[IRCA] TAs Last Night
Another one of those TA mini-enhancements last night that seem to happen when the solar indices kick up. This was between 0400 and 0530 UTC - many of the usual suspects in Spain/France/UK/Holland had some audio, plus Italy sneaked in on 567. What was more interesting was getting audio on less common (for me, anyway) channels, such as 1116, 1125, 1143, 1152, 1179, 1224, 1386, 1485, and 1602 (Spain, in every case). Some of these are 5 kW stations that don't often make it through the domestic din to this inland location. I'm sure a few are new loggings here, but I haven't crosschecked the log yet to see which ones. 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
Re: [IRCA] TAs Last Night
For a period of time years ago the BCB hobby treated Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao ( the ABC islands ) as a single political entity despite having decent distance between them. Later they somehow - I don't recall either when or how - into 3 countries. I also can't recall whether I ever re-combined the Germanies after they reunited. If I didn't it was more from the simple failure to take the time than anything else... 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 Thu, 1/21/10, Jim Renfrew jrenf...@rochester.rr.com wrote: From: Jim Renfrew jrenf...@rochester.rr.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs Last Night To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 11:31 PM You're talking to the guy who volunteered too long ago with the NRC to create a revised country list and hasn't done it yet after at least 5 years! It's actually fairly complicated, with various traditions of country-counting: (1) Hams seem to count anything that has a spot of water in between as two countries, (2) NASWA has the approach of once a country, always a country - so there are three post-war countries in Germany instead of one post-Wall country today - this acknowledges that people don't like giving up countries even though they no longer exist. (3) NRC has an old modified list, with some water separation, e.g. France and Corsica are two countries, Hawaii and Alaska are separate countries, but not nearly as many as the ham lists I've seen. The thing that had me stumped was the Dutch islands in the Caribbean, which have various degrees of autonomy from the Netherlands and with each other with rolling dates for activating the changes. On top of that DXers are as independent-minded about counting countries as we are about counting domestic stations, e.g. call changes, facility changes, COL changes, etc., so as many as would use an official list an equal number would go their own way! Having said all that, I'm still willing to work on something like this. Maybe some others are interested, too. Jim Renfrew - Original Message - From: Barry McLarnon b...@bdmcomm.ca To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:01 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs Last Night On Thursday 21 January 2010 11:48:59 Jim Renfrew wrote: I've been checking most early evenings, and there hasn't been too much other than the usual big signals. I didn't try later in the evening. I haven't had a whisper on 1476 or 1386, even during the best days in November and early December, and being good mid-channels you'd think there would be something! 1494 R. Corsa used to be indistinguishable from France synchros, but I believe they run Bleue on one and Info on the other, so Corsica is a nice logging, a separate radio country by some standards. Good work! Thanks! It sure helps to keep the interest level up when something unusual like that happens. Interesting point about Corsica... what do most MW DXers use for a country list? I haven't paid much attention to such lists up to now, except back in the days when I was chasing DX on the ham bands. Barry ps: there are some hints of a repeat performance tonight, with some fairly strong hets on the high end (and the low end, for that matter), but I don't expect to be staying up late tonight... gotta work on the sleep deficit. -- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2636 - Release Date: 01/21/10 07:34:00 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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
[IRCA] TAs Last Night
I'm a bit surprised to see no mentions of TA reception last night... I guess I had my own private opening. I suspect it was geographically fairly selective, and didn't extend out west. I almost missed it myself - just did a quick check of the band before hitting the sack a little before midnight, and found nothing special across most of the band, but some BIG TA hets at the high end. The French stations on 1377 and 1557 were absolutely huge, blowing past the domestic QRM. Checking the less common channels, I found a man and woman in teletalk on 1476... I wasn't sure of the language, but I brought up the R. Euskadi Irratia (Spain) stream on the net, and sure enough, it was them. Down to 1386, where I found a big carrier, but couldn't quite coax enough audio out to be sure it was the Euskadi outlet there. On to 1494, where I found FF talk that was // to the France Bleu/R. Corsa streaming. SS on several other top end channels, such as 1602... big het on 1611, but Vatican there is unneeded, so I didn't spend time on it... orchestral music on 1539 (an extremely tough channel here due to huge 1540 domestics), presumably Germany. I then found a man and woman talking on 1575, and paralleled it with the RAI Radio 1 stream. At that point (0600 UTC), I had to call it quits and get some sleep, but it was fun while it lasted! 1476 Spain and 1494 France were new loggings here. I've seen this before, where the rebound from a solar disturbance can produced enhanced propagation of some sort, especially on the more southerly TA paths. Whatever the mechanism, it's a welcome change, especially during the January blahs... 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
Re: [IRCA] TAs Last Night
Hi Barry/all: I'm a bit surprised to see no mentions of TA reception last night... I guess I had my own private opening. It must have been a private opening! Do let us know where to make reservations I was checking between 0300 and 0500 UTC, and I wasn't even getting a weak het, anywhere! Usually I can at least get a het on 963, 1134, 1215 and the like. Domestic reception was quite good, so I knew my antennae were working properly. 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 Last Night
I've been checking most early evenings, and there hasn't been too much other than the usual big signals. I didn't try later in the evening. I haven't had a whisper on 1476 or 1386, even during the best days in November and early December, and being good mid-channels you'd think there would be something! 1494 R. Corsa used to be indistinguishable from France synchros, but I believe they run Bleue on one and Info on the other, so Corsica is a nice logging, a separate radio country by some standards.Good work! Jim Renfrew, Holley NY - Original Message - From: Barry McLarnon b...@bdmcomm.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:06 AM Subject: [IRCA] TAs Last Night I'm a bit surprised to see no mentions of TA reception last night... I guess I had my own private opening. I suspect it was geographically fairly selective, and didn't extend out west. I almost missed it myself - just did a quick check of the band before hitting the sack a little before midnight, and found nothing special across most of the band, but some BIG TA hets at the high end. The French stations on 1377 and 1557 were absolutely huge, blowing past the domestic QRM. Checking the less common channels, I found a man and woman in teletalk on 1476... I wasn't sure of the language, but I brought up the R. Euskadi Irratia (Spain) stream on the net, and sure enough, it was them. Down to 1386, where I found a big carrier, but couldn't quite coax enough audio out to be sure it was the Euskadi outlet there. On to 1494, where I found FF talk that was // to the France Bleu/R. Corsa streaming. SS on several other top end channels, such as 1602... big het on 1611, but Vatican there is unneeded, so I didn't spend time on it... orchestral music on 1539 (an extremely tough channel here due to huge 1540 domestics), presumably Germany. I then found a man and woman talking on 1575, and paralleled it with the RAI Radio 1 stream. At that point (0600 UTC), I had to call it quits and get some sleep, but it was fun while it lasted! 1476 Spain and 1494 France were new loggings here. I've seen this before, where the rebound from a solar disturbance can produced enhanced propagation of some sort, especially on the more southerly TA paths. Whatever the mechanism, it's a welcome change, especially during the January blahs... 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2636 - Release Date: 01/21/10 07:34:00 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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 Last Night
On Thursday 21 January 2010 11:48:59 Jim Renfrew wrote: I've been checking most early evenings, and there hasn't been too much other than the usual big signals. I didn't try later in the evening. I haven't had a whisper on 1476 or 1386, even during the best days in November and early December, and being good mid-channels you'd think there would be something! 1494 R. Corsa used to be indistinguishable from France synchros, but I believe they run Bleue on one and Info on the other, so Corsica is a nice logging, a separate radio country by some standards.Good work! Thanks! It sure helps to keep the interest level up when something unusual like that happens. Interesting point about Corsica... what do most MW DXers use for a country list? I haven't paid much attention to such lists up to now, except back in the days when I was chasing DX on the ham bands. Barry ps: there are some hints of a repeat performance tonight, with some fairly strong hets on the high end (and the low end, for that matter), but I don't expect to be staying up late tonight... gotta work on the sleep deficit. -- 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
Re: [IRCA] TAs Last Night
You're talking to the guy who volunteered too long ago with the NRC to create a revised country list and hasn't done it yet after at least 5 years! It's actually fairly complicated, with various traditions of country-counting: (1) Hams seem to count anything that has a spot of water in between as two countries, (2) NASWA has the approach of once a country, always a country - so there are three post-war countries in Germany instead of one post-Wall country today - this acknowledges that people don't like giving up countries even though they no longer exist. (3) NRC has an old modified list, with some water separation, e.g. France and Corsica are two countries, Hawaii and Alaska are separate countries, but not nearly as many as the ham lists I've seen. The thing that had me stumped was the Dutch islands in the Caribbean, which have various degrees of autonomy from the Netherlands and with each other with rolling dates for activating the changes. On top of that DXers are as independent-minded about counting countries as we are about counting domestic stations, e.g. call changes, facility changes, COL changes, etc., so as many as would use an official list an equal number would go their own way! Having said all that, I'm still willing to work on something like this. Maybe some others are interested, too. Jim Renfrew - Original Message - From: Barry McLarnon b...@bdmcomm.ca To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:01 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs Last Night On Thursday 21 January 2010 11:48:59 Jim Renfrew wrote: I've been checking most early evenings, and there hasn't been too much other than the usual big signals. I didn't try later in the evening. I haven't had a whisper on 1476 or 1386, even during the best days in November and early December, and being good mid-channels you'd think there would be something! 1494 R. Corsa used to be indistinguishable from France synchros, but I believe they run Bleue on one and Info on the other, so Corsica is a nice logging, a separate radio country by some standards.Good work! Thanks! It sure helps to keep the interest level up when something unusual like that happens. Interesting point about Corsica... what do most MW DXers use for a country list? I haven't paid much attention to such lists up to now, except back in the days when I was chasing DX on the ham bands. Barry ps: there are some hints of a repeat performance tonight, with some fairly strong hets on the high end (and the low end, for that matter), but I don't expect to be staying up late tonight... gotta work on the sleep deficit. -- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2636 - Release Date: 01/21/10 07:34:00 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of 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 Last Night - Country List
Jim, the IRCA has a country list. It was published in last year's DXM and I think it's published every year. I'm sure it's on the website. I just don't hear much foreign DX so I'm not a big country counter. Martin Foltz Mission Viejo CA Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:31:04 -0500 From: Jim Renfrew To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] TAs Last Night You're talking to the guy who volunteered too long ago with the NRC to create a revised country list and hasn't done it yet after at least 5 years! It's actually fairly complicated, with various traditions of country-counting: (1) Hams seem to count anything that has a spot of water in between as two countries, (2) NASWA has the approach of once a country, always a country - so there are three post-war countries in Germany instead of one post-Wall country today - this acknowledges that people don't like giving up countries even though they no longer exist. (3) NRC has an old modified list, with some water separation, e.g. France and Corsica are two countries, Hawaii and Alaska are separate countries, but not nearly as many as the ham lists I've seen. The thing that had me stumped was the Dutch islands in the Caribbean, which have various degrees of autonomy from the Netherlands and with each other with rolling dates for activating the changes. On top of that DXers are as independent-minded about counting countries as we are about counting domestic stations, e.g. call changes, facility changes, COL changes, etc., so as many as would use an official list an equal number would go their own way! Having said all that, I'm still willing to work on something like this. Maybe some others are interested, too. Jim Renfrew ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
