For the month of July only, I am moving the deadline for the IRCA's
Verification Signers column up a few days to Thursday, July 21, at
1500 ELT, from its usual last Monday of the month deadline.
Steve Howe
Saint Albans, VT and Albany, NY
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I'm pretty excited to have dug out one of the Morse Code IDs during
the WSPO DX Test while transfering some of my cassette recordings to
.mp3 files to send to the DX Test Committee. Thought all I had
received were the sweep and staircase tones.
Patrick, speaking of WAGL, I remember hearing
WSPO DX Test heard extremely weakly under WCAT in Burlington, VT with
comedy program and under WEGP in Presque Isle, ME with Westwood One
coverage of the Bears-Packers game, from 0007-0015 EST. Although
only the sweep and staircase tones were audible, it seems unlikely
this could have been
Just a reminder to IRCA members that your tips for my monthly
Verification Signers column are always welcome. Please send them to
the e-mail address in this message.
There were no columns for July or August because no tips were
submitted, but I am hoping that with the approach of the DX
IRCA members are being asked to vote on a proposal to change the
format of the electronically distributed .pdf file of the DX Monitor
from its current two-column per page format to a one-column per page
format.
Although I suspect that members will likely vote according to their
personal
Jim:
Rod Walberg's e-mail address is kb8...@yahoo.com
The reviews for his repairs on the ICF-2010 have been excellent.
Steve Howe
Saint Albans, VT and Albany, NY
From: Stephen S Howe sh...@albany.edu
To: IRCA irca@hard-core-dx.com
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 3:12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA
It does mean the paper copy. The IRCA will now be publishing the DX
Monitor as an electronic version only, starting with Volume 51.
For those of you reluctant to switch over to the Soft DX Monitor,
they certainly take up much less room than paper copies! I have
archived the last 17 years of
There were no Verification Signers columns for August and September
in the IRCA's DX Monitor as I did not receive any tips during those
months. I believe that has happened only one other time in the 20
years that I have been editing the column.
I would like to encourage all IRCA members to
I have moved the deadline to submit tips to the May Verification
Signers column to Wednesday, June 23, 2012, at noon, from the
traditional last Monday of the month, for this column only.
Steve Howe
Saint Albans, VT
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Just wondering if anyone has received an email or postal mail
verification of the WFIL DX Test six weeks ago from Rene Tatro? I
sent a report and mp3 files to him right after the test, and my
location was listed as one of those receiving the test in a message
from Rene to the ListServ a day
Four hours after I sent my earlier message to the ListServ, I
received a very attractive and fully detailed certificate by e-mail
confirming my reception. Thank you, Rene!
Steve Howe
Saint Albans, VT
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WHP heard very weakly with Morse code 2/27 at 0005:30 EST well under
WTAG and CFRA. I need to review the tape some more to determine if
enough of the code is clear enough for a report, but I doubt it.
This should have been much stronger.
No sign of WTKT 2/27 at 0015 EST. WDDY completely
I am moving the deadline for my December Verification Signers column
up a week to Monday, December 19, 2011, at 3:00 PM ET, for this month
only, because of the holidays.
Steve Howe
Saint Albans, VT and Albany, NY
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Does anyone know the status of the www.dxtests.info website?
Repeated attempts to access it have bounced back.
Steve Howe
Saint Albans, VT and Albany, NY
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I received a very brief e-mail confirmation of my reception of
WHYL-960 during their DX Test from Bruce Collier, but my written
reception report to Bruce, which included a $1.00 bill, as requested,
was not answered.
Steve Howe
St. Albans, VT and Albany, NY
Message: 8
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011
Despite being sick with acute bronchitis last week, I managed enough
strength to get up at one in the morning and catch both WFNY and WKVQ
in Saint Albans, Vermont on my Sony ICF-2010. Hard to muster the
energy to report these earlier, but I wanted to get them to Saul
before he compiles his
Good luck, Phil! I am sure it will all go smoothly. Best wishes for
a speedy recovery!
