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Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [lbi-dx] Interesting broadcast on 486 kHz last night [1 Attachment]
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [lbi-dx] Interesting broadcast on 486 kHz last night [1 Attachment]
- From: Tim Tromp <kilokat7@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 17:29:15 -0500
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A Reginald Fessenden commemorative broadcast perhaps? Fessenden is
credited with the first successful transmission of speech over wireless
on December 23rd, 1900. A few years ago I seem to recall a "voice"
broadcast on longwave commemorating this event around this time of year.
Happy Holidays,
Tim Tromp
West Michigan
On Tue, 2012-12-25 at 17:18 -0500, Brett Saylor wrote:
> First, Merry Christmas to everyone on the list; I hope your travels, if
> any, were safe. Enjoy your holidays!
>
> Now, on to interesting DX. I heard the station in the link below last night
> on 486 kHz at 0700 UTC playing classical/holiday music. To me, the
> announcement between songs sounds like NOAA's "Perfect Paul" or "Iron
> Mike" synthesized voice. After the scripture reading he mentions a "voice
> transmission" and possibly a church congregation, but the static covers
> some of the details. I cannot find any mention of this online. Anyone hear
> this before associated with an AWOS station? Nothing on Bill Hepburn's LW
> list. The Perseus list had a report in the fall about someone hearing what
> they thought were the Canary Islands on 486, but they were in Europe. I
> don't think this was an image (at least not created in my Perseus).
>
> Brett Saylor
> State College, PA USA
> Perseus SDR with west-pointed split delta loop with Wellbrook FLG100LN
> preamp
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4cxmph92ittrooz/zr56Q-NL33/486_unID_with_music_and_scripture_0701_UTC_12-25-12.mp3
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