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10/11 meters / Christmas SSTV 27700 USB 1550 UTC 29 DEC 2022
« on: January 01, 2023, 2211 UTC »
11m SSTV has been very active the past few days with band openings from my QTH in the Southeastern US to Europe and Mexico.

Thanks to radiogaga for pointing out the Azteca DXers group from Mexico sending Christmas-themed SSTV.

Here are my best decodes from 29 Dec 2022.  Apparently, they will continue until 06 JAN 2023, so you still have time to catch them on 27.700 MHz.
























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HF Mystery Signals / UNID FSK 27550 USB 1436 UTC 30 DEC 2022
« on: December 30, 2022, 1615 UTC »
This may be futile given how many types of low-powered wireless devices use 27 MHz, but hopefully this being outside the ISM portion of 11m might narrow it down.

This morning, I'm hearing several FSK signals centered around 27.552 MHz.  They're either short bursts, or more likely, fading in and out.  I noticed them here locally in the Southeastern US, and the same or similar signals were on a couple Northeastern SDRs I checked, too.  It looks like about 250 KHz, which isn't a spacing I'm familiar with.  Sometimes I just hear one signal at a time, and sometimes there are two or three at slightly different frequencies.

Here's a recording and screencap from one of Sigma's Kiwis.

Link to recording:
https://archive.org/download/11m-fsk-2022-12-30-t-14-36-20-z-27550.570-usb/11m-FSK_2022-12-30T14_36_20Z_27550.570_usb.wav


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North American Shortwave Pirate / WENO 4060 AM 0246 UTC 08 DEC 2022
« on: December 08, 2022, 0250 UTC »
S9 +10 dB into the N1NTE Kiwi SDR

0246 tuned in midway through a rock song
0250 off
0251 open carrier
0252 rock music.  Maybe U2?
0259 ID - WENO Radio into...
0259 James - Laid
0302 ID - WENO
0309 off again

Link to Recording:
https://archive.org/download/weno-radio-2022-12-08-t-02-56-52-z-4060.00-am/WENO_Radio_2022-12-08T02_56_52Z_4060.00_am.wav

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Utility / 6845 USB SHARES Northeast Net 1701 UTC 07 DEC 2022
« on: December 07, 2022, 1730 UTC »
S7 - Great clear signal on the W3HFU KiwiSDR with 120ft T2FD.

1701 NCS327 taking check-ins.
1712 NCS327 sends digital traffic.  RXID shows mode as MT63-1000L.  Traffic quoted below.
1720 NCS042 assumes net control, and continues taking check-ins.
1730 NCS042 relays digital traffic from NCS327.
1736 FreeState40 assumes net control, and continues taking check-ins.
1739 FreeState40 is unable to relay digital traffic, and asks NCS042 to relay the traffic again, and resumes calling for check-ins.
1745 NCS327 assumes net control, and calls for check-ins.
1755 NCS327 and NCS042 discuss which frequency would be best for the net later tonight. "We'll probably need to use the other frequency."
1759 NCS327 makes a final call for check-ins.
1800 NCS327 instructs all stations on the net to close down.
1800 NCS042 relays instruction to close down.
1800 FreeState40 relays instruction to close down.
1802 FreeState40 asks NCS327 which frequency identifier for the net later tonight. NCS327 anticipates starting the net on frequency "SAF0" and moving to "SAG0" if necessary.
1805 NCS327 wishes NCS042 a good day and is clear.

Quote
DE NCS327 MSG 07Y
R 071630Z DEC 2022 ZYJ
FM NCS327 NY
TO SHARES NE
BT
UNCLAS
SUBJ: NATIONAL PEARL HARBOR REMEMBERANCE DAY

ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY ATTACKED OUR FORCES AT PEARL HARBOR AND OTHER LOCATIONS IN HAWAII, TAKING THE LIVES OF 2,403 SERVICE MEMBERS AND CIVILIANS AND LEADING THE UNITED STATES TO DECLARE ITS ENTRANCE INTO WORLD WAR II.  IT WAS A DAY THAT STILL LIVES IN INFAMY 81 YEARS LATER.  AS WE MARK NATIONAL PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY, WE HONOR THE PATRIOTS WHO PERISHED, COMMEMORATE THE VALOR OF ALL THOSE WHO DEFENDED OUR NATION, AND RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO CARRYING FORTH THE ENSUING PEACE AND RECONCILIATION THAT BROUGHT A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR WORLD.  TODAY, WE GIVE THANKS TO THE GREATEST GENERATION, WHO GUIDED OUR NATION THROUGH SOME OF OUR DARKEST MOMENTS AND LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF AN INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM THAT HAS TRANSFORMED FORMER ADVERSARIES INTO ALLIES.


NNNN
 
INT ZEV VIA VOICE THIS NET

DE NCS327

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Utility / ALE and MIL-STD 188-110 8025 USB 1915 UTC 01 DEC 2022
« on: December 01, 2022, 2020 UTC »
Received via W3HFU KiwiSDR at S7 to S9.  Appears to be National Guard net with ALE calls as well as MIL-STD 188-110A ARQ sessions.  Could this be an HF mail system?

Interestingly, the 110A traffic didn't seem to stop during the ALE calls, so I'm not absolutely sure that the calling station wasn't transmitting on top of someone.

