Monday, April 30, 2007

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston South Carolina heard in Jacksonville Florida





Heard U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston on 157.100 and 156.800 in Jacksonville Florida. Guessing they have changed the systems part of the RESCUE 21 upgrades. More Info Map of Implementation Schedule

Monday, April 23, 2007

Dallas radio station KZPS going commercial-free, kind of

The NYT reports that KZPS (92.5 FM) has undergone a radical switch in its approach to commercials, with the substitution of a more conversational "integration" of product touts rather than the usual 12 to 16 minutes worth of 30- or 60-second commercials. Full Story

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Windows XP to be phased out by year's end

Windows XP to be phased out by year's end despite customer demand.


"Computer makers have been told they'll no longer be able to get Windows XP OEM by the end of this year, despite consumer resistance to Vista and its compatibility problems."

Full Story

Sunday, April 8, 2007

Saturday, April 7, 2007

DRM Unmodified Icom PRC1000

Playing around with shortwave DRM broadcasts.

Using an unmodified Icom PCR1000 with dream software more info here
Works very good with a strong signal.

Audio Recording CRI via Sackville 9800KHz 2346 to 2355 utc