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2026
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KPR 6930 USB
« on: November 14, 2010, 0300 UTC »
Started the show playing several cuts by Gretchen WIlson, I think all off of the Here for THe Party CD.  AUdio during music was fairly good but audio between songs was broken up.

Pretty fair signal here, most of the time S7 or better but faded a bit jsut before the end.  Stayed usable the whole time.

2027
Really solid, local like, signal the entire time he was up.  I was listening for over and hour and 20 minutes and the deepest fade that happened was just detectable, just an ever so slight decrease in the signal.

The SSTV as received here:


Really good signal, and good theme.  As often is the case with Wolverine it ran from some real oldies on up to pretty recent stuff.  Even some nice Blues in there.

2028
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.

2029
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KARR Mobil radio 6.940USB
« on: November 06, 2010, 0236 UTC »
The SSTV at 0108 was this:


In general the signal was S8 or more until the final fade, often peaking well over S9.

2030
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6.937 USB
« on: November 06, 2010, 0217 UTC »
Was very strong here, but gone in mid note, never any ID.

2031
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Face de Blatte 6505 usb
« on: November 01, 2010, 0201 UTC »
Extremely weak copy in California, but it is in there.  Also heard Monster Mash, but would not have been able to ID the song if someone in chat had not mentioned the name, it was just too weak.

ID was sent at 0150.  Sign off was sometime after 0155 I think, but faded to nothing beofre that.

2032
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

2033
HF Beacons / Re: BA Beacon 6840 kHz
« on: October 31, 2010, 0146 UTC »
I show the cf as 6841 kHz here.

2034
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


2035
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.

2036
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.

2037
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6926 LSB music & SSTV
« on: October 28, 2010, 0132 UTC »
Middle image says Radio GaGa at the top, and I am pretty sure Ga Ga has used the bottom image before.  Naturally not sure, but I would say a fair bet Ga Ga was in that mix someplace.

2038
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!


2039
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Voice of the Lost Dog
« on: October 27, 2010, 0203 UTC »
6925 LSB, I heard it from 0103 to 0130 UTC.  This was WLDJ I think doing a Voice of the Last Dog show.  At least it sounded like WLDJ to me.  Ended with "You have been listening to the voice of the last dog".  All through the music there were dogs barking in the background also.

Ended with two SSTV images, but I was not able to get a lock on either one.


2040
Ahhhh...I had the autoslant turned off for the first few hours, should be better now.

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