HFU HF Underground
Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: Ct Yankee on February 19, 2023, 0118 UTC
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0118 Faint instrumental music, right at noise floor
0121 "Reload" PPK, faint - only recognized due to previous receptions
0123 Talking but can't decipher :(
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0117 UTC: Big, loud signal via the Northern Utah SDR, though with some fading.
0121 UTC: Fair to good signal via the KA7U SDR on Idaho-Oregon border.
0122 UTC: Collage of soundbites, including from "Pump Up the Volume," to start broadcast.
0124 UTC: "Under the Stars" by Morning Parade. Still listening via the KA7U SDR, as only bits and pieces of audio are audible so far in my pre-sunset location.
0128 UTC: Redhat opens the mic: "Well, here we are ...," then talks about his technical troubles this evening, including keyboard troubles.
0132 UTC: Redhat reading HFU posts. To answer the question: Moving up 5 kHz is fine by me, though I can't hear the interfering ute.
0138 UTC: Canned ID into song "My Culture" by 1 Giant Leap & Robbie Williams.
0143 UTC: Canned ID and then "Shot in the Dark" by AC/DC.
0146 UTC: Canned ID into "Sulfur" by Slipknot.
0149 UTC: Still listening via the Oregon-Idaho border SDR. Not yet making it out here at a consistently readable level.
0151 UTC: Redhat back on mic, updating us on his keyboard troubles, reading new HFU posts, talking about propagation conditions.
0158 UTC: Canned ID and then "Lost" by Linkin Park.
0201 UTC: Canned ID into "Electric Feel" by MGMT.
0206 UTC: Canned ID and then "Big in Japan (Juloboy Remix)" by Alphaville (a classic!).
0210 UTC: Redhat on mic with ID and time check, then reviewing previously played songs, talking about Linkin Park's late frontman and a Louisville record store. Then HFU shout-outs and mentions "SAS" mode on an SDR makes the sound separate a bit (it does; I just tried it!).
0217 UTC: Now listening via the KPH-HF SDR, as the signal's not yet reached readable levels here at my place.
0221 UTC: Canned ID into "Imperialism" by Anti-Flag ft. Ashrita Kumar.
0225 UTC: Canned ID and then "Panic Switch" by Silversun Pickups.
0230 UTC: Canned ID into "Hostage" by AP Tobler.
0233 UTC: "Take the World" by She Wants Revenge.
0239 UTC: Redhat back on mic, reviewing previously played songs and doing HFU shout-outs, mentions upcoming requests. Also talks about broadcasting to relax.
0246 UTC: Canned ID, then "On My Knees" by Rufus Du Sol.
0251 UTC: Canned ID into "Ur Mum" by Wet Leg. (THANKS FOR PLAYING MY REQUEST!)
0255 UTC: "Pepper (Acoustic version)" by Death Cab for Cutie.
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0355 UTC: Redhat's wondering how many HFU posters are still listening. I am!
Thanks for the music tonight!
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0121 signal at noise level here
Lots of local noise
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0124 Copyable but not strong, SIO 111.
0131 much improved signal, SIO 333. Redhat saying something about not being able to chew bubblegum and walk. Into HFU shoutouts (thanks Redhat!)
0135 "X-FM, Music to the power of X"
0136 Redhat talking about a keyboard that's not working anymore
0137 music's going to start any moment now...
0217ish Redhat's been a pirate for 20 years if I heard that right. Congrats on your longevity Redhat!
0225 "Panic Switch" Silversun Pickups
0230 "Hostage" AP Tobler per shazam
SIO 444 as of 0234
0321 "The Passenger" covered by Siouxsie and the Banshees? Never heard that. It's an Iggy Pop song originally.
0325 Redhat with the song ID and shoutouts. The Siouxsie tune was requested by Pigmeat.
Going to leave the shack now, got other things brewing tonight, but thanks for the shoutout and the show!
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0124 UTC Hearing music at or just above the noise...lots of fading this evening
0128 UTC I can hear redhat talking....about 50% copy
(Signal now S9 peaks with deep fades)
0133 UTC "New music from Linkin Park"...email addy changing next month...a protonmail.me address"
0138 UTC Unid song (noise level is really loud)
0144 UTC Sounds like AC/DC
0147 UTC X-FM ID, into metal tune
0151 UTC redhat says "Sometimes you need a little kick-ass rock"...talking about keyboards...only one today...reading emails
(I'm getting some nice full quieting S9 peaks with light fades)
0158 UTC ID, into Unid song
0202 UTC "Music to the power of X" ID, into Unid song
0205 UTC Crow noises! Short redhat chat, into a remix of something going out to somebody
0210 UTC redhat chat...."Life Goes On"
(The noise level is killing me...I do not hear the ute though)
0240 UTC redhat on the microphone...going through the HFU. (Pretty good copy now with lots of noise)
0251 UTC There's the crow cawing again!
0300 UTC I can tell you're talking, but the noise level is horrible!
0310 UTC Techno beat tune with OM vocals...signal is peaking above the noise now :)
0321 UTC Sounds like an Iggy Pop tune-"The Passenger"
0325 UTC redhat said last song was a request by Pigmeat for "The Passenger" by Siouxshee & Banshees
0340 UTC The S7 signal is at the S7 noise floor
Time to take a break....thank you as always for your fine efforts redhat! Truly a class act!
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0125 UTC: Barely tickling the S meter but signal is good and readable.
0147 UTC: Signal is starting to degrade and noise is increasing here.
0155 UTC: Thanks for the shout-out.
0301 UTC: Nice signal now call it an S5 but there is some noise and fading.
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01:25 - Under the Stars - Morning Parade - S7 signal with great audio but interference from UTE just below. Listening in USB helps, but move up 5 KHz would help a lot IMHO.
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Noise level too high here
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Tuned in at 0127 utc on Traverse City MI sdr with fair S9 to S9+ signal, I'm listening in CQUAM stereo if that is what he is running, at 0215 read my name from HFU, nice program with much talk and some nice music, also fair-good signal on Brookfield WI sdr at 0230 utc, Barrington Hills IL sdr has local static problem, local reception here at home up to S9+20 over S9+10 Uverse hash caused by AT&T Uverse squeezing up to 100 megabits/sec through ordinary pairs of wires, I don't have Uverse but neighbors do, thanks for the nice program. Off air at 0532 utc.
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SIO 555 faded down and seems audio is low at times
0135 gave an email address with mentions that its going to change to a proton mail address.
0140 rap music?
0144 ACDC song
0146 X FM ID then into some headbanger tune
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has a great signal here is south central pa. big ute signal just below him but
a little tweaking and he's sounding good.
thanks for the show
Chuck Sayers
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S9 and good copy here, but over top of some kind of utility station.
4060khz would put you in the clear.
0137 - Redhat on the microphone with keyboard problem, checking HFU.
0227 - still S7 with "Panic Switch" Silversun Pickups
0315 - S9+10 with "Summer Romance" Incubus
0415 - S9+20! with "Wild" Spoon
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S7 with the N0EMP KiwiSDR in Colorado. S9+10 with the Northern Utah KiwiSDR. Lots of ute QRM on KiwiSDRs in the east. Noisy but audible direct!
0144 UTC-X-FM jingle
0144 UTC-Shot in the Dark by AC/DC
0147 UTC-Sulfur by Slipknot
0151 UTC-Redhat talking about the music, got the keyboard gremlin figured out, hello to people on email, looking at propagation data, giving current email and future one xfmshortwave@proton.me, broadcasting from east of the Rockies but west of normal
0158 UTC-Jingle
0158 UTC-Lost by LINKIN PARK
0202 UTC-Jingle
0202 UTC-Electric Feel by MGMT
0205 UTC-Jingle
0206 UTC-Unknown Music
0210 UTC-Talking about the music, might move up to the higher bands next month, we are a long way from the east coast, hard to believe we have been doing this for 11 years and Redhat will have been doing pirate radio for two decades as of next month, hello to people on the HFU (thanks!), this is in C-QUAM, talking about stereo decoding with a KiwiSDR, there was once low noise on 73 meters, X-FM ID
0221 UTC-Jingle
0221 UTC-Imperialism (feat. Ashrita Kumar) by Anti-Flag
0225 UTC-Jingle
0225 UTC-Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups
0230 UTC-Jingle
0230 UTC-Hostage by AP Tobler
0233 UTC-Take the World by She Wants Revenge
0238 UTC-Talking about the music, pardon the sound of the diesel heater in the background, taking requests, request from TreehouseSWL is coming up, xfmshortwave@gmail.com and future email, 909-970-6925 phone number is working, you should try being out in the middle of nowhere like where Redhat is now, X-FM ID
0246 UTC-Jingle
0247 UTC-On My Knees by RÜFÜS DU SOL
0251 UTC-Jingle
0251 UTC-Ur Mum by Wet Leg
0255 UTC-Jingle
0255 UTC-Pepper (Acoustic) by Death Cab for Cutie
0257 UTC-Talking about the music, talking about the other pirates active, email address, X-FM ID, takes lots of effort to keep everything working at the station, Redhat worked in commercial radio for a long time, time for some more music
0306 UTC-Cracker Island (feat. Thundercat) by Gorillaz
0309 UTC-Jingle
0310 UTC-Airwaves by GusGus
0323 UTC-I am outside listening direct and I can hear music but quite noisy
0325 UTC-Redhat talking, some understandable
0338 UTC-The Drone Racing League by GUNSHIP, going back inside now
0342 UTC-Jingle
0342 UTC-Sex, Drugs, Etc. by Beach Weather
0345 UTC-Jingle
0345 UTC-Time (Darkside) by Pink Floyd & Tom Stoppard
0352 UTC-Hello to people on the HFU and email, new email, going to do an anniversary show next month, things are starting to slow down on the HFU, talking about Pigmeat, hello to people who are still on the HFU, a bit over 2.5 hours into the show, maybe some time going to have to do a dusk to dawn show, taking requests, X-FM ID
0359 UTC-Decode ("Twilight" Soundtrack Version) by Paramore
0403 UTC-Jingle
0404 UTC-Don't Speak by No Doubt
0408 UTC-Jingle
0408 UTC-Feral Roots by Rival Sons
0414 UTC-Jingle, Redhat talking about the music, X-FM ID
0414 UTC-Wild by Spoon
0417 UTC-Redhat doing various imitation voices, talking about the music, quite a bit of music left on the list
0421 UTC-Vial by Vinyl Theatre
0424 UTC-Jingle
0424 UTC-Goodbye by Cannons
0428 UTC-Jingle
0429 UTC-Seen it Coming by Bob Moses
0433 UTC-Jingle
0433 UTC-Games People Play by The Alan Parsons Project
0437 UTC-Jingle
0438 UTC-Break by The Cinematics
0442 UTC-Talking about the equipment then the music, hello to Jim on the HFU, been kind of quiet for a while on the HFU, good signal out in the west now, was talking to BallSmacker about his two transmitters and maybe X-FM should try two different frequencies at once, hello to William Hassig, going to start slowing things down a bit
0448 UTC-Nothing Left To Lose by Everything But the Girl
0451 UTC-Jingle
0451 UTC-The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen
0457 UTC-Jingle
0457 UTC-Good For You by Third Eye Blind
0501 UTC-Talking about the music, hello to people on the HFU including me (thanks!), talking about the other stations active, new email, X-FM ID
0507 UTC-Just Wanted To Know (feat. Astrid S) by Röyksopp
0511 UTC-Breathe (feat. Angela McCluskey) by Télépopmusik
0515 UTC-The Mummers' Dance by Loreena McKennitt
0521 UTC-Talking about the music, time to sign off, takes a lot of effort to get everything working, good night to people on email and the HFU (thanks!), been almost 20 years of broadcasting
0526 UTC-Waking Up Beside You by Stabbing Westward
0532 UTC-Jingle
0532 UTC-OFF
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Thanks for the show, Redhat! You're sounding great on my 1937 Sears Silvertone console tonight.
https://youtu.be/bhdrChMA5x8
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SINPO=24222
146- Recorded OM ID.
147- "Sulfur" by Slipknot.
SINPO=34333
509- "Just Wanted To Know" by Royskopp.
511- "Breathe" by Telepopmusik.
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High noise but heard greets to HFU members
Much better at Vermont SDR
Thanks for the quick response to email..
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SIO 433. Usual great sounding audio. Hearing a bit of that ute that others mention, but not a big problem. Slow fades.
0202z - X-FM ID, then into MGMT - Electric Feel
0206z - Alphaville - Big In Japan
0343z - Beach Weather - Sex, Drugs, Etc. Still SIO 433
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10 to 20 over and sounding great! Thanks for the show!
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S7 Very Good Audio into Alberta Canada..
0204 UTC-Electric Feel by MGMT
0206 UTC Big In Japan.. A Remake.
Looks like it's been a busy weekend.. Greetings Red Hat !! Thanks for the Broadcast.. I'll get back on the air one day..
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Very weak here in Maine. Just above the floor. :(
too bad- one of my favorites!!!
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0233 - Booming signal in central Michigan.
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0302 UTC S6 + Nice Am. Just got back moving cows to the butcher...Mooooo. Nice show. from Owasso OK remote. Your Reference ...He's a FFL class 63/10 like some of us...
0325 UTC Long wire to the N/S S9+10... Loop is cleaner at S9+ But Im into a 2oz shot and 3rd beer
0342 UTC Now S9+10 On N/S Long wire with 9:1 $20 Balum LOL! Nice show Audio is kicking in! The LW has a better S level but the loop is way cleaner... Alcohol aside...LOL
0345 UTC Audio Sample https://drive.google.com/file/d/11Fa07smHYxvtkR6XIRFc4TO_MzkyvBBJ/view?usp=drive_web
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Nice S-9 signal in Crooked River, OR. The hiss from the ute or whatever it was below you on the Kiwi's back east isn't apparent out here. If I hadn't seen the log and recognized your voice I wouldn't have been able to id you back East.
You don't have Siouxie and The Banshees cover of "The Passenger" do you?
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0141 First try: "My Culture" - 1 Giant Leap & Robbie Williams, few indistinct words, Unknown song, ID, "Sulfur" - Slipknot, Redhat with ID and talk over music - between rushing QSB and music was very hard to understand … shout outs, prepared ID, "Lost" - Linkin Park. Tuned away although program was good, conditions were poor.
0225 Tried again. Much better conditions. Signal now S 8 - 9. 0225 ID, into a program of music ... Redhat talks about how broadcasting is one of his ways of being away from life's streses. Another is being in "the middle of nowhere" and what that is like for him, ID, soliciting reports via HFU or email, prepared ID, "Surrender". Still listening at 0311, so I'm also still out here.
Thanks for the program.
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Really sounding good now. I went west to get away from that hiss, I'm shocked at how good you're propagating out west this low on the band. When the tx is over go poke fun at the hams in the AM window.
Thanks for "The Passenger" Siouxsie has a helluva voice and wasn't too hard on the eyes in her time. Much easier to look at than Iggy.
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"Time" Pink Floyd. I witnessed a very stoned friend riding shotgun fling the cassette out the car window when the alarm clocks went off. Ahh, the mid-70's!
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4185 AM
0420 UTC: Signal peaked just enough to copy XFM ID. Music, signal faded, can't ID song.
0525 UTC: Shout-outs to listeners logging. Signal still barely peaking above noise now and then, hearing unfamiliar music, not enough to ID anything.
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Signal up to a bit over S9 here in the Mojave Desert of California. Was a tad weak at the start of the show, but doing well now.
T!
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4185 khz, fair signal with steady noise at 0415z, with music I mostly can't identify so far, in western NY.
I'm late to this party, but here's what I am hearing:
0417 Male announcer, UTC time-check
0418 "... there's something about that song ... the one that got away ..."
0419 "... Southern California, kind of 'orangy' ... "
0421 "... on X-FM", music follows
0428 "Broadcasting in C-Quam Stereo ... to the world; this is X-FM"
0433 Song "Where Do We Go From Here". not sure of artist
0444 "... sit on the porch and drink a beer ... don't get riled up ..."
0445 "...being heard in Maui ... I was talking with Ball Smacker Radio ..."
0447 Music from Everything But the Girl "Nothing Left to Lose"
0451 "Broadcasting in C-Quam Stereo ... X-FM"
0457 "This is X-FM"
0501 Announcer mentions "Jim Renfrew" and "AlleyCat" from Binghamton (thanks for the callout, Mr. Operator)
pse qsl: jim.renfrew(at)gmail.com
Redhat verifield my report by e-mail. Thanks!
Drake R8B, 600 foot long wire aimed west
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Decent copy here - signal around S7 with slight fading; SINFO 45343
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Great to hear X-FM again! Decent signal with much QSB, but terrific audio as usual heard just outside of Chicago in Brookfield, IL. Amazing selection of music, what more could you ask for from a pirate!