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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 2216 UTC 3 Jul 2020

« on: July 19, 2020, 0146 UTC »

S9 @ 01:40 UTC with some song with heavy bells and warbling female vocals.  Man, that is some STRANGE music!
Mention of "HF UNDERGROUND" @ 01:47

797

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: CFRX 6070 am 1500 utc 1 Jul 2020

« on: July 19, 2020, 0109 UTC »

4-2-2-2-2 @ 01:05 with weather ("High of 28 degrees celsius") and news and commercial block.
Heavy QRN due to storms moving through the upper Great Lakes region.

798

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: KBC's new frequency

« on: July 19, 2020, 0025 UTC »

9925 khz @ 00:14 UTC with YM station ID

00:14 "Are you Satisfied".  Mirana and the Diamonds
00:23. Some song by Solomon Burke

Great signal tonite,   

SINPO:   5-5-4-4-5
TX:  Nauen, Germany
Target:  North America

799

Shortwave Broadcast / Unknown CW (?) on 17660 khz....

« on: July 18, 2020, 1245 UTC »

...@ 12:43 UTC in what seemed to be CW  in short 1 character bursts spaced about 10 seconds apart on the FRG 7700.   Strange that I got it on AM Narrow but nothing when switched to the CW mode.   Any ideas?

800

Equipment / Re: The Best Active Loop Antenna 2019 = MLA-30?

« on: July 14, 2020, 2317 UTC »

For example, if we look at NRD-545, it scores all the top on all the aspects, but it used to cost about 2k? Even used ones go for almost 1k easy.


If you can find a JRC NRD-545d for $1,000 please let me know .
Thanks

801

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Romania (Tiganesti-Saftica)

« on: July 14, 2020, 0416 UTC »

Tried to hook Romania @ 03:31 on 9740 khz today. Got, nothing but an S9 dead carrier. Was supposed to be English to South Asia but No Joy today.

802

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Tamazuj Madagascar 11650 AM 0406 UTC 05 July 2019

« on: July 14, 2020, 0342 UTC »

SINPO: 3-4-3-2-3 in Sudanese out of Madagascar on 11650 at 03:34 UTC. 
 2 person  (YM AND YL) dialogue that sounded like they were reading a script from a play.   No music.   Pretty steady signal here is SE Wisconsin.

803

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: China 6280/6370 AM 2116 utc 10 Jul 2020

« on: July 14, 2020, 0325 UTC »

On 9790 khz  tonite @ 03:13 UTC in English with a two YL interview regarding the COVID virus.  Solid signal tonite out of the Quivican site targeting Western North America.

Fade to music @ 03:23.("Never Gonna Dance Again" - George Michael)

SINPO: 5-5-4-5-5

804

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Progresso

« on: July 14, 2020, 0250 UTC »

Pretty good signal tonite.  Mostly narrative with OM and YL announcers but some nice music including "Pretty Blue Eyes" by Steve Lawrence.

SINPO:  4-43-3-3

805

General Radio Discussion / Re: Proposed Shortwave Station in Illinois Prompts an Objection

« on: July 13, 2020, 1933 UTC »

Just what the World needs - another megawatt Bible-thumper.

806

MW Loggings / Re: WXNT 1430 KHZ Indianapolis

« on: July 09, 2020, 2022 UTC »

You bet.....98 years in radio ?!  Wow, only 2 years  short of the Hundred Years War and probably, at times,  just as bloody.   

807

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: Radio Veritas Asia via Vatican 9700 AM 0010 UTC 15 May 2020

« on: July 09, 2020, 0019 UTC »

SINPO 2-2-2-3-2 @ 00:12 UTC on 9700 khz in Kachin directed to SE Asia via the Santa Maria de Galeria, Italy site.   OM narrative early then YL took over the moderating at 00:14.  No music. OM returned at 00:18.
 Lotta static and some very minor splash from REE on 9690.

808

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Helliniki Radiophonia

« on: July 09, 2020, 0000 UTC »

S9 + 20 at 23:54 UTC on the usual 9420 khz out of Avlis, Greece with Grecian music , mostly male vocals. Super signal tonite with very minimal QRN, no fading.

809

MW Loggings / Re: WXNT 1430 KHZ Indianapolis

« on: July 08, 2020, 1342 UTC »

177 miles isn't that all that rare but getting only 5w thru the Chicago big boys splash is kinda cool

You also got KZQZ St. Louis MO 5 kw nighttime beamed your way on the same freq.

Gonna have a hard time snagging that one PV. ! - see below:
KZQZ
City   St. Louis, Missouri
Broadcast area   Greater St. Louis
Frequency   1430 kHz
First air date   April 5, 1922; 98 years ago
Last air date   April 2020; 3 months ago
Format   Defunct
Power   50,000 watts (day)
5,000 watts (night)
Class   B
Facility ID   72391
Transmitter coordinates   38°32′09″N 90°11′26″W
Former call signs   WEB (1922–25)
WIL (1925–91)
WRTH (1991–2005)
WIL (2005–08)
Operator   Insane Broadcasting Company
Owner   Entertainment Media Trust
(Entertainment Media Trust, Dennis J. Watkins, Trustee)

810

MW Loggings / Re: WXNT 1430 KHZ Indianapolis

« on: July 06, 2020, 2328 UTC »

177 miles isn't that all that rare but getting only 5kw thru the Chicago big boys splash is kinda cool