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North American MW Pirate Radio / 1720 kHz RFW *0246 UTC 12/21/2013

« on: December 21, 2013, 0251 UTC »

Just came on the frequency, weak here, some faint audio.  ID per Dimbulb (thanks!)  Carrier off at 0259z.  Back on at 0323z with about the same signal strength.

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Equipment / Re: Images in LW Band

« on: December 20, 2013, 1824 UTC »

3)  Only audible on the active vertical; if it's there on the Pixel it's way down in noise.

I don't think your radios are overloading, I think the mixing products are occurring in the amplifier section of this active vertical.  What kind of antenna is this?  Make and model number?  Can the RF gain be backed off within the antenna itself, any adjustments?

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MW Loggings / 750 Radio Caracas 0121z 12/20/2013

« on: December 20, 2013, 0122 UTC »

750 Radio Caracas crushing WSB at the moment, sounds like sports talk or possibly play-by-play.

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MW Loggings / Re: WOW!! WHKZ 1440 5kw heard in south jersey

« on: December 20, 2013, 0120 UTC »

Good catch!

785

General Radio Discussion / Re: SAQ Transmission On Christmas Eve

« on: December 17, 2013, 0130 UTC »

Has this ever been heard in the midwest?  I tried last season but no joy here.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: AM DX Test: WCIT 940 0659-0759 UTC 16 December 2013

« on: December 17, 2013, 0129 UTC »

I caught it here too on the overnight recording, clear voice IDs, CW IDs, sweep tones, etc.  This was my closest un-heard on 940.

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North American MW Pirate Radio / 1720 khz Radio Free Whatever 0410z-0503z* 12/15/2013

« on: December 15, 2013, 0411 UTC »

Old-time music up on 1720 right now, could be a rebroadcast of the RFW's show that I heard earlier on 6925.  S4 signal.

I've heard a couple of RFW IDs now.  Thanks for the medium wave surprise tonight!

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MW Loggings / 1150 WHUN-PA & WNLR-VA 2130z 12/14/2013

« on: December 14, 2013, 2140 UTC »

Two newies just now while seeking Delaware on 1150: WHUN-PA with ESPN Sports & grossly off-frequency WNLR-VA with religious programming.  Delaware still eludes me.

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MW Loggings / Re: 620 WZON Bangor, ME. on day pattern 0116z 12/12/2013

« on: December 13, 2013, 1645 UTC »

Vince, thanks for the WGME tip.  I should spend more time on 560, but CFOS can be tough to get past here when I phase down WIND.  As for 620 WZON, they were in again last night with a nice ID at the top of the hour at 0200z.  I suspect something's out of whack there with their pattern, so get them while you can!

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MW Loggings / 620 WZON Bangor, ME. on day pattern 0116z 12/12/2013

« on: December 12, 2013, 0137 UTC »

Thanks to a tip on the ABDX list, I dialed up 620 here, phase-nulled WTMJ down to nothing, and heard the usual oldies coming from WKHB to the East.  I stuck with it a bit and heard a local high school basketball game fade-in, and up came the announcement "...high school basketball on Pulse Sports, W-Z-O-N"  Maine is very tough to log here, and this is only #2 for me.

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MW Loggings / Re: Unid 970 1150z 12/11/13

« on: December 11, 2013, 1712 UTC »

970 WAMD Aberdeen, MD. is listed as having a Top 40 format - could be what you heard.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Metro Radio International 20:49 UTC Dec-8-2013

« on: December 09, 2013, 0031 UTC »

A very faint trace of an AM carrier here which vanished at 2304z coming and going on the SDR's waterfall.  No chance of audio here.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Totse Relay 6930 USB 2341 UTC 8 Dec 2013

« on: December 09, 2013, 0027 UTC »

I didn't see this reported, unless I missed it, but I had the RT relay on 6966.6u with:

2258z Radop Totse ID and "pumping 400w of pirate radio into the ionosphere".
2259z Music by Tool
2316z Phonetic ID given
2317z Off mid-song and then the relay op (wasn't Dak) came on the air and said "Radio Totse will continue after dark"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925am 2259z 12/8/2013

« on: December 08, 2013, 2259 UTC »

Hearing Eumir Deodado's "Also Sprach Zarathustra" now, S6-S8

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General Radio Discussion / Re: WNDB-1150 Daytona Beach, FL. DX test tonight

« on: December 07, 2013, 2006 UTC »

Nothing heard here, and nobody has reported hearing the test, even listeners close to the station, so it seems it never went off as planned for whatever reasons.