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Offline Traveling Wave

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Hunting Peskies on Shortwave
« on: November 21, 2023, 1603 UTC »
Recent Youtube video from Ringway Manchester, provides a decent summary of pesky activity on the shortwave bands...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrbUSbB4tmw
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Re: Hunting Peskies on Shortwave
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2023, 2333 UTC »
I saw the video.  It was good and gave frequencies for English language stations.  I normally heard the Spanish stations on 692 LSB  when I am looking for NA pirates on 6925.  This is something new to find for me.
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Re: Hunting Peskies on Shortwave
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2023, 1638 UTC »
Thanks for the link. This guy has a great channel. I've watched about 6 videos so far. Good stuff!