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North American Shortwave Pirate / Crapola Radio 6905 USB 0000 UTC 25 SEP 2023

« on: September 25, 2023, 0002 UTC »

0000 UTC Sounded like an elevator going up and down with automated voice speaking between stops
0001 UTC YL then OM with ID, followed by "Satisfaction"-Rolling Stones
(S9 peaks here amidst high storm static...excellent USB audio!)
0005 UTC "Monster Mash"-Bobby Boris Pickett & Crypt-kickers
0008 UTC "Purple People Eater"-Sheb Wooley
0010 UTC YL with mention of Pre-Halloween show, followed by OM with an update on what's going on
0011 UTC "Crapola Radio Request Line"
0013 UTC "Rave On"-Buddy Holly & Crickets
0014 UTC OM with Brain Brothers ID, followed by "Walk Like An Egyptian"-Bangles
0018 UTC "Uptown Girl"-Billy Joel
0021 UTC Dog howling, followed by "California Dreaming"-Mamas and the Papas
0024 UTC YL and OM with ID "You are listening to Crapola Pirate Radio, All Free All the Time, followed by "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"-Cyndi Lauper
0028 UTC "Stray Cat Strut"-Stray Cats
0031 UTC "Fly in the studio" skit
0032 UTC "Walking After Midnight"-Patsy Cline
0034 UTC OM with Crapola Radio ID, followed by "I Fall To Pieces"-Patsy Cline
0037 UTC YL with email for reports and tip of the hat to HF Underground. Professor Plum spent the transmitter payment on liquor...
0039 UTC "Can't Help Myself"-Four Tops
0042 UTC YL and OM with ID, followed by unid skit...mention of atomic bomb
0043 UTC "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"-Judy Garland?
0045 UTC "Star Spangled Banner"-Unid OM singer
0048 UTC JFK's famous "ask what you can do for your country", then OFF

Thanks again for yet another enjoyable program!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 0343 UTC 7 SEP 2023

« on: September 07, 2023, 0347 UTC »

0343 UTC Hearing threshold music at noise level
0347 UTC Faded up a little bit, but not enough to ID the song
(Interesting how many page views in such a short time...519 guests)
0408 UTC Music solid above the noise, but I do not recognize the song...sounded like applause at the end
0409 UTC Different song now
0415 UTC Peskies yakking on LSB now
0423 UTC Solid above the noise with an S7 signal now!
Here's my recording from 0353-0413 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zNblh3knNIs3-Nh21QPeiK_jJkb5VjY2/view?usp=sharing

No ID heard yet...anybody want to claim this one?
Calling it a night here...thank you for the broadcast! I wish the noise level wasn't so high!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6949.8 AM 0222 UTC UTC 6 SEP 2023

« on: September 06, 2023, 0219 UTC »

0222 UTC Carrier now on 6949.8ish AM after the USB station QRT'd
0224 UTC Music and OM, off, back on again with electronica music
0238 UTC OM talking over ambient music with helicopter sounds and talk of Vietnam
0300 UTC "Light My Fire"-The Doors  (The audio is awesome!)
0307 UTC Unid song-YL singers
0314 UTC "M.I.L.F. $"-Fergie
0408 UTC OFF (No ID)

Thanks for the late evening tunes! Nice sound you got there...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / MOVED: Unid 6935 AM 2354 UTC 3 SEP 2023

« on: September 04, 2023, 0053 UTC »

This topic has been moved to Latin American Pirate.

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,117779.0.html

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thunder Chicken Radio 6860 USB 2206 UTC 2 SEP 2023

« on: September 02, 2023, 2208 UTC »

2206 UTC Tuned in to the end of a Jimmy Buffett song..."A Pirate Looks at 40" (S7 peaks with light fading and moderate noise)
2207 UTC "Margaritaville"-Jimmy Buffett
2211 UTC Unid Jimmy Buffett song
(Thank you for the tribute to a fine singer songwriter!)
2214 UTC "Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude"-Jimmy Buffett

2310 UTC Thunder Chicken ID and chat about Jimmy Buffett

(2332 UTC Sounds like a station under TCR...sounds like the flute jammer, or maybe that's a kids toy keyboards)

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QSLs Received / Radio Azteca marathon #16 via AARS Final Show eQSL

« on: September 02, 2023, 0334 UTC »

