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General Radio Discussion / Re: US CB to get FM

« on: July 24, 2021, 0654 UTC »

Well, it's about time! As long as it's NBFM, that should reduce AM overmod, splatter, and RFI. Should have been done years ago. Still, won't be heard as well as SSB, especially on the road, but could be better on the road than present AM, where you can get an earful of +30 lbs of noise levels. Now, will someone capitalize on making FM board kits for all those radios out there presently? Several companies did in the 1980's and 1990's.

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Amateur Radio / New Experimental 40MHz test station licensed in Atlanta, GA!

« on: July 24, 2021, 0625 UTC »

Heard this on Amateur Radio Newsline #2282. With Sporadic "E" still in play, this should make for an interesting catch! https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/07/new-us-experimental-station-wl2xup-now.html

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Equipment / Test Driving the Russia-Made Malahit DSP-2: SWLing rip.

« on: July 22, 2021, 1700 UTC »

Looks like the Russian have taken thing up a notch in DSP / SDR based receivers.    https://swling.com/blog/2021/07/guest-post-and-review-test-driving-the-russia-made-malahit-dsp-2/   

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Weather / Nice smoky haze from Oregon and californian fires. Hmmmm...

« on: July 21, 2021, 2214 UTC »

Some unreal Sunsets and Blood Moon seen here in WV, due to the West Coast Fires.   https://www.space.com/smoke-from-us-wildfires-seen-from-space-july-2021

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MW Loggings / Re: 1270AM WDLR, Marysville, OH, 04:45UTC, 7/20/2021.

« on: July 20, 2021, 0634 UTC »

Heard again on drive home. I knew that this station had nice audio, but hearing Asia - Heat Of The Moment, and near full fidelity of that tune, like the high hats, and heard on a fairly narrow banded truck stereo, told me that the ENG of this station knew how to EQ this station well. Now, I want to hear this station on a wide-band receiver.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: There's a Human-Made Barrier in Space, Surrounding The Entire Earth

« on: July 18, 2021, 1933 UTC »

Huh.. I've FWR that to Amateur Radio Newsline and Richard Syrett's, The Conspiracy Show. Will they cover that? Eh... 50/50 chance there, but, ya never know.

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Pirate Radio History / Re: The Pirate Radio Broadcaster Who Occupied Alcatraz and Terrified the FBI

« on: July 18, 2021, 1923 UTC »

Wow!!!! Fascinating read on this, that I did last night. what I'm still trying to understand is how Trudell actually got his programming off of Alcatraz Is. Mentioned, are the stations in CA and NY, but just how did he get heard on those stations? Thinking in 1969 - 1971 tech and links then, was it phone lease-lines, pre-recorded tape, or using a FREQ as an island to mainland link? So, unless that's known, I wouldn't call him a pirate operator, but could be considered a pirate occupier for the time on the island. Still, some great, unknown, USA history that few will ever learn, unfortunately. Thanks for posting this! 

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Huh? / Re: FCC Authorizes Last-Minute Franken FM Experiment? Additional!!!

« on: July 17, 2021, 0622 UTC »

Paul looks into this, still.       http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/07/just-2-franken-fms-remain-but-the-era-is-over/

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MW Loggings / Not hearing Hudson Valley TIS lately 1710kHz.

« on: July 16, 2021, 1916 UTC »

Yeah... For several weeks, I haven't heard that 100W Hudson Valley TIS from NJ. (Can't say as I miss them.) So, does that leave 1710kHz semi-open again? Hmmmmmmm???

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General Radio Discussion / Changes to Radio Technical Rules Advance?

« on: July 15, 2021, 0606 UTC »

Boomer linked me earlier to Radio World on this:        https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/business-and-law/changes-to-radio-technical-rules-advance

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Amateur Radio / A license-free Kenwood HT that's in the 446MHz HAM Band?

« on: July 07, 2021, 1851 UTC »

Huh??? Found this interesting. Kenwood has a license-free HT that operates from 446.000MHz to 446.100MHz, at 1/2W ERP, in the 70cm HAM Band? When was this allowed? https://www.kenwood.com/sg/com/lfr/pkt-23/   Thought it 1st to be FRS, then I'd seen the 446MHz FREQ spec's. Looks like a neat simplex-only HT.
UPDATE:   Ah... Thank you Sparx! (Added reply below.) That would explain a few things there.

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MW Loggings / 1270AM WDLR, Marysville, OH, 03:45UTC, 7/6/2021.

« on: July 06, 2021, 0603 UTC »

Huh... 3rd July in a row that I've been able to DX this station in WV. Promos as Y96.7FM, (Going with it's translator, of course.). Playing classic hits like Foreigner, Yes, Mr-Mr, Cindy Lauper, etc. https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=wdlr&nav=home    What's so weird is that I only seem to be able to hear this station in the month of July, and I have tried in other months. Huh... Propagational clock-work, I guess. That night time pattern is pointed right at me. Is anyone else DX'ing this station?

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Huh? / Windows 11? Why???

« on: June 30, 2021, 2202 UTC »

So, it's supposed to be like Mac OS? Mac OS sucks now. At least, I think it does. https://www.cnet.com/news/windows-11-release-date-this-is-when-you-can-install-microsofts-free-update/

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Equipment / An Intel PC Stick? Think ultimate computer SDR portability here!

« on: June 28, 2021, 1835 UTC »

Yeah... Not really radio related here, or could it be made to be? https://www.amazon.com/Windows-Computer-Support-Bluetooth-AIOEXPC/dp/B08TVM3M3B  Gotta' thank Rob, W8XRW for bring this to my attention. Heś using his for Yaesu C4FM Fusion WIRES-X. However, I could see using this PC Stick as an ultimate portable PC SDR. This would easily replace the Acer Netbook, with Intel Atom, from 2009, that I use to program most of my two-way rigs. So, possibilities here could be endless.   

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Brasil extends FM band down to 76 MHz

« on: June 25, 2021, 1842 UTC »

Well, I remember Brazil talked about this for at least a couple of year, so it's good to see that they're actually acted on this. Japan, on the other hand, has done this for decades, thus all those Sony's, Awia's, and other Japanese portables, that have the FM band extending down to 76MHz. They weren't useless in the 80's and 90's, since you could tune-in to TV CH5 and CH6 audio on them. And yes... You could tune-in the main video carriers for signal strength purposes. So, what other countries have adopted to go down to 76MHz?