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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.

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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.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Two catches last nite...

« on: September 24, 2013, 0044 UTC »

Also have been listening to AIR on 11620 and not as good as 13605.

Turkey on 9515 has been fine, but not the greatest signal. Strong enough for casual listening.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Two catches last nite...

« on: September 24, 2013, 0028 UTC »

Was also listening to AIR on 13605 last night around that time and they had a solid S7 signal.

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Software / Re: Shortwave Broadcast Schedules Beta 0.0.1b3

« on: September 24, 2013, 0010 UTC »

More ideas:

- Integrate with the solar data to give a small display of current propagation conditions
- If you can use the HFCC DB, give a rough estimate of the propagation of the signals based on time, xmtr location, power, azimuth, and solar data.
- List of favorites
- Assemble a "playlist" of stations, which means can get a group:
0000-0100 9700 AM RRI
0800-1500 9580 AM R Aus
2000-2100 12070 AM Deutsche Welle
2300-2400 19000 AM R Aus

With the ability to have different sets and assign them to days and/or dates. And it will automatically change the radio.

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Software / Re: Shortwave Broadcast Schedules Beta 0.0.1b3

« on: September 23, 2013, 2233 UTC »

refmo-  What do you use to interface between the computer & the 450? I have a TS-690S which is the same thing, but with 6m. The Kenwood IF-232C interface is long since discontinued.

Found schematics for building one and a company makes one for $50. The homebrew one uses opto-isolators so the radio & computer are isolated, which is very nice.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Undercover Radio 13865 AM 2137 UTC 22 Sep 2013

« on: September 22, 2013, 2142 UTC »

2140Z 25321 S5 Can hear music, lots o' noise and what sounds like occasional RTTY (but that comes & goes with propagation). There are deep fades that take out UR (and the RTTY).
2145Z 25322 S5 ID "Undercover Radio" & Dr. Benway




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

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Software / Re: Shortwave Broadcast Schedules Beta 0.0.1b3

« on: September 22, 2013, 2131 UTC »

Excellent.

Currently setting up one of my Macs to control a Yaesu FT-840. Have the USB-Serial adapter and the Yaesu RS-232 to TTL interface, but something isn't quite right and can't get the Mac to control the radio. Have an old Perl program I wrote for an FT-817 that used to work fine (with the 817), but its not working with the FT-840 yet. Could be the program, the FT-840, the serial cable, or who knows what.

Probably too early for a feature req, but will mention it anyway:
Put in a map with the rx location & the tx locations along with bearings to/from the station. For some distant version of the program, be able to click on a country/region on the map and it picks up all the xmtrs (where region is perhaps a user-defined radius from where someone clicks), along with the great circle path of the signal. However, that info would have to be gathered from HFCC or elsewhere, as EiBi doesn't have it. Lots of possibilities for map-based control/viewing, but considering the program is early beta, I'm sure there's a thing or three that must be done first.

Another one, that may not be so much work as the map thing:
With a radio hooked up, the program can poll the radio every second or something, then display station info for the frequency its on.

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HF Mystery Signals / Re: Mystery signal question

« on: September 22, 2013, 1754 UTC »

The sweeper that you hear is probably an ionosonde.

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10/11 meters / Re: 3837 voice beacon on 27500khz usb & earlier a CW station

« on: September 22, 2013, 1540 UTC »

Not hearing anything on 27500 kHz at 1540Z.

Hearing a few stations 28300-28500 USB, nothing near 29MHz AM nor around 29.6+ MHz in FM.



1611Z: Hearing the beacon now fairly strong at about S9 45344. Male voice saying "3 8 DIVISION  3 8 DIVISION  3 8 DIVISION  VOICE BEACON"
(I think its "division")



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

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Undercover Radio 21450 AM 21455 USB 1435 UTC 22 Sep 2013

« on: September 22, 2013, 1522 UTC »

Nothing here at all on 21455 USB at 1522Z.





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

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General Radio Discussion / Re: How to follow the All-Ireland finals on RTÉ

« on: September 22, 2013, 1341 UTC »

0841Z Just barely picking them up on 17725 kHz.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Red Mercury Labs!, 6925U, 09222013, 0232utc,s7/s8

« on: September 22, 2013, 0419 UTC »

Heard the last 30-45 mins of the show and very enjoyable. Signal was moderate, 25442 overall. Music audio seemed to be a little stronger than the voice audio.


 

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

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM Shortwave 6965am 0144z 9/22/2013

« on: September 22, 2013, 0418 UTC »

Great signal tonight as well a very enjoyable show.



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