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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 6925 USB 0116 UTC 31 OCT 2022
« on: October 31, 2022, 0119 UTC »
A Discord server I'm on said that WDOG was on 6925, so maybe it's that?
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6955 USB 2305 UTC 14 SEP 2022
« on: September 15, 2022, 0018 UTC »
Not a very strong signal here, but I am picking up something. It's rather noisy for me though, so it's kind of hard to make out what's playing.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WWWW The Drunk Fox 6925 USB 0121 UTC 21 AUG 2022
« on: August 21, 2022, 0145 UTC »
I think I'm getting this, but barely. I can hear some music but not clearly enough to make it out with the noise I have. Signal meter is staying really low: 1 bar out of 12, 2 if I'm lucky, is visible on the scale that's marked at 0, 5, and 10.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: MRI 6872 USB 2200 UTC 20 AUG 2022
« on: August 21, 2022, 0117 UTC »
I can get this one tonight, too. At about 0114 UTC I've got It's My Party, and Pinball Wizard at about 0116 UTC. My radio shows RSSI ~40 dB, SNR ~5 dB, and about 3-5 of 10 on the signal meter. (They all fluctuate to some degree.)
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6960 USB 0000 UTC 21 AUG 2022
« on: August 21, 2022, 0113 UTC »
I'm picking this up tonight. Third World Man at about 0110 UTC. I had to fine tune a little to improve the sound, but I'm guessing that's not exactly unusual with SSB broadcasts? Radio shows RSSI ~35 dB and SNR ~10 dB; signal meter looks like it's about 2-3 out of 10, maybe 4 at most right now.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 6870 usb 0027 utc 20 Aug 2022
« on: August 20, 2022, 0232 UTC »
I saw mention of this elsewhere and was able to pick it up and listen to it for a while. I didn't make any notes about what music was on though. I did find that I had to do some fine-tuning in small steps to improve the sound.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6935 USB 0107 UTC 17 August 2022
« on: August 17, 2022, 0114 UTC »
I think I'm picking this up, but it's not as good for me as the others who posted. I can hear some music, but there seems to be a lot of static or something for whatever reason(s), so it's a bit tough to make out.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 am 2358 utc 7 May 2022
« on: May 08, 2022, 0105 UTC »
At first, I thought this was the thread for yesterday's broadcast, then I realized it's for a new one.
0055 Are You Lonesome Tonight (I think; I only caught the last line or two)
0056 voice ID then The Kid Is Hot Tonight by Loverboy
0102 Get Down Tonight by KC & The Sunshine Band
0103 some kind of ID, I think
I still had quite a bit of static that made it hard to hear the broadcast, so I didn't listen very long. Shazam was able to ID two songs even if they weren't easy to hear though. So at least for when I tuned in, I did get somewhat better reception today than yesterday. I'm guessing it has to do with the weather -- it was really rainy yesterday and today, but it's clearing up now. My radio shows RSSI of about 30-35, SNR of maybe 15-25, and the odd 12-segment signal meter with a 0-10 range has about 2-3 bars so maybe a 2 of 10?
0055 Are You Lonesome Tonight (I think; I only caught the last line or two)
0056 voice ID then The Kid Is Hot Tonight by Loverboy
0102 Get Down Tonight by KC & The Sunshine Band
0103 some kind of ID, I think
I still had quite a bit of static that made it hard to hear the broadcast, so I didn't listen very long. Shazam was able to ID two songs even if they weren't easy to hear though. So at least for when I tuned in, I did get somewhat better reception today than yesterday. I'm guessing it has to do with the weather -- it was really rainy yesterday and today, but it's clearing up now. My radio shows RSSI of about 30-35, SNR of maybe 15-25, and the odd 12-segment signal meter with a 0-10 range has about 2-3 bars so maybe a 2 of 10?
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 07 MAY 2022
« on: May 07, 2022, 0141 UTC »
I was able to hear a little of the show, but I didn't have particularly good reception. There was a lot of static for me and the signal seemed to go in and out, but wasn't especially solid when it was in. *shrug* Oh well.
FWIW, my RSSI was showing around 30, and the SNR was generally not more than about 20. I do have a signal meter of some kind on my radio, but with 12 segments on a scale that reads from 0 to 10 seems weird to me. On that, I was getting about 2 or 3 segments, so maybe a 2 out of 10?
I didn't listen for very long, but thanks for doing the broadcast.
