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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6875 USB 2330 UTC 01 AUG 2021

« on: August 01, 2021, 2333 UTC »

23:32 UTC - Weak but readable. The Police - Every Breath You Take;
23:50 UTC - The noise level on the band is increasing and I am starting to loose the signal;
00:10 UTC - The station is still hanging in. Here Comes The Sun.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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HF Beacons / Re: D 13820 kHz CW 2156 UTC 29 JUL 2021

« on: August 01, 2021, 2142 UTC »

21:32 UTC 01 August 2021 - A strange pulsating signal in now fading in / out on the frequency. Approx 2.8 kHz wide and potentially as wide as 5.4 kHz tuned in DSB mode. The signal is currently too weak to determine the correct band edge.

22:51 UTC - Well, this one is definitely non-predictable. I have checked on it over the past week and literally have had the receiver parked on this frequency for the majority of the day and nothing. I am still receiving that strange pulsating signal, fading in and out.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 0330 UTC 01 AUG 2021

« on: August 01, 2021, 0343 UTC »

Check:
UNID 6930 USB 0000 UTC 1 Aug 2021
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,84530.0.html

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Genix 6875 AM 2019 UTC 31 JUL 2021

« on: August 01, 2021, 0301 UTC »

03:00 UTC - Fading in and out (S5 ~ S7) with music;
03:30 UTC - The signal is still hanging in there. Good readable;
03:35 UTC - Signal lost.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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HF Mystery Signals / Re: 5696u open mic bridged comms channel?

« on: August 01, 2021, 0217 UTC »

It was US Coast Guard Communications Command (COMMCOM) Op Centre.

Here is a nice diagram of the communications systems network:
https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Atlantic-Area/Units/Area-Units/Communications-Command/Area-of-Responsibility/

This is the Atlantic region facility:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B033'34.6%22N+76%C2%B016'01.3%22W/@36.5593284,-76.2680129,269m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d36.559605!4d-76.267036

5696.0 kHz has 2 transmitter sites registered; Chesapeake, VA (transmitter apparently in Pungo, VA) and San Diego, CA (transmitter apparently in PT Reyes, CA).

I have looked around the base in Pungo using Google satellite images but have yet to locate the antennae field. Large area and nice looking base.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pungo,+Virginia+Beach,+VA+23456,+USA/@36.769032,-75.967534,2148m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89bac6cac8bfca73:0xda790b9b331e126c!8m2!3d36.7234837!4d-76.0177083

Common frequencies are 5696.0 kHz, 8983.0 kHz and 11201.0 kHz.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 0000 UTC 01 AUG 2021

« on: August 01, 2021, 0120 UTC »

01:19 UTC - Weak unreadable to my location;
03:45 UTC - Weak and barely readable with techno music.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6950 USB 2254 UTC 31 JUL 2021

« on: August 01, 2021, 0110 UTC »

01:08 UTC - Good copy to my location with station ID: Radio Free Whatever, 4.2 kHz wide;
01:27 UTC - Shout-out to HFU listeners;
01:40 UTC - Starting to fade out;
02:15 UTC - All but has pretty much faded out to my location.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6960 AM 0246 UTC 31 JUL 2021

« on: July 31, 2021, 0247 UTC »

UNID 6960.0 kHz AM 02:46 UTC 31 JUL 2021

02:46 UTC - Very weak and unreadable, station showed up after the BallSmacker Radio carrier went down;
02:55 UTC - Confirmed, lost the carrier from my location as well.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Mix Radio International 9610 USB 0021 UTC 31 JUL 2021

« on: July 31, 2021, 0228 UTC »

Mix Radio International beaming from North America toward Europe. Good copy via some web SDRs.

