[IRCA] 680 WPTF STA

2012-01-31 Thread Todd
Noted via NRC that they've been granted STA for U1 50kw to add 570 WQDR Raleigh to their tx site. Todd Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expre

[IRCA] 1370 DX Fun

2012-01-31 Thread Jim Renfrew
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY JAN 31 22301370WKMZPARoaring Spring38 watts (yeah) 22401370WHYPPACorry"Corry's Cool 1370" & call letters. New with these call letters. 22521370WSPDOHToledoFox Sports Thanks to Scott for the tip that WXXI 1370 R

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2012-01-31 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2012 Feb 01 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 31 January follow. Solar flux 117 and estimated planetary A-index 3. The est

[IRCA] 1700 Khz at 1600 PST

2012-01-31 Thread bill kral
At 4PM PST in Vic BC. I did a Quick Scan and found the usual 50 K skips from places within a radius of 1000 miles including a brief appearance by ESPN radio on 1700 so I assume that to be the Mex  from Tijuana. Signal stuck around for about 10 minutes and slowly disappeared. Some extra noise pre

Re: [IRCA] McKay Dymek?

2012-01-31 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
The IRCA reprints CD to the rescue once again...but in reference form unfortunately. Reprint A020 (which looks at the DA7 among others) says that there was an NRC reprint about the DA3.And indeed, there still is, reprint A15(http://www.nrcdxas.org/catalog/reprints/) Sorry, can't help

Re: [IRCA] McKay Dymek?

2012-01-31 Thread Russ Edmunds
Ultimately, I believe that Gene McKay realized that he was working to a very limited market. He first tried to market them to DX'ers, which due to the price and the quality audio features which didn't play well with that audience, he tried to expand his products for the commercial market. My rec

Re: [IRCA] McKay Dymek?

2012-01-31 Thread Mike Sanburn
'Sounds like you picked up a couple really good pieces of equipment there. I remember reading a lot of their literature back in the '70's, and had hoped to get an antenna from them, but alas 'never did. I believe at that time they (McKay Dymek) were headquartered in Pomona CA. 'Not sure about t

Re: [IRCA] McKay Dymek?

2012-01-31 Thread Russ Edmunds
What you have is borderline audiophile equipment. These are designed initially for station owners who lived or had other jobs outside of the coverage area of their station or to receive where there were obstacles. The tuner has decent sensitivity, but marginal or worse selectivity. The antenna

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2012-01-31 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2012 Jan 31 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 31 January follow. Solar flux 117 and estimated planetary A-index 3. The est

Re: [IRCA] McKay Dymek?

2012-01-31 Thread Karl Zuk
Hi Chris: Back in the 70s, I worked at ABC Radio Network in NYC. We used McKay Dymek receivers for high fidelity recordings and monitoring. These units are treasures. Being in Canada, without AM radio bandwidth restrictions, you can produce some wonderful fidelity from these. The anten

[IRCA] WFIL, 560 kHz, DX Test February 12, 2012

2012-01-31 Thread Marc DeLorenzo
Forwarded from the MWDX list. Hello Saul Chernos! Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://www.wtfda.info/showthread.php?t=228 -Original Message- From: Mike Terry To: DXLDtrinado Cc: MWDX Sent: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 3:18 pm Subject: [mwdx] WFIL, 560 kHz, DX Test F

[IRCA] McKay Dymek?

2012-01-31 Thread C & T Dorn
Hi all. I recently picked up a McKay Dymek AM5 tuner and DA3 ferrite bar antenna. Both seem to work well. I have found a few bits of info on these pieces on the net, but would be interested to chat with someone who has had more experience with them. I know these are relics from the past, and no

[IRCA] S Meter readings of Portland stations off Beverage.

2012-01-31 Thread Patrick Martin
At 1015 PST. Here are the readings I get from the Portland area stations. 620-25KW-S9+21 750-50KW-S9+20 800-1.0KW-S9+5 860-50KW-S9+22 910-3.4KW-S9+2 (Used to be S9+18) 970-5.0KW-S9+4 1010-4.5KW-S9 (CBR under) 1040-2.2KW-S8 1080-50KW-S9+15 1150-5.0KW-silent 1190-50KW-S9+11 1230-1.0KW-N/A (local on

Re: [IRCA] KKSN 910 Tower location

2012-01-31 Thread Patrick Martin
Dennis, KKSN used to be a solid S9+18 per my records of a few months ago. Now they are S9+2 off the Eastern beverage with an SAH under them, fades. This is at tound 1000PST. They have probably dropped to half of what they were. No longer are they a powerhouse to deal with. For the first time sinc

[IRCA] Radio Bulgaria’s closure of its short-wave broadcasts - an unpleasant surprise to longtime listeners

2012-01-31 Thread Mike Terry
Radio Bulgaria  Author: Rumiana Tsvetkova  January 31, 2012 "You will always have a friend in Brazil who will keep roaming on your short wave frequencies, looking forward to the return of Radio Bulgaria’s broadcasts on the air" – these are lines from the letter of our listener José Vieira Saul

[IRCA] 580,950,1120

2012-01-31 Thread bill kral
01--31--12-  0300 PST---Victoria BC I could probably find more if I took more time but here are 3 that I managed to dig up randomly. 580-- Absence of the usual signal (KIDO Nampa Id), is allowing station CKUA (with ID at toh) to dominate this slot with a strong steady signal. 950-- During a fade