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General Radio Discussion / Re: Next week will be "that time of the year" again.

« on: November 03, 2021, 0228 UTC »

Wow.  Eerie indeed.
Thx and if you catch a broadcast please post in the pirate radio forum.

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General Radio Discussion / Next week will be "that time of the year" again.

« on: November 02, 2021, 2027 UTC »

11/10/75 Edmund Fitzgerald sinks/goes missing in Lake Superior leaving 29 missing/dead.
I don't recall the Memorial broadcast being on in 2020....but it did recently appear in at least 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
Hopefully this year.  As early as 1440z and as late as 0420z - and as early as 11/9 and as late as 11/12.  On USB and AM - 5150khz - 6950khz (typically and recently 6875khz-6950khz).
Time will tell.
FPE

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 6930 USB 2347 UTC 31 October 2021

« on: October 31, 2021, 2356 UTC »

Big signal here at 2355z tune in - electro music sounds like Gary Neumann but it isn't I don't think....
Now CW
ID at 2357 with dog barking. "Hey bulldog".  Music at 2358z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Nowhere Radio (tent) 6975 AM 2337z 31 October 2021

« on: October 31, 2021, 2337 UTC »

Strong strong strong here music into ad for Nightmare On Elm Street movie into music 40s type - " you got me voodo(?)". Clarinets nice.
2339z ad for Evil Dead movie.  Creepy indeed.  Rated R Creep Show.
Billy turns into a werewolf - ad for make up kits.  Music deep cellos maybe at 2341z.
Autumn Leaves at 2344z nice acoustic version.
Still huge here - minor fading - as clear as the local 5k MW pests.
YL croons at 2347z into marchy type music 2349z
SINPO? 55555 big still yet no ID into dreamy music at 2352z
2359z sounds like old timey ads.  Burger Chef ad (wow).  Bud Lite ad.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Genix 6950 USB 2118 UTC 31 Oct 2021

« on: October 31, 2021, 2315 UTC »

ID at 2302 tune in - music - animal noises - SSTV at 2305z.
Then The Kinks - All Day.....ID into Spirit.
Very very strong here with SSTV at 2315z
Big Iron after ID at 2317z
Strong as WLS AM here.
Psycho Killer 2321z David Byrne

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2305 UTC 31 OCT 2021

« on: October 31, 2021, 2314 UTC »

Tough copy here - decent signal but fadey and noisy.
OM rap type music 2314z
OM " the night of the abnormal".  2325z.  Nice.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: unid 6925 AM 2244 UTC OCT 30 2021

« on: October 30, 2021, 2257 UTC »

Yes 2254z Neil "Unknown Legend".  Decent S7 here and not too noisy.  No fades.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UN?D 6930 USB 2127 UTC 30 Oct 2021

« on: October 30, 2021, 2233 UTC »

Strong here at 2219z tune in with creepy parody of Achey Breaky Heart (...."I have to make a mask out of your skin." - nice).
SSTV then off about 2224z
No ID and I didn't decode the SSTV.

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WEFAX and SSTV / Re: JMH4 Japan 13986.6 USB 1140 UTC 8 May 2020

« on: October 30, 2021, 1254 UTC »

Yes the setup works very well for Wefax.  And the R8 never lets me down.  One thing I can't do though is save the images as JPEG, etc.  at least not that I know of.
Oh well, you can't have everything!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Outhouse Radio 6935 USB 2335 UTC 29 Oct 2021

« on: October 30, 2021, 0051 UTC »

Strong here at tune in 0033z
Howling & chainsaw sound effects over music then ID at 0037z
SSTV at 0039z into ID and more Chainsaw effects.  Music
0046z SSTV then more chainsaw effects into SSTV 0047z with human belch.
S9+ here and no fades.  "This is a weird station indeed" then mention of Outhouse Radio at 0048z
Relay of Chainsaw Radio??

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Clandestine Stations / Re: Taiwan - Sound of Hope ID

« on: October 06, 2021, 0149 UTC »

Ron - thanks as always for your logs.
FPE

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Dumb it down for this crusty, 72 year old fart still, for the most part, living

« on: September 29, 2021, 1946 UTC »

I have no experience with SDRs (they call me a "knob turner" - oh well), but I must agree about the R8.  I bought mine around 1998 and it WAY outperforms my Ten-Tec RX340, Watkins Johnson HF-1000, and the JRCNRD545.  And that's on SW, MW, LW, WeFax, etc.  My R8 is always my go-to radio.  I had to send it to a guy a few years ago to get something fixed (a capacitor I think) and he re-calibrated it and it is like new.  Too bad they don't make them anymore.  Its all SDRs nowadays - but then again, I griped when cassettes took out 8-Tracks.
Have fun,
FPE

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Clandestine Stations / Re: Echo of Hope / Voice of Hope 9100 AM 1250 UTC 7 Sep 2021

« on: September 15, 2021, 2321 UTC »

Thanks for your logs, Ron.

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WEFAX and SSTV / Re: First WEFAX image

« on: September 15, 2021, 0012 UTC »

 

I have had no time to decode WEFAX lately. Hopefully, over the weekend I can. Hope others have been doing well with it since my original post.

I will get back at it around late October - conditions improve & Australia & New Zealand become easy catches here local mornings and the northernmost Canadians are decent late afternoons.
Have fun

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Huh? / Re: Yeah, 9/11, but remember the night of 9/10/2001 in radio?

« on: September 13, 2021, 2034 UTC »

Very nice.  Thanks for the links - ah the memories.