Re: [IRCA] 1700 KKLF DX test heard in NE Oregon

[saulamdx <saulamdx@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bet this test gets heard by you-know-who across the
Pond.

;-)


--- Steve Ratzlaff <steveratz@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I heard the DX test of 1700 KKLF, here in NE Oregon.
> Here's the email I just sent to Hue Beavers:
> Steve
> 
>
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> 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.)>
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