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Really enjoying this show!  Great selection of tunes. Good excuse to be inside during a snowstorm.  Thanks WDOG! 

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Hang on Sloopy at 20:42 ... I love this song.  Weak signal in Chicago with lots of QSB.

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Marginal to moderate fluctuation in Chicago, S5.  Different!
0000: Hey, what happened to VH "Little Guitars"??  LOL
0004: Hey, thanks!!
0010: Sry, couldn't catch the ID.

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What a great catch tonight!  Thanks Pee Wee, and thanks HFU for the images!

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Still sounding good!  Thanks for the show!

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Wolverine Radio's monster signal into Chicago never ceases to amaze me, there's nothing else like it!   :o  Thanks WR!! 

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Equipment / Static crashes in my HF receiver, problem solved...
« on: December 04, 2015, 0726 UTC »
My lesson learned:   For the last few years (since my current station configuration) I have been plagued by strong static crashes in my desktop HF receiver, occurring at regular 12-second intervals. (Go figure.)  I live in an urban environment and assumed that the mysterious source of noise was outdoors, even though I use an indoor random wire antenna (hint) and basically felt defeated.  But today I came to the resolve that I was going to lick the problem, once and for all!!  I used a portable shortwave receiver to attempt to track down the noise.  To my surprise, the noise was strongest right at my radio desk! (Go figure x2.) I had picked up the scent at was hot on the trail...I unplugged every piece of equipment, wall wart, power strip...anything that plugged in, one at a time, and finally I found it...the power adapter for my laptop computer.  The odd thing was, it generated the noise even when it was not plugged in to the laptop.  As long as it was connected to AC, it generated the noise. Turns out, spewing out RFI is a nasty problem with any switching power supply, a standard accessory with laptop computers and some radio gear.  SO...on one hand, it was a huge relief to finally be rid of the noise crashes.  On the other hand, I felt pretty stupid for making assumptions and letting the problem fester for a few years.  If I can help even one other listener solve their noise problem by pointing them to their AC adapters and power supplies, I'll feel satisfied for posting this topic.  Happy noise-free listening!  Well, almost noise-free.

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Equipment / Magnetic baluns ... less noise?
« on: November 04, 2015, 0622 UTC »
I recently read comments in another forum that stated magnetic baluns are useless. (Compared to WHAT, I would ask.)  Of course, there are all kinds of variables when comparing different antenna set-ups, but I live in a metro environment where man-made noise is prevalent, and using a magnetic balun on my random wire antenna has made ALL the difference in greatly reducing noise.  If your antenna of choice is a random wire, I highly recommend feeding it with a magnetic balun and 50 ohm coax.  In my experience, it's a simple installation that produces excellent results. I'd be interested in hearing from other SWL's about their experiences using magnetic baluns, pro or con.   
-With regard to signal-to-noise radio, I have noticed that using an external tuner certainly improved Signals, but also increased the Noise with it, resulting in no improvement of S/N ratio. It was a very interesting experiment. Thanks for the reply.

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Other / Re: UNID 6925 LSB 0130z 3NOV2015 What is all the chatter?
« on: November 03, 2015, 0247 UTC »
Thanks for all the replies, this forum rocks.  (And thanks for the Twitter feed!)

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Other / Re: UNID 6925 LSB 0130z 3NOV2015 What is all the chatter?
« on: November 03, 2015, 0206 UTC »
Now hearing English comms on 6986.5 USB ... not readable. Possibly USCG, maritime lingo.  Didn't realize there was still so much chatter on the bands!

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Other / Re: UNID 6925 LSB 0130z 2NOV2015 What is all the chatter?
« on: November 03, 2015, 0143 UTC »
Don't they know we're listening for SWP's in the states?  Jeeesh.   What nerve.  (Thanks.)

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Other / UNID 6925 LSB 0130z 3NOV2015 What is all the chatter?
« on: November 03, 2015, 0139 UTC »
What is all the chatter on 6925 LSB?  Down in the noise, 2-way conversation, non-English speaking, last hour.  Illegal comms? Ute?

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S2 to S5 in n/e IL, difficult copy.

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Why can't all signals be this BIG?  Wow!!  ;)
Halloween is the High Holiday of Pirate Radio. So much fun!!
- 0004z signal fades then peaks to S9 +40, I've never had a PR that strong at my station. Thanks Wolverine Radio!
- 0014z signal dropped into the noise after SSTV

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