Re: [IRCA] Fwd: [lbi-dx] Interesting broadcast on 486 kHz last night [1 Attachment]

[Brett Saylor <bsaylor@xxxxxxxxx>]

Here's an update... I heard this recording around 0901 UTC this morning.
There is a call given by the automated female voice along with the
frequency of 486, and a mention of "transmitting on four ...":

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4cxmph92ittrooz/kxaJDCwSWa/486_unID_with_music_with_ID_0901_UTC_12-25-12.mp3

To me the call sounds like WK2SFP,

Brett


On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Tim Tromp <kilokat7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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