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Shortwave Broadcast / 6295 WWCR Spur 0055 UTC 6/25/2016

« on: June 25, 2016, 0104 UTC »

WWCR spur or harmonic noticed on 6295, very weak but occasionally rising to fair audio.  Callsign IDs with frequency mention of 15.825, but not enough time to check that frequency.  Disappeared at 0100 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 AM 1406 UTC 03/24/2016

« on: March 24, 2016, 1408 UTC »

Hard rock music for the last hour or so, signal goes from weak to flame thrower but generally fair overall.  I haven't caught an ID yet but I'm enjoying the tunes this morning - thanks!

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HF Beacons / Channel Z "CZ" Beacon 11428.5 2128 UTC 2/27/2016

« on: February 27, 2016, 2131 UTC »

Solid copy here right now:

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MW Loggings / 1575 Radio Farda, UAE, 0000 UTC 2/17/2016

« on: February 19, 2016, 0334 UTC »

Pretty good opening last night on medium wave towards the Middle East including this from Radio Farda:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2asPed_uLIQ

7,100 miles and probably the furthest hop received here from across the Atlantic on the BCB band.

Checking again tonight and not a peep from any of the stuff that I was pulling in last night, when the K Index was still sitting at 6.

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North American MW Pirate Radio / UNID 1710 AM 0349 UTC 2/11/2016

« on: February 11, 2016, 0352 UTC »

I've been hearing classic country music for the last 1/2 hour or so, no announcements yet.  This isn't the "CHIM-FM" station but rather something else.  Perhaps it's just W807?

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MW Loggings / 1500 UNID station causing interference - who is it?

« on: February 07, 2016, 1946 UTC »

Here's a good mystery:  1500 kHz, an unid causing interference almost nightly here since at least the Fall of 2015 and looping to my South.  I suspect one of the stations in Alabama or Georgia, but I'm too far from the source to confirm anything:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M4opnMHq88

If you're near an AM station on 1500, maybe you can confirm or deny this is your local causing the interference?

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MW Loggings / January 2016 Michigan BCB Logs

« on: February 02, 2016, 0238 UTC »

New stuff heard from West Michigan using the North-South reversible D-KAZ & Perseus SDR.  Not a bad start to the new year!

Domestics:

560 WMIK Middlesboro, KY. - 1200 UTC 1/23/2016 - Southern accented OM ID and city with Southern gospel music under WIND.


600 WBOB Jacksonville, FL. - 0508 UTC 10/1/2016 - With scheduled DX test on day power/pattern, fast and slow morse code IDs, sweep tones, call sign IDs, etc. Very strong at times.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sajrFx5Ia4A


810 WWOS St. George, SC. - 1200 UTC 1/23/2016 - Strong signal with religious choral music and YL announcement: "For Christ honoring music and programming for the entire family, this is WWOS FM 91.9 and WWOS AM 810 St. George..." and into USA Radio News at 1201 UTC.  


980 WULR York, SC. - 0100 UTC 1/21/2016 - With multi call letter ID at TOH including 1070 WGOS High Point and 980 WULR with several "Cadena Radial Nueva Viva" slogans, over / under WAZY-SC during au cx.


980 WAZS Summerville, SC. - 0102 UTC 1/21/2016 - Heard mixing with WULR-SC with Spanish sounding rap or dance tune, ID came at 0102 UTC with multi call letters given for WAZS and 1480 WZJY during au cx.  


990 WITZ Jasper, IN. - 1059 UTC 1/21/2016 - With Spanish accented English call letter ID given at TOH along with Jasper mention, very faint while mixing with an equally faint WGSO, during au cx.


1230 WHOP Hopkinsville, KY. - 0400 UTC 1/8/2016 - Poor with ID heard for // W237BV FM 95.3 and Hopkinsville mention.


1240 WHVN Charlotte, NC. - 0100 UTC 1/21/2016 - With faint multi call letter ID at TOH including one for WOLS-FM then into a religious program, during au cx.  


1290 KUOA Siloam Springs, AR. - 0100 UTC 1/21/2016 - No calls heard but clear ad for Superior Ford in Siloam Springs, fair until lost to WHIO at TOH.  


1340.050 WBIW Bedford, IN. - 1201 UTC 1/31/2016 - With clear ID popping up out of the GY noise with call letters and Bedford mention and soon lost again. Noticeably off-frequency measuring 1340.050


1380 WLRM Millington, TN. - 0102 UTC 1/21/2016 - With urban music, announcement with ID given at 0102 UTC: "....and the blues...W-L-R-M, Millington, Memphis. The all new 13-80, W-L-R-M", during au cx.


1380 WAOK Athens, GA. - 2200 UTC 1/24/2016 - Very faint and way under dominant WHEW with OM giving call letters including those of WVEE, soon lost again.


1400 WINC Winchester, VA. - 0300 UTC 1/21/2016 - With ad string leading up to TOH with several call letter announcements mentioning Winchester, serving the area for 75 years, and then into FOX News, clear during ID and then lost to the GY noise during au cx.


