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Longwave Loggings / A few beacon logs 0130 UTC 1/1/2016

« on: January 01, 2017, 0242 UTC »

0130z 216 kHz CLB   North Carolina
          363 kHz RNB  New Jersey
          391 kHz DDP  Puerto Rico
          400 kHz FO    New York
0545z 332 kHz FIS    Key West Florida  
          366 kHz YMW QU Canada

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Utility / Weather- Navtex/SitorB 517usb 2306 UTC 12.31.16

« on: December 31, 2016, 2335 UTC »

My first time picking this up, noisy copy
but good decode. I'll try to look up where
this transmits from.

.SUNDAY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT WITH
OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 9 FT. DOMINANT PERIOD 10 SEC. N
SWELL 4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.MONDAY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT WITH
OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 8 FT. DOMINANT PERIOD 10 SEC. N
SWELL AROUND 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TUESDAY...EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT WITH
OCCASIONAL SEAS UP TO 6 FT. DOMINANT PERIOD 8 SEC. SCATTERED
SHOWERS

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Guinea 9650 AM 2034z 12/31/2016

« on: December 31, 2016, 2041 UTC »

S7 good signal, in French with African music.
Conakry xmtr in Guyana, 50 kw.

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Other / BPSK31 on WI2XJP 6952 usb 1840z 12/26/2016

« on: December 26, 2016, 1856 UTC »

I was parked on 6952 usb trying to catch the SSTVs,
picked up some BPSK31 instead. Weak copy.

Interesting station.

1840 ...RYRYR6RYRYRYR|RYRYRYRYRYR1RYRYRYR1RYRYRYRYR]R1e  WI2XJP   Wayland,MA    QSL TO K2ORS@VERIZON.NET      NNNN
1902 Repeating same message every minute or so.

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QSLs Received / Pirate Radio Boston 12/11/2016

« on: December 15, 2016, 1531 UTC »

Thanks Charlie!

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DGPS / DGPS Logs 12/14/2016

« on: December 14, 2016, 1520 UTC »

Didn't pick up Sallisaw, OK last night. Live audio feed between 0530-0630z.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Prague via WRMI 5850 AM 2332 UTC 12/10/2016

« on: December 10, 2016, 2333 UTC »

2332 Good signal S9+ slight noise and fade. Czech culture program.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Australia 17840 AM 2334 UTC 12/9/2016

« on: December 09, 2016, 2339 UTC »

Not moving S Meter but very nice signal for this time of year and time of day on 16 meters.
Also good signal WWV on 15 and 20.

2238 News of Mid-East.
2341 ..Starting to fade already, these bands silent at 2346.

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Utility / WWV 5000 AM, STANAG?

« on: December 09, 2016, 2243 UTC »

STANAG type signal heard on WWV, 5000 kHz @2243z.
About 10kHz wide.
WWV JBA.

0303z Signal still there, severe interference w/WWV. Strange.

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QSLs Received / Channel Z eQSL

« on: December 05, 2016, 1608 UTC »

From 11/27/2016, Thanks Andy Walker!

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DGPS / DGPS Log 12/1/2016

« on: December 01, 2016, 0659 UTC »

Live audio feed with ICOM and longwire, didn't get through the whole band.
I was happy with Sallisaw, OK and Bobo, MS. Sure hope they're valid.
About 0600-0645z.

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Shortwave Broadcast / DEUTSCHE WELLE 15290 AM 1627 UTC 11/27/2016

« on: November 27, 2016, 1629 UTC »

S2 peaks but low noise, good copy

1628 News Stories

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DGPS / DGPS Logs 11/26/2016

« on: November 26, 2016, 1405 UTC »

Thought I would try Chris's Amalgamated DGPS decoder
for Windows.
It worked good and was easy to set up. A few bugs that I
will make note of.

I was decoding live audio from my ICOM using my longwire
antenna then my folded dipole which is a lot quieter and
pulled in more signals. I need a proper antenna for LW.
Any suggestions for a low cost loop or other adequate
antenna for LW ?

I tuned the band 1 kHz at a time between 285 kHz and 325 kHz
from 0330z to about 0430z.
I was surprised at the stations I was able to pick up and ID.

What a blast! I'll be on LW tonight to.
Great job on this Chris.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Relay Station 5150 AM 1624 UTC 11/23/2016

« on: November 23, 2016, 1627 UTC »

S9 mod fade, good sig

1624 remix of "Do It Again"
1628 "Heart and Soul"
1635 "Silly Love Songs"
1647 "Him" playing.
1814 remix of "Heart of Gold" playing. sig down a bit, fading.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Verdad, Guatemala 4055 AM 0152 UTC 11/20/2016

« on: November 20, 2016, 0155 UTC »

S7 good copy.
Guatemala, Chiquimula transmitter 1 kw

Christmas music.