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North American Shortwave Pirate / Northwoods Radio 6925U

« on: August 22, 2010, 1139 UTC »

8/22/10
6925 USB
1135z (approx): Loon calls and Northwoods Radio ID.  Fair peaks, lots of fading to inaudible so far.
1150z: Nothing heard on 6925 since sign-on.
1205z: Music just barely audible again on 6925, some jazzy/bluesy instrumental.  Some pesque QRM near 6926 too.
1224z: Might've been some version of blues classic "Love In Vain" in there. Northwoods Radio ID, JPS talking "...middle of the morning...".  Only able to copy a little between fluttering fades.
1245z: ID after some acoustic slide guitar blues.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6850.5 AM (MAC?)

« on: August 22, 2010, 0418 UTC »

Sorry I'm having to guess here, Tony, couldn't copy ID at 0410z.
8/22/10
6850.5 AM (approx
0400z: Sounded like Clapton "Before You Accuse Me", then some Jackson Browne, possible ID at 0410z followed by John Cougar "Check It Out".

Fair peaks, faded out completely around 0412z in the middle of John Cougar "Check It Out"

Outdoors w/ Sony ICF-2010 in AM sync.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6925.3U 2240-2255z

« on: August 21, 2010, 2258 UTC »

8/21/10
6925.3 USB
2240z: "96 Tears" ? and The Mysterians, "409" Beach Boys, "Outa-Space" Billy Preston, that Commodores instrumental that sounded like a 1970s TV show theme song.
2255z: Off or faded out.  No ID heard.
SINPO=24432, barely nudged the needle but not much noise at the moment.  Easy to copy familiar tunes.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga 6925U

« on: August 18, 2010, 0343 UTC »

8/18/10
6925 USB
Since 0330z hearing just bits of music between fades and heavy QRN (local storms).  Sounded like "Let's Go To The Hop" or other doo-wop.
0343z: "This is Radio Ga-Ga" ID, followed by SSTV.  Can just make out Radio Ga-Ga logo in SSTV at top and word "pirate" with another word obscured at bottom.  Heavy local noise, otherwise fair signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6925U w/ Diana Ross

« on: August 15, 2010, 0415 UTC »

8/15/10
6925 USB
0405z: Diana Ross "Upside Down", fair signal, good audio, just enough to copy familiar song.
0411z: Faded out.

Propagation took a dive here after 0400z, lost MAC, Ronin and this unid all at same time.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6850.8 AM (MAC?)

« on: August 15, 2010, 0402 UTC »

8/15/10
6850.8 AM
Been listening since 0345z, mostly just a weak carrier but around 0355z heard what sounded like a Tarzan yell and Ultraman's distinctive wacky laugh.
0514z: Music still trying to sneak through here, battling fickle propagation and lotsa local RFI. Just hearing a few seconds at a time every few minutes.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / KFUD Radio Fudd 6927 USB (via Outhouse Radio)

« on: August 14, 2010, 1347 UTC »

Hope I got this ID right.  Might have been via Outhouse Radio
8/14/10
6927 USB
1330z: Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny bits, cover of "Goodbye Earl", some Jay wiener cutups.  Elmer singing "Kill da wabbit".  Maybe some Captain Ganja in there too ("Man, am I ripped...").  Some speed/pitch shifting.  Onion News bit w/ Doyle Redland.
1342z: ID sounded like KFUD, Radio Fudd, in Elmer Fudd voice.
1348z: WEAK Radio ID w/ DJ Knobtwister voice, but audio doesn't sound like WEAK.
1354z: Parents of Girls Gone Wild parody ad
1401z: More WEAK Radio ID's, but this audio and signal drift (tho' slight) doesn't seem like WEAK, unless they're testing a new rig.
1402z: Nearly faded out now.
1404z: Outhouse Radio ID, sounds like Jackyl chainsaw song in background.

