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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 5200 AM ~0500 UTC 19 June 2020

« on: June 19, 2020, 0613 UTC »

Fading but clear signal on 5200Khz -- S5 to S9 on the Westminster, MD Kiwi SDR

Started with "news" / commentators speculating about how the number 33 was used as a code signal in news broadcasts about the COVID 19 pandemic -- played clips of news with 33 -- "....number of deaths in Arkansas up to 33...", "we've now reached 33 cases in PA", etc.

Then played smooth jazzy instrumental songs for the next hour or so, with several seconds of silence between songs.

Never heard an ID and can't seem to find this in any of the SW broadcast schedules online.

Any ideas?

~0625 -- music stopped and started "news" story -- "who is Bill Gates?"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 26915 AM 0358 UTC 19 June 2020

« on: June 19, 2020, 0403 UTC »

Solid S9 signal on Westminster, MD Kiwi SDR

~0355 Garden Party -- Ricky Nelson
~0358 Domino -- Van Morrison
then off the air temporarily at 0359-0400
~0400 ?? -- Lynrd Skynrd
~0407 faded out and gone!
~0408 -- crystal blue persuasion -- Tommy James and the Shondells
0412 off air
0415 it's back -- Rod Stewart Maggie May
0420 no carrier

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Mix Radio International relay of Best Smooth Jazz 7400 USB 2146 UTC 6 May 2020

« on: May 06, 2020, 2148 UTC »

hearing clear S7-S9 with jazzy music and man and woman comments between songs.  metric meaurements, mention of "garden" for "yard" -- British?

Asking for requests at bsjvoicemail.com.  Site shows

British host Rod Lucas plays the Best Smooth Jazz. This not for profit show invites you to leave a voice message. Rod would love to hear from you, so leave a little voice mail and get involved with the show.
http://BestSmoothJazz.com

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North American MW Pirate Radio / 650 AM music?

« on: April 24, 2020, 0502 UTC »

Anyone else hearing a fairly eclectic mix of music (no voice, no id's) on 650 kHz continuously over the past few days?  Seems to drown out WSM and I've heard harmonics on 1300, 1950, 2600, 3250, 3900, 4550, and 5200.  I'm listening on a KiwiSDR in Maryland via the web.