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2836

European Pirates and Private Stations / Indy Radio 6931 AM 2030 UTC 7 Aug 2022

« on: August 07, 2022, 2034 UTC »

Variable carrier around 6931.11 kHz. S7 with the Canary Islands KiwiSDR.

2033 UTC-El Último Ska by Kortatu

2837

European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio B4 6282-6265-6283 AM 1945 UTC 7 Aug 2022

« on: August 07, 2022, 1945 UTC »

Exact frequency is 6281.96 kHz as of 1945 UTC. S9+20 with the Northwest Ireland KiwiSDR.

1945 UTC-Kielbasa Polka by The Dynatones
1949 UTC-Strjitlizzer by De Doelleazen Feat. Sean Else
1952 UTC-Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival
1954 UTC-Talk in Dutch, sounds like Johnny Tobacco
1954 UTC-Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino
1956 UTC-Moved to 6265 kHz
1957 UTC-Save The Last Dance For Me by The Drifters
1958 UTC-Moved to 6283 kHz
1959 UTC-Twistin' The Night Away by Sam Cooke
2022 UTC-End Of The Line by The Traveling Wilburys (on 6265 kHz)
2025 UTC-ID as Radio B4, closing down, good evening to Ray, Radio B4 from the North of the Netherlands
2026 UTC-Living Next Door To Alice by Smokie
2029 UTC-OFF

2838

European Pirates and Private Stations / Cold Beer Radio International 6305 AM 1908 UTC 7 Aug 2022

« on: August 07, 2022, 1910 UTC »

Exact frequency is 6304.95 kHz. Very poor S7 with the Northwest Ireland KiwiSDR. Poor S9 with the GB3WB KiwiSDR.

1911 UTC-Summer Of '69 by Bryan Adams
1914 UTC-Talk about the music, possible ID, high static making it hard to understand
1914 UTC-Rio by Maywood
1917 UTC-Breakaway by Tracey Ullman
1920 UTC-Truck Driving Man by Nicki
1923 UTC-Unknown Music, signal improved significantly now
1926 UTC-Station ID (couldn't understand due to static crashes), talk about the music
1926 UTC-Next Unknown Music
1929 UTC-Truck Driving Man by Nicki
1930 UTC-ID Cold Beer Radio International from the east part of the Netherlands, email coldbeerradio@hotmail.com, closing down in a few minutes, thanking people for signal reports including me (thank you!)
1934 UTC-Unknown Music
1937 UTC-Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) by ABBA
1939 UTC-OFF

Note: No Reflections Europe today! That also means no 40 kHz wide splatter QRMing anything else on 48 meters!

2839

European Pirates and Private Stations / Panda Radio 6280-6290-6300 AM 1908 UTC 7 Aug 2022

« on: August 07, 2022, 1908 UTC »

S9 with the Northwest Ireland KiwiSDR.

1908 UTC-Rockferry by Duffy
1940 UTC-Moved to 6300 kHz
1940 UTC-Euphoria by Floor Jansen
1943 UTC-Hocus Pocus by Focus

2840

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: FRS Holland 5790.4 AM 1859 UTC 07 Aug 2022

« on: August 07, 2022, 1903 UTC »

Exact frequency is 5790.39 kHz. S9+20 with the Northwest Ireland KiwiSDR.

1859 UTC-ON
1900 UTC-Station ID, Netherlands maildrop for QSL’s, email address, station ID, program is Dave Scot’s radio waves
1903 UTC-Unknown Music

2841

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID 5800 AM 1839 UTC 07 Aug 2022

« on: August 07, 2022, 1850 UTC »

S9+10 with the Northwest Ireland KiwiSDR.

1849 UTC-Ich Hab' Geträumt Von Dir by Matthias Reim
1850 UTC-Talk in Dutch interrupting the music, mentions of Akenzo (maybe Zender Akenzo?)
1851 UTC-Back to the music
1852 UTC-Talk over the music, more mentions of Akenzo (think I also heard Zender)
1853 UTC-Talk, mention of Continental
1854 UTC-Talk in Dutch, mention of Radio Scotland International and Akenzo
1854 UTC-La France by BZN
1858 UTC-Stupid Cupid (Ned. Versie) by Charlotte

2842

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Scotland Int. 5810 AM 1837 UTC 07 Aug 2022

« on: August 07, 2022, 1841 UTC »

Exact frequency is 5809.95 kHz. S9+20 with the Northwest Ireland KiwiSDR.

1840 UTC-Love Like Blood by Killing Joke
1845 UTC-Last song then closing down, this is RSI
1845 UTC-Run Run Run by Jo Jo Gunne
1848 UTC-This was a broadcast from Radio Scotland International, closing down now, thanks for listening
1848 UTC-OFF

2843

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: King Shortwave 6210 AM 1703 UTC 07 Aug 2022

« on: August 07, 2022, 1749 UTC »

S9 with the Northwest Ireland KiwiSDR. QRM from another station on the same frequency.

