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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 USB ~05:05 - 05:08ut 5-6-2013

« on: May 06, 2013, 0515 UTC »

6935 USB  3 khz wide  S5 - S7

One song broadcast of the Spinners Rubber Man Band came up right after WDDJ / Wolverine broadcast.

WDDJ was 3.8 khz wide - this was 3 khz wide and a bit weaker - Hmmmmmmm?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDDJ All Hits All the TIme 6935USB +0127 6May13

« on: May 06, 2013, 0159 UTC »

Tuned in at 1:47 ut  S4 - S6  nice audio on the peaks
1:47 ut ID WBBJ
1:48 ut Party On
1:52 ut Op asking for request from HFU members  Laugh track in background?
Doc. playing -  I was in the right place.
1:55 ut WBBJ ID again- Shout outs to HFU memebers
1:56 ut back to music - - sig fairly steady at S5 right now.
Nice wide SSB sig on peaks - sounds really good n spite of static
02:05 ut playing request - Doc of the Bay
2:07 ut gets song going Dock of the bay
Thanks for the Shout out a while back..
Say  - I have not heard Green Eyed Lady in a very long time...(Sudar Loaf)
2:16 ut Sloop John B - B Boys Awsome! Thanks for the music WWBJ or WBBJ..
2:31 ut Allmen Bros. Whipping Post -Sun down behind mountains now - Sig steady S6 - S7
2:41 ut Green Eyed Lady - S7 - S8 - Thanks WBBJ - Wow!!
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2:57 ut T-Rex to Modern LOve
3:03 ut Lion Sleeps Tonight
3:05 ut Rolling Stones
3:13 ut Amboy dukes  Sig still averaging S7 w/ S8 peaks - Nice trip down memory lane tonight.
3:19 Op's pick "Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues"
--The Young Rascals, Merl "Everybody's had the Blues Sometime
3:32 ut Chamber's Bros. Time - Saw these guys w/ Albert King live at the Winter land Ballroom S.F.Cali -
sure wish I had kept all the posters handed out at the door in those days..
3:38 ut Patsy Cline - 2 in a row - "I Crawl for Pizza" - "Walkin after MIdnight"
3:45 ut The Who - Great choice! - Makes a nice segway into some Led Zep , or Cream, or Janis Joplin or country Joe and the Fish, or Eric Burton and the animals or or or OK Take a deep breath now....
4:00 ut More Motwn - "Wedding Bell Blues"  - Thanks for the tunes DDJ - I'm better now....
4:25 ut Sig still hanging in at S7 - S8 here on the high plains. Great show - Might be a bit mellow but I like all JJ Cale tunes,
 I know Clapton did and still does cover a lot of his music but any tune actually from a Cale CD would be nice. Anyway - Great Show tonight - Thanks again.
4:42 ut  Cajun Moon  JJ Cale - Perfect !!!!!!!
4:54 ut  WDDJ Radio 73's - SSTV - Wolverine Radio!!!!!! - Nice Surprise

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: The Crystal Ship 6950.7 AM 00:39 UTC 5/6/13

« on: May 06, 2013, 0133 UTC »

6950.7 khz AM
Tuned in at 01:24 ut  fast fades in and out S5 - S7
01:24 ut ?Tom Petty
01:27 ut Fem voice gives E-Mail addy - another voice gives CS ID
01:29 ut Another Tom Petty tune
Tough copy here w/ fades and static
1:33 ut sig up briefly to S7 - S8 at start of another T.P. tune.
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1:40 - 1:41 ut partial copy ?World Famous Recipes, Crystal ship, Tom Petty & H.B. TCS Relay Net
Sun going down here - SSB traffic coming up - interfering w/ your sig at times.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / RML 6925 USB 4:37- 4:41ut and 5:09 - 5:13ut 5-5-13

« on: May 05, 2013, 0455 UTC »

I missed the first few seconds -
4:37-4:41 ut Lenard Cohen Everybody knows..then off w/ no ID.

FYI  S8-S9+10  - good audio for 3 khz wide SSB

Looked at the waterfall - total time ~292 seconds

Back On
~5:10 ut Red Skies At Night - Same signal strength - same 3 khz wide.
  5:13 ut Dead Air or off again, No ID unless it was at the start of the tune.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID, 6925 AM, 0315 UTC, May 5, 2013.

« on: May 05, 2013, 0329 UTC »

Have the carrier here - faint modulation at times - No ID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio True North RRSW relay and more 6950 AM 2:14 ut 5-5-13

« on: May 05, 2013, 0224 UTC »

6950 AM big wide AM sig  S7 - S9 excellent audio  some fades down to S6

2:14 ut on with nice UNID bluesy tune female singer
2:18 ut Radio Ronan Intro tune
2:21 ut RR SW ID - OP talking about Fleetwood Mac
into blues music now

Is this a RTN Relay???  - Thanks RTN - I thought that was your big wide beautiful AM sig

3:08 ut Signal bumping S9+10 now De-mod set at 12 khz - sounds great!
3:13 ut End  Radio Ronin Relay
3:14 ut Music w/  relay from Moscow? - De-Mod out to 18-20 khz now - Love the fidelity.....

