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4036

Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Korea 9435//11710 AM 1330 UTC 13 Aug 2016

« on: August 13, 2016, 1336 UTC »

English service broadcast to Central & South America.

9435:
1330Z 45433 S9+ VoK IS followed by ID
1330Z 45433 S9+ National Anthem, followed by other songs dedicated to former Dear Leaders.
1338Z 45433 S9+ News
1356Z 45433 S9+ End of news and more music.

11710:
Programming // 9435
1330Z 45322 S9




_{Yaesu FT-847 with Bonito Boni-Whip antenna}

4037

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Nikkei 1 9595 AM 1256 UTC 13 Aug 2016

« on: August 13, 2016, 1305 UTC »

1256Z 25322 S5 Music
1259Z 25322 S5 OM & YL talking in Japanese
1300Z 25322 S5 Top of the hour time pip
1300Z 25322 S5 More talking, followed by some music.





_{Yaesu FT-847 with Bonito Boni-Whip antenna}

4038

MW Loggings / Re: UNID 1710 AM 1120 UTC 11 Aug 2016

« on: August 12, 2016, 0030 UTC »

I try to listen to 1710 every day to see what's there. Usually have just a weak carrier after dark and no recoverable audio.

KBGG on 1700 is pretty strong up here at night and it destroys 1710's LSB, so that means listening to 1710 in USB (or SAM with USB, if I happen to be using a radio that does it). I leave radio set to ~1709.9 USB listening to hear when the carrier gets strong and leap into action when it does, only to be disappointed by a fade.


I do listen to AM Stereo (in C-QUAM)- occasionally on 540 WXYG. And it does sound good. Real good.

IBOC is a great jammer. Jams a lot of stations I want to listen to. China, on HF, should switch from CNR1/Firedrake to IBOC. Ha. Firedrake on IBOC. Firedrake on one digital carrier, CNR1 on another, and they still have a third programming choice for a veritable plethora of jamming genres. Now if it was Firedrake on C-QUAM....

I've tried listening to an IBOC digital stream from a local 50 kW station that's around 20 miles away and it can have trouble locking and it sounds like a crappy low bitrate Internet stream. Breaking up & re-buffering drives me crazy. At least with analog static & fades, the brain can put in what is missing at times. I'm going to stop now.

4039

General Radio Discussion / Cold War Communications: The Two Koreas Resume Coded Radio Broadcasts

« on: August 10, 2016, 0211 UTC »

http://38north.org/2016/08/mwilliams08092016

The Yonhap TV News report plays the broadcast snippet over video of a radio tuned to 3320kHz, one of the frequencies used by PBS. It can also be heard on 6250kHz and 6400kHz shortwave and regionally on six mediumwave frequencies: 639, 657, 684, 729, 801 and 855kHz. The shortwave broadcasts often reach the United States in the overnight hours.

4040

Longwave Loggings / Re: LORAN 100 kHz 2150 UTC 4 Aug 2016

« on: August 09, 2016, 0301 UTC »

Dana was (is?) 400 kW & Seneca was (is?) 800 kW
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/loran/handbook/APP-B.pdf

4041

General Radio Discussion / Re: GPS Under Attack as Crooks, Rogue Workers Wage Electronic War

« on: August 09, 2016, 0252 UTC »

Totally agree to bring back LORAN. Until it comes back, put an ADF in the car and use it and a paper map to find your position with NDBs and/or MW BC stations. Or, plan out your path before leaving home.

redhat - I've noticed the same thing. Also with electric/hybrid buses and certain cars (Saturns seem to be particularly bad).

4042

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: BBC Sportsworld 15420AM 1633 UTC 7 August 2016 Are you ready for some football?

« on: August 07, 2016, 1630 UTC »

17640
1629Z 35433 S7 Game continues & a decently strong signal.
1645Z 25432 S5 I think someone just scored, but signal has considerably weakened.
1703Z Signal is gone

17830
1629Z 25422 S3 in & out of the noise. // 17640
1703Z Signal is gone

15400, 17780
1703Z The schedule says there should be something here now, but not hearing anything.  Considering I'm off the side of their beam, no surprise there's nothing.




