WDDR 6950 USB 4020 USB 0135 UTC 1-1-17

[Dr. Strangelove]

WDDR booming into Bama +10 with great audio.  Playing Al Green

S7 to S9 on 4020, sounding good!  Mic sounds a little more bassey than the other one

How about some Devo or Talking Heads?

Excellent!!!  Thank you!

Girlfriend wants to hear George Michael's "I want your sex"

[Skipmuck]

  Just the barest hint of a trace of something here....how about 4020 Drunken DJ?  
0159 UTC Drunken DJ in crystal clear audio!   Good copy now! Thanks WDDR!
0200 UTC "Fascination Street"-The Cure (sounding excellent through the stereo! Just the slightest bit of flutter...S6)
0205 UTC DJ chatting now
0207 UTC "Moon Tears"-Nils Lofgren and Grin   Thanks Drunken DJ! Great tune!
0211 UTC "Strange Brew"-Cream
0214 UTC Mentioned SSTV later on
0216 UTC "Stop That Train"-Keith & Tex
0218 UTC "Rasputin"-Boney M (Signal just hit S7!)
0225 UTC "Lovers In A Dangerous Time"-Bruce Cockburn
0229 UTC (That is pronounced Co-Burn!)
Hi Robyn! Happy New Year to you!  
0231 UTC "Tomorrow People"-Ziggy Marley & Melody Makers
0235 UTC Haha! We love it when you play pirate radio on New Years Eve!  
0236 UTC "Go Walking Down There"-Chris Isaak
0240 UTC "I Got You"-James Brown
0243 UTC SSTV coming up soon..."Only The Lonely"-Motels
0247 UTC.....hmmm....
0252 UTC "The Wind Cries Mary"-Jimi Hendrix
0255 UTC "Heroes"-David Bowie
Time to kick back and listen rather than post....hmmm...thinking of a request too....
0309 UTC Indeed!
Happy New Year to you Drunken DJ! And Robyn TOO!
Hey Drunken DJ....how about "Somewhere Friday Night"-Turtles?
0321 UTC Thanks Drunken DJ! Their best song! Nice medley there!
0329 UTC Hey Robyn...keep an eye on him so he don't get too buzzed....still another hour and a half to go!
0338 UTC Signal still strong during Everybody Knows but the static is getting louder
0346 UTC Skipmuck Radio Radio
0401 UTC Yep...getting close to New Years....We all made it thought another one!
0417 UTC I love you too!  
0427 UTC Only 33 minutes to go WDDR!
0441 UTC Thanks for the Hall and Oates WDDR...hmmm....Robyn Smile!  
0446 UTC  
If you're still taking requests....how about some Hall & Oates? Maybe Say it Isn't so or I Can't Go For That?  
0454 UTC Yep, lets make the best of our time! Happy New Year!
0523 UTC "Sit Down I Think I Love You"-Buffalo Springfield (Great tune!)
0534 UTC Ditto Robyn!
0539 UTC Hey Robyn...let's go looking for some 4 leaf clovers!
0610 UTC The Drunken DJ is about to fall on the floor  
0614 UTC Time to hit the sack here! Thanks for the great show this evening Drunken DJ! OK....let's go Robyn  
0621 UTC 
A very Happy New Year to you WDDR!  

[Token]

As is often the case, booming in here in the Mojave Desert.  I am on the way out the door to a New Years eve thing, but recorders are running.

(edit)  Mic sounds great, a lot of bass in that one, very phat sound.

T!

[flexoman61]

Same as Skipmuck, JBA here.

0146 OM talking maybe, poor copy, but I do hear music, praying for fade in.
0153 hearing music below noise.
0156 DJ talking...noise.

0202 4020 is better S1-2, Rock tune playing.
0205 DJ talking, tough copy though.
0209 Rock tune playing, DJ talking, S3 now.
0210 "Strange Brew", signal slowly improving.
0213 DJ w/song ID.
0230 DJ talking into music. S5 peaks, poor/fair copy.
0234  "         " , music.
0239 ID Drunken DJ Radio into James Brown.
0243 "Only the Lonely"
0248 SSTV, ID into Jimi Hendrix.
0259 DJ talking, maybe an ID into music, jus above noise floor.

