tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74907415485328384192024-03-12T23:15:55.596-04:00horzepaStan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.comBlogger1432125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-40891013153529532612023-08-24T12:00:00.002-04:002023-08-24T12:00:34.813-04:00TAPR News<p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">PSR #156 Online Now</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Summer 2023, #156 issue of TAPR's quarterly newsletter, <i>PSR</i>, is now available by clicking <a href="http://files.tapr.org/psr/psr156.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">2022 DCC Papers Online Now</span></b></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The paper presentations of the 2022 ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC at Charlotte, NC) are now online at <a href="https://tapr.org/41st-arrl-and-tapr-digital-communications-conference/">https://tapr.org/41st-arrl-and-tapr-digital-communications-conference/</a></span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-71660430084960275502023-08-23T22:48:00.000-04:002023-08-23T22:48:14.952-04:00WWAC<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijT0yMCpsRO6XOxU-O_wtAXuDPTqixOktTtMR7c1beaOAcQzkFyzfn5TNhoD0OxyNWMiMX__0TKqh--t2kK0y9Aw72D3vQ7rklKWQHlPWY1yxeKFW74ec44LKdEc1zIHKPmfRwLRxO50E_AUp60UCrWM5MHpugQPacxZ4XWMhd89z_vsOL6YUuixD-GOQ/s600/WWAC.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijT0yMCpsRO6XOxU-O_wtAXuDPTqixOktTtMR7c1beaOAcQzkFyzfn5TNhoD0OxyNWMiMX__0TKqh--t2kK0y9Aw72D3vQ7rklKWQHlPWY1yxeKFW74ec44LKdEc1zIHKPmfRwLRxO50E_AUp60UCrWM5MHpugQPacxZ4XWMhd89z_vsOL6YUuixD-GOQ/w319-h479/WWAC.png" width="319" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sundown Wednesday, I heard oldies on 1020 kHz, a place where I normally don’t hear oldies, so I hung back and waited for a station ID. The station identified between each song and it took a few songs before I figured out the ID: "wibbage."</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It took some Googling on the Internet to figure out what was wibbage.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">“WWAC began operations in the mid-1960s as WSLT on 1520 kHz, featuring such notable radio hosts as Larry Keene, Phil Sheridan and Bob Everland. The call sign was changed to WIBG in 1978 after the call went out of use in Philadelphia. The station broadcast with various formats over the years including MOR, Top 40, oldies and country. In the early 1980s WIBG moved their transmitter and tower from Somer's Point to Palermo, changing its frequency to 1020 kHz in the process. The call letters were changed to WWAC in 2021. Today WWAC airs "Wibbage Gold", a tribute to the original "Big AM 99 in Philadelphia with 50s/60s oldies music and local talk on the weekends.” (Source: WIBG.com)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So it turns out I logged a new one: WWAC transmitting 680 watts on 1020 kHz from Upper Township, New Jersey, about 190 miles south-southwest of here using the ICOM IC-R8600 receiver and 120-ft Loop Underground (LUG) antenna.</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-4970871357538075692023-07-07T17:19:00.000-04:002023-07-07T17:19:57.159-04:00July 7 E-skip<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/SporadicE-NPS.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/SporadicE-NPS.gif" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Mid-afternoon Sporadic E / E-skip noted here today. Relogged two stations on 90.9 MHz:</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 18, 77); color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">1930 UTC, </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 18, 77); color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">WJKV</b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 18, 77); color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in Jacksonville, Florida, transmitting 41,000 watts, 920 miles to the south-southwest</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 18, 77); color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">1950 UTC,</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(32, 18, 77); color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"> </span><b style="caret-color: rgb(32, 18, 77); color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;">WOWB</b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 18, 77); color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in Brewton, Alabama, transmitting 100,000 watts, 1057 miles to the southwest</span> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 18, 77); color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Both were received with my ICOM IC-R8600 receiver and ICOM AH-7000 discone antenna.