was heard coast-to-coast across
North America.
Congratulations to John Hammond of Minneapolis/St. Paul who seems to have been
the first DXer to record an SSTV image during a DX Test. Will you join that
exclusive club tonight?
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailt
to Medium Wave DXing,
SSTV ham groups, etc. I’m buried at work today, so I won’t have time to
circulate this. The Courtesy Program Committee values your help.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & I
night were very good. See you
later tonight.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP Duo, Sony XDR-F1HD [XDR Gu
s, kids, and lives. Be patient. Be nice.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP Duo, Sony XDR-F1HD
han two minutes in
length. .MP3, .WAV or .MP4 video accepted.
SEE YOU THIS COMING LATE NIGHT SATURDAY/EARLY SUNDAY FOR THE “SPRING INTO DX"
TEST!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Court
o more than two minutes in
length. .MP3, .WAV or .MP4 video accepted.
SEE YOU THIS COMING LATE NIGHT SATURDAY/EARLY SUNDAY FOR THE “SPRING INTO DX"
TEST!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & I
Who’s excited about the WDFB 1170 AM DX Test tonight? A rare chance to log this
daytime-only station.
The testing will begin at 12:01 AM Eastern Time (05:01 UTC) on Saturday,
February 25th. The test will last for two hours. Set the alarm and don’t
forget!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l
thing beats this
one-on-one networking.
The station will be on the air testing for two hours, using their daytime
power. Don’t miss this chance to hear a rare daytime-only station. Otherwise,
you might have to wait another twenty years for the chance.
Les Rayburn, director
High Noon Media
at 23:59 on Feb 28 Pacific Time.
00:59 Mountain Time.
1:59 Central Time.
02:59 Eastern Time.
07:59 UTC.
Don’t miss your last chance to log the Talk of Las Vegas and the last whisper
of KDWN.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
M
of Las Vegas and the last whisper
of KDWN.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP Duo, Sony XDR-F1H
of KDWN.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP Duo, Sony XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Korner
9.2 Ant
thing beats this
one-on-one networking.
The station will be on the air testing for two hours, using their daytime
power. Don’t miss this chance to hear a rare daytime-only station. Otherwise,
you might have to wait another twenty years for the chance.
Les Rayburn, director
High Noon Media
thing beats this
one-on-one networking.
The station will be on the air testing for two hours, using their daytime
power. Don’t miss this chance to hear a rare daytime-only station. Otherwise,
you might have to wait another twenty years for the chance.
Les Rayburn, director
High Noon Media
DXing community to coordinate the these tests.
(I apologize for the delay in posting the test announcement. I contracted
COVID-19 on Dec 27, and have been struggling to recover.)
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63n
their
stocking. I got that straight from the Big Man, so you’ve been warned. He
knows!

DXer John Johnson at the WCGA Transmitter Site
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program
testing for two hours, using their daytime power
and pattern. Their antenna is a six-wire Ron Knott folded unipolar. Don’t miss
this chance to hear a rare daytime-only station and put a new one in the
logbook.

DXer John Johnson at the WCGA Transmitter Site
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@
0 AM.
This information is direct from WSB Chief Engineer Charles McKinney. We are so
grateful that Charles chose to alert the DX community of the outage.
Roll those recorders and see what you can get with the 50,000-watt powerhouse
off the air.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm
that we hope will add even more tests. Volunteers supplement
our work from both clubs, putting in long hours to make this successful. The
CPC is enormously grateful for their help.
I'll make sure to let you know more about this later.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailt
nd out group emails when QSLs
are issued.
Unpaid volunteers perform all work in verifying reports and sending you a QSL.
We all have jobs, spouses, kids, and lives. Be patient. Be nice.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Mayle
for keeping us informed of these outages.
Go Get ‘Em!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP Duo
Just confired here in Birmingham, AL. WSB 750 in Atlanta is off the air for
maintenance. Missed any announcement regarding duration.
Listen now or record.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC
listening or recording 750 kHz tonight, just in case. Outages of
this powerhouse don’t come along often.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member
The CPC Chairman is slowly working through last year’s test reports. After
completing my work, Joseph Miller, KJ8O, will design cards and send electronic
QSLs in the coming weeks. Please be patient with him.
