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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925u UNID Male Voice

« on: July 31, 2008, 0309 UTC »

0308 - Male Voice - sounds like reading short dispatches of something, pausing (listening for a reply?)

SIO 212 - Central FL


-- "Dead Cat Radio"?  Reports of Meowing and mention of  some cat named Fritz, though I was unable to hear at my QTH...

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Eel drink for Japan's hot summer

« on: July 28, 2008, 1808 UTC »

I like fresh-water eel but to my childhood tastes it still fell into the "tastes like chicken" category.

Though my Mom's cooking made a lot of things taste "just like chicken...." There's no telling what I was really reared on...

That said, the "kaba-yaki" sounds pretty tasty...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925.80 Sycko

« on: July 28, 2008, 0043 UTC »

just tuned in...
SIO 212 - little crashy here
0040 Genesis - "Paperlate"

0044 - "International Shortwave"

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Witches......

« on: July 21, 2008, 1215 UTC »

Hey it's not as if the witch sold Elvis' entire catalogue to Michael Jackson or anything...wait...come to think of it, that was a CLOSE one!

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Witches......

« on: July 17, 2008, 1632 UTC »

Damn, I thought I was the only witch about lately... ;-)

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General Radio Discussion / Re: the future of radio

« on: July 17, 2008, 1630 UTC »

General Shortwave listening concerns me as being in some peril, with stations transmitting via internet stations and satellite rather than traditional means. I listen to a number of differing types of stations, spynumbers, utility, milcomms and such, and those don't seem to have "plans" for disappearing in favor of other modes,  but I worry that simple listening to cultural programming over shortwave might eventually disappear.

I'd be interested in what other folks think.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925

« on: July 13, 2008, 2341 UTC »

23:38 - "Amber" - 311
23:40 - whoops - sounds like "Cassanova"
SIO - 121 dim in my noise here

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: SSTV or FAX 6925u 0146Z

« on: July 07, 2008, 0438 UTC »

Scottie, if I recall correctly, I've only correctly copied SSTV a few times' in my case it was always mostly luck. On the pirate bands seems like Scottie is best to start.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio appalachia 6925.something USB 2325 UTC

« on: July 07, 2008, 0113 UTC »

Nice copy Sealord, thanks for the link!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mike Rowe Dirty Jobs 6925 USB 2231 UTC

« on: July 06, 2008, 2304 UTC »

Growing in strength here, some irony in the playlist noted...

Just restarted the server, if the stream stays up, I'm trying to simulcast:

http://uncorq.dyndns.org:8866/listen.pls

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Speech 6925 kHz 2005 UTC

« on: July 06, 2008, 2018 UTC »

weak, crashy condx  here, but my first time copying this so, still a treat.

SIO 111 from Central FL.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WBNY 6925 USB 1253 UTC

« on: July 06, 2008, 1940 UTC »

I'm getting crackle static crashes *near* 6925, my usual local qrm doesn't appear to be present. I'm in FL. I've heard vague complaints this week that condx are crappy. Some better some worse, varying by region. I live in the lightning and thunderstorm "alley" of Florida, so I have a hard time knowing, but I think your observations are shared by others.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925 UNID "Hello Itasca" - KHAQQ 0225

« on: July 03, 2008, 0233 UTC »

0225 - "Hello Itasca this is KHAQQ KHAQQ"  (Originally thought to have been "KHACQ", but corrected via historical info)

Props to Jon-FL and Lex for transcribing the audio - was noisy to copy @ my QTH.

Almost like a marine vessel call-up, no response....

0227 - Strangely good quality oldies jazz clips, off and on again...

ongoing... SIO 444 in Central FL

Of Historical reference:

"Itasca is most famous as the "picket ship" that would provide air navigation and radio links for Amelia Earhart when she made her 1937 flight around the world. Itasca attempted to keep in radio contact with her, however, they couldn't manage to keep contact as Earhart had
difficulty in using her radio equipment."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Itasca_%281929%29

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Other / Re: UNID 5385 USB personal QSO

« on: June 27, 2008, 1356 UTC »

Hmmm! Another freq to watch in my scan bank - a nice, if not strange - catch!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / SYCKO 6925.60u...Male Voices..."...you okay, George?"

« on: June 27, 2008, 0141 UTC »

so far...
ID "SYCKO RADIO" deep synth'd voice, mixed