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HF Beacons / AMA and RVA
« on: January 30, 2024, 2009 UTC »
AMA and RVA both heard on 13565.8 at 2000 UTC
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 2139 UTC 15 JUL 2022
« on: July 15, 2022, 2140 UTC »
S9 in central Kentucky. Song by Monty Python so far.
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MW Loggings / WABC maintenance outage
« on: November 09, 2021, 1554 UTC »
Information received from the National Radio Club:
The National Radio Club received a post on our website’s contact form this morning concerning some upcoming maintenance at WABC-770. Per the post, they will begin on the evening of Tuesday November 9, 2021 around 2200 (+/-) Eastern Local Time and will be working on things on and off until they are finished with the maintenance.
Hope all back east can take advantage of this opportunity!
73
Wayne Heinen N0POH
e-DXN membership Chairman
The National Radio Club received a post on our website’s contact form this morning concerning some upcoming maintenance at WABC-770. Per the post, they will begin on the evening of Tuesday November 9, 2021 around 2200 (+/-) Eastern Local Time and will be working on things on and off until they are finished with the maintenance.
Hope all back east can take advantage of this opportunity!
73
Wayne Heinen N0POH
e-DXN membership Chairman
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North American Shortwave Pirate / WREM 6925 USB 1348 UTC 19 Oct 2021
« on: October 19, 2021, 1349 UTC »
Big signal in central Kentucky
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Genix 6950 USB 1419 UTC 10 Sep 2021
« on: September 10, 2021, 1419 UTC »
Very weak in central Kentucky. Sounds like rock music.
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MW Loggings / WBOB DX test
« on: September 03, 2021, 1534 UTC »
SPECIAL 50 kW DX TEST LATE NIGHT TONIGHT—TONIGHT—TONIGHT
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the NRC/IRCA is pleased to RELAY this announcement of a DX Test from WBOB 600 kHz in Jacksonville, FL tonight starting at Midnight Eastern Time (0400 UTC) at their daytime power of 50,000 watts.
The announcement came Thursday night at 9:28 PM Central time on Facebook from noted DX’er Jerry Kiefer. His announcement was as follows:
Last minute AM DX test Friday night 9/3 starting at Midnight Eastern. 50 kw WBOB 600 Jacksonville will be playing classic Top 40 with full fidelity CRL processing. They will QSL via e-mail. Contact Chief Engineer Jerry Smith. They run a two tower, figure eight DA beamed North by South Southwest. Please spread the word.
No other details available, but that leaves us all with about 18 hours to prepare. Get those antennas up, and phasers tested. Headphones on, and SDRs or recorders running. Suggest watching the “I Love AM Radio” Group on Facebook for additional details.
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the NRC/IRCA is pleased to RELAY this announcement of a DX Test from WBOB 600 kHz in Jacksonville, FL tonight starting at Midnight Eastern Time (0400 UTC) at their daytime power of 50,000 watts.
The announcement came Thursday night at 9:28 PM Central time on Facebook from noted DX’er Jerry Kiefer. His announcement was as follows:
Last minute AM DX test Friday night 9/3 starting at Midnight Eastern. 50 kw WBOB 600 Jacksonville will be playing classic Top 40 with full fidelity CRL processing. They will QSL via e-mail. Contact Chief Engineer Jerry Smith. They run a two tower, figure eight DA beamed North by South Southwest. Please spread the word.
No other details available, but that leaves us all with about 18 hours to prepare. Get those antennas up, and phasers tested. Headphones on, and SDRs or recorders running. Suggest watching the “I Love AM Radio” Group on Facebook for additional details.
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MW Loggings / Another WHAS maintenance outage
« on: April 15, 2021, 0118 UTC »
840 WHAS's Facebook page says they will go off the air at 11 PM EDT tonight (0300 UTC 15 April) for "several hours" of maintenance. A great chance to DX the frequency, especially for people like me who are only 80 miles from their transmitter.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / WENO 6925 USB 1730 UTC 3 Feb 2021
« on: February 03, 2021, 1737 UTC »
Music by Brian Eno and ID by OM. S9 in central Kentucky.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Good Times Radio 6925 USB 2012 UTC 15 Nov 2020
« on: November 15, 2020, 2013 UTC »
"Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor and "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins. Heavy fading, but generally good in central Kentucky
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MW Loggings / Another WHAS maintenance outage
« on: October 27, 2020, 0036 UTC »
I just learned that 840 WHAS will go off the air again tonight for tower maintenance starting at midnight EDT (0400Z). The length of the outage was not announced.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 6925 USB 2139 UTC 17 October 2020
« on: October 17, 2020, 2140 UTC »
Very loud in central Kentucky. Dog noises and ID via CW and OM voice.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 2106 UTC 4 October 2020
« on: October 04, 2020, 2110 UTC »
So far, songs "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins and "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede. Up and down in central Kentucky, but mostly a nice usable signal.
