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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB 2315 UTC 21 Oct 2022
« on: October 22, 2022, 0013 UTC »
0013 About SIO 232 here. Thanks for the show.
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Sounds like the global tuners site. I used to frequent that one (everyone seemed to have a Kenwood R-1000 for some reason - I came to suspect it was a default setting nobody bothered to correct) and do recall some of the issues where you'd be there, then someone else would come along and retune. It was weird. OTOH, there was one in South Korea where a bunch of us who wanted to copy the South Korean numbers station V24 well could do so reliably. The chat would fill up with people from all over (though largely other young South Koreans such as the person who operated it - I think he was a 19 year old college student at the time) and it was fun. But that one disappeared suddenly. Never got the story, but I suspected that the parents put their feet down because he was spending more time trying to hear North Korea on shortwave (which isn't jammed, unlike MW broadcasts) than studying. I've also heard that you can get in trouble south of the DMZ if you're trying to copy broadcasts from the North, so it could have been that. Now of course there's no more V24 either.
When I was a kid many moons ago, you'd go above timberline and marmot sightings were as rare as four leaf clovers. Sometime in the 80s they started becoming tame (especially on popular roads like Mt Evans, Pike's Peak, and Trail Ridge through Rocky Mountain NP), probably because they started developing a taste for tourist junk like bologna and cheese. At least that's what I assume - unlike the chipmunks, they still keep their distance from people. That's probably why I've never heard of someone getting sick like that.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Nikkei on 6055 at 1255UTC
« on: October 21, 2022, 1325 UTC »
This one is an every morning broadcast for me in Colorado, if I'm awake predawn (seldom the case these days). If you're up early enough, there's Radio Nikkei 2 on 6115 too. That signs off at 1000 UTC. Anyway, still getting a faint copy of Nikkei 1 on 6055 at 1325 just as the sun's coming up for me.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 2339 UTC 18 OCT 2022
« on: October 18, 2022, 2346 UTC »
2346 SIO 222 here. Thanks for the show.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6955 USB 2202 UTC 18 OCT 2022
« on: October 18, 2022, 2319 UTC »
2319 About SIO 222 into Denver. Listening also via Mixlr but the delay is something like half a minute 13 seconds over the web.
No shout out for MDK2.... big sad.
BTW starting to boom in at 2335. Big happy.
Hey man, thanks for the shoutout. I was busy making dinner so I couldn't hop right back on to thank you til now. Enjoying the show bigly here.
No shout out for MDK2.... big sad.
BTW starting to boom in at 2335. Big happy.
Hey man, thanks for the shoutout. I was busy making dinner so I couldn't hop right back on to thank you til now. Enjoying the show bigly here.
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10/11 meters / Re: 11 meter SSTV 16 OCT 2022
« on: October 18, 2022, 0259 UTC »27700 USB is the de-facto frequency for SSTV on 11 meters, although occasionally you will find it elsewhere.
Grazie
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Outhouse Radio 6935 USB 0008 UTC 17 Oct 2022
« on: October 17, 2022, 0051 UTC »
0051 heavy music, SIO 222
0053 Outer Limits sounds
0054 "N.I.B." Black Sabbath
0053 Outer Limits sounds
0054 "N.I.B." Black Sabbath
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6925 USB 2310 UTC 16 OCT 2022
« on: October 16, 2022, 2325 UTC »
2325 low signal but coming in cleanly to Colorado. Thanks for the show!
2340 SSTV
2342 QRT?
2344 rooster crowing heard into more music
2352 SSTV
2340 SSTV
2342 QRT?
2344 rooster crowing heard into more music
2352 SSTV
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6920 USB 2032 UTC 16 OCT 2022
« on: October 16, 2022, 2236 UTC »
2236 Music faintly copyable here, clear, QRN-free signal.
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Bacon, BBQ, Beef, And More / Re: Tufts University ranks Cheerios as healthier than beef
« on: October 16, 2022, 1643 UTC »
This fits under the "water is wet" category of surprise.
As an aside, it's not logical to assume industry is behind all this. One has to show that's the case in every case. Skepticism is healthy, but automatic suspicion is cant.
As an aside, it's not logical to assume industry is behind all this. One has to show that's the case in every case. Skepticism is healthy, but automatic suspicion is cant.
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Huh? / Re: How to save images in MMSSTV?
« on: October 16, 2022, 1636 UTC »
Sorry if this has been suggested already (I find that I'm lacking the patience to read all the comments), but when I get a skewed image, what I do is a)save the image, b) go back to rx screen, c) right-click and select High Accuracy Resync, and then see the results - most of the time it will be fixed, but sometimes it is rendered worse. Then d) if improved, save again (and say "yes" when it asks to replace existing image).
