eason that
past ones although they've had some upgrades in power over the years I
think. I will have to check if they are running day rig at night. What time
did you log them? Great catch !! 73 KAZ
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>From: Jim Balle
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>To: abd
Last week some one mentioned recording mw using audicity so I down loaded
and installed it. So today it really paid off as I got a nice id of "1430
WEEF serving NW Chicago". I thought I heard "EF NW Ohio" while listening,
but the recorded audio was good enough to positively id it. So now I keep
p
12/26/2014 0845 EST. I just got back from the store and turned on the
radio that was set to 1360. Within a minutes I heard WCHL id's and weather
forecast. At 0854 they were really dominant with local ads with numerous
mentions of Chapel Hill. I had the phaser set to what I thought was NW, but
was
12/18/2014 2120 EST. Just logged WSVX Shelbyville IN. Playing songs and
IDing as"Giant 96 Real Radio" plus weather forecast for Shelbyville. Nice
signal for 260 watts. New here. Jim Springfield MA.
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Jim Balle wrote:
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> Just hearing 2 Spanis
Alright, that makes sense . It also explains getting Glens Falls NY and
Baltimore while phasing Manchester CT on 1230 using basically the same
settings. Jim
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Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:41:20 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
From: neilkaz
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] 2 new on 1360
Good job, Jim
What antennas and with what directivity if any for each are you phasing?
Phasing semi locals will make your sunset skip totals explode like this!
73 KAZ
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12/11/2014 1700 EST. I had semi local (20 miles) WDRC phased and was able
to hear WKYO Caro MI and WHBG Harrisonburg VA. I thought that the phasing
would result in mostly NW reception, but I guess not. Also heard WYOS
Binghampton NY and WBGN Mckeesport PA. neither was new, but they are
basically we
Thanks Forrest, SRS has been great to the NW this fall. Conditions are
different this morning and I am getting WHAZ and WEBO from NY on 1330 (plus
3 or 4 others in the background). Last fall I moved all my antennas so they
are at least 75 feet from my house and now the man made noise is almost
none
1330 WHBL Sheboygan WI 12/6/2014 0800 - 0905 EST. Playing polka music // to
internet stream. Heard a couple of clear ID's and mention of Sheboygan in
a mix of stations. Really surprising they were dominant on the channel so
late. The conditions to the NW have been excellent some mornings this past
Thanks guys. I know a lot of dx catches are good luck, but I have to give a
lot of credit to the west by north DKAZ and also some SONY MDR-W08
headphones that I recently found in my son's room. They deliver clear crisp
audio in the right range for my hearing.Jim
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Excellent sunrise conditions this morning and a logging of WSCO 1570
Appleton WI. at 0805 EST. Hard to believe a 1000 watt station was coming in
all alone on the channel at times. Mentioned Appleton and many 95.3 WSCO
IDs. New for meJim in Springfield Ma. Icom IC7200 and quantum phaser
with a D
Good SRS this morning around 0800 EST. Using the DKAZ and 35' vertical I
was able to phase semi local WDRC 1360 and log WWOW in OH and WTAQ in Green
Bay WI (both new). 0730 to 0830 EST produces some nice NW reception like
1210 WJNL MI. and WANB PA. way over WPHT Philadelphia, and 1130 Detroit was
w
Hi Gary,on the phaser I use a 35' vertical antenna for one antenna and it
is fed directly to the phaser . The other antenna comes from a control box
and it is a combination of 1 to 3 antennas switched in or out to minimize
the station I want to phase. Then it's just a matter of tweaking the phaser
I recently had my old Quantum Phaser tuned up at dxtools.com. Trying it out
I discovered that although I can't completely null local WTIC or WBZ, their
signals can reduced enough to dx the adjacent frequencies without the nasty
iboc splatter. This is something I haven't been able to do in a long ti
The Morse code and sweep tones were easily heard in Springfield MA. through
WPLM, WEGP and WNIO. I used an ICOM IC7200 and 300' ground level loop. Jim
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BOGs work. ?Sky loops work. ?Was wondering how a ground "mounted" loop
might work as a non-directional receiving antenna. I can easily lay out a
300' loop in my back yard (more with creative geometry). ?The best test is
to just do it of course, but was wondering if anyone has any experience
with th
Ken, that is the tis loop for the Springfield Armory Museum. I played he
audio clip while my radio was tuned to 1710 and got it to sync up within
1/2 a second with the radio. Jim Springfield Ma.
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Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:25:16 +0100
From: "Ken, Scotland"
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Ken, I live about 7 miles from the Springfield Armory and the tis is on 24
hours a day. I am currently hearing SS music and talk in the background
under the tis. I don't know how to post a recording. There are a lot of
unlicensed SS stations in the Springfield / Boston / Hartford area. Maybe
you
The Springfield Armory National Historic Site TIS has been on the air for 3
months or so, it is long (3 minutes) and gives a lot of details abut the
history of the museum and surrounding area. It used to be a short loop
tape about a "special tis" and speculation was everywhere from Albany NY to
so
I did not see any reports of it being heard in New England except Mark
Connolly on the first one Both times it was not not heard in Springfield
Ma. Jim
From: "Howe, Stephen S"
To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com"
Subject: [IRCA] WWXL-1450 DX Test not heard in Vermont
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On 860, no CJBC from Toronto this evening, just WOAY and WBGR. jb in
western mass.
[mwdx] Three new on 800 in 1 hour!
