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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 0048 UTC 17 MAY 2024
« on: Today at 12:57 »
SDR recording catch, on from 0048-0205 UTC. Very weak, with just some trace level music heard. Not sure if a NAm pirate, or RCW from Chile.
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North American MW Pirate Radio / UNID 1620 AM 0048 UTC 15 MAY 2024
« on: May 15, 2024, 1611 UTC »
SDR recording catch, on from 0048-0208 UTC. Very tough copy with Cuba dominating most of the time, but occasional music drowned out Cuba.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Bork Bork Radio 6935 USB 0347 UTC 13 MAY 2024
« on: May 13, 2024, 1215 UTC »
SDR recording catch
0347 Signed on with instrumental music, fairly weak. Sounded like a mix of tribal and electronic music?
0057 Someone talking, still very weak
0401 OM saying bork bork bork
0402 Off?
0347 Signed on with instrumental music, fairly weak. Sounded like a mix of tribal and electronic music?
0057 Someone talking, still very weak
0401 OM saying bork bork bork
0402 Off?
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Boat Anchor Radio 6935 AM 0430 UTC 10 MAY 2024
« on: May 10, 2024, 1443 UTC »
SDR recording catch, ID per op.
On from 0430-0453 UTC, weak carrier, not sure if there was any audio.
On from 0430-0453 UTC, weak carrier, not sure if there was any audio.
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North American MW Pirate Radio / MOVED: UNID 1583 AM 1242 UTC 9 May 2024
« on: May 09, 2024, 1246 UTC »
This topic has been moved to European MW Pirate Radio.
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=129368.0
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=129368.0
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 1049 UTC 5 MAY 2024
« on: May 06, 2024, 1157 UTC »
Late SDR recording catch
1049 Genesis "I Can't Dance", SIO 444
1053 Off
1049 Genesis "I Can't Dance", SIO 444
1053 Off
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North American MW Pirate Radio / UNID 1620 AM 0027 UTC 6 MAY 2024
« on: May 06, 2024, 1151 UTC »
SDR recording catch, on 1620.010 kHz from 0027-0438 UTC. Mostly MoR music.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Vixen 6945 USB 2104 UTC 5 MAY 2024
« on: May 05, 2024, 2104 UTC »
2104 "Thunderstruck", SIO 444
QSL address: radiovixeninternational@gmail.com
QSL address: radiovixeninternational@gmail.com
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General Radio Discussion / A great great read on solar flare activity and comparisons to previous cycles!
« on: May 05, 2024, 2024 UTC »
"As solar activity ramps up (multiple X/near-X solar flares this week), we must be *cautious* on drawing comparisons to the last decade. If these flares happened 5 years ago, they wouldn’t have made it into the top flare category. A thread:
GOES-14 & 15 defined flares from 2010-2020, covering the previous solar maximum. However, upon launch of these satellites, a calibration discrepancy was discovered between GOES-14/15 and ALL prior GOES X-ray detectors, so old GOES-1 to 13 data were adjusted to account for this.
HOWEVER. Upon launch of GOES-16, it was announced that the older calibration had been correct (and GOES-14/15 were not). So in 2020, NOAA announced a recalibration to their dataset, increasing all prior flare classes by 42%!!! (Divide by 0.7). A massive change.
This huge difference CANNOT be understated. If this week’s X1 flares had happened before 2020, they’d have been categorised an M7 flare. In fact, a flare today would need to be X4.2, in order to have been called an X-flare just five years ago.
Taking this into account: we’ve had 31 X-class flares this solar cycle (since 2022). Under the previous calibration (used last solar cycle), we’d have only TWO(!!!). This is a MASSIVE discrepancy, that must be considered in qualitative and quantitative comparisons."
Full thread: https://twitter.com/RyanJFrench/status/1787108955065352197
GOES-14 & 15 defined flares from 2010-2020, covering the previous solar maximum. However, upon launch of these satellites, a calibration discrepancy was discovered between GOES-14/15 and ALL prior GOES X-ray detectors, so old GOES-1 to 13 data were adjusted to account for this.
HOWEVER. Upon launch of GOES-16, it was announced that the older calibration had been correct (and GOES-14/15 were not). So in 2020, NOAA announced a recalibration to their dataset, increasing all prior flare classes by 42%!!! (Divide by 0.7). A massive change.
This huge difference CANNOT be understated. If this week’s X1 flares had happened before 2020, they’d have been categorised an M7 flare. In fact, a flare today would need to be X4.2, in order to have been called an X-flare just five years ago.
Taking this into account: we’ve had 31 X-class flares this solar cycle (since 2022). Under the previous calibration (used last solar cycle), we’d have only TWO(!!!). This is a MASSIVE discrepancy, that must be considered in qualitative and quantitative comparisons."
Full thread: https://twitter.com/RyanJFrench/status/1787108955065352197
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Foxy AM 6925 USB 2234 UTC 1 MAY 2024
« on: May 01, 2024, 2238 UTC »
2234 Peskies
2237 Or not... I hear my name being mentioned. I assume instructions for getting a QSL will be next?
2241 Foxy AM ID. Shouldn't this be Foxy SSB?
2301 Music, SIO 333
2237 Or not... I hear my name being mentioned. I assume instructions for getting a QSL will be next?
2241 Foxy AM ID. Shouldn't this be Foxy SSB?
2301 Music, SIO 333
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Peskies / UNID Peskies? 6930 USB 2227 UTC 1 MAY 2024
« on: May 01, 2024, 2228 UTC »
2227 Weak music... gone? Peskies perhaps.
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Latin American Pirate / AD149 Radio 6934.9 AM 2305 UTC 30 APR 2024
« on: May 01, 2024, 1125 UTC »
SDR recording catch, on from roughly 2305-2335 UTC, very weak, just a carrier.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / MOVED: Radio Parade International 8447 AM 2305 UTC 28 APR 2024
« on: April 28, 2024, 2330 UTC »
This topic has been moved to European Pirates and Private Stations.
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=129036.0
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=129036.0
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6955 USB 1212 UTC 28 APR 2024
« on: April 28, 2024, 1213 UTC »
1212 "Check check 1 2 3 4 5"