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Just an unboxing for now.





That is all.

137
Voice of Bacon with an ad for Yoder's canned bacon at 0000 UTC and then into another song about, and this was surprising, bacon. Nice S9 signal here.

138
Radio GaGa popped up on 6935 KHz with an S5 signal and playing Smash Mouth. Positive Radio GaGa ID right on the hour, 0000 UTC 8/16/2013.

Thanks to the op for participating in the Great Exodus Off of 6925!

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Hit Parade Radio just signed on 6938 KHz AM with a good S9 signal at 2357 UTC. Repeated Hit Parade Radio IDs and gmail address.

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Equipment / Official yard sale find thread.
« on: August 04, 2013, 1340 UTC »
This thread is for yard sale, estate sale or barn finds or the like. Anyone can participate in this thread. I'll start. Check out the Hallicrafters SX-99 I bought yesterday for $15:



More info over on 30 Below:

http://hfunderground.com/blog/?p=41

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Other / 6560 KHz USB Korean QSO 7/29/2013 0044 UTC+
« on: July 29, 2013, 0046 UTC »
Have a couple of (presumed, but pretty sure) Koreans in QSO on 6560 KHz USB at 0044 UTC. Signals are about S5. Not sure how many guys are on this little net; if it's just 2 or there might be a couple of more.

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A suggestion, from the offices of Beerus Maximus, to pirate operators.

Please consider, where possible and if you are frequency agile, choosing another frequency near 6925. A nightly "peskie" net has taken up residence on 6925 LSB and absolutely destroys modest pirate signals on this frequency. The peskies are probably more of a problem for us up here in the northeast but considering the density of listeners here, it would be really nice if you move up or down a bit so we can hear you. Moving frequencies isn't such a big problem these days; with so many listeners using SDR radios to watch a huge chunk of spectrum around 6925 you'll be found in no time.

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Other / Ditter network active 7/28/2013.
« on: July 28, 2013, 1635 UTC »
Centered on approximately 17475 KHz, but audible best in USB at 17474 KHz or in LSB at 17476 is a pronounced "beep" at about 5 second intervals (edit: noted by Token to be actually 6 seconds). Noted at 1635 UTC on 7/28/2013, tipped via #wunclub on IRC, confirmed by Token to be one of the ditters. It's S7 with minor fading here.

Other frequencies active right now (these are the center freqs but I tune -1 KHz in USB):

17650 (much weaker than 17475)
17950 (much weaker than 17475)
17975 (equal to 17475)
18050 (equal to 17475)
18450 (very variable signal strength)

Other known possibly freqs are listed here:

http://www.radiohobbyist.org/blog/?p=1155

Update: transmissions on all the frequencies I noted have ceased at 1650 UTC.

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Echo One sign on at 2340 UTC and then into music. Very strong S9 signal here.

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Pseudo Radio popped up on 6924.7 KHz AM with an ID 1558 UTC. Not particularly strong, maybe an S3, and I am having local QRN problems.

Edit: Signal came up dramatically to S9 at 1604 UTC. Really nice signal now!

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6925 LSB, about S7 with moderate fading. Noted from 1705 UTC onward.

1705z - 70's kinda blues-rock thing for sign on
1708z - 80's kind of thing sounding somewhat like Phil Collins
1713z - another blues-rock tune, possibly a mention of Quicksilver Messenger Service at the beginning (live recording)
1718z - off
1737z - back with a 70's/80's style rock thing
1745z - another song
1750z - more QMS (same song as before?)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 KHz AM 2358 UTC 4/18+
« on: April 19, 2013, 0004 UTC »
AM carrier popped up right on 6925 KHz around 2358 UTC. Played a minute or two of some kind of interval signal, then into programming. Extremely weak here in the Boston area. Checked with Iann's, but not a Euro. Anyone else have this? Nobody on IRC seems to hear it.

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Other / 16930 KHz (estimated) jammer?
« on: April 15, 2013, 1849 UTC »
I came across this pulsing siren noise on 16930 KHz. Does anyone know what this is? Sounds like a jammer maybe:

http://snd.sc/ZlN8EG

First part of recording is in AM, then I switch USB. There may be a very weak carrier at 16932-ish, that could be the target of jamming? Time is 1842 UTC on 4/15/2013.

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Equipment / Massive mediumwave interference problem at Beerus HQ.
« on: April 14, 2013, 1411 UTC »
I am soliciting feedback and thoughts on a major problem I am having with an AM station causing me interference.

The station in question is approximately 6 miles (straight line) away from me and also, most of that straight line distance is over a salt water path. I never had a problem with this station, or any other AM radio station causing me interference, until January of this year.

In January, they were granted a construction permit to move from 30kw to 50kw. The problem manifests itself as carriers with audio all over HF and spaced 10, 20 or 30 KHz apart. Some of the carriers are S9, with clearly audible audio that is the same as that on the AM station. On some of the other carriers, I get some kind of mixing products and thus hear OTHER AM stations, such as WBZ (1030 KHz).

The interference lasted a few weeks in January, and then disappeared. It has resumed with a vengeance in the last week or so and seriously compromises my enjoyment of the hobby.

Some questions.

  • How do I accurately characterize this problem? Is it front end overload? Or is this likely to be some kind of spurs from a poorly operating transmission system?
  • Being 6 miles from this station, is it reasonable to expect this type of overload or interference?
  • If this is not a reasonable expectation, would you go straight to the engineering staff of this station, or the FCC?
  • Might my antennas be part of the problem? I have dipoles fed with 450 ohm open line, going to a 4:1 balun, and then a short run of coax. Would a different antenna possibly fix this?

Your thoughts and experiences with this type of problem are appreciated!

Edit: I tested with a 17m coax fed vertical and the interference is still there, which kind of eliminates my antenna system.

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Sign on at 2300 UTC. Good S9 signal.

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