[IRCA] C.Crane Skywave Portable-- First Impressions on MW

2014-12-18 Thread d1028gary
Hello All,   As many of you are aware, C.Crane has introduced a new AM-FM-SW-Airband pocket radio, which easily falls within the Ultralight Radio size and capability classifications. This C.Crane Skywave pocket radio is obviously made by China's Redsun company (maker of the C.Crane SWP, and

[IRCA] Cuban radio

2014-12-18 Thread Craig Healy
With the US government being more friendly with Cuba, the radio problems may drop down. We shall see over time... Craig Healy ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in

Re: [IRCA] C.Crane Skywave Portable-- First Impressions on MW

2014-12-18 Thread coffee_canuck
Awesome review - should include this in a dxer.ca review... 73 Sent from my iPhone On Dec 18, 2014, at 1:35 AM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: Hello All, As many of you are aware, C.Crane has introduced a new AM-FM-SW-Airband pocket radio, which easily falls within the Ultralight

Re: [IRCA] C.Crane Skywave Portable-- First Impressions on MW

2014-12-18 Thread d1028gary
Thanks Colin,   Your comment is appreciated. I'll be happy to forward the full Skywave review to you, upon completion.   Gary   - Original Message - From: coffee_canuck coffeecan...@gmail.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] XERDO

2014-12-18 Thread neilkaz
If you have a Beverage in a S to SE direction you should certainly catch this eventually. All you have to do this season is to wait a few days for AU effects to come back. Re: Calgary 1060, is not so funny 1060 still running day pattern at night? This makes them an easy catch here in IL when

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, December 12-18, 2014

2014-12-18 Thread Glenn Hauser via IRCA
---BeginMessage--- 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

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, December 12-18, 2014

2014-12-18 Thread Glenn Hauser via IRCA
---BeginMessage--- All times and dates strictly UT [5 hours ahead of `ELT`]. Rx: mostly DX-398 or PL-880 with internal antenna only; 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,

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-12-18 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Dec 18 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 17 December follow. Solar flux 192 and estimated planetary A-index 8. The

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-12-18 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Dec 19 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 18 December follow. Solar flux 213 and estimated planetary A-index 5. The

Re: [IRCA] [Dxtip] WWKB-1520

2014-12-18 Thread Jim Balle
12/18/2014 2120 EST. Just logged WSVX Shelbyville IN. Playing songs and IDing asGiant 96 Real Radio plus weather forecast for Shelbyville. Nice signal for 260 watts. New here. Jim Springfield MA. On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Jim Balle jim01...@gmail.com wrote: Just hearing 2 Spanish

[IRCA] TP 18 Dec Victoria version

2014-12-18 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not much this morning from 1400UT onwards, bar a sudden outburst from 774. But midwinter sunrise DX may be starting to appeara brief, weak upper band opening with just erratic bits of audio, starting about 1540UT1494 instead of 1566, hmmm. pretty darn good audio (all of it