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Software / WSPR?

« on: June 03, 2021, 0230 UTC »

Has anyone messed around w/WSPR on their SDRs?  Thought it might be a useful tool for monitoring real world propagation at my QTH.

Would be neat if Multimode added it…(nudges Chris…

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0000 UTC 30 May 2021

« on: May 30, 2021, 0044 UTC »

0040 UTC station id “wolverine radio”
S6 in OBX on background of lightning crashes and some damn hash noise that wasn’t here an hour ago…..

Listening on the afedri and a LOG thrown on some sand dunes….

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 0116 UTC 15 Feb 2021

« on: February 15, 2021, 0432 UTC »

you guys listen close
that was about a couple watts

Do you have it right at 6950? Seems more like 6950.015 or so...i just calibrated against WWV.

that's what it said on the transmitter +

Maths isn't my strong suit.   

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 0116 UTC 15 Feb 2021

« on: February 15, 2021, 0121 UTC »

0115 UTC: Paul Simon Slip Sliding Away
0120 UTC:  off

peaking at S2 in central MD. 

Do you have it right at 6950? Seems more like 6950.015 or so...i just calibrated against WWV.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 4020 USB 2235 UTC 13 Feb 2021

« on: February 14, 2021, 0100 UTC »

Solid S6 into central MD.  Good audio

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North American Shortwave Pirate / PeeWee Radio 6925 USB 0035 UTC 14 Feb 2021

« on: February 14, 2021, 0038 UTC »

SSTV ID @0037 UTC

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Shortwave Broadcast / WTWW Ham Nation 5085 AM 2130 UTC 13 Feb 2021

« on: February 13, 2021, 2134 UTC »

Kicked on right around 2130 UTC.   Thought it was a pirate, dammit. 

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General Radio Discussion / China bans BBC

« on: February 11, 2021, 1825 UTC »

Maybe the UK will fire up those transmitters again....

https://www.politico.eu/article/china-bans-bbc-for-fake-news-on-xinjiang-coronavirus/

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General Radio Discussion / Get in on the ground floor! DC to 20Ghz radio receiver....

« on: February 06, 2021, 0006 UTC »

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-quantum-entire-radio-frequency-spectrum.amp

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Propagation / 49m good this evening....

« on: February 04, 2021, 0429 UTC »

Was some solar activity earlier in the day....not sure if that's the reason but 49m is hoppin' this evening.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Havana? 6100 kHz 0416 UTC 04 Feb 2021

« on: February 04, 2021, 0418 UTC »

short-wave.info and DX Toolbox show this as KCBS Pyongyang, but definitely spanish.  Very strong too....S7ish.  Music, maybe news? 

Yup, station ID at 0433 UTC.  Radio Havana Cuba....

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General Radio Discussion / check 486kHz!

« on: December 25, 2020, 1613 UTC »

Think i could see the carrier last night, but i've got a lot of QRM around there so can't be sure.  Wasn't able to make out any audio.

http://www.arrl.org/news/virginia-radio-amateur-will-commemorate-1906-fessenden-christmas-eve-broadcast

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General Radio Discussion / ELoran RFI

« on: September 07, 2020, 1401 UTC »

Interesting discussion about RFI from a reactivated LORAN site in NJ....

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/am-radio-interference-cape-may.411689/

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General Radio Discussion / Different kind of pirate...

« on: July 18, 2020, 0037 UTC »

From the files of “WTF?!”

https://qrznow.com/unauthorized-transmissions-in-144-mhz-satellite-allocation/

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Russian Kerosene Powered Radio

« on: July 09, 2020, 1408 UTC »

1000 roentgens per hour never hurt no one.

At least not for long....