[IRCA] Ear phone / bud question

2007-12-01 Thread Stephen Hawkins
IRCA, I used to buy, at Radio Shack, these single, mono ear buds that were foam covered and much more comfortable then the plastic plug kind. It seems that Radio Shack no longer carries these. I have hunted and hunted for them. Does anyone know some place that still sells these? Stever --

Re: [IRCA] LYQ-529

2007-12-01 Thread Tom Jasinski
In September I submitted a reception report through their web site and about a month ago sent them a reception report with a CD containing audio clips. So far no reply for either. Tom Jasinski Shorewood, IL - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the

[IRCA] TP's for 12-01-07

2007-12-01 Thread vroomski
-- Good Morning: Listened from 1423-1520 ut. Four countries heard this morning on MW. No audio on Russian long-waves. 594Japan, JOAK 1439 weak with Japanese. 774Japan, JOUB 1432 good with Englsh lessons. 828Japan, JOBB 1435 fair with

[IRCA] First TP on Sony SRF M37V

2007-12-01 Thread vroomski
Gary, Heard my first TP on the Sony SRF M37V this morning. Around 1513 JOUB 774 was heard in the Den. Took the radio outside in the front yard and JOUB was fair with very little splatter. Whats nice is that you can tilt the radio to null out local dometic stations. Tried 1566, but HLAZ

[IRCA] KICY-850

2007-12-01 Thread Richard Toebe
Shortly after 1400 this morning, ballad-type religious music and Christmas songs on 850 noted. No sign of Tacoma or Mexicali as usual early mornings. Checked 650 and found Rush Limbaugh under local talker KSTE. KENI? No sign of CISL. 650 and 850 faded up and down similarly. At 7 am local,

[IRCA] WVKO format change

2007-12-01 Thread David Faulkner
Group: WVKO, 1580, Columbus, has apparently given up its efforts to steal WXOL's audience. Heard them yesterday in English announcing format change to progressive talk. Will carry Big Ed from noon to 3, then move to Gas America. Don't know how they think they'll do any better

[IRCA] Recent DX

2007-12-01 Thread David Faulkner
1480 WADR NYRemsen 12/1/07, 0831-40 doing very nicely w/local talk, announcements for dances and parties, giving address of listener who is in the hospital down in NYC, talk about the morning's snowfall, then iinto the oom-pah-pah, ID given and mention of events in Rome. Good sigs

Re: [IRCA] KICY-850

2007-12-01 Thread Bruce Portzer
Rich They rebuilt their antenna system over the summer, per a newsletter found on the KICY website http://www.kicy.org/call_letter/kicy0807.pdf They also have a bunch of photos of the new array going up http://www.kicy.org/photoalbum/Summer2007 Bruce Richard Toebe wrote: Shortly after 1400

Re: [IRCA] First TP on Sony SRF M37V

2007-12-01 Thread cafe
Gary, Heard my first TP on the Sony SRF M37V this morning. I was up at 0700 UTC last night and heard a good HET on 738 (Tahiti) on the SRF-59 and the SRF-M37V -- Colin Newell - Editor/Creator coffeecrew.com | dxer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Re: [IRCA] First TP on Sony SRF M37V

2007-12-01 Thread D1028Gary
Dennis, Congratulations on joining the Mighty Mite TP club! As you may have discovered, these kind of contacts are somewhat more thrilling and memorable than routine TP's. It seems like Colin is also on the verge of this exciting accomplishment, so I'm very happy that my review has

[IRCA] WCMA-1560

2007-12-01 Thread k4ape
1560 WCMAAL DALEVILLE 1520 01/12/07 CALL WCMA AND LET US HELP YOU WITH YOU ADVERTISING NEEDS.. ID- 50,000 WATTS, WCMA, DALEVILLE, ALABAMA, SERVING THE FLORDIA PANHANDLE AND ALABAMA WITH THE BEST IN CLASSIC COUNTRY. RAN ANOTHER ID BEHIND SOME COUNTRY SONG AT 1526.

Re: [IRCA] Ear phone / bud question

2007-12-01 Thread George Sherman
I would think that any earbuds that work for stereo (FM) would work for mono (AM)? Guess the best places to look are online sites like Amazon, where there is a big selection and good descriptions, with user ratings. Once you decide which should be best, you can check other sites like eBay. Also

Re: [IRCA] KICY-850

2007-12-01 Thread Donald K. Kaskey
Rich, Hey, good to hear from you again. Nice catch on KICY. Oddly, you Mike Hawkins are hearing them this season and I'm not. Years ago they were my first and most frequent Alaskan. 850 is full of noise where I'm living now, KOA excluded. KENI-650 is the only Alaskan I can hear anymore.

[IRCA] Christmas request!

2007-12-01 Thread Donald K. Kaskey
My daughter has recently moved to Seattle. She is a big San Francisco Warrior fan but currently has available only a clock radio which pulls in KNBR-680 with a in/out signal. I'd like to purchase a small radio for a Christmas present. One that is capable of hauling in KNBR with a decent/good

Re: [IRCA] Ear phone / bud question

2007-12-01 Thread Gil Stacy
Stephen, This might be a pia for you to do but in building a super lightweight cw rig where the lightest weight is a bonus in contest sprints (Spartan Sprint) I scavenged the mono earplug from a cheap hands-free phone earpiece/mic set from Walmart. It is a foam covered earpiece that doesn't plug

[IRCA] WAGL-1560

2007-12-01 Thread k4ape
1560WAGLSC LANCASTER01/12/07 YOUR TUNED TO 1560, THE MUSIC OF YOUR LIFE, WAGL. TOOK OVER THE FREQUENCY FROM WCMA, AT 1600. PLAYED THE SONG 'JINGLE BELLS' SUNG BY BARKING DOGS. [WM-TN] (Isn't DXing a wonder hobby! Where else could you get to hear barking dogs!) DXer:

[IRCA] Father Jack Pejza

2007-12-01 Thread Donald K. Kaskey
For those of you with long memories: A Christmas Letter in this morning (via e-mail) from Fr. Jack Pejza. He is doing well in San Diego including being Pastor on cruise ships several times a year. I think those that know Fr. Jack will agree that he is one of God's better creations. Don

Re: [IRCA] Christmas request!

2007-12-01 Thread Pete Taylor
Don, You don't mention whether she need a loudspeaker. If not, the Sony SRF-59 for about $16 is eminently capable of picking up KNBR at night. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n ICF2010 + Kiwa air core loop DX398; Palomar loop = Donald K. Kaskey wrote: My daughter has

Re: [IRCA] Father Jack Pejza

2007-12-01 Thread Russ Edmunds
--- Donald K. Kaskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of you with long memories: A Christmas Letter in this morning (via e-mail) from Fr. Jack Pejza. He is doing well in San Diego including being Pastor on cruise ships several times a year. I think those that know Fr. Jack will agree

Re: [IRCA] KICY-850

2007-12-01 Thread Mike Stonebridge
A very interesting set of photos. Thanks Bruce for pointing us to them. Mike in St Isidore, AB ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are

Re: [IRCA] First TP on Sony SRF M37V

2007-12-01 Thread vroomski
Gary, Just purchased the SRF-59 for Fred Meyer for $17.99. Came with the headphones. These radios are so small that a person could mount one near their Kiwa loop or on top of a Space Magnet antenna. The Terk AM loop seems to work the best with the pocket radios that I use. Does not over

[IRCA] The newbie logs

2007-12-01 Thread ka2emz
My total of North American stations continues the slow trek to 1000; these are the new stations from the last few days. WSKO Providence, RI 790KHz 112907 2058-2106UTC very good signal local ads WSVG Mt.Jackson, Virginia 800KHz 112907 2107-2135UTC Blue Grass Depot, Commercials WVNE

Re: [IRCA] The newbie logs

2007-12-01 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Bill: You didn't tell us where you are, or at least I don't remember where you are. Paul On Dec 1, 2007 6:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My total of North American stations continues the slow trek to 1000; these are the new stations from the last few days. WSKO Providence, RI 790KHz

Re: [IRCA] The newbie logs

2007-12-01 Thread Tim Hall
WSVG is on 790. Maybe WSVS-800? They play bluegrass. 73, Tim On 12/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My total of North American stations continues the slow trek to 1000; these are the new stations from the last few days. WSKO Providence, RI 790KHz 112907 2058-2106UTC

Re: [IRCA] The newbie logs

2007-12-01 Thread Craig Healy
WSKO Providence, RI 790KHz 112907 2058-2106UTC very good signal local ads Nothing exotic I grant you; has anyone had any luck qsling these stations? The CE there is a guy named Duffy Egan.. Craig Healy Providence, RI ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-12-01 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Dec 01 2103 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 December follow. Solar flux 72 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 2. The

Re: [IRCA] First TP on Sony SRF M37V

2007-12-01 Thread D1028Gary
Dennis, I'm really glad you're having fun, TP DXing with your SRF-M37V! And now that you have the SRF-59, you have both fully TP-qualified Mighty Mites, hi. They certainly put the thrill back into receiving stations like JOUB-747, JOIB-747, and JOAK-594, don't they? I'm

Re: [IRCA] First TP on Sony SRF M37V

2007-12-01 Thread cafe
Dennis, I'm really glad you're having fun, TP DXing with your SRF-M37V! And now that you have the SRF-59, you have both fully TP-qualified Mighty Mites, hi. There is one downside to the SRF-59... It is the process of tuning it. You need the thumbs of a brain surgeon and the

[IRCA] There is one downside to the SRF-59...