0514 Still here! music, S9 peaks.
0516 ID WDDR, "Happy New Year".
0526 DJ talking, poor copy at S7 into Grateful Dead.
0529 DJ "You Love It....." into "All I want to do is dance"?
0535 "Blue Money"

Thanks Drunken DJ and Happy New Year! Love the
Flexoman SSTV, Thank You!

Thanks to Bones for getting the Flexoman SSTV.

[PirateSWL]

WDDR 6950 USB S1-S2 in NY

0141: Clear WDDR I.D. into Dave Steffen Band "Long Cold Rainy Night"
0152: OM talking again but difficult to hear what is being said right now

[Kilokat7]

not a trace of anything here :-(

[JoeFLIPS]

0147- very faint music heard
0151- Drunken DJ talking
0154- music
0200- WDDR ID into rock music (now on 4020 USB)  S1-2
0205- WDDR ID and Drunken DJ talking
0211- "Strange Brew" Cream
0225- ID jingle into "Lovers In A Dangerous Time"
0230- Robyn with a message for Skipmuck into "Tomorrow People" Ziggy Marley
0244- "Only The Lonely" Motels
0248- SSTV
0256- "Heroes" David Bowie
0310- "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty  (thank you Drunken DJ!)
0314- WDDR ID and mentioned HF Underground
0341- "Private Idaho" The B52s
0354- song by Earth, Wind and Fire
0356- WDDR jingle ID then Drunken DJ talking  signal is still S1-2
0428- "Friend Of The Devil" Grateful Dead  S3-4 signal now
0432- shout outs to listeners
0500- WDDR ID
0505- "Good Thing" Fine Young Cannibals
0527- "Friend Of The Devil" Grateful Dead
0534- Robyn message for Skipmuck
0551- "You Got Lucky" Tom Petty
0553- SSTV and WDDR jingle ID
0557- SSTV
0603- SSTV
0609- WDDR ID and said "about to pull the switch"
0616- Steely Dan tune
0622- Joni Mitchell song
0630- "Angel" Aretha Franklin
0642- Drunken DJ wishing Happy New Year 2017
0644- off.


 Thanks for the show WDDR!   Happy New Year to you. Thank you very much for the custom SSTV Drunken DJ! I appreciate that dude!  
 I request "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty
 If you're still taking requests how about "Ants Marching" Dave Matthews Band

 Thanks for the marathon New Year's Eve broadcast WDDR! Was very enjoyable to listen to.

[William Hassig]

Got nothing here in Chicagoland on 6950. (edit) now that they moved to 4020, good sig and audio, punk rock music, R8 & dipole. 

[Token]

Off 6950 at 0156 UTC, moving to 4020.

ANd there he is on 4020 at 0158.  Not quite as strong as on 6950, but still plenty good.

T!

[skeezix]

0203Z 45444 S8 The Cure "Fascination Street"
0205Z 45444 S8 ID & Op talking  
0206Z 45444 S8 Nils Lofgren & Grin "Moon Tears"
0209Z 45444 S8 ID & DJ. Dragged the last one out for Skipmuck.
0210Z 45444 S9 Cream "Strange Brew"
0213Z 45444 S9 DDJ. Special SSTVs coming up. He'll let us know near them.
0215Z 45444 S7 Keith & Tex "Stop That Train"
0219Z 45444 S7 Boney M "Rasputin"
0223Z 45444 S8 DDJ.ID
0224Z 45444 S8 Bruce Cockburn "Lovers In a Dangerous Time"
0228Z 45444 S8 DDJ. Was wondering if he could finish two bottles of wine. But of course! Some of have finished 1.5 bottles plus are working on a bottle of champagne!  
0230Z 45444 S8 Ziggy Marley "Tomorrow People"
0234Z 45444 S8 DDJ. ID & other ramblings.
0235Z 45444 S8 Chris Isaak "Go Walking Down There"
0240Z 45444 S8 James Brown "I Got You"
0243Z 45444 S8 DDJ & stuff
0243Z 45444 S8 The Motels "Only The Lonely"
0246Z 45444 S8 DDJ.
0248Z 45444 S8 SSTV
0250Z 45444 S8 Jimi Hendrix "The Wind Cries Mary"
0254Z 45444 S8 DDJ. DJ is still pretty lucid and can manage this stuff.
0254Z 45444 S8 David Bowie "Heroes"
0254Z 45444 S8 DDJ
0300Z 45444 S8 Ry Cooder "Little Sister"
0303Z 45444 S8 DDJ. About 60% into the bottle of wine. Feeling a pretty good buzz.
0304Z 45444 S8 The Replacements "Alex Chiltion"
0308Z 45444 S8 DDJ + ID
0309Z 45444 S8 Stevie Nicks "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
0315Z 45444 S8 The Doors "Lost Little Girl"
0318Z 45444 S8 Fatboy "Draggin The River"
0320Z 45444 S8 DDJ + ID
0321Z 45444 S8 The Turtles "Somewhere Friday Night"
0324Z 45444 S8 DDJ
0325Z 45444 S8 The Turtles "Happy Together"
0330Z 45444 S8 Concrete Blonde "Bajo La Lune Mexicana"
0335Z 45444 S8 Concrete Blonde "Everybody Knows"
0340Z 45444 S8 DDJ + ID "WDDR"
0341Z 45444 S8 B-52s "Private Idaho"
0345Z 45444 S8 DDJ. Bottle of wine #2 is crap stuff. Computer ID. "We love you too Skipmuck."
0346Z 45444 S8 Stephen Stills "Rock N Roll Crazies"
0350Z 45444 S7 DDJ.
0352Z 45544 S7 Earth, Wind, & Fire "Sing A Song"
0355Z 45444 S8 DDJ + WDDR ID. DDJ is kinda in control, but kinda not in control.
0356Z 45444 S8 Tony Carey "A Fine, Fine Day"
0401Z 45444 S8 ID + DDJ. DDJ is getting pretty wasted & losing control.
0402Z 45444 S8 Stevie Ray Vaughn "Cold Shot"
0406Z 45444 S8 Jethro Tull "Nothing To Say"
0412Z 45444 S8 Elton John "Who Wears These Shoes?
0416Z 45444 S8 DDJ. ID "WDDR"
0417Z 45444 S8 Bonnie Raitt "Everbody's Cryin' Mercy"
0420Z 45444 S8 DDJ.
0421Z 45444 S8 David Bowie "Modern Love"
0426Z 45444 S8 DDJ - Bottle #1 is done. Going out to get #2  (Just now going to #2? I've already finished 2.5 bottles !)
0428Z 45444 S9 Grateful Dead "Friend of the Devil"
0431Z 45444 S9 DDJ. ID - WDDR
0434Z 45444 S8 Talking Heads "Bring Me To The River"
0439Z 45444 S8 DDJ. Searching HFU for things.
0440Z 45444 S8 Warren Zevon "Lawyers, Guns, and Money"
0441Z 45444 S8 Hall & Oates "Sara Smile" (in the midst of the previous song).
0445Z 45444 S8 DDJ + computer YL
0447Z 45444 S8 Dave Steffen Band "Long Cold Rainy Night"
0453Z 45444 S8 ID "WDDR" + DDJ. DDJ is losing it here. He's losing it, losing it, losing it, losing it....
0455Z 45444 S8 Shawn Colvin "Sunny Came Home"
0459Z 45444 S8 DDJ
0500Z 45444 S8 Stiff Little Fingers "Alternative Ulster"
0503Z 45444 S8 ID "WDDR"
0503Z 45444 S9 Fine Young Cannibals "Good Thing"
0507Z 45444 S9 DDJ. Went to a bathroom break and barely made it back. Now scanning HFU and can barely read what's going on.
0508Z 45444 S9 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "You Got Lucky"
0511Z 45444 S9 DDJ is still having problems taking a bathroom break. Scanning for more requests. ID "WDDR"
0512Z 45444 S9 Jon Astley "Jane's Getting Serious"
0517Z 45444 S9 ID + DDJ
0518Z 45444 S9 Romeo Void "A Girl In Trouble"
0522Z 45444 S9 DDJ. Buzztime. "I can barely type into my machine."
0523Z 45444 S9 Buffalo Springfield "Sit Down I Think I Love You"
0526Z 45444 S9 Grateful Dead "Friend of the Devil"
0530Z 45444 S9 ID
0530Z 45444 S9 Los Lobos "All I Wanted To Do Was Dance"
0534Z 45444 S9 ID
0535Z 45444 S9 Van Morrison "Blue Money"
0538Z 45444 S9 DDJ. "When this is over, we'll be in clover."
0539Z 45444 S9 Joe Cocker "Delta Lady"
0542Z 45444 S9 Bonnie Raitt "Everbody's Cryin' Mercy"
0546Z 45444 S9 DDJ + ID "WDDR". About 20% into bottle #2
0547Z 45444 S9 T. Rex "Ride A White Swan"
0549Z 45444 S9 DDJ + ID "WWDR". Ready to collapse.
0549Z 45444 S9 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "You Got Lucky"
0553Z 45444 S9 ID
0553Z 45444 S9 SSTV
0555Z 45444 S9 DDJ + ID "WDDR"
0556Z 45444 S9 SSTV
0558Z 45444 S9 ID "WDDR"
059Z 45444 S9 SSTV
0601Z 45444 S9 DDJ. On bottle #2, about 30%.
0602Z 45444 S9 SSTV
0604Z 45444 S9 ID. No more SSTV's
0605Z 45444 S9 Dr John "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You"
0609Z 35443 S8 ID
0610Z 35443 S7 Spin Doctors "Cleopatra's Cat"
0614Z 35443 S7 ID
0614Z 35443 S7 Steely Dan "FM"
0619Z 35443 S7 DDJ.
0620Z 35443 S7 Joni Mitchell "Coyote"
0625Z 35443 S7 DDJ. Just a couple more tunes. Losing the ability to control the situation.
0626Z 35443 S7 Aretha Franklin "Angel"
0631Z 35443 S7 DDJ: I'm gone. I'm solid gone. ID - WDDR
0631Z 35443 S7 The Velvet Underground "Rock and Roll"
0636Z 35443 S7 DDJ. Has been through about 1.4 bottles of wine tonight. Can no longer go through the HFU requests. One more song. One more, then sign off.
0637Z 35443 S7 Jefferson Airplane "Good Shepard"
0642Z 35443 S7 DDJ. Its a lot later then he thought. Happy 2017 to y'all out there.
0644Z Off Air.


