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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs July 3-4-5, 2022 (Glenn Hauser)
2. CPC DX Test QSL Report KJJR 880 Whitefish, Montana (Les Rayburn)
3. Jen`s shows on podcasts (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 21:25:05 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: WOR DXLD <w...@groups.io>
Cc: Short-Wave Radio Listening <s...@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs July 3-4-5, 2022
Message-ID: <1019914553.815288.1657056305...@mail.yahoo.com>
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** CUBA. 13651 & 13749 approx., July 5 at 1441, S5/S7 spurblobs
extremely distorted with no readable audio, JBM even in FM mode, but
telltale F# tone. So plus/minus ~49 kHz out of 13700 AM transmitter.
Also weaker at X2 = ~98 kHz offsets, 13798 and obscured by 13605
Mart?, on 13602. Also X3 = ~147 kHz, JB detectable circa 13554 and
maybe 13846 vs 13845 WWCR. Something`s always wrong at RHC (Glenn
Hauser, OK, WOR)
** OKLAHOMA. 99.5, July 4 at 1739 UT as a big sporadic E opening is
underway, currently from Utah but not yet compiled, something here
instead of usual fringe KXBL Henryetta --- Waynoka in western OK
mentioned and then, and then --- ``1430 AM, KALV``. That`s in nearby
Alva which I can barely hear on 1430 with direxional pattern and/or
QRP. This is NOT in the WTFDA FM database: must be a new? translator,
as I do find it at FCC FM Query:
``K258GZ OK ALVA USA FX LIC Licensee: REMEMBER RADIO, LLC
Service Designation: FX Translator Station (retransmits signal,
different channel than main station) [but NOT specified KALV or any]
Channel/Class: 258D Frequency: 99.5 MHz Licensed
File No.: 0000106074 Facility ID number: 203242
LMS Application ID: 25076f917036859c017045c234d2086b (Assigned
numerical ID: 0000106074) Licensed date: 2020-03-11``
Well, that was over a biyear ago; if it`s really been on, had not
noticed it before. Translators are often owned by another party as a
station makes a relay deal, but KALV 1430 also belongs to Remember
Radio (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR) More OK under USA
** U S A [and non]. WORLD OF RADIO 2145 monitoring: confirmed UT
Tuesday July 5 at 0030 on WRMI 9395, S9/+5 into Maryland SDR. Next:
2230 UT Tuesday WRMI 9955 to SSE [jammed by Cuba]
2330 UT Tuesday WRMI 9395 to NNW
1000 UT Wednesday Unique R, Australia 5035-USB or 3210-USB
1030 UT Wednesday WRMI 5850 to NW
2100 UT Wednesday WBCQ 7490v to WSW
0030 UT Thursday WRMI 9395 to NNW
0130 UT Thursday WRMI 5010 to S; 9395 to NNW
Full schedule including AM, FM, webcasts, satellite, podcasts:
http://www.worldofradio.com/radioskd.html
For these noncommercial services, voluntary financial support is much
appreciated; thanks this week to Terry Colgan, Austin, TX for a
contribution
via PayPal in US funds, but not necessarily, to woradio at yahoo.com
and says, ``Thanks for your continuing dedication to the radio
listening
hobby. Best wishes for health and good DX``
One may also contribute by MO or check in US funds on a US bank to:
Glenn Hauser, PO Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 (Glenn Hauser, OK, WOR)
** U S A. Sporadic E FM DX opening UT Sunday July 3 from 0129 to 0217;
a few Mexicans at first already reported.
88.1 at 0133, Spanish music, tropical, ``carnaval`` repeatedly
refrained. But segu? to English song, ``River So Wide``. Despite Es in
progress from AZ/Sonora border area, suspect this be KWOU Woodward OK
relaying KGOU Norman, during `Global Sojourn` show at 8-10 pm CDT
Saturdays, including a playlist which may be what I heard but not
obvious hits:
8:28 PM TITLE: Bomba Swing COMPOSER: W.Cepeda ARTIST:
William Cepeda & Afrorican Jazz ALBUM: My Roots & Beyond
8:35 PM TITLE: River Jordan COMPOSER: n/a ARTIST:
Peter Broggs ALBUM: Progressive Youth
88.1 at 0207 indeed ``Global Sojourn`` but with DX CCI in Spanish
100.3 at 0139, rock YL DJ, ``on the beat``. If a station slogan, the
only two are nowhere near the PTA:
WMVN 100.3 SYLVAN BEACH NY HD RHYTHMIC CHR THE BEAT 6.0 kW 100.0 m
KATZ-FM 100.3 BRIDGETON MO HD URBAN CONTEMPORARY 100.3 THE BEAT 17.0
kW 120.0 m [near St Louis like 1600 KATZ]
More likely in the AZ/CA border PTA:
KJMB-FM 100.3 BLYTHE CA ADULT CONTEMPORARY KJMB FM 100.3 36.0 kWH only
17.0 m horizontal only
I do not see Beat mentioned on website but does not rule it out:
https://kjmbradio.com/ --- 1552 km = 964 mi
One thing I resist for lack of time is monitoring streams of stations
later for something matchable.
100.7 at 0140, Catholic talk in English about Loreto. Nothing fits in
AZ or NV, and the closest in CA is rather far-fetched:
K264CK relays:KHOT-1250 100.7 FRESNO CA RELIGIOUS TEACHING IMMACULATE
HEART RADIO 0.25 kW --- 1953 km = 1213 mi; and it takes some doing to
audiblize against adjacent local 100.9 KGWA translator. Faked out by
something nearby in KS or OK? No Catholix listed. Possibly religious
but not exclusively Catholic tho seems unlikely, such as KWRD Highland
Village TX north side of The Metroplex, a Salem outlet so presumably
evangelical/Protestant. 375 km = 233 mi. 94.9 log below points to
north TX.
102.1 at 0140, soft rock and talk about music, or CCI
94.9 at 0146, Eyemart Express ad, fade. I figure it`s a national ad
but search leads right back to several locations in OK, and a few in
adjacent states KS, MO, TX. OK has only two unlikely translators; KS
has two distant full-powers in Concordia, Shawnee, but nearest is:
KIND 94.9 ELK CITY KS HOT AC 6.0 kW 82.9 m --- not the Elk City in OK!
This is just west of Independence in the SE, not very close to Wichita
where Eyemart has its only two KS stores. Nothing near Joplin MO.
However, both TX locations hit close geographical correlations:
Eyemart Wichita Falls, near Electra:
KOLI 94.9 ELECTRA TX COUNTRY 94.9 THE OUTLAW 50.0 kW 150.0 m --- 279
km = 174 mi
and Eyemart Flower Mound, N side of The Metroplex, near
Arlington:
KLTY 94.9 ARLINGTON TX HD CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN 94.9 KLTY 99.0 kW
508.0 m --- 413 km = 256 mi; so apparently extended groundwave on a
channel normally vacant here, not even the KOSU Ponca City translator
93.5 at 0158 ads, CCI with KS, tostadas, Gonz?lez Meat Market in
Lancaster, State Farm. 0200 ID for Rosamond-Lancaster-Palmdale, so:
KQAV 93.5 ROSAMOND CA CLASSIC HIP-HOP OLD SCHOOL 93.5 6.0 kW 27.0 m
//KOSS 1380/K272FI 102.3/K296GX 107.1 --- 1841 km = 1144 mi
94.3 at 0209, ``The Duck, giveaways all summer``; CCI from song mixing
Spanish and English; 0212 ``hits back to back 24 hours a day, 94-3``;
0217 rock, about a sex pill [so not Bott!], tickets to Six Flags [over
something? not TX. Probably Magic Mountain as in L.A.], ``right here
on The Duck, 94 days of summer`` and end of opening:
KDUC 94.3 BARSTOW CA RHYTHMIC CHR THE DUCK 4.6 kW 239.0 m --- 1735 km
= 1078 mi (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, WOR)
This report dispatched at 2124 UT July 5
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 17:49:50 -0500
From: Les Rayburn <l...@highnoonfilm.com>
To: mwcir...@groups.io, IRCA List <i...@groups.io>, via NRC-AM
<nrc...@googlegroups.com>, "m...@ultralightdx.groups.io"
<m...@ultralightdx.groups.io>, WAYNE HEINEN <nrc.e....@gmail.com>,
o...@groups.io, b...@groups.io, Hard-Core-DX
<Hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, Tore Larsson
<torelarsson...@gmail.com>
Cc: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <alaskaradion...@fastmail.com>, DX Central
<w4lv...@gmail.com>, Joseph Miller <k...@californiamail.com>
Subject: [HCDX] CPC DX Test QSL Report KJJR 880 Whitefish, Montana
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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
responsible for arranging as many tests as a broadcaster & Alaskan DXer, Paul
Walker. On January 8th, 2022, Paul leveraged a friendship with Chief Engineer
Todd Clark to arrange for some transmitter maintenance at KJJR also to be used
for a DX Test.
The test ran for two hours, starting at midnight local time and running until 2
AM. It was conducted at KJJR?s daytime power level of 10,000 watts. For many,
it would provide the first realistic opportunity to log the state of Montana,
and it didn?t disappoint.
The CPC would like to thank CE Todd Clark for his continued support of the
DXing community.
SOAPBOX:
Walt Salmaniw, can...@gmail.com <mailto:can...@gmail.com>, was among the first
to report the reception of the KJJR test from his post in Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada. He utilized a Perseus SDR receiver and an unterminated NW
Beverage antenna, some 750 feet in length. Some QRM from CHQT in Edmonton and
KIXI in Seattle, but the sweeps cut through that like a hot knife through
butter. Well done, Walt.
Tuomo Vesala, tuomo.ves...@pp.nic.fi <mailto:tuomo.ves...@pp.nic.fi>, used a
Perseus SDR and a 2,800-foot Beverage antenna directed towards North America to
log the test from his shack in Ivalo, North Finland, a distance of 4,113 miles.
An amazing achievement! Now, all I need to do is convince about 30 of my
neighbors to tear down their houses and move so that I can erect a similar
antenna at my QTH! As the kids like to say, ?I?m Jelly,? Tuomo.
Not to be outdone, Tore Vik, t...@online.no <mailto:t...@online.no>, also
employed the combination of Perseus SDR (with JAGUAR software) and a 3,000-foot
Beverage antenna to snag the KJJR test from a remotely-located monitoring post
in Andoya, Norway. This reception was 3,928 miles from the station, yet the
Morse Code IDs and sweep tones were an armchair copy. A truly impressive
reception, Tore.
Closer to home, Milwaukee?s Tom Kirk, ym...@wi.rr.com <mailto:ym...@wi.rr.com>,
used the bulletproof RFSpace Cloud-IQ SDR and a phased two-wire system to
maximize the signal from Montana. He had a lot of competition from WCBS in New
York and CKLQ but managed to pull out 1 kHz continuous tones, Morse Code IDs,
and more.
Longtime CPC Committee member Paul Walker, alaskaradion...@fastmail.com
<mailto:alaskaradion...@fastmail.com>, who helped to arrange the test, managed
to hear it in McGarth, Alaska, without freezing to death! Paul often does his
DXing standing in a field of snow with a portable radio and a large diameter
FSL (Ferrite Sleeve Loop) antenna built by Gary DeBock. Imagine hearing a
station at a distance of 1,847 miles with an Ultralight portable!
Steve Howe, sh...@albany.edu <mailto:sh...@albany.edu>, had convinced himself
that his 30-year-old Sony ICF-2010 and Radio West loop antenna were not up to
logging Montana from his home in Saint Albans, Vermont. Incredibly with
powerhouse WCBS so close by. He was shocked to hear Morse Code IDs and sweep
tones under the New York blowtorch starting at 0701 UTC. Never doubt a legend,
Steve?and the Sony 2010 is certainly that.
The country total for KJJR continued to grow with a report from Kanngardarna
Djura in the middle of Sweden. It?s a small village with red wooden houses,
birch trees, and small lakes. It?s also the home of DXer Stefan Gustavsson,
stefan.dj...@telia.com <mailto:stefan.dj...@telia.com>, who was thrilled to log
Montana on 880. Stefan utilized a Perseus receiver and a 2,460-foot-long
Beverage antenna. His reception at 4,390 miles was also an armchair copy. I
don?t know about all of you, but I have a new thought when someone asks me if
I?d like an ?adult beverage.? Yes, please!
More fitting to my real estate holdings and budget, Stan Weisbeck,
st...@rocketmail.com <mailto:st...@rocketmail.com>, logged the test from Las
Vegas, Nevada, on an XHDATA D-808 portable receiver. Stan took a few minutes
out from enjoying his grandson?s birthday party to hear sweep tones and Morse
Code IDs from Montana. A hot-rodded XHDATA D-808 graces my shack, too, thanks
to the generosity of Gary DeBock. It?s a fantastic MW receiver.
Stan Weisbeck made a wise decision by trying for the test only briefly before
returning to his grandson?s party. Family should always be our priority. But it
could be argued that Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU made an even better decision. After
looking at a map and listening to powerhouse WCBS from his home in Wolcott, CT,
he decided to stay in bed! If someone ever decides to test on 650, I?ll do the
same thing. WSM is unnullable by human technology from Alabama. Well played,
Mr. Horzepa.
Sean Breazeal, talk2...@medievalcoinage.com
<mailto:talk2...@medievalcoinage.com>, of Stansbury Park, Utah, live-streamed
his reception of the KJJR test on YouTube. Using an RSPdx SDR, Wellbrook
ALA1530LNP loop antenna, and SDR Console software on the RF side, Sean utilized
QBS Studio to ?broadcast? the stream to YouTube. You can watch and listen to
the entire test at the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkZaUbKS9kE&t=2826s
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkZaUbKS9kE&t=2826s>
It?s a brave new world, boys and girls!
Sal Dominianni tried his best to pull in the test. But his current shack is
inside a ground-floor apartment in Richmond, KY. He?s utilizing a
neighbor-friendly 50-foot-long wire but is blocked by nearby structures to the
NW. Despite his obstacles, Sal manages to hear some impressive DX, including
Canadians, Cubans, and more. Hang in there, Stan.