It is necessary to save first, because of the risk that resync will screw it up further.
It is necessary to save first, because of the risk that resync will screw it up further.
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Huh? / Re: Uh-oh... Not going to get a g.d. thing done with a Doctor Who channel on.
« on: October 16, 2022, 1632 UTC »
It's on some other platforms too, I get it through my Roku TV. I discovered it in January. Problem is that it reruns the same stories over and over and over. There are tons of stories from the classic period (and I do mean fully existing stories - Dr. Who being one of the big victims of BBC's wiping policy before the mid 70s) that they haven't aired at all, such as the great "Genesis of the Daleks" or the first Third Doctor serial, "Spearhead From Space" which remains the best one to feature the Autons. Still, there are lots of serials that they are airing including some classics like "City of Death" and "The Caves of Androzani." Though it also serves as a reminder of the path the show took in the 80s that led to its eventual cancellation.
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10/11 meters / Re: 11 meter SSTV 16 OCT 2022
« on: October 16, 2022, 1620 UTC »
Also curious about the exact frequency, but also want to give a tip that you can post two links in the same line with a space between them, and the images will then post two side by side and save vertical space on the page. Depending on the image size you might be able to fit three on a line without the need for horizontal scrolling.
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Shortwave Broadcast / KBS World, 15575 AM, 16 OCT 2022, 1442 UTC
« on: October 16, 2022, 1616 UTC »
First time copying KBS World's morning tx to North America this late in the season. I wonder if the EE portion (1300-1400z) was making it here? Given that it always reaches eastern NA better, I bet you folks out near the Atlantic probably could have if you were scanning 19m at the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gg1OV5T5og
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gg1OV5T5og
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General Radio Discussion / Re: KiwiSDR discontinued
« on: October 16, 2022, 1612 UTC »That's a shame. SDRs in general have been terrific for the hobby. In the early 2000s we had to queue up for a crack at a single channel remote controlled Drake R8 or Ten Tec receiver, or just listen while someone else was parked on the frequency. I remember some internet drama over whose turn it was to retune those receivers.
I've seen some market gurus speculating on whether the current shortages in electronics and inflation may promote a return to domestic production. I kinda doubt it. We're spoiled by low prices. And electronics manufacturing is environmentally dirty. That's a tough ask in the US.
Sounds like the global tuners site. I used to frequent that one (everyone seemed to have a Kenwood R-1000 for some reason - I came to suspect it was a default setting nobody bothered to correct) and do recall some of the issues where you'd be there, then someone else would come along and retune. It was weird. OTOH, there was one in South Korea where a bunch of us who wanted to copy the South Korean numbers station V24 well could do so reliably. The chat would fill up with people from all over (though largely other young South Koreans such as the person who operated it - I think he was a 19 year old college student at the time) and it was fun. But that one disappeared suddenly. Never got the story, but I suspected that the parents put their feet down because he was spending more time trying to hear North Korea on shortwave (which isn't jammed, unlike MW broadcasts) than studying. I've also heard that you can get in trouble south of the DMZ if you're trying to copy broadcasts from the North, so it could have been that. Now of course there's no more V24 either.
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General Radio Discussion / Re: Posting images on the HFU
« on: October 16, 2022, 1606 UTC »You can't trust those West Coast marmots like you can the Eastern Groundhog. A groundhog might take a finger off if you're dumb enough to try to pet it, but those Western marmots will give you the Plague just like their Asian cousins, if you don't follow the Mongolian Method of cleaning and cooking them. Your pal McGreevy seems cooty enough to eat marmot,Teotwaki. Tell him the trick is to kill,clean, and cook the marmot while getting those hundreds of hungry fleas that were on the marmot looking for a warm-bloodied host somewhere besides himself. If he can figure that out, he'll live fat and happy the rest of his life.
BTW, I've ran across the name Steven P. McGreevy once or twice in my Pirate career. An alias of yours or a running fake feud ala Al Fansome and myself? I'll step aside if it's either. I hated it when people tried to horn in that didn't know the schtick.
When I was a kid many moons ago, you'd go above timberline and marmot sightings were as rare as four leaf clovers. Sometime in the 80s they started becoming tame (especially on popular roads like Mt Evans, Pike's Peak, and Trail Ridge through Rocky Mountain NP), probably because they started developing a taste for tourist junk like bologna and cheese. At least that's what I assume - unlike the chipmunks, they still keep their distance from people. That's probably why I've never heard of someone getting sick like that.
