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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Twangy Radio 6925 USB, 0026- 1/17/14

« on: January 17, 2014, 0058 UTC »

At threshold level here, fading in and out of the noise floor at tune-in 0038 with 80's tune by the Climax Blues Band, into "Man on the Silver Mountain"-Rainbow. Another Unid tune but clear "Twangy Radio" ID by man at 0050, into another Unid tune and nothing at 0055.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6935 kHz USB 23:45 UTC 1/15/14

« on: January 16, 2014, 0013 UTC »

Fair signal here with S3 peaks. Tuned in at 0004 UTC during "Needle & the Spoon"-Lynryd Skynyrd. More Skynrd live at 0006+. Guess they're playing the whole concert! 0012 with Gimme Three Steps...nice to hear some live music!
Next after Skynyrd concert is the Beatles...Twist & Shout, then She's A Woman...maybe the Hollywood Bowl concert?
Noise level tonight is really annoying. Signal still popping up above it though. "I Feel Fine" playing now...then at 0028 "Ticket to Ride".
I located my old copy of the Hollywood Bowl album and this is not it....must be a ROIO tape of the 1965 concert! Great to hear the songs not on the Bowl album. Good audio too!
Kinks now at 0052-"You Really Got Me"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6935 USB 2331 UTC 13 Jan 2014

« on: January 15, 2014, 0002 UTC »

Tuned in at 2357 to Joe Jackson and "Is She Really Going Out With Him". solid S6-S7.
Series of "XLR8" ID's at 0015, brief snippet of "What the World Need's Now"-Burt Bacharach, a couple of "What the Hecks" by man announcer, then gone at 0017.

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MW Loggings / TIS Test broadcast on 1710 KHZ 2301 UTC Jan 14, 2014

« on: January 14, 2014, 2347 UTC »

A huge signal here on 1710 KHZ with the following message..."You're listening to a test broadcast on a Travelers Information Station. This radio station broadcasts 24 hours a day on a special AM frequency licensed by the Federal Communications Commission".
This message repeated non-stop and still going strong at 2345 UTC. I have never ever heard the Hudson TIS this strong, so must be something new and possibly local?
Still going strong with same loop at 0020 UTC. S9+10 here.
I emailed the person responsible for answering inquiries related to TIS stations that I found on the FCC website and below is the reply I received this morning 1/15/14. It would seem that Hudson County is testing with increased power of 100 watts.

Hudson County New Jersey is authorized to use 1710 KHz under call sign WQFG689 and has a pending application to increase the power to 100 watts.   Hudson County was granted a waiver of the FCC rules to use frequency 1710 KHz back in 2008.  Waiver grant language is below:

 Waiver of Rule Sections 2.106, 90.242(a) and 90.103 granted 11-14-08, and special conditioned to require that operation on frequency 1710 kHz is secondary to authorized full service AM stations. The licensee must mitigate the interference by either reducing TIS transmitter power or ceasing TIS operations on frequency 1710 kHz.

I guess this will preempt any pirate activity on 1710 for a large swath of the Northeast.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: KBOX 6950.7 AM 0030 13-Jan-14

« on: January 13, 2014, 0043 UTC »

Good signal here at 0036 UTC tune in. Sounds like a teenage girl talking over some technopop music. Not sure what to make of this! Frequency between 6950.6-6950.7---now talking over some rap/hiphop. Bizarre!
Thanks Evil Elvis...I guess I get it now! Even has her own Wikipedia article. I will have to listen back on the tape recording.
Signal went from S5 to nada around 0050 UTC

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Go FM 6955.41 USB 2138 UTC 12 Jan 2014

« on: January 12, 2014, 2156 UTC »

Signal here above the noise peaking S3-S4 from tune-in at 2145 with "I'm No Superman"-Laszlo Bane?. 2149+ ID "Go FM...Parental Discretion Advised"
Into UNID song. Off mid-song abruptly.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Red Mercury Labs 6925 USB 0332 UTC 12 Jan 2014

« on: January 12, 2014, 0514 UTC »

Tune in here at 0447 UTC during "Don't Fear the Reaper"-Blue Oyster Cult, then at 0452 man announcer with..."only way is more cowbell". 0455 Song-"Psycho Killer"-Talking Heads, then Unid song. At 0450 man announcer with "...59 minutes past the hour...coming up to 00". Said something about the propagation, then "one more song...we will leave the band?" then unid song and assumed close down around 0503. Signal slowly faded in and out of the noise peaking at S3. No clear ID heard. Good day for pirate activity today(EDT here)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ga-Ga 6930 USB 2347z Jan 11, 1014

« on: January 12, 2014, 0004 UTC »

