Re: [IRCA] Alaska open tonight

2008-10-11 Thread Patrick Martin
I am listening to KGTL-620-Homer as I type this as S9+20 DB, creaming KPOJ. KICY is also very good. KGTL is playing Easy by the Commodores. Format is Adult Standards. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] DX Tip for WDXR

2008-10-11 Thread Patrick Martin
t1340 CFYK Canada, NWT, Yellowknife, likely the one with Blues mx // to CBR-1010 (CBC) at 0255 EDT 10/10, but buried in the jumble. (PM-OR) Drake R8 SW EWE NW EWE Quantum Phaser Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] MN 0430-0500 UTC 10/11 12 TAs w/audio!

2008-10-11 Thread George Sherman
585 612 684 774 855 882 891 945 954 999 1008 1044. Plus many level 4-5 carriers. So, was anyone else listening? Probably best TA night here this season, if only I'd tried earlier. All faint to nearly fair, with 684 probably the best.  E1 + 8 Quantum. 73, George S., MN 

[IRCA] Some DU activity this morning

2008-10-11 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Was about to give up, but then tuned to 531 and sure enough have some pretty good DU music happening at 7+ level, so perhaps there'll be a bit of a dawn enhancement. Best at 13::50, but faded a bit as I type this at 13:54..Walt. ___ IRCA mailing

[IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Saturday

2008-10-11 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
Poor for signals to the north. Even Radio Rossii poor today, 180 and 279 only heard. At end, DU's the only thing heard but doing quite well. 531 with EE music; 567 poor DU; 855 poor DU; 1116 poor/weak on fadeups, DU talk; 891 the best weak/medium. All 1357-1430. 891 still being heard at 1430.

[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 10-11-08

2008-10-11 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1230-1340 utc and I only heard carriers on 594, 747 anf 774. The only audio was from JOUB-774 at 1320 utc and it was just above the noise level. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 _ Want to do more with

[IRCA] TPs frm Orcas Is. on Oct 11!

2008-10-11 Thread John H. Bryant
You guys wondered how I always time it for the best conditions at Grayland The secret is quite simple, really. As a member of the post-employment cohort I'm privileged to DX at Grayland Monday through Friday or more specifically, Tuesday morning through Friday morning. All of you guys

[IRCA] TPs from Victoria for 11Oct08: DU!

2008-10-11 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Listened this morning between 13:03 and I'm still listening to Brisbane on 612 at near armchair level at 14:35 as I type this. Very dismal initially, but a very nice spike in DU activity at and after local dawn. Here are my results, with 6 unless otherwise stated: No Russian LW this AM 529:

[IRCA] 891 DU still being heard, NE Oregon

2008-10-11 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
891 Australia with CW music program still being (poorly) heard, 1446 utc. This is the latest I've heard a TP. Steve NE Oregon ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in

Re: [IRCA] 891 DU still being heard, NE Oregon

2008-10-11 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 07:47 AM 10/11/2008, you wrote: 891 Australia with CW music program still being (poorly) heard, 1446 utc. This is the latest I've heard a TP. Steve NE Oregon Same here, Steve with Brisbane on 612.Walt ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] Lack of Alberta TPs - Oct 11 2008

2008-10-11 Thread Nigel Pimblett
As others have commented, pretty grim this morning. For the first time in quite a while I had absolutely no TP audio, and for that matter, not even any strong carriers. Did note a bit of DU action, but not as good as something happens on these solar hiccups. Lots of carriers, but not

Re: [IRCA] MN 0430-0500 UTC 10/11 12 TAs w/audio!

2008-10-11 Thread neilkaz
It seems that not too many of us midwesterners have been listening this season. I am on the road and last night from central IL Bloomington and Peoria areas around 0230 there were some TA hets on the truck radio. 891 was enough to make non DXers tune away from WLS, IMO ! 1134 had a big signal

[IRCA] TECSON AN-100 ANTENNA FOR SALE

2008-10-11 Thread Norm Clark
HI, Norm here from Monmouth, OR: A couple of months ago I purchased the Tecson AN-100 Antenna on eBay from China; the shipping was ridiculous. It does have the antenna output and it is very well constructed; plus, you can see the antenna windings, so it's actually a beautiful thing to look at.

