I’ve started messing around with Navtex decoding again after giving up a couple of years ago. This time around I’m using YaND combined with the Perseus SDR and have been achieving nice results during overnight decoding sessions. Some of the more distant “regulars” are NMQ Cambria (California), NMC San Francisco (Point Reyes), NMW Astoria (Oregon), ZBM Bermuda & NMR San Juan. I received a DXer’s Christmas present on December 24th with the captures shown below of station NMO from Honolulu, HI. at a distance of 4,321 miles – a new distance record for me. Times shown below are UTC. 2012-12-24...
Many thanks to The Big Q for the kind shout-out and “audio QSL” during your broadcast last night on 1710 KHz. Happy Holidays 😀
After rambling on about 1710 in my last post, and complaining that I haven’t had a decent reception of “The Big Q” in a long time, the station made a strong showing early this morning fulfilling its usual early morning time slot. Captured on the overnight SDR recordings, here’s The Big Q on 1710 KHz at 0525 UTC., but only lasting about 5 minutes: Thanks to SDR recording technology, I captured this reception several hours later, but up on 1720 KHz. This is the first I’ve heard the station use 1720, free and clear of any interference from Radio Celestial...
As readers may already know, I tend to obsess a bit over hearing pirates on 1710 KHz. For me, it’s a nostalgic reminder of earlier days when pirates were occasionally heard just above the MW band before the X-Band existed. It’s been coined the phrase “pirate clear channel 1710” by another DXer. Indeed 1710 KHz was a fairly clear channel from my vantage point but 2012 has brought some new full-time residents to the channel, for better or worse, along with the absence of another. The Hudson County, New Jersey TIS station continues to be heard throughout the night in these parts while...
