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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6952 USB 2243 UTC 15 SEP 2023

« on: September 15, 2023, 2243 UTC »

2243: "Honky Tonk Women" - Rolling Stones (abrupt end)
2243: "Johnny. B Goode" - Ronnie Wood / Wild Five
55555, S9+10
2247: "I Gotta See" - Ronnie Wood
2253: "That Was Only Yesterday" - Spooky Tooth
S9+15
2257: discussion about "Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down" with Robbie Robertson
2301: "The Weight" - Robbie Robertson (RR) -> info about RR and hist death (6 days ago) -> more discussion
- RIP Robbie
2308: more/repeat discussion about NTDODD -> "The Weight"
2312: "Broken Arrow" - RR
2316: "Up On Cripple Creek" - RR
2320: "Down By The River - CSNY; "Harvest Moon" - Neil Young
2324: sudden drop in signal to S8; audio break / EOT

Thank you for the broadcast!

362

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6960 AM 2320 UTC 14 SEP 2023

« on: September 14, 2023, 2321 UTC »

2320: carrier appeared with a few seconds of music; then quiet
- very strong signal while it was present; disappeared a few seconds after submitting post
- might be testing and will be back shortly

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North American Shortwave Pirate / THUNDER CHICKEN 6950.03 USB 2307 UTC 14 SEP 2023

« on: September 14, 2023, 2308 UTC »

2307: heavy metal music; can't ID
44444
"Gone Away" - Five Finger Death Punch (FFDP)
- might be repeat transmission of
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,118161.0.html
same freq as earlier, same relatively obscure (to me) band (FFDP)
2315: "Lift Me Up" - FFDP
2323: "Bad Company" - unknown artist; have yet to hear an ID
very cool waterfall image (FFT window)



0005: possible ID VO music; all I could make out was "shortwave"
0011: SSTV pic:

   


Thank you for the broadcast!

364

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID WWV Relay 6940 AM 2211 UTC 14 SEP 2023

« on: September 14, 2023, 2219 UTC »

2211: carrier appeared; no audio
2219: WWV time pips
this was on earlier; signal strength is up and down,
2220: JBA
It's got a good beat, but a little hard to dance to.
~2221: carrier/signal gone

Thank you for the (re)broadcast

365

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6930 USB 2154 UTC 14 SEP 2023

« on: September 14, 2023, 2154 UTC »

sign on at after sporadic starts; music ("It's a test. It's a test.") ->
2154: "Love Missile F1-11" - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
45444, nice stable easy listening
2200: "Jeannie" - Hugo Montenegro & Orchestra
2202: "Oh Yeah" - Yello
2205: "Beat City" - The FLowerpot Men
2209: "Bad" - Big Audio Dynamite
2221: "Twist and Shout" - Beatles; "Radio People" - Zapp
2234: "Taking the Day Off" - General Public
2242: noise and fading gradually increasing
2246: EOT

Thank you for the broadcast!

366

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950 USB 2132 UTC 14 SEP 2023

« on: September 14, 2023, 2133 UTC »

2132: heavy metal rock music, lots of nearby QRM, plenty of noise, JBA, 22232
2136: OM talking -> more mx & VO
2140: "The Pride" - Five Finger Death Punch (Amazed Shazam can pull this out of noise)
2142: another rock song - "Coming Down" - FFDP (Five Finger Death Punch)
very slowly increasing in intelligibility/signal strength
2147: "Menace" - FFDP
32232, UTE QRM centered at ~ 6949, ~ 8 KHz wide right over top of 6950
~2156: EOT

Thank you for the broadcast!

367

Peskies / UNID 6967 USB 0213 UTC 14 SEP 2023

« on: September 14, 2023, 0213 UTC »

music - approx freq.
0214: OM talking, can't make out, very weak
15111
seems to be Spanish, maybe a pesky playing pirate

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 was 6955 was 6930 AM 0120 UTC 14 SEP 2023

« on: September 14, 2023, 0123 UTC »

carrier on at 0118, no audio
0121: OM talking, cannot make out, then silent
0122: music for a few seconds, then silent - JBA, 15221
0126: music again, extremely weak
0127: switch to 6955, then 6935 w/rock music ("All Along the Watchtower" - Hendrix)
? Pirate Alien Radio ?
0134: OM talking, can't make out, barely above the noise
0136: more music - "House of Rising Sun" - Animals
0142: "Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple
reception slowly improving, 25221
0148: carrier gone, then back about 0151 w/more mx
0158: can just make out "Bad to the Bone" - George Thorogood & Destroyers
0201: OM: "All righty then"

Thank you for the broadcast, wish I could hear it better.

369

North American Shortwave Pirate / Yeah Man Radio 6925 USB 0048 UTC 14 SEP 2023

« on: September 14, 2023, 0048 UTC »

0048: just came on air w/jazz music
35344, moderate noise, not too bad
0058: OM with ID (could not make out), Wacky Wednesday Million Dollar Weekend Show, shout out to Jimmy D (his main man), DangerKitty and Molvania Poacher on HFU
0059: "Blues For Del" - Stanley Turentine
0109: ack. more listeners on HFU, esp. shoutout to shortwave-listener on HFU
0110: more jazz mx

Thank you for the broadcast and shoutout!

370

North American Shortwave Pirate / The Pirate Pumpkin 6930 USB 2346 UTC 13 SEP 2023

« on: September 13, 2023, 2346 UTC »

music
OR IS THIS LSB ? too much qrm
also someone also on AM on 6932
2350: music "The Ghost Of Smoky Joe" - Cab Calloway
2351: finally the setup has stabilized and no more AM QRM
2352: SSTV - can't decode, voice ID
2354: "The Reaper" - Blue Oyster Cult
25242
2359: SSTV - looks like a pumpkin, with writing I can't make out; several more SSTV images
0003: quiet

       
QSL received 0114 2023-09-14 (UTC)
Thank you for the broadcast!

371

North American Shortwave Pirate / Foxy AM 6925 AM 2328 UTC 13 SEP 2023

« on: September 13, 2023, 2328 UTC »

2323: carrier appeared, no audio
2328: OM talking, "OK is this any better", "We are taking over the radio by force. Do you like cats?", "Stay with us as we prepare our statiion. Be back in a few minutes."
43444, sporadic side band / ute qrm / peskies
2330: carrier gone
2333: carrier back with "transmitting with"... "are you gonna do a show?"
2335: music - "SAC" - Dr. Hoffman; modulation jumping up and down, more VO comments
2339: OM with comments, worried about stepping on other station (I only hear peskies on LSB - no other broadcaster); carrier still on but quiet
2343: date/time, ID, "stand by", CW in AM mode, then will begin an hour or 2 of transmission
2344: musical flourish -> "True Colors" - Eva Cassidy

Thank you for the broadcast!

372

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6950 USB 2247 UTC 13 SEP 2023

« on: September 13, 2023, 2247 UTC »

2247: BOT -> music - sounds like old Soviet "marching music" / anthem
43444, ute qrm
2248: DJ Dickweed with commentary and ID
2250: "I Got Heaeven" - Mannequin Pussy
2253: YL with val-speak "Whateverrrr" -> "Jesse" - Geese ; UTE QRM gone 45444
2256: "Cool Cat" - HalfNoise
2259: DJDW - recap of previous songs, ID, call outs to HFU listeners (thank you)
2300: more mx, including Alice Cooper
2315: DJDW with commentary, saying he may test out his new $7.50 breathalyzer - more mx
0045: DJDW continues to rock out

Thank you DJDW for the broadcast!

373

North American Shortwave Pirate / The Pirate Alien Radio 6950 USB 2326 UTC 12 SEP 2023

« on: September 12, 2023, 2326 UTC »

2326: music for a minute, then gone
25222
2328: now back; "All Along the Watchtower" - Jimi Hendrix
storms moving into area, might have to disconnect antennas
2332: SSTV, then OM saying something
2333: "White Rabbit" - Jefferson Airplane
2336: OM - "Take me to your leader" -> silence/pause
2343: back on with rock music, can't ID - too much noise
2345: OM talking, then silent, then back w/mx; JBA - 15221
2352: mx playing, Shazam eventually IDed as "Us & Them" - Pink Floyd
2352: OM with a few words, then more Pink Floyd ("Brain Damage")
2357: SSTV; all I could decode was the word "MAD"
QSL from The Pirate Alien Radio -  outta this world! Thank you.


Thank you for the broadcast!

374

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6924.65 AM 0044 UTC 12 SEP 2023

« on: September 12, 2023, 0044 UTC »

0044: music -> "Let Me Go" - Cutline
carrier was on for several minutes before any audio, low modulation
S9+10, some pesky qrm
0049: "Evil Beauty" - Blackmill, now with increased modulation it seems
0053: "Clutch" - Electric Heaven
44444, slight noise, shallow fading
0101: "On the Road to Shiraz" - Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra

Thank you for the broadcast and nice music!

375

North American Shortwave Pirate / Mix Radio International 6875 USB 2314 UTC 11 SEP 2023

« on: September 11, 2023, 2314 UTC »

2314: just came on air; music - "Crystallize" - Lindsey Stirling
tall, wide signal, S9+, 55545, hi-fi audio
2317: seeing "MRI" in "upper-upper sideband" waterfall
2318: "Round Around" - Zouzoulectric
2322: "Essence" - Belau
S9+10
2330: "Cab Driver" - Daryl Hall

            
2340: "In the MIX ..." jingle, ID, and more -> "Adieu Tristesse" - Bellevie

Thank you for the broadcast and super-signal!
Special Big Thanks to myteaquinn for help with pictures!