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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6280 USB 2229 UTC 23 SEP 2022

« on: September 24, 2022, 0011 UTC »

FWIW, I found the location of the 1st SSTV photos posted. It's on State Street in Elk City, OK.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4116093,-99.4376413,3a,24y,107.71h,89.06t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1skb2BlfPbItiVWFmOtz-Hiw!2e0!5s20210301T000000!7i16384!8i8192

The KFC sign has been replaced since the photo was taken.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 AM 2358 UTC 02 SEP 2022

« on: September 03, 2022, 0004 UTC »

00:02 Ident as WDOG. Dogs barking and howling followed by YES: Yours's Is No Disgrace.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 09 JUL 2022

« on: July 09, 2022, 0139 UTC »

S9 with occasional quick fade

0130 "I Will Buy You A New Life" Everclear
0133 "Day in the Life" The Beatles
0137 "In My Life" The Beatles

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 utc 2 Jul 2022

« on: July 02, 2022, 0124 UTC »

01:23 very weak, Walk Like An Angle" playing.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WTF 6880 USB was 6875 USB 0056 UTC 26 JUN 2022

« on: June 26, 2022, 0214 UTC »

FWIW it seems like their frequency is closer to 6880.05 unless my SDR is slightly out of calibration. Either way close to 5's across the board.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 0104 UTC 24 June 2022

« on: June 24, 2022, 0123 UTC »

Whatever it was it just signed off with the "you lose" tuba from The Price Is Right.

Very weak and hard to copy in Western PA.

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Equipment / Re: Shortwave car stereo (Sony CDX-G1200U)

« on: June 20, 2022, 0218 UTC »

I can remember as a kid in the late 70's early 80's lusting after the Blaupunkt Berlin. That's the one with the tuner on a stalk/flexible arm. It came in some German high end cars like Porsche 911, etc. It had SW and LW. I tried to convince my parents at the time we needed one for the car but they didn't buy my reasoning.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Two Brits arrested in Albania, accuse them of spying after seizing radio gear

« on: June 20, 2022, 0203 UTC »

Back in the late 80's I decided to take my now ex to Canada. She was a refuge from the USSR. I also brought along my old Panasonic RF-B45 shortwave. Well when we came back across the US border we were singled out for some reason and taken inside for questioning. I can tell you at that time Russian crossing the border + shortwave radio = Being held for a long time, several hours.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 6950 AM 0055 UTC 20 JUN 2022

« on: June 20, 2022, 0121 UTC »

Getting them here in Western PA. Good, strong signal, but a moderate level of distortion.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Woodpecker Radio 6933 USB 0106 UTC 20 JUN 2022

« on: June 20, 2022, 0108 UTC »

S5 I5 N5 P4 O4.5

Played Summer of 69. Now playing another song, but I don't know it.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB was 6930 USB 0013 UTC 13 June 2022

« on: June 13, 2022, 0051 UTC »

I've got it too. It's weak, lots of static, but I can hear it.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0113 UTC 12 June 2022

« on: June 12, 2022, 0119 UTC »

Getting there here kinda weak in Western PA. 3's across the board. Sounds like someone is playing their own rendition of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs".

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WTF RADIO 6950 USB 0100 UTC 12 June 2022

« on: June 12, 2022, 0111 UTC »

Getting them here in Western PA. All 4's. "I am a Rock" Simon and Garfunkel.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 11 June 2022

« on: June 11, 2022, 0155 UTC »

Got them here in Western PA, fading in and out playing Rush, Big Money. Just moved the MLA 30+ the other day. Still trying to decide if it was a good move or not. MW seems a lot better, still trying to determine on SW. Bouncing back and forth between this and something on 6925 USB.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 16 APR 2022

« on: April 16, 2022, 0210 UTC »

Bending the needle here. S9+

"Nothin's Too Good For My Baby" Playing.