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3046

10/11 meters / Re: RTTY Beacon or transmissions on 27.551 USB

« on: October 09, 2021, 0044 UTC »

I converted PTR11EXP's video to a wave file and tried to decode the signal but was unsuccessful. The mark and space is irregular and I had a hard time with the baud rate as the signal was wondering around. Difficult to get a good lock. I would have to build a continuous loop on 1 good segment to attempt any further analysis.

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Utility / Re: SHARES Northeast 6845 kHz USB 1640 UTC 06 SEP 2021

« on: October 06, 2021, 2341 UTC »

Anyone been able to decode the digital? I have tries a few modes but have not been unsuccessful. Watch the waterfall display. I have seen the call sign transmitted as an image.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Goat Herder Radio 6935 was 6950 USB 2312 UTC 06 Oct 2021

« on: October 06, 2021, 2337 UTC »

23:33 UTC - Good readable with country music;
23:35 UTC - Zeke returning from the little boys room and shooting the shit with a shout-out to DJ Dick Weed;
23:59 UTC - "Goat Herder Radio" signing off;
00:07 UTC - End of broadcast.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: The Vault 6985 AM 2155 UTC 06 OCT 2021

« on: October 06, 2021, 2227 UTC »

22:23 UTC - Weak but readable. Nice S7 signal with good modulation into my part of North America. This is the first time it comes in this well for me;
22:34 UTC - Switched antenna to the Wellbrook loop. Sounding much better now with less noise, Supertramp - The Logical Song followed by an interesting mix of Riders on the Storm;
23:26 UTC - Station ID;
23:31 UTC - Carrier off and end of broadcast.

Thank you for the show.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson & Wellbrook loop antennae | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Equipment / Re: Best MWDX Antenna?

« on: October 06, 2021, 0210 UTC »

I am trying to correlate the figures / prediction from https://prop.kc2g.com/ and it is not working for me right now. Based on the variety of other propagation tools that I use it seems skewed.

Here are the screen shots from the site compared to Collins PropMan, HamCap and VOACAP. All 3 of these track pretty close on a point-to-point circuit between Toronto and Boulder. I tweak these for worst case scenario, 100 Watts and 0dB gain on a dipole @ 35 feet off the ground. Even with that, the FOT does not come close to what I see on the website. The MUF seems pretty close. Something to further look into on a rainy day.

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Equipment / Re: Best MWDX Antenna?

« on: October 05, 2021, 0416 UTC »

Rob,

Thanks for the prop link. I didn't have that one in my collection.

Same for Nooelec pre-amp. I'll put it on the list of items to order. I can sympathize with the use of the 10dB attenuator. I had the same issue with my Wellbrook loop. That is why I replaced my 10dB step attenuator with the Flamingo filters. They are now in-line all the time to attenuate the AM and FM bands by +/- 30dB.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: CHU 6660 kHz

« on: October 05, 2021, 0401 UTC »

Solar activity is doing very strange things these days.

Check out my post on picking up WRMI on 49890.0 kHz AM, 28 Sept 2021
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,86930.msg280243.html#msg280243

And no, it's not a typo: 49 MHz, plus I am nowhere near Florida and WRMI's transmitter - LOL

3053

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: L0de Radio Hour 6970 USB 0150 02 OCT 2021

« on: October 02, 2021, 0312 UTC »

03:11 UTC - Loud and clear with rap music.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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General Radio Discussion / Re: CHU 6660 kHz Harmonic

« on: October 02, 2021, 0305 UTC »

02:30 UTC 02 OCT 2021 - It is finally my turn to hear the harmonic --- pips, time data and voice announcements. The harmonic is also clearly visible on the waterfall. I managed to intercept it while decoding HFDL data on 6661.0 kHz. I am located +/- 345 km / 215 miles West of the CHU transmitter site.



RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 02 Oct 2021

« on: October 02, 2021, 0058 UTC »

Ball Smacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:58 UTC 02 OCTOBER 2021

00:58 UTC - Carrier is up with interval signal. Weak unreadable tonight.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3056

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Burry Cookie Hour 5185 AM 0021 UTC 02 OCT 2021

« on: October 02, 2021, 0027 UTC »

00:26 UTC - Loud and clear with some marginal fading;
00:29 UTC - Announcer with "Good evening shortwave listeners. This is the Burry Cookie Hour."
01:22 UTC - Station ID and "You have been listening to the Burry Cookie Hour. Please stand-by to receive our SSTV";
01:23 UTC - Series of SSTV images;
01:31 UTC - Sign-off;
01:33 UTC - End of broadcast.

Thank you for the show.






RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Equipment / Re: Best MWDX antenna?

« on: October 02, 2021, 0008 UTC »

Rob, good to know about the Nooelec preamp. I was thinking of getting one on my next order just to play with. If you reacall, way back towards the start of this post, I had mentioned that I have Nooelec Flamingo filters and that I was, and still am, happy with them. I have both the AM and FM in series with the input to the SDR.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: Waterfall Images

« on: October 02, 2021, 0001 UTC »

I have also seen it on the MARS data channels. Unfortunately the one time when I saw it I wasn't ready to screen grab it. It caught me by surprise. I think it was either on one of the Air Force (AA) or SHARES net.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6960 USB 0055 UTC 01 OCT 2021

« on: October 01, 2021, 0104 UTC »

01:02 UTC - Very weak and unreadable. I can here some music in the background.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Goat Herder Radio 6931 USB 2348 UTC 30 SEP 2021

« on: September 30, 2021, 2349 UTC »

Goat Herder Radio 6931.0 kHz USB 23:48 UTC 30 SEPT 2021

23:48 UTC - UNID with 50's music. Good readable;
23:51 UTC - Zeke and "This is oldies night"
23:52 UTC - Some technical issues? Transmission ended abruptly after the song;
01:14 UTC - Station ID: Goat Herder Radio
01:17 UTC - Good and readable with S9 and slight fading;
01:23 UTC - Zeke talking about wrapping things up for tonight;
01:57 UTC - End of broadcast.

Thank you for the show.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada