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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KAT 6925 USB 2332 UTC 25 JUL 2021

« on: July 25, 2021, 2357 UTC »

23:55 UTC - Zeze with shout-outs to HFU users. Loud and clear. Good signal;
00:03 UTC - Having some RF feedback, audio is highly distorted. 00:05 UTC technical issue seems to have been resolved;
00:47 UTC - Waterfall image "KAT TAIL";
00:47 UTC - DRM image;
00:52 UTC - End of broadcast.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3242

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Nowhere Radio 6975 AM 2256 UTC 25 JUL 2021

« on: July 25, 2021, 2310 UTC »

23:08 UTC - Very weak and barely audible at this time. Actual frequency: 6974.9 kHz
01:00 UTC - Good signal, S7 to S9 with fading in / out;
01:01 UTC - Station ID: Nowhere Radio

Based on time, frequency and content: Nowhere Radio

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3243

Utility / DDH8 14467.3 kHz FSK Log

« on: July 25, 2021, 2230 UTC »

22:17 UTC 25 JULY 2021 14467.3 kHz FSK
DDH8 Deutscher Wetterdienst weather forecasts in Baudot 50/425. Good signal into North America with some fading.

NNNN
CQ CQ CQ DE DDH47 DDH9 DDH8
FREQUENCIES   147.3 KHZ   11039 KHZ   14467.3 KHZ
RYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRYRY

ELANDSEE-SPD (59.7N  21.0E) WT: WQ C
MO 26. QWZ: E        3        PMT M
DI 27. PPZ: E      2-"        PMT M
DI 27. QZ: E   P  4-5         Q  M
MI 28. PPZ: E        3        PMT MO
MI 28. QWZ: NE       5         Q  MF
DO 29. PPZ: SW-W     6     U  QMT M
DO 29. QWY, SW-W   5-6   UAI  WMT M
FR 30. PPZ: SW-W     4        QMT KM
FR 30. QWZ: SW       5        QMT M
AKA 31. LPZ: SW-WN  4-5         W  M

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3244

10/11 meters / Re: Opening to Europe 22 July 2021 - 2025 UTC

« on: July 25, 2021, 1558 UTC »

I see that nothing has changed on that segment of the band in my 45+ years of being on-air.

3245

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Mi Amigo International 6085 AM 1058 UTC 25 JUL 2021

« on: July 25, 2021, 1236 UTC »

There is also a great 35 minute video of the facilities at the link below (antennae, equipment etc). The facility is housed in an old Cold War bunker located underneath a house.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9jGN22fry4

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Mi Amigo International 6085 AM 1058 UTC 25 JUL 2021

« on: July 25, 2021, 1143 UTC »

This one is actually a legitimate broadcaster with a "pirate" musical format.

Radio Mi Amigo
http://www.radiomiamigo.international/

Radio Mi Amigo's 6085 kHz transmitter back on the air!
Breaking news, Saturday, July 24:

After 10 days of cleaning, pumping out 15.000 liter of water, engineers Christian and Rudi managed to get all 3 Shortwave transmitters in the underground Sendezentrum bunker in Kall-Krekel, in the German Eifel that was hit so hard by extreme rainfall, back online.

3247

Other / Re: FAV22 6825 CW 0430 UTC 25 JUL 2021

« on: July 25, 2021, 0430 UTC »

FAV 22 6825.0 kHz CW 04:30 UTC 25 JULY 2021

04:30 UTC - Weak but readable CW station.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Genix 6875 AM 0136 UTC 25 JUL 2021

« on: July 25, 2021, 0249 UTC »

02:47 UTC - Very weak, just barely over the noise floor. Occasionally get interference from the adjacent ALE UTE.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

3249

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Nowhere Radio 6975 AM 0004 UTC 25 JUL 2021

« on: July 25, 2021, 0241 UTC »

Nowhere Radio 6974.9 kHz AM 00:04 UTC 25 JULY 2021

02:37 UTC - Weak but readable tonight with fading;
02:39 UTC - Station ID.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 4030 USB 0100 UTC 25 JUL 2021

« on: July 25, 2021, 0224 UTC »

02:20 UTC - A little late into the broadcast, loud and clear into my location. Thank you for the encore presentation;
02:24 UTC - Station ID;
02:33 UTC - SSTV;
02:36 UTC - End of broadcast.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Other / FAV22 6825 CW 0400 UTC 24 JUL 2021

« on: July 24, 2021, 0409 UTC »

FAV 22 (French Military Network) ^{(Klingenfuss)} 6825.0 kHz CW 04:00 UTC 24 JULY 2021

FAV 22 Centre national de mise en oeuvre des tèlècommunications spatiales et radio de Favières-Vernon Route de Courville 28170 Favières – France
http://air-radiorama.blogspot.com/2016/04/fav22-qsl-tra-utility-e-lezioni-di-cw.html

Transmitters located in Vernon, region of Normandy, northern France. Depending on propagation, 1, 5 or 10 KW is used.


04:00 UTC - Weak but readable CW station.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Outhouse 6950 USB 0247 UTC 24 July 2021

« on: July 24, 2021, 0354 UTC »

Very good. I am more surprised that it can take the continuous duty. Not to mention that you had it transmitting on 6925.0 kHz for well over an hour in duration before moving to 6950.0 kHz.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Outhouse Radio 6950 USB 0247 UTC 24 JUL 2021

« on: July 24, 2021, 0251 UTC »

02:51 UTC - Weak but readable to my location with music;
03:00 UTC - Can hear the announcer but too weak to be clearly readable. Return to Blues music;
03:21 UTC - SSTV: "not bad for a qrp rig" - Outhouse Radio (Are you running the XIEGU G90 at 20 watts?)
03:41 UTC - 2 x SSTV images;
03:45 UTC - Nothing else heard.



RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Outhouse Radio 6925 USB 0120 UTC 24 Jul 2021

« on: July 24, 2021, 0127 UTC »

01:25 UTC - Same reception conditions at my location. Buried just above the noise floor.
01:28 UTC - Getting clobbered by the OTHR UTE. Did hear the "belch" over the noise floor. That came in good;
01:41 UTC - SSTV: Outhouse Radio



RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0104 UTC 24 Jul 2021

« on: July 24, 2021, 0105 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 01:04 UTC 24 JULY 2021

01:04 UTC - BallSmacker Radio: carrier is up with interval signal;
01:06 UTC - Broadcast begins;
01:46 UTC - Station ID;
02:00 UTC - Station ID: "Most Friday nights, BallSmacker Radio"
02:14 UTC - Carrier dropped at end of song;
02:21 UTC - Carrier came back up with station ID and eQSL for tonight's theme;
02:27 UTC - Carrier dropped again at the end of Rush.

Strange format for BallSmacker Radio tonight. Started +/- 7 minutes later than usual and no SSTV or sign-off at the end of broadcast. Must be the full moon.

Thank you for the show.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson antenna | Toronto, Ontario Canada