[IRCA] Night Time Power Problem: was Ultralight Firsts and Records

At 08:08 PM 2/11/2008 -0600, you wrote: >Not trying to be a spoilsport here, but I'd be really cautious about >specifying that Mexicans run these lower powers at night, especially XEMF >which I I'd here thru a Phased WBBM a few times (13 miles 50 KW ND) and XEMF >can background them in WI (92 miles

Re: [IRCA] Congratulations and a heartfelt thanks

Allen, Its been a real pleasure to watch you walk the world map from St. Johns. It has certainly encouraged those of us with access to the various coasts to sharpen our skills for the upcoming equinoctial period. Personally, I'm looking forward to someone being the first to hear a DU station

Re: [IRCA] "Hot-Rodded" DT-200VX Digital ULR is a Reality

Great going, Gary! I think that there is a very real chance that some version of a modified 200VX will turn out to be in the e1 class, even when using similar antennas. I sure hope that you will write up a page (with photos of course) to add to your article on adding a bigger bar to the Sony

Re: [IRCA] Tonight's Ultralight Loggings...#399 & #400 Heard....BOTH GRAVEYARDERS!!

Congratulations, Rob! And I think that you are taking a very sane approach to #500, too! John B. Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods) Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production version) ___

[IRCA] The DX Sprint is Next Weekend

Just a reminder that the first Cabin Fever Ultralight DX Sprint is scheduled to begin 30 minutes before your local sunset on this coming Friday afternoon (Feb29) and terminate 30 minutes after sunrise on Monday (Mar03.) Participants may DX as much as they wish during that time period, but m

[IRCA] Updated Firsts and Records + REMINDER

I've just published the UPDATED Records and Firsts list in the Ultralight DX files area at www.dxer.ca The major changes are two more countries heard, Barefoot, by Allen Willie of St Johns: Bulgaria and Ukraine AND the first distance record in the Graveyard Channel category (a bit over 400

Re: [IRCA] Where's all the Ultralight Radio DX'ers????? It's Sprint Time!!!...............

Personally, I'm DXing, Rob :>) Glad that you are, too Maybe the sun will wipe out those coastal woosies! Unlimited Class here: Modified DT-200VX (better selectivity) and a tuned 12" Stacy Power Bar. No hope of TAs or even SAms from this westerly location, but I'm soldiering along.

[IRCA] 1700 kHz. Mystery Disney Station

While working in the Ultralight DX Sprint tonight, about an hour after sunset, I clearly heard typical bubble gum Disney programming and the Radio Disney ID. The station looped directly to my east or west from north-central Oklahoma. The only station that seems to fit by location and freque

Re: [IRCA] 1700 kHz. Mystery Disney Station

Thanks for all of the checks on my mystery 1700 Disney station. If I hadn't been so careful, I'd think at this point that I was dreaming. However, I was in the middle of intense logging for the Ultralight DX Sprint. Unfortunately, I did not have my recorder on-line. I had just logged new (fo

Re: [IRCA] 1700 kHz. Mystery Disney Station

USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, NRD-535(kiwa-mods) Antennas: 700' NE/SW mini-Bev, Wellbrook Phased Array (pre-production version) At 06:42 AM 3/2/2008 -0800, you wrote: --- "John H. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > While working in the Ultralight DX Sprint

Re: [IRCA] 1700 kHz. Mystery Disney Station

No, I've got modified filters in the DT-200VX, plus I've yet to hear more than moderate slop on even my most powerful semi-locals. No way a Denver station, even KOA (a regional flamethrower) would cause bleedthrough. Creative thinking, though, Russ... Thanks! John B. At 06:51 AM 3/2/2008 -0

[IRCA] ULr DX Sprint Comments

Well, its over and done... I had an absolute ball listening and will be entering both the overall station count and Americas DX, though I doubt that I'll be more than in the middle of either. I hope that everyone had as good a time as Gil and I did! For those of you officially entering the

