Were you getting echoes on 756 at all Gary?Seemed that was what I
was getting here this morning, strange sounding but rather weak.
best wishes,
Nick
At 02:53 07/10/2010, you wrote:
Hello All,
Asiatic propagation was improved from most areas this morning,
especially from China and
Per communication from OJ Saghdal in Norway, WGBW-1590 in Two Rivers, WI
will be running a DX Test on Oct. 16, 2010 at 0500-0600 UT. Full details
posted at:
http://www.dxtests.info
Please be sure to notify us at dxtests.info [at] gmail.com regarding
information on any DX Tests or other
vvIn the event that you haven*t heard yet, KHBC 92.7FM (Hilo), KHBC
1060AM (Hilo) and Kona 92.1FM are dark. This occurred yesterday
morning. All 3 stations have been shut down due to lack of funds and
a large amount of money owed to various entities (i.e. Aloha Radio
Group, Marquee
In case anyone has any doubts why I advised you to use that row of trees for a
flag-type antenna, they can look at your recent TA logs, esp. this one and see
that things for you are even better than I expected. 73 KAZ needing to work 936
himself now that Montreal is gone.
-Original
I wonder if anyone east of Vancouver hearing Mt.Angel has noticed that the Mex
music suddenly disappears a few minutes before LSS ever y afternoon with
regular daily repetition.The high pressure system causing the strange skio
phenomenon will be replaced by a low pressure system which will also
Bill,
With 50KW ERP to the North, the Mount Angel QRM is not going away.
Infact, as it gets towards Winter, the QRM will last longer in the
morning and start earlier in the afternoon. The only way the QRM will go
away if Mt. Angel drops power, changes their directional pattern, or
goes off the
All,
Here's a part of the letter from Mr.Heller...
It's a Saturday morning.
12am to 1am
I know there's ocnfusion because it's not a Sunday morning... but we
didn't want to ruin our entire weekend!
we're moving to Denmark, WI next year with 10kw days. there are no
1590's between us and the
Mark Heller is definately a radio guy... he is the owner of WGBW and he's
also an engineer.. a very intelligent engineer.
Paul Walker
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:34 AM, John Rieger dx-midamer...@webtv.netwrote:
All,
Here's a part of the letter from Mr.Heller...
It's a Saturday morning.
Thanks John and Paul;
Too bad that there are not more radio guys, in radio. Sad but true -
there isn't a lot of folks like Mr. Heller. Please John, pass along my
thanks. Hopefully the 10 Kw will run a test, too.
Dave in Indy
-Original Message-
From: Paul B. Walker, Jr.
To be perfectly honest, it could be a chance for a DX'er (who has the
time (who has the time? Not me, LOL)) to explain DX'ing and propagation
to CKWX. It could be an olive branch to the station from DX'ers, to set
them straight and get a plug for MW DX'ing. Maybe a DX Test? :)
Any volunteers?
I sent them an e-mail yesterday, explaining all this, and have yet to hear
back...
Saul
- Original Message -
From: Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net
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Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 6:08 AM
Subject: Re:
Listened from 1343-1426 utc. Started latter than usually, again lower channels
much
better than higher channels. All Japan Korea's this morning.
279 RUSSIA, Radio Rossii 1346 good with man in Russian.
567 JAPAN, JOIK NHK1 1347-1348 weak to fair and // 594.
576 RUSSIA,?
Patrick Martin wrote:
Why in the World did the FCC ever allow this
station to come on, is beyond me, as CKWX should be protected as they
have been on 1130 for decades. CKWX needs to really raise the roof on
this to the FCC.
Here's how this all plays out, as I understand it:
As a Canadian
It was a great morning for hearing TP signals. However, several of the NHK
powerhouses were heard and that made it a good morning here in north central
Oklahoma. Receiver: Modified Tecsun PL-310 7.5-inch loopstick. Local sunrise
at 1230 UTC.
558 unID het, 1159-1232.
567 JOIK, Sapporo J,
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY
0439 EDT 518NAVTEX OHonolulu, Hawaii
0530 EDT518NAVTEX WAstoria, oregon
First time I've had Hawaii in a while, logged on the south wire while asleep
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Nice catch Jim. I've been trying for any of the South American Navtex stations
over the past couple of nights with one of the Wellbrooks in a north/south
orientation but no joy. Hopefully between the Wellbrooks and soon to be erected
Superloops I'll be able to pull some in. I've had Calif, all
Correction. The first sentence should be It wasn't instead of It was.
Sorry. Richard.
- Original Message -
From: Richard Allen
To: IRCA@hard-core-dx.com
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 9:37 AM
Subject: [IRCA] Oklahoma TP's 10/7/10
It was a great morning for hearing TP
Listened from 1305-1335 utc and all audio and carriers were on the bottom part
of the band. I can't say if the conditions today were better than yesterday
as I did not turn the radio on yesterday due to the big t-storms than we had.
Today I had no t-storm noise but still I had lots of
Thanks Scott. I agree, it is not pretty, but I am sure CKWX has the
power and money needed to handle everything legal. In the meantime, if
anything is done, the listeners in the Frasier Valley will suffer.
I guess they can wire the money needed to buy the Mount Angel station
and shut it down. hi.
Getting a low pwoer relay or changing format of an FM is much tougher in
Canada then in the US.. you have to get approval to change formats even in
Canada
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Patrick Martin mwd...@webtv.net wrote:
Thanks Scott. I agree, it is not pretty, but I am sure CKWX has the
Patrick Martin wrote:
There is gotta be something CKWX can do, as their listeners in the
Frasier Valley are putting with the interference.
