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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: KiwiSDR v1.515 Improvements

« on: May 04, 2022, 0249 UTC »

Also, software version 1.471 added HFDL decode capability.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Frequency_Data_Link

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Mix Radio International 6865 USB 0210 UTC 04 May 2022

« on: May 04, 2022, 0216 UTC »

Good signal on the west coast. SIO 444 out here. Audio is 6+ KHz bandwidth. The transmitter has a bit of an unwanted sideband rejection problem so I was initially confused trying to tune them in but I figured it out after 10-15 seconds of goofing around. I'm going to guess it's MRI.

0215 - Female vocals with spacey background music.

0228 - Off, I guess.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / KiwiSDR v1.515 Improvements

« on: May 02, 2022, 1903 UTC »

I noticed some nice improvements over the weekend.

There are now two VFOs available (A and B) and what they call a "memory menu" (what I would call a "memory stack", where the frequencies get pushed down a stacked list). The latter was available before but reaching the different frequencies is now more strightforward.

Also, I had been having some problems with the frequency display over the past month or two where only the rightmost 3-4 digits were readily viewable often. I thought it was because of my new laptop and/or my display resolution selections but then I saw it on other computers. I use Firefox most of the time and it look like there was a fix for that made recently.

https://forum.kiwisdr.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2598/v1-515-control-panel-changes-mobile-device-improvements

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mighty KBC (? relay) 6929.9 AM 2009 UTC 13 Apr 2022

« on: April 14, 2022, 0058 UTC »

Likely the only use "mighty" for English programming/ID.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6929.9 AM 2009 UTC 13 Apr 2022

« on: April 13, 2022, 2142 UTC »

It was a Mighty KBC relay.

Yes. Recording has "Dit is K B C Radio" (Dit ees Kah Bay Say Rahdeo), assuming they use that as an ID and not "Mighty KBC".

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6929.9 AM 2009 UTC 13 Apr 2022

« on: April 13, 2022, 2130 UTC »

Here is the possible ID from my recording just after the newscast....11 seconds and sounds like German OM and YL:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11X5eaMGU3CpA0qtJlrSf1H3F8GYw-6iw/view?usp=sharing

If anybody can ID from the audio clip, I would be happy to know what it is! 

Definitely Dutch and not German. I will struggle to get the station name with several passes over it but I will try and report back.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Video: My Secret Falklands War: When Britain's Military Took To The Airwaves

« on: April 13, 2022, 1758 UTC »

I don't think I ever got a QSL card (did they actually issue any?  )

Well, this might a QSL card and they had a postal address, for what it is worth.

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General Radio Discussion / Video: My Secret Falklands War: When Britain's Military Took To The Airwaves

« on: April 13, 2022, 1702 UTC »

Those of us of a certain age will remember Radio Atlantico Del Sur, the PSY OPS station set up by the British Ministry of Defense to broadcast to the Argentine soldiers occupying The Falklands/Las Malvinas during the war. With the 40th anniversary now upon us, here is a back story to that station.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f5mbM2pZB4

I don't think I ever got a QSL card (did they actually issue any?  ) but I heard it many times and probably have a recording or two of the station somewhere.

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General Radio Discussion / Video: More Intercepted Russian Radio Comms

« on: March 25, 2022, 0742 UTC »

Russia Struggled to Capture a Ukrainian Town. Intercepted Radio Messages Show Why

I guess someone is hearing all the Russian unencrypted stuff that we aren't hearing. I do remember hearing attempts to raise Buran-30 unsuccessfully.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOmYi96cU1M

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6975 AM 2310 UTC 17 MAR 2022

« on: March 18, 2022, 0023 UTC »

I'm digging the tunage while I work late. Seriously. In college we called this "music that is sufficiently effed up".

Good copy in the midwest. S5-9 depending upon RX location at 0020 UTC. I see that the QRN is back for the Spring on the east coast.
Some peskie QRM on the LSB from time to time.

Welcome back Nowhere Radio (Tentative)

I had the same thought.

0107 UTC - somebody QRMing on the USB with The Beatles, "Nowhere Man" for about 60 seconds. (Do you get the joke?  )

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Russian Comms

« on: March 12, 2022, 2149 UTC »

Related: https://coffeeordie.com/killed-russian-general/

The Ukrainian military says it has killed a second Russian one-star general inside of a week...

The announcement linked to a Ukrainian government website that claimed the death was reported from the field to higher Russian headquarters on an unencrypted cell phone, due to failing communication gear among Russian units.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: What are these transmissions on 90 Meters (Kiwi SDR)

« on: March 12, 2022, 2104 UTC »

Data transmissions. Likely what is known as STANAG but it might be another format altogether.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: KFS omni kiwi sdr "Masking" USAF global HF Frequency??

« on: March 12, 2022, 2102 UTC »

The worst case I've had here is someone from Taiwan who would connect to all 7 of the KiwiSDRs here at the same time, and sit on a CHU frequency for 12+ hours.

I'm sure it was some long term propagation studies with multiple antennas. The timestamps are built in.   Or he reeeally wanted to be very, very, very sure that he had the time in English and French every minute.

I've seen this on some Russian KiwiSDRs too, where they have blocked reception of The Buzzer or the like. Example: http://msk.swl.su:8074/?f=4625usbz6

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Other / Re: Radio Rurik 3920 USB 1855 UTC 08 Mar 2022

« on: March 08, 2022, 2231 UTC »

1855 S9+15  M Ru known me from Radio Rurik  voice in loop " ubiwajte russkie swinie skolko możete ,
                    smert' agressorom okupanta pederasa Putina...
                    - background present another Ukrainien defenders broadcast voice and RU jammer machine 

I recorded this on Sunday, 6 March 2022 at 0834 UTC on 7055 KHz. I think it is the same thing that you describe, Kris?

https://voca.ro/1m0RMlVEafEE

I'm listening to 3920 now (2230 UTC). Yes, this is the same thing, but with music jamming on top of it.

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Other / Re: Radio Rurik 3920 USB 1855 UTC 08 Mar 2022

« on: March 08, 2022, 2130 UTC »

1855 S9+15  M Ru known me from Radio Rurik  voice in loop " ubiwajte russkie swinie skolko możete ,
                    smert' agressorom okupanta pederasa Putina...
                    - background present another Ukrainien defenders broadcast voice and RU jammer machine 

I recorded this on Sunday, 6 March 2022 at 0834 UTC on 7055 KHz. I think it is the same thing that you describe, Kris?

https://voca.ro/1m0RMlVEafEE