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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925 kHz, USB, Nov 5, 2010 1323 UTC, French Polynesia Pirate?
« on: November 06, 2010, 0253 UTC »
Had an SSTV image capture on 6925 kHz USB this morning that might be a French Polynesian Pirate, not sure.  I was away from the radio and do not know if there was any audio, I just saw the pic pop up on the monitor while I was working around the house.



I suppose it could have easily been someone just tossing out a random image.

392
Spy Numbers / V24 and M94 observations, Sep and Oct 2010
« on: October 31, 2010, 1621 UTC »
Howdy all,

It has been a while since I have done an M94 or V24 update, over 2 months in fact.  Life just gets in the way of radio some times ;)

Several months back I reported that as of sometime around the first of the year both stations changed habits and some frequencies.  I have a better grasp of that now.  I also have a new and, at this time, accurate schedule.

Habits:
The first of the year date was a rough estimate.  In fact the habits changed over a period of about 4 to 6 months from about September 2009 to about March 2010.  For the most part shifts and changes after March 2010 appear to be along the levels seen prior to September 2009, occasional and scattered in nature.

V24 and M94 have indeed dropped all activity on known formerly used frequencies below 5715 kHz.  For V24 the only known active frequencies are 5715, 6215, 6330, and 6730 kHz.  For M94 and of the known frequencies only 5715 and 6330 kHz are used.  These frequency changes are fairly significant in that several of the lower frequencies were known to be in use for many years, possibly decades, this would appear to have been a most uncharacteristic change.

As I reported last time M94 has greatly reduced activities, it is down to 12 transmissions a month.  4 each to 3 different ID’s, 1017, 1014, and 935.  All in either the 1300 or 1400 UTC time slots.  935 has replaced 815 and the occasional 958.  This seems stable now with no changes in the last several months, however I would not be surprised to see more ID number change in the 1400 UTC 6330 kHz M94 transmission slots, the 5715 kHz, 1300 UTC slots appear extremely stable, with no changes in better than a year.

The 1620 UTC V24 time slots have mostly shifted to 1630 UTC, particularly for 6730 kHz transmissions.  However, 1620 UTC is still used occasionally, but most often after what seems to be a botched or irregular 1600 UTC transmission.  Pure conjecture here, but 1620 may primarily be being used as a “catch up” time slot or to deconflict slots that normally are sent at 1600 UTC.  1600 UTC seems to have the most time slot anomalies in the schedule.  I am still working on it and it could be an anomaly of data, but it almost appears that a couple of time slots are used every other month, instead of every month.  There does appear to still be at least one, 2 day, scheduled 1620 time time/day/freq slot used regularly.

One 1610 time slot was noted this past month, but that was after a definite problem with a 1600 transmission, so I suspect that was just an error.  On average I see about 5 or 6 error or unexpected transmissions per month, not bad when you consider there are about 125 transmissions per month total.

Web Page:
I have updated both my V24 and M94 web pages to at least touch on the new changes and schedule.  Eventually I will re-write both to reflect the current activities.
My V24 page:  http://token_radio.home.mchsi.com/numbers_station_v24.htm
My M94 page:  http://token_radio.home.mchsi.com/numbers_station_m94.htm

Schedule:
I have put together a new schedule for M94 and V24.  Averaging it out to exclude error transmissions it appears more than 90% accurate each month.  Using it I am generally able to set up and schedule my recordings weeks in advance.

V24 and M94 Schedule:  http://token_radio.home.mchsi.com/Sched_V2_Oct2010.JPG

History of all V24 and M94 receptions since January 1, 2010:
http://token_radio.home.mchsi.com/Sched_all_2010_Oct.JPG


The end of the month can be odd or confusing on the schedule.  Since transmissions pretty much all fall in two-day pairs, there are transmissions scheduled after the 28th of the month, and the number of days in each month varies from 28 to 31, this can mean the end of the month might cut into a pair.  In the 1500 time slot you will see that a 5715 kHz transmission appears to be listed for 28, 30, and 31 of the month.  You will also see that there is a 1st of the month 1500 UTC, 5715 kHz, transmission listed.  What this really means is that the last day of the month, regardless of date, will have a 1500 UTC, 5715 kHz, V24 transmission, and it’s second day pair will be on the first day of the next month.  The same thing happens in the 1530 time slot, but on 6215 kHz.  However during the 1530 slot there can be conflicts with other frequencies (if the month has 28 or 29 days) and so on those months there may only be a one day transmission, on the first of the month, breaking the “every transmission is part of a two-day pair” rule.

