Haven't priced that insurance before, have you? Don't forget to notice where
it actually kicks in...its useless except as a moneymaker for insurance
companies. It was bouncing pretty good here for about 5 seconds, but I could
feel weakening motion for about 20 seconds total.
Mike
John:
At almost exactly31 seconds in, I hear George Hale and Ric Tyler...place to
talk
Here you go:
http://www.wvomfm.com/pages/maineinthemorning.html
So, you DID hear WABI 910.
I hear a second station in there, the part where you hear the meteorologist
doing the forecast is another station..
I remember some years back someone wrote that just before an earthquake
there was some change noted on the radio dial, maybe a frequency
difference?
Anyone remember anything about that? I'm not saying I believe it, just
that
someone did write about it.
Craig Healy
Providence, RI
I
This is a little late, BUT AM740, CHWO in Toronto has been playing the
original radio show War of the Worlds from 1937, with Orson Wells as the
star. Very interesting. I know that it scared a lot of people in 1937. With
all the things going on at that time, with the great possibility of war
Bill-
Go to spaceweather.com there is all the data you need to find it in the sky.
Star charts and photos.
It can easily be seen untill the full moon comes up which will be within the
hour here in the east.
The comet is getting brighter and really stands out in the constallation of
Perseus.
Good work Walt! I think it is a nice looking comet, for only a fuzzy patch.
I also have seen many comets and meteor showers in my life.
I remember the big meteor shower I saw in 1966 while I was at sea in the
navy. The complete sky was lite up.
Halley's comet in 1984 was nice, also.
Wonder if
Hi Gil-
Sky and Telescope is nice, but I still prefer the spaceweather.com chart.
I have a stack of older SK magazines, some are bound, I would like to get
rid of. Interested??
Encludes Astronomy, and Telescope building magazines.
Willis
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From: Gil Stacy [EMAIL
The radio station from hell. What can one say? Volumes. Forget discretion,
lack of suicidal drive dictates I won't. WALE defines Rhode Island's sub rosa
'business culture'. New owners surely operate in good faith. No matter. The old
mandarins locked the future in stone.
Perhaps that's why
Radio room here has set up you describe. Ran three wire outdoor extension
cord from radio room outside, beneath deck. There it sits, coiled ready. We
tend to lose power. One end of cord jacks into car cigarette lighter. Inside,
multiple connectors connect to scanners DX-394s. Another 'dual
Willis,
Never did see the chart on spacewx--unless it's the French photo showing
Auriga and Perseus.
Tnx for offering the mags, but I've been a subscriber of ST for over 20
years, dropped Astronomy Mag subscription and have complete set of TM and
ATM mags.
73, Gil
Thanks Dennis. Yes, the R8 takes 2A and also according to Craig earlier
the car battery charges are not good. It looks like your walwart 12V
idea is a good one. I may even have one around here somewhere. However,
if you are not careful you could overcharge with a walwart I presume as
it does
Patrick Martin wrote:
I am looking for a battery backup that can be run several hours if
needed.
What kind of a load Patrick? How many amperes?
I take it that you only need 120 VAC, not 240 VAC?
I have several installed at my commercial sites. Some are the newer
full-time always-on inverter
I had a station on 990 last night but not the Rhode Island one. The taped ID I
have says News Talk 990 WEEB...We've got you...By the Ears!. No location was
given. That would be the Southern Pines NC station that has been reported here
in Delaware as late as 2300 eastern, despite their listed
If I had to do that, here's where I'd go..
Power Supply. Amateur Electronics Supply http://www.aesham.com
Astron list choice
RS-4L 3A, 4A surge$49.99
RS-7A 5A, 7A surge$59.99
RS-10A 7.5A, 10A surge $69.99
Battery. Jeg's Automotive http://www.jegs.com
Optima list choice
Yellow
I'm wondering about the mention of the station on 102.9 FM. WVOM is on 103.9,
so if I did hear WABI, there might be a second station in that hash that
simulcasts on 102.9, hmmm? That mention of 102.9 is what's throwing me.
