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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio GaGa 6924.95 USB 1350Z Nov. 16, 2013

« on: November 16, 2013, 1400 UTC »

S5 here at 1400z with a mashup of 70's tunes.

1402z - Radio Gaga ID and off. Thanks for the morning show RGG!

Z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Red Mercury Labs 6945 USB 0325 UTC 14Nov13

« on: November 14, 2013, 0418 UTC »

S4 when I first tuned in to an ID at 0412z. Improving a little bit to S6 with Gordon Lightfoot's "Edmund Fitzgerald".

0422z - Thanks for the shout.
0426z - Iron Maiden  S7
0440z - Clapton - "Wonderful Tonight" S8

Who was the last song dedicated to? You faded some and it wasn't clear.

Props didn't start great, but the noise wasn't too bad. Like Joe sez "We hear ya".
Thanks for the show.

Z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: "The Edge" 6935 AM 2307 UTC 10 Nov 2013

« on: November 10, 2013, 2347 UTC »

S8 signal with "KEGE-FM Minneapolis/St. Paul" ID at 0046z. 33443 with pescadores nearby.

Zane

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Edmund Fitzgerald Radio 6923 AM 11/10/2013 1406z

« on: November 10, 2013, 1443 UTC »

Edmund Fitzgerald Radio, 6922.8 am. 45544. Nice S9 signal. First time hearing this too; I always missed it over the years.

1439z - Distress communication from the Edmund. Naming of the sailors. Twenty-nine sailors IIRC.

1442z - Edmund Fitzgerald Radio ID and address; Bell Tolls.

Z

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Huh? / Re: The Sagacity of g0pher

« on: November 10, 2013, 0003 UTC »

[18:50] <mullen> 63
[18:51] <mullen> Do Not Get Old for they Will Trash You..
[18:51] <kracker> here have a cookie and shut the f*** up
[19:07] <mullen> i always thost Everyone here was on meds ??

Z

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MW Loggings / Re: UNID 1710 kHz 1230 UTC 11/9/2013

« on: November 09, 2013, 1519 UTC »

Hearing some music on 1710.1 AM here. Above and below the noise floor.
1517z - Sounds like a song with a female singer
1541z - Celine Dion - Theme from Titanic
1600z - still going - seems to be continuous music. No ID

Zane

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Liquid Radio 6935 AM 2241 UTC 8 Nov 2013

« on: November 09, 2013, 0100 UTC »

6935.1 kHz. S7 with some fade. Good audio. 35333. Continuous dance music since 0045z.

Starting to fade out at 0058z

Zane

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RTN 6924.7 AM 2237 UTC 6 Nov 2013

« on: November 07, 2013, 0352 UTC »

Tuned into an ID at 0350z "You are listening to Radio True North", then ELO "Hold on Tight".
S6 on peaks with lots of fast fades. ID was very clear; music audio seems more muted.
34432.

0405z - Peter Schilling - Major Tom
0412z - Blondie - Call Me
0410z or so, the signal dropped considerably. Just a carrier now.

Thanks for the show.

Zane

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General Radio Discussion / Re: What type of antenna is this?

« on: November 03, 2013, 1606 UTC »

A quick answer from Paul:

That is an interesting photograph. The closest tower has a 2 bay FM antenna near the top, above that are some VHF or UHF whip antennas, likely two way radio. There is a cell site and a couple of microwave dishes and between the cell provider and the FM antenna are some WIFI antennas.

As for the two towers tied together; they do not have base insulators, skirt wires and the guy wires are not broken up (in non-resonant lengths) by insulators. Thus it is not MF or HF. Guessing by the “house” type building, this probably started out as an FM transmitter site. The station owners decided to make some extra money leasing out tower space to paging and two way companies. At one time, that cross section was probably filled with those type antennas. Since commercial two way (excepting government e.g. 911 dispatch, highway department, etc) and paging have all but disappeared, the antennas were removed leaving the mostly empty towers still standing. The fact that they straddle the house would make it very difficult to take them down.

That is my guess.

Thanks Paul 

Z

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General Radio Discussion / Re: What type of antenna is this?

« on: November 03, 2013, 1456 UTC »

I'm going to guess that the horizontal section attaching the two towers makes this a directional array of some sort. The picture reminded me of a post in "Engineering Radio" where two towers had a third, horizontal wire element.

Since I really don't know, I posted a question on that site with a link to this thread.

http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/2013/10/bucket-trucks-and-landing-craft/comment-page-1/

Paul's site has been mentioned on HFU before and has a lot of good technical info.

Z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: MAC Shortwave 6950.4 AM 11/02/2013 2000z

« on: November 02, 2013, 2144 UTC »

MAC is S7-S9 on peaks. 44443. Fast fades.

2139z - GFR - American Band; The Firm - Radioactive


Zane

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Echo One 6919.55 AM 2130 UTC 2 Nov 2013

« on: November 02, 2013, 2137 UTC »

REI is S5-S6 here with multiple ID's at 2137z. 34443. Ghostbusters Theme.

Zane

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Huh? / Re: The Sagacity of g0pher

« on: November 02, 2013, 0342 UTC »

<nuigla> The Truth is That This Channel can NOT Understand Code ?
<nuigla> Think I will Have to Go Bellistic on This Channel..

Z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Red Mercury Labs 6936.666 usb 0300 utc 11/1/13

« on: November 02, 2013, 0308 UTC »

RML about S5 on peaks at 0308z

Wow! Accept - Balls to the Wall. I remember this vid!
0325z - Cars - Just What I Needed.
0331z - Black Crowes - She Talks To Angels. S6
0341z - Thanks for the shout! Guys are sounding good tonight.
0351z - Lemmy
0402z - Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather'
0424z - Ozzy - Flying High Again


Thanks for the show!


Zane

Welcome to HFU W0. I updated the subject format

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Undercover Radio Halloween Broadcast 6925 USB23:58 11-01-2013

« on: November 02, 2013, 0047 UTC »

Just tuning in at 0045z to a very nice S9, 45444 signal. Very clear audio.

0046z - ID and email address.

Thanks Dr. B.

Z