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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Metro Radio International 6949.7 AM 2250 UTC

« on: July 07, 2012, 0033 UTC »

7/6/12, 6949.7 AM, 2245z: Ditto, via east coast remote tuned SDR, music I couldn't quite copy well enough to identify, chatter between guy and gal, "...for the show... drive home...".  What little I could copy the audio seemed good, just not quite punching through fairly heavy QRN. Signal took a sharp dive just after 2300z, possibly the flare Chris mentioned.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Blue Ocean Radio 6925 USB

« on: July 06, 2012, 0449 UTC »

7/6/12, 6925 USB, 0445z: Long John Baldry "Stormy Monday" and more blues.  ID confirmed via IRC.
0453z: Sounds like "I'd Rather Go Blind", not sure which version, maybe Etta James (nope, Koko Taylor)?
0503z: Blue Ocean Radio ID
0509z: Sheryl Crow "Can't Cry Anymore".  Also hearing odd moaning sound effects, which BOR op says isn't him.  Not sure if deliberate QRM or some sorta ute I haven't heard before.  Same sound effects audible on home receiver.
0514z: Sarah Maclachlan "Arms of an Angel"
0517z: "People Get Ready" - odd QRM still just audible beneath BOR, sounds somewhat digitalish.
0521z: k.d. lang "Constant Craving"
0530z: Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams" (moaning noises stopped)

Good via western North American remote tuners, just barely audible here at home via the indoor rx/antenna.  The odd moaning/digitalish QRM was audible via two or three different remotes, and via my own home receiver.

A couple of years ago I recorded a similar digitalish sounding howling/moaning noise with a comb filter type effect, near 6915 and elsewhere on the funny bands.  Seemed to be some sort of official data/ute comms, not necessarily deliberate QRM.

Off-air recording from around 0515z, with odd noises audible in background.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: peepee vagina radio

« on: July 06, 2012, 0428 UTC »

7/6/12, 6925, 0427z: Just heard "Peepee Vagina Radio" ID in kid's voice, and some music I don't recognize.  Just barely audible through heavy local RFI, no way to tell whether there's more than one station on.
0440z: Still hearing music I can't copy well enough to identify, plus Peepee Vagina Radio kid's voice in sing-song Close Encounters theme style.  Still can't tell whether Peepee Vagina is actually playing the music or two stations are overlapping.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WPOD, White Punks On Dope 6925 LSB then USB

« on: July 04, 2012, 0432 UTC »

7/4/12, 6925 USB, 0414z: Only caught tail end of WPOD show, with Hendrix "Star Spangled Banner" and shout-out to WPOD from RML.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Amelia Earhart commemorative 6925

« on: July 03, 2012, 0147 UTC »

It's possible Earhart landed successfully on a reef and continued transmitting until the tide rose and flooded them out. Unfortunately it appears her continued radio transmissions after landing were ignored or not taken seriously: http://news.discovery.com/history/amelia-earhart-distress-calls-120601.html
 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Amelia Earhart commemorative 6925

« on: July 03, 2012, 0050 UTC »

7/3/12, 6925 USB, 0045z: Right now, intermittent CW and "Hello, Itasca" voice transmissions for this annual show.  Only fair at the moment, hopefully will improve.
0059z: CW again, signal improving.
0100z: Woman's voice "...on the hour and half hour on 3105..."?  Rough copy due to heavy local RFI, but signal improving overall.
0108z: Woman's voice again calling Itasca, "KHAQQ out".
0111z: Man's voice replying, NRUI calling KHAQQ with weather report.
0116z: KHAQQ calling Itasca, "I am approximately 300 miles out..."
0120z: Woman's voice "I am approximately 100 miles out" after CW, followed by man's voice reply "We cannot take a bearing on you on this frequency... please transmit your signal on 500 kilocycles..."
0124z: Slight signal shift/drift from around 6924.9 to 6925 plus change.  CW peaking S5 here (with my receiver attenuator on to reduce local RFI).
0126z: Uh-oh, Amelia sounding panicky.  Pull up, Amelia, pull up!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XFM 6955AM *0213

« on: June 29, 2012, 0237 UTC »

6/29/12, 6955 AM, detectable signal since around 0215z testing, but no clear ID audible until 0235z.  Very rough conditions, still haven't been able to copy any material well enough to ID anything.
0238z: Song with "on the radio" in lyrics, XFM "Power of X" ID
0247z: Pete Townshend "Rough Boys"
0253z: Kinks, 'ello, L.A., Lo-lo-lo-la-Lola
0257z: ID, shout-outs to listeners.
0305z: Lou Reed "Walk on the Wild Side"

SINPO=33232, very rough conditions.  Minor QRM from ute/data on 6960, main problem is QRN and fades.  Only occasionally peaking clear of the noise to copy some songs and IDs.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Mars 6924.2 am

« on: June 29, 2012, 0132 UTC »

Ditto, via east coast SDR...
6/29/12, 6924.1 AM, 0125z: Sound effects and mashups/edits of various audio bits ("Babylonians... Mars, god of war..."), Radio Free Mars ID.
0151z: After woman's monologue about history of Mars and mythology, spacey version of "Rocket Man", countdown.
0213z: Sounds like Shatner's version of "Rocket Man", nearly buried under QRN now.

