[IRCA] 738-Tahiti Audio at 0502... the Fake TA

2010-09-25 Thread D1028Gary
Hello All, All the reports of TA activity in the east and midwest made me scramble for my ICF-2010 spotting receiver, in hopes of hearing the new season's first TA audio (six of them were heard here last season). Scanning the band eagerly, I noticed that the usual suspects on 675, 693, 756

Re: [IRCA] MW propagation for 24Sept2010 from Masset

2010-09-25 Thread D1028Gary
Hello Walt, Your Rose Spit DXing adventure with Vlad sounds very inspiring, and I hope that your future Perseus DU downloads will bring some you serious compensation for the pounding wind and shaking truck! Once you and your DXpedition team get set up and reporting, we will all be eager

[IRCA] VOA Sao Tome last night

2010-09-25 Thread Bill Whitacre
While some friends are enjoying the exotic DX possible in Masset I'm stuck here at home in Alexandria, VA. Last night saw pretty decent TA reception so I left the Perseus recording across the 0300 utc TOH and caught my first logging of VOA Sao Tome on 1530kHz with Yankee Doodle under WCKY!

Re: [IRCA] 738-Tahiti Audio at 0502... the Fake TA

2010-09-25 Thread Saul DX
Did have a very slight het, very briefly, on my south-north wire here at Burnt River, but nowhere close to audio on 738. I was actually hoping for Japan, but no other hets whatsoever. Saul suggestinmg possibly - Original Message - From: d1028g...@aol.com To:

Re: [IRCA] TA hets in MN

2010-09-25 Thread Mark Durenberger
Todd: Try Craig at Kiwa; he may still be doing these. k...@wolfenet.com Regards, Mark Durenberger -- From: todftscytj7...@aol.com Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 12:24 AM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] TA

[IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Saturday

2010-09-25 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
A late check today. Audio: 567 pop music, unknown, very poor 1343 utc; 594 poor Asian talk with very poor music underneath; 828 very poor/poor Asian; 891 poor/weak Asian with very poor DU EE music underneath 1347; 1566 occasional poor HLAZ; 1701 very poor music 1350. LWBC poor today, Radio

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2010-09-25 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Sep 25 1806 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 24 September follow. Solar flux 83 and mid-latitude A-index 13. The

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-25

2010-09-25 Thread D1028Gary
Hello All, Asiatic TP conditions were average at best this morning here, but as usual there were a couple of bright exceptions. The Russian-slanted propagation of the past two days was gone-- the Japanese NHK regulars were holding down their frequencies, but the other Asian big

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2010-09-25 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Sep 25 2106 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 25 September follow. Solar flux 83 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 7.

[IRCA] KTRB 860 silent period

2010-09-25 Thread Albert Lehr
KTRB 860 San Francisco is signing off every night at Midnight PDT and returning at 5 AM. In their absence I am hearing XEMO on the SW Ewe, and KPAM and CFPR on the NW Ewe. Albert Lehr Livermore, CA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] 738-Tahiti Audio at 0502... the Fake TA

2010-09-25 Thread D1028Gary
Hi Saul, You probably had a real TP heterodyne on 738 at the same time I had the fake TA audio on the frequency :-) French audio from 738-Tahiti had never been received here previously during our local evening, and was only received once here during our sunrise TP peak (in August of

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2010-09-25 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2010 Sep 26 0006 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 25 September follow. Solar flux 83 and mid-latitude A-index 7. The

Re: [IRCA] 738-Tahiti Audio at 0502... the Fake TA

2010-09-25 Thread Saul DX
Tnanks. It was not long in duration, and very weak during a het bandscan conducted soon after sunrise. I only wish I could tell you I received it on the loopstick-modified Tecsun 380, but in fact it was on the AOR 7030 Plus, and south-north wire. TA hets noticeably weaker tonight, but then

Re: [IRCA] MW website down

2010-09-25 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Friday 24 September 2010 09:42:31 Marc DeLorenzo wrote: It is probably down because its owner, Barry in Ottawa, is working on it. I wish! Not much time lately to update the site, but maybe when the weather turns colder... It wasn't actually down, but it was unreachable because my ISP

[IRCA] Tonight's TAs

2010-09-25 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY SEPT 25 Not much going on earlier, but I have some TA action around 11 PM EDT. By the way none of this is audible on my other wires, only on the new flag antenna. 693UKweak 756Germanyhuge! I usually have some sort of birdie here, but the DLF signal

[IRCA] Tonight's TAs

2010-09-25 Thread Marc DeLorenzo
Tnx for tip, Jim. Germany-756 in well 0327 UTC with folk music //6190 kHz; now at 0328 with man in German. BBC Five Live-693 fair 0320 UTC. ZIZ-555 loud 0300 UTC with soca music lively DJ. Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://www.wtfda.info/showthread.php?t=228

Re: [IRCA] KTRB 860 silent period

2010-09-25 Thread Derek Vincent
I know that the transmitter site is generator powered buy generator. The first two ran off of propane now this one is diesel. They may be trying to conserve fuel. Thank you. Derek Vincent Vmedia360...everywhere On Sep 25, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Albert Lehr ael...@comcast.net wrote:

[IRCA] More TAs

2010-09-25 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY 2324 EDT 585Spain 594Portugal 729Spain (tentative in slop) 936 het/weak audio 945France EDT 684Spain 1125Spain - seems to be RNE5 - hard to match with web audio - just two guys talking. Hopefully something more ditinctive at the top of

[IRCA] MN 0510 UTC music on 549 kHz

2010-09-25 Thread George Sherman
Just a couple s-units weaker than 550, but still can't describe the music. I tuned up to 550 heard something like are you struggling with your distant AM reception? Rather amusing to get a C Crane ad just then. Eton E-1 2.3 kHz LSB with sync off, 8 Quantum loop. 73, George S., MN

[IRCA] MN 0037 UTC audio on 999 kHz!

2010-09-25 Thread George Sherman
Can't quite make out the language for sure, but a man is speaking. 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