{"id":52716,"date":"2022-05-13T10:58:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T14:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52716"},"modified":"2022-05-13T10:58:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T14:58:41","slug":"wbob-last-minute-50-kw-dx-test-on-600-khz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/wbob-last-minute-50-kw-dx-test-on-600-khz\/","title":{"rendered":"WBOB: Last minute 50 kW DX test on 600 kHz"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Paul Walker, who notes that he has only a few details about what appears to be a last minute DX test of WBOB in Jacksonville, Florida.<\/p>\n

According to Paul’s source, WBOB on 600 kHz will be running 50 kilowatts from midnight to 3:00 AM local (04:00-07:00 UTC) on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Paul’s source noted the test will take place Friday and possibly Saturday nights, but technically these are early Saturday and Sunday times.<\/p>\n

We’ve no other details, but Paul wanted to share what info he has. Thanks, Paul!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who notes that he has only a few details about what appears to be a last minute DX test of WBOB in Jacksonville, Florida. According to Paul’s source, WBOB on 600 kHz will be running 50 kilowatts from midnight to 3:00 AM local (04:00-07:00 UTC) on Saturday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,5935,433,3],"tags":[769,4156,9811],"class_list":["post-52716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-dx","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-dx-test","tag-paul-walker","tag-wbob"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dIg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46364,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/ksen-dx-test-november-7-8-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":52716,"position":0},"title":"KSEN DX test November 7 & 8, 2020","author":"Thomas","date":"November 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: KSEN via Facebook) LAST MINUTE UPDATE: DX TEST - KSEN-1150 Shelby, Montana will test BOTH Saturday Morning Nov 7 AND Sunday Morning Nov 8 12:01 AM - 1:00 AM MST (0701-0800 UTC) with 10,000 watts on daytime pattern. Test will consist of voice announcements, Morse Code ID\u2019s, sweep tones,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43055,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/kjjr-dx-test-on-saturday-may-2-2002\/","url_meta":{"origin":52716,"position":1},"title":"KJJR DX Test on Saturday (May 2, 2002)","author":"Thomas","date":"April 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following announcement: KJJR 880 Whitefish, MT(Kalispell) will test for 1 hour at 10kw non directional Saturday May 2nd 12:01am to 1am mountain time. It will consist of morse code, sweep tones, along with various telephone sound effects There will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "DX"","block_context":{"text":"DX","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/dx\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41997,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/kkoh-780-khz-off-the-air-tonight\/","url_meta":{"origin":52716,"position":2},"title":"KKOH 780 kHz off the air tonight","author":"Thomas","date":"February 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who writes: If you know any DXers out in western US... pass the word: Saturday night\/Sunday Morning, at 12 AM Pacific KKOH 780 will be off the air for about 6 hours to do some maintenance. Thanks to Chief Engineer Daniel Appellof\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CCRadio-EP-Pro-Dial-Accuracy-1024x805.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CCRadio-EP-Pro-Dial-Accuracy-1024x805.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CCRadio-EP-Pro-Dial-Accuracy-1024x805.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52637,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/special-dx-test-via-wcga-may-1-2022-at-0400-utc\/","url_meta":{"origin":52716,"position":3},"title":"Special DX Test via WCGA: May 1, 2022 at 04:00 UTC","author":"Thomas","date":"April 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor Loyd Van Horn at\u00a0DX Central who writes: Wanted to share this with you.....our final DX Central Live stream for season 2 will coincide with the upcoming WCGA-GA DX Test coming Saturday night\/Sunday morning. You should have a GREAT shot at hearing this one....would love to have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GE-Superadio-II-Chuck-Ripple-Mods.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GE-Superadio-II-Chuck-Ripple-Mods.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GE-Superadio-II-Chuck-Ripple-Mods.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GE-Superadio-II-Chuck-Ripple-Mods.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GE-Superadio-II-Chuck-Ripple-Mods.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56036,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/lra-36-special-broadcast-uniting-voices-this-saturday-march-11-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":52716,"position":4},"title":"LRA 36 Special Broadcast: “Uniting Voices” this Saturday (March 11, 2023)","author":"Thomas","date":"March 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who shares the following announcement: New broadcast of \"Uniting Voices\" on LRA 36 \"National Radio Archangel San Gabriel\" SATURDAY MARCH 11 \u2013 18:00 ART Argentina Time (21:00 UTC) until 24:00 ART Saturday (03:00 UTC Sunday) Six hours of uninterrupted short wave radio\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "DX"","block_context":{"text":"DX","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/dx\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/LRA-36-Radio-Nacional-Arcangel-San-Gabriel-Esperanza-Antarctica-Base-5.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/LRA-36-Radio-Nacional-Arcangel-San-Gabriel-Esperanza-Antarctica-Base-5.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/LRA-36-Radio-Nacional-Arcangel-San-Gabriel-Esperanza-Antarctica-Base-5.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/LRA-36-Radio-Nacional-Arcangel-San-Gabriel-Esperanza-Antarctica-Base-5.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22338,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/pauls-very-cold-dxing-post-in-alaska\/","url_meta":{"origin":52716,"position":5},"title":"Paul’s (very cold) DXing post in Alaska","author":"Thomas","date":"November 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Walker, who writes: In case anyone is mildly curious, this is the spot where I sit to DX. Equipment in photo above:\u00a0Grundig Satellit 750, Lowe HF225, 2 225 foot long wires, a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP magnetic loop and DX Engineering HF Preamp. It was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"paul-walker-alaska","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Paul-Walker-Alaska-768x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Paul-Walker-Alaska-768x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Paul-Walker-Alaska-768x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}