Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018

[Kilokat7]

S9 and sounding very nice here with the filters opened up, 15 kHz or so wide.  Thanks for the music, MRI!

Now 02:35 UTC and still a solid S9+ and sounding great.  Also caught you in Spain on a remote SDR with a fair signal!

[hammarhead]

"Stairway to Heaven" at S9+15 into NE Ohio at 23:40 UTC.

[ranco]

2340 Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"

Signal: S9

2350 Sade "The Sweetest Taboo"

2357 Tears for Fears "Change" Extended Version

[BigAl]

23:40  Stairway to Heaven - an S9 signal now in SE VA with a signal 12+KHz wide and excellent audio. Thanks for the show!

[MDK2]

2344 fair to good signal in Denver, which is pretty respectable. Playing "Crazy" by Seal at the moment
2353 Mix Radio ID
2354 "Change" Tears For Fears
0156 after many other songs, more Tears For Fears, "Head Over Heals"

[redhat]

6970.000 KHz 2346z S8-S9 with Seal's 'Crazy' Very nice 13K audio here.
2347z Sade 'Sweetest Taboo (Live Version!!)
2353z Mix Radio International ID
2353z Tears For Fears 'Change'
0000z Nice jazzy instrumental with some KILLER bass!!  Love it, wish I knew what it was. (Per the Op, Chris Botti 'Back Into My Heart' Thanks!!)
0004z Dave Mason 'We Just Disagree'
0007z The Who 'Eminence Front' (Excellent tune!)  Still hanging in at S9, storm noise is becoming more pronounced though.
0012z Rush 'Fly By Night'
0015z Joe Walsh 'Life's Been Good'
0024z 'You are tuned into the best of shortwave radio, mix radio international' ID
0026z Delfonics 'Didn't I blow your mind this time'
Storms getting too close, had to close down.

Recording from approx 0004z-0028z
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V9Ct_bV5hbjl4xtvrUqQz0BgNi9BIkBw

Thank for the show!

+-RH

P.S. The Op emailed me and said they enjoyed the recording.  Your welcome!

[Tuco]

S7 signal

0005z "We Just Disagree" by Dave Mason
0009z "Eminence Front" by The Who

[MrMomB]

00:00-00:13 BUSTING the S-meter needle! S-9 + 20 on a CALIBRATED meter.  ...And the audio..SO SWEET!  No QSB.  Best signal that I have heard in a long time.  Are you in a mobile parked in front of my house?  73!!

00:56 Still listening with the AF way to the right.  ...The sweet audio...and fantastic song selection... 73

01:44 Stepped away for 10 minutes and now just barely above the noise.

[Helicaster]

0019 - Joe Walsh Very nice signal tonight.
0023 - id into The Delfonics
S8-9 very clear.
0152 - Strong signal with Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran

[BOR]

A very respectable signal on the west coast of British Columbia as of 0025Z. Peaking at S5 on a Drake R8B receiver using a G5RV antenna. Audio sounds good with the 4 kHz filter selected.

[PghScanner]

S9+ with very good audio

Paul Simon - Mother and Cild Reunion
YL ID

Thanks for the show.

[Token]

Decent signal here in the Mojave Desert of California, about S7 or so.  Looks to be about 13.5 kHz wide at times, interesting.  I am finding the best listening with the RX filter set at about 5 kHz, wider than that and it just becomes too bright.  I did crank the filter out to 12 and 13 kHz just to try it, but resumed about 5 kHz width after that.

T!

[JohnS]

After many weeks of hearing no pirate I finally hear one: Mix Radio International on 6870 USB on September 22 at 0027.
Strong signal and good audio playing classic rock and pop.

[KaySeeks]

Listening in Ontario. Very nice signal for the past hour or so. SINPO 55445. There is a dead carrier on ~6870.89 but it is much weaker and not causing too much QRM.

It's rare that SSB sounds this good. I see approximately 13 - 14 KHz bandwidth.

I also see some unintended sideband though - between DC and ~700 Hz there is almost no rejection of the unintended and the LSB is as strong as the USB, with much higher attenuation above ~700 Hz. It is sort of listenable on the LSB but the audio quality suffers for the reasons above.

Cheers.

EDIT: propagation went into the toilet around 0204 UTC. Faded down to noise level.

[canswl]

Good reception at 01:59 UTC on the west coast.  USB, but poorer audio noted on LSB, but not on AM/SAM on my Perseus SDR.  Go figure?  Much stronger than 6920U, the only other pirate I can hear at this time, as sunset approaches.