S3-S4 peaks over very low S1 noise.  Lots of fades.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio GaGa 6925

« on: August 14, 2010, 0345 UTC »

Not sure if music and SSTV were both RGG, also hearing a carrier and USB signals.
8/14/10
6925 -- seems to be AM.
0330-0335z: Outdoors w/ portable, tough copy through heavy static crashes, heard what sounded like Buck Cherry song and definitely heard Ry Cooder's awesome version of "Little Sister".
0342z: SSTV, can only copy Radio Ga-Ga logo, rest buried in noise.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Outhouse Radio 6932-6933U

« on: August 12, 2010, 0117 UTC »

8/12/10
6932.8 USB w/ some drifting
Caught an Outhouse Radio ID around 0110z.  Sorta dirtfed signal (my favorite Evil Elvisism), drifty, warbly.  Able to copy "Take This Job and Shove It" and "Inna-Gadda-blah-blah-blah" around 0105z.
0115z: Outhouse Radio ID
0120z: Sammy Hagar "Heavy Metal", audio a bit thin.  Outhouse op talking, can't quite make out what he was saying.
0123z: Doors "LA Wimmins"
0128z: 6934U, approx, Johnny Cash "Folsom Prison Blues"
0145z: 6934.2U, Outhouse Radio ID, Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower", sudden shift to 6932.7U mid-song.

Good signal peaks here since 0040z, just kinda tough to tune in until top of hour.

LOL!  Received a very appropriate "Wherever I May Roam" eQSL from Outhouse.  Thanks for the game of Marco Polo!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK Radio 6930U "war theme"

« on: August 11, 2010, 0222 UTC »

WEAK Radio
8/11/10
6930 USB
0155-0220z: Eclectic mix of rhythmic music with heavy bass line (Spanish?); C&W style parody song about the atom and nuclear bombs ("...Nagasaki, Alamogordo, Bikini..." in refrain) ; rambling monologue.  Some breaks in audio and occasional dead air.
0222z: Some other off-pitch audio mixed in now along with some spacey instrumental music, can't tell if same station or QRM from adjacent signal.
0233z: "...this is African..." and another voice "...I hate war..." the rest buried under local RFI.
0235z: Song with "Hear the marching, hear the drum, suppose they gave a war and nobody comes."
0237z: Baby crying.
0237z: WEAK Radio ID
0245z: WEAK ID
0306z: Still there with occasional clear peaks, but lots of fading to inaudible since around 0250z.
0345z: Sounds like Chris Cornell, not sure if solo, Soundgarden, Audioslave or other.
0347z: WEAK Radio ID
0430z: Off w/ WEAK ID, National Anthem followed by mellow instrumental and WEAK ID's after what sounded like some Patti Smith songs.  (Outdoors w/ portable, not taking notes.)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK Radio 6925U late show

« on: August 09, 2010, 0829 UTC »

8/9/10
6925 USB
0805-0815z: WEAK Radio ID's, rock song with lyrics that sounded like "nausea" or "Nadia", not sure (ah, Google sez: Beck "Nausea"), plus more off-the-beaten-path rock (translation: I haven't heard it before).
SINPO=34323, good clear peaks over moderate noise, slow roller coaster fades.

0815-0825z: Suddenly faded to barely audible and stayed there. Can tell it's still on, but jussst barely.

(Gopher Stomp, TX - Outdoors w/ Sony ICF-2010)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga 6925U

« on: August 09, 2010, 0302 UTC »

8/9/10
6925 USB
0300z: Just tuned in, caught Radio Ga-Ga ID.  "They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!"
0303z: "Rubber Biscuit"
0307z: Queen "Radio Ga Ga"

SINPO=24332, just above the noise, good enough to copy ID's and familiar songs.

388

North American Shortwave Pirate / The Crystal Ship 6876 AM

« on: August 09, 2010, 0257 UTC »

8/9/10
6876 AM
0230z-0240z: Pink Floyd songs (sounded like consecutive tracks from The Wall), "Mother", TCS ID around 0239z, "Goodbye Blue Sky".

SINPO=24242, weak but fairly steady signal, just enough to copy familiar songs through heavy static crashes.

(Gopher Stomp, TX - Outdoors w/ Sony ICF-2010 in AM sync)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6940 AM Unid

« on: August 08, 2010, 0347 UTC »

8/8/10
6940 AM
0300-0340z: Very faint signal, only occasionally able to hear fairly continual talking, man's voice, sounded like a relay of a MW talk, news or sports show, but not able to copy enough to ID anything.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Barnyard Radio 6925 USB

« on: August 07, 2010, 0435 UTC »

8/7/10
6925 USB
0427-0431z: Barnyard's distinctive lonnng laughter intro and Barnyard Radio ID.

So far just skimming above the mud, S1-S2.

0440z: Signal dropped like a rock, not a peep audible since the intro.