Saul; Listening to my recordings now. Do you know if between 05:19:40 and 05:20:00 UTC they did a 1 or 2 kHz test tone (20 seconds exactly) ? I have an ESPN station and Oldies station sounding like a graveyard channel but all of a sudden heard the tone clear enough to time it out.
Bill Nollman Farmington, CT. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Saul DX Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 10:23 AM To: [email protected]; IRCA list; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [Amdx] WBGW-1590 DX test makes it - barely > Toronto Well, I ended up in the most challenging location I could feasibly end up - downtown Toronto - and staying awake paid off. I've heard WBGW in Toronto before, but certainly not from downtown where I have a 1430, 1540 and 1610 triple-play a mile or three away at Toronto Island. I thought I heard bits of tone here and there but it was so weak I still am not sure. I was starting to DX the Land of Nod when I was startled awake by a set of call letters, probably about half-way through. Then at 1:50 EDT I heard unmistakeable bugle sounds, albeit a bit weak. At first I thought it was jazz, say a trumpet, as it faded up. I stuck around another ten minutes, to the TOH, and heard nothing else except WAKR. I don't think I've ever heard bugle calls used for a DX test. I'm super glad I brought my loop-stick-modified Tecsun 380 ULR with me when I came back from Burnt River last time around. Much more fun than getting into my car, driving around, and hoping for the best. So this is a relog to my Toronto log, but new using an ULR. Looks like it got out fairly well - I wonder if the tone Pat Martin heard in OR was the same as Shawn Axelrod in MB! I am off to Burnt River this morning for just under a week, and later this weekend I'll assemble a report of who heard what and feed it back to these lists and to the two clubs and the DX test web site; and make that report part of a thank-you to the station. Saul Chernos _______________________________________________ This is Amdx - The WTFDA AM DX List. Amdx mailing list Post to: [email protected] Your Info Page: http://lists.wtfda.info/listinfo.cgi/amdx-wtfda.info Visit the WTFDA Forum at http://www.wtfda.info to view or upload your audio files! Register first. _______________________________________________ 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]
