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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6935 USB 2310 UTC MAY 24 2024

« on: May 24, 2024, 2313 UTC »

Very good reception

2313 OM talking "Signal is phenomenal"
2314 RFW ID to "Boom Boom Back" Hinds & Beck
2317 "Scandalized" Cold War Kids
2320 "Danny Greet" rEDOLENT
2324 DJDW running down tunes played, HFU shout outs - thanks 
2326 "Psycho Killer" Miley Cyrus

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 2238 UTC 24 MAY 2024

« on: May 24, 2024, 2244 UTC »

Very good reception

2243 "Time Has Come Today" Chambers Brothers
2247 Pause/off?

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QSLs Received / Re: Ball Smacker Radio eQSL 18 MAY 2024

« on: May 24, 2024, 0843 UTC »

Thanks, great program and eQSL - way to go! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2239 UTC 23 MAY 2024

« on: May 23, 2024, 2239 UTC »

Good reception, high noise floor
2239 "TMZ (Swift parody)" Weird Al Yankovic (WAY)
2243 "Skipper Dan" WAY, noise floor diminishing
2247 "Polka Face" WAY
2252 "Craigslist" WAY
2256 "Party in the CIA" WAY
2259 "Ringtone" WAY
2302 "Another Tattoo" WAY
2305 SSTV
2308 "If That Isn't Love" WAY
2311 "Whatever You Like" WAY
2316 "Stop Forwarding That Crap To Me" WAY
2320 OM talking "Quack, quack, quack", maybe other things - low volume
2323 "Subdivisions" Rush
2327 OM "I said quack, quack, quack"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 77LJS 6930 USB 2344 UTC 19 MAY 2024

« on: May 20, 2024, 0003 UTC »

Very good reception - lakeside, Seneca Lake, Watkins Glen, NY.  Using H-501x with just its whip.
0001 OM "The year was 1985 and the month was May.....Cocoa Cola changes its formula."
0004 Shout out to me, discusses general area here.  Thanks for broadcast. 
Will be listening while doing somethings.  Nice music accompaniment.
0006 "How We Can Hang Onto a Dream" Tim Hardin (died way too young)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Texas Radio Shortwave relay 6880 USB 0012 UTC 19 MAY 2024

« on: May 19, 2024, 0113 UTC »

Very good reception in Shaker heights, OH with h-501x using just its whip

0110 "Crying Laughing" Dem Roots Music
0117 ID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 6960 UTC 0058 UTC 19 MAY 2024

« on: May 19, 2024, 0105 UTC »

Very good reception in Shaker Heights, OH with H-501x using just its whip
0103 Several people talking in quick blurbs, perhaps 1 or more non-American accented
0104 Time pips to "Fool On The Hill" The Beatles
0109 Trumpet
0110 2 OM talking - Abbot & Costello?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 18 May 2024

« on: May 18, 2024, 0223 UTC »

Good reception in Shaker Heights, OH using H-501x with just its whip.
0221 "So Very Hard To Go" Tower of Power
0223 ID to "Never Gonna Let You Go" Sergio Mendes
0228 "As Tears Go By" The Rolling Stones
0230 ID to "Should I Stay or Should I Go" The Clash, great playlist 

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MW Loggings / KDKA 1020 AM (Pittsburgh) 1614 UTC 15 MAY 2024 - Pittsburgh Pirates

« on: May 15, 2024, 1628 UTC »

Very good reception in Shaker Heights, OH during midday.  About 115 air miles from current qth.  H-501x using whip which is working better than ferrite bar (radio allows for antenna choice).

More surprising than a Class A station that can be heard over 100 miles away in the afternoon is the broadcast itself for me.  This is the Pittsburgh Pirate pre-game show.  KDKA AM has started carrying afternoon Pirate games within the past couple of years but certainly not within reception of New England.  I'm thinking the last direct reception of a Pirate game I heard on KDKA might have been 20-25 years ago.

1614 OM "You are listening to the Pittsburgh Pirates North Shore Tavern Pregame Show on KDKA 1020 AM"
1633 OM giving Brewers line up, then Buccos off to Chicago to play the Cubs
1709 OM ".......without the express written consent of Major League Baseball."
1711 OM "McCutchen robbed of one yesterday.  Here's the first pitch, ball one."

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Cleveland Ohio Toynbee Tile

« on: May 15, 2024, 1539 UTC »

So, I am in Greater Cleveland visiting my older son and thought I'd update the status of the Toynbee Tile here.  I have learned there might be three - all on West Prospect/Prospect, though the latter two could be an imitator.  Though "HOH" on last 2 could be "House of Hades". Photos all taken May 15, 2024.

On a side note, there might have been a Toynbee Tile at an I-95 rest area in Branford, CT about 10 miles from my home but may have been paved over by State Highway crew.  🤦‍♂️

Prospect/E. 14 St. - most closely reflects Toynbee Tiles



Prospect/E. 4 St.



West Prospect/ W. 3 St.  Does not resemble myteaquinn post, a lot of construction
/roadwork here for new Sherwin/Williams HQ - maybe original paved over?

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Spy Numbers / Re: Spanish Numbers Station

« on: May 14, 2024, 1213 UTC »

Welcome to the board, Hfungry.  Interesting catch, this is probably the station known as HM01 (Cuban Spy), scheduled to be on 10345 per databases at that hour.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6955 USB 0033 UTC 14 MAY 2024

« on: May 14, 2024, 0042 UTC »

Very good reception H-501x with just its whip in Shaker Heights, OH

0042 Unid male pop-ish rock group
0044 "Girl" The Beatles?

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MW Loggings / CFZM 740 AM (Toronto) 1825 UTC 13 MAY 2024

« on: May 13, 2024, 1832 UTC »

Very good reception in Shaker Heights, OH in bright midday sun.  About 175 air miles from current qth.

1825 ID, Toronto, "Zoomer Radio"
1826 "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" Jimmy Ruffin
1830 "19th Nervous Breakdown" The Rolling Stones
1833 ID to "Walking On Broken Glass" Annie Lenox

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QSLs Received / WFAQ eQSL - 4 MAY

« on: May 07, 2024, 0126 UTC »

A toast for a fine eQSL and a finer broadcast, solidrock.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 USB 2152 UTC 5 May 2024

« on: May 05, 2024, 2322 UTC »

Very good reception - just using whip in third floor hotel room in Corning, NY

2321 Hard Rock tune
Thanks for playing "Nothing Matters"
2324 DJDW talking about played songs