Re: [IRCA] UnID 1700 Disney

Well, Whoever said that what I heard was something that should not have been there must be right. I've DXed 1700 any number of times and I ALWAYS have Brownsville TX, Richardson (Dallas), TX and Des Moines mixing. The three line up in a North-South line, with me between Richardson and Des Mo

Re: [IRCA] ULTRALIGHT DXING

Barry, I was out all day yesterday and I think the Ultralight Crew filled in for me very well. These little radios will win your heart, if you give them a chance. They are just lots of fun and have even rejuvenated my interest in domestic MW DXing for the first time since February 1960! Th

Re: [IRCA] Current UltraLight Distance Records

Paul, Sorry for the delayed reply. I've been involved in administering the 2008 "Cabin Fever" Ultralight DX Sprint that occurred about ten days ago. It was a 4 hour DX event that participants could spread over a four day weekend as they wished. Sorry that you missed it It was so much fu

[IRCA] Results of 2008 DX Sprint Published

Rob and others, The results of the 2008 DX Sprint, without the detailed logs of the two top scorers in the Stations Logged Categories, were sent to all participants within 48 hours of the close of entry. Within another day or two, the results of the 2008 DX Sprint, with the detailed logs o

[IRCA] New Japanese QSL

One of my favorite catches last year was hearing both of the local IDs simultaneously at 2319 JST last November from the two NHK 2 stations on 1152: JORB, Kochi on Shikoku Island and JOPC in Kushiro in NE Hokkaido. Happily, the automated local IDs for the two stations had one female announce

Re: [IRCA] QSLing

Patrick, What a marvelous record over the years There are times went I turn green with jealousy, but mostly, I join you in celebrating a life-long love affair with DXing and QSLing... the QSLs are a real record of broadcasting over the years, as well as reminders of a lot of joyous openin

Re: [IRCA] More Ultralighting / Alignment Question

Paul, I believe that I sent you a copy of the current Firsts And Records for Ultralights (let me know if I did not!) As you might know, almost all of the "Firsts" that I'm keeping are for North American DXersHowever, I would LOVE to add a First for Trans-Atlantic reception, East to West.

[IRCA] Possible Yahoo e-Group for Ultralighters

A couple of people have mentioned a yahoo group for ultralighters recently. As you know, there is one that I host called ultralight hotrodding. It is more-or-less restricted to discussing either electrical or mechanical modifications to ultralights, as the name suggests. When I created the

[IRCA] New Ultralight Firsts and Records Announced

Its been a month since I've updated the List of Ultralight Firsts and Records and there has been quite a bit of activity, including at long last, some work from the Pacific Northwest. The new Firsts from Asian countries were all snagged by our compatriots in the NW: First Station in North Kore

[IRCA] New Ferrite Bar MW Antenna

Chuck Rippel saw this new antenna and posted it. It is very interesting, tho' expensive. Chuck sez: Saw an ad in WorldRadio Magazine for this new directional antenna made by National RF in San Diego, CA. Using a series of plug-ins, including one that can be user defined, the antenna will co

[IRCA] New Ultralight Yahoo Group Founded

As per the discussion here over the last few days, I've energized the new yahoo group "ultralightdx." It is intended as a place to share discussions, sound clips, ultralight loggings and discussions of ultralight equipment and its possible modification. The group is "unmoderated" meaning th

[IRCA] Ultralight Records Sought....

I'm going to do the monthly update of Ultrali9ght Firsts and Records about mid-week. I've already got some real eye-openers, but would like to have more before Wednesday evening. If you have been Ultralighting and have set a new record, even by a mile or two, let me know! Thanks! John

[IRCA] Ultralight First and Records List UPDATED

I've just posted the latest update of the Ultralight Firsts and Records list to the Ultralight Files area of dxer.ca http://www.dxer.ca/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,87/Itemid,77/ Allen Willie of St. Johns, Newfoundland has added two more first country catches (Romania and Denm

Re: [IRCA] [am] Remote SDR operation

Craig, If you were serious about that last statement, you might want to go out and buy a WinRadio 313e. Before you die laughing, Chuck Rippel (of R-390A restoration fame) and I are quietly in love with these wonderful SDRs if you believe in active, real time DXing... they are nimble movin

