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5071

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6.925 @0202 Feb 17

« on: February 17, 2013, 0330 UTC »

Not owning the ionosphere, but far better than the past few months.

0331Z 35433 S7 Bruce Cockburn "If I Had A Rocket Launcher"
0332Z 45444 S8 Power suddenly came up.
0333Z 45444 S8 Men Without Hats "The Safety Dance"
0337Z 45444 S8 Barenaked Ladies "Too Little Too Late"
0339Z 35343 S7 ID "Wolverine Radio"
0339Z 35343 S7 Cowboy Junkies "A Common Disaster"
0343Z 35343 S7 Sara McLachlan "Adia"
0347Z 45444 S8 Alanis Morissette "All I Really Want"
0352Z 45444 S8 ID "Wolverine Radio"
0352Z 45444 S8 Celine Dion "A New Day Has Come"
0356Z 35443 S7 Tom Cochrane "Life Is A Highway"
0400Z 35443 S7 Loverboy "Working For The Weekend"
0404Z 35443 S7 ID "Wolverine Radio"
0404Z 35443 S7 Glass Tiger "Don't Forget Me"
0408Z 35443 S7 Rush "Tom Sawyer"
0412Z 35443 S7 Chilliwack "My Girl"
0416Z 35443 S7 ID "Wolverine Radio"
0416Z 35443 S7 Bryan Adams "Cuts Like a Knife"
0422Z 35443 S7 Crash Test Dummies "Afternoons & Coffeespoons"
0425Z 35443 S7 Lighthouse "One Fine Morning"
0429Z 35443 S7 ID "Wolverine Radio"
0429Z 45444 S8 The Stampeders "Sweet City Woman"
0432Z 45444 S8 Anne Murray "Danny's Song"
0435Z 45444 S8 Paul Anka "Diana"
0439Z 45444 S8 ID "Wolverine Radio"
0439Z 45444 S8 SSTV
0441Z 45444 S8 SSTV
0443Z 45444 S8 Leonard Cohen "Everybody Knows"      (Thanks a ton)
0449Z 45444 ID "Wolverine Radio"
0449Z Off air



Great to hear ya again... was just lamenting the other night about not being able to hear ya for what seems like eternity, and may never again.





_{Persues SDR with Wellbrook ALA-1530S+}

5072

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Libya heard in Wisconsin, 1/30 1958Z

« on: February 02, 2013, 0434 UTC »

Listened this morning and this evening and heard nothing.

5073

Spy Numbers / Re: S28 - What is it up to?

« on: February 02, 2013, 0007 UTC »

What does it sound like? Waterfall is kind of reminiscent of the buzzer on 4625.

5074

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Libya heard in Wisconsin, 1/30 1958Z

« on: February 01, 2013, 0257 UTC »

Very nice. Have tried to grab them on occasion, but never have found them.

short-wave.info shows them on 0900-2130Z daily and the only broadcaster on 11600 at any time.

Will have to try and hunt them again... If I remember tomorrow morning, will try them before going to work.

5075

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: 3920 AM UNID Euro Pirate ??? 0830+ UTC 27 JAN 13

« on: February 01, 2013, 0247 UTC »

'fraid I don't know... try listening at the top & bottom of the hour for and ID of that second station.

Listened here on 3920 at 0237Z (Feb 1, 2013) and not a hint of anything. But that means nothing. Tried a couple of remote receivers in the NE US (NY area) and heard nothing around 0242Z.

You have DRM on 3918? 

5076

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6925 AM 23:23 1/31/13

« on: February 01, 2013, 0026 UTC »

2353Z 25322 Blue Öyster Cult "The Reaper"
2358Z 25322 Ten Years After "I'd Love To Change The World"
0001Z 25322 ID "Radio Ronin Shortwave" Gave email address
0001Z 25322 The Beatles "Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite"


First pirate on my mobile car radio. Finished the installation on Sunday. Thanks Ronin!

Signal was highly variable, from in the noise to quality of a local broadcaster. The strong signals where when I was under a bridge or low hanging traffic sign. When not nearby any of that, then the signals were as logged above.


_{Sony CDX-570S with 31" whip (non-standard antenna for the car, as the car's factory AM/FM amplified antenna does not work on HF).}

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: 3920 AM UNID Euro Pirate ??? 0830+ UTC 27 JAN 13

« on: January 30, 2013, 0044 UTC »

FLASH !!! 0751 ZULU had a classic US FM sounding ID  "Q 103 " !!! followed by "BRAIN STEW (Here We Go On Our Own)"  by GREEN DAY ! I ID'd TWO SONGS NOW HI HI...

0757z another "103"  ID and more rock

CHECKED all my NC FM stations here and it is NOT one of my regional eastern NC stations.....

