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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine 6950 USB 0003 22 OCT 2017

« on: October 22, 2017, 0317 UTC »

Weak under t-storm noise. Not sit back, relax, & listen kind conditions this evening.
Maybe next time. Thanks for the show

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Laser Hot Hits 6205 AM 2120 UTC 21 Oct 2017

« on: October 21, 2017, 2259 UTC »

So far, I've had a carrier but no audio

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Old-Time Radio unid 6770 AM 2205+ UTC 21 Oct 2017

« on: October 21, 2017, 2212 UTC »

Good signal with Wild Bill Hickock show & ad for Kellogg's cereal. Thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WREC 6949.3 AM 1837 UTC 21 Oct 2017

« on: October 21, 2017, 1900 UTC »

Pretty weak & fading. Tuned in during a phone call that I guess is a prank call? Thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6880 AM 1445 UTC 20 Oct 2017

« on: October 20, 2017, 1945 UTC »

Steve'n'Seagulls covering "You Shook Me All Night Long"

VG signal

Thanks for the show!

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Latin American Pirate / Re: Lupo Radio 6973 AM 2313 UTC 19 OCT 2017

« on: October 19, 2017, 2353 UTC »

Thanks much! I hope to be able to dig out enough audio to use it 

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Latin American Pirate / Re: Lupo Radio 6973 AM 2313 UTC 19 OCT 2017

« on: October 19, 2017, 2337 UTC »

Have had audio on a few peaks. Sounded like older music with a woman singing. I would have a better signal, but the R8's lousy sync detector can't lock on to much anything, including this signal, but it's awesome to finally hear a signal from Lupo! Is an e-mail address available?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Old Time Radio 6770 AM 1240 UTC 19 Oct 2017

« on: October 19, 2017, 1301 UTC »

Pretty good signal here, but RFI from the washer. Caught the end of the NBC show "The Adventures of . . . ." Great to hear it again

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Moonlight Radio 6925 USB 2115 UTC 14 OCT 2017

« on: October 14, 2017, 2156 UTC »

Pretty good signal here again

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Recycle Radio 6873.6 AM 2135 UTC 14 Oct 2017

« on: October 14, 2017, 2156 UTC »

Decent, clear signal with ID/e-mail address into "Stepping Stone"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Moonlight Radio 6930 USB 2147 UTC 13 Oct 2017

« on: October 13, 2017, 2216 UTC »

Haven't heard an ID, but sounded like a British-accented DJ. Good signal!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6880 AM 1443 UTC 13 Oct 2017

« on: October 13, 2017, 2215 UTC »

The Outfield & then long talk about shortwave radio, CIDX barbeque, etc. Excellent signal

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Getting SWBC Station QSLs

« on: October 13, 2017, 2154 UTC »

fkradio: Thanks for the tip on no attachments. I always send attachments to pirates & wouldn't've thought not to include one to an SWBC station

Just a general comment: Aside from my first two or so years of SWLing, I've avoided writing reports to major stations & instead went after pirates & occasionally smaller & private SWBC stations. One year in the early 2000s, I think, I sent something like 40 reports to stations in Peru, Bolivia, & Venezuela. I think my success rate was about 5% or so. Now, most of the government stations are gone, so I guess I should've written to them instead! 

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For Sale / Wanted / Barter / Re: T-368

« on: October 12, 2017, 1310 UTC »

Yeah, according to one of the links from Didu Heardat (thanks!), it's 400 W carrier and 650 lbs.! A GRC-26 in a remote area or on wheels behind a large pickup would be interesting

. . . or maybe a bit more than a large pickup:

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For Sale / Wanted / Barter / T-368

« on: October 08, 2017, 0313 UTC »

I received a call tonight from a radio hobbyist who had recently been at a hamfest in NJ. There, he saw someone who had a T-368 transmitter that had recently been restored at the Tobyhanna Army Depot & had its audio opened up to 6 kHz. He said that it has spares, which I assume means a full extra set of tubes? My friend said that he'd tell others about it, so he told me & ask if I knew anyone interested. Because of the price and the weight, I don't. But I asked it was OK if I post it here.

This T-368 was made by B&W (I don't which version it is) & I believe it's capable of about 500 watts carrier from 1500 kHz to 20 MHz. They're huge beasts & about the closest that the Americans have to the German Rohde & Schwartz transmitters that the Dutch pirates use.

Anyway, the asking price on this transmitter is $2,000. I don't know if that's negotiable. I assume part of the price is because it was refurbed by the Army. My friend said he'd send the contact info of the guy who's selling it, so if you're interested, I can pass it along.

Neither I nor my contact have any actual connections to the sale of this equipment, but they *are* really cool pieces of equipment that I hear about more often than I see.