Ooops - reply intended for Walter -
73
On 2013-01-08 19:45, cafe-swl wrote:
I think they faded early tonight, yea?
I am using Ham Radio deluxe with my ICOM 703 (which
is a pretty sweet receiver on all bands...)
Is a cinch to remote it anywhere - all you need is the
broadband -- I think it
I think they faded early tonight, yea?
I am using Ham Radio deluxe with my ICOM 703 (which
is a pretty sweet receiver on all bands...)
Is a cinch to remote it anywhere - all you need is the
broadband -- I think it is also possible to
connect it over a phone line - but that is majorly
old school
On 2013-01-08 17:03, Walter Salmaniw wrote:
1575 is there, Colin, and is better than 1215 at my location. Not as
good
as last night so far, though. 1575 has been present for several
hours
according to my Perseus waterfall. Walt Salmaniw (01:02 UTC)
Victoria, BC
Thank you Walter -- back
Am testing out a new antenna to try and beat the huge QRN issue -
So far successful -
Early signs indicate a wispy carrier on 1215 --
nothing noted on 1575 as of yet --
Receiver being used: Eton E1 with a balcony mounted
2 meter long whip (a 40 meter Workman mobile antenna actually)
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This signal use to blot out the entire MW and parts
of the SW dial for 4 city blocks -
Has now settled down to around 1 city block -
Our local power utility has been scoping it out for over
2 years - Our federal agency is Industry Canada and their
policy is "Go figure it out, we are busy here..."
Good carriers on 531 and 702! 702 being the louder.
Impressive.
Thanks to Nick and the group in PEI for
passing these along!
Eton E1 barefoot - Victoria B.C. Canada
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Even better at 0110! and muddy audio on 1215 --
1575 is, as Walter says, in some kind of female vocal...
Eton E1 - barefoot
On 2012-10-31 18:06, cafe-swl wrote:
1575 in murky audio!
Barefoot Eton E1
Kudos to Walter for the tip.
Colin in Victoria
1575 in murky audio!
Barefoot Eton E1
Kudos to Walter for the tip.
Colin in Victoria
On 2012-10-31 17:48, Walter Salmaniw wrote:
Ist of the season! Audio (with Koran like chanting) at 00:47 UTC.
In past
years, Farda was a regular almost every late afternoon here in
Victoria.Walt
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On 2012-10-10 18:32, Charles Rippel wrote:
If its cable leakage, the way to get their attention is VIA a
different
path. Check the frequencies associated with a local airport (12X.xx
mHz,
approach, GCA, etc...) and see if you can hear it there. If so,
call the FAA. CATV facilities are super
As much as I would like to chide Gary with
reports of widespread multi-continental receptions
on all bands and all frequencies, it was more of
a case of squeezing a dehydrated lemon into
an empty martini glass. No one showed up for the
party... or any party for that matter.
If there could have b
Spent Friday night through Monday morning at the Point No
Point cabins near Jordan River, B.C facing out over the pacific --
http://www.pointnopointresort.com/
Was testing out Gary Debock's innovative surplus ferrite rod
antenna design -- its performance comparable to a 4' open frame
loop. As it
As planned, power was cut to around 200 homes or more in my
neighborhood
between 4 and 7 AM -- very handy indeed.
I powered my Drake R8, Wellbrook antennas and Icom 703+ on
independent 12V "motorcycle" batteries - actually I think they
are 4 amp/hour UPS batteries but close enough.
As predict
531 - solid het, near audio - 1320
558 - " " " "
567 - fair-gd JJ - assume the NHK regular
594JAPAN, JOAK NHK1 very good signal with JJ YL at 1322
603REPUBLIC OF KOREA, HLSA threshold audio
621super loud het - did not stay around to tweak the E1 - assume the Korean
639
Walter Salmaniw noted: " 940 from Hawaii, one
of my favorites was booming in as well around 13:30. "
Considering that I have been looking for a regular Hawaiian
here in Victoria - and not heard one since the 1970's! -
this is one I will chase!
Thanks Walter -
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> A visit to Super Power Transmitter, AIR Rajkot by Jose Jacob
>
> http://www.idxci.in/a-visit-to-super-power-transmitter-air-rajkot/
1071 - will be a pretty straightforward catch in Hawaii this January.
In years past I have had several good tentative receptions of India.
I imagine that Walt wil
> Dennis reported...
> Got of to a late start this morning. Listened from 1308-1345 utc. It was
> the best DU morning for me in the Pacific Northwest excluding Grayland.
I think that Gary and I just gasped at the same time.
Deadsville up here in Victoria other than lots of hets.
