[IRCA] TP 13 Apr Victoria version

2018-04-13 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not quite as DU this morning, but nothing very exciting from Asia either. Post sunrise was a wipe out as well. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB English lessons 1232UT 828 JOBB English lessons 1305UT Re

Re: [IRCA] 630-Cook Islands Sign On Routine (1555 UTC)

2018-04-13 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Thanks Gary. I've seen it here after 1400UT; it certainly can sit on other potential DX. best wishes, Nick At 23:28 2018-04-13, d1028g...@aol.com wrote: Kia Orana Nick 846-Kiribati does indeed run a open carrier overnight.On the SSB-equipped CC Skywave it has a huge carrier around 11

Re: [IRCA] 630-Cook Islands Sign On Routine (1555 UTC)

2018-04-13 Thread Gary DeBock via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Kia Orana Nick 846-Kiribati does indeed run a open carrier overnight.On the SSB-equipped CC Skywave it has a huge carrier around 1100, but that doesn't stop Radio Veritas from showing up in its null. Gary Sent from AOL Mobile Mail On Thursday, April 12, 2018 Nick Hall

[IRCA] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, March 31-April 13, 2018

2018-04-13 Thread Glenn Hauser via IRCA
--- 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 o

[IRCA] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, March 30-April 13, 2018

2018-04-13 Thread Glenn Hauser via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- These logs are excerpts from my daily all-band reports, mainly SWBC, also VHF/UHF, sometimes utility, ham, which may be found in several archives without much delay, such as http://www.hard-core-dx.com/index.php?topic=Hauser And compiled weekly along with extensive news fr

Re: [IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight TP's for 4-13

2018-04-13 Thread Donald Barnes via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Gary, Happy to read of your success at the Cook Is.! I’m looking forward to what TP I can coax out of the Kona Coast, followed by what LA DX I can hear from the Hamakua Coast. Nothing like reading about Bangladesh, Cambodia and Mongolia to whet the TP DX appetite! 73, Cr

[IRCA] Cook Islands (Aitutaki) Ultralight TP's for 4-13

2018-04-13 Thread Gary DeBock
Dreams of India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar evaporated on the ocean beach this morning as a determined collection of ANZ pests conspired to lock up all the "exotic" frequencies on the last day of the DXpedition. 567, 576, 594, 729, 873, 882, 1071 and 1566 all had at least one potent DU English pest,

Re: [IRCA] 630-Cook Islands Sign On Routine (1555 UTC)

2018-04-13 Thread R. Colin Newell
Original owner of my XCR-30 is none other than Ian McFarland of CBC RCI. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Apr 13, 2018, at 9:24 AM, Bill Whitacre wrote: > > In re-reading my WRTH article from 1981 I’m reminded that the XCR-30 also > went to Europe a few times. Pretty sure I trave

Re: [IRCA] 630-Cook Islands Sign On Routine (1555 UTC)

2018-04-13 Thread Bill Whitacre
In re-reading my WRTH article from 1981 I’m reminded that the XCR-30 also went to Europe a few times. Pretty sure I travelled without the dozen or so D-cells it craved. Evereadys didn’t catch on fire like LiOn cells but they were just as heavy. ;-) Not so long before I joined VOA, in 1982, s

Re: [IRCA] 630-Cook Islands Sign On Routine (1555 UTC)

2018-04-13 Thread R. Colin Newell
Hey! I've a functioning Barlow-Wadley XCR-30! And I assure you, it has never picked up Radio Cook Islands! On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 5:37 AM, Bill Whitacre wrote: > Oh, oh … now you did it — opened up the door to ‘memory lane!’ > > Here’s a cut from Radio Cook Islands from July 1980 recorded, as f

Re: [IRCA] 630-Cook Islands Sign On Routine (1555 UTC)

2018-04-13 Thread Bill Whitacre
Oh, oh … now you did it — opened up the door to ‘memory lane!’ Here’s a cut from Radio Cook Islands from July 1980 recorded, as far as I can recall, on a Barlow-Wadley XCR-30 [which I still have] and a cheap little portable cassette recorder at the Orange Grove Lodge about half way around the i

Re: [IRCA] 630-Cook Islands Sign On Routine (1555 UTC)

2018-04-13 Thread Gary DeBock
<<< Which leads to a question about the Christmas Island transmitter on 846. Are they running it at full power, even when there is no programming? It certainly seems that way, judging by a strong signal on 846 and lack of programming before sunrise here on the west coast. >>> I'll see what I can f