North American thread at:
Mix Radio International 9530 was 9520 USB 1806 UTC 30 JUL 2021
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,84476.0.html

01:50 UTC - Signal is being picked up by the University of Twente Wide-band WebSDR, weak but readable;
02:02 UTC - Making it to the Santarém, Portugal KiwiSDR;
02:08 UTC - Good signal on the Bjargtangar, Westfjords Iceland KiwiSDR.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 31 JUL 2021

« on: July 31, 2021, 0057 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:57 UTC 31 JULY 2021

00:57 UTC - BallSmacker Radio: carrier is up;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
01:15 UTC - Station ID;
02:19 UTC - Station ID with e-mail address for eQSL;
02:34 UTC - Carrier still up but long silent pause, intermittent, trying to get the next song to play;
02:43 UTC - End of broadcast.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Nowhere Radio (Tentative) 6975 AM 0053 UTC 31 JUL 2021

« on: July 31, 2021, 0054 UTC »

UNID 6974.9 kHz AM 00:53 UTC 31 JULY 2021
Tentative: Nowhere Radio

Good strong signal with interference from the UTE on 6972.0 kHz.
03:30 UTC - Station is still transmitting.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 9530 USB 1806 UTC 30 JUL 2021

« on: July 30, 2021, 2351 UTC »

23:48 UTC - 9530.0 kHz, as always, beautiful signal into my location with ZZ Top, -70dBm (almost a +10 on the S meter). Have to set the bandwidth to 4.8 kHz to cut off the heterodyne from 9535.0 kHz. CNR1 operates on 9535.0 kHz AM.
00:17 UTC - Slid back down to 9520 kHz and +/- 6.2 kHz wide;
00:21 UTC - Slid ride up across the band to 9610 kHz. You kill me ... it was a good show to watch on the spectrum display, a 6 kHz "blob" scrolling up the band with a couple of hesitations.
00:24 UTC - Station ID;
00:37 UTC - Station ID, and just went for a deep fade out;
00:41 UTC - Fading back in;
00:50 UTC - Going through another fade out period;
01:00 UTC - Still an S8 and going on strong;
01:30 UTC - Averaging an S9 and peaking a +10. Also starting to have some fade out cycles;
01:50 UTC - Signal is being picked up by the University of Twente Wide-band WebSDR, weak but readable;
02:02 UTC - Making it to the Santarém, Portugal KiwiSDR;
02:08 UTC - Good signal on the Bjargtangar, Westfjords Iceland KiwiSDR;
02:35 UTC - Went into a deep fade. Weak and unreadable, returned shortly after;
03:00 UTC - Signal was hovering between an S8 ~ S9 and went for a deep fade at 03:02 UTC, weak but still readable;
03:10 UTC - I have now lost the signal for over 5 minutes.

Cross-posted to European Pirate
Mix Radio International 9610 USB 0021 UTC 31 JUL 2021
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,84493.0.html

RSPduo | Barker Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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HF Beacons / Re: D 13820 kHz CW 2156 UTC 29 JUL 2021

« on: July 30, 2021, 2345 UTC »

I believe so, but again, I only had appox 20 minutes before it went off the air. Once I could see that there was activity on both LSB and USB, I switched the receiver to DSB at which point I would then be receiving both LSB and USB simultaneously. Will just have to wait for it to come up again for further analysis.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Fox News relay 6970 AM 0113 UTC 30 JUL 2021

« on: July 30, 2021, 0116 UTC »

UNID 6969.980 kHz AM 01:13 UTC 30 JULY 2021
Tentative: Fox News Relay

01:13 UTC - Very weak and unreadable;
01:25 UTC - Sound more like a talk show, no music heard.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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HF Beacons / Re: D 13820 kHz CW 2156 UTC 29 JUL 2021

« on: July 30, 2021, 0044 UTC »

Unfortunately, the station went off-air before I had the chance to record an I/Q stream for further analysis. The LSB was a little lower in aural frequency vs. the USB, a definite difference, which means that the centre frequency (CF) might be slightly off from 13820 kHz. As can be seen in the screen shot, tones were +/- 400 Hz from CF. I was listening in double sideband (DSB) mode which allowed me to demodulate both signals simultaneously. Definitely one to keep an ear on.