Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
For NL, way back after CBL went off when there was no Toronto station I got 740 in IL once. From WI which is much better towards the ENE than here in IL 750 using Phased BOGs comes in sometimes. //990 has shown up a couple times. 1140 CBI once. Cx that bring them in typically are also good for lower latitude TA's...ie Spain everywhere. CKNB 950 is a regular when using those ENE BOGs in WI but never a trace in IL even with the DKAZ array beam steered ENE. The effect of my WI place being on a bluff about 150 ft above the Lake Michigan shore and being a bit closer to them, I presume. Defunct Maritimes on 720 and 780 were possible with Phased BOGs in IL even though I am closer than 15 miles to both Chicago superpowers. 73 KAZ On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 11:49 PM, Saul Chernoswrote: > For NL: 740 sometimes audible u/CBL here... Also CBC on 540, 640, 990 > though no > CBCs in many years. > > For NS - Barry MCLarnon's site lists five. 1140 may be your best bet (I > have not > aimed east in two years, LOL!). I have yet to hear 1350, 1420, 1450. Have > only > heard 1270 once, though it was loud and alone at the time (strange). > 1140 CBI SYDNEY NS 1 1 DA-2 VARIETY CBC RADIO ONE //CBIS-FM 92.1 > 1270 CJCB SIDNEY NS 1 1 DA-N C 1270 CJCB > 1350 CKAD MIDDLETON NS 1000 1000 DA-1 C AVR NETWORK > 1420 CKDY DIGBY NS 1000 1000 DA-1 C AVR NETWORK > 1450 CFAB WINDSOR NS 1000 1000 NDA C AVR NETWORK APP MOVE TO FM > > Saul Chernos > Burnt River ON > > > > > -- Original Message -- > > From: Tim Tromp > > Date: December 28, 2016 at 9:05 PM > > > > > > > > Thanks Saul, > > > > This may require me to setup a temporary BOG or loop outside aimed > directly at > > DE to cross this state off my list since neither antenna favor this > bearing at > > all. Rhode Island? Only one in the logbook and it's 630 WPRO. Canadian > > provinces still needed: all the hard ones! Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, > NT, etc. > > I did snag New Brunswick via 540 just before CBGA1 went silent. > > > > 73, > > -Tim > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Saul Chernos > wrote: > > > > 1150 is indeed one good option for DE. 1410 also can get out, Tim, and > you > > don't > > have CKSL London ON in the way anymore there. DE 1330 also can do well > in > > semi-auroral cx here. Others heard are on 900, 1280, 1290, 1450, 1600. > I'm > > about > > 500 miles out, so not that far. You're on the west side of MI, and from > the > > ease > > you get my targets from out west, and TPs (I have none here save hets), > I can > > well imagine you'll find DE a challenge. What have you heard from RI? > What > > about > > the Cdn provinces? > > > > Congrats on your milestone, and in fairly short order to boot! > > > > Saul Chernos > > Burnt River ON > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
Congrats Tim! You give me hope for AM here in West Michigan. For living a half hour from me, your catches are impressive. But after dealing with AM in East Asia, I'm still far too unmotivated to bother with it here without special equipment to pick up anything distant. Just not worth it anymore when the AM content is so dull. -Chris Kadlec Message: 1 Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 10:32:56 -0500 From: Tim Tromp <kilok...@gmail.com> Subject: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard. I don't count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same suburban west Michigan location. I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a few hundred stations, but I wanted more! Enter the Quantum Loop, which worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history. Still wanting more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go bigger. I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new mix of more distant stations. I learned more about BOGs and discovered how Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself. It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup. At this point I'm pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually opted for the Perseus which I still use today. A reversible D-KAZ loop was also added to the mix a few years ago. Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming). Most distant catch: 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km. Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59 miles! 169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW. Recordings of some of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7 Happy New Year & Good DX, Tim Tromp West Michigan ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
On 2016-12-29, at 7:50 AM, Saul Chernos wrote: > Keep at it Rob, you're gaining exponentially on us old-schoolers with your > SDR… Yes, my AM and FM Totals have really grown since getting the SDR. Spent a lot of years concentrating on SHORT WAVE DX, and my BCB DX Totals suffered for it, but I'm slowly crawling from the wreckage!!! > > Tim is in west Michigan, so is WBCH (Hastings, 1220). What's the story there, > Tim? I have not heard it either. It's on my target list. Rob, have you? I'm > curious. Nope……..I don't have WBCH either!! Cleveland is a Big problem for me on 1220 Khz. I also hear WGNY, WJUN, WKRS, and WSLM quite a bit. That 250 Watter from Western Michigan hasn't showed up here yet!! 73..ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
