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Messages - Zoidberg

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6955 USB 2358 UTC 23 SEP 2023
« on: September 25, 2023, 0442 UTC »
9/24/23
6955 USB
0050z John Hiatt, Child of the Wild Blue Yonder
0054z Bryan Ferry, Driving Me Wild
0058z Wolverine Radio usual closing echo ID, SSTV
0100z Shout-out from other op, "Wolverine Radio, we love you!", weaker signal than Wolverine's

SINPO 55434, a few deep fades

Outdoors with Sony ICF 2010 portable on whip

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 0133 UTC 24 SEP 2023
« on: September 24, 2023, 0146 UTC »
6930 USB
0124z Some versions of Hotel California, Stairway to Heaven
0130z To Love Somebody
0138z Flute music -- corresponds with what myteaquinn logged, version of Du Hast by Algal. Probably same for other versions of songs I heard, familiar, yet ... not.

Barely audible through static crashes.
Outdoors with Sony ICF-2010 portable on the whip.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 23 SEP 2023
« on: September 23, 2023, 0156 UTC »
6960 AM
0125z carrier audible, nothing else
0128z sudden signal improvement, Rolling Stones, Harlem Shuffle
0131z Ball Smacker Radio ID, Proton mail address
0135z faded out here

Outside with Sony ICF-2010 on the whip. Tons of local RFI, otherwise might have heard more. Good signal for a few minutes.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Logbooks
« on: September 18, 2023, 0350 UTC »
Back around 1998 I used Clarion database software on an old PC to create a shareware logging utility based on the ARRL log book format. I made it as easy as possible to just tick a box and keep manual entries to a minimum, other than whatever notes the user wanted to add.

And soon afterward Clarion was discontinued. The  data logging shareware was standalone and didn't need a copy of Clarion to run. It also created standard data to transfer to any other database.

But I lost interest in trying to keep up with changes in tech.

Nowadays I mostly just listen. Due to heavy and worsening RFI blotting out the sky (it even breaks through FM stations here and completely wipes out most AM MW stations), I don't listen indoors anymore. It's almost impossible. If I want to stay indoors occasionally I'll try a remote SDR.

So I'll tote a portable out to the backyard. If I get at least 50 yards away from the nearest building it's tolerable. But I'm not gonna lug a laptop and WiFi booster. Occasionally I'll jot down a few notes on my phone for new-to-me stations or unique programs. Then I'll copy the logs to the HFU later. That's about it for the past few years.

I suppose I could create an Android app comparable to my old Clarion database for MSDOS and Win95. It would be easier than using the simple notepad with no formatting or boxes to tick to speed up logging.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RADIO 48 via MRI 6865 USB 0004 18 SEP 2023
« on: September 18, 2023, 0218 UTC »
9/18/23 0045-0220 UTC
6865 USB

0045z Techno version of 7 Nation Army, Radio 48 via Mix Radio International ID
0048z Final Countdown
0058z SOAD Chop Suey
0107z Radio 48 and Mix Radio International IDs
0108z Speeded up version of Linkin Park, In the End
0120z Don't Get Angry With Me
0127z Praise You, Fatboy Slim remix

Backyard with Sony ICF-2010 and mosquitos, taking notes on phone.

0145 UTC -- switched to indoor SDR to escape skeeters
Booming mile-wide signal, great audio, punching through heavy noise. Didn't realize until I got inside the carrier I heard on 6875 was Mix transmitting IDs in waterfall. Heard about this before, but first time I've seen it.

SINPO -- 54344, fighting through heavy noise, some interference and fading. Very good on outdoor portable with just the whip, excellent via SDR

0308 UTC -- still booming in, same signal strength, less interference, noise and fading, SINPO 55444

https://imgur.com/a/32d7BWo


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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 0339 UTC 3 SEP 2023
« on: September 03, 2023, 0406 UTC »
6950 USB
0345 UTC -- Guitar just barely audible via portable in the backyard.
0405 UTC -- Better via online SDR, thin audio, lots of static crashes, sounds like audio from movie or TV show with eerie background music
0407 UTC -- Oops, I just needed to reset filter bandwidth to get fuller audio. Some of the background music familiar, something I have in my own collection, reminiscent of The Moscow Coup Attempt project by Derek Whitacre.
0420 UTC -- SSTV, good signal but I still haven't installed MMSSTV on my laptop
0422 UTC -- Chanting, eerie music. Seems familiar, can't quite place it.
0430 UTC -- Yup, Moscow Coup Attempt, Failure of Shortwave Radio 2. Love Derek's stuff. I don't know why he's not already one of the hottest movie music guys, but his stuff is fire.
0441 UTC – More Moscow Coup Attempt, signal improving to Maryland SDR. Vultures, Do You Fear Sleep. The latter is one of the all time great moody songs.
0500 UTC – OTHR but music from TMCA still hanging in there
0508 UTC -- Shout out from op, thanky kindly, enjoyed the show



