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General Radio Discussion / Re: Another radio store closes its doors.

« on: March 04, 2023, 0337 UTC »

The problem is - the new millennials has the mindset that they want everything as cheap as possible and will shoot themselves in the foot to save $5

First of all, what you are describing is the effect that the Amazon way of doing things has had on retail capitalism.
Second, it's not just Ham Radio that has had this happen. Other hobbies that I am involved in have seen a hollowing out of the brick and mortar retail store - that was often the gathering point of local enthusiasts - at the expense of online business.
Third, it's not just millennials. As one data point, the median age of US hams is somewhat older than the median age of the general population. Think about the implications of that.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / UNID 6280 AM 0030 UTC 04 Mar 2023

« on: March 04, 2023, 0032 UTC »

Electronic dance/hip hop but not sure in what language. SINPO 33333 in Portugal.

0100 - Finnish hip hop?
0114 - Has improved to SINPO 44444 in Portugal and the UK. Continuous trance/dance type music.
0139 - suddenly off the air mid-song.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Zeppelin Radio 6290 AM 1900 UTC 03 Dec 2022

« on: March 03, 2023, 2302 UTC »

I am listening via Portugal. SINPO 33433 / S7 with some slow QSB at 2300 UTC
My SDR indicates that the carrier frequency is 6289.89 KHz.

~2300 UTC - ID and announcements (multiple times) in English between songs.
The operator said that he will stay on "all night" with a program of Greek music.

0022 UTC - S9+10 in Italy.
0143 UTC - The carrier is audible weakly in North America. Far too weak to listen to even on some of the best receivers (K3FEF and K1VL).
0244 UTC - long break with dead audio. The signal is still very good in the UK.
0300 UTC - still dead audio. I have to go. Bye Bye.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Partial India Radio 6935 AM 0138 UTC 03 Mar 2023

« on: March 03, 2023, 0140 UTC »

Lots of audio problems. Most of what I heard was a throbbing sound, though I did hear "Partial India Radio" clearly.
0141 - Audio continuously moving between inaudible and throbbing.

You have RF getting into your audio, my friend. That's what the squealing is. You need to invest in some ferrite torroids.

0147 - some clear audio but has to keep it at a low level to avoid RF feedback. Not a good place to be.
0148 - carrier off
0155 - back on. Audio is better...maybe. No about the same.
0156 - ID
0200 - Audio is low but usable. Sanjay talking.
0205 - More audio futzing. Some RF feedback and then carrier off.

Sorry, man. Keep trying.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Yeah Man Radio 6925 USB 0055 UTC 03 Mar 2023

« on: March 03, 2023, 0056 UTC »

DK is quick on the mark. I saw the start up on the waterfall, logged in and he had already started the thread. 

0056 - jazz. I have them at around 6925.01 KHz on an SDR in New York State.
0104 - ID.
0121 - For what it is worth, just noting drift down to ~6924.98 KHz. Well above the static, easy listening. The "flamethrower" machine has opened up on the LSB but not bothering at all.
0207 - Off

DangerKitty don't play. I quit school because of recess.

Cat-like reflexes.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Partial India Radio 6935 AM 0019 01 March 2023

« on: March 02, 2023, 0045 UTC »

Using the K1VL SDR in Vermont.

The carrier is plenty strong but the somewhat under-modulated and restricted audio makes it difficult to understand what is being said, especially when there is a static crash, which is every 2 seconds or so. There is minimal audio energy above 1 KHz and everything you hear is between 350 and 900 Hertz. As we say out here, "No bueno."

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 2303 UTC 1 MAR 2023

« on: March 01, 2023, 2338 UTC »

Very good reception

1810 Instrumental Music.....then "Where's Skippy(?)"  Voice sounds like Stumpy ID person.
1817 "I just had sex with ______?", then off.
1819 Music back.
1823 Another selection starts, stops suddenly.  OM "Hey Now" (?)
1824 Music
1828 OM talking over music, tough to understand.

Times should be in UTC, not EST. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 2303 UTC 1 MAR 2023

« on: March 01, 2023, 2329 UTC »

Distortion on voice, perhaps intentionally. Comments about "Dickey", similar to yesterday: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,110512.msg346121.html#msg346121

1817 "I just had sex with ______?", then off.

See above for recording.

