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Equipment / Re: Eddystone 830-4
« on: December 08, 2018, 0410 UTC »
DROOL.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Ukraine International 7780 AM 0240 UTC 27 Nov 2018
« on: November 27, 2018, 0242 UTC »
SIO 444. Some minor fading.
0242: reporting on the Sea of Azov incident
via WYFR. Grrr.
0242: reporting on the Sea of Azov incident
via WYFR. Grrr.
153
Clandestine Stations / Radio Marti 7355 AM 0227 UTC 27 Nov 2018
« on: November 27, 2018, 0228 UTC »
SIO 555. Not a trace of jamming, signal peaks up to S8 (!)
154
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 2216 UTC 25 Nov 2018
« on: November 25, 2018, 2238 UTC »
Just above the noise floor here. Off at 2237
155
North American Shortwave Pirate / YEAH MAN RADIO 6921 AM 2123 USB 25 NOV 2018
« on: November 25, 2018, 2124 UTC »
Drum intro, then jazz.....S4
2140: station ID
2140: station ID
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North American Shortwave Pirate / The Quacker, QWK 6878 USB 2210 UTC 24 NOV 2018
« on: November 24, 2018, 2211 UTC »
2210: Bruce Springsteen "Highway 29"
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6859.5 USB 1528 UTC 24 Nov 2018
« on: November 24, 2018, 1529 UTC »
Occasional bursts of music (piano, flute, etc) and noise pops on freq. Good clear signal, max S4 or so.
1530: song w/kettle drums? might be slightly off freq.
1533: off air
1530: song w/kettle drums? might be slightly off freq.
1533: off air
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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio New Zealand 7425 AM 1049 UTC 09 Oct 2018
« on: October 09, 2018, 1056 UTC »
Coming in at S2-3, SIO 333. moderate fading but decent copy.
1050: music
1052: announcer talking about the last song....
1053: more music (maybe 'Sira' by someone i haven't heard of according to Siri)
1050: music
1052: announcer talking about the last song....
1053: more music (maybe 'Sira' by someone i haven't heard of according to Siri)
160
Equipment / Antenna phaser?
« on: October 09, 2018, 0217 UTC »
Are there only three antenna phasers on the market (quantum, MFJ, and DXE)? The latter is waaaay too pricey, and the quantum apparently is only good up to 2000kHz....which leaves the MFJ box, and I know a lot of folks aren’t fans of their equipment.
Was thinking about adding a second LOG and using it as an array with the first one...
Was thinking about adding a second LOG and using it as an array with the first one...
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6940 USB 2323 UTC 07 OCT 2018
« on: October 07, 2018, 2323 UTC »
2323U: Kiss "Shout it out loud", just above S1 but fairly clear. SIO 244-ish
2324: silence......
2324: silence......
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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Guinee 9650 AM 2139 UTC 07 OCT 2018
« on: October 07, 2018, 2140 UTC »
Good S4 signal; SIO 333...some interference from Radio Algerienne on 9655, I think.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Paisano 6925 AM 1855 UTC 7 Oct 2018
« on: October 07, 2018, 1926 UTC »
Going strong on the BOG. Solid S4 signal, SIO 455!!
1925: Station ID?
1925: Station ID?
164
Shortwave Broadcast / MWV African Pathways Radio 17640 AM 1810 UTC 07 OCT 2018
« on: October 07, 2018, 1811 UTC »
Booming signal. S4-6. SIO 444
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Equipment / Re: Cat6 wire for RX antenna
« on: October 07, 2018, 1600 UTC »
Pretty much any wire will work for receiving. The tricks are 1) location, 2) geometry, and 3) getting a reasonable impedance match to your feedline and/or radio (doesn’t have to be exact...but you don’t want a high Z antenna trying to feed a low Z input or vice versa.
I had decent (eg better than the included whip) results with some plain old enameled wrapping wire connected to my Sony portable. In fact, my old grinding came with an external antenna that was just a spool of 28-ish GA wire with a plug on the end.
Play around with it and have fun. Plastic thumbtacks are useful for temporary installations inside....
I had decent (eg better than the included whip) results with some plain old enameled wrapping wire connected to my Sony portable. In fact, my old grinding came with an external antenna that was just a spool of 28-ish GA wire with a plug on the end.
Play around with it and have fun. Plastic thumbtacks are useful for temporary installations inside....
