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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: Charlie_Dont_Surf on January 05, 2023, 0112 UTC
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SINPO 45444 on KFS SDR (NorCal) omni antenna. Tuned in at 0110 to hear Bud Bigley announcing the next song.
0110 - CSN&Y, "Judy Blue Eyes"
0119 - Count Basie, "Doggin' Around"
0133 - Earth, Wind and Fire , "Boogie Wonderland.".
0139 - I changed to W0AY SDR in western Montana because KFS was freezing up too much. S7-S9+ on W0AY.
0144 - Gary U.S. Bonds, "Twist, Twist Senora" (1962)
0148 - Burton Cummings, "Guns Guns Guns"
0151 - Cream, "Sunshine of Your Love"
0157 - Shoutouts to HFU posters. (Not bad to the east coast with "10,000 milliWatts". Good use of the grey line, IMO.)
0206 - The Knack, "Good Girls Don't" (1979)
0211 - ELO
0221 "What is SINPO?" Listener subjective ratings. SINPO = Signal, Interference, Noise, Propagation and Overall. All on a scale of 1-5 each, with 5 being the best. Used a lot in SWL circles.
0237 - Tears for Fears, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World". (Last song.)
0240 - Close down
I changed to W0AY SDR in western Montana because KFS was freezing up too much. S7-S9+ on W0AY.
Glad I am not the only one who notices this. I assume it is either caused by a poor internet connection on their end or the bot infestation. I hate that many SDR owners allow or even encourage those guys to fill up almost every slot with bots decoding digital ham stuff. At least when I make audio recordings off it they do not freeze up or skip like it does when listening live.
I'll tell you that I haven't figured this all out yet, however, but it's clear that the internet connection (at the source, at your end or somewhere in between) seems to be a big part of the issue and I have observations and experimental results to prove it. I have also observed that the processing load on the SDR computer has something to do with it, so when I am listening to something for a long time and don't need the waterfall, I will either slow the waterfall or turn it off completely to lower the load. I have seen it help in circumstances where the processor load is marginally OK. Some SDRs do this already, e.g., K3FEF.
A really cute girl sang that song to me on the way home from a concert when it came on the radio, so we got off at the next exit and did.
So you are saying you got off before you got off?
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0110 UTC Weak carrier with some music fade ups amidst the noise and peskie QRM
0113 UTC "Suite Judy Blue Eyes"-Crosby, Stills, and Nash
0117 UTC OM DJ chat but tough copy with the noise and/or the peskie (missed hearing the shoutout, but THANKS!)
0135 UTC Signal picking up again and the peskies are gone
0136 UTC "Hooked On Classics"-Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
0141 UTC Bud Bigley chatting about the last song being advertised on television (Yes, I remember!)...shoutout to Radio Star....(next song on the ? Label....missed the title in a fade)
0147 UTC Rock tune now-OM singer
0151 UTC "Sunshine of Your Love"-Cream (Nice S7 peaks with excellent audio!)
0155 UTC Bud Bigley chatting....(shoutout to Pigmeat)
0203 UTC S8 peaks now during the jazz piano solo!
0206 UTC "Good Girls Don't"-The Knack?
0209 UTC Bud Bigley chatting (Signal down a bit and the noise is up)
0211 UTC Signal mostly in the noise now
0212 UTC Recovered a bit with "Telephone Line"-ELO
Thanks for the broadcast Bud!
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S7 with lots of qsb and qrn
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S4-S5 & noisy otherwise I can here the music! Thanks for the show!
0113- "Judy Blue Eyes" - CSNY
0118 - OM: w/I think I heard shout-out to Skipmuck
0119 - "Doggin' Around" - Count Basie (lots of interference from peskies on LSB)
0122 - "A Seed's A Star/Tree Medley" - Stevie Wonder
0127 - Bud Bigley behind the mic with a playlist round-up & lead-in to next tune
0128 - "Boogie Wonderland" - Earth, Wind & Fire
0134 - "Something You Got" - The Ramsey Lewis Trio
0136 - "Hooked On Classics"
0142 - DJ Bud Bigley behind the mic. Thanks for the shout-out!