</span></span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-24009672661810316592023-05-31T15:22:00.000-04:002023-05-31T15:22:00.423-04:00May 31 E-skip<span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGo2285kAw6z-Ez4a4abCK1Gq5kuwN_2YA9MmL4GCKBtlac7x5YgD6weYuEjAkRrW2Y1HIhfu5LVhwWPHQQdfB47lWxT4nxAMDwFMYJ0qdP7ckfXRuU0ob1HUTi-L08jGXYhKFiiaouTfESEaC-ORavykzZir879k4RjenVnU43Fbcuoad0fGshqG/s600/WATP.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGo2285kAw6z-Ez4a4abCK1Gq5kuwN_2YA9MmL4GCKBtlac7x5YgD6weYuEjAkRrW2Y1HIhfu5LVhwWPHQQdfB47lWxT4nxAMDwFMYJ0qdP7ckfXRuU0ob1HUTi-L08jGXYhKFiiaouTfESEaC-ORavykzZir879k4RjenVnU43Fbcuoad0fGshqG/s16000/WATP.png" /></a></div><br />I have been checking 90.9 MHz every morning for any sign of life. As I mentioned before, 90.9 MHz is the only FM band channel that is unoccupied here, so anything heard on 90.9 is an indication that the band is open.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">WBUR on 90.9 from Boston was loud and clear at 9 AM, but I did not get back to the radio until 11 AM when the band was hopping with E-skip.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I relogged two stations and logged one new one. I relogged KLRC in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1224 miles to the west-southwest and WOWB in Brewton, Alabama, 1058 miles to the southwest.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The new logging was WATP in Laurel, Mississippi, 1106 miles to the west-southwest.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">All were heard with the ICOM IC-R8600 receiver and ICOM AH-7000 discone antenna.</span></div>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-37378788066225769002023-05-26T15:49:00.001-04:002023-05-26T15:51:54.040-04:00WJFP and WTJZ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-IfcxqK6qJ_kqN_WVNgS5JHJ9CfUfxDioQSwc1fc404TKuOsnc6-UBZHUGhYuvUxjTms4IaXqu2e-sfNC1y5FjItSKkDfIoIqx0bmbWS54BP1vHrDl1VP0XZRO2wY69cVNJkBH66XkGO6wKSyjHbTY8srETvZsPAmyaOCDxiv1qyDd5KOqYI7NXp/s600/WTJZ.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-IfcxqK6qJ_kqN_WVNgS5JHJ9CfUfxDioQSwc1fc404TKuOsnc6-UBZHUGhYuvUxjTms4IaXqu2e-sfNC1y5FjItSKkDfIoIqx0bmbWS54BP1vHrDl1VP0XZRO2wY69cVNJkBH66XkGO6wKSyjHbTY8srETvZsPAmyaOCDxiv1qyDd5KOqYI7NXp/s16000/WTJZ.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Logged two new ones.</span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>WJFP</b> in Chester, Pennsylvania, 177 miles southwest transmitting 1,000 watts on 740 kHz.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>WTJZ</b> (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.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">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.</span></div>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-145803209278588722023-03-19T13:25:00.000-04:002023-03-19T13:25:49.916-04:00Is WTIC 's IBOC Gone for Good?<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUxtElwmrZQ60draPCfLSxEtZJ3ANjmTFCVBA1jb9oUQGEVMpC8OG5WWqxjXFlQ2XmMvdJAJU4twniINwr7rU9Es1fMKeAroF3gVhq1y-1ILAFBi0nzOVVf1Bn8cFqZN9BwXHQitbivU/s600/WTIC+IBOC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUxtElwmrZQ60draPCfLSxEtZJ3ANjmTFCVBA1jb9oUQGEVMpC8OG5WWqxjXFlQ2XmMvdJAJU4twniINwr7rU9Es1fMKeAroF3gVhq1y-1ILAFBi0nzOVVf1Bn8cFqZN9BwXHQitbivU/s16000/WTIC+IBOC.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">WTIC's IBOC'd signal extended from 1065 to 1095 kHz!</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Living 13 miles line-of-sight of WTIC’s 50,000-watt transmitter site on 1080 kHz makes DXing on 1070 and 1090 kHz very difficult especially since WTIC uses IBOC (In-band on-channel), a hybrid method of transmitting digital radio and analog radio broadcast signals simultaneously on the same frequency. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">With IBOC on, I can’t hear a thing but IBOC on 1070 and only 50,000-watt WBAL manages to break through on 1090.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Good news is that it seems that WTIC is no longer using IBOC. It has been off for weeks (maybe months) and I hope it is not coming back. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hurrah!</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-88691018444764377552023-02-02T11:35:00.005-05:002023-02-02T11:35:47.279-05:00Missing Person<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjE3HChu9MCU_B0NFXekP7FHi6W3FnRGQt1S8q5YBQkI5QWLit2T-53OvtHXFQI7aG39CYpmL-DsjPx30z5ImLcppVDITWvA7ufKUSBQ_-i98WuBQc3M8UGElwxXaVU37rT3cGjrbUIYMxduchaYQR1TuMApB1BduASvg_eobsI9Kxuq7hSDwkiP9J/s442/knee.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="390" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjE3HChu9MCU_B0NFXekP7FHi6W3FnRGQt1S8q5YBQkI5QWLit2T-53OvtHXFQI7aG39CYpmL-DsjPx30z5ImLcppVDITWvA7ufKUSBQ_-i98WuBQc3M8UGElwxXaVU37rT3cGjrbUIYMxduchaYQR1TuMApB1BduASvg_eobsI9Kxuq7hSDwkiP9J/w240-h272/knee.png" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">It has been over three months since I last posted here. I had a very messed up knee and had been doing very little radioing because sitting at the radio (or anywhere else) was painful after 10 minutes or so.