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Re: [IRCA] IRCA Digest, Vol 65, Issue 4
Hey folks:
Here's a fairly timely and pretty-well-done piece on Mt. Wilson from the paper in Pasadena.
I thought the gang might enjoy seeing it.
Bill Patalon III
Baltimore, MD.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_13247501
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Wildfire threatens Emmis Transmission Site - Indianapolis
Business Journal (Paul B. Walker, Jr.)
2. TPs for Sept. 1st - Just Average (Guy Atkins)
3. Mt. Wilson (HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS)
4. Re: [Tvfmdx] Mt. Wilson (HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS)
5. 531 UnID DU Recording- Assistance Requested (D1028Gary@xxxxxxx)
6. Re: [Tvfmdx] Mt. Wilson (Matt Lanza)
7. WWV Solar Report (Ng1u)
8. Re: Mt. Wilson (Scott Fybush)
9. Re: [Tvfmdx] Mt. Wilson (DXer1@ msn.com)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:57:42 -0500
From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Wildfire threatens Emmis Transmission Site -
Indianapolis Business Journal
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That article kinda makes it sound like the wildfires are threatening just
Emmis, which we know isn't true.
Paul
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:54 PM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS <
DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://news.ibj.com/ibjemg/ibjemails/2009_09_01_IBJDaily_Standard/Articl
> es/45225.htm?1=1&EGEmailID=1478&PublicationID=1&PublicationDesc=IBJ%20DA
> ILY&EmailType=Standard
>
> Summary: See subject
>
> 73,
> Dave in Indy
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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:09:47 -0700
From: Guy Atkins <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [IRCA] TPs for Sept. 1st - Just Average
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I guess I was spoiled by the better than normal TP reception over the last
week to ten days. This morning beat yesterday's virtual washout, but it was
quite ho-hum nevertheless.
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738 TAHITI weak audio at 1246, then fair to good at 1258 with French talk by
woman
747 JAPAN JOIB Sapporo, weak to fair at 1246 with Japanese talk
972 UNIDENTIFIED - weak signal of a male announcer just above threshold at
1249; probably HLCA South Korea
1053 NORTH KOREA - jammer transmission at a good level 1250; no sign of
South Korea's V. of Natl. Salvation co-channel station.
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I checked the files past 1300 to 1330, but found no other TP DX for this
morning.
Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA
www.perseus-sdr.blogspot.com
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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:09:02 -0400
From: "HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx>
To: <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <tvfmdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IRCA] Mt. Wilson
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Looks like fire may be between the Observatory and the Tower site. This
is too close! I'm not sure what the distance is between the two areas
but I think that the Observatory may be in more danger than the towers.
Here is a Mt. Wilson blog:
http://www.mtwilson.edu/fire.php
Last hour they said that it may be slightly improving but not according
to the webcam. Good luck!
73,
Dave Hascall
Indy
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:42:03 -0400
From: "HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Matt Lanza" <mattlanza@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tvfmdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [Tvfmdx] Mt. Wilson
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Hey Matt:
I wonder if the heavy smoke that I am now seeing (between the webcam's
150' tower and the broadcast compound) are backfires. This is the
closest "plume" that I have seen.
Dave
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From: Matt Lanza [mailto:mattlanza@xxxxxxxxx]
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To: HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS
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Subject: Re: [Tvfmdx] Mt. Wilson
Weather conditions today are drastically improved to recent
days...humidity has come up dramatically and there have even been a few
showers in the area. I can see the mountain from my window here, and
there is definitely something going on, primarily on the northeast side
of the peak. I have heard that they've been setting backfires and doing
protection of the mountain. If crews are indeed still up there, I think
much, if not all of it, can survive without too much trouble. But,
there's never a sure thing in these situations.
Matt
Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:09 PM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS
<DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Looks like fire may be between the Observatory and the Tower
site. This
is too close! I'm not sure what the distance is between the two
areas
but I think that the Observatory may be in more danger than the
towers.
Here is a Mt. Wilson blog:
http://www.mtwilson.edu/fire.php
Last hour they said that it may be slightly improving but not
according
to the webcam. Good luck!
73,
Dave Hascall
Indy
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:02:29 EDT
From: D1028Gary@xxxxxxx
To: ultralightdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [IRCA] 531 UnID DU Recording- Assistance Requested
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Hello All,
During the Grayland DXpedition on August 30th, a foreign language station
presumed to be 531-PI in Auckland, New Zealand was recorded at 1320 UTC,
mixing with the notorious "no-ID" Australian pop-music station (presumed to be
4KZ, according to a tip from Leigh Donaldson). The foreign language is
certainly not one of the Asian groups, and is presumably a Pacific Island
dialect.
If any of the New Zealand or Australian DXers in the Ultralightdx Yahoo
group (or any other DXers) could take a listen to the MP3 and possibly
identify the announcer's voice or the language, it would be most appreciated. 531
kHz has always been a "fiasco frequency" during my summer Grayland trips,
with at least three UnID DU's having been heard this summer. Thanks!
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:36:52 -0700
From: Matt Lanza <mattlanza@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tvfmdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [Tvfmdx] Mt. Wilson
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Weather conditions today are drastically improved to recent days...humidity
has come up dramatically and there have even been a few showers in the area.
I can see the mountain from my window here, and there is definitely
something going on, primarily on the northeast side of the peak. I have
heard that they've been setting backfires and doing protection of the
mountain. If crews are indeed still up there, I think much, if not all of
it, can survive without too much trouble. But, there's never a sure thing in
these situations.
Matt
Pasadena, CA
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:09 PM, HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS <
DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looks like fire may be between the Observatory and the Tower site. This
> is too close! I'm not sure what the distance is between the two areas
> but I think that the Observatory may be in more danger than the towers.
>
> Here is a Mt. Wilson blog:
> http://www.mtwilson.edu/fire.php
>
> Last hour they said that it may be slightly improving but not according
> to the webcam. Good luck!
>
> 73,
> Dave Hascall
> Indy
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 21:15:03 GMT
From: ng1u@xxxxxxxxxx (Ng1u)
To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [IRCA] WWV Solar Report
Message-ID: <0909011615048659@xxxxxxxxxx>
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt
:Issued: 2009 Sep 01 1806 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
#
# Geophysical Alert Message
#
Solar-terrestrial indices for 31 August follow.
Solar flux 68 and mid-latitude A-index 6.
The mid-latitude K-index at 1800 UTC on 01 September was 0 (4 nT).
No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
No space weather storms are expected for the next 24 hours.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Date 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0000 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800
SFlx 67 67 67 67 67 67 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 68
A-in 16 16 16 16 16 16 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
K-in 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:48:15 -0400
From: Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>
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HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS wrote:
> Looks like fire may be between the Observatory and the Tower site. This
> is too close! I'm not sure what the distance is between the two areas
> but I think that the Observatory may be in more danger than the towers.
>
> Here is a Mt. Wilson blog:
> http://www.mtwilson.edu/fire.php
>
> Last hour they said that it may be slightly improving but not according
> to the webcam. Good luck!
Word I'm hearing is that the smoke being seen on the webcam is from
backfires being set on or near observatory property by firefighters.
The director of the observatory was interviewed on NPR earlier this
hour, and he said things have actually improved considerably up there
during the course of the day today. He says fire crews were pulled off
the mountain yesterday for fear that they'd be trapped up there, but
that they were brought back in around noon, PT, today.
I'm also hearing word that KRTH 101.1 has switched from Wilson to its
aux transmitter in the Verdugo Mountains between Glendale and Burbank.
Speculation is that they may have a clogged air filter in their
transmitter from all the smoke...but keep in mind that it's almost ALL
speculation now, since nobody from the stations or the observatory is up
on the mountain, and won't be for a while yet.
s
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 13:56:25 -0700
From: "DXer1@ msn.com" <dxer1@xxxxxxx>
To: <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>, <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "tvfmdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tvfmdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IRCA] [Tvfmdx] Mt. Wilson
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Right under the web cam picture is says this "Note: the large amount of new smoke seen is due to backfires set by firefighters. This is the very best thing to do at the moment.
is also says that for updates about Mt. Wilson you can go to www.mtwilson.edu/fire.php
Craig
Denver
> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:48:15 -0400
> From: scott@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: tvfmdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Tvfmdx] [IRCA] Mt. Wilson
>
> HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS wrote:
> > Looks like fire may be between the Observatory and the Tower site. This
> > is too close! I'm not sure what the distance is between the two areas
> > but I think that the Observatory may be in more danger than the towers.
> >
> > Here is a Mt. Wilson blog:
> > http://www.mtwilson.edu/fire.php
> >
> > Last hour they said that it may be slightly improving but not according
> > to the webcam. Good luck!
>
> Word I'm hearing is that the smoke being seen on the webcam is from
> backfires being set on or near observatory property by firefighters.
>
> The director of the observatory was interviewed on NPR earlier this
> hour, and he said things have actually improved considerably up there
> during the course of the day today. He says fire crews were pulled off
> the mountain yesterday for fear that they'd be trapped up there, but
> that they were brought back in around noon, PT, today.
>
> I'm also hearing word that KRTH 101.1 has switched from Wilson to its
> aux transmitter in the Verdugo Mountains between Glendale and Burbank.
> Speculation is that they may have a clogged air filter in their
> transmitter from all the smoke...but keep in mind that it's almost ALL
> speculation now, since nobody from the stations or the observatory is up
> on the mountain, and won't be for a while yet.
>
> s
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