There are online shortwave receivers that those of us who don't have short wave radios could use , this link has several:
http://websdr.org
If their doing AM and not SSB, then I'm hoping to hear something!
Is that 4:00 GMT every day? Just twice, once on arrival and once with a jerry-rigged V-antenna? Did we miss it already? Life with people! ::) |
Bob, let me see if you can help me out. I am on the website you recommended, and I have typed in and stored the two frequencies we were given for the test, 14280 and 14310. I have stored them without using decimal points which I believe is in KHz. The site doesn't indicate a change to MHz when I add the decimal points. My main question is, do I need to be listening in MHz in order to hear the test?
Thank you, Marty. I am still confused about the timing of the tests but assume more information about that will be forthcoming. Thanks again.
John, if my calculations were correct, I should have heard the broadcasts at 11:oo pm CDT.(Texas time) But when Bob Harmon posted his message that he was listening, it was just after 10:00pm CDT (I think he is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which is CDT) I don't know if I was an hour late or what. Can someone explain?The forum clock is on an hour earlier time zone than Iowa
Are they going to continue broadcasts for another several days?
Jim S.
Thank you, Marty. I am still confused about the timing of the tests but assume more information about that will be forthcoming. Thanks again.
John, if my calculations were correct, I should have heard the broadcasts at 11:oo pm CDT.(Texas time) But when Bob Harmon posted his message that he was listening, it was just after 10:00pm CDT (I think he is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which is CDT) I don't know if I was an hour late or what. Can someone explain?
Are they going to continue broadcasts for another several days?
Jim S.
I also heard Lee starting at 11 pm CDT. The signal was somewhat weak but very readable here and I heard him make contacts into Florida and Puerto Rico. He mentioned that he would be also trying the 80 and 40 meters bands later, so there will be other frequencies to look for at some point. Several contacts asked if he was going to work "split" in the future. If he does this will mean that he will be transmitting on one frequency, as an example 14.285 and will likely be "listening up" about 5 kHz or about 14.290. This moves the folks calling him away from his primary frequency making him easier to copy. In the ham radio world his presence on Nikumoro is a Very Big Deal. For most hams, this represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a contact with the island, so expect bedlam whenever he is on in the future.
Hello to all
I run the DX-World website and think this may be of interest:
http://www.dx-world.net/t31lp-nikumaroro-island-oc-043/ (http://www.dx-world.net/t31lp-nikumaroro-island-oc-043/)
After about 2:00 mins you an hear Lee well
http://audioboom.com/boos/3279876-t31lp-20ssb (http://audioboom.com/boos/3279876-t31lp-20ssb)
Hello to all
I run the DX-World website and think this may be of interest:
http://www.dx-world.net/t31lp-nikumaroro-island-oc-043/
After about 2:00 mins you an hear Lee well
http://audioboom.com/boos/3279876-t31lp-20ssb
- 04:00GMT is 04:00 GMT, the days do not matter, it is the time of the 24 hour day.
- The broadcasts are scheduled at 04:00GMT, which translates to 4:00 pm island time(+12 hours).
- 4:00pm island time is going to be 11:00 pm CDT (Texas), 12:00 midnight EDT, and since I guess forum time appears to be on MDT, it would be 10:00 pm forum time.
Hello to all
I run the DX-World website and think this may be of interest:
http://www.dx-world.net/t31lp-nikumaroro-island-oc-043/
After about 2:00 mins you an hear Lee well
http://audioboom.com/boos/3279876-t31lp-20ssb
I hear Lee at 14280.00 USB right now at 11:12 Pm CDT
Bob
I hear Lee at 14280.00 USB right now at 11:12 Pm CDT
Bob
I hear Lee at 14280.00 USB right now at 11:12 Pm CDT
Is there a way to email Lee on TIGHAR?
But then there is Amelia...
Is he going to attempt to reproduce some of the conditions that existed back in 1937? Will he transmit on AM rather than upper sideband? Will he transmit on other bands beside 20 meters to simulate harmonic reception? Will he transmit during daylight or nighttime? Credible signals were heard both times.
Well I just heard an operator talking to Lee on 14290. There is no longer a "pileup" trying to call Lee. Since he is officially not on the island, the radio traffic has subsided greatly.
Bob
I don't know. Was this really meant to be a public relations activity...or is it a proof-of-concept lending credence to those who heard the distress calls in '37?
I would caution anyone against using this demonstration as definitive proof of anything. There are too many variables in the mix for TIGHAR to make any claims that this bolsters, or detracts, from the Nikumaroro hypothesis.
LTM,
Monty Fowler, TIGHAR No. 2189 ECSP
I don't know. Was this really meant to be a public relations activity...or is it a proof-of-concept lending credence to those who heard the distress calls in '37?
I'm sorry that the hams have gotten their knickers in a twist...but this wasn't really about them getting QSL postcards, was it?