[IRCA] Another Daytime Skywave Station

2012-12-22 Thread Thomas F Giella NZ4O
Thanks to a continued weak day time D layer due to northern hemisphere winter, I am now hearing another radio station on skywave around the clock. WMLB 1690 kHz Day ND2 AVONDALE ESTATES GA US 10.0 kW -- +1 Sky Wave Florida Vicinity MF AM Broadcast Radio Stations Via Ground Wave As Heard In

[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 12-22-12

2012-12-22 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1330-1425 utc and conditions was down from yesterday with carriers on 279, 594, 693, 747, 774, 828 and 1566. 1566 HLAZ Korea, Jeju heard at 1421 utc with talk just above the noise level. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8

[IRCA] Quoddy House DXpedition - Dec. 1 - 8, 2012

2012-12-22 Thread Bill Whitacre
Results from a DXpedition to Quoddy House, near Lubec, Maine, from December 1 - 8 can be found here: http://realmonitor.com/am_logs_QH3.php Best results were found with an extended DKAZ antenna pointing at 60 deg with Rt = 820 Ohms. After freezing my fingers and wearing out my hips oh how I

[IRCA] Was KRVN off yesterday?

2012-12-22 Thread Mark Durenberger Mobile
On I-90 in Western South Dakota we had 5-by copy of i880 News from Edmonton Alberta. Mark Durenberger On the Road ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-21

2012-12-22 Thread Stephen Airy
Hi Gary, I wish you would have had time to record the earlier session. :)  Sometime I'd like to see videos of your TP DXing. Was wondering ... what's with the lack of the Tecsuns and using an older-model FSL in your recent home loggings? Did the weather on the cliff really do your PL-380 and

[IRCA] 1720 1710 Khz The Big Q this morning

2012-12-22 Thread Tim Tromp
1710 1720 SDR catches early this morning: Came on at 0525z as near as I can tell. Radio Celestial from the Bronx was annoyingly strong here last night, about 25Hz or so to the high side of 1710. 1710 KHz: 0525z: Rick Nelson Garden Party 0527z: Big Q ID 0528z: Announcer describing switching

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-22

2012-12-22 Thread d1028gary
Hello All, Unfortunately yesterday's exceptional TP-DXing conditions didn't continue through this morning, but there were still some potent Asian signals from several Korean big guns. The weaker Chinese and Japanese stations stayed down in the noise during the west coast sunrise period,

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 12-21

2012-12-22 Thread d1028gary
Hi Stephen, Was wondering ... what's with the lack of the Tecsuns and using an older-model FSL in your recent home loggings? Did the weather on the cliff really do your PL-380 and FSL in THAT bad? Or are they being used for other projects? Well, the vicious weather on the Oregon cliff

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2012-12-22 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2012 Dec 22 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 22 December follow. Solar flux 115 and estimated planetary A-index 2. The

[IRCA] ULR DX....Weird UNID @ Sunset tonight on 730 Khz........Middle Eastern???

2012-12-22 Thread Robert Ross
Hi Guys: I had something on 730 Khz tonight at Sunset that has me somewhat Baffled.If anyone can add any info to this I'd appreciate hearing from you!! RADIO USED..SONY SRF-T615 Ultralight BAREFOOT 73ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA

[IRCA] 945 France

2012-12-22 Thread Bob Young
Is fairly constant under noise with male and female announcers in FF. Bob Young Millbury, Ma R-390A 160M dipole, 300M full wave dipole (haha!), Misek phaser ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] UNID on 730 Solved by Niel Wolfish............

2012-12-22 Thread Robert Ross
Hi Guys: Niel Wolfish in Toronto just alerted me that 730 WTNT Alexandria, VA carries some Ethnic Programming on Saturday afternoons!! I just checked their website and at the time I heard this UNID, WTNT was airing... Addis DIMTS Radio in Ethiopian Language! So..there is a Great

[IRCA] 1548 R Sawa

2012-12-22 Thread Bob Young
Very strong and clear with Arab sounding dance music at 2345 UTC Bob Young Millbury, Ma R-390A (2) 160M dipoles, Misek phaser ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] open carrier 1540

2012-12-22 Thread Bob Young
noted at 0028 UTC Bob Young Millbury, Ma R-390A 160M 1/2 wave dipole , 310M full wave dipole, Misek Phaser ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

[IRCA] full wave BCB dipole?

2012-12-22 Thread Bob Young
Has anyone ever experimented with a full wave BCB dipole? I just got a 980 ft dipole done today with ladder line as a lead in, it is from 30-60 ft in the air. This was a MAJOR undertaking as it runs through the woods behind my father's home. I couldn't have gotten it done without help. It is

[IRCA] AA 1539 suspect Algeria

2012-12-22 Thread Bob Young
AA male speaker with intermittent little spurts of music, (commercials?), carrier is up and down but fairly constant. Bob Young Millbury, Ma R-390A 160M 1/2 wave dipole , BCB full wave dipole, Misek Phaser

Re: [IRCA] AA 1539 suspect Algeria

2012-12-22 Thread neilkaz
There's no Algeria listed on 1539 in emwg. I suspect that you may have the Urdu stn in the UAE. 73 KAZ -Original Message- From: Bob Young bobyoun...@hotmail.com Sent: Dec 22, 2012 6:42 PM To: NRC list a...@nrcdxas.org Cc: IRCA irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] AA 1539 suspect

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] 1720 1710 Khz The Big Q this morning

2012-12-22 Thread Todd
Also in now with a choppy signaler Todd Skaine Woodbury, MN 2010, PL 310 or Toyota radio Tim Tromp kilok...@gmail.com wrote: 1710 1720 SDR catches early this morning: Came on at 0525z as near as I can tell. Radio Celestial from the Bronx was annoyingly strong here last night, about 25Hz

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] 1720 1710 Khz The Big Q this morning

2012-12-22 Thread Tim Tromp
Strong signal earlier (again on 1720 KHz then dropping down to 1710), but now they seem to be transmitting a strong open carrier. I'm no longer hearing audio at 0640 UTC. Tim Tromp West Michigan On Sun, 2012-12-23 at 00:38 -0600, Todd wrote: Also in now with a choppy signaler Todd