[Lowfer] A HiFER post from elsewhere....

[KD7JYK DM09]

"UNIDENTIFIED. 13560.5, May 9 at 1229, JBA signal with music, fading in and 
out, mostly out, announcement then in that exaggerated style of 
old-time-radio. Brief interruption by a much stronger AM signal slightly off 
to cause a het, sounds like a CBer remarking about what he`s heard. 
Fortunately nothing more heard from him. (Worth noting that twice this 
frequency would be in the CB, 27121.) I keep straining to hear something 
identifiable; 1237 CODAR starts up, twice per second pulses, weak but plenty 
QRM in this case; it comes and goes too. 1242 brief fade-up sounds like an 
OTR drama, M&W dialog also with exaggerated dixion of the era. No laughs 
audible, so maybe not comedy with studio audience or enhancement. At 1254 
with FRG-7 BFO warmed up, I compare the frequency to whatever is on 1560, 
and get a pitch close to C#5 on my keyboard, i.e. 554 Hz; but earlier 
stepping 13560-13561 on the YB-400, seemed like the unID was a tad closer to 
13560. CODAR
 stronger at 1259, and after no ID, no signal audible at ToH, I give up for 
now and go to breakfast.

Propagation is so poor on this band, that I doubt it could be from beyond 
North America. Surely the same pirate I heard previously at a very different 
time, and for those who missed it, here`s that complete log again from DXLD 
14-17:

``UNIDENTIFIED. 13560.7-AM approx., April 18 at 0520 I encounter some
kind of broadcast with unreadable talk, not sure if English, and some
music fading in and out; very poor signal and also vs CODAR. First I
check to be sure it`s not // local KCRC 1390 somehow overloading or
mixing; 0528 a little better with ``Columbia Broadcasting System`` ID
for some program ``every Sunday night``, so it`s old-time-radio, ad
for something about Adam? 0532 for Adler`s Elevator Shoes, making a
man seem two inches taller, as he has every right to appear! 0533
``The 1920`s Radio Network presents: `The Inner Sanctum``` and into
that classic show. By 0535 it`s a little stronger.

Meanwhile I am figuring out possible fundamentals if this be an
harmonic: Not heard on 6780, 4520 or 3390. No longer heard a bit
before next check 0600. So anyhow, appears to be a pirate, probably in
North America, tho legit signals from Europe to Australia are
propagating on the 22m band. Searching freeradiocafe and hfunderground
gets zero hits on 13560; nor do I find any recent logs on that
frequency in DXLD archives.

Amid the log I did hear an ID for the 1920s Radio Network, and its
program grid #2
http://www.the1920snetwork.com/grid/index.html
does show `Inner Sanctum` M-F at 1-2 am, presumably EDT, as the
service originates with public radio WHRO in Virginia. It`s online and
available for relay anywhere, but I don`t find any real radio
affiliate list as it`s mainly a streaming service. It so happens there
is only one even MW frequency which could produce a harmonic on 13560,
and that is 1130 x 12, extremely unlikely, less likely than a pirate
(Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1718, DX LISTENING DIGEST)``

Since then I have seen zero other logs of any pirate on 13560, so now I 
search again: zero hits on 13560 or 13.560 at the fiery 
http://freeradiocafe.com At http://www.hfunderground.com there are some 
hits, but all about ditters and beeps. It would be helpful if others would 
pay attention to 13560 any time of the day or night.

The 1920s Radio Network grid #2 shows the M-F 8:30 am (ET) show is `Curtain 
Time`; grid #1 shows ``20s-40s`` all morning, evidently referring to music 
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. Re my two reports of oldtime radio on 13560+, Harry Smith 
replies, ``Hi Glenn, It could possibly be a FCC Part 15 station on 13.560 
MHz in the U.S. A certain amount of r.f. radiated power is legally allowed 
on that frequency, though it is originally intended for such uses as RFID. 
Because that frequency is used for RFID, it is relatively easy to modify 
parts and equipment to get a signal on 13.560 MHz``

Frequent chex since then have sometimes found `hash` around the frequency, 
could be local, or maybe real RF IDing? (Glenn Hauser, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

UNIDENTIFIED. 13560.68 approx., May 14 at 0122, JBA AM carrier with spoken 
programming, vs CODAR and much stronger hash on the lo side, so best heard 
in USB mode. Just too weak, but the third time this has shown up here, the 
last two with old-time radio shows. Could be someone`s part-15 device for 
his own use; or a pirate?

BTW, when I`m DXing in the 01-02 UT period, I always check for pirates on 
the 6.9 MHz band, but mostly don`t hear any there. When I do, I surely 
report those logs (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)"