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Huh? / Happy Groundhog Day!

« on: February 02, 2023, 0546 UTC »

The most high Holiday of the year. You can enjoy them on your plate, or keep them as pets, they're a most versatile beast. Careful of their marmot cousins west of the Rockies and in Eurasia, they carry Yersinia Pestis, or the Bubonic Plague, a nasty contagion much worse than Covid-19.

A happy Birthday to my boyhood friend, Groundhog Brown. A swell guy of Fansomian qualities. And remember, Al is watching you, so please shower in your clothes.

FANCO thanks you.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6915 AM 2356 UTC 31 JAN 2023

« on: February 02, 2023, 0525 UTC »

FEMA nets operate in that range. You don't want to tick them off by playing in their sandbox.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 9420 USB 2315 01 Feb 2023

« on: February 02, 2023, 0448 UTC »

Fearless Fred used to go out of band like this, but the Greatest would never lower himself to SSB.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Pigs Knuckles Radio 6930 USB 0122 UTC 2 FEB 2023

« on: February 02, 2023, 0431 UTC »

"Uncle Ernie" LMAO!

Sorry I missed this one, it sounds like it was very educational.

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Group W Bench / Re: $ 2 Million Fines for New York Pirate Stations

« on: February 01, 2023, 1448 UTC »

Radio Mosiach is now on FM? Another victim of the Hudson County Franken-TIS! How will DX'er's know if Rabbi Schneerson has finally risen
from the dead?

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For Sale / Wanted / Barter / Re: WTB/WTT For Halicrafters SP-600 Reciever

« on: February 01, 2023, 0252 UTC »

I think you are looking for a Hammarlund SP-600, not a Hallicrafters.

Hallicrafters made their own version of the SP600, called the R-274 or SX-73.  While it was supposed to be functionally the same, it looked much different.  They are somewhat rare and I have only seen a handful over 50 years in the hobby.

https://www.radioblvd.com/hallicrafters_r274_receiver.htm

I saw one of those R-274's at a hamfest at least 20-25 years ago. The guy selling it wasn't at the table, but his partner ID'ed it for me. It was selling for 150 bucks and looked pristine. I thought about buying it, but didn't want to hump it to the outer solar system where my car was parked.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6925 USB 2125 utc 31 JAN 2023

« on: February 01, 2023, 0221 UTC »

No "Battle of Epping Forest"? Genesis was a shell of itself after Peter Gabriel left the band and they quit using the Mellotron.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WAVE Radio 6925 usb 0025 utc 1 Feb 2023

« on: February 01, 2023, 0215 UTC »

Zeeky/Stumpy relays this one. I guess he changed his mind about going away?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6929.8v AM 2222 UTC 31 JAN 2023

« on: February 01, 2023, 0212 UTC »

Something like this was on 6930 two nights ago. Visible carrier, wide sidebands, and little to no audio. I figured someone forgot to switch their transmitter off, or a military agency was using it as a marker frequency?

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Equipment / Re: Using ATU with SDR or Portable Radios?

« on: January 31, 2023, 1627 UTC »

Most portable antenna sockets are 50 ohms just like their big brothers except they use RG-73 mini coax with mono headphone plug to fit into the portable's jack. Go to a reputable ham radio site, not some offshore crap site, and they'll be able to fix you up with a chunk of RG-73 coax with the right adapters on both ends. It shouldn't cost much.

Antenna tuners will work well with portables. SDR's, I'm not sure about, nor the XHDATA D-808. Check with the seller.

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Other / Re: Hams Behaving Badly 3880 AM 0627 UTC 30 JAN 2023

« on: January 31, 2023, 1606 UTC »

They must be testing for that prime pirating day of the year, Groundhog Day.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: B-Side Radio 6935 AM 0059 UTC 31 JAN 2023

« on: January 31, 2023, 0249 UTC »

Just missed it.

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Group W Bench / Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 1953 UTC 30 JAN 2023

« on: January 31, 2023, 0224 UTC »

"Left Wing, Right Wing, The Same Nut." LOL. They both believe in variations of the same things, with a wildly different take on them, don't they? Ted Kennedy was thought to be a Commie by some folks when I was a young man, while others thought he was a Fascist. I thought he was a well to do drunk? 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: One Dog Radio 6950 LSB 0123 UTC 30 JAN 2023

« on: January 30, 2023, 0323 UTC »

I knew I should've went to the Kiwi with the really big loop in W. PA!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6931.3 AM 0231 UTC 30 JAN 2023

« on: January 30, 2023, 0302 UTC »

Everybody and his brother have covered "Matchbox Blues". Ike could've claimed he wrote for Robert Johnson when Ike was in his crib and no one would have called him on it because he was one mean man.