[IRCA] 1700 KKLF DX test heard in NE Oregon

Hi Hue,

I just heard your DX test of 1700 KKLF, from 0606 to 0630 utc, December 4. I was tuned only to 1700 kHz.

The signal was very poor to poor, with brief periods of a few seconds to weak level. The sweep tones easily cut through the dominant "talkback weekend" program station; the morse code sometimes was easily heard as well.

I used a stopwatch synchronized to WWV's time signal, set to 0600:00 utc. The following is what I heard.

I did not record anything, and do not expect any verification of this, however you may find this report to be useful.

Thanks for putting this test on!

Steve Ratzlaff AA7U

Elgin, Oregon (NE Oregon)

AR-7030 receiver, 1600' E/W longwire

0607:17 utc code, then sweep tones began

0608:40 slow code

0609:04 sweep tones, easily heard in background

0611:13 sweep tones

0611:50 fast code then slow code

0612:55 sweep tones began

0613:53 slow code, brief fade up, "KKLF"

0614:42 code ended, then sweep tones

0615:34 sweep tones

0615:55 fast code "KKLF" fadeup

0616:45 code

0617:20 sweep tones start

0618:26 slow code, brief fadeup for a couple seconds

0619:09 code still, then sweep tones at 0619:23

0619:47 fast code "KKLF"

0620:20 slow code

0621:09 sweep tones

0621:32 fast code

0622:02 slow code "KKLF KKLF KKLF"

0622:56 sweep tones

0623:36 fast code, very brief fadeup

0624:11 fast code fadeup

0624:30 slow code "KKLF KKLF KKLF"

0625:26 sweep tones

0626:15 fast code

0626:40 slow code "KKLF KKLF"

0627:29 sweep tones

0627:50 fast code

0628:25 slow code "KKLF KKLF KKLF"

0629:18 sweep tones

test apparently ended at 0630, nothing more heard, background came up then. (My information indicated the test would only last 9 minutes but it lasted much longer.)