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Amateur Radio / Ops are talking on 160M already.

« on: September 07, 2021, 1906 UTC »

Huh... Even with all those lightning crashes, even being heard up to 10MHz, last night at 06:30UTC, ops on 1880kHz LSB were back on rag chewin'. And, all were coming in from S5 to S9. I guess that's a sign of Fall. Saturday night, I also heard that Gateway News 160M AM at 1860kHz, WA0RCR, at S10/9 - S20/9 signal. http://www.wa0rcr.com/

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Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / Part #15 TX'ing on the 11M Int BC Band?

« on: September 05, 2021, 1832 UTC »

Question... With all that mostly unused spectrum in the 11M International Broadcast band, from 25.670MHz - 26.100MHz, has anyone tried actual Part #15 tests and broadcasts there? About the only thing that I hear down there, anymore, are CB outbanders. I haven't heard those broadcast auxiliary FM stations there for a couple of years, at least. Yeah... Sucks about the Part #15 FS limit of 30uV, measured at 30M, (If I read that right.), but it would be interesting to see just how much of an area that could actually cover.   

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10/11 meters / Mild F2 PROP on 27MHz CB 16:00UTC.

« on: September 05, 2021, 1822 UTC »

Huh... Testing a repaired Uniden Pro510XL CB, so today I woke up to several stations shooting skip on AM CH's 28, 27, 11, 1, , Superbowl 6, and 38LSB. Couple from AR and AZ, but most were from S. CA and around San Diego.So, must be mild F2 coming back in there, but must also be the power hungry 'Big-Guns' that were heard.  Some of them at 9lbs.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Who'dat on 6080kHz, 07:03UTC? Oh... Our tax $$$$.

« on: September 04, 2021, 2018 UTC »

Wanted to see if CFRX on 6070kHz was coming in around at 3AM, or 07:00UTC, and it didn't, but skipped over me. However, at 07:03UTC, was a weak station, jammin' modern folk MX, on 6080kHz. No ID heard. Any cues???
UPDATE9/5/2021: Oh... It's VOA. Pretty solid S5 at 04:00UTC, so must be a domestic TX.

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Huh? / From Radio Survivor: Brazilian Authorities Cracking Down on Free Radio in 2021!

« on: September 03, 2021, 1827 UTC »

http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/09/brazilian-authorities-cracking-down-on-free-radio-in-2021/   They have a podcast interview that covered Community Radio in Brazil, now an article on the Pirate Scene there.

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Amateur Radio / ARRL VHF Sweepsteaks, September 11 - 13, 2021!

« on: August 31, 2021, 2012 UTC »

Tis that time again, already. http://www.arrl.org/september-vhf     Tropo and Aurora maybe the dominant propagation here.

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North American MW Pirate Radio / UNID, Classic tunage 1620Khz, 01:10UTC - 01:29UTC. 8/27/2021

« on: August 28, 2021, 0655 UTC »

Surprised to hear over the Cuban 1620 this station, while on the road, with Styx - The Best Of Times, Julian Lennon - Time To Say Goodbye, Love Train - (I'm brain farting on the artist.), no announcements, no ID's. Audio quality seemed to be EQ'ed in the mid-range, but was very clear. (Could be a clue that it was done from an amateur transceiver.) Also noticed that the tracks were not that tight from song to song. Station was gone at 05:17UTC on drive home. Only heard Cuba dominating then. This was an interesting catch in the truck, for sure.

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MW Loggings / Another Espanol AM Music Station on 1050kHz. And, KDKA1020 bowled over?

« on: August 24, 2021, 1800 UTC »

Heard this bangin' in on the drive to work, after 9PM EST an EDM Espanol station. Sounded really good, but didn't get an ID, or even a promo. And, that's with AM splatter from the flame throwers either side on 1040 and 1060. So, who 'dat? And, checkin' 1020KDKA, it was seriously getting bowled-over by a station jammin' folk tunage, and must have been +/- a few hundred Hertz off FREQ, since I heard a constant tone in there. Huh... KDKA usually has full dominance at night here in SW WV, and I can just hear them on GND-wave in the winter. That was different.

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Huh? / More, on RF Exposer Ratings Ruling?

« on: August 17, 2021, 1854 UTC »

FWR to me by WB8YST: https://wirecalifornia.org/case-20-1025-ruling/     Could that effect the 5G roll out?  Hmmmm...

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MW Loggings / A college, 99W, AM station in Toronto? Can anyone actually RX it?

« on: August 16, 2021, 0605 UTC »

Well, this is rare today on AM, a 99W college station on 1280AM, Toronto, ON,   https://www.cjru.ca/  Question is, can anyone hear that, over the semi-close Rochester's 5kW 1280WHTK? Would be a nice catch, indeed.

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MW Loggings / Mystery Spanish modern music station 1070kHz.

« on: August 13, 2021, 0716 UTC »

Several night, while it's still dark, I've found a pretty strong music station jamming reggae, Hip-Hop, and EDM, but all of it, including announcements and jingles, are in Spanish. Well, since No hablo espaņol, I have yet to ID this station. Anyone else hearing this on 1070kHz?

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General Radio Discussion / FEMA / EAS Tests sched for Wednesday 8/11/2021!

« on: August 07, 2021, 1852 UTC »

This could be interesting.   https://www.fema.gov/event/ipaws-national-test   Word on da' street also has it that cell phones and even another test of an internet kill-switch might happen then. Hmmmmmm... Could be interesting to listen for.

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Amateur Radio / New Experimental 40MHz test station licensed in Atlanta, GA!

« on: July 24, 2021, 0625 UTC »

Heard this on Amateur Radio Newsline #2282. With Sporadic "E" still in play, this should make for an interesting catch! https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/07/new-us-experimental-station-wl2xup-now.html

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Equipment / Test Driving the Russia-Made Malahit DSP-2: SWLing rip.

« on: July 22, 2021, 1700 UTC »

Looks like the Russian have taken thing up a notch in DSP / SDR based receivers.    https://swling.com/blog/2021/07/guest-post-and-review-test-driving-the-russia-made-malahit-dsp-2/   

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Weather / Nice smoky haze from Oregon and californian fires. Hmmmm...

« on: July 21, 2021, 2214 UTC »

Some unreal Sunsets and Blood Moon seen here in WV, due to the West Coast Fires.   https://www.space.com/smoke-from-us-wildfires-seen-from-space-july-2021