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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Derpy Radio 6925 USB 2118 UTC 28 Nov 2024

« on: November 28, 2024, 2212 UTC »

2209z - Very talkative peskies on LSB. Faint intermittent modulation in the noise floor on USB. BTW, I will actually admit to be being a MLP:FiM brony. ;p

The long line of storms off the East Coast is not helping, either. Lots of static crashing here at the moment.

Anyway, still have a muffin!

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General Radio Discussion / Re: HFU Swag

« on: November 28, 2024, 2206 UTC »

Chris, have you considered offering other HFU gear through Zazzle? A color inverse of the HFU logo and URL on a black ball-cap or perhaps a tote bag for our portable radios might be interesting.

IOW, I do not drink coffee or hot tea. ;p

BTW, no big deal if it is too much effort for likely very little return. Just an inquiry. Regardless, I do try to remember to send a few dollars via the PayPal donation link every few months.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Aeronautical HF Band Schedule?

« on: November 28, 2024, 2150 UTC »

CPDLC is part of HFDL data. If you want to see it in action without having to setup local software, KiwiSDRs (mine linked in below) have a builtin decoder (unless manually disabled) for message traffic and positional mapping.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Frequency_Data_Link

Web-888 SDRs (mine linked below) have an option to build a HFDL decoder, but I have yet to bother as I am not sure it even works right now. I might give it a try on my next build cycle.

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10/11 meters / SSTV 27700 USB 1800 UTC 28 NOV 2025

« on: November 28, 2024, 1807 UTC »

Not much 11m SSTV traffic this afternoon. Here are a couple from France. Web-888 SDR and 31' vertical.

 

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10/11 meters / UNID 27395 LSB 1800 UTC 28 NOV 2025

« on: November 28, 2024, 1803 UTC »

1800z - Music. Probably QRM, but anyway. SIO 333 via Airspy HF+D and 31' vertical.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 77LJS 6930 USB 1320 UTC 25 NOV 2024

« on: November 25, 2024, 1339 UTC »

1335z - Intermittent very faint activity in waterfall with traces of modulation well down into the noise floor. Airspy HF+D and 30' inverted delta loop with preamp.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ridge Radio 6935 USB 0149 UTC 25 NOV 2024

« on: November 25, 2024, 0152 UTC »

0150z - Music. SIO 444. S7+ peaks via Airspy HF+D and 30' active inverted delta loop. Strong modulation.
0152z - Blue Right Radio ID.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0121 UTC 24 Nov 2024

« on: November 25, 2024, 0130 UTC »

0128z - Music. SIO 444. S7+ peaks via Airspy HF+D and 30' active inverted delta loop. Static crashing and fades but a decent listenable copy.

Thanks for the broadcast!: )

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Euphonia 6950 AM 0104 UTC 25 NOV 2024

« on: November 25, 2024, 0127 UTC »

0124z - Music. SIO 433 trending 432. ~S7 via Airspy HF+D and 30' active inverted delta loop. Not an easy copy, but it is there.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Two Dog Radio 6960 USB 0056 UTC 25 NOV 2024

« on: November 25, 2024, 0118 UTC »

0116z - Blue music. SIO 344. ~S5 peaks via Web-888 and 31' vertical. Some static crashing but a decent copy with good modulation.
0121z - SIO 444+, ~S8, and peaking well over 30dB SNR via Airspy HF+D and 30' active inverted delta loop.
0123z - Brief SSTV underneath?
0148z - Ongoing blues music.
0151z - Two Dog Radio ID.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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General Radio Discussion / Re: What happened to user SIGINT?

« on: November 25, 2024, 0113 UTC »

No reply so I searched a little more based upon his name and map grid. Sadly he has passed away.

The news of Richard Lacroix's passing from La Sarre, Quebec brings deep sadness to family and friends as they look back on his life with fondness. Richard passed away on August 30, 2024, leaving a precious legacy to all who knew him.

[...]

Richard was an associate member of The Warriors' Day Parade Council serving on the radio communications team for more than seven years.

Source: http://www.thewarriorsdayparade.ca/about%20us-in%20memoriam.htm

Condolences to Richard's family and friends. He will be missed by the HFU community.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken Broadcasting Service 4185 USB 2311 UTC 24 NOV 2024

« on: November 24, 2024, 2343 UTC »

2341z - Music 4184.96usb. SIO 444+. ~S7 peaks via KiwiSDR 2 and 148' LoG. Some static crashing but a decent to good copy with good modulation.
~0010z - SSTV.
0012z-  Music.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 77LJS 6930 USB 2306 UTC 24 NOV 2024

« on: November 24, 2024, 2339 UTC »

2337z - Music. Leonard Cohen. SIO 444. ~S8 peaks via Airspy HF+D and 30' active inverted delta loop. Some band noise and static crashing but a decent to good copy.
2346z - OM on them mic with 77LJS ID.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)-

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10/11 meters / Re: UNID 27385 LSB Music

« on: November 24, 2024, 1830 UTC »

1706z - Usual 27385lsb DX over the far-too-often "one, one, one, one..." QRM.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / World Music Radio 25800 AM 1605 UTC 24 NOV 2024

« on: November 24, 2024, 1611 UTC »

1605z - Music. ~25779.99KHz carrier. SIO 333 trending 332 . Airspy HF+D and 30' active inverted delta loop. DSB sync tuning. Listenable to sometimes rough copy but there.

Verified against online stream.

Thanks for the broadcast! :)