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North American Shortwave Pirate / Drunk Squirrel 6950 USB 0016 UTC 03 FEB 2019

« on: February 03, 2019, 0016 UTC »

0016 heavy dance music
0023 "We Ain't Much Different" Lynyrd Skynyrd
0026 "Bring It On" Lynyrd Skynyrd
0029 off or break

542

Spy Numbers / HM01 log, February 2019

« on: February 01, 2019, 1607 UTC »

To see what this is all about, go here: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,32334.0.html

All transmissions received in Denver, CO, USA using an SDRplay RSP2pro and a W6LVP active loop antenna on the dates, times and frequencies noted.

Date (DDMMYYYY): Numbers: File name or repeat: Frequency (kHz) and time(UTC):
01/02/2019 66012 50416601.f1c * 11435 1600
17241 20511724.txt *
10803 46251080.txt *
16171 01041617.txt *
10125 74061012.txt *
67090 57856709.txt *
* These files were first sent on 21 JANUARY 2019. HM01 has been repeating number sets and files every day since then. In recent months they will broadcast the same number sets and files for weeks or even months on end, then on some random date they'll transmit an entirely new set and repeat that for weeks or months.

02/02/2019 66012 repeat 11435 1600
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

03/02/2019 66012 repeat 11435 1600
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

04/02/2019 66012 repeat 11435 1600
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files. Late start today - no carrier until 1604 and no broadcast until 1605. Nothing unusual.

05/02/2019 66012 repeat 11435 1600
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

06/02/2019 66012 repeat 11435 1600
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

07/02/2019 66012 repeat 11435 1600
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

08/02/2019 66012 repeat 11530 1700
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

09/02/2019 66012 repeat 10860 0600 (10 OCT)
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

10/02/2019 66012 repeat 11435 1600
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

11/02/2019 66012 repeat 11435 1600
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

12/02/2019 66012 repeat 11435 1600
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

13/02/2019 66012 repeat 11435 1600
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

14/02/2019 66012 repeat 11435 1600
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

15/02/2019 66012 repeat 11435 1600
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

16/02/2019 66012 repeat 11635 1800
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

17/02/2019 66012 repeat 11435 1600
17241 repeat
10803 repeat
16171 repeat
10125 repeat
67090 repeat
Repeating 21 JAN's number sets and files.

18/02/2019 24078 87752407.txt 11530 1700
46157 50504615.fic
55101 04445510.txt
83882 22748388.txt
28552 76652855.txt
23033 47352303.txt
NEW NUMBER GROUPS AND FILES, first ones in exactly four weeks.

19/02/2019 18251 50631825.f1c 11435 1600
46158 repeat
55101 repeat
83883 repeat
28553 repeat
23034 repeat
Late start, got underway at about 1616z. FIRST PROGRESSION OF NUMBER SETS IN A LONG TIME, will have to check the logs to see when HM01 last operated normally to see how long.
EDIT: The last time HM01 transmitted a normal, progressed series of number sets from the previous days' sets, as opposed to either repeating them without progression or transmitting a completely new set of numbers and files, was 03 NOV 2018, after which those same numbers and files were repeated without variation until 14 JAN 2019.

20/02/2019 18251 repeat 11435 1600
46159 repeat
55102 repeat
83884 repeat
28554 repeat
23035 repeat

21/02/2019 18252 repeat 11530 1700
65311 74016531.txt
55103 repeat
83885 repeat
28555 repeat
23036 repeat

22/02/2019 18253 repeat 11435 1600
65311 repeat
55104 repeat
83886 repeat
28556 repeat
23037 repeat
Some issues at the start with audio dropping out at the start of transmission, but OK from 1601z.

23/02/2019 18253 repeat 16180 2100
65311 repeat
55104 repeat
83886 repeat
28556 repeat
23037 repeat
REPEATING 22 FEB's NUMBERS. Thus it begins again.

