[IRCA] TPs in Seattle on Feb 5

2015-02-05 Thread Bruce Portzer
Conditions here were quite interesting today, and much better than what Gary reported. There were lots of exotic carriers at the low end of the dial. I would have had a truly great morning if they'd been strong enough to produce audio. The upper part of the dial was less impressive for a

Re: [IRCA] End of MexicoRadioTV website announced

2015-02-05 Thread Brian Rachford
That's definitely a shame. I've logged close to 100 Mexican stations, mostly lower power ones in the border states, and Fred's list has been invaluable. Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 8:55 PM, neilkaz neil...@earthlink.net wrote: This is a shame. I do wish to thank Fred

Re: [IRCA] End of MexicoRadioTV website announced

2015-02-05 Thread Mike Sanburn
Sad to hear this. Hopefully somebody will step up. Thanks for posting the info. Ms Sent from my iPod On Feb 5, 2015, at 7:22 PM, Russ Nelson ae...@arrl.net wrote: Fred Cantu, a local radio-TV personality here in Austin, Texas, has maintained a web site which lists all AM radio stations in

Re: [IRCA] End of MexicoRadioTV website announced

2015-02-05 Thread neilkaz
This is a shame. I do wish to thank Fred for years of service to the DX community !! 73 KAZ -Original Message- From: Russ Nelson ae...@arrl.net Sent: Feb 5, 2015 9:22 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Subject: [IRCA] End of MexicoRadioTV website announced Fred Cantu, a local radio-TV

[IRCA] TP 5 Feb Victoria version

2015-02-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Got a little bit of signal out of some of the regulars this morning; HLAZ pretty much owned what there was of sunrise enhancement. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite; too much splatter and noise Reasonable audio at times

Re: [IRCA] Business as usual at one RadioShack

2015-02-05 Thread Russ Edmunds
Those experiences indicate smaller stores with lower rent which will likely be open the longest. Any stores in the imminent closing status are mostly finished packing up what's going to be sent for clearance elsewhere and at the same time clearing what's not yet packed up at 50% off. Most of

Re: [IRCA] The Sangean ATS 909X

2015-02-05 Thread Jim
It sounds like a winner Paul. Some reviewers on amazon agree that it is great for mw dx and others fully disagree. I suspect there may be QC issues, so it might be luck to get a good one. It would be a good idea to buy from a source that takes returns. I really want a good AM / FM portable for

Re: [IRCA] The Sangean ATS 909X

2015-02-05 Thread James Niven
Hi, With all the talk on this receiver, where in the US can I get one repaired? My ATS909 works ok, but after the receiver has been turned on for a while, the sounds becomes distorted and fades out (this is the best way to describe it) It will be nice to have fixed and working again! James Niven

Re: [IRCA] The Sangean ATS 909X

2015-02-05 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Call Ccrane company in fortuna, ca. Paul On Thursday, February 5, 2015, James Niven jni...@austin.rr.com wrote: Hi, With all the talk on this receiver, where in the US can I get one repaired? My ATS909 works ok, but after the receiver has been turned on for a while, the sounds becomes

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2015-02-05 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Feb 05 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 05 February follow. Solar flux 142 and estimated planetary A-index 12. The

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 2-5

2015-02-05 Thread d1028gary
Hello All,   Asian signals had a tough time getting untracked this morning, but during sunrise enhancement one of the usual die-hards rose up with good signals for about 3 minutes.   At my 1430 start time there were a few ghostly signals in and out on 594, 738, 747, 972 and 1566, but none

Re: [IRCA] The Sangean ATS 909X

2015-02-05 Thread Dennis Gibson
The older ATS-909/RadioShack DX-398 has a reputation of being numb on MW and SW without external antennas. My DX-398 is. SW is excellent with a short length of wire clipped to the whip. MW is great when used with an inductively coupled loop. Fortunately I paid very little for mine. I think it

Re: [IRCA] The Sangean ATS 909X

2015-02-05 Thread Eric Floden
If I am not dreaming this, C.Crane used to offer the ATS-909 with a mod to fix this. I think that's how mine is . . . and mine is still going strong well over 10 years later ef Vancouver sent from my Carousel Slide Projector On 5 February 2015 at 08:55, Dennis Gibson wb6...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [IRCA] The Sangean ATS 909X

2015-02-05 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Picking up spanish from KTIQ 1660 Merced, CA. Not a huge distance, but considering I'm about 2 miles from KNRO 1670's tower, I'd say pretty good job to my Sangean ATS909X I am using no external antenna.. the MW and FM reception on this have been fantastic. Paul Walker Redding, CA On Wed, Feb

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, January 30-February 5, 2015

2015-02-05 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] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, January 30-February 5, 2015

2015-02-05 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, January 30-February 5, 2015

2015-02-05 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] KTKK

2015-02-05 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Checking my recording from last night I found I had several loud and clear IDs for K-Talk, AM 630 KTKK Sandy - Salt Lake City. The most unusual thing about that is that I was hearing this not on 630, but on 1440. Anyone know what gives? 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2015-02-05 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Feb 06 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 05 February follow. Solar flux 142 and estimated planetary A-index 13. The

Re: [IRCA] KTKK

2015-02-05 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
For whatever reason, could this be KPTO 1440 Pocatello, Idaho? On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Nigel Pimblett nige2...@telus.net wrote: Checking my recording from last night I found I had several loud and clear IDs for K-Talk, AM 630 KTKK Sandy - Salt Lake City. The most unusual thing

Re: [IRCA] KTKK

2015-02-05 Thread neilkaz
Yes KPTO as confirmed by a DXer in Yakima who IDed it. 73 KAZ -Original Message- From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com Sent: Feb 5, 2015 8:18 PM To: Nigel Pimblett n.pimbl...@gmail.com, Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] KTKK

2015-02-05 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Thanks Kaz and Paul, for helping to solve the mystery.At least I got a far better recording of the KTKK ID than I'd ever hear on 630! 73, Nigel On 05/02/2015 7:40 PM, neilkaz wrote: Yes KPTO as confirmed by a DXer in Yakima who IDed it. 73 KAZ -Original Message- From: Paul B.

[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 5 February 2015

2015-02-05 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Only two with audio today, but a marked improvement from yesterday. 1575 VOA was in consistently from 1425 to 1450, and even reached a 'good' level for a couple of minutes around 1435. HLAZ was a bit weaker, but still fair for abour 15 minutes. Oddly enough, the next strongest signals

[IRCA] End of MexicoRadioTV website announced

2015-02-05 Thread Russ Nelson
Fred Cantu, a local radio-TV personality here in Austin, Texas, has maintained a web site which lists all AM radio stations in Mexico for as long as I can remember. Yesterday he posted on his Facebook page that he will no longer be able to maintain this site. (Facebook url:

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] (OT) An FM that still signs off...

2015-02-05 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
---BeginMessage--- For What It's Worth, according to  WLDS WEAI News, their FM actually operates 0500-2400. I will try to verify this soon, though they are a bit of a rimshot to my suburban St. Louis home. |   | |   | |   |   |   |   |   | | WLDS WEAI NewsWe're Jacksonville's News Leader,

Re: [IRCA] (OT) An FM that still signs off...

2015-02-05 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
Ah, a little off on the time..a few years ago I think their morning show started at 530am and I assumed that's when they signed in. Paul On Thursday, February 5, 2015, Earl Higgins earlthe...@yahoo.com wrote: For What It's Worth, according to WLDS WEAI News