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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6950 USB 2318 UTC 23 June 2019

« on: June 24, 2019, 0015 UTC »

0015z Sounding good in New Hampshire, S7-S9+
0017z DJ DW "Way too much echo on that song!  Sounds awful on shortwave but great on your stereo."
0020z Radio Free Whatever ID with shout-outs to all the HFU posters, thanks
0033z DJ DW asking his cat if it's time to shut down... no response so we'll continue
0044z "Type A, nothing better than a bunch of crazy screaming neurotic girls"

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6950 USB 2300 UTC 22 Jun 2019

« on: June 22, 2019, 2332 UTC »

2320z Sorry Mr. Dick Weed, signal is way down in the S9 static levels here in New Hampshire

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European Pirate / Re: (Not so) Unid 6305 > 6300 AM 2233 utc 22 Jun 2019

« on: June 22, 2019, 2252 UTC »

Fair signal in New Hampshire, S5 and just a bit above the noise - Tunes coming through nicely...

2252z Robert Cray - Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark
2256z Nat King Cole - Let True Love Begin (Afraid Of The Dark)
2258z Sam Cooke - Chain Gang
2301z Hawaiian-Style Steel Guitar Instumental
2305z Ventures?
2307z Merle Haggard - Today I Started Loving You Again
...
2326z Cliff Richard - Please Don't Tease
2328z Triple-L Radio ID
2330z John Leyton - Johnny Remember Me
2332z Johnnie Ray - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
2335z Guy Mitchell - Singin' The Blues
2338z Andrews Sisters - Rum And Coca-Cola
2340z Moe Bandy - Deep In The Heart Of Texas
2342z ? - Do The Huckle-buck
2345z Hank Williams - There's A Tear In My Beer (You Are On My Lonely Mind)
2348z Alan Jackson - Pop-a-Top
2351z Hank Snow - (Now And Then There's A) Fool Such As I
2354z Merle Haggard - Sing Me Back Home
2354z Triple-L Radio ID, Just a couple more records...  Thanks for the tunes and shout-outs
2359z Venus - Shocking Blue (A bit of a change of pace from JT)
0002z Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin (just a small clip )
0003z Roy Orbison - You Got It
0006z Alvin Lee - Lost In Love
0011z Clint Black - Killin' Time
0013z John Fogerty - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
0016z Bette Midler - Beast Of Burden
0020z Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
0023z JT having some technical problems with the transmitter "Time for me to shut down now..."

Thanks for the show Johnny (and for staying up until 2:30)

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European Pirate / Re: Radio Tidalwave 6305 AM 2035 utc 21 Jun 2019

« on: June 21, 2019, 2240 UTC »

2240z Good copy in New Hampshire, S5-S7 and staying above the noise
2246z Radio Tidalwave ID, radiotidalwave@hotmail.com - "I'm closing down..."

2251z Off - Thanks Tidalwave, sorry I missed the show

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European Pirate / Johnny Tobacco 6301 AM 2216 Jun 15, 2019

« on: June 15, 2019, 2216 UTC »

Good signal for this early in the day (6:15 PM), S5 and about even with the noise

2215z Hank Williams - There's A Tear In My Beer
2218z Elvis - One Night With You
2222z I Can See Clearly Now
2225z Thank God For The Radio
2233z Shout-out to Ray and I, Hello Johnny
2233z Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (Thanks Skipmunk)
2236z Knocking On Heaven's Door cover (John Cale, Thanks again Skip)
2244z "Playing Irish Drinking Songs"  (and no QRM here Johnny)
2248z What Do We Do With A Drunken Sailor?
2251z Andrews Sisters? - Rum And Coca Cola
2257z Johnny Tobacco with Radio Abu Dhabi I.D.
2258z Dean Martin - That's Amore
2301z Dixie Cups - Iko, Iko and then Dean Martin - Fly Me To The Moon
2307z Beast Of Burden cover
2312z Ventures tune?
2321z Radio Abu Dhabi I.D.
2341z Off?  Just a carrier for the last few minutes
2347z Back... Merle Haggard - Today I Started Loving You Again
2354z Radio Abu Dhabi I.D.

2358z Hello Johnny, signal has been slowly improving - S7 now, good copy
Might be your changes or just that the sun will be setting in a half hour or so...

