Re: [IRCA] WNTP DX Test report.

["Les Rayburn" <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Curt,

Great report and an interesting DX setup. Could you e-mail me those
two clips direct? I'd love to hear them.

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Les Rayburn, N1LF
IRCA CPC Chairman


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W. Curt Deegan" <wcdeegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:23 AM
Subject: [IRCA] WNTP DX Test report.


> What follows is an overview of my report to Rene Tetro on the WNTP DX 
> Test.
> I want to add my public appreciation for his efforts in conducting this 
> test
>
>
> I am located in Boca Raton, Florida, some "990" miles from WNTP.  My
> receiving set-up includes an NRD-535D receiver, a pair of LF Engineering
> active vertical antennas (an H-800 and an M-601) mounted at 15 feet,
> separated by 25 feet and phased with a Quantum Phaser from Radio Plus+, 
> and
> then through a JPS ANC-4 Noise Canceler (now a product of Timewave).  This
> rather strange arrangement lets me almost totally suppress local noise 
> from
> TV, computers and the dreaded X-10 light dimmers.  The antennas fit nicely
> on the flat roof between my house over the patio and garage.  This is 
> almost
> as spacious as my back yard, which explains why I don't use long wires.
>
> This was my first participation in a DX Test and not as organized as it
> could have been.   Only after I had recorded to a digital recorder the 
> full
> hour plus, did I discover from the file date/time stamp that the recorder
> clock was not correctly set.  The times I reported had to be based on an
> estimate of when I started the recording.  I'll do better next time, I
> intend to record WWV on the other stereo channel to guarantee accurate 
> times
>
>
> Over all conditions were noise with slight static, and primarily WDYZ -
> Radio Disney from Orlando, FL, fading in and out, mixed with a muddle of
> unidentifiable other stations.  A strong signal on 980 (sounded like
> Jamaican, I'll have to do some research on that) was splattering onto 990,
> forcing me to use USB and some bandwidth maneuvers to clean up the signal.
> The level of noise gradually rose during the period of the test.  I was 
> only
> able to copy the sweep tones, though I did hear them several times.  One
> time, for only a couple seconds, at ~00:46:45 ET, I heard some band music,
> but not enough to identify.
>
> After 00:50:00 some extreme splatter was all there was, not even Disney
> getting through until right before the 01:00:00 hour and the end of the 
> test
>
>
> I attached two MP3 audio clips of 15 seconds each, which were the two best
> samples of my reception.
>
> W. Curt Deegan
> Boca Raton, Florida
>
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