[IRCA] KLIV 1590 San Jose, CA singing off the air Sunday

--- Begin Message --- Kim Vestal posted on Facebook that KLIV 1590 San Jose, CA is signing off the air Sunday.   Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,  Kalama, WA --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] 1390 Salem Oregon

--- Begin Message --- Phil, I tuned in KZGD 1390 at 11:00 AM today. TOH there was 10 seconds of dead air followed by music. Commercials in Spanish. Salem, ORheard with commercials.   Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,  Kalama, WA On Wednesday, January 2, 2019, 6:24:05 PM PST, Phil Bytheway

[IRCA] all-digital-am-grabs-automakers-interest

--- Begin Message --- Can't send the link to irca? Google subject line.  Dennis Vroom--- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list

[IRCA] digital-am-grabs-automakers-interest/article

--- Begin Message --- All-Digital AM Grabs Automakers’ Interest. | | | | || | | | | | All-Digital AM Grabs Automakers’ Interest. The fate of AM radio in the car dashboard may pass through Frederick, MD. That’s where the latest experiment in ... | | | |  

[IRCA] All-Digital AM Grabs Automaker's Interest

--- Begin Message --- All-Digital AM Grabs Automakers’ Interest. | | | | || | | | | | All-Digital AM Grabs Automakers’ Interest. The fate of AM radio in the car dashboard may pass through Frederick, MD. That’s where the latest experiment in ... | | | |

[IRCA] KOHI 1600 Returns to air briefly.

--- Begin Message --- KOHI 1600 been been off the air for a couple of weeks. Their Facebook page says their moving the antenna and transmitter. Heard KOHI today from 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM PDT. Signal in our Ford Escape was much weaker than normal. They had sign off by the time I turn on the JRC

[IRCA] TP's for 09/17/2018 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1250-1353 utc.  358  ALASKA, KAW-27 Sitka, Sep 17 1250 transcribed weather broadcast 1248 poor signal.  567  JAPAN, JOIK Sapporo, NHK1 Sep 17 1329 weak // 594 JOAK. Man in Japanese.  594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 Sep 17 1252 fair with man/woman in Japanese.

[IRCA] TP's for 09/05/2018 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1250-1334 utc.  529  ALASKA, KQA-59 Level Island, transcribed weather broadcast 1250 weak. 09/05/2018 567  JAPAN, JOIK Sapporo, NHK1 1318 weak with talk. // JOAK 594. 09/05/2018 594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo NHK1 1253 weak with JJ. 09/05/2018 657  DPR KOREA, 

[IRCA] TP's 09/04/2018 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- A few more second tier stations heard this morning. 1242-1336 utc. 567  JAPAN, JOIK Sapporo, NHK1 1321 assuming the station with poor signal. 09/24/2018 594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo NHK1 1323 fair with man in JJ. 09/04/2018 693  JAPAN, JOAB, Tokyo, NHK2 1325 fair with man in

[IRCA] TP's 09/03/2018 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- One second tier station, the rest powerhouses.  594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo NHK1 1244 weak with JJ. 09/03/2018 747  JAPAN JOIB Sapporo, NHK2 1226 fair woman/man in JJ. Moderate splatter. 09/03/18 774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 1228 fair // JOBB 828. 09/03/18 828  JAPAN, JOBB

[IRCA] KGMZ 1550 San Francisco 95.7 The Game (Call Letter change May 1, 2018)

--- Begin Message --- Semi local KKOV 1550 is off the air. Notice this around noon today. They had recently switched to Vietnamese programming. Tonight 11:00 PM to 12:00 AM PDT KGMZ 1550 San Francisco is atop the channel. Slogan is 95.7 The Game. New call letters as of May 1, 2018.  Best

[IRCA] KOVE 1330 Lander, WY New station here.

