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North American Shortwave Pirate / Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0215Z 21 March 2020

« on: March 21, 2020, 0236 UTC »

S6 with much fading on Icom IC-735 in Omaha, NE
0215Z carrier only
0220Z Harlem Shuffle  - Rolling Stones
0238Z Abracadabra - Steve Miller
0246Z Major Tom - Peter Schilling
0253Z Do'nt stop Believin  - Journey
          S7 still much fading, missed the ID --
0256Z Heart of Rock n Roll - Huey lewis
0302Z missed ID again - piano playing
0305Z off air
          S7 signal tops - much fading in S5 noise level.

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Shortwave Broadcast / UNID 4055 AM 0510 UTC APR 15 2020

« on: March 14, 2020, 0511 UTC »

barely above my noise level - sounds like opera/choir singing?? 0510Z

0520Z  female voice, still just above noise with static crashes S7-S9
0535Z   sounds like gospel music with a male preacher - rough copy still S5-S9
0545Z male preaching again - S5-S7
0550Z Frequency shifting a bit, currently 4055 now - monitoring with IC-735 - few S9 peaks
0603Z heard the Lord's prayer.  Signal still not peaking long enough to copy any ID.
0606Z rough copy of female voice giving address to send donations - only pulled out the country of Guatemala
0610Z male voice signing off
0610 - 0615Z sound like teenage choir singing an anthem.
0617Z  off air

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Shortwave Broadcast / Unkwn 5090 AM 0540 UTC March 25 2019

« on: March 25, 2019, 0618 UTC »

5090 AM playing oldies music.
No ID, no announcer. I just happened to scan across it at 0540 UTC and they abruptly shut down seconds before 0600 UTC. +10 over signal, mininal fading with propagation. My grid square EN11.