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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB 0209 UTC 27 MAY 2024

« on: May 27, 2024, 0249 UTC »

0248z - Music. SIO 333 via Airspy HF+D and 31' vertical. Plenty of static crashing but generally copyable.
0307z - Off the air?
0309z - Burping sounds.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6930 USB 2333 UTC 26 MAY 2024

« on: May 26, 2024, 2339 UTC »

2338z - Music. SIO 333 via Airspy HF+D and 31' vertical. Considerable static crashing.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2236 UTC 26 MAY 2024

« on: May 26, 2024, 2338 UTC »

2315z - Appears to be the same carrier I logged awhile earlier. No discernible USB modulation. Peskies on LSB.

Carrier offset corresponds to my earlier logging. I deleted my earlier logging as I could not discern other than very faint, very intermittent modulation at the time.

Airspy HF+D and 31' vertical. Considerable static crashing.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6950 USB 2327 UTC 26 MAY 2024

« on: May 26, 2024, 2336 UTC »

2334z - Music. SIO 333 via Airspy HF+D and 31' vertical. Considerable static crashing.
2336z - DJ DW on the mic.
2350z - DJ DW on the mic.

Thanks for the broadcast and shout-out! :)

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: KiwiSDR 2 Now Available for Pre-order.

« on: May 17, 2024, 1842 UTC »

Looks like someone got a decent deal on the Acopian 5v 22a supply.

Anyway one can drop a search for "Acopian A5H" models if interested in other offerings. The A series are the high-performance models with ±0.005% regulation. An added V prefix means the overvoltage protection option is included.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6920 USB 0425 UTC 16 MAY 2024

« on: May 16, 2024, 0512 UTC »

0510z - Music. SIO 444. ~S8 via Airspy HF+D and 31' vertical. Some static crashing, but otherwise a decent to good copy.
0513z - OTA.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: Airspy HF+ Ranger | Next-Gen Model?

« on: May 15, 2024, 1516 UTC »

Excellent. The extra frequency coverage will benefit some, but for me it will be interesting to see what other new features will be offered.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: KiwiSDR 2 Now Available for Pre-order.

« on: May 14, 2024, 2341 UTC »

There are decent deals out there on eBay and similar for quality power supplies if patient. I picked up a new, though out-of-box Acopian 5v 32a linear highly-regulated supply with the overvoltage protection option. 0.005% load and line regulation with 0.25mV RMS ripple. Reputable dealer with a warrantied guarantee. MSRP as spec'd is $750+. I paid under $150 shipped.

32a is kind of ridiculous for just a single Kiwi, but the decent mid-range eBay and similar 5v audiophile supplies tend to be like $125 to $200 anyway, and most of those have little to no meaningful published specs.


Here is a new open-box 5v 22a sibling to my mentioned Acopian supply. Overvoltage option included, plus same regulation and ripple specs as above. $111.75 shipped at the moment. Same vendor where I purchased mine, too.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/325755116796

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Equipment / Re: Ionospheric storm disturbing the GPS referenced oscillators ?

« on: May 12, 2024, 2048 UTC »

Quite possible. NOAA SWPC reports a 24-hour peak in the R3 radio blackout range, though there were some instances of near R4 levels. ~R4 can affect GPS systems.

https://www.spaceweather.gov/communities/global-positioning-system-gps-community-dashboard

It would not be surprising if isolated areas on the sunlit side of Earth might have reached even R4 given the considerable power of the recent CMEs.

There is a 75% forecast chance of R3-R5 levels through May 13 UTC.

Farmers in online communities all over the internet have been discussing the GPS outages, with some saying that they’ve been running into “very weird issues.”

Souce: https://www.404media.co/solar-storm-knocks-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season/

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Me??? Several radios...

« on: May 09, 2024, 0127 UTC »

Various portables, desktops, SDRs, etc.

I generally preferred desktop receivers back when computers were my work. My Kenwood R-2000 was my primary "go to" HF receiver for many years.

The computer work is no longer a concern, thus my migration more to SDRs in recent years. Being able to remotely access them is a nice bonus IMO.

Conversely, my oldest receiver is a rather nice National NC-125 with matching speaker, though it is rarely powered anymore. I suppose it is more of a personal display piece now.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: STERNRADIO 6956 AM 0320 8 MAY 2024

« on: May 08, 2024, 0413 UTC »

0411z - ID into music. SIO 444. ATS-20+ and ~15' loop-in-window.
0413z - "Transmitter is smoking..."
0422z - Music. Pretty good copy tonight here, especially for a portable and an indoor antenna.
0432z - Interference from whatever a KHz or few above. LSB ECSS helps a little.
0436z - Interference seems to be moving lower in frequency. Back to SIO 444 via AM.
0504z - ID into music.
0537z - Off air.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sternradio 6952.6 AM 0042 APRIL 28 2024

« on: April 29, 2024, 0125 UTC »

0121z - "Transmitter is smoking..." into music. SIO 333 via KiwiSDR 2 and 31' vertical.
0130z - Improving. SIO trending 434. AM sync tuning.

0210z - Music. SIO 334 via ATS-20+ and 15' loop in window. Intense static crashing on my Kiwi right now.


(click to enlarge)

0309z - Off air.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Static 6950 USB 0100 UTC 28 Apr 2024

« on: April 28, 2024, 0125 UTC »

0125z - SSTV. KiwiSDR 2 and 31' vertical.
0127z - Music. SIO 222. Tough copy at the moment.
0137z - Music. Improving. SIO trending 333.
0144z - Bark, bark, bark...
0209z - SSTV, UTE activity, SIO 222 trending 221.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: SDRSharp v1.0.0.1920 Release (updated)

« on: April 28, 2024, 0123 UTC »

v1920 release build now available:

https://airspy.com/download/
https://airspy.com/downloads/changelog.txt

Probably the biggest change:

Getting rid of Telerik UI. Once for all.

Announcement and community feedback:

https://groups.io/g/airspy/topic/sdr_1920_release/105735345

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ball Smacker 6960 AM 0056 UTC 26 APR 2024

« on: April 27, 2024, 0104 UTC »

Music at 0102z. SIO 322. KiwiSDR 2 and 31' vertical. Heavy UTE interference.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)