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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Charleston R. 5140 AM 1830 utc 10 oct 2018
« on: October 10, 2018, 1909 UTC »
SINPO 33222 at 1910 UTC.
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What the TX sees looking into its end of the coax is based upon four things: 1) the coax's characteristic impedance, 2) the loss of the coax, 3) the length (in wavelengths) of the coax 4) the load at the other end of the coax.
You want the TX to see the antenna's inherent impedance? Make the coax length a whole multiple of a half wavelength.
Shielding doesn't have anything to do with it unless it's part of the active part of the coax and affects the characteristic impedance. (There are double-shielded coaxes for low-leakage applications, as an example of coax with shielding that does not affect characteristic impedance.)
Riiiiight.
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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Laser Hot Hits 6205 AM 1727 utc 10 oct 2018
« on: October 10, 2018, 1907 UTC »
SINPO 23222 at the moment.
828
European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Coast FM 6230 AM 1719 utc 10 oct 2018
« on: October 10, 2018, 1906 UTC »
Reception conditions are not so good. The usual QRM 4 KHz lower than the carrier and intermittent blasts of QRM about 2 KHz above.
ID at 1906 UTC.
ID at 1906 UTC.
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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Unid 6275,7 AM 2045 utc 02 oct 2018
« on: October 02, 2018, 2122 UTC »
Not hearing this.
830
European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Coast FM 6230 AM 1826 utc 02 oct 2018
« on: October 02, 2018, 2121 UTC »
2120 UTC SINPO 22222. QRM on LSB.
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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Laser Hot Hits 6205 AM 1825 utc 02 oct 2018
« on: October 02, 2018, 2119 UTC »
Tuned in at 2119 UTC. SINPO 23322.
832
European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Charleston R. Int. 5140 AM 1943 utc 02 oct 2018
« on: October 02, 2018, 2034 UTC »
2033 UTC Good signal at the moment. SINPO 44444. The usual 1930s music. I feel like I am in 1933 Berlin.
2038 UTC ID
2049 UTC "This is Charleston Radio International. We broadcast on five thousand, one hundred and forty kilocycles." (Of course, not "kilohertz", that would be too modern.) Announcer has a slight German-speaker's accent.
2038 UTC ID
2049 UTC "This is Charleston Radio International. We broadcast on five thousand, one hundred and forty kilocycles." (Of course, not "kilohertz", that would be too modern.) Announcer has a slight German-speaker's accent.
833
European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: TENTATIVE Radio Dummyload 6275.78 AM 1710 UTC 2 October
« on: October 02, 2018, 2030 UTC »
Filling in the blanks.
quod erat demonstrandum
Quote
Radio _Dummyload_ is one of the main stations without a transmitter, and also without a(n) _antenna_.
quod erat demonstrandum
834
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6940 AM 2156 UTC 28 Sept 2018
« on: September 28, 2018, 2217 UTC »
Sounds like the North American Service of Charleston Radio International - music from the 1930s and 1940s.
SINPO 33231 in Ontario. My SINPO code needs a bit of explanation. Their carrier is very undermodulated. For such a strong signal, I should not be straining to hear anything like I am here.
SINPO 33231 in Ontario. My SINPO code needs a bit of explanation. Their carrier is very undermodulated. For such a strong signal, I should not be straining to hear anything like I am here.
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European Pirates and Private Stations / R. Sovereign 6315 AM 0700 UTC 28 September 2018
« on: September 28, 2018, 0709 UTC »
I'm generally not listening this early in the morning.
Very weak on Twente and Belgian SDRs. Occasionally fades up enough to hear dance music but that happens only 5% of the time.
0712 UTC - Clearly heard bits of a Meatloaf song.
0742 UTC - "Life In The Fast Lane"
Very weak on Twente and Belgian SDRs. Occasionally fades up enough to hear dance music but that happens only 5% of the time.
0712 UTC - Clearly heard bits of a Meatloaf song.
0742 UTC - "Life In The Fast Lane"
836
The RF Workbench / Re: New here, and my journey building a SW xmtr
« on: September 27, 2018, 0137 UTC »i would tend to believe using highly shielded coax as feedline to the dipole is akin to bringing the TX right at the center fed part of the dipole.
What the TX sees looking into its end of the coax is based upon four things: 1) the coax's characteristic impedance, 2) the loss of the coax, 3) the length (in wavelengths) of the coax 4) the load at the other end of the coax.
You want the TX to see the antenna's inherent impedance? Make the coax length a whole multiple of a half wavelength.
Shielding doesn't have anything to do with it unless it's part of the active part of the coax and affects the characteristic impedance. (There are double-shielded coaxes for low-leakage applications, as an example of coax with shielding that does not affect characteristic impedance.)
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General Radio Discussion / Re: The State of Competition In The Marketplace For Delivery of Audio Programming
« on: September 27, 2018, 0121 UTC »
Though their website is interesting:
https://recnet.com/unlicensed
https://recnet.com/arrr
I will note that their description of themselves says nothing about "The Amateur Radio Service": https://recnet.com/about
https://recnet.com/unlicensed
https://recnet.com/arrr
I will note that their description of themselves says nothing about "The Amateur Radio Service": https://recnet.com/about
838
General Radio Discussion / Re: The State of Competition In The Marketplace For Delivery of Audio Programming
« on: September 27, 2018, 0115 UTC »Quote
and non-broadcast services such as the Amateur Radio Service.
Riiiiight.
839
North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6932.06 AM 2328 UTC 22 September 2018
« on: September 22, 2018, 2349 UTC »
It might be gonve, or it slid down to 6935 briefly and then off. Not sure. 
840
North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6954.97 AM-> 6955 USB 2344 UTC 22 September 2019
« on: September 22, 2018, 2345 UTC »
Overmodulated rock music. SINPO 22221 into an SDR in Virginia.
2355 - caught bits of what I think is George Thorogood and The Destroyers, "I Drink Alone".
0010 - music stopped mid-song then some sort of computerized announcement and then TX off.
0013 - back on in USB and very strong now.
0014 - George Thorogood and The Destroyers, "I Drink Alone"
0041 - SSTV
2355 - caught bits of what I think is George Thorogood and The Destroyers, "I Drink Alone".
0010 - music stopped mid-song then some sort of computerized announcement and then TX off.
0013 - back on in USB and very strong now.
0014 - George Thorogood and The Destroyers, "I Drink Alone"
0041 - SSTV
