[IRCA] TA still

At 0615UT, Absolute Radio - 1215 is having moments of near total readability, though still bothered by splatter; same for awhile for Voice of Russia on 1323. I suspect the modulation is fairly beefy on these two? best wishes, Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC

[IRCA] 963 after 0600UT

Hmmm, woman talking in the murk on 963. CRI finishes at 0600UT I'm told, so what's this? Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing for 17Nov09

Walt, Outside chance your 1050 ESPN could be KTCT-San Mateo. They are owned by KNBR-680 owners and often give KNBR call letters on 1050 they do carry ESPN from time to time. Don K. Walter Salmaniw wrote: */Dxing report from the South Pacific (sailing toward Tonga) for November 17,

[IRCA] Newfoundland - the Chai keeps us awake

Indians spices in the tea keep us awake long enough to log the India AIR sign-ons on multiple channels, 666 918 954 and at least one other I can't recall offhand (notes downstairs) at 0200 UTC, and 1116 very soon after 0300 UTC. Look for 1 Khz tone, followed by musical IS of sorts, then

[IRCA] More re Nfld

Thanks to Bruce Conti and others for reminders about DX they've had. Had 973 Tajik a lot here past few days. Also meant to note - Afghanistan on 1107 around the time we had India at 0200. Had some JJ China and Korea 972 TP Tuesday morn, weaker than Monday's. Had a few China (1521 solid with

[IRCA] MN TA 765 good 0505 UTC

I assume Switzerland. Came in so good I could easily tell it was French, best ever!  I just started trying TAs for the night, this lost audio 0506. Just threshold audio from a few others after that. Pretty much everything gone 0650. E1 loop. 73, George S., MN

Re: [IRCA] 963 after 0600UT

Hi Nick. Looking/waiting for TPs here in ECNA I was hearing 855-Spain until after 0900utc which struck me as kind of late. TPs were just about nil here today. :-( So ... when given 'lemons' I made 'lemonaide' -- pointed the Wellbrook array 'south' and did some TOH recordings. Bill Whitacre

[IRCA] Dull AM of TPs on Orcas

Less than a third the normal low banders and very few above in audio. (1251, 1377, 1575) The only real interest was 720, where there were CC, JJ and KK stations, and maybe more. I swear that somebody left the air (not willingly???) at 1507 and I think it was an UNID language, but it was

Re: [IRCA] 963 after 0600UT

At 13:14 11/18/2009, you wrote: Hi Nick. Looking/waiting for TPs here in ECNA I was hearing 855-Spain until after 0900utc which struck me as kind of late. TPs were just about nil here today. :-( Lot of daylight on that path by 0900 Bill...but it seems anything is possible this season. I

[IRCA] NW Washington TPs - Count Dracula Strikes Again!

Hi all: Similar to the reports of others, conditions were not that great, and at sunrise, the TPs scurried away like Count Dracula avoiding the sun. I was up an hour prior to sunrise, and the conditions at that time were actually much better (again!). Of note was that, throughout the morning,

[IRCA] Fw: [mwcircle] 1280 LA ??

Heart this LA station this morning ,anyone a idea ? (high splatter) Perseus Kaz 270degrees 73 Maurits Belgium http://www.4shared.com/file/154136350/a9972291/1280Khz__0418utc_17-11.html - 1280Khz , 0418utc 17-11.mp3 __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group Messages in this topic

[IRCA] and further afield: Dull AM of TPs on Orcas

At 16:43 11/18/2009, you wrote: Otherwise, it was fairly bad. Now you know why you returned to Oklahoma earlier than now in other years John! Listening from 1450 to 1515UT here yielded unexciting results also. The big guns would occasionally fade up to big gun-dom, but pretty much

[IRCA] Harry Helms on Art Bell Pgm

One thing about Harry that has not yet been mentioned is that he was a guest of Art Bell several times. I happened to hear him one time talking about unusual radio stations like clandestine operations and Government (ours and others) numbers stations. Art Bell was quite fascinated by Harry

[IRCA] Harry Helms

I, too, am saddened to learn of the passing of Harry Helms. Alhtough I never met Harry, I have fond memories of the DX tests he organized years ago from stations in the Carolinas. I still have the simple, but fully detailed, small, tan QSL cards he signed for several of those tests in my

[IRCA] Crazy conditions on night of 11-16 -09 (Monday-Tuesday)

 Retro-report: 11-16-09 ,00:00to 0300 PST Victoria BC: Stayed up and scanned for 3 hours .Skip was just wild .630 KCIS Edmunds Wa. totally swallowd up or was knocked out by storm.Same on 1600 with KVRI off or on with carrier only and letting little 12 watt night powered Mt st Helens Wa dominate

[IRCA] Afternoon TAs, a new one

Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 1645 EST1107.00SPAINRNE5 1700 EST873GERMANYAFN with NPR news, NEW! Lots of other hets and signals from the usual stronger ones. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] Harry Helms - more info

For anyone interested, The ARRL ( http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/11/18/11201/?nc=1 ) has nice write-up about Harry Helms, W5HLH. 73 es best wishes de Joe, KJ8O ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] ULR DX.....Another New Station Last night...Good Conditions to the WEST!!

Hi Guys: After logging 3 New Stations for the ULR LOG last night...I figured that was it. However..Bedtime DX brought one more. Conditions to the WEST were very good and I was listening to the Calgary Flames VS Colorado Avalanche Hockey Game on 960 Khz..and figured it was probably CFAC

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP's for 11-18... Time for Tinkering

Hello All, It was a great DX season while it lasted, but recent sunrise enhancements really aren't enhancing very much, and propagation seems to be shifting to favor the night owl period (0800-1030 UTC). This morning the conditions were not bad, it's just that our local sunrise doesn't

[IRCA] MN: dozens of TA carriers just before sunset

No audio yet but expect that to change soon. 73, George S., MN ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original

Re: [IRCA] Fw: [mwcircle] 1280 LA ??

Hi Maurits: Assuming you mean the dominant Spanish speaker at around 00:25 on the audio clip, all 3 stations on 1280 in California have English language formats, so it doesn't appear to be a California station. Kevin S Bainbridge Island, WA Heart this LA station this morning ,anyone a idea

[IRCA] 702 IDed

Jim Renfrew, Holley NY A second new TA this evening 1759 EST702MONACOChina Radio International via Roumoules FRANCE - end of program announcements with e-mail addresses for French and Italian listeners. A new one here, heard several times during the last week, ID assisted by web

[IRCA] Nov 18th early scan Kona TP-DU

Listened from 0828 til 0936 attempting an early and thorough band-scan... 0828 - 540 Samoa - alone on channel 0829 - 558 Japan - YL chat - pr. 0830 - 567 Japan - OM in JJ at a 7 0830 - 576 Russia - dominating (603 khz a jumble) 0834 - 750 Alaska - KFQD - reliable as gravity most nights 747,

[IRCA] TAs in NW Washington - a little action

Hi all: Hets seem to be popping up here and there, and I managed to synch France Info in Bordeaux on 1206 to their web stream for a new logging, my ears tempting fate with the AGC off under a strong local on 1210. Presumed BBC on 693 and 909 have decent signals but no recognizable audio, and

Re: [IRCA] Nov 18th early scan Kona TP-DU

in hilo for the night -- brought the E100 slider. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT CA DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT Com

Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing for 17Nov09

Mike Hawkins wrote: KTCT (which must be the idiot stepchild of the company) does run ESPN and IDs itself as KNBR. Guess they must be real proud of that station. They must not think too badly of it because they are going for 50kw at night. It can't be as much of a waste as KHHO-850 is

[IRCA] Bingo, another new TA country tonight

Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 2255 EST963FINLANDCRI via Pori, with conversational phrases marked by dings. According to schedule this is a Russian program. ID as Radio Kitaya, MW Country #68! Thanks to Chriis Black for tipping me off that Pori relays CRI at times.

Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing for 17Nov09

They probably don't want someone to hear SS coming in from Mexico and think 1050 went back to Spanish again (which it was for many years before KTCT took over). As far as spending goes, remember that they spend boatloads of money for IBOC to increase the fidelity of talk stations. Nothing like

Re: [IRCA] TAs in NW Washington - a little action

Fliipped on the radio after getting back from Calgary this evening, and indeed, some TA action. A quick scan showed audio from the following: 639 Spain 684 Spain 693 UK 711 France 765 Switxerland 819 Egypt 855 Spain 873 ? 963 Finland 1089 UK 1134 Croatia 1206 France 1215 UK 1224 Spain (?)

Re: [IRCA] TAs in NW Washington - a little action

A very similar story on the east side of Puget Sound - audio at times on 1134, carriers on 693 909 1215 1269, all of them (dare I say) routine TA's. Bruce sa...@sounddsl.com wrote: Hi all: Hets seem to be popping up here and there, and I managed to synch France Info in Bordeaux on 1206 to

Re: [IRCA] South Pacific DXing for 17Nov09

Hi Walt - Some interesting logs. See below for a couple of comments Walter Salmaniw wrote: */Dxing report from the South Pacific (sailing toward Tonga) for November 17, 2009:/* */ /* Listened again last night after an absolutely gorgeous sunset. Didn’t catch the “green flash” that’s