2007-12-01 Thread vroomski
Colin Gary, That tuning really slows Dxing down. M37V has the digital tunning and is even better since Gil explained how to set the channels for 9 Hz. My two Sony pocket radios are about the same on sensitity, but better audio on the SRF 59. Here there is a problem of KKAD 1550 being

Re: [IRCA] There is one downside to the SRF-59...

2007-12-01 Thread D1028Gary
Colin and Dennis, Yes, I know all about the super-sensitive SRF-59's requirement for a super-sensitive thumb! In the review, I mentioned that quite a few users may give the tuner a thumbs down, hi. I remember one day of super noontime conditions, when I was trying to split off

[IRCA] Chris Taylor

2007-12-01 Thread Ira Elbert New, III
Has anyone heard from Chris in Taylors, SC in the past couple of weeks or so? Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! _ Put your friends on the big screen with Windows Vista® + Windows Live™.

Re: [IRCA] Chris Taylor

2007-12-01 Thread Ira Elbert New, III
Actually...It's Chris Johnson in Taylors, SC... Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; irca@hard-core-dx.com; [EMAIL

Re: [IRCA] Chris Taylor

2007-12-01 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Yes, Im pretty suire I've seen SEVERAL posts from him on the various lists in the last few weeks. Paul On Dec 1, 2007 11:24 PM, Ira Elbert New, III [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone heard from Chris in Taylors, SC in the past couple of weeks or so? Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia

Re: [IRCA] Chris Taylor

2007-12-01 Thread Ira Elbert New, III
I must have missed them all. I even sent him a message and I haven't gotten a reply. Maybe it's my breath... Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 23:32:50 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

[IRCA] YVKA-631.27

2007-12-01 Thread Marc DeLorenzo
YVKA R. Nacional de Venezuela is still on 631.27 kHz from nominal 630. Good signal 0440 UTC December 2 with discussion between 2 men in Spanish. -- Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, MA http://hometown.aol.com/midcapemarc/myhomepage/profile.html ___ IRCA

Re: [IRCA] OT: Musical Group Bush

2007-12-01 Thread Ira Elbert New, III
Do you mean Machinehead? Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 16:10:18 -0500 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IRCA] OT: Musical Group Bush Group, Can

Re: [IRCA] OT: Musical Group Bush

2007-12-01 Thread Ira Elbert New, III
Amazon.com and/or iTunes will have what you need. Bert New Watkinsville, Georgia Proudly Serving You Since 1964! Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 16:10:18 -0500 To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IRCA] OT: Musical

Re: [IRCA] OT: Musical Group Bush

2007-12-01 Thread Michael Hawkins
Legally, eBay or Amazon. There are probably used CD stores in Greenville unless the guy with the CD player moved away. Mike Charles A Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Group, Can anyone tell me where to get a new or used copy of the CD Motorhead by the band Bush? Chaz-o Charles A

[IRCA] OC on KWSX

2007-12-01 Thread Albert Lehr
1280 KWSX Stockton, CA has been running an open carrier since Thursday 11/29. Albert Lehr - Livermore, CA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing

[IRCA] KGO IBOC on...

2007-12-01 Thread cafe
They are crushing 790, 800, 820 and to an extent 830 with hash like I have never heard it before AND you can hear HASH under KGO. Ironic - Doctor Bill interfering with himself. The analog quality of KGO tonight sounds like crap. Just going to see how they sound on the SRF-59 and the SRF-M37 --

Re: [IRCA] KGO IBOC on...

2007-12-01 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 11:12 PM 12/1/2007, you wrote: They are crushing 790, 800, 820 and to an extent 830 with hash like I have never heard it before AND you can hear HASH under KGO. Ironic - Doctor Bill interfering with himself. The analog quality of KGO tonight sounds like crap. Just going to see how they

Re: [IRCA] JOUB JOBB in 0717 ut

2007-12-01 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 11:20 PM 12/1/2007, you wrote: Hello, JOUB 774 in at 0717 ut with fair signal and woman in Japanese. JOBB 828 also in, but with weak signal. Dennis, Vancouver, WA JRC 545 Ewe NW ___ Nice signal here in Victoria as well, especially

[IRCA] 1566 in good audio

2007-12-01 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Who's on 1566 at this hour? 07:34 UTC. Is HLAZ being heard this early? A decent 7+ signal strength with what sounds like a speech (or sermon) being carried from a large hall or outdoors, so it's difficult to follow..Walt in Victoria. ___ IRCA

Re: [IRCA] 1566 in good audio

2007-12-01 Thread vroomski
Walt, Heard weak here on 1566 at 0742 ut. Woman in Asian language. Would think it could be HLAZ, but not sure. I have never heard them this early before. Dennis, Vancouver, WA -- Original message -- From: Walter Salmaniw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Who's on 1566 at this