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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0400 UTC 9/24/2016

« on: September 24, 2016, 1504 UTC »

I had given up on pirates by that time, otherwise I would have been glad to try to tune in. @radiozed, maybe you ought to post broadcast announcements as long as you're experimenting.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Voice of Korea, 9435 AM

« on: September 24, 2016, 1431 UTC »

Try again CTY, they are off the air 1427-1430 and you posted right in the middle of that.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Korea, 9435 AM

« on: September 24, 2016, 1423 UTC »

9/24, 1420z. Playing very dramatic late-romantic era style classical music. Best copy I've had in a month, and the music, though pedestrian in a way, is a nice change from the Morangbong Band stuff they usually favor.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Renegade Radio 6935.1 USB 0218 UTC 24 Sep 2016

« on: September 24, 2016, 0228 UTC »

0227 Being off by 100 Hz is making it impossible for my Sat 750 to tune correctly, but I can hear "Edge of 17" pretty clearly, if not properly tuned.
0230 Hot Rod song, can't recall the exact title
0232 My Dingaling
0238 Convoy
0245 signal gone, XFM is also fading, must mean band is closing up on me.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 AM 0022 UTC 24 Sep 2016

« on: September 24, 2016, 0123 UTC »

0120 hearing music best in LSB mode, but even then it's below the noise floor.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XFM 6875/6870 AM 0112 UTC 24 Sep 2016

« on: September 24, 2016, 0122 UTC »

0121 dance music, S9+20 signal with some occasional slight fades, SIO 555
0123 Redhat on the mic, last song was called "Somewhere." Mentioned last being on in early July, had technical issues with amp.
0127 Redhat gave email, xfmshortwave@gmail.com
0131 "Killing Moon" Echo and the Bunnymen.
0136 XFM the power of X. Redhat introduces next song which is "Ice Cream" by Beca
0141 Redhat, into "Heathens" Twenty One Pilots
0144 "New Skin" Incubus *
0148 "Emergency on Planet Earth" Jamiroquai *
0152 Redhat back on the mic. Talking about the various different reception experiences being reported, may change frequencies. Recapped music already played. (Signal suddenly started doing rapid fades at this point.)
0156 REM "Wolves, Lower" Thanks for playing my request Redhat!
0200 XFM ID into "Float" Switchfoot *
0204 Redhat introducing track, "Desire" Meg Myers
0209 XFM ID, Redhat with email address. Talking about equinox, how it only meant winter was coming when he was a kid. Not a fan of winter, eh?
           Continues with HFU shoutouts. Mentions it's an election year. (Signal is dropping again.) More shoutouts, I think from Free Radio Cafe from page two of this thread.
0217 "Annie" Neon Indian (signal back to full strength)
0221 XFM ID into "Young and Unafraid" The Moth & The Flame * (signal's dropped out again, at times fading out almost completely before coming back a little)
0224 XFM ID, music faint. Signal S1, can't shazam song.
0228 Hearing the last part of "The Trees" by Rush. Signal is still rough.
0232 Signal seems to be back. Or propagation is cooperating. Song is "Another Life" GusGus *
0235 "Tom Sawyer" Rush
0239 "Squeeze Box" The Who
0242 Redhat back, someone requested Lou Reed. (signal faded, hard to follow everything he's saying.) HFU shoutouts. Set recap.
0246 signal below noise floor, but new song can be heard. Did hear Redhat say Kurt Vile.
0252 signal lost. I think the band closed on me.

* shazamed

Thanks for the show Redhat!

Video of reception at 0134: https://youtu.be/VrsKVQV16-M

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Over The Top Craziness on 7200 LSB!

« on: September 24, 2016, 0030 UTC »

Is KI4THY Captain Daayyve among them?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Moonlight Radio, 6930 USB, 2345 UTC, 23 September 2016

« on: September 23, 2016, 2345 UTC »

2345 Heard ID, think it was Moonlight but didn't get a clear copy. Signal just above the noise floor.
       station confirmed via chat. Song is Faeries Wear Boots by Black Sabbath
2350 OM Moonlight Radio ID, into "War Pigs" Black Sabbath
       signal getting S5 peaks now
2358 YL Moonlight Radio ID, into "Paranoid" Black Sabbath
       signal getting S9 peaks now, dealing with a fair amount of static.
0001 OM Moonlight Radio ID, followed by CW, then OFF at 0002.
       Video of reception: https://youtu.be/I2XZRlGZf7Q

Thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Solar Centric, 6925.15 then 6949.5 AM, 0143 UTC, 23 September 2016

« on: September 23, 2016, 0301 UTC »

Heard via LO WebSDR, thanks to kcpr on the piratechat for alerting me.

0226-0250 OM lecturing about shamanism
0251 Solar Centric ID repeated a few times for a couple of minutes
0253 music - "Too Hot" by The Specials
0255 the idle STANAG on 6947, which had been silent all evening, suddenly fired up and drowned out Solar Centric. He went off a minute or so later.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0214 UTC 9/23/16

« on: September 23, 2016, 0217 UTC »

0216 Nice signal into Denver. I suspect Radio Zed.
0218 Signal has taken a big dive, now barely audible.
0234 Decent signal at Sedona SDR, still just enough to know something's there on my own receiver.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 2344 UTC 22 Sep 2016

« on: September 22, 2016, 2348 UTC »

2347 faintly audible under the static, which isn't bad at all tonight.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Zed, 6925 USB, 0310 UTC, 22 September 2016

« on: September 22, 2016, 0313 UTC »

Big band music. Sounds great on Sedona SDR but very rough copy at home. Hmmm.
0316 Radio Zed confirmed via email correspondence. No ID heard on broadcast.
0317 OM talking, sounds like old recording of interview. Signal not very clear now, even at Sedona SDR.
0322 music resuming
0332 off or lost

Thanks for the show!

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General Radio Discussion / Re: AT&T Promises Gigabit Speeds Using Existing Power Lines

« on: September 21, 2016, 1548 UTC »

Lol!

Folks under 25 seem to think sneakers over the power line mean drug dealers hang out nearby? To me it means there was a fight and someone got himself a new pair of sneakers. They threw the old sneaks over the line so the other kid had no choice but to walk home barefoot.

Everyone knew where the drug dealers were, all you had to do was follow their customers. Shaky Joe and Sleepy Pete hanging out on that porch? That's where the drug dealer lived.

It's also the place that has visitors at all hours of the day, but they never stay for long. Living two doors down from a crack house in the 90s boosted my street IQ quite a bit. Strangely enough, there were sneakers over the telephone line nearby....

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Other / Re: Entertaining Peskies 6925 LSB 0018 UTC 21 Sep 2016

« on: September 21, 2016, 0023 UTC »

Very loud in Denver, louder than any peskie I've caught since I've taken up this hobby.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: SDRplay setup

« on: September 20, 2016, 1443 UTC »

I like showmecables dot com a lot. They have every conceivable connector around, are fast and reasonably priced. Check em out...