Re: [IRCA] UPCOMING WOON 1240 DX TEST

["Tom Jasinski" <amdxer@xxxxxxxx>]

Though Morse Code can be easily identifible something with a little more
punch is needed to hear a DX Test from futher away on a crowded channel.  My
recommendations are to use sweep tones and staircase waves if at all
possible.  As others have mentioned the sweeps and staircase waves really
punch through the mush on a crowded channel.  One such experience here is
from  the WKDK 1240khz DX Test from Newberry, SC back in Feb. 2008.  The
morse code was buried in the mud and only bits and pieces were heard.  But
the sweeps and staircase waves made it easily here on the peaks (the high
frequency
portions of both type of wave forms).

We all know that there are fewer and fewer tests each year.  Just trying to
make it easier for more DX'ers to have a chance at hearing a test and in
this case from a rare state.  My two cents worth......

Tom Jasinski
Shorewood, IL

----- Original Message -----
From: "kevin redding" <dc2daylight@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America"
<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 9:30 AM
Subject: [IRCA] WOON 1240 retest


> ABDX re-presents the first DX test of the season. The WOON 1240 test  did
not run on Dec. 21 so an attempt is being made to run the test  again.
1240 kHz in Woonsocket, RI. This test will run Sunday morning  Jan. 18 at
0200 - 0300 ET / 0700 UTC.
>
> WOON 1240 is mono running 1 kW NDA.
>
> You can send your reports to Dave Richards via e-mail or regular mail.
>
> WOON/1240
> 985 Park Avenue
> Woonsocket, R.I. 02895-6332
> U.S.A.
>E-mail: dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (note: use the station callsign as the
> subject line so it's not disregarded as spam).
>
> The DX test will consist of:
>
> --Morse Code ID
>
> --Voice announcement about it being a test broadcast
>
> --Morse Code ID
>
> --WOON Radio Jingle, (sung) "O-N Radio.......in Woonsocket".
>
> These four elements will repeat, in that order, for 60 minutes from
> 2:00-3:00 EST on 1/18/09.
A special thank you to Jay, Ron Gitschier and others who made this  test
> possible.
>
> Kevin Redding, ABDX List owner
> And all the people at ABDX who made this possible
>
> Thank you to Jay Rogers and Dave Richards for running a DX test at  WOON

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