[Scan-DC] Received broadcast in Wheeling, WV tonight/this morning RE: WBOB test, Re: AM broadcast from Jacksonville FL tonight

[Stephanie A Lokmer]

Out of town, just outside Pittsburgh, PA, & picked up WBOB on 600 AM tonight.  Also moderate-to-weak with fading.  Morse code always came in strong. Agreed - eclectic taste in music!  Didn't get their full protonmail.com address to report in; not posted on their website.  Did anyone catch it?  If you're reporting back to them, maybe add this confirmation.  Thanks for the heads-up on this test!  -Stephanie.


-----Original Message-----
From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rick Hansen
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2021 12:21 AM
To: Andrew Clegg
Cc: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Scan-DC] WBOB test, Re: AM broadcast from Jacksonville FL tonight

Can receive it on a car radio in near the beltway in Montgomery County. With buildings to the south, moderate to weak with fading. Eclectic taste in music! Also some Morse code. Will send in a recording.

May we all listen well and often, Rick


> On Sep 3, 2021, at 3:12 PM, Andrew Clegg <andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> See below. We may be outside the range but it's worth a listen (or recording).
> 
> 73,
> Andy
> W4JE
> 
> 
> 
> **SPECIAL 50 kW DX TEST LATE NIGHT TONIGHT—TONIGHT—TONIGHT **
> The Courtesy Program Committee (CPC) of the NRC/IRCA is pleased to RELAY this announcement of a DX Test from WBOB 600 kHz in Jacksonville, FL tonight starting at Midnight Eastern Time (0400 UTC) at their daytime power of 50,000 watts.
> The announcement came Thursday night at 9:28 PM Central time on Facebook from noted DX’er Jerry Kiefer. His announcement was as follows:
> *Last-minute AM DX test Friday night 9/3 starting at Midnight Eastern. 50 kw WBOB 600 Jacksonville will be playing classic Top 40 with full fidelity CRL processing. They will QSL via e-mail. Contact Chief Engineer Jerry Smith. They run a two-tower, figure-eight DA beamed North by South-Southwest. Please spread the word. *
> No other details are available, but that leaves us all with about 18 hours to prepare. Get those antennas up, and phasers tested. Headphones on, and SDRs or recorders running. Suggest watching the “I Love AM Radio” Group on Facebook for additional details.
> Thanks to Jerry Kiefer for alerting us, CPC member Paul Walker for flagging the post and sounding the alarm, and mostly Jerry Smith and the owners of WBOB 600 for helping to kick off the 2021-22 DX Season with a great test!
> 73,
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> 
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