Steve Howe
Saint Albans, VT and Albany, NY
Message: 2
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:56:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Phil Bytheway phil_te...@yahoo.com
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
J.D. and Willis,
Since the test consisted of sweep tones, Morse code IDs, what I call
stair step tones (rising or falling pitch in discrete intervals
rather than a continuous rise or drop as with sweep tones), voice
announcements, etc., I'll bet Tom just made a typo in his original
message
WSRY-1550 heard in Vermont on DX test on 11/29/09 at times from
0001-0026 EST with sweep tones, Morse code IDs, and stair step tones
very weakly under mostly nulled CBE, hiss from WQEW, and an unID SS
station. An unusual interval signal-like jingle heard from the SS
station at one point.
I, too, am saddened to learn of the passing of Harry Helms. Alhtough
I never met Harry, I have fond memories of the DX tests he organized
years ago from stations in the Carolinas. I still have the simple,
but fully detailed, small, tan QSL cards he signed for several of
those tests in my
I did not receive any tips for my Verification Signers column during
the month of August, so no August column will appear in the DX
Monitor.
The deadline for the September column remains the last Monday of the
month, September 28th, at 1500 ELT.
I've never gone two months in a row without
No tips were submitted by the deadline for my June Verification
Signers column, so no June column will appear in the DX Monitor. The
deadline for my July column remains the last Monday of July, July
27th, at 1500 ELT.
Steve Howe
Saint Albans, VT and Albany, NY
The WHTB-1400 DX Test was not heard 3/29 from 0100-0115 EDT tune-out
from my home in Vermont. It appears from everyone else's posts that
the test did not run. Has anyone heard from Jay Rogers confirming
this?
Sony ICF-2010 and Radio West loop.
Steve Howe
Saint Albans, VT
Do we know for sure yet whether WHTB-1400 will indeed conduct a DX
Test on Sunday, March 29th at 0200-0300 EDT? I forgot to ask Jay
Rogers in my e-mails about the WSAR-1480 DX Test. Perhaps Jay or
someone from ABDX can comment.
Steve Howe
Saint Albans, VT
WSAR-1480 heard on DX Test 3/22 0200-0217 tune-out mostly on top with long
voice IDs, Morse code IDs, sweep tones, sirens, whistles, and jingles.
WHBC briefly surfaced with an ID at 0200 but was mostly nulled. UnID SS
station occasionally on top, especially around 0202. Heard on Sony
ICF-2010
WHYL-960 heard very weakly at 0009 EDT and again at 0020 EDT with
Morse code IDs at two different pitches and sweep tones, barely
audible under extremely strong WEAV-960, in Plattsburgh, NY, just a
few miles line-of-sight across Lake Champlain from my QTH in Saint
Albans, VT. Another station
Thought I had sent this earlier
WOON-1240 heard in Vermont from 0203 EST to tune-out at 0218 EST
during their DX test. Signal strength was generally pretty weak, but
strongest between 0207 and 0209 EST, when the Morse code
identifications, voice announcement, and jingle were heard most
Jim:
It is actually not that uncommon for stations to have a link to an
on-line reception report form. WHBC-1480 has a link to a report form
on their website and WIMA-1150 has one at the website of their
engineering group, although it's harder to find. I haven't seen a
station link to
To Jim Pogue, Paul Walker, and others:
Based on the CE's friendliness to DXers and a 5 kW daytime power,
KHMO would seem to be a possible target for next season's DX Tests,
especially with CBA gone. Any thoughts?
Steve Howe
Albany, NY and Saint Albans, VT
On May 4, 2008, Paul Walker
WHBC-1480 heard 3/29 0257-0311 during regular schedule and DX Test with
Jim Bohannon Show, national and local news, and very brief Morse code ID.
No sweep tones noted. WSAR mostly nulled but unid SS music station
occasionally faded up. Sony ICF-2010 and Radio West loop.
The good karma I got
Willis:
The IRCA's DX Monitor listed the test as Saturday, 3/29/08, 0300-0400 and
dxtests.info has it as Saturday morning (late Friday night), 3-4 a.m.
Eastern Time (0700-0800 UTC). Seems pretty clear this means that most of
us would be hearing this test early Saturday morning (on the 29th),
Scott:
If the battery replacement suggested by Nick doesn't help, you may
want to first join and then check the archives of the Sony ICF-2010
ListServ at
list [EMAIL PROTECTED]; contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There was a discussion not too long ago about dim displays with a
recommendation of
Is this DX Test still on for Saturday, March 29th, albeit at night
power/pattern, or has it been postponed indefinitely? There is no
new info on dxtests.info as of a few minutes ago.
