{"id":15113,"date":"2015-10-10T16:37:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T20:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=15113"},"modified":"2015-10-10T16:51:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T20:51:06","slug":"a-quick-pari-dxpedition-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/a-quick-pari-dxpedition-update\/","title":{"rendered":"A PARI DXpedition update"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Mark<\/a>

Mark Fahey, scanning the bands with his WinRadio Excalibur\/Surface Pro 2 combo<\/p><\/div>\n

The SWLing Post<\/em> DXpedition at PARI is going very well. \u00a0We started yesterday around noon with beautiful fall weather; late last night, it started raining but that hasn’t dampened our spirits today.<\/p>\n

\"Gary-Ultralights\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite the wet, chilly weather, Gary Donnelly (above) has been logging numerous shortwave stations during the day and mediumwave stations at night\u00a0via his assortment of ultralight radios. Bill Boyd, another DXpeditioner, has been travelling the 200 acre PARI campus and listening via his Tecsun PL-880<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"CR-1-DXpedition\"<\/a><\/p>\n

DXpeditioner, Mark Fahey, has traveled here from his home in Australia, thus he’s particularly enjoyed hearing South American\u00a0stations which are somewhat rare in his corner of the world. Today alone, Mark snagged two other firsts: the time station CHU Canada, and a perfect two hour recording of the Voice of Nigeria<\/em> in DRM. Mark says that his listening expectations are turned upside down, because day\/night band openings are nearly opposite of what he’s used to. This is the great thing about SWLing during travels: exotic stations become much lower hanging fruit.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/a>

Screenshot of the Elad FDM-S2 on part of the 19 meter band<\/p><\/div>\n

Mark and I have set up a table full of SDRs and have been actively recording spectrum while listening. We have a WinRadio Excalibur<\/a>, Elad FDM-S2<\/a> and the SDRplay RSP<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We also have the\u00a0CommRadio CR-1<\/a>\u00a0hooked up: it has been a fantastic receiver for visitors to use and a\u00a0brilliant auxiliary receiver while both\u00a0SDRs\u00a0have been recording spectrum simultaneously.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The SDRplay RSP via the HDSDR app<\/p><\/div>\n

A few samples from the logs<\/h2>\n

Despite mediocre band conditions, we’ve managed to hear a lot of stations.<\/p>\n

Here is our band scan at 1500 UTC on the 19 meter band:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • 15140 Radio Sultanate Oman<\/em> Arabic<\/li>\n
  • 15255 Radio Free Europe<\/em> Turkmen<\/li>\n
  • 15265 Adventist World Radio<\/em> Hindi<\/li>\n
  • 15290 Adventist World Radio<\/em> Punjabi (vy weak)<\/li>\n
  • 15300 Radio Romania International<\/em> Arabic<\/li>\n
  • 15395 Athmeeya Yatra Radio<\/em> Sindhi (vy weak)<\/li>\n
  • 15410 Radio Liberty<\/em> (faint)<\/li>\n
  • 15420 BBC<\/em> English<\/li>\n
  • 15435 Radio Riyadh<\/em> Arabic<\/li>\n
  • 15460 Radio Free Europe<\/em> Tajik<\/li>\n
  • 15490 Radio Exterior de Espana<\/em> Spanish<\/li>\n
  • 15535 Radio Cairo<\/em> Arabic<\/li>\n
  • 15550 Radio Dabanga<\/em> Sudanese Arabic<\/li>\n
  • 15580 Voice of America<\/em> English<\/li>\n
  • 15595 Vatican Radio<\/em> Arabic<\/li>\n
  • 15610 EWTN (WEWN)<\/em> English<\/li>\n
  • 15620 Radio Veritas (?)<\/em> Filipino (?)<\/li>\n
  • 15670 Adventist World Radio<\/em> English<\/li>\n
  • 15700 China Radio International<\/em> English<\/li>\n
  • 15770 WRMI<\/em> English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    1600 UTC on the 25 meter band:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • 11435 HM01 Cuban Numbers Station<\/em> Spanish<\/li>\n
    • 11550 EWTN (WEWN)<\/em> Spanish<\/li>\n
    • 11600 Bible Voice BCN<\/em> Persian (faint)<\/li>\n
    • 11620 All India Radio<\/em> Russian (faint)<\/li>\n
    • 11715 Vatican Radio<\/em> Russian (faint)<\/li>\n
    • 11775 Caribbean Beacon<\/em> English<\/li>\n
    • 11825 WRMI (Overcomer)<\/em> English<\/li>\n
    • 11950 Radio Habana Cuba<\/em> Spanish<\/li>\n
    • 12050 EWTN (WEWN)<\/em> Spanish (vy weak)<\/li>\n
    • 12055 Voice of America<\/em> Somali<\/li>\n
    • 12160 WWCR<\/em> English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      2000 UTC on the 25 meter band:<\/p>\n

