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Utility / MW Arctic coastal maritime logs Nov. 28, 2018
« on: December 08, 2018, 2100 UTC »
Here are two new logs captured from a SDR recording while monitoring 1710 for pirates and other oddities.  These are weak signals, so the use of headphones is encouraged! 

1713 kHz Vardø Radio, just a few kHz above the BCB broadcast band and located at the Northern tip of Norway, with maritime report in Norwegian language:  https://youtu.be/S0yYRPrrSnc

1731 kHz Svalbard Islands, a little stronger and also in Norwegian with maritime report: https://youtu.be/hUwtV7RgIUE

Svalbard is about as North as one can get for a radio station carrying any kind of voice transmission and probably qualifies as my most Northern logged station to date.

There are several coastal maritime stations still operating between 1710-1800 kHz that make great DX targets.

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Latin American Pirate / UNID 1715 kHz USB 0130 UTC 7 Dec 2018
« on: December 07, 2018, 0132 UTC »
MW peskies???  While monitoring 1710, I'm catching some UNID comms on 1715 USB, extremely faint even with the 20 db preamp switched in.  Language is tentatively Spanish, but it's very weak and difficult to make out.  Because it's on my South antenna, I can safely rule out any Trans-Atlantic coastal maritime stations.  Have our South American friends ever heard such communications before in this segment of the band (1710-1800 kHz)?  0142 UTC now and it seems to be gone.

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MW Free Radio / MOVED: MW DX'ing in East Troy WI....
« on: December 04, 2018, 0354 UTC »
This topic has been moved to MW Loggings.

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=48645.0

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MW Free Radio / Re: UNID 1720 AM 2224 UTC 28 Nov 2018
« on: November 29, 2018, 0332 UTC »
Harmonic?  Maybe 2 x 860?

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 4070 AM 0145 UTC 25 Nov 2018
« on: November 25, 2018, 0233 UTC »
S7-S9 and mostly over light static crashes.  Typical great sounding wide signal.  Thanks for the show!

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MW Free Radio / Re: UNID 1710 AM 2245 UTC 18 Nov 2018
« on: November 18, 2018, 2312 UTC »
Hearing it too from West Michigan but very weak and mostly below the noise floor.  Occasional decent fade-ups though with adult standards music.  At 2300 UTC top of hour, DTFM touch-tone type sound effects heard which confirms this is the station I've been hearing and logging here as the "West Rockingham" station, though I have yet to catch a clear ID other than a generic "AM 17-10" and "Community Radio" mentions.

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MW Free Radio / "West Rockingham" & others 1710 AM 0111 UTC 14 November 2018
« on: November 15, 2018, 0120 UTC »
1710 currently has two weak stations @ 0111 UTC taking turns on my South DKAZ loop. The dominant one is a male Spanish preacher from an UNID station that matches none of the following 1710 stations:

https://www.radioretenloquetienes.com/
http://www.1710amtualtarradial.com/
http://anointing7.com/#radioenvivo

More interesting is the second station I'm hearing playing old time stuff from the 1940s thru the 1970s that occasionally comes out of the noise. Unknown if this is the "West Rockingham" station I heard a few nights ago. <------Same station, see below:

0144 UTC: The Flamingos "I only have eyes for you"
0200 UTC: Chimes at top of hour and faint mention of "Rockingham".  These bells or chimes at TOH match the "West Rockingham" station I logged a few nights ago and I can confirm this is the station playing the adult standards and oldies.
0224 UTC: Weather forecast from pro sounding live announcer and into Dan Fogelberg's "Longer".


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MW Free Radio / UNID 1710 AM 0158 UTC 11 November 2018
« on: November 11, 2018, 0204 UTC »
UNID, S6 or so on fade-ups:

0200z: Santana - Evil Ways
0203z: Announcement during fade


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MW Free Radio / UNID 1710 AM 0208 UTC 09 November 2018
« on: November 10, 2018, 0211 UTC »
Very poor copy but with a 20db preamp sitting on 1710, I'm hearing a woman preaching (yelling) "hallelujah! hallelujah! hallelujah!" rising out of the noise, but the prononciation is more like "hallelusha".  I could be wrong, but it doesn't sound Spanish and it doesn't match Radio Reten out of Baton Rouge.  Any ideas?  Another mystery!

After listening to the recording again, it is Spanish, so it seems another Spanish language religious pirate is occupying 1710, aside from the Baton Rouge station.

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MW Free Radio / "West Rockingham"? 1710 AM 0249 UTC 05 November 2018
« on: November 05, 2018, 0250 UTC »
With oldies and get this...announcements!  Weak copy with possible mentions of "West Rockingham", but not 100% clear.  Slogan heard was "Your station for great music and great memories, you'll always find them right here on the community radio network.." with mentions of an FM frequency and "AM 17-10".

Audio clip here, I would like to clear up the "West Rockingham" ID if someone has better ears than me:  https://youtu.be/GWM2snVbMmU

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 6975 AM 0002 UTC 1 Nov 2018
« on: November 01, 2018, 0053 UTC »
Poor copy in my backyard, but you're rocking on a remote SDR in...you guessed it...Alberta Canada!  S9+10.  Great hearing you again!

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MW Free Radio / UNID 1710 AM 0222 UTC 27 October 2018
« on: October 27, 2018, 0224 UTC »
Hearing music here to my south, doesn't seem to match Radio Reten Lo Que Tienes, R&B music & oldies.  Anyone else?

0239z: Daft Punk - Get Lucky

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MW Free Radio / UNID Euro Pirate 1730 AM 2354 UTC 11 Oct 2018
« on: October 11, 2018, 2358 UTC »
I'm receiving a carrier right now in Michigan with perhaps a little imaginary audio on peaks.  When checking a remote in Italy, there's a pirate playing music on this frequency, perhaps from the Balkans?  You guys near the east coast might have a better shot at it.

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MW Loggings / 720 kHz KNR Greenland into Michigan 0330 UTC 07 Oct. 2018
« on: October 09, 2018, 0203 UTC »
Another confirmation that we are approaching the solar minimum: here's Greenland on 720 as heard from Michigan a few nights ago under co-channel blaster WGN:

https://youtu.be/e9eItFTS2Cs

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MW Loggings / Re: Michigan BCB logs Sept., 2018
« on: October 09, 2018, 0110 UTC »
Quote from: pinto vortando on October 08, 2018, 1542 UTC
Have never heard any AM BCB DX past the Rockies from my QTH.

KFI, KNX & KNBR are usually good bets here during sunrise.  KNX has a traffic sounder on the 5s which really cuts through the noise.  1680 KNTS in Washington is another good bet and often heard here just before they reduce power.  1040 CKST in Vancouver is another good one to try for with ESPN programming that sometimes overtakes WHO here.  The last week of October is particularly a good time to catch far western states just before they power down.

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