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1996

North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK Radio (relay) 6925 AM 00:47z

« on: February 18, 2012, 0052 UTC »

6925 AM SIO 333

Good signal with little fade.

00:47z came on w/funeral dirge
00:53z "...you are listening to one of the weakest radio signals....W..E..A..K...WEAK Radio..." - man, I haven't heard DJ Knob Twister's sexy voice in awhile
01:02z ID
01:03z 'Ride Captain Ride' - Blues Image
01:20z Spatula City ad
01:22z multiple ID's followed by funeral dirge again
01:23z Off

Audio (complete show): http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/WeakRadiorelay6925Am0047z-0122z02-18-12.mp3

Thanks for the relay & good to hear WEAK Radio again!

1997

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ga Ga 6930 USB 0011 UTC

« on: February 18, 2012, 0024 UTC »

6930 USB SIO 333

Good signal & audio with little fade.

00:23z "...Radio GA-GA...coast to coast radio..."
00:44z Off

Audio coming...

Thanks RGG

1998

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Big Boobs Radio, 6925, 2/17, 2304*

« on: February 17, 2012, 2320 UTC »

Also had it here with a good signal - carrier was up for a few seconds & then short bit of audio like Andrew mentioned.

Audio: http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/BigBoobsRadio6925Am2310z02-17-12.mp3

6924.9 AM SIO 323

23:56z Back on w/ID
23:59z "...I love your tits.." song
00:03z ID
00:13z "...I'm off my rocker, I love your knockers..." LOL!
00:20z Off

Audio (complete show): http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/BigBoobsRadio6924_9Am2356z-0020z02-17_18-12.mp3

Thanks BBR

1999

General Radio Discussion / Re: 1st Anniversary of WEAK Radio bust today

« on: February 15, 2012, 1624 UTC »

Man, that was a sucky day for sure

I miss WEAK's shows and that rockin signal his station cranked out, plus the cool QSL's too - definitely a class act!

Thanks for the reminder Andrew & to WEAK for all the great entertainment & vibes!

2000

Equipment / Re: What Radio Did you start your listening hobby with?

« on: February 13, 2012, 1159 UTC »

My first receiver was a Radio Shack DX-100 given to me by my grandfather followed by a DX-200 later.  I used a Radio Shack CB 5/8 vertical (leftover from when I had a base station) which actually worked pretty good; in fact it was the best antenna to hear Radio Tahiti on.

Eventually using the DX-200, I came across William Cooper's 'The Hour Of Time' and was hooked on the fringe element of shortwave.  In the early 90's, I bought a Satellit 500, discovered pirates and that was it.  I also had a Drake R8A through the later part of the 90's and then sold it to get my RX-340.

For antennas, I've used everything from long wires, dipoles, loops, T2FD, an ewe, 8 circle & finally a 4 square.

The first station I ever heard on shortwave was Deutsche Welle's IS & the first pirate I ever logged was WSKY .

Current setup:

2001

General Radio Discussion / Rave On Radio QSL

« on: February 11, 2012, 1732 UTC »

Received a Slim Harpo QSL from Rave On Radio for their broadcasts this morning:



Thank you, thank you ROR!

2002

North American Shortwave Pirate / Renegade Radio 6925 AM 04:10z-05:19z 02-11-12 (late post)

« on: February 11, 2012, 1703 UTC »

Recorder catch:

6925 AM (rx in USB) SIO 222-323

Signal hovering just above the static with fading pulling it into the noise at times, but had some nice fade ups during later part of the show.

04:34z original Batman theme remix tune
04:37z Pabst Blue Ribbon beer ad
04:39z 'Warning' - Black Sabbath
04:58z Renegade Radio ID & mention of being in AM mode
04:59z"...this is Renegade Radio..."
05:04z Sabbath
05:05z "...Friday night...Friday night...were already in the 'O' five hundred hours.....see what happens when you fire up the transmitter and you screw around and you don't even know what time it is..."
05:07z 'Whiskey On The Rocks' - AC/DC
05:14z 'The Evil That Men Do' - Iron Maiden!  Great tune!
05:19z faded out  

Audio(04:10z-05:19z): http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/RenegadeRadio6925Am-usb0410z-0519z02-11-12.mp3

Thanks for the show RR!


As per Renegade Radio's post on the Free Radio Cafe, the Zeppelin songs are from another station - Renegade Radio came on after this station:

04:10z On or faded in w/piano song
04:16z 'Song Remains The Same' - Led Zeppelin
04:21z 'Rain Song' - "

2003

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925U unID

« on: February 11, 2012, 1619 UTC »

Recorder catch:

6925 USB SIO 222-322

Weak signal hovering just above the noise - never caught an ID w/local QRM overwhelming signal for most of the broadcast.

