Re: [IRCA] [Amdx] WBGW-1590 DX test makes it - barely > Toronto

[Saul DX <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pat Martin and Shaun Axelrod reported a tone of some sort at just about that
time.  Shaun says he heard more than that; for Pat, that was all. Perhaps 
they or other can comment...



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Nollman" <billct97@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Saul DX'" <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "'IRCA list'"
<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <amdx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 10:42 PM
Subject: RE: [Amdx] WBGW-1590 DX test makes it - barely > Toronto


> Saul;
>
> Listening to my recordings now. Do you know if between 05:19:40 and
> 05:20:00
> UTC they did a 1 or 2 kHz test tone (20 seconds exactly) ?
> I have an ESPN station and Oldies station sounding like a graveyard
> channel
> but all of a sudden heard the tone clear enough to time it out.
>
> Bill Nollman
> Farmington, CT.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Saul DX
> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 10:23 AM
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> Subject: [Amdx] WBGW-1590 DX test makes it - barely > Toronto
>
> Well, I ended up in the most challenging location I could feasibly end
> up -
> downtown Toronto - and staying awake paid off. I've heard WBGW in Toronto
> before, but certainly not from downtown where I have a 1430, 1540 and 1610
> triple-play a mile or three away at Toronto Island. I thought I heard bits
> of tone here and there but it was so weak I still am not sure. I was
> starting to DX the Land of Nod when I was startled awake by a set of call
> letters, probably about half-way through. Then at 1:50 EDT I heard
> unmistakeable bugle sounds, albeit a bit weak. At first I thought it was
> jazz, say a trumpet, as it faded up. I stuck around another ten minutes,
> to
> the TOH, and heard nothing else except WAKR.
>
> I don't think I've ever heard bugle calls used for a DX test.
>
> I'm super glad I brought my loop-stick-modified Tecsun 380 ULR with me
> when
> I came back from Burnt River last time around. Much more fun than getting
> into my car, driving around, and hoping for the best. So this is a relog
> to
> my Toronto log, but new using an ULR.
>
> Looks like it got out fairly well - I wonder if the tone Pat Martin heard
> in
>
> OR was the same as Shawn Axelrod in MB!
>
> I am off to Burnt River this morning for just under a week, and later this
> weekend I'll assemble a report of who heard what and feed it back to these
> lists and to the two clubs and the DX test web site; and make that report
> part of a thank-you to the station.
>
> Saul Chernos
>
>
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