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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: Sealord on July 10, 2013, 1157 UTC

Title: UNID 6925 (mode?) 07:15z-07:35z 07-10-13
Post by: Sealord on July 10, 2013, 1157 UTC

Recorder catch:

6925 (mode/s?)

This one is a bit confusing and it sounded like more than one person on the air at times - signals weren't strong, but audible.

07:15z could hear someone doing a mic test with a low voice
07:18z now hearing a piano version from Star Wars (that brooding melody whenever Darth Vader showed up) - audio sounds different from mic test earlier
07:20z after piano tune ended someone else came on for a second, but couldn't understand what they said
07:34z can still hear music
07:35z faded out or stopped

Audio (07:15z-07:35z): http://archive.org/download/ShortwaveOddsSodsTransmissions/Unid_pirate6925Usb0715z-0735z07-10-13.mp3

Thanks! :)

Title: Re: UNID 6925 (mode?) 07:15z-07:35z 07-10-13
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on July 10, 2013, 1531 UTC

SDR recording catch here. Extremely weak signal. I heard the beginning around 0715z but that was it.

Title: Re: UNID 6925 (mode?) 07:15z-07:35z 07-10-13
Post by: jFarley on July 10, 2013, 2050 UTC

Recorder Catch on 6925USB

Seeing the logs of SL and Chris, I am a bit perplexed also.

Up until 0726, I heard nothing, and there was no evidence of any signal on the Strength History plot.

0726 I heard some torn up CW, and it sounded like "QV" repeated a few times.  Following, there seemed to be some CW in reply,
         but this was even more tortured and at a different offset.
0728 I heard some weak music, offtuned a bit, and this was a dreamy spacey instrumental song.  It peaked to a couple S Units
        above the floor for a few seconds.
0730 Last point I could definitely hear the music, and nothing is in the audio recording or Strength History after this.

You never know what goes bump in the middle of the night!

Title: Re: UNID 6925 (mode?) 07:15z-07:35z 07-10-13
Post by: jFarley on July 11, 2013, 2104 UTC

Recorder Catch on 6925USB

11 July 13
Like last night, heard a CW station sending "QV" five times at 0550z, with a much weaker reply a few seconds later.  There was no music heard close to this time frame, and I suspect that this is not a pirate and will not be reported as such - if at all - in the future.

Edit; As I log these in the book, I note that I DID log unid music 2 minutes prior to the CW at 0548z.  Hmmm...

Title: Re: UNID 6925 (mode?) 07:15z-07:35z 07-10-13
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on July 11, 2013, 2111 UTC

Well sure enough, I had the CW at 0550z here as well. Extremely weak, I did not notice it when checking the SDR recordings and had to go back and listen carefully to hear it.

Thanks for the heads up, jFarley.