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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: atrainradio on August 15, 2014, 0049 UTC

Title: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: atrainradio on August 15, 2014, 0049 UTC
Sounds like wailing and nonsense. About an S9+20 here!
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: Evil Elvis on August 15, 2014, 0055 UTC
S9+10, sounds the same in USB and LSB
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: oly1959 on August 15, 2014, 0057 UTC
It is about a S9 here and sounds the same on either USB or LSB with the weird noises. ???
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: atrainradio on August 15, 2014, 0057 UTC
no idea what the hell it is. Maybe the start of a new show? Sounds like something RFW would do. Dickweed?.....
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: Skipmuck on August 15, 2014, 0058 UTC
Same here at 0056 UTC with strange Sci-Fi noises on USB, but all I get on LSB is crackling noise.
Took me awhile to figure it out, but the USB component is on 6945 and the LSB component is on about 6948? Wierd.....
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on August 15, 2014, 0059 UTC
Quite strong here as well. UTE? I think I heard this same sound on 6945 the other evening.

 
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: atrainradio on August 15, 2014, 0100 UTC
What is a UTE again?
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: myteaquinn on August 15, 2014, 0104 UTC
Comparing both frequencies at the same time on two radios could be stereo, very odd. Also seem to have the same signal strength.
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: Dr. Strangelove on August 15, 2014, 0110 UTC
Steady S9 here in AL.  Never heard this before.
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: blw on August 15, 2014, 0137 UTC
The signal is better on 6.945.2 USB. Got it 55555 and no noise tonight. It's Halloween spooky music. Seemingly endless too. I'm trying out a new Ameco PT-3 preamp, but I don't need it for this.
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: RCCI on August 15, 2014, 0201 UTC
01:57 - Just tuned in... Space / science fiction type music S9 signal.. Interesting, but doesn't make a lot of sense though...
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: blw on August 15, 2014, 0225 UTC
I've heard this before. It's spooky background music looping, mostly an organ with lots of vibrato, or reverb fading in and out. Kinda part of the pirate radio bands I guess.
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: Antennae on August 15, 2014, 0228 UTC
I hear it pretty good. It sounds like undulating old computer sound effects.
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: Antennae on August 15, 2014, 0229 UTC
I didn't see the part about the organ. Could it be a leslie sound effect? I had an organ with that effect.
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: Token on August 15, 2014, 1419 UTC
This signal went off-air at 0245 UTC.  It might have been the oddity station known as XM / Whales / Backwards Music.  However normally this station does not have such well defined audio edges.  The signal was 2.8 kHz wide, with a sharp bottom edge at 300 Hz (assuming 6945 kHz as tuned frequency), this is pretty typical of communications SSB transmitters.  So it could have been someone wanting to sound like XM.

Tentatively, and because 6945 kHz USB is a known US Navy / USCG frequency and XM is suspected of sometimes being US Navy in origin, I would say probably XM or related phenomena.

T!
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: JohnS on August 15, 2014, 1435 UTC
Very strong well-modulated signal at my location.  Reminded me of an extended (theremin) soundtrack from "Forbidden Planet."  I assumed it was US government because utility activity heard before on this frequency.  Rather odd situation/activity.
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: Nella F. on August 15, 2014, 2257 UTC
(late post) : 0215gmt.,  6.945usb. signal fair to good, no fade, listening for 15 minutes now...calling it 'new-age minimalism'  ::) , atmos. static competing...
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: ByteBORG on August 15, 2014, 2350 UTC
Late SDR Recording Catch
SINPO: 44434 - strong signal

0044 - S/On - What sounds like background planet music from the movie "Forbidden Planet"
          that is being looped...
0244 - S/Off

No ID
Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: JohnS on August 16, 2014, 0130 UTC
Just an update:0118+ 2014.08.16  7076 USB & 7078 LSB
Hearing the same type of signal tonight but on different frequencies.

Title: Re: UNID noises on 6945 USB 8/14/14 0048z
Post by: blw on August 16, 2014, 0233 UTC
Exactly what I got. I measured a 3.2 kHz wide signal. The Forbidden Planet movie is about right. I've heard the same music effects at spook houses.