Re: [IRCA] KFSG

2007-02-16 Thread Mike McKenna
KFSG is also a very old call sign. Prior to March of 2003 -- when the station on 1690 in Roseville, CA. asked for use of the calls -- it was used in Los Angeles by one of the very first AM and later FM stations - . KFSG stood for "Church of the Foursquare Gospel" started by female preacher

Re: [IRCA] If You Could Read My Logbook

2007-02-16 Thread Russ Edmunds
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Craig > > I don't remember that one, but I recall another parody of the Edmund > Fitzgerald song. This one was about a barge full of garbage that > went down the eastern seaboard and across the Caribbean looking for a > place to dump its load - everywhere it wen

[IRCA] TPs for 2-16

2007-02-16 Thread Bill Block
Only 3 carriers were heard today and they were 594, 774 and 1566 heard from 1350-1415 UT. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 _ Life is complicated.  Sharing yours shouldn’t be.  Meet Muse. http://muse.live.com?source=wlmailta

[IRCA] High Speed Internet for Masses

2007-02-16 Thread Charles A Taylor
Rick, Pass on some of your knowledge! I violate some of the maxims that you would write. I have three jacks (plus a phone on one) paralleling my PC's access jack. Some 75 feet of excess pair. But, on the other hand, I'm only 1/3 mile from 919-524- switchstation. That connects to Kinston (N

[IRCA] TPs for 02-16-07

2007-02-16 Thread vroomski
It's 1507 ut and only one station with audio heard from TP land. 153 Russia, Radio Rossii at 1502 ut with man in Russian. Weak signal. 1557 Unkown, trace of audio around 1450 ut. Spash from local KKAD, phased KKAD. When KKAD was phased the other station was phase

[IRCA] RE Spanish on 540

2007-02-16 Thread bill kral
Hello Mesa Mike,My location is Victoria BC on the southern tip of Vancouver Island just about 75 miles northwest of Seattle,Wa.If a station (KNMX)forgets to power down would they not get a notice from the FCC watchdogs? I would think that they might be staying on daytime power intentionally so tha

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 2-16

2007-02-16 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 14:36 16/02/2007, you wrote: >Only 3 carriers were heard today and they were 594, 774 and 1566 >heard from 1350-1415 UT. Approaching 1530UT, and weak audio noted on 612 (Aussie), 774, 1287and 1566 (Asia) However, many of the 9 kHz channels were without carriers, or very poor ones. At 15

Re: [IRCA] High Speed Internet for Masses

2007-02-16 Thread Rick Kunath
Charles A Taylor wrote: > I have three jacks (plus a phone on one) paralleling my PC's access jack. > Some 75 feet of excess pair. But, on the other hand, I'm only 1/3 mile from > 919-524- switchstation. That connects to Kinston (NC) via fiber. > (Embarq/Carolina Telephone & Telegraph). If

[IRCA] KXMG

2007-02-16 Thread Mike Stonebridge
Yesterday evening Denis reported that KXMG was still using daytime power. As I needed it, I checked 1150. No KXMG, but 2 men speaking French. As there are 2 FF stations in Quebec so I thought I would sit on it a while, but it slowly faded down and was gone. By then 1150 was a jumble, just like a

[IRCA] CJCJ-2 990 Plaster Rock applies to move to FM

2007-02-16 Thread Deane McIntyre
CJCJ-2 990 Plaster Rock NB has applied to the CRTC to move to FM (91.7 MHz, 50 watts, 25 meters). Log this 40 watt relay of CIKX-FM while you can! Plaster Rock, New Brunswick Application No. 2007-0079-1 Application by Astral Media

Re: [IRCA] KXMG

2007-02-16 Thread Patrick Martin
Great going Mike. Your UNID FF sounds very interesting too. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this maili

Re: [IRCA] KFSG 1690

2007-02-16 Thread Rick Lewis
KFSG-1690 is a regular here in Seattle, although it's weaker than it was when I lived in the Phoenix area. A few years ago when they began broadcasting, they cut power at night and as I recall, Denver was the primary station on that freq. That only lasted a few days. But after that, it's been al

[IRCA] Bandwidth:

2007-02-16 Thread Art Blair
How to solve net bandwidth problems: Make network TV illegal. Since everybody has cable anyway, this wouldn't have a severe impact in most areas. Give half the bandwidth to the ham radio operators, then use the rest to establish a nationwide radio packet network for carrying the alt groups. Klu

Re: [IRCA] Whitehorse

2007-02-16 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Thursday 15 February 2007 12:10, Patrick Martin wrote: > Yes, I heard and QSL'd both CKRW & CFWH back in the 90s when I had > 2,000+ feet of wire running NNW for a few years. I only heard CKRW once, > but I have heard CFWH several times. I think CKRW is off MW now, only on > FM. I read sometime

Re: [IRCA] Whitehorse

2007-02-16 Thread CHARLES HUTTON
Barry is absolutely, positively, indisputably and totally correct. CKRW hasn't disappeared and is still happily AM'ing and FM'ing according to the station. As to the streaming audio part, the toughest part won't be hearing CKRW over the air but rather in hearing the streaming audio. Neither te

