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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6925 U

« on: February 19, 2011, 0302 UTC »

Since 0240z, hearing a station on and off playing 30's or 40's swing music.  Artie Shaw - Nightmare at 0259.

Very nice signal and audio.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Random Radio/Wolverine Radio 6925 U

« on: February 19, 2011, 0050 UTC »

On at 0038z with Roderick Random playing 3 songs from his ipod.

0040  Jack Fox Boogie - Lionel Hampton
0043  It's a Good Day - Peggy Lee
0046  Mancini song from the Pink Panther soundtrack, I didn't catch the title.

S7 signal with clean audio.

Thanks Random!

0123  Random thanks Wolverine for trading songs after his broadcast, followed by a Wolverine ID.  I can hear Wolverine with a slightly better signal.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Renegade Radio 6930 U

« on: February 14, 2011, 0156 UTC »

0150z Renegade ID, Who Can it Be Now - Men at Work
0153  Op reading posts from FRN
0154  All of My Love - Led Zep
0200  All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
0204  White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
0206  Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin

S7 - S9 signal, nice audio.

Thanks Renegade!  Sorry about that, fixed the freq!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / MAC Shortwave 3276 AM

« on: February 04, 2011, 0207 UTC »

The Ultraman show.  Live version of Sabbath's "War Pigs" at 0302z

Signal S9+ with frequent fades down to about S6. 

Thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Marlene 6925 U

« on: January 30, 2011, 2122 UTC »

2117z Radio Marlene Id with email.  "Broadcasting from the Jersey Shore."  Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
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Big fade mid song, went from S9+ to nearly inaudible.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK 6940 U

« on: January 29, 2011, 1801 UTC »

1756z   Lester 'Roadhog' Moran live at the Johnny Mack Brown high school.

Signal averaging about S7, low noise this afternoon.

Thanks WEAK!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga 6925 U

« on: January 24, 2011, 0036 UTC »

On at 0018z.

0018z Radio Ga-Ga - Queen
0021  RGG ID, Princes of the Universe - Queen
0025  Dunno this one...
0028  Don't Take Me Alive - Steely Dan
0033  SSTV, but only got a partial decode, sounds like someone bumped the VFO in mid transmission.



S5 on fades, S9 on peaks.

Thanks Ga-Ga!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK 6930 U

« on: January 22, 2011, 2215 UTC »

2158z Black Water - Doobie Bros.
2202  Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin
2208  Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
2212  Diamond Girl - Seals & Crofts
2217  Get Ready - Rare Earth
2219  WEAK ID, into a punk tune, "Don't Talk to Me"
2227  More cowbell!

S9+10 signal with very nice audio.  Long pauses between songs.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga 6940 U

« on: January 22, 2011, 2152 UTC »

2145z I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King
2147  RGG ID, Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
2150  Locomotion - Grand Funk
2153  Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Elton John
2157  "This has been Radio Ga-Ga, the only pirate op who's been kicked out of Boy Scouts for eating brownies!"

S7 - S9 signal.  Thanks Ga-Ga!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid 6925 AM International Relay Service of the Bowling League

« on: January 18, 2011, 2021 UTC »

Tuned in at 1902z.

1902z Get Back - The Beatles
1904  Time Has Come Today - Chambers Bros.
1909  Lucy Leave - Syd Barrett
1912  If a Tree Falls - Bruce Cockburn
1918  Whiskey Man - Molly Hatchet
1920  "Test, test, test. one two"
1921  Ballroom Blitz - Sweet, more audio tests
1926  "You are tuned to the international relay service of the bowling league."

Still going at 2020z.  Signal has been mostly about S9 with some occasional slight fade.  Very nice audio.

Thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WMLK 6924.5 AM

« on: January 17, 2011, 1826 UTC »

1800z.  "I have a dream" speech, overdubbed with jeers, laughter, and racial epithets.  ID at 1824z.

S9 signal, some fade.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga 6930 U

« on: January 15, 2011, 0105 UTC »

On about 0050z with Heavy Metal - Don Felder  Signal peaking about S7 with lots of fades into the S4 noise.

0053z "This is Radio Ga-Ga"
0054  Beginnings - Chicago
0056  No Time - Guess Who

Faded out mid song.  No longer audible at 0059z.

Thanks Ga-Ga!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Magnetic Pole 6925 U

« on: January 14, 2011, 2353 UTC »

Tuned in at 2341z to music

2342z Op discussing the Earth's shifting magnetic pole
2143  ID with email, into instrumental music
2347  Discussion again about shifting magnetic pole, runways closed, GPSs being off.  "Maybe the Mayans were right."  Another ID with email.
2351  More talk about shifting poles, more instrumental music.
2356  "Your compasses will become useless, your GPS is trash"
0000  Radio Magnetic Pole signing off with request for reception reports

S7 - S9 signal, audio is a bit overdriven.

Thanks RMP!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Liquid Radio 6925.3 AM

« on: January 14, 2011, 0004 UTC »

Since about 2330z hearing techno/dance type music.  Signal peaking at S8 but lots of fades into the noise.

Liquid Radio ID at 2358z.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin Shortwave 6928.2 AM

« on: January 09, 2011, 1614 UTC »

Tuned in at 1603z.  Nice signal, S9+20 with only very slight fading.

1603  Gangbang - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
1606  Desire - U2
1609  I'd Love to Change the World - Ten Years After
1613  RRS ID, 20th Century Fox - The Doors
1617  The Spy - The Doors
1621  ID with email, request for reports, and shout out to members of the military, then off.

Thanks RRS!