Keep at it Rob, you're gaining exponentially on us old-schoolers with your SDR... Tim is in west Michigan, so is WBCH (Hastings, 1220). What's the story there, Tim? I have not heard it either. It's on my target list. Rob, have you? I'm curious. Mind you, I never heard 600 CBC LPRT in Bancroft ON before it moved to FM earlier this year. But I'm told the station was inaudible beyond the town limits. (I have heard 40-watt CBC LPRTs from farther away). Saul Chernos Burnt River ON > -- Original Message -- > From: Robert Ross> Date: December 29, 2016 at 6:18 AM > > > > > >> > >> On 12/28/2016 8:32 AM, Tim Tromp wrote: > > >>> Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states > >>> heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming). Most distant catch: > >>> 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km. Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59 > >>> miles! 169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW. Recordings of some > >>> of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here: > >>> https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7 > >>> > >>> Happy New Year & Good DX, > >>> Tim Tromp > >>> West Michigan > > > Hi Tim: > > Congrats on your 2000 AM'ers hit recently!! An Amazing feat for the time > period involved! > > I am 14 Stations from the 2,000 Mark but over a much longer time period. I > have also heard 47 States from here in London, Ontario. > > I still need Hawaii, Alaska, Idaho and Oregon. > > For Provinces, I just need Newfoundland and the Territories. > > I am not too much farther East of you and I have had quite good luck logging > DELAWARE, I'm sure you will get them eventuallly! > > Here are the 6 Stations I have logged from Delaware, maybe you can snag one of > these??? > > 1260 WNRK > 1450 WILM > 900 WJWL > 1280 WSFD > 1150 WDEL > 1410 WDOV > > I hear 1450, 1150, and 1410 fairly regularly, so they may be your best bets! > > 73…ROB VA3SW > > Robert S. Ross > London, Ontario 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] #2000 logged from Michigan
>> >> On 12/28/2016 8:32 AM, Tim Tromp wrote: >>> Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states >>> heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming). Most distant catch: >>> 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km. Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59 >>> miles! 169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW. Recordings of some >>> of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here: >>> https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7 >>> >>> Happy New Year & Good DX, >>> Tim Tromp >>> West Michigan Hi Tim: Congrats on your 2000 AM'ers hit recently!! An Amazing feat for the time period involved! I am 14 Stations from the 2,000 Mark but over a much longer time period. I have also heard 47 States from here in London, Ontario. I still need Hawaii, Alaska, Idaho and Oregon. For Provinces, I just need Newfoundland and the Territories. I am not too much farther East of you and I have had quite good luck logging DELAWARE, I'm sure you will get them eventuallly! Here are the 6 Stations I have logged from Delaware, maybe you can snag one of these??? 1260 WNRK 1450 WILM 900 WJWL 1280 WSFD 1150 WDEL 1410 WDOV I hear 1450, 1150, and 1410 fairly regularly, so they may be your best bets! 73…ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
For NL: 740 sometimes audible u/CBL here... Also CBC on 540, 640, 990 though no CBCs in many years. For NS - Barry MCLarnon's site lists five. 1140 may be your best bet (I have not aimed east in two years, LOL!). I have yet to hear 1350, 1420, 1450. Have only heard 1270 once, though it was loud and alone at the time (strange). 1140 CBI SYDNEY NS 1 1 DA-2 VARIETY CBC RADIO ONE //CBIS-FM 92.1 1270 CJCB SIDNEY NS 1 1 DA-N C 1270 CJCB 1350 CKAD MIDDLETON NS 1000 1000 DA-1 C AVR NETWORK 1420 CKDY DIGBY NS 1000 1000 DA-1 C AVR NETWORK 1450 CFAB WINDSOR NS 1000 1000 NDA C AVR NETWORK APP MOVE TO FM Saul Chernos Burnt River ON > -- Original Message -- > From: Tim Tromp> Date: December 28, 2016 at 9:05 PM > > > > Thanks Saul, > > This may require me to setup a temporary BOG or loop outside aimed directly at > DE to cross this state off my list since neither antenna favor this bearing at > all. Rhode Island? Only one in the logbook and it's 630 WPRO. Canadian > provinces still needed: all the hard ones! Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, NT, etc. > I did snag New Brunswick via 540 just before CBGA1 went silent. > > 73, > -Tim > > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Saul Chernos wrote: > > 1150 is indeed one good option for DE. 1410 also can get out, Tim, and you > don't > have CKSL London ON in the way anymore there. DE 1330 also can do well in > semi-auroral cx here. Others heard are on 900, 1280, 1290, 1450, 1600. I'm > about > 500 miles out, so not that far. You're on the west side of MI, and from the > ease > you get my targets from out west, and TPs (I have none here save hets), I can > well imagine you'll find DE a challenge. What have you heard from RI? What > about > the Cdn provinces? > > Congrats on your milestone, and in fairly short order to boot! > > Saul Chernos > Burnt River ON ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
Congrats Tim! Glad to see you've hit 2000! Glad to read of your great successes using the antenna systems I suggest. I don't keep and exact count here and also don't count call changes but a several years ago and pre Perseus use an informal count had me slightly above 2000. I had the benefits of two decades here and some great TA cx aided by Phased BOGs and some channels with a couple of TA's logged on them. Perseus has been a great help and I have been amazed at what I'd left on the table for logs and the ID's one can pull out under the dominant under the dominant. I think if I had to guess I've got about 2500 logged here in Barrington IL over 22 years. You hitting 2000 since 2009 is remarkable. As for DE two here in IL. 900 pre-sunset about 2:50 pm in Dec years ago with Phased BOGs before other stuff faded in. 1290 dug out with a portable when reported on day power for a 76ers game again years ago. In WI I managed to log your 47 states in fewer that 20 