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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950 AM 2317 UTC 06 FEB 2022

« on: February 06, 2022, 2319 UTC »

23:17 UTC - Not sure if this is still Zenith Classic Rock in Europe/Ireland but signal is weak readable.
23:21 UTC - Some voices heard but too weak to make out. Sounds like Sycko Radio.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6980 AM 2240 UTC 06 FEB 2022

« on: February 06, 2022, 2240 UTC »

UNID 6980.0 kHz AM 22:40 UTC 06 FEBRUARY 2022

22:40 UTC - UNID with music. Loud and clear;
22:44 UTC - Off after Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows;
22:45 UTC - Back up.
22:49 UTC - Carrier off again at the end of the song.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Shortwave Broadcast / The Summit FM 2790 AM (WRMI 5950 AM) 0406 UTC 06 FEB 2022

« on: February 06, 2022, 0413 UTC »

The Summit FM 2790.0 kHz AM 04:06 UTC 06 FEBRUARY 2022

04:06 UTC - UNID with 1929 music and partial ID "Global Radio". IDed as "The Summit FM". Playing "100 Years of Music - Cruising the Decades, Global Edition";
04:12 UTC - Nice S7 signal. Not sure how this is making its way onto 2790 kHz;
04:15 UTC - Additional info on transmission, The Summit FM, Akron Ohio via Radio Miami International (WRMI).
04:59 UTC - WRMI station ID.

Note: 2790 may be a harmonic. I found the broadcast on 5950.0 kHz at a whopping S+30 ~ +35 signal level.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canda

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General Radio Discussion / Nuts and Volts: RF Interference

« on: February 05, 2022, 0632 UTC »

I came across a good article on the basics of RF interference featured in Nuts and Volts that some of you may find interesting reading.

RF Interference
https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/September2015_HamWorkbench

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 4030 AM 0151 UTC 05 FEB 2022

« on: February 05, 2022, 0153 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 4030.0 kHz AM 01:51 UTC 05 FEBRUARY 2022

01:51 UTC - Carrier is up. Monitoring via the Laurel Springs KiwiSDR;
01:53 UTC - Carrier is down;
01:57 UTC - Carrier is back up. Nice strong signal tonight on the Kiwi but weak and barely readable from my location;
01:58 UTC - Interval signal;
02:00 UTC - Broadcast begins, considerable amount of traffic from the MARS station on 4027.0 kHz;
03:41 UTC - SSTV;
03:43 UTC - End of broadcast.

Thank you for the show.

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

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Spy Numbers / HM01 10715 AM 22:57 UTC 02 FEB 2022

« on: February 02, 2022, 2302 UTC »

HM01 10715.0 kHz AM 22:57 UTC 02 FEBRUARY 2022

22:57 UTC - HM01 (spy number station), good readable at S+10 with some fading and typical voice and RDFT message traffic format.
23:19 UTC - End of first loop of message traffic;
23:23 UTC - Second loop of message traffic begins (numbers only);
23:27 UTC - Second loop of RDFT message traffic begins.

RDFT messages received:
02887636
13428627
30112006
86383433

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Utility / HFDL Log - 17928.0 kHz

« on: February 02, 2022, 1451 UTC »

14:30 UTC 02 FEB 2022 - HFDL station CANARIAS - SPAIN
14:55 UTC 02 FEB 2022 - Now starting to fade in and out and sometimes just above the noise floor.

This is a nice long-haul for Spain to Canada. A good S6 signal strength this morning.

[MPDU 14:40:33 AIR LOGON SLOT 2 300 BPS ]
Nr LPDUs = 1 Ground station ID CANARIAS - SPAIN  SYNCHED

[HF GROUND STATION CHANGE -> CANARIAS - SPAIN ]
[Preamble TS(2) 300  bps 1.8 sec Interleaver FREQ ERR -3.19 Hz Mag 63 Votes 1 ][OK]
 GND 14:40:29 UTC CANARIAS - SPAIN   DB = 51  SV = 0  GS UP LIGHT  OFFSET 12
CANARIAS - SPAIN  UTC LOCKED Active freqs (Hz)    21955 KHz    17928 KHz
MUAN - SOUTH KOREA UTC LOCKED Active freqs (Hz)    10060 KHz     6619 KHz
ALBROOK - PANAMA UTC LOCKED Active freqs (Hz)    10063 KHz

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6919 LSB 0224 UTC 02 FEB 2022

« on: February 02, 2022, 0226 UTC »