John Cereghin
Smyrna DE
Paul B. Walker, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I saw an obituary for Raymond Marshall Zdankiewicz
in today's Lansing State Journal. I did not know this
gentleman, nor which stations we was affiliated with,
but the following link shows the full notice, which
about halfway down the page.
Pat,
The wal-wart works good, but it's just until I buy a proper charger. I check
the voltage with a volt meter and when the voltage is around 13 volts its
unplugged. I ran a Halloween lantern the other night with the battery and the
voltage dropped to 5 volts. When I was in Costco eating
Thx Willis,
I heard from my friend in Chatham Ontario that CFCO
630 also played this rebroadcast last night. I'm sorry
that I missed this replay of great piece of radio
history, but I think I have it on CD.
LXXIII de Joe
--- k4ape [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a little late, BUT AM740,
At 07:16 AM 10/31/2007, you wrote:
Listened from 1302-1412 ut. Conditions are really poor this morning. I fact,
I'm tuning the receiver to KOHI 1600 and listen to the news and Mary Rowe.
Over and out.
153 Russia, 1302 fair with woman in Russian.
189 Russia, 1309 fair at
Hi Mike,
We should get together some time to trade ideas on radio's etc. I didn't
realize that you lived so close. Make start a local branch of the Coffee club
like they have in Canada. Do you know if there are any other DX'ers arounds San
Jose?
Regards,
Rob
Hi Don,
Have you ever had any thoughts about getting together for coffee and shooting
the breeze about radio's etc like they do in Victoria Canada? We could start a
local chapter of the Coffee crew. Just a thought... I'm wondering who else
lives in the San Jose area...
Rob
Rob,
I don't know of anyone else in San Jose, but there are...
* Art Peterson in Richmond
* Bob Coomler in Cloverdale
* Marty Rimpau in Oakland (lurker/non-member on IRCA board)
* Don Kaskey in San Francisco
I never get tired of talking about DXing...usually people get tired of hearing
about
Hi Walter,
Im glad you're having such good results with the SDR-IQ. I've had great
results myself, although I don't post my contacts here because I'm more
interested in Radio performance than in DX-ing MW stations. THere was a lot of
controversy about the SDR_IQ a while back but it seems to
At 14:24 31/10/2007, you wrote:
At 07:16 AM 10/31/2007, you wrote:
Listened from 1302-1412 ut. Conditions are really poor this morning. I
Same here, Dennis. Monitored from 13:34 to 14:21. Very modest morning
Well, my modest morning didn't include 963 until 1450UT, but it was a
bit of a
We just received a 20-25 second roller, here in San Francisco.
Epicenter was near Milpitas (near San Jose).
Certainly got our attention as it didn't seem to want to quit. Just
about the time we were wondering if it was going to be a big one it let
up. No damage at our place, except the cat
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY
I just received a QSL card from NDR 972 Hamburg, Germany. Took about a
month, with 1 IRC. They included a schedule and two sticky note pads. I
find that German stations are the most reliable verifiers.
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Hi,
Well we just had a 5.6 temblor with the epicenter about 2-3 miles
from
our house. We live in the Alum Rock area of San Jose. There was a
very
abrupt strong shaking for just a few seconds and then it died down
over
the next five seconds or
--- Craig Healy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I remember some years back someone wrote that just before an
earthquake
there was some change noted on the radio dial, maybe a frequency
difference?
Anyone remember anything about that? I'm not saying I believe it,
just that
someone did write
RIght. Southern Pines NC paid call to radio room both when lived in Pt.
Judith, RI and here onna Key in FL.
z
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Dennis,
Thanks. I saw the Radio Shack battery listed for $49.95 that was 12V 12A
and I think I may go after that one, if I cannot find anything at my
local Costco. That one would last for hours running the R8. The
difference between $29.95 and $49.95 is not much. It is also sealed too.
I had a
Rick,
All I want is power to run the R8, 12V at 2A. I was thinking of the UPS
as it is fully recharged by leaving it plugged into the wall, but I have
been told the inverter is very noisy in many cases. I fiqured that was
possible. So I guess the battery is my best option.
73,
Patrick
Patrick
Z,
Thanks. I don't know if the cig. lighter has power when the ignition is
off on the van though. I will have to check that out. But I do park
right next to the house which is 3 or 4 feet from the radio room.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
KAVT Reception Manager
One other option for charging is the Volkswagen solar battery chargers that
are dash installed when VWs are transported from Germany to the U.S. They
show up for auction regularly on that well known auction spot in
cyberspace. Some QRP ops use them to trickle charge their rigs' batteries
Jim,
Great going. I QSL'd them back in the 90s and they were quick to respond
too. I have had excellent results with the Germans from the 60s on.
73,
Patrick
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Wow, what a difference a few miles makes (in the case of the Victoria
Three, its about 15 miles)!!!
This morning here was about as good as I remember the BEST days from
a month ago, and I've got the recordings to prove it. I made an
early run at 1315, 90 minutes before dawn, and already
Patrick Martin wrote:
Rick,
All I want is power to run the R8, 12V at 2A. I was thinking of the UPS
as it is fully recharged by leaving it plugged into the wall, but I have
been told the inverter is very noisy in many cases. I fiqured that was
possible. So I guess the battery is my best
Rick,
Thanks again. Much appreciated. I fiqure I have several choices from
running a cable from the van to the house to several battery types.
But I understand now the problems with the standard chargers plus even
power supplies.
73,
Patrick
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John:
The mention of 102.9 is why I think you're hearing a second station on
910Khz as the nearest102.9 in Maine is WBLM and theyre a rock station.
Paul
On 10/31/07, John Cereghin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm wondering about the mention of the station on 102.9 FM. WVOM is on
103.9, so if
Heard during a short DX session 10/31/07
Carriers on 927.000 and 927.0254 kHz at 0830 UTC
Three stations on 1206 kHz at 0850:
1205.9589 China, Yanji fair with woman in Korean.
1205.986 Weak carrier, no audio
1206.0002 Woman in Chinese, weak
Albert Lehr - Livermore, CA
Allied A-2515
Thanks Willis!
See my original message made it sometime this morning :-) .Alls well here
EXCEPT...after the quake the Warriors got blown away. Horrors!
Don
k4ape wrote:
Hi Don-
Everything on the IRCA is _VERY_ slow for me.
Hope that you and family are also fine after the quake.
Anybody else have an interest in getting together on a Saturday or Sunday.
afternoon or evening? We can either meet at some convenient Starbucks or get
together at my house on Mt Hamilton Rd.
Rob
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Also heard the same thing here. Some sort of piezo-electric (sp?) thing
but
dont remember the details at all. Must of been on NOVA ?
Speaking of such matters on an old NOVA abt lightning they were shooting
rockets
with wires attatched to get hits. It showed a DVM for a static detector
watched
Russ Edmunds wrote:
--- Rob Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Well we just had a 5.6 temblor with the epicenter about 2-3 miles
from
our house. We live in the Alum Rock area of San Jose. There was a
very
abrupt strong shaking for just a few seconds and then it died down
Rob,
My deteriorating knees have kept me pretty close to home these days (just ask
Mike Hawkins). Back in 2001 we had a meeting here in S.F. attended by 8 DXers.
