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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925u @ 0126z Wolverine Radio

« on: January 19, 2010, 0223 UTC »

Haven't been watching clock but since approx. 0130z on 6925U hearing a mix of 1980s pop/rock hits, 1960s TV theme songs (The Avengers, Jetsons, Beverly Hillbillies), other songs and audio bits.  Fairly weak signal, ranging only from inaudible to barely audible, no clear ID heard as of 0222z.

1787

Shortwave Broadcast / Re: 6.890 am ASIAN female with Spanish language

« on: January 18, 2010, 1704 UTC »

In that time slot and in Spanish, probably Radio Taiwan, per EiBi site.
6890          0400-0500       TWN Radio Taiwan Int.        S   CAm         /USA-o

1788

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga MLK theme show 6925U

« on: January 18, 2010, 1535 UTC »

1/18/10
6925 USB
1510z: Blues rock, might be "Have You Ever Loved a Woman", Clapton, but too weak to copy clearly
1520z: Martin Luther King "I have a dream" speech
1525z: Humble Pie "I Don't Need No Doctor"
1535z: Still there but barely audible.
1539z: Queen "Radio Ga Ga" just barely audible now
1542z: Radio Ga-Ga ID
1551z: Speech or news clip, familiar voice, can't ID (Radio Ga-Ga op ID'd this as Edward Murrow)
1553z: RGG sign-off ID

SINPO - 24322, just audible enough to copy familiar material

1789

North American Shortwave Pirate / Sycko/Godzilla Radio air check 6924.5U

« on: January 17, 2010, 1429 UTC »

1/17/10
6924.5 USB
1255-1305 UTC: Voices saying "Hello, radio", "Can anyone hear me?", "Doesn't anyone want to talk to me?", etc. First voice sounded like computerized or little kid's voice. OM voice later, sounded like Sycko of Sycko Radio.

Presumably air check. Good clear peaks but lots of rapid fades to inaudible.
Later confirmed by Sycko Radio as air check from his son, Godzilla Radio, his first via a Henry "Tempo One" transceiver they've just obtained, running 50W in USB.

1790

North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK Radio 6925U

« on: January 15, 2010, 2345 UTC »

1/15/10, 6925 USB
Been listening for about an hour but didn't catch positive ID until 2319z.
2305z: Steely Dan
2319z: WEAK ID
2320z: Band of Gypsies "We Gotta Live Together" with Buddy Miles on vocals! Wow, haven't heard this in many years.
2324z: WEAK ID w/ gmail address

1791

MW Loggings / Re: WDMV 700 Walkersville MD

« on: January 15, 2010, 1647 UTC »

A...So if anyone out there hears a song by the Flying Burrito Brothers on 700 it's sure to be WDMV violating their license.

Gee, Cos, you say that as if it's a bad thing.   

Now, 'scuse me while I go kick myself for selling my Gram Parsons vinyl several years ago...

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: WTWW 5755

« on: January 15, 2010, 0232 UTC »

Ditto here, 1/15/10, 0220 UTC on 5755 kHz, familiar pop/rock music, WTWW ID's with notice about equipment tests.  Good signal.  Several drops in audio but carrier seemed fairly steady.  Some heterodyne in there too.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WEAK Radio 6930U 0950z

« on: January 13, 2010, 0958 UTC »

1/13/10
6930 USB
0951z: Edgar Winter "Free Ride"
0954z: WEAK ID
0955z: Isley Brothers "Who's That Lady"
0959z: "Groove Me", not sure if King Floyd version
1010z: Betty Wright "Clean Up Woman"
1020z: Seals & Crofts "Diamond Girl"
1022z: WEAK ID
1023z: Staple Singers "I'll Take You There"
1035z: Patti Smith "Soul Kitchen"

Just barely audible, some fades to inaudible, but very low noise.

1794

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio GaGa 6925U 1400-1430z

« on: January 12, 2010, 1505 UTC »

1/12/10
6925U
1400-1430z: Classic rock 'n' roll tunes including "Mama Said". Off with Radio Ga-Ga ID and what sounded like "...on the ice."

Signal a little better this morning than past few morning RGG shows.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga 6930U

« on: January 10, 2010, 1345 UTC »

1/10/10
6930U
1329z: Lionel Richie "Easy"
1336z: Radio Ga-Ga ID
1336z: Billy Ocean "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"

Good signal peaks over fairly heavy local RFI this morning, some fades to inaudible.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6930U 1025-1055z

« on: January 10, 2010, 1102 UTC »

1/10/10
6930U
1025-1055z: Various unfamiliar music included a version of "Good Girls Don't" but not The Knack.

Good punchy audio.  Good peaks over low noise, lots of fades to inaudible.  Never caught an ID but might have been during a fade out.  Seemed to go off 1055z w/o ID.  I'd guess WEAK based on audio quality and time.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / MAC 6925 AM

« on: January 09, 2010, 1723 UTC »

Nary a peep nor carrier here in Gopher Stomp, TX, but good signal via Ragnar's Gulch web stream. Hearing rocking blues since 1640z. ID at 1652z.
1705z: Commander Bunny ID for MAC.
1710z: Song ID's break for songs by Koko Taylor, Hound Dog Taylor, Johnny Winter, others.

I can't see Ragnar's S-meter from here (does that ICOM black box even have an S-meter? dadgum newfangled whatsis), but I'd call this a SINPO - 45333, mebbe 45334 due to the very good quality AM audio.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga on the ice

« on: January 09, 2010, 1722 UTC »

6925U, since around 1330z, songs from Loverboy, Dusty Springfield "Son of a Preacher Man", others.
1332z: "Radio Ga-Ga, on the ice."

SINPO - 34412, good clear peaks but some fades to inaudible for a few minutes at a time.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga w/ cool jazz on ice

« on: January 07, 2010, 1513 UTC »

1/7/10
6925 USB
Since 1440z hearing lots of older jazz, wild clarinet honking stuff.
1510z: Radio Ga-Ga ID

Rumor has it this show is on the ice.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID QSO 6925U 0720z

« on: January 07, 2010, 0726 UTC »

1/7/10
6925 USB
0720z: QSO between ops, hearing only one side of QSO here.  Chatter about audio processing with over-/correctly processed audio; PCs and Macs.