[IRCA] 540 in Canonsburg, PA testing w/OC, sweeps, Spanish programming

2011-02-09 Thread Fred Schroyer
My fun in DXing a vacant 540 here in SW PA ended abruptly, with our local 540 flamethrower back on, testing: OC, sweeps, Spanish programming. That's all I know--can't find out anything on the net about new programming (formerly Disney). So if you hear sweeps or what sounds to me like new-format

Re: [IRCA] 540 in Canonsburg, PA testing w/OC, sweeps, Spanish programming

2011-02-09 Thread Saul DX
Of course, WLIE in Islip NY also has Spanish and other non-English ethnic programming, and it gets out very well. Saul - soon to be @ Burnt River ON for this Sat AM's two DX tests... - Original Message - From: Fred Schroyer ibfredi...@gmail.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent:

[IRCA] Fw: CORRECT - February DX Tests (KHMO, WLRB, WLIQ)

2011-02-09 Thread Saul DX
DX TESTS REMINDER - PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY: Paul Walker reports two DX tests scheduled for this weekend (Friday night / Saturday morning): Saturday February 12 - At precisely 0100 and 0200 CENTRAL Standard time (0700 and 0800 UTC): KHMO 1070 MO Hannibal Will test with morse code, sweep tones

Re: [IRCA] 540 in Canonsburg, PA testing w/OC, sweeps, Spanish programming

2011-02-09 Thread Bill Whitacre
WWCS has been running promos for the past few weeks about changing formats, telling listeners to go to 1250 for their favorite Disney programming. [ Talk about an oxymoron - 'favorite' 'Disney programming' ? ] Maybe they have to 'purge' their equipment of all that 'Disney programming' ?! ---

Re: [IRCA] 540 in Canonsburg, PA testing w/OC, sweeps, Spanish programming

2011-02-09 Thread texas4421
Bill- [ Talk about an oxymoron - 'favorite' 'Disney programming' ? ] Maybe they have to 'purge' their equipment of all that 'Disney programming' ?! There are somethings that you can not purge from a transmitter! They are a semi-pest here in this part of Tennessee, be glad to see them

[IRCA] TP Hets

2011-02-09 Thread bill kral
02 / 09/11 --From 00:00 to 02:00 PST --Victoria BC; Concentrating on something other than domestic DX I decided to pursue the handfull of split slots that were making their usual single tone note,The loudest one was on 558 as 560 was rather quiet but it did not present a strong enough signal to

Re: [IRCA] TP Hets

2011-02-09 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Later on (1520UTC, 0720PST), audio was noted here on 594, 774, 828, 1503 and 1593, but none particularly strong. 1566 was pretty readable at times however. best wishes, Nick At 19:20 09-02-11, Bill K. wrote: 02 / 09/11 --From 00:00 to 02:00 PST --Victoria BC; Concentrating on something other

Re: [IRCA] 540 in Canonsburg, PA testing w/OC, sweeps, Spanish programming

2011-02-09 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
hard rock on AM? I doubt it.. But it's owned by Birach, so whoever pays him to lease time will program whatever they want... On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:25 PM, texas4...@core.com wrote: Bill- [ Talk about an oxymoron - 'favorite' 'Disney programming' ? ] Maybe they have to 'purge' their

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2011-02-09 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2011 Feb 09 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 February follow. Solar flux 89 and estimated mid-latitude A-Index 2. The

Re: [IRCA] 540 in Canonsburg, PA testing w/OC, sweeps, Spanish programming

2011-02-09 Thread Brett Saylor
I just spoke to someone at the station, and she said the Spanish programming is syndicated out of Detroit or Chicago... she thought it might be Zuma Radio although that name doesn't turn up any hits on Google. She wasn't sure if it was permanent or not, Brett Saylor State College, PA On Wed, Feb

[IRCA] ULR DX........Sunset Skip.....2 NEW STATIONS from the South East tonight!!!................

2011-02-09 Thread Robert S.Ross VA3SW
HI Guys: Wellthe Band pretty much stunk tonight.with very little of Interest from the South or the West. Only thing of note was 1520 KOLM Rochester, MINNESOTAand that was a RELOG! However the Southeast was a little better and produced 2 NEW STATIONS for the ULR LOG..one of

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2011-02-09 Thread Ng1u
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2011 Feb 10 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 February follow. Solar flux 89 and mid-latitude A-index 2. The

Re: [IRCA] ULR DX........Sunset Skip.....2 NEW STATIONS from the South East tonight!!!................

2011-02-09 Thread Tony Ward
And it's not even as if you're using your BEST T-615 Rob! Tony (VE3NO) ComputerViz, NYAA Starfest tonyw...@rogers.com http://www.nyaa.ca Is it just me, or are the nights getting shorter? From: Robert S.Ross VA3SW va...@rogers.com To: IRCA AM List irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Sent: