Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate station in Portland, OR caught by FCC

2010-09-09 Thread vroomski
Patrick, I paid $12.99 for the Talking House transmitter. The Goodwill store had 3 of them. When I plugged it into a ground-fault outlet, it tripped the breaker. It works when pugged into a regular AC outlet. 4 ft wire for a antenna in our den, I could hear it a house or two away on the Escap

Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate station in Portland, OR caught by FCC

2010-09-09 Thread Patrick Martin
That is cool Dennis. How much was the talking house tx? Is it 100mw? How far does it get out? Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside Oregon "Come visit us for the 2010 IRCA convention held Sept 24-26 at the Inn At Seaside." ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard

Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate station in Portland, OR caught by FCC

2010-09-09 Thread Patrick Martin
Dennis, I can verify that the Puget Sound Russian is still on. I just heard it a few minutes ago. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside Oregon "Come visit us for the 2010 IRCA convention held Sept 24-26 at the Inn At Seaside." ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate station in Portland, OR caught by FCC

2010-09-09 Thread vroomski
Walt, About 6 months ago I track a Russian station on 1710 kHz to a neighborhood near 164 th street in Vancouver. Very expensive homes in this neighborhood. Have not heard this station this summer in my visits to the area. It seems that the Seattle area Russian station on 1710 is still tr

Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate station in Portland, OR caught by FCC

2010-09-09 Thread vroomski
Pat, The Seattle area Russian station on 1710 is just a level 3 carrier here. I recently purchase a "Talking House" transmitter at Goodwill. It works and allows up to 90 seconds of recording on the build in recorder. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA - Original Message - From: "Patrick Marti

[IRCA] 1530 KQNK

2010-09-09 Thread todftscytj7707
Noted them w/cl rock most likely someone did not turn off tx. Mixing w/unid SS-not Shakopee-unid C&W, and of course Cincinnati. This on car radio@ 2300Central. 73 Todd in Woodbury MN. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotal

Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate station in Portland, OR caught by FCC

2010-09-09 Thread Patrick Martin
Interesting. The one in the Puget Sound on 1710 is still on tonight with Russian music. Weak, but there off the NE EWE. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside Oregon "Come visit us for the 2010 IRCA convention held Sept 24-26 at the Inn At Seaside." _

Re: [IRCA] Radio Rossii on 1026

2010-09-09 Thread vroomski
Walt, WRTH has listed VOR from Oyash, Siberia on 1028 kHz with 250 kw. Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA - Original Message - From: "WALTER SALMANIW" To: dxplo...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 9, 2010 10:17:41 PM Subject: [IRCA] Radio Rossii on 1026 Does anyone know where the tr

Re: [IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate station in Portland, OR caught by FCC

2010-09-09 Thread WALTER SALMANIW
Presumably this is the Russian religious station?  The only thing that surprises me is how long the FCC took to bust them.  There appears to be a network of these Russian stations in the Pacific NW, all on 1710.  Wonder whether the others have been, or will be busted as well?  .Walt - O

[IRCA] Radio Rossii on 1026

2010-09-09 Thread WALTER SALMANIW
Does anyone know where the transmitter location of Radio Rossii on 1026 at 01:00 UTC is located.  As I'm cleaning up my new radio room, I put on some amazing Perseus SDR files I recorded from 1 January, 2010 while at my Haida Gwaii cottage.  Good to very good reception with ID at 01:05 as "Golos

[IRCA] 1710 kHz Pirate station in Portland, OR caught by FCC

2010-09-09 Thread vroomski
Below is a link about the FCC field of in Vancouver, WA tracking down a unlicensed station broadcasting on 1710 kHz in Portland Oregon. http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-301194A1.html Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@har

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2010-09-09 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Sep 10 0001 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 September follow. Solar flux 74 and mid-latitude A-index 6. The mid-latit

Re: [IRCA] WHYP RADIO 1370 Khz.....Rides Again!!....A Relog of a Classic Callsign from years gone by!!

2010-09-09 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
The new WHYP is being managed/programmed by nearby Joe Vilkie and Vilkie Communications WMVL-FM Linesville/Meadsville, PA "Cool 101.7" On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Greg Myers wrote: > Congrats! I loved the "pirate edition" of WHYP. Glad to see them return in > yet another capacity. > > Greg M

Re: [IRCA] WHYP RADIO 1370 Khz.....Rides Again!!....A Relog of a Classic Callsign from years gone by!!

