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Author Topic: 1620 WDHP U.S. Virgin Islands  (Read 4746 times)

Kilokat7

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1620 WDHP U.S. Virgin Islands
« on: August 14, 2017, 0107 UTC »
I've been after this one for years, finally heard here tonight (with c/w music of all things).  Battling against Cuba, often both at equal levels and destroying anything else on the channel.  2,153 miles
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Re: 1620 WDHP U.S. Virgin Islands
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2017, 1155 UTC »
I occasionally hear it here when the Cuban goes long, but it's rare.

That's a helluva catch for this time of year, something that is usually 50 miles inland of the S.E. coast or less thing in the summer.

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Re: 1620 WDHP U.S. Virgin Islands
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2017, 1212 UTC »
Congratulations!
Joe Farley, Near Chicago
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Re: 1620 WDHP U.S. Virgin Islands
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2017, 1649 UTC »
Quite impressive, congrats!
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Re: 1620 WDHP U.S. Virgin Islands
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2017, 2305 UTC »
That's awesome.
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Re: 1620 WDHP U.S. Virgin Islands
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2017, 0031 UTC »
Thanks guys, I've been chasing this one for a long time.  Of the US broadcast stations listed on 1620, this log completes 1620 for me.  The others listed on the channel are:

KSMH   WEST SACRAMENTO   CA
WNRP   GULF BREEZE   FL   
WDND   SOUTH BEND   IN   
KOZN   BELLEVUE   NE   
WTAW   COLLEGE STATION   TX   
WDHP   FREDERIKSTED   VI   
KYIZ   RENTON   WA

I was away from the hobby during the birth of the x-band, so logging some of these stations has been a real challenge.  Slowly getting there!
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Re: 1620 WDHP U.S. Virgin Islands? Want a real 1620 challenge?
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2017, 0106 UTC »
If you want a real 1620 challenge, try to get my 1620kHz Part #15 station with a massive PEP of 92mW to a 102" CB whip. I totally have it covered over by skip about 1/2 a mile away at night. (And at times, not even that far away.) Here's a hint, it will most likely be the only 1620 with Heather Wade's Midnight In The Desert on the weeknights, I plan to upgrade that CB whip with a 3 meter long, 3/4" copper pipe, with a tophat, this Fall 2017. Still, if you should get that, then you'd be the MW DX king, fo' sure!
The best two statements of advice that I've ever gotten are from my brother-in-law in the early 1990's. 1st one, when I bought a used '89 Olds Cutless, my bro-in-law said, "Congratulations!!! You've just bought a deficit!". The other, was on a work environment, " No matter where you go, it's going to be f***'ed -up!". No truer words have been spoken.