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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 4030 AM 0156 UTC 19 FEB 2022

« on: February 19, 2022, 0156 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 4030.0 kHz AM 01:56 UTC 19 FEBRUARY 2022

01:56 UTC - Carrier is up with a good S7 signal tonight;
01:58 UTC - Interval signal;
02:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
03:53 UTC - SSTV;
03:54 UTC - End of broadcast.

Thank you for the extended broadcast.

Monitoring also available via the live stream: https://ballsmacker.net/

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Moscow North American Service relay (tent) 6950 USB 2218 UTC 17 FEB 2022

« on: February 17, 2022, 2219 UTC »

UNID 6950.0 kHz USB 22:18 UTC 17 FEBRUARY 2022

22:18 UTC - UNID just popped up with interval signal. Weak but readable;
22:20 UTC - Broadcast begins with music. Has an opera or clergical sound to it;
22:27 UTC - Interval signal;
22:28 UTC - End of broadcast.

22:43 UTC - Station returns with interval signal;
22:45 UTC - UNID with relay of "Radio Moscow North American Service" along with given frequencies;
22:49 UTC - Interval signal;
22:50 UTC - End of broadcast.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 2333 UTC 16 FEB 2022

« on: February 16, 2022, 2335 UTC »

UNID 6925.0 kHz AM 23:33 UTC 16 FEBRUARY 2022

23:33 UTC - UNID, weak barely readable with music. Best to listen on USB to avoid the Peskies on LSB. Actual frequency 6925.014 kHz.
00:02 UTC - End of broadcast.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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General Radio Discussion / TDoA service temporarily suspended outside of ham band or time station frequency

« on: February 16, 2022, 0104 UTC »

TDoA service temporarily suspended outside of ham band or time station frequency ranges

Well, this is a bit of an issue if someone can just come along and arbitrarily disable features on your Kiwi without your consent.

https://forum.kiwisdr.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2498/tdoa-service-temporarily-suspended-outside-of-ham-band-or-time-station-frequency-ranges

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Zeeky International Radio 6925 USB 0010 UTC 15 FEB 2022

« on: February 15, 2022, 0011 UTC »

Zeeky International Radio 6925.0 kHz USB 00:10 UTC 15 FEBRUARY 2022

00:10 UTC - UNID with music. Good readable;
00:14 UTC - Zeeky on the mic with station ID and Valentines day show;
00:42 UTC - Loss of signal for approx 1 minute;
01:00 UTC - Zeeky getting ready to sign-off. End of broadcast.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6930 AM 0006 UTC 14 FEB 2022

« on: February 14, 2022, 0009 UTC »

UNID 6930.0 kHz AM 00:06 UTC 14 FEB 2022

00:06 UTC - UNID with heavy metal music, weak readable.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6930 USB 0330 UTC 13 FEB 2022

« on: February 13, 2022, 0332 UTC »

UNID 6930.0 kHz USB 03:30 UTC 13 FEBRUARY 2022

03:30 UTC - UNID with music. Weak readable;
03:35 UTC - SSTV;
03:40 UTC - Conditions improving. Good readable;
03:42 UTC, 03:49 UTC, 03:58 UTC, 04:09 UTC - SSTV;
04:13 UTC - Some difficulties with the playlist;
04:17 UTC, 04:23 UTC, 04:27 UTC, 04:33 UTC, 04:40 UTC - SSTV;
04:44 UTC - Audio faded out during AC/DC. Nothing else heard.



RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 4030 AM 0156 UTC 12 FEB 2022

« on: February 12, 2022, 0156 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 4030.0 kHz AM 01:56 UTC 12 FEBRUARY 2022

01:56 UTC - Carrier is up, loud and clear;
01:58 UTC - Interval signal;
02:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
03:35 UTC - SSTV;
03:38 UTC - End of broadcast.

