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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6935 AM 1412 UTC 1 Feb 2016
« on: February 01, 2016, 1950 UTC »
Got a carrier here on 6935.1 kHz AM. Some audio discernible. Seems closer to 6935.09 on the K2SDR WebSDR.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 1945 UTC 02/01/2016
« on: February 01, 2016, 1948 UTC »
OMs and YL talking, sounds like Bogart (old movie/radio audio?)
S7 signal level with nice audio on the WebSDR
1951 - Dramatic music
S7 signal level with nice audio on the WebSDR
1951 - Dramatic music
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Amphetamine Radio 6940 AM 2247 UTC 1/31/16
« on: January 31, 2016, 2249 UTC »
This is another relay of Amphetamine Radio (was originally being relayed on 6925 AM)
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Azteca 6900 and 6925 AM 2102 UTC 1/31/16
« on: January 31, 2016, 2118 UTC »
Now on 6950 AM and 6925 AM. Sounds like somebody is relaying Radio Azteca via a SDR.
Saw them pop up on 6912.5 kHz AM and 6937.5 kHz AM as well
Saw them pop up on 6912.5 kHz AM and 6937.5 kHz AM as well
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Azteca 6900 AM 2102 UTC 1/31/16
« on: January 31, 2016, 2105 UTC »
Discussion of sacrificing a virgin above the top of an inverted-V antenna. Nice strong signal with powerful carrier and nice audio.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2040 UTC 31 Jan 2016
« on: January 31, 2016, 2051 UTC »
YL talking with OM at tune-in 2051 UTC 6925 kHz AM
Sounds like two-way traffic. Two stations talking about government mobile jamming equipment that "drops a carrier from DC to daylight". "Cell phones don't work, Wi-Fi doesn't work...you have to basically tell them which frequency you're going to use so they don't jam it"
Sounds like hams talking about various radio topics.
Sounds like two-way traffic. Two stations talking about government mobile jamming equipment that "drops a carrier from DC to daylight". "Cell phones don't work, Wi-Fi doesn't work...you have to basically tell them which frequency you're going to use so they don't jam it"
Sounds like hams talking about various radio topics.
2887
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Pirate BBC Radio 6925 AM 1306 UTC 31 Jan 2016
« on: January 31, 2016, 1600 UTC »
Have a carrier at tune in (1600 UTC) on 6925 kHz AM on the K2SDR WebSDR. No audio heard though
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XFM 6875 AM 0104 UTC 31 Jan 2016
« on: January 31, 2016, 0121 UTC »
XFM booming in S9 to S9+20 at 0120 UTC on 6875 kHz AM with broadcast quality audio tonight.
Wavering between S7 and S9 now at 0125. "Somewhere around here is the directory I'm looking for".
"Broadcasting in C-QUAM Stereo from the United States to the World - this is X-FM Shortwave. Music to the power of X!"
Some real nice audio frequency response. Listening on the K2SDR with Sennheiser studio headphones - awesome bass and treble coverage RedHat! Your signal sounds like you're next door.
0129 - "The music sounds best...on XFM Shortwave"
Wavering between S7 and S9 now at 0125. "Somewhere around here is the directory I'm looking for".
"Broadcasting in C-QUAM Stereo from the United States to the World - this is X-FM Shortwave. Music to the power of X!"
Some real nice audio frequency response. Listening on the K2SDR with Sennheiser studio headphones - awesome bass and treble coverage RedHat! Your signal sounds like you're next door.
0129 - "The music sounds best...on XFM Shortwave"
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID - The Movie Audio Station - 6930 USB 0030 UTC 01/31/2016
« on: January 31, 2016, 0055 UTC »
Where Eagles Dare is another classic. If you go with Clint Eastwood war films, my #1 will always be Kelly's Heroes. Only in the late 60s would Clint Eastwood and Donald Sutherland be in the same movie. "Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?!". Don Rickles and Telly Savalas are great in that one too. Now I know that one's been played on 6925 kHz before too (or at least the theme song from it - "Burning Bridges" has been). 
That one, along with A Bridge Too Far. That one's got an ensemble cast that's too long to list. I actually want to say I've heard parts of A Bridge Too Far on 6925 as well...
0039 - hearing repeater tones (or roger beeps) in the background
0047 - Heard more radio chatter in the background with roger beep/repeater tone
0053 - More chatter in the background. Anybody else hearing this? Maybe the transmitter is near another receiver or there's audio getting into the TX some other way.
0100 - Hearing OM singing "O Come All Ye Faithful" to cover up the sounds of digging the tunnels
0101 - "You were a Boy Scout?" "So was I! I had 19 merit badges" "I had 20!"
0103 - "With you in the cooler will we still be friends?!" "I must report this!"
0106 - Distorted audio now competing with station's audio...then roger/repeater beep
0110 - CW
0112 - SSTV
0113 - CW, then more SSTV
---
Tuned down to 6875 kHz AM to listen to XFM sign on. When tuned back up to 6930 kHz USB, nothing was there. So I'm going say signoff was with the CW/SSTV
That one, along with A Bridge Too Far. That one's got an ensemble cast that's too long to list. I actually want to say I've heard parts of A Bridge Too Far on 6925 as well...0039 - hearing repeater tones (or roger beeps) in the background
0047 - Heard more radio chatter in the background with roger beep/repeater tone
0053 - More chatter in the background. Anybody else hearing this? Maybe the transmitter is near another receiver or there's audio getting into the TX some other way.
0100 - Hearing OM singing "O Come All Ye Faithful" to cover up the sounds of digging the tunnels
0101 - "You were a Boy Scout?" "So was I! I had 19 merit badges" "I had 20!"
0103 - "With you in the cooler will we still be friends?!" "I must report this!"
0106 - Distorted audio now competing with station's audio...then roger/repeater beep
0110 - CW
0112 - SSTV
0113 - CW, then more SSTV
---
Tuned down to 6875 kHz AM to listen to XFM sign on. When tuned back up to 6930 kHz USB, nothing was there. So I'm going say signoff was with the CW/SSTV
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 0030 UTC 01/31/2016
« on: January 31, 2016, 0047 UTC »
0047 - Heard more radio chatter in the background with roger beep/repeater tone
jFarley,
Richard Attenborough (or Steve McQueen, for that matter) don't make it - but some do. The Great Escape is still one of my all time-favorite films. So thank you to the OP for playing the audio from it!
0053 - More chatter in the background. Anybody else hearing this? Maybe the transmitter is near another receiver or there's audio getting into the TX some other way.
jFarley,
Richard Attenborough (or Steve McQueen, for that matter) don't make it - but some do. The Great Escape is still one of my all time-favorite films. So thank you to the OP for playing the audio from it!
0053 - More chatter in the background. Anybody else hearing this? Maybe the transmitter is near another receiver or there's audio getting into the TX some other way.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID - The Classic Film Audio Station - 6930 USB 0030 UTC 01/31/2016
« on: January 31, 2016, 0031 UTC »
Hearing music and OMs talking. Sounds like dialogue/music from the film The Great Escape
S9 signal level with nice audio
0039 - hearing repeater tones (or roger beeps) in the background
EDIT: I changed the title of this. I've heard several classic films be broadcast (The Bridge on The River Kwai, several old film noirs such as Double Indemnity, and newer ones like Basic Instinct - not sure if these are all from the same station but...maybe they are?
S9 signal level with nice audio
0039 - hearing repeater tones (or roger beeps) in the background
EDIT: I changed the title of this. I've heard several classic films be broadcast (The Bridge on The River Kwai, several old film noirs such as Double Indemnity, and newer ones like Basic Instinct - not sure if these are all from the same station but...maybe they are?
2892
Fishing Drift Net Beacons / Re: Two beacons on 27MHz CW, mystery? Can anyone id location/purpose for me?
« on: January 30, 2016, 2231 UTC »
I read somewhere that New Zealand legalized use of the "American 40" CB channels in addition to their 26.330 to 26.770 MHz allocation, giving 80 possible channels with the two allocations 26330-26770 and 26965-27405. I could be wrong though. I know New Zealand has the same UHF CB as Australia.
When you say "old fashioned radio-telephones" you're referring to duplex (or half-duplex) telephone interconnecting services using HF frequencies for communication between ships and shore stations? Or are you talking about regular HF-SSB (USB) marine traffic?
27025, 27085, 27265 and 27285 are the "big radio" AM channels in the USA. 27085 is CB channel 11 - which, back when CB was first allocated as a 23-channel service and required a license, CH 11 was the "calling" channel, CH10 was the "truck" channel - later changed to CH19, and CH9 was the "emergency" channel. Many older 23-channel radios labeled 11 as such, with 9 labeled in red. Now, channel 9 (27065) is commonly used by Latin American stations as an AM calling channel, much like 11 is used by English-language stations. There are several out-of-band frequencies (mainly below channel 1) that are used for similar purposes. 26565, 26575 and 26585 are the busy ones for Spanish language. 26775, 26815, 26835 and 26915 are the busy ones for English language. Next time 27025 is rolling in, check those frequencies as well. On the SSB side, the busy ones are usually 26555 LSB and 27455 USB (both for Latin American stations).
