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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio 2012 International, 6925am

« on: January 01, 2012, 2103 UTC »

Radio 2012 Intl., 6925.0am, 1-1-12,SINPO 45333
Came on just after WFMT ended.
Multiple ID's mixed in with continuous dance music.

Zane

1067

North American Shortwave Pirate / WFMT, 6925am

« on: January 01, 2012, 1945 UTC »

WFMT, 6934.6AM, 1-1-12, SINPO 45333
A nice S8 signal with medium fade. Not sure if it's my end, but the audio level seems a bit low.
Multiple ID's since sign-on at 1932z.

2057z - end of show. Audio level sounded good at the end.

Happy New Year WFMT

Z

1068

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Crazy Wave Radio 6300

« on: December 31, 2011, 2325 UTC »

Crazy Wave Radio, 6300.0am, SINPO 15441,
Very weak here, but heard an ID at 2321z. Also, bits of U2's "New Year's Day" earlier.
In and out of the noise.

Zane

SL!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Anonymous International 6926 USB 2241 UTC

« on: December 30, 2011, 2253 UTC »

Radio Anonymous Intl., 6926.2u, 12-30-11, SINPO 35443
S7-S8 here, signing on at about 2240z.


2244z - Song about Newt Gingrich
2250z - Radio Anonymous International - Expect Us
2252z - Best guess on chat was an overmodulated Yoko Ono.  

Zane

1070

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Undercover Radio 1.710am 12/29/11 0252 UTC

« on: December 29, 2011, 0436 UTC »

Undercover Radio, 1710.0 am, 12-29-11, SINPO 13441
An extremely weak signal being beat up by nearby stations, but definitely Dr. Benway.

0426z - Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
0430z - ID

Great to hear Dr. Benway again and my first time hearing a pirate on MW.

Z

1071

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Captain Morgan? 6950 AM 2125

« on: December 24, 2011, 2135 UTC »

Captain Morgan, 6950.7am, 12-24-11, SINPO 33432
Some nice S6 peaks, but local RFI making it tough.
Clear ID at 2133z with email.

Good to hear you Capt.! Merry Christmas.

Zane

1072

General Radio Discussion / WHYP QSL

« on: December 24, 2011, 1701 UTC »

Thanks JB for the great QSL. Looking forward to catching the whole show soon.

Z

 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WHYP 6925 kHz AM

« on: December 23, 2011, 2222 UTC »

WHYP, 6925.0am, 12-23-11, SINPO 44333
Pretty good signal beating down the noise here in Chicago.
Tuned in at 2218z or so to hear "Neil Wolfish got run over by George Zeller"
Turns out to be a Christmas retrospective. Multiple ID's.

Great to hear JB again!

Zane

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6.924.95 USB w/Iron Maiden

« on: December 19, 2011, 0323 UTC »

Hearing this too in Chicago, but at or below the noise level most of the time.
Catching bits of music and an op voice now and then from 0300z-0325z. Seemed
to be off after 0330z

Z

1075

North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio, 6925.1am

« on: December 19, 2011, 0200 UTC »

A short show of ethereal music with a couple of ID's by the whispery voiced woman
whom I believe is saying Wolverine Radio. Off at 0200z. Nice signal. SINPO 44333

Zane

1076

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XFM 6925 AM 0029z

« on: December 19, 2011, 0131 UTC »

XFM, 6925.0am, 12-19-11, SINPO 34433
Just tuned in at the end of the show to catch Redhat signing off due to hunger
then "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", then off at 0132z

Thanks Redhat. Tx is sounding good.

Z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 2012 Intl 6925 12/17 *2222 UTC

« on: December 17, 2011, 2233 UTC »

Radio 2012 International. 6924.8am, 12-17-11, SINPO 45243
Some nice S8 peaks helps against the high noise here. Multiple ID's
since I tuned in at 2228z. Continuous dance tunes.

1078

North American Shortwave Pirate / Northwoods Radio, 6935u

« on: December 17, 2011, 2228 UTC »

Northwoods Radio, 6935u, 12-17-11, SINPO 35242
A very nice signal fighting a lot of noise here in Chicago.

2224z - ID
2225z - Mountain - Whole Lotta Shakin'.
2240z - more country rock - signal's still doing well.

Signal took a dive as of 2315z. Great show from what I heard JPS. Thanks.

Zane

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMPR 6.955 MHz AM

« on: December 17, 2011, 1612 UTC »

WMPR, 6955.0am. 12-17-12, SINPO 35433
Great to hear WMPR into Chicago. S7-S3

1609z - "These are a few of my favorite things"
1611z - Happy Holidays from Micro Power Radio
1616z - Mr. Hankey the Christmas poo


Zane

1080

Equipment / Re: Can a Sherwood SE-3 be used with an SDR?

« on: December 16, 2011, 0523 UTC »

I can't comment on the Sherwood compatibility with an SDR. I will say that I've been extremely happy with the SE-3 combined with my Palstar. Yes, it's as much money as the Palstar, but I think I easily have twice the radio.

The features I really like are:

Quality of the lock - once locked, it just doesn't lose lock.

The AR mode - New on the MK IV, it allows the unit to quickly self-lock on a carrier without manually having to bring it to lock with the up/down arrows. The AR mode was designed for amateur radio AM nets where each carrier may not be on exactly the same frequency. In the pirate radio world, it re-locks itself quickly on those transmitters with shifty carriers.

Offsets - If you have an AM signal being bothered by another nearby signal, you can lock the signal you want and walk it away from
the interference. The adjustable BFO also allows you to play some games with interference on SSB signals. You can again offset the frequency on your radio and the BFO adjust acts like a passband filter.

When the SE-3 MK III was out of production, I tried several times to bid for an older unit on an ebay auction and was never successful. When Rob Sherwood announced that they were going to be available again (they almost weren't), I decided to go for it. I figured I could unload it easily enough if I ended up disappointed. I'm not.

The example recordings I sent to MM had a lot of periodic deep fades, so it's hard for me to compare to Chris' recording which sounds more like a filtering effect to my untrained ear.

Z