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Latin American Pirate / Radio Compañía Worldwide 6925 AM 2300 UTC 3 Aug 2022

« on: August 03, 2022, 2305 UTC »

Just a weak carrier on 6925.00 kHz and traces of audio with the LU4AA KiwiSDR in Argentina. The RCW Facebook page says “Ralay de RCI Medios Prensa Radio y TV señal 2. 6925 KHz” (posted 2 hours ago).

2300 UTC-Talk in Spanish? Extremely weak

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Huh? / How to save images in MMSSTV?

« on: August 03, 2022, 1730 UTC »

I have finally got my sound card working and I can now successfully decode SSTV images with MMSSTV. My problem is that I can’t figure out how to save images as file to my computer. Does anyone know how to?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Pushka 6920 AM 2350 UTC 2 Aug 2022

« on: August 02, 2022, 2353 UTC »

Exact frequency is 6919.96 kHz. S5 with the KPH KiwiSDR in California. This station has been going non-stop since July 7.

2350 UTC-Music, too weak to identify

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Shortwave Broadcast / Station X 2325 AM 1254 UTC 25 Jul 2022

« on: July 25, 2022, 1257 UTC »

S9 with the Hunter Valley, Australia KiwiSDR. I am not aware of any Australian stations licensed to this frequency.

1254 UTC-Jingle “Does it make you happy? Of course it does”
1254 UTC-All I Need Is A Miracle by Mike + The Mechanics
1258 UTC-Come Around by Mental As Anything
1301 UTC-Jingle “Station X”
1302 UTC-O.P.P by Naughty By Nature

Anyone know who this might be? As far as I know there is no “Station X” licensed to 2325 kHz.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Shortwave Australia 4835 AM 0525 UTC 25 Jul 2022

« on: July 25, 2022, 0532 UTC »

S5 with the Hunter Valley, Australia KiwiSDR. This is a new shortwave station that has recently started broadcasting on 2310 kHz and 4835 kHz. Nothing heard on 2310 kHz.

0527 UTC-Unknown Music
0530 UTC-Shortwave Australia ID
0531 UTC-Next Unknown Music
0537 UTC-Station ID, frequencies 2310 kHz and 4835 kHz
0537 UTC-A Skeleton At The Feast by Middle Class
1300 UTC-Now heard on both frequencies

741

Longwave Loggings / LW Longwave beacon Kelowna and others

« on: July 25, 2022, 0418 UTC »

Hearing weak Morse code using USB with my Sony ICF-2010 on 257 kHz with the internal antenna. I do not know Morse code but “LW” in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada is the nearest beacon on 257 kHz and also higher powered than most stations on the frequency according to this list: https://www.dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm Identication is Morse code followed by a tone then identification again.

Also hearing what is probably “DC” on 326 kHz USB from Princeton, British Columbia, Canada. Same pattern of a Morse code identification followed by a tone then identification again.

Also hearing what is probably “SX” on 368 kHz USB from Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada. Same pattern of a Morse code identification followed by a tone then identification again.

Also hearing what is probably “YWB” on 389 kHz USB from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Same pattern of a Morse code identification followed by a tone then identification again.

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Pirate Radio History / Pirate Radio Stations by Andrew Yoder

« on: July 24, 2022, 1618 UTC »

A very interesting article from 1990
https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/Pirate-Radio-Stations-Yoder-1990.pdf

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Pushka 6920 AM 2105 UTC 23 Jul 2022

« on: July 23, 2022, 2108 UTC »

Exact frequency is 6919.98 kHz. S5 with the KPH KiwiSDR in California. This station has been going non-stop since July 7.

2106 UTC-Station ID
2106 UTC-Владимирский централ by Влад Ворон
2111 UTC-Station ID
2111 UTC-Every Day by Lucas & Steve & CRCLE

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Image Radio UK 6305 AM 2045 UTC 23 Jul 2022

« on: July 23, 2022, 2047 UTC »

S9 with the Northwest Ireland KiwiSDR but bad fading, sometimes almost completely faded out.

2045 UTC-Unknown Music
2047 UTC-Image Radio UK jingle
2047 UTC-D.I.S.C.O. by Ottawan
2052 UTC-Station ID and email
2053 UTC-Teenage Kicks by The Undertones
2055 UTC-Image Radio UK jingle
2055 UTC-The Motown Song by Rod Stewart With The Temptations
2059 UTC-Image Radio UK jingle

745

European Pirates and Private Stations / Valley Wave Int. 6266 AM 1845 UTC 23 Jul 2022

« on: July 23, 2022, 1846 UTC »

Exact frequency is 6265.90 kHz. S7 with the Northwest Ireland KiwiSDR. Some hum in the audio making understanding difficult.

