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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6950 USB 2202 UTC 4 NOV 2023

« on: November 05, 2023, 0016 UTC »

"Do you hear this?  Do you hear this?"
Yes, I heard it, and a lot of music besides. (Via W3HFU receiver.)
Thanks for the great music and show DJDW!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6950 USB 2218 UTC 30 SEPT 2023

« on: September 30, 2023, 2354 UTC »

Sensational show.  Never thought I'd hear shoegaze and punk on the same show.

Thanks for bringing something a little different to our Saturday nights.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Drunken DJ Radio WDDR 15th Anniversary 6960 USB 0109 UTC 13 AUG 2023

« on: August 13, 2023, 0425 UTC »

If you play some Camper Van Beethoven it would not be minded
Pictures of Matchstick men or The Day Lassie Went to the Moon would be good choices

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Drunken DJ Radio WDDR 15th Anniversary 6960 USB 0109 UTC 13 AUG 2023

« on: August 13, 2023, 0412 UTC »

Loving the show!  Thank you WDDR.

Though he's confused, totally confused.  Which is a perfect description for 2023.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: MRI/Radio 48 via MRI 6865 USB 2336 UTC 15 JUL 2023

« on: July 16, 2023, 0021 UTC »

FM Radio on shortwave

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: MRI/Radio 48 via MRI 6865 USB 2336 UTC 15 JUL 2023

« on: July 16, 2023, 0015 UTC »

6865.0 Khz USB* with techno music, including a remix of REM's "Losing my religion"
SINPO 55555 on HFU receiver with 120 ft T2FD antenna.  S9 to S9+10 signal.
The signal has exceptional fidelity and occupies AT LEAST 6 Khz bandwidth above the carrier or about a 12 Khz equivalent AM signal.

* It looks like a USB signal with a weak LSB image that rolls off very fast.  Possibly a phasing SSB receiver where the quadrature LO is not quite 90 degrees out of phase.

Really great signal quality and fidelity. 

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HF Beacons / Re: The Desert Whooper

« on: July 02, 2023, 2242 UTC »

The Desert Whooper, its native language electromagnetism, cries out into the lonesome desert night in search of a fellow beacon-friend to share telemetry with.

Caught The Whooper on KSF and a Prescott, AZ Kiwi SDR, but that's not quite like hearing it on my own gear (RSPduo + Yaesu FT-710 AESS) so we'll keep trying.

I suspect I'm not the only one interested in more details on how it was designed and built.  Seems like a very simple CW-and-microcontroller project, except for the varactor sweep on the crystal oscillator.  That's pretty cool (and really grabs your attention when you're looking at the waterfall AND just listening to it.)

Every beacon ought to have a Whooper on-board.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 via Mix Radio Int'l 6866 USB 2230 UTC 24 JUN 2023

« on: June 25, 2023, 0213 UTC »

From recording off W3HFU receiver... a 1:22 excerpt of tonight's broadcast.
An important and heartbreaking Public Service Announcement!

https://ln5.sync.com/dl/9ef8c0a40/q3us32in-jb3ppiwj-7m5wsy72-7uszu4av

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 via Mix Radio Int'l 6866 USB 2230 UTC 24 JUN 2023

« on: June 24, 2023, 2346 UTC »

6866 Khz USB Radio 48's PSA for Hot Rod. Truck and Tractor Pull Announcer disease was worth the entire evening's listen.

Thanks for the great 60's tune complete with Star Trek promo.

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Shortwave Broadcast / 0435 17450 Khz UNID, possibly Radyo Denge Welat, Tashkent Uzbekistan

« on: June 21, 2023, 0447 UTC »

Tentative ID. Very Soviet-style male choral music and singing, but with Middle Eastern instruments.  Plausibly Turkish.
short-wave.info seems to think it may be Radyo Dengo Welat from Uzbekistan.

SINPO 32333- static crashes
on 120' T2FD on W3HFU receiver

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 6955 USB to AM 0310 UTC 19 JUN 2023

« on: June 19, 2023, 0315 UTC »

0310 Earth Angel
0312 Johnny B. Good
0314 Be bop a loo bop?

S7-S9  SINPO 45544 on W3HFU Kiwi SDR rx with 120 foot T2FD
0317 barking.  WDOG?  K9?  FIR?

Morse at 0318 WWV prop time
0319 WDOG ID