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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RADIO X 6940 AM 0350 UTC 11 JAN 2022

« on: January 11, 2022, 0539 UTC »

73 meters would be a much better choice this time of the night.  With the proliferation of cheap DDS kits on ebay, ditch the rocks.  Much better frequency stability and infinite frequency choices.

BTW if this is to turn into a technical discussion, it should probably be moved to the workbench forum.

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Equipment / Re: 4:1 or 1:1 ? Neither?

« on: January 11, 2022, 0002 UTC »

4:1 is usually only used on a folded dipole, or any antenna with a higher feedpoint impedance.  A 1:1 balun should be used on your garden variety dipole.

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108

General Radio Discussion / Re: Best band to start broadcasting pirate SW on at night?

« on: January 10, 2022, 1911 UTC »

As others have stated, it depends on where you are and who you are trying to reach.  You can use the VOA propagation tool to get an idea of where you can be heard with different power levels, antennas, and time of day, frequency, etc.   https://www.voacap.com/hf/ This is what I use to test various 'what if' questions.  Just remember, power stated is in PEP, not carrier.

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109

MW Loggings / Re: UNID 1730 AM 0343 UTC 7 Jan 2022

« on: January 07, 2022, 1054 UTC »

Could be an intermod product.  Do you hear it during the day as well?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDDR 4015 (was 6955) USB 0058 UTC 01 JAN 2022

« on: January 01, 2022, 0146 UTC »

Got 'em here under a local noise blob that shows up every night at 1800 
Heard some 'Dead Mans Party' at 0143, OM, then into Peter Gabriel's 'In Your Eyes'

Thanks for the entertainment!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WJAN ? 1945 UTC 29 DEC 2021

« on: December 30, 2021, 2150 UTC »

Frequency?...

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112

General Radio Discussion / Re: Online KiwiSDRs Under Attack

« on: December 21, 2021, 1741 UTC »

Things have been going downhill lately with regard to the kiwis.  Lately I've seen the wspr daemon running up all the available slots on a few of my favorite sdr's.

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113

General Radio Discussion / Re: 'Forever' no more than 2 hours long ?

« on: December 05, 2021, 1822 UTC »

You're not running a proxy are you?

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General Radio Discussion / Re: WMLK photos

« on: November 27, 2021, 1751 UTC »

Funny you should mention this, as I drove by that site last week.  I was in the area for work of course   According to their website, they just bought a new Ampegon transmitter and are in the process of installing it.





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Equipment / Re: Tecsun PL-880 AM BC band died sudderly and found out why

« on: October 18, 2021, 0553 UTC »

The world went SMD in the 80's.  It's really not that bad once you have decent tools.  All my new projects are smd.

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116

Equipment / Re: PC problem after transmitting

« on: October 18, 2021, 0549 UTC »

I have a keyboard that does that.  Only happens on 73 meters for some reason... 

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The RF Workbench / Re: 4096 beacon goes wild soon :)

« on: October 12, 2021, 1453 UTC »

Looks great and good luck.  Спасибо!

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118

General Radio Discussion / Re: New RFI source(s)

« on: September 29, 2021, 1653 UTC »

The 60 Hz buzz could be from an inverter powering the trucker's fridge & other appliances?

That's what I assume.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: New RFI source(s)

« on: September 29, 2021, 0949 UTC »

I notice this and other noises while passing semi's on the highway.  The clicking noise, and also strong 60Hz buzzes.

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120

General Radio Discussion / Radio World article on shortwave radio

« on: September 10, 2021, 1718 UTC »

"Still lots to listen to" is the beat on the street.  James Careless wrote it and features Gilles Letourneau from the OfficialSWL Channel on Youtube.

https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/shortwave-radios-keep-up-with-tech

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