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General Radio Discussion / Re: Halloween 2016 SW Pirate Activity

« on: November 01, 2016, 2321 UTC »

A big tip of the old pirate hat to all the ops who made Halloween 2016 one of the best pirate radio weekends ever! Last night was amazing! (The sound of audience applause )

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Internet anywhere via shortwave

« on: November 01, 2016, 2254 UTC »

Hey, I've got crabs! I bet she would have liked me.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Canadian Radio After Dark 6950 USB 0048 1 Nov 2016

« on: November 01, 2016, 0128 UTC »

I'm getting some audio now at 0128 UTC Unid uptempo big band/swing tune
0134 UTC Different song now
0138 UTC Hmmm are there more than one station on 6950?
0142 UTC OM talking now with music in the background....I think there are 2 stations on!
0146 UTC OM saying something about the HF Underground with music in the background
0152 UTC Signal faded deep into the noise

Thanks for the confirmation on that JoeFLIPS!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Undercover Radio 6955-6975 USB 0058 UTC 1 Nov 2016

« on: November 01, 2016, 0100 UTC »

0058 UTC Sounds like Dr. Benway is making an appearance this evening!
0101 UTC OFF?
0105 UTC Much better signal here with the story of the Solomon Islands trip
0108 UTC xmsn break, back up then OFF again
0110 UTC On again
Thanks for giving it a shot tonight Dr. Benway! Love that story!
0200 UTC "What it might be like to be a ghost...."...intense cloud of chlorine gas...looking around for the wife and kids...got a glimpse of my wife...she didn't really respond...mystified look on her face...knocked my favorite mug off the bar...found I could move things....rearrange things...
0204 UTC ID and email addy/postal addy in Merlin Ontario
0205 UTC "Frankenstein:-Edgar Winter Group
0209 UTC Organ music and sound effects
0213 UTC OM with ID and email/postal addy for reports (music continued)
A while ago I was walking through town...noticed someone in the distance...as he passed he bumped into me...Halloween...many of you have fond memories of Halloween as a kid...collecting candy...later years loved to turn my parents house into a spooky mansion...extreme distaste for Halloween....
(I remember hearing this story about the Haunted House...good one to listen to while I fall asleep...thanks Dr. Benway!)

EDIT:While falling asleep with the NRD on timer, noticed the closing ID and "Thank you for listening" then OFF at 0225 UTC

THANKS for the 2005 Halloween show broadcast Dr. Benway!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 6960 AM 0042 UTC 1Nov16

« on: November 01, 2016, 0043 UTC »

Here also at 0043 UTC....
0044 UTC Music and OM said something(Signal is buried in the noise)
0045 UTC "Everybody Knows"-Leonard Cohen
0049 UTC OM talking but tough copy in the noise....sounds like Mr. Redhat! Yep! Mention of X-FM
0052 UTC "DOA"-Bloodrock (Awesome song for Halloween Night!)
0057 UTC redhat talking now...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6935 USB 0013 UTC 1Nov16

« on: November 01, 2016, 0022 UTC »

0019 UTC Sounds of a hear beating
0020 UTC OM with ID "Wolverine Radio"...ID repeated, into an blues tune YL singer
(S3 here)
0039 UTC "Psycho Killer"-Talking Heads (Signal just above threshold here...unusual for Wolverine!)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6945 USB 2352 UTC 31 Oct 2016

« on: October 31, 2016, 2359 UTC »

2358 UTC "Let's Get Physical"-Olivia Newton John (Solid S7 here with great USB audio!)
0000 UTC OFF?  
0002 UTC Back up now with "Don't Stop Believing"-Journey (brief xmsn break midsong)
0006 UTC "Money For Nothing"-Dire Straits
0010 UTC "Take On Me"-A Ha
0014 UTC "Don't You (Forget About Me)"-Simple Minds
Hmmm... https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,30269.0.html
0019 UTC "Out of Touch"-Hall and Oates (xmsn break and back up again)
0023 UTC "I Love Rock N Roll"-Joan Jett
0026 UTC "Centerfold"-J Geils
0030 UTC "When It's Love"-Van Halen (xmsn break at 0032 UTC...OFF?)
0035 UTC "Pretty Woman"-Van Halen(segued into "This Is It"-Kenny Loggins
0119 UTC "Jump"-Van Halen
0123 UTC "Celebration"-Kool & the Gang
(Still into Western Massachusetts with S4 peaks and slight fading)

Thanks for the show RFF! Thought it might have been you!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Witch City Radio 6873.4 AM 2309 UTC 31 Oct 2016

« on: October 31, 2016, 2348 UTC »

