Just listened to my overnight log of 1240, and have picked out weak,
but distinctive swept tone at about 0525 UTC.
Have not been able to identify anything else on 1240, not even another
station.
Thanks to all who made this test possible.
Dave
Burlington, ON
NRD 545 + 40 box loop
N 43° 18'
Thanks, Gary,
I think that I understand... I'll report on my mods, too. I really
do think that there is easily improvement possible in many aspects of
the Performance of Ultralights.. and I think that a lot of it is
accessible to people like me, without complete technical competency
AND/OR
Are thyey off? I had Fox news followed by AM 1520 ID... and gospel music
underneath...
Saul
1740 EST
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Thanks for the tip. Which closeout sites have you seen it on?
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Subject: [IRCA] New Ultralight
I recently picked up a new pocket-sized AM/FM radio, the Sharp DRW-V2
(also called the Digital DJ), which is roughly the same size as the
Sangean DT-200VX; I have a short write-up and photograph here:
http://dx-nexus.blogspot.com/2008/02/sharp-digital-dj-drw-v2-ultralight.html
The radio is
WKDK-1240 DX test heard here fairly well.
Sweep tones and CW IDs both heard equally well - no
difference noted in strength between the two.
Thanx for running this test, Powell. Always nice to
hear a new graveyarder !!
A report is on its way.
73 - J.D. Stephens
Hampton Cove, AL
Craig,
Thanks. But one issue I have had is lighting the butaine iron out in the
wind I had quite a time lighting it the other day. Once I got it lit, it
would stay lit, but then with the wind blowing it was hard to get the
wire (#14) hot enough for the soldar to flow. It is quite a feat
sometimes
Gil,
Thanks for the advice. Here on the coast, we are not talking about a
limb landing on the wire. It is the whole tree that have been coming
down with our stors. The one in December has gusts of 143 MPH and
sustained gusts of 128 MPH. Thousands of trees were lost in the NW. I
live in a very
The Definitions Committee was called into action to more precisely
define the erh, ah, limits of the Unlimited Class of Ultralight
Radios for the purposes of the Firsts and Records List and the
upcoming DX Sprint. Some very creative folks had even thought of
using the ULr simply to tune the
Wow, I'm glad someone else has decided to do this mod, and was able to
find parts!
What other filters did RadioLabs have in stock, and have you tried any of them?
On Feb 10, 2008 10:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all:
Acting on inspiration from Mesa Mike and Gil Stacy who put a 6.0 khz
On Feb 10, 2008 10:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I recall that someone (Mesa Mike?) reported that the next one down, the
3.0 khz model, made things too muffled,
Actually, the one I had that made things too muffled was 3 kHz total
bandwidth, in other words, +/- 1.5 kHz (I think. It might
1340CIVH BC, Vanderhoof, good on top with You're listening to
the Valley's Wolf in CW mx at 2335 EST 2/11. (PM-OR)
Drake R8
SW EWE
WNW EWE
Quantum Phaser
Patrick Martin
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There's been talk about how to position a ULR to null stations. I find
holding it in a variety of ways does a variety of things. Most successful
most of the time is almost flat. It also helps to walk around. Find hot
spots. Take it outdoors, perhaps find a way to get to a quiet spot away from
To John and Others,
The whole concept behind the replacement of the SRF-39FP's stock 1.75
loopstick was to try duplicating the original coils, coil proportions, and
electrical connections on a much larger scale.
The ICF-S5's 7 long antenna coils were used, but they were
Noted today on 1470 at 1700 EST, ToH ID: ...all your favorie southern
gospel music, 24 hours a day on 1470 WEEE.
Sorry, no mp3 to upload. I am still taping DX on cassettes, just like in
the 70s.
Allowing for mis-heard letters, (e.g. WDEE, WBEE, WECE, WCEE..) nothing in
the 28th edition of
David Faulkner wrote:
Also, does anyone know who was carrying ethnic (SS) programming on 770 2/10
from 1850 - past 1915 EST. I never got an ID, but did hear a mention of St.
Louis. They were extremely strong at times.
WEW St. Louis would be the logical guess here, no?
s
Thanks. I'll be interested in how it performs. Looking forward to your
input.
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DX this past weekend:
1450 WNBY MI Newberry - 9 Feb 1520 - You're listening to Red Wings hockey
exclusively on 1450 WNBY. Detroit versus Toronto. Local ads. New. (SC-ON)
1450 WCEV IL Cicero - 9 Feb 1707 - Arabic, mentions of Wisconsin in apparent
news. New. (SC-ON)
840 KTIC NE West Point - 9
At 08:02 PM 2/10/2008 -0600, you wrote:
I decided to lay a foundation for my
Ultralighting by IDing the dominant on every channel, and easy first
sub-dominants, with my already beloved SRF-T615.
Glad to see you too have a SONY SRF-T615.I really love mine as well.
The Digital Readout makes
WISS is Good Time Oldies and those songs don't fit what I've heard of that
format.
73 KAZ Barrington IL and hating this winter
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Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 6:30 PM
Hello everyone,
I am playing back my recording of the WKDK DX Test,
and I think it's quite safe to say that I am getting
three stations on this graveyard frequency
at 0:15 I am hearing the familiar VVV. what I
originally thought were sweep tones are not showing up
on my recording though.
at
WKDK-1240khz test was copied well in Central Alabama using an SDR-IQ, two
active whip antennas, and the new DX Engineering MCE Phaser. As usual, sweep
tones cut through the noise much better than any other type of modulation
available. Also copied the ID in Morse Code, but very weak. Wasn't
The sweep tones come through really great, better than the CW.
I wonder if the code could be modified so a sweep tone going up equalled a
dit, while a descending sweep tone is a dash. The first time I remember
sweep tones being used was a test in Vermont in the late 70's, probably the
1380
Patrick,
Forgive me if we have already had this discussion. It may come up seasonally
as you repair your Beverage. ;) (My memory allows me to make interesting new
discoveries and meet new friends who seem to already know my name on a daily
basis.) For heavy duty work, I've ditched the solder gun
Great going Dan. XEOY is rare in the NW these days.
73,
Patrick
Patrick Martin
KAVT Reception Manager
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Hello Ray,
This is Gary DeBock, the original SRF-59 reviewer. About 10% of the
SRF-59 factory units have a tuning capacitor that is relatively tough to tune,
presumably because of unusual friction in the tuner assembly. The Chinese
factories put varying amounts of grease on the
I noticed KOMO Seattle was off from about 0908 UTC to after 0946 UTC on 2/10.
Does anyone know why KOMO was off? I managed to get a positive ID from Radio
Mil from Mexico City while KOMO was silent. I'm pretty happy with that.
Dan Riordan, Sherwood, OR
Drake R8, Palomar Loop, Random Wire
Nothing for certain at Burnt River ON. Times I thought I heard bits of very
very very weak code, nothing intelligible, mostly graveyard mash, WRTA
Altoona PA rose once, also Peter Gabriel song, and Unchained Melody (think
that's the name).
Thanks for running this, Powell
Saul
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In my first post about the WKDK DX test, I forgot to add---
Thanks Powell for running the test.
Willis
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790 KURM ARRogers good on top 2/10/08, 1900 w/TOH ID by YL
into CBS nx. Appeared to be AM FM simulcasting as both were mentioned.
930 WLBL WIAuburndale 2/10/08, 1810-23 w/much talk, WI
public radio pledge drive program, very nice signal way o/WRVC. WTAD
At 06:42 PM 2/11/2008 -0600, you wrote:
I started out holding my Ultralights horizontally and progressed from
that to the turntable that I've mentioned. I've tried tilting things
to improve a null several times and have not had much success. I
think that I remember that Gary DeB holds his
This week, Allen Willie of St. Johns has added two more Country
Firsts to his long list: Portugal-1035 and Switzerland-765. I keep
thinking that he will completely run out of countries at some point,
but it sure isn't yet! Great going, Allen!
I've finally added a few distance records
At 08:15 PM 2/10/2008 -0800, you wrote:
SRF-59 SRF-M37V both getting it 10 PM CST. A big thanks to WSCR for
turning off the IBOC! I started these logs about Christmas on SRF-M37V
have 311 heard. Spanish from SE on 710 probably Cuba. Thanks WLW WGN for
no IBOC! 73, George S., MN
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Excellent!
I like those limits.
On Feb 11, 2008 9:55 AM, John H. Bryant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Definitions Committee was called into action to more precisely
define the erh, ah, limits of the Unlimited Class of Ultralight
Radios for the purposes of the Firsts and Records List and the
Not trying to be a spoilsport here, but I'd be really cautious about
specifying that Mexicans run these lower powers at night, especially XEMF
which I I'd here thru a Phased WBBM a few times (13 miles 50 KW ND) and XEMF
can background them in WI (92 miles) at times.
I honestly think that most
Hi Guys:
As earlier reported by Saul Chernos up in TorontoSunset Skip
conditions were great tonight!! I managed to hear 12 New Stations on the
Ultralight Sony SRF-T615, and 6 of these were NEW to the OVERALL LOG!! Also
have a few UNIDS if anyone can assist with these
Ultralight
I started out holding my Ultralights horizontally and progressed from
that to the turntable that I've mentioned. I've tried tilting things
to improve a null several times and have not had much success. I
think that I remember that Gary DeB holds his Ultras vertically
and finds tilting
New QSL:
WWWT-1500, Washington DC. Full data QSL sheet w/
color photo of WTOP studio building, plus
a coverage map, in 102 days. V/s: Dave
Kolesar - Broadcast Engineer.
(JDS-AL, USA)
73 - J.D. Stephens
Hampton Cove, AL, USA
I don't suppose an idiot like me could accomplish this modification, could
I? I have a SONY SRF-M37, and while I like the digital readout, I prefer the
SRF-59 as far as what it can get out of the air.
Bert New
Watkinsville, Georgia
Proudly Serving You Since 1964!
1240WKDK SC NEWBERRY2330 - 0015 10/11 Feb 08
DX TEST - Heard sweep tones at 2335 then nothing till . Talked to Powell
on the phone and compared what I was hearing here at the house with him. At
midnight had ABC news, followed by march music, sweep tones, CW sending
WKDK,
Hi all:
Acting on inspiration from Mesa Mike and Gil Stacy who put a 6.0 khz
filter in theirs, Jim Kenny and I have replaced the stock filter on our
M37V's with a 4.5 khz replacement, which he obtained through RadioLabs.
Let me tell you - it's a new radio!
Gone are the 80-100 khz swaths of
From WKDK's tower to my tower (where I am sitting) is about 47 to 49 miles.
I tuned in via WKDK's webstream to monitor what was going on and everytime
I'd ehar code or sweeptones, I'd run out into the front yard (with my
bathrobe on, LOL).. to see if i could ehar anything. .and got nothing.
When
I listened to, and recorded, the approximate 30 minute test but did not hear
any evidence of the DX Test. Hope many others were successful, though.
Thanks for running the test!
Steve
NE Oregon
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I think I may have heard the test. I was on the frequency from Midnight to
12:30am. At 12:15 and again at 12:25 I heard a series of fast sweeps (approx
1 sweep per second). I did not hear code or voice. I was using a Grundig
S350.
Thanks for the test.
Mark Gerwlivch
Markham, ON
on 2/10/08 8:39
The WKDK test was not heard here in the southwestern suburbs of Portland, OR.
I did hear two new ones from California though: KNRY Monterey and KSUE
Susanville.
73,
Dan Riordan,
Sherwood, OR
Drake R8, Palomar Loop, Random Wire.
After our storms this Winter, especially the big one in early December,
the Eastern beverage got busted up and it took me several weeks to
finally get it back up. It was too cold and wet to solder the splices so
I just twisted the splices and taped then up for the time being. I got
out
On Feb 11, 2008, at 5:09 PM, Tim Kridel wrote:
Thanks for the tip. Which closeout sites have you seen it on?
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I've been paroled from Burnt River Penitentiary.
After a weekend of listening to the same Valentine's
Day at Walmart, Rivals.com and Autozone
commercials over and over, I have an unidentified on
1100.
Saul Chernos and I heard Le Freak (by Chic) and In
The Navy (Village People) at 1755 Eastern on
Patrick:
I heard WSAI (or whatever their current calls are) the other night
distinctly carrying two programs and one of them was Louisville BKB under
their usual sports programming. WHAS was carrying Louisville BKB at the
time. I'm not sure what's going on here, but similar events have
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