[IRCA] Pre sunset skip

2011-12-09 Thread bill kral
It's 4 PM PST( and maybe earlier) skip has started from the south and signals from KGO SF and KFI LA are already matching their night time normal out puts with others not quite at max yet but at 4:10 KFI has faded and KGO is still showing 5out of 5 on the signal meter. I'm wondering why signals

[IRCA] Pre Sunset Skip

2012-02-26 Thread bill kral
02/26/12 --1500 PST--1800 PST--Victoria BC Started bandscan at 3PM and things were already starting to hop. First and best was 540 CBK Sk. A short while later 750 KXL Or.  The usual big guys were showing up on the clears. With a once in a blue moon evening with my building's digital noise down

[IRCA] Pre-sunset skip

2010-01-24 Thread Chernos Saul
At least five new catches tonight, including one of my most wanted stations. There was no discenrable daytime activity today, Sunday, unlike the mess of stuff to VA/WV/MD and NJ all day long Saturday. But things picked up at 1427 when I heard Rod Stewart on 1540 on the east wire. Nabbed WXE

[IRCA] Pre Sunset skip

2010-12-03 Thread bill kral
KFI 640 Los Angeles has been dropping in stronger than normal for short spans between 4 and 5 pm PST and ahead of any sign of Belgrade, Montana on 640 before it powers down now to 1 Kw ( a previous daytimer only) and during a KXL Portland fade out,KERR in Polson Montana provided a number of minu

[IRCA] Pre-sunset Skip

2011-01-12 Thread bill kral
On Tuesday At 16:00 PST Some skip conditions got me a few new ones : 730 KBSU Boise ID. on 15KW cutting up Semi local in Vancouver BC   570 KCFJ Alturas CA pushing KVI Seattle out of the way.    700 KXLX

[IRCA] Pre sunset skip

2009-06-09 Thread bill kral
June 8 at 7pm PDT(2 hrs before local sunset) with Sony pocket speaker receiver had high band signals from Sacramento on 1530,Ferndale ,Wa skywave on 1550, Van BC on 1470 via skywave, and others.No chance to check with more powerful radio since I was still working and don't get home until dark.Sh

[IRCA] pre-sunset skip

2008-11-04 Thread bill kral
Mid afternoon(3PM) sky wave action is dropping some night time resembling signals into Victoria from places like Sacramento (1530) San Francisco(810) and(680)Reno(780)Calgary(1010)Eugene(1120)Portland (1190)Sask(540)Edmonton(1260)Bend,Or(1110) 90 to Oak harbor,Wa,Salt Lake(1160)and the usual mu

Re: [IRCA] Pre-sunset skip

2010-01-24 Thread Paul B. Walker, Jr.
WBLQ is a recent call change back on 11/29/2009 from WXNI. It is in AM Stereo too. On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Chernos Saul wrote: > > At least five new catches tonight, including one of my most wanted > stations. > > > > There was no discenrable daytime activity today, Sunday, unlike the m

Re: [IRCA] Pre-sunset skip

2010-01-24 Thread Barry McLarnon
On Sunday 24 January 2010 19:22:08 Chernos Saul wrote: > Conspicuous by their complete absence: The haitian pirates from MA on > 1670, 1700 and 1710. It doesn't take much enhancement to the east for > 1710 to make it here good. Yet no sign of it at all; nor any sign of CJEU > Ottawa 1670. 1670 w

Re: [IRCA] Pre-sunset skip

2010-01-24 Thread Craig Healy
> At 1623 I nearly fell outa my chair when, on 1270, I heard "Cap Breton's Country > Favourite" and then weather that matched Canadian temperatures. That's Sydney NS, > one I've been chasing for a long time. At that point all evidence was to a swing > towards MI and WI. I was not looking for CJCB.

Re: [IRCA] Pre-sunset Skip

2011-01-12 Thread Colin Newell
Not sure what you are using for a computer or editor but your posts are generally oddly formatted and unreadable. You might want to try something different. Aloha from Hawaii - On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:01:19 -0800 (PST) bill kral wrote: >On Tuesday At 16:00 PST Some skip conditions got me a few n