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Utility / LL79 Phone Patch on 11175u

« on: May 09, 2011, 0009 UTC »

11175u hopping this evening.
At 23:57z Peurto Rico working  LL79 phone patch to "Duty Office" at what I took to be Shriever AFB (CO), gave ETA 20:30 local.

AtO:00z "Elegant" with a test count.

At 0:05z Andrews with a Skyking "foxtrot" message "SULJ"

At 00:35z LL79 working UNID base for f/u patch to "Duty Office."  Request for "Duty Van" and refuel vehicle.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 2012 International

« on: May 08, 2011, 2333 UTC »

IS this on 6925u?  Hearing very weak sig here at 23:33 sounds like dance music.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin 6930AM

« on: May 01, 2011, 2336 UTC »

Booming sig here at 23:35.  Nice  folk tunes!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID TV Themes on 6930u

« on: April 24, 2011, 2218 UTC »

At 22:15z hearing "Leave it to Beaver", "Simpsons",  "The Price is Right" and "The Love Boat."
Quite an eclectic mix I must say!



Off at 22:32, never did get an ID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin 6940AM

« on: April 24, 2011, 0321 UTC »

Weak to mod sig rocking StL

"Born to be Wild", followed by "You Shook Me All Night Long" at 03:20z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6.950 USB

« on: April 10, 2011, 0301 UTC »

Booming into Stl.  ID and SSTV at 03:00z.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Gaga 6935u

« on: April 09, 2011, 0321 UTC »

hearing some sweet Santana at 03 ;20z
SSTV at 03:31z, unable to copy here in StL

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North American Shortwave Pirate / unid 6925am

« on: April 09, 2011, 0259 UTC »

R&B coming through on a weak sig into STL. No ID as of yet

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6940 AM 2305Z

« on: March 27, 2011, 2346 UTC »

Heard ID at 23:44Z, while weak I believe it was for "Radio Casablanca."

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XFM 6925u

« on: March 27, 2011, 0204 UTC »

Gave email addy:  "xfmSHORTWAVE@GMAIL.COM," and a plug for HFunderground as well!  Strong and steady sig into StL.
Thanks foir the show.  

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Voice of Chaos 6925u

« on: March 14, 2011, 0030 UTC »

Made a tentative ID at 00:27z on a weak sig, hope signal strengthens, sounds like a good show.

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Utility / Molokai reporting diminished HF into Tokyo

« on: March 12, 2011, 0354 UTC »

Looks like the big quake in Japan has damaged some of their HF aircraft communications capacity.  
Molokai Hawaii HFDL Groundstation alerting UNID flight of diminished HF into Tokyo on 11312U khz at 03:45z:

HACARS mode: 2  Aircraft reg: .N674US
Message label: RA  Block id: G  [Uplink]
Message content:-
42 DISPATCHER

** NO ACK REQ **

?IT SHOULD NOT APPLY TO

YOU.  TOKYO RADIO HAS

DEMINISHED HF AT THIS TIME

BUT COMMUNICATION IS STILL

INTACT AND CLEAR.  MY RELIEF

DID NOTE SEND YOU A MSG BECASUE

HE DET THAY YOU WERE GOING TO
ENTER TOKYO ON VHF
 
IF I GET ANY MORE INFO I WILL SEND
THAT TO YOU AS WELL
MICHAEL KARRELS/FLIGHT CONTROL

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Utility / Re: At Last.....Continental Flight No 002!

« on: March 11, 2011, 0408 UTC »

Thanks for sharing my feat with such an appreciative audience PI4D!  I guess they know good monitoring when they see it LOL. 

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Utility / At Last.....Continental Flight No 002!

« on: March 10, 2011, 0329 UTC »

It's been almost a year since I've caught the HFDL from CO-002, (Guam to Honolulu) but with 11312 khz buzzing with signals tonight there she was at o3:20z on the far side of Hawaii,(161.57w) a welcome sight for these sunspot deprived eyes!

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Utility / Birds and Cranes Spotted near Newark

« on: March 07, 2011, 0109 UTC »

Who knew Newark NJ had so much wildlife, but the following warning is being issued on HFDL transmissions at 6661u this evening:


[HFNPDU ACARS FM GND TO AIR 27]
<SOH>2.N17105<NAK>A9E<STX>ED DOWNWINDS
AIRCRAFT MAY EXIT CLASS
B. COA RAMP PROCEDURES
IN EFFECT. USE CAUTION
FOR BIRDS AND CRANES IN
THE VICINITY OF EWR.
READBACK ALL RUNWAY HOLD
SHORT INSTRUCTIONS AND
ASSIGNED ALT. ...ADVS
YOU HAVE INFO<ETB>_b<NUL>