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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga 6925u

« on: November 29, 2010, 2151 UTC »

On at 2135z playing The Beatles, Sgt. Peppers, Day Tripper.  Queen's Radio Ga Ga, Hendrix Crosstown Traffic.  ID at 2148 followed by Buffalo Springfield - For What Its Worth.  Off at 2153 after SSTV.



Signal about S6, low noise level this evening.

Thanks Ga-Ga!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6925 U "Home" theme

« on: November 28, 2010, 0301 UTC »

On at 0239z.

0239z Walking My Baby Back Home
0242  Wondering When My Baby's Coming Home
0245  When My Man Comes Home
0248  Wolverine ID, I Feel Like Going Home
0251  Accusing Me of Going Home
0258  I Feel Like Breaking Up Someone's Home
0301  ID, I Want to Walk You Home
0304  Bring it on Home to Me
0306  Another version of Walking My Baby Back Home
0309  Daddy's Home
0312  ID, Darling Be Home Soon
0316  Homeward Bound
0319  I Can't Go Home
0320  ID, Can't Find My Way Home

Huge signal, S9+20 on peaks, great audio!

Thanks Wolverine!



Hmmm.  Was that Lex's request I heard at the end?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Hunkajunk Radio 6925 U

« on: November 27, 2010, 0155 UTC »

0138z  Lime in the Coconut - Harry Nilsson
0143   Sounds like FDR speech about Pearl Harbor
0149   Hunkajunk Radio ID with email addy
0151   Mr. Ed TV show theme
0152   Green Acres theme
0153   ID with email addy again, then sign off.

Not very strong, about S5, but mostly audible.

Thanks Hunkajunk!

124

North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6933 L

« on: November 27, 2010, 0002 UTC »

Tuned in about 2320z.  Someone playing bits and pieces of pop tunes from the 60s, 70s and 80s, maybe 10 or 15 seconds of each tune played.  Signal about S7 here. Still going at 0000z.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Turkey Breast Radio 6925U

« on: November 25, 2010, 1744 UTC »

On at 1725z with ID, into Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline

1729z ID with email, Working in a Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey
1732  ID announcing 2010 Thanksgiving Broadcast, Kind of a Hush - Herman's Hermits
1735  "Eat plenty of turkey", Mellow Yellow - Donovan
1739  ID, Do You Know the Way to San Jose - Dionne Warwick
1742  ID, Dunno this song
1745  ID with email and QSL info, Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
1749  ID again, then off

Nice S9+10 signal, slight fade.

Happy Thanksgiving TBR!

Got this in my email about an hour after I sent a report:



Thanks!

126

North American Shortwave Pirate / Voice of Kaos 6925U

« on: November 22, 2010, 2219 UTC »

On at 2211z with "This is the Voice of Kaos"

2212z Stray Cat Strut
2215  ID with email address and a story about someone held in jail with no charges against him
2216  You Got That Right - Lynyrd Skynyrd
2221  ID and story about caffeine laced energy drinks, Cisco Kid - War

Off at 2238z

S9+ signal, audio is slightly distorted.

Thanks, Kaos!

127

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950.6 AM

« on: November 14, 2010, 1630 UTC »

Tuned in to a program of Doors music at 1600z.

1601z RRS ID
1605  Riders on the Storm
1613  The End
1624  RRS ID with request for reports to FRN or HFU and email, then off

Very nice signal this morning, S9+20 on peaks, never faded below S9+10.  Nice audio as well.

Thanks, RRS!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6930 U

« on: October 23, 2010, 0157 UTC »

Wolverine has been on since about 0117z with a "road" theme.  Why Don't We Do It In the Road, Tarkio Road, Country Road and others.

Big signal, peaking at S9+20, great audio.  Armchair copy.

SSTV at 0257:



Thanks, Wolverine!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WLDJ 6929.9 L

« on: October 21, 2010, 2258 UTC »

2246z You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Jim Croce
2248  Grey Seal - Elton John
2252  All the Young Girls Love Alice - Elton John
2257  Last DJ - Tom Petty
2300  How Many Friends Have I Really Got - The Who
2305  Squeeze Box - The Who

Signal about S9, good audio.

Thanks WLDJ!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin Shortwave 6924.1 AM

« on: October 21, 2010, 2237 UTC »

2232z Red House - Jimi Hendrix
2236  Tube Snake Boogie - ZZ Top
2239  Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down
2243  RRS ID, White Wedding - Billy Idol
2251  Don't Fear the Reaper - BOC
2258  I'd Love to Change the World - 10 Years After
2301  Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite - Beatles
2303  Diamond Dogs - David Bowie

Signal ranging from S7 up to S9+20, lots of fading this evening.

Thanks, RRS!

131

North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6940 U

« on: October 20, 2010, 0130 UTC »

0130z.  Odd music for about the last 20 minutes or so.  I don't know what to call this...maybe avant garde classical?

Big S9+ signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6929.9 L Blue Theme Presumed WLDJ

« on: October 19, 2010, 2334 UTC »

On at 2300z.

2300 Mister Blue Sky - ELO
2305 Goodbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd
2308 Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
2311 Blue Sunday - Tom Petty
2314 Blue Collar Man - Styx
2318 Deacon Blues - Steely Dan
2326 Summertime Blues - The Who
2329 Last DJ - Tom Petty  This tune was played multiple times throughout the broadcast, so I'm guessing WLDJ?

Signal about S6 - S7.  Audio not bad, maybe a little overdriven.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Victory Radio 6925 U

« on: October 18, 2010, 0221 UTC »

On at 0210z.  Voice announcements are hard to hear, but the music is good.  I guess Texas won one tonight.

About S6- S7 with moderate fading.  Discussion of QSLs and requesting reports to the FRN at 0219.  Off at 0220.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Euphoria 6925 U

« on: October 17, 2010, 1819 UTC »

1815z with a song about the Winterfest, to the tune of The Ballad of John and Yoko.

Solid S9 signal, good audio and little fade.

Thanks RFE!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Bust a Nut Radio 6940 AM

« on: October 17, 2010, 0402 UTC »

Tuned in at 0349z.

0349 Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
0350 Crazy Train - Ozzy
0355 Bust a Nut ID, Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
0359 You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac

Nice signal with some moderate fading.

Thanks Bust A Nut!