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European Pirates and Private Stations / Johnny Tobacco 6290 AM 2330z Sept 28, 2018

« on: September 28, 2018, 2330 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S7

2330z Johnny Tobacco ID
2336z Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
2337z Hello Johnny, thanks for the shout - good copy tonight
2348z Laura Branigan – Self Control
2355z Thanks again Johnny, good to hear you
2357z Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman
0000z Tracy Byrd - Every Time I Do
0005z Elvis - One Night With You (Would Make My Dreams Come True...)
0011z Carlene Carter - Every Little Thing
0022z Signing off... Good night Johnny

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European Pirates and Private Stations / NMD 6265 AM 2205z Aug 18, 2018

« on: August 18, 2018, 2210 UTC »

2205z Weak signal in New Hampshire, S3 and down in the noise a bit

2212z Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
2231z Stevie Ray Vaughn?
2237z Bob Marley - Could You Be Loved
2243z NMD ID, nmdradio@hotmail.com
2244z Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Hey Teacher, Leave Those Kids Alone)
2245z Thanks for the shout-out NMD
2247z Bee Gees - Spicks and Specks
2249z Robert Cray - Right Next Door (Because Of Me)
2254z Erasure - Sometimes

2255z Signal has come up to S4-S5, fair copy now

2257z The Osmonds - Down By The Lazy River
2300z Booker T and the MG's - Green Onions
2301z Signing off in 15 minutes (running low power, 40 watts)
2303z The Stranglers - Golden Brown
2307z What Fun - The Right Side Won
2309z Canned Heat - On The Road Again

Thanks NMD...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Man Cave Radio 6935.5 AM 0028z July 4, 2018

« on: July 04, 2018, 0029 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S7-S9 and mostly above the noise.

0028z Man Cave Radio ID into Grand Funk -  We're An American Band
0031z Chicago - Saturday in the Park

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North American Shortwave Pirate / XLR8 6955 USB 2305 UTC June 17, 2018

« on: June 17, 2018, 2308 UTC »

Fair signal in New Hampshire,  S5 but storm static peaking S8 so copy is tough

2310z The Thorns - I Want You
2313z ID but missed it... (thanks Skip)
2014z The Tyde - Psychedelic Pill
2330z XLR8 ID
6933z The Keggs - To Find Out
2337z Tune has the same hook as "Wooly Bully"

Suggestion for a XLR8 tag line: "Betwixt the Known and the Unknown....this is Obscure Radio "

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6926 USB 1758 UTC June 16, 2018

« on: June 16, 2018, 1800 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire with QSB, S7-S9+ (Captain Z-Key?)

1800z Blink-182 - Dysentery Gary
1803z SpongeBob - Where's Gary?
1806z Clip of QSO discussing renewing Gary's ham license
1809z The Replacements - Gary's Got A Boner
1812z More of Gary QSO
1813z SpongeBob - Gary's Song
1815z QSO clip of two guys threatening each other
1818z Down By Law - Gruesome Gary
1821z SpongeBob Theme
1821z More of ill-tempered QSO
1830z Off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Yeti Radio 6920 USB 2309z June 9, 2018

« on: June 09, 2018, 2309 UTC »

Fair signal in New Hampshire, S6-S7

Music for a while then signoff at 2308z - Yeti Radio with Op Captain Z-Key with his new transmitter

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Clever Name Radio 6925 AM 2300 UTC June 9, 2018

« on: June 09, 2018, 2304 UTC »

Fair signal in New Hampshire, S6

2304z "? Radio Testing 1, 2, 3" and off

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Johnny Tobacco 6290 AM 2317z June 2, 2018

« on: June 02, 2018, 2319 UTC »

Fair signal in New Hampshire, S5 and about even with the static levels

2317z Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On
2320z AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
2324z George Thorogood - I Drink Alone
2329z George Thorogood - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
2330z Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
2336z Hank Thompson – Squaws Along the Yukon
2344z Merle Haggard - The Bottle Let Me Down
2347z Connie Francis – Lipstick On Your Collar
2349z "One or two more records and then we have to pull the big switch"
2350z Pat Boone? - Love Letters In The Sand
2356z Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs - Wooly Bully
2359z Frank Sinatra - I Did It My Way
0003z Alma Cogan - Never Do A Tango With An Eskimo

0004z Off, Thanks JT - still good at the end, signal had come up to S7

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WBOG 6900.45 AM 2035 UTC June 1, 2018

« on: June 01, 2018, 2036 UTC »

