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North American 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

137

North American 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

138

North American 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

139

North American 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

140

North American 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

141

North American 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

142

North American 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

143

North American 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

144

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Euphoria, 6925am

« on: September 09, 2010, 2345 UTC »

RFE, 6925.0am, SINPO 35432, 9-9-10
Good strength carrier but audio level seems kind of low. Nice sounding though.

Capt. Ganja playing tunes for all us fookin' schlobs. ID at 2342z

Zane

145

North American Shortwave Pirate / Capt. Morgan SW, 6925am

« on: August 16, 2010, 0314 UTC »

Capt Morgan, 6924.6am, 8-16-10, SINPO 35432
Nice S7 peaks, but deep fades down to the the noise floor.


0254z - Hendrix - Hey Joe
0256z - KC & Sunshine - Boogie Shoes
0304z - Capt Morgan ID & email
0312z - Albert Collins - I Ain't Drunk, I'm Just Drinkin'

Zane

146

North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK Radio, 6930am

« on: July 10, 2010, 2057 UTC »

WEAK Radio, 6930.4am, 7-10-10, SINPO 25432
Not much signal, but seems to be improving slowly. Fades frequently below the noise floor.

Lotsa punk tunes with an ID at 2031z.

Z

147

North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK Radio 6930 usb

« on: July 08, 2010, 0322 UTC »

WEAK Radio, 7-8-10, 6930u, SINPO 45433
Nice signal here. Good audio with some moderate fade.

0310z - Kind of a ska sounding tuning with "see me coming" as part of the chorus
0315z - WEAK ID
0316z - 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday?

Zane

148

North American Shortwave Pirate / WLDJ 6925usb

« on: April 03, 2010, 1516 UTC »

WLDJ, 6925u, 4-3-10, SINPO 23332
Quite weak with some fade into Chicago. Also a het in there from a station up frequency. Very tough to pull out audio.

1510z - "This message from our sponsors", wacky sound clips, laughs,
1513z - WLDJ ID's from computer gen voices, both man and a woman.
1514z - Aerosmith - Walk this Way

Off at 1545z

Zane

149

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio GaGa, 6925u

« on: March 21, 2010, 1507 UTC »

On since 1427z with Talking Heads, Tom Waits, Devo, Radiohead, Queen.
Weak but fairly steady. SINPO 25342

1457z - RGG ID, then off

Zane

150

North American Shortwave Pirate / WTCR 6925u

« on: March 21, 2010, 0210 UTC »

WTCR, 6925u, 3-21-10, SINPO 55555
Really, really, strong signal tonight - hence one of my rare perfect five reports.

On at 0200z with 20th Century interval signal and ID.

Z