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General Radio Discussion / Re: Finnish Hacker Isolates Helicopter GPS Coordinates From YouTube Video Sounds
« on: February 02, 2014, 2018 UTC »
That video starts about 2 miles from my house.
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Other / Re: Distorted talking on 8764 USB 1717z 2-1-14
« on: February 02, 2014, 0533 UTC »
Probably NMN US Coast Guard Portsmouth VA.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: middle eastern sounding
« on: February 02, 2014, 0530 UTC »
Likely Radio Farda via Kuwait in Farsi. Its an IBB station aimed at Iran.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: High Solar Flux - Promising for HF
« on: February 02, 2014, 0300 UTC »
I hadn't actually checked the solar terrestial indices until I noticed lots of activity on 20 meters tonight.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6925AM 0045 2 Feb 2014
« on: February 02, 2014, 0143 UTC »
Major inboomage in KCMO. Band seems a bit noisy but RFA is waaay above it. 1:43z "...alcohol & ass..."
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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Jinling 5860 khz 12:40 utc 2-1-2014
« on: February 01, 2014, 1254 UTC »
Fair reception in Missouri. Talk in Chinese & music. New schedule for this station with sign on a couple of hours earlier. I wasn't able to hear them at all before Jan 20'th sked change. New sked is:
1230-1600 on 5860 NJG 100 kW / 161 deg to EaAs, ex 1430-1700
via DX re-mix
1230-1600 on 5860 NJG 100 kW / 161 deg to EaAs, ex 1430-1700
via DX re-mix
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: The Drifty Crystal - 6920 LSB 01 Feb 2014
« on: February 01, 2014, 0223 UTC »
Nice signal here. "..stand by while we re-tune.." at 2:21z. S9+10
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General Radio Discussion / coolest DX catch
« on: February 01, 2014, 0219 UTC »
What was your best DX catch?
I remember in the mid 1990's when I first bought my house & was away from the noisy streetlights & was situated higher than before I would set my alarm for about 3:30 each morning & try for some of the RRI stations hoping to get some grayline advantage between here & Indonesia. I will never forget the morning when with the headphones on & pressing them tightly against my ears I finally heard that funky wurlitzer sounding "Song of the coconut isles" weakly seeping into my phones. It had that major DX sound like it was forced through water or something. I could picture the signal bouncing off the ionosphere & barely making it to me as I sat perched on the edge of my chair. I was so incredibly excited to finally hear it. I was using a DX398 and a random length wire that was about 20 meters long. No coax, no tuner just a portable & the wire clipped to the antenna. I've heard a lot of nice dx stuff since then but somehow nothing compares to that morning. Maybe the day I finally log LRA36 from my receivers but that has actually been somewhat sullied by the fact that I've gotten weak copy from various remote receivers of Antartica so I've already heard what it sounds like. With the RRI catch I had never heard the song before but had heard it described in GH's DX listening digest (the paper version that came in the mail) & I knew it when I finally heard it. Anybody have a similar experience they would like to share?
I remember in the mid 1990's when I first bought my house & was away from the noisy streetlights & was situated higher than before I would set my alarm for about 3:30 each morning & try for some of the RRI stations hoping to get some grayline advantage between here & Indonesia. I will never forget the morning when with the headphones on & pressing them tightly against my ears I finally heard that funky wurlitzer sounding "Song of the coconut isles" weakly seeping into my phones. It had that major DX sound like it was forced through water or something. I could picture the signal bouncing off the ionosphere & barely making it to me as I sat perched on the edge of my chair. I was so incredibly excited to finally hear it. I was using a DX398 and a random length wire that was about 20 meters long. No coax, no tuner just a portable & the wire clipped to the antenna. I've heard a lot of nice dx stuff since then but somehow nothing compares to that morning. Maybe the day I finally log LRA36 from my receivers but that has actually been somewhat sullied by the fact that I've gotten weak copy from various remote receivers of Antartica so I've already heard what it sounds like. With the RRI catch I had never heard the song before but had heard it described in GH's DX listening digest (the paper version that came in the mail) & I knew it when I finally heard it. Anybody have a similar experience they would like to share?
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Nacional da Amazonia 11783.3 khz 1/29/2013
« on: February 01, 2014, 0153 UTC »
That is one of the few times they cause a problem by being off frequency. Most of the time it is no big deal. They seem to have trouble with their 25 meter freq from time to time either causing crazy fm blob spurs or being off freq like now. 6180 not so much trouble.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6930 USB 0057 UTC 1 Feb 2014
« on: February 01, 2014, 0108 UTC »
Tuned in at 1:06z to Peter Tosh "Mystic Man" & XLR8 ID. S9+15 signal
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6950 AM 0200 UTC 31 Jan 2014
« on: January 31, 2014, 0237 UTC »
Very weak here jba in usb but not able to get audio in AM.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 6925 AM *0118 UTC 31Jan14
« on: January 31, 2014, 0235 UTC »
Hugely inbooming in KCMO. Steady 20 over S9. Really nice signal.
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General Radio Discussion / Re: Advice or thoughts for beginner on interesting things to do
« on: January 29, 2014, 0311 UTC »
Didn't realize you were in Africa. You could maybe get E25 number station. Thought to be from Egypt & are on 6140 9400 & 9450 Khz at 8:30 or 9:45...I can never remember... the exact times are in the enigma newsletter I referred to earlier.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Nacional da Amazonia 11783.3 khz 1/29/2013
« on: January 29, 2014, 0258 UTC »
They have been off frequency for several days now. Usually on 11780 & sometimes a little high ,like 11780.1 but this is ridiculous. the parallel 6180 seems on frequency. Heard at 2:52z with ID & some of that nice Brazilian music that always makes me want to dance. I've been listening to them quite a bit this winter as the music from Brazil actually seems to make the temperature in the room rise & with this polar vortex crap.....every little bit helps.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Unknown Odd Music/Data Station 15000 Khz
« on: January 29, 2014, 0251 UTC »
They are technically a pirate. They should leave the time standardization stuff to the people who already do it. I've heard their signals off by quite a bit.