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North American Shortwave Pirate / X Minus One 6955 USB 2247z 10/15/15

« on: October 15, 2015, 2249 UTC »

Some type of a radio play perhaps. S5 to S7.
Some story about a young girl allowed to take a talking doll home. Interesting story halloweenish in nature.

Station id at 2257.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6955 USB 10/01/2015 2240z

« on: October 01, 2015, 2243 UTC »

Very very weak music being played at 2240z.

Seems off around 2243z.

2245 back on S7 signal. Disregard the S7 reading. I had the RF Gain up, turned off the signal drops down to S3.

Seems off at 2303.

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MW Loggings / Flight 93 Memorial Travelers' Information Station 1710 AM 0415 9/27/2015

« on: September 27, 2015, 0429 UTC »

It took me almost an hour of listening to bits and pieces of audio from this station. Finally heard the address of the memorial at 0412z.

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QSLs Received / Pirate BBC Radio E-QSL

« on: September 24, 2015, 0138 UTC »

Received this nice E-QSL for last night's broadcast. Thanks for the relay only wish that the BBC was still that easy to hear.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / X-FM 6950 USB 9/20/2015 0200z

« on: September 20, 2015, 0205 UTC »

X-FM testing. In and out of the noise.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Crazy Wave Radio 6937.7 AM 9/7/2015 2243z

« on: September 07, 2015, 2246 UTC »

Music up on 6938 AM weak just above the static.

British accent now at 2247, Channel Z perhaps. Not

2251 Station id Crazy Wave Radio

Thanks for the updated frequency R4002.

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Equipment / Palomar VLF Converter

« on: August 25, 2015, 0122 UTC »

I recently received a Palomar VLF Converter but it did not come with the power supply. I was wondering if this one would be an acceptable power supply.

 http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamps/4751.html

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pirate BBC Radio 6850.5 AM 8/05/15 2357z

« on: August 05, 2015, 2358 UTC »

Broadcast in progress static makes it hard to understand. Some type of an interview program.
Not sure if the signal is drifting as it seems to down to 6850.15 now at 0018z.

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General Radio Discussion / The language barrier

« on: July 19, 2015, 0027 UTC »

Even professional monitors have trouble with other languages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHx7xYNdha0

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QSLs Received / New Horizons Shortwave E-QSL

« on: July 18, 2015, 1351 UTC »

Emailed this morning direct from the Goldstone tracking station. Thanks Dr. Pluto.

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Utility / Night of Nights 2015!

« on: July 13, 2015, 0115 UTC »

On 12 July 1999 some very tough looking grizzled old radio pioneers had tears in their eyes as the last commercial Morse code radiogram was sent. It was the end of an era. And as the last beeps faded away into the static they witnessed the end of the career to which they had devoted their lives.

Every year since, in an event that became known as the Night of Nights, Morse code station KPH has returned to the air, joined by KFS and the station of the MRHS, KSM.
This year our friends and colleagues at USCG station NMC have labored mightily to bring that storied call sign back to life on Morse code for the evening along with NMQ in Cambria, CA..

And station NMW in Astoria, OR will be on the air as well.

Stations WLO and KLB will join us again as hey have in years past.

Here is a link to all of the frequencies in use tonight.

Excellent signals here on:
12993
17016.8
12695
17026
12808.5
All between 0030a and 0115z.
 

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General Radio Discussion / Anybody need a good spy radio?

« on: July 12, 2015, 0351 UTC »

Hard to tell by pictures alone but it looks like this radio is about the size of an I-Pad. Discrete enough to have in public and no one would notice.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SALE-Military-Russian-spy-radio-set-Bumblebee-R-354-Shmel-P-354-SALE-/281363096659?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item41828c2453

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General Radio Discussion / Australia’s Bletchley Park

« on: July 11, 2015, 1838 UTC »

An interesting little story.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/central-bureau-veterans-recognised-for-top-secret-service/6609498

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6925 USB 0150 6/22/2015

« on: June 22, 2015, 0154 UTC »

Various types of sound effects on now. S3 in the noise could be some talk but unable to make that out.

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General Radio Discussion / scheduled tests on SW to simulate Amelia Earhart’s radio distress calls

« on: June 12, 2015, 2248 UTC »

For nearly a week after Earhart disappeared radio distress calls were heard on her primary frequencies by many stations around the Pacific. Signals were also heard by members of the general public on their home shortwave sets in several locations around the U.S. and Canada on harmonics of her frequencies. During the Niku VIII expedition we will broadcast simulations of some of the reported distress calls on a frequency close to one of the harmonics using an antenna rigged to simulate the characteristics of the transmitting antenna. Anyone with a shortwave radio is encouraged to listen in and let us know if you picked up the signal.

http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Niku8/dailies/niku8dailies.html