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North American Shortwave Pirate / Northwoods Radio 6925 USB 1243z
« on: October 25, 2008, 1244 UTC »
Sign on with the loon and an ID. Very strong signal, S9 at times. Into music.
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31202
Equipment / Re: T2FD Antenna
« on: October 22, 2008, 1521 UTC »
Since coax loss at HF is typically very low, I don't see a 100 yard run causing major problems. 100 yards of RG-8 results in a 3 dB loss - half an S unit. Even crappy RG-58 only doubles that to 6 dB, and RG-58 isn't really even coax ;-)
31203
North American Shortwave Pirate / Purple Nucleus of Creation 6925 USB 2058z
« on: October 21, 2008, 2104 UTC »
S9+ signal, probably a relay from the same station as Possum Huntin' Radio.
31204
North American Shortwave Pirate / Possum Huntin' Radio 6925 USB 2028z
« on: October 21, 2008, 2048 UTC »
Started off fairly weak, but up to S9+ at 2047 UTC. Music, frequent IDs, mention of FCC agents.
31205
Equipment / Re: T2FD Antenna
« on: October 21, 2008, 2025 UTC »
A few weeks ago, I finally put up my T2FD. I went with one 131.5 ft long, so cut for 2500 kHz and up. I'm using a 12:1 balun and feeding it with 100 ft of RG6-U 75 ohm coax. The center termination resistor is 800 ohms.
The high end is perhaps 50 ft up, the low end about 20 ft, and it slopes to the south. Not my preferred orientation, but you take what the trees give you.
I'm really amazed with the reception. While the signal is generally an S unit or two lower than that from one of my dedicated dipoles (for the 90, 60, 48 and 43 meter bands), the noise is much less, hence a much better signal to noise ratio. And it works everywhere on HF, I don't need to keep flipping between antennas.
Performance on the high end of the MW band is also excellent (as compared to an approximately 500 ft long random wire). Performance is much worse on the low end, as expected.
I'm really pleased with the results. I'm actually very close to removing the antennas switch, and just connecting this as my only antenna. It's that good.
The high end is perhaps 50 ft up, the low end about 20 ft, and it slopes to the south. Not my preferred orientation, but you take what the trees give you.
I'm really amazed with the reception. While the signal is generally an S unit or two lower than that from one of my dedicated dipoles (for the 90, 60, 48 and 43 meter bands), the noise is much less, hence a much better signal to noise ratio. And it works everywhere on HF, I don't need to keep flipping between antennas.
Performance on the high end of the MW band is also excellent (as compared to an approximately 500 ft long random wire). Performance is much worse on the low end, as expected.
I'm really pleased with the results. I'm actually very close to removing the antennas switch, and just connecting this as my only antenna. It's that good.
31206
North American Shortwave Pirate / Happy Halloween 6925 USB 1947z
« on: October 21, 2008, 2000 UTC »
Halloween related programming, Munsters theme, spooky stories. Very strong, S9+ signal into MD.
"Happy Halloween" jingle.
"Happy Halloween" jingle.
31207
North American Shortwave Pirate / Ann Hoffer Live 6925 AM 2050z
« on: October 19, 2008, 2053 UTC »
ID at 2053z. Live guitar music.
31208
North American Shortwave Pirate / Old Vampire Radio 6925 USB 1901z
« on: October 19, 2008, 1913 UTC »
Same program as last year I think. Spooky stories, ad for Casket Carnival.
S5 signal at the start of the show, down to S3 at 1913z.
S5 signal at the start of the show, down to S3 at 1913z.
31209
North American Shortwave Pirate / Happy Halloween 6925 USB 1839z
« on: October 19, 2008, 1842 UTC »
Sounds like the usual program. Very good signal, S9.
31210
North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 1410z
« on: October 19, 2008, 1421 UTC »
Playing what sounds like Celtic music. No ID heard yet. Very faint, not even S1, but low noise conditions this morning, and the T2FD is performing well.
31211
North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6926 USB 2227z
« on: October 18, 2008, 2235 UTC »
Played two Monkees songs, including "Last Train to Clarksville", then off. No ID heard. Pretty good signal.
Back on at 2236z.
Back on at 2236z.
31212
North American Shortwave Pirate / WHYP 6925 1510z
« on: October 18, 2008, 1516 UTC »
Really tough copy here, thanks to Zane on #PirateRadio for the ID.
31213
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925u Radio Free Speech
« on: October 18, 2008, 1333 UTC »
Very weak here in MD, but I did catch an ID at 1332, and a mention of Commander Bunny.
31214
North American Shortwave Pirate / Conelrad 6925 USB 0038z
« on: October 18, 2008, 0044 UTC »
S7-S8 signal. Music, PSAs.
31215
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Spider Radio 10/15/08
« on: October 17, 2008, 0037 UTC »
I heard Spider this afternoon, 10/16 at around 2100z. Very weak, but it was there. Heard some SSTV, but it was too noisy for a decode.
Conditions should improve as we move further into Fall.
Conditions should improve as we move further into Fall.