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Utility / Re: Various Uniform Sierra and Charlie Alpha Stations 14386 USB 1818 UTC 28 Oct 2020
« on: October 28, 2020, 1834 UTC »
Thank you!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=S1rxhLCJ7yI
that said, i'd just go for another monitor on a mount. i have no idea what kind of monitors you currently use but most new ones are light weight and come ready for VESA mounting options (wall brackets, multi-monitor mounts, etc)
i would love to try to build this antenna. do you have a step by step guide for a person totally new at this?
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Utility / Canadian Forces Exercise Noble Skywave 14386 USB 1818 UTC 28 Oct 2020
« on: October 28, 2020, 1818 UTC »
Charlie Alpha 9, Uniform Sierra 70, Uniform Sierra 36 and a bunch of other US and CA stations in a net with signal reports. Anyone know what this is? It's been going on for 2 hrs.
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Peskies / UNID 6925 LSB 0207 UTC 25 Oct 2020
« on: October 26, 2020, 0208 UTC »
this is coming in very weak for me, can't make out an ID.
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Utility / XVS Ho Chi Minh City Radio 8812 USB 14:20 UTC 18 Oct 2020
« on: October 18, 2020, 1431 UTC »
i just monitored this station giving weather with a moderate to strong signal here in Seattle.
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Utility / US Navy Air Comms 11206.4 Khz USB 2145 UTC 27 Sept 2020 (Now with Audio)
« on: September 27, 2020, 2158 UTC »
i've been monitoring and recording this for the 10 mins or so and looked up the frequency and ran across this post: http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2006/06/valiant-shield-2006.html which seems to indicate the frequency is a US Navy one.
EDIT: the comms are hard to copy but i'm recording them in hopes of getting a callsign. one callsign sounded like "Trumpet Blower".
EDIT 2: callsign was Lima Tango. also heard Gulf Whiskey, Delta Foxtrot, Romeo Tango, Quebec Romeo, Vampire and...
Cougar 31 which i believe is this: COUGAR EA-18G VAQ-139, NAS Whidbey Island, WA
EDIT 3: "We're engaging Delta birds, over"
EDIT 4: Now with Audio. i cut out most long pauses between transitions. Highlights around 15:15 in: "Gulf Whisky this is Delta track Romeo Tango 311 .... Can you please identify" followed by "Gulf Whisky all positively identified....authenticated IR... hostile.. authenticated time 2240 Quebec Romeo over. " and then "Gulf Whiskey this is Delta track Romeo Tango 336...reengaging." and "Gulf whiskey this is Delta Cougar 31 RTB safe red, maintain comms until RTB" followed by more comms
Audio link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S7uOHOBJNn1UEKdO56v7yEgmSs2Cj1JS/view?usp=sharing
EDIT: the comms are hard to copy but i'm recording them in hopes of getting a callsign. one callsign sounded like "Trumpet Blower".
EDIT 2: callsign was Lima Tango. also heard Gulf Whiskey, Delta Foxtrot, Romeo Tango, Quebec Romeo, Vampire and...
Cougar 31 which i believe is this: COUGAR EA-18G VAQ-139, NAS Whidbey Island, WA
EDIT 3: "We're engaging Delta birds, over"
EDIT 4: Now with Audio. i cut out most long pauses between transitions. Highlights around 15:15 in: "Gulf Whisky this is Delta track Romeo Tango 311 .... Can you please identify" followed by "Gulf Whisky all positively identified....authenticated IR... hostile.. authenticated time 2240 Quebec Romeo over. " and then "Gulf Whiskey this is Delta track Romeo Tango 336...reengaging." and "Gulf whiskey this is Delta Cougar 31 RTB safe red, maintain comms until RTB" followed by more comms
Audio link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S7uOHOBJNn1UEKdO56v7yEgmSs2Cj1JS/view?usp=sharing
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Utility / 9VA Singapore Volmet 6676 USB 1522 UTC 22 Sept 2020
« on: September 22, 2020, 1532 UTC »
Singapore VOLMET came in very strong (S7) with aviation weather for Singapore, Brunei, Bali, Penang and Kuala Lumpur among others.