Re: [IRCA] [am] Remote SDR operation

. I would think that would increase the potential user base by a fair amount, so economically it would make sense. Craig Healy Providence, RI - Original Message - From: "John H. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America"

[IRCA] Remote Operation of G313e SDR

This was just posted to the Winradio 3xx e-list. I(f you are interested in remoting this very nice SDR, this seems to be a good contact.Hi I have installed the G313 CSO and if any list member has the client and wishes to test my output and try the 313i online then contact me

Re: [IRCA] Uralights at Grayland

Dennis, Congratulations on an excellent trip to Grayland under less than ideal conditions. Some Excellent logs. Especially a big BRAVO on snagging (maybe obliterating is a better word) the overall longest distance record from North America and World-wide, using a barefoot ultralight radio.

Re: [IRCA] which Cuban on 530?

Nick, I first heard that station during the Ultralight Sprint and it is by far the loudest Cuban that I hear here Much stronger than RVC ever was here. I have heard nothing else on that channel at night since February. Its Radio Musical Nacional and maybe is out of Santa Clara. The East C

[IRCA] Disassembling the Eton E100 Ultralight Radio

The Eton E100 is one of the most physically complex ultralight radios and, apparently, Eton has a policy against publishing Service Manuals. The first time that I went into the back of the E100, I didn't get very far and panicked. I tip-toed back outta the radio and, luckily, was able

[IRCA] New Eton E100 Article Posted

Gary DeBock and I have combined our efforts and produced an illustrated article that covers both disassembly and alignment of the Eton E100. Its replaced my recent disassembly-only article on the first page of the Ultralight files area of dxer.ca. I should also mention that an E100 just wen

Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Sunday--good for DU

Steve, In multiple careful tests at Grayland on three different DXpeditions last fall, I found the useable TP signals on the Wellbrook was just about equal to the 700 to 900 foot Beverages that I was using there. The S-meter was higher, a bit, with the Beverage, but the Wellbrook was quieter,

Re: [IRCA] New DXer

Fabulous, Scott How about Dexter Xavier Fybush... Being named for two DXers and a saint would give the boy a real leg up in life! You are going to be DXing about 2:00 AM and at dawn for a while... or at least having that opportunity! John B. Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313

[IRCA] TPs for May 22

Got my large DU EWE back up yesterday, tho' it is not yet tuned. Listened this morning from 1215-1240. Only one in decent audio: 1701 was doing about as well as I've ever heard it with Middle Eastern music. Actual frequency was 1701.077 or so... about half way to correct from what they were

[IRCA] NW Washington TPs May 23rd

Wow! These conditions have me lamenting the lack of a dawn bowling league on Orcas Island... and I don't even bowl. Lots of very weak hets, 1s and 2s out of 10, mostly in the mid and upper band, all DU and mostly New Zealand. I suspect that, had we been at Grayland, we'd be talking about o

Re: [IRCA] NW Washington TPs May 23rd

At 01:50 PM 5/23/2008 +, you wrote: At 13:26 5/23/2008, you wrote: >Wow! These conditions have me lamenting the lack of a dawn bowling league on Orcas Island... and I don't even bowl. Lots of very weak hets, 1s and 2s out of 10, mostly in the mid and upper band, What time were you list

[IRCA] TPs from NW WA May 24: GOOD!

Much better TP morning today, with all of the action appearing to be DU and all of it 1098 and below, except for a nice appearance of 1701+. About 20 channels of low band had some level of signal, with the following peaking at 6 or 7, unless otherwise noted: 702 738 747 756 (briefly at near 8

Re: [IRCA] TP's for May 24

Patrick, I'm ashamed to say that I haven't paid the least attention to Hawaiians in the last several years. Now, I find myself wanting to catch one or more with an Ultralight. Are KPUA-670 & KGU-760 your easiest/most consistently heard from Hawaii??? John B. Orcas Island, WA, USA Rcvrs: Wi

