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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023

« on: June 03, 2023, 0056 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:56 UTC 03 JUNE 2023

00:56 UTC - Carrier is up; S8 signal level with some marginal fading;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins; audio is not punching through tonight.

Monitoring also available via the live stream: BallSmacker Radio
eQSL and reception report via the e-mail address provided at BallSmacker Radio

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

152

Utility / Trenton Military General Log

« on: May 30, 2023, 1307 UTC »

Trenton Military General Log

Glossary
CF #### - CANFORCE plus Aircraft Tail Number
RCC - Rescue Coordination Centre

Active frequencies:
11232.0 kHz (primary) and 9007.0 kHz (secondary)


301212Z MAY 2023 11232.0 kHz USB
12:12Z CANFORCE 85 calling TRENTON MILITARY for radio check and SELCAL check;
TRENTON MILITARY advise primary frequency 11232.0 and secondary 9007.0;
CF 85 advise that they are opening watch on SELCAL; ETA to destination is 15:55Z; requested current traffic;
TRENTON MILITARY advised negative traffic at this time;
13:38Z CF 85 calling TRENTON MILITARY and checking traffic for hourly traffic; negative traffic at this time.

301347Z MAY 2023 11232.0 kHz USB
13:47Z ? calling TRENTON MILITARY for radio check; Trenton Military has the station 4 by 4.

301406Z MAY 2023 11232.0 kHz USB
14:06Z BOMBARDIER 37 calling TRENTON MILITARY for radio check and SELCAL check: MSHJ;
14:11Z BOMBARDIER 37 calling TRENTON MILITARY for radio check.

301406Z MAY 2023 11232.0 kHz USB
14:30Z ATLAS 339 calling TRENTON MILITARY in the vicinity of Winnipeg for radio check;
ATLAS 339 request SELCAL check: FMGL, primary and secondary frequencies, current traffic from RCC (Rescue Coordination Centre);
ATALS 339 is Ops Normal;
14:33Z Trenton Military advised primary frequency 11232.0 kHz, secondary 9007.0 kHz and negative traffic from RCC;
14:33Z ATLAS 339 request SELCAL watch;
Trenton Military request current location; ATLAS 339 in the vicinity of Gimli (CYGM) airport.

301519Z MAY 2023 11232.0 kHz USB
15:19Z ATALS 339 calling TRENTON MILITARY; ops normal and request advise RCC that SARTECH (search and rescue technician) jump will be in 20 minutes at CYGM;
15:21Z Trenton Military: Negative traffic from RCC.

301706Z MAY 2023 11232.0 kHz USB
17:06Z CF 443 and Trenton Military; negative traffic for your call sign at this time followed by SELCAL check.

302007Z MAY 2023 11232.0 kHz USB
20:07Z CF 4437 calling TRENTON MILITARY, sector 11, for radio check;
20:09Z CF 4437 ops normal and requesting traffic; Trenton Military: negative traffic;
20:09Z CF 4437 would like to close watch at this time and nothing further. Out.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6955 LSB 0135 UTC 30 MAY 2023

« on: May 30, 2023, 0138 UTC »

UNID 6955.0 kHz LSB 01:35 UTC 30 MAY 2023

01:35 UTC - The station that was jamming Radio Free Whatever is now on 6955 kHz LSB and not causing any issues with RFW. Loud and clear;
01:39 UTC - Station now moving up and down the band at random.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WHIZ 6925 USB 0113 UTC 30 MAY 2023

« on: May 30, 2023, 0113 UTC »

UNID 6925.0 kHz USB 01:13 UTC 30 MAY 2023

01:13 UTC - UNID with series of waterfall images. Loud and clear; presumed MHZ;
01:17 UTC - Nothing else heard;
01:19 UTC - Sound effects with echo.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950 USB 0103 UTC 30 MAY 2023

« on: May 30, 2023, 0104 UTC »

UNID 6950.0 kHz USB 01:03 UTC 30 MAY 2023

01:03 UTC - Someone goofing off and making fun of other pirate radio operators, voice;
01:06 UTC - Noting else heard;
01:11 UTC - Back on.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

156

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio New Zealand Int. 7425 AM 1100 UTC 28 MAY 2023

