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General Radio Discussion / Radio Amateur to Pay $7,000, Face Restricted Privileges to Settle FCC Interferen

« on: July 05, 2018, 1755 UTC »

from ARRL website

07/04/2018

The US Department of Justice and the FCC have reached a settlement with Brian Crow, K3VR, of North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, to resolve allegations that Crow intentionally interfered with the communications of other Amateur Radio operators and failed to properly identify. The core component of the settlement calls on Crow to pay $7,000 to the US Treasury, the FCC and US Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania Scott W. Brady announced in separate July 3 news releases. In addition, Crow’s Amateur Extra class license will be restricted to Technician class privileges for 6 months, and he has agreed to discontinue contact with the individuals involved in this case. Crow’s Amateur Extra privileges will be restored after 6 months, “if no new violations have been found,” the FCC said.

http://www.arrl.org/news/radio-amateur-to-pay-7-000-face-restricted-privileges-to-settle-fcc-interference-case

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0037 UTC 1 July 2018

« on: July 01, 2018, 0116 UTC »

S9+

0115 - Keep On Smiling - Wet Willie
0115 - Sara Smile - Hall & Oates
0119 - Whenever I See Your Smilin' Face - James Taylor
0121 - Positive ID by OM as: "Wolverine Radio"
-------
0133 - Echo ID
0133 - SSTV
0135 - QRT / S-Off

Thank You

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0000 UTC 18 Jun 2018

« on: June 18, 2018, 0030 UTC »

S9+20, slight fading

Fathers Day Show

0026 - I'm Your Lovin Daddy (?)
0031 - Your Daddy's Dogging Around
0033 - Positive ID by OM as: "Wolverine Radio"
0033 - Daddy, Daddy
0036 - Good Rockin' Daddy
0039 - Daddy's Home to Stay
0041 - ID by OM
.......
0047 - Pappas Got A Brand New Bag
0050 - Pappa Was A Rolling Stone
0055 - Echo ID
0055 - SSTV transmission

Sounded as if another OP Thanked Him for the Show
after SSTV image was done...

Thank You & Happy Fathers Day

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 0114 UTC 17 JUN 2018

« on: June 17, 2018, 0117 UTC »

S7 on the rice burner into The Big Windy

0112 - Gagnam Style - Psy
           played a second or 2, off...
           then back on with full song
0118 - Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice (?)
0123 - Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah - Alan Sherman
0126 - Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt Kicker Five
0129 - SSTV
           

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Man Cave Radio 6950.27 > 6950.4ish AM 2326 UTC 16 Jun 2018

« on: June 17, 2018, 0040 UTC »

0038 - Just a trace of carrier... sorry...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Casablanca 6940 AM 0015 UTC 1 June 2018

« on: June 01, 2018, 1135 UTC »

0120 UTC

Only heard bits of the program.
Busy last night.

Thanks Richard

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: Stolen SDR's - SDRplay

« on: May 24, 2018, 1250 UTC »

Further to our previous post on this matter, what people will not yet be aware of is that we also had a consignment of the new product that is due to be announced tomorrow stolen. We have had three separate consignments stolen and devices from all three have turned up on the same ebay account and so this suggests that a single person is responsible for all three thefts.

The decision to blacklist devices was taken to target the as of yet unsold devices to render them worthless and to make it pointless for the thieves to attempt to sell them. Of the consignment of RSP1As and RSP2pros, we have reason to believe that the majority remain unsold and so we took this action to render them worthless and deter the thieves from attempting to sell them.

By making this public in the way we did, we are giving the following messages:

1. We have end to end traceability of our products from the point of manufacture to the point that they reach our seller. If any are stolen, we will know and we will know the serial numbers of the devices taken.

2. Via the serial numbers we can render these devices worthless and so there is no point in attempting to sell them. The unwitting purchaser will become aware that they have received a stolen device and will want their money back.

3. Because we can make these devices worthless, there is no point in stealing any more of our products.

We made public the serial numbers of the RSP1As and RSP2Pros public and very clearly asked anyone who may have purchased one of these devices (believing them to be genuine) to contact us. Those that do and assist us in tracking down the thieves will be treated VERY sympathetically.

We will NOT penalise innocent people so that assumption that this is our intent is frankly WRONG!!

Our objective here is to gather as much information as possible so that it can be forwarded to the relevant law enforcement agencies to assist them in tracking down the culprits.

Some of the comments that we have seen on this subject by ill-informed people are massively wide of the mark. We have a responsibility to gather as much information as possible and forward it to the relevant authorities. We have also suffered a considerable financial loss, not just in terms of the cost of the goods, but also in terms of the lost sale opportunities. Some of the comments that we have seen regarding insurance cover are equally ill informed. For insurance claims to be taken seriously, you have an obligation to report the thefts and take all possible steps to assist in the recovery of the stolen goods that that is precisely what we are doing.

Finally, we have NEVER said that we will "brick" the devices. That is an incorrect assumption that has been made. Blacklisting and 'bricking' are two quite different things.

