Re: [IRCA] TP's on Pocket Radios

2007-12-03 Thread D1028Gary
Dennis, You have some really good ideas about TP- DX on pocket radios, and I'm sure that when conditions improve, you and I (and hopefully others) will have a lot of fun with these thrilling contacts. I agree with you that a TP has to be about an "8" level (on the R8 with QL ant

[IRCA] TPs for 12-03-07

2007-12-03 Thread vroomski
-- Good Morning: Listened from 1116-1412 ut. High winds woke me up a little after 3:00 A.M. Good morning for Dxing. 279 Russia, 1116 fair with man in Russian. 639 China, CNR1 1332 weak with woman in Chinese // 4460. 648 Russia, 1222 fair with man in K

Re: [IRCA] Huge Storm Hits Pacific Northwest

2007-12-03 Thread KH2AR
Has anyone heard from Patrick lately? I e-mailed him early Sunday morning as storms were on the way in, but haven't heard back from him. I hope he is hunkered down with his radios to keep him warm, logging lots of great stuff. Jim Pogue Memphis, TN -- Original message --

[IRCA] Huge Storm Hits Pacific Northwest

2007-12-03 Thread vroomski
Good Morning, Hope everyone in the Pacific Northwest is safe from this powerful storm. Power is out in many area along the Oregon and Washington coast. Lines are down and many transformers are knocked out. Fallen trees and flooding, mostly in rural areas, have roads closed. 129 mph wind

[IRCA] New Log- WPRO-630

2007-12-03 Thread John Cereghin
Snagged a new one this morning- WPRO-630, Providence RI, at 0700 Eastern, with news, IDs, lots of mentions of Southern New England, and school closings due to the storm up there. Mixing with WMAL and the eternal hets from all the off-frequency Latins that populate this area. My 4th Rhode Island s

Re: [IRCA] Huge Storm Hits Pacific Northwest

2007-12-03 Thread Bill Block
Jim and Dennis I talked to Patrick last night on the phone and at that time he was in a Motel in Astoria. It sounds like the wind at his place would be over 100 MPH so he got out and went to Astoria for the night like he did last year. He said that he would go home after the wind dies down

Re: [IRCA] Huge Storm Hits Pacific Northwest

2007-12-03 Thread vroomski
Jim, Visited Pat a few weeks ago. His home should be clear from any falling nearbye trees. Previous storms have knocked down the surrounding large trees. Has his new deep cycle battery and a 12 volt light that gives good light. Power out in most of the Seaside area. The TV news said that

Re: [IRCA] Huge Storm Hits Pacific Northwest

2007-12-03 Thread Michael Hawkins
I wouldn't be surprised if Pat put a big kite on the end of a wire so he could have a 24-mile long beverage. Mother Nature's been trying to slow him down for years and it just ain't gonna happen. Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good Morning, Hope everyone in the Pacific Northwest is safe fro

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 12-03-07

2007-12-03 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1315-1430 UT and conditions were very poor but around 1402 UT it got much better. Carriers were 558, 567, 576, 594, 648, 657, 666, 675, 693, 702, 738, 747, 765, 774, 828, 873, 882, 972, 1008, 1503, 1512, 1521, 1566, 1575 and 1593. Audio on 657, 747, 774 and 828. Also audio was

Re: [IRCA] Huge Storm Hits Pacific Northwest

2007-12-03 Thread KH2AR
Thanks for the update Bill. Glad to hear he sought safe haven. I look forward to hearing from him - hopefully later today. Jim Pogue Memphis, TN -- Original message -- From: Bill Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Jim and Dennis > > I talked to Patrick last night on the

Re: [IRCA] Huge Storm Hits Pacific Northwest

2007-12-03 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Power out in most of the Seaside area. National TV news was showing the VERY angry seashore and waves at Seaside. Powell POP email is powell at backroads DOT net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core

Re: [IRCA] Huge Storm Hits Pacific Northwest

2007-12-03 Thread Bill Block
I just got a phone call from Patrick on his cell phone and he is fine. Power and phone is out all over the area and it may take a while for them to ge power back on. They had wind up to 120 MPH so it was one big wind storm. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: i

[IRCA] SRF-59 TP's December 2, 2007... well almost

2007-12-03 Thread cafe
Good showing of audio this morning on 747khz, 774khz and 828khz -- and maybe a few others... On the Eton E1 that is. The SRF-59 turned in some good "hets" but no audio. I think it is entirely plausible that during the peak of TP/DU/TA season that audio would be easily audible on one of these lit

Re: [IRCA] Huge Storm Hits Pacific Northwest

2007-12-03 Thread KH2AR
Good news - thanks for sharing Bill. Jim Pogue Memphis -- Original message -- From: Bill Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I just got a phone call from Patrick on his cell phone and he is fine. Power > and phone is out all over the area and it may take a while for them to

[IRCA] Daytime logging- new station

2007-12-03 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley DEC 3 Around 12:40 PM I noticed WWKB with an open carrier, and at least two stations underneath. One IDed as WTHE, seemingly with a high-energy gospel music program. I've often heard this station in the early morning without an ID, so it was nice to finally hear it. ___

Re: [IRCA] Almost Another SRF-59 TP

2007-12-03 Thread D1028Gary
Hello All, Like Colin, I almost received new-TP audio on the SRF-59 this morning. During the storm (and finding it tough to sleep), I checked the band around 0930 UTC, and found very nice audio from HLAZ-1566, obviously peaking at its local sunset. These peaks usually drop out witho

[IRCA] KMKY-1310 IBOC

2007-12-03 Thread Albert Lehr
1310 KMKY Oakland, CA heard with IBOC at noon PST 12/03. KMJ 580 and KGO 810 presently have their IBOC off. Albert Lehr - Livermore, CA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in

[IRCA] 1640.10

2007-12-03 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY DEC 3 2007 WKSH 1640 is running at 1640.10 this afternoon with Disney programming. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing l

Re: [IRCA] Huge Storm Hits Pacific Northwest

2007-12-03 Thread Bill Block
I just talked to Partick and he going to spent one more night in Astoria as the wind is still 80-100 MPH. He said that he was going home but had to turn around as the wind was just to strong and could not see the road with the wind and heavy rain. All power is out along with the phone lines.

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-12-03 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Dec 03 2116 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 03 December follow. Solar flux 73 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 1. The

Re: [IRCA] return from IBOCistan

2007-12-03 Thread Scott Fybush
Mike Brooker wrote: > I spent the past weekend in Dearborn, MI and got quite a taste of IBOC crud: > WRDT-560, WJR-760, WWJ-950, WFDF-910, WDFN-1130, WXYT-1270, and even a > graveyarder WEXL-1340. And what's the point? To benefit the handful of > people (probably less than 100, I would guess)

[IRCA] return from IBOCistan

2007-12-03 Thread Mike Brooker
I spent the past weekend in Dearborn, MI and got quite a taste of IBOC crud: WRDT-560, WJR-760, WWJ-950, WFDF-910, WDFN-1130, WXYT-1270, and even a graveyarder WEXL-1340. And what's the point? To benefit the handful of people (probably less than 100, I would guess) in the greater Detroit area

[IRCA] Falkland Island's Radio Service...

2007-12-03 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
..Opens New Studios http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/falkland-islands-radio-service-opens-renovated-studios -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] Barry hits a home run

2007-12-03 Thread Craig Healy
Kudos to Barry McLarnon on his article in the current issue of Radio World. It goes into nice practical detail of the damage IBOC is doing to broadcasters large and small in the AM band. Couple this with the article on WYSL's David and Goliath battle with WBZ/CBS and some reader letters, and it's

[IRCA] TA's tonight

2007-12-03 Thread Bill Block
I now have a very weak carrier on 1215 at 0135 UT. Only heard on my 100 foot longwire that runs North. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 _ Put your friends on the big screen with Windows Vista® + Windows Live™. http://www.

Re: [IRCA] Huge Storm Hits Pacific Northwest

2007-12-03 Thread irca
Thanks for the update Bill, Yeah, I hope his place is all right besides. I was just watching the latest news and it doe's look like the power will be out for a few days. (40k folks affected on the coast there). Portland is showing several flooded residential areas- waist high in places and th

[IRCA] WGGO 1590

2007-12-03 Thread David Faulkner
Group: Logged WGGO 12/1, 1720, on late w/ESPN, local spots for Salamanca area businesses. Noted an ESPN station here tonight (12/3, 2100) & think I heard a WGGO ID. Seems to be looping slightly NE. Certainly "W E-sound, E-sound, something, pssibly O, possibly A. Are they on late

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2007-12-03 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2007 Dec 04 0004 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 03 December follow. Solar flux 73 and mid-latitude A-index 0. The mid-latitu

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] WWWT has IBOC on at night.

2007-12-03 Thread Charles A Taylor
At 02:26 AM 12/3/2007, you wrote: >It looks like WWWT has turned off IBOC as of 0220 3 December. > >Bill Harms wrote: > > I noticed for the first time today in a long time that WWWT 1500 (and > > its predecessors) has IBOC at night. Now 1490 and 1510 are wiped out > > even with careful tuning of

Re: [IRCA] DX Logging: WTCA-1050 PLYMOUTH, INDIANA!

2007-12-03 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Could the other UN'id 1050 be WLON Lincolton, NC? http://www.hrnb.com/wlon_index.html Paul On Dec 3, 2007 8:07 PM, Charles A Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1050WTCAIN Plymouth: Logged at 2104 12/2 while coming out of > Tom Jones song "You're Gonna Miss My Lovin,'", >

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] WWWT has IBOC on at night.

