Re: [IRCA] CHTO-1690 testing

2007-08-03 Thread Patrick Martin
Brett, No audio, but on the upper sideband of 1690 I can hear a weak het. CX are not great tonight, but I may have a shot at this one later on. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] KCRS-550

2007-08-03 Thread k4ape
550 KCRS TX MIDLAND 0135 03/08/07 NEWSTALK 550, KCRS THEN INTO COAST TO COAST AM. WEAK WITH LOTS OF QSB. SLIGHT QRM FROM CUBA. [WM-TN] Good conditions tonight. No QRN, basically quite for a change. No sign of KTSA or KTRS DXer: Willis QTH: Old Fort, TN ANTENNA: 149' long wire

[IRCA] Which 1600 is off-frequency?

2007-08-03 Thread Glenn Hauser
UNIDENTIFIED. A 1600 kHz station is off-frequency, about 1600.1 or slightly more, I would estimate. This het has been audible for years, but I have never been able to nail it down with all the QRM. This morning, August 3, it was still audible at 1315 UT; meanwhile KUSH Cushing OK gave way to

Re: [IRCA] CHTO-1690 testing

2007-08-03 Thread Patrick Martin
As it gets toward Fall more, the cx will be better to the East and I will try for both 1610 1690. Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions

Re: [IRCA] Signal on 1610

2007-08-03 Thread k4ape
What could I be hearing on 1610 here in Watkinsville, GA? I was under the impression no one was on 1610 anymore. Our local emergency station is off the air and I'm hearing something there. Any ideas? Bert- It may be the Cherokee national forest info station that tells you about the

[IRCA] TA carriers last night

2007-08-03 Thread Stewart, Joseph R
I was kinda surprised last night around 0230 to 0300 UTC (9:30-10:00pm CDT) to discover a few weak hets from 891, 999, and 1521. The 1521 het was loudest. There was also a very weak carrier detectable on 1134. And this was just on the Sony 7600GR. Randy Stewart Battlefield (Springfield) MO

Re: [IRCA] CHTO-1690 testing

2007-08-03 Thread Scott Fybush
Patrick Martin wrote: Brett, No audio, but on the upper sideband of 1690 I can hear a weak het. CX are not great tonight, but I may have a shot at this one later on. At 1100 EDT, I've got them in decently here in Rochester, 80 miles or so across the lake. Mediterranean-sounding music, then

[IRCA] Strange Stuff on 1430 Part III

2007-08-03 Thread The Kaskey Family
8/3/07 -0010 PDT from S.F. CA Midnight found a mix of KYKN-OR KMRB-CA atop, both IDing. 0005-after news KYKN went into a religious program featuring Dr. Mitchell. Assume this goes till 0030 when they go back to talk. So.no big deal. Don K.

[IRCA] Minneapolis St. Paul recent events

2007-08-03 Thread Joe Miller, AB8YP
Hi everyone, In 1967, I went with my parents and one of brothers to a business convention in the Twin Cities, and stayed at a hotel in the downtown area. Since we crossed the Mississippi on I-94 going from St. Paul into Minneapolis, as well as taking a drive around in the St. Paul area on one of

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-08-03 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Aug 03 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 August follow. Solar flux 69 and mid-latitude A-index 5. The mid-latitude

Re: [IRCA] Signal on 1610

2007-08-03 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I'm willing to bet it was one of the ethnic stations in Canada and not a low power TIS/HAR station. Paul On 8/2/07, k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What could I be hearing on 1610 here in Watkinsville, GA? I was under the impression no one was on 1610 anymore. Our local emergency

[IRCA] IRCA Reflector Subscribers' E-Mail and URL List

2007-08-03 Thread Charles A Taylor
Crew, There are a lot of you out there not on the E-mail List, and I want more contributions. The purpose is to present a reasonably complete list of e-mail address + LOCATION so as to have a list to go by when looking up an e-mail address AND to know at a glance what folks' QTHs (locations)

[IRCA] IRCA List Subscribers URL Directory

2007-08-03 Thread Charles A Taylor
Folks, The idea here is the same as for the E-Mail Directory. If your URL is not here, please send it in so that I can put it in the following Directory! http:// DEEGAN, W. Curt Boca Raton, FL

[IRCA] Hardcopy NDB Beacon List

2007-08-03 Thread Charles A Taylor
Does anyone know of a hardcopy (book or foolscap version) of at least North American LW beacons? Charles Charles A Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] 1010 WINS TO SIGN OFF TONIGHT

2007-08-03 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
WINS is going off the air for the night tonight while they upgrade to AM-HD radio. They'll continue to stream online though. The teletype sound will sound never sounded quite so good! http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php/topic,77837.0/topicseen.html Please, lets not have this degenerate into

[IRCA] DX logging: RVC-530 Turks Caicos @ 1300!

2007-08-03 Thread Charles A Taylor
530 TURKs CAICOS Radio Voz Cristiana: 1300 on 8/3. Logged positively with Radio Visión Cristiana along with IDs of other station on RVC network, so no longer in doubt that this

[IRCA] Seattle Area DXers!

2007-08-03 Thread The Kaskey Family
My daughter has a request. She is moving to Seattle next month. She wants to know how well KNBR-680 can be heard in Seattle in the eveningsundown to midnight? She is a Warriors fan hopes to be able to hear them on KNBR. Thanks all. Don K. S.F. CA

Re: [IRCA] Seattle Area DXers!

2007-08-03 Thread Pete Taylor
A prolific member of The Kaskey Family wrote: My daughter has a request. She is moving to Seattle next month. She wants to know how well KNBR-680 can be heard in Seattle in the eveningsundown to midnight? She is a Warriors fan hopes to be able to hear them on KNBR. Don't forget that

Re: [IRCA] Hardcopy NDB Beacon List

2007-08-03 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
Hi Charles, Kevin Carey, longtime LF-column editor of Monitoring Times magazine, offers this: The Beacon Finder, a 65-page guide listing frequency, ID and location for hundreds of LF beacons and utility stations. Covers 0-530 kHz. $13.95 postpaid. Kevin Carey, PO Box 56, Bloomfield, NY 14585 I

Re: [IRCA] Hardcopy NDB Beacon List

2007-08-03 Thread Jim Renfrew
http://www.classaxe.com/dx/ndb/rww/index.php Keven Carey has a print publication but it may be out of date now, check the LWCA web site.. The above link is to the most complete world wide source. Jim Renfrew - Original Message - From: Charles A Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing

Re: [IRCA] Seattle Area DXers!

2007-08-03 Thread Marty Rimpau
Hi Don, I could be wrong, but I think the warriors are on knbr 1050. On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:29:01 -0700, The Kaskey Family wrote: My daughter has a request. She is moving to Seattle next month. She wants to know how well KNBR-680 can be heard in Seattle in the eveningsundown to midnight?

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-08-03 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Aug 04 0003 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 03 August follow. Solar flux 70 and mid-latitude A-index 5. The mid-latitude

Re: [IRCA] Seattle Area DXers!

2007-08-03 Thread Patrick Martin
Don, I would think if she was away from electrical noise, KNBR should come in fine. Here on the Oregon coast it is very strong after dark, hard to get by to DX 680. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] IRCA Reflector Subscribers' E-Mail and URL List

2007-08-03 Thread Karl J. Zuk
Karl J. Zuk N2KZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Katonah, NY _ Now you can see trouble…before he arrives http://newlivehotmail.com/?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_viral_protection_0507 ___ IRCA mailing

Re: [IRCA] Seattle Area DXers!

2007-08-03 Thread The Kaskey Family
You are not incorrect Marty. They are on KNBR-1050 (otherwise known as KTCT) when KNBR-680 is carrying either the 49ers or Giants games when they are on at the same time. Maybe the way the two teams play/played this year they'll put the Giants on 1050 next season. Don Marty Rimpau wrote:

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1010 WINS TO SIGN OFF TONIGHT

2007-08-03 Thread Neil Kazaross
This is not a flame, but please allow me to ask, and you answer from a broadcaster's perspective ! What is the point of HD on AM news talk stations that don't play any music ? 73 Klueless KAZ - Original Message - From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. To: Mailing list for the International

Re: [IRCA] IRCA List Subscribers URL Directory

2007-08-03 Thread Mike Brooker
The idea here is the same as for the E-Mail Directory. If your URL is not here, please send it in so that I can put it in the following Directory! http://webhome.idirect.com/~aum108/dx.html 73 Mike Brooker Toronto, ON ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1010 WINS TO SIGN OFF TONIGHT

2007-08-03 Thread Scott Fybush
Neil Kazaross wrote: This is not a flame, but please allow me to ask, and you answer from a broadcaster's perspective ! What is the point of HD on AM news talk stations that don't play any music ? If Paul won't take this one on, I'm fool enough to try. Keep in mind that even though we all

Re: [IRCA] IRCA List Subscribers URL Directory

2007-08-03 Thread Scott Fybush
Mike Brooker wrote: The idea here is the same as for the E-Mail Directory. If your URL is not here, please send it in so that I can put it in the following Directory! http://webhome.idirect.com/~aum108/dx.html A few of my many URLs - http://www.fybush.com/ - my home page, home to

Re: [IRCA] 1010 WINS TO SIGN OFF TONIGHT

2007-08-03 Thread Stewart, Joseph R
Great summary, Scott. My wife drives a 2006 Honda CRV whose factory audio system suffers from the CRAPPIEST-sounding AM section I have EVER heard on a modern receiver of any kind or make! I swear it sounds like the 2.4 kHz ceramic filter on my Yaesu FRG-100 does in full AM mode!! It's pretty

Re: [IRCA] Seattle Area DXers!

2007-08-03 Thread Chuck Hutton
KNBR is a mighty force here. Were I to rectify it, filter it, and convert it to 60 Hertz I believe I could live off the grid. (Translation: it makes Barrow Alaska a very, very tough catch up here even with Beverages and phasing units.) Chuck Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 16:29:01 -0700 From:

Re: [IRCA] IRCA Reflector Subscribers' E-Mail and URL List

2007-08-03 Thread Marshall Lillie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Rev. Marshall Lillie Conneaut Valley Church of the Nazarene Springboro, PA From: Charles A Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of Americairca@hard-core-dx.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] IRCA Reflector

Re: [IRCA] DX logging: RVC-530 Turks Caicos @ 1300!

2007-08-03 Thread Milspec390
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Re: [IRCA] IRCA Reflector Subscribers' E-Mail and URL List

2007-08-03 Thread Charles A Taylor
At 09:18 PM 8/3/2007 -0400, you wrote: Karl J. Zuk N2KZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Katonah, NY You're in, Karl. Thank you. Charles Charles A Taylor, WD4INP Greenville, North Carolina ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] WINS-1010 Off Tonight/Tomorrow

2007-08-03 Thread J.D. Stephens
Here's info on the WINS-1010 silent period tonight/tomorrow - including times - from the station's website: Programming Note: 1010 WINS will be off the air from 12:30 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. Saturday morning, and approximately 14 other similar periods of overnight hours, to prepare our transmitter

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1010 WINS TO SIGN OFF TONIGHT

2007-08-03 Thread Neil Kazaross
Herein lies the problem with this flawed tech. A super power 50 KW ND local and you can't keep it locked in 18 miles away at Jim's fine QTH !! I remain amazed that the FCC hasn't shelved AM HD !! Anyhow..what is needed for AM is for the FCC to pressure power companies about endless line noise

[IRCA] TPs for 08/3

2007-08-03 Thread vroomski
Listened from 1135-1258 ut. Conditions were not was good as yesterday. A few less carriers heard this morning. Maybe if the A-index can remain low for a few days somemore of these TPs will produce audio? 153 Russia, Radio Rossii weak at 1158 with man in Russian. Pips

Re: [IRCA] Seattle Area DXers!

2007-08-03 Thread Bruce Portzer
Don As others have mentioned, KNBR comes in quite nicely around here. I still remember a time (albeit in the 1970s) when I watched a brother-in-law tune them in by mistake, thinking he had KIRO. KNBR might be QRMed by images from KLFE-1590 (1590-910=680) on radios with poor image

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1010 WINS TO SIGN OFF TONIGHT

2007-08-03 Thread Patrick Martin
KAZ, Another question would be Why bother with HD on AM anyway? FM has its advantages, sub channels, etc, but why even bother with AM? Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] Seattle Area DXers!

2007-08-03 Thread Patrick Martin
Chuck, Right you are! KBRW is my most wanted IDed Alaskan. I know I have heard it and the GM has stated it, but no def. ID as yet. I think you have heard NPR on 680 too. A toughie to say the least. I wish KNBR had a nice silent period on occasion. But they are rarely off. KGO KCBS are off more