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Loggings => North American Shortwave Pirate => Topic started by: Skipmuck on June 21, 2015, 0030 UTC

Title: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: Skipmuck on June 21, 2015, 0030 UTC: Music box IS, into "The Big Pig Song" at 0030 UTC:D
(S9 here this evening....much clearer than last nights program!)
Hmmm...the QRM on last nights broadcast seems to be on this one too...is this an off air recording?
Same program as last night but the signal is much stronger tonight!
0052 UTC Music box IS then OFF at 0053 UTC

Thanks for the show again this evening WPIG! I need to hear the Piggies bouncing on the bed song again 8)
Title: Re: UNID 6925U 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: JoeFLIPS on June 21, 2015, 0031 UTC: 0031- song about a pig S8-9
0033- ID and singing about rolling in the mud :D
0038- Three Little Pigs audio clip
0040- gave a phone number for a QSL?
0042- phone ringing in the background and OM saying "WPIG"
0043- something about eating a large hot dog
0045- singing "Amazing Grace" then talking about school closings
0051- "Piggies On The Bed" tune
0054- music box IS then off.
Title: Re: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: Markokpik on June 21, 2015, 0035 UTC: 0035 just barely audible ... again tonight
Title: Re: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: ByteBORG on June 21, 2015, 0036 UTC: S2 to S3 - barely audible

0031 - person singing acapella
0033 - WPIG ID
0035 - "p-i-g, p-i-g"... sung badly
Title: Re: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: hsmith77 on June 21, 2015, 0037 UTC: S3 here. Rough copy again tonight
Title: Re: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: Oliver on June 21, 2015, 0040 UTC: Lots of storm noise on this frequency. S3-S4 at best.
0039 UTC, able to make out music but no chance to ID any of it.

Thanks WPIG to make it into my logbook this evening.
Title: Re: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: kgb on June 21, 2015, 0045 UTC: Very rough copy tonight with lots of static.
Title: Re: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: blw on June 21, 2015, 0049 UTC: Very weak signal. Can't really hear anything being said. No music heard.
Title: Re: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: Edward Insinger on June 21, 2015, 0124 UTC: Picking up WPIG at 0042 UTC tune in tonight. At 0042, gave weather report, mentioning two inches of snow. Then I heard this ID: "Broadcasting live from North Brunswick, NJ." Then mentioned a heat wave, 90 degrees, followed by the phone number 908 750-1515.

0045 UTC- male announcer said send in a reception report for a nice QSL card, but no address given.

0048 UTC- heard the three little piggies song, one fell out of bed.

0052 UTC- music box IS played until 0053 sign off.

Readable signal here in northern New Jersey, with the proximity to my location being a positive factor; if indeed the QTH is North Brunswick, NJ.

Please QSL and thank you for the program tonight.

73's,

Edward Insinger
lenapeland@aol.com
Title: Re: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: rundangerously on June 21, 2015, 1146 UTC: boomed into westchester, ny, on 6925 sub, from 0043 until carrier went off at 0053. strange because i couldn't pick them up the night before.

0043 "weather report" given, mention of 90 degrees (could've been 9) and "heat wave" followed by requests for reception reports from anyone "who heard this forecast..." please dial - 918-750-1515 tell them how they were coming in and they'd send "a nice qsl."
into "there was an army of pigs"
0045 "once i was lost... then i was found...
0046 announced phone # again (w/out area code?) "please dial... 750-1515"
0047 oinks
0049 started sign off w/"this is radio wpig signing off"
into "5 little piggies jumping on the bed, one fell off..."
0052 sign off continued w/what sounded like techno lullaby -
0053 - off

do they have an email? (918)# gets what seems to be a pager?

please eQSL: fgc180@aol.com

thanks for the broadcast!
Title: Re: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: Pigmeat on June 21, 2015, 1507 UTC: Obviously a homage by one of my fans.
Title: Re: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: John Poet on June 21, 2015, 1531 UTC: Quote from: Pigmeat on June 21, 2015, 1507 UTC
Obviously a homage by one of my fans.

Obviously. But when are we going to hear the real thing again?
Title: Re: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: Skipmuck on June 21, 2015, 1546 UTC: Interestingly enough, I was tipped off that this was an off the wall pirate from 1994. That someone had saved a recording of this is fortunate! WPIG broadcast quite a few times in that year, was logged extensively and eventually busted by the FCC. I don't have the articles, but there is supposed to be information on this in "Pirate Radio: The Incredible Saga of America's Underground, Illegal Broadcasters, by Andrew Yoder" and also a story on the bust in the May 1994 Monitoring Times issue. I found the following link on a google search that has a listing of loggings of this in the earlier part of 1994...link is below:
http://cd.textfiles.com/hackersencyc/RADIO/PIRATE/DIAL0394.TXT
Title: Re: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: John Poet on June 21, 2015, 1716 UTC: "One genuinely weird station that I heard was WPIG. The station was operated by "Ira," who sang lots of kids' songs a cappella with a speech impediment. The guy gave out his home phone number and address, but still managed to stay on shortwave almost every night. Some people who called in made the mistake of giving Ira their home phone numbers. They were then treated to regular calls from Ira, who had a sort of pirate megalomania--he wanted to broadcast on all frequencies, including cordless phone frequencies! When the FCC finally closed WPIG, it was discovered that Ira was broadcasting from a group home in New Jersey." ~ Andy Yoder

http://www.stim.com/Stim-x/0596May/Features/Pirate/pirate2.html
Title: Re: WPIG 6925 USB 0029 UTC JUNE 21, 2015
Post by: Oliver on June 21, 2015, 1830 UTC: A very fine article from Andrew Yoder. Well written.

Thanks for sharing J.P.