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1966

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 6965 AM 0215 UTC 8 Mar 2015

« on: March 08, 2015, 0455 UTC »

Tuned in late, but excellent signal here with a time check & a bit of talk by Redhat. X-FM promo & kinda psych-sounding guitar rock
Thanks for the show!
Andrew

1967

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Insane Radio 6940 AM 0129z

« on: February 28, 2015, 0139 UTC »

Mess of noise here with what would otherwise be a good signal. Thanks for the show!
Andrew

1968

General Radio Discussion / Re: AYs New Pirate Annual is here

« on: February 24, 2015, 0315 UTC »

Thanks for the posts! Hope it's more fun than the cat turd

1969

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Rave On Radio 6925 USB *2345 UTC 20Feb15

« on: February 21, 2015, 0016 UTC »

very weak here with pescador QRM

1970

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ronin 6925 DSB 2346 UTC 14 Feb 2015

« on: February 15, 2015, 0009 UTC »

Weak here, but have it tuned somewhat decently in LSB. Had an ID or two around 0004. AC/DC "For Those About to Rock"
Thanks for the show!
Andrew

1971

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Appalachia 6935 AM 0206 UTC 8 Feb 2015

« on: February 08, 2015, 0232 UTC »

Excellent signal. Old country song, ID about broadcasting from above Moundsville, WV with echo. Jim Walker (I think?) home construction. "The Free Voice of the Ohio Valley" Please QSL again--I don't have your new card. Thanks!
Andrew

1972

North American Shortwave Pirate / Liquid Radio: 6925.2, 2/8, 0105+

« on: February 08, 2015, 0116 UTC »

ethereal instrumental music buried under layers of SSB QRM. Haven't heard any IDs yet, but there's so much QRM, it's tough to tell

Thanks Joe & Refmo for the ID!

Thanks!
Andrew

1973

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Clandestine 6925 AM 2352 UTC 7 Feb 2015

« on: February 08, 2015, 0050 UTC »

A real flashback to 1983! The signal & audio sound about the same, S9+20 with excellent audio. And the program is one that I heard in '83. Not sure if I can find the date/time/freq. Another Look at Life with Mr. Wizard, Wanda Lust & Boris Fignutsky with old Battle Creek address, "Rock'n'roll Hootchie Koo" by Rick Derringer, etc.
Thanks for the re-broadcast!
Andrew

1974

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925.5 AM 2254 UTC 7 Feb 2015

« on: February 07, 2015, 2257 UTC »

WAZU, nice signal here with Fearless Fred. Great to hear FF on the funny bands again. "Hit'em Where It Hurts," FF with discussion about karma and the pirates and the FCC. "Knockin' at the Back Door" Deep Purple. Nice signal & audio.
Thanks for the show,
Andrew

1975

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMID 6950.7 AM 2317 UTC 6 Feb 2015

« on: February 07, 2015, 0017 UTC »

Excellent signal & nice audio here.
Thanks for the show!
Andrew

1976

SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: Low sensitivity on Winradio G31DDC

« on: February 05, 2015, 2324 UTC »

Hey Chris,
Thanks for the note. The BNC to SO-239 did wonders (BTW, I bought it from a Radio Shack that's going out of business). Not yet sure how i compares with the R8, but I did hear SRS last night, WQGY 434 on 25910 kHz, the OTR unid with an excellent signal (not surprising to me), etc. I love the ability to be able to see the band.
Have a great evening!
Andrew

1977

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6925AM 0411 UTC Feb 5

« on: February 05, 2015, 0552 UTC »

Seems to be what I'm hearing right now & since 0544 UTC. Led Zep song, I think from the LZIII album. Seems to be on 6925.17 kHz. Just playing around with the Winradio & thought I'd check to see what pesky conversations or utilities around 43m looked like and there it was. The 1st pirate I've ever tuned in with this radio.
Thanks for the test!
Andrew

1978

SDR - Software Defined Radio / Low sensitivity on Winradio G31DDC

« on: February 02, 2015, 2256 UTC »

Just picked up a Winradio G31DDC; the 1st SW radio that I've ever bought new. After having software problems for about a week, I heard back from the company that the software that came with the radio was an older version. After I deleted it & installed the new software, it worked. Sort of.

I have a PL-259 on my inverted V, so I ran a jumper from the center conductor of the PL-259 to the center conductor of the BNC of the G31DDC. All I can receive are two local AM stations with fair signals. I don't know if the radio is really sensitive to noise & it's attenuating signals on the band or something else? I just bought a PL259 to BNC adapter to see if this helps.

Anyone else had any problems like this? So far with this antenna, the R8 receives great, but the Winradio is barely showing signs of life.

Thanks!
Andrew

1979

North American Shortwave Pirate / Boombox Radio 6875.6, 1/27, 1239* *1243+

« on: January 27, 2015, 1245 UTC »

Was tuning through the band to see if anyone was on the air: heard audio here, came back to it, heard a couple seconds of audio, then dead carrier for a minute, and the plug was pulled.

Aaah, it's back on & I just heard a few clear IDs. I guess BBR has power, after all.

Thanks for the blizzard edition of BBR!
Andrew

1980

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 AM 2356 UTC 25Jan15

« on: January 27, 2015, 0006 UTC »

Nice signal with what I think is a Bob Dylan song