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General Radio Discussion / PRA 2013 Arrives Today!
« on: December 19, 2013, 1410 UTC »
My shiny new Pirate Radio Annual landed in my mailbox today. Thanks Andy!
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The RF Workbench / DJ Mixers
« on: November 11, 2013, 1254 UTC »
My old Radio Shack Mixer board turned 20 this last year, and although still working, is developing more bugs and quirks as time goes on. Its time to start looking for a replacement. I took a look at the latest RS offering. Its all pretty with bells and whistles galore, but I was shocked to see how horribly cheap the channel faders are. Anyone know of any robust DJ mixers out there - especially in the <$300 category? I'm looking for one with at least four stereo inputs... thanks!
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Longwave Loggings / Up with the dog logs
« on: November 08, 2013, 1604 UTC »
I rarely venture into the LW bands but the dog had me up at 0930 UTC (11-8-13), so since the Mr. Winter is starting to creep in, I did the Radio Limbo and found a few:
198 KHz DIW - Dixon, NC
216 KHz CLB - Wilmington, NC
245 KHz ALP - Elmira, NY
250 KHz UL - Montreal, Quebec
260 KHz PYA - Penn Yan, NY
272 KHz YQA - Muscoca, Ontario
These sigs came to the R8 only through the dipole cut for 6900 KHz. Nothing special, I know, but it sure made getting up at that hour worthwhile!
198 KHz DIW - Dixon, NC
216 KHz CLB - Wilmington, NC
245 KHz ALP - Elmira, NY
250 KHz UL - Montreal, Quebec
260 KHz PYA - Penn Yan, NY
272 KHz YQA - Muscoca, Ontario
These sigs came to the R8 only through the dipole cut for 6900 KHz. Nothing special, I know, but it sure made getting up at that hour worthwhile!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / WBNY (relay) 6950AM 10/13/13 1433+ UTC
« on: October 13, 2013, 1441 UTC »
"Government Shutdown Spectacular" show, announced relay. Chorale "FCC FU" played with collage at 1435 and into monkey ooh ooh IS. and into program. +6 signal into upstate NY
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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Sultanate of Oman 15140 10/2/13 1400-1440+
« on: October 02, 2013, 1631 UTC »
Noted in English at 1400 with mix of pop and rock w/ IDs. Avril Levigne at 1423. ID at 1430 w/ chimes, noted simulcast on 90.7 FM. YL with news at 1430. Nice signal sweeping in and out on my Tecsun PL660 portable and whip in a parked car!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Azteca 6919.7 AM - 9/8/13 1619UTC
« on: September 08, 2013, 1630 UTC »
+9 signal on peaks here in upstate NY
radio clip talking about rent-a-sheep service, and throwing dog poop on neighbor's roof with a snowblower. Bram with a spoof of DX Party Line.
Announced Belfast drop, Program #6
off with Rocky and Bullwinkle trumpet fanfare
off at 1635
Thanks for the classic relay!
radio clip talking about rent-a-sheep service, and throwing dog poop on neighbor's roof with a snowblower. Bram with a spoof of DX Party Line.
Announced Belfast drop, Program #6
off with Rocky and Bullwinkle trumpet fanfare
off at 1635
Thanks for the classic relay!
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The RF Workbench / LULU Modulation article posted in 30 Below
« on: September 07, 2013, 1613 UTC »
Puff, puff, puff, pant... pant... whew! It took some time but I finally posted the conclusion to Building the Basic LULU on 30 Below. If you've been waiting, I apologize for the delay. Two weeks of jury duty really put me behind on everything. I hope you'll find it worth the wait. Enjoy!
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The RF Workbench / TDA2003 has been obsoleted
« on: September 03, 2013, 0138 UTC »
Another VERY useful part (for 12V audio amps and modulators) bites the dust and I am sorry to see these go. I just received this notification from Digi-Key:
Dear Valued Digi-Key Customer,
You have purchased the following part number from Digi-Key within the last two years. The manufacturer has announced an update to the part status.
Manufacturer STMICROELECTRONICS
Description IC 10W CAR AUDIO AMP PENTAWATT
Manufacturer Part Number TDA2003AV
Digi-Key Part Number 497-11263-5-ND
Status Obsolete
Last Time Buy Date Undefined By Supplier
Substitutes Please click here
I'm sure we'll be able to buy these for a couple more years but they will be drying up more and more, starting now. So if you've been waiting...
Dear Valued Digi-Key Customer,
You have purchased the following part number from Digi-Key within the last two years. The manufacturer has announced an update to the part status.
