[IRCA] UNID on 1640 with The Blaze Network

Doing some X-Band monitoring in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, 17 March 2015, I heard a station on 1640 kHz carrying The Blaze programming. My radio is the CCPocket Radio using the 2.5 kHz BW with CCBuds. I listened from 0255 - 0305 AM CDT, but did not hear an ID, just several Blaze Radio

[IRCA] CCrane is Disrupting the Marketplace!!

Here's a great offer from our friends at CCrane Radio! I just ordered 3 of the CCBuds for less than the regular cost of 1!! Coolness! Viva La Audio! Nobody should have to pay a lot of money for quality audio! It's shameful what you have to pay for great earphones. For a

Re: [IRCA] MW coverage resource

Rick, I have found that 7zip is more than adequate for all of my Zip file tasks. http://www.7-zip.org 73 Good DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI Houston, TX Integrity is the result of self-discipline and a decision to be honest in all situations of life. ~ John Maxwell -- Sent from

[IRCA] 580 KJMJ Strong Tonight

Quick note - KJMJ 580, Alexandria, LA, was unusually strong tonight around 0230 CST (0330 EST) with Radio Maria programming. I heard and verified this station as KALB back in the early 1970's. Due to its location on the low end of the dial, it used to have a pretty potent groundwave signal

[IRCA] What Happened to Houston's Disney Station - KMIC 1590?

Okay, so I admit my being slow on the draw on this, but I've just now noticed the past 3 nights that KMIC 1590 has not been heard at my QTH in SE Houston. I knew they were facing possible sale, but I haven't seen or heard anything about that happening. Did they allow their license to expire?

Re: [IRCA] Off topic - Radio Shack Multimeter - Cat #

And their website says that they are sold out online ... Steve Ponder, N5WBI Houston, TX We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays. - Persius (34-62 AD) -- Sent from my iPhone On Dec 25, 2014, at 3:51 AM, Kraig kr...@kg4lac.com wrote: Not at any local Radio

[IRCA] URL for Determining Lat-Lon from a Street Address

I stumbled on a URL for determining Lat-Lon of a location based on the street address of that location. I cannot remember the circumstances of how I found this URL, so I'll chalk it up to serendipity. Here's the URL: stevemorse.org/jcal/latlon.php I have tested it with several locations

[IRCA] Determining Lat-Lon from a Street Address - Revised - URL Hyperlinked

Oops! Sorry about that! I should have hyperlinked the URL. Here it is, clickable ... stevemorse.org/jcal/latlon.php 73 Good DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI Houston TX stephen_pon...@sbcglobal.net In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. - Robert Frost

[IRCA] Late DX Mini-Log from Trip to NW Louisiana

I apologise for being late with this log. I found my scratch paper log just now in a notepad that I had taken with me on a trip to Shreveport, LA, to attend my aunt's funeral. That's another story ... Date: 25 Nov 2014 QTH: Marriott Courtyard Shreveport Airport Lat-Lon: 32:27:03 N,

[IRCA] Most of Mexico also ends DST on Oct 26

This information came from http://www.timeanddate.com/ Most of Mexico also ends DST on Oct 26 In most parts of Mexico, DST also ends on Sunday, October 26, when clocks are set back 1 hour from 2am (02:00) to 1am (01:00) local time. However, the northern Mexican border towns, likeTijuana and

[IRCA] WOAI San Antonio - Signs On Today in 1922

September 25, 1922 - On this day in 1922, WOAI-San Antonio, the first radio station in South Texas, began broadcasting. The station, founded by G. A. C. Halff, had an initial power of 500 watts. It grew to 5,000 watts by 1925--considered powerful at that time. On

[IRCA] XE Station on 1430 AM

For the past several weeks, I have been hearing an XE station beneath my local KSHJ on 1430. I know it's an XE because they play the XE National Anthem at midnight CDT (0500 UTC). I have tried and tried to null KSHJ just enough to get a good ID on them, but no joy. Well, this morning (14 Sep

Re: [IRCA] Pat Martin

All, They appear as a text file attachment to the email on my devices, also ... Asus Laptop running Windows 8; HP Split 13x2 Tablet/Laptop running Windows 8; Apple iPhone 4S running iOS 7.1; Kindle Fire HD I don't remember when I first noticed this ... 73 Good DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI The

