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Shortwave Broadcast / China Radio International 9730khz 13:19z 1/3/2013

« on: January 03, 2013, 1327 UTC »

    English service "China Drive" via Beijing with good reception // 9570 (Havana). a little splatter from 9735 Taiwan in Japanese. I prefer 9730 over the much stronger 9570 because it has that cool "shortwavey" propagation echo that reminds you that you're hearing a signal from the other side of the world that isn't really meant for you. If I wanted perfect reception I would go to the internet feed.

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Shortwave Broadcast / BBC world service 9740khz 12:45z 1/3/2013

« on: January 03, 2013, 1306 UTC »

Via Kranji, Singapore  SIO 232. Also heard on //5875 SIO 322 via Nakhon Sawan, Thailand, both in English. Globe view map at http://rotatingpenguin.com/globeview/index.html  shows Thailand & Singapore  transmitters beaming right at my doorstep.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Russia 9560khz 12:30z 1/3/2013

« on: January 03, 2013, 1245 UTC »

Heard fair in MO with on the 1/2 hour news & commercial touting their worldwide coverage , that is now a thing of the past as they are down to 1 frequency in North American evenings and it has frequent QRHam. sinpo 24222, they were in clear but weak. not much worse than N.AM. evening 7290khz broadcast. Also on //5885. 9560 is via Novosibirsk,Russia and 5885 is via Dushanbe, Tajikistan. How the mighty have fallen.

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Shortwave Broadcast / 6360 MND radio 1235z 1/1/13

« on: January 01, 2013, 1252 UTC »

heard well in MO 12:25z with co-channel utes (UFH in sitor B & KPH in Globe wireless fsk mode). Supposed to be operated by South Korean ministry of defense. eibi listed parallel 5150 also audible but weaker.

  both off at 12:58z

http://www.northkoreatech.org/2012/08/15/south-korean-defense-ministry-steps-up-dprk-broadcasts/

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Spy Numbers / V2a 5855 10:00z 12/31/2012

« on: December 31, 2012, 1005 UTC »

this is the first time I've heard the new & improved cuban #'s ...pretty damn annoying if you ask me.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / unid 6220 AM 11:50z 12/30/2012

« on: December 30, 2012, 1157 UTC »

strong carrier and some audio.. music & talk. can't really make anything out. likely euro pirate considering frequency & time. I rarely get any euro pirates in central US so ...woo hoo!

could be WYFR from Taiwan I suppose...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Blue Ocean Radio 6925 USB 7:56 12/30/2012

« on: December 30, 2012, 0805 UTC »

Robert Johnson songs from 7:55z until 8:03z. ID "You're listening to blue ocean radio..." @ 8:03z. Back into Robert Johnson@ 8:04z. Great to hear Pirate this time of night & Robert Johnson to boot ...Yeah,baby. Fair signal S5. reception somehow seems appropriate for dirty delta blues music.

8:24z fading but still there....barely.
8:50z harmonica punches through....CW with soul, baby. S3 now
9:21z still hearing some lovely blues ...still S3
9:44z fade up just in time for an ID. that almost never happens for me usually the opposite.
10:40z still going strong with killer bluegrass...yee haw,baby!
11:16z "praise the lord I saw the light"  signal still poking through. occasional OTHR
11:44 signing off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Capt. Morgan shortwave 6925 AM 2:58z 12/30/2012

« on: December 30, 2012, 0319 UTC »

S7 to S9 on peaks. Extremely noisy here tonight. I started posting this on UN'ID thread earlier then heard capt's ID @ 3:15z
great music too bad it's so noisy, Thanks captain.

3:35z recheck  signal is better but still ALOT of noise here. capt. is playing some fantastic music. made me want to get my guitar out.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 AM 23:00z 21 Dec 2012

« on: December 21, 2012, 2308 UTC »

pretty much just a carrier here, but occasional bits of audio. Nothing intelligible to be made of it though.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UN'ID 6925 AM 23:56z 12/16

« on: December 17, 2012, 0007 UTC »

hard to hear, listening in usb ...sounded like Cheech & Chong @ 00:02z. Might be G3 overloading but sounds like a couple of different programs on top of each other. Damn I'm gonna have to get up from my warm bed & portable radio & go to the "Shack" & try to get this one.

0:17z good signal, once I got to the "real" radio. Band is a little noisy here but they are peaking at 10 over 9
0:20 off
I never did hear an ID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Blue Ocean Radio 6940 usb 327z 9 dec

« on: December 09, 2012, 0345 UTC »

started hearing this right after Wolverine went off ..thought it was him but I don't know.

330z  white boy lost in the blues
335z mannish boy

more blues but kinda fadey. Still going at 345z

357z stronger now with Mustang sally  S6 to 7 over S4 noise

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 usb 5:43z

« on: December 04, 2012, 0548 UTC »

05:42z sio 322 old time jazz
05:45z male talking but unable to copy ID (if there was one)
05:46z more old timey jazz   signal stronger now sio 323
05:48z I recognize the tune but the name escapes me @ the moment
05:50z vocals - old timey jazz ( I used to listen to lots of old 30's & 40's jazz so I dig it)
05:56z another old jazz tune sio 322
06:02z talk ...male ,I think, really low when voice.... barely audible
06:03z music sio 232
06:07z lost into noise floor

thank you whoever you are. Being a night owl I don't always get pirate entertainment this time of night. being from Kansas City MO Jazz is part of the city's heritage ...Count Basie, Lester young etc. really digging the tunes.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Appalachia 6934.9 AM 1:10z

« on: November 25, 2012, 0126 UTC »

listening on a perseus server from Des Moines Iowa. hear weak but copyable Grand 'ol opry type music. Talk between songs too low to copy. 1:23  Beverly Hillbillies theme  Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs. Heard Earl Scruggs introduced a few minutes ago. 1:24 ID as radio Appalachia   still there at 1:31z s4, with music. No longer ' grand 'ol opry stuff but nice none the less. Thanks for the show RA.