[No Timestamp][Call] [from MI5JOC      ] [to WI5JOC      ]
[No Timestamp][Call] [from MI5JOC      ] [to IL5JOC      ]
[19:35:58] [Call] [from MI5JOC      ] [to MN5JOC      ]
[19:41:55] [Call] [from MI5JOC      ] [to OH51JOC     ]
[19:47:46] [Call] [from MI5JOC      ] [to WI5JOC      ]
[19:59:31] [Call] [from MI5JOC      ] [to IN51JOC     ]
[20:05:00] [Call] [from MI5JOC      ] [to IN5C        ]
[20:11:20] [Call] [from MI5JOC      ] [to OH51JOC     ]
[20:17:11] [Call] [from MI5JOC      ] [to WI5JOC      ]
[20:22:58] [Call] [from MI5JOC      ] [to IL5JOC      ]

Link to recording:
https://archive.org/download/mil-std-188-141-and-mil-std-188-110-2022-12-01-t-19-59-17-z-8025.00-usb/MIL-STD-188-141_and_MIL-STD-188-110_2022-12-01T19_59_17Z_8025.00_usb.wav

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Started at  1500 UTC with about a minute of flute music followed by what sounded like a computer-generated female voice with an English accent saying "this is, this is... 10211, 10211" followed by more 5-digit groups with each group spoken twice.

I was to slow to catch the music on my recording, so it starts with the beginning of the voice transmission.

Link to recording:
https://archive.org/download/unid-numbers-2022-12-01-t-15-01-20-z-6952.000-usb/UNID_Numbers_2022-12-01T15_01_20Z_6952.000_usb.wav

This is the same frequency and mode used by the recent Hawaiian Numbers shortwave pirate transmissions, but I'm logging it here unless anyone suggests otherwise.

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S5 signal received via the N1NTE Kiwi SDR.  90's songs.  Seems like deep cuts and kinda obscure stuff.

0243  ID - "Channel 94, songs from 1994"

0254 Bad Religion - 21st Century Digital Boy
0257 ID - Thanks for listening to Channel 94.  See you next time." into Frank Black - Headache
0300 Signed off

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MW Loggings / WQFG689 1710 AM (Hudson County, NJ) 0226 UTC
« on: November 29, 2022, 0246 UTC »
S5 into the southeastern US tonight on my AirSpy Discovery+ and 80m OFC dipole with no co-channel interference, but a fair amount of hiss.
Had to listen in USB to make out the announcement.  SIO 242

0226 UTC Recorded message with OM repeating "This is radio station WQFG689, owned and operated by Hudson County, NJ.  We are currently experiencing technical difficulties, and continue to work on correcting the issue.  Please check back with 1710 AM soon.  Thank you for your patience."

Link to recording:
https://archive.org/download/wqft-689-2022-11-29-t-02-38-26-z-1710.00-usb/WQFT689_2022-11-29T02_38_26Z_1710.00_usb.wav

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Just got home.  Nice to hear someone still on the air.

0130 UTC sound like movie clips and OM speaking over sitar-y guitar.
0134 WTF Worldwide ID
0137 Off

25
22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / 22m Beacon Logs 28 Nov 2022
« on: November 28, 2022, 1916 UTC »
Received via N1NTE Kiwi #2:
1900 UTC 13566.4 RVA - Only about S2, but clearly audible with a tight CW filter
1914 UTC 13563.5 YSO - Down in the noise, nothing on the S-meter

Received via N1NTE Kiwi #1:
1949 UTC 13565 RF - S1 right at the noise level.  Took several tries before I caught the ID.



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Peskies / Peskies 4211 USB 0745 UTC 28 NOV 2022
« on: November 28, 2022, 0825 UTC »
Heard a pair of OM chatting in Spanish.  S5 signal at my QTH in the southeastern US.

Then I spent longer than I want to admit hopping around different Kiwi SDRs all up and down the east coast listening to them.  The propagation gods must have smiled on these two caballeros, because they could be heard from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Stafford, Prince Edward Island.  For kicks, I checked Westfjords, Iceland, and they were fading in and out.  Not great, but audible.

God speed, Seņores

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0037 Atmospheric music again.  Same op?
0042 Electron Radio ID " signing on to the 43 meter band to North America" (I guess I heard the ID wrong)

0045 Juice WRLD & Trill Jimi - Wishing Well
0048 ID
0049 pop song with yelling vocals - off suddenly
0050 another song - keeps cutting out
0052 off suddenly

Back with 0127 with S9 signal
0140 "Black Swan will broadcast to the west coast of North America at 0400 UTC."

Link to Recording:
https://archive.org/download/black-swan-radio-international-2022-11-24-t-01-31-20-z-6925.000-usb/Black_Swan_Radio_International_2022-11-24T01_31_20Z_6925.000_USB.wav

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 2039 UTC 22 NOV 2022
« on: November 22, 2022, 2040 UTC »
Heard via the W3HFU Kiwi, spoken word program about Bigfoot, S5-S7

Link to recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15S4EgTb7cOB_ieHcErM15He9nzAqjaeq/view

2058 Either signed off or faded completely

2117 Back on the air.  "A ghostly apparition appeared." Sounds like another episode of the same show.
S3-S6 on the N1NTE Kiwi with lower noise.
Link to recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qSJ0C2IOclESdZLbksBIXjKWbdU-6WpA/view

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Utility / 6981 KHz USB ALE and VARA? 1833Z NOV 22 2022
« on: November 22, 2022, 1903 UTC »
Just heard what sounded like a VARA ARQ exchange on 6981 KHz.  I also heard 2G ALE sounding from "AB2" on the same freq around the same time, but unknown if it was the same station.  If it was ALE, the the dial freq would have been 6980.

I know MIL-STD-188 ALE includes some kind of ARQ itself, but this signal didn't sound like that to me.

EDIT - link to recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DRMoGXECh7G0N6qpi7Fap8JFtzrjUtSi/view

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 4015 USB 0350 UTC 11 FEB 2021
« on: February 11, 2021, 0359 UTC »
Bluesy instrumental guitar music
0400Z signed off?

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