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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sternradio 6942 AM 0044 UTC 15 APR 2024

« on: April 15, 2024, 0251 UTC »

Weak but audible on the Alabama gulf coast tonight.  Heard the computer voice with a "qsl to sternradio…" before it trailed off.  Alternating with a female voice in German?  Not quite strong enough to ID match songs but not too bad to listen to.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 9913.04 USB 0010 UTC 22 May 2022

« on: May 22, 2022, 0011 UTC »

Saw this on the SDR next to The Mighty KBC on 9925. 

Seems to be playing "Sy Borg" by Frank Zappa at 0010 UTC.

Very weak into the Alabama gulf coast.

0016 - Dong Work For Yuda now, still Zappa from the Joe's Garage album.
~0036 - Outside Now - Zappa
0038 - He Used To Cut The Grass - Zappa (signal much better now)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Genix 6950 USB 2118 UTC 31 Oct 2021

« on: November 02, 2021, 0142 UTC »

Listening to my band recording from last night and this is probably the best signal of everything captured. 

~2303 "Spooky, Scary Skeletons" by Andrew Gold. I thought this was They Might Be Giants for a moment!

Snagged all the SSTV images, but during the final one transmitted in Scottie DX, the image quality was really poor.  It was another pirate that had signed on and was causing QRM.  Not sure if that was the "Cabin Boy Radio" that only one other person reported here or something else.  I had audio off-and-on on 6950 until nearly 0200z.  Both Genix and the other station played Canned Heat's Going To The Country, which was weird.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 12100 USB 0020 UTC 9 July 2021

« on: July 09, 2021, 1419 UTC »

I did not expect to be found on this frequency at this time. I just fixed one of the low voltage power supplies. So I did a test broadcast. Then I found one PLL was unlocked so back on the bench to fix it. My signal did well into Europe, Caribbean, Canada and US. Thanks for listening 

It was definitely a surprise!  When I stumbled across it, the signal was easily S9+10 or better, very robust. But it only lasted for about ~30 seconds before fading down a good bit.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Mix Radio International 12100 USB 0020 UTC 9 Jul 2021

« on: July 09, 2021, 0024 UTC »

Surprised to stumble across this in Alabama with a strong signal for just a few minutes.  Wideband audio.  "Relaxing and refreshing, the smooth jazz station at Mix Radio International".

After fading out locally I found it coming in nicely to an SDR in Rochester, NY.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio Int. 12030 USB 0030 utc 10 May 2020

« on: May 10, 2020, 0203 UTC »

Catching this on the Alabama gulf coast with a fair signal, S5-S7, low noise. Electronic, ambient type music with a female vocal that SoundHound can't seem to ID.  First time catching a pirate up in these parts of the spectrum for me!

Latest ID said "California Chill"… pretty nice mix of music so far.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Mix Radio International 4960 USB 0125 UTC 16 Sept 2019

« on: September 16, 2019, 0125 UTC »

Appears to be a pirate, playing R&B/oldies.  S3 signal in Lower Alabama.

~0123 - Wishing On A Star — Rose Royce
0126 - You Can't Hurry Love — Diana Ross & The Supremes
0130 - Just Don't Want To Be Lonely — The Main Ingredient
0133 - unclear ID, but sounded like Mix Radio International?
0133 - Machine Gun — Commodores
0135 - Soul Man — Sam & Dave
0138 - (yl) Mix Radio International ID
0138 - Let's Put It All Together — The Stylistics
0141 - We Need Love to Live — Maze
…
0147 - Just What I Needed — The Cars
0149 - Burning Down The House — Talking Heads
0153 - I Don't Like Mondays — The Boomtown Rats
0157 - A Question Of Time — Depeche Mode (which SoundHound ID'd through incredible static, amazingly)
0200 - Mix Radio Intl ID
0201 - White Wedding — Billy Idol
0205 - Alive And Kicking — Simple Minds
0209 - (yl) ID
0211 - Money — The Flying Lizards (signal is way down now, I'm having trouble ID'ing some songs)
0214 - Eyes Of A Stranger — The Payola$
0218 - SoundHound has given up, but this sounds like Dead Man's Party by Oingo Boingo
0223 - ID
0223 - Who's That Girl? — Eurythmics
** lost signal in Alabama, switched to SDR in NC where the signal is S9 and with good 7 kHz wide audio **
0227 - Absolute Beginners — David Bowie
0233 - All She Wants Is — Duran²
0237 - A Little Respect — Erasure
0241 - Don't Leave Me This Way — The Communards!!  Sweet.
0245 - Down Under — Men at Work
0250 - Dance Away — Roxy Music
0253 - "Free independent radio" ID
0253 - Doctor! Doctor! — Thompson Twins
0257 - Mony Mony — Billy Idol (starting to lose the signal on the NC SDR now, too)
0302 - Everything Counts — Depeche Mode
0305 - Rock The Casbah — The Clash
0309 - Lover's Walk — Elvis Costello

Playing some great music, thanks! 

Edit:  Gotta give up now that it's past 10 pm, the signal has really degraded on the NC SDR, to about the same level it is here in Alabama.  Hate to leave it, the music is fantastic.  Thanks again for the great tunes; this might be the longest I've stuck with any pirate show.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / KDOG 6955 USB 0200 UTC 7 September 2019

« on: September 07, 2019, 0205 UTC »

KDOG radio is on, seems to be actually on 6954.98 kHz

0158 SSTV (K-9 pup)
0200 — Deja Blues - Gary Hoey
0202 — SSTV (KDOG logo)
0203 — Raise My Rent - David Gilmore
0210 — SSTV (dog face)
Signed off. 

Well, that was short but sweet.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 6881 USB 1838 UTC 6 Sep 2019

« on: September 07, 2019, 0108 UTC »

I tuned in just in time to hear Paul's request get played.  Cool! 

0108 UTC - Earth Wind & Fire - Getaway is on now.
0111 — Kool & The Gang - Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
0115 — Tower of Power - So Very Hard To Go
0119 — Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real
0123 — Chaka Kahn - What Cha' Gonna Do For Me
0126 — Enchantment - It's You That I Need
0133 — Parliament - Flashlight
0137 — Deniece Williams - Silly
0142 — The Blackbyrds - Happy Music
0147 — Michael Jackson - Human Nature
0151 — The Spinners - It's A Shame (signal really degrading now)
and it signed off. thanks for the tunes!

Thanks for the tunes, MRI! The audio is super wide, wow.  S5 signal with some interference from Peskies.  Grr.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 6960 USB 0101 UTC 26 Aug 2019

« on: August 26, 2019, 0129 UTC »

~S5 into coastal Alabama tonight, with "She Said She Said" by The Beatles at 0128z, followed by "Hey Bulldog" which is apropos.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Clever Name Radio 6903 USB 0024 UTC 26 Aug 2019

« on: August 26, 2019, 0127 UTC »

Looks like I just missed the last segment around 0125, had just clicked on to it when it cut off.  Looked like a massive signal on the SDR waterfall.

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Equipment / Re: Everything you wanted to know about my antenna farm, but were afraid to ask

« on: November 02, 2018, 0722 UTC »

That is quite the impressive setup. Thanks for sharing! It certainly explains some of the great pirate catches you post about on here.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 0157 UTC 17 June 2018

« on: June 17, 2018, 0222 UTC »

Just tuned in time to hear Pigmeat's request of Tangerine Dream being played.  This is probably the first time I've heard them.  Good signal into SW AL, about an S7 on average.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Clever Name Radio 6925 USB 0102 UTC 16 June 2018

« on: June 16, 2018, 0150 UTC »

A big signal down here on the gulf coast of AL, too, peaking around S9 still.  AC/DC on now!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio 6970 USB 0059 UTC 16 jun 2018

« on: June 16, 2018, 0149 UTC »

Tuned in around 0142 during the Toni Braxton, now Todd Rundgren.  Signal's not bad down here on the Alabama gulf coast.  Only about S6 but good audio.

0148 now it's The Bitch Is Back by Elton John
0154 now So Into You - ARS

Good music!