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European Pirates and Private Stations / Zeppelin Radio 7725.8ish AM 2102 UTC 28 April 2018

« on: April 28, 2018, 2103 UTC »

2102 UTC Music fading in and out of the noise floor....not quite strong enough to ID the tunes yet
2105 UTC OFF?

2132

North American Shortwave Pirate / Peace Radio 6935 USB 1221 UTC 28 April 2018

« on: April 28, 2018, 1222 UTC »

1221 UTC Unid tune right at the noise floor...jazzy with sax solo & OM vocals
1228 UTC "Undecided"-Ella Fitzgerald
1232 UTC "T'aint What You Do"-Chick Webb

2133

European Pirates and Private Stations / Coast FM 6285 AM 2204 UTC 27 April 2018

« on: April 27, 2018, 2209 UTC »

2204 UTC Tuned in using USB to a strong carrier and switching to AM had some unid music that QRT'd abruptly at 2205 UTC. Coast FM maybe? Haven't heard them in awhile here.... 
2254 UTC Back again with good carrier but music a bit low in the noise with "I Say A Little Prayer"-Diana King (Lots of static crashes here this early evening)
(Thanks for the clear ID kris!)
2257 UTC Waterloo"-Abba
2258 UTC YL jingle, then OM with Coast FM ID mentioning Tenerife, then advertisement (Signal up to S7 now and sounding great!)
2300 UTC Another ID with FM frequencies given and "around the world", into YL reading the news
2301 UTC Solid signal and 100% copy on the news!
2302 UTC "20 minutes commercial free, this is Coast FM", into "Red Light Spells Danger"-Billy Ocean

2134

North American Shortwave Pirate / Channel Z (With Andy Walker) 6300.2 AM 2349 UTC 22 April 2018

« on: April 22, 2018, 2350 UTC »

2349 UTC "Channel Z"-B-52's at S9 here with excellent audio!
2350 UTC "Fall Out"-The Police
2353 UTC "Alternative Ulster"-Stiff Little Fingers
2355 UTC "White Riot"-Clash
2357 UTC "Car Crash"-Avengers
0001 UTC "Fascist Dictator"-Cortinas
0004 UTC "Stranded"-The Saints
0007 UTC Andy with email addy, into "Shadow"-The Lurkers
0010 UTC "Your Generation"-Generation X
0013 UTC "Stocking Clad"-Bleach Boys
0016 UTC "Right To Work"-Chelsea
0018 UTC "Read About Seymour"-Swell Maps
0020 UTC "Love Lies Limp"-ATV
0023 UTC Andy with postal addy for hard copy QSL
0024 UTC "They're Back Again, Here They Come"-Cigarettes
0026 UTC "It's English Rubbish jingle ID", into "New Rose"-The Damned
0030 UTC "Saints and Sinners"-Johnny & Self Abusers
0032 UTC "Moving Target"-Raped
0035 UTC "First Time"-The Boys
0037 UTC Channel Z jingle ID, into "The Day the World Turned Day-Glo"-X-Ray Spex
0040 UTC "Breakdown"-Buzzcocks
0043 UTC "God Save the Queen"-Sex Pistols
0046 UTC channelzradio@gmail.com or $2 return postage to Blue Ridge Summit address for hard copy QSL, "that's all folks" and OFF

Thanks for the awesome Punk Rock show Channel Z and Andy Walker! 

2135

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Peace 6930 USB 0016 UTC 22 April 2018

« on: April 22, 2018, 0017 UTC »

0016 UTC Blues tune (Nice S7 peaks here with excellent audio)
0021 UTC DJ KOOT chatting...into "Silly Love Songs"-Paul McCartney & Wings
0025 UTC "It's Crazy"-Sarah Vaughan
0026 UTC SSTV (didn't have it on.....)



0033 UTC "Come To the River"-Jayhawks
0037 UTC OFF after SSTV

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North American Shortwave Pirate / OTR 6770 AM 0000 UTC 22 April 2018

« on: April 22, 2018, 0002 UTC »

Fair signal here at 0000 UTC with some S4 peaks and "Amos and Andy"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Peace Radio 6925 USB 1320 UTC 21 April 2018

« on: April 21, 2018, 1320 UTC »

1320 UTC Hearing music and an OM with SSTV in the background (Song is "Do It For the Kids"-Velvet Revolver
1323 UTC SSTV



1325 UTC "Earth Angel"-Penguins
1328 UTC "That'll Be The Day"-Buddy Holly
(Signal has been mostly above the noise floor with S3 peaks)
1330 UTC I can hear DJ KOOT talking but signal is low in the noise and with the echo is tough copy
1331 UTC UNID song fading in and out of the noise

