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General Radio Discussion / Re: Irving Good, statistician who helped crack German war codes, dies at 92
« on: April 17, 2009, 2021 UTC »
Sad to hear. A true hero!
Shortwave Pirate Radio In North America And Around The World, And Other Signals That Go Bump In The Night
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WTCR 6925USB
« on: April 12, 2009, 0150 UTC »
Picking them up here in eastern ontario, barely audible.
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Shortwave Broadcast / WBCQ 0000 5110AM
« on: April 12, 2009, 0006 UTC »
Hearing them at S20. Playing a variety of clips, music, and talk. A nice break from the jesus preachers!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925USB 12:17UTC
« on: March 25, 2009, 1238 UTC »
I just got this cool QSL card from them!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6930 LSB 12:11
« on: March 23, 2009, 0012 UTC »
Don't have an ID on the station yet, but they are broadcasting!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio is My Friend
« on: March 22, 2009, 1859 UTC »
Some googling reveals that this exact broadcast has been repeating March 22 every single year for some time.
From BTown Monitoring Post:
Radio Is My Friend/ My Friend is Radio
6925.6 0127-0152 7/22/07SIO=444/545. Return of this story about Graham Conner at the Cherokee Asylum in Iowa. He doesn’t like the meat loaf or the high volume TV at the asylum, and it is not his home. Some woman named Abigail sent him to the asylum in 1979, but he doesn’t like it. Some rock mx incl “Radio Killed the Radio Star,” but mostly Conner moaning about his dismal fate in the asylum. No addr ancd. The only ID on this one is several repeats of the slogan as listed here. Probably the same xmtr as Mind Botch R., as both of them blasted in here. (Zeller-OH)
Also from naswa.net:
“My Friend Is Radio, Radio Is My Friend”, heard on 6925 USB, on October 31st, 2005 at 0000 UTC. The story of Graham Conner, who was a success in radio business until he killed his friend Abigail Walters in their cabin on Halloween 1979. He has been in Cherokee Mental Hospital in Cherokee, Iowa ever since. The male announcer likes to repeat the phrase “My Friend Is Radio, Radio Is My Friend”. Mentions of the “color of meat loaf”, “The TV being Too Loud”, etc. Contact: cherokeemental@yahoo.com. Not sure of station’s name. Zeller heard a morse code ID as WSVR, but I never did. [Lobdell-MA]
From BTown Monitoring Post:
Radio Is My Friend/ My Friend is Radio
6925.6 0127-0152 7/22/07SIO=444/545. Return of this story about Graham Conner at the Cherokee Asylum in Iowa. He doesn’t like the meat loaf or the high volume TV at the asylum, and it is not his home. Some woman named Abigail sent him to the asylum in 1979, but he doesn’t like it. Some rock mx incl “Radio Killed the Radio Star,” but mostly Conner moaning about his dismal fate in the asylum. No addr ancd. The only ID on this one is several repeats of the slogan as listed here. Probably the same xmtr as Mind Botch R., as both of them blasted in here. (Zeller-OH)
Also from naswa.net:
“My Friend Is Radio, Radio Is My Friend”, heard on 6925 USB, on October 31st, 2005 at 0000 UTC. The story of Graham Conner, who was a success in radio business until he killed his friend Abigail Walters in their cabin on Halloween 1979. He has been in Cherokee Mental Hospital in Cherokee, Iowa ever since. The male announcer likes to repeat the phrase “My Friend Is Radio, Radio Is My Friend”. Mentions of the “color of meat loaf”, “The TV being Too Loud”, etc. Contact: cherokeemental@yahoo.com. Not sure of station’s name. Zeller heard a morse code ID as WSVR, but I never did. [Lobdell-MA]
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio is My Friend
« on: March 22, 2009, 0130 UTC »
I will write this out for public record... this changes around but this is what he plays between songs
"Radio is my friend
My friend is Radio
Today we had meatloaf for dinner
and the tree at the garden (?) changed color
the meatloaf will always be the same color,no matter the season
i am graham conner
and the radio is my friend
my friend is radio
it has a been 7 seasons since long ago
squirrels work to save food for the winter now
but the meatloaf will be the same color
radio is my friend
my friend is radio
i am graham conner
the television is too loud here
today we will have meatload for dinner
the meatloaf will be the same color as always
radio is my friend
my friend is radio"
Just too strange to not post.
"Radio is my friend
My friend is Radio
Today we had meatloaf for dinner
and the tree at the garden (?) changed color
the meatloaf will always be the same color,no matter the season
i am graham conner
and the radio is my friend
my friend is radio
it has a been 7 seasons since long ago
squirrels work to save food for the winter now
but the meatloaf will be the same color
radio is my friend
my friend is radio
i am graham conner
the television is too loud here
today we will have meatload for dinner
the meatloaf will be the same color as always
radio is my friend
my friend is radio"
Just too strange to not post.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925USB 12:17UTC
« on: March 22, 2009, 0100 UTC »
keep your radios tuned, I just caught the tail end of another station about to come on the air... They are just broadcasting a carrier right now. 0100UTC
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925USB 12:17UTC
« on: March 22, 2009, 0039 UTC »
WEAK radio, i agree, hard to tell though. The modulation sounds very warbly, even for SSB.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925USB 12:17UTC
« on: March 22, 2009, 0021 UTC »
WAKU Radio, thats the ID!
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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925USB 12:17UTC
« on: March 22, 2009, 0018 UTC »
Hearing something, its very noisey and I havent been able to ID the station, sounds possibly like "Wheat Radio" but I'm not sure. Playing some esoteric music.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Victory Radio 6925USB
« on: March 20, 2009, 0320 UTC »
He came and went pretty quick. Sounded like an elderly gentