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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: Buccaneer on November 12, 2023, 1540 UTC
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S3 with QSB. Playing Beatles.
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1544 Hey Jude, SIO 333
1554 Eight Days A Week. SIO 222 now.
1606 WREC ID. SIO 333?
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1555: Very weak and in the noise, sounds like Eight Days a Week by the Beatles.
1600: Can't Buy Me Love by The Beatles.
1605: Yesterday by The Beatles. Followed by what sounded like "this is WREC".
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Frequency: 6950
Mode: USB
Date:12 NOV 2023
Time:1540 - 1605
SIO: 444
1540 - The Beatles music
Thanks for the broadcast. PSE e-QSL to bad_fish@hotmail.com and a Sammy Adams to you.
https://voca.ro/1iLrSJlyUsWn
Getting ready to watch the Patriots game afternoon game with a case of Sam Adam's. Can you plays some Cars. Can't wait for the 3:30 PM game.
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1617 ID WREC, S9 at peaks into a parody song.
1623 "The Man Who Sold The World" from Nirvana Unplugged.
1626 ID into "When I Come Around" by Green Day.
1631 Phone calls into music.
1647 Electronica type song.
1649 Van Halen "Little Guitars".
2130 Still there at S9.
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6950 USB 12 Nov 16:18 UTC SINPO 45454 in Milford
16:18 "Living in the fridge" by Weird Al Yankovic
16:21 ID, "The man who sold the world" by Nirvana,
16:26 ID, "When I come around" by Green Day
16:29 ID, postal address, talk by phone,
16:34 "Come out and play" by Offspring
16:37 "Polka your eyes out" by Weird Al Yankovic
16:42 ID, "Basket case" by Green Day
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1647 UTC
S8
Circus music loop
Station ID--1648 UTC
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S-7/8
1650 - "Little Guitars" - Van Halen
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SINPO=24222
1658- Spoof ad for crazy pencil caps.
1658- Spoof ad for "America In Line" abusive internet and email service.
1659- Spoof ad for something exercise related.
1700- OM IDs station and gives Belfast NY and Blue Ridge PA mail drop addresses.
1701- "Hard To Handle" by The Black Crowes.
SINPO=34333 now
1705- Spoof ad for "America In Line" ad again.
1706- Spoof ad for "Liar Liar" movie featuring Bill Clinton.
1707- Spoof ad for $10 hair cuts at drive-through.
1707- OM IDs station.
1708- Spoof ad for a show called "Sister's Sister Sister, etc."
1709- Spoof ad for "America In Line" ad again.
1710- OM IDs station and gives Belfast NY and Blue Ridge PA mail drop addresses.
1711- Spoof ad for air freshener.
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1707 getting it at W3HFU kiwi SDR (120' T2FD) with a good SIO 444 signal. Thanks for the show.
1708 WREC ID
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1909 QRT just a break? Apparently an interval
1910 "The following has been approved by the FCC" I'm sure. ;D
1911 Yo ho ho, a pirate's life for me
1912 "Spoonman" Soundgarden
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2000 still on, still strong at W3HFU kiwi SDR in MD
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2108 "A Day in the Life" The Beatles
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2212 "Terminal Preppie" Dead Kennedys into skit
2214 "This concludes this anniversary broadcast" etc with old fashioned mail drop address. Will see if this is actually the end....
2215 circus music and apparent clown voice, not always able to make out what's being said.
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2302 seems to be really, truly QRT. Thanks for the epic show!
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I’m testing my new WREC 3.0 audio chain this afternoon with old Radio Free East Coast 1990s era shows on trusty old fashioned cassette tapes. :) Thanks for listening and any audio quality comments are welcome! 🤗
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1730 WREC doing well here with classic sows from the past! S9 +
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1820 UTC "The following pirate radio program has been approved by the FCC" ;D
(S8 peaks with excellent USB audio)
1821 UTC Circus theme Interval Signal, followed by "It's A Pirate's Life For Me"
1822 UTC OM with ID, followed by unid punk rock tune
1842 UTC "Sunburn"-OM singer with great parody of the late Gordon Lightfoots "Sundown"
2010 UTC PJ and Miss Kitty in the studio talking about the Crystal (Crisco?) Kid
2050 UTC PJ live on the microphone with shoutouts to HFU posters...thanks!
2300 UTC OFF
Thanks for the marathon!
