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North American Shortwave Pirate / Space Junk Radio 6960 USB 2334 UTC 30 APR 2025

« on: April 30, 2025, 2335 UTC »

2334 UTC "Walk the Dinosaur"-Was (Not Was) S8 peaks with light fading and solid above the noise
2337 UTC "Then She Kissed Me"-unid cover version of The Crystals tune
2340 UTC "Spirits In the Material World"-Police
2357 UTC "(I Just) Died In Your Arms"-Cutting Crew
0001 UTC OM with a quick "Space Junk Radio" ID, followed by an unid Van Halen tune
0006 UTC "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"-cover?
0013 UTC "Home By the Sea"-Genesis
0026 UTC OM said something but I missed it
0031 UTC "China Girl"-David Bowie
0040 UTC "In the Ghetto"-Elvis Presley
0043 UTC "White Rabbit"-Jefferson Airplane
0059 UTC "Heartbreak Hotel"-Elvis Presley, segue into "Mystery Train"-Elvis Presley
0103 UTC OM with "For an eQSL send your report to spacejunkradio@proton.me , then OFF

Thanks for the show SJR!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDEF 6907 AM was 6905 AM 0033 UTC 28 APR 2025

« on: April 28, 2025, 0052 UTC »

0050 UTC Tuned in to "You're So Vain"-Carly Simon (in progress and fading in and out of the high noise level)
{S7 peaks with moderate fading and high noise...I have this on 6907 AM}
0053 UTC ID by OM..."WDEF", followed by "Sister Golden Hair"-America
0057 UTC "Allentown"-Billy Joel
0101 UTC "One Way or Another"-Blondie
0104 UTC "Suzie Q"-CCR
0109 UTC Unid spoken word skit, followed by unid pop song

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North American Shortwave Pirate / RE: Unid 6925 USB was LSB 2222 UTC 22 Apr 2025

« on: April 22, 2025, 2226 UTC »

2225 UTC "Just the Two of Us"-Bill Withers & Grover Washington Jr (S8 peaks with light fading and light noise. Nice USB audio!)
2228 UTC OM with indistinct ID, followed by "Radio Gaga"-Queen {I thought it might have been "Good Times Radio", but just guessing!}
2234 UTC "Hold My Hand"-Hootie & the Blowfish
2238 UTC I forgot the name of this one
2242 UTC "I Can Hear Music"-Beach Boys
2253 UTC "Wild Honey"-Beach Boys
2256 UTC "Ain't No Sunshine"-Bill Withers
2259 UTC A Hootie & the Blowfish song I don't recognize
2301 UTC "Do It Again"-Beach Boys (Some peskie talk on USB noted between songs)
2304 UTC "Kokomo"-Beach Boys
2308 UTC "Good Vibrations"-Beach Boys ( Annoying peskie QRM heard during the music now...peskie on 6927 USB? Another peskie on 6925 also)
2315 UTC "I Can Hear Music"-Beach Boys
2318 UTC "I'm Going Home"-Hootie & the Blowfish
2322 UTC Sounds like "In My Life" by the Beatles, only with muted vocals
DINNER TIME! I'll be listening...caught the echo ID at 2334 UTC...speeded up the pitch 50% and here's what it sounds like: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D8J_8phNLOrA_KxBQZ4vXCuEmmqHJk9y/view?usp=sharing
It sounds something like W E are pirate radio...?
2353 UTC "What a Wonderful World"-Louis Armstrong
2355 UTC "I'm On Fire"-Bruce Springsteen
2358 UTC "Time"-Hootie & the Blowfish
0010 UTC "Crashed"-Daughtry (I know the name of this song now! 3rd time this show...cool!)
0014 UTC Echo ID again, but did not have recorder running...followed by "Piano Man"-Billy Joel
0018 UTC OM with echo voice ID...repeated (Something like "Nothing but music all the time pirate radio"?)
0026 UTC Another ID
0033 UTC "Air That I Breathe"-Hollies
0051 UTC "Lean On Me"-Bill Withers (Still solid above the noise with S7 peaks)
0057 UTC "Wild Honey"-Beach Boys
0100 UTC "I Can Hear Music"-Beach Boys
0103 UTC OM with electronically altered voice, followed by "She's Always a Woman"-Billy Joel
(ID was different this time...W something...too much distortion!)
0113 UTC Noise level has gone up quite a bit
0119 UTC Back up to S8...

Thank you for the musical entertainment this evening! Didn't quite catch the name... 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / KSKO via ? 6955 AM 2058 UTC 21 APR 2025

« on: April 21, 2025, 2059 UTC »

2058 UTC "Dance With Me"-Orleans (S9 with light fades and excellent audio)
2100 UTC YL chatting about a volcano in Alaska and other news items (I missed the ID!)
2104 UTC Singing jingle, followed by "Black Friday"-Steely Dan
2108 UTC OM DJ talk, followed by "Fashion"-David Bowie
2116 UTC "Love Her Madly"-The Doors
2119 UTC "KSKO" ID by Paul Walker, followed by "Whammer Jammer"-J Geils Band
2122 UTC "Margaritaville"-Jimmy Buffett
2127 UTC "Why Can't This Be Love"-Van Halen
2131 UTC Weather report by OM
2133 UTC "Livin' On the Edge"-Aerosmith
2139 UTC "KSKO is hiring"
2140 UTC "867-5309"-Tommy Tutone
2144 UTC "I'm A Believer"-Monkees
2148 UTC Paul Walker with ID and upcoming local events, followed by "Play That Funky Music"-Wild Cherry
Dinner time music provided by KSKO relayer!
2158 UTC OFF? Carrier still up!
2159 UTC Carrier off

Thanks for the relay of KSKO!

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio 48 via Mix Radio International eQSL 6930 USB 1952 UTC 12 APR 2025

« on: April 20, 2025, 0243 UTC »

Thank you for the always appreciated eQSL! Tip of the hat to Radio 48 and MRI!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6960 USB 2357 UTC 19 Apr 2025

« on: April 20, 2025, 0000 UTC »

2358 UTC IS and ID (S9+10!)
0000 UTC 1920's sounding tune
0012 UTC "I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City"-Johnny Mercer
0017 UTC "Kansas City"-Wilbert Harrison
0022 UTC "Boy From New York City"-(I forgot who does this...cognitive decline!)
0025 UTC "Born In Chicago"-Paul Butterfield
0028 UTC "Last Train to Clarksville"-Monkees
0032 UTC "Look Out Cleveland"-The Band
0034 UTC "Shanghai Noodle Factory"-Traffic
0039 UTC "Coming Into Los Angeles"-Arlo Guthrie
0042 UTC "Woodstock"-Crosby Stills Nash & Young
0046 UTC "Tupelo Honey"-Van Morrison
0053 UTC "China Grove"-Doobie Brothers
0056 UTC "Free Man In Paris"-Joni Mitchell
0104 UTC "Angel From Montgomery"-Bonnie Raitt
0107 UTC "Oh Atlanta"-Little Feat
0111 UTC A song by Elvis Costello that I forgot the name of...
0114 UTC "Werewolves of London"-Warren Zevon
0122 UTC "Harlem Shuffle"-Rolling Stones



Thanks again for the Saturday evening entertainment!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: V-Sky Radio 6950 USB was 6975 USB was LSB 0000 UTC 19 Apr 2025

« on: April 19, 2025, 0018 UTC »

0017 UTC "The End of the World"-Skeeter Davis
(S8 peaks and solid above the noise with light fading and annoying radar ute QRM)
0023 UTC "Apache"-The Shadows?
0026 UTC "I Am a Rock"-Simon & Garfunkel...pause, then OM saying QSY to 6950 Upper Side Band
0027 UTC Much better here without the wideband radar ute! Nice USB audio!
0029 UTC OM with ID, followed by "Gloria"-Shadows of Knight
0032 UTC OM DJ chat, followed by "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight"-Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
0035 UTC "Dead Mans Curve"-Jan & Dean
0041 UTC "San Francisco"-Scott Mackenzie



Thanks for the songs from my youth...most of which I still remember!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6960 USB 0115 UTC 18 APR 2025

« on: April 18, 2025, 0116 UTC »

0115 UTC  Unid song (S7 with light fades into the high noise...excellent audio)
0120 UTC "Red Red Wine"-UB40
0133 UTC "I Go to Extremes"-Billy Joel
0137 UTC "The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of"-Carly Simon
0143 UTC "LA Woman"-The Doors 
0151 UTC OFF

Thanks for the tunes!

