[IRCA] TP 9 May Victoria version

2017-05-09 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Looked like an Asian morning to start, with nothing very special happening. Then a little DU opening exploded around 1230UT, with several audios at the low end of the band. The best of that was finished within 5-10 minutes. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speake

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2017-05-09 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 May 10 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 09 May follow. Solar flux 69 and estimated planetary A-index 6. The estimate

[IRCA] WWV Solar Report

2017-05-09 Thread NOAA WWV
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2017 May 09 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 08 May follow. Solar flux 71 and estimated planetary A-index 6. The estimate

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] Re: DXing the West from a HOA Neighborhood

2017-05-09 Thread Les Rayburn
Kaz, Your estimate is spot on. It would be about 55 feet between two antennas arrayed E-W. At my previous house, I used to phase a Wellbrook loop, and an active whip, separated by about 130 feet. That combination worked really well. I tired it again here, but without much success. Nulls were po

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] Re: DXing the West from a HOA Neighborhood

2017-05-09 Thread Neil Kazaross
Les, how much room would you have in between two small antennas arrayed aiming directly E-W? To me it doesn't look like more than 50-60 ft if staying out of sight and that is rather close for phasing but might be OK in the upper AM band. 73 KAZ On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Neil Kazaross wrote

Re: [IRCA] DXing the West from a HOA Neighborhood

2017-05-09 Thread Les Rayburn
Received it Steve. It’s a thing of beauty, but indoor loops don’t work well at all here. Too much noise in the house. 73, Les N1LF Les Rayburn, director High Noon Media Services 130 1st Avenue West Alabaster, AL 35007-8536 205-621-7500 205-621-7505 FAX 205-253-4867 CELL highnoonfilm.com [Thi

Re: [IRCA] DXing the West from a HOA Neighborhood

2017-05-09 Thread Stan Horzepa
Please send me a copy, Steve. Thanks, Stan, WA1LOU On 5/9/17 6:07 AM, Hawkins wrote: Gang, On 5/8/17 5:15 PM, irca-ow...@hard-core-dx.com wrote: has been rejected by the list moderator. The moderator gave the following reason for rejecting your request: "Your message was too big; please tr

[IRCA] TP 8 May Victoria version

2017-05-09 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Pretty much entirely DU this morning, and not too much of that; mostly carriers. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): nope Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battli

[IRCA] DXing the West from a HOA Neighborhood

2017-05-09 Thread Hawkins
Gang, On 5/8/17 5:15 PM, irca-ow...@hard-core-dx.com wrote: has been rejected by the list moderator. The moderator gave the following reason for rejecting your request: "Your message was too big; please trim it to less than 35 KB in size." I tried sending sending Les a photo of my inside the