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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Yeah Man Radio 6925 USB 0003 UTC 16 Mar 2025

« on: Today at 00:13 »

0009 - Yeah Man with ID, then Sunny. Very good signal, no interference, little noise, and steady.
0012 - Saying "Hi" to HFU posters. Announced Bobby Hebb with Sunny.
0022 - Groovy Kind of Love
0026 - Yeah Man announced "Sonny &  Cher with Bang, Bang," then played See You in September.
0029 - Message to MIchael
0032 - Brief Yeah Mqn talk, then When A Man Loves A Woman.
0035 - "Yeah Man Radio is on the air," then You Can't Hurry Love.
0038 - "Million Dollar Weekend," followed by THe Monkees, I'm A Believer.
0043 - Cherish
0049 - ID, then You Didn't Have to Be So Nice.
0052 - Million Dollar Weekend jingle, followed by Hey There Georgie Girl.
0054 - "We're going to get out of here." Then, Winchester Cathedral.
0057 - OTA


Thanks for the broadcast, Yeah Man!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: V-SKY Radio St. Paddy's Day Special 6975 USB 0000 UTC 15 MAR 2025

« on: March 15, 2025, 0041 UTC »

0036 - Irish mx with OM vocals. Instrumental with prominent fiddle and flute followed.

Fair signal, no interference, mild static, but steady. SINPO=35333.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WTF/WDOG 9290 was 6925 USB 2222 UTC 14 Mar 2025

« on: March 15, 2025, 0006 UTC »

2354 - Rock/pop song with dogs barking.
2357 - Brief talk by male announcer. He mentioned "car keys." "Have a good night."Shake Your Booty followed, with dogs howling.
0003 - Female announcer mentioned "with shortwave radio." Rock song with male vocals after that.

Very strong signal, no interference, mild static, steady signal: SINPO=45444.

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Shortwave Broadcast / 4775 Radio Tarma 0131 UTC JUL 26 2024

« on: July 26, 2024, 0143 UTC »

0131 - Peruvian folk music at fair level. Too much noise on nominal AM, so am trying USB mode. No interference, but the noise is a challenge.

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QSLs Received / Re: Bob Newhart Tribute Show relay by Cloudsplitter - 18 JUL

« on: July 21, 2024, 1903 UTC »

Received the same here in NE MA! Thanks for the broadcast!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Bob Newhart Radio 6938 USB 2330 UTC 18 JUL 2024

« on: July 19, 2024, 0035 UTC »

0034 - Bob Newhart comedy routine about a TV program ("Welcome once again to Strange People Strange Lives.") Very strong signal.

0038 - "That's no good either. Routine about wife having dysentary.
ot only is the signal excellent, but the audio is clean.

0041 - Civil War ad.

0046 - "You can't fool all of the people all of the time." Followed by a skit about driving school instructors.

0056 - Big applause, then into next routine.Making movies in Africa routine. (SINPO=45444)

0103 - "A little two-week old baby lion." Followed by routine about baseball.

0107 - Routine about monkeys.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Europe (NL) 6130 AM 0058 UTC 16 JUL 2024

« on: July 16, 2024, 0114 UTC »

0058 - Dance beat music.
0100 - male announcer mentioned "Radio." Then, some talk and music
Tentatively, Radio Europe from the Netherlabds. The only other station on this frequency is PBS to Tibet, and this sounds nothing like a PBS station. The signal is fair at best but the noise is only making it possible to get snippets, and to generally follow if its pop music or announcements.
0114 - Pop song with male vocalist.
0122 - Male announcer said "...Radio..." Song with a piano intro, then a more upbeat pop song followed.
(The noise is making it very hard to get more specific details, although the signal has picked up a bit after some fine tuning.)
0137 0 Finally got an ID! Male announcer: "From the heart of (?) this is Radio Europe." A rock song followed.
(SINPO: 34232)
0144 - Male announcer: "...and shortwave...Europe...from the heart of Holland on shortwave, Radio Europe." Dance song with female vocalist follows.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WIND 6951 USB 2349 UTC 14 Jul 2024

« on: July 15, 2024, 0041 UTC »

0040 - Thge Bicycle Song by Melanie Safka. Coming in fair-good, but with a good amount of noise. Initial SINPO=44333.
0042 - After a brief (and almost totally inaudible) talk by a male announcer, How Soon is Now, by The Smiths.
0047 - Next song (rock with male vocals). Sounds familiar, but can't place it.
0051 - Sounded like a brief RTTY transmission. Mostly, the noise has increased here and is overwhelming the signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 6850 USB 2319 UTC 13 JUL 2024

« on: July 14, 2024, 0020 UTC »

0018 - Very strong, clean signal here with spacey music.
0022 - ID by EG-accented YL over music.
0027 - Just before YMCA, YL with "Nobody does it better! Radio 48 over Mix Radio International. OM gave QSL address. Killer signal tonight!
0028 - Segued into Macho Man briefly, but maybe that's how the song goes. Disco isn't my expertise.
0032 OM with this is the Mix Master. Radio Mix International and Radio 48 IDs. White Rabbit, but sounds like a remix version.
0037 - IDs and shoutouts from Rhianna and Ludacris before a dance remix version of Riders on The Storm.
0043 - YL with Mix Radio over the music. OM and YL with IDs a few minutes later and hip hop music. "Your listening to Radio 48 on Mix Radio International." Song follows: Sounds like James Brown.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Channel 292 9670 AM 0032 UTC 7 JUL 2024

« on: July 07, 2024, 0102 UTC »

0054 - Hearing with pop/rock.

0058 - Amazing Grace (Judy Collins?)

Very good signal, but formidable noise here tonight.

0103 - Paul Simon: Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes

0122 - OM announcer with ID and Queen: We Will Rock You. Pop/rock song with male vocals follows. Noise remains bad, but the signal is battling it.

0127 - The Doors: Riders on The Storm

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID 5880 kHz 2310 UTC 29 MAY 2024

« on: May 30, 2024, 0044 UTC »

0043 - Hearing a fair-weak, but definite het here in NE MA, but no audio at all.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WLPR Long Play Radio 6940 AM 0029 UTC 5 May 2024

« on: May 05, 2024, 0120 UTC »

0036 - Heard Dire Straits, a bluesy, slide guitar-oriented song, and at 0111, a station ID followed by Peter Frampton's Do You Feel Like We do? Very good signal with moderate noise, no interference, and good audio, although noise sometimes degrades the audio a little bit. Still the signal is getting out well. SINPO so far= 45343.
0125 - CCR: I Heard it Through the HFU, I mean the Grapevine

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Boston-Area Pirate Operators Face Possible Monetary Penalties Under PIRATE Act

« on: April 29, 2024, 1635 UTC »

Before I retired, on my drive from north of Boston to Quincy (just south/southeast of Boston), I used to pick up a few FM pirates while sitting in traffic. I remember 87.7 and there was a Hatian pirate in there somewhere, so not suprised by this article.

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General Radio Discussion / Re: What radios are remaining domestic HF listeners using?

« on: April 21, 2024, 1952 UTC »

Still using my trusty (32 years and still going) Drake R-8, with a 60-ft longwire antenna.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Texas Radio Shortwave 6876 USB 0014 UTC 14 APR 2024

« on: April 14, 2024, 0042 UTC »

0041 - Pounding in here with guitar-oriented music. Great signal, all-around.
0047 - Abruptly to next song. Horns, and swing/Big Band music.
0056 - Drums and percussion into more classic jazz. Bebop vocals with YL vocalist.
0104 - Female announcer "You're listening to the sound of international radio on shortwave. You're listening to Mix Radio International. This was immediately followed up by the same femmale announcer: "When you hear The Yellow Rose of Texas, you are listening to Texas Radio Shortwave." Email announced as texasradioshortwave@protonmail.com. Jazz music with a female vocalist followed. Lengthy instrumental jazz from there.
(I'll be sending a report to you guys tomorrow!)
(Still a strong SINPO=55444 signal.)
0121 - Female announcer mentioning The Yeallow Rose of Texas, etc., and giving info for QSLs (HFU or a report to their email; SDR accepted; must include details and SINPO). Instrumental jazz follows.
0138 IDs for Mix Radio by amle announcer and Texas Radio Shortwave by a female announcer. Then, an upbeat Yellow Rose of Texas.