[IRCA] XEKAM-950 off the air

2014-03-06 Thread Martin Foltz
Just tuned in and sound like weak sports station on 950, no Grupo Formula from XEKAM. 11:03 PM PST. Maybe they'll stay off until after my wife turns off the plasma TV! Martin Foltz Mission Viejo CA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://mont

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] Sony SRF-29 AM/FM Walkman Radio [3 Attachments]

2014-03-06 Thread Dennis Gibson
The circuitry should be identical to the SRF-39, 39FP and 49. The SRF-59 was difficult to tune. After a couple of years the AM in mine died as it did in many of the early ones. I have an SRF-39FP. I think Gary aligned it for me. I also have an SRF-49, which is a little less sensitive but the d

[IRCA] TPs in Seattle, Yesterday and Today

2014-03-06 Thread Bruce Portzer
A social gathering last night kept me from reviewing yesterday's recordings until tonight, so this report covers two days WEDNESDAY A cursory check of the SDR recording showed interesting audio on 963 and 981. Otherwise it was a few of the usual stations crawling out of th woodwork. Most of

[IRCA] TP 6 Mar, Victoria version

2014-03-06 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Sunrise enhancement was Tahiti on 738 here; Asiatics bailed really early here today, say about 1250ishUT pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite today. HLAZ showed promise briefly Reasonable audio at times during the period (mu

Re: [IRCA] Power surge knocks KOHI 1600 off the air

2014-03-06 Thread Dennis Vroom
KOHI 1600 kHz back on the air at 6:13 PM PST. Program NBC 1950-1952 radio program "Tales of the Texas Rangers". Signal is good.  Best regards,  Dennis Vroom, Kalama, WA On Thursday, March 6, 2014 5:17 PM, Dennis Vroom wrote: KOHI 1600 St. Helens, OR transmitter was knock off the air by a

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-03-06 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Mar 07 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 06 March follow. Solar flux 149 and estimated planetary A-index 6. The estim

[IRCA] Power surge knocks KOHI 1600 off the air

2014-03-06 Thread Dennis Vroom
KOHI 1600 St. Helens, OR transmitter was knock off the air by a power surge caused by a storm. Engineers are being called in to check out the transmitter. A recent Face Book posting mentions getting a new transmitter. KOHI is streaming on-line.  Here in Kalama, WA KVRI Blaine, WA is on top of

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-03-06 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Mar 06 1825 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 05 March follow. Solar flux 149 and estimated planetary A-index 7. The estim

Re: [IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, February 28-March 6, 2014

2014-03-06 Thread Forrest Skaine
** MEXICO. 850, March 2 at 0145, as I tune in, ``103.7 FM, información oportuna en Milenio Radio``, then apparent tribute to someone named Porfirio. This is of course XEM, Chihuahua2, 5/1 kW, and a regular here. At first it`s equal to KOA, mutually nullable with SAH of 5 or 6 Hz, then even surpassi

[IRCA] WDLR - 1550

2014-03-06 Thread David Faulkner
Hi All: Noted WDLR, 1550, Delaware, Ohio w/oldies yesterday and // the 1270. Was in Cols today & they are definitely simulcasting oldies but using only the 1270 ID. Carries ABC & ONN nx at top of hour. Around the OSU campus the WDLR signal was so degraded, probably by wireless internet & other

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, February 28-March 6, 2014

2014-03-06 Thread Glenn Hauser
All times and dates strictly UT [5 hours ahead of `ELT`]. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only; or Sony SRF-59 as specified; Nissan stock caradio as specified; FRG-7 with E/W longwire as specified These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometim

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, February 28-March 6, 2014

2014-03-06 Thread Glenn Hauser
These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser And compiled weekly along with extensive news from many other individual

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 3-6

2014-03-06 Thread d1028gary
Hello All, It was a mediocre morning for TP's, but not without some propagation drama. In the predawn darkness from 1355-1410 there was moderate audio from several low band and high band Asians, including 558-HLQH (poor), 594-JOAK (fair), 603-HLSA (poor), 1134-KBS (fair), 1503-JOUK (poor), 156

Re: [IRCA] [mwdx] WMDB-880 Nashville pounding in

2014-03-06 Thread Todd Skaine
At times dominating the channel but with deep fades. Todd Skaine Woodbury MN Car radio Original message From: Steve Francis Date:03/05/2014 10:29 PM (GMT-06:00) To: irca@hard-core-dx.com,m...@googlegroups.com,a...@nrcdxas.org Subject: [mwdx] WMDB-880 Nashville pounding in

Re: [IRCA] CORRECTION: DX Test From WWXL-1450

2014-03-06 Thread Kraig
The USA switches to DST on Sunday, March 9, 2014. DX test info has "Saturday, March 15, 2014. 11:00-11:45 PM EST (0400-0445 UTC on the 16th)." Bit confusing as we're into EDT by March 15th. Is this still 11:00-11:45 PM EDT? If so, then UTC is actually 0300-0345. John, do you know? 73, Kr