{"id":31361,"date":"2018-03-28T18:57:02","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T22:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31361"},"modified":"2018-03-28T18:57:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T22:57:02","slug":"interval-signals-radio-astronomy-bliss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/interval-signals-radio-astronomy-bliss\/","title":{"rendered":"Interval Signals + Radio Astronomy = Bliss"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday, I spent part of the better part of the day at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI)<\/a>: a place that has begun to feel like a home away from home.<\/p>\n

As you might imagine, radio astronomy observatories are places with very low levels of radio frequency interference. Since I had a few hours on the PARI campus to play radio, I used it as an opportunity to evaluate the CCRadio-EP Pro<\/strong><\/a>‘s AM\/mediumwave performance.<\/p>\n

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For comparison purposes, I packed the CCRadio-EP Pro<\/strong>, Tecsun PL-660<\/strong> and (for kicks) my Sony ICF-5500W<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Now isn’t the ICF-5500W a handsome boy?<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ll post some of the CCRadio-EP Pro videos in my final review.<\/p>\n

Though it was immense fun tuning through the AM broadcast band right through the gray line,\u00a0 being an SWL, I eventually turned to the shortwaves. The only shortwave<\/em> radio I had on hand was the amazing little Tecsun PL-660. Conditions weren’t as bad as I had expected–propagation was decent and did I mention no noise?<\/p>\n

After tuning around a bit, I happened upon one of my favorite interval signals: that of the Voice of Turkey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Everything around me–all that was on my mind–simply took a backseat to the simple pleasure of listening to an interval signal on a cool, foggy spring evening surrounded by the beauty of PARI’s campus and those giant radio telescopes.<\/p>\n

Though the feeling was nearly impossible to capture, I did make a recording to share with SWLing Post<\/em> friends and readers from around the world. I hope you enjoy:<\/p>\n