https://i.imgur.com/WwFP5zh.png

Off air recordings: https://archive.org/details/sdr.hfunderground.com_2023-09-03T04_39_17Z_6950.000_usb_Moscow-Coup-Attempt_Zoidberg-Radio/sdr.hfunderground.com_2023-09-03T04_39_17Z_6950.000_usb_Moscow-Coup-Attempt_Zoidberg-Radio.wav

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Two Dog Radio 6955 USB 0205 UTC 1 SEP 2023
« on: September 01, 2023, 0256 UTC »
6955 USB, 0210 UTC
Good signal to the backyard portable, Dire Straits songs. Not taking notes, just sitting outside with the big orange moon and a radio.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6926.7 USB 0230 UTC 27 Aug 2023
« on: August 27, 2023, 0436 UTC »
UNID music 6926.7 USB 0230 UTC 27 Aug 2023
Folk-ish music, couldn't copy clearly enough to ID anything, followed by SSTV -- no copy via outdoor portable. Off after SSTV

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WHIZ 6955 AM was USB 0006 UTC 27 AUG 2023
« on: August 27, 2023, 0431 UTC »
6955 AM
0240 UTC -- Music just barely audible via outdoor portable, never quite poked through enough to ID anything.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RADIO BUNNY 6930/6960 USB 0302 OTC 27 AUG 2023
« on: August 27, 2023, 0357 UTC »
Same heard here via outdoor portable.
6960 USB
0326 UTC - Old mashup of various WBNY clips, Boxxy, Pixies song
Variation of Cat's in the Cradle, others.

Moved indoors to fire up web SDR for better signal.

6930 USB
0355 UTC -- Outhouse Radio ID, chatter, version of Metal Health/Bang Your Head
0359 UTC -- Outhouse Radio really wants to know. SSTV, no copy here, still haven't setup MMSSTV on my PC.
0408 UTC -- shoutout to moi. Doing dandy, thanky kindly!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 19 AUG 2023
« on: August 19, 2023, 0217 UTC »
6960 AM
8/19/23
0215 UTC Bowling alley sound fx presumably Small Backer Radio, been hearing faint music since 0200 UTC, not enough to ID anything
0250 UTC SSTV, BS ID, Wildfire song, barely audible here. Conditions not great this summer.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2312 UTC 18 AUG 2023
« on: August 19, 2023, 0202 UTC »
6950 USB
8/19/23
0156 UTC Thunder Chicken Ratio ID and sound fx, fair to good signal.

0200 UTC Faded or weaker station audible

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Two Dog Radio 6935 USB 0302 UTC 13 AUG 2023
« on: August 13, 2023, 0412 UTC »
6935 USB
0409 UTC Tool, Forty Six & 2
 (My Shadow)
0433z Two Dog Radio ID during GNR Sweet Child O' Mine
0435z NIN Head Like a Hole

Signal improving since 0400z. Via backyard portable on a hot Texas night.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Drunken DJ Radio WDDR 15th Anniversary 6960 USB 0109 UTC 13 AUG 2023
« on: August 13, 2023, 0332 UTC »
6960 USB
0333 UTC Drunken DJ Radio after Brewer & Shipley, One Toke Over the Line
0336z Shout outs to HFU loggers
0337z Procul Harem, Whiter Shade of Pale
0359z Fink Ployd, See Emily Play

Very good signal to the outdoor portable in the backyard on a hot Texas night.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Ghosts in the Air Glow broadcasts from HAARP
« on: July 31, 2023, 0326 UTC »
That's interesting enough to motivate me to lug my portable gear out to a remote location to minimize RFI. For months it's almost impossible to copy anything from my home unless it's blasting an AM MW level signal.

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