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Huh? / Re: Hurricane heading Josiah's way...

« on: September 01, 2023, 0111 UTC »

No doubt that he got a bit wet. If his bus roof had leaks (which would seem possible given what it looked like) it might have been a "fun" time.

Has he been on since August 20th? He hasn't been reported since before then. Hmmmm....

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Software / Re: Any SDR# (SDRSharp) Users Out There?

« on: September 01, 2023, 0103 UTC »

<snip>

However my biggest pet peeve is that it defaults to a mode where it makes receiving mode choices (AM/USB/LSB/NBFM) for you based upon frequency. Perhaps this is acceptable for VHF/UHF or exclusively HF ham frequencies but it is super annoying for HF if you jump around listening to a variety of different things as I do. You can disable this feature but it seems like that disable setting is not saved in NVM and when you power it on again, you have to disable it again. You can save the GUI layout for future recall but that setting is not saved or recalled as part of that save.

Easy fix.  Go to Band Plan and uncheck Auto update radio settings. 

--
Mike

as I wrote above, (and highlighted in bold) that setting is not saved in NVM and you have to do that every time you run the the software. I don't have SDR# running constantly and since it does crash from time to time, it's not really my favorite feature.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 via Mix Radio International 6950 USB 0110 UTC 30 AUG 2023

« on: August 30, 2023, 0141 UTC »

Listening on a Kiwi in Pittsburgh with 10 KHz bandwidth, which I'm using fully. Sounds great. SINPO 55555 / S9 on peaks.

0138: MRI ID
0141: MRI ID again mixed in with music.
0202: YL voice "You're listening to the sound of FM radio on shortwave. Mix Radio International."
0203: Remix of The Smiths
0215: Song lyrics: "Who are we? We da shit!"

I'm just noticing that there are no peskies on tonight.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Zeppelin Radio 6959.9 AM 0053 UTC 30 AUG 2023

« on: August 30, 2023, 0053 UTC »

Presumed due to the 1940s-1950s music played. Strongest in Europe but some very noisy reception on the east coast of North America.
S8/SINPO 35333 on an SDR in Ischia, southern Italy.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Drunken DJ Radio WDDR 15th Anniversary 6960 USB 0109 UTC 13 AUG 2023

« on: August 13, 2023, 0334 UTC »

Very respectable signal on the left coast at 0332 UTC (about 20 min after dusk): SINPO 34233, roughly S7 on peaks on my longwire.

0452 - Off, I think.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Two Dog Radio 6935 USB 0302 UTC 13 AUG 2023

« on: August 13, 2023, 0330 UTC »

SINPO 55555, S9+ at my house (yes, I really am in California!) on my long wire. I checked around various SDRs here in the west and of course, the signal is dominating. I'm wondering if you can hear it on the east coast?
Noting he is using very heavy audio compression, more than most other SSB ops. (That's not a complaint.)

0326 - "You're listening to the dog. Two Dog Radio."
0342 - GNR, "The Jungle"
0431 - GNR, "Sweet Child o'Mine"
0433 - "Woof, woof, woof. Two Dog Radio"
0436 - Nine Inch Nails,"Head Like A Hole"
0449 - ID and email address. Kraftwerk, "The Model"
0452 - Kraftwerk, "Radioactivity"
0459 - Kraftwerk, "Showroom Dummies"
0505 - "You've been listening to Two Dog Radio. Good Evening. Bow Wow." Close down.

Thanks for the entertainment, man.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Locomotive Radio 6980 AM 0034 UTC 11 August 2023

« on: August 11, 2023, 0056 UTC »

0055 (or earlier) - Signal is back.
0056 - "Horse with No Name". Peskies on the LSB.
0100 - Unknown tune. SINPO 44344 on the K3FEF SDR with LSB filtered out due to peskies on the LSB. Good modulation. (See waterfall plot at bottom.)
0111 - Uh oh. RF getting into the audio? I'm thinking that what I was hearing was train rumbling.
0116 - SSTV
0121 - ID but it seemed to be overmodulated or FMing. "(something) Radio". Heard what may have been train sounds in the background.
(re: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,116863.0.html)
0125 - "You are listening to Locomotive Radio"
0142 - "Time for some SSTV here on Locomotive Radio."
0152 - "Thank you for accompaning me..." Shout outs to listeners. Train rumbles and horn blowing.
0158 - Carrier off.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Foxy AM 6935 AM 0023 UTC 11 Aug 23

« on: August 11, 2023, 0035 UTC »

Not sure if we're talking about the same thing but I have jazz on 6935.0 AM. I have not seen it on the frequencies you mention, 6930 or 6938.8 KHz. BTW, the date would be 11 August, not 10.

