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General Radio Discussion / RFI - It's not just for breakfast anymore
« on: August 18, 2015, 1856 UTC »
Our increasingly connected world needs better protection against RF noise pollution:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/wireless/electronic-noise-is-drowning-out-the-internet-of-things

I thought it was just my receiver!   ;)

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General Radio Discussion / World's Strangest Radio Broadcasts Article
« on: July 13, 2015, 1627 UTC »
http://mentalfloss.com/article/65869/worlds-strangest-radio-broadcasts

Always interesting to see others who stumble upon "those strange broadcasts"…..


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General Radio Discussion / Shortwave Pirate Radio and Oddities of the Spectrum - VIDEO
« on: January 29, 2015, 0251 UTC »
Cool to see that others are interested - enjoy.  Decent history lesson.

Link Here

http://youtu.be/f1hQ6I-EJjw

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General Radio Discussion / Pirate Radio Superlatives
« on: September 30, 2014, 1734 UTC »
Well done article by Andrew Yoder in The Spectrum Monitor October 2014 issue.

Here's the lead-in:

Pirate Radio Superlatives
By Andrew Yoder

Over the years, radio listeners have asked Andrew, “Who was the first pirate?” or, “Who was the first pirate to broadcast
from a ship?” Unlike Major League Baseball, which has kept meticulous records for more than a century, pirate radio is a
largely empty record book, with few dots to connect. But this article isn’t cast in bronze, like the plaques at the Baseball Hall
of Fame. It’s more like the senior superlatives from your old high school yearbook. Andrew has been researching old loggings,
newsletters, magazines, and books for information and here are a few of the things he’s found.............  


I'm not connected to The Spectrum Monitor other than being a subscriber.

Thanks, Andrew!  Good information and look forward to the next one.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6945 LSB 0040 UTC 18 Jun 2014
« on: June 19, 2014, 0042 UTC »
OM S-7 in Tejas with a S-7 noise level.  In other words, noisy.

0043 OM is gone.  There is QRM/other broadcasting going on around this.  Odd.
0048 OM heard again, tough copy.  SDR shows something is still there.

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General Radio Discussion / New Pirate Stations in Ukraine Conflict
« on: May 30, 2014, 1734 UTC »
Short article.  http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2014/may/new_pirate_stations_in_ukraine_conflict.htm

New pirate stations in Ukraine conflict

Two CW stations have appeared on the higher HF bands, claiming to operate from Donetsk, as promoting a separatist 'Peoples' Republic of Donetsk', or 'NovoRossiya New Russia'.

The callsigns, D0A and 1C4M are believed to be two operators on the same transmitter. The callsigns are invalid and do not count for anything in ham radio terms.

While a QSL manager may be appointed shortly in Donetsk, communications are poor, and direct QSL is unlikely to succeed.

There is some doubt that the stations are really in Donetsk. There is evidence that they may be operating from Kazakhstan.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Totse Relay 6930 USB 02:27 UTC 27 Dec 13
« on: December 27, 2013, 0228 UTC »
Metal 5-3/5-9 with qsb into Tejas

02:29 UTC  OP OM ID - qsb into noise, didn't catch ID
02:33 UTC  5-3, fading but still broadcasting

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Other / UNID 6925.55 LSB 02:21 UTC 12 Dec13
« on: December 12, 2013, 0225 UTC »
OM - Hola, hola zapatos  ???  S-9 in Tejas.
02:28 UTC - Gone
02:30 UTC - He's back - "Hello - Hola"...
02:33 UTC - He's gone & I'm gone.   :P

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Other / UNID 6942.6 USB 0041 UTC 11 Dec 2013
« on: December 11, 2013, 0041 UTC »
Hell of a noise - don't know what it is.   S-9 at peaks in Tejas.

dit-dit-dit-dit-dit-dit (NOISE after 6 dits)

00:44 UTC  and now it sounds like there are two of them.

00:48 - now it's eight dits before a noise.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Mercury Labs 6940/6925 USB 02:49 UTC 8 Dec 2013
« on: December 08, 2013, 0300 UTC »
02:49 UTC  I am hearing music way down in the noise.  S-5 noise in Tejas.
03:11 UTC  Still hearing music, propagation has been rough the past several days.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Totse Relay 6966.66 USB 02:07 UTC 5 Dec 2013
« on: December 05, 2013, 0222 UTC »
02:07 UTC  Tune Up - then music though it sounds messed up, I can't tune it in on LSB/AM/USB?
                  S-8 in Tejas.  Can't find an intelligible spot.

02:15 UTC  OP ID  ?
02:20 UTC  Radio Totse ID
02.22 UTC  OP asks for audio reports; not bad at all once I got you dialed in, qsb but S-7 into Tejas
02:24 UTC  Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden
02:30 UTC  Another song - qsb from S2-S9
02:35 UTC  OP says only 400 watts available - into another song



Thanks for the show, Totse!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 0219 UTC 01 Dec 2013
« on: December 01, 2013, 0220 UTC »
02:19 UTC - Classical Music UNID  3-9 Into Tejas
02:21 UTC - OP OM ID - can't make out ID - "self-absorbed, useless assholes"... two fellows talking

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Undercover Radio 6930 USB 0504 UTC 28 Nov 2013
« on: November 28, 2013, 0504 UTC »
Funky great AM signal into Tejas - 5/9+

0505 UTC - went to USB from AM, still 5/9
0509 UTC - OM ID Undercover Radio
0510 UTC - unid music
0513 UTC - OM ID Undercover Radio
0514 UTC - "Pirate Story" - story along with music, driving through the woods looking for a transmitter site, comes upon robots.....  QSB
0517 UTC - OP shout out to HF Underground, "Happy Thanksgiving, enjoy the short show" ~ Dr. Benway
0518 UTC - Another story, QSB from 5/7 to noise floor
0523 UTC - OP ID Undercover Radio - "undercoverradio@gmail.com" for contact
0524 UTC - "Nightvision Scope" Story
0528 UTC - OP ID, Dr. Benway says,  "this is a short-show to fire up the airwaves for the holiday weekend - HAPPY THANKSGIVING"  And, "one too many to drink tonight".
SIGN OFF

Thanks, Doc!  Happy Thanksgiving.  First timer here, enjoyed the production.

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General Radio Discussion / Pirate History: Remember November 22, 1987
« on: November 22, 2013, 1704 UTC »
Today in Pirate History

http://www.damninteresting.com/remember-remember-the-22nd-of-november/


Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWdgAMYjYSs



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North American Shortwave Pirate / Twangy Radio 6925 USB 00:47 UTC 17 Nov 2013
« on: November 17, 2013, 0048 UTC »
00:46  Jefferson's Theme Song?  S-5 in Tejas
00:51  Op ID - couldn't catch it but signal coming up
00:52  Irresistible - Robert Palmer  3-6 signal
01:00  WTF was that noise - looked cool on the panafall.

Thanks for the show!

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