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9451

Huh? / Re: natoma?

« on: April 16, 2016, 2353 UTC »

And got a bad hematoma from Rocky Balboa

9452

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6955 USB 2215 UTC 16 APR 2016

« on: April 16, 2016, 2233 UTC »

Just the barest hint of music here since 2225 UTC. Bits and pieces briefly fading up from the noise
2340 UTC Sunset almost here and the signal is picking up just a bit...
2343 UTC OM with "XLR8"
0125 UTC I'm getting S8 peaks and then into the noise with fades...
0128 UTC "East of the River Nile"-Augustus Pablo (Now that is some unique music!
0134 UTC "Eggy Toast"-Mike & Rich
0142 UTC "After Dark"-Tito & Tarantula
0146 UTC "Hey Joe"-Patti Smith
0215 UTC Signal has taken a nosedive...

9453

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 7610 AM 1537 UTC 16 Apr 2016

« on: April 16, 2016, 2112 UTC »

2110 UTC I'm hearing music fading up to threshold now....
2113 UTC Sounds like some kind of advertisement
2207 UTC Signal strong enough to ID songs now...."Walk On the Wild Side"-Lou Reed
2308 UTC OM with an ID, but I couldn't make out what it was....
2313 UTC "I'm Into Something Good"-Hermans Hermits
2316 UTC "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"-Animals
2326 UTC "She's Not There"-Zombies
2330 UTC "Hippy Hippy Shake"-Swinging Blue Jeans
2333 UTC "Anytime At All"-Beatles
2335 UTC "Happy Together"-Turtles

9454

Huh? / Re: natoma?

« on: April 16, 2016, 2017 UTC »

There once was a man from Sonoma, who wrapped his head in Alcoa

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: The Voice of Shortwave Radio 6976 AM 2001- 4/16/16

« on: April 16, 2016, 2007 UTC »

2005 UTC S5 with strong local QRN here...Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation Interval Signal, followed by sign on announcements and short music audio clip.
2006 UTC OM with ID and email addy
2018 UTC Radio Minsk IS (Only heard that once in the 1980's...tough log here!)
(I have the frequency as 6976.2 AM....and excellent audio despite the local noise!)
2031 UTC Audio OFF, then carrier also shortly after that...
Repeat of the 1st program....nice to hear this again without having to post details! Thanks VOSW Radio!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6930 USB 0146 UTC Apr 16, 2016

« on: April 16, 2016, 0147 UTC »

S9 with techno music.."We're All Living In America" "Amerika"-Rammstein

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925 USB @ 0103 APR 16 - UNID

« on: April 16, 2016, 0119 UTC »

Killer S9+ signal here at 0118 UTC with "Slow Acid"-Kevin Harris
0120 UTC "Hide My Heart"-Billy D & the Hoodoos
0124 UTC "A Pirate Looks At Forty"-Jimmy Buffett
(Excellent audio until the peskies came up and started bleeding onto the USB)
0127 UTC SSTV, into "Drivers Seat"-Sniff & the Tears

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WJD Radio Indiana 6930 USB 0005 UTC 4/16/16

« on: April 16, 2016, 0020 UTC »

0019 UTC "Enter Sandman"-Metallica (S4 here with some minimal static)
0023 UTC "King Nothing"-Metallica
0028 UTC YL with ID..."WJD Radio Indiana", into "The Beautiful People"-Marilyn Manson
0033 UTC "Killing In the Name"-Rage Against the Machine
0038 UTC OM with ID, into "Money For Nothing"-Dire Straits
0045 UTC ID, into "Ich Will"-Rammstein
0050 UTC "At the Hundredth Meridian"-The Tragically Hip
0053 UTC "Supersonic"-Mandarinki
0056 UTC "F**k вам"-Mandaraniki
0059 UTC "Иди ты на хер"-Mandarinki
0104 UTC YL with ID, into "Этот дым"-Vendetta
0113 UTC "Каин"-Garri Topor
0139 UTC OFF

Thanks for the "marathon" show this evening WJD!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: unID 6260.9 AM 2345z 4/15/16

« on: April 16, 2016, 0010 UTC »

0009 UTC Hearing an OM here at threshold level, into music at 0010 UTC. Signal too low in the noise floor to copy
0013 UTC "California Girls"-Beach Boys
0015 UTC Nothing heard now...carrier still but seems to have drifted down to 6260.8

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Updates to the HFU Propagation Tools page

« on: April 15, 2016, 2222 UTC »

Excellent Chris! One stop for all your propagational needs!

