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4891

Shortwave Broadcast / The Mighty KBC 7375 kHz Oct 6, 2013 0000Z

« on: October 06, 2013, 0000 UTC »

0000Z 55544 S9+20 ID "We are the Mighty KBC"
0000Z 55544 S9+20 Bad Company "Run With The Pack"
0005Z 55544 S9+20 Uncle Eric
0006Z 55544 S9+20 Billy Idol "Eyes Without A Face"
0009Z 55544 S9+20 ID
0009Z 55544 S9+20 Chicago "Stay The Night"
0013Z 55544 S9+20 Uncle Eric
0014Z 55544 S9+20 Ad
0014Z 55544 S9+20 Ad for KBC online store
0015Z 55544 S9+20 ID "We are officially the hottest AM station."
0015Z 55544 S9+20 Elvis Presley "Little Sister"
0018Z 55544 S9+20 Uncle Eric
0018Z 55544 S9+20 Johnny Burnette "Rock Billy Boogie"
0020Z 55544 S9+20 Cheap Trick "Surrender"
0024Z 55544 S9+20 Uncle Eric
0024Z 55544 S9+20 Limousine "Seventy Five"
0028Z 55544 S9+20 ID
0028Z 55544 S9+20 Ad for KBC CB store
0029Z 55544 S9+20 Blaupunkt ad
0029Z 55544 S9+20 Uncle Eric with the Fake French Pope. Mr Spencer is absent.
0030Z 55544 S9+20 Heart "Barracuda"
0035Z 55544 S9+20 ID
0035Z 55544 S9+20 The Beatles "Piggies"
0038Z 55544 S9+20 Slade "Look Wot You Dun"
0040Z 55544 S9+20 Uncle Eric
0041Z 55544 S9+20 Polly Brown "Up In A Puff Of Smoke"
0044Z 55544 S9+20 Uncle Eric
0044Z 55544 S9+20 Ad for KBC Import/Export
0045Z 55544 S9+20 Ad
0045Z 55544 S9+20 The Rolling Stone "Let's Spend The Night Together"
0049Z 55544 S9+20 Uncle Eric & his traditional Dutch coffee
0049Z 55544 S9+30 Starship "We Built This City"
0055Z 55544 S9+30 Uncle Eric
0055Z 55544 S9+30 Pat Benatar "Love Is A Battlefield"
0100Z 55544 S9+30 ID
0100Z 55544 S9+30 The Rumour "Emotional Traffic"
0103Z 55544 S9+30 Uncle Eric
0103Z 55544 S9+30 Damn Yankees "Where You Goin' Now"
0108Z 55544 S9+30 ID + Uncle Eric
0108Z 55544 S9+30 The Knack "Good Girls Don't"
0111Z 55544 S9+30 Uncle Eric
0111Z 55544 S9+30 Bryan Adams "One Night Love Affair"
0115Z 55544 S9+30 Uncle Eric
0116Z 55544 S9+30 Rod Stewart "Pretty Flamingo"
0119Z 55544 S9+30 Ad
0120Z 55544 S9+30 Ad for KBC online store
0120Z 55544 S9+30 ID + Uncle Eric
0121Z 55544 S9+30 Lou Reed "Rock And Roll Heart"
0124Z 55544 S9+30 Uncle Eric
0125Z 55544 S9+30 Ryan Adams "New York, New York"
0128Z 55544 S9+30 ID
0128Z 55544 S9+30 The Rolling Stones "I Wanna Be Your Man"
0130Z 55544 S9+30 Uncle Eric
0131Z 55544 S9+30 Digital modes with Dr. Kim Andrew Elliot - MSFK32
0132Z 55544 S9+30 ID + Uncle Eric
0132Z 55544 S9+30 Mountain "Mississippi Queen"
0135Z 55544 S9+30 Ad for KBC CB store
0136Z 55544 S9+30 Ad for Blaupunkt
0136Z 55544 S9+20 Time for Mr. Spencer's Pee Break
0141Z 55544 S9+20 Three Dog Night "Fire Eater"
0145Z 55544 S9+20 Uncle Eric
0145Z 55544 S9+20 Deep Purple "Smooth Dancer"
0149Z 55544 S9+20 Ad for KBC Import/Export
0150Z 55544 S9+20 Ad
0151Z 55544 S9+20 ID
0151Z 55544 S9+20 "Out With The Clown"
0153Z 55544 S9+20 Uncle Eric
0153Z 55544 S9+20 UFO "Only You Can Rock Me"
0156Z 55544 S9+20 Uncle Eric saying hello to some of the loyal listeners
0157Z 55544 S9+20 Ritchie Valens "La Bamba"
0200Z Off air.



_{Yaesu FT-840 with 102' G5RV @ 25'}

4892

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 2337 UTC 5 Oct 2013

« on: October 05, 2013, 2339 UTC »

Peskies on LSB

2339Z 33433 S7 The Spinners "Rubber Band Man"
2342Z 34433 S7 ID "Radio Ga-Ga pirate shortwave"
2342Z 34433 S7 Talking Heads "Once In A Lifetime"
2346Z 24432 S6 ID "Radio Ga-Ga"






_{Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ loop}

4893

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: No Voice of Greece on 9420 @ 01:30 10-5-13

« on: October 05, 2013, 2215 UTC »

@2215Z: 9420 is back. Same signal strength as usual.

4894

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: No Voice of Greece on 9420 @ 01:30 10-5-13

« on: October 05, 2013, 0355 UTC »

Nothing heard here at 0354Z (Oct 5, 2013) nor yesterday around 0100Z.


Alas... hope they're not done yet.

4895

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: No R Australia on 9580 October 2, 2013 1147Z

« on: October 02, 2013, 2245 UTC »

While driving into work from 1250Z-1330Z (@!#&%*# traffic), it was coming in with no problems. However, still no RNZI on 9700, Japan on 9595, V of Korea on 15180, 13760, and 11735. Bands were still struggling, but the dark side of the planet was well on the way to recovery.

Got home tonight at 2230Z and checked V of Greece on 9420. Strength is about 2/3 of usual and very fluttery.

4896

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: No R Australia on 9580 October 2, 2013 1147Z

« on: October 02, 2013, 1217 UTC »

1215Z:
Kp went to 6 at 0458Z (1458 Sydney time), so looks like they got nailed during their day time and that probably did it.

Interesting that you can hear them. Listening now to 9580 and hearing extremely very faint voice and can't ID it. Nothing at all on 12065.

Checked for RNZI on 9700 and nothing there either.

Also nothing for V of Korea on 15180, 13760 and 11735.



1235Z:
R Aus has returned. Over the past few minutes it has come up from deep in the noise to a respectable S5 and slowly building. RNZI 9700 is slowly returning as well.

4897

Shortwave Broadcast / No R Australia on 9580 October 2, 2013 1147Z

« on: October 02, 2013, 1148 UTC »

R Australia is usually booming in here on 9580 every morning. No hearing anything this morning. Checked their online schedule and they're still scheduled to be on. They're also supposed to be on 12065, but that's silent as well.

Had the recorder set to record 9580 this morning from 0800-1500Z. It started out ok, but as time went on, R Aus dropped into the noise, until around 1040Z when it finally disappeared.

4898

Utility / Re: 2130 & 2150 KHz Russian Railway Dispatch Channels

« on: September 30, 2013, 2356 UTC »

That would make sense for their trains out there. And I'd love to hear some of those recordings too.

Here in the US, HF can't be used for that kind of thing. VHF and above.

4899

General Radio Discussion / FCC Plan for Orderly Shutdown Due to Lapse of Congressional Appropriations

« on: September 30, 2013, 0421 UTC »

http://transition.fcc.gov/Plan-for-Orderly-Shutdown-September-2013.pdf

Plan for Orderly Shutdown
Due to Lapse of Congressional Appropriations
September 27, 2013

Generally, during a shutdown all FCC activities other than those immediately necessary for the protection of life or property will cease.

Suspended activities include, among many others: Consumer complaint and inquiry phone lines cannot be answered; consumer protection and local competition enforcement must cease; licensing services, including broadcast, wireless, and wireline, must cease; management of radio spectrum and the creation of new opportunities for competitive technologies and services for the American public must be suspended; and equipment authorizations, including those bringing new electronic devices to American consumers, cannot be provided.

When this shutdown plan is activated, all FCC employees will be instructed to report to work the first business day following a lapse in appropriations if necessary to conduct orderly shutdown of operations. FCC estimates that the time required for each employee to accomplish an orderly shutdown will be not more than four (4) hours with very rare exceptions detailed below. During this time, all but full-time furlough excepted FCC employees will receive a notice of decision to furlough in the form of a letter attached to an e-mail. The notice of decision will inform employees to cease regular work activities. Employees being furloughed also will be provided shutdown instructions advising them to engage only in shutdown activities, which include items such as:
o Securing the work area and locking up materials and files;
o Cancelling travel plans and scheduled training;
o Cancelling internal and external meetings and informing attendees;
o Cancelling FCC sponsored events and notifying participants, and o
o Placing out-of-office messages on email and voicemail.

• With very rare exceptions detailed below, FCC estimates orderly shutdown will be completed in approximately four (4) hours – one half-day for planning purposes.
• FCC expects that approximately 1754 employees will be on-board before the implementation of the plan.
• Up to six (6) employees will be retained under the plan because their compensation is financed by a resource other than annual appropriations. These are full-time employees. They include the FCC Chairwoman and two Commissioners, and approximately three Inspector General (IG) no- year/Universal Service Funds Staff – the three (3) IG staff; however, may need to be furloughed due to lack of excepted supervisors.
• Up to 16 employees, not otherwise exempt, will be retained to protect life and property. These are full-time employees, working shifts to cover 24 hour and 18 hour operations. Up to two (2) employees working per shift at each location. Staff of the FCC Operations Center handle emergency contacts for agency. Staff of the High Frequency Direction Finding (HFDF) Center operate the high frequency antenna system used to protect life and property. One (1) management employee will oversee and coordinate regularly with both operations, and their respective shifts, to help identify and respond to imminent threats to life or property.
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• Up to eight (8) employees will be retained to conduct interference detection, mitigation, and disaster response operations wherever they may be needed. These are full-time employees strategically located across the country who will resolve imminent threats to the safety of life or property.
• Two (2) employees will be retained for critical oversight issues.*
• One (1) employee will be retained to conduct treaty negotiations – functions instrumental in the discharge of the President’s constitutional powers. This is a full-time employee.
• One (1) employee on detail to another agency will be retained to perform national security functions instrumental in the discharge of the President’s constitutional power. This is a full-time employee.
• Four (4) employees will be retained for critical Information Technology (IT) issues. One (1) part-time and three (3) full-time.

After the plan has been implemented, the 38 employees listed above, or 2% of those on-board before the plan was implemented, will have been retained. The remaining 1716 employees, or 98% of those on-board before the plan was implemented, will have been furloughed and sent home.

The FCC does not estimate that more than one-half day will be needed to complete a shutdown, however, up to 10 employees in the Wireline Competition Bureau and a few employees from other offices may be needed for up to a day to suspend recently filed tariffs so they do not automatically take effect during the shutdown.

The number of employees to be retained to protect life and property will not exceed 5% of the number of employees on-board at the beginning of a hiatus less those exempt.

