2022 08 22 50 | Ghosts in the Air Glow

Buffet, Fabien / F4IDL

I've had the pleasure to receive the second transmission of Ghost In The Air Glow from 02:00 to 03:00 UTC, 03:00 to 04:00 local time.

My locator is JN15nj, in Auvergne, near center of France, south of Clermont-Ferrand. I've first tried to hear the transmission with my Yaesu FT-891 and its half-wave dipoles but all I could hear was a really faint AM carrier when using ssb to tune. All the time, I kept the stream in background, so I wouldn't miss anything.

As it wouldn't work with HF radio, I decided to mainly follow the transmission on the youtube stream, while trying different web sdr. Utwente wasn't working, so I finally found and used http://k3fef.com:8901/ after different failed tries on other sites.

I received a small signal with it so from about 02:40 to the end, I used k3fef to follow the 2nd transmission still in parallel with the stream. The web sdr signal was about 3 to 4 on 5 clear and 6 to 8 on 9 in strength.

I managed to listen to the part with International Phonetic Alphabet and I was able to receive some SSTV images. I used Robot36 on my Asus Android Phone to decode them, with varying results, as you can see.

Waking up early to listen to such an art piece, from the famous HAARP site, was really an unique experience. Although I'm disappointed I couldn't hear it on my HF radio, I'm glad I could use a web sdr anyway and participate in this world event gathering radio lovers.

Thank you for offering us this art piece and this radio experience filled with mystery, poetry and dream.

Reception Reports

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Pennsylvania, United States
	Date	Movement
Expand	2019-03-27	I. Prelude / II. Introductions to the Ghost / III. Methodologies in Music and Morse	Time 02:00:00 – 02:11:00 Antenna G5RV antenna Receiver RTL-SDR Ver.3 dongles fed from an HF LNA Note I've first tried to hear the transmission with my Yaesu FT-891 and its half-wave dipoles but all I could hear was a really faint AM carrier when using ssb to tune. All the time, I kept the stream in background, so I wouldn't miss anything.
Expand	2019-03-27	IV. Saxophonal Stochastic Ghost Resonances	Time 02:11:30 – 02:16:30 Antenna G5RV antenna Receiver RTL-SDR Ver.3 dongles fed from an HF LNA Note I've first tried to hear the transmission with my Yaesu FT-891 and its half-wave dipoles but all I could hear was a really faint AM carrier when using ssb to tune. All the time, I kept the stream in background, so I wouldn't miss anything.
Expand	2019-03-27	V. Wolves Chasing the Ghost	Time 02:17:00 – 02:22:00 Antenna G5RV antenna Receiver RTL-SDR Ver.3 dongles fed from an HF LNA Note I've first tried to hear the transmission with my Yaesu FT-891 and its half-wave dipoles but all I could hear was a really faint AM carrier when using ssb to tune. All the time, I kept the stream in background, so I wouldn't miss anything.
Expand	2019-03-27	VI. The Mind and the MRI	Time 02:22:30 – 02:32:30 Antenna G5RV antenna Receiver RTL-SDR Ver.3 dongles fed from an HF LNA Note I've first tried to hear the transmission with my Yaesu FT-891 and its half-wave dipoles but all I could hear was a really faint AM carrier when using ssb to tune. All the time, I kept the stream in background, so I wouldn't miss anything.
Expand	2019-03-27	VII. Letters and Numbers	Time 02:33:00 – 02:39:00 Antenna G5RV antenna Receiver RTL-SDR Ver.3 dongles fed from an HF LNA Note I've first tried to hear the transmission with my Yaesu FT-891 and its half-wave dipoles but all I could hear was a really faint AM carrier when using ssb to tune. All the time, I kept the stream in background, so I wouldn't miss anything.
Expand	2019-03-27	VIII. Pictures and Words	Time 02:39:30 – 02:45:30 Frequency (MHZ) 4.5 Antenna G5RV antenna Receiver RTL-SDR Ver.3 dongles fed from an HF LNA Note As it wouldn't work with HF radio, I decided to mainly follow the transmission on the youtube stream, while trying different web sdr. Utwente wasn't working, so I finally found and used http://k3fef.com:8901/ after different failed tries on other sites. I received a small signal with it so from about 02:40 to the end, I used k3fef to follow the 2nd transmission still in parallel with the stream. The web sdr signal was about 3 to 4 on 5 clear and 6 to 8 on 9 in strength. I managed to listen to the part with International Phonetic Alphabet and I was able to receive some SSTV images. I used Robot36 on my Asus Android Phone to decode them, with varying results, as you can see.
Expand	2019-03-27	IX. Spy Cameras from the Sky and a Mystery Box in the Woods	Time 02:46:00 – 02:56:00 Frequency (MHZ) 6.9 Antenna G5RV antenna Receiver RTL-SDR Ver.3 dongles fed from an HF LNA Note As it wouldn't work with HF radio, I decided to mainly follow the transmission on the youtube stream, while trying different web sdr. Utwente wasn't working, so I finally found and used http://k3fef.com:8901/ after different failed tries on other sites. I received a small signal with it so from about 02:40 to the end, I used k3fef to follow the 2nd transmission still in parallel with the stream. The web sdr signal was about 3 to 4 on 5 clear and 6 to 8 on 9 in strength. I managed to listen to the part with International Phonetic Alphabet and I was able to receive some SSTV images. I used Robot36 on my Asus Android Phone to decode them, with varying results, as you can see.
Expand	2019-03-27	X. Not with a Bang but with a WSPR	Time 02:56:30 – 02:59:30 Antenna G5RV antenna Receiver RTL-SDR Ver.3 dongles fed from an HF LNA Note I received a small signal with it so from about 02:40 to the end, I used k3fef to follow the 2nd transmission still in parallel with the stream. The web sdr signal was about 3 to 4 on 5 clear and 6 to 8 on 9 in strength.