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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6940 KC AM 05:08 UTC MAY 26 2014
« on: May 26, 2014, 0540 UTC »
6935usb is still XLR-8. Clear ID at 0534.
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Looks like I've become an old fart. Thanks for letting me know. I've been waiting my whole life for somebody to let me know.
I have a learning disability. I am unable to learn or recognize artists or song titles produced anytime after about 1989-- or 1994 on a really good day.
Yes, it's a difficult problem to live with, but I get by the best I can.
Your point may well be valid when applied to a local FM audience... but the shortwave audience is mostly confined to old farts like me, and our tastes seem to be similar. Most of us like going down memory lane. New and unfamiliar sounds may be frightening to us old codgers.
Another problem is the difficulty in getting educated in newer music. (See 'learning disability' discussed earlier.) Since, as you say, no one is playing it, how am I supposed to know what isn't being played that I should be playing?
(Perhaps it would help for me to hookup with some 22-year old, so she could educate me. Afterwards, she could play me her music...)
"critical radio communications" = corporate advertising revenues
I think maybe some of these pirates ought to contact their nearest "patriot militia" to help them defend their property and their rights! No reason Federal marshalls should be the only parties present with guns, IMHO.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6935 USB 0425 UTC May 26, 2014
« on: May 26, 2014, 0438 UTC »
Hearing XLR8 playing some punk music. Deep fades, but peaks S-7 to S-9.
Mostly around S-5.
Sounds a little like Dead Kennedys at 0438, but I couldn't say if it is or not.
Thanks for the late show!
Still going with "XLR-8" ID at 0534 UTC. Weaker now but clear ID.
More like 'new age' or 'space music' playing now....
Mostly around S-5.
Sounds a little like Dead Kennedys at 0438, but I couldn't say if it is or not.
Thanks for the late show!
Still going with "XLR-8" ID at 0534 UTC. Weaker now but clear ID.
More like 'new age' or 'space music' playing now....
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 03:55 UTC MAY 6 2014
« on: May 26, 2014, 0415 UTC »
Getting music at 0405-0415, but buried in the noise...
just enough to be able to tell it's there, but can't ID anything..
just enough to be able to tell it's there, but can't ID anything..
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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925AM, 5/19/14, 0331u
« on: May 19, 2014, 0337 UTC »
Hearing techno music, nice S-9+ peaks on signal at 0337 UTC....
Into Duran Duran at 0339 - 'View to a kill'
'Nobody does it better' @ 0343....
National anthem at 0346. Off at 0347.
Into Duran Duran at 0339 - 'View to a kill'
'Nobody does it better' @ 0343....
National anthem at 0346. Off at 0347.
530
General Radio Discussion / Re: FCC news via Free Radio Weakly, Pirate Menace in NYC
« on: May 17, 2014, 2233 UTC »
The pirate 'problem' in NYC is the obvious result of the FCC having too much money!
It should be obvious to any winger that it can *only* be solved by cutting the FCC's budget!
(What is King, some kind of socialist?!)
It should be obvious to any winger that it can *only* be solved by cutting the FCC's budget!
(What is King, some kind of socialist?!)
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: MAC Shortwave 6950.4 AM 2200 UTC 17 May 2014
« on: May 17, 2014, 2231 UTC »
MAC Shortwave on 6950.4 kHz AM, 6/17/14
2223- playing big band music
2226 clear ID "MAC Shortwave, and I'm Jimmy Stewart", talk about Glen Miller
macshortwave@gmail.com
about S-7 here, peaks at S-8. Nice to hear you, MAC!
2223- playing big band music
2226 clear ID "MAC Shortwave, and I'm Jimmy Stewart", talk about Glen Miller
macshortwave@gmail.com
about S-7 here, peaks at S-8. Nice to hear you, MAC!
532
General Radio Discussion / Re: If I ever decide to do any pirating...
« on: May 15, 2014, 0420 UTC »IMHO... If anyone does pirate radio and uses anything other than INDY music they are just asking for trouble... Come on folks there are thousands of INDY folks that are in need of air time but never get it... EVER!
