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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Unid 6210 USB 2024 UTC 07 Apr. 2018

« on: April 07, 2018, 2118 UTC »

Can't seem to hear it in southern Europe, nor on Twente SDR. I found it on a UK SDR. Of course, LHH is on 6205 and strong there too and splattering a bit at times. (Edit: Magically, as soon as I wrote that, LHH seems to have changed programming or shut off the TX.)

Splitting hairs: I have them on 6209.99 KHz.

Late 1970s-early 1980s funk/dance music.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Coast FM 6285 AM 1845 UTC 7 April 2018

« on: April 07, 2018, 1850 UTC »

SIO 333 in central Italy at the moment but a solid SIO 444 on the Twente SDR with synchronous detector. The usual programming. Advert for Britishcornershop.co.uk at 1850.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Coast FM 6285 AM 2343 UTC 6 Apr 2018

« on: April 07, 2018, 1844 UTC »

We changed from an Optimod to an Omnia 5 processor this week. Interested if you are noticing any difference and if you are your thoughts.

Yes, the audio seems a bit more dynamic and "punchier". I like it.

Cheers!

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SDR - Software Defined Radio / Re: Online SDRs: Is it possible to find the Center Frequency?

« on: April 07, 2018, 0041 UTC »

The center frequency of the signal you are receiving?

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Harmony 6374.7ish AM 2246 UTC 4 April 2018

« on: April 05, 2018, 0001 UTC »

Good signal in central Italy at 0000 UTC 5 April. I have them at 6374.6 KHz.

Crooner tunes.

0000 UTC ID "All day, all night, beautiful music radio. This is Radio Harmony." Into "Danny Boy".
0007 UTC ID "Escape and unwind....(into a selective fade down and missed the rest)" Faded down a bit from 10 minutes ago.
0011 UTC "Anything you can do I can do better".
0019 UTC Checked back and they had faded out completely.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Technical Man 6199,8 AM 1936 UTC 02 Apr 2019

« on: April 02, 2018, 1953 UTC »

1947 - ID in English: "Hello 1, 2....Hello 1, 2....Dear listeners, this is Stu (?), The Technical Man from the Netherlands." Into acknowledgement of a listener Michele in Milan, Italy. Later said they were in eastern NL. Very good signal in central Italy, SIO 555, with minimal selective fading.
1948 - dance music
1952 - dance music
1954 - ID over music and acknowledged a report from Kenny in Northern Ireland in English. Email address given.
1959 - dance music
2000 - QRM from 6195.
2003 - ID as "Radio Technical Man" and SMS number given in German, English, Spanish and French, in that order.
2005 - Macarena
2013 - Acknowledged a report from Walter in northern Italy in English. Into a Country music song.
2017 - Queen of Hearts
2020 - "Coming from the eastern part of The Netherlands, almost the western part of Germany." Dedication for Tony in England: Kraftwerk, The Model. QRM from 6195 is really hammering this guy. Thank God for passband shifting.
2025 - Acknowledged a report from Stephen in UK.
2026 - tune out
2048 - rechecked and found that the signal had faded tremendously and now QRMed from 6200 KHz, in addition to 6195 KHz. I'm done here.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Little Feat Radio 6265 AM 1900 UTC 31 Mar 2018

« on: March 31, 2018, 1909 UTC »

Covered by utility QRM on Twente SDR.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Coast FM 6285 KHz AM 1905 UTC 31 March 2018

« on: March 31, 2018, 1907 UTC »

Clear ID at 1906 UTC. Pop music programming. Good signal on Twente SDR at this time with a minor amount of selective fading.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Caroline Relay 6220 KHz AM 1900 UTC 31 March 2018

« on: March 31, 2018, 1902 UTC »

Announcements of "Caroline 558", etc. seems to be an edited recording of mostly announcements and no music. SIO 242. Listenable on Twente SDR with synchronous detector.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: KCR 6915 AM 1842 UTC 30 Mar 2018

« on: March 31, 2018, 1853 UTC »

Presumed KCR on 6915 KHz with ID in Spanish at 1849 UTC 31 March 2018. Into Afro-caribean music and Spanish announcements. Light signal with fading, listenable on Twente SDR with the synchronous detector.

Some intermittent CQ QRM " V V V de (something)"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Underdog Radio 6925 USB 0043 UTC 31 March 2018

« on: March 31, 2018, 0131 UTC »

I have the frequency as 6924.98 KHz, FWIW. Good signal in the upper midwest USA.

0126 - Billy Squire, "Lonely is the Night". Some interruptions in audio.
0130 - ID: "There's no need to fear, underdog is here!"
0131 - SSTV
0133 - Rolling Stones, "Wild Horses"
0139 - Song that I recognize from the 1980s but can't place.
0143 - SSTV
0146 - TX off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Old Time Radio OTR 6770 AM 2328 UTC 26 Mar 2018

« on: March 27, 2018, 0015 UTC »

Possibly an episode of the Jack Benny show at 0012 UTC.
It's hard to tell right now because the signal is weak but seems undermodulated. If it were more strongly modulated, it might help with readability.
SIO 242.

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Propagation / SpaceX rocket carved giant hole in the ionosphere

« on: March 26, 2018, 0456 UTC »

https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/25/spacex-rocket-carved-giant-hole-in-ionosphere/

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Latin American Pirate / 43m tonight at 0200 UTC

« on: March 15, 2018, 0214 UTC »

QRN level is quite high in southern Brazil tonight.

6934.9 KHz - still no ID but heard "Don't You Want Me Baby?" at 0155 UTC and then dance/techno-ish music after. Carrier goes off for 30 seconds-1 minute at a time at random intervals and long periods of dead air. Carrier off for good (seemingly) at 0211 UTC.

6973 - Our usual friend Lupo Radio is there, not as strong as the station above, with their usual music programming.

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Latin American Pirate / UNID 6934.9 KHz AM 0209 UTC 11 March 2018

« on: March 11, 2018, 0211 UTC »

SIO 434 in southern Brazil with 1980's-style pop music and English vocals. A little bit of QRN from rain storms.

Their audio is good; I would open up the IF bandwidth beyond +/- 4 KHz if it weren't for the peskie on 6930 LSB.

0219 - Somebody in LSB opens up exactly in this station's LSB with lots of "hoooooola! hoooooola!" calls.
0222 - Just playing album cuts from the same album. Still no announcements heard.
0225 - QRMer has moved to 6940 LSB, which doesn't help much.
0228 - Carrier off with no announcement, no ID given.