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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Icecream 6925 USB 0014 1 Sept 2013

« on: September 01, 2013, 0028 UTC »

Killer tunes and killer signal to back it up.  S9+

Signed off at 0041z and then heard Wolverine Radio come on briefly with "Your doing a good job tonight, keep it up."

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Rise and Shine With Boom Box Radio! 6950 AM

« on: August 31, 2013, 1110 UTC »

Ah, nice quiet copy now at 1109z.  Thanks!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Rise and Shine With Boom Box Radio! 6950 AM

« on: August 31, 2013, 1058 UTC »

No copy here either at 1050z.

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MW Loggings / Re: 1566 TWR Benin, Africa 0340z 8/31/2013

« on: August 31, 2013, 0422 UTC »

Congrats Refmo!  Glad you could hear them.  0422z and they are still going strong here.

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MW Loggings / 1566 TWR Benin, Africa 0340z 8/31/2013

« on: August 31, 2013, 0349 UTC »

In very well right now with consistent audio, English announcements earlier followed by local music and then a nice ID.  0345 UTC and now in local African language.  Probably the best I've heard Benin here on medium wave.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RML 6935 USB 0215 UTC 31 Aug 2013

« on: August 31, 2013, 0328 UTC »

Weak copy here over heavy static tonight.

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MW Loggings / Re: 783 Mauretania (TENT) 0238z 8/30/2013

« on: August 30, 2013, 2308 UTC »

Nice catch.  I wonder if it have the same programming as the Mauritanian station on 7245 khz; they have a lot of chanting going on.

I checked 7245 for a match, but there was no 7245.  Are they gone from shortwave now?  I couldn't find a working internet stream either to verify against.

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MW Loggings / 783 Mauretania (TENT) 0238z 8/30/2013

« on: August 30, 2013, 0316 UTC »

Phasing down WBBM the best I can, I've been seeing a carrier fading in the last two nights on 783 beginning around 0200z on the SDR's waterfall.  Waiting through the fades, it will occasionaly peak to weak audio with Middle Eastern chanting or similar.  The audio heard doesn't seem to match Syria on 783 as checked against a remote receiver, so this is likely Mauretania reaching Michigan.  Oddly, not a trace of any other MW signals from across the pond right now.

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Equipment / Re: HF in the car?

« on: August 27, 2013, 0103 UTC »

Great replies, this gives me some stuff to think about.  Thanks all

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Equipment / HF in the car?

« on: August 25, 2013, 1342 UTC »

Just curious if anyone has HF receive capabilities in their vehicles?  If so, what are you using for receiver and antenna?  What kind of results do you get, and what can be expected?  Is electrical noise an issue for you?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BOR 6935u 0252z 8/25/2013

« on: August 25, 2013, 0253 UTC »

Sounds like BOR signing on now, S5 over the static tonight.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6945 USB 0114 UTC 25 Aug 2013

« on: August 25, 2013, 0118 UTC »

S8 into West Michigan, sounding good.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Red Mercury Labs 6940am 0250z 8/24/2013

« on: August 24, 2013, 0253 UTC »

Just noticed this, seems to be playing Rage Against The Machine's "Battle of Los Angeles" album.  About S5 or so and even with the noise tonight:

0252z: RATM "Testify"
0256z: Carrier still decent, but audio nearly gone now.
0259z: Audio back up with RATM "Calm like a bomb"
0302z: RATM "Mic check"
0306z: Brief carrier drop and back with RATM "Sleep now in the fire"
0309z: Carrier drop between songs again, RATM "Born of a broken man"
0314z: RML ID
0317z: RATM "Born as ghosts"
0321z: RATM "Maria"
0324z: Strong RML ID
0327z: RATM "Voice of the voiceless"

Thanks RML, been a while since I've listened to this album.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6940 USB 0135UTC August 24 2013

« on: August 24, 2013, 0230 UTC »

0230z 6930u: Major static on the band tonight but BOR is getting through most of it, nice selection of blues and shout-outs.  Thanks BOR

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6935 Undercover Radio 0227z 8/21/13

« on: August 21, 2013, 0229 UTC »

Undercover Radio, intermittent in AM and USB, seems to be having some technical issues.  Sounding better now @ 0230z.  S6 signal, not as strong as the other night but still decent.