Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Single-Hop Propagation

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I'm about to hop the pond for 2 weeks in London. This blog will probably be pretty slow until I get back.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

That QRN Was A Solar Burst

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Remember sunspots? They were quite the thing about 10 years ago, then they seemed to go away on an extended vacation. A couple of days ba...

10255 Vietnamese Numbers Continue Daily

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The Vietnamese numbers station on 10255 has settled into something of a routine. First callup is usually right at 1558 UTC. Perhaps someon...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

RSGB Challenges UK Ofcom Regarding Home Powerline Telecom

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For the first time, the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) has directly challenged the UK's Office of Communication (Ofcom), regardin...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Passport to World Band Radio to Shut Down Web Site

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2009 was the last edition of Larry Magne's excellent Passport to World Band Radio series of books. This highly respected publication la...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

EasyPal Issue Resolved As Norton False Positive

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After talking to knowledgeable people on the digital SSTV group, I have decided that the "virus" detected by Norton is a legitimat...
Monday, March 15, 2010

Possible Issue With EasyPal

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Some people might have noticed that the glowing review of the EasyPal software has been deleted from this blog. This is because of various s...
Thursday, March 11, 2010

More 2010 SDR Hits #3

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WebSDR at U. of Twente, Netherlands: 3579.1 CW DARC Propagation Beacon: "DK0WCY BEACON 1/11/N/N," and into long space weather bu...

More 2010 SDR Hits #2

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WebSDR at U. of Twente, Netherlands: 491.1 CW WNY NDB 02/06/10 0512 492.0 MCW TBV NDB, Trebova, Czech Republic 01/21/10 0450 494.0...

More 2010 SDR Hits #1

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Using the WebSDR at U. of Twente, Netherlands: 468.0 MCW FTZ NDB, Fritzlar, Germany, ID and tones 01/22/10 0658 473.0 MCW FHA NDB, Fre...

Getting to Bletchley Park

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Bletchley Park, as most utility people already know, is a museum at the preserved historical site where ENIGMA and other German encryption s...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010

New Vietnamese Numbers Station on 10255!

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A new "numbers" station has begun regular broadcasting on 10255 kHz USB at approximately 1600 UTC. Transmissions are in Vietnamese...
Saturday, February 27, 2010

Northwest/ Delta Oddity Continues On Air

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The merger between Northwest and Delta Airlines was completed on January 31, 2010. Delta is the surviving company. A few days ago, the fo...

Tsunami Expected in Hawaii 1105 AM HST

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Pacific Tsunami Warning Center : BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 15 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 844 AM HST SAT FEB 27 2...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Shouldn't We Have Had This Discussion Before We Defunded eLORAN?

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BBC News : Sat-nav systems under increasing threat from 'jammers' By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News Technolo...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

1800 UTC Fishery Fax Confirmed JFX

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Every day at 1800 UTC, a fax is sent over the Japanese Fishery frequency of 8658.0 kHz. Others have been able to identify this transmission ...

Weather Iffy for Sunday Night STS-130 Landing

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NASA: Weather permitting, Endeavour is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center's shuttle landing facility at 10:20 p.m. EST. The STS-1...
Thursday, February 11, 2010

SDO Launches Successfully

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NASA: The SDO spacecraft is in good shape midway through the launch phase that will eventually place it in an elongated orbit reaching more ...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Shuttle Docks; SDO Scrubs

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You know about the shuttle already, so let's get to SDO, the Solar Dynamics Observatory. This payload's been awaiting launch forever...
Monday, February 08, 2010

Loran-C Is Gone (at least in southern CONUS)

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The Loran-C navigational chain that has burned up 100 kHz on the US West Coast since the late 1950s is off the air. The switch was pulled s...