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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Spirit 6953 USB 0030 UTC 0030 June 2025

« on: June 01, 2025, 0141 UTC »

Very poor in western New York, SINPO - 11111, very noisy

0120z   "Free Spirit Radio", fortunately I heard the ID, but music and other talk very difficult to hear.  Seemed to go off around 0131z.

Drake R8B, 700 ft long wire
 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WTF Worldwide 6950 USB 0214 UTC 31 May 2025

« on: May 31, 2025, 0303 UTC »

Poor siganl in western NY  SINPO - 32122, very noisy tonight

0255z   "WTF" ID
0256z   UNID Music
0259z   Shazam says "Elevation" by U2
0303z   "North America ... WTF"

Drake R8B, 700 ft long wire antenna aiimed west

QSLs welcomed at jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDEF 6915 USB 0129 UTC 28 MAY 2025

« on: May 28, 2025, 0241 UTC »

Strong signal on 6915 in western New York  SINPO=54334

0237z  Grateful Dead extended jam from Live Dead
0240z  Grateful Dead "Death Don't Have No Mercy" from the same album
0252z  "WDEF" ID

Drake R8B 700 ft long wire

QSLs welcomed at jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com

Cool listening to the GD finding a way through unfriendly ether tonight.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6935 AM 0036 UTC 28 MAY 2025

« on: May 28, 2025, 0055 UTC »

Fair to Poor signal in western NY.  SINPO = 32132  A lot of noise,

0040z  "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
0046z  "Rockin' Robin"
0049z  "Sandman"
0051z  "Everyday"

0159   "White Rabbit", more noise than before

0229z  "It's time to shut this thing down", but the music continues.

0235z   "There's a stronger station on 6930" (not that I could herar)

No announcements noted yet.

Drake R8B, 700 ft long wire aimed west.

QSLS always appreciated!  At "jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDEF 6965 USB 0110 UTC 27 MAY 2025

« on: May 27, 2025, 0146 UTC »

Fair signal in western New York  SINPO 34233, long fades

0130z   ID "WDEF" with slow reverberation
0145z   "Crazy Mary" by Big Head TYodd and trhe Monsters (thanks Shazam)
0149z   "Only the Good Die Young" by Billy Joel
0157z   "WDEF" ID without the reverberation

Drake R8B, 700 foot long wire aimed west

QSLs welcomed at jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 via MRI 6870 USB 2301 UTC 26 May 25

« on: May 27, 2025, 0034 UTC »

Strong signal in western NY, SINPO  55445

0025z   ID, then UNID music
0030z   "You are rocking with Radio 48", then some sort of police/medical report overlaying electronic music
0037z   "This is the signature sound of Mix Radio International", followed by electronic music "... I just want to go home...". Shazam can't identify.
0040z   "This is Mike from Linkin Park ... You're listening to Radio 48 ... Mix Radio International", then more music

Drake R8B, 700 long wire aimed west

QSLs always welcomed at jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6936.7 AM 0324 UTC 25 May 2025

« on: May 25, 2025, 0401 UTC »

Fair signal in western New York SINPO 32222

0345z   Unidentified music
0350z   "Tongues" by Jo Division (thanks to Shazam)
0402z   Now fading off

Drake R8B, 700 ft long wire aimed west

QSLs always welcomed at jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Liquid Radio 6850 AM 0110 UTC 25 May 2025

« on: May 25, 2025, 0228 UTC »

Strong signal in western New York, SINPO 43323

0213z  "January 15, 1991" by Vince Andrae (according to Shazam), next two songs Shazam fails to identify.
0219z   Single word from the announcer, something like "De-Ogga"
0225z   Off

Drake R8B, 700 longwire aimed west

QSLs always welcomed at jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com . Thanks!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 0447 UTC 24 MAY 2025

« on: May 24, 2025, 0539 UTC »

Good signal in Western NY  SINPO 44233

0458z  Electronic/Trance music
0502z  "Where Did We Go?" might be the song title. Shazam doesn't recognize it.
0508z  Talking over music lyrics about a baseball bat.
0511z  Song lyric: "I don't want to play that game ... game of Twister ... Bang Bang You're Dead'"