Thanks DDJ! Was a fantastic show and enjoyed it thoroughly.



_{AFE822x SDR with Bonito Boni-Whip and 42' Wellbrook ALA100LN loop}

[PirateSWL]

WDDR 4020 USB S3 in NY

0205: WDDR I.D.
0207: Nils Lofgren & Grin "Moon Tears"
0211: Cream "Strange Brew"
0216: Keith & Tex "Keith & Tex Medley"
0219: Boney M. "Rasputin"
0224: Talking about HF Underground
0225: Bruce Cockburn "Lovers In A Dangerous Time"
0230: Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers "Tomorrow People"
0235: Chris Isaak "Go Walking Down There"
0240: James Brown "I Got You (I Feel Good)"
0244: The Motels "Only The Lonely" (GREAT TRACK)
0249: SSTV Scottie 1
0251: The Jimi Hendrix Experience "The Wind Cries Mary"
0254: WDDR Drunken DJ Radio I.D. and a shout out to MDK2
0255: David Bowie "Heroes"

[Token]

Down to about S8 on this freq, vs 10+ over S9 on 6950, but still plenty good.  Recorders running (both around 4020 and 43 meters), and now I am out the door.

T!

[Rafman]

0210z ID, 3 hours of tunes, "Strange Brew"
0434z shoutout [Yes, I always listen to your broadcasts to the end if I can] Just sitting back & enjoying your BUZZY BUZZ LoL
0435z "Take Me to the River" Talking Heads
0610z ID saying he's heading toward the floor BUT still playing songs from his list  
0644z s/off [followed by someone sending SSTV but very weak here]

From nothing on 6950 to s8 on 4020!!!
Still s8-9 @0610z

Happy New Year Drunken DJ!!!

[hammarhead]

Music is barely audible on 4020 KHZ at 02:15 UTC into San Jose, Ca.

