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This DX'er Was A BBC WS NewsDay Guest

SomeRadioGuy

SomeRadioGuy

Back on Tuesday July 27 UTC time, I was listening to the BBC WS' NewsDay program and they did a short piece on Lydia Jacoby, an olympic athlete from Seward, AK who won a gold medal, I texted them in just saying Hi and giving a shoutout to Alaska, since I'm in Alaska. They read my text out on air and said, jokingly "Weve got a reporter from McGrath on his way to Seward right now 300 miles away".

I texted them again and said if they really wanted a report from alaska, I could record something. I included my phone number and 5 minutes later I got a call from London, and 10 minutes later I was live with their sports guy talking about it.. not because I know squat about sports, but because i'm in the media nad I'm in Alaska. It wasnt so much serious reporting as it was .. kinda cool, we have someone in Alaska type of thing.

I recorded the broadcast of the 15490kHz transmission via Santa Maria de Galleria (Vatican) to central Africa. Here's the recording:

Paul Walker
 
Nice
 
kevtronics said:
I heard it on the BBC World Service on WNYC in New York City, so you were on the radio in the Big Apple! Congrats Paul!
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Wow, you were listening to this particular broadcast on WNYC, @kevtronics ? .. were you like "Wait a sec, I know him?" LOL
 
Great fun, Paul!

It was also nice to hear ANYTHING on the dial without QRM.

And terrific to hear it in DX form!

I gotta fire up the SDR page again. Now I'm zoned.

Thanks once more !
 
CTListener said:
Never thought I'd get nostalgic about rapid QSB!
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That rapid QSB is the fading caused by over the pole signals... im at a great location for stuff beamed to Africa to come over the pole and hit me well
 
kevtronics said:
Yup, I just happened to tune in when I heard your voice.
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That's a hoot!.. its happened to me a few times when my voice has popped up in other places that are popular with radio fans/DXers.. ive been heard a few times on I1430, WION by dx'ers/radio hobbyists who are a fan of the station
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
That rapid QSB is the fading caused by over the pole signals... im at a great location for stuff beamed to Africa to come over the pole and hit me well
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I remember hearing it here in New England as well, on Radio Peking (Beijing) and signals from eastern Russian transmitters. It gave an eerie quality to those stations' interval signals.
 
CTListener said:
I remember hearing it here in New England as well, on Radio Peking (Beijing) and signals from eastern Russian transmitters. It gave an eerie quality to those stations' interval signals.
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I've had a few SW signals so strong here they sound like local AMs..... usually stuff beamed to AFrica.. sounds liek audio pumping. I will post links eventually and itll amaze you
 
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