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Shortwave Broadcast / CRI 7260 AM 12 Mar 2019
« on: March 12, 2019, 1233 UTC »
S3 in the clear, minimal QSB
1231 - CRI in JJ w/news, pleasant music by YL
1231 - CRI in JJ w/news, pleasant music by YL
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General Radio Discussion / World Radio Day
« on: February 13, 2019, 1403 UTC »
Today is World Radio Day
World Radio Day is an observance day held annually on 13 February to celebrate radio as a medium. It was proclaimed on 3 November 2011 by UNESCO's 36th General Conference after originally being proposed by the Kingdom of Spain.
World Radio Day 2019 starts on Wednesday 13 February around the theme of "Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace."
More events were held in more than 80 countries around the world to mark the Day, with radio stations from around the world coming to UNESCO Headquarters in Paris to gain hands-in experience of radio production, as we celebrate the impact of radio in the pursuit of a more peaceful and tolerant world.
The celebration of World Radio Day corresponds to the date of creation of the United Nations Radio (UN Radio), on February 13, 1946.
In the spirit of celebrating World Radio Day 2019, an event open to the public will take place at UNESCO Headquarters on Wednesday 13 February 2019, from 11:00 to 16:00. Two radio stations will be broadcasting live, including Radio UNESCO, a temporary radio station dedicated to World Radio Day.
...from wikipedia
World Radio Day is an observance day held annually on 13 February to celebrate radio as a medium. It was proclaimed on 3 November 2011 by UNESCO's 36th General Conference after originally being proposed by the Kingdom of Spain.
World Radio Day 2019 starts on Wednesday 13 February around the theme of "Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace."
More events were held in more than 80 countries around the world to mark the Day, with radio stations from around the world coming to UNESCO Headquarters in Paris to gain hands-in experience of radio production, as we celebrate the impact of radio in the pursuit of a more peaceful and tolerant world.
The celebration of World Radio Day corresponds to the date of creation of the United Nations Radio (UN Radio), on February 13, 1946.
In the spirit of celebrating World Radio Day 2019, an event open to the public will take place at UNESCO Headquarters on Wednesday 13 February 2019, from 11:00 to 16:00. Two radio stations will be broadcasting live, including Radio UNESCO, a temporary radio station dedicated to World Radio Day.
...from wikipedia
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General Radio Discussion / Pirate radio = drug dealing - (wtf) - parentheses mine
« on: October 30, 2018, 1320 UTC »
from theregister.co.uk
Pirate radio = drug dealing and municipal broadband is anti-competitive censorship
The world according to FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly
Comment It has long been a sad truth that Washington DC lives within its own distorted universe, but even by DC standards a recent speech by federal regulator Michael O'Rielly is a wonder to behold.
O'Rielly is one of four current commissioners on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and on occasion is known for his sharp insights in telecoms regulation, particularly when it comes to the FCC's own outdated systems and work patterns.
His speech [PDF] at "The Media Institute" last week as a keynote during its "Free Speech America Gala" was not one of those times.
We have repeatedly marveled at the current FCC's leadership obsession with pirate radio passing numerous rules on this outdated technology and issue, and promising heavy-handed enforcement actions and it seems that O'Rielly is the key driver for that pointless focus.
O'Rielly outlined three key areas where his work as an FCC Commissioner and the First Amendment covering free speech overlapped and, amazingly, pirate radio was one.
"While I am a firm supporter of removing illegitimate restrictions on broadcasters speech, I also believe that individuals who use the public airwaves must play by the rules, meaning that, at the most basic level, they must have an authorization," he began. "For this reason, I have pushed for the FCC to use all of its tools and have advocated for expanded authority to combat illegal pirate radio stations."
He provided no analysis of how big an issue pirate radio really is in the age of the internet where literally anyone can broadcast their views to millions of people across the globe for free. Nor did he reflect on the fact that most of the people that the FCC is busting for pirate radio stations are pastors, using radio to reach their constituents and pass on the word of god.
Fight against the little man
But there was a personal story, and one where O'Rielly stood up against the forces of evil and defended the First Amendment.
"Earlier this year, I noticed an article in an uber-small Colorado publication discussing the existence of a local pirate radio station operating nearby," he noted. Incredibly, O'Rielly noted, the newspaper was actually "advocating that townspeople listen to it while it's still in operation, at least until the federal government shuts it down."
Did this apparent support of an illegal operation and criticism of his own organization cause Mike to pause and reflect perhaps consider what was being broadcast, why a paper would support it, why the federal government would face criticism for imposing the law? No, of course it didn't.
"In response, I wrote a letter to the editor raising concerns regarding their publication's approach and arguing it should notify the local FCC office of illegal activities rather than romanticize these 'broadcasts' or provide the 'station' with some type of legitimacy," he proudly recalled. (The newspaper in question - the Longmont Observer - initially thought it was a joke and had to verify it was from an actual FCC Commissioner.)
Mike was then further baffled when the publication didn't recant and immediately recognize the dangers of promoting an illegal radio station. In fact, he recalled with amazement, the publication "took great umbrage with my criticism and eventually used my letter in an op-ed campaign as an example of its resistance to efforts to curtail the First Amendment rights of a free press."
Commissioner O'Rielly then points out that this appeal to the First Amendment by a newspaper about a radio broadcast was the wrong kind of free speech. And to prove his point, O'Rielly noted that he as a commissioner of a federal regulator "didnt even suggest that people stop reading the publication, withhold advertising, or cancel their financial support memberships."
To quickly reiterate: this is the story FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly decided to tell during a keynote at the "Free Speech America Gala" run by "The Media Institute."
Completely reasonable comparison
Mike wasn't finished though. Having embarked on a campaign against a tiny publication - one in which he consciously decided not to use his power to hurt them - he revealed that pirate radio stations are equivalent to drug dealing, at least in his eyes.
"Consider if the publication promoted the locations of nearby buildings or schools where dealers could sell drugs, favored looting of a local grocery store that lost its power, or published detailed instructions on how to steal from the local bank when it upgraded its software in the middle of the night," he reasoned.
And he pointed out in his speech celebrating free speech - that "the First Amendment does not make those who enjoy its protections immune from criticism. It should never be viewed as a shield against challenges of facts, style, or substance. While it protects the right of everyone, especially press officials, to state what they would like to state, it does not protect these same individuals from being called out for their inaccuracy, inappropriateness, or lunacy depending on the circumstances even if done so by government officials."
Indeed it does not, which is why we are sure Commissioner O'Rielly will stand proudly by our assertion that he seems to have been overtaken by the very lunacy he is railing against.
As you would expect from an audience at "The Media Institute" during a "Free Speech America Gala," this bizarre series of arguments was met with cold disdain.
No of course it wasn't. Because this is Washington DC and the "media institute" doesn't actually have anything to do with the media and also isn't an institute in any meaningful way.
Who would you expect to sit on the Board of The Media Institute? Probably someone from a bastion of the free press. Certainly the head of a major TV network or a radio network. Some academics maybe.
Ah, I see
Nope. It's all right-wing corporate America: Disney's, Verizon's and LG Electronics' main lobbyists; advertising companies (IAB, Tegna); Washington's two biggest lobbying law firms, Wiley Rein and Covington & Burling; several more lobbyists the chair of the comedically titled "Business in the Public Interest" and "consultant" Michael Regan; and two "media" companies.
You won't have heard of the two media companies - HC2 Broadcasting and iHeartMedia who are represented, again, by their lobbyists. And that's because they are both the by-products of bankers: companies that have been bought, sold, laden with debt, profited from and dumped. It just happens that these companies' main assets are in the media business but that is not their defining characteristic. They are as far from the "media" as you can get without, you know, making it up.
So The Media Institute is not really about the media. Which naturally enough explains why the "free speech gala" wasn't actually about the First Amendment or free speech either. It was instead yet another way for the same powerful folks with the same agenda to cozy up to policymakers, this time under the guise of supporting one of America's most famous attributes.
Which is why no one balked at a federal regulator telling a weird story about fighting a small-town publication, considering using his power to hurt them, and arguing that a key element of free speech is to attack those people that use it.
But it doesn't end there. While O'Rielly's obsession with pirate radio is odd, it doesn't impact many people. What does is his equally bizarre views about the medium that people do care about in 2018 the internet.
As has been revealed countless times, the United States suffers from an unusual situation where a small number of very large companies have colluded to form local monopolies over internet access.
So long as it's in black
As such, the majority of Americans effectively only have one choice of ISP when it comes to fast internet access. It is a highly uncompetitive market despite significant demand. And that means that Americans pay more for less: slower internet speeds than other Western nations at a higher cost.
One of the more effective solutions to breaking that market control has been the introduction of municipal networks. Local governments that have decided internet access is more of a utility like electricity or water or roads than a product or service like food or clothing.
As such, numerous local governments mostly city councils have dug into the cost of creating and running their own fast internet networks and found that in many cases they can offer faster internet access at a lower cost than the market.
As you can imagine, this approach has not been welcomed by the corporations that make billions of dollars each year from the current arrangement. As so municipal networks have found themselves under relentless attack, largely by lobbyists, sometimes through fake campaigns.