sessions at the superb QTH. Lake MI to my east makes the eastern stuff lots easier than here in IL (except for DE). Putting some distance from Chicago makes the more difficult (for Chicagoans) states like ID and NV reasonably easier with Phased BOGs during good sunset skip times. But no DE even with many tries since then and sometimes Phased BOGs aimed right at them. Checking patterns for DE they have no stations that put much power this way. But eventually you'll get them if you aim at them. I'd use Phased BOGs to concentrate the beam and to minimize back end QRM. As for AK, someday when cx are much better northerly (give it a couple more years in the sunspot cycle) you'll have a chance with that D-KAZ north. If sunrise, expect at least some carriers from Japan/Korea. The morning I had Japan here I was stoked for AK and CK-750 didn't have any audio much of the time or was off. But the program I copied I pinned down as Utah with WSB phased out even though using Phased BOGs aimed 320 deg. I still look for HI in DU cx. Many channels have Mexican QRM in the same cx. 1500 seems a good shot but it seems low powered domestics are in there near SR even if I can get rid of KSTP and aim the D-KAZ array beam WSW. I've listened to many of Mark D's recordings from central MN at SR and I've been able to confirm the SF Bay area Viet stn for him on 1500 but no trace of HI. So this doesn't seem easy. 73 KAZ On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:20 PM, Nigel Pimblettwrote: > Congratulations on the accomplishment Tim. I hit the #2000 mark last > year, but it took me a lot longer. The Perseus has certainly helped me > push up the total too. > I hate to be negative, but I don't like your chances on AK at the moment. > Even here in Alberta I have yet to hear Alaska this season - a far cry > from the 2008-2010 period, where I was even beginning to consider some AKs > as regulars. Hoping those days will return in a couple of years as we > head for solar minimum. And if you're missing DE, I really don't like my > chances out here! > > 73, > > Nigel Pimblett > Dunmore, AB > Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array > > > > On 12/28/2016 8:32 AM, Tim Tromp wrote: > >> I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was >> accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard. I >> don't >> count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my >> same >> suburban west Michigan location. >> >> I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a >> few hundred stations, but I wanted more! Enter the Quantum Loop, which >> worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more >> stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and >> several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history. Still wanting >> more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go >> bigger. I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a >> straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new >> mix of more distant stations. I learned more about BOGs and discovered >> how >> Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and >> purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself. >> >> It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup. At this point I'm >> pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually >> opted for the Perseus which I still use today. A reversible D-KAZ loop >> was >> also added to the mix a few years ago. >> >> Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states >> heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming). Most distant catch: >> 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km. Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59 >> miles! 169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW. Recordings of some >> of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here: >> https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7 >> >> Happy New Year & Good DX, >> Tim Tromp >>
Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
Congratulations on the accomplishment Tim. I hit the #2000 mark last year, but it took me a lot longer. The Perseus has certainly helped me push up the total too. I hate to be negative, but I don't like your chances on AK at the moment. Even here in Alberta I have yet to hear Alaska this season - a far cry from the 2008-2010 period, where I was even beginning to consider some AKs as regulars. Hoping those days will return in a couple of years as we head for solar minimum. And if you're missing DE, I really don't like my chances out here! 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, AB Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array On 12/28/2016 8:32 AM, Tim Tromp wrote: I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard. I don't count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same suburban west Michigan location. I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a few hundred stations, but I wanted more! Enter the Quantum Loop, which worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history. Still wanting more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go bigger. I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new mix of more distant stations. I learned more about BOGs and discovered how Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself. It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup. At this point I'm pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually opted for the Perseus which I still use today. A reversible D-KAZ loop was also added to the mix a few years ago. Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming). Most distant catch: 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km. Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59 miles! 169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW. Recordings of some of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7 Happy New Year & Good DX, Tim Tromp West Michigan ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7924 / Virus Database: 4739/13663 - Release Date: 12/28/16 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