Forgot to post the weak carrier I had here earlier...sadly, just bits and pieces of audio then it faded out

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 2304 UTC October 31, 2016

« on: October 31, 2016, 2305 UTC »

Hearing a distorted signal at 2304 UTC seemingly in AM
2306 UTC Using USB, I am hearing "I Put a Spell On You"-Screamin J Hawkins, quite clearly now!
2308 UTC "Season of the Witch"-Donovan (Nice audio!
2312 UTC "Psycho Killer"-Talking Heads
2317 UTC "Devil Inside"-INXS
(Signal started out S3 but now it's up to S6!)
2322 UTC "Ghost's N Stuff"-Deadmau5
(Something happened to the ionosphere...S7 during the last song!)
2328 UTC "She Wolf"-Shakira
2332 UTC "Gold Dust Woman"-Fleetwood Mac
2336 UTC "Werewolves of London"-Warren Zevon
2339 UTC "Witchy Woman"-Eagles
2343 UTC "Straight to Hell"-The Clash
2349 UTC "The Killing Moon"-Echo and the Bunnymen
2354 UTC Silence...OFF?

Thank you for the killer signal this Halloween night whoever you were! I guess a QSL is out of the question   

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Moonlight Radio 6930 USB 2254 UTC October 31, 2016

« on: October 31, 2016, 2255 UTC »

Hearing weak music at 2254 UTC
2258 UTC "Foxy Lady"-Jimi Hendrix
2301 UTC "Roadhouse Blues"-Doors (Signal is peaking at S2 over an S1 noise floor here)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Enterprise Radio 6950 AM 2200 UTC 31 Oct 2016

« on: October 31, 2016, 2247 UTC »

I've got a weak carrier here at 2246 UTC. Not sure is this is from Enterprise 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6935 AM 2237 UTC 10/31/16

« on: October 31, 2016, 2238 UTC »

Peaking just above the noise floor here at 2238 UTC
2245 UTC Just a weak carrier...the band is long here
2325 UTC Signal is up to S3 here with fades "Thriller"-Michael Jackson
2330 UTC "I Put A Spell On You"-Bryan Ferry (The noise has picked up quite a bit)
2333 UTC "Season of the Witch"-Donovan
2339 UTC "Ghost Beside My Bed"-Altered States
2346 UTC Signal is pretty much buried in the noise now....again

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Internet anywhere via shortwave

« on: October 31, 2016, 2200 UTC »

I must admit a certain amount of apprehension as to what frequencies will be used and what it will sound like...will it be broadband like CODAR or OTHR? Lots of questions here....I have a bad feeling about this....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Amphetamine Radio 6923 USB 2100 UTC 10/31/16

« on: October 31, 2016, 2146 UTC »

S5 with slight fades here at 2145 UTC and "In The Dark"-Billy Squier
2148 UTC "Heart of Glass"-Blondie
2151 UTC OM with "You're listening to Amphetamine Radio...", into "Heart of the City"-Nick Lowe
2154 UTC "Dreams"-Fleetwood Mac
2158 UTC "Free Fallin"-Tom Petty
2202 UTC OM with ID and shoutout to Enterprise Radio on 6950...."Happy Halloween"
2203 UTC "Got Me Under Pressure"-ZZ Top
2207 UTC OM with ID, into "Moving In Stereo"-Cars
2211 UTC OM with ID....sixty nine twenty three upper side band...please stand by for SSTV
2212 UTC CW, followed by SSTV and then more CW
2224 UTC Getting some deep fades now...band might be going long here soon!
"I Ran"-Flock of Seagulls
2233 UTC Going going almost gone...buried in the noise

Happy Halloween to you this evening AR!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Rave On Radio 6935 USB 2300 USB 30 Oct 2016

« on: October 30, 2016, 2302 UTC »

2301 UTC Hearing music over the noise here with some fading...2302 faded out
2309 UTC Audio back up for a bit and faded out at 2310
2331 UTC Signal jumped up nicely! "Truckin"-Grateful Dead
2335 UTC Fade out again....
2347 UTC Up again for a bit, but can't make out what Dead tune is playing
2351 UTC OM with "Rave on Radio broadcasting from a studio in the woods"
0000 UTC OM chatting now but I can't make out what is being said
0002 UTC Still hearing some threshold music
0005 UTC Nice fade up! Shazam says "I Need A Miracle/Bertha"-Live at University of Iowa 8/10/1982
0011 UTC OM with "Rave On Radio" ID's and email addy raveonradio@gmail.com
0012 UTC OFF?

Thanks for the Halloween appearance ROR! Great to hear you again....