Re: [IRCA] PART 15 QUESTION

Pete, I'm not hearing anything on 1700 during the day, but I don't really have an antenna that points at Tacoma right now. In a couple of weeks, I'll have the Wellbrook Array back up and can point it right at Tacoma will letcha know. John B. Orcas Island, WA, USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, E

[IRCA] No TP Attempt Today

At 4:20AM, threw a magazine at the cat. He took the hint. Conflicted over this but more rested, for sure! Have a nice Sunday. John B. Orcas Island, WA, USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1, Ultralights Antennas: Two 70' x 100' Conti Super Loops, West and Northwest

[IRCA] Hawaii

Patrick and Kaz, Thanks for the tips on Hawaiians! It used to be so easy just to sit on 830 wait until Mr. Sun killed WCCO about 90 minutes before Dawn Enhancement and there was Hawaii... unless conditions were totally awful. And then along came KNCO in Grass Valley, California. The Al

[IRCA] Ultralight DU Success at Grayland

Once again, ultralighting came to the rescue! Despite deploying the Wellbrook Array, the mediocre Trans-Pacific DX conditions reported widely elsewhere would have garnered me a very mediocre and depressing morning. Using my Winradio 313E, and starting two hours before dawn, I noted over 40 cha

[IRCA] Another Excellent Ultralight Morning

Was up almost two hours before dawn again and and was greeted with conditions that were better than May 29. The band below 1200 was virtually full of hets with a handful of them in audio. I spent quite a bit of time, early, with 765. It was Australian and originated in Brisbane. I think it was

[IRCA] Saturday and Sunday Mornings at Grayland

SATURDAY at the CRACK of DAWN: Well, I THOUGHT that I set my alarm for 3:30AM! As I faded into sleep on Friday evening I thought "I should check that alarm again NAW, how paranoid can you get, anyway?" So I rolled over and dropped into sleep, not realizing that I'd set the alarm time but

[IRCA] TPs on Orcas Island: June 5

I got up an hour before dawn to test Guy Atkins' Perseus vs. my WinRadio 313e and was too busy with that to keep a log of the hets... There were a lot below 900 and very little above. I only had three in audio, all at threshold level or just above: 891 @ 1156, clearly DU EE; 675 threshold at 12

[IRCA] New Ultralight DX Records Posted

Hi, I've just posted the newest Ultralight DX Firsts and Records to the Ultralight Files Area of dxer.ca: http://www.dxer.ca/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,87/Itemid,77/ There have been quite a few changes over the past three weeks. Allen Willie added Estonia to his 26 other E

[IRCA] Best DU Morning Ever Here on Orcas Island

At this inland island location (in the water between Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island and Vancouver city on the Mainland) DU audio has been very hard to come by there is probably 30 miles or more of mostly islands and the Olympic mountain range between me and the Pacific on an azimuth to DU

[IRCA] DU from Orcas Island - June 10

Was up early and couldn't resist giving the band a try starting 40 minutes before dawn (1140 UTC). That first sweep up the band was probably the best, though each time I went up, I ended up with about 5 or 6 threshold audios, often different and almost all just above or just below language rec

Re: [IRCA] TP's for 06-11-08

At 09:43 AM 6/11/2008 +, DENNIS wrote: but 1017 rose up ALMOST NEAR THRESHOLD.. Sorry, Dennis, but I laughed myself silly at that strength description "almost near threshold." I'll bet that every DXer who read your report knew EXACTLY what strength level you were talking about. On ou

[IRCA] TPs on June 12, Orcas Island: Not Good

Was up early anticipating a trip ashore on the early ferry. Caught only a few weak hets on my first run at 1130. There did seem to be a weak peak between 1202 and 1206 UT (dawn about 1220) when I heard lots of weak hets and a few very threshold audios. : Best of AM Here are the audios only, wi

[IRCA] TPs from Orcas Island on June 14: High Average

Slightly better than "average," what ever that is As has been usual lately, audio was only available from about 1155 to 1220. Sort of the last half hour before legal dawn. 612 Australia led the way early and was actually an "8" briefly. It stayed in at some level until 1220. There was a sc

