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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XFM 6885 AM 0025 UTC 10 Dec 2016

« on: December 10, 2016, 0111 UTC »

Tuned in at 0107utc, fair/poor sig with static, heavy metal tune, fade during ID then heard "nine minutes past one o clock", RF-4900 and dipole.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mouth of Mohammed Radio 6950 AM 2322 UTC 4 Dec 2016

« on: December 04, 2016, 2339 UTC »

Just barely detect carrier in ssb mode. Using CB antenna because it's farther away from 2400/4160 3 phase primary which is heavily laden with fresh wet snow and making ton of static. Also my dipole is sagging halfway to ground under heavy wet "partly cloudy". (just kidding, they predicted it)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Voice of Pearl Harbor 6925 USB 2305 UTC 4 Dec 2016

« on: December 04, 2016, 2325 UTC »

Tuned in at 2315utc, hear weak poor signal, had to switch to my CB antenna which is farther away from the 2400/4160 3 phase primary which is laden with fresh wet heavy snow and making much static. Also using the noise blanker in my R8. (edit) at 2333 hear very weak siren.  

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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.