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North American Shortwave Pirate / Underdog 6950 USB 0201 UTC 10 JUN 2018

« on: June 10, 2018, 0205 UTC »

0202 UTC Unid bluesy rock guitar instrumental  tune at S7 peaks amidst light static crashes
0206 UTC OFF?
0212 UTC Back again with eerie rock guitar bluesy instrumental

6692

North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0016 UTC 10 June 2018

« on: June 10, 2018, 0016 UTC »

0016 UTC "Testing one two three"....."Wolverine Radio"
0017 UTC "Numbers Boogie"-Sugar Chile Robinson
0019 UTC "Grandma Plays The Numbers"-Wynonie Harris
(Signal is peaking at S6 with a slight flutter amidst light static crashes)
0021 UTC "Playing Numbers"-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
0024 UTC "One Thing Leads To Another"-The Fixx
(Signal jumped up to S9+!  )
0027 UTC "Love Me Two Times"-The Doors
0030 UTC "Three Pistols"-The Tragically Hip
0034 UTC "Let The Four Winds Blow"-Roy Brown
0036 UTC "Five O'Clock World"-The Vogues
(Signal back down to S6 peaks)
0038 UTC "Six Days On the Road"-Johnny Rivers
0041 UTC "Wolverine Radio" ID, into "Magnificent Seven"-The Clash
0046 UTC "Eight Miles High"-Byrds
0050 UTC "Cloud Nine"-Temptations
0054 UTC "Ten Men Working"-Neil Young
0100 UTC "Eleven Days"-David Byrne & Fatboy Slim featuring Cyndi Lauper
0104 UTC "Twelve Gates To The City"-Tim O'Brien
0107 UTC Hmmm...Sultry voiced YL with lyrics "Thirteen more minutes until my tears begin to fall"
0111 UTC "Fourteen Carat Mind"-Osborne Brothers
0114 UTC "Fifteen Years And Still Serving Time"-Pearl Bailey
0116 UTC "Sixteen Tons"-Tennessee Ernie Ford
0121 UTC "Eighteen"-Alice Cooper
0124 UTC "Hey Nineteen"-Steely Dan
0129 UTC "Twenty Killer Hurts"-Gene Loves Jezebel
0132 UTC SSTV

6693

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Johnny Tobacco 6296 (was 6300) AM 2240 UTC 09 Jun 2018

« on: June 09, 2018, 2325 UTC »

2324 UTC "Ghost Riders In the Sky"-Johnny Cash (Fair signal with a bit of flutter fading)
2325 UTC JT chatting now (Propagation is not good this evening JT!)
2326 UTC "Born To Be Wild"-Steppenwolf segueing into an instrumental tune, then JT chat and back to the instrumental tune "My Blou Oog" per Shazam
2329 UTC OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Relay Station 6880 AM 2100 UTC 9 Jun 2018

« on: June 09, 2018, 2203 UTC »

2200 UTC Just the slightest hint of a weak carrier here 

0002 UTC I have some weak audio now just above the noise floor
0003 UTC "Layla"-Eric Clapton (S3 peaks with a fluttery fade)
0010 UTC "Judy In Disguise(With Glasses)"-John Fred & His Playboy Band
0012 UTC OM with CoolAM Radio ID, into "'San Ber'dino"-Frank Zappa

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Sunshine Radio 7705 AM 1934 UTC 9 June 2018

« on: June 09, 2018, 2046 UTC »

2045 UTC Weak carrier and a trace of music here.....
2047 UTC Brief fade up good enough for Shazam to ID song as "Saturday Love"-Alexander O'Neal
2058 UTC Another fade up and "Like A Prayer"-Mad'House per Shazam
2110 UTC "Silent Lucidity"-Queensryche 
2113 UTC Signal is now threshold or slightly above the noise floor here with "Afternoons and Coffeespoons"-Crash Test Dummies
2115 UTC "Don't Worry Be Happy"-Bobby McFerrin
2123 UTC "You Can Do Magic"-America
2124 UTC "Summer In the City"-Lovin Spoonful
2128 UTC "Mr. Bojangles"-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2131 UTC "Lovely Day"-Bill Withers (S3 peaks during this tune!)
2134 UTC "Move On Up"-Curtis Mayfield
2138 UTC "Shooting Star"-Dollar
2142 UTC "Waiting For A Star To Fall"-Boy Meets Girl


Hi Brian....maybe shazam misidentified the song at 2058 UTC?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Zee-Key 6920 USB 0008 UTC 9 June 2018

« on: June 09, 2018, 0010 UTC »

0008 UTC "Hush"-Deep Purple
0013 UTC "Kentucky Woman"-Deep Purple

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 2334 UTC 8June 2018

« on: June 08, 2018, 2339 UTC »

2336 UTC I have some very weak audio here...finger picking banjo music followed by OM talking

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 AM 2217 UTC 8 June 2018

« on: June 08, 2018, 2222 UTC »

Just a carrier here at 2221 UTC 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Yeti Radio 6925 USB 2122 UTC 8 June 2018