[IRCA] GE 7-2500A Performance

I recently purchased a gently used GE 7-2500A AM/FM portable. I haven't completely taken it for a spin yet, but it seems to be a pretty good portable. One oddity I noticed at first is that you have to pop off the whole back of the plastic case in order to install the 9V battery. No separate

[IRCA] XE Radio Website Link

I found a website the other day that those of us who chase XE radio stations may want to add to their bookmarks/favourites: http://enmedios.com/movil/radio/radiopda.htm The page has links to stations in: - Distrito Federal - Guadalajara, Jalisco - Monterrey, Nuevo León - Guanajuato, Guanajuato

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] XE Radio Website Link

Dennis, Thanks! Do you have a copy of the IRCA Mexican Log? It's published every year by the IRCA. I've been a loyal customer for many years now. It's the best in-print reference (other than John's work of love you mentioned) you can find. I suggest these XE radio info websites from time to

[IRCA] Sony Sport SRF-M70 AM/FM Arm Band Radio

I have been seeing several Sony Sport SRF-M70 AM/FM Arm Band radios on eBay lately, most between $20-30 with free shipping. According to the photos I've seen on eBay, this radio has a digital display with backlight. Is this radio a good candidate for a DX radio (similar to the SRF-M37V), or

[IRCA] CC Pocket Radio - Anybody Using This Radio?

Quick question for those MWDX'ers who use ultralight or pocket-sized radios ... do any of you use the CC Pocket Radio that is marketed by the C. Crane company? I frequently scan the signature blocks of the emails posted to the group reflectors to see what DX radios others are using. I can't

[IRCA] XERFR-970 Heard in Houston, TX - 26 Feb 2014

DX NOTES - Wed 26 Feb 2014 Time in UTC (CST + 6 Hrs) CC Pocket Radio (2.5 kHz BW) 970  XERFR  MÉXICO  DF  México City - Grupo Fórmula ID at 0958 UTC, followed by M/F talk. Official Grupo Fórmula ID at 1000 UTC, then more M/F talk at 1002 UTC (Notícias?) A quick check of the Grupo Fórmula

[IRCA] HIMNOS Y BANDERAS DE MEXICO - YouTube

Just found this playlist on YouTube. The videos use the same background with the flag of the state CGI'ed on it, but at least you get to hear the hymns of each of the Mexican States. http://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6CA310CE18DB0E1E I have bookmarked this playlist for cross-reference. 73

[IRCA] Unid XE on 1080 - Thurs 20 Feb 2014, 0556 UTC

Just heard choral version (already in progress) of the Himno Nacional at 0556 UTC on 1080 kHz under KRLD Dallas, followed by a choral Mexican State anthem (not the Coahuila one) at 0558 UTC. The station ID at 0600 UTC was covered (of course, sigh ...) by TOH ID's from other stations. I kept

[IRCA] 830 UNID Solved!!

Many of you may remember my post a few weeks back concerning an unid Hispanic station heard almost every night at my QTH under WCCO 830. If you replied to my post, thanks! I have your responses written down on my log page. Tonight (Wednesday, 12 Feb 2014, at 0003 UTC), I solved the mystery!

[IRCA] The Mighty KBC Heard in Houston!

Just heard The Mighty KBC sign-on at UTC (1800 PM CST) here in Houston on 7375 kHz.  They started out with a very short ID, followed by a Bob Dylan song.  At 0005 UTC, they had a The Giant Jukebox with Eric van Willegen ID. I'm using my Tecsun PL-310 with its whip antenna.  Signals here in

[IRCA] CBS-TV's The Millers and Shortwave Radio

Just noticed this in tonight's episode - The Talk (S1/Ep07). There is a Hallicrafters S-38 on top of Nathan's dresser. Couldn't tell if it was the S-38/A/B/C model because the camera panned away too quickly. Anybody else notice this? 73 Good DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI Houston, TX

[IRCA] Ideologies Clash on 710 kHz Tonight

While sitting on 710 kHz tonight (12-13 November), I had an interesting radio experience. At approximately 11:43PM CST (0543 UTC) I heard a signal fading up to readable levels with a male announcer reading what sounded like either a news bulletin or an editorial segment. He gave two En Radio

