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Part 15 AM and FM Station Operation / Re: Part 15 AM and FM

« on: April 04, 2020, 1949 UTC »

Got one on 89.5 covering my neighborhood + some


Ramsey transmitter, indoor dipole, driving the transmitter with a PC running RadioDJ into a Orban 1101e. I have a separate one on 1680 kHz as well, but seriously only covers the house and backyard.


Low bitrate pre-processor stream http://s2.free-shoutcast.com:18594/listen.pls?sid=1 from the FM station.

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Other / MomComms

« on: March 23, 2020, 1730 UTC »

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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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Skippy Radio 6925 USB 0204 UTC 23 MAR 2020

« on: March 23, 2020, 0329 UTC »

0327 UTC  - Dirty  Laundry then Bad Company  S7, good signal but noise here is about S5.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDDR 6950 USB 0319 UTC 22 MAR 2020

« on: March 22, 2020, 0341 UTC »

0340 UTC - S9 peaks, nice audio, good SNR. Bob Seger

If I Were A Carpenter

0342- hardware problem or not...then continues with If I Were A Carpenter



0401 - Cowboy Junkies - still excellent audio S8 to S TX



0410 - Magdalena - nice sound, big signal to S TX. Got a good recording of that one and intro



0430 - [font=]Fly Fly Fishing Poles  - great signal to S TX[/font]


0441 - band is going long. Slow QSB from S8 to S1


0447 - Tull sounds cool with phase shift and fade

0457 - sign off. That was spectacular. Thanks^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 2341 UTC 21 Mar 2020

« on: March 21, 2020, 2343 UTC »

2340 - wolf howling S6


2342 - wolf stopped signal shot up to S8, noisy, church hymn or something.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6960 USB 2310 UTC 21 MAR 2020

« on: March 21, 2020, 2322 UTC »

2322 - S7 with static crashes in S TX - can't make out song.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WBLU 6930 USB 2252 UTC 21 MAR 2020

« on: March 21, 2020, 2315 UTC »

2315 - S3-S5 with static crashes in S TX. Can't make out the song

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10/11 meters / UNID 28100 FM 2300 UTC 21 Mar 2020 28.100 MHz FM

« on: March 21, 2020, 2303 UTC »

1100 UTC - two stations conversing, one one S7, the other S3 - sounded like Portuguese


There are other carriers there, just not strong enough. Almost looks like a talkaround channel. The signals are all slightly off center frequency.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Interest in Ham Radio soaring as country grips with virus outbreak

« on: March 21, 2020, 1359 UTC »

Hearing more unusual signals hitting the local repeaters, so Baofeng sales are probably up.

115

General Radio Discussion / Re: Applaud/Smite Karma Ratings?

« on: March 20, 2020, 0350 UTC »

Officially requesting to be smitten.


Not comfortable with being +/-

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10/11 meters / Re: 11 meter private comms?

« on: March 19, 2020, 1832 UTC »

a combination of 300+ watt amplifiers and Pig Latin should do the trick.


Or, this expensive gadget. http://www.rowetel.com/?page_id=3902

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General Radio Discussion / Coronavirus Update Jingle Package

« on: March 17, 2020, 1745 UTC »

this is crazy  https://tmstudios.com/free-coronavirus-update-music/

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General Radio Discussion / Re: New Tecsun Portables to be last?

« on: March 10, 2020, 1529 UTC »

Too bad Tecsun doesn't include DRM reception or at least an IF out.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Room Monitors

« on: March 10, 2020, 1528 UTC »

Back in the 80s I used to hear someone's cordless phone base unit (I believe this was on 1610 kHz or so?) from a distance of about 10 miles. Must have been a foreign model with a lot of power.

The old Midland cordless phones from the early-mid 80's used 1610kHz for the base to handset, and 49MHz fro handset to base. I turned mine into a radio station.


The base output apparently was coupled back in to the power line for antenna so I was able to pick it up several blocks away as long as I stayed in the same alley where the utility lines ran.

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General Radio Discussion / Q: "Anyone seen the stepladder?"

« on: March 09, 2020, 1858 UTC »

A: "It's outside leaning on the tower...base...."