1845 UTC-News by announcers that don’t sound fluent in English
1854 UTC-North Korean pop music (Moranbong Band)
1857 UTC-More news, mention of Kim Jong-il
1900 UTC-No top of the hour ID or anthem, news continues
1902 UTC-North Korean Military Choir
1904 UTC-Orchestral Music, cut off at 1905 UTC
1905 UTC-Relay of a different station? ID given but voice garbled
1905 UTC-News? Can’t understand
1908 UTC-Club At The End Of The Street by Elton John
1910 UTC-Blank carrier
1911 UTC-Interval signal? Not one I recognize
1912 UTC-Time pips, interval signal
1912 UTC-Non-English talk, Russian?
1912 UTC-Blank carrier
1916 UTC-Yankee Doodle, Voice of America ID, old recording
1919 UTC-Blank carrier
1920 UTC-Interval signal?
1922 UTC-Blank carrier
1923 UTC-Interval signal
1924 UTC-Blank carrier
1926 UTC-Interval signal
1928 UTC-Blank carrier

Programming is from Voice of Korea but does not match 13760/15245 kHz. Maybe a relay of a recording? No signal with the Osaka, Japan KiwiSDR. Weak with the GB3WB KiwiSDR in the UK.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Pandora 6945 AM 1757 UTC 23 Jul 2022

« on: July 23, 2022, 1758 UTC »

S9 with the Northwest Ireland KiwiSDR.

1758 UTC-Somewhere In My Heart by Aztec Camera
1802 UTC-Love Come Down by Evelyn "Champagne" King
1805 UTC-Kiss The Bride by Elton John
1809 UTC-Station ID and email pandoraradio@hotmail.com
1809 UTC-Cold Metal by Iggy Pop
1812 UTC-“Radio Pandora, your shortwave free music radio station”, website address, repeated ID’s
1812 UTC-Grazing In The Grass by The Friends Of Distinction
1815 UTC-British accented announcer talking, going to be broadcasting for 90 minutes
1816 UTC-Invisible Touch by Genesis
1819 UTC-Bad Bad Boy by Nazareth
1823 UTC-Talk, station ID, email address, using 25 watts carrier and 100 watts pep
1826 UTC-I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) by Daryl Hall & John Oates
1829 UTC-Station ID, email, broadcasting on shortwave since 1995
1830 UTC-I Fought The Law by Bobby Fuller Four

Thanks to dave1965 for the ID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Pushka 6920 AM 0545 UTC 23 Jul 2022

« on: July 23, 2022, 0549 UTC »

Exact frequency is 6919.96 kHz. S9 with the KPH KiwiSDR in California. Extremely weak carrier present at my QTH. This station has been going non-stop since July 7.

0545 UTC-Music
0549 UTC-Station ID

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MW Loggings / CJYM 1330 AM 0500 UTC 23 Jul 2022

« on: July 23, 2022, 0540 UTC »

Heard on my Sony ICF-2010 with the internal antenna. I believe this is my first logging of Saskatchewan on mediumwave (I haven’t done a lot of MW DX in the past). Programming was mostly music with occasional identification as “Classic Hits”.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Pushka 6920 AM 0520 UTC 22 Jul 2022

« on: July 22, 2022, 0526 UTC »

Exact frequency is 6919.96 kHz. S7 but under the extremely high static with the KPH KiwiSDR in California. This station has been going non-stop since July 7.

0524 UTC-Station ID
0527 UTC-Huge fade up to S9+10

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Sycko Radio 6950 USB 0245 UTC 17 Jul 2022

« on: July 17, 2022, 0248 UTC »

S5 with the North Raleigh, NC KiwiSDR. Better S5 signal with the Concord, NH KiwiSDR.

0246 UTC-Unknown Music
0252 UTC-“6950 shortwave radio rocking it out”, back to music
0255 UTC-Talking about shortwave, back to music
0310 UTC-“You’re listening to the Dr. Thunder Radio Show”-Does this count as an ID?
0319 UTC-Digital signal?
0320 UTC-Back to music
0326 UTC-Sycko Radio station ID
0327 UTC-“Dr. Thunder got sucked up the vacuum tubes and he’s travelling through the coax to the antenna now”

Nice music!