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5056

Longwave Loggings / Re: Longwave

« on: December 23, 2012, 2117 UTC »

As of late have been spending more time down there seeing what's going on.

Down around 200-220, heard a couple of NDBs deep into Canada (hundreds of miles north of here) and they were coming in better than the local beacon.

On 518 kHz are NAVTEX stations. Bunch from around the US & Canada and I've been able to get Bermuda & Greenland.

Down in VLF, can easily hear a very strong USN station in LaMoure, ND on 25.2 kHz. A couple of other USN stations from Washington (state) and Maine on 24.0 & 24.8 kHz. There's another on 40 kHz. Plus the venerable WWVB on 60 kHz.

SAQ, a very old transmitter over in Sweden will be pumpin' out the dits on 17.2 kHz starting at 0800Z on 12/24/2012. They'll fire up the ol' fella at 0730Z to get it warmed up.

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimeton_VLF_transmitter
http://www.alexander.n.se/transmissions.htm


There's a whole world beneath the AM broadcast band.

5057

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6925USB 0048 23Dec12

« on: December 23, 2012, 2106 UTC »

Never heard them.

5058

Longwave Loggings / Re: Longwave

« on: December 23, 2012, 1741 UTC »

Used to fly and used the ADF for listening to AM broadcast stations all the time. Even used the AM broadcast stations for navigation (unofficially).

One beacon I used a lot was Kenie (AA) on 365 kHz. To this day (20+ years later), still tune in to hear the ol' friend sending AA out to the world.

Interesting thing... listened for our two local beacons, Hopey (PPI) on 400 kHz and Vagey (AP) on 338. Found Hopey going strong, but only thing I hear on 338 is SHL. Its in Sheldon, SD.

Looks like Vagey went away, as don't see it on the sectional.

5059

General Radio Discussion / SAQ Transmissions on Christmas Eve 24 December 2012 on 17.2 kHz

« on: December 23, 2012, 1628 UTC »

http://www.alexander.n.se/transmissions.htm


"We plan for a traditional transmission on Christmas Eve Monday 24 December. We plan to start the transmitter at 07:30 UTC and will be on air a few minutes later. A message will be sent at 08:00 UTC. The frequency is 17.2 kHz CW.

 QSL-reports are kindly received:

 QSL reports can be given via:

- E-mail to: info@alexander.n.se

- or fax to: +46-340-674195

- or via SM bureau

- or direct by mail to: Alexander - Grimeton Veteranradios Vaenner, Radiostationen, Grimeton 72, S-432 98 Grimeton, SWEDEN

Note: SAQ is a member of the Swedish Amateur Association (SSA) and "QSL via bureau" is OK."

5060

Longwave Loggings / Re: Longwave

« on: December 23, 2012, 1621 UTC »

I've looked for LW & MW Euro stations, but the most I get is an occasional weak carrier in the waterfall on MW. Never strong enough for audio. Have yet to see anything on LW from there.

And there is also http://www.500kc.com

5061

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: The Mighty KBC 21600 kHz AM Dec 23, 2012 1500Z

« on: December 23, 2012, 1513 UTC »

WHRI was on until 1458Z then went off. Then some other weak station came on... then KBC booming over it.

No listing for anyone scheduled for 21600 1500-1600.

5062

Shortwave Broadcast / The Mighty KBC 21600 kHz AM Dec 23, 2012 1500Z

« on: December 23, 2012, 1501 UTC »

1500Z 55444 S9+10 ID.  Very strong signal.   Directional antenna to the USA with 250 kW (didn't state from where).
1502Z 55444 S9+10 Rock 'n' Roll Rewind with Ron O'Quinn
1503Z 55444 S9+10 The Bellamy Brothers "Let Your Love Flow"
1507Z 55444 S9+10 Fleetwood Mac "Say You Love Me"
1510Z 55444 S9+ ID
1510Z 55444 S9+ Advertisement
1511Z 55444 S9+ ID
1511Z 55444 S9+ The Elgins "It's Been A Long Long Time"
1514Z 45444 S9 ID. DJ Dave Mason
1515Z 45434 S8 Glenn Frey "Lover's Moon"   Signal fluctuating S7-S9+.
1519Z 45433 S7 ID
1519Z 45433 S7 Adverstisement
1520Z 45433 S7 Greatest Memories of All Times with Paul Graham
1520Z 45433 S7 Cream "I Feel Free"
1524Z 45433 S7 Isle of Man tourism advertisement
1525Z 45433 S8 Dave Clark Five "Everybody Knows"
1527Z 45433 S8 KBC store CB radio advertisement.
1528Z 45433 S8 ID
1528Z 45433 S8 Heartland "Let's Get Dirty"
1532Z 45434 S8 ID
1533Z 45434 S8 Taylor Swift "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
1536Z 45434 S8 Advertisement for KBC Import.
1537Z 45434 S8 Hosts Stan Campbell and Tim Denis
1538Z 45434 S8 Patsy Cline "Crazy"
1540Z 35433 S6 Tim Denis "Heartache Hill"   Signal went down significantly.
1545Z 35433 S6 Advertisement
1547Z 35432 S6 ID
1547Z 35432 S6 Prince "Rock And Roll Love Affair"
1550Z 35433 S7 ID
1550Z 35432 S6 George Thorogood "You Talk Too Much"
1554Z 25432 S6 ID  
1555Z 25432 S6 Adam Faith "Poor Me"
1557Z 25432 S6 ID
1557Z 25432 S6 Exseption "A La Turka"
1559Z Off air.




_{Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ loop}

Also sounding great on several different portables with just the telescopic antenna (Sony 2010, ATS-909X, and PL-660) until 1540Z when the signal dropped. Continued to slowly degrade after that.

5063

North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: 1720 KHz "The Big Q" 0509 UTC 12/23/2012

« on: December 23, 2012, 0523 UTC »

Got them around 0520Z. About S6 or so with the loop going more or less E-W. It was a little above the noise and was able to make out music. Didn't hear an ID (but didn't listen long).

First time hearing someone on 1720.



_{Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ loop}

5064

Longwave Loggings / Re: Longwave

« on: December 23, 2012, 0520 UTC »

Yeah, hear a lot of NDBs from around 200 to 420 or so, then a few more from 510-529, including NAVTEX on 518.

5065

Shortwave Broadcast / The Mighty KBC 21600 kHz AM Dec 22, 2012 1550Z

« on: December 22, 2012, 1553 UTC »

1550Z 45444 S9+ ID & Music. Signal is doing absolutely fantastic. Very strong and plenty of audio (unlike the lack of audio on 9450).
1551Z 45444 S9+ Clout "Save Me"
1554Z 45444 S9+ Elvis Presley "Got A Lot O' Livin To Do!"
1556Z 45444 S9+ ID & signoff
1556Z 45444 S9+ Ekseption "A La Turka"
1559Z Off air




Special holiday broadcasts:
http://www.kbcradio.eu/index.php?dir=shows

Extra hours on December 22, 23, 25 and 26

EU (German time) UTC +1
9835 kHz, 1500 - 1600 UTC, Non Directional, 125 kW

USA (East Coast time) UTC -5
21600 kHz, 1500 - 1600 UTC, 300°, 250 kW

Asia (Vietnam time) UTC +7 / Australia (Sydney time) UTC +11
15470 kHz, 1500 - 1600 UTC, 75°, 250 kW

Also in DRM on December 22, 23, 25 and 26
on 9755 khz 16.00 - 17.00 UTC
from Bulgaria with 100 kW and we are using a curtain antenna.




_{Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ loop}

5066

Utility / Re: Greenland 518 kHz NAVTEX Dec 13, 2012 0520Z

« on: December 18, 2012, 0154 UTC »

NMW Astoria, Oregon in the overnight logs, a new one for me.  Good copy between 0750-0810 with several short messages.  I'm amazed how well these stations get out.  Anyone know what kind of power they put out?

Good question.

Tried to look it up, but not much found. Came somewhat close-ish on p10, which suggests 100-1kW depending on range desired.
http://www.sjospeider.org/navguide.pdf

Looks like Greenland recently received some new NAVTEX transmitters:
http://www.danphone.com/Files/Filer/Pdf/News_Dec10.pdf

Those are the 1 kW model:
http://www.danphone.com/Products/Radio_Communication_Systems/Navtex_Transmitters.aspx

Details:
http://www.danphone.com/Files/Filer/Pdf/Danphone%20NAVTEX%20System.pdf


Found a couple of other xmtrs and they vary from 75 W to 3 kW.

Some info on the Iqaluit, Canada station (but no power):
http://www.iho.int/mtg_docs/com_wg/CPRNW/WWNWS4/WWNWS4-3-2-XVII_XVIII.pdf

Nice little chart at the end showing their pattern. Pointed away from here, so now I have to try to get them.

Unless there's a list floating around, perhaps its time to send off a bunch of reception reports and see if they stick it on there.  Planning on doing that myself. Need to sort & assemble a useful list of stations for sending reports, then find their addresses.

