Re: [IRCA] pending radio setup in Newfoundland
RE: > I'm amazed at Alan Willie's TA DX list of snags with an otherwise not so > sensitive little pocket radio and also a little envious since I'm not even > getting any TPs with a fairly good full sized portable but then he's much > closer to his TAs than I am to my TPs. But anyway whenever he sends in a > report it always mentions the ultralights. I'd like to see what the results > would be if he used a big rig with adjustable RF gain etc.and something like > a loop antenna. Can we persuade him to do some DXing with something a little > more sensitive -weather permitting ? Bill in BC >> Hello To All Plans are, once the weather clears up I'll be putting out a 300 foot longwire antenna for both my Kenwood R-5000 and Yaesu FRG - 100 receivers I'm looking forward to finding out what is out there to be heard on them as well. Will be reporting when everything is up and running in the months ahead. Good DX Allen Willie Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland ___ 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] pending radio setup in Newfoundland
Allen I'm curious to know what midday/groundwave catches you might have across the pond with that setup grounded in the saltwater? :) I've heard of 5kW 560 Miami (when their transmitter was in Biscaine (sp?) Bay) being heard on a barefoot Sony ICF-6500W at Signal Hill, NFLD. With some Europeans being in the hundreds of kW or even a megawatt or more, I wonder if you'd hear any on groundwave there with a good setup, especially longwave stations? (I haven't heard any here, but I've got a major urban area between me and the Pacific, which also is much larger than the Atlantic, especially heading west or southwest from here.) -- On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 9:17 AM PDT Allen Willie wrote: >RE: > >> I'm amazed at Alan Willie's TA DX list of snags with an otherwise not so >> sensitive little pocket radio and also a little envious since I'm not even >> getting any TPs with a fairly good full sized portable but then he's much >> closer to his TAs than I am to my TPs. But anyway whenever he sends in a >> report it always mentions the ultralights. I'd like to see what the results >> would be if he used a big rig with adjustable RF gain etc.and something like >> a loop antenna. Can we persuade him to do some DXing with something a little >> more sensitive -weather permitting ? Bill in BC > > >Hello To All > >Plans are, once the weather clears up I'll be putting out a 300 foot longwire >antenna for both my Kenwood R-5000 and Yaesu FRG - 100 receivers > >I'm looking forward to finding out what is out there to be heard on them as >well. > >Will be reporting when everything is up and running in the months ahead. > > >Good DX > >Allen Willie >Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland > > > >___ >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] pending radio setup in Newfoundland
Stephen - I don't know what Allen has heard, but on rental car radios we've heard a handful of UK stations while driving from St. John's to Cappahayden in the middle of the day. Chuck On 3/31/2012 8:57 PM, Stephen Airy wrote: Allen I'm curious to know what midday/groundwave catches you might have across the pond with that setup grounded in the saltwater? :) I've heard of 5kW 560 Miami (when their transmitter was in Biscaine (sp?) Bay) being heard on a barefoot Sony ICF-6500W at Signal Hill, NFLD. With some Europeans being in the hundreds of kW or even a megawatt or more, I wonder if you'd hear any on groundwave there with a good setup, especially longwave stations? (I haven't heard any here, but I've got a major urban area between me and the Pacific, which also is much larger than the Atlantic, especially heading west or southwest from here.) -- On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 9:17 AM PDT Allen Willie wrote: RE: I'm amazed at Alan Willie's TA DX list of snags with an otherwise not so sensitive little pocket radio and also a little envious since I'm not even getting any TPs with a fairly good full sized portable but then he's much closer to his TAs than I am to my TPs. But anyway whenever he sends in a report it always mentions the ultralights. I'd like to see what the results would be if he used a big rig with adjustable RF gain etc.and something like a loop antenna. Can we persuade him to do some DXing with something a little more sensitive -weather permitting ? Bill in BC Hello To All Plans are, once the weather clears up I'll be putting out a 300 foot longwire antenna for both my Kenwood R-5000 and Yaesu FRG - 100 receivers I'm looking forward to finding out what is out there to be heard on them as well. Will be reporting when everything is up and running in the months ahead. Good DX Allen Willie Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland ___ 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] pending radio setup in Newfoundland