[IRCA] KUBR-1210 in the Clear @ 0455 EDT

Continuing my quest for KUBR, I just heard a Radio Cristiana 'network' ID at the unusual time of 0455 EDT on Sunday, 06 Oct 2013. The ID listed numerous AM FM stations in Texas and New Mexico. The NM station was KZPI in Deming, I believe. At 0505 EDT, I heard a spot that started with the

[IRCA] Tentative KUBR-1210

While trying to squeeze as much DX as possible from an unusually south-favouring night, I landed on 1210 kHz around 0600 UTC (1:00 AM) where, instead of the regular country-formatted sounds of KGYN in Guymon, OK, I was surprised with Spanish M/F religious chatter. The signal strength of this

[IRCA] FYI - GE SR2 Alert!

There is a GE SR2 on eBay for $39.99 with Buy It Now option and Free Shipping. Item number 261296375135. Seller is ghettoblaster4life in Carlisle, OH. I am not affiliated with the seller, nor do I stand to receive any monetary gain by the posting of this alert. Just an FYI ... Of course,

[IRCA] KIKK AM 650 - CBS Sports Radio - Houston, TX

I'm listening to KIKK-650 as I type this email.  They definitely ID as CBS Sports Radio 650. The TOH ID is KIKK AM 650 Pasadena-Houston, CBS Sports Radio 650.   73 Great DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI Houston, TX ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] Coverage Maps Website for XE Stations

While adding the Cantú by frequency lists to my Kindle bookmarks, I came across a website that has coverage maps for Mexican AM and FM stations. The maps are in PDF format and are arranged by states and then call letters (no freqs). Here is the URL (be careful with the line breaks) - it's

[IRCA] Pacific DX and QSL - 22 May 2013

Sorry this log is a little late. It's been a chaotic week ... ugh! Heard using a barefoot Eton e100 in the early hours (CDT local) of Wed 22 May 2013 ... 9700 kHz NEW ZEALAND RNZI 0816 UTC This is RNZI Radio New Zealand International ID, then into what sounded like a 4-part harmony Maori

Re: [IRCA] (no subject)

Maybe they're on daytime power/pattern due to severe weather in their listening area ... Still lots of storm watches/warnings popping up all through the midwest. 73 Good DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI -- Sent from my iPhone On May 21, 2013, at 11:23 PM, Neil Bartlett

[IRCA] The Battle for 970

During the wee hours (0300-0306 CDT) of Wednesday, 15 Mar 2013, I noticed two stations battling it out on 970. I was using my Grundig G8, which I don't use that often, instead of my Sangean DT-400W. The first station was KIXL in Del Valle, TX, a suburb of Austin, TX, which I deduced from

[IRCA] Insomniac DX - 09 May 2013

1370 WCOA FL Pensacola - Heard at 0224 EDT (0624 UTC) with ... right here on News/Talk 1370 WCOA 100.7 FM ... ID, then back into Red Eye Radio network feed. Lots of thunderstorm QRN on band, so signals were only fair. Checked against website - http://www.wcoapensacola.com Heard with my Sangean

[IRCA] Insomniac DX - Sunday May 5, 2013

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Heard using my trusty Sangean DT-400W barefoot ... 1290 KIVY TX Crockett - Heard at 0723 UTC on 05-May-2013 with America's Best Music 1290 KIVY ID, then into instrumental song. 1350 WWWL LA New Orleans - Heard at 0545 UTC on 05-May-2013 with brief ESPN 1350 WWWL ID, then

Re: [IRCA] WKAL DX Test

Managed to stay awake, even after a rough day with migraine headache extreme dizziness ... ugh. Could not hear even a hint of CW through the ridiculous traffic jam of signals that is 1450 at night here in Space City. Thanks to all who arranged the test and to the WKAL staff who executed it.

[IRCA] Insomniac DX - XERFR 970 kHz

970 kHz XERFR, México City, DF - Heard at 0807 UTC with XERFR, Novecientos Setenta Kilohertz, con Cincuenta Mil vatios de potencia, un estación de Radio Fórmula, la Primera Cadena Nacional. Good signal considering the amount of noise on the MW band tonight. Heard using my Sangean DT-400W

Re: [IRCA] Mexico 990 (and VCY 940, 1140 KY...)

