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QSLs Received / Re: Breakfast With Boombox Radio eqSL
« on: November 16, 2015, 1513 UTC »
Thanks BBR!
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2793
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6950 USB 2226 UTC 15Nov15
« on: November 15, 2015, 2259 UTC »
2259 music, S8
2302 DW with ID RFW
2316 DW talking about request. sig down some, S5
2302 DW with ID RFW
2316 DW talking about request. sig down some, S5
2794
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6850.2ish 1217 UTC Nov 15, 2015
« on: November 15, 2015, 1233 UTC »
1232 music ..."I need you now"?, nice signal S9+10
1238 tune, YL singer
1241 ID YL Boombox Radio, tune ..."Let me show you everything I know"...
1247 ID, tune...sig holding nicely at S9+10
1252 YL ..oh yeah...tune, "Back on track"...very good audio!
1300 ID, .."DJ liquid Todd".., tune
1304 tune
1307 ID YL, tune...sig strong and steady
1311 ID BBR,.."Happy Memorial Day".. club/pop tune
1315 ID YL, tune
1319 tune...sig steady
1324 ID, .."Liquid Todd"...rap tune..."Break yourself"
1328 ID YL, tune
1332 tune
1337 tune..."I'm losing my edge"..
1343 tune..."work it out"..., sig still an S9+10
1346 ID YL BBR, tune
1351 ID DJ Liquid Todd
Thanks for the morning show!
1238 tune, YL singer
1241 ID YL Boombox Radio, tune ..."Let me show you everything I know"...
1247 ID, tune...sig holding nicely at S9+10
1252 YL ..oh yeah...tune, "Back on track"...very good audio!
1300 ID, .."DJ liquid Todd".., tune
1304 tune
1307 ID YL, tune...sig strong and steady
1311 ID BBR,.."Happy Memorial Day".. club/pop tune
1315 ID YL, tune
1319 tune...sig steady
1324 ID, .."Liquid Todd"...rap tune..."Break yourself"
1328 ID YL, tune
1332 tune
1337 tune..."I'm losing my edge"..
1343 tune..."work it out"..., sig still an S9+10
1346 ID YL BBR, tune
1351 ID DJ Liquid Todd
Thanks for the morning show!
2795
Shortwave Broadcast / VOA Radiogram waterfall ID and images 5745 AM 0230 UTC 15 NOV 2015
« on: November 15, 2015, 1228 UTC »
VOA Radiogram ID in FLDIGI waterfall.
MFSK32 images, surface of Pluto and meal worms that eat Styrofoam.
http://voaradiogram.net/
MFSK32 images, surface of Pluto and meal worms that eat Styrofoam.
http://voaradiogram.net/
2796
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925U 0236 UTC Nov 15, 2015
« on: November 15, 2015, 0308 UTC »
0304 faint music
0306 OM talk, music "wrong side of hell(?)" .. sig jumped up S5
0309 break in music, into different tune, The Who ...sounding good! steady S5 for now
0314 ...out?
0316 back on, bob marley, redemption song...S7
0319 OM talk ..."God and the Devil"...
0321 tune .."Lord have mercy"..
0323 song off suddenly, into new tune, "Whoa death".. good sig S7
0327 "I'll fly away", "Go to sleep little baby" songs and audio clips from movie "O Brother where art thou"
0331 ...out?
0306 OM talk, music "wrong side of hell(?)" .. sig jumped up S5
0309 break in music, into different tune, The Who ...sounding good! steady S5 for now
0314 ...out?
0316 back on, bob marley, redemption song...S7
0319 OM talk ..."God and the Devil"...
0321 tune .."Lord have mercy"..
0323 song off suddenly, into new tune, "Whoa death".. good sig S7
0327 "I'll fly away", "Go to sleep little baby" songs and audio clips from movie "O Brother where art thou"
0331 ...out?
2797
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6955U 01:58
« on: November 15, 2015, 0206 UTC »
S7 fade, nice sig at peaks
0205 ID XLR8, music .."It's a wonderful night"
0210 new tune.. "I'm a man"
0212 OM talk..fade
Thanks XLR8!
0205 ID XLR8, music .."It's a wonderful night"
0210 new tune.. "I'm a man"
0212 OM talk..fade
Thanks XLR8!
2798
HF Mystery Signals / Re: UNID 13935 usb 14 NOV 2015
« on: November 14, 2015, 1548 UTC »
FLDIGI screenshot
2799
HF Mystery Signals / UNID mode 13935 usb 1545 UTC 14 NOV 2015
« on: November 14, 2015, 1546 UTC »
never heard this one before,
off approx. 1555 UTC
WMA audio file att., FLDIGI screenshot in next post
off approx. 1555 UTC
WMA audio file att., FLDIGI screenshot in next post
2800
North American Shortwave Pirate / Amphetamine radio 6925 USB 1254 UTC 14 NOV 2015
« on: November 14, 2015, 1256 UTC »
S9
1253 Judas priest, breakin the law
1256 CW, ID Amphetamine radio 6925
1258 tune
1300 sstv
1302 tune talking heads
1305 ID, punk tune..... nice signal, steady S9
1308 sstv
1310 punk tune
1314 ID 6925, punk tune
1316 punk tune
1320 ID 6925 usb OM "time is 1320 utc", sstv
1322 ID 6925, punk tune
1332 CW
1332 ID, "most tweak out.." SSTV
1335 sign off
Thanks AR!
1253 Judas priest, breakin the law
1256 CW, ID Amphetamine radio 6925
1258 tune
1300 sstv
1302 tune talking heads
1305 ID, punk tune..... nice signal, steady S9
1308 sstv
1310 punk tune
1314 ID 6925, punk tune
1316 punk tune
1320 ID 6925 usb OM "time is 1320 utc", sstv
1322 ID 6925, punk tune
1332 CW
1332 ID, "most tweak out.." SSTV
1335 sign off
Thanks AR!
2801
Equipment / 43 meter band Sloping Folded Dipole installed, testing
« on: November 09, 2015, 1640 UTC »
On 9/25/15 I posted a question about using a balun with a 43 meter band dipole
I had laid on top of my roof. http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,23588.0.html
There seemed to be a lot of interest so I figured I would post the results.
Thanks to everyone for the advice and suggestions.
I ended up going with Chris Smolinski's Sloping Folded Dipole. He wrote a detailed article
here on HFU with pics that was very helpful. http://hfunderground.com/blog/?p=84
The folded dipole went up at the far end of my backyard about 100' away from my house. This
puts it as far away from my house and the neighbor's houses as possible. The high end of the folded dipole is about 40' up
and the low end about 15' up, about a 30 degree angle.
I compared the folded dipole to my 100' longwire. The longwire has a 9:1 balun, coax feed line (about 30' RG58-U), braid grounded to 8' ground rod.
Up in the air about 15'. I use an antenna switch making it very easy for side by side comparison.
Now time for testing. Last night I tuned into Captain Morgan at 2250 UTC and then WMID at 2331 UTC.
A) During the Captain Morgan broadcast my longwire was giving me a very noisy S8, but with decent copy.
B) The sloping folded dipole gave me an S9+10 with almost no noise, very clear signal and the audio sounded real nice.
A) During WMID, the longwire gave me an S7 with a signal barely audible below noise floor.
B) The sloping folded dipole gave me a little better than an S9 with little noise, nice sig and audio.
I was very happy with the initial results. The Sloping Folded Dipole is very quiet. I have a high noise floor with the longwire.
Very low noise floor with the dipole. With the dipole being far away from the houses, up alot higher than the longwire, quad shield Rg6 coax
and the design of the sloping folded dipole, the RFI, QRM problems I have always had seem to be under control.
Of course more testing over time with different conditions is necessary, but I thought the initial results are worth
posting.
As far as the range of frequencies, a weather fax on 6338.6 kHz had a much stronger sig on dipole than the longwire.
The 40meter ham band signal was much stronger on dipole than the longwire, and much less noise. I plan on testing the frequency range a lot more.
A quick tune in of WWV at 15 MHz at 1630z, the dipole gave me a little less signal (S7) compared to longwire (S9) but the dipole is MUCH
quieter.
I am going to have some fun with this new antenna.
I may let my wife hang laundry on the longwire antenna!
