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General Radio Discussion / Re: Solar Minimum

« on: May 18, 2017, 0533 UTC »

Ugh!  I thought we were already *at* the darn solar minimum...   

KA1IIC, no offense to you, but I absolutely *loathe* that song, parody snippet or no parody snippet!  Gag!  It makes my ears revolt, or want to. 

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: The Happy Station Show 11580 AM 2200 UTC 26 April 2017

« on: April 27, 2017, 0452 UTC »

I have to admit, I get the chills every time I hear the Happy Station theme music, especially when, for a few seconds, it goes very serious... before switching to quirky and upbeat again.  See my signature for why.   

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MW Loggings / Re: SS religious station on 990kHz=?

« on: April 24, 2017, 0038 UTC »

Ooh, so *that's* what's been going on!  I knew semi-auroral conditions were causing some unusual signals to reach the region, but this was the most distinct.  I'm calling it a probable ID.  Cheers, folks! 

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MW Loggings / SS religious station on 990kHz=highly probable KFCD, Farmersville-Dallas, TX

« on: April 23, 2017, 2251 UTC »

For the last few nights (roughly a week or so) I've been getting a Spanish-language religious broadcaster trading places with Winnipeg's CBC outlet on 990.  The content is most definitely Christian and fairly conservative, and the occasional music is similar to the sort of thing a VCY America station might play in English - choral, simple melodies, almost martial in tone in that way some fundamentalist stations can be.  I caught what might have been a prerecorded mailing address at one point, but the signal was too far down in the mud to make out details.  Also a possible 214 area code, though this could have theoretically been a country code.  Again, difficult copy.  

Who have I got, does anybody know?  Are they here in the States, Mexican, or *fingers crossed* a visitor from further south?  

ETA: Thanks for ID assistance, folks!  Auroral conditions are marvelous, eh? 

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General Radio Discussion / Re: SKCC Straight Key Sprintathon

« on: April 09, 2017, 0726 UTC »

I really wish I already had the portable rig I've been working on getting... I would be all over the sprintathon this weekend, goshdarnit! 

KD9CZG, who really needs to work on her yellow maple leaf award... 

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MW Loggings / Re: CKWW AM 580

« on: April 09, 2017, 0723 UTC »

I can get CKWW here, but not often.  Guessing that's to do with relative proximity.  It's more common to hear Kansas City on 580, if anything. 

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Other / Re: UNID 6300 USB 2357 UTC March 21, 2017

« on: March 24, 2017, 2148 UTC »

Could this have been National Radio Rep. of Sahara i.e. Western Sahara?  I've heard of them somewhere around 6200-6300, but never caught them.  I wonder if they're active/active again?  Alternately, maybe Niger? 

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MW Loggings / Re: CFNV 940 khz 0030z March 18, 2017

« on: March 19, 2017, 2038 UTC »

You caught the delightful newbie from Montreal!   I'm a fan of this one myself. 

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Program on 5130 AM 2304 UTC

« on: March 19, 2017, 0111 UTC »

This was European Music Radio (EMR) transmitting to North America via WBCQ.  You're lucky; I tried for this broadcast myself and got nothing beyond a carrier and some maaaaaybe audio way below a truly horrible noise floor. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2332 UTC 5 Mar 2017

« on: March 06, 2017, 0650 UTC »

I had this too, roughly 2335Z, but had an awful time trying to get the proper frequency.  Realized after a minute or two of struggle that the darn pescadors were causing half my problem.  They were well over top the music I was trying to tune.  Argh! 

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Huh? / Re: Trump Promises Greatest Propagation Ever

« on: March 05, 2017, 2122 UTC »

Make propagation great again?  *giggles*  More like make it grate again...  Drat that pesky wordplay.  

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General Radio Discussion / Re: HAARP will be on the air February 19-22

« on: February 19, 2017, 0524 UTC »

I wonder if they realize they'll be thoroughly squashing CHU, as well as likely splattering onto South Africa and possibly an Indonesian and a Papua New Guinean or two, if they're on 3.3mHz?  

2.7mHz is near Samoa's usual freq as well, isn't it? 

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MW Loggings / Re: WCBS 880

« on: February 15, 2017, 0415 UTC »

WCBS is usually quite loud here, with WABC only slightly weaker.  Often, though not always, Brandon, Manitoba is audible under WCBS, and occasionally above them.  Those nights are fun!  Once a couple years ago, I had Radio Progreso in the clear, with zero sign of New York.  I nearly fell over! 

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MW Loggings / Re: No-no on WFED 1500am 0035 UTC 31 August 2016

« on: February 13, 2017, 0649 UTC »

I am late late laaaaate responding to this, but I literally *just* spotted it.  Sorry about that!  As for this station, nope, I've never managed it.  Depending on the receiver I use, I get either a muddle of different stations or splash from a local on 1480 that I swear is cheating to a ridiculous degree... 

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General Radio Discussion / Re: WWV Broadcast Outages

« on: February 12, 2017, 0609 UTC »

Well darn.  I'm going to be at work during both outages, so no chance to try for Argentina, Venezuela, Spain, South Korea... crud.