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4786

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDDJ All Hits All the Time 6935USB +0127 6May13

« on: May 06, 2013, 0149 UTC »

0146Z 25432 S5 The Clash "Rock the Casbah"
0148Z 25332 S5 Op talking.
0148Z 35333 S7 Earth, Wind & Fire "September"
0152Z 35333 S8 Op.
0152Z 35333 S8 Dr John "Right Place Wrong Time"
0155Z 35333 S6 ID
0156Z 35333 S7 Boney M "Daddy Cool"   Awesome.  
0200Z 25332 S5 ID & Op.
0201Z 35332 S6 Donna Summer "On The Radio"
0205Z 25332 S5 ID WDDJ
0206Z 35333 S6 Otis Redding "The Dock of the Bay"
0209Z 35333 S5 Op
0210Z 35333 S7 The Band "Ophelia"
0213Z 25332 S5 Op
0215Z 35333 S6 The Beach Boys "Sloop John B"
0217Z 35333 S5 ID "WDDJ Radio"
0218Z 35433 S6 Peter Tosh "Johnny B. Goode"
0222Z 25432 S5 ID
0223Z 35433 S6 Johnny Cash "Five Feet High and Rising"
0225Z 25432 S5 Op
0225Z 45434 S7 R.E.M. "Turn You Inside-Out"
0229Z 35433 S6 Op
0230Z 35433 S6 The Allman Brothers Band "Whipping Post"
0235Z 35432 S5 Op
0236Z 35433 S6 The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks "Alone At Last"
0239Z 35433 S5 ID + Op
0240Z 35433 S6 Sugarloaf "Green-Eyed Lady"
0247Z 25433 S5 Op
0248Z 35433 S6 The Yardbirds "The Train Kept A Rollin'"
0252Z 25432 S5 Op
0254Z 35433 S6 T. Rex "Ride A White Swan"
0256Z 25432 S5 Op
0257Z 35433 S6 David Bowie "Modern Love"  (Thanks!)
0301Z 25432 S5 Op
0302Z 35433 S6 The Tokens "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
0305Z 35433 S5 Op
0305Z 35433 S5 The Rolling Stones "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
0311Z 35433 S5 ID
0311Z 35433 S6 Amboy Dukes "Journey to the Center of Your Mind"
0317Z 35433 S5 Op. (Asked if I have to go to work. Yes, I do, but pirate radio is more important and infinitely more fun)
0318Z 35433 S6 Danny O'Keefe "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues"
0322Z 35433 S5 ID. Op.
0323Z 35433 S6 The Rascals "I've Been Lonely Too Long"
0326Z 35433 S5 Op
0327Z 45433 S7 Merle Haggard "Hammin' It Up"
0330Z 35433 S6 ID. Op
0331Z 45434 S7 Chambers Brothers "Time Has Come Today"
0336Z 35433 S6 Op
0338Z 45434 S7 Patsy Cline "I Fall To Pieces"
0341Z 35433 S6 WDDJ. All hits all the time.
0341Z 45434 S7 Patsy Cline "Walkin' After Midnight"
0344Z 35433 S6 Op
0344Z 45434 S7 The Who "Baba O'Riley"
0349Z 35433 S6 Op has a serious buzz on.
0350Z 45434 S7 Fine Young Cannibals "Good Thing"
0353Z 35433 S6 Op + ID "Drunken DJ Radio- All hits all the time"
0354Z 45434 S7 The Animals "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
0357Z 35433 S6 Op
0357Z 45434 S7 The Pipkins "Gimme Dat Ding"
0359Z 35433 S6 Op
0400Z 45434 S7 Laura Nyro "Wedding Bell Blues"
0403Z 35433 S6 Op
0403Z 45434 S7 Leon Russell "Magic Mirror"
0408Z 35433 S6 ID
0408Z 45434 S7 Nancy Sinatra "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"
0411Z 35433 S6 ID
0412Z 45434 S7 Natalie Merchant "Carnival"
0418Z 35433 S6 Op
0419Z 45334 S7 The Fools "It's A Night For Beautiful Girls"    (local QRN appears to be slowly moving in on the frequency)
0423Z 35332 S6 Op (QRN has definitely moved in, but can still hear the drunken DJ).
0423Z 35233 S7 The Band "Rag Mama Rag"
0426Z 35231 S5 Op
0427Z 35232 S7 Grin & Nils Lofgren "White Lies"
0430Z 35231 S5 Op
0431Z 35232 S7 Chris DeBurgh "Don't Pay The Ferryman"  (thanks!)
0434Z 35231 S5 Op
0435Z 35332 S7 Cream "Badge"
0438Z 35231 S5 Op
0438Z 35232 S7 Frank Sinatra "Summer Wind"
0441Z 35231 S5 Op
0442Z 45232 S7 J.J. Cale "Cajun Moon"
0444Z 35232 S5 Op
0444Z 45233 S7 Maria Muldaur "Cajun Moon"
0447Z 35232 S5 Op
0449Z 45232 S7 B-52s "Give Me Back My Man"
0454Z 35232 S5 Op. Signing off.
0455Z 45232 S7 SSTV
0457Z Off


