Re: [IRCA] Loop Antenna Gain for Rockworks #4 and #2

<<<   ... but DX heard on the Rockworks #4 SDR file was cleaner and less affected by the splatter compared to the same signals at Rockworks #2.   >>>    Thanks for your comments, Guy.   It's probably wise to remember that Rockwork 4 likely has the best splatter-killing geometry on the entire

[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 26 October 2015

A bit more audio today. Mostly the regulars (though calling them regulars this season may be pushing it). The anomoly was on 639, where neither Japan nor China can be termed regular. VOA did very well, bordering on a VG signal at times. 594JAPAN, TokyoJOAK Not quite

Re: [IRCA] 1215 might be showing signs of lift off

Nothing down the road in Victoria on 1377 (at 04:40 UTC). Just major splatter from 1380. Nothing coming up like last night thus farWalt On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 3:53 AM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > 1377 has a pretty fair carrier too. Unfortunately, I have to make an > early night of it...

Re: [IRCA] Loop Antenna Gain for Rockworks #4 and #2

Hi Chuck, My apologies for not considering gain differences. I was too "wowwed" by the obviously lower splatter levels on Dave's Rockworks #4 SDR files compared to mine from Rockworks #2 on the morning of October 24. I did no adjustments, but just zoomed in on specific signals to see the peak sig

[IRCA] Interesting evening

Listening on the west coast, things are interesting. I parked on 860 about 5 minutes ago, and had CBKF-2 Saskatoon in with a solid signal. Within 5 minutes, it's completely changed to Spanish, likely KTRB in San Francisco. All this without lifting a finger to change any of the Perseus controls. 7

Re: [IRCA] 1215 might be showing signs of lift off

I'm getting a teensie weensie carrrier down here Bruce On 10/26/2015 8:53 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: 1377 has a pretty fair carrier too. Unfortunately, I have to make an early night of it... best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core

[IRCA] 1215 might be showing signs of lift off

1377 has a pretty fair carrier too. Unfortunately, I have to make an early night of it... best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mail

Re: [IRCA] TA carriers...

Ditto for Victoria, Mark. I often wondered why 1521 wouldn't propagate out here. In Masset, where 1520 is less of an issue, I still have never heard Saudi on this channel. In the great days of solar minimums, 1575 Farda was here nightly for weeks on end. Actually local late afternoon, followed

Re: [IRCA] TP 26 Oct Victoria version

They were there Walt, just not worth noticing any more than any other timethe jingle at 1413UT was a little more distinctive. 73, Nick At 03:44 27-10-15, you wrote: Nick, interesting that my strongest logging was 1575 VOA Thailand around 14:00 UTC, and yours, not. 73,...Walt On Tue, Oc

Re: [IRCA] TP 26 Oct Victoria version

Nick, interesting that my strongest logging was 1575 VOA Thailand around 14:00 UTC, and yours, not. 73,...Walt On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 3:17 AM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > Yes, signals were there as early as 1300UT, but not that spectacular here, > and quite erratic. And just the usual suspects:

[IRCA] TP DX in Seattle on October 26

Today was my first TP DX session in about 2 weeks. Conditions were so-so here, with a handful of the regulars showing up. There was no sunrise enhancement to speak of.A couple of stations peaked at about 1440. Others peaked an hour or more earlier. GOOD 972HLCA, Korean discussion 1

[IRCA] TP 26 Oct Victoria version

Yes, signals were there as early as 1300UT, but not that spectacular here, and quite erratic. And just the usual suspects: 738 747 774 828 972 1053 1287 1566 over and over. After 1400UT, a touch more variety, and 972 1287 and 1566 did stay in until 1500UT and later. pretty darn good audi

Re: [IRCA] TA carriers...

Here in Alberta at least, it's generally just not there. I did hear it several times back in the great TA years around 2007-2009, but not since. Even back then, conditions had to be exceptional, whereas 1575 Farda was pretty much an every night thing. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta O

Re: [IRCA] October 26th at Rockworks #4, Oregon

Outstanding report Guy. I really appreciate hanging out for at least the one day and I hope to do the "full Monty" with you guys next opportunity. 73,Chris Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Guy Atkins Date: 10/26/2015 7:45 PM (GMT-08:00) To:

Re: [IRCA] TA carriers...

Never a hint here Mark, even back in the days of hearing Farda-1575 and Sawa-1539, (the latter is silent now isn't it?) There is a semi-local on 1520, but its IBOC cuts up the channels around it, not 1521. best wishes, Nick At 02:05 27-10-15, Mark wrote: You guys seldom mention Saudi 152

Re: [IRCA] Another TA night?

Here in Victoria, a carrier on 1269 is about the extent of it; nice low K indices too. best wishes, Nick At 01:36 27-10-15, Nigel wrote: It might pay for westerners to keep an eye on things tonight, as I'm getting a number of TA carriers, including 684,702,855,1215,1377,1413, 1503,1575.

[IRCA] October 26th at Rockworks #4, Oregon

I've just finished unpacking my stuff after the return trip from three mornings at the Rockworks cliffs and thought I should at least give a quickie report, since I was the "last man standing". Chris was part of the gang the first morning, Chuck and Dave joined me again Sunday morning, and I was th

Re: [IRCA] TA carriers...

--- Begin Message --- You guys seldom mention Saudi 1521, the ten ton gorilla here on the East Coast, audible 2+ hours pre-sunset at coastal sites, at least a half hour ahead of everybody else. Mark Connelly, WA1ION South Yarmouth, MA << and a touch of sludgy sounding rock music on 1215 at

Re: [IRCA] AM 1370 Kansas City Sports Radio

--- Begin Message --- KIOL-1370, Iola Kansas carries the Royals, but I couldn't tell you how they ID -Paul Swearingen, Topeka -Original Message- From: Kraig To: neilkaz ; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent: Mon, Oct 26, 2015 5:22 pm Subject: Re: [IRCA] AM 1

[IRCA] Another TA night?

It might pay for westerners to keep an eye on things tonight, as I'm getting a number of TA carriers, including 684,702,855,1215,1377,1413, 1503,1575. Actually two on 1575, one a bit low, so suspect likely Farda and Iran. They're all pretty erratic, going to reasonably strong carriers to vi

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Oct 27 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 26 October follow. Solar flux 106 and estimated planetary A-index 3. The est

Re: [IRCA] A Closer Look: the AM Radio Revitalization Order

The more pieces of this order I read, the more I become convinced that taken individually or in concert, many of these proposals which involve interference are almost certain to make it much worse, likely meaning either a reduction in coverage area or in some cases simply no improvement. As a DX'er

Re: [IRCA] AM 1370 Kansas City Sports Radio

This was at 1000 UTC (6 AM EDT) on Friday, October 23, 2014. Brief audio clip misc.kg4lac.com/KansasCitySportRadioUnID2015-10-23-1370kHz-1000UTC.mp3 73, Kraig On 10/25/2015 9:38 PM, neilkaz wrote: I can steer my array beam right at that area and there's no station on 1370 with this ID. I

[IRCA] A Closer Look: the AM Radio Revitalization Order

http://www.radioworld.com/article/a-closer-look-the-am-radio-revitalization-order-/277398 Sent from my iPhone ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2015 Oct 26 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 25 October follow. Solar flux 106 and estimated planetary A-index 8. The est

Re: [IRCA] AM BCB DX….ELAD Captures…..4 more New Stations Logged……

Good job, Rob. Yeah, AM signals should penetrate into most basements. Your outdoor LW must really be noisy. Perhaps a hopeless situation? You could try some outdoor terminated antenna like a superloop, but I fear too much noise especially if the noise comes from all directions and you can't aim

[IRCA] AM BCB DX….ELAD Captures…..4 more New Stations Logged……

Hi Guys: Well, I pointed the Box Loop NW/SE last night again and let the ELAD record TOH from 1800-0800 EDT. I have only had time to review about 4 of the recordings so far…..but I had 3 New Catches during the night, and 1 New One from the 0800 recording from yesterday. This Crazy Box Loo

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-26

Got back from the airport at 1440 and, while eating breakfast, noted that the big guns stayed in well passed 1515 UTC -- Driving from the airport, monitored the howl of Korea on 972 against the domestic -- Interested that, with right car radio, you can TP DX while driving down the highway... Good

[IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 10-26

As reported from Victoria there were some moderately interesting Asian signals this morning, with better variety than over the weekend. The mid-band Chinese stations on 1017, 1035 and 1044 made weak appearances here around 1330 while the usual NHK big guns struggled somewhat to get out of the no

Re: [IRCA] Masset DXpedition 15 - 23 October, 2015: MW perspective Part 1

Walt: You realize, of course, that you're making a goodly number of us fiercely JEALOUS! Cheers Mark Durenberger -Original Message- From: Walter Salmaniw Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 8:50 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: [IRCA] Masset DXpedi

[IRCA] TP from Victoria for 26 Oct 2015

Returned with interest for a brief look at the bands. Similar results to Nick's DX Fishbarrel. What interested me was that best reception consistently was on my N directed corner fed loop, and not my West loop, nor SW ALA 100. Best of the morning was on 1575 (I started around 14:00) with VOA Tha

Re: [IRCA] 26 Oct Early Bird TP DX Victoria, .and now, the Later Bird

Just before 1430UT, and pretty spotty, with mainly the usual suspects being the spots. 1575 is fairly listenable and 1566 is having its moments. Seems to be the height of excitement at the moment. best wishes, Nick At 13:37 26-10-15, you wrote: Looks like 1/2 dozen or more stations, NHK

[IRCA] 26 Oct Early Bird TP DX Victoria

Looks like 1/2 dozen or more stations, NHK and Korea in audio so far. Could be a good sunrise. Have to run out to the airport so likely will miss the excitement - Good luck all. NHK 774 completely in the clear - S9 on the Drake R8 -- *Colin Newell is the Editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com <

Re: [IRCA] Interesting Rockworks Discovery & Oct. 25th DX Comments

Hello Guy,   <<<   We and others like Gary have assumed that Rockworks #2 is easily the preferred DXing site for chasing TPs due to the less-obstructed horizon to the northwest. Well, I measured a number of high, mid, and low-band TP stations for signal-to-noise ratios on my 1428-1430 UTC HDSD