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Shots to my bad knee provided temporary relief, but temporary was not satisfactory. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I finally had total knee replacement surgery on Monday and my condition is improving rapidly. I am undergoing physical therapy and expect to be getting back to normal soon.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-17070501596629314182022-10-27T18:11:00.002-04:002022-10-29T09:23:12.886-04:0087.9 MHz Mystery Station<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDA_zU9GnOas2Z2cBpknV5gfNygdJWgsgZadQ9fcxXvXt-kcxoDY7ijQex6zf82HgxBDxdC988SR5BBLJzXG8FME5S15QJG--1KQqfVJZNXLd5xDjCHOHUQ6Eo0d0CQa4Oq-7PlXtD6Sk2dmYSh584tS77w0IiCXU3Y9FaOesin-r7SKfj7Q5ZAHc/s773/87point9%20radio.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="263" height="551" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNDA_zU9GnOas2Z2cBpknV5gfNygdJWgsgZadQ9fcxXvXt-kcxoDY7ijQex6zf82HgxBDxdC988SR5BBLJzXG8FME5S15QJG--1KQqfVJZNXLd5xDjCHOHUQ6Eo0d0CQa4Oq-7PlXtD6Sk2dmYSh584tS77w0IiCXU3Y9FaOesin-r7SKfj7Q5ZAHc/w187-h551/87point9%20radio.png" width="187" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">About a week ago, I noticed a radio station on 87.9 MHz. It was a Spanish language station playing continuous Spanish contemporary music (perhaps, Spanish Christian contemporary music). The only voices heard were short announcements at the 27 and 57 minutes past the hour. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Despite taking Spanish in high school and college, I had a difficult time translating the announcements, but I believe that the station is called “Radio de Morte e Vida” (Death and Life Radio). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Springfield, Massachusetts was mentioned once, so the station may be located in that city or thereabouts, which is about 40 miles to the north-northeast. (I can receive the station on my car radio if I travel north or northeast from my home in the general direction of Springfield. Traveling south of here, there is no signal.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As you know, there are supposed to be no radio stations on 87.9 MHz in the USA. So when I first heard the station, I figured it was a fly-by-night pirate that would pull the plug soon. But the station has been on the air 24/7 everyday since I first heard it. With a name like Morte e Vida, maybe it is a Halloween pirate station that will go away after the holiday.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m stumped, but I will stay tuned and let you know if I discover anything more.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Equipment used ICOM IC-R8600 receiver and ICOM AH-7000 discone antenna.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><b>UPDATE:</b></u> Less than one day after publishing the above, I tuned to 87.9 and find a dead carrier – no audio, just RF; an S-4 signal with the pre-amp on.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>UPDATE 2:</u></b> The dead carrier lasted all day on Friday, but this morning, the audio (voice and music) has returned.</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-17644186679020081622022-09-23T10:20:00.008-04:002022-09-23T10:23:32.185-04:00Radio Progreso<span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9uXR13Q2k4rCVVdvror_rNDmn-I_KlU09yU4LL5yXUvyy35rEwNsek20UeJlamgryCPCU1Ix_B1tWPivF1ArfCW5i5VtR154Cv5fXvBY7BSskcwLeKEz2ERwKBS-vSi6LnX41Z8ZYRt84FAPGR39QdlRz6bQmRORARUbcfvowBUfR6ceMNsh1iAf/s300/Radio%20Progreso.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9uXR13Q2k4rCVVdvror_rNDmn-I_KlU09yU4LL5yXUvyy35rEwNsek20UeJlamgryCPCU1Ix_B1tWPivF1ArfCW5i5VtR154Cv5fXvBY7BSskcwLeKEz2ERwKBS-vSi6LnX41Z8ZYRt84FAPGR39QdlRz6bQmRORARUbcfvowBUfR6ceMNsh1iAf/w400-h224/Radio%20Progreso.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />WSB on 750 kHz was off the air for maintenance, so I monitored 750 last night to hear what I could hear and Radio Progreso transmitting 10 kW from Palmira, Cuba was loud and clear for awhile and then disappeared into the noise. Radio Progreso is a new logging 1408 miles to the south-southeast. Also heard CBGY in Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland (1050 miles, east-northeast) on 750, but CBGY was already in the log.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Equipment used: ICOM IC-R8600 receiver and 130-foot loop underground antenna.</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-53559172366442822522022-09-14T19:42:00.001-04:002022-09-14T19:42:34.099-04:00Found on the Aisle of Shame<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-swo6MpmYG88pHY8WVxwSC3HtLhgOmPSEFpdX8ZKvZ1T9YtHFJS519pntwiz7GRsRgU8XFdD5F5RIsRb9VQM86uctZOSxTzC1X4StrLvf6q6hPD0O3ViTtgMs-gs6_AGEJVcKkrwpzk34faIxYtKdkYTclAurruK3sxvjeyuzDosGj_4JENqGXMib/s504/tapr%20logo%20lamp.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-swo6MpmYG88pHY8WVxwSC3HtLhgOmPSEFpdX8ZKvZ1T9YtHFJS519pntwiz7GRsRgU8XFdD5F5RIsRb9VQM86uctZOSxTzC1X4StrLvf6q6hPD0O3ViTtgMs-gs6_AGEJVcKkrwpzk34faIxYtKdkYTclAurruK3sxvjeyuzDosGj_4JENqGXMib/s16000/tapr%20logo%20lamp.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Grocery shopping today, I made a pass through the Aldi <a href="https://www.aisleofshame.com/" target="_blank">Aisle of Shame</a> and came upon the LED novelty lamp that you see in the accompanying photo. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I could not resist buying it. Not because I am a big cacti fan, but because the lamp is a dead ringer for the logo of TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio). (I am a TAPR member, its secretary, newsletter editor and on its board of directors.)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The lamp now sits on a desk in my ham shack. I was worried that the LED might cause RFI, but so far, so good.</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-85188086913691511732022-08-30T17:50:00.001-04:002022-08-30T17:51:15.318-04:00WSRS<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOP5rRRsrofDOABaYK9JN8e7vUr3mVlgN8VTnFp9YEmDv3J0pddLA2fyd6yWayfG5VIgZr8x3YuvJzYxpp_5dy5OxH-WNk4vH4kORbq6BcA47CLDV_78RBG6whv0Zc1Vzw5JMnbOR_dDaMiiw6IDYLBC5-tukHbpz-tkwyZ-_3oKyGp3qQTBiccJO/s600/WSRS.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOP5rRRsrofDOABaYK9JN8e7vUr3mVlgN8VTnFp9YEmDv3J0pddLA2fyd6yWayfG5VIgZr8x3YuvJzYxpp_5dy5OxH-WNk4vH4kORbq6BcA47CLDV_78RBG6whv0Zc1Vzw5JMnbOR_dDaMiiw6IDYLBC5-tukHbpz-tkwyZ-_3oKyGp3qQTBiccJO/w266-h400/WSRS.png" width="266" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">It has been a slow summer for DX, basically due to what I wrote in the <a href="http://www.horzepa.com/2022/08/wheres-stanley.html" target="_blank">previous post</a>. But I did manage to log a new station driving a mile from the QTH: WSRS on 96.1 MHz transmitting 16.5 kW from Worcester, Massachusetts, 70 miles to the northeast.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Traveling north a mile from my house, I drop down a steep ridge from over 1000 feet ASL to 200 feet ASL. I lost count how many DX stations I have caught on this ridge, which I call the “Willis Street RF Trap.” </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">WSRS is only 70 miles away and not great DX. But I have also caught some really great DX, like KTBT in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (almost 1300 miles away) on the “Trap” in my trusty 2007 Subaru Outback Sport.</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-13144198225871476422022-08-04T15:26:00.001-04:002022-08-04T15:26:21.608-04:00Where‘s Stanley?<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN66ZzeS3OpDTbRq3imbOLduV3ZZSdt_HPZclgG5A35cL9_2XiVwEE9bfPsYrOJ3TtbLXEXZIBNmxfp-_knU0tRXg63b6wK0tpwVgXla0SHKIgAQNvbPwHsqaj6FoiOWsS7q21t7IW2ONE4JJ5IR4rx4UtasHV7igng4Iz1bVXEzqkRu3O4XU0ZKU/s840/wheres%20wa1lou.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="715" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN66ZzeS3OpDTbRq3imbOLduV3ZZSdt_HPZclgG5A35cL9_2XiVwEE9bfPsYrOJ3TtbLXEXZIBNmxfp-_knU0tRXg63b6wK0tpwVgXla0SHKIgAQNvbPwHsqaj6FoiOWsS7q21t7IW2ONE4JJ5IR4rx4UtasHV7igng4Iz1bVXEzqkRu3O4XU0ZKU/w170-h200/wheres%20wa1lou.png" width="170" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">My wife and I have been having health issues the past two months and I have seldom had time to turn on the radios. As a result, I had nothing to write here about my radio activities because there were next to none. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This post is just to inform my loyal readers that I am still alive and kicking and looking forward to turning on the radios more often real soon now.</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-32247037582775464302022-05-01T11:38:00.003-04:002022-05-01T11:38:54.782-04:00Another Sunday Morning Test<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbaEZG7Px2TH29B-kpzejrNXnPxniGti7-NVcHG2jo31a38GomsNvXt7RfG-OP7zbTwASmdLer3Z1eIfWPW1gybx8uo6ow7CgOpBJhKeCjTsQluEaW-GXcQj2z2OOT19di4v9ykmJsojhRS6KrxPseOoDsykOGjiwV7Z_mJrbo5Ew8MgK0Os5-jGe/s600/WCGA.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbaEZG7Px2TH29B-kpzejrNXnPxniGti7-NVcHG2jo31a38GomsNvXt7RfG-OP7zbTwASmdLer3Z1eIfWPW1gybx8uo6ow7CgOpBJhKeCjTsQluEaW-GXcQj2z2OOT19di4v9ykmJsojhRS6KrxPseOoDsykOGjiwV7Z_mJrbo5Ew8MgK0Os5-jGe/s16000/WCGA.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The May 1st, WCGA test was a success here 880 miles from its transmitter. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Began hearing the test just after 0400 UTC with the “Star Spangled Banner” under WTAM, followed by Morse code, sweep tones, etc. until I shut off the IC-R8600 and went to bed about 15 minutes into the test. Best heard on the 120-foot Loop Under Ground antenna, weaker on the remaining leg of the 80-meter dipole and nothing on the HyGain 18AVT/WB-A vertical.</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-51361212600116303662022-04-10T13:45:00.005-04:002022-04-10T13:45:27.632-04:00Sunday Morning Test<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMt9nPb50R14LzN_8uJLNNuQN-qjalZLbqT1mrZ2Hn8CHaPW5sI_1ycoFstdQcdjlCBOzaSbMCPVjQDgApAetiX-EPZIZSxVlBtbS8pCB3bOjMUJPbcQTEY7SaZigIn-2bU3gPor_rGZuvxOO2YQGWbwZrNZnBHtMasGETTKRoxKE1m8GQ4Wx__o_/s600/WMST.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMt9nPb50R14LzN_8uJLNNuQN-qjalZLbqT1mrZ2Hn8CHaPW5sI_1ycoFstdQcdjlCBOzaSbMCPVjQDgApAetiX-EPZIZSxVlBtbS8pCB3bOjMUJPbcQTEY7SaZigIn-2bU3gPor_rGZuvxOO2YQGWbwZrNZnBHtMasGETTKRoxKE1m8GQ4Wx__o_/s320/WMST.png" width="213" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Two Kentucky radio stations conducted simultaneous DX tests 0400 to 0600 UTC on April 10.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Receiving WMST 1150 kHz was easy. Strong signals heard on all four antennas (including a VHF/UHF discone) and the ICOM IC-R8600 receiver.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">WWKY 990 kHz was a no-go. Not a surprise since WNTY is four miles from here on 990. I listened for about 45 minutes hoping that WWKY would break through WNTY, but it never happened. So I went to bed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">WMST is located in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, and was transmitting 2500 watts, 632 miles to the west-southwest.</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-91458721720577286282022-03-03T10:46:00.001-05:002022-03-03T10:46:18.650-05:00WSDE in the log<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAUeHMdjONFhdXw0hS_IJKHTWANzBI3-cSEmk5k40s7dB8vqLnIWys22gqfrrQc1zHKmPR3P0b40bopd9Z7NUOyQ3xcpwCr9JcoKG5BWh8UQej_aw1ujXqS0m-ouDWfpeQ22gn1bOtccfJT6VtfOGjJTQ0Qcudm2frdgI0Xhlspu5HCp6L7YglBFE2=s264" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="264" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAUeHMdjONFhdXw0hS_IJKHTWANzBI3-cSEmk5k40s7dB8vqLnIWys22gqfrrQc1zHKmPR3P0b40bopd9Z7NUOyQ3xcpwCr9JcoKG5BWh8UQej_aw1ujXqS0m-ouDWfpeQ22gn1bOtccfJT6VtfOGjJTQ0Qcudm2frdgI0Xhlspu5HCp6L7YglBFE2=w255-h92" width="255" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Logged WSDE at 0046 UTC on 1190 kHz transmitting 20 watts from Cobleskill, New York, 107 miles to the northwest. Used my ICOM IC-R8600 receiver and one leg of my 80 meter dipole antenna (the other leg came down in a storm earlier this winter).</span><p></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-90373754518656109522022-02-24T15:43:00.003-05:002022-02-24T15:45:17.659-05:00Radio Kiev<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxIf6SCjj2bXCrgAQ5alx3T3o0eDO5m9FQwBeTKnaSYRKs6qlzLP6jRl9P3mXblPo23WF38cNmoG6bNC4V1tN6U-OEhCiGfJNW31dZrtwYEpRnvvOvoug7JSRGpV4ODHfiaQPpI7rTT8-n8Ejwo-DnnTIRFIOM2VF9RQr8HjVqo43zAIvagYziMrtb=s3311" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2363" data-original-width="3311" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxIf6SCjj2bXCrgAQ5alx3T3o0eDO5m9FQwBeTKnaSYRKs6qlzLP6jRl9P3mXblPo23WF38cNmoG6bNC4V1tN6U-OEhCiGfJNW31dZrtwYEpRnvvOvoug7JSRGpV4ODHfiaQPpI7rTT8-n8Ejwo-DnnTIRFIOM2VF9RQr8HjVqo43zAIvagYziMrtb=w496-h353" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5O5AlIjRSEUxoxhh-cAj5bU6lylLOoS5N5RaOf9STrR9wjvuLr0TUQQ_tj3SJ6xEFV-Q08hFZy-ZhHqJOQPFdkBtVEUDc5cLR_l-15VvLWNR9GHJ6j9i-oRuYBIxEI647ausFQx3ED1hlt63efi-3gAl5uhiqh5W_ut22373GPF61_zf_UaGcGSnB=s3332" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2360" data-original-width="3332" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5O5AlIjRSEUxoxhh-cAj5bU6lylLOoS5N5RaOf9STrR9wjvuLr0TUQQ_tj3SJ6xEFV-Q08hFZy-ZhHqJOQPFdkBtVEUDc5cLR_l-15VvLWNR9GHJ6j9i-oRuYBIxEI647ausFQx3ED1hlt63efi-3gAl5uhiqh5W_ut22373GPF61_zf_UaGcGSnB=w493-h350" width="493" /></a></div><br />Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-38847854860762328042022-01-14T16:20:00.006-05:002022-01-15T11:39:27.194-05:00Mid-winter FM Catch!<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhH8k-Dv83Vnr54ZtOb4LO_N_vehWrMeIVsyxZp0zMTNoIK_GVoTd5pzlghJ38S_0CE5Qk7IJ08pTBOqT07va0SM8pb1pWmgTP4q1h-SPygwv5g61EIqH3-FWPRX43ghomaxLPdPR8XMNO8ZkzFV2EuhIixvV3YQPkDjDzPfvwYxQDnD7p4RTeUItHT=s600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhH8k-Dv83Vnr54ZtOb4LO_N_vehWrMeIVsyxZp0zMTNoIK_GVoTd5pzlghJ38S_0CE5Qk7IJ08pTBOqT07va0SM8pb1pWmgTP4q1h-SPygwv5g61EIqH3-FWPRX43ghomaxLPdPR8XMNO8ZkzFV2EuhIixvV3YQPkDjDzPfvwYxQDnD7p4RTeUItHT=w489-h325" width="489" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Running errands this morning, I had the Subaru radio tuned to W241CG-FM on 96.1 MHz. Although W241CG-FM is located in the next town, it is only transmitting 210 watts, so it sometimes drops out as I traverse the hills and dales of Wolcott, Connecticut. When it dropped out at 1502 UTC, I heard the station identification for WAMU in Washington, DC (American University’s radio station).