KJJR 880 DX TEST
It’s doubtful if anyone in the past thirty years has been personally
t;,
located in Lamont, Alberta, Canada, to log the test. The receiver is connected
to a 250’ loop antenna, fed with a Wellbrook ALA100N preamp. This is a distance
of 885 miles, and the signal was loud and clear.
If you’d like to hear a nice MW remote SDR, you can listen to Stephen’s at
kiwi
ver!”
Martin Foltz, martinfo...@cox.net <mailto:martinfo...@cox.net>, of Sarasota,
Florida, battled QRM from Cuba to log WWKY on 990. He also used one of my
favorites, a Sony SRF-M37W, to pull in both stations. Martin sent along four
great recordings to document his great catches.
,
recordings, etc. Each test is organized into it’s own email folder, and
reception reports are archived there. I have them all—and the last thing I need
is more email.
Working on verifying recordings as we speak.
Please, DO NOT SEND DUPLICATE RECEPTION REPORTS. Thanks.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
into the recordings.
Can some of our passionate QSL collectors please let me know which tests still
need verifications sent out?
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chair
not mentioned. 50kw and daytime
pattern. If you missed tonight, you have another chance on Sunday morning.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member
morning and running until 0300 Monday morning.
But no decision has been made yet.
More details as we receive them. Please circulate this news widely on social
media, email lists, etc.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Mayle
, but it’s a rarely-heard daytime-only
station on the East Coast. And this same station will provide
even more goodies next Winter!
SEE YOU IN JUST A FEW HOURS! LATE NIGHT SATURDAY/EARLY SUNDAY FOR THE DUAL DX
TEST!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
n the East Coast. And this same station will provide
even more goodies next Winter!
SEE YOU LATE NIGHT SATURDAY/EARLY SUNDAY FOR THE DUAL DX TEST!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courte
That’s an impressive logging from Alaska! Now do WSM 650 kHz in Nashville, TN!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad
CA/NRC CPC would like to thank the owners of KJJR, Todd Clark, and Paul
Walker for helping to arrange the test. Best of luck to DX’ers!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Progra
get to
time travel to conduct a DX Test.
Best of luck to all who are attempting to hear this test. The NRC and IRCA
would like to thank Ron Schacht and the staff of KQKD for agreeing to run our
special material during their maintenance testing.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highno
staff of KQKD for agreeing to run our
special material during their maintenance testing.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF CPC Chairman
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Ch
test as possible.
The IRCA/NRC CPC would like to thank the owners of KJJR, Todd Clark, and Paul
Walker for helping to arrange the test.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Comm
Smith and the owners of WBOB 600
for helping to kick off the 2021-22 DX Season with a great test!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perse
for helping to kick off the 2021-22 DX Season with a great test!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy +
DX Test in the subject
line of the e-mail.
Only one QSL per DX’er. You may apply for the July 4th Special QSL even if you
have already received the test earlier.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Pers
SL even if you
have already received the test earlier.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified],
first class bulletins, access to technical
information in their archives, and the latest news on medium-wave DXing. Join
both today.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2
o the test. Fingers crossed.
Best bet is to tune in and record the session, perhaps find an online remote
SDR or live stream to verify your reception.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus
he CPC is not coordinating reception reports for tonights events, but we would
appreciate receiving .MP3, .WAV, or .MP4 video recordings of your receptions.
Send those to:
l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM6
fe to say that a new
record was set during this test.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Denno
These folks do all the real work of the CPC and never get enough
credit.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
X
, and George
Santulli . These folks do all the real work of the CPC and never get enough
credit.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay
uted to this situation, with his knowledge
of FM translator operations and remote switching. This points out the value of
having a true “committee” again. Each member brings talent and experience that
contributes to our overall success.
Stay tuned for an announcement soon on the new test date.
73,
Les Ray
Joe Miller, KC80, and our newest member, Loyd Van Horn, W4LVH. These folks do
all the real work of the CPC and never get enough credit.
And lastly the authors of the article that inspired the idea to begin with,
Barry Davies and Steve Whitt.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Oregon and the opportunity for some lucky DXer to break Tim Hall’s record.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1HD [XDR Gu
f KCUP for this rare DX test from
Oregon and the opportunity for some lucky DXer to break Tim Hall’s record.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discover
record.
10PM PST TILL 6:00 AM PST
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD,
IAL THANKS
Our special thanks to Steve Rubin, owner of KCUP for this rare DX test from
Oregon and the opportunity for some lucky DXer to break Tim Hall’s record.
MIDNIGHT PST TILL 1:00 AM PST
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Commi
pecial QSL card and handling
the verifications. We’re blessed to have dedicated volunteers on the CPC—but
always looking for more help. Please consider volunteering.
MIDNIGHT PST TILL 1:00 AM PST
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program
ndling the
verification. We’re blessed to have dedicated volunteers on the CPC—but always
looking for more help. Please consider volunteering.
MIDNIGHT PST TILL 1:00 AM PST
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member
ndling the
verification. We’re blessed to have dedicated volunteers on the CPC—but always
looking for more help. Please consider volunteering.
MIDNIGHT PST TILL 1:00 AM PST
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member
included WCUE,
CKOC, WHBY, and WIMA. This is #1 from Montana from my home in Sterling Heights,
Michigan.
-James Paige, Sterling Heights, Michigan
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus
, Michigan
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees
ake care of yourselves.
73 from Salzburg, Austria
Christoph Ratzer
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modi
also be accepted. Please include time stamps for each element that you
received—and describe the content as best you can.
If you’re really old school—you can send a SD card, USB key, cassette audio
tape, or even 1/4” reel tape to:
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
Please include
, or even 1/4” reel tape to:
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
Please include a SASE with return postage.
Those who are successful will receive a .PDF file of the QSL card, suitable for
printing. Please allow 2-3 weeks or longer to process.
Please only submit one report
reception.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Parka
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees
shortly.
For now, plan your holiday activities around these two great opportunities to
log Homegrown 1220 in Etowah, TN! See you late night TONIGHT!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Parka
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus
Test on
WNJC 1360 AM beginning at 8pm EST (1:00 UTC) till 6am EST (11:00 UTC). Thank
you for all the reports over the last week and hopefully a few DXers were able
to add us to their logs!
Thanks for listening!
Duke, kc2dux
CE of WNJC 1360 AM
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Parka
Maylene, AL
try to include
the exact time that you received each element and the order they were received
in. This can be matched against the source material.
We will also accept reception reports via US Mail. Mail reception reports along
with a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) to:
Les Rayburn
shortly.
For now, plan your holiday activities around these two great opportunities to
log Homegrown 1220 in Etowah, TN! See you late night on Christmas Day!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Parka
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA,
(the DX community) I think this is a Christmas miracle! We have decided to run
our Christmas DX test every night from now till Christmas Night. Special thanks
to Les Rayburn and the National Radio Club for putting the test material
together, it's a lot of fun to listen for!
Broadcast dates
e same station
throughout a good portion of the DX season.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified],
o have multiple tests from the same station
throughout a good portion of the DX season.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
shortly.
For now, plan your holiday activities around these two great opportunities to
log Homegrown 1220 in Etowah, TN!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Parka
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, Ai
of
custom materials for their test which is also high on my “to-do” list. Hope to
be able to announce something very soon.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, Ai
,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees RDS
Decoders, Korner
at 5kw to the SSE.
Thanks
John "Duke" Hamann, kc2dx
CE WNJC 1360 AM
_._,_._,_
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro,
o: l...@highnoonfilm.com <mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com>
Put this on your calendar, and don’t miss the chance to log a great station in
Northern Montana. Thanks again to CE Todd Clark and Paul Walker for this great
DX Test.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
.
Here is the latest update from the Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of IRCA &
NRC.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 P
Thanks again to CE Todd Clark and Paul Walker for this great
DX Test.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1H
, KC2DUX and the owners of WNJC for this amazing series
of DX Tests. Thanks to Paul Walker and Joe Miller for helping to arrange these
tests and working hard to gather more. Hats off to the CPC.
8PM EDT-MIDNIGHT
MIDNIGHT UNTIL 7AM EDT
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene
With thanks to Paul in Connecticut and the WoR group, the Courtesy Program
Committee is happy to pass along the following notification:
I just learned that 840 WHAS will go off the air again tonight for tower
maintenance starting at midnight EDT (0400Z). The length of the outage was not
n
weekend with the DXs out there!
Thanks for listening!
John "Duke" Hamann, CE WNJC 1360 AM
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2
x6 SASE to PO Box 84 Dennisville, NJ 08214. I ordered 250 QSL cards and gave
away 122 so far! I don't want to keep that many LOL! Look forward to having
another fun weekend with the DXs out there!"
