Re: [IRCA] Where's the Korean Jammer When You Need It?

[Chris Kadlec]

Actually, all jammers on MW, SW, and FM are still on the air as normally in 
Korea. I would send you the SDR of them, but... heck, this list can barely even 
handle its own text that we send it. There have been no changes in the radio 
situation. Just some hopeful people dreaming that it might change. Seoul and 
Hwaseong are still broadcasting on 657, 810, 819, 855, etc. with the coastal 
Incheon sites still on 855. Of course, 1053 Gimpo, 1053 Seoul, and 1080 Seoul 
have been off for two years now because Haeju is turned off. All the FM jammers 
for all the Echo of Unification stations on the outskirts of Seoul are still on 
as usual. All the usual SW jammers at Taereung and Haengjusanseong are 
operating as usual. 3970 (3965 actually at the moment) is still drunken on the 
SDR like 801 used to be in the DPRK, drifting around the dial. If you have not 
heard these stations, the reason must be poor conditions or poor luck. They are 
all there.

-Chris Kadlec



Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 02:11:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gary DeBock 
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
, Chris Kadlec 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Where's the Korean Jammer When You Need It?

Yes, Chris, I understand that Pyongyang switched to the UTC+9 system (from 
UTC+8 1/2) after the first inter-Korean summit this year. So now it seems that 
China (with the CNR stations having their 1+1 pip on the half hour) is one of 
the few TP countries still broadcasting pips at half past the hour.

Last December in Kona, Hawaii it was easy to track down KCBS and Pyongyang BS 
stations on multiple frequencies because of their pips on the half hour, but 
next month on Kauai I guess I'll need to work harder on the busy frequencies. 
It seems like the Southern jammers on 801. 819 and 855 have also been turned 
off as a result of the summit. The S9+ signals from 819-KCBS every evening will 
probably be the same, though!

Gary
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[IRCA] Alberta TPs for 2 October 2018

[Nigel Pimblett]

 A bit down on yesterday, but still a fair showing.  The Asians 
were almost wiped out today, but the DUs, while down on yesterday, were 
still not bad.   After listening to my recording yesterday of 963 many 
times last night, and with extensive use of Google I finally managed to 
determine it was 4WK I heard.  So of course today it was in again and 
though a bit weaker it stuck around long enough for me to confirm a // 
quite easily.


531 4KZ Innisfail, AUSTRALIAMusic at 1254, // local SDR.

594 3WV Horsham, AUSTRALIA  Talk by a man at 1309

603 unIDWeak, with talk by a man at 1333

612 4QR Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Man interviewing another at 1310.

693 JOAB,   Tokyo, JAPANWeak, with talk by a woman at 1310

792 4RN Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Talk by a woman at 1249

819 2GL Glen Innes, AUSTRALIA   Talk by a man at 1335

855 4QB/4QO AUSTRALIA   Man talking during an interview at 1312

963 4WK Warwick, AUSTRALIA  Weak, with news by woman at 1301, // 
local SDR

1107unIDTraces of man speaking at 1328.

11164BC Brisbane, AUSTRALIA Regular talk programming at 1242.

1161	unID	Talk by woman at 1250.  Pretty sure it was ABC, but not sure 
which one.


1305	5RN	Renmark, AUSTRALIA	Music, then woman talking at 1329.  Fading 
quickly, but caught bits of ABC news fanfare at 1330.


15484QD Emerald, AUSTRALIA  Talk by a woman at 1308.

1566HLAZJeju, S.KOREA   Talk by a woman in Japanese at 1244.


73,

Nigel Pimblett
Dunmore, AB
Perseus SDR with Wellbrook Phased Array
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Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit longer

[Volodya S]

Unfortunately, at least for me, this is no longer possible.   As an active
military base, and WWVH is located within the facility, one can no longer
just saunter on in for a visit!   73,   Walt (tried and didn't get
anywhere.although one work around might be to go through the gates to
gain access to the beach...which was available at certain times when I
checked, but only to Americans.

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 4:10 PM Mike Sanburn  wrote:

> Glad you got to visit the Hawaii site Pat. I'd sure include that on my to
> do list. ms
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Oct 1, 2018, at 11:20 PM, "Patrick Martin"  wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately I missed the CO convention, but Bob & I toured WWVH back
> in 1985 on our trip to Kauai. I sure hope they will continue.
> >
> > Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager
> >
> > 
> > From: IRCA  on behalf of Mike Sanburn <
> mikesanb...@hotmail.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 1:38 PM
> > To: Russ Johnson; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of
> America
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit
> longer
> >
> > 'Had the privilege of touring the WWV tower farm and transmitter
> building back in 1996 during the WTFDA convention which was held in
> Colorado. Wonderful station(s) that have served folks well for decades.   ms
> > 
> > From: IRCA  on behalf of Russ Johnson <
> radiok...@gmail.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 1:06 PM
> > To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit
> longer
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Before we close the WWV discussion, I wanted to share a personal story
> > about WWV.
> >
> > The first house I grew up in was in Greenbelt, Maryland in the early
> 60’s..
> > This was right down the little two lane road from what would be the NASA
> > Goddard Space Flight Center and directly across the road from our house
> was
> > station WWV.  I mean right across the street.
> > The station manager and his family lived in an old house on the property
> > and I played with their kids from time to time.  I often walked up to the
> > WWV building.
> >
> > Meanwhile, we had tremendous RFI from WWV in everything electronics.  It
> > got into our phones, radios, even my play Remco telephone set!   As a 4-5
> > year old, I listened to WWV on our Zenith radio.  I listened to the ticks
> > and the announcements at the the top of the minute”Eastern Standard
> > Time - 1:05 pm.”   I would listen to the broadcasts for long stretches of
> > time as I looked at the clock on the wall.   This is how I learned how to
> > tell time.  True story.
> >
> > A few years later, after we moved to another town in Maryland, WWV
> > relocated to Colorado.
> >
> > I think my radio hobby is the result of massive RF exposure from WWV as a
> > young child. : )
> >
> > I can still see the building in my mind as clears as can be, with the
> white
> > WWV letters on the front.
> >
> > 73
> >
> > Russ Johnson
> > Lexington NC
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 3:49 PM R. Colin Newell 
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Agreed - We should celebrate that we have what we have...
> >>
> >> Now back to the endless battle against the evil RFI! :-)
> >>
> >> On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 12:46 PM Lynn Hollerman via IRCA <
> >> irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit
> >>> longer
> >>> Guys...before this goes off on a tangent, remember to keep it DX
> >>> related
> >> --
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Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit longer

[Mike Sanburn]

Glad you got to visit the Hawaii site Pat. I'd sure include that on my to do 
list. ms 

Sent from my iPod

On Oct 1, 2018, at 11:20 PM, "Patrick Martin"  wrote:

> Unfortunately I missed the CO convention, but Bob & I toured WWVH back in 
> 1985 on our trip to Kauai. I sure hope they will continue.
> 
> Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager
> 
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Mike Sanburn 
> 
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 1:38 PM
> To: Russ Johnson; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit longer
> 
> 'Had the privilege of touring the WWV tower farm and transmitter building 
> back in 1996 during the WTFDA convention which was held in Colorado. 
> Wonderful station(s) that have served folks well for decades.   ms
> 
> From: IRCA  on behalf of Russ Johnson 
> 
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 1:06 PM
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit longer
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Before we close the WWV discussion, I wanted to share a personal story
> about WWV.
> 
> The first house I grew up in was in Greenbelt, Maryland in the early 60’s..
> This was right down the little two lane road from what would be the NASA
> Goddard Space Flight Center and directly across the road from our house was
> station WWV.  I mean right across the street.
> The station manager and his family lived in an old house on the property
> and I played with their kids from time to time.  I often walked up to the
> WWV building.
> 
> Meanwhile, we had tremendous RFI from WWV in everything electronics.  It
> got into our phones, radios, even my play Remco telephone set!   As a 4-5
> year old, I listened to WWV on our Zenith radio.  I listened to the ticks
> and the announcements at the the top of the minute”Eastern Standard
> Time - 1:05 pm.”   I would listen to the broadcasts for long stretches of
> time as I looked at the clock on the wall.   This is how I learned how to
> tell time.  True story.
> 
> A few years later, after we moved to another town in Maryland, WWV
> relocated to Colorado.
> 
> I think my radio hobby is the result of massive RF exposure from WWV as a
> young child. : )
> 
> I can still see the building in my mind as clears as can be, with the white
> WWV letters on the front.
> 
> 73
> 
> Russ Johnson
> Lexington NC
> 
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 3:49 PM R. Colin Newell 
> wrote:
> 
>> Agreed - We should celebrate that we have what we have...
>> 
>> Now back to the endless battle against the evil RFI! :-)
>> 
>> On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 12:46 PM Lynn Hollerman via IRCA <
>> irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit
>>> longer
>>> Guys...before this goes off on a tangent, remember to keep it DX
>>> related
>> --
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>>  and DXer.ca  -
>> VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada
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Re: [IRCA] Oct 2 WC TP’s - what WC TP’s?

