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3031

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Pushka 6920 AM 0519 UTC 7 Jul 2022

« on: July 07, 2022, 0527 UTC »

Best signal (S9) with the Point Reyes, California KiwiSDR. Not audible on the W3HFU KiwiSDR. Audible on other KiwiSDR’s in and near California.

0519 UTC-SSTV?
0523 UTC-SSTV ends, tone, then another SSTV without the part at the beginning that starts the decoder
0525 UTC-Tone over the SSTV?
0526 UTC-Different SSTV sound
0529 UTC-Regular sounding SSTV
0530 UTC-Tone, next SSTV still without the start
0535 UTC-Modulated RTTY?
0537 UTC-Unknown digital mode then SSTV?
0621 UTC-Music, too weak for Shazam to ID
0623 UTC-Next unknown music
0626 UTC-Unknown Music in a foreign language?
0627 UTC-Next Unknown Music
0631 UTC-Next unknown music, not sure of what genre this is but it is modern
0641 UTC-Next unknown music

1601 UTC-It is still going this morning! More unknown music. Severe ute QRM.
1620 UTC-Station ID? Too weak to understand
1627 UTC-Station ID? Included “an event”
1638 UTC-Station ID?
1657 UTC-Unknown music
1725 UTC-Signal now very poor, fading out
1922 UTC-Still have a weak signal
2349 UTC-Still going

0112 UTC-Gone

Edit: Just listening back to my recording now at 0300 UTC. There is a clear Radio Pushka identification recorded at 1633 UTC.

3032

European MW Pirate Radio / Re: UNID RU 1663,5 AM 2229 UTC 06 Jul 2022

« on: July 06, 2022, 2335 UTC »

Exact frequency is 1663.32 kHz. Weak S9 with the SDR Plonsk KiwiSDR in Poland. Unstable carrier and no bass. What makes you think this is not just a music playing freebander? It sounds like that to me because of the unstable transmitter (typical of the Radio Hooligan freebanders) and no bass like a two way radio. A very interesting station.

2334 UTC-Poceluy Menya Udacha by Fedya Karmanov & Anatoliy Polotno
2336 UTC-Ванечка by Лера Огонёк
2339 UTC-Мы Уезжаем by Александр Розенбаум
2343 UTC-Всё, Что В Жизни Есть У Меня (Есть Ты У Меня) by Инна Маликова & Новые Самоцветы
2345 UTC-Всё, что в жизни есть у меня by ВИА Самоцветы Юрия Маликова
2347 UTC-Gorod Sochi by Sergey Trofimov
2350 UTC-Ya Lyublyu Tebya by Yan Marti
2353 UTC-П.М.Ж. by Жека

3033

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Ronalisa 6290 AM 1708 UTC 06 Jul 2022

« on: July 06, 2022, 1734 UTC »

S7 with the Northwest Ireland KiwiSDR.

1733 UTC-Jackson by Johnny Cash

3034

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB was 6925 USB 2345 UTC 5 JUL 2022

« on: July 05, 2022, 2353 UTC »

S9+10 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR. Lots of noise in the background and little bass as if someone is playing songs through a speaker into the microphone near an appliance.

2352 UTC-Best Friend by Sofi Tukker Feat. NERVO, The Knocks & ALISA UENO
2357 UTC-Sucker Punch by Sigrid
0001 UTC-On the Run by Naz Tokio
0004 UTC-Supersonic (My Existence) by Skrillex, Noisia, josh pan & Dylan Brady
0006 UTC-OFF

3035

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6925 USB 2308 UTC 5 July 2022

« on: July 05, 2022, 2323 UTC »

S7 with the W3HFU KiwiSDR. S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.

2318 UTC-Deacon Blues by Steely Dan
2325 UTC-Old Time Rock & Roll by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
2328 UTC-Cocaine by Eric Clapton
2332 UTC-OFF

3036

European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Better not here

« on: July 05, 2022, 1826 UTC »

source: THE EUROPEAN TABLE OF FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS AND APPLICATIONS IN THE
FREQUENCY RANGE 8.3 kHz to 3000 GHz (ECA TABLE):

6312 kHz (DSC distress traffice). 6312.5, 6313, 6313.5, 6331, 6331.5, 6332 kHz (DSC calling)
Maritime communications EN 300 373 Appendix 17 channeling plan. Appendix 25
allotment plan.
6215 kHz. (Radiotelephony distress and safety traffic).
6268 kHz (Telex distress traffic).
6314 kHz (Maritime Safety Information)
6765 kHz - 7000 kHz Land military systems (e.g. German Bundeswehr army mobile)
6925.5 kHz frequency used by KKN50 (CIA)

... maybe it was a reason of the complaints of German / NATO authorities

Could be. I wonder if those military communications are digital or SSB? The only legal analog communications I have heard in the 43 meter band is MARS (Military Auxiliary Radio Service-USA) and the digital stuff usually obliterates pirates. I have a hard time believing that a low power AM signal caused a problem receiving a high power digital signal. However, it could have interfered with SSB voice.

3037

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Good Times Radio 6920 AM 0149 UTC 5 Jul 2022

« on: July 05, 2022, 0528 UTC »

0159 "Hooked on a Feeling"  Blue Swede  S5

"Ooooga shaka, ooooga shaka"

Who did this originally? I knew a guy who would start cussing and ranting when the Blue Swede cover came on the radio, yelling about how they ruined a great song. I loathed the original, it was so syrupy, but liked the way Blue Swede's version gave it a swift kick in the ass.

According to a google search it was written by Mark James and originally performed by B.J. Thomas.

3038

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Good Times Radio 6920 AM 0149 UTC 5 Jul 2022

« on: July 05, 2022, 0328 UTC »

Thanks for the information! I actually created that page on 29 June 2022. I will update the page with your information. I thought it was first heard in October 2020 because I searched the HFU for “Good Times Radio” and set the search to oldest topics first and the oldest logging I found was from October 2020.

Edit: I have updated the page

3039

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Good Times Radio 6920 AM 0149 UTC 5 Jul 2022

« on: July 05, 2022, 0159 UTC »

****I have heard this loop before in past, but cannot recall station ID!!!!*****

It is the playlist of Good Times Radio
https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/index.php/Good_Times_Radio

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Good Times Radio 6920 AM 0140 UTC 5 Jul 2022

« on: July 05, 2022, 0151 UTC »

S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR. Bad fading. Much better S9 with the W3HFU KiwiSDR. 20 kHz wide audio!

0150 UTC-Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor
0153 UTC-Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins
0157 UTC-Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Swede
0200 UTC-Happy by Pharrell Williams
0204 UTC-Saturday In The Park by Chicago
0208 UTC-Feelin' Stronger Every Day by Chicago
0212 UTC-Make Me Smile by Chicago
0215 UTC-Wishing You Were Here by Chicago
0220 UTC-OFF

3041

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950 USB 0116 UTC 5 Jul 2022

« on: July 05, 2022, 0117 UTC »

S9+20 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.

0116 UTC-ON
0116 UTC-America (Live) by Simon & Garfunkel
0120 UTC-Stateside by Tin Machine
0126 UTC-A Horse With No Name by America
0133 UTC-Home On The Range by Roy Rogers
0136 UTC-Stronger Every Day by Chicago
0140 UTC-OFF

3042

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0049 UTC 5 July 2022

« on: July 05, 2022, 0112 UTC »

S9 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.

0111 UTC-Dark Eyes by The Apaches
0113 UTC-Unknown instrumental music
0137 UTC-OFF

Nice music!

3043

North American Shortwave Pirate / Stoner Int. Radio (Zeeky) 6933 USB 0104 UTC 5 Jul 2022

« on: July 05, 2022, 0104 UTC »

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3044

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6973 then 6975 AM 0027 UTC 5 July 2022

« on: July 05, 2022, 0040 UTC »

Exact frequency is now 6974.89 kHz. QRM from digital on the LSB. Weak S5 with the W3HFU KiwiSDR. S9+10 with the K3FEF KiwiSDR.

0040 UTC-Unknown music
0042 UTC-Unknown instrumental music
0048 UTC-Next unknown instrumental music
0055 UTC-Next unknown instrumental music
0100 UTC-Next unknown instrumental music
0146 UTC-More unknown instrumental music
0352 UTC-Still going, haven’t heard an ID yet
0442 UTC-Gone

3045

QSLs Received / Captain Morgan Shortwave QSL policy?

« on: July 04, 2022, 1902 UTC »

Does anyone know if Captain Morgan still QSL’s? I have sent multiple reception reports to captainmorganshortwave@gmail.com and have revived no reply. The most recent eQSL I have found on this forum from Captain Morgan is this one https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,57141.msg199473.html#msg199473  from August 2019. I have heard Captain Morgan give their email address over the air recently so I would think they are still offering QSL’s. Has anyone revived a reply from him recently or know what his policy on QSL’s is?