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Utility / DDK9 10100.8 kHz FSK Log

« on: June 26, 2021, 0257 UTC »

02:52 UTC 26 JUNE 2021 10100.8 kHz FSK
DDK9 Deutscher Wetterdienst weather forecasts in Baudot 50/425. Nice strong signal into North America.

NNNN
CQ CQ CQ DE DDK2 DDH7 DDK9
FREQUENCIES   4583 KHZ   7646 KHZ   10100.8 KHZ
RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 26 Jun 2021

« on: June 26, 2021, 0057 UTC »

00:57 UTC - BallSmacker Radio: carrier is up;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins.
01:20 UTC - Station ID. Some fading but very conditions to my location, S9 to +15;
01:27 UTC - Station ID. I am testing with the Belka receiver, stock telescopic antenna and indoors by the window. No issues with the signal. It is punching through good.
02:24 UTC - End of broadcast.

Thank you for the show.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

588

North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0044 UTC 19 Jun 2021

« on: June 19, 2021, 0045 UTC »

00:44 UTC - BallSmacker Radio: carrier is up; almost a +10 into my location;
00:46 UTC - Interval signal, terminated shortly after start;
00:47 UTC - Carrier dropped. Must have been testing. Should be back up around 00:57 UTC;
00:57 UTC - BallSmacker Radio: carrier is up;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
01:09 UTC - Station ID;
02:23 UTC - SSTV;
02:25 UTC - End of broadcast followed by interval signal;
00:26 UTC - Carrier off.

BallSmacker, thank you for Reply #17. Good signal as usual. Varying between S9 to +10 tonight. I switched over to the Wellbrook loop around 01:09 UTC with a long AGC on the receiver which keeps the atmospheric noise down considerably.

Thank you for the show, Program: "Summer".

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

589

North American Shortwave Pirate / WTF Radio Worldwide 6925 USB 0027 UTC 18 Jun 2021

« on: June 18, 2021, 0027 UTC »

What the Frequency, WTF Radio Worldwide 6925.0 kHz USB 00:27 UTC 18 JUNE 2021

0027 UTC - Station ID followed by announcer: "Anyone remember the local record store? Let's start with A";
00:37 UTC - Station ID: WTF Radio Worldwide;
00:42 UTC - The signal is booming in peaking +20 with +/- 3 kHz of bandwidth;
00:54 UTC - Going through a little bit of a fade period. On the letter J;
01:06 UTC - Station ID;
01:27 UTC - Going through another bit of a fade period. Station ID and onto the letter T in the record isle;
01:47 UTC - Station ID and onto the letter Z;
01:51 UTC - End of broadcast with station ID: What the Frequency, WTF Radio Worldwide.

Thank you for taking us for a stroll at the record store and down the vinyl isle --- A to Z.
P.S. The Zombies would have been a good choice for 'Z'.

Note: 01:10 UTC - This is unrelated but interesting. I just copied a US Military UTE with a coded message on 6945.0 kHz USB. Same type you usually get on HFGCS frequencies. This is an unusual frequency to find this UTE.

From: FILE FISH
Message: BIUNJ6 // KKA7Y JNZXF BTDIL VY3ZY 4CEJ

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / The Pirate Without A Name 6950 USB 0044 UTC 16 Jun 2021

« on: June 16, 2021, 0043 UTC »

UNID 6950.0 kHz USB 00:44 UTC 16 JUNE 2021, Good strong signal;
00:48 UTC - Long pause between tracks;
00:52 UTC - Male announcer: "That's all folks". Unfortunately, no ID.
00:55 UTC - Long pause and station returns;
00:58 UTC - Announcer: "Same station";
00:59 UTC - Announcer: "It's The Pirate Without A Name";
01:02 UTC - Announcer: "Well HF Underground, do you want some more from The Pirate Without A Name?" Yes, of course. The station is sounding good with an S9 peaking +10 signal;
01:09 UTC - Announcer: "Let's see what else I've got from a Pirate Without A Name";
01:11 UTC - Music continues;
01:14 UTC - "The Pirate Without A Name". Is that what you want me to call you in the log subject line?
01:17 UTC - Announcer: "... the show must go on. I'll be back with one more." Switching to wideband audio. I'm seeing about 4.6 kHz of bandwidth;
01:22 UTC - Announcer: "Thanks for the logs from The Pirate Without A Name";
01:24 UTC - Announcer: "73s from The Pirate Without a Name". End of broadcast.

Thank you for the show.

Note: The station later switched to 1799.0 kHz LSB and was logged at 02:38 UTC 16 JUNE 2021

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Outhouse Radio 6925 USB 0135 UTC 15 Jun 2021

« on: June 15, 2021, 0136 UTC »

01:35 UTC - Hearing a UNID station, very faint into the background from my location;
01:48 UTC - The signal is improving a little. I am hearing what I think is some Irish music;
02:04 UTC - Hearing waterfall image coming through but far too weak to decode;
02:06 UTC - SSTV, just got a partial on this one. Signal level is improving.
02:11 UTC - Sounds like this is the end of the broadcast. Nothing else heard.



