[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on February 24

2014-02-24 Thread Bruce Portzer
A rather dreary morning, with mostly mediocre signals from some of the regulars. Good 1566HLAZ, best signal was at 1315 with woman in Japanese, not quite as good with Chinese woman & guitar music 1436, both times briefly. Otherwise fair-nil. Fair 693JOAB, Japanese man slogging his

[IRCA] TP 24 Feb, Victoria version

2014-02-24 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not much more than the usuals this morning, and spread over the band. Upper band saw some sunrise enhancement. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 972 HLCA man in KK 1442UT (1566 came close to this level once or twice) Reasonable au

Re: [IRCA] Gospel on 810khz last night - could this have been ZNS3?

2014-02-24 Thread amdxer
Saul mentioned previously of hearing a Gospel program on 810khz last night. I heard what I suspect was the same programing in the evening.  I brushed it off as 810 WSJC Magee, Miss.  But I now suspect that WSJC is off the air.  Can anyone confirm or deny that WSJC is back on. I recorded abou

Re: [IRCA] Tunable Active Whips

2014-02-24 Thread Mark Connelly
You have probably seen this article which was in both DX Monitor and DX News in 1996: http://www.qsl.net/wa1ion/doc1/rl1rw1.pdf It covers both remotely-tuned active whips and loops. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA << Years ago, I built a remote tunable active whip designed by longwave

Re: [IRCA] 810 preacher

2014-02-24 Thread Mark Connelly
<< Had a pretty engaged black-gospel baptist preacher on 810 last night - and black gospel close to sunrise today - and no IDable talk. Any ideas who? Saul Chernos Burnt River ON At least here on Cape Cod, Bahamas would not surprise me as the source of the type of programming you heard on

Re: [IRCA] 810 preacher

2014-02-24 Thread Chernos Saul
saw your post on bcb logger so knew you also had it. ZNS? Saul Chernos Burnt River ON > Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:00:02 -0500 > From: kilok...@gmail.com > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [IRCA] 810 preacher > > Also heard on my 0100 UTC recording from last night, but no ID here >

[IRCA] 1510 WPGR PA on day power

2014-02-24 Thread Chernos Saul
1510 WPGR PA Monroeville. Choral music on this Catholic stn, TOH ID 2200 EST mentions Diocese of Erie and legal ID and One body one mind slogan. Should be one watt at night...go get 'em... Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___

Re: [IRCA] 810 preacher

2014-02-24 Thread Tim Tromp
Also heard on my 0100 UTC recording from last night, but no ID here either... 73, Tim Tromp West Michigan On 02/24/2014 09:30 PM, Chernos Saul wrote: Had a pretty engaged black-gospel baptist preacher on 810 last night - and black gospel close to sunrise today - and no IDable talk. Any ideas

[IRCA] 810 preacher

2014-02-24 Thread Chernos Saul
Had a pretty engaged black-gospel baptist preacher on 810 last night - and black gospel close to sunrise today - and no IDable talk. Any ideas who? Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-02-24 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Feb 25 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 24 February follow. Solar flux 171 and estimated planetary A-index 7. The es

Re: [IRCA] 1320 Washington County girls basketball.

2014-02-24 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
You likely have WBRT Saul... doing a little sluething, WBRT's studio is i nBardstown, Nelson county.. but one county over is Washington County Washington County has both their boys and girls high school basketball teams listed as playing in a 19th District Tournament. Paul On Mon, Feb 24, 2014

[IRCA] 1320 Washington County girls basketball.

2014-02-24 Thread Chernos Saul
1320 likely WBRT KY with Washington County girls basketball. Maxpreps points me to a game indeed underway in GA but calls twwice sounded like WBRG. It's taped so will check later. 1808 EST. Saul Chernos Burnt River ON _

[IRCA] 1060 super-muffled live game

2014-02-24 Thread Chernos Saul
worst thing i have ever heard on radio... 1855 to my sw Saul Chernos Burnt River ON ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in message

[IRCA] Tunable Active Whips

2014-02-24 Thread Les Rayburn
Years ago, I built a remote tunable active whip designed by longwave experimenter Bill Bowers. As I recall, the original design was published in the "Lowdown", official publication of the Longwave Club of America. Bill's design was a wonder. You varied the voltage sent to the whip, which in tur

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-24

2014-02-24 Thread Eric Floden
and if I may, another one on the same notion http://www.cbc.ca/undertheinfluence/season-3/2014/02/22/radio-is-dead-long-live-radio-2/ This week on Under The Influence, an encore performance of "Radio Is Dead: Long Live Radio" where we look at the incredible creativity happening in radio advertis

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-24

2014-02-24 Thread R. Colin Newell
CBC Ideas Podcast worth a listen - http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/2014/02/13/end-of-the-dial/ End of the Dial -- talking about the premature rumors of radios demise. On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 8:44 AM, wrote: > > > Hello All, > > Several Asian stations had fairly potent audio this morning, alt

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-02-24 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Feb 24 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 24 February follow. Solar flux 171 and estimated planetary A-index 7. The es

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Daytimer KCTE 1510 on Late

2014-02-24 Thread neilkaz
This guy's been off freq for a couple years and on day rig at night far to often. 73 KAZ -Original Message- >From: Nigel Pimblett >Sent: Feb 23, 2014 11:44 PM >To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > >Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Daytimer KCTE 1510 on Late > >I ha

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-24

2014-02-24 Thread d1028gary
Hello All, Several Asian stations had fairly potent audio this morning, although it was mainly a collection of the usual big guns, with almost no sign of second tier TP's. At the 1410 start of the session (while still in total darkness) both 972-HLCA and1566-HLAZ had very good audio, possi

[IRCA] Monday TPs, NE Oregon

2014-02-24 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
693 poor/weak Asian 1429 utc. 1566 HLAZ and another Asian station underneath, HLAZ weak/medium, other station poor/weak, 1402 utc. Both with men talking. 1593 poor Asian 1403 utc. Steve NE Oregon R75, active whip ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-d

[IRCA] TP's for Monday, February 24, 2014 Kalama, WA

2014-02-24 Thread Dennis Vroom
Listened from 1414-1447 utc. TP's heard throughout the MW band. Second tier Japanese stations heard with mainly weak to very weak signals. Top station of morning goes to HLAZ 1566 with a good signal.  594    JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAK NHK1 1414 weak signal with man in Japanese. NW ewe. 02/24/2014 603

[IRCA] Arizona TP's for 2-24-14

2014-02-24 Thread Bill Block
Listened from 1330-1402 UTC and a few carriers heard on 774, 1566 and 1593. 1566 HLAZ heard at 1343 UTC with talk. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca O

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Daytimer KCTE 1510 on Late

2014-02-24 Thread Mark Durenberger Mobile
We've tracked KCTE's actual sign-off (and the concurrent disappearance of the Het)...I should have an SDR mega-file somewhere... Mark Durenberger On the Road -Original Message- From: Nigel Pimblett Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 12:44 AM To: Mailing list for the International Radio