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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pee Wee 6925 USB 0200 UTC 27 Oct 2019

« on: October 27, 2019, 0208 UTC »

Music in and out of the noise with some substantial fading.

AVT 90 image sent at 0153z:



AVT 90 image sent at 0200z:



Scottie 2 image at 0213z:



Scottie 2 image at 0229z:



Scottie 2 image at 0231z:

962

North American Shortwave Pirate / WREC 6950 USB 2354 UTC 24 Oct 2019

« on: October 24, 2019, 2355 UTC »

Three Blind Mice song.
The noise just took a steep jump and killed the signal. I can barely make out music now.

963

Huh? / What have you found behind your TV?

« on: October 19, 2019, 1940 UTC »

So the cable company is supposed to send a worker out with a new modem for me today. This morning took apart my "entertainment center" and by the time I put it back together I had:

5 left over 75 ohm cables of various length with f connectors
2 antenna splitters
1 power cord
1 tv antenna rotor control box

It looked like a rat's nest.

964

Utility / NAVTEX Outage

« on: October 12, 2019, 0136 UTC »

NNNN
BRK
ZCZC GK32
1. COMMCOM IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO TRANSMIT NAVTEX FROM
CAMBRIA, CA (NMQ).
2. ETR IS UNKNOWN. RESTORAL MESSAGE WILL BE RELEASED ONCE SERVICES

ARE RESTORED.
3. REQUEST NGA NAVSAFETY ISSUE AN INMARSAT C ALERT TO
NAVAREA XII FOR THIS ISSUE.
4. POC - COMMUNICATIONS WATCH OFFICER 757-421-6240

NNNN

965

Huh? / Rip Taylor is dead.

« on: October 07, 2019, 0058 UTC »

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/rip-taylor-dead-dies-1203360814/

966

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6900 USB 2340 UTC 4 Oct 2019

« on: October 04, 2019, 2345 UTC »

Music in the noise.

967

General Radio Discussion / Darn i;t fell off the wagon again.

« on: September 23, 2019, 0106 UTC »

I keep trying to save my money to buy a quality SDR. Went to a hamfest today. First time that I have ever seen an IC-R72 in person...........

You guessed it.

I'm listening to it now.

Now she says that I have to clean the bathroom for the next month.

968

North American Shortwave Pirate / KDOG 6950 USB 2357 UTC 22 Sept 2019

« on: September 23, 2019, 0033 UTC »

Good signal with a nice music selection. Sent a lot of SSTV images.

969

QSLs Received / Free Radio Billy e-QSL

« on: September 21, 2019, 2101 UTC »

Received this very nice e-QSL from Free Radio Billy for yesterday's show. Thanks.

970

North American Shortwave Pirate / Free Radio Billy 6955 USB 2042 UTC 20 Sept 2019

« on: September 20, 2019, 2043 UTC »

Music on 6955 possibly Radio Free Billy will have to check the recording for the ID.

Multiple ids at 2043 or so. Free Radio Billy.

2049z thanks for the shoutout.

I had dinner when my wife came home and left the radio on 6955 and found these when I got back.

SSTV image at 2245z:



SSTV image at 2254z:



SSTV image at 2257z:

971

Equipment / These Satellite Antennas Were Inspired by Origami

« on: September 19, 2019, 2334 UTC »

Interesting article. But how much paper do you need to make an antenna for the 43 meter band?

https://www.airspacemag.com/airspacemag/satellite-antennas-inspired-origami-180972978/

972

North American Shortwave Pirate / Cold Country Canada 6969 LSB 0004 UTC 15 Sep 2019

« on: September 15, 2019, 0006 UTC »

Playing Schools Out.
Seems off right after station id.

973

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Halfwise 6955 AM 1910 UTC 26 Aug 2019

« on: August 26, 2019, 1913 UTC »

Weak music in the noise.

974

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0300 UTC 18 Aug 2018

« on: August 18, 2019, 0304 UTC »

Weak music in the noise. Around 0300 there wasa female voice saying numbers, not sure if it was some type of an ID or not.
At 0326 heard "this was a test, thanks for listening".
National anthem at 0327z.
Off at 0331z.

975

North American Shortwave Pirate / Classic Pirate Radio Relay Service 6929 LSB 1932 UTC 11 Aug 2019

« on: August 11, 2019, 1934 UTC »

Numbers station?

Now seems to be a trial against John T Arthur.