Re: [IRCA] The Graybar Hotel

Lee, Thanks for the information... those folks have good taste in radios! You might let them know that we are getting ready to announce a fabulous Ultralight Awards program. They could each add to the decor in their, ahem, rooms, or maybe even trade-em like cigarettes! I'm only half kidding

[IRCA] TPS from Orcas Island, June 15: Better

Unlike Steve, conditions seemed marginally better here this morning. As far as audio was concerned, it was confined to the 30 minutes pre-dawn, 1150-1220, with the peak about 1210 to 1215 The audios, all poor unless noted, all presumed IDs, unless noted: 531: Really not much, but sure wanted t

[IRCA] TPs from Orcas Island, June 16: AWFUL!

I sure hope that everyone else slept in, since sumbuddy stole alla the DX. It was one of those mornings where you check the position of your antenna switch several times, but nuthin' helps. Minor hets on 738, 828 and 1098. Ghosts of hets on half a dozen others. Well, at least the coffee was h

[IRCA] TPs Orcas Island, June 16: Recovering

It wasn't great, but was better than I feared. Audio on four channels, with brief bursts on three others. 612, 675 and 738 were there the most consistently. The notes: 531 Traces at max dawn 612 4QR sometimes a 7+ 675 National Radio Christchurch//756 Wellington, but doing better than. Somet

Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Wednesday

Walt, That list sounds exactly like what I've been hearing unfortunately I slept in this morning. DRAT. Was looking forward to a direct comparison as I seem to be doing better vs. Nick than last year. Maybe tomorrow? John B. At 05:28 AM 6/18/2008 -0700, you wrote: At 05:18 AM 6/18

[IRCA] DUs Thursday, Orcas Island: Poor

Second AM inna row that I slept in and only made it to the radio for the last ten minutes before dawn. Second morning that I've been glad that a slept in. Many of the usual low band suspects around as weak hets, but only three in VERY weak threshold audio: 819 seemed // to 756, making it Nat

Re: [IRCA] BC TPs, Saturday

Walt/Nick, With house guests in our small abode, I stayed in bed so as not to disturb their sleep at "zero dark:30" this AM. Sorry, with both of you up and attem, I would have liked to compare. If the Sandman will release me from his surly grip, I'll sure be up tomorrow AM (Sunday.) John B

[IRCA] TPs from Orcas Island on June 22: Poor

Listened from 1200 to 1220 and there were a few hets from the usuals, plus 1210 to 1220 audio, very poor audio from a handful of Aussies (only.) Plus or minus threshold: 702 765 774 the best of the bunch w/definite DU EE at 1215 1107 1116 Maybe a good AM tomorrow. Monday is usually better when

[IRCA] 25 June from Orcas Island: Best of the Season (so far!)

Finally, me, the cat and propagation were all on the same page! Was an excellent Low Band morning for me. I listened from 1150 until 1230, with sunrise about 1220. From tune in ([EMAIL PROTECTED] when I turned the radio on) until 1211, it was ALL Aussie, without even much NZ in the way of hets

Re: [IRCA] IRCA problems?

Yes, I gotta several delayed TP/DU from yesterday when I signed in this morning. Possibly they did several orbits around Jupiter? John B. At 08:55 AM 6/25/2008 -0400, you wrote: Good morning Walt, Copying your msg as of 1253 UTC. 73 de Joe On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:26:38 -0700, Walter Sa

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 26June 2008

Walter, I slept in this morning. Sorry! John B. At 05:43 AM 6/26/2008 -0700, you wrote: Got interrupted again overnight, so didn't get to the dials until about 12:13, but what I heard was very encouraging. A lot of very strong carriers ("5s"). No actual audio, but I'm hoping that when m

[IRCA] Orcas Is. TPS 27 June: Reaaallly Good

Wow, It was even better than two days ago and much more akin to Steve's loggings than Dennis'. Strange how 50 or 100 miles, or even 15 can make substantial differences in what was heard from more than 1/3 the way 'round the globe. I was up early, tuning in first 45 minutes before dawn. The

