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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Dr. Detroit 5165 am 2209 utc 3 Apr 2020

« on: April 03, 2020, 2241 UTC »

Fair to good via Burke, Virginia, SDR with "Obsession" by Joywave at 2238 UTC. No audible sign of it directly out west here.

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Shortwave Broadcast / BBC via Moldova 7485 AM 0254 UTC 30 March 2020

« on: March 30, 2020, 1947 UTC »

BBC via Kishinev-Grigoriopol, Moldova, with Persian talk at 0254 UTC.

I was looking to see if pirate YHWH was on the air in this part of the band, but I found this signal, which was mostly not audible at first but rose up to very audible level by 0258 UTC. Talking by both a man and a woman in the first few minutes after 0300 UTC; signal faded back down after 0315 UTC. Lots of atmospheric noise and choppy fading, but also very clear of interference.

I've logged this one a few other times over the past two years; it seems like a random one to hear regularly in this part of the world. Maybe the back end of the signal is coming over the north pole?

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Utility / Re: VCO 2749 USB 0740 UTC 28 March 2020

« on: March 29, 2020, 2041 UTC »

I heard VCO again last night (was up late again) and it was more audible than the previous night. Also then heard VCS out of Halifax, which I've logged previously. Also heard VAJ, which I hear regularly out of the much-closer location of Prince Rupert, B.C.

I sometimes use these marine weather stations to gauge reception conditions, as well as to figure out how much my outdoor antenna is helping as I fiddle it.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unidentified 6955 USB 0255 UTC 29 Mar 2020

« on: March 29, 2020, 0314 UTC »

0313 UTC: Just barely audible above lots of noise here. Music at the moment.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6950 AM 01:20 UTC Proliferation of Pirates

« on: March 29, 2020, 0131 UTC »

0130 UTC: Coming in right at noise-floor level at my place and on the local SDR, but audible via the Northern Utah SDR with "Never Been to Spain" by Three Dog Night. Lots of static tonight!

0139 UTC: Back after a couple minutes off air. "Twilight Zone" theme at 0140 UTC after the Blues Brothers.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 4915 USB 2358 UTC 28 March 2020

« on: March 29, 2020, 0021 UTC »

Still not hearing WDOG directly out here, so I jumped on the NA5B SDR in D.C., where the signal's coming in strong and mostly clear ...

Tuned in at 0018 UTC, just as "All You Need is Love" ended, and OM gave WDOG ID and chatted a bit about The Beatles, into recording of another one by The Beatles.

0023: "WDOG, live from Abbey Road studios ...," OM said, into some more Beatles takes, skipping around a few bits of songs, then "Don't Bother Me (Take 11, 12)" by the lads from Liverpool.

0029: OM with ID again into "Hold Me Tight (Take 22, 23, 24)" by The Beatles. OM talking in between takes as if broadcasting live from the studio.

* * * *

0103: Finally hearing bits and pieces of "Hey Jude" directly here northeast of Seattle. Just barely audible, but slowly gaining strength. Just in time for signoff, as it turns out.

Thanks for all the music this evening, WDOG!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 4185 USB 2349 UTC 28 March 2020

« on: March 28, 2020, 2359 UTC »

No joy out here near Seattle with this one; just a wisp of a signal audible via the Northern Utah SDR.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 6925 USB 2306 UTC 28 MAR 2020

« on: March 28, 2020, 2323 UTC »

Not really hearing it out here near Seattle, but it's fair to good via the Northern Utah SDR, though with loud peskie or out-of-banders interference at times.

2323: "Brown Sugar" by The Rolling Stones
2324: OM with chatter into the next song and ID, then "China Girl" by Iggy Pop
2330: "Island Girl" by Elton John; noise and static increasing, then "Illegal Alien" by Genesis
2337: "Fat-Bottomed Girls" by Queen; peskie interference has stopped
2342: OM host chatting a bit, mentioned ID, then "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas
2345: "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits
2348: "Hey Joe" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience; reception via Utah's getting noisy again
2352: OM chatting again to sign off.

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Utility / VCO 2749 USB 0740 UTC 28 March 2020

« on: March 28, 2020, 1922 UTC »

I caught this broadcast from Sydney, Nova Scotia, just as it signed on with its broadcast of marine conditions and forecast.

The synth female voice in English was mostly garbled at first but faded up to readable levels at times as it went on. At 0757 UTC, it switched to giving the same information in French. Reception overall was noisy with some fades. I didn't listen until the end, which was past 0800 UTC, as I needed some sleep!

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MW Loggings / KBJD 1650 AM 0707 UTC 28 Mar 2020

« on: March 28, 2020, 0730 UTC »

I tuned in and heard Spanish contemporary Christian music, which matched the Radio Luz 1650 online stream when I checked. At 0718 UTC, there was an ad break. Lots of choppy distance fading and hiss at times, and the signal faded for a while after 0722 UTC.

This one’s listed at just 1,000 watts at night; distance from me is 1,021 miles.

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio Illuminati 3/26 Broadcast eQSL

« on: March 28, 2020, 0247 UTC »

Received the same one here, too. Thanks!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / YHWH 7475 AM 0232 UTC 28 March 2020

« on: March 28, 2020, 0224 UTC »

Can't say I missed Josiah, but it's been a while since I last heard YHWH. He's giving his usual rant on 7475 right now with a fair to good but noisy signal.

0227 UTC: And now he seems to have signed off abruptly. Didn't play the usual, terrible song.

0232 UTC: Actually, the carrier never went completely off, just the audio. And now I hear him again, though with a much lower audio level.

Back to a fair to good audio level by 0240 UTC, then back down again at 0243 UTC. Can't tell whether he's just deep fading or having audio troubles, too.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UnId 4103 USB 2302 27 March, 2020

« on: March 27, 2020, 2343 UTC »

Yep - I'm also listening via NA5B in D.C., as the signal's not making it this far west so far. Playing "You Sexy Thing" as of 2343 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sycko Radio 4099 USB 0030 UTC 27 March 2020

« on: March 27, 2020, 0120 UTC »

Just wisps of music audible out here near Seattle as of 0116 UTC. I tried listening via SDRs in Utah and Washington, D.C., but there's amateur radio/peskie traffic covering most of the music.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950 AM 2340 UTC 26 March 2020

« on: March 26, 2020, 2357 UTC »

Audible bits of music as of 2356 UTC out here; also checked (to make sure I wasn't just imaging the music) and heard music on the local SDR (K9VD).