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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6935 USB 2205 UTC 10 NOV 2022

« on: November 10, 2022, 2320 UTC »

S+N:  -71 dBm   SNR: 9.5    S9+2   45433

2313: Assume this is continuation of broadcast logged earlier - blues music with male singer.
2317: SSTV - appears to be a bird/chicken (?)
2319: Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

2326: Chicken cackling and ID.
2327: EOT. 

Thank you for the broadcast !

737

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WNFG Radio 6920 USB 0017 10 NOV 2022

« on: November 10, 2022, 0101 UTC »

S+N: -77 dBm   SNR: ---    S7.8      252220055: "Dixie"
0056: some talking - cannot make it out
0057: music, sounds like rap, but signal so weak it's really hard to be sure
some "sputtering" noise, assume is local
0100: somebody talking, with canned laughter
0101: "Plb" - Nick Conrad; long deep fades here
0103: ID

738

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 0046 UTC 10 NOV 2022

« on: November 10, 2022, 0048 UTC »

lots of fading
metal music
35322
0053 UTC: "What's the Frequency, Kenneth" - REM
0054: carrier gone

739

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6935 USB 2314 UTC 8 NOV 2022

« on: November 09, 2022, 0057 UTC »

S+N: -71 dBm   SNR: 13.6    S9+8     35444

0047 UTC (9 NOV 2022): Victim of Changes - Judas Priest
0051: Diamonds and Rust - JP
0054: SSTV ("Why so serious")
0056: Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll - Blue Oyster Cult -> more metal music.
0121: SSTV
0123: ID - OM: "Thanks for listening, North America".
Mostly stable and clear signal.

Thank you for the program!

740

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Outhouse Radio 6925 USB 0152 UTC 7 NOV 2022

« on: November 07, 2022, 0228 UTC »

S7  23242
"Green River" - Creedance CR
0225: "Cisco Kid" - War
Periodic hash noise/qrm, not the best signal
0230: "Slow Ride" - Foghat
0234: some variation of "Money For Nothing" - Dire Straits
0238: "Space Lord" - Monster Magnet
0240: S8  35333, better reception than initially
0243: "Spill the Wine" - Eric Burdon/War, with naked leaping gnome!
0250: ID - "Outhouse Radio" - > "Right Place Wrong Time" Dr. John
0253: "I Got Stoned and I missed It" - Dr. Hook (I think)
Signal much more stable and listenable.
0257: Another moldy oldy.
0302: ID -> "Stuck In The Middle with You" Steelers Wheel
0306: "Last tune and I'm outta here". -> "Who the Fuck is Alice"
0309: MX continues -> Sign off.
Very nice selection of tunes from way back.

Thank you for the show!

741

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB 2307 UTC 6 NOV 2022

« on: November 06, 2022, 2312 UTC »

35333  S9   SNR: 10.1

2307: blues music, no ID so far
"This is Leroy".SSTV pic

2321 - More blues.

742

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 6930 USB 1830 UTC 6 NOV 2022

« on: November 06, 2022, 2251 UTC »

2244: Break in opera music. YL: "You are listening to the best in classical music,  Mix Radio  International".
Then more opera music - "Il Barbiere Di Siviglia: No. 16 Terzetto: Ah!..." Manuel Ausensi, Silvio Varviso, etc.

I heard another ID a few minutes before, but could not understand it.
2251: Break in music, YL with another ID. Sounds like computer generated voice (through the fading).

743

North American Shortwave Pirate / KASS (Zeke) 6933 USB 0003 UTC 5 NOV 2022

« on: November 05, 2022, 0003 UTC »

S+N: -60  ;   SNR:  20.1  ;    S 9+12    55444 (at 0003)

0003: "Stranger" - Jefferson Starship
0006: carrier gone for ~ 10 seconds, now back0011: OM talking - distorted audio
Heard ID but could not make it outGone for several minutes now
0019: OM back talking - "My computer doesn't have enough memory to do squat". Complaints about Windows upgrades.
0023: AC/DC - Touch Too Much
0027: All kinds of audio noise. Discourse about Microsoft and Bill Gates. Will play more AC/DC if he can get his computer working again.
0030: "KASS" ID. repeated a few times.

744

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6935 USB 2138 UTC 3 NOV 2022

« on: November 03, 2022, 2353 UTC »

SNR: 13.4,   S9+8,  44333

2347: "The Dying Truck Driver" - Ry Cooder
2352: Sounds like another Ry Cooder song.
2355: SSTV could not decode, but probably is the "cat" picture shown by Skipmuck above
2358: "Hank Williams " - Ry Cooder0002: another Ry Cooder song
Starting to get more fast fading, now 45322

745

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6936 AM/FM was 6935 AM/6928 LSB 0300 UTC 1 NOV 2022

« on: November 01, 2022, 0346 UTC »

0336: "Sharp Dressed Man" - ZZ Top
Pretty decent with narrow FM mode, which I rarely see on HF.
0340: "Dirty Deeds" AC/DC.
0345: "La Grange" - ZZ Top
Really heavy "garble" QRM (?), or over modulated at times or something, really hard to listen to FWER.
0349: OM: "This Whiskey Whiskey Whiskey Whiskey Radio". Repeated. Mentioned being in FM mode. "Good night", then carrier off.

Thanks for the program.

746

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sycko Radio 6930 USB 0241 UTC 1 NOV 2022

« on: November 01, 2022, 0332 UTC »

0326: OM: "I am God. You are God. We are all God."
0327: SSTV picture, then metal sounding mx. Heavy QRM here from 6935, but ~ OK with 2.2 kHz filter.
Tough copy. 23232.

747

North American Shortwave Pirate / Voice of the Abnormal (relay?) 6950 USB 0151 UTC 31 OCT 2022

« on: October 31, 2022, 0153 UTC »

UnID, with 35333
Rock music, seems to be breaks in carrier at times
0053: "Halloween Spooks" -  Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross

0055: "Virgin Queen" ?? - new one on me
was some distorted audio, but a little better

More Halloween type songs
0159: "Voice of the Abnormal"

748

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM/Radio Illuminati via Mix Radio International 6865 USB 2323 UTC 30 Oct 2022

« on: October 31, 2022, 0049 UTC »

55455, excellent reception SNR: 14.4, S9+8

0043: The Only Flame in Town - Elvis Costello
0046: OM: "We know the other rock stations suck". -> Low Budget - The Kinks.

4185kHz USB - 44333. Not quite as strong as 6865.
Thank you for tonight's show!
Thank you for the shout-out. Thank you for actually having something to transmit other than just music. I appreciate that there is actually someone who has something to talk about, and has opinions on topics.

749

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 6925 LSB 2352 UTC 30 Oct 2022

« on: October 31, 2022, 0039 UTC »

S+N: -65 dBm,  SNR: 16.3,  S9+10,  55444

0029: (dog barking over music) - Que Hace Una Chica Como - Burning
0032: "Abrazame" Los - Yorks
0033: OM: "hola, buenos dias, buenos noches" -> "Maneras de Vivir" - Leflo + dogs howling/barking. LOL.
0037: "El Anillo Del Capitan Beto" - Invisible.
Love the doggies!  Thank you for the transmission!

750

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6880 USB 1813 UTC 30 OCT 2022

« on: October 30, 2022, 1829 UTC »

S7, S+N: -85 dBm, SNR: ---, some QRN and fades, 35223
1823: "La Voglia la Pazzia", various artists
1824: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" - Katie Melua
1827: Music and talking ("Seattle" - Mark Knopfler)
Thank you for the program!