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QSLs Received / Re: The Cosmonaut System eQSL 6959.3 AM 0343 UTC 14 APR 2025

« on: April 17, 2025, 1632 UTC »

Also received here! Thank you Cosmonaut System...It is appreciated!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Sycko Radio 6950 AM 0106 UTC 14 APR 2025

« on: April 14, 2025, 0108 UTC »

0106 UTC "Aqualung"-Jethro Tull (S8 peaks with moderate fading and high noise level)
0108 UTC OM talking over the music
0111 UTC OM talking but rough copy here
0112 UTC "Karnevil 9"-Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
0117 UTC Mr Sycko mentioned ..."all kind of weird things", followed by a rock song I don't recognize
0125 UTC Sadly, the noise level is killing the chatting between songs 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 via Mix Radio International 6930 USB 1952 UTC 12 APR 2025

« on: April 13, 2025, 0328 UTC »

0326 UTC "Sweet Leaf"-Black Sabbath (Fluttery signal right at the noise floor...not positive on song ID!)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 2003 UTC 11 APR 2025

« on: April 11, 2025, 2031 UTC »

2030 UTC "Sweet Caroline"-Neil Diamond (S8 peaks with light fading and solid above the noise)
2033 UTC "Break My Stride"-Matthew Wilder
2036 UTC "Everybody Knows"-Leonard Cohen
2041 UTC "Land of Confusion"-Genesis
2046 UTC A Red Hot Chili Peppers song I forgot the name of
2051 UTC "Betty Davis Eyes"-Kim Carnes (Off during song at 2052 UTC)
2054 UTC Back on again with Unid pop tune
2058 UTC "Rosanna"-Toto, segue into "Glory of Love"-Peter Cetera at 2103 UTC
2108 UTC A brief audio clip..."Our music is sponsored by Finerkitchens.com", followed by unid pop tune
2113 UTC "Rock You Like a Hurricane"-Scorpions (Alternate version?)
2119 UTC Unid pop tune
2123 UTC Unid rap tune
2126 UTC Pause or OFF?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6960 USB 0202 UTC 9 APR 2025

« on: April 09, 2025, 0204 UTC »

0202 UTC Unid song by the Grateful Dead (S9 peaks with light fading)
0204 UTC Unid hard rock tune-OM singer
0210 UTC "Hungry Like the Wolf"-Duran Duran
0218 UTC Sounds like the Grateful Dead
(Frequency seems to be wobbling a bit...also, there are sustained tones between songs)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Space Junk Radio 6960 USB 0025 UTC 9 APR 2025

« on: April 09, 2025, 0026 UTC »

0025 UTC "Whole Lotta Love" Led Zeppelin (S7 peaks with moderate fading and mostly above the noise)
0027 UTC "Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"-Bachman-Turner Overdrive
0031 UTC "All Shook Up"-Elvis Presley
0033 UTC "Black Friday"-Steely Dan
0036 UTC "I Don't Care Anymore"-Phil Collins
0041 UTC "Fly Me to the Moon"-Frank Sinatra (Deep fade near the end of the song)
0045 UTC Signal back up with unid dance music
0047 UTC "Return to Sender"-Elvis Presley
0049 UTC OM DJ said "Shoutouts to everyone...?" (If there was an ID, I missed it!), followed by "I Ran"-Flock of Seagulls
0053 UTC "Bad Sneakers"-Steely Dan (Followed by a Billy Joel song I forgot the name of)
0100 UTC "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"-Neil Diamond (From other postings, I guess this was a cover version)
0103 UTC "Goodbye Again"-John Denver
0106 UTC "You Belong to Me"-Carly Simon
0110 UTC "Blue Bayou"-Linda Ronstadt
0114 UTC OM with ID "Space Junk Radio", followed by "Owner of a Lonely Heart"-Yes
0119 UTC "China Girl"-David Bowie
0124 UTC "Leaving On a Jet Plane"-John Denver
0128 UTC "You Shook Me"-Led Zeppelin
0133 UTC "We Didn't Start the Fire"-Billy Joel
0137 UTC Unid reggae tune-OM singer
0141 UTC "Le Freak"-Chic
0146 UTC OM with email address spacejunkradio@proton.me followed by a Robot 72 SSTV



Thank you for the great playlist SJR! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDEF 6915 AM 0201 UTC 7 APR 2025

« on: April 07, 2025, 0201 UTC »

0201 UTC Orchestral music (S6 peaks with light fading and mostly solid above the noise)
0204 UTC Different orchestral song now (Nice audio!)
0210 UTC 50's sounding night club music...
0214 UTC Nice S7 peak, then signal dropped down to S5 at 0216
0224 UTC S8 now!
0233 UTC WDEF ID
0235 UTC "The Look of Love"-?
0245 UTC Signal at noise level now 

Thanks for the easy listening tunes...reminds me of my early childhood and listening to WTYM-1600 AM Springfield, Massachusetts! They played the post WWII "Oldies" and similar....