2007-12-03 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
Folks lets edit the subject line please, so it won't goof up the mailers rules folks have written to get the messages into the right folders. Thanks! I could not tell which group it was intended for, and I'm a co moderator at ABDX. On SOME lists the moderator gets bounce messages if you try to

[IRCA] DX Logging: WTCA-1050 PLYMOUTH, INDIANA!

2007-12-03 Thread Charles A Taylor
1050WTCAIN Plymouth: Logged at 2104 12/2 while coming out of Tom Jones song "You're Gonna Miss My Lovin,'", then "WTCA, Plymouth," then back into oldies!! 250 W on the inverse. Used to be very hard to hear from Indianapolis in the 70s. Final

[IRCA] bounced messages

2007-12-03 Thread Geralyn Hollerman
--- "Powell E. Way III W4OPW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks lets edit the subject line please, so it won't > goof up the mailers rules folks have written to get > the messages into the right folders. Thanks! > > > I could not tell which group it was intended for, and > I'm a co moderator

[IRCA] Pocket Radio "Shootout"

2007-12-03 Thread D1028Gary
Hello All, The "shootout" portion of the pocket radio comparison (SRF-59, SRF-M37V, DT200VX and ICF-S10Mk2) was conducted today at noon, and although the full review is still in the process of drafting, if any interested DXers would like immediate information or recommendations about

Re: [IRCA] TA's tonight

2007-12-03 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 01:42 04/12/2007, you wrote: >I now have a very weak carrier on 1215 at 0135 UT. Only heard on my >100 foot longwire that runs North. > From 0400 to 0430 UT, only noticeable carriers here were 1215 (with a SAH), and 999, which is a bit unusual. best wishes, Nick ***

[IRCA] LWBC TAs at NE Oregon

2007-12-03 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
162 France poor/weak at 0450 utc. Radio Rossii 180 and 234. Weak MW hets, 567, 693, 909, 1215. Steve NE Oregon ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this maili

Re: [IRCA] Barry hits a home run

2007-12-03 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Monday 03 December 2007 21:08, Craig Healy wrote: > Kudos to Barry McLarnon on his article in the current issue of > Radio World. It goes into nice practical detail of the damage IBOC > is doing to broadcasters large and small in the AM band.  Couple > this with the article on WYSL's David and G

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] WWWT has IBOC on at night.

2007-12-03 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Monday 03 December 2007 22:27, Powell E. Way III W4OPW wrote: > Folks lets edit the subject line please, so it won't > goof up the mailers rules folks have written to get > the messages into the right folders. Thanks! Forget it - most folks aren't going to bother doing that. Besides which, th

Re: [IRCA] bounced messages

2007-12-03 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
--- Geralyn Hollerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- "Powell E. Way III W4OPW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Lynn can tell us about that... ]:) > > Nahh, I had to turn all those rules off, as I wasn't > sure if they'd do what was > intended or not. Makes for an INTERESTING time > wh

[IRCA] TPs for 3 Dec

2007-12-03 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not much time this morning; a quick listen at 1410UT, and the impression was a better morning than yesterday, though still not much in the way of second string audios Asian unless indicated otherwise: Darn good audio, if briefly: 828 Reasonable audio (though often battling w/splash): 594,

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] WWWT has IBOC on at night.

2007-12-03 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Powell wasnt referring to people using the subject line as filters. Powell is subscribed to several lists, ABDX, AMStereo, BC, etc and if someone who is subscribed to all 3 lists doesnt have/can't have filters set up and then replies anbd cross posts, the ABDX label will show up in someones IRCA

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 3 Dec

2007-12-03 Thread Don Moman VE6JY
It seemed to be a fair morning here,didn't spend too much time at it but listening at 1530 there were hets everywhere and excellent audio from 1566 and 1593. 1566 still had a good het at 1735 ut. The results are skewed a bit since the 1000 foot JA beverage didn't seem to produce nearly as much s

[IRCA] KZIZ-1560 ON TONIGHT

2007-12-03 Thread Pete Taylor
KZIZ-1560 Sumner is on tonight. Whether this is for real this time - there have been aberrations before - is not known. They hold a CP for 5kw-D, 900w-N U2 (DA-N) with 3300CH. I first heard it driving home on Highway 509 eastward out of downtown Tacoma. It was dreadful as soon as 509 heade

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1640.10

2007-12-03 Thread Tom Jasinski
Also determined that WKSH is a little high here in Shorewood, about 100 miles south of WKSH. They are creating a "nasal" sound effect to WTMI's audio. Tom Jasinski Shorewood, IL - Original Message - From: "Jim Renfrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[E

Re: [IRCA] Vashon Island TIS

2007-12-03 Thread Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW
Of lesser consequence is the arrival of a new TIS on 1650 on Vashon Island. / This has been listed on the ISS web site for some time. Probably been in the planning / construction phase for a while. Says it belongs to Vashon Island Fire Rescue. No further info. Patrick Griffith, CBT CBNT CRO We