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The Death of CHU - 3 months ago

Well, at 1010 local time on 7850 kHz they pulled the plug on CHU. One minute it was there, then off. Gone. Nada. Bupkiss. I kept the IQ recorder going, I figured them lawless, disrespectful Commie Pinko Pirates would ne doing something and, by Holy Ronald Reagan, there they were! All kinds of stuff including Dick Bulger dot com on USB and a whole bunch of other stuff on both sidebands. (I w

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Unk 6966U 0232 11/01 - 11 months ago

Unid on 6966 USB at 0232 GMT on 11/01/2025 Playing a lot of Beck. Signal was good, noise and a lot of fading helped pull him down. SINPO 45434 at the start, 45423 when he signed off at 0300. Got him on an AirSpy Discovery HF+ and a K180WLA loop up in the far northeast corner of Maine. Anyone know who he was?

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SYCKO RADIO 6925U 0128 UTC 12/26/2024 - 1 year ago

SINPO 35323, pretty noisy here. I haven't heard Sycko in ages. 0128: Station ID 0129: Song by a young lady who likes to have her turkey stuffed... 0135: Various Christmas themed tunes, danged if either I or Shazam can name 'em. (Noise level messed the app up, I guess.) 0140: "Christmas is coming and so am I" song. (Didn't know there were so many 'adult' Christmas songs.) 0142: Si

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UNID 6925A 2126 UTC 12/25/2024 - 1 year ago

6925 AM 2126 UTC 12/25/2024 Fair copy in Northern Maine. SINPO 45333 fair bit of fast fading. RSP Duo and a couple of magnetic loops. Just tuned in, got the last couple of minutes and he vanished. Damn! 2126: White Christmas Sounds like the Crosby version 2129: Carrier dropped. lee@eddystone.org

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WAAK Holiday Special 6965U 0148 UTC 12/25/2024 - 1 year ago

Came on almost immediately after WFDR. Digital pest just above is gone. Weaker signal, SINPO 35443 in Northern Maine. Nice to hear all this activity. 0148: Grandma got run over by a Reindeer 0149: Station ID - "Hey, hey, hey - this is the WAAK Holiday Special!" 0150: Grandma got run over by a Reindeer 0152: Station ID. 0153: Grandma got run over by a Reindeer 0156: Station I

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Radio Garbanzo 6965U 0127 UTC 12/25/2024 - 1 year ago

Haven't heard Garbanzo in ages. Good to hear them again. Excellent audio, little bit of digital garbage just above them in frequency putting a little noise on them, Duo phasing got rid of the crap. SINPO 53554 in Northern Maine on a RSP Duo and a couple of magnetic loops. 0133: I got the Fire (Montrose) 0135: DJ banter, Bart on vacation, four songs, twelve beers, drop announced as P.O. Bo

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WFDR 6925U 0050 UTC 12/25/2024 - 1 year ago

Good signal in Northern Maine. SINPO 55455. Occasional dropouts in audio. Received on RSP Duo using MLA30+ and K180WLA magnetic loops. Broadcast of an American Christmas WW2 speech by President Roosevelt. 0122 signoff as "The real WFDR." Excellent audio throughout, just those intermittent dropouts. Good job, a nice touch to the season. No email address listed for you so I c

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UNID 6937 AM 11/08/2024 2055 Local - 1 year ago

Noisy conditions tonight. Caught this gentleman. SINPO 35223 in Northern Maine. 2055 - Love Potion No. 9 - Herb Alpert 2057 -ID "The Voice of ????" 2058 - The Girl from Ipanema - Herb Alpert 2101 - Mexican Shuffle - Herb Alpert 2103 - Spanish Harlem - Yes, you guessed it - Herb Alpert

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UNID 10/31/2024 2035 6955U - 1 year ago

A weak signal, noisy. Could be the station moved to 6950 I logged? 35333 2035 - Escape 2038 - Bad Moon Rising 2045 - Gary Numan track Vanished... .

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UNID 10/31/2024 2051 6960U - 1 year ago

Signal's down, just above the noise... 35323 2051 - Screaming and Halloween type noises. 2053 - Disappeared into the noise. 2056 - Zombie 2105 - Umbra 2111 - Bugles the ID WTS???? 2112 - In the Air Tonight

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UNID 80/75 meter relay 10/31/2024 2040 6935U - 1 year ago

Good signal, not so sure about the programming. 55545 (Either a recording or a live relay of Hams on 80/75 badmouthing their foes.) 2040 - Audio loop repeating 2041 - Talk to Mister Marty 2042 - Talk about QRM, pedophiles. Mention of 3860. Gone by 2109.

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Wolverine Radio 10/31/2024 2023 6985U - 1 year ago

Good signal in Northern Maine. 55444 using a RSP1B and a K-180WLA magnetic loop. 2025 - Curse of the Mummy's Tomb 2028 - The Queen of Halloween 2031 - Dead and Lovely 2036 - Dracula from Houston 2040 - It must be Halloween 2043 - My Boy builds Coffins 2048 - Grim Grinning Ghosts 2049 - Devil Comes Around 2053 - Skeleton Sam 2058 - SSTV and off.

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UNID 10/30/24 2108 local, 6920U - 1 year ago

Fairly noisy evening. Station on, playing a rather solemn instrumental and vocal piece. 2107 voice ID, can't make it out too well but definitely a Halloween show. 2113- show continuing. Plaintive piece of music.

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Re: Mix Radio on now - 6950U - 08/29/24 2115 local - 2 years ago

Yes, SDRs have changed the way I do radio.I actually have 11 of the buggers, 3 WiNRADiOs, 6 SDRPlays, 2 Airspys. They all have their uses and they change the way you scan VHF/UHF as well as LF and SW.

