[IRCA] Carriers on 738 & 774 11

Have a level 5 carrier on 774, stronger on the SW EWE. 738 about a level 4 carrier. Time is 0730 ut. Dennis, Vancouver, WA JRC 545 & R8B EWE SW & NW ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Op

[IRCA] Antennas & home owners associations

Les, I have to live under the laws of the homeowners association They allow one antenna outside, with the homeowners associations approval. I use the High Performance Active Whip and the H-800 active antenna. I have the High Performance Active Whip mounted on a 18' window washers pole. I d

Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL

Dennis, Thanks. I have 5 from MA I think. I can remember 1190, 590, and 1030, plus 680. I think there is one other. But the other ones were all from at least 35 years ago. I think Ernie had about 4500 MW QSLs as I remember. We corresponded off and on through the years. If I got stuck on getting a

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: New MW QSL

Scott, Thanks again. I checked some of the QSL lists earlier, but they had a different person listed. I will check Google after this too. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.ko

Re: [IRCA] AOR 24 hour utc clock

Dennis, you are quite welcome. I shudder a bit though, as I have ben intending to share this clock with fellow DXers since, oh, about 1999 when I bought my 7030+, and found out about the free clock . . . but I did it, eventually. ef On 07/03/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

[IRCA] 648 Russia and others in the region

Bill & Nick, Did not get up this morning to DX. I have noticed that 648 Russia signal seems to be quite good lately. With Bill getting audio on them shows that either conditions are much improved or maybe they changed their antenna pattern or added more power? 648 was heard here weak on 03-0

[IRCA] AOR 24 hour utc clock

Eric, Thanks for posting the link for the AOR 24 hour UTC clock. It will be nice to have with DST coming this weekend. Dennis, Vancouver, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions e

Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL

Pat, Nice going with the 680 WRKO MA, Boston QSL. I only have one QSL from MA, WBZ from October of 1968. Your getting near the 3,000 mark, and thats quite remarkable. Does any one how many QSLs Ernie Cooper had? Dennis, Vancouver, WA -- Original message -- From: "Gre

Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL

Patrick Martin wrote: > Thanks Scott. Signatures can be hard to read at time. Much appreciated. Always happy to help...and an extra free tip: oftentimes, simply googling for "WXXX chief engineer" will pull up the name. (In the case of WRKO, it happens to pull up my Tower Site of the Week page f

Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL

Thanks Scott. Signatures can be hard to read at time. Much appreciated. 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

Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL

The V/S on this one would be John Kennedy, CE. Nice guy...and a great catch, Patrick! s Patrick Martin wrote: > 680WRKOMA, Boston, rec. verie message at the bottom of my > report in 100df. V/S: John Ueryl(?). Address: 20 Guest St. 3rd Fl, > Brighton MA 02135-2040. MW QSL #2949 > I am

Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL

Thanks Greg. I wish KNBR would be off more often. hi. 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 mailing lis

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Bob, I have no idea where our postings go. But I do know of CEs that see my postings on other lists that I do not sub too. How they get there, I have no clue. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] KXEL Updates

Les, Thanks for passing the great news along on your phone call. You are right, often we do get into the negative and we need to be more positive. I have both KXEL & KWLO heard & QSL'd. KXEL is a normal catch most nights and I hear KWLO often after Portland goes off. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Les, I totally agree. Charlie has always been a great friend. But remember we are all friends. Isn't that what the hobby is about? Friends don't always agree, but we should beable to discuss things calmly. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager _

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Les & Scott, Locally hosting the 2006 IRCA convention, the stations here were wonderful with their tours at both KAST & KSWB. Most stations I have delt with have been very nice. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Charlie, I did not feel I was crewing you out. Not at all. You have always been a friend. I well remember our phone calls for hours regarding filipino QSLs. I just wanted to point out it is easier to get bees with honey sort of thing. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager

Re: [IRCA] Station engineers

Scott, Very well put! I totally agree 100%. I have talked to a lot of CEs during the years I have DXed and the one thing that has changed is their free time. They have very little of it. In asking for a QSL, I never ask for much these days. Sure that QSL card of letter is a prize that we all want.

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Scott, I never meant we shouldn't discuss certain subjects. Not at all. IBOC, stations being off, etc are all relative to our hobby. I must admit that I have been guilty of negative comments on IBOC. But I never point them to a certain station. It is the stations business if they buy IBOC or not.

Re: [IRCA] New MW QSL

Nice catch and verie! Greg Myers Largo, FL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Martin Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:15 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IRCA] New MW QSL 680WRKOMA

[IRCA] 1330 unids

In anticipation of WWRV being on low power, and not realizing that it would be back as early as it was, I left remote PC recordings on for sunset and TOH overnight. I ID'ed WFNN-PA at sunset, WVHI-IN overnight and WYRD-SC at sunrise. I have three rough unID's from sunset which I have posted as fol

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Les, I totally agree with you. I have owned my locksmith business for 28 years and if someone threatened my business, I would not be happy. We have to remember any postings on these lists can end up anywhere. Today was a "red-letter" day for me as I got two QSLs. One from WRKO and the other from

[IRCA] New MW QSL

680WRKOMA, Boston, rec. verie message at the bottom of my report in 100df. V/S: John Ueryl(?). Address: 20 Guest St. 3rd Fl, Brighton MA 02135-2040. MW QSL #2949 I am really pleased with this. The first new MA QSL in years. Thanks to KNBR being off, I have gotten 2 new catches and QSLs!

Re: [IRCA] 388 question

At 01:34 PM 3/7/2007 -0500, you wrote: >Woops sorry, sent to the wrong place, > >Bob Young >Millbury, Ma >KB1OKL > > > >From: "Bob Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of > >America > >To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > >Subject: [IRCA] 388 question > >Date

[IRCA] KXEL Updates

Had an enjoyable conversation this afternoon with Mark Schumacher, who is the Chief Engineer at KXEL-AM 1540 in Waterloo, Iowa. He was kind enough to discuss KXEL's recent outage during one of the worst ice storms to hit the region in decades. According to Mr. Schumacher, KXEL's outage was due t

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

>Les, > >That does not surprise me. I know of several engineers that find the >IRCA & NRC postings on other lists. It is amazing something that is >commented on right now, well be on another list within a few minutes for >anyone to read. We should try to crub discussions that will iritate >broadcas

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

--- Charles A Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Patrick, > > I disagree. Profoundly. This list is about US (MW DXers) and our > hobby. Are > we going to censor ourselves because we're worried about the opinions > or > "hurt feelings" of someone who Googles into our list? > *** The issue is

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Mar 07 2106 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 March follow. Solar flux 73 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 20. The mid-latit

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Gentlemen, It's rare in this day to find men who are able to have civilized discussions without resorting our lower emotions. Rarer still to find someone who recognizes the value of a friend, willing to speak critically and honestly. I'm pleased to be in your company, Charlie. Seriously. Les Ra

[IRCA] UTC

greetings, fyi AOR UK has a free download for a 24-hour UTC clock. Nothing fancy but nice to have on your (PC) desktop showing UTC http://www.aoruk.com/software.htm#aor_software_downloads it is called AOR digital world time clock FREE FULL VERSION an

[IRCA] NY/NJ Area DX'ers Take Note! WZRC 1480 off air tonight for maintenance!

Just received from the NRC AM list. Neal Newman alerts us of a rare outage for WZRC tonight on 1480khz. Hey guys tonight will be a rare moment to Tune in on 1480. from northern New Jersey, New York City area. I have some maintenance to do on WZRC tonight. WZRC will b

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

At 10:03 AM 3/7/2007 -0800, you wrote: >Charlie, > >I hate to be hardnosed on this... >73, > >Patrick > >Patrick Martin >KAVT Reception Manager Patrick, No problem. Les Rayburn already wrote me a fairly long rebuttal to my line of thinking. He and you have valid points, so I'm going to stand

[IRCA] Fwd: [mwc] Radio Nederland on MW : now

from MW Circle List : Now on 1314 khz Norway: Radio Nederland in Dutch with provincial elections program. Also some sports news. Also via 702 khz Monte Carlo. The program will last till 2300UTC. Max van Arnhem - End forwarded message - not much help for us in the west, but mi

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Scott's posting is right on the money. Engineers and often even station managers are really a nice group of folks, and have been wonderful to DX'ers...and to me in particular during the past several years. I gave a talk at Society of Broadcast Engineers meeting last year, and the folks there re

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

kevin redding wrote: > Well, I can honestly say that I have never written an engineer for > anything in at least 10 years if not more. I don't QSL because I > record everything. Last time I asked an engineer for anything was to > run a test when I was with Lynn Hollerman doing the job that Le

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

With thanks to Kevin, I don't think it has anything to do with my ability. In fact, members have scheduled more DX tests than I have. Paul Walker must have arranged a half dozen or more by himself. What is different is the approach. And a big part of that involves having good relationships with b

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

I doubt it, considering that they say things to one another -- on sites such as www.gatewaycityradio.com/messageboard/kcboard.asp -- that are a lot worse than what appears on this list. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kevin redding Sent: W

[IRCA] 2007 MLB Networks - Minnesota Twins

2007 MLB NETWORKS - MINNESOTA TWINS (per minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/schedule/trn.jsp) 570-WNAX-Yankton SD 610-KDAL-Duluth MN 620-KMNS-Sioux City IA 710-KXMR-Bismarck ND 790-KFGO-Fargo ND 860-KNUJ-New Ulm MN 910-KCJB-Minot ND 920-KDHL-Faribault MN 920-KWAD-Wadena MN 930-KSDN-Aberdeen SD 950-KWAT-W

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Well, I can honestly say that I have never written an engineer for anything in at least 10 years if not more. I don't QSL because I record everything. Last time I asked an engineer for anything was to run a test when I was with Lynn Hollerman doing the job that Les does now. I do have to gi

