[IRCA] Modem Noise help

2014-10-31 Thread Patrick Martin
Several months ago I had Charter install my high speed internet. Since then I have had RF noise up and down the AM band. It it not bad at times, other times worse. I went on line to look for a way to solve the issue. I found a posting from a Ham that uses a cheap terminal strip and a Corcom Brut

[IRCA] Tip: 1710 Undercover Radio (pirate) just signing on

2014-10-31 Thread Tim Tromp
"Undercover Radio" fair to good copy here just signing on 1710 khz at 0525 UTC with Halloween show. 73, Tim Tromp West Michigan ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messa

Re: [IRCA] Array Solutions SAL-30

2014-10-31 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
I'm afraid this has been in my "to do" pile Sorry, last message was meant for Brandon, though the topics raised are likely of general interest also. 73, Nick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mail

Re: [IRCA] Array Solutions SAL-30

2014-10-31 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Hi Brandon, I'm afraid this has been in my "to do" pile for rather a long time, but I very much enjoyed your submission to the IRCA list about the SAL-30, and the later one about the SAL-12. I was wondering if I could re-publish it in the IRCA Technical Column, and if so, whether you had o

[IRCA] TP 31 Oct Victoria version

2014-10-31 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
I won't attempt to emulate Gary's Halloween report: the undisputed master. Wait until we have good conditions, hi. The morning was rather grim generally, wasn't it? pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no..a deathly hush (whoops, it's

Re: [IRCA] Help with an ident and a "weird" station situation on 1220

2014-10-31 Thread Patrick Martin
Maybe the difference in power is cousing the signal to be heard great distances. 1310 Prosser WA is back running 5 KW ND day & night in SS. Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager > From: wb6...@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:04:12 -0700 > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: Re: [IRCA

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-10-31 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Nov 01 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 31 October follow. Solar flux 121 and estimated planetary A-index 6. The est

[IRCA] It's time to pay us a visit

2014-10-31 Thread Radio Heritage Mail
www.radioheritage.net October 30 2014 Time to visit _ You're invited to visit the Radio Heritage Foundation website at www.radioheritage.net. Lots of photos, people, logos, stories etc about radio stations around the Pacific and further afield. Part of a global project to save radio

Re: [IRCA] Help with an ident and a "weird" station situation on 1220

2014-10-31 Thread Dennis Gibson
Both patterns favor the west and northwest. It must not be required to protect KDOW. Day power is only 1 kW. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 31, 2014, at 1:16 PM, Patrick Martin wrote: > > KHTS has become a pest up here in Oregon at night. I wonder if they have a > pattern change or are operati

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-10-31 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Oct 31 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 30 October follow. Solar flux 140 and estimated planetary A-index 5. The est

Re: [IRCA] Help with an ident and a "weird" station situation on 1220

2014-10-31 Thread Patrick Martin
KHTS has become a pest up here in Oregon at night. I wonder if they have a pattern change or are operating with day power at night. KTHS used to be rare. I reposted my recent logging to Nancy's column of late. Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:55:05 -0700

Re: [IRCA] Help with an ident and a "weird" station situation on 1220

2014-10-31 Thread Brian Rachford
Thanks everybody, KHTS it is! The "S" still sounds odd, but I can definitely hear it that way now. It does look like just enough of their pattern drops a bit below due east to give me a signal. I wish it had been a little more "DX", but I'll take it! Thanks again, Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP\'s for 10-31

2014-10-31 Thread Richard N. Allen
Gary: No TP signals were audible in Oklahoma this morning when I listened between 1030 and 1100 UTC. Due to an early morning meeting in Enid, I wasn't able to listen later. Richard Allen. Sent from my iPad ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] Help with an ident and a "weird" station situation on 1220

2014-10-31 Thread Glenn Hauser via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- As for KMVL in TX, in case someone has not pointed this out, it is significantly off frequency causing an audible het here at night (or is it their experimental sibling?) I`ve been wishing someone in the local area would check both exact frequencies. 73, Glenn Hauser, OK --

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-31

2014-10-31 Thread d1028gary
Hello All,   Asian propagation was pretty scary this morning, with even most of the big guns reduced to ghostly heterodynes. The frightfully bad conditions were a step downhill from yesterday, with even the big guns like 594-JOAK and 972-HLCA sounding half dead.   At my 1310 start time the b

Re: [IRCA] Help with an ident and a "weird" station situation on 1220

2014-10-31 Thread Rob Keeney
Good to know my old ears and brain are still in sync, although my wife would certainly disagree. Rob Summerville SC On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Mike Sanburn wrote: > Absolutely! I was listening to KHTS boom into Flagstaff AZ during the 2008 > IRCA convention there. They have a good signal.

[IRCA] CHRF 980 - good signal at sunrise - reply to reception report

2014-10-31 Thread amdxer
CHRF 980 gets out well at SRS. They were clobbering WONE. I sent them a reception report and this is the reply, below. Tom Jasinski Joliet, IL Original Message Subject: RE: CHRF 980 Montreal - Reception Report From:"Yvan Ruel" Date:Fri, Octobe

Re: [IRCA] Help with an ident and a "weird" station situation on 1220

2014-10-31 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
I second what Rob Kenney said ""You're in the middle of a most music hour on your hometown station AM 1220 KHTS" It's as clear as can be to me :) Paul On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 3:19 AM, Brian Rachford wrote: > Hi, > > I was working 1220 kHz a little after midnight on the 23rd (around 0715 UT) > a

Re: [IRCA] UNID 810

2014-10-31 Thread Dave Hascall
Hi Pat - My local WSYW (Indianapolis, IN) has been on overnights. They are SS but I'm not sure that I would call the music tropical. BUT it is for sure different than your average Regional Mexican that we get here in the Midwest. 73, Dave in Indy > > > > > > -- > > M

Re: [IRCA] Help with an ident and a "weird" station situation on 1220

2014-10-31 Thread Mike Sanburn
Absolutely! I was listening to KHTS boom into Flagstaff AZ during the 2008 IRCA convention there. They have a good signal. Mike Sanburn. Sent from my iPod > On Oct 31, 2014, at 4:46 AM, Rob Keeney wrote: > > Brian, it sounds like "You're in the middle of a most music hour on your > hometown st

Re: [IRCA] Help with an ident and a "weird" station situation on 1220

2014-10-31 Thread Rob Keeney
Brian, it sounds like "You're in the middle of a most music hour on your hometown station AM 1220 KHTS" to me. KHTS program schedule shows "Most Music Hour" for that time you were listening. Rob On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 6:19 AM, Brian Rachford wrote: > Hi, > > I was working 1220 kHz a little af

[IRCA] Help with an ident and a "weird" station situation on 1220

2014-10-31 Thread Brian Rachford
Hi, I was working 1220 kHz a little after midnight on the 23rd (around 0715 UT) and was able to pick out a call that really sounds like "KXPL". However, KXPL is 1060 out of El Paso. Of course, there are other sound-alikes for "X" and "P". On the other hand, I found an unusual situation where st