The DX Gods also shut out Ronald Musco. He lost a lot of sleep from his frosty
locale in Windsor, CT. He heard some remnants of what may have been Morse Code
at one point, but nothing he could claim as a good reception. Ronald has logged
some impressive DX over the years, needing only Idaho to complete the lower 48
states.
Rolf Ronnberg, reo...@hotmail.com <mailto:reo...@hotmail.com>, did much better
with his remote SDR in Parkalompolo, Sweden. His recording had sweep tones
coming through better than we heard in Alabama. This is despite a distance of
4,108 miles between transmitter and receiver. An impressive reception, sir.
Robert Wein, wien...@aol.com <mailto:wien...@aol.com>, provided a
nine-minute-long recording of his reception from Albuquerque, NM. The test
faded in and out a bit but was overall very clear. This was accomplished using
a barefoot C Crane portable radio. KJJR shared the frequency with KRVN in
Lexington, Nebraska, and KHAC in Tse Bonito, New Mexico. But the sweep tones
and Morse cut through quickly.
Robert Ross, va...@rogers.com <mailto:va...@rogers.com>, has never failed an
audiogram. He can hear a needle drop at 60 yards! True to form, he listened to
the KJJR test from his shack in London, Ontario, Canada. He?s equipped with the
Elad FDM-S2 SDR and a Wellbrook LNP Imperium loop antenna. Nice catch, Rob.
Robbie, challenger82...@yahoo.com <mailto:challenger82...@yahoo.com>, checked
in from Green River, Wyoming, to report he picked up the KJJR test on his
barefoot DX-398 portable. He had some interference from KRDN in California but
heard KJJR well enough to hear the voice announcements. Keep those reports
coming in, Robbie.
Speaking of California, Rick Ferranti, rem...@juno.com
<mailto:rem...@juno.com>, checked in from the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge
in San Francisco to report his reception of KJJR. 10kW Spanish language station
KKMC in Gonzales, CA, gave him a fight, but his Wellbrook ALA-1530 loop and
Ten-Tec RX-340 saved the day. Great catch, Rick.
Rob Keeney, rkeeney...@gmail.com <mailto:rkeeney...@gmail.com>, used the
high-performance AirSpy HF+ Discovery and the Wellbrook ALA1530LNP antenna to
record sweep tones, Morse Code IDs, and the telephone off-hook howler to nail
down his reception from Big Sky country. His nemesis was WCBS, the blowtorch
from NYC. He wanted to thank Todd Clark for the test personally. Happy to pass
that along, Rob.
Per Ericsson, per.eriks...@aol.com <mailto:per.eriks...@aol.com> used a remote
KiwiSDR that he built and maintained in Parkalompolo, Sweden, to log the test
signals from Whitefish. The SDR is connected to a 3,000-foot-long Beverage
antenna pointed toward North America. It is up about 15 feet in trees and runs
through a forest so that elks won?t disturb it. The signal is evident. It is
hard to imagine that the AM station is over 4,000 miles away. Hear for yourself
at:
<>www.eriksson.info/2022/kjjr.mp3 <http://www.eriksson.info/2022/kjjr.mp3>
As best I can tell, the KiwiSDR remote site in Northern Sweden is a ?club?
operation, purchased and maintained by a group of MW enthusiasts who enjoy the
low-noise location and remarkable antennas. It sounds like an idea that might
also have merit here in the states.
KJJR was logged in yet another country, Finland. Per-Ole Stuntman,
poste...@gmail.com <mailto:poste...@gmail.com>, used the legendary JRC NRD525
receiver he purchased long ago from Universal Radio in the USA for his
reception. It is connected to a 2,788-foot-long Beverage antenna directed
towards the Western US. He heard the test relatively easily despite some QRM
from CHQT in Edmonton. His listening post in Jakobstad, Finland, is 4,346 miles
from Big Sky Country. What an achievement.
Paul Staupe, sta...@gmail.com <mailto:sta...@gmail.com>, used a more modest
Beverage antenna in Minneapolis for his reception. At 500 feet in length, it
did a great job pulling in Morse Code IDs and sweep tones despite some bullying
by WCBS. Paul didn?t have the correct termination dialed in, so NYC was also
very loud. We can only dream of such antennas for those of us on city lots.
Nice catch, Paul!
Good friend Patrick Martin, sta...@gmail.com <mailto:sta...@gmail.com>, used
his 370? Beverage-On-The-Ground (BOG) antenna and a Drake R8 to put KJJR into
his logbook. He noted their ?very strong as expected? signal at his shack near
Seaside, Oregon. Whitefish, Montana, is 450 miles East of his QTH. Well done,
sir.
Wayne Heinen, N0POH, wa...@wayneheinen.com <mailto:wa...@wayneheinen.com>,
logged the test from his station in Aurora, Colorado (near Denver) under
partially nulled KRVN. It came in well enough for Wayne to hear the opening
voice announcement. This is how you roll when you?re the Chairman of the Board
of the oldest Medium Wave DXing club in the world, The National Radio Club.
