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Shortwave Broadcast / CFVP

« on: May 26, 2022, 1831 UTC »

Just a little mention that CFVP 6.03 MHz is still transmitting these days.

I caught them during a bandscan of 49 metres a few days back but I wasn't fastidious enough to note the time and date.  This was my first catch of CFVP, largely because I never actively seeked out the station.  I more often heard the MW main CKMX 1060 KHz (Calgary's Funny 1060) many evenings of AM DX.  Now that CFRW 1290 Winnipeg was reformatted from a TSN sports station to Funny 1290, I thought for a minute that the local AM 1290 station was bleeding through onto the shortwave dial.  I listened for the commercial break and heard the Calgary branding. 

There you are, CFVP I had left for dead is still on the air.  I haven't read any post on the subject for quite some time.

Used a Marconi 138 console radio with an MLA-30 loop.

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Propagation / Map or chart grouping pirate reception by area?

« on: February 22, 2020, 0420 UTC »

Hi,

Has there ever been on this board or in the wiki section any general geographical Map or table showing loggings of various hf pirate broadcasts? I am interested in knowing what pirates would be easier catches based on what quadrant or area of North America one is listening in. East Coast, Pacific North West, Midwest etc.   

I can sort of figure some of it out based on looking at loggings and the location of the poster, but sometimes I wonder what the farthest regular reception logs are for a given pirate. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 05:00 UTC Monday December 12th 2016 testing in usual pirate band.

« on: December 13, 2016, 2339 UTC »

Did anyone catch an UNID with OM "testing testing 12345" etc? Sounds like he was conversing on the phone with someone taking field readings "this is broadcast station..."  and State Anthem of the Soviet Union on repeat, played Elvis on repeat a bit, then Bo Diddly, before transmitting in earnest with more 1950s and early 60s tunes before signing off at 06:00 UTC.  I have a recording on cassette I need to digitize. I can't give an exact frequency as my radio has a crude (but pretty) analogue dial.  The aircheck had a freq announced so will update.