Found a Q-103 rock station in Albany, NY. WQBJ 103.5 & WQBK 103.9.
http://q103albany.com

They also have a playlist on their site, so if you hear them, pop over and check that out.

Probably not them directly, but perhaps someone relaying them?

5078

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: 3920 AM UNID Euro Pirate 0830+ UTC 27 JAN 13

« on: January 29, 2013, 0151 UTC »

anybody up around CATSKILL NEW YORK that can listen to 560Khz or 3920 and see if YOU hear this 7th harmonic //  of WCKL or the fundamental freq ....get it while it's there...tho if it IS them, sounds like they might have gone full time :-)

If no one is around there, try their stream? Assuming its in sync with the radio...
http://familybroadcasting.net

5079

Shortwave Broadcast / Firedrake Jan 22, 2012 2345Z

« on: January 23, 2013, 0000 UTC »

Only found one lonely Firedrake on 12870 around 2345Z. About 35433, S8. Plus in the middle of some stupid noise.

At 0000Z, off the air.

5080

SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: Listening in on weather balloons with RTL SDR

« on: January 22, 2013, 2357 UTC »

Oh, fun. Didn't know about this.

May have some hope here since the NWS has an office about 20 mi from my house. Plus a major university, int'l airport.

5081

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Firedrake Jan 20, 2012 2340Z

« on: January 22, 2013, 2332 UTC »

Does the Firedrake program content repeat on an hourly basis? That is, is the music heard at say 0917z exactly the same as what was aired at 0817z ?

Good question. There's a 60 min recording that a guy got off of satellite (which I think is fed to the SW transmitters).
http://www.satdirectory.com/firedrake.html

With this recording, need to confirm if they continue to use the same recording and then if it repeats at the top of the hour.

Would expect it would repeat, as why would they put much effort into a jammer? But then, I'm not a Chinese jammer so perhaps there's some nuance that I can't possibly understand.

5082

Shortwave Broadcast / R Thailand 13745 kHz AM Jan 21, 2013 0000Z

« on: January 21, 2013, 0015 UTC »

250kW @ 6 deg (to U.S. east coast)
0000Z 35423 S9 News in English. Signal quite fluttery.
0013Z 35423 S9 Ad for Bangkok Airways
0016Z 35423 S9 ID "You are listening to Radio Thailand news."
0016Z 35423 S9 Ramada Plaza Menam Riverside hotel ad.
0018Z 35423 S9 Global news brought to us by Air Asia.
0029Z 35423 S9 End of global news
0029Z Off for a couple of seconds

250kW @ 30 deg (to U.S. west coast)
0029Z 35433 S9+ Back on. (Switching antennas)
0030Z 35433 S9+ Morning news hour
0031Z 35433 S9+ Some English then into Thai. Some guy talking for a while.
0035Z 35433 S9+ "This is Radio Thailand news. Business news."
0043Z 35433 S9+ End of the business news
0043Z 35433 S9+ Bangkok Airways ad.
0045Z 35423 S9+ "Radio Thailand news."
0049Z 35423 S9 Sports news
0053Z 35423 S9 End of sports news.
0056Z 35423 S9 Tourism
0056Z 35423 S9 "Keep in tune with Thailand news on FM 88"
0057Z 35423 S9 End of the morning news hour.
0059Z Off air for a couple of seconds

0100Z 35422 S9 Back on. Switched antennas. Now reportedly at 38 deg.
0100Z 35422 S9 "The time is now 8 am"
0100Z 35422 S9 IS & National anthem
0100Z 35422 S9 YL speaking in Thai.
0109Z 35422 S9 Music
0135Z Been slowly fading for the past 20 minutes and now gone.


_{Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ loop}

5083

Shortwave Broadcast / Firedrake Jan 20, 2012 2340Z

« on: January 20, 2013, 2345 UTC »

2341Z 13850 45434 S9+
2342Z 12980 55434 S9+!5
2342Z 12370 55434 S9+10
0000Z 4 time pips then all three freqs off the air


No additional broadcasts heard below 12370 to 5 MHz* and nothing above 13850 to 30MHz.


* There were reports of them on 6970 via IRC, however nothing heard here on 6970.



_{Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA-1530S+ loop}

5084

Spy Numbers / HM01 11530 AM Jan 20, 2013 2321Z

« on: January 20, 2013, 2322 UTC »

2321Z 55445 S9+20 In progress. YL voice + digital.
2325Z 55445 S9+20 Last group
2328Z 55445 S9+20 A bunch of groups in voice only.
2332Z 55445 S9+20 Now digital + voice.




_{Perseus SDR with Wellbrook ALA1530S+ loop}

5085

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950USB *0134- 20Jan13

« on: January 20, 2013, 0152 UTC »

0151Z In the noise to very weak. Also have a blob of noise 6952-6953.