I'm sure CKWX wishes it were so - but there really may not be much they
can do, at least in the short term. The FM dial in the Puget Sound
region is so
** JAPAN [and non]. Another trans-Pacific MW bandscan on 9 kHz steps, Oct 7
from 1154, detected carriers in LSB position: 567, 594, 747. At 1201 in USB
position, signals must have been peaking: 556, 567, 585, 594, 648, 693, 747,
774, 828, 855-, 882, 891, 972, 1053, 1098, 1116, 1197, 1287. But
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2010 Oct 07 1805 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 06 October follow.
Solar flux 74 and mid-latitude A-index 6.
The
My read isn't that this is a daytime skywave issue but rather a sunrise/sunset
issue, although the same solution might still help.
Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
wb2...@yahoo.com
FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
My read isn't that this is a daytime skywave issue but rather a
sunrise/sunset issue, although the same solution might still help.
It's the same thing, is it not? The reason CKWX gets hammered just after
sunrise and just before sunset is because the skywave hasn't died down
yet, so those 25
It is, but my thought was that sunrise/sunset enhancement will still be there
even if they used larger towers.
Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
wb2...@yahoo.com
FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Modified Sony
Hi Nick,
The 756 kHz mix here yesterday morning had two different voices fading in
and out, generally managing to make each other mutually unintelligible. One
was certainly CNR1 Chinese, but the other wasn't clear (it sounded like
Korean).
I've had the 756-CNR1 echoes here myself last
It is, but my thought was that sunrise/sunset enhancement will still be
there even if they used larger towers.
The height of the towers controls the takeoff angle for the skywave. If I
understand it correctly, the shorter towers give off more high-angle
radiation, which means a shorter distance
part of the
problem CKWX is experiencing from KPWX is the result
Is it just a coincidence that the 2 sets of call letters are
so similar sounding?
(Their towers are
really, REALLY short - 53 electrical degrees in height, compared to 90
degrees for a more typical class B station and 190
At 128 feet, no they don't have to be lit unless they are in the flight path
of an airport.
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:29 PM, rfoxw...@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
part of the
problem CKWX is experiencing from KPWX is the result
Is it just a coincidence that the 2 sets of call letters are
so
Hi Guys:
Today in the Mail I received a QSL Card for the Sept/09-10 Test of
the NRC Beacon on 1710 Khz!! Thanks to Fred Vobbe for arranging the
test..and for sending the QSL!!
Full Data National Radio Club Card with Date/Time/Freq Listed.
Also states that it was 1 WATT into a Vertical
Greetings,
I have 5 pictures of KPWX towers taken just after they started testing. The
towers are in a farming/ranching area
of Mount Angel. The pictures were taken around November of 2009, if I remember
right. Pictures are not that good,
it is narrow road with few places to park. The
rfoxw...@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
part of the
problem CKWX is experiencing from KPWX is the result
Is it just a coincidence that the 2 sets of call letters are
so similar sounding?
I believe so, yes. Those aren't the original calls - they were picked
after the station was sold to Amador
Hello All,
Asian propagation seemed slightly down this morning compared to
yesterday, although the TP big guns from Japan, Korea, China and Russia had
no
problem showing up with decent audio. The weaker Chinese stations were in
and out of the noise, while the 639 and 756 CNR1
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2010 Oct 08 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 07 October follow.
Solar flux 75 and mid-latitude A-index 4.
The
I also want to thank Fred. Just received a card in the mail, as well. I
don't think I've received a QSL card in well over 25 years...
This will find a nice home in the DX shack...where it will inspire me to
further catches.
Saul
- Original Message -
From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW
Nice going guys...but eat your heart out... 'cause I received the very first
QSL in October 2004...on a similar 1710 test...copied in the Utah
desert---same signal, same tower :-))
Regards,
Mark Durenberger
--
From: Saul DX sau...@sympatico.ca
Conditions seemed to be down a bit from yesterday. Koreans were down
a bunch, Chinese were down a little, and the high powered NHK stations
were about the same.
It was mainly the usual suspects today:
585JOPG fair //594 1355
594JOAK fair-good 1355
603KBS, fair w/KK talk 1355,
neilkaz wrote:
Scott There was a time when the FCC would not have licensed
53-degree towers for a 50 kW stations.
KAZ replies that there was a time when our FCC had integrity and
wasn't a pawn of big corporarations and wasn't 100% clueless in
regards to both AM and FM engineering and
Finally had a chance to listen this morning from 13:45 to 14:23 UTC.
Yesterday afternoon was a beautiful day, with summer like weather here in
Victoria. I used a couple of hours to finally erect a couple of antennae:
A 26' x 33' or so 285 degree corner fed loop (nothing like my old place that
had
Bruce, I'm happy that it wasn't just me that noted very little on the upper
band. Where's 1566 and 1575 today? Walt
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On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 04:59:05 + Walter Salmaniw can...@gmail.com wrote:
Finally had a chance to listen this morning from 13:45 to 14:23 UTC.
Yesterday afternoon was a beautiful day, with summer like weather here in
Victoria. I used a couple of hours to finally erect a couple of antennae:
Nice to be back again, Colin. Back in the saddle, as they say. Conditions
on HF don't seem to be all that great, with DRM on 11675 not propagating
that well from RNZI at the moment (about 25% copy). Better go down to the
MW band again. Crummy MUF. Wanna give me a hand erecting my last corner
Oops, that was meant for Colin personally. Sorry...Walt
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The height of the towers controls the takeoff angle for the skywave.
If I understand it correctly, the shorter towers give off more
high-angle radiation, which means a shorter distance to the first skip
back to ground. There will still be skywave if they raise the height of
the towers, but it will
Scott,
Don't we have something in International laws to protect CKWX? I
don't know if CKWX sells in the Frasier Valley, but a loss of revenue
might create a lawsuit? Like you, I have no clue, but I don't see how
some station can just get the okey from the FCC to build and cause QRM
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