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UNID 6920 USB 0457 UTC 16 MAY 2024? - 3 days ago

Wasn't even looking for it, but was within a Memory Channel window of 6925kHz, so seen it on that 'lil Xiegu G90 SDR view. Caught 04:57UTC with that weird, heavy, digital edit of Hokus Pokus - Focus, then followed by a very racial country tune, with the "N" word all over it. Gone, at 05:03UTC. Good signal, at an S7. Decent audio for USB mode as well, and on FREQ. It was different.

by ThaDood - Free Radio Logs

Part 15 products from Schlockwood Laboratory? Worth a look! - 5 days ago

Look under Products for the audio processor and AM Monitor. Then, check out under Projects.

by ThaDood - The Workshop

Low-cost RF synthesizer uses generic ICs? - 9 days ago

Boomer and I were talking about what could you use a crystal, that was common in 1980's digital watches, for. Well, this was his answer. Neat!!!!

by ThaDood - The Workshop

Audio/Visual Part 15 Antenna Tuning Indicator? - 13 days ago

Certainly looks simple enough. (Thank you Boomer for FWD that!)

by ThaDood - The Workshop

College Carrier-Current AM stations still on-air? Check out WPPJ! - 26 days ago

and and Unfortunately, none of the TX gear is seen, but from what I've been told, they are running old LPB, Inc., gear. Any of y'all been there? (Boomer!!!! You can ring-in here any time.)

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

Rare, April Sporadic "E" late night on 27MHz, 4/20/2024, 05:30UTC. - 29 days ago

Just when I thought that F2 was done for the night, around 03:00UTC, I was surprised to hear some weak activity on CB's 38LSB on at 01:30UTC. Not talking DX, to to each other, about 3 - 4 "S" unit. Tuned around and heard the Superbowl CH6 hopping, with several stations shouting-out from Illinois. However, it's AM CH28 that caught my interest. At first, thought that to be skip, but it wa

by ThaDood - Other logs

WQVR(AM) Is Granted CP to Use HEBA Antenna at Night. RW rip... - 30 days ago

From Radio World: Well, I think that at least it's intriguing. (THANKS Boomer, for the link!)

by ThaDood - The Workshop

Re: LPFM to Part 15 AM radio translator-like link for Vinyl-thon / Record Store Day? And for 2024 as well! - 4 weeks ago

Uh-huh... Doing it again this year. Possibly more Part 15 AM station participation, with Boomer's WAG AM690AM, and MRAM1500, . Radio Locator WTSQ-LP page is another good-one for INFO on the stream link.

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

1670 AM TIS on-air for recent floods in Etna, PA? - 5 weeks ago

News from Boomer: "Believe it or not, the TIS on 1670 activated recently with real emergency info and not just the loop. It's up the river in Etna PA, far away, but my Kiwi can get it. First time I ever heard them with actual emergency info." Well, that's at least different.

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

West Virginian storms take-out WCHS towers, Tuesday, 4/2/2024! - 6 weeks ago

FWR'ed by Boomer of WAG 690AM. Gee... And I thought that my AM1620 took a hit, where the 9ft copper pipe was ripped off the mounts. BTW, that Array of 580AM WCHS over looks the cities of Dunbar, South Charleston, and Institute, WV. What's weird is that they didn't mention this on their website, but mentioned being off-air, when I tuned-in to the Cross lanes 104.5FM translator, which came back o

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

Re: Radio Survivor #337 podcast, and more. 35,000 Watts, the movie! - 6 weeks ago

Huh... They had a screening for that in semi-close-by Marshall UNI. Now, the other flick? Well, there's a li k for the book on that one. Looks like they are still trying to fund this one.

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

This, must have been a dream-job for many! WHRC-FM 1980's interview. - 7 weeks ago

THANK YOU Boomer for that find! Incedential, I was there, (Port Henry, NY), in 1987, but not to tune-in to this station, it was to buy a Champ T-shirt, the Lake Champlaigne sea monster. And, the station that I was listening to then was the AOR station out of Plattsburg, NY. Almost wish that I've tuned-in to that station now.

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

Japanese QSO on VHF MURS CH1? More than once. - 7 weeks ago

Late Friday night / Saturday morning, around 1:30AM EST, myself and a HAM friend of mine, heard mobile traffic on VHF MURS CH1, 151.820MHz FM. That, in itself is not too unusual, but these dudes were speaking Japanese. One, was using a Baofang HT, due to the recognition of its Roger-Beep. Thinking, that they were on Rt. 64, about 4 miles away is the closest point to me. I heard them on the scanne

by ThaDood - Other logs

Radio Survivor #337 podcast, and more. - 8 weeks ago

They are back, for a new podcast and INFO on two radio flicks coming out, 35,000 Watts, about college radio, and 40 Watts To Nowhere, about a pirate station. Good to know.