--- Begin Message --- Glen Hansen text me today reporting that he heard KOVE 1330 Lander WY last night. I was able to hear KOVE tonight on the HQ 180 using a 4 foot loop. Fair signal on top of channel. Semi local KKPZ was somewhat nulled allowing KOVE with country music to be heard. ID's after

[IRCA] TP's for Wednesday, April 04, 2018 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1309-1345 local sunrise. 594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo NHK1 04/04/18 1309 good with Japanese. 603  REP KOREA, HLSA Seoul, 04/04/18 1334 very weak with female speaker. 666  JAPAN, JOBK, Osaka, NHK1 04/04/18 1312 fair //594 JOAK. 693  JAPAN, JOAB, Tokyo, NHK2 04/04/18

[IRCA] Call letter change KPJC 1220 now KSLM

--- Begin Message --- >From Portland PDX forum. KPJC (1220 AM) changed its call letters to KSLM and is now broadcasting on a translator (104.3 FM).  03/05/2018 Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,  Kalama, WA --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] Format changes in Portland Area market.

--- Begin Message --- KKOV 1550 is now Vietnamese programming. KUIK 1360 now off the air. KKMO Tacoma dominant, KOHU Hermiston heard with KKMO nulled. KPAM 860 is now labeled the "The Answer". Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,  Kalama, WA --- End Message ---

[IRCA] TP's for March 29, 2018 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1345-1415 utc.  594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo NHK1 03/29 1348 good signal with man in Japanese. 603  REP KOREA, HLSA Seoul, 03/29 1357 very weak with talk.  774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 03/29 1355 good with Chinese lessons.  828  JAPAN, JOBB Osaka, NHK2 03/29 1356

[IRCA] TP's for March 28, 2018 Kalama, CA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1315-1408 utc.  531 JAPAN,JOQG, Morioka, NHK1 03/28 1348 assuming JOQG with very weak signal. Man in Japanese. 567  JAPAN, JOIK Sapporo, NHK1 03/28 1346 fair signal with woman/man in Japanese. // 594 JOAK. 594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo NHK1 03/28 1343 good signal

[IRCA] TP's for March 27, 2018 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1342-1409 utc. Powerhouse Japanese stations all with good signals. 3 Korean stations all with weak signals. Local sunrise at 1401 utc and the band signals dropped. HLAZ 1566 was the only upper channel station heard this morning.  567  JAPAN, JOIK Sapporo,

[IRCA] KUIK 1360 will stop operating March 31, 2018

--- Begin Message --- >From Oregon live, KUIK 1360 will cease broadcasting on March 31, 2018. New >owner will take over April 1, 2018 and broadcasting will begin in around a >month. New format unknown. Posted in PDXradio. com.

[IRCA] Sunday night DU signals

--- Begin Message --- 0605 utc Sunday evening Christmas Island 846 in with fair signal.  Woman in native language. 1017 kHz had a decent carrier, just short of audio. Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,  Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545   NW ewe 310° Long wire 339' Random wire 380' --- End Message ---

[IRCA] TPs for March 15, 2018 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1325-1357 utc. A couple second tier stations, the rest powerhouse stations. 594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 MAR 15 1341 good with man in Japanese. (DV-WA) 567  JAPAN, JOIK Sapporo, NHK1 MAR 15 1345 fair //JOAK 594. (DV-WA) 594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 MAR 15

[IRCA] New station here CFLD 760 Burns Lake BC

--- Begin Message --- With KFMD 760 phased down at 10:40 PM PDT heard pop music followed by CFBV 870 "The Moose" ID. CFLD 760 is // CFBV. Earlier heard religious program on 760 at 10:25 PM PDT. Faded out at 10:30 PM PDT. New station here.   Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,  Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 +

[IRCA] TP's for 03/06/2018 Kalama, WA late Tuesday night

--- Begin Message --- 774  JAPAN, JOUB, Akita, NHK2 03/06/2018 0750 utc fair with woman in Japanese. 846 CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Radio Kiribati 03/06/2018 0730-0738 utc. Weak to fair signal at times. Woman speaker and Island music. 890  ALASKA, Homer, KBBI 03/06/2018  0712 utc good signal with

[IRCA] 1330 KGRG Enumclaw, WA New station

--- Begin Message --- New station this afternoon while tuning the band for entries for the IRCA DX contest. KGRG 1330 1330 KGRG  WA Enumclaw 2/20 1828 EST fair signal with Classic Alternative music. ID as KGRG1, over semi local KKPZ.  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,  Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545  NW ewe

[IRCA] TP's for Sunday, February 18 2018 Kalama, WA Early addition

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 0838-0856 utc.  529 ALASKA, KQA-59 Level Island, 02/18 0854 fair with transcribed weather broadcast  358 ALASKA, KAW-27 Sitka, 02/18 0852 weak with transcribed weather broadcast 394 ALASKA,KAK-20  Kodiak, 02/18 0851 fair with transcribed weather broadcast 594 

