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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: AM Stereo 1620 6955 AM 0130 UTC 9 June 2023

« on: June 09, 2023, 1520 UTC »

In the chance any of you folks ever hear a pirate claiming to be using "Kahn" or "Kahn-Hazeltine" AM-stereo, switch the Kiwi to SAS mode. I have yet to hear a pirate doing Kahn.

As with C-QUAM, there is a pilot tone with the kahn system as well, at 15Hz, Magnavox was 5 Hz.  This would be another tell-tale of stereo transmission.

A good signal here on the SDR recording. I checked for a 15 Hz pilot tone, and did not see one.

Recording of the sign on at 0127 UTC including a gmail address, rmpotion@gmail.com ? Any better guesses? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1021029304970252350/1116745946634658013/AmStereo1620.mp3

Sounds right to me. I sent an email. The fact he says “You may contact this teeny-weeny radio station” definitely seems to indicate this is a part 15 operation. Maybe retransmitted by the same guy that runs the 1620 transmitter?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: AM Stereo 1620 6955 AM 0130 UTC 9 June 2023

« on: June 09, 2023, 0504 UTC »

Was the broadcast itself in AM Stereo or were they just id'ing as such? There used to be a legit AM stereo station in Eastern North America that used 1620.

It sounded like a relay from a station called Music Radio on 1620 AM Stereo. I googled that and found nothing, maybe a part 15? I didn’t try using AM Stereo, but I did notice the signal was 18 kHz wide and I don’t remember hearing that transmitter before.

Recording: https://youtu.be/IoKx-TBuYKQ

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: AM Stereo 1620 6955 AM 0130 UTC 9 June 2023

« on: June 09, 2023, 0139 UTC »

Exact frequency is 6955.11 kHz. S9+30 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR. Really good 18 kHz wide audio!

0137 UTC-Music Radio, 1620 AM Stereo ID
0137 UTC-New World In The Morning by Roger Whittaker
0140 UTC-It Started All Over Again by Brenda Lee
0142 UTC-ID and schedule
0142 UTC-Unknown Music
0143 UTC-OFF suddenly

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Kawaii FM 7400 AM 0735 UTC 30 MAY 2023

« on: June 08, 2023, 2241 UTC »

 87.7fmradiopushka @ gmail.com .
 

Weeks ago, the op of Pushka told you (I think) that he had given up SW but that the SW station you heard in this frequency range "might have been his friend". The days when your friend was your (postal) maildrop passed a long time ago; in the age of email it's basically unnecessary.

Hmmmm.

No big sinister plot to uncover here. I'm just noting it.

He posted on Discord months ago saying this is him.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: CFVP Calgary

« on: June 08, 2023, 1915 UTC »

I'm under 700 miles away from Calgary, but this one is a reach here during the summer daytime hours, and that Cuban jamming on 6030 can get in the way even after Radio Marti goes off the air. One of the ways I know seasonal conditions are changing is when CFVP comes in easier at all hours, usually in the fall and winter.

However, a couple nights this week, I've heard CFVP coming in over the jamming during local late-night hours. The irony, of course, is that the station's AM version on 1060 kHz booms in here at night year-round.

Interesting, I heard CFVP mixing a lot with Marti last night.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / YHWH 7475 AM 0405 UTC 8 JUN 2023

« on: June 08, 2023, 0406 UTC »

S7 direct.

0405 UTC-Josiah preaching
0407 UTC-Sign off message with postal address
0408 UTC-OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Azteca via AARS 6935 AM 0325 UTC 8 JUN 2023

« on: June 08, 2023, 0326 UTC »

S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.

0325 UTC-Radio Azteca program #10
0401 UTC-Program #11
0518 UTC-Silent carrier, same at 0532 UTC

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda 7400 AM 0735 UTC 30 MAY 2023

« on: June 08, 2023, 0253 UTC »

From World of Radio:

Hi Glenn - Back on May 30, noticed a  carrier on about 7399.83 kHz. AM, from tuning in at 0735+ UT. Best reception occurred
at 1101 UT, when I noted the often heard distinctive segment with a child's voice, along with a man. Sounded like the usual
Russian programming of "Radio Channel Eastern Star," with a lot of songs, but most of the time I was only able to hear the
carrier. Sent off a reception report and audio clip (attached).

Am very grateful that on June 6, I received the following informative reply. Ron (California)

"Yes thank you very very much for following along with me as I am setting up this new transmitter!
 
The power level at that time was around 5-10 watts carrier. However, by the time I write this email, I have drafted a different design
which gave me much better stability and audio, however, the carrier power is only 2.5 watts. Right now I am transmitting on 7401 khz
or so, I will fix this later, it's not too hard, just a line of code. I am currently working on the amplifier to get those 2.5 watts to 25 watts
carrier, once everything functions properly I will have the free time to send out QSL cards etc.. Please remind me on my other email
as well, 87.7fmradiopushka @ gmail.com .
 
Yes, I am going to rebrand the station into Kawaii FM, or at least that is my plan for now. There is already a Japanese segment of the
show on MTW evenings. Thank you again very much for listening, I might mention your name on air sometime if you are ok with it.
 
I apologize for the poor modulation on that day, the transmitter was not working the way I would have hoped too, I forgot that mosfets
have a threshold voltage."

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio 48 via Mix eQSL - April 23

« on: June 07, 2023, 2238 UTC »

Got the same here, thanks!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / YHWH 7475 AM 0309 UTC 7 JUN 2023

« on: June 07, 2023, 0310 UTC »

S7 with the KK6PR KiwiSDR.

0309 UTC-Josiah preaching

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Two Dog Radio 6955 USB 0240 UTC 7 JUN 2023

« on: June 07, 2023, 0241 UTC »

S9+10 direct.

0240 UTC-Music
0244 UTC-Two Dog Radio ID

0255 UTC-Mr. Brownstone by Guns N' Roses
0259 UTC-Faust by Emigrate
0304 UTC-Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top
0306 UTC-“This just isn’t working out, Two Dog Radio having a hell of a time”
0306 UTC-I Was Wrong by The Sisters of Mercy
0314 UTC-Red, White & Blue by Godsmack
0318 UTC-I’ve got stuff today before it gets dark, good evening all
0318 UTC-OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 via Sycko Radio 6955 AM 0003 UTC 6 JUN 2023

« on: June 07, 2023, 0008 UTC »

S5 with the KX4AX KiwiSDR. Definitely North American.

0008 UTC-Unknown Rap Music
0008 UTC-Radio 48 ID over the music
0010 UTC-Sycko Radio ID
0011 UTC-Long Train Runnin' by The Doobie Brothers
0013 UTC-Radio 48 ID
0013 UTC-Unknown Music
0019 UTC-Part-Time Lover by Stevie Wonder

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North American Shortwave Pirate / YHWH 7475 AM 0341 UTC 6 JUN 2023

« on: June 06, 2023, 0342 UTC »

S9+10 with the KFS Omni KiwiSDR.

0341 UTC-Josiah preaching

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Latin American Pirate / Organización Radial El Prado 6016.7 AM 0224 UTC 6 JUN 2023

« on: June 06, 2023, 0225 UTC »

Exact frequency is 6016.69 kHz. S9 with the Bonaire KiwiSDR.

0224 UTC-Colombian Music

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Sycko Radio 6950 AM 0221 UTC 6 JUN 2023

« on: June 06, 2023, 0222 UTC »

S9+20 with the K8BMZ KiwiSDR.

0221 UTC-Music
0233 UTC-OFF