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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Korea 9435AM 1341 UTC 06 OCT 2018

« on: October 06, 2018, 1343 UTC »

Carrier and unintelligible audio.  S1 at best, way down in the QRN.   SIO 111....
1341: female talking
1342: Music with some lady singing.  Probably highly entertaining if the lyrics could be made out. 

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Shortwave Broadcast / IRIB VO IRAN 7425 AM 2204 UTC 05 OCT 2018

« on: October 05, 2018, 2208 UTC »

S3-4, SIO 333.  Chanting, but sounds like something else (man talking) trying to cut in.  Can't tell if it's another station or not

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Shortwave Broadcast / MWV The Light of Life 11610 AM 2146 UTC 05 OCT 2018

« on: October 05, 2018, 2147 UTC »

Coming in strong (S4-5) and clear.  SIO 444. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Relay station? 6880 AM 1453 UTC 05 OCT 2018

« on: October 05, 2018, 1455 UTC »

1453:  Pink Floyd "Shine on..."  S1-2 with deep fades. SIO 222 ish
1457:  Pink Floyd "Fat old sun" (according to Siri).  Signal pumping up ....S3-5, SIO 344
1503:  Continuing w/ Pink Floyd!  "What do you want from me".  Signal trying to settle down to a stable S3. 
1508:  Pink Floyd "Time". 
1509:  Big time (lol) fade.  Still have the carrier at S4 but no audio.
1511: Back on the air.  Must have been changing carts or turntables.  LOL! (Siri ID) "Charity" by someone. 



Thanks for the workday show!

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Shortwave Broadcast / MWV African Pathways Radio 17640 AM 1845 UTC 30 Sept 2018

« on: September 30, 2018, 1851 UTC »

Surprisingly clear transmission; S2-3; SIO 444.  According to the db the tx site is Madagascar...if that's correct maybe we have a nice duct across at least part of E Africa on 16m? 

1845:  Preachy stuff
1848: Station contact info
1851: Station ID
1851: Music

81

Shortwave Broadcast / WRNO? 7505 AM 1835 UTC 30 SEPT 2018

« on: September 30, 2018, 1840 UTC »

Think this is WRNO but off-schedule.

1836:  Great Wall by Da' TRUTH etc.
1838: preachy stuff

S4-5, SIO 444

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Shortwave Broadcast / VO oromo liberation 15420 AM 1725 UTC 30 Sept 2018

« on: September 30, 2018, 1726 UTC »

1725:  Pretty agitated guy preaching something or another. 
1726:  Music, fades starting to come and go.
SIO 233; weak signal at just above S1 but low noise and moderate fades. 

83

Shortwave Broadcast / NHK Radio Japan 6105 AM 0204 UTC 29 SEPT 2018

« on: September 30, 2018, 0205 UTC »

Burning it up at a solid S7 here.  According to the db it's the transmitter in France....

84

Propagation / solar minimum thermosphere...

« on: September 29, 2018, 2252 UTC »

Since i HAVEN'T read the tutorial yet, i can't interpret what this means in terms of the ionosphere (if anything), but....

https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2018/09/27/the-chill-of-solar-minimum/

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Equipment / Antenna graffiti

« on: September 23, 2018, 1246 UTC »

If strange graffiti starts showing up on neighborhood houses, I know nothing about it.

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-spray-on-antennas-potential-smart-technology.html

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Shortwave Broadcast / Reach Across Australia 9670 AM 1224 UTC 21 Sept 2018

« on: September 21, 2018, 1227 UTC »

Fading in and out of the noise floor, maybe a S4. 
1224: man speaking; someone with better ears might be able to make out what he's saying
1226 UTC: music

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Clandestine Stations / National Unity Radio 9885 AM 1211 UTC 21 SEPT 2018

« on: September 21, 2018, 1213 UTC »

S4-5 above a S3 background.  Fair amount of QRN, but can make out what sounds like news or a lecture....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6880 AM 1224 UTC 20 SEPT 2018

« on: September 20, 2018, 1230 UTC »

Oldies music.  Good copy at S4 above a S3 background...periodic fades w some QRN.

Thought I heard a pretty professional sounding ID/ segue but didn’t catch the ID.

Was wondering if it was intermod, but I've been able to pick it up on a few web SDRs as well....so if it's intermod, it's not just me.

1228: ID?
1228: Stevie wonder “superstition”
1302: Carrier still up, can't make out any audio
1422: Audio back. 
1425: EBS alert for the state of XX?  WTF? 
1432: station ID, something with "FM" in it (!?!?!)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6880 AM 1459 UTC 18 Sept 2018

« on: September 18, 2018, 1500 UTC »

Carrier with occasional music breaking through QRN
1507 UTC: gospel or blues?
1509 UTC: “wild thing”
1510 UTC:  maybe a station ID over “wild thing”?
1528 UTC:  Elvis “can’t help falling in love”
1531 UTC:  Ray Charles?

S4-S5 into OBX

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Shortwave Broadcast / Reach beyond Australia 9720AM 1334Z 18 Sept 2018

« on: September 18, 2018, 1336 UTC »

Mostly just a carrier but music and box occasionally fades in.