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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: buzzy buzzard on December 13, 2016, 2339 UTC

Title: UNID 05:00 UTC Monday December 12th 2016 testing in usual pirate band.
Post by: buzzy buzzard on December 13, 2016, 2339 UTC

Did anyone catch an UNID with OM "testing testing 12345" etc? Sounds like he was conversing on the phone with someone taking field readings "this is broadcast station..."  and State Anthem of the Soviet Union on repeat, played Elvis on repeat a bit, then Bo Diddly, before transmitting in earnest with more 1950s and early 60s tunes before signing off at 06:00 UTC.  I have a recording on cassette I need to digitize. I can't give an exact frequency as my radio has a crude (but pretty) analogue dial.  The aircheck had a freq announced so will update.

Title: Re: UNID 05:00 UTC Monday December 12th 2016 testing in usual pirate band.
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on December 14, 2016, 1412 UTC

Could you provide some more details? What mode, AM or USB? Approximately what frequency, as best as you can tell from your radio's dial?

Title: Re: UNID 05:00 UTC Monday December 12th 2016 testing in usual pirate band.
Post by: buzzy buzzard on December 22, 2016, 0809 UTC

7370 khz AM mode

Links to off-air audio below.  Please note that cassette playback machine on fritz so a clicking was unavoidably introduced during digitizing at second location.  Also I had the BFO on for a good portion before I realized this was AM and switched off.


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f1bhkahrc4p58ot/AABv-0bJKT_nSm6rSE_1M4Yoa?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f1bhkahrc4p58ot/AABv-0bJKT_nSm6rSE_1M4Yoa?dl=0)

Title: Re: UNID 05:00 UTC Monday December 12th 2016 testing in usual pirate band.
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on December 22, 2016, 1342 UTC

Thanks for sharing the recording. My guess is this was a ham playing around (he sounds like he has a Canadian accent?) outside the 40 meter band. Certainly qualifies as a pirate :)  Nice catch.