[IRCA] WDAB DX Test Results From Wilmington, DE

[Peter Jernakoff <Peter.Jernakoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

WDAB DX Test Report From Wilmington, DE:

27-Feb-06 || 0001 local || 1580 khz. || WDAB || 5 kw test power ||
Traveler's Rest, SC || Details provided below. || New. A 498 mile catch and
my first from SC.

A great test that was well heard at my QTH. The test started about 0001
east coast local time with a male in heavily accented English speaking the
following: "This is WDAB, 1580 AM, 5000 watts of power". He then quickly
switched over to Spanish: "Esta es WDAB quince ochenta …." which was
followed by additional commentary that clearly mentioned Traveler's Rest,
South Carolina.

MP3 clip of the above can be found here:

http://21centimeter.com/21centimeter/Recordings/1580-khz_WDAB-DX-Test_2-27-06_0001-Local.mp3

About 40 seconds later, a rising pitch warbling was heard followed by a
female speaking the following: "This is Whiskey-Dog-Alpha-Bravo conducting
transmitter testing" followed by 6 Morse code Vs, Morse code 'de' (from),
then three Morse Code W-D-A-B IDs followed by about 30 seconds of sweep
tones. The female spoken verbal ID and Morse code/sweep tone sequence was
then repeated 4 more times.

MP3 clip of the first verbal ID and Morse code/sweep tone sequence can be
found here:

http://21centimeter.com/21centimeter/Recordings/1580-khz_WDAB-DX-Test_2-27-06_0002-Local.mp3

About 12 seconds after the last set of sweep tones, there was a repetition
of the first male spoken ID which was then followed by Player's "Baby Come
Back".

MP3 clip of the beginning of the above song can be found here:

http://21centimeter.com/21centimeter/Recordings/1580-khz_WDAB-DX-Test_2-27-06_0008-Local.mp3

All of the above was then repeated for the next 30 or so minutes with
different (and great!) songs being played (Robert John's "Sad Eyes", Doobie
Brothers' "What A Fool Believes', Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street").

At 33 minutes into the test, heard Paul Walker's test ID with mentions of
test reception by Scott Fybush and Patrick Martin. Also mention of Les
Rayburn's e-mail address for those looking for QSL cards.

MP3 clip of Paul's commentary can be found here:

http://21centimeter.com/21centimeter/Recordings/1580-khz_WDAB-DX-Test_2-27-06_0033-Local.mp3

Many thanks to all who participated in getting this test scheduled and on
the air!!

73,

-Peter Jernakoff-
K3KMS
Wilmington, Delaware
www.21centimeter.com



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