[C B via IRCA]

--- Begin Message ---
 This morning also saw a marked decline in TPs in CO compared to yesterday. 
It's been a while since HLAZ was in and HLCA didn't even produce a het.
774 JOUB very weak w/male speaking
828 JOBB was the best of the lot, albeit briefly, good w/male and female w/EE 
lesson
1566 HLAZ weak w/male speaking
73 and Best of DX,
Craig BarnesWheat Ridge, CO Elad FDM-S2, W KAZ w/Vactrol, NW Corner-Fed loop, 
Quantum Phaser
On Tuesday, October 2, 2018, 9:10:06 AM MDT, Mark Durenberger 
 wrote:  
 
 Maybe it's just as well I'm not heading to the cabin today :-))


Cheers!

Mark Durenberger


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To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Oct 2 WC TP’s - what WC TP’s?

Here in IL, DU cx was considerably worse than yesterday as well.  73 KAZ

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 8:35 AM R. Colin Newell 
wrote:

> Whatever magic was happening yesterday has been replaced with a damp 
> towel over the ionosphere: A few big Japanese stations, hyper powered 
> South Koreans...
>
> No chance of a Devil’s Triangle today: (which everyone knows is...) 
> listening to crazy music from Pyongyang on 657 while Rush Limbaugh or 
> Bill O’Reilly Jr. duke it out on 650 and 660.
>
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[IRCA] good night!

[stanz...@sbcglobal.net]

I spent about an hour (2230 to 2330 UTC) last night tuning up and down 
the AM/MW band and noted more transatlantic carriers than I ever recall 
hearing before and one new station for the log on a frequency where I 
seldom expect to find anything!



Tuning from 530 to 1710, I was very surprised to clearly hear a station 
on 1070. Usually all I hear on 1070 is slop from WTIC on 1080, but last 
night I found WPLB with an S-9 signal. WPLB, "Mid Century Radio," is a 
daytimer located in Plattsburg, New York, transmitting 5,000 watts 207 
miles to my north.



Examining WTIC's signal on my IC-R8600's spectrum scope, it was obvious 
that WTIC's signal was not as wide and strong as it normally appears 
here (16 miles from their 50 kW transmitter). Was there a problem with 
their transmitter or antenna? Did they shut down their IBOC? Dunno, but 
I will keep checking their signal to see if the change was temporary or 
permanent.



Meanwhile, I noted the following 23 "transatlantic" carriers, an amazing 
number (to me): 531, 549, 567, 684, 693, 774, 855, 936, 954, 963, 1008, 
1044, 1053, 1152, 1179, 1215, 1278, 1296, 1305, 1539, 1584, 1593, 1602.



Comparing my collection of carriers with WA1ION's recent loggings from 
Cape Cod (142 miles to my east), I presume I heard the following station 
carriers:



531 - Algeria, Radio Algerie

549 - Algeria, Radio Algerie

567 - Spain, Radio Nacional de España, Radio 5

684 - ?

693 - United Kingdom, BBC, Radio 5

774 - Spain, Radio Nacional de España, Radio 1

855 - Spain, Radio Nacional de España, Radio 1

936 - Morocco, SNRT (Société nationale de radiodiffusion et de télévision)

954 - Spain, Radio Onda Cero

963 - ?

1008 - ?

1044 - Spain, SER [Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión (Spanish 
Broadcasting Company)]


1053 - United Kingdom, talkSPORT

1152 - ?

1179 - ?

1215 - United Kingdom, Absolute Radio

1278 - ?

1296 - ?

1305 - ?

1539 - ?

1584 - ?

1593 - ?

1602 - ?


