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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 2214 UTC 22 Oct 2018

« on: October 22, 2018, 2224 UTC »

2220 UTC "Whip It"-Devo (Just above the noise floor here but solid)
2222 UTC "Copacabana"-Barry Manilow
2227 UTC "Mandy"-Barry Manilow
(Signal faded to threshold here)

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio Free Do Whatever eQSL

« on: October 22, 2018, 2204 UTC »

Received the same Elvira themed eQSL here too! Very nice indeed!  Thanks DJ Weed Dick!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 2204 UTC 21 Oct 2018

« on: October 21, 2018, 2217 UTC »

2215 UTC "Down On the Corner"-CCR (Fading in and out of the noise floor with S3 peaks)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Dr. Detroit 6960 AM 2100 UTC 21 OCT 2018

« on: October 21, 2018, 2133 UTC »

2132 UTC Signal has come up a long ways! S9 now with "Live and Let Die"-Paul McCartney & Wings (live version)
2135 UTC "What's On My Mind"-Kansas
2141 UTC "Take It To the Limit"-Eagles
2149 UTC "Crazy Water"-Elton John

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6940 USB 2025 UTC 21 Oct 2018

« on: October 21, 2018, 2031 UTC »

Here also at 2028 UTC with solid S6 signal and very nice audio with "Jessica"-Allman Brothers Band
2033 UTC "Magic"-The Cars
2038 UTC "Silent Running"-Mike & the Mechanics
2041 UTC "Edge of Seventeen"-Stevie Nicks
2047 UTC "Red Barchetta"-Rush (Great tune!)
Signal pushing S7 now!
2053 UTC Advert? Followed by some brief music.....back up again after that "Radio Gaga"-Queen (hmmm)
2100 UTC "War Pigs"-Black Sabbath
2107 UTC Audio skit or advert, into "Sultans of Swing"-Dire Straits
2114 UTC "American Idiot"-Green Day
2116 UTC Advert, into "Beast of Burden"-Rolling Stones
2120 UTC Advert "UTool-The mega hardware store", into "Tarzan Boy"-Baltimora
2125 UTC Advert "American Bank", into "That's All"-Genesis
2130 UTC Advert , into "Fly Like An Eagle"-Steve Miller Band
2136 UTC "God Shuffled His Feet"-Crash Test Dummies
(Advertisements are I believe parodies from Grand Theft Auto 5?)
2140 UTC "Get Lucky"-Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams
2146 UTC Faux Advert, into "Pride and Joy"-SRV & Double Trouble
2150 UTC Faux Advert, into "Little Stereo"-Teddybears featuring Daddy Boastin'
2154 UTC Faux Advert, into "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"-Charlie Daniels Band
2159 UTC "The Devil Comes Back to Georgia"-Mark O'Conner featuring Charlie Daniels, Travis Tritt, Marty Stuart, Johnny Cash
2203 UTC "Planet of Woman"-ZZ Top
2207 UTC Faux Advert, into "Sunshine of Your Love"-Cream
2212 UTC Faux Advert, into "Separate Ways"-Journey
2219 UTC Faux Advert, into "Lets Go All the Way"-Sly Fox
2223 UTC "Turning Japanese"-The Vapors
2227 UTC Faux Advert, into "Get It On (Bang A Gong)"-The Power Station
2232 UTC "It's My Life"-Talk Talk
2236 UTC Faux Advert, into "Election Day"-Arcadia
2241 UTC Faux Advert, into "Comfortably Numb"-Pink Floyd
(Signal on the S-meter has stayed between S5 and S7 throughout the show!)
2249 UTC Faux Advert, into "I Just Died In Your Arms"-Cutting Crew
2254 UTC Faux Advert, into "Dreams"-Fleetwood Mac
2259 UTC Faux Advert, into "Girl Can't Help It"-Journey
2304 UTC Faux Advert, into "Ramblin' Man"-Allman Brothers Band
(The band is starting to long...foF2 is dropping down, down, down)
2309 UTC Faux Advert, into "The Spirit of Radio"-Rush 
2315 UTC OFF?

