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General Radio Discussion / Re: How long until a station is no longer active?

« on: May 03, 2023, 1442 UTC »

I once got a QSL and gelt from Happy Finster of Happy Hanukkah Radio.

Victory Radio involved the Texas-Texas A&M football game. When A&M left the Big 12 for the SEC the rivalry ended. Texas is heading to the SEC in 2024, Victory Radio could show back up, but Miss Edna's Chicken Shack in LaGrange is long gone. The winning team got to go there for a free roll in the hay back in the day. It's what "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and the
ZZ Top song "LaGrange" were about, uh-huh,haw,haw...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Boombox Radio 6899.3 AM 0105 UTC 2 MAY 2023

« on: May 03, 2023, 1349 UTC »

6900 LSB is the Mexican "Casa" frequency, both in country and to friends and relatives in the States. They really roll in after dark. If you understand a little bit of Spanish, it can get pretty funny and kind of raunchy.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: How long until a station is no longer active?

« on: May 02, 2023, 0941 UTC »

BTW, you also have studio pirates who have their shows relayed and special occasion pirates, such as "The Voice of Pancho Villa" along with various holiday pirates that turn up around the 4th of July, Halloween, Christmas, etc.. WJFK used be one on November 23, the day of his assassination, but I haven't seen it reported in quite some time.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: How long until a station is no longer active?

« on: May 02, 2023, 0928 UTC »

Oh, I'm always around. When Al Fansome passed on, then resurrected as "Lord of The Penguins", I filled the vacuum much like Paul of Tarsus, spreading the word of Fansomism to the unwashed masses. Can I get a "Belinda!" from the flock?

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Equipment / Re: Episode 7,492 In Maintaining An Antenna Farm

« on: May 02, 2023, 0850 UTC »

When did you switch the SDR that used to be fed by the 58 ft. T2FD to the 400 ft. South beverage, Chris? I first noticed it a couple of weeks back. Are you dx'ing Argentine taxi cab dispatchers?

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North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: WBLR Power Radio 1740 AM 0844 UTC 1 May 2023

« on: May 02, 2023, 0832 UTC »

There's an SDR in Warrenton, VA. I've been able to get a carrier and a bit of audio on, monitoring that frequency, but that's about it. I also heard some audio on Chris's 900 ft. loop one night, but static levels were so high that night I couldn't make out what it was.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda 7400 AM 0400 UTC 2 MAY 2023

« on: May 02, 2023, 0819 UTC »

He's been using English for announcements more frequently lately. He's no Josiah, that's for sure. He doesn't have that "Mojave Baked Brain Syndrome".

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: How bad does Radio Cairo sound?

« on: April 30, 2023, 0444 UTC »

Hmm... From that recording they've improved. The 60 hz. hum is down about 2/3's and the announcer doesn't sound like Charlie Brown's teacher.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Indy Radio 6931 AM 1644 UTC 29 APR 2023

« on: April 30, 2023, 0407 UTC »

0223 UTC
S7  band very noisy

playing music

Ditto on the noise, but I'm not sure it was atmospheric? I always check Indy's signal Stateside against a SDR on Sardinia, in case it's a weak AM station here in NA around 6930? There was a harsh buzz in the audio in Sardinia.

I did get to hear what I think was Laser Hot Hits playing the "Green Acres" theme song on 6205 as an interval signal at 3:10 UTC this morning on 30 Apr. from Sardinia. I didn't catch an ID as there were deep fades, but it's the same freq. I had them on yesterday about that time with a positive ID.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 0304 UTC 30 Apr 2023

« on: April 30, 2023, 0335 UTC »

Caught the last 3-5 minutes of it the Lamont, Alberta Klwi. Big signal. Much better than those kiddie killin' Ruskies on 7400 AM.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 29 APR 2023

« on: April 29, 2023, 0240 UTC »

"Rainbow in The Dark" Ronnie James Dio?  The audio sounds great tonight. Did you do some mods to the tx? 10 over on the Kiwi w/ 120 ft. T2FD @ Smolinski's Wire Farm in Westminster, MD.

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Other / Re: Russia/Ukraine Radio War 7050 LSB 2116 UTC 25 Apr 2023

« on: April 29, 2023, 0016 UTC »

China and North Korea have a leftist media they support Russia wholeheartedly. You don't seem to know the difference between a free press, that of the West, and the media of authoritarian countries, like Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Iran, Turkey, etc.... Perhaps you should look into them? Maybe go there to live.

All that footage of military age men fleeing Russia when Putin announced his call-up last summer was a Commie hoax? But, but, even Sean Hannity and the Almighty Tucker Carlson were showing men and families caught in traffic jams, biking and hoofing it to various border crossing were lying to us? They're font's of truth and wisdom. What else could they have been lying about? Election results?

Who is "we" and "our"? Who are you claiming to speak for and where are you from? I'm Pigmeat and I'm from the US of A. What are your bona fides. For some reason your writing style smells of someone who's second or third language is English? It's a bit stilted.  Or maybe "Fanbot 3000" has reanimated preprogrammed to annoy me? Either way I'm going to have some fun.

I'm going to say this once and make it simple. If Putin isn't stopped in the Ukraine, he's going to continue to invade other countries. That's why the US and it's Allies are pouring money and arms into the Ukraine. Putin has to have a total victory or he's toast. All the Ukraine has to do is not lose. It's how the American Colonies defeated the British. It's how the Afghans defeated the British, the Soviets, and us. Have steady allies with deep pockets and arms supplies. All you need is a hardened, motivated populace pissed off enough to take the pounding and you're in like Flynn.

BTW, who wants anything from Russia? All their stuff is crap. Even they don't want it.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda 7400 AM 0247 UTC 28 APR 2023

« on: April 28, 2023, 0422 UTC »

They're back and pushing S-9 with EDM. Send in the drone's, Hank Jr.!

Break, ID and Commie talk in English. Into Russian elevator music. Careful the cable doesn't give way fellas. A lot of funny things happened to Russians involving gravity and long drops. Very professional sounding production, though. 

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Indy Radio 6931 AM comments 26 APR 2023

« on: April 28, 2023, 0338 UTC »

I often used a vertical for my 14 watt Grenade and was surprised by the distance difference between it and say an inverted V, but I was nowhere near saltwater. Just hills, rocks, and trees. Lots of all three.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Vostochnaya Zvezda 7400 AM 0247 UTC 28 APR 2023

« on: April 28, 2023, 0328 UTC »

They had a good signal on the Half Moon Bay, but I think Hank The Angry Drunken Dwarf's kid droned them about 3:10?

Joe Flips used to see Hank at the "Uke" in Joe's home town. Both were good Ukrainian-American boys and liked their piwo.