The Mexican on 990 could be XET, La T Grande, in Monterrey, Nuevo León. They're pretty potent here at night. 73 Good DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI -- Sent from my iPhone ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

[IRCA] No Joy for KBXD Test

Started listening at 0458 UTC (11:58 PM CDT) for the KBXD 1480 test. Tried every orientation I could with my Eton e100 and Radio West Shotgun Loop, but all I could hear was Bollywood music from local KLVL in Pasadena, TX. Tried again at BOH - same thing. Maybe I'll have better luck with

[IRCA] Insomniac DX - 10 Mar 2013

Heard on a Sangean DT-400W ... 730 kHz XEHB MÉX Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Sunday 10 March @ 0715 UTC with Ke Buena Ciento Siete Punto Uno y Ke Buena Siete Ciento Triente ID. Very strong signals (even with lightning static in background) in deep null of co-channel XEX from México City.

[IRCA] Insomniac DX - Sunday 24 Feb 2013

XET 990 kHz - Sun 24 Feb - Monterrey, NL, MÉX - 0745 UTC w/La T Grande ID. Fair sigs w/QRN. [1] WJBO 1150 kHz Baton Rouge, LA - 0834 UTC - Sun 24 Feb - w/News Radio 1150 WJBO ID. Fair copy tonite w/QRN. [2] 73 Good DX Steve Ponder, N5WBI Houston, TX Twitter: @setxdxer Radios Used: [1]

[IRCA] GE Superadio II 7-2885F on eBay

There's a GE Superadio II, 7-2885F, on eBay for $89.99 Buy It Now. Item Number 261173093644. Judging from the pictures on the page, the radio is in AWESOME condition! If I weren't cash-strapped, I'd go for it!! Seller's name is jmaxflash (1201). I have no monetary interest in either eBay or

Re: [IRCA] Using the #MWDX Hashtag on Tweets

Everybody, Thanks for your prompt responses to my inquiry about the #MWDX hashtag on Twitter! Concerning the #mwdx chat room on StarChat, I'm usually already in bed when I tweet my Insomniac DX tips, so logging into StarChat would be a little cumbersome. However, I will keep that option

[IRCA] Using the #MWDX Hashtag on Twitter

Sometime in the not-too-distant past, I remember reading an article in a radio journal that suggested the use of the #MWDX hashtag on Twitter as a means of disseminating DX tips/catches to other DXers. Is this method still being suggested? I have been doing this during my Insomniac DX sessions

Re: [IRCA] Happy Valentine's Day!

Don, Well, Happy Birthday to you!! You deserve some sweet DX today! Hope the ionosphere is good to you and brings some to you!! 73 Great DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI Houston, TX ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com

Re: [IRCA] DISCUSSION OF DAILY SOLAR SPACE AND GEOMAGNETIC WEATHER

Tom, My comments are almost exactly like Todd's. As an Electrical Engineer (BSEE '75, La Tech) with a 'concentration' in Communications Engineering, I am very much interested in all aspects of radio wave propagation. I look forward to your forecasts so that I can use them in my all-band DX'ing

Re: [IRCA] Apollo 13

Ira, I work at NASA/Johnson Space Center. Back when I was in the Mission Ops Directorate (MOD), the NASA Branch Chiefs had a direct feed of the prime Space-to-Ground link (SG1, I think) from the Mission Control Center (MCC) to their offices. That way they could listen to real-time audio during

[IRCA] Middle Eastern Sounding MX on 1500?

Who is playing Middle-Eastern mx on 1500 kHz at 0240 UTC? I've been hearing them almost every nite around the same time recently. There's also a male anncr with heavily-accented ME-sounding language (to my untrained ears, it doesn't sound like Arabic). Is it coincidental this unid station

Re: [IRCA] Middle-Eastern Sounding MX on 1500?

Well, I listened on 1500 kHz until around 0345 UTC. The more I listened, the more the unid station faded in and out. The fade-ins were occasionally clear enough for me to *tentatively* ID the language as Greek. This would match the style of music that I was hearing, too. I heard several

[IRCA] GE SR2 on eBay

This was supposed to have been sent yesterday. Don't know why it got snarled in the ether ... Just noticed a GE Superadio II on eBay for BuyItNow price of $USD 55.00. Item # 230830297424. Ships from Pensacola,FL. Seller has 99.5% rating. Auction has 2.5 Hours left. Just an announcement,

[IRCA] GE SR2 on eBay - 2.5 Hrs Left

Just noticed a GE Superadio II on eBay for BuyItNow price of $USD 55.00. Item # 230830297424. Ships from Pensacola,FL. Seller has 99.5% rating. Auction has 2.5 Hours left. Just an announcement, NOT an endorsement. 73 Good DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI -- Sent from my iPhone

Re: [IRCA] WPWT-870 Colonial Heights TN

Growing up in north Louisiana, I was always told that it was Poke Salad and that it was a meal that folks ate when they had nothing else to eat. Lots of small towns in Louisiana have a Poke Salad Festival during the year. The one that I'm most familiar with is in Blanchard, LA, which is a

Re: [IRCA] WPWT-870 Colonial Heights TN

Marc, I've never eaten true Poke Salad myself, but have heard that it's similar in taste to spinach salad, just a little more tangy. I think most of the festivals use just regular green salads, since pokeweed may not be the safest thing to eat nowadays. Strange customs we Southerners have,

[IRCA] 04 Nov - Unid 1600 kHz

04-Nov-2011 ... Unid SS station on 1600 kHz using La Mejor IDs. Listened 2204-2238 CDT, but hrd no full IDs. WAOS Atlanta, GA?? 73 Good DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI Clear Lake City, TX USA -- Sent from my iPhone ___ IRCA mailing list

[IRCA] XEIK 830 Piedras Negras - Nov 2 Log

Receiver Used: Radio Shack DX-402 (Sangean ATS-505) 830 XEIK México Coahuila Piedras Negras - S/Off at 1900 CDT w/ID La Norteñita and mention of Piedras Negras, then choral version of Mexican National Anthem. Gone by 1904 CDT. [Ponder 11/02] Steve Ponder, N5WBI Clear Lake City, TX USA

[IRCA] 1430 The Buzz KTBZ

DX Tip - 1430 The Buzz KTBZ, Tulsa, OK, coming in strong at 0120 AM CDT on Mon Oct 24th. Radio is barefoot Sangean DT-400W. QTH is Southeast Houston, TX. 73 and Great DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI Clear Lake City, TX USA -- Sent from my iPhone

[IRCA] WGBW-1590 Test

No luck with hearing the WGBW test this morning (Sun 11/23 @ CDT). Local station KMIC (Radio Disney) is on that frequency with IBOC. From my QTH here in far SE Houston (Clear Lake City), it's very hard to get a null on KMIC using my DT-400W. Maybe things would have been different using an

[IRCA] Correction to my WGBW 1590 Post

The date should have been Sun 10/23 instead of Sun 11/23. Sorry about the confusion. Migraines do weird things when you're typing a note! 73 Great DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI Clear Lake City, TX USA -- Sent from my iPhone ___ IRCA

[IRCA] KRND 1630 - Fri Nite Oct 21, 2011

KRND 1630 has a good signal here in SE Houston, too. Heard 16-30 AM La Jota Mexicana ID's at 2344 CDT and 2350 CDT. I'm using my DT-400W barefoot. Thanks for all the tips! 73 Great DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI Clear Lake City, TX USA -- Sent from my iPhone

[IRCA] KRHW-1520 Heard in SE Texas!

19 Oct 2011 Tuning around on my Sangean DT-400W before going to bed tonight, I heard a CW station with a fairly consistent signal on 1520. This was around 2350 CDT (0450 GMT). I kept listening and at the TOH ( CDT, 0500 GMT) was treated with an ID for KRHW 1520 and 98.9 Sikeston, Missouri

Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] Does KNX break format?

