TRANSPACIFIC TESTING 21/22 SEPTEMBER>
ZL and VK LF stations will be transmitting on September 21/22.  Separate
frequencies are allocated to each participating station, as summarised in
the following table:

FREQUENCY SCHEDULE FOR TRANSPAC TESTING
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FREQUENCY  MOD & ID    CALLSIGN  LOCATION
 kHz
176.515     QRSS  AX2TAR AX2TAR      Hobart, VK7
177.0148   QRSS  ZL3FJ      ZL3FJ           Christchurch
182.68       QRSS  ZL3PN    ZL3PN          Timaru
183.50       QRSS  ZL3JE     ZL3JE            Pareora
184.00       QRSS  ZL4MD   ZL4MD         Cromwell
183.3999   DFCW  Q           ZL6QH          Wellington
183.3999   QRSS    L           ZL4OL           Dunedin
Note:  Signals from ZL6QH and ZL4OL are deliberately "co-channel" so they
can fit on a single Argo screen with 120 second dot setting.   Frequencies
of ZL6QH and ZL4OL should be maintained within 0.1 Hz.

ZL6QH will send QQQQQ... with dual frequency CW, 0.4 Hz shift.  Q will be
encoded as 184.4001, 184.4001, 183.3997 & 184.4001 kHz, with no spacing
between elements and a 120 second gap before starting the next cycle.  The
ten minute sequences will be nominally synchronised with the hour (there is
some minor slippage in the control software).  ZL6QH will beacon from before
sunset to after sunrise.

ZL4OL will send LLLLL... with single frequency CW on 183.3999 kHz, taking 18
minutes to send di dah di dit with Morse character spacing.  Sequences will
nominally commence on the hour and half hour.

Both ZL6QH and ZL4OL intend to insert 12 wpm CW ID twice an hour.  ZL4OL
intends to insert CW ID between 18 and 20 minutes, as well as between 48 and
50 minutes into each hour.  ZL6QH intends to insert CW ID between 28 and 30
minutes, and 58 and 60 minutes into each hour, and use a frequency of
184.4020 kHz so as to be offset from Argo captures correctly set for
183.3999 kHz centre frequency.


SUNRISE AND SUNSET TIMES (UTC)
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DX stations can decide on their best times for monitoring.  The Americas
will already be dark when sunset occurs in ZL (at approx 0613 UTC), and VK7
is two hours following for sunset (at approx 0803 UTC).

Sunrise in the Americas occurs while it is still a dark path to ZL and VK.
Around local sunrise may give best LF DX propagation for reception in the
Americas.  Sunrise eventually gets round to ZL (approx 1813 UTC) and VK7
(approx 2003 UTC).

Reception reports can be emailed to [email protected]

Good luck to all prospective listeners.

73, Bob ZL2CA



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