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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sternradio 6967 AM 2005 UTC 4 DEC 2024

« on: December 04, 2024, 2044 UTC »

2044z - Music. SIO 333 trending 332. Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp. DSB sync tuning. Not the easiest copy but nonetheless there.
2052z - Music. Decent bass with headphones.
2056z - Modulation dropped into the noise. Sounded like the usual Sternradio ID bumper.
2057z - Music back above the noise floor. SIO 544. ~S9 peaks with some fades. Wide audio.
2111z - Modulation dropped way down compared to the music. Sounds like an OM on the mic talking about the station.
2113z - Back to the louder music.
2131z - Music. Nearly 40dB SNR at times.
2148z - Music. SIO 545 with a little fading. Peaking over S9+10 with nearly 50dB SNR at times. :D
2150z - OM on the mic. "Good evening...." into talk and HFU mention.

Is the transmitter smoking, yet? ;p

2222z - "...transmitter is smoking..." onto music.
2235z - "This concludes broadcast day..." and QSL info into "The Great Seal" anthem.

As usual, thanks for the broadcast! :)

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10/11 meters / 11m DX Activity 4 DEC 2024

« on: December 04, 2024, 1406 UTC »

The upper side of 11m is quite active this morning. Multiple NA and European ops 27.555usb; right along with QRMers. Noted a portable op in Wisconsin on frequency, too. Thought I might have heard even a possible Middle East prefix, but definitely a huge YMMV there.

Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp. AFAIK, the loop is still approximately NNE/SSW in plane, so a broadside vaguely towards Europe.


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Other / Re: UNID 6938 AM 1158 UTC 4 DEC 2024

« on: December 04, 2024, 1225 UTC »

Chris, thanks for the FYI.

The carrier appears to be slightly under 6938. There seems to be occasional tiny blips of modulation.

The overall profile reminds me of some of the China-based signals I tend to receive in the early AM hours here. That said my 30' vertical loop is not really directional enough at ~7MHz to actually bother trying to check.

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Other / UNID 6938 AM 1158 UTC 4 DEC 2024

« on: December 04, 2024, 1202 UTC »

1158z - Consider this one highly tentative. ~S8 carrier with intermittent faint modulation mostly in the noise floor. Possible UTE activity overlapping the frequency as well. Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp. YMMV.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Art Bell Stretchyman Parody 9290 USB 1452 UTC 3 DEC 2024

« on: December 03, 2024, 2126 UTC »

There are several "AI" voice cloning apps, services, and open source tools. YMMV regarding actual results.

I have not (yet?) used it, but for an open source option, CoquiTTS with XTTS-v2 appears to have a web-based public demo install at huggingface.

https://huggingface.co/spaces/coqui/xtts
https://github.com/coqui-ai

Otherwise it can be done locally, though you would likely need a decent GPU. Same for Bark and lots of other open source voice AI software. Search Github if interested.

As for proprietary options, ElevenLabs is supposedly pretty good, but its free option is limited to like 10 minutes a month.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 15070 USB 2006 UTC 3 DEC 2024

« on: December 03, 2024, 2043 UTC »

2042z - Music. SIO 333 via Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp. Some band noise but generally listenable.
2058z - Rock music. ~S4 with some noise on my KiwiSDR 2 (linked below) and 148' LoG.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6930 AM 1711 UTC 3 DEC 2024

« on: December 03, 2024, 1722 UTC »

Not present on my local receivers.

1720z - Music. SIO 433 and S7+ via NA5B WebSDR in Washington, DC.
1722z - OTA.

Thanks for the broadcast!: )

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 0214 UTC 29 NOV 2024

« on: November 29, 2024, 0222 UTC »

0218z - Gobbling, whistling, sound effects, etc. SIO 333 via Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp. Considerable static crashing but a generally listenable copy.
0221z - Music.
0223z-  Sound effects into music.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Space Junk Radio 6936 USB 0214 UTC 29 NOV 2024

« on: November 29, 2024, 0218 UTC »

0215z - Waterfall trace with faint modulation about at the noise floor. Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp. Considerable static crashing from Atlantic storms is not making for an easy copy, either.

Nonetheless, thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Liquid Radio 6850 AM 0057 UTC 29 NOV 2024

« on: November 29, 2024, 0215 UTC »

0214z - Music. SIO 433 via Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp. DSB sync tuning. Considerable static crashing but a listenable copy.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 0150 UTC 29 NOV 2024

« on: November 29, 2024, 0213 UTC »

0212z - Christmas music. SIO 333 via Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp. Considerable static crashing but a listenable copy.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB 0200 UTC 29 NOV 2024

« on: November 29, 2024, 0211 UTC »

0211z - Infamous AJ frog rant into sound effects. SIO 333 via Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp.


0225z - Music. "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc. SIO 333 via Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp. Competing with static crashing but generally copyable.
0226z - Sound effects.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB 0010 UTC 29 NOV 2024

« on: November 29, 2024, 0011 UTC »

0010z - OM singing a parody. SIO 333 via Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp.
0016z - Laughing on to parody music.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Turkey Breast Radio 6935 USB 0003 UTC 29 Nov 2024

« on: November 29, 2024, 0007 UTC »

0006z - Music. SIO 333 via Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp. Considerable static crashing but a listenable copy.
0007z - OM mentioning 41m band on to music.
0009z - Turkey gobbles on to music.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Zeeky Radio 6925 USB 2226 UTC 28 NOV 2024

« on: November 28, 2024, 2227 UTC »

2226z - OM "threatening" to call Zeeky for some "Pirate Turkey Music." SIO 434. Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp.
2229z - He is still looking for some Pirate Turkey Music.
2231z - He is needing to work on a tube transmitter.
2232z - He would like an antenna tuner.
2235z - OTA.... for now?
2237z - Hum with brief music.
2239z - Still humming. Ground loop, perhaps?

2239z - Music. SIO 434+ with good modulation. Static crashing but a good copy.
2242z - "The Heinrich Maneuver" by Interpol
2243z - OM talking about wife running the behind the scene tasks tonight.
2246z - Music.
2254z - Music.
2254z - Haunted radio station. Smart turkey. | Happy Thanksgiving back at ya'!
2256z - Zeeky talking about punk music.
2258z - Music.
2303z - Cooked equipment on 11m.
2305z - "Missing You" by Tina Tuner
2310z - Waterfall images. Maybe cats or some other animals? I was not zoomed in enough on my currently fast waterfall.
2313z - Zeeky trying to stir up pirate activity tonight.
2315z - "All I Want" by Joni Mitchell
2320z - Zeeky on the mic.
2321z - Music.
2324z - Music. SIO 544+. S9+ peaks. Some static crashing but an easy copy.
2328z - "Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow" by Frank Zappa
2331z - Zeeky calling it a night after "some digital stuff."
2335z - EasyPal? QSSTV does not decode it. Did snag the waterfall image part.
2337z - OTA.



Thanks for the broadcast! :)