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Clandestine Stations / 17540 Radio Impala 1730 UTC, 2/20 & 3/8/14
« on: February 20, 2014, 1824 UTC »
I heard an ID in English around 1730 and another one later. The announcer had an accent. It had 2 syllables and sounded like it started with a vowel. Mostly it was hard to discern because of the accent. But the frequency and time fit for Radio Mara.  Really relaxing music with singing and guitar. Singing sounded African.

So as I understand, this comes from a relay in Madagascar?  Looking at my globe, that is on the opposite side of the world from California!  

SINPO
35433

EDIT:
I listened to the links that FPE Consultant gave and it is Radio Impala and not Radio Mara.  I changed the subject...to reflect.

92
Shortwave Broadcast / 15.170 AM Radio Free Asia Vietnamese, with jamming 0013 utc, 2/16/14
« on: February 16, 2014, 0017 UTC »
There is an Asian language station with an annoying siren trying to jam it. Pretty cool siren, almost like a fast ambulance's siren. Or a car alarm.

Asian station
32321

The siren comes and goes with propagation. Stringed Oriental music every once and a while. Jammer doing an effective job. I bet I could understand snippets of the broadcast if I knew the language.

Siren is about the same sinpo as Asian station.

2/16/14
1824 utc
I updated the ID, thanks glimmer twin! cool stuff.


93
HF Beacons / beep every 4 to 5 seconds 6980 USB, 0156 UTC, Feb. 13, 2014
« on: February 13, 2014, 0206 UTC »
Thar be a beacon at 6980 USB.
About a 0.5 sec long beep every 4 to 5 seconds. Sounds kind of lonely.

SINPO
25354

94
HF Beacons / 6960 USB 0149 UTC Feb. 4, 2014
« on: February 04, 2014, 0158 UTC »
A dit that goes off about every 1.5 sec.

SINPO
15252

95
HF Beacons / 6943 USB 0148 UTC Feb. 4, 2014
« on: February 04, 2014, 0157 UTC »
Long dash about 2 sec. in length.

SINPO
14253



EDIT:
2/4/14
23:24 UTC
I first heard it at 6940, but I found its stronger at 6943. I heard it just now.

96
The RF Workbench / Stereo to mono wiring
« on: February 01, 2014, 0303 UTC »
I want to plug my mp3 player into my lm386 amplifier.  I learned that just connecting the right and left channels together is a no no.  I got a nice circuit  diagram from this place under "Stereo to Mono Summing Box:"
http://www.rane.com/note109.html

Is it really necessary? 
Are these resistor values good for my wee little mp3 player or are these for something like stage wiring (which might be different as far as I know)?   

97
North American Shortwave Pirate / Rattlesnake Radio 6940 usb 0310 UTC Jan 26, 2014
« on: January 26, 2014, 0440 UTC »
I came back from dinner and this guy was staring at me. Pretty funny. It looks like it came at 0402 utc. Then after that I had a partial wolverine at 0403. Is this like some kind of SSTV guerilla warfare?  

EDIT, my bad, this came after wolverine was done. Sorry.  The time stamps are off.  I think the times I have were stamped when I saved them, not when they came in.

98
Shortwave Broadcast / UNID 9370, 2330 UTC Jan 24 2014
« on: January 25, 2014, 0049 UTC »
I heard old big band music on 9370 at 2330 UTC.  Then at 0040, it abruptly shut off when it was a little into a new song. 
The way it abruptly shut off when not on the hour made me think its a pirate. I didn't listen the whole time and I heard 3 song changes with nobody speaking between them. 


SINPO
35444

99
North American Shortwave Pirate / RED MERCURY LABS 6935 AM 0320 UTC
« on: January 21, 2014, 0324 UTC »
0320 UTC

Some heavy metal now.

SINPO
35242

Pretty good signal strength.  Difficult to copy for some reason. I classified it as noise.  Maybe modulation?

0332 UTC

COOL, the DJ just read my post (over the air) and did some magic and switched to USB...better reception! But honestly, audio could be better. But enjoying it non the less. Thanks RML! Happy Martin Luther King Day!
 
SINPO
45444

0347 UTC
The noise came up here and it was hard to hear. I like how you read the sinpo numbahs.  
Flash Gordon by Queen (with Ming the Merciless talking about our planet Earth). I love that movie.  

SINPO
35232

0353
off


100
The RF Workbench / Can one use a CW transmitter to transmit voice? *edit, added link
« on: January 09, 2014, 1855 UTC »
I was looking at the schematic on makeRF's website.

http://makerf.com/posts/so_you_want_to_be_a_shortwave_pirate

The modulator/amplifier taps right into the Michigan Mighty Mite transmitter.  Can one take the modulator/amplifier from this and tap into any CW transmitter (hopefully one with more power)?

101
North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Totse 6925 USB 0420 UTC Jan. 9, 2014
« on: January 09, 2014, 0430 UTC »
SINPO Ant. B
15222

0420 Some dictionary examples on how to use the versatile word "fuck." With encouragement to use it more often.
0425ish The Roof is on Fire, "Watch the motherfucker burn."

0433 ID?
Sinpo
15211 Reception is just above the noise now with long fades.

102
Shortwave Broadcast / 9760 AM 0510 UTC Radio Nikkei
« on: January 03, 2014, 0544 UTC »
0430-0510 UTC
Good conditions allow me to enjoy this music. Signal was very weak at first but is now:
25343

Man speaking Asian language "Konichiwa". Makes me think Japanese, but searching this channel online yielded "China Radio International news South Pacific." 

Playing a mix of oldies:
3 Different versions of Love Potion Number Nine
Beatles
Beach Boys
Now some jazz

103
HF Beacons / Inyo Whooper in 2 California locations
« on: December 05, 2013, 0050 UTC »
I heard the Inyo Whooper when in Ridgecrest, CA and it was very weak.
Today, about 200miles away in the Central Coast, I heard it with a stronger signal than in Ridgecrest. I'm happy to hear it for the first time here and I find it interesting that it was a stronger signal.

Ridgecrest
4096 USB 2255 UTC 28 Nov 13
SINPO
14331

Central Coast
6096 USB 1610 UTC 4 Dec 13
SINPO
15343

I wonder why it was weaker in Ridgecrest. Maybe snow was on its solar cell?  There was a lot of snow in the high elevations around there.



104
HF Beacons / .-. .-.--------- 4098 LSB, 4094 USB 0116 UTC 3 Dec 13
« on: December 03, 2013, 0204 UTC »
Amidst the din of other beacons on The List around these frequencies, I'm hearing this sequence repeated with about 1.5sec space betwixt each sequence: ".-. .-. -------"
 
On these ranges of frequencies:

4097-4100 LSB
SINPO
22443

4093-4096 USB
32443

Does anybody know what it is?


This is my first beacon post.  Beacons are strangely addicting.

105
North American Shortwave Pirate / XFM 6940 AM 0109 UTC 30 Nov 13
« on: December 01, 2013, 0116 UTC »
1:09 UTC
I tuned to 6940 AM and heard an XFM ID and a professional sounding DJ.  The sun just went down here.  

SINPO
35242

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