WBIX 1060 kHz Natick (Boston) Massachusetts DX Test

Date: Sunday morning (late Saturday night), Feb. 24, 2008.
Time: Midnight - 2:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, 0500 - 0700 UTC.
Mode of Operation: The station will conduct the test at 40,000 watts power using their two-tower daytime antenna pattern.
Programming: Programming will include a one-hour CD of Todd Rundgren Music with Morse code, sweep tones and announcements every 10 minutes or so.

QSL Information: The Broadcast Test Committee will be handling all reception reports and verifications for this test. Both eQSL service and traditional paper QSLs will be offered. Recordings on disk in .mp3 or .wav format, audio files via e-mail or cassette recordings will be accepted as proof of reception. Send reception reports and recordings to:

IRCA/NRC Joint BTC,
Attn: WBIX DX Test,
P.O. Box 3777,
Memphis, TN 38173-0777 USA.

E-mail reports and audio files may be sent to: KH2AR [at] comcast.net. The station is particularly interested in knowing the receiving equipment and antennas listeners use to hear the test.

NOTE: All requests for paper verifications must be accompanied by return postage in order to receive a reply.

Our sincere thanks to WBIX Chief Engineer Grady Moates for agreeing to conduct this test, and to BTC member Paul B. Walker Jr. for his persistent efforts to arrange it.