20 APR 2011, 0200 UTC
041911-205423[1]
Daytime Shortwave on a Back of Set Whip?
Why not?
Local/UTC
1228/1628 9480 khz Religious Programming WTWW
1230/1630 9840 khz Religious Programming KAIJ
1235/1635 9330 khz Good Friends Radio Network WBCQ
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China Radio International
On 6020khz, at approx 0140 UTC, I got the sports report from CRI. I let it record for about 5 minutes. Here’s a taste:
CRI Sports
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6175 khz
I pulled this in @ 0147 UTC on 6175 khz. It could be Voice of Vietnam.
040911-204803[1]
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Recording using Mp3 player
In one of yesterday’s post I mentioned I was on the lookout for a hardware/software recording solution for SWL and scanner listening. Well, it turns out I had something here that works brilliantly. For Christmas this year I received a Sansa Clip+. In addition to being an outstanding portable audio player (with support for WMA, OGG and FLAC, plus available open source firmware like Rockbox) it has an excellent voice recorder on it. Everything is recorded in uncompressed WAV formatting, so it can cleaned up and tuned to the hearts content. Be on the look out for future logs containing captured audio!
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SanDisk Sansa Clip+ 8 GB MP3 Player (Black)
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“Baton” Commando Solo?
On 5-APR-2011 for a brief instant at 1841 local time, the scanner stopped on 395.1mhz and the words “21 cans of fuel” were heard. I hit manual on the scanner to stay parked there, but heard nothing else, and no noise broke squelch. AFAIK the only unit close to me on that freq is the PA ANG 193rd Special Operations Wing (last known call sign – “Baton”) flying the EC-130J Commando Solo out of Harrisburg International Airport (KMDT). These are birds are for information operations, psychological operations and civil affairs broadcasts, and were in the news recently for info ops above Libya.
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PA ANG 193rd Special Operations Wing
Listen: Secret Libya Psyops, Caught by Online Sleuths
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Software Recommendations
I’m looking for an easy to use SWL logging program with an audio recorder, or separate recording software with auto time stamping. I’d like to use it for both VHF/UHF and HF/SWL. Keep in mind I’ve only got a G6, a Pro-163, and a Pro-164, so I don’t need anything too fancy. VOX would be nice for the scanners, but obviously won’t work to well on the G6.
The alternative to software recording is a handheld recorder. Any preferred picks?
An Hour (or two) with my G6
A few months ago I “acquired” a Grundig G6 Aviator Buzz Aldrin Edition. The FM broadcast is average at best, the aviation band; god awful, but the shortwave and AM broadcast bands are pretty sweet. As I discovered though, there can be too much of a good thing. I live in Drexel Hill, PA. Right next to Philly, and I thought it was a good idea to get a small wind-up antenna. Well it turns out that that works fine when I take this bugger “down the shore” as they say, but around here it means I’m stuck with nothing but noise. But, the whip on the back of this little thing is perfect here. So, once a week I’d like to spend an hour or so hitting the auto search function just to see what happens. Here’s the latest:
Time is Local/UTC
4/7/2011 2300/0300 3215khz Religious then crazy conspiracy
4/7/2011 2343/0343 3330khz Time (CHU)
4/7/2011 2346/0346 4840khz President causing earthquakes, must remove president, ad for Alex Jones non-hybrid seeds
4/7/2011 2348/0348 5025khz Spanish? Football match?
4/7/2011 2352/0352 5040khz Spanish? Music, more speaking,
4/7/2011 2354/0354 5050khz English broadcast about shortwave stations, propogation etc. World of Radio number 1159 produced Apr 7, asked to retune to 3185
4/8/2011 0001/0401 5755khz Jordan river-baptisms, Israel pilgrims, I’m Russ Jones, news of storms in Georgia Miss Tenn, American Family News, Ed Smith, Coffee Time, Cash-That Old Wheel
4/8/2011 0002/0402 5810khz Spanish Religious
4/8/2011 0005/0405 5885khz data/digital?
4/8/2011 0007/0407 5890khz Not dinosaur bones, can’t prove it, are no, never were. Telling you a lie! There weren’t no dinosaurs. God did not create dinosaurs.
4/8/2011 0009/0409 5935khz religious programming
4/8/2011 0010/0411 5960khz an asian language program with callers
4/8/2011 0012/0412 5985khz call in religious programming dude that sounds like Milton Waddams from Office Space
4/8/2011 0016/0416 6000khz Latin accented English news soccer
4/8/2011 0017/0417 6020khz Sports- Chinese vs American athletes basketball, table tennis, host Asian accented English
4/8/2011 0020/0420 6030khz Spanish? Then stock music cuts like commercial or news cast
4/8/2011 0022/0422 6060khz Spanish broadcast
4/8/2011 0023/0423 6080khz same as 6020 khz of same time
4/8/2011 0024/0424 6090khz religious teaching a class writing on blackboard
4/8/2011 0026/0426 6125khz Spanish? Beeping noise on top
4/8/2011 0027/0427 6175khz Jazz
4/8/2011 0028/0428 6180khz News about discrimination against Roma
4/8/2011 0029/0429 6340khz data/digital?
4/8/2011 0030/0430 6385khz data/digital?
4/8/2011 0032/0432 6425khz data/digital?
4/8/2011 0034/0434 ~6490khz data/digital?
4/8/2011 0037/0437 7295khz Arabic/Farsi? chanting/prayer
4/8/2011 0039/0439 7455khz data/digital?
4/8/2011 0041/0441 9355khz Music horns, then piano with Spanish?
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Grundig G6 Aviator Buzz Aldrin Edition AM/FM, Aircraft band and Shortwave Radio, Black
