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Equipment / Deoxit recommendation

« on: April 29, 2020, 1503 UTC »

Looks like I'm going to have to clean up the contacts on the Yaesu FRG-7700 so I went online to order Deoxit.  I was surprised at the number of different variations there are of that stuff.   Any recommendations as to which Deoxit works best for this application?
Thanks,
Don

857

Shortwave Broadcast / BSKSA Holy Quran

« on: April 27, 2020, 1943 UTC »

11820 khz @ 19:35 UTC 27 Apr 20 in Arabic.   Pretty solid signal thru steady rain front here in SE Wisconsin.   No prayer chants this hour, just OM/YM engaged in casual conversation interview. No music either. Steady , minimal QRN.  Negligible fading.

SINPO: 3-3-3-4-3
TX: RIYADH
TARGET:  EUROPE

858

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Sound of Hope 11170 AM 1257z 22 Apr 2020

« on: April 27, 2020, 1309 UTC »

On the unusual 11460 Sound of Hope out of Miaoli , Taiwan in Mandarin.   Just hit it at 12:57 UTC with YM/YL conversation until 12:59 when signed off to silent carrier until QRT at 13:00.

SINPO: 3-4-3-4-3+
TARGET: Far East

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ID and Translation Requests / Re: UNID 930 khz 0825 UTC 5 Apr 2020

« on: April 21, 2020, 1431 UTC »

Its highly unlikely to be WHON. Their format/playlist is exactly in line what was recorded.

WHON is around 560 miles away at 114 W with a nighttime pattern as a blob to the south and Minneapolis is in a deep null.
KKIN has a non-directional nighttime pattern with 360 W at about 100 miles away.

However, this assumes both stations ran authorized power on the authorized pattern.

If WHON messed up and ran day power (500 W) on the day pattern, its still a blob to the south and Minneapolis in a null.

While listening now to 930 trying to pick out stations, heard music from the 70's & 80's, consistent with the format of the original station that Matt_B recorded. Got a clear ID of WFAT 102.7 "The Fat One" at 0121Z and 0129Z (21 Apr 2020). This station is in Battle Creek, MI with 1000W nighttime power with a huge bubble to the NW, which encompasses Minneapolis nicely. 102.7 being their translator (W274AQ). They have been ID'ing frequently, every few songs or so.


So back to the identity of the station recorded - It could be WFAT or KKIN, and I might say that order. I would actually put money on it being WFAT and not KKIN. But without an ID or something else unique (like a local news/traffic/weather report), its only going to be speculation.



Pattern information can be found at:
https://radio-timetraveller.blogspot.com/






_{AFE822x SDR with SdrDx 2.20j software and Wellbrook ALA-1530S+ oriented NW-SE}

Whoops - I overlooked the "SDR Minneapolis" section of Matt-B's  initial post. 
"Never Mind"  (with apologies to Gilda Radner)

860

ID and Translation Requests / Re: UNID 930 khz 0825 UTC 5 Apr 2020

« on: April 20, 2020, 2356 UTC »

A distant possibility:  WHON out of Richmond Indiana,  Low power but the format matches and its only 621 miles to your QTH.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: RHC on 11950 (?!)

« on: April 20, 2020, 2119 UTC »

Perhaps Pedro doesn't know that A20 has begun yet.

That's possible considering that their governance and economy are still back in the 1960's

862

MW Loggings / WRDZ 1300

« on: April 20, 2020, 1420 UTC »

1300 KHZ @ 14:02 in Polish.  Great signal this morning.  YL with "RADIO POLSKI" ID @14:10.
All Polish narrative (and Polish ads).   Polish music at 14:18.

Break out the Kielbasa and horseradish!

TX:  La Grange IL.
DAYTIME PWR:  4.5 kw
TX<>RX:  74 miles

863

Shortwave Broadcast / RHC on 11950 (?!)

« on: April 20, 2020, 1305 UTC »

Spinning the dial I ran across RHC @ 12:59 UTC just as they were signing off with a YL giving the station ID.  Very solid signal.   I can't recall ever picking them up on this frequency.

SINPO: 4-5-4.   Couldn't assess fading  as station QRT'd @ 12:59.   I only was a able to monitor for about 30 seconds before they went off the air.

864

Utility / Re: US Air Force Interplane Comms 5757 USB 04:01 UTC 2 April 2020 (now with audio)

« on: April 18, 2020, 0215 UTC »

Jasmine, from an ol' Signal Corps guy, thanks !

865

General Radio Discussion / Re: U.S. Space Force Is Arming to Jam Russian and Chinese Satellites

« on: April 18, 2020, 0141 UTC »

I just finished a very good book entitled "THE SHADOW WAR' by Jim Sciutto.  The book covers the "hyper-wars",which are aggressive initiatives  undertaken and conducted by US adversaries that implement propaganda, proxy state warfare, election rigging, NGO manipulations, etc.   There is an excellent section of the book that covers both the surreptitious as well as moderately overt offensives against us in Space and our  heretofore pathetic attempts to refute their campaigns. 
If you are into this labyrinthic and polymorphous aspect of foreign policy I strongly recommend this work.   The area analyzing the current ongoing Space Wars is, alone, worth the price of the book. 
Below is Wiki's CV summary of the author's credentials:

James Ernest Sciutto (born March 10, 1970) is an anchor and Chief National Security Correspondent for CNN, reporting and providing analysis on all aspects of U.S. national security, including foreign policy, the military, terrorism, and the intelligence community, a position he took on in September 2013. From 2011 to 2013 he served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. He was formerly ABC News' Senior Foreign correspondent, based in London.[1] He is the author of Against Us: The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim World.[2] Jim Sciutto is currently an anchor on CNN Newsroom, based in New York City and Washington, DC

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Shortwave Broadcast / VOA ===>> FAR EAST

« on: April 16, 2020, 1506 UTC »

9410 KHZ @ 14:45 UTC in Korean.   Younger male host interviewing older male until 14:53 with a short woodwind musical bridge to 14:55 when YM returned with a scripted announcement until 15:00 canned ID / QRT "This is the Voice of America, Washington DC, signing off".  Tolerable signal for mid-morning.

SINPO: 2-2-2-3-2
TX:  Tinang, Philippines

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FM DX Loggings / Re: WSMR 89.1 Sarasota FL (heard in WV)

« on: April 16, 2020, 0213 UTC »

https://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-is-it-between.htm

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FM DX Loggings / Re: WSMR 89.1 Sarasota FL (heard in WV)

« on: April 16, 2020, 0158 UTC »

Here's some info on WSMR (and I disagree, the station would be interested in your DX snag).  Distance from the Tampa repeater to Huttonsville WV is 755 miles.
Nice catch.

WSMR CLASSICAL 89.1

City   Sarasota, Florida
Broadcast area   Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida, Tampa Bay Area
Branding   Classical WSMR
Slogan   Florida's Classical Music Station
Frequency   89.1 MHz
Translator(s)   103.9 W280DW (Tampa, relays WUSF HD2)
Repeater(s)   89.7-2 WUSF HD2 (Tampa)
First air date   May 1991 (initial license)
Format   Classical music
ERP   54,000 watts
HAAT   135 meters (443 feet)
Class   C1
Facility ID   64255
Transmitter coordinates   27°6′1.00″N 82°22′18.00″W
Former call signs   WAYG (1991-1996)
Owner   University of South Florida
(University of South Florida Board of Trustees)
Sister stations   WUSF
Webcast   Listen Live
Website   wsmr.org

869

Equipment / Re: What Radio Did you start your listening hobby with?

« on: April 16, 2020, 0142 UTC »

It's interesting how this is breaking down. Over 50 and it seems like you got the bakelite and and wooden boxes full of tubes Grandma didn't want to haul to Florida. Under that age you got solid state boxes with leather-rite exteriors that had all sorts of bands and nothing to hear.

And every hardware store had the compulsory tube tester to let you know that, once again, your 35W4 half-wave rectifier was shot.   Fun stuff back then though - my 1940 Mantola tuber is AM/SW but, of course, no FM.  Still works - I pulled in Radio Helliniki out of Avlis last week.

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Shortwave Broadcast / RADIO FARDA

« on: April 13, 2020, 1752 UTC »

12005 KHZ @ 17:44 UTC in Persian. Casual conversation between OM and YL .   No music.   Steady, if somewhat weak  signal.

SINPO:  2-3-2-4-3
TX:  Wooferton UK
TG:   IRAN