2010-09-09 Thread Greg Myers
Congrats! I loved the "pirate edition" of WHYP. Glad to see them return in yet another capacity. Greg M. Holiday, FL - Original Message - From: "Robert S.Ross VA3SW" To: "IRCA AM List" Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 3:00 PM Subject: [IRCA] WHYP RADIO 1370 Khz.Rides Again!!..

[IRCA] WQFA538 1670 TIS from Des Moines

2010-09-09 Thread neilkaz
It is always fun to catch TIS's by skip on the X-band channels ! Last night during what were mundane cx for distant skip, I noted this IA DOT TIS at times coming thru WTDY and the QRM behind it with Des Moines area interstate traffic info. I-35,I-80, and I-235 mentioned. Relog but the clearest t

[IRCA] WHYP RADIO 1370 Khz.....Rides Again!!....A Relog of a Classic Callsign from years gone by!!

2010-09-09 Thread Robert S.Ross VA3SW
Hi Guys: Anyone from the Lake Erie area of the Great Lakes, who was DX'ing in the Late 70's/Early 80's should remember WHYP RADIO (Whip Radio) which was located in a small town called "NORTH EAST, PA". This station was a MOM and POP run station, Daytime Only on 1530 AM and 100.9 FM. James Browny

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-9

2010-09-09 Thread D1028Gary
Hello All, Asiatic TP conditions here were about the same as yesterday in this DU-dead zone, so it seems that I escaped the downturn noted by Steve and Nigel. The best audio of the new season was heard from 648-Voice of Russia (which only started to show up yesterday) and 738-BEL2 in Taiwa

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2010-09-09 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Sep 09 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 08 September follow. Solar flux 75 and mid-latitude A-index 8. The mid-latit

[IRCA] TP for 9 Sep from Victoria, BC

2010-09-09 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
I now have a somewhat larger corner fed antenna up ("Superloop"), but still just mostly the "regulars"; might have had Taiwan on 1143 however. Overall signal strengths were better during my listening from 1250 to 1305 and from 1325 to 1335UT, but even then, a little preamplification didn't hur

Re: [IRCA] This morning's DU chase from IL

2010-09-09 Thread neilkaz
This morning seemed clearly worse than yesterday, however, I got to the set a bit late at 1124. Only very weak carriers on 612,702,and 738 noted. Last evening's cx towards the west were quite poor as well execpt for shorter skip like IA and Omaha. KOA was reasonable but not overpowering like it

[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 9-9-10

2010-09-09 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1240-1310 utc and conditions was down from yesterday with no audio and only weak carriers on 594, 693 and 774. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://

[IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Thursday

2010-09-09 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
All low band with any audio today, though hets all over the whole band. Highly variable with snippets of audio for short periods. All DU except for one snippet that had both DU and JJ on 594. 738 poor/weak DU talk; 774 briefly weak DU talk; 549 poor/weak DU talk. All 1320-1330 utc. My usual 891

[IRCA] TP's for 09/09/10

2010-09-09 Thread vroomski
Listened from 1240-1342 utc. Started out very slow this morning. Only 3 Russian long-waves heard this morning. Listed some carriers that I hope will bring audio in the coming days. JOIK Japan had a poor signal briefly, then faded out. Surprised than Nigel conditions were lacking this morni

Re: [IRCA] Alberta TP/DU for 9 Sep 2009

2010-09-09 Thread Nigel Pimblett
What DU/TPs is all I can ask today.Yesterday's TP audio was completely lacking today, and nothing DU rose up to take it's place. A fair number of carriers, all seemingly of DU origin, but nothing that reached audio. Definitely the low point for the month thus far. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dun

Re: [IRCA] This morning's DU chase from IL

2010-09-09 Thread rfoxwor1
Bill Whitacre wrote: > After seeing Neil's email I went back through the Perseus recording > > I use Guy Atkin's suggested 'reverse x-ray' palette to aid in 'seeing' > potential signals. Astronomers have long used the same technique (black stars on a white backgrounhd) when visually scan

Re: [IRCA] This morning's DU chase from IL

2010-09-09 Thread Bill Whitacre
I can't compete with Kaz BOGs this far east but yesterday morning was one of the best for my long-standing daily attempt to get audio out of 738 -- right at sunrise too. After seeing Neil's email I went back through the Perseus recording at the time 738 was best -- around 1035utc -- and found '