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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Pee Wee 6951 USB 2232 UTC 4 Dec 2016

« on: December 04, 2016, 2250 UTC »

At 2244utc, barely hear weak bits of audio under massive 3 phase static from the 2400/4160 primary due to fresh snowfall. Also, my dipole is sagging halfway down to the ground under heavy wet snow. (There is a 20 pound weight at the tree termination after the rope goes through a pulley at the tree) Also there is a 34kv line a block away feeding the substation 1½ blocks away and that can cause static too.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio, 6940 USB, 0007 UTC, 12/04/16

« on: December 04, 2016, 0031 UTC »

Tuned in at 0028utc, poor weak signal not up to previous standards, heard blues tune sung by woman, R8 & dipole. (edit) signal improved somewhat later in broadcast. SSTV/FAX at 0108utc. Off at 0110utc.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Liquid Radio 6925 AM 2143 UTC 19Nov16

« on: November 19, 2016, 2349 UTC »

Tuned in at 2345utc, weak at or below noise level, hear bass note beat of EDM (electronic dance music), RF-4900 & dipole. (EDM is a term that I got from the PBS program "Soundbreaking")

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Moonlight Radio 6935U 0049 UTC November 12, 2016

« on: November 12, 2016, 0117 UTC »

Tuned in at 0115utc, weak sig at low noise level, heard ID Moonlight Radio, did not catch good copy of email address, apparently off after ID. R-2000 & dipole.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XFM 6960 AM 0042 UTC 1Nov16

« on: November 01, 2016, 0116 UTC »

Tuned in at 0114utc, poor with QRM de neighborhood digital garbage on that freq, rock tunes, RF-4900 and dipole.  

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6935 USB 0013 UTC 1Nov16

« on: November 01, 2016, 0111 UTC »

tuned in at 0100utc, weaker sig than usual with fading, various pop tunes. R8 & dipole.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Relay Station 5150am 2234 UTC 30 October 2016 (Slice of Life mix)

« on: October 31, 2016, 0028 UTC »

Tuned in at 0027utc, fair with some fading, high energy dance music, R8 & dipole.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6924.7 USB 0013 UTC 31Oct16

« on: October 31, 2016, 0026 UTC »

Tuned in at 0020utc, weak but clear, heard audio clip from "Casablanca" where Rick tells his Russian bartender to take a woman home and to come right back, now playing a clip from a movie where there is a big storm, possibly "Key Largo"(?). R8 & dipole.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Bat Country Radio 6955 USB 0022 UTC 30Oct16

« on: October 30, 2016, 0042 UTC »

Tuned in at 0040utc, very weak, at or below low noise level, hear what sounds like music. R8 & dipole. (edit) slowly increasing in level but still poor.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID, 6930 USB, 0002 UTC, 30 October 2016

« on: October 30, 2016, 0012 UTC »

I hear nothing here in Chicagoland. R8 & dipole.

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Other / Re: UNID 3843 LSB 0138 UTC 23 Oct 2016

« on: October 23, 2016, 0203 UTC »

Tuned in at 0200utc, good sig and audio, heavy metal music, now playing Irish tune(?), R8 & dipole. (edit) much X rated talk and ranting against hams who are (ahem) "disagreeing" with him. (2nd edit) Now it sounds like banter on CB radio.  

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6935 USB 0025 UTC October 23, 2016

« on: October 23, 2016, 0041 UTC »

Tuned in at 0037utc, excellent audio for ssb, good sig, no noise at all, songs about weather, R8 & dipole. (edit) SSTV/FAX at 0125, off at 0127utc. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 AM 0056 UTC October 16

« on: October 16, 2016, 0111 UTC »

Tuned in at 0100utc, very weak, barely able to hear audio, R8 & dipole.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6926 USB 0023 UTC October 16, 2016

« on: October 16, 2016, 0107 UTC »

Tuned in at 0044utc, weak but fair, sounded like William F, Burroughs reading from his writing, then old soft rock tune from 60's, R8 & dipole.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave, 6950 AM, 0113 UTC, 03 October 2016

« on: October 03, 2016, 0127 UTC »

Tuned in at 0126utc, poor/weak/static, hear old disco tune, R8 & dipole. (edit) getting stronger here in NE Illinois, now fair. Hearing a tune by the Who. (2nd edit) now playing Lou Reed "walk on the wild side".