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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6940 kc AM 01:42 utc Great Blues & Audio

« on: May 14, 2014, 0510 UTC »

Signal reports for BOR can be sent to timberwolfradio at gmail dot com 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6940 kc AM 00:17 utc 01:00 Audio Muffled over modulation

« on: May 14, 2014, 0351 UTC »

6940 khz AM
2:16 utc tuned into blues music  S7 - S8 on a S6 noise floor, good audio
2;19 BOR id BOR talking - got the microphone hooked up now eh?, talking about the tunes he is playing, another ID, E-mail address for reports, "Thanks for listening"
back into blues music
2:26 utc Shout Out - Hello back to ya BOR!  - always enjoy your shows, good to hear you again, nice collection of blues......

3:44 utc  Signal up now S8 - S9 . Noise is down a bit as well.
This is the first time I noticed the increased bandwidth  ~15 khz,
I opened up the demodulator to 15 khz and Wow! Nice audio BOR!!!

Thanks, Rockpicker!! Trying out a different transmitter today and been attempting to get it to sound good so your reports are much appreciated. Cheers...BOR

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6940 kc AM 00:17 utc Audio Muffled

« on: May 14, 2014, 0141 UTC »

Trying out old/new Audio amp Muffled here. 5-9 plus some fading but jumps back . great music and signal  .
I have another to go on but sounds over modulated

This Youtube video will be removed in 2 hours
73 vinylman

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_KtgD3Dshs

Thanks, Vinylman. I just made another voice ID and backed off on the mic gain a bit on the mixer. Keep those videos coming... Some of these old blues I'm playing right now were recorded a long time ago and don't sound that great to begin with...not the best material for doing modulation checks 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6940 kc AM 03:25 UTC May 13 2014

« on: May 13, 2014, 0542 UTC »

Its remarkable but I can actually hear some of your audio ever so slightly through the noise here even with you at 25 watts.

Thank you Mr. Weed  gonna see what I can do to improve that in the next few days. Adios...BOR

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6940 kc AM 03:25 UTC May 13 2014

« on: May 13, 2014, 0441 UTC »

I Have been listening for 2 hours now.. BOR Blue Grass Music ..QSB on signal .. from 2-2 to 5-9 + with lots of fading & Noise.  Quite a difference from a few nights back!
Signal is still being heard at this time  04:30 utc.

A Short video on YouTube..  73  vinylman


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuzR7MrqugA#t=16

Thanks for the report, Vinylman. Running low power tonight...only 25 watts. That will increase to about 125 watts soon for AM broadcasts. Also working on a solution to boost the modulation. Thanks for listening...BOR  

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North American Shortwave Pirate / The Crystal Ship 6876 AM 0152Z May 12, 2014

« on: May 12, 2014, 0153 UTC »

Hearing music weak and in the noise...
Apparently, this is TCS...haven't heard a positive ID myself yet, though

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6925 KC USB 02:30 TO 05:15 UTC

« on: May 11, 2014, 0545 UTC »

Thanks, Vinylman....really glad you're enjoying the show. I've seen your videos on YouTube...they're great. That FRG-7 of yours is to die for. See you on 7070 ;-)

BOR

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6925 USB 0221 UTC 11 May 2014

« on: May 11, 2014, 0502 UTC »

S8 here with the noise level.

Heard Hallelujah.

Thanks for the blues show

Thanks!! That was me singing Halellujah, believe it or not   All the best from the west coast...BOR

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6925 USB 0221 UTC 11 May 2014

« on: May 11, 2014, 0426 UTC »

Heard on PL660 while walking the dog. I just put a longer whip on the PL660 as I broke the other one. BOR was weak at first but came up quite nicely when I got to the electrically quiet part of the neighborhood. During "Dust my broom" at 3:44 it was inbooming & sounded just great. ID's at 3:38 & 3:52. Much noisier now that I am back home. Thanks for a really great show. I often think that old blues sort of benefit in a way from adverse reception conditions. It somehow fits the music I feel. Especially when the harmonica cuts through the static (I think of it as "CW with soul")
Again, Thanks BOR for a really nice show, great tunes.

Thanks, Glimmer...I was thinking of the same thing, actually. Trying to play tunes that will cut through that summer static. I'm really glad you're enjoying the show. All the best to you and yours...BOR

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6925 USB 0221 UTC 11 May 2014

« on: May 11, 2014, 0356 UTC »

0350 UTC fair signal in IL
Blues music.
First time hearing BOR

Thanks for the show!

Thanks, Darint...good to know I'm making it out your way. All the best...BOR

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6925 USB 0221 UTC 11 May 2014

« on: May 11, 2014, 0349 UTC »

0345
Blues

Thanks for the blues, I don't hear this kind on the FM radio stations.
SINPO
35454

Thanks!! I try to play music that you don't hear on your every day radio station ;-)

Cheers...BOR

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6925 USB 0221 UTC 11 May 2014

« on: May 11, 2014, 0301 UTC »

02:57z

S3 signal here in Iowa, but alot of static crashing.  There happens to be some isolated little storms peppering the midwest right now.  Anyhow, I've gotten to where I can kind of tell BOR when I hear it  because I dig the music.

Thanks! I'm having a blues night tonight...mostly old stuff. It's still daylight here on the west coast so, hopefully, the signal will come up when the sun sets. Reports can be sent to timberwolfradio at gmail dot com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6940 AM 2:52 utc May 10 2014

« on: May 10, 2014, 0305 UTC »

S9+15db at my west coast location. Playing a variety of dance music. Oh, and this IS Radio True North...confirmed on IRC.
0320Z Hitting 20 over S9 now...thanks for the shoutout a few minutes ago
0535Z Still hanging in there...S9 now but pretty good copy still on the Winradio Excalibur and G5RV

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Whiskey Redneck Radio, 6929.2U, 0355z+, 5/4/14

« on: May 04, 2014, 0546 UTC »

0545Z Got him into the west coast with a fair signal...playing Hank Williams right now. I'm tuned to 6929.1 on the Winradio Excalibur...can't seem to get him quite tuned in right for some reason. Thanks for the show!! Finally got him tuned in 6929.12....playing good country music and I'm not a big fan of country but I like this stuff  
0600Z Audio breaking up, keeps changing songs half way through...think I'll turn the radio off now

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio True North 6940 AM 0307Z May 04, 2014

« on: May 04, 2014, 0310 UTC »

0307Z On with RTN theme music...S9+20db at my west coast location.
0441Z Still booming in here...been 20 over 9 ust about the whole time. "Smooth" off Santana's Supernatural album right now...