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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 AM 2213 UTC 31 Oct 2018

« on: October 31, 2018, 2218 UTC »

Fair signal in New Hampshire, S6-S7

2215z Boris Karloff tune
2219z "Shock The Body"
2232z The Bollock Brothers - Horror Movies
2233z Don Hinson And The Rigormorticians - Riboflavin--Flavored, Non- Carbonated, Polyunsaturated Blood
2235z Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Rap (Shock The Body)
2238z Signal up to S8-S9 now

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Channel Z Radio 4075 AM 2200 UTC 31 October 2018

« on: October 31, 2018, 2206 UTC »

Strong in New Hampshire, S8 - S9+10

2204z "Bela Lugosi's Dead"
2229z Channel Z ID into Argh Ost - Halloween

2251z Signal has been steadily dropping, down into the noise now at S3

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Relay Station 6880 AM 1532 UTC 30 Oct 2018

« on: October 30, 2018, 1842 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S7-S9

1842z CS&N - Long Time Gone
1846z "This is Radio Ronin Shortwave"
1847z Elton John - Madman Across The Water
1853z Ronin ID (signal took a big dive down into the noise, still a bit of music and carrier in there)
1858z Some CW, tough copy, included "Thanks to Radio Illuminati..."
1900z Op talking, no copy
1901z SSTV, enough signal to sync but too noisy to tell what it is
1920z More SSTV's - too weak to make out images

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Man Cave Radio 6935 AM 2158 UTC 28 Oct 2018

« on: October 28, 2018, 2213 UTC »

2212z Fair signal in New Hampshire, S7, static crashes hitting S9 but still pretty good copy
2214z Man Cave Radio ID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6940 USB 2112 UTC 28 Oct 2018

« on: October 28, 2018, 2117 UTC »

2117z Good signal in New Hampshire, S7-S9
2119z Off suddenly...
2123z Back now - massive RF feedback caused a problem, fixed now (hopefully)
2133z RFW ID (tunes sounding great)
2207z "Africa" - signal holding nicely (S6-S7)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Allen Maxwell & the High Frequency Electric Churc 6955 USB 2055 utc OCT 28 2018

« on: October 28, 2018, 2109 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S8 and nicely above the noise

2109z KIPM ID (Illuminati Prima Materia) and Outer Limits-style intro
2113z "God is making you do something you should not do..."
2115z "Thank you for listening to Allen Maxwell's Voyage Of The Illuminati" and off

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Mix Radio International 6879 USB 1616 UTC 27 Oct 2018

« on: October 27, 2018, 2241 UTC »

Fair signal in New Hampshire, S5 and just a bit above the noise

2235z Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
2240z Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (signal took a big dive)
2245z Mary MacGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers (signal back up to S5, decent copy...)
2254z Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
2301z Rufus And Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Johnny Tobacco 6305 AM 2320z Oct 26, 2018

« on: October 26, 2018, 2322 UTC »

Fair signal in New Hampshire, S5-S7 and just a bit above the noise, good copy

2326z Radio Johnny Tobacco ID (low power, low budget, and really low antenna right now)
2332z Testing the regulation on the screen of his final tube, sounds good here
2338z Lots of stuff in the junk-box means he can build lots of equipment for nothing
2341z Checking HFUnderground... and hey! hello Johnny, shout-outs to all of us
2354z Antenna is only five meters high right now - Doing pretty well with this set-up
0003z ZZ-Top - Sharp Dressed Man
0006z Hank Williams - Cold, Cold Heart
0007z Hank Williams - You Are On My Lonely Mind (There's a Tear in my Beer)
0012z Thanks for the tune Johnny, maybe Settin' The Woods On Fire or perhaps I Saw The Light?
0013z House Of The Rising Sun
0017z Johnny Cash - Heart Of Gold (Neil Young tune)
0023z Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
0025z Roy Orbison - You Got It
0030z Chris Isaak - Wicked Game

0040z Time to shut down Johnny, thanks for the show and for staying up late into the early morning hours


*** Hello CT Yankee - The forecast for Saturday includes "A Few Snow Showers" at 8AM - 9AM. If so, this will be the first snow for this winter.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X - 1 6965 USB 2345 UTC 20 October 2018

« on: October 20, 2018, 2350 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S9+

2349z Sci-Fi radio drama "Someone on the moon is calling the bureau of missing persons"

X Minus One: The Man On The Moon
 
   http://www.oldtimeradioreview.com/x-minus-one---m.html

   https://www.tangentonline.com/old-time-radio/2866-x-minus-one-qthe-man-in-the-moonq-by-george-lefferts

The second link has a playable recording of the show


2356z Off in midst of show...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6950 USB 2045 UTC 20 OCT 2018

« on: October 20, 2018, 2153 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S8 and nicely above the noise

2200z ID and tunes list (just back from the loo)
2218z If you've got a request... he's happy to play it (post your request here, or to djdickweed@gmail.com)
2245z ID, still sounding good, S9

Well then, how about "Michael Jackson - Rock With You" (OK, OK, maybe "Metric - Gold Girls Guns" is closer to your taste?)

2252z Thanks DJDW...... (The broken glass lady is Annie Lennox)
2257z Blondie - Heart of Glass (was gonna suggest "One Way Or Another")
2320z Signal has dropped to S5-S6 now, a bit down in the noise, making copy tough (also a pesky QSO on frequency now and then doesn't help)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6930 USB 2210 UTC October 19, 2018

« on: October 19, 2018, 2240 UTC »

Fair signal in New Hampshire, S6 which is about even with the noise tonight.

2241z RFW ID, copy kinda tough but getting most of it.
2249z ID again, still hangin' in there...
2258z Lamenting poor propagation, shout-outs to all the HFU posters, and off

Good to hear you again DJDW (even if you're not slamming in here tonight)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Chaos R. Int. 6380 AM 1526 utc 13oct 2018

« on: October 13, 2018, 2314 UTC »

2313z Weak in New Hampshire, in and out of the noise S2-S4 - a bit of music making it through on peaks
2340z Better now, pretty good copy at S5

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Humperdoo 6930 USB 1839 UTC 13 October 2018

« on: October 13, 2018, 2047 UTC »

2047z Big signal in New Hampshire, S9+10
2050z Radio Humperdoo ID ("drunk as a mother-fucker"), drunkenradiopirate@gmail.com

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 DSB? 2339 UTC 12 October 2018

« on: October 12, 2018, 2342 UTC »

2339z Fair copy in New Hampshire, S5 with Neil Young
2342z Johnny Cash - Because You're Mine, I Walk The Line
2345z Sly Stone - I Want To Take You Higher
2349z Grateful Dead - Johnny B. Goode
2353z ID - Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Marrakesh Express
2355z ? - Mustang Sally
2359z Neil Young - The Needle And The Damage Done
0001z Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin (sorta, from Spanish Days of Future Passed?)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Man Cave Radio 6935 AM 2314 UTC 12 Oct 2018

« on: October 12, 2018, 2318 UTC »

2317z Fair signal in New Hampshire on 6935.33, S5
2322z Daft Punk - Get Lucky