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North American Shortwave Pirate / Stern Radio 6960 AM 0212 UTC 10 JUN 2025

« on: June 10, 2025, 0212 UTC »

0211 on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair S9-S9+10 signal, (sorry about my first typing mistakes), listening in stereo using SAS setting on sdr, strange orchestral music, house music, at 0330 said "having tech difficulties, xmtr is smoking, smoking will kill you" and signal decreased but program continued, off at 0414, nice program, thanks.     

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6940 USB 0158 UTC 10 JUN 2025

« on: June 10, 2025, 0201 UTC »

0158 on Barrington Hills IL sdr with fair/weak S7-S9 signal, pop/folk music above noise, at 0208 jazz tune,

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North American Shortwave Pirate / The Crystal Ship 6850 AM 0125 UTC 10 FEB 2025

« on: February 10, 2025, 0129 UTC »

Tuned in at 0120 on Brookfield WI sdr with weak S9 signal, Crystal Ship ID(?), at 0128 "video killed the radio star" the Buggles, 0131 wideband data QRM,

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Ball Smacker Radio 6960 AM 0158 UTC 8 FEB 2025

« on: February 08, 2025, 0159 UTC »

Piano interval sign-on, Brookfield WI sdr with weak S7-S9 signal, at 0200 woman saying "good evening ham sammitches, this is Ball Smacker Radio" various songs with word "shake" in them, nice program, thanks, parallel to 4032 usb, at 0326 SSTV/FAX, goodbye announcement, piano interval, off.   

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 3440 USB 0002 UTC 29 DEC 2024

« on: December 29, 2024, 0059 UTC »

Tuned in at 0058 on West Bend WI sdr with S7-S9 signal, op came on to say going down to 3440 usb, at 0102 weaker S5 signal, "testing 1 2 3 can anybody hear me" then old acoustic 78 rpm record, at 0106 switched to Traverse City MI sdr with better S7 to S9+10 signal, various tunes with the word "know" in them, at 0207 echo ID then SSTV/FAX, nice program, thanks. Came on after and said he was thinking about what freq to use for news years eve bcst.     

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0208 UTC 28 DEC 2024

« on: December 28, 2024, 0212 UTC »

Tuned in at 0208 on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S9-S9+10 signal, pop music, at 0215 tuned in locally but too much neighborhood noise, at 0216 "all I want for xmas is my 2 front teeth" Spike Jones, more xmas tunes, at 0231 faded down to weak noisy S7   

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WANK 6965 USB 0148 UTC 25 DEC 2024

« on: December 25, 2024, 0203 UTC »

0148 on Brookfield WI sdr with weak S7 signal, said WANK holiday special, played "grandma got run over by a reindeer" over and over, off suddenly at 0205. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Euphonia 6950 AM 0238 UTC 21 DEC 2024

« on: December 21, 2024, 0248 UTC »

0238 on Tustin MI sdr with fair/poor S7 o S9+10 signal, dance music, at 0315 switched to Traverse City MI sdr with fair S9+20 signal,

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Liquid Radio 6925 AM 0230 UTC 4 OCT 2024

« on: October 04, 2024, 0232 UTC »

Weak S7-S9 signal on Brookfield WI sdr, hear dance music under the noise,

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Sycko Radio 6950 USB 0130 UTC 6 MAY 2024

« on: May 06, 2024, 0134 UTC »

0130 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S9+10 signal, various comedy bits including AT&T and ROTC ads, at 0145 various annoying sound effects, ad for "humanoids from the deep" movie starring Doug McClure, old spooky rock & roll tune from 1960's, various spooky music selections, at 0212 ad for movie "girls for rent" rated R, at 0221 creepy C&W tune "do you think I'm psycho, mama" then more sound effects, Sycko Radio ID at 0227, off at 0235, nice program, thanks.   

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Texas Radio Shortwave via MRI 6876 USB 0014 UTC 14 APR 2024

« on: April 14, 2024, 0017 UTC »

0014 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with S9+10  very wide signal with vestigial lsb, soft pop music, at 0023 "knowing me knowing you" by Abba, nice tunes, thanks, at 0036 said "texasradioshortwave@protonmail.com" then jazz instrumentals, at 0104 said "Mix Radio International" then played old record "you'd be surprised" then jazz tunes, at 0139 "yellow rose of Texas" then multiple MRI announcements then off at 0150. Thanks for the good music.     

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WWBR-Worldwide Basement Radio 6910 AM 2340 UTC 10 FEB 2024

« on: February 10, 2024, 2343 UTC »

S-on with an old Jefferson Airplane tune, fair S9 to S9+10 signal on Brookfield WI sdr, some strange distortion in audio, at 2347 "Ruby baby" by Dione and the Belmonts from 1963, more tunes, off at 2354 after audio troubles, came back on around 0000 with better audio, at 0021 DJ spoke with muffled audio and couldn't understand a word he said, at 0025 said "Worldwide Basement Radio" with better audio,     

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6950/4015 USB 0057 UTC 1-21-24

« on: January 21, 2024, 0058 UTC »

S-on with "testing 1 2 3 can anybody hear me" at 0057 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with good S9+20 signal, at 0100 DJ said moving to 4015 usb, now good S9+10 on 4015 usb, at 0105 switched to Traverse City MI sdr with better S9+20 signal, old song "night on the water" then "milk and water" and other songs with the word "water" in them, nice program, thanks. At 0200 echo ID then SSTV/FAX.     

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Shroomer Radio 6963 USB 2308 UTC 15 JAN 2024

« on: January 15, 2024, 2313 UTC »

2308 utc on Brookfield WI sdr with fair S9 signal, techno dance music, DJ = Zeeky, 2318 two males talking politics, 2331 song "8 miles high" by The Byrds, at 2342 ID'd as Shroomer Radio, more techno pop music, at 0010 good S9+10 signal, at 0014 tuned in locally but only poor S9+20 peaks over constant S9+10 neighborhood noise, at 0027 heavy metal tune "you shook me all night long" by ACDC, thanks for the tunes.     

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thunder Chicken Radio 6950/6955 USB 2231 UTC 10/11 JAN 2024

« on: January 10, 2024, 2234 UTC »

Came on with comedy bit with audience laughter, fair S9 signal on Brookfield WI sdr, at 2236 "don't eat that yellow snow" then at 2243 "St. Alfonso's pancake breakfast" both by Frank Zappa, at 2245 some kind of wideband data QRM, moved up to 6955 and played more Frank Zappa songs, at 2311 "dancing fool" spoof of disco, at 2334 SSTV/FAX, more Zappa, at 0002 SSTV/FAX then more Zappa, at 0030 SSTV/FAX, at 0033 song "happy trails to you" and Thunder Chicken Radio ID then off, great to hear Frank Zappa again. I have mixed feelings about him because I was IBEW and he was anti union. To be fair he had a few run ins with the teamsters. Thanks for the broadcast.