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North American Shortwave Pirate / Voice of Trafamadore 6935 AM 1212 UTC 26 AUG 2023

« on: August 26, 2023, 1213 UTC »

1212 Faint music just over noise floor on occasion
1220 Reception improving, OM speaking at length but undecipherable
1222 Reception now very good: ID, email addy, QSL available, Billy Pilgrim (host) to "All Senses Under Attack" Droids Osaka, maybe same program from last night?
1226 Looped tape
1227 YL speaking to "Sabrina The Teenage Bitch" Seaway
1229 "Hello and welcome to initial broadcast of Voice of Trafamadore.  Joining me is Montana Wildhack."

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6950 USB 0053 UTC 26 AUG 2023

« on: August 26, 2023, 0053 UTC »

Very good reception
0053 Unid Music
0055 "The Good In Everyone" Sloan
0058 "I Live" Jason Faulkner

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Yeah Man Radio 6925 USB 0033 UTC 26 AUG 2023

« on: August 26, 2023, 0033 UTC »

Excellent reception - YM?
0033 "Spooky" Classics IV
Something by The Byrds tonight maybe? 
0035 YM "Million Dollar Weekend" to "Light My Fire" Jose Feliciano
0039 YM ID, shoutouts to HFU-ers, playing music from 1968
0041 "The Look Of Love" Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66
0043 "Like To Get To Know You" Spanky & Our Gang
0047 "Classical Gas" Mason Williams
0049 "Mr. Tambourine Man" The Byrds, thanks YM - you're the best 
 I was in 5th grade at PS 102 Queens in '68

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 77LJS 6950 USB 2319 UTC 25 AUG 2023

« on: August 25, 2023, 2320 UTC »

Excellent reception, thanks for Great Music 
2319 Unid vibraphone lounge lizard instrumental tune
2322 60's-ish light music, YL chorus
2325 "Darling Lily" Henry Mancini
2327 OM with ID, then mention music is from Henry Mancini - Blake Edwards films
2341 Jazz sounding tune
2342 "It's Friday night you are listening to 77LJS........we have added new______ so we can be better heard from Manhattan to North Carolina.  Music from Mancini/Blake Edwards"
2347 "Moon River" HM
2350 "Days Of Wine and Roses" HM
0002 Mancini's music continues
0011 Military sounding tune
0013 "It's Friday night, ID, shout outs for listening to program.  Over and out."  then off, then back with a quick thank you, off again

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Shortwave Broadcast / KBS World 15575 AM 1304 UTC 24 AUG 2023

« on: August 24, 2023, 1316 UTC »

Very good reception, English service

1304 Long story on release of contaminated water by Japan
1306 North Korea failed launch/Joint US-S. Korea military exercise
1309 Stock Market report
1310 70th anniversary KBS celebration promo/Talks with listeners
1312 Feature story on Japanese radiation waste water release, protests - OM host with YL
1319 Audio clips of protestors speaking
1325 Feature on North Korea launch, then joint exercises
1328 Musical transition to story on Chinese Economic Report

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Shortwave Broadcast / 1888 Radio 17630 AM 1752 UTC 23 AUG 2023

« on: August 23, 2023, 1754 UTC »

Very good reception from Issoudun, Amharic service - ID via EiBi   https://1888radio.org/

1752 OM talking
1753 OM singing traditional Horn of Africa music
1757 Off

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Shortwave Broadcast / NHK World 15130 AM 1947 UTC 22 AUG 2023

« on: August 22, 2023, 1949 UTC »

Good reception/some noise, Japanese service

1947 OM and YL talking
1948 Unid Japanese music

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6930 USB 2203 UTC 21 AUG 2023

« on: August 21, 2023, 2204 UTC »

Very good reception
2203 OM 1978 Album release (Ready For The House?)
2204 1984 Spin Magazine story, writer is talking (John Trubee?) - could not ID what eclectic musician he is talking about
2211 YL mentions "Jandek"
2214 Trubee continues about Jandek with another OM (I have learned something new today.  )
2220 DJ and Record store owner talk about correspondence with the reclusive Jandek
2225 Jandek originally known as The Units. 
2231 OM discussing that Jandek wants to do no interviews, Corwood Industries connection
2241 OM theorizing Jandek had trouble communicating
2246 OM discussing conversations with Corwood/Jandek after review
(I think if you play a Bob Dylan album backwards you get Jandek.  )
2254 OM just mentions Dylan 
2259 OM discusses what influences composers
2300 Thoughts that loneliness impacted Jandek's work

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QSLs Received / WFJB eQSL - AUG 19

« on: August 21, 2023, 1237 UTC »

Thanks for the Wildly Fierce Jumpin' Broadcast & eQSL  !

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6930 USB 1740 UTC 20 AUG 2023

« on: August 20, 2023, 1741 UTC »

On back deck with PL 880 and only whip, fairly noisy reception here.

1740 YL singing, maybe 40's tune?
1742 OFF?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Azteca Program 40 - 10th anniversary 6935 AM 2330 UTC 19 AUG 2023

« on: August 19, 2023, 2330 UTC »

Very good reception
2330 Trumpet fanfare - Radio Azteca
2331 "Sheba" Johnny & The Hurricanes
2332 Radio Azteca program 40, 10th anniversary (ergo, 2002?)
2334 Mail segment
2337 New Hampshire law "Can't sell clothes you are wearing to pay off gambling debt"
2341 Proposed Sports teams names

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6880 AM 2122 17 AUG 2023

« on: August 17, 2023, 2122 UTC »

Good reception but much noise

2122 Instrumental Jazz
2126 Under noise floor now
2131 OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 77LJS 6930 USB 2026 UTC 17 AUG 2023

« on: August 17, 2023, 2026 UTC »

Very good reception

2026 Classical music, Shazam can't ID - seems to be a USB problem
2037 Distortion or noise coming through
2040 Distortion/noise about gone, still present
2042 Distortion/noise gone
2044 Pause.....new piece/movement
2048 Prepping dinner but will be listening....thanks, again
2102 Off for an unknown amount of time
2119 "Slavonic Dances" Dvorak, my favorite composer 
2129 Reception and music very good and deeply appreciated "New World Symphony" I believe
2133 Pause, then new piece
2144 Piece concluded, new piece
2155 OM talking at length about music

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Shortwave Broadcast / China Radio International 15245 AM 1508 UTC 17 AUG 2023

« on: August 17, 2023, 1512 UTC »

Very Good reception, English service, direct from Kashi-saibagh, China.  Generally don't post about CRI but for time of day, strength of signal, and distance - fairly remarkable reception.

1508 OM and YL talking about current international affairs including Brazil, Malaysia, immigration.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6930 USB 1426 UTC 16 AUG 2023

« on: August 16, 2023, 1426 UTC »

Very good reception
1426 "I'm Born Again" Billy Preston & Syreeta
1427 R&B song YL singer I forgot name of both, possibly skipping album
1431 "An American Dream" The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1433 "Lotta Love" Nicolette Larson, OM talking mid-song but static when speaking, music ok
1436 OM with shout out - thanks  .  "Working on array."  No static when OM talking to "Him" Rupert Holmes
1440 Unid YL R&B tune
1444 Thanks me for assistant with test (my pleasure), broadcast later today,  and off.