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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Voz Missionaria 5940 AM "English ID" 2310 UTC 29 SEP 2017

« on: September 29, 2017, 2350 UTC »

2309 UTC "Let Me Hold You"-Cheat Codes & Dante Klein
2310 UTC OM in clear English with ID "You are listening to RVM Radio from Camboriu Santa Catarina Brazil"  
(5940 is fairly regular here, but I have never heard an English ID!)
(Actual frequency measured at about 5939.8 khz)

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Utility / Shanwick Aeradio 6547 USB 2212 UTC 29 SEP 2017

« on: September 29, 2017, 2216 UTC »

2212-2215 UTC Air traffic comms in English with mentions of Shanwick and Santa Maria

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6940 USB 2140 UTC 29 SEP 2017

« on: September 29, 2017, 2141 UTC »

2140 UTC "Are You Gonna Go My Way"-Lenny Kravitz
2145 UTC "Big Balls"-AC/DC

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General Radio Discussion / FCC Proposes $144,344 Fine on Pirate Radio Operator and His Landlord

« on: September 29, 2017, 2035 UTC »

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0926/FCC-17-127A1.pdf


Yesterday, the FCC adopted a Notice of Apparent Liability proposing to fine three individuals $144,344 for operating a pirate radio station in North Miami, Florida. One individual is alleged to have programed and operated the station while the other two are a husband and wife who owned the property from which the station transmitted. The NAL details the failure of the individuals to cease operations on a permanent basis, even after the operator had been fined for prior operation of an unauthorized radio station, the operator and property owners had received numerous official notices of the illegal activity, and even after repeated visits from government officials notifying the landowners of the illegal operation and once seizing the unauthorized equipment. The FCC also suggests that, on a visit last year, the landowners may have hidden the broadcast equipment when authorities came to their house for an inspection when an unauthorized transmission was detected, the landowners did not answer the knock at their door for about 20 minutes, and when they finally came to the door, the station was no longer operating and the transmitter was gone from the backyard shack that appeared to have housed it. Given the fact that the illegal operation was repeated, and done after prior enforcement actions, the FCC deemed that the parties knew what they were doing was illegal, and thus imposed the maximum fine allowed by the Communications Act for a continuing violation of FCC rules.

This appears to be the highest fine ever issued by the FCC for pirate radio operations, and it may also be the first time that the FCC fined not only the operator of the station but also the landowner from whose property the station operated. We wrote about the FCC’s recent crackdown on pirate radio here. This decision is yet more evidence that the FCC is serious about its primary mission of policing the airwaves to make sure that they are being used as intended. The crackdown is real – pirates beware!

FM No static at all

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6880 AM 1519 UTC 29 Sep 2017

« on: September 29, 2017, 1913 UTC »

1912 UTC Just tuned in to an S8 signal with nice audio and "Patience"-Guns-N-Roses
1913 UTC "Miss You Much"-Janet Jackson
1917 UTC "The Waiting"-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
1921 UTC "Celebration"-Kool & the Gang
1925 UTC "Ebony and Ivory"-Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
1928 UTC "I Love Rock-N-Roll"-Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
1931 UTC "Word Up"-Cameo
....1937 UTC "Next Door To An Angel"-Neil Sedaka
1938 UTC "Last Train to Clarksville"-Monkees (Signal has dropped down a bit to S5)
....2055 UTC "A Place In the Sun"-Stevie Wonder (Solid S7 and sounding great!)
2057 UTC "I Like It Like That"-Chris Kenner
2100 UTC "Runaround Sue"-Dion
2102 UTC "In the Summertime"-Mungo Jerry
2106 UTC "Little Latin Lupe Lu"-Righteous Brothers
2108 UTC "She'd Rather Be With Me"-Turtles
2110 UTC "In the Year 2525"-Zager & Evans
2114 UTC "Our Day Will Come"-Ruby & the Romantics
2116 UTC "Groovin"-Young Rascals (Signal faded out suddenly....hmmm)
2117 UTC Switch to USB or did another unid sign on?
2123 UTC OFF?
2133 UTC "Burn It Down"-Linkin Park (At 2134 UTC an S9 carrier came up on top of the station in USB with "Insane In the Brain"-Cypress Hill)
2137 UTC Station with strong carrier off and noted a weak carrier underneath, then a strong USB station came up on top again with "Are You Gonna Come My Way"-Lenny Kravitz....
.............  

I think we need a traffic light at the intersection of 6880 and Pirate Way..... )

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Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Santa Cruz Bolivia 6134.8 AM 2320 UTC 28 SEP 2017

« on: September 28, 2017, 2325 UTC »

2320 UTC Good signal here this evening in an otherwise dismal 49 meter band with "Mirala"-Nejo & Dalmata
2321 UTC "Espacio Y Tiempo"-La Contrabanda
2326 UTC OM with ID in Spanish "....Radio Santa Cruz", into "Suavemente"-Elvis Crespo
2331 UTC Singing YL Radio Santa Cruz jingle 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950.5 AM 0019 UTC 28 SEP 2017

« on: September 28, 2017, 0020 UTC »

0019 UTC Blues tune (S8 peaks with slight fading and some storm static.....nice audio!)
0025 UTC "You Set Me Free"-Snooky Prior
0029 UTC "Blow Wind Blow"-Jimmie Rodgers All Stars
0034 UTC "Mercy's Blues"-Finis Tasby

Thanks for the Hump Day blues Cap'n! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Amphetamine Radio 6925 USB 2229 UTC 27 Sep 2017

« on: September 27, 2017, 2309 UTC »

2308 UTC "Dangerous Type"-The Cars (Solid S8  
2312 UTC "Hole In The Sky"-Black Sabbath

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QSLs Received / Doctor Detroit Radiogram Show #10 via Radio Illuminati

« on: September 26, 2017, 2119 UTC »

Thanks for a great show of Progressive rock tunes and the awesome eQSL! Top notch all around and a tip of the hat to the Azimuth Coordinator!  

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6880 USB 2350 UTC 25 SEP 2017

« on: September 25, 2017, 2351 UTC »

2350 UTC "Girls, Girls, Girls"-Motley Crue (S9 and well above the noise with excellent audio)
2355 UTC "Killing In The Name"-Rage Against the Machine
2358 UTC "Ask Me Why"-Beatles  
0000 UTC "Glass Onion"-Beatles
0003 UTC "Chains"-Beatles
0005 UTC "Got To Get You Into My Life"-Beatles
0007 UTC "Blackbird"-Beatles
0009 UTC "March of the Meanies"-George Martin   (We all live in a Yellow Submarine, a Yellow Submarine...... )
0012 UTC "Martha My Dear"-Beatles
0014 UTC "Any Time At All"-Beatles
0016 UTC "You Can't Do That"-Beatles
0018 UTC "Country Boy"-Aaron Lewis (A local boy who hit it big!)
0022 UTC OFF

Thanks for the Beatles tunes UNID!  

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European Pirates and Private Stations / LHH 6205 AM 2340 UTC 25 SEP 2017

« on: September 25, 2017, 2343 UTC »

Fair to good signal here with choppy fading at 2340 UTC. Some nice S7 peaks with "Cruel Summer"-Bananarama
2343 UTC "Sometimes"-Britney Spears
2345 UTC "Cruel Summer"-Bananarama (Again!)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Illuminati 6955 AM 2210 UTC 24 Sep 2017

« on: September 24, 2017, 2211 UTC »

2211 UTC OM with "Please stand by for our clandestine transmission. Radio Illuminati is on the air
2212 UTC "Cryin' All Night"-Airplay (Solid S8 signal with the usual superior audio!  
2216 UTC "Lie For A Lie"-Nick Mason & Rick Fenn
2219 UTC "A Piece Of You"-Tony Banks
2224 UTC "I've No Idea"-Beggars Opera
2232 UTC Doctor Detroit audio clip, into "Sample and Hold"-Bill Bruford
2237 UTC "Spiral"-Bozzio Levin Stevens (First big fade of the show...I do believe the band is about to go long soon!)
2242 UTC "Wait"-Camel (Just had an S9 + 20 peak here)
2247 UTC Doctor Detroit with shoutout to HFU audio clip  , into "L.A. Dreamer"-Charlie
2253 UTC "You Need A Real Love"-? ("Real Love"-Cretones by a knowing individual in the Ryver chat room  )
2257 UTC "On and On"-Michael Schenker Group
2301 UTC "Hocus Pocus"-Focus
2304 UTC Doctor Detroit audio clip ID, into "When The Heart Rules The Mind"-GTR
2310 UTC "Technical Difficulties"-Racer X
2315 UTC The band has gone long....very quickly too...there one second and gone the next

Thanks for the Sunday evening Prog Rock show Doctor Detroit and Radio Illuminati! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6880 USB 2144 UTC 24 Sep 2017

« on: September 24, 2017, 2201 UTC »

2200 UTC "Can You Rock It Like This"-Run DMC (S7 peaks)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 2100 UTC 24 Sep 2017

« on: September 24, 2017, 2101 UTC »

Here also at 2100 UTC but audio sounds "distant"

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QSLs Received / Re: Ion Radio eQSL

« on: September 24, 2017, 1624 UTC »

Also found the same great eQSL in my inbox this morning! Much appreciated Sticky! Perfect picture for the story broadcast!