Re: [IRCA] OT: BPL

2010-04-01 Thread HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS
Dr. S.: So this was an actual product (i.e. a physical box that you could take with you)? Did you note the name of the product or a website? I'd be interested in checking them out, in terms of web based reviews and such, to see if any SWL's or Ham's have had any bad experiences with it. I use

Re: [IRCA] warbler on 730Kc

2010-04-01 Thread kevin redding
On Mar 31, 2010, at 11:47 PM, texas4...@core.com wrote: Has anyone noticed the warbler on 730Kc? It's been there for the past 5 days and has been quite strong. Its been going for little over a month. Kevin Crump. TN ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 4-1-10

2010-04-01 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1250-1315 utc and conditions was down from yesterday with only a few weak carriers and the only audio was from JOUB-774 at 1257 utc. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ _ Hotmail

[IRCA] TP's for 04/01/10

2010-04-01 Thread vroomski
Listened from 1255-1344 utc. More long wave stations this morning. Less MW station though. Agree will Bill that conditions are down on April 1, April Fools day. 153RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1257 fair with man in Russian. 180RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1258 weak with man in Russian. 189

[IRCA] OT: Microsoft Excel Questions

2010-04-01 Thread Russ Edmunds
I have mentioned before that I am working on getting my Excel logs into Access. I've run into a problem of my own creation, but one I never anticipated along the way. I've kept my dates formatted as yymmdd in my log. That was better before Y2K than it is now, as I then had to pre-format Excel

[IRCA] Finally, a Way to DX Outside the Confines of Real-Time

2010-04-01 Thread Guy Atkins
For those holdouts who have not yet bought a Perseus receiver, the newest software available may push them over the edge. You may read all the details in the review on my blog: New Perseus Software Adds Past and Future Date Setting

Re: [IRCA] Finally, a Way to DX Outside the Confines of Real-Time

2010-04-01 Thread Scott Fybush
Guy Atkins wrote: For those holdouts who have not yet bought a Perseus receiver, the newest software available may push them over the edge. You may read all the details in the review on my blog: New Perseus Software Adds Past and Future Date Setting

Re: [IRCA] Finally, a Way to DX Outside the Confines of Real-Time

2010-04-01 Thread John Callarman
I'm excited, but I think I'll wait for version 4.1b, which I understand will allow us to program not only the date but the geographic coordinates of the receiver. I'd start with the last weekend in December, 1964, from Pampa, Texas, to see what I missed, then travel around the world, sampling

Re: [IRCA] Finally, a Way to DX Outside the Confines of Real-Time

2010-04-01 Thread Bill Whitacre
Oh, and 4.1c lets you attach any antenna of your choice. Let's see ... if you can change date, location and antenna I'll bet Nico could charge just about anything he wanted for that upgrade. Now that's a 'software defined radio!' Heck, that's a 'software defined world!' --- On Apr 1, 2010,

Re: [IRCA] Finally, a Way to DX Outside the Confines of Real-Time

2010-04-01 Thread Russ Johnson
It will be cool to eavesdrop on what Marconi heard and ascertain the exact frequency. I may have to do that. On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Bill Whitacre b...@his.com wrote: Oh, and 4.1c lets you attach any antenna of your choice. Let's see ... if you can change date, location and antenna

Re: [IRCA] Finally, a Way to DX Outside the Confines of Real-Time

2010-04-01 Thread Markku Jussila
April Fools ? Markku from Karperö ___ 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 contributors and do not necessarily reflect

Re: [IRCA] Finally, a Way to DX Outside the Confines of Real-Time

2010-04-01 Thread Jim Renfrew
Finally, I can access radio broadcasts on every April 1st going back to 1919, and maybe even earlier than that if two black holes can be rotated around a common hypothetical center with a careful harmonic balancing. The balancing is critical. Black hole feedback, somewhat like the feedback loop

[IRCA] Finally, a Way to DX Outside the Confines of Real-Time

2010-04-01 Thread Marc DeLorenzo
Right, I was thinking about Marconi also. His first wireless transmission to Europe from the US was from Wellfleet, Mass, right here on Cape Cod. I've visited the site many times. Chatham is a better DX location because there is less interference from the Boston stations but Marconi didn't

[IRCA] KYNO Fresno,Ca

2010-04-01 Thread bill kral
Heard last night on 940 : KYNO 1300 with 5000 is now the new KYNO 940 with 5 watts. Station was doing EE talk so I guess the SS format is history. Could not detect what was happening on 1300. possibly a station swap between the two. Anyone in the neighborhood with more definite info? Bill

