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Topics - Ron Hunsicker

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Outhouse Radio 6955 USB 0302 UTC 6 Mar 2023
« on: March 07, 2023, 2005 UTC »
From a recording.
Signal came out of nowhere and appeared to sign-on at 0302.  Guitar music.  Mostly instrumental music followed until signing off at 0339.  Two SSTV broadcasts in Scottie 2 preceded sign-off.  The second, at 0337, IDed the broadcast as from Outhouse Radio.

During the entire broadcast I never heard an announcer's voice.

Mostly 25442.

Ron

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Recording to a hard drive--SSD or HDD?
« on: February 14, 2023, 2308 UTC »
Hello,

I've been recording spectrum collected by my Elad S3 to a SSD.  Today, the SSD died--two computers cannot see it and when I tried to initialize the SSD, the window said nope; I/O errors.

I'm not using the S3's ability to record 24MHz of spectrum, just 400KHz.  In playing back there are many forwards and backs to catch details, so many R/W cycles.

What to you use?  SSD or HDD?  And, if you would, why?

Thanks,

Ron

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6960 USB 2307 UTC 11 February 2023
« on: February 11, 2023, 2330 UTC »
Dick came on at 2307 with his normal opening music, then chatted a bit about being on for two days in a row.  Suddenly, the BC ended and Dick came back with reports of popping and crackling.  He was, and did, sign-off to see what was up.

Gone at 2309


Ron

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North American Shortwave Pirate / "QRM" 6925 USB 0905 UTC 23 Jul 2022
« on: July 23, 2022, 1315 UTC »
1313  Found an SSTV image in Scottie 2 in YONIQ this morning.  Transmitted at 0905 UTC.  "QRM" and nothing else.  Image was dirty due to the noise.  Radio set to 6925USB.  A bit of slant in the letters.

Ron

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6880 USB 0204 UTC 30 JUN 2022
« on: June 30, 2022, 0213 UTC »
Elevator music.  11,500 is a nice audio envelope.  Music, then quite periods, then music.

No signal around 0212.


Ron

About 40 dB over the noise.  Still quiet at 0215.  10,500, not 11,500

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio 48 via MRI 6860 USB 0033 UTC 29 May 2022
« on: May 29, 2022, 0040 UTC »
0033  Venus in Blue Jeans, then more music.  Bandwidth is about 10,000 Hz.  35 dB above the noise.


Ron

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Clever Name Radio (tent.) 6919 USB 2138 UTC 1 Apr 2022
« on: April 01, 2022, 2148 UTC »
Tuned in at 2138 to Rap.  35443 in Wyomissing at 2148.


Ron

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North American Shortwave Pirate / unknown 6900 LSB 0205 UTC 15 January 2022
« on: January 15, 2022, 1512 UTC »
0205  I tuned-in at 0205 to old rock (Find My Way Home, Pusher Man, All Right, That Smell, Hello I Love You) at about 30 dB above the noise.
0231  The broadcast ended abruptly, mid-song.  At this time, the signal was only about 10 dB above the noise.  I never heard an ID. 

This is the same frequency and mode as Clear Talk Radio but long after others had reported a sign-off.  As 6900 and LSB are unusual, maybe Clear Talk resumed.

Ron

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Outhouse Radio 6955 USB 0132 UTC 2 January 2022
« on: January 02, 2022, 0156 UTC »
From 0132 short clips--10s or so--of old rock and pop songs
0149  SSTV in Scottie 1:  "It's the fickle finger of nickledness"
0151  Longer portions of songs being played
35332 in Wyomissing.

Ron

"pickledness" not "nickledness"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Ion Radio 6925 AM 1621 UTC 9 DEC 2021
« on: December 09, 2021, 1635 UTC »
From 1621  Non-stop Christmas tunes.

45343 in Wyomissing.

1654  "Santa Baby" is such a perverse song!  I love it!

1701  Waterfall suggests that the bandwidth is 20 KHz.  Anyone else note that?


Ron

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Coastal Rock Radio 6925 AM 0007 UTC 29 Nov 2021
« on: November 29, 2021, 0008 UTC »
0007  Can just hear music in Wyomissing.  Green-Eyed Lady was just understandable. 

Ron

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Latin American Pirate / AD149 Radio 6934.9 AM 2318 UTC 11 Nov 2021
« on: November 11, 2021, 2321 UTC »
Faint and unusable in AM.  Slightly better in ECSS, but still unusable.
Rock music

Ron

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 2037 UTC 28 Oct 2021
« on: October 28, 2021, 2045 UTC »
Lads chatting about one of them having received a letter from the FCC about playing music on the 40M ham bands.  Fairly rational discussion.  Heckler in the background.
35342 in Wyomissing.
Still rolling at 2045.

Ron

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Mix Radio International 6876 USB was 6866 USB 2135 UTC 3 Oct 2021
« on: October 03, 2021, 2135 UTC »
ID at 2133.  Soft Jazz.  Nice signal in Wyomissing @ 45554


Ron

edit by Ray : the time was in UTC+2, I change it to UTC

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 USB 0113 UTC 25 Sep 2021
« on: September 25, 2021, 1040 UTC »
After Zekey closed down at 0105 (Zekey said "Goodnight all, take care" and the signal disappeared), another station appeared to take over the frequency.  I noted it at 0113.  An OM was repeating, many times, over and over, this:  "and they ????? ????? control everything."  Followed by some old, English-sounding (as in UK) rock.  Then a longer, repeated phrase that ended with a threat to disconnect our computers.  All interspersed with single, old, English-sounding rock tunes.  The OM's voice had an affected character that I obviously found difficult  to understand.  The voice sequences were repeated, always with a single tune between each series.

I grew weary of it all at 0128 and pulled the plug.


Ron

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