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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925am 0154z 7/10/13

« on: July 10, 2013, 0207 UTC »

6925 AM   S6 - S7 rare S8 peaks
1:55z - 2:02z Blues tunes
2:02z Captain Morgan ID Back into blues music.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Red MercuryLabs 6925U July9

« on: July 09, 2013, 1137 UTC »

Due to spectacular local storm had all electronics shut down, disconnected from antennas..
Back up running and fired up SDR at:
4:11z  6935 RML talking  S8 - S9+10 good copy in spite of local storm static!
4:13z "Everybody Knows"
2:52 - 2:59z RML talking  "Out of Beer" OFF
3:00z short QSO w/ UNID
3:01z  AM carrier off and on a number of times at 6924.5 khz
3:02 - 3:05z  3 min. QSO BOR w/ RML both signals v good in spite of local static.

Late posting due to: Internet connection went down likely during storm - not back up until early this morning.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Vietnamese Siren Jamming 13875.3 khz 14:35z 7-7-13

« on: July 08, 2013, 0607 UTC »

~ 3khz wide AM Vietnamese Siren jamming signal  over Radio Free Asia broadcast from Northern Mariana Island - (in Vietnamese of course)
Lots of splatter from Radio Havana Cuba on 13780 khz as well..

This was a new jamming sig  for me...

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Shortwave Broadcast / Various HF logs 11:15z - 13:38z 7-2-13

« on: July 08, 2013, 0558 UTC »

I've been up early some days lately and propagation was particularly good and storm noise low this morning.
I skipped over most of the Chinese broadcast logging's - there are so many of them!
11:15z  3260 khz NBC Sanduan West Vanimo  "I love hearing pidgen"
11:19z  3325 khz  Radio RI Palangka Raya Palang Karayu
11:22z  3385 khz NBC East New Britain  Rabaul  "More Pidgin"
11:25z  3480 khz Voice of The People  Kyonggi-do
11:29z  3925 khz Radio Nikkei Chiba-Nagura
11:36z 4755.5 khz PMA Cross Radio Pohnpei
11:38z 4835 khz ABC Northern Territory  Alice Springs - Blues music - English speaking Op - into Blondie tune
11:41z 4940 khz Voice of Strait  Fuzhou -  Chinese Language
11:44z 5020 khz Soloman Islands Broadcasting BBC Relay Hoiara
11:47z 5025 khz  Rebelde  Havana Cuba
11:51z 5925 khz CNR over Voice of Vietnam - Ran into a lot of this....
12:01z 6055 khz Nikkei 1 Nagura
12:06z 6010 khz Radio Bahrain Abu Hayan  some English language
12:10z 6015 khz North Korean noise jamming
12:15z 6050 khz PBS Xizang Baiding - Chinese language
12:20z 6055 khz Radio Nikkei Nagara
12:28z 6100 khz China Radio Int Bejing Chinese female speaking Russian Language
12:31z 6140 khz Radio Australia Kranji  English language
12:33z 6165 khz All India Radio  Delhi Khampur
12:37z 6400 khz Pyongyang Broadcasting  Kanggye Korean language
12:40z 6518 khz Korean Noise Jamming possibly over Voice of The People?
12:44z 7225 khz VOA Tinang Korean language
12:46z 7235 khz Radio Ethiopia Addis Abuba Gedja - Somali language - Interesting since I'm drinking Ethiopian Sidamo Coffee this morning.
12:53z 7285 khz Voice of Vietnam  Hanoi  in French language after 13:00z
13:32z 11680 khz KCBS Pyonyang Kanggye - Korean language
13:34z 11530 khz Voice of Russia Orzu Hindi language
13:38z 15585 khz Voice of Russia Moskva  Russian Language
Propagation was deteriorating rapidly through all bands after this time.. but really good morning SWL...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WMMR/Mysterious Mystic Radio 6925.6 AM 4:05z 7-8-13

« on: July 08, 2013, 0456 UTC »

4:05 4:14 z tuned into very old time music - 20's - 30's ? , audio suggest old 78's or older cylinder recordings.
Signal S6 - S8 good audio levels for music, relatively good listening considering the fades and storm static.
4:14 - 4:17 z Male talking, possible ID? -low audio levels? - could not make out a word he said.
4:17 - 4:43 z Same genre music
4:43  4:44 z Op talking , same as before, some talk over music, ID? Off at 4:44z

I possibly have logged this station before but do not have my older logs, QLS's or recordings  anymore?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / RTN 6940 AM 4:57z July-5-13

« on: July 05, 2013, 0500 UTC »

6940 AM  20 khz wide AM  S8 - S9+10

~4:40z fired up on 6924.6

~4:55z  neat, fast switch to 6940 AM 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 02:09 UTC July 5 2013

« on: July 05, 2013, 0422 UTC »

Best signal so far from RFW - can almost hear him at peaks.