[MDK2]

0236 I think that maybe, just maybe, I'm hearing the sound of SSTV way down under the noise. (Nope, others are reporting a Chris Isaak song.)
0240 repositioned the loop and now getting distinct music at the noise floor. Bluesy tune. Sound of some kind of digital mode (like the one they use for VOA radiogram) heard at 0242.
0242 DDJ on the mic.
0243 new tune Motels "Only the Lonely"
0247 OM voice, presumably DDJ
0248 SSTV
0250 OM voice, then new song with QRM from whatever that mode is
0255 Heroes THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
0300 Ry Cooder "Little Sister"
0305 Replacements "Alex Chilton" great song
0309 "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty
0315 "You're Lost Little Girl" The Doors
0318 "Draggin the River" Fatboy
0321 "Somewhere Friday Night" The Turtles
0325 "Happy Together" The Turtles
0330 "Mexican Moon" Johnette Napolitano & Concrete Blonde
0335 "Everybody Knows" Leonard Cohen Concrete Blonde
0341 B-52's "Private Idaho" THANK YOU!
0347 "Rock N Roll Crazies / Cuban Bluegrass" Stephen Stills
0351 "Sing A Song" Earth Wind and Fire
0356 "A Fine Fine Day" Tony Carey
0402 "Cold Shot" Stevie Ray Vaughan.  Getting closer to the new year...
0406 "Nothing to Say" Jethro Tull
0412 "Who Wears These Shoes" Elton John
0417 "Everybody's Cryin Mercy" Bonnie Raitt
0421 "Modern Love" David Bowie
0428 "Friend of the Devil" Grateful Dead
0434 "Take Me to the River" Talking Heads
0440 "Lawyers Guns and Money" Warren Zevon
0441 song interrupted, DDJ laughing, new tune "Sara Smile" Hall and Oates
0448 "Long Cold Rainy Night" Dave Steffen Band
0454 "Sunny Came Home" Shawn Colvin
0500 "Alternative Ulster" Stiff Little Fingers THANK YOU!
0504 "Good Thing" Fine Young Cannibals
0508 "You Got Lucky" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
0511 Happy New Year's wishes from DDJ. Same to you!!
0513 "Jane's Getting Serious" Jon Astley
0517 DDJ says he's losing it
0518 "A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)" Romeo Void
0523 "Sit Down I Think I Love You" Buffalo Springfield
0526 "Friend of the Devil" Grateful Dead
0530 "All I Wanted to Do Was Dance" Los Lobos
0535 "Blue Money" Van Morrison (DDJ sounded very tipsy that time)
0539 "Delta Lady" Joe Cocker
0543 "Everybody's Cryin Mercy" Bonnie Raitt
0547 "Ride a White Swan" T-Rex
0549 "You Got Lucky" Tom Petty (does he know he's playing stuff twice? Inquiring minds want to know)
0553 SSTV's
0605 "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You" Dr. John
0610 "Cleopatra's Cat" Spin Doctors
0614 "Fm" Steely Dan
0620 "Coyote" Joni Mitchell
0625 DDJ: "a couple more tunes" coming
0627 "Angel" Aretha Franklin
0631 DDJ: "I'm Gone, I'm Solid Gone" into "Rock And Roll" Velvet Underground (great pick DDJ)
0636 DDJ talking about how much he drank on prior NYE's compared to tonight. Going to play one more song and then sign off. Thanks to us, and a Happy 2017
0638 "Good Shepherd" Jefferson Airplane
0642 DDJ: "One of my favorites of theirs." "It's a lot later than I thought."
0644 "Drunken DJ Radioioioioio" and OFF SSTV's no, really off. The SSTV's were Skippy Radio per JoeFlips.
0651 OFF

Assuming that you're staying on, can I request David Bowie's "Heroes." Thanks.
Another request if I may ask for it, B-52's "Private Idaho." Thanks.
I have a request to make in honor of my friend Jordan, listening to you right now in Northern Ireland."Alternative Ulster" by Stiff Little Fingers. Please and thank you.

Happy New Year!

Recording of reception: https://youtu.be/jKA-cdIn6c8

THANK YOU DDJ and Robyn for a great New Year's Eve program. (Here in the Mountain time zone, it's still 2016, but just for a few more minutes.) Hope you won't be too hungover in the morning!