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QSLs Received / WAZU QSL
« on: February 06, 2013, 1743 UTC »
I opened my mailbox to day to find a genuine paper QSL from WAZU. Thank you very much!
Shortwave Pirate Radio In North America And Around The World, And Other Signals That Go Bump In The Night
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North American Shortwave Pirate / BOR 6925 USB 2337 UTC 5 Feb 2013
« on: February 05, 2013, 2337 UTC »
Extremely faint, just above the noise floor.
12543
General Radio Discussion / Listen to a Solar Flare Drown Out Radio Communications on Earth
« on: February 05, 2013, 1335 UTC »
Over the weekend, a tiny spot on the sun erupted into a moderately sized solar flare that was particularly loud in radio waves. With the sound of a roaring wave, it completely drowned out radio communication all over the Earth between 28 MHz and 21.1 MHz.
The recording above comes from either a short wave radio station or a Ham radio transmission, said amateur radio astronomer Thomas Ashcraft, who works with NASA’s Radio JOVE project. It’s interesting to hear the voices get “swallowed up as the solar wave passes through,” he added in an e-mail to Wired.
The sun is entering a period of high activity as it enters its solar maximum, the peak of an 11-year solar cycle. Despite this, our local star has been relatively quiet for the last few months, producing few large solar flares or coronal mass ejections — which occur when the sun throws off charged particles at millions of kilometers per hour.
The radio burst that happened on Feb. 2 accelerated electrons to high energies. This electron stream created plasma and radio waves in the sun’s atmosphere, which traveled to Earth and disrupted some communications. The event was a fairly good-sized surge, said radio astronomer James Thieman, who leads the JOVE project.
“We have seen a few this year that were larger,” he added, but this one was still quite strong. Of course, the events of the recent solar cycle are entirely dwarfed by certain past solar outbursts, like the 1859 Carrington event, which caused widespread havoc and even set telegraph stations on fire.
Full article: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/radio-solar-outburst/
The recording above comes from either a short wave radio station or a Ham radio transmission, said amateur radio astronomer Thomas Ashcraft, who works with NASA’s Radio JOVE project. It’s interesting to hear the voices get “swallowed up as the solar wave passes through,” he added in an e-mail to Wired.
The sun is entering a period of high activity as it enters its solar maximum, the peak of an 11-year solar cycle. Despite this, our local star has been relatively quiet for the last few months, producing few large solar flares or coronal mass ejections — which occur when the sun throws off charged particles at millions of kilometers per hour.
The radio burst that happened on Feb. 2 accelerated electrons to high energies. This electron stream created plasma and radio waves in the sun’s atmosphere, which traveled to Earth and disrupted some communications. The event was a fairly good-sized surge, said radio astronomer James Thieman, who leads the JOVE project.
“We have seen a few this year that were larger,” he added, but this one was still quite strong. Of course, the events of the recent solar cycle are entirely dwarfed by certain past solar outbursts, like the 1859 Carrington event, which caused widespread havoc and even set telegraph stations on fire.
Full article: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/radio-solar-outburst/
12544
Spy Numbers / 6923 USB 0700 UTC 5 Feb 2013 E11c Oblique
« on: February 05, 2013, 1320 UTC »
Caught this on my nightly 6800-7000 SDR recording:
6923 USB, 0700 UTC 5 Feb 2013: E11c Oblique: 758/0000/00, very strong signal
6923 USB, 0700 UTC 5 Feb 2013: E11c Oblique: 758/0000/00, very strong signal
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 2340 UTC 27 4 Feb 2013
« on: February 04, 2013, 2350 UTC »
Obvious carrier here, with what Ragnar described as DRM, but I could not copy it here. Off at 2349z
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North American Shortwave Pirate / WCBT 6950.3 AM 0125 UTC 4 Feb 2013
« on: February 04, 2013, 1336 UTC »
0125 Sign on with music
0128 ID, WCBT? The high pitched voice made it difficult to decipher.
0128 Music, punk?
0129 ID again, same high pitched voice, giggling in the background?
0130 Music, started with a piano, then sounded punk again.
0132 Off
Mostly an S8 signal.
I have a recording of it here, if anyone would like to take a stab at the ID: http://www.radiohobbyist.org/blog/mypics/WPBT.mp3
Thanks to Beerus for help with the ID!
0128 ID, WCBT? The high pitched voice made it difficult to decipher.
0128 Music, punk?
0129 ID again, same high pitched voice, giggling in the background?
0130 Music, started with a piano, then sounded punk again.
0132 Off
Mostly an S8 signal.
I have a recording of it here, if anyone would like to take a stab at the ID: http://www.radiohobbyist.org/blog/mypics/WPBT.mp3
Thanks to Beerus for help with the ID!
12547
North American Shortwave Pirate / Toynbee Radio 6925 AM 0026 UTC 4 Feb 2013
« on: February 04, 2013, 1310 UTC »
"Hello. I am assuming channel control. I am in control now of this channel", into music. Then an OM again around 0031z, difficult to make out what was being said. Talk about human consciousness, repeated Toynbee Radio IDs. More music. OM again, and then off at 0035z with ID.
S8 signal, but the audio modulation seemed low?
S8 signal, but the audio modulation seemed low?
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Rave on Radio 6925 USB 1453 UTC 3 Feb 2013
« on: February 03, 2013, 1509 UTC »
Fairly weak here, S1 to perhaps S3 on peaks.
ID at 1508z.
ID at 1508z.
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European Pirates and Private Stations / Spaceshuttle Radio 15880 AM then USB 1331 UTC 3 Feb 2013
« on: February 03, 2013, 1332 UTC »
About S2
Now in USB mode, S3.
Now in USB mode, S3.
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European Pirates and Private Stations / Blue Star Radio 15070 AM 1302 UTC 3 Feb 2013
« on: February 03, 2013, 1304 UTC »
Bee Gees, ID at 1304z. S3 to S5 signal.
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European Pirates and Private Stations / Flying Dutchman 6300 AM 2246 UTC 2 Feb 2013
« on: February 02, 2013, 2248 UTC »
About an S3 signal.
12552
European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Marabu 6209.8 AM 2210 UTC 2 Feb 2013
« on: February 02, 2013, 2216 UTC »
Very weak, just starting to fade in, music and an ID at 2215z.
12553
North American Shortwave Pirate / WFMT Family Radio 6924.6 AM 2037 UTC 2 Feb 2013
« on: February 02, 2013, 2028 UTC »
Just signing on now with bells.
12554
North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 LSB 1641 UTC 2 Feb 2013
« on: February 02, 2013, 1642 UTC »
Carrier on 6925 for a few seconds, then an OM on 6925 LSB with "hello" repeated a few times, then off.
Very strong signal.
Very strong signal.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Rave on Radio 6925 USB 1301 UTC 2 Feb 2013
« on: February 02, 2013, 1303 UTC »
Just signed on with some music "Red Rain" by Peter Gabriel, very weak signal, about S4, only an S unit or two above the noise floor.
1306 "Sledgehammer" - the signal is starting to improve.
1311 Repeated IDs (thanks for that, the repeated IDs really help a lot under poor conditions)
1313 More music, S5 signal now.
1323 More IDs
1325 "In Your Eyes"
1345 IDs
1306 "Sledgehammer" - the signal is starting to improve.
1311 Repeated IDs (thanks for that, the repeated IDs really help a lot under poor conditions)
1313 More music, S5 signal now.
1323 More IDs
1325 "In Your Eyes"
1345 IDs