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Shortwave Pirate Radio In North America And Around The World, And Other Signals That Go Bump In The Night
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0350 - Spanish programming - S6
0400 - TOH ID music - English, two IDs then carrier cut off.
0408 - Popped back on with what sounded like national anthem, then English ID, propaganda/news with lots of echo
0410 - S9 on vertical.
0425 - Good condx - getting them on 15180, 13760 and 11735, all about same signal at one point or another.
Also at only about S3 with the French programming on 15105 and 13650
Since the hoarding began, I noticed a lot of InterMom traffic on the FRS/GMRS freqs coming from the three big stores near me. "Jill, meet me in aisle 11", "They still have brown eggs", "Bobby, grab tortillas", etc.
Also lots of Dads and kids playing prepper comms.
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HF Mystery Signals / UNID 9230 USB 1259UTC July 03 2020 Looks like USB sounds like noise
« on: July 03, 2020, 1303 UTC »
Odd sound and signal looks like USB. Thought it might be some artifacts fro a nearby MW but couldn't find any that matched the pattern. Initially, there was a carrier along with it but it went away at 1300
1330 UTC also picking it up on both of the Brownsville Kiwis. There is a station on 9230, the noise is on the upper side of that freq, probably about 8kc wide.
1330 UTC also picking it up on both of the Brownsville Kiwis. There is a station on 9230, the noise is on the upper side of that freq, probably about 8kc wide.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Things that make you go, hmmmmm...
« on: June 30, 2020, 2029 UTC »
Picked up on this application for a DRM international shortwave station. Why "hmmmm"?
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[/size]I've wondered, and please, if anyone knows the real answer let me know, but the WINB DRM broadcast uses only half of the occupied bandwidth for audio. When you look at the signal on a panadaptor, the lower sideband is a bunch of not decodable carriers that are seemingly not related to the upper sideband information which can be decoded to audio.
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[/size]A while back I read about companies proposing to use point to point HF links to eliminate the internet lag in stock trading. They would place these HF link stations near major hubs to give an advantage in split second transactions. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-17/companies-pitch-shortwave-radio-to-shave-milliseconds-off-trades
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[/size]Back to our story.. The interesting part is Exhibit V-5 where it states there is to be a DRM modulator and a separate Datacasting modulator. This appears to be a way to skirt the rules and do a [/color] point-to-point, encrypted data transmission in the International Broadcast Service slots under the guise of a religious broadcaster. And the proposed site is close to the CME Data Center.[/size][/color][/size]But yet... Here Be Pirates!![/color]
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[/size]I've wondered, and please, if anyone knows the real answer let me know, but the WINB DRM broadcast uses only half of the occupied bandwidth for audio. When you look at the signal on a panadaptor, the lower sideband is a bunch of not decodable carriers that are seemingly not related to the upper sideband information which can be decoded to audio.
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[/size]A while back I read about companies proposing to use point to point HF links to eliminate the internet lag in stock trading. They would place these HF link stations near major hubs to give an advantage in split second transactions. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-17/companies-pitch-shortwave-radio-to-shave-milliseconds-off-trades
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[/size]Back to our story.. The interesting part is Exhibit V-5 where it states there is to be a DRM modulator and a separate Datacasting modulator. This appears to be a way to skirt the rules and do a [/color] point-to-point, encrypted data transmission in the International Broadcast Service slots under the guise of a religious broadcaster. And the proposed site is close to the CME Data Center.[/size][/color][/size]But yet... Here Be Pirates!![/color]
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10/11 meters / UNID 27285 AM 0258 UTC 27 June 2020
« on: June 27, 2020, 0300 UTC »
0258 - some station has been playing 'Foggy Mountain Breakdown' continuously since about 5pm. Sounds cool fading in and out. Top about s9 or so down to nothing and back.
0335 UTC - dominating the frequency. Lot of transmitters trying to drown him out to no avail. All fading slowly into the background. Love it.
0335 UTC - dominating the frequency. Lot of transmitters trying to drown him out to no avail. All fading slowly into the background. Love it.
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Shortwave Broadcast / WJHR 15555 USB 1957 UTC 08 Jun 2020
« on: June 08, 2020, 1959 UTC »
1957 - S1, QSB - Religious
2008 - ID'ed as WJHR
2008 - ID'ed as WJHR
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid, 6925 USB, 0306 utc, 1 Jun 2020
« on: June 01, 2020, 0307 UTC »
0306 - some rant. S6-7, good audio, QSB
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General Radio Discussion / This thing is close to Corpus Christi
« on: May 21, 2020, 2240 UTC »
https://goo.gl/maps/5fN3n4EgWDk7LAx58
https://goo.gl/maps/CYsFGtf8hwDLRpBE9
Figured out it's this: https://youtu.be/kH4KsmyZ88k?t=15 (at :15 in you see this actual transmitter site)
http://www.mobileradar.org/Documents/ROTHR.pdf
https://goo.gl/maps/CYsFGtf8hwDLRpBE9
Figured out it's this: https://youtu.be/kH4KsmyZ88k?t=15 (at :15 in you see this actual transmitter site)
http://www.mobileradar.org/Documents/ROTHR.pdf
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Shortwave Broadcast / SOH Xi Wang Zhi Sheng 6870 AM 1325 UTC Apr 25 2020
« on: April 25, 2020, 1327 UTC »
1325 - S5 - weak audio. Band is quiet. Not bad for 1kW station.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Verdad 4055 AM 0528 UTC Apr 25 2020
« on: April 25, 2020, 0529 UTC »
0528 - S7, noisy, hymns
0528 - preacher in English
0528 - preacher in English
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Shortwave Broadcast / XEPPM 6185 AM 0522 UTC Apr 25 2020
« on: April 25, 2020, 0525 UTC »
0522 - S9 - music - verified with XEEP stream.
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Other / UNID 6248 LSB 0450 UTC Apr 25 2020
« on: April 25, 2020, 0459 UTC »
0450 - S3 - S6 - two or three stations calling, "Armario, armario, cambio", "Comandancia, comandancia, cambio" intermittently a minute or so apart.
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Shortwave Broadcast / RNZ 13840 AM 0402 UTC 25 Apr 2020
« on: April 25, 2020, 0404 UTC »
0402 - S9 on magloop - Continuing with the music show.
Started listening on this frequency early this evening. Left it on and been listening on and off all night. Good shows.
Started listening on this frequency early this evening. Left it on and been listening on and off all night. Good shows.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice Of Korea 15180 AM 0350z 25 Apr 2020
« on: April 25, 2020, 0401 UTC »0350 - Spanish programming - S6
0400 - TOH ID music - English, two IDs then carrier cut off.
0408 - Popped back on with what sounded like national anthem, then English ID, propaganda/news with lots of echo
0410 - S9 on vertical.
0425 - Good condx - getting them on 15180, 13760 and 11735, all about same signal at one point or another.
Also at only about S3 with the French programming on 15105 and 13650
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10/11 meters / UNID 26343 USB 1746 UTC 18 Apr 2020 RTTY
« on: April 18, 2020, 1747 UTC »
1747 UTC S3 850 shift. Can't decode.
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Since the hoarding began, I noticed a lot of InterMom traffic on the FRS/GMRS freqs coming from the three big stores near me. "Jill, meet me in aisle 11", "They still have brown eggs", "Bobby, grab tortillas", etc.
Also lots of Dads and kids playing prepper comms.
