ive heard 1 watt at 600 miles on 1170 .. and 28 watts on 1280 at 600 miles
with a 1290 1 mile down the road from me.. anything is possible.
On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 5:31 PM Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@aol.com> wrote:
> Daniel and Paul - Thanks for setting this up and getting the word out.
>
> I will be running about 6 hours of 780 audio into Total Recorder and will
> also set RF captures in the 0259-0329 EST / 0759-0829 UTC range.
>
> WBBM and R. Coro would be the expected interference here.
>
> Mark Connelly, WA1ION | South Yarmouth, MA | FN41vq
> ------------------------------
> On Saturday, February 15, 2020 Les Rayburn <IRCA@groups.io> wrote:
> With special thanks to Chief Engineer Daniel Appellof, and
> Broadcaster/DX’er Paul Walker, we have arranged for a DX Test tonight for
> KKOH 780 Khz in Reno, Nevada. At approximately midnight Pacific time, KKOH
> will switch to 50 KW Non-directional. They plan to run 15-20 minutes of DX
> Test material that we have provided.
>
> This material includes sweep tones, Morse Code IDs at 700 hz (10 words per
> minute), telephone off-hook sounds, and vintage voice sounders for the
> station. The sweep tones and telephone sounders are especially good at
> cutting through noise, and should give many DX’ers a chance to log the
> station.
>
> After the test period, KKOH 780 will power down the transmitter for
> additional maintenance. This will provide a “silent period” for West Coast
> DX’ers to log new stations on 780 Khz.
>
> When the maintenance concludes, the station will power back up. They may
> or may not repeat the DX Test material at that time. The maintenance is
> expected to take about six hours, possibly less.
>
> This is a rare chance to log Nevada, and for those in the Western US to
> log new stations on 780 KHz as well.
>
> Please spread the word via e-mail lists, chat rooms, etc. DX Tests are
> rare these days. I hope that everyone will join me in expressing our
> gratitude to Daniel and Paul.
>
>
> 73,
>
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 121 Mayfair Park
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> On Feb 15, 2020, at 1:32 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
> walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Good news... Daniel Appellof, KKOH's engineer has graciously agreed to run
> 15 to 20 minutes of DX Test material using KKOH's 50KW non directional
> daytime facility at 12midnight.. this is to hopefully give eas coast DX'ers
> a chance to log this. The 6am test will still run, but it would be
> very late for East coast DXers.
>
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