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Shortwave Broadcast / Live From Alaska On SW Fri Dec 6 2100UTC

« on: December 06, 2024, 1622 UTC »

Live simulcast of KSKO 89.5 McGrath, alaska on 5900 khz via Spaceline Bulgaria.. music, tons of local alaska information and a few laughs.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Music & A Loud mouth On SW Fri 11-29!

« on: November 28, 2024, 2009 UTC »

Join me Friday Nov 29th for KSKO 89.5s 1 hour weekly broadcast via Spaceline Bulgaria. The hour features a big variety of music and a look into rural Alaska life with local information...... weather, community event happenings and news.  Tune in 2100 to 2200UTC. Find us on a web sdr if you cant hear it locally, though as we slide deep into winter, 5900khz can be audible in the eastern US and Canada. (And ive heard it up here late, late at night!)

Paul

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Shortwave Broadcast / DX Video Airchecks

« on: October 10, 2024, 0034 UTC »

From time to time, I'll shoot some DX video airchecks.. I feed the audio directly from my radio into the phone so its not some windy, echo video held up to the radio.  I don't do anything special, just a headphone cord with a 3.5mm male (1/4") plug on each end, one plugs into my Zoom H1 handheld digital recorders headphone jack and the other end plugs into a special adapter that has jacks for a 3.5mm microphone plug and 3.5mm headphone plug that then goes into the USB-C port on my Iphone 15 Pro Max.  The ZoomH1 is fed audio from the radio with the same type of cord as mentioned above and it goes from the radio to the line-in input of the Zoom H1.


You'll see alot of that set up and my DX gear in the videos below, which feature my favorite SW radio station. I use a TEF6686 Radio, DXEngineering Preamp, ZM2 Antenna tuner and 15 ft circumference Wellbrook Loop


Below are two videos of Radio Nacional de Amazonias on 11780khz. They operate from a site NW of Brasilia, Brazil with 100kw, beamed at 312 degrees azimuth. I am 250 miles NW of anchorage, 350 miles SE of Nome, some 5000-6000km out of their target zone but a perfect combination of a number of factors lead to delivering this kind of signal to my radio from 11780khz on a regular basis. I have searched far and wide for clips as good as mine, even from within Brazil and haven't come up with any


Recorded Oct 3, 2024 at 0122UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR1RJKM9EYw


Recorded Oct 4, 2024 at 0107UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI89QXdslgw

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Piepzender 13585 AM 1800 UTC 05 OCT 2024

« on: October 05, 2024, 1922 UTC »

Heard in Alaska with live dj chatter and multiple songs.  SINPO was about 35343 or so.

Here’s a very crudely made recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QXydLOFTAuyR_-00et5l-SE6CZcBkDI9/view?usp=drivesdk

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Shortwave Broadcast / For those who like interval signals.....

« on: September 30, 2024, 1605 UTC »

Most days, most broadcasters just crash start and crash end with program audio in progress.

But over the last few days, I’ve caught the BBC WS 9410 broadcast at 0500 via Ascension signing on at 0458 with a minute of Big Ben followed by program audio kicking in with the program promos at about 04: 59:30.

Thought those who like interval signals might be interested to know this.

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Shortwave Broadcast / HCJB 6050 0430UTC Sept 28

« on: September 28, 2024, 0456 UTC »

In pretty decently, with some talking and some  music. Remarkably decent/clear signal, SINPO 45344 or so at 0430 Sept 28 in Alaska

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Shortwave Broadcast / Someones jamming Yemen/Saudis 11935khz

« on: September 09, 2024, 1902 UTC »

Someones been jamming Yemen State Radio on 11935khz via Riyadh for a few months now. Previously it was a loud buzzing noise but that disapepared about a month or so ago and in the last two weeks, a new jamming sound apepared.

This was recorded 9 9 24 at 1801 UTC in alaska of Yemen's 11935khz broadcast via Riyadh.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OpBhASOaBjTG8jefHEZiCRAPhyoTF83J/view?usp=sharing

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Shortwave Broadcast / More Music, More Loud Mouthery On Shortwave Today!

« on: September 06, 2024, 1912 UTC »

2100-2200UTC catch a smorgasboard of music, local weather and community event info along with my random thoughts with a live simulcast of the KSKO afternoon show via Spaceline Bulagaria's transmitter on 5900khz in Sofia to Europe.





Catch it on the UTWente SDR if you can't hear it locally

http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

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Shortwave Broadcast / How STRONG In Brazil's "Amazonia's" Shortwave Service on 11780khz in Alaska?

