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Title: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: Ray Lalleu on September 21, 2018, 2222 UTC
2221 pop, strong for a TA signal
2224 know this tune, not the title, some chinese QRM
2228 Mix? Radio International (W voice), next record (80's, Righeira style :-(
2232 ID ? .. Internet ? Radio, "Superstition" :-)), then rock
2242 in USB, but vestigial LSB ? Anyone could give the missing carrier frequency ?
2246 ...Mighty Mix Radio, "Every kind of people"
2255 "My cherie amor"
2355 "Stairway to heaven"
Title: Re: Unid 6870 usb 2221 utc
Post by: aurora on September 21, 2018, 2223 UTC
Very strong S9+30 55555

2222 - Time / Culture CLub
2232 - ID, (yl) "Mix Radio"
2233 - Superstition / Stevie Wonder
Title: Re: Unid 6870 usb 2221 utc 21 sep 2018
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on September 21, 2018, 2226 UTC
2226 SIO 333. Mix Radio, perhaps?
2228 ID, back to the music.
2233 Stevie Wonder "Superstition"  ;D
2333 The signal just shot up to S9+ here, so strong I could open up the audio to 12 kHz:

(http://i.imgur.com/J1emnNJ.png)
Title: Re: Unid 6870 usb 2221 utc 21 sep 2018
Post by: ION Radio on September 21, 2018, 2229 UTC
2228 YL ID Mix Radio Int. into music. S3, fair copy.
Title: Re: Unid 6870 usb 2221 utc 21 sep 2018
Post by: bobbert on September 21, 2018, 2230 UTC
MIX radio.
Heard culture club, peter Gabriel & that Komisar song.
S9 here in SW Randolph County WV.
The audio is the most articulate and crisp I’ve ever heard for usb. Great on the ears!
Stevie Wonder.
Aerosmith
Eyes Without a Face Billy Idol. 
Bass slightly heavy on this one.
Robert Palmer
Glen Fry-You Belong to the City (reminiscing over these last 2 long gone artists 😢😩)

I don’t know what you are using for equipment, but the quality of the audio is f’ckn amazing!
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: Sparkyzilla85 on September 21, 2018, 2231 UTC
Currently playing "Herr Commissar" with an S7 signal into southern Wisconsin.
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: hsmith77 on September 21, 2018, 2233 UTC
  Big clear usb signal "After the fire "Der Kommissar
 ID by women "Superstition "
 "Eyes without a face " Billy Idol
 "Every kind People " Robert Palmer
 "You belong to the city " Glen Fry
 "My Cherie Amour " Stevie Wonder
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: Skipmuck on September 21, 2018, 2244 UTC
2243 UTC "Eyes Without A Face"-Billy Idol (Fair but fluttery signal here...excellent audio!)
2246 UTC YL chat, into "Every Kinda People"-Robert Palmer
2250 UTC "You Belong to the City"-Glen Frey

Hey Mix Radio....."Just Say No to Tracy"  ::)
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: blw on September 21, 2018, 2300 UTC
Good signal here using SAM mode. 12.6kHz bandwidth, and possibly a suppressed carrier mode? Thanks for the show.
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: Treehouse SWL on September 21, 2018, 2301 UTC
Finally hearing this signal way out here at 2257 UTC, as Stevie Wonder's "My Cherie Amour" was on. Not a great signal, but finally well above the noise floor, despite some unknown QRM.

Update at 0041 UTC: The signal's hovering pretty consistently around S3-S5 here, which is not great, but good enough to make "Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode boom through.

Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: DimBulb on September 21, 2018, 2304 UTC
Good signal in New Hampshire, S7 and nicely above the noise

2303z Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
2308z Mix Radio ID
2312z Deep Purple - My Woman From Tokyo
2318z Grand Funk - I'm Your Captain
2328Z Frankie Avalon - Venus
2330z Hall And Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
2336z Zep - Stairway to Heaven
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: PirateSWL on September 21, 2018, 2306 UTC
Mix Radio International 6970 USB S5-S7 in NY

2305: Peter Schilling “Major Tom”
2307: Mix Radio I.D. into Hiroshima “One Wish”
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: Ct Yankee on September 21, 2018, 2309 UTC
Good Signal

2305z "Major Tom"
2308z Unid electronic instrumental
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: RST111 on September 21, 2018, 2309 UTC
Out in the PNW like SnohomishScoop.  Getting a bit of a signal, but not enough to identify the audio except when it happens to briefly fade in.  SINPO 15511 - just breaking the noise floor.

Getting better Rx of it on my IC-R75 than my afredri

23:07 can hear music but not clear enough above the noise to identify yet.

01:40 Came back to my radio, reception has improved :-)

SINPO: 35533  Signal about an S6 with some slight fade.

01:43 Rush - Tom Sawyer
01:45 Mix Radio Station ID
01:45 Aerosmith - Dream On
01:50 Mix Radio Station ID
01:50 Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: didu heardat on September 21, 2018, 2310 UTC
sounds almost the same on lower sideband  :o
but  lacking a bit of audio quality  ;)
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: Kilokat7 on September 21, 2018, 2311 UTC
S9 and sounding very nice here with the filters opened up, 15 kHz or so wide.  Thanks for the music, MRI!

