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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.750 AM 0130 UTC 02 APR 2022

« on: April 02, 2022, 0135 UTC »

Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.750 kHz AM 01:30 UTC 02 APR 2022

01:30 UTC - Weak readable. I don't really know how to describe this broadcast. Weird music, sound effects and a male speaking;
01:35 UTC - Music;
01:43 UTC - Station ID: "This is Captain Morgan Shortwave";
01:50 UTC - Nothing else heard.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 02 APR 2022

« on: April 02, 2022, 0101 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 01:01 UTC 02 APRIL 2022

01:01 UTC - Carrier is up with interval signal;
01:03 UTC - Broadcast begins;
02:10 UTC - Almost unreadable now. The band went flat about 10 minutes ago.

Monitoring also available via the live stream: https://ballsmacker.net/
01:02 UTC - Live stream seems to have gone down.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Utility / Gander Radio VOLMET 10051.0 kHz USB

« on: April 01, 2022, 0502 UTC »

Gander Radio VOLMET 10051.0 kHz USB

04:50 UTC 01 APR 2022 - Gander Radio VOLMET with 04:00Z METAR observations and SIGMET, loud and clear, S+10 signal;
05:00 UTC - End of broadcast.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Peskies / UNID 11131.8 USB 2242 UTC 31 MAR 2022

« on: March 31, 2022, 2245 UTC »

UNID 11131.8 kHz USB 22:42 UTC 31 MAR 2022

22:42 UTC - 3 (or more) UNID stations carrying on a conversation in unknown language. Good readable;
22:48 UTC - Nothing else heard.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Habana Cuba (presumed) 11180 AM 0020 UTC 31 MAR 2022

« on: March 31, 2022, 0021 UTC »

Radio Habana Cuba (presumed) 11180.0 kHz AM 00:20 UTC 31 MAR 2022

00:20 UTC - UNID broadcast, presumed Cuban, loud and clear at S8 and clearly out of band. Perhaps another one of those strange harmonics created by high solar flare activity. Current SSN: 124, Kp: 5.
00:37 UTC - Off air on 11180.0 kHz.

Found the same Radio Habana Cuba programming on 5040.0 kHz AM and 11760.0 kHz AM.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Habana Cuba 15730 AM 0010 UTC 29 MAR 2022

« on: March 29, 2022, 0012 UTC »

Radio Habana Cuba 15730.0 kHz AM 00:10 UTC 29 MAR 2022

00:10 UTC - Good readable with French / Creole programming;
00:20 UTC - Starting to fade out rapidly.

Note: Good readable considering the frequency and time of day.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 26 MAR 2022

« on: March 26, 2022, 0058 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:58 UTC 26 MARCH 2022

00:58 UTC - Carrier is up with interval signal; good signal (average S7) with some fading;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
02:00 UTC - We have a "tuner" slightly up on the frequency;
02:35 UTC - SSTV (just in time, signal is starting to fade heavily);
02:38 UTC - End of broadcast.

Monitoring also available via the live stream: https://ballsmacker.net/

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 6925 USB 2302 UTC 24 MAR 2022

« on: March 24, 2022, 2302 UTC »

WDOG 6925.0 kHz USB 23:02 UTC 24 MAR 2022

23:02 UTC - Loud and clear with music;
23:03 UTC - Sound of barking dogs mixed in with the music with station ID: "This is WDOG ...";
00:31 UTC - End of broadcast and announcement "Please join use on 5050 kHz or  5060 kHz, or somewhere in-between, in glorious AM".
00:33 UTC - Waterfall images: WDOG.

Pop Music - I have not heard that in a long time. Thanks for the show, celebrating the 1980s tonight.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 AM 2337 UTC 22 MAR 2022

« on: March 22, 2022, 2340 UTC »

UNID 6934.900 kHz AM 23:37 UTC 22 MARCH 2022

23:37 UTC - All but a very small signal / carrier on 6934.900 kHz AM with a male speaking. It does not appear to be in English. Very weak and unreadable from my location.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 19 MAR 2022

« on: March 19, 2022, 0055 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:55 UTC 19 MARCH 2022

00:55 UTC - Carrier is up; good readable, conditions are improving;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
02:41 UTC - SSTV;
02:43 UTC - End of broadcast.

Thank you for the show.

Monitoring also available via the live stream: https://ballsmacker.net/

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6880 USB 0127 UTC 18 MAR 2022

« on: March 18, 2022, 0129 UTC »

UNID 6880.0 kHz USB 01:27 UTC 18 MAR 2022

01:27 UTC - UNID intermittently coming on and off with music. Loud and clear when transmitting;
01:34 UTC - Audio linearity sweep test. Rolled off at 5 kHz;
01:38 UTC - Nothing else heard.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Shortwave Broadcast / RRI Galbeni 7220 DRM 0518 UTC 17 MAR 2022

« on: March 17, 2022, 0536 UTC »

RRI Galbeni 7220.0 kHz DRM 05:18 UTC 17 MAR 2022

05:18 UTC - Radio Romania International Galbeni (RRI Galbeni) in DRM. Nice strong digital signal with musical program. Decoded with DREAM.




RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Utility / UNID 8888 AM 2218 UTC 15 MAR 2022

« on: March 15, 2022, 2229 UTC »

UNID 8888.040 kHz AM 22:18 UTC 15 MAR 2022

22:18 UTC - UNID AM (CW) UTE on 8888.040 kHz with 1 second pulse interval. Loud and clear;
22:57 UTC - Ceased transmitting.

Note: 8888.0 kHz is a designated VOLMET frequency for Sivkar Rus, Samara Rus and Novosibirsk SEO.




RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Utility / UNID ALE / VOICE / DATA NET 9019 USB 1744 UTC 15 MAR 2022

« on: March 15, 2022, 1808 UTC »

UNID ALE / VOICE / DATA NET 9019.0 kHz USB 17:44 UTC 15 MAR 2022

[17:48:10][FRQ 09019000][TO ][LXV            ][TWS][LWU            ][AL0] BER 30 SN 11
[17:45:36][FRQ 09019000][SND][               ][TWS][6Y8M5          ][AL0] BER 30 SN 17
[17:44:03][FRQ 09019000][TO ][GWO            ][TIS][SGW            ][AL0] BER 27 SN 05

17:47 UTC - Digital voice (ANDVT) heard deep into the noise;
18:03 UTC - ALE link followed by digital voice (could not decode ALE). 18:10 UTC nothing else heard at this time and no ALE UNLINK sequence.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6955 was 6950 AM 2218 UTC 14 MAR 2022

« on: March 14, 2022, 2219 UTC »

UNID 6950.0 kHz AM 22:18 UTC 14 MAR 2022

22:17 UTC - Station tuning up. Carrier only;
22:18 UTC - Broadcast begins. Loud and clear, 10 kHz wide;
22:28 UTC - Seeing 16 kHz of bandwidth which is a little wide with the fluctuating conditions. From a background noise perspective, 12 kHz is far more quieter.
22:42 UTC - I just checked the KiwiSDR in Weston-super-Mare, South West, UK and the signal is coming through, weak and barely readable but it is reaching out. There is also some interference only heard in Europe on this frequency;
22:45 UTC - Something going on with the power output of the station. There is a clicking noise and the power goes down then up again. It appears to be in lower power now as I have lost a considerable amount of signal and it is now getting very noisy in the fading;
22:48 UTC - Transmitter is cutting in and out.

My money is on Mix Radio International based on the quality of the transmitter and bandwidth.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada