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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Manitoba - Northern Relay Service 6930

« on: March 16, 2011, 0140 UTC »

3/16/11
6930 AM
0137z: Radio Free Manitoba ID, other programming very difficult to copy due to heavy QRM from adjacent pesque chatter.
0147z: Radio Free Manitoba and what sounds like Kasey Kasem spoof.  What little I can hear sounds like quirky edits and cut-ups, including Kasem's dedication to Snuggles.
0153z: Northern Relay Service ID's with CW (NRS?)

Nifty show, I dig the oddities from sliced and diced audio.

272

North American Shortwave Pirate / Random Radio 6925U

« on: March 05, 2011, 0757 UTC »

3/5/11
6925 USB
Wasn't watching clock or recording, but between approx 0000-0030z heard Random Radio playing Bix Beiderbecke and other jazz from that era.  Roderick Random chatting about the music, also sounded like he was attempting QSO with Captain Morgan but I could hear only Random Radio here.  Long pauses between songs and chatter.

This was probably the best signal I've heard from Random Radio.  Must have been very good grayline conditions.

273

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga 6930U

« on: March 04, 2011, 0050 UTC »

3/4/11
6930 USB
0048z: "Radio Ga-Ga, live from Zipper Lake", after "Sunshine Go Away Today", "Miserlou", couple others, not taking notes.
0052z: LOL!  "Jules" (Samuel L. Jackson) laying out some mighty fine ALLCAPS TALKING from Pulp Fiction.

Good signal peaks through some fades and noise.

0125z: Some hip-hop, sounded like Eminem, not sure if still Radio Ga-Ga.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM

« on: March 03, 2011, 0951 UTC »

3/3/11
6925.3 AM (approx)
0515z: Fairly steady carrier, very faint music and talk.  Reported elsewhere as RJI, but not enough here to ID anything.  Off or faded out by 0525z.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Bust A Nut Radio 6940 AM

« on: February 27, 2011, 0457 UTC »

2/27/11
6940 AM
0455z: Gary Glitter, Bust A Nut Radio ID, Flock of Seagulls "I Ran" & "Space Age Love Song"
0459z: Bust A Nut Radio ID, asking listeners for logs to FRN or HFU
0459z: "Hod Rod Lincoln", "Convoy" big signal jump
0505z: BANR ID, "Cotton-Eye Joe", sounds like them Swedish Rednex version!
0508z: BANR ID "Now with dual nut spin" ID
Two minute mp3 w/ Cotton-Eye Joe and BANR ID

0509z: Joe Jackson "Breaking Us In Two", "Steppin' Out"
0520z: Huey Lewis and The News "Walking On A Thin Line", "Hip To Be Square" (Patrick Bateman's favorite!).  Took a sudden dive, barely audible now.
0535z: Just floating back in, Talk Talk "It's My Life"
0538z: BANR ID, logs to FRN or HFU, Timbuk 3 "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"
0541z: The Church "Under The Milky Way"
0546z: BANR ID, Peter Gabriel "Red Rain", sudden fade out.
0604z: Back after long fade out, "Man Of Constant Sorrow"
0609z: Off after "Real men of radio" bit, Bonanza theme.
Two minute mp3, end of show.

SINPO=42423, good clear peaks, lots of fading from S1-S9, and heavy local RFI, not much QRN.  Audio sounds good.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga 6930U

« on: February 27, 2011, 0424 UTC »

2/27/11
6930 USB
Since around 0415z hearing Radio Ga-Ga ID's "live from Zipper Lake," Clapton "Before You Accuse Me", Johnny Cash "I Walk The Line" and "Ring of Fire", War "Low Rider".  Fair to good signal through lots of local RFI.
0430z: RGG ID, off after contact info.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM blues

« on: February 26, 2011, 0855 UTC »

2/26/11
6925 AM
Since 0820z hearing rocking blues w/ electric guitar.  Only occasionally audible, not quite clear enough to recognize any song titles.
0910z: Carrier suddenly dropped, signal was starting to come through fairly well, still didn't recognize any of the blues tunes.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6940 USB Yes songs

« on: February 26, 2011, 0318 UTC »

2/26/11
0310-0315z: Heard a couple of Yes songs including "Owner of a Lonely Heart", good signal peaks, off without audible ID.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6985 AM 0230z-0630z

« on: February 26, 2011, 0248 UTC »

WYFR has been on this freq before, but I doubt this was them or another broadcaster unless they were running some very informal testing overnight.