[IRCA] Hope You Slept In: TPs from Orcas Island, June 29

Wow, For a while, I thought that I'd have nothing but a few of the very weakest hets. Then at 1205, 675 started showing audio. They are one of those stations that puts in audio with almost no carrier showing. 756 made it up to 6 in parallel with 675, but just briefly at 1207. 567 almost made

[IRCA] TPs from Orcas, June 30: Not Much

Really poor this am with traces of audio on only four channels around max dawn :738, 756, 828 and 891. There were only a few other weak hets around (774, 1026, 1098) and that was it. I've never played golf but its looking better. John B. Orcas Island, WA, USA Rcvrs: WiNRADiO 313e, Eton e1,

[IRCA] Poor DU Cx on Orcas Island: July 1, 2008

Happy mid-week Canada Day to alla the folks North of the Border! Hope that your day ends up better than mine started out. A handful of audio traces and 3 or 4 weak hets! Argh! I think that golf clubs, good ones, cost just about the same amount as a Perseus+refurb fast Laptop to run it. T

Re: [IRCA] Poor DU Cx on Orcas Island: July 1, 2008

Thanks, Patrick, I'm sure that you are right about the Fall Season coming and I'd really never take up golf. Now radio-controlled boats, planes or cars... that is another matter. Do they QSL? If so, I'm sure you've already done it :>) John B. At 09:41 AM 7/1/2008 -0700, you wrote:

[IRCA] TPs from Orcas, July

I only made it up for the last five minutes before dawn and I was glad that I slept in. All that I found was traces of audio on 675 and 1035 around 1213 UTC and a fat het (that might be locally generated?) on 1098. The 1098 signal was quite weak at 1212 and by 1215 it was up to an 8, had t

Re: [IRCA] TPs from Orcas, July

Interesting, The last couple of AMs, you have done considerably better than me, Walter. You were using your NW antenna when I was beating your socks off. Have you shifted over to your real DU wire or should I check my antenna connections??? John B. At 07:28 AM 7/2/2008 -0700, you wrote

Re: [IRCA] NE Oregon TPs, Thursday (very poor)

Hey, For once I got lucky and slept in until after 1400 on a morning when the conditions were awful. Usually, its the reverse, naturally! Life is GOOD! John B. At 05:44 AM 7/3/2008 -0700, you wrote: At 05:20 AM 7/3/2008, you wrote: >This was the morning to sleep in--maybe the coasta

Re: [IRCA] TP's for 07-04-08

Thanks for the observation, fellows. I was only going to put up the Aussie-directed part of the array for the first night down at Grayland I can see that I better not cut corners. I slept in again this AM. I shouldn't have, I see. Heading to Grayland on Sunday at dawn. Will be there un

Re: [IRCA] EWE Antenna question. (2nd attempt!)

Barry, I've operated EWEs from the classic size that you quote up to 70' x 100'. They are VERY forgiving of everything except a poor ground, as others have said. I've also shown experimentally that EWEs act like the upper half of a loop (the lower half being reflected by the ground That

[IRCA] Good DU Morning on Orcas Island

Things were really quite good this morning with many of the regulars in from 1158 tune in to 1220 or later. Only a couple peaked at a solid 7. Most channels that hadda het also gave at least traces of audio at some point. Here are the audios, threshold only unless noted:... 567 612 675 DU [E

Re: [IRCA] EWE Antenna question. (2nd attempt!)

luable properties of the EWE? By the way which would be the nearest town to your DX site? Barry "John H. Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Barry, I've operated EWEs from the classic size that you quote up to 70' x 100'. Th

Re: [IRCA] EWE Antenna question. (2nd attempt!)

