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iostream.h posted:(like the OMG TEOTWAWKI EMCOMM bullshit) 
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The Greek public broadcaster was suddenly closed down. The employees have been broadcasting on internet TV continue to broadcast on shortwave 9420. http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/voice-of-greece-a13-summer-schedule.html
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Jun 13, 2013 18:20
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Carrying on the theme of shortwave's death rumor has it Radio Australia is done next year. In more positive news famous time ticker WWV/WWVB was featured in Wired celebrating 50 years. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/07/wwvb-time-radio/
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Jul 10, 2013 01:53
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Another shortwave closure of sorts, HAARP is done. Guess this means crazy weather is now left to ..... chance! Sorry conspiracy freaks  http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2013/07/haarp-facility-shuts-down.html
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Jul 16, 2013 17:46
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I really chose the wrong time to get into this.  At least I still have my oldies country AM station.
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Jul 17, 2013 13:44
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Radio Nowhere posted:Another shortwave closure of sorts, HAARP is done. Guess this means crazy weather is now left to ..... chance! Sorry conspiracy freaks It says it's not permanently shuttered. It'll be in operation again later this year with a new contractor. I would be sad to see HAARP go permanently. Regardless of the moronic conspiracy theories, they do a lot of really good research on the properties of the ionosphere there. Very useful for studying things like the effects of geomagnetic storms from solar flares. Fun fact: the vast majority of the work done at HAARP anymore is done by civilian scientists from universities. Very little DOD stuff. It pretty much operates like any government operated observatory, with researches applying for time and funding to use the equipment based on the merit of their research projects.
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Jul 17, 2013 18:15
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Radio Nowhere posted:Carrying on the theme of shortwave's death rumor has it Radio Australia is done next year. In more positive news famous time ticker WWV/WWVB was featured in Wired celebrating 50 years. That article is fascinating and I suggest everyone give it a look! I had no idea that the NIST clock's original purpose was to define a second so they could divvy up/standardize radio frequencies. Thanks for posting that.
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Jul 17, 2013 21:39
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I fly a lot for work and I'm obsessed with listening to air traffic control on my LiveATC app. I had some free time this morning, so I followed the instructions in this article, and using a Ubuntu VM and this dongle, I got everything working! I'm now decoding aircraft transponder transmissions in real time. Well, almost everthing from the article is working - the Google Earth overlay doesn't see to work right. I can see a TON of messages received by the dongle but only one visible aircraft ever shows up in Google Earth. Either way this is totally cool and a lot of fun for $22. I'm an extreme newbie, so pardon my ignorance - I figured this was an appropriate thread for this kind of stuff (since it's kind of SDR) . . . what are some other cool uses for that dongle (it's built on the Realtek RTL2832U chipset)?
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Jul 28, 2013 17:12
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You could pick up a second and listen to trunked radio. Upconverters will let you listen to the ham bands. Direct Sampling mode is a free way to accomplish something similar.
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Jul 28, 2013 22:31
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RIP Monitoring Times http://www.arrl.org/news/em-monitoring-times-em-to-cease-publication
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Aug 5, 2013 19:14
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manero posted:RIP Monitoring Times Like someone stuck in the 20th century I still subscribe. I dropped Popular Communications a few years back because their editing got terrible. Grove is done with their radio store too, wonder if there'll be a good blowout sale?
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Aug 5, 2013 20:31
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Selling my Radio in SA mart: AFEDRI SDR-Net rev.3.0a ( in box )
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Aug 9, 2013 02:14
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Y'all might want to check out the last couple pages of the "Welcome to Nightvale" thread in GBS for a lead on some kickass goon-run pirate shortwave awesomeness. Just sayin'.
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Aug 12, 2013 23:45
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So I'm down in little old NZ and am pretty keen to pick up some DX RTTY/PSK and maybe the odd SSB Voice, I dont have a lot of cash to invest in antennas and whatnot so I was wondering if there is a band I should be aiming for to pick up digital modes like RTTY? Instinct tells me something like 80m would reach me better in the upper north island. I have a decent outside are to string an antenna up so size isn't much of an issue
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Sep 3, 2013 09:04
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AstroZamboni posted:Y'all might want to check out the last couple pages of the "Welcome to Nightvale" thread in GBS for a lead on some kickass goon-run pirate shortwave awesomeness. Have a direct link to it? I am somehow missing it.
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Sep 4, 2013 14:31
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Fog Tripper posted:Have a direct link to it? I am somehow missing it. I'm up to episode 9 and thus far there's a numbers station behind a gas station. I haven't read that whole thread though since I don't want to spoil future episodes.