9461

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Illuminati 6150 AM 2207 UTC Apr 15, 2016

« on: April 15, 2016, 2209 UTC »

S5 here with light fading at 2207 UTC with "On Your Radio"-Joe Jackson
2210 UTC "Somebody That I Used To Know"-Gotye (feat Kimbra) ***
2214 UTC "Girls On Film"-Duran Duran
2219 UTC "Feel It Again"-Honeymoon Suite ***
2223 UTC "Closer Than This"-St. Lucia ***
2226 UTC "Shut Up and Dance"-Walk the Moon ***
2230 UTC RI theme and OM with ID, into "Pull My Heart Away"-Jack Peņate ***
2234 UTC "Sagres"-The Tallest Man On Earth ***
2240 UTC "All Mixed Up"-Cars
2244 UTC "Pulling Mussels(From the Shell)"-The Squeeze ***
2248 UTC "Something About You"-Level 42
2252 UTC "Greek Tragedy"-The Wombats ***
2256 UTC "State of the Nation"-Industry
2301 UTC "Dreamers"-Savoir Adore ***
2305 UTC "Antiphon"-Midlake ***
2308 UTC RI theme and OM with ID, frequency..., into "How Can You Really"-Foxygen ***
2312 UTC "I Got You"-Split Enz
2315 UTC "Unkinder(A Tougher Love)"-Thumpers ***
2319 UTC "Starry Eyes"-The Records
2324 UTC RI theme and OM with ID and "special shoutout to the HF Underground", into "Romance"-Wild Flag ***
2328 UTC "Complete Surrender"-Slow Club ***
2331 UTC "Lifeline"-Spandau Ballet
2335 UTC "Little Games"-The Colourist ***
2337 UTC "Shame"-The Motels
2341 UTC "Don't Move"-Phantogram ***
2346 UTC "Drivers Seat"-Sniff & the Tears
2352 UTC "Can't Deny My Love"-Brandon Flowers ***
2355 UTC "Pleasure and Pain"-Divinyls
2359 UTC RI theme and OM, into "The People of the Sticks"-The Besnard Lakes ***
0005 UTC "Lessons In Love"-Level 42 ***
***Shazam'd

Thanks for the early Friday evening show AC! Lots of tunes I never heard before...Nice!

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio Illuminati eQSL

« on: April 15, 2016, 1121 UTC »

Also a new one here for the April 10th show...thanks again for another fine looking eQSL!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: TCS 6876 AM 2353 UTC 14 Apr 2016

« on: April 15, 2016, 0009 UTC »

S5 here with fades amidst moderate band noise this evening at 0008 UTC with "Let It Ride"-BTO
0012 UTC YL and OM with ID
(Darn...tough copy this evening )
0030 UTC "Do It Again"-Steely Dan
0054 UTC Signal picking up here now
0056 UTC "Magic Bus"-Who
0108 UTC "Born to Run"-Bruce Springsteen
0125 UTC "We Want the Airwaves"-Ramones
0128 UTC OFF

Thanks JP! Signal got better and better right up to the end!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re:The Voice of Shortwave Radio 6850 AM 2227 UTC 14 Apr 2016

« on: April 14, 2016, 2238 UTC »

S6 here at 2234 UTC with OM talking about the Voice of Turkey?
2236 UTC Sounds like Turkish music...audio clip of top of the hour with ID and frequencies by YL
2239 UTC "Cold Turkey"-John Lennon (Local QRN creeping in during fades)
2244 UTC OM talking about the song, IS from Radio Bulgaria, ID by OM then YL
2246 UTC IS from Radio Minsk
2247 UTC OM with ID "Voice of Shortwave" and email addy voswradio@gmail.com
2248 UTC African station...(balafon music I believe) then OM at 2249 UTC
2250 UTC WEWN audio clip
2251 UTC YL taking phone call...
2253 UTC "Alabama"-Neil Young (& Stray Gators)
2256 UTC OM "The Voice of Shortwave Radio"...you can get a QSL... voswradio@gmail.com
2257 UTC IS...hmmm....
2259 UTC OM with ID and email addy for QSL and OM chatting about stations closing down..mention of WLIS
2303 UTC IS...hmmm...Cyprus Broadcasting perhaps?
2305 UTC OM with QSL addy, then OM chatting about Turkey again...ID again (Show is being replayed
2308 UTC Turkish music and ID
(I listen now to the replay!
2330 UTC OFF

Thank you for a fascinating program! Damn, but I miss the 1980's and the hundreds of shortwave stations to be heard back then before the days of the internet. Really hope to hear more shows from the Voice of Shortwave Radio!

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Photo: Giant sunspot sends its love to planet Earth

« on: April 14, 2016, 0048 UTC »

It looks more like one of those chomping critters from the Langoliers! Bronson Pinchot's finest moment