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North American Shortwave Pirate / Ball Smacker 3480 AM 0440 UTC 26 Dec 2020

« on: December 26, 2020, 0445 UTC »

Encore show, SINPO=44333.

440- "Here Comes Santa Clause" by Gene Auntry
444- "O Holy Night" by Il Divo.
447- "Frosty The Snowman" by Jimmy Durante.
450- "Happy Xmas" by John Lennon & Yoko.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Ball Smacker Radio 3480 AM 0422 UTC 12 Dec 2020

« on: December 12, 2020, 0425 UTC »

Encore show by BSR.

SINPO=34333.

422- "Fire On The Mountain" by Grateful Dead.
425- "Mountain Song " Jane's Addiction.
429- OM IDs over music with mention of frequency, then bowling ball sound effects.
429- "Sugar Mountain" (live) by Neil Young.
435-"The Mountain's High" by Dick and Dee Dee.
437- YL IDs over music with email, then bowling ball sound effects.
437- "Misty Mountain Hop" by Led Zeppelin.
441- "Our Mother The Mountain" by Townes Van Zandt.
444- YL IDs over music with email, then bowling ball sound effects.
444- "Over The Mountain" by Ozzy Osbourne.
449- "Gonna Build A Mountain/Hey There" by Sammy Davis Jr.
451- YL IDs over music with email, and valid reception reports will receive an eQSL.
451- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Diana Ross.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pee Wee 6925 USB 0404 UTC 27 Nov 2020

« on: November 27, 2020, 0405 UTC »

SINPO=45433, some fading.

404- Fast blues guitar instrumental music.
407- SSTV.
409- Slow, soulful blues guitar instrumental (with some serious riffs), "Setting Sun" by BLP Brian Lucas Project.
414- SSTV.
416- More slow blues guitar instrumental music.

My money's on Damn Skippy.

154

North American Shortwave Pirate / Ball Smacker Radio 3480 AM 21 Nov 2020 0417 UTC

« on: November 21, 2020, 0423 UTC »

Encore broadcast.

SINPO=45444, strong and clear here.

417- "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" by The Platters.
418- "Have a Cigar" by Pink Floyd.
423- YL IDs.
423- "Been Smoking Too Long" by Nick Drake.
425- "Turn The Page" by Bob Seger.
430- YL gives email address.
430- "Pass The Dutchie" by Musical Youth.

Thanks BSR!

155

Longwave Loggings / BBC 4 on 198 khz

« on: October 11, 2020, 0300 UTC »

Hearing a news program from BBC on 198 khz tonight, which isn't common. Muffled audio under QRN, but can make out some details. Time pips just now at 300 UTC.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / The Vault 6985 AM 2018 UTC 6 Oct 2020

« on: October 06, 2020, 2022 UTC »

SINPO=24222 at peaks right now.

2018- Signal just peaking above noise with "Bluebird" by Paul McCartney and Wings.

Oblitterated shortly thereafter by UTE QRM, and then back stronger with spacey rock instrumental music.

2029- "I Can Hear Your Heartbeat" by Chris Rea. Signal improved considerably to SINPO=34333.

157

North American Shortwave Pirate / WWBR 6920 USB 0004 UTC 8 September 2020

« on: September 08, 2020, 0010 UTC »

SINPO=34333.

004- OM IDs with reverb, "coming from somewhere in the Great Lakes..." WWBR.
005- Into "Highway 61" but can't tell if it was Dylan or a cover version.
010- Same OM ID as at 004.
011- "Alive and Kicking" by Simple Minds.
016- OM IDs with reverb, "Pirate radio from somewhere in the Great Lakes, this is WWBR, World Wide Basement Radio."
016- "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder.
020- OM IDs, shorter, just "World Wide Basement Radio."
021- C&W song by OM, "I Don't Want No Part of It" presumed.
023- Same OM ID as at 020.
023- "Uncle Jack" by Spirit.