Thanks Saul, This may require me to setup a temporary BOG or loop outside aimed directly at DE to cross this state off my list since neither antenna favor this bearing at all. Rhode Island? Only one in the logbook and it's 630 WPRO. Canadian provinces still needed: all the hard ones! Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, NT, etc. I did snag New Brunswick via 540 just before CBGA1 went silent. 73, -Tim On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 6:29 PM, Saul Chernoswrote: > 1150 is indeed one good option for DE. 1410 also can get out, Tim, and you > don't > have CKSL London ON in the way anymore there. DE 1330 also can do well in > semi-auroral cx here. Others heard are on 900, 1280, 1290, 1450, 1600. I'm > about > 500 miles out, so not that far. You're on the west side of MI, and from > the ease > you get my targets from out west, and TPs (I have none here save hets), I > can > well imagine you'll find DE a challenge. What have you heard from RI? What > about > the Cdn provinces? > > Congrats on your milestone, and in fairly short order to boot! > > Saul Chernos > Burnt River ON > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
Marc, thanks for the tip. I think 1150 and 1410 are probably my best bets.. 73, -Tim On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA < irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote: > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Marc DeLorenzo> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Cc: > Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 18:04:28 -0500 > Subject: #2000 logged from Michigan > Congrats, Tim. For Delaware, my recommendation, depending on your locals, > is WDEL-1150 which historically has been widely heard. > > > Marc DeLorenzo > South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts > http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] #2000 logged from Michigan
Hey Steve, thanks! 73, -Tim On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Hawkinswrote: > Tim, > > Good going. Congratulations. > > Steve > > > On 12/28/16 9:32 AM, Tim Tromp wrote: > >> I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was >> accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard. I >> don't >> count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my >> same >> suburban west Michigan location. >> > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] #2000 logged from Michigan
Les, thanks! Good point and well stated.. 73, -Tim On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Les Rayburnwrote: > Congratulations on reaching this milestone in such a short period of time! > I’ve been MW DXing for over a decade, and haven’t come close to your > success. It proves the old adage that nothing beats “time between the > headphones.” > > Like many, I put too much emphasis on the technology. Always searching for > a better receiver, better antenna, better phaser. Far better to just use > the tools you have and get busy! > > Thanks for being an inspiration. > > > 73, > > Les Rayburn, N1LF > 121 Mayfair Park > Maylene, AL > EM63nf > > Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. > > Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, > Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. > > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] #2000 logged from Michigan
Hey Mark, thanks, and I'm always happy to pass on the knowledge I've learned here from the real pros of the hobby.. 73, -Tim On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Mark Pettiforwrote: > > A public thanks to you, Tim, for answering all my questions on getting > started in MW DXing. And congrats on reaching that milestone! > > I've got a ways to go to get to 2000, that's for sure. I could probably > get a pretty good start if I just made the time to listen to all the ELAD > recordings I have scattered about on hard drives! > > Mark Pettifor > Goshen, IN > KC9DOC > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] #2000 logged from Michigan
Thanks Richard! 73, -Tim On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Richard N Allenwrote: > Congratulations. Good work in a short time. > > Richard Allen. > > Sent from my iPad > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] #2000 logged from Michigan
1150 is indeed one good option for DE. 1410 also can get out, Tim, and you don't have CKSL London ON in the way anymore there. DE 1330 also can do well in semi-auroral cx here. Others heard are on 900, 1280, 1290, 1450, 1600. I'm about 500 miles out, so not that far. You're on the west side of MI, and from the ease you get my targets from out west, and TPs (I have none here save hets), I can well imagine you'll find DE a challenge. What have you heard from RI? What about the Cdn provinces? Congrats on your milestone, and in fairly short order to boot! Saul Chernos Burnt River ON > > -- Original Message -- > From: Marc DeLorenzo via IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> > Date: December 28, 2016 at 6:04 PM > > > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, > its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > > -- Original Message -- > From: Marc DeLorenzo <midcapem...@aol.com> > Date: December 28, 2016 at 6:04 PM > > > Congrats, Tim. For Delaware, my recommendation, depending on your locals, > is WDEL-1150 which historically has been widely heard. > > > Marc DeLorenzo > South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts > http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Tim Tromp <kilok...