Re: [IRCA] 1566-China (Yanbian Jammer) Information

2015-12-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
dcast, according to Hiroyuki Okamura of Yokosuka, Japan. > > http://www.mediafire.com/listen/8bdpotl5ib1b3px/1566-HLAZ-UnID-mix-1314z040915CCSW.MP3 > > > > 73, Gary > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > > From: "Nick Hall-Patch"

[IRCA] TP 1 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not much later action as Colin and Gary observed; there were hints of Australians both early and late. And, early had more and better signals. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): today? no. Reasonable audio at times during the p

Re: [IRCA] 1566-China (Yanbian Jammer) Information

2015-12-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
abriola Island, quite readable in HLAZ fades. Haven't noted it at > > > > home yet however. >>> > > > > > > > > It hasn't shown up for me at home either, Nick, but it was > > pretty obvious during a trip to Ocean Shores, WA last April (in &

[IRCA] 1215

2015-12-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
a carrier has been turning up on 1215 this evening, first noticed about 0345UT, might be getting stronger. Also have had carriers on 909 and 1089. best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/l

[IRCA] TP 2 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
The early bird went south this morning. If wasn't for a brief sunrise enhancement, there would have been no action at all, and what action there was not stunning, nor did it lastfive to eight minutes perhaps. Interesting that Colin was hearing things around 1500UT, brief whispers from 7

[IRCA] Fwd: Re: Topband: Vertical Antenna on a cliff above the Sea

2015-12-03 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
from the Topband Reflector: N6BT, the excellent designer behind the original Force 12 antennas, has studied this extensively and gave a great presentation on the topic at Pacificon this fall. He showed that a vertical antenna at the edge of a bluff has a strong propagation advantage in the d

[IRCA] TP 3 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-03 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not really much of anything, no enhancements, no sudden outbursts or tantrums.. Interesting that Colin was hearing things around 1500UT, brief whispers from 774 was the best I could do then. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): today? no.

[IRCA] TP 4 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-04 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Just about to send this when I read Nigel's loggings. Talk about another planet, hi. Basically things died after about 1400UT here. I had some recordings from earlier, and indeed there were some old standby stations, a couple at reasonable level. pretty darn good audio (all of it unders

[IRCA] TP 5 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Once again, things pretty much died after about 1400UT here. Best period seemed to be just before then. Although I recorded earlier than 1330UT, there wasn't much exciting then either. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ man

[IRCA] TP 5 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-06 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
An odd morning here. A couple of apparent DUmaybe two stations on 1566, some big guns making sudden appearances, a couple of them sticking around, and all at odd times. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): might have been too much t

[IRCA] TP 7 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-07 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Actually a fairly interesting morning, with action at various times, some good peaks, and a couple of DU's to spread things out a bit. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 747 JOIB pips 1500UT, "NHK hoso" by woman //774, fading up to this

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

2015-12-08 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
You might be south of the propagation divide today Dennis.Quite poor here so far, though I haven't checked recordings in detail. Hoping for a sunrise boost, as so far, it's nothing like yesterday was. best wishes, Nick At 14:44 08-12-15, Dennis wrote: Listened from 1405-1425 utc. Surpr

[IRCA] TP 8 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-08 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Another morning where things dried up pretty much after 1400UT, though 774 managed the music box s/off with fair to good signal from 1541-1545UT, and 747 and 1116 also put in weaker appearances just before 1540UT. Stronger signals were generally earlier, sometimes, much earlier. pretty dar

[IRCA] TP 9 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-09 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
One could safely say that there was a bit of an enhancement this morning, but it was mostly in the period between 1500-1520UT, so not quite sunrise. There was also a bit of a boost around 1330UT, but that seemed to favor New Zealand rather than Asia. pretty darn good audio (all of it unders

[IRCA] TP 10 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-10 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
I don't know how early Bruce started recording, but here 1330-1400UT was where the action was, the best in some while. There was a little bit a sunrise boost, but not anywhere near the strength of earlier pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefl

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA TP Shutout for 12-11

2015-12-11 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Dunno about the DUs as haven't checked the files yet, but heard part of the music box s/off on 774 at 1540-2 UT during live listening. Previous to that though, it was mostly dead listening. 774 was the only one with any signs of (very) muted enthusiasm. best wishes, Nick At 15:51 11-12-

[IRCA] TP 11 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-11 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not much to add to my live listening analysis this morning. Some slight liveliness after 1330UT for a few minutes perhaps, and the only DU audio was Tahiti, sort of. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): yesterday wore out this category

[IRCA] TP 12 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-12 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
The signal strength monitor said that 1200-1300UT was fairly lively this morning, unfortunately, the recorder wasn't set for that time. Otherwise 774 was the most likely to deliver a signal, but very often wasn't there at all. A bit of a sunrise enhancement 1535-1540UT, but that was mostl

[IRCA] TP 13 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-13 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Although I'd love to be the contrarian and describe a stunning post sunrise enhancement, starting with a logging of Farda on 1575, the best that can actually be said is that it wasn't a total washout. Close though, and definitely a fair description after 1400UT when the ionosphere clouded up f

[IRCA] TP 14 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-14 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
This was an ideal morning to foul up the SDR recording that wasn't discovered until live listening started at 1500UT. I have a second SDR recording which just shows signal strength on 9 kHz channels and worked fine. There was very very little there. The ionospheric curtain was completely d

[IRCA] TP 15 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-15 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Yesterday morning was bad. This morning would take an award for badness. Even carriers were very weak and rare. For some reason, HLAZ became marginally audible around 1320UT for about 10 minutes, with man and woman in unidentifiable talk, and organ music with choral singing at 1330UT

Re: [IRCA] TP 15 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-16 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Well, the SDRs really do the heavy lifting Gary. I mostly just pounce on where they tell me that the small animals were / are hiding. This morning. HLAZ has made a reappearance, quite good at times around 1545UT, (and still a bit readable after 1600UT), and a bit of audio on 1593 a little

[IRCA] TP 16 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-16 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Quite a lot of 1566, and a couple of others now and again, plus some carriers. Hope that means that things are recovering somewhat pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ peaked 1545-46UT with woman in Chinese over and around a v

Re: [IRCA] Germany will shut down the last of their MW translators on Dec 31st, 2015

2015-12-17 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Harld Kuhl in MW Circle list reports: From: "'Harald Kuhl' h...@gmx.de Deutschlandfunk: Nordkirchen 549 kHz (100 kW) Thurnau 549 kHz (100 kW) Braunschweig 756 kHz (200 kW) Ravensburg 756 kHz (100 kW) Neumuenster 1269 kHz (300 kW) Heusweiler 1422 kHz (400 kW) But I don´t know yet if it will be

[IRCA] TP 17 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-17 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Unfortunately, the sunrise enhancement, limited though it may have been in Seattle and south, didn't turn up here at all. There was a brief bit of peaking around 1430-40UT, otherwise, not too exciting pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly):

[IRCA] TP 18 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-18 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Back came the sunrise enhancement, sneaking back, not roaring back. Looks as if there was a little DU activity around 12-13UT, but didn't have the recorder running much in that time period, and didn't have the right antenna for DU hooked up either. pretty darn good audio (all of it underst

[IRCA] 774

2015-12-19 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
I swear a little man in Akita turns up the juice for the NHK2 s/off. Chimes at good level 1542UT, nothing before. Nick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on

[IRCA] TP 19 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-19 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Although there were a number of carriers at various times, the only real DX was sunrise enhancement, and one needed to watch it carefully, it jumps up very quickly, and disappears pretty soon too. Mostly a disappointing morning though pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a na

