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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thunder Chicken Radio 6955 USB 2233 UTC 6 FEB 2023

« on: February 06, 2023, 2234 UTC »

2233 UTC Unid folk/pop song-OM singer (S6 peaks and mostly above the noise)
2236 UTC "Starship Trooper"-Yes
2246 UTC "Your's Is No Disgrace"-Yes
2256 UTC "I've Seen All Good People"-Yes
2303 UTC Robot 72 SSTV

2304 UTC "Roundabout"-Yes
2313 UTC Easypal image (App wasn't on!)
2314 UTC "Long Distance Runaround"-Yes
2317 UTC "Heart of the Sunrise"-Yes
2327 UTC Robot 72 SSTV

2329 UTC Unid song
2337 UTC OM with "Cluck Cluck Cluck"
2345 UTC Robot 72 SSTV

2346 UTC "Bloody Well Right"-Supertramp

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Cool AM Radio via NAPRS (TEST) 6980 AM 0027 UTC 5 FEB 2023

« on: February 05, 2023, 0027 UTC »

0027 UTC S9 carrier with some very undermodulated music here.
0028 UTC Modulation much better now with "Roadhouse Blues"-The Doors 
0033 UTC OM with an advertisement for Unisex stereo? Sounds like a commercial station.
0034 UTC OM said something about "Brought to you by UAI Upper Atmosphere Ionization"?, into unid funky pop tune OM singer
0036 UTC Silence, but the S9 carrier is still on
0038 UTC "Cool AM" ID, into an instrumental version of a song...more ID's as Cool AM Radio
0041 UTC "Karn Evil 9"-ELP

Here's my recording from 0027-0041 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iyi8FCJre5bnJC0yt-Ia04M4GA1ySebW/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID TONES 4035 USB 0401 UTC 4 FEB 2023

« on: February 04, 2023, 0402 UTC »

0401 UTC Unid song OM singer just above the noise floor. Excellent audio!
0404 UTC Unid indie pop tune, then YL over the music with "UNID TONES" ID 
0413 UTC I lost the signal...either faded out or OFF?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0030 UTC 4 FEB 2023

« on: February 04, 2023, 0030 UTC »

0030 UTC Unid rap/rock tune-OM singers (Signal just above the noise floor)
0031 UTC OFF? As soon as I posted this the station QRT'd....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Arf Arf Radio 6930 USB 0141 UTC 3 FEB 2023

« on: February 03, 2023, 0143 UTC »

0141 UTC Unid rock tune
0143 UTC OM with Arf Arf Radio ID, then OFF
Here's my recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i_c8Nr-aI-OqRBwJdOtqae4gBVW_PHa0/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950 AM-FM-USB? 2107 UTC 2 FEB 2023

« on: February 02, 2023, 2109 UTC »

2107 UTC Interval Signal on windwood instrument?
2108 UTC YL with numbers in unid language (FM?)
2110 UTC YL with 5 digit numbers in English
2111 UTC Switched to USB
2112 UTC YL with phonetics in possible FM?
2113 UTC YL with 5 digit numbers in English
2115 UTC YL with 5 digit numbers in English using USB now
Seems to be changing modes or delivery every minute!
2116 UTC OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pigs Knuckles Radio 6930 USB 0122 UTC 2 FEB 2023

« on: February 02, 2023, 0123 UTC »

0122 UTC "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"-Traffic (May be our unid friend from a little while ago here?)
0125 UTC "Hey Hey My My (Out of the Blue)-Neil Young live 
0129 UTC OM DJ chat (Yep! Back again for more fun....)
0130 UTC "Hey Hey My My (Out of the Blue)-Neil Young version from "Rust Never Sleeps"
0133 UTC OM DJ chat..."Just poked my self in the eye"...(talking about Zekey?)..."Any requests here?"
0135 UTC "This is a story about the little man in the boat"
0136 UTC "Spill the Wine"-Eric Burden & War
0142 UTC OM DJ chat...mention of Springfield, Massachusetts
0143 UTC "Hold On I'm Coming"-Sam & Dave (Dog heard barking over the song!)
0146 UTC OM DJ chat...mention of Zekey...gonna play this one for him
0146 UTC "Uncle Ernie"-The Who, into "We're Not Gonna Take It"-The Who ("You know where to put the cork Zekey") 
0154 UTC OM DJ chat
0155 UTC "Heart of Gold"-Neil Young live at the BBC
0159 UTC OM DJ chat..."poked myself in the eye now I feel like a pirate"
(The audio is fine!)
Hey Pig Knuckles op....how about "Ramble Tamble" by CCR?
0200 UTC "Ramble Tamble"-CCR (Thanks Mr. Knuckles! Good rockin tune!)
0208 UTC OM DJ chat, into "Come and Get You're Love"-Redbone (OM DJ over the top with "Pigs Knuckles Radio" ID)
0213 UTC OM DJ chat, into "Green Onions"-Booker T & MG's
0216 UTC OM DJ chat "This is Pigs Knuckles"...Bye Bye", then OFF

Thank you for an amazing and interesting broadcast Pigs Knuckles op! AWESOME!
I'll post recordings of this and the earlier show later on...thanks again!