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Sep 4, 2013 18:12
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Radio Nowhere posted:I'm up to episode 9 and thus far there's a numbers station behind a gas station. I haven't read that whole thread though since I don't want to spoil future episodes. A goon just broadcast some episodes over shortwave, it's nothing in the show itself.
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Sep 6, 2013 04:15
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Swagger Dagger posted:A goon just broadcast some episodes over shortwave, it's nothing in the show itself. I'm planning on broadcasting all of them, and I have a plan that might make it something really, really cool if I can get the new radio set up in time. Keep an eye on the NV thread, I'll post up in here too, just to keep everyone looped in.
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Sep 6, 2013 04:37
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Radio Nowhere posted:I'm up to episode 9 and thus far there's a numbers station behind a gas station. I haven't read that whole thread though since I don't want to spoil future episodes. I just want a link to the thread, dude.
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Sep 6, 2013 04:38
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Fog Tripper posted:I just want a link to the thread, dude.
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Sep 6, 2013 04:42
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So I moved to a new apartment and it turns out that it's wifi saturated. I used to be able to get pretty clear signals on my handheld receiver, but now I can't get anything. This is rather depressing since I've been studying off and on for a ham license. Is there any way that I can cut through the interference? Would it make sense to buy a better receiver/antenna in this situation?
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Sep 22, 2013 04:55
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I was in a similar situation a few years ago. A magnetic loop antenna cuts right through local interference. Link in the OP.
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Sep 22, 2013 07:19
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AstroZamboni posted:I was in a similar situation a few years ago. A magnetic loop antenna cuts right through local interference. Link in the OP. I really should get around to finishing mine. iostream.h posted:Oh poo poo, sorry, here it is! OK, I skimmed through and saw a couple posts talking about SW but only insofar as how great it would be if it SOUNDED like it was on SW. Did I miss a part where someone was going to broadcast it over SW?
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Sep 22, 2013 17:09
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Yes. Yes you did. There's a goon with a "non profit radio" rig who's going to be broadcasting as soon as he has his power supply repaired.
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Sep 23, 2013 01:21
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I bought a satellit 750 in Feb of 2011. Worked great until the last 4 months. I used only the 6 volt adapter until I wanted to take it out on my dad's boat so I installed 4 d cell batteries. When I tried to plug the adapter back into the unit it blinked "low" and showed the 'empty' battery sign. I've used the radio until the batteries died, this morning and when I plug the 6 volt adapter in with no batteries it sill reads "low" and the 'empty' sign. From reading the 1 star reviews, I'm assuming the worst. gently caress. I can send it off to be repaired (I'm sure as poo poo not opening the fucker) or start looking for a new radio. It would seem the majority of shortwave radios have their one star reviews, so I'm looking for some advice. I used it for shortwave, and fm/am. I liked the tuning knob of the satellit, and I liked the backlit screen. Advice/recs? Thanks goons. edit: gently caress, now I've got the 6 volt adapter plugged in, and it won't do anything. I might have to take it apart. Maybe something is loose. An Apple A Gay fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Sep 23, 2013 |
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Sep 23, 2013 16:54
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AstroZamboni posted:Yes. Yes you did. There's a goon with a "non profit radio" rig who's going to be broadcasting as soon as he has his power supply repaired. I haven't forgotten or blown it off, things went a little tits up when I was run over by a utility truck during a bicycle ride recently (I died actually, I just have a series of REALLY clever shell scripts) and threw my timeline off a little bit. My goal is still to broadcast the first episode of Welcome to Night Vale (go now and listen if you have not already, it's loving amazing) on the night of October 1st, at some point near or around 9pm CST (I'm pondering a bit later for the West Coast crew) and do an episode an evening until Halloween at which point I plan on marathoning the remaining episodes with brief breaks between each (to avoid melting down another transceiver). Frequency will be somewhere around 80-40 meters (and probably slightly outside the US Amateur Bandplan). I'm still a little torn between AM or SSB. I'm leaning towards SSB unless someone can provide a compelling reason to go AM.
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Sep 23, 2013 18:29
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iostream.h posted:I'm still a little torn between AM or SSB. I'm leaning towards SSB unless someone can provide a compelling reason to go AM. More capable radios, but much less range. Anyone nerdy enough to tune this in probably has SSB so do that.
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Sep 23, 2013 21:31
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DJ BK posted:I bought a satellit 750 in Feb of 2011. Worked great until the last 4 months. I used only the 6 volt adapter until I wanted to take it out on my dad's boat so I installed 4 d cell batteries. When I tried to plug the adapter back into the unit it blinked "low" and showed the 'empty' battery sign. I've used the radio until the batteries died, this morning and when I plug the 6 volt adapter in with no batteries it sill reads "low" and the 'empty' sign. From reading the 1 star reviews, I'm assuming the worst. gently caress. I can send it off to be repaired (I'm sure as poo poo not opening the fucker) or start looking for a new radio. It would seem the majority of shortwave radios have their one star reviews, so I'm looking for some advice. I used it for shortwave, and fm/am. I liked the tuning knob of the satellit, and I liked the backlit screen. Advice/recs? Thanks goons. Either a loose wire internally or a bad power adapter. Don't be afraid to open it up and see, just be careful not to damage anything. I thought my E5 was bricked until I opened it up and found a single loose wire. 5 minutes of soldering and it was working fine.
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Sep 23, 2013 22:30
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AstroZamboni posted:Yes. Yes you did. There's a goon with a "non profit radio" rig who's going to be broadcasting as soon as he has his power supply repaired. Oh hey spiffy. iostream.h posted:That's me!  Will try to find it this evening.edit: if I can remember how to tune this thing.
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Oct 2, 2013 23:27
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Fog Tripper posted:Oh hey spiffy.  Look at the last page or two of the WtNV thread for more details.
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Oct 2, 2013 23:54
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iostream.h posted:shall be broadcast slightly below 3.5MHZ on LSB. When you say slightly... are we talking anywhere between 3.4 and 3.5?
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Oct 3, 2013 00:07
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Fog Tripper posted:When you say slightly... are we talking anywhere between 3.4 and 3.5? I'm being vague because I'd rather not promise a specific frequency and have it occupied by something/someone and then have people wondering. I DID (and will continue to) spend several minutes rambling on before queuing up the program, to give people time to tune in and get settled. I may or may not have had some Earwicker tunes in the background for those in the know...
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Oct 3, 2013 00:53
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Good enough. Just hope I can receive out here in the upper sticks of Utah. Storm front coming through over the next day.
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Oct 3, 2013 00:56
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Fog Tripper posted:Good enough. Just hope I can receive out here in the upper sticks of Utah. Storm front coming through over the next day. I'm actually enjoying this a lot, especially the prep work, I can TOTALLY see myself doing this again next year, preferably with more power and a much better antenna. This year, for a number of reasons it was really a shoestring budget.
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Oct 3, 2013 01:07
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iostream.h posted:30 days left! Send any signal (or non-signal) reports to iostream.header at gee male and I'll make what adjustments I can! I keep forgetting to tune in every night. Will catch up via podcast for what I miss.
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Oct 4, 2013 17:46
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Fog Tripper posted:I keep forgetting to tune in every night. I decided to play Leonard Cohen 'Everybody Knows' at the beginning of tonight's airing since, let's be honest, 'Pump Up the Volume' was a huge HUGE movie for me when I was a kid.
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Oct 4, 2013 22:32
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iostream.h posted:I decided to play Leonard Cohen 'Everybody Knows' at the beginning of tonight's airing since, let's be honest, 'Pump Up the Volume' was a huge HUGE movie for me when I was a kid. I could kiss you for this. Believe it or not, my family has good reason to believe that Pump Up the Volume was based on a real pirate station that was operated by a high school student in Phoenix in 1971. Specifically... My father. My dad ran a pirate station with a shockingly similar format out of his bedroom when he was 17. Among his devoted listeners was an artist named Robert Longo who would later go on to write and direct the film "Johnny Mnemonic" and was allegedly a frequent collaborator with the writer of "Pump up the Volume." My grandparents eventually got the ol' FCC knock. My dad got a beating when they found out why the power bill was so high. I haven't had a chance to tune in yet, but I'll be trying tonight. I'll be listening for the Rabbi Cohen.
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Oct 4, 2013 23:26
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Crossposting from the Ham radio thread: For all the SWL's who also operate, I'm finally set up on Echolink for realsies, so if anyone wants to chit chat, I can be reached at KF7JKA. Come give me a ring!
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Oct 7, 2013 00:06
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I just wanted to pop in and say that I am glad that my music is being broadcast by some kind of pirate shortwave radio goon. My dad is a hardcore ham radio guy (he's AA6YQ, who some of you might know as the creator of DXLab) and I'm sure he'd be proud since it's the most ham radio related thing that I've been tangentially involved in since I let my own license lapse sometime in the mid 90's
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Earwicker posted:I just wanted to pop in and say that I am glad that my music is being broadcast by some kind of pirate shortwave radio goon. I've gotten some good feedback from lots more people than I expected (at this point I'm pretty sure my little secret is 'out there') and a fair amount saying that I can't be heard so, I'm always trying to improve my antenna system and get out farther and clearer.
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