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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Echo One 6931 AM 0052 UTC 13 Aug 2013

« on: August 13, 2013, 0113 UTC »

0113z ABBA “Dancing Queen”, periodic screeches in the modulation.
0117z Weather Girls "It's Raining Men", deep fades towards -380db.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Echo One 6930 AM 0052 UTC 13 Aug 2013

« on: August 13, 2013, 0104 UTC »

"America the Beautiful" and then into a David Hasselhof tune at 0104 UTC but can barely pull it out of the mud.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Echo One 6930 AM 0052 UTC 13 Aug 2013

« on: August 13, 2013, 0100 UTC »

Signal is -1, garbled audio, pretty sure I heard "pip pip" but not much else.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Hit Parade Radio 6938 KHz AM 2357+ UTC 8/12/2013

« on: August 12, 2013, 2358 UTC »

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 / Re: A Sloped Folded Dipole Antenna for 43 Meter Band

« on: August 12, 2013, 2350 UTC »

Yeah, nice post. I have plenty of the materials you used lying around. When the leaves fall I'll probably put one of these up, likely to replace the 17m vertical wire that I never really used (and I can use the existing supports to pull it over the tree).

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: The Crystal Ship 6925.5 AM 01:43z 08-09-13

« on: August 09, 2013, 0157 UTC »

Signal here in the Boston burbs is about S5 at 0157 UTC with the Rush song.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6945A 0034 UTC 8/9/13

« on: August 09, 2013, 0054 UTC »

Very nice S9 signal with peaks to +20 at 0054 UTC. Noise level is high, but this is coming out on top easily. Dick Weed takes the microphone for a Radio Free Whatever ID at 0055 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Gaga 6925U 2350 Aug 8'13

« on: August 08, 2013, 2359 UTC »

Clear Radio GaGa ID at 2358 UTC. Not particularly strong here, maybe S4 or S5 and competing with a high noise level.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 then 6945 AM 0033 UTC 5 Aug 2013

« on: August 05, 2013, 0100 UTC »

Very good S9+ signal here and nice and clear after the move off of 6925. Thanks RFW!!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Echo One 6938 AM 0038 UTC 5 Aug 2013

« on: August 05, 2013, 0042 UTC »

S9+ here in the Boston burbs.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 0033 UTC 5 Aug 2013

« on: August 05, 2013, 0037 UTC »

Dick Weed with the RFW ID at 0034 UTC. Signal is very good, but the Pescadore (Azore fishermen) QRM on 6925 LSB is interfering heavily.

Ops, please consider a move for us in the Northeast. The 6925 Azores Net is a nightly event and is now killing this frequency. 

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Equipment / Re: Official yard sale find thread.

« on: August 04, 2013, 2337 UTC »

Very nice Beerus, in your local Beverly area??

Yes.

Does it work?

No.  

I took a chance and plugged it in. The dial lights illuminate, and the tubes light, but I haven't received anything yet. I'm going to get it opened up and check the caps and see what might need replacement, and also for any open solder joints. If that doesn't do it, I'll replace the tubes. I think I can get this thing working pretty easily.

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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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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever - 6925 AM - 0053 - 2/8/13

« on: August 02, 2013, 0204 UTC »

Late tune in. Dick Weed with mention of "analog relaxation" at 0204 UTC and wishes listeners a wonderful weekend. Very good S9 signal here in the Boston burbs with moderate fading and summer noise.

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Equipment / Re: Smortwave Antena in an apartment

« on: July 30, 2013, 2207 UTC »

How high off the ground is your deck? This is a pretty basic offset dipole antenna. Up in the air between two trees, it would work great. Hidden on your deck will be a compromise, but it will be an improvement, probably, over most indoor antennas.

If you are inclined to build a little bit, the suggestion above to build a loop would be great. Nobody needs to know it's an antenna. Tell them it's a hummingbird migratory aid.