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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio True North 15075 AM 1910z
« on: November 12, 2011, 1915 UTC »
Very weak, hearing some music now and then. Only 40 watts according to the operator.
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13367
North American Shortwave Pirate / Can't Get You Out Of My Head 6955 USB 0107 UTC
« on: November 12, 2011, 1451 UTC »
Just the one song, off 0111z. About S6/S7.
13368
North American Shortwave Pirate / WFMT Family Radio 6925 AM 0030z
« on: November 12, 2011, 0045 UTC »
Very strong signal, and extremely wide (perhaps too wide?) audio:
13369
North American Shortwave Pirate / "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" 6925 USB 0420
« on: November 11, 2011, 1333 UTC »
Just the one song, then off at 0425z.
13370
General Radio Discussion / Repeal of Smith-Mundt Act?
« on: November 11, 2011, 1228 UTC »
From the Engineering Radio Blog
In a somewhat surprising development, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, who oversees the operations of the Voice of America would like to repeal some parts of the 1948 Smith-Mundt act, which prohibits them from broadcasting domestically. Does this mean that the VOA will become a government broadcaster like the BBC and CBC? I don’t rightly know. The BBG is also proposing to greatly curtail HF (AKA Shortwave) transmissions, favoring a combination of Satellite to FM and IP network delivery methods. The BBG is also proposing defederalizing the VOA (AKA privatization). Perhaps one of the current large broadcasters, e.g. Clear Channel or Cumulus will be interested in purchasing the VOA brand name.
With the repeal of the Smith-Mundt act, does this open the door for some form of domestic shortwave service? I have commented several times on the ability of HF radio to cover large distances with moderate power levels. The 1,000 watt non-directional CFRX on 6070 KHz is good example of this. Most hours of the day, it is listenable at my location, some 300 miles distant from the transmitter. I enjoy listening to Toronto news and talk as much as any other. Lower frequencies and moderate power levels would be an interesting experiment.
http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/2011/11/trends-in-terrestrial-broadcasting/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EngineeringRadio+%28Engineering+Radio%29
In a somewhat surprising development, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, who oversees the operations of the Voice of America would like to repeal some parts of the 1948 Smith-Mundt act, which prohibits them from broadcasting domestically. Does this mean that the VOA will become a government broadcaster like the BBC and CBC? I don’t rightly know. The BBG is also proposing to greatly curtail HF (AKA Shortwave) transmissions, favoring a combination of Satellite to FM and IP network delivery methods. The BBG is also proposing defederalizing the VOA (AKA privatization). Perhaps one of the current large broadcasters, e.g. Clear Channel or Cumulus will be interested in purchasing the VOA brand name.
With the repeal of the Smith-Mundt act, does this open the door for some form of domestic shortwave service? I have commented several times on the ability of HF radio to cover large distances with moderate power levels. The 1,000 watt non-directional CFRX on 6070 KHz is good example of this. Most hours of the day, it is listenable at my location, some 300 miles distant from the transmitter. I enjoy listening to Toronto news and talk as much as any other. Lower frequencies and moderate power levels would be an interesting experiment.
http://www.engineeringradio.us/blog/2011/11/trends-in-terrestrial-broadcasting/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EngineeringRadio+%28Engineering+Radio%29
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio True North 6925 AM 0555z
« on: November 09, 2011, 1919 UTC »
S7/S8 signal at peak, nice reception. ID at 0607z. Fade out at around 0634z.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Laser Hot Hits 6970 AM 0310z Nov 7
« on: November 09, 2011, 0015 UTC »
Found this while going through the SDR recordings. Signal varied from S1 to S8 at peaks.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Borderhunter Radio 15480 AM 1530z
« on: November 06, 2011, 1535 UTC »
Very good sig, S5/S6, Johnny Cash, IDs at 1534z.
13375
North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6935 USB 2040z
« on: November 05, 2011, 2042 UTC »
Strong signal, S9+ and excellent audio. 30s era music atm.
13376
North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Boomerang 6915 AM 2040z
« on: November 05, 2011, 2041 UTC »
Dutch pirate, very good signal for this early!
13377
North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan 6925 AM 1208z
« on: November 05, 2011, 1636 UTC »
"Peace Train", ID and email address. Really good signal and nice audio.
13378
Spy Numbers / UNID 6950 kHz CW 1138 UTC
« on: November 05, 2011, 1631 UTC »
I stumbled on this while going through some SDR recordings this morning. It started at 1138 UTC on 6950 kHz. Sounds like some pretty poorly hand sent CW.
Any ideas?
http://hfunderpants.com/mypics/6950_1138z.mp3
Any ideas?
http://hfunderpants.com/mypics/6950_1138z.mp3
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6955 AM 0234z
« on: November 05, 2011, 1445 UTC »
Great signal, lots of oldies from the Beach Boys "Barbara Ann", and others like "I fought the law", "California Dreaming"
Off 0309z.
Never heard an ID
Off 0309z.
Never heard an ID
13380
North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Oscar Zulu 21890 AM 1257z
« on: November 05, 2011, 1259 UTC »
S2 to S3, slightly better than 15060. Presumed from Holland.
