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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID Oldies - 6945 kHz USB, Oct 10, 2013, 0457 UTC

« on: October 10, 2013, 0540 UTC »

Unsure who this is, show was in progress when I tuned in.
Signal a very nice S8-9, armchair copy on the R75.
--- No IDs, 15-20 sec silent pauses between tunes ---
--- Coming in fine on the Tecsun 660 indoors & out w just the whip ---

0457, Guess Who - Undun (in progress)
0500, Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath (censored version)
0503, Honey Cone - Stick-Up
0507, ELP - From The Beginning
0512, Chicago - Beginnings (single edit version)
0515, Springsteen - Born To Run (w beginning clipped off)
0520, Guess Who - No Time
0524, Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen
0529, Turtles - You Know What I Mean
0531, Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
0535, Ram Jam - Black Betty           ---minor signal fade---
0538, Free - All Right Now
0542, ---seems to be it!---

=== Thanx for the k00l tunes Whoever you are!! ===

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Equipment / Re: Suggestions for Equipment

« on: October 10, 2013, 0359 UTC »

Another thing about SSB is that it carries a lot farther & increases your odds of picking up even more pirates etc. Even if you alligator clip a long piece of wire to your whip antenna, it will make a big difference. If it's outside, better still. Listen after 0000 UTC between 6920-6975 kHz. There's several other SWLers here on HFU living in Alabama who post regularly, and they get great results.
The Kaito is nice for a portable to carry around, but there's tons of great used radios out there looking for a home, and you should be able to pick up a very nice base station shortwave with SSB for next to nothing, easily under $100. I recently picked up an old Kenwood R1000 in great shape for $159. One thing I've found out the hard way is that the radio you really want is not as expensive as you may think, and that's the radio you'll wind up with in the end... after you spend a load of money on other radios in the meantime! Also check the reviews on  www.eham.net  for any radios you're considering

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Turtlehead Radio, 6925 kHz, USB, October 10, 2013, 0255 UTC

« on: October 10, 2013, 0303 UTC »

Getting a mish-mosh here also

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QSLs Received / Re: Metro Radio International eQSL

« on: October 10, 2013, 0257 UTC »

Got one also, different building though! Thanks MRI!

(Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't the grey building on the far left in my QSL, the same building from the above QSLs??)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re:Liquid Radio - Pirates Week relay 6925.24 AM 0210z 10/10/2013

« on: October 10, 2013, 0234 UTC »

S8 here

0234, dialog
---band getting noisier---
0322, tail end of tune
0324, DJ & tune
0331, song with yelling vocal

=== Thanx for the tunes Liquid Radio!! ===

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RML, 6945 kHz USB, October 10, 2013, 0209 UTC

« on: October 10, 2013, 0228 UTC »

S7 here on the R75
Coming in fine on the Tecsun 660 in yard also w just the whip

0228, heavy tune in progress
0229, dead air till...
0231, Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of Edmund Fitzgerald
0238, Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
0243, RML ID, DJ gab
0245, Creedence - Run Thru The Jungle
0249, Van Morrison - Moondance
0253, tune      ---signal getting faint---

=== Thanx for the k00l tunes RML!! ===

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RML 6925u 0317z 10/09/13

« on: October 09, 2013, 0327 UTC »

S7 here, a bit faint. Passband tuning on the R75 helping out.

0326, tune w frantic guitar solo (in progress)
0330, 2 heavy rock tunes
0340, DJ gab, RML email addy
0342, 2 tunes
0351, Cars - It's All I Can Do
0355, Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line
0358, Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper      ---copyability improving---
0403, DJ gab, ID & Traveling Wilburys - End Of The Line (again)
0408, 2 tunes
0417, Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla
0420, Duran Duran - Girls On Film
0426, tune
0431, ---off---

--this is prob not RML--
0439, tune
0442, brief chatter for a few secs
0443, brief voice, a word or 2

=== Thanx for the k00l tunes RML!! ===

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Pirate Radio Boston 6975 AM 0210- 10-09-13

« on: October 09, 2013, 0300 UTC »

Coming in S9 here w minor fade

0300, ID & tune
0303, ID & gab
0305, tune

=== Thanx for the tunes PRB! ===

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Chamberpot Radio

« on: October 09, 2013, 0150 UTC »

Just got the email about this... Thanx CPR!

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio Ga-Ga eQSL

« on: October 09, 2013, 0120 UTC »

Just got the same in my email. Thanks RGG!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950.27 0030 UTC 9 Oct 2013

« on: October 09, 2013, 0053 UTC »

Heard the Radio Jamba ID @ 0053 & 0059, but copy is tough.
It keeps wafting in & out with Crystal Ship.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: TCS 6950.6AM

« on: October 09, 2013, 0006 UTC »

Faint noisy S7 here

0005, Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (in progress)
0008, ID, Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
0011, Association - Along Comes Mary
---yuck, signal getting worse, almost unintelligible---
0022, tail end of Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
0023, Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night
---down the hole mostly---
0042, Doors - The Crystal Ship (in progress)
0056, Turtles - Happy Together (in progress)
0100, tail end of Yardbirds - For Your Love       ---signal bouncing back---
0101, Hollies - Bus Stop
---signal clashing with Radio Jamba---
0107, TCS ID & Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men

=== Thanx for trying TCS!! Great music ===

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: MAC Shortwave 6924.5 AM 2204 10-08-13

« on: October 08, 2013, 2250 UTC »

Nice S+15 here!
Got home just in time from dinner!

2250, ID & email addy    Macshortwaveradio@gmail.com
2250, goodbye jingle, dialog "Just got things back up & running"
2253, MAC jingle & Beatles-only Ultraman show
2257, Beatles - Boys (BBC version)
2300, ID & Beatles - Too Much Monkey Business (BBC version)
2302, ID, email addy & "Reading a little story" (or 2!)
2306, Beatles - The Word
2308, ID & Beatles - I'm Looking Through You
2311, dialog, "Bubba & Billy Joe" story, email addy
2313, Beatles - Run For Your Life
2315, jingle, ID & Beatles - Get Back
2319, ID, email addy, "Hot Revenge" & "Local Call" stories
2322, Beatles - Hey Jude
2329, ID & Beatles - Revolution (single anthology version)   ---minor fade starting---
2332, Ultraman interviews Obama... Dickie Goodman style!, email addy, "Wrapping show up"
2335, Beatles - Helter Skelter
2338, jingles, dialog "Going off in a moment"
2341, Paul Dunlap movie tune from early '60s, "Angry Red Planet"
2345, One more movie tune from Jerry Goldsmith, "Satan Bug"
2347, dialog, "Thanks for tuning in", email addy
2348, tune - A Pirates Life For Me
2350, national anthem signoff, laughter
2351, ---off---

=== Thanx for the k00l tunes MAC!! Nice that you're back on ===

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QSLs Received / Chamberpot Radio QSL

« on: October 08, 2013, 1716 UTC »

Got this in today's snail mail from their Sept 12th show (full details on back)
Thank you Chamberpot Radio!

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio Echo One QSL

« on: October 08, 2013, 0210 UTC »

Got this one today in my email for the Talk Like A Pirate Day show.
Thanks RE1!