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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 5:05 - 5:16 utc 12-6-2014

« on: December 06, 2014, 0531 UTC »

6925 USB ~S4 at best
5:05 utc notice the signal on the waterfall, UNID Rock tune
5:14 utc SSTV  triggered SSTV app for a few lines but no copy here.
~5:16 utc Off Air or signal gone for me? Must have shut down - heard / seen nothing after SSTV

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North American Shortwave Pirate / XLR8 6930 USB 3:40 utc 12-6-14

« on: December 06, 2014, 0352 UTC »

6930 USB S4 - S5
3:40 - 3:48 utc I'm recording some strange music / sounds mix on 6930 USB right now No Id so far..
3:52 utc - still on - Only way to describe this is - It's original?
3:57 , 3:57, 3:59 utc  XLR8 ID's over the mix
4:00 utc UNID tune - nice but I don't know who the artist is....
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4:28 utc  still rockin'  ~S5 with low background noise.  XLR8 ID
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4:51 utc XLR8 Id  still S4 - S5 signal w/ S3 noise floor
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5:22 utc  still going but under S4 for awhile now - very faint audio...
5:35 utc clear XLR8 ID - signal has been a bit stronger at times but still mostly S4 and less.

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Longwave Loggings / NDB's added to my NDB log 12-5-2014

« on: December 06, 2014, 0331 UTC »

12/05/14   6:55 utc   284 khz   FHR   Friday Harbor Washington   USA
12/05/14   7:28 utc   327 khz   JMR   Mora Minnesota         USA
12/05/14   7:31 utc   329 khz   X2   Athabasca Alberta      Canada
12/05/14   7:34 utc   330 khz   PWC   Pine River / Cass Minnesota   USA
12/05/14   7:37 utc   329 khz   TAD   Trinidad Colorado      USA
12/05/14   7:40 utc   326 khz   DC   Princton British Colombia   Canada
12/05/14   7:43 utc   326 khz   YQK   Kenora Ontario         Canada
12/05/14   7:45 utc   326 khz   MA   Midland / Field Texas      USA
12/05/14   7:47 utc   328 khz   LAC   Fort Lewis / Lacoma Washington   USA
12/05/14   7:53 utc   325 khz   YJQ   Bella Bella British Colombia          Canada
12/05/14   7:56 utc   323 khz   HJH   Hebron Nebraska                USA
12/05/14   7:59 utc   320 khz   YQF   Red Deer / Penhold Alberta          Canada
12/05/14   8:01 utc   317 khz   VC   LaRonge Saskatchewan             Canada
12/05/14   8:05 utc   311 khz   9Y   Pincher Creek Alberta             Canada
12/05/14   8:08 utc   308 khz   ZZD   Edmonton / Calmar Alberta          Canada
12/05/14   8:12 utc   332 khz   XH   Medicine Hat Alberta             Canada
12/05/14   8:14 utc   332 khz   LBH   Portland / Blue Lake Oregon           USA
12/05/14   8:25 utc   332 khz   VT   Buffalo Narrows Saskatchewan       Canada
12/05/14   8:27 utc   333 khz   STI   Mountain Home / Sturgeon Idaho    USA
12/05/14   8:29 utc   335 khz   CVP   Helena  Montana                  USA
12/05/14   8:33 utc   335 khz   IHS   Fort Carson/Iron Horse Colorado       USA

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6949.5 khz AM 02:20 utc 12-6-2014

« on: December 06, 2014, 0230 UTC »

6949.5 AM  S7 - S8  good audio, some fades back to S6 10 khz band width on peaks
Missed the first 2 mins, UNID tunes but interesting.
Need someone younger than I to ID these tunes -
Thanks for the 123 ID - knew I heard that tune somewhere..
Sure enjoying the selection who ever this is...
02:46 utc  Teddy Hill and the Southern Soul - What conditions My condition Was In (1967 version)
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2:54 utc 123 song again.. same as before  S5 - S7
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02:58 - 03:03 utc  I'm loosing you now  S5 or less - occasional S6 peaks
03:04 utc Repeating Bonnie Raitt tune again.. "Mr. Gruper" - then a bit of "Just dropped in to see what my condition was in" -
Very interesting show!! - Still no ID but above the noise again for the last few mins...
03:10 utc Tell Me Am I going Insane - again!?
03:14 utc Carrier Off - Thanks  for the Show UNID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0126 UTC 6Dec14

« on: December 06, 2014, 0156 UTC »

I was on it but signal was too weak to decode here
01:54 utc  hearing very faint music here again  6925 USB. Too weak to ID....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ga-Ga 6925 DSB *0040 UTC 6Dec14

« on: December 06, 2014, 0057 UTC »

6925 DSB  S7 - S8

00:56 utc "Bad Bad Leroy Brown "

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 CW 0015 UTC 6Dec14

« on: December 06, 2014, 0033 UTC »

Same here with good signal strength...xx Live A pirate you are not...I know where you live, Pirates you are not safe.....
Uncle Sam I am coming for you.....I know where you are....Be aware... etc.....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: TCS 6884 AM 2322 UTC 5 Dec 2014

« on: December 06, 2014, 0014 UTC »

Very weak signal, carrier fading in and out on the DDC waterfall,  bits of audio at times

00:01 utc caught the end of "Video Killed the Radio Star" very little heard since...