Here's my recording of the show:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1klmN3K-1kZasxhzogG8_SK1gy5XqSxrF/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pigs Knuckles Radio 6930 USB 0045 UTC 2 FEB 2023

« on: February 02, 2023, 0046 UTC »

0045 UTC Unid folk song-YL singer (Heard a dog barking during the song)
0049 UTC "Look What They've Done to My Song"-Melanie
(Signal is hitting S7 peaks with light fading amidst light band noise)
0054 UTC Unid folk song...sounds like a cover version of "Amie"-YL singer
0056 UTC "Amie"-Pure Prairie League
0100 UTC OM DJ chat with playlist..."First song was Nickel Song"..."Let's Play Some Mountain"
0101 UTC "Mississippi Queen"-Mountain
0104 UTC OM DJ chat
0106 UTC "Crimson & Clover"-Tommy James & Shondells
0109 UTC OM DJ chat...talking about Radio Star..."We'll go with Albuquerque" for Skippy the Monkey" 
0110 UTC "Albuquerque"-Neil Young (Thanks!)
0114 UTC OM DJ chat...talking about 10 meters and gray lining...I think you guys are the best
0115 UTC "Theme from Underdog"
0116 UTC OM DJ and phone ringing...."Bye Bye", then OFF
Hey Unid op...how about "Albuquerque" by Neil Young? Or maybe "The Treasure" by Stephen Stills & Manassas?

Thanks for the entertainment and the request! Here's my recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Byx3Fpb4TeyKBXt2LxSXiSPrhKW3c289/view?usp=sharing

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Latin American Pirate / AD149 Radio 6934.9 AM 0024 UTC 1 FEB 2023

« on: February 01, 2023, 0028 UTC »

0024 UTC Stronger signal than earlier! Bit of flutter fading but hitting S7 peaks over an S3 noise floor. Playing pop tunes
0031 UTC Signal dropped a bit, but still better than previous broadcast. Hearing this directly
0052 UTC Martin 1 SSTV

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 0220 UTC 31 JAN 2023

« on: January 31, 2023, 0223 UTC »

0220 UTC I have a solid carrier here but no detectable audio...anybody else have this with audio?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / B-Side Radio 6935 AM 0059 UTC 31 JAN 2023

« on: January 31, 2023, 0100 UTC »

0059 UTC Bits of music in the noise here
Very high noise level tonight on 43 meters....really tough copy  Also a loud peskie on LSB
0112 UTC Hearing weak jazz music now using USB
0121 UTC Signal now audible in AM...low in the noise, but the piano is coming through rather well

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan Shortwave 6931.3 AM 0231 UTC 30 JAN 2023

« on: January 30, 2023, 0232 UTC »

0231 UTC Uptempo Blues tune-OM singer (S8 peaks well above the noise with some light fading....sounding good!)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Two Dog Radio 6925 USB 0026 UTC 30 JAN 2023

« on: January 30, 2023, 0029 UTC »

0026 UTC Guitar rock-OM singer just above the noise floor here
0132 UTC OM with ID, into some slow blues

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6955 USB 2052 UTC 29 JAN 2023

« on: January 29, 2023, 2053 UTC »

2052 UTC DJDW on the microphone chatting about the programming
2055 UTC Checking out the bunker echo
2056 UTC Indie tune (S9 peaks with light fading and excellent USB audio)
2059 UTC ID, into unid grunge rock tune
2105 UTC Shoutouts...thanks!
(Good to hear my audio clip of you over the air!)
0000 UTC OFF

Thanks for the entertainment!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / B-Side Radio 6935 AM 0428 UTC 29 JAN 2023

« on: January 29, 2023, 0428 UTC »

0428 UTC Music at the noise floor...instrumental?
0436 UTC Signal up a bit and can tell the music is jazz
0440 UTC Signal peaks to S6 now and mostly solid above the noise...piano jazz
0449 UTC OM DJ chat? Then back to the music
0452 UTC Deep in the noise now