As an FCC Commissioner, Michael O'Rielly is one of the very few people that can have a direct impact on this dynamic. The FCC is formally charged by Congress to make sure that Americans are getting good broadband in a fast and efficient manner, and the regulator has some significant powers that it can use to ensure that happens.
Which is why what O'Rielly had to say about municipal networks is more mind-boggling than even his pirate radio meanderings.
"I would be remiss if my address omitted a discussion of a lesser-known, but particularly ominous, threat to the First Amendment in the age of the Internet: state-owned and operated broadband networks."
That's right, you just heard an FCC Commissioner say that municipal networks represent a threat to the First Amendment and an "ominous" one at that. What deranged twist of logic has led him to that conclusion?
One man's hate is another's... freedom?
It was the issue du jour hate speech. In the past week, one man has been arrested for sending bombs to critics of the president, and another arrested for murdering 11 people and injuring more at a synagogue in Pittsburgh.
In both cases, both men have been notable followers and publishers of hate speech on the internet. The events have further strengthened the argument that online discourse needs some kind of controls for the worst kind of speech that which incites violence.
It is this issue that O'Rielly chooses to make his case for why municipal networks are a threat to one of the most fundamental tenets of American life.
"Municipal broadband networks have engaged in significant First Amendment mischief," he argued in his speech which we would note again was given during a keynote at the "Free Speech America Gala."
He goes on: "Municipalities such as Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Wilson, North Carolina, have been notorious for their use of speech codes in the terms of service of state-owned networks, prohibiting users from transmitting content that falls into amorphous categories like 'hateful' or 'threatening'."
He goes on: "These content-based restrictions, implicating protected categories of speech, would never pass muster under strict scrutiny. In addition to conditioning network use upon waiver of the user's First Amendment rights, these terms are practically impossible to interpret objectively, and are inherently up to the whim of a bureaucrat's discretion. How frightening."
It's notable that policymakers that work for a municipality are "frightening bureaucrats" while the audience O'Rielly was presumably hoping to persuade was full of the exact same people but working for for-profit organizations.
O'Rielly's arguments aside from being self-contradictory ignore an extremely long history of First Amendment legal cases and an equally long history of people in the media and now also in ISPs drawing up rules and policies that balance free speech rights with limiting damaging behavior and liability.
Of all the places in the world that would understand that balance, "The Media Institute" should, at least on paper, be one of the biggest. But it isn't because the media institute and its free speech gala were kind of a sham. And Michael O'Rielly has once again identified himself as the exact kind of bureaucrat that he chose to rail against.
Welcome to fear and self-loathing in the internet age.
from theregister.co.uk
Pirate radio = drug dealing and municipal broadband is anti-competitive censorship
The world according to FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly
Comment It has long been a sad truth that Washington DC lives within its own distorted universe, but even by DC standards a recent speech by federal regulator Michael O'Rielly is a wonder to behold.
O'Rielly is one of four current commissioners on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and on occasion is known for his sharp insights in telecoms regulation, particularly when it comes to the FCC's own outdated systems and work patterns.
His speech [PDF] at "The Media Institute" last week as a keynote during its "Free Speech America Gala" was not one of those times.
We have repeatedly marveled at the current FCC's leadership obsession with pirate radio passing numerous rules on this outdated technology and issue, and promising heavy-handed enforcement actions and it seems that O'Rielly is the key driver for that pointless focus.
O'Rielly outlined three key areas where his work as an FCC Commissioner and the First Amendment covering free speech overlapped and, amazingly, pirate radio was one.
"While I am a firm supporter of removing illegitimate restrictions on broadcasters speech, I also believe that individuals who use the public airwaves must play by the rules, meaning that, at the most basic level, they must have an authorization," he began. "For this reason, I have pushed for the FCC to use all of its tools and have advocated for expanded authority to combat illegal pirate radio stations."
He provided no analysis of how big an issue pirate radio really is in the age of the internet where literally anyone can broadcast their views to millions of people across the globe for free. Nor did he reflect on the fact that most of the people that the FCC is busting for pirate radio stations are pastors, using radio to reach their constituents and pass on the word of god.
Fight against the little man
But there was a personal story, and one where O'Rielly stood up against the forces of evil and defended the First Amendment.
"Earlier this year, I noticed an article in an uber-small Colorado publication discussing the existence of a local pirate radio station operating nearby," he noted. Incredibly, O'Rielly noted, the newspaper was actually "advocating that townspeople listen to it while it's still in operation, at least until the federal government shuts it down."
Did this apparent support of an illegal operation and criticism of his own organization cause Mike to pause and reflect perhaps consider what was being broadcast, why a paper would support it, why the federal government would face criticism for imposing the law? No, of course it didn't.
"In response, I wrote a letter to the editor raising concerns regarding their publication's approach and arguing it should notify the local FCC office of illegal activities rather than romanticize these 'broadcasts' or provide the 'station' with some type of legitimacy," he proudly recalled. (The newspaper in question - the Longmont Observer - initially thought it was a joke and had to verify it was from an actual FCC Commissioner.)
Mike was then further baffled when the publication didn't recant and immediately recognize the dangers of promoting an illegal radio station. In fact, he recalled with amazement, the publication "took great umbrage with my criticism and eventually used my letter in an op-ed campaign as an example of its resistance to efforts to curtail the First Amendment rights of a free press."
Commissioner O'Rielly then points out that this appeal to the First Amendment by a newspaper about a radio broadcast was the wrong kind of free speech. And to prove his point, O'Rielly noted that he as a commissioner of a federal regulator "didnt even suggest that people stop reading the publication, withhold advertising, or cancel their financial support memberships."
To quickly reiterate: this is the story FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly decided to tell during a keynote at the "Free Speech America Gala" run by "The Media Institute."
Completely reasonable comparison
Mike wasn't finished though. Having embarked on a campaign against a tiny publication - one in which he consciously decided not to use his power to hurt them - he revealed that pirate radio stations are equivalent to drug dealing, at least in his eyes.
"Consider if the publication promoted the locations of nearby buildings or schools where dealers could sell drugs, favored looting of a local grocery store that lost its power, or published detailed instructions on how to steal from the local bank when it upgraded its software in the middle of the night," he reasoned.
And he pointed out in his speech celebrating free speech - that "the First Amendment does not make those who enjoy its protections immune from criticism. It should never be viewed as a shield against challenges of facts, style, or substance. While it protects the right of everyone, especially press officials, to state what they would like to state, it does not protect these same individuals from being called out for their inaccuracy, inappropriateness, or lunacy depending on the circumstances even if done so by government officials."
Indeed it does not, which is why we are sure Commissioner O'Rielly will stand proudly by our assertion that he seems to have been overtaken by the very lunacy he is railing against.
As you would expect from an audience at "The Media Institute" during a "Free Speech America Gala," this bizarre series of arguments was met with cold disdain.
No of course it wasn't. Because this is Washington DC and the "media institute" doesn't actually have anything to do with the media and also isn't an institute in any meaningful way.
Who would you expect to sit on the Board of The Media Institute? Probably someone from a bastion of the free press. Certainly the head of a major TV network or a radio network. Some academics maybe.
Ah, I see
Nope. It's all right-wing corporate America: Disney's, Verizon's and LG Electronics' main lobbyists; advertising companies (IAB, Tegna); Washington's two biggest lobbying law firms, Wiley Rein and Covington & Burling; several more lobbyists the chair of the comedically titled "Business in the Public Interest" and "consultant" Michael Regan; and two "media" companies.
You won't have heard of the two media companies - HC2 Broadcasting and iHeartMedia who are represented, again, by their lobbyists. And that's because they are both the by-products of bankers: companies that have been bought, sold, laden with debt, profited from and dumped. It just happens that these companies' main assets are in the media business but that is not their defining characteristic. They are as far from the "media" as you can get without, you know, making it up.
So The Media Institute is not really about the media. Which naturally enough explains why the "free speech gala" wasn't actually about the First Amendment or free speech either. It was instead yet another way for the same powerful folks with the same agenda to cozy up to policymakers, this time under the guise of supporting one of America's most famous attributes.
Which is why no one balked at a federal regulator telling a weird story about fighting a small-town publication, considering using his power to hurt them, and arguing that a key element of free speech is to attack those people that use it.
But it doesn't end there. While O'Rielly's obsession with pirate radio is odd, it doesn't impact many people. What does is his equally bizarre views about the medium that people do care about in 2018 the internet.
As has been revealed countless times, the United States suffers from an unusual situation where a small number of very large companies have colluded to form local monopolies over internet access.
So long as it's in black
As such, the majority of Americans effectively only have one choice of ISP when it comes to fast internet access. It is a highly uncompetitive market despite significant demand. And that means that Americans pay more for less: slower internet speeds than other Western nations at a higher cost.
One of the more effective solutions to breaking that market control has been the introduction of municipal networks. Local governments that have decided internet access is more of a utility like electricity or water or roads than a product or service like food or clothing.
As such, numerous local governments mostly city councils have dug into the cost of creating and running their own fast internet networks and found that in many cases they can offer faster internet access at a lower cost than the market.
As you can imagine, this approach has not been welcomed by the corporations that make billions of dollars each year from the current arrangement. As so municipal networks have found themselves under relentless attack, largely by lobbyists, sometimes through fake campaigns.
