KRSN 1490khz Los Alamos, NM Maintenance Test Date(s): Sunday Morning (Late Saturday Night) January 28, 2007
Time: 0100-0110, 0200-0210, & 0300-0310 Mountain Time. Ten minute long test period at the top of each hour. Modes of Operation: Special DX Test. 640 Watts, Non-Directional Programming: Phonetic voice ID's, Morse Code ID's, Sweep Tones. Notes: This will be a challenging test, as KRSN is on an STA that allows them only 640 watts. The antenna is a short (about 80 foot) folded unipole mounted on a 150 foot tower. The top of the tower supports several bays of cell phone antennas. KRSN has a new Harris transmitter, which they will be testing. QSL Information: Reception reports via e-mail are preferred. Send reports to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For those who cannot send e-mail reports, the address for Postal reports is: KRSN AM 1490 145 Central Park Square Los Alamos, NM 87544 Please include an SASE for reply. A recording of the test is requested. The following formats (only) are acceptable: .MP3 or .WAV for e-mail attachments. Audio CD or cassette for Postal reports. If a recording is not available, please include a detailed description of your reception including the sequence of test elements, description of sweep tones, etc. Our special thanks to Mike Westfall, N6KUY for working so hard to arrange this test with his local graveyard station. Also our gratitude to both Dave and Gillian Sutton, the station owners for scheduling their maintenance around the needs of the DX'ers! =================================================================== WFIF 1500khz Milford, CT Maintenance Test Date(s): Saturday Morning (Late Friday Night) January 26, 2007 Time: 12:01AM (Eastern Time) until 12:11AM (Eastern Time) Test is 10 minutes long in duration. Modes of Operation: WFIF is testing their new remote control system to be sure that the station can be switched on/off remotely or during emergencies. 3KW Non-Directional. WFIF is a daytimer, so this is a rare chance for many to log them. Per their engineer, Mr. Willie Barnett, the test will consist of "voice ID's and several tones, along with a "wavering" tone. If people have Cool Edit (or Audition) they can use the spectrum display and that tone will show up as a horizontal sine wave in the spectrograph. That makes it very easy to see, as well as hear". Programming: Voice ID's, tones, and a "wavering tone". QSL Information: Reception reports via e-mail are most desired. Postal reports are not encouraged and may not be responded to at all, based on station's limited resources and manpower. E-Mail all reports to Mr. Willie Barnett, Chief Engineer at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A recording of the test is requested. The following formats (only) are acceptable: .MP3 or .WAV for e-mail attachments. If a recording is not available, please include a detailed description of your reception including the sequence of test elements, description of sweep tones, etc. Screen capture images of the horizontal sine wave can also be sent as file attachments. Our special thanks go out to Mr. Barnett, for keeping us in the loop for weeks now, as the new remote control system installation was completed. While this is a short test, it could have been conducted with no notice given to the DX community, and we're grateful that he worked so hard to include us. ====================================================== Les Rayburn, N1LF NRC/IRCA Broadcast Test Coordinator Please call anytime 24/7 if your transmitter will be off the air for maintenance. (205) 253-4867 _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
