[IRCA] WNJC-1360 test: no / New Zealand: a distant maybe

2007-06-15 Thread nhp
sent this over a day ago, with no sign yet, soanother attempt... At 18:25 13/06/2007, you wrote: Nick, Could it be a DU or a TP with a weak carrier on 1359? Just a thought Bill An excellent possibility, Bill, which had escaped me.I've never logged anything on 1359 at home, and I

[IRCA] WNJC-1360 test: no / New Zealand: a distant maybe

2007-06-14 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 18:25 13/06/2007, you wrote: Nick, Could it be a DU or a TP with a weak carrier on 1359? Just a thought Bill An excellent possibility, Bill, which had escaped me.I've never logged anything on 1359 at home, and I thought that 0545UT would be too early anyway. But at this time of year,

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360 test

2007-06-13 Thread Dave Pyatt
The Amadeus Pro sonogram shows two unusual signals, one at about 1.1 kHz, with slight drift, and another, which meanders about, between 750 Hz and 850 Hz. This is over the time period from midnight to 02:40 am. Dave On 13-Jun-07, at 1:14 AM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: been going over my

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360 test

2007-06-13 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 11:32 13/06/2007, you wrote: The Amadeus Pro sonogram shows two unusual signals, one at about 1.1 kHz, with slight drift, and another, which meanders about, between 750 Hz and 850 Hz. This is over the time period from midnight to 02:40 am. Dave The 1 kHz I saw was pretty much dead on

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360 test

2007-06-13 Thread Bill Harms
Nick, Could it be a DU or a TP with a weak carrier on 1359? Just a thought Bill Nick Hall-Patch wrote: been going over my recordings of 1360 during the WNJC test, andno code, no sweeps, just KKMO and KUIK. However, was someone testing on the channel with a 1 kHz tone? I have one

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360 test

2007-06-13 Thread Brett Saylor
I went back and reviewed my SDR recordings of 1360, and saw a carrier on 1359, present well before the start of the test; it was audible as well and faded out by 0500 UTC. I would think that's consistent with a TA (on this side of the country), Brett Central PA On Jun 13, 2007, at 2:25 PM,

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-11 Thread Les Rayburn
Black [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360 Nick et al, I recorded about 15 minutes of close to three of their loops and there was no dead air. There was continuous

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-11 Thread Les Rayburn
PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360 At 12:08 10/06/2007, you wrote: . I am a rank novice at Spectran but, if only a portion of a five minute loop containing voice

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-11 Thread Rick Kunath
Les Rayburn wrote: I also agree that it will be nice to have exact times for the QRSS portion of the test. But can't guarantee that it will be possible for some tests. Even the upcoming KXTO test, for example...at present, I do not know the exact times that the QRSS portions of the test.

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Chris Black
: Sunday, June 10, 2007 12:33 AM Subject: [IRCA] WNJC-1360 Good vocal ID by male announcer, low voice. 12:31am EDT. Sweep tone like a bomb falling in a cartoon. Just missing the BOOM at the end. ;) Also the phone off the hook sounder. All good and on top of the other stations. Craig Healy

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 12:08 10/06/2007, you wrote: . I am a rank novice at Spectran but, if only a portion of a five minute loop containing voice and other sound effects, for example, contained this slow code at a different offset, how would you know when to change from regular reception to Spectran QRSS? If you

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Brett Saylor
I didn't see the QRSS during the times I checked; the code showed up +/-1 kHz from the carrier on a spectral display, Brett Saylor Central PA Did anybody hear (see) the QRSS, i.e. was it broadcast?Also, does anybody know what pitch the regular code ID's used?Running Patrick Martin's

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Patrick Martin
Nick, To keep my fingers toes both crossed (hi), I am going to send a CD to Les. It is worth a shot. It was a skip signal that came out of nowhere alright (The old being at the right time place) at 0203 EDT, as I can hear an earlier sweep tone start to fade up, then the next one quite loud, and

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Chris Black
- From: Nick Hall-Patch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360 At 12:08 10/06/2007, you wrote: . I am a rank novice at Spectran but, if only a portion of a five

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Patrick Martin
No QRSS noted here just the one shot of sweep tones. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Rick Kunath
Chris Black wrote: But my point was: If I were going to test traditional modulation with something exotic like slow code (true QRSS or otherwise), then I would not bury it within the regular data, but segment it in some way so that the recipient would know to alter his receiving technique.

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Rick Kunath
Brett Saylor wrote: I didn't see the QRSS during the times I checked; the code showed up +/-1 kHz from the carrier on a spectral display, I only listened for the first hour of the test, and did not see any QRSS tones at all. The sawtooth, sweeps, dual-tone pulses, and conventional CW were

Re: [IRCA] WNJC-1360

2007-06-10 Thread Dave Pyatt
I logged from midnight to about 02:40 on USB, 2.7 kHz bw. In looking at the log, using the sonogram display in Amadeus Pro, the 1 kHz Morse as well as the various tones and the phone off the hook are all clearly visible, but there is no sign of a Morse signal at 2.5 kHz. Dave On

[IRCA] WNJC-1360 sweep tones 0014 in MN way u/KSCJ

2007-06-09 Thread George Sherman
Amazing! Right thru the ultra-dominant KSCJ. Had possible broken tones (CW IDs) just before that after several minutes of constant tone. Weak. Thanks! 73, George S., MN - Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.

[IRCA] WNJC-1360 NJ testing this weekend

2007-06-06 Thread amdxmail
This from the DXHub e-mail list this morning: We are going to do some transmitter testing this Saturday, well Sunday morning from midnight to at least 4am, if not till 6am. We will be running 4,000 Watts, Non-Directional doing a transmitter tests. Programming will be morse code ids, sweep

[IRCA] WNJC 1360 QSL

2006-10-16 Thread Tom Jasinski
Just received QSL from Les Rayburn for WNJC 1360 DX Test on 10/6/06. Thanks to all involved with the test. QSL #6 from New Jersey. Tom Jasinski Shorewood, IL ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com