@gmail.com> > To: IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > <irca@hard-core-dx.com>; abdx <a...@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wed, Dec 28, 2016 10:33 am > Subject: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan > > I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was > accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard. I don't > count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my > same > suburban west Michigan location. > > I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a > few hundred stations, but I wanted more! Enter the Quantum Loop, which > worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more > stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and > several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history. Still wanting > more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go > bigger. I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a > straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new > mix of more distant stations. I learned more about BOGs and discovered how > Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and > purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself. > > It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup. At this point I'm > pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually > opted for the Perseus which I still use today. A reversible D-KAZ loop was > also added to the mix a few years ago. > > Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states > heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming). Most distant catch: > 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km. Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59 > miles! 169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW. Recordings of some > of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here: > https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7 > > Happy New Year & Good DX, > Tim Tromp > West Michigan > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, > its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
--- Begin Message --- Congrats, Tim. For Delaware, my recommendation, depending on your locals, is WDEL-1150 which historically has been widely heard. Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX -Original Message- From: Tim Tromp <kilok...@gmail.com> To: IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@hard-core-dx.com>; abdx <a...@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wed, Dec 28, 2016 10:33 am Subject: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard. I don't count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same suburban west Michigan location. I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a few hundred stations, but I wanted more! Enter the Quantum Loop, which worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history. Still wanting more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go bigger. I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new mix of more distant stations. I learned more about BOGs and discovered how Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself. It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup. At this point I'm pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually opted for the Perseus which I still use today. A reversible D-KAZ loop was also added to the mix a few years ago. Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming). Most distant catch: 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km. Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59 miles! 169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW. Recordings of some of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7 Happy New Year & Good DX, Tim Tromp West Michigan ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
Major congratulations Tim on this accomplishment!ms From: IRCA <irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Tim Tromp <kilok...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 7:32 AM To: IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America; abdx Subject: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard. I don't count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same suburban west Michigan location. I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a few hundred stations, but I wanted more! Enter the Quantum Loop, which worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history. Still wanting more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go bigger. I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new mix of more distant stations. I learned more about BOGs and discovered how Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself. It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup. At this point I'm pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually opted for the Perseus which I still use today. A reversible D-KAZ loop was also added to the mix a few years ago. Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming). Most distant catch: 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km. Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59 miles! 169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW. Recordings of some of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7 [https://yt3.ggpht.com/-pwr-naoGnqc/AAI/AAA/7iDXpO7Gd60/s100-c-k-no-mo-rj-c0xff/photo.jpg]<https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7> KILOKAT7 - YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7> www.youtube.com DXing the LW, MW & SW bands from Michigan, USA Happy New Year & Good DX, Tim Tromp West Michigan ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
