Re: [IRCA] Good TP Morning at the Coast

2011-09-23 Thread Jim Renfrew
I heard the 180 once from western NY. Very poor signal. I even got a QSL for it. Stations from Turkey have a much reduced schedule these days. Off at 1600 as I recall. Not sure why - saving power? More reliant on FM? At Cappahayden NF each November we used to hear 180, 1017, 954. But it's

Re: [IRCA] Good TP Morning at the Coast

2011-09-23 Thread Sylvain Naud
I've been very fortunate to hear Turkey on 180 KHz during the Ramadan of 2008 (Sept 21 actually @ 23:43 UTC). Except for a carrier at a het strength on a very few occasions, I never heard it again (nor I saw any carrier). On the following clip, there's a woman in Turkish then music: http://www

Re: [IRCA] Good TP Morning at the Coast

2011-09-23 Thread Patrick Martin
I have never heard Turkey, but it was logged by someone in the NW on 1017 kHz (I believe). TAs are tough for me as I have a hill to the NE of me. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http

Re: [IRCA] WPAY apparently doesn't

2011-09-23 Thread Scott Fybush
On 9/23/2011 10:08 PM, David Faulkner wrote: Hi All: I was tuning around the FM dial today and stopped by the old area powerhouse, WPAY, which gets out extremely well. Lo and behold, no more WPAY-FM on 104.1. Though playing cw, they ID'ed as WNKU, and were doing Cincy traffic reports. Their T

[IRCA] WPAY apparently doesn't

2011-09-23 Thread David Faulkner
Hi All: I was tuning around the FM dial today and stopped by the old area powerhouse, WPAY, which gets out extremely well.  Lo and behold, no more WPAY-FM on 104.1.  Though playing cw, they ID'ed as WNKU, and were doing Cincy traffic reports.  Their TOH ID listed not only FMs at 89.7, 104.1 and

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2011-09-23 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2011 Sep 24 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 23 September follow. Solar flux 158 and mid-latitude A-index 3. The mid-lati

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2011-09-23 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2011 Sep 23 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 22 September follow. Solar flux 151 and mid-latitude A-index 4. The mid-lati

Re: [IRCA] Good TP Morning at the Coast

2011-09-23 Thread Derek Vincent
Good to see your report Pat. You are so right about 891 this morning. My dream DX catch (if the JJ and CC move out of the way) is radyo 1 from turkey. I think the 600kw could make it past the others.. Has it made it to your radio in the past?? On Sep 23, 2011, at 5:38 PM, Patrick Martin wr

Re: [IRCA] Good TP Morning at the Coast

2011-09-23 Thread Patrick Martin
Hi Dennis, Great to hear from you. Yes, I happen to wake up early. I looked at the clock, so I thought why not give the dials a try. With my work schedule and all, I just have not had the energy to get up, but since I was awake, I thought why not? Not bad either. I especially liked DZEC 1062. I wo

[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 9-23-11

2011-09-23 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1240-1315 utc and conditions was up a little with carriers on 279, 594, 693 and 774. The only audio was on 693 and 774 at 1309 utc and it was just at the noise level. The noise level was very high and sounds more like July than late September. Not much t-storm noise just a lot

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 9-23

2011-09-23 Thread d1028gary
Hello All, It was another mediocre morning for Longwave TP's, but several Asian mainland stations had very good MW signals, especially 936-Anhui in China (with its best audio of the new season). 738-BEL2 (Taiwan) was received with a fairly strong buzzing carrier, but with undermodulated audio, and

Re: [IRCA] Good TP Morning at the Coast

2011-09-23 Thread Dennis Vroom
Patrick, What a surprise to read your DX report this morning.  Your antennas and receiver sure pull in some great catches.  This morning was one of the better mornings of this season.   Best regards,   Dennis, Kalama, WA From: Patrick Martin To: irca@hard-core

[IRCA] Good TP Morning at the Coast

2011-09-23 Thread Patrick Martin
Greetings, Between my work schedule and everything else, I have been unable to get to the dials early enough to really test out the R8 since I got it back repaired last Summer for TPs. Well, this morning I finally did. I started at 1320 UTC and the R8 works as good as it ever did, if not better. T

[IRCA] Fwd: First new station of the year - My DX Season is on!

2011-09-23 Thread Dave Hascall
See attached. Dave -- Forwarded message -- From: "HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" Date: Sep 23, 2011 10:51 AM Subject: First new station of the year - My DX Season is on! To: "DX midAMerica" , DX'ed for a few minutes at SSS last night (and for a few seconds, the night before). Local S

Re: [IRCA] Brier, WA TP's 9/22/2011 (noisy LF band today? Not for me)

2011-09-23 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
Interesting you guys farther north had noise on LF. I had absolutely quiet LF band once the static went away, from about 1215 utc on. Faint beacons heard due to very quiet background. Steve NE Oregon - Original Message - From: "Dennis Vroom" To: "Mailing list for the International Rad

Re: [IRCA] Brier, WA TP's 9/22/2011

2011-09-23 Thread Dennis Vroom
Tom, Enjoyed reading your  TP report this morning.  I'm also have a lot of noise on long-wave and may hets that don't produce audio.   Best regards,   Dennis, Kalama, WA From: "k...@comcast.net" To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:5

[IRCA] TP's for Friday 09/23/11

2011-09-23 Thread Dennis Vroom
The first day of fall produced improved TP conditions here in the Pacific Northwest.   Dawn enhancement was working great this morning on Asian stations.  Long-wave was  very noisy, but Mongolia was heard with a little audio.  Radio Rossii on 279 was  still being heard after 1400 utc.  Never h

[IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Friday

2011-09-23 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
Good MW conditions for both Down Under and Asia today with both 774 Asian and 891 Down Under hitting "8", medium level, and able to use Sync AM for awhile. Both lasting a long time, and 891 DU finally beat out 774 Asian for last to fade out around 1407 utc. Audio: 594 Asian; 639 Asian; 693 Asian

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] DX report from Burnt River ON

2011-09-23 Thread Chernos Saul
No question, Paul. I've heard KSL before (often, in the olkd mdays, and occasionally in more recent years), so it's no huge deal to my logbook. I absolutely highly doubt the TX station. Thanks.Saul> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:03:01 -0500 > From: walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com > To: a...@nrcdxas.or

[IRCA] WJOX-AL 690 Very strong at SSS

2011-09-23 Thread Dave Hascall
For the last two nights I have noticed WJOX 690, Birmingham, AL very strong just after sunset in Indianapolis. They change to the 50 kw night rig just after 2000 EDT. Heard on Grundig S-350 and Eton ULR. 73 Dave in Indy ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard

[IRCA] Brier, WA TP's 9/22/2011

2011-09-23 Thread k7wv
I haven't reported on here yet this season so I set the Perseus to record two brief sessions this morning: 1300Z and 1325Z. Some good signals noted from SE Alaska, and from some of the Asian "big guns".  A lot of noise on l ongwave this morning. Also noted a lot of hets not quite in audio throu