Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Alert

2009-09-10 Thread Bruce Portzer
I also had weak carriers on 783 909 1017 & 1062, but they were way too weak to produce audio, and they seem to be gone now. 1134 and 1215 are still there at 2050 PDT.. Bruce Walter Salmaniw wrote: At 08:20 PM 9/10/2009, you wrote: I'm currently getting carriers on 1134 and 1215 with aud

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Alert

2009-09-10 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Evidently the TAs have migrated west. I'm hearing weak audio on 1134, and numerous carriers, but nothing compared to the last two great evenings. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alberta Bruce Portzer wrote: I'm currently getting carriers on 1134 and 1215 with audio at times on both. The times

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Alert

2009-09-10 Thread Neil Kazaross
quot;Walter Salmaniw" To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:46 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Alert At 08:20 PM 9/10/2009, you wrote: I'm currently getting carriers on 1134 and 1215 with audio at times

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA spike

2009-10-12 Thread Patrick Martin
1269 & 783 both with carriers here and France 162 with man with FF talk. Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing lis

[IRCA] west coast TA, sort of

2009-11-10 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Looking mildly promisingweak audio on 1215, enough to match to Absolute's website. A few other carriers including snippets of 1539, 1575, 1503, 1134, 1377 Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___ IRCA m

[IRCA] west coast TA, quiet quality

2009-11-10 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Ahem, Iran on 1503, new country This is really weak when it deigns to appear at all (1503 is a pretty quiet channel here), but yes, similar sounding mx on the web stream, man started talking in the murk, then 30 seconds later, he starts on the webstreamam I pleased? You bet. At 0108UT

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2018-09-19 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Plenty of carriers here in Alberta too.   Only audio is on 1386 with woman talking (too weak to determine language) and traces of music on 1179. 73, NIgel On 9/19/2018 9:27 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote: 1089 in near audio at times... 1179... 1458... 1575... All on West Flag! :-) Colin Newell -

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2018-09-19 Thread Bruce Portzer
Nothing in Seattle at the moment Bruce On 9/19/2018 20:37, Nigel Pimblett wrote: Plenty of carriers here in Alberta too.   Only audio is on 1386 with woman talking (too weak to determine language) and traces of music on 1179. 73, NIgel On 9/19/2018 9:27 PM, R. Colin Newell wrote: 1089 in

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2018-09-19 Thread Volodya S
Colin, you are lucky. I can just barely see a signal/here a 1 kHz het on 1089. Certainly Nick's Fishbarrel shows barely anything. You have some magic setup going on in Gordon Head???Walt On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 3:27 AM R. Colin Newell wrote: > 1089 in near audio at times... > 1179... 145

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2018-09-19 Thread R. Colin Newell
On thé West Flag of all things... but I’m significantly closer to the ocean that either you or Nick. Might be worthwhile getting a North flag in the air. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Sep 19, 2018, at 8:47 PM, Volodya S wrote: > > Colin, you are lucky. I can just barely see

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2018-09-19 Thread Volodya S
Interesting that for me, the North corner fed loop is yielding the best reception, and virtually nothing on my W corner fed loop. Still, no where close to any audio, though!Walt On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 3:52 AM R. Colin Newell wrote: > On thé West Flag of all things... but I’m significantly

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2018-09-19 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
North Flag here as well; that's what the Fishbarrel is using. Carriers are probably just a teaser tonight however. At 04:09 2018-09-20, Volodya S wrote: Interesting that for me, the North corner fed loop is yielding the best reception, and virtually nothing on my W corner fed loop. Still,

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2018-09-19 Thread R. Colin Newell
1215 is passable audio at 0455... Second wind or something happening... Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Sep 19, 2018, at 9:09 PM, Volodya S wrote: > > Interesting that for me, the North corner fed loop is yielding the best > reception, and virtually nothing on my W corner fed lo

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA tonight

2018-09-20 Thread R. Colin Newell
I’d be dead in the water more often than not without the NHP Fishbarrel. In the 1970’s, Nick and I were each other’s early warning system and having an instant method of measuring current condition is, to me, priceless. Pot, stirred. Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA - > On Sep 20, 2018,

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-09-12 Thread WALTER SALMANIW
Ratzlaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, September 12, 2008 8:54 pm Subject: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America > Hope the Conventioneers are out DXing, TA conditions are > certainly present > this evening with the low A&K indi

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-11-13 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 07:59 PM 11/13/2008, you wrote: >Pretty good for me for MW TA audio this evening. 999 with fast talking deep >voiced male; 1134 with talk and pop music. 999 has weak het but delivering >audio; 1134 has huge het but not much better audio than 999. 0345 utc >timeframe. Some LWBC too but little

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-12-15 Thread Neil Kazaross
of America" Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 9:20 PM Subject: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert Getting some LW and MW TA activity, 0310 utc. 171 189 198; 999 1134 1566. 1566 the best, playing R&R pops type music on the occasional fadeups. Wonder who that might be? Don't think I'v

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-12-15 Thread vroomski
-- Steve, Had 1566 with a level 5 carrier about 1/2 hour ago, now about a 3. 1215 is about a level 5 What's the temperature in Elgin? probably about 0? Dennis, Salmon Creek, WA JRC NRD 545 U shaped fence antenna -- Original message -- From: "Steve Ratzlaff" > Ge

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-12-15 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 03:20 12/16/2008, you wrote: >Getting some LW and MW TA activity, 0310 utc. 171 189 198; 999 1134 1566. 1566 >the best, playing R&R Hope Walt and Nick are listening! Well, 30 minutes after your report, Steve, 999 is the only one with audioa lady speaking rapidly in a Slavic sounding lan

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-12-15 Thread Patrick Martin
999 had audio at 0402 UTC, female in SE European type language with news? Lost by 0404, but still het on 999. KOMO QRM. Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Op

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-12-15 Thread Neil Kazaross
KAZ - Original Message - From: "Nick Hall-Patch" To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 9:43 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert At 03:20 12/16/2008, you wrote: Getting some LW and MW TA activity, 0

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-12-15 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 04:09 12/16/2008, you wrote: >Walt and others also had County Sound from the QCI on 1566 and the format >fits. Nick...nice job on 999 as this sd/lk Moldova which I finally managed to >pull past the Spaniard from WI back in late Nov. Thanks, Neilnow to find a way to ID them. The Euro MW

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-12-15 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
;Neil Kazaross" To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert Perhaps you have the UK on 1566 which would be a superb catch..I'd stay with it !! I thought Benin came on at 040

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-12-15 Thread vroomski
-- Northwest TA Dxers, 999 kHz has a decent carrier, but KOMO just to strong. Others carriers 1134-1215-1566 are down. Back to the paper clip. Dennnis, Salmon Creek, WA JRC NRD 545 U shaped fence antenna -- Original message -- From: Nick Hall-Patch > At 04:09 12

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-12-15 Thread Patrick Martin
Dennis, For that brief 2 minute period, I could hear a woman announcer, sounded like news, but KOMO was giving it a lot of trouble, plus it wasn't too strong, as most TA's aren't here. I think KOMO's pattern favor's Portland more than it does here. KIRO is the powerhouse here from the Puget Sound

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-12-15 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 08:42 PM 12/15/2008, you wrote: >At 04:09 12/16/2008, you wrote: > >>Walt and others also had County Sound from the QCI on 1566 and the format >>fits. Nick...nice job on 999 as this sd/lk Moldova which I finally managed to >>pull past the Spaniard from WI back in late Nov. > >Thanks, Neiln

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-12-16 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 07:41 12/16/2008, you wrote: >Sorry I couldn't help out tonighthad people over for dinner. Any audio >files to share? ..Walt. No, it wasn't really that spectacular, Walt, so didn't keep anything. Most of the audios were at mumble level, with a few seconds of something approachin

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert

2008-12-16 Thread Chris Knight
TA carriers on 531, 612, 639, 729, 747, 774, 891, 909, 999, 1071, 1215 (woman in SS @0354 UTC). Nothing noted yet on 1566. 73. Chris Knight Fort Lupton, CO ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA signs

2009-01-16 Thread Bill Block
I have weak carriers on 1215 and 1377. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/expl

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA signs

2009-01-16 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 05:49 PM 1/16/2009, you wrote: >Quite a lot of TA carriers this evening 0145UT. 1134 and 1215 have both shown >a few traces of audio, otherwise, stronger carriers on 756, 855, 864, 954, >1053, 1269 etc. > > >best wishes, > >Nick Hi, Nick. Audio on 1215 at 03:54. Nothing on 1575, but a bit t

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA signs

2009-01-16 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Still some evidence here. Had some talk by a man on 1053 kHz at 0325UT, but soon faded. Faint pop mx and EE inflected talk on 1215 sounds like Absolute. Sounded like male talk on 1008 at 0332, but too much splash. 999 also with male talk. All of these are fighting with splash, but show promi

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA signs

2009-01-16 Thread Chris Knight
Here in Colorado there are TA carriers on 531, 585, 594, 612, 639, 729, 738, 747, 774, 855, and 891 at 0445 UTC. Most aren't too strong, but closer to LSS there were TA carriers all over the band, some breaking audio. The 891 carrier was in an hour before LSS! 73. Chris Knight Fort Lupton, CO __

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA signs

2009-01-16 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
As always, very spotty. Had a man talking on 855 0440ish UT; wasn't Romania per the webstream which was mx...could have been Spain, which I've never logged here. 621 had a woman talking at 0458 weak in splash and at 0504, there was a man as well, and wishful thinking says it had an SS into

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Alert

2009-01-17 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 00:46 1/18/2009, you wrote: >Good het on 1575khz at 0040 UTC - Sun still well above the >horizon. At least half the channels with carriers at 0300, but only a few of those that might deliver audio under the right conditions, and those are the usual suspects: 1422, 1269, 1215, 1134, 999, 75

[IRCA] west coast TA carriers 1 Sept

2011-08-31 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Starting at 0430UT, 1215 is the strongest carrier yet again (actually up to 5 carriers seen in Spectran; SAH heard from time to time), but no audio yet. Other weaker to very weak audible carriers on 1566, 1377, 1116, 1107, 1089, 945 and 783. best wishes, Nick __

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA 1008 audio

2011-10-20 Thread Jim Renfrew
merica" Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 11:04 PM Subject: [IRCA] West Coast TA 1008 audio 0255 utc--only have MW carriers on 621, 783, 1008 with audio on 1008 more or less continuously from 0200, peaking at poor at 0234. Not quite good enough to guess at a language. Maybe an east co

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA 1008 audio

2011-10-20 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
Hi Jim, Thanks! Steve - Original Message - From: "Jim Renfrew" To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA 1008 audio I'd normally think Grootnieuws Radio from

[IRCA] West coast TA novice needs help

2009-01-22 Thread Bob Coomler
Is 531 playing relatively middle of the road EZL music? Who might that be on 230? Bob Coomler Cloverdale, CA ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA Fri. nite

2009-01-30 Thread Bill Block
Steve Only a very weak carrier on 1215 at 0255 utc. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 _ Hotmail® goes where you go. On a PC, on the Web, on your phone. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.co

[IRCA] West Coast TA Signs - Victoria B.C.

2009-10-08 Thread cafe
01:50 UTC Good hets - 639, 801, 855, 1215 Just sun-set now. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Blog - Coffee DOT BC DOT CA DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT Com

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Signs 855

2009-10-08 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 07:55 PM 10/8/2009, you wrote: >Spiking now - > >Actual threshold audio on 531 > >Audio on 702 and 963 (RR Sounding) > >1134 is buried under a chainsaw buzzing sound > >Wispy audio on 846, 855 and 862 > >Eton E1 Barefoot > I've been paying attention to 855, especially with the ?Slavic (or Slo

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA, sort of

2009-11-10 Thread cafe
> Looking mildly promisingweak audio on 1215, enough to match to Absolute's > website. A few other carriers including snippets of 1539, 1575, 1503, 1134, > 1377 > Sidebar: KFQD 750 is as reliable as gravity here night after night with 1.5 hours of sunset. That and Vancouver on 730khz

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA, quiet quality

2009-11-10 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Congrats Nick. As Bruce observed, 1503 often has a good carrier, but never much audio. At the moment VOA's Urdu service on 1539 has the best signal. It goes off at 0200, though often has a minute or so of English news before someone throws the switch. 73, Nigel Pimblett Dunmore, Alber

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA, quiet quality

2009-11-10 Thread Patrick Martin
Good catch Nick. Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not nec

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA, sort of

2009-11-11 Thread Walter Salmaniw
c...@islandnet.com wrote: Looking mildly promisingweak audio on 1215, enough to match to Absolute's website. A few other carriers including snippets of 1539, 1575, 1503, 1134, 1377 Sidebar: KFQD 750 is as reliable as gravity here night after night with 1.5 hours of sunset. Th

[IRCA] West Coast TA again, Sat. nite

2008-09-13 Thread Steve Ratzlaff
Not as good for TA MW reception tonight, only 1134 heard with poor audio despite strong het at 0343. But LWBC was a little better, especially 189 Iceland with a solid 8-8.5 level for about 20 minutes, playing oldies R&R. Bob Dylan with "Everybody must get stoned" was particularly good at 0332 u

[IRCA] West Coast TA alert - List Lag

2008-12-16 Thread Chris Knight
, December 15, 2008 9:09 PM To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America Subject: Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA alert TA carriers on 531, 612, 639, 729, 747, 774, 891, 909, 999, 1071, 1215 (woman in SS @0354 UTC). Nothing noted yet on 1566. 73. Chris Knight Fort Lupton, CO

[IRCA] West Coast TA Alert Pre-SR

2009-01-17 Thread cafe
Good het on 1575khz at 0040 UTC - Sun still well above the horizon. -- - Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columbia - Radio VA7WWV Editor - DXer DOT CA and Bob Harris DOT Com --

[IRCA] West Coast TA watch - SEPT 27 (UTC)

2015-09-26 Thread R. Colin Newell
As Nick has just reported to me VIA Gabriola Island, there are good carriers on 1089 Khz and 1215 Khz. Early yet - so this could improve. -- *Colin Newell is the Editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com - Coffee.bc.ca and DXer.ca

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Signs - Victoria B.C.

2009-10-08 Thread Bruce Portzer
Also 963 1026 1035 909 Bruce c...@islandnet.com wrote: 01:50 UTC Good hets - 639, 801, 855, 1215 Just sun-set now. -- . ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Signs - Victoria B.C.

2009-10-08 Thread cafe
> Also 963 1026 1035 909 Started to look promising around 0200 w/ actual audio on 855, 1134 and 1215 then took a nose-dive. Currently lots of carriers and wispy audio on 1134 and 1215 -- that is it for now... Eton E1 barefoot. --

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Signs - Victoria B.C.

2009-10-08 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Was out this evening, so can't attest to what happened earlier, but I'm getting a fair bit of TA audio again tonight, though not on the scale of the last two. Some different stuff getting through. Just heard what I'm pretty sure was Russian on 846 (something new for me), including a possible

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Signs - Victoria B.C.

2009-10-08 Thread Jim Renfrew
t: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:30 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Signs - Victoria B.C. Was out this evening, so can't attest to what happened earlier, but I'm getting a fair bit of TA audio again tonight, though not on the scale of the last two. Some different stuff getting

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Signs - Victoria B.C.

2009-10-08 Thread cafe
02:40 UTC muddy audio on 1134 - Russian sounding " " " 855 and 864 - nothing discernible 1215 is a good carrier - nothing more. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor - CoffeeCrew DOT Com --- Victoria, British Columb

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Signs - Victoria B.C.

2009-10-08 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Still plenty of action, but not as good as last night. I did hear 855 pretty clearly in SS tonight, though. I'm shutting down for the night, as I'm off early tomorrow for Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) for the weekend and need my equipment packed away. I'll report in from up there, tim

[IRCA] west coast TA, sort of, some more

2009-11-10 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
Hmm, just about sunset, and now there's weak Farda on 1575, and the one that got away, a few seconds of talk (very weak) on 1548, but sounded the same as the man on the Sawa webstream...oh my. Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada ___

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA again, Sat. nite

2008-09-13 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 09:52 PM 9/13/2008, you wrote: >Not as good for TA MW reception tonight, only 1134 heard with poor audio >despite strong het at 0343. But LWBC was a little better, especially 189 >Iceland with a solid 8-8.5 level for about 20 minutes, playing oldies R&R. Bob >Dylan with "Everybody must get st

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA watch - SEPT 27 (UTC)

2015-09-26 Thread Don Moman VE6JY
Certainly more and better carriers than last night. Around ~0430 1215 1377 1422 are the best on average, some with audio or close to it... but others pop up quite nicely at times. 189 has listenable audio. Tonite the European DKaz is visibly better than either the Eu or NEu beverages even on h

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA watch - SEPT 27 (UTC)

2015-09-26 Thread Steve
TA carriers on 1377, 1422, 864 kHz tonight on NE coast of Mayne Island. Steve WEB - "The VE7SL Radio Notebook": http://members.shaw.ca/ve7sl VE7SL BLOG - "Homebrewing and Operating Adventures From 2200m to Nanowaves": http://ve7sl.blogspot.ca/ _

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA watch - SEPT 27 (UTC)

2015-09-27 Thread Mike Stonebridge
Many carriers up here Don. Spread across the band from 153 to the high 1400’s. Several producing audio with 1413 being the best, with two men talking in what sounded like Russian. Only snippets of audio from 189. 1215 produced very poor audio at time, otherwise just a carrier. The remainder of t

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA again? unid on 1503

2009-01-23 Thread Walter Salmaniw
Steve, seems to be a repeat of last nightso might be "2nd best night in 25 years!" let's hope so. Keep an eye on 1503. Had weak audio at 01:46...not sure who..Walt. At 04:34 PM 1/23/2009, you wrote: >I wasn't home last night, and so missed the "best west coast TA in 25 years" >co

Re: [IRCA] west coast TA again? unid on 1503

2009-01-23 Thread Bill Block
Weak carrier on 1503 but no audio as yet. Bill Block Prescott Valley, AZ Drake R8 _ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/ex

[IRCA] West Coast TA Signs - Victoria B.C. - 02:55

2009-10-08 Thread cafe
Spiking now - Actual threshold audio on 531 Audio on 702 and 963 (RR Sounding) 1134 is buried under a chainsaw buzzing sound Wispy audio on 846, 855 and 862 Eton E1 Barefoot -- .. Colin Newell - Editor -

[IRCA] West Coast TA Signs - Victoria B.C. - 03:05

2009-10-08 Thread cafe
More threshold audio showing up on 702,747, 756, 765, 774, 819, 846, 855, 864 963, 1053, 1089 and 1134... Just not enough "jam" to push through to that "level" where I say "Ah - it is happening..." I imagine that if Nick, Walt, Guy or Dennis (and others) are at the dials... oh yeah... Patrick! --

[IRCA] West Coast TA Loggings for October 20 - UTC

2009-10-19 Thread cafe
Carriers and audio snippets on 1575, 1215, 855, etc A low-normal evening so far. Who knew we west coasters would start using the term 'normal' to describe evening TA reception. -- .. Colin Newell - Editor -

Re: [IRCA] West Coast TA Loggings for October 20 - UTC

2009-10-19 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 02:10 10/20/2009, you wrote: > > > >A low-normal evening so far. > >Who knew we west coasters would start using the term 'normal' >to describe evening TA reception. Nicely put, Colin. It's been quite a dull evening, yet in the last few minutes, 0505UTC following, I've heard 1215 at quite go

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