For everyone whos been following this saga of my 1215 UN'id, we finally have an answer!
Thanks to a friend, an indisputable method, independent of ABC Radio, was used, and we have confirmed my 1215khz UN'id audio matches that of 720ABC Perth. Paul Walker On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < [email protected]> wrote: > I've emailed ABC Wheatbealt & Midwest with my recording of 1215khz, to see > if it's really them. I know most have said it is ABC, 6NM Northam but I > wanted to try and confirm it on my own. The clip was recorded at 1837UTC > November 25th, which would be 237AM November 26th in Northam, Western > Australia and 737AM in New Zealand (Sunrise in NZ that day was about 545AM) > > Here's my recording: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIBPaqhXQso > > I listened to clips of ABC Overnight hosts Trevor Chappel and Rod Quinn > along with clips of Nigel Yalden, the guy who would've been on NewsTalk ZB > at the time. > > Nigel Yalden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z1JU5P03gg > Rod Quinn: http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/overnights/ > overnights---olympic-games-closing-ceremony/7770022 > Trevor Chappel: http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/overnights/ > end-of-life-discussions/8058010 > > My clip does not sound much like Nigel Yalden at all and in the mushy > messy signal It could sound like Trevor or rod, but Rod was hosting that > night.. and it does kinda sound more like him then the other 2. > > I just find it near amazing that a 500 watt non directional AM would make > it 13,000km/8100 miles but there are only two real options for what I > heard.. NewsTalk ZB 1215 or 6NM and I think Nigel's voice and the fact it > was well past sunrise in NZ rules out ZB. > > I am pretty sure that the Grant Broadcaster's Kix Country network doesn't > run any pure speech/talk programming. Though, They do have an AM on 1215 in > Borwal, NSW Australia. > > One other ting leading me to think this really is 6NM is that around the > same time, within minutes of each other, I am fairly certain I heard 6RPH > 990, Perth Western Australia which is only 95km/59 miles away from Northam. > > Some previous email threads about this are below. > > Paul Walker > Galena, Alaska, USA (-17 below, 1030AM/1930UTC) > Two 225 foot long wires > Grundig Sattelit 750 & Lowe HF 225 > DXEngineering HF PreAmp > 3 antenna switch > Wellbrook ALA1530LNP > > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 8:53 PM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Paul >> >> 1215 is definitely not New Zealand, the guy has an Australian accent. What >> he's talking about is cricket and the weather. From what I heard he was >> saying that the afternoon will be better than the morning. >> >> This will fit with the station. The programme would be Grandstand and >> there >> is only one station carrying this on this frequency in Australia. It looks >> as though you have heard 6NM Northam, Western Australia with 500 Watts! >> >> Paul >> Christchurch NZ >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Hard-Core-DX [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf >> Of Paul B. Walker, Jr. >> Sent: Saturday, 26 November 2016 1:18 p.m. >> To: James Niven >> >> >> Now, someones pulled a rabbit out of their hat and suggested that the >> 1215 I >> heard was not ABC Midwest & Wheatbelt's 6NM Northam, but possibly NewsTalk >> ZB from New Zealand on 1215khz. >> >> Paul >> >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > It looks like, based upon the consensus of some folks on an Australian >> > transmitter site group on Facebook my 1215khz is the 500 watter, 6NM >> > Northam >> >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 11:59 AM, James Niven <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Paul, >> >>> >> >>> 1215 khz is aussie, he is mentioning weather conditions in different >> >>> Australian states >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >> >>> From: Hard-Core-DX [mailto:[email protected]] On >> >>> Behalf Of Paul B. Walker, Jr. >> >>> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 2:14 PM >> >>> To: Hard-Core-DX; Mailing list for the International Radio Club of >> >>> America; NRC >> >>> Subject: Re: [HCDX] TP Report 11/25 & Video of my DX Spot >> >>> >> >>> The one I am most puzzled about is 1215.. looking in the ACMA >> >>> database, I get two listings...4HI Moranbah with 250 Watts and 6NM >> >>> Northam with 500W.. >> >>> that would seem near impossible to be heard up here. >> >>> >> >>> I guess 1152 is 6PB. Not sure who 1134 is though. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. < >> >>> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> > Here's a video of the spot where I DX and how I have things set up: >> >>> > >> >>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ny4Rzt2h3g >> >>> > >> >>> > 1215 audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIBPaqhXQso >> >>> > >> >>> > Paul Walker >> >>> > Lowe HF 225 >> >>> > Two 225 foot long wires >> >>> > DXEngineering HF PreAmp >> >>> > Wellbrook ALA1530LNP magnetic loop >> >>> > 3 antenna coax switch >> > >> > _ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