Thanks for the great show! Thoroughly enjoyed it.



_{Yaesu FT-847 with 100' wire}

4787

Utility / Re: CW signal on 108.75 MHZ

« on: May 05, 2013, 2150 UTC »

In the second recording, it sounds like a VOR with voice weather broadcasts. You can barely hear the ID in the background and unless I heard incorrectly, its identifying as DQN, so that's the Dayton VOR/DME.

In the first recording, what mode do you have the receiver set to? If CW/SSB, set it to AM and see if that's any better. I can't make out anything in the recording. It does not sound like a normal ILS nor VOR transmission. The navaids (VOR, ILS, NDB) are all AM with MCW for ID.

4788

General Radio Discussion / Re: Obama Nominates Tom Wheeler as FCC Chairman

« on: May 05, 2013, 1915 UTC »

I had some slight hopes of being nominated for the post, but I don't think he got my email.

 

Seize the position and run the Jolly Roger up the flagpoles at the FCC.

Free radio for a free country!

 

4789

Utility / Re: CW signal on 108.75 MHZ

« on: May 05, 2013, 1729 UTC »

There are a few ILS localizers somewhat in the area (assuming you're in Troy) that are on 108.75 MHz:
I-UNI  Albany, OH
I-GWB Auburn, IN
I-GYY  Gary, IN

Dayton has a VOR/DME on 114.5 MHz and its ID is DQN.

Can you make a couple of recordings and post them?

    - skeezix

4790

General Radio Discussion / Re: Recent FCC Activity on 6925 kcs.

« on: May 03, 2013, 0056 UTC »

Can't wait for more, esp if you can get some afternoon drive-time broadcasts into the upper midwest. 

The Shogun of the Shortwaves will return after this brief intermission. Please stand by.

4791

Shortwave Broadcast / CNR1 broadcasts April 30, 2013 1232-1238Z

« on: May 01, 2013, 0145 UTC »

CNR1 broadcasts where Firedrake used to be found:

1232Z 13820kHz 45433
1232Z 13970kHz 35433
1233Z 13820kHz 35433
1235Z 14700kHz 35433
1235Z 14750kHz 35433
1237Z 13830kHz 35433
1238Z 13775kHz 35443



_{Sony CDX-GT570S with a 31" whip}

4792

Equipment / Re: Antennas

« on: April 28, 2013, 0149 UTC »

I use a Wellbrook ALA-1530S+ with the Perseus and does great on LW, MW, and the lower HF bands. As thre frequency increases, it does fine, but not stellar, but its designed for the lower parts.

Also have a 102' G5RV that I used to use for this and the Wellbrook smokes it by a large margin on the lower end, and rotating it down on LW & MW to null out stuff is something the G5RV couldn't dream of doing.

I have a bunch of RFI around the house. For now, the loop sits in the garage and still picks up a lot of RFI. Soon as the ground thaws, going to move it out to the shed that's about 100' away from the house and that should fix the RFI problem, I hope (portable radio indicates its quiet back there).