Perhaps we could wrangle another of
these. There are a dozen or more dxers in Northern California, even tho Bob
Wien, Steve
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks Dennis. Yes, the R8 takes 2A and also
according to Craig earlier
the car battery charges are not good. It looks like
your walwart 12V
idea is a good one. I may even have one around here
somewhere.
a low current battery tender charger will
--- Donald K. Kaskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
-True Russ but the two faults are so close together that
the seismologists are speculating on how this Calaveras quake will
affect the Hayward fault, since a biggie has been
predicted on that fault within the next 30 years (give or
At 07:31 AM 10/31/2007, you wrote:
Listened from 1250-1355 UT and as Dennis and Walt said conditions were very
poor. No audio and the only carriers were on 693 and 774.
Bill Block
Prescott Valley, AZ
Drake R8
Amazing, isn't it? John says fabulous, and the rest of us say so-so or poor!
At 12:52 PM 10/31/2007, you wrote:
Rob,
My deteriorating knees have kept me pretty close to home these days (just ask
Mike Hawkins). Back in 2001 we had a meeting here in S.F. attended by 8
DXers. Perhaps we could wrangle another of
these. There are a dozen or more dxers in Northern
There was a front page article in the San Jose Mercury-News two weeks ago (on
the anniversary of the Hayward Fault quake that you mentioned). They said that
there is a running average of 140 years between big ones, and this is the 139th
anniversary. It might be time for Albert Lehr to get out
Funny, WCXH-780-ME DX Test heard here in SW CT: Overslept the start time, I
awoke to 4:47am on the VCR (thts right, kids, I said Video Cassette
Recorder!) Last ten minutes is better than nothing, but couldn't hear anything
through the mix, so went back to bed and left running the
RESCHEDULED - WCXH 780 kHz Monticello, ME DX Test - RESCHEDULED
As most of you know, due to a mix-up with times the WCXH test ran an hour
later than advertised. Allan Weiner has graciously agreed to conduct another
test and promises we will all be on the same clock this time! Here are the
Craig,
I think my best idea is to just run a cord from the van to the house. I
can leave the cord by the side of the house and plug it in to the
lighter when a storm is coming when we may loose power. The van battery
will run a longtime. The cost is very little that way too. I park right
next to
Hi Don,
Sorry you can't make it. I know how you feel about your leg.
I guess we could look at San Francisco as a possibility, however, my house is
about 450' up in the foothills of Mt. Hamilton Rd (goes to the observatory) and
has a nice fairly noise free emvironment if anyone wanted to try
Thanks JIm. Great!!! I hope cx are good that morning too.
73,
Patrick
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Gil,
The problem here on the Oregon coast, it is cloudy so much of the time
in the Winter months that I don't know how well Solor would work. Evem
my little yard lights don't always keep the yard lighted most of the
night. I think I will try out the option using the van battery,since I
am parked
Jim,
Will he honor a report from the first test? I just ripped a CD hours ago.
Besides, When listening for test, tink like a CE. :) Also, I'll sleepthis
next one out.
Konnie
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USUALLY, the only time I've had issues with slow delivery is when it's
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Well this puts a smile on my face !! How big is your KAZ ? ie..end to end
and center apex height and height of bottom wire above ground ?
Also, my appologies to a couple of list members here. A couple of you have
asked me for antenna info off list, and I travel quite a lot and am often
Hi Konnie - yes, I feel pretty certain that he will QSL the first test.
Jim Pogue KH2AR/WPE9HLJ/KG6DX1A
Memphis, Tennessee USA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just got my new KAZ Antenna up about 1 hour ago and so far I am very happy
with it. About 90% of the time I get a better signal with the KAZ than I do
with the EWE. On 1300 I get KROP at S-8 on the KAZ and on the EWE I don't get
them at all! It will be very interesting to see how well it
I called the local Nap Auto parts store to get the lighter plug to run
the wire outside, and the guy suggested a few things, then I asked him
about a Quick Start box. He said they had them at $50 on up. They are
a gel-cel and have a built in trickle charger that you just plug in the
wall to
Neil
The KAZ is 80 feet from end to end and 20 feet high. The bottom wire is 1 foot
off the ground. The antenna points toward Japan.
