Re: [IRCA] WOON-1240 test

2009-01-17 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 07:18 1/18/2009, you wrote: >WOON code ID's (.-- --- --- -.) punching through graveyard hash. No jingles >or voice IDs heard as of 0215 EST. > What audio frequency is the code, Mike? No sign of anything here, not surprisingly, but might be fun to look a little deeper into the recording.

[IRCA] WOON-1240 test

2009-01-17 Thread Mike Brooker
WOON code ID's (.-- --- --- -.) punching through graveyard hash. No jingles or voice IDs heard as of 0215 EST. 73 Mike Brooker Toronto, ON ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions

Re: [IRCA] Eton E1 display problem question

2009-01-17 Thread Guy Atkins
Hi Colin, You'll find some useful information on this subject if you search the archives of the Eton E1 Yahoogroup, including the photos & files sections. 73, Guy Atkins Puyallup, WA USA www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com > Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:30:59 -0800 > From: c...@islandnet.com > To: Mai

Re: [IRCA] cuba on 530

2009-01-17 Thread vroomski
-- Good Evening, Would be nice to hear Cuba on 530. Impossible with local WPVS 690 in Ridgefield. They put in a S-9+25 db signal. Can only phase them down to S-9. Sometime underneath, but its probably Portland International Airport with parking fee information. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA JRC

Re: [IRCA] KKEE 1230 2nd most wanted Oregon station

2009-01-17 Thread Patrick Martin
Dennis, KOZI gets out pretty good. Good luck with KKEE and KCUP. Both both be great catches. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expres

Re: [IRCA] cuba on 530

2009-01-17 Thread Patrick Martin
Nick, A good S9 here on peaks off the beverage. About the best I have heard them. 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 mess

[IRCA] cuba on 530

2009-01-17 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
> 530 has pretty good strength easy listening music right now, and finally stuck around for an ID tonight. At 0600 UT, "escuche...R. Enciclopedia desde la Habana Cuba"This one sure puts out a good signal, burying the TIS's on all antennas at times. best wishes, Nick *

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580

2009-01-17 Thread Chris Knight
Logged CKDO here in the Denver area at 2245EST for a new catch. Thanks Nick! Chris Knight Fort Lupton, CO ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing lis

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580

2009-01-17 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 04:15 1/18/2009, you wrote: >Just logged it here in Calgary AB on my one tube (now using a 1A5GT >triode connected >instead of a 1H4G tube) homebrew regen receiver with La Bamba >(matches web stream). >Province No. 5 on this radio. congrats, Deane. Glad to have set off the alarm bells o

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580

2009-01-17 Thread Deane McIntyre
On 17-Jan-09, at 8:24 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: At 03:10 1/18/2009, you wrote: CKDO is back to being local-like here tonight. is having its moments out on the west coast tooEdward Bear song // and ahead of webstream at 0320ish UT. best wishes, Nick Just logged it here in Calg

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580

2009-01-17 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 07:24 PM 1/17/2009, you wrote: >At 03:10 1/18/2009, you wrote: > >>CKDO is back to being local-like here tonight. >> > >is having its moments out on the west coast tooEdward Bear song // and >ahead of webstream at 0320ish UT. > >best wishes, > >Nick Thanks, Nick. Just heard a 107.7 ID at

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580

2009-01-17 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 03:10 1/18/2009, you wrote: >CKDO is back to being local-like here tonight. > is having its moments out on the west coast tooEdward Bear song // and ahead of webstream at 0320ish UT. best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada __

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Alert

2009-01-17 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 00:46 1/18/2009, you wrote: >Good het on 1575khz at 0040 UTC - Sun still well above the >horizon. At least half the channels with carriers at 0300, but only a few of those that might deliver audio under the right conditions, and those are the usual suspects: 1422, 1269, 1215, 1134, 999, 75

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580 Off

2009-01-17 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Saturday 17 January 2009 20:07, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > Well, I can tell you right away that your clip with "Linda" on it > is almost certainly an affiliate of ABC's Timeless Favorites > http://www.timelessfavorites.com/personalities.asp > > And at the end, she was saying "On your home for

Re: [IRCA] Eton E1 display problem question

2009-01-17 Thread cafe
Progress - If I tap firmly on the unit adjacent to the display (on the front of the E1) the display re-appears, however shaky... H. Bad connection? This I can handle. Any of you folks have a quickie take apart guide for the E1? -- --