Chernos Saul sau...@sympatico.ca
3:46 PM (2 hours ago)
to irca, am, amfmtvdx, mwdx
Three new on 800 in the space of an hour this morning: Casey IL at
EST, XEROK Mexico at
That noise is very evident here at 0818 EST, but only on lower sideband.
Jim Springfield Ma
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 17:26:57 +
From: Paul Crankshaw
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1390 kHz - odd noise
Message-ID: <52e7e86
Station was listed as silent is now on with music / singing with unknown
format - religious? ID as WKSH Sussex. Jim Springfield MA.
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Opinio
At 0835 EST they are not running IBOC. I can hear stations on 1020 and 1040
in AM mode using the 8 khz filter and no interference from 1030. Jim, 85
miles west of WBZ.
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 20:37:09 -0500
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The morse code was very strong at 2303 EST among two or thee other
stations. Jim Springfield MA.
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Opinions expressed in messages on this mai
maybe wrym new britain ct, la gigante?jim
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 00:11:52 +
From: Chernos Saul
To: "irca@hard-core-dx.com" , "a...@nrcdxas.org"
, "amfmt...@mailman.qth.net"
, "a...@wtfda.info"
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] whas 840 back 1911 edt
Message-I
No sign of them tonight, just WELI, WHYL etc. , but WHAK Rogers City Mi. is
in the background with talk about Wolverines Basketball
Jim Springfield Ma.
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Is CFAC the only station on 960 with this ID? I haerd it very clearly, but
no station call letters at 0250 UTC in Springfield Ma. I think it might be
possible because I also got WNMT from Northern Minnesota this evening. Jim
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I guess the "Death of am radio" actually means the end of the golden age of
radio and not the actual signing off and going silent of all the stations
currently on the air. Nothing lasts forever - good or bad. Who knows what
the future of the AM band will be! Jim
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013
I used to go to Ft. Meyers to visit my in-laws and I would do some DXing
from the second story balcony. It was great to hear the low powered local
stations, but I really enjoyed hearing the carribean island stations. I
remember that WTIC 1080 and WBZ 1030 were copyable unfortunately, I just
couldn'
I wish that would happen in western MA., the only way to hear Gospel music
is on comcast. Jim
Subject: [IRCA] WDLR, 1550, WVKO, 1580
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WVKO, 1580, Columbus, OH, switche
>
> They seemed to be off the air for a couple of weeks, then I heard them
> back on last week with this new format. Jim in Springfield MA.
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:11:09 -0500
> From: Robert Ross
> To: IRCA AM List
> Subject: [IRCA] ULR DX700 WTUB Orange/Athol,MA
I agree Barry, WA* are typical of awards given by various organizations for
proof of two way contacts. I have heard all New England stations with the
exception of
some in Maine. My best morning was when I logged three needed Vermont at
LSR. Jim in Springfield Ma.
Shouldn't that be HAV (or HAV
I'm not sure what "sweep tones" are, but I heard a short series of tones
getting progressively higher in frequency. Just one series of maybe 5
notes. Jim Springfield Mass.
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BE VERY WARY of ACT electronics, Eton Corp is taking him off their list of
repair facilities because of all his shady dealings. Check the Eton
E1XM group on yahoo for more info. Jim
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This station faded up with a good ID ( Southern Illinois' AM 940 WMIX)
around 0550 EDST on Aug 4th on my car radio while driving throught Vernon
Ct. Must have been on day power, new for my log. Jim WA1EDN
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Craig, I have made a lot of on line queries about the MW performance on
mobile HF rigs. Other than the 703+, the only positive report
that I received was for the yaesu FT-897. I might go to Lentini Comm. in CT
and see if they have any set up so I can try them out in person, if I do I
will let you
Thanks for that info Colin. I have been looking for a small HF transceiver
with good MW performance, but there isn't much in depth info on the hams
forums. The 703+ is also a nice looking rig. Jim - WA1EDN
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Does anyone have experience using the 750 for MW or LW DXing? It seems to be
a good size for portable operation, but that would not matter if it was not
a good performer. Thanks Jim
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Does anyone know if WBYN sometimes ID's as WCHR? I heard a clear WCHR ID on
1160 and was wondering if it was WBYN. I read on line where they are
"sister" stations. Jim in wmass
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I have noticed in the past couple of days that WCXN is way over WWVA at
sunset and sunrise. I have not logged them previously, but now it is really
easy. At first I thought it was Carribean or South America, but numerous
mentions of businesses in Heekory (sic) and Lincolnton narrowed it down.
Jim i
Thanks all for the info, WGIN is certainly not new here, was hoping for
something a little more exotic. Conditions are getting better lately for
that time of day when I take my supper break at work, so we''ll see what
happens. Jim
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:36:59 -0400
From: Scott Fybush
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At 2230 GMT, I heard "news talk 930 the wave" on my car radio in Manchester
CT. Unfortunately it quickly faded out before any more ID was given. Does
anyone know what station this is? thanks Jim
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Gary, thanks for the information and your offer to align the radio.
I guess I will do some more testing of the G8 before I decide whether
or not to keep it. 73, Jim
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 21:29:13 EDT
From: d1028g...@aol.com
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Grundig G8 Performance
Me
I received a new G8 the other day and immediately did a side by side
comparison to my Eton E100. The results were both surprising and
disappointing. The E100 seemed to be the equal of the G8 on all frequencies
for sensitivity and audio fidelity. Also the G8 had a noticeable heterodyne
on 1400 throu
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