</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Actually, WAMU transmits on 88.5 MHz and what I heard on 96.1 was the WAMU HD Radio stream. That’s a first for the log!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">WAMU is located 282 miles to the southwest... a nice mid-winter FM catch!</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-66484405503097946242021-12-31T00:00:00.070-05:002021-12-31T11:12:16.915-05:00And a Happy New Year!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-kGj3mw1CErp7zulORxaHs9EgwK8E5ZRP5vjHuQS9wqQDdrTlmRjb9TbuE8N6VF2aQ10c8RRP0pDy0s8H5a5aLyJM7wadOPokQzDSbnRXG6wUW0JqQ6hwhm_grEuiSNFOtAUwUWnfOMWiwO5bt3UpOO15FkxnYKUrZT30BHxC2l8odKV1TINeHPYx=s1114" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1114" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-kGj3mw1CErp7zulORxaHs9EgwK8E5ZRP5vjHuQS9wqQDdrTlmRjb9TbuE8N6VF2aQ10c8RRP0pDy0s8H5a5aLyJM7wadOPokQzDSbnRXG6wUW0JqQ6hwhm_grEuiSNFOtAUwUWnfOMWiwO5bt3UpOO15FkxnYKUrZT30BHxC2l8odKV1TINeHPYx=w557-h385" width="557" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;">I spent a lot of time on non-radio projects this month, primarily moving my daughter from a loft to a condo (oh – my aching back). Bad news is that there is still some of her stuff here that has to go there. Good news is that she is now only 20 minutes away (versus 35 minutes).</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lost my 80-meter dipole during a storm a couple of weeks ago. I can’t climb a ladder to fix it because I messed up my knee hiking in the woods.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So the antenna farm is down to three: the 120-foot Loop under Ground, which is only for receiving, the Hy-Gain 18AVT/WB-A vertical, which has seen better days (it’s about 50 years old) and the ICOM AH-7000 discone, which is 30 years old, but is in good shape and still an excellent performer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Finally, that is Kainuk in the photo above. She is an orphaned elephant that I adopted at the <a href="https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org" target="_blank">Sheldrick Wildlife Trust</a>. My daughter gifted me the adoption and I will be contributing regularly to support Kainuk in 2022.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">73 and good DX in the coming year!</span></div><p></p></div>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-13464801939554557492021-11-28T20:39:00.004-05:002021-11-28T20:44:40.755-05:00Colombia on 770<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzQbc2sOgW7ddw1oHe3BUgHabUKij1JyrrvgPXiXdilH46WL4e9RWVw1pEAWdZ4HcYvrZNw7IbPkV-vrf9uMFizUL7RTub-2i7yugydKGM4PGZLKaYKVyhgYZYfEbTX4WNS9Y86Qjzyo/s546/RCN+Radio.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="546" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzQbc2sOgW7ddw1oHe3BUgHabUKij1JyrrvgPXiXdilH46WL4e9RWVw1pEAWdZ4HcYvrZNw7IbPkV-vrf9uMFizUL7RTub-2i7yugydKGM4PGZLKaYKVyhgYZYfEbTX4WNS9Y86Qjzyo/w466-h313/RCN+Radio.jpg" width="466" /></a></div>Two new loggings to report:</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">November 8 : <b>WBRV</b> on 900 kHz transmitting 52 watts from Boonville, New York, 179 miles to the northwest. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">November 10: WABC (770 kHz) was off the air for maintenance for about an hour. Band conditions were poor due to a recent sun flare, yet I heard three very weak Spanish language stations and managed to identify one: <b>JX (RCN Radio)</b> in Bogota, Colombia, transmitting 100 kW 2555 miles to the south (photo above).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Both loggings were with the ICOM IC-R8600 receiver and Hy-Gain 18AVR/time WB-A vertical antenna (WBRV) and 120-ft Loop on Ground antenna (JX).</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-8228432049557462322021-11-07T17:33:00.003-05:002021-11-07T17:33:22.634-05:00Aurora (November 7 UTC)<span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjufFZM_2O1n8avXhDFPRLehEUJy-Wpk9AJCDhJAkgbDCIs_lAdMlziz0mfNWVgMva9Opo_ZTsgO55bM_SpIvpIQTbwTBC3LFhDeqG2sO77gXA1eahPqu-bbm_-nNPYmHgZ9GOfwUiPLk/s2048/aurora.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjufFZM_2O1n8avXhDFPRLehEUJy-Wpk9AJCDhJAkgbDCIs_lAdMlziz0mfNWVgMva9Opo_ZTsgO55bM_SpIvpIQTbwTBC3LFhDeqG2sO77gXA1eahPqu-bbm_-nNPYmHgZ9GOfwUiPLk/w448-h298/aurora.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br />Powered up the radio at midnight local time and conditions were good. Lots of DX on the LW and MW/AM bands, but nothing new to log. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">However, I did hear the effects of aurora on a handful of stations including Radio Rebelde and WBBM. Oddly, Radio Rebelde was much stronger than usual and WBBM was much weaker than usual (go figure), but both had the watery echo audio that is characteristic of aurora.</span></div>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-28090296846405334532021-11-06T10:45:00.004-04:002021-11-06T10:45:57.825-04:00Fun on 1080<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLQNFRNDg_G-bbZj1TUbWxnksSrwazMjKR2uOrmytWhDWY6nBZwzcDWgp4yGppwCM-RzbJEqoczd9hrNmsfIbXsF_aGxwkpVVIEhYODAMbmxtBMxmsxWkcQfqkisrgt1ugJmliCDK6xo/s320/mqdefault.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="320" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLQNFRNDg_G-bbZj1TUbWxnksSrwazMjKR2uOrmytWhDWY6nBZwzcDWgp4yGppwCM-RzbJEqoczd9hrNmsfIbXsF_aGxwkpVVIEhYODAMbmxtBMxmsxWkcQfqkisrgt1ugJmliCDK6xo/w364-h204/mqdefault.jpg" width="364" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Friday at 2150 UTC, I turned the radio on and randomly tuned up the AM band from 860 kHz. When I arrived at 1080 kHz, I found no one there! I live 12 miles from the transmitter site of WTIC, a 50,000-watt IBOC station on 1080 and because of that proximity, I have never logged another station on 1080 except WTIC. I don’t know why WTIC was off the air, but here was an opportunity to log something new on 1080.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Initially, I heard nothing except splatter from WBAL on 1090. Gradually, a gospel station starting building strength, but I never heard a station ID, nor could I match it with any AM radio simulcasts on the Internet. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A second station appeared, a religious station with a preacher preaching. The signal eventually came up. There was no station ID, but I did match it exactly with WWNL’s Internet simulcast. WWNL is located in Pittsburgh transmitting 25,000 watts west-southwest of this location.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">WTIC returned to the air at 2232 UTC with no mention as to why it was off the air,</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was fun while it lasted!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Earlier in the week, Wednesday at 0545 UTC, I logged a new one on 550 AM: WAME in Statesville, North Carolina, transmitting 53 watts, 586 miles to the southwest.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The WAME logging was better DX than the WWNL logging, but the WWNL logging was a once in a lifetime (so far) logging!</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-16247599913006814302021-11-02T11:22:00.001-04:002021-11-02T15:20:31.869-04:00Halloween Loggings<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNUxDyeBS0IL57rru82K0bniCaI0fW40x1vOhObO2iYyNONd7qgscBXpKbr0vqubvlS3SxzF5o3q2tmbsIjVar8LI-lyvzIC_v3pCdDCmYQiNCfF0_mQiqz9kGcYf8E6S9D6v-Oj_2Gg/s600/WG.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNUxDyeBS0IL57rru82K0bniCaI0fW40x1vOhObO2iYyNONd7qgscBXpKbr0vqubvlS3SxzF5o3q2tmbsIjVar8LI-lyvzIC_v3pCdDCmYQiNCfF0_mQiqz9kGcYf8E6S9D6v-Oj_2Gg/w530-h353/WG.png" width="530" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />WFME on 1560 kHz moved about 15 miles west from Queens, New York, to West Orange, New Jersey, and have been running a continuous test from their new transmitter site. In the evening, they are easy pickings and I entered them in the log at 0330 UTC on October 31. The new transmitter site is about 90 miles to the southwest.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Also on the 31st (at 0408), I logged a new navigational beacon: WG on 248 kHz in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1300 miles to the northwest.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Both loggings were with the ICOM IC-R8600 and Hy-Gain 18AVT/WB-A vertical antenna (for WFME) and the 120-foot Loop on Ground antenna (for WG).</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-77810682454502155202021-10-08T15:37:00.004-04:002021-10-10T11:08:58.701-04:00The Joy of Crimp-On Connectors<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibSYhOzy_uOVjTOIpzaJ9xI26bXHJ1tSLnqxIB_0Kw0ePVBSrybJ0LNq9RJkKjDLuYnmVhfwVJhUg4H0cOcAlO9yaJ54n_t89qU2HCpC524zQFViU2VRpxczy_HIWnFqUt76EEZdjIig/s2034/Screen+Shot+2021-10-08+at+3.33.41+PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="2034" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibSYhOzy_uOVjTOIpzaJ9xI26bXHJ1tSLnqxIB_0Kw0ePVBSrybJ0LNq9RJkKjDLuYnmVhfwVJhUg4H0cOcAlO9yaJ54n_t89qU2HCpC524zQFViU2VRpxczy_HIWnFqUt76EEZdjIig/w547-h308/Screen+Shot+2021-10-08+at+3.33.41+PM.png" width="547" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />I had the pleasure of installing my first crimp-on coax connector today!