Glenn, Local KNTH-1070 here in Houston has been playing Adult Contemporary Christian music on Sunday nights lately. Could this be your station? 73 Good DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI -- Sent from my iPhone On Oct 2, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Glenn Hauser wghau...@yahoo.com wrote:

[IRCA] KIVY-1290

KIVY-1290 Crockett,TX, putting a good signal into SE Houston @ 2315 CDT. Steve Ponder, N5WBI -- Sent from my iPhone ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed

[IRCA] New Station Logged - 21 Sep 2011

I was very surprised to hear the IBOC hash of WOAI 1200 last night, since I'm so far away from San Antonio (I live in Houston!). I was even more surprised to null out a new station for me - KQQZ 1190 in St. Louis, MO! All times have been converted to ELT. 1190 KQQZ MO St. Louis - 9/21 0057 -

[IRCA] FM Tropo - Thursday, Sep 14th

I had another exciting FM tropo catch this morning on the way to work ... Sep 15 Tr 0843 WZNF 95.3 MS Lumberton South Mississippi's Classic Rock Z95.3 - Big John and Billy, The Big Show They played a song written and performed by Hoyt Axton (remember him?) called Charlie Sheen - dedicated to

[IRCA] The CCrane CCGozo

Saw this on the Herculodge (http://herculodge.typepad.com/herculodge/) blog this morning ... New Radio Alert: C.C. GOZO Scheduled for October 1 Sale Thanks, Ed: C.C. GOZO is scheduled for Oct 1 sale. See picture and info: http://www.ccrane.com/radios/am-fm-radios/ccgozo.aspx Anybody know

[IRCA] Dashboard DX for August 23, 2011

More Dashboard DX this morning! As I drove to work this morning, I tuned my 2003 Camry's radio to 90.3 MHz, right next to local 90.5 MHz KPFT Pacifica Radio. I heard some flutter, but nothing intelligible. When I pulled into the parking lot at work, the signals became quite strong and clear.

[IRCA] (no subject)

KBC Radio to start mediumwave tests on 19 August August 16th, 2011 - 15:19 UTC by Andy Sennitt. Dutch-based KBC Radio carries the following updated announcement on its website: “KBC has received a test license for 531 kHz in Burg Germany. We start testing onFriday the 19th on AM 531. More

Re: [IRCA] Need help with noise issue

Patrick, I can empathize with you. I still have not isolated the source of my noise on the MW band, but I've received a lot of help from group members. Hopefully, you'll get as much help as I did!! Have you or you neighbors received a visit from your cable repairman recently? Check the

Re: [IRCA] Wolfman Jack -(one more and last time)

I don't recall this being mentioned in this thread, but if it has, please forgive me for repeating it. Wolfman Jack, AKA Bob Smith, and his wife had an easy-listening music program on one of the Shreveport, LA, stations back in the late 1950's. I think the station was either KRMD-1340 or

[IRCA] Ugh! Nasty QRN Has Appeared on MW Band!

Just noticed this on Saturday afternoon while trying to listen to WWL 870 for latest news on flooding. Extremely loud buzz totally covering entire MW band (530 -1700 khz). Only locals punching through noise. Went through perfunctory tests here - switched off everything we could think of - no

Re: [IRCA] KLTI 1560 MO Apparently on Day Power Again Tonight

All, Unfortunately, with local blowtorch KGOW The Game on the same frequency, even though I tried with three separate radios (DT-400W, PR-D5, and CC-Radio EP), it was a water haul from my location in far south-east Houston. 73 Good DX, Stephen H. Ponder, N5WBI Houston, Texas, USA - EL29kn

Re: [IRCA] 1250kHz

Paul, My bet would be that you heard KDEI out of Port Arthur, TX. They run the Radio Maria programming format. They are a satellite/sister station to KJMJ in Ball, LA. 73 and Good DX, Steve Ponder, N5WBI Clear Lake City, TX -- Sent from my iPhone

Re: [IRCA] 1250kHz

for EWTN, not R. Maria - so of course I didn't find it... Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id wb2...@yahoo.com FM: Yamaha T-80 Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'; Grundig G8 AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010's barefoot --- On Fri, 3/4/11, Stephen Ponder stephen_pon

Re: [IRCA] Strong SS station on 800 help?

