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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Twangy Radio 6925 USB 2332 UTC 15 Jul 2014

« on: July 16, 2014, 0005 UTC »

Caught some audio here at 2346 UTC with "Man on the Silver Mountain" on 6925.1ish KHZ. S5 signal with lots of T-Storm static, but clear audio. Off mid-song, the back up briefly at 2349 UTC. Nothing since....

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QSLs Received / Re: MAC Shortwave - "The Jimmy Stewart Show"

« on: July 15, 2014, 2144 UTC »

Found this in my email in box today in reply to an email I had sent during the broadcast from July 12-13, 2014. Thanks James Stewart and MAC shortwave! Happy to get one of these for my radio room wall! Enjoy the shows very much here...particularly the scratchy 78's and the weather reports... 

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General Radio Discussion / Proton Bombardment! July 14, 2014

« on: July 14, 2014, 2240 UTC »

 I copy and pasted this from http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ This is my favorite one stop site for propagation. Could someone tell me just what is actually happening here?   Current Solar Indicies from WWV  
14-Jul-2014 at 2105 UTC
SFI = 109   A = 9   K = 3  
Conditions during the last 24 hours  
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been ??.
 
Forecast for the next 24 hours  
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be ??.
(The "Huh" faces were originally 3 question marks...the machine language interprets very nicely in this context! I suspect that the high density protons are overloading the satellite's sensors or something)


Solar Wind Data
Provides solar wind velocity and energetic particle intensity
Updated at: 2228Z on July 14, 2014

 Velocity (km/s):   357.8  
 Density (protons/cm3):  24.4

EDIT SWPC's proton event threshold is 10 protons/cm2-s-sr at >=10 MeV. Large particle fluxes have been associated with satellite single event upsets (SEUs). ( It looks like 24.4 protons/cm³ is sufficient to KO the GOES sensors!)

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Radio Bursts Coming From Deep Space

« on: July 14, 2014, 2221 UTC »

Hmmm...are the astrophysicists certain these are from outside the Milky Way galaxy and not from the general direction of the Crab Nebula? Resistance is futile...you have ALL been altered!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6924.5 KHZ AM 2109 UTC JULY 13, 2014

« on: July 13, 2014, 2113 UTC »

I'm getting some weak fadey music here at 2109 UTC tune in...
2115 UTC RFW ID! Wow, the Subject box corrected all by itself! Thanks Chris S!
Signal strength is up and down like a yo-yo here....strange prop indeed.
2125 UTC Signal seems to be picking up a bit now...clean audio!
2128 UTC DJ Dickweed and Assistant Stefan/Steven/Stephen ID'ing the previous tunes (New Pornographers and Veruca Salts)
{Without sounding too patronizing, you comrades play a lot of cool songs I never heard before and do the right thing by identifying them for us old folk whose musical tastes were overdeveloped in the 60's and the 70's}
2139 UTC ID's previous song by Rammstein and next song by Bob Mould-"I Don't Know You Anymore"
2151 UTC A skit with lots of bleeps....
(Propagation is still kinda sketchy here...deep fades followed by S8 signal...must be some kind of proton bombardment by the Auroral Deity)
2209 UTC "Until Next Time...Do Whatever"
Thanks for the Sunday afternoon matinee!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Renegade Radio, 6930u, 0300z, 7/13/14

« on: July 13, 2014, 0349 UTC »

Fair signal amid heavy T-Storm static here...0314 UTC tune in with "Africa" by Toto, Eye of the Tiger by Survivor at 0317.
0321 UTC "Spirit of Radio"-Rush
0327 UTC "Hotel California"-Eagles
0331 UTC "Renegade Radio" ID followed by "Suicide is Painless" aka the Theme from MASH
0333 UTC OFF

Lots of ear bleeding static bursts marring an otherwise solid S7 signal here. Thanks for the  Saturday evening show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6925 USB 0048 UTC 13 July 2014

« on: July 13, 2014, 0240 UTC »

Thanks for the explanation! I did a double take when you played that....even the troublemakers riffraff pirate enthusiasts in the chat room were laughing at that!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Technical Man 6200 AM 0009 UTC 13 Jul 2014

