[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 19 April 2017

It may have been Asians in Victoria, but they were missing here in southern Alberta, with only Australians noted this morning. 7743LO Melbourne, AUSTRALIATraces of news were noted at 1203. 1116 4BC Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Man talking noted at 1154, then after a fade back up

[IRCA] TP 18 April Victoria version

Oddly, now that there has been a K index of 5, we're back mainly to Asiansand not too many of those. Peak between 1240 and 1300UT roughly. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite; the NHK2 heavies came close at times

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 Apr 20 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 19 April follow. Solar flux 81 and estimated planetary A-index 15. The

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 Apr 19 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 18 April follow. Solar flux 80 and estimated planetary A-index 7. The

[IRCA] Oklahoma TP DX 4/19/17

The first trace of anything possibly from across the big pond in some time. 1548 unID (4QD?), carrier signal heard at 1134-1151 (LSR). Sadly no audio. Nothing detected from DU on 612, 702, 774 or 1116 when checked. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA, Skywave & 8-inch FSL. Sent from my iPad --

[IRCA] Buzz Kill Filter

From the ARRL Contest Update (which is a great source of technical news). This device might be of interest to AM DX’ers: The Four States QRP Group has introduced the new BUZZ-KILL kit for removing power-line buzz from an audio channel. The BUZZ-KILL is a