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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan Shortwave 6924 AM 105 UTC 8 May 2021

« on: May 08, 2021, 0113 UTC »

SINPO=33443, with UTE QRM.

105- Upbeat funk style music sung by OM.
109- OM UK accent synth voice IDs Captain Morgan Shortwave and provides email address.
110- Funk style tune sung by OM, "I'm Your Milkman."
114- "Wish I Knew You" by The Revivalists.
119- OM UK accent synth voice IDs Captain Morgan Shortwave and provides email address.
119- Oldies soul sounding rock sung by OM.
124- OM UK accent synth voice IDs Captain Morgan Shortwave and provides email address.
125- "Live Learn" by The California Honeydrops.

137

MW Loggings / 1710 AM, TIS WQFG689, Hackensack NJ

« on: May 06, 2021, 0332 UTC »

Interesting catch tonight, at 320 UTC.

COVID Emergency management recording from Hudson County Office of Emergency Management Agency, New Jersey.
Street closure details.
Vaccination site in Hackensack NJ.
Hudsoncovidvax.org.
Testing site at Hudson Regional Hospital, call 201-388-1097 or 646-862-1161.
Synth OM re guidance regarding COVID-19 management tips.

138

QSLs Received / All Three Voice of Pancho Villa Broadcasts from The Mystery Pirate

« on: May 01, 2021, 0124 UTC »

A big thanks to The Mystery Pirate (five stars on Yelp) and the relay operator (TRI, I believe) for the three, carefully curated, historically significant collections of every Ride of Pancho Villa from NASWA Winter SWL Fests of years gone by, and for this timeless eQSL, straight from the Pink and Purple Room of the Fiesta Motor Inn! Stay Classy.

139

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0242 UTC 29 Apr 2021

« on: April 29, 2021, 0244 UTC »

SINPO=25232.

242- OM synth voice.
243- Techno music.
244- Silence.
245- OM voice repeating a short phrase three times.

247- Seemingly gone, and now just an occasional Peskie.

250- OM synth voice repeating something about "a special bulletin."
251- Gone or off again.

140

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio 48 (tent) 6930 USB 0027 UTC 29 Apr 2021

« on: April 29, 2021, 0028 UTC »

SINPO=22222, lots of up and down and UTE QRM with the noise.

027- Hearing spooky sounding music under the noise.
028- Recording of OM talking and laughing.
029- OM and YL spoken word (clips from shows?) over mellow music.
033- Some sound effects (tones) with spoken word over music. Maybe an ID repeated several times rapidly by OM.
034- Pop/rock sounding tune with vocals (YL?)
036- Recording of OM saying something over and over and then laughing.

049- Data.
052- Recording of OM, maybe repeating an ID at first?
052- Rock tune with OM singer.

Lots of mashup and samples, with sound effects and tunes.

141

General Radio Discussion / First COVID-Related Toilet Paper Shortages, and Now an Anti-Charmin Pirate?

« on: April 28, 2021, 0118 UTC »

I wonder if they QSL? Mr. Whipple says don't squeeze...

www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/03/31/activists-protest-p-g-pirate-radio-broadcast-kenwood-towne-centre/4829599001/

142

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 3185 USB 0430 UTC 25 Apr 2021

« on: April 25, 2021, 0434 UTC »

430- Instrumental music under the noise.

143

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Radio Madre de Dios (presumed) 4950 AM 320 UTC 2 April 2021

« on: April 03, 2021, 0326 UTC »

SINPO=22332.

320 -"Noelia" by Nino Bravo.
322- "Romeo Y Julieta" by Karina.

144

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Difusora Acreana 4885 AM 310 UTC 2 April 2021

« on: April 03, 2021, 0317 UTC »

Nice signal from this Brazilian station tonight, SINPO=44333.

Pop music in Portuguese with very occasional announcements.

145

European Pirates and Private Stations / The Vault 6985 AM 2323 UTC 31 Mar 2021

« on: March 31, 2021, 2325 UTC »

SINPO-34322, up and down, but peaks are decent. Not as strong a signal as last night, but still decent copy here.

2323- "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Sinéad O'Connor.
2327- "Let's Go" by The Cars.
2333- "Diamonds Are Forever" by Shirley Bassey.
2336- "Harvest For The World" by The Isley Brothers.
2340- "The Days of Pearly Spencer" by David McWilliams.
2345- "Magic Smile" by Rosie Vela.
2347- "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" by Kate Bush.
2349- "I Got You" by Split Enz.
2353- "Moi...Lolita" by Alizée.
2357- "Linger" by The Cranberries.
0002- Couldn't ID tune.
0005- "Foxey Lady" by Jimmy Hendrix.

Thanks for some across-the-pond entertainment, Vaultkeeper!

146

QSLs Received / Ultra Shortwave eQSL 21 Feb 2021

« on: February 27, 2021, 1640 UTC »

Thanks to DJ Ultra for the eQSL!

147

Longwave Loggings / Radio Algeria Chaîne 3 on 252 khz at 210 UTC

« on: January 29, 2021, 0215 UTC »

Hearing OMs in what sounds like Arabic, not French, tonight (speaking rapidly) with minimal QRN for LW, and just an occasional beacon or similar intermittent beep from an adjacent frequency. Fades in an out, but relatively clear channel tonight.

148

MW Loggings / Mix of CKZW (Montreal) and CINA (Mississauga) 1650 khz 150 UTC 29 Jan 2021

« on: January 29, 2021, 0204 UTC »

Hearing two low power Canadian stations dueling on 1650 tonight. Sometimes its Jewish programming in French from CKZW (1 kw nighttime) and other times, even more clearly, it's South Asian (Hindi perhaps) programming, music and ads from CINA (0.68 kw nighttime).  Interesting finds on this top end of the MW band these days.

149

MW Loggings / WSJP 1640 Sussex, WI 220 UTC 28 Jan 2021

« on: January 28, 2021, 0230 UTC »

SINPO=24232.

220- Hearing this 1 kw (nighttime power) religious broadcaster pretty clearly at my location 830 miles east, with a program called The Patrick Madrid Show on "Relevant Radio." Callers and commercials.

229- YL IDs show and station with telephone number, over music. Show resumes.

150

European Pirates and Private Stations / The Vault 6985 AM 1936 UTC 01 Jan 2021

« on: January 01, 2021, 1938 UTC »

SINPO=24222 at peaks right now.

1936- "Smalltown Boy" by Bronski Beat (an early MTV 80s classic).

1959- "Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones.