I could get 4 of them, I would take them to Grayland, hopefully in a few weeks and maybe make a broad band loop? Dennis, - Original Message - From: sa...@sounddsl.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 9:19:36 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [IRCA] Perseus SDR and Slinky Flag Antenna Hey Guy/Dennis: What do the dimensions look like for the unit on the video?  I am guessing a square about 8 feet per side.  At that rate, two slinkies would do it. For David to be picking up TA on 790 in his attic is remarkable indeed. For those of us without an attic to exploit, I am wondering if four lengths of PVC formed into a square would be good for this, and could probably be taken down and reassembled easily if one was not able to leave it up 24/7.  While David had the horizontal slinky supported with taught string or clotheline, the horizontal PVC arms/legs could serve this function as well.  A more permanent outdoor unit could be constructed using wide-diameter PVC formed into a square, such that the slinky was able to run inside the PVC and be sealed up. Hmmm... I think I'm suddenly busy this weekend Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Hi Dennis, A few months ago the Youtube video you mention made the rounds of the Perseus Yahoogroup and a couple others I belong to. I correspond occasionally with David Hamilton, the DXer who came up with the Slinky Flag. He continues to do very with with TA DX using this antenna, which looks admittedly sloppy and close to interfering house wiring, etc. It sure works well for him! I bought some Slinkys with the idea of trying them here sometime on the structure that currently supports my rotating ALA100. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 23:11:33 + (UTC) From: vroom...@comcast.net To: IRCA irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] Perseus SDR and Slinky Flag Antenna Saw is on You Tube, a guy in Scotland has his Perseus SDR connected to a Slinky Flag antenna in his attic. Tuned to 790, ?he's listening to stations in the United States.? Link below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVP9jUAuhOcfeature=related Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 9 Foot Longwave Box Loop (and other projects)
Hey Gary: Wow, and I thought my 42 diagonal LW box loop was effective: yours probably has another 6 dB gain if my math is correct. Are you hearing the LW from Europe tonight that guys on the IRCA board are talking about?? If one wanted to use this behemoth for LW beacons, which go from about 200 to 530 khz, you would probably need about 15 turns or so; perhaps 375' of wire. My loop tunes 200 khz to about 600 khz, for which I had to use about 330' of wire, I think. To do both the LW band down to 153 khz all the way through 530 khz for beacons, I guess you'd need to switch out some capacitance, or wind the coil in two contra-wound coils and switch those out parallel/series. So, what are you bribing your neighbors with such that they don't run you out of town Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA If you could add a couple more wraps to drop it to 150 khz, you would cover the whole LW band, as the broadcasters start at 153 kHz and go up to 279 kHz. It would be interesting to test that loop against other kinds of antennas. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Application for new AM station on 700 kHz in Calgary AB approved by CRTC
Thanks, Dean - I see they are already in the FCC database with the CJGN call sign. The patterns are very tight, focussed to the north, so those of use here in the Lower 48 may not hear too much from CJGN. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA The application for a new AM station in Calgary AB on 700 kHz, 50 kW day, 20 kW night, (the old CKRD-700 Red Deer AB frequency) has been approved the the CRTC: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-222.htm Christian music AM radio station The Commission approves an application for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language commercial AM radio station in Calgary, Alberta. The application 1. The Commission received an application by Touch Canada Broadcasting (2006) Inc. (the general partner), and 1188011 Alberta Ltd. and Touch Canada Broadcasting Inc. (the limited partners), carrying on business as Touch Canada Broadcasting Limited Partnership (Touch) for a broadcasting licence to operate an English- language commercial AM radio programming undertaking in Calgary. 2. Touch is ultimately controlled by Mr. Charles R. Allard. 3. The station would operate at frequency 700 kHz with a daytime transmitter power of 50,000 watts and a night-time transmitter power of 20,000 watts. 4. The proposed station would offer a Southern Gospel and Inspirational music format and would draw a majority of its musical selections from content subcategory 35 (non-classic religious), as defined in Public Notice 2000-14. In each broadcast week, the station would also broadcast 37 hours and 44 minutes of spoken word programming, including news, weather, sports and business reports as well as community updates. In addition, 28 hours would be devoted to religious programming each broadcast week. Touch committed to broadcast balance programming as defined in Public Notice 1993-78. 73, Deane McIntyre VE6BPO ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Cascaded loop antenna
Hey Rich: I stopped by the library today and found the article - very interesting stuff! It's for MW and SW. I just dropped you a line to your personal email about it. If anyone else would like more information, feel free to drop me a line off board. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Wondering if anyone has ever heard of or has any idea about diagrams or schematic of one of the Villard designed cascaded loop antennas? I ran across a reference to one on line but couldn't seem to get any additional info on it. This is different than Villard's wide-loop jamming rejection antenna. Sounded like there might be something to it. Seemed to be side by side loops tuned via a single cap. Rick Kunath ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Cascaded loop antenna
Hi Rick: I have been reading it, and while I am not looking to set up a diversity arrangement necessarily, I am trying to figure out what a cascaded loop would do for me. I sounds like it will attenuate the strong on-great-circle incident signal component (or its diffracted component indoors) relative to scattered fields of nearby origin. To reject skywaves, such an antenna must be able to attenuate great-circle modes arriving at various elevation angles. So, it sounds like a CLA will reject sky-waves, perhaps high-elevation skywaves from strong semi-locals, and instead preferentially receive low-angle signals that might be coming from overseas? That's what I would LIKE it to say, but not sure what all his terminilogy means. Any insights on your end?? Thanks - Kevin sa...@sounddsl.com wrote: Hey Rich: I stopped by the library today and found the article - very interesting stuff! It's for MW and SW. I just dropped you a line to your personal email about it. If anyone else would like more information, feel free to drop me a line off board. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Extremely grateful Kevin... The article looks like some worthwhile experimentation, very interesting indeed. Thanks again, Rick Kunath ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Long-term Breakdown of the Sony SRF-59 Tuning Capacitor
If you're in the market, there are a couple used ones on eBay now, as well as what look like a mis-labelled SRF-39, advertised as an M78. Check out item number 320361109157 - may go for cheap! It certaily doesn't look like an SRF-49, so it must be a 39. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Hi Saul, Thanks for your comments about the SRF-59, and SRF-39FP. These two radios were enormously popular in the early days of the Ultralight boom, and still have a devoted, cult-like following-- mostly in Canada, it seems. Rob Ross' amazing success with his SRF-59 (and various samples exported by a fanatic American) may have had something to do with this. Even today, there are many DXers around the world who prefer these Sony analog ultralights to anything else, primarily because of the great challenge they offer. The SRF-39FP prison radio is far more ergonomically agreeable than the SRF-59, and it was fast becoming the analog ultralight of choice last year, until the Florida eBay seller finally exhausted his stock. It is still available from the San Quentin (California) prison system, with the ordering form link available upon request. 73, Gary In a message dated 4/22/2009 6:48:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, sau...@sympatico.ca writes: Well, whaddya expect for $30-some? (insert smiley here). So far my two are working. But to be fair one of them (unmodified) is one I gave my girlfriend, and she hasn't used it much. I haven't used my modified one much, preferring the FP version because I find it easier to tune. I am finding, however, that my FP skips off frequency, by one or two whole channels, all on its own, occasionally. Which is a pain in the %* because it's a pain in the %$* to figure out where on the dial you are in the first place. Not that it stops me...it's my radio of choice at certain times under certain conditions and circumstances. (I'm not reporting much lately, BTW, because cx have been poor - the relatively and consistently low A-K numbers have not IMO translated into a superior DX season - and I generally don't keep track of relogs). Still, I find this whole exercise worthwhile, and am glad I have the Sonys that I have. Some of you have purchased other ULR radios that have turned out to be superior, both in terms of manufactured quality and ease of DXing (some with digital readout, for example - I've seen Robert Ross' Sangean in action and am impressed). On one hand, you do get what you paid for. On the other, you can get amazing reception on cheap, puny li'l things -- this whole effort has proven that, and it's been a great contribution to the hobby. So to folks like Gary, I simply say keep it up... Saul Chernos / Toronto-Burnt River ON From: d1028g...@aol.com Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:24:53 -0400 To: ultraligh...@yahoogroups.com; irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: [IRCA] Long-term Breakdown of the Sony SRF-59 Tuning Capacitor Hello All, A problem that presented itself occasionally among new SRF-59 units in late 2007 has now, unfortunately, become somewhat of an epidemic. The scratchy tuner problem was originally observed in about 10% of new SRF-59 units in late 2007, which is caused by the breakdown of the dielectric material inside the tuning capacitor. The problem only was evident when the SRF-59 was tuned on AM, especially when tuned quickly from one side of the band to the other. Evidence now strongly indicates that this SRF-59 issue is congenital, due to a low quality tuning capacitor used by Sony to cut manufacturing costs. My original three SRF-59 units from late 2007 were all free of this problem when purchased and aligned, but all three have now developed the scratchy tuner. This includes the unit which received JOAK-594, JOIB-747 and HLCA-972 in November of 2007, which motivated me to write the SRF-59 review. Apparently over a period of several years, the SRF-59 tuner component inevitably breaks down The Sony SRF-39FP and other Sony analog CXA1129N IC chip-based radios apparently do not have this tuning capacitor issue, due to a higher quality tuner component used in manufacturing. For those with an SRF-59 enjoying great DX, you may wish to secure one of these other Sony analog units for a backup. 73, Gary DeBock **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221621490x1201450102/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26 hmpgID%3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooter421NO62) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or
Re: [IRCA] KTRO 910 KVXX 1390 Spanish ESPN Deportes May 1, 2009
Hey Dennis/all: My local (1490-KBRO) went from SS religious to ESPN Deportes recently as well, so it seems to be a growing thing. I dunno - if there are but a handful of stations with the format, then getting an ID might be easier if they are the only one on a given frequency? Kevin S. Bainbridge Island, WA Just read on the Portland Radio PDX message board that Entercom Portland Bustos Media will launch KTRO 910 WA KVXX 1390 OR with ESPN Deportes on May 1, 2009. KTRO is currently the Wolfe. (country) Trailblazer games along with the Timbers games and international soccer games as well will be broadcast in Spanish. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] KTRO 910 KVXX 1390 Spanish ESPN Deportes May 1, 2009
