{"id":27857,"date":"2017-08-31T19:30:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T23:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27857"},"modified":"2017-08-31T19:30:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T23:30:57","slug":"listener-reports-requested-test-transmissions-targeting-venezuela-on-800-khz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/listener-reports-requested-test-transmissions-targeting-venezuela-on-800-khz\/","title":{"rendered":"Listener reports requested: Test transmissions targeting Venezuela on 800 kHz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Venezuala-Map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27858\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Venezuala-Map.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Venezuala-Map.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Venezuala-Map-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Venezuala-Map-768x317.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Venezuala-Map-624x257.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to\u00a0Rocus de Joode who shares the following announcement and request for listener reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>(Este mensaje seguir\u00e1 en espa\u00f1ol.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear radio friends,<\/p>\n<p>I received your Email addresses from Jeff White, from WRMI in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>[W]e would like to inform you about a possible new initiative for radio transmissions via mediumwave to Venezuela on 800 kHz.<\/p>\n<p>We will perform test transmissions starting on Wednesday August 30th for seven days long at 1600 hours local time (2000 UTC). As you can understand we would like to receive test reports in order to verify the quality of reception.<\/p>\n<p>The transmissions will be 30 minutes long and we will use two different antenna systems.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore we ask you your kind cooperation to monitor as much as possible and report this back to us via this special Email address: <a href=\"mailto:test800am@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">test800am@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is our test schedule:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dates of transmission: 30 August \u2013 06 September 2017 (7 days)<\/li>\n<li>Frequency: 800 kHz<\/li>\n<li>Time of test broadcast: 1600-1630 LT \/ 2000-2030 UTC<\/li>\n<li>Antenna 1: 1600-1615 LT \/ 2000-2015 UTC<\/li>\n<li>Antenna 2: 1615-1630 LT \/ 2015-2030 UTC<\/li>\n<li>Program content: General announcements and Music<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We would like to receive your reception reports in the following order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dates of listening<\/li>\n<li>Time of listening<\/li>\n<li>Your location or city name<\/li>\n<li>Reception quality in SIO or SINPO for both Antenna 1 and Antenna 2.<\/li>\n<li>If possible also an S-meter reading<\/li>\n<li>Audio quality<\/li>\n<li>Type of radio used<\/li>\n<li>Type of antenna used<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We would appreciate if you also could inform other DX colleagues and radio enthusiasts you know.<\/p>\n<p>We are also curious how the signal will perform while driving in a car.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of the initiators of this project I thank you already in advance for your cooperation!<\/p>\n<p>73 from Rocus de Joode<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Estimado amigo de la radioescucha,<\/p>\n<p>Por medio de este mensaje me complace informarle acerca de una posible nueva iniciativa para transmisiones a trav\u00e9s de la onda media para Venezuela en los 800 kHz.<\/p>\n<p>Iniciaremos nuestras emisiones de prueba a partir del mi\u00e9rcoles 30 de agosto durante 7 d\u00edas a partir de las 16:00 hora local (20:00 UTC). Como bien comprender\u00e1 nos gustar\u00eda recibir sus informes de recepci\u00f3n de estas emisiones de prueba para as\u00ed verificar la calidad de la recepci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Las transmisiones tendr\u00e1n una duraci\u00f3n de 30 minutos y utilizaremos dos sistemas distintos de antena.<\/p>\n<p>Le pedimos su amable cooperaci\u00f3n en monitorear lo m\u00e1s posible y enviarnos sus informes de recepci\u00f3n<\/p>\n<p>a la siguiente y especial direcci\u00f3n de E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:test800am@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">test800am@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Este es nuestro esquema de pruebas :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fechas de transmisi\u00f3n: del 30 de agosto al 6 de septiembre de 2017 (7 d\u00edas)<\/li>\n<li>Frecuencia: 800 kHz<\/li>\n<li>Hora de la trasmisi\u00f3n de prueba: 1600-1630 HL \/ 2000-2030 UTC<\/li>\n<li>Antena 1: 1600-1615 HL \/ 2000-2015 UTC<\/li>\n<li>Antena 2: 1615-1630 HL \/ 2015-2030 UTC<\/li>\n<li>Contenido del programa: Informaci\u00f3n de inter\u00e9s general y m\u00fasica<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nos gustar\u00eda recibir sus informes de recepci\u00f3n en el siguiente orden:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fecha de la recepci\u00f3n<\/li>\n<li>Hora de la escucha<\/li>\n<li>Su localidad o ciudad<\/li>\n<li>Calidad de la recepci\u00f3n en los c\u00f3digos SIO o SINPO tanto para la Antena 1 como la Antena 2.<\/li>\n<li>de ser posible, tambi\u00e9n la indicaci\u00f3n del nivel relativo de la se\u00f1al recibida \u2013 medidor S<\/li>\n<li>Calidad del Audio<\/li>\n<li>Tipo del receptor utilizado<\/li>\n<li>Tipo de antena utilizada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tambi\u00e9n apreciar\u00edamos mucho si usted pudiera informar sobre estas transmisiones a otros Dxistas y entusiastas de la escucha de la onda media que usted conozca. Tambi\u00e9n estamos muy interesados en saber sobre la calidad de la se\u00f1al cuando se escucha a bordo de un autom\u00f3vil en marcha.<\/p>\n<p>En nombre de los participantes en este proyecto quisiera agradecerles de antemano su amable cooperaci\u00f3n!<\/p>\n<p>Muchos 73!<\/p>\n<p>Rocus de Joode<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to\u00a0Rocus de Joode who shares the following announcement and request for listener reports: (Este mensaje seguir\u00e1 en espa\u00f1ol.) Dear radio friends, I received your Email addresses from Jeff White, from WRMI in Florida. [W]e would like to inform you about a possible new initiative for radio transmissions via mediumwave to Venezuela on 800 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,433,3],"tags":[4097,4099],"class_list":["post-27857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-am","tag-mediumwave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7fj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62136,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/new-test-transmissions-from-texas-radio-shortwave-special-qsls-available\/","url_meta":{"origin":27857,"position":0},"title":"New Test Transmissions from Texas Radio Shortwave \u2013 Special QSLs Available!","author":"Thomas","date":"February 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor Terry Colgan of Texas Radio Shortwave, who writes: TEXAS RADIO SHORTWAVE TEST BROADCASTS \u2013 MARCH 1-2 ON 6070 KHZ & 9670 KHZ Listener Reports Needed! 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