Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] My First TP AM DX Logs!

2016-09-11 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Could the "1321" actually be Vancouver-1320? The others all sound like Japanese to me. Can you use BFO to get more accurate frequency readings? That would certainly help in some cases. Remember also that most all Asians are going to be on 9 kHz multiples. It's easy to

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] DX Tip: KFBK 1530 KHz 25kW omni 24h

2016-03-19 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- Old-timer here. I remember back in the 70s when WCKY used to have a Monday morning silent period. KFBK wasn't necessarily in every week (not by a longshot) but they were relatively common in my Chicago DX shack, using nothing more than the barefoot GE Superadio. Oh, for

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] a stumper on 1630

2016-03-10 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
--- Begin Message --- I was thinking perhaps a pirate or Part 15 broadcaster? What is XEUT's overnight format? Beyond that, I have no idea. I know Argentina has some X-band stations but those would generally require phenomenal propagation to be heard in Nebraska. Earl Higgins St. Louis

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] D-KAZ AND A NICE AURORA

2015-08-18 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
---BeginMessage--- Interesting pattern I noticed in your loggings: the low-end of the band seems to favor the Northwest (due to DKAZ) but the high-end of the band favors the Southwest (due to Aurora). Wonder why that would be? Earl Higgins St. Louis Missouri On Tuesday, August 18

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] DXing from a new location

2015-07-02 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
---BeginMessage--- Congratulations, sounds like a great opportunity. Best of luck, let us know how the DX is, and if the station streams, how we can listen. Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 10:29 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] DXing from a new location

2015-06-19 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
---BeginMessage--- Let me be the first to guess, based on your clues. Obviously, somewhere in the upper Plains states. Given what you said about good conductivity and very different AM and shortwave DX, I'm going to guess a small town in North Dakota. Anybody else care to guess? Earl Higgins

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1520 daytimer WTHE Long Island on tonight

2015-05-02 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
was on 1520. Again, great job on logging the other 1520 from New York. Earl Higgins  On Saturday, May 2, 2015 12:22 AM, William Dvorak dxe...@gmail.com wrote: Failed to add QTH: Madison WI  73 Bill Dvorak Madison WI On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 12:20 AM, William Dvorak dxe...@gmail.com

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1050 Unidentified Spanish

2015-04-20 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
near Chicago. 73, Earl Higgins currently living in St. Louis (ironically) On Monday, April 20, 2015 10:34 AM, ROBERT GALERSTEIN bobg...@optonline.net wrote: XEG-1050 was logged on Long island in 1973 during a WHN silent period. Out of the mush came a channel topping TOH ID,X-E-G, with 150-thousand

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Opening to Mexico City

2015-04-08 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
---BeginMessage--- Great job, Bill. I need to do more of this unattended recording, it's almost always fruitful. Unfortunately with my meager equipment, it's one frequency at a time. Perhaps a Perseus is in the budget next year. Earl Higgins, St. Louis, Missouri, USA TenTec RX-321, Wellbrook

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] (OT) An FM that still signs off...

2015-02-05 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
-AM 1180 and WEAI-FM 107.1. Check us out on Twitter... | | | | View on www.facebook.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | |   |   Earl Higgins  On Friday, January 30, 2015 9:07 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com wrote: WLDS 107.1 Lynville/Jacksonville, IL is on air 530am

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Mexico on 960

2015-01-05 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
---BeginMessage--- The only Mexican I've ever had on 960 was XEK here in Missouri, FYI. Earl Higgins On Monday, January 5, 2015 3:15 PM, neilkaz neil...@earthlink.net wrote: I am not sure which one you had but I will say that I've never had XEHK here in IL. The only two Mexicans I've logged

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] DXpedition to Lubec, Maine

2014-11-18 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
---BeginMessage--- All I can say is one word: Paraguay. Paraguay? Paraguay! Paraguay!! PARAGUAY Earl Higgins - “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.” Nelson Mandela On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 9:57 AM, Bill Whitacre b

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WBOK 1230 New Orleans logged in IL tonight

2014-11-13 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
the ocean. Earl Higgins On Thursday, November 13, 2014 8:38 AM, Rick Dau drummer196...@hotmail.com wrote: From February 5, 1992 until now, I've held the distance record on logging WBOK (in the GYDXA column of DX News), 810 miles from Iowa City, or something close to 810. I thought

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WBOK 1230 New Orleans logged in IL tonight

2014-11-13 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
---BeginMessage--- For what it's worth, in March 1992 I logged KNUZ-1230-Houston here in St. Louis Missouri during aurora, which could be considered, roughly, near N.O.. Earl Higgins On Thursday, November 13, 2014 9:34 AM, neilkaz neil...@earthlink.net wrote: Thx everyone. The NRC GY DX

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Reversible Double-Delta

2014-05-19 Thread Earl Higgins via IRCA
---BeginMessage--- Mark, Sounds very intriguing. Any loggings you care to share? Enquiring minds want to know... especially during the off-season...   Earl Higgins - “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”  Nelson Mandela On Monday

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] KMXA 1090 CO on day power again

2014-04-03 Thread Earl Higgins
Some evenings the signal performs even better than KOA down here in St. Louis Missouri, even moreso given KAAY's pitiful signal. Definitely not night power (500w) or pattern (west). Those out East needing Colorado, take note.   Earl Higgins - “Resentment is like drinking

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Brazil AMs push for FM

2014-02-13 Thread Earl Higgins
America? It's too far for even double hop E-skip, but what about other modes? F2? Trans-equatorial scatter?   Earl Higgins - “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”  Nelson Mandela On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 7:04 PM, Chernos Saul sau

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] AM Stereo Stations Still Transmitting

2014-01-15 Thread Earl Higgins
This ( http://meduci.com/stations.html ) seems to be a reasonably accurate source. By the way their main page has lots of useful, interesting links, AM stereo airchecks, etc.   Earl Higgins - “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies

Re: [IRCA] Sunset Skip (SSS) Top Ten Targets-Good Western Conditions

2014-01-14 Thread Earl Higgins
be KFI-640 and KNX-1070 from LA, and KNBR-680 from SF. Occasionally things like KGA-1510 Spokane and KFBK-1530 Sacramento are audible under their respective Eastern dominants, and certainly these would be indicators of very good Western, and indeed high latitude conditions in general.   Earl

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Top Ten SSS DX Targets from Mid-South

2014-01-13 Thread Earl Higgins
of the above have been logged in St. Louis Missouri multiple times and are relatively easy. This should give you some idea of what to expect in your area going forward.   Earl Higgins - “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”  Nelson Mandela

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Top Ten SSS DX Targets from Mid-South

2014-01-13 Thread Earl Higgins
is also extremely helpful with answering questions. I only wish I had the land and physical ability to build some of his projects! Most important of all perhaps Good luck and let us know how things work out! Earl Higgins - “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Top Ten SSS DX Targets from Mid-South

2014-01-13 Thread Earl Higgins
Oops, sent too soon, that person paragraph should have read: Most important of all perhaps is persistence. Checking the same thing night after night after night will yield surprisingly different results, stick with it and you'll never know what turns up.   Earl Higgins

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Sunset Skip (SSS) Top Ten Targets

2014-01-13 Thread Earl Higgins
or sunrise. Good luck, keep us posted! Glad to help.   Earl Higgins - “Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”  Nelson Mandela On Monday, January 13, 2014 4:25 PM, Les Rayburn l...@highnoonfilm.com wrote: Earl Higgins made some good

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1240 unID - WJMA/WJNA now heard three times!

