I remember this station. I set up a DX test with WNJC, back in the 90's. It was one of our most successful, in being heard far and wide.With the new & improved/ much better audio files you have provided them, I wish the greatest success for this test, and all DXers trying to hear.73 de J.D. StephensSent via the Samsung Galaxy S10e, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone -------- Original message --------From: "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcast...@gmail.com> Date: 9/12/20 1:00 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Les Rayburn <l...@highnoonfilm.com> Cc: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n...@arrl.net>, George Santulli <gsantu...@hotmail.com>, o...@groups.io, Dave Marthouse <dmartho...@gmail.com>, IRCA List <i...@groups.io>, ABDX List <a...@abdx.org>, b...@groups.io, Phil Bytheway <dxm....@gmail.com>, CapeDX <cap...@yahoogroups.com>, Hard-Core-DX <Hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, via NRC-AM <nrc...@googlegroups.com>, mwcir...@groups.io Subject: Re: [nrc-am] Re: [HCDX] [odxa] WNJC 1360 DX Test Sept 13 & 14th Les knows of what he speaks.. he and I have had some long conversations.. i was initially a bit unsure and hesitant, but I will stand by him on whatever he produces for test material.Plus... a little error in morse code playback? So what, makes it more noticeable. Who else is going to be running long form mrose code?Paul On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 11:32 AM Les Rayburn <l...@highnoonfilm.com> wrote:WNJC 1360 will run the test again tonight (late night Saturday/early Sunday Morning) starting at midnight EST. Hopefully the station will get issues with power switching corrected and be able to run the test with full day power of 5,000 watts tonight. David—two points regarding test material: 1.) Years ago, we did an extensive series of tests with a licensed audiologist and a ‘focus group’ of his patients who were all 50+. The tests involved mixing a recording of a regional channel at night with various test material. The test material was mixed (in both channels of audio) at different levels. Material tested included Morse Code, sweep tones, off-hook telephone sounds, marching band music, Christmas music, long tones at different frequencies, voice ID’s in both male and female voice, station jingles, etc. The tests conclusively demonstrated that the following material cut through the noise best: Sweep Tones (by a ‘country-mile’) Morse Code at 900hz-1kHzLong tones at 900hz-1kHzoff-hook telephone sounderStation jingles (with female voices) were way down on the list. So adding more of them to the playlist would actually hurt chances of distant receptions. Changes in propagation over the course of a few minutes can often make big changes in how a signal is received. But science say! s the mix we’re using is optimum. 2.) The Morse Code ID’s are computer generated, with the Farnsworth rate adjusted. We’re all grateful for Duke and the owners of WNJC for these long-duration tests. Considering the test last night was at 1200 watts, it got out to amazing distances. 73,Les Rayburn, N1LF121 Mayfair ParkMaylene, AL 35114EM63nfNRC & IRCA Courtesy Program Committee ChairmanMember WTFDA, MWCPerseus SDR, Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy + Discovery, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees RDS Decoders, Korner 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Kitz Technologies! KT-501 Pre-amps, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. “Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…”
On Sep 12, 2020, at 11:13 AM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n...@arrl.net> wrote:I removed Paul from the Reply List, he will be happier.George, if you were hearing those tones, you were hearing WNJC. Ithink there should have been more "Station Identification Jingles"broadcast, they were recognizable for exactly what they were and thestation call letters were quite readable.But even with Morse code identification could be a problem, I was aprofessional radiotelegrapher for many years and I had to have theMorse repeated four times before I could be sure I copied the wholething - but what else could it be - but because of the error inspacing"D E" as two words, I wanted to be sure I could say "I heard WNJC" inMorse when there was another error in that! There wasn't just theincorrect spacing of "DE."Best wishes,David RingN1EAOn Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 10:05 AM George Santulli <gsantu...@hotmail.com> wrote:Heard same sounds here in northern Virginia too, fun, but WNJC unneeded here. GSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.-------- Original message --------From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n...@arrl.net>Date: 9/12/20 9:20 AM (GMT-05:00)To: o...@groups.iocc: Dave Marthouse <dmartho...@gmail.com>, Les Rayburn <l...@highnoonfilm.com>, Paul Walker <p...@myhits106.com>, IRCA List <i...@groups.io>, ABDX List <a...@abdx.org>, b...@groups.io, Phil Bytheway <dxm....@gmail.com>, CapeDX <cap...@yahoogroups.com>, Hard-Core-DX <Hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>, NRC-AM <nrc...@googlegroups.com>Subject: Re: [HCDX] [odxa] WNJC 1360 DX Test Sept 13 & 14thWNJC 1360 DX TestWNJC with spooky tones, on 1360 kHz for special reception test now maybemusic, but now Morse VVV D E WNJC WNJC WNJC.There should be no word space between D and E.Tones perfectly readable, with co-channel interference.I like the off-hook telephone sound! Very imaginative.Music gets lost in the noise, but I can tell spooky music right beforesending beeps are broadcast.Best wishes,David RingN1EAMARSHFIELD, MA USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NRC-AM" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nrc-am+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nrc-am/827FA6C6-0CED-40AD-908D-FC36352ED328%40highnoonfilm.com. _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