Still going strong, at SINPO= 44433.
146- "Everything She Wants" by Wham!
147- OM IDs, longer version.
147- "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" by The Spinners.
151- OM IDs and he IDs last song. "Hope you're having a good wind-down to your long weekend. Here's one we haven't heard for awhile." Then IDs again.
152- "No More Words" by Berlin.
155- OM IDs and then IDs last song. "Creeping up on 156 UTC." IDs next tune. IDs station again. "Having a good time here. Take care folks!"
156- "No Man's Land" by Bob Seeger. <<Fast but deep fades creeping in now>>
159- OM IDs with reverb, then brief burst of a bugle call (not reveille), and OFF.

Great, clear signal most of the time. Nicely done and thanks for the show!

158

North American Shortwave Pirate / Copycat of Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0235 UTC 18 July 2020

« on: July 18, 2020, 0237 UTC »

235- Copycat YL (synthesized) Ball Smacker Radio ID.
235- Electronic instrumental music. SINPO=33232.

242- Copycat YL (synthesized) Ball Smacker Radio ID.
243- "Dream On" Aerosmith tune, but seemingly instrumental. SINPO=13111. Losing signal.

251- Electronic music with deep bass sound.

159

QSLs Received / Mystery eQSL Not Delivered

« on: July 07, 2020, 0015 UTC »

I received an email via Anonymousemail anonymizer service on Sunday at 7:08 pm, but there was no message or attachment (just a long string of alpha-numerics). Subject line was "eQSL" but there was no indication of station.

It seems like a much appreciated attempt to eQSL failed due to an email glitch at one end or the other. Just letting the relevant operator know, in case this happened with all attempts to eQSL for whatever transmission it relates to, and so they can re-send if possible.

Thanks and 73s!
MP

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB, 0228 UTC, 2 July 20

« on: July 02, 2020, 0234 UTC »

SINPO=44222.

0228- Rock music sung by OM I can't ID. Electric guitar and old school sounding (what we'd admiringly call a "garage band" in the 80s).
0235- After about three songs, seemingly from the same band, OFF.

Pls QSL, thanks.

161

North American Shortwave Pirate / WTF Radio 6955 from 6950 USB 025 UTC 2 May 2020

« on: May 02, 2020, 0037 UTC »

WTF Radio, which moved from 6950 USB (SINPO=45444), where he had played:

Signal overtook The Captain on this frequency. Much stronger than Captain Morgan, and on USB, (so if you're hearing an AM transmission on 6950, especially not playing Jethro Tull, it's almost certainly Captain Morgan).

025- Mother Goose by Jethro Tull.
029- OM IDs as WTF Radio World Wide, broadcasting from the East Coast, presents Jethro Tull.
030- Thick as a Brick
[Lost briefly due to local QRN]
032- Really Don't Mind
034- The Poet and the Painter


Now on 6955 USB (SINPO=45444):

048- Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull
051- OM ID's WTF Radio, and that concludes Part One of Jethro Tull, and now onto Part Two. "Are we really going to do this? Ok, let's go..."
052- See There a Man is Born
055- OM says he's getting hungry. Has Smart Balance but not butter, for his english muffin.
055- Legends and Believe in the Day
104- Tales of Your Life
110- Childhood Heroes Reprise
112- OM IDs WTF Radio World Wide, from the East Coast of North America. Next going to play...only played two. Almost out of time. Here's one more for y'all.
113- Wind Up
117- OM sounds good, sounds good. Came back from break full. WTF Radio World Wide now concludes its scheduled radio programming. Thanks for listening and have a good evening.
117- Warm Sporran
120- A clip of screaming. Then Monty Python skit about being embarrassed (Michael Palin voice over).
122- Monty Python skit about The Wonderful World of Sound (Palin again).
123- Wond'ring Aloud, Again
126- Mother Goose (Just as program began on 6950 USB)
129- Off

Some noise crept in a bit toward the middle of the broadcast, but still a solid signal and very easy to copy.

Thanks for the Tull-fest! Please QSL if you are so inclined. Thanks!