[IRCA] WNJC DX Test + another Log

2007-06-10 Thread Mike Hardester
DX TEST 1360WNJCNJ,Vineland in with DX Test 6/10 @ 0001-0020 t/out (very early reveille in AM). Poor signal overall with 3 or 4 other stations in the fray: WCHL (Chapel Hill, NC), and stations with religion, country, and big band formats. Code and sweep tones best via ECSS. My than

Re: [IRCA] KNX update

2007-06-10 Thread Scott Fybush
Mike McKenna wrote: > Nor can I figure -- how running old radio programs - fit the "All > News" format. KNX must be running low on old "Dragnet" and "Boston > Blackie" radio programs.Makes woder what will stations like KFWB > or KOMO do next. KNX hasn't been an "all news" station in the WCBS

Re: [IRCA] KNX update

2007-06-10 Thread Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW
>From where has he been ?? /// Probably busy doing voiceover work. I see his name listed as a "voice" in the credits of a lot of television programs. Patrick Griffith, Westminster CO Broadcast Technician NRC Broadcasting - Denver http://community.webtv.net/N0NNK/ http://community.webtv.net/AM-

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-06-10 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Jun 11 0003 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 10 June follow. Solar flux 76 and mid-latitude A-index 7. The mid-latitude K-index

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-06-10 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Jun 10 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 June follow. Solar flux 79 and mid-latitude A-index 8. The mid-latitude K-index

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Dave Pyatt
I logged from midnight to about 02:40 on USB, 2.7 kHz bw. In looking at the log, using the sonogram display in Amadeus Pro, the 1 kHz Morse as well as the various tones and the phone off the hook are all clearly visible, but there is no sign of a Morse signal at 2.5 kHz. Dave On 10-Jun-07

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Rick Kunath
Brett Saylor wrote: > I didn't see the QRSS during the times I checked; the code showed up > +/-1 kHz from the carrier on a spectral display, I only listened for the first hour of the test, and did not see any QRSS tones at all. The sawtooth, sweeps, dual-tone pulses, and conventional CW were

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Rick Kunath
Chris Black wrote: > > But my point was: If I were going to test traditional modulation with > something exotic like slow code (true QRSS or otherwise), then I would not > bury it within the regular data, but segment it in some way so that the > recipient would know to alter his receiving techni

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: [NRC-AM] WNJC Test

2007-06-10 Thread Patrick Martin
KAZ, Thanks! Barry reported that WNJC was running the sweep tones at the time I heard them. I will send a CD off to Les. The good ol' beverage does the trick again. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-cor

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WNJC Test

2007-06-10 Thread Neil Kazaross
Bravo Patrick !! I hope you have them positively nailed down. Here in IL, I went to bed since I rarely try for what I felt would be an easy test since I've have these guys logged on RS. 73 KAZ - Original Message - From: "Patrick Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent:

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WNJC Test

2007-06-10 Thread Patrick Martin
Barry, Thanks so much!!! I was hoping that someone would have been listening at that time!!! Fantastic 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/ir

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Patrick Martin
No QRSS noted here just the one shot of sweep tones. 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 list

Re: [IRCA] WNJC DX Test

2007-06-10 Thread Patrick Martin
Walt, There was another SSer mixing with KKMO here, KUIK with SS? I could not hear their normal talk in the jumble, so maybe they are SS at that time. If anyone caught C&W, it was KOHU and then a bunch of other weaker stuff under that. Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager _

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Chris Black
Nick et al, I recorded about 15 minutes of close to three of their loops and there was no dead air. There was continuous sound effects, voice IDs and regular speed CW IDs (sounded like about 1 KHz tone), which leads me to believe that they did not intersperse any slow code. But my point was: I

Re: [IRCA] WNJC DX Test

2007-06-10 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 10:57 PM 6/9/2007, you wrote: >At 04:53 10/06/2007, you wrote: >>Nothing here in the NW as yet, but it just got dark a while ago, so it >>may be a while for night cx to kick in this time of year. >> > >Here in Victoria, R. Sol (KKMO) has been pretty difficult to null >effectively, with lots o

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Patrick Martin
Nick, To keep my fingers & toes both crossed (hi), I am going to send a CD to Les. It is worth a shot. It was a skip signal that came out of nowhere alright (The old being at the right time & place) at 0203 EDT, as I can hear an earlier sweep tone start to fade up, then the next one quite loud, an

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Brett Saylor
I didn't see the QRSS during the times I checked; the code showed up +/-1 kHz from the carrier on a spectral display, Brett Saylor Central PA > Did anybody hear (see) the QRSS, i.e. was it broadcast?Also, does > anybody know what pitch the regular code ID's used?Running > Patrick Martin