13:49z song w/harmonica

Audio(13:47z-13:50z ): http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/RaveOnRadio6925Usb1347z-1350z02-11-12.mp3

Thanks ROR

2004

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ga Ga 6925 USB 0346 UTC

« on: February 11, 2012, 1612 UTC »

Recorder catch:

6925 USB SIO 322-333

Decent to good signal with fading conditions.

03:29z came on w/'Nights Of Broadway' - Bee Gees
03:32z 'We Will Rock You' - Queen
03:34z Radio GA-GA ID
03:59z 'Hotel California' - Eagles
04:00z "...this has been Radio GA-GA, pirate shortwave, broadcasting live from Zipper Lake...thanks for tuning in..." & off

Audio(complete show): http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/RadioGa-ga6925Usb0329z-0400z02-10-12.mp3

Thanks RGG

2005

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Big Boobs Radio 6924.3 am

« on: February 11, 2012, 0212 UTC »

6924.1 AM SIO 222

Weak signal with some fading.  Listening in sideband for better copy.

02:11z piano music
02:13z "...this is Big Boobs Radio..."
02:14z Off

Audio(02:12z-02:14z): http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/BigBoobsRadio6924_1Am0212z-0214z02-11-12.mp3

Thanks BBR

2006

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio GA-GA 6925 USB 23:24z

« on: February 10, 2012, 2326 UTC »

6925 USB SIO 323

23:24z came on with blues tune
23:25z 'China Cat Sunflower' - GD
23:28z "...this is Radio GA-GA..."

Audio(complete show): http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/RadioGa-ga6925Usb2323z-2359z02-10-12.mp3

Thanks RGG

2007

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6924.1 AM 02:32z

« on: February 09, 2012, 0234 UTC »

6924.1 AM SIO 222-322

Weak signal with fading bringing it in & out of the noise.  Listening in sideband for better copy.

02:31z analog synth
02:32z female singing
02:43z off or faded out

Audio(02:31z-02:35z): https://www.yousendit.com/download/T2djNHA1bWc1UjY1aWNUQw

Thanks

2008

Other / UNID data & Russian Volmet

« on: February 08, 2012, 1525 UTC »

Tuning around last night I came across a couple of signals I haven't heard before and one that I hear off & on occasionally.

UNID Data 6835 USB 2201z-2202z 02-07-12

This one I've never heard before - sounds like some kind of data text mode (Hellschreiber-ish?) with a carrier.  At one point I locked onto the AM part of the signal, but could hear the 'scratchy' data part of the signal better in USB directly parked on 6835.  The carrier seemed to be ~ 750hz higher.

Audio: http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwaveOddsSodsTransmissions/UnidData6835Usb2201z-2202z02-07-12.mp3


UNID Data_QRM(?) 6927 USB 2336z-2337z 02-07-12

I've been hearing this infrequently for some time - if it's QRM then it's specific to 6927 as when I'm parked on 6925 I can just barely hear it.  When I made this recording it sounded like the signal itself was having technical trouble at first.

Audio: http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwaveOddsSodsTransmissions/UnidData_qrm6927Usb2336z-2337z02-07-12.mp3


Russian Volmet 6617 USB 0225z-0229z 02-09-12

This is another new one - Russian Volmet w/YL reading off info.  I like how it sounds like an old cassette being turned on at the begining of the broadcasts

http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwaveOddsSodsTransmissions/RussianVolmet6617Usb0225z-0229z02-09-12.mp3

2009

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid Happy Groundhog Day Stn

« on: February 02, 2012, 1120 UTC »

Recorder catch:

6925 AM (rx in USB) SIO 322 02:44z-02:57z 02-02-12

Decent signal with fading conditions - same details as S. McArdle.

Audio(complete show): http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/HappyGroundhogDay6925Am-usb0244z-0257z02-02-12.mp3

Thanks HGD

2010

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6930 USB 02:56z 01-28-12

« on: January 28, 2012, 1621 UTC »

6930 USB SIO 333

Decent signal down here - was tuning around & caught the end of a Martin 2 SSTV image with FCC letters and a brief bit of audio then off without catching an ID.

02:56z Martin 2 SSTV:



Audio(02:56z-02:57z): http://www.archive.org/download/ShortwavePirateRadioCont/UnidMartin2Sstv6930Usb0256z-0257z01-28-12.mp3

Thanks