If the pirates insist on playing the 'same old same old' they are just commercial broadcasters that don't have the intestinal fortitude to be what they should be... independent of the mainstream...
Sure playing old 60'. 70's. 80's et al is fine but commercial broadcasters do that just fine ( within certain constraints)
My thing is... lets hear something NEW!!! Using the Doors 'Crystal ship' (No offence to the 'Crystal Ship', is pure BS! Let's hear something new and original... No covers and NO same old same old because it make YOU SOUND LIKE THEM WITHOUT COMMERCIALS.
There are thousands of new groups & people out there that would love to hear their music on the air but no one lets it happen!!!
Please understand it is NOT my wish to offend anyone but... Let's hear something new for a change... other-wise we are just stuck in the past and that is the gig of the 'old fart' generation...
If this post gets me s**t canned, so be it but someone needs to say this...
Let's move on to the next generation of music... because to live in the past is to die...
73 Vince KA1IIC
Looks like I've become an old fart. Thanks for letting me know. I've been waiting my whole life for somebody to let me know.
I have a learning disability. I am unable to learn or recognize artists or song titles produced anytime after about 1989-- or 1994 on a really good day.
Yes, it's a difficult problem to live with, but I get by the best I can.
Your point may well be valid when applied to a local FM audience... but the shortwave audience is mostly confined to old farts like me, and our tastes seem to be similar. Most of us like going down memory lane. New and unfamiliar sounds may be frightening to us old codgers.
Another problem is the difficulty in getting educated in newer music. (See 'learning disability' discussed earlier.) Since, as you say, no one is playing it, how am I supposed to know what isn't being played that I should be playing?
(Perhaps it would help for me to hookup with some 22-year old, so she could educate me. Afterwards, she could play me her music...)
533
General Radio Discussion / Re: If I ever decide to do any pirating...
« on: May 13, 2014, 2122 UTC »
Five years is better than nothing.
It would also be a nice surprise I think, coming long after the listener had given up getting anything.
It would also be a nice surprise I think, coming long after the listener had given up getting anything.
534
Huh? / Re: Penguins aren't the only starfish in the sea
« on: May 07, 2014, 0417 UTC »
They were bubblegum before we knew they were bubblegum.
535
Huh? / Re: Forget the tinfoil hat...
« on: May 04, 2014, 1952 UTC »
But what if you're carrying a Johnson Viking II in your pocket?
Good thing I'm not trying to reproduce any more
(and no smartass comments from the peanut gallery)
Good thing I'm not trying to reproduce any more
(and no smartass comments from the peanut gallery)
536
General Radio Discussion / Re: Boston Pirates BETTER Than First Thought
« on: May 04, 2014, 1949 UTC »
Pirate radio stations are the modern "Sons of Liberty" !
(I have modified the subject line...)
(I have modified the subject line...)
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General Radio Discussion / Re: Radio Equipment Seized From Three Illegal Radio Stations in Greater Boston
« on: April 23, 2014, 1616 UTC »
"It is a public safety hazard for illegal radio stations to broadcast, potentially interfering with critical radio communications"
"critical radio communications" = corporate advertising revenues
I think maybe some of these pirates ought to contact their nearest "patriot militia" to help them defend their property and their rights! No reason Federal marshalls should be the only parties present with guns, IMHO.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Cool AM, 6955U, 0315Z, 4-19-14
« on: April 19, 2014, 0355 UTC »
Got it faint in Lansing, MI, about S-4 with some S-5 peaks. From 0330...
Light jazz.
Light jazz.
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General Radio Discussion / Re: FCC and Federal Marshals Seized Pirate Radio Stations in New York City
« on: April 16, 2014, 0720 UTC »
"may have caused significant interference to licensed stations"
Clearly they did-- if they were selling advertising.
Clearly they did-- if they were selling advertising.
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General Radio Discussion / Re: Strangest place you ever took your radio?
« on: April 10, 2014, 1920 UTC »
The Mens room at Sky Harbor International.
Naw, I wasn't trying to listen in there, but I did have it with me
Naw, I wasn't trying to listen in there, but I did have it with me
