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Shortwave radio enthusiasts.
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(OT) Did You Receive Your PRE Census Notification Letter?
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Monday I received a letter from the US Census Bureau telling me I willl receive another letter in about one week. Mailed first class, printed in 5 languages and sent to 120 million households. Minnesota Public Radio’s Bob Collins did the math and came up with these numbers: "There were 105,480,101 households in 2000. At 500 sheets of paper... más »
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Bill O' Reilly More Advi
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The power establishments favorite errand boy Bill O' Reilly was on the radio today enthusiastically gushing how wonderful and necessary a national identity card for every American is. This is coming from the same flunkie who fanatically promoted the illegal invasion of Iraq because "it's essential...Saddam has WMD's...... más »
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Dx logs - 3/11/2010 0200-0300utc 25 & 31 meters mostly
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3/11/2010 0220-0300utc Location: Leesville, SC Radio: Grundig G5 off the whip only Mostly 25 and 31 meter scan Anyone know what Radio Republica is about? Does it target Cuba? 9265 - WINB in English, preacher 9400 - BULGARIA in Spanish 9410 - TURKEY in Spanish (fading) 9420 - GREECE in Greek (lot of music)... más »
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6925 USB started 2330UT
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Drake R8B FS
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I have an excellent condition Drake r8B FS its been boxed for the last 5 years. I did test on the service monitor and used it for a week to check it out. performs as new. I am the original owner and bought it from Universal back when they announced they were going to D/c the units. I had a spinner knob put on it. That's the only mod Universal put the VHF... más »
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Dx logs - 3/9/10 0400-0500utc
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0400-0500utc logs Grundig G6 using 25 foot wire antenna location: Leesville, SC If not stated, English language. 4840 - WWCR, Alex Jones. good signal 5025 - CUBA, Radio Rebelde (spanish) very good 5045 - BRAZIL, Radio Cultura (portugese) fair 5755 - WTWW, Pete Peters, good signal 5865 - ALGERIA, arabic prayers, fair signal... más »
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Texe Marrs & Alex Jones
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Listened to Texe Marrs on WWCR Sunday evening. His guest for the full hour was Alex Jones whom Mr. Marrs praised profusely throughout the program. I found this surprising considering Mr. Marrs virulent dislike and suspicion of Jews. Isn't Alex Jone's wife Jewish? Just wondering.
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PING: Dave R. re: Elecraft K3
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Hey, Dave, thanks for bringing up the Elecraft K3 (I'm sure my wife will thank you as well ;-) I just read the Receiver Topics section of the page, and I can hardly believe my eyes. It looks like a RX dream come true, even the XMTR notwithstanding. I just have two questions - As I understand it, once in awhile it is... más »
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Radio Australia, missing transmissions
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Both last night (March 8, 8:00 UTC and later) and the night before Radio Australia seems to be two transmitters short. Missing were the transmissions on 9590 kHz (8:00 UTC to 16:00?) and 9580 kHz (8:00 to 14:00), 7240 kHz (14:00-17:00?). Also not heard was the earlier transmission on 9660 kHz and perhaps... más »
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