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North American Shortwave Pirate / An ID Radio 6920 USB 0117 UTC 13 APR 2024

« on: April 13, 2024, 0117 UTC »

0117: music "So Tied Up" - Cold War Kids
0119: "Get Free" - The Vines
0121: "Autobahn" - Sunfly Abraxa
55555, S9+15 peaks; excellent reception here
0130: ID "E-I-B Radio"; "My City Was Gone" - Pretenders
0135: "Sound of Silence" - Disturbed
0141: EOT

Thank you for the show, the nice music selection and the excellent signal!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 13 APR 2024

« on: April 13, 2024, 0058 UTC »

0058: Wildfire IS
0059: WDOG EOT and no QRM to BSR after this time
0100: "Since I Lost My Baby" - Temptations
5[4-5]545[4-5], slight pesky QRM
0103: "People Are Strange" - Echo & The Bunnymen
0106: "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" - Hall and Oates

Thank you for the broadcast!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 6955 USB 0041 UTC 13 APR 2024

« on: April 13, 2024, 0041 UTC »

0041: music "Rock & Roll" - The Velvet Underground ("TVU"); dogs barking/howling
? WDOG ?
0046: "I Can't Stand It" - TVU
35333
0050: ID  "W-D-O-G" -> "Heroin" - TVU (a very moving, poignant song; amazing guitar playing near the end of song)

Thank you for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Brain Brothers Radio 6905 USB 0000 UTC 13 APR 2024

« on: April 13, 2024, 0000 UTC »

0000: sign-on, announcement, music "Hitchin' a Ride" - Vanity Fare
45444
0003: signal suddenly weaker, then back to original; "Walk of Life" - Dire Straits
0007: ID by OM; talk by OM and YL; talk of making downpayments on living arrangements, correspondence school, etc.
0008: "Soul Man" - Sam and Dave
0011: ID, "Boy From New York City" - Manhattan Transfer
0015: ID/song, Professor and Miss Scarlet talking, faux accident recovery commercial for those with an IQ under 60; "Brand New Key" - Melanie
- talk of being on WWCR, with more details later
0031: about to sign-off; visit brainbrothersradio.com; beautiful version of "Star Spangled Banner"
0034: EOT


Thank you for the broadcast, the clever programming and frequent IDs!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Available Time Slot Radio 6950.4 AM 1939 UTC 8 APR 2024

« on: April 08, 2024, 1940 UTC »

1939: music
25221
1950: mx continues but lot-o-static/fading distortions
1951: "Fly Me to the Moon" - Frank Sinatra
1957: OM talking "[can't make out] ... next time", then EOT

Thank you for the broadcast!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 1922 UTC 08 APR 2024

« on: April 08, 2024, 1923 UTC »

1922: music
55444, very slight fading and noise
1924: "Money" - Pink Floyd ("PF")
1930: "Us and Them" - PF; "Brain Damage" - PF
- Don't know if it is just static or distortion, but copy is not ideal for the signal present
1947: EOT

Thank you for the broadcast!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 v. USB 0101 UTC 08 APR 2024

« on: April 08, 2024, 0101 UTC »

0101: sirens, various sfx, OM voice heard sporadically
0106: people laughing, more sfx; European sounding police sirens, car horn, etc.
- maybe it's some of that new fangled music the teenagers listen to

Thank you for the highly unique broadcast!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0058 UTC 06 APR 2024

« on: April 06, 2024, 0058 UTC »

0058: "Wildfire" IS
55555,
0100: YL with ID; "The Sun Always Shines on TV" - a-ha

Thank you for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 6955 USB 0026 UTC 06 APR 2024

« on: April 06, 2024, 0026 UTC »

0026: music - "We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together" - The Velvet Underground ("TVU")
45444
0029: "All Tomorrow's Parties" - TVU & Nico
- Like N2MLP, this is probably WDOG (they played TVU a few days ago, dogs barking; will wait for definite ID)
0035: dogs barking, "Guess I'm Falling in Love" - TVU
0038: ID; "I'll Be Your Mirror" - TVU and Nico
0044: "Pale Blue Eyes" - TVU

Thank you for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Ion Radio 6880 AM 0010 UTC 06 APR 2024

« on: April 06, 2024, 0010 UTC »

0010: music - "Secrets" - Van Halen
45444
0013: "Drop Dead Legs" - Van Halen
0017: "Little Guitars" - Van Halen
- note: got the UTC wrong - it was logged at 0010, not 0110; corrected in subject line
0022: YL talking; now 35323, much more fading than originally
0022: "Who Are You" - The Who

Thank you for the broadcast!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6930 USB 0053 UTC 04 APR 2024

« on: April 04, 2024, 0053 UTC »

0053: OM talking about "No pirates here"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 6935 USB 0013 UTC 04 APR 2024

« on: April 04, 2024, 0013 UTC »

0013: sign-on, music "Beginning to See the Light" - The Velvet Underground ("TVU")
55454
0018: "The Gift" - TVU
0028: ID "W-D-O-G" -> "Femme Fatale" - TVU
0032: apparent jump in power, 55555, S9+, "Sweet Jane" - TUV
0037: EOT

Thank you for the broadcast and sweet music!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6915 AM 2359 UTC 2 APR 2024

« on: April 02, 2024, 2359 UTC »

2359: music for a minute, then gone

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 USB 0110 UTC 2 APR 2024

« on: April 02, 2024, 0111 UTC »

0110: music, men singing, AC hum,
25232
0113: "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moon Light" - Tiny Tim
0114: [quiet], then AC hum. ? More FUBAR Radio ?
0116: seems to be EOT

Thank you for the broadcast!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / FUBAR Radio 6925 USB 0037 UTC 2 APR 2024

« on: April 02, 2024, 0037 UTC »

0037: sign-on, music "Flower Girl"
0038: OM talking about juke box -> "meow, meow, ..." cat food commercial, dog barking
0039: OM: "What's with all these dogs in the radio station?", phone request problems; sump pump goes off
0040: Inna Godda da Vida" - Iron Butterfly; one of my favorites. Is this the 17 minute version?
45454, good audio
0047: IGDV ended early; QSL address - <static>@gail.com; more IGDV ("OH NO. DAMMIT" ...  That Iron Butterfly didn't want to land!"; ID??? Fubar Radio ??
0052: "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" - Manfred Mann; sporadic interuptions
0053: song ends early, ID (FUBAR Radio), "House of Rising Sun" - Animals
0057: "I'm gonna get outta here." -> "Born To Be Wild" - Steppenwolf
0101: OP snoring. LOL.
0107: YL: "That was Anne Murray". OM: "What did he say?" -> snoring
0109: "This is live radio. Dammit." EOT

Thank you for the broadcast, commentary and nice music! This was great entertainment.