As an FCC Commissioner, Michael O'Rielly is one of the very few people that can have a direct impact on this dynamic. The FCC is formally charged by Congress to make sure that Americans are getting good broadband in a fast and efficient manner, and the regulator has some significant powers that it can use to ensure that happens.
Which is why what O'Rielly had to say about municipal networks is more mind-boggling than even his pirate radio meanderings.
"I would be remiss if my address omitted a discussion of a lesser-known, but particularly ominous, threat to the First Amendment in the age of the Internet: state-owned and operated broadband networks."
That's right, you just heard an FCC Commissioner say that municipal networks represent a threat to the First Amendment and an "ominous" one at that. What deranged twist of logic has led him to that conclusion?
One man's hate is another's... freedom?
It was the issue du jour hate speech. In the past week, one man has been arrested for sending bombs to critics of the president, and another arrested for murdering 11 people and injuring more at a synagogue in Pittsburgh.
In both cases, both men have been notable followers and publishers of hate speech on the internet. The events have further strengthened the argument that online discourse needs some kind of controls for the worst kind of speech that which incites violence.
It is this issue that O'Rielly chooses to make his case for why municipal networks are a threat to one of the most fundamental tenets of American life.
"Municipal broadband networks have engaged in significant First Amendment mischief," he argued in his speech which we would note again was given during a keynote at the "Free Speech America Gala."
He goes on: "Municipalities such as Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Wilson, North Carolina, have been notorious for their use of speech codes in the terms of service of state-owned networks, prohibiting users from transmitting content that falls into amorphous categories like 'hateful' or 'threatening'."
He goes on: "These content-based restrictions, implicating protected categories of speech, would never pass muster under strict scrutiny. In addition to conditioning network use upon waiver of the user's First Amendment rights, these terms are practically impossible to interpret objectively, and are inherently up to the whim of a bureaucrat's discretion. How frightening."
It's notable that policymakers that work for a municipality are "frightening bureaucrats" while the audience O'Rielly was presumably hoping to persuade was full of the exact same people but working for for-profit organizations.
O'Rielly's arguments aside from being self-contradictory ignore an extremely long history of First Amendment legal cases and an equally long history of people in the media and now also in ISPs drawing up rules and policies that balance free speech rights with limiting damaging behavior and liability.
Of all the places in the world that would understand that balance, "The Media Institute" should, at least on paper, be one of the biggest. But it isn't because the media institute and its free speech gala were kind of a sham. And Michael O'Rielly has once again identified himself as the exact kind of bureaucrat that he chose to rail against.
Welcome to fear and self-loathing in the internet age.
from theregister.co.uk
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General Radio Discussion / Radio Amateur to Pay $7,000, Face Restricted Privileges to Settle FCC Interferen
« on: July 05, 2018, 1755 UTC »
from ARRL website
07/04/2018
The US Department of Justice and the FCC have reached a settlement with Brian Crow, K3VR, of North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, to resolve allegations that Crow intentionally interfered with the communications of other Amateur Radio operators and failed to properly identify. The core component of the settlement calls on Crow to pay $7,000 to the US Treasury, the FCC and US Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania Scott W. Brady announced in separate July 3 news releases. In addition, Crows Amateur Extra class license will be restricted to Technician class privileges for 6 months, and he has agreed to discontinue contact with the individuals involved in this case. Crows Amateur Extra privileges will be restored after 6 months, if no new violations have been found, the FCC said.
http://www.arrl.org/news/radio-amateur-to-pay-7-000-face-restricted-privileges-to-settle-fcc-interference-case
07/04/2018
The US Department of Justice and the FCC have reached a settlement with Brian Crow, K3VR, of North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, to resolve allegations that Crow intentionally interfered with the communications of other Amateur Radio operators and failed to properly identify. The core component of the settlement calls on Crow to pay $7,000 to the US Treasury, the FCC and US Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania Scott W. Brady announced in separate July 3 news releases. In addition, Crows Amateur Extra class license will be restricted to Technician class privileges for 6 months, and he has agreed to discontinue contact with the individuals involved in this case. Crows Amateur Extra privileges will be restored after 6 months, if no new violations have been found, the FCC said.
http://www.arrl.org/news/radio-amateur-to-pay-7-000-face-restricted-privileges-to-settle-fcc-interference-case
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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Stolen SDR's - SDRplay
« on: May 16, 2018, 1349 UTC »
It has come to our attention that a consignment of RSPs that was recently stolen from our manufacturing partner have appeared for sale on eBay.
If you have any of the following devices and have purchased them from a non-approved reseller of SDRplay products, please contact admin@sdrplay.com and also contact the seller requesting a refund as the devices appear to have come from a stolen consignment of goods.