Re: [IRCA] 3.7 Inch "Baby FSL" Receives S9+ TP-DX

2015-12-20 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Nicely done Gary. It's good to see that someone is putting the lousy conditions to good use. Can we anticipate a competition between you and the manufacturers where the next ultralight has the same size ratio to the 3.7" FSL as the present Skywave does to the 17"FSL? I notice from the Ultr

[IRCA] TP 20 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-20 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Let's see, the lowest K index from 0600UT was, um, 5, with 6 being more common. No need to check the files then.except, Martin Hall in Scotland was reporting Barrow on 680 at near noon his local time (1200UT). He's fairly far north, and using Beverage antennas, but still... No, no Far

[IRCA] TP 21 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-22 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Those nasty K-indices definitely had their way with the ionosphere this morning. Grand total of three 9kHz audios, and one quite a northerly path, at least in great circle terms. If 1566 was HLAZ then that made two northerly paths. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a n

[IRCA] TP 22 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-22 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not much this morning, but an odd mix, and with no sunrise enhancement pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): null set Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/

[IRCA] TP 23 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-23 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
An oddball mix this morning with sunrise enhancement from Brisbane pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1116 and 774 came close, and without splatter would have made it Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understan

[IRCA] the little man who presses the overdrive switch on the transmitter

2015-12-24 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
The little Japanese man who presses the overdrive switch on the NHK2 transmitters as they sign off was hard at work this morning. He must be related to Santa Claus, as he seems to have the same power to be in different locations at quite closely spaced time intervals. First he was in Akita

[IRCA] TP 24 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-24 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
The Asians are returning...slowly. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK...the latest to arrive, and the biggest, 1558UT full service signal, man in Japanese leading to pips and NHK ID (774 came close to this level a couple of tim

[IRCA] TP 26 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-26 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Mostly a DU morning, and not much at that. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): nope Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or noise): nope not

[IRCA] TP 27 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-27 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Asians return...a bit, with quite a nice little upper band sunrise enhancement. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ woman in Japanese peaking 1336UT, with various male and female a capella choral singing. Quite readable throug

[IRCA] TP 30 Dec Victoria version

2015-12-30 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Some Asians earlier, but then things shifted DU around 1400UT; no sunrise enhancement pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not this morning Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker,

Re: [IRCA] DX Season

2016-01-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
I tend to agree with Glenn and Kraig in believing DX season to be all year around; there is usually something to be found. On the west coast, atmospheric noise levels don't increase markedly during the summer months, but of course, northerly overseas paths mostly disappear for a month or two a

Re: [IRCA] DX Season

2016-01-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
cific NW except for a month of "better" NZ. As I see it, that time period is not just "better", it is very good. And it's not just NZ: it is also Australia and the Pacific Islands. Chuck From: IRCA on behalf of Nick Hall-Patch S

Re: [IRCA] DX Season

2016-01-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
It is interesting that there has been some fine coastal receptions of New Zealand in recent years, as I think I recall some pretty "dry" summer DXpeditions back in the days of west coast Vancouver Island adventures. Of course, receivers, antennas and techniques have improved, but whether en

[IRCA] TP 2 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
A pretty limited morning. HLAZ faded up nicely to the last few notes of the piano music played at the Japanese program s/off at 1344UT (woman in recognizable Japanese from 1341UT)The Chinese program that followed faded very erratically for the next 15 minutes, but never amounted to much,

Re: [IRCA] DXing stations not on the 10 kHz spacing

2016-01-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
If the worst of your interfering stations are opposite in direction from the Pacific Ocean, a Kaz or Flag can be very helpful, as those antennas have a quite broad pattern in one direction, and a good bit of nulling capability in the opposite direction.They are broadbanded as well, though s

[IRCA] TP 3 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-03 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
An even more limited morning. If Mark Durenberger wants to know when the season ends here, may I suggest January 3rd? A carrier of distinction on 1116, and a man mumbling on 1566 from 1516 to 1519UT... best wishes, Nick ___

