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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: dxbill on December 31, 2022, 0026 UTC
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S7-S9 tinny AM Transmitter signal with Peter Frampton. OFF at 0030. Upon recording review Food Island Broadcasting ID. Voice tinny with some squeal on audio.
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0026 UTC Unid song fading in and out of the noise
0029 UTC OFF
0031 UTC Back on with OM mentioning something about "Islands", then off again
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S7 (poor) with the KX4AZ KiwiSDR.
0028 UTC-Very weak talk, can't make anything out
0029 UTC-OFF
0047 UTC-Being scolded by someone in USB
Frequency was 6925.1 kHz. This is the same guy that was on 6921.1 kHz AM earlier.
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I've got something in and out of the noise, sound's like a guy talking about something and spinning the VFO.
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SINPO=35443 (in USB mode)
037- Intermittent tones and then OM speaking very briefly, a couple of times. "Would you set this guy straight, dammit?" was one comment.
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It's not officially New Year's Eve and the pirate fights are on. I bet the Devil's Lettuce and booze are playing a role. This is why I never did holiday shows, too many once a year pirates jamming up the airwaves.
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Hey Pigmeat, the guy in USB was talking to you as well. Below is my transcription of what he said:
"Piiigmeeat"
"There's that squeal again son"
"There's something seriously wrong in your audio chain"
"Pigmeat, would you set this guy straight dammit"
Recording so you can listen for yourself: https://archive.org/details/unid-pelee-island-broadcasting-system-6925.1-list.-6925-usb-am-0037-utc-31-dec-2022
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One of my many admirers, no doubt. ;)
I was known for my good audio, but it was mostly Boomer's transmitter(built in limiter/compressor) and day's of work to tailor the audio for the show. Fearless Fred taught me that. Ran it through an EQ and then through Cool Edit Pro to get the bandwidth right for the tx and take the negative peaks out of the audio. By the time I aired a show I'd heard it or 15-20 times. It's why I relayed other op's, after all that work I was bored with what I was going to air that night. BTW, all my show's were one off's. I never repeated any of them.
Knowing what your transmitter can handle is the key to good audio, IMO. It's my main complaint about SSB, the bandwidth is too narrow. You can't get good hi-fi audio,10 plus khz. wide, out of it. Wolverine has the best SSB audio I've ever heard, but I bet he's modified his transceiver six way's from Sunday and has a method to tweak his audio for it. It's a lot of work to get it right.
Leave this here or move it, Shortwave. Most of it is common sense, but if it can help someone, put it where it can be seen.
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One of my many admirers, no doubt. ;)
I was known for my good audio, but it was mostly Boomer's transmitter(built in limiter/compressor) and day's of work to tailor the audio for the show. Fearless Fred taught me that. Ran it through an EQ and then through Cool Edit Pro to get the bandwidth right for the tx and take the negative peaks out of the audio. By the time I aired a show I'd heard it or 15-20 times. It's why I relayed other op's, after all that work I was bored with what I was going to air that night. BTW, all my show's were one off's. I never repeated any of them.
Knowing what your transmitter can handle is the key to good audio, IMO. It's my main complaint about SSB, the bandwidth is too narrow. You can't get good hi-fi audio,10 plus khz. wide, out of it. Wolverine has the best SSB audio I've ever heard, but I bet he's modified his transceiver six way's from Sunday and has a method to tweak his audio for it. It's a lot of work to get it right.
Leave this here or move it, Shortwave. Most of it is common sense, but if it can help someone, put it where it can be seen.
I agree that Stan Sideband is terrible for music, I would only use it if I had a transmitter like Mix Radio International or Wolverine Radio (theirs sound excellent).
I am not a moderator in this part of the forum, it is up to someone else.