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901

North American Shortwave Pirate / YHWH 7475 AM 0225 UTC 10 OCT 2022

« on: October 10, 2022, 0227 UTC »

Very weak direct, not even 1/10 on the meter.

0225 UTC-Below the noise, carrier detectable in SSB

902

North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 6960 AM 2341 UTC 9 OCT 2022

« on: October 09, 2022, 2342 UTC »

S9+40 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.

2341 UTC-ON
2341 UTC-Are 'Friends' Electric? by Tubeway Army
2344 UTC-Dogs barking over the music
2345 UTC-WDOG station ID
2345 UTC-Day Tripper by The Beatles
2347 UTC-Station ID
2347 UTC-We Can Work It Out by The Beatles
2350 UTC-Rain by The Beatles
2352 UTC-Talking about The Beatles
2353 UTC-Paperback Writer by The Beatles
2355 UTC-Tomorrow Never Knows by The Beatles
2358 UTC-Run For Your Life by The Beatles
0000 UTC-If I Needed Someone by The Beatles
0003 UTC-Got to Get You Into My Life by The Beatles
0005 UTC-Wait by The Beatles

903

Latin American Pirate / UNID (Brazil) 7580 AM 0445 UTC 9 OCT 2022

« on: October 09, 2022, 0448 UTC »

Below the noise with the PY2GN KiwiSDR.

0445 UTC-Weak music

904

North American Shortwave Pirate / Sycko Radio 6935 USB 0340 UTC 9 OCT 2022

« on: October 09, 2022, 0347 UTC »

S5 with the Raleigh, NC KiwiSDR.

0346 UTC-You Are My Destiny by Kvartet 4M
0347 UTC-Sycko Radio ID
0347 UTC-Unknown oldies music
0350 UTC-Mr. Sycko talking over strange sounds, someone else talking and giving an ID, it looks like we have one listener, it is Shortwave_listener (thanks!)
0353 UTC-Hey Monstro (Keep Your Big Mouth Shut) by Los Monstrous
0355 UTC-Station ID
0355 UTC-Terror by The Grippers
0402 UTC-Station ID over halloween music
0405 UTC-Hello to listeners on the HFU (thanks!)
0436 UTC-Give Me a Reason by Selofan

905

North American Shortwave Pirate / Two Dog Radio 4185 USB 0252 UTC 9 OCT 2022

« on: October 09, 2022, 0253 UTC »

Peaking at 2/10 on the meter direct. Lots of local QRM. SSB tuning on my receiver too drifty to identify any music.

0252 UTC-Hard rock?
0254 UTC-Deep fade, almost lost
0255 UTC-Signal recovered, more rock music
0301 UTC-OFF?

906

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Pushka 6920 AM 0232 UTC 9 OCT 2022

« on: October 09, 2022, 0233 UTC »

S7 with the Northern Utah KiwiSDR.

0232 UTC-Weak music
0239 UTC-GONE
0331 UTC-S9 carrier on 6919.95 kHz with no modulation on the KPH KiwiSDR in California
0610 UTC-Still an unmodulated carrier

907

North American Shortwave Pirate / YHWH 7475 AM 0231 UTC 9 OCT 2022

« on: October 09, 2022, 0232 UTC »

S9+10 with the Northern Utah KiwiSDR. In the noise direct, occasionally reaching 1/10 on the meter.

0231 UTC-Religious talk

908

Latin American Pirate / UNID (Brazil) 7995.5 AM 0014 UTC 9 OCT 2022

« on: October 09, 2022, 0018 UTC »

S5 with the Northwest Ireland KiwiSDR.

0014 UTC-Music
0015 UTC-OFF mid song

909

Latin American Pirate / Los Santos Rock Radio via UNID (Brazil) 7500 AM 2302 UTC 8 OCT 2022

« on: October 08, 2022, 2304 UTC »

Exact frequency is 7499.9 kHz. S9+20 with the PY2GN KiwiSDR in Brazil. Horrible QRM from Peskies.

2302 UTC-Livin' On a Prayer by Bon Jovi
0445 UTC-Still going, Radio Ga Ga by Queen
0448 UTC-Station ID by YL, missed the beginning “?? Rock Radio”
0448 UTC-Rock'n Me by Steve Miller Band
0451 UTC-“?? Make the world go around as much as power pop hits do”
0451 UTC-Advertisement for a weight loss product (everything in English tonight)
0452 UTC-ID, still can’t make it out
0452 UTC-Other weird sound bytes in English
0452 UTC-Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins
0455 UTC-DJ talking in English, maybe a relay of an online radio station?
0456 UTC-The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) by Greg Kihn Band
0458 UTC-Fake advertising?
0500 UTC-ID as Los Santos Rock Radio
0500 UTC-I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man) by Kenny Loggins
0506 UTC-Fake news
1552 UTC-Still going!
2320 UTC-GONE

I had to google this bizarre station, and apparently it is a relay of a station from Grand Theft Auto: https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Los_Santos_Rock_Radio

910

General Radio Discussion / Active Shortwave Pirates (North America) September 2022

« on: October 08, 2022, 0513 UTC »

This is a list I have compiled based on loggings here on the HFU. It shows all the identified North American shortwave pirates heard in the month of September 2022. Note that many stations use multiple names so determining the number of actual transmitters in use is impossible. Some stations are also active so infrequently that they may not have been logged in September but may broadcast in the future. Stations are listed alphabetically and show the station name followed by the number of loggings in September 2022.

