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North American Shortwave Pirate / RFW 6940 USB 0103 UTC May 29, 2016

« on: May 29, 2016, 0104 UTC »

Soviet Anthem at 0103 UTC
0104 UTC Dickweed and Stavin this evening....Dickweed watching Womans Volleyball
0106 UTC "In Space"-Röyksopp (S9 here and sounding really good!)
0121 UTC "Purple Haze"-The Cure (That is really different! )
0248 UTC ZIGGY!
0335 UTC Thanks Dickweed and Stavin! Song brings back some great memories
Hmmm...oh well, so much for Youtube....
0348 UTC Somebody came up on the frequency after sign off and said something about "If you want to play music, please go AM"...hmmm

2852

Huh? / NASA spots monster hole on the Sun

« on: May 29, 2016, 0102 UTC »

http://www.aol.com/article/2016/05/27/nasa-spots-monster-hole-on-the-sun/21385132/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl3%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D475096198_htmlws-main-bb

2853

QSLs Received / Radio Illuminati eQSLs for 6950

« on: May 28, 2016, 1638 UTC »

Thanks for the 3 really cool QSL's Mr. Azimuth Coordinator! Love those Radio Illuminati graphics

2854

North American Shortwave Pirate / SKIPPY Radio 6955 USB 0157 UTC May 28, 2016

« on: May 28, 2016, 0158 UTC »

UNID psychedelic instrumental tune at S7 here and excellent audio
0213 UTC CW now....
0214 UTC OFF?

Thanks for the unshazamable tunes!

Hmmm....I am deeply honored!  

2855

North American Shortwave Pirate / WREC 6930 USB 0058 UTC May 28, 2016

« on: May 28, 2016, 0059 UTC »

Music at S5 here
0100 UTC Synth voiced YL with talk and ID, but I didn't catch it , into "The Good Left Undone"-Rise Against
(Thanks for the ID JoeFLIPS! I was distracted.....)
I'm getting an S5 signal well above the noise, but the signal has some flutter fading....
0105 UTC OM with ID, into "Panic Switch"-Silversun Pickups (
0110 UTC Synth voiced OM with ID and email addy...fluttery signal is making for tough copy on the talking...
0117 UTC Signal cleared up nicely! S8 now and no more flutter fading!

2856

European Pirates and Private Stations / Coast FM*** 6205 AM 2315 UTC May 27, 2016

« on: May 27, 2016, 2321 UTC »

Getting some audio for the first time in over a week here at 2315 UTC...
***Per IRC chat....
(Signal is at best S3 with choppy fades and static crashes
2326 UTC ID and DJ chat
2328 UTC "Born In the USA"-Bruce Springsteen
0048 UTC S4 here now and mostly above the static crashes with "And the Beat Goes On"-The Whispers
0050 UTC "Eyes Shut"-Years and Years
0053 UTC "Beneath Your Beautiful"-Labrinth

2857

North American Shortwave Pirate / WJD 6930 USB 2348 UTC May 25, 2016

« on: May 25, 2016, 2349 UTC »

Hearing some metal at 2348 UTC...S3 and above the low noise floor
2350 UTC YL with "WJD" ID, into short music then phone call conversations(sounds like some prank calls, one of them with salty language
2353 Getting some broadband white noise covering the whole band now...
0004 UTC Still hearing audio under the noise..."The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" whistle and back into spoken word
0011 UTC Hearing music now under the noise
0026 UTC Rap tune now...signal picking up against the QRN now...S5/S6 here now
0029 UTC YL with "WJD" ID, back into prank phone calls
0045 UTC YL with ID and OFF

Thanks for the show this evening WJD! Wish the noise hadn't a been so bad....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935.4 AM 0353 UTC May 22, 2016

« on: May 22, 2016, 0354 UTC »

  Comfortably Numb-Pink Floyd (S8 and well above the noise here with excellent AM audio)
0359 UTC "Run Like Hell"-PF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Illuminati 6150 AM 2254 UTC MAY 21, 2016

« on: May 21, 2016, 2300 UTC »

2254 UTC "Let's Hang On"-Four Seasons
2257 UTC "Baby I Need Your Loving"-Four Tops
2259 UTC RI theme music and OM with ID, into "Build Me Up Buttercup"-Foundations
(Signal is above the noise floor here with S5 peaks...audio sounds excellent!
2303 UTC "Magic Carpet Ride"-Steppenwolf
2307 UTC "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"-Dusty Springfield
(Signal is fading in and out of the noise floor now )
"Midnight Confessions"-Grassroots
"Reach Out I'll Be There"-Four Tops
2316 UTC "Whiter Shade of Pale"-Procol Harum
(Signal has leveled off at S5 here...great audio response with the NRD-515 running through the stereo system!)
2320 UTC "Incense & Peppermints"-Strawberry Alarm Clock
2323 UTC "California Dreaming"-Mama's & Papa's
2325 UTC "You've Lost That Loving Feeling"-Righteous Brothers
2329 UTC "The Letter"-Box Tops
2332 UTC "Turn Turn Turn"-Byrds
(Signal seems more full now...still an hour to sunset here....the noise is really heavy duty)
2336 UTC "Everyday People"-Sly & Family Stone
2339 UTC "Green Tambourine"-Lemon Pipers
2341 UTC "Get Together"-Youngbloods
2345 UTC "Kind of a Drag"-Buckinghams
2347 UTC Theme music and AC with ID (I'm getting some moderate adjacent channel splatter from Newfoundland on   6160 here...switched to LSB)
2349 UTC "Hang On Sloopy"-McCoys
(Signal dropped down a bit just now...S3 but still above the noise)
2352 UTC "Time Won't Let Me"-Exciters
(Signal dropped down into the noise  )
2355 UTC "Help Me Rhonda"-Beach Boys
2358 UTC "Come A Little Bit Closer"-Jay & the Americans
0001 UTC "California Girls"-Beach Boys
0003 UTC "Spooky"-Classics IV
(Signal has recovered...S6 now and sounding very nice!)
0006 UTC "Little Bit of Soul"-Music Explosion
0008 UTC "This Diamond Ring"-Gary Lewis & Playboys
0010 UTC RI theme music and AC with ID....(splatter from 6160 making for tough copy on the spoken word)
0016 UTC OFF

Thanks for the great tunes today RI! Didn't need Shazam on any of 'em

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0315 UTC May 21, 2016

« on: May 21, 2016, 0317 UTC »

0315 UTC Surf sounding instrumental tune...Twilight zone theme "Out of Limits"-Marketts
0318 UTC "Pipeline"-Ventures
(S8 here and well above the noise!Sounding really good
0320 UTC "Telstar"-Ventures
0322 UTC "Twilight Zone"-Golden Earring
0327 UTC "When I Get Lonely"-Sean Chambers
0330 UTC OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Moonlight Radio 6925 USB 2307 UTC 20 May 2016

« on: May 20, 2016, 2308 UTC »

2307 UTC "7 Years"-Lukas Graham..fading in and out of the noise floor here
2327 UTC "Love Yourself"-Justin Bieber
2330 UTC "Sorry"-Beyonce
(ID per a knowing individual in the IRC chat

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North American Shortwave Pirate / CWCW 6876.2 AM 0000 UTC May 20, 2016

« on: May 20, 2016, 0002 UTC »

