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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: CFRX Back On 6070
« on: October 26, 2014, 0318 UTC »
Loud and clear onto the isthmus this morning, roughly 1400Z. All three of us on the DXpedition today agreed it's good to have CFRX back again! 
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: High Solar Activity - Check the Bands!
« on: October 26, 2014, 0316 UTC »
That could explain the proliferation of strong signals from South Asians we had during our DXpedition this morning. 25 and 16 meters were full of subcontinental stations, both coming from and aimed at same. No sign of Pakistan though - darnit!
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10/11 meters / Re: 10 meters burning up my ears! 09/27/14
« on: October 02, 2014, 0244 UTC »
That little radio is really excellent on HF, and the location we were in is pretty much *ideal*, unless you count mosquitoes! Quoth one of the three of us (not me) while on the most recent trip: We need one good frost to get rid of these mosquitoes.
I should've told him to be careful what he wished for . . . bur! I swear it's in the 40's Fahrenheit here now.
I should've told him to be careful what he wished for . . . bur! I swear it's in the 40's Fahrenheit here now.
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10/11 meters / Re: 10 meters burning up my ears! 09/27/14
« on: September 30, 2014, 2337 UTC »
I was using a Tecsun PL-660, and get this. It was entirely barefoot, not counting the built-in whip! I neeeed to get back out to that park again...
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: maybe YHWH
« on: September 30, 2014, 2330 UTC »
That set of frequencies and the language of the broadcast makes me think World Harvest Radio or Radio Vaticana. WHRI is known to use 7315. Then again, KBS is also known to use 9605, and in Spanish!
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General Radio Discussion / Re: WRMI starts relay of Radio Ukraine International
« on: September 28, 2014, 2159 UTC »
Not to put too fine a point on it, but oh cooooool! 
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10/11 meters / 10 meters burning up my ears! 09/27/14
« on: September 28, 2014, 2150 UTC »
Yesterday, three of us Madison local DXers had an early morning DXpedition in a park known for its quiet conditions. The end result was, among other things, some incredible shortwave broadcaster catches, and a half-dozen beacons that about made me fall over! Here the beacons are, and to be fair, VE7MTY was a catch made at my home QTH later in the afternoon.
28227.3, IW3FZQ - Rovigo, Italy beacon, 1442-1449. Clear beacon ID, IW3FZQ/B, as well as spelling out the word beacon in English. Two very long dashes between transmissions. Signal fair to good on fade-up, SINPO 43343, RST 339.
28203.5, K6LLL - Laguna Beach, California beacon, 1450-1455. Clear K6FFF/B IDs, as well as the state abbreviation CA at each transmission's end, grid square information - CN something - and antenna info - I thought I'd copied the word vertical. Signal fair to good, SINPO 43344, RST 339.
28250, K8NDB - Yuma, Arizona beacon, 1455-1458. Clear IDs - K8NDB/B, and what sounded like grid square information. CW speed was rapid, too quick for me to copy all info. Signal fair, SINPO 33333, RST 339.
28183, XE1RCS - Cerro Gordo, Mexico beacon, 1500-1502. Transmission consisted of clear IDs - XE1RCS/B - and grid square information - I copied 33, but missed the letter identifiers for location. Signal good, SINPO 44344, RST 339.
28215, YV5LIX - Caracas, Venezuela beacon, 1507-152. Very slow Morse IDs - VVV de YV5LIX/B - as well as the spelled-out location, Caracas. Signal fair to good but mixing with two other stations, making copy difficult. SINPO 43343, RST 339.
28173, IZ1EPM - Chivasso City, Italy beacon, 1514-1518. Clear IZ1EPM/B IDs that I initially copied incorrectly as IZ1IPM, as well as power and speed info - 5WD, 20W. Signal good, SINPO 44344, RST 349.
28243, F5ZWE - Foix, France beacon, 1519-1521. Clear IDs - F5ZWE/B - with three long dashes between each. Signal surprisingly good, SINPO 44444, RST 449.
28197, VE7MTY - Pitt Meadows, British Columbia beacon, 1844-1850. Signal ran VE7MTY/B, followed by grid square information - I was only able to copy the numbers 21 - with a long dash between transmissions. Signal fair at best with deep fades. SINPO 33333, RST 239.
The propagation gods were, as they say, cooking with gas!
28227.3, IW3FZQ - Rovigo, Italy beacon, 1442-1449. Clear beacon ID, IW3FZQ/B, as well as spelling out the word beacon in English. Two very long dashes between transmissions. Signal fair to good on fade-up, SINPO 43343, RST 339.
28203.5, K6LLL - Laguna Beach, California beacon, 1450-1455. Clear K6FFF/B IDs, as well as the state abbreviation CA at each transmission's end, grid square information - CN something - and antenna info - I thought I'd copied the word vertical. Signal fair to good, SINPO 43344, RST 339.
28250, K8NDB - Yuma, Arizona beacon, 1455-1458. Clear IDs - K8NDB/B, and what sounded like grid square information. CW speed was rapid, too quick for me to copy all info. Signal fair, SINPO 33333, RST 339.
28183, XE1RCS - Cerro Gordo, Mexico beacon, 1500-1502. Transmission consisted of clear IDs - XE1RCS/B - and grid square information - I copied 33, but missed the letter identifiers for location. Signal good, SINPO 44344, RST 339.
28215, YV5LIX - Caracas, Venezuela beacon, 1507-152. Very slow Morse IDs - VVV de YV5LIX/B - as well as the spelled-out location, Caracas. Signal fair to good but mixing with two other stations, making copy difficult. SINPO 43343, RST 339.
28173, IZ1EPM - Chivasso City, Italy beacon, 1514-1518. Clear IZ1EPM/B IDs that I initially copied incorrectly as IZ1IPM, as well as power and speed info - 5WD, 20W. Signal good, SINPO 44344, RST 349.
28243, F5ZWE - Foix, France beacon, 1519-1521. Clear IDs - F5ZWE/B - with three long dashes between each. Signal surprisingly good, SINPO 44444, RST 449.
28197, VE7MTY - Pitt Meadows, British Columbia beacon, 1844-1850. Signal ran VE7MTY/B, followed by grid square information - I was only able to copy the numbers 21 - with a long dash between transmissions. Signal fair at best with deep fades. SINPO 33333, RST 239.
The propagation gods were, as they say, cooking with gas!
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10/11 meters / belated but excellent beaconeering logs, 09/14
« on: September 20, 2014, 0545 UTC »
I've only gotten around to posting these now, but believe me, I'm QSLing them! I went DXing on Sunday, didn't get a whole lot on many of the shortwave bands, tried 10 meters on a whim and... holy cow! I was hoping for anything, maybe Canadians, but what I got... well.
28203, PY2WFG - Ipiranga, Sao Paolo, Brazil beacon, 2118-2128. VVV de PY2WFG BCN, then grid square information - GG77FF. Long dash between transmissions, then repeat. Signal fair at best, contending with fading. SINPO 32233, RST 339.
28190, PU2NJO - Embarre Santos, Sao Paolo, Brazil beacon, 2129-2136. Transmission ran CQ CQ CQ test beacon PW2NJO QRZ, repeated. Signal heard roughly once every minute, with a long pause in between. Signal fair to good, SINPO 43344, RST 439.
That was, to put it the way a friend did when I shared the logs with her, a heck of an opening! I checked again later, and nothing. I'm still blown away by these. The first of the two catches took a long time to pull out of the static, but was it ever worth it! The second just sort of sprang up on me!
28203, PY2WFG - Ipiranga, Sao Paolo, Brazil beacon, 2118-2128. VVV de PY2WFG BCN, then grid square information - GG77FF. Long dash between transmissions, then repeat. Signal fair at best, contending with fading. SINPO 32233, RST 339.
28190, PU2NJO - Embarre Santos, Sao Paolo, Brazil beacon, 2129-2136. Transmission ran CQ CQ CQ test beacon PW2NJO QRZ, repeated. Signal heard roughly once every minute, with a long pause in between. Signal fair to good, SINPO 43344, RST 439.
That was, to put it the way a friend did when I shared the logs with her, a heck of an opening! I checked again later, and nothing. I'm still blown away by these. The first of the two catches took a long time to pull out of the static, but was it ever worth it! The second just sort of sprang up on me!
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Utility / Re: RWM 14996 kHz 1939 UTC 18Sep14
« on: September 19, 2014, 0159 UTC »
Nice catch! I've heard RWM only twice, on consecutive nights this summer. I QSL'd them via their e-mail address, or tried to. No response as yet.
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General Radio Discussion / Re: THERE IS A GOD- RADIO DISNEY IS SELLING ALL BUT ONE OF ITS STATIONS!!!!!
« on: September 01, 2014, 0408 UTC »
The Sussex, WI Disney outlet is my local, rendering 1640 impossible to DX. I can also hear the New York outlet on 1560 if conditions are right. Oof.
I really, really, really hope they don't go religious. We've got enough of those already. Regional Mexican would at least be listenable. Here's to some DX for all of us if any of the Disneyfied stations is off the air a few days during whatever change of ownership they make...
I really, really, really hope they don't go religious. We've got enough of those already. Regional Mexican would at least be listenable. Here's to some DX for all of us if any of the Disneyfied stations is off the air a few days during whatever change of ownership they make...
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MW Loggings / Re: South Pacific DX 8/17/2014
« on: August 20, 2014, 0720 UTC »
Tahiti? Daaaaang! That is seriously impressive! How the heck did you manage that one?
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Solomon Islands 5020 1123 UTC 8/10/2014
« on: August 11, 2014, 1026 UTC »
That is one *seriously* nice catch!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Voice of the Abnormal 6925 AM 0020 UTC 11 Aug 2014
« on: August 11, 2014, 1023 UTC »
Tuned in at roughly 0046 and... whoa! I wasn't entirely sure what to make of the craziness I heard. Couple that with trying to get an exact lock on the frequency I needed, and I was a bit creeped out for a minute there, no offense to the op. Caught the 'abnormality will continue' bit, the DJ's name Guy T. Falcon?, and a probable Abnormal Radio or Radio Abnormal ID. Into one odd piano and voice tune before I tuned away.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Kuwait English service 15540 Khz 20:30 UTC July 15,2014
« on: July 18, 2014, 0022 UTC »
I have to admit, on days when I can get both the English and Arabic services of Radio Kuwait in here, I pick the Arabic service. The music's much better even if I don't speak the language.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6925 USB 0114 UTC 16 Jul 2014
« on: July 18, 2014, 0019 UTC »
I'm late, late, laaaaate in logging this, but I had the signal too. Lots of static here as well, but I managed to hear OMC -- "How Bizarre" (at least in part, tuned in at the end of the song, rats), a snippet of Matchbox 20, and at least part of a song by The Presidents of the United States of America, and yes that's really the band's name. then into harder rock I didn't recognize. Caught a clear ID over it: Accelerate. X L R 8. Lost to the static not long after.
Thanks for the show!
Thanks for the show!