If the solar wind is still hitting the planet it must be altering conditions on
some freqs at particular distances and locations. Noticing that south is better
than east and far is better than near. 540 ,990, 1010 are devoid of the usual
occupants here again.
A few new ones are dropping in due
New update on 1200 Vancouver BC. TX off with short bursts on so station maybe
doing transmitter maintenance. Now's the time to catch others on this slot.
Unfortunately I'm getting some digital computer noise here so no luck for me.
Bill in BC
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Tahiti 738 this morning at 1003 utc is the best that I have every heard them.
Music and talk in French, splatter from 740. No TP long waves heard at this
time. Heard on all outdoor antennas.
Best regards,
Dennis,
Kalama, WA
JRC NRD 545
SW ewe
225' long wire
High Performance Active Whip
Hi all,
I've read about 670-WSCR, 720-WGN and 780-WBBM being off the air, and a few
stations on their frequencies doing some DX tests. So far I'm aware of
670-KBOI doing 1 minute of 50kW ND morse code a couple times (I forget what
times, though). I've heard them previously before they
Stephen:
The recent Solar event may have been a bit disappointing but the
ionosphere could still be bouncing around a bit tomorrow without as much
AU noise.
Most of my best DX catches were a matter of dumb luck rather than
planning so one never knows what will be heard when they crank the
The boys at the FM station might be having a bit of trouble with chartering a
boat to go to the rock as was necessary. What else could be stopping them now?
The weather?
Bill in BC
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Very auroral cx last night. Added WHIE 1320 GA to the overall log last
night.
Heard a very weak NCAA Mens bball game, Clemson vs VA Tech. Local ad break
around 2020, with an insurance ad. Town might have been Hartselle or
Forestelle, something -elle. Did anyone else hear this game on 1370?
PLEASE
CORRECT ANY ERRORS ... AND CONSIDER THIS THE ***ALMOST FINAL WORD*** ON
TONIGHT’S
SCHEDULED BIG CHICAGO OFF-AIR EVENT
670 WSCR,
720 WGN and 780 WBBM, all in Chicago, are scheduled to go off-air this coming
Saturday morning (late tonight), from 2-5am CST.
A few
additional DX
PLEASE
CORRECT ANY ERRORS ... AND CONSIDER THIS THE ***ALMOST FINAL WORD*** ON
TONIGHT’S
SCHEDULED BIG CHICAGO OFF-AIR EVENT
670 WSCR,
720 WGN and 780 WBBM, all in Chicago, are scheduled to go off-air this coming
Saturday morning (late tonight), from 2-5am CST.
A few
additional DX
According to http://www.timegenie.com/city.time/usotz and several other sites,
Kotzebue is UTC -9. As I write this it's 11:10am Central time and 8:10am in
Kotzebue. So the test should be 4:00 to 4:30am Eastern tomorrow morning.
Randy Stewart
Springfield MO
From: am-boun...@nrcdxas.org
Expect the A to go up. The K was 7 at 0600 EST and is now 6. Both are
considered as moderate storm levels. I would not be surprised to see the A
back into the 40's or possibly 50's later today.
Unfortunately, this is bad news for many of us as far as tonight's tests are
concerned - not that
KOTZ is GMT - 9.
Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia
Grid FN20id
wb2...@yahoo.com
FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8
AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot
--- On Fri, 3/9/12, Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca wrote:
From: Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca
Subject:
Paul Walker
reports KOTZ 720 Kotzebue Alaska will test for 30 minutes during the off-air
period. The test will consist of sweep tones, Morse code, sound effects and
other announcements and is scheduled for -0030 LOCAL TIME. Kotzebue is
rather
close to Russia. I have not yet determined its
There was another major solar flare at 0353 UT. That is NOT connected with the
increased K index values this morning.
It will be another 2-3 days before the offending sunspot group is safely aimed
away from earth again, so there could be additional flares.
Best guess is that we will continue
In a message dated 3/9/2012 11:13:16 A.M. Central Standard Time,
wb2...@yahoo.com writes:
Unfortunately, this is bad news for many of us as far as tonight's tests
are concerned - not that most of us on the EC had an realistic chance at
KOTZ without an aurora.
Agreed on KOTZ from a
I assume that the times listed (for the silent eastern 670 720 etc and western
tests) are still standard time just an hour or two before the clock goes ahead
to Daylight time. Guess it's good to start tuning in ahead to make sure I don't
miss it.
Bill in BC
Don't we go to daylight time between Sat night and Sun morning? 73 KAZ
-Original Message-
From: bill kral jwk...@yahoo.ca
Sent: Mar 9, 2012 12:13 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: [IRCA] Chicago off/ Idaho,Alaska tests
I assume that the times listed (for the
All times and dates strictly UT. MW log editors are welcome to excerpt items,
reformat and change to favorite timezone if necessary. Rx: mostly DX-398 with
internal antenna only; some caradio as specified; above 2 MHz on FRG-7 with
110-foot east-west longwire.
These logs are excerpts from my
Saturday 3/10 is definitely Standard time, all day. This is true in both
Canada and the US. It is not until Sunday morning at 2:00 AM local that we
spring forward. So these tests will be definitely on Standard time, around
24 hours (depending on your location) before the switchover.
73
Further news... 1) Greg Davis at CBS Radio Engineering in Chicago tells me it's
2-4 am CST. Note the earlier-than-expected ending. 2) various people have
checked: Kotzebue is UTC -9. So the test should be 0400-0430 EASTERN. +
PLEASE CORRECT ANY ERRORS ... AND CONSIDER THIS THE ***ALMOST
According to
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/usa/alaska/kotzebue/index.htm,
Kotzebue AK is in the same time zone as Anchorage, -9 GMT.
Dennis Cain
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Maybe...the night Chicago died and went off the air.
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 9, 2012, at 12:01 PM, Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca wrote:
PLEASE
CORRECT ANY ERRORS ... AND CONSIDER THIS THE ***ALMOST FINAL WORD*** ON
TONIGHT’S
SCHEDULED BIG CHICAGO OFF-AIR EVENT
670
In a message dated 3/9/2012 12:33:33 P.M. Central Standard Time,
sau...@sympatico.ca writes:
Greg Davis at CBS Radio Engineering in Chicago tells me it's 2-4 am CST.
Note the earlier-than-expected ending.
This has got a kicker to it for those of us who were going to try for ZBVI
780
Here's an explanation from WGN engineering
WBBM has to do some xmtr and tower maintenence tonight so WSCR (WMAQ) and
WGN will sign off after 2am, maybe earlier so they can get that done. We
are all in the same general area so it's necessary for safety and accuracy.
Last time we did that we were
A fighting chance...Them's fightin' words...good luck, all. Alaska won't be,
uh, easy with Ks where they are. At least for us in the east. I'll take what I
get.I may not be checking my e-mail until this all getsgoing - gonna be a
bugger to get up there and get the antennas rolled out in time.
Could mess with the dx tests
Dave in Indy
-- Forwarded message --
From: SpaceWeather.com swl...@spaceweather.com
Date: Mar 9, 2012 2:12 PM
Subject: Another CME Heads for Earth
To: SpaceWeather.com swl...@spaceweather.com
Space Weather News for March 9, 2012
Sorry if this gets sent twice. The dx tests are in the am of the 10th, not
the 11th.
Dh
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From: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS david.hasc...@dfas.mil
Date: Mar 9, 2012 2:55 PM
Subject: RE: Another CME Heads for Earth
To: Dave Hascall dhinfome...@gmail.com,
After hearing Tahiti 738 early this morning I scanned around the MW band and
found
English talk on 1116. Time was 1020-1024 and the signal was weak to nearly
fair at times. DU accented men talking until fading out after 1024 utc.
Believe
this station to be 4BC Brisbane, Australia. I
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2012 Mar 09 2105 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 March follow.
Solar flux 146 and estimated planetary A-index 76.
The
Since Saul and others have done such a great job of compiling the current state
of affairs for tonight's Chicago silent period, I thought I'd supplement what's
already been posted with a link to a document I made with live stream URLs of
some of the major stations on those frequencies. The
Earl - how fantastic. Thanks for this great work.
Jim Pogue
Memphis
- Original Message -
From: Earl Higgins earlthe...@yahoo.com
To: a...@nrcdxas.org, a...@wtfda.info, amfmt...@mailman.qth.net,
irca@hard-core-dx.com
Sent: Friday, March 9, 2012 3:31:27 PM
Subject: [NRC-AM]
Hartselle is N Central AL. There are no 1370 stations near it. Sorry I couldn't
help. 73, George S., MN
From: Dave Hascall dhinfome...@gmail.com
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com irca@hard-core-dx.com; dxrepo...@webtv.net
dxrepo...@webtv.net; a...@lists.wtfda.info a...@lists.wtfda.info;
Nice work Earl - thanks for sharing this!
