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Shortwave Pirate / Re: WRLY Relay of WEHM FM 6950 AM 1757 UTC 17 May 2022

« on: May 17, 2022, 1837 UTC »

1834 Decent reception on the backyard patio with my Radio Shack portable plugged into the dipole.
Pop tune with YL singer.
1836 EHM ID into more music.

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QSLs Received / Re: Micro Dot Radio via TRI eQSL

« on: May 14, 2022, 2038 UTC »

Windowpane was always the way to go. 

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QSLs Received / Re: Micro Dot Radio via TRI eQSL

« on: May 14, 2022, 1506 UTC »

Received one also, thnx TRI!

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6955 USB 2307 UTC 13 May 2022

« on: May 13, 2022, 2319 UTC »

2317 Good reception, S9 but with some long fades.
2326 ID and song rundown from DW, decent reception but noise is high.
2341 DW on the mic, signal down noise up. 

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2309 UTC 13 MAY 2022

« on: May 13, 2022, 2312 UTC »

Presumed TRI relay of Microdot

2308 "The End" playing, S5 and noisy. SIO: 223
2315 Going into the noise unfortunately, a few brief peaks.
2320 Can hear bits of music and talking, peskies I think, poor copy. Maybe a replay in the morning TRI. I was looking forward to this one.

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: WRLY Relay of WEHM FM 6950 AM 1953 UTC 13 May 2022

« on: May 13, 2022, 2006 UTC »

2005 "Young American", nice reception and a great tune!
2030 CCR

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6950 AM 2312 utc 7 May 2022

« on: May 07, 2022, 2336 UTC »

2335 "Bang A Gong", S9+ but very noisy.
2337 Rolling Stones "Waiting On A Friend".
2343  John Mellencamp playing.

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 6875 USB 2230 UTC 7 May 2022

« on: May 07, 2022, 2335 UTC »

2333 Good reception. Not sure what I'm hearing, a lot of things going on. ID into dance type music.

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0055 UTC 07 MAY 2022

« on: May 07, 2022, 0058 UTC »

0057 Strong carrier up, no audio yet.
0058 Piano music, ID into music. Sounding good on the Radio Shack DX-160.
0106 Unfamiliar tune, Sir Elton John again? Yawn. Some fade and storm noise but good copy.
0111 Here we go, The Guess Who! I saw these guys in a local bar in the 80s. One original member.

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6950 AM 2018 utc 4 May 2022

« on: May 04, 2022, 2031 UTC »

2029 JBA, CW IDs coming  in through the noise. I'll hang out.
2037 Recepting slowly improving, ID WMR. Reggae tunes.
2104 SSTV shouts to HFU posts, very cool. Thanks. Reception better.

CT Yankee, I'm still freezing my arse off. I had to wear my feety pajamas last night.

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General Radio Discussion / Wallops Island, VA HF propagation data

« on: May 04, 2022, 1440 UTC »

They have been down for awhile and often are.
Not a huge problem there are other sources for propagation data but I wonder what their problem is.

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Shortwave Pirate / WRLY 6950 AM - WEHM 96.9 RELAY 2042 UTC 3 MAY 2022

« on: May 03, 2022, 2053 UTC »

2042 WEHM ID, music, 2047z CW ID WRLY. Fair/good recept
Thnx Frank
2105 EHM ID
2109 Another ID, I like the music they play. 
2115 SSTV
2118 Cheryl Crow 

Yes CT YANK, tired of wearing flannel. Ready for hot and humid.

Thanks for the relay WRLY!

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6955 usb 2240 utc 1 May 2022

« on: May 01, 2022, 2312 UTC »

2310 DW with ID into music. Good reception S9.

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6950 AM 1712 utc 25 Apr 2022

« on: April 25, 2022, 1728 UTC »

1725 Nice mellow tune playing, Signal up and down, nice at pks. Hello CTYankee
1729 OM talking on fade, maybe an ID in there.
Glad you guys caught ID. 
1733 SSTV that I wasn't ready for.  I guess I am
slacking today. 
1742 Quick SSTV, not sure of mode.
1747 Poor rx here now also. I'll check back after my visit to Smilow.
1754 One last check before I leave the house and it is S9!

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6949.8 AM 2147 UTC 24 APR 2022

« on: April 24, 2022, 2210 UTC »

2209 Been hearing accoustic Rock type tunes, very enjoyable. Good signal.
2220 Nirvana from thier unplugged gig. 
2315 Still there with accoustic Rock tunes, S9+10.