RE: On 3/31/2012 8:57 PM, Stephen Airy wrote: > Allen > > I'm curious to know what midday/groundwave catches you might have across the > pond with that setup grounded in the saltwater? :) I've heard of 5kW 560 > Miami (when their transmitter was in Biscaine (sp?) Bay) being heard on a > barefoot Sony ICF-6500W at Signal Hill, NFLD. With some Europeans being in > the hundreds of kW or even a megawatt or more, I wonder if you'd hear any on > groundwave there with a good setup, especially longwave stations? (I haven't > heard any here, but I've got a major urban area between me and the Pacific, > which also is much larger than the Atlantic, especially heading west or > southwest from here.) Hi Stephen, Yes it will be interesting what will be heard once we have our setup up and running especially with the Kenwood R5000. As Chuck mentioned there are some stations that are audible at times daytime here from across the Atlantic. I recall Norway on 1314 was a good bet to hear in the winter months. Just this past winter a few days when the darkness came earlier I had Saudi Arabia, England, France and Albania all somewhat audible around 12 noon even on one of my Ultralight units. I'm sure that beacons would be audible this way also. Good DX Allen Willie Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland ___ 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] pending radio setup in Newfoundland
Last fall, at about 2 pm local time at Signal Hill, using my ULR Tecsun en route to the airport, the first TAs noted were 1521 Saudi, 1098 UK, and 1377 France - all alone as far as TAs were concerned. Saul > Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:02:33 -0700 > From: charle...@msn.com > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [IRCA] pending radio setup in Newfoundland > > Stephen - > > I don't know what Allen has heard, but on rental car radios we've heard > a handful of UK stations while driving from St. John's to Cappahayden in > the middle of the day. > > > Chuck > > On 3/31/2012 8:57 PM, Stephen Airy wrote: > > Allen > > > > I'm curious to know what midday/groundwave catches you might have across > > the pond with that setup grounded in the saltwater? :) I've heard of 5kW > > 560 Miami (when their transmitter was in Biscaine (sp?) Bay) being heard on > > a barefoot Sony ICF-6500W at Signal Hill, NFLD. With some Europeans being > > in the hundreds of kW or even a megawatt or more, I wonder if you'd hear > > any on groundwave there with a good setup, especially longwave stations? > > (I haven't heard any here, but I've got a major urban area between me and > > the Pacific, which also is much larger than the Atlantic, especially > > heading west or southwest from here.) > > > > > > -- > > On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 9:17 AM PDT Allen Willie wrote: > > > >> RE: > >> > >>> I'm amazed at Alan Willie's TA DX list of snags with an otherwise not so > >>> sensitive little pocket radio and also a little envious since I'm not > >>> even getting any TPs with a fairly good full sized portable but then he's > >>> much closer to his TAs than I am to my TPs. But anyway whenever he sends > >>> in a report it always mentions the ultralights. I'd like to see what the > >>> results would be if he used a big rig with adjustable RF gain etc.and > >>> something like a loop antenna. Can we persuade him to do some DXing with > >>> something a little more sensitive -weather permitting ? Bill in BC > >> > >> Hello To All > >> > >> Plans are, once the weather clears up I'll be putting out a 300 foot > >> longwire antenna for both my Kenwood R-5000 and Yaesu FRG - 100 receivers > >> > >> I'm looking forward to finding out what is out there to be heard on them > >> as well. > >> > >> Will be reporting when everything is up and running in the months ahead. > >> > >> > >> Good DX > >> > >> Allen Willie > >> Bristol's Hope, Newfoundland > >> > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> IRCA mailing list > >> IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > >> > >> Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > >> original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > >> IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > >> > >> For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > >> > >> To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > >> > > ___ > > IRCA mailing list > > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > > > > > > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
