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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Renegade Radio 6925 USB 00:31 04/01/2103

« on: April 01, 2013, 0108 UTC »

0107Z 45444 S8 38 Special "Rockin' Into The Night"
0108Z 45444 S8 Pink Floyd "Hey You"
0113Z 45444 S8 The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"
0121Z 45444 S8 Billy Squier "In The Dark"
0125Z 45444 S8 Op is giving shoutouts as well as signing off. One more tune coming up.
0127Z 45444 S8 ID
0128Z 45444 S8 STYX "Renegade"
0132Z 45444 S8 Bud Light - Renegade Radio ad. Well done.
0133Z Off air.
0133Z Redhat from X-FM Shortwave complimenting Renegade on the show.



_{Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ loop}

4922

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Taiwan Int'l - 15440kHz at 2213z 31-Mar-2013

« on: March 31, 2013, 2232 UTC »

According to RTI, only 15440 to NAm from 2200 to 2300Z.

6115 is 0300-0400Z.

15440 is 45344 S9 here at 2235Z.




_{Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ loop}

4923

General Radio Discussion / Re: A*C*E Bulletins

« on: March 31, 2013, 2116 UTC »

Looked at a few of these and these are really great. I started listening in 1988 and wish I would've had them back then. Would love to see the ones from 1988-1993.

(BTW: ACE03-93.pdf is really March 1995).

Thanks a ton for doing this.

In Sept 1993, they mention the old WRNO on 7355 & 7395, and 15420. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio - 15880 USB - 2025z 31-Mar - 2013

« on: March 31, 2013, 2054 UTC »

Wha? 15880?? Not near rcvr. Nuts.

4925

Spy Numbers / Re: V07; 15874 USB; 31 March 2013 @ 0120Z

« on: March 31, 2013, 1845 UTC »

Hi Skeezix, Token's the man when it comes to this station and it's broadcasting habits. 

He knows a ton and freely teaches us all a thing or three. Nothing short of invaluable.

Last night (this morning, whatever you would call it, March 31, 2012, 0100 UTC) V07 sent a null message, no data.  When this family of stations sends a null it only sends 2 transmissions.  So it was on the air at 0100z on 18074 kHz, and at 0120z on 15874 kHz.  But it did not transmit at 0140z on 14374 kHz, as it would have if there had been a full message.

Ha. Figures. 

And thanks for that rather nice list of stuff in the other thread of current active numbers stations. While I already have the links, its nice to have it verified plus the swell list of stations suspected to still be active. Really want to pick up some E, G or S stations from my location. Used to be able to back in the late 80's - early 90's. These days, all I can get is ol' Pedro, and frankly, he bores me. The messages take way too long with that digital mode in there. I guess thats security through frustration.

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Spy Numbers / Re: V07; 15874 USB; 31 March 2013 @ 0120Z

« on: March 31, 2013, 1433 UTC »

Did you try listening at 0140Z? I tried on 14374 & 13968, but heard nothing.

I didn't try at 0100 & 0120Z (forgot about it until around 0135Z).

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Firedrakes Mar 30, 2013 1420Z-1535Z

« on: March 30, 2013, 1955 UTC »

According to http://www.satdirectory.com/firedrake.html, they say that Chinasat 6B delivers the audio to the jamming sites. This would be consistent with hearing exactly the same audio on all of their transmitters.
 

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Firedrakes Mar 30, 2013 1420Z-1535Z

« on: March 30, 2013, 1920 UTC »

Mum is the word.

I've also been trying to hear the Voice of Tibet, but so far have yet to hear them. The more elusive they are (or, more specifically, the more they're jammed), the more my curiosity is piqued. But only to a limit with them... they broadcast in Chinese and I only know one word: bing = disease (got that in a fortune cookie).

Token has a couple of great images he posted in another thread of spectrum over about 4.5 MHz of when the Firedrakes come on.
http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,10639.msg31742.html#msg31742

Word on street has it that the Chinese listen to the freqs and if there's a VoT broadcast, then they fire up their transmitters. Looking at Token's second image (since it was at the same time of my loggings in this thread), only 13530 looks like it may have had something on before it. And that was weak at his location.

Looked up 13530 at http://www.short-wave.info and they list Sound of Hope on there from 2000 to 1700Z. But, with 100W non-directional transmitters. Then looked them up on all freqs and they have a lot of 100W non-dir broadcasts. Unless the sun helps our F2 layer, not going to count on hearing them whether or not they're jammed. They also have some broadcasts at 100 kW and 300 kW going to the NW. Perhaps a chance of hearing those. Not giving up on the 100W ones, as that may be generic info to fill in something unknown or they may find another transmitter. Perhaps they can borrow Wolverine's...  

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Utility / Re: Scanning for Firedrake 00:30z - 01:00z

« on: March 30, 2013, 1747 UTC »

Thanks Token, those are great images, especially the one from today which I also logged and compared to yours. You heard a couple that I didn't.

Have noticed the audio being synchronized (when listening on multiple receivers), but never was able to catch them as they started. Also reinforces the point to keep searching even after several have come on.

What did you use to record that wide of a spectrum?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Channel Z 15089 1715utc March 30

« on: March 30, 2013, 1735 UTC »

1734Z 25342 S5 Not real strong, but can hear talking followed by music.

4931

Shortwave Broadcast / Firedrakes Mar 30, 2013 1420Z-1535Z

« on: March 30, 2013, 1425 UTC »

1400Z-1430Z
1420Z 15400 kHz 35433 S7
1430Z Off air

No other Firedrakes found 9-22 MHz 1420Z-1430Z


1430Z-1500Z
1434Z 15870 kHz 15431 S5 Very weak, just above the noise.
1434Z 15800 kHz 15431 S5 Very weak, just above the noise.
1438Z 14980 kHz 25432 S6
1438Z 14750 kHz 45544 S9+ Nice & strong.  Bandwidth looks to be about 16 kHz.
1440Z 13970 kHz 35333 S8
1441Z 13530 kHz 45433 S9
1442Z 13130 kHz 45434 S9+

All off at 1500Z.

No other Firedrakes found 10-22 MHz 1430Z-1445Z


1500-1530Z
None found 12-22 MHz 1500-1530Z


1530Z-1600Z
1535Z 15485 kHz 25332 S5

No other Firedrakes found 10-22 MHz 1530Z-1550Z




_{Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ loop}

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Other / Re: OTHR 11244

« on: March 30, 2013, 0301 UTC »

The above video is the most common mode for PLUTO

So THAT's what that thing is. Been wondering about that.

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Spy Numbers / Re: SS5 on 10.715 MHZ cuban with dat HM01 ?

« on: March 30, 2013, 0258 UTC »

Ohhhhh....

I didn't listen all the way to the very end. Listened to nearly all of it and never heard the digital stuff. 

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Firedrakes Mar 29, 2013 14400 2238Z-2252Z

« on: March 30, 2013, 0257 UTC »

Those are SINPO codes.

S (Signal strength)
The relative strength of the transmission.

I (Interference)
Interference from other stations on the same or adjacent frequencies.

N (Noise)
The amount of atmospheric or man-made noise.

P (Propagation)
Whether the signal is steady or fades from time to time.

O (Overall merit)
An overall score for the listening experience under these conditions.

5 is the best, 1 is the worst.

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Spy Numbers / Re: SS5 on 10.715 MHZ cuban with dat HM01 ?

« on: March 30, 2013, 0021 UTC »

No, it was the hybrid voice & data, like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCv6CuKHVsc

Also found HM01 (hybrid) on 11530 at 2310Z.