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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: PBBCR 6925.4 AM 2337 UTC 11 Aug 2015

« on: August 11, 2015, 2340 UTC »

Solid S9 here at 2338 UTC with excellent audio! Sounds like BBC news or commentary.
2341 UTC Signal started fading rapidly, then just disappeared
2344 UTC Just a trace of a carrier here...hmmm
2358 UTC Started fading in a bit and now at 0005 UTC is at S4 and well above the noise now!
Thanks for the Tuesday evening night at the Beebs!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Cold Country Canada 6969U 0035 UTC AUG 11, 2015

« on: August 11, 2015, 0038 UTC »

0035 UTC "For What It's Worth"-Buffalo Springfield
0038 UTC OM with ID..."Cold Country Canada...6969...Chicken Band Radio, into "Hair Of The Dog"-Nazareth (voiceover ID during song..."weakest pirate station in the nation")
Mississippi Queen-Mountain....A Horse With No Name-America....Carry On My Wayward Son"-Kansas
(Nice S7 peaks here CCC...bit of fading and noise, but otherwise quite listenable!)
Some really loud blasts of white noise for the last few minutes...hmmm...gone at 0054 UTC
Cocaine-Eric Clapton...CCC ID....I Want You To Want Me-Cheap Trick...Schools Out-Alice Cooper....The Boys Are Back In Town-Thin Lizzy....Tom Sawyer-Rush....Black Water-Doobie Brothers....American Woman-Guess Who....Don't Fear The Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult....
0124 UTC Signal is buried in the noise now....
0127 UTC "Walk On The Wild Side"-Lou Reed....Blinded By The Light-Manfred Mann's Earth Band

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Switching to the new Sunspot Number on July 1, 2015: a challenging transition

« on: August 10, 2015, 2353 UTC »

inhomogeneities

Gesundheit!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6955 USB 0058 UTC 10 Aug 2015

« on: August 10, 2015, 0808 UTC »

Heard this after I had logged off the PC...at first I thought it was XLR8 coming in at S8 with a really long dance mix track at 0106 UTC tune in! Electronica rhythm with OM singer repeating what sounded like "I Only Miss You When I'm Dreaming" many, many times. Finally, the voice of DJ Dickweed comes on with an ID at 0125 UTC mentioning this was "a little test" and that Stavin wasn't there because he hated disco. DJ Dickweed was mixing this right now and he was trying out a new idea he called "Frequency"...I put the NRD on timer and fell asleep with visions of the dance floor in my head Thanks for the change of pace!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB 2245 UTC 9Aug15

« on: August 09, 2015, 2304 UTC »

2302 UTC with S3 signal just above the noise with occasional peaks to S4 UNID tune
2308 UTC XLR8....
2312 UTC Signal jumped up a bit!
2319 UTC Thump thump intro into augmented thumpage

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Akenzo 6395 AM 2235 UTC 9 Aug 2015

« on: August 09, 2015, 2246 UTC »

I've had the carrier here since just after 2230 UTC also, but the only audio I'm hearing is some longwinded freebanders chatting on USB in an UNID language.
2332 UTC I'm hearing audio now with some oompah  
2335 UTC Definitely hearing some Dutch polka music now fading in and out of the noise
2338 UTC Another! Is this still Akenzo?
2345 UTC I'm getting some nice S4 peaks here now, but I can't ID a song
2351 UTC OM is talking now, but can't make out what he's saying.
2356 UTC Nice slow ballad with man singer
0000 UTC OM talking...pretty sure I heard an ID there...will have to listen back on the recording again! Into a bit of Dutch oompah
0006 UTC Sounds like a rock tune now
0010 UTC Dutch polka music
Still coming in with a nice signal at 0049 UTC sign off
Thanks for the show from across the pond Radio Akenzo!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: o60dgr on air

« on: August 09, 2015, 2053 UTC »

Nothing here Mick...I have some local QRN on this frequency but LSB is fairly clear and not a trace...

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Spaceshuttle 13600 AM 1925 UTC 9 Aug 2015

« on: August 09, 2015, 1959 UTC »

S3/S4 here at 1952 UTC with UNID tune, OM at 1953 UTC
1954 UTC UNID punk rock tune
1957 UTC OM with "Radio Spaceshuttle International" ID and postal address
1959 UTC UNID tune ending midsong and OFF at 2000 UTC

Signal was actually quite readable here using LSB and a bit of tweaking with the Passband tuning!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Cold Country Canada - 6969 USB 0100z Aug 9, 2015

« on: August 09, 2015, 0109 UTC »

0102 UTC with "Bad To The Bone"-George Thorogood at S5 and above the noise
0103 UTC OM with ID..."Cold Country Canada"..."Chicken Band Radio", into "Walk On The Wild Side"-Lou Reed
0107 UTC OM with ID..."Cold Country Canada...sixty nine sixty nine....weakest station in the nation", into "Blinded By The Light"-Manfred Mann (got it this time CCC op!)
0111 UTC OM with ID, into "For What It's Worth"-Buffalo Springfield
(Audio is sounding pretty good through the stereo here CCC
0114 UTC OM with..."Cold Country Canada sixty nine sixty nine...chicken band radio...weakest pirate station in the nation", into "Hair Of The Dog"-Nazareth
0117 UTC OM with "Chicken Band Radio Sixty Nine Sixty Nine", into "Mississippi Queen"-Mountain
0120 UTC OM mentioning the "Pirate Cafe",into "A Horse With No Name"-America
0124 UTC OM, into "Brass In Pocket"-Chrissie Hyndes & Pretenders
0127 UTC OM with ID and "I can hear the static myself", into "Funk 49"-James Gang
0133 UTC UNID song
0135 UTC Signal has headed towards the noise....tough copy now
0146 UTC DJ Snake & Dillon Francis - Get Low (Ripped BBC Essential Mix).mp3 (ID per a knowing individual in the IRC chat )
0148 UTC OFF

Thanks for the entertainment tonight CCC! Love that Chicken Band Radio!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Capt Morgan SW 6924.2 AM 0010z 8/9/15

« on: August 09, 2015, 0018 UTC »

Nice S8 here with some selective fading at 0012 UTC with UNID blues/rock tune, another at 0014 UTC and again at 0017 UTC. Sounding really good here through the stereo
0023 UTC OM with ID and email addy, into....some more blues!
0047 UTC OFF

Thanks for the rocking blues this evening Captain!

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QSLs Received / Re: Brockett 99 eQSL Show #1

« on: August 09, 2015, 0009 UTC »

The same awesome QSL just arrived here too! Thanks Mr. Ernie Scar and I hope to hear Brockett 99 rocking the reservation somewhere down the trail

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6955 USB 0051 UTC 8 Aug 2015

« on: August 08, 2015, 0105 UTC »

0100 UTC with UNID reggaeish tune at S5 amidst lots of noise this evening. Graphic equalizer is set to max on the bottom end, top end on min and sounds pretty good! XLR8 I presume....
0110 UTC Altrock tune
0134 UTC Chili Peppers for Oly1959
Signal holding up well with the band noise this evening!

Sitting here at the NRD zoning to the music....need something esoteric and kick ass... how 'bout "There Is No Time"-Lou Reed?
0144 UTC Thanks XLR8!

While nodding off into slumber with the timer on the NRD, I was surprised to hear what sounded like the 1970 German Beat Club live version of "Spill the Wine"-Eric Burdon and War about 0208 UTC....nice! I have this on an old PC...."and in her hand was a bottle of Liebfraumilch"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0037 UTC 8 Aug 2015

« on: August 08, 2015, 0041 UTC »

On abrupt at 0028 UTC with audio from 1954 Caine Mutiny...off and back up again at 2031 UTC with more of the same.
2038 UTC OM with Amphetamine Radio ID, into SSTV

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Crombi 6390 AM 2327 UTC AUG 7, 2015

« on: August 07, 2015, 2333 UTC »

Fair carrier here at 2327 UTC amidst considerable noise, but hints of audio here and there.
2330 UTC "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

Chris L...Yes, Crombi was in Iann's but the xmtr was too hot to continue

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QSLs Received / Amphetamine Radio SSTV Test eQSL

« on: August 07, 2015, 1903 UTC »

Thanks again AR! You've got it all covered now