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North American Shortwave Pirate / Sternradio 6963.6 AM 2010 UTC 30 APR 2025

« on: April 30, 2025, 2012 UTC »

2010 Just signed on, the usual wide bandwidth and SIO 555 signal. No waterfall ID... yet? 
2014 And there's the waterfall ID. Also useful for song titles and shout outs! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Spirit 6953 USB 1300 UTC 30 APR 2025

« on: April 30, 2025, 1301 UTC »

1300 YL mentioning Radio Caroline, then into music. SIO 444, audio is kinda rough/distorted.
1314 ID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 AM 0332 UTC 29 APR 2025

« on: April 29, 2025, 1057 UTC »

SDR recording catch

0332 Signed on - jazz music? Fair signal but a lot of static from storms
0418 Off. No ID heard. B Side Radio perhaps?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 1950 UTC 28 APR 2025

« on: April 28, 2025, 1958 UTC »

1955 Just tuned in, OM with sports/racing commentary? Good signal, SIO 444.
2003 77LJS op.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Sternradio 6966.6 AM 1713 UTC 28 APR 2025

« on: April 28, 2025, 1716 UTC »

1713 SIO 555, presumed Sternradio - yes, waterfall ID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6947 USB 1139 UTC 27 APR 2025

« on: April 28, 2025, 1145 UTC »

Late SDR recording catch

1139 Robotic sounding OM with distorted speech for a few seconds, then off
1142 Back on
1144 Music - Margaret Whiting "Guilty", SIO 444
1148 "Midnight, The Stars And You"
1149 Off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 9290 USB 2106UTC 27 APR 2025

« on: April 27, 2025, 2145 UTC »

2145 David Bowie, SIO 444.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 77LJS ? 6930 USB 1949 UTC 27 APR 2025

« on: April 27, 2025, 1952 UTC »

1949 Just signed on, 77LJS?  SIO 444.

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General Radio Discussion / End Of Life for NOAA 15,18,19?….not so fast…

« on: April 25, 2025, 2117 UTC »

Please be advised that NOAA will officially end the delivery of all data from these three POES satellites on June 16, 2025, at 18:00 UTC.

AMSU-A1/A2/B – data will no longer be available after Jun 16, 2025 after 1800 UTC
APT/LRPT – service will be left enabled, but do not use this service for operational use
HRPT – service will be left enabled for diagnostic flight use only (no operational use)
AVHRR – data will no longer be available after Jun 16, 2025 after 1800 UTC
DCS/ADCS (Argos) – service will be left enabled as best effort only
HIRS – data will no longer be available after Jun 16, 2025 after 1800 UTC
SARR (SARSAT) – service will be left enabled as best effort only
SEM – data will no longer be available after Jun 16, 2025 after 1800 UTC
MHS – data will no longer be available after Jun 16, 2025 after 1800 UTC
SBUV – data will no longer be available after Jun 16, 2025 after 1800 UTC

https://usradioguy.com/science/end-of-life/

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sternradio 6966.7 AM 1949 UTC 25 APR 2025

« on: April 25, 2025, 2007 UTC »

2007 SIO 555, ID in waterfall.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 77LJS 6930 USB 1421 UTC 25 APR 2025

« on: April 25, 2025, 1550 UTC »

1549 Just tuned in, good signal but a lot of very local RFI from the Kitchen Aid Mixer (one of the kids is making pizza dough). They should be done shortly.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6860 AM 0232 UTC 25 APR 2025

« on: April 25, 2025, 1220 UTC »

SDR recording catch, 0231 UTC. Mostly an SIO 333 signal.

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QSLs Received / Re: Chappell Roan Radio eQSL 6872.6 AM 2358 UTC 24 Apr 2025

« on: April 25, 2025, 1122 UTC »

Mine arrived as well, thank you!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6971.5 LSB 0703 UTC 24 APR 2025

« on: April 24, 2025, 1518 UTC »

SDR recording catch, on from 0703-0715 with EDM, good signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Chappel Roan Radio 6872.7 AM 1124 UTC 24 APR 2025

« on: April 24, 2025, 1125 UTC »

1124 Just faded in