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1936

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6940 USB 0029 UTC 12 FEB 2016

« on: February 12, 2017, 0042 UTC »

Tuned in at 0041, weak signal with low noise level, R8 & dipole, occasionally bobbing up in level but mostly very weak.

1937

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6935 USB 0207 UTC 05 Feb 2017

« on: February 05, 2017, 0215 UTC »

Tuned in at 0214utc, hear nothing but low background noise, RF-4900 & dipole.

1938

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 4020 USB 22 Jan 2017 UTC 0140

« on: January 22, 2017, 0149 UTC »

Tuned in at 0143utc, repeat of "cold" program that was on 6940usb, playing "baby it's cold outside", Hank Williams "cold cold heart", R8 & dipole.
(edit) two SSTV/FAX at 0232 and 0234utc, then off.

1939

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6940 USB 0029 UTC 22 Jan 2017

« on: January 22, 2017, 0039 UTC »

Tuned in at 0037utc, moderate signal with no noise, good audio, song about the weather, Wolverine ID, now "baby it's cold outside", R8 & dipole.
(edit) The signal has faded away. (2nd edit) Off at 0137 after SSTV/FAX.

1940

Longwave Loggings / LF beacon logs from Thurs 19 Jan 2017

« on: January 21, 2017, 0228 UTC »

On Thursday evening after 10PM CST (0400utc Fri 20 Jan 2017) I tuned around between
100 and 500 kHz on a Drake R8 using a 7mhz dipole. These are what I heard:

212, 1khz tone, unid.
216, 1khz tone, unid.
223, YYW, Armstrong, Ont, Can.
229, 1khz tone, unid.
235, 1khz tone, unid.
245, YZE, Gore Bay, Ont, Can.
248, UL, Montreal, QC, Can.
257, YXR, Earlton, Ont, Can.
278, NM, Matagami, QC, Can.
329, YHN, Hornepayne, Ont, Can.
332, QT, Thunder Bay, Ont, Can.
335, YLD, Chapleau, Ont, Can.
341, YYU, Kapuskasing, Ont, Can.
351, YKQ, Fort Rupert / Waskaganish, QC, Can.
356, IUL, Laport, IN, USA.
362, SB, Sudbury, Ont, Can.
366, YMW, Maniwaki, QC, Can.
371, both 1k and 400hz tones, unid.
389, EN, Kenosha-Codee, WI, USA.
397, 400hz tone, unid.
413, YHD, Dryden, Ont, Can.
417, HHG, Huntington, IN, USA.

BTW, FYI, several years ago the beacon on 368 known as OH was shut down.
It, or at least the shed, is still there along with the metal fence surrounding it.
One wood pole is still in place along with an upfeed wire and insulator.
The longwire antenna used to be stretched across the northeast corner of the
parking lot of the Northwest Community Hospital complex in Arlington Heights, IL.
That lot has been replaced by a Parking garage. You can see the beacon shed
on google earth. It is on the south side of Kirchhoff road where Ridge street ends.
Also the 75mhz antennas have been removed. It is 3 miles (5km) due west of me. 
☺
(edit) On Friday 27 Oct 2017 I drove over that way to attend an estate sale and the shed, pole and fence
were gone and a landscaping crew was raking new soil on that plot of land and possibly seeding it.
Only a matter of time until it is gone from google earth.
☺
(edit) On Wed 27 Dec 2017 at 11pm cst or 28 Dec at 0500utc google earth still shows fence and shed.
(edit) On Fri 16 March 2018 at 8 pm cdt or 17 Mar at 0100 google earth still shows fence and shed.
(edit) On Fri 26 May 2018 google earth shows it all gone but if you then click on google maps it's still there.
(edit) On Fri 26 Oct 2018 google maps shows it gone but both show some grayish brown covering on the new lawn.

1941

North American Shortwave Pirate / Liquid Radio, 6925am, 1-8-17, 0540utc

« on: January 08, 2017, 0608 UTC »

6925am, 1-8-17, 0540utc, poor/weak, dance music, heard ID as Liquid Radio, didn't get email address because of poor reception. R8 & dipole.
(edit) Just got an email from Liquid Radio. liquidradionline.com

1942

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6929 AM 2145 UTC 7 Jan 2017

« on: January 07, 2017, 2207 UTC »

Tuned in at 2206 utc, weak sig, hear music above low noise level, RF-4900 & dipole.
(edit) Just found out it's a religious pirate. Come on, there is enough religion on the radio here in the USA.

1943

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Channel Z 6925 AM 2129z 1/7/17

« on: January 07, 2017, 2147 UTC »

Barely there, detected weak carrier with bfo, in am mode hear occasional weak audio under low noise level. RF-4900 & dipole.

1944

HF Beacons / Re: Weak slow dasher 8000

« on: January 07, 2017, 2141 UTC »

After seeing this, I'm parked on that freq now with bfo on, hear nothing yet in Chicagoland. RF-4900 & dipole. 

1945

North American Shortwave Pirate / WDDR, 4020usb, 0604utc, 1-1-17,

« on: January 01, 2017, 0611 UTC »

Was sending SSTV/FAX, then announcement, then slow blues/jazz tune, ID as WDDR, another jazz tune, fair sig, R8 & dipole.

1946

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDDR 6950U @ 01:35 1-1-17

« on: January 01, 2017, 0157 UTC »

Got nothing here in Chicagoland on 6950. (edit) now that they moved to 4020, good sig and audio, punk rock music, R8 & dipole. 

1947

Shortwave Broadcast / The Mighty KBC, 6145am, 0107utc, 1-1-17

« on: January 01, 2017, 0118 UTC »

Fair/poor sig with semi rapid fading, played "ballad of the green beret", old style jingles from the 60's, R8 & dipole. (edit) OOPS, I had a feeling this was not a pirate. Thanks, everybody.

1948

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: UNID 4055 AM 246 UTC, 25 December 2016

« on: December 25, 2016, 0256 UTC »

I posted this stn back on 20 Dec and Rafman said it was Radio Verdad from Guatemala. Then my post got moved from the pirate page to the SW broadcast page.

1949

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio, 6950 then 4020 USB, 0104 UTC, 12/25/2016

« on: December 25, 2016, 0118 UTC »

Tuned in at 0117utc to 6950, hear absolutely nothing but low noise level, R8 & dipole. (edit) at 0146 switched to 4020usb, good sig, xmas program.  

1950

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 5120 AM 2336 UTC 24 Dec 2016

« on: December 24, 2016, 2340 UTC »

At 2340utc barely detected carrier in ssb mode, R8 & dipole.