1490 WKBV Richmond, IN. - 1259 UTC 1/13/2016 - With local weather forecast leading up to call letter ID read by the same announcer, dominant.


1520 WXYB Indian Rocks Beach, FL. - 0305 UTC 1/21/2015 - Faint but clear and mostly alone for a few minutes with Greek music parallel to a huge signal from 1500 WPSO during au cx.


1610 WNHC787 Mackinaw City, MI. - 0205 UTC 1/11/2016 - CHHA apparently off the air, or at least no sign of them here tonight. Instead, a brief fade-in of the Mackinac Bridge Authority TIS including mention of // 530 and calls given along with wind advisories.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRjMY4q6Zcg


Latin American:

620 XENK Guadalupe del Monte, Mexico - 0500 UTC 1/10/2016 - With rooster calls and "Radio Seis-Veinte" slogans and Spanish music and talk, calls given at 0600 TOH, over WTMJ at times.  


1130 YVRL Macuto, Venezuela - 0100 UTC 1/21/2016- ID assisted by ReadDX with "Radio I-de-al" slogans during a radio station advertising ad including station telephone number and one mention of Macuto included, only lasting for 1-2 minutes and then lost to KWKH during au cx.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htk3tirrTmE


1170 XECD Puebla, Mexico - 0100 UTC 1/21/2016 - Faint while mixing with an UNID SS, with YL call sign given, "Double-U" mentions and partial "Oro" slogan, during au cx.  


1280 WCMN Arecibo, Puerto Rico - 0100 UTC 1/21/2016 - With multi-call letter ID at TOH including WPRP & WORA and several "Noti Uno" jingles under a strong WANS (SC), au cx.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugJYhdrEc6k


Trans-Atlantics:

1296.008 Sudan - 0322 UTC 1/28/2016 - Fair signal with steady audio during Qu'ran recitations lasting for several minutes.  Thanks to Bjarne Mjelde for confirming frequency offset and comparing program content to what he had recorded during the same time as my reception.  Carrier still hanging on at 0410 UTC but audio long gone.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbTyirC5Qnc


1530 VOA Pinheira/Ponta Praião, São Tomé - 0258 UTC 1/27/2016 - With clear sign-on announcement beginning at 0258 UTC and Yankee Doodle Dandy interval signal under WCKY while phasing the North D-KAZ against a 60 FT N/S BOG wire to reduce WCKY as much as possible.  VOA news partially heard beginning at 0300 UTC under WCKY also.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peBt3PM8esA

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MW Loggings / 1530 VOA Sao Tome 0258 UTC (sign on), 1/27/2016

« on: January 27, 2016, 0420 UTC »

With the DX adrenaline still pumping, persistence pays off in chasing this one down:

https://youtu.be/peBt3PM8esA?list=PL2CDEDA7EB969E66D

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 1329 UTC 13 Jan 2016

« on: January 13, 2016, 1330 UTC »

Just discovered while tuning around, S5-S7 signal with slight fading with dramatic music.

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MW Loggings / December 2015 Michigan BCB logs

« on: January 06, 2016, 0106 UTC »

These are all new logs except the Honduras log as noted.  Times / dates UTC.  All heard on the South D-KAZ during the auroral conditions we had here around Christmas.  Sure, it sucks for HF but it also turns the BCB band upside with stuff from the deep south that usually isn't heard here!


540 Radio Rebelde, Cuba - 0504 UTC 12/24/2015 - Presumed with the Cuban National Anthem beginning at 05:04:32 and exactly in sync with // 600 & 710, very weak.


550 ABC Radio, Tegucigalpa Honduras - 0500 UTC 12/24/2015 - With Spanish talk and numerous "A-B-C Radio" musical jingles, dominant at times during elevated au cx, relog. 


560 WNSR Brentwood, TN. - 1159 UTC 12/21/2015 - With jingle TOH ID, W240CA fast CW ID, and mentions of FM 95.9, Brentwood & Nashville and into CBS Sports Radio programming, under WIND. 


600 HJHJ Barranquilla, Colombia - 0426 UTC 12/24/2015 - Armchair quality signal with lively Latin music and "Radio Libertad" slogans. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=undBWJD-Glo


740 Radio Angulo, Cuba - 0500 UTC 12/23/2015 - Presumed with Cuban National Anthem, poor and mixing with KTRH. 


740 YNRS Radio Sandino Managua, Nicaragua - 0426 UTC 12/24/2015 - With Spanish music and slogans "La Sandino" by YL parallel to http://www.lasandino.com.ni/ 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeLnv7Dz0w4


880 WPEK Fairview, NC. - 1202 UTC 12/21/2015 - Sign-on at 1200 UTC with ABC News then ID at 1202 UTC with "Asheville's Progressive Talk", slogan "880 The Revolution" and then into locally read news and local ads, mostly alone. 