Bill Block
Prescott Valley, AZ
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007
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Pat,
The battery I bought from radio shack cost around $25.00. I agree, buy the
$49.00 one. The Palstar which this battery is used for does not have much
drain. But it sure drains the 10 AA batteries fast.
Dennis,
Vancouver, WA
-- Original message --
From:
Hi Don,
Have you ever had any thoughts about getting together for coffee and shooting
the breeze about radio's etc like they do in Victoria Canada? We could start
a local chapter of the Coffee crew. Just a thought... I'm wondering who
else lives in the San Jose area...
Rob
Whoa
Opps forgot about where y'all live. Perhaps a waterwheel rigged to an
alternator? ;)
73' Gil
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Probably would have gotten together years ago if somebody mentioned beer!
Hell, I would have walked to Victoria for a few gallons (and an occasional
marathon side trip to pay rent on those gallons).
Mike
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Don,
Have you ever had any thoughts about getting
Probably would have gotten together years ago if somebody mentioned beer!
Ironically, I have never participated in a beer-based DXer get-together.
Legend has it, Walt Salmaniw hosted some gab-fests at the local
Oak Bay Rec Center that has a fabulous upper lounge over-looking
the Pool area and
Dennis,
Rather than a regular 12V battery for the R8, I am thinking of that 7A
Gelpak (Quickstart) that Fred Meyer has,
I have always thought I should get a 12V pack for those
times that the power is out.
--
Colin Newell - Editor/Creator coffeecrew.com | dxer.ca
Web-Design / E-Commerce /
Gil,
You are right. Need a rowboat? 4 feet of water out in that field a lot
of the Winter. My ground sits in water, but lots of rain here. I am
thinking along the lines of one of those gelpak quick start units. I
don't know why one would not work.
Patrik
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KAVT Reception Manager
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Dennis,
Rather than a regular 12V battery for the R8, I am thinking of that 7A
Gelpak (Quickstart) that Fred Meyer has, or at least one along those
lines. Napa Auto Parts has several, so I may find one with more Amps
that would run the R8 longer. The R8 is at 12V 2A, so I fiqure at 7A, I
should
Colin,
7amps should run either the R8 or SPR4 for 3-3.5 hours. Both receivers
are rated at 12V 2 A.
73,
Patrick
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Hi All:
Does anybody know who might be carrying Fox Sports on 680? Noted
this morning 0754-0803 EDT w/sports talk Fox Nat'l Sports Report, but I
couldn't catch their ID because of a fade. I know it wasn't WPTF or WCAW.
No other DX here except Sunday morning when I finally
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY
0100 edtNOV 1 2007
960KLTFMN Little Falls - sports talk, then ID, before ABC News.
Station is 5000 watts day, 38 night. I wonder what power is being used
right now? In either case, a new station for me here.
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Nice catch! I show them with 350 watts at night but my info may not be up
to date. 73, Tim
On 10/31/07, Jim Renfrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY
0100 edtNOV 1 2007
960KLTFMN Little Falls - sports talk, then ID, before ABC News.
Station is 5000 watts day,
Hi Colin,
Never fear - Victoria and the Coffee Crew title are yours! Maybe the Northern
California Brew and Radio association? grin The combination of Coffee and
Radio discussion sounds great and you are to be commended for this.
Although I do love Canada and have been to Victoria several
Hello Dave in Albany,the only sports station that kind
of fits your description could be WCNN in Atlanta
GA,They might have switched from ESPN to FOX
recently.Its a 50KW d and 10 n signal that might have
headed your way.I wonder if there's a connection with
CNN TV Bill in BC
Be smarter
After shopping around a fair bit and comparing services, I've elected to send
the defective HD to a disk recovery service in Vancouver. It appears that many
(?most) services are Chinese...at least that's the case in Canada.
The outfit I chose has offices in China and a number of cities around
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