[IRCA] TP's for February 15, 2018 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1443-1520 utc. First good signal of the season from VOA 1566.  594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, 02/15 14447 fair with woman in Japanese. 603  REP KOREA, HLSA Seoul, 02/15/ 1449 fair with woman in Korean? 693  JAPAN, JOAB, Tokyo, NHK2 02/15/1451 weak with Japanese and

Re: [IRCA] 800 kHz in the Pacific Northwest

--- Begin Message --- Walt, KPDQ Portland, OR & CKOR BC are the only stations that I have heard the past few nights.  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,  Kalama, WA   From: Volodya S To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America

[IRCA] TP's for January 30, 2018 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1500-1540 utc.  594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo  NHK2 JANUARY 30 1511 fair with man in Japanese. 774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 JANUARY 30 1500 NHK2  fair and // JOBB 828. Sign off. National Anthem followed by musical box chime.    792  AUSTRALIA, 4RN, Brisbane, ABC

[IRCA] TP's for January 29. 2018 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Some 0900 utc catches. January 29, 2018 567 JAPAN, JOIK Sapporo, NHK1 JAN 29 0928 very weak with some JJ being heard.  594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo  NHK1 JAN 29 0926 fair with man in JJ.   693  JAPAN, JOAB, Tokyo, NHK2 JAN 29 0935 weak with woman/man in JJ.  774  JAPAN, JOUB

[IRCA] TP's for Friday, January 12, 2018 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 0806 utc. Some second tier Japanese stations heard along with the regular powerhouse Japanese stations. 567 JAPAN, JOIK Sapporo, NHK1 0813 fair signal // JOAK 594. Man/woman in JJ. 01/12/2018 594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo 0808 fair to good signal with woman/man in

[IRCA] TP's for Friday December 15, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- A couple Japanese powerhouse stations in this evening along with a weak Radio Kiribati 846. 774  JAPAN, JOUB, Akita, NHK2 12/15 0705 good signal with man in JJ. 828  JAPAN, JOBB, Osaka, NHK2 12/15 0710 fair at best with splatter. Man in JJ. 846  CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Radio

[IRCA] 846 kHz Radio Kiribati 0715 utc Japan 774 & 828 0740 utc

--- Begin Message --- After watching Colin's You Tub video (great signal) I decided to give 846 a try tonight. Heard them weak with local splatter at 0715 utc. Woman talking and man in Kiribati?  Fair signal briefly 0725 utc, but faded out at 0729 utc. Back with fair signal and Island Music at

[IRCA] TP's and Tonga for Sunday 10/26/2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1001-1030 utc. Alaska weather stations and Asian stations. Tonga was in on 1017 on the southern favored random antenna.   358 ALASKA, KAW-27 Sitka, 11/26/17 very weak with transcribed weather broadcast. 394 ALASKA,KAK-20  Kodiak, 11/26 1026 weak with 

[IRCA] Very early TP's 0632 utc.

--- Begin Message --- As first reported by Colin early TP reception is being heard here in Kalama, WA. First for me hearing TP's at 0630 utc. 693  JAPAN, JOAB, Tokyo, NHK2 11/06 0646 fair with language lessons. 702   JAPAN JO?? NHK2 11/06 0640-0643 one of the two Japanese NHK2 stations with a

[IRCA] TP's for Friday, November 3, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1402-1441 utc.  394 ALASKA,KAK-20  Kodiak, 11/03 1402 fair with winds aloft report. Transcribed weather broadcast. 411 Alaska, KAI-82 Iliamna, 11/03 1404 weak with transcribed weather broadcast. 567 JAPAN, JOIK Sapporo, NHK1 11/03 1408. //594 JOAK. Weak

[IRCA] TP's for Sunday, October 29, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1348-1443 utc.  594  JAPAN JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 10/29 1348 good with a group of people talking and laughing.  603  REP KOREA, HLSA Seoul, 10/29 1350 steady weak signal with woman/man in KK.  774  JAPAN, JOUB, Akita, NHK2 10/29 1352 good with man in JJ. Moderate

[IRCA] TP's for Thursday, October 26, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1339-1355 utc. Asian signals were down this morning. 567 JAPAN, JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1 10/26 1339 fair with woman in JJ. 594  JAPAN JOAK Tokyo NHK1 10/26 1340 weaker than second tier station 567 JOIK. 747  JAPAN JOIB Sapporo, NHK2 10/26 1347 good signal with

[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Tuesday, October 24. 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1401-1435 utc. Asian stations at anemic levels and DU stations showing up around 1409. Best DU reception ever on 774 3LO with good signal for a few minutes.   585  UNKNOWN 10/24 1425 weak DU EE non ABC station with music. Heard before on this channel. 594 

[IRCA] TP's For Saturday, October 21, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1256-1417 utc. TP's signals this morning heard throughout the MW band.  567 JAPAN, JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1 10/21 1256 weak signal man in JJ. //594 JOAK. Fair at 1347. 594  JAPAN JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 10/21 1257 very good signal with man in JJ.. 603  REP KOREA, 

[IRCA] TP's * DU's for Friday, October 20. 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1257-1421 utc. All Asian with the exception of 1116 4BC and KAK-20 Alaska.  394 ALASKA,KAK-20  Kodiak, 10/20 1326 weak with transcribed weather broadcast 567 JAPAN, JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1 10/20 1348 fair with woman in JJ. Moderate splatter. //594 JOAK. 594 

[IRCA] TP's for Monday, October 16, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1308-1425 utc. Main TP (NW ewe) antenna down with coax problem. Regular group of TP's the morning with the exception of a unknown station on 846. 394  ALASKA,KAK-20  Kodiak, 10/16 1337 weak with transcribed weather broadcast. 594  JAPAN JOAK Tokyo NHK1 10/16

[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Sunday, October 15, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1353-1454 utc. Mix of TP's & DU's this morning. 1134 JOOR had a good signal. 1242 JOLF was heard for the first time this season. 1422 JORF seldom heard this season made it in with a weak signal. The down under stations had weak signals this morning. 594 JOAK

[IRCA] TP's for Saturday, October 14, 2017 Kalama,WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1258-1329 utc. Very poor TP conditions. Quitting early. Probably a good DU opening soon? 594 JAPAN JOAK Tokyo NHK1 10/14 1258 fair with woman in JJ. 774 JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2  10/14 1259-1300 very weak with pips TOH. 828 JAPAN, JOBB, Osaka, NHK2 10/14

[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Friday, October 13, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1314-1433. Asian stations followed by a few Down under stations. Again lower channels dominated. 657  DPR KOREA, Pyongyang, 10/13 1357 fair with serious woman in KK. 657  NEW ZEALAND, Star 10/13 1305-1306 man in English followed by music. Assuming Star. 594

[IRCA] TP's for Thursday, October 12, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1308-1418 utc. All TP's heard with audio this morning were under 972 kHz, with the exception of HLAZ 1566. 531  JAPAN,JOQG, Morioka, NHK1 1311 very weak. //594 JOAK. 558  REP KOREA HLQH, Yeong-il, KBS 2 10/12 1315 fair signal with woman/man Seemed //603

[IRCA] TP's for Wednesday, October 11, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1300-1445 utc. Exclusively Asian with the exception of a ABC station on 603. 702 kHz was a battle of China and North Korea. 17 minutes on this channel with Korea matching the 3320 //. 1053 JOAR caught again with the long chime at 1400.  558  REP KOREA HLQH, 

[IRCA] TP's for October 10, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1235-1438 utc. All Asian MW band. Perhaps China with Russian on 963? Some second tier Japanese stations heard this morning. TP's have gotten better since installing a new ewe antenna. Far less splatter from domestics.  394 ALASKA,KAK-20 Kodiak 10/10 1317

[IRCA] TP's for Monday, October 9. 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listen from 1050-1145 utc. Early mornings sessions with some good powerhouse receptions. Long wave aeronautical stations hit a season high of 5 stations.  358 ALASKA, KAW-27 Sitka, 10/09 1115 fair with aviation weather. 356 ALASKA, KEJ-28 Kotzebue 10/09 1121 weak with

