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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6974.9 AM 2321 UTC 15 JUL 2021

« on: July 15, 2021, 2327 UTC »

Another very faint carrier in the waterfall at 2325z with no audio recovery. Hopefully conditions here will improve later tonight.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Genix 6875 AM 1250 UTC 13 JUL 2021

« on: July 15, 2021, 2317 UTC »

About the same as yesterday. Faint carrier in the waterfall at 2316z. No audio recovery, though.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Genix 6875 AM 1250 UTC 13 JUL 2021

« on: July 14, 2021, 0152 UTC »

Still on air? Back on air? Either way, I have a faint carrier in the waterfall with intermittent modulation well down in the noise floor at 0151z.

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Equipment / Re: Interesting Chinesium SI4732 Shortwave/Air/FM

« on: July 12, 2021, 1905 UTC »

An "ATS-25" touchscreen version recently popped up on eBay and similar. I tossed Thom a line, which he posted here:

https://swling.com/blog/2021/07/the-new-ats-25-si4732-receiver-with-color-touch-screen/

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 6868 AM 0058 UTC 11 Jul 2021

« on: July 11, 2021, 0106 UTC »

Music at 0104z. SINPO 35343. Good modulation. Static crashing seems to be picking up considerably here, but still a decent copy.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Yeah Man Radio 6925 AM 0031 UTC 11 July 2021

« on: July 11, 2021, 0058 UTC »

0047z - Sounds like faint music in the noise floor mixed the occasional pesky.

0052z - Difficult copy, but music modulation heard in the noise floor.

0101z - "Black Magic Woman" by Santana. A slight SNR and/or modulation improvement. SINPO 15442.

The carrier looks closer to 6924.5KHz or so.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Charleston Radio Int. 5140 AM 1402 UTC 10 Jul 2021

« on: July 11, 2021, 0000 UTC »

*Extremely* faint carrier line in the waterfall at 2357z. Probably would easily miss it if not zoomed and specifically looking. No modulation recovery.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID 6265 AM 2310 UTC 10 Jul 2021

« on: July 10, 2021, 2343 UTC »

You hear that superweak station direct in Florida ?

It is not an easy armchair copy, but yes. Still do at 2347z. Using an Airspy HF+ Discovery and a PA0NHC-style active miniwhip antenna. ECSS USB tuning. Listening via headphones.

https://imgur.com/kDiiXhv

Thankfully I have an usually decent noise floor, especially compared to urban locales in Florida, at least when static crashing cooperates. ;)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID 6265 AM 2310 UTC 10 Jul 2021

« on: July 10, 2021, 2315 UTC »

Pretty much the same as my other Euro loggings tonight....

2314z - Slight carrier and occasional faint music modulation in the noise floor. ECSS tuning. SINPO 12331. Some static crashing and ute activity.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Cruisin Radio 6280 AM 2129 UTC 10 Jul 2021

« on: July 10, 2021, 2313 UTC »

2309z - Slight carrier and what sounds like occasional faint music modulation in the noise floor. ECSS tuning. SINPO 12331. Some static crashing and ute activity.

2317z - Music and maybe a station ID overlay? Moderate improvement in modulation to slightly above the noise floor. SINPO 14332. Declined ute activity.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6875 AM 2245 UTC 10 Jul 2021

« on: July 10, 2021, 2257 UTC »

2256z - Very faint carrier in the waterfall. Maybe slight occasional modulation well into the noise floor.

2300z - Music with an improving signal. Using ECSS tuning. Not the easiest copy, but modulation is slightly above the noise floor. SINPO 15432. Some static crashing and fades.

2303z - Modulation back into the noise floor.

0015z - Faint music.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: The Vault 6985 AM 2213 UTC 10 July 2021

« on: July 10, 2021, 2252 UTC »

Music at 2249z. Sounded like an ID at 2251z. SINPO 15442. Using ECSS tuning. Floating right at to barely above the noise floor. Some static crashing.

Moderate signal improvement at 005z. SINPO 25443. Now using AM tuning.

0005z - "One Night in Bangkok"  by Murray Head
0006z - station ID
0008z - "1999" by Prince
0011z - station ID
0013z - station ID then off air

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Genix 6950 USB 2105 UTC 10 Jul 2021

« on: July 10, 2021, 2140 UTC »

2136z - tech music
2142z - "Radio Ga Ga" by Queen
2147z - station ID
2152z - "Cars" - Gary Numan
2200z - "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" - Dead or Alive
2231z - Off air?
2239z - ute activity + occasional faint music in noise floor

SINPO 25433. Some static crashing and fades.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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Amateur Radio / Re: A license-free Kenwood HT that's in the 446MHz HAM Band?

« on: July 08, 2021, 1522 UTC »

On a related note, another license-free option many overlook in the USA is the MURS band. VHF with up to a 2-watt limit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-Use_Radio_Service

There are nicer MURS radios with lots of various features, but I know the entry-level Retevis RT27V handheld is a quite affordable option. I never bought anything directly from the company site, so YMMV, but right now it is apparently on sale for under $20.

https://www.retevis.com/RT27V-MURS-Business-Radio

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Equipment / Re: Best MWDX antenna?

« on: July 06, 2021, 1819 UTC »

Might have found the 31' vertical antenna issue without much effort. Went outside to lay the fiberglass vertical section on the ground for the coming tropical storm. A short jumper wire from the antenna wire to the unun pulled rather easy from its junction. So hopefully an easy fix.

BTW, I assume we have turned this in a chat thread by now.