[IRCA] 4KZ Australia's new shortwave broadcaster coming soon (off topic)

--- Begin Message --- 4KZ shortwave service on 5055 kHz with 1,000 watts. 4KZ: More info about Australia’s new shortwave broadcaster | | | | || | | | | | 4KZ: More info about Australia’s new shortwave broadcaster Many thanks to Al Kirton, the General Manager at NQ

Re: [IRCA] domestic dx

--- Begin Message --- Nick, In the early 80's? China was heard often in the SF Bay Area during the fall season. A NRC 4' foot loop worked well in my 1 bedroom apartment in Albany, CA. At work one morning around 5:00 AM, I placed a RCA Super Radio against a vertical steel I-beam and China 1040

[IRCA] TP's for Friday 03/31/2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1515-1546 UTC.  594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1531 weak with man in Japanese. 03/31/2017 693  JAPAN JOAB, Tokyo, NHK2 1535 good signal with Chinese? 03/31/2017 774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 1521 good signal with splatter. Man in Japanese. 03/31/2017 828  

[IRCA] No TA's here, but WCCO 830 heard

--- Begin Message --- WCCO 830 in at 10:05 PM PDT with call letter ID on top of channel with fair signal.   Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 J shaped random wire 300'--- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] TP's for Monday, March 6, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1414 to 1447 utc. One of the few times this season that higher channels had better signals than lower channels.  774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 1414 fair with English lessons. 03/06/2017 1044 CHINA, Changzhou, CRI 1416 good signal with woman in JJ. 03/06/2017 

[IRCA] TP's for Sunday February 12, 2017 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- 594 JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 1011 fair signal with man in Japanese.  774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 1113 good signal with man/woman in Japanese.  828  JAPAN, JOBB, Osaka, NHK2 1114 fair signal // JOUB. 873  JAPAN, Kumamoto, JOGB NHK2 1115 weak signal // JOBB. 1008 JAPAN,

[IRCA] 1540 KASA Phoenix, AZ Spanish talk New here

--- Begin Message ---  1540 KASA Phoenix, AZ with Spanish talk. Radio Casa and KASA ID at 6:01 P.M. PST. Weak signal mixing with KXPA Bellevue, WA. Wonder if they were on daytime power? New here. Best Regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 bog SE 280'--- End Message ---

Re: [IRCA] 1520 KKXA Snohomish, WA New here

Radio Club of America <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2017 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1520 KKXA Snohomish, WA New here KKXA has only been on the air about 5 years On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 8:55 PM, Dennis Vroom via IRCA &l

[IRCA] 1520 KKXA Snohomish, WA New here

--- Begin Message --- 1520 KKXA Snohomish, WA in over semi local KQRR Oregon City, OR. 5:33 PM PSTwith KXA Classic Country ID. Fair until KQRR signal came up to equal KKXA signal. Only 137 miles Northeast of Kalama. Was one of my closest unheard stations. 50 kw and it took me 12 years to hear

[IRCA] KEX 1190 off the air Noon

--- Begin Message --- KEX 1190 Portland, OR is off the air. Nice to hear CJRJ 1200 (fair signal) & KLAY 1180 (good signal) without splatter. KEX has been off for the last 20 minutes. Nothing on their website site about being off the air. Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 

Re: [IRCA] 1480 KGEO Eureka, CA New station logged

joeOAkSfQ Paul On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 7:53 PM Dennis Vroom via IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote: 1480  KGEO Eureka, CA 7:35 PM PST with fair signal briefly over KBMS. Road closure information for Humboldt county. 01/30/2017  New station Dennis  Vroom,   Kalam

[IRCA] 1480 KGEO Eureka, CA New station logged

--- Begin Message --- 1480  KGEO Eureka, CA 7:35 PM PST with fair signal briefly over KBMS. Road closure information for Humboldt county. 01/30/2017  New station Dennis  Vroom,   Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545  Bog NW+SE 280' --- End Message --- ___ IRCA

Re: [IRCA] V7AB 1098 Marshall Islands

--- Begin Message --- Paul, Thanks for sharing this cool video.  I noticed near the end 13.0 Kw on the monitor.  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." To: Hard-Core-DX ; Mailing list for the

