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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6928.1 LSB - UNID - loops with synthesized voice 0238z

« on: March 14, 2010, 0316 UTC »

Ditto here for past hour or so, lots of piratical goofiness on 6928.1 LSB.  Sounds like someone having fun with a soundboard.

This is hilarious - I can only imagine the confusion for folks just tuning around the band, wondering what this is!

1727

North American Shortwave Pirate / WHYP 6925 AM

« on: March 13, 2010, 0632 UTC »

3/13/10
Listened outside with Sony 2010 portable and jussst barely able to hear some rock music between 0400-0415z in sync mode on 6925 AM
0416z: WHYP ID

SINPO - 24311, mostly fades to inaudible, occasionally peaked just enough to get a sync lock for a few seconds.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Whispery ID station 6925U

« on: March 13, 2010, 0631 UTC »

Pretty sure this is Wolverine Radio's alter ego, but the whispered ID is always a challenge.
3/13/10
6925U
0040z: Rhythmic trance instrumentals
0046z: Whispered "Wool-ver-eeen Ray-dee-oh" ID

Occasionally peaking S7 here over S1-S2 noise. Main problem is intermittent local RFI bursts to S9+.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Current Time Radio 6925U

« on: March 13, 2010, 0626 UTC »

3/12/10
6925 USB
2256z: Timekeeper for Current Time Radio, checking to see if frequency is clear, announced time in UTC, mentioned FRN.

Just barely above the mud here, very poor condx this afternoon in Texas.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6930u "Sweet Dreams"

« on: March 13, 2010, 0625 UTC »

3/13/10, 6930 USB
Good signal here since opening with Barenekkid Wimmins "Testing 1-2-3" intro.  Various dream-theme songs from Roy Orbison, Eurhythmics, others.
0212z: Live Emmy Lou version of Patsy's "Sweet Dreams"
0216z: Sounds like Snap! with dream theme song
0223z: Wolverine Radio ID, Patsy Cline.  (There is no such thing as too much Patsy.)
0233z: McGarrigles
0235z: SSTV of snuggly couple, "Sweet Dreams" and Wolverine Radio logo

1731

North American Shortwave Pirate / KTIT 6930U blues

« on: March 11, 2010, 2322 UTC »

3/11/10
6930 USB
Since 2250z hearing various blues songs, around S1 in the mud.
2305z: Suddenly stronger peaks, S2-S7, possibly gray line effect
2312z: Clear "KTIT" ID
2320z: BB King blues
2324z: KTIT ID, more blues
2359z: KTIT still choogling along, "That's All Right Mama"
0001z: Howlin' Wolf "Smokestack Lightning"

SINPO - 34322, some good peaks to S7, mostly hovering in the mud around S1-S2

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio MoFo (blame Lex for the name)

« on: March 11, 2010, 2320 UTC »

I fully accept responsibility, credit, blame or offers of beer for "Radio MOFO" ID.

Since around 0030z, 3/11/10, heard on 6928.1 LSB some hilariously fluent cussing among two or three fellows, along with some hip-hop music. Was pretty strong around gray line, only intermittently audible after 0100z.  As cussing involving moms and copulation go, this approached street poetry in terms of variety, fluidity and natural delivery. 8.5/10.  Mixed in with some pesque sideband chatter in Spanish earlier, closer to 6926-7 USB.

0403z: Still going, various audio bits, loops of YL w/ Spanish voice, others.

Later heard this was a QSO among various ops.

<RGG> had qso earlier with 2 or 3 other op's 6928.2L
<RGG> 1 mobile
<RGG> names used were Capt. Stinky
<RGG> Other was bugaboo
<RGG> an an unknown intoxicated person 
<RGG> location given was Mount C???  New York
<RGG> at the A&P gettin donuts and coffee
<RGG> drunk guy was askin for "the person in charge"
<RGG> was hilarious

Sounds like Radio Mount Kisco was live and well from the A&P.