1748 UTC-The Cat With The Cream by Belle And Sebastian

Idea: I do not think the interfering station is from Asia. I have tried to hear it with many different Asian KiwiSDR’s and haven’t had even a carrier. However, Radio Kahuzi from the democratic republic of the Congo used to operate on 6210 kHz and it was know to put a good signal into Europe in the evening there. It has been off air for years but always said they plan to be back on air. If they are that would be fantastic news! As far as I am aware, it is the only low powered community station on shortwave left in Africa! I will have to keep listening and hopefully it will still be active when King Shortwave closes down.

2844

Huh? / Re: How to save images in MMSSTV?

« on: August 07, 2022, 1743 UTC »

They might but the KiwiSDR SSTV decoder can only work on 3630, 3730, 3845, 7171, 14230, 14233, 21340, and 28680 kHz. Those are all ham frequencies and are of no use for decoding pirate SSTV images.

The KiwiSDR SSTV decoder works on any frequency the KiwiSDR is tuned to.  I use it to decode pirate radio SSTV all the time. 

Tune in the pirate normally.  Then start the SSTV decoder from the <extension> drop down menu.  Do NOT select anything from the SSTV decoder subwindow dropdown menu <freq>.  The SSTV decoder will be operating, listening on the frequency the KiwiSDR is tuned to.

Thank you! I tried that and it works perfectly!

2845

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6917 USB 1220 UTC 7 August 2022

« on: August 07, 2022, 1711 UTC »

CDO always sends that image, very likely it is them.

2846

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6937 FM 0437 UTC 07 AUG 2022

« on: August 07, 2022, 1709 UTC »

WDOG was experimenting with FM last night.

I know, but I am leaving as UNID for now since a station using FM was also heard last night giving it’s ID as “6925 Free Radio”. I think that “6925 Free Radio” and WDOG are probably the same station (same operator, same transmitter, different name) but some people disagree.

Never mind.

Using two different names for different transmissions is not a problem. Preferably, the op should move to a different frequency, or leave the air for some time.

Using two or several names inside a single transmission is no good. Even when including the mode (AM, FM, USB...) in the ID, for a station that uses different modes from day to day or in a single transmission. Operators, feel free to use several IDs, but use them well separated and without possible confusion inside any transmission. IDing you is a game, but be fair, don't change the ID inside any continuous transmission on a single frequency

I agree

2847

Huh? / Re: How to save images in MMSSTV?

« on: August 07, 2022, 0549 UTC »

I cannot find that program on the downloads page. I did try decoding images from the Sigid Wiki which should be equally error free. The images on that site decoded properly. Below is the Scottie 1 SSTV from the Sigid Wiki ( https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/Slow-Scan_Television_(SSTV) ) as decoded with MMSSTV. I made sure to disconnect my microphone or any other inputs while using MMSSTV and didn't have any other audio in the system (e.g. email notifications). Where would I find the settings such as sample rate and enhancements? Also, is there anything I can do to correct the sampling rate problem?

2848

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6937 FM 0437 UTC 07 AUG 2022

« on: August 07, 2022, 0452 UTC »

WDOG was experimenting with FM last night.

I know, but I am leaving as UNID for now since a station using FM was also heard last night giving it’s ID as “6925 Free Radio”. I think that “6925 Free Radio” and WDOG are probably the same station (same operator, same transmitter, different name) but some people disagree.

Never mind.

2849

North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925 Free Radio 6937 FM/USB 0437 UTC 7 Aug 2022

« on: August 07, 2022, 0438 UTC »

S9+10 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR but bad QRM from 6930 USB and link 11 on 6945 LSB. Narrowing the bandwidth filter helps significantly.

0437 UTC-Money by Pink Floyd
0439 UTC-Bodhisattva by Steely Dan
0445 UTC-Reelin' In The Years by Steely Dan
0449 UTC-Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard
0454 UTC-Unknown Music
0502 UTC-Next music too weak to ID
0507 UTC-Jump by Van Halen
0509 UTC-Switched to USB, now sounding much better
0511 UTC-SSTV “Not WDOG”
0512 UTC-SSTV “Free Radio” with the alien thing from 6925 Free USB
0513 UTC-SSTV “Not WDOG”
0514 UTC-SSTV “Free Radio” with the alien thing from 6925 Free USB

0515 UTC-SSTV


Thank you to Foxy3243, I am now listening with that KiwiSDR.

I apologize to 6925 Free Radio for thinking you were WDOG.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 0353 UTC 7 Aug 2022

« on: August 07, 2022, 0434 UTC »

S9+10 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR. Nothing direct here in British Columbia. QRM from Indy Radio carrier. No Indy Radio QRM with the Northern Kentucky KiwiSDR.

0431 UTC-I Wanna Be A Dj by Ren & Stimpy
0520 UTC-Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus
0524 UTC-Talk over the music “SDR’s must be eliminated, SDR’s must be destroyed”, other hard to understand talk