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Utility / Northern Florida hurricane frequencies
« on: September 16, 2020, 1935 UTC »
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 23 ARLB023
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT September 16, 2020
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB023
ARLB023 Northern Florida ARES Requests Clear Frequencies for HF Nets
Northern Florida Section Emergency Coordinator Karl Martin, K4HBN,
is requesting that stations not directly involved in the Amateur
Radio Emergency Service (ARES) response to Hurricane Sally please
avoid 3.950 MHz (primary) and 7.242 MHz (backup).
ARES has activated in four Northern Florida counties. Shelters are
open, and power and telecommunications outages are widespread,
Martin reports.
ARRL Bulletin 23 ARLB023
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT September 16, 2020
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB023
ARLB023 Northern Florida ARES Requests Clear Frequencies for HF Nets
Northern Florida Section Emergency Coordinator Karl Martin, K4HBN,
is requesting that stations not directly involved in the Amateur
Radio Emergency Service (ARES) response to Hurricane Sally please
avoid 3.950 MHz (primary) and 7.242 MHz (backup).
ARES has activated in four Northern Florida counties. Shelters are
open, and power and telecommunications outages are widespread,
Martin reports.
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Utility / 60-meter ham band frequencies for government-amateur interoperability for fires
« on: September 16, 2020, 1534 UTC »
SB QST ARL ARLB022
ARLB022 5-MHz Interoperability Channels Designated for Wildfires and
Hurricane Sally Response
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that
two 60-meter channels have been made available, as necessary, for
interoperability between US Government stations and US amateur radio
stations involved in emergency communications related to the
wildland firefighting response in California, Oregon, and
Washington, and to Hurricane Sally. These interoperability channels
will remain active until the need for these channels no longer
exists:
* Channel 1 - primary voice traffic 5332 kHz channel center, 5330.5
kHz USB voice.
* Channel 2 - digital traffic 5348 kHz channel center, 5346.5 kHz
USB with 1.5-kHz offset to center of digital waveform.
Frequencies may be modified or added to by FEMA Region 10 for their
area or operations due to existing 5-MHz/60-meter interoperability
plans for their region.
Amateur radio is secondary on the 5-MHz band and should yield to
operational traffic related to wildland firefighting and hurricane
response. Although the intended use for these channels is
interoperability between federal government stations and licensed US
amateur radio stations, federal government stations are primary
users and amateurs are secondary users.
The Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS -
https://netcom.army.mil/mars/ ) is following FEMA's lead on the
interoperability channel designations for the wildfire and hurricane
response. Army MARS Program Manager Paul English, WD8DBY, says he
has alerted all MARS members of the FEMA channel designations and
MARS members are prepared to support response efforts as needed.
ARLB022 5-MHz Interoperability Channels Designated for Wildfires and
Hurricane Sally Response
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced that
two 60-meter channels have been made available, as necessary, for
interoperability between US Government stations and US amateur radio
stations involved in emergency communications related to the
wildland firefighting response in California, Oregon, and
Washington, and to Hurricane Sally. These interoperability channels
will remain active until the need for these channels no longer
exists:
* Channel 1 - primary voice traffic 5332 kHz channel center, 5330.5
kHz USB voice.
* Channel 2 - digital traffic 5348 kHz channel center, 5346.5 kHz
USB with 1.5-kHz offset to center of digital waveform.
Frequencies may be modified or added to by FEMA Region 10 for their
area or operations due to existing 5-MHz/60-meter interoperability
plans for their region.
Amateur radio is secondary on the 5-MHz band and should yield to
operational traffic related to wildland firefighting and hurricane
response. Although the intended use for these channels is
interoperability between federal government stations and licensed US
amateur radio stations, federal government stations are primary
users and amateurs are secondary users.
The Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS -
https://netcom.army.mil/mars/ ) is following FEMA's lead on the
interoperability channel designations for the wildfire and hurricane
response. Army MARS Program Manager Paul English, WD8DBY, says he
has alerted all MARS members of the FEMA channel designations and
MARS members are prepared to support response efforts as needed.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 2010 UTC 2 August 2020
« on: August 02, 2020, 2013 UTC »
Two songs by Chicago heard so far. Not super strong but a usable signal.