Re: [IRCA] KAZ Antenna Query and two TA Unids

2011-10-27 Thread Dave Pyatt
I was going to correct the reply below and say that Radio Paradise was not on 820 but on 830 kHz. I decided first to check their website and sure enough they are on 820 kHz. I have a QSL card from Radio Paradise from 1991 that states a frequency of 830 kHz. I had actually heard the station

Re: [IRCA] WHYL-960 DX Test

2010-05-10 Thread Dave Pyatt
I also sent off a letter plus return postage, as well as an e-mail mp3 sample of my log and have not received a reply. Dave Pyatt Burlington, ON On 2010-05-08, at 8:19 PM, J.D. Stephens wrote: Has anyone received a QSL for the WHYL-960 DX test which ran over a year ago (March of last year

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] CJEU-1670 is on

2009-12-10 Thread Dave Pyatt
Fair to good station playing French songs, here in Burlington, ON. As Barry says below, appears to be mostly children's music. Dave On 2009-12-10, at 6:17 PM, Neil Kazaross wrote: Is this still on tonite ? 73 KAZ - Original Message - From: Barry McLarnon b...@bdmcomm.ca To:

[IRCA] WSRY Heard In Burlington

2009-11-29 Thread Dave Pyatt
Heard, Morse message, staircase and swept tone plus station id over and under CBE, Windsor, just past midnight. Thanks to WSRY and to all who made this test possible. Dave Burlington, ON NRD 545 + 40 box loop N 43° 18' W 079° 48' ___ IRCA

Re: [IRCA] UNID Canadian on 1050

2009-10-06 Thread Dave Pyatt
It's CHUM 1050 Toronto. No longer an oldies station, now relaying tv station CP 24 (Cable Pulse 24) which is an all news station, in Toronto. I'm not sure if the call letters are still CHUM. Dave Burlington, ON On 2009-10-06, at 10:01 AM, J.D. Stephens wrote: During a recent DXpedition w/

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WOON-1240 test

2009-01-18 Thread Dave Pyatt
WOON Morse heard in Burlington, ON. Very slow Morse, repeated often. Listened on LSB as 1250 has a local. Appears to be an 800 Hz tone, 1230.2 kHz. Heard at 7:04::42 UTC Thanks to all who made this test possible. Dave Burlington, ON NRD 545 + 40 box loop N 43° 18' W 079° 48'

Re: [IRCA] WHBC-1480 DX test

2008-03-29 Thread Dave Pyatt
On 29-Mar-08, at 4:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nothing heard until 3:40, when they obviously switched to day rig, appearing out of nowhere with armchair signal. The talk was financial, not sports. Voice ID at 3:43, followed by code and sweeps. Returned permanently to night rig at

[IRCA] WBIX Dx Test

2008-02-24 Thread Dave Pyatt
Just listening to my overnight log of 1060, and am hearing good Morse at 0004 EST, from WBIX, despite the very strong signal from KYW. Dave Burlington, ON NRD 545 + 40 box loop N 43° 18' W 079° 48' ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] WKDK Dx Test

2008-02-11 Thread Dave Pyatt
Just listened to my overnight log of 1240, and have picked out weak, but distinctive swept tone at about 0525 UTC. Have not been able to identify anything else on 1240, not even another station. Thanks to all who made this test possible. Dave Burlington, ON NRD 545 + 40 box loop N 43° 18'

Re: [IRCA] Solved: Re: 1510 Unid from the Prairies(?)

2007-12-12 Thread Dave Pyatt
It sounds a bit like KSPA, or has that been ruled out. Dave On 12-Dec-07, at 11:33 AM, Paul Crankshaw wrote: Thanks for that Scott (and to Paul Walker too) It's going to have to go down as an unid for the moment.. I don't know if you would like to run a bit of this through noise

[IRCA] New QSL

2007-11-20 Thread Dave Pyatt
Received an attractive certificate from WIRL, 1290, Peoria, IL signed by Wayne Miller, CE + business card, for dx test of October 21. Dave Burlington, ON ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

Re: [IRCA] Last season's WMRO DX Test

2007-09-03 Thread Dave Pyatt
Jim I e-mailed a letter and an mp3 file to Scott Bailey back in January, and then as requested, in a e-mail from him, I also mailed my letter. I have not yet received a reply.. Dave Burlington, ON NRD 545 + 40 box loop N 43° 18' W 079° 48' On 3-Sep-07, at 10:18 AM, Bill Harms wrote:

Re: [IRCA] 1550 KXTO test not heard, Sunday morning

2007-07-15 Thread Dave Pyatt
I logged both Friday and Saturday night, even though I knew my chances of hearing anything were slim. In looking at the sonograms, I was unable to discern any QRSS at 2.5 kHz. Dave Burlington, ON NRD 545 + 40 box loop N 43° 18' W 079° 48' On 15-Jul-07, at 11:19 AM, Bill Block wrote:

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360 test

2007-06-13 Thread Dave Pyatt
The Amadeus Pro sonogram shows two unusual signals, one at about 1.1 kHz, with slight drift, and another, which meanders about, between 750 Hz and 850 Hz. This is over the time period from midnight to 02:40 am. Dave On 13-Jun-07, at 1:14 AM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: been going over my

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Dave Pyatt
I logged from midnight to about 02:40 on USB, 2.7 kHz bw. In looking at the log, using the sonogram display in Amadeus Pro, the 1 kHz Morse as well as the various tones and the phone off the hook are all clearly visible, but there is no sign of a Morse signal at 2.5 kHz. Dave On

Re: [IRCA] CFB (Compact Florescent Blubs)

2007-05-01 Thread Dave Pyatt
Patrick The lamp that I used for my test is a Globe Mini-Spiral, 13W. Dave On 30-Apr-07, at 8:47 PM, Patrick Martin wrote: Dave, I will have to buy a CFB the next time I am at Fred Meyer to check it out. Thanks for feedback. At least there is hope with this. I don't know if all of the

Re: [IRCA] CFB (Compact Florescent Blubs)

2007-04-30 Thread Dave Pyatt
Patrick I set the 13 watt CFB about a foot away from, and in line with the loop. I set my NRD 545 to USB and tuned from about 500 to 1780 kHz. I retuned the loop every couple hundred kHz. I switched off the lamp every time I ran across a questionable signal. I did not detect a single

Re: [IRCA] CFB (Compact Florescent Blubs)

2007-04-29 Thread Dave Pyatt
The apartment building, where I live, just replaced all incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent. If i recall correctly, the building supervisor said they replaced over 3200 bulbs. I just tested one by moving a lamp next to my 40 loop and listening on 4 empty AM frequencies. I did not

[IRCA] WMRO heard in Burlington

2007-01-15 Thread Dave Pyatt
Just listened to my overnight log of 1560 and heard swept tones and weak Morse at ~ 08:24 UTC. Listened also at 08:34 and 08:48 as per the program info but heard nothing. I did not hear any music. I don't have a phaser, so I rotated the loop to null WQEW and hoped for the best, however,

Re: [IRCA] 1580 question - Is anyone currently off-frequency?

2006-12-31 Thread Dave Pyatt
I can receive CKDO during the daytime, and I've also noticed when listening on SSB that they are slightly off frequency. Dave Burlington, ON NRD 545 + 4 ft box loop N 43 18 W 079 48 On 31-Dec-06, at 10:22 AM, Barry McLarnon wrote: On Sunday 31 December 2006 01:34, Nick Hall-Patch