T!
Mohave Desert, California, USA

My receptions since September 1, 2010

 
V24:

Date      Day   Time   Freq   Mode   ID

9/1/2010   Wed   1500   5715   AM   V24
9/1/2010   Wed   1530   6215   AM   V24
9/3/2010   Fri   1300   5715   AM   V24
9/3/2010   Fri   1330   6330   AM   V24
9/3/2010   Fri   1400   6215   AM   V24    Windows shutdown sound after finish
9/4/2010   Sat   1300   5715   AM   V24
9/4/2010   Sat   1330   6330   AM   V24
9/4/2010   Sat   1400   6215   AM   V24
9/4/2010   Sat   1500   6215   AM   V24
9/5/2010   Sun   1400   6330   AM   V24
9/5/2010   Sun   1430   6730   AM   V24
9/5/2010   Sun   1500   6215   AM   V24
9/5/2010   Sun   1530   6730   AM   V24
9/5/2010   Sun   1630   6730   AM   V24
9/6/2010   Mon   1300   6730   AM   V24
9/6/2010   Mon   1400   6330   AM   V24
9/6/2010   Mon   1430   6730   AM   V24
9/6/2010   Mon   1530   6730   AM   V24
9/6/2010   Mon   1630   6730   AM   V24
9/7/2010   Tue   1300   6730   AM   V24
9/7/2010   Tue   1430   6330   AM   V24
9/8/2010   Wed   1430   6330   AM   V24
9/8/2010   Wed   1600   6730   AM   V24
9/9/2010   Thu   1600   6730   AM   V24
9/10/2010   Fri   1330   6730   AM   V24
9/10/2010   Fri   1530   6330   AM   V24
9/10/2010   Fri   1600   6215   AM   V24
9/10/2010   Fri   1620   6330   AM   V24
9/11/2010   Sat   1530   5715   AM   V24
9/11/2010   Sat   1600   6330   AM   V24
9/12/2010   Sun   1200   5715   AM   V24    Windows shut down sound after finish
9/12/2010   Sun   1330   6215   AM   V24
9/12/2010   Sun   1530   5715   AM   V24
9/12/2010   Sun   1600   6330   AM   V24
9/13/2010   Mon   1530   6730   AM   V24
9/13/2010   Mon   1600   6330   AM   V24
9/14/2010   Tue   1530   6730   AM   V24
9/15/2010   Wed   1430   6730   AM   V24
9/15/2010   Wed   1530   6215   AM   V24
9/15/2010   Wed   1600   5715   AM   V24
9/16/2010   Thu   1430   6730   AM   V24
9/16/2010   Thu   1500   6215   AM   V24
9/16/2010   Thu   1530   6215   AM   V24
9/16/2010   Thu   1600   5715   AM   V24
9/17/2010   Fri   1500   6215   AM   V24
9/18/2010   Sat   1300   5715   AM   V24
9/18/2010   Sat   1330   6330   AM   V24
9/18/2010   Sat   1400   6215   AM   V24
9/19/2010   Sun   1300   5715   AM   V24
9/19/2010   Sun   1330   6330   AM   V24
9/19/2010   Sun   1400   6215   AM   V24
9/19/2010   Sun   1630   6730   AM   V24
9/20/2010   Mon   1400   6330   AM   V24
9/20/2010   Mon   1630   6730   AM   V24
9/21/2010   Tue   1400   6330   AM   V24
9/21/2010   Tue   1500   5715   AM   V24
9/21/2010   Tue   1530   6730   AM   V24
9/22/2010   Wed   1430   6330   AM   V24
9/22/2010   Wed   1530   6730   AM   V24
9/23/2010   Thu   1330   6730   AM   V24
9/23/2010   Thu   1430   6330   AM   V24
9/23/2010   Thu   1600   6330   AM   V24
9/24/2010   Fri   1200   5715   AM   V24
9/24/2010   Fri   1330   6730   AM   V24
9/24/2010   Fri   1530   6330   AM   V24
9/24/2010   Fri   1600   6730   AM   V24
9/25/2010   Sat   1200   5715   AM   V24
9/25/2010   Sat   1530   6330   AM   V24
9/26/2010   Sun   1530   6730   AM   V24
9/26/2010   Sun   1600   6215   AM   V24
9/26/2010   Sun   1610   6330   AM   V24    format, odd start time
9/27/2010   Mon   1330   6215   AM   V24
9/28/2010   Tue   1200   6330   AM   V24
9/28/2010   Tue   1300   6730   AM   V24
9/28/2010   Tue   1330   6215   AM   V24
9/28/2010   Tue   1530   5715   AM   V24
9/28/2010   Tue   1600   5715   AM   V24
9/29/2010   Wed   1200   6330   AM   V24
9/29/2010   Wed   1230   6215   AM   V24
9/29/2010   Wed   1530   5715   AM   V24
9/29/2010   Wed   1600   5715   AM   V24
9/30/2010   Thu   1500   5715   AM   V24
10/1/2010   Fri   1500   5715   AM   V24
10/2/2010   Sat   1500   6215   AM   V24
10/3/2010   Sun   1300   5715   AM   V24
10/3/2010   Sun   1330   6330   AM   V24
10/3/2010   Sun   1400   6215   AM   V24
10/3/2010   Sun   1500   6215   AM   V24
10/4/2010   Mon   1300   5715   AM   V24
10/4/2010   Mon   1330   6330   AM   V24
10/4/2010   Mon   1400   6215   AM   V24
10/4/2010   Mon   1500   6215   AM   V24
10/5/2010   Tue   1400   6330   AM   V24
10/5/2010   Tue   1430   6730   AM   V24
10/5/2010   Tue   1500   6215   AM   V24
10/6/2010   Wed   1400   6330   AM   V24
10/6/2010   Wed   1430   6730   AM   V24
10/8/2010   Fri   1430   6330   AM   V24
10/8/2010   Fri   1600   6730   AM   V24
10/9/2010   Sat   1330   6730   AM   V24
10/9/2010   Sat   1530   6330   AM   V24
10/9/2010   Sat   1600   6730   AM   V24
10/10/2010   Sun   1330   6730   AM   V24
10/10/2010   Sun   1500   6215   AM   V24
10/10/2010   Sun   1530   6330   AM   V24
10/10/2010   Sun   1600   6215   AM   V24
10/10/2010   Sun   1630   6330   AM   V24
10/11/2010   Mon   1330   6215   AM   V24
10/11/2010   Mon   1500   6215   AM   V24
10/11/2010   Mon   1530   5715   AM   V24
10/11/2010   Mon   1600   6215   AM   V24
10/11/2010   Mon   1620   6330   AM   V24
10/12/2010   Tue   1200   5715   AM   V24
10/12/2010   Tue   1330   6215   AM   V24
10/12/2010   Tue   1530   5715   AM   V24
10/12/2010   Tue   1600   6330   AM   V24
10/13/2010   Wed   1200   5715   AM   V24
10/13/2010   Wed   1600   6330   AM   V24
10/14/2010   Thu   1300   6730   AM   V24
10/15/2010   Fri   1300   6730   AM   V24
10/15/2010   Fri   1430   6730   AM   V24
10/15/2010   Fri   1600   5715   AM   V24
10/16/2010   Sat   1430   6730   AM   V24
10/16/2010   Sat   1500   6215   AM   V24
10/16/2010   Sat   1600   5715   AM   V24
10/17/2010   Sun   1500   6215   AM   V24
10/18/2010   Mon   1300   5715   AM   V24
10/18/2010   Mon   1330   6330   AM   V24
10/18/2010   Mon   1400   6215   AM   V24
10/18/2010   Mon   1500   6215   AM   V24
10/19/2010   Tue   1300   5715   AM   V24
10/19/2010   Tue   1330   6330   AM   V24
10/19/2010   Tue   1400   6215   AM   V24
10/19/2010   Tue   1500   6215   AM   V24
10/19/2010   Tue   1630   6730   AM   V24
10/20/2010   Wed   1400   6330   AM   V24
10/20/2010   Wed   1500   5715   AM   V24
10/20/2010   Wed   1630   6730   AM   V24
10/21/2010   Thu   1400   6330   AM   V24
10/22/2010   Fri   1300   6730   AM   V24
10/22/2010   Fri   1430   6330   AM   V24
10/22/2010   Fri   1600   6330   AM   V24
10/23/2010   Sat   1300   6730   AM   V24
10/23/2010   Sat   1330   6730   AM   V24
10/23/2010   Sat   1430   6330   AM   V24
10/23/2010   Sat   1600   6330   AM   V24
10/24/2010   Sun   1200   5715   AM   V24
10/24/2010   Sun   1330   6730   AM   V24
10/24/2010   Sun   1530   6330   AM   V24
10/24/2010   Sun   1600   6730   AM   V24
10/25/2010   Mon   1200   5715   AM   V24
10/25/2010   Mon   1530   6330   AM   V24
10/25/2010   Mon   1600   6730   AM   V24
10/26/2010   Tue   1500   6215   AM   V24
10/26/2010   Tue   1600   6215   AM   V24
10/27/2010   Wed   1300   6730   AM   V24
10/27/2010   Wed   1330   6215   AM   V24
10/27/2010   Wed   1500   6215   AM   V24
10/28/2010   Thu   1300   6730   AM   V24
10/28/2010   Thu   1330   6215   AM   V24
10/28/2010   Thu   1530   5715   AM   V24
10/28/2010   Thu   1600   5715   AM   V24
10/29/2010   Fri   1200   6330   AM   V24
10/29/2010   Fri   1530   5715   AM   V24
10/29/2010   Fri   1600   5717   AM   V24
10/31/2010   Sun   1530   6215   AM   V24