Congratulations on show #104 celebrating the official 2 year anniversary as BallSmacker Radio. Nice to see that conditions are in favour this evening to mark the occasion. It had been several months since I had been able to listen to the shows directly.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Zeeky Radio International 6925 USB 2324 UTC 10 FEB 2022

« on: February 10, 2022, 2325 UTC »

Zeeky Radio International 6925.0 kHz USB 23:25 UTC 10 FEBRUARY 2022

23:25 UTC - UNID with music, good readable, 3.2 kHz wide;
23:29 UTC - Abruptly went off the air for a moment and returned with Bryan Adams - Summer of 69;
23:33 UTC - Station ID: Zeeky Radio International
00:37 UTC - Rant about the "AC/DC jamming" station from the other night followed by AC/DC;
00:45 UTC - Starting to fade out, still good readable;
00:49 UTC - End of broadcast;
00:51 UTC - "Zeeky signing off, take care".

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WEZL 6925 USB 0041 UTC 10 FEB 2022

« on: February 10, 2022, 0042 UTC »

UNID 6925.0 kHz USB 00:41 UTC 10 FEBRUARY 2022

00:41 UTC - Big Ben strikes time followed by the Bee Gees;
00:48 UTC - Here comes our "jammer" out to play again;
01:14 UTC - SSTV followed by CW;
01:15 UTC - End of broadcast.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WIRI Radio International 9945 USB 0015 UTC 10 FEB 2022

« on: February 10, 2022, 0016 UTC »

WIRI Radio International 9945.0 kHz USB 00:15 UTC 10 FEBRUARY 2022

00:15 UTC - Interval signal. Weak unreadable.

Moved from 6925.0 kHz USB
WIRI Radio International 6925 USB 2350 UTC 09 FEB 2022
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,92768.0.html

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WIRI Radio International 6925 USB 2350 UTC 09 FEB 2022

« on: February 09, 2022, 2351 UTC »

WIRI Radio International 6925.0 kHz USB 23:50 UTC 09 FEBRUARY 2022

23:50 UTC - UNID signed on with interval signal. Loud and clear;
23:52 UTC - Station ID: ?WRRI? (hard to copy) followed by Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
23:54 UTC - Going through a deep fade out period;
23:56 UTC - Complete fade out. Nothing heard at this time;
00:03 UTC - Station ID. Weak and barely readable;
00:06 UTC - Conditions improving. Good readable. Like the song ... "Let's go let's go" propagation;
00:10 UTC - Looks like we have a "jammer" ruining the fun. "Baby" --- your junk Beatles jamming transmitter is off frequency. Molly Hatchet wins.
00:13 UTC - WIRI interval signal with ID and "moving to 9945.0 kHz".

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Shortwave Broadcast / UNID 18660 AM 1405 UTC 09 FEB 2022

« on: February 09, 2022, 1414 UTC »

UNID 18660.0 kHz AM 14:05 UTC 09 FEBRUARY 2022

14:05 UTC - UNID male with a British accent with what appears to be some type of religious broadcast. Could not ID from any of the databases. Also able to monitor via the HFU 500 ft KiwiSDR;
15:00 UTC - Missed the station ID due to some fading but I believe this is WBCQ (or a relay thereof);
15:03 UTC - All but has faded out now.

RSPduo | End-fed longwire antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6915 USB 0032 UTC 07 FEB 2022

« on: February 07, 2022, 0033 UTC »

UNID 6915.0 kHz USB 00:32 UTC 07 FEBRUARY 2022

00:32 UTC - UNID, loud and clear with synth music;
00:40 UTC - Lincolnshire Poacher: 39715 66475 19274 92028 78494 24146 68542 17507 39398 32348 59378 70636;
01:12 UTC - End of broadcast.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6927 USB 2328 UTC 06 FEB 2022

« on: February 06, 2022, 2329 UTC »

UNID 6927.0 kHz USB 23:28 UTC 06 FEBRUARY 2022

23:28 UTC - UNID loud and clear with heavy metal rap music;
23:35 UTC - A parity on Zeeky, a loop of Zeeky recordings;
23:52 UTC - Announcer having a "Zeeky rant";
23:54 UTC - Going into a deep fade out, now weak and barely readable.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada