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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Habana Cuba 15230 AM 0435 UTC 28 JUL 2023

« on: July 29, 2023, 0333 UTC »

Radio Habana Cuba 15230.0 kHz AM 03:30 UTC 29 JUL 2023

03:30 UTC - Radio Habana Cuba with Spanish programming and music; good readable with poor audio and fading.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

662

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio New Zealand Int. 15720 AM 0450 UTC 28 Jul 2023

« on: July 29, 2023, 0327 UTC »

03:20 UTC 29 JUL 2023 - Loud and clear with musical program.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

663

WEFAX and SSTV / KVM70 (Hawaii) 16135 WEFAX 0310 UTC 29 JUL 2023

« on: July 29, 2023, 0318 UTC »

NAVY Communications Station KVM-70 (Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.) 16135 kHz (16133.1 kHz USB tune) WEFAX 03:10 UTC 29 JUL 2023

03:10 UTC - KVM70, good readable with NOAA Surface Analysis FAX charts.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 0122 UTC 29 JUL 2023

« on: July 29, 2023, 0227 UTC »

02:26 UTC - Loud and clear with music.

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

665

HF Mystery Signals / Re: MFA Moscow - X06 15920 USB 0510 UTC 28 JUL 2023

« on: July 29, 2023, 0156 UTC »

Hello Thomas,

That signal is precisely what I heard. I had looked on Priyom for the frequency and had come up empty. I guess I was looking in the wrong place. Interesting proprietary selective calling system.

I played the audio recording back through Spectrum Lab for analysis and the tone sequence matches.
Tone Sequence (Hz): 815, 845, 875, 910, 950, 990 (test sequence)

MFA Moscow - X06
https://priyom.org/diplomatic-stations/russia/x06

Original post updated and thank you for the ID.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 29 JUL 2023

« on: July 29, 2023, 0056 UTC »

BallSmacker Radio 6960.0 kHz AM 00:56 UTC 29 JUL 2023

00:56 UTC - Carrier is up with some strange background noise; not sounding very good tonight, listening in USB to eliminate the interference; very noisy;
00:58 UTC - Interval signal;
01:00 UTC - Broadcast begins;
02:48 UTC - SSTV;
02:51 UTC - End of broadcast.

Monitoring also available via the live stream: BallSmacker Radio
eQSL and reception report via the e-mail address provided at BallSmacker Radio

RSPduo | Wellbrook loop antenna

667

Utility / Re: HFGCS General Log

« on: July 29, 2023, 0053 UTC »

282202Z JUL 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
22:02Z REACH 829 calling ANDREWS for radio check; no response;
22:03Z REACH 829 calling ANY STATION for radio check; no response;
22:16Z REACH 829 calling ANY STATION for radio check; no response.

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Utility / HFGCS Force Directional Message (FDM) and Emergency Action Message (EAM) Log

« on: July 29, 2023, 0052 UTC »

HFGCS Force Directional Message (FDM) and Emergency Action Message (EAM) Log

Daily call sign for 29 July 2023: ASSEMBLY (ground NCS), (airborne CP), (other)

290000Z JUL 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
00:00Z This is ASSEMBLY standing by for traffic.

290008Z JUL 2023
TO: ALL STATIONS
FROM: ASSEMBLY
YTL7AL // FL6HY 4LKT6 QDCMR NRG53 WEB2

290032Z JUL 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
00:32Z This is ASSEMBLY standing by for traffic.

290226Z JUL 2023
TO: ALL STATIONS
FROM: ASSEMBLY
YTWDQZ // PXCI4 6F5C2 XFQRK GKHCX 2LPJ

290230Z JUL 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
02:30Z This is ASSEMBLY standing by for traffic.

290500Z JUL 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
05:00Z This is ASSEMBLY standing by for traffic.

290530Z JUL 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
05:30Z This is ASSEMBLY standing by for traffic.

291300Z JUL 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
13:00Z This is ASSEMBLY standing by for traffic.

291330Z JUL 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
13:30Z This is ASSEMBLY standing by for traffic.

291400Z JUL 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
14:00Z This is ASSEMBLY standing by for traffic.

291430Z JUL 2023 11175.0 kHz USB
14:30Z This is ASSEMBLY standing by for traffic.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio France International 21580 AM 1734 UTC 28 JUL 2023

« on: July 28, 2023, 1739 UTC »

17:38 UTC - Nice solid S5 with marginal fading.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson T2FD & Wellbrook loop antennae

670

Utility / Trenton Military General Log

« on: July 28, 2023, 1734 UTC »

Trenton Military General Log: 2023-07-28

281733Z JUL 2023 11232.0 kHz USB
17:33Z AIRCRAFT 3549 calling TRENTON MILITARY for radio check; L/C.

281735Z JUL 2023 11232.0 kHz USB
17:35Z UNID calling TRENTON MILITARY for radio check; Trenton Military copies 3x3.

281848Z JUL 2023 11232.0 kHz USB
18:48Z TRENTON MILITARY with SELCAL: MSHJ
18:49Z TRENTON MILITARY with SELCAL: MSHJ
18:49Z TRENTON MILITARY with SELCAL: MSHJ
18:50Z TRENTON MILITARY with SELCAL: MSHJ

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Romania Int. 15220 DRM 0420 UTC JUL 2023

« on: July 28, 2023, 1559 UTC »

Hi Kris,

I'm guessing you're decoding DRM - what program are you doing it with?

You are correct, I am decoding DRM and using DREAM v2.1.1-svn808 under Windows 7/64-bit. The only issue with this version is that the DREAM AAC CODEC does not support the latest AAC DRM CODEC therefor if a station is using it you will not get any audio, everything else works ok.

It did take me a while, and a certain degree of frustration, to get all of the proper DLLs etc ... to make it work.

faad2_drm.dll (the DRM CODEM) is the culprit which makes or break DREAM. i cannot even tell you which version of faad2_drm.dll this is because it was compiled with no version / detailed information in the properties tab. All I can tell is that it was compiled under Microsoft VC9.

dream.exe
Dream.ini
DRMSchedule.ini
faad2_drm.dll
faad2_drm.dll.000
libfftw3-3.dll
libhamlib-2.dll
libopus-0.dll
libsndfile-1.dll
libspeexdsp.dll
libusb0.dll
Packet.dll
QtCore4.dll
QtGui4.dll
QtNetwork4.dll
QtOpenGL4.dll
QtSql4.dll
QtSvg4.dll
QtWebKit4.dll
QtXml4.dll
qwt.dll
wpcap.dll
zlib1.dll

Ping me via "My Messages" if you want more details.

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WEFAX and SSTV / Re: DDK7 15988 WEFAX 0535 UTC 28 JUL 2023

« on: July 28, 2023, 1342 UTC »

Thanks Thomas,

I did some additional digging this morning and I concluded that the station is DWD DDK7. Although listed as an RTTY station, both my 2013 Klingenfuss Super Frequency List and Klingenfuss 2023 Shortwave Frequency Guide has it listed as a digital/fax station.

Frequency:  15988,0 [kHz]
Call:       DDK 7
Station:    Hamburg Meteo
Country:    GER
Modulation: DIG/FAX
Details:    ITA2 50 Baud
(C) 2012 by Klingenfuss Publications. All rights reserved.

2023 Shortwave Frequency Guide sample:
https://www.klingenfuss.org/s_ut1.pdf

There is a nice QSL here:
https://hugosdxhoekje.wordpress.com/2019/10/11/qsl-from-the-deutscher-wetterdienst-dwd/

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WEFAX and SSTV / DDK7 15988 WEFAX 0535 UTC 28 JUL 2023

« on: July 28, 2023, 0603 UTC »

Deutscher Wetterdienst - German Meteorological Service (DWD) DDK7 15988.0 kHz FAX (tune 15986.1 kHz USB) 05:35 UTC 28 JUL 2023

05:35 UTC - DWD DDK7 with series of surface analysis charts. Marked (C) 2023 Deutscher Wetterdienst.

Note. This frequency is not listed as a FAX station on DWD's web site.
https://www.dwd.de/EN/specialusers/shipping/broadcast_en/_node.html

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson T2FD antenna

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: China Radio Int. 15665/15445 AM 0510 UTC 28 JUL 2023

« on: July 28, 2023, 0529 UTC »

05:26 UTC - China Radio Int. with Russian programming. Weak barely readable on 15665 with someone speaking. Slightly better on 15445.

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson T2FD antenna

675

HF Mystery Signals / MFA Moscow - X06 15920 USB 0510 UTC 28 JUL 2023

« on: July 28, 2023, 0519 UTC »

MFA Moscow - X06 15920.0 kHz USB 05:10 UTC 28 JUL 2023

05:10 UTC - MFA Moscow - X06 Russian Diplomatic Service with 6 repeating proprietary selective calling system tones; transmitting in USB with AM carrier (AME). Good readable;
05:22 UTC - Loud and clear on the University of Twente Wide-band WebSDR;
05:23 UTC - Transmission ended.

Tone Sequence (Hz): 815, 845, 875, 910, 950, 990 (test sequence)

MFA Moscow - X06
https://priyom.org/diplomatic-stations/russia/x06

RSPduo | Barker & Williamson T2FD antenna