Re: [IRCA] 1710 yesterday heard in Scotland
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Re: [IRCA] 1710 yesterday heard in Scotland



Hello Ken,

The station was WQFG689 and is the only Emergency Radio Service authorized on 1710 in the USA. It runs 10 watts from Jersey City, NJ. It was started during Hurricane Katrina and continues because the recovery effort continues. You'll hear a lot of Homeland Security PSAs on the station.

For a QSL, contact:
James Woods, Coordinator of Emergency Management
County of Hudson (WQFG689)
555 County Avenue, Bldg. 11
Secaucus, NJ 07094
USA

My initial letter went unanswered until I followed up with a fax to the number listed in the FCC database: +1 201 369 5204. Mr. Woods explained that he was still very busy with the cleanup from the hurricane.

The other station you possibly heard there may have been Radio Celestial, a NYC church pirate. They were recently busted and fined. Their signal was quite wide-ranging and they had pictures of it on their website, which now appears to be streaming only, unless they have continued transmissions. I have not monitored recently.

The website address is www.smjrc.com. If you hear it again, you can compare against their webstream.

Congrats on some amazing DX!!

Al Muick
Whitehall PA  USA

On 1/31/2014 14:13, Ken, Scotland wrote:
I noticed someone has heard the same ann I have heard here in Scotland yesterday morning, 30th as well as 29th on 1710..

It gave the call of WQFG, and is in NJ...

There was a music station also mixing at times.... but couldnt id it... Soeil, or Celestrial??

My audio clip....with call repeated a few times at the start.. I just didnt have a peak at any time to record the whole ann, as it was very weak...

Rx Perseus SDR, and 500m beverage......

http://www.dxarchive.com/mw/audio/140130_0103_0257_wqfg_tis_stn_1710.mp3

Another dxer heard it in Scotland back in Sept I think it was,,,,,

The X band has been roaring its head off this last couple of days.....

Might be an ideal time for any naughty pirates to try 1720 again......
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