Steve Howe
Saint Albans, VT
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Just received a very attractive QSL certificate by e-mail from Rene
Tetro for Saturday's DX Test! It compliments the WNTP QSL card that
I received for an earlier test very nicely. Thanks, Rene!
Like Patrick, I prize my verifications very highly. They bring back
many fond memories every
Glenn:
WNTP did indeed transmit evenly spaced discreet tones, similar to WWV time
pips, occasionally during its DX test, along with the variety of other
tones and Morse code IDs and other characters. Don't have the exact times
in front of me now, but will send you the times I caught the time
WNTP-990 weak to fair with sweep and step tones, getting killed by WLGZ,
-0003 EDT. Using Sony ICF-2010 and Radio West loop.
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WNTP-990 Morse code IDs, march music, and voice ID finally coming through
WLGZ 0010-0013 EDT. 50 kW signal still not a powerhouse. What is the
direction of the major lobe in the new daytime pattern?
Steve Howe
Saint Albans, VT
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WBIX-1060 obliterating KYW 2/24 0001 with USA Radio Network News, then
into voice ID, Morse code ID, sweep tones, more Morse code and voice ID,
then back to regular programming by 0006. No Rundgren music noted.
Heard on my Sony ICF-2010 with my Radio West loop.
Steve Howe
Saint Albans, Vermont
CKEC East Coast FM 94.1 ...plays your greatest hits with an East Coast
twist!
Music from the 80's, 90's and today... according to their website at
http://ecfm.ca/whatweplay.php
CKEC-1320 appears to be carrying the same kind of music, rather than
country or Top-40.
Steve Howe
Saint Albans,
CFFX-960 heard weakly with Morse code IDs and sweep tones from about
0001:30 to 0003 EST using both of my unmodified Sony SRF-M37V and
SRF-59 radios at my work apartment in Albany. Listened to the test
on the M37V while taping the test through the headphones jack of the
59. I generally
J.D.:
Shortly before the KKMO DX Test was aired, Monte Passmore added only
sweep tones and a short station identifier to what was to be run
during the test, according to the e-mails I saw and to dxtest.info.
There was no mention explicitly that Morse code would be included in
the station
WIMA-1150 DX Test heard very weakly from 0200-0215 EST with Morse code IDs
every couple of minutes way under CKOC, CHGM, and WTTT. No voice
announcements or marching music made it through. Morse code tone seemed
to be lower than 1000 Hz.
Heard using a Sony ICF-2010 with a Radio West loop.
WCXH-780 not heard as I tried for the DX Test between 0357-0418 EDT using
my Sony ICF-2010 and Radio West loop. WBBM too strong. CFDR did fade up
slightly from time to time with some slassic CW music, so thought I might
catch WCXH, but it was not to be.
Steve Howe
St. Albans, VT
WNJC-1360 heard easily in Vermont mixing with WYOS in Binghamton, NY and
several other stations from 0001 to tune-out at 0017 EDT with sweep tones,
step tones, slide tones, telephone tones, MC IDs, phonetic female voice
IDs, and various radio clips and effects. Signal strength nearly equal to
KMTI-650 heard very weakly under WSM several separate times between 0309
and 0330 EDT with sweep tones, but no code or voice IDs, using my ICF-2010
and Radio West loop. No fancy phasable beverages for me.
Not sure how clearly the sweeps will be on my cassette tape, or on
conversion to an MP3
I, too, ordered the 2007 WRTH from Amazon.com. After receiving a message
yesterday that it was in transit, but with an estimated delivery date of
January 3rd to March 8th, I wasn't sure what to expect. But it just
arrived with the mail 5 minutes ago, so keep the faith...I'm sure most of
you will
WODI-1230 heard during DX Test on 11/5 with very faint sweep tones
twice between 0003 and 0006 EST. Quick ID that surfaced a few
minutes before the test that sounded like WHEC was likely WNEZ,
WNEB, or WHUC (still checking tape).
WWNH-1340 heard during DX Test on 11/5 with faint Morse code
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