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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0104 UTC 17 JULY 2016

« on: July 17, 2016, 0245 UTC »

Thanks for another great show. Your signal is always sooooo good.
Tonight, even the stingy ol' R-70 gave you an S9+5
I really am impressed w/your engineering - always a strong sig
w/excellent audio and full modulation. I had been listening for a while
and doing some other projects around here but when your SSTV came on,
I sat down and watched it come down and the sync pulse was RIGHT ON 1200!
You signal was right on 6950, too.

FWIW: I could see the carrier but only VERY faintly hear whoever was
rebroadcasting you on 8060

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 1828 11jul16 UTC

« on: July 11, 2016, 1912 UTC »

1828 - unk mx, possibly pan pipes? Just a little above the noise. I could hear it but mostly couldn't
          see it on the monitor - I may be an OM (literally! but I still have right good hearing.
          I started Audacity running in case there might be an ID or 1830 s/on but no joy.
          Anyway, whoever you are, wherever you are, you did get into here at near noon local time...
          FWIW: I usually keep the rcvr parked on 6925 USB with the volume turned way down.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: MAC Shortwave Radio 7610am 0010z 3 July 2016

« on: July 03, 2016, 0238 UTC »

0230 - reasonable sig. OM talking about shortwave radio and maybe tuning around and retransmitting stations(?)
          RS 47. Now talking about Win10 - BTW: Microsoft is wearing me out with nags to upgrade to Win10!
          Thanks for a new station and thanks to the others here on HFU for making me aware of MAC; it's freq
          is not in my usual "RF Neighborhood"
0239 - "Whip It"
0250 - sig seems to be improving but clouds and QRN increasing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sousa Station 6925 USB July 3, 2016

« on: July 03, 2016, 0227 UTC »

Putting in a good sig (RS 46) into here tonight with a little crud just above. An interesting station.
Thanks, Tom.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0053 UTC July 3, 2016

« on: July 03, 2016, 0208 UTC »

Thanks for another great show WR! As always, a strappin' signal with great audio - and great mx selections also.

A bouquet of flowers to you as well. "Flower Power", as we used to say!

You were a good 555 for almost all of transmission with just a little QRN getting over you at times.

A Happy Independence Day weekend to one and all.
Tom

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Northwoods Radio 6935 USB 1021 UTC 11 June 2016

« on: June 11, 2016, 1236 UTC »

Northwoods Radio 6935 USB  1153 11jun16 UTC
Caught just the last of unk mx, then loon call and female ID and 1155 s/off w/”73” in CW
Good sig ~S7 or so with some deep QSB.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BID Radio 6970 USB 0001 UTC May 31, 2016

« on: May 31, 2016, 0105 UTC »

BID Radio 6970 kHz, 0023 31may16UTC Excellent sig, solid S9+ and great audio. Thank you for Memorial Day program
0023 – ID then  “Imagine”, John Lennon
0024 – “Some Gave All”, Billy Ray Cyrus
0028 – “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”, PP&M
0032 – “Horse with No Name”, America
0036 – ID “BID Radio, Burn It Down” “Going to pick up the pace”
0036 – “Small Town”, John Cougar Melonhead
0040 – “I Walk Alone” ?
0044 – “Sweet Emotions” ?
0049 – “Carry On Wayward Son”, Kansas then massive feedback or, more likely, digital QRM!
0052 – Doesn’t look like anyone else is on the air this evening – maybe getting ready to take a look at Mars
0054 – Yep, it’s digital QRM (FCC countermeasures QRM???   ) and “You Ain’t Heard Nothing Yet”
0058 – “It’s a Great Day to be Alive”, Travis Tritt
0102 - one more before s/off “Star Spangled Banner”, Kiss???
0105 - gone...  Thanks for a high quality signal and good program

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North American Shortwave Pirate / PEE WEE 6927 kHz USB 0250 27may16 UTC

« on: May 27, 2016, 0258 UTC »

