23791
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6925 USB 0624-0751 UTC 6 July 2014
« on: July 06, 2014, 1443 UTC »
SDR recording catch, 0625 sign on. Fairly week for a few minutes, then the signal came up to SIO 444.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6949 USB 0336 UTC 6 JUL 2014
« on: July 06, 2014, 1439 UTC »
SDR recording catch of an other drive by pirate transmission, "Mighty Quinn" this time.
Off at 0338.
Off at 0338.
23793
North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6930 USB 0329 UTC 6 JUL 2014
« on: July 06, 2014, 1437 UTC »
SDR recording catch, 0329 sign on with rock music, sounded like ZZ Top "I heard it on the X"
Off at 0332.
Off at 0332.
23794
North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0321 UTC 6 JUL 2014
« on: July 06, 2014, 1436 UTC »
SDR recording catch. 0321 sign on with instrumental rock music, unshazamble here. Could have been off frequency?
Off at 0324.
Off at 0324.
23795
North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 USB 0309 UTC 6 Jul 2014
« on: July 06, 2014, 1431 UTC »
Another drive by pirate transmission on the SDR recording, 0309-0312z with instrumental (horn?) music.
23796
North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950 USB 0240 UTC 6 Jul 2014
« on: July 06, 2014, 1423 UTC »
SDR recording catch, 0240 sign on with instrumental music, had a Latin American sound to it. Off just before 0243.
A Drive By pirate transmission, as ByteBORG calls it :-)
A Drive By pirate transmission, as ByteBORG calls it :-)
23797
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Generation Wild 100: 6925U, 7/6, 0219+
« on: July 06, 2014, 1412 UTC »
SDR recording catch. 0212 sign on with a very strong signal, S9+15 dB.
Off at 0304. Thanks for the show!
Off at 0304. Thanks for the show!
23798
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6974/6970 LSB 0109 UTC 6July14
« on: July 06, 2014, 1354 UTC »
Noted here as well on the SDR recording. Same details as the others. The 6974 LSB transmission was stronger than the later 6970 LSB transmission. I'm still unsure as to whether this is a pirate or pescadore. The use of LSB makes me wonder if it is the latter.
23799
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0020 UTC 06 July 2014
« on: July 06, 2014, 0131 UTC »
S9+10 at 0130z. Great signal and audio as usual.
23800
North American Shortwave Pirate / MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2329 UTC 5 Jul 2014
« on: July 05, 2014, 2329 UTC »
Just signing on now, very solid S9+20 signal.
23801
North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6924 AM 2225 UTC 5 Jul 2014
« on: July 05, 2014, 2225 UTC »
Just signing on now with Soviet Anthem. Very weak, just audible. The modulation could be low, difficult to tell.
Sounds like the 1942 Time Warp show?
Getting stronger by 2236z.
Good signal now at 2251z.
Sounds like the 1942 Time Warp show?
Getting stronger by 2236z.
Good signal now at 2251z.
23802
QSLs Received / Re: KCPR 4th of JULY eQSL
« on: July 05, 2014, 2032 UTC »
I received mine as well, thank you very much, KCPR!
23803
General Radio Discussion / DXers rejoice! The end of plasma TVs
« on: July 05, 2014, 2017 UTC »
The end of plasma TVs: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/07/03/plasma-tvs-no-more/?mod=ST1
23804
Equipment / Re: Outdoor vs. Attic Antennas
« on: July 05, 2014, 1644 UTC »
For receiving, an outside antenna is preferably to an inside/attic antenna for a few reasons:
First, an inside antenna is more likely to pick up interference from electronic devices in the house. Computers, TVs, appliances, switching power supplies on virtually everything today, etc. This isn't a problem for transmitting, of course.
Second, the received signals can be attenuated somewhat by the house itself, especially if there's a lot of metal. If you've got aluminum siding, you're might essentially be inside a Faraday Cage.
Third, with an outside antenna, you probably have a better chance of getting it higher in the air, if you have a lot of tall trees in your yard.
Fourth, you can usually have a larger antenna antenna outside.
This is not to say that an antenna in the attic can't work, just that you'd probably get better results from one outside. What are the dimensions of your lot, and where you do have trees?
First, an inside antenna is more likely to pick up interference from electronic devices in the house. Computers, TVs, appliances, switching power supplies on virtually everything today, etc. This isn't a problem for transmitting, of course.
Second, the received signals can be attenuated somewhat by the house itself, especially if there's a lot of metal. If you've got aluminum siding, you're might essentially be inside a Faraday Cage.
Third, with an outside antenna, you probably have a better chance of getting it higher in the air, if you have a lot of tall trees in your yard.
Fourth, you can usually have a larger antenna antenna outside.
This is not to say that an antenna in the attic can't work, just that you'd probably get better results from one outside. What are the dimensions of your lot, and where you do have trees?
23805
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6960-6974 LSB 0500z 7/5/2014
« on: July 05, 2014, 1629 UTC »
SDR recording catch.
Signed on 6960 LSB at 0456 with music, pretty weak here, SIO 211-222. Off at 0503.
Back on 6974 at 0508, sounded a bit weaker than earlier until 0515 when the audio came up a bit.
Off at 0530, no obvious ID heard here.
Signed on 6960 LSB at 0456 with music, pretty weak here, SIO 211-222. Off at 0503.
Back on 6974 at 0508, sounded a bit weaker than earlier until 0515 when the audio came up a bit.
Off at 0530, no obvious ID heard here.