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Re: [IRCA] Loop antenna
Hey Saul: Of the commercially-available units, the Quantum QX Pro is the one as far as I know. Other active loops include the Palomar loop and Select-a-tenna active model, but they don't have the Quantum's Q multiplier (and the Select-a-tenna isn't easily tilted for azimuth nulls). Kaito has the KA-35, but haven't heard much about it. The old Kiwa loop is good, but no longer available new, and good luck getting one for under $500 used. The laws of physics limit the signal grabbing power of a ferrite antenna, expecially on the low end, so if you go with the Quantum, you can supercharge it even more with an external passive loop (the Terk is too small and won't work - I use a Crate Loop) for signal and phasing, or just plug a larger air-core loop like a crate loop directly into the base unit instead of the ferrite head for increased gain. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA I'm looking to buy a good loop antenna for the fall, when I resume active AM DXing. I'm thinking of a Quantum, but want to consider all worthy options. Have any of you had any particular success with a particular loop? I plan to use whatever I get with my AOR7030 at my Burnt River ON DX site. Saul Chernos ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KFI 640 is now IBOC
Hey Patrick: I just looked, and KFI is 977 miles from my QTH, so that appears to be far enough, and/or propagation from LA is poor (KNX-1070 is not that strong here either, and San Diego stations are rare, so I'm guessing the latter...). Close comparison of 650's sidebands last night showed that there was some noise from KFI, but not that much. KSL-1160, on the the other hand, is 698 miles away and manages to obliterate 1150 1170, while 1530-KFBK is 608 miles away and totals 1520 and 1540. KEX-1190 gets out so poorly that, even though only 152 miles away, 1180 1200 are somewhat available. Kevin Kevin, At our distance KFI's IBOC is not an issue. The quality of their signal here is not good. I never listen to any station at night running IBOC, even KEX as the skip gets ahold of it and the audio echoes and sounds awful. When KGO was IBOC for a time at night, they got tons of complaints and dropped it. I don't know if KGO runs IBOC days though. They aren't strong enough now during the day to tell. I used to listen to CtoC on KFBK as they are strong in the NW, but not since they went IBOC. I tune in on local KAST or KKOH Reno. Maybe KPNW Eugene. Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KFI 640 is now IBOC
Hey Patrick: When KFI first came on the air with their new antenna a few weeks (months?) ago, they were blaring in up here, but they are noticeably weaker these days, not much stronger than when they were on their back-up antenna. In listening to KFI tonight, their audio sounds atrocious, indicating they are IBOCing. I can't say I notice their IBOC some 1200 miles to the north, although I have a strong local on 630 that covers up the lower digital sideband noise and enough occupants on 650 to make the upper digital sideband manageable. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Got the word that KFI turned on their IBOC. I can barely notice a slight amount of hiss on 630 off the SW EWE and none on 650, KSTE is stronger. Being nearly 1,000 miles from LA and no antenna really pointed to the SSE. KFI is weaker here than with their old tower that fell. KNX is still the strongest LA area station here. I do notice their IBOC, but not much. The only concern I have is with the splits. Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KIRO-710 Format Change
Hey Bruce: I gotta believe someone is going down, maybe KHHO. With KRKO boosting its power, it stands a better chance, although with KIRO as an ESPN competitor with the Mariners, who knows - KRKO may become redundant? Having 4 sports stations in a market that is a lukewarm sports town (what was that basketball team's name - the Sominex?) seems excessive, even though KHHO and KRKO are technically in Tacoma and Everett, respectively. At any rate, I stand a pretty good chance of QSLing the new KIRO, even though I am a little over 10 miles from its transmitter. Poor you, some 20 miles away, their 50,000 watts may not reach you... Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA KIRO in Seattle ended its AM-FM simulcast yesterday around noon. After airing a Mariners exhibition game in the afternoon, the AM started running a continuous loop of promo announcements. Some of them are for the new AM Sportstalk format, the others remind listeners to tune 97.3 FM for the legacy newstalk programming. The new Sportstalk format, ESPN 710, will take effect Monday morning. It'll be interesting to see how well KIRO and KJR do in head-to-head competition. Or for that matter, how well KRKO survives as the market's #3 sportstalk station. Never mind #4, KHHO, which mostly simulcasts with KJR. Bruce ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] TP's for 04/02/09
Hi Dennis/all: I had a pretty good final day at Long Beach as well, markedly better than yesterday but not as good as Tuesday morning, with somewhat stronger signals than Dennis was getting inland. Things started slow at 1030 UTC when I got up, and after shifting to chasing Pacific beacons from 1100-1200, a return to MW found things much improved. By 1300 UTC there was audio on many of the lower and mid-band channels. Around 1330, what appeared to be Adelaide 5AN on 891 was up with popular music and chatter, although I couldn't quite be sure. In all, a delightful 3-day DXpedition to the beach! The Long Beach peninsula is itself a great place to be, although the place I am staying (Klipsan Beach Cottages) has a fair amount of noise on LW, and I get the sense from the owners that they might not be to keen to have a bunch of BOGs and wire laid out for MW, even in the off-season. To better figure out what I am hearing next time I get to the beach, I have vowed to better orient myself to the differences in Asian languages, although I have audio recordings of all sessions so at least I can go back home and figure out what I heard. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Listened from 1158-1307 utc. Conditions continue to improve. 153      RUSSIA, 1208 fair with Russian News? Man with Radio Rossii ID at 1210. 180     RUSSIA, 1211 weak, just above noise level. 189     RUSSIA, 1211 fair with a little more noise than 153. 234     RUSSIA, 1254 very weak with man in Russian, not heard on first scan earlier. 279     RUSSIA, 1252 weak, not heard during the first scan, usually the strongest Radio Rossii long wave here. 558      JAPAN, JOCR 1255 very weak it bits of music getting through. 594      JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 1256 weak with man in Japanese. 693     JAPAN, JOAB weak with man in Japanese and with domestic splatter. 702     UNKOWN, 1258 two carriers about level 5 fluttering against each other. 774     JAPAN, JOUB pips at 1200 then right into English conversation lessons. This was a kids session with man singing an A,B,C song and children             talking throughout lessons. Fair to good signal with some splatter. 828     JAPAN, JOBB 1207 weak, assuming same program as above. Fair at 1215. 1134     REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1220-1222 did not sound like Japanese with woman/man in Korean? Fair at times with splatter. Kind of a regular here lately.               Good at 1233. 1206     CHINA, F/S 1225 weak getting by KEX's IBOC at times. Korean listed in Pals at this time. Fair to good at 1231. Carrier rivels HLAZ 1566. 1458     UNKNOWN 1301 bits of threshold audio, first time heard at this location. 1566     REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLAZ huge carrier with the weak audio.  1575     THAILAND, VOA 1300 weak to fair with man in Asian language. 6285     DPR OF KOREA, 1000 has not been on the air for the last 3 or 4 days. I missed part 2 of Kim II-sung visiting the Pyongyang power plant in 1968               while the plant was being constructed. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA JRC NRD 545 Drake R8B Ewe NW ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the 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] Long Beach Day 2 - still better than home!
Hi all: Things here at the beach were down compared to yesterday - signals weren't too bad, although no visitors from down-under this morning. I suspect that one of my neighbors left something on last night, since noise was a problem. Still, it sure beats the urban RF jungle back home! The big Japanese guns (774, 828, etc.) were in well early (1000 UTC-ish) and easily copied on a little Ultralight, although they didn't fare as well as the morning rolled on. Among things of interest there was an interesting pile-up on 603 with at least three different stations (KK and CC from the sound of them). A language note - I'm only starting to be able to distinguish between Japanese, Korean and Chinese, and highly recommend that if you come out for a DXpedition to the West Coast, you spend some time listening to streamed audio rather than cut your teeth in real time like I am doing. I wish I would have done that prior to coming out, but ya live and learn. Much to the Icom R75's chagrine, I went with only ULR's this morning, using the Sony 7600GR (in SSB with BFO detuned to produce a 300 hz tone) as a spotter. The Sony isn't tremendously sensitive, but if it was getting a het at all, chances are there was audio to be squeezed out on the slider or passive loop-augmented ULR. So, as a spotter, the 7600GR is fairly reliable go/no-go indicator. For ergonomics, I had the ULR through a pair of ear buds and the spotter through a pair of over-the-ear headphones, so I just toggled volume controls to switch between radios, rather than have two sets of headphones to take on and off. A DPDT would allow both radios to be selected to a single set of phones, so that is a future project. I also experimented with the Murata e100 slider and the Crate Loop/ULR combo to see how they did head-to-head. The Crate Loop delivers all the signal you could ask for, and using the right orientation (facing or adjacent) for selectivity allows a stock-filtered ULR to find the split-frequency station and attenuates the annoying heterodyne. However, when things got tough, the Murata filter always won in the end, in that its narrow selectivity keeps locals at bay more effectively AND almost always completely removes the heterodyne. The Murata may be somewhat tight for domestic DX, but as Gary has been preaching, it is indispensible for TA/TP work. Kevin S Bainbridge Island/Long Beach, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Long Beach, Washington DXpedition - Day 1
Hi all: Greetings from Long Beach, WA! It's about 60 miles south of fabled Grayland, WA, and a whole lot further away from my strong locals in Seattle. I'm with the girls, staying in a stand-alone A-frame cottage with no RF to speak of, and an extra bedroom full of all my stuff. I'm about 800 feet or so from the beach. I am using an Icom R75 and a dual Crate Loop plugged directly into a Quantum Loop base unit as the main spotter receiver. (I also have a few Ultralights and larger portables.) While no Beverage or other outdoor antenna is being used, this morning didn't really require one! I got up at 0330 local (1030 UTC), and delightfully found hets on virtually every 9 khz channel, and at least 25-30 had intelligible audio. The powerhouses were in on the smallest of Ultralights, with armchair copy on 594, 774, 828 and 972 khz. 693 was battling 690-Vancouver and 747 was battling KXL-750, but both came in well on the little guys with help from a passive Crate Loop. 774 was in well all morning and lasted until well after local sunrise, embarrassing 770-Seattle at times. The highlight was at 1356 UTC when both 774 and 891 came in from Australia. I got 891 barely mumbling on the WRX-911 barefoot, but with the Crate Loop the horse racing report came in well, as well as a TOH ID. 774-ABC was only strong enough to hear on the R75/Dual Crate combo. I was struck at how un-dominant the Portland stations are here. Long Beach must be in something of a