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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925U Monday, Monday

« on: March 01, 2010, 1738 UTC »

3/1/10
6925 USB
1649z: Mamas & Papas "Monday, Monday"
1656z: Dead air
1659z: Mamas & Papas "California Dreamin'"
1702z: "Monday, Monday" again (some overlapping audio, same song with slight delay)
1711z: "Monday, Monday" again after more dead air
1717z: Speeded up version of "Monday, Monday", but not pitch shifted

No ID heard.

SINPO - 25432, not even nudging the needle but very low noise today.

1742

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: The Crystal Ship 5385 AM 2311z

« on: March 01, 2010, 0054 UTC »

2336z: TCS ID and Youngbloods "Get Together" jussst barely audible on the Magnavox portable with whip indoors, tuned to 5386 AM. Dunno why, but this radio seems to work better with TCS than the others.
2344z: A bit of Guess Who "Share The Land" briefly audible.
2345z: Jefferson Airplane "Somebody to Love", no mistaking Grace Slick's vocals.
2351z: Julianna Montana ID.
2354z: Sounds like Cowsills version of "Hair"? Just barely there... hair.
0020z: Nancy Sinatra "These Boots Are Made For Walking"
0031z: Doors "Strange Days"
0045z: "Spill the Wine", Eric Burdon & War

Not strong, mebbe SINPO = 24312, but gray line conditions seem favorable here.

(Gopher Stomp, TX - Magnavox D2935 portable w/ whip indoors)

1743

North American Shortwave Pirate / Outhouse Radio 6925 w/ air checks & jingles

« on: February 26, 2010, 1834 UTC »

2/26/10
6925 USB
1745-1820z: Air checks and jingles for WXYZ, KBCI (not sure about the second one), others.  Ray Charles, other music.
1820z: Computer voice ID for Outhouse Radio
1830z: Outhouse Radio live voice ID, couldn't copy the rest.
1850z: "Green Onions", Booker T & MGs
1935z: SSTV (no copy here) and Outhouse Radio ID w/ "I'm outta here."

SINPO - 25312, just above the mud, many fades to inaudible but occasionally clear enough to copy over moderate noise.

Mostly listening on Sony 2010 portable with indoor random wire antenna.  Interesting to compare with Palstar on fugloop, as propagation shifts seem to alternately favor one setup over another every few minutes.

1744

North American Shortwave Pirate / WBNY 6925+ AM

« on: February 25, 2010, 2250 UTC »

2/25/10
6925+ AM
2227z: Caught a few minutes of Pirates Week relay w/ Ragnar interviewing Commander Bunny, mentions of t-shirts, possibility of new KIPM shows from Alan Maxwell. Fair signal outdoors with portable. Gray line condx seem better than nighttime lately.

1745

North American Shortwave Pirate / Outhouse Radio relays 6925U

« on: February 25, 2010, 2248 UTC »

2/25/10
6925 USB
1940-2020z: Various bits of Radio Veronica and Radio Caroline, per Outhouse op ID at 2020z. Winchester Cathedral, other music.

Just barely audible but fairly low noise this afternoon.

1746

Shortwave Broadcast / Voice of Indonesia 9526

« on: February 19, 2010, 1405 UTC »

2/19/10
9526 AM (confirmed center freq via sideband tuning)
1358z: Music, tuned in just in time to catch ID for Voice of Indonesia and online contact information in English.  Fair signal with fading on indoor portable.

1747

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: RTI via WYFR Asian language broadcast 6875

« on: February 19, 2010, 0454 UTC »

Same sked tonight, 2/19/10, on 6875 AM: Taiwan at 0300z followed by WYFR w/ Harold Camping at 0400z.  Nothing on 6915.

1748

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925U presumed Captain Morgan

« on: February 19, 2010, 0419 UTC »

Presumed Captain Morgan, no positive ID heard.
2/19/10
6925 USB
0347z: James Brown, BTO, Rolling Stones "Brown Sugar", Hendrix "Hey Joe", others, mostly incomplete songs.
0355z: Twilight Zone theme
0356z: Redbone "Come and Get Your Love"
0358z: Drifting downward now... bits of Santana, War, Buffalo Springfield, Steppenwolf, Stones, AWB "Cut the Cake", Hendrix, KC & Sunshine Band "Boogie Shoes"
0410z: Faded out.