Here's a snapshot of 3 seconds of audio and the associated frequency analysis in Audacity during a song
(https://i.imgur.com/iQEC8LM.jpg)
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Still going strong here at 1830 UTC. Signal strength is S7 here, fairly low noise, about 3kHz wide.
Been listening for about an hour. Heard the Belfast maildrop address at 1835. Show probably circa 1996-1998 based on Pamela Anderson Baywatch references and playlist.
Thanks for the broadcast.
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S3 playing comedy programming and parody songs.
1835 UTC VanHalen Summer Nights
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@Skipmuck Thanks for that OM! I can always count on you guy
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I’m testing my new WREC 3.0 audio chain this afternoon with old Radio Free East Coast 1990s era shows on trusty old fashioned cassette tapes. :) Thanks for listening and any audio quality comments are welcome! 🤗
1912 solid S7 and good audio quality for USB. Got to say the comedy parody's are funny!
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1934 UTC - Amish music show spoof. S6 signal here this afternoon.
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S9 in Boston - banter between DJ Sparx and his XYL?
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2022 UTC just tuned in to hear a man and young lady talking.
2029 UTC Dj Sparks & Miss Kitty with station id.
S 3 to 5 with moderate noise with noise reduction on, thanks for the show, pls qsl and thanks.
Audio quality: https://voca.ro/1GQ4Xcpv0nC4
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2037 heard the explanation for the WREC name and the announcers name it's not DJ Sparx it's "PJ Sparx".
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2042utc SIO222direct
Miss kitty and the news
2110utc signal got better
2120utc band on the run
Thanks for show
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Miss Kitty and myself are thankful for all the posts! ;D Keep on listening please 🙏
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I have with a Good signal. PJ Sparks just gave ID and history of WREC. Thanks for the show.
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Heard at 2212 UTC in Cappahayden, Newfoundland. Good signal, but a lot of propagational noise
2106 UTC "Teenager in Love"
2211 UTC. Pitch to join ACE.
2212 UTC. Free East Coast Radio ID, reports to POB 1 Belfast NY, with three first class stamps.
WREC at WRECradio@aol.com
2219 UTC. "Pirate's Life for Me"
Jim Renfrew
DXing from Cappahayden, NL, Canada
WellBrook Loop, Perseus SDR
PSE QSL jim(dot)renfrew(at)Gmail(dot)com
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Finally had a chance to upload my off-air recording of this broadcast from yesterday. It's about 5 hours and 16 minutes long, from 1744 UTC to sign-off at 2300:
https://archive.org/details/wrec-6950-usb-1744-utc-12-nov-2023 (https://archive.org/details/wrec-6950-usb-1744-utc-12-nov-2023)
Thanks again for the marathon broadcast and for re-transmitting these classic tapes from your archive, PJ Sparks!
I thought I'd transcribe the brief history of WREC heard a little after 2200 UTC because I found it interesting:
You are tuned to Radio Free East Coast’s fifth anniversary program. This is your host, PJ Sparks. If this is the first time you’re hearing WREC, or for you veteran listeners who are curious about how WREC got started, here is some background information on my station. WREC’s first test broadcast was way back on September 28, 1992 at 0012 UTC on the frequency of 7415 kHz. WREC continued testing on or around 7415 until early October of 1992 when the Johnson Viking II transmitter broke down. While the transmitter was being repaired, the North American Pirate Relay Service was kind enough to air a couple of WREC programs during January and February of 1993. After making final transmitter repairs and an antenna adjustment, the Viking II rig was finally back on the air in March and Radio Free East Coast’s first program was broadcast on March 13, 1993 at 0036 UTC on 7417 kHz. Since then, Radio Free East Coast has been active relaying numerous other pirate stations as well as WREC programming. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the listeners who voted for WREC as the best pirate station of 1997. Your support of Radio Free East Coast is very much appreciated. I hope you enjoy this fifth anniversary program.