[IRCA] WJNC Test

2007-06-10 Thread C B
Listened for WJNC test from 1355 to about 1430 EDT with no luck with the 140'Super Kaz and the R8A. The 140' Super Kaz is actually aimed at ~60 degrees so I had hoped for reception on a side lobe. It's the best eastern wire I have at this time. No dice. Thanks to all who set up and communicated the

Re: [IRCA] KNX update

2007-06-10 Thread Mike McKenna
Nor can I figure -- how running old radio programs - fit the "All News" format. KNX must be running low on old "Dragnet" and "Boston Blackie" radio programs. Makes woder what will stations like KFWB or KOMO do next. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-c

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 12:08 10/06/2007, you wrote: >. I am a rank novice at Spectran but, if only a >portion of a five minute loop containing voice and other sound effects, for >example, contained this slow code at a different offset, how would you know >when to change from regular reception to Spectran QRSS? > If y

[IRCA] WNJC Test

2007-06-10 Thread chris and anne
Good morning all...test heard easily here in Upstate South Carolina. At 12:34 EDST, heard morse code ID about four times with only call letters sent at about 10-13 wpm, then sweep tones , then more morse code ID's.later heard long whistling descending tonelike a bomb dropping, and ascend

[IRCA] WNJC DX Test

2007-06-10 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
I heard the sweep tones at 0001 and 0006 VERY VERY faintly in the background. Powell POP email is powell at backroads DOT net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expresse

Re: [IRCA] WFGW-1010

2007-06-10 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
--- "Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is the AM part of the 2 stations Billy Graham > owns. > / > He probably has an STA from a higher authority that > supersedes the FCC. NOT. Powell POP email is powell at backroads DOT net ___

Re: [IRCA] KNX update

2007-06-10 Thread Rick Lewis
He was off radio for nearly a year and is now with a different syndicator. He had been on KFI. Unless KNX is considering a massive format change, I can't imagine how his program would be a good fit there. This is a good DX tip, though, because if I heard him on 1070, I wouldn't figure I was gett

Re: [IRCA] KNX update

2007-06-10 Thread Art Blair
With Paris Hilton? Art... - Original Message - From: "Mike McKenna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 6:33 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] KNX update > >From where has he been ?? > ___

[IRCA] WNJC DX Test heard in Vermont

2007-06-10 Thread Stephen S. Howe
WNJC-1360 heard easily in Vermont mixing with WYOS in Binghamton, NY and several other stations from 0001 to tune-out at 0017 EDT with sweep tones, step tones, slide tones, telephone tones, MC IDs, phonetic female voice IDs, and various radio clips and effects. Signal strength nearly equal to that

Re: [IRCA] KNX update

2007-06-10 Thread Mike McKenna
>From where has he been ?? ___ 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 opin

[IRCA] Radio History

2007-06-10 Thread Art Blair
June 10, 1922. Station WEAF, New York, NY, airs first baseball commentary program with Dan Daniel at the microphone. June 10, In 1945. First broadcast of The Adventures of Father Brown, on MBS. Again on June 10, '45, First broadcast of Abbott Mysteries, sponsored by Helbros Watches. O.H.H. Sout

[IRCA] KNX update

2007-06-10 Thread Art Blair
Phil Hendrie returns to KNX on June 25, Monday-Friday, 10:00PM-1:00AM. Art Folsom, CA ___ 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 or

Re: [IRCA] WFGW-1010

2007-06-10 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Very funny Patrick LOL.. WFGW seems to be back to normal tonight, no sign of it on high power via radio checks in Asheville, NC and Silverstreet, SC(Thanks powell) tonight. Still no answer from WFGW's people yet on what, if anything happened. Paul On 6/9/07, Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Chris Black
Here on the Cape, reception was not difficult as expected. During the first hour I copied lots of sound cuts from movies, sweep tones, dial tones, whoop-whoop tones, voice IDs and normal CW IDS all on 1360. Copy was best for me on USB, but I detected no "carrier" on 1362.5 with Spectran. I woul

[IRCA] WNJC DX Test

2007-06-10 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 04:53 10/06/2007, you wrote: >Nothing here in the NW as yet, but it just got dark a while ago, so it >may be a while for night cx to kick in this time of year. > Here in Victoria, R. Sol (KKMO) has been pretty difficult to null effectively, with lots of lively music. Spectran's not showing a

Re: [IRCA] WNJC DX Test

2007-06-10 Thread Brett Saylor
Got up at 5am EDT and the test is still going on; staircase sweep tones, CW ID, voice announcement etc. all heard well, Brett Saylor Central PA SDR-IQ receiver with 100' sloper ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/m

Re: [IRCA] WNJC Test

2007-06-10 Thread Patrick Martin
No more sweep tones I can hear and it is 0430 EDT. In checking back the cassette at 0203 EDT, I find a weak sweep tone, then another one briefly faded up above the QRM, then one or two more during a quick fade down. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager