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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mysterious Mystic Radio 6930AM +0226 28Aug13

« on: August 28, 2013, 0246 UTC »

Mysterious Mystic Radio, 6929.5am, 23332
S5 on peaks with fades to the noise floor. Some QRM nearby.

0243z - ID by deep voiced op, something about playing until the transmitter blows up.
0246z - back to ragtime sounding music
0301z - ID and BRS address.
0304z - Off. Thanks for the show.

Zane

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925 USB KIPM 0203 August 26

« on: August 26, 2013, 0240 UTC »

Just tuning in at 0240z. Same great signal and audio as others have logged.
Thanks for the show.

Zane

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 AM 8/26/2013 0012z

« on: August 26, 2013, 0024 UTC »

Radio Free Whatever, 6945.0am, 6-26-13, 35422
Good quality signal on peaks, but frequent deep fades to the noise floor. Sync really helping here.
Just at sunset here in Chicago.

0024z - RFW ID

Z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 0230 25 Aug 2013

« on: August 25, 2013, 0259 UTC »

Radio Free Whatever, 6925am, 8-25-13, 35432
S7 with frequent fades down to S2.

0259z - RFW ID, then REM's Orange Crush

Zane

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6945 USB 0114 UTC 25 Aug 2013

« on: August 25, 2013, 0133 UTC »

Wolverine Radio, 6945u, 8-25-13, 45444
Nice S8 signal here and nice audio.Always great to hear Wolverine Radio.

0131z - ID
0132z - Home in San Antone
0143z - Tallahassee Lassie
0149z - Last Train to Clarksville
0219z - ZZ Top - LaGrange They got a lot a nice girls, eh         
           S8 signal
 

Zane

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Echo One, 6949.5 am, 0210z, 8-24-13

« on: August 24, 2013, 0204 UTC »

Radio Echo One, 6949.5am, 8-24-13, 25342 S2

0210z - Joe Cocker "You Can Keep Your Hat On".
0211z - Radio Echo One ID
0216z - Some type of piano instrumental


Z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Voice of Bacon 6949.5, 8/24 *0115+

« on: August 24, 2013, 0140 UTC »

Voice of Bacon, 6949.5am, 8-24-13, 25432
S3-S4 here in Chicagoland. Starting to pick up some static crash.

0138z - automated Voice of Bacon ID with email.
0138z - Happy Bacon to You
0139z - Trading Places - "What you might find in a BACON, lettuce and tomato sandwich" to a wide-eyed Eddie Murphy. I always loved that look.
0142z - ID

Zane

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6925 usb 0031 Aug 24'13

« on: August 24, 2013, 0055 UTC »

XLR8, 6925u, 8-24-13, 35432
S5/S6 on peaks with some fading down to S2. Clear SSB audio.

0046z - reggae sounding dance dune with instrumental intro.
0049z - another dance tune with more guitar in the track.
0053z - Punk tune. "Someone stole my ....." "Get out of my way" "I don't care"
0056z - XLR8 ID

First time hearing XLR8. I'd appreciate a QSL if possible.

Thanks for the show!

Zane

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925.6 AM Crystal Ship 0206z 8/21/13

« on: August 21, 2013, 0212 UTC »

TCS relay network, 6925.6am, 8-21-13, 35432
S7 on peaks with frequent fades to S2 or so. Nice clear audio.

0200z - The Go Go's  - We Got The Beat
0203z - The Cars - Touch & Go
0207z - Falco - Der Kommissar
0212z - TCSRN ID
0317z - Missing Persons - Words. S6

Thanks to TCS and the relay station. Reminds me of the old Sunday night shows.


Z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Red Mercury Labs 6940 USB 0157z UTC 8/13/13

« on: August 13, 2013, 0251 UTC »

Red Mercury Labs, 6940u , 8-13-13, 34332
S6 on peaks with deep fades down to the noise floor. Local storm noise plus some pesque in there too.

ID at 0250z preceded by Mexican Radio, The Cars "Moving In Stereo"

0251z - CCR - Run Through the Jungle
0254z - Beastie Boys - Sabotage (one of the funniest videos ever)
0310z - Skynrd - Simple Kind of Man
0316z - The Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me.
0323z - Off.

Thanks for the show RML and the recent QSL too.


Z

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Equipment / Re: Resonant Loop Design Info

« on: August 13, 2013, 0248 UTC »

I will use my mod powers make a few unscientific comments.

While I don't have a lot of experience with a great variety of antennas, I encourage those interested in this one to give it a try. It will be well worth your time. Joe has done a really good job with this design. He'll quickly tell you that he's stood on the shoulders of others, but I think this is one fine antenna.

On strong signals, say S8 and above, I think that it's pretty equivalent to my Ewe. The Ewe gets its benefits from being a relatively quiet antenna, so I've been able to hear way more with it compared to the simple antennas I tried originally. However, when it comes to weak signals (like trying to hear Euro's from the Midwest), this loop will hear things that I'd never have a chance with otherwise. All this and it takes up very little real estate too.

Well done Joe!

Z

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QSLs Received / Re: Red Mercury Labs QSL

« on: August 13, 2013, 0219 UTC »

I'm a bit late in acknowledging this QSL. Other sports beckon this summer.
Thanks very much RML - Enjoy your shows and I'm very happy to get this QSL.

Zane

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Echo One 6930 AM 0052 UTC 13 Aug 2013

« on: August 13, 2013, 0102 UTC »

Radio Echo One, 6930.9 am, 8-13-13, 25332
Just moving the S meter and fighting a lot of local weather crash. Repeats of "God Save the Queen". ID at 0107z.

Z

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925.5 AM 01:43z 08-09-13

« on: August 09, 2013, 0150 UTC »

The Crystal Ship, 6925.5am, 8-9-13, 35343. Some crash and a bit of fade.
S6 on the Ewe with Nirvana's "Come As You Are" at 0151z.

TCS ID at 0154z - Nice!!
0154z - Rush - Distant Early Warning
0210z - Floyd - Run Like Hell

Z

JF  

SL..

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6945u Wolverine Radio 0200z 8/5/2013

« on: August 05, 2013, 0258 UTC »

Wolverine Radio, 6945u, 8-5-13, 35343
Tuned in at 0255z to a S5-S7 signal and great audio.

0256z - Wolverine echo ID then SSTV.

I'm late as usual, but great to hear Wolverine again.

Z