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Cool Am - 6925U, 03/25, to 1312Z* - 1 year ago
Came on weak with low audio. That got corrected after a while and the signal was loud and clear with disco/techno/dance/trance/whatever you want to call it music and infrequent IDs. Had a clear ID and correct time check just prior to s/off at 1312 with the comment, "Do you know where your children are at?" Kind of ironic that Cool AM was using USB mode. But thanks for the morning relby jtart - Free Radio Logs
Re: Gospel Radio 6929.2 AM 2107 UTC 2/26/17 - 1 year ago
I have it at 6929.2 kHz - and have had it for most of the past hour. S5 to S7 into WNY. Why does most church music sound like funeral dirges? Aren't you supposed to "make a *joyful* noise..."?by jtart - Free Radio Logs
Re: small FM transmitter for mobile pirate transmitting - 1 year ago
The Ramsey FM-35 had a mod to put out one watt, which is not bad. Unfortunately, Ramsey stopped selling consumer kits a few years ago. Radio Free Berkeley was always quite slow and I'm not even certain whether he's still in the biz. OTOH, there is a guy in Europe (maybe Holland?) who "advertises" on HFU, and there is a guy in Greece with decent equipment, although rather pricey. Bby jtart - The Workshop
WWV outage redux - 1 year ago
Noted off about 1600Z - but back on by 1712. Nothing audible while they were off this time.by jtart - Oddities
Ampetamine Radio - 6925U, 02/23, ~1600+ UTC - 1 year ago
Nice clean loud signal from tune-in about 1600Z and still going strong. Long strings of music, muffled repeated IDs, SSTV, and CW IDs at intervals. Good to hear someone using this school break for some broadcasting!by jtart - Free Radio Logs
WWV outage - 1 year ago
They were supposed to be off Tuesday and Wednesday (Feb 21th and 22rd). I tuned occasionally on Tuesday and they never went off. Wednesday they changed their announcement to include the 23st, and I found them off at 2100Z! What did I hear on 10 MHz? Not a thing from WWVH, which should have bombed in, nor from BPM (China). Instead, PPE (Brazil) was audible weakly and there was a (presumed) tracby jtart - Oddities
WANTED: muRata ceramic filter - 1 year ago
Looking for one or more muRata CFE-455 ceramic filter(s), part number 16-45575. These are long discontinued and are no longer in the muRata catalog. They look like disc capacitors but are actually resonators. If you've got any in your very deep junquebocks, please contact me with quantity and price either by email or PM here on the site. Thanques and 73, jtaby jtart - The Swap Shop
Re: Gospel Radio Shortwave 6929.2 AM 1817 UTC 1/22/17 - 1 year ago
Also heard in WNY with varying signal - always faded just as he gave the gmail addy, of course! Came on a short while (10 or 15 minutes) after Moonlight Radio did a brief oldies show: Came on with Link Wray (or Duane Eddy), Elvis, and Mamas and Papas, then YL gave the ID, then a couple more oldies before disappearing. Sorry, I didn't note the exact time(s). Signal was barely above threshold atby jtart - Free Radio Logs
Re: Pee Wee 6933.3 USB 0019 UTC 1/22/17 - 1 year ago
VG sig into WNY with hard rock and some SSTV. Off 0035 after CW ID as Pee Wee. Peaking around S9 here. QSL appreciated.by jtart - Free Radio Logs
Re: The tiniest radio receiver in the world. Is this even practical? - 1 year ago
From what I read elsewhere, it's really only a detector - not an entire "receiver". By the time you add all the ancillary circuitry it's considerably larger.by jtart - The Workshop
Re: Last days - 1 year ago
Obviously they're morons with more money than brains. Probably "evangelical republicans"...by jtart - Shortwave Broadcast Logs
Re: HV Short of RFM Passes Away - 1 year ago
HV Short was quite the character, as I recall. He was big into building transmitters (long before that was a popular thing to do). I have RFM verified on almost as many frequencies as there are! I wish I had the chance to meet him. R.I.P., old friend.by jtart - The Grapevine
a sad day for free radio - 1 year ago
I received the following email from RF Burns this morning: "I am sad to report to the pirate radio community that a great boot (and a close personal friend) has gone silent. I received news that Crazy Roger of Radio Confusion, a NAPRHoF member, passed away in October 2015. He was 62 years old and had been in poor health for many years. We had been trying to contact him for over a year witby jtart - The Grapevine
Happy Hanukka Radio - 6925AM, 0101, to 1435* - 1 year ago
Same show as every other year, this time with a poor to fair signal into WNY. You'd think they'd update it at some point. I mean, where's Zappa's "Jewish Princess"?by jtart - Free Radio Logs
Pirate Radio Boston - 6925AM, 12/25, 1300-1313* and *1353+ - 1 year ago
Began really weak in the noise but signal improved to s/0ff. It's their 2016 Xmas Show, complete with a mailbag segment and lotsa xmas-related songs. Off at 1313Z with good sig into WNY. Back on at 1353 with repeat. Good to hear 'em again. jtaby jtart - Free Radio Logs
Re: Tis the season for AM DX'ing? The colder, the better, so it seems. - 1 year ago
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Re: Tis the season for AM DX'ing? The colder, the better, so it seems. - 1 year ago
Yep. I spent all day yesterday inside by the radio checking out some regional channels for stations I hadn't heard yet. And I got a few of them! And another today. When it's snowin' and blowin', radio will keep you warm. Although I haven't heard WARM yet... ;)by jtart - The Grapevine
eQSL from Macedonia Radio - 1 year ago
Received a rather vague eQSL from Macedonia Radio (formerly on 9935 kHz) from their new Technical Chief, who apologized for the FIVE year ELEVEN month delay and mentioned "the program (I) heard". Country #83 verified. That took even longer than the card from WNOT. And it shows one should NEVER give up!by jtart - QSLs
Re: Channel Z Radio Xmas eQSLs - 1 year ago
Rcvd full data eQSL #400 in less than 48 hours. Great QSL for a really good show. Thx, Z!by jtart - QSLs
Re: Channel Z Radio 6925 AM 1437 UTC 12/11/16 - 1 year ago
Decent sig into WNY with a new xmas show featuring five songs that Shazam can't identify, including two by Blondie. Finished with a Patty Smith song and off at 1533Z.by jtart - Free Radio Logs
Voice of Hope - 9680 (Zambia) QSL rcvd - 1 year ago
Received today a full data (and legible!) photo QSL card from Voice of Hope, outside Lusaka, Zambia. I heard them on 9680 kHz back in June and sent an ereport to Los Angeles. The reply took six months! Country #82 verified.by jtart - QSLs
Re: Need help IDing the source of odd noise... - 1 year ago
Yeah, I've got a DX398 that I used for outside sleuthing (finding nothing), but I never thought about trying it indoors. That's a good idea and since we're about to have a major sn*wstorm I may have a couple days to do it. Might be faster to simply turn off the UPS while listening to the warble, however. Took a while but at least I've got it narrowed down. Finally...by jtart - The Workshop
Re: Need help IDing the source of odd noise... - 1 year ago
From what I've read elsewhere, it's most likely a switching power supply - and it's probably right here in the shack. They radiate a "warbling" sound. And they drift. And I have a bunch of them in-house. One day when it really irritates me, and I don't have the computer turned on, I'll try turning off the UPS to see if it's the laptop power supply. It is located quite near the antennby jtart - The Workshop
Re: The Aussi buzz in SW radio. - 1 year ago
It would seem like it was just a matter of time. They've been fighting for funding for several years now. Too bad - they were my first SWBC QSL card! Nothing like having breakfast to the sounds of the Kookoburra and "Waltzing Matilda"...by jtart - The Grapevine
Re: AM radio proposal has Class A broadcasters upset? Whaaa, or yea? - 1 year ago
I agree with a few of the posters: AM radio is already dead. There *is* no "revitalization"... It all started when the FCC was forced (by Congress) to allow more stations on the band and was only made worse by allowing a broadcasting group to own hundreds of stations. To increase profits, all those stations are voice-tracked from a single studio and there is no "local" contby jtart - The Grapevine
MYLQ - 6950L, 12/05, 2330-0020* - 1 year ago
"Make Your Liver Quiver" with some nice blues music and M ancr, At one point said, "You know where to send reports..." but didn't give any addy. QSL would be nice...by jtart - Free Radio Logs
Moonlight Radio - 6925U, 12/04, to 1400* - 1 year ago
Weak but clear in near noiseless condx. Bits from the old Hee-Haw show including Alde Lang Syne to repeated sign-off anmt, which was followed by a CW ID. I finally heard the ID correctly! ;)by jtart - Free Radio Logs
Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 1842 UTC 12/3/16 - 1 year ago
Started with a weak and noisy signal into WNY but improved throughout the xmsn. Apparently original CBS Radio recordings of network broadcasts on the day Pearl Harbor was bombed. Ancient-sounding music and radio audio, but quite interesting. (When was the last time you heard the President being cheered as he entered Congress?) Thanks for the program.by jtart - Free Radio Logs
Cool AM Radio - 6925U, 11/26, 1300+ - 1 year ago
Well produced program with oldies, M and F ancrs with Brit accents wishing all listeners a great xmas, but haven't been able to get the ID yet. Weak (S2-3) but in the clear with nearly zero noise level. Later: Apparently Cool AM Radio. In USB. How ironic...by jtart - Free Radio Logs
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