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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: Jolly Roger on June 13, 2012, 0401 UTC
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Got a nice S-5 signal with QRN and QSB. Signal strength gradually building.
Tuned in to hear YL singing, then OM announcer gave Blue Ocean Radio ID twice, the email addy of blueoceanradio@gmail.com.
Fantastic to hear another great Canadian free radio broadcaster!
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Thanks for that nice report.....
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6925 USB SIO 232
Weak to fair signal with some fading. Went back through my recording and started getting traces of audio as early as 02:50z, but can't confirm if that was definitely BOR or not at that time.
03:57z hearing some mellow music
04:01z sounds like a laid back guitar lead
04:07z faint Blue Ocean Radio ID
04:09z back into the music - sounds like blues :)
04:14z 'If It Makes You Happy' - Sheryl Crow, signal has come up a little bit
04:22z ID
04:33z new song with violin/fiddle
04:35z blues guitar lead
04:42z bluegrass tune
05:14z multiple IDs, email addy & off or faded out
Audio (Have mp3 from 02:50z-05:14z, but conditions & signal were best from 04:46z-05:14z): http://archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/BlueOceanRadio6925Usb0446z-0514z06-13-12.mp3
Thanks BOR! :)
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6925 USB SIO 232
Weak to fair signal with some fading.
03:57z hearing some mellow music
04:01z sounds like a laid back guitar lead
04:07z faint Blue Ocean Radio ID
04:09z back into the music - sounds like blues :)
Thanks BOR! :)
Thanks...really appreciate the feedback.....Johnny Oaktree ;-)
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6925 USB SIO 232
Weak to fair signal with some fading.
03:57z hearing some mellow music
04:01z sounds like a laid back guitar lead
04:07z faint Blue Ocean Radio ID
04:09z back into the music - sounds like blues :)
04:14z 'If It Makes You Happy' - Sheryl Crow, signal has come up a little bit
04:22z ID
04:33z new song with violin/fiddle
Thanks BOR! :)
Sunset here now. Hopefully the signal will come up now......Johnny
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6925 USB SIO 232
Weak to fair signal with some fading.
03:57z hearing some mellow music
04:01z sounds like a laid back guitar lead
04:07z faint Blue Ocean Radio ID
04:09z back into the music - sounds like blues :)
04:14z 'If It Makes You Happy' - Sheryl Crow, signal has come up a little bit
04:22z ID
04:33z new song with violin/fiddle
04:35z blues guitar lead
04:42z bluegrass tune - gotta crash Johnny, but I've got the tape rolling & will post my audio in the morning. Thanks & great to hear the show!
Thanks BOR! :)
Goodnight SeaLord
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Do you have a schedule? I usually work until late and never catch you :(
Peace!
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Do you have a schedule? I usually work until late and never catch you :(
Peace!
No schedule, sorry. My station is still experimental and using ham gear temporarily until my main xmtr shows up. I should be on more regularly by late summer. Cheers.....lightkeeper
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Recorder Catch; weak and at the noise floor
0353 First audio noted; OM talk, followed by a couple of songs I could not ID.
0406 Definite Blue Ocean Radio ID
0407 BOR addy, followed by more unid music.
0438 BOR ID, addy, followed by unid music
0512 BOR ID, addy - this was the strongest ID heard
0514 last audio I heard in the recording
Thanks BOR!
Tonight, due to the tuning on the rx, it was far easier to understand spoken word than music.
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6925 USB SIO 232
Weak to fair signal with some fading. Went back through my recording and started getting traces of audio as early as 02:50z, but can't confirm if that was definitely BOR or not at that time.
03:57z hearing some mellow music
04:01z sounds like a laid back guitar lead
04:07z faint Blue Ocean Radio ID
04:09z back into the music - sounds like blues :)
04:14z 'If It Makes You Happy' - Sheryl Crow, signal has come up a little bit
04:22z ID
04:33z new song with violin/fiddle
04:35z blues guitar lead
04:42z bluegrass tune
05:14z multiple IDs, email addy & off or faded out
Audio (Have mp3 from 02:50z-05:14z, but conditions & signal were best from 04:46z-05:14z): http://archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/BlueOceanRadio6925Usb0446z-0514z06-13-12.mp3
Thanks BOR! :)
Hi Sealord, thanks for posting that audio clip. It's very useful to me to know where I'm being heard and, how well. It was definitely a weak signal but you could make out the ID on the voice announcements. Considering that we're probably at least 3000 miles apart, I was only running about 50 watts average power and we're in the noisiest part of the year, I'm pretty pleased with the results. I should be able to put up a loop antenna here quite easily to try out so will make some more tests once I've done that. I had planned to use AM exclusively but may reconsider now that I know my ssb xmtr is up to the job. Thanks again.....Johnny
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My pleasure JO :)
FWIW, as much as I like an AM signal for fidelity, it's easier for me to hear sideband through noisy conditions, but that's just me. ~3000mi. is a pretty good haul for 50 watts!
By the way, I caught this on my overnight recording:
6925 USB SIO 232-233 06-14-12
Weak to fair signal with fading conditions. Had to use my wavecom decoder (which is always iffy & nowhere near as good as DimBulb's ear!), but was able to see enough text for positive copy.
05:37z-05:40z Blue Ocean Radio CW w/ID & email addy.
Audio (complete tx): http://archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/BlueOceanRadioCw6925Usb0537z-0540z06-14-12.mp3
Thanks BOR! :)
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14 June 2012
I captured 2 tests from BOR in an overnight recording last night. Both had similar content, and began with VVVs. I had to use my ear which is even iffier than Sealord's decoder which is iffier than Dimbulb's ear.
First Test 0355 - 0357UTC (weaker): http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?6w5ctldfr2tbb5o
Second Test 0537 - 0540UTC (stronger): http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?68c59k9cnodfkfs
Thanks BOR!