[IRCA] UnID

2007-04-18 Thread Stephen Hawkins
Oh Experience DX'ers, Laying in bed last night listening to 990, I heard a station slide up out of the noise. I did not even get a partial call but I heard them say Radio one several times. Then they disappeared back into the mud. It seemed pretty high up in the band for an NPR station to

Re: [IRCA] UnID

2007-04-18 Thread Vernon Matheson
Hi Steve... CBC in Canada broacasts on 990 AM in Newfoundland and Manitoba and goes by Radio One... Maybe that's what you heard. Vernon - VE1VDM Truro, Nova Scotia ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] ANZAC Day 2007 Radio Salute

2007-04-18 Thread Geralyn Hollerman
For anyone interested: - ANZAC Day 2007 Radio Salute __ The Radio Heritage Foundation [ www.radioheritage.net ] has released it's ANZAC Day Radio Salute for 2007. [note: ANZAC Day is the shared Australia New Zealand war memorial day held on April 25] This year,

Re: [IRCA] UnID

2007-04-18 Thread Kenneth Nawalkowski
Hi Steve, What you heard is definitely CBW 990 Winnipeg, MB. They constantly mention radio one throughout their programming and they do rebroadcast BBC programming. Kenneth Nawalkowski Sandy Lake, MB - Original Message - From: Stephen Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[IRCA] TPs for 4-18

2007-04-18 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1205-1255 and heard very weak carriers on 594, 693, 747 and 774. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 _ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy!

[IRCA] Calling Radio Stations [was: Towers and government]

2007-04-18 Thread Marc DeLorenzo
One time around January 1972, I was doing an all-night DX session at my place near the beach in Hyannis, MA. Former IRCAn/NRCer Frank Waldron was visiting from NJ. Around 0200 we heard a tester on 1550 which was a wide open channel in those days after CBE's nightly signoff. Turned out to be

Re: [IRCA] Calling Radio Stations [was: Towers and government]

2007-04-18 Thread jmiller5363
Marc, I believe it. Last winter, I heard an amateur station from Arkansas running 50 watts (distance 850 miles) on the 60 meter band, plus your station's signal was travelling over saltwater. Thanks for sharing. 73 Joe Miller, Troy, MI On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:45:27 +, Marc DeLorenzo

[IRCA] A NEW DX Test has been scheduled...

2007-04-18 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Les Rayburn will follow shortly I assume and the information will be under an entirely different subject title... stay tuned! -- Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] AM radio broadcasts could end in two years

2007-04-18 Thread Bob Young
I'm not sure where this is from, Australia? Figmentofimaginatia? Boughtandpaidforia? Selloutia? Screweveryoneia? Bob Young Analog, MA AM radio broadcasts could end in two years http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2007/04/18/41199/AM+radio +broadcasts+could+end+in+two+years.htm by

Re: [IRCA] AM radio broadcasts could end in two years

2007-04-18 Thread Patrick Martin
Ofcom is a company in the UK. 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 list are those of the original

Re: [IRCA] AM radio broadcasts could end in two years

2007-04-18 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
--- Bob Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure where this is from, Australia? Figmentofimaginatia? Boughtandpaidforia? Selloutia? Screweveryoneia? Bob Young Analog, MA UK ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] Calling Radio Stations [was: Towers and government]

2007-04-18 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
I was listening to some hams on 1885 running AM rigs. One of the guys said he was switching from the 500 watt Globe King 500 C to one of those 25 watt BC units he had converted to 1885. Well the signal went down, but not nearly as much as I thought it would. Powell

Re: [IRCA] Calling Radio Stations [was: Towers and government]

2007-04-18 Thread willis
Hi Marc- You reminded me of the time when I was living in Dallas, TX, 7 January 1969, and I had just come home from work, at 0300. I was tuning around and on 900 kc there was CJVI in Victoria, BC. They were top 40 back then, and the DJ said, If you to here a song, call So I did, boy was he

[IRCA] Check out East Bay - Music - The Age of Dark Payola - eastbayexpress.com

2007-04-18 Thread Milspec390
_Click here: East Bay - Music - The Age of Dark Payola - eastbayexpress.com_ (http://www.eastbayexpress.com/2007-04-18/music/the-age-of-dark-payola/#comment s) Here's David Downs' current East Bay Express News HD send up, with my sunny comments posted beneath along with those of other

