Topics

12841

MW Loggings / WMCR 1620 1730 UTC McDaniel College Westminster MD

« on: October 13, 2012, 1744 UTC »

Not exactly DX, but this is something I have been hearing for a year or two, but until today never been able to positively ID. It's a college radio station, 8.5 miles away, that supposedly uses a 20 watt carrier current transmitter system.

12842

North American Shortwave Pirate / Please read: format for logging message subject

« on: October 13, 2012, 1353 UTC »

When posting loggings, please include the station name, frequency, mode, and time and date you first started to hear the station in the subject. For example:

WMPR 6955 AM 0105 UTC 23 JAN 2013

Times should be in UTC, and frequencies in kHz. UNID stations should of course be logged as UNID. If you're replying to an UNID thread but know the station name (due to hearing an ID the original poster did not) please feel free to change the subject in your reply to reflect the station name. Board moderators may also change the original poster's message title from UNID to the station name, this is to make it more obvious what station was logged.

If at all possible, please a single space between the frequency and mode, and the time and UTC text.

Additional information in the subject, such as end time, is certainly welcome as well.

With the large number of loggings being posted, it is easy to have duplicate threads for the same broadcast, if the subject just contains the frequency. It is also more difficult for someone to locate a specific logging if the station name, frequency, and time are not included in the subject. Duplicate threads will be merged together.

Also note that this board is for loggings only. If your post isn't a logging, with frequency, time, and date, it should go elsewhere, probably in either the General or Huh? board. Off topic posts will be moved.

Thanks!

12843

North American Shortwave Pirate / Rave on Radio 6925 USB 1245 UTC

« on: October 13, 2012, 1246 UTC »

Hearing some music, weak signal.
ID heard 1252z.

12844

10/11 meters / October 12 SSTV 27700 USB 1600 UTC

« on: October 12, 2012, 1651 UTC »

Starting around 1600 UTC, the SSTV starting rolling in:

12845

North American Shortwave Pirate / Viking Radio 6925 USB 0318 UTC

« on: October 12, 2012, 1247 UTC »

I heard a YL repeating "Viking Radio" around 0320z. Not sure if this is RML or not. "Back in Black" at 0322, "I Love Rock and Roll" 0329z.  "Under Pressure" at 0333z, not sure if this was Viking Radio or RML. Another "Viking Radio" ID by a YL at 0335z

I *think* this was another station on top of RML, as I could hear both music from this station and what sounded like RML under it.

12846

QSLs Received / Metro Radio International eQSL

« on: October 11, 2012, 1745 UTC »

12847

HF Beacons / Update the beacon list

« on: October 11, 2012, 1348 UTC »

Considering all the new beacons and other changes recently... would someone like to update the wiki beacon page at http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/High_Frequency_Beacon ?

12848

10/11 meters / October 11 SSTV 27700 USB 1340 UTC

« on: October 11, 2012, 1346 UTC »

Starting around 1340 UTC:

12849

General Radio Discussion / Parallella: A Supercomputer For Everyone

« on: October 10, 2012, 1233 UTC »

"The Parallella project will make parallel computing accessible to everyone"

Project Goals

Making parallel computing easy to use has been described as "a problem as hard as any that computer science has faced". With such a big challenge ahead, we need to make sure that every programmer has access to cheap and open parallel hardware and development tools. Inspired by great hardware communities like Raspberry Pi and Arduino, we see a critical need for a truly open, high-performance computing platform that will close the knowledge gap in parallel programing. The goal of the Parallella project is to democratize access to parallel computing. If we can pull this off, who knows what kind of breakthrough applications could arise?  Maybe some of them will even change the world in some small but positive way.

The Parallella Computing Platform

To make parallel computing ubiquitous, developers need access to a platform that is affordable, open, and easy to use. The goal of the Parallella project is to provide such a platform! The Parallella platform will be built on the following principles:

Open Access: Absolutely no NDAs or special access needed! All architecture and SDK documents will be published on the web as soon as the Kickstarter project is funded.
Open Source: The Parallella platform will be based on free open source development tools and libraries. All board design files will be provided as open source once the Parallella boards are released.
Affordability: Hardware costs and SDK costs have always been a huge barrier to entry for developers looking to develop high performance applications. Our goal is to bring the Parallella high performance computer cost below $100, making it an affordable platform for all.
The Parallella platform is based on the Epiphany multicore chips developed by Adapteva over the last 4 years and field tested since May 2011. The Epiphany chips consists of a scalable array of simple RISC processors programmable in C/C++ connected together with a fast on chip network within a single shared memory architecture.

Parallella Computer Specifications

The following list shows the major components planned for the Parallella computer:

Dual-core ARM A9 CPU
Epiphany Multicore Accelerator (16 or 64 cores)
1GB RAM
MicroSD Card
USB 2.0 (two)
Two general purpose expansion connectors
Ethernet 10/100/1000
HDMI connection
Ships with Ubuntu OS
Ships with free open source Epiphany development tools that include C compiler, multicore debugger, Eclipse IDE, OpenCL SDK/compiler, and run time libraries.
Dimensions are 3.4'' x 2.1'' 
Once completed, the Parallella computer should deliver up to 45 GHz of equivalent CPU performance on a board the size of a credit card while consuming only 5 Watts under typical work loads. Counting GHz, this is more horsepower than a high end server costing thousands of dollars and  consuming 400W.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adapteva/parallella-a-supercomputer-for-everyone

12850

North American Shortwave Pirate / Brother Stair Numbers 6925 USB 0012 UTC

« on: October 09, 2012, 0016 UTC »

Pretty good signal. Callup was 843.

12851

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0349 UTC

« on: October 08, 2012, 1159 UTC »

Came on with some CCR "Midnight Special".

Very good signal, S8 to S9, but no ID heard. Off at 0408z.

12852

North American Shortwave Pirate / WMPR 6955 AM 2202 UTC

« on: October 07, 2012, 2202 UTC »

Just signed on with ID, into music. Solid S9+

12853

North American Shortwave Pirate / TCS Relay 6925 USB 2200 UTC

« on: October 07, 2012, 2201 UTC »

Sign on with Soviet anthem. Tough copy, S3 or S4 under static.

12854

General Radio Discussion / Pirate radio weekend October 26th and 27th

« on: October 07, 2012, 1959 UTC »

From the Shortwave DX-ing from Bulgaria Website:

Again, I'm organising a pirate radio event when most of the European and American pirate operators will be on air with their stations, playing music, sending greetings to listeners and having fun! The pirate radio weekend will take place on the 26th and 27th October (Friday and Saturday), as well as on the Sunday morning. I would like as many stations as possible to take part in it.

If you would like to take part in it, just tell me your frequency and time of transmitting, as well as your power and send them to my email: georgi.bancov@gmail.com ! Thanks in advance.

Full details at the website:  http://swldxbulgaria.blogspot.nl/2012/10/pirate-radio-weekend.html

12855

European Pirates and Private Stations / Borderhunter Radio 15500 AM 1702 UTC

« on: October 07, 2012, 1702 UTC »

Just signed on with Funkytown. Very good, S7.