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Latin American Pirate / Rádio Compañía Worldwide 6925 AM 0145 UTC 3 SEP 2023

« on: September 03, 2023, 0149 UTC »

S9 with the LU8MIL KiwiSDR.

0145 UTC-Music

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General Radio Discussion / Active Shortwave Pirates (North America) August 2023

« on: September 02, 2023, 1629 UTC »

This is a list I have compiled based on loggings here on the HFU. It shows all the North American shortwave pirates heard in the month of August 2023. Note that many stations use multiple names so determining the number of actual transmitters in use is impossible. Some stations are also active so infrequently that they may not have been logged this month but may broadcast in the future. Stations are listed alphabetically and show the station name followed by the number of loggings in August 2023.

Most Active Station: Hikair FM (24/7)
Total broadcasts this month: 218

77LJS 28
All Azteca Relay Service 9
Ballsmacker Radio 4
Boombox Radio 3
Brain Brothers Pirate Radio Network 1
Cloudsplitter Radio 1
Demo Radio/CQEW Radio 1
Filibuster Radio 2
Foxy AM 4
Hikair FM 31
KEAK The Spider 6
KRAP 1
Locomotive Radio 2
Logo Radio 1
Mix Radio International 3
North American Pirate Relay Service 3
Nowhere Radio 1
Outhouse Radio 7
Radio Free Whatever 4
Sycko Radio 4
Thunder Chicken Radio 8
Truth Radio Innternational 6
Two Dog Radio 2
UNID 53
Voice of Tralfamadore 3
WANK 1
WBOG 1
WDDR Drunken DJ Radio 1
WDOG 1
WFJB 2
WHIZ 1
Wolverine Radio 2
WTF Radio Worldwide 2
X-FM 1
Yeah Man Radio 7
YHWH 11

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North American Shortwave Pirate / All Azteca Relay Service 6935 AM 0300 UTC 2 SEP 2023

« on: September 02, 2023, 0302 UTC »

S7 with the Raleigh, NC KiwiSDR.

0300 UTC-Bram speaking
0420 UTC-OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / B Side Radio (tent.) 6935 AM 0435 UTC 1 SEP 2023

« on: September 01, 2023, 0437 UTC »

Exact frequency is 6935.05 kHz. S9+40 with the VE6JY KiwiSDR. S9 with the VE7AV KiwiSDR.

0435 UTC-Soulful Kiddy (live at The Half Note Cafe) by Donald Byrd
0454 UTC-OFF

Nice to hear you again Bud!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / All Azteca Relay Service 6935 AM 0143 UTC 25 AUG 2023

« on: August 25, 2023, 0153 UTC »

S9+10 with the W3HFU KiwiSDR.

0143 UTC-Bram speaking

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6950 USB 2330 UTC 20 AUG 2023

« on: August 20, 2023, 2337 UTC »

S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.

2330 UTC-Music

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 2343 UTC 16 AUG 2023

« on: August 16, 2023, 2349 UTC »

Carrier on the K3FEF KiwiSDR and several others. I can’t get a good signal.

2343 UTC-Weak carrier

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Foxy AM 6975 AM 2347 UTC 16 AUG 2023

« on: August 16, 2023, 2348 UTC »

S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR. Modulation a bit low.

2347 UTC-Traditional Kurdish Music
2348 UTC-OFF
2349 UTC-ON
2349 UTC-“We have to make sure we’re not interfering”, on and off several times, talking about making sure we are not interfering, Foxy AM ID, getting stuff set up
2351 UTC-We are going to go ahead, talking about the music, send requests to foxyam@protonmail.com
2353 UTC-Traditional Kurdish Music, Shazam can’t ID
2355 UTC-Bumped the VFO to 6975.1
0004 UTC-Talking about the music, it is Kurdish, stand by while we bring up the modulation, got it up
0005 UTC-Fire And Desire (feat. Teena Marie) by Rick James
0012 UTC-Going to play some different music
0013 UTC-Be the One by Dua Lipa
0017 UTC-Next song with very low modulation
0022 UTC-OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda 6200 AM 0600 UTC 16 AUG 2023

« on: August 16, 2023, 0603 UTC »

S9+10 with the KFS SE KiwiSDR.

0600 UTC-Anime Music

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General Radio Discussion / KiwiSDR 2 Pre-Announcement

« on: August 14, 2023, 0556 UTC »

I don't like to announce something before it's ready. But my hand is being forced.

So please consider this a pre-announcement. There are no guarantees.

The PCB and bill-of-materials (BOM) are finished and ready for prototype construction.

The problem is I don't know WHO is going to build this or HOW. So I don't know WHEN it might be available. And most importantly I don't know what it might COST.

If YOU have specific ideas about these questions please email me. I'm especially interested in full-service manufacturing and distribution outside of China.

KiwiSDR 2 Goals:

Minimal changes. Fastest time-to-market with lowest possible risk. BUT since the PCB is going to be re-spun fix some of the known limitations that don't add too much risk:

New RF front-end:
Balanced input via balun transformer
Digital attenuator (per the advisory group: pSemi PE4312, 0 - 31.5 dB, 0.5 dB steps)
Gas discharge tube (GDT) across input in addition to TVS diodes
Static drain resistors (100K) from input connections to ground
External ADC clock brought out on third SMA connector
Self test loopback mode using a short cable between this SMA and antenna input
New GPS chip to replace current one which is now EOL
Reverse polarity protection (via P-FET) on 5V DC input
TVS diode across 5V input
I have an email advisory group. Many, many other changes and additions were considered and deferred. They have been put onto a list for the future.

Additional info as things progress.

Thank you.