Product Type Serial number
RSP2pro 1703002F10
RSP1A 180403B795
RSP1A 180403B895
RSP1A 180403B995
RSP1A 180403BA95
RSP1A 180403BB95
RSP1A 180403BC95
RSP1A 180403C495
RSP1A 180403C595
RSP1A 180403C795
RSP1A 180403C895
RSP1A 180403C995
RSP1A 180403CA95
RSP1A 180403CB95
RSP1A 180403CC95
RSP1A 180403CD95
RSP1A 180403DC95
RSP1A 180403DE95
RSP1A 180403DF95
RSP1A 1804023895
RSP1A 1804023A95
RSP1A 1804024695
RSP1A 1804024795
RSP1A 1804024895
RSP1A 1804024995
RSP1A 1804024A95
RSP1A 1804024B95
RSP1A 1804024C95
RSP1A 1804024D95
RSP1A 1804024E95
RSP1A 1804024F95
RSP1A 1804025095
RSP1A 1804025195
RSP1A 1804025295
RSP1A 1804025495
RSP1A 1804025A95
RSP1A 1804025B95
RSP1A 1804025C95
RSP1A 1804025D95
Please be aware that we have now black-listed the above serial numbers and these devices will not work at all or will only work with a very restricted range of software. Anyone with any of these devices will not receive any form of support or technical assistance from SDRplay.
We are aware that the following eBay sellers have been selling devices from the stolen consignment:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/greenfields1001 (formerly listed as mansnothot01)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/connie68purple
Whilst we recognise that the above resellers may well have purchased the devices in good faith and in complete innocence, they have thus far failed to cooperate with us by explaining where they obtained the devices from. We will therefore be forwarding on their details to the Police so that they can investigate further.
We strongly recommend that people only purchase new devices from an authorised SDRplay distributor or reseller. A full list of authorised sellers is available from our website at:
https://www.sdrplay.com/distis.php
Thank you
Admin SDRplay Ltd
seen in reddit/r/shortwave
If you have any of the following devices and have purchased them from a non-approved reseller of SDRplay products, please contact admin@sdrplay.com and also contact the seller requesting a refund as the devices appear to have come from a stolen consignment of goods.
Product Type Serial number
RSP2pro 1703002F10
RSP1A 180403B795
RSP1A 180403B895
RSP1A 180403B995
RSP1A 180403BA95
RSP1A 180403BB95
RSP1A 180403BC95
RSP1A 180403C495
RSP1A 180403C595
RSP1A 180403C795
RSP1A 180403C895
RSP1A 180403C995
RSP1A 180403CA95
RSP1A 180403CB95
RSP1A 180403CC95
RSP1A 180403CD95
RSP1A 180403DC95
RSP1A 180403DE95
RSP1A 180403DF95
RSP1A 1804023895
RSP1A 1804023A95
RSP1A 1804024695
RSP1A 1804024795
RSP1A 1804024895
RSP1A 1804024995
RSP1A 1804024A95
RSP1A 1804024B95
RSP1A 1804024C95
RSP1A 1804024D95
RSP1A 1804024E95
RSP1A 1804024F95
RSP1A 1804025095
RSP1A 1804025195
RSP1A 1804025295
RSP1A 1804025495
RSP1A 1804025A95
RSP1A 1804025B95
RSP1A 1804025C95
RSP1A 1804025D95
Please be aware that we have now black-listed the above serial numbers and these devices will not work at all or will only work with a very restricted range of software. Anyone with any of these devices will not receive any form of support or technical assistance from SDRplay.
We are aware that the following eBay sellers have been selling devices from the stolen consignment:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/greenfields1001 (formerly listed as mansnothot01)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/connie68purple
Whilst we recognise that the above resellers may well have purchased the devices in good faith and in complete innocence, they have thus far failed to cooperate with us by explaining where they obtained the devices from. We will therefore be forwarding on their details to the Police so that they can investigate further.
We strongly recommend that people only purchase new devices from an authorised SDRplay distributor or reseller. A full list of authorised sellers is available from our website at:
https://www.sdrplay.com/distis.php
Thank you
Admin SDRplay Ltd
seen in reddit/r/shortwave
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Huh? / If It Hasn't Been Said Yet...
« on: May 04, 2018, 1133 UTC »
May The Fourth Be With You !!!
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General Radio Discussion / 4 QSO Parties this Weekend !
« on: May 03, 2018, 1745 UTC »
New England, 7-land, Indiana, and Delaware are all hosting QSO parties this weekend. What's even better is that if you use N1MM to log, you can work all four at the same time and send in the same log to everyone!
EDIT: Links!
from reddit/amateurradio
You can probably find easily more infos online...
