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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wild show; Psycho Radio - start 0157z -> thru 0319z 6925 kHz USB

« on: March 15, 2009, 0204 UTC »

Commenced at 01:57z

ID'd at about 0207z

(Transmit frequency seemed about 170 Hz low at the start)

Gets really freaky around 0250z

Program over by 0319z it seems ...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925u WTCR w/ID 0038

« on: March 15, 2009, 0136 UTC »

Sign-off message at 0135z

Last song still playing at 0138z

Gone at 01:41:20z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925u WTCR w/ID 0038

« on: March 15, 2009, 0120 UTC »

WTCR Theme x 5? Voice ID @ 0040
0041 - Kinks

Still in progress and strong in N. Texas at the moment (0120z).

Voice ID - Twentieth Century Radio

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Senate Bars FCC From Revisiting Fairness Doctrine

« on: March 02, 2009, 1042 UTC »

FOX news would have ceased to exist under that bill

Peace!

Ummmm, How so?

FNC is a cable channel/satellite channel, not a chain of terrestrial broadcast channels ...

(That's how the fairness doctrine/equal time doctrine worked once upon a time: __local broadcasters__ were required to provide access for alternate views and this did not apply to the cable/satellite outlets.)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / A "martian" gives Earth a warning msg 6925 USB 0329Z

« on: February 15, 2009, 0333 UTC »

Started about 0329z

Over by approximately 0340z

You-tubed a couple segments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiMCk-UPcO0

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid pirate on 6925 USB start 0300z/0900 PM CST

« on: February 15, 2009, 0301 UTC »

Started about 0300z

Signal picking up a bit now at 0308z

Still active at 0320z

Maybe someone can help ID using the audio on this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IUWb8Fj_AE

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMPR 6925 AM

« on: February 14, 2009, 2015 UTC »

Just now heard it here in Texas at about 20:14z

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Utility / Re: 3810 kHz LSB - Time station in Spanish 0445z

« on: February 02, 2009, 0009 UTC »

That time signal on 3810 comes through fairly routinely here in Texas late at night, tho' not always very strongly.  Sometimes regional hamster chatter covers it up, but the carrier is usually audible.

What was noteworthy was how absolutely *strong* that transmission was and how weak the band was for normal on-continent traffic; 80 was anemic that night except for distant stations. I can't remember the last time I saw 80 M so weak yet this time signal station 3000 miles away transequatorial was coming in strong!

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Local Police Want Right to Jam Wireless Signals

« on: February 02, 2009, 0003 UTC »

As President Obama's motorcade rolled down Pennsylvania Avenue on Inauguration Day, federal authorities deployed a closely held law enforcement tool: equipment that can jam cellphones and other wireless devices to foil remote-controlled bombs, sources said...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/31/AR2009013101548.html

It's not a difficult thing to "OOS" (Out Of Service) in Motorola terminology or 'Block' in Ericsson terminology an MTSO MSC (the or a mobile telephone 'switch') from 'carrying traffic': one little command issued from a terminal connected to the IOG (input/output group), something along the lines of: GSBLI:SPM=xxxxx to block and GSBLE:SPM=xxxx to unblock.

A single or a group of individual cell sites can also be blocked/deblocked for security purposes; this was done in Pakistan on a regular basis when Musharif would fly in/out of the capital ...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio with minor overlap at end from Ann Hoffer 6925

« on: February 01, 2009, 2350 UTC »

"Give Me Love" seems to be a favorite of hers.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Ident 6925 USB occupant? Period: 2203 -2249z

« on: February 01, 2009, 2212 UTC »

Commencing about 2203 Zulu

Various program content ...

(Weak copy at this location)

Still active at 2222z, spanish language traffic at +500 Hz up from 6925 kHz

2237z sig strength picking up a bit, still various program content

Signoff message at 2243, final song (Pink Floyd: "Comfortably Numb") still playing at 2248z

Sig strength really up for a few minutes at the last ...

Off air at 2249z

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Utility / 3810 kHz LSB - Time station in Spanish 0445z

« on: January 22, 2009, 1918 UTC »

about 9 -10 PM CST local

A beep every second, sorta like CHU but in Spanish!

I think the 80M band may have been long last night ...

Update: Will post vid/aud of event later

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925 USB unid station with bugle calls

« on: January 11, 2009, 1558 UTC »

Thanks for recording, Lex.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB Linda Ronstadt

« on: January 11, 2009, 0107 UTC »

Signal strength was good here too.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB Linda Ronstadt

« on: January 11, 2009, 0058 UTC »

I think there was reveille played in there as well (correct me if I'm wrong!)