General
The Alaskan radio ‘nerd’ listening to Tasmania from 13,000km away
Paul Walker Jr is a self-confessed ‘radio nerd’ who has made a hobby out of trying to hear distant transmissions from his home in the small village of McGrath, Alaska.
Key points:
- Paul Walker is a community radio station employee in the US whose hobby is trying to hear far away frequencies
- ABC Radio Hobart is the furthest away signal he’s ever heard via radio
- He has heard other frequencies from around the world including Norway and Romania
But recently he heard a station further away than ever before — in Hobart, Tasmania.
Paul Walker isn’t your typical ABC Radio Hobart listener. For starters, he’s on the other side of the world.
“I am actually 13,000 kilometres away in Alaska, USA, in a small village called McGrath. We’re a…
-
Noosa News24 hours agoAnimal Welfare Notices issued to SA’s Andgar Piggery after 14 euthanased by RSPCA
-
General20 hours agoAir India says ‘no issues found’ with fuel control switches on Boeing fleet following recent crash of 787 jetliner
-
Noosa News24 hours agoLabor MP Ali France’s ‘human story’ of love and hardship leads to unseating Peter Dutton
-
General18 hours agoAt least six people killed in major flooding in the Philippines with more rain expected