Barry, One thing that I forgot to mention is to use a variable resistor (not wire-wound) rather than a fixed termination resistor at 900 ohms or whatever the design value is... either a 1K pot with a 500 ohm fixed resistor in series or a 2K or 5 K. Then tune the antenna for the deepest backs

[IRCA] TPs From Grayland, Monday, July 7, 2008: Below Par

Once again, my morning was saved by Ultralighting. Using the 313e, conditions were clearly sub-par. With sunrise here at about 1220, I had nothing above threshold audio until 1115. From then, there was a mixture of Kiwi, Aussie and a few of our oldest friend JJs making it to language recogniti

Re: [IRCA] EWE antenna questions

Dave, Those are good questions about impedance matchers. There are a couple of articles of mine (with Lowfer Guru Bill Bowers) on rolling your own impedance matching unhits... they cover all of your questions and are on the IRCA reprint disks, I believe. They are also available at the Equipm

[IRCA] Grayland Day Two: Improving Conditions

DU conditions rebounded here somewhat this morning. Unlike yesterday, there was a decent amount of recognition-level audio around when I drug myself out of the warm bed at 1045 UTC. By 1100, several of the Big Gun Japanese were HUGE, at 8+ (594 and 774, especially) with 828 and 747 trailing but

Re: [IRCA] Grayland Bound

Great News, Gary...See you this evening? John B. Westport, WA Library! At 06:46 PM 7/8/2008 -0400, you wrote: Hello All, On short notice, it was possible to book Room 10 at the Grayland Motel for a one-night visit, hopefully with decent DU conditions in the morning. Rumor has it tha

[IRCA] Grayland, Wednesday July 9: Very Good

Conditions continued to improve this morning, with the lower 2/3 of the band full of hets and threshold audio when I tuned in at at 1050, 90 minutes before dawn. Things improved steadily from there until dawn; the early post-dawn show from 1220 UTC was the best of all. At that point, even the u

Re: [IRCA] TPs for 10 July08: Disappointing!

Walter, You guys in Victoria might be getting Australia better than you are getting New Zealand. I'll uploads my report in about an hour, but this morning (Thursday) was the second best New Zealand morning of my life ands a sub-par Aussie AM Given your relation to the Olympic Mountains, i

[IRCA] DUs from Grayland, Thursday July 10: KIWI HEAVEN

Gosh! The very best morning of Kiwi DX was in March of 1990 when Linda and I were camped in our tiny trailer at a seaside campsite in the Hoh Rain Forest, that soggy temperate rainforest that is trapped between the Pacific Ocean and the massive Olympic Mountains of far NW Washington State. Th

Re: [IRCA] TP for 12 July

At 04:55 PM 7/12/2008 +, you wrote: Strongish het, no audio (either undermodulated or ravaged by splatter):639 DU at 1219; 738 likely Tahiti per loop; 1017 DU; 1098 briefly at 1212; 1386 DU; 1566, likely HLAZ; 1592.98kHz approx, along with something weaker on channel, as Dennis observed

Re: [IRCA] DUs from Grayland, Thursday July 10: KIWI HEAVEN

ee my comments Bruce John H. Bryant wrote: But it was the`second best Kiwi morning that I've ever heard. I started 90 minutes before 1220 dawn and immediately noticed that there were quite a few Kiwis about and at elevated levels. There were a few Aussies, at far poorer levels than yesterd

[IRCA] TPs Sunday AM from Orcas Isl: Aussies Not Bad

Folks, Dawn is obviously getting later (FINALLY!) I DXed from 1145 until 1235 Band Fade. Things really didn't get going until 1200 and faded soon after 1230. The peak seemed to be 1210 to 1215. Most signals below were present from about 1210 until around 1230 and were 7s at peaks unless note

[IRCA] TPs on July 16 from Orcas Island

I slept in again and just made it up smack at dawn. I managed two sweeps up the dial before cx deteriorated and it seemed that the usual DU suspects were there at sort of usual levels all 6s and 7s. The mystery of the morning was DU talk on 918 briefly that was not // 756. The most likely c

[IRCA] Excellent AM DUs from Orcas Island, July 16, 2008

Was up early this AM, so I managed to catch most or all of the morning DU time. I tuned in at 1145 and there was quite a bit of threshold audio about. Early on, it was mostly Aussie, with a few JJs. The JJs dropped away about 1200 (dawn = 1225) and the Aussies led things for a while, with only

