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Vis-a-vis KQKD test this Saturday ....

Steve Green NEPA

Steve Green NEPA

I just re-read the schedule for the upcoming KQKD extravaganza, to prep for yet another new state to hear in PA. Three faithful radios .... a working SDR in Muscatine Iowa for //ing and cheating ..... good supply of coffee and Tullamore Dew to weaken the coffee .... Q-tips ....

It's probably too late an hour to ask if / when KQKD will be using 800 cycle Morse code at any point. The schedule isn't clear except that long 1000 cycle tones will be used.
I'm hoping they indeed run some 800 cycle stuff. Those were the code ID's that reached here most clearly from the KJJR test.
Anyone know ?
 
Steve Green NEPA said:
I just re-read the schedule for the upcoming KQKD extravaganza, to prep for yet another new state to hear in PA. Three faithful radios .... a working SDR in Muscatine Iowa for //ing and cheating ..... good supply of coffee and Tullamore Dew to weaken the coffee .... Q-tips ....

It's probably too late an hour to ask if / when KQKD will be using 800 cycle Morse code at any point. The schedule isn't clear except that long 1000 cycle tones will be used.
I'm hoping they indeed run some 800 cycle stuff. Those were the code ID's that reached here most clearly from the KJJR test.
Anyone know ?
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The same exact material used for KJJR and all our recent tests will be whats used at KQKD, save for anything that needs to be customized with KQKD mentions/material/code.. It's been proven to work, our test material was actually tested in a studio with an audiologist.

Paul Walker
CPC member
 
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the National Radio Club (NRC) and the International Radio Club of America (IRCA) is pleased to announce a special DX Test for distant listeners for KQKD on 1380 kHz in Redfield, SD. The test is scheduled for 1/15/2022 at 00:01 AM Central Time (0601 UTC 15 January). This test is scheduled to run for 3 Hours.

For KQKD, Ron Schacht, Owner/Chief Engineer, will be performing regular maintenance of the station's audio chain during the test. Listeners will hear: Morse Code IDs, Tone Sweeps, Voice IDs, Music, 1 kHz long tones, IRCA Signature Tune "Hands Across The Sea" and more.

RECEPTION REPORTS & QSL REQUESTS
All reception reports will be verified through the CPC with an electronic QSL. Reception reports along with MP3 recordings or .MP4 video recordings of your reception should be emailed to:
[email protected]. Please be sure to use the subject line: "KQKD 1380 RECEPTION REPORT."

The following requirements are in effect in order to receive an electronic QSL verifying your report:
  • Reports via email only. Email must include an MP3 file attachment of your reception (best two minutes or so in length) or an MP4 video clip. While written descriptions will be considered along with the recording, they will not suffice alone for verification.
  • Reports must be submitted within 30 days of the test.
  • The report must include your name, location, and return email address, clearly grouped together at the top of the verification request.
  • Please also include a description of your receiver, antenna, and any interference noted.
  • If you use a remote SDR to receive the test, you must clearly indicate that in your verification request. We will only accept one such report per DX'er. You cannot log the test on multiple remote SDRs and request multiple verifications.

The IRCA/NRC CPC would like to thank the owners of KQKD, Ron Schacht, Owner/Chief Engineer, and CPC member Paul Walker for helping to arrange the test.

Good luck to all DXers!

About the CPC
The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) is a cross-functional group comprised of members of both the National Radio Club (NRC) and International Radio Club of America (IRCA) for the purpose of coordinating and arranging DX Tests with AM radio stations. These DX tests both allow radio stations to conduct valuable equipment tests on their transmitter and audio chain as well as enable DX hobbyists to receive the testing station from greater distances than would normally be possible. The CPC membership consists of: Chairman Les Rayburn, Paul Walker, George Santulli, Joe Miller and Loyd Van Horn.

For radio stations interested in coordinating a DX test with the CPC, please visit the following Web site for more information:
DX_Test

For more information on the types of content heard during a DX test, "An introduction to DX Tests" video is available at DX Central:
 
I've set my clocks to remind me 15 minutes before the test, which starts at 10:00 PM PT. Then I'll close any unnecessary Chrome tabs, open up the Kittitas SDR, and listen intently to KRKO's classic hits waiting for a morse code or sweep to come through the quiet parts...
...with headphones, of course. In deep DX sessions like tomorrow night, I block out all external noise with David Clark 10S 'listen only' headphones (ones used in Cessnas/helicopters). The NRR of 23dB rids me of any distractions. Bought the headphones with one of my stimulus checks!

