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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: YHWH 11130 kHz AM March 09 2014 2315 UTC

« on: March 09, 2014, 2345 UTC »

2343 utc

Yesss! I stumbled upon it a couple minutes ago!  Its an OK copy.  Lots of Bible verses.  

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ID at about 2353
He points out that animal sacrifices aren't required by God.  That they weren't instituted at the time of the 10 commandments. Refers to this as "Christianity's biggest hoax ever."  He makes a good point there.
Keep commandments, follow YHWH with heart and soul.

0013 utc

YHWH fades out now and then.  
Oh yeah! He just said homosexuality got the death penalty in the olden days and it will again under God's new kingdom. That statement would get some fire in the mainstream media.

SINPO
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0018 utc
Weird ass music with woman's voice.  In English. Tune is sing songy and a little Jewish.  
I have fading.

0021utc
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The RF Workbench / Re: which type of crystal

« on: March 09, 2014, 2233 UTC »

Oh man, I learned the hard way! It was $19 for that thing shipping included.  Thanks, I'll look for a Butch or Sluggo chunk of crystal.
  
 I realize I didn't mention that when it was working, it ran hot when the transmitter's capacitor wasn't tuned.  Otherwise it wasn't hot. Another thing, after the failure, I found I shouldn't have connected the antenna's ground to the oscillator circuit ground.   I wonder if that helped it die.  

Regarding the coil winding, I made sure L1  and L2 were wound the same direction. I can't find anything else on how to wind L1 on this diagram. L1 has 21 turns total and its tapped at 7 turns.  My question is if it matters where the 7 turns and 14 turns go. Like should the 7 turns section go toward the top of the diagram or the bottom? Refer to the attachment. I wrote notes in green to aid in my question.  

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Shortwave Broadcast / 11.510 Radoya Denge, Kurdish language, 1430 utc, Mar. 9, 2014

« on: March 09, 2014, 1453 UTC »

1430
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I'm hearing Middle Eastern sounding music.
The next song is not, its more like Russian folk.
The next one is a male singer and it sounds Middle Eastern.

On www.short-wave.info, the map says the transmitter is around Ukraine. 

This is enjoyable with my headphones on and the volume down.  It my most interesting catch this morning.

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The RF Workbench / which type of crystal

« on: March 09, 2014, 0135 UTC »

There are different kinds of crystals out there.  I have an HC-49 crystal. It got hot 3 times for about a minute each time when it was working. (Like say-"ouch"-out-loud-hot with the fingerometer.)   I'm pretty sure it broke.  I have it in a Michigan Mighty Mite transmitter.  Its metal casing is small compared to RC car crystals.

Does the small case mean its a wimpy crystal type? I wonder if I was misusing it. What kind of crystal should I be looking for to replace it? 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KMUD 0330 GMT 8 March 2014 on 6930 USB

« on: March 08, 2014, 0348 UTC »

I reckon its KMUD I'm a hearin' at 0347 utc
Some electric guitar solo playin now

SINPO
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0354
ooOOooo, says its broadcasting from the Northern Mojave desert. I was born and raised in middle Mojave.
Thanks KMUD.

0405
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID SSTV 6925 KHz USB 0226 UTC 3/4/2014

« on: March 04, 2014, 0405 UTC »

I didn't receive the SSTV. 
I made an animated .gif out of the top 3 pics. The framerate should be 24fps. Enjoy!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 , 0210, Mar 3, 2014

« on: March 03, 2014, 0225 UTC »

0228 UTC
6925 USB
Some oldies playing now

Low signal but good copy.  
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Changed to LSB

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WPOD 6925 kHz USB 0119-0202 UTC 03-03-14

« on: March 03, 2014, 0213 UTC »

0200 UTC
I caught the last WPOD ID song and morse code "wpod"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6925 USB 0335 3/02/2014

« on: March 02, 2014, 0426 UTC »

I didn't catch this but some days ago there was an unidentified station with narrow sound and it played Holiday in Cambodia too.
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,15432.0.html

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Utility / Re: 15016.xx usb HF GCS, 1835 utc Feb, 28 2014

« on: March 01, 2014, 1715 UTC »

Cool stuff, I just learned that Obama used some strong words about a Russian invasion so maybe the U Twente guys are alert about that.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RML, 6930 USB, 0611Z

« on: March 01, 2014, 0631 UTC »

SINPO
14352 Pretty good copy for the weak signal. I hear static in my reception from rain drops on my antenna.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6930 usb Turtlehead, 0408 UTC Mar. 1, 2014

« on: March 01, 2014, 0409 UTC »

0408
A song I don't know

0410
ID ____ Head Radio Voice of the Mentally In____

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ID: You are listening to Turtle Head Radio

05XX
Red Mercury Labs and Turtle Head Radio speaking about:
equipment (how to cut a doublet antenna, its like circumcision)
seafood (unicorn lobsters that squeal when boiled)
San Fernando Valley (the armpit of the world and good dog meat that RML ate at a Chinese restaurant there. )
myteamquinn was discussed and appreciated as a formidable listener

0609
Red Mercury Labs playing a tune now
Had to take a dump, possibly turtle-heading?

SINPO
14352 Pretty good copy

Its funny, they give their ID at the end of their QSO transmission all proper-like.

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0631
ID I've got to sleep now. Thanks Colonel Turtle Head! Keep your head in the zone!

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Utility / Re: 15016.xx usb HF GCS, 1835 utc Feb, 28 2014

« on: March 01, 2014, 0259 UTC »

Thanks,
I read the links. I found another that had a map of coverage and it covers all the continents!

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The RF Workbench / Re: Stereo to mono wiring

« on: March 01, 2014, 0134 UTC »

Thanks. That's my final decision, I soldered them up last week. I used stereo jacks and soldered the tip (+) and the sleeve (-) .  I used 2 jacks, one for a player and one for a microphone.

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Utility / 15016.xx usb HF GCS, 1835 utc Feb, 28 2014

« on: February 28, 2014, 1840 UTC »

Is this the right forum for this?
I happened upon some phonics.  
It sounds like it just ended at 1835 utc. "This is H O out."

The voice was too funny, it sounded like a bored American football player.  "Yankee, sigh..., quebec, etc.)
Now I realize it was ITU phonics.  I wish I wrote them down to see if it spelled something.