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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6975.5 AM 2244 UTC 5 DEC 2023
« on: December 05, 2023, 2305 UTC »
I see and hear the carrier but nothing else. It is a weak signal here.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 4185 USB 0047 UTC 3 DEC 2023
« on: December 03, 2023, 0056 UTC »
I have it with a fair signal (S4). Thanks for the show. Signal was better on 6130 at my location
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6935 USB 0029 UTC 3 DEC 2023
« on: December 03, 2023, 0036 UTC »
I have it with a good (S6) signal. Thanks for the show.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 6930 USB 2210 UTC 2 Dec 2023
« on: December 02, 2023, 2220 UTC »
I have it with a good signal (S6). Playing Ain't that a shame. Thanks for the show.
This is a good show. Brings back childhood memories. The only thing missing is cigarettes, beer and local car ads.
0020 Off the air. Real nice show.
This is a good show. Brings back childhood memories. The only thing missing is cigarettes, beer and local car ads.
0020 Off the air. Real nice show.
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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: Quick Review of Malahit DSP2
« on: December 02, 2023, 2217 UTC »
After using this some more until different propagation and noise conditions, I find this more like some of the old vacuum tube receivers. One has to play with the RF GAIN setting. Sometimes RF GAIN = 10 works and other times the RF GAIN = 16 is best. The AGC seems not work the way one thinks it should. The processing gain between the analog RF and digital processing seems to be skewed to too much digital gain and not enough RF gain. One has to play with the settings. There does not seem to be no magic settings for the controls. PGA BST and MIX GR definitely need to be enabled. I also found the S meter reads much to high. I had to reduce Sm correct (S meter correct) setting by -26 dB. Another indicator that gain distribution is wrong. I hope this helps someone else with one of these.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6950 USB 2020 UTC 2 DEC 2023
« on: December 02, 2023, 2148 UTC »
I have the good DJ Dickweed paying new music with a good signal. Thanks for the show!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0157 UTC 02 DEC 2023
« on: December 02, 2023, 0201 UTC »
I have the carrier and no audio. Should be a fair signal.
0200, Piano Interval signal. Thanks for the show.
0205 Purple rain cover
0200, Piano Interval signal. Thanks for the show.
0205 Purple rain cover
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: K DOG RADIO 6950 USB 0034 UTC O2 dec 2023
« on: December 02, 2023, 0159 UTC »
I have it with a poor signal (S3). Thanks for the show. Playing a cover of I said too much,
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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: Quick Review of Malahit DSP2
« on: December 01, 2023, 1324 UTC »
An update, now that I had it for awhile. I use it for medium wave, shortwave and VHF FM broadcasts.
It does work better than the previous versions. During the day, I have no problems with spurious signals. However, at night, when 40 meters goes long, then spurious signals (images, aliasing, etc) show up. I found the settings that minimize spurious signals on medium wave and shortwave. One has to enable: PGA BST, MIX GR (this reduces audio levels) and RF Gain = 10 to compensate for loss in audio. Long wave does not work. There is aliasing of medium wave broadcasts into the long wave band. This is a lack of anti-aliasing filters. I guess the designers have decided the extra effort for long wave is not worth it.
I have found no problems with FM broadcasts showing up in the shortwave bands. Broadcast FM performance is good.
In general, it is nice to see the what is on without needing to start up a computer. This is an addition to my listening post and not a replacement of the Air Spy HF + Discovery Raspberry PI combination.
It does work better than the previous versions. During the day, I have no problems with spurious signals. However, at night, when 40 meters goes long, then spurious signals (images, aliasing, etc) show up. I found the settings that minimize spurious signals on medium wave and shortwave. One has to enable: PGA BST, MIX GR (this reduces audio levels) and RF Gain = 10 to compensate for loss in audio. Long wave does not work. There is aliasing of medium wave broadcasts into the long wave band. This is a lack of anti-aliasing filters. I guess the designers have decided the extra effort for long wave is not worth it.
I have found no problems with FM broadcasts showing up in the shortwave bands. Broadcast FM performance is good.
In general, it is nice to see the what is on without needing to start up a computer. This is an addition to my listening post and not a replacement of the Air Spy HF + Discovery Raspberry PI combination.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 77LJS rebroadcast of Casey Kasem 6930 USB 2054 UTC 29 NOV 2023
« on: November 29, 2023, 2145 UTC »
I have it with a good signal. Thanks for the show.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken 6955 USB 2155 UTC 28 NOV 2023
« on: November 28, 2023, 2238 UTC »
I have it with a poor signal. I can not tell what music is playing. Thanks for the show. Song mentions die.
SSTV image looks like Thunder Chicken.
SSTV image looks like Thunder Chicken.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Locomotive Radio 6975 AM was 6980 AM was 6925 AM 2213 UTC 28 NOV 2023
« on: November 28, 2023, 2235 UTC »
I have it with a poor (noisy) signal. Sounds like a heavy metal tune. Thanks for the show.
2235 Female gave ID. Locomotive Radio
2235 Female gave ID. Locomotive Radio
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 2127 UTC 27 Nov 2023
« on: November 27, 2023, 2309 UTC »
2307 Male and female sounds like Japanese. Good signal. Goes Male and Female 3 times.
2308, Male saying meat sauce. There is a back ground hiss in the audio.
2310, Back to computer? Male Female saying foreign words.
2308, Male saying meat sauce. There is a back ground hiss in the audio.
2310, Back to computer? Male Female saying foreign words.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 0059 UTC 27 Nov 2023
« on: November 27, 2023, 0127 UTC »
I have it with a poor signal, noisy audio. Playing a nice guitar tune. Thanks for the show..
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6957 USB 0017 UTC 26 Nov 2023
« on: November 26, 2023, 0018 UTC »
I have it with a weak signal, just above noise. Sounds like Christmas music Thanks for the show.
