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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0535 UTC 19 Jul 2014

« on: July 19, 2014, 1605 UTC »

SDR recording catch, came on with the "Fish Heads" song. SIO 322.
0538 Beastie Boys "Sure Shot"
0542 Black Tie Dynasty "I Like You"
0546 Off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0519 UTC 19 Jul 2014

« on: July 19, 2014, 1600 UTC »

SDR recording catch.

OM talking, heard some music as well, fairly weak. Seems to have been on the same time as l0de was logged on 6930, so perhaps someone else?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID Yodeling 6925 USB 0140 UTC 19July14

« on: July 19, 2014, 1508 UTC »

Yodeling heard here on the SDR recording:
0140 OM talking, or mumbling, impossible to decipher, then into yodeling, then "this is Andy Yoder / Yodel"
0200 Yodeling, talk at end, possibly same as above.
0203 "I'm Andrew Yodeler", then yodeling.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: MYLQ 6925 LSB *0203-0215* UTC 19July14

« on: July 19, 2014, 1455 UTC »

Fairly good copy here on the SDR recording. And yes, the IS is very distinctive on the waterfall.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0647 UTC 18 Jul 2014

« on: July 18, 2014, 1651 UTC »

SDR recording catch. Weak signal, some static,  SIO 222.

0647 Sign on with AFI "He Who Laughs Last"
0710 Off
0717 Brief burst of music, then off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Whiskey Redneck Radio, 6933 USB, 0140 UTC

« on: July 18, 2014, 1526 UTC »

About an S8 on the SDR recording.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6924.4 AM 0043 UTC 18 Jul 2014

« on: July 18, 2014, 0043 UTC »

Just signing on now with Soviet Anthem, and into the comrades with an ID. Fair, SIO 322.

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Other / Re: D0N 14.027 Mhz CW REBEL STATION DONETSK PEOPLES REPUBLIC

« on: July 18, 2014, 0036 UTC »

Hearing CW there now, not sure if this is the same station, or just normal ham comms.

Strike that, I am hearing the D0N call. Extremely strong here!

A very interesting catch, thanks!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID on 6935 LSB @ 2258 JUL 17

« on: July 18, 2014, 0035 UTC »

SDR recording catch, came on at 2254 on 6935 LSB with Judas Priest "Electric Eye"
Ad for Pabst Blue Ribbon, then off at 2301.

Checking further back, this came on earlier, 2235z with "Turn On the Radio"?, off at 2247.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / MOVED: D0N 14.027 Mhz CW REBEL STATION DONETSK PEOPLES REPUBLIC

« on: July 18, 2014, 0031 UTC »

This topic has been moved to Other.

http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=17716.0

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General Radio Discussion / Secrets of a great 'radio voice' revealed

« on: July 17, 2014, 1241 UTC »

The distinctive voices of radio broadcasters may be a result of their vocal cords being more elastic, say Australian researchers.

The suggestion follows a new study that found the vocal cords of such radio performers close faster than others.

Full article: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/07/15/4042624.htm

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Equipment / Re: Preamplifier uses

« on: July 17, 2014, 1233 UTC »

Personally, I am not a huge fan of pre-amps for HF. They can be very useful on VHF and above where background noise levels are low, especially relatively narrow band pre-amps with good noise figures.

Virtually all decent HF receivers are already more than sensitive enough. As you said, you're most likely just going to amplify the existing noise, plus add additional noise from the pre-amp.  I could possibly see some use on say 10 meters, but I'm doubtful there's any benefit on say 43 meters.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0452 UTC 17 Jul 2014

« on: July 17, 2014, 1204 UTC »

SDR recording catch. Weak signal, some static,  SIO 322.

0452 Sign on with Dire Straights "Calling Elvis"
0459 Switched to DSB, "Sultans Of Swing"
0501 Off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: INSANE RADIO? 6924.2 KHZ AM 0119 UTC JULY 17, 2014

« on: July 17, 2014, 1148 UTC »

SDR recording catch. S9+5 to S9+10 signal, noise levels not too bad tonight here.
0119 sign on, off at 0151.

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QSLs Received / Radio Technical Man eQSL

« on: July 17, 2014, 1138 UTC »

Thanks!