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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2358 UTC 19 MAY 2023

« on: May 19, 2023, 2359 UTC »

Noisy, low signal. Can only tell some music is being played there.
0029 SSTV went out but I couldn't decode it
0031 sounds of low laughter then off the air

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Spy Numbers / XPA2, 13376 USB, 16 MAY 2023, 2100 UTC

« on: May 16, 2023, 2112 UTC »

Good signal into Colorado today. I may post a recording later. Using Rivet build 90, I got the following decode (null message):

02224 00001 00000 34654

It's been a while since I got Rivet to work well but I know the 00001 00000 part is standard with null messages, so I'll trust that the first and last number groups are as well.

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Spy Numbers / E07 "The English Man," 18232 kHz USB, 16 MAY 2023, 1520 UTC

« on: May 16, 2023, 2059 UTC »

First time copying a complete transmission here in Colorado.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DED3tMpqRn8

124 124 124   1
3054 139

57797 69060 02838 69690 03097 52580 15239 76687 26932 39866 97097 82971 72842 29093 67976 78144 51831 18749 27295 20130 81572 45740 68261 10596 26195 32747 30636 26000 99176 59873 09349 63545 28705 50788 49500 40546 71510 91219 86811 15144 27960 53528 84982 56905 69800 38627 77864 90777 17595 24668 25596 85026 22351 36950 63038 04582 52548 47025 83030 14083 63854 48157 89285 64806 29058 30165 00250 30975 43166 07791 44342 04575 30618 52764 51008 29478 82809 66638 07023 51831 69412 78049 58831 99265 38019 79247 62469 86593 47935 71436 01066 47513 55312 92633 25010 89992 68636 28489 02695 87324 03747 89926 06717 66922 62174 81725 76503 36984 14647 01440 13567 85923 23287 54919 64324 18676 15206 73200 87728 39909 29177 49790 72493 49202 71110 94340 18425 71802 05467 29385 30916 66500 78786 45376 77488 01479 03842 54628 61955

000 000

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6955 USB 0027 UTC 15 MAY 2023

« on: May 15, 2023, 0027 UTC »

0027 SIO 222, song that sounds like a parody of Battle Hymn of the Republic
0040 SSTV


0041 more music

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Spy Numbers / V07 "Spanish Lady" 14469 USB 0700 UTC 14 MAY 2023

« on: May 14, 2023, 1623 UTC »

Also copied at 0720z at 13369 USB, and 0740 UTC at 12169 USB. All signals were equally strong to my ear, about SIO 333, and perfectly copyable without fades. Transmission duration 9 minutes, 11 seconds.

431 431 431   1

8099 62

56729 49461 22771 18711 57967 54367 34564 68709 73782 92552 52336 68748 90622 13511 89808 39455 34502 66030 90974 65043 62016 75961 94036 85169 76017 84578 08918 82244 64088 41039 00287 43890 35124 36037 49957 98465 33957 58887 11225 07734 59589 19365 81390 69610 47809 39207 72586 73762 11457 22919 95916 47106 90991 54624 68669 92974 35496 75628 67880 87450 66590 77025

000 000

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0139 UTC 07 MAY 2023

« on: May 07, 2023, 0139 UTC »

0139 music, OM vocals, SIO 333
0142 some kind of digital signal now which I think is a ute and that the station is QRT.

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Shortwave Broadcast / KBS World, 15575 AM, 03 May 2023, 1300 UTC

« on: May 03, 2023, 1333 UTC »

This started out rather weak, but as of 1330 is SIO 555 with interview regarding chip manufacturing in Korea and entry into the US market. Terrific signal.