_{Yaesu FT-847 with Bonito Boni-Whip}

4043

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6950 USB 0045 UTC 7 Aug 2016

« on: August 07, 2016, 0046 UTC »

0045Z 35443 S5 Soviet National Anthem
0047Z 35443 S5 DJ Dick Weed talking about stuff and with ID
0048Z 35443 S5 Talking about their new t-shirt.
0056Z 35443 S5 Green Day "Jesus of Suburbia"
0105Z 35443 S5 ID
0105Z 35443 S5 Wolf Parade "Automatic"
0111Z 35443 S5 DJ Dick Weed with ID & talking
0114Z 35443 S5 Albert Hammond Jr "Losing Touch"
0118Z 35443 S5 Honeyblood "Ready For The Magic"
0124Z 25442 S5 Beck "Ghettochip Malfunction"
0127Z 25442 S5 DJ Dick Weed talking about the songs & that DX conditions are poor tonight.
0133Z 25442 S5 ID
0134Z 25442 S5 After Dick Weed fixed computer problems- Jack White "I'm Shakin'"
0137Z 35443 S5 Hurry "Nothing To Say"
0141Z 35443 S5 Live "Horse"
0147Z 35443 S5 DJ Dick Weed & ID
0151Z 35443 S5 Albert Hammond "It Never Rains In Southern California"
0155Z 35443 S5 TV On The Radio "Caffeinated Consciousness"
0158Z 25442 S5 Cake "Wheels"
0201Z 25442 S5 White Lung "Below"
0206Z 15441 Signal faded to barely above the noise level at the end of the song. Can hear Dick Weed talking, but can't understand what he says.
0208Z Signal gone now.



_{Yaesu FT-847 with Bonito Boni-Whip and Wellbrook ALA100LN loop}

4044

North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: UNID 1710 kHz AM 0226 UTC Aug 1, 2016

« on: August 01, 2016, 1347 UTC »

I was kind of thinking it was them, but never was able to hear enough of anything to ID it or even make a good guess.

4045

Huh? / Choir of East-German "speech/morse generators"

« on: August 01, 2016, 0102 UTC »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP-gZ7PgAK8

4046

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Captain Morgan 6924.3 AM 2344 UTC 31 Jul 2016

« on: July 31, 2016, 2349 UTC »

2348Z Can barely hear the carrier, no audio recoverable.




_{Yaesu FT-847 with Bonito Boni-Whip antenna}

4047

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Burn It Down Radio 6960 USB 2330 UTC 31 Jul 2016

« on: July 31, 2016, 2339 UTC »

2339Z 45444 S7 Matchbox Twenty "Unwell"
2343Z 35443 S6 Smashing Pumpkins "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
2347Z 35443 S6 ID
2347Z 35443 S6 Incubus "Drive"
2352Z 45444 S8 Shinedown "Save Me"
0000Z 35443 S5 Usher "U Got It Bad"
0003Z 35443 S5 ID
0003Z 35443 S5 Journey "Don't Stop Believin'"
0007Z 35443 S5 Aerosmith "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"



_{Yaesu FT-847 with Bonito Boni-Whip antenna}

4048

SDR - Software Defined Radio / GNU Radio Conference 2016

« on: July 31, 2016, 2256 UTC »

The 6th annual GNURadio Conference is coming up:

University of Colorado, Boulder
September 12 - 16, 2016

http://gnuradio.org/grcon-2016/



Disclaimer: I have no connection to them other than I'm going.

4049

Other / Re: Unknown 9140 AM 1829Z 31 JUL

« on: July 31, 2016, 1904 UTC »

Not hearing anything here at 1904Z, not even a carrier while on SSB.

4050

North American MW Pirate Radio / UNID 1710 kHz AM 0226 UTC Aug 1, 2016

« on: July 31, 2016, 0228 UTC »

0226Z 15331 In & out of the noise level, but can hear an OM talking. Radio is set to USB to avoid splatter from 1700. Can hear 1710's carrier.
0243Z 15331 Signal fading up & down. At times just a bit over the noise level, but still can't make out what they're saying, but it is stronger. Thought I heard music a little bit ago, but only a song or two. Its been mostly talk.





_{Yaesu FT-847 with Bonito Boni-Whip and Wellbrook ALA100LN loop}