5067

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Casablanca 6940 AM 12/16/12 22:14 UTC

« on: December 16, 2012, 2231 UTC »

S8-S9. With some great music.

2209Z 25422 S6 IS (La Marseillaise)
2214Z 25422 S6 ID "You are listening to Radio Casablanca". Gave email address.
2215Z 25422 S6 D Wilson "Knock On Wood"
2216Z 25422 S6 Kitty Kallen "Like The Moon Above You"
2218Z 25422 S6 "Blue Champagne"
2222Z 35423 S7 The Ink Spots "I Cover The Waterfront"
2225Z 35423 S7 Edith Piaf "Tu Es Partout"2229Z 35423 S8 Ella Fitzgerald "Stormy Weather"
2231Z 35423 S8 ID "You are tuned to Radio Casablanca" Gave email address for reception report.
2234Z 35423 S8 Benny Goodman "Let's Dance"
2237Z 35423 S8 Frank Sinatra "Blue Skies"
2240Z 35423 S8 ID "This is Radio Casablanca"
2242Z 35423 S8 George Formby "Imagine Me In The Maginot Line"
2245Z 35423 S7 Shirley Temple "Animal Crackers In My Soup"
2248Z 35423 S8 The Andrews Sisters "Three Little Fishies"
2250Z 45423 S9 News report of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
2259Z 35423 S7 ID "This is Radio Casablanca"
2259Z 45434 S9 Kay Kyser & His Orchestra "Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition"
2302Z 45434 S9 "You're A Sap, Mr. Jap"
2304Z 45434 S9+ Carson J Robison "Remember Pearl Harbor"
2307Z 45434 S9 ID "You are tuned to Radio Casablanca" Gave email address for reception report.
2308Z 35433 S8 Kate Smith "The Last Time I Saw Paris"
2314Z 35433 S8 Bette Midler "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"
2316Z 35433 S8 ID "You are tuned to Radio Casablanca" Gave email address for reception report.
2317Z 35433 S8 Dinah Shore "A Boy In Khaki, A Girl In Lace"
2320Z 35433 S8 Billie Holiday "I'll Be Seeing You"
2331Z 35433 S8 Benny Goodman "How High The Moon"
2334Z 45434 S9 Lew Stone & His Band "Cheek To Cheek"
2337Z 35434 S8 ID "You are tuned to Radio Casablanca" Gave email address for reception report.
2338Z 35434 S8 Noel Coward & Robb Stewart "Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans"
2341Z 35434 S8 The Andrews Sisters Featuring Bing Crosby "Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin"
2344Z 35434 S8 Ethel Merman "Marching Through Berlin"
2348Z 35434 S8 "The Deepest Shelter In Town"
2350Z 45434 S9 Vera Lynn "We'll Meet Again"
2554Z 35434 S8 Interval signal. Signing off.
2355Z Off air



_{Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ loop}

5068

Utility / NML4 25.2 kHz Dec 16, 2016 2130Z

« on: December 16, 2012, 2200 UTC »

Strong signal on 25.2 kHz. From research, this is NML4, a USN transmitter in LaMoure, ND (west of Fargo a little ways) running 500kW.

Signal is coming in very strong, a solid S9.

Also see what looks like other signals centered on 24.0 & 24.8 kHz. According to http://www.smeter.net/stations/vlf-stations.php

24.0 is a USN station in Maine and 24.8 is a USN station in Washington state.

When turning the loop, the bearings of the nulls were consistent with their stated locations.


12/17 0050Z:  Picking up a nice strong signal for NAU on 40.75 kHz down in Puerto Rico and possibly a very weak NPM from Hawaii on 21.4 kHz.




_{Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ loop}

5069

Utility / Re: Greenland 518 kHz NAVTEX Dec 13, 2012 0520Z

« on: December 16, 2012, 1717 UTC »

Got Bermuda (4B) early this morning, as well as Prescott (4H), Cambria (12Q), Thunder Bay (4P), New Orleans (4G), San Juan (4R), Portsmouth (4N), Tofino (12H), Sept-Isles (4C), and Miami (4A).

This was with the antenna NE-SW (roughly 30-210 deg).

Tuned to 490 around 03Z and picked up several messages from Sydney (4J). Not overly strong, but good enough.

5070

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: The Mighty KBC - 9450kHz 12/15

« on: December 16, 2012, 0218 UTC »

There are a bunch of noise blobs like this all over 31m, its not the Bulgarian transmitter.

Do you see/hear it too? If so, that would be "good" in that I'm not going to hunt for it around here, yet definitely bad in that its everywhere.