Re: [IRCA] Absolute Radio-1215 just logged west of the Mississippi, moments ago
- 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) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Absolute Radio-1215 just logged west of the Mississippi, moments ago
Congrats, Earl! You never forget your first time! :-) Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://www.wtfda.info/showthread.php?t=228 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) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Absolute Radio-1215 just logged west of the Mississippi, moments ago
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) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Absolute Radio-1215 just logged west of the Mississippi, moments ago
Good catch, Earl! Nothing really propagating on the west coast, though. I can see the carrier fine on the Perseus waterfall, but no where close to any usable audio...Walt On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 3:56 AM, Earl Higgins earlthe...@yahoo.com wrote: 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) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
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) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
