Re: [IRCA] American Radio History

2014-12-28 Thread Dennis Gibson
That's David Gleason's website. It's been around for a few years and he keeps adding new things. I've met him twice; he's a super neat guy. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 28, 2014, at 10:47 PM, Patrick Martin wrote: > > Greetings everyone, > > I came upon a neat site I had forgotten about. Ame

Re: [IRCA] New C.Crane "Skywave" Vs. Tecsun PL-380-- Daytime DX Shootout

2014-12-28 Thread Mike Sanburn
Does the possibility exist that the other receivers will upgrade to the si4736 chip Ms Sent from my iPod > On Dec 28, 2014, at 10:43 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: > > Walt and Mike, > > Thanks for your generous comments on the PL-380 Vs. Skywave comparison. > > I'm pretty sure th

[IRCA] American Radio History

2014-12-28 Thread Patrick Martin
Greetings everyone, I came upon a neat site I had forgotten about. AmericanRadioHistory.com There is a lot of neat stuff there. Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@

Re: [IRCA] New C.Crane "Skywave" Vs. Tecsun PL-380-- Daytime DX Shootout

2014-12-28 Thread Chuck Hutton
I was somewhat bothered by a lot of hiss in the Skywave audio. It's easily visible in a spectrum plot. To a lesser degree, the 380 audio had too much low frequency rumble. Doing a good lowpass and highpass filtering on both, I was left with audios that sounded identical from the two receivers. Ch

Re: [IRCA] New C.Crane "Skywave" Vs. Tecsun PL-380-- Daytime DX Shootout

2014-12-28 Thread d1028gary
Walt and Mike,   Thanks for your generous comments on the PL-380 Vs. Skywave comparison.   I'm pretty sure that this new model will become quite popular for the DXers who don't mind the $89.95 cost. A full disassembly of the Skywave model (performed for the Ultralight radio group) revealed th

Re: [IRCA] New C.Crane "Skywave" Vs. Tecsun PL-380-- Daytime DX Shootout

2014-12-28 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Impressive results, Gary. I was very impressed with the 550 clip. Wow! As for the others, the C Crane receiver was so much less fatiguing to listen to. Great audio, for sure! Thanks for doing the side by side comparisons! 73,...Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 5:40 AM, wr

Re: [IRCA] New C.Crane "Skywave" Vs. Tecsun PL-380-- Daytime DX Shootout

2014-12-28 Thread Mike Sanburn
Gary, thanks for the excellent comparison/review. I think I want one of each, hi. Ms Sent from my iPod > On Dec 28, 2014, at 9:42 PM, d1028g...@comcast.net wrote: > > Hello All, > > With clear weather and lots of open space in our back yard, it was time for a > full Shootout between the

[IRCA] New C.Crane "Skywave" Vs. Tecsun PL-380-- Daytime DX Shootout

2014-12-28 Thread d1028gary
Hello All,   With clear weather and lots of open space in our back yard, it was time for a full Shootout between the Si4734-chip-powered Tecsun PL-380 and the new Si4736-chip-powered C.Crane Skywave portable. Both stock models were checked out for normal operation before the contest, with new

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-12-28 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Dec 29 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 28 December follow. Solar flux 133 and estimated planetary A-index 10. The e

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2014-12-28 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2014 Dec 28 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 27 December follow. Solar flux 134 and estimated planetary A-index 7. The es

Re: [IRCA] Phone exchanges (was Re: KIDD-630)

2014-12-28 Thread Mike Hawkins
Different reason completely. Exchanges were used because people doing the phone system planning thought their user base was not intelligent enough to remember that many numbers. Their answer was to use exchanges that people would be more likely to remember. When it reached a point with phone sys

[IRCA] Phone exchanges (was Re: KIDD-630)

2014-12-28 Thread Mike Brooker
I think those phone exchanges disappeared in the 1970s or late 1960s because they became politically incorrect. Most of them were very white Anglo-Saxon sounding. In Toronto, they used to have exchanges like MElrose, LEnnox, RUssell, HUdson, and of course EMpire, as Toronto was a bastion of the