Came home from some shopping and am hearing:
Echo 1: 6924.4, 2342+ Signal was excellent, but starting to get some fades. Off after "God Save the Queen" with no IDs (ID per HFU).
Monday, December 16, 2013
Saturday, December 14, 2013
My weekend loggings 12/14-12/16/13
Channel Z: 6925, 12/14, 2225-2240+ Andy Walker back again on Channel Z with a repeat of his "Before They Were Famous, Pt. 3" Only reports to the Blue Ridge Summit address get a hardcopy QSL, e-mail reports get an eQSL. First song I heard was by The Mascots, which later became the O'Jays. Interesting to hear Nick Mason playing surf rock for, I think, The Jaguars. Interesting stuff, fun presentation, & great audio. Later on in the show, Andy had lots of shoutouts to listeners who wrote in or logged Channel Z on the message boards.
Regarding this program from Channel Z, here's some more information on the program that's worth reading if you haven't already or if you don't know who Andy Walker is.
Borderhunter Radio: 6265, 12/14, 2358+ Fair/weak with a woman singing a ballad. ID per HFU. Now some QRM from a utility station on the frequency.
Other stations from Europe being heard in the US right now are Radio Odynn on 6291 and Radio Powerliner International on 6305 kHz. I'm not hearing either one. Not a good sign from my R-5000 because, with the R8, I could typically hear both of these stations with this antenna.
<a few min. later> I spoke too soon:
Radio Powerliner International: 6305, 12/15, 0013 Heard part of an announcement...thought he said he was signing off. Now getting some noise on the frequency... Definitely not a report-worthy logging, but I did hear a fade up...
And speaking of non-report-worthy loggings:
Radio Free Whatever: 1720, 12/15, 0430+ I saw loggings that RFW was on the air here. Unfortunately, I typically have a lot of local noise on the AM band here. Not only that, but something was causing a lot of noise even into the SW bands at this time. I could only hear bits of voices in the midst of the chainsaw noise.
Baltic Sea Radio: 18904.5L, 12/15, 1356+ Right after bad-mouthing the R-5000 in comparison to the R8, the R-5000 comes through with something I could never achieve with the R8: audio from Baltic Sea Radio. I'm not sure why this station has been more difficult for me to hear than so many of the other Europeans that use high frequencies, but I've had a really tough time. Anyway, I've been hearing some music without headphones on this frequency as it fades up and down.
Hit Parade Radio: 6924.3, 12/15, 1447+ HPR was coming through with a fair signal. I listened for a few minutes, but had to go, so I missed IDs (ID per HFU logs). I did record it, so I'll have to check the audio. BTW, HPR is a station from the mid-'90s and when I reported their return-to-the-air earlier in 2013, they sent a two-sided QSL card (possibly a leftover from 2 decades ago?).
Hit Parade Radio: 6924.3, 12/15, 2146+ Had a pretty good signal for about two minutes, but it has mostly disappeared
Regarding this program from Channel Z, here's some more information on the program that's worth reading if you haven't already or if you don't know who Andy Walker is.
Borderhunter Radio: 6265, 12/14, 2358+ Fair/weak with a woman singing a ballad. ID per HFU. Now some QRM from a utility station on the frequency.
Other stations from Europe being heard in the US right now are Radio Odynn on 6291 and Radio Powerliner International on 6305 kHz. I'm not hearing either one. Not a good sign from my R-5000 because, with the R8, I could typically hear both of these stations with this antenna.
<a few min. later> I spoke too soon:
Radio Powerliner International: 6305, 12/15, 0013 Heard part of an announcement...thought he said he was signing off. Now getting some noise on the frequency... Definitely not a report-worthy logging, but I did hear a fade up...
And speaking of non-report-worthy loggings:
Radio Free Whatever: 1720, 12/15, 0430+ I saw loggings that RFW was on the air here. Unfortunately, I typically have a lot of local noise on the AM band here. Not only that, but something was causing a lot of noise even into the SW bands at this time. I could only hear bits of voices in the midst of the chainsaw noise.
Baltic Sea Radio: 18904.5L, 12/15, 1356+ Right after bad-mouthing the R-5000 in comparison to the R8, the R-5000 comes through with something I could never achieve with the R8: audio from Baltic Sea Radio. I'm not sure why this station has been more difficult for me to hear than so many of the other Europeans that use high frequencies, but I've had a really tough time. Anyway, I've been hearing some music without headphones on this frequency as it fades up and down.
Hit Parade Radio: 6924.3, 12/15, 1447+ HPR was coming through with a fair signal. I listened for a few minutes, but had to go, so I missed IDs (ID per HFU logs). I did record it, so I'll have to check the audio. BTW, HPR is a station from the mid-'90s and when I reported their return-to-the-air earlier in 2013, they sent a two-sided QSL card (possibly a leftover from 2 decades ago?).
