Re: [IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes
<<< It took me some getting used to and I had some advice from guys here, but these podcasts were very useful to me last season to be sure that I had ABC pgmg on the ten or so channels that provided at least threshold audio here in IL from mid Sept to early Oct last season. 73 KAZ >>> So true, KAZ! But because of ABC budget cutbacks, it seems like they are removing the "Full Episode" audio Podcasts from their website options earlier than before. This month on August 4th Tom R. and I both tracked down the western Australian ABC stations on 531 and 558 at Rockwork 4, with identification made by Tom's ability to check parallel frequencies on his Perseus-SDR recordings. But when I went to the ABC website and tried to find audio Podcasts for the full episodes, I found that they were no longer available. That was only 3 weeks ago. My advice to anyone who receives DX that might be a long-range ABC station is to check for the website Podcast content ASAP, since ABC apparently doesn't keep these around for very long any more. Gary - Original Message - From: "Neil Kazaross" <neilka...@gmail.com> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 11:09:04 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes It took me some getting used to and I had some advice from guys here, but these podcasts were very useful to me last season to be sure that I had ABC pgmg on the ten or so channels that provided at least threshold audio here in IL from mid Sept to early Oct last season. 73 KAZ On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Glenn Hauser via IRCA < irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote: > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> > To: IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 18:01:13 + (UTC) > Subject: Re: [IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes > Gary, Except you refer to ``at 1327 UT or 2327 Western Australian time`` > as if WAT were UT +10 instead of UT +8, so something needs to be corrected > here. There are three other Ozzies on 558, all really in the Eastern > timezone UT +10 but none of them are ABC. > > 73, Glenn Hauser > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes
Hi Glenn, <<< Gary, Except you refer to ``at 1327 UT or 2327 Western Australian time`` as if WAT were UT +10 instead of UT +8, so something needs to be corrected here. There are three other Ozzies on 558, all really in the Eastern timezone UT +10 but none of them are ABC. 73, Glenn Hauser >>> You are of course correct that Western Australia is in the UT +8 time zone, but the ABC website apparently lists these LR network program times according to the Eastern time zone program schedule, even on the websites that are supposedly for Western Australia areas. Daylight Saving Time changes and programming delays across time zones are other additional complications, but the "local" ABC websites apparently don't account for these. In the case of 558 kHz (and also on 531 kHz), since there is only one ABC station on the frequency, once the programming content is confirmed to be from ABC (such as by matching an MP3 recording with the ABC Podcast content) the challenge of positive identification is wrapped up. Of course many DXers on the west coast have heard these ABC LR and RN network programs long enough to be pretty sure of the source, but without a parallel frequency in the same network and time zone (such as 531/558, or 639/891) the ABC websites remain the best way to positively identify a mystery station. 73, Gary DeBock - Original Message - From: "Glenn Hauser via IRCA" <irca@hard-core-dx.com> To: "IRCA" <irca@hard-core-dx.com> Cc: "Glenn Hauser" <wghau...@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2017 11:01:13 AM Subject: Re: [IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes
It took me some getting used to and I had some advice from guys here, but these podcasts were very useful to me last season to be sure that I had ABC pgmg on the ten or so channels that provided at least threshold audio here in IL from mid Sept to early Oct last season. 73 KAZ On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Glenn Hauser via IRCA < irca@hard-core-dx.com> wrote: > ___ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com> > To: IRCA <irca@hard-core-dx.com> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 18:01:13 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: [IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes > Gary, Except you refer to ``at 1327 UT or 2327 Western Australian time`` > as if WAT were UT +10 instead of UT +8, so something needs to be corrected > here. There are three other Ozzies on 558, all really in the Eastern > timezone UT +10 but none of them are ABC. > > 73, Glenn Hauser > > ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes
--- Begin Message --- Gary, Except you refer to ``at 1327 UT or 2327 Western Australian time`` as if WAT were UT +10 instead of UT +8, so something needs to be corrected here. There are three other Ozzies on 558, all really in the Eastern timezone UT +10 but none of them are ABC. 73, Glenn Hauser --- End Message --- ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes
Gary: Downloading an ABC podcast was the same process I used to confirm my reception of a very weak signal from 774-3LO here last fall. Again, it was also a humble 8-inch FSL being used. However your location was superior to mine. Congratulation on hearing 6WA. Richard Allen, near Perry OK USA. Sent from my iPad -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] The ABC Website Archives Really Do Work- Sometimes
While DU-DXing on a sloping ocean side hill in Lincoln City, Oregon last
Tuesday I tracked down an astonishing signal on 558 kHz, with an apparent ABC
network format. If it was in fact an ABC program, that would mean that the
station was the extremely long range 558-6WA in Wagin, Western Australia (50 kW
at 9,126 miles, or 14,687 km). It would also be the strongest signal that I had
ever heard from that long range station.
https://app.box.com/s/f1qjlre02gk9hw6hofb0n8ib0cs91a0v
Since I was DXing with only a hot-rodded CC Skywave Ultralight and a relatively
small 8 inch FSL antenna, this would be fantastic long range DX for my simple
gear-- assuming that I could match my recorded MP3 content with the ABC
archives on their website.
The first step was to find the right program for the time slot, in the Western
Australia time zone. After going to the main web site at http://www.abc.net.au
,
click "Radio." Next, click "Stations" ( http://www.abc.net/stations ). Scroll
down the page toward the bottom, and locate the option "Visit ABC South West WA
website," and click it ( http://www.abc.net.au/southwestwa/ ). Next, click
"Programs" ( http://www.abc.net.au/southwestwa/programs/?ref=nav ) Since the
MP3 recording was made at 1327 UTC or 2327 Western Australian time, the ABC LR
network program being broadcast at that time would have been the "Nightlife"
program with Philip Clark, so click that option (
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/ ). Next, click "Episodes" (
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/episodes/ ). Since the recording
in question was made on Tuesday, August 22 in Western Australia time, click the
"Full Episode" option for Tuesday ("Nightlife: featuring your power bill," or
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/nightlife/nightlife/8810944 ). Next click
the "LISTEN 4h" option in the middle of the photo. You will start receiving a 4
h
our Podcast of the episode in question, which according to the web site
started at 10:00 PM Western Australia time. My MP3 was made at 11:27 PM Western
Australia time, so I skip to the 1:25 point in the Podcast and start listening
for content that matches my MP3. Despite the fact that the lady's Australian
accent is a bit tricky I can clearly hear her say "Muscular Dystrophy" at the
22 second point in my MP3. When listening to ABC's Podcast at the 1:25:42 point
the same lady again says "Muscular Dystrophy," confirming that my MP3 content
does indeed match the ABC archive content. The lady is Sarah MacDonald, Philip
Clark's partner in the "Nightlife" program. So this confirms that I really did
receive 558-6WA on the humble 8" FSL antenna.
This was a general description on how to use the ABC website to check for
programming content that matches your DX recording-- your mileage may vary.
73, Gary DeBock (in Puyallup, WA, USA)
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