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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thinking Man Radio 6930.1 USB 2344 UTC 19 Apr 2014

« on: April 19, 2014, 2355 UTC »

Solid S5 here at 2353 UTC tune-in....man announcer with ID..."Thinking Man Radio on 6930 Upper Side Band". Into "Venus"-Shocking Blue
2356 UTC man announcer with some thoughts... thinkingmanradio@gmail.com
2357 UTC "Jumping Jack Flash"-Rolling Stones

Edit (After sending reception report I add this thought from the closing announcement... THINK...RESOLVE...BE AT PEACE)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / UNID 6289.5 KHZ AM APRIL 19, 2014

« on: April 19, 2014, 2335 UTC »

Fair signal here popping up above the noise with Euro fade pattern since 2305 UTC with mostly EZ listening tunes that I don't recognize....wish I had a smart phone with Shazam app
Harry....
2345 UTC EZ listening ballad by sultry voiced lady (how's that for a description?)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID 6210 KHZ AM APRIL 19, 2014 2248 UTC

« on: April 19, 2014, 2328 UTC »

Thanks oly!!! A new log for me...too bad it wasn't closer to sunset here...might have been a stronger signal!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / RADIO TECHNICAL MAN 6210 KHZ AM APRIL 19, 2014 2248 UTC

« on: April 19, 2014, 2248 UTC »

I'm getting music here...weak audio. Can't ID the song playing.Signal gone sometime around 2255 or so. Oh well....
Edit 2330 UTC Changed UNID to ID per info from oly1959!

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General Radio Discussion / Re: NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION

« on: April 19, 2014, 1753 UTC »

I wondered who could possibly be operating on this frequency, so I googled 6133 KHZ and came up with this link:
http://scandiego.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1696

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925U 0058 19 April 2014

« on: April 19, 2014, 0112 UTC »

Just above the noise floor here at 0100 UTC tune-in with "Boys of Summer"-Don Henley ending, then possibly man announcer at 0101 UTC. High noise level tonight...
0123 UTC I get nothing now...off?
0128 UTC I'm getting music now, but it's on and off, on and off...xmtr problems?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2331 UTC 18 Apr 2014

« on: April 19, 2014, 0106 UTC »

Caught the tail end of this at 0049 UTC with S5 signal above the noise....just after end of song, a canned ID "WBNY". This is the 3rd time I've heard them this evening...thanks for "Monkeying Around" tonight!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / RADIO MARABU 6239.2 KHZ AM APRIL 18, 2014

« on: April 18, 2014, 2332 UTC »

I'm getting some weak music here at 2329 UTC with typical Euro prop fading....
2333 UTC Man announcer? I can't make out details...right at or above noise floor here.
2358 UTC "Hungry Eyes"-Eric Carmen
Man announcer at 0006 and 0010 UTC, but can't make out what he's saying
0019 UTC Signal picked up nicely during man announcer....in German....and clear ID as "Radio Marabu" just before song at 0021 UTC! S3 peaks now.
0026 UTC a little bit of Biergarten music!
0038 UTC "What is Life"-George Harrison

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6825 AM 2145 UTC 18 Apr 2014

« on: April 18, 2014, 2154 UTC »

Weak here at 2149 UTC with UNID song then man announcer at 2151 UTC. Not sure what I'm hearing...just at noise floor at best. Unusual frequency! Some kind of skit now playing.
2156 UTC a C&W tune rising above the noise...man singer
2159 UTC I get nothing at all now...off?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2007 UTC 18 Apr 2014

« on: April 18, 2014, 2054 UTC »

Fading above and below the noise floor here at 2012 UTC with man talking, a child singing, then an early 60's sounding rock & roll tune with hoots and howls...sounded like a brief announcement just before sign-off at 2018 UTC.
{Listened back on the tape and the "early 60's sounding rock & roll tune" has monkey noises}

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: R. Ronin 6925Am 0225 April18

« on: April 18, 2014, 1128 UTC »

Just above the noise floor here at 0244 UTC tune-in with long blues rock tunes (some really tasty guitar workouts!) until 0315 UTC when I had to hit the sack. Clear ID at 0305 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Channel Z 6925 AM 0100 UTC 18 Apr 2014

« on: April 18, 2014, 0105 UTC »

UNID here since 0048 UTC with long instrumental from the 70's, another tune, then Big Ben and ID at 0102 for Andy Walker and Channel Z. Part 4 of "Before They Were Famous"
0106 UTC "Have Fun"
{I'm getting a really nice signal here...no flutter QRM as was heard on 6150.5 KHZ....just a little bit of pescadore QRM on LSB}
0112 UTC   Some early Jimi Hendrix on guitar!
0115 UTC Some pre-Clapton Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker...nice!
0120 UTC And now we have some pre-Bruce & Baker Clapton with the Yardbirds!
{Andy...where do you get all these gems?}
0123 UTC.... what's a night out without a little Daryl Dragon and some Elephant Stomp?
0131 UTC Andy Walker with QSL info and giving shoutouts to those sending in reports and from HFU postings from recent broadcast
0140 UTC Toni Basil goes back to 1966?
{During the early Peter Green tune, the band noise picked up a bit...still great copy though}
0148 UTC Some early Joe Walsh before the James Gang
0159 UTC Closing announcements by Andy including QSL info (Blue Ridge address enclose $3 for hard copy QSL...email reports answered by eQSL)
"Andy Walker production for Channel Z Radio" then Loony tunes clip and off abrupt 0200 UTC

{Thanks again Andy & Z...excellent programming as usual!! Hope that there will be additional productions of "Before They Were Famous" }

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: unid 6960u 2351 utc 17 aPRIL 2014

« on: April 18, 2014, 0015 UTC »

Got this here with some kind of spoken drama...man with eerie voice talking, then footsteps at 0012 UTC....strange! 6960 USB

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Channel Z 61505 2356z 17 Apr 2014

« on: April 18, 2014, 0006 UTC »

Andy Walker and Channel Z here at S9 level here with great AM audio with "Before They Were Famous"...tunes by Barry White and Elton John. Good to hear you again tonight Andy and Z!
Ahhh, Neil Young & the Squires giving us a taste of things to come with that trademark lead guitar work!
(I'm getting some broadband "fan flutter" QRM during the early Freddie Mercury tune).
Off abrupt at 0045ish UTC....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6949 AM 2316- 04/17/14

« on: April 17, 2014, 2332 UTC »

S5 here with nice AM signal at 2322 UTC with some swingtime jazz tunes, ID at 2226 UTC, and ID at 2229 UTC..."pour yourself another shot of vodka"
2330 UTC email address and some more ragtime
{A pleasant change of pace to start off the Holiday weekend!}
2335 UTC DJ Dickweed ID'd the previous songs played, and the next tune "Christopher Columbus"... "RPM", then tune.
2340 UTC ID, then slow jazzy tune
2343 UTC Nice S7 peak now
2353 UTC DJ Dickweed ID'd previous tunes and next tune by Count Basie "One O'clock Jump"..."Radio Free Whatever RPM"