Portland shadow, while Seattle stations were much more meddlesome. Also, 690 out of Vancouver was amazingly strong, whereas near Seattle where I live (much closer to Vancouver), it often struggles to be heard, so I must live in a Vancouver shadow! Some equipment notes: - The e100 Slider with the Murata filter did very well, picking up much of what the spotter receiver was hearing. However, with the Crate Loop augment, the Slider was hearing a lot more. In many instances, mumbling on the Slider was rendered clear with the Crate Loop. So, if I had to take only one radio and loop to the beach, that combo would be it. - The Sony M37V, with its replacement filter, did OK but often needed help. The Crate Loop really helps out with the selectivity if the correct orientation (facing/adjacent) is chosen. - The Kaito WRX-911 fared quite well, although the lack of digital readout can be a drag at times when chasing TPs. I also have a Sony 7600GR, SRF-39 and Tecsun PL-450 along, but there wasn't enough time to try all of them. So, for my first proper DXpedition, quite a morning. Time for a nap and some sightseeing with the girls, then up again early tomorrow for Round 2. Kevin S Long Beach, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Long Beach, Washington DXpedition - Day 1
Hey Patrick: You're right over the bridge, right? I suppose the logs from last night are old hat to you, but it is certainly a treat for a urban inlander like myself to share in some of the Far East DX. By the way, where is the On/Off switch for wind and rain Kevin Kevin, Welcome to the area. You are in my backyard, being 20 miles South of you. Yes, Portland staions have to go over the Coast Range, so even though they are closer, the signals are more in the mud. KIRO and KJR both have a big lobes to the SW along with CBU. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Tecsun question
Hi Steve: I ordered a Tecsun R-1210 from DPMega a few days ago (a week?) from seller DPMega, who seems to take a few days longer to ship than tquchina. This is based on an earlier order from DPMega which arrived about two weeks after I ordered it. As far as I can tell, DPMega is the only seller that has the 1210. I sorta doubt that anyone has received an R-1210 yet, since it was only recently realized that, according to Tecsun's curious way of quoting specifications, it may potentially have a better tuner than other Tecsun models. I will know how good it is in a few days when I receive it, and will let the group know if in fact the specs that Tecsun quotes are accurate, and if the tuner (at least the AM side) is the same as the 911 et al. For less than 10 dollars, I'm willing to roll the dice... Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA 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 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Tecsun question
Hey Gary: I am a bit circumspect as well on the higher sensitivity number on the 1210, but based on how they quote the FM sensitivity (10 uV for the more-sensitive R-912 versus 5 uV for the less-sensitive R-911), I decided to take a chance. Normally the lower number is better, but Tecsun appears to have its own scale?? On FM, the R-1212A, R-1210 and the R-912 have the 10 uV spec, and all others including the R-911 have 5 uV. AM sensitivity for most models (909, 911, 912, 9012, and 1021) is quoted as 1.0 uV, except for the then-top of the line 1212A and its successor 1210, which are quoted as 1.5 uV. I am hoping/presuming that they would put the best stuff in the more expensive models, so we'll see! PS - the XYL says that a radio I ordered, presumably one from DPMega on March 16th, arrived this past Monday the 23rd, so 7 days to the West Coast is pretty good! I am in Alaska right now, so I have to wait until the weekend to get my mitts on it. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Kevin and Steve, The eBay seller dpmega has been one of the quickest shippers of cheap analog portables like the Tecsun R9012 and R911, at least to me. Also, the Tecsun R1210 sensitivity specs on MW actually are worse than on the R9012 and other Tecsun analog models (namely 1.5mV/m for the R1210, versus 1.0mV/m for the R9012, R911 and others). This indicates some component substitution in the R1210 resulting in reduced MW performance-- the main reason I didn't order one of these models myself. 73, Gary In a message dated 3/25/2009 9:29:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, sa...@sounddsl.com writes: Hi Steve: I ordered a Tecsun R-1210 from DPMega a few days ago (a week?) from seller DPMega, who seems to take a few days longer to ship than tquchina. This is based on an earlier order from DPMega which arrived about two weeks after I ordered it. As far as I can tell, DPMega is the only seller that has the 1210. I sorta doubt that anyone has received an R-1210 yet, since it was only recently realized that, according to Tecsun's curious way of quoting specifications, it may potentially have a better tuner than other Tecsun models. I will know how good it is in a few days when I receive it, and will let the group know if in fact the specs that Tecsun quotes are accurate, and if the tuner (at least the AM side) is the same as the 911 et al. For less than 10 dollars, I'm willing to roll the dice... Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA 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 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com **Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for Under $10. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood0002) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Tecsun PL-600 LW-MW-SW Portable
