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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2341 UTC 21 Mar 2020

« on: March 22, 2020, 0120 UTC »

0057 - CYOT ID and e-mail address by YL
0100 - SSTV ID
Sig was up and down; almost in the noise when down but
59 and easy listening when up.
Thanks for the programme. I started an SDR recording
when the Grand Ol' Opry started, with no live audience,
on the local NBC affiliate (WSMV) and later replayed the recording.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio GaGa 6925 USB 0112 UTC 18 March 2020

« on: March 18, 2020, 0247 UTC »

Elephantcage,
"Do wacka..." by late, great, homeboy Roger Miller

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General Radio Discussion / Re: FCC To Hire ‘Substantial Number’ Of New Agents To Capture Radio Pirates

« on: March 14, 2020, 2353 UTC »

"Your tax dollars at work!"

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Amateur Radio / Re: Digital modes on HF... love it or hate it.

« on: January 25, 2020, 0542 UTC »

...home stations were parked on the FT8 frequency and had stopped scanning the bands.

My observation in the past few VHF / UHF contests, including the one a couple of weekends ago,
is just like what NJQA said above. I could hear a lot of stations on 50.313 but little, if any,
activity in the phone and cw portions of the band. Monitoring 50.313 for FT8 is a good propagation
tool but, personally, I don't care for the automated contacts.

JS8Call might be an improvement but I haven't played with it beyond installing the s/w. I understand that
it is more keyboard to keyboard, like the good ol' days of RTTY!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XFM 4185 AM 0429 UTC 01 Jan 2020

« on: January 01, 2020, 0500 UTC »

0457 - Unkn mx, Michael Jackson?, good sig in here
            but some deep fades. Will send you a screenshot.
            Good to hear you again. Happy New Year - NOW! (EST)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Channel Z 6925 AM 2158 UTC 23 Dec 2019

« on: December 23, 2019, 2202 UTC »

2201 - Just above the noise here but seems to be improving ~S2 - 4

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Other / Re: UNID 6977 USB ~2240 08dec 2019 UTC

« on: December 09, 2019, 0307 UTC »

Thanks, refmo. My first thought was MARS but the
calls weren't right.

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Other / UNID 6977 USB ~2240 08dec 2019 UTC

« on: December 09, 2019, 0109 UTC »

ABOUT 2240 - A net with call signs of CWnnn. NCS seemed to be
                              CW321 who sometimes asked for relays from other
                              stations. Additional calls: CW705 and others. NCS
                              would ask for check-ins by hundreds groups - "Are
                               there any 400 stations wishing to check in", "Any
                               500 stations...", etc. All seemed to be native English
                               speakers.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Bad Boy Radio 6925 AM 2032 UTC 2 Dec 2019

« on: December 02, 2019, 2134 UTC »

2125 - "Tuesday" - Moody Blues
2132 - Bad Boy ID

Weak but mostly readable.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6927 AM 1851 21 November 2019

« on: November 21, 2019, 2038 UTC »

1925 - SSTV "Argyle Radio"

On a separate note... Did anyone else copy a SSB sig on 6870 kHz,
probably 21nov19, time not noted UTC? Maybe ~0100 - 0300 or so?
The sig started, when I first noticed it, in LSB, then switched back
and forth between LSB & USB several times. I copied it by using
SAM mode and then it didn't matter which sideband was in use.

I was tied up doing some other things and didn't get "A Round Tuit"
to note the exact time. Also, figured someone else would note and
report the sig but I haven't seen any other report of this. The sig
was up and down and on and off several times but generally good
as I recall.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0116 UTC 12 Aug 2019

« on: August 12, 2019, 0121 UTC »

0115 s/on with Lincolnshire Poacher
0116 numbers with Brit accent
0120 Lincolnshire Poacher again, then into rock mx

0125 - corrected time!

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WEFAX and SSTV / Re: New Zealand SSTV

« on: August 11, 2019, 1543 UTC »

14230 ?

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Amateur Radio / Re: Huntsville Hamfest 2019

« on: August 11, 2019, 1540 UTC »

Ooopps, thanks, RH. I meant on Saturday. That's what I get for "assume"-ing!
BTW: I don't think the hamfest is open at 1130 on Friday.

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: KiWiSDR fan problem

« on: August 11, 2019, 0056 UTC »

Sorry, PM, I missed seeing the knob option when I ordered mine!
I still miss my faithful old Drake 2-B from back in the 60s
(not that I really remember that time period ) - 70s.

Chris, I have played with the board vibration you mentioned and
it does help. I have some high density closed cell foam that I jammed
between the antenna connectors and the case and that has made it
a little quieter but I still think the main problem is the #$@*^% fan.

If I have to, I'll try disconnecting the fan as bagmouse7 did.

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Amateur Radio / Re: Huntsville Hamfest 2019

« on: August 10, 2019, 2357 UTC »

RH,
Yes, I'm still planning to attend. I just went to https://hamfest.org/
and clicked the "Program Guide 2019 **Revised **" button to d/l
the latest version. I'm looking on p. 13 of that guide and I suggest that
any HFU folks who would like to get together, let's plan to meet at 1130 CDT,
at the elevators near the Hamfest Registration. Then we can move some place
else if need be. I *think* there's a seating area nearby - if memory serves me right.

***If that's not a good time / place for anyone, I'm open to any other suggestions
anyone would like to make.***

I'll be the old codger in jeans and most likely a white Radio Free Whatever
Bunker t-shirt.