The 30 meter band is pretty dead right now, so I thought I’d use the general coverage capability of my ICOM IC-735 to do a little shortwave listening. The first thing I did was tune down to 10 MHz to get the time from WWV. Not only did I hear WWV, but some SSB station with the operator saying over and over, “Mirando, mirando.”
Then, in tuning back up to the 30m band, I came across some music on 10.085 MHz. I listened to ragtime piano music for about 15 minutes until 0130Z, when an announcer came on and in English gave a station ID. Unfortunately, the station was not strong enough to actually copy the ID.
Now, they’re giving some news, but the noise is so bad, that I can’t really copy it. I’m just getting snippets. For example, they gave a weather report, but before I could figure out the location, the signal faded out again. Even Google searches on 10085 kHz and 10.085 MHz don’t turn up any information.
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