00:11  utc sounds like maybe a Beck tune playing

01:02 utc  Off Air - never did get much above the noise tonight.

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HF Beacons / Re: Fast Dasher beacon 7998.389 CW 0225 UTC 5 Dec 2014

« on: December 05, 2014, 0302 UTC »

Dasher  ~ 2 per second  ~7998.3 khz  2:49 utc  12-5-2014

Decent signal on same Dasher here, a little hard to nail the frequency down but it also looks like I'm
possibly getting parts of the UFO just above 8000 khz, I'll set up there and check it out.

Looks like an O near the top of the DDC waterfall in line with 8000 khz + ?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Old Time Radio on 6770AM at 0027 on 5 December

« on: December 05, 2014, 0227 UTC »

6769.9 khz AM Much better signal that usual  S5 - S7 here tonight at 2:25 utc

As soon as I posted this the signal faded down under S5 and stayed there.
I have yet to hear an entire skit or tune  from this broadcaster.... 

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QSLs Received / Re: Crystal Ship Radio QSL

« on: December 05, 2014, 0104 UTC »

Thanks for same, Images from the albums bring up lts of memories too!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: TCS via TCSRN 6925.5 AM UTC *0045 UTC 5Dec14

« on: December 05, 2014, 0058 UTC »

6925.5 khz AM S7 - S9 very fast fades up and down otherwise decent signal and audio
00:50 z UNID tune
00:52 z Crystal Ship  and relay ID
00:53 z Kansas Carry On Wayward Son  then BTO
01:06 z ID then Judas Priest, "The Boss" , Autograph
01:21 z ID
current signal S7 - S8
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2:20 z Off Air    Thanks for another enjoyable Show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925.2 AM 0018 UTC 2 Dec 2014

« on: December 02, 2014, 0028 UTC »

6925.4 khz AM  15 khz bandwidth  S6 - S7  S7+  lots of peskies - both side bands at times
00:22 00:26 utc Dance type tunes / beat  
00:27 utc  might have been an ID distorted voice with the music??? Maybe not, part of the mix??
00:29 utc  might have given E-mail addy ?? Can't pick out what's being said, even after seeing ID made by others here.....
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00:41 utc "Liquid Radio" Heard that one thanks!
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I have strong peskies at ~6925LSB and ~6930 LSB - sounds kind of surreal with the music!
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00:46 utc Live voice over - - clearly heard the e-mail address  - same as what JFarley gave...Thanks !
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00:53 utc  Mostly S7 lately some times Bumping S8 now
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00:58  utc  "wwrbfm" " This Is Liquid Radio"  At S8 I can see the Bandwidth is  closer to ~ 20 khx wide, real nice audio
on the peaks, still plenty of SSB traffic but you are starting to drown them out some.

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Longwave Loggings / 189 khz AM Iceland? 3:34 utc Dec 1 2014

« on: December 01, 2014, 0343 UTC »

189 khz AM S 2.5 - S3

3:34 utc getting some audio of soft rock or easy listening music, whatever,  nice base line,
can't hear the male vocals enough to ID language but may be in english.
3:35 utc  did not hear any talking or Id - into another similar sounding tune - similar vocals as well.
Just one more S units and this would be decent copy for 189 khz..
3:46 utc S2 - carrier almost gone, audio all gone..
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3:46 utc back up to S 2.5 - S3  female vocals
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Looking around - I see DIW 198 khz - NDB beacon out of Dixon North Carolina, good sign for me that
I'm getting long wave propagation from the East, just don't see how I'll ever ID any  AM above 200 khz
with all the beacons I have above 200 khz? Guess I will need a direction setup of some kind.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever, 6876 AM, 0310z, 12-1-14

« on: December 01, 2014, 0319 UTC »

S5 - some S6 mostly in the noise

3:14 utc sig up enough to here by their voices who it was
3:15 utc White Rabbit by UNID artist
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3:27 utc ID - Talking - Another ID - back to music  still S6 at best.