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Virus 19 radio.

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His last DX listening digest was posted Oct 3rd, which is 3 weeks ago. I've never known Glenn to be that behind on posting it, he used to post them before he would even host his World of Radio show, which also hasn't been posted yet for this week.

Does anyone know if he has gotten ill  or something???? Finally taking a break????

http://www.worldofradio.com/anomaly.html

Thanks,

I do hope he is well.


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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 6965 AM 0400z 3/29/15
« on: March 29, 2015, 0517 UTC »
They just gave me a shoutout on the broadcast, said Paul then corrected himself to Pat in South Carolina... Cool

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31 meters has been so noisy lately but hearing Wolverine Radio above the noise level.

Anyone else notice if 6900khz (and 31 meters higher up the band)  is more noisy then normal??

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Getting it here also in South Carolina, Fair signal but consistent.

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I think he is USB/LSB without an AM carrier. Weak here in South Carolina.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XFM 6950 KHz AM 0027+ UTC
« on: November 02, 2013, 0253 UTC »
Really nice music selection but suffering from peaks here in South Carolina.

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Been a while since being able to pick up a broadcaster on the 15 meter band. Radio Australia airing a sporting event, even more interesting considering the UTC and my location in South Carolina. A rare open window for that band that is already mostly void.

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0132utc - been listening for about 5 minutes, reception is fair with some fades but never fades completely out. I like the music selection, what kind of jazz is this genre considered to be?

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Equipment / Re: Suggestions for Equipment
« on: October 20, 2013, 0117 UTC »
I own both a DE1103 and Tescun 660.  If your main interest is listening to pirates, hams, and digital transmissions, I would go with the 660 because it has separate USB/LSB while the DE1103 has dual USB (meaning it picks up both LSB and USB at the same time). Thus the De1103 will introduce more noise and potential more interference then the 660 will.

However, if you also have a interest in AM dxing, the De1103 destroys the 660 in that category and you can use a build in mod to use a longwire for AM/Longwave reception. FM reception wise, the 660 is a beast, then throw in the included air band (which I don't use, I prefer a police scanner for that)

Another disadvantage of the 660 is the stand. Even if you are using the stand, the antenna of the 660 doesn't stick straight vertically in the air. This does matter if you are using the 660 near a wall.

Last note, the De1103 has some weird quirks, like adjusting the volume (no separate volume button).  De1103 is cheaper.

One other alternative if you want to use a brick and mortar store is the Radio Shack World Receiver which is on sale for 69 bucks now and does SSB. It is a new run of Sangean's ATS-505 receiver.

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Equipment / Re: What Radio Did you start your listening hobby with?
« on: October 20, 2013, 0107 UTC »
I had various Realistic portables when I was a kid but really didn't get into shortwave. My first serious receiver was a Soviet made VEF-206 I bought in England for 15 quid. I can still remember the hard clunk whenever I had to switch bands, much like an Old TV tuner. I would spend hours dxing stuff off that thing. I broke the band selector and ending up throwing it away when I moved back to the states.

I have never owned a high end receiver, I use a Tecsun 660 for dxing, pirate and digital broadcast. If I am just listening to broadcast shortwave, I use a CCrane-SW because of the sound. I also own a Grundig G5 and Kaito DE-1103.

Thanks for adding me to the group

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