[IRCA] TP 14 July Victoria version

Might have been a good morning at the coast. Mostly carriers here, but quite a number with "barely there" audio traces. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 738 Tahiti, rhythmic pop music 1117UT, Reasonable audio at times during the

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2016 Jul 15 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 14 July follow. Solar flux 95 and estimated planetary A-index 12. The

[IRCA] Very good night last night

Last night, my ELAD FDM-S2/SW2 recorded three new ones at the UTC top-of-hour: WHOL - 1600 kHz - Allentown, PA - 56 watts - 150 miles to my southwest WQKJ417 - 1630 kHz - Fort Pierce, FL - 10 watts - 1063 miles to my south-southwest - State of Florida Radio Service TIS WDHP

[IRCA] Bedtime DX - 06 Jul 2016

Oops! Forgive my delay in posting this to the newsgroup. It's been busy at home and I just let it slip by. Bedtime DX 06 Jul 2016 ~~ RCVR: CCrane Skywave (unmodified) ANT: Internal Ferrite Loopstick 1020 KCKN NM ROSWELL - 06 Jul 2016 @ 0420 AM EDT (0820 UTC) with mentions of

Re: [IRCA] broken radio UPDATE and FIX

It happens to all of us! On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Eric Floden wrote: > UPDATE: Thanks to Colin Newell for taking the radio to repair it. > However, he discovered that instead of a mechanical fault, one of the gain > controls had been turned down. (After it was

Re: [IRCA] broken radio UPDATE and FIX

UPDATE: Thanks to Colin Newell for taking the radio to repair it. However, he discovered that instead of a mechanical fault, one of the gain controls had been turned down. (After it was dropped grandson grabbed it off the floor and perhaps he turned the dial.) So I am red-faced for simply

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2016 Jul 14 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 13 July follow. Solar flux 97 and estimated planetary A-index 8. The

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican [sic] MW DX to Enid OK, July 8-14, 2016

--- Begin Message --- [standard opening remarx] UNIDENTIFIED. 1521.0, July 8 at 0227 and still at 0236, 1 kHz het is audible on hi side of Herman Cain on KOKC 1520.0 OKC, which I always confidently assume is the 2-megawatter in Duba, SAUDI ARABIA which operates only at the night, and serves as

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, July 8-14, 2016

--- Begin Message --- All times and dates strictly UT [4 hours ahead of `ELT` during EDT; when changing times one must also change the dates for events in the 00-04 UT period to the previous date by ELT]. Rx: mostly DX-398 with internal antenna only or PL-880; NRD-545 with ALA-330S inside E-W

[IRCA] 14 July - early TP's

As of 15 minutes ago -- 10:50 UTC Tahiti ruling the roost on 738 kHz. Carrier noted on 756 with hint of ghostly audio... 828 and 1566 carriers. Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] TP 13 July Victoria version

<<>>   As you may have noticed, Nick, 1017-Tonga had a decent carrier right at our 1030 UTC show up times on both Saturday and Monday at the

Re: [IRCA] more same stations, different receiving setups

Hi Jim,   <<<   Chuck's quick set-up at the cliffs was the stuff of Olympic standards.   >>>   Chuck does have some serious ocean cliff DXing experience, Jim. He has been a "Cliffhanger" almost as long as me.   Gary    - Original Message - From: "James Renfrew"

Re: [IRCA] more same stations, different receiving setups

Nothing quite like rolling out a thousand feet or more of beverage through dense pine and swamp along the rocky Newfoundland coast. Even more fun with "weather". Chuck's quick set-up at the cliffs was the stuff of Olympic standards. Jim Renfrew On Jul 14, 2016 02:52,

Re: [IRCA] more same stations, different receiving setups

Chuck -   My original comment about the broadband loop's "extended" setup time was in comparison to Nick's active whip setup, or a single FSL setup. Whenever you need to set up two secure vertical supports and adjust a control to optimize F/B ratio you are likely to take more time than