Re: [IRCA] Sony SRF-59 Pocket Weasel BI-CENTENNIAL Station Heard!!! # 200!!!!

2008-01-21 Thread Saul Chernos
You've had some nice ones - particularly last few weeks... Saul 416-364-0725 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Robert Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" ; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 7:52 PM Subject

Re: [IRCA] 1590 WZRX into Scotland

2008-01-21 Thread Donald K. Kaskey
Interesting Paul. I recall that when I was at Keflavik AFB, Iceland in 1955-56 I had similar results. Good reception to North America Oct thru New Years and then nothing but South America for most of January. Don Kaskey San Francisco CA Paul Crankshaw wrote: > Conditions to NA over the pa

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Gadget geeks gone wild...

2008-01-21 Thread Joe Miller, KJ8O
Gladly Brett, >From page 4 of the 10 page manual, and I quote "The external microphone and other devices can be connected and the sound can be recorded. When the external microphone is connected to the microphone jack of the recorder, the built-in microphone will not operate." I have not tested t

[IRCA] 2008 Ultralight Radio AM-DX Shootout Erupts

2008-01-21 Thread D1028Gary
Hello All, THE definitive guide for purchasing the best Ultralight DX Radios is now being written! Prompted by a snide remark that analog radios are obsolete, the SRF-59 and its criminal brother, the SRF-39FP, decided to teach the digital Ultralights a thing or two about selecti

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2008-01-21 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2008 Jan 22 0008 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 21 January follow. Solar flux 72 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The mid-latitud

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Gadget geeks gone wild...

2008-01-21 Thread Brett Saylor
Joe, Please let us know how well this unit works as a DX recorder. I purchased a similar model a few months ago and tried to record radio audio via the mic jack input. On the unit I tested, the internal mic could not be disabled so I got both the radio's audio and the ambient room noise. Couldn't

[IRCA] More on the SRF59

2008-01-21 Thread Russ Edmunds
Last evening and this evening, I gave the SRF59 a test on 1340. I have a local at about 10 miles away w/ 1kw - WHAT. Ordinarily I can get a reasonable null with the loop on the HQ-150 and I'll find a few ID's from my TOH preset recordings. With the SRF59, I can get enough of a null that I can hea

[IRCA] Gadget geeks gone wild...

2008-01-21 Thread Joe Miller, KJ8O
Hello, I just took the Radio Shack portable receiver that was a Christmas present --- the one that had the bad image rejection problem --- and gave Radio Shack the song and dance about it being a present, no receipt, etc. They were nice about it and let me exchange it for something else. No pro

Re: [IRCA] Sony SRF-59 Pocket Weasel BI-CENTENNIAL Station Heard!!! # 200!!!!

2008-01-21 Thread Robert Ross
At 12:03 AM 1/21/2008 -0500, you wrote: >1420 CKTB St. catharines? You mean 610? Or 1420 CKPT Peterborough? Yes SaulI already sent a correction for this log.It was 610 CKTB St Kitts..I put the Time heard in the Frequency Slot.heard it at 1420 EST At least I know you're rea

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2008-01-21 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2008 Jan 21 2103 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 21 January follow. Solar flux 72 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 2. The m

Re: [IRCA] Tescun radios?

2008-01-21 Thread satya
Hey Dennis: I've got an Eton e100, a rebrand of the Tecsun PL-200, coming in the mail this week, which will then go through a lot o' scrutiny. Otherwise, eham and Radiointel have a few reviews of the PL-200 and the PL-230. 73 - Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA > > > Hello, > > Has anyone used any o

[IRCA] 1590 WZRX into Scotland

2008-01-21 Thread Paul Crankshaw
Conditions to NA over the past few days have been very poor. Apart from the closest east coast stations everything else I've heard has been from the Caribbean and S America - Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil. In fact it has been more like May than January. Things were slightly better l

Re: [IRCA] WJESS 1190 Saluda, South Carolina MOVES........

2008-01-21 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
--- David Faulkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul: > > When? Are they there now and what is their night > power and pattern? NOW as he said. 10 KW daytime and a couple of watts at night. They are 25 or so miles from me. Powell POP email is powell at backroads DOT net

Re: [IRCA] WJESS 1190 Saluda, South Carolina MOVES........

2008-01-21 Thread David Faulkner
Paul: When? Are they there now and what is their night power and pattern? 73's David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul B. Walker, Jr. Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 1:19 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of

Re: [IRCA] WINS and CFRB (was CBU...)