Re: [IRCA] 560 WFRB blasting in

2009-01-17 Thread Les Rayburn
Powell, What is their programming and ID? I'm hearing a SS loud tonight on 560khz. Les Rayburn, director High Noon Film 100 Centerview Drive Suite 111 Birmingham, AL 35216-3748 205.824.8930 205.824.8960 fax 205.253.4867 cell -- From: "Powell E. W

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2009-01-17 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Jan 18 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 January follow. Solar flux 72 and mid-latitude A-index 4. The mid-latitud

Re: [IRCA] Grundig G3 now at the Eton web site

2009-01-17 Thread Powell E. Way III
I think I shall call Universal Radio on Monday and see what they tell me. Powell POP email is powell at backroads DOT net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expresse

[IRCA] 560 WFRB blasting in

2009-01-17 Thread Powell E. Way III
560 WFRB Frostburg, MD capturing the frequency over WVOC Columbia and everything else tonight. Heard on multiple radios including Zenith Royal 20 1960's ultralite! Powell ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailm

Re: [IRCA] Eton E1 display problem question

2009-01-17 Thread kevin redding
On power up, the display is illuminated blue-gray... all pixels "on" as it were... You can't change it by using the little black knob inside the battery door? Sometimes this also can happen if your batteries are weak. Kevin ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] [ultralightdx] DT-400W alignment

2009-01-17 Thread D1028Gary
To _schus...@panix.com_ (mailto:schus...@panix.com) , Thanks for your comments. I was the original reviewer of the DT-400W in the 2008 Summertime Shootout, and have also disassembled the radio completely, to compare it with the DT-200VX it replaced. My three DT-400W review units

[IRCA] Eton E1 display problem question

2009-01-17 Thread cafe
Noticed this when I got back from Hawaii - (the Eton E1 was left at home and obviously angry...) On power up, the display is illuminated blue-gray... all pixels "on" as it were... Can power cycle it a few times and sometimes the display will return for a bit and then die again. Is this the beginni

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580 Off

2009-01-17 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Well, I can tell you right away that your clip with "Linda" on it is almost certainly an affiliate of ABC's Timeless Favorites http://www.timelessfavorites.com/personalities.asp And at the end, she was saying "On your home for Timeless Favorites" As for the other 1580, it isn't KHGG Van Buren, Ar

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580 Off

2009-01-17 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Saturday 17 January 2009 14:27, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote: > If you have any audio recordings of your UNids, send them along so > we can help;) Okay, here's a couple... A DJ named Linda playing oldies... the most interesting part is near the end, where she says "on your (something) station".

[IRCA] West Coast TA Alert Pre-SR

2009-01-17 Thread cafe
Good het on 1575khz at 0040 UTC - Sun still well above the horizon. -- - Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Radio VA7WWV Editor - DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT Com --

[IRCA] Ultralight DX...ONE NEW STATION Logged last night.........

2009-01-17 Thread Robert S.Ross VA3SW
Hi Guys: Did a little DXing with the New (2nd) Sony SRF-T615 last night and at Sunset this evening. It appears to perform pretty much uniformly with my Original SRF-T615...and can't really see any differences between the two. So..I guess the Quality Control on these has been kept up to snuff

Re: [IRCA] [Bulk] Re: CKDO-1580 Recording From Scotland.........

2009-01-17 Thread Robert S.Ross VA3SW
Paul Crankshaw wrote: Since it might interest you I provide a link to a clip of CKDO received here. The first part with the hockey match (Oshawa Generals) is from 0100 UTC and the second part with music and id is from 0600 UTC today. http://www.geocities.com/paulcrankshaw/ckdo.wav Paul Troo

Re: [IRCA] TP's for 01-17-09

2009-01-17 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 13:57 1/17/2009, you wrote: >Listened from 1158-1354 utc. Early morning session here with better >results than yesterday. Will be interesting to read what conditions are >like an hour or latter from now. worse if anything, Dennis. I did a quick check just before 1500 UT, and only carriers