It?s a relog for Wayne, but he?s never obtained a verification. Fear not,
Wayne, it?s on the way.
Phil Chiello, Jr., pjchiell...@yahoo.com <mailto:pjchiell...@yahoo.com>, of Elm
Grove, WI, couldn?t copy any voice announcements during the test period, but
the sweep tones and Morse Code came through loud and clear. He had his hands
full with QRM: Sports talk from WKJG in Fort Wayne, IN, Coast To Coast talk
from WPHM in Port Huron, MI, and an unidentified station playing pop music. His
Sony 2010 portable was up to the task, as this great receiver usually is. Well
done, Phil.
Arizona is in the chat with Mitch Plehn, KJ7CAT, itfcblue2...@gmail.com
<mailto:itfcblue2...@gmail.com>, pulling in the test using his AirSpy HF+
Discovery and the small but mighty YouLoop antenna. Despite blowtorch, KRVN out
of Lexington, NB muscling in, Mitch could hear sweep tones and Morse Code IDs.
If you?d like to see and listen to what it sounded like in Arizona, watch his
MP4 video here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fz0Lp8156yw3VeFDAhkhkLnfySfzq0YE/view
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fz0Lp8156yw3VeFDAhkhkLnfySfzq0YE/view>
Mike Jeziorski, mjezior...@gmail.com <mailto:mjezior...@gmail.com>, added
Mexico to KJJR?s attempt to earn ?DXCC? in a single night. We?ll need to get a
ruling from the American Radio Relay League, but Todd Clark should at least get
an honorable mention. He employed a Perseus SDR and a W6LVP loop oriented to
favor the test. While weak, Mike's recording had clear Morse Code IDs several
times in length. He notes that at night he typically hears KRVN and, on
occasion, WCBS from his shack in Juriquilla, Queretaro, Mexico. At nearly 2,500
miles, this is a great catch, Mike.
Mike Booker, keval.m...@gmail.com <mailto:keval.m...@gmail.com>, heard the
sweep tones from his monitoring outpost in Toronto, Canada, just after 0201.
This, despite the influence of the ?800-pound gorilla, WCBS? nearby. I?ve DXed
from Toronto on business trips and can vouch that NYC stations blast into the
area. Nicely done, Mike.
Speaking of DXing from hotels, Martin Foltz happened to be staying in a hotel
during the evening. Despite his efforts, local noise in the room prevented him
from hearing the KJJR test. He managed to log KPLZ and an unidentified Spanish
station on his Sony Walkman portable. If we can beg, beguile, or bribe Todd
Clark into a future test, maybe Martin can be back home with the Hammarlund
receiver and have better luck.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION, markwa1...@aol.com <mailto:markwa1...@aol.com>, somehow
nullified WCBS well enough to hear sweep tones and Morse Code underneath. Mark
had even better luck during the KJJR test on May 2, 2020. Listen to that
remarkable clip here:
https://app.box.com/s/hhsk6toz6kn8yn8u5w209c7lzhlnjv7g
<https://app.box.com/s/hhsk6toz6kn8yn8u5w209c7lzhlnjv7g>
This is from his shack in South Yarmouth, MA, in FN41.
Super-DXer Mark DeLorenzo, midcapem...@aol.com <mailto:midcapem...@aol.com>,
didn?t envoke a superhero catchphrase when he heard the KJJR test from his post
in South Dennis, MA but instead a comical Marine. ?Surprise! Surprise!? was all
Mark could muster when he heard the sweep tones loud under WCBS. He had
recorded the test audio using Total Recorder software and was doing playback
the next day. The AirSpy HF+ Discovery and East/West Delta loop did the job.
This is Montana #2 for Mark, with the other station being KGHL-790 in Billings
back in 1968. Mark credited the sweep tones for his reception.
Larry Fravel, K8YYY, lfra...@suddenlink.net <mailto:lfra...@suddenlink.net>,
heard only snippets of code under powerhouse WCBS. He was using the RSP1A SDR
and a DXE loop antenna to try to null NY but could only claim the reception as
?tentative? from his home in Shinnston, WV. Better luck next time, Larry.
Kraig Krist, KG4LAC, kr...@kg4lac.com <mailto:kr...@kg4lac.com>, had better
luck from the shack in Manassas, VA. He used a WinRadio G33DDC SDR Excalibur
Pro receiver with a Wellbrook ALA1530S+ Imperium loop antenna. Excellent job,
Kraig.
Karl Jeter, jeterk...@comcast.net <mailto:jeterk...@comcast.net>, of Cumming,
Georgia, used the Sony ICF-SW7600GR portable and a Kiwa loop antenna to pull in
the KJJR test on January 8, 2022. He noted sweep tones, Morse Code, and more
despite QRM from WCBS and Radio Progresso. This is Montana #4 for after over 50
years in the hobby! Congratulations, Karl.
Jonathan Ambarian, jsambar...@gmail.com <mailto:jsambar...@gmail.com>, had
ZERO trouble logging the 10,000-watt test tones from KJJR at his shack in
Helena, MT, especially using excellent equipment. In this case, a Grundig
Satellit 800 receiver with a longwire antenna. Jonathan mentioned that this was
his first-ever DX test, which he heard about on the DX Central website.
https://www.dxcentralonline.com <https://www.dxcentralonline.com/>
Hopefully, Jonathan is now hooked on DX Tests and will send us recordings and
reports from many more in the future.
Jon Pearkins, j...@pearkins.com <mailto:j...@pearkins.com>, near Edmonton,
Canada, copied both the KJJR test and the KQKD test using a Sangean PR-D15 and
a CCRadio 2E. This despite being in the backyard of CHQT Edmonton with their
All News format. He was running both portables ?barefoot,? using batteries to
cut down on some interference from the electrical circuitry in his home.
Jim Solatie, jim.sola...@nero.fi <mailto:jim.sola...@nero.fi>, employed the
?nuclear option? of medium wave DX equipment, a Perseus SDR, and a 3,280?
Beverage antenna to listen to the KJJR 880 test in Aihkiniemi, Lapland, North
Finland. This is 250 miles North of the Arctic Circle. Lapland is the home of
Santa Claus. Jim sent in a recording where KJJR sounded like a local. The voice
announcement was crystal clear! And the views from the DX cabin aren?t bad
either. Looking at the photos and listening to the KJJR test, I thought, ?So
this is what heaven looks like.?
Jim Renfrew, jim.renf...@gmail.com <mailto:jim.renf...@gmail.com>, of
Clarendon, New York, tried phasing to remove WCBS but was disappointed by the
result due to an underperforming wire. Instead, he turned to his 600? west wire
to do the job. He copied Morse Code IDs, which were audible in his recording.
This is Montana #3 for Jim. Previously, he logged KGHL 790 back in 1983 during
a proof of performance test and KATL 770 in 1993. Glad we could help to provide
a new one for you, Jim.
He was also treated to some nice relogs of country music from CKLQ and a Stevie
Ray Vaughn song on KLRG. Sounds like a beautiful night at the radio dials.
James Niven, jni...@austin.rr.com <mailto:jni...@austin.rr.com>, reported the
DX Test was ?Well heard into Austin, Texas? with CW at 07:00:55, followed by
sweep tones which quickly punched through KRVN. James likewise expressed his
gratitude to Todd Clark, Chief Engineer, for injecting our unique test material
while maintaining the audio chain.
Vermont?s favorite son, Stephen Howe, sh...@albany.edu
<mailto:sh...@albany.edu>, had a relatively easy time of it once he managed to
null pest WCBS in NYC. The venerable Sony ICF-2010 portable was his weapon of
choice, along with a Radio West amplified and tunable ferrite rod loop antenna.
Well done, Stephen.
*Stephen?s recording, like many, included news clips on the death of Sidney
Poitier, an acclaimed film director, actor, and diplomat. In 1963, he became
the first African-American actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor. Queen
Elizabeth II knighted him in 1974 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom from
President Barack Obama in 2009. He symbolized how far we?ve come as a nation
striving to uphold the idea of ?All men are created equal?? and just how far we
have to go.
Harry Dence, N4HT, h.de...@twc.com <mailto:h.de...@twc.com>, copied the Morse
Code IDs from KJJR from his home in Lexington, KY. According to Harry, it was a
fight with WCBS booming into the Bluegrass State at 30 over S-9. CW really
stands out to a long-time ham radio operator, so Dence used his Icom IC-7100
and a 6BTV vertical antenna to log the test. I listened to this recording with
headphones, and the ID is present twice. Harry characterized it as ?one step
above an ESP reception.? Excellent work, sir.
Greg Harris, wdx9...@yahoo.com <mailto:wdx9...@yahoo.com>, a former US Navy
Radioman, also overcame WCBS and other QRM to log the test. His shack is on the
South side of Chicago, equipped with an Icom R75 and a Quantum QX Pro Loop. He
heard sweep tones, the CW ID starting with the call for attention, VVV VVV VVV
DE KJJR, and the 1 kHz continuous tones. This former Submarine Radioman RM1(SS)
salutes you, sir.
Gote Lindstrom, gote.lindst...@gmail.com <mailto:gote.lindst...@gmail.com>,
used an online KiwiSDR receiver to monitor the test from Walla Walla, WA. The
remote SDR receiver is built and maintained by W7DP Walla Walla Valley Amateur
Radio Club members. The recording sounded like a local, starting with the end
of the IRCA theme song, ?Hands Across the Sea,? then transitioning into CW IDs,
and the closing announcement as the test ended?then into a station ID and news.