Hi Gary: Thanks for the review! You're willingness to get and try out new receivers is a great benefit to us all. I have three hopefully easy questions. 1. A question on the SSB: how stable is the BFO after warmup? In other words, would using this in ECSS be an annoying warble-fest as the zero-beat is slowly lost, or does it settle down to allow good ECSS listening? The Sony 7600GR (mine, anyway) stabilizes after about 15 minutes, allowing the selection of either sideband, a great DX asset, but I have heard from several others whose 7600GR simply won't stabilize. You're right about the limited BFO range of the 7600GR - mine has a range of +2.2 khz and -1.8 khz, meaning that you can go either 2 khz down or 1 khz up and still get a zero beat, a sort of poor man's passband tuning. If the PL-600 is plus/minus 2.5 khz, you could detune 2 khz in either direction. 2. Does the SSB allow the use of the Wide bandwidth? On the Sony 7600GR, shifting to SSB restricts you to only the narrow bandwidth. 3. If the answer to #2 was yes, does the Wide bandwidth cause fluttering in ECSS on AM signals? On many sets, if the filter bandwidth is too wide, the opposite sideband starts to leak through, and the ECSS signal starts to flutter. It would be nice to have a set that allows higher-fidelity single-sideband reception, sort of a poor-man's emulation of the Drake R-8B's Selectable Synch mode with its 6 khz filter. If the PL-600 does flutter in Wide bandwidth, can you detune a couple khz, re-zero beat it, and get rid of the flutter, since you are 2 khz further away from the offending sideband? Thanks for any info! Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Hello All, One of the newest SSB models from China, the Tecsun PL-600 is obviously designed to compete with the Sony ICF-SW7600GR, with very similar size, shape and features.?As a much newer model, however, it has superior digital features and a much lower price-- $65.95 plus $24 shipping, from the eBay seller tquchina. Although this model is seriously oversized for Ultralight radio qualification, it does have one stellar quality that would thrill any?pocket radio transoceanic DXer-- the ability to act as a compact SSB spotting receiver, with a sensitive and selective AM section. Its 4 x .4 loopstick is identical to that of the new PL-450, and provides highly directional nulling capability to identify?transoceanic SSB carriers.?In addition, its SSB?fine tuning range covers about?5 kHz?of total spectrum, giving it greater flexibility than the?more narrow SSB tuning range of the ICF-SW7600GR (which is switched between LSB and USB).?The?BFO circuitry?is also stable enough for routine copy of amateur radio?SSB and CW signals. As in the ICF-SW7600GR and ICF-2010 models, the PL-600 has a broadbanded, fixed loopstick which doubles as the LW antenna. These loopsticks have two fixed coils with no alignment system, making them?a completely different type of antenna than the single-coil E100 and C.Crane SWP loopsticks, both of which can be replaced by a sliding-coil transplant providing greatly increased sensitivity.?In the case of the PL-600 (and also the ICF-SW7600GR and ICF-2010), greatly increased sensitivity can be obtained by matching the stock coil inductances in a longer composite ferrite bar loopstick transplant, however. As a stock model, the SSB-equipped PL-600 should be a great choice for Ultralight radio DXers?needing a spotting receiver for transoceanic DX possibilities.?Strong?TA or TP carriers on a PL-600 should indicate a great chance for stock Ultralights like the E100, C.Crane SWP or DT-400W to receive their first transoceanic DX signals.?As one of the lowest priced, relatively?competent SSB portables on the market currently, the new Tecsun PL-600 can really help the beginning TA or TP DXer discover the thrills of transoceanic DX?at a very reasonable?cost. 73, Gary DeBock ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] CBC Radio 1
Hey Paul: It is indeed Saskatchewan, which booms in here every night in Washington State. Still, as you say, it's a good catch! Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Had the boombox on again, spinning the radio dial in the 2:30am central time span, LOTS of talk about Sweden during what I'd call feature reprots, usually done by a different reporter, and the reports were never tagged out (a reporter using their name at the end I heard an ID at 239am centra, You're listening to ABC Radio National The top of the hour comes and I'm slightly disappointed with a CBC Radio 1 Overnight mention. I'm gathering this is 50,000 Watt Non directional CBK 540 Saskatchewan, Canada. Hey, not bad for a $10 Walmart boombox! lol Paul Walker Ord, Nebraska (55 to 60 air miles Northwest of Grand Island, Nebraska) www.onairdj.com walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] HDTV hash solved! (whew...)
Hi all: Thanks to the many suggestions and ideas. I tried 'em all, and the one that worked was to minimize the length of coax between the little UHF circular antenna and the converter box. The converter box itself gives off a little RF but only up close, similar to most modern electronic gear. However, when you hook up an external antenna, the digital converter apparently radiates the noise over the antenna feed cable. I had an elaborate switching network for when I utilized more than one antenna, and bypassing all that got rid of the noise. Hope this helps someone else faced with this problem! Hash is a gentle descriptor - it was more like a solid high-pitch whine/buzz which precluded DX on the lower band. Fortunately, peaceful coexistence has been restored between my DXing and the girls' TV viewing (in fact, the signal on the TV is a little better!). Thanks again - Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Another Anguilla-1610 Confirmed with 6090 kHz Parallel (new country)
Hi all: Following Gary's lead, I dialed in both 6090 (on a Tecsun PL-450) and 1610 on the Slider e100, and received the parallel programming last night at about 0600 UTC, 20090225. This is a new one for me as well! The TIS station doesn't come in very well here, so it was more a matter of waiting for the signal to fade up to the Slider's noise floor. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] HDTV Converter Box Hash
Hi all: I finally got the wife an HDTV converter box, and it puts out a fair amount of noise. The noise seems to be both radiating from the box itself and travelling up the power lines - yippee! It's the Insignia house brand from Best Buy. Does anyone know if newer HDTV sets, which don't need the converter box, also give off a lot of noise, via either direct radiation and/or up the power lines? To keep the peace here, I would forego my next DX purchase (or two) and get a new HDTV if that would fix the problem. Thanks for any info - Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KRKO and KONP-540?
