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Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] Re: Big tonal mystery nationwide on 1610
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] Re: Big tonal mystery nationwide on 1610
- From: "chris and anne" <tantwo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:26:20 -0500
Hey all....I just phoned Kintronics....and they said it was not them. They have done no on the air testing in the last 24 hours.Also, I agree with Adam Myrow.......This has a slight Deja Vu feel to it....I remember a similar situation about 2 years ago that went unsolved. BTW, the tone was faintly audible here in northern S.C. until about 0930 EST . Now gone!! Chris Johnson K4CME
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Lenamon
To: ABDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:49 AM
Subject: [ABDX] Re: Big tonal mystery nationwide on 1610
I wonder if Chris Johnson guessed right. After plotting the
reported bearings from all over the country the most likely
location is the Appalachian area of TN/VA/NC. The reports
don't all agree but most of them do. Kintronics has a
Bristol, TN mailing address.
Jerry Lenamon, Waco Texas
--- In ABDX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "wghauser" <wghauser@...> wrote:
>
> Tone test on 1610 now? Glen[n], I just discovered a carrier on 1610
> kHz with a 1000 Hz test tone. I am in Columbus Ohio. It fades a
bit,
> have any ideas? (Chuck Adkins, 0118 UT Nov 29, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> At 2130 EST, I also heard the tone. And it STRONG!!! Slight fading,
> but stays around an S-9 on the Drake. Someone getting ready to come
> on the air???? Willis Monk, Old Fort, TN, IRCA via DXLD)
>
> Getting it --- not sure what it is. 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross,
> Barrington IL, 0232 UT Nov 29, IRCA via DXLD)
>
> I had the same tone here in northern South Carolina between 5 PM
and
> 6PM, with some QSB, but dominant on the freqency. Isuzu SUV radio
in
> the Walmart parking lot while the XYL shopped (Chris Johnson,
K4CME,
> IRCA via DXLD)
>
> Bearings, anyone? Seems N/S from here on the first cuts (Gerry
> Bishop, Niceville, FL, ibid.)
>
> Here is a guess with no substantiation. Maybe the guys up in Bluff
> City, TN --- Is it Kintronics?? I've heard them before testing
> antennas, etc. (Chris Johnson, K4CME, S.C., ibid.)
>
> Have it here in south N.H. S-9 with some fading. 2155 EST. Wasn`t a
> new one coming on in Canada?? Maybe we will hear from up north.
> 73 (Tom Jones, Mason N.H., ibid.)
>
> Neil, IRCA & Grupo DX FL Compays - OK, N-S of Gerry B & my NW - SE
> lob to general direction of TN per antenna testing theory. Other
> way, my NW-SE & Juan's NNW - SSE line cross around Sancti Spíritus -
> Ciego de Ávila area. =Z.= (PV Zecchino, FL, ibid.)
>
> Very rough DF from Memphis indicates bearing of about 80 degrees
> from my QTH, S9+. (Jim Pogue, Memphis, Tennessee USA, NRD-535, ICF-
> 2010 Wellbrook LA5030 loop, attic longwire, Quantum phaser, 0306 UT
> Nov 29, ibid.)
>
> I now have the test tone here in Arizona at about S-8 (Bill Block,
> Prescott Valley, AZ, Drake R8, 0309 UT Nov 29, IRCA via DXLD)
>
> It's in very strong in Delaware, with some fading (John Cereghin,
> Smyrna DE, 0310 UT, ibid.)
>
> OK - this now comes in line w/dc's 035 & my 012 - 030ish lobs on
two
> different RDF's. As ever, dc on money, working wrong side of the
> lobs w/Cuba, somewhere N? z (Paul Vincent Zecchino, FL, ibid.)
>
> Something here mixed with our local emergency station, WQPX, which
> is just about a mile from here. Just when I thought I would never
> hear anything but that on 1610... Can you QSL a Tone? (Bert New,
> Watkinsville, Georgia, Proudly Serving You Since 1964!, ibid.)
>
> No stronger than S4 (with heavy fading), but there ... here.
> (Bob Coomler, Cloverdale, CA, 0319 UT, ibid.)
>
> It's about S5 to S9 up here in Central Alberta, Canada. Stronger to
> the SE on the K9AY (Chris VE6RDC Dorn, 0323 UT Nov 29, ibid.)
