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Shortwave Pirate / Cupid Radio, 15070 am

« on: March 13, 2011, 1725 UTC »

Cupid Radio, 15070am, 3-13-11, SINPO 24432
S3 on peaks with some noise and fade. Thanks very much for the shout!

1732z - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1735z - CCR - Bad Moon Rising

Zane

107

Shortwave Pirate / Liquid Radio, 6925.1 am

« on: March 13, 2011, 0537 UTC »

Liquid Radio, 6925.1am, 3-13-11, SINPO 35423
Really strong signal from Liquid Radio into Chicago - S8 on peaks but deep fades right to the noise floor. Unusual for me to hear Liquid on this antenna.

ID for the FM and SW station at 0520z.

Audio w/ ID: http://rcpt.yousendit.com/1066911091/3fec9bce5628e3c94d27f4f0d9e113a4

Zane

108

Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925u, 0230z+

« on: March 04, 2011, 0315 UTC »

Station playing a wide variety of tunes without ID. Police, The Cult, Smashmouth, Chili Peppers and more.
Pretty good audio - very slow fade. S5 on peaks (as of 0315z), then down to the noise floor.

Zane

109

Shortwave Pirate / The Crystal Ship 6815am

« on: February 27, 2011, 2208 UTC »

TCS, 6815.5am, 2-27-11, SINPO 45444
Very nice S8-S9 signal for the interval signal and Soviet Anthem sign-on at 2200z.

2224z - Ahh, the Julianna ID that moves my heart.....

Zane

110

Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin SW, 6950am

« on: January 29, 2011, 1526 UTC »

Radio Ronin SW, 6949.4am, 1-29-11, SINPO 35433
Nice S8 signal into Chicago. Sign-on with interval signal at 1518z, ID, then into Foghat's "Fool for the City".

1524z - Alice Cooper - Under My Wheels

Zane

111

Shortwave Pirate / WHYP 6875am

« on: January 15, 2011, 1556 UTC »

WHYP, 6875am, 11-15-11, SINPO 35432
Little weak for WHYP, but still S7 on peaks. Deep fades down to S2.

1550z - ID - Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina.
1555z - Genesis - No Reply At All.

Z

112

Shortwave Pirate / College Bowl Shortwave, 6925u

« on: January 08, 2011, 1947 UTC »

College Bowl Shortwave, 6925u, 1-8-11, SINPO 25432
S1 with some fading down to the noise floor. Playing
fight songs of various schools with frequent ID's

1938z - playing the fight song of the Ohio State Buckeyes, then ID.

Zane

113

Shortwave Pirate / WEAK Radio 6960u

« on: January 08, 2011, 1923 UTC »

WEAK Radio, 6960u, 1-8-11, SINPO 25432
Pretty quiet conditions here helping the WEAK signal out on this end. Sounds like a mix of angry punk tunes.

ID at 1916z.

Zane

114

Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin Shortwave, 6928am

« on: January 08, 2011, 1614 UTC »

Radio Ronin SW, 6928.3am, 1-8-11, SINPO 45433
Mostly S8 signal and quiet conditions here in Chicago. Deep fades down to S2.

1559z - Radio Ronin ID, Zepplin - Stairway to Heaven.
1608z - 3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
1610z - ID, email, GNR - Sweet Child 'O Mine


Zane

115

Shortwave Pirate / The Crystal Ship, 6876am

« on: December 18, 2010, 1552 UTC »

TCS, 6876 am, 12-18-10, SINPO 45344
Nice strong S7 signal in Chicago. Usual great sounding audio.

1544z - Doors - Light My Fire
1545z - TCS ID "On the greatest pirate frequency in the history of the universe - 6876" Then info on getting into Julianna's pants.
1549z - Cheech & Chong - Santa Claus bit. "On Donder - On Blitzen - On Chewy"

Z

116

Shortwave Pirate / Liquid Radio, 6925am

« on: November 28, 2010, 0017 UTC »

Liquid Radio, 6925.3am, 11-26-10, SINPO 2534(1-2)
Stream of dance tunes from Liquid Radio since 2328z here in Chicago. ID at 0003z.

Short clip of the ID: http://www.yousendit.com/download/cEd2NnFOUnFLVlUwTVE9PQ

Zane

117

Shortwave Pirate / Radio GaGa, 6925u

« on: November 25, 2010, 1447 UTC »

Radio GaGa, 6925u, 11-25-10, SINPO 25442
S1 and fairly quiet conditions keeping RGG mostly out of the noise.

ID at 1440z

Zane

118

Shortwave Pirate / Radio Border Hunter, 15810u

« on: November 21, 2010, 1611 UTC »

Radio Border Hunter, 15810u, 11-21-10, SINPO 24432

pretty good signal into Chicago. Playing various tunes including ZZ Top, Judas Priest, Jimi Hendrix. Various shout outs to US listeners.

ID at 1544z.
off at 1616z

Zane

119

Shortwave Pirate / Channel Z, 6950am

« on: September 19, 2010, 0259 UTC »

Channel Z Radio, 6950.7am, 9-19-10, SINPO 35423
S7 on peaks with deep fades down to S1.

Channel Z op talking about J Geils Band and shoutouts to various FRN posters.

ID at 0247z.

Zane

120

Shortwave Pirate / Northwoods Radio, 6925u

« on: September 11, 2010, 1314 UTC »

Northwoods Radio, 6925.1u, 9-11-10, SINPO 35433
Slowly improving signal since 1300z with S8 peaks here in soggy Chicago this morning.

1312z - ID

Zane