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

Long-lost, earliest MS-DOS precursor was discovered in a floppy disk collection? - 2 months ago

I really suck in software, and always have. However, even I thought this interesting. I still remember 12" floppy disks for loading industrial CRT test machines for Toshiba in the late 1980's. I still have 5.25" floppy disks, but nothing to run those on. I do still have 3" diskettes and several DOS and WIN 3.1 softwares. How many pirate, and other station, loggings do you still h

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

OK, here we go with the West Coast CB CH 38LSB, 27.365MHz, '1, 1, 1, 1', jammer. - 2 months ago

Since the beginning of Cycle 25's F2 Propagation, this dude has been heard on the East Coast, most days, for years doing this. (What's he using to cool his finals, and where do I get them?) He certainly doesn't cool tempers over here during the daylight hours, and even about 2 hours after sunset. That does make for an interesting Propagational Beacon, but that's an interest that wears-off with

by ThaDood - Other logs

Why cassette tapes are making a comeback — and it’s not just a fad? - 2 months ago

How many of us still have bins and drawers of cassettes to still go through. Ya know, there's a lot of history recorded all over on cassettes. Like, pirate radio history. Now, what's that cassette company in MO? Oh yeah, this one. Huh... No Metal Tape formulas? At least, you can still buy CrO2. And then, there's this: Seen this coming out of OUTLOOK. Actually, aren't there Open-Reel

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

The Xiegu G90 SDR transceiver woes, but maybe fixes? - 2 months ago

Buying a used Xiegu G90 SDRtransceiver, used for $369.00, from MTC Radio, was a deal that I couldn't ignor. However, with this bare-bones, 20W, SDR HF transceiver being out now for about 6 years, problems are developing with them, including the RF cut-out problem that I had. How did I fix mine? The following is a Copy & Paste e-mail that I had with Tom, WB8ICT, (Whom also has a Xiegu G90.), w

by ThaDood - The Workshop

32 Quartz Crystal Unit Manufacturers in 2024 ? Good! - 2 months ago

I was asking folks, a couple of years back, about the time that Jan Crystal and ICM went bye-bye, about domestic crystal companies. And, by accident I came across the preceding link. Good.

by ThaDood - The Workshop

C-QUAM AM Stereo MOD'ed AM Radio Shack portable, and AM Station semi-tour VID. - 2 months ago

I've seen this before, and can't remember if I've posted it before. But, Boomer reminded me of it. I have a well worn Realistic #12-655 AM portable, from 1975, and it is a very fun portable.

by ThaDood - The Workshop

Bob Heil, K9EID, passes away, 3/1/2024! - 2 months ago

I was wondering why my phone was pinging-away late last night. Now, I know. Never did an actual on-air QSO with him, since everytime he'd put his call out, there would be a swamp of a pile-up. Only e-mailed corresponded. He'll be missed in the Amateur Radio and music realms for sure. Even, a better write-up of him here. Huh... Says here that he passed-away on 2/28/2024.

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

Radio Jay Allen checks-out a Sony ICF-2001 1980 portable! - 3 months ago

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Ya know, after reading Radio Jay's review, it sounds like Sangean later copied Sony with their ATS-803A / Realistic DX-440, with looks, feel, and features. Well, I guess Sangean wanted to use what worked. Just my take...

by ThaDood - The Workshop

AM Radio Tower ripped-off?!?! Crazy... - 3 months ago

HFU posted this earlier, then C2C AM. Talk about a WTF moment.

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

Re: Winter, of Amateur Radio stuff to look forward to? AM Rally, done. - 3 months ago

SAT 2/3/2024: Most of the activity has been on 3885kHz AM. Thus far, done a couple of round-table contacts, until 05:00UTC, when propagation flipped the switch and dropped the 75M band. 40M has been pretty bad as well, where the Big-Guns are coming in like an S5, than the arm-chair S+20/9 and better. W1AW was on around 17:00UTC on 14.297MHz AM, and I made it back to them, there. If there is a CM

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

AM Stereo Fans Must Present a Unified Front? RW rip... - 3 months ago

Well, as long as it's not an emminece front. AM Stereo was a clear case where capitalism failed, and failed miseribly. Where it may have to seccede today is within Open Source, and there are Part 15'ers out there just running with C-QUAM AM Stereo. Is it perfect??? No, but for the most part that format did work, and to a degree, it still does. Today, SDR tech could be the game changer, since

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

What Makes a College Radio Station Work? RW rip... - 3 months ago

Uh-huh... Boomer, found this RW as well.

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

Mix Radio INT? 6882 USB 0222 UTC 28 JAN 2024 - 3 months ago

EDM type mx mix. Heard mention "The Mix", but don't know if that was an ID, or part of mx feat. EDM mix with The Offspring. COMM-like audio quality, no bass. Steady S8 signal. Logged initially as UNID.

by ThaDood - Free Radio Logs

Shortwave 2.0??? Radio World rip... - 3 months ago

RX TEXT messages with shortwave listening? Well, FM stations kind of do that with RDS. Sounds like this could be adapted to domestic Medium Wave Broadcasting as well. Yeah... Boomer came upon this for me.

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

13Q: A Top 40 Radio Story? - 4 months ago

Hey... When AM radio was consider, something. Boomer FWR that to me on 1320Khz in Pittsburgh, PA. A fun read & listen. In contrast, the station that was in my area, WLSV 790AM, just went from the boards, to a CBS Volumax, to STL, and on-air. And, that was it. Some muddy audio there, fo' sure. Enjoy...

by ThaDood - General radio discussion

Using cheap, second-hand, car stereos for high performance DX'ing? You bet!!! - 4 months ago

For decades, I've used cheap, trashed, second-hand, car radios / stereos, for AM and especially FM, DX'ing. Apparently, I'm not the only one doing that. Boomer and I were kicking that idea around and he found that post out there. Well, when you can get a second-hand AC Delco car stereo, for free, with great sensitivity, and especially selectivity, spec's, and be a kick-ass DX'er for using it,

by ThaDood - The Workshop