[IRCA] TP's for Sunday, October 8. 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1240-1420 utc. All Asian morning. Unknown station on 1503 usually JOUK. Guessing Chinese language. 358  ALASKA, KAW-27 Sitka, 10/08 1246 poor with aviation weather forecast. 394  ALASKA, KAK-20 Kodiak, 10/08 1242 good with winds aloft report. 411  AlASKA,

[IRCA] TP's for Saturday, October 07, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message ---     Listened from 1321-1427 utc. Thailand VOA 1575 assumed reception for the first time this season. New ewe antenna at 310 degrees probably helped. No DU's 594 JAPAN JOAK Tokyo NHK1 10/07 1339 weak with man in JJ. 603  REP KOREA, HLSA Seoul, 10/07 1424 very weak with

[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Friday, October 06, 2013 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1245-1430 utc. Asian signals dominated until 30 minutes before sunrise when the DU's took over. Exception was JOUB 774 with good signal at 1419 utc.  529  ALASKA, KQA-59 Level Island, 10/06 1323 weak with aviation weather forecast. 594  JAPAN JOAK Tokyo

[IRCA] DU's & 1 TP for Wednesday, October 04, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1340-1421 utc. All DU with the exception of 774 JOUB. A lot of unknown DU's with poor audio. 657  NEW ZEALAND, Star 10/04 1352 weak with Christian pop music.  702  AUSTRALIA, 2BL Sydney, ABC 1354 assuming 2BL, poor with music.   774 JAPAN, JOUB, Akita, NHK2

[IRCA] TP's for Monday, October 02, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1322-1430 utc. Strictly Asian morning here. HLAZ 1566 was heard for only the third time this season. 594 JAPAN JOAK Tokyo NHK1 10/02 1322 good with man in JJ. 603  REP KOREA, HLSA Seoul, 10/02 1410 poor with male announcer.  639  JAPAN, JOIP Oita, NHK1

[IRCA] TP's for Saturday, September 30, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1237-1320 utc. Two stations heard in 43 minutes of listening. Bailing out early.  594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 09/30 1245 very weak with woman in JJ. 774 JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 09/30 1251 weak with two men in JJ. Good @ 1318. Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, 

[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Friday, September 29, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1245-1410 utc. A=55 K=3, more DU's and less TP's? Lower channel Asian stations dominated the dial. No audio above 972 kHz.  531  JAPAN,JOQG, Morioka, NHK1 09/29 1336 very weak. Woman in JJ. //594 JOAK. 567 JAPAN, JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1 09/29 1303 very weak.

[IRCA] DU's for Thursday, September 28. 2017 Kalama, CA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1255-1403 utc. No Asian stations this morning, just four weak DU's. 594  AUSTRALIA,3WW Horsham, 09/28 1325-1335 assuming 3WW weak-fair. Woman in English.  657  NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, Star 09/28 1338-1342 very weak in and out signal. Music matched live

[IRCA] TP's for Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1257-1412 utc. Yesterdays report should have been posted Tuesday, not Monday. All the action this morning was between 594-972 kHz.   594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 09/27 1307 fair with woman in JJ. Good @ 1342. 639  JAPAN, JOIP Oita, NHK1 09/27 1347 weak w/JJ

[IRCA] TP's Monday, September 26, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1242-1348 utc. All Asia on MW.  394  ALASKA, Kodiak, KAK-20 1329 weak with weather forecast. 529  ALASKA, KQA-59 Level Island, 09/26 1328 fair with weather forecast. 594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 09/26 1244 weak with man in JJ. 666  JAPAN, JOBK, Osaka, NHK1 

Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 23 September 2017

--- Begin Message --- Niggel, Congratulations on your reception of 6RN 1296. This season is the best DU conditions that I have experienced since 1980. That year I received my only DU verification  2GF 1206 Grafton, Australia. October 26, 1980. Keep letting the cat out.  Best regards, Dennis 

Re: [IRCA] Alberta TPs for 23 September 2017

--- Begin Message --- Niggel, Congratulations on your reception of 6RN 1296. This season is the best DU conditions that I have experienced since 1980. That year I received my only DU verification  2GF 1206 Grafton, Australia. October 26, 1980. Keep letting the cat out.  Best regards, Dennis 

[IRCA] DU & Alaska for September 24. 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1315 to 1406 utc. No TP's this morning. 358  ALASKA, Sitka, KAW-27 09/24 1320 very weak with weather forecast. 379 ALASKA, WSX-70 Kenai, 09/24 1322 very weak with weather forecast. 394  ALASKA, Kodiak, KAK-20 09/24 1326 weak with weather forecast. 567  NEW

[IRCA] DU's for Saturday, September 23, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1315-1420 utc. All DU morning here. Ran out of time and only made it to 1098 kHz.  531 UNKNOWN 09/23 1315-1320 two DU stations both very weak signals. 594 UNKNOWN 09/23 1322-1361 weak to fair with talk and music. DU English. Did not match ABC live stream. 