EDIT: Links!
from reddit/amateurradio
You can probably find easily more infos online...
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6960 USB 2310 UTC 31 Mar 2018
« on: March 31, 2018, 2310 UTC »
S9+20 to S9+40 on the Yaesu - great modulation - great signal
The theme is alphabetically based on artist...
2309 - Interval Signal: "Testing 1, 2, 3... Can anybody hear me...?"
2310 - Along Comes Mary - The Association
2313 - Love Shack - The B52's
2318 - Rock the Casbah - The Clash
2322 - Positive ID by OM as: Wolverine Radio
2322 - Love Street - The Doors
2324 - Little Star - The Elegents
2327 - I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos
2331 - ID by OM
2331 - It's Too Late - Guess Who
2334 - Long Cool Woman - The Hollies
2337 - Who's That Lady - The Isley Brothers
2340 - I Want You Back - The Jackson Five
2343 - Lies - The Knickerbockers
2346 - Nashville Cats - The Lovin' Spoonful
2349 - ID by OM
2349 - Voices in the Sky - The Moody Blues
2352 - Tobacco Road - Nashville Teens
2355 - Love Train - The O'Jays
2358 - ID by OM
2358 - Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders
0001 - That'll Be The Day When I Die - The Quarrymen
0004 - Under My Thumb - The Rolling Stones
0007 - I'm a Man - The Spencer Davis Group
0010 - I'm Still In Love With You - The Turtles
0013 - Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Undisputed Truth
0016 - ID by OM
0017 - Rock and Roll - The Velvet Underground
0021 - Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
0025 - I'll Always Be In Love With You - The X-Rays
0028 - Heartfull of Soul - The Yardbirds
0031 - She's Not there - The Zombies
0033 - Echo ID
0033 - SSTV Transmission
Another operator came on the air after the SSTV,
and thanked Wolverine for the Show.
And he thanked them for the kind words!
Thanks for the Show Tonight!
Impressive!
The theme is alphabetically based on artist...
2309 - Interval Signal: "Testing 1, 2, 3... Can anybody hear me...?"
2310 - Along Comes Mary - The Association
2313 - Love Shack - The B52's
2318 - Rock the Casbah - The Clash
2322 - Positive ID by OM as: Wolverine Radio
2322 - Love Street - The Doors
2324 - Little Star - The Elegents
2327 - I Only Have Eyes For You - The Flamingos
2331 - ID by OM
2331 - It's Too Late - Guess Who
2334 - Long Cool Woman - The Hollies
2337 - Who's That Lady - The Isley Brothers
2340 - I Want You Back - The Jackson Five
2343 - Lies - The Knickerbockers
2346 - Nashville Cats - The Lovin' Spoonful
2349 - ID by OM
2349 - Voices in the Sky - The Moody Blues
2352 - Tobacco Road - Nashville Teens
2355 - Love Train - The O'Jays
2358 - ID by OM
2358 - Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders
0001 - That'll Be The Day When I Die - The Quarrymen
0004 - Under My Thumb - The Rolling Stones
0007 - I'm a Man - The Spencer Davis Group
0010 - I'm Still In Love With You - The Turtles
0013 - Papa Was A Rolling Stone - The Undisputed Truth
0016 - ID by OM
0017 - Rock and Roll - The Velvet Underground
0021 - Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
0025 - I'll Always Be In Love With You - The X-Rays
0028 - Heartfull of Soul - The Yardbirds
0031 - She's Not there - The Zombies
0033 - Echo ID
0033 - SSTV Transmission
Another operator came on the air after the SSTV,
and thanked Wolverine for the Show.
And he thanked them for the kind words!
Thanks for the Show Tonight!
Impressive!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / MOVED: Any DDS 200 watt AM Transmitters or kits
« on: November 27, 2017, 1652 UTC »
This topic has been moved to Black Arts.
Incorrect Thread
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=38939.0
Incorrect Thread
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=38939.0
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0049 UTC 26 Nov 2017
« on: November 26, 2017, 0049 UTC »
S5 to S7 tonight with QSB - not as strong as you usually are
"Wish" looks like the Theme for Tonight's Show
0049 - Interval Signal - "Testing 1, 2, 3... Can anybody hear me?"
0051 - Positive ID by OM as: "Wolverine Radio"
0051 - into old time music - ..."Waiting for Love"...
0056 - Wish That I Were Twins
0058 - Wish That I Were Twins (different version)
0100 - ID by OM
0100 - I Wished On The Moon - Billie Holiday
.......
0108 - ID by OM
.......
0118 - I Wish I Had A Nickel
0122 - Wishing - Buddy Holly
0123 - ID by OM
0124 - I Wish It Would Rain
0127 - Wishing Well
0130 - Wishful Sinful
0132 - ID by OM
0132 - Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
.......
0142 - When You Wish Upon A Star
Conditions deteriorating quickly...
0149 - SSTV not as good as I would've liked, alas.
0151 - S/Off - QRT
Thanks for the Show Tonight !!!
"Wish" looks like the Theme for Tonight's Show
0049 - Interval Signal - "Testing 1, 2, 3... Can anybody hear me?"
0051 - Positive ID by OM as: "Wolverine Radio"
0051 - into old time music - ..."Waiting for Love"...
0056 - Wish That I Were Twins
0058 - Wish That I Were Twins (different version)
0100 - ID by OM
0100 - I Wished On The Moon - Billie Holiday
.......
0108 - ID by OM
.......
0118 - I Wish I Had A Nickel
0122 - Wishing - Buddy Holly
0123 - ID by OM
0124 - I Wish It Would Rain
0127 - Wishing Well
0130 - Wishful Sinful
0132 - ID by OM
0132 - Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
.......
0142 - When You Wish Upon A Star
Conditions deteriorating quickly...
0149 - SSTV not as good as I would've liked, alas.
0151 - S/Off - QRT
Thanks for the Show Tonight !!!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6949 AM 1354 UTC 24 Nov 2017
« on: November 24, 2017, 1355 UTC »
S3
1355 - Music similar to Cat's in the Cradle
Shopping song ?
1358 - another song, bluesey number
1400 - ..."Day after Thanksgiving"...
1403 - Comedy bit about a Turkey not flying, getting eaten...
1404 - S/Off - QRT
Thanks for the Short Thanksgiving Tunes !
1355 - Music similar to Cat's in the Cradle
Shopping song ?
1358 - another song, bluesey number
1400 - ..."Day after Thanksgiving"...
1403 - Comedy bit about a Turkey not flying, getting eaten...
1404 - S/Off - QRT
Thanks for the Short Thanksgiving Tunes !
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Clever Name Radio 6940 USB 2305 UTC 23 Nov 2017
« on: November 23, 2017, 2306 UTC »
S5
2303 - Doors music - Soul Kitchen live
2305 - Central Scrutinizer - Frank Zappa
2310 - into more music...
2312 - Led Zeppelin tune
2315 - Positive ID by synth YL as: Clever Name Radio
ID & Happy Thanksgiving wishes to all Listeners
2303 - Doors music - Soul Kitchen live
2305 - Central Scrutinizer - Frank Zappa
2310 - into more music...
2312 - Led Zeppelin tune
2315 - Positive ID by synth YL as: Clever Name Radio
ID & Happy Thanksgiving wishes to all Listeners
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Other / EA3JE 14.213 & 14.211 USB 1320 UTC 21 OCT 2017
« on: October 21, 2017, 1337 UTC »
Not really moving the needle... ...to an S3
Receiving on SDR and "magnet-wire" longwire, and Inverted V ant's.
1320 - Nice 20 mb opening from North America to Barcelona, Spain
hearing a Ham named Lou having a QSO with Arizona and
Orlando among others.
1335 - EA3JE still making various N. A. contacts - using "stacked 6 Yagi's"
1338 - now QSO w Mel in California - W6FDR
.......
1754 - now hearing Lou on 14.211 USB with QSO
with Washinton State S1 to S3 this time
Receiving on SDR and "magnet-wire" longwire, and Inverted V ant's.
1320 - Nice 20 mb opening from North America to Barcelona, Spain
hearing a Ham named Lou having a QSO with Arizona and
Orlando among others.
1335 - EA3JE still making various N. A. contacts - using "stacked 6 Yagi's"
1338 - now QSO w Mel in California - W6FDR
.......
1754 - now hearing Lou on 14.211 USB with QSO
with Washinton State S1 to S3 this time
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950.4 AM 1328 UTC 14 OCT 2017
« on: October 14, 2017, 1329 UTC »
S6
1328 - Electronica right at noise level
1329 - QRT - S/Off - that was short
1330 - now hearing OM in SS on USB briefly
1328 - Electronica right at noise level
1329 - QRT - S/Off - that was short
1330 - now hearing OM in SS on USB briefly
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Australia 6925.6 AM 1218 UTC 7 OCT 2017
« on: October 07, 2017, 1218 UTC »
Barely breaking the S5 noise, above & below
1218 - UNID station with funk music
1223 - "It's twelve twenty three, and you are listening to... ...Radio."
Signal faded right at ID, into more music
1218 - UNID station with funk music
1223 - "It's twelve twenty three, and you are listening to... ...Radio."
Signal faded right at ID, into more music