Hit Parade Radio: 6924.3, 12/15, 2146+ Had a pretty good signal for about two minutes, but it has mostly disappeared
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Copies of 2013 Pirate Radio Annual have arrived: 12/11
Came home today to find boxes of books on the porch! I
cut’em open and I’m happy to find that, at first glance, everything seems to
have printed similarly to what I uploaded (no dropped out pages, fonts, etc.).
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| The blotches of light are reflections from the lights on the Christmas tree. It's not some crazy aurora dancing around the inverted V |
Now, it’s time to start packing and shipping. I’m hoping to
get all of the backordered Pirate Radio Annuals packed tonight and shipped out
tomorrow, but we’ll see how it goes. If you still want a copy of the 2013edition, they’re not yet sold out. I printed a smaller quantity because of my
delays in getting the book ready and I do expect that it will sell out by
spring. Of course, I could be wrong . . . my fantasy football team was 4-9 last
year.
After I finish sending these out, it’ll be time to get to
work on the 2014 edition. I’ve got two entries and about ten audio files
done—just a drop of oil in the ‘ol Cantenna.
Monday, December 9, 2013
11m SSTV Images from 12/7 to 12/9/13
I haven't been posting 27700 outbander SSTV images lately (or much anything else, for that matter), but I'll post a few now. Not a ton, but a few interesting ones:
Pretty decent reception on these two from 10AD707, from Mexico. He's been on the air since 1978 and uses a Yaesu FT-747GX, among other radios.
These two images are from 2CT1206. From a look on the Internet, the op is from Maryland.
Finally, here's one from 1075PP in West Scotland from this morning. Nice to have some transatlantic images still coming through.
Pretty decent reception on these two from 10AD707, from Mexico. He's been on the air since 1978 and uses a Yaesu FT-747GX, among other radios.
These two images are from 2CT1206. From a look on the Internet, the op is from Maryland.
Finally, here's one from 1075PP in West Scotland from this morning. Nice to have some transatlantic images still coming through.
Sunday, December 8, 2013
A few AM (MW) logs from last week: 12/5 to 12/7/13 UTC
Car radio logs while waiting. Just on a crappy stock car receiver
560, CFOS (Owen Sound, ON): 12/7, 0023-0034+ '70s at 7 show. Heard the weather a few times...one day was a high of -5, another with a high of -2. Ads for Pizza Hut, a bridal show, & Miller's Home Building Center. A singing promo.
620, WHEN (Syracuse, NY): (pres.) 12/7, 0033-0034+ Ads for Kia Christmas sale, Comfort Windows, Chinatown Furniture (which is in Syracuse). ID based on the last ad.
660, WFAN (NY, NY): 12/7, Knicks vs. Nets.
670, WSCR (Chicago, IL): 12/7, 0058-0100+ Ads for Giordano's Pizza, tires to get $ toward Bears merchandise, Bears all access
1610, WEDG (pres.): 12/5, 2130+ Christmas music with long gaps between the songs. No IDs or talk heard, but this matches loggings in the past here. Older songs, including Frank Sinatra. I misplaced my list of songs, but I'll add them here if I relocate it. Good signal at times, but hit hard at times by CHHA from Canada.
1710, Radio Celestial (NY, NY): 12/7, Presumed Celestial occasionally fading up to good levels, but mostly completely inaudible. Spanish music, some weak audio from the TIS in NJ
560, CFOS (Owen Sound, ON): 12/7, 0023-0034+ '70s at 7 show. Heard the weather a few times...one day was a high of -5, another with a high of -2. Ads for Pizza Hut, a bridal show, & Miller's Home Building Center. A singing promo.
620, WHEN (Syracuse, NY): (pres.) 12/7, 0033-0034+ Ads for Kia Christmas sale, Comfort Windows, Chinatown Furniture (which is in Syracuse). ID based on the last ad.
660, WFAN (NY, NY): 12/7, Knicks vs. Nets.
670, WSCR (Chicago, IL): 12/7, 0058-0100+ Ads for Giordano's Pizza, tires to get $ toward Bears merchandise, Bears all access
1610, WEDG (pres.): 12/5, 2130+ Christmas music with long gaps between the songs. No IDs or talk heard, but this matches loggings in the past here. Older songs, including Frank Sinatra. I misplaced my list of songs, but I'll add them here if I relocate it. Good signal at times, but hit hard at times by CHHA from Canada.
1710, Radio Celestial (NY, NY): 12/7, Presumed Celestial occasionally fading up to good levels, but mostly completely inaudible. Spanish music, some weak audio from the TIS in NJ
Monday, December 2, 2013
NA Activity last week: 11/25 to 12/1/2013
11/25 Monday UTC (Sunday night into Mon.)
Radio Copy #1: 6925.4U 0006-0040* audio
YHWH: 6150 0100-0151+
Radio Copy #1: 6924.8U 0155-0226*
Red Mercury Labs: 6940U 0425
Blue Ocean Radio 6925U 2248-2306*
11/26 Tuesday UTC (Monday night into Tues.)
XLR8: 6925U 0012
My New Underpants: 6925 1537+
11/27 Wednesday UTC (Tuesday night into Wed.)
Unidentified: 6925 0013-0120* audio
Chamber Pot Radio, 6925U 0248-0330* audio
Unidentified: 6945U 0330-0410*
Radio Totse (relay): 6925U 1347-1440
WTKY: 6925 2103-2126*
Fallout 4 Station: 3450 2138-0016*
My New Underpants: 6925 2139-2158*
Happy Hanukkah: 6920 2321-2328
11/28 Thursday UTC (Wednesday night into Thurs.)
Music Box Fake Number Station: 6955 0036
Unidentified: 6966.76U 0145-0149*
Radio Totse (relay): 6925.2 USB *0150-0401
Undercover Radio: 6930U 0504-0530*
XLR8: 6925U *1216-1306*
Radio Ga Ga: 6925L 1225-1249*
Captain Morgan Shortwave: 6925 1310-1324*
Channel Z: 6925 1430-1542*
Pirate Broadcasting System: 6935 *1457-1537*
Happy Hanukkah: 6925 1546-1612*
Happy Hanukkah: 6924.7 2125-2219*
Crystal Ship: 6957 *2202-2311*
Turkey Breast Radio: 6930U 2301-2322*
Radio Totse (relay): 6966.5U 2303-0053*
11/29 Friday UTC (Thursday night into Fri.)
WDDR (Drunken DJ Radio): 6935U 0100-0304*
Boombox Radio: 6920 0550-0603
MAC: 6950 1835-2005*
Happy Hanukkah: 6921 1932-2000
Happy Hanukkah: 6921 2310-2320*
Radio Echo 1: 6925 2340-0033*
11/30 Saturday UTC (Friday night into Sat.)
Turkey Breast Radio: 6930 0000-0018*
Radio Appalachia: 6935 0120-0208*
Radio Free Whatever 6940 0300-0330
Happy Hanukkah: 6925 *2018-2053*
Channel Z: 6925 2102-2215*
WBNY 6925 *2141-
Radio Ronin (via X-FM): 6940 2358-0058*
12/1 Sunday UTC (Saturday night into Sun.)
XFM 6940 0058-0137*
UNID: 6969U 0109-0128
Radio Appalachia: 6935 0138-0216*
Happy Hanukkah: 6925 1258
Auds 'n' Ends: 12/2/13
Busy here over the extended weekend. Caught a couple of stations over Thanksgiving, but I was gone for most of the time and the Degen 1103 with just the whip didn't do as well as I'd hoped. Even signals reported as being very good, like the one from The Crystal Ship on Thanksgiving evening, was just an occasional fade up for me. Anyway, no complaints here, just giving an update on why there haven't been any updates here for a few days.
* Heard from the printer today and he said that they've been working on the PRA....which I hope means that it's about finished?
* I was working late and missed the main Fallout 4 broadcast. By the time it came back, the signal was evidently skipping me. I wonder if this quasi-viral media campaign will give other people some ideas?
* Radio-Related Song of the Day: "Surfin' on Shortwave" by Kentaurektum. Very cool surf guitar song, but I think they need to learn to tune past the RTTY a bit quicker
* Speaking of the PRA, I just received an e-mail from Cool AM and he was kind enough to create an audio promo for the book. I'm not sure if I can post audio on the Blogger site or if I need to post it somewhere else and link to it, but I'll see what I can do.
* Another interesting broadcast that I missed last night was Radio Free Whatever on 1710 and later 1720 kHz. RFW was heard across the East at the top of the AM band. Hope they return (and stay on 1710 for a while so that I can check the signal on the car radio while driving around). What's more fun than listening to pirate radio in the car?
* Heard from the printer today and he said that they've been working on the PRA....which I hope means that it's about finished?
* I was working late and missed the main Fallout 4 broadcast. By the time it came back, the signal was evidently skipping me. I wonder if this quasi-viral media campaign will give other people some ideas?
* Radio-Related Song of the Day: "Surfin' on Shortwave" by Kentaurektum. Very cool surf guitar song, but I think they need to learn to tune past the RTTY a bit quicker
* Speaking of the PRA, I just received an e-mail from Cool AM and he was kind enough to create an audio promo for the book. I'm not sure if I can post audio on the Blogger site or if I need to post it somewhere else and link to it, but I'll see what I can do.
* Another interesting broadcast that I missed last night was Radio Free Whatever on 1710 and later 1720 kHz. RFW was heard across the East at the top of the AM band. Hope they return (and stay on 1710 for a while so that I can check the signal on the car radio while driving around). What's more fun than listening to pirate radio in the car?
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