[IRCA] Early TP's 11/19/2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 0718-1234 utc. 594 JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 0724 steady weak signal with man in Japanese. 11/19/2016 765 UNknown, 0728 faint singing heard. Maybe Asian language? 11/19/2016 774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 0718 fair signal with splatter with woman

[IRCA] XEUT 1630 Tijuana, BC Mexico

--- Begin Message --- XEUT 1630 Tijuana, BC Mexico 1135-1158 PM PST atop channel with opera music. Matched live stream on UABC website. Mixing with KRND when IDing at 1158 PM PST with Baja California mentioned. Fair signal. New station here.  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 

[IRCA] Northern Noontime DX

--- Begin Message --- Hello, CKMX 1060 Calgary & CHRB High River, AB being heard at noon in Kalama. Heard best on North-South longwire. Best regards, Dennis Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] KRRS 1460 Santa Rosa, CA New Station Here

--- Begin Message --- Good evening, While trying to hear a call letter ID for KCKX Stayton, OR for the IRCA DX contest, I heard two other ID's. Re-log on KUTI Yakima with World Series coverage and one minute later KRRS Santa Rosa, CA popped in just enough to hear their call letters and Santa

[IRCA] The Two Koreas Resume Coded Radio Broadcasts

--- Begin Message --- A link below for article about coded radio broadcasts. DPRK MW stations mention. Cold War Communications: The Two Koreas Resume Coded Radio Broadcasts | 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea | | | Cold War Communications: The Two Koreas Resume Coded Radio

[IRCA] New station KHAT 1210 Laramie, WY

--- Begin Message --- Good evening,    While searching for stations for the IRCA DX Contest I was able to catch a call letter ID at 8:00 P.M. PDT for KHAT 1210 Laramie, WY. Weak signal, but atop the channel briefly to hear the ID. New station here.  Best regards,   Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC

Re: [IRCA] Revenge of the Undead-- 657-Pyongyang

--- Begin Message --- Gary, I have also notice improvement with DPRK 657 signal this season. Blackouts are common on the Pyongyang electrical grid, maybe they found a way to run the needed electrical power to this station? Kind of weird that HLAZ 1566 was vacant this morning, but DPRK 657 was

[IRCA] TPs for Monday, October 24, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good  morning, Listened from 1342-1433 utc. No HLAZ 1566 this morning, but VOA 1575 was heard as the upper channels continue their poor performance this season here in Kalama.  567 JAPAN, JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1 1414 weak signal with male speaker. Splatter. 10/24/2016 594

[IRCA] TPs Saturday evening 10/22/2016

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, A couple TPs  heard late Saturday evening.   594 JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 0725 assuming the station with poor signal. 10/23/2016 774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 0729 fair signal with women singing, 10/28/2013  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD

[IRCA] 900 KBIF Fresno, CA New station here

--- Begin Message --- Good evening, 900 KBIF CA Fresno, 10/23 9:53 PM PDT Good signal with about 10 straight call letter IDs. New station here.  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] 1270 KVMI Tulare, CA "My 97.5" New station here

--- Begin Message --- Good evening, New station here 1270 KVMI Tulare, CA 1035 P.M. PDT atop channel with fair signal. ID slogan "My 97.5" matched live stream. AC music.  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545  long wire--- End Message ---

[IRCA] TPs for Wednesday, October 19, 2016

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1333-1430 utc. All Asian morning.  594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1  1333 weak signal with man in Japanese. 10/19/2016 603  REP KOREA, Seoul, HLSA 1405 very weak signal with talk. 10/19/2016. 666  JAPAN, JOBK, Osaka, NHK1 1406 very weak signal //

[IRCA] TPs for Monday, October 17, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message ---  Good morning, Listened from 1336-1434 utc. JORF 1422 heard for first time this season. JOOR 1179 in with fair signal. 594 JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 1336 good signal with woman/man in Japanese. 10/17/2016 693  JAPAN, JOAB, Tokyo, NHK2 1434 in late with fair signal and

[IRCA] South Pacific & Asia

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Surprised to hear JOUB 774 this morning. 1017 & 1098 were just weak hets. 738  FRENCH POLYNESIA, Papeete, Radio Premère Polynésie 0739 fair signal Island Hip Hop music 10/15/2016 774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 0743 fair signal with play in English. 10/15/2016 

[IRCA] WCCO 830 over KNCO

--- Begin Message --- Good  evening, WCCO 830 covering KNCO this evening at 8:20 & 8:32 PM PDT. Plenty of WCCO call letter ID's heard.  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 Long wire N-S--- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] 1098 V7AB Marshall Island

--- Begin Message --- Good evening, 1098  V7AB MARSHALL ISLAND, Majuro 0620 utc believed to be the station with weak signal and male speaker. In & out signal from 0620-0630 utc. Best on SW ewe. Moderate domestic splatter. 10/13/2016 Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 

Re: [IRCA] Asian program on 570 kHz covering KVI Seattle

z covering KVI Seattle I would expect this to be KCFJ  73 KAZ On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 9:50 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/ir

[IRCA] Asian program on 570 kHz covering KVI Seattle

--- Begin Message --- Tuned 570 this morning and found a station broadcasting Asian programming. Completely dominating KVI Seattle. 7:35-7:46 PDT. Signal is now even with KVI at 7:47 PDT with male speaker singing. No commercials during this time period. Any ideas?  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,

[IRCA] TPs for Thursday, October 13, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1357-1428 utc. The Pacific Northwest storm has arrived in Kalama with peak winds of 13 mph and .38 inches of rain. Signals seemed attenuated and splatter was down on many of the channels with audio this morning. Very weak signals on 7 of the 11

[IRCA] TPs for Wednesday, October 12, 2016

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 1345-1433 utc. Assuming I heard Republic of Korea on 558 and JOAR 1053 covering the jammer.  Two upper channel TP's heard. Where's VOA on 1575? 531  JAPAN,JOQG, Morioka, NHK1 1348 fair signal with man in Japanese. 10/12/2016 558 REP KOREA,

Re: [IRCA] Arizona TP's for 10-11-16

--- Begin Message --- Bill, Congratulations on your success with the Wellbrook ALA 1530LNP.  Saw your the antenna on your Facebook page. Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,  Kalama, WAo Club of America   Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 7:38 AM Subject: [IRCA] Arizona TP's

[IRCA] TPs for Tuesday October 11, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 1315-1426 utc. Again lower channels dominated the dial. 531 JOQG managed to get around the local HARs station running it's continuous call letter ID loop. 657 DPRK continues to produce better signals this season. Dawn enhancement was a positive

[IRCA] TPs for Monday, October 10, 2016 Kalama,WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning,  Listened from 1332-1435 utc. Sunrise enhancement was very good this morning. Alaska KYUK 640 possible reception with NPR TOH program after KFI fade out at 1400. 1503 JAPAN, Akita, JOUK NHK1 rare this season reception on a upper channel station with the

[IRCA] TPs for Saturday, October 08, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1336-1400 utc. After about 4 scans of the MW band only 5 stations heard. HLCA 972 had less splatter from KUFO 970 than usual which made it's fair nice to listen to.  747  JAPAN, JOIB Tokyo, NHK2 1357 fair signal with man in Japanese. Heavy

[IRCA] TPs for Friday, October 07, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1323-1342 utc. Just powerhouse stations during this period.  594 JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1  1336 fair signal with woman in Japanese. 10/07/2016 747  JAPAN, JOIB Tokyo, NHK2 1341 fair signal with KXTG splatter. Woman in Japanese. 10/07/2016 774  

[IRCA] TP's for Wednesday, October 05, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 1305-1420 UTC. Asian stations followed by DU stations for the last half hour.  567  JAPAN, JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1 1342 weak signal with man in Japanese. 10/05/2016 576  AUSTRALIA, 2RN Sydney, 1404 guessing to be the station with man in DU

[IRCA] 738 FRENCH POLYNESIA, Papeete, Radio Premère Polynésie heard at 0553 utc

--- Begin Message --- 738  FRENCH POLYNESIA, Papeete, Radio Premère Polynésie heard at 0553 utc this evening with women singing. Followed by man singing. Both pop songs.  Heavy domestic splatter, but signal fair at times. Woman in French at 0600 utc.  1017  Het  A scan of the 9 hz channels came

[IRCA] TPs for Saturday, October 01, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1258-1331 utc. 3LO 774 fighting it out with JOUB. Asian powerhouse stations heard, no second tier Japanese stations received. 594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 1259 weak signal with woman speaker.Fair at 1310.   10/01/2016 747  JAPAN, JOIB Tokyo,