Thank you for the broadcast and thank you for the ID myteaquinn.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WEZL 6925 USB 0039 UTC 15 Jun 2021

« on: June 15, 2021, 0039 UTC »

00:39 UTC - UNID with decent signal into my location +/- S7;
00:43 UTC - Break in signal and returned with Born in the USA;
00:44 UTC - Playlist jumped to another song;
00:54 UTC - I think I heard a waterfall image mixed in with the music;
00:58 UTC - Waterfall images, unfortunately I currently do no have an active decoder running. I just missed the last one as it scrolled off the screen "A Special ...";
01:05 UTC - Waterfall image, I have you now ... "The Weasel WEZL";



01:16 UTC - DRM image, sorry, I do not have a working DRM decoder but I wish I did;
01:19 UTC - Waterfall image "I hope you enjoyed the show!". End of broadcast.



Yes and thank you for the broadcast.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950 AM 0238 UTC 14 Jun 2021

« on: June 14, 2021, 0243 UTC »

02:38 UTC - Getting a +10, peaking +15 unmodulated carrier on 6949.8100 kHz;
02:40 UTC - Had a couple of bars of music;
02:41 UTC - Here comes the music, we are almost there;
02:53 UTC - Drifting a little in frequency, now at 6949.8400 kHz with a strong +15 signal;
02:54 UTC - Radiogenix confirmed via the Radiogenix 6950 AM 0110 UTC 14 June 2021 https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,82834.0.html thread that this is not his station;
02:57 UTC - Music ends but the carrier is still up;
02:58 UTC - Back on;
03:26 UTC - Carrier dropped. End of broadcast. Thank you, whom ever you were.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6955 USB 0325 UTC 13 Jun 2021

« on: June 13, 2021, 0328 UTC »

03:25 UTC - UNID with eerie type music. Sounds slightly off frequency but difficult to tell due to the type of programming;
03:50 UTC - Still don't know what to make of this broadcast. Eerie synth environment type music;
04:00 UTC - Now with some electric guitar solo.
04:12 UTC - Male announcer: "What's up now?", "... play my wonderful music." then off the air.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 12 JUN 2021

« on: June 12, 2021, 0056 UTC »

00:57 UTC - BallSmacker Radio: carrier is up; almost a +10 into my location;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins; hope you had a good camping trip last weekend;
02:30 UTC - SSTV ID;
02:32 UTC - End of broadcast.

Thanks for the "balls" show.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Nowhere Radio 6974.9 AM 2322 UTC 11 Jun 2021

« on: June 11, 2021, 2323 UTC »

23:22 UTC - UNID just starting to fade in. Actual freq 6974.9, weak and mostly unreadable;
23:40 UTC - A storm is starting to roll into my area and I am losing signal strength rapidly on this one. Geomagnetic forecast for the next 6 hours: unsettled + active intervals;
00:09 UTC - Station ID: "Welcome to Nowhere Radio, broadcasting from somewhere in the ...". signal strength is improving along with several deep fades;
01:00 UTC - Signal is still hanging on but only by a thread;
02:00 UTC - Still going on strong. Signal has improved over the past hour;
02:55 UTC - Going into a deep fade out period. Signal is almost gone;
03:04 UTC - Broadcast abruptly ended. Presumed to be the end of broadcast.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson anenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 6960 AM 0044 UTC 6 JUN 2021

« on: June 06, 2021, 0045 UTC »

00:41 UTC - tuning up;
00:43 UTC - tuning up;
00:44 UTC - Broadcast begins with music. Some CW mixed in;
00:47 UTC - Dogs barking and whaling; Station ID: "This is WDOG";
01:00 UTC - Signal is now a nice +10;
01:52 UTC - Station ID: WDOG. End of broadcast.

Thank you for the show.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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QSLs Received / Nowhere Radio eQL 05 JUNE 2021

« on: June 05, 2021, 0315 UTC »

eQSL received from Nowhere Radio for the Nowhere Radio 6975 AM 0044 UTC 05 JUNE 2021 broadcast. https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,82440.0.html

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WENO (tentative) was UNID 6960 USB 0247 UTC 5 JUN 2021

« on: June 05, 2021, 0248 UTC »

02:47 UTC - UNID on 6960 USB;
02:49 UTC - Some digital voice announcer;
03:03 UTC - Station went suddenly off the air.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 5 JUN 2021

« on: June 05, 2021, 0057 UTC »

00:57 UTC - BallSmacker carrier is up;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal, longer than usual;
01:01 UTC - Broadcast begins;
01:57 UTC - Thanks for Reply #15 BallSmacker. 30 watts is making it through;
02:00 UTC - "That's our show for tonight ...";
02:02 UTC - Interval signal;
02:05 UTC - End of broadcast.

Thanks for the broadcast and enjoy the camping out.



RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada