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Shortwave Broadcast / 6185 AM oddities

« on: May 29, 2010, 0945 UTC »

5/29/10
6185 kHz AM
0940z: Assuming this is Radio Amazonas, logged here before on this freq.  For past half hour hearing some odd, random vocalizations, sing-song nonsense, counting, repetitive chanting.  A bit of a departure from the usual jazz and other structured programming heard here before.
1002z: At top of hour, switched to more conventional programming, Spanish ID as Mexican station, presumably XEPPM Radio Educación.  Whatever it was between 0900-1000z, it was... interesting.

437

Utility / MARS net 6903.5

« on: May 26, 2010, 0029 UTC »

5/26/10, 0030z (5/25/10, 7:30 pm local)
MARS net on 6903.5 USB, net control AAM6TTX.
Google sez: Texas Army MARS net, so strong signals here, S9+

mp3's, one less than a minute, the other four minutes:
http://www.mediafire.com/?r1tmzyli000
http://www.mediafire.com/?xyowkmwnxtt

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Shortwave Broadcast / William Cooper/Hour of the Time on 5110 WBCQ

« on: May 24, 2010, 0206 UTC »

5/23/10, 0200 UTC, 5110 AM
Rebroadcast of William Cooper's "Hour of the Time", presumably from the 1990s.  Better than average signal for 5110 to my area.

Switched to relay of Ragnar's Pirates Week show around 0210z.  Sounds like an old show from 2008, maybe 2009, mention of a question I asked back then about ESD protection with an outdoor magnet wire antenna.  I've since switched to an indoor passive loop.  Still good signal.
0230z: Seems to have switched from old Pirates Week show to most recent version of podcast, hearing audio clips and logs for most recent May 2010 shows.

I caught Allan Weiner's show the other night mentioning these HOTT shows might be relayed on the Area 51 segment.  Good to hear.  I was a regular listener of Cooper's show, even subscribed to his newspaper Veritas, bought and read Behold a Pale Horse.  He could be irascible and uncompromising but he had a certain genius for synthesizing seemingly disparate, complex issues - ranging from politics to spirituality - in a way that few others can.  Alex Jones tries but just can't quite match Cooper's genius for synthesis.

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Other / UNID carrier 6961

« on: May 23, 2010, 2021 UTC »

5/23/10
6961.2 AM
2015z: Fairly steady, stable carrier since 2005z, no audible modulation.

(N. Central TX)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WLDJ 6925U

« on: May 15, 2010, 1414 UTC »

5/15/10, 6925 USB, 1254 UTC
Only SSTV at 1254z was audible here on 6925 USB.  Noisy copy but could make out WLDJ logo.

1307z: Music barely audible, not sure if WLDJ, woman singer, can't ID.

SINPO=22311, only occasionally audible, lotta QRM from Spanish pesque jibber jabber on 6925.5U

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Psycho Killer 6925U

« on: May 15, 2010, 1412 UTC »

5/15/10
6925 USB
0512-0530z: Hearing what sounded like several versions of "Psycho Killer", including original Talking Heads version. Just barely audible through heavy local t-storm crashes and RFI.
Note regarding erratic propagation conditions: An AM carrier appeared around 6925.4 a few minutes after the 6925 USB station started with "Psycho Killer".  But there was no deliberate QRM.  I chatted with both ops via IRC and e-mail - both had checked the frequency and neither heard the other.  DeltaCharlie, in NC, heard the AM station while I heard only the USB station here in Texas.  As far as I can tell, DeltaCharlie didn't hear the USB station.  Neither did EvilElvis in Disgraceland, and he usually gets much better reception than I do.  In terms of shortwave propagation theory, we're not that far apart, but are experiencing very different conditions in reality.

Just wanted to note this as an example of why folks shouldn't jump to erroneous conclusions about QRM and accuse other ops of deliberately interfering.  With propagation conditions being so unpredictable now, it's almost always unintentional.  And in this case, when the USB op saw DeltaCharlie's log for the AM station, he went QRT even tho' he'd been on frequency first by a few minutes.

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Other / UNID 6305 AM

« on: May 13, 2010, 1124 UTC »

5/13/10
6305 kHz AM
1105z: Fairly steady carrier, moderate strength, no audio heard.
1110z: Off.
Same noted by DXer in WA (per wunclub).  Saharaoui used to be here, haven't heard them on this freq since late 2008 or early 2009 tho'.  Various European pirates have been logged here, but I rarely here any Euros other than Mystery Radio here in Texas.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB

« on: May 04, 2010, 0405 UTC »

5/4/10
6925 USB
0315-0340z (approx): Rod Stewart, Mamas & Papas, Troggs "Wild Thing"

SINPO=23311, only occasionally audible every few minutes, just enough to ID familiar songs.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WLDJ 6925U

« on: April 30, 2010, 0454 UTC »

4/30/10
6925 USB
0400-0412z: Queen "Radio Ga Ga", another song I couldn't ID, and WLDJ "Voice of the Last DJ" ID, Genesis "Abacab"
0424z: SSTV, no copy here.

Fair signal peaks, mostly buried in heavy local noise.

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Other / Firedrake 8400 1215 UTC

« on: April 26, 2010, 1222 UTC »

4/26/10
8400 AM
1215z: Firedrake w/ usual raucous instrumental music.  S9+ with rapid fluttering fades.  Not sure what they're jamming here, Google doesn't turn up much other than many other logs confirming Firedrake on this freq at this time, presumably jamming... something.  (Apparently jamming Sound of Hope.  Thanks to jimdx via wunclub IRC.)

Per EiBi:
8400          0000-2400       CHN Firedrake            M   CHN
8400          0000-2400       TWN Sound of Hope        M   CHN

Not seeing any data on clandestineradio.com for Sound of Hope on 8400.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6960U (tenatively ID'd as WEAK Radio)

« on: April 26, 2010, 0558 UTC »

ID'd by L Cee as WEAK Radio, but I couldn't copy a positive ID myself.  Audio sounded like WEAK, when I could copy it.
4/26/10
6960 USB
0245-0255z: Cream SWLABR, Tales of Brave Ulysses, Hendrix "Fire"
0256z: Sounds like Hendrix "Voodoo Chile", barely audible now.
0340z: Ah, just now floated back in after long fadeout, sounds like "Machine Gun" from live Band of Gypsies album! Eeexxxcellent. Fans of Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" combat noises, dive-bomb whammy bar gymnastics and machine-gun chops should love this one.
0346z: Faded out at what sounded like the intro riffs to "Who Knows"

Signal gone after 0346z here.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK Radio 6930 USB

« on: April 25, 2010, 0909 UTC »

4/25/10
6930 USB
0849z: Talking Heads "And She Was"
0852z: B-52's "Rock Lobster"
0906z: WEAK ID over music
0925z: Patti Smith "Gloria"

SINPO=34312, good peaks, many fades to inaudible

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Outhouse Radio 6925 USB

« on: April 25, 2010, 0840 UTC »

4/25/10
6925 USB
0545z-0730z: STP, Meatloaf, Sniff 'n' Tears, Outhouse Radio ID's.
0620z: Suppertramp song briefly sneaked through the mud here on my own receiver in Gopher Stomp. (Not Outhouse, per OHR op, apparently another station on same freq at this time.)
0705z: OHR op talking after guitar jam, into "Doom, Despair and Agony"
0730z: More guitar jams, OHR ID.

After 0700z, stronger than usual here for late night. SINPO=34322, minor QRM from sideband comm chatter.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WTCR double-header 6950 USB

« on: April 25, 2010, 0528 UTC »

4/25/10
6950 USB
0223z: Eric Clapton "Forever Man"
0226z: Patti Smith "Dancing Barefoot"
0230z: Talking Heads "Wild Life"

SINPO=44323, the usual great audio, wild fluttering fades from S1-S9 every few seconds

0233z: WTCR ID, YL voice
0233z: CCR "Born on the Bayou"
0237z: Tom Petty "Breakdown"
0245z: Stones "Shattered". Go ahead, bite the Big Apple. Won't find no maggots.
0302z: WTCR ID w/ QSL info after Laura Nyro "Wedding Bell Blues" (thx to DB for the heads up!)

0303z: Into new WTCR show? Cream "Born Under A Bad Sign"
0318z: WTCR ID, Blondie "Rapture"
0330z: Sting "Englishman in NY". I'mma nailyin, I'mma leeganailyin...
0351z: WTCR signoff after Glenn Campbell "Wichita Lineman"

Since 0230z, slower fades between inaudible and S5. Second show seldom peaked above S3 here, but good audio made it easy to copy.

(Dr. Morbius noted that first show was session 67; second show was repeat of session 8.)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Erotic story 6925 USB

« on: April 19, 2010, 0454 UTC »

4/19/10
6925 USB
Approx. 0230-0300z (not watching clock): Young lady telling erotic story.  Interesting voice, sort of insinuating, mewing, cat-like intonations and inflections.  Sounded like repeat of last night's show.  Not quite as strong, mostly buried in local RFI, but heard same "Obey... obey..." and a few other bits heard last night.

Appears to be relay of podcast by Mistress Evilena.