Location, locat
Apart from a wall of noise on my Wellbrooks (currently
rebuilding the loops in an entirely different way...)
I have discovered that my current new noise
is from a specific point source, so I can
"tune" it out.
There were lots and lots and lots of hets -
so according to the reports that I have se
Ooops - the link would have been useful.
youtu.be/NyEBiheou18
>
> The sun has not set in P.E.I. Canada and
> TA's are lighting up the dial -
>
> This via Brent Taylor (VY2HF) in Charlottetown,
> via my coaxing over 2-M IRLP link.
>
> He uses an SDR-IQ and this is the perfect definition
> of "Arm
The sun has not set in P.E.I. Canada and
TA's are lighting up the dial -
This via Brent Taylor (VY2HF) in Charlottetown,
via my coaxing over 2-M IRLP link.
He uses an SDR-IQ and this is the perfect definition
of "Arm chair copy!" Talk radio UK.
Colin Newell - Victoria area resident and DXer
Dr
> Still quite poor conditions when I checked from 1250UT onwards,
> except for a loud snippet from HLAZ and something mysterious on 1674
> about 1330UT.
Nick gets up early so I do not have to!
At the other end of the spectrum, HF is hopping with
remarkable signals from Europe on 20 and 15 meters
Point no Point has served me well on many occasion -
I think it may have had more to do with a lack of
commitment - and not deploying the ALA100M properly.
Heading back up there for 3 days in a month or so
and heading to the Big Island of Hawaii for 24 days
in January.
I have been fine tuning th
Wednesday morning 1300 to 1315 UTC
And Thursday morning 1300 to 1310 UTC
Set-up at Jordan River - Point no Point cabins with
a Gary DeBock modified Tecsun PL-380 radio and a ICOM 703+ and Wellbrook
ALA100M
(Wednesday) 738 khz - loudest signal on the band -
could have been English, might have bee
On 2012-08-26 17:22, Patrick Martin wrote:
Colin,
I don't know how your power companies work, but at least Pacific
Power
has been good to solve my issues in the past.
My experiences in Western Canada indicate that unless
it is impinging on someones flat-screen TV or
making their beer fridge
In less than a year, my noise level in my concrete and
steel tower has gone from below -110dbm (less than S1)
to S7 to S9 on the medium waves.
YouTube snippet - http://youtu.be/a3B_7CsjRGc
I guess this is the blight of our digital age...
wireless TV's, wireless DVD players, wireless printers,
in
In light of all the wonderful dx reports I am
seeing, my wife and I are packing up some gear
and heading to Jordan River (Point no Point Cabins)
for a much needed peek into what is happening
at a coastal location.
I am seeing almost daily reports from all the
good folks in the North West - but ma
I did some experiments with this theory (with Nick
as well) in 1994 and 1995 during one particularly good season
where TA's were audible at my location 1.35 km
from the waterfront in Victoria B.C. (on Cook Street)
sometimes early in the afternoon.
Cook Street, in Victoria B.C., terminated on Dall
http://youtu.be/KY0iriUNc7c
Working ZL2JBR on my Icom 703+ (10 watts)
on my balcony mounted Workman single-band 20 meter vertical
mounted at 75'
Colin Newell - www.dxer.ca
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I caught lightning striking our local water tower
around 1 hour ago...
http://youtu.be/sggSJ06U2ck
Yup. Radio equipment OFF!
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> On my recent trip to China, reception on the Yangtze River was amazing! I
> sure wish that I had bitten the bullet and taken my Perseus and laptop.
> Do
> it! Walt
I went to Halifax in 2006 (I think...)
and on the 1st evening I heard Brazil on 1100 or 1110khz...
using a Yacht-Boy 400PE and a s
http://www.cbc.ca/allpointswest/2012/06/27/uvic-quidditch-search-and-rescue-and-cbc-cuts/
24 minutes long -
A brilliant listen.
Colin - Editor - www.dxer.ca
Victoria B.C. Canada VA7WWV
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I imagine rock starts want to appear on the cover of
the Rolling Stone...
We radio geeks - well, we have CQ, QSL, Popular Communications
and Monitoring Times.
So. While I was at my local book and magazine shop
I noticed that Gary DeBock on the cover of
the latest issue of Popular Communications.
> Since CKMO cut their modulation, CHML Hamilton Ontario has been very
> common here. Infact I have been trying for MN, but so far no luck. But
> I do hear CHML a lot.
Not sure if I will be that lucky --
but I did check last night. There were a couple of
stations present on 900 khz.
I did not han
> Ira, for a single all around antenna, have you considered a magnetic
> loop, such as the Wellbrook ALA 100? I've found it an excellent
> performer from LW through MW to the SW bandsWalt
Agreed: For rural areas, the Wellbrook ALA100M
for urban areas, the ALA100.