[IRCA] TP 4 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-04 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Dead dead dead.And then the DX season started up again just after 1500UT with jazzy vocals on 1557, culminating in a nice sunrise enhancement around 1540-1550UT, with several Chinese sounding stations, and quite a few carriers, almost all upper band, and very erratic. pretty darn good au

Re: [IRCA] Unid 930 in Honolulu

2016-01-04 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Coast to Coast site lists KROE in WY, KSDN in SD.definitely DX for you, hi, even if it isn't WBEN in NY. Nick At 07:20 05-01-16, you wrote: Spent my last evening relaxing on the beach in front of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel with my DeBock modified Tecsun ULR. I just missed the TOH at 06:0

[IRCA] eastern DX from Asia?

2016-01-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Several contributors to the Topband (160 meter amateur) list are reporting contacts with Japan from the eastern USAis it time for MW DXers to get in on the act as well? The 1230UT program beamed from HLAZ-1566 to Japan and beyond is just after eastern seaboard local sunrise right now...

[IRCA] TP 5 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-05 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not as lively a sunrise enhancement as yesterday, but it did go on for a bit longer. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 1566 HLAZ with woman in Chinese 1545UT, peaking at 1557UT with slow female vocal. Reasonable audio at times d

[IRCA] from Topband: JD1BMH

2016-01-06 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Now the 160m Asians are finding their way into Texas (from the Topband list yesterday)note the antenna. Then this morning the propagation spotlight shown on N TX. Incredibly strong signals from Asia. JD1BMH, HL5IVL and several JAs logged. RX antenna is an SAL-20 (with the original preamp

Re: [IRCA] eastern DX from Asia?

2016-01-06 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Thanks Bill. Interesting that there are no signs of life of Asia on the upper MW band; given what the Topband folks are working, one might expect at least a whimper. In PEI in late October 2012 we heard several Asians using an amplified corner fed loop, but they were spread across the band, a

Re: [IRCA] eastern DX from Asia?

2016-01-06 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 17:19 06-01-16, Bill wrote: Not to complain, but my impression, from reading the Topband mail list, is that many of these guys are using pretty decent antennas for receiving AND are talking CW. Tha's more antenna than I have on my tiny urban lot and working CW is about like me "seeing" a c

[IRCA] TP 6 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-06 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Quite a mix up this morning, Asian first, then DU, then some Asians coming back for sunrise. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 747 was very close at 1408UT... Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable b

[IRCA] TP 7 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-07 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Pretty much of nothing much this morning. A show of Asian carriers (mostly) around 1400UT, and a couple of signals came up with sunrise enhancement pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (m

[IRCA] TP 8 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-08 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
There's rumors that conditions will improve. So far, just rumors. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/splash or

[IRCA] not WBOB-600

2016-01-09 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Heh, not here...CJWW playing old time country that would be good material for a DX test. Art Bell from someone. And my various local noise makers all going full bore. Hope there are lots of loggings. Nick At 05:17 10-01-16, you wrote: Great signal on the SE beam of the SAL-30 Shared Apex

[IRCA] TP 9 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-10 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Pretty dead until after 1500UT, and a pre-sunrise peak around 1530UT on the upper band pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often ba

Re: [IRCA] WBOB-600 -

2016-01-10 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
I was doing chores at 0700UT, but left the recorder running. There are weak "whoops" under KCOL at 0702UT (check again Walt and Colin). A fine tooth comb will be necessary, but I think I need to try digging out some CW.Time is at a premium at present, may need to wait a day or two...

[IRCA] TP 10 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-12 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not much time to go through the files tonight, but it looked and sounded pretty disastrous. Live listening yielded HLAZ-1566 finally fading up at 1557UT, with an FEBC mention at 1600UT, not loud, but reasonably clear. A carrier on 747 rounded things out. Roll on tomorrow... best wishes,

[IRCA] TP 13 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-13 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
I was working in another city this morning, but the NetSDR stayed home and recorded to little avail pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speake

[IRCA] TP 14 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-14 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Another uninspiring morning, with little evidence of sunrise enhancement. (or much of anything else) pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): no Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker,

[IRCA] TP 15 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-15 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not much sunrise enhancement, but some of the big guns made an appearance in the 1330-1415UT time period. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB English lessons 1404UT. How to find your way from Tokyo to Kyoto using the train, di

[IRCA] TP 16 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-16 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Most of the DX went to Alberta this morning, but there was a (very) mild sunrise enhancement pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, t

[IRCA] TP 17 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-17 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Most of the DX went to Alberta again this morning, but with a late sunrise enhancement favoring 1575 mostly pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a nat

[IRCA] from [mwcircle] Re: KBRW 680

2016-01-18 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Over the pole seems to be starting to cook in some parts of the world. There was a report that an Alaskan ham was working all over the US on 160 meters which I believe is also a bit unusual this season. Can't say I've noticed much in this part of the world yet. Time for an expedition. be

[IRCA] TP 18 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-18 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Some reasonable signals here and there, with a definite sunrise enhancement again. Nothing unusual logged however pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable

Re: [IRCA] 738 Tahiti at decent level at 06:47 UTC

2016-01-18 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
We all started listening too late, this evening had K indices of 3 and 4. Yesterday "should" have been better, but not in this part of the world I fear. best wishes, Nick At 06:48 19-01-16, you wrote: Contrary to any northern opening, I'm actually hearing Tahiti at fair to occ good level

Re: [IRCA] Polar Night?

2016-01-19 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
And...in PEI for that matter, where a simple amplified corner fed loop gave us China, Japan, Korea, and likely Taiwan as well at the end of October of 2012. best wishes, Nick At 03:05 20-01-16, you wrote: It would be interesting to try for an Alaska DX test from Newfoundland, where we'v

Re: [IRCA] Polar Night?

2016-01-19 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Could one possibility in the northeast be gray line, mid December around 2130UT Mark? I guess you personally would be looking through WRKO and maybe CFTR, but an awful lot of the other interferers would still be in broad daylight. Never say never, said he hopefully. And , no, I've never hea

[IRCA] TP 19 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-19 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
A bit of a mix today, some Aussie, but more Asia than expected. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not today either Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling

[IRCA] TP 20 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-20 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
All Asia today, including a second tier Japanese on 702. Quite a surprise, given conditions. There was a lively period before 1400UT, then another around local sunrise. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 594 JOAK older woman in Japane

Re: [IRCA] 820-KGNW on 1140???

2016-01-21 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Nothing of that sort on 1140 here now Brian. If a Seattle generated spur, it's gone now.. best wishes, Nick At 07:55 21-01-16, you wrote: HI all, I'm going through some SDR recordings from the long weekend and have run across something I can't explain. With my Superloop pointed south-south

[IRCA] TP 21 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-21 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
No Asia today, conditions finally caught up. There was not much else either. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): back to normal Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though o

[IRCA] TP 22 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-22 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Nothing on the upper band, and although there was a minor "sunrise" enhancement, stronger and more numerous signals were generally heard around 1330UT. Mostly Asian again, but some possible DU. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 747 JO

Re: [IRCA] Some beta testers sought...

2016-01-23 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Hmmm, I see "create an account", not "register" which when clicked on in Firefox (recent apparently, I wonder who changed it to "update automatically"?) I get a blank page.I've cleared the cache, so don't think I'm getting an old page. Nick At 23:29 15-01-16, you wrote: http://ircaonl

Re: [IRCA] "Science Fiction PL-380"-- Pest Control Version

2016-01-23 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Once again, congratulations Gary, better nulling than the 100mm length one, but somewhat larger diameter, is that correct? How does the weight and balance vs. the PL-380 compare? Amazing stuff to be sure. best wishes, Nick At 13:40 23-01-16, Gary wrote: Hello All, The first of the new ha

