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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 1142 UTC

« on: August 25, 2012, 1147 UTC »

Weak here, too, but peaking up a bit in the last few minutes. Sounds like a clip from a TV show, maybe a stand-up comedy act. Have to listen in USB to pull it out. 1147z.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Powerliner 6306 AM 0010 UTC

« on: August 25, 2012, 0017 UTC »

Really good S6 signal here in the Boston area, but a high noise level tonight. Bob Dylan at 0017z (8/25).

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Red Mercury Labs 6925u

« on: August 18, 2012, 0159 UTC »

0156z INXS into a live announcement by RML. Nice signal with S9+ here in the Boston burbs. This is actually my first reception of RML. Thanks!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Captain Ron Shortwave 6925u

« on: August 18, 2012, 0140 UTC »

"From somewhere in the middle of nowhere" at 0139z. Good S7 signal here in the Boston burbs.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Border Hunter Radio 6210 AM 0050 UTC

« on: August 12, 2012, 0108 UTC »

Nice here, too. Peaking at S9+10 with XTC's "Making Plans for Nigel" at 0108z. Thanks Borderhunter! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 15070 AM Radio True North

« on: August 11, 2012, 2140 UTC »

Peaking at S5 now (!!) in the Boston burbs. Very fast propagation change. Techno music (which I like). Thanks RTN>

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 15070 AM Radio True North

« on: August 11, 2012, 1831 UTC »

At best, an S1, but mostly I can't copy it. Pretty sure I may have heard an ID at 1830z, and then some kind of TV show theme song, but I kind of suck at identifying those...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Rave On Radio-6925

« on: August 07, 2012, 0052 UTC »

Radio Jamba ID at 0052z.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Rave On Radio-6925

« on: August 07, 2012, 0049 UTC »

There was a probable ID at 0048 but modulation was down and noise was up, so I missed it.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Rave On Radio-6925

« on: August 07, 2012, 0046 UTC »

6925 AM is loud here at 0046z. Easily S9+10. Music is kind of Jack White sort of thing, but not Jack White. Closest thing I can compare it too though.

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Equipment / Re: SSTran AMT5000 mediumwave transmitter

« on: August 05, 2012, 1628 UTC »

Neat, thanks for the link, I hadn't seen that transmitter before. The obvious advantage it has over the SSTRAN unit is the digital frequency tuning. With the SSTRAN you have to tune with dip switches. I guess it probably really doesn't matter that much, though, since you won't be retuning all that much.

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MW Loggings / Re: Pirate logged on 920 KHz

« on: July 31, 2012, 0004 UTC »

It's fun to speculate about what goes into an operation but I'd just sit back and enjoy the show. Trying to sniff around might spook the operator off the air. My 2 cents anyways.

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MW Loggings / Re: Pirate logged on 920 KHz

« on: July 30, 2012, 2301 UTC »

Yeah, no doubt, it would be a hefty vertical. The choice of 920 is definitely and interesting one. Moving up towards 1710 opens up potential DX reception, but this would come with a lot more risk. I'm assuming that 920 is a pretty clear frequency in your area. If so, it's a good option for staying below the radar.

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Equipment / SSTran AMT5000 mediumwave transmitter

« on: July 30, 2012, 1409 UTC »

I was browsing around and found that SSTRAN is now selling a new transmitter, called the AMT5000:

http://www.sstran.com/#AMT5000

Years ago I built one of the AMT3000 kits and it was fun and easy to put together. Works amazingly well for around the house and neighborhood broadcasting. The AMT5000 looks like a nice step up. The owner of SSTRAN is really responsive.

Has anyone built one of these yet? Looks like it would be a fun winter project.

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MW Loggings / Re: Pirate logged on 920 KHz

« on: July 30, 2012, 1404 UTC »

It's possible he's using a vertical, which would not require any significant real estate.

Read this to get an idea: http://www.sstran.com/pages/sstran_buildant.html