Re: [IRCA] mystery station on 690

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

I wouldn't bet on it running 14 watts. The signal strongly indicates they
are frequenctly running their day power.

Russ Edmunds
15 mi NW Phila
Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>

AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip
FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2);
modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15';
Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip


On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 7:05 AM, Stan Horzepa <stanzepa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Thanks, Russ. The mystery station was much stronger this morning and it
> positively identified as WELD. A nice new catch for me - 14 watts over a
> 370 mile path!
>
> Stan, WA1LOU
>
> On 3/30/2016 3:44 PM, Russ Edmunds wrote:
>
>> Likely you had WELD. They are heard frequently here before my local signs
>> on. They usually have a very good signal.
>>
>> Russ Edmunds
>> 15 mi NW Phila
>> Grid FN20id
>> <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (2) barefoot w/whip
>> FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
>> Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 2);
>> modified Sony ICF2010 w/APS9B @ 15';
>> Grundig G8 w/whip; modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Stan Horzepa <stanzepa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Driving to work at sunrise this morning, I had the radio tuned to 690
>>> trying to identify a station that was way down in the mud. A couple of
>>> times, I heard the announcer identify with two letters: W-B or W-E or
>>> some
>>> combination of the letter W followed by a letter that rhymes with E,
>>> obviously not a legal callsign, but probably a nickname of the callsign
>>> or
>>> somesuch.
>>>
>>> There was not much content --- some news and sports and ads. I thought
>>> West Virginia was mentioned once or twice. The only station on 690 in
>>> that
>>> state is WELD. Could they have been identifying WELD as W-E? I dunno.
>>> CKGM
>>> took over 690 about half way to work, so that is all I heard.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have a clue of what I heard? (I was traveling through central
>>> Connecticut at the time.)
>>>
>>> Stan, WA1LOU
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