Sincerely

SDRplay Support

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Gaga 6925 USB 1634 UTC 19 May 2018

« on: May 19, 2018, 1711 UTC »

S9 on the home radio, but with QRN

1709 - Kung Fu Fighting
1711 - National Anthem
1712 - Positive ID by OM as: "This is Radio GaGa"
1713 - S/Off - QRT

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WQXR 6875 USB 2355 UTC 17 April 2018

« on: May 18, 2018, 0034 UTC »

S7 with great SSB audio

0030 - UNID classical music
0033 - SSTV
0035 - back into the classical music

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Stolen SDR's - SDRplay

« on: May 16, 2018, 1349 UTC »

It has come to our attention that a consignment of RSPs that was recently stolen from our manufacturing partner have appeared for sale on eBay.

If you have any of the following devices and have purchased them from a non-approved reseller of SDRplay products, please contact admin@sdrplay.com and also contact the seller requesting a refund as the devices appear to have come from a stolen consignment of goods.

Product Type Serial number
RSP2pro 1703002F10
RSP1A 180403B795
RSP1A 180403B895
RSP1A 180403B995
RSP1A 180403BA95
RSP1A 180403BB95
RSP1A 180403BC95
RSP1A 180403C495
RSP1A 180403C595
RSP1A 180403C795
RSP1A 180403C895
RSP1A 180403C995
RSP1A 180403CA95
RSP1A 180403CB95
RSP1A 180403CC95
RSP1A 180403CD95
RSP1A 180403DC95
RSP1A 180403DE95
RSP1A 180403DF95
RSP1A 1804023895
RSP1A 1804023A95
RSP1A 1804024695
RSP1A 1804024795
RSP1A 1804024895
RSP1A 1804024995
RSP1A 1804024A95
RSP1A 1804024B95
RSP1A 1804024C95
RSP1A 1804024D95
RSP1A 1804024E95
RSP1A 1804024F95
RSP1A 1804025095
RSP1A 1804025195
RSP1A 1804025295
RSP1A 1804025495
RSP1A 1804025A95
RSP1A 1804025B95
RSP1A 1804025C95
RSP1A 1804025D95

Please be aware that we have now black-listed the above serial numbers and these devices will not work at all or will only work with a very restricted range of software. Anyone with any of these devices will not receive any form of support or technical assistance from SDRplay.

We are aware that the following eBay sellers have been selling devices from the stolen consignment:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/greenfields1001 (formerly listed as mansnothot01)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/connie68purple

Whilst we recognise that the above resellers may well have purchased the devices in good faith and in complete innocence, they have thus far failed to cooperate with us by explaining where they obtained the devices from. We will therefore be forwarding on their details to the Police so that they can investigate further.

We strongly recommend that people only purchase new devices from an authorised SDRplay distributor or reseller. A full list of authorised sellers is available from our website at:

https://www.sdrplay.com/distis.php

Thank you

Admin – SDRplay Ltd

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Huh? / If It Hasn't Been Said Yet...

« on: May 04, 2018, 1133 UTC »

May The Fourth Be With You !!!

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General Radio Discussion / 4 QSO Parties this Weekend !

« on: May 03, 2018, 1745 UTC »

New England, 7-land, Indiana, and Delaware are all hosting QSO parties this weekend. What's even better is that if you use N1MM to log, you can work all four at the same time and send in the same log to everyone!

EDIT: Links!


from reddit/amateurradio

You can probably find easily more infos online...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6945 USB 0033 UTC 29 Apr 2018

« on: April 29, 2018, 0033 UTC »

S9+20, great audio

"Question" Themed Show ?

0032 - Interval signal
0033 - Positive ID by OM as: Wolverine Radio
0034 - Who Loves You - Billie Holiday
0038 - When Did You Leave Heaven
0041 - Where Is The Sun
0042 - Do Right, Like Some Other Men Do - Billie Holiday
0048 - Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used To Do
0051 - ID by OM
0051 - Why Do Everything Have To Happen To Me ?
0054 - Why Do Fools Fall In Love ?
0056 - When Will I Be Loved ?
0058 - ID by OM
0101 - Baby, Where Did Our Love Go - Diana Ross & The Supremes
0105 - Who Do You Love ?
0106 - ID by OM
0106 - What's Goin' On ?
0110 - Where To Now, St. Peter ? - Elton John
0114 - Why Can't We Be Friends ? - War
0118 - ID by OM
0118 - What's So Funny Bout Peace, Love and Understanding - Elvis Costello
0121 - Who Can It Be Now - Man At Work
0125 - ID by OM
0125 - What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
0129 - Why'd You Lie ?
0134 - Echo ID
0134 - SSTV

Thanks for the Show tonight Wolverine !

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6935 USB 2232 UTC 24 Apr 2018

« on: April 24, 2018, 2244 UTC »

S5

2242 - Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
2243 - Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
2246 - Anyway You Want Me - Elvis Presley

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Peace Radio 6925 USB 1320 UTC 21 April 2018

« on: April 21, 2018, 1327 UTC »

S4 - S5 on the rice burner, improving

1326 - just tuned in... Earth Angel
1328 - That'll Be The Day
1331 - OM talking, mentions DJ Kootz (? unsure)
1331 - but Positive ID as Peace Radio by OM
1333 - ...I'm Gonna Make You Love Me...
1336 - ID by OM, asks listeners to wish him well ...