2013-12-31 Thread Earl Higgins
Does anyone else here .3 WJNA near the beginning of the clip WJNA-huh? It might refer to an FM, as in 92.3 WJNA or somesuch. Seems like we need to do a search on all FM stations on a frequency ending in .3 with a WJ at the start of their callsign. Then see if any of them have any reason to

Re: [IRCA] [DX-tip] 1720 khz pirate up now

2013-12-14 Thread Earl Higgins
I'm actually almost certain this is Dr. Benway and Undercover Radio. They have been heard on 1720 previously, and I just saw he is currently active on Google chat which indicates the station is probably on the air. You might try dropping him a line… On Saturday, December 14, 2013 10:15 PM,

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Michigan radio question (WDOW-WKPR 1440)

2013-11-12 Thread Earl Higgins
archive somewhere online, I forgot where). New transmitter coordinates can, of course, be obtained from the FCC database. It doesn't answer your question specifically about this station, but it gives you my opinion-which is worth every penny! Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri On Tuesday, November

Re: [IRCA] [DX-tip] UNID

2013-11-09 Thread Earl Higgins
If that was KJNP, it would be the catch of the century! More likely, the reference to North Poleis a coincidence and is actually in reference to Christmas and it's someone stunting on this frequency, perhaps in anticipation of a format change, or a return to the air of a formerly silent

Re: [IRCA] [DX-tip] 950 - Fox Sports

2013-11-09 Thread Earl Higgins
Hearing it (sports) here as well, mixing with the Cuban time ticker and Cruisin' 950 out of Denver. I think it has Alabama basketball (or football?). I'm not much into sports. QTH is St. Louis, Missouri. Earl Higgins On Saturday, November 9, 2013 6:18 PM, Frederick R. Vobbe fvo...@vobbe.org

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] The Caribbean Beacon

2013-11-05 Thread Earl Higgins
In June, 1995, while vacationing in Waimanalo, Oahu, Hawaii, I heard the 1610 one evening while sitting on the beach. That's a distance of over 6000 miles. This was using a simple Sony portable barefoot!  1610 used to be a regular all across North America but I believe they operate on reduced

Re: [IRCA] [DX-tip] French Language on 1550khz

2013-10-22 Thread Earl Higgins
They frequently do well, even dominate, down here in St. Louis. Always atop a jumble. A far cry from the old days when, after CBE went off at 1 AM Eastern, you could hear bits and pieces of classical music many nights from KKHI, practically the only thing on the channel (San Francisco).

[IRCA] KYAL-OK 1550 possibly on day facilities

2013-10-20 Thread Earl Higgins
A few minutes ago was booming into St. Louis Missouri with The Sports Animal. Seems to be in a football game, possibly one of the teams is Denver. Getting out really well if indeed 40w. #1043 heard. Earl Higgins, St. Louis Missouri ___ IRCA mailing

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Modem Noise update

2013-10-19 Thread Earl Higgins
, including all the cables to and from my Ten-Tec RX-321 computer-controlled HF receiver, and the QRN went down significantly (but not completely). Well worth the small amount of money and time. Good luck! Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri, USA  On Friday, October 18, 2013 10:40 PM, Patrick Martin mwd

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] [Amdx] MW QSL

2013-10-12 Thread Earl Higgins
Actually, 100 base 6 would be 36 base 10. So, you're really approaching 200 countries heard base 6! Congratulations! Earl Higgins St. Louis Missouri On Saturday, October 12, 2013 2:24 PM, Russ Edmunds wb2...@yahoo.com wrote: Hmm. If you can count what isn't there, then perhaps the tree

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] B-P-B-P Mystery station on 680 KHz

2013-10-11 Thread Earl Higgins
ruled that one out? Which beverage was it on? http://www.ourairports.com/navaids/BP/Chelobityevo_NDB_RU/ Would love to hear the actual recording. Good luck, Earl Higgins On Friday, October 11, 2013 11:53 AM, Les Rayburn l...@highnoonfilm.com wrote: Just received a fascinating recording from

[IRCA] WQCR-Alabama 1500

2013-10-04 Thread Earl Higgins
WQCR-1500 Alabaster Alabama just give a legal ID and Juan, tocando lo que le gusta between Spanish romantic vocal selections. Unseems 3w, but who can be sure? Earl Higgins, St. Louis Missouri ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http

[IRCA] WZYX-TN 1440 HSFB

2013-10-04 Thread Earl Higgins
WZYX is doing an amazing job destroying 1440. Especially amazing if on 66w authorized night power. Tullahoma Football Game. Earl Higgins, St. Louis Missouri USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo

[IRCA] Charlevoix, Michigan is in on 1270 with high school football

2013-09-27 Thread Earl Higgins
Charlevoix, Michigan is in on 1270 with high school football with a strong signal up against my local on 1260. No sign of usual pesty Rock Island. Unneeded. Earl Higgins, St. Louis Missouri ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] good portable receiver

2013-08-21 Thread Earl Higgins
to VASTLY increase your capturing/filtering/recording capabilities. This is assuming you are already bringing a suitable laptop. Best of luck on your trip and most of all, HAVE FUN! Sincerely, Earl Higgins From: Bob Young bobyoun...@hotmail.com To: NRC list

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] good portable receiver for DXing

2013-08-19 Thread Earl Higgins
You absolutely would not go wrong with either a Degen-1103 or a Tecsun PL-380. I have both and they are both quite selective and sensitive. They also happen to fit nicely into your presumed price range.  Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri

[IRCA] WUMY-830 TN

2013-03-22 Thread Earl Higgins
WUMY-830 Memphis is currently blasting away everything else (2130 EDT), running classic country and ID after every song as Y105.5, // webstream. No comment as to whether or not is their new authorized 2 watt (!) night power. This at St. Louis, Missouri.

[IRCA] KKOW-860 KS

2013-03-22 Thread Earl Higgins
KKOW-860 Pittsburg Kansas is absolutely destroying CJBC in St. Louis Missouri at 2200 EDT, running classic country //web stream. This would be very unexpected, given their authorized night pattern. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] sweep tones heard in St. Louis

2013-03-18 Thread Earl Higgins
Sweep tones heard weakly at 2042 CDT on 1490, tentative Vicksburg DX test. Disappeared 2044 CDT. Earl Higgins, RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire, St. Louis, MO (W 90.32 N 38.65) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] (no subject)

2013-02-17 Thread Earl Higgins
be difficult to ascertain whether this fits their programming style. Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) From: Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca To: a...@nrcdxas.org a...@nrcdxas.org; a...@wtfda.info

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] unIDs from this past week

2013-02-16 Thread Earl Higgins
Georgia is 9.5 miles from WFLI, and indeed the old Fort Baptist Church is located at 18 Van Cleve St.: https://plus.google.com/103548443648415684462/about?gl=ushl=en No luck on the others though. Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] KBNH 1230 Burns, OR

2013-01-09 Thread Earl Higgins
it! Oregon would be a new state for me. Speaking of DX tests, it's too bad we didn't have any this year. Conditions were decent so it could have been a very good year for them. Who coordinates these and what can I do to help make them happen? Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WCSZ-1070 on the rampage AGAIN

2012-11-19 Thread Earl Higgins
Just ran an ad for a grocery store …en Greenville y las Carolinas…, and announced 94.9 FM and 1070 AM. LOUD! Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) From: Rick Dau drummer1965...@yahoo.com

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Two Daytimers on 1560 On Late

2012-10-17 Thread Earl Higgins
New York, which didn't have to go to their night pattern until Bakersfield Local Sunset? For folks who may not remember this, that station was KCJJ before it moved to 1630. If anybody remembers more details about this bizarre allocation, chime in! Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Mostly Mexican MW DX to Enid OK, September 28-October 4, 2012

2012-10-04 Thread Earl Higgins
Mexican NA -- more info than you ever wanted to know (and yes, includes an English translation):  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himno_Nacional_Mexicano . Sadly, could find nothing about whether it has been RECORDED in English. Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis

[IRCA] CORRECTED Re: [NRC-AM] KBNH 1230 Burns, OK (actually OR)

2012-09-24 Thread Earl Higgins
Small (but rather important) correction Paul-that's Burns, Oregon NOT Oklahoma. I was scratching my head trying to figure out where on earth Burns Oklahoma could be that it would be far enough from Guymon to allow a station to inhabit the same clear channel. Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321

Re: [IRCA] 1279 off-frequency mystery

2012-09-21 Thread Earl Higgins
No trace of a carrier or anything on 1279 here in St. Louis Missouri where all I have IDed in tonight's High School Football frenzy is WBIG Aurora Illinois already known to be on 1280. Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 1279 off-frequency mystery

2012-09-21 Thread Earl Higgins
Add WWTC to your list of stations that it isn't, just got an ID from them at 0230 UT behaving nicely on 1280.   Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) - Original Message - From: Glenn Hauser wghau...@yahoo.com

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Gone With the Wind...

2012-05-02 Thread Earl Higgins
and couldn't DX without one! Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) From: Ira Elbert New III i...@hotmail.com Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 4:19 PM      My neighbor, who has been a HAM much longer

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Nice work Saul!

2012-04-23 Thread Earl Higgins
When on a DXpedition, it is always preferable to be sleepy than to be well-rested but bored. -- Higgins' First Rule of DXpeditions Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) From: Mark

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Brazil 1220 logged in IL !!!

2012-03-10 Thread Earl Higgins
Congratulations on this and the 1100! My wire outside is mostly nondirectional, and I'm just getting way too much WLPO and presumed oldies from WSLM for Brazil to eek through, but I'm going to sit on 1220 for a while nonetheless.   Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WHKY-1290 Hickory NC

2012-03-10 Thread Earl Higgins
Also noted here in St. Louis, Missouri. New, station log #1016, North Carolina #16. Alone on channel with regulars WHIO and WIRL knocked out by an angry, vengeful sun. Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65

[IRCA] Some 670/720/780 stream URLs may be useful tonight

2012-03-09 Thread Earl Higgins
. The streams may be useful in identifying weak signals. Good luck! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0ApOqkK-1o9XkdEo3eEhYdU5lTW5wbXc4UlowYWJxVUEsingle=truegid=0output=html Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65

Re: [IRCA] was Can anyone onlist receive KQEQ 1210 from CA? Now KQEQ logged in IL

2012-03-01 Thread Earl Higgins
CONGRATULATIONS Neil on a fantastic DX catch that most of us never would have guessed was even possible in the Midwest! Quite a remarkable achievement!   Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) - Original Message

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Fwd: Chicago Stations Off Air

2012-02-29 Thread Earl Higgins
DX test, hopefully with day pattern/power and Morse code? If this past weekend has taught us anything, it should be just how well 50,000w of Morse code can get out! And that was on a crowded channel... (1550). Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis

[IRCA] KRPI 1550 NOT heard in St. Louis, Missouri

2012-02-26 Thread Earl Higgins
have heard KGA-1510 late at night, so it was at least theoretically possible. Hopefully, if the test is repeated next year, I will have better luck! Again, thanks for running this test, amazing to see how widely reported it was. Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 95 Rock on 1480 - WGUS Augusta?

2012-02-17 Thread Earl Higgins
Did you try to // it with their web stream? I heard them on January 4, they were definitely Spanish then, and // to their web stream.  Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) From: Paul B

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Two New MW QSL's

2012-02-16 Thread Earl Higgins
Congratulations Patrick, 3025 mediumwave QSLs is an accomplishment in any era, but even more so today! And to continue getting new ones at that pace is truly an inspiration to all of us. Job well done indeed! Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] On the nature of DX Alerts

2012-02-11 Thread Earl Higgins
it slip through your fingers. What's that they say, integrity is something you earn by the inch and lose by the mile? Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) From: Scott Fybush sc

Re: [IRCA] [DX-tip] 910khz - someone 1Kz low

2012-01-20 Thread Earl Higgins
out UK. Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) From: Karl Zuk Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 6:17 PM BBC Radio 5 - 909 kHz - comes to mind. Maybe?   Karl Zuk  N2KZ Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WPCN 1010 Stevens Point WI w/HS Hockey

2012-01-06 Thread Earl Higgins
calls they were using though). New log #1006 for me, WI #33, 1010 #13. DXers note the somewhat schizophrenic nature of this station, despite its Newstalk 1010 slogan, they do run oldies at least in the later evening. Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 940 mystery

2012-01-03 Thread Earl Higgins
, in light of recent developments for that frequency there?   Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) - Original Message - From: Barry McLarnon b...@bdmcomm.ca To: a...@nrcdxas.org; irca@hard-core-dx.com Cc: Sent

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Asian language station on 1540 KHz?

2011-12-31 Thread Earl Higgins
station being downright regular. I hope this helps. Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) - Original Message - From: Les Rayburn I haven't done any serious AM DXing in quite some time, so I was trying to become

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WSLM way atop on 1220

2011-12-28 Thread Earl Higgins
these clowns do anything right? Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) From: Rick Dau drummer1965...@yahoo.com To: dx...@nrcdxas.org dx...@nrcdxas.org; a...@nrcdxas.org a...@nrcdxas.org; irca

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WQMV-1060

2011-12-06 Thread Earl Higgins
the South Dakota, but no sign of it! Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) From: Paul Swearingen plsbcbd...@aol.com To: irca@hard-core-dx.com; a...@nrcdxas.org Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 7:22

[IRCA] Absolute Radio-1215 just logged west of the Mississippi, moments ago

2011-11-18 Thread Earl Higgins
Are was clearly heard earlier with its unusual beat/rhythm, also paralleled to the web stream.  I know this is really ho-hum stuff for you East Coast types, but this is my furthest catch ever, country number 20, catch number 987… First transatlantic.   Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed

[IRCA] WWDX, was Re: KQNK-1530 on late with K-State basketball

2011-11-14 Thread Earl Higgins
hearing, so unless it's a pirate relaying WWDX's FM, this is a case of the station currently not authorized to be on the air at all, on the air. (Well, I guess, either way that makes them a sort of pirate.) FCC, wherefore art thou? Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] WWDX, was Re: KQNK-1530 on late with K-State basketball

2011-11-14 Thread Earl Higgins
OK, thanks, Scott. I figured you'd have something interesting to say about this, and you did not disappoint! Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) - Original Message - From: Scott Fybush sc...@fybush.com Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 3:43 PM On 11/14/2011 4:33 PM

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Tip: KCMN-1530

2011-11-12 Thread Earl Higgins
#7. Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65) From: Paul Swearingen plsbcbd...@aol.com Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 10:59 PM Gone by 10:48 CST and WCKY atop, as usual, although someone

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] KQNK-1530 on late with K-State basketball

2011-11-11 Thread Earl Higgins
I tried for it, but all I got was WWDX, Huntingdon Tennessee, another daytimer running late with high school football. At times absolutely KILLING Cincinnati's Kentucky Wildcats basketball. Local ads and IDs as FM 100.9 The Farm. Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri

[IRCA] Spanish on 1439.95?

2011-11-11 Thread Earl Higgins
you) . Sincerely, Earl Higgins RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Night owl DXing

2011-10-31 Thread Earl Higgins
So, let us know how it went… As you know, work schedule keeps me from staying up all night, but I do unattended overnight recordings using the computer and Scan320. I've had pretty good luck recently, snagging a couple decent 300+ mile graveyards (KWNO-MN 1230 and KVRG-AR 1240).  Earl Higgins

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Help please from Salem and Vancouver tower historians

2011-10-25 Thread Earl Higgins
CKWX's -123.0667 degrees west, is your furthest west catch. Hope this information is useful. Sincerely, Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri, USA From: Steve Francis Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011  With the discussions about transmitter locations today, I thought

[IRCA] 1630 Wyoming

2011-10-22 Thread Earl Higgins
is frequently over them in USB. This is something I've never noticed before on other AM stations. Anyway, I suppose it's a tip for you East coasters who might need Wyoming, be sure and check 1630 in USB. Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri ___ IRCA mailing list

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] UnID on 1600 with Carbondale and Marion IL sports talk and ads?

