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[IRCA] Upcoming DX Tests (IMPORTANT)
- Subject: [IRCA] Upcoming DX Tests (IMPORTANT)
- From: "Les Rayburn" <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:10:26 -0600
With apologies, I made several critical errors
to the
last DX Test update concerning the upcoming tests for
WFIL and
WXCT. Both tests will occur on late Friday
night/Early Saturday morning on
January 8th, 2005.
Please read the correct information below. Thanks
to
Bill Dvorak and Saul Chernos for catching this error.
Special thanks to Dave Schmidt, Kent Winrich, Rene Tetro,
Ron
Barnes, and Ross Duclair for these tests! They should
insure a Happy New Year
for lots of DX'ers.
73 and Good DX,
Les
Rayburn, N1LF
IRCA CPC
Chairman
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WB3XNN 1620khz Milford, PA
TEST
Date(s): About December 15th thru end of January
Time:
Non-Critical Hours 09:15AM EST until 1445PM EST
Modes of Operation: 1KW
Daytime Non-Directional
Programming: Un-Modulated Carrier with ID's at TOH.
Test is being conducted by Digital Radio Engineering for
field
intensity experiments concerning area ground conductivity. A full
DX
Test will be conducted (hopefully at night) before the
competition of
measurements in January.
Below is the full text received from Dave
Schmidt:
WB3XNN - 1620 kilohertz should be on the air about
December 15th. This
station licensed to Milford, PA (near Port Jervis
and less than a mile from
NRC member BILL ALISAUKAS)) is being operated for
field intensity
measurements of the ground conductivity in the area.
This will be
operating during non critical hours (approx. 0915 til 1445)with
an
unmodulated carrier, ID's given on the hour. Power will be 1000
watts into
a 50 foot top loaded single tower. (For those in to tower
currents, that
adds up to 8.8 amps at 14 ohms!) Tests should continue
through the end of
January.
Reports can be sent to Dave Schmidt
c/o: Digital Radio Engineering, 2927 US Route
6, Slate Hill, NY
10973
****As for 12/30/04 I have not received any
reports of this station being on the air. If
you receive this test, please
e-mail me directly at:
les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*****
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WOKY 920 Milwaukee, WI
TEST
Date: Jan 2, 2005 (Late Sunday night into Monday
Morning)
Time: 11:55PM CST until 12:15AM CST (20 Minute Test)
Modes of
Operation: 11:55 until 12:10AM-Non-Directional 5KW
12:10AM Day Pattern
(Directional East) at 5KW
12:15AM 1Kw Night Pattern
Programming: Satellite
AM Standards (with occasional Morse Code)
Test is being conducted
by Mr. Kent Winrich, Engineer. He has requested
receptions reports be sent to
him at:
WOKY-AM
12000 West Howard Ave.
Greenfield, WI
53228
Mr. Winrich has specifically asked for recorded audio
reports. He will be creating
a special QSL card for confirmed receptions.
His e-mail address is:
KENTWINRICH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If anyone needs server space to host their recordings of the
test, I can
put them up on my server. That will prevent Kent from having a
very
full e-mail box after the test! E-mail me directly if you need space.
We have also provided Mr. Winrich with the popular "NRC Sweep
Tones"
which have proven to be successful, but no word yet if the station
will
be able to include them during the
test.
=====================================================================
ANOTHER
DUAL STATION TEST NIGHT-MARK YOUR CALENDARS
WXCT 990khz Southington, CT TEST
Date:
January 8, 2005 (Late Friday Night into Saturday Morning)
Time:
00:00AM EST to 02:00AM EST (2 Hour Test)
Modes of Operation:
00:00-00:30
Full day power 2.5kw and pattern.
00:30-01:00 1kw
Non-Directional
01:00-01:30 80 Watts Directional Night Pattern
01:30-02:00 Off air to allow locals to DX 990khz.
Programming: : Mixture
of Morse Code ID's, unique test tones, voice announcements and "most
notably,
you will hear music never heard before and probably never again on the radio!"
This special test is being conducted Mr. Ron Barnes, the Chief
Engineer. The test schedule makes it obvious
that Mr. Barnes is very
interested in seeing how the station performs over the entire test. If you can,
try to
observe how the signal changes strength as the power is reduced and
include that information in your
reports.
Any reception reports
should be sent to...
WXCT AM 990
440 Old Turnpike Road
Plantsville, CT 06479
ATTN: Ron Barnes CE
Information
about this test comes from a posting by Mr. Barnes to the "Radio-Info DX Web
Board" and
several e-mails exchanged with Mr. Barnes and noted DX'ers. I
suggest that DX'ers check the
board directly in the days leading up to the
event for any last minute changes:
http://www.radio-info.com/mods/posts?Board=dx
****Despite comments in some printed DX
Publications about this test schedule being less
than reliable, I consider it
to be 100%. Tune and don't miss this chance to add another
station from CT to
the
logs****
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WFIL
560khz Philadelphia, PA TEST
Date: January 8, 2005 (Late Friday Night/Early
Saturday Morning)
Time: 02:00-03:30 EST
Modes of Operation:
02:01 - 02:30 5KW Daytime Directional Pattern
02:31 - 03:00 2.5KW
Non-Directional
03:00 - 03:30 Off Air to allow DXers in our region of the
country to
DX other stations on 560 kHz.
Programming: Morse IDs, Voice
IDs, Tones, Marching Band Music - Stars and Stripes Forever, Washington Post
March,
Liberty Bell March (the old Monty Python
Theme)
Reception Reports should be sent to Rene Tetro by email at
rtetro@xxxxxxxxx or by snail mail
at:
Rene' Tetro,
Chief Engineer
WNTP-WFIL
117 Ridge
Pike
Lafayette Hill, PA 19444-1901
Mr. Tetro will be sending out
newly designed QSL Cards for each station with a special label/stamp on the
reverse side noting
the special DX Test to those who
respond.
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KFBK 1530khz Sacramento, CA
TEST
Date: January 23, 2005 (Late Sunday night into Monday
morning)
Time: 23:00PM PST-03:00 PST (4 Hours ID's ONLY Test)
Modes of
Operation: 50KW Night Time Directional Pattern
Programming: :60 and :30 Morse
Code and Phonetic Voice ID's Only during program breaks.
This
special test is being conducted by Ross du Clair, Ph.D.,- WA6VWY, who is the
Chief
Engineer for "News Talk 1530" and other Clear Channel stations. Due to
programming commitments, test will be limited to commercial breaks only
during
regular programming. ID's will consist of both Morse Code at 10WPM,
1000hz and
phonetic voice announcements...such as:
"This is Kilo
Foxtrot Bravo Kilo".
Reception reports should again be submitted
via e-mail directly to
Mr. du Clair at:
Duclair, Ross <rossduclair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
=============================================================================
Les Rayburn, director
High Noon Film
100
Centerview Drive Suite 111
Birmingham, AL
35216-3748
205.824.8930
205.824.8960 FAX
205.253.4867 CELL
http://www.highnoonfilm.com205.253.4867
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