Re: [IRCA] KYNO Fresno,Ca

2010-04-01 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
This was announced months ago in the press. the owners of KYNO, a locally owned group, swappwed... they took 940 from Multicultural Rado Broadcasting and paid them a nice chunk of change and Multicultural got KYNO 1300 Paul On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:47 PM, bill kral jwk...@yahoo.ca wrote:

Re: [IRCA] KYNO Fresno,Ca

2010-04-01 Thread texas4421
Hi Bill- Just a thought from the past- Can you remember when 940 in Fresno was KFRE? They played real adult music and I listen to them each night when I was living on Treasure Island in 1965. They had a slogan, From the Sierras to the sea, this is KFRE and signed off at midnight. Willis

Re: [IRCA] KYNO Fresno,Ca

2010-04-01 Thread aelehr
- Original Message - From: bill kral jwk...@yahoo.ca To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2010 10:47:11 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [IRCA] KYNO Fresno,Ca Heard last night on 940 : KYNO 1300 with 5000 is now the new KYNO 940 with 5 watts. Station was

Re: [IRCA] KYNO Fresno,Ca

2010-04-01 Thread Mike Sanburn
The station swap between 940 and 1300 was announced in broadcasting information column. Nice to have EE back on 940.I remember when KYNO was the big top 40 rocker in town...Mike Sanburn Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 18:56:53 + From: ael...@comcast.net To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject:

Re: [IRCA] KYNO Fresno,Ca

2010-04-01 Thread Mike Sanburn
I listened to KFRE often at nights in the 70s...I believe the host was Pat Kelly. 'Still have their qsl card. ms From: texas4...@core.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:55:24 -0400 Subject: Re: [IRCA] KYNO Fresno,Ca Hi Bill- Just a thought from the past- Can

[IRCA] TP for 1 Apr from Victoria, BC

2010-04-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Started listening around 1300UT, and I'm sure I could have dug out a few more stations if I'd stuck around, but it didn't seem all that worth it. A little more listening around 1340UT pretty much verified that. Having said that, the low band stuck around longer than yesterday, and there were

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2010-04-01 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Apr 01 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 31 March follow. Solar flux 81 and mid-latitude A-index 4. The mid-latitude

Re: [IRCA] Finally, a Way to DX Outside the Confines of Real-Time

2010-04-01 Thread Chernos Saul
This is old news, actually. I've been part of the development team, and it's taken too long, IMO, for this project to come to fruition. I was devoted to the working group that designed features allowing the set-up to work in future time. There were some huge delays, and it's our work that

[IRCA] IRCA positions available

2010-04-01 Thread Mike Sanburn
Currently, DX Monitor, the soft and hard copy publications of the International Radio Club of America, has openings for various positions including Broadcasting Information column editor AND a publishing position which is currently being handled on an interim basis by Phil Bytheway. Anybody

[IRCA] Finally, a way to dx outside the confines of real time etc etc

2010-04-01 Thread Donald K. Kaskey
Saul, Absolutely fascinating. Glad you let us in on your secret project. Perhaps it might be time to reveal how the song 'I'm my own grandpa' was brought to reality :-) . Most happy April 1st to you as well. Don K. S.F. CA ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2010-04-01 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Apr 02 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 April follow. Solar flux 79 and mid-latitude A-index 14. The

Re: [IRCA] warbler on 730Kc

2010-04-01 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Thursday 01 April 2010 01:29:53 W. Curt Deegan wrote: The Wobbler on 730 has been around, or should I say back, for at least a couple months, though how well it gets out no doubt varies. I have it very strong tonight with extreme excursions in frequency, which should be good for hearing

[IRCA] Re Wobbler on 730Khz

2010-04-01 Thread amdxer
Wobbler on 730Khz is in tonight, not very strong but clear.  Thanks to Curt and Kevin for mentioning this.  Am amazed that this nonsense still eminates from Cuba. Tom Jasinski Shorewood, IL ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] Re Wobbler on 730Khz

2010-04-01 Thread W. Curt Deegan
At 12:20 AM 4/2/2010, you wrote: Wobbler on 730Khz is in tonight, not very strong but clear. Thanks to Curt and Kevin for mentioning this. Am amazed that this nonsense still eminates from Cuba. Tom Jasinski Shorewood, IL The 730 Wobbler, presumed R.Progreso Nueva Gerona IJ, sounds about as

Re: [IRCA] Finally, a Way to DX Outside the Confines of Real-Time

2010-04-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 15:29 4/1/2010, you wrote: For those holdouts who have not yet bought a Perseus receiver, the newest software available may push them over the edge. You may read all the details in the review on my blog: New Perseus Software Adds Past and Future Date Setting