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Mix Radio on now - 6950U - 08/29/24 2115 local - 2 years ago

Excellent signal, was testing out the RSP1B, tuning around, there they were. Playing 50's, 70's 80's thus far. Yes' Roundabout playing right now. Female ID at 2121. Curious signal, maybe it's the RSP here? Getting great audio on USB but also getting a reduced, bassy version of the USB signal on LSB. They're not running AM, kind of like USB with reduced LSB sideband. Go figure. A littl

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6925U 2111 05/28/2024 Yeah Man Radio - 2 years ago

Good signal, no fading, SINPO 45554 USB up here in far northern Maine. 2111 - Daydream Believer 2132 - ID 2132 - Dedicated to the One I Love 2136 - ID and talk 2138 - How Can I Be Sure 2140 - ID 2140 - Sunday Will Never Be The Same 2143 - ID 2144 - I Second That Emotion

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SWL Fest - 3 years ago

This made me think of a certain fine dining establishment we used to frequent at the Fest... Lee

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Electropop 6875U 0202UTC - 3 years ago

Nice signal. SINPO 55455 up in far northern Maine. IDs as MRI at 0204 w/YL voice. Male DJ at 0205 talking about shortwave. 0205 Male ID and jingle. 0206 YL ID 0206 into more EP. Nice Euro flavor.

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08/29/23 2113 Local 6950 kHz USB - 3 years ago

Excellent signal, strong, nice and clean. SINPO 55544 up here on the Maine/New Brunswick border. Wolves aren't howling tonight so I can hear better. Using an Airspy HF+ and K-180WLA loop. 2113 Michael Jackson Thriller 2116 Momentary drop. 2117 back on. Remix with Human League samples. 2124 Station ID - Radio Penguin 2127 More music.Mention of Radio 48. 2131 Still going, signal

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6866 USB 1833 Eastern - 3 years ago

Good strong signal. 55344. 1833 Let's Freak Out song. 1835 Do you remember jingle for 1968. 1838 Can't Buy Me Love. Bit of a frequency stability problem with them.Drifting up and down some. Strong but unstable signal.

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6935 AM 1819 Eastern - 3 years ago

High natural noise levels. 45233 on the SDR in northern Maine. Sound like one of the more old time pirate stations; some thought has been put into the programming. 1821 - "The Ultraman Show" and the story of the Good Samaritan being told by youngsters. 1824 - 50's style rock. 1828 - gmail address given. Can't quite make it out because the atmospherics are pretty bad.

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6860 AM 1737 eastern - 3 years ago

Good signal, 80s stuff. My first catch on this frequency. 45344 in Northern Maine on an AirSpy SDR. Shazam says Heavy and Abusive at 1748. Red Ball at 1750. Off at 1800 local. No talk, just playing cuts, carrier dropped between changes.

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Unknown 6925U 0018 UTC 04/13/2023 - 3 years ago

Good signal and modulation up here in Maine. SINPO 45233 Using an Airspy SDR and KW180WLA loop. Noisy conditions. 0016 I put a Spell on You 0018 Guitar/Voice 0021 ID "WT" something it sounded like. 0022 Creedence? 0025 Off As ever, eQSL greatly appreciated. First time I've listened in a while.(lee@eddystone.org)

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Re: WDOG on 6925 USB 6925 2224 - 2257 Pi SDR? - 3 years ago

The Kiwi is a darn good product, Animal, I sometimes think maybe I should save my shekels and look into getting one. The TDOA capability alone is interesting. Like it or not, I've found that I use analog receivers less and less as time goes on. The SDRs have eaten their lunch a long ago. (I said in an MT article back in the early 00's that SDRs were going to be the coming thing almost at a com

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Re: WDOG on 6925 USB 6925 2224 - 2257 Pi SDR? - 3 years ago

Hi Animal! Yup, it's a Pi 3B (You seen how short supply is for these now?)with the RSP1A hanging off it and it's running the Spyserver software that Prog (the main programmer for SDR#) wrote. I like the RSP1A although it lacks coverage above 260MHz and there's a gap from 30-60MHz as well. Keep in mind that Airspy has a good discount on its products right after Thanksgiving - I intend to

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Re: WDOG on 6925 USB 6925 2224 - 2244 - 3 years ago

And I'm delighted to have snagged another guy! 6855 USB Radio Free Whatever 2224 Sister Native Sun 2231 Bombs Away Emeryld 2235 Mention of Philadelphia 2237 Better than Ezra Werewolves of London 2244 Radio Free Whatever ID SINPO 44454 - still noisy but a little better. Goes without saying I'd love a QSL. Thanks Lee (Been under the weather - so I'm fubaring a

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WDOG on 6925 USB 6925 2224 - 2257 - 3 years ago

Well, finally in a position to do some listening again. Using my RSP1A in Spyserver mode. Does a very nice job but the frying noise is a PITA! 2214 UTC 10/30/2022 6925 USB 2215 Boris the Spider (The Who) 2225 Alice Cooper Black Widow 2229 Beatles Cry baby Cry 2237 Alice Cooper Cold Ethyl 2240 Zombie The Cranberries 2244 Bobby Black Marie Laveau 2247 We interrupt your program to b

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SSTV 6955U 0220 11/01 - 4 years ago

SSTV signal following some mx/effects. Vy noisy condx here.

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UNID 6955U at 0104 UTC 11/01 - 4 years ago

Something there but noisy condx tonight.

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Re: UNID on about 6974.8 in AM at 21:32 10/31 - 4 years ago

Sounds like oldies mx with female vocalist now. 30s or 40s?

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