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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Two Dog Radio 6950 USB 0000 UTC 01 Jan 2022

« on: January 01, 2022, 0033 UTC »

Tuned in at 0030utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr, barely hear heavy metal rock under S5 noise level, at 0042utc weak SSTV/FAX, at 0046 barely hear the song "you can't always get what you want" under the mud,   

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Screaming Man Radio(?) 6930 AM 2301 UTC 31 DEC 2021

« on: December 31, 2021, 2306 UTC »

Tuned in at 2301utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr hear weak S7 signal, heard C&W music with banjo, now rock tune "1984" (don't know which version), now hear short British comedy tune, now heavy metal rock tune, signal improving to S9 at times, at 2334utc alternate version of "peaches en regalia" by Frank Zappa, at 2339 male screaming, at 2343 Van Hallen "ain't talkin' about love", about 2356utc slow weak CW QRM on 6933, CW QRM still going at 0026 and carrier on 6930 is now down in the mud and I can only hear the CW QRM     

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 4015 USB was 6960 USB 0058 UTC 25 DEC 2021

« on: December 25, 2021, 0059 UTC »

Came on with "testing 1 2 3 can anybody hear me?" Said moving to 4015, at 0102utc heard "testing 1 2 3 can anybody hear me?" on 4015 then Wolverine ID then swing tune about Santa. At 0147utc switched to Brookfield WI sdr with slightly better reception, wide variety of xmas tunes, thanks for the show. at 0202utc echo ID then SSTV/FAX. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / TWO DOG RADIO 6950 USB 0025 UTC 25 DEC 2021

« on: December 25, 2021, 0026 UTC »

Tuned in at 0025utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr, heard weak guitar xmas music under S5 noise level, DJ made announcement that I couldn't hear then off. Came back on a few min later at S7 level, hear song "mama told me not to come", at 0056 2 dog radio ID then Moody Blues "ride my see saw",   

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2332 UTC 24 December 2021

« on: December 24, 2021, 2347 UTC »

Tuned in at 2345utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr, weak S7 to S9 signal, hear xmas(?) tune under the noise,

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 4185 was 6955 USB 2202 UTC 24 DEC 2021

« on: December 24, 2021, 2338 UTC »

Tuned in at 2336utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr, noisy S3 to S5 signal, hear DJ = Dick Weed make announcement then a pop/rock tune I can't ID, tried several other Illinois sdr's but they are much worse. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0200 UTC 18 DEC 2021

« on: December 18, 2021, 0212 UTC »

Tuned in at 0210utc on Batavia IL sdr, weak noisy S5 to S7 signal, weak locally under S9+ neighborhood noise, barely heard bowling ball sound under noise, earlier I tried Barrington Hills, Normal and Champaign IL sdr's with same or worse results,

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2302 UTC 17 Dec 2021

« on: December 17, 2021, 2330 UTC »

Tuned in at 2325utc on Barrington Hills IL sdr then 2327 Normal IL sdr, weak S5 to S7 signal on each, barely detect carrier in ssb mode locally, on Normal IL sdr hear weak music under noise, 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ball Smacker 6960 AM 0202 UTC 12 Dec 2021

« on: December 12, 2021, 0221 UTC »

At 0220 barely detect carrier in ssb mode and it's fading in and out.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 4015 USB 0100 12 December 2021

« on: December 12, 2021, 0119 UTC »

Tuned in locally at 0118utc, good signal in spite of neighborhood noise, moderate selective fading, various songs with the word "lie" in them, also tried both the Batavia IL and Normal IL sdr's and weak S7 signals at both but still good signal here at home which is unusual, nice selection of tunes, thanks, at 0200 echo ID then SSTV/FAX, excellent program as usual.   

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ball Smacker Radio 4030 AM 0153 UTC 11 DEC 2021

« on: December 11, 2021, 0241 UTC »

Tuned in at 0235utc on Batavia IL sdr, noisy S9 signal, hear slow rock music under the noise, at 0242 increased to S9+10 and hear it better, short UTE QRM at 0243, slowly fading up and down, at 0257 heard ID and bowling ball sound, 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: unid 6930.4 am 2330 utc 10 Dec

« on: December 11, 2021, 0025 UTC »

Tuned in at 0020utc on Normal IL sdr, S5 noise and see weak carrier coming and going just above 6930 on waterfall,

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Ball Smacker 6960 AM 0158 UTC 5 Dec 2021

« on: December 05, 2021, 0219 UTC »

Tuned in at 0217utc on Batavia IL sdr, see faint carrier on waterfall at times, no audio,

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 4185 AM 0101 UTC 5 DEC 2021

« on: December 05, 2021, 0140 UTC »

Tuned in at 0137utc on Champaign IL sdr with weak noisy S9 signal, barely hear audio, DJ spoke then music under the noise, at 0144 switched to Batavia IL sdr with much quieter S5 to S7 signal and can hear audio a bit better, also tried tuning in locally but it's a lost cause, neighborhood noise is S9, at 0151 sounds like punk rock or heavy metal, at 0156 he read my HFU post on the air, thanks.     

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Two Dog Radio 6930 usb 0150 utc Nov 29 2021

« on: November 29, 2021, 0244 UTC »

Tuned in at 0240utc on Champaign IL sdr, barely hear woman singing under S6 noise level, at 0243 tried Normal IL sdr and slightly better audio under S5 noise level, hear blues guitar with electric organ, some UTE QRM, tried Peoria IL sdr, at S7 noise level, BTW, Barrington Hills IL sdr seems to have disappeared, nice blues tunes, thanks.