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HF Beacons / Re: Anyone copying 8.35 Mhz dasher

« on: September 24, 2010, 0001 UTC »

Dasher coming into MD at 0000z. Weak, but audible.

Update: At 0005z, the signal suddenly came up in strength. Pretty good now, even with the t-storm static.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Firedrake 6925 USB 1515z

« on: September 23, 2010, 1518 UTC »

Hearing the Firedrake on 6925. Weak, S3 or so. Since it is USB and not AM, I assume it is an op having some fun.

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HF Beacons / A few beacons this morning

« on: September 23, 2010, 1129 UTC »

Hearing OK, as well as two of the 4096 dashers.  Also on 4102 I'm hearing the wind beacon. All heard on the 635 ft horizontal loop.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Khz Spacing! New Observation

« on: September 19, 2010, 1736 UTC »

The spacings are 5 kHz on all the HF bands, with a few stations (mostly small ones) on oddball frequencies.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Black Bandit Radio (Holland) 6375u

« on: September 19, 2010, 0052 UTC »

S8 into MD at 0051z.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Vanishing Hot Dog Radio - 6925U 9/17/2010 2317Z

« on: September 17, 2010, 2336 UTC »

Sign on with email address, into music. S9 into MD.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan 6924 AM 1437z

« on: September 12, 2010, 1711 UTC »

S7 signal into MD. Much of the music sounded similar to his other recent broadcasts - a bit of Dylan and some other artists. Off at 1529z.

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HF Beacons / Re: A few beacons, on youtube, September 5 and September 10, 2010

« on: September 12, 2010, 1256 UTC »

Very cool!  Once we have a radio-quiet morning here, I'll have to try for the beacons again with the new big loop antenna. I tried a few mornings ago, but conditions were pretty poor.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Northwoods Radio 6925 USB 1230z

« on: September 11, 2010, 1315 UTC »

ID at 1303z with Loon call. Variable signal, from about S0 to S7, lots of fading this morning.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Setting up my first Beverage, looking for input

« on: September 11, 2010, 1222 UTC »

I'll second (or third) loop antennas in general. I put up a 132 ft T2FD about 2 years ago, and was quite pleased with the results. Lower signal levels than my various dipoles, but much lower noise levels, so an overall improvement in the SNR.

A few months ago I put up a roughly 635 ft horizontal loop antenna, which is about 20 to 40 ft above the ground, in a roughly rectangular shape. The goal was to have something with better MW reception than the T2FD. So far, it seems to be working well for that, also for HF.  I am anxious to try it on LW this winter.

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Spy Numbers / V13 10522 USB 1300z

« on: September 06, 2010, 1406 UTC »

Weak S1 signal into MD, but low noise levels so not too bad. Not one that I usually pick up here, so it was a nice catch.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925u UNID (KIPM?) 2021z 8-29-2010

« on: August 29, 2010, 2038 UTC »

Yes, hearing KIPM now at 2038z. S6/S7 signal into MD.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / KUSA 6935 USB 2039z

« on: August 14, 2010, 2125 UTC »

Mostly S3 signal, some peaks to S5.

Thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / The Crystal Ship 6858 AM 0140z

« on: August 11, 2010, 0145 UTC »

"Sounds of the Seventies" show. S9+ into MD.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: HERE COMES THE SUN - (WITH A Vengeance)

« on: August 08, 2010, 1431 UTC »

We had an M1 flare yesterday afternoon that killed HF below 10 MHz. WWV and CHU were gone.