Hey Pete: It was probably a 910 khz IF image (twice 455 khz = 910 khz, and 1450-910 = 540). My e100 has the same problem with the 455 khz IF. Since KONP is only supposed to be 1000 watts, they were getting some pretty good over-the-water coverage that day! I know that Gary DeBock gets a hefty image on 540 from his local KUSH as well. 73 - Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Victoria has two locals on 900 and 1070. I could not figure out any combination of frequencies which would create a mixing product resulting in KONP-1450's appearance on 540 on the E100. I listened for it on the car radio in Port Angeles but it was dark by then and CBK ruled. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 + Kiwa air core loop ICF2010 + DX398; Palomar loop SRF-59 -M37V Eton E100 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the 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] Anyone have a Tecsun PL-450?
Hi all: Has anyone purchased a Tecsun PL-450 for use as an Ultralight? This new receiver, initially given the nod as an Ultralight in November, is being further evaluated by the Definitions Committee in an effort to clarify how the criteria apply to it. If you have purchased one of these, please drop me a line at: satya(at)sounddsl.com If you could let me know by Feb 28th, that would be great! Thanks - Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Logging from N.E. MN 5 Feb 09
Hey guys/all: Having grown up in Minnesota (Bemidji), it strikes me as amazing that there are more and more stations coming on the air there, especially now that the economy would suggest that advertiser-dependent businesses like radio stations are in for a tough ride. Does anyone have a sense as to what the impact of the economic downturn is/will have on radio stations starting up or folding? Kevin S MUCH-Warmer-Than-Bemidji (Bainbridge Island), WA I really dont think they are trying to serve Fargo.. thats a bit far away...they are serving St Cloud. You've got a 540 coming soon too. Paul On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Paul LaFreniere plaf...@netscape.comwrote: 1010WPPIMNSauk Rapids. 1643 CST. Adult--Standards--NOS type music. Many Uptown 1010 slogans. Minnesota's Ring-a-Ding radio. Another of those Johnny-come-lately west west-central MN stations cluttering up the former clear frequencies with too much power. They seem to be trying to serve the Fargo, ND- Moorhead, MN market. And it looks like there are more to come. WPPI seems to be closer to St. Cloud. Paul LaFreniere Grand Marais, MN ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.onairdj.com walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] What's your closest unheard AM station?
I recently picked up a nearby graveyarder, and now my closest unheard is now 1240-KXLE in Ellensburg, WA, about 103 miles away. Like Bob, the terrain does me in (Cascade Mountains), and I have never even had a nibble on this one. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Well, almost 55 miles: KDAC 1230 Fort Bragg, CA. at 60 miles. I've lived here almost 11 years and through all hours of the day, all seasons and a variety of receivers and antennas, I haven't even been teased. Granted, its a unique combination of distance and terrain, but you would think the law of averages would at least toss me a crumb. Bob Coomler Cloverdale, CA --- On Fri, 1/30/09, vroom...@comcast.net vroom...@comcast.net wrote: From: vroom...@comcast.net vroom...@comcast.net Subject: [IRCA] What's your closest unheard AM station? To: IRCA irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 2:52 PM -- Hello, My closest unheard AM station is KIHR 1340 Hood River, OR. 55 miles up the Columbia river. Local IBOC station KKPZ 1340 puts out moderate hash on 1340. I tried the KIWA loop today, but could not cut the hash. With the u-shaped fence antenna faint audio can be heard. Around sunset KTSN is usually heard from Elko, NV. KIHR KKEE 1230 Astoria, OR (65 miles) might take months to log. Have spent abut 8 hours listening for KKEE. Local KSZN 1230 Gresham, OR (18 miles) can be nulled, but KHSN Coos Bay, OR (179 miles) pops up. In would be interesting to find out if any DXers have a unheard station under 55 miles. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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?
Hey Rick: Over here on Bainbridge, 930-Bellingham is also tough to get even with the mostly-water path. Usually 930-Yakima comes in if anything during the day - forget about it at might. I'm a few miles closer to Tacoma and get 850-Tacoma (and its IBOC buzz) fairly well, but at nights KOA-Denver often rules the roost. Kevin Hi Dennis, I think there's supposed to be a 930 in Bellingham, but I've never heard it from northeast Seattle. The 850 in Tacoma is amazingly weak here, but I _can_ hear it. -- Rick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] KOIT beats KGO in Holiday ratings
Wow, a chink in the armor! I would presume they are back on top now, but it goes to show you what playing what people want to hear will do for ratings. I see KGO as one of the last remaining classic stations that primarily uses its own programming and cultivates listenership throughout its entire part of the country/continent. Before the local here on 820-KGNW came on, KGO used to appear in the Seattle-area ratings lists(!). I listen to KGO myself, but with 820-KGNW a mere 11 miles away, I have to use LSB-Synch. Kevin -- Good Afternoon, Read on the Portland Radio PDX tha KOIT beat KGO for Holiday ratings period. KOIT played all Christmas starting Nov. 21. It was the first time in 30 years that KGO 810 was not #1. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Larger crate loops, and direct-coupling to the Quantum Loop base unit
Hi all: Ive continued to tinker with these loops, stacking crates together to make larger units, using the contra winding technique to get a lot more wire on and cover larger frequency ranges, and hooking them directly into my Quantum Loop base unit in place of the normal ferrite loopheads. The results have been quite positive, and I have updated the Crate Loop article on DXer.ca with a bunch more options and details. http://www.dxer.ca/index.php?option=com_docmantask=cat_viewgid=87Itemid=77 73 Kevin Schanilec Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] 1134 in already....on Opera Night!
Hi all: A quick check shows that presumed 1134-Croatia is coming in with fairly discernable audio here near Seattle. Looks like it's going to be another great night (I missed last night)...but we've got tickets to the Opera tonight. Never been to the opera and am going on my wife's desires here. Why oh why tonight???!!! Have fun, y'all! Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Palstar Receivers
Hey Russ: I don't have one, bheck out Gerry Thomas' review (he of Quantum Loop fame) of the Palstar, where he compares it with a Drake R8 and NRD-535. On a test with a 590 khz/591 khz situation, the R30 did pretty well. His review is at: http://www.chowdanet.com/markc/webpage/WN1ION1967/palstar_r30_review.pdf 73 - Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA I don't know how many of you might have one of these, but I'm wondering how they preform in terms of selectivity near a strong signal. Can it separate a 1 kHz split with readable audio adjacent to a reasonably strong signal ? ( I realize with a very strong local, it's a separate case, requiring nulling of some sort. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010 barefoot ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Palstar MW550P + Box Loop Antenna
Hi Brandon: I would think it is possible. I have heard that the schematics are on the Palstar site, and it would be a matter of figuring out how to tie in the inductor of the box loop in place of the inductor already in the MW550P box. Steve Ratzlaff has taken one of these apart and may be able to provide more specifics. I have been doing similar things with the Quantum Loop base unit. Using the Crate Loop, I have wound substitute heads to take the place of the ferrite heads, and now have a LW, MW and SW (1.8-10 mhz) versions of crate loops which plug directly into the base unit, with the base unit sitting inside the crate itself. I've cc'd your personal email with some pictures of the LW version (which uses for crates stacked together), while the MW and SW each use one crate. The gain over the corresponding ferrite head is appreciable (15-20 db at least) - in fact you have to turn the gain down to avoid overloading the circuitry, which is perhaps something to watch on the MW550P (which has a 15 db attenuator as I recall). If you have access to a Quantum Loop, Palomar Loop or similar base unit, this might be the easier way to go, since you don't have to open up the unit and make any changes. Drop me a note off-line if you want more details on this. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Hi Nick, A tuned loop already has a lot of preselection capability, so the selectivity of the MW550P might not be that useful. At 12 dB maximum, it's not really high gain, but high gain probably wouldn't be needed in your location unless the loop antenna was quite small. Or were you thinking of replacing the 550P's internal inductor with the winding of your loop antenna? Since the MW550P has a large 6:1 vernier tuning capacitor, I was thinking the MW550P could replace the loop tuning capacitor completely and that it could perhaps sit inside the crate loop. Is this feasible? 73, Brandon ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] 1530
Hey Nick: Good haul! I heard Fox Sports for a while a few weeks ago - never got an ID but it was most certainly them. KFBK is both sky and ground wave here, so phasing is kinda hard. How do you fare phasing 810-KGO to hear WGY? Kevin Been playing around with some phasing here and am hearing WCKY with KFBK down in the weedsno firm ID yet, but Fox Sports Radio mention and is leading the WCKY webstream by about 7 seconds. Been years since I heard this(unless somebody else is running Fox Sports...if so, not in my new NRC log) Given that this runs non directional until KFBK sunset, I suppose it's not that unlikely, but it's pretty darn good just now (0056UT). Yep...there it is, 1530 Homer.com mention, so got my ID. best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] Palstar MW550P + Box Loop Antenna
Hey Brandon: It should work great. I have a MW550P and the Palstar AA-30 preselector-preamp. The AA-30 works great with a Terk Loop, and the resulting signal is equal to a Quantum Loop (of course, you have to tune two things instead of one, but I like tweaking). The MW550P might be better suited since it has two different impedance inputs, and the box loop sense coil might have a pretty high impedance. Let us know! Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA I have been working on setting up my shack today, and un-boxed a Palstar MW550P Active Preselector/Tuner that I've had for years and never used much. I know that it features a very large capacitor along with 6:1 vernier tuning, so I can't help but think: Can this be used as a tuner/amp for a box loop? Here is a link to the Palstar page: http://www.palstar.com/mw550p.php -- Brandon Jordan - Memphis, TN, USA Longwave * Mediumwave * Shortwave DXer since 1976 bcdx@gmail.com http://www.bcdx.org DXTests.Info web site: http://www.dxtests.info IRCA DX Worldwide-East column editor Submit loggings via: dxww.e...@gmail.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