Best antenna I have eve
Used a TASCAM US-100 USB interface.
>From the Alinco DX-R8T I/Q output - 3.5mm stereo male to male dual RCA
into the USB interface
and from a USB cable to my Toshiba Netbook NB555D
Windows 7 recognized the device immediately.
Bingo - perfect demodulated audio from the Alinco I/Q output
into the
Getting lots of e-mail: "Test the I/Q, test the I/Q!"
So far, have tried two different pieces of software
and a cable that I made myself...
and I see lots of neat spectrum on the display
but the audio is rubbish - pops, bops and squeaks...
Very likely something that I am doing or not doing.
Apa
> Hi Guy,
>
> I don't have an DX-R8 receiver therefore I cannot comment on how the I/Q
> output was implemented.
OK - here is the challenge:
I have the DX-R8T receiver. And yup, it has I/Q o/p
on the back...
and I have tried it with one piece of SDR software (KG-SDR)
and the result was a very dis
> It does have about 10db attenuation in the MW band. However, the 10db
> preamp also works there. I found it to be pretty decent on MW in SSB.
> The sole AM bandwidth is around 9kHz, and lacking in rejection and
> slopes. The front end was decent as well.
>
> Chris VE6IY
Actually -- the DX-R8T th
http://youtu.be/w7dvwl1wjXU
A sample from Durham radio -
The name alone makes me think that
Alinco is a tad on the bold side...
I mean, who in their right mind would
dare to take "R8" and slap it on a radio
unless they knew they could deal with the
scrutiny.
Will be checking its potential as a
Expected arrival time is 0625 UTC -- less than 6 hours from now.
Last night was interesting -- fair amount of scatter on 6 meters (50Mhz)
but with my 10W and vertical antenna - no hope for QSO
Could get really interesting on the medium wave dial.
Strap yourself in folks.
> If radio reception
Harold has given me the "Proceedings" CD - loaded with great articles...
for "open sourcing" on DXer.ca
I am going to do my level best to make this material available for a short
period of time -
Keep an eye on the website. Grab and share as it comes up.
Thanks and 73,
Wired has just released a long feature on
HAARP - describing it at Alaska's AREA 51.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/08/haarp-2/
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> 1215 is there fair, but no audio.
here are some of the rest... in over 30 years of chasing TAs, I have heard more
audio
but I have never heard as many carriers..
Here goes:
585, 594, 621, 639, 648, 747, 756, 765, 774, 783, 828, 837, 864, 873, 891, 918,
954, 963, 972, 1008, 1017, 1044, 1053, 1
I have posted one message about 1.5 hours ago.
No sign of it.
Now testing again -
Apologies for the extra messages.
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> Modulation on 1134 is much lower than Virgin Radio, tough to copy much
> even though a strong carrier.
>
Audio here for about 40 sec. at 0402.
Never had audio here.
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> The wonders of the webstream.laid back orchestral mx sneaking
> through the splash at 0353UTseems to be the same as what is
> playing on the MW channel at http://www.rte.ie/radio/
>
carriers on 567, 738, 747, 756, 774 and 783...
An odd night --
not seeing any postings getting through to
1215khz here to levels 1 or 2.
Just scanning for other carriers.
Eton E1 - Drake R8
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> At 0255UT, 1215 is delivering weak audio,
1215 came up to about 40% copy at 0324UTC.
I was scrambling to find a cable to record it.
Astounding. and Sudden.
Drake R8 -
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Received today on the Eton E1 with the whip antenna from the 7th floor
window (West Facing) high on a hill above Victoria B.C. looking
out over the Juan De Fuca strait and the Pacific Ocean...
China on 963khz in Russian at local sunrise
http://www.dxer.ca/images/stories/soundbytes/China_963kh
Did a barefoot Eton E1 listening session this morning
from 1305 - 1355 UTC. For me, the best of season.
Fair to very good audio on the following channels
(100% of which was recorded on a Sony MD for later upload)
531 - Japanese, 558 - Japanese sounding YL, 567 - Japanese,
585 - Russian (I think..
As of 0430 UTC I can hear a good HET on the R8 on 1215khz.
Drake R8 - 2X Wellbrook ALA100 into a Ratzlaff/Misek/Lankford phaser.
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> 1215 now delivering a good carrier with audio traces (rhythmic mx)at
> 0110UTother carriers are still pretty few. 1575 was quite strong
> at times, 585, 855, 954, 1017, 1134 and 1269 somewhat weaker to nothing at
> all.
Still nothing here --
Nothing at all - on any channels.
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