M94

Date      Day   Time   Freq   Mode   ID
9/1/2010   Wed   1300   5715   MCW   M94   1017
9/2/2010   Thu   1300   5715   MCW   M94   1017
9/10/2010   Fri   1400   6330   MCW   M94   935
9/11/2010   Sat   1400   6330   MCW   M94   935
9/12/2010   Sun   1400   5715   MCW   M94   1014
9/13/2010   Mon   1400   5715   MCW   M94   1014
9/22/2010   Wed   1400   5715   MCW   M94   1014
9/23/2010   Thu   1400   5715   MCW   M94   1014
9/24/2010   Fri   1300   5715   MCW   M94   1017
9/25/2010   Sat   1300   5715   MCW   M94   1017
9/26/2010   Sun   1400   6330   MCW   M94   935
9/27/2010   Mon   1400   6330   MCW   M94   935, broken audio with drop outs
10/2/2010   Sat   1300   5715   MCW   M94   1017
10/10/2010   Sun   1400   6330   MCW   M94   935, broken audio
10/11/2010   Mon   1400   6330   MCW   M94   not copied, probably 935, broken audio
10/12/2010   Tue   1400   5715   MCW   M94   1014
10/13/2010   Wed   1400   5715   MCW   M94   1014
10/22/2010   Fri   1400   5715   MCW   M94   1014
10/23/2010   Sat   1400   5715   MCW   M94   1014
10/24/2010   Sun   1300   5715   MCW   M94   1017
10/25/2010   Mon   1300   5715   MCW   M94   1017
10/26/2010   Tue   1400   6330   MCW   M94   935
10/27/2010   Wed   1400   6330   MCW   M94   935

393
North American Shortwave Pirate / Bust a Nut Radio, 6940 AM, 0110 UTC
« on: October 31, 2010, 0121 UTC »
Bust a Nut up on 6940 AM.  Not bad into the Mohave Desert, about S6 or so, 434.

Frequent IDs

Email addy 0121

0115 UTC, Timewarp from Rocky Horror Picture Show
0118 UTC, Highway to Hell, AC/DC
0125 UTC, Legend of Wooley Swamp, CDB


394
North American Shortwave Pirate / 6899.6 kHz AM, 0435, unknown
« on: October 30, 2010, 0443 UTC »
Unknown AM station on 6899.6 AM.  It sounds Pirate like, but is too weak for me to make out much audio.

395
North American Shortwave Pirate / Pirate SSTV Web Cam page changes
« on: October 30, 2010, 0404 UTC »
Howdy all,

Well, leaving the Pirate SSTV Cam web page tuned to 6925 USB 24 hours a day did not work out so well.  The page worked great, and caught a lot of good SSTV.

However, it also caused a lot of people to transmit on top of each other.  Hey, it happens anyway, but sometimes for the SSTV Page it was shear shock value images, not just an image that was the content of or part of someone’s program.

So, I am going to leave the page up but move it off the often used 6925 kHz USB freq.  It will now be on 6940 kHz USB except when I am actively at the radio and listening to it, then it will be on whatever is active.  That way the stations that want to test propagation at odd hours to see if they are getting to the west coast can, but folks that want to transmit a program on 6925 can do that with only the traditional amount of stepping on each other.

SSTV Pirate Cam page: http://erick_cartman.home.mchsi.com/PirateSSTV.htm

My apologies to anyone who might have gotten jammed in the process of figuring this out, I heard it happen to a few.


EDIT:  I have added a current status just above the first image, it gives the frequency the radio is currently tuned to.

396
North American Shortwave Pirate / Looks like I got a Pirate SSTV Shout Out
« on: October 27, 2010, 0329 UTC »
Not sure exactly who it was, I can narrow it down to a couple stations, but someone sent me a Holloween and Pirate SSTV greeting ;)  Took me a minute or two to realize it said "Token" down the right side.

Whoever it was, thanks!  And right back at ya!


397
North American Shortwave Pirate / Trying out something new, Pirate SSTV web page
« on: October 26, 2010, 0259 UTC »
Howdy all,

Trying something new.  I have put up a web page that is running live SSTV images.  A radio is tuned to 6925 USB 24 hours a day (unless I am using it for something else).  It is attached to a PC running MMSSTV.  The received images are uploaded to the web page.

http://erick_cartman.home.mchsi.com/PirateSSTV.htm

If it works out I will leave it up, for now it is just a test.  I have the detect levels set pretty low, so there might be quite a few falses.  The page will only keep the 12 most recent images.

398
HF Beacons / A quick spin around the beacons, October 23, 2010, about noon local
« on: October 23, 2010, 1846 UTC »
A quick spin around the beacons I can hear at this time, just before lunch

8194.5 kHz, 1832 UTC, S5, unknown dasher with sag
8193.7 kHz, 1833 UTC, S4, unknown dasher
8000.4 kHz, 1827 UTC, S6, AZ "S" beacon
6700.5 kHz, 1825 UTC, S7+, CA JT NP dasher
6626.5 kHz, 1829 UTC, S5+, CA Rainy Ditter
6626.2 kHz, 1830 UTC, S4, CA Rocky Ditter
5205.4 kHz, 1834 UTC, S3, CA Saline Valley Sally Dasher, with normal sag
4102.8 kHz, 1836 UTC, S5, CA Mohave Desert Duo, Part Deux
4102.3 kHz, 1837 UTC, S4, CA "W" Windy, no wind dits
4097.8 kHz, 1838 UTC, S5, CA Mohave Desert Duo, Part 1
4097.3 kHz, 1839 UTC, S6, CA Inyo Whooper dasher
4096.6 kHz, 1840 UTC, S7+, CA Kelsie Dasher
4096.3 kHz, 1841 UTC, S5, CA Hexie Dasher
4088.9 kHz, 1842 UTC, S6, CA DV NP Dasher
4079.6 kHz, 1844 UTC, S3, AZ TMP beacon, sending 79 deg

399
North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK Radio, October 19, 2010, 0138 UTC
« on: October 20, 2010, 0041 UTC »
October 19, 2010, 0138 UTC

WEAK Radio, on 6925 kHz USB.

