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Utility / HFGCS Force Directional Message (FDM) and Emergency Action Message (EAM) Log

« on: April 09, 2023, 0210 UTC »

HFGCS Force Directional Message (FDM) and Emergency Action Message (EAM) Log

Daily call sign for 09 April 2023: MISNOMER (ground NCS), ADVOCATE (airborne CP)

090151Z APR 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
01:51Z ADVOCATE calling MISNOMER for radio check; no response;
01:51Z ADVOCATE calling MISNOMER on 8992.0 kHz USB for radio check with response from FIST FULL;
01:54Z ADVOCATE calling MISNOMER on 15016.0 kHz USB; no response;
01:54Z ADVOCATE calling MAIN SAIL on 11175.0 kHz USB; no response;
01:55Z ADVOCATE calling ANY STATION for radio check on 11175.0 kHz USB; no response;
01:56Z ADVOCATE calling ANY STATION for radio check on 11175.0 kHz USB; no response;
01:59Z ADVOCATE calling MISNOMER with request to exit the net followed by authentication challenge;
02:02Z ADVOCATE exited the net at 02:02Z.

Note: The NCS used the previous day's daily call sign in error at 01:51Z.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 2357 UTC 8 APR 2023

« on: April 09, 2023, 0001 UTC »

00:00 UTC - Loud and clear with what sound like an old 40's radio broadcast.
00:05 UTC - Announcer expressed that he is experiencing some technical difficulties and is taking a break for some "tech support" and hopes to be back shortly.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KIPM relay via Undercover Radio 6935 AM 2234 UTC 8 APR 2023

« on: April 08, 2023, 2237 UTC »

KIPM 6935.0 kHz AM 22:35 UTC 08 APAR 2023

22:35 UTC - UNID just signing on; weak readable and could not make out the station ID due to fading in and out;
22:39 UTC - Station ID (could not make out.);
22:43 UTC - Station ID: KIPM
22:47 UTC - Undercover Radio announcer.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WBNY Relay 6935 USB 2105 UTC 08 APR 2023

« on: April 08, 2023, 2230 UTC »

22:28 UTC - Just caught the station as it was signing off; weak readable.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thunder Chicken Radio 6935 USB 1226 UTC 08 APR 2023

« on: April 08, 2023, 1229 UTC »

Thunder Chicken Radio 6935.0 kHz USB 12:26 UTC 08 APR 2023

12:26 UTC - UNID with a live album cut of music, weak readable;
13:20 UTC - Starting to fade;
13:25 UTC - SSTV;
13:49 UTC - SSTV (same as previous: "The toilet is currently out of order. Please use the children's ball pit");
13:57 UTC - SSTV: Thunder Chicken
14:00 UTC - Station ID: "Your are listening to Thunder Chicken Radio ..." followed by end of broadcast.




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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KIPM via UNID 6925 USB 0238 UTC 08 APR 2023

« on: April 08, 2023, 0320 UTC »

03:18 UTC - Weak readable with a miserable story by male host;
03:22 UTC - KIPM Illuminati followed by address for QSL.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Undercover Radio 6935 AM 0220 UTC 08 APR 2023

« on: April 08, 2023, 0316 UTC »

03:15 UTC - Good readable with some heavy rock rap music.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Song Info TX mode

« on: April 08, 2023, 0151 UTC »

And EasyPal is an issue. It does not work beyond Windows XP. WinDRM has been succeeded by EasyDRF. I have played with EasyDRF but I have not really figured out how to make the images. I would say keep it simple and quick and pick a mode that is also available on the KiwiSDR receivers.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 AM 0123 UTC 08 APR 2023

« on: April 08, 2023, 0126 UTC »

01:25 UTC - Weak barely readable with fading;
01:26 UTC - Lost in the noise but coming back.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMPQ 6935 USB 0042 UTC 8 April 2023

« on: April 08, 2023, 0114 UTC »

01:09 UTC - Weak barely readable with SSTV: "put your name on it yourslef".

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 08 APR 2023

« on: April 08, 2023, 0057 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:57 UTC 08 APR 2023

00:57 UTC - Carrier is up and looking good and quiet;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal; good readable at an S8 with some marginal fading;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
02:54 UTC - SSTV;
02:56 UTC - End of broadcast.

