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DGPS / DGPS Logs Feb 4 2023 UTC 2347 - Feb 5 2023 UTC 2353 (AFE822x)
« on: February 06, 2023, 0004 UTC »
Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
254      972  901  902  302.0 200  Miraflores                     Panama               8.993    -79.585  4,220  157
3194     971  903  904  307.0 200  Gatun                          Panama               9.261    -79.937  4,181  158
1950     942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
8383     936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 






AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W




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Huh? / Re: Balloon
« on: February 05, 2023, 0317 UTC »
Too far from here to hear anything, but on some forum someone posted a link to a radiosonde site and I was able to find out the freq for the local MPX NWS radiosonde on 403.610 MHz. They launched last evening at 0000Z and I did hear it here for a while.

https://tracker.sondehub.org/

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DGPS / DGPS Logs Feb 3 2023 UTC 2342 - Feb 4 2023 UTC 2347 (AFE822x)
« on: February 05, 2023, 0312 UTC »
Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
2        740  120  121  288.0 200  Bagan Datuk                    Malaysia             3.983    100.783  14,388 342
3        972  901  902  302.0 200  Miraflores                     Panama               8.993    -79.585  4,220  157
4829     942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
19352    936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 







AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W




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DGPS / DGPS Logs Feb 2 2023 UTC 2336 - Feb 3 2023 UTC 2342 (AFE822x)
« on: February 04, 2023, 0051 UTC »
Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
2        740  120  121  288.0 200  Bagan Datuk                    Malaysia             3.983    100.783  14,388 342
4775     942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
16402    936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 













AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W





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DGPS / DGPS Logs Feb 1 2023 UTC 2330 - Feb 2 2023 UTC 2336 (AFE822x)
« on: February 03, 2023, 0016 UTC »
Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
668      942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
10259    936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 







AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W




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DGPS / DGPS Logs Jan 31 2023 UTC 2325 - Feb 1 2023 UTC 2330 (AFE822x)
« on: February 02, 2023, 0009 UTC »
Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
2        972  901  902  302.0 200  Miraflores                     Panama               8.993    -79.585  4,220  157
1351     942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
10077    936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74









AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W




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DGPS / DGPS Logs Jan 30 2023 UTC 2319 - Jan 31 2023 UTC 2325 (AFE822x)
« on: February 01, 2023, 0000 UTC »
Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
5087     942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
9503     936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 













AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W





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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
7460     942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
20279    936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 








AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W

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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
3        972  901  902  302.0 200  Miraflores                     Panama               8.993    -79.585  4,220  157
214      971  903  904  307.0 200  Gatun                          Panama               9.261    -79.937  4,181  158
5181     942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
15503    936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 






AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W




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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
752      971  903  904  307.0 200  Gatun                          Panama               9.261    -79.937  4,181  158
10034    942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
21150    936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 






AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W





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0119Z 45554 S5 Poco "Bad Weather"
0124Z 45554 S5 The Supremes "Bad Weather"
0126Z 45554 S5 Tom Waits "Emotional Weather Report"
0130Z 45554 S5 ID "Wolverine Radio"
0130Z 45554 S5 Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble "Couldn't Stand the Weather"
0135Z 35543 S3 John Fogerty "Change in the Weather"
0141Z 15541 S1 10,000 Maniacs "Like the Weather"
0146Z 35543 S3 Jenny Morris "Break In the Weather"
0150Z 35543 S3 Crowded House "Weather With You"
0153Z 35543 S3 ID "Wolverine Radio"
0153Z 35543 S3 Gladys Knight "Stormy Weather"
0158Z 45543 S5 Pieces of a Dream "Warm Weather"
0202Z 45543 S5 ID "Wolverine Radio"
0202Z 45544 S7 SSTV
0204Z Off Air.


Kenwood TS-690S with Wellbrook ALA-1530S+ loop

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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
92       971  903  904  307.0 200  Gatun                          Panama               9.261    -79.937  4,181  158
1179     942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
6266     936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 






AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W



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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
1403     942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
7664     936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 








AFE822x v2.0 SDR with 43' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop oriented E-W




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MW Loggings / Re: UNID 660 AM 1734 UTC 21 Jan 2023
« on: January 26, 2023, 1943 UTC »
I'd be very surprised if WBHR made the trip down to FL around noon CST/EST, unless Chuck Norris was in the area.

Their pattern sends the signal away from FL:
https://fccdata.org/?call=wbhr


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https://www.insideradio.com/free/fcc-says-its-pirate-enforcement-is-picking-up-including-new-hires-and-equipment/article_ca2470da-9d61-11ed-8f70-f7ef226e3ebd.html

Quote
Jan 26, 2023

The Federal Communications Commission says its battle against pirate radio returned to more normalcy as the agency’s pandemic response became less restrictive and it had more flexibility to return to undertaking more investigations. The result is the Enforcement Bureau took 38 actions against alleged operators of unlicensed stations, including issuing 21 notices during 2022 to property owners where those stations were broadcasting from.

“Because pirate radio stations often cease operating for a period of time but then return, the Bureau will continue to monitor the properties for which notices were provided and will initiate enforcement action where appropriate,” the FCC says in an annual report about its progress in combatting pirates. The annual report is now required under the Preventing Illegal Radio Abuse Through Enforcement Act or PIRATE Act, which was signed into law by President Trump in January 2020.

If the number of enforcement actions seems small, the FCC explains that ever since the new law took effect field agents have been hampered by not only the pandemic but also a “lack of funding” to implement many of the requirements in the law. It is a similar complaint the FCC shared with lawmakers when it issued its previous report a year ago.

The PIRATE Act raised the potential maximum fine for those found guilty of operating or supporting an unlicensed station to $100,000 for a single act of violation, up to a $2 million maximum. It also gave the FCC additional enforcement authority over property owners and managers that permit pirate radio stations to operate from their property.

Under the new law, the FCC was required to build a database of pirate radio stations. This week the Enforcement Bureau released its first version of the database, covering all of the agency’s interactions with alleged pirates last year. It shows nearly half of the pirate enforcement actions were in New York, where there were 18 investigations last year. Pennsylvania accounted for 16% of the investigations, while Maryland is where another 11% of cases were focused.

Pirate Sweeps Begin

The PIRATE Act also required the Commission to conduct annual enforcement “sweeps” in five cities where pirate radio is the biggest problem at least once a year. And then, within six months, field agents are mandated to return to those markets to conduct “monitoring sweeps” to determine whether the unlicensed operators simply powered back up or changed frequencies.

Those sweeps were slow to begin – not because of the pandemic, but because Congress failed to provide additional funding to the FCC to conduct them and the agency opted not to shift existing resources to pay for the staff needed to meet the requirement. But that should change this year since the Biden administration included funding for the pirate enforcement as part of the FCC’s current $390 million budget for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. Under the Biden proposal, the Enforcement Bureau would receive an increase of $5 million to implement the new law and to hire the 15 new employees. To date, the FCC has posted six full-time positions – five field agents and one field counsel – and it says it has additional hires planned toward the end of the fiscal year.

Even without the additional staff, the FCC report says its staff reviewed pirate radio complaints in order to identify the current top five markets with the most pirate radio operations. “The Commission developed a plan for pirate sweeps, which was initiated in the fourth quarter of 2022,” it says, offering no further details.

The annual report to Congress also says that more money is being spent on FCC equipment to hunt down pirate stations. That includes developing new mobile direction-finding vehicles to help field agents trace a pirate station back to its home base. The FCC says it also is prepared to purchase six vehicles to support the additional staff that will be hired. That process has been delayed, however, until a government purchase window opens. In the meantime, the FCC says it will continue to use older, existing vehicles in its fleet that were scheduled to be taken out of service. It has also begun to purchase and develop investigative tools that will be integrated into the new direction-finding vehicles after they are purchased.

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