        \n
      • 11600\u00a0Denge Kurdistan<\/em> Kurdish<\/li>\n
      • 11670 All India Radio<\/em> Hindi<\/li>\n
      • 11700 All India Radio<\/em> GOS<\/em><\/li>\n
      • 11735 Zanzibar Broadcasting Corporation<\/em> Swahili<\/li>\n
      • 11760 Radio Habana Cuba<\/em> French<\/li>\n
      • 11775 Caribbean Beacon<\/em> English<\/li>\n
      • 11810 BBC<\/em> English<\/li>\n
      • 11825 WRMI (Overcomer)<\/em> English<\/li>\n
      • 1900 Voice of America<\/em> French<\/li>\n
      • 11930 Radio Marti<\/em> Spanish (being jammed by Cuba)<\/li>\n
      • 11955 Adventist World Radio<\/em> Dyula<\/li>\n
      • 11995 Radio France International<\/em> French<\/li>\n
      • 12050 EWTN (WEWN)<\/em> Spanish<\/li>\n
      • 12060 Radio Algerienne Chaine 1<\/em> Arabic<\/li>\n
      • 12095 BBC<\/em> English<\/li>\n
      • 12105 WTWW<\/em> Portuguese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        The SWLing Post DXpedition at PARI is going very well. \u00a0We started yesterday around noon with beautiful fall weather; late last night, it started raining but that hasn’t dampened our spirits today. Despite the wet, chilly weather, Gary Donnelly (above) has been logging numerous shortwave stations during the day and mediumwave stations at night\u00a0via his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[399,3,43,5,1167],"tags":[2224,4098,3917,3918],"class_list":["post-15113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dxpeditions","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-swlers","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-dxpedition","tag-dxpeditions","tag-swling-post-dxpedition","tag-swling-post-dxpedition-at-pari"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3VL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15085,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/swling-post-dxpedition-at-pari-this-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":15113,"position":0},"title":"SWLing Post DXpedition at PARI…this weekend!","author":"Thomas","date":"October 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've registered for, and plan to attend, the PARI DXPedition, please make sure you've joined our Yahoo Group.\u00a0 This is where we're finalizing details and communicating about the DXpedition, noting any changes, updates, etc. \u00a0 If you've tried to contact me recently and haven't gotten a response yet (sorry\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Current Events"","block_context":{"text":"Current Events","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/current-events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"PARIdish","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/PARIdish-1024x638.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/PARIdish-1024x638.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/PARIdish-1024x638.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13512,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/swling-post-dxpedition-at-pari-is-all-systems-go\/","url_meta":{"origin":15113,"position":1},"title":"SWLing Post DXpedition at PARI is all systems go!","author":"Thomas","date":"June 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of you may recall a post I published last year regarding a shortwave and medium wave DXpedition at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI),\u00a0a 200-acre radio astronomy observatory and former NASA tracking station located deep in the mountains of western North Carolina. 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