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Messages - Charlie_Dont_Surf

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it also got me interested in baseball which no-one plays in Europe!

Actually, there is some interest in mainland Europe, just like there is some interest in cricket over here (driven mostly by south Asian emigres*), though that organization is probably not nearly at the same level as baseball in Europe.

https://www.mlb.com/international/europe
and
https://www.wbsceurope.org/en

Related: several decades ago, I remember seeing a hand-written sign (in English) in either Paris or Amsterdam (I can't remember now) looking for people who wanted to play baseball. I think the Netherlands, Germany (a result of the large US military presence) and the Spain had the most activity a long time ago but that might be very out of date.

*I have worked with many of those folks over the years. They are rabid cricket fans!

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Carrier on at 0044 and audio almost instantaneously, I think. SINPO 45444 / S9+5 on an SDR in Texas.
I noticed tonight that the audio seems a bit crushed and distorted on peaks. Perhaps it's turned up a tad too much?

0044 - The Prodigy, "Voodoo People."
0050 - Stakker, "Humanoid."
0054 - Liquid Radio ID, PSYCHE/BFC, "Galaxy."
0100 - Fax Yourself, "Walking On Sunshine 89" (With bits of lyrics from The Clash, "Magnificent Seven" here and there.)
0107 - ID, next track.
0122 - Bedrock, "Heaven Scent."
0133 - Maybe Keluar, "Volition."
0134 - Paul Hardcastle, "Nineteen."
0149 - Riff on "I ain't got no scrub, you ain't got no scrub, etc.", LR ID, next track.
0213 - Ross Couch,"Everywhere You Are."
0227 - Pretty Poison, "Catch Me I'm Falling." I hit the 90min/24hrs time limit on the SDR I was using and had to switch.
0229 - Snap!, "Rhythm Is a Dancer."
0257 - LR ID, next.
0306 - TX Off.

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0023  Very weak music, 0027 suddenly up with a country ballad by OM, 'Into Dust' - Mazzy Star, 'I Love You' - Jerry Jeff Walker, unfamiliar song, 'Diamonds and Rust' - Joan Baez, 'Pancho & Lefty' - Emmylou Harris, 0100 YL - "You are listening to Radio Vixen International", SSTV, off.

S6

Almost immediately after s/off, WTF Radio WW came on the same frequency.

Sorry. This report is for Radio Vixen.

34
0059 - Liquid Radio ID heard. SINPO 44444 on Scratch Money's SDR in southern Louisiana.
0104 - Breeder, "Tyrantanic."
0108 - L.A. Style, "James Brown is Dead."
0121 - Space Master, "I Need You."
0157 - Dead air then TX off.

35
I happened to just catch the carrier going on at 0234. A lot of polar flutter on an SDR in New England.

0237 - Relay/rebroadcast of a stream it seems. Sounds like Liquid Todd again.
0304 - Announcer said "...Boombox Radio..."
0330 - Checked back and signal is gone.

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0207 - ID. Reception very good on a Texas SDR: SINPO 45344/ S9 with normal light fading.
0215 - Reception much poorer at home tonight than last night. On the other hand, sundown is still coming.
0223 - ID, next tune.
0233 - ID and website, next tune.
0241 - tail end of Dawn of Ashes, "The Crypt Injection", ID, then KMFDM, "Godlike".
0253 - Xentrifuge, "Evolution."
0309 - Maybe TYGAPAW, "Magenta Riddim." It's dark here and reception at home is fair but much better than before sundown.
0455 - Hardcore for the past hour. (Maybe? I've been in and out of the room.) Currently playing:  Neagles, "Hellscape."
0505 - Caustic, "White Knuckle Head F**k (feat. Faderhead)". My local noise level has dropped again (yay) and reasonable reception at home has resumed.
0537 - Dead air mid-song, then TX off.

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Fair signal out here on the left coast. SINPO 24232. I have them at 6970.666, of course.

0436 - ID and internet addresses with computerized male voice.
0441 - TX off after classical music piece.

 
Fantastisch! Die Röhren, sie glühen so fein, doch die Glühbirne sagt: 'Nö, ich bin nicht mehr dein.'
Ein elektrisches Trauerspiel, ganz ohne Gnade – jetzt sitz’ ich im Dunkeln, mit Röhrchenparade. :'(

Jetzt, dein Sender ist kaputt? Ist er eingeschlafen oder auch kaputt?

38
Very nice listening out here on the left coast on my doublet antenna at 30 feet/9 meters.

SINPO 35343 at 0420 UTC with light jazzy, electronic music.
ID at ~ 0430 UTC.

Recording starting with ID at 0446 UTC: https://voca.ro/1nXLBqv8z8WZ

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All the usual SDRs had unusually poor reception (though I didn't try the Nebraska one) but ironically reception was the best here at home in California that I can recall since I put up my doublet a couple months ago. Not strong by any measure, but actually listenable most of the time, which was a pleasant change from the usual. Here's a recording with ID at the beginning, ending a few minutes before they signed off : https://voca.ro/14e4sgJYl3Us

0402 - TX Off.

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Other / Re: 4XZ 6989.97 CW 0025 UTC 30 JAN 2025
« on: May 02, 2025, 0232 UTC »
4XZ is normally used by the Israel Navy but as far as I know and remember the don't use "DE" (this is).

PRIYOM says that 4XZ does indeed use "DE". https://priyom.org/military-stations/israel/4xz

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Re: 4XZ 13514 Khz
« on: May 02, 2025, 0209 UTC »
4XZ is an Israeli Navy station that sends CW on several frequencies. Broadcasts go like this: https://priyom.org/military-stations/israel/4xz

In any case, this is not one their usual frequencies, if I recall correctly. The last I knew, they weren't on any higher than 13 MHz but that might be out of date.
I suppose it could be a harmonic but 13514/2 and /3 don't work out to the frequencies that I was able to find, which, again, might be out of date.

Possibly related: I did hear someone pirating 4XZ just below 40 meters a few months ago and maybe he/she is "branching out", as it were:https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,140232.0.html

In any case, I don't know if it's really 4XZ but this should probably go in the Other or Utility sections. It's not a HiFER beacon.


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I was Johnny On The Spot today. Laying in wait with a Texas SDR on my second screen, out of the corner of my eye I saw the carrier come up. The music started about 5 seconds later. SINPO 45244 / S9+10 with some fast QSB.

0005 - ID, Juno Reactor, "Mars." (Maybe) [The fading is getting very deep towards the end of this song.]
0014 - Nitzer Ebb, "Murderous." [Fading is improving.]
0018 - ID and website address, into Carl Cox, "Dr. Funk."
0031 - Audio disappearing a few times, TX on and off a few times.
0032 - Resuming.
0036 - Oh no. More audio problems. Perhaps an intermittent connection. Music resumes in a few more seconds.
0048 - "Theme from S'Express."
0054 - Indo Tribe, "Owl (I Can See You Mix)." Signal is more like S7-S9 most of the time now.
0106 - ID, The Prodigy, "Firestarter."
0124 - ID, New Order, "Confusion." Reception has improved in Texas: SINPO 54444 / S9+10 most of the time.
0151 - ID, Trans-X, "Living On Video."
0200 - Music faded down then TX off.

43
Hearing EDM on an SDR in Arizona. SINPO 35233 with lots of QRN tonight.

0049 - ID.
0123 - Leftfield, "Open Up." (Johnny Rotten's distinctive voice as guest vocals.)
0127 - ID, Quasar, "Take You II"
0138 - ID, The KLF, "Last Train to Trancentral."
0151 - ID, next EDM.

---> I have to leave. Good night all.

44
The judge's ruling:

Restores: VOA, Radio Free Asia and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks
Does not restore: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

The Office of Cuba Broadcasting (Radio y Televisión Martí) was restored already in March.

45
SINPO 55455 / S9 on an SDR in Texas.

0054 - Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), "Twilight."
0057 - "...will not stop, EVER!" ID, next tune is ELO, "Hold On Tight." Noticing that the QRN has all the sudden picked up.
0100 - ID at top of the hour, then Diesel, "Sausalito Summernight."
0105 - ID then The Traveling Wilburys, "Handle With Care."
0111 - Tom Petty, "Runnin' Down a Dream."
0113 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, "Into the Great Wide Open."
0116 - Fake advert for "Farmersonly.com". QRN has calmed down a little but still there.
0122 - Noting that the op seems to be doing two songs in a row from the same artist. Currently two songs from ZZTop.
0125 - Def Leppard, "Photograph."
0129 - Def Leppard, "Foolin'."
0133 - Two from Van Halen.
0141 - Styx, "Mr. Roboto."
0147 - Styx, "Blue Collar Man."
0151 - ID, Cheap Trick, "Surrender."
0155 - Cheap Trick, "Dream Police."
0207 - TX off after two song set from Pat Benetar.

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