Monitoring also available via the live stream: BallSmacker Radio
eQSL and reception report via the e-mail address provided at BallSmacker Radio

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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Utility / Re: HFGCS General Log

« on: April 08, 2023, 0041 UTC »

072108Z APR 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
21:08Z LINER 76 calling MUDBUG;
21:21Z LINER 76 with RAYMOND ? checking in at level off in the green.

072114Z APR 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
21:14Z LINER 58 calling ANY AIRCRAFT, ANY RADIO for radio check; no response.

072116Z APR 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
21:16Z LINER 58 calling ANY AIRCRAFT, ANY RADIO for radio check; response from LINER 56.

072155Z APR 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
21:55Z LINER 54 calling ANY RADIO for radio check; response from LINER 56.

LINER = F/A-18C
MUDBUG = CP Barksdale AFB, LA or Louisiana CAP
RAYMOND = A-10C

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Utility / HFGCS Force Directional Message (FDM) and Emergency Action Message (EAM) Log

« on: April 08, 2023, 0036 UTC »

HFGCS Force Directional Message (FDM) and Emergency Action Message (EAM) Log

Daily call sign for 08 April 2023: FIST FULL (ground NCS), BALL BAT, GIN SOUR (airborne CP)

080000Z APR 2023
TO: ALL STATIONS
FROM: PLAY TOOTH
LXRAXX // ZASPT AWZCV C2MLT 6E4XB AI2T

Note: The 00:00Z msg was broadcast from the airborne CP with the previous day's call sign.

080047Z APR 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
00:47Z BALL BAT calling FIST FULL for radio check; no response;
01:00Z BALL BAT calling FIST FULL for radio check; with response from MAIN SAIL;
01:01Z BALL BAT with request to exit the net followed by authentication challenge;
01:05Z BALL BAT exited the net at 01:05Z.

080259Z APR 2023
TO: ALL STATIONS
FROM: FLY BALL
LXLXYH // QEHDN QFVHY EZX5Q 7L2LC HP2X

080302Z APR 2023
TO: ALL STATIONS
FROM: FIST FULL
LXLXYH // QEHDN QFVHY EZX5Q 7L2LC HP2X

Note: I suspect the 03:02Z msg was resent due to the wrong daily call sign being used for the 02:59Z broadcast.

080311Z APR 2023
TO: ALL STATIONS
FROM: FIST FULL
LXLGYD // HGH5D IVTZP FMLMK IDKH4 IFPS

080323Z APR 2023
TO: ALL STATIONS
FROM: FIST FULL
------ // -QOAO Y2I4Y VO4YH SO3SW 3AHZ

080330Z APR 2023
TO: ALL STATIONS
FROM: FIST FULL
LXGFEL // YQOAO Y2I4Y VO4YH SO3SW 3AHZ
THIS IS FIST FULL, STANDBY, MORE TO FOLLOW

080332Z APR 2023
LXLGY DISREGARD THIS MESSAGE, THIS IS FIST FULL OUT

080338Z APR 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
03:38Z GIN SOUR calling FIST FULL with request to exit the net followed by authentication challenge;
03:41Z GIN SOUR exited the net at 03:42Z.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Song Info TX mode

« on: April 07, 2023, 1833 UTC »

I would stay away from CW. There are lots of listeners on this board which are not amateur radio operators and would not be proficient with CW.

RTTY is a nice touch and MMTTY, in my opinion, is a nice free lite decoder that works very well.

What I think might be a great way to deliver the song info would be to create a cue sheet with your station ID etc ... and SSTV the whole thing. Pretty much everyone here is familiar with SSTV and is used by many of the other pirates.

My 2 cents ...

~SIGINT~

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio New York International relay by ? 6875 AM 1742 UTC 07 APR 2023

« on: April 07, 2023, 1816 UTC »

18:10 UTC - The signal is not making it up my way. The band is currently dead, no propagation. Even the 40 metre band is pretty much inactive. That matches up with what I currently see in Ham CAP.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson T2FD and Wellbrook loop antennae