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North American Shortwave Pirate / WMPR, 6925AM

« on: October 24, 2009, 1814 UTC »

WMPR, 10/24/09, 6924.85am, SINPO 25432
Just coming on with the dance party!
Fades between S0 and S5

ID at 1809z

Z

1277

North American Shortwave Pirate / The Crystal Ship, 6876am

« on: October 24, 2009, 1341 UTC »

TCS, 6876.2AM, 10/24/09, SINPO 25422
S1 signal and fades just below the noise floor. Sounds like a Halloween show. Signal is slowly weakening

1316z - Watch the Skies on Halloween
1318z - Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
1326z - Pretty sure I heard Juliana Montana
1331z - Edgar Allan Poe - The Raven
Signal has picked up to S8 on peaks
1336z - They're coming to take me away
1338z - Juliana - "You are listening to the Crystal Ship - This is pirate radio"
1339z - CCR - Bad Moon Rising (S2-S7)

Zane

1278

North American Shortwave Pirate / Cupid Radio, 15070.5 AM

« on: October 11, 2009, 1408 UTC »

Cupid Radio (Netherlands), 15070.5AM, 10/11/09, SINPO 14331
Very weak but actually better than last weeks transmission. Op running only 150W and aimed towards S. America. N. America transmission from 1430z - 1530z

1340z - ID
1345z - Four Tops - I'll be There

Zane

1279

North American Shortwave Pirate / WTCR, 6925u

« on: October 11, 2009, 0137 UTC »

WTCR, 6925u , 10/11/09, SINPO 25542
Very weak for WTCR, but audio is fairly steady.
Get your skinny tie out - all 80's

0118z - ID
0122z - Soft Cell - Tainted Love
0124z - Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
0128z - Patty Smyth - Goodbye to You
0132z - The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another
0134z - Billy Idol - Dancing with Myself

Z

1280

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925 (usb) Voice Of The Robot

« on: October 11, 2009, 0013 UTC »

Voice of the Robot, 6925u, 10/10/09 SINPO 25532
Mostly faded near the noise floor, but some nice fade-ups to around S5 in Chicago.

Sign on and ID at 2343z - "Attention - Attention - This is the Voice of the Robot"
Sounded like the theme from Lost in Space.

2344z - Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
2348z - Rick Derringer - Rock & Roll Houchie Coo
2352z - Lennon - Imagine
2355z - ID again - seems to be Voice of the Robots
0001z - very difficult to hear now - mostly at or below the noise floor.

Audio from start of show: http://download.yousendit.com/Y1RwMFhnaFI3N0R2Wmc9PQ

Please QSL - ZaneRadio, POB 878, Downers Grove,IL 60515

Z

1281

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio GaGa, show & SSTV

« on: October 10, 2009, 2246 UTC »

Radio GaGa, 6925u 10/10/09, SINPO 25543

ID at 2240z then off with SSTV

   

Z

1282

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6900.1 AM WSTH

« on: October 10, 2009, 2144 UTC »

WSTH is 15531 into Chicago. Quiet enough for a sync lock and some audio. Version with a violin at 2144z

Z

1283

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMPR 6955 AM 1349z

« on: October 10, 2009, 1426 UTC »

WMPR, 10/10/09, 6955.2AM, SINPO 25543
Signal is medium to weak, but a quiet morning here gives it a better overall quality. Unusual to hear a different music set from WMPR.

1421z - ID, bit of a song, "Thanks for tuning into WMPR, Micro Power Radio" then off

Too bad I tuned in late - seemed like a very different WMPR show

Z

1284

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMPR 6955 AM 2010z

« on: October 04, 2009, 2031 UTC »

WMPR, 6955.2AM, 10/4/09, SINPO 35443
Nice signal this afternoon. Could not hear today's earlier show.

ID at 2016z

Not long after the ID, the signal faded below the noise floor

Faded back in at 2025z with another ID
"WMPR - 6955 - "You're Invited" 35422

2037z - very deep, slow fades today. A few minutes at the noise floor then a few minutes of S7 signal.

Thanks for the show WMPR!

Zane

1285

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ga Ga 6925 USB 1415z

« on: October 04, 2009, 1431 UTC »

Hearing RGG nicely into Chicago. As high as S6 at sign-on around 1416z. Steadily weakening to S1
with Eddy Grant's Electric Avenue. Zep's Communication breakdown at 1429z as the signal continues
to fade to the noise floor.

6924.9u
10/3/09
SINPO 25443

Z

1286

HF Beacons / Re: New 12889.7 Dasher Testing

« on: October 03, 2009, 2035 UTC »

Hearing the dasher here in Chicago as of 2035z on 10/3

Z

1287

North American Shortwave Pirate / Cupid Radio - Netherlands - 15070.5AM

« on: October 03, 2009, 1601 UTC »

Cupid Radio, 10/3/09, 15070.5AM, SINPO 154221
Extremely weak into Chicago, but enough for a sync lock and some audio to come through every now and then.

1542z - CCR - Have you ever seen the rain
1543z - Cat Stevens - Wild World
1550z - Cupid Radio ID
1555z - CCR - Bad Moon Rising

Zane

1288

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Iron Man Radio, 6925 U, 0000

« on: October 03, 2009, 1414 UTC »

IronMan Radio, 6925u, 10/3/09, SINPO 35433
Pretty nice signal into Chicago. Hearing Scruffy Swab and his Halloween special show very well.

ID at 0007z

Audio http://download.yousendit.com/Y1RyYkJ0WkJrWTljR0E9PQ

Zane

1289

North American Shortwave Pirate / WMPR 6925am

« on: August 31, 2009, 0341 UTC »

WMPR, 8/31/09, 6925.2am, SINPO 35422
Good signal with deep fades. Usual great dance mix.

0232z - ID
0239z - signal picking up nicely
0322z - still there with a good signal.
0338z - Extremely weak now - actually thought the show ended, but just caught another ID. Being beat up by 6915 too.

Thanks for the Sunday night show!


8 min file: http://download.yousendit.com/cmcxeVdqayt0TWswTVE9PQ

1 min file: http://download.yousendit.com/cmcxeVdnNDQ5eFUwTVE9PQ

Z

1290

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Channel Z 6925 USB 1434z

« on: August 29, 2009, 1544 UTC »

Channel Z, 6925.1AM, 8/29/09, SINPO 15331

Super weak into Chicago with some bits of music and OP's voice which I recognize as Channel Z.

1540z - clear ID with op talking about previous songs ("...my favorite album") plus email and snail mail addresses. Still quite weak.

Zane