Here in WV, I'll do the late night drive home from work, and sometime MW DX'ing, if nothing is on C2C AM. But, if C2C AM is somewhat interesting, I'll tune-in to local 1kw 1240AM WVTS, and even drive right by the TX site. Well, for the last week, when I get more than a few miles away from that station's site, I hear a HET tone that is somewhere from 500Hz - 600Hz in there. At 1st, I thought thisby ThaDood - Other logs
Sometimes I'll set the truck stereo on 87.9FM to see what comes up on the work commute. This time, a weak, mono station playing a Gorillaz tune that came IN / OUT for 2 miles. No ID. And, it wasn't bleed-through from 88.1FM's LPFM station locally. Usually, I hear other drivers on 87.9FM airing MP3's, or satellite radio, but they are true Part #15 at just a few hundred feet. This covered miles. Sby ThaDood - FM Logs
Yep... Last night it was really in there at 03:30UTC. A UNID station crankin' out really old-ass X-mas tunage on 1620kHz, and no announcements, and battling over those Pensacola and Cuban stations. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm???by ThaDood - Medium Wave Logs
"Schedule: Transmissions start on December 11, 2021, on 1.820 MHz, +/-, at 1800 EST or 2300 UTC, then every 15 minutes thereafter for a total of five hours thusly; 1815, 1830, 1845, 1900, 1915, 1930, 1945, 2000, 2015, 2030, 2045, 2100, 2115, 2130, 2145, 2200, 2215, 2230 and the last transmission at 2245 EST." Well, they mentioned both, EST and UTC, times. I had to work through it, soby ThaDood - Broadcast announcements
So far, SWL'ing seems to be the only ones talking about this. Is anyone else?by ThaDood - General radio discussion
Well, it's always been in there, but last night is where I heard it with some sustaining signal strength to WV. Mainly airing hit music from a dozen years ago.by ThaDood - Medium Wave Logs
Huh... From what I gather, 7490kHz went way long SAT evening, and skipped over most of the NE USA and Canada, but may have reached the Caribbean and E. South American countries. I guess, time will tell.by ThaDood - Broadcast announcements
Skimming through this, looks like a lot of good, compiled, LPAM info, including for Part #15 stuff. While we're at it, might as well check-out the rest of the Low Power Repository,by ThaDood - The Workshop
SWL'ing rip.by ThaDood - Broadcast announcements
I've wanted a 2nd run of the corrected The Underground JAM, so when a spot opened, I'm hopping on it. So, back on WBCQ, 7490kHz AM, Saturday, December 4th, 7PM - 8PM EST, or 00:00UTC - 01:00UTC. Now, if we can get those solar flares to stay away. Hopefully, propagation at the time should favor Europe and Russia, to the East, and I'd suspect regional, Eastern Canada and USA. HAPPY DX'ing!!!! BTW,by ThaDood - Broadcast announcements
I've just bought a used one. I like the idea of all-in-one package and not have a computer tied to yet another appliance. So, has anyone tried this rig on AM TX to see how it sounds? UPDATE 11/29/2021: The rig from MTC, (Main Trading Co.,), for $369.00, free shipping, came Saturday. So, got 1/2 of Sunday to try it out. Date code is Jan. 2021, so a pretty recent 2nd-hand rig. Gotta' say, forby ThaDood - The Workshop
Thought this to be neat to look at. Any of your rigs in this?by ThaDood - The Workshop
Um... Didn't there use to be a station with Turkey in the name? Now, I've gotta' go back and look through Andrew Yoder's and George Zeller's books. What I wanna' know is, what's up with all those lightning crashes from LF to past 40M last night and totally trashing the bands. At 1AM, there was more HAM activity on 160M, than on 75M. AM Mode just sucked.by ThaDood - General radio discussion
And, a follow-ups that Boomer FWR to me:by ThaDood - The Workshop
Neat story! And, rare today. (Thank you again Boomer for the FWR of this!) And, here's the station's site,by ThaDood - General radio discussion
Another SWL'ing rip. I made something like this from a godz-eye antenna, but mine is for just Medium Wave, but this dude made is switch from 40M, then 80M, and then 20M. Nice!!!! Granted, my Italian is non-existent, but the VID shows a lot.by ThaDood - The Workshop
Interesting that HACKADAY covered this, but..... BTW, there are still NBFM Intercoms out there that use the 1750M band, around 175kHz, but many are 10mW, or even less. Still, some of the older ones can be cranked-up.by ThaDood - General radio discussion
NICE!!!!! I have the #12-655 portable. Not the best AM-Only portable out there, but I think that it certainly holds it's own. I've added my own $0.02 worth in the comments, and a link to this dude's site: BTW, when I recorded the Pat Murphy and Andrew Yorder interviews on C2C AM, the RS #12-655 is the portable that I used to record from.by ThaDood - The Workshop
Huh... Looks like President is already runnin' with a dual-mode CB, as ripped from this SWL'ing article.by ThaDood - General radio discussion
Wow... For the 1st time in about 6, or 7, years, WWV at 25.0000MHz came-in to WV at 17:10UTC, MAX'ing out to S9. Then, faded out after that. So, F2 from Ft. Collins, CO. Good to hear that, again.by ThaDood - Other logs
Ripped from The HFU, but.... " Information received from the National Radio Club: The National Radio Club received a post on our website’s contact form this morning concerning some upcoming maintenance at WABC-770. Per the post, they will begin on the evening of Tuesday November 9, 2021 around 2200 (+/-) Eastern Local Time and will be working on things on and off until they are finishby ThaDood - General radio discussion
Boomer FWR this to me, and I have Ferrite clamps and toroids everywhere at my locations.by ThaDood - The Workshop
Huh... Where I am in WV, I won't hear 1020KDKA Pittsburgh during the summer months during the daytime, but do during the mid-day in the dead of winter. Well, on the work drive, KDKA was in there with a decent, steady, signal just before 5:30PM yesterday afternoon. With no fading, I've counted out skip. So, looks like this cold snap has given this a plus.by ThaDood - Medium Wave Logs
Whoa!!! Heard Timtron, WA1HLR, on 3885AM last night around 06:00UTC, workin' a station West of Seattle, WA. That's a good haul on 75M in any mode, let along AM, from ME to WA. I was hearing that dude at S20/9 with some kick-ass hardware on his end, a commercial Harris TX and a dipole at 160ft up! (No wonder I heard him that well.) Timtron, was bangin' into my QTH in WV at S40/9. Maybe, this weekeby ThaDood - Other logs
Heard WDOG later on 6930kHz USB from 00:10UTC - 00:22UTC with a bangin' S30/9 signal. Thomas Dolby, announcer with French accent, and Emerson, Lake, & Palmer.by ThaDood - Free Radio Logs
You must be right, since I woke-up to CB CH 38LSB jammin' with Europeans, then Western States, as well as B.C. Canada. Just the slightest solar fart usually would wipe that out.by ThaDood - General radio discussion
Eh??? Got back from work and kicked the HF rig on to troll for pirates, only to hear what sounded like the 1970's - 1980's Russian Woodpecker on 6925kHz, +/-12kHz either side, 04:30UTC. Not that strong, peaking at an S5, but certainly obliterated anything that could have been there. That was gone 2hrs later. Tell me that this wasn't deliberate.by ThaDood - Other logs
NO!!!!!! That will wipe-out HF, again!by ThaDood - General radio discussion
I've never even heard of this zine, Huh... Back then, Ernie Wilson's EBN was what I subscribed too.by ThaDood - General radio discussion
Word on 'da street is that FM on CB is being used in the Western State on CB CH29, 27.295Mhz. Anyone hearing that when the skip rolls?by ThaDood - General radio discussion