Re: [IRCA] TPs for Friday, September 30, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Nick, Have not heard any audio on 1242 this season. I even have not heard a het for 1242 this season. Checking PAL I see that Vietnam on 1242 has 2,000,000 watts directional. I'll pay closer attention to 1242.  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545ee.org>

[IRCA] TPs for Friday, September 30, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1243-1317 utc. Improvement over yesterdays poor conditions.  567  JAPAN, JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1 1255 poor signal with male speaker. 09/30/2016 594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 1243 fair signal with woman in Japanese. Heavy splatter. 09/30/2016 693  

[IRCA] TPs for Thursday, September 29, 2016

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1235-1337 on & off. Poor conditions this morning.  594  JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 1235 & 1331 poor signal or was it imaginary audio. 09/29/2016 774  JAPAN, JOUB Akita, NHK2 1334 poor with woman speaker between splatter crashes, 09/29/2016  

[IRCA] TPs for Wednesday 09/'28/2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1250-1330 utc. A index 38 & K 5 and no DU signals heard, I going for domestic stations for the IRCA DX contest. 567 JAPAN, JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1 1308 fair with woman in Japanese. 09/27/2016 594 JAPAN, JOAK Tokyo, NHK1 1258 fair signal with man in

[IRCA] TPs for Monday, September 26, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 1300-1405 utc. Surprise this morning was a station under HLSA 603 with man speaking in Asian language. Sunrise enhancement real was good on the lower channels. Only HLAZ 1566 heard on the higher channels. I do not remember hearing China 1593

[IRCA] TPs for Sunday, September 25, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1225-1412 utc. Two second tier Japanese NHK1 stations received just before sunrise.  639 JOIP & 648 JOIG. Both matched the strong signal of JOAK 594. Also assuming Taiwan on 738 with female speaker, still being heard at 1412 utc. Lower channels

[IRCA] TPs for Friday, September 23, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1245-1403 utc.  Open carrier on 1323 with good signal strength. Some decent audio out of the Chinese station on 1098. 529 ALASKA, KQA-59 Level, Island, 1259 weak with weather forecast. 09/23/2016 209 MONGOLIA? 1257 threshold signal. Nothing on

[IRCA] TPs for Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1312-1353 utc. 358 KAW-27 in for first time this season along with Japan's 585 JOPG.  358  ALASKA, Sitka, KAW-27  1337 very weak with man reading weather forecast, 09/21/2016 529 ALASKA, KQA-59 Level, Island, 1338 very weak signal with weather

[IRCA] TPs for Monday, September 19, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 1255-1358 utc.  529 ALASKA, KQA-59 Level, Island, 1328 very weak with very forecast. 09/19/2016 567 JAPAN, JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1 1258 very weak signal, soon faded. 09/19/2014 594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1329 good with man in JJ. 09/19/2016 603

[IRCA] TPs for Sunday, September 18, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 1245-1357 utc. I also had some audio on 1098. Not as strong as Nick's signal at around the same time. 209 produced a decent het, but nothing at all on 164 Mongolia's 500 kw transmitter.  379 ALASKA, WSX-70 Kenai, 1249 poor signal with weather

[IRCA] TP's for Saturday, September 17, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning,  Listened from 1257-1357 utc. A lot of Japanese stations on this rainy morning here in Kalama, WA 558  REP KOREA HLQH, Yeong-il, KBS 2 1257 weak briefly, faded out. 09/17/2016 567  JAPAN, JOIK, Sapporo, NHK1 1304 weak with man in JJ. 09/17/2016 594  JAPAN,

[IRCA] TPs for Friday, September 16, 2016 Kalama ,WA

--- Begin Message ---  Good Morning, Listened from 1255-1353 utc. It was either the best day of the season or cleaning my ewe antenna connections made a diffidence? Alaskan weather forecast stations heard in this morning. JOUB came up with a excellent signal this morning. 1503 JOUK made it's

[IRCA] TPs for Thursday, September 15, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 1258-1340 utc. 2 Alaskan weather stations heard for a first of the season.  358 KAW 27 Sitka,  Alaska, 1318 very weak. Man reading weather. 09/15/2016 529 SQM Level Island, Alaska, 1258 weather report very weak. 09/15/2016 585  UNid 1330 poor at

[IRCA] TPs for Tuesday, September 13, 2013 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 1230-1340 utc. 13 stations from good to very weak signals.  558  REP KOREA HLQH, Yeong-il, KBS 2 weak. assuming w/female speaker. Splatter.09/13/2016 567  JOIK, JAPAN, Sapporo, NHK1 1316 weak in JJ w/man-female speakers. 09/13/2016 594  JAPAN,

[IRCA] IRCA Western DX roundup (dates heard added)

--- Begin Message --- Hi Nancy, I forgot to have dates on these two stations I sent you earlier. 1030 KMAS Sheldon, WA 1130 fair signal with the slogan "ifiber one news radio". 09/10/2016 1180 KLAY Lakewood, WA 1000 KLAY ID good signal over KOFI. 09/12/2016  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,

[IRCA] TPs for Monday, September 12, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 1230-1346 utc. Interesting morning with UNid on 765 & 1062 guessing either China of Republic of Korea.  594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo NHK1 1312 weak signal w/woman in JJ. 09/12/2016693   JAPAN, JOAB, Tokyo, NHK2 1333 weak signal w/woman in JJ 09/12/2016

[IRCA] TP's for Friday, September 09/09/16

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 1302-1335 Anemic Asian signals this morning. Four fair signals and DPRK 567 for the first time this season. 567  JOIK, JAPAN, Sapporo, NHK1 1314 weak signal w/ man in JJ.  09/09/2016 594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1315 fair signal with man/woman in

[IRCA] TP's for Wednesday, September 07, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1302-1339 utc. All Asian morning here in Kalama, WA. 594  JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAK NHK1 1307 good signal with man JJ. 09/07/2016 666  JAPAN, JOBK Osaka, NHK1 1311 poor with a lot of splatter.  9/07/2016 693  JAPAN,  JOAB Tokyo, NHK2 1313 weak signal

[IRCA] TP's for Monday, September 5, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 1255 1338 utc. No DU signals this morning and two second tier Japanese stations heard. 594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1329 very weak signal with JJ. 09/05/2016 666  JAPAN, JOBK, Osaka, NHK1 1331 weak signal with man in JJ. 09/05/2016 774  JAPAN, 

[IRCA] TP's for Sunday, September 4, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1258-1338 utc. Lower channels ruled this morning. No audio above 828.Tentative reception of 2BL 702.  567  JOIK, JAPAN, Sapporo, NHK1 1258 weak signal w/man in JJ. 09/04/2016 594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1306 good signal w/man in JJ. 09/04/2016

[IRCA] TP's for Saturday, September 3, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1258-1342 utc. Two Australians for the first time this season. $RN 792 & 5AN 891. 594  JAPAN, JOAK, Tokyo, NHK1 1322 fair signal with men in JJ. 09/03/2016 693  JAPAN, JOAB, Tokyo, NHK2 1328 fair signal briefly w/man in JJ. 09/03/2016 774  JAPAN,

[IRCA] TP's for Friday, September 2, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 1301-1322 utc. No audio above 1053 kHz.  594  JAPAN Tokyo JOAK NHK2 1301 very weak signal w/man in JJ. 09/02/2016 738  TAHITI 1305 female speaker. very weak, heavy splatter. Weak at 1322 instrumental music. 09/02/2016 747  JAPAN  Sapporo, JOIB

[IRCA] TP's for Thursday, September 1, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Listened from 1310-1332 utc. very short session this morning. Jammer  on 1053 was the strongest signal here is a fair signal. 594  JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAK NHK1 1316 weak signal with man in JJ. 09/01/2016 603  REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Seoul, HLSA 1320 poor audio with

[IRCA] TP's for Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good Morning, Listened from 1250-1324 utc. Two stations managed good signals 774 JOUB & HLAZ 1566.  594  JAPAN Tokyo, JOAK NHK1 1253 very weak signal. Man in JJ. 08/31/2016 693  JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAB NHK2 1318 weak signal with man in JJ. 08/31/2016 774  JAPAN Akita, JOUB NHK2

[IRCA] TP's for Monday, August 29, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning, Conditions down from Sunday. Strongest signal was weak. Many hets, but little audio. DX from 1301-1330 utc. Local sunrise 1329 utc. 594  JAPAN Tokyo, JOAK NHK1 1301 weak signal. Man in JJ. 08/29/2016 693  JAPAN Tokyo, JOAB NHK2 1308 weak signal,splatter. Woman