UNID tune at 0000 UTC, into OM with ID followed by "Faraway Eyes"-Rolling Stones at 0002 UTC
(Nice S8 signal here with some minor selective fading and excellent audio!)
0005 UTC "Cowboy Take Me Away"-Dixie Chicks
0010 UTC OM with name of last song, ID by Leonard Rogers and email addy followed by spoken word by YL...Welcome to the world of country", then synth voiced OM with ID...the shortwave country and western station"
0012 UTC "The Seashores of Old Mexico"-George Strait
0015 UTC OM with mention of Merle Haggard.... email addy... cwcwradio@gmail.com
0016 UTC "Whiskey River"-Willie Nelson
0020 UTC OM with "This is CWCW Radio"...into "Ballad of the Green Berets"-Barry Sadler
0023 UTC OM with ID and email addy, into plug for Hobby Broadcasting blog, then YL and OM with plug for free radio on Free Radio Cafe and HF Underground..."Country & Western on CWCW Radio"
0025 UTC "Amigo's Guitar"-Kitty Wells
0027 UTC "What I Got In Mind"-Billy Joe Spears
0030 UTC OM with name of last tune and next tune
0031 UTC "This Is the Life"-Amy McDonald
0033 UTC OM with name of next tune, into "Girl In A Country Song"-Maddie & Tae
0037 UTC OM with ID and email addy..."Your reactions are welcome", into CW
0038 UTC OM with name of next tune, into "Strawberry Wine"-Deanna Carter
0043 UTC OM mentioning next tune, into "If Drinking Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)-George Jones
0045 UTC OM with ID and email addy...mention of next song
0046 UTC "I Never Will Marry"-Johnny Cash & Linda Ronstadt (Live on the Johnny Cash Show-1969)
0048 UTC OM mentioning "nearing the end of the show", into "No Expectations"-Rolling Stones
0052 UTC OM..."all the best", YL with email addy for reports, then YL & OM jingle...CW
0054 UTC OFF

Thanks for a very nice ride through the country on the CWCW pickup truck Leonard Rogers!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Moonlight Radio 6935 USB 2357 UTC May 18, 2016

« on: May 19, 2016, 0000 UTC »

2357 UTC "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"-Julius La Rosa
0000 UTC "Singing In the Rain"-Julius La Rosa
(Signal mostly at threshold with peaks up to S4)
0002 UTC "Eh Cumpari"( I see that he died on May 12th, 2016 at the age of 1986....)
0004 UTC Spoken word.....
0008 UTC Faded up a bit to hear "Surrender"-Cheap Trick
0011 UTC Ditto on "I Want You to Want Me"
0014 UTC Ditto on "Dream Police"
0018 UTC Ditto on "Gonna Raise Hell"
0027 UTC OM with pirate radio jingle...
0028 UTC OFF?

Thanks for the midweek entertainment Moonlight! Always a good thing!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Illuminati 6150 AM 2320 UTC May 13, 2016

« on: May 13, 2016, 2320 UTC »

2320 UTC Signing on now with RI theme music ...signal is steady at S7 with some storm static, but usual excellent audio
2323 UTC Azimuth Coordinator with ID
2325 UTC "The Look"-Metronomy
2329 UTC "Too Close"-St Lucia
2336 UTC "All Eyes On You"-St Lucia
2341 UTC "I Would Do Anything For You"-Foster the People
2345 UTC "Coming of Age"-Foster the People
2349 UTC "Pumped Up Kicks"-Foster the People (JoeFLIPS gets his request!)
2353 UTC RI theme music, into a song that Shazam doesn't recognize
2359 UTC "Feels Like Summer"-Panama Wedding
0005 UTC "Fall In Love"Phantogram
0007 UTC "Don't Move"-Phantogram
"I Walked"-Sufjan Stevens
0016 UTC RI theme music and AC with ID, into "O.N.E."-Yeasayer
"Time is Tight"-Booker T & MG's
"Gold Again"-Dark Fields
"Lover of Mine"-Beach House
0041 UTC "Other People"-Beach House
"The Big Push"-Caveman
0055 UTC "Phone in a Pool"-Ben Folds (Solid S8 here now and mostly above the storm static)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / 6205 AM 0048 UTC May 13, 2016

« on: May 13, 2016, 0051 UTC »

A fairly good listenable signal here amidst the static crashes at 0048 UTC with "Shine"-Years and Years
0056 UTC "Wildest Dreams"-Taylor Swift