Rough copy due to QRN and adjacent heterodyne, but improving with good peaks.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid rhythmic music 6925 AM (Liquid Radio?)

« on: June 27, 2012, 0141 UTC »

6/27/12, 6925 AM: Since approx 0100z hearing continuous rhythmic/dance club mostly instrumental music.  Rough conditions but audio seems very good during signal peaks - good thump in the bass and percussion, no audible distortion.
0154z: Pretty sure I heard an ID for Liquid Radio, and audio clip from Terminator ("He will not stop, ever!")
SINPO=33333, choppy static crashes, frequent QRM from various utes/data and pesque chatter.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WBNY 6925 AM 2305 UTC

« on: June 27, 2012, 0049 UTC »

I haven't been able to get clear enough copy of this program, which I've heard three times since the weekend, to be certain whether it's an actual WBNY show or a spoof.  Logging what little I could copy in case anyone else heard it more clearly or got a good recording.

6/26/12, 6925 AM, 2340z: Just barely audible via east coast web tuner with good outdoor antenna, usually able to get excellent copy of most free radio broadcasts via this tuner.  Sounds like reprise of recent broadcast with something about "pirate whore of 2011... crybaby... Commander Bunny... spends hours in the closet..."?  Very choppy, only able to copy a few words and phrases here and there.  Doors "Roadhouse" followed by WBNY ID and something about QSLs and PO box, but most of address buried under QRN.  Not a peep via the home tuner.  Can't tell if this is a genuine Commander Bunny show or spoof.  Lots of echo/reverb making it even more difficult to copy clearly.  That's what has me wondering whether this is a parody, since in the past Commander Bunny usually advised programmers using his relay service to avoid using echo/reverb as it hinders intelligibility.

Either way, would appreciate QSL for this unusual broadcast and confirmation of whether it's genuine WBNY or parody station.


SINPO=23232, just barely audible through heavy static crashes and fades. Lots of ute/data QRM and pesque jibber jabber in Spanish or Portuguese.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: WBCQ 5110 Area 51

« on: June 26, 2012, 0218 UTC »

Nope, didn't get the email.  I've been off the list since I logged Northern Relay Service against orders last year.  Had the same problem with Brother Stair and Harold Camping.  They wouldn't QSL because I logged both of 'em without prejudice.   

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Jamba International 6940 AM

« on: June 25, 2012, 0252 UTC »

6/25/12, 6940 AM, 0240z: Just barely audible through heavy QRN and QRM from adjacent ute/data, enough to copy IDs but not enough to identify any material.  Via east coast web tuner.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Rave On Radio 6925 USB

« on: June 25, 2012, 0234 UTC »

6/25/12, 6925 USB, 0220z: Bob Dylan "Hurricane", Rave On Radio ID.  Rough copy through heavy static crashes.

No criticism of the op - or Bob Dylan - intended, but check out the *real* story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.  If every radio and TV station did that, they'd never again play the misguided propaganda song and movie.  If Dylan and Denzel Washington valued their credibility they'd ask that the song and movie never be aired again.  On the other hand, maybe it's no worse than The Ballad of Jesse James and any other murder ballad, so what the heck...  

Please 'scuse my sermonizing.  I was an amateur boxer and boxing fan when that song and Carter's autobiography came out.  I read it and fell for it too, until finding out later about the real guy.  Good fighter, though - KO'd the great Emile Griffith.  But not the victim of society he was portrayed to be.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: TCS Baseball Extravaganza 6950.8AM *0147

« on: June 25, 2012, 0213 UTC »

6/25/12, 0200z, 6950 AM: Ditto, TCS baseball show reprise, good via east coast remote tuner.  Melodramatic reading of "Casey at the Bat", Springsteen "Glory Days".
SINPO=34233, not much QRM but fierce QRN and some fades.  Not as strong as last weekend via same web tuner.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6950 USB Wolverine Radio

« on: June 24, 2012, 0231 UTC »

6/24/12, 6950 USB, 0230z: Hearing various versions of "Tangerine", including Sinatra at the moment.  Fair to good through heavy local RFI.
0236z: Wolverine Radio ID after another version of Tangerine, gal singing.
0243z: SSTV of tangerines
SINPO=42433, good overall, main problem is heavier than usual local buzzing RFI.

0255z: Wolverine redux, "Magic" theme, Lovin' Spoonful "Do You Believe In Magic", Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour", Steppenwolf "Magic Carpet Ride", Who "Magic Bus", Santana "Black Magic Wimmins", Police "Airy Li'l Thang She Duz Is Magic", Wolverine Radio ID, Leon Russell "Magic Mirror".  Faded to barely audible here.
0234z: Fairly clean copy of SSTV, top hat and magic wand, much better than earlier copy of tangerine SSTV
SINPO=32432, just strong enough over local RFI to copy familiar songs.  Improved after 0315z to SINPO=33433 after my neighbors turned off their household noisemakers.

0235z: Another Wolverine show?  Sounds like same signal and audio quality.