4:20 ut  Thanks for the Shout out RTN - Was listening in the other room
on the Satelit 750 w/ whip antenna - Still S8 - S9+10 on the SDR -
nice bass from the SDR with the slight delay from the SDR processing mixing w/ the
sound from the analog Grundig 750 = nice reverb effect!

5:24 ut  RTN still rocking with nice mix - signal down a bit S7 - S9 but still sounding good..
6:15 - 6:18 ut signal back up S8 - S9+10 for Hotel California into The Who.

RTN Ids Setup for end of show - Thanks to HFU members for reports,
Waylon Jennings Good ole Boy -  Pirate Radio Song - RTN Id's - Off 6:35 ut

Thanks for the music RTN!! Great Show!!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6935U 0144 5-4-13

« on: May 05, 2013, 0147 UTC »

6935 USB  S5 - S7  to start
1:42 ut UNID tune
1:43 ut Wolverine ID
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1:56 ut 4 Tops
1:59 ut Doors
2:02 ut Led Zep - Sig coming up slowly - S6 - S7 now

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2:25 ut sun is going down here - sig up to S7 - S8 now

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WSBR "Shrimp Boat Radio" 6925 USB 0257 UTC 5-4-2012

« on: May 04, 2013, 0506 UTC »

6925 USB  S6 - S7
4z;52 ut tuned int Clapton
4:47 ut Op talking - taking request - Play anything - WSBR ID's
5:00 ut Hendrix - audio sounds good for SSB - strong base.
5:10 ut caught the WFAR ID - asking for request - don't be embarrassed
5:13 ut Freaking Awesome Radio QSO with BOR requesting Stevie Ray - How cool is that!!!
5:27 ut BOR contacts WFAR - Thanks for playing request.
WFAR come back Thanks BOR - WFAR ID - More music
5:39 ut more talk ID's asking for request but no address - Playing "Major Tom"
5:45 ut Off for few moments - Tech problems?
5:47 ut back on talking - WFAR ID
Playing nice tunes WFAR - Thanks for the Show.


Anyone know? - I'm I recording a Pirate radio first here tonight?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Red Mercury Labs 6940 USB 0424z 5-4-2013

« on: May 04, 2013, 0502 UTC »

6940 USB  S8 - S9
4:52 ut tuned into Slayer  nice audio
4;58 ut RML op talking about Wisconsin
5:00 ut 73's an off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Red Mercury Labs 6925 USB 3:23 ut 5-1-2013

« on: May 01, 2013, 0347 UTC »

6925 USB  steady strong - S8 - S9+10 signal  3 khz wide USB so audio a bit limited but very clear.

tuned into rock music at 3:34 ut
3:25 ut  Just Between You and Me
3:29 ut song change - NO station ID's so far
3:35 ut song change I should know this one?
3:40 ut  Red Sky Tonight
3:44 ut  Rockin the Casbah
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4:00 ut RML ID - Shout out to me -- Thanks RML
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Tuned into "Simple kind of man" on the Satellit 750 w/ whip antenna..
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4:23 ut Reck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Love this song...
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~4:41 ut  suddenly off during Johnny Cash - Walk the Line
~4:44 ut  ?Practicing calling in the Coyotes? and other bits of audio
~4:48 ut  back on - then 73's - and OFF Air
4:52 ut  Willey Nelson off air again before tune was done

Thanks that was fun...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio True North 6935 AM 0:250 ut 4-28-13

« on: April 28, 2013, 0305 UTC »

~2:50 ut Tuned in a while using the Grundig 740 and the whip antenna...
RTN spinning vinyl!
Now seeing / listening to a nice steady S9 - S10+  AM sig on the Excalibur
2:57 ut RTN shoutout for sig report
3:02 ut  "Eye of the Tiger"

3:10 ut shout out to me..
Sig down a bit  avg ~S8  very nice audio - enjoyed "Sunshine Superman" earlier.

4:32 ut  "Infatuation"
Still going strong here  S8 - S9
4:34 ut  multiple RTN ID's email addy
4:35 ut  "Burning Down The House"

Thanks for the Music RTN!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio 6925 USB 0251z 4.27.13

« on: April 27, 2013, 0301 UTC »

2:59 ut BOR ID

solid S7 - S9 here - nice 3.5 khz wide USB sig and audio

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Black Cat Radio 6925 USB 0117z 4.27.13

« on: April 27, 2013, 0128 UTC »

6925 usb 
Steady S5 here
Black Cat Id's 1:24 utc

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 04:23 03/29/13

« on: March 29, 2013, 0445 UTC »

I have been listening / recording the same here
Started out S5 - S6 - now S7 - rare S8
4:41 ut & 4:44 ut more clearly pronounced but still whispered ID's

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Red Mercury Labs 6.925 USB 0215Z

« on: March 29, 2013, 0346 UTC »

I tuned in at 3:26 ut - Music   Steady S7 - S8 - rare S9
3:26 32; Version of Cars "It's all I can do"
3:35 ut RML ID E-Mail Addy
3:37 ut 73's
3:38 ut more music
3:40 ut nice quote - talk about Constitution.
3:43  BOR / RML QSO w/ PPVR popping up in the background

Hey you guys are making this difficult to post
3:47  ut PPVR ID into music
with a blazing S9 +10 sig here
3:50 ut  PPVR ID then off

3:51 ut - RML - 73's then off again... - Thanks to all the above!  Fun