Signal was pretty good here in the Mohave Desert of California, but there were a lot of static crashes from the lightening in the area.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9WIOx4T_qk

Yeah, sure, it is pretty much a cut and paste from my Captain Ron post with only the particulars changed ;)  But, it is correct :)

400
North American Shortwave Pirate / The Voice of Captain Ron, 6930 kHz, October 19, 2010, 0114 UTC
« on: October 20, 2010, 0019 UTC »
October 19, 2010, 0114 UTC

The Voice of Captain Ron, on 6930 kHz USB.

Signal was pretty good here in the Mohave Desert of California, but there were a lot of static crashes from the lightening in the area.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cumXvFvQWlE

401
Spy Numbers / Vietnamese numbers station, TX changes, September and early October, 2010
« on: October 12, 2010, 0317 UTC »
It has been a while since I have reported on the Vietnamese numbers station (10255 kHz, USB, OM, Vietnamese, 5f).  That is because while I have been recording it on a daily basis I have not looked at the recordings in over a month, I simply have not had the time.  And when I did look at them yesterday I saw some odd activity.

My last report included up to August 31, 2010, so I will pick up on September 1, 2010.

From September 1, 2010, until September 14, 2010 the station did just what it has done for months.  It sent the same 42 group message it had been sending since April 22, 2010, this message is 3 minutes and 29 seconds long.  It sent three messages a day with the same timing trends it had been using for months.

September 14, 2010, was the last numbers transmission I heard from this station.

From September 15 to September 25, 2010, no transmissions were heard at my location.  This 11 day gap is by far the longest I have seen since I started watching this station, the previous longest period of no reception was 3 days.

Starting on September 26, 2010, and right on scheduled time for the numbers to start, a tone was heard.  This tone was a steady 970 Hz with no information on it at all, just a steady tone.  The tone lasted 6 seconds longer than the 42 group message would have.  At approximately the time the second 42 group message of the day would have started the tone again started, and it ran 6 seconds longer than the 42 group message would have been.  At about the time the third and final 42 group message of the day would have started the tone again started, and it lasted 8 seconds longer than the 42 group message would have.

From then through October 5, 2010, if any transmission was seen it was the tone, and the tone closely mimicked the habits of the 42 group messages.  The 42 group messages are either 3 minutes and 29 seconds, or 3 minutes and 30 seconds long, depending on when the second hand of the clock falls.  The tones were between 3 minutes and 35 seconds and 3 minutes and 38 seconds long.  As if the transmitter would have been turned on a couple of seconds before, and turned off a couple of seconds after, the 42 group message audio would have been sent.

On October 6, 2010, the tone durations reduced to between 2 minutes and 29 seconds to 2 minutes and 31 seconds in length.  All other habits remained the same. Still about the same spacing and still three transmissions a day.  This lasted for 3 days worth of transmissions.

Today, October 11, 2010, the tone duration increased, going to about 3 minutes and 45 seconds in length.  As I only have one days worth of samples, today’s three transmissions, I do not know if this is going to be the average or not.  All other actions remained the same, three transmissions, and about the same gaps between transmissions.

Tones of 950, 970, and 985 Hz have been observed on different days, but the tone is steady through a given day.  This might be a transmitter settling on a slightly different freq from day to day.

It is my opinion that the tones are being sent instead of the numbers transmission.  As the tone is steady and contains no information I believe this might be a failure or operator error.

Further, the change in timing on October 6 and again on October 11 might indicate that a different message is being sent, or at least would be being sent if the audio were present.

T!
Mohave Desert, California, USA

My logs, September 1, 2010, to October 11, 2010.  (complete trends can be seen on my VTN web page, http://token_radio.home.mchsi.com/VTN.htm )

September, 2010

- 09/01/2010  1557:30 UTC first msg, 42 grps, VT, OM, 5f, 2nd msg start 1602:07, 3rd msg start 1606:44
- 09/02/2010  No transmission heard</p>
- 09/03/2010  1557:29 UTC first msg, 42 grps, VT, OM, 5f, 2nd msg start 1602:07, 3rd msg start 1606:43
- 09/04/2010  1557:31 UTC first msg, 42 grps, VT, OM, 5f, 2nd msg start 1602:08, 3rd msg start 1606:46
- 09/05/2010  1557:30 UTC first msg, 42 grps, VT, OM, 5f, 2nd msg start 1603:07, 3rd msg start 1608:44
- 09/06/2010  1557:28 UTC first msg, 42 grps, VT, OM, 5f, 2nd msg start 1603:05, 3rd msg start 1608:41
- 09/07/2010  1557:27 UTC first msg, 42 grps, VT, OM, 5f, 2nd msg start 1603:04, 3rd msg start 1608:41
- 09/08/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/09/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/10/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/11/2010  1557:22 UTC first msg, 42 grps, VT, OM, 5f, 2nd msg start 1602:59, 3rd msg start 1608:36
- 09/12/2010  1557:21 UTC first msg, 42 grps, VT, OM, 5f, 2nd msg start 1602:57, 3rd msg start 1608:34
- 09/13/2010  1557:19 UTC first msg, 42 grps, VT, OM, 5f, 2nd msg start 1602:56, 3rd msg start 1608:33
- 09/14/2010  1557:18 UTC first msg, 42 grps, VT, OM, 5f, 2nd msg start 1602:55, 3rd msg start 1608:34
- 09/15/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/16/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/17/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/18/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/19/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/20/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/21/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/22/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/23/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/24/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/25/2010  No transmission heard
- 09/26/2010  No numbers heard, Tone, 970 Hz, 1557:05 – 1600:40 UTC, 1601:40 – 1605:17 UTC, 1606:17 – 1609:54 UTC
- 09/27/2010  No numbers heard, Tone, 970 Hz, 1557:06 – 1600:41 UTC, 1602:13 – 1605:49 UTC, 1607:20 – 1610:56 UTC
- 09/28/2010  No numbers heard, Tone, 970 Hz, 1557:04 – 1600:39 UTC, 1602:11 – 1605:47 UTC,   1607:18 – 1610:52 UTC
- 09/29/2010  No numbers heard, Tone, 970 Hz, 1557:04 – 1600:39 UTC, 1602:12 – 1605:46 UTC,   1607:18 – 1610:54 UTC
- 09/30/2010  No transmission heard

October, 2010

- 10/01/2010  No numbers heard, Tone, 985 Hz, 1557:02 – 1600:37 UTC, 1602:09 – 1605:44 UTC,   1607:15 – 1610:51 UTC
- 10/02/2010  No transmission heard
- 10/03/2010  No transmission heard
- 10/04/2010  No transmission heard
- 10/05/2010  No numbers heard, Tone, 950 Hz, 1557:02 – 1600:37 UTC, 1602:37 – 1606:14 UTC, 1608:14 – 1611:52 UTC
- 10/06/2010  No numbers heard, Tone, 950 Hz, 1556:58 – 1559:28 UTC, 1600:29 – 1602:59 UTC, 1604:01 – 1606:30 UTC
- 10/07/2010  No numbers heard, Tone, 950 Hz, 1556:58 – 1559:28 UTC, 1600:29 – 1602:59 UTC, 1604:00 – 1606:29 UTC
- 10/08/2010  No numbers heard, Tone, 970 Hz, 1556:56 – 1559:25 UTC, 1600:27 – 1602:56 UTC, 1603:57 – 1606:26 UTC
- 10/09/2010  No transmission heard
- 10/10/2010  No numbers heard, Tone, 970 Hz, 1556:52 – 1559:24 UTC, 1601:24 – 1603:55 UTC, 1605:56 – 1608:26 UTC
- 10/11/2010  No numbers heard, Tone, 970 Hz, 1556:51 – 1600:39 UTC, 1602:38 – 1606:23 UTC, 1608:25 – 1612:10 UTC

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HF Beacons / A quick spin around the beacons, October 8, 2010
« on: October 08, 2010, 1212 UTC »
Morning all,

Took a quick spin around the beacons this morning, actually the first time I have sat down in front of a radio in a while.  October 8, 2010.