[IRCA] TP's for Sunday, August 28, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Good morning,  Listen from 1206-1306 utc.  747   JAPAN, Sapporo, JOIB NHK2 1215 weak signal with heavy domestic splatter.  774   JAPAN, Akita JOUB NHK2 1243 fair signal with man in JJ. Some splatter.  828   JAPAN, Osaka, JOBB NHK2 1255 fair signal with JJ.  873   JAPAN,

Re: [IRCA] Coast To Coast AM, George Noory, and Criticalhealthnews.com

--- Begin Message --- Back in the 1960's I remember hearing Curtis Howe Springer on XEMO 860. He broadcast from Zzyzx Mineral Springs resort, Mojave Desert. He would talk for a while then bring on the girls to sing some gospel music. Sometimes you could hear the record needle scraping the

[IRCA] Is AM Radio Still Relevant?

--- Begin Message --- Below is a link to KFI 640 petition to save AM radio. C Crane sent this with their regular monthly advertisement.  http://www.kfiam640.com/features/save-am-radio-1919/  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA --- End Message ---

[IRCA] KJMP 870 Pierce, CO New station to log

--- Begin Message --- While trying to add stations for the IRCA DX contest, I was able to receive KJMP 870 Pierce, CO. New station here. KFLD Pasco, WA was on top of the channel with the long wire antenna. Heard a oldies station underneath and switch to the Eastern bog and KJMP was on top with

[IRCA] TP's for Tuesday, March 01, 2016 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1423-1507 utc. Best signals of morning to JORF & VOA. 558   REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLQH 1423 very weak with talk. (3) 03/01/2016 594    JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAK NHK1 1437 fair signal with JJ. (3) 03/01/2016 693    JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAB NHK2 1425 weak signal with JJ. (3)

[IRCA] KFLT 830 kHz Tucson, AZ Family Life Radio (New here)

--- Begin Message --- KFLT 830 kHz Tucson, AZ heard here for the first time at 0050 utc with Christian music from Family life Radio. Signal fair with programing matching KFLT live streaming. Best on the Eastern bog. Over/under KNCO Grass Valley, CA.  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC

[IRCA] New station heard KGVO 1290 Missoula, MT

--- Begin Message --- New station heard this afternoon. KGVO 1290 Missoula, MT received at UTC with call letter ID. 426 miles as the crow flies. Fair signal. #4 antenna. Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B 1) NW ewe 2) SW ewe 3) Long wire 4) Random wire 5) Bog

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: Grayland Fishbarrel

day Dennis   The place isn't jumping (well maybe for DX), but seems open for business if a little short-staffed. best wishes, Nick On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 6:58 AM, Dennis Vroom via IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote: ___ IRCA mailing lis

Re: [IRCA] Fwd: Grayland Fishbarrel

--- Begin Message --- What location were you DXing from Nick? A friend of mine went to Grayland Motel & Cottages in January and they were closed.   Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA From: Walter Salmaniw To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of

[IRCA] KCKX 1460 Stayton, OR format change?

--- Begin Message --- Tuned 1460 this afternoon and KCKX 1460 is playing Mexican music. They play about 15 seconds and cut to open carrier. Heard some incomplete commercials for the Salem, Woodburn OR area. Seems like they are no longer ESPN Deportes. KUTI 1460 Yakima, WA heard when KCKX cuts

Re: [IRCA] not WBOB-600

--- Begin Message --- No sign of WBOB 600. Two stations dominated the channel on the Eastern bog, KGEZ & KCOL which is a new station here. Two more needed points for the IRCA DX Contest. Thank you JD Stephens for arranging the test and Brandon Jordan, IRCA/NRC DX Test Committee.    Best

Re: [IRCA] KVNA-600

--- Begin Message --- Bill, I remember during the 2008 Flagstaff IRCA convention which you hosted, we track down KVNA 600 185' longwire antenna. Some guys at a nearby business thought we were going to steal the antenna for scrap. All we did was take a bunch of pictures of it. Great convention. 

