----- Original Message -----
From: "Sylvain Naud" <sylvainnau...@gmail.com>
To: "Earl Higgins" <earlthe...@yahoo.com>; "Mailing list for the
International Radio Club of America" <irca@hard-core-dx.com>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Absolute Radio-1215 just logged west of the Mississippi,
moments ago
Hi Earl,
You may consider dropping them an email for your first Trans-Atlantic QSL
(or e-QSL)! I sometimes get some of the "ho-hum" stuff of my DX neighbours
from the East coast and I'm still enjoying it :-)
Congrats!
Sylvain Naud
Portneuf, QC
http://www.quebecdx.com
Le 2011-11-18 22:56, Earl Higgins a écrit :
After chasing carriers of varying strength almost nightly for the last
few weeks, and occasionally getting brief snippets of barely readable
audio, I finally got enough audio tonight to positively confirm a
parallel with Absolute Radio 1215-UK's web stream. The carrier was the
strongest I've heard it in the last few weeks, reasonably strong; audio
was best in LSB to avoid local line noise. I used the RX-321's 1350 Hz
filter to avoid domestic slop, of which Philadelphia on 1210 was the most
egregious.
Around 0250 UTC was when things "peaked", if you could call it that (at
least so far). That means I could get at best about 30 seconds of audio
every 5 minutes. But the audio was clear enough to be unmistakably
parallel to their web stream. Sheryl Crow song, soft-spoken British
accented male DJ (Christian O'Connell, according to the website), REM
song. Nirvana's "Come As You Are" was clearly heard earlier with its
unusual beat/rhythm, also paralleled to the web stream.
I know this is really "ho-hum" stuff for you East Coast types, but this
is my furthest catch ever, country number 20, catch number 987… First
transatlantic.
Sincerely,
Earl Higgins
RX-321 and 15 m end fed wire thing outside
St. Louis, Missouri, USA (W 90.32 N 38.65)
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