DX TESTS This Weekend (3/6 to 3/9)
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the National Radio Club (NRC) and the International Radio Club of America (IRCA) announces a grouping of special DX Tests for distant listeners for radio stations KTOX (1340 kHz) in Needles, CA; KTPI (1340 kHz) in Mojave, CA; and KKZI (1310 kHz) in Barstow, CA.
The KTOX DX test is scheduled for Saturday, February 6th at 12:01 AM local Pacific Standard Time through 5:59 AM Pacific Standard Time (This equates to 0801 to 1359 UTC on Sunday, February 7).
The KTPI DX test is scheduled for Sunday, February 7th at 12:01 AM local Pacific Standard Time through 5:59 AM Pacific Standard Time (This equates to 0801 to 1359 UTC on Saturday, February 6).
The KKZI DX test is scheduled for Monday, February 8th at 12:01 AM local Pacific Standard Time through 5:59 AM Pacific Standard Time (This equates to 0801 to 1359 UTC on Monday, February
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The test material is the “straight up highly caffeinated no sugar or cream added black coffee tests” with just morse code, sweep tones and few other noises that clearly cut through the mud as tested and confirmed by an audiologist.
RECEPTION REPORTS & QSL REQUESTS
All reception reports will be verified through the station directly Reports go DIRECTLY to Steve at ONLY The following address, nowhere else: qsl@w6tox.com. No snail mail reports, no email to any other station email addresses you may find.
Please, don’t send long wav files, if at all possible, please send mp3 files and rather then sending a 5 or 10 minute recording, it would be advised to send 2 or 3 short mp3s of 20-30 seconds.
PLEASE send them within 60 days of the tests and PLEASE be patient
The IRCA/NRC CPC would like to thank the owner and staff of KTOX, KTPI and KKZI}, Steve Rubin and CPC member Paul Walker Jr. for helping to arrange the test.
Good luck to all DXers!
About the CPC
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) is a cross-functional group comprised of members of both the National Radio Club (NRC) and International Radio Club of America (IRCA) for the purpose of coordinating and arranging DX Tests with AM radio stations. These DX tests both allow radio stations to conduct valuable equipment tests on their transmitter and audio chain as well as enable DX hobbyists to receive the testing station from greater distances than would normally be possible. The CPC membership consists of: Chairman Les Rayburn, Paul Walker, George Santulli, Joe Miller and Loyd Van Horn.
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