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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Boom Box Radio 6975 AM 2238- 10-07-13

« on: October 08, 2013, 0149 UTC »

Thanks for the Boom Box Breakfast shows!
Always a treat when I get home from work

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: The Crystal Ship 6950.67 AM 00:55 Oct 8 2013

« on: October 08, 2013, 0129 UTC »

S7 w some noise. Copy in & out throughout broadcast

0128, dialog, mentioned some rock groups, including Genesis, near the end
0130, spacey music
0133, lilting tune
0135, Moody Blues - Story In Your Eyes
0138, Moody Blues - Ride My See Saw
0142, ELO - Living Thing
0145, ELO - Sweet Talkin' Woman
0150, ID & Pink Floyd DSOTM excerpt
0158, Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen
0203, "Art Show" ID & Springsteen - Jungleland
0214, Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin

=== Thanx for the tunes TCS! ===

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6935 USB 0026 Oct 8

« on: October 08, 2013, 0033 UTC »

Solid S+20 here, perfect signal
Looks like a "Pretty" theme tonight

0031, blues tune
0034, That's The Way I Feel About You
0036, ID & That's A Pretty Good Love
0039, blues tune
0042, Albert King - Oh Pretty Woman (not the Orbison tune)
0044, ID & tune     ---BIG increase in noise, signal fading rapidly---
0047, Thurston Harris - Little Bitty Pretty One
0049, unintelligible tune, signal way down the hole... Grr, love Wolverine Radio!
0100, --signal still unintelligible--  I got the zero propagation blues!
0110, hearing faint SSTV tones, guess that's it!

=== Thanx for the show Wolverine!! ===

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Equipment / Re: Official yard sale find thread.

« on: October 07, 2013, 1200 UTC »

I like old tube table radios from the '50s & '60s. Here's a 1961 Arvin I found at a garage sale for $3 about 7 months ago. It works, but needs a little TLC, new dial light, minor stuff. Need to get the tubes tested... can't do that at the drugstore anymore!! It says "Twin Speaker" on the front nameplate, but it's a Mono radio! Obviously trying to cash in on the then-new Stereophonic craze. I wonder how many refrigerators had one of these sitting on top? Dig that turquoise and cream color combo!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RML 6945 USB 01:32 October 7, 2013

« on: October 07, 2013, 0139 UTC »

Weak S7 here, copyable, low band noise

0138, Missing Persons - Destination Unknown (in progress)
0142, speed metal tune
0147, guitar solo tune
0149, Fixx - Red Skies
0153, DJ gab, RML ID, HFU shoutouts, ID
0159, tune
0204, Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
0208, DJ gab
0210, Zappa - Valley Girl
0215, DJ gab

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

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID, 6925AM, 0050+, 7 Oct 2013

« on: October 07, 2013, 0120 UTC »

0049 ---wow, XLR8's signal really fell off!! Getting stepped on by AM mode UNID pirate w loud S9---
XLR8 no longer copyable.

---disjointed mix of dialog & weird vocal tunes from 0049 till 0112---

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6925 USB *0020 7Oct13

« on: October 07, 2013, 0037 UTC »

OK S7 here, easy copy

0036, tune in progress
0037, 0041, ID & tune
0044, tune, ID @ 0048
0049 ---wow, signal really fell off!! Getting stepped on by AM mode UNID pirate w loud S9---
XLR8 no longer copyable.

---disjointed mix of dialog & weird vocal tunes from 0049 till 0012---
---then the band fell apart for me shortly thereafter---

=== Thanx for the k00l tunes XLR8!! ===

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 2344 UTC 6 Oct 2013

« on: October 06, 2013, 2355 UTC »

Strong S9 signal here

2352, synthy twang noise
2254, off abruptly

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ga Ga, 6925 usb, 1333z, 10-6-13

« on: October 06, 2013, 1750 UTC »

Radio Gaga's email is listed here:

http://piratedatabase.webhop.net

I tried using this address the other day, got no answer, though they may be slow repliers.

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Equipment / Re: Suggestions?

« on: October 06, 2013, 1515 UTC »

I used to have a PRO-2004 back when they were new. I couldn't afford it, so I used Radio Shack's layaway! Took me about 3 months to get it, but it was worth the wait. It never gave me a day's trouble in the 5 years I had it. Did the speedup, 400 channels, and unblock mods on it too (used to do electronic assembly, piece of cake). Picked up an old PRO-2006 for cheap in nice shape about a year ago.

I have several PRO-2021s. Although they don't go above 512 MHz, they work great, there's still tons of stuff to listen to between 30-512 MHz, and you can pick them up for practically nothing anymore. It's a real easy mod to replace the Motorola connector with a BNC... mounts thru the same hole, perfect fit.

I also have a PRO-39 Hyperscan handheld. Goes up to 960 MHz. I put a Watson 889 whip antenna on it, and it's a real DX magnet now! Great antenna. Haven't gotten around to unblocking it though.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Totse 6925 USB. 0926 - 10- 06-13

« on: October 06, 2013, 1414 UTC »

Heard a faint signal @ 1030, but not good enough for an ID.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: VAGINA RADIO 6925 USB 0120z+ 6 OCT 13

« on: October 06, 2013, 0145 UTC »

No luck here... Peskies on USB are winning out  :^(

OK, peskies shut up for me to hear AC/DC @ 0201!

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: The Mighty KBC 7375 kHz Oct 6, 2013 0000Z

« on: October 06, 2013, 0101 UTC »

Wow!! S+40 here tonight!!! Best I've ever heard them.
Thanx for the shoutout @ 0157

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Gaga 6925 USB 2337 UTC 5 Oct 2013

« on: October 06, 2013, 0011 UTC »

Just above the noise floor here on the R75.
Tried using the Tecsun 660 in the yard w just the whip, but it's all peskies, no Gaga!

0011, Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive

=== Thanx for the k00l tunes RGG!! ===

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Appalachia 6924AM *2311 4Oct13

« on: October 04, 2013, 2330 UTC »

Signal mostly in the noise floor here, popping out now & then

2328, Hearing a country music "twang"
2331, OM plaintive country singing voice
2332, DJ (ID?)
2334, country fiddlin' tune
2337, country fiddlin' continues
2338, dialog
2339, still more fiddlin', with occasional vocal
2344, dialog
2346, country harmonies, and is that a fiddle I hear??
2348, OM singing "Your love is strong..."
2354, country harmonies
2357, DJ gab
2358, tune w vocal & chorus harmonies
0002, YL vocal tune
0004, ---signal either went down the hole, or signed off---

=== Thanx for the tunes Appalachia! Y'all come back now, ya hear? ===