Re: [IRCA] Grayland 12

2015-08-09 Thread Dennis Vroom
Some information on KHMB from 12/17/2012. Amazing catch Bill. Dennis,
Kalama, WA
  From: Bill Whitacre b...@his.com
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 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Grayland 12
   
KHMB is, as their website says, a community station on 1710 near SFO.  Neil 
Kazaross thinks it’s a FCC Part 15 station ‘on steroids’ — they’ve gone WAY 
beyond the usual boring TIS fare and, who knows, may be running more than the 
regulation power?  From Sans Souci one gets really good CA reception.  That’s 
all I know … and even some of that is speculation.  ;-)

—

 On Aug 8, 2015, at 9:01 AM, Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Bill, a very interesting report.  I like your format, and audio clips.
 Tell me more about KHMB 1710.  I've never heard of them.  I see that they
 have a website.  The only KHMB that comes up on the Radio Locator website
 is a FM station in Hamburg, Arkansas.  Are we talking about a 100 mW
 station here?  73,...Walt
 
 On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Bill Whitacre b...@his.com wrote:
 
 Between the two ‘cliffsider’ DXpeditions organized by Gary DeBock I had
 the opportunity for another trip to the west coast visiting the Grayland
 Motel in Grayland, WA and a place called Sans Souci, between Yachats and
 Florence, OR from July 26 - 31, 2015.
 
 I’m still working my way through the Perseus wav files but you can get a
 look/listen to what I heard and uncovered so far on this webpage:
 
 http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland12.php
 
 Highlights so far include; a nice ID on Samoa on 540, Kiribati on 1440
 with their National Anthem at 1000utc s/off, Fiji on 558 and a bunch of
 Aussie  NZ stations.
 
 This time Murphy stayed away and I was able to get three concurrent days
 of wav files from Grayland and Sans Souci for later comparison of
 conditions.  Based on a limited sample of the past 3 years of the same
 situation it appears that Sans Souci is more conducive to Aussie reception
 than Grayland.  We’ll see how this year’s stats feed into that conclusion.
 
 Antennas used at both locations were 160’ DKAZ pointing at 230-250 deg
 with a fixed, 902 Ohm terminal resistance [Rt] in Sans Souci and a
 variable, vactrol Rt in Grayland.  If you’re into EZNEC modeling, both
 antennas used 20 gauge wire.
 
 Bill Whitacre
 Alexandria, VA
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Re: [IRCA] Grayland 12

2015-08-09 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Dennis, can you post again.   I didn't get any additional information from
2012.   Thanks!   Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Dennis Vroom vroom...@ymail.com wrote:

 Some information on KHMB from 12/17/2012. Amazing catch Bill. Dennis,
 Kalama, WA
   From: Bill Whitacre b...@his.com
  To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
 irca@hard-core-dx.com
  Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2015 6:37 AM
  Subject: Re: [IRCA] Grayland 12

 KHMB is, as their website says, a community station on 1710 near SFO.
 Neil Kazaross thinks it’s a FCC Part 15 station ‘on steroids’ — they’ve
 gone WAY beyond the usual boring TIS fare and, who knows, may be running
 more than the regulation power?  From Sans Souci one gets really good CA
 reception.  That’s all I know … and even some of that is speculation.  ;-)

 —

  On Aug 8, 2015, at 9:01 AM, Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  Bill, a very interesting report.  I like your format, and audio clips.
  Tell me more about KHMB 1710.  I've never heard of them.  I see that they
  have a website.  The only KHMB that comes up on the Radio Locator website
  is a FM station in Hamburg, Arkansas.  Are we talking about a 100 mW
  station here?  73,...Walt
 
  On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Bill Whitacre b...@his.com wrote:
 
  Between the two ‘cliffsider’ DXpeditions organized by Gary DeBock I had
  the opportunity for another trip to the west coast visiting the Grayland
  Motel in Grayland, WA and a place called Sans Souci, between Yachats and
  Florence, OR from July 26 - 31, 2015.
 
  I’m still working my way through the Perseus wav files but you can get a
  look/listen to what I heard and uncovered so far on this webpage:
 
  http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland12.php
 
  Highlights so far include; a nice ID on Samoa on 540, Kiribati on 1440
  with their National Anthem at 1000utc s/off, Fiji on 558 and a bunch of
  Aussie  NZ stations.
 
  This time Murphy stayed away and I was able to get three concurrent days
  of wav files from Grayland and Sans Souci for later comparison of
  conditions.  Based on a limited sample of the past 3 years of the same
  situation it appears that Sans Souci is more conducive to Aussie
 reception
  than Grayland.  We’ll see how this year’s stats feed into that
 conclusion.
 
  Antennas used at both locations were 160’ DKAZ pointing at 230-250 deg
  with a fixed, 902 Ohm terminal resistance [Rt] in Sans Souci and a
  variable, vactrol Rt in Grayland.  If you’re into EZNEC modeling, both
  antennas used 20 gauge wire.
 
  Bill Whitacre
  Alexandria, VA
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Re: [IRCA] Grayland 12

2015-08-09 Thread Dennis Vroom
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 Dennis,
Kalama, WA
  From: Dennis Vroom vroom...@ymail.com
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
irca@hard-core-dx.com 
 Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2015 12:54 PM
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Grayland 12
   
Some information on KHMB from 12/17/2012. Amazing catch Bill. Dennis,
Kalama, WA
      From: Bill Whitacre b...@his.com
 To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America 
irca@hard-core-dx.com 
 Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2015 6:37 AM
 Subject: Re: [IRCA] Grayland 12
  
KHMB is, as their website says, a community station on 1710 near SFO.  Neil 
Kazaross thinks it’s a FCC Part 15 station ‘on steroids’ — they’ve gone WAY 
beyond the usual boring TIS fare and, who knows, may be running more than the 
regulation power?  From Sans Souci one gets really good CA reception.  That’s 
all I know … and even some of that is speculation.  ;-)

—

 On Aug 8, 2015, at 9:01 AM, Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Bill, a very interesting report.  I like your format, and audio clips.
 Tell me more about KHMB 1710.  I've never heard of them.  I see that they
 have a website.  The only KHMB that comes up on the Radio Locator website
 is a FM station in Hamburg, Arkansas.  Are we talking about a 100 mW
 station here?  73,...Walt
 
 On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Bill Whitacre b...@his.com wrote:
 
 Between the two ‘cliffsider’ DXpeditions organized by Gary DeBock I had
 the opportunity for another trip to the west coast visiting the Grayland
 Motel in Grayland, WA and a place called Sans Souci, between Yachats and
 Florence, OR from July 26 - 31, 2015.
 
 I’m still working my way through the Perseus wav files but you can get a
 look/listen to what I heard and uncovered so far on this webpage:
 
 http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland12.php
 
 Highlights so far include; a nice ID on Samoa on 540, Kiribati on 1440
 with their National Anthem at 1000utc s/off, Fiji on 558 and a bunch of
 Aussie  NZ stations.
 
 This time Murphy stayed away and I was able to get three concurrent days
 of wav files from Grayland and Sans Souci for later comparison of
 conditions.  Based on a limited sample of the past 3 years of the same
 situation it appears that Sans Souci is more conducive to Aussie reception
 than Grayland.  We’ll see how this year’s stats feed into that conclusion.
 
 Antennas used at both locations were 160’ DKAZ pointing at 230-250 deg
 with a fixed, 902 Ohm terminal resistance [Rt] in Sans Souci and a
 variable, vactrol Rt in Grayland.  If you’re into EZNEC modeling, both
 antennas used 20 gauge wire.
 
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Re: [IRCA] Grayland 12

2015-08-09 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
I imagine this is what Bruce Portzer and I were 
hearing at Grayland on June 28th.   I haven't 
found an ID yet, don't know if Bruce has.At 
1100UT, there was a hello everyone by a man and 
and some deep fades pretty much killed any ID 
hopes, then into 70s pop music.


best wishes,

Nick


At 13:37 08-08-15, you wrote:
KHMB is, as their website says, a community 
station on 1710 near SFO.  Neil Kazaross thinks 
it’s a FCC Part 15 station ‘on steroids’ — 
they’ve gone WAY beyond thhe usual boring TIS 
fare and, who knows, may be running more than 
the regulation power?  From Sans Souci one gets 
really good CA reception.  That’s all I know … 
and eveen some of that is speculation.  ;-) —  
On Aug 8, 20115, at 9:01 AM, Walter Salmaniw 
can...@gmail.com wrote:   Bill, a very 
interesting report.  I like your format, and 
audio clips.  Tell me more about KHMB 
1710.   I've never heard of them.  I see that 
they  have a website.  The only KHMB that comes 
up on the Radio Locator website  is a FM 
station in Hamburg, Arkansas.  Are we talking 
about a 100 mW  station here?   73,...Walt   
On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Bill Whitacre 
b...@his.com wrote:   Between the two 
‘cliffsider’ DXpeditions organized by Gary 
DeBock I had  the opportunity for another trip 
to the west coast visiting the Grayland  Motel 
in Grayland, WA and a place called Sans Souci, 
between Yachats and  Florence, OR from July 26 
- 31, 2015.   I’m still working my way 
through the Perseus wav files but you can get 
a  look/listen to what I heard and uncovered 
so far on this webpage:   
http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland12.php   
 Highlights so far include; a nice ID on 
Samoa on 540, Kiribati on 1440  with their 
National Anthem at 1000utc s/off, Fiji on 558 
and a bunch of  Aussie  NZ stations.   
This time Murphy stayed away and I was able to 
get three concurrent days  of wav files from 
Grayland and Sans Souci for later comparison 
of  conditions.  Based on a limited sample of 
the past 3 years of the same  situation it 
appears that Sans Souci is more conducive to 
Aussie reception  than Grayland.  We’ll see 
how this year’s stats feed into that 
conclusion.   Antennas used at both 
locations were 160’ DKAZ pointing at 230-250 
deg  with a fixed, 902 Ohm terminal resistance 
[Rt] in Sans Souci and a  variable, vactrol Rt 
in Grayland.  If you’re into EZNEC modeling, 
both  antennas used 20 gauge wire.   Bill 
Whitacre  Alexandria, VA  
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[IRCA] Grayland 12

2015-08-08 Thread Bill Whitacre
Between the two ‘cliffsider’ DXpeditions organized by Gary DeBock I had the 
opportunity for another trip to the west coast visiting the Grayland Motel in 
Grayland, WA and a place called Sans Souci, between Yachats and Florence, OR 
from July 26 - 31, 2015.

I’m still working my way through the Perseus wav files but you can get a 
look/listen to what I heard and uncovered so far on this webpage:

http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland12.php

Highlights so far include; a nice ID on Samoa on 540, Kiribati on 1440 with 
their National Anthem at 1000utc s/off, Fiji on 558 and a bunch of Aussie  NZ 
stations.

This time Murphy stayed away and I was able to get three concurrent days of wav 
files from Grayland and Sans Souci for later comparison of conditions.  Based 
on a limited sample of the past 3 years of the same situation it appears that 
Sans Souci is more conducive to Aussie reception than Grayland.  We’ll see how 
this year’s stats feed into that conclusion.

Antennas used at both locations were 160’ DKAZ pointing at 230-250 deg with a 
fixed, 902 Ohm terminal resistance [Rt] in Sans Souci and a variable, vactrol 
Rt in Grayland.  If you’re into EZNEC modeling, both antennas used 20 gauge 
wire.

Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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Re: [IRCA] Grayland 12

2015-08-08 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Bill, a very interesting report.  I like your format, and audio clips.
Tell me more about KHMB 1710.   I've never heard of them.  I see that they
have a website.  The only KHMB that comes up on the Radio Locator website
is a FM station in Hamburg, Arkansas.  Are we talking about a 100 mW
station here?   73,...Walt

On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Bill Whitacre b...@his.com wrote:

 Between the two ‘cliffsider’ DXpeditions organized by Gary DeBock I had
 the opportunity for another trip to the west coast visiting the Grayland
 Motel in Grayland, WA and a place called Sans Souci, between Yachats and
 Florence, OR from July 26 - 31, 2015.

 I’m still working my way through the Perseus wav files but you can get a
 look/listen to what I heard and uncovered so far on this webpage:

 http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland12.php

 Highlights so far include; a nice ID on Samoa on 540, Kiribati on 1440
 with their National Anthem at 1000utc s/off, Fiji on 558 and a bunch of
 Aussie  NZ stations.

 This time Murphy stayed away and I was able to get three concurrent days
 of wav files from Grayland and Sans Souci for later comparison of
 conditions.  Based on a limited sample of the past 3 years of the same
 situation it appears that Sans Souci is more conducive to Aussie reception
 than Grayland.  We’ll see how this year’s stats feed into that conclusion.