2/26/11
6985 AM
Since around 0230z, fairly strong AM station playing lots of hit pop/rock music, some Zombies classics and B-52s "Rock Lobster" around 0245z.  No ID heard between songs.
0253z: "Orinoco Flow", suddenly off after what sounded like someone hitting the "skip" function on the mp3 player, heard a bit of Spirit "I Got A Line On You", then suddenly off.
0305z: Popped up again with what I think was Benny Goodman "In The Mood", then suddenly off.
0354z: Back with several Moody Blues songs.  Still some strong peaks but more fading.
0403z: And off again, still no ID.
0420z: Back with "War of the Worlds" program with Richard Burton narrating over music (thx to The Web for that bit of musical trivia!)
Six minute mp3 from War of the Worlds segment.

0550z: Back with more War of the Worlds, Phil Lynott singing.  Signal varying between S1-S9, generally above noise.
20 minute mp3 from WotW.
0615z: Off again.
0620z: Back, Joan Baez "Diamonds and Rust", "The Night They Drove old Dixie Down"
Two minute mp3 Joan Baez
0630z: Cream "Sunshine of Your Love", "White Room" and off again.

Good signal whoever you were, mystery enigmatic pirate guy.  Let's call it SINPO=44333 on an indoor portable with just a whip.  Occasionally peaking to S7+ over S1 noise on the indoor loop.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin Shortwave 6949 AM

« on: February 26, 2011, 0115 UTC »

2/26/11
6949 AM (approx, didn't bother with sideband tuning to pinpoint)
0110z: Just tuned in to hear Eagles "One of These Nights" and Radio Ronin Shortwave ID w/ gmail addy

Possibly the best I've heard Ronin so far, but only caught tail end of show.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / KARR 6925U

« on: February 26, 2011, 0031 UTC »

2/26/11
6925 USB
Since around 0015z hearing rock music, not taking notes.  Sounds like Three Doors Down, not sure.
0030z: KARR cylon voice ID
0100z: Alice in Chains set now
0130z: Megadeth set, "Foreclosure of a Dream", others.
0136z: Sounds like anncr voice live on mic, something about "...on the highways, byways..." couldn't copy rest
0155z: Human voice ID after a bunch of music I didn't recognize because I'm unhip

Generally good signal with some rapid fades.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Bust A Nut Radio 6940 AM

« on: February 25, 2011, 2311 UTC »

2/25/11
6940 AM
Since 2300z, have heard Aretha Franklin "Respect", Commander Cody "Hot Rod Lincoln", Foo Fighters "Learn To Fly"
2311z: BANR ID
Occasionally peaking well enough to copy familiar songs in AM mode

2319z: "Born To Be Wild"
2322z: Bowie "Space Oddity"
2332z: Bust A Nut Radio ID "Now with dual nut spin", Beatles "Here Comes The Sun" & "Good Day Sunshine"
2347z: Mellow instrumental, don't recognize it.  Audio seems good here, hard to tell much due to local RFI and fading.

Generally well above noise since around 2315z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / KARR 6925

« on: February 24, 2011, 0346 UTC »

2/24/11
6925 (I'm guessing USB, but I never checked to see if it was AM)
Was just barely audible 'til 0300z when it began popping through clearly with metal music (Dio?  Maiden?  All sounds alike to me) and several robot voice KARR ID's.  SSTV too, but I don't have MMSSTV running on this PC.  Good to very good from 0300-0340z, then off or suddenly faded out.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid SSTV 6925

« on: February 23, 2011, 0611 UTC »

2/23/11
6925, presumed AM mode?
0553-0557z: Two SSTV signals (no copy here, didn't have MMSSTV set up).  Each accompanied by carrier that turned on and off along with beginning and end of each SSTV.  Carrier centered around 6925.1, and SSTV was comparably audible when switching between AM, LSB and USB on the receiver.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga & ABBA 6930U

« on: February 19, 2011, 0056 UTC »

2/19/11
6930 USB
0053z: So far have heard ABBA "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and "Take A Chance On Me", with Radio Ga-Ga ID.
0102z: Fine Young Cannibals "She Drives Me Crazy"
0105z: Sábado Negro "El Hombre de Hierro"
0112z: Cranberries "Zombies".  It's all in your head... doo-doo-doo.
0131z: Bob Marley "Jammin'" and ID, "...Radio Ga-Ga, transmitting live from (Zipper?) Lake..."

Just audible through fairly heavy local noise.