890 WYAM Hartselle, AL. - 1206 UTC 12/21/2015 - Over/under WLS with Spanish music and ads for local businesses including a pawn shop in Decatur, AL., calls given at 1206 UTC.


910 WEPG South Pittsburg, TN. - 0210 UTC 12/22/2015 - With new c/w music and slogan "The River, playing the hottest country hits", poor to fair only lasted briefly.


910 WTMZ Dorchester Terrace, SC. - 0416 UTC 12/23/2015 - Presumed with ESPN programming IDing as "ESPN 98.9 & 910", good briefly. 


970 XERFR México D.F. - 0259 UTC 12/25/2015 - Dominant during au cx with several "Fórmula" slogans given and official calls given at 0259 UTC. 


990 WEEB Southern Pines, NC. - 1159 UTC 12/21/2015 - Poor with slogan & TOH ID "Talkradio 990, W-E-E-B Southern Pines, WEEB990.com" and into FOX News Radio.


1010 XEHL Guadalajara, Mexico - 0258 UTC 12/25/2015 - With Christmas greetings, numerous "W Radio" slogans, mention of Mexico with "TDW" CW non-IDs mixed in as well, good signal. 


1050 WFAM Augusta, GA. - 1158 UTC 12/21/2015 - Good signal with call letter ID and into local weather with "It's time to wake up Augusta, it's seven o-clock in the morning and you're listening to W-F-A-M Augusta". 


1080 XETUL Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo, Mexico - 0258 UTC 12/25/2015 - Fair signal with "Radio Mexiquense" slogan and calls given in SS at 0258 UTC. 


1130 WEDI Eaton, OH. - 1202 UTC 12/21/2015 - Poor with ID // to 1500 WBZI and into FOX News Radio. 


1130 WCLW Eden, NC. - 0300 UTC 12/23/2015 - Decent signal over KWKH with young southern accented YL giving calls, city and state and into local weather. 


1140 Radio Surco, Cuba - 0105 UTC 12/21/2015 - Cuban mentions with clear "Radio Surco" IDs, good signal.


1240 WBEJ Elizabethton, TN. - 0305 UTC 12/23/2015 - Poking up over the GY noise with clear W-B-E-J weather forecast read by local southern accented YL announcer, good briefly until lost again after forecast was given. 


1280 WCPM Cumberland, KY. - 0305 UTC 12/23/2015 - With "The best country, Real Country, W-C-P-M AM, 12-80" and into bluegrass tune.


1290 WNBN Meridian, MS. - 0303 UTC 12/25/2015 - With ads & phone numbers for local Meridian businesses given by robot sounding YL, dominant signal at time of reception.


1380 WMTA Central City, KY. - 0100 UTC 12/21/2015 - With ID for parallel 1180 WGAB and mention of 24 hour Christian programming, with very rapid fading during au cx.


1460 WEEN Lafayette, TN. - 0259 UTC 12/23/2015 - With slogan popping up through the noise: "Solid Gospel 14-60" and soon gone again. 


1540 WBRY Woodbury, TN. - 0300 UTC 12/23/2015 - Faint calls during KXEL brief moment of dead air during TOH.


1570 WTAY Robinson, IL. - 2243 UTC 12/21/2015 - Off-frequency at 1569.96 with call letter ID and mention of FM 100.3 given at TOH, poor copy. 


1590 WCSL Cherryville, NC. - 0300 UTC 12/23/2015 - ID heard under a few seconds of WCGO dead air during TOH.


MW Harmonics:

3420 kHz (1710x2) "W807 Geo Research Rock Radio" Chicago, IL. - 2346 UTC 12/1/2015 - With ads for local businesses and other familiar content including the operator's distinct voice heard with ID.  Peaked only briefly from carrier to carrier + distorted audio and hasn't been heard before or since. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0oFZ9OrEx0

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6961am 0425 UTC 1/3/2016

« on: January 03, 2016, 0434 UTC »

On with Hendrix "Who Knows" at 0425z, S5.  SSTV at 0440z and then off.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 3440am 0255 UTC 1/3/2016

« on: January 03, 2016, 0257 UTC »

Just heard something here, strong signal, maybe a Michael Jackson song, but off abruptly seconds after discovering it.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio True North 6950 am 0019 UTC 12/27/2015

« on: December 27, 2015, 0023 UTC »

S4 or so over the t-storm crashes, slow song playing right now, signal peaks aren't long enough to ID music.  RTN I'm betting.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Amphetamine Radio 3440u 0312 UTC 12/19/2015

« on: December 19, 2015, 0312 UTC »

IDs and music just about the noise floor here, S3.  SSTV at 0312z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / PeeWee 3430u 0308 UTC 12/19/2015

« on: December 19, 2015, 0309 UTC »

Music, S4 signal over light local QRM

0310z: ZZ Top "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"
0313z: Ozzy "Crazy Train"
0317z: Scottie 1 SSTV
0319z: "PEE WEE" CW ID and off