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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Virus-19 Radio, 6936 usb, 2140 utc, 5 Apr

« on: April 05, 2020, 2226 UTC »

Booming into Florida this evening - thanks Zeke!

22:26z 'I Am The Walrus' - Beatles
22:39z "..here on Virus 19 Radio.."
22:45z 'Solsbury Hill' - Peter Gabriel
22:49z ID
23:02z Julian Lennon version of Stand By Me

Thanks for the show!

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 1301 UTC 5 Apr 2020

« on: April 05, 2020, 1444 UTC »

Been listening since ~ 14:05z...weak, but audible in between local QRM bursts.  Still got 'em at 14:44z.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Educacao Rural 4925 am 1013 utc 1 Apr 2020

« on: April 01, 2020, 1421 UTC »

Nice catch!

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General Radio Discussion / Re: RIP Byteborg

« on: February 17, 2020, 1336 UTC »

Sorry to hear this RIP man.

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 4105 LSB 2227 UTC 14 Feb 2020

« on: February 14, 2020, 2246 UTC »

4105 LSB

Decent signal here above the noise

22:44z just caught the sign off by Zeke

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNid on 6950 Usb music at 2030

« on: February 09, 2020, 2115 UTC »

6950 USB

Weak, just above the noise.

21:15z WLIS ID

Audio

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Pirate Radio History / Re: Vintage reception report MEGA THREAD!

« on: February 05, 2020, 2114 UTC »

These are very cool Beerus - thank you for sharing!

I wish I had a copy of my report to RBCN.  I included a small bit about myself (age, location, interest, etc.) along with the reception details and the first thing he mentioned in his letter back to me was what was a guy in his 20's doing listening to pirate radio instead watching babes on the beach!

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: RADIO GUINEA

« on: February 05, 2020, 1451 UTC »

Man, it's been a long time since I heard them! They and Mali used to play a ton of good music w/o a lot of talking. The Mali guys wanted porn mags for qsl's, but it's a Muslim country, you had to cut them some slack.

I was listening to Mali yesterday on 5995 around 23:10z-23:36z with a good signal.  Actually, I get them pretty good down here normally with my array facing West.

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB 0038 UTC 1 Feb 2020

« on: February 01, 2020, 0045 UTC »

6955 USB

Great signal here

00:48z MR90 SSTV:

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio Int. 4175 USB 2345 utc 31 Jan 2020

« on: January 31, 2020, 2354 UTC »

4175 USB

Fair signal staying above the noise.

23:53z 'One Night In Bangkok'
23:57z WMRI ID
00:04z 'Stone Cold' - Rainbow...great tune!

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free USA 4090 USB 2042 UTC 31 Jan 2020

« on: January 31, 2020, 2228 UTC »

4090 USB

Weak, but there in the noise

22:27z Fleetwood Mac Stevie
22:42z can hear someone talking. but can't make out what's being said
22:46z "..four zero nine zero.."
22:47z 'American Girl' - Tom Petty
22:52z 'Here Comes My Girl'
22:57z 'Refuge'
23:32z Radio Free USA signing off
23:33z 'American Pie' - Don McLean

Good to hear you Radio Free USA & thanks for the show!

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Reception based on East coast/West coast

« on: January 15, 2020, 1336 UTC »

The folks claiming verticals suck are the same folks that use two radials on said antenna in a suburban lot with no view of the horizon, just the neighbors plasma tv, then wonder why the match sucks and is noisy as hell.  I've had quite my fill of ham 'experts'.

The right tool for the right job...verticals really shine in a low noise environment with a clear shot to the horizon.  They do not do well in a crowded suberbopolis.   In such situations a mini whip or a loop is a much better choice.

+-RH

This.

Phased verticals are the trick for me, even with neighbors all around - I had great success using an EWE antenna with just two 8' ground rods originally back in the day.  Granted I was fortunate enough having two pine trees 15' apart that pointed towards Europe.  I added a variable cap dead center of the top horizontal wire (I used lamp cord) and then using my palstar with batteries and earphones adjusted it for best S/N for even better perfomance.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Reception based on East coast/West coast

« on: January 14, 2020, 2119 UTC »

I can periodically pick up N Korea on 6250 ~ 10:00z in the morning (it's weak and I have to listen in LSB mode when it's audible) & get decent to good reception of NHK at midnight (05:00z) on 6155.

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6935 and 4065 USB 0100 UTC 12 Jan 2020

« on: January 12, 2020, 0106 UTC »

Overall good signal on 4065 here with little to no fading.

01:04z regular ID followed by live ID & announcement moving to 4065 Mhz
01:07z IS on 4065 USB
01:40z 'Dancing Days' - Led Zeppelin
01:48z ID & into Ramones
02:18z ID & into Tom Petty...signal still holding up
02:27z Scottie 1 SSTV


01:04z-02:28z

Thanks for the show Wolverine!

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Brownie Radio 6955 USB 00:10 UTC Jan 12 2020

« on: January 12, 2020, 0032 UTC »

Overall decent signal with some deep fading.

00:31z 'Yellow Ledbetter' - Pearl Jam
00:35z ID
00:49z still got 'em here, but fading getting worse - Iron Butterfly still rockin
00:52z Brownie Radio ID
00:57z 'Jailbreak' - Thin Lizzy...Thank You BR!
01:01z 'Kiss Me Deadly' - Lita Ford

00:44z-00:56z

Thanks for the tunes BR!