« on: May 28, 2023, 1118 UTC »

Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) 7425.0 kHz AM 11:00 UTC 28 MAY 2023

11:00 UTC - RNZI loud and clear at S9 ~ S+10 with news and weather;
11:05 UTC - Musical program - Radio Cocktail Hour.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 28 MAY 2023

« on: May 28, 2023, 0106 UTC »

01:01 UTC - UNID is good readable after Wolverine Radio went off the air. I thought I could hear another station behind Wolverine Radio during silence and the SSTV;
01:07 UTC - Station ID: BallSmaker Radio

Replay of Friday night's show.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson T2FD antenna

158

North American Shortwave Pirate / 77 Lima Juliet Sierra 6925 USB 1938 UTC 27 MAY 2023

« on: May 27, 2023, 1940 UTC »

19:38 UTC - Weak barely readable fading in and out with male speaking. Presumed to be 77 Lima Juliet Sierra with preaching.

ID from  Reply #2 (Andrew Yoder)

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson T2FD and Wellbrook loop antennae

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 27 MAY 2023

« on: May 27, 2023, 0057 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:57 UTC 27 MAY 2023

00:57 UTC - Carrier is up; S7 and very noisy / static this evening in my area;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins.

Monitoring also available via the live stream: BallSmacker Radio
eQSL and reception report via the e-mail address provided at BallSmacker Radio

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2320 UTC 25 MAY 2023

« on: May 25, 2023, 2322 UTC »

Thunder Chicken Radio 6950.0 kHz USB 23:20 UTC 25 MAY 2023

23:20 UTC - UNID weak barely readable with heavy metal rock music;
23:22 UTC - Nothing else heard;
23:29 UTC - Back on the air or faded back in from poor propagation;
23:30 UTC - Station ID: "Cluck cluck cluck" (Thunder Chicken Radio).

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson T2FD and Wellbrook loop antennae

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WENO Shortwave 6935 USB 0010 UTC 22 MAY 2023

« on: May 22, 2023, 0012 UTC »

WENO Shortwave 6935.0 kHz USB 00:10 UTC 22 MAY 2023

00:10 UTC - UNID loud and clear with a loop of music; The Amazing Kill-O-Watts - All Systems Go;
00:26 UTC - Station ID: WENO Shortwave

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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Utility / AF MARS 11121 USB 0121 UTC 20 MAY 2023

« on: May 20, 2023, 0126 UTC »

Air Force MARS 11121.0 kHz USB 01:21 UTC 20 MAY 2023

01:21 UTC - AF MARS COMM with operations instructions and news. Loud and clear.
01:24 UTC - End of broadcast.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 20 MAY 2023

« on: May 20, 2023, 0057 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:57 UTC 20 MAY 2023

00:57 UTC - Carrier is up; S7 to S8 signal with interference from KING Radio on 6961.0 kHz USB; no QRM if listening in LSB;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
03:02 UTC - SSTV;
03:04 UTC - End of broadcast.

Monitoring also available via the live stream: BallSmacker Radio
eQSL and reception report via the e-mail address provided at BallSmacker Radio

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Sycko Radio 6950 USB 0048 UTC 20 MAY 2023

« on: May 20, 2023, 0050 UTC »

00:48 UTC - Good readable with announcer followed by music. The quality is not that good. Echo during speech and music is distorted.
00:52 UTC - Station ID: New Fuckers Radio (or something like that).

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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Spy Numbers / HM01 (Spanish Numbers) 9065 AM 0800 UTC 19 MAY 2023

« on: May 19, 2023, 0907 UTC »

HM01 (Spanish Numbers) 9065.0 kHz AM 08:00 UTC 19 MAY 2023

08:30 UTC - Cuban number station HM01, Havana, Cuba loud and clear with Spanish numbers and DRM-based files;
09:00 UTC - The schedule should only be for 1 hour on this frequency (08:00 to 09:00 UTC) but HM01 is still active.

Notes:
(1) Good decode of DRM-based files using the latest version of EasyDRF (Dec 2022).
(2) Call sign used for DRM: QWERTY01.
(3) Files received: 07325272.TXT, 27635520.TXT, 58315375.TXT, 64488044.TXT, 76730521.TXT, 81825884.TXT