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Other / Re: UNID 9225 USB 0100 UTC 30 Aug 2013
« on: August 30, 2013, 0108 UTC »
JFK speech on 9225 KHz USB at 0107 UTC. About S7. Very interesting.  ???

797
Big S9+30 AM signal on 6925 KHz (then QSY to 6945 KHz) with "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)". This signal woke the peskies up bigtime and they began QSO-ing and whistling along. Ops, please consider operations off of the Azores peskie net frequency (6925) which just kill us here on the east coast.

798
Mysterious Mystic Radio with BRS address and old time music, S9 at 0002 UTC.

799
"i have dick weed" (the new IRC greeting phrase)

S9+20 on the NetSDR. Old time radio show at 0052 (8/28) as noted by other listeners.

800
Utility / A little 11175 KHz activity for 8/26
« on: August 26, 2013, 1553 UTC »
11175 KHz USB:

1443z SAM 787 with ANDREWS for radio check
1457z PUB 35 calling MAINSAIL for radio check
1509z PUB 35 calling MAINSAIL again, no joy

801
Someone not brain damaged like me could answer your question more intelligently. But my point of view is that it goes something like this.... there's no major commercial enterprise yet to develop and market true high performance SDR to hobbyists so we are nowhere near economies of scale in the SDR world.

Instead the development is happening by talented experimenters and engineers running small companies, possibly as a hobbies themselves. The cost represents not just the parts but their significant investment in time to research and develop the hardware.

The NetSDR is expensive at $1449, but in the few days I have been playing with it, I have absolutely no regrets. It is an amazing radio. Does it really have $250 in parts inside? I have no idea. But does it perform like I'd expect for $1449? It sure does. The engineer behind it is the guy you deal with when you buy one and he is available on IRC. Could you talk to the designer of your Yaesu on a moment's notice?

I guess what I am saying is that sure, the parts individually may be nothing particularly exotic but the finished product is far from a commodity. I'm not being sarcastic here: if you think you could design and build a unit that performs just as well, and sell it for a LOT less, you should do it! It would only help move the SDR revolution further.

802
SDR catch. Not particularly strong, maybe S3.

803
SDR catch. Very good S9+10 signal with Captain Morgan ID and captainmorganshortwave@gmail.com address at 0115 UTC.

804
SDR catch. Strapping S9+20 signal throughout. Dr. Benway at 0259 UTC talking about being inspired by KIPM and developing his own theater of the mind, then "goodnight".

805
SDR catch. Down there in the noise, but music is clearly audible and a presumed ID right at the top of 1051 UTC (about 10:51:41-ish). This lines up with the times noted by others in this thread. 

806
dickweeddj@gmail.com ID and sign-off song at 0146 UTC.

807
"Major Tom" (Bowie) at 0043.. very nice S9+20 signal on the NetSDR.

808
S9+10 here in the Boston burbs at 0035! Doing great! Pat Benetar.

809
"Radio Snausages International" ID and then into "Voices Carry" (live?) at 2338 UTC. Solid S8 signal here in the Boston burbs.

810
Boom Box is S9 at 1351 UTC with dance-pop mx.

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