Re: [IRCA] Reception differences over only 30 km

2009-08-19 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 08:07 PM 8/19/2009, you wrote: >Man, > >I have a hard time believing that I heard what I heard this morning when >no one else was hearing East Asians. > >Thanks for checking, Walt. > >'Course we haven't heard from Guy on the Oregon Coast. > >John Bryant >Orcas Island, WA, USA >Winradio G313

Re: [IRCA] Frank FM 97.1 on 1310- Still ???

2009-08-19 Thread John Cereghin
Pete, My DF skills stink. I have a Select-a-Tenna and a homemade box loop but they are no help. Yes, I am only hearing it at night. Is anyone else on the East Coast hearing it? John Cereghin On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:19 PM, Pete Taylor wrote: > john, > > Do you have a loop or a portable whic

Re: [IRCA] Frank FM 97.1 on 1310- Still ???

2009-08-19 Thread Pete Taylor
john, Do you have a loop or a portable which might help you to get a bearing on it? I presume you are only hearing it at night. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 + Kiwa air core loop ICF2010 + " "" " DX398; Palomar loop SRF-59 & -M37V Eton E100 ===

Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Wednesday

2009-08-19 Thread John H. Bryant
Man, I have a hard time believing that I heard what I heard this morning when no one else was hearing East Asians. Thanks for checking, Walt. 'Course we haven't heard from Guy on the Oregon Coast. John Bryant Orcas Island, WA, USA Winradio G313e and various Ultralights Wellbrook Phased A

Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Wednesday

2009-08-19 Thread Walter Salmaniw
As John Bryant suggested, I checked my West wire and no problems to report. All connections were tight and dry, although I did accidently break a resistor in the process, so this was repaired and replaced. Tonight, all my various antennae seem to be working just fine (listening to an 8 kw HCJB DR

Re: [IRCA] KCHIBO D96L Bags NEW ULR Station # 670!!! 1280 WJST NewCastle, PA

2009-08-19 Thread Neil Kazaross
As one who really hasn't been happy with portables and ULR (several+ non working ones or inadequate ones here) I may just have to pick one of these up. Gary et al... can this stock ULR be modified or should one just leave it alone ? Everything I've read tells me that this is a superb ULR.

[IRCA] Frank FM 97.1 on 1310- Still ???

2009-08-19 Thread John Cereghin
I am still hearing "The All New 97.1 Frank FM" on 1310, with non-stop music "from the 60s, 70s and 80s". Also mentioned that "Fresh new smell, Frank FM". All music, no ads or announcements, just the liner after every few songs. I have checked every station on 1310 and 97.1 along the east coast o

[IRCA] KCHIBO D96L Bags NEW ULR Station # 670!!! 1280 WJST New Castle, PA

2009-08-19 Thread Robert S.Ross VA3SW
Hi Guys: WellI've been tuning around with the New Kchibo D96L ULR that arrived todayand between trying to figure out what all the buttons were...and trying to make sense of the Broken English Translated Chinese Manual that Gary Debock sent meI have Logged a NEW ONE!! Andit is

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2009-08-19 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Aug 20 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 19 August follow. Solar flux 67 and mid-latitude A-index 7. The mid-latitude

Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Wednesday

2009-08-19 Thread Neil Kazaross
With all this DU activity I need to try for them myself. I had Tahiti here about 5 years ago a couple of times weakly in French and also pulled audio out of 1098 Marshalls a couple times (need to get lucky and find them on a bit late). Last season 702 was at threshold audio levels once..ie could

Re: [IRCA] Average Asian Morning Wed, Aug 19

2009-08-19 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 08:46 AM 8/19/2009, you wrote: >Man, Walter and I weren't listening to the same band this morning Its >happened before, but I can't remember THIS much difference. (Our houses would >be in sight of each other, were it not for an intervening low hill.) > >My morning was also from about 1245

Re: [IRCA] testing new CFUN-1410 and CKST-1040 transmitter soon

2009-08-19 Thread Neil Kazaross
Are there to be any changes in the night power or patterns of these two stations? Note that I can get both of them here on real good NW nights. CFUN can be semi dominant on 1410 with weak semi-local WRMN phased and CKST's sports can background WHO. 73 KAZ Barrington IL - Original Messa

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2009-08-19 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2009 Aug 19 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 18 August follow. Solar flux 67 and mid-latitude A-index 3. The mid-latitude

[IRCA] testing new CFUN-1410 and CKST-1040 transmitter soon

2009-08-19 Thread Eric Floden
from Northwest Broadcasters site http://members.shaw.ca/nwbroadcasters/recentnews.htm * Installation work is almost complete on the new CHUM Radio Vancouver transmitter complex in Delta. Testing and adjustment of the RF systems and antenna tuning will start next Monday with on-air testing for **

Re: [IRCA] Average Asian Morning Wed, Aug 19

2009-08-19 Thread D1028Gary
John, Having somehow managed to drag myself out of bed for DXing this morning (and receiving audio from 3 DU's on a large passive loop), I would have to agree with Walt-- it was a totally DU morning here. There wasn't a trace of any JA audio anywhere, not even with the fanatical 30" loopsti

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA DU's (really) for 8-19

2009-08-19 Thread D1028Gary
Hello Guys, I had always assumed that my home location of Puyallup was a DU dead zone, but it appears that one of the new large passive loops here has resurrected them from the dead. After solving the main challenge of getting out of bed at 0430 local time, I set up my typical Grayland DX

[IRCA] Average Asian Morning Wed, Aug 19

2009-08-19 Thread John H. Bryant
Man, Walter and I weren't listening to the same band this morning Its happened before, but I can't remember THIS much difference. (Our houses would be in sight of each other, were it not for an intervening low hill.) My morning was also from about 1245 until 1310, with dawn around 1305. 5

[IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Wednesday

2009-08-19 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
This was probably the best TP morning here this year for low band MW signals. Many lowband hets up to about 1000. Even 612 had presumed DU audio at 1300 utc, where I have S9 splatter from nearby 610 KONA. 576 very poor unknown audio; 738 medium/loud Tahiti; 774 weak DU; 792 weak DU; 828 poor/we

[IRCA] TPs for 19Aug09: Totally DU

2009-08-19 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Arouse again at 12:45 UTC and monitored for the next half hour. Very different from yesterday, and down all around. The big difference is the total absence of any Asian stations. Simply put, this was a totally DU session. Not a great one at that, but still totally DU. I don't think I heard