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Huh? / Re: Meat and potato pie launched into space via weather balloon?

« on: December 27, 2016, 0631 UTC »

Better than a corn beef sandwich...  

With apologies to a certain (momentarily queasy) NASA astronaut, may he rest in peace.  I couldn't resist the chuckle, sir. 

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MW Loggings / Re: French-language 940 station=? November 27, 0500 UTC

« on: December 05, 2016, 1106 UTC »

Ooooh, shiny new Quebecois station is go!   Cheers! 

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MW Loggings / Re: CKJH 750 AM 04 Dec 2016 UTC 2350

« on: December 05, 2016, 1103 UTC »

*Nice* catch!  I too have only ever had CKJH once.  It was squashing WSB; I thought I'd mistakenly tuned to 740 out of Toronto, then went... whaaa?!  

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MW Loggings / French-language 940 station=CFNV, Montréal, QC - November 27, 0500 UTC

« on: November 27, 2016, 2156 UTC »

Had this last night, for the first time ever.  QTH Madison, WI.  I switched on the old Sony boombox bedside radio, intending to listen to the oldtime radio shows out of Hamilton, ON down on 900kHz.  Scrolling down the band, I suddenly heard--ooh!  French on 940?  Soft francophone pop/AC just before the hour, to a clear French-language 940 AM ID, then into a string of songs with very brief chat snippets between.  I recognized only one song - "Don't Worry, Be Happy".  All the rest were not in English, but were in much the same musical genre.  Who was this, anybody know, and exactly how unusual of a catch have I made?  I could hear WFAW out of nearby Fort Atkinson, WI beneath and occasionally above my friendly francophone visitor; my guess is somebody forgot to go off day power over in Fort.  Oops!  

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General Radio Discussion / Re: KIFM is building a transmitter in Nevada

« on: September 24, 2016, 2123 UTC »

I've heard of those so-called fixed frequency radios distributed by certain missionary groups.  Frankly, that infuriates the heck out of me.  Way to hold intended converts unfairly in thrall.  Yecch!  If I had the resources and the know-how, I'd happily assist in the un-fixing of a few fixed frequency receivers, if the owners of same so desired.  Gah, the injustice wrapped in faux righteousness of that one really gets up my schnoz! 

As for Brother Scare/Stair, BS filters+missing chompers=one impossible to understand hatemonger.  Smirk! 

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

« on: September 24, 2016, 2110 UTC »

I just read this for the first time.  I'm late, oops!  When I saw 'no-no', I figured somebody swore on air or something.  Wrong kind of no-no, I guess!   

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Huh? / Re: It's Leonard Cohen's Birthday. The Present Is Dark

« on: September 24, 2016, 0506 UTC »

I read this article a couple days ago, during an early morning at work.  I maintain, as does the article if in different words, that this man is a musical pillar and a legend besides.   

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Bizarre Message Plays on “Hacked” Radio Station: “Trump Will Go 26th”

« on: September 24, 2016, 0502 UTC »

... Upthread, I read the phrase 'go at the debate', and I could not get the obvious potty joke out of my head.  Lo siento, but really!  Oh dear.    And now I have a second, rather worse, potty joke in mind.  I will spell out neither of them. 

*goes back to trying to keep her politics and her radio geekery separate* Ahem. 

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Over The Top Craziness on 7200 LSB!

« on: September 24, 2016, 0456 UTC »

7200LSB can be prone to ridiculous ops at times.  I've heard a bunch of swearing thrown around before, which is a ham no no, people yakking over each other, basically CB band chatter on a ham frequency.  Frankly it made me a little nervous of going near said frequency if operating on 40...  Which I don't generally, as I'm currently a tech, but still.  Club station multi-op operation does happen. 

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MW Loggings / Re: CJEU 1670 AM

« on: September 24, 2016, 0444 UTC »

Nice catch!   

I can't get CJEU here, as I've got WOZN The Zone (blah) as a local, and it is L-O-U-D!  Once caught CJEU when visiting family, however, trading places with a weaker-with-distance WOZN.  Hoping for a repeat snag the next time I'm out of the city.  If they do indeed QSL, let us eager listeners know?   

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: R. Rossii Returns!

« on: September 03, 2016, 2352 UTC »

Well, I'll be trying for *that* when we make the getting-to-be-traditional Labor Day DXpedition in two days...

!!!

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FM DX Loggings / Re: What is the farthest station heard

« on: August 29, 2016, 0223 UTC »

A friend of mine here in Wisconsin got Claire FM from Ireland, multi-hop E-skip, and he's got the audio to prove it.  It's up on youtube if anyone wants to search it.  I nearly fell over when I heard it! 

The farthest I've ever gotten is either KIXY FM in San Angelo, Texas to Wisconsin, just a brief snippet but an ID was part of what I heard, or New Hampshire Public Radio also to Wisconsin.  That one was clear as a local for at least an hour, including local sports scores - the team name the Rock Cats was a new one on me, I can tell you. 

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DGPS / Re: DGPS Logs 22 August 2016

« on: August 25, 2016, 0317 UTC »

I confess, Appleton, WA made me wonder.  I didn't know Washington state had an Appleton, and I do know that WI has one.  That's a definite location for that signal? 

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Farda 12005 AM 1715 UTC 21 August 2016

« on: August 21, 2016, 2351 UTC »

Nice catch!  I don't know the language, but the Persian music Farda plays is always great to listen to. 

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Huh? / Re: Great wisdom

« on: August 20, 2016, 0105 UTC »

Norman, coordinate.  Norman, coordinate!   

I'm sure as heck not going to coordinate things if Norman says no, I'll tell you that.