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Friday, May 26, 2023

WJFP and WTJZ


Logged two new ones.

WJFP in Chester, Pennsylvania, 177 miles southwest transmitting 1,000 watts on 740 kHz.

WTJZ (photo above) in Norfolk, Virginia, 376 miles south-southwest transmitting 50,000 watts on 1110 kHz. WTJZ was buried in the slop from WPRX 2 miles down the road, but using the IC-R8600’s passband tuning, I managed to hear it in the clean and add a new one in the log.

Both stations were received with the ICOM IC-R8600 receiver; WJFP with the Hy-Gain 18AVT/WB-A vertical antenna and WTJZ with the 120-foot loop underground antenna.

2 comments:

  1. Hello. My name is Frank. The reason I'm writing you is to see if you could help me out with a recommendation. I'm looking for a exterior anolog signal strength meter. The only radio I will use it on is a Icom-R-8500 receiver. It would also be nice if it was backlighted, and was at least 1½ to 2 times the size of the built in meter of the R-8500. It must be brand new. Thank you for your time, and I wish you well. Respectfully yours Frank.
    My email is: danburyfj@gmail.com
    73

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    1. I never used or owned an analog signal strength meter, so it is difficult to recommend one. I did google "analog signal strength meter” and it returned a good selection of meters… more than one that meets your requirements.

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