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General Radio Discussion / equipment auction

« on: August 05, 2022, 1329 UTC »

For once, facebook sent me an ad that was actually relevant....pointing to an online auction for some radio gear. Since my dream of picking up a boat anchor for pennies has been squashed, i thought i'd share the love...

https://schulmanauction.hibid.com/catalog/386183/ham-radio--alpha--icom--yaesu-and-more--august-2022/?q=36

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 AM 0048 UTC 2 AUG 2022

« on: August 02, 2022, 0059 UTC »

Once again you beat me by moments! Deleting my duplicative post now....

~0044 UTC: Saw this in the waterfall but thought it was part of the 6950 USB signal
0057 UTC: Coming in stronger (but still <S2) and can make out music (blues?). Definitely an AM signal but losing the lower side lobe into the 6950 USB transmission.
0101 UTC: faded into QRN

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6950 USB 2306 UTC 1 Aug 2022

« on: August 02, 2022, 0048 UTC »

0048Z 02 Aug. S3-S4 but really good audio!
0102Z: Thanks for the shout out! Just tuned back in after investigating your neighbor on 6955 AM

0125Z: starting to fade out

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6920 USB 2321 UTC 31 JUL 2022

« on: July 31, 2022, 2323 UTC »

beat me to it! Only S1-S2 here unfortunately.

2323Z:tail end of"Always look on the bright side of life"
2323Z: another monty python song? 'sit on my face and tell me that you love me....'
2325Z: more monty python...i think we have a theme here.
2328Z: SSTV, followed by WF image of some sort

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0220 UTC 30 JUL 2022

« on: July 30, 2022, 0229 UTC »

Weak USB signal, blues followed by SSTV (maybe ML280, caught it late), then more blues. Fading into QRN at 0229 UTC.
0233 UTC...more SSTV but i've got blobs of QRM crawling across the band now

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Corn Desert outpost (tent) 6920 USB 2256 UTC 25 July 2022

« on: July 25, 2022, 2344 UTC »

Yeah i just recalibrated against WWV and this seems to be on 6920.05.
0129UTC: still going, high QRN, S2-3
0132UTC: weird digital mode? if it was a waterfall image i couldn't make it out....
0134UTC: Supertramp, Take the long way home
0139UTC:

music still going but losing it into the noise

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General Radio Discussion / Moskva SOS?

« on: April 14, 2022, 0240 UTC »

Ran across this on Twitter, no idea of the validity....
https://twitter.com/jon96179496/status/1514384736319328265?s=20&t=UCGoB8CIR3CT-KTaYV2ItQ

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General Radio Discussion / SAR based radar interference tracker

« on: March 20, 2022, 2047 UTC »

Interesting article on SAR and its ?unexpected? utility in identifying radar emitters..
https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2022/02/11/radar-interference-tracker-a-new-open-source-tool-to-locate-active-military-radar-systems/

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Russian HF

« on: March 05, 2022, 1711 UTC »

Indeed! There's a youtube channel that continually monitors UVB-76, and you can sometimes catch the 'weirdos' in action

Even on the days when i can pick up the buzzer at my location i haven't been able to catch any of the related fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUgzv-8_EMc

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General Radio Discussion / Russian HF

« on: March 04, 2022, 1450 UTC »

From the Scan-DC mailing list; no idea of how valid these are.

3920.00 USB Working stations in rear bases or Russia
4029.50 USB Tactical in-country, jammed with screaming
woman and "Rooster" jammer loops
4090.50 CW Endless 5L groups in Cyrillic, unknown origin
4128.50 CW Endless 5L groups in Cyrillic, unknown origin
4220.00 USB Duplex for mobiles wkg control on 5125 kHz
4380.00 USB “Basis” Kaliningrad ATC
4395.00 CW Endless 5L groups in Cyrillic, unknown origin
4397.00 USB Tactical artillery coordinates etc, jammed by
“Rooster”
4421.00 USB Unknown air use
4610.00 USB Tactical artillery coordinates etc
4625.00 USB S28 - (The Buzzer) - no MONOLITH heard, but
continuous jamming and pirate radio stations being weird. Ukraine
national anthem. Waterfall pictures. Screaming pig jammer.
4649.50 USB Possible Tank Commanders main active channel,
possible Artillery, bearings/grid numbers in Russian, very busy but
now seems dead
4651.00 CW Russian Navy Maritime Patrol/ ASW a/c ground control
4913.00 CW Endless 5L groups in Cyrillic, unknown origin
5050.00 USB Jamming
5125.00 USB Suspected Russian mil command channel, mostly
hearing jamming - the pig loop, Ukraine patriotic music, loop of
Russian voice "Go back to Russia."
5130.00 USB Reported Ukraine MOD use, unverified
5293.00 CW RMP-Russian Navy Baltic Fleet HQ, broadcast
messages for Baltic Fleet collective REO in Cyrillic, “KARTA,” loud at
1843
5331.00 USB Russian military comms, Rooster jamming
5784.00 USB Korsar, Air Force transport control, primary
ground channel
6460.70 CW RMP, like 5293
6552.00 CW Russian Navy MPA/ASW air. Duplex w/6752
6752.00 CW Russian Navy MPA/ ASW ground. Dx w/6552

7050.00 LSB "40 Meter Radio War," stations jamming each
other, similar activity on 7055 and other frequencies
7933.00 USB Very active Russian mil in Kyiv area, heavy
pig jammer and similar, now seems dead
8112.00 CW Russian Air Force - Ground control for bombers
and tankers. A/c on 8990
8131.00 USB Russian Air Force - Bombers and tankers.
Katolik wkg Balans, Russian Air Force Moscow
8821.00 CW Russian Navy, "S" marker and aircraft duplex
with ground on 8830
8830.00 CW Russian Navy ground, aircraft transmit 8821
8990.00 CW Russian Air Force ground, aircraft transmit 8112
9741.00 ISB Very busy command channel, Russian military
with coordinates, LSB and USB duplex
10021.00 CW Russian Navy Maritime Patrol/ ASW a/c ground control
18030.00 USB Korsar: Russian Military Transport Aviation HQ,
Moscow

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