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North American Shortwave Pirate / WFDR 6935 USB 2255 UTC 16 Jan 2022

« on: January 16, 2022, 2303 UTC »

Broadcasting FDR speeches

2301 UTC:  Station ID as WFDR, broadcasting from Shangri-la    OTA

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Sycko? 4185 USB 0300 UTC 14 Jan 2022

« on: January 14, 2022, 0305 UTC »

S5 into central MD
0300Z: music
0303Z: must conquer COVID!
0305Z: OTA

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Shortwave Broadcast / UNID 9265 AM 0050 UTC 07 JAN 2022

« on: January 07, 2022, 0054 UTC »

Schedule shows WINB, but no idea what data format this is (if there is data in this mess!).  Pretty constant S4 signal.  Not a (local) noise signal as I was also able to monitor it from one of the MD kiwis......

0102Z update:  hearing some roughly modulated audio now on the kiwi, and audio is improving. Those LSB spikes are gone from the kiwi now but i'm still getting them at my location.

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Shortwave Broadcast / All India Radio? 15030 AM 1435 UTC 03 Jan 2022

« on: January 03, 2022, 1441 UTC »

ID presumptive based on short-wave.info schedule.  Great signal into MD this AM.  At least SIO 444....bouncing around between S3 and 4. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Outhouse Radio 6935 USB 2257 UTC 18 DEC 2021

« on: December 18, 2021, 2258 UTC »

Sounds like techno music of some sort.  background to S3.  lots of static, unfortunately. Occasional CW....maybe "FLZ"?   Hope to hear more of this station, liked the tunes.
2325Z:  getting stronger, marginally.

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HF Mystery Signals / 43m broadband oddity

« on: December 18, 2021, 0040 UTC »

Take a look at THIS thing....the blob, not the 6895kHz signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6940.7 AM 2151 UTC 17 Dec 2021

« on: December 17, 2021, 2151 UTC »

One song, S5+ then OTA

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WFDR 6925 USB 2107 UTC 8 DEC 2021

« on: December 08, 2021, 2108 UTC »

Rebroadcast of news coverage of the 08 December 1941 joint session of Congress.  Good signal (S4+) and audio but faded to noise at 2110Z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 1919 UTC 7 DEC 2021

« on: December 07, 2021, 1922 UTC »

Xmas music.  S3 with some static and fades

1919Z: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
1921Z: Christmas is just around the corner
1927Z: Its the most wonderful time of the year
1929Z: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
1939Z-ish:  OTA

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Shortwave Broadcast / WBCQ? 6160 AM 0430 UTC 05 Dec 2021

« on: December 05, 2021, 0436 UTC »

Schedule says WBCQ or Pyongyang...neither seems right. S3 signal.

0432Z-"Shake your ass" by Blowfly
0435Z-"Portable Radio" by Clout
0438Z-female talking about speaking on the radio w/ male.
0446Z-some odd music mix

Maybe it is WBCQ....the program guide at http://wbcq.com/schedule/ has a more diverse set than I expected...

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Equipment / bigger LOG.....

« on: December 04, 2021, 1956 UTC »

Getting ready to embark on a great experiment....expanding my current LOG (~8x10m) quite a bit.  Going to run around the house (driveway crossing be damned) for a 35x20m loop. 

Fingers crossed...if it works i'll be able to move my feed line much much closer to the shack in addition to whatever additional benefits a larger antenna might have.....

Now if i can only find my yard staples....

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Shortwave Broadcast / WINB? 9265 AM 1724 UTC 27 NOV 2021

« on: November 27, 2021, 1729 UTC »

Very weak, mostly just a carrier on the WF with occasional bits of audio.  Tried doing some searches to see if i could eyeball the antenna and, well....it's interesting if I'm looking at the right thing.  The FCC database wasn't much help....anyone know the story here?

EDIT:  that's the feedline...it goes to a rhombic in a nearby field

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General Radio Discussion / WMLK photos

« on: November 27, 2021, 1239 UTC »

Was on a road trip in PA and (moderately) surprised to see WMLK’s antenna still standing….

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General Radio Discussion / moderately on topic...no RFI from new humidifier

« on: November 21, 2021, 1827 UTC »

Just purchased a small ultrasonic humidifier for my office since the desert-like humidity levels play havoc with my sinuses.  I was pleasantly surprised that the wall briquette and the device did not hash up my radios....at least the bits of HF, VHF, and UHF I'm currently monitoring. 

That is all!

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HF Mystery Signals / UNID 6970 2019 UTC 19 NOV 2021--see waterfall

« on: November 19, 2021, 2023 UTC »

Any ideas...twice these signals appeared simultaneously....