Today I received a beautiful ultralight award certificate from John Bryant on behalf of the other ultralight awards commitee members Robert Ross and Gary DeBock.
The award is for the reception of six continents utilizing an ultralight radio receiver of the barefoot class. I believe that this is also the first "Six Continent" Award issued.
My humble thanks and appreciation for the acknowledgement guys !
A brief breakdown ot the continents/stations heard may be of interest :
On the 24th February, I managed to receive 5 continents barefoot, including 720 6WF Perth, barefoot for the fist time on the Sony SWF-M37V.
In addition to North America received on 24th January 2009, Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe and South America made it through during the evening of 24th Feb 2009.
A sample of the stations recieved :
Freq = kHz Time = UTC :
1) Oceania
720 1805 AUSTRALIA 6WF Perth WA with ABC news and wx, also at 1935 w musical interlude "We've Only Just Begun" by The Carpenters.
2) Asia
2) Asia
1359 1855 TAIWAN Family Radio, Fangliao with religious programme in EE followed by "To God Be The Glory" interlude.
3) Africa
3) Africa
1458 1905 MAYOTTE Radio Mayotte, w ann by OM in FF.
4) Europe
1557 1938 FRANCE France Info, Nice w discussion by YL in FF.
5) South America
740 2055 BRAZIL Radio Soc da Bahia w ann in PP at fade-up. This station usually gets through with a huge signal here.
4) Europe
1557 1938 FRANCE France Info, Nice w discussion by YL in FF.
5) South America
740 2055 BRAZIL Radio Soc da Bahia w ann in PP at fade-up. This station usually gets through with a huge signal here.
* Barefoot Audio Clip on the right hand side of the web page.
6) North America
1120 0310 U.S.A. KMOX St. Louis MO w id and 5-day wx forecast heard on 24th January 2009.
The surprise reception of KMOX at over 13 776 km / 8560 miles also represents a new world distance record for reception on an ultralight receiver of the barefoot class.
All stations received with a barefoot Sony SRF-M37V at Fish Hoek.
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