0144 - "Twist, Twist Senora" - Gary U.S. Bonds
0147 - "Guns Guns Guns" - Burton Cummings (tough copy now)
0152 - "Sunshine Of Your Love" - Cream
0156- Bud Bigley w/shout-outs
-158 - "This Is For Albert" - Freddie Hubbard
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01:30 UTC - Weak unreadable but I do see the carrier on the spectrum display.
P.S. Subject line should read 2023.
RSPduo | Barker & Williamson T2FD & Wellbrook loop antennae
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0142 UTC hard copy on AM.. SSb to hear anything...S5 in the noise
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S7-S8 above the band noise Ok to good copy in Central Wisconsin. Peaking at S9 clear copy at 0149 UTC. Departure from jazz to rock clearly. Good AM audio here. Dying to S1-S5 at band noise level at 0230.
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So that's who that is? Sounds like he was playing Gil Scott-Heron earlier, but he's so far down in the noise on Westminster MD Kiwi w/the V-beam it's hard to tell? I can hear Bud clearly talking but I think I'm going head west to see if I can hear this better.
I heard another AM'er down about 6933, but he cleared out soon after B-Side signed on.
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SIO 444
0152 Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
0156 B-Side radio ID and talk with two announcers. I like it they are talking instead of playing continuous music.
0203 - piano and trumpet jazz tune
0206 - Good Girls Don't - Knack
enjoying the tunes!!!
0223 - still 444
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S9 with the KFS Omni KiwiSDR.
0155 UTC-Talking about the music, B Side Radio ID, hello to the people on the HFU
0158 UTC-This Is For Albert by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
0206 UTC-Good Girls Don't by The Knack
0209 UTC-Talking about the music, B Side Radio ID, hello to people on the HFU including me (thanks!)
0210 UTC-Telephone Line by ELO
0216 UTC-Okie From Muskogee by Merle Haggard & The Strangers
0218 UTC-Talking about the music, B Side Radio ID, hello to people on the HFU,
0220 UTC-Broken Guitar Blues by Lighthouse
0224 UTC-G.W. by Eric Dolphy
0232 UTC-Talking about the music, going to play one more song tonight, thanks to me and Charlie_Dont_Surf for explaining SINPO, this is Bud Bigley, going to turn off the transistor transmitter after the last song
0236 UTC-Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears For Fears
0240 UTC-OFF
For Bud Bigley: SINPO=Signal, Interference, Noise, Propagation, Overall. Each is rated on a scale of 1-5 with 1 being the worst and 5 being the best.
I changed to W0AY SDR in western Montana because KFS was freezing up too much. S7-S9+ on W0AY.
Glad I am not the only one who notices this. I assume it is either caused by a poor internet connection on their end or the bot infestation. I hate that many SDR owners allow or even encourage those guys to fill up almost every slot with bots decoding digital ham stuff. At least when I make audio recordings off it they do not freeze up or skip like it does when listening live.
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0151 S1-3 over, under, around and through the noise. Can hear music but very hard to hear. Splatter type QRM from somewhere near me.
0155 OM speaking, a little better copy switching over to LSB
0158 Back to music
0202 S3-5 w/Jazz music, finally climbing above the noise nicely. Good audio
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0204 good strong signal into utc-7 43 degrees north, i.e. SW Idaho. Jazz music. Followed by Good Girls Don't by The Knack. Not too noisy at all!
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45233
0214z Telephone Line-Electric Light Orchestra
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SINPO=24211
214- "Telephone Line" by ELO.
216- "Okie From Muskogee" live by Merle Haggard and The Strangers.
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Hrd here in SW Idaho on local SDR; ELO "Telephone Line." Signal peaks to S-7.
0225: Jazz mx.
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We're on the same Kiwi, Shortwave! Great audio and a big S-9 plus signal. Hey! It's the Knack! A really cute girl sang that song to me on the way home from a concert when it came on the radio, so we got off at the next exit and did. A big "Thanks!" to the Knack and the Red Roof Inn!
BTW, do you have the Jim Carrol Band's "Everyone Who Tried Died"?