[IRCA] DX Tip for WDXR

2007-09-02 Thread Patrick Martin
700 KALL UT, North Salt Lake, fair on top of jumble with spots and ID at 0300 EDT 9/3 "The home of the University of Utah, KALL North Salt LakeAll Sports" Into Fox sports net. Have not heard this in a while, but after I improved the feedline on the beverage, I am getting this. (PM-OR) D

[IRCA] CFVP 1060 Calgary

2007-09-02 Thread cafe
For those of you that have not heard this station on its 6030khz translator, it is really getting out tonight. On the West Coast it is a good 10 to 20db over S9 on my Eton E1, the 2010 and the R8. Cheers, -- Colin Newell - Victoria B.C. Canada www.coffeecrew.com | www.dxer.ca _

Re: [IRCA] North Korea 1053

2007-09-02 Thread Bill Harms
er This is the URL for my North Korean clips http://dxclipjoint.com//bill/korea/north_korea/ I sent the previous message before I proofread it. Bill > Bill Harms wrote: > >> Dennis, This is from the 1980's when I was visiting Korea. The South >> Koreans jam most of the MW stations from the

Re: [IRCA] North Korea 1053

2007-09-02 Thread Bill Harms
This is the clip of my North Korean stuff.http://dxclipjoint.com//bill/korea/north_korea/ Bill Bill Harms wrote: > Dennis, This is from the 1980's when I was visiting Korea. The South > Koreans jam most of the MW stations from the North, but not the SW > stations in the Seoul Area. I was ab

Re: [IRCA] North Korea 1053

2007-09-02 Thread Bill Harms
Dennis, This is from the 1980's when I was visiting Korea. The South Koreans jam most of the MW stations from the North, but not the SW stations in the Seoul Area. I was able to record some of the NK stuff on MW outside of Seoul however. Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Bill, > > What a g

[IRCA] North Korea 1053

2007-09-02 Thread vroomski
Bill, What a great clip! "Voice of the Revolutionary Party" Was this clip from the mid 60's? Going to check out your web-site. Dennis, Vancouver, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-09-02 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Sep 03 0003 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 September follow. Solar flux 69 and mid-latitude A-index 23. The mid-latitude K-

Re: [IRCA] 1053 Pyongyang Branch of the Anti-imperialist National Democratic Front

2007-09-02 Thread Bruce Portzer
There was talk of this broadcast leaving the air a few years ago. As I recall, it had to do with some agreement or treaty between North and South Korea. There may have been a date established for these (and possibly other) broadcasts to end, but for whatever reason it never happened. I've h

[IRCA] 1053 Pyongyang Branch of the Anti-imperialist

2007-09-02 Thread vroomski
Glenn, Thanks for posting the item in DX Listening Digest. Very interesting area of the world. Dennis, Vancouver, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on

[IRCA] 1053 Pyongyang Branch of the Anti-imperialist National Democratic Front

2007-09-02 Thread vroomski
Nick, I could be hearing JOAR and not the PDR Korea station. When the signal is heard on 1053 it is always very weak or weak at best. Also, I can only ID Japanese on a NHK station. hi Now that I have the shortwave //s, they will be compared against the 1053 MW signal. Thanks for the infor

Re: [IRCA] 1053 Pyongyang Branch of the Anti-imperialist National Democratic Front

2007-09-02 Thread vroomski
Bill, Thanks for telling the history of this station pretending to be from the Republic of Korea. If conditions this season are as good as expected, maybe you might get some audio from 1053. There are 4 clandestine stations that broadcast to DPR Korea. I saw a documentary awhile back abou

Re: [IRCA] 1053 Pyongyang Branch of the Anti-imperialist National Democratic Front

2007-09-02 Thread nhp
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > This is information out of the 2007 edition of WRTH. Broadcasts on these > frequencys 1053-3480-4450-4557, > I know others have more experience with these broadcasts than I do -- maybe > they could post too? > > This one hasn't ever been heard at home by me,

Re: [IRCA] 1053 Pyongyang Branch of the Anti-imperialist

2007-09-02 Thread Glenn Hauser
Perrhaps you overlooked this item in a recent DX Listening Digest, 7-103 of August 27. Firedrake on 1053 reported from Japan, just to confuse matters. But why? Hard to believe China would be involved in the N/S Korea radio war on the side of S Korea, as Firedrake has only been used so far against e

Re: [IRCA] 1053 Pyongyang Branch of the Anti-imperialist National Democratic Front

2007-09-02 Thread Bill Harms
Dennis, I was wondering about the frequency. I think you said it was 1056. I have been following this station since 1975 when I first heard it while I was living in Korea. There were on 1050 then, if memory serves me. The transmitter is on the West Coast of North Korea in Haeju. The station's na

[IRCA] 1150 CJRC QC

2007-09-02 Thread saulamdx
I have spoken to someone at the station and have preliminay news many of us won't appreciate. They have moved to FM 104.7 - i know, as I've logged it. But they plan to stay on AM for at least a few more months because the FM isn't reaching the full of their target audience. It's not terribly high-p

[IRCA] Trying to contact Brent Taylor

2007-09-02 Thread Jim Pogue
Brent, will you please contact me off list? Thanks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim Pogue KH2AR/WPE9HLJ/KG6DX1A Memphis, Tennessee USA NRD-535, R-390A, ICF-2010 Wellbrook LA5030 loop, PAØRDT mini-whip, attic longwire, Quantum phaser QRZ.com/KH2AR _

Re: [IRCA] 1053 Pyongyang Branch of the Anti-imperialist National Democratic Front

2007-09-02 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 01:32 PM 9/2/2007, you wrote: >Bill, > >This is information out of the 2007 edition of WRTH. Broadcasts on these >frequencys 1053-3480-4450-4557, claim to be transmitted from the Republic of >Korea, but are actually tranmitted by DPR Korea. The Pyongyang Branch of the >Anti-imperialist N

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-09-02 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Sep 02 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Environment Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 September follow. Solar flux 71 and mid-latitude A-index 14. The mid-latitude K-

[IRCA] 1053 Pyongyang Branch of the Anti-imperialist National Democratic Front

2007-09-02 Thread vroomski
Bill, This is information out of the 2007 edition of WRTH. Broadcasts on these frequencys 1053-3480-4450-4557, claim to be transmitted from the Republic of Korea, but are actually tranmitted by DPR Korea. The Pyongyang Branch of the Anti-imperialist National Democratic Front broacasts are

[IRCA] Oldies on 1010 at night

2007-09-02 Thread saulamdx
Heard 1010 a coupel nights ago with oldies u/CFRB and WINS. I suspect Wisconsin, as there seems to be no other logical candidate for oldies. I had good signals to several stations in MI WI and MN as well as SA MB and even AB and BC. Has the 1010 in WI been running day power or patterns lately? Are

Re: [IRCA] Monthly IBOC rant..

2007-09-02 Thread Chuck Hutton
Glen Clark made several such studies, including some nice color maps of all the stations on a particular channel and how their NIF's would change. Of course it made no difference. As old Noah Cross said in Chinatown, "Desperate people do desperate things". Chuck -Original Message- Fr

[IRCA] coax system update

2007-09-02 Thread Patrick Martin
Greetings, I thought I would pass on the latest on the coax issue. After I replaced the matching transformer boxes with F Fittings, and changed two over to metal boxes, It was quite an improvement. I think getting rid of the pigtails (banana plugs) on the end of the coax made the biggest differenc

Re: [IRCA] IRCA Digest, Vol 41, Issue 5

2007-09-02 Thread Guy Atkins
Craig, Just a caution on this. Years ago, when I wanted to add some weight to a NRD-525 tuning knob, I poured this sort of 2-part resin into the hollow space on the back of the knob. The heat of the chemical reaction (curing) warped the plastic knob severely. I ended up having a machinist friend

Re: [IRCA] Monthly IBOC rant..

2007-09-02 Thread Patrick Martin
Craig, Very good points. WYSL 1040 will have to deal with IBOC on both sides (1030+1050). The FCC probably will be forced into adopting new rules regarding the side channel hash. But the courts will have the last say I would guess. We will soon know. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Ma

[IRCA] Monthly IBOC rant..

2007-09-02 Thread Craig Healy
New month, different IBOC rant. This one is just a simple question: Night AM allocations are calculated by a study. This study collects all the signals aimed at a location, runs it through a formula, and comes up with a signal strength called the Night Interference Free (NIF) contour. It's a nu

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 2Sep07

2007-09-02 Thread Bill Block
Walt The local sunrise here is 1303 and I turned off the radio around 1250 as I was not geting much. I have lived here in Arizona for a little over 3 years after moving down from Portland and I find that the A/K index does not make that much of a differect as it did in Portland. If the numb

Re: [IRCA] TP for 09-02-07

2007-09-02 Thread Bill Harms
Dennis, is that a new frequency for North Korea on 1056? Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Good morning, > > Listened from 1104-1330 ut. Conditions about the same as yesterday morning. > > 153 Russia, Radio Rossii very weak at . > > 594 Japan, JOAB weak at 1114.

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 2Sep07

2007-09-02 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 07:27 AM 9/2/2007, you wrote: >Walt > >Its interesting to see how different DX can be from one place to the other. > >Bill Block >Prescott Valley, AZ Isn't that the truth, Bill. Notice, however, that my loggings were later than most others (slept in a bit, I guess :-) ). The A/K indices

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 2Sep07

2007-09-02 Thread Bill Block
Walt Its interesting to see how different DX can be from one place to the other. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ > Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 07:14:54 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com> Subject: [IRCA] TPs for 2Sep07> > A much different > experience for me in Victoria

[IRCA] TPs for 2Sep07

2007-09-02 Thread Walter Salmaniw
A much different experience for me in Victoria compared to Dennis although I did listen over an hour later between 12:57 and 13:57. There was a total lack of Asians this morning. Instead, I heard a number of DU stations, especially New Zealand including some nice IDs (of course, I didn't have

Re: [IRCA] TP for 09-02-07

2007-09-02 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1145-1240 UT and only heard a very weak carrier on 774 at 1150 UT. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 EWE (20x50x20) 68 F and clear > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: irca@hard-core-dx.com> Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 > 13:32:37 +> Subject: [IRCA] TP for 09-02-07> > > > Good morn

[IRCA] TP for 09-02-07

2007-09-02 Thread vroomski
Good morning, Listened from 1104-1330 ut. Conditions about the same as yesterday morning. 153 Russia, Radio Rossii very weak at . 594 Japan, JOAB weak at 1114. 774 Japan, JOUB weak at 1104. 1056 PDR Korea, threshold audio at 1126. Dennis,