Tim, Good going. Congratulations. Steve On 12/28/16 9:32 AM, Tim Tromp wrote: I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard. I don't count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same suburban west Michigan location. I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a few hundred stations, but I wanted more! Enter the Quantum Loop, which worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history. Still wanting more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go bigger. I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new mix of more distant stations. I learned more about BOGs and discovered how Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself. It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup. At this point I'm pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually opted for the Perseus which I still use today. A reversible D-KAZ loop was also added to the mix a few years ago. Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming). Most distant catch: 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km. Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59 miles! 169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW. Recordings of some of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7 Happy New Year & Good DX, Tim Tromp West Michigan ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com -- Stephen Hawkins NG0G n...@wccta.net 73 49 111 01001001 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
Congratulations on reaching this milestone in such a short period of time! I’ve been MW DXing for over a decade, and haven’t come close to your success. It proves the old adage that nothing beats “time between the headphones.” Like many, I put too much emphasis on the technology. Always searching for a better receiver, better antenna, better phaser. Far better to just use the tools you have and get busy! Thanks for being an inspiration. 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL EM63nf Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA. Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. > On Dec 28, 2016, at 3:14 PM, Mark Pettiforwrote: > > > A public thanks to you, Tim, for answering all my questions on getting > started in MW DXing. And congrats on reaching that milestone! > > I've got a ways to go to get to 2000, that's for sure. I could probably get a > pretty good start if I just made the time to listen to all the ELAD > recordings I have scattered about on hard drives! > > Mark Pettifor > Goshen, IN > KC9DOC > > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the 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] #2000 logged from Michigan
A public thanks to you, Tim, for answering all my questions on getting started in MW DXing. And congrats on reaching that milestone! I've got a ways to go to get to 2000, that's for sure. I could probably get a pretty good start if I just made the time to listen to all the ELAD recordings I have scattered about on hard drives! Mark Pettifor Goshen, IN KC9DOC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] #2000 logged from Michigan
Congratulations. Good work in a short time. Richard Allen. Sent from my iPad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
Thanks Paul, 650 & 750 might be my best shot here during sunrise when these channels open up towards the west. Someday maybe... 73, -Tim On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tim, up here in the frozen north, we have a 50kw full time on 650...10kw > full time on 660...10kw full timer on 640 and 68050kw full time on 700, > 50kw day21kw night on 1170... probably some of your better bets to hear > Alaska. > > > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Tim Trompwrote: > > > I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was > > accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard. I > don't > > count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my > same > > suburban west Michigan location. > > > > I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a > > few hundred stations, but I wanted more! Enter the Quantum Loop, which > > worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more > > stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and > > several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history. Still wanting > > more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go > > bigger. I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a > > straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole > new > > mix of more distant stations. I learned more about BOGs and discovered > how > > Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and > > purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself. > > > > It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup. At this point I'm > > pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually > > opted for the Perseus which I still use today. A reversible D-KAZ loop > was > > also added to the mix a few years ago. > > > > Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states > > heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming). Most distant catch: > > 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km. Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59 > > miles! 169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW. Recordings of > some > > of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here: > > https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7 > > > > Happy New Year & Good DX, > > Tim Tromp > > West Michigan > > ___ > > IRCA mailing list > > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > > > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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] #2000 logged from Michigan
Tim, up here in the frozen north, we have a 50kw full time on 650...10kw full time on 660...10kw full timer on 640 and 68050kw full time on 700, 50kw day21kw night on 1170... probably some of your better bets to hear Alaska. On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Tim Trompwrote: > I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was > accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard. I don't > count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same > suburban west Michigan location. > > I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a > few hundred stations, but I wanted more! Enter the Quantum Loop, which > worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more > stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and > several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history. Still wanting > more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go > bigger. I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a > straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new > mix of more distant stations. I learned more about BOGs and discovered how > Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and > purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself. > > It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup. At this point I'm > pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually > opted for the Perseus which I still use today. A reversible D-KAZ loop was > also added to the mix a few years ago. > > Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states > heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming). Most distant catch: > 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km. Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59 > miles! 169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW. Recordings of some > of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here: > https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7 > > Happy New Year & Good DX, > Tim Tromp > West Michigan > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] #2000 logged from Michigan
I had hopes of hitting #2000 before the year ended, and that goal was accomplished yesterday afternoon when a faint 1490 KLGR was heard. I don't count call changes and all logs between 530-1710 kHz have been from my same suburban west Michigan location. I started my logbook in 2009 with a "barefoot" DX-440 that was good for a few hundred stations, but I wanted more! Enter the Quantum Loop, which worked wonderfully with the DX-440, and netted me a few hundred more stations including my first Trans-Atlantic station (1134 Croatia) and several more TAs to follow, most of which are now history. Still wanting more, but reaching the limit of the Q Loop, I knew it was time to go bigger. I bought a 500 FT spool of wire and laid it on the ground in a straight line, connected it to the DX-440, and started logging a whole new mix of more distant stations. I learned more about BOGs and discovered how Neil Kazaross was phasing two of them and soon went back to DX Tools and purchased a Quantum Phaser to try it for myself. It didn't take long to hit #1000 with this setup. At this point I'm pushing the DX-440 to its limit, so I decided to try SDR and eventually opted for the Perseus which I still use today. A reversible D-KAZ loop was also added to the mix a few years ago. Some obligatory stats since starting this adventure in 2009: 47 states heard with AK, HI & DE still needed (keep dreaming). Most distant catch: 702 2BL Sydney @ 9,345 miles/15,039 km. Nearest unheard: WBCH @ just 59 miles! 169 graveyarders and 37 countries heard on MW. Recordings of some of my more interesting catches are posted to YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/kilokat7 Happy New Year & Good DX, Tim Tromp West Michigan ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] #2000
Well done! I stopped counting stations in the mid 70's... Not being a domestic chaser. Who knows what the future holds. Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC > On Jan 1, 2016, at 12:33 PM, Nigel Pimblettwrote: > > > It was close, but I managed to hit my target of reaching MW station #2000 > logged (no call changes) before the New Year. Station #2000 turned out to be > KKAN 1490 from Phillipsburg, KS, heard at UTC on the 31st. The > first new one of 2016 turned out to be another graveyarder, 1230 KFJB, from > Marshalltown, IA heard at 0200 on the 1st. > > Happy New Year to all, > > Nigel Pimblett > Dunmore, Alberta > > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] #2000
It was close, but I managed to hit my target of reaching MW station #2000 logged (no call changes) before the New Year. Station #2000 turned out to be KKAN 1490 from Phillipsburg, KS, heard at UTC on the 31st. The first new one of 2016 turned out to be another graveyarder, 1230 KFJB, from Marshalltown, IA heard at 0200 on the 1st. Happy New Year to all, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] #2000
Indeed Nigel, congratulations! What kind of antenna setup do you have again? Todd Skaine On Jan 1, 2016 2:36 PM, "coffee_canuck"wrote: > Well done! > > I stopped counting stations in the mid 70's... Not being a domestic chaser. > Who knows what the future holds. > > Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC > > > On Jan 1, 2016, at 12:33 PM, Nigel Pimblett wrote: > > > > > > It was close, but I managed to hit my target of reaching MW station > #2000 logged (no call changes) before the New Year. Station #2000 turned > out to be KKAN 1490 from Phillipsburg, KS, heard at UTC on the 31st. > The first new one of 2016 turned out to be another graveyarder, 1230 > KFJB, from Marshalltown, IA heard at 0200 on the 1st. > > > > Happy New Year to all, > > > > Nigel Pimblett > > Dunmore, Alberta > > > > ___ > > IRCA mailing list > > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > 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