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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925u UNID 0327z 9-17-2010

« on: September 17, 2010, 0328 UTC »

JUST came up; details as they appear ...

0330z The one song that was played finished, and, waiting for more ...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925u WEAK Radio 9-15-2010 1447z

« on: September 15, 2010, 1448 UTC »

Just switched over and noticed the broadcast ...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6926.4 am UNID 1446z 9-14-2010

« on: September 14, 2010, 1446 UTC »

1446z Carrier is easily detectable w/narrow filter and BFO, audio can be heard on signal peaks ...

1450z Signal took a big fade ... carrier nearly went away but it's back now (still below S1) ...

1505z Signal still present, some audio detectable now and again ...

1533z Carrier still present, not detecting much audio ATTM ...

1552z Carrier still detectable, but that is about all now owing to propagation ...

1611z Signal averaging S5 with a peak observed at S5 and hearing a bit more audio now too ...

1638z Signal back to being under S1 ...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925u Outhouse Radio 2350z 9-13-2010 into 9-14-2010

« on: September 13, 2010, 2350 UTC »

On after WEAK ...

ID'd at 2350z

0102z Hmmm ... the music just got good ...

9-14-2010 0110z Primetime broadcast listening slot OHR - time for top-gear, the good stuff ...

Good stuff OHR! Barvo!!!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925am UNID 0117z 10-13-2010

« on: September 13, 2010, 0119 UTC »

0117z Just tuned in, didn't see it logged, so  ...

0120z Carrier freq works out to be 6925.76 +- 20 Hz .or so ...

0122z Stones: "Jumping Jack Flash"

0126z Seems to be off-air ...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925u "The Good, the bad, the ugly" OHR? 1735z 9-11-2010

« on: September 11, 2010, 1735 UTC »

1735z Intro with a piano piece ... seemed like it was the theme for a movie like  "The Sting" or something, roaring 20's flavor ? ..

1737z A bit of a BLues / 40's piece ...

1739z Theme song: The Good The bad and ugly ... not the original rendition though ...

1742z Peaking to S2 1/2 into Texas ... fades fall to below S1 ...

1744z New tune: not recognizable ... trucker ballad style, telling a story of some sort ...

1747z Blues tune with guitar, harmonica et al ...

1752z Peak to S3 ATTM ... new tune, no recognize ...

1756z More harmonica (more cowbell!) ...

1759z New tune: think I hear a banjo in there ... some pretty fast strumming ...

1804z Foggy Bottom Boys singing star tune from the movie Oh Brother where art thou ...

1810z Off air ... Thanks for the program!

1829z On air again ...another TG, TB and TU rendition ...

1832z ID given: " Out House Radio "

1902z Pgm continues ... something with a little heavier tone ...

1928z Closing with that wiiiiild guitar-based Star Spangled Banner tune ...  I think ... yup, off air now ... Thanks guy, interesting show.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925am Capt Morgain 0200z 9-11-2010

« on: September 11, 2010, 0200 UTC »

Wasn't there ~ 10 min ago ...

QRN a little

0202z Twilight Zone theme ... QRN is bad this evening too

0204z Another 'theme' ... too rough to pull out ...

0206z Simon and Garfunkel: "The sounds of Silence"

0211z Pgm continues ... piano playing with accompanying vocal ATTM ...

0243z Pgm continues ... signal peaks then fades, QRN aplenty ...

0302z Off air ...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925u UNID 0130z 9-10-2010

« on: September 10, 2010, 0139 UTC »

Been active for awhile ... no ID yet ...

0144z Pgn continues ... can't make too much out, between QRN and some low-frequency IMD (distortion) ...

0152z Op live on mike ... QRN is killing me at critical times ...

0200z Pgm continues - music (not identifiable)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925u WEAK doing theme: "Saturday (Night)" 0243z 9-05-2010

« on: September 05, 2010, 0244 UTC »

Opens with: "Saturday night and I ain't got nobody ..."

0245z And - waiting waiting waiting waiting ...

(Barely giving the HFDFC anything to work with ...)

0247z We go again ... good sounding!

0250z Another tune ... mentioned "Saturday night" ... opening song: "Saturday night" ... missed identing the 2nd one

Probable Theme: Sat night

0255z "Bad boys, bad boys, watcha gonna do ..." Full cut - does this have a "Sat night" in it? Copy a little rough b/c fades, QRN combo ...

0259z New tune - signal now peaking S6 ... "Saturday Night" mentioned again in lyrics ...

0306z ... the airwaves hang heavy in anticipation of the next tune (which we have not heard yet) ...

0315z Next tune (had to wait long enough!) ... Change-up pitch: "Saturday AFTERNOON" ...

0318z ID: "WEAK" ... and then silence ... this 'could make the heart grow fonder', ya know?

0322z Next tune, rich with a guitar open ... "my baby and I ... on a Saturday night"

0324z Signal peaks to S6 and a tad ...

0327z Can hear a really weak signal when WEAK is down ... maybe WEAK is going to a Watt or less? This has been the case for quite awhile now, so, it's not something that just started ... WEAK is that you going really, really weak?

0331z "Saturday night Saturday night, we all get together on Saturday night ..."

0334z "Well, Saturday night, I know where I'm going to go, I'm going to pick my baby up ... Saturday night at the movies who cares what picture you see ... "

0338z Next tune "Saturday night is the loneliest night of the week ... " something out of the 40's given the tone ...

0343z Something almost came up - a fumble with the RF pwr lvl sw?

0345z "Saturday, in the park, I think it was the 4th of July ..."

0348z Fades making it harder to hear this one "... Saturday night ... " that much I could make out ...

0352z Warner Brother's cartoon voice of Elmer Fudd: "That's all folks"  and then then usual female voice of WEAK: "W E A K - WEAK Radio"

Thanks WEAK!

0354z Can hear something much weaker on freq now ... same thing probably heard earlier and noted then as well ...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925u UNID 0117z 9-05-2010

« on: September 05, 2010, 0118 UTC »

Up for maybe 3 mins max before encountering ...

0124z ... dead air for 4 minutes or so thru  0128z ...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6935u Radio GaGa 0037z 9-05-2010

« on: September 05, 2010, 0038 UTC »

Must have come up ~ last 15 min

0045z Pgm is continuing ... not able to copy everything due to some QRN ...

0050z ID: "Radio GaGa"

0053z Yup, just catching the SSTV coming in ...

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Utility / 6903.50u TX Army MARS Training Net 0032z 9-05-2010

« on: September 05, 2010, 0035 UTC »

Frequency: 6903.50 kHz USB

Ongoing as I type ... not sure which service ...

Discovered about 0030z (7:30 PM CDT local) 9-05-2010 (Saturday evening/Labor Day weekend)

Callsigns copied:

aar6oa
aar6bb
aar6g
aar6rk/t
aar6pc
aar6tx
aar6tu

0046z Net continues ...

Texas Army MARS (did google search on callsigns) -

   http://www.txarmymars.org/resources/roster-nims.php

0052z Texas Army MARS using digital modes to send data/images?  Mode = MT63

0057z Net continues ...

0100z Net control: "1st time we have used this freq in a month or so"

0100z Net ends, but some unit-unit comms still taking place ...

0102z Digital transmission taking place amongst voice for purposes of equipment tests ... aar6tu ...

0106z Voice comms btw units about MT63 digital mode ...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MT63

0110z Unit - unit comms continue re: setting up MT63

0119z Freq now quiet ... (hearing intermittent Spanish on 6903 LSB though ..)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925u BarnYard Radio 0001z 9-05-2010

« on: September 05, 2010, 0002 UTC »

Probably been playing for a bit - just turned rig on and there he was ...

0003z High energy rock ATTM ... "this one goes out for everyone who has a g*n in his hand ..."

0004z ID: "Barnyard Radio"

0005z Playing a cross between hip-and rap ...

0008z Back to Rock ... signal up to S7 with fades to S5 into Texas

0016z Rap/hip-hop ... entertaining mix tonight ...

0017z ID: "Barnyard Radio"

0020z Peaks to only S5 now w/fades to S3 ... band beginning to get 'soft' ...

0021z ID: "BarnYard Radio"

0024z Annoying SSB traffic 500 Hz further up from 6925 kHz ...

0028z An all-time favorite: "Girls girls girls"

0044z May be off-air ... (I missed the sign-off)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925u OHR (playing polka muzic) 1451z 8-31-201

« on: August 31, 2010, 1452 UTC »

More -

Opened with Tejano (?) German polka music ...

All that comes thru is ... the accordion ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polka

Op sez he can't wait for Oktoberfest ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925u KIPM 2021z 8-29-2010

« on: August 29, 2010, 2023 UTC »

Pgm just started ...

Segment on "The Illuminati" ...

QSL:
POB 69 ... Nebraska (too much signal fade to make out)

2054z Signal still weak here, sometimes prop improves but then out again ... pgm continues ...