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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: K-DST The Dust 6925 USB 0041 UTC 31 DEC 2024

« on: December 31, 2024, 0050 UTC »

0044z - Music. SIO 444. ~S7 via Web-888 SDR and 148' LoG. Some fading but a decent to good copy with a little DSP noise filtering.
0048z - Parody commercials.
0049z - OM on mic into Rod Stewart song.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: Web-888 Network SDR Now Available

« on: December 30, 2024, 1851 UTC »

Waterfall max zoom has been increased in build 2024.1228. I have deployed the build, along with own LTO optimized websdr.bin binarry, on my public Web-888.

Increase max zoom to 14 on exclusive mode and 11 on shared mode. For exclusive mode support, please update full image which contains Linux Kernel update.

Source: https://www.rx-888.com/web/downloads.html

Updated. The 2024.1228 build is working as intended.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: KFS omni kiwi sdr "Masking" USAF global HF Frequency??

« on: December 28, 2024, 0406 UTC »

I hope ya' got it working by now, rnewell. However if not, go to the admin DX tab, create another entry, set the frequency, mode (USB), and type (masked).


HFGCS campers have descended on both my Kiwi and my Web-888 receivers.

Recently I have had like the same few people (well, IPs) camp on HFGCS frequencies for multitudes of hours. I skipped checking the SDRs for a couple of days earlier this week, but once I did get around to it, I noted one person was logged into my Kiwi for over 30 hours in just one session apparently monitoring 11175. o.0

i am opting for masking at the moment. I would hate to set time limits. Sigh.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio, 6960 AM 0208 UTC 28 DEC 2024

« on: December 28, 2024, 0310 UTC »

0305z - Holiday music. SIO 545. Peaking over S9+20 via Airspy HF+D and 31' vertical. Occasional static crashing but otherwise an armchair copy.
0306z - USB ECSS tuning due to other activity on the lower side.

0315z - SIO 444-ish and ~S7 on my public Web-888 SDR with 148' loop-on-ground. AM sync tuning.
0317z - Ballsmacker Radio ID.
0322z - Ballsmacker.net mention.
0326z - QSL info. Wrapping up the show.
0328z - OTA.
 
Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sky Pilot Radio 6975 USB 2338 UTC 27 DEC 2024

« on: December 27, 2024, 2348 UTC »

2345z - Music. Phil Collins. SIO 444. ~S8 peaks via Web-888 SDR and 148' LoG. Some static crashing but a decent to good copy.
2353z - Music. SiO 544+. Peaking over S9+15 via Airspy HF+D and 31' vertical. Static crashing but an easy copy.
0409z - OTA.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Liquid Radio 6850 AM 0039 UTC 26 DEC 2024

« on: December 26, 2024, 0048 UTC »

0046z - Music. 6849.92KHz. SIO 533+. S9+ via Airspy HF+D and 31' vertical. Moderate to considerable static crashing but copyable.
0051z - Liquid Radio ID into music.
0121z - Ongoing EDM and similar music.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

@myteaquinn Welcome.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: FRS Holland 5835 AM 2200 UTC 25 DEC 2024

« on: December 25, 2024, 2258 UTC »

2256z - 5835KHz carrier. No audio recovery. Airspy HF+D and 31' vertical. Static crashing from storms in the Gulf of Mexico.
2305z - Faint modulation in the noise floor with considerable DSP noise filtering.
2328z - Music. SIO 232. ~S2. MSI SDR and 30' inverted delta loop. DSB sync tuning. Fades and static crashing.

Conditions might improve later tonight; the static crashing not withstanding.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: TCBS 6225 USB 2250 UTC 24 DEC 2024

« on: December 24, 2024, 2312 UTC »

2310z - Music. SIO 544+. Noted an S9+20 peak via Airspy HF+D and 31' vertical. Some static crashing but an easy copy.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WFDR Shortwave 6920 USB 2253 UTC 24 DEC 2024

« on: December 24, 2024, 2256 UTC »

2256z - Speech/talk format. SIO 444. ~S8 peaks via KiwiSDR 2 and 148' LoG. Static crashing but a decent to good copy.
2307z - Holiday music. SIO 544+. Noted an over S9+20 peak via Airspy HF+D and 31' vertical.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 2222 UTC 24 DEC 2024

« on: December 24, 2024, 2225 UTC »

2223z - Music. SIO 333-ish. ~S5 via KiwiSDR and 148' LoG. Some static crashing. Towards the current noise floor but copyable.

Was doing something else so I did not catch the time but think I caught a shout-out earlier.

Thanks for the broadcast and shout-out! :)


2253z - More powerful transmission on frequency. English language. Mentioned Bluefields, Nicaragua.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Cloudsplitter Radio 6938 USB 2115 24 DEC 2024

« on: December 24, 2024, 2206 UTC »

2202z - Holiday music. SIO 333. ~S4-S5 peaks via KiwiSDR and 148' LoG. Towards the current noise floor but copyable.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6910 USB 2200 UTC 24 DEC 2024

« on: December 24, 2024, 2200 UTC »

2200z - Speech format. "Tonight my friend it is Christmas Eve..." SIO 444. ~S7 peaks via KiwiSDR and 148' LoG. Decent to good copy.
2206z - Holiday music.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Santa Claws Radio 6925 USB 2120 UTC 24 DEC 2024

« on: December 24, 2024, 2120 UTC »

2123z - Music and waterfall images. SIO 344. ~S5 via KiwiSDR and 148' LoG. Some fades but a decent to good copy.
2128z - Ongoing holiday music. SIO 444 and S7+ peaks with some occasional fading.



Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Looking for The Voice of Laryngitis archives

« on: December 23, 2024, 1321 UTC »

Previous thread:

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,131542.0.html

Also:

http://www.bunkerofdoom.com/vorv/index.html

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Propagation / Re: Winter Sporadic "E" is back! Well, it was last night for 11M / 10M.

« on: December 22, 2024, 1644 UTC »

Saturday morning I had regional Caribbean DX activity on 11m at ~3:00AM EST.

Once upon a time I used to work 11m during the December E activity. It is tempting, but I would have to take down my online SDRs if talking at home. There are a few places on the gulf waterfront I could do fixed mobile. Hmmm.