Re: [IRCA] RIP DX Tests (was: Re: Rackley on Synchronous AM Boosters)

2017-01-06 Thread Glenn Hauser via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Rick, I get your point, but that only matters if you gotta get QSLs. A test without even offering QSLs would allow one to KNOW whether oneself heard the station, sufficient. 73, Glenn Hauser On Sat, 1/7/17, Rick Dau wrote:

[IRCA] RIP DX Tests (was: Re: Rackley on Synchronous AM Boosters)

2017-01-06 Thread Rick Dau
Sorry, DXers of the world, but it's high time that DX tests be done away with Back in the day, some unscrupulous participants in the hobby made it a practice of waiting about 2-3 weeks after tests were conducted, looking through the pages of DX News, DX Monitor, and other print publicatio

[IRCA] TP 6 Jan Victoria version

2017-01-06 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
A slight sunrise lift after 1600UT today, very slight. I looked also at some earlier recorded files, and there was "barely there" talk by woman on 594 at 1058UT, gone by the hour, and 774 // 828 at 1101UT, also "barely there" pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native spea

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2017-01-06 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 Jan 07 0010 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 06 January follow. Solar flux 72 and estimated planetary A-index 16. The est

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2017-01-06 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 Jan 06 2105 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 06 January follow. Solar flux 72 and estimated planetary A-index 19. The est

Re: [IRCA] Early 6th Jan Kona. Masset perspective

2017-01-06 Thread R. Colin Newell
That's my signal to get in the game! It's clearly quieter here later at night and I was hearing lots of splits before 10 PM local time last night. Too bad about 738 Tahiti going off -- Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC > On Jan 6, 2017, at 11:12 AM, Walter Salmaniw wrote:

Re: [IRCA] Early 6th Jan Kona. Masset perspective

2017-01-06 Thread Walter Salmaniw
First morning at the dials from 13:55 onwards. A real hodge podge with a mixture of DU and Asiatics. Unfortunately, neither were very strong. So far, I have 3 antennae up. 300 deg 750' BOG to Asia, a DKAZ aimed at at NZ/Australia , and a NE/SW large diameter ALA 100 loop. The latter, a poor pe

Re: [IRCA] AM BCB DX…………3 NEW Stations Heard

2017-01-06 Thread Mike Sanburn
Nice going, especially WEW! ms From: IRCA on behalf of Robert Ross Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 5:18 AM To: IRCA AM List Subject: [IRCA] AM BCB DX3 NEW Stations Heard Hi Guys: Now that the Holidays are over, I have found some time to Review Recordin

Re: [IRCA] Early 6th Jan TP Kona; no more 738

2017-01-06 Thread R. Colin Newell
Wow! What struck me as ironic is that the loudest SW station in the condo is ABC On 9580khz - also soon to vanish... End of an era Boys and Girls. Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC > On Jan 6, 2017, at 6:28 AM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > > Thanks Colin. > > There's no poi

Re: [IRCA] Sangean HDR-16 AM/FM/HD Stereo Radio

2017-01-06 Thread Russ Edmunds
Apparently neither inputs for external antenna for AM nor FM. Don't know if I'd spend $100+ for a portable without those. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NW Phila Grid FN20id AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (4) barefoot w/whip FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder; Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 4)

[IRCA] Sangean HDR-16 AM/FM/HD Stereo Radio

2017-01-06 Thread Dennis Gibson
https://radiojayallen.com/sangean-hdr-16-amfmhd-stereo-radio/ Sent from my iPad ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original

Re: [IRCA] New logging

2017-01-06 Thread Mike Sanburn
Congrats on the new Florida logging!!! ms From: IRCA on behalf of Steve Francis via IRCA Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 9:24 PM To: a...@nrcdxas.org; amfmt...@mailman.qth.net; irca@hard-core-dx.com; m...@googlegroups.com Cc: Steve Francis Subject: [IRCA] Ne

Re: [IRCA] Early 6th Jan TP Kona; no more 738

2017-01-06 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Thanks Colin. There's no point in chasing 738 any longer I'm afraid. Via Mike Terry, via Andy Robins, via Bill Whitacre: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/321809/loss-of-am-radio-irks-french-polynesia has the following: RNZ 5 January 2017 French Polynesia's public rad