I had laid on top of my roof. http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,23588.0.html
There seemed to be a lot of interest so I figured I would post the results.
Thanks to everyone for the advice and suggestions.
I ended up going with Chris Smolinski's Sloping Folded Dipole. He wrote a detailed article
here on HFU with pics that was very helpful. http://hfunderground.com/blog/?p=84
The folded dipole went up at the far end of my backyard about 100' away from my house. This
puts it as far away from my house and the neighbor's houses as possible. The high end of the folded dipole is about 40' up
and the low end about 15' up, about a 30 degree angle.
I compared the folded dipole to my 100' longwire. The longwire has a 9:1 balun, coax feed line (about 30' RG58-U), braid grounded to 8' ground rod.
Up in the air about 15'. I use an antenna switch making it very easy for side by side comparison.
Now time for testing. Last night I tuned into Captain Morgan at 2250 UTC and then WMID at 2331 UTC.
A) During the Captain Morgan broadcast my longwire was giving me a very noisy S8, but with decent copy.
B) The sloping folded dipole gave me an S9+10 with almost no noise, very clear signal and the audio sounded real nice.
A) During WMID, the longwire gave me an S7 with a signal barely audible below noise floor.
B) The sloping folded dipole gave me a little better than an S9 with little noise, nice sig and audio.
I was very happy with the initial results. The Sloping Folded Dipole is very quiet. I have a high noise floor with the longwire.
Very low noise floor with the dipole. With the dipole being far away from the houses, up alot higher than the longwire, quad shield Rg6 coax
and the design of the sloping folded dipole, the RFI, QRM problems I have always had seem to be under control.
Of course more testing over time with different conditions is necessary, but I thought the initial results are worth
posting.
As far as the range of frequencies, a weather fax on 6338.6 kHz had a much stronger sig on dipole than the longwire.
The 40meter ham band signal was much stronger on dipole than the longwire, and much less noise. I plan on testing the frequency range a lot more.
A quick tune in of WWV at 15 MHz at 1630z, the dipole gave me a little less signal (S7) compared to longwire (S9) but the dipole is MUCH
quieter.
I am going to have some fun with this new antenna.
I may let my wife hang laundry on the longwire antenna!
2802
North American Shortwave Pirate / WMID 6880 AM 2329 UTC 8/11/15
« on: November 08, 2015, 2330 UTC »
S9+ music, great sig
2331 ID, WMID, music, "get it right next time"
2335 ID, "Hey Mr. Spaceman"
2337 ID, OM "..second favorite radio station", tune "She's not there"
2340 Beatles, "She so Heavy"
2348 ID WMID, all music...off
Thanks for the show!
2331 ID, WMID, music, "get it right next time"
2335 ID, "Hey Mr. Spaceman"
2337 ID, OM "..second favorite radio station", tune "She's not there"
2340 Beatles, "She so Heavy"
2348 ID WMID, all music...off
Thanks for the show!
2803
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2240 UTC 8 Nov 2015
« on: November 08, 2015, 2251 UTC »
2250 ID captain morgan, into blues S9+
2255 ID into more blues. interference from LSB(?)
2258 ID email addy, blues
2303 blues. some fade
2305 email addy, blues
2309 email, captainmorganshortwave@gmail.com, a bit of twilight zone music
.. off?
Thanks for the show!
2255 ID into more blues. interference from LSB(?)
2258 ID email addy, blues
2303 blues. some fade
2305 email addy, blues
2309 email, captainmorganshortwave@gmail.com, a bit of twilight zone music
.. off?
Thanks for the show!
2804
Utility / RTTY? 6485 USB 1409 UTC 11/8/15
« on: November 08, 2015, 1415 UTC »
Can anyone ID this? Is this RTTY?
Can it be decoded with FLDIGI. I'm decoding in RTTY-75w
but seems like random characters or encrypted.
Also 16122ish kHz usb.
Thnx
Can it be decoded with FLDIGI. I'm decoding in RTTY-75w
but seems like random characters or encrypted.
Also 16122ish kHz usb.
Thnx
2805
QSLs Received / Re: Amphetamine Radio Halloween E-QSL
« on: November 06, 2015, 1517 UTC »
Thanks AR, for the Halloween shows and the QSL!