S6 - S7 signal  S6 - S8 static - storm crashes


4:40 z Signal up a bit sounds like maybe an ID?  S9 peaks now

Oops some one just fired up almost on top of ya - 6924.6 AM

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID, 6935 USB, 04:03Z 7/5/13

« on: July 05, 2013, 0418 UTC »

6935 usb  S8 - S9+10
4:13z  Red Skies at night
4:16z Red Mercury Labs ID
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4:29z RML ID agian - E-mail address - 73's Release the band - Off..

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North American Shortwave Pirate / RTN 6935 AM 4:27z 7-2-13

« on: July 02, 2013, 0434 UTC »

6935 AM  S8 to S9+10  20 khz wide

4:28 z  RTN ID E-mail address for reception report

Sonding great in Montana tonight RTN
I'll grab another "Moose Drool" and sit back and enjoy the show -
Thanks RTN!!!!!!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / RTN test 6924.68 khz 3:10 z 3-2-13

« on: July 02, 2013, 0322 UTC »

Nice AM sig ~18 khz wide  S7 - S9  plenty of summer static

3:10 z tuned into Pleasant laid back music,  several numbers by so far sound like same (UNID by me) artist , male vocalist, a lot of electronic sounds.

NO ID's heard by me - Off at 3:19 z

Nice signal, music, and and modulation.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 KHz AM 6-30-2013 0330z

« on: June 30, 2013, 0411 UTC »

6926 khz AM  S6 - S7  -120 to -130 dBm noise floor  -95 to -90 dBm Carrier - modulation weak?
3:58  - 4:01 ut  Caught bits of Patsy Cline "Cheating Heart"
4:01 - 4:08 ut ? bits of audio - UNID song - songs
4:08 - 4:11 ut Lennon "Imagine" just abouve the static
4:11 - 4:14 ut "Brown Eyed Girl"
4:14 -  UNID audio
4:24 ut Announcer Talking? ID?

I'm getting a lot of SSB (Pescadores) & digital (3 khz wide DRM like) interference in this AM sigs upper side band.
Tried AMS and blocking the USB but the lower side band seems to have the weakest modulation? Deja Vu last nights 6925 AM UNID....

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Solar Flare poses huge threat

« on: June 29, 2013, 0603 UTC »

A large CME can wreck havoc on various electrical systems but most of the time they just produce really nice light shows in the sky.
Especially for those of us that live in dark rural areas 45 deg north latitude or less.
Like Tonight -
5:40 z  29 June 13
I'm Seeing some nice bright auroras here in Central Montana tonight. One bright band is actually South of my location right now
Activity Level 10 tonight. This is not from a CME but from a Coronal Hole that has been facing earth the last few days.

This does not seem to be effecting MW - HF  reception as far as I can tell...
Think I'll grab a brew and go out and enjoy the show...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB or AM 03:43 utc - 06/29/2013

« on: June 29, 2013, 0421 UTC »

6925 khz
4:17 ut can just make out the song "Blinding Me With Science"
I've been watching this for a while but this is the first time I'm getting enough modulation to hear anything.
There is and has been occasional SSB traffic in both the upper and lower sidebands of this AM signal.
4:27 - 4:28 ut carrier faded away completely.
4:29 ut back but very weak - can't hear much less ID music anymore.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / PPVR 6925 USB 4:54 ut 6-28-13

« on: June 28, 2013, 0505 UTC »

6925 USB
4:54 - 5:02 ut short test? transmissions whistle, PPVR ID's - no music so far.
5:02 - 5:13 ut nothing
5:13 ut - 5:21 ut  bits of music and talk? - breaking up really bad but S7 - S8 when it stays on a few seconds.
Technical problems PPV ?
5:24 - 5:26 ut more music - a little bit better , steady up to 10 seconds at times but still cutting out a lot.

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QSLs Received / XFM E-QSL 6-21-13 broadcast

« on: June 27, 2013, 1828 UTC »

Very nice surprise in the email this morning.
Thanks! Redhat