[IRCA] DX ROUND UP

--- Begin Message --- Nancy, Below are some of my recent receptions for Western DX Roundup. 73, 650 CISL BC Richmond, 09/18 1655 EDT fair signal with "Sports Net 650" slogan. Local commercials. New home of the Vancouver Canucks.  770 KCBC CA Manteca, 09/11 0903 EDT good signal with religious

[IRCA] TP's & DU for Friday, September 22, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1220-1412 utc. The best Asian reception this short season here in Kalama, WA. No audio above 1134 kHz. Four Alaska weather forecast stations heard. One assumed DU 4NR 738.  358  ALASKA, Sitka, KAW-27 09/22 1225 weak with weather forecast. 394  ALASKA,

[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1240-1303 utc. No audio above 972 kHz.  394  ALASKA, Kodiak, KAK-20 09/20 1245 very weak with weather forecast. 594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 09/20 1319 weak w/woman in JJ. Good at 1351 w/man in JJ. 603  REP KOREA, HLSA, Seoul, 09/20 1322 poor with male

[IRCA] CISL -650 Richmond, BC Sports Net 650

--- Begin Message --- CISL -650 Richmond, BC  Sports Net 650 in this afternoon at 1:55 PM PDT with fair signal and sports program. Signal S-3 to S-5. Read that CISL switched to sports on 9/04/2017.   Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B Long wire 339'--- End Message 

[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Monday, September 18, 2017 Kalama, WA Full Report

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1225-1415 utc. This is the full report, first report send out to soon. Asian early followed by good DU before sunrise and lasting to 1413 utc.   2NR 738 just now starting to fade out.  Tropical band during the 1200 hour when MW Asian stations stalled.

[IRCA] TP's for September 18, 2017, Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1225- 594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 09/18 1227 very weak with woman in JJ.   657  NEW ZEALAND, Southern Star 09/18 1351 weak/fair Christian music. 666  JAPAN, JOBK, Osaka, NHK1 09/18 1350 fair with JJ.  675  UNKNOWN 09/18 1345 pop music, DU English. Weak

[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Saturday, September 16, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1322-1348 utc. Asian conditions with a few DU stations gaining the edge as sunrise arrived. HLAZ 1566 made a late brief appearance this morning.  594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1324 fair w/two men in JJ. 09/16/2017 594  AUSTRALIA, Horsham, 3WW 1329 assuming

[IRCA] TP's for Tuesday, September 12, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1239-1348 utc. Two Japanese stations, one Alaskan weather forecast station and the rest assumed Australian stations. 1098 Marshall Island very strong carrier this morning. No audio above 828.  394  ALASKA, Kodiak, KAK-20 1251 above threshold with faint audio.

[IRCA] 1420 KMHS Coos Bay, OR Pirate Radio

--- Begin Message --- 1420 KMHS Coos Bay, OR heard this morning at 7:50 AM PDT over and mostly under KITI with old time country music. Matched the live stream to the stations song that they were playing. Slogan "Pirate Radio". New here.  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,  Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 +

[IRCA] TP's for Monday, September 11, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1245-1357 utc. No Asian stations at all. Tried domestic channels for the IRCA DX contest for a while. 1325 DU stations were in on lower channels with weak signals and not much splatter. ABC live stream was not available.  594  AUSTRALIA, Horsham, 3WW 1344

[IRCA] TP's for Sunday, September 10, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1220-1334 utc. Back on the Asian routine with JOOR 1134 being around from 1310-1335 utc.  594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1256 weak with man in JJ. Good at 1320. 09/10/2017 594  AUSTRALIA, Horsham, 3WW 1314 assuming the station over/under JOAK. 09/10/2017 657  