Equipment used here were an ICOM IC-R8600 receiver and a 
Hy-Gain 18AVT/WB-A vertical antenna.



What a night!


Stan, WA1LOU
Wolcott, CT, USA

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Re: [IRCA] Oct 2 WC TP’s - what WC TP’s?

[Mark Durenberger]

Maybe it's just as well I'm not heading to the cabin today :-))


Cheers!

Mark Durenberger


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Here in IL, DU cx was considerably worse than yesterday as well.  73 KAZ

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 8:35 AM R. Colin Newell 
wrote:

> Whatever magic was happening yesterday has been replaced with a damp 
> towel over the ionosphere: A few big Japanese stations, hyper powered 
> South Koreans...
>
> No chance of a Devil’s Triangle today: (which everyone knows is...) 
> listening to crazy music from Pyongyang on 657 while Rush Limbaugh or 
> Bill O’Reilly Jr. duke it out on 650 and 660.
>
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Re: [IRCA] Oct 2 WC TP’s - what WC TP’s?

[Neil Kazaross]

Here in IL, DU cx was considerably worse than yesterday as well.  73 KAZ

On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 8:35 AM R. Colin Newell 
wrote:

> Whatever magic was happening yesterday has been replaced with a damp towel
> over the ionosphere: A few big Japanese stations, hyper powered South
> Koreans...
>
> No chance of a Devil’s Triangle today: (which everyone knows is...)
> listening to crazy music from Pyongyang on 657 while Rush Limbaugh or Bill
> O’Reilly Jr. duke it out on 650 and 660.
>
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[IRCA] AIH85 DXpedition Report from Finland

[mika]

One again I have spent an intensive week of AM DXing in Aihkiniemi in 
northern Finland. I got some nice new catches especially from Australia, 
Japan and the Philippines. Here's my report of what was heard up in 
Lapland, and what else I did over there - mostly fixing antennas and 
shooting the landscape in fall colors: 
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih85rep.htm


If you'd like to experience all this by yourself, you're most welcome. 
All of our 13 Beverage antennas, each 1 km/3,000 ft long, are working 
well. We still have a few weeks of vacancy during the winter season. For 
details, here's more info: 
http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aihkiniemi_dx_cabin_for_rent.dx


73
Mika Makelainen
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[IRCA] Oct 2 WC TP’s - what WC TP’s?

[R. Colin Newell]

Whatever magic was happening yesterday has been replaced with a damp towel over 
the ionosphere: A few big Japanese stations, hyper powered South Koreans...

No chance of a Devil’s Triangle today: (which everyone knows is...) listening 
to crazy music from Pyongyang on 657 while Rush Limbaugh or Bill O’Reilly Jr. 
duke it out on 650 and 660.

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Re: [IRCA] Where's the Korean Jammer When You Need It?

[Gary DeBock]

Yes, Chris, I understand that Pyongyang switched to the UTC+9 system (from 
UTC+8 1/2) after the first inter-Korean summit this year. So now it seems that 
China (with the CNR stations having their 1+1 pip on the half hour) is one of 
the few TP countries still broadcasting pips at half past the hour.

Last December in Kona, Hawaii it was easy to track down KCBS and Pyongyang BS 
stations on multiple frequencies because of their pips on the half hour, but 
next month on Kauai I guess I'll need to work harder on the busy frequencies. 
It seems like the Southern jammers on 801. 819 and 855 have also been turned 
off as a result of the summit. The S9+ signals from 819-KCBS every evening will 
probably be the same, though!

Gary

> On October 2, 2018 at 1:00 AM Chris Kadlec  mailto:beagleb...@beaglebass.com > wrote:
> 
> 
> As Pyongyang is UTC+9, the pips should never be on the half hour anymore, 
> though I think you actually know that already.
> 
> Time pips sure do help ID things when they're the only things that break 
> through interference or static, a lot like stations airing classical music or 
> NHK 2 with their music box. I could hear that across the whole AM band at 
> sign-off even on stations where I hear no sign of NHK a few minutes before.
> 
> -Chris Kadlec
> 
> 
> 
> Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 15:52:44 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Gary DeBock mailto:d1028g...@comcast.net >
> To: "America, Mailing"  mailto:irca@hard-core-dx.com >
> Subject: [IRCA] Where's the Korean Jammer When You Need It?
> 
> After some overnight FSL antenna work I decided to check the band around 
> local sunrise, hoping for some strong TP signals to break through the 
> neighbor's S7 electrical noise.
> 
> 
> 657-Pyongyang was one of the few that could break through, although it 
> was tough to decide which was worse-- Pyongyang's corny music (at 1256), or 
> the electrical noise 
> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/pj0vrs8cjkolzskklvkn3sfvfi6jszd1
> 
> Whether the 3+1 TOH pips are on the half hour or the hour (as at 1300 
> this morning), it's always time to tune away from this station 
> https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xlmyrowwabaz71v4fqu441jekg7pq4ma
> 
> No wonder all the radios made in North Korea make it impossible to tune 
> in anything else.
> 
> 
> Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
> 
> Stock XHDATA D-808 + 15" FSL antenna
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Re: [IRCA] Where's the Korean Jammer When You Need It?

[Chris Kadlec]

As Pyongyang is UTC+9, the pips should never be on the half hour anymore, 
though I think you actually know that already.

Time pips sure do help ID things when they're the only things that break 
through interference or static, a lot like stations airing classical music or 
NHK 2 with their music box. I could hear that across the whole AM band at 
sign-off even on stations where I hear no sign of NHK a few minutes before.

-Chris Kadlec



Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 15:52:44 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gary DeBock 
To: "America, Mailing" 
Subject: [IRCA] Where's the Korean Jammer When You Need It?

After some overnight FSL antenna work I decided to check the band around local 
sunrise, hoping for some strong TP signals to break through the neighbor's S7 
electrical noise.


657-Pyongyang was one of the few that could break through, although it was 
tough to decide which was worse-- Pyongyang's corny music (at 1256), or the 
electrical noise  https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/pj0vrs8cjkolzskklvkn3sfvfi6jszd1

Whether the 3+1 TOH pips are on the half hour or the hour (as at 1300 this 
morning), it's always time to tune away from this station  
https://dreamcrafts.box.com/s/xlmyrowwabaz71v4fqu441jekg7pq4ma

No wonder all the radios made in North Korea make it impossible to tune in 
anything else.


Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)

Stock XHDATA D-808 + 15" FSL antenna
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Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit longer

[Patrick Martin]

Unfortunately I missed the CO convention, but Bob & I toured WWVH back in 1985 
on our trip to Kauai. I sure hope they will continue.

Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager


From: IRCA  on behalf of Mike Sanburn 

Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 1:38 PM
To: Russ Johnson; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit longer

'Had the privilege of touring the WWV tower farm and transmitter building back 
in 1996 during the WTFDA convention which was held in Colorado. Wonderful 
station(s) that have served folks well for decades.   ms

From: IRCA  on behalf of Russ Johnson 

Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2018 1:06 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit longer

Hi,

Before we close the WWV discussion, I wanted to share a personal story
about WWV.

The first house I grew up in was in Greenbelt, Maryland in the early 60’s..
This was right down the little two lane road from what would be the NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center and directly across the road from our house was
station WWV.  I mean right across the street.
The station manager and his family lived in an old house on the property
and I played with their kids from time to time.  I often walked up to the
WWV building.

Meanwhile, we had tremendous RFI from WWV in everything electronics.  It
got into our phones, radios, even my play Remco telephone set!   As a 4-5
year old, I listened to WWV on our Zenith radio.  I listened to the ticks
and the announcements at the the top of the minute”Eastern Standard
Time - 1:05 pm.”   I would listen to the broadcasts for long stretches of
time as I looked at the clock on the wall.   This is how I learned how to
tell time.  True story.

A few years later, after we moved to another town in Maryland, WWV
relocated to Colorado.

I think my radio hobby is the result of massive RF exposure from WWV as a
young child. : )

I can still see the building in my mind as clears as can be, with the white
WWV letters on the front.

73

Russ Johnson
Lexington NC

On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 3:49 PM R. Colin Newell 
wrote:

> Agreed - We should celebrate that we have what we have...
>
> Now back to the endless battle against the evil RFI! :-)
>
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 12:46 PM Lynn Hollerman via IRCA <
> irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWV and WWVH to stick around for just a little bit
> > longer
> > Guys...before this goes off on a tangent, remember to keep it DX
> > related
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> >
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