Hopefully, KQKD's 500 watts will be heard from sea to shining sea. And maybe across the pond (I'm sure Bjarne in Norway is ready to check the frequency). I've heard KNBZ-97.7 (Sunny) from Redfield SD on sporadic-E, and it would be nice to snag an AM.
 
From the southwest suburbs of Chicago:

Bingo! At 12:07:50 a.m., and the Sony ICF-2010 on sync at 1379.9 (to avoid nulled local 1390) with a Tecsun AN-200 loop sitting atop it, sweep tones from KQKD cut through two other stations. I'm back to being a kid when this happens.

And at 12:16 a.m., a bonus: WBEL South Beloit, Ill., 5 kw, up out of the mush with slogan noting 92.3/98.9 FM and local weather. One I'd missed along the way, so a two-fer. I'll take it!
 
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Good work. I am sitting here listening to Tommy James 'Mony Mony' on KRKO, a talker underneath, no sweeps or CW yet. It's semi auroral tonight and only 500 watts, but I'm optimistic. Have 3 hours to play with this.
 
tvnut said:
Bingo! At 12:07:50 a.m., and the Sony ICF-2010 on sync at 1379.9 (to avoid nulled local 1390) with a Tecsun AN-200 loop sitting atop it, sweep tones from KQKD cut through two other stations. I'm back to being a kid when this happens.

And at 12:16 a.m., a bonus: WBEL South Beloit, Ill., 5 kw, with slogan noting 92.3/98.8 FM and local weather. One I'd missed along the way, so a two-fer. I'll take it!
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Same here. Sweep tones at 12:09 am CST. Now it's all WBEL with rock music, which is not needed.

More sweep tones at 12:26 am.
 
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I heard the KQKD test from the Edinburgh IN SDR (via the new link on one of the other threads). Buried in the noise but heard a 1khz tone. WBEL (I presume) was in with 'Tom's Diner' by Suzanne Vega.

Still nothing here, in central Washington. KRKO is loud as always with 1960s-1980s oldies, 'Louie Louie,' 'Sister Golden Hair,' etc., KTKZ with Mike Gallagher, unid SS (likely needed KVSM Santa Maria CA). Earlier, heard KLPZ Parker AZ // stream, with country music. A rare one.
 
crainbebo, if you catch it it'll be nearly coast-to-coast reception (plus the Arctic SDR). Someone in South Carolina picked it up. Good luck!
 
Phone off the hook sounds is one of the sounds a DX test often uses. It's KQKD. KQKD isn't too far from Minneapolis.
 
DFW, Texas - Sangean ATS-909X

KQKD test. On 1380 kHz, I heard sweep tones at 2:08am CST very weakly during fades of KRCM. Tones were buried deep, but could be heard occasionally as I listened until 2:25am.

Also heard sports talk from KKRX Lawton, OK and briefly heard UnID Red Eye radio affiliate.
 
MarioMania,
It's probably KOSS in Lancaster, CA. Old School 93.5. SWV probably isn't played on KRKO up in Everett.
No luck on KQKD here. Tried, at least.

Wikipedia and Radio-Locator are inaccurate. Topazdesigns (Canada/US AM Station Info Lookup Page) says KOSS is // KQAV-93.5.
 
crainbebo said:
Good work. I am sitting here listening to Tommy James 'Mony Mony' on KRKO, a talker underneath, no sweeps or CW yet. It's semi auroral tonight and only 500 watts, but I'm optimistic. Have 3 hours to play with this.
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It was auroral as I could hear nothing on the Arctic SDR and very little from Iceland.
 
Nothing IDable here for two full hours, north of Pottsville PA. In fact, not even an ID from ANYTHING. Very few glimmers as well. 1380 sounded like a 1962 graveyard frequency, when the six locals were 250 watts. Slop from 1390 was from something called The Dinosaur (unn WFBL Syracuse).
At 2:36 here (1:36 CDT) I thought I heard some code ID at 800 or so kHz, but nothing sustainable.

Just on the off-chance I could // between the radios and the actual KQKD stream, turns out they were playing Country music, probably regular-schedule fare from their FM -- even with the stream page mainly billboarding 1380. The nearest SDR I could locate was in Muscatine IA ; nothing there except a faint talk station.

All I could make out was what sounded like an interminable flute song for the second hour, sometimes rising to the top. NYC was there -- I suppose it was they -- with some loud SS talk from a guy; sounded like a drama, at 2:53 ET.

Many thanks to Mr. Schacht for the test. Here it was just a good workout, and great handwriting practice, but a gracious tip of the earphones to those who heard it.
Wow -- someone in South Carolina caught it? Bravo !
 
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