2336 - "Dickey, my stout field mouse" then off (apparently)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KNOB 6925 USB 0031 UTC 01 Mar 2023

« on: March 01, 2023, 0045 UTC »

0043- "K N O B. Don't touch the knob."
0044 - Monty Python skits
0053 - "K N O B. Don't touch the knob" in a falsetto voice.
0054 - Cheech and Chong song from the 1970s.
0000 - The band is going long. Fading out. 
0116 - Off.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 2231 UTC 28 Feb 2023

« on: February 28, 2023, 2251 UTC »

2244 Very distorted voice over music. Impossible to decipher.

Pretty clear on an SDR in Ohio. High pitched, squeeky, fake voice saying, "Where is Dickey?" calling for "Dickey" over the mellow, instrumental music.
"Where is poor Dickey? Where are you Dickey?"
Anyone hearing "Kiki", "Stumpy" or "Zekey" likely needs to use headphones. It's quite clear.

2300 - "I just had sex with Dickey. It looks like a corn flake."  Recording: https://voca.ro/1hRdx80v14ZL Check out 0:22 or so.
2305 - Off but I could hear some hum over the air for a few seconds.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Two Dog Radio 6925 USB 0020 UTC 28 Feb 2023

« on: February 28, 2023, 0049 UTC »

A bit early for propagation to the East Coast. It's ~1 hour before sundown on the West Coast as I write this.

Listening via Northern Utah Kiwi. He's blasting in, as usual. Using lots of audio compression and might be running the audio level a tad bit "hot".

Judas Priest, "Electric Eye"
Black Sabbath
0044 - ID
0102 - Motorhead
0108 - Judas Priest, "Electric Eye" (Repeat) - Taken off mid-song.
0109 - "Damn thing wasn't supposed to repeat but it is", next song: Jesus and Mary Chain? Love and Rockets, which makes more sense.
0133 - "It's the dog, Two Dog Radio"
0215 - Black Sabbath
0229 - Sign off mid-song, "It's been the dog, Two Dog Radio. Good evening."

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The RF Workbench / Re: Redhat's LULU build attempt

« on: February 25, 2023, 0141 UTC »

My VP at work asked me to tidy up my part of the lab and I told him, "I either have a tidy lab or I get work done, not both."

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Cloudsplitter Radio 6938 USB 0013 UTC 25 Feb 2023

« on: February 25, 2023, 0138 UTC »

0114 S9+ but with rather low modulation.

Hi - I'm sorry but this doesn't make any sense to me. It's an SSB signal, there is no carrier so the modulation and the signal you receive are essentially the same thing. If you have an S9+ reception and it is in the clear with sufficiently low noise, then by definition the modulation is not low. I'm not following.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Guinness World Irish Radio / Wild Irish Rose Radio 6936 USB 2158 UTC 24 Feb 2023

« on: February 24, 2023, 2251 UTC »

Zeke signing off, not soon enough, with an impassioned plea that he's not anti-Semitic then immediately goes into a criticism of a ham he says is a Jew.

Yes. Also goes on to say that he just doesn't like circumcision. Kind of a weird hill to die on for someone who is "not anti-Semitic", isn't it? To paraphrase George Santos, he's not anti-Semitic, he's "anti-Semitic-ish". Maybe we can just call him "Aunty Semitic", for no other reason than to tweak him.

Switched to LSB at approximately 2250 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6936 USB 2258 UTC 23 Feb 2023

« on: February 23, 2023, 2337 UTC »

Zeeky just going on and on with a ramble about some hams, Trump and weird shit about circumcision and the Jews.

Zeeky needs to stay off the radio when he drinks.

Also, note that MAGICALLY there is none of that "ZZZZzzzzz" in the echo anymore. (There is still echo but that's from monitoring himself on a SDR.) He said last Autumn that he fixed it but then it "magically" re-appeared this winter. Which just says to me that :
1) His claim to be a "qualified radio engineer" is crap.
2) He wanted the ZZZZZzzzz to exist on his audio. If it were me, I'd be embarrassed to sound like that.

2358 - Off the air, let's hope.

I think Zeeky needs to go see a physiatrist, he seems to get worse every day.

Agreed.

It's one thing to get drunk and get on the radio. I have no big problem with that. Example: Sycko was drinking last night and, as far as I know, didn't create a mess, embarrass himself or defame anyone. Cool.

It's another thing to get drunk and be a "Jekyll and Hyde" on the air like this, unless he's that offensive in real life too, in which case that's a different issue. And I will note that he certainly does have a large number of enemies. That tells me something.

I don't know who he is nor do I care.