Re: [IRCA] hot times on the upper band right now

2011-01-25 Thread Colin Newell
On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:08:57 + Walter Salmaniw wrote: >Darn, missed the peak, I'm sure (got a bit of a cold). At 16:05 1566 and >1593 are in at good level, and plenty more carriers. 22 days into my Hawaii vacation I have a mild sun burn -- seriously, I have not had an sun burns since I was

Re: [IRCA] hot times on the upper band right now

2011-01-25 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Hmmm, wasn't the case here in southern Alberta either. The lower band Japanese were better than they've been for several days, but nothing exciting on the upper part of the dial. Must have been a Victoria phenomenon! 73, Nigel Colin Newell wrote: I was up at 5:45AM Kona time. Simply not

Re: [IRCA] hot times on the upper band right now

2011-01-25 Thread Colin Newell
I was up at 5:45AM Kona time. Simply not the case here -- Lots of hets and weak audio -- nothing standing out as in earlier sessions this month. Fascinating. On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:42:52 + Nick Hall-Patch wrote: >1314 perfectly listenable with some some oriental singing...1566 fine >CC ta

[IRCA] hot times on the upper band right now

2011-01-25 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
1314 perfectly listenable with some some oriental singing...1566 fine CC talk. 1593 knocking down the walls, over NHK2 signing off at 1542UTyikes. best wishes,\ Nick ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailm

Re: [IRCA] hot times on the upper band right now

2011-01-25 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
For some reason, my first post of 10 minutes before didn't make itAt that point: 1314 perfectly listenable with some some oriental singing...1566 fine CC talk. 1593 knocking down the walls, over NHK2 signing off at 1542UTyikes. (I'm sure that the post will turn up eventually, long aft

Re: [IRCA] hot times on the upper band right now

2011-01-25 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Darn, missed the peak, I'm sure (got a bit of a cold). At 16:05 1566 and 1593 are in at good level, and plenty more carriers. On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > additional stuff...but it's fading fast now...603 w/talk, poor; only other > low band was 774 w/ s/off chimes.

Re: [IRCA] hot times on the upper band right now

2011-01-25 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
1566 only TP with audio here, 1522 utc. 1725 GA PNG beacon and 1737 KUT PNG beacon, both 1519 utc. Steve NE Oregon - Original Message - From: "Nick Hall-Patch" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:52 AM Subject: [IRCA] hot times on the upper band right now additional s

[IRCA] hot times on the upper band right now

2011-01-25 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
additional stuff...but it's fading fast now...603 w/talk, poor; only other low band was 774 w/ s/off chimes. 1332 had fair to good JJ talk, 1467 murky talk, 1494 murky mx, 1503 poor to fair w/JJ talk, 1521 caught the final few notes of NHK2 chimes mixing with mx from who knows where, 1575 of c