In addition to the employees listed above, the following contractors will be retained to protect life or property:
1) 24/7 IT support to monitor system – 15 full-time contractors, 12 per day working varied shifts
2) Headquarters (HQ) Security Guards, eight (8) contractors (8:00 am to 6:00 pm, Mon thru Fri) and five (5) at all other times
3) Field Security Guards, two (2) contractors (Gettysburg, PA and Columbia, MD)(5:30 am to 8:00 pm, Mon thru Fri)
4) Security Patrol Service for Honolulu (drive by twice daily)
5) Office of Managing Director (OMD) Senior Management Official* - staff of two (2)
6) Office of General Counsel (OGC) Senior Management Official* – staff of three (3)
7) Enforcement Bureau (EB) Senior Management Official* – staff of two (2)
8) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) Senior Management Official* – staff of one (1)
9) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Senior Management Official* - staff of two (2)
10) OIG staff to respond to FBI and DOJ - up to five (5) staff may be called upon
11) Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) Senior Management Official* - staff of one (1)
12) International Bureau (IB) Senior Management Official* – staff of one (1)
13) Media Bureau (MB) Senior Management Official* - staff of one (1)
14) Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) Senior Management Official* - staff of one (1)
15) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) Senior Management Official* - staff of one (1)
16) Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) Senior Management Official* - staff of one (1)
17) EB Field Supervisors* and EB Field Staff to respond to emergencies involving the protection of life or property (e.g., interference with aircraft frequencies)
18) COMSEC Personnel, staff of two (2)
19) Others employees or contractors as needed for immediate protection of life or property, such as to handle an unanticipated natural disaster, computer security issue, or other emergency

*Authorized to designate other staff to work on as needed basis

Orderly Shutdown Activity

OMD Payroll/Financial Operations, staff of five (5), to process payroll for work performed prior to shutdown - up to one day depending on when in the pay period a furlough occurs and whether payroll records have been transmitted to the National Finance Center.
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4900

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Baltic Sea Radio 18905 lsb @ 1322

« on: September 29, 2013, 1408 UTC »

Not hearing anything at 1407Z.




_{Yaesu FT840 with 102' G5RV @ @25'}

4901

Clandestine Stations / Open Radio North Korea 15700 September 29, 2013 1404Z

« on: September 29, 2013, 1405 UTC »

According to the EiBi sked, Open Radio North Korea is on 15700. When listening to it, it sounds like Korean.

Signal is 35423 S8. Fluttery, but decent.




_{Yaesu FT840 with 102' G5RV @ 25'}

4902

Shortwave Broadcast / The Mighty KBC 7375 kHz Sept 29, 2013 0000Z

« on: September 29, 2013, 0059 UTC »

55534 S9+20 Outstandingly good signal tonight. Other than occasional fading, sounds like local high power station.

Music & other shenanigans. Uncle Eric mentioned that in the NL they have a special tax on mineral water.



_{Sony CDX-GT570S car radio with 31" whip
Yaesu FT-840 with 102' G5RV @ 25'}

4903

General Radio Discussion / Shortwave Rock on Sept 29th 2013 0900-1000Z 6045 kHz

« on: September 27, 2013, 1219 UTC »

http://www.shortwaverock.com

The next broadcast of Shortwaverock will be on
September 29 2013 (0900-1000 UTC) on 6045 kHz*
Please send us your reception reports at phil@shortwaverock.com


As we figured out a lot of DX people, listening on shortwave would like to hear some classic album rock and music from the sixties and seventies being related to the genre.

Well….here we are! Shortwaverock plays ‘em all.

Please let us know how reception of our signal was when we were on the air. Thanks for mailing!

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Voice of Korea 15180 Khz 3:33 UTC 9/26/13

« on: September 26, 2013, 2246 UTC »

R Aus/RNZI were very weak here last night as well.

V of Korea on 15180 for the Spanish was very strong and had dropped only a little bit by 0400Z when the English program started.

4905

General Radio Discussion / Re: The Sun That Did Not Roar

« on: September 25, 2013, 2233 UTC »

Perhaps like the Cubs, this explains why the MN Twins are doing so poorly right now.