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North American Shortwave Pirate / WFMT Family Radio 6924.6 KHz AM 1846+ UTC 1/13

« on: January 13, 2013, 1847 UTC »

I have church bells ringing in AM mode on 6924.6 KHz AM at 1846. Family Radio ID at 1848 UTC. Good S6 signal with moderate fading. Into a stand-up comic routine after 1850 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMPR 6925 AM 1937 - 01-12-13

« on: January 12, 2013, 2041 UTC »

Nice S7-S8 signal here with minor fading. ID noted at 2029 UTC. Usual trance/electro format. Sounds good this afternoon!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BOR 6925 USB 0000 UTC 11 Jan 2013

« on: January 11, 2013, 0036 UTC »

Now relaying Cool AM (positive ID at 0035 UTC). Playing oldies, blues type stuff. Good S6 signal again tonight.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Pirating With Cumbre (BOR Relay) 6925 KHz USB 0142 UTC 1/10

« on: January 10, 2013, 0150 UTC »

Off at 0150 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pirating With Cumbre (BOR Relay) 6925 KHz USB 0142 UTC 1/10

« on: January 10, 2013, 0142 UTC »

Blue Ocean Radio is relaying Pirating With Cumbre, 6925 KHz USB 0142 UTC 1/10. S6 signal here.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: IRC over dialup: the devil's playground isn't just for nostalgia types anymore

« on: January 03, 2013, 0141 UTC »

Nice article. I began using IRC back in the early 1990's, right as dialup internet began to challenge standalone dialup bulletin boards. IRC was a lot of fun back then, being relegated mostly to academia and certain cultural undergrounds. When the web, and instant messengers (AOL, Yahoo, Microsoft) hit the scene later in the 90's I think most people figured IRC would fade away just like the old BBS scene did.

But, IRC has endured.

It's interesting to note that IRC is *widely* used in today's military theaters of operation, having been re-discovered as a simple and robust theater communications protocol during the Iraq war. Here's an example study called "The Impact of Synchronous Text-Based Chat on Military Command and Control":

http://www.dodccrp.org/events/11th_ICCRTS/html/papers/025.pdf

It specifically talks about the impact of IRC. Interesting stuff...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6940 USB 0010 UCT 3 Jan 2013

« on: January 03, 2013, 0052 UTC »

About S2 here, copying Santana-ish sounding Latin/rock fusion kind of stuff at 0050 UTC (1/3).

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMPR 6925 AM 2256 UTC 1 Jan 2013

« on: January 01, 2013, 2306 UTC »

Solid S9 here at 2304 UTC. Playing something that sounds slightly like Underworld, but I know it isn't.

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Equipment / Re: Help pulling in Pirate radio stations

« on: January 01, 2013, 1930 UTC »

Lol..yeah i it from tibbspawn on ebay..looked dusty in the picture.  I hope it has a dsp.  He said it worked when i asked him the question.  I hope it was a good buy.

The seller looks like a pawn shop. Not necessarily a bad thing. If it arrives safely, works, and cleans up nicely, it should be a good buy. Icoms are durable radios. I'd be surprised if it was DOA.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Cool AM (BOR relay) 13875 KHz USB 1915 UTC 12/31

« on: December 31, 2012, 1917 UTC »

Thanks to a tip on the IRC channel I have Cool AM on 13875 KHz USB, relayed by BOR. Signal is about S4, with moderate fading. Playing the blues at 1915 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Renegade Radio 6925 USB 0134 UTC 31 Dec 2012

« on: December 31, 2012, 0149 UTC »

ID at 0148 UTC after Van Halen, then into The Tube "She's a Beauty". Signal is a solid S8 with peaks to S9.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KPZL 6933 CW 0027 UTC 31 Dec 2012

« on: December 31, 2012, 0107 UTC »

Still going at 0107 UTC on 6933 KHz CW. Signal is about S4.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ga Ga 6925 USB 1405 UTC 30 Dec 2012

« on: December 30, 2012, 1428 UTC »

Very weak here but managed to pull out the ID at 1428 UTC.

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Equipment / Re: Help pulling in Pirate radio stations

« on: December 29, 2012, 1451 UTC »

Upgrading to an R75 will be a big step up! But a radio like this really deserves an antenna outdoors. I know you said you can't put an antenna outside; I don't know if this is a property restriction, or a wife thing, or just plain logistics... but you may want to research stealth antennas and try to sneak something out there.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio True North 6955 AM 0039 UTC 29 Dec 2012

« on: December 29, 2012, 0120 UTC »

Positive ID at 0120 UTC after a house song, then into more electronic music. Decent S6-S7 signal with moderate fading.