2035z Weak music in New Hampshire, S4 and down in the noise
2038z Frank Zappa - Peaches And Regalia
2042z Grateful Dead - Pride Of Cucamonga
2046z Pink Floyd perhaps?  faded further down into the noise
2052z WPOD? ID into Steeleye Span - One Misty Moisty Morning
2056z Fairport Convention - Doctor Of Physick
2100z David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things
2103z Grandpa's Cough Medicine - Julianne
2105z The Kinks - Johnny Thunder
2108z The Monkees - Apples, Peaches, Bananas, And Pears
2110z ?
2112z Captain Beefheart - Ella Guru
2115z Delaney And Bonnie - Never Ending Song Of Love
2117z Ten Years After - Feel It For Me
2120z Grateful Dead - Friend Of The Devil
2123z WPOD? ID into Chakravarthy - Idhi Oka Nandanavanam
2128z Caterina Caselli - Tutto Nero (Paint It Black)
2131z Tampa Red - She Want To Sell My Monkey
2133z ? - The Look In My Eyes?
2139z ID - Aha, It's WBOG... into cover of "That's The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"
2143z The City - Snow Queen
2146z David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
2150z The Dead Milkmen - Bitchin' Camaro
2152z Indian Puddin' And Pipe - Hashish
2154z WBOG ID into Little Feat - New Dehli Freight Train
2158z Slim Gaillard - Atomic Cocktail (1945)
2201z Kevin Ayers - Stop This Train

2205z A combination of increasing storm static levels and deep, long fades from WBOG is making copy much more difficult

2207z Three Dog Night - Out In The Country
2209z WBOG IDs into Eno And The Winkies - The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch (Live)
2223z The Beau Brummels - Jessica

2226z Off or faded to nil...  Thanks for the show, good to hear you again!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950 USB 2315z May 20, 2018

« on: May 20, 2018, 2319 UTC »

2315z Good signal in New Hampshire, S9

un-Shazam-able tune, bouncy keyboard + lady singer

2329z Ah, got it: Anna Lunoe - Satisfaction
2332z Off 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935AM 2315 UTC 19 May 2018

« on: May 19, 2018, 2316 UTC »

2315z Fair signal in New Hampshire, S7 - Little clips of 5th Dimension tunes

2327 Off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Illuminati 6960 AM 2349z May 5, 2018

« on: May 05, 2018, 2348 UTC »

Great signal in New Hampshire, S9+10

2349z Radio Illuminati ID
2353z Mike And The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle
0002z Pete Townsend - Face Dances Part Two
0005z ID, radio.illuminati6150@gmail.com
0009z Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Let It Ride
0018z Ace - How Long (Has This Been Going On?)
0022z Azimuth Coordinator saying hello...

0022z Noise level is coming up as the sun sets and also some pesky QRM in there now.  Still pretty good copy at S8
0024z Just as I was typing that the signal took a big dive down to S5

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North American Shortwave Pirate / DimBulb Radio 6925+ AM 0005z Apr 28, 2018

« on: April 28, 2018, 0011 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S9 with a very unstable carrier with modulation but sounds OK in AM mode

0008z Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff
0012z Eric Clapton - After Midnight
0014z Damn, was tuned away and missed most of the ID - DimBulb Radio?!?
0015z Back to I Shot The Sheriff
0020z "Don't turn your back, You are listening to DimBulb Radio"
0021z Steely Dan - Black Cow
0025z "Wooooo. You are listening to DimBulb Radio..."
0026z Steely Dan - Aja
0033z "Si Senor, You are listening to DimBulb Radio... Here we go..."
0034z Beatles - Baby You Can Drive My Car
0036z "I think I gots me a woodie..." into Beatles - Norwegian Wood
0039z "This is the crusher..." into Beatles - If You Won't See Me
0042z War - The World Is A Ghetto
0046z Beatles - Nowhere Man  (signal hanging in there at S9)
0049z James Brown - Sex Machine (Get On Up)
0054z "DimBulb Radio..." into James Brown - ? and off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Peace Radio 6950 USB 2200z Apr 20, 2018

« on: April 20, 2018, 2202 UTC »

2200z Good signal in New Hampshire, S7
2205z ID and comments but can't get what the op is saying...
2209z B.B. King tune?, then SSTV of an eagle on top (no text)
2214z Sarah Vaughn - Lullaby Of Birdland
2218z Velvet Revolver - Headspace (op talking but can't get it)
2222z Off

Thanks for the ID Esoteric, never did copy anything from the op here

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Channel Z 4065 AM 2216z Mar 31, 2018

« on: March 31, 2018, 2224 UTC »

Big signal in New Hampshire, S9+ (No copy on 6937)

2216z Channel Z ID for the "Get set for summer show"
2230z "You can rig the knob off your radio, you've got the last channel you'll ever need, Channel Z"
2230z Zombies - Time Of The Season
2234z Rascals - Groovin'
2303z Fifth Dimension - Age Of Aquarius, still S9+

Thanks Bill for the typo alert...