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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Strong utility on 6215 emergency frequency 1807 utc 23 apr 2019

« on: April 24, 2019, 1953 UTC »

Alex in Ukraine identified that signal type from the waterfall screenshot  I sent to him.
That signal was in a Russian military system called CIS12, with a pack of 12 narrow data channels.
Not the same as the Stanag system, but when tuning across, it gives almost the same impression.

No idea about where it came from (Russia, Crimea, Syria...). Maybe another time if TDOA is used while the transmission lasts.

Thank you Alex for the help !

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Unid 6240 AM 1822 utc 24 apr 2019

« on: April 24, 2019, 1831 UTC »

on 6240.0-
maybe the station previously on 6240.0 (or maybe not), but alone on the channel
very weak, much atmos today
1822 music from war movie, 1824 more music, hard to hear, 1831
1859 some D-like music.     1943 very weak, T-storm atmos, non-stop music, 1957
non stop music, very hard
2030 talking at last, but no copy at all, 2032 off ?

31308

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Northern Star 5895 AM 1805 utc 24 apr 2019

« on: April 24, 2019, 1811 UTC »

on 5895.0     much atmos (T-storm)
1805 Rolling Stones "Ruby Tuesday", 1807 jingle ID, next song, 1811

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio 319 tent. 5815 AM 1756 utc 24 apr 2019

« on: April 24, 2019, 1758 UTC »

on 5815.0       much atmos (T-storm)
1756 music, advert?, then Jethro Tull ?, 1800 rock, 1804 jingle: 'When I do it for you', DJ in D
1811 pop in D, 1814 a deluxe version of "I say a little prayer for you", 1818 R. Veronica long ID,
next: pop-rock.  (So it's a recording of offshore Radio Veronica), 1820

(1846 gone)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Unid 6240 AM 1536 utc 24 apr 2019

« on: April 24, 2019, 1537 UTC »

on 6240.0
1531 carrier
1536 music, D song "Tina Tina"(?title)
1540 AC-DC, beating with another carrier about 2 Hz away, also an het on U-side
1544 next: C&W (the het seems to be on 6240.2 tentative R. Cuckoo)
1548 next, 1551 talking (or QRM ?), by M and W (no copy), could be QRM from Tashkent
(playing AC-DC was probably not from the religious programme via Tashkent)
1559 talking, 1600 SSB traffic too...
then extra weak signals, sometimes carrier on 6240.2 heard
1603 music is back, and Sync AM is fooled between the two carriers..., 1606
1650 both stations going on, 1655 no winner, both are losing

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Reflections Europe 6295 AM 1459 utc 24 apr 2019

« on: April 24, 2019, 1503 UTC »

on 6295.05
1459 M+W talking, Bible programme, (usual on Sundays, unusual on weekdays), 1504
(1527 gone)

1608 preachers back on the air
1623 ID, contacts in USA, frequencies... 1625
(1659 gone)

Interesting replies about the story of SW pirates in Ireland in the 80's and 90's. Jock Wilson telling how his Radio Stella station was relayed in Ireland from the same site that relayed Reflections Europe, and there was up to 7 TX in the same site. Long story via a link. Also photos, and comments about the transmitters.

He adds that now, he does not know from where Reflections Europe is transmitted, not even if it's from Ireland.

All that moved to the forum 'Pirate radio history' on this site.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Merlin Int. 6305 AM 1424 utc 24 apr 2019

« on: April 24, 2019, 1428 UTC »

on 6305.1-   fair signal \T-stormy
1424 anorak music, multilingual ID, 1425 music, 1428 DJ, into "Lazy Sunday"
1436 Tremeloes "Silence is golden", DJ, ID, Lovin' Spoonful "Daydream",
etc... still on at 1625
(1659 gone)

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QSLs Received / Re: A request to those posting QSL images

« on: April 24, 2019, 1422 UTC »

Attachments are now disabled. They consume huge amounts of disk space and slow things down.   If you wish to post an image, it's trivial to do so via imgur and other services. They let you post huge images, often without any (reasonable) size limits

For example:

1. Go to https://imgur.com
2. Click the New Post button
3. Paste your image into your browser window
4. Right click on the image URL
5. Paste the image URL into the message you are posting on the HFU, in between IMG tags.
6. You're done!

Something missing after step 3 : where do I find the image URL for step 4 ?

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QSLs Received / e-QSL Recycle Radio (first one to Europe)

« on: April 24, 2019, 1345 UTC »

Trying to post a QSL from Recycle Radio, barely heard direct in Europe for first time.



Does not work, don't know what is wrong,
and lost my image once again in imgur, with no way to find it again.

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Equipment / Re: Sell it all and get the Icom R8600?

« on: April 24, 2019, 1245 UTC »

The Icom R8600 has no numerical keyboard.
Is there a roundabout to enter frequency direct ?

I just saw bargain prices for used R-9500, one described as perfect state for €1600,
dating from 2010 (when the new price was around €12000 !).

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Sovereign 6318 AM 0640 utc 24 apr 2019

« on: April 24, 2019, 0918 UTC »

on 6318.0-
0640 very weak, R&R, 0645 pop-rock
0855 fair \noisy; "Spirit in the sky"
0912 music, 0914 jingle (not OK), rock, 0917 W pop singer \always noisy on one side or the other
1155 jingle (not better), 1204 music
(1220 no signal)
1316 on again, with music, very weak, stormy, etc....
1700 Rolling Stones ? (very weak and noisy)

1833 back from deep fade, very weak, music, 1837 next, etc...
2150 non stop music, fair signal, 2211 jingle :'Solid gold Radio Sovereign', more music, fading down

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Cuckoo tent. 6240.2 AM 0904 utc 24 apr 2019

« on: April 24, 2019, 0906 UTC »

on 6240.2+  very weak, noisy
0858 carrier, 0904 suddenly music (Irish music), 0906 pop, 0912
(0920 gone)
1321 on again, weak and stormy, Irish music, then some pop at noise level, 1323
lost soon after 1340    1443 heard again, weak and very noisy and stormy, music (hard to hear!)
1504 a bit stronger, music, 1514  (1529 gone)   (1531 another carrier, on 6240.0 : see other topic)
1550 maybe 'coucou! coucou!' (under the QRM) ?
1615 at least a carrier on 6240.2+,    1638 pop, slight het on 6240.0   1641..and RTTY on 6242a
1644 no carrier on 6240.2  1646 carrier again..  1650 both stations are on   1655 both are losing

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Laser Hot Hits 6205 AM 1653 utc 23 apr 2019

« on: April 23, 2019, 2317 UTC »

Good reception, has been that way for several days

and still good here at 2316 with ID by DJ

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: YEAH MAN RADIO 6925 AM 2129 UTC 23 April 2019

« on: April 23, 2019, 2259 UTC »

2254 carrier almost impossible to hear, but some music heard on the USB
maybe a carrier at 6924.8 ?
2259 very hard to hear ! blank ?
just that carrier hard to find, 2310 t/out

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Unid 6280 AM 2126 utc 23 apr 2019

« on: April 23, 2019, 2127 UTC »

on 6280.0
2124 carrier
2126 pop (Petula Clark ?), 2128  next \a few OHR bursts
2133 off