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Patrick is much more diplomatic than I. But I completely agree with the statements he's making. In the three or four years that I've been involved in arranging DX tests, I'd say that "negative situations" have arisen on average about once every six months. In every case, it involved a DX'er who

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Patrick Martin wrote: > We have a tendacy to speak our > minds in e mail often to the point where we upset the apple cart and do > more damage. Does complaining about a certain station change things > regarding that station? No, of course not. If anything the word gets > back to that station and t

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Kevin, There are a lot of issues in today's world. Some are probably thin skined I am sure. But if one station is attacked, then others feel threatened. We hear over and over again, that this or that station will not QSL any longer. I feel negative comments does not help any of us. 73, Patrick

Re: [IRCA] 388 question

Woops sorry, sent to the wrong place, Bob Young Millbury, Ma KB1OKL >From: "Bob Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of >America >To: irca@hard-core-dx.com >Subject: [IRCA] 388 question >Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:25:19 -0500 > > >Hi Z, > >I have a

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Maybe they all have thin skin. Kevin On Mar 7, 2007, at 11:03 AM, Patrick Martin wrote: > As > one CE told me, one negative comment, gets out to dozens of engineers. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/lis

[IRCA] 388 question

Hi Z, I have a question for you: I finally got a 388 and it is everything you've said they would be, I love it. My question is when in the crystal position it seems to oscillate for a second when the two knobs are tapped and the center frequency will sometime move about 1 khz from position to

Re: [IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Charlie, I hate to be hardnosed on this, but then we should not complain when we get nasty feedback from stations. Maybe we should just DX, forget about QSLs, station tours, and anything connected with a relationship between the DXer and the station. You know as much as I like e mail. The great th

Re: [IRCA] FW: HD radios in a store near you

Bob & IRCA auteurs - Misleading. Fine word. Aptly describes every syllable pouring like untreated dysentery ward wastewater from HD Cotillion's big fat gubs. Non-DXer civilians increasingly post that everything re HD is a lie. Understandably so. Failed obsolete concept poorly executed, promot

Re: [IRCA] 1540 clip parallel to 91.9

Thanks to Saul Chernos, this has been IDed at CHIN. There is a clear ID at the beginning of the announcement. I don't know why I missed it. Argh. I apologize for the doubling up of the messages. My virus scanner sometimes becomes overly aggressive.. Bill Harms On 7 Mar 2007 at 10:51, Bil

[IRCA] 1540 clip parallel to 91.9

I am going over my clips of 1540 while KXEL and found this. I thought it might be CHIN, WDCD, or even WNWR, but went to their sites and could find nothing about "Go with the flow" on their schedules. The question is, which 1540 is associated with a station on 91.9 on FM. Can someone help? (se

Re: [IRCA] TP DX 7 Mar

At 14:09 07/03/2007, I wrote: >Lots of other audio on the low band, haven't even had time to get to >the high band yet. Actually, I never got theretoo much going on on the low band. By the time I got to the high band, anything there was pretty much gone. Anyway, pretty amazing morning, li

[IRCA] Censoring ourselves (was KXEL, etc. etc., etc.)

Patrick, I disagree. Profoundly. This list is about US (MW DXers) and our hobby. Are we going to censor ourselves because we're worried about the opinions or "hurt feelings" of someone who Googles into our list? I think not! I made my initial comments about KXEL, and I let them stand. I DID pr

[IRCA] TPs for 3-7

TP DX was only fair this morning with carriers on 531, 558, 585, 594, 603, 648, 666, 693, 774, 873 and 972 heard from 1320-1400 UT no carriers were heard above 972. Audio was heard on 648 and 693. The audio on 693 was the most interesting as I heard the normal JJ station plus at 1354 there wa

[IRCA] TPs for 3-7

TP DX was only fair this morning with carriers on 531, 558, 585, 594, 603, 648, 666, 693, 774, 873 and 972 heard from 1320-1400 UT no carriers were heard above 972. Audio was heard on 648 and 693. The audio on 693 was the most interesting as I heard the normal JJ station plus at 1354 there wa

[IRCA] TP DX 7 Mar

> Gosh sakes, get the radio turned on; at 1406UT was hearing Russian on 549 //576.576 was briefly thunderous. Lots of other audio on the low band, haven't even had time to get to the high band yet. Nick Nick

Re: [IRCA] Daylight Shifting Time

> Two of my directional clients will be OK. One has a system that runs > under DOS and never changes to daylight time. Stays standard time all year > round, with the correct time programmed in. *** One has to wonder, for those stations using PC control, why more don't do this ? Seems to me that

Re: [IRCA] Daylight Shifting Time

--- Craig Healy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Two of my directional clients will be OK. One has a system that runs > under > DOS and never changes to daylight time. Stays standard time all year > round, > with the correct time programmed in. The other runs under Windows XP > and > has had th

Re: [IRCA] We now return you to your regularly scheduled DXing

--- Les Rayburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking of DXing, I could use some advice from my betters. As you > may recall, I'm > entering into a deed restricted neighborhood with a no-nonsense > homeowners > association. *** Good luck - that type of HOA quickly can go over the top and become