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Earl Higgins earlthe...@yahoo.com wrote:
Since Saul and others have done such a great job of compiling the current
state of affairs for tonight's Chicago silent period, I thought I'd
supplement
It seems I messed up the ZBVI 780 sign-on time in a previous post too. WRTH
2012 anyway says on Saturdays only it is 1000 UT; (and 0930 on M-F, 1100 on
Sundays). Sorry! For those hunting it while WBBM is off. (Auroral conditions
made WBBM not much of a factor here 27 hours earlier).
BTW, KSPI
KBOI's Bill Frahm will QSL by paper or e-mail:
bill.fr...@cumulus.com
P.O. Box 1280
Boise, ID. 83701-1280
SASE is OK but not necessary, he says.
Go get 'em!
s
On 3/9/2012 1:32 PM, Chernos Saul wrote:
Further news... 1) Greg Davis at CBS Radio Engineering in Chicago tells me it's
2-4 am
-Original Message-
From: Chernos Saul
Sent: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 12:33 pm
Subject: [IRCA] Chicago update
Further news... 1) Greg Davis at CBS Radio Engineering in Chicago
tells me it's 2-4 am CST. Note the earlier-than-expected ending.
2) various people have checked: Kotzebue is UTC
Friday March 9, 2012 Hi guys, i see some snippets about some DX Tests on
Saturday March 10, but cannot find details. Anyone have them? George in
Virginia
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:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2012 Mar 10 0005 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 March follow.
Solar flux 146 and estimated planetary A-index 68.
The
My KRPI QSL came in the mail today. It's really nice, a rare printed QSL
card. There was a sticker with it too.
Thanks KRPI.
Martin Foltz
Mission Viejo CA
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Updated every 15 minutes at www.swpc.noaa.gov/alerts/a-index.html 73, George
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KSPI's transmitter is off tonight. Yesterday the station switched the
transmitter on at 1157 UTC with ESPN audio beginning at 1200.
Richard Allen.
--- Original Message ---
From: Glenn Hauser[mailto:wghau...@yahoo.com]
Sent: 3/9/2012 7:15:42 PM
To : irca@hard-core-dx.com
Cc
George,
WSCR-670, WGN-720, WBBM-780 will be OFF the air Sat 3/10 0300-0500 EST. Two
tests have been arranged.
670 KBOI Boise, ID will be on with regular programming but may run Morse Code
ID's at 0308 0338 EST. They MAY go non-directional only during those 2 one
minute windows.
720 KOTZ
Jim Renfrew, Holley NY
MARCH 9
2145 EST1550Radio Rebeldesynchros (7)sports Equipo
Cienfuegos // 5025, Cadena Rebelde; NEW
2141 EST870Radio Relojsynchros (3)
2143 EST710Radio Rebelde synchros (7)
2144 EST670Radio Rebeldesynchros (13)
2147
This is a clean and concise look at things. Thanks!
Ira Elbert New, IIIWatkinsville, GeorgiaProudly Serving You Since 1964.
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
From: midcapem...@aol.com
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 21:46:34 -0500
Subject: [IRCA] DX Tests?
George,
WSCR-670, WGN-720, WBBM-780 will be
Martin,
Yes indeed it is nice card. The CE really likes reports.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager
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And now, Friday night local (7:56 PM PST/03:56 UTC Saturday) and the OC
continues unabatedWalt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 3:51 PM, bill kral jwk...@yahoo.ca wrote:
The boys at the FM station might be having a bit of trouble with
chartering a boat to go to the rock as
About the Alaskans, I point out that both 670, KDLG Dillingham and 720, KOTZ
Kotzebue are 10 kW, non-direxional, and public radio stations. 780, KNOM Nome
is 25/14 kW, non-direxional, religious.
But with A- and K-indices high, I doubt KOTZ or the others will even make it to
Victoria. It might
Here ya go. CST for the KOTZ-720 test is from 3:30-4:00 am -Paul Swearingen,
Topeka
PLEASE CORRECT ANY ERRORS ... AND CONSIDER THIS THE ***ALMOST FINAL WORD*** ON
TONIGHT’S SCHEDULED BIG CHICAGO OFF-AIR EVENT
670 WSCR, 720 WGN and 780 WBBM, all in Chicago, are scheduled to go off-air
this
KUAI on 720 plays a wide variety of music. Expect to hear Hawaiian, CW, AC,
and oldies. It's spit ourt from a computer, of course, but they ID after every
two songs.
Brock
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Hi Guys:
At 0215 EST the Band seems very noisy here at my Location. I am not hearing
670 WSCR Chicago at all. I have Radio Rebelde Cuba alone on the Frequency. I
had another UNID Spanish Station mixing with it earlier. 720 WGN and 780 WBBM
are both being heard...but not well. Nothing else
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