WFIF 1500khz Milford, CT Maintenance Test
Cancelled! (see below)
Date(s): Saturday Morning (Late Friday Night) January 27, 2007
Time: 12:01AM until 12:11AM EST. Test is 10 minutes long in duration.
Modes of Operation: WFIF is testing their new remote control system to be sure that the station can be switched on/off remotely or during emergencies. 5KW Directional. WFIF is a daytimer, so this is a rare chance for many to log them. Per their engineer, Mr. Willie Barnett, the test will consist of "voice ID's and several tones, along with a "wavering" tone. If people have Cool Edit (or Audition) they can use the spectrum display and that tone will show up as a horizontal sine wave in the spectrograph. That makes it very easy to see, as well as hear".
Programming: Voice ID's, tones, and a "wavering tone".
Notes: WFIF is 5KW DIRECTIONAL. The pattern has two deep nulls. One to the south and slightly west, protecting WTWP in Washington, DC. The other falls across the middle/western portion of Long Island. (That is only because our pattern is symmetrical. That null is not protecting anyone.) The pattern is easily viewable on www.radio-locator.com. May the conditions favor your reception as we conduct this brief test of our remote control systems! -- Willie Barnett, N1NKM
QSL Information: Reception reports via e-mail are only*. Postal reports are not encouraged and may not be responded to at all, based on station's limited resources and manpower. E-Mail all reports to Mr. Willie Barnett, Chief Engineer at:
WFIFeng @ aol.com
A recording of the test is requested. The following formats (only) are acceptable: .MP3 or .WAV for e-mail attachments. If a recording is not available, please include a detailed description of your reception including the sequence of test elements, description of sweep tones, etc. Screen capture images of the horizontal sine wave can also be sent as file attachments.
Our special thanks go out to Mr. Barnett, for keeping us in the loop for weeks now, as the new remote control system installation was completed. While this is a short test, it could have been conducted with no notice given to the DX community, and we're grateful that he worked so hard to include us.
* Chief Engineer Willie Barnett has asked that all reception reports for the upcoming maintenance test be submitted via electronic mail. This is a direct reflection of the station's limited resources and manpower. I hope that all who desire a QSL will respect Mr. Barnett's wishes and not send the station reports via standard Postal Mail.
Some may see this has a snub of DX'ers, but I can assure you that is not the case. Mr. Barnett has worked hard over a period of several weeks to be sure that DX'ers were aware of this test, and that enough notice was given to allow it's announcement to reach our printed publications.
I'll be happy to "transcribe" Postal reports into e-mail and send them along to Mr. Barnett. If you have no access to E-mail and desire a QSL for the test, please send details to myself via Postal mail at:
Les Rayburn, N1LF
C/O High Noon Film
100 Centerview Drive
Suite 111
Birmingham, AL 35216
ATTN: WFIF TEST
You must include a SASE for a reply. Please submit the reports within ten (10) days of the test, and be willing to wait up to six weeks for your reply.
Cancelled
It is no longer necessary for us to conduct the remote control equipment tests previously announced.
We had a minor glitch, recently, which needed to be corrected remotely. This has verified that the remote systems are funtioning normally. Therefore, we do not need to run any testing during the "experimental period".
My apologies to those who were anticipating this test.
Willie...
Engineer, WFIF
Date(s): Saturday Morning (Late Friday Night) January 27, 2007
Time: 12:01AM until 12:11AM EST. Test is 10 minutes long in duration.
Modes of Operation: WFIF is testing their new remote control system to be sure that the station can be switched on/off remotely or during emergencies. 5KW Directional. WFIF is a daytimer, so this is a rare chance for many to log them. Per their engineer, Mr. Willie Barnett, the test will consist of "voice ID's and several tones, along with a "wavering" tone. If people have Cool Edit (or Audition) they can use the spectrum display and that tone will show up as a horizontal sine wave in the spectrograph. That makes it very easy to see, as well as hear".
Programming: Voice ID's, tones, and a "wavering tone".
Notes: WFIF is 5KW DIRECTIONAL. The pattern has two deep nulls. One to the south and slightly west, protecting WTWP in Washington, DC. The other falls across the middle/western portion of Long Island. (That is only because our pattern is symmetrical. That null is not protecting anyone.) The pattern is easily viewable on www.radio-locator.com. May the conditions favor your reception as we conduct this brief test of our remote control systems! -- Willie Barnett, N1NKM
QSL Information: Reception reports via e-mail are only*. Postal reports are not encouraged and may not be responded to at all, based on station's limited resources and manpower. E-Mail all reports to Mr. Willie Barnett, Chief Engineer at:
WFIFeng @ aol.com
A recording of the test is requested. The following formats (only) are acceptable: .MP3 or .WAV for e-mail attachments. If a recording is not available, please include a detailed description of your reception including the sequence of test elements, description of sweep tones, etc. Screen capture images of the horizontal sine wave can also be sent as file attachments.
Our special thanks go out to Mr. Barnett, for keeping us in the loop for weeks now, as the new remote control system installation was completed. While this is a short test, it could have been conducted with no notice given to the DX community, and we're grateful that he worked so hard to include us.
* Chief Engineer Willie Barnett has asked that all reception reports for the upcoming maintenance test be submitted via electronic mail. This is a direct reflection of the station's limited resources and manpower. I hope that all who desire a QSL will respect Mr. Barnett's wishes and not send the station reports via standard Postal Mail.
Some may see this has a snub of DX'ers, but I can assure you that is not the case. Mr. Barnett has worked hard over a period of several weeks to be sure that DX'ers were aware of this test, and that enough notice was given to allow it's announcement to reach our printed publications.
I'll be happy to "transcribe" Postal reports into e-mail and send them along to Mr. Barnett. If you have no access to E-mail and desire a QSL for the test, please send details to myself via Postal mail at:
Les Rayburn, N1LF
C/O High Noon Film
100 Centerview Drive
Suite 111
Birmingham, AL 35216
ATTN: WFIF TEST
You must include a SASE for a reply. Please submit the reports within ten (10) days of the test, and be willing to wait up to six weeks for your reply.
Cancelled
It is no longer necessary for us to conduct the remote control equipment tests previously announced.
We had a minor glitch, recently, which needed to be corrected remotely. This has verified that the remote systems are funtioning normally. Therefore, we do not need to run any testing during the "experimental period".
My apologies to those who were anticipating this test.
Willie...
Engineer, WFIF
posted by Brandon at 1/15/2007 12:22:00 PM
1 Comments:
I know this is OLD news, now... but I needed to make sure everyone knew two things. First, the ACTUAL reason this test was cancelled. Yes, the fact that we had a situation which required the use of the system was a factor, but the MAIN reason was that a certain individual decided to give me a VERY hard time about refusing to use Postal mail. (To top it off, this person lives well within the station's normal coverage area! Go figure?)
There is also the very sad news that I am no longer employed by WFIF, so there cannot be any more tests from Yours Truly. I wonder how their new Engineer is going to react to someone badgering him into using Postal mail? Sigh.
73 to all!
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