[IRCA] TP 23 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-23 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
By January standards, this was a lively morning, with several odd DUs in addition to the usual Japanese big guns. Some enhancement near sunrise, but plenty going on earlier also. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB slow piano

Re: [IRCA] "Science Fiction PL-380"-- Pest Control Version

2016-01-24 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
A matching transformer might have helped Walt, though a separate ground on the antenna side would help further. A ground rod in your luggage might raise questions also, hi. best wishes, Nick At 07:15 24-01-16, Walt wrote: That was my mistake. A 30 ' random wire fed into the SDR IQ yielde

[IRCA] 1566 in now 17:12UT

2016-01-24 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
sun is shining brightly, and this might have been the strongest that 1566 has managed this morning (not that strong admittedly). best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opini

Re: [IRCA] "Pest Control" FSL-Powered PL-380-- The Final Local Bites the Dust

2016-01-24 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Congratulations Gary. Will you be bringing it to Bruce's get together next month? 73 Nick At 17:08 24-01-16, Gary wrote: A brief note to report that my overmodulated local pest, 1450-KSUH (1 kW at 2 miles) has finally succumbed to the pest nulling capability of the new "Pest Control" PL

[IRCA] TP 24 Jan Victoria version

2016-01-24 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Another odd mix of DU and Asian, with a touch more of the former pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): not quite Reasonable audio at times during the period (much of it understandable by a native speaker, though often battling w/spla

[IRCA] 621

2016-01-24 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Thanks to Colin Newell for the heads upthere are audio traces on 621, island vocals, and bass line. 620 splash can be grim though...keep adjusting that Vactrol! best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotal

[IRCA] 738

2016-01-24 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Of course, the island music on 738 is much more listenable just now... best wishes, Nick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of

Re: [IRCA] 621

2016-01-24 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
It's most likely; I've never ID'd it at home. best wishes, Nick At 06:55 25-01-16, you wrote: That's... Tuvalu right? Paul On Sunday, January 24, 2016, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > Thanks to Colin Newell for the heads upthere are audio traces on 621, > is

[IRCA] TP 27Oct, Victoria version

2013-10-27 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Very ho hum conditions overall, though every once in awhile, something would pop up. Some extreme minimalist working over of the recordings might yield more for a lot of effort. As Walt observed, some of the bigger guns stayed in well after 1500UT, so that's one positive point. Local sunrise

[IRCA] TP 28 Oct, Victoria version

2013-10-28 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Worse than yesterday. The list today is deceiving, and came from serious digging through the recordings. Those strengths were for a few moments at a time; very erratic, Often there would be only one audio on the band at any given time, if that. What little there was, was over by 1515UT, t

[IRCA] TP 29 Oct, Victoria version

2013-10-29 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Definitely an improvement today, right from 1300UT onwards. Even slight residual audio from 972 and 1566 at 1600UT, but, slight. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): 774 JOUB man in JJ 1440UT 972 HLCA man in KK 1447UT 1566 HLAZ man in CC

[IRCA] Fwd: [mwcircle] LKB/LLE

2013-10-30 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
The likelihood of hearing this over the Atlantic/Arctic might be pretty slim (geomagnetic conditions plus low power), but at least they're broadcasting at times where it might be possible (from MW Circle): LKB/LLE is on the air with new test broadcasts this week under its test and developme

[IRCA] TP 30 Oct, Victoria version

2013-10-30 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Colin's report pretty much said it all, though I had no sign of 603. The following is the result of some digging over a couple of hours of recordings; slim pickings indeed. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at least briefly): snort of derision Reason

Re: [IRCA] Scary Halloween Propagation

2013-10-31 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
So far, I'm joining the chorus. I'll poke through the recordings tonight after the neighborhood goblins have gone to bed, to see if there is anything special on a 20 second fade up (have already snagged JOIK-567), because that's all there is likely to be. Nick At 14:29 31-10-13, you wrote:

[IRCA] 90 years since the first reception of a U.S. broadcaster in South America.