« on: July 13, 2014, 0119 UTC »

Just tuned in at 0109 UTC during the last song I think  ...Dutch folk tune/polka at fair level amid the static crashes, then open carrier at end of song 0112 UTC, carrier off at 0113 UTC. If this is the station, it was my first logging! Maybe tune in earlier next time!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6925 USB 0048 UTC 12 July 2014

« on: July 13, 2014, 0100 UTC »

0049 UTC Nice audio here with Soviet Anthem in progress, then DJ Dickweed and Stefan opening announcements. Stefan wearing a tuxedo tonight and drinking a martini. RPM show with genuine 45's. Into old time radio instrumentals. Solid S9 here...
0101 UTC The audio on the song was a little jumpy at first! Seems to have settled down....

EDIT Hey DJ Dickweed...now that I've heard this particular RPM program twice, what is with the Big Butts song amidst all that old time radio music? Not sure the strip club answer covers that disparity!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: MAC Shortwave 6924.47AM 2331 12 July 2014

« on: July 13, 2014, 0001 UTC »

S7 signal here with a bit of noise, but the usual excellent audio on 6924.5ish KHZ. Tune in at 2351 UTC to "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" already in progress.
2352 James Stewart ID'ing song and giving time checks and the correct date! Next song up from a disc jockey copy. Mentioned the Spanish and Portuguese fishermen and then song by Lou Monti.
0001 UTC "Do You Know How I Feel"-Lou Monti
0004 UTC Weather Report....love it!
0006 UTC Tommy Dorsey
0010 UTC (Still talking about June Alyson!)
0012 UTC Glenn Miller
0016 UTC "You Are My Sunshine"-Gene Autry for Grasscutter and Sunshine Radio
0020 UTC Sandman
0024 UTC "Chapel In the Valley
0028 UTC A Polka by Spike Jones
0031 UTC (JS, you need a smile... ) Then song by Jerry Lewis
0035 UTC No ring from special listener   ...nothing to do with Glenn Hauser or Timtron...not even at the same location...primitive eQSL cards... mention of HF Underground, Free Radio Cafe, Antique Radio. Closing down and feeling down. Then a song by Mary Small
0042 UTC National Anthem, laugh track, then off.
(There was a brief QSO by a man who said "Thanks for the show...I enjoyed it")

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Focus International 6968 AM 0330 UTC 12 Jul 2014

« on: July 12, 2014, 0354 UTC »

I'm getting an S3 carrier, but no audio coming through at all on 6968.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / GENERATION WILD 100 6930 KHZ USB 0258 UTC JULY 12, 2014

« on: July 12, 2014, 0305 UTC »

Sign on announcement at 0301 UTC, into jazz tune at 0302 UTC
0307 UTC Canned "Wild 100" ID into jazz pop instrumental with nice lead guitar licks
0312 UTC Killer acoustic guitar/mandolin/dobro instrumental wth electronic keyboards, vibrophone etc. NICE! Is this what the other posters say is named "BAU"?
0320 UTC Jazzy pop instrumental with Bensonesque guitar licks
0323 UTC ID, then another jazzy pop instrumental
It's midnight at the oasis here and time to sing the camel to bed...thanks for an interesting evening of music that you don't ever hear on the pirate bands!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM *0225 12July14

« on: July 12, 2014, 0249 UTC »

Strong carrier but badly undermodulated here at 0238 UTC.
0240 UTC "Running With The Devil"-Van Halen
0247 UTC Off?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0147 UTC 12July12

« on: July 12, 2014, 0206 UTC »

Had it briefly at 0201 UTC, then nothing until 0204 UTC with some kind of strange song. S5, just above the noise level here.
0207 UTC Seemingly gone again

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2115 UTC 11 Jul 2014

« on: July 12, 2014, 0004 UTC »

Also getting a carrier here since 2348 UTC with brief moments of audio. Too weak to copy over the noise. Is this a Euro?
Thanks Chris L and Chris S(in the chat)...I'm getting occasional audio here mixing with a loud pesky on LSB.
0048 UTC OFF? No audio, no carrier...hmmm
EDIT I listened back on the recording and I get no yodel