[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2010-08-01 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Aug 02 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 01 August follow. Solar flux 80 and mid-latitude A-index 3. The mid-latitude

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2010-08-01 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Aug 01 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 31 July follow. Solar flux 82 and mid-latitude A-index 6. The mid-latitude K

Re: [IRCA] DX Tests 2001-11

2010-08-01 Thread Powell E. Way III
I had planned to do a DX test at WKDK, but never did. I likely will try for one this winter. Powell POP email is powell at backroads DOT net ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] AM DX Season starts at Burnt River - 690 SA

2010-08-01 Thread neilkaz
Nicely done. Do you need CBU? I find SK to be MUCH easier than CBU here in IL which is rare. Look also for NE (Near Scottsbluff) with oldies as they get out quite well for listed night power on 690. SK on 690 does run // to SK on 860 which is much harder to get here. However, this is different

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2010-08-01 Thread Chernos Saul
There's been a fair bit of talk on various DX lists about 1220 CHSC and what stands to happen. The only recent precedent I can think of - unless something else low-key has happened of this sort that I'm unaware of - is CHOI 98.1 in Quebec City. Its licence was revoked for issues related to

Re: [IRCA] [AMFMTVDX] AM DX Season starts at Burnt River - 690 SA

2010-08-01 Thread Deane McIntyre
On 2010-08-01, at 9:45 AM, Chernos Saul wrote: > > Gravelbourg SA on 690 for nearly two hours, fairly steady with French CBC, > French talk and French pop music, not //860 540 except for newscasts at TOH. > Between 0330-0510 EDT. > > > > Been on my most-wanted list sinec Montreal went off.

Re: [IRCA] [AMFMTVDX] DX Tests 2001-11

2010-08-01 Thread Deane McIntyre
On 2010-08-01, at 9:40 AM, Chernos Saul wrote: > > So it's time, fellow DXers, for each of you - and I am asking each and every > one of you to pause for a moment and at least this some thought - to ask at > least one or two stations to run a DX test for the clubs. Have you ever heard > from

Re: [IRCA] The 1580 Spanish mystery continues

2010-08-01 Thread Glenn Hauser
UNIDENTIFIED [and non]. 1580: following Saturday July 31 capture between 13 and 14 UT of ``La Zona`` in Spanish, I tried equally hard to hear it on Sunday August 1 during the same hour: no sign of Spanish talk or Mexican music. This is *very* strange --- as if the Spanish station is on the air o

[IRCA] AM DX Season starts at Burnt River - 690 SA

2010-08-01 Thread Chernos Saul
Gravelbourg SA on 690 for nearly two hours, fairly steady with French CBC, French talk and French pop music, not //860 540 except for newscasts at TOH. Between 0330-0510 EDT. Been on my most-wanted list sinec Montreal went off. Other SA-MB stations in fair, along with stuff like Cuba 790

[IRCA] DX Tests 2001-11

2010-08-01 Thread Chernos Saul
I'm getting in gear for the 2010-11 AM DX "Season" - I'm an avid FM-TV DXer and am not crazy about listening to lightning crackles, so I pretty well shut down the AM rigs from May-August. After cracking an imaginary bottle of champagne on the AM radios, including my new Tecsun handhe