FWIW, my RSSI was showing around 30, and the SNR was generally not more than about 20. I do have a signal meter of some kind on my radio, but with 12 segments on a scale that reads from 0 to 10 seems weird to me. On that, I was getting about 2 or 3 segments, so maybe a 2 out of 10?
I didn't listen for very long, but thanks for doing the broadcast.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 30 APR 2022
« on: April 30, 2022, 0151 UTC »
I tuned in at about 0148 UTC, but the signal was rather poor for me. I could tell that there was something on air, but I couldn't really hear anything clearly. I guess it's just me though since others here seem to have picked it up much better.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 APR 2022
« on: April 23, 2022, 0114 UTC »
0101 Wind of Change (Scorpions)
0105 Magic Moments (Perry Como)
0107 The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding), after URL announcement
0110 Good Life (One Republic)
0114 Love is a Battlefield (Pat Benetar)
0118 Only Love Can Break a Heart (Gene Pitney)
0121 Here Comes My Baby (The Tremeloes), after an ID that was bit unclear for me
0124 Joyride (Roxette), but I couldn't hear this one well
0128 spoken ID? a bit hard to make out
0129 The Andy Griffith Theme (Andy Griffith)
0130 That Smell (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
0136 Pumped Up Kicks (One Republic) after something spoken that was hard to make out again
0140 Montego Bay (Bobby Bloom)
0142 spoken, didn't really catch this
0143 Games Without Frontiers (Peter Gabriel)
0146 Trampoline (Shaed & Zayn)
0149 Don't Worry Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin) after something spoken
0153 Can't Smile Without You (Barry Manilow)
0156 spoken (these parts are generally tough for me to hear well)
0157 Patience (Guns n Roses)
0202 Love Letters In the Sand (Pat Boone)
0204 Cornflake Girl (Tori Amos) after spoken ID(?)
0209 Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard (Paul Simon)
0212 Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5) after spoken frequency
0216 Whistle (Flo Rida)
0219 Centerfold (J. Geils Band) after spoken ID
0223 Walk Like an Egyptian (Bangles)
0226 something spoken
0227 Golden Years (David Bowie)
0230 Tighten Up (The Black Keys)
0233 noises -- I think they went off the air around now
Song IDs from Shazam, mostly.
I'm not sure where/how to get signal info some others posted to report that, but my ATS-909X2 shows RSSI of ~30-ish most of the time with SNR around maybe 20-ish (on screen these are like "30DB" and "20DB"). I did lose the music a few times, but it was audible most of the time even if it wasn't totally clear all the time. Generally, it seemed to come in better before about 0200 than after.
0105 Magic Moments (Perry Como)
0107 The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding), after URL announcement
0110 Good Life (One Republic)
0114 Love is a Battlefield (Pat Benetar)
0118 Only Love Can Break a Heart (Gene Pitney)
0121 Here Comes My Baby (The Tremeloes), after an ID that was bit unclear for me
0124 Joyride (Roxette), but I couldn't hear this one well
0128 spoken ID? a bit hard to make out
0129 The Andy Griffith Theme (Andy Griffith)
0130 That Smell (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
0136 Pumped Up Kicks (One Republic) after something spoken that was hard to make out again
0140 Montego Bay (Bobby Bloom)
0142 spoken, didn't really catch this
0143 Games Without Frontiers (Peter Gabriel)
0146 Trampoline (Shaed & Zayn)
0149 Don't Worry Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin) after something spoken
0153 Can't Smile Without You (Barry Manilow)
0156 spoken (these parts are generally tough for me to hear well)
0157 Patience (Guns n Roses)
0202 Love Letters In the Sand (Pat Boone)
0204 Cornflake Girl (Tori Amos) after spoken ID(?)
0209 Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard (Paul Simon)
0212 Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5) after spoken frequency
0216 Whistle (Flo Rida)
0219 Centerfold (J. Geils Band) after spoken ID
0223 Walk Like an Egyptian (Bangles)
0226 something spoken
0227 Golden Years (David Bowie)
0230 Tighten Up (The Black Keys)
0233 noises -- I think they went off the air around now
Song IDs from Shazam, mostly.
I'm not sure where/how to get signal info some others posted to report that, but my ATS-909X2 shows RSSI of ~30-ish most of the time with SNR around maybe 20-ish (on screen these are like "30DB" and "20DB"). I did lose the music a few times, but it was audible most of the time even if it wasn't totally clear all the time. Generally, it seemed to come in better before about 0200 than after.
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