Montana "Big Sky DX Tests" Special Event
The state of Montana is one of the rarest of all for DX’ers, especially those east of the Mississippi River. Through the joint efforts of a lot of dedicated folks, we are now proud to announce a special multi-station DX test from Montana offering listeners a rare opportunity to log this state.
Special thanks go out to the ABDX E-Mail List, Engineer Ron Huckeby, Michael Richard of KEVA, and the staff of these stations for putting this test together. DX’ers everywhere owe them all a debt of gratitude.
KANA 580khz, Anaconda, MT (1KW Daytime Pattern)
KKGR 680khz East Helena, MT (5KW Non-Directional)
KERR 750khz Polson, MT (50KW Non-Directional) **
KLCY 930khz, East Missoula, MT (5KW Daytime Pattern)
KGVO 1290khz, Missoula, MT (5KW Daytime Pattern)
KEIN 1310khz Great Falls, MT (5KW Daytime Pattern)
Date(s): Late Saturday Night November 18th, 2006 continuing until early Sunday morning, November 19th.
Time: Midnight until 2 AM Mountain Time. 2 Hour Long Test.**
Modes of Operation: Transmitter Testing. Daytime Power & Patten for all stations.
Programming: Morse Code ID's, Sweep Tones, Voice ID. KEIN 1310khz will run a mixture of nostalgia music programming and Morse Code ID’s, sweep tones, etc. KERR will run country music and normal ID’s, no code or sweep tones.
** KERR 750khz Polson, MT will be doing transmitter maintenance 0005-0058 Mountain Time. 50kw Non-Directional.
Notes: Transmitter audio chain testing. Stations will broadcast voice ID’s, Morse Code ID’s, special Sweep Tone signals, etc. Reception reports are desired via e-mail (first choice) and postal mail . Due to the high volume of QSL requests, we will only accept Postal reports as a last resort. No DX’er with e-mail capability will be allowed to submit a Postal QSL request. Station would prefer to receive recordings of the test (MP3, CD, or cassette). Submit reports to: les @ highnoonfilm.com and please put "Montana DX Test" in the subject line. All standard mail reports should go to:
Les Rayburn
High Noon Film
100 Centerview Drive Suite 111
Birmingham, AL 35216
Please include a SASE for reply.
Our thanks to the Kevin Redding & The ABDX E-Mail List, Ron Huckey, Michael Richard, Steve Dow, Todd Clark, and the staff members of these great stations for helping to arrange this once in a lifetime DXing event!
posted by Brandon at 11/18/2006 03:05:00 AM
3 Comments:
Only KKGR 680 made it to my location in South Bend, IN. I heard distinct but weak code and sweep tones. I heard something on 750 under WSB but could not null it enough to get an ID.
No luck on any of the tests here in Memphis. Many thanks to all the folks who made this happen! Even though I didn't have any luck, it was great fun.
There was a decent crew on the IRC #mwdx channel, with many of them having success, most notably Bjarne Mjelde in Norway.
KERR-750: although I could phase WSB, a latin station was usually dominant in the null. I did hear some C&W music here and there but not enough to count.
KKGR-680: this one seemed to be the next best shot in the South East, but in Memphis is blocked by local WWTQ running 5 KW, about 11 miles from my QTH and a bearing within 3 degrees of KKGR =)
Nothing observed on the other channels, even utilizing Spectrum Lab to monitor the 1 kHz tone code.
Next time!
Here's the results in Montreal:
KANA 580:
Nothing on 580.
KKGR 680:
I received Toronto's CFTR for the first time.
KERR 750:
CHWO 740 Toronto and WJR from Detroit are two very strong night signal here and they make even WSB hard to catch.
KLCY 930:
Nothing, but a strong WGIN simulcasting Manchester,NH's WGIR.
KGVO 1290khz
Local station on 1280.
KEIN 1310khz
I caught a new and very clear CKEC 1320 signal from Nova Scotia.
By the way, in the last days, adding comments with that blogger feature was pretty hard and impossible to get to the form page.
Elwood, Montreal area.
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