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North American Shortwave Pirate / Skippy Radio 6950 USB 0047 UTC 27 SEP 2020

« on: September 27, 2020, 0048 UTC »

S5

0047 In a gadda da vida
0051 SSTV
0052 Van Halen, "Sunday Afternoon in the Park"
0054 Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac
0058 Desperado, The Eagles (badly modulated)
0101 Old Man, Neil Young
0105 Celine Dion, "That's The Way It Is"
0108 In a gadda da vida again
0112 SSTV
0113 Cat's In the Cradle
0116 SSTV
0117 Heart of Gold, Crosby, Nash & Young
0120 SSTV
0120 Spirit In The Sky, Norman Greenbaum
0124 Blinded By The Light, Manfred Mann
0132 Stuck in the Middle With You, Stealers Wheel
0144 Off

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QSLs Received / Re: Ball Smacker eQSL 26.Sep 2020

« on: September 26, 2020, 1512 UTC »

Received the same, just a little while after the show ended. Thanks for a great show, Ballsmacker Radio!

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Other / Re: Unid 3873 AM 0154 utc 26 Sep 2020

« on: September 26, 2020, 0203 UTC »

Heard the tail end of the pledge, now the National Anthem loud and clear in D.C. land
0209 Now air raid sirens! Voice (Trump?) says, "I like that, nice touch."

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 utc 26 Sep 2020

« on: September 26, 2020, 0105 UTC »

Signal S9+20 in National Capital Region

Theme = Fall

0100 California Dreamin', Mamas and Papas
0103 Free Fallin', Tom Petty
0106 When Fall Comes to New England, Cheryl Wheeler
0109 heavy QRM but still copyable
0110 November Rain, Guns n Roses (with some Tom Jones, What's New Pussycat underneath from WTF Radio on USB)
0119 YL Ballsmacker ID, guess the theme and send a reception report via E-mail
0120 Could it Be I'm Falling in Love, The Spinners. USB pirate seems to have quit and Ballsmacker now has a clear channel at this QTH.
0123 Leaves That Are Green, Paul Simon
0126 YL Ballsmacker ID then I Fall to Pieces, Patsy Cline
0128 Autumn Leaves, Ed Sheeran 
0131 YL Ballsmacker ID then September, Earth Wind & Fire
0135 We All Fall In Love, Sir Elton (who by the way is also sick of Ed Sheeran)
0139 Fallin' In Love Again
0142 Gone Til November, Wyclif Jean
0145 YL Ballsmacker ID then After the Fall, Journey
0150 Weekend in New England, Barry Manilow
0154 Maggie May, Rod Stewart
0200 Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Frankie Lyman

0210 Signal has fallen off dramatically, barely audible above the static now.
0214 Can just make out a Ballsmacker ID

Thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Damn Skippy 6950 USB 0058 UTC 26 September 2020

« on: September 26, 2020, 0058 UTC »

Caught the end, with

0219 Screaming in the Night, Krokus with SSTV

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 2335 UTC 25 SEP 2020

« on: September 25, 2020, 2333 UTC »

music, garbled talking, two Tx on top of each other? One AM, one SSB. Possibly QRM from Spanish peskies. Hard to make any of it out at my QTH. If anybody catches an ID I'll change the subject line.

Pirate gone at 0058, leaving Spanish peskie QRM on LSB. Unfortunately made the show totally uncopyable here in Washington D.C.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WTF Worldwide Radio 6960 USB 2331 UTC 25 SEP 2020

« on: September 25, 2020, 2328 UTC »

Signal S9+, very clear reception in the National Capital Region

2328 Tom Jones, Not Unusual
2329 Sounds like Brian Regan comedy, Fig Newtons
2330 Brief SSTV Tx over the bit
2334 WTF Radio ID
2338 More Brian Regan, UPS store skit
2343 Another WTF Radio, brief Tom Jones, Not Unusual again
2344 John Mulaney, I am not Asian American
2357 Jim Gaffigan, McDonald's fries
0014 Pete Townshend, Rough Boys
0017 Porcelain, Moby
0023 WTF Worldwide ID, "Going Mainstream" into Pumped up Kicks, Foster the People
0027 WTF Worldwide ID into You Get What You Give, New Radicals
0043 Little Talks, Of Monsters and Men
0045 Broken, Lovelytheband
0048 WTF ID, then Say it Ain't So, Weezer
0052 WTF ID, then Lightning Crashes, Live
0100 Signal obliterated by Ballsmacker

Thanks for the show! First time catch.

My recording:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/seq4df8tlupug1m/WTF%20Worldwide%20Radio%206960%20USB%202328%20UTC%2025%20SEP%202020.wav?dl=0

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: The Vault 6985 AM 1925 utc 21 Sep 2020

« on: September 24, 2020, 1712 UTC »

Just getting around to transcribing my notes on this one!

Great reception and thanks for the show!