 Antennas used at both locations were 160’ DKAZ pointing at 230-250 deg
 with a fixed, 902 Ohm terminal resistance [Rt] in Sans Souci and a
 variable, vactrol Rt in Grayland.  If you’re into EZNEC modeling, both
 antennas used 20 gauge wire.

 Bill Whitacre
 Alexandria, VA
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Re: [IRCA] Grayland 12

2015-08-08 Thread Mark Durenberger Mobile
Bill's report on an earlier Murphy-plagued trip are heard in his recent talk 
to the joint DX convention in Fort Wayne.


It's posted at durenberger-dot-com


Mark Durenberger
On The Road

-Original Message- 
From: Bill Whitacre

Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 7:14 AM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America ; 
a...@nrcdxas.org ; coastalroundta...@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [IRCA] Grayland 12

Between the two ‘cliffsider’ DXpeditions organized by Gary DeBock I had the 
opportunity for another trip to the west coast visiting the Grayland Motel 
in Grayland, WA and a place called Sans Souci, between Yachats and Florence, 
OR from July 26 - 31, 2015.


I’m still working my way through the Perseus wav files but you can get a 
look/listen to what I heard and uncovered so far on this webpage:


http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland12.php

Highlights so far include; a nice ID on Samoa on 540, Kiribati on 1440 with 
their National Anthem at 1000utc s/off, Fiji on 558 and a bunch of Aussie  
NZ stations.


This time Murphy stayed away and I was able to get three concurrent days of 
wav files from Grayland and Sans Souci for later comparison of conditions. 
Based on a limited sample of the past 3 years of the same situation it 
appears that Sans Souci is more conducive to Aussie reception than Grayland. 
We’ll see how this year’s stats feed into that conclusion.


Antennas used at both locations were 160’ DKAZ pointing at 230-250 deg with 
a fixed, 902 Ohm terminal resistance [Rt] in Sans Souci and a variable, 
vactrol Rt in Grayland.  If you’re into EZNEC modeling, both antennas used 
20 gauge wire.


Bill Whitacre
Alexandria, VA
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Re: [IRCA] Grayland 12

2015-08-08 Thread Bill Whitacre
KHMB is, as their website says, a community station on 1710 near SFO.  Neil 
Kazaross thinks it’s a FCC Part 15 station ‘on steroids’ — they’ve gone WAY 
beyond the usual boring TIS fare and, who knows, may be running more than the 
regulation power?  From Sans Souci one gets really good CA reception.  That’s 
all I know … and even some of that is speculation.  ;-)

—

 On Aug 8, 2015, at 9:01 AM, Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Bill, a very interesting report.  I like your format, and audio clips.
 Tell me more about KHMB 1710.   I've never heard of them.  I see that they
 have a website.  The only KHMB that comes up on the Radio Locator website
 is a FM station in Hamburg, Arkansas.  Are we talking about a 100 mW
 station here?   73,...Walt
 
 On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Bill Whitacre b...@his.com wrote:
 
 Between the two ‘cliffsider’ DXpeditions organized by Gary DeBock I had
 the opportunity for another trip to the west coast visiting the Grayland
 Motel in Grayland, WA and a place called Sans Souci, between Yachats and
 Florence, OR from July 26 - 31, 2015.
 
 I’m still working my way through the Perseus wav files but you can get a
 look/listen to what I heard and uncovered so far on this webpage:
 
 http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_grayland12.php
 
 Highlights so far include; a nice ID on Samoa on 540, Kiribati on 1440
 with their National Anthem at 1000utc s/off, Fiji on 558 and a bunch of
 Aussie  NZ stations.
 
 This time Murphy stayed away and I was able to get three concurrent days
 of wav files from Grayland and Sans Souci for later comparison of
 conditions.  Based on a limited sample of the past 3 years of the same
 situation it appears that Sans Souci is more conducive to Aussie reception
 than Grayland.  We’ll see how this year’s stats feed into that conclusion.
 
 Antennas used at both locations were 160’ DKAZ pointing at 230-250 deg
 with a fixed, 902 Ohm terminal resistance [Rt] in Sans Souci and a
 variable, vactrol Rt in Grayland.  If you’re into EZNEC modeling, both
 antennas used 20 gauge wire.
 
 Bill Whitacre
 Alexandria, VA
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