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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 6965 AM 0400z 3/29/15
« on: March 29, 2015, 0552 UTC »
Kudos on keeping the NC-183D in service. Good stuff.

I have a NC-125 in working order and great condition, though admittedly, it is more of a showpiece in the home office these days.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 6965 AM 0400z 3/29/15
« on: March 29, 2015, 0508 UTC »
SINPO 45334 at 0506 UTC.

Some noise and fades here tonight, but still a good signal. Floating around S7 to S9 peaks. Great audio quality, too.

Thanks for the broadcast! Plus the shoutout. :)

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Utility / Re: The Bear Net 8090 USB
« on: March 29, 2015, 0454 UTC »
Given the frequency, I would think Russian Air Force.

The Tu-95 is commonly referenced as the "Bear" in NATO designation. Russia likes to fly them along the coastlines, right outside territorial waters, of western nations.

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10/11 meters / Re: 10 meters burning up again! 03/07/15 afternoon
« on: March 29, 2015, 0444 UTC »
Good catches.

10m was open on Friday (3/27) evening, too. Transequatorial propagation to South America, plus some DX from East Asia. Even activity on the FM segment.

I did not venture any higher here, but I also spotted some interesting 6m activity on the DX maps, including a logging between Cuba and Japan.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Denge Kurdistan 11510KHz AM 0420 UTC 3-29-2015
« on: March 29, 2015, 0426 UTC »
SINPO 55434

Talk with a little music between segments.

Some fades, but a good signal. Peaking S9+ on the 148' "shielded" ground-level loop without preamp.

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Other / Music 3830KHz LSB 0505UTC-? 12-19-2014
« on: December 19, 2014, 0517 UTC »
Typical 75-meter amateur activity, but currently including music and commentary on music.

Played unknown track, then talked about Sam and Dave, and now an Elvis track.

Peaking S7 on the ground-level loop without preamp engaged.

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Equipment / Re: I finally put up a Beverage antenna
« on: November 11, 2014, 2118 UTC »
Your 200' beverage will be practically almost omnidirectional at MW, and probably similar up through much of the tropical HF bands.

To tweak resistance tuning, instead try to find a decently stable station at a HF frequency where your antenna is multiples of the wavelength, thus allowing you to better assess the directivity and null(s).

BTW, did you ever determine if the transformer you are using is 4:1, 9:1, etc.? Balun or unun? A balun might have better isolation, but an unun is typically more appropriate for a traditional beverage. Try it both ways, though if going with an unun, you will probably want at least stacked/looped ferrites on the feedline to help with antenna RF isolation.

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Equipment / Re: I finally put up a Beverage antenna
« on: November 09, 2014, 0039 UTC »
Adding another 100' is not likely to offer a dramatic return IMO. If you could add a few hundred more feet, then I would say go for it.

I am with Rafman. Optimize what you have. Tweak the termination resistance. How is the feedline isolation? Consider winding a 1:1 choke out of the feeline at the feed point transformer. Install multiple ferrite chokes at random interval along the feedline. Each dB you can drop in locally coupled noise is hopefully another dB you can add to the S/N ratio.

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Longwave Loggings / Re: Nice LW conditions for Euro stations
« on: November 08, 2014, 0624 UTC »
Skimming the longwave band tonight....

234KHz - Luxembourg?
207KHz - Germany
198KHz - faint signal
183KHz - Germany (for France)
171KHz - Morocco
162KHz - France
153KHz - faint signal

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR-8 6935U 0026 08 November 2014
« on: November 08, 2014, 0607 UTC »
0604z - XLR8 ID

I would post another time stamp for "off air," but....  :D

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0610z - Music heard, but it appears conditions are shifting here, assuming the transmission is related. Very faint signal, even with the preamp.

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0615z - Off air. Just hearing some background utility data.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR-8 6935U 0026 08 November 2014
« on: November 08, 2014, 0556 UTC »
0555z - Back on air? Bizzare music.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR-8 6935U 0026 08 November 2014
« on: November 08, 2014, 0521 UTC »
0520z - ID and back on air!
0521z - "Sabotage" by Beastie Boys
0524z - "Guerilla Radio" by Rage Against The Machine (great song choice IMO)
0528z - "Bulls on Parade" by RATM
0540z - "Cookie Puss" by Beastie Boys
0547z  - ID and off air

Over five hours tonight, plus requests! Huge thanks!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR-8 6935U 0026 08 November 2014
« on: November 08, 2014, 0517 UTC »
0516z - ID and off air.

Nearly five hours tonight! Thanks for the show.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR-8 6935U 0026 08 November 2014
« on: November 08, 2014, 0507 UTC »
Definitely a techno fan, though I tend to prefer house.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR-8 6935U 0026 08 November 2014
« on: November 08, 2014, 0455 UTC »
Quote from: Antennae on November 08, 2014, 0432 UTC
XLR8, I'm groovin' on the Santana. But I do like techno stuff if you ever get bored with the rock stuff.

We doing requests tonight? How about some RATM or Beastie Boys? :)

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