Re: [IRCA] FW: 1000th station heard on ULR

[John Cereghin <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey, Richard,

How's the air up there?  Great work!  Rob finally has some company!

At the rate I'm going, I may join you in about 10 years!  


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 From: "richarda@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <richarda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 2:30 AM
Subject: [IRCA] FW: 1000th station heard on ULR
 
After four years and one month, I was able 
to log station #1000 on my barefoot Sony 
SRF-T615.

4/27/12
1100 UTC  880 kHz XEPNK, Los Mochis, 
Sinaloa, México (2 kW @ 1611 km / 1001 mi).  
Heard at 1100 with woman announcing "ochenta 
ocho A M", the national anthem of México at 
1100-1102, and the recently adopted anthem 
of Sinaloa at 1102-1104.  A brief, mostly 
unintelligible announcement by a woman at 
1104, followed by a romantic song performed 
by a woman at 1105. The signal strength was 
poor with moderate QRM from Grupo Fórmula 
station XEV.  There was also slight QRM from 
KRVN.

It is México #181 and Sinaloa #13.  

>From rural northern Oklahoma I've been able 
to hear stations in 19 countries on four continents 
using an Ultralight.  I've yet to hear any signals 
from Oceania or South America.

My furthermost reception is HLAZ, 1566 kHz, 
Jeju, Republic of Korea, at 11004 km / 6838 miles.  
Using a barefoot receiver it is JOGB, 873 kHz, 
Kumamoto, Japan, at 10820 km / 6723 miles.

My original intent was never to see how many 
stations I could log with an Ultralight Radio. It 
simply evolved in that direction as I continued 
to listen. Originally it was the challenge of 
hearing signals from Asia and Europe on a 
pocket size receiver.  It occurred a few months 
later when I heard JOUB, Akita, Japan, on 747 kHz.  
Hearing faint Japanese talk here in Oklahoma 
on a tiny SRF-T615 receiver that first time remains 
the most exciting moment in this adventure. 
I think the only thing that could beat it would be 
to hear Australia.

Best wishes and good DX.

Richard

Richard Allen
36°22'51"N / 97°26'35"W
(near Perry OK USA)

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