WGN 720 Silent Period-Observations
 

I had set my alarm for 1:30 AM EST (0630 UTC), but when it rang I shut
it off and made the mistake of laying there! I was listening to WGN on
the radio when I went to sleep, and fortunately the test tones that were
being transmitted woke me up at 2:50 AM EST (0750 UTC).

Things I heard, times in UTC:

Prior to 0938 I was hearing a Spanish speaking station.

At 0938 I was getting accented English and a time check for 4:38 AM.
Then into a reggae version of Simon and Garfunkle's 'Bridge over
Troubled Water'. I think this may have been the Jamaican station.

At 0947 the beginning of a Salvation Army program in English faded up,
not sure who this may have been.

At 0958 the Spanish speaking station faded up again and there was a nice
echo announcement "Para todo la pais..." and a possible mention of
Baranquilla, which would be the Colombian. I think this may have been
the dominant Spanish station I had been hearing after WGN cut its
carrier.

At 1029 WGN turned the transmitter back on, so the fun was over!

No definite ID's on any other USA stations. I was hoping for Nevada or
possibly Alaska.

I was using the R8B and 70' and 200' wires.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

At 0938 I was getting accented English and a time check for 4:38 AM.
Then into a reggae version of Simon and Garfunkle's 'Bridge over
Troubled Water'. I think this may have been the Jamaican station.

I heard that too !

Did it sound like this:

http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/720khz_tent_Jamaica.wav (273kb)

Listening in AM mode was pretty useless with a spanish station 100hz high.
Still need to go over notes and tapes.

John WB9UAI
Milwaukee

J999w wrote:

At 0938 I was getting accented English and a time check for 4:38 AM.
Then into a reggae version of Simon and Garfunkle's 'Bridge over
Troubled Water'. I think this may have been the Jamaican station.

I heard that too !

Did it sound like this:

http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/720khz_tent_Jamaica.wav (273kb)

That was it.



Listening in AM mode was pretty useless with a spanish station 100hz high.
Still need to go over notes and tapes.

John WB9UAI
Milwaukee

J999w wrote:

At 0938 I was getting accented English and a time check for 4:38 AM.
Then into a reggae version of Simon and Garfunkle's 'Bridge over
Troubled Water'. I think this may have been the Jamaican station.

I heard that too !

Did it sound like this:

http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/720khz_tent_Jamaica.wav (273kb)

Listening in AM mode was pretty useless with a spanish station 100hz high.
Still need to go over notes and tapes.

John WB9UAI
Milwaukee

I didn't notice anyone 100 hz high though.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

I didn't notice anyone 100 hz high though

I taped that too. :^]

http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/720khz_het.wav

Looking at the spectrograph on CoolEdit, it looks like about 250hz. I'll check
it with SR5 later.

Quite the pest.

jw
wb9uai

J999w wrote:


I didn't notice anyone 100 hz high though

I taped that too. :^]

http://members.aol.com/j999w/DX/720khz_het.wav

Looking at the spectrograph on CoolEdit, it looks like about 250hz. I'll check
it with SR5 later.

Quite the pest.

jw
wb9uai

Interesting. Wonder if it's something local to you, as I observed no hets on the
frequency either upper or lower here.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

Nobody You Know wrote:

wrote:


Things I heard, times in UTC:

Prior to 0938 I was hearing a Spanish speaking station.

At 0938 I was getting accented English and a time check for 4:38 AM.
Then into a reggae version of Simon and Garfunkle's 'Bridge over
Troubled Water'. I think this may have been the Jamaican station.

At 0947 the beginning of a Salvation Army program in English faded up,
not sure who this may have been.

At 0958 the Spanish speaking station faded up again and there was a nice
echo announcement "Para todo la pais..." and a possible mention of
Baranquilla, which would be the Colombian. I think this may have been
the dominant Spanish station I had been hearing after WGN cut its
carrier.


Here in Ohio, CHTN from Prince Edward Island was dominant with rock n roll
oldies. The Jamaican/Colombian were in and out underneath. Didn't hear the
Salvation Army program. There was a low-frequency het, probably some drifty
Central/South American (there's a few low-powered Mexicans on 720). All this
was awash in a background of line noise and digital hash that seems to plague
my neighborhood. But no KDWN.

Equipment used last night:

Drake R7A
Kiwa air-core MW loop
75' wire


Guess that just shows how propagation can be, I would have been happy hearing
PEI, but alas, no trace whatsoever of any rock n roll oldies!

I did just dig out a tape I made years ago, and was lucky enough to save as I
usually tape over everything! of the Jamaican on 700 when WLW was off. A really
good reception, I wish I had dated the tape.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

"Nobody You Know" wrote in message

Here in Ohio, CHTN from Prince Edward Island was dominant with rock n roll
oldies. The Jamaican/Colombian were in and out underneath. Didn't hear the
Salvation Army program. There was a low-frequency het, probably some
drifty
Central/South American (there's a few low-powered Mexicans on 720). All
this
was awash in a background of line noise and digital hash that seems to
plague
my neighborhood. But no KDWN.

There was no Colombian noted by AM DXers; XEDE in Saltillo, Mexico was the
Spanish signal noted mixing with RJR from Jamaica even in the East and much
of the Midwest. XEDE is widely heard even with WGN on the air.