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Shortwave Pirate Radio In North America And Around The World, And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night
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Huh? / Legendary radio host believes local content will be the key to KDUN’s success?
« on: November 20, 2021, 1846 UTC »
Neat story! And, rare today. (Thank you again Boomer for the FWR of this!) https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/news-makers/delilah-revels-in-rediscovering-her-roots
Oh yeah... Here's the station's site, https://www.kdunradio.com/
Oh yeah... Here's the station's site, https://www.kdunradio.com/
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The RF Workbench / Giuseppe’s Homemade “Magic Tablet” Antenna System?
« on: November 19, 2021, 2019 UTC »
Another SWL'ing rip. https://swling.com/blog/2021/11/giuseppes-homemade-magic-tablet-antenna-system/#comment-677623
I made something like this from a godz-eye antenna, but mine is for just Medium Wave, but this dude made is switch from 40M, then 80M, and then 20M. Nice!!!! Granted, my Italian is non-existent, but the VID shows a lot.
I made something like this from a godz-eye antenna, but mine is for just Medium Wave, but this dude made is switch from 40M, then 80M, and then 20M. Nice!!!! Granted, my Italian is non-existent, but the VID shows a lot.
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General Radio Discussion / The Low-Down On Long-Wave: Unlicensed Experimental Radio?
« on: November 14, 2021, 2212 UTC »
Interesting that HACKADAY covered this, but..... https://hackaday.com/2021/10/19/the-low-down-on-long-wave-unlicensed-experimental-radio/
BTW, there are still NBFM Intercoms out there that use the 1750M band, around 175kHz, but many are 10mW, or even less. Still, some of the older ones can be cranked-up.
BTW, there are still NBFM Intercoms out there that use the 1750M band, around 175kHz, but many are 10mW, or even less. Still, some of the older ones can be cranked-up.
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The RF Workbench / SWL'ing covers the Radio Shack iconic TRF portables!
« on: November 14, 2021, 2031 UTC »
NICE!!!!! I have the #12-655 portable. Not the best AM-Only portable out there, but I think that it certainly holds it's own. https://swling.com/blog/2021/11/guest-post-remembering-the-radio-shack-trfs/?unapproved=676517&moderation-hash=a653775516a8dc68ab4b681bf45ebddf#comment-676517
I've added my own $0.02 worth in the comments, and a link to this dude's site: http://earmark.net/gesr/12-655.htm
BTW, when I recorded the Pat Murphy and Andrew Yorder interviews on C2C AM, the RS #12-655 is the portable that I used to record from.
I've added my own $0.02 worth in the comments, and a link to this dude's site: http://earmark.net/gesr/12-655.htm
BTW, when I recorded the Pat Murphy and Andrew Yorder interviews on C2C AM, the RS #12-655 is the portable that I used to record from.
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Other / WWV at 25MHz is heard again!
« on: November 10, 2021, 1959 UTC »
Wow... For the 1st time in about 6, or 7, years, WWV at 25.0000MHz came-in to WV at 17:10UTC, MAX'ing out to S9. Then, faded out after that. So, F2 from Ft. Collins, CO. Good to hear that, again.
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The RF Workbench / Ferrite Toroids Can Be an Engineer’s Best Pal? Oh yeah!!!!
« on: November 05, 2021, 1831 UTC »
Boomer FWR this to me, and I have Ferrite clamps and toroids everywhere at my locations. https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/tech-tips/ferrite-toroids-can-be-an-engineers-best-pal
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MW Loggings / GND-Wave continuity must be better now for local MW stations.
« on: November 03, 2021, 1738 UTC »
Huh... Where I am in WV, I won't hear 1020KDKA Pittsburgh during the summer months during the daytime, but do during the mid-day in the dead of winter. Well, on the work drive, KDKA was in there with a decent, steady, signal just before 5:30PM yesterday afternoon. With no fading, I've counted out skip. So, looks like this cold snap has given this a plus.
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Amateur Radio / Long Haul 75M AM! WA to ME...
« on: November 02, 2021, 1827 UTC »
Whoa!!! Heard Timtron, WA1HLR, on 3885AM last night around 06:00UTC, workin' a station West of Seattle, WA. That's a good haul on 75M in any mode, let along AM, from ME to WA. I was hearing that dude at S20/9 with some kick-ass hardware on his end, a commercial Harris TX and a dipole at 160ft up! (No wonder I heard him that well.) Timtron, was bangin' into my QTH in WV at S40/9. Maybe, this weekend, I'll bring back a transceiver on-line and try and join them.
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Peskies / Russian-like Woodpecker on 6925kHz last night?
« on: October 31, 2021, 1830 UTC »
Eh??? Got back from work and kicked the HF rig on to troll for pirates, only to hear what sounded like the 1970's - 1980's Russian Woodpecker on 6925kHz, +/-12kHz either side, 04:30UTC. Not that strong, peaking at an S5, but certainly obliterated anything that could have been there. That was gone 2hrs later. Tell me that this wasn't deliberate.
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10/11 meters / 11M pipeline from Idaho? Apparently...
« on: October 30, 2021, 1811 UTC »
On CB CH 38LSB, I QSO'ed with Idaho yesterday, but today, Idaho just dominates with stations there! Huh... Sellin' potatoes has these ops to be able to afford SSB CB rigs? (Nah... I'm not stereo-typing here. Hi-hi...) Neat, to hear all of them from that state. Must be a nice F2 pipeline to there from WV.
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Pirate Radio History / Radio Survivor covers the 1987 zine, Radio Is my Bomb!
« on: October 29, 2021, 1910 UTC »
Huh... Never heard of this then. My go-to zine at the time was Ernie Wilson's EBN from Panaxis. http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/10/radio-is-my-bomb-zine-is-a-still-relevant-snapshot-of-free-radio-in-the-1980s/
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Huh? / Jessica Rosenworcel nominated to become 1st woman to lead FCC?
« on: October 28, 2021, 2004 UTC »
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jessica-rosenworcel-nominated-to-become-1st-woman-to-lead-fcc/ar-AAPZ0YV?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz Seen this coming out of my OUTLOOK mail. Hmmmmmmmm... Good, bad, indifferent???
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Software / A 'Work Around' for defuncted Reciva based wifi radios? Maybe...
« on: October 26, 2021, 1850 UTC »
Don't trash those Reciva based radios yet. There are some smart folks trying to work around this. https://swling.com/blog/2021/10/reciva-gateway-not-responding-rob-offers-more-info-possible-workarounds/ I have two Sangean WFR-20 radios here, and it would be nice not to have even more paper weights here. Albeit, they also make nice computer audio amps with their AUX inputs.
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Pirate Radio History / Inside Pirate Radio Documentary, now +30 years ago!
« on: October 10, 2021, 1841 UTC »
Well, this is certainly pirate history, and Youtube still has it up, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_oXEMu7Rzo What prompted me to this VID again? Running Radio Wolf International over my stations this Columbus Day Weekend. Hey... The Youtube copy is a better VID version than what I'd bought back in 1991 on VHS.