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Utility / Flightwatch Australia (Southern) 6565 khz USB 1357 UTC 22 Sept 2020
« on: September 22, 2020, 1439 UTC »
Flightwatch Southern working various flights. this is my first time logging this. previously i have logged Flightwatch NW Australia on 6541 around the same time. the 6565 frequency was hard to copy at times due to it also being an HFDL frequency.
as a rule if i can hear VMC or VIM on 6507 i check these Flightwatch frequencies:
6541 Flightwatch Northwest
6565 Flightwatch Southern
6610 Flightwatch Northeast
Unlike MWARA HF frequencies which typically are used for international flights often over ocean, Flightwatch frequencies i believe are used for internal domestic Australian flights.
as a rule if i can hear VMC or VIM on 6507 i check these Flightwatch frequencies:
6541 Flightwatch Northwest
6565 Flightwatch Southern
6610 Flightwatch Northeast
Unlike MWARA HF frequencies which typically are used for international flights often over ocean, Flightwatch frequencies i believe are used for internal domestic Australian flights.
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Utility / Unid Military 4802.5 khz USB 0358 UTC 21 Sept 2020
« on: September 22, 2020, 0405 UTC »
"Ice Pack, Ice Pack this is (unintelligible)...over" repeated several times between 0345-0402.
when i looked up Ice Pack on the MCL list there are two entries:
ICE PACK -possible USS Iwo Jima LHD 7
ICE PACK PHIBRON MEU Integration / PMINT exercise MCAS Camp Pendleton CA
it was hard to copy with CODAR all over it.
when i looked up Ice Pack on the MCL list there are two entries:
ICE PACK -possible USS Iwo Jima LHD 7
ICE PACK PHIBRON MEU Integration / PMINT exercise MCAS Camp Pendleton CA
it was hard to copy with CODAR all over it.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Official SWL Channel Youtube Relay via Sycko Radio 9630 USB 0120 UTC 4 June 2020
« on: June 04, 2020, 0224 UTC »
i'm hearing this faintly in Seattle just above the noise. also i'm in the youtube channel's chat 
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Utility / Re: US Air Force Interplane Comms 5757 USB 04:01 UTC 2 April 2020 (now with audio)
« on: May 03, 2020, 0404 UTC »Jasmine, from an ol' Signal Corps guy, thanks !you're welcome, i'm here to help. thank you for your service.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB
« on: May 03, 2020, 0344 UTC »
0342 "Killing in the Name of" - Rage Against the Machine
0350 "Sanitarium" - Metallica
0350 "Sanitarium" - Metallica
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Equipment / Re: Icom IC-R8600 vs Icom IC7300
« on: April 15, 2020, 2118 UTC »I already have two loop antennas; a W6LVP and a Wellbrook loop, they're both in my attic.monitors are much cheaper than multi thousand dollar radios. but if the thought of mounting another monitor (notice i didn't say putting it on your desk) is too much you can always just get a sandalone SDR (that's an SDR with a little built in screen) for under $400: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/afredi-lan-iq-standalone-12-bit-30-khz-to-1-7-ghz-sdr-with-lcd-screen-for-339
Reason I ask, I want to get an Icom is for the waterfall/spectrum display. Not to keen on the idea of hooking another monitor to display that, in my limited desk space. Yes, I'm also a ham, although a technician, for now...
Thanks to all for the replies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=S1rxhLCJ7yI
that said, i'd just go for another monitor on a mount. i have no idea what kind of monitors you currently use but most new ones are light weight and come ready for VESA mounting options (wall brackets, multi-monitor mounts, etc)
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Equipment / Re: L band antennas
« on: April 15, 2020, 2005 UTC »
Nice antenna the 3d printed part one. Pretty sturdy.
I've found JAERO, Fleetnet, Safetynet all come in fine on an indoor antenna here in S. Texas.
I built these out of nothing more than cardboard, paper, aluminum foil, foam and some copper tape. They just sit there on top of an equipment rack pointing at the ceiling.
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i would love to try to build this antenna. do you have a step by step guide for a person totally new at this?
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Equipment / Re: What Radio Did you start your listening hobby with?
« on: April 15, 2020, 1955 UTC »
RTL-SDR was my first and quickly after that i got an SDRPlay RSP1a. now i own those and an Airspy HF+ Discovery which i love. i only got into this hobby less than a year ago though.
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General Radio Discussion / HF Underground gets a shoutout on the ICQ Podcast from Thomas Witherspoon
« on: April 15, 2020, 0010 UTC »
Thomas Witherspoon who runs the SWLing Post blog gave HF Underground a shoutout when talking about pirate radio on the i Amateur Radio podcast. here is the discussion, timestamped around 1:34:00: https://youtu.be/5E6VPQvnC4A?t=5659