[IRCA] TP's for Tuesday, December 08, 2015 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 1405-1425 utc. Surprised that I heard JOGB 873 and nothing from JOAK 594 or JOAB 693?  774  JAPAN, Akita,JOUB NHK2 1408 good signal with English lessons. (4) 12/08/2015 828  JAPAN, Osaka, JOBB NHK2 1409 good signal with English lessons. (4) 12/08/2015 873  

[IRCA] TP's & DU's for Monday, December 07, 2015

--- Begin Message --- Stations with audio below and many hets with nothing above 1116 kHz.  594   JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAK NHK1 0925 good with man/woman in Japanese. (4) 12/07/2015 693   JAPAN, Tokyo, JOAB NHK2 0929 weak and battered in splatter with woman/man in Japanese. (4) 12/07/2015 738   TAHITI

[IRCA] Two new stations this evening on 790 kHz

--- Begin Message --- While trying to get a call letter ID from 790 KABC for the IRCA DX contest, I was able to receive two new stations. First was a call letter ID from KFPD Clovis, CA at 2324 EST. At 1230 EST KSPD Boise, ID have a call letter ID. KABC ID at 2329 EDT. All three stations are

Re: [IRCA] New one on 860

--- Begin Message --- Nigel, Congratulations on your WAMRI reception. 500 watts at night from Indiana, Wow!  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B 1) NW ewe 2) SW ewe 3) Long wire 4) Random wire 5) Bog NW 280' From: Nigel Pimblett To: Dennis

[IRCA] "TALK 1640" KDZR REPLACES "RADIO DISNEY" FORMAT

--- Begin Message --- >From the Portland PDX forum on Friday, December 4, 2015 that Salem Media Group >has launched "Talk 1640" on KDZR. Conservative Talk with be the format.   Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B R 390 A 1) NW ewe 2) SW ewe 3) Long wire 4) Random

[IRCA] CKMX 1060 Comedy at noon.

--- Begin Message --- CKMX 1060 Calgary, AB 531 miles as the crow flies being heard here in Kalama, WA with Redd Foxx clip from Stanford & Son. Fair signal on R 390A with 600' random wire antenna. 12:09 PM PST   Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B 1) NW ewe 2) SW

[IRCA] KDZR 1640 Lake Oswego, OR Disney gone, Christian Talk

--- Begin Message --- First time I noticed that KDZR 1640 is now Christian Talk. 2:20 PM PST. Christian talk and SNR news at 2:30 PM PST. Bumper music for this talk show program was Rock & Roll. Gimme Three Steps by Lynyrd Skynyrd. SNR news breaks. Commercial programming.   Best regards,

Re: [IRCA] KDZR 1640 Lake Oswego, OR Disney gone, Christian Talk

a new catch for the IRCA DX contest.   Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B 1) NW ewe 2) SW ewe 3) Long wire 4) Random wire 5) Bog NW 280' From: Dennis Vroom via IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com" <irca@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] KDZR 1640 Lake Oswego, OR Disney gone, Christian Talk

a new catch for the IRCA DX contest.   Best regards, Dennis  Vroom, Kalama, WA JRC NRD 545 + Drake R8B 1) NW ewe 2) SW ewe 3) Long wire 4) Random wire 5) Bog NW 280' From: Dennis Vroom via IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com" <irca@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] Two New Domestic Stations Heard KVIP 540 & KCFJ 570

--- Begin Message --- While trying to hear stations for the 2015-2016 IRCA DX contest I was able to catch two new stations this morning. 540 KVIP Redding, CA was heard with call letter ID at 1059 EDT on the Eastern bog. Heard and verified when I lived in the SF Bay Area in California back in

[IRCA] Cuba 530 at 0842

--- Begin Message --- 0842 utc have a station on 530 kHz on the Eastern beverage with piano music over local TIS station playing a continuous loop of their call and frequency. When music stopped station faded and now just the TIS. Cuba 530 would be my guess.  Best regards, Dennis  Vroom,

[IRCA] TP's for Sunday, November 8, 2015 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listening at 0745 utc with audio from JOAK 594 & JOUB 774 along with music on 530 (Cuba?)under local Ridgefield TIS 530. Just carriers here on 738 & 1017. 1035 had a "why not any audio het". All above best on antenna 4, except 530 was best on antenna 5. Best regards,

[IRCA] TP's for November 08, 2015 Kalama, WA

--- Begin Message --- Listened from 0809-0836 utc. Surprised that with A index 46 and K at 4 that the Asian Japanese stations are being heard. Tahiti South of here could only manage a weak signal. 594  JAPAN, TOKYO, JOAK NHK1 0815 fair signal with man in Japanese. (3) 11/08/2015 738  TAHITI,

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