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On the subject of DX tests, has anyone received a verification via any means
from the WBOB 600 Jacksonville, FL test that ran about a year ago now?
I reported within 24 hours of the test with obvious identification material in
the mp3 file and still have not received anything in mail or email.
Mark Connelly, WA1ION
South Yarmouth, MA
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From: Les Rayburn <[email protected]>
To: Patrick Martin <[email protected]>
Cc: National Radio Club NRC am@nrcdxas_org <[email protected]>; IRCA Radio List
- irca@hard-core-dx_com <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat, Jan 7, 2017 3:36 pm
Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] RIP DX Tests (was: Re: Rackley on Synchronous AM Boosters)
One approach that has been successful in the past is to have the CPC offer to
handle all verification and QSL duties on behalf of the station. This proved to
be very successful in obtaining DX Tests simply because it removed the burden
from the station. We further would take the lead on producing test materials
(CW Morse Code ID’s, sweep tones, phonetic voice identifications, etc.) and
providing that as an MP3 file, or on a CD. At the end of the test, the CPC
would verify reception reports and send out QSL’s. The station personnel
received a detailed report showing all receptions (often plotted on a map using
Google Earth) The CPC Chairman is often more familiar with DXing, and better
able to judge any questionable reception. This approach allowed us to obtain DX
Tests for a number of smaller stations, with limited resources. Another tactic
we employed as to produce :60 long “Test Material” that could be run by a
station during the overnight hours at the TOH as their ID. No change in
transmitter power, pattern, etc…just distinctive test material that could cut
through clutter. All that was required was for the station to insert the
material into their inventory. These often ran for weeks at a time during the
overnight hours. These too resulted in a lot of “new ones” going into the logs.
I’m sure there are other innovative approaches that could be successful as
well. The key is to acknowledge that times change. We have to change our
tactics as hobbyists if we want to remain successful. 73,Les Rayburn, N1LF121
Mayfair ParkMaylene, AL EM63nfMember WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for
NRC & IRCA. Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR, Quantum Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530
Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip. > On Jan 7, 2017, at 2:21 PM,
Patrick Martin <[email protected]> wrote:> > Rick,> > Anytime people could
always cheat. There were reports from back in the> 50s with faux reports. I
like sending a cassette, reel to reel tape,> or now CD of what I heard so the
CE could tell the reception quality> as well as it being accurate. But to give
up totally on DX Tests> because of of a faux report or two, it ruins it for the
rest of us. I> love catching the rare stations that could never be heard
without a> test. One issue we are having is the reluctance of station
personnel> to reply to any reports now. Even e mail replies are hard to
obtain.> Even though I get fewer QSLs these days, I still go after them. But
DX> Tests should still be viable in our hobby. We do not get many these> days
as stations do not sign off like they did. I still look forward> to them when
we get them.> > Patrick> > On 1/6/17, Rick Dau <[email protected]>
wrote:>> Sorry, DXers of the world, but it's high time that DX tests be done
away>> with....>> >> >> >> Back in the day, some unscrupulous participants in
the hobby made it a>> practice of waiting about 2-3 weeks after tests were
conducted, looking>> through the pages of DX News, DX Monitor, and other print
publications,>> jotting down the details of what OTHERS were hearing, then
sending their own>> faux reports based from those details off to the testing
stations. Very>> often, engineers would happily mail back QSLs to the
offenders, totally>> unaware of what was going on. Fortunately, a select few
DID get wise to the>> shenanigans being perpetrated and then began conducting
tests with the>> caveat that reports had to be mailed within a scant few days
(say, within a>> week or so) after the test, or they would simply not reply to
the report.>> This was, in effect, to curtail the cheating.>> >> >> >> But with
the progress of technology comes a downside. Through reflectors>> such as
these, along with message boards, DX chatrooms (WHEN they work), and>> other
means of instant communication, the cheaters are once again seeing the>>
information that others are posting without making their OWN efforts to hear>>
the stations. DX tests were fun while they lasted, but, IMHO, they need to>>
be put down.>> >> >> >> 73,>> >> Rick Dau>> >> South Omaha, Nebraska>> >>
________________________________>> From: [email protected]
<[email protected]> on behalf of>> [email protected] [ABDX]
<[email protected]>>> Sent: Friday, January 6, 2017 5:48 PM>> To:
[email protected]>> Subject: [ABDX] Re: Rackley on Synchronous AM Boosters>>
>> >> >> To answer Todd`s question about anyone hearing KKOB Santa Fe,
recently>> in my reports and DXLD:>> >> Also, I have repeatedly called for a DX
test to be arranged on Santa Fe>> only, turning off the main Albuquerque
transmitter, however briefly (without>> of course, trying to set it up, myself;
maybe I would if I still lived in>> ABQ) And now there is no CPC chairman.
Glenn>> >> __._,_.___>> ________________________________>> Posted by:
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