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580 Off

2009-01-17 Thread Paul Crankshaw
Since it might interest you I provide a link to a clip of CKDO received here. The first part with the hockey match (Oshawa Generals) is from 0100 UTC and the second part with music and id is from 0600 UTC today. http://www.geocities.com/paulcrankshaw/ckdo.wav Paul Troon, Scotland Barry M

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2009-01-17 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Jan 17 2106 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 January follow. Solar flux 72 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 4. The m

Re: [IRCA] KKEE 1230 2nd most wanted Oregon station

2009-01-17 Thread vroomski
Pat, I have not heard KCUP 1230 yet. Have heard KOZI 1230 Chelan, WA. Hopefully I can catch KKEE & KCUP at the same time? Hi. Got the 29th edition of the The National Radio Club's "AM Radio Log" in the mail today. It will be a big help with it's current list of radio slogans and other info

Re: [IRCA] C.Crane SWP Ultralight Radio

2009-01-17 Thread Powell E. Way III
I find my CC SWP as sensitive as any of the ultralights I have. Not nearly as selective, but one feature it has is FAR better audio than the Sangean DT-400W. The Sangean has a pronounced lack of proper bass response. And the speaker sounds much better than the one in the Sangean. Powell N

Re: [IRCA] KKEE 1230 2nd most wanted Oregon station

2009-01-17 Thread Patrick Martin
Dennis, Yes, Bill lived in Portland at the time, the East side near 82nd. KKEE is located at 15th in downtown Astoria on the Columbia River. I went right by the tower yesterday as I do all of the time. KKEE is poor once you get 20 miles or so inland, unless you are on the coast, then the signal

Re: [IRCA] KKEE 1230 2nd most wanted Oregon station

2009-01-17 Thread vroomski
-- Pat & Bill, Bill were you living in Portland, OR at the time of your receptions of KVAS & KTDO? Looking at the local map on the FCC web-site, it shows KKEE back from the river? I thought their antenna was on the dock at the studios? Astoria is only 65 miles from here and KHSN Coos Bay i

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580 Off

2009-01-17 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
If you have any audio recordings of your UNids, send them along so we can help;) Paul Walker www.onairdj.com On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Barry McLarnon wrote: > On Saturday 17 January 2009 07:47, Paul Crankshaw wrote: > > CKDO normal strength here at 0600UTC. Prior to 0600 I recorded 0100

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580 Off

2009-01-17 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Saturday 17 January 2009 07:47, Paul Crankshaw wrote: > CKDO normal strength here at 0600UTC. Prior to 0600 I recorded 0100 > UTC and it was fine then with (ice) hockey. Interesting. Here (187 miles from CKDO) they were mostly in the mud. In overnight recordings, they didn't return to their

Re: [IRCA] KKEE 1230 2nd most wanted Oregon station

2009-01-17 Thread Bill Block
Patrick and Dennis You are right as I did hear both KVAS and KTDO at the same time back in 1970. At the time I did not know that I heard KTDO but when I played the tape at the station Charles Farmer the owner of the station said the other station was KTDO! Bill __

[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 1-17-09

2009-01-17 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1405-1435 utc and conditions were better than it was yesterday. No audio was heard but I heard carriers on 594, 693, 774 and 828. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8

[IRCA] TP's for 01-17-09

2009-01-17 Thread vroomski
-- Good Morning: Listened from 1158-1354 utc. Early morning session here with better results than yesterday. Will be interesting to read what conditions are like an hour or latter from now. 774 JAPAN, JOUB 1231 very weak with a few words of Japanese. 828 JAPAN, JOBB 1353 weak

[IRCA] WOON Test Correction

2009-01-17 Thread kevin redding
ABDX presents the first DX test of the season. Thank you to Jay Rogers for running a DX test at WOON 1240 kHz in Woonsocket, RI. This test will run Sunday morning JANUARY. 18 at 0200 ET / 0700 UTC. WOON 1240 is mono running 1 kW NDA. You can send your reports to Dave Richards via e-mail or regu

Re: [IRCA] CKDO-1580 Off

2009-01-17 Thread Paul Crankshaw
CKDO normal strength here at 0600UTC. Prior to 0600 I recorded 0100 UTC and it was fine then with (ice) hockey. Paul Troon, Scotland Craig Healy wrote: CKDO appears to be off the air tonight (currently 2130 EST). 1580 sounds like a graveyard channel in their absence. Noted with an