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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid: 6925, 1/19/13, 1736+

« on: January 19, 2013, 1742 UTC »

Station on & off with test counts & trying to eliminate distortion in audio. Nice signal, but some "rippling" distortion. Not sure if it's RF feedback or something else. Am recording it if op's interested in how it sounds here.

1892

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: R Spaceshutle 15880 USB 1213 Jan 19

« on: January 19, 2013, 1339 UTC »

Hearing flute music at 1337 on freq. Long, slow fade ups. Haven't heard any IDs yet

1893

SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: What's a decent mid priced SDR for LW/MW/HF?

« on: January 18, 2013, 1349 UTC »

Chris & Token: Thanks for the comments! That helps a lot. I was looking at reviews last night & saw a lot of positives on the SDR-IQ, but also saw a number of people who said that it was much noisier than the typical receiver. Do many of these receivers stack up well against the older contingent of top-end hobby-level radios (e.g., R-8, R-5000, ICR-71, NRD-525)?
Thanks again!

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: What's a decent mid priced SDR for LW/MW/HF?

« on: January 17, 2013, 1415 UTC »

Can the SDR-IQ record chunks of spectrum like the Perseus? When I get an SDR, I want it for recording ranges overnight or when I'm away from home...oh and I think it'd be really handy for hearing the Irish church pirates on the CB band.

1895

General Radio Discussion / 3220 kHz

« on: January 15, 2013, 0451 UTC »

Working on the Pirate Radio Annual tonight & I came across some loggings of stations on 3220 kHz (presumably all harmonics of 1610 pirates or Part-15 stations, such as logs by Joe Farley, N8Hensley, and Kilocat7. Just wondered if anyone was still hearing these or actively tuning 3200-3420 kHz looking for these harmonics?

Interesting stuff.

Have a great night!
Andrew

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Captain Morgan 6925A 01-13-13 0236

« on: January 13, 2013, 0306 UTC »

Great signal here!

1897

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WFMT Family Radio 6924.53 AM 0025 UTC 13 Jan 2013

« on: January 13, 2013, 0100 UTC »

Huge signal with a live comedy segment recorded in Minnesota (about terrorists, Jersey Shore characters, phone apps, taking LSD, etc.) broken up with WFMT IDs. Interesting conditions tonight because I'm getting some multipath echo at times.
Thanks for the show!
Andrew

1898

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMPR 6925 AM 1937 - 01-12-13

« on: January 12, 2013, 2034 UTC »

Big S9+ sig here. Just heard YL with "Peace, Love, Understanding"

Thanks!
Andrew

1899

QSLs Received / Re: Voice Of The Voyager

« on: January 09, 2013, 1310 UTC »

Wow, both for the same broadcast--and the fact that it was the show that they were busted for the 2nd time, those are great cards! Thanks!

1900

QSLs Received / Re: KROK

« on: January 07, 2013, 1950 UTC »

A '50s oldies station that reminded me somewhat of WKUE from the same time frame. That QSL was one of my favorites from '80s pirates. The op was "The Fox," but not the same op as from the station "The Fox" that was on about five or so years later.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Eccentric Shortwave 6925 USB 1426 UTC 6 Jan 2013

« on: January 06, 2013, 1444 UTC »

Really nice signal & audio. YL-voiced computer ID @QRT.
Great to hear Eccentric again!
Andrew

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: CWR Conspiracy Worldwide Radio 6920 AM 00:10 utc 1-5-12

« on: January 05, 2013, 0121 UTC »

Excellent signal for North American relay of what was presumably part of Crazy Wave Radio's 1/1/13 show. Given the national anthem at the end, I'm guessing that this was originally aired from 0144-0200 UTC on 6300. I heard some of the show directly, but it was really entertaining to hear Chris & Andy in action. BTW, the email address is shortwave@gmx.de. I'm sure they'll like getting some reports from North America, too.

Thanks much to the relay station!
Andrew

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6925 USB 0130 UTC 1 Jan 2013

« on: January 01, 2013, 0328 UTC »

Much weaker than normal here, but the best sig of the night for me so far. The fireworks SSTV came through pretty clean.
Thanks for the show!
Andrew

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 AM 0040 UTC 1 Jan 2013

« on: January 01, 2013, 0325 UTC »

I've been listening to this for a while, but the signal was really poor in S5 noise here for a long time. Starting to get decent here on peaks, but really deep fades. Looked up WICA & WYCA...WICA is in Traverse City, MI (about 100 miles or so from Milwaukee), and WYCA is a Christian station in IL. So, maybe the ID is actually from/for this pirate?

Mostly the signal was weak in noise here, but after Captain Morgan signed off the freq, the levels came up really nice for a little bit. Heard "Junk Food Junkie" by Larry Groce, "Want a Fried Pie," and "7-11" song set to the tune of "Stairway to Heaven." In there was a singing WICA ID. It was a nice & clear spliced-together ID, so it seems pretty certain that this was a pirate ID & not a relay of a licensed station. Also had a nice chunk of an announcement with the announcer IDing the recent tracks & mentioning that this is the "Guy Pagana Show"

Nice to hear this & be able to finally pick some details out!

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

1905

North American Shortwave Pirate / WPOD: 6925U, 1/1/13, 0025

« on: January 01, 2013, 0029 UTC »

My 1st pirate of 2013 & finally my 1st time to hear WPOD! Fair sig. Thought I heard an ad for Job Rolling Papers at tune in, then heard a clear ID by a computer woman voice, into a song. Also heard Chambers Brothers "Time." Just listening without headphones, I could ID anything else, but I could probably pick out a few more details if I went back over the recording.
Thanks for the show!
Andrew