UNID 6919.0 kHz LSB 02:24 UTC 02 FEBRUARY 2022

02:25 UTC - UNID with music. Low into the noise, weak and barely readable;
02:26 UTC - Nothing else heard;
02:31 UTC - Station appears to have returned;
02:37 UTC - I believe there are now 2 stations on the same frequency; a fine mix of Peskies and Cuban music, shaken, not stirred;
03:30 UTC - Nothing else heard.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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HF Mystery Signals / UNID 6940.0 kHz (Centre Frequency) 00:00 UTC 01 FEBRUARY 2022

« on: February 01, 2022, 0015 UTC »

UNID 6940.0 kHz (Centre Frequency) 00:00 UTC 01 FEBRUARY 2022

Note: UNID unconfirmed but is most likely part of the high-frequency trading (HFT) HF network experiment.

00:00 UTC - UNID UTE with 4.4 kHz wide signal and unknown data format. Good S+10 signal level. Ironically, this "experiment" is sitting right on the edge of a legitimate LINK 11 UTE on 6942 kHz and I can hear some of its product bleeding into the LINK 11 frequency bandpass.
00:40 UTC - UNID has faded out but can still be slightly heard in the background.

Related posts:
UNID 6985 (CF) 1310 UTC 09 JAN 2022
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,91412.0.html

UNID 6988 USB 2223 UTC 09 DEC 2021
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,90040.0.html

UNID 6965 (CF) 2200 UTC 09 DEC 2021
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,90039.0.html

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WFDR 6940 AM 2158 UTC 30 JAN 2022

« on: January 30, 2022, 2159 UTC »

UNID 6940.0 kHz AM 21:58 UTC 30 JANUARY 2022

21:58 UTC - Strong carrier from UNID followed by intermittent radio broadcast. Some presidential radio broadcast.

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

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Utility / UNID UTE 6920 USB 0130 UTC 30 JAN 2020

« on: January 30, 2022, 0135 UTC »

UNID UTE 6920.0 kHz USB 01:30 UTC 30 JANUARY 2020

01:30 UTC - Nice strong S8 ~ S9 signal from a UNID UTE idling away in a STANAG digital mode. I cannot remember ever seeing this one on this part of the band before.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 4030 AM 0157 UTC 29 JAN 2022

« on: January 29, 2022, 0157 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 4030.0 kHz AM 01:57 UTC 29 JANUARY 2022

01:57 UTC - Carrier is up. Weak and barely readable signal to my location and monitoring via the Laurel Springs KiwiSDR;
01:58 UTC - Interval signal;
02:00 UTC - Broadcast begins.

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

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 4030 AM 0156 UTC 22 JAN 2022

« on: January 22, 2022, 0156 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 4030.0 kHz AM 01:56 UTC 22 JANUARY 2022

01:56 UTC - Carrier is up. No signal to my location and monitoring via the Laurel Springs KiwiSDR.
01:58 UTC - Interval signal;
02:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
02:01 UTC - Appears as the other station on USB has now gone off the air;
03:34 UTC - SSTV;
03:36 UTC - Sign-off, Wildfire interval signal and end of broadcast;
03:37 UTC - Carrier off.

Thank you for the show.

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

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 4030 USB 0140 UTC 22 JAN 2022

« on: January 22, 2022, 0143 UTC »

UNID 4030.0 kHz USB 01:40 UTC 22 JANUARY 2022

01:40 UTC - UNID with some music and sweeping audio signals and sound effects. Discovered this one while getting ready for BallSmacker Radio. Monitoring via the Laurel Springs KiwiSDR;
01:45 UTC - Spacey sounding versions of several James Bond themes.
01:57 UTC - Female voice with "... thank you for being our neighbour ... up to the skies.";
02:01 UTC - Appears to have gone off the air as BallSmacker Radio is now on the frequency.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Clear Talk Radio 6900 LSB 0029 UTC 17 JAN 2022

« on: January 17, 2022, 0100 UTC »

Clear Talk Radio 6900.0 kHz LSB 00:29 UTC 17 JANUARY 2022

00:47 UTC - A power house tonight and sounding great;
00:49 UTC - Station ID: "This is ? ? Radio". Difficult to make out the ID with the high amount of reverb. I believe it is "Clear Talk Radio"?;
01:01 UTC - Station ID: "This is Clear Talk Radio, CTR";
01:14 UTC - Abruptly went off the air. The Peskies are more than happy to get their frequency back --- Olla;
01:27 UTC - CTR returns to the airwaves;
01:30 UTC - Station ID;
01:31 UTC - It appears as the playlist keeps dumping.

ID confirmed: Clear Talk Radio (CTR)

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