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Amphetamine Radio 6925 USB 2129 UTC 20 April 2018

« on: April 20, 2018, 2129 UTC »

2129 UTC "Levels"-Avicii (S4 peaks here and solid signal except for one deep fade at 2130 UTC...very nice USB audio)
2134 UTC "Planet Claire"-B-52's (ID by OM), then back to the music
2136 UTC Deep fade to the noise floor (back up to just above the noise at 2137 UTC)
{Just checked the prop and there was minor B5-ish flare earlier today....}

2139

Shortwave Broadcast / WMR-Denmark 2339 UTC 17 April 2018

« on: April 17, 2018, 2341 UTC »

Fading up to just above the noise floor at 2339 UTC with "Mi Obsesion"-Los Telez

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Johnny Tobacco 6322 AM 2249 UTC 16 April 2018

« on: April 16, 2018, 2252 UTC »

2249 UTC "Sultans of Swing"-Dire Straits
2251 UTC "Long Cool Woman"-Hollies
2254 UTC "A Horse With No Name"-America (ended midsong)
2255 UTC "Livin' On Love"-Alan Jackson

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Tango America 6930 USB 2157 UTC 16 April 2018

« on: April 16, 2018, 2159 UTC »

2157 UTC Hearing music right at or just above the noise floor...sounds like a clarinet or other woodwind instrumental tune
2214 UTC ID "Radio Tango America"

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Abu Dhabi 6303 AM 2227 UTC 15 April 2018

« on: April 15, 2018, 2227 UTC »

2227 UTC Hawaiian music (S5 peaks with fades and noise and peskie QRM)
2230 UTC More Hawaiian pedal steel guitar music (This one is more upbeat!)
2232 UTC YL and OM....possibly intro to the next song?...unid kinda folk song with chorus of singers
2236 UTC I hear the voice of Johnny Tobacco! A clear ID as Radio Abu Dhabi! Then "There's a Tear In My Beer"
2240 UTC JT talking now but too much storm static for good copy
2258 UTC "Home of the Blues"-Johnny Cash
(Lots of storm noise and fading here....some nice S7 peaks though!)
2300 UTC "Never Do A Tango With an Eskimo"-Alma Cogan
2302 UTC "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien"-Edith Pilaf
2305 UTC "It's Now or Never"-Elvis Presley

Great to hear you again JT! It's been a long time!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Titanic tribute 6935.7ish AM 0000 UTC 15 April 2018

« on: April 15, 2018, 0000 UTC »

0000 UTC UNID instrumental music
0003 UTC OM talking
Good signal in AM...hard to tune in sidebands
Sounds like a ship in distress (Mention by accented OM of Titanic)
Yes! The Titanic sunk on April 15, 1912...
Music then OM calling CQ Titanic....has struck an iceberg
0015 UTC OFF

Thanks for the reminder whoever!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Merlin 6305 AM 2245 UTC 14 April 2018

« on: April 14, 2018, 2246 UTC »

2245 UTC Hearing AC/DC now just above the noise level with "Back In Black"
(2249 UTC S5 peaks now!)
2250 UTC "Buck Rogers"-Feeder (Mostly just above the noise with some nice fade ups)
2253 UTC OM said something briefly, then "Not An Addict"-K's Choice
2257 UTC "Take Me Home Tonight"-Eddie Money (OM talking over the song at 2259 UTC)
2301 UTC "Hells Bells"-AC/DC (Nice S5 peak at 2304 UTC!)
2308 UTC "Sonne"-Ramstein
2320 UTC OFF


Thanks for the ID on this Daniel! Good to hear Radio Merlin again!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950 USB 2147 UTC 12 April 2018

« on: April 12, 2018, 2147 UTC »

2147 UTC Asian music? Hmmm...sounds like the kind of music you'd hear on Radio Nepal in the 1980's (Some nice S4 peaks but mostly fadey signal just above or at the noise floor)
2155 UTC Deep in the noise now
2215 UTC Seems to be a weak carrier also on 6950 along with some weak Asian music in USB...hmmm
Interesting! It does sound like Firedrake....wasn't there a Firedrake pirate some years back?
2222 UTC "Innocent"-Hundred Waters per Shazam.....(Shazam'd it 3 times but when I checked out that actual song on Youtube, it didn't match)