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Propagation / Re: Nordern lights in Poland 17/18 Aug 2022
« on: August 20, 2022, 2255 UTC »
We had a few nearby sunfarts, one directed at us and a bit stronger could make us all live amish for a while.
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A wonderful, if smelly, sendoff!
quoted for greater justice
I agree, much easier to string out a 40m dipole with some 90 percent efficiency and privateer away with a few watts than to try to get some efficiency with a reduced size home made antenna for, say, 175m. That said, I've seen a lot of former microwave relay towers doing little to nothing in farm fields that could support, for example, some surreptitious antenna wires placed by drone or perhaps a daring climber.
Or perhaps use the towers themselves.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: MRI 6872 USB 2200 UTC 20 AUG 2022
« on: August 20, 2022, 2248 UTC »
-110dBm in the clear with unid synth/vocals track 2246Z 20AUG22
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WEFAX and SSTV / Re: ZKLF Wellington, New Zealand 9457.1 USB 1315 UTC 5 AUG 2022
« on: August 16, 2022, 2328 UTC »
Very nice!
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: 7200khz now commercial station
« on: August 16, 2022, 2324 UTC »
Keeping in mind that 7200 is one of those North American HAM frequencies that apparently causes mental retardation, much like 14313.
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Utility / Re: Andrews to Elvis 22 11056 phone patch
« on: August 04, 2022, 2353 UTC »
ELVIS C-17 155th AS, TN ANG, Memphis TN
ELVIS MV-22B 26 MEU VMM-261 MCAS New River NC
ELVIS Hercules LTW - RAF Lyneham , UK
possible units logged
ELVIS MV-22B 26 MEU VMM-261 MCAS New River NC
ELVIS Hercules LTW - RAF Lyneham , UK
possible units logged
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QSLs Received / Re: "Voice of the Daleks" via TRI eQSL
« on: July 22, 2022, 1932 UTC »
Lol you got jipped, those are cybermen, not daleks!
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Software / Re: SDR Console ver.3.2 19 Jul 2022
« on: July 22, 2022, 1905 UTC »
So glad they're working on reducing the already low cpu time! Console is my goto for sdr operation for multiple vrx use and even single frequency monitoring, its stability is around the best of the sdr apps I've used.
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Equipment / Re: Xiegu's big competition to Icom's IC-705? I'd say.
« on: July 22, 2022, 1859 UTC »
I was interested in one till I saw only 10w out. If they could reduce the price a bit, do something about spurs, and add some user selectable decimation, it'd even sell as a swl rig.
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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Re: Midnight Hifers
« on: July 22, 2022, 1839 UTC »
I've noted some late night Caribbean propa going on on 20m lately, so low power cw a mhz lower at the same time is plausible.
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HF Beacons / Re: Mojave Beaconeer's Rants, Opinions and Demands
« on: July 22, 2022, 1836 UTC »Wait, the Handsome Al Fansome is expired?
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Don't be so sure about that, Josh.
I was on my way to visit some relatives in Damascus,MD. last week and there he was, hitching a ride. I pulled over to pick him up, he hopped in the back, he was a little ripe, but considerate as always. I said, "Al, I thought you were dead?" He replied, "I was, but after three days, it got a little boring, so I came back." I asked,"Where are you going?" He said "Fort Meade, I'm going to clue the folks at the NSA in on this resurrection stuff. There's some time and location shifting things involved I think they'll be interested in. Where are you going, Pigmeat?" "To my cousin Saul's house. He works for the IRS, and I'm always getting audited, I think I'm going to have to kick his ass." Al say's "There's no need to get rough with him. I'll pay him a visit as a ball of light and make him a offer he can't refuse". I said "That's brilliant, it will scare the bejeezus out of him!" Al said "Who do you think taught me the trick?" and we both start laughing.
About that time I notice two things, flashing lights from a cop car behind me and Al's gone. The cop say's "Buddy, you've been swerving all over the road and talking to yourself for a couple of miles, get out of the car and into mine, I want you to blow into a Breathalyzer machine." Before I can get out he notices the smell in my car and calls for back-up. Something about a real nutcase and a dead body in the trunk. I'm hoping Al didn't transport himself from the backseat to the trunk or I'm going to be in world of trouble.
A bunch of cops are around, I've been frisked and thrown into the back of another cruiser, waiting for them to pop that trunk. I get a whiff of ripe durrian and there's Al in the front seat. He goes, "Watch this." They pop the trunk and a flock of Gentoo penguins hop out and fly off, gone in an instant.
The cops are gob-smacked at what they just saw. Al is gone in a bright flash of light. The cops walk back to the car I'm in, say, "Sir, you're free to go, no one will believe us about flying penguins." I reply "What penguins?"
Josh, the Risen Fansome walks among us. Go to CalTech and ask.
A wonderful, if smelly, sendoff!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: CDO 6920 USB 2215 UTC 18 JUL 2022
« on: July 18, 2022, 2238 UTC »
-120dBm guitar solo in the clear @ 2237Z
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Huh? / Re: Why is there so little interest in MW pirates?
« on: July 18, 2022, 2228 UTC »With good S/N and distances on higher bands with low power the MW band would not interest me.
quoted for greater justice
I agree, much easier to string out a 40m dipole with some 90 percent efficiency and privateer away with a few watts than to try to get some efficiency with a reduced size home made antenna for, say, 175m. That said, I've seen a lot of former microwave relay towers doing little to nothing in farm fields that could support, for example, some surreptitious antenna wires placed by drone or perhaps a daring climber.
Or perhaps use the towers themselves.
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General Radio Discussion / Re: Kevin Miller, KM6AU, "Al Fansome"
« on: July 18, 2022, 2219 UTC »
The world has lost yet another kind soul.
RIP Handsome Al Fansome.
RIP Handsome Al Fansome.
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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: New Perseus 22 announced
« on: July 18, 2022, 2211 UTC »
Was wondering if/when they'd reprise the Perseus.