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Co
will continue
much later into the fall/winter than normal-hopefully resulting in quieter
conditions.
Hoping conditions improve before tonight’s games and this weekend’s DX Test.
Special thanks to Joe Miller, KJ8O & Paul Walker for all their hard work on the
CPC.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 May
om <mailto:kc2...@duxpond.com> or snail mailed with at least a
4x6 SASE to PO Box 84 Dennisville, NJ 08214. I ordered 250 QSL cards and gave
away 122 so far! I don't want to keep that many LOL! Look forward to having
another fun weekend with the DXs out there!"
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
signal.
DX’ers on the West Coast should also be listening when the station returns to
the air—as their testing might provide a chance to log WPTF as well.
We’re very grateful to WPTF and Allan Sherill for the notification.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
ir receivers in the lower-sideband mode
(LSB). Since the WNJC transmissions are in AM Mode, they are effectively
double-sideband (DSB). Either sideband should work for reception.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
M
at
DX Test.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ra
.
The CPC prefers audio recordings in .MP3 or .WAV format. These should be
e-mailed to: l...@highnoonfilm.com
Put this on your calendar, and don’t miss the chance to log a great station in
Northern Montana. Thanks again to CE Todd Clark and Paul Walker for this great
DX Test.
73,
Les Rayburn
for the test! Best of luck and good DX.
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
_
Hard-Core-DX mailing list
Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com
http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-
n by e-mailing Duke Hamann at:
kc2...@duxpond.com <mailto:kc2...@duxpond.com>
If you would prefer a QSL card, you can send reception reports along with a
self-addressed stamped enveloped (SASE) to:
Duke Hamann, KC2DUX
P.O. Box 84
Dennisville, NJ 08214
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
in the making.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees
. Tons of help on the web. But don’t wait, test our
your receiver and computer today in order to be ready tonight for this historic
test.
FT8—What Is It and How Can I Get Started? – OnAllBands
<https://www.onallbands.com/ft8-what-is-it-and-how-can-i-get-started/>
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
this year than
normal—meaning less competition from summer static.
Go get ‘em!
Thanks to CPC Members:
Joseph Miller, KJ8O
Paul Walker
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FD
of WNJC, the IRCA/NRC Courtesy Program Committee,
Bruce Wickert and Steve Howe for all their help in arranging this test,
coordinating with the station, producing test materials, etc.
Antenna Pattern for WNJC (Nighttime)
_._,_._,_
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
in their pursuit to log new ones this year.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony
XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-15
thing to listen
for :)”
CPC NOTE: This is late night Saturday night-early Sunday on the East Coast of
the United States and Europe. WNJC’s normal night power is 800 watts, with an
antenna pattern that favors the SSE. There is also a smaller lobe towards the
NNW.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Ma
of WNJC for these long-duration
tests. Considering the test last night was at 1200 watts, it got out to amazing
distances.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member WTFDA, MWC
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, Ai
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the IRCA and NRC consists of:
Paul Walker
Joseph Miller, KJ8O
Les Rayburn, N1LF
In addition to arranging for DX Tests, we are providing weekly updates on how
the COVID19 virus is affecting high school football this season. Many states
are delaying
DX TEST TONIGHT
The WNJC 1360 test will be 0400-1000 UTC (Midnight EDT to 0600 EDT) Saturday
and Sunday Mornings (Late night Friday and late night Saturday).
Please cross-post reminders that the test is tonight on all DXing related
forums, loggers, etc.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair
>
Apologies for the confusion.
The WNJC 1360 test will be 0400-1000 UTC (Midnight EDT to 0600 EDT) Saturday
and Sunday Mornings (Late night Friday and late night Saturday).
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee C
. DXing isn’t foreign to him—it’s baked into the DNA.
Hoping the propagation gods are with us, and we start the new season off with a
real bang.
Good luck everyone.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee Chairman
Member W
-Patch, this station is on the air with only 100 watts…so
not much hope of stateside loggings, but some on the East Coast may want to
try.
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en=nl=https://www.albumam.nl/blog/page/2/=search
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
NRC &am
are rare
these days. I hope that everyone will join me in expressing our gratitude to
Daniel and Paul.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
Perseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2
1 - 100 of 108 matches
Mail list logo