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North American Shortwave Pirate / WHYP 6925 AM 1615z
« on: May 30, 2010, 1939 UTC »
Nice signal, mostly S9. First station I heard on the new 635 ft horizontal loop.
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General Radio Discussion / Rodent scurries by as Obama lauds Wall Street vote
« on: May 21, 2010, 1801 UTC »
WASHINGTON – In the midst of his battle with the titans of Wall Street, President Barack Obama was nearly upstaged by a rodent. Obama had just begun a Rose Garden statement lauding the end of a Senate filibuster on his financial overhaul when some kind of rodent dashed out of the bushes to his right, just outside the Oval Office...
As photographers snapped away in the sun-drenched garden, the critter scurried straight past the gray podium with the presidential seal and made a bee-line for another set of bushes to Obama's left.
It's not clear if the president could even see the streaker, but he didn't show any reaction. And he concluded his statement minutes later, returning to his office without answering a few shouted questions on other topics.
Once he was safely inside the Oval Office, a fierce debate erupted among the photographers and reporters who'd witnessed the dash. Was it a rat or a mouse? Or maybe a mole, or some other kind of related creature.
Before long, experts had joined the fray.
"I would partially rule out rat," said Russell Link, a wildlife biologist who works for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. "That's due to the lack of a tail that is typically equal to body length."
After viewing a photograph of the surprising scurry, Link said, "My suspicion is it's a vole, commonly called a 'meadow mouse' out our way."
In fact, this wasn't the first time a rodent's been spied in the White House, or even the Rose Garden.
Just last week, as camera crews set up for an Obama statement on the Gulf oil spill, what's believed to have been the same rodent made a dash across the famous garden.
The press work areas behind the White House briefing room have had at least one rat sighting, though that was before a multimillion-dollar rehab project finished by the Bush administration.
Moreover, rodents of all kinds are pretty common in Washington. From time to time, city officials issue alarms about surges in the rat population when residents put out extra-big summer piles of garbage.
Washington is, after all built, along a river, on what used to be a malarial swamp.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100521/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_rodent
As photographers snapped away in the sun-drenched garden, the critter scurried straight past the gray podium with the presidential seal and made a bee-line for another set of bushes to Obama's left.
It's not clear if the president could even see the streaker, but he didn't show any reaction. And he concluded his statement minutes later, returning to his office without answering a few shouted questions on other topics.
Once he was safely inside the Oval Office, a fierce debate erupted among the photographers and reporters who'd witnessed the dash. Was it a rat or a mouse? Or maybe a mole, or some other kind of related creature.
Before long, experts had joined the fray.
"I would partially rule out rat," said Russell Link, a wildlife biologist who works for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. "That's due to the lack of a tail that is typically equal to body length."
After viewing a photograph of the surprising scurry, Link said, "My suspicion is it's a vole, commonly called a 'meadow mouse' out our way."
In fact, this wasn't the first time a rodent's been spied in the White House, or even the Rose Garden.
Just last week, as camera crews set up for an Obama statement on the Gulf oil spill, what's believed to have been the same rodent made a dash across the famous garden.
The press work areas behind the White House briefing room have had at least one rat sighting, though that was before a multimillion-dollar rehab project finished by the Bush administration.
Moreover, rodents of all kinds are pretty common in Washington. From time to time, city officials issue alarms about surges in the rat population when residents put out extra-big summer piles of garbage.
Washington is, after all built, along a river, on what used to be a malarial swamp.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100521/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_rodent
30243
North American Shortwave Pirate / WHYP 6875 AM 2335z
« on: May 11, 2010, 2337 UTC »
Solid S9+20 signal into MD. Great to hear JB.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ronin Shortwave 6950.4 AM
« on: April 28, 2010, 2342 UTC »
The signal is coming into MD as well, S5 here.
Thanks for the show!
Thanks for the show!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / WBNY 6925 USB 1910z
« on: April 25, 2010, 1912 UTC »
S7 signal into MD.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK Radio 6935 USB 2156z
« on: April 21, 2010, 2350 UTC »
Barely S1 at first, then increasing to S5 over time.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin 6925 AM 1325z
« on: April 04, 2010, 1334 UTC »
ID at 1334, tough copy due to QRM from WBNY.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Northwoods Radio 6925 USB 1245z
« on: April 04, 2010, 1256 UTC »
Instrumental version of Money, ID.
S3-S5 signal into MD this morning.
S3-S5 signal into MD this morning.
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General Radio Discussion / Re: Vast F.C.C. Effort to Widen U.S. Internet Access Sets Off Battle
« on: March 14, 2010, 1122 UTC »
The scariest words you can hear: "Hi, we're from the government, and we're here to help"
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North American Shortwave Pirate / WHYP 6953 AM 2235z
« on: March 12, 2010, 2247 UTC »
Great to hear JB again, talking to someone live, mentions of the Winterfest and Bozo, then into some music. S9 signal with some fades and UTE QRM.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / The Crystal Ship 5385 AM 2311z
« on: February 28, 2010, 2311 UTC »
Signing on now, S7-S9 signal.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin 6925 AM 2248z
« on: February 28, 2010, 2309 UTC »
S5 signal into MD, "Surrender" by Cheap Trick.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WMPR, 6925am
« on: February 28, 2010, 1438 UTC »
S5 signal into MD, some fading. 1426z sign on.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ronin 6951 AM 1420z
« on: February 21, 2010, 1424 UTC »
"For Your Eyes Only", "California Dreaming", S1/S2 signal.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / WMPR 6955 AM 2241z
« on: February 20, 2010, 2305 UTC »
S5 signal into Maryland. Information Society "What's On Your Mind"