Thanks for the marathon show, tunes, and funny ads whoever you are!  If you want to put a name on this show, the email addy is below.....

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID 6287 AM 1948 UTC 21 Oct 2018

« on: October 21, 2018, 1951 UTC »

Here also at 1949 UTC with "No Beer Today"-Frankie Yankovic
1954 UTC "Neapolitan Polka"-Frankie Yankovic
2001 UTC "My Melody of Love"-Frankie Yankovic
(Surprisingly good signal for this early in the late afternoon!)
2007 UTC "Sugar Sugar"-The Archies 

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QSLs Received / Radio Europe (Italy) eQSL

« on: October 21, 2018, 1051 UTC »

Many thanks Radio Europe and staff! It is greatly appreciated! GRAZIE ALEX! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6940 USB> 6930 USB 0027 UTC 21 Oct 2018

« on: October 21, 2018, 0033 UTC »

0028 UTC S3 peaks here amidst a quiet band....signal is solid with just a bit of flutter
(Shazam didn't nail the first song)
0033 UTC "On the Sunny Side of the Street"-Billie Holiday
0036 UTC "Heat Wave"-Mildred Bailey
0050 UTC "Stormy Monday Blues"-Bobby Bland
0052 UTC "Heat Wave"-Martha & the Vandellas
0055 UTC "Lightning Strikes"-Lou Christie
Hey Wolverine...Link-11 started up on 6942 and it is loud!
0101 UTC "Hot Fun in the Summertime"-Sly & Family Stone
0105 UTC Moved down to 6930U and sounds much better! Thanks Wolverine! "Ain't No Sunshine"-Bill Withers
0107 UTC "Riders On the Storm"-Doors
0122 UTC "Walking In A Hurricane"-John Fogerty
0125 UTC "Long Cold Rainy Night"-Dave Steffen Band

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB 2345 UTC 20 OCT 2018

« on: October 21, 2018, 0001 UTC »

2357 UTC "Baby's On Fire"-Die Antwoord (Barely moving the S-meter but quiet band and solid signal!)
0004 UTC OM intro to "Another strange story of the Wolf Man"? Whistler
0014 UTC Advert for some kind of fuel additive
0019 UTC OM talking now?

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QSLs Received / Radio Sovereign (Ireland) eQSL

« on: October 20, 2018, 2219 UTC »

Thank you very much Tony D and Radio Sovereign! I treasure this one! Greatly appreciated and it is going on the radio room wall for sure! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Do Whatever 6930 USB 1943 UTC 20 Oct 2018

« on: October 20, 2018, 2000 UTC »

