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General Radio Discussion / Re: Logging Pirate Radio
« on: August 14, 2018, 0142 UTC »Etiquette question-
Is it OK to log from another's SDR? Until tonight I have only logged from my receiver. I might go to another SDR to listen to a show but not log it. The propagation normally peaks later here so we miss a lot on our QTH receivers.
I suspect its OK as long as its mentioned being logged from somewhere else. I imagine the transmitter would want to know their coverage area.
I do it all the time. Being out west at a time when low SFI is forcing eastern based pirates to transmit in the day, I'd hear very little if I didn't hop on some SDRs in their range. As Andrew says, make sure to say that that's where you're listening. I believed I've even gotten QSL's from a couple based on remote SDR loggings, although who and when aren't coming immediately to mind. (I don't submit reports based on remote SDR logs, but sometimes they QSL based on HFU posts.)