[IRCA] Fwd: 580 KSAZ AZ - DX Test

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Subject: 	580 KSAZ AZ - DX Test
Date: 	Sun, 3 Apr 2011 22:24:56 -0400
From: 	Saul DX <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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DX TEST NOTIFICATION

Oregon DXer Patrick Martin relays word from Paul Lotsof of Arizona that 580
KSAZ in Marana AZ will test later this month.


Sunday morning, April 24, 0000-0300 PDT (0300-0600 EDT).

The station is known as Radio Ebineezer, programs religion in Spanish, and
will be running regular programming but at its 5,000-watt non-directional
day pattern. English IDs are anticipated on the hour. KSAZ transmits from an
array just west of I-10, about 15 miles NW of Tucson.

Paul Lotsof says the station (another individual made the decision) will not
be running tones or code, so anyone who thinks they have the station is
welcome to call him (Paul) at 520-290-9797 and he can confirm it by playing
it into the telephone.

I realize that the majority of us, myself included, greatly favour the
inclusion of morse code IDs, sweep tones, and such. And if fact without
these the chances of logging a station are significantly reduced. My own
case in point - from central Ontario, I anticipate zero chances of hearing
this (stations in Windsor and Ottawa ON are dominant). Sweeps and code would
be obvious and would spike through the other stations and present a sliver
of opportunity for me. Even Spanish religion - something I have never heard
on 580 here - is unlikely to be enough to do the job. My best guess is that
a few DXers within fringe-range (CA CO OR, TX OK) will hear the station.
This test will have virtually the same effect as a station running day
power/pattern at night, with regular programming and IDs. I'm also thinking
that DXers Down Under or in Hawaii might stand a chance. If I am at my Burnt
River site on the morning of Sunday April 24, I'll give it a go. But I put
my own odds at freaky-unlikely. I think I stand a better chance of hearing
FIBS on 530.

I say all this because I want to make the following point - that I think we
need to appreciate what we can get. The alternative is nothing. Furthermore,
I see noise-less tests as conversation-starters. Maybe there can be a "next
time". The same goes for tests organized at the last minute. We greatly
prefer tests with at least a month's notice. That enables publicity to be
included in DX club paper bulletins - some DXers do not have access to
e-mail or to computers - and for inclusion on the DX Audio Service (DXAS).
Many subscribers to DXAS also do not have access to computers. But
sometimes, an engineer will decide at the last minute to run a test. In all
these cases, we can only hope the test will be as widely heard as possible,
and that we can use this test, with any perceived shortcomings, to build a
bridge to another down the road that has more DXer-friendly features.

I will report QSL and related information when I have that.

So, go get 'em.

Saul Chernos
for the IRCA-NRC DX TEST COMMITTEE
sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx






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