4793

North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: 1710 kHz W807 Geo Research Rock Radio 0210z 4/27/2013

« on: April 27, 2013, 0231 UTC »

Not a hint of it here.

4794

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Firedrake changing habits or reduced use?

« on: April 27, 2013, 0002 UTC »

Glenn Hauser on the dxld mailing list also noted the same change in broadcasts.

Got a link to this list?  Not sure I am familiar with it, but would like to check it out.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dxld/

Although, not sure why jamming with CNR 1 would be more acceptable than jamming with Firedrake (or any other method).

Just a guess here, nothing more, but CNR 1 audio might be a little easier to claim as just happenstance that it is on the same frequency.  It carries regular programming and so it is just another SW outlet that happens to be poorly frequency coordinated.

Still no Firedrake heard here in over 6 days (last logged April 19, but I think I heard it and did not bother to log it in the very early hours of April 20).  While I do not look for Firedrake, I am not listening for it in general I just log it most of the time when I stumble on it, I have not had a gap of more than 3 days of logging Firedrake in over 3 years.  I thought I might have had it on April 24, but the signal was weak enough I was never able to confirm it was indeed Firedrake, it just had that general boom and screech feel way down in the noise.

However every day since I first posted about this I have had CNR 1 covering multiple stations, such as Sound of Hope, so it is not that I am not hearing China.

T!

I've been listening in the mornings on the way to work and haven't heard Firedrake on 13MHz for a while (usually they come in on 13820, 13920, and/or 13970), but did hear CNR1 on 13920.

4795

General Radio Discussion / Re: Ana Montes did much harm spying for Cuba. Chances are, you haven’t heard of her.

« on: April 26, 2013, 1154 UTC »

It says Velazquez also used the same radio as Montes. But, they don't specify which model. In all three of the reports of the spies (Montes, Velazquez, and Alvarez), it was never reported which radio it was specifically.

Found out it was the ICF-2010 from the the book "Ultimate Spy".

Now I can say I have a spy radio. 

4796

General Radio Discussion / Independent Radio Broadcasters at Peril in Taiwan

« on: April 26, 2013, 1147 UTC »

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/24271-independent-radio-broadcasters-at-peril-in-taiwan/

4797

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Firedrake changing habits or reduced use?

« on: April 21, 2013, 1716 UTC »

At 0430Z this morning, found 16360 kHz had programming, but was not Firedrake. At first thought it was SOH, but quickly dispensed with that notion as the signal was too strong. Got a recording and wasn't able to ID it as CNR 1, but guessing that it more than likely is.

Glenn Hauser on the dxld mailing list also noted the same change in broadcasts.

Although, not sure why jamming with CNR 1 would be more acceptable than jamming with Firedrake (or any other method).

Would be interesting to know if the satellites that carry the Firedrake for the SW xmtrs are still carrying it or that programming has changed too.

4798

General Radio Discussion / Re: Ana Montes did much harm spying for Cuba. Chances are, you haven’t heard of her.

« on: April 21, 2013, 1407 UTC »

Montes used the Sony ICF-2010.

So did the Alavarez's that were caught in 2006 after spying for Cuba for 30 years:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/19/professor.spy/

In the late 70's, there was a mother & son that tried to escape East Germany with the help of a Stasi agent as well as the West German BND. They used a numbers station to get their instructions from the BND.
http://radio-weblogs.com/0101986/stories/2002/01/21/ifItHadNotBeenFor15Minutes.html

4799

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: R. Ronin SW [RTN Relay?] 6924.6 AM 0337z 4.21.13

« on: April 21, 2013, 0500 UTC »

Very weak and not identifiable. RRS is usually stronger. This signal is consistent with RTN.

4800

Shortwave Broadcast / UNID 16360 kHz AM April 21, 2013 0432Z

« on: April 21, 2013, 0434 UTC »

0432Z 35332 S7 Chinese(?) language program with YL & OM. Sked shows its Sound of Hope. No Firedrake.
0434Z 35332 S7 Sounds like an interview with two OM.
0500Z Off.



_{Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ loop}