[IRCA] Reception report read on WGN 720

After 4 am (CST) this morning, WGN presenter Matt Bubala read a reception report from Alf Persson. He reported reception of the station in far northern Sweden, at a distance over 4000 miles, using a Perseus receiver and long wire aerial (probably a Beverage) on 11-1-14. They also played a cl

[IRCA] TP reception at 15:20

For a change, actually pretty fair reception of HLAZ on 1566, along with snippets of audio on 1575 and 1593. Thanks to Nick and his DX Fishbarrel for alerting me of better than average propagation! 73,...Walt Salmaniw, Victoria, BC ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] TP DX this morning

I did some unattended recording this morning for the firs time in several weeks. 1557 was the strongest with fair music at 1523 UTC. I also had weak audio on 1422 (talk), 1566 (music), and 1575 (talk) at about 1530. Plus a few carriers: 774, 972, 1314, 1386, 1467, 1494, 1503, 1602. Not a g

[IRCA] Who is off-frequency 1240+?

--- Begin Message --- UNIDENTIFIED. 1240.13 approx., Jan 2 at 1445 UT, somestation is off-frequency to the hi side making a LAH pitch of approx. C3 = one octave below middle-C on my keyboard. Peaks WNW/ESE. At this time an hour after sunrise, it can`t be too far away and more likely west than ea

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Jan 03 1810 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 02 January follow. Solar flux 146 and estimated planetary A-index 12. The es

[IRCA] 880 - Mexico or Cuba or both?

880 has what I am almost certain is Mexico. The trick may be determining which one. There's an anthem in these clips, which I think will establish that this is Mexico, and not Cuba. Though much of the talk was about Cuba. I've posted the following clips online, with the same info as below, at: h

[IRCA] New CC "Skywave" vs. Tecsun PL-380-- TP-DXing Test Drive

<<<   Gotcha, Gary, but I think a few people misinterpreted that to mean there was no dial light at all.   >>> Yes, a "selectable" dial light which continuously lights up a radio's display is an important function for a TP-DXer, especially one who spends serious time out in the dark prior to l

Re: [IRCA] New CC "Skywave" vs. Tecsun PL-380-- TP-DXing Test Drive

Gary - I can't tell from your response whether you are agreeing your words sounded like "no dial light" so I'll add I also thought you meant there was no dial light. Chuck > Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 22:28:50 + > From: d1028g...@comcast.net > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > Subject: [IRCA] New CC "

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Jan 04 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 03 January follow. Solar flux 149 and estimated planetary A-index 15. The es

Re: [IRCA] New CC "Skywave" vs. Tecsun PL-380-- TP-DXing Test Drive

Chuck, In the original post I figured that "no selectable display light' was clear enough, but apparently quite a few misunderstood this, especially on the Ultralight list. To clarify matters for all, unlike the PL-380, the new CC Skywave model has no function which will give you continuous dis

[IRCA] TP 3 Jan Victoria version

A little sunrise enhancement, as already observed by Walt and Bruce. Most signals were quite erratic, and some of the carriers were close to audio, but not quite there. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not this year, not yet Rea