KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - THURSDAY 21st FEBRUARY 2013

OFFSHORE RADIO IN 1924!!!

I am not sure when the earliest offshore broadcasting took place. I found this interesting log in an old copy of Popular Wireless from January 17th 1925. This must surely be up there with any early watery wireless.

The article below is published in a higher res pdf of the magazine, (Initially I have included four pages only, but will hopefully complete the scans of the whole magazine at some point)

Popular Wireless from January 17th 1925 (5,139k pdf of four pages initially)

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Some other PDF files have recently been added to the DX ARCHIVE area of this site.

 

1937 CORONATION DAILY RECORD - RADIO PAGES

PIRATE BAD BOY FROM AMATEUR WIRELESS 1934

ARTICLE ON GLASGOW STATION - HARMSWORTHS WIRELESS ENCYCLOPEDIA

OFFSHORE RADIO 1924!! POPULAR WIRELESS 17th JANUARY 1925

 

VIRTUALLY NO DX OF INTEREST TO REPORT:

MW dxing has been poor for the most of February. Poor if you compare to the peak we had in January. But much time has been spent going through the old files. Most enjoyable when the dx is wide open. More reports and logs as they happen. The logs will appear in the January major log list.

 

KEN'S DX DIARY AND LOGS - WEDNESDAY 6th FEBRUARY 2013

MORE MW DX FROM LAST MONTH:

The MW dxing has been poor again, but I have been listening through the files from 10th etc of January, I have found a few more logs. eg 710 KNUS (hrd before), 560 KMON (hrd before), 930 The Light (hrd before), 630 CHED (hrd before), KOMO 1000 (hrd before). There are still many suspect frequencies, eg 1330 and 1430 that have failed to show ids of some stations. There are bound to be still unheard stations lurking in these files I should think.

And so brings on the wonders of the Perseus. Being able to play back these recordings and recheck them at leisure time.... is just superb, and anyone using a single channel receiver only these days is missing out on a completely different dx experience.

I certainly wouldn't like to go back to old single channel sets only. These kind of sets are of course used here for background listening, but the Perseus is an easy winner for the overnight recordings / serious dxing. I'd even stick my neck out and suggest that single channel dxing by comparason nowadays would feel like the dark ages.

The SDR / Perseus has been such a superb tool for mw dxing over the last six years.

 

TOP BAND HAMS:

I was listening to 1933 the other night, and to my despair, all I heard was a rabble.

There is no wonder I don't take much to do with ham radio when you hear all these threats.

Audio clip follows.

terrible_swearing_on_1933_early_around_0030_1st_feb_2013_edited.mp3

 

SNOW ON THE GROUND:

As I type this entry up, there is snow on the ground, although very wet and melting. We have not had too much in the way of serious winter storms so far this winter. Of course, the winter isn't over yet!!