Drake R8B, 700 foot long wire aimed west

QSLs always welcome at "jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6905 USB 0036 UTC 24 May 2025

« on: May 24, 2025, 0154 UTC »

Poor signal in western New York, SINPO  22212

0146z  "Who the Cap Fit" by Bob Marley & the Wailers
0150z  "Good Grief" by Foo Fighters
0154z  "Communication Breakdown" by Led Zeppelin
0159z  "What is your name?"
           "Fire in the Hole" by Steely Dan
0202z  "Like the Weather" by 10,000 Maniacs
0211z  "Let the Good Times Roll" by The Cars
0215z  morse code, too fast for me to copy, maybe a portion: BRYTIOXOSXRFEA (some I missed, obviously)

0246z  I recorded the morse code, now to decode it!  CQCQ ...DEX WDEC ... PAIR

Tough propagation tonight. Song IDs by Shazam

Drake R8B, 700 ft long wire aimed west

QSLs welcomed at jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BALL SMACKER RADIO 6960 AM 0058 UTC MAy 17, 2025

« on: May 17, 2025, 0115 UTC »

Good signal in western New York    SINPO  43233

0100z   Big open carrier. then a repeating piano intro
            "Woman's voice: "Good evening ... listening to Ballsmacker Radio"
0113z   Music by Paul Simon

Thanks for the program!

Drake R8B, 700 ft long wire aimed west

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: V-Sky Radio 6950 USB 0003 UTC 17 MAY 2025

« on: May 17, 2025, 0052 UTC »

Good signal in western New York, SINPO 44243

0037z   Music
0145z   Trumpet flourish, followed by an ad featuring Mel Torme
            Admiral Radio ad
            ID: "Voice of the Sky"
0146z   "American Pie" by Don McLean
0054z   "John Barleycorn" by Traffic

QSLs always welcomed at jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com. Thanks for the broadcast!

Drake R8B, 700 foot long wire aimed west

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 6925 USB 0019 UTC 28 APR 2025

« on: April 28, 2025, 0250 UTC »

Strong signal in western New York, SIO 5-5-5

0241z  "This is WDOG"
0241z  "Shambala" by 3 Dog Night
0244z  "WDOG" ID
0244z  "Like a Dog" by Powderfinger
0249z  "Like a Dog" by Izzy Stradlin
0252z  "Like a Dog" by Reptaliens
0255z  "Fox on the Run" by Sweet
0259z  "Born to Run" by Springsteen
0304z  ID, final announcements, spacy music
0307z  But now seems to be continuing with music

Shazam assisted with unfamiliar song titles. 

With a barking dog at times!

Drake R8B, 200 ft long wire south
QSLs always appreciated at "jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Captian Morgan Shortwave 6934 AM 0137 UTC APR 19 2025

« on: April 19, 2025, 0222 UTC »

Good, but occasionally fading, in western New York, SINPO = 43233

Sorry, Captain, but the signal is not strong enough to Shazam the song titles tonight. Also I am getting this best on 6933.90, though it keeps needing adjustment

First noted 0203z with music.  At 0205z weird sound effects, followed by this identifiocation:  "This is Captain Morgan Short Wave" (man's voice), folllowed by the same with a woman's voice. Seemed to go off, but a minute later it comes back with more eclectic music. 0216z "Gonna Ball Tonight",then a song maybe titled "Higher,Higher"? 0220z Another Captain Morgan ID.

Drake R8B, 700 ft long wire aimed west
QSL's welcome at jim(dot)renfrew@gmail(dot)com

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

« on: April 12, 2025, 2315 UTC »

Very good signal in western NY at 2300z, SIO 4-4-4

2314z  "Rock the Casbah", The CLash (dance mix)
2320Z  "You're listening to Radio 48 on Mix Radio International"
2321z  "Dragula" by Rob Zombia

Drake R8B, 700 ft long wire aimed west
QSLs always welcome at jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com