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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio New Zealand International

« on: May 07, 2016, 0355 UTC »

15720 kHz, 07 May 2016, 0330-now (0353): talk of an upcoming New Zealand Country Music awards ceremony with bits of songs by nominated artists. The music is akin to Australian country but with more of a contemporary feel, as if these musicians are more in touch with American indie rock than their Aussie counterparts.

Nice signal, S9 +10, SIO 545.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: TCS 6876 AM 0055 UTC May 7, 2016

« on: May 07, 2016, 0211 UTC »

0210 Finally getting a copy here. 

Thanks for the show John Poet!

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Other / Re: 6914 Oddity RTTY 0105 UTC 6 May 2016

« on: May 06, 2016, 1258 UTC »

Sounds rather military in nature. Do MARS transmissions typically conform to this format? I haven't spent any time listening in on them.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Voice of Greece 9935AM 0020z 5/6/16

« on: May 06, 2016, 0039 UTC »

That frequency is rough for me right now, SIO 322. 9420 is better, 433 or 434, S5 with S9 peaks in narrow BW.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Zed 6925 USB 05 May 2016 0308 UTC

« on: May 05, 2016, 0340 UTC »

I missed the ID at the end of the broadcast. Anyone catch it?

Radio Zed, email radiozed at hushmail dot com.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Zed 6925 USB 0308 UTC 05 May 2016

« on: May 05, 2016, 0310 UTC »

0308 Uptempo big band version of Pink Panther theme. SIO 333 - unfortunately local QRM in the form of a steady high-pitched buzz that's been centered right on 6925 for the past few days is marring the experience.
0312 "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" Benny Goodman.* SIO 444-555
0313 Old time Chevrolet ad (I thought for a moment that it was "Everything is Coming Up Roses")
0314 50s style jazz number "Them There Eyes" Benny Goodman *
     @ Yankee Charlie, Radio Zed is very likely. Any more Benny Goodman songs and that will be confirmation enough for me.
0317 "Like Someone in Love" Benny Goodman.*I'm calling it Radio Zed.
0320 unshazamable
0322 "Stompin' At the Savoy" Benny Goodman *
0326 "Winter Weather" Peggy Lee *
0329 Radio Zed ID, email (radiozed at hushmail dot com), OFF

* per Shazam

THanks for the show!!

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: RN da Amazonia (Brazil) 11780AM 2220z 5/4/16

« on: May 04, 2016, 2256 UTC »

Listening here too. Probably more fades than you at the moment.

I heard them play this song the other evening and it's been an earworm ever since:

https://youtu.be/7ZNLeo9LGyw?t=1m

EDIT - It was actually RN da Brasilia, but it was the same frequency.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: KVOH Voice of Hope 17775 am 1640 UTC 5/4/2016

« on: May 04, 2016, 1729 UTC »

They're doing that show on the weekends now? Good to know. I thought they had moved it up to 0100 UTC weekdays too but I keep forgetting to check at that time.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6925USB 0232 UTC May 4'16

« on: May 04, 2016, 1728 UTC »

I was checking the bands at that time (looking for Ride of the Valkyries) and heard nothing. Since Radio Zed usually comes in well for me I'll guess that this transmission wasn't them.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: WRMI move from 6915 to 6855 due to complaints from MARS

« on: May 04, 2016, 1637 UTC »

I might be wrong but didn't WRMI use 6915khz 15 years ago or so?  Anyway I don't understand why they would even consider operations down in the part of the band... It's almost like a 'graveyard' assignment in the broadcast band.

With the conditions of late I haven't heard WRMI above the noise level (vertical or horizontal) here and I wonder where they are broadcasting to... perhaps the western areas?  Even then its a waste of kilowatts in my opinion. But Bro. Stair(knutcase) has plenty of money from all the 'lost' folks of his 'flock'.

I can't speak for every transmission frequency WMRI uses, but 6915 was always weak here in Denver and this new 6855 one isn't any better. Their broadcasts in 60, 49, and 25m OTOH come booming in. (31m, not so much.)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: TCS 6876 AM 0047 UTC 5/4/16

« on: May 04, 2016, 0119 UTC »

0119 Faint but audible signal, some fading but little noise. 242.
0154 Flipped over from XLR8 in time for some Smithereens. Sun going down, signal really coming through now.

Thanks for the show JP!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6955 USB 0027 UTC 4 May 2016

« on: May 04, 2016, 0113 UTC »

Clear but weak signal. Hey, you got any Swans in your library? Maybe something nice from "White Light."
0118 Signal gaining strength. Come on, sundown!
0121 XLR8 ID into "Marijuana, The Devil's Flower" by MR. Sunshine *
0124 "Do It Again" by Shinichiro Yokota *
0129 "That's the Way It Goes" by Micatone *
0133 XLR8 ID into Swans "When She Breathes"    er, make that "Song For Dead Time." Still didn't have to shazam it, though!
    * shazamed
0139 "Aufstehn!" Seeed feat. Cee-Lo Green *
0143 "No More Mr. Nice Guy" Alice Cooper
0146 XLR8 ID into "The Mouth Don't Stop" by Fear. Now that's a blast from the past. I sold "More Beer" years ago (probably for more beer) and haven't heard anything off it since.
0149 old skool punk song, can't place this one, shazam isn't helping. But sounds good.
     If we're going this way, how about some Dils?
0051 XLR8 ID into "Bright Yellow Gun" Throwing Muses *
0055 Bo Diddly "She's Fine She's Mine" *
0058 Destroy All Monsters I think? (Yes! Confirmed by shazam, "Nobody Knows")
0201 XLR8 ID into UNID song. (just messed up my BFO, making matters harder). Seems to be called "Don't Go."
0209 XLR8 ID into Sonic Youth (can't remember the song title but it's on Sonic Nurse)
     fades starting to increase.
0213 Bikini Kill?
0215 Iggy! "The Passenger"
0220 XLR8 ID into "Don't Wanna Fight" Alabama Shakes *
0224 "My Way" Limp Bizkit *
0228 "Gin and Juice - Metal Cover" by Leo *
0232 "Jet Airliner" Paul Pena (not Steve Miller) *
    If it's cover song time, I was always fond of what Butthole Surfers did with "American Woman."
0237 XLR8 ID into unshazamable song
0243 XLR8 ID into "Slave of Fear" Stone Axe *
0248 "Fascist Pigs" The Nosebleeds * (nice one)
0250 signal just faded a bit, all I can hear are drums and a bassline
0254 signal still faded but strong enough for shazam to ID "Dust" by Parquet Courts *
0258 unid song, can hear drums bass and screaming vox but no guitar. Lyrics about acid rain falling.
0302 XLR8 ID into "War/Subvert" Zounds *
     reception pretty deteriorated by 0319, some peaks above noise floor.
 
Thanks for the show!!

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Why 69xx kHz?

« on: May 03, 2016, 2211 UTC »

Check this out if you haven't already:

http://freeradiocafe.com/forum/index.php

Not that you can't get good answers here, but I believe this forum has a bit more emphasis on the practical aspects of unlicensed broadcasting.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Why 69xx kHz?

« on: May 03, 2016, 1537 UTC »

Adding to what Chris said... Speaking as a complete noob, having owned a real SW receiver for about 3 months now (initially interested in getting numbers stations but finding that pirates are much more plentiful to hear, and easily with the very basic two receivers and longwire I'm using at the moment - no SDR and fancy waterfalls to help find things to listen to), knowing that I can just scroll through that band, either in AM or USB, and sometimes find something without waiting for someone to post something here is very, very satisfying. If you go to a different band, at the very least you would have to announce it somewhere ahead of time (and they do have a subcategory under PIRATE here for that purpose) in order for someone like me to know that there's something worth finding in those bands. I don't go scrolling through 10-11MHz very often because aside from the VOLMET at 10051 kHZ that whole band is something of a dead zone for me. (Doubtless there's interesting stuff there that I don't know how to find, or can't receive with what I have.)

Anyway, I haven't seen the much more veteran commenters address this point, but isn't 43m something of a dead zone, regulation-wise? (WMRI at 6915 notwithstanding.) I mentioned the VOLMET at 10051, and I know there's another at 15034. The frequencies outside the SWBC bands are used for other purposes like marine and military, but 69xx is pretty free of that (excepting the MARS frequencies Chris mentions) and thus makes it less likely that you'll interfere with someone licensed who will notice and complain to the FCC. Confirmation and/or correction on this point is greatly appreciated, veteran DX'ers.

Good luck, and hope to hear your broadcast soon! Paranthetically yours, MDK2

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Shortwave Broadcast / Channel Africa, 5980 kHz

« on: May 03, 2016, 0400 UTC »

3 May 2016 - Tuned in about 0355 to music, and heard station ID "This is Channel Africa from Johannesburg" (paraphrasing) at 0357. Sign off at 0359. S3, perhaps aided by a bit of dawn enhancement.