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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Channel 94 6950 USB 0158 UTC 16 MAR 2024

« on: March 16, 2024, 0258 UTC »

Decent signal in western NY, but with some noise tonight. First time I've heard this operator.

0249z "All I Wanna Do"
0253z "Channel 94" ID
0300z Seems like it left the air after mentioning "Channel 94 Shortwave several times.


Drake R8B, 600 foot longwire

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0101 UTC 16 MAR 2024

« on: March 16, 2024, 0255 UTC »

Caught the tail end of Ball Smacker Radio at 0244z, fair signal into western NY.  Then off. 

Drake R8B, 600 foot long wire

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blind Dog Blues Radio 6925 USB 0310 UTC 09 MAR 2024

« on: March 09, 2024, 0354 UTC »

Fair signal in western New York, best on west wire, poor on southeast wire. First time I've heard this one. 

0342 UTC "Blind Dog Radio", then two old Delta blues numbers, Robert Johnson?
0353 UTC "Blind Dog Radio". I think he also said "blues concert", followed by "Won't You Come Home, Bill Bailey"
0358 UTC  After a final song, another blues number I can't think of the name of (also played by Jerry Garcia), this last announcement: "I'm outta here!".
0359 UTC  SSTV sounds


Drake R8B, two longwires
PSE QSL  jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Damn Skippy 6950 USB 0420 25 February 2024

« on: February 25, 2024, 0515 UTC »

Poor on 6950 in western NY, "Ghost Riders" ar 0514.  "Rawhide" at 0518. Best on SE wire, not as good on the W wire,

Drake R8B, longwires

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6945 was 6950 USB 2116 UTC 24 FEB 2024

« on: February 24, 2024, 2258 UTC »

Yes, noted loud and clear in western NY at 2241 on 6945 khz, with music I don't recognize, including one by the Decemberists, several IDs as "Radio Free Whatever.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wasteland Radio 6950 USB 0027 UTC 13 NOV 2023

« on: November 13, 2023, 0151 UTC »

Old blues at 0142 UTC on 6950.  Good signal, but hammered by noise and static.  Listening at Cappahayden Newfoundland. 

WellBrook Loop, Perseus SDR

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WENO Shortwave 6935 USB 2306 UTC 12 NOV 2023

« on: November 12, 2023, 2316 UTC »

Being heard in Cappahayden, Newfoundland at 2314 UTC. Odd sounding electronic stuff. Very noisy here, and now a haunting vocal.
WellBrook Loop. Perseus SDR. At 2319 UTC, ID as "WENO" into a song with Asian strings, then into a vocal.

WellBrook Loop, Perseus SDR
PSE QSL jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WREC 6950 USB 1538 UTC 12 Nov 2023

« on: November 12, 2023, 2229 UTC »

Heard at 2212 UTC in Cappahayden, Newfoundland. Good signal, but a lot of propagational noise

2106 UTC "Teenager in Love"
2211 UTC. Pitch to join ACE.
2212 UTC. Free East Coast Radio ID, reports to POB 1 Belfast NY, with three first class stamps.
WREC at WRECradio@aol.com
2219 UTC. "Pirate's Life for Me"

Jim Renfrew
DXing from Cappahayden, NL, Canada
WellBrook Loop, Perseus SDR
PSE QSL jim(dot)renfrew(at)Gmail(dot)com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Bad Time Radio via TRI 6930 AM 2102 UTC 12 NOV 2023

« on: November 12, 2023, 2123 UTC »

Poor signal on a first-time antenna in Cappahayden Newfoundland.

2115 UTC.  "Happy" by P. Williams

Wellbrook Loop just set up, Perseus SDR. Noisy tonight.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6935 AM 0124 UTC 14 Oct 2023

« on: October 14, 2023, 0146 UTC »

Radio Esoterica fair signal in western NY

0138 UTC   ID as Radio Esoterica, with postal address in Massachusetts, POB 146, couldn't get the rest
0140 UTC   Seems to mention that this is a Radio Esoterica re-broadcast by NAPRS
0143 UTC   Song lyric: "die, die, die"
0148 UTC   ID as "Radio Esoterica", mention of Cameroon
0149 UTC   African Hi-Life music
0157 UTC   Seems to be final announcements, mentioning Radio Esoterica rebroadcast by NAPRS, address POB 146 xxxx MA 02180 (sorry, not enough treble in the sound quality to hear the name of the town. Requesting postal QSL reports, and also reports on HFU

Pretty hard to hear the DJ

This is my 100th post on HFU

Pse QSL, mucho thanks!

Drake R8B, 600 feet long wire west
jim(dot)renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sycko Radio 6930 USB 0110 UTC 14 OCT 2023

« on: October 14, 2023, 0127 UTC »

6930 USB strong in western NY

0125 UTC   Sounds like Halloween rock songs,
0128 UTC   Frankenstein transmitter problems tonight
0132 UTC   Psycho Radio Production
0133 UTC   "The Mad Goat Man"

, Friday the 13th show, just didn't pan out

Drake R8B, 600 ft long wire west
Jim(dot)Renfrew(at)gmail(dot)com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0057 UTC 14 OCT 2023

« on: October 14, 2023, 0116 UTC »

6960 USB very strong in western NY

0114 UTC   "I Can't fight you anymore"
0115 UTC   "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch"
0118 UTC   "Satisfaction"
0122 UTC   ID as "Ballsmacker Radio" and bowling pins sfx

Drake R8B, 600 ft. long wire west
jim(dot)Renfrew (at) gmail (dot) com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 0005 UTC 14 Oct 2023

« on: October 14, 2023, 0112 UTC »

6950 USB strong signal in western NY

0104 UTC   Hendrix, then seems to be off 0110 UTC

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Peskies / Re: Spanish UNID 6925 LSB 2318 UTC 112 OCT 2023

« on: October 12, 2023, 2353 UTC »

Thanks, there are at least three others of these tonight, but the first one almost seemed like a program, not a phone call. 

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Peskies / Spanish UNID 6925 LSB 2318 UTC 112 OCT 2023

« on: October 12, 2023, 2328 UTC »

From time to time I hear what seem to be marine communications in Spanish in the lower end of the 6900-7000 band.  But this one is surprisingly good in western New York, seems like a speech or commentary, or maybe a phone call? Could be a program? Does not seem to be a two-way conversation, though maybe two men at the same microphone? Anyone know what this might be? I'm not a good judge of Spanish accents, but might hazard a guess that this is Castillian Spanish.