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Shortwave Broadcast / Who'dat on 6080kHz, 07:03UTC? Oh... Our tax $$$$.

« on: September 04, 2021, 2018 UTC »

Wanted to see if CFRX on 6070kHz was coming in around at 3AM, or 07:00UTC, and it didn't, but skipped over me. However, at 07:03UTC, was a weak station, jammin' modern folk MX, on 6080kHz. No ID heard. Any cues???
UPDATE9/5/2021: Oh... It's VOA. Pretty solid S5 at 04:00UTC, so must be a domestic TX.

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Huh? / From Radio Survivor: Brazilian Authorities Cracking Down on Free Radio in 2021!

« on: September 03, 2021, 1827 UTC »

http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/09/brazilian-authorities-cracking-down-on-free-radio-in-2021/   They have a podcast interview that covered Community Radio in Brazil, now an article on the Pirate Scene there.

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Amateur Radio / ARRL VHF Sweepsteaks, September 11 - 13, 2021!

« on: August 31, 2021, 2012 UTC »

Tis that time again, already. http://www.arrl.org/september-vhf     Tropo and Aurora maybe the dominant propagation here.

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North American MW Pirate Radio / UNID, Classic tunage 1620Khz, 01:10UTC - 01:29UTC. 8/27/2021

« on: August 28, 2021, 0655 UTC »

Surprised to hear over the Cuban 1620 this station, while on the road, with Styx - The Best Of Times, Julian Lennon - Time To Say Goodbye, Love Train - (I'm brain farting on the artist.), no announcements, no ID's. Audio quality seemed to be EQ'ed in the mid-range, but was very clear. (Could be a clue that it was done from an amateur transceiver.) Also noticed that the tracks were not that tight from song to song. Station was gone at 05:17UTC on drive home. Only heard Cuba dominating then. This was an interesting catch in the truck, for sure.

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MW Loggings / Another Espanol AM Music Station on 1050kHz. And, KDKA1020 bowled over?

« on: August 24, 2021, 1800 UTC »

Heard this bangin' in on the drive to work, after 9PM EST an EDM Espanol station. Sounded really good, but didn't get an ID, or even a promo. And, that's with AM splatter from the flame throwers either side on 1040 and 1060. So, who 'dat? And, checkin' 1020KDKA, it was seriously getting bowled-over by a station jammin' folk tunage, and must have been +/- a few hundred Hertz off FREQ, since I heard a constant tone in there. Huh... KDKA usually has full dominance at night here in SW WV, and I can just hear them on GND-wave in the winter. That was different.

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Huh? / More, on RF Exposer Ratings Ruling?

« on: August 17, 2021, 1854 UTC »

FWR to me by WB8YST: https://wirecalifornia.org/case-20-1025-ruling/     Could that effect the 5G roll out?  Hmmmm...

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MW Loggings / A college, 99W, AM station in Toronto? Can anyone actually RX it?

« on: August 16, 2021, 0605 UTC »

Well, this is rare today on AM, a 99W college station on 1280AM, Toronto, ON,   https://www.cjru.ca/  Question is, can anyone hear that, over the semi-close Rochester's 5kW 1280WHTK? Would be a nice catch, indeed.

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MW Loggings / Mystery Spanish modern music station 1070kHz.

« on: August 13, 2021, 0716 UTC »

Several night, while it's still dark, I've found a pretty strong music station jamming reggae, Hip-Hop, and EDM, but all of it, including announcements and jingles, are in Spanish. Well, since No hablo espaņol, I have yet to ID this station. Anyone else hearing this on 1070kHz?

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General Radio Discussion / FEMA / EAS Tests sched for Wednesday 8/11/2021!

« on: August 07, 2021, 1852 UTC »

This could be interesting.   https://www.fema.gov/event/ipaws-national-test   Word on da' street also has it that cell phones and even another test of an internet kill-switch might happen then. Hmmmmmm... Could be interesting to listen for.

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Amateur Radio / New Experimental 40MHz test station licensed in Atlanta, GA!

« on: July 24, 2021, 0625 UTC »

Heard this on Amateur Radio Newsline #2282. With Sporadic "E" still in play, this should make for an interesting catch! https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2021/07/new-us-experimental-station-wl2xup-now.html

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Equipment / Test Driving the Russia-Made Malahit DSP-2: SWLing rip.

« on: July 22, 2021, 1700 UTC »

Looks like the Russian have taken thing up a notch in DSP / SDR based receivers.    https://swling.com/blog/2021/07/guest-post-and-review-test-driving-the-russia-made-malahit-dsp-2/   

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Weather / Nice smoky haze from Oregon and californian fires. Hmmmm...

« on: July 21, 2021, 2214 UTC »

Some unreal Sunsets and Blood Moon seen here in WV, due to the West Coast Fires.   https://www.space.com/smoke-from-us-wildfires-seen-from-space-july-2021

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MW Loggings / Not hearing Hudson Valley TIS lately 1710kHz.

« on: July 16, 2021, 1916 UTC »

Yeah... For several weeks, I haven't heard that 100W Hudson Valley TIS from NJ. (Can't say as I miss them.) So, does that leave 1710kHz semi-open again? Hmmmmmmm???

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General Radio Discussion / Changes to Radio Technical Rules Advance?

« on: July 15, 2021, 0606 UTC »

Boomer linked me earlier to Radio World on this:        https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/business-and-law/changes-to-radio-technical-rules-advance

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Amateur Radio / A license-free Kenwood HT that's in the 446MHz HAM Band?

« on: July 07, 2021, 1851 UTC »

Huh??? Found this interesting. Kenwood has a license-free HT that operates from 446.000MHz to 446.100MHz, at 1/2W ERP, in the 70cm HAM Band? When was this allowed? https://www.kenwood.com/sg/com/lfr/pkt-23/   Thought it 1st to be FRS, then I'd seen the 446MHz FREQ spec's. Looks like a neat simplex-only HT.
UPDATE:   Ah... Thank you Sparx! (Added reply below.) That would explain a few things there.