All Vinyl Radio 1
BallSmacker Radio 5
Barracuda 1
B Side Radio 2
Cellophane Radio 1
Clever Name Radio 2
CQEW Radio 1
Fork It 1
FOXY AM 2
Insane Radio 2
ION Radio 5
Johnson Radio 1
KDOG 1
Locomotive Radio 3
Not The BBC 3
Outhouse Radio 8
Pee Wee 2
Pigmeat Radio 1
Radio Free Whatever 1
Radio Free Whatever 2
Radio Genix 2
Radio Station EXP 1
Russian Retard Radio 1
Solid Rock Radio 2
Sycko Radio 6
Thunder Chicken Radio 11
Truth Radio International 7
Two Dog Radio 1
Two Dog Radio 2
Underdog 1
UNID 45
UNID Radio 1
WANK 4
Wasteland Radio 1
WBLR 1
WBOG 2
WDOG 5
WENO 1
WHIZ 2
WJAN 2
Wolverine Radio 2
WPOD 1
WTF Radio Worldwide 3
WWWW The Drunk Fox 5
Yeah Man Radio 4
YHWH 5
Zeeky (many station names used) 5

Mediumwave:
Shortwave 1710 24 hours per day since August 30

911

North American Shortwave Pirate / Two Dog Radio 6920 USB 0408 UTC 8 OCT 2022

« on: October 08, 2022, 0409 UTC »

S5 with the Raleigh, NC KiwiSDR.

0408 UTC-Unknown music
0513 UTC-Two Dog Radio ID and email twodogradio@gmail.com

912

North American Shortwave Pirate / Sycko Radio 6925 USB 0331 UTC 8 OCT 2022

« on: October 08, 2022, 0333 UTC »

S5 with the Raleigh, NC KiwiSDR. SINPO 44444

0331 UTC-The Final Countdown by Europe
0333 UTC-Sycko Radio ID over the music
0338 UTC-Mr. Sycko on the mic, talking about the music
0338 UTC-Back In Black by AC/DC
0342 UTC-Running on a battery because the power is out, see how long it takes before the battery runs out, this broadcast is brought to you by gas at $4.50/gallon, station ID
0343 UTC-Paradise City by Guns N' Roses
0350 UTC-Talking about the battery, there were some weird postings on the Radio Asylum
0351 UTC-Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
0356 UTC-Power is 14 watts peaking at 15, going to play some Alice Cooper on Sycko Radio
0357 UTC-Poison by Alice Cooper
0401 UTC-Canned station ID
0402 UTC-Rebel Yell by Billy Idol
0406 UTC-Power is now 13 watts
0419 UTC-Station ID
0419 UTC-Cum On Feel the Noize by Quiet Riot
0424 UTC-Station ID, running a little SDR based transmitter, has been very successful using that transmitter, running on backup, normal power is 20 watts, still sitting at 13 watts
0426 UTC-Fantasy by Aldo Nova
0437 UTC-Hello to listeners on the HFU, thanks!
0500 UTC-Robot 36 SSTV
0501 UTC-OFF

913

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6960 USB 0330 UTC 8 OCT 2022

« on: October 08, 2022, 0331 UTC »

S3 with the Raleigh, NC KiwiSDR.

0330 UTC-The Four Horsemen by Metallica
0348 UTC-Scottie 2 SSTV, missed most of it
0348 UTC-OFF

914

North American Shortwave Pirate / YHWH 7475 AM 0253 UTC 8 OCT 2022

« on: October 08, 2022, 0254 UTC »

Very weak reception direct, not even registering on the meter.

0253 UTC-Weak talk on the signal peaks
0302 UTC-GONE

915

Latin American Pirate / UNID (Brazil?) 7995.5 AM 0155 UTC 8 OCT 2022

« on: October 08, 2022, 0201 UTC »

Exact frequency is 7995.52 kHz and drifting slightly. Weak signals in North America, Brazil, and Ireland but I can’t get a very good signal anywhere.

0155 UTC-Unknown music, very weak
0337 UTC-Signal suddenly very messy then OFF


Transmission quality change at 0337 UTC.