« on: September 05, 2024, 1544 UTC »

I'm roughly 6000 miles from their target zone. The transmitter runs 100KW, beaming at 312 degrees azimuth from a site NW of Brasilia and targets the Amazon region of Brazil about 1300 miles away. I am only 18 degrees North of the dead center of the main lobe and that, in the world of SW signals is nothing.. since many of them are fairly wide beams.    Through a combination of exactly the right place thanks to amount of daylight, perfection for a 2nd/3rd hop, 11780 is regularly very listenable here and somewhat regularly, depending on the time of year... the signal just pounds in like a ton of led filled balloons.



So how about an example? Here's a video with audio fed directly from my radio into my camera.. no phone held up to the speaker. The signal was so good, I was able to open up my audio bandwith to 8khz.  It sounded like FM Mono!



Here's a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lla_FTVfeQM&t=12s





6180 is also 100kw and beams at 239 deg to South America and can be quite good here late at night in the winter after the 0750UTC sign on. It is sometimes, but not often as good as 11780 before 0200UTC sign off.



I've also picked up several Portuguese words I can understand/repeat/speak as the host I interact with on air via WhatsApp voice notes has admitted his english is very poor. Mauricio Rabelo seems to be a very lively, well liked host.  Both he and listeners have remarked on/noticed my use of Portuguese in an attempt to bridge a gap.

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Shortwave Broadcast / OFF AIR: R Nac'l Amazonias 11780khz

« on: September 02, 2024, 2042 UTC »

11780 was off Thu. Aug 30, on Fri, then it's been off since.

I have a contact in the radio engineering department at Empresa Brasil de Comunicação and asked what was up.

Theres a fault with a piece of equipment, though I'm not quite clear on what it is, as despite my years in radio and understanding of tech, im not too familiar with the equipment. My contact says: "We have a problem with the logic tx, it won't protect the transmitter and allow the transmitter on at high power. The logic tx is very old"

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Shortwave Broadcast / More Rock & Pop Music From A Loud Mouth On Shortwave Today

« on: August 30, 2024, 1640 UTC »

Here’s my reminder to myself today, because if I don’t put this up, I won’t remember, despite my best intentions and will forget to mention it on air.

A live simulcast of KSKO's afternoon show Via Bulgaria, to Europe paid for by an anonymous benefactor (Not me, not the station)

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MW Loggings / Peru Heard In Alaska!

« on: August 12, 2024, 1658 UTC »

And no, not the likely Radio Tarma on 4775khz...... Radio Santa Rosa on 1500!

I'll be real honest.. I about s%^t myself!  First ever Central/South American AM heard by me anywhere, ever!

0727UTC Sat Aug 10 .. too ka quick break from SW, tuned over to AM.. I always start at the top of the dial and move left.

Hit 1500 and heard what I thought sounded like spanish where I should be hearing a Vietnamese station that smells like Eggo waffles.

Kept listening and over the span of about 20 minutes, heard copious Radio Santa Rosa mentions... transmitter is off frequency and humming, but pretty clear as day and good signal to boot!

18kw at 6640 miles! TEF6686, DX Engineering Preamp and 15 foot circumference Wellbrook loop!

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Shortwave Broadcast / Another Afternoon Of A Loud Mouth With Rock Music On Shortwave!

« on: August 09, 2024, 1531 UTC »

I hear there will be an hour of Richard Marx, Rod Stewart, the Beatles, ZZ Top, Fitz & The Tantrums, Red Hot Chili Peppers along with Jay & The Americans today LIVE 2100-2200UTC on 5900khz via the facilities of Space Bulgaria to the whole of Europe


UTwente Web controlled radio (radio)

http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Cupid Radio 15105 AM 1740 UTC 14 JUL 2024

« on: August 06, 2024, 1731 UTC »

I'm sorry to dredge up a several week old thread, but i don't ever hear much SSTV, most pirates don't make it to me.. but I had to share my image from this broadcast

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Shortwave Broadcast / VOA: Cutbacks and A Shutdown

« on: July 29, 2024, 1616 UTC »

VOA and it's parent organization the USAGM has been quietly eliminating some stuff in the last month.

gone is the 15690 of R. Farda from Biblis.
Also gone is the VOA in French on 9885 at 0430 is gone.

And reportedly, the Sao Tome & Principe site has been shut down in entirely.   No word on if any of those broadcasts have moved elsewhere, but one casualty is the high powered 1530khz broadcast of the VOA that isn't going to be moving elsewhere, as far as I know.