Manufacturer STMICROELECTRONICS
Description IC 10W CAR AUDIO AMP PENTAWATT
Manufacturer Part Number TDA2003AV
Digi-Key Part Number 497-11263-5-ND
Status Obsolete
Last Time Buy Date Undefined By Supplier
Substitutes Please click here
I'm sure we'll be able to buy these for a couple more years but they will be drying up more and more, starting now. So if you've been waiting...
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The RF Workbench / Feel like building something?
« on: August 06, 2013, 1639 UTC »
If your soldering iron keeps giving you wistful looks when you walk by, I'd like to suggest an easy transmitter project. I have posted build plans for the RF section of the LULU transmitter on the 30 Below blog. I'll be following up with another post discussing techniques to AM modulate it. I hope you try it.
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The RF Workbench / Welcome to the Dark Side
« on: July 30, 2013, 2355 UTC »
Hi all,
Chris has graciously made space available here for discussions about building gear, operating gear, antennas, portable operation, care and feeding of battery packs, and, so, much, more. This is the sort of thing the homebrewpirateradio group has been doing for nearly ten years. And now the doors have been thrown wide open. Hopefully some open discussions from the operators side will bring more cooperation and experimentation, AND entice some new voices onto the airwaves. Have fun...
Chris has graciously made space available here for discussions about building gear, operating gear, antennas, portable operation, care and feeding of battery packs, and, so, much, more. This is the sort of thing the homebrewpirateradio group has been doing for nearly ten years. And now the doors have been thrown wide open. Hopefully some open discussions from the operators side will bring more cooperation and experimentation, AND entice some new voices onto the airwaves. Have fun...
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General Radio Discussion / FRN dysfunction
« on: March 11, 2013, 1532 UTC »
I see they are having problems across the street again. Thank you Chris for giving us a dependable place to gather and disseminate... ooooh, that didn't come out right. You know what I mean! Many thanks to the whole team here!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio GaGa 6925 USB 2303 2/2/13
« on: February 02, 2013, 2310 UTC »
Sign on at 2303 w/ Doors "Crystal Ship"
into Jethro Tull "Cross Eyed Mary" at 2306.
ID at 2310
Peaks about +9 into upstate NY
into Jethro Tull "Cross Eyed Mary" at 2306.
ID at 2310
Peaks about +9 into upstate NY
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MW Loggings / 570 AM Radio Reloj 11/17/12 0605 UTC
« on: November 17, 2012, 2033 UTC »
Just like Chanter, I found last night's MW propagation to the south to be awesome. Radio Reloj from Santa Clara Cuba fought with WMCA 570 for at least an hour at my QTH. This is an amazing logging, since I'm only about 150 miles from New York City. Perfectly readable Spanish at times, and always that clock tick-tick-ticking away in the background.
Also a first for me at 0440: 1370 WTAB in Tabor City, NC. This one is a little over 600 miles from me and according to the database, they only run 109 watts at night... lotsa fun!
Also a first for me at 0440: 1370 WTAB in Tabor City, NC. This one is a little over 600 miles from me and according to the database, they only run 109 watts at night... lotsa fun!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID on 6925AM at 2238 on 10/28/12
« on: October 28, 2012, 2245 UTC »
Halloween topic show. Lots of Halloween mash-ups
2238- "Superstitous" remix w/ lots of spook FX
2240- "Ghostbusters"
2245-"Coming To Take Me Away"
off at 2248
Well done, but no IDs heard
SIO=444 into upstate NY
2238- "Superstitous" remix w/ lots of spook FX
2240- "Ghostbusters"
2245-"Coming To Take Me Away"
off at 2248
Well done, but no IDs heard
SIO=444 into upstate NY
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin on 6925AM at 0010 on 10/22/12
« on: October 22, 2012, 0015 UTC »
Big honkin' +15 over 9 sig here in upstate NY
IS at tune in, Asian sounding with a cymbal crash.
into mx at 0013
0024 Talk about the upcoming election. "Get off your ass and vote". "Time for party line gridlock to end" (amen!)
Into psychobilly tune "Lone Wolf"
0027 Radio Ronin Shortwave ID and gmail addy
Blowing me away tonight... thanks Ronin!
IS at tune in, Asian sounding with a cymbal crash.
into mx at 0013
0024 Talk about the upcoming election. "Get off your ass and vote". "Time for party line gridlock to end" (amen!)
Into psychobilly tune "Lone Wolf"
0027 Radio Ronin Shortwave ID and gmail addy
Blowing me away tonight... thanks Ronin!