>
> UNID tone on 590: Also heard strong tone here on/around 590 last
> night, but nothing there tonight (11/29 0000 UT and onward).
> However, same thing now heard 0100 and still on 0250 on/around
1610,
> very strong here. Same thing? BTW, it's now 0335, and tone is still
> blasting in on/around 1610. Related to following?
>
> UNID 1670: 11/28 around 1200 and also 1930 past 2025 but gone by
> 2045 re-check, heard music loop, didn't time it but seemed repeated
> every 10 or 15 minutes. All types of music, from classical to lite
> rock to big band to gospel! Absolutley no announcements of any
kind.
> Strong signal here. As strong as only 2 other X-banders heard here
> during day, 1650 WHKT/R. Disney in Portsmouth, VA and 1690 WPTX in
> Lexington Park, MD. So if not located here in WV, would definitely
> think in one of nearby states of Virginia, Maryland, or maybe
> Pennsylvania. Anyone have any ideas? (Alex Vranes, Harpers Ferry
WV,
> DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> As others have reported, 1610.03 kHz with test tone heard here in
SE
> FL. Shows on Spectran as 1, 2, and 3 kHz main frequencies in
> decreasing strength, with sidetones 30, 60, 90 Hz either side of
> each main frequency also at lower levels.
>
> Is that what it looks like to others? Another way of saying, are
we
> all hearing the same thing, though it is most likely we are.
> Direction from here NNW/SSE consistent with other reports from the
> area (W. Curt Deegan, Boca Raton, (southeast) Florida, 0325 UT Nov
> 29, [Ten-Tec RX-320D; LFE H-800; GAP DSP; JPS ANS-4], IRCA via DXLD)
>
> Since you asked... :-) It's extremely strong here, and since CJWI
> in Montreal is conspicuous by their absence, I strongly suspect
it's
> them. Meanwhile, I notice a possible format change on CHHA Toronto,
> with a lot of EE talk in between musical numbers, though still
> sprinkled with a bit of SS. PS: big signal from KRND-1630 in WY
here
> tonight... if you need 'em, check it out! -- (Barry McLarnon
VE3JF
> Ottawa, ON, 0327 UT Nov 29, ibid.)
>
> While trying for the tone station on 1610, I noted my new local HAR
> (or Part 15 or whatever) for CA-125 "South Bay Expressway" has
added
> a second transmitter (seemingly not // the first but the tape loop
is
> several minutes long so they could just be a few minutes out of
phase
> with each other). I'll see if I can find out how many transmitters
> they have and where they are located. 73, (Tim Hall, Chula Vista,
> CA, ibid.)
>
> Now S-9 at times and the loop says its due East of me (Bill Block,
> Prescott Valley, AZ, Drake R8, Quantum QX Loop, 0333 UT Nov 29,
> ibid.)
>
> I have a weak station under the tone, fading in and out, but no way
> to ID them --- the tone is too strong. It's absolutely pegging the
S-
> meter on my FRG-7 (John Cereghin, Smyrna DE, 0338 UT, ibid.)
>
> This thing is in well over half a country. Is CJWI due to upgrade?
> I'll try a DF in a bit 73 KAZ (Neil Kazaross, IL, 0338 UT, ibid.)
>
> F*&%ing loud here in central NJ, about S30. Bearing about 285/105
> here, just a hair north of due west or a hair south of due east.
> Totally kills the channel here, not that I hear much under two
> nearby TIS's anyway (Dave Hochfelder, Highland Park, NJ, Drake R8B,
> Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Quantum QX Pro Loop, copper pipe loop,
> and CB whip, 0347 UT, ibid.)
>
> It's S9+20 right now in New Brunswick at 0402 UT Nov 29 (Wade
Smith,
> New Brunswick, DX LISTENIING DIGEST)
>
> Finally had a chance to check it myself at 0405 UT Nov 29. It`s
> about 85 (or 265) degrees from this angle, the strongest signal on
> 1610, less than 1 kHz tone (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, ibid.)
>
> The tone on 1610 is a whopping S7 at 0424 on 29 Nov UTC. I'm using a
> N/S longwire. I'm due north of Columbus but it sounds as if the
> signal is stronger than in Columbus, based on Chuck's description.
> 73/Liz (Liz Cameron, Detroit MI, ibid.)
>
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