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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6960 USB 0026 UTC 9 Aug 2020

« on: August 09, 2020, 0141 UTC »

Big signal into Houston, TX. +20

Thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Robin Hood Radio 6930 USB 0133 utc 21 June 2020

« on: June 21, 2020, 0141 UTC »

Lots of static here in Houston.

01:39 DJ talking
01:40 into Bankrupt on Selling by Modest Mouse
01:44 SSTV (ID - Robin Hood Radio) and into Queen Bee and her Pals by Thurston Moore

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio / WDDR 6950 USB 0030 UTC 24 MAY 2020

« on: May 24, 2020, 0047 UTC »

Fair signal into Houston this evening. S3 or so.

0:44 - Rikki Don't Lose that Number - Steely Dan
0:48 - Even The Losers - Tom Petty
0:52 - ID into Losing My Religion - REM
0:56 - If I Ever Lose My Faith In You - Sting
1:00 - Three Time Loser - Bonnie Raitt

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6.955 USB 00:31 UTC May 10, 2020

« on: May 10, 2020, 0108 UTC »

Strong signal into Houston tonight, punching through the ridiculous noise floor. A solid S4. Best signal in a few weeks.

01:07 Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops
01:10 Don't Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
01:12 ID - Wolverine Radio
01:12 Ooh Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson
01:15 Since I Lost My Baby - The Temptations
01:18 Baby I Love You - Aretha Franklin
01:20 ID - Wolverine Radio
01:20 Sock It To Me Baby - Mitch Ryder
01:23 Bye Bye Baby - Janis Joplin
01:25 Cry Like A Baby - The Box Tops
01:28 Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
01:31 Baby Blue - Badfinger
01:35 Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - Leon Russell
01:39 ID - Wolverine Radio
01:39 Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne
01:44 Ruby Baby - Donald Fagen
01:49 ID - Wolverine Radio
01:49 Gee Baby, Ain't I Been Good To You - Dr. John
01:53 Rock Me Baby - BB King

Thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Skippy Radio 6950 USB 0015 UTC 9 May 2020

« on: May 09, 2020, 0053 UTC »

Just barely audible here in Houston, but slowly improving.

00:55 SSTV (couldn't get a good copy) and back into music.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0055 UTC 26 APR 2020

« on: April 26, 2020, 0118 UTC »

Solid S4 with static crashes from the storms, here in Houston.

01:18 - Rockin Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu - Johnny Rivers
01:20 - You Sound Like You're Sick - Ramones
01:22 - Industrial Disease - Dire Straits
01:27 - Cold Fever - Models

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Skippy Radio 6930 USB 0036 UTC 19 Apr 20

« on: April 19, 2020, 0136 UTC »

S3 with lots of static from the storms here in Houston.

20:33 and I'm hearing Woodpecker from Mars by Faith No More. (One of my faves of all time)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Yeti Radio 6931 USB 2252 UTC 10 April 2020

« on: April 11, 2020, 0120 UTC »

Solid S4 into Houston. Lots of noise and static here though with the occasional storm.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6930 USB 0056 UTC 05 APR 2020

« on: April 05, 2020, 0104 UTC »

S4 with some atmospheric noise here in Houston. There's a storm passing through, but it's still enjoyable to listen.

0102 My Old Flame by Billie Holiday

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDDR 6950 USB 0319 UTC 22 MAR 2020

« on: March 22, 2020, 0448 UTC »

Solid S5 into central Houston, with just a little noise.

Hearing Jethro Tull now.

04:50 Caroline by Concrete Blonde

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB to 4015 USB 2350 UTC 21 March 2020

« on: March 22, 2020, 0025 UTC »

ID at 0:22 into Ry Cooder's Money Honey

0:26 Pink Floyd's Money

0:33 The Ojays' For the Love of Money

0:36 ID and into The Grateful Dead's Money Money

Moderate signal without too much noise into central Houston this evening.

Improving as the time goes on.Going from and S2 to an S4. I'm sitting outside on a bench with a belka-DSP receiver and the stock whip it came with.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Texas Radio Shortwave 6930 USB 2315 UTC 20 Mar 2020

« on: March 20, 2020, 2350 UTC »

Audible but lots of noise here in the middle of Houston.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM via Radio Illuminati/tAC 5165 am 2207 utc 14 Mar 2020

« on: March 15, 2020, 0020 UTC »

Fair to good signal here in the middle of Houston, TX. SINPO 34343

0:15 with a song I don't recognize, but with female vocals.
0:16 commentary, over a music bed. Some noise making it hard to understand.
0:20 mention of hfunderground

Thanks for the show!

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General Radio Discussion / Six Things Broadcasters Should Know about the PIRATE act

« on: February 26, 2019, 2141 UTC »

https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/business-and-law/six-things-broadcasters-should-know-about-the-pirate-act

For the second time, the PIRATE Act (H. R. 583) has unanimously passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday, Feb. 25.

Although this time it was brought forward early in the first session of the 116th Congress, only time will tell if the Senate will next take up the bipartisan legislation or if it will die in committee, as it did during its first go-around on Capitol Hill.

New York State Broadcasters Association President David Donovan and NAB President/CEO Gordon Smith have been vocal in their support of the PIRATE Act and issued statements that praised the House and urged the Senate to take the steps necessary to make the bill into a law.

WHAT’S IN THE PIRATE ACT, ANYWAY?

In case you need a refresher, the PIRATE Act takes the following steps to combat illegal broadcasting and interference:

• It creates a maximum penalty for illegal broadcasts to $2,000,000 — but also ups the fine allowable to $100,000 per day.
• The FCC will have to prove it’s working hard to combat piracy and support enforcement by reporting its progress to Congress annually.
• Biannual “enforcement sweeps” will also be instituted in the top five radio markets, during which personnel will work to on “identifying, locating, and taking enforcement actions designed to terminate such operations.” However, this doesn’t mean the FCC is discouraged from taking enforcement actions throughout the year.
• It eliminates the notice of unlicensed operation and allows personnel to cut to the chase and issue a notice of apparent liability to alleged violators, unless there is a good reason.
• The commission will create a new Pirate Radio Broadcasting Database within three months of the legislation’s passage, and it will be updated semiannually. It will contain the stations licensed in the AM and FM bands, including assigned frequency, channel number or call letters. Additionally, the database will identify “entities that have received a notice of unlicensed operation, notice of apparent liability, or forfeiture order issued by the commission.”
• The PIRATE Act also defines pirate broadcasts as “ the transmission of communications on spectrum frequencies between 535 and 1705 kHz, inclusive, or 87.7 and 108 MHz,” meaning compliant Part 15 operators are clearly excluded.

So, basically what they're saying in the bill is that these stricter measures only apply to AM and FM pirates? I always liked HF better anyway...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Clever Name Radio 6927 USB 0020 11 July 2018

« on: July 11, 2018, 0042 UTC »

00:40: Never Believe by Ministry

S4 or so into Mobile, AL. Great sound. Thanks for the show, CNR!