2013-10-31 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
“Arthur Clarke Spins Tales of Outer Space, but He’s at Home in a Sri Lanka Sarong”, by Marcia Gauger, in People.com. -Originally published in my blog "La Galena del Sur", (in Spanish). -Special acknowledgment goes to Mr. Jerry S. Berg, USA, for helping with the best tran

[IRCA] TP 31 Oct, Victoria version

2013-10-31 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
The small goblins seem satiated, or at least they've all gone away, so it's back to the horrors of this morning's DX. Sorry, I can't even begin to match Gary's frightening submission, so I won't try; well not too much. Oddly, although there was very little variety, there were a couple of r

[IRCA] TP 1 Nov, Victoria version

2013-11-01 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Not too bad a morning, several second tier Japanese, a reasonable signal from HLSA, a couple of Queensland stations, and some post sunrise peaks culminating with very faint cuckoo pips on 1242 at 1600UT on the recording. pretty darn good audio (all of it understandable by a native speaker, at

Re: [IRCA] CommRadio CR-1

2013-11-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
less as is, but if not, I'd be pleased to take your notes and refine them into a column. Please let me know what you think. best wishes, Nick Hall-Patch At 00:12 21-04-13, you wrote: There's a very lengthy thread about this radio at radioreference.com/ under SDRs. They worked ve

Re: [IRCA] CommRadio CR-1

2013-11-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Hmmm, seems to be a setting on my e-mail program needs changing, hi. Sorry about the broadcast. Nick At 20:08 02-11-13, I wrote: Hi George, We met at the Minneapolis convention this past summer, and I recall the talk that you gave there on the CR-1. W _

[IRCA] TP 2 Nov, Victoria version

2013-11-02 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Quite a good morning, and starting at 1300UT was probably advisable, as even then, bit signals on 1566 and the big Japanese, plus audio on 711, pretty rare here, likely HLKA?. Unfortunately, I didn't record from 1302 to 1340UT, because, other mornings, there hasn't been much around, hi. The

Re: [IRCA] Puyallup, WA Ultralight TP's for 11-3 (Initial)

2013-11-03 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Yes Hulun Buir did rather prevail didn't it Gary? I was trying to parallel 558 at the same time, and, hold on, that's not right... My recording on 603 isn't as big as yours, but, it's the first time here this season. I'm not sure I actually did hear HLSA today. best wishes, Nick At 1

Re: [IRCA] Northern Bay Medium Wave Dxpedition Domestic Logs

2013-11-03 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Much appreciated posting, Allen. The PEI expedition might want to reference it.Me, I just like the idea that Newfoundland has beaches. I tend to think of rocks... Your ocean water may well be more swimmable than the Pacific upwelling that we get in western Canada.anywhere near the Paci

[IRCA] TP 3 Nov, Victoria version

2013-11-03 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Things once again got very strange and interesting between 1445 and 1500UTand they weren't too bad beforehand either. I'm sure I missed things both live and on the recordingnot enough hours in the day to go through it all in detail. The big guns were big, but not always, 828 was ofte

[IRCA] 1098 news

2013-11-04 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
After two mornings of hearing CNR11 on 1098 (and not since), here's something to confuse the issue further: Mauno Ritola reports on the RealDX group: RTI... have again started using 1098 kHz 1300-1700, weekdays 1705. I also heard them going past the hour without ID and signing off at 1705 la

[IRCA] TP 4 Nov, Victoria version

2013-11-04 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
This wasn't as deep a morning as yesterday, some Chinese, but certainly not those that hadn't been heard before, and the upper band was dead. As Gary mentioned 603 was the starloudest just before 1500UT, but still plenty left for a lovely round of KBS IDs and a jingle (never heard those b

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