0042 - ID. Apologies for being near the MARS net earlier.
0055 - SINPO 34243 at the moment on the K3FEF SDR.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Locomotive Radio 6980 AM 0034 UTC 11 August 2023

« on: August 11, 2023, 0034 UTC »

Carrier is up. May or may not become something but there was an AM station on 6972 earlier.

Carrier off ~0041 UTC. Oh well....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6960 AM 2357 UTC 09 AUG 2023

« on: August 10, 2023, 0100 UTC »

Deep Purple at 0007. Carrier is S9 but audio is undermodulated. You need to turn it up.

Sounds perfectly fine to me

That's fine but I know what a properly modulated AM transmitter should sound like and it's very short of that.
Even using not using subjective measures like you are, by all objective measures (the simplest one is the ratio of the sidebands to the carrier), it's not making it. Not even close.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6960 AM 2357 UTC 09 AUG 2023

« on: August 10, 2023, 0008 UTC »

Deep Purple at 0007. Carrier is S9 but audio is undermodulated. You need to turn it up.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6984.9 AM 2332 UTC 09 AUG 2023

« on: August 10, 2023, 0002 UTC »

Good carrier but sadly, a grossly undermodulated carrier (like every other AM pirate these days).

Dude, turn up the damn audio! Your carrier is S9+10 on the SDR I am listening to but I can just barely make out that you are playing Van Halen (I think) at 2359 UTC.

0026 - Either by chance or intentionally, audio is getting better. Still a long way to go though.
0029 - Carrier off after train whistle sounds. Also some MARS activity.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Lego(?) Radio 6925 AM 2317 UTC 08 AUG 2023

« on: August 08, 2023, 2327 UTC »

Now on 6925.0 USB. SINPO 33233 on an SDR in Massachusetts. There is a peskie on 6925.0 LSB.

2326 - Dave Mason, "We Just Disagree"
2332 - Male: "Thank you for tuning in to (unintelligible) ..... broadcasting from Little Diamond Island*. Tell us what you would like to hear."
2347 - Male: "You are listening to an experimental transmission from Lego(?) Radio. Please stand by for a continuation of our broadcast."
2349 - Transmission moved to 6926 USB for a few seconds, perhaps by accident, then back to 6925.0 KHz.
0000 - Noting that signal appears to be stronger in the northeast US than the midwest or southeast.
0006 - Signoff announcement without ID. Recording started a little late: https://voca.ro/1c3fAwPzeeJC
Seemingly right on cue (or by coincidence), the "flamethrower" starts up on frequency just after signoff. You can hear it at the tail end of the recording.


* For what it is worth, this is in Casco Bay, Portland, Maine, USA.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6935 USB 2339 UTC 04 AUG 2023

« on: August 04, 2023, 2344 UTC »

S9+10, SINPO 55445 on the K1VL SDR in Vermont.

2340 - Beeps reminiscent of the beeps that were used to indicate that your telephone call was being recorded (a legal requirement back in the day) over music.
2343 - WWV audio over the top of a bed of jazzy saxophone music.          "Jazz to set your clock to." (<--I made that up. )
2348 - Intro track to an old radio show with jazz trumpets, trombone and sax.
2351 - Male announcer: "Welcome to the fascinating world of...."
2353 - "...From the archives of the British Library..."
2359 - a mashup of spacey music and Dr. Benway. (I think.)
0005 - "Send your reports to shortwavemaildrop AT gmail dot com" and then off, I guess.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 2305 UTC 2 AUG 2023

« on: August 02, 2023, 2347 UTC »

2346 - DLR and the band all just took a bunch of peyote and are all slowed down sub-33 1/3 RPM. To whit: https://voca.ro/1nCuHp57ZwIV