{"id":45587,"date":"2020-09-28T10:49:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T14:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=45587"},"modified":"2020-09-28T10:50:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T14:50:19","slug":"listening-to-radio-nacional-arcangel-san-gabriel-lra36-on-the-icom-ic-756-pro-transceiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/listening-to-radio-nacional-arcangel-san-gabriel-lra36-on-the-icom-ic-756-pro-transceiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening to Radio Nacional Arc\u00e1ngel San Gabriel (LRA36) on the Icom IC-756 Pro transceiver"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Icom-IC-756-Pro-LRA36.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45593\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Icom-IC-756-Pro-LRA36.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Icom-IC-756-Pro-LRA36.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Icom-IC-756-Pro-LRA36-300x231.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Icom-IC-756-Pro-LRA36-1024x789.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Icom-IC-756-Pro-LRA36-768x592.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Icom-IC-756-Pro-LRA36-624x481.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"http:\/\/ratzer.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christoph Ratzer (OE2CRM)<\/a>, who is well aware that I&#8217;m a fan of LRA36, so sent me a tip Saturday (September 26, 2020)\u00a0 at 19:40 UTC that LRA36 was being received in Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>I had been working a few POTA stations that afternoon, so simply tuned the IC-756 to 15476 kHz USB&#8211;the &#8216;656 Pro was connected to my large horizontal delta loop antenna. I was rewarded with excellent weak-signal reception from the Argentine Antarctic research station. The signal was surprisingly clear even though the signal was still near noise level.<\/p>\r\n<p>Here&#8217;s a short video (hoping YouTube won&#8217;t remove it since there&#8217;s music involved&#8211;!):<\/p>\r\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OD4NV4qiSYs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>Since the LRA36 signal was in upper sideband mode, the IC-756 Pro was exceptionally well suited to the task! The more I use this transceiver, the more I love it.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Thanks again for the tip, Christoph!<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Christoph Ratzer (OE2CRM), who is well aware that I&#8217;m a fan of LRA36, so sent me a tip Saturday (September 26, 2020)\u00a0 at 19:40 UTC that LRA36 was being received in Europe.\u00a0 I had been working a few POTA stations that afternoon, so simply tuned the IC-756 to 15476 [&hellip;]<\/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":[3,43],"tags":[3953,8649,8648,8016,3248,8017],"class_list":["post-45587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-christoph-ratzer","tag-ic-756-pro","tag-icom-ic-756-pro","tag-lra36","tag-lra36-radio-nacional-arcangel-san-gabriel","tag-radio-nacional-arcangel-san-gabriel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bRh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14057,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/rado-nacional-arcangel-san-gabriel-returning-to-air-july-27-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":45587,"position":0},"title":"Radio Nacional Arc\u00e1ngel San Gabriel returning to air July 27, 2015","author":"Thomas","date":"July 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Cristoph Ratzer, who shares this exciting\u00a0news via the DXLD; Manuel M\u00e9ndez notes: ANTARCTICA, 15476, LRA36, Rado Nacional Arc\u00e1ngel San Gabriel, Base Esperanza. 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At times, I've been able to barely hear their AM signal here in North Carolina--at least, see it as a faint line on my spectrum display and barely hear audio rise above\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;DX&quot;","block_context":{"text":"DX","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/dx\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/THOMAS-scaled-e1595936802602.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/THOMAS-scaled-e1595936802602.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/THOMAS-scaled-e1595936802602.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/THOMAS-scaled-e1595936802602.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/THOMAS-scaled-e1595936802602.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44395,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/lra36-radio-nacional-arcangel-san-gabriel-test-broadcasts-july-18-and-july-25-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":45587,"position":3},"title":"LRA36: Radio Nacional Arc\u00e1ngel San Gabriel test broadcasts July 18 and July 25, 2020","author":"Thomas","date":"July 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributors Ulis (K3LU) and Harald (DL1AX) who note that Radio Nacional Arc\u00e1ngel San Gabriel (LRA36) will broadcast tests again Saturday July 18th and July 25th, 2020, from 1700 to 2000 UTC on 15476 kHz USB. 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