Kevin, Try to listen for Radio Canon ID's (pronounced 'Can-yohn'). XEROK from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, is a 150 kW station on that frequency. They use the Radio Canon ID's. They used to cover pretty much all of the USA before the FCC relaxed the rules on the clear-channel

Re: [IRCA] SONY Model

It's the Sony SRF-M606. The video has an introduction sequence (approx. 5-6 secs.) where that information is displayed in white text on blue background. Thnaks 73, Steve Ponder, N5WBI Houston, TX -- Sent from my iPhone On Jan 6, 2011, at 6:59 PM, dyp...@aol.com wrote:

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] KWKH 1130

Booming in here at 8:30 PM CST in southeast Houston, TX! Radio used was my Radio Shack 12-888 Digital AM/FM/Weather Band radio on battery power using its internal loopstick antenna. Just had a deep fade (approx. 10 seconds) at 8:36 PM CST, but came back just as strong as before. Their format

[IRCA] Evening Dashboard DX - Nov. 17, 2010

Seems like today was a good day for dashboard DX! On my way home from work tonight, I decided to tune around some more. I stopped on 720 kHz, where I heard a very strong signal in Spanish. Thinking this was the Cuban outlet that I normally hear on this frequency, I started to tune away when

[IRCA] Morning Dashboard DX - Nov 18, 2010

This must be the time of year for dashboard DX'ing! On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have a 6:15 AM CST telecon, so I'm usually on my way to work by 5:30 AM. This morning, around 5:34 AM CST (1134 UTC), I was listening to 760 kHz. Instead of the usual monster signal from XEABC in Mexico City, I

[IRCA] Morning Dashboard DX - November 17, 2010

On my way to work this morning - later than normal - I was tuning around the dial on my 1973 Camry's radio. Around 9:15 AM CST (1515 UTC) I stopped on 1240 kHz because I heard a station beneath the co-channel splash of local KQUE 1230. I heard several Cajun musical selections, local

Re: [IRCA] Morning Dashboard DX - November 17, 2010

Okay - I fat-fingered my earlier e-mail. Thanks, Dave, for pointing that out. I was driving my 1993 Camry, not a 1973 one. Did Toyota even make a Camry back in 1973? Were Toyotas even available in the USA back in 1973? Back in 1973, I was driving a 1968 Chevy Nova with an AM-only radio. I

Re: [IRCA] KLVI Night Pattern

Dave, Here is the nighttime antenna pattern from the FCC ... http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/628547-78269.pdf Looks like most of their power is directed toward Houston at night now. 73, Stephen H. Ponder, N5WBI Your attitude is a choice you make every day. - Chuck

[IRCA] Mexico's Bicentennial Celebration Ceremonies

Did anybody catch any XE's broadcasting special programming last night? I totally forgot that last night was the eve of Mexico's Bicentennial Celebration and that Presidente Calderon would be leading the El Grito and ringing the Hidalgo Bell from the Metropolitan Cathedral in the Zocalo Region

Re: [IRCA] Radio Encyclopedia 530

Most sources say thatall of the Radio Enciclopedia outlets originate from La Habana (Havana), Cuba. Of course, that's like saying that all of the Voice of America outlets originate from Washington, DC. Their website link is: http://www.radioenciclopedia.cu/ 73 and Great DX! Stephen H.

Re: [IRCA] Shortwave Reception, ID Help needed

Paul, Try Dan Sampson's excellent website: http://www.primetimeshortwave.com Here's what he shows for Taiwan Radio International in English ... Taiwan Taiwan R. Int'l 0200-0300 NA 5950wy, 9680wy Taiwan Taiwan R. Int'l 0300-0400 NA,LA,As 5950wy, 15215wy, 15320 Taiwan Taiwan R.

[IRCA] BIG SKY DX Tests - Thanks!!

Just wanted to say Thanks! to all who helped put together the Big Sky tests. Due to personal illness, I was not able to listen for them, but did not want to let this great opportunity pass by without saying Thanks! Kep up the great work in arranging DX tests! 73 Great DX'ing! --- Stephen

[IRCA] Surprise Appearance from KHGG 1580!

out of bed to get them. Maybe I'll get them again tonight. -- Stephen Ponder N5WBI Southeast TX DXer http://setxdxer.blogspot.com/ Houston TX USA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/irca