[IRCA] Late evenings TP's for Saturday, November 30, 20213

2013-11-30 Thread Dennis Vroom
Only two stations heard this evening. None of the TP MW broadcast stations even had hets at this time.  153    RUSSIA, Komosomolsk, Radio Rossii  0639 weak signal with man in Russian. NW ewe. 11/30/2013 529    ALASKA, Level Island,  0649 fair signal with weather forecast  NW ewe. 11/30/2013 Bes

Re: [IRCA] Short antenna radials

2013-11-30 Thread Mike Sanburn
'Makes me sad that I missed the KFBK tower tour at the 1989 IRCA Conventionms > From: wb6...@yahoo.com > Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:26:07 -0800 > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [IRCA] Short antenna radials > > KFI's original tower was there before the industrial complex was built. T

Re: [IRCA] Short antenna radials

2013-11-30 Thread Dennis Gibson
KFI's original tower was there before the industrial complex was built. The new tower was built at the same place as the old and uses the same ground radials. KFBK and the KSTP day site both use Franklin antennas, the only two in the country. A Franklin antenna consists of two 180 degree electr

Re: [IRCA] WENN-1320

2013-11-30 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Y'all FM... This format on 1320 was moved over from 97.3 On Saturday, November 30, 2013, wrote: > 1320 WENNAL BIRMINGHAM 2300 - 233030/11/13 > Perhaps this station is about to change formats? No ESPN heard; They are > playing everything from Madana to 50's Rock n' Roll. ID at 232

[IRCA] WENN-1320

2013-11-30 Thread texas4421
1320 WENNAL BIRMINGHAM 2300 - 233030/11/13 Perhaps this station is about to change formats? No ESPN heard; They are playing everything from Madana to 50's Rock n' Roll. ID at 2320, "WENN 1320 and W278?? 102.1 Birmingham, YAW!" Nice strong signal S9+20 at 2320. Must be on day po

[IRCA] WTDR-1350

2013-11-30 Thread texas4421
1350 WTDRAL GADSDEN2145 - 2215 30/11/13 ID at 2210 - "Thunder 92.7" and again at 2215 with a sing'n ID. All kinds of good country music including Gene Autry song "Rudolph the red noise raindeer.' Nice signal with a solid S-9 on my meter. [WM-TN] DXer: WILLIS, K4APE QT

[IRCA] TP 30 Nov, Victoria version

2013-11-30 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Yup, it was a pretty bad morning. Slight signals 1300-1400UT, practically nothing 1400-1500, and not much evidence of enhancement after 1500UT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no hope Reasonable audio at times during the period

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2013-11-30 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2013 Dec 01 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 30 November follow. Solar flux 131 and estimated planetary A-index 9. The es

Re: [IRCA] Short antenna radials

2013-11-30 Thread Stephen Airy
I've been recently wondering about this myself (short-radial efficiency, or lack thereof), but more from the standpoint of low-power part 15 transmitting setups. One example I'm thinking of is such that the total length of the antenna AND all ground radials is 3 meters, and does it make much d

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2013-11-30 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2013 Nov 30 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 30 November follow. Solar flux 131 and estimated planetary A-index 7. The es

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Double-Kaz antenna: Catches and comments

2013-11-30 Thread Forrest Skaine
Slowly. ... Todd in Woodbury Mn Sony ICF 2010, Toyota car radio On Nov 30, 2013 2:15 PM, "Mark Durenberger Mobile" wrote: > Todd: Thank YOU! Hope things are going well for you... > > > > Mark Durenberger > On the Road > > -Original Message- From: Forrest Skaine > Sent: Saturday, Novembe

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Double-Kaz antenna: Catches and comments

2013-11-30 Thread Mark Durenberger Mobile
Todd: Thank YOU! Hope things are going well for you... Mark Durenberger On the Road -Original Message- From: Forrest Skaine Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 9:25 AM To: IRCA Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Double-Kaz antenna: Ca

[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 11/30/13

2013-11-30 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1345-1415 UTC and conditions was down from yesterday with no audio and only very weak carriers on 774 and 1566. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listin

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle - November 30

2013-11-30 Thread Bruce Portzer
Today's TP conditions were definitely not as good as yesterday and Thursday. My recordings showed decent signals on 1566 and 1575 at about 1330. Other than that, there wasn't anything to cheer about. Good - Mostly understandable by a native speaker 1566HLAZ, 1318-1338 JJ talk, then organ

[IRCA] TP's for Saturday, November 30, 2013

2013-11-30 Thread Dennis Vroom
Listened from 1505-1539 utc. Best signal of the morning was JOUK 1503 with a fair signal when checking the channel. Station under VOA 1575 again this morning. Sounded like pop music.  594    JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAK NHK1 1507 very weak signal with man in Japanese.  NW ewe. 11/30/2013 603    REPUBL

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Double-Kaz antenna: Catches and comments

2013-11-30 Thread Forrest Skaine
Mark, I always enjoy your posts. The time and effort it takes to set-up, listen, break down and process, is a fantasy for me that you make happen. Thank you and all who are involved for the hard work. Todd in Woodbury Mn Sony ICF 2010, Toyota car radio On Nov 30, 2013 5:00 AM, "Mark Durenberger"

[IRCA] Alberta TP/DU for 30 Nov 2013

2013-11-30 Thread Nigel Pimblett
The month ended on rather a low note here. The low end of the band seemed about the same as yesterday, with audio (though none very impressive) from Japan on 693, 774, and 828, along with the Korean on 972. The signals on the upper end of the dial though, which had been shining of late,

[IRCA] QSL Report

2013-11-30 Thread J.D's E-Mail
WTSH-FM 107.1, Rome, GA. F/d letter w/ 2 coverage maps in 1 month. V/s: Howard Toole - Managing Partner, Rome Radio Partners, LLC. This v/s also good for WRGA-1470 Rome and WGKJ-1360 Rome, plus WZQT-1220 Rockmart.. 73, J.D. Stephens j...@bellsouth.net ___

Re: [IRCA] [DX-tip] WTNT-730

2013-11-30 Thread Mike
Nothing here in Delaware, however there is a signal on 729.500 ??? Not sure what that is -Original Message- From: dxtip-boun...@nrcdxas.org [mailto:dxtip-boun...@nrcdxas.org] On Behalf Of Barry McLarnon Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 8:06 PM To: dx...@nrcdxas.org Cc: Mailing list for the

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Double-Kaz antenna: Catches and comments

2013-11-30 Thread Mark Durenberger
Re-listening to the recordings, I have no idea why I labeled the 800 "ID" as CKST. In fact, there's a clear CHAB Moose Jaw ID a few seconds past the top of the hour. Apologiesand thanks to Nigel Pimblett. Regards, Mark Durenberger -Original Message- From: Mark Durenberger Se

Re: [IRCA] Double-Kaz antenna: Catches and comments

2013-11-30 Thread Mark Durenberger
Thanks Dennis. I should have said "KBOI (in KBOI minima)" Regards, Mark Durenberger -Original Message- From: Dennis Gibson Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 11:13 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: Re: [IRCA] Double-Kaz antenna: Catches and comments Your western het on 940 is XE

Re: [IRCA] TP 29 Nov, Victoria version

2013-11-30 Thread d1028gary
<<< I'm glad to see the "southerners" are back at the dials, proving once again that their reception of Asiatics will trump mine any time. >>> I'm afraid that the TP-DX went "south" for one of the "southerners" yesterday morning, Nick. After working late on an antenna project my listening s