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Other / UNID CW or beacon 6930

« on: March 11, 2010, 2311 UTC »

3/11/10
6930 USB
2250z-2300z: Intermittent 3-dash tone ("O") until close to 2300z when other characters followed, but I couldn't copy 'em by ear.  Off or faded by 2305z.

For a few minutes around 2300z, some overlap with KTIT playing blues on 6930 USB.  CW signal off just as KTIT was picking up here, no QRM.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Outhouse Radio riffs

« on: March 10, 2010, 0218 UTC »

3/10/10
Around 0133z, 6925 AM and drifting: "our universe is expanding", "there is no such thing as death", other comments.  If I'm remembering correctly, these are quotes from comedian/commentator Bill Hicks.

Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration — that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death; life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves... Here's Tom with the weather! -- Bill Hicks

0140z: Signal either faded or cut out, then back near 6923 USB, same programming, then some commentary about Tesla.

0200z: Outhouse Radio op commenting, "...and in your dreams, you dreamed that this was Outhouse Radio."
0209z: Off with Outhouse Radio ID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6930u WEAK Radio

« on: March 08, 2010, 2221 UTC »

3/8/10
6930 USB
2148z: Been listening for awhile, was barely audible until 2147z when end of Cream "Sunshine of Your Love" and WEAK Radio ID popped through the mud.
2150z: Signal faded again here.
2241z: "Power of Soul", a little Hendrix and Band of Gypsies!
2254z: Parody ad for restaurant?  Fair signal peak but obscured by regional t-storm crashes.
2255z: WEAK ID
2336z: Sign-off ID's, signal was starting to peak here right around sign-off.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WTCR 6950 U

« on: March 07, 2010, 0314 UTC »

3/7/10
6950 USB
0202z: WTCR ID, into Grateful Dead "Casey Jones"
0207z: More Dead, "Cumberland Blues"
0211z: "Dire Wolf"
0218z: WTCR ID, "Mama Tried"
SINPO - 44333

0247z: WTCR ID, "Brown-Eyed Women"
0252z: "He's Gone"
0259z: "Ramble On Rose"
0304z: WTCR ID
0330z: Sign off ID, QSL info
SINPO - 33323, a little weaker with more fades since 0230z, some ticking ute noises near freq.

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Shortwave Broadcast / WBCQ 5110 Winterfest show

« on: March 06, 2010, 0326 UTC »

3/5/10
5110 AM
2300-0100z: Relay of George Zeller's talk about pirate radio for 2010 Winterfest.  Only occasionally audible here due to poor local conditions, but able to copy some of Zeller's anecdotes and, around 2350z, some comments from Larry Will regarding positive effects of internet on free radio, mentions of FRN, HFU and various sites where pirate radio programs have been archived.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6930U "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

« on: March 06, 2010, 0143 UTC »

3/6/10
6930 USB
0000z-0025z: all "Don't Worry, Be Happy" all the time. Several versions. Good signal, no ID heard.

Gopher Stomp, TX - Outdoors with Sony 2010 portable

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Channel Z 6925 AM

« on: March 03, 2010, 0215 UTC »

3/3/10
6925 AM
0051z: Channel Z op talking about all instrumental show (I think this was the Fall of 2008 show?), into J. Geils Band "Whammer Jammer".

SINPO-32432. Good signal outdoors with Sony 2010 in AM sync. Lots of Spanish pesque QRM on both sidebands.  Inaudible with indoor antenna, tho'.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WEAK 6925 U

« on: March 02, 2010, 0039 UTC »

3/1/10
6925 USB
2351z: '70s flashback, Brothers Johnson "Strawberry Letter 23"
2355z: WEAK Radio ID
0010z: Strawberry Fields Forever
0021z: "Incense Peppermints" Strawberry Alarm Clock
0024z: Off after ID w/ echo/repeat fx
0042z: My mistake, WEAK still on, some pauses between more strawberry themed songs.

Seems to be a theme here.

Fairly clear signal, some minor pesque whistling QRM.