Re: [IRCA] AM radio broadcasts could end in two years

2007-04-18 Thread cafe
Ofcom is a company in the UK. The U.K has one video camera being used for surveillance for every 12 people unlike the U.S. and Canada which has about 1 camera for every 250 people. I am not surprised that there are corporate forces at work eager to end conventional distant or open broadcast

[IRCA] 500 to 25 watts

2007-04-18 Thread Charles A Taylor
At 12:33 PM 4/18/2007 -0700, you wrote: I was listening to some hams on 1885 running AM rigs. One of the guys said he was switching from the 500 watt Globe King 500 C to one of those 25 watt BC units he had converted to 1885. Well the signal went down, but not nearly as much as I thought it

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-04-18 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Apr 18 1807 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 April follow. Solar flux 69 and mid-latitude A-index 8. The mid-latitude

[IRCA] 990 Radio ONE

2007-04-18 Thread bill kral
Steve Your Radio One could have been one of the CBCs 50 K stations running what is known as CBC Overnight which is a series of taped programs of major European ,African,Aussie, and Asian BCers to fill up the time when scheduled Programs are not on,and was coming from Winnipeg,If you can catch

Re: [IRCA] AM radio broadcasts could end in two years

2007-04-18 Thread Bob Foxworth
I'm not sure where this is from, Australia? Figmentofimaginatia? this. The proposals we outline today seek to ensure a vibrant and innovative UK radio sector, said Ed Richards, Ofcom's chief executive.. There's the answer, right there in the original text. Also, note the spelling of the

[IRCA] WFHT 1390 Avon Park, FL ..

2007-04-18 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Is broadcasting dead air right now, engineers are headed down to the station to find the problem With WFHT broadcasting just dead air, you might easily nab something at sunset on 1390kHz. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] WFHT 1390 Avon Park, FL ..

2007-04-18 Thread Blaine Thompson
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: With WFHT broadcasting just dead air, you might easily nab something at sunset on 1390kHz. I would expect to hear something different on the air if WFHT were off the air. But you said it was simply airing dead air. (Sorry, can't qualify that as

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-04-18 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Apr 19 0003 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 18 April follow. Solar flux 69 and mid-latitude A-index 10. The mid-latitude

[IRCA] Rare DX on 1080

2007-04-18 Thread willis
Some really rare DX on 1080kc. WTIC Hartford,CT heard here for the first time this year! With WKJK in Louisville, KY cheating all the time, it has been hard to hear WTIC or KRLD. Spring is here, finally. Willis Old Fort,TN ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] Rare DX on 1080

2007-04-18 Thread chris and anne
Willis, I doubt that WKJK is cheating.Their 1 kw. night pattern is aimed right at you and me. And you're a bunch closer what, about 200 miles or so, from them. They dominate the frequency here to, but I can null them and hear WTIC many nights. ChrisK4NHLnear downtown

Re: [IRCA] Rare DX on 1080

2007-04-18 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
WTIC isn't much to listen to anyways..i don't miss em a whole lot Paul On 4/18/07, chris and anne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Willis, I doubt that WKJK is cheating.Their 1 kw. night pattern is aimed right at you and me. And you're a bunch closer what, about 200 miles or so, from

Re: [IRCA] Rare DX on 1080

2007-04-18 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
--- willis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some really rare DX on 1080kc. WTIC Hartford,CT heard here for the first time this year! They send almost no power this way. With WKJK in Louisville, KY cheating all the time, it has been hard to hear WTIC or KRLD. Spring is here, finally. You

Re: [IRCA] Rare DX on 1080

2007-04-18 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I second everything Powell has said. For Willis, or anyone to claim a station is cheating all the time is libelous and just isn't good behavior for us radio DX'ers to do. Until you have a calibrated and properly operating Field Intensity Meter, PLEASE styop making these claims someone MUSTbe

[IRCA] XEEP-1060

2007-04-18 Thread willis
For those who have never heard XEEP on 1060, now would be the time to do so. They are playing English songs, and opera, and big band, and all the good music. Are at EDT, on top of KYW. As I write they have started an opera, don't know the name, in Italian. Truly one of the better stations

Re: [IRCA] Rare DX on 1080

2007-04-18 Thread willis
This is to Powell, Chris and Paul-- Paul- You comment about WTIC having nothing to listen to is almost correct. When conditions are good, I use them as a marker to the north. As for KRLD, I with all the other stations would go off the air just so I can hear the home station. KRLD needs to