0000z Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
0005z Dire Straits - Lady Writer

0014z Moved to 6305

0019z Sam Cooke - Twistin' The Night Away
0031z Signing off soon... after a few more records
0032z Robert Cray - Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (nice)
0035z Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again?
0038z "Local time just half-past three in the morning"
0038z Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again
0041z Off - Thanks Johnny

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European Pirate / Re: Radio Johnny Tobacco 6305 AM 2200 utc 08 Jun 2019

« on: June 08, 2019, 2318 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S7 and nicely above the noise

2318z Playing a tune for Dr. Tim
2335z Hello Johnny, it's only 7:30 PM here now so the sun is still shining out there... (Was watching a baseball game).  Tommorow is the Grand Prix in Montreal.
2328z The 4m high antenna + KW sounding good here.
2332z Tom Jones - Green, Green Grass Of Home (and shout to Big Al)
2337z Hey Johnny, Youtube has Jimmie Rodgers doing "California Blues" from 1928
2342z Story about his aunt making a journey to Grand Rapids in 1928...
2349z Fats Domino - Kansas City
0004z Neil Sedaka - Oh Carol

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0020 UTC 26 May 2019

« on: May 26, 2019, 0021 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S6 - static not too bad tonight

0018z Pistol Packin' Mama, Lay Your Pistol Down
0021z Shotgun Boogie
0024z Jr. Walker - Shotgun
0030z Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff
0044z Stevie Ray Vaughn - Cold Shot
0101z Tom Petty - Two Gunslingers

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European Pirate / Re: UNID 6910 AM 2220 UTC 25 May 2019

« on: May 25, 2019, 2250 UTC »

2250z Weak and down in the noise, Key Channel Radio?  Sounds like the KCR OP but too weak to copy

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European Pirate / Re: Radio Johnny Tobacco 6295 AM 2207 UTC 25 May 2019

« on: May 25, 2019, 2248 UTC »

2249z Good signal in New Hampshire, S6 and staying above the noise (frequency clear at the moment)
2251z Moved to 6295
2300z Hello Johnny, thanks for the shout (Closing down soon)
2301z Johnny Cash - Luther Played the Boogie
2303z Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again (Yes we will Johnny... Good night to you)
2306z Off

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 1337 UTC 25 May 2019

« on: May 25, 2019, 1348 UTC »

1348z Fair signal in New Hampshire, S5

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European Pirate / Re: KCR 6910 AM 1902 utc 24 May 2019

« on: May 24, 2019, 2222 UTC »

2222z Music in/out of the noise in New Hampshire, S3-4 Peaks
2225z I can hear the Op talking, but too weak to copy
2237z "Fantastic antenna" 

2310z Signal has come up out of the noise a bit, enough for Shazam to ID some tunes

2315z Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
2323z Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
2326z Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
2330z Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
2334z Sonny and Cher - I Got You Babe
2337z The Tornados - Telstar
2340z Gilbert O' Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed

2350 Signal has slipped back down into the noise 

2353z "I Love You Just The Way You Are" cover
0007z Diana Ross - Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You Are Going To?)

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 6868 USB 1640 UTC 24 May 2019

« on: May 24, 2019, 1706 UTC »

1706z Weak in New Hampshire, below the S4 noise level

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Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB 2321 UTC 18 May 2019

« on: May 18, 2019, 2343 UTC »

Tough copy in New Hampsire, S5 but storm static S6-S7

2340z Op talking, only copied a bit of it - ID Brownie? Radio

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European Pirate / Re: Unid 6240.2 AM 2304 utc 18 May 2019

« on: May 18, 2019, 2310 UTC »

Weak and down in the noise in New Hampshire, S4 but still early here

2309z Gary Numan - Cars
2320z Soft Cell - Tainted Love
2329z Radio Cuckoo ID

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European Pirate / Re: Triple L Radio 6300 AM 1940 utc 18 May 2019

« on: May 18, 2019, 2231 UTC »

Fair signal in New Hampshire, S5 - not bad so early (two hours until sunset)

2230z Johnny Tobacco with Triple-L Radio ID
2240z Hank Thompson - I Don't Hurt Anymore
2249z "One or two more records and I'm closing down..."
2250z The Equals - Baby Come Back
2253z George Baker- Little Green Bag
2258z Shutting down, pretty good copy at S7 - Thanks Johnny
2259z Vera Lynn singing the sign-off tune - We'll Meet Again