Now 02:35 UTC and still a solid S9+ and sounding great.  Also caught you in Spain on a remote SDR with a fair signal!
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: hammarhead on September 21, 2018, 2342 UTC
"Stairway to Heaven" at S9+15 into NE Ohio at 23:40 UTC.
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: ranco on September 21, 2018, 2342 UTC
2340 Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"

Signal: S9

2350 Sade "The Sweetest Taboo"

2357 Tears for Fears "Change" Extended Version
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: BigAl on September 21, 2018, 2342 UTC
23:40  Stairway to Heaven - an S9 signal now in SE VA with a signal 12+KHz wide and excellent audio. Thanks for the show!
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: MDK2 on September 21, 2018, 2345 UTC
2344 fair to good signal in Denver, which is pretty respectable. Playing "Crazy" by Seal at the moment
2353 Mix Radio ID
2354 "Change" Tears For Fears
0156 after many other songs, more Tears For Fears, "Head Over Heals"
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: redhat on September 21, 2018, 2349 UTC
6970.000 KHz 2346z S8-S9 with Seal's 'Crazy' Very nice 13K audio here.
2347z Sade 'Sweetest Taboo (Live Version!!)
2353z Mix Radio International ID
2353z Tears For Fears 'Change'
0000z Nice jazzy instrumental with some KILLER bass!!  Love it, wish I knew what it was. (Per the Op, Chris Botti 'Back Into My Heart' Thanks!!)
0004z Dave Mason 'We Just Disagree'
0007z The Who 'Eminence Front' (Excellent tune!)  Still hanging in at S9, storm noise is becoming more pronounced though.
0012z Rush 'Fly By Night'
0015z Joe Walsh 'Life's Been Good'
0024z 'You are tuned into the best of shortwave radio, mix radio international' ID
0026z Delfonics 'Didn't I blow your mind this time'
Storms getting too close, had to close down.

Recording from approx 0004z-0028z
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V9Ct_bV5hbjl4xtvrUqQz0BgNi9BIkBw (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V9Ct_bV5hbjl4xtvrUqQz0BgNi9BIkBw)

Thank for the show!

+-RH

P.S. The Op emailed me and said they enjoyed the recording.  Your welcome!
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: Tuco on September 22, 2018, 0009 UTC
S7 signal

0005z "We Just Disagree" by Dave Mason
0009z "Eminence Front" by The Who

Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: MrMomB on September 22, 2018, 0017 UTC
00:00-00:13 BUSTING the S-meter needle! S-9 + 20 on a CALIBRATED meter.  ...And the audio..SO SWEET!  No QSB.  Best signal that I have heard in a long time.  Are you in a mobile parked in front of my house?  73!!

00:56 Still listening with the AF way to the right.  ...The sweet audio...and fantastic song selection... 73

01:44 Stepped away for 10 minutes and now just barely above the noise.
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: Helicaster on September 22, 2018, 0021 UTC
0019 - Joe Walsh Very nice signal tonight.
0023 - id into The Delfonics
S8-9 very clear.
0152 - Strong signal with Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: BOR on September 22, 2018, 0037 UTC
A very respectable signal on the west coast of British Columbia as of 0025Z. Peaking at S5 on a Drake R8B receiver using a G5RV antenna. Audio sounds good with the 4 kHz filter selected.
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: PghScanner on September 22, 2018, 0041 UTC
S9+ with very good audio

Paul Simon - Mother and Cild Reunion
YL ID

Thanks for the show.
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: Token on September 22, 2018, 0054 UTC
Decent signal here in the Mojave Desert of California, about S7 or so.  Looks to be about 13.5 kHz wide at times, interesting.  I am finding the best listening with the RX filter set at about 5 kHz, wider than that and it just becomes too bright.  I did crank the filter out to 12 and 13 kHz just to try it, but resumed about 5 kHz width after that.

T!
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: JohnS on September 22, 2018, 0101 UTC
After many weeks of hearing no pirate I finally hear one: Mix Radio International on 6870 USB on September 22 at 0027.
Strong signal and good audio playing classic rock and pop.
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: KaySeeks on September 22, 2018, 0148 UTC
Listening in Ontario. Very nice signal for the past hour or so. SINPO 55445. There is a dead carrier on ~6870.89 but it is much weaker and not causing too much QRM.

It's rare that SSB sounds this good. I see approximately 13 - 14 KHz bandwidth.

I also see some unintended sideband though - between DC and ~700 Hz there is almost no rejection of the unintended and the LSB is as strong as the USB, with much higher attenuation above ~700 Hz. It is sort of listenable on the LSB but the audio quality suffers for the reasons above.

Cheers.

EDIT: propagation went into the toilet around 0204 UTC. Faded down to noise level.
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: canswl on September 22, 2018, 0201 UTC
Good reception at 01:59 UTC on the west coast.  USB, but poorer audio noted on LSB, but not on AM/SAM on my Perseus SDR.  Go figure?  Much stronger than 6920U, the only other pirate I can hear at this time, as sunset approaches.
Title: Re: Mix Radio International 6870 USB 2221 UTC 21 Sep 2018
Post by: [tRMZ] on September 22, 2018, 0215 UTC
Heck yeah Keweenaw Peninsula copy very clear.
 
But right now atm, (2:13z) this is weird music and it's trippin me out just a little bit! ;D