2310 Pumpkin Soup, Kate Nash
2313 Ooh La La, Rod Stewart
2317 "Welcome to the Vault" ID then Close to You, Carpenters
2321 Because the Night, Patti Smith
2324 ID then Baby Now That I've Found You, Foundations
2327 Stormy Classics IV
2331 "This is the Vault" ID then Sweet City Woman
2335 Two unid songs, lots of whistling
2339 Disco La Passione, Chris Rea
2342 "The is the Vault" ID, long silence, another ID then Dreadlock Holiday, 10cc
2346 Pipeline, Chantays
2351 Forever in Blue Jeans, Neil Diamond
2354 "Lock It" Vault ID then Oxygene Part 4, Jean Michel Jarre
2357 Air raid sirens, polytone signal, Vault ID, then off the air

Recording:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3p98t7rcv919lgl/Vault%20%5BThe%5D%206985%20AM%202310%20UTC%2021%20SEP%202020.wav?dl=0

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6970 AM 0034 UTC 24 SEP 2020

« on: September 24, 2020, 0114 UTC »

Suburban setting near Washington D.C. Checked the Dave Ramsey site. He is on one AM station near me right now (1530), but they're not a Fox affiliate. Rest of his time slots around here appear to be afternoons. So I'm gonna go with this was an interesting choice by a pirate.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6970 AM 0034 UTC 24 SEP 2020

« on: September 24, 2020, 0034 UTC »

Very faint, barely above the noise. Heard the bottom of the hour Fox news with mention of vaccine, a life insurance commercial, and into the second half of a Dave Ramsey show. Appears to be a relay (or harmonic?) of a commercial broadcast station. Still going at 0050. Gone at 0058.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / YEAH MAN 6924.8 AM 2247 UTC 23 SEP 2020

« on: September 23, 2020, 2247 UTC »

Good signal into the National Capital Region! S5-S7 or so, but so is the static...still very copyable
Stated freq of 6925 but definitely a little south

2247 Spill The Wine
2249 Satisfaction, The Stones
2252 Station ID, golden oldies on a Wednesday into Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys
2256 Thanks for the shout-out and the show!
2257 Black Magic Woman, Santana
2302 Station ID and shout-out to pirateswl
2303 Susie Q, Creedence
2307 ID and shout-outs, signal took a nosedive in CT (actually improving a little near DC as local sunset approaches)
2308 Higher & Higher
2312 Do You Know What I Mean?
2315 ID barely audible, into very clear Magic Carpet Ride by Steppenwolf
2320 Another track or two for the last man standing! Chicago, 25 or 6 to 4
2325 ID, then Come Together, Beatles
2328 Last song from an old playlist - Some Kind of Wonderful.
2332 Gone

Thanks Yeah Man. Signal overall was pretty decent here. I had fun, anyway! Glad I hung in.

Recording:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rpuqtjq4ueo1nvj/YEAH%20MAN%206924.8%20AM%202247%20UTC%2023%20SEP%202020.wav?dl=0

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6880 USB 2302 UTC 22 Sep 2020

« on: September 22, 2020, 2320 UTC »

S9, incredibly clear signal in the Washington, D.C. area. to begin with, degraded toward the end but still clearly copyable, probably a 6

WWBR 6880 USB 2302 UTC 22 Sep 2020
S9, incredibly clear signal in the Washington, D.C. area to begin with, degraded toward the end but still clearly copyable, probably a S6

2315 Heart of the Night, Poco
2319 Sunday Girl, Blondie
2323 Everything She Wants, Wham & George Michael
2327 Boogie with Stu, Led Zeppelin
2331 WWBR, World Wide Basement Radio ID
2332 BeeGees?
2339 It's My Life, Gwen Stefani
2343 WWBR ID, Bugle, SSTV transmission
2344 Baby Talks Dirty
2348 WWBR ID and QRT

Recording at my QTH:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vhlej02euqzypv1/WWBR%20Worldwide%20Basement%20Radio%206880%20USB%202315%20UTC%2022%20Sep%202020.wav?dl=0

Thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Damn Skippy 6925 USB 2300 UTC 20 SEP 2020

« on: September 20, 2020, 2302 UTC »

S6 with peaks up to S9
2300 - Forties music, then "Tune your radio to the CONELRAD stations, either 640 or 1240 kilocycles. Listen carefully to the instructions. Your life depends on how well you follow them."
2304 - More music, unidentified
2304 - "By all means provide some tranquilizers to ease the strain...a bottle of 100 for a family of 4...Tranquilizers are not narcotics and are not habit forming. Ask your doctor for his recommendation." Then more forties music.
2307 Air raid sirens and SSTV, then discordant electronic music - electric guitar and male vocals
2314 More SSTV, then more discordant music with chimes and male vocals
2322 Smoke on the Water
2328 SSTV
2339 Air raid sirens, SSTV, Air raid sirens, then same CONELRAD announcement as at 2300. Back to forties music.
2346 CONELRAD announcement again, more forties music
2354 or so QRT.

Thanks for the show!

Here is how it sounded at my QTH:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2q8dluhsxr9ie1/Damn%20Skippy%206925%20USB%202300%20UTC%2020%20SEP%202020.wav?dl=0

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6955 USB 0101 utc 20 SEP 2020

« on: September 20, 2020, 0103 UTC »

Instrumental electric guitar music since 0055 or so.
Signal S9 into Washington D.C. area
ID at 0106 but did not copy.
Another ID at 0109, heavily accented male voice (French?), did not copy.
Another incomprehensible ID at 0127.
0144 ________ Head Radio? followed by SSTV tx that will hopefully solve the mystery...
Appears to be gone at 0200

Thanks for a great show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Damn Skippy 6925 USB 2337 UTC 19 Sept 2020

« on: September 20, 2020, 0051 UTC »

Came in about 0030 and caught the tail end.

Wild Wild West (Escape Club) with several SSTV transmissions
0035 ID "Damn Skippy, Turn up the Radio"
0036 Discordant music, chimes and electric guitar
0044 Final ID, just "Damn Skippy"
QRT at 0045.

Thanks for the show!

Here's how it sounded at my QTH:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l0kne14zh2cls9z/Damn%20Skippy%206925%20USB%202337%20UTC%2019%20Sept%202020.wav?dl=0