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North American Shortwave Pirate / Old Time Radio 6770 AM 2212 UTC 4 February 2018

« on: February 04, 2018, 2214 UTC »

2212 UTC Unid program at fair listenable level...minimal fading
2215 UTC Harmonica music background to program
2220 UTC Some signal drop out now
2230 UTC From the "Tales of the Texas Rangers", intro music with narrator

2222

North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan Shortwave 6949.7 AM > 6924.4 AM 2318 UTC 3 Feb 2018

« on: February 03, 2018, 2319 UTC »

2318 UTC Twilight Zone theme and YL with "This is Captain Morgan Shortwave"
2319 UTC "Blow Wind Blow"-Jimmy Rogers All Stars
(Nice S7 peaks with moderate fades and Link-11 on 6949.5ish)
2326 UTC QSY'd to 6924.4 AM.....Started show over again 
(Peskie QRM on LSB, so best in USB here)
2332 UTC "Little Brown Hen"-Snooky Pryor
(Interesting prop....from S7 peaks to S1 during deep fades)
2336 UTC "Early In the Morning"-Snooky Pryor and Mel Brown
2341 UTC "Drinkin Beer"-William Clarke
2346 UTC "Bury You In A Paper Sack"-Snooky Pryor
2350 UTC "Hot Cha"-Jr Walker & All Stars
(Great signal but lots of selective fading tonight)
2353 UTC "How Do You Stop"-James Brown
(Getting a lot of Chinese air blast ute crud)
2358 UTC "Food for Thot"-Dr John
0002 UTC Twilight Zone theme/YL with ID
0003 UTC OFF

Thanks for the blues tunes this evening Cap'n! 

2223

QSLs Received / Radio Compania Worldwide (RCW)-Chile Postal QSL Letter

« on: February 02, 2018, 2356 UTC »

AWESOME! Thank you very very much RCW! This is going in a frame for the radio room wall! 

2224

European Pirates and Private Stations / LHH 6205 AM 2238 UTC 30 January 2018

« on: January 30, 2018, 2242 UTC »

2238 UTC I have a carrier and music here fading in and out of the noise floor. No ID on songs yet....
2243 UTC "Mr. Blue Sky"-ELO
(There is a slight het on the frequency from presumed Laser on 6205 AM)
2247 UTC YL? announcer but tough copy
2248 UTC "Like A Virgin"-Madonna
2252 UTC "Walking On Sunshine"-Rockers Revenge (Per Shazam)
2255 UTC YL Announcer
2256 UTC "Sowing The Seeds of Love"-Tears For Fears (Per Shazam)

2225

QSLs Received / Key Channel Radio eQSL

« on: January 29, 2018, 2224 UTC »

Grazie mille KCR Team! 

2226

North American Shortwave Pirate / Voice of the Yetti Radio International 6960 USB 2245 UTC 28 January 2018

« on: January 28, 2018, 2247 UTC »

2245 UTC OM talking about Plutocrats and starting businesses
2248 UTC OM talking about Indonesia....commentary
(Signal is S8 peaks with a slight hum and slightly distorted)
2252 UTC "Run To You"-Bryan Adams (audio is fine now!)
2256 UTC "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"-Jim Croce
2258 UTC "Year of the Cat"-Al Stewart
2304 Dead Air but the hum is still there
2306 UTC OFF
2309 UTC YL and OM with "You Are Listening To the Voice of the Yetti Radio International"...repeated
2310 UTC "Levon"-Elton John
2314 UTC "Someday Never Comes"-CCR
2320 UTC Ambient music, then OM talking
2323 UTC Unid instrumental music...violin?
2327 UTC "Buddha Radio International"

2227

European Pirates and Private Stations / Key Channel Radio 6920 AM 2100 UTC 27 January 2018

« on: January 27, 2018, 2103 UTC »

2100 UTC Signal still threshold at best, but almost enough to ID songs....getting better minute by minute 
2131 UTC "Tara Ri Chunddi"-Bhushan Dua & Suresh Wadkar & Usha Mangeshkar & Anuradha Paudwal & Shobha Joshi & Rekha Rao ( Per Shazam )
2135 UTC "Subhanallah"-Shilpa Rao ( Per Shazam )
2148 UTC Possible ID by OM?
Signal seems to have faded with the sunset....deep in the noise now
2204 UTC Signal back up again with "Moviestar"-Harpo ( Per Shazam )
2207 UTC "Vrouwenalfabet"-Monique Smit ( Per Shazam )
2213 UTC "Moon River"-Unknown artist
2217 UTC "Samba Pa Ti"-Santana
2221 UTC "Layla"-Derek & the Dominoes
2225 UTC Happy Birthday song, then "Key Channel" ID by OM, into "My Love"-Paul McCartney & Wings
2229 UTC "My Sweet Lord"-George Harrison
2234 UTC "Imagine"-John Lennon
2236 UTC Echo ID jingle
2238 UTC "Reginella"-Massimo Ranieri ( Per Shazam )
2241 UTC "Dicitencello Vuje"-Alan Sorrenti ( Per Shazam )
(Signal has faded mostly into the noise since 2240 UTC)

2228

North American Shortwave Pirate / Yetti Radio International 6920 USB 2252 UTC 23 January 2018

« on: January 23, 2018, 2257 UTC »

2252 UTC Music and YL synth voice with ID "Yetti Radio International....? recording the frequency ?
2253 UTC "Sailing"-Christopher Cross
(Signal started out at S5 at 2252 UTC, but dropped down to threshold at 2254 UTC)
2257 UTC I can tell something is there but that's about it....hmmm.....USB!)

2229

North American Shortwave Pirate / Rockabilly Radio 6950 LSB 0025 UTC 23 January 2018

« on: January 23, 2018, 0041 UTC »

Solid S8 signal here at 0025 UTC with "Standing In the Sun"-Louis King
0027 UTC "Trouble On Two Legs"-Louis King
0031 UTC "One Track Mind"-Louis King
0035 UTC OM with ID "Rockabilly Radio"
0044 UTC OM with ID "Rockabilly Radio", into "High On the Hill"-Louis King
0048 UTC "Hoodoo Man"-Louis King
0052 UTC OM with "Rockabilly Radio, see ya next time", and OFF

Thanks for the Louis King tunes! 

2230

North American Shortwave Pirate / Moonlight Radio 6925 USB 1525 UTC 21 January 2018

« on: January 21, 2018, 1525 UTC »

1525 UTC YL with "Moonlight Radio" ID, into unid C&W tune (Johnny Cash?) False start
1526 UTC YL with ID, into same song "The Chicken In Black"-Johnny Cash
1529 UTC "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens"-Asleep At the Wheel
(S3 peaks here with some fades into the noise)
1531 UTC OM with "Moonlight Radio", into what sounds like that Chicken song they play at weddings 
1535 UTC YL with ID, into "The Chicken Song"-Ernest Tubb
1538 UTC Hmmm....shazam says "8 Piece Box"-Southern Culture On the Skids
1542 UTC OM with ID, into "Dixie Chicken"-Little Feat
1546 UTC "Memphis Women and Chicken"-Dan Penn
1550 UTC YL with ID, into "Stereo Chickens"-Jerry Jeff Walker
1551 UTC Shoutouts by OM and OFF

Thanks for the morning Chicken theme Moonlight!  Hmmm....I have a craving for some McNuggets.....

2231

North American Shortwave Pirate / OHR 6926.2 AM 0202 UTC 21 January 2018

« on: January 21, 2018, 0204 UTC »

0202 UTC Hearing music fading in and out but it's getting clobbered by a loud peskie
0205 UTC Sounds like "We Got To Get Out Of This Place"-Eric Burdon & Animals
(Some nice S7 peaks above the noise peskies  )
0208 UTC YL with ID, but I didn't catch it....into "Fortunate Son"-CCR
0210 UTC "Eve of Destruction"-Barry McGuire
0214 UTC "Don't Step On the Grass Sam"-Steppenwolf
0219 UTC "For What It's Worth"-Buffalo Springfield
0223 UTC "Little Help From My Friends"-Joe Cocker
0227 UTC "Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag"-Country Joe & Fish
0230 UTC "Handsome Johnny"-Richie Havens
0234 UTC "Give Peace A Chance"-John Lennon
0237 UTC "Bring 'Em Home"-Pete Seeger?
0240 UTC YL with "OHR", into "Child In Time"-Deep Purple
0250 UTC "The End"-Doors
0302 UTC OFF

2232

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6940 USB 2142 UTC 20 Jan 2018

« on: January 20, 2018, 2142 UTC »

2142 UTC FDR Speech (Signal is right at the noise floor)
2146 UTC Attack on Pearl Harbor
2151 UTC Music-YL singer
2154 UTC OFF or faded out?
2155 UTC Back on again with "Remember Pearl Harbor"-OM singer
2157 UTC Another WW2 martial song (Shazam not hitting on this one either)
2200 UTC FDR speech

2233

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 1515 UTC 20 January 2018

« on: January 20, 2018, 1516 UTC »

1515 UTC YL with some kind of parody advertisement, followed by OM with parody advertisement
1516 UTC YL chatting about the President making a deal....audio clip by President Trump "I will make a great deal for the American people"
1518 UTC Something about "ask your dermatologist"....then chat about the President and Schumer met yesterday (seems to be about the latest government shutdown)

2234

North American Shortwave Pirate / Voice of the Yetti Radio International 6925.8 AM 1437 UTC 20 January 2018

« on: January 20, 2018, 1437 UTC »

1437 UTC Open Carrier, then YL and OM with ID that I can't make out
1438 UTC "Levon"-Elton John
1442 UTC "Madman Across the Water"-Elton John
(Signal started off at just above the noise floor and has grown stronger.....S5 peaks now with deep fades)
1445 UTC "Someday Never Comes"-CCR
1449 UTC YL with ID that I can't quite get...the fades are making it tough.
1450 UTC "Susie Q"-CCR (partial song)
1451 UTC "Nothing Else Matters"-Metallica
1454 UTC  "Time"-Pink Floyd
1459 UTC "Start Me Up"-Rolling Stones
1502 UTC YL with ID...."You are listening to Voice of the Yetti Radio International", then OM with ID also 
1503 UTC "Levon"-Elton John
1504 UTC OFF during song

Thanks for the Saturday morning tunes Yetti! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / OHR 6926 AM 0110 UTC 20 January 2018

« on: January 20, 2018, 0117 UTC »

0110 UTC "Paranoid"-Grand Funk Railroad (Just above the noise here)
0118 UTC "For Your Love"-Yardbirds
0119 UTC "Little Red Riding Hood"-Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs