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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: FRSH TX test 5800 AM 1651 utc 28 Apr 2021

« on: April 28, 2021, 1912 UTC »

1839 Looks like 5800.23 on two different Weston KiwiSDRs

Both misaligned. Don't trust the Kiwi SDRs.
Pity, as most of them can use the frequency standard from the GPS.

I think it is about .23 off frequency. I can adjust this in the TX. I'm still getting the feel of the DDS.

Signal on uTwente now reads 5800.05.

Happy with that.

I'm just checking my RX on Taldom 4996.00000000
i just read 4995.99 at zero beat (so I add 0.01 when doing the best reports)

Hi Ray. Can you give me an accurate check of 5800 on your receiver?

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: FRSH TX test 5800 AM 1651 utc 28 Apr 2021

« on: April 28, 2021, 1857 UTC »

1839 Looks like 5800.23 on two different Weston KiwiSDRs

Both misaligned. Don't trust the Kiwi SDRs.
Pity, as most of them can use the frequency standard from the GPS.

I think it is about .23 off frequency. I can adjust this in the TX. I'm still getting the feel of the DDS.

Signal on uTwente now reads 5800.005.

Happy with that.

Edited post to correct frequency.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: FRSH TX test 5800 AM 1651 utc 28 Apr 2021

« on: April 28, 2021, 1854 UTC »

Brian, does the transmitter owner want reports?

No, thanks. There will be more tests over the next couple of days as some adjustments need to be made to the transmitter. No reports necessary but all reports here will be read.

Hi Brian, transmitter frequency seems to be 5800.02 khz at 1830 UTC

That sounds about right. It is possible to get it closer on frequency. I'll look at that later.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: FRSH TX test 5800 AM 1651 utc 28 Apr 2021

« on: April 28, 2021, 1851 UTC »

Brian, reports to FRSH?

If you want to.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: FRSH TX test 5800 AM 1651 utc 28 Apr 2021

« on: April 28, 2021, 1833 UTC »

Brian, does the transmitter owner want reports?

No, thanks. There will be more tests over the next couple of days as some adjustments need to be made to the transmitter. No reports necessary but all reports here will be read.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID 5800 AM 1651 utc 28 Apr 2021

« on: April 28, 2021, 1811 UTC »

Brian who is it? A ID will be good! 

No ID as it's just a test transmission. It's the FRSH transmitter.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID 5800 AM 1651 utc 28 Apr 2021

« on: April 28, 2021, 1744 UTC »

Testing a new DDS oscillator in the TX. Seems to be working well so far.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID GRC? 1620 AM 2213 utc 15 Mar 2021

« on: March 16, 2021, 1038 UTC »

I am prety sure that i received his 1rst harmonc at 3240 khz....its funny cause i dont received his fudamental signal!!!!

The fundamental is the 1st harmonic.

It's not unusual to receive the 2nd harmonic better than the 1st if you're at the right distance.  Did you try the 3rd?

Probably means they need to check the cleanliness of the transmitter output.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Unid 5810 AM 1529 utc 24 Feb 2021

« on: February 24, 2021, 1605 UTC »

Charity Radio

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General Radio Discussion / Kiss FM Monaghan, Ireland

« on: February 17, 2021, 2224 UTC »

Mad Miles Johnson on the pirate station that broadcast from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland (UK) in 1988. Briefly was 1.2 MW on FM. I had many connections with the station.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p5y6eUDyp8&fbclid=IwAR1htO13Qk4momIdsTEHOOiig4plW4sAgiID7F3u3yXU5ZHtFyBmfgiBUec&ab_channel=Miles%27sBasesProject

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Equipment / Re: A vertical dipole for 11 meters (CB)

« on: February 16, 2021, 1704 UTC »

I had a vertical and ground plane for CB. Set it up last summer for DX, no local activity here.  It was mounted on the ground using my MW ground radials. Very noisy. I had better success using my 32 mtr Inv V dipole. 

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Equipment / Re: Portable HF Flag Antenna

« on: February 12, 2021, 1833 UTC »

As you say, 5 dollars of parts. I made a loop.  If you're getting sky and ground wave, it's not much goof for DFing.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: HF Underground and Facebook?

« on: February 07, 2021, 1706 UTC »

You should put up "sponsored posts" promoting pyramid schemes and other scams. They don't have a problem with those posts!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: - - FM 6280 AM 1521 utc 29 Jan 2021

« on: January 29, 2021, 1536 UTC »

Dazzle FM?? Or maybe Castle FM. Strong splash from 6285
Confirmed by checking web stream.
Police. Wrapped Around Your Finger

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Jennifer 6400 AM 1118 utc 29 Jan 2021

« on: January 29, 2021, 1509 UTC »

Audio here at time of posting but I can't tell if it's Jennifer. I suspect it's Korea. Atmos interference.