A Live simulcast of the KSKO lunch show with a bunch of music and local information on 5900khz via Bulgaria to Europe. IT can be heard on numerous SDR's if you can't hear it locally.
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250KW Of Rock And Pop At 2100UTC Today (5pm Eastern, May 9)
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I picked this up on my little Tecsun with just the whip antenna near Manchester last night, thanks for putting on the broadcast! No SDR needed here.
The rather low 5900 signal would be all night path to the UK at 2100 UTC. But this time of year there would be no reception here in North America as we’re completely in daylight. Would need a higher frequency (19 or 22 meter band) for reliable reception.
@Miss Tuned You're welcome
It is audible, @Mediafrog+ .. in the NE US/NE Canada in winter. .and quite decently sometimes.
I struck a pretty good deal for the airtime, so i dont complain and take what i can get
Thats primarily whats on 5900. Im only on once a week.. fridays at 2100 for an hour, as noted in my original post
Since someone complained recently, I thought I’d clear things up….. no company money whatsoever is spent on the live shortwave simulcast of KSKO Fridays on 5900khz via Bulgaria.
None of my own money is spent on it either. A generous benefactor pays for the airtime just to offer something a little different on shortwave.
Not that it matters, but I've probably spent $3000 of my own money in the last decade on Shortwave airtime, including some live simulcasts of stations I've been at hosting a show.
None of my own money is spent on it either. A generous benefactor pays for the airtime just to offer something a little different on shortwave.
Not that it matters, but I've probably spent $3000 of my own money in the last decade on Shortwave airtime, including some live simulcasts of stations I've been at hosting a show.
Thanks for doing what you do! Your passion for radio is special, and I really appreciate that you go the extra mile. I never get a chance to hear these broadcasts, but maybe someday!
Absolutely. I remember going to the transmitter site at midnight on Sunday night / Monday morning to switch the crystal to 565 kcs to do a recorded DX test for several hours with the hope that it could be heard in North America. Normally, the station was on 570 with 1.25 kw, but for the DX test I'd change frequency so that lower power station could be heard. I was 18 years old at the time, so this was an adventure just as SomeRadioGuy explains.
And when perhaps a week or ten days after, reports started coming in from the US, Canada and even England, it was worth it. I did several of those tests and got over 50 reports.
Here is the verification letter I sent to one of the National Radio Club members in Pennsylvania.
@fordranger797 5900 isnt audible in the US except in the middle of winter and thats only in the NE US. Try it on an SDR somewhere in Europe.
That’s an awesome story, David. Unfortunately, I don’t have nearly as good of a story to share, but I absolutely identify with your passion for radio. One of the highlights of working as an On-Air Host was being able to talk directly to the listeners. I was fascinated by it. The thought of a real person out there listening the show (and then feeling so compelled to call in) was incredible to me. I spent a ridiculous amount of time on the phone with listeners, finding out what they’re up to, how long they’ve been listening, etc.. I think my PD might have been a bit frustrated with me at times, but it was the ultimate way to “geek out” for me. People like to feel like they matter, and I wanted to know that my work was making some sort of a difference in their lives. My favourite part was getting a call from someone listening far away.
If it's every Friday, I'm on vacation in Wales tomorrow night so I'll give it another go. I doubt there'll be much difference in reception - possibly slightly better just because of having my receiver by the coast.
I don't normally drop by 5900 because it tends to be hours of broadcasts by the late Brother Stair.
Yup, every Friday.
Technology fascinates me sometimes.
We feed Spaceline Bulgaria with our 128K webstream. I will often pull up the UTwente SDR from the Netherlands just to see how its being heard, etc
I did that this afternoon.. between our Comrex feeding Streamguys, streamguys feeding the Bulgaria transmitter and me listening to the UTwente SDR stream, the delay between when I transmit locally here and hear it on the SDR is only 10 seconds.
Quite astounding when you think about how many trips this audio stream is taking and how far its going.
We feed Spaceline Bulgaria with our 128K webstream. I will often pull up the UTwente SDR from the Netherlands just to see how its being heard, etc
I did that this afternoon.. between our Comrex feeding Streamguys, streamguys feeding the Bulgaria transmitter and me listening to the UTwente SDR stream, the delay between when I transmit locally here and hear it on the SDR is only 10 seconds.
Quite astounding when you think about how many trips this audio stream is taking and how far its going.
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