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10/11 meters / 27025 CB Channel 6 Superbowl fixed station 21 Jan 2024

« on: January 21, 2024, 1642 UTC »

Fixed station operator with thick Louisiana accent, very loud and animated on 27025 at 1616 to 1630 probably along Interstate 10 near Casa Grande AZ, talking truckers up and down I-10 such as "Good day, good day, good day.  My wife got a short fuse that just blew up."

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Shortwave Broadcast / kNLS (World Christian Broadcast) 9550 1533-1539 UTC 16 Jan 2024

« on: January 16, 2024, 1653 UTC »

Russian language broadcasting by KNLS at 9550 khz from 2533-1539 UTC on 16 January, 2024.  I could distinguish clear Russian with good diction.   SINPO was 33233 with some minor fading.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Korea 9435--1421-1455 UTC 14 January 2024

« on: January 14, 2024, 1509 UTC »

9435 VOK 1421-1455:   French speaking and French music  (33333 SINPO) degrading to 22222 toward 1455 and at 1500 abruptly terminating.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Free Asia 9315 at 1608-1700

« on: January 13, 2024, 1817 UTC »

News and music in Mandarin at 9315 khz from the Tinian Island transmitter. SINPO 44334. 

There was some  fading and band noise; but with a rather strong signal and very audible.

Tecun S-2000 receiver; MLA-30 antenna.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Korea 9435 AM 1516-1521 29 March 2022

« on: March 29, 2022, 1526 UTC »

Decent reception (333) to Colorado from Voice of Korea (Kujang) for a few minutes then abruptly terminated broadcaster in mid-sentence. 

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10/11 meters / UNID 26585 AM 2044-55 4 March, 2022

« on: March 04, 2022, 2055 UTC »

Unidentified on 11 meters.  Spanish conversation between hams (?) or other operators.  I heard about 3-4 different individuals. Signal was sporatic (232) with sometimes an echo in the voices and other times a digital sequence heard.  Reception did not improve if I switched to USB/LSB. I should learn Spanish.

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10/11 meters / V31XX (Belieze) 28456 kHz USB 2239-2258 UTC 10 February, 2022

« on: February 10, 2022, 2335 UTC »

Speed QSLing from V31XX station in Consejo, Belize operated by Bill K4XS.  Signal improved to 333.  He said he does about 200-250 QSLs an hour when he is contesting. I heard more than 20 in as many minutes.  The station has several large antennas, but primarily uses a 4 element 136 foot Yagi.

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Clandestine Stations / Nippon no Kaze 9800 AM 1510-1530

« on: February 08, 2022, 1522 UTC »

Rather strong signal (333) from Nippon no Kaze this morning in Korean.  Some background wind hiss; but otherwise very clear.

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Other / UNID 10138 2355-0010 AM 1 Feb 2022

« on: February 02, 2022, 0019 UTC »

Strange buzz-hum:  About 12 seconds on and 17 seconds off continuously repeating.  Two tones, one low and one mid tone, aharmonic.  A kind of grinding sound similar to a low frequency buzz saw or a slow tooth drill or wind blowing through an underground tunnel (spooky).  Heard on my Tecsun S-2000  in Colorado with its internal antenna.  Exterior antenna did not improve sound.  On USB and LSB the the sound had a higher tonality but not substantially improved.  Will try to get an audio of it, if it continues.

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Shortwave Broadcast / RN da Amazonia 11780 AM 2318-0018 26 January 2022

« on: January 27, 2022, 1629 UTC »

Latin hip hop playing away at Radio Nacional da Amazonia from Brazilia.  Reception improved after 0004.  SINPO:24442 toward 34333.

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Longwave Loggings / 400 kHz on January 26, 2022 @2315

« on: January 26, 2022, 1628 UTC »

400 kHz on January 26, 2022 at 2315:  one minute transmission in CW:   " dash dash dash- pause- dash dash dash-pause- dash." repeated at least 6 times.