Re: [IRCA] TP's for 7-19-08

Bill, Congratulations on such a great morning!!! By the way, do I remember that you have one or more EWEs??? Oh, I see from your signature that my memory is not yet totally shot. How confident are you of the grounds? I can't really imagine an excellent ground in the entire state of Arizona (

[IRCA] TPs July 20 from Orcas Island: Average to Good

I only got the prime twenty minutes before dawn, but it was pretty good. Mostly, the usual suspects, tho'. 6s at peaks unless otherwise noted: 567 585 612 675 // 567 // 756 702 738 big carrier, small audio late 756 774 783 819 N Radio Tauranga? T briefly 855 Pialba in QLD or R Rhema... sounded

Re: [IRCA] TP for 21 July

Walter, 648 "New Zealand's Rhema" was one of my strongest DUs from the most recent Grayland trip and the ID is infrequent and quickly done. EZL with a somewhat Christian bent at times. 549 is a parallel, but usually much weaker. 657 is Southern Star, either the 50 kW at Wellington or the

[IRCA] DUs July 23 from Orcas Island: Poor

Generally, it was a poor morning, not so much from the number of audios point of view, but rather from the fact that the audios that were there were VERY weak, almost imaginary, with the exception of 612 which peaked at a solid 7 at dawn. Low 6s, unless noted: 531 567 576 612 Low 6 early, 7 a

[IRCA] MORE DUs July 23 from Orcas Island: Poor

I just read Nick's upload and should comment I felt the morning was "transitional" from DU to Asia just a gut feeling, mostly. I had a good het on 972 for the first time this summer (Nick hadda bit of KK audio) and several frequencies seemed to have no directivity this AM, tho' there w

[IRCA] Mea Culpa: 5CC

The TPers here will remember my "nearly/actually certain" logging of 5CC Port Lincoln on 765 kHz. from ten days ago. This 765 signal has been a persistent threshold or just above signal all of this summer season and has been driving me crazy Trying to distinguish between 5CC and 2EC, Bega N

[IRCA] Weird Morning: TPs from Orcas Island on

I just got up for the heart of Dawn enhancement from 1215 to 1235 and things were passing strange. I first noticed snatches of audio on 774 and 828 and they were on the Asia wire, but sounded DU. They were barely 6s, so I really couldn't be sure of the language. Then I tuned to 891 and had an

Re: [IRCA] DUs July 23 from Orcas Island: Poor

Sorry, Nick, I'm not keeping a permanent record of these dawns yet and I don't really remember what time I started yesterday Heck, I don't even remember anything from yesterday too clearly now dawn DXing in 1954, THAT I remember, especially the East Coast sign-ons, (sigh) John B.

[IRCA] Semi OT: Cutting Ferrite Bars?

In the work that Gary DeBock, Guy Atkins and I are doing with mods to the E100, I've run up against the need to reduce the length of the stock ferrite bar by half. Has anybody ever done this successfully??? Have you ever heard rumors of someone doing this successfully? HOW I seem to rem

Re: [IRCA] Semi OT: Cutting Ferrite Bars?

Thanks to everyone who supplied ideas/info on this subject. Since I have the tile saw readily available and a spare E100 Ferrite bar, I'll give that a try and let you know! Plenty of water. John B. At 11:53 AM 7/24/2008 -0700, you wrote: In the work that Gary DeBock, Guy Atkins

[IRCA] TPs for 25 July: Orcas Island

It seemed a classic pattern this morning. I DXed from 1210 until bandfade at 1240, with the first ten minutes being Asia, the middle ten being a mix and the final 10 being all DU, except 1566 Korea kicking up to a brief 7 after their pattern change at 1230.. The most remarkable thing was the s

[IRCA] TPs on July 26 - Orcas Island

This morning was one of those rare occurrences for me: an almost exact repeat of yesterday AM. The JJ Big Guns were in early (slightly less robust than yesterday) and then things turned DU. AGAIN, EVERYTHING WAS BEST ON THE ASIA WIRE. The most consistent signal throughout dawn was 756 and over

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