3449.81 kHz, 1131 UTC, "OK", very weak, but in there
4062.51 kHz, 1136 UTC, "TR", strong and drifty as ever
4079.60 kHz, 1138 UTC, "TMP" sending a temp of 38 degrees
4088.86 kHz, 1140 UTC, Dasher, peaking at over S7
4096.26 kHz, 1142 UTC, Hexie, peaking at over S9
4096.61 kHz, 1143 UTC, Kelsie, peaking at 10 over S9
4097.77 kHz, 1145 UTC, lower half of Mohave Desert Dual Dasher, S9
4102.30 kHz, 1147 UTC, "W" wind beacon, many dits, and slight sag on dashes
4102.77 kHz, 1148 UTC, upper half of Mohave Desert Dual Dasher, S8

I checked for a bunch others, but this was all I heard at the time.  CHecked for "O" on 4103.8, hammered by multiple comm stations in Chinese on 4104 AM.  Checked for Blinky on 5156, hammered by Chinese OTHR.  Checked for Sally on 5205, hammered by Chinese OTHR. Checked for OR on 8211, hammered by Chinese OTHR.  See a trend here?

Everything else I checked for were clear freqs, but did not hear the beacons.  Was before sunrise for several beacons though, so did not expect a few of the daytime only ones.

T!

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HF Beacons / Periodic beacon TR on 4061 on October 8, 2010, 0220 UTC
« on: October 08, 2010, 0235 UTC »
The occasional beacon TR is up right now (0220 UTC, October 8, 2010) on 4061.07 kHz.

404
HF Beacons / A few beacons, on youtube, September 5 and September 10, 2010
« on: September 11, 2010, 1451 UTC »
Howdy all,

I did a few vid captures of some of the beacons that can easily be heard from my location pretty much daily and or 24/7.  Later I may add some of the harder to get beacons, but they may be a little noisy, not sure how they are going to turn out.  I chose the SDR-IQ and SDR-14 with SpectraView to record as I think the more simple display shows up better in small video than any of the other SDR GUI's.  Besides that I simply like the waterfall of SV better than the others here, even if the SDR-IQ is not as good a receiver, on paper, as my Excalibur, my Perseus, or my Flex-5000.


4079.64 kHz, TMP in AZ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JleXTmQnJA
4089 kHz, I think in Death Valley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcM8YaQRXRQ
4096.26 kHz, Hexie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Laj1gR6MrB4
4096.6 kHz, Kelsie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9GCJ-OxoLM
4097.26 kHz, Inyo Whooper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKrQYG38KjA
4097.8 kHz, un-named dasher near Death Valley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlIN1VEr2JE
4102.33 kHz, W, Windy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhuPcNZ-EIk
4102.8 kHz, un-named dasher near Death Valley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA2SmVY1chQ
5205.36 kHz, Sally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZuaTlHb-YQ
6626.4 kHz, Rainy and Rocky together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mkh6Nf2Sbs
6626.65 kHz, Rainy alone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQlI3--HBU
6700.5 kHz, Hexie 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq9_UqqJMu4
8000.5 kHz, S: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE49nzA8Y6k
11003.45 kHz, I think this is Echo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwYWX37qTMc

4097.8 and 4102.8 kHz un-named dashers, and their synchronization: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D14rXmHgNvU

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6962 USB, World Wide Radio Redneck, August 8, 2010, 0230
« on: August 08, 2010, 0304 UTC »
Synthesized female voice did all the talking.  Several songs, none that I recognized.  Fairly strong, but synth voice made it hard to understand.

Multiple IDs, but I could not make any out until the sign off at 0254, turned out it was World Wide Radio Redneck, WWRR.  Announced QSL info, but again I could not copy due to the synth voice.

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