It's also not on a coast and doesn't have a directional antenna. Put a similar receiving station in a coastal location in Europe we might be talking.
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I think I may be hearing something on 1130, although I have to use a narrow bandwidth and even then the splatter from 1125 is almost killing it. There are several carriers visible on 10k intervals, but other than this one, no trace of any chance of audio yet, mostly due to splatter.
That receiver in Northern Ireland on global tuners a few years back picked up tons of stuff from North America. Many of us really enjoyed using that receiver.
Anybody know of anything currently available over there that has similar ability to DX North America very well?
With MW DX season upon us it sure would be great to find another receiver like that one.
It's 8:11 Eastern on Friday.
1350 Khz station playing non-stop disco, with recorded female repeating this i.d. between cuts, "I am radio. Medium Wave. I am radio". A recorded male does and i.d. toh and at the half hour. Couldn't catch that i.d. as the station was in deep fade.
Moderate to excellent signal subject to some deep fading & nothing else on the frequency.
Must be a pirate.
1350 Khz station playing non-stop disco, with recorded female repeating this i.d. between cuts, "I am radio. Medium Wave. I am radio". A recorded male does and i.d. toh and at the half hour. Couldn't catch that i.d. as the station was in deep fade.
Moderate to excellent signal subject to some deep fading & nothing else on the frequency.
Must be a pirate.
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I'm getting the "I Am Radio, Mediumwave" station. There are a bunch of 100 watt LPAMs in Great Britain listed, not sure any of them makes sense. I'm not sure I'd call this music disco though. If it's 100 watts or a pirate it's a pretty good signal. I asked in the chatbox, not a particularly friendly bunch there so we'll see if anyone knows
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rbrucecarter5
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I was seeing a waterfall trace on 840 - so perhaps WHAS was trying to make an appearance!
A couple times when I checked out the receiver (during night across the Atlantic), I was seeing carrier traces on quite a few divisible-by-10 frequencies. The only one I had any trace of audio on, though, was 1130 the other night, and that only briefly, with the bandwidth set too narrow for it to be intelligible, due to adjacent stations. (I could tell that the audio on 1130 was different than 1125 or 1134, though.)
That might make sense. On receivers that I've listened to in the past in the UK, WBBR was quite often the strongest North American signal over there.
I'm listening right now (10:50am PDT, 5:50am UTC), and am hearing weak male speech on 600.
Will go and check some other frequencies.
I also think I have a trace of audio on 840, but I can only hear it when I have the bandwidth set really narrow (in AM mode), like 1.6 kHz.
There's also a weak carrier trace on 1400, but no chance at audio, unless someone knows how to pull it out?
I also saw a few glimpses of carrier traces on 1560 but I'm not quite sure if it was my imagination or if there was something trying to break through...
Will go and check some other frequencies.
I also think I have a trace of audio on 840, but I can only hear it when I have the bandwidth set really narrow (in AM mode), like 1.6 kHz.
There's also a weak carrier trace on 1400, but no chance at audio, unless someone knows how to pull it out?
I also saw a few glimpses of carrier traces on 1560 but I'm not quite sure if it was my imagination or if there was something trying to break through...
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Sure wish the Atlantic DX or some other trans Atlantic receiver were around now with prime time MW DX season coming.
So I've been trying to compile a list of what's audible on LW and MW daytime on that receiver ...
And there's a few stations I'm hearing now that I didn't hear a few days ago (from my logs), and there's a few stations logged earlier this week that aren't audible now. Both times I was checking between 10am and 3pm at the receiving site.
Here's a link to a spreadsheet I put up on Google Docs.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DUUsjVcQQjFKFELlT3dMR6G5UOlDY_AAhQJ_aNAIXEk/edit?usp=sharing
Any assistance (I've allowed comments even if you're not logged in) in ID'ing stations, whether I can't decide between one or another station, or especially ID'ing the weak ones whose fleeting carrier traces are barely visible, would be welcomed, as well as correcting wrong logs. I'm only interested in daytime reception for this spreadsheet, btw.
And there's a few stations I'm hearing now that I didn't hear a few days ago (from my logs), and there's a few stations logged earlier this week that aren't audible now. Both times I was checking between 10am and 3pm at the receiving site.