UNID 6927 kHz USB  0250  27may16 UTC
Excellent sig in here, well above much  QRN
0250 – unk vocals, got good screen shot, better start MMSSTV in case they send any SSTV!
0254 – gone???
Gee, I don't know how long they were on because I had antenna switch to ground during evening thunderstorms
0324 - sounds like they're back! Still really good sig w/great audio. Thank you - whoever you are.
0326 - unk guitar mx  ID please???
0333 - SSTV ID, shoulda known - Pee Wee!
0333 - I'll Never Fall In Love" XXXXX OK, my error; I guess that tune was "Wicked Games"
0338 - abruptly gone again...

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Other / Re: NWVC 6913 USB 0300z 5/15/2016

« on: May 15, 2016, 1509 UTC »

I also copied the SecDef message, in CW, from NWVC on 4007 kHz but terrible copy maybe because I tried using the CW filter which I'm not in the habit of using.
Howsomever, I did get a solid copy earlier in the day from AGA5SC, Scott AFB, IL, on 7545 kHz in MFSK-16 mode.
Those are the only 2 instances of the message that I heard! They weren't just weak or QRMed - they were NOT there!!! Rotten propagation???

MDK2 - the other end of those QSOs were in the ham bands as part of the crossband tests. The .pdf sked that I have shows that NWVC was using 6913 kHz
to contact hams on 40 meters 1200 14may16 - 0400 15may16 UTC.

As an aside, I toured LST-325 a few years back when it was docked at Nashville; very interesting and I'm glad it has been preserved.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6955 USB 0333 UTC 14 May 2016

« on: May 14, 2016, 0341 UTC »

0333 - s/on(?) “15 Men on a Dead Man’s Chest” – started out good but fading into the noise…  
0337 – gone. Guess that was all
{edit} Thanks for the mx IDs MDK2
0349 – someone’s back on the freq w/unk mx. Much QSB but sig is good S9 when it’s fading in. Good audio.
0353 – “15 Men”  again
0356 – unk choral mx
0406 - I *think* there is still a station there but it's all but lost in the noise now.

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Other / Re: UNID 6920 ~ 6966 0338 13may16 UTC

« on: May 13, 2016, 1914 UTC »

Chris, Yeah, that looks like it but obviously I wasn't paying attention to the time - I just looked up at the monitor and saw it there.
I need to get serious and figure out how to record the SDR-IQ using SpectraView.

DataElite - No, I was doing something else at the time and didn't grab a screen shot but see the shot that Chris posted - that's what I saw.

There seems to be more strange sigs in that part of the spectrum now that Bro. $care has moved.
I usually leave the rcvr centered on 6925, with MMSSTV also running, while I'm putzing around doing other things or sleeping...

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Other / UNID 6920 ~ 6966 0338 13may16 UTC

« on: May 13, 2016, 0342 UTC »

What was covering up that much spectrum??? It lasted for ~5 minutes or so (that I saw).

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Drunken DJ Radio 6935 USB 0006 UTC 12 May 2016

« on: May 12, 2016, 0333 UTC »

Not to be left out, here's my 2 cents worth!
0241 - SSTV image. Great signal here and mostly way above QRN level
What was the spacey mx that was played ~0255 or so? I just caught a little of it while watching "Nashville" (what else?!); it sounded interesting.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Pee Wee 6950 USB 0225 UTC 5/8/16

« on: May 08, 2016, 0250 UTC »

08may16, 0237 - SSTV image

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0222 UTC May 1, 2016

« on: May 01, 2016, 0238 UTC »

I am reading 6925.650 USB. S8-9 very good sig into here. The level is improving and the freq seems to have stablized.
Whoever you are Thanks and please let me know who is doing this version of "CN"
0233 - Interesting (and good!) cover of Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb"
0239 - "Pee Wee" in CW Ahhhh, "Nights in White Satin" by Moody Blues.Thank you, thank you, thank you! Rain is starting again but so far no lightning and thunder.