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Equipment / Re: Wall Warts are nasty, RF spewing little balls of evil.

« on: March 10, 2014, 0239 UTC »

The heavier the better seems to be the main rule when it comes to wall warts.  Cell phone chargers are pretty bad too.

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The RF Workbench / Re: which type of crystal

« on: March 09, 2014, 0544 UTC »

If the crystal is running hot, it means your drive level is, well, excessive.  You could also have some DC present that shouldn't be there.  You can order crystals in different packages, HC-49 and HC-6 are the most common.

Taking a look at the circuit, it appears this transmitter is a power oscillator coupled to an antenna.  The crystal is either not suited for this purpose (microprocessor crystals usually aren't happy in these kind of circuits) or you may have the coil the wrong way around, driving the crystal too hard.

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Equipment / Re: Not enough space for a good antenna to listen...

« on: March 08, 2014, 1820 UTC »

Interesting bit, although the amplifier IC he is using is 50 ohm input, and most loop preamplifiers are HiZ input, as the loop in no way represents a 50 ohm source, except at higher frequencies.

Just my two ¢

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio Magic Eye (Russia) QSL

« on: March 07, 2014, 0024 UTC »

Very cool design, and great catch Chris!

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VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes / Re: "Pirating With Cumbre" Galaxy 16 TP 15 C-band 3-4-14 1515z

« on: March 05, 2014, 1427 UTC »

I'm sorry to hear that Chris.

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VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes / "Pirating With Cumbre" Galaxy 16 TP 15 C-band 3-4-14 1515z

« on: March 05, 2014, 0230 UTC »

I was arguing with a .9M portable dish trying to find some audio feeds and after having the receiver scan through the channels, I heard a familiar voice.  I caught "Pirating With Cumbre" with Chris Lobdell, talking about reports, then played a lengthy clip from Red Mercury Labs from last Thursday.  Lyngsat says the feeds are run by World Harvest Radio.  Cool find!  Show concluded at 1525z.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Sackville, N.B. residents to lose landmark radio transmission towers

« on: March 02, 2014, 2029 UTC »

So, they ceased HF operations for budgetary reasons, but instead of letting it 'twist in the wind,' wasted no time in tearing it down, despite having no offers on the property.

Something doesn't smell right here.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Hello

« on: February 25, 2014, 0544 UTC »

Good to see you here Oly!

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General Radio Discussion / Re: A Question for the Elders...

« on: February 23, 2014, 0325 UTC »

I'm with everyone else.  I verify reports on remote receivers, but I appreciate being informed that it was received that way.  This is particularly true with European listeners listening to US pirates.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Undercover Radio 6925 USB 0150 22 Feb 2014

« on: February 22, 2014, 0319 UTC »

I've got the good doctor at S9, sounding good here @0315z with Diving in the Pacific story.

0318z The Doc back on the mic talking about T-Shirts.
0321z Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
0328z Thanks for the shout

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General Radio Discussion / Re: The FCC Wades Into the Newsroom

« on: February 21, 2014, 2113 UTC »

Yes, but "Der Spiegel" and "The Guardian" are not exactly within the reach of the FCC.  Seeing how net neutrality, along with rest of our constitution is being fed to the shreader, it may be harder to get the news we need to be informed citizens, but we'll get what we need.  One way or another.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: radio discussions.com is back!!

« on: February 18, 2014, 0436 UTC »

Figures...I suppose all the blowhards had nowhere else to go.

Thanks for the note!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Undercover Radio 6925 KHz USB 2336 UTC 2/16/2014

« on: February 16, 2014, 2353 UTC »

2-16-2014 6925.02KHz USB

2351z About S9 on mod peaks here, talk about T-Shirts benefiting WWP.  Sounds really cool.  Thanks for the shout!
2354z Silversun Pickups 'Panic Switch'  Frequency drifting a bit, now running about 36 Hz high.
0007z Story about a strange women in the Bahamas.
0011z Benway back on the mic, promoting his T-Shirts.
0029z Benway back on the mic, freq back on 6925.00, pushing a bit over S9+10 now.
0033z Story about robots building robots in a barn in the woods.
0035z I'm glad my computer isn't the only one that seems to have a mind of its own!  Into a story about diving in the Solomon Islands, 'Biochips'.
0054z Silversun Pickups 'Lazy Eye' Fades appeared out of nowhere, short and shallow ones.

Thanks Benway!

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General Radio Discussion / Re: NPR feature on 1620 WFAT pirate radio from 1978

« on: February 13, 2014, 0344 UTC »

Thanks for posting this.  It was an interesting 'radio time capsule.'

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Free Radio Cafe now 'on the cloud' or getting there

« on: February 13, 2014, 0338 UTC »

OK, that makes sense.  I've heard other hosting companies refer to distributed hosting rather than 'cloud hosting.'  In all fairness though, especially when dealing with something as touchy as pirate radio, and the NSA being what they are, the USA is probably the last place I'd want to host a site.

...just my 2¢

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