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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Someone starting on 6.940AM

« on: December 29, 2011, 1637 UTC »

Hey Sealord,

Thanks for the tip. I searched YouTube & it sounds just like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYJ6PylrgL8&feature=related

I just assumed it was a jammer. 

Funny thing is that I'm listening to the recording now & some pirate was goofing around over top of it, vocally doing the Close Encounters theme, singing song bits, etc. It was in SSB and I was recording in AM, so I haven't been able to/decode ID any announcements from the pirate.

I'll e-mail a recording of it to you if you'd like.

Thanks & have a great day!
Andrew

1892

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Someone starting on 6.940AM

« on: December 29, 2011, 1332 UTC »

Yeah, I heard & recorded this, too. The jammer sounded like 6 or 7 electronic tones, ascending up in pitch like a staircase. I've never heard SWBC on 6940 kHz & wouldn't've guessed that a jammer would so quickly find & jam a station in the middle of nowhere frequency-wise. Anyone else know what this might've been?
Thanks!

1893

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Undercover Radio 6930u 12/28/11 0026 UTC

« on: December 29, 2011, 0424 UTC »

Funny, it seemed to decode OK in LSB on the R8.   
Thanks, Turtlehead, for the response. I've been missing your shows, but I'm trying...
Have a great evening!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Undercover Radio 6930u 12/28/11 0026 UTC

« on: December 28, 2011, 0246 UTC »

Much better signal here, clear IDs right away. I had it in LSB on 6930 on the nose, so not sure if it was in DSB or if he switched modes. I thought maybe it was being relayed by Turtlehead Radio, but maybe not.

Thanks for the show!
Andrew

1895

General Radio Discussion / Requesting info for 2012 Pirate Radio Annual...and Merry Christmas!

« on: December 25, 2011, 1418 UTC »

Hi,
First of all, Merry Christmas to everyone. Thanks to all of the stations for the Christmas broadcasts (I’ve missed every show this weekend because of traveling and having an insufficient setup, but that’s another story).

I’m a little further ahead of the game this year and I’ve been starting to write entries for the 2012 edition of the Pirate Radio Annual. So, if you’d like to contribute information about anything, photos, or programming in the MP3 format, please e-mail it to me. The sooner I receive anything from stations, the easier it will be for me to write it and make it more accurate.

Thanks for all of your help & have a great Christmas!
Andrew

1896

General Radio Discussion / Re: A comparison of three low power AM shortwave pirate transmitters

« on: December 21, 2011, 1428 UTC »

Really nice comparison & interesting article. Yeah, I always really enjoy the Channel Z DX tests, so it's really cool to see the side-by-side comparisons (especially because I missed this particular one).
Thanks for the article!
Andrew

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Northwoods Radio, 6935u

« on: December 17, 2011, 2323 UTC »

Just tuned in at 2320 & heard Jackpine Savage with a brief announcement & into novelty music about making snow. Great to Hear Northwoods again!

Thanks for the show!
Andrew

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio 2012 Intl 6925 12/17 *2222 UTC

« on: December 17, 2011, 2225 UTC »

On immediately after Dr. Tim audio & transmitter went off. BIG signal with IDs and WMPR-like techno show

Thanks for the show & please QSL
Andrew Yoder
POB 109
BRS, PA 17214

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Doctor Tim 6925 AM 2056z

« on: December 17, 2011, 2219 UTC »

Been listening to Radio Dr Tim with the lights off, beside the Christmas tree, on the Hallicrafters SX-96. Lots of Christmas music. Very nice. Also heard the Morse code a few min ago, so I guess it was part of the program. Deep fades here, but mostly pretty good.

Thanks to Dr. Tim & also to the relay station!
Andrew

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6.925 AM

« on: December 10, 2011, 2323 UTC »

Hearing standup comedy right now that seems to be the same as was reported last night on Captain Morgan's Christmas show, so that's who I'm putting my bet on.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925 AM?

« on: November 02, 2011, 0123 UTC »

Yeah, Radio Malta was on, but much weaker than 10/31. Rave-on Radio signed on at 0200. Started fair/good here & is now really solid.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: The Philosophies of Shortwave and Pirate Listeners

« on: October 21, 2011, 0259 UTC »

I think that very few people in the US know anything about shortwave radio. Probably well below 1% of the population. But the really great thing is that even 0.33 percent of the US is a million people. If it's even 0.1 percent, that's still 300,000 people and stations like Wolverine Radio and XFM can reach every one. Wide geographic coverage of a niche audience is pretty cool.

Likewise, I've thought that the aspect of creating our own culture is a pretty interesting thing. TV shapes the bulk of our culture, but we've got a little eddy of current that, although still part of the river, is a bit different. And I've had the pleasure of meeting a number of pirate listeners and sometimes it feels almost like I've already met the person because we have a number of things in common that few other people understand

1903

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UnId 6925.2 AM

« on: September 11, 2011, 0158 UTC »

WBNY

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925.20 lsb UNID, 01:10z

« on: September 09, 2011, 0121 UTC »

WBNY. Pretty late in the evening, so maybe a relay?

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Another article "trying" to grasp pirate radio

« on: September 02, 2011, 1846 UTC »

Thanks for the link. Looks like the columnist has somewhat of an interest in pirates or at least isn't really opposed to most.

One question that I've wondered about for the 20 or so years since I've heard about RF fingerprinting. What do mods do to that fingerprint. For example, when Poet did all kinds of mods to his Valiant, it had to change the RF fingerprint. I would think that just changing a tube could conceivably change it. I'd like to see some full-out studies on this technique.

For example, two unmodified Viking Valiant II transmitters should have more similar fingerprints than a Viking Valiant II and a Knight T-150, for example. But, if one of those Viking Valiant II transmitters is heavily modded (audio and RF sections), I would think that it not only wouldn't have the same fingerprint anymore, but it probably wouldn't even be in the same "family" of fingerprints as other Valiant IIs.

I guess what it comes down to, for the cautious pirate, is: if pirates are also hams, they should operate on HF with ham-only equipment. I doubt that the FCC would be sitting around, trying to fingerprint every ham transmitter to see if they can match with a pirate signal, but an ounce of prevention...