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>I purchased the crimp-on tools and connectors from <a href="https://www.qsradio.com/index.html" target="_blank">Quicksilver</a> at Hamvention, but had not needed to install any new connectors until today when I discovered a failing connector on the coax of my vertical antenna. </span><span>(Funny thing about purchasing from Quicksilver – they are just a half hour down the road from here, but I have made all my purchases from them at Hamvention – just 12 hours down the road from here!)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Having never installed a crimp-on, I searched YouTube for a how-to video and found an excellent one, “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbKMiteF0_o" target="_blank">How To Attach Crimped Coax Connectors</a>” by Dave Casler, KE0OG. Dave had the same Quicksilver tools I had and he was installing connectors on RG8X coax, which was what I was trying to do, so the video was a perfect match for my task.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I watched the video one time, began to do it myself, fast-forwarding and rewinding the video as needed and I was amazed how easy it was to install the crimp-on! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Welcome to the 21st Century!</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-10770632706986442952021-07-31T12:57:00.004-04:002021-07-31T13:00:33.641-04:00Catch-Up<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOE2IX_1nJqKpLMX2-tr8eu8nzXhDjN_LF0m9fiQN4VuY4mvivRxLQBW6zXWRClul5r48gx6clmm0F3xgOM3dq5Sz7LPnJooctfykn1riwRm3zk3g01MJOIRAuQhv1zeA3JaCB8-M2qV8/s869/logo-radio-shalom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="869" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOE2IX_1nJqKpLMX2-tr8eu8nzXhDjN_LF0m9fiQN4VuY4mvivRxLQBW6zXWRClul5r48gx6clmm0F3xgOM3dq5Sz7LPnJooctfykn1riwRm3zk3g01MJOIRAuQhv1zeA3JaCB8-M2qV8/w451-h163/logo-radio-shalom.jpg" width="451" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />On Tuesday, I had robotic inguinal hernia repair surgery, so I have not been too wordy on the blog front lately. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I did log a new station on 1650 kHz: <b>CKZW</b> (Radio Shalom) transmitting 1 kW from Montreal, 269 miles to the north.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I also had a few relogs. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Radio Rebelde</b> on 1620 kHz transmitting 5 kW from Guanabacca, Cuba, 1388 miles to the south-southwest.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>WHRM</b> on 90.9 MHz transmitting 81 kW from Wausau, Wisconsin, 871 miles to the west-northwest via E-skip.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>WLFE</b> on 909 MHz transmitting 100 kW from Cutler Bay, Florida, 1204 miles to the south-southwest via E-skip.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Various antennas were used with my ICOM IC-R8600 receiver.</span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490741548532838419.post-28286513618185832712021-07-14T23:01:00.003-04:002021-07-18T11:22:24.423-04:00Still More E Skip<p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjzfPnvK1B60MV81TOTSqdAmbgKVKZJlhaJjiDMdXqwD3yW1FmQz9Gk0FGL6Z10yGrHKI7bkSp-G9T-W1W0yitdXmtFnX41hjHRg4bJKtCJpUim4Tjp96WRX-F6eA_nN7NV9M9z-uxpE/s300/KLRC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFjzfPnvK1B60MV81TOTSqdAmbgKVKZJlhaJjiDMdXqwD3yW1FmQz9Gk0FGL6Z10yGrHKI7bkSp-G9T-W1W0yitdXmtFnX41hjHRg4bJKtCJpUim4Tjp96WRX-F6eA_nN7NV9M9z-uxpE/w400-h267/KLRC.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />On Wednesday, 90.9 MHz was open all morning and I logged four new stations.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1339 UTC: <b>WOWB</b> in Brewton, Alabama, transmitting 100,000 watts, 1057 miles to the southwest</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1401 UTC: <b>KLRC</b> in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, transmitting 100,000 watts, 1224 miles to the west-southwest</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1506 UTC: <b>WKMD</b> in Madisonville, Kentucky, transmitting 20,500 watts, 830 miles to the west-southwest</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">1611 UTC: <b>WDCB</b> in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, transmitting 5,000 watts, 780 miles to the west-northwest</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Also on Tuesday at 0000 UTC, I logged a new TIS station on 1630 kHz, <b>WQKY728</b>, a Rhode Island DOT station in Cranston, Rhode Island, transmitting 10 watts 75 miles to the east</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Receiver: ICOM IC-R8600, </span><span>Antennas: ICOM AH-7000 discone, HyGain 18 AVT/WB-A vertical</span></span></p>Stan Horzepahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13789680159370812959noreply@blogger.com0