[IRCA] 2006/2007 NBA Networks - Indiana Pacers

2007-02-16 Thread robert Pietsch
2006/2007 NBA NETWORKS - INDIANA PACERS (per www.nba.com/pacers/media/radio_affiliates.html) 930-WHON-Centerville IN 1070-WIBC-Indianapolis IN (Flagship) 1130-WSDX-Brazil IN 1230-WSAL-Logansport IN 1240-WHBU-Anderson IN 1300-WBOW-Terre Haute IN 1330-WTRE-Greensburg IN 1340-WBIW-Bedford IN 1340-WXF

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-02-16 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Feb 16 2106 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 16 February follow. Solar flux 75 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 5. The mid-lat

[IRCA] Oldies on 690

2007-02-16 Thread Ira Elbert New, III
Who has Oldies on 690? I have a station mixing with Montreal that I can't seem to track down. There's a station in NE, but I doubt I'm hearing it here in GA tonight. Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! __

Re: [IRCA] Whitehorse

2007-02-16 Thread Craig Healy
>I spent two summers working in the Yukon, but have never heard any >Yukon stations from "the outside". This is one of those situations where an overly long antenna aimed right at 'em might work. I wonder if two BOGS in parallel maybe 900 feet apart would work? That's a bit over a half wave at 6

Re: [IRCA] KXMG

2007-02-16 Thread Mike Stonebridge
Thanks Pat. Yeah that FF station got me going for a while as it's not often I hear anything from Quebec these days. As always, I'll keep trying. Mike in St Isidore, AB ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/

Re: [IRCA] Oldies on 690

2007-02-16 Thread Bill Harms
It sounds like WELD Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland On 16 Feb 2007 at 19:27, Ira Elbert New, III wrote: > > Who has Oldies on 690? I have a station mixing with Montreal that I > can't seem to track down. There's a station in NE, but I doubt I'm hearing > it here in GA tonight. > > > > B

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: Oldies on 690

2007-02-16 Thread Russ Edmunds
--- Bill Harms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It sounds like WELD > > Bill Harms > *** Absolutely. They have 500 watts CH power and I believe that's also their PSSA power. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> F

[IRCA] South Carolina AM Radio Station to Debut a Classic Rock SHow

2007-02-16 Thread Radiofldude
Great Rock Music is coming to Abbeville, South Carolina to the airwaves of the areas first local radio station WABV, AM 1590! The station which turned 50 years old last fall is to broadcast programming from Pipeline Radio – based in the United Kingdom but featuring some world class present

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-02-16 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Feb 17 0003 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 16 February follow. Solar flux 75 and mid-latitude A-index 6. The mid-latitude K-in

Re: [IRCA] Oldies on 690

2007-02-16 Thread Mike Hardester
Ira, I'm able to null Montreal, but in its null, I have 2 stations (English). One sounds like a phone-in type of program, and the other only fades up occasionally and sounds like a woman talking -- no Oldies format noted. Will check later to see if conditions change. Very 73 de Mike J

[IRCA] Wild conditions

2007-02-16 Thread willis
Thought I would mention this. Have some very wild conditions at the moment. WSM-650 is almost gone (from this QTH) and the rest of the lower band is a mess. Hope for some great DX tonight. Willis, K4APE Old Fort, TN ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core

[IRCA] TPs this morning from Queen Charlotte Is etc.

2007-02-16 Thread WALTER SALMANIW
Hi, fellas. From a wet and wild Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands). Storm force south-easterlies today, so there's horizontal rain tonight. I'm at a cousin of Wanda's (my spouse) and just enjoyed a very nice deer roast. Yummm! I checked my list of Alaskans still to hear. Some are under

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 02-16-07

2007-02-16 Thread WALTER SALMANIW
Dennis, up here on the Charlottes, 1557 is quite strong...it's WYFR from Taiwan. Haven't heard anyone else there..Walt. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, February 16, 2007 7:20 am Subject: [IRCA] TPs for 02-16-07 > > > It's 1507 ut and only one station wit

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 2-16

2007-02-16 Thread WALTER SALMANIW
Interesting to read your observations, Nick (and the other fellas down south). It was my sense that things were excellent this morning, and favoured Korea, especially. To be honest, though, I fixated on AFN Japan on 1575 which totally dominated the channel for hours this morning with signals u

[IRCA] Radio Ciudad de la Habana

2007-02-16 Thread Ira Elbert New, III
A nice signal (20 over S9) on 820 at the moment. Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! KI4SYC _ http://homepage.msn.com/zune?icid=hmetagline ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 2-16

2007-02-16 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 04:40 17/02/2007, you wrote: >Interesting to read your observations, Nick (and the other fellas >down south). It was my sense that things were excellent this >morning, and favoured Korea, especially. To be honest, though, I >fixated on AFN Japan on 1575 which totally dominated the channel f

[IRCA] Wobbler 1100 again Xtreme

2007-02-16 Thread W. Curt Deegan
The 1100 Wobbler -- presumed Radio Cadena Habana, Havana, Cuba -- is again Xtreme tonight at 12:44 am ET, Feb 17 2007 (0544Z). It is exhibiting frequency excursions of 2500Hz and beyond. This is as extreme as has been heard, again similar to the situation several months ago when 1100 was in th

Re: [IRCA] Wobbler 1100 again Xtreme (NE Oregon too)

2007-02-16 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
Occasional fadeups of the wobbler here, with the extreme gyrations--really cuts through everything else. Steve NE Oregon - Original Message - From: "W. Curt Deegan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "DXFL List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "IRCA List" Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 9:53 PM Subject: [IRC