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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan 6924 AM 2352z

« on: October 13, 2011, 0010 UTC »

Poor conditions tonight, mostly S7 or S8 with a lot of static and a bit of fading.

Thanks for the show, Capt!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Metro Radio International 6950 AM 0051 UTC

« on: October 10, 2011, 2051 UTC »

0051 - 0205 UTC. Very weak, but audible at times. I would not known it was them if I didn't see their posting on the homebrewpirateradio mailing list.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Paisano 6925 AM 0010 UTC

« on: October 10, 2011, 0011 UTC »

Just signing on now with Italian music.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan 6925 AM 0022z

« on: October 06, 2011, 0043 UTC »

Blues mx, ID, off at 0043 mid song.

S9+ signal.

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Utility / 518 kHz NAVTEX

« on: October 04, 2011, 1259 UTC »

I ran MultiMode (http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/cw-rtty-sstv-fax-psk31-packet-decoding-software.html) last night, and logged the following NAVTEX stations. Not too impressive, but maybe I'll pick up some new ones once we get into winter. I also want to try to log some of the 490 kHz transmissions.

A Miami, FL
B Bermuda
C Sept-Îles - Rivière-au-Renard, QC
F Boston, MA
G New Orleans, LA
N Chesapeake, VA
P Thunder Bay, ON
R San Juan, PR
U Saint John, NB (NS)

There is an excellent list of NAVTEX stations and schedules here: http://www.dxinfocentre.com/navtex.htm

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Mashup Radio 6925 USB 2219 UTC

« on: October 02, 2011, 2220 UTC »

Computer generated ID, into music.

S9 signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio FWS 11440 2013

« on: October 02, 2011, 2040 UTC »

Weak, carrier present, occasionally pops up high enough to hear some audio.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Cupid Radio 21460

« on: October 02, 2011, 1755 UTC »

Moved here from 15070, hearing some music, not as strong of a signal.

Announced 35 watts.

Signal improved a bit, S4 or so now.

cupidradio@hotmail.com

Announced 20 watts now, still a good signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6925 USB 0010z

« on: October 02, 2011, 0029 UTC »

The Waitresses "I know what boys like", Annie Lenox, "Venus".

Very strong S9+ signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan 6925 AM 2338 UTC

« on: October 01, 2011, 2340 UTC »

S9+10 signal, very strong. "Little bit of Woogie"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Borderhunter 6290 AM 2300 UTC

« on: October 01, 2011, 2309 UTC »

Chuck Berry "Johnny B Goode", S3 to S4 signal, moderate QRM from static.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Mars 6925 AM 0108 UTC

« on: October 01, 2011, 0109 UTC »

"Benny and the Jets" by Elton John. S9+ signal. Into more Elton John "I'm still standing" ID 0115z

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Equipment / Hyper Hanger vs EZ-Hang

« on: September 29, 2011, 2358 UTC »

Has anyone here used a Hyper Hanger? http://www.radiowavz.com/html/hyper_hanger.html

I've had an EZ-Hang http://ezhang.com/ for several years now (maybe 10) and while it does work, I'm always on the lookout for something better.

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Equipment / Signal to Noise Ratios

« on: September 29, 2011, 1753 UTC »

There's been some... discussion about transmitter power levels, and how many watts does an operator need to "get out". I put together a short blog entry on it, which includes some simulated recordings of various Signal to Noise Ratios (SNRs): http://www.hfunderpants.com/?p=121

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General Radio Discussion / Rising Sun QSL

« on: September 29, 2011, 1735 UTC »

Rising Sun, a Dutch Europirate. From the operator: "I USED ONLY 25 WATTS AND MY ANTENNA IS A LONGWIRE ANTENNA 12 METERS HIGH AND 31 METERS LONG."