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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WNEC 6938 USB 2315 UTC 19 MAR 2024

« on: March 19, 2024, 2321 UTC »

2319 UTC Tuned in to a classical piano tune (S9+ with light fading and light noise...excellent audio)
2321 UTC Short pause, then a classical orchestral tune
2324 UTC Different orchestral tune
2328 UTC OM with ID "You're tuned to the real WNEC...Not Entirely Classical on the shortwave"
2355 UTC OM with ID and email address for reports shortwavemaildrop@gmail.com
2356 UTC OFF

Think I'll just kick back and chill to the music...
Thanks for the Not Entirely Classical program WNEC and Cloudsplitter!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6915 AM 0003 UTC 19 Mar 2024

« on: March 19, 2024, 0035 UTC »

0033 UTC Unid pop song-YL singers in progress at tune in. (S7 peaks with moderate fading and noise and excellent audio at peaks...occasional bursts of ute QRM)
0035 UTC Unid pop song-OM singer
0041 UTC "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"-Tears for Fears
0045 UTC "Too Hot"-Kool and the Gang
0050 UTC "Hold Me Now"-Thompson Twins
0055 UTC "You Sexy Thing"-Hot Chocolate
0058 UTC "Smooth Operator"-Sade
0102 UTC Unid song-YL singer
0106 UTC "Sledgehammer"-Peter Gabriel
0111 UTC "Easy Like Sunday Morning"-Commodores
0115 UTC OFF

Thanks for the Monday evening tunes! I believe the M6.7 solar flare earlier today made for rough reception! Here's my recording of the show:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I2TFsGyzqAsUQJxmn5sPeUCdIYuYHBNV/view?usp=sharing

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QSLs Received / Boat Anchor Radio eQSL 17 MAR 2024

« on: March 17, 2024, 2002 UTC »

Thank you for another cool eQSL for my carrier and threshold audio post! One of these days, I'll get lucky and ID a song! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid CW 6930 USB 1947 UTC 17 MAR 2024

« on: March 17, 2024, 1955 UTC »

1953 UTC Strong CW here giving 5 digit alphanumeric groups

2004 UTC OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Boat Anchor Radio 6925.3 AM 0234 UTC 17 MAR 2024

« on: March 17, 2024, 0253 UTC »

0248 UTC A weak carrier here 
0251 UTC Some very threshold music in the noise using USB
0257 UTC More threshold music, but not enough to ID the song...
0307 UTC The aerosol sounding utility station is killing any chance of hearing anything...

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QSLs Received / TRSW-Radio Igloo presents Radio Syd via Mix Radio International eQSL

« on: March 17, 2024, 0153 UTC »

Thank you very much for the show and the eQSL TRSW, Radio Igloo, and MRI!! Great tunes and a great signal for this show! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Igloo via Mix Radio International 6875 USB 0002 UTC 17 MAR 2024

« on: March 17, 2024, 0043 UTC »

0041 UTC Tuned in to "House of the Rising Sun"-Animals in progress (S9+10 with light fading and nice sounding wideband sideband)
0043 UTC "Can't Buy Me Love"-Beatles
0047 UTC "Surfin Safari"-Beach Boys
0049 UTC YL speaking in English, followed by "Sleep Little Girl"-Tages
0052 UTC YL with "Radio Igloo" ID and email address for reports, followed by "Devil In Disguise"-Elvis Presley
0055 UTC OM in various languages? Followed by a YL in English
0056 UTC "If I Had a Hammer"-Trini Lopez
0100 UTC OM with ID in English, followed by "Birds and the Bees"-YL singer
0104 UTC "Satisfaction"-Rolling Stones
0111 UTC "Speedy Gonzales"-Pat Boone
0113 UTC YL, then OM with ID and email address, followed by an instrumental tune I don't recall the name of
0117 UTC OM with ID, followed by "Hello Dolly"-Louis Armstrong
0120 UTC Unid instrumental tune...nice early guitar work! Followed by a YL and then OM narrating a story about a Swedish station.
0123 UTC "Hit the Road Jack"-Ray Charles
0126 UTC Unid ballad-OM singer in unid language
0129 UTC YL speaking now with mention of a new QSL card, followed by an OM with "This station is now closing down", followed by the old Radio Sweden interval signal
0130 UTC Presumed Swedish National Anthem
0131 UTC End of program

Thank you for the awesome playlist Radio Igloo and Texas Radio Shortwave, and also a tip of the hat to MRI too! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Olah 6935 USB 2100 UTC 16 MAR 2024

« on: March 16, 2024, 2144 UTC »

2144 UTC "Hush"-unid artist (S7 peaks and presuming this to still be Radio Olah)
2151 UTC OFF I think...




Thanks for the SSTV's and tunes!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Solar Federation Radio 6953 LSB was 6951.2 LSB 2004 UTC 16 MAR 2024

« on: March 16, 2024, 2006 UTC »

2004 UTC Music weak in the noise-OM singer...I have it here as 6951.2 LSB (High noise level today!)
2008 UTC Unid song-OM singer (sounds like indie rock) OM with an altered voice spoke over the music...no luck on the copy)
2010 UTC Signal jumped up to S7! OM speaking over the music with mention of HF Underground
2012 UTC OM said something about audio reports. (I'll post my recording later on!)
2014 UTC Unid indie rock tune with op speaking over the music briefly
(2015 UTC OM mentioned HF Underground and "Solar Federation Radio" (Signal up to S9!)
2016 UTC Pause, then back on after QSY to 6953 LSB
2027 UTC Thanks for the shoutout SFR!
2035 UTC "Golden Brown"-Stranglers "Thanks for the recording" (You are most welcome SFR!)
2037 UTC (Love the crow cawing!) "Bullet and a Target"
2041 UTC OM says "gonna switch to our north Montana transmitter (Signal dropped from S8 to S4 peaks)
2049 UTC Op says name that tune..."Traveling Riverside Blues"-Led Zeppelin!
2103 UTC Short anthem like song (Queen?), then op with gmail address and "Good Night"

Here's a link to my recording from 2004-2017 UTC...audio is excellent when you cranked up the power!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14xFHuq7ppJzMAvCEuQqd4jp3Y6IGalIN/view?usp=sharing

Thank you for the Saturday afternoon test! Audio is awesome! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid CW 6930 USB 2124 UTC 14 MAR 2023

« on: March 14, 2024, 2231 UTC »

2220 UTC Tuned in to CW at good level here...a couple of screen shots of the CWDecoder results:

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB was AM 0047 UTC 12 MAR 2024

« on: March 12, 2024, 0104 UTC »

0103 UTC Hearing music and effects at a solid S8 with light fading and noise...excellent audio)
0105 UTC A bit of rockabilly folk/rock...
0106 UTC Unid psychobilly tune-OM singer
0110 UTC OM over the music with "? Radio" and other comments during the psychobilly tune
0118 UTC Thanks for the shoutout!
0134 UTC "Psycho Radio"-OM singers
0137 UTC A medley of rock tune snippets "Old Time Rock and Roll-Still Rock and Roll to Me...Everybody Rock Tonight...
0159 UTC "60 Minute Man"
0205 UTC OFF

Thank you for the mix of psychobilly and early rock n roll tunes! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 2235 UTC 11 MAR 2024

« on: March 11, 2024, 2246 UTC »

2245 UTC Unid Steely Dan song (S6 peaks with light fading and moderate noise...excellent audio...sadly a loud peskie is yakking intermittently on the frequency)
2253 UTC OM on the microphone with a comment about the peskies 
2255 UTC OFF suddenly

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sternradio 6952.6 AM was 6957.6 AM 1930 UTC 10 MAR 2024

« on: March 10, 2024, 1945 UTC »

1943 UTC "Court of the Crimson King"-King Crimson in progress at tune-in (S8 peaks with light fading and noise...excellent audio)
1950 UTC OM and YL with ID, followed by an unid song-OM singer
1953 UTC OM with "This is station Sternradio" followed by email address, then YL with ID and email address in German
1954 UTC Unid ballad with YL singer (Nice vocals!) and electronica music
1959 UTC Unid song-OM singer
2003 UTC QSY to 6952.6 AM? Ethereal music playing
2007 UTC OM with "We now conclude our broadcast day", then YL and OM with email address
2008 UTC Sternradio's anthem
2012 UTC "Sound effects"  then OFF

Thanks for the ID on that song Sternradio! Yes, she has a very pretty voice! Thank you for the always interesting program of esoteric music! Here's my recording of the show:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FXvYnjPlWEcKmPyIgS4ZeBAXmUuVE8Nc/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6940 USB 0056 UTC 10 MAR 2024

« on: March 10, 2024, 0101 UTC »

0059 UTC "1, 2, 3, Can anybody hear me", followed by "Wolverine Radio" and unid fox trot music
(S9 peaks with light fading and noise)
0106 UTC "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)"-Hank Williams
0113 UTC "I Can't Help My Self"-Four Tops
0116 UTC "Help Me Rhonda"-Beach Boys
0119 UTC "Mothers Little Helper"-Rolling Stones
0122 UTC "With a Little Help From My Friends"-Joe Cocker
0126 UTC "With You There to Help Me"-Jethro Tull
0133 UTC "Help Me"-Joni Mitchell
0147 UTC "Crying Won't Help You"-B B King
0151 UTC "I Can't Help You Now"-Bonnie Raitt



Thank you for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 2146 UTC 8 MAR 2024

« on: March 08, 2024, 2204 UTC »

2203 UTC Unid rock song-OM singer (Just above the noise floor0
2204 UTC OFF?