Hello Ken,
The station was WQFG689 and is the only Emergency Radio Service
authorized on 1710 in the USA. It runs 10 watts from Jersey City, NJ.
It was started during Hurricane Katrina and continues because the
recovery effort continues. You'll hear a lot of Homeland Security PSAs
on the station.
For a QSL, contact:
James Woods, Coordinator of Emergency Management
County of Hudson (WQFG689)
555 County Avenue, Bldg. 11
Secaucus, NJ 07094
USA
My initial letter went unanswered until I followed up with a fax to the
number listed in the FCC database: +1 201 369 5204. Mr. Woods explained
that he was still very busy with the cleanup from the hurricane.
The other station you possibly heard there may have been Radio
Celestial, a NYC church pirate. They were recently busted and fined.
Their signal was quite wide-ranging and they had pictures of it on their
website, which now appears to be streaming only, unless they have
continued transmissions. I have not monitored recently.
The website address is www.smjrc.com. If you hear it again, you can
compare against their webstream.
Congrats on some amazing DX!!
Al Muick
Whitehall PA USA
On 1/31/2014 14:13, Ken, Scotland wrote:
I noticed someone has heard the same ann I have heard here in Scotland
yesterday morning, 30th as well as 29th on 1710..
It gave the call of WQFG, and is in NJ...
There was a music station also mixing at times but couldnt id
it... Soeil, or Celestrial??
My audio clipwith call repeated a few times at the start.. I just
didnt have a peak at any time to record the whole ann, as it was very
weak...
Rx Perseus SDR, and 500m beverage..
http://www.dxarchive.com/mw/audio/140130_0103_0257_wqfg_tis_stn_1710.mp3
Another dxer heard it in Scotland back in Sept I think it was,
The X band has been roaring its head off this last couple of days.
Might be an ideal time for any naughty pirates to try 1720 again..
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