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Utility / Halifax Coast Guard Radio on 2749 (!)
« on: February 01, 2022, 0245 UTC »
Loud clear signal despite high noise (SINFO 55355) on 2749 kHz at 0240z on 1 Feb 2022. Twice announced "Halifax Coast Guard Radio" followed by French (unknown content - I don't speak French) then marine forecast in English. Nothing out of the ordinary - except - in my log notes I notated a while back, "discontinued September 2010". Are my notes wrong, or was the station resurrected?

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Shortwave Broadcast / PBS Xizang 9490 AM 0336 UTC 29 Jan 2022 (with jammer)
« on: January 29, 2022, 0338 UTC »
Strong buzzing jammer is fading in & out on same frequency (guessing location is China); Tibetan language broadcast from Lhasa, Tibet can be heard intermittently during jammer fades

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 2240 UTC 24 JAN 2022
« on: January 24, 2022, 2304 UTC »
Solid S9+20 here with virtually no fading. Very high fidelity - bandwidth appears to be in excess of 3.5 kHz. Tune is "Energy Flow" by Dhamika (thank you Shazam!).

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Outhouse Radio? Lucky 13 6925 USB 0047 UTC 22 January 2022
« on: January 22, 2022, 0216 UTC »
Even though I have a clear signal and proper bandwidth (3 kHz), I can't get SSTV images to synchronize properly (MMSSTV on Win 10 - autodetects as Scottie 1). I've tried several different input volumes. Used to work before I replaced my hard drive & reinstalled everything :/   Maybe an MMSSTV setting?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Outhouse Radio? Lucky 13 6925 USB 0047 UTC 22 January 2022
« on: January 22, 2022, 0128 UTC »
Nice solid signal here (SINFO 55455); maybe a hair distorted (signal overdriven). Couldn't get a good lock on the SSTV image at 0125.

EDIT: Forgot to widen out bandwidth to full 3 kHz (was set to 2.8 kHz); quality is better, and maybe I'll get a better fix on the next SSTV image.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Ethiopia? 7110 AM 0410 UTC 16 Jan 2022
« on: January 16, 2022, 0424 UTC »
Moderate signal in upstate NY, northeastern U.S.  I'm usually pretty good at identifying a language or language group, but this one stumps me. Suspect Ethiopia Radio (in Amharic), but ShortwaveSchedule.com et al state that this station is only on 1500-1800. Heard what sounded like news for a while, eventually transitioned to music. There is occasional interference from hams. Voice sample at https://www.lutins.org/temp/sdr/7110_AM_16-Jan-2022_0405z.mp3, music sample at https://www.lutins.org/temp/sdr/7110_AM_16-Jan-2022_0417z.mp3

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Clear Talk Radio 6900 LSB 0136 UTC 15 JAN 2022
« on: January 15, 2022, 0148 UTC »
Signal S9+5 to S9+15 here. Decent fidelity for sideband (apparently 3 kHz bandwidth).

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Clever Name Radio 6900 USB 0109 UTC 13 Jan 2022
« on: January 13, 2022, 0110 UTC »
Decent signal despite heavy noise (SINFO 55244). Techno? dance music.

EDIT: Doors "Break on Through" @ 0118 UTC - now booming in (55355)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Unid 6985 AM 0015 UTC 13 Jan 2022
« on: January 13, 2022, 0057 UTC »
@Bali_Frank Your signature line says (and your handle implies) you're in Bali - surely you didn't hear the same signal halfway around the world? Maybe you were using a networked SDR? I didn't have a chance to check out any networked radios as it was dinner time on my side of the world.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Unid 6985 AM 0015 UTC 13 Jan 2022
« on: January 13, 2022, 0016 UTC »
Medium to weak signal (heavy fading) with high noise level; can barely make out music.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WLIS (relay)? 6921 AM 0005z 12 Jan 2022
« on: January 12, 2022, 0205 UTC »
Oops - you are correct -  I got used to being UTC - 4 in the Eastern time zone, but now that we're off DST it's UTC - 5

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WLIS (relay)? 6921 AM 0005z 12 Jan 2022
« on: January 12, 2022, 0135 UTC »
Signed off at 0035 as "North American Pirate Relay Service" - so is this the true ID, and "WLIS" was just the content they were relaying?


Yes ..... NAPRS@protonmail.com  (clobdell)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6921 AM 0005z 12 Jan 2022
« on: January 12, 2022, 0125 UTC »
OK, it's WLIS - We Love Interval Signals, and the QSL address is definitely Blue Ridge, PA. Just heard some audio excerpts from "The Prisoner", one of my favorite TV series of all time :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6921 AM 0005z 12 Jan 2022
« on: January 12, 2022, 0122 UTC »
Through heavy fading, I heard "Interval Radio - we love interval signals" and "The best interval signals of the 60's, 70's and 80's" (or something to that effect). Also, several addresses given out (for QSL?) including ones in Canada, New York and Pennsylvania. Not hearing on networked radios in the midwest nor New England.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / N.A.P.R.S (WLIS relay) 6921 AM 0105 UTC 12 Jan 2022
« on: January 12, 2022, 0109 UTC »
Just came on the air (@ 0000z ?) - audio's a bit weak, but ID sounds like "WLIF". Voices only (no music) but too much QRN to make out what I'm hearing.

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