Here also with fair signal with Jimi Hendrix-Angel, ID at 0001 "Radio Ga Ga...waiting? for the Aurora Borealis...6930" into "Bad Moon Rising"-CCR
0004 Johnny Cash? then "Ballroom Blitz"
Big Boss Man, then announcer singing along with the next song...something "On the Lake".
After a honky tonk piano tune, ID at 0021 into "She's a Lot Like You"-Cars
0025 Song-Don't Take Me Alive-Steely Dan
0030 Announcer with "Radio Ga Ga...challenging authority for over 5 decades" then off at 0031. Thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Drifting Crystal Radio 6930 LSB 2308 11-Jan-14

« on: January 11, 2014, 2325 UTC »

Just barely audible above the atmospheric snap, crackle, pop here at 2322 UTC with Nights in White Satin-Moody Blues.
2327 Man announcer with ID and shoutouts!
2333 Man announcer with a "Drifting Crystal" ID popping up through the noise, then maybe Dylan tune?
2335 Nothing here at all now...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6924.4 AM 2040 UTC 11 Jan 2014

« on: January 11, 2014, 2137 UTC »

Solid S9 here on 6924.5 AM from tune in 2107 with plug for RFW T-shirt to get a new transmitter, tunes by Siouxshee & the Banshees, Joan Osbourne, Men at Work...currently tune by Split Enz...repeat of broadcast heard earlier today. great audio...this transmitter sounds just fine!
Off at 2145 UTC

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6924.5 AM 1703 UTC 11 Jan 2014

« on: January 11, 2014, 1735 UTC »

Strong here at 1723 UTC with a AC/DC sounding tune, into ID and talk...said "we also played Nine Inch Nails...theme...Happy Hour...women drive me to drink...your radio dj Dick Weed". Punk sounding tune at 1726, ID and email address at 1729+ UTC with man and woman announcer into Reggae sounding tune at 1730 UTC.
1739 signal S7 with fading every few seconds. I'm not good at ID'ing these tunes...I'm a product of the 1960's-1970's.
1746 with ID and names of songs they played! Talk about QSL's and Australia just before the next song "Land Down Under"-Men at Work.
1755 ID with echo, then "I Don't Know Why Sometimes I Get Frightened"-Split Enz.
Song by Raconteurs then ID and talk at 1303 mentioning where to get the RFW T-shirt...talk about the upcoming Winterfest and "Until Next Time, Bye Bye" Off abrubt at 2307.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio GaGa 6925 USB 2234 UTC 10 Jan 2013

« on: January 10, 2014, 2254 UTC »

Same here at 2245 tune in with fair signal above the noise...Monkees, Allman Brothers, then at 2252 CSN with Marrakesh Express.
2255 Giggling child, then Johnny Cash(ooops...Roger Miller with Wack A Do)
2257 CCR-Bad Moon Rising
2259 ID then Old Blue Eyes
2302 UNID Song, then 2303 ID "Radio Gaga...Zipper Lake"
2305 Close Down after CW...something about "flying a kite" and "Radio Ga Ga checking out"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: TCS via the TCSRN 6925 AM *2205 UTC 9Jan14

« on: January 10, 2014, 0032 UTC »

Solid S9 here from tune in 2240 UTC around 6925.6 KHZ with Royal Guardsmen...Bubble Gum Express ID, address. Tunes by Boyce & Hart, 1910 Fruit Gum Company, Cyrkle, ID again at 2253. Songs by Edison Lighthouse, Turtles, Robin McNamara, Andy Kim, ID at 2306, then Archies. Had to head to the convenience store and back at 2330 during another Royal Guardsmen tune then ID, Timothy Leary's Tune in, Turn on, Drop Out mantra, into tunes by 5th Dimension, Grass Roots, Scott McKenzie, Small Faces, Association, Byrds, Amboy Dukes, ID, Jefferson Airplane, Electric Prunes, Strawberry Alarm Clock, ID, Kenny Rogers & First Edition, Status Quo, Cowsills, ID, Ramones? close down at 0020.
 Talk about reliving my midteen years...I bought a lot of these 45's(mostly the  Crystal Ship "Flower Power" part of the broadcast) when they came out. Great show and great audio here! Thanks!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WRR 6925.18 USB *2121-2239* UTC 5 Jan 2013

« on: January 05, 2014, 2257 UTC »

Weak signal here from 2228 UTC until sign off at 2239...Spanish tune with accordian until 2238 UTC with announcement by man saying "WRR-Whisky Radio Radio...First broadcast." Apologized that he didn't have a computer or a printer? 50 watts into a dipole about 5 feet off the ground then "gone" and off.