Here's a link to a spreadsheet I put up on Google Docs.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DUUsjVcQQjFKFELlT3dMR6G5UOlDY_AAhQJ_aNAIXEk/edit?usp=sharing
Any assistance (I've allowed comments even if you're not logged in) in ID'ing stations, whether I can't decide between one or another station, or especially ID'ing the weak ones whose fleeting carrier traces are barely visible, would be welcomed, as well as correcting wrong logs. I'm only interested in daytime reception for this spreadsheet, btw.
You're right. Seemed like a lot of eighties and nineties music including disco and hip-hop.
I read on Ydun's Medium Wave Site that Italy is currently testing a new high-power transmitter on this frequency.
"ITALY
We are testing an high power transmitter in Italy on 1350 kHz from 1500 to 0000 UTC, please report to [email protected]
Special eQSL for Studio DX program #583 tonight....
Many thanks, Roberto Scaglione http://www.studiodx.net via mwdx yg (29/8-2014)"
Maybe them?
EST 5:56 PM Sunday
Pirates are alive and well in Europe.
I've read that their a quite a few Dutch pirates that broadcast just above the MW frequencies. Right now, a strong signal on 1647 playing polkas and Dutch music, with an monotone female announcer occasionally popping in. Unceremoniously and abruptly off at 6:01 PM. Several more are on shortwave.
A much weaker signal on 1611 with vocals and music sounding very ethnic. Maybe not Dutch.
I'm also listening to Laser Hot Hits from the UK on 6205, featuring Gary Drew's Pirates Revisited show. Laser is currently also on 4026 with a weaker signal. I assume more than one location. I have no idea if this station is licensed, but they do have a website and their presenters have contact information.
http://www.laserhothits.co.uk/
Pirates are alive and well in Europe.
I've read that their a quite a few Dutch pirates that broadcast just above the MW frequencies. Right now, a strong signal on 1647 playing polkas and Dutch music, with an monotone female announcer occasionally popping in. Unceremoniously and abruptly off at 6:01 PM. Several more are on shortwave.
A much weaker signal on 1611 with vocals and music sounding very ethnic. Maybe not Dutch.
I'm also listening to Laser Hot Hits from the UK on 6205, featuring Gary Drew's Pirates Revisited show. Laser is currently also on 4026 with a weaker signal. I assume more than one location. I have no idea if this station is licensed, but they do have a website and their presenters have contact information.
http://www.laserhothits.co.uk/
Laser Hot Hits is currently being relayed by "Radio Magic International" on 6205 (presumably a pirate). Regardless, 6205 has been blasting into Michigan during the evenings here. No remote receiver needed
Solid copy right now at 0057 UTC with pop music. 4026 not so much..11:46 PM on Saturday Oct 11
1130 Khz WBBR briefly audible, and fading in and out. I.D.'d by webcast stream.
12:00 AM on Saturday Oct 11
930 Khz Music just above the threshold. Canada? The New Brunswick station's night signal doesn't favor Europe. Definitely a frequency to look for late at night as it has weak stations left and right.
1130 Khz WBBR briefly audible, and fading in and out. I.D.'d by webcast stream.
12:00 AM on Saturday Oct 11
930 Khz Music just above the threshold. Canada? The New Brunswick station's night signal doesn't favor Europe. Definitely a frequency to look for late at night as it has weak stations left and right.
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Cool. I remember picking up some British DX magazines at Dayton Hamvention in the early 2000s and apparently there were a couple of loggings of 1510 in Boston in the U.K. Must have a pattern designed for fish. I've checked a couple of times.
I didn't hear our "I Am Radio. Mediumwave. I Am Radio" friends (or anything) on 1350 the other night
I didn't hear our "I Am Radio. Mediumwave. I Am Radio" friends (or anything) on 1350 the other night
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kenglish
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Anybody hear 820 KHz from Salt lake City?
I'm never near the computer at night, but we used to get Reception Reports from Scandinavia all the time.
I guess I need a chance to check it out during a good dark path.
I'm never near the computer at night, but we used to get Reception Reports from Scandinavia all the time.
I guess I need a chance to check it out during a good dark path.
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