2008-01-21 Thread David Faulkner
Yeah, CFRB does well to the south all right. Gets in here most days mixing w/WIOI, & is often on top of them in the winter. WINS blows pretty strongly this way at night, so it doesn't surprise me they shut down KLRA. But I can't even log WMOX, which I used to hear frequently in Michigan in CFRB'

Re: [IRCA] Re 45 158 5 AM to FM

2008-01-21 Thread David Faulkner
Bill: That's why CKPC is not likely to abandon 1380 for FM anytime soon, if ever. When I lived in Barre, New York, I had an FM on virtually every channel, being about equidistant from Rochester, Buffalo, and Toronto. Got good clean TV on every channel but 3 too. 73's David -Original

[IRCA] WJESS 1190 Saluda, South Carolina MOVES........

2008-01-21 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
to 1200! They had a Construction Permit to go from 350W on 1190kHz to 10KW on 1200Khz.. They are likely to be a new catch for some folks at sunrise and sunset when they power up or power down. -- Sincerely, Paul B. Walker, Jr. www.walkerbroadcasting.com www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasti

[IRCA] Tescun radios?

2008-01-21 Thread vroomski
Hello, Has anyone used any of the Tescun radios? There is a Hong Kong seller of these Chinese radios on E-Bay. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expre

Re: [IRCA] "Quick and Dirty" Alignment of C.Crane SWP Restores Normal Performance

2008-01-21 Thread Gil Stacy
Russ, Because of its convenience features, the DT200VX is now my dog-walk DX machine. The speaker is a big plus for around the house when earbuds won't do. You can use your power button as a "backlight button". This doesn't solve the clock issue as OFF remains backlight for 4 seconds before indic

[IRCA] New Ultralight MW Radio DXing FIRSTS and RECORDS

2008-01-21 Thread John H. Bryant
Wow, my guess is that we will never have another week with this many Ultralight Firsts established. We've added TWO CONTINENTS and more than a dozen countries to the list in the last seven days. The list has just been uploaded to the Ultralight Files Area of www.dxer.ca for your use. Look at

[IRCA] ULR - the Good, the Bad, and the Untested

2008-01-21 Thread satya
Hi all: Just posted to the DXer.ca web site is the latest Gallery of UltraLight Radios, now expanded to included a page of those models which, based on reviews so far (such as the Sangean DT-220V) are in the "maybe not" category. There is also a page for a dozen models in the "maybe" category whi

Re: [IRCA] WINS and CFRB (was CBU...)

2008-01-21 Thread Joe Miller, KJ8O
Thanks, Scott. Even though I am about 200 and 500 miles west of both stations, I end up hearing both at the same time. At night, WINS is stronger although CFRB can be heard. In day, it's usually CFRB although WINS sometimes makes the trip. 73 de Joe Troy, MI --- Scott Fybush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [IRCA] Good Conditions to the South tonite.....Cuba, Mexico, Bonaire + More on SRF-59............

2008-01-21 Thread John H. Bryant
Rob, The subscription site, 100,000 watts shows then at 500w nights. Usually, I'd say that we gotta count them as 500w. However, they are also listed as directional and the NRC Night Time Pattern Book shows then as directional due East. I don't know what to tell ya about that. John B.

[IRCA] Re 45 158 5 AM to FM

2008-01-21 Thread bill kral
In smaller cities it's possible to go to FM with open Band space but there aren't many spots available in the bigger cities.Bill in BC Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA

Re: [IRCA] WINS and CFRB

2008-01-21 Thread k4ape
>I get WINS in downtown Toronto in CFRB's null. Very easy... > Saul I get WINS and CFRB every night. They fight it out most times. CFRB puts a fair signal in TN. Willis Old Fort, TN ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalamp

Re: [IRCA] OT - TV station destroyed by fire

2008-01-21 Thread k4ape
> The historic building housing the studios and offices for KREX-TV in > Grand Junction CO was destroyed by fire today. The fire broke out around > 8:30 AM and was still burning at 5:00 PM. KREX is a CBS affiliate. The > building apparently also housed the local Fox TV affiliate. The building > wa

Re: [IRCA] WINS and CFRB

2008-01-21 Thread Patrick Martin
Scott, I did not know WINS & CFRB chnged their patterns back in the 90s. I used to hear CFRB every once in a while back in the 80s, but CBR was off more in those days. I think it was before the CBC AMers went NSP. Now CHWO is the most common Toronto staton for me. CJBC used to be common in the 70s

Re: [IRCA] CBU 690 Van,BC to move to FM

2008-01-21 Thread Patrick Martin
Deane, I guess the plan today is to get rid of a lot of the "extra" clutter with many stations going to FM, but leaving enough to still cover the country. That is not idea, but there should be one powerful CBC in every major city, especially since the CBC is tax supported. So what in the world is