25-29 MHz is "anything goes" south of the US-Mexico border too.
When you say "old fashioned radio-telephones" you're referring to duplex (or half-duplex) telephone interconnecting services using HF frequencies for communication between ships and shore stations? Or are you talking about regular HF-SSB (USB) marine traffic?
27025, 27085, 27265 and 27285 are the "big radio" AM channels in the USA. 27085 is CB channel 11 - which, back when CB was first allocated as a 23-channel service and required a license, CH 11 was the "calling" channel, CH10 was the "truck" channel - later changed to CH19, and CH9 was the "emergency" channel. Many older 23-channel radios labeled 11 as such, with 9 labeled in red. Now, channel 9 (27065) is commonly used by Latin American stations as an AM calling channel, much like 11 is used by English-language stations. There are several out-of-band frequencies (mainly below channel 1) that are used for similar purposes. 26565, 26575 and 26585 are the busy ones for Spanish language. 26775, 26815, 26835 and 26915 are the busy ones for English language. Next time 27025 is rolling in, check those frequencies as well. On the SSB side, the busy ones are usually 26555 LSB and 27455 USB (both for Latin American stations).
25-29 MHz is "anything goes" south of the US-Mexico border too.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6940 AM 2110 UTC 01/30/2016
« on: January 30, 2016, 2116 UTC »
Was hearing music at noise level for a few minutes, then "The Final Countdown" pops out of the noise with some pretty decent audio quality. Still pretty noisy, but I can at least tell which song is being played now.
2119 UTC - Some sort of echo FX comes on over the final notes of "The Final Countdown", then modulation disappeared. Carrier still there at S8 signal levels but there does not appear to be any modulation/audio at 2120 UTC.
2120 UTC - Just as I type the last sentence, something else comes on the same carrier...its "Rock Lobster" by The B-52s
2119 UTC - Some sort of echo FX comes on over the final notes of "The Final Countdown", then modulation disappeared. Carrier still there at S8 signal levels but there does not appear to be any modulation/audio at 2120 UTC.
2120 UTC - Just as I type the last sentence, something else comes on the same carrier...its "Rock Lobster" by The B-52s
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 1344 UTC 27 Jan2016
« on: January 27, 2016, 1624 UTC »
Hearing Spanish language chatter (sounds like CB noise toys, roger beeps and echo fx) on the USB. Seems like a Spanish-speaking OM is giving a demo of a CB radio setup (and there's more chatter in the background). Maybe there's two stations going at once?
It was only a matter of time
Ham communications have been relayed on 6925, aero comms, aviation weather, marine communications, WWV, and other two-way stuff. Somebody had to do the same with CB/freeband
1627 - Techno music under Spanish language OM talk about "un radio Connex"
1630 - More CB radio comms
1631 - English language (British accent) OMs having a QSO about a CB simplex repeater and about QSYing "down to mid band"
1634 - Sounds like British CB operator talking to another op - "26 Alpha Tango 106 26AT106 trying to get into the repeater"
1636 - "CQ Repeater 43 Papa Romeo 50 Australia"
1703 - Russian comms
1713 - Thick Scottish (I think) accent CB radio chatter
It was only a matter of time
Ham communications have been relayed on 6925, aero comms, aviation weather, marine communications, WWV, and other two-way stuff. Somebody had to do the same with CB/freeband 1627 - Techno music under Spanish language OM talk about "un radio Connex"
1630 - More CB radio comms
1631 - English language (British accent) OMs having a QSO about a CB simplex repeater and about QSYing "down to mid band"
1634 - Sounds like British CB operator talking to another op - "26 Alpha Tango 106 26AT106 trying to get into the repeater"
1636 - "CQ Repeater 43 Papa Romeo 50 Australia"
1703 - Russian comms
1713 - Thick Scottish (I think) accent CB radio chatter
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 LSB 0040 UTC 01/27/2016
« on: January 27, 2016, 0045 UTC »
Hearing OM singing on 6925 LSB - maybe peskie party radio?
Disappeared at 0045, came back on at 0046...sounds like the same song.
Disappeared at 0045, came back on at 0046...sounds like the same song.
