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VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes / Re: 162 Mhz NWR distance?

« on: October 31, 2021, 1849 UTC »

Well, they are great VHF High Band Propagational 24/7 Beacons, fo' sure. I've heard them +200 miles when tropo enhancement happens. Hey... Our taxes pay for these, so might as well use them.   https://www.weather.gov/nwr/ 

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Peskies / Russian-like Woodpecker on 6925kHz last night?

« on: October 31, 2021, 1830 UTC »

Eh??? Got back from work and kicked the HF rig on to troll for pirates, only to hear what sounded like the 1970's - 1980's Russian Woodpecker on 6925kHz, +/-12kHz either side, 04:30UTC. Not that strong, peaking at an S5, but certainly obliterated anything that could have been there. That was gone 2hrs later. Tell me that this wasn't deliberate.

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Propagation / Re: X1 solar flare & radio blackout ~1530 28 OCT 2021

« on: October 30, 2021, 1815 UTC »

SUN DAY Halloween solar flare headed for Earth could trigger Northern Lights this weekend – and disrupt power grid?      https://www.the-sun.com/news/3957750/halloween-solar-flare-headed-earth-power-grid/      Yeah... I had this posted in WEATHER just minutes before, but moved this up here when I'd seen the preceding posts. (My bad...)

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10/11 meters / 11M pipeline from Idaho? Apparently...

« on: October 30, 2021, 1811 UTC »

On CB CH 38LSB, I QSO'ed with Idaho yesterday, but today, Idaho just dominates with stations there! Huh... Sellin' potatoes has these ops to be able to afford SSB CB rigs? (Nah... I'm not stereo-typing here. Hi-hi...) Neat, to hear all of them from that state. Must be a nice F2 pipeline to there from WV.

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Pirate Radio History / Radio Survivor covers the 1987 zine, Radio Is my Bomb!

« on: October 29, 2021, 1910 UTC »

Huh... Never heard of this then. My go-to zine at the time was Ernie Wilson's EBN from Panaxis.     http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2021/10/radio-is-my-bomb-zine-is-a-still-relevant-snapshot-of-free-radio-in-the-1980s/

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Huh? / Re: 1560AM going bye-bye in NYC? Here's why. They are back???

« on: October 28, 2021, 2007 UTC »

UPDATE: JTA heard it on a couple of night ago, and it sounds like I heard it on the drive home at 04:25UTC last night, playing a slow, acoustic guitar, music. No announcements. So, did anyone miss 'em?

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Huh? / Jessica Rosenworcel nominated to become 1st woman to lead FCC?

« on: October 28, 2021, 2004 UTC »

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jessica-rosenworcel-nominated-to-become-1st-woman-to-lead-fcc/ar-AAPZ0YV?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz            Seen this coming out of my OUTLOOK mail. Hmmmmmmmm... Good, bad, indifferent???

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10/11 meters / Re: 11 meters 26 OCT 2021?

« on: October 26, 2021, 1952 UTC »

A actually have the Cherokee AH-100 SSB HT of that same Magnum portable. More of a concept portable really, since various features are limited in performance, but still a neat radio. Just, don't try and drive and operate with one. (Hi-hi...)

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Weather / Re: Stormy Monday....... And beyond???

« on: October 26, 2021, 1917 UTC »

I just want these T-storms to hurry up and get outta' here. Testing out a repaired Windom and hearing like S+20/9 of lightning crashes just sucks. That, and I don't want lightning to QSL me, since ya know what happens when it really does. Now, if we can just clear all these storms out just in time to DX the Halloween pirates on MW and SW this weekend. BTW, might be a good time to cruise around any empty spots in the FM band as well. Ya never know...

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Software / A 'Work Around' for defuncted Reciva based wifi radios? Maybe...

« on: October 26, 2021, 1850 UTC »

Don't trash those Reciva based radios yet. There are some smart folks trying to work around this.    https://swling.com/blog/2021/10/reciva-gateway-not-responding-rob-offers-more-info-possible-workarounds/ I have two Sangean WFR-20 radios here, and it would be nice not to have even more paper weights here. Albeit, they also make nice computer audio amps with their AUX inputs.

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Equipment / Re: PC problem after transmitting

« on: October 17, 2021, 2011 UTC »

Did you try snapping on a ferrite choke on that cable that the USB connector is attached too? Sounds like RF peaks are getting in there, somehow.

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10/11 meters / Re: CH 38LSB alive with F2 today! S. Africa in there!

« on: October 17, 2021, 1904 UTC »

Too bad too, 12M has just as many "E" opening as 11M and maybe somewhat more on F2. Anyway, woke up today to a local CB CH 38LSB'er QSO'ing with South Africa. And, I can hear the South African station coming back at 1lb. That was 11AM EST, or 15:00UTC. Shortly afterwards, S. CA opened up State Side.

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10/11 meters / Re: CH 38LSB alive with F2 today! And, even into the early night!

« on: October 11, 2021, 1826 UTC »

Thought twice that 11M was going to die-out, but 1st time, at sunset, S and Mid CA bang in there with a vengeance! Finally, died-out at 9PM EST, or 01:00UTC.  What little activity I did hear on 10M was a very weak QSO on 28.400USB, then an Aussie accent on 28.450USB, commenting about State-side contacts. So, the Aussies may have indeed been in there last night.

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Pirate Radio History / Inside Pirate Radio Documentary, now +30 years ago!

« on: October 10, 2021, 1841 UTC »

Well, this is certainly pirate history, and Youtube still has it up,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_oXEMu7Rzo What prompted me to this VID again? Running Radio Wolf International over my stations this Columbus Day Weekend. Hey... The Youtube copy is a better VID version than what I'd bought back in 1991 on VHS.

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10/11 meters / CH 38LSB alive with F2 today!

« on: October 10, 2021, 1831 UTC »

After bring back from the dead, a 1978 RCA SSB Co-Pilot CB, with a new VCO modual, bought from the same UK dude selling FM CB boards, (See the earlier post on that.), I went to bed with it on the 10M Ringo on CH 38LSB. This morning, I woke-up to a flurry of SSB activity from AZ, NM, TX, Mexico, and CA. In the mid-afternoon, WA, OR, N. CA, BC, and Alberta, all banging-in there at +9lbs. Went to 10M on the HF rig, and found no activity. Hmmmmmmmmmmm...