You can even hear the station power down. Thanks for sending this along, Gote.
Fred Schroyer, ibfredi...@gmail.com <mailto:ibfredi...@gmail.com>, heard the
test right away from his shack in Waynesburg, PA. He was using an SDR. He
reported that WCBS was a bit weaker than usual at his location, allowing him to
?see? the slower speed CW IDs in the waterfall. He also heard sweep tones and
the telephone off-hook sounder. He had listened to the earlier KJJR test as
well.
Eric Fretters-Walp, fettwa...@gmail.com <mailto:fettwa...@gmail.com>, employed
the Eton Elite receiver and an AN-100 indoor loop antenna to hear the test from
his monitoring post in Lake Stevens, WA. Despite some QRM from KIXI, in the
form of oldies music, Eric could copy code, sweeps, and even some of the
synthesizer music we included in the test. You can watch a video of his
reception at the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cCIXHyJdoU
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cCIXHyJdoU>
Dene Lynneberg, dlynneb...@gmail.com <mailto:dlynneb...@gmail.com>, utilized a
remote KiwiSDR online in Duvall, Washington, to copy the test. A 40-meter
dipole antenna feeds the receiver. Despite some QRM from KIXI, the test signals
were loud and clear. Dene makes his home in Pukerua Bay, New Zealand, often
DXing using stateside SDR receivers.
Checking in from Grant?s Pass, Oregon was Dave Aichelman, N7NZH,
dai...@yahoo.com <mailto:dai...@yahoo.com>; he logged the test using a WinRadio
G33DDC SDR and a Wellbrook 1530LN loop aimed towards the East. His recording
included CW IDs, sweep tones, telephone off-hook sounders, and a bit of voice
announcement by our female ?virtual announcer.? Well done, Dave.
Darren Hennig, VE4VE, dhenn...@shaw.ca <mailto:dhenn...@shaw.ca>, tackled the
KJJR test using an Elad Duor SDR and a Hexagonal loop antenna fed with the
Wellbrook ALA-100LN-M. Quite a bit of interference from CKLQ in Brandon, MB,
about 125 miles away. However, the sweeps, telephone off-hook howler, and Morse
pounded into Winnipeg regardless. Seven hundred eighty-six miles is a nice
catch.
During the test, Darren also heard WCBS, NY, KVRN, WRFD, and KLRG?not a bad
haul at all.
Sherwood, OR DXer Dan Riordan, KD7WRJ, kd7...@yahoo.com
<mailto:kd7...@yahoo.com>, logged the test over the objections of semi-local
KWIP in Dallas, OR, who was providing an objection. Their Ranchero SS music
program can make things difficult on 880. Dan still managed to get great sweep
tones and telephone off-hook sounder recording. Riordan opted for the
high-performance Airspy HF+ Discovery SDR and a Palomar loop antenna for his
success.
Yet another country made it into the log of Todd Clark and KJJR during the
test, this one from Austria. DXer Christopher Ratzer, rat...@ratzer.at
<mailto:rat...@ratzer.at>, has logged 41 US states from his location. Using a
650? Beverage antenna and a WinRadio G33DDC SDR, he confirmed the carrier
offset of KJJR exactly and sent along a screenshot of the result. Identifying
stations using their exact carrier offsets is a big part of the hobby in Europe
but is rarely used in the United States. This distance is 5,093 miles, where
advanced techniques like this prove essential to put new stations into the
logbook. Well done, Christopher.
The legendary Drake R8 receiver and a Quantum QX Pro Loop provided Christos
Rigas, paokar...@gmail.com <mailto:paokar...@gmail.com>, a verification of the
KJJR test. He logged it from his shack in Wood Dale, Illinois, sending in a
recording of the Morse Code IDs tucked underneath the always-present WCBS
signal.
Carl Dabeisein, K0SBV, ckda...@comcast.net <mailto:ckda...@comcast.net>, copied
the KJJR test ?right off the bat? from his monitoring station in Maple Grove,
MN. His Icom R-75 and 15? X 32? Flag antenna were more than a match from the
QRM from WCBS and KRVN.
Craig Barnes, bevd...@yahoo.com <mailto:bevd...@yahoo.com>, used one of my
favorite portable receivers, the XHData D-808 ?barefoot,? to pull in Sweep
tones, Morse Code, and more in the null of KRVN. Surprisingly, it gave him a
deeper null than he could achieve with the Elad FDM-S2 SDR and Wellbrook
ALA-1530LN with a rotor. That?s no shock to those who use portables to DX
daily. You can rotate and tilt them in 3D space, often achieving nulls that
would be difficult on a fixed antenna. I?ve often wondered about mounting a
Wellbrook loop on an AZ/EL rotor, such as those used for amateur radio
satellite communications, to see if similar results could be achieved. All you
need is time and money. I have neither.