[IRCA] Composite BAREFOOT Class Ultralight Grayland Log 2008.10 DXpedition

2008-10-11 Thread John H. Bryant
New Ultralight BAREFOOT Class Loggings Grayland, WA DXpedition 2008.10 (Oct 7-10) John Bryant Sony SRF-T615 Barefoot 567 JOIK NHK1 Sapporo 1409 10/10/2008 594 JOAK NHK1 Tokyo at 1124 10/08/2008 648 VoR, Ussuriysk, Russia in RR 1411 10/10/2008 657 Pyongyang Bangsong, Kangnam, North Korea 1351

[IRCA] Composite UNLIMITED Class Ultralight Grayland Log 2008.10 DXpedition

2008-10-11 Thread John H. Bryant
New Ultralight Unlimited Class Loggings Grayland, WA DXpedition 2008.10 (Oct 7-10) John Bryant Modified E100 + NW Wellbrook Phased Array 531 JOQG-NHK1 Morioka 10/7/2008 1140 (late, something behind that was NOT DU. India???) 540 CNR1 Synchros 1407 10/7/2008 (only there late and poorly) 549

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's (Totally Pathetic) for 10-11

2008-10-11 Thread D1028Gary
Good Morning, Got up at 1341 to check the band-- and immediately checked my receiver (something was drastically wrong-- even the Japanese powerhouses had no audio). Upon determining that the monster ICF-2010 was operating normally. and that my chances of logging new DX this morning

Re: [IRCA] Alaska open tonight

2008-10-11 Thread Patrick Martin
Colin, Yes, it is the antenna that brings in Alaskans. Before I built the NW EWE, I did not hear Alaskans near as often as I do now andI get many more. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] IRCA Digest, Vol 54, Issue 41

2008-10-11 Thread Dennis Gibson
Karl - thanks for your advice. I know you've been at this for a long time. I've seen your name numerous times over the last 25 years. I have a number of radios that will receive LW. They are: Sony ICF-2010 and ICF-SW7600GR Kaito KA1103 Radio Shack DX-398 (Sangean ATS-909) Sangean ATS-808 My

Re: [IRCA] Radio Shack/Terk Technology AM-1000 and Select-a-Tenna

2008-10-11 Thread Dennis Gibson
Last night I bought a Terk on Amazon for $29.99 with free shipping. My mother-in-law gave me a $25.00 Amazon gift card for my birthday so I'm out a whopping $4.99. I've had a Select-a-Tenna for at least 25 years and I've read the radiointel comparison review. It's always worked very well. A

Re: [IRCA] TPs from Victoria for 11Oct08: DU!

2008-10-11 Thread cafe
Listened this morning between 13:03 and I'm still listening to Brisbane on 612 at near armchair level at 14:35 as I type this. Very dismal initially, but a very nice spike in DU activity at and after local dawn. Here are my results, with 6 unless otherwise stated: No Russian LW this AM

Re: [IRCA] Antenna test

2008-10-11 Thread paul mcdonough
Hi Craig, Interesting reading on the comparison of the two loops. Is there a web page with a description of your copper tube antenna? And is it practical to have the copper tube antenna at a home location (i.e. not in a truck but maybe a backyard etc). Thanks. have fun, Paul --- On Fri,

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2008-10-11 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2008 Oct 11 1831 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 10 October follow. Solar flux 69 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2008-10-11 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2008 Oct 12 0001 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 11 October follow. Solar flux 71 and mid-latitude A-index 25. The

[IRCA] Sound bytes from Guy Atkins in Puyallup - mirror

2008-10-11 Thread cafe
I have mirrored some spectacular sound bytes from Guy Atkins (with his permission) over on DXer.ca sound file area - Here is the quick link - http://tinyurl.com/Guy-Atkins-Sounds -- Colin Newell - Editor - coffeecrew.com | coffee.bc.ca | DXer.ca Web-Design / E-Commerce / Writing Victoria,

[IRCA] Two Wonderful MW QSLs Received

2008-10-11 Thread John H. Bryant
I enjoy setting interim goals for myself in DXing... beyond Country and Station totals. One of these, for me, is trying to hear and then QSL as many NHK1 and NHK2 pairs from Japan as I can. Almost every mega-city in Japan has both an NHK 2 and NHK 2 station, and some of the pairs are among

[IRCA] My listening position

2008-10-11 Thread cafe
A couple of self-portraits of my listening post taken with an Aurora-Camray 3'X4' Softbox rated at 300 Watt/s and the Canon EOS-30D dSlr If anyone has a pic of themselves at their station and would like it posted to a central spot on dxer.ca by all means send it along...

Re: [IRCA] Two Wonderful MW QSLs Received

2008-10-11 Thread Patrick Martin
John, Congrats on your two QSLs. A couple goo ones there. Great going. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on