SINPO - 24322, just above the mud with occasional dips to inaudible

1749

Shortwave Broadcast / RTI via WYFR Asian language broadcast 6875

« on: February 18, 2010, 0314 UTC »

Apparently Radio Taiwan International relay via WYFR transmitter, shifted from 6915 sked to 6875.
2/18/10
6875 AM
0305 UTC: Asian language broadcast, mostly YL announcer, some mentions of Taiwan, sounds like news reading.  After 0310z YL joined by OM voice, several more mentions of Taiwan.  Jingles, but so far can't tell whether this is Radio Taiwan or a religious broadcaster in Chinese language.  Pop music consistent with RTI programming.

No current record on EiBi.  I think WEWN used to be on this freq but can't recall last time I heard a broadcaster on 6875.  Not listed on current RTI sked, haven't checked CRI yet.

0359z: Closed out Asian language programming with Family Radio ID in English and immediate transition to WYFR with Harold Camping at top of hour 0400z.

(Gopher Stomp, TX)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925U SSTV & Sonar

« on: February 17, 2010, 1554 UTC »

2/17/10
6925 USB
1536-1546z: SSTV (no copy here), submarine Sonar type sounds.

1751

Other / Re: 7000 LSB - possible Brazilian pescadore activity

« on: February 17, 2010, 1216 UTC »

2/17/10, 1200-1215 UTC, 7000 LSB: Same heard again, various OM voices chanting nonsensical vocalizations.  As usual, one voice louder than others, seems to more or less lead others in intermittent chanting vocalizations.  Peaked around 1215z, faded out by 1235z.
(N. Central TX)

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Utility / 6940.5 USB unid alphanumerics

« on: February 16, 2010, 2153 UTC »

2/16/10, 2135-2145 UTC, 6940.5 USB: Two OM voices, English lang/American accents, alphanumerics, "stand by," "how copy?" etc., intermittent unid data sounds.

1753

North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6950 USB love theme

« on: February 14, 2010, 0417 UTC »

2/14/10
6950 USB
0127z: "Testing 1-2-3" Barenaked Ladies
0130z: Wolverine Radio ID
0131z: Medley of rock/pop songs with love in title
0145z: After another Wolverine Radio ID, transitioned to older standards like Sinatra "My Funny Valentine"
0155z: Jazzy guitar instrumental version of "My Funny Valentine", great audio
0202z: Sounds like Elvis Costello version of "My Funny Valentine"
0203z: Wolverine Radio ID
0204z: Willie Nelson
0225z: Back to more pop/rock genre valentine theme songs, sounded like some Tragically Hip, either Neil Young or Nils Lofgren in there too.
0244z: Wolverine Radio ID, followed by a reprise of the love medley from start of program.
0257z: SSTV, Scottie 1, will post later

SINPO - 34323, hovering S1-S3, some S5 peaks.  After 0215z, rapid fluttering fades between S1-S7 with some strong clear peaks.

Thanks, Wolverine, these theme shows are lotsa fun.

1754

Spy Numbers / E10 6840

« on: February 13, 2010, 0642 UTC »

2/13/10, 0122 UTC, 6840 AM: E10, usual phonetics, female voice.  SINPO - 25442, audible here only because local electricity was off overnight, so neighborhood was free of usual heavy RFI.

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Other / 6800 presumed image

« on: February 13, 2010, 0640 UTC »

2/13/10, 0146 UTC, 6800 AM: Sounded like Pastor Melissa Scott, presumably image from either a WWCR or Caribbean Beacon relay of her shortwave broadcasts.  I've heard this before on 6800, tho' usually at such low signal strength it can't be ID'd clearly.  This was fairly clear due to neighborhood power outage and very low RFI.