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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6965 USB 0035 10.1.17
« on: October 01, 2017, 0251 UTC »
Anyone grab a recording of this? Missed and would love to hear it! Please and thank you in advance!
Shortwave Pirate Radio In North America And Around The World, And Other Signals That Go Bump In The Night
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It's getting harder and harder to listen without RFI. The CFL light bulbs in my house that are saving us money also generate noise. I turn them all off when I listen, but at some point, that stops becoming practical. I wonder if LEDs have this same issue?
Like the "intended market" you mentioned, I also came to the mysterious world of shortwave radio by way of a general market receiver, one that just had shortwave as an afterthought. I had wanted a "boom box" back in the day and my girlfriend at that time, had the Magnavox D8443.
I thought it was cool, so I asked my folks for one for my birthday. I liked the sound of it and loved that it was capable of playing "metal" cassettes! Quite by accident, I happened onto the SW bands and heard my first ever SW station. . . .HCJB. From that moment forward, I was hooked. I wore the tuning mechanism out night after night listening to whatever was out there, logging each station carefully and then planning my nights around what would be on the air, based on my logs.
I had that for a lot of years until my future father-in-law's dad gave me an old Zenith 8-S-661 console radio from the early 1940s to knock around with:
I have nothing but fond memories of nights listening to shortwave broadcasts in my room, illuminated only with the orange glow of those old tubes and the musty smell that accompanied them. The 15" speaker that was in this thing produced the most wonderful deep, warm tones. Still the best I've ever heard shortwave sound, even up until this day. Many a nights the walls would rattle with the loud "thump-thump-thump" of WWV!
Since then, I moved on to what many would consider more "serious" gear, as finances would allow, but I still have very fond memories of radios intended for the masses bringing me into a hobby that I know and love today.
Bwa-ha-ha-ha!!!! My lips are sealed!
Ha! Poor Al! It is quite the provocative QSL, for sure!
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Spy Numbers / Great spy numbers program!!!
« on: May 10, 2016, 1318 UTC »
If you never had the chance to hear this, I highly recommend it! BBC radio did a program on spy number stations and it was really quite intriguing. You can hear it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvr6o7fBcTY.
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HF Mystery Signals / Re: Grow Light QRN or Something Else??!!
« on: May 10, 2016, 1309 UTC »I've got something here that on 15 MHz and some freqs higher that sounds like a sort of clicking noise. Turned the loop and it does decrease, but then get other noise.
In 2001 when I moved in, was quiet as a mouse. In 2016... RFI everywhere.
Dear FCC, please do something about this crap. I know you won't, but I ask anyway.
P.S. DSL at 20 Mbps? I have CL ADSL at 1.5Mbps down & 832kbps up. Can't win here. At all.
It's getting harder and harder to listen without RFI. The CFL light bulbs in my house that are saving us money also generate noise. I turn them all off when I listen, but at some point, that stops becoming practical. I wonder if LEDs have this same issue?
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Equipment / Re: RETRO RECEIVER REVIEW #5 - The REALISTIC (Radio Shack) DX160
« on: May 09, 2016, 2345 UTC »A properly working DX-160 was more than capable of handling casual listening of the typical BCB and SW flamethrowers of its era, which was more of its intended market IMO given its price point.
Like the "intended market" you mentioned, I also came to the mysterious world of shortwave radio by way of a general market receiver, one that just had shortwave as an afterthought. I had wanted a "boom box" back in the day and my girlfriend at that time, had the Magnavox D8443.
I thought it was cool, so I asked my folks for one for my birthday. I liked the sound of it and loved that it was capable of playing "metal" cassettes! Quite by accident, I happened onto the SW bands and heard my first ever SW station. . . .HCJB. From that moment forward, I was hooked. I wore the tuning mechanism out night after night listening to whatever was out there, logging each station carefully and then planning my nights around what would be on the air, based on my logs.
I had that for a lot of years until my future father-in-law's dad gave me an old Zenith 8-S-661 console radio from the early 1940s to knock around with:
I have nothing but fond memories of nights listening to shortwave broadcasts in my room, illuminated only with the orange glow of those old tubes and the musty smell that accompanied them. The 15" speaker that was in this thing produced the most wonderful deep, warm tones. Still the best I've ever heard shortwave sound, even up until this day. Many a nights the walls would rattle with the loud "thump-thump-thump" of WWV!
Since then, I moved on to what many would consider more "serious" gear, as finances would allow, but I still have very fond memories of radios intended for the masses bringing me into a hobby that I know and love today.
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General Radio Discussion / Re: Mudda Maxwell's Voice of da Tiki
« on: May 08, 2016, 0402 UTC »Ix-nay on the Etlana-Svay! The new SO doesn't know about her!!!It's floating around in the pirate community. It gets relayed occasionally. Max has been out of pirating for years.
That QSL caused big problems. Max used Svetlana Fansome as the model. Al wasn't pleased that her "tubes" were out there for everyone to see.
Bwa-ha-ha-ha!!!! My lips are sealed!
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General Radio Discussion / Re: Mudda Maxwell's Voice of da Tiki
« on: May 08, 2016, 0334 UTC »It's floating around in the pirate community. It gets relayed occasionally. Max has been out of pirating for years.
That QSL caused big problems. Max used Svetlana Fansome as the model. Al wasn't pleased that her "tubes" were out there for everyone to see.
Ha! Poor Al! It is quite the provocative QSL, for sure!
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General Radio Discussion / Re: Mudda Maxwell's Voice of da Tiki
« on: May 07, 2016, 2359 UTC »
I found plenty of KIPM, though, I must say, I have all of the studio quality mp3s already. This was something altogether different. The only clip I've been able to find is this: https://soundcloud.com/doc227/muddamax2 Seriously some great stuff. I know there's more out there, I just can't find it. Any help would be appreciated!
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General Radio Discussion / Mudda Maxwell's Voice of da Tiki
« on: May 07, 2016, 1705 UTC »
Hi, All! So excited to be a part of the goings-on around here!
Back around early 2002 and then late October 2002, a pirate operator, Mudda Maxwell, broadcast a 30 minute show called "Mudda Maxwell's Voice of da Tiki". It was amazingly well put together and the QSL was quite memorable. I am fairly certain it was the work.of Alan Maxwell of KIPM fame.
I used to have an off-air recording of this and can no longer find it. I was hoping someone here may have it in their archive and would be willing to share it. Either that, or point me in the direction of locating it and I can grab it myself and share with others. Here's the QSL from the archive from here on HFU.
I hope to find this " holy grail" and add it back to my collection.
73s
Back around early 2002 and then late October 2002, a pirate operator, Mudda Maxwell, broadcast a 30 minute show called "Mudda Maxwell's Voice of da Tiki". It was amazingly well put together and the QSL was quite memorable. I am fairly certain it was the work.of Alan Maxwell of KIPM fame.
I used to have an off-air recording of this and can no longer find it. I was hoping someone here may have it in their archive and would be willing to share it. Either that, or point me in the direction of locating it and I can grab it myself and share with others. Here's the QSL from the archive from here on HFU.
I hope to find this " holy grail" and add it back to my collection.
73s
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