Re: [IRCA] Audio on 882 @ 0624 utc.

t;irca-boun...@hard-core-dx.com> on behalf of Dennis Vroom via IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Sent: Saturday, September 9, 2017 11:36 PM To: irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Dennis Vroom Subject: [IRCA] Audio on 882 @ 0624 utc. ___ IRCA mailing lis

[IRCA] 1008 kHz weak audio

--- Begin Message --- 1008 UNKNOWN 0640 weak audio with man in English? Moderate domestic splatter. Best on random wire. 08/09/2017 Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,  Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B Long wire 339' Random wire 380--- End Message --- ___

[IRCA] Audio on 882 @ 0624 utc.

--- Begin Message --- 882 UNKNOWN 0622 utc very weak with splatter from domestic stations on 880. Women singing. Religious program? Best on DU random antenna. 0635 utc. Male announcer after music ended. Hets: 567-576-657-702-756-792-828-855-864-918-963-1008-1017-1035-1503  Best regards,

[IRCA] West Coast predicted action for Sunday, 09/10/2017

--- Begin Message --- Here are the current solar indices SF=107 A=6 K=1.  Quite a drop from the past two days for the A & K. Saturday SF=117 A=96 K=2 Friday SF=129 A=38 K=5.   Expecting TP's on Sunday morning.   Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,  Kalama, WA --- End Message ---

[IRCA] EZ Radio KWSW 980 Eureka, CA

--- Begin Message --- KWSW 980 Eureka, CA is now calling themselves "EZ Radio" On top of channel at 7:41 AM PDT. They switched slogan 07/01/2017 from "Destination Radio" to "EZ Radio". Good signal over CKNW.  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B N-S long wire 339'--- 

Re: [IRCA] TP 8 Sept Victoria version pt 2

--- Begin Message --- Colin, Thanks for your report. Great DU action this morning. Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B From: R. Colin Newell To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Sent:

[IRCA] TP's for Saturday, September 09, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1210-1350 utc. Best DU conditions at this location ever. A lot of guessing on what stations were heard. Time wasted checking live streaming sites with poor results. Rugby on 774 3LO? Three stations with race tracks calls. Made it to 1116 kHz when conditions

[IRCA] TP's for Friday, September 09/08/2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1148-1343 utc. One of the best DU mornings here. A 38 K 5 limited the Asian stations to 594 & 774. Tonga ended the session with a weak signal, but splatter free reception. The J shaped random wire worked best with less splatter than the long wire.  594  

[IRCA] TP's for Thursday, September 07, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1300-1347 utc. A lot of signals on the lower channels. No audio above 1134 kHz.  558  REP KOREA HLQH, Yeong-il, KBS 1334 weak with male speaker 09/07/2017 594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1310 weak with man in JJ. 09/07/2017 603  REP KOREA, Seoul, HLSA 1311

[IRCA] TP's for Wednesday, September 06, 2017 Kalama,WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1259-1348 utc. Three stations managed good signals this morning. Assumed Taiwan on 1143. 567 JAPAN, JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1 1324 poor signal. 09/06/2017 594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1301 fair. Man/woman JJ. 09/06/2017 648  JAPAN, JOIG, Toyama NHK1 1327 weak

Re: [IRCA] TP's for Monday, September 04, 2017 Kalama, WA

really claim this morning. 73 KAZ On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Dennis Vroom via IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com > wrote: > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions e

[IRCA] TP's for Monday, September 04, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1254-1336 utc. 3 Alaskan weather forecast stations this morning, but MW broadcast station reception was down. No DU stations heard, even 1098 carrier was lower than usual. HLAZ 1566 signal is way down compared to previous years. 358  ALASKA, Sitka, KAW-27

[IRCA] TP's for Sunday, September 3, 2017 Kalama,WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 12451342 utc. A index at 26 had the Philippine station on 1386 heard with woman announcer and pop music.  394  ALASKA, Kodiak, KAK-20 1245 weak signal with weather forecast. 09/03/2017 567 JAPAN, JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1 1310 very weak with male speaker. 09/03/2017

[IRCA] KGDD 1150 Portland, OR off air

--- Begin Message --- KGDD 1150 Portland, OR is off the air leaving the channel open for KKNW Seattle with a S-4 signal. A few years ago the call was KXET and their transmitting equipment was stolen and they were off the air for about 6 months. Transmitter is across the river in Vancouver, WA. 

[IRCA] TP's for Saturday, September 2, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1226-1337 utc. A-19 & K 3 Asian stations struggle this morning. Believed to received one of the two Filipino stations on 1386.    394  ALASKA, Kodiak, KAK-20 1232 poor w/weather forecast. 09/02/2017 594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1303 weak, man in JJ. 09/02/2017

[IRCA] TP 's for Friday, September 1, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1316-1345 utc. Another short session with many hets. 738 & 1566 DU's? 594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1329 weak with man/woman in JJ. 09/01/2017 738  UNKNOWN 1333 weak signal, DU English? 09/01/2017 774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 1335 weak signal, woman speaker.

[IRCA] TP's for Thursday, August 31, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1323-1339 utc. A brief session minutes before sunrise at 1331 utc. The five stations heard were fading fast. HLAZ 1566 finally heard on the fourth day of DXing for TP's.  594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1323 weak with man in Japanese. 08/31/2017 774  774  JAPAN,

[IRCA] TP's for Wednesday, August 30., 2018 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1259-1345 utc. Best conditions of the week and of course I got up 15 minutes latter. A couple second tier Japanese stations DPRK on 657. Four unknown stations heard.  394  ALASKA, Kodiak, KAK-20 1259 fair with area weather forecast. 08/30/2017 567 JAPAN,

[IRCA] TP's for Tuesday, August 29 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1240-1332 utc. Like yesterday morning, many carriers not much audio. 394  ALASKA, Kodiak KA-20 1240 fair signal with weather forecast. 08/29/2017 594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1308 woman in JJ. Fair signal. 08/29/2017  774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 1249

[IRCA] TP's for Monday, August 28. 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1250-1331 utc. Japanese powerhouse stations this morning and a lot of hets. 394 Kodiak, AK KA-20 1250 weak with weather forecast. 08/28/2017 594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1259 fair signal with woman in JJ. 08/28/2017  693  JAPAN JOAB, Tokyo, NHK2 1321 poor

[IRCA] 1710 kHz Peaches & Herb

--- Begin Message --- Peaches & Herb song "Reunited" being heard at 12:09 AM PDT on 1710 kHz. Signal is very weak with peaks of S-2. Best on North-South longwire. Tried to use the KIWA loop to get a direction, but not even a het on the loop. 08/25/2017 Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA

Re: [IRCA] KOHI 1690 still off.

rom: Dennis Vroom via IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com" <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Cc: Dennis Vroom <vroom...@ymail.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 10:31 AM Subject: [IRCA] KOHI 1690 still off. KOHI  still off the air. No information

Re: [IRCA] KOHI 1690 still off.

rom: Dennis Vroom via IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com" <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Cc: Dennis Vroom <vroom...@ymail.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 10:31 AM Subject: [IRCA] KOHI 1690 still off. KOHI  still off the air. No information

[IRCA] KOHI 1690 still off.

--- Begin Message --- KOHI  still off the air. No information on their website. Best regards, Dennis VroomKalama, WA Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android--- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] KOHI 1600 Saint Helens, OR Off air

--- Begin Message --- KOHI 1600 Saint Helens, OR is off the air. KOPB 1600 Eugene, OR is on top of the channel with a S-5 signal and NPR programming.  KOHI has been off the air for at least 45 minutes. Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 LW antenna--- End Message ---

[IRCA] Dxing the Eclipse

--- Begin Message --- 98% totality here in Kalama, WA. Loggings below. Time 10:00 AM PDT to 10:50 AM PDT 670 KBOI Boise ID signal peak at S-3. Now S-1/2 870 KFLD Pasco, WA signal peak S-6 Now gone. 1110 KBND Bend, OR peaked at S-9. Now S-2. 1160 KSL Salt Lake City, UT Peaked at S-2.5 and gone at

[IRCA] Link to 4KZ service on 5055 kHz with 1, 000 watts. (off topic)

--- Begin Message --- Link to 5055 kHz 4KZ information. http://swling.com/blog/2017/04/radio-4kz-in-queensland-to-begin-broadcasting-on-shortwave/ Dennis VroomKalama, WA--- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

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