[IRCA] Fwd: [UDXF] SDRs Available at KPH Receive Site

2018-12-07 Thread Bruce Portzer
This receiving site is less than a mile from the ocean, so it might provide some interesting TP listening experiences.  I checked it out just now and found the Alaska weather station on 529 coming in quite well.  As advertised, it sounds like the noise level is low.  On the other hand, there ar

[IRCA] Fwd: Topband: At least four more years of solar minimum?

2018-12-07 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
from the topband list: NOAA updated its predictions for smoothed sunspot numbers and solar flux through the end of 2022. As of last month, their predictions ended in 2019. Their prediction shows a smoothed sunspot number of 10 for December 2018, declining to 2 in July 2020 through January 2021

[IRCA] KSLM-1220

2018-12-07 Thread Pete Taylor
Very loud at 9:05p PST. 171w unlikely. Pete Taylor Tacoma, WA 12225w 4719n HQ180 & ICF2010 Kiwa aircore & Palomar loops DX398, SRF-59 & M37V Eton E100 + Tecsun PL-300/380 ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mai

[IRCA] TA carriers Victoria

2018-12-07 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
with the solar wind north of 500km/sec, and something geomagnetically volatile imminent, TA carriers are still popping up in Victoria just before 0500UT, 531.011, 774 (too early for JOUB surely), 855, 1089, 1107 1215, 1386 best wishes, Nick Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada _

Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] 36th AM Log Giveaway

2018-12-07 Thread Rick Dau
And since we're on the subject of buying/selling/trading/giving away, there are still a few more items that I'm on the hunt for: 8th Edition, NRC AM Log (dated 1986, NO markings in it, please!) 13th Edition, FM Atlas (dated 1990) 4th Edition, IRCA Almanac (I first mentioned this at the conventi

[IRCA] TP 7 Dec Victoria version.

2018-12-07 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Victoria diverged from Alberta this morning, with a bit more of an uptick in conditions. Things were reasonable at 1520UT and started to fade down, but there was a bit of a Chinese lift (no, not a martial arts move) about 1540UT as well. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a

[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 7 December 2018

2018-12-07 Thread Nigel Pimblett
After a couple of days of improvement, it was a step back today .   The Japanese big guns (594,693,747,774,828) still had decent signals but otherwise it was just trace audio from Korea on 972 and Japan on 1287. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, AB Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array _

Re: [IRCA] [nrc-am] 36th AM Log Giveaway

2018-12-07 Thread Brandon Jordan
I just upgraded to the latest NRC AM Log and AM Antenna Pattern editions. In the spirit of Bob's give-away, I have the NRC AM Log 34'th ed. and AM Antenna Patternn 7'th ed. to give away to anyone can use them. I will pay postage. Brandon Jordan, KM4PBQ Fayette County, Tennessee, USA http://www.swl

Re: [IRCA] further TA in Victoria 1 December

2018-12-07 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Hi Gary, That's why I'll be checking the WebSDRs for the Algerian parallel on 1422 if I can get decent audio again. With TA conditions the way they've been, Oman is actually more likely, and its antenna is somewhat directional towards us. One small problem, Oman is not supposed to on the