24/02/2019 18253 repeat 11435 1600
65311 repeat
55104 repeat
83886 repeat
28556 repeat
23037 repeat
REPEATING 22 FEB's NUMBERS.

25/02/2019 18253 repeat 11435 1600
65311 repeat
55104 repeat
83886 repeat
28556 repeat
23037 repeat
REPEATING 22 FEB's NUMBERS. Late start. Carrier not up until about 1603 (didn't note the exact time it came up), and remained without a broadcast until Windows startup sound heard at 1619. Silent until 1627 when transmission of information finally began.

26/02/2019 18253 repeat 11435 1600
65311 repeat
55104 repeat
83886 repeat
28556 repeat
23037 repeat
REPEATING 22 FEB's NUMBERS.

27/02/2019 18253 repeat 11530 1700
65311 repeat
55104 repeat
83886 repeat
28556 repeat
23037 repeat
REPEATING 22 FEB's NUMBERS.

28/02/2019 18253 repeat 11435 1600
65311 repeat
55104 repeat
83886 repeat
28556 repeat
23037 repeat
REPEATING 22 FEB's NUMBERS.

543

Spy Numbers / V24 logs, February 2019

« on: February 01, 2019, 1603 UTC »

On 1st February, there was no transmission at the usual frequency/time of 6310 kHz AM at 1530 UTC. So more of a non-log in this case. I checked on the "soy sauce" kiwi SDR in Chiba, Japan and the KPH kiwi SDR at Point Reyes, California, along with my own Rx. No carrier or any other copyable phone transmission detected.

544

QSLs Received / Dr. Detroit eQSL

« on: January 28, 2019, 0407 UTC »

Thank you Doctor!

545

QSLs Received / Irish Rose Radio eQSL

« on: January 28, 2019, 0056 UTC »

Thank you!!

546

North American Shortwave Pirate / X-FM 4085 AM 0125 UTC 27 JAN 2019

« on: January 27, 2019, 0126 UTC »

0125 Good signal here.
0133 signal now pretty poor.

0146 been listening on the KPH kiwi SDR on the coast of California. Good signal there.
0157 signal has come up well at KPH.

0206 back to my own rx, signal has improved to fair quality here, still some noise that it needs to overcome but hopefully it will do so.
0350 X-FM still going strong, signal has become poor to fair again here in Denver. Still fair strength but much clearer at KPH kiwi SDR.
0435 Redhat on the mic. Nice tuneage, sir.

Funny story about the band 999... My best friend was riding the bus with a friend of his back in the early 80s. He's wearing his 999 shirt. This is when the Satanic Panic was happening, so naturally someone on the bus asks if that shirt is 666 upside down. No, he answers, it's 999 right side up. Said with full "what kind of stupid question was that" attitude.

0500 I'm hanging them up for the night. Thanks for the show Mr. Redhat.

547

ID and Translation Requests / Unidentified station, very drifty carrier, 11447ish AM

« on: January 22, 2019, 1823 UTC »

I copied this around 1645 UTC, having found it when I was scanning on my old Satellit 750. I switched over to my RSP2pro which you'll see in the video and checked at least one online SDR (one in Fort Collins, CO, on the kiwi network) to make sure it wasn't some weird spur or harmonic. It's driftiness and relative clarity on the waterfall makes me feel that it's neither, but you never know. Well, *I* never do anyway.

It sounds French, but I couldn't get a better SNR than what you hear on the video. It signed off at 1652z.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEdKiy4HA_I

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BaBa Radio 6935 USB 2128 UTC 19 JAN 2018

« on: January 19, 2019, 2129 UTC »

2128 "Chattanooga Choo Choo" good signal on Westminster MD kiwi SDR. (2130 JBA at my QTH)
2132 off
2134 back on, back off
2135 songs cutting in and out

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6960 USB 2310 UTC 18 JAN 2019

« on: January 19, 2019, 0343 UTC »

SDR recording catch
2310 test tone, then "Money For Nothing" Dire Straits. SIO 222-333. Cut off in middle of first verse at 2312.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Spam Radio 6930 USB 2333 UTC 18 JAN 2019

« on: January 19, 2019, 0334 UTC »

SDR recording catch. Signal was fair overall, some good peaks but enough noise not overcome to make things hard for my damaged ears to make out.

2333 Up with some a capella chorus it sounds like
2334 Switched suddenly to "Always Look On The Bright Side of Life" Monty Python
2337 Spam Radio ID, said they were broadcasting live on 7385 kHz. Looks like a recording of an old pirate.
2338 Spot from "Randy McNally, CEO of Hormel" speaking about spam and Spam Radio apologizing for anything offensive from Spam Radio
2339 OM on the mic. Gave a maildrop address in Faribault MN. Other stuff about QSL's.
2341 OM still speaking, but there was a bit of the "spam spam spam spam" song from Monty Python in there.
2342 Something that sounds like a 20's or 30's jazz version of "Stairway to Heaven." Not sure what it is but it's the same melody.
2344 two OM now, one with English accent. The weird song is still in the background.
2345 Spam Spam Spam Spam song into a parody song about Spam done to the tune of REM's "Stand."
2348 both OM back on the mic with Spam radio ID, mention of it being Saturday night. Faribault address given again. OM said anyone unhappy with previous QSL cards could mail them back to him. Will send back a tape with both this show and the previous one that was already heard. Apparently this is the broadcast referred to in this listing: https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/index.php/SPAM_Radio
2351 clip of third OM reciting poem about spam.
2354 both OM still going on. Signal starting to fade out at this point.
2355 signal came up, I can understand most of what's being said. Huzzah!
2356 a word from our sponsor... Ad for Fungus Hut.
2357 OM back on mic, saying that those who destroyed the image still looked at it. Signal cut off in middle of this bit.
2358 back on after a minute, "This is a crooked man calling" repeated several times, into
2359 "Satisfaction" sung by a female singer. No ID from Shazam so no idea who this was, but it sounded like it was recorded back in the 60s
Off at 0001

This was a pretty solid signal overall. I'm surprised that it was missed by the other listeners when it was on.

551

North American Shortwave Pirate / Skippy Radio 6925 USB 0114 UTC 19 JAN 2019

« on: January 19, 2019, 0121 UTC »

0120 SSTV
0122 SSTV
I'm in the middle of getting dinner together, so I'll play these back later and post my decodes then. Thanks for the SSTV show!

The last SSTV I have shows Skippy Radio "Smoke Signal" so that's how I'm calling it.
...
SDR recording playback. First SSTV sent at 0114 so I updated the time.
0114 SSTV

0117 SSTV

0119 SSTV

0122 SSTV

0124 SSTV (this one was Robot36 mode)

0125 SSTV

0128 SSTV

0130 SSTV

The music started after that.
0130 Hendrix

552

Shortwave Broadcast / BBW World Service, Korean language, 5845 AM, 18 JAN 2018, 1624 UTC

« on: January 18, 2019, 1625 UTC »

Strong signal for this late in the morning on 49m. Tx in Singapore, signal is about SIO 333. English language lesson airing, judging from the way they're speaking it.

553

MW Loggings / CHRB 1140 AM 0615 UTC 16 JAN 2019

« on: January 16, 2019, 0629 UTC »

Perhaps not great DX given its location in Alberta, but a first for me. Religious music (one song was actually not half bad) without commercials, station only ID's as "AM 1140" but was able to hunt it down online and confirm audio with its livestream. Was a solid copy at SIO 233, but faded by the time I began writing this post (0627z).

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6924.9 USB 0349 UTC 13 JAN 2019

« on: January 13, 2019, 0358 UTC »

Faint, playing blues music and sent at least one SSTV.

Various SSTV's sent (I think three altogether) but this last one at about 0416 was the best quality.

555

QSLs Received / Radio Illuminati Mug

« on: January 12, 2019, 2152 UTC »

Thanks to Azimuth Coordinator for sending me this, even though I failed the contest dismally.

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