Here also just above the noise floor with Soviet sounding Anthem at 1941 UTC repeated
Sadly the signal is mostly in the noise here..... 
2012 UTC "Walking With A Ghost"-Tegan and Sara (Per Shazam)
2015 UTC OM chatting but tough copy
2016 UTC "Graveyard Girl"-M83
2021 UTC OM with "Radio Free Do Whatever" ID  then deep fade
2025 UTC "Jack-O'-Lantern Man"-The Bravery
2028 UTC "Creepy Doll"-Jonathan Coulton
2031 UTC OM chat with mention of "Halloween Special"
2033 UTC "Halloween"-Matt Pond PA
2038 UTC "They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhh!!"-Sufjan Stevens
2043 UTC OM chat but deep in the noise, into "Bodies"-Wafia at 2044 UTC
2047 UTC OM with spooky voice chat followed by a song that Shazam will not ID
2055 UTC OM chat, followed by another song Shazam won't hit on
2104 UTC OM chat
2106 UTC "Monster Hospital"-Metric
2110 UTC OM chat with clear "Radio Free Do Whatever" ID, into "Ghosts"-Oblyx
2115 UTC "13 Nights of Halloween"-Elvira
2118 UTC OM chat with ID....
2121 UTC "2 Big Pumpkins"-Elvira
2124 UTC Sounds like a parody of the Monster Mash?
2128 UTC "Elvira"-Oak Ridge Boys
2131 UTC OM chat with mention of Elvira and ID, into "Dead Inside"-Muse
2138 UTC "Exorcism"-Clairity
2143 UTC Shazam says "Halloween Theme 2007"-Tyler Bates
2144 UTC OM chat
2147 UTC "The Blob"-The Five Blobs
2149 UTC "Halloween Spooks"-Lambert & Hendricks & Ross
2151 UTC "The Addams Family theme 
2152 UTC OM chat (signal is starting to drop into the noise)
2154 UTC "I Was A Teenage Werewolf"-The Cramps
2158 UTC "Don't Fear the Reaper"-Caesers
2201 UTC OM chat over the music
2204 UTC "Frankenstein"-The Ventures
2209 UTC "Bloodletting"-Concrete Blonde
2212 UTC OM chatting....mention of "you are listening to the first Halloween Special", into "Hearse With A Curse"-The Weirdos and the Voice of Mr. Gasser
2216 UTC OM chat with "You are listening to Radio Free Do Whatever"
2219 UTC "Monster Mash"-Don Hinson & the Rigamorticians
2222 UTC "Dracula's Deuce"-The Ghouls
2225 UTC Sounds like scary movie music with spooky OM talkover....  ....mention of Radio Free Do Whatever and spooky laughing
2228 UTC Shazam says "Carrier-Original(For the Last Time)"-Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, with OM chat over the music....mention of QSL
2229 UTC "Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor"-The Big Bopper  , followed by a song that Shazam did not hit on....(Pet Sematary by the Ramones per someone who knows!)
2239 UTC OM chatting but signal is at noise floor again....talking over unid music
2242 UTC "Season of the Witch"-Vanilla Fudge (Thanks RFDW! Haven't heard this one in a long time!  )
2255 UTC Still hearing music but it is buried in the noise

Thank you for the superb Halloween show Radio Free Do Whatever! Also I believe my first reception of RFDW! Tip of the hat on the playlist! Never heard most of these Halloween tunes!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6875 USB 1600 UTC 20 Oct 2018

« on: October 20, 2018, 1606 UTC »

Mostly in the noise with some threshold audio, but a brief audible fade up at 1604 UTC
1615 UTC Right at the noise floor now but Shazam can't nail a song ID
1616 UTC Possible YL with ID? Hard to tell but sounds like jazz
1622 UTC Nice fade up to S3! Easy listening jazz tune that shazam would not hit on
1910 UTC Back in the radio room and signal is fading in and out but the fadeups are much better! "Sweet Sundays"-Tim Bowman
Just as I said that it faded into the noise again 
1915 UTC "Exotica"-Paul Taylor
1920 UTC Signal deep in the noise....
1935 UTC "Summer Groove"-Tim Bowman

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QSLs Received / Partial India Radio eQSL

« on: October 20, 2018, 1405 UTC »

Received this celestially awesome eQSL for the October 12, 2018 show on 4065 khz AM!
Thanks much Harold Krishna and Sanjay! May Vishnu be with you too! 

 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6920 USB 2325 UTC 19 OCT 2018

« on: October 19, 2018, 2330 UTC »

Here also at 2325 UTC at threshold level.....can't even tell what kind of music
Not strong enough for Shazam to hit on....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6930 USB 2210 UTC October 19, 2018

« on: October 19, 2018, 2211 UTC »

2210 UTC I can hear you Dick Weed!  Dignity is overrated! (DW takes Skipmuck to task for the "unid" designation for the thread.......)
DJ Dickweed chatting about songs he's Shazamed and mentions he doesn't remember the last time he was on....
2215 UTC "Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!"-Art Brut
S9 peaks here with very nice audio....
2218 UTC "Sports"-Viagra Boys
2221 UTC DW chat (Whoa....signal just dropped down quickly to just above the noise floor  ) Damn propagation sucks.....
2228 UTC Signal bounced back to S3 here during "Vibrations"-Montero
2231 UTC Signal banged up to S9 then started dropping slowly...settled at S4 now