« on: June 08, 2018, 2122 UTC »

2122 UTC "Sleepy Town"-The Winstons (S5 peaks amidst some static crashes....nice audio)
2124 UTC "Just A Memory"-Escape the Fate
2128 UTC "Had To Cry Today"-Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
2136 UTC "New York, New York"-Ryan Adams
2140 UTC "Rescue Blues"-Ryan Adams
2143 UTC "Blue"-The Jayhawks
2146 UTC "Joey"-Nick Drake


2152 UTC "Fortunate Son"-CCR/"Paint It Black"-Rolling Stones
2156 UTC "Hush"-Deep Purple
2200 UTC "Kentucky Woman"-Deep Purple
2204 UTC OFF

Thanks for the great tunes Yeti! Very nice sounding USB audio! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950 AM 2316 UTC 7 June 2018

« on: June 07, 2018, 2320 UTC »

2316 UTC "Alley Cat"
2318 UTC OM with ID
(Signal is right at the low noise floor here with light fading and very nice audio at peaks....seems to be undermodulated, which is unusual for CM! Or perhaps the prop is just not good!)
2321 UTC Seems to be OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6945 USB 2232 UTC 7 June 2018

« on: June 07, 2018, 2254 UTC »

2251 UTC "Turning Japanese"-The Vapors (S7 and well above the noise with light fading)
2253 UTC OM said something and OFF ("Man, they were ??")

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Yeah Man Radio 6925 AM 2230 UTC 6 Jun 2018

« on: June 06, 2018, 2306 UTC »

2305 UTC "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying"-Shirley Horn (Very nice S8 peaks here and sounding good!)
2310 UTC "You're listening to Shirley Horn on Yeah Man"...shoutouts to Dave P and Charlie "on the southside", into "Beautiful Love"-Shirley Horn
2315 UTC Thanks for the shoutout Yeah Man!
2316 UTC "Come Back To Me"-Shirley Horn
2319 UTC "Too Late Now"-Shirley Horn (Signal hit S9 during the song and full quieting!)
2325 UTC Yeah Man chat, into "Too High"-Stevie Wonder
2330 UTC Brief bit of "Visions"-Stevie Wonder and OFF

Thanks for the laid back jazz tunes this evening Yeah Man!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Coast FM 6285 khz 2138 UTC 6 June 2018

« on: June 06, 2018, 2210 UTC »

2209 UTC Hearing some threshold music now, but still too weak for copy. Good to see Coast FM back after being off for the month or so!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Relay Station 6880 AM 1336 UTC 6 June 2018

« on: June 06, 2018, 2129 UTC »

2125 UTC "Caravan"-Esther Bertram (S5 peaks with light fading)
2127 UTC OM and YL chatting
2131 UTC "Caravan"-Mills Brothers (Interesting a capella version!)
2134 UTC YL with ID as 98.1 FM...WKZE?...., into "Caravan"-Nick Heyward
2152 UTC Relay of "Gunsmoke"!
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2342 UTC Still have a fair to good signal here with "Bad Girl"-ZZ Top
2345 UTC "Milk Cow Blues"-Breakaways
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0014 UTC "Winterwind"-Cosmic Dealer (S6 and above the noise floor)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Relay Station 6880 AM 2216 UTC 5 June 2018

« on: June 05, 2018, 2218 UTC »

2216 UTC "Catch Us If You Can"-Dave Clark Five (S7 peaks at tune in)
2218 UTC "Twist and Shout"-Isley Brothers
2220 UTC "Barefootin"-Robert Parker (Excellent audio!)
2222 UTC "Turn Turn Turn"-Byrds
(2224 UTC During Byrds tune, signal dropped down to S3...at or just above static crash level now)
2226 UTC ""Double Shot of My Baby's Love"-Swinging Medallions
2228 UTC "Since I Met You Baby"-Ivory Joe Hunter (Back up to S7)
2231 UTC "Kentucky Woman"-Neil Diamond
2234 UTC "My Guy"-Mary Wells (Fading a bit again)
2236 UTC "He Will Break Your Heart"-Jerry Butler (S8 now and sounding like a local AM station!)
2239 UTC "Love is Blue"-Paul Mauriat
2242 UTC "Red Rubber Ball"-Cyrkle
2244 UTC Deep fade to nada, then back up to S7 with "Ya Ya"-Lee Dorsey
2247 UTC "Hair"-Cowsills
2250 UTC "Judy's Turn To Cry"-Lesley Gore
2252 UTC "Just Like Me"-Paul Revere & Raiders
2255 UTC "Butterfly"-Andy Williams
2257 UTC "Loco-motion"-Little Eva
2259 UTC "Lipstick On Your Collar"-Connie Francis
2301 UTC "Dreamin"-Johnnie Burnette
2304 UTC "Mr. Blue"-Fleetwoods
2306 UTC "Dizzy"-Tommy Roe
2309 UTC "Cherry Pie"-Skip & Flip
(2311 UTC Signal faded out completely....very weak carrier now)

Thanks for the awesome spin through the 60's....Relay Station I presume?