In Seattle, Bruce Portzer, portze...@gmail.com <mailto:portze...@gmail.com>,
needed more than an excellent portable to log the KJJR test from his shack. It
sits squarely in the shadow of KIXI, a Mercer Island transmitter just seven
miles away. Bruce found it necessary to use a phasing unit to reduce its signal
and pull KJJR out of a mix of other stations, including CHQT and KWIP.
Portzer uses a Perseus SDR with JAGUAR software and a pair of crossed Delta
loops measuring 40? X 12?. In this age of crowded bands, IBOC, and switching
power supply QRM, we must embrace every available tool and technique. DXers
like Bruce are leading the way.
Bob Galerstein, W2VGD, bobg...@optonline.net <mailto:bobg...@optonline.net>,
logged the KJJR test (again) after successfully grabbing it in 2020. He reports
it weaker overall but employed a Drake R8B, a Gerry Thomas Quantum Phaser, and
an array of antennas for the reception. WCBS tried its best to rain out the
party, but Bob had it beat this time.
No accolade could do justice to the accomplishments of Bjarne Mjelde,
bjarne.mje...@gmail.com <mailto:bjarne.mje...@gmail.com>, who logged the KJJR
test quickly from his remote SDR sites in Arctic Norway. Even at a distance of
4,009 miles, you could copy the opening test voice announcement. KJJR was a new
station in the logbook for Bjarne, which must be rare these days. Glad to be a
small part of helping him put another notch in his gunbelt.
Mjelde utilizes a Perseus SDR and dual, staggered 1,115? Beverage antennas to
capture this incredible DX from the frozen wasteland.
Bill Coury, N8UUP employed the under-appreciated MLA-30 loop antenna at 12?
into an SDRPlay SDR to log the test. The distance between Whitefish and his
shack in Ypsilanti, Michigan, was 1,540 miles. Great DX indeed. In his
recording, WCBS sounded like a local, just booming in.
Brian Dominguez, briandominguez...@gmail.com
<mailto:briandominguez...@gmail.com>, in Dalton, Georgia, had two nemeses to
contend with. WCBS and his neighbor?s plasma TV! He finally found a null deep
enough to allow reception of the Morse Code IDs from KJJR. His rig is the
Tecsun PL-398BT, which is a hot little number.
Andrew Brade, andrew.br...@btinternet.com <mailto:andrew.br...@btinternet.com>,
reported, ?no joy? from his listening station in the United Kingdom. He could
not coax it past the monster signal roaring off the East Coast in the form of
WCBS. TO his knowledge, no one in the UK or Ireland managed it either. Better
luck next time, Andrew.
SUMMARY
Last season?s DX Tests were very popular with listeners worldwide. Reports
poured in, overwhelming the volunteers here in the CPC. I?d like to thank those
who were considerate and patiently waited many months for a reply. Our focus is
always on scheduling more tests, not sending out verifications. These can and
must wait for the Summer months sometimes.
Hoping that the 2022-2023 season allows us to bring you other rare targets to
chase, including more daytimers which are always fun to hear. Thanks again to
Chief Engineer Todd Clark, and the owners of KJJR for this widely heard test.
And to Paul Walker for working his magic to arrange it.
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 23:48:44 +0000 (UTC)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: WOR DXLD <w...@groups.io>
Cc: bcln...@groups.io, primetimeshortw...@groups.io, o...@groups.io,
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Subject: [HCDX] Jen`s shows on podcasts
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Hi Glenn, here are both my Sunday July 3rd and Monday July 4th shows.
It's the beginning of summer's heat out in North America. I understand
everyone wants easy access to my shows or anyone`s podcast, so from
now on I will include a link after the show is up as a podcast. It
will take you directly to it, no more scrolling down, just click on
the link. The links are good for as long as up. It's hard to find
shows after a week or two, so just save the link and you can listen
any time.
This will be for our Unique Radio, Australia specials, including when
CARN returns in October. If you want me to do this for my regular
show, Sunday at 1800 to 2100 UT, I would like you to please give me
and Tim at Unique some feedback on my regular shows. If no feedback,
then only those that request it will get a link, or you need to only
scroll down. All I am looking for is one or two saying Jen's shows are
Unique as Unique Radio, hi :) Just a little feed back and I will send
it out to everyone in io groups: mana...@uniqueradio.info
Here are the links:
July 3rd GB's & Jen's part 1 July 4th Bash:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/uniqueradioaus/episodes/2022-07-03T20_01_04-07_00
Here is part 2 of my July 4th Bash, "America":
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/uniqueradioaus/episodes/2022-07-04T18_14_32-07_00
Enjoy, 73" & 33", Jen
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 235, Issue 6
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