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Spy Numbers / V07 "Spanish Lady," 16131 USB, 0220 UTC, 30 APR 2023

« on: April 30, 2023, 0221 UTC »

Null message. 141 141 141 000

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Doghouse Radio 6925 USB 0059 UTC 30 APR 2023

« on: April 30, 2023, 0100 UTC »

0059 "Fuzz Manchu" Retrofoguetes, SIO 444
0108 SSTV

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Blind Dog Radio 6930 USB 2350 UTC 22 APR 2023

« on: April 22, 2023, 2351 UTC »

2350 Music, YL vocals, SIO 222
2351 SSTV


2357 SSTV


0005 SSTV

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Spy Numbers / M23, 5345 CW, 19 APR 2023, 1700 UTC

« on: April 19, 2023, 1715 UTC »

The number group 591 in slow Morse code was repeated without variation for 12 minutes, ending with a single longer dash at 17:12:00 UTC. Copied on the uTwente web SDR in The Netherlands where the signal was very strong and the code worthy of a 599 report.

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Spy Numbers / V07 "Spanish Lady" 14431 USB 0240 UTC 16 APR 2023

« on: April 16, 2023, 2009 UTC »

Best signal of the three transmissions, also having been copied at 0200 UTC on 17431 and 16131 USB.

414 414 414 1

685 108

45163 42680 79300 38057 93871 31169 07326 50424 62150 24588 10030 28753 14793 34046 65719 73575 11345 51273 09871 83350 99805 25367 28386 54101 77378 54583 93872 39610 08609 45452 93937 79684 94373 43086 51123 87560 55815 05511 34210 70624 24794 34229 53865 13533 55532 07084 63510 44833 15190 14780 62364 26315 60762 75259 64087 16219 08820 21469 62793 11240 96334 55366 32322 28831 95186 21771 15211 87764 26755 68127 69604 76907 22080 00813 75890 09359 03099 85985 77055 20853 18054 15522 10935 45219 68863 91321 17485 09920 59286 26338 67765 71733 66855 08192 98154 72796 46627 07783 03316 44669 90148 67363 39023 46708 73258 59728 61929 83558

000 000

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WTF Radio 6950 USB 0127 UTC 16 APR 2023

« on: April 16, 2023, 0128 UTC »

0127 music, SIO 222

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North American Shortwave Pirate / KIPM relay by Undercover Radio 6935 USB 0100 UTC 10 APR 2023

« on: April 10, 2023, 0102 UTC »

0100 ambient kinda music, SIO 222
0102 distorted voice saying something I can't make out
0103 Undercover Radio ID, saying KIPM relay will be in three minutes
0105 Dr Benway with ID and email, "Messages from the Telephone Box at the End of the World", Alan Maxwell won't QSL.
0106 KIPM broadcast begins, SIO 333 now
0109 or maybe now? It's been ambient tune up til this point. Now getting some of the interval stuff like OM voice saying "the selectors are locked and channels are centered
0110 Alan Maxwell - The theater of the mind.
0111 He continues with introductory remarks and repeats "The Alan Maxwell Theater of the Mind" and episode title "Messages from the Telephone Box at the End of the World"
0112 disembodied voices and atmospheric sounds continue
...
Saving the rest for the reception report
....
0208 Alan Maxwell with outro, followed by several minutes of ambient sounds
0217 DR Benway with Undercover Radio ID, "Broadcasting from the middle of nowhere"
0218 email addy given, into music
0223 sounds like another KIPM episode is beginning

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Clandestine Stations / Dengê Welat, 17455 kHz, 08 APR 2023, 1840 UTC

« on: April 08, 2023, 1842 UTC »

Terrifically clear if not strong signal, SIO 344 via Tashkent tx. Music that can be described as traditional Middle Eastern sounding crossed with jazz (while there's vocals in the traditional style and what sounds like a viola [probably some other bowed instrument] but also bass guitar and drums). There is a series of steady, evenly spaced tones that remind me of the useless part of WINB's DRM signal, and this is covering the lower sideband and seems centered on 17450, also a listed frequency for Dengê Welat but nothing is transmitting there. I assume this is the Turkish jammer. It's 20 kHz wide so it is covering all of 17455, but the upper sideband isn't as affected.

EDIT: RX at 1850 UTC. https://youtu.be/GVgBbeI1i2w Whoops, I didn't have audio on this video. This will be taken down shortly. Thanks to Shortwave Radio Archive for catching that.