2011-10-17 Thread Earl Higgins
, then click  the locate button. Not the most intuitive interface, but it works. Not that this information really helps much in this case, but it may help you or someone, sometime. Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. Kaz, The nearest 1600

[IRCA] Wyoming 1630

2011-10-16 Thread Earl Higgins
It sure sounds like they forgot to turn down to 1 kW tonight…They're blasting in here in Iowa city's backyard on 1630 like I've never heard them before… Those on the East Coast may want to take note, especially if you need Wyoming! ___ IRCA mailing

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] 660

2011-10-05 Thread Earl Higgins
I heard the code IDs from their January 25, 1993 DX test. They were in fair in the null of WFAN here in St. Louis, Missouri at a distance of 984 miles. I have never heard them on regular schedule. Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri From: Paul B. Walker, Jr

[IRCA] 1220 Russian/Slavic/Ethnic?

2011-09-25 Thread Earl Higgins
, then took a steep dive as it went into Eastern European sounding music. It doesn't seem to fit the Dallas area ethnic station, as it isn't South Asian and the webstream didn't seem parallel. It's just... weird... nobody's format seems to fit.  Did somebody switch formats recently? Earl Higgins

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] KBRH-1260 apparently on day power

2011-09-25 Thread Earl Higgins
Heard here in St. Louis, Missouri at the same time ;-) .  Weak but mostly atop jumble, blues format really stands out!  Semi local Radio Disney in Belleville, Illinois is never much of a problem at night. Earl Higgins From: Rick Dau drummer1965...@yahoo.com

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WXYG 540 Sauk Rapids, MN

2011-06-27 Thread Earl Higgins
, but given the above, this thing could really get out. Kaz-IL, are you hearing them? Rick Dau-NE, are you? Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 4:52 AM From Radio-Info.com: St. Cloud WXYG

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] (OT) On The Air Tonight!

2011-05-27 Thread Earl Higgins
ended at 9:19, possible break by male DJ, possible slogan ID as Oldies 1150 into Summer in the City. Incidentally, equipment used here is a Ten-Tec RX321, computer-controlled communications receiver fed by a Par Electronics EF-SWL End-Fed Dipole Antenna. Sincerely, Earl Higgins University City

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] (OT) On The Air Tonight!

2011-05-27 Thread Earl Higgins
Now hearing Young Girl, by, I believe, Gary US Bonds... Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri From: Paul B. Walker, Jr. walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com To: NRC a...@nrcdxas.org; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Friday

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] (OT) On The Air Tonight!

2011-05-27 Thread Earl Higgins
Looks like it wasn't you Paul, sorry!  Those song titles match exactly http://www.oldies1150.com/broadcasthistory.aspx , so the third station in the mix there was CKOC, not you.  New for me #929 heard from St. Louis, Missouri. Better luck next time! Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] (OT) On The Air Tonight!

2011-05-27 Thread Earl Higgins
Sorry Paul, tried for you here in St. Louis, no joy.  You are buried by KCPS, Burlington, Iowa, with their 67 watts of talk. And if you really believe KCPS is using 67 watts, I've got some beachfront property I'd love to sell you!  Sure sounds more like 500 watts to me. Incidentally, now WHBY

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] WYTH 1250 Madison, GA UPDATE!

2011-05-03 Thread Earl Higgins
Maybe, when all the dust settles at the new site, he might be interested in doing another DX test? Say around September-October when conditions are usually pretty good? Earl Higgins St. Louis, USA From:Paul B. Walker, Jr. I spoke to Craig Baker on the phone

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Hets on high side of 1520 and low side of 1540

2011-03-01 Thread Earl Higgins
or something, even though the carrier was quite stable with no buzz). WCKY seems like a likely culprit, now that you all mention it! Now I wish I would have measured the 1540 low side het. I will check again tonight. Earl Higgins St. Louis, Missouri - Original Message From: Saul DX sau