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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: SDR-IQ Alternative?

« on: February 10, 2014, 0122 UTC »

Got my Afedri running last Friday.  I found that if I had the RF gain cranked up I'd get lots of images from local AM broadcast stations.  Leaving RF gain at around +10 with the FE gain at 2.00 seems to fix all the problems and still have plenty of sensitivity.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Boom Box Radio 6948.1 AM 1611 UTC 9 Feb 2014

« on: February 09, 2014, 1718 UTC »

1718z Boom Box booming into NH, S9+
1752z Off abruptly...

Thanks BBR

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RTN 6940 6955 AM 0120 UTC 9 Feb 2014

« on: February 09, 2014, 0236 UTC »

Conditions early on kept me from getting much from Radio True North on 6940 here in NH.  The move to 6935 put him under a huge UTE.

0232z Moved to 6955.5 and sounds great now, S8 - Sunshine Reggae
0238z ID into Beatles - Come Together
0242z Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WHYP 6925 AM 2151 UTC 8 Feb 2014

« on: February 08, 2014, 2236 UTC »

Good signal in to NH, S7 and had come up to S8 at the TX switch, not much difference with the new TX and had come up to S9+ at signoff time.

2232z WHYP ID - whypradio@gmail.com
2235z Off

Thanks for the show...

dimbulb999@gmail.com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Northern Relay Service 6925 USB *2347 UTC 7 Feb 2014

« on: February 08, 2014, 0003 UTC »

Not doing well in NH, Signal is S5-S6 but QRM from peskies on LSB and strong UTE on USB is killing them here

2349z, 0002z NRS CW ID
0009z "The Alex Jones Show"
0021z CW ID
0022z Off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: channel Z 6925Am 1416 UTc Feb5'14

« on: February 05, 2014, 1523 UTC »

1522z Good copy in NH, S7-S9
1536z Channel Z ID, 5 tunes to go in the show...
1553z ID and off

Thanks for the show, great selection of tunes - Wish I had tuned in earlier

dimbulb999@gmail.com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6924.3 AM 0157 UTC 5 Feb 2014

« on: February 05, 2014, 0205 UTC »

Good signal in NH, S8 playing some blues...

0202z Off in midst of tune with a burst of hum, problems it seems
0205z Back
0218z Mills Bros. - I May Be Wrong, But I Think You're Wonderful... off again...
0225z Back
0229z Twilight Zone intro into some more rocking blues
 
Signal solid S9+10 now

0234z Captain Morgan ID into B.B. King - Beautician Blues
0236z Off

Thanks Captain, good signal here as per usual

Had to go listen to that last tune again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFA4UHl4upE

dimbulb999@gmail.com

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Finnish Hacker Isolates Helicopter GPS Coordinates From YouTube Video Sounds

« on: February 02, 2014, 2058 UTC »

Oona's homepage, gotta love the Hello Kitty dongle...

   http://oona.windytan.com/radio/

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: The Drifty Crystal - 6920 LSB 01 Feb 2014

« on: February 01, 2014, 0247 UTC »

Sounding good in NH, S7-S8

0245z Grateful Dead - Sugar Magnolia
0250z Santana - Black Magic Woman
0255z Dylan - I Want You (Sooooo Bad)
0258z Drifty Crystal ID into seriously auto-tuned tune
0302z Roy Orbison - It's Over
0305z Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon, Your Wildest Dreams
0315z ID, Thanks for the shout...
0315z Allison Kraus - Reason For It All
0320z Ian Tyson - Navajo Rug
0324z Outlaws - Green Grass and High Tides
0335z Off, (CW 73...)

Taking a few deep fades at the end but mostly holding S7
Thanks for the show and hope to hear you again

dimbulb999@gmail.com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Rattlesnake Radio SSTV 6950 0230z 1/26/2014

« on: January 26, 2014, 0325 UTC »

0315z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga 6925u 2225z Jan 25, 2014

« on: January 25, 2014, 2226 UTC »

Radio Ga-Ga doing pretty well into NH tonight, S7 with some QRM from LSB peskies

Looking for signal reports for his 200' kite antenna!

2225z ID into Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
2228z Queen - Stone Cold Crazy
2231z ID, -7F on Zipper Lake
2232z Freddy Mercury - Mr. Bad Guy
2236z Queen/Freddy Mercury - The Great Pretender
2240z Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody - Signal up to S9 now
2246z Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
2250z Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
2252z Queen/Bowie - Under Pressure
2258z BeeGees - Jive Talkin'
2302z Queen - Radio GaGa - Signal S8-S9
2308z Bob Marley - Jamming
2311z Smash Mouth - All Star
2314z Metallica - Enter Sandman
2320z Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive
2323z Off...  Thanks Ga-Ga, still S8-S9 at the end

The view from high above Zipper Lake from the Radio Ga-Ga kite cam/antenna...

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Other / Re: Gasparilla Pirate Festival special event station W4G

« on: January 25, 2014, 1943 UTC »

1932z Having QSOs on 14227

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QSLs Received / Re: Indira Calling

« on: January 21, 2014, 0119 UTC »

Thank you for the nice QSL Vijay.  Actually, I was watching the AFC playoffs (with the sound turned down) while listening to your broadcast.  It seems that Sri Brady ran out of miracles...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6875 AM 2214 UTC 19 Jan 2014

« on: January 19, 2014, 2217 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S9 on 6874.8 AM

2216z Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice (plus sitar)
2218z Indira Calling ID into Beach Boys - Wendy with Indian music breaks
2225z ID and more Indian-ized Beach Boys (Wish They Could Be California Girls)
2300z Off, thanks for the show Vijay

dimbulb999@gmail.com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Gallifrey Intergalactic 6930 USB 2206 UTC 19 Jan 2014

« on: January 19, 2014, 2213 UTC »

S9+10 in New Hampshire, sounding good...

2212z Grateful Dead - Truckin'
2228z Bowie - Ziggy with S9+20 peaks now and then

dimbulb999@gmail.com