Thank you for providing a chance to hear the entire programming of Radio Azteca! I was out of the hobby when it first was broadcast and I needed to hear it for myself! Tip of the hat to AARS and of course Mr Stoker himself! Job well done!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Azteca Marathon #16 via AARS 6935 AM 0115 UTC 1 SEP 2023

« on: September 01, 2023, 0117 UTC »

0115 UTC Horn fanfare IS...Bram with "Kulpsville Especial #4" (S9+ with light fades and excellent audio)
0119 UTC Ad for "Cantilever Bra"
0120 UTC Bram talking about programming
0123 UTC Music...new book on the market..."Psychic Band Guide for DXer's"
0125 UTC Survey why DXer's weren't coming to Kulpsville..."Top 10 excuses"...Glenn Hauser wasn't coming...Glenn Hauser was coming....Nookie night
0128 UTC "Scarfman" DX studs...serious dxtacy...
0130 UTC Bram giving Kulpsville schedule and events
0132 UTC "Albatross"-Fleetwood Mac and "Whammo Whiz Bag" Advertisement
0134 UTC Bram interview with Scarfman
0139 UTC "Bobs Erections" Antenna advertisement
0140 UTC Especiale #4 coming to an end...
0142 UTC "Top Dog Law" skit
0143 UTC Horn fanfare IS followed by Radio Azteca Kulpsville Especial #5
0146 UTC Electronica music, then Bram...Scarfman's DXtacy
0148 UTC "Legs"-ZZ Top then Bram with events not on the official schedule
0151 UTC "Cantilever Bra" commercial
0153 UTC Bram talking about Monique the Mail Woman...Gross but Tasteful Review Committee...Gerbil World Grand Opening...plug for Doctor Radio...
0158 UTC "Pyschic Friend Guide to World Band Radio"
0200 UTC DX program...Winter Olympics for DXers
0202 UTC "Albatross" with "Wham-O Whiz Bag"
0205 UTC "Top 10 reasons don't come to Kulpsville"
0207 UTC Antennas..."Bobs Erections"
0209 UTC Especiale #5 coming to an end
0210 UTC Good Byes and dramatic music, then Top Dog Law skit
0212 UTC Horn Fanfare IS, then "Sheba"-Johnny & The Hurricanes
0215 UTC Music and ID special #3
0216 UTC Baseball fan favorite song(pause during song)
0221 UTC Bram with first song played on Radio Azteca #1 program
0226 UTC Bram with ID dedicated to Tony ?, followed by Hawaiian song..."Aloha"
0229 UTC Bram followed by "I Like You Too"-OM singer
0233 UTC Radio Azteca, more fun than a room of horny teenagers
0234 UTC Piano song-OM singer Tom Lehrer?
0237 UTC Bringing program to a close...IS...Top Dog Law skit
0239 UTC AARS ID "Broadcast #16"....total of 48 programs... allaztecarelayservice@gmail.com...Bran Stoker the 2nd...73's
0240 UTC OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Yeah Man Radio 6865 USB 0125 UTC 31 AUG 2023

« on: August 31, 2023, 0127 UTC »

0125 UTC "I Will Survive"-Gloria Gaynor (S9 and sounding good!)
0128 UTC Yeah Man with "Wacky Wednesday" and a shoutout to me..thanks!
0129 UTC "Backstabbers"-O'Jays
0132 UTC "So Into You"-Atlanta Rhythm Section
0140 UTC "Strawberry Letter #23"-Brothers Johnson
0145 UTC "Patches"-Clarence Carter
0149 UTC "Boogie Nights"-Heatwave
0152 UTC "Don't Pull Your Love"-Hamilton, Frank Joe & Reynolds
0155 UTC "Beach Baby"-The First Class
0159 UTC OFF

Thanks for the mid week show Yeah Man!

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North American MW Pirate Radio / UNID 1740 AM 0101 UTC 31 AUG 2023

« on: August 31, 2023, 0109 UTC »

0101 UTC Hearing some weak music fading in and out of the noise and then a deep fade
0107 UTC Some rising musical tones, then OM speaking (no copy), followed by a deep fade
0113 UTC Fade up of threshold music then fade out again

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Voice of Tralfamadore 6935 AM 0202 UTC 27 AUG 2023

« on: August 27, 2023, 0202 UTC »

0202 UTC YL with "Now they won't laugh at you" looped, followed by YL with ID

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QSLs Received / All Azteca Marathon #15 eQSL

« on: August 27, 2023, 0201 UTC »

Thanks again AARS!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6960 USB 2357 UTC 26 AUG 2023

« on: August 26, 2023, 2358 UTC »

2357 UTC Testing 1, 2, 3 Interval signal
0000 UTC Unid jazzy big band tune-OM singer (S9+ with high noise level tonight)
0003 UTC "Let The Good Times Roll"-OM singer
0011 UTC "Good Rockin' Daddy"-Etta James?
0013 UTC "Hey Good Lookin"-Hank Williams
0016 UTC "Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)"-OM singer
0019 UTC "You're No Good"-Unid YL singer
0021 UTC "I Got You (I Feel Good)"-James Brown
0024 UTC "Good Vibrations"-Beach Boys
0027 UTC "Good Lovin"-Rascals
0030 UTC "We Could Be So Good Together"-Doors
0032 UTC "Good Shepherd"-Jefferson Airplane
0037 UTC "Good Times Bad Times"-Led Zeppelin
0039 UTC "I've Seen All Good People"-Yes
0046 UTC "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues"-Danny O'Keefe
0049 UTC "Let The Good Times Roll"-Cars
0053 UTC "Life's Been Good"-Joe Walsh
0101 UTC "Good Thing"-Fine Young Cannibals
0104 UTC Unid tune-OM singer
0109 UTC Unid tune-OM singer "Been So Good Up Till Now" lyrics
0113 UTC "Perfectly Good Guitar"-John Hiatt
0118 UTC Unid tune-OM singer

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 77LJS 6925 LSB 2126 UTC 24 AUG 2023

« on: August 24, 2023, 2128 UTC »

2126 UTC Unid instrumental music...funky beat and possibly looping? S9 but sounds distorted in AM
2133 UTC Seems to be LSB with a vestigial element on USB...wideband sideband? Techno music
2136 UTC Different music now...vocals over the electronica
2200 UTC 77LJS op without ID talking about Socialism, Communism, and Capitalism...Is the Russia of today a Socialist country? Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun (Chairman Mao said that)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / FOXY AM "USB" 6925 USB 0200 UTC 24 AUG 2023

« on: August 24, 2023, 0203 UTC »

0200 UTC OM with Hello Hello, then speaking about the noise and mention of the ? Radio Hour
0204 UTC Unid song-YL singer (aborted the song, then giving me a shoutout...THANKS! ID as FOXY AM USB 
0206 UTC Talking about Russia shooting down the plane...mention of a Michael Hasting
0208 UTC "A Star In the Ghetto"-Average White Band?
(Signal is hitting S7 peaks amidst high noise, but punching through with some nice USB audio)
0214 UTC Foxy op speaking about an ancient artist..."music has a delicate feel to it"..."Thank you for joining us here on Foxy AM "USB", followed by unknown instrumental music
0218 UTC Foxy op talking...mention of John Martin..."Unknown recording...recorded on a cassette tape..."One Way"?
0219 UTC "One Way"?-John Martin live (I did a google search and it's "One World" by John Martyn. There is a live version on Youtube, not sure if that's the one played)
(Your USB audio sounds very good!)
0224 UTC Shoutouts to HFU posters...thanks again! "Foxy AM USB", followed by Unid song
0229 UTC Foxy op chatting about next song, followed by "On The Turning Away"-Pink Floyd
0235 UTC Foxy op with shoutouts again...FOXYAM@PROTONMAIL.COM..."too busy to send a QSL...hope you had a wonderful evening...until next time"
0236 UTC Pause, then "Stand by for SSTV in AM mode"
0237 UTC Scottie 1 SSTV in AM mode, then OFF (Tough copy but I did get a noisy decode!)


Great to hear you again Foxy op! Thanks for the entertainment and I hope all is well! Here is my recording of the show minus the first few seconds and the SSTV at the end. I retuned during the earlier part of the show, which you can hear in the recording...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M9ssWxxTm3ThhbWZnGDA9qmeNa3ISaaB/view?usp=sharing

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QSLs Received / Radio 48 via Mix Radio International eQSL for 19-20 AUG 2023

« on: August 22, 2023, 0125 UTC »

Thank you very much Radio 48 and MRI!