Re: [IRCA] DX Tip

2011-05-16 Thread Mike Sanburn
Fine catch (even if 50kw...) ms > From: mwd...@webtv.net > Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 23:13:19 -0700 > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: [IRCA] DX Tip > > 1530 XEUNMEXICO, Mexico DF, on top of KFBK with Tropical type > music at 0600.30 UTC 5/17 "...en Mexico"Radio Fiesta", back into >

[IRCA] DX Tip

2011-05-16 Thread Patrick Martin
1530 XEUNMEXICO, Mexico DF, on top of KFBK with Tropical type music at 0600.30 UTC 5/17 "...en Mexico"Radio Fiesta", back into music after some slogans, must be on a full 50KW tonight, as they are listed as 1KW nights, I really doubt. I have never logged this in OR, but in Rancho Mirage i

Re: [IRCA] calulating AM directional ERP when field strengths known?

2011-05-16 Thread Deane McIntyre
On 2011-05-16, at 9:09 PM, Stephen Airy wrote: > Hi all... > > Does anyone know how to calculate the effective radiated power (or whatever > is the correct term) for an AM directional station along a particular heading? > Using 1170 KCBQ as an example, I know: > the actual transmitter power (5

[IRCA] calulating AM directional ERP when field strengths known?

2011-05-16 Thread Stephen Airy
Hi all...   Does anyone know how to calculate the effective radiated power (or whatever is the correct term) for an AM directional station along a particular heading? Using 1170 KCBQ as an example, I know: the actual transmitter power (50kW), the RMS field at 1 km (2,499.50 mV/m - assuming it's op

[IRCA] RF PRO-1A vs. ALA1530 Loop Antenna Comparison Review

2011-05-16 Thread Guy Atkins
For the last few months I've been doing some methodical comparing of the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of many stations as heard through the Pixel Technologies RF PRO-1A and Wellbrook Communications ALA1530 active loop antennas. Using the spectrum analyzer qualities of the Perseus SDR receiver I've

Re: [IRCA] New Station

2011-05-16 Thread Patrick Martin
CBU is U3. The same pattern Day & Night. They do put some signal to the NNE. and to the NW. But most of goes to the SW. A powerhouse They do have sliver of signal out to the East to cover the Frazier Valley. That is probably why they have been heard in the East. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seas

[IRCA] SW EWE Bandscan 1100 PDT

2011-05-16 Thread Patrick Martin
530-UNIDs-Theshold 540-Weak TIS? Theshold 550-KOAC S8 560-KSFO S1 570-KVI/KCNO S6 580-KTMT S3 590-KUGN S8 600- 610-KRTA S5 620-KPOJ S9 630-KWRO S8 640-KFI? Theshold 650-KSTE/CISL S2 660-KAPS S4 670--- 680-KNBR/KBRD S3 690-CBU S7 700-KGRV S4 710-KIRO S7 720-KFIR S5 730-C

Re: [IRCA] New Station

2011-05-16 Thread GEORGE SANTULLI
Is that their nighttime signal? If so, no wonder I never get a shot, but I thought there were some easterners, maybe in Ontario who heard it some years ago. George in NoVA > From: mwd...@webtv.net > Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 19:07:12 -0700 > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > CC: irca@hard-core-dx.

Re: [IRCA] New Station

2011-05-16 Thread Patrick Martin
It is kind the opposite here, as KNBR is very very rarely off. The last time they were off, I nabbed 3 new ones including WRKO. That was a red letter night indeed a few years back. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mail

Re: [IRCA] New Station

2011-05-16 Thread Patrick Martin
CBU puts their main lode to the SW, right at me. The strongest Lower Mainland BC station by far here, at about 200 miles. 24/7 here. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.k

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2011-05-16 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2011 May 17 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 16 May follow. Solar flux 92 and mid-latitude A-index 10. The mid-latitude K

Re: [IRCA] New Station

2011-05-16 Thread GEORGE SANTULLI
I do have the land for a bev and I still can't get it...oh well, there is always next year! George > Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 20:10:02 -0500 > From: todftscytj7...@aol.com > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [IRCA] New Station > > CBU is not an easy catch even here in the Twin Cities.

Re: [IRCA] New Station

2011-05-16 Thread Todd
CBU is not an easy catch even here in the Twin Cities. Now if I had land for s bev! Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone GEORGE SANTULLI wrote: > >I agree, I have heard KNBR here in Northern VA twice in the last few >years...My dream is CBC Vancouver 690. Now with Montreal gone, I was sure I

Re: [IRCA] New Station

2011-05-16 Thread GEORGE SANTULLI
I agree, I have heard KNBR here in Northern VA twice in the last few years...My dream is CBC Vancouver 690. Now with Montreal gone, I was sure I would get a shot at it, but not a peep this past season... George in Northern Va. > Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 19:27:08 -0500 > From: todftscytj7.

Re: [IRCA] New Station

2011-05-16 Thread Todd
Have you tried for KNBR? They are the easiest SF and the only station heard in recent years for me in the Twin Cities. I know KFEQ is a major pest but if you hear Giants BB... its worth a shot. I have heard KNBR in Cedar Falls, IA back in the 80's. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone n...@mc

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2011-05-16 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2011 May 16 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 15 May follow. Solar flux 95 and mid-latitude A-index 12. The mid-latitude K

[IRCA] Antenna/Ground interaction

2011-05-16 Thread Patrick Martin
An interesting thing happened after I disconnected the NW EWE and hooked up the old vertical. Suddenly I noticed the directivity on the SW EWE changed back to where it used to be. For sometime I noticed the null on KGNW 820 Seattle to get Waldport has not been as tight. It was hard to get rid of th

Re: [IRCA] New Station

2011-05-16 Thread Donald K. Kaskey
Rick, As far as I know Joe Starkey is still doing Cal Bears football. He used to do 49ers games also but they dropped him when the Niners switched from KGO to KNBR a few years back. Don K. S.F. CA Rick Dau wrote: I would LOVE to get KGO out here in the Midwest. It's a station that's been

Re: [IRCA] New Station

2011-05-16 Thread ng0g
Rick, I lived in Berkeley about 4 blocks from the campus back then. You could buy Tshirts with "The Play" completely diagrammed on them within days. I've not been able to hear KGO here in Iowa or any of the Bay Area stations and I have tried. As close as I have come has been the 1140 station i

Re: [IRCA] 45' Vertical

2011-05-16 Thread Patrick Martin
It does lean a bit, but it has been straight up and down and it still has a lobe to the North. I have used several verticals from time to time and they all seem to have the lobe. The reason I would guess as the lnd is open to the North for a few miles with no hills. But I like having the vertical f

Re: [IRCA] New Station

2011-05-16 Thread Patrick Martin
KGO has been a "mainstay" here as long as I have been at the dials. I fact I remember back listening to their first talk shows with Les Crane at the Hungry I. Later on, Ira Blue took over. They have an ERP of over 100KW to the North and can be heard here generally 24/7 365 days/nights a year. Even

Re: [IRCA] New Station

2011-05-16 Thread Rick Dau
I would LOVE to get KGO out here in the Midwest.  It's a station that's been on my Most Wanted list literally for decades.  Joe Starkey worked for KGO Radio and used to be (and maybe still is) the voice of Cal Golden Bear football.  And ever since The Play in 1982, KGO is a station I've wanted

[IRCA] Papua New Guinea Radio Review

2011-05-16 Thread Geralyn Hollerman
For anyone interested: --- Media Release Radio Heritage Foundation www.radioheritage.com May 16 2011 Papua New Guinea Broadcasting Review ___ We're currently reviewing the status of broadcasting in PNG as part of our ongoing updates for the World Radio TV Handbook [WRTH] and

Re: [IRCA] 45' Vertical

2011-05-16 Thread Mike Sanburn
I wonder if its directionality is because it leans slightly to a side, or due to some geographical condition or nearby metal??? ms > From: mwd...@webtv.net > Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 00:10:08 -0700 > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [IRCA] 45' Vertical > > Mike, > > I have had the vertic

Re: [IRCA] 45' Vertical

2011-05-16 Thread Patrick Martin
Mike, I have had the vertical for years, but I have not used it much. The pattern is quite interesting too. You would think the vertical would be ND, but mine has a lobe to the North. It is a great phasing antenna against any other antenna too. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL