Re: [IRCA] WCXH-780 DX Test

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had the same code Nick and Patrick reported at 0411, plus a similar 
one at 0438.  I'm not totally convinced it's the WCXH test - for one 
thing I can only hear the code on the lower sideband.  It sounds  high 
speed and I haven't been able to recognize any letters yet (and to think 
at one time I copied at 13 wpm well enough to get my ham ticket....).   
I've been running it through Audacity this morning but haven't yet 
convince myself that either code sequence is a WCXH ID.

This was heard using the SDR-IQ and K9AY.  I had decent (but not 
complete) nulls on KTTH-770 and KKOH, so 780 was a mix of WBBM and KKOH 
most of the time.

This would be a new state for me too (after 43.5 years of DXing), if I 
can convince myself I heard it.

Bruce

Nick Hall-Patch wrote:
> At 16:50 24/11/2007, Barry wrote:
>
>   
>> Thanks for the test!  Too bad conditions weren't the greatest.
>>     
>
> Thanks from here also.....conditions may not have been the greatest, 
> but they still allowed snippets of code through at 0411EST and 
> lasting about 30 seconds.  So far I only have a "C" for sure, but 
> will have to filter and otherwise work away at this before I will 
> claim it for sure, but don't know what else it could be.   The code 
> seemed to be at a frequency in excess of 1 kHz, which may be an 
> identifying characteristic also.
>
> Heard using an R8 and a 3 foot square unamplified box loop set to 
> null KKOH (this seemed to be the most reliable nulling I could 
> get).  Most of the test period was WBBM and KKOH trading places.
>
> This would be a new state for me (after 30+ years of listening from 
> this city), so something was right even if it wasn't conditions.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick

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