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North American Shortwave Pirate / Fruitcake Station 6950 AM 2052 UTC 31 DEC 2023

« on: December 31, 2023, 2052 UTC »

2052 Faint music a couple of steps above noise floor, possibly Spanish
2054 OM talking but too noisy to decipher
2056 YL singing at just above noise floor
Thanks for band correction Chris, reception just clearly better in USB here.
2113 Off

197

QSLs Received / Happy New Year Greetings from Radio Taiwan International

« on: December 30, 2023, 2100 UTC »

Once again, unprompted in email today.  Had sent reception report eons ago.

198

North American Shortwave Pirate / WREC Radio Free East Coast 6925 USB 1733 UTC 30 DEC 2023

« on: December 30, 2023, 1734 UTC »

Very good reception
1733 "If You Could Read My Mind" Gordon Lightfoot
1735 "Beyond The Sea" Celtic Woman
1738 "Chillout" Simple Serenity, music stops, OM with "shopping style PA announcement" recorded ID, music re-starts
1740 "Something In The Air" Thunderclap Newman
Request? "The Rain, The Park, & Other Things" The Cowsills
1744 "Struttin'" Thumpasaurus
1748 "The Rain, The Park, & Other Things" The Cowsills.....thanks, you're the best. 
1751 "Indian Lake" The Cowslips starts, stops to off?

199

Shortwave Broadcast / BBC 25900 AM 1209 UTC 30 DEC 2023

« on: December 30, 2023, 1210 UTC »

Very good reception, French service.  Pretty rare to catch a BBC music program.
1209 "One" Toofan
1211 "Ayizulu" Rickman Manrick
1215 "Madéwo" Beatpopovelo
1218 "Enigmatic Whispers" DJ AFRIKAN
1220 "WURUS" Wally B. Seck

200

QSLs Received / Voice of Christmas 3 eQSL's - Christmas & DEC 26

« on: December 27, 2023, 0954 UTC »

Thanks for the Christmas tunes VOC and very snappy vintage eQSL's.  A very Happy New Year to you.  Of course, QSLS on Santa's bag is for QuickSilver Livery Service. 
(Date of broadcast in added caption different.)

201

North American Shortwave Pirate / Cloudsplitter Radio 6938 USB 2003 UTC 25 DEC 2023

« on: December 25, 2023, 2003 UTC »

Excellent reception, thanks for matinee of Christmas songs.
2003 "Joy to the World" Percy Faith
2004 "A Musical Christmas Card" Fred Waring
2005 "Sleigh Ride" Ray Conniff
2008 "O Little Town of Bethlehem" Frank Sinatra, OM speaking over song intro but could not understand
2009 "White Christmas" Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra
2013 Cloudsplitter ID to "O Holy Night" Mantonavi
2015 "Little Drummer Boy" Harry Simeone Chorale
2018 "First Noel"
Will be listening while in dinner prep mode, thanks for broadcast. 

202

QSLs Received / Pirate Radio Boston 2 eQSL's - 1996 & 2014 Holiday Shows on DEC. 23

« on: December 25, 2023, 1932 UTC »

Thanks Charlie & Mister X for Christmas songs and eQSL's.  Glad you enjoyed video.   

203

QSLs Received / Radio 48 via Mix Radio International 2 eQSL's - DEC. 23 & 24

« on: December 25, 2023, 0009 UTC »

Thanks for broadcast, relay, and eQSL - all throughout the year.    Tough landing for Santa on those roofs. 

204

North American Shortwave Pirate / Brain Brothers Pirate Radio Network 6905 USB 2200 UTC 24 DEC 2023

« on: December 24, 2023, 2200 UTC »

Generally very good reception, some noise.  Broadcaster name per email.
2200 Time pips, ID/Frequency
2202 "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" Gene Autry
2204  "Jingle Bell Rock"  Bobby helms
2206 Professor Plum talking
2207 Gutter Cleaning parody ad
2210 "Here Comes Santa Claus" Gene Autry
2212 ID/frequency to "Silver Bells" Doris Day
2215 Shouts - thank you. 
2223 "Frosty the Snowman"
Time for the fishes, will be listening
2225 Listener acknowledgements, Santa arrives

205

QSLs Received / ION Radio eQSL - Christmas Eve Broadcast

« on: December 24, 2023, 2101 UTC »

Thanks ION for the Christmas tunes, eQSL, and another year of delightful broadcasts. 

206

Shortwave Broadcast / NDF "Gruß an Bord" 15770 AM (WRMI relay) 1800 UTC 24 DEC 2023

« on: December 24, 2023, 1804 UTC »

Very good reception.
Annual Christmas Eve transmission to Germans serving out on the seas.  Gruß an Bord - Greeting on board.
http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/2023/12/annual-christmas-eve-programming.html

Also being broadcast on 6030, 6080, 9635, 11650, and 13725 to various points of the globe.
1802 "Never My Love" The Fifth Dimension
1805 "Simon Says" 1910 Fruitgum Company
Methinks WRMI is not getting the relay yet............
1924 Ahhhhh, here we go - 2 YL in German

207

North American Shortwave Pirate / 77LJS 6930 USB 1545 24 DEC 2023

« on: December 24, 2023, 1545 UTC »

1545 Instrumental Christmas music
1546 "Jinglebells/Jingle Bell Rock" Hollyridge Strings
Certainly would have tried a vintage radio recording with your broadcast but no USB.  Will be listening while cooking fish 3 of 7 🇮🇹. Bon Natale, Bon Anno
1603 OM talking about how green it is outside

208

General Radio Discussion / Atlanta AM Stations Vintage Trolley Car Ads

« on: December 23, 2023, 2158 UTC »

There is a trolley museum near me and while visiting Santa there today, we rode in a 1920's Atlanta trolley.  Included is the refurbished passenger car were vintage Atlanta radio stations car cards. (WAGA is now WDWD).

209

North American Shortwave Pirate / Pirate Radio Boston 6935 AM 2046 UTC 23 DEC 2023

« on: December 23, 2023, 2046 UTC »

Very Good Reception
2046 "Christmas Is All Around" Billy Mack
2050 PRB ID
2051 "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" Wizzard
Video snippet of above song on 1937 Zenith 8S154: https://imgur.com/a/9LpOKeg
2056 "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" Boney M.
2102 OM talking about PRB Christmas Special and Radio Moscow to " I saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus" Kip Addotto
2105 2014 Christmas Special to "Mellow Mood" Bob Marley
2108 ID, email addy, request by Harry in Ohio to "Mary, Did You Know?" Mark Lowry
2116 "Put the Lights on the Tree" Sufjan Stevens
2118 "Merry Xmas Everybody" Stuart Maconie
2127 "Merry Christmas and Happy New year" and off

210

QSLs Received / Cloudsplitter Christmas Show eQSL - Dec. 22

« on: December 23, 2023, 1950 UTC »

Thanks CSR for the lovely broadcast, eQSL and the year's worth of transmissions and relays. 

(Good Lord, the art work looks like Downtown Durham CT  )