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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB 0209 UTC 27 MAY 2024

« on: May 27, 2024, 0244 UTC »

Hear music over the noise.
0243 Maybe OM with voice ID, but I couldn't make it out.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 77LJS 6930 USB 2051 UTC MAY 2 2024

« on: May 02, 2024, 2333 UTC »

2330 Weak music.  Hard to hear over the hash from my XYL on the treadmill atm.
2333 OM talking, then back to the song

2350 No Doubt - It's My Life

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Omega Dog 6930 USB 0217 UTC 27 APR 2024

« on: April 27, 2024, 0402 UTC »

I got sidetracked doing something else, but left the radio going, and accidentally caught this one.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Bork Bork Radio 6935 USB 033 UTC 25 APR 2024

« on: April 25, 2024, 0327 UTC »

Back at 0322 with several minutes of constant borking, now.
0331 sign-off

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10/11 meters / KMAX IFB 26110 FM 1553 15 April 2024

« on: April 24, 2024, 2155 UTC »

The KVOR/KMAX studio IFB was back again today, and this time I was able to get a recording of it.

My reception was pretty poor when I first came across it, but by the time I got the recording set up a few minutes before 1600 UTC, it had gotten somewhat better, but was still fading in and out.

1553 Sounds like local news with anchors reading email from viewers
1555 Propagation must have improved.  S6 signal strength with anchors discussing WNBA player Caitlin Clark signing a $28 million dollar multi-year contract.
1556 Outro music into a commercial break, then silence.  Carrier dropped after about 20 seconds with no modulation.

1600 Transmission resumes with music playing along with a SNL-style "Live from Northern California, this is Good Day" and news coverage of an assault on a college campus
1607 A reporter is remote at a high school event when the signal fades completely out, then back in before they go to a break with the theme from "Speed Racer".  Quiet for about 20 seconds, then the carrier drops gain.

I haven't figured out how to embed a YouTube video, so here's the link to it.
https://youtu.be/R-H9pF9PPjI

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0313 UTC 22 APR 2024

« on: April 22, 2024, 0327 UTC »

S7 with a nice signal, but lots of storm noise at my QTH tonight.

0326 blues music

Still haing in there at S7
0412 mid-song on Never Can Tell (is this version Chuck Barry?
0414 Niel Diamond - Girl You'll be a Woman Soon

Thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 0015 UTC 20 APR 2024

« on: April 20, 2024, 0021 UTC »

S7 with some fading

0018 The Eagles - Take it Easy - cut off mid-song
0019 ... making me do things I don't want to do...
0023 SSTV
0025 The Cars - Just What I Needed (possibly sped-up)
0029 Voice ID into SSTV then sign-off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Robin Hood Radio 6930 USB 0326 UTC 18 APR 2024

« on: April 18, 2024, 0402 UTC »

S7 signal at my QTH

SSTV at 0353

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: AN ID RADIO 6920 USB 0035 UTC 7 APR 2024

« on: April 07, 2024, 0145 UTC »

S9 +12 dB into my QTH in the Southeastern US. SIO 555

0144 Nearly Lost You by Screaming Trees
0147 ID with request into Word Up by Cameo
0153 ID into Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran
0156 Owl Hooting sound effect into Punk Rock Girl by Dead Milkmen
0200 Automated voice reading HFU posts, then signed off

No, no, guys I got it! It's EIB Radio.  If so please play "My City was Gone" by the Pretenders

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: AN ID RADIO 6920 USB 0035 UTC 7 APR 2024

« on: April 07, 2024, 0116 UTC »

S9 +7 dB peaking to+12 dB at times into my QTH in the Southeastern US. SIO 454 with 3 kHz bandwidth or maybe a hair over.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: AN ID RADIO 6920 USB 0035 UTC 7 APR 2024

« on: April 07, 2024, 0114 UTC »

S9 +7 dB peaking to +12 dB at times at my QTH in the Southeastern US. SIO 454 with a bandwidth of 3 kHz or maybe a hair over.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / XEROX Relay 6935 AM 0139 UTC 02 April 2024

« on: April 02, 2024, 0147 UTC »

0139 Weak music
0141 XEROX - Radio Duplicado ID.  I assume it's a recording of an old broadcast.
0149 another XEROX ID, repeated a few times
0152 Flute solo over the noise
0155 Better signal on W3HFU KiwiSDR, OM with XEROX ID - Rrradio Duplicado!
0157 Automated voice ID - XEROX (inaudible) Memorial Station

@ 0205, signal has all but died here, but reception is picking up in Maryland. S8 signal, but noisy conditions

0216 Sign-Off? Only see a carrier with no modulation.
0209 another Voice ID into guitar music
0211 sounds like the same flute solo from before

0216 Sign-Off? Only see a carrier with no modulation.
0218 Carrier off

Sample recording with Voice ID and music
https://ia600203.us.archive.org/21/items/sdr.hfunderground.com_2024-04-02T02_00_49Z_6935.000_am/sdr.hfunderground.com_2024-04-02T02_00_49Z_6935.000_am.wav

Recording of the last few minutes
https://ia600306.us.archive.org/17/items/sdr.hfunderground.com_2024-04-02T02_14_38Z_6935.000_amn/sdr.hfunderground.com_2024-04-02T02_14_38Z_6935.000_amn.wav

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6911 USB 0345 22 MARCH 2024

« on: March 22, 2024, 0348 UTC »

Music, weak signal
0349 QRM from a nearby ALE sounding then off

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Utility / Re: UNID 6996 USB 0148 UTC 22 MAR 2024

« on: March 22, 2024, 0159 UTC »

6996 USB has been used for Red Cross nets in the past, but I don't know why they would have an authenticated net.  The net procedure had a definite NATO flair to it, but they're clearly not professional operators.

The digital mode sounds like MIL-STD 188-110A which would make me lean toward this being CFARS (given the "Q" callsigns) or possibly MARS, but doesn't sound like any MARS net I've heard.

0155 - heard callsign "Red Dragon Romeo", so maybe CAP? "Red Dragon" is the callsign for the New Jersey wing of Civil Air Patrol.
0201 - operators speaking over each other and an ALE sounding

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0152 UTC 20 March 2024

« on: March 20, 2024, 0058 UTC »

S8 but noisy conditions here
0055 The Clash
0057 sounds like The Ramones
0100 Radio Gaga into Rush - The Spirit of Radio
0106 Presidents of the United States of America? - Video Killed the Radio Star