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3151

Equipment / Re: IC 7200 speaker audio jack short

« on: August 14, 2021, 0131 UTC »

You can get a copy of the service manual here:
http://ham-radio.ca/media/files/IC-7200/IC-7200 Service Manual.pdf

This one contains addendum to 2009 and is more resent:
https://www.shercoares.org/doc_files/manuals/ic7200_sm.pdf

The chapters are out of order so you will need to scroll around a little. The addendums are listed first then the regular portions of the manual start.

3152

North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 Aug 2021

« on: August 14, 2021, 0057 UTC »

Ball Smacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:57 UTC 14 AUGUST 2021

00:57 UTC - Carrier is up;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
00:01 UTC - Broadcast begins;
01:30 UTC - Entered a deep fade out period, now weak and unreadable;
01:45 UTC - Signal is starting to fade back in;
02:31 UTC - SSTV;
02:34 UTC - End of broadcast.

Welcome home and hope you had a good camping trip last weekend.
The frequency was plagued with UTE traffic tonight including some ALE heard at 02:24 UTC.

Thank you for the show.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3153

North American Shortwave Pirate / WTF Radio Worldwide 6925 AM 0000 UTC 14 AUG 2021

« on: August 14, 2021, 0003 UTC »

WTF Worldwide 6925.0 kHz AM 00:00 UTC 14 AUGUST 2021

00:00 UTC - Some kind of chanting, heard some voices at 00:02 UTC, weak and barely readable;
00:05 UTC - Lost the signal;
00:25 UTC - Very weak and unreadable with fading in / out, now on 6925.0 kHz was 6925.030 kHz at 00:00 UTC.

Station ID from  Reply #3: WTF Worldwide

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3154

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: The Vault 6985 AM 2149 UTC 13 AUG 2021

« on: August 13, 2021, 2355 UTC »

23:54 UTC - Weak and barely readable with fading in / out into my location.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3155

Utility / Re: DDH9 11039.0 kHz FSK

« on: August 13, 2021, 2347 UTC »

23:47 UTC 13 AUGUST 2021 11039.0 kHz FSK
DDH9 Deutscher Wetterdienst weather forecasts in Baudot 50/425. Nice strong signal into North America.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3156

Utility / Re: DDK9 10100.8 kHz FSK

« on: August 13, 2021, 2346 UTC »

23:45 UTC 13 AUGUST 2021 10100.8 kHz FSK
DDK9 Deutscher Wetterdienst weather forecasts in Baudot 50/425. Nice strong signal into North America.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3157

Utility / Re: DDH7 7646.0 kHz FSK

« on: August 13, 2021, 2344 UTC »

23:43 UTC 13 AUGUST 2021 7646.0 kHz FSK
DDH7 Deutscher Wetterdienst weather forecasts in Baudot 50/425. Weak and readable signal into North America.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3158

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: WTWW 5085

« on: August 13, 2021, 1941 UTC »

Transmitter 2 is one of my favourite night time stations for the exception of when they get into some of those very late night (early morning) talk programs. Generally always has a good signal into South Ontario Canada.

http://wtww.us/

3159

Utility / Re: Israeli Navy 6931 kHz USB 0016 UTC 10 AUG 2021

« on: August 13, 2021, 0228 UTC »

Related post: Israeli Navy 8780 kHz USB 0208 UTC 13 AUG 2021
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,85009.0.html

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Utility / Israeli Navy 8780 kHz USB 0208 UTC 13 AUG 2021

« on: August 13, 2021, 0224 UTC »

Israeli Navy 8780.0 kHz USB 02:08 UTC 13 AUGUST 2021

02:08 UTC - Israeli Navy with Hybrid Modem 188-110 MOD traffic;
02:30 UTC - Israeli Navy with Hybrid Modem 188-110 MOD traffic;
22:00 UTC - Israeli Navy with Hybrid Modem 188-110 MOD traffic.

Related post: Israeli Navy 6931 kHz USB 0016 UTC 10 AUG 2021
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,84879.0.html

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3161

MW Loggings / Re: WMVP (Chicago) 1000 AM 0040 UTC 13 AUG 2021 - "Field of Dreams" Game Live

« on: August 13, 2021, 0133 UTC »

01:29 UTC - Good copy from my location, and that is with a 34dB NooElec Flamingo AM Filter inline with the receiver. Also had to bring the IF filter down to +/- 4.7 kHz to eliminate the splatter from 1010 kHz.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3162

Equipment / Re: Best MWDX antenna?

« on: August 11, 2021, 0153 UTC »

I am going to add a counterpoise to one of mine and see what happens. I got a small o-ring clamp at the hardware store this past weekend. I am just going to tighten the clamp and the counterpoise wire to the BNC.

3163

Equipment / Re: BELKA DX

« on: August 11, 2021, 0150 UTC »

I picked up a old Larsen / Motorola mag mount and a 32 inch unloaded antenna element on the weekend at the surplus store. I am going to test it for mobile operation. All I have to do is change the connector on the coax to a BNC.

I am good for audio. The Jeep's sound system has an external mini jack input so the Belka is loud and clear over 6 speakers. You can get a nice battery operated amplified speaker for the Belka. I use my HP portable speakers with mine.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 6095 USB 2334 UTC 10 AUG 2021

« on: August 11, 2021, 0120 UTC »

01:18 UTC - Good solid signal as always;
02:00 UTC - Signal just got clobbered by the NHK Radio Japan broadcast on 6105 kHz AM;
02:09 UTC - Make that 6075 kHz now;
20:43 UTC - Station ID followed by end of broadcast.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3165

Utility / Re: UNID 6931 kHz USB 0016 10 AUG 2021

« on: August 10, 2021, 2045 UTC »

Thank you Thomas, that certainly fits the profile and was confirmed by a user on the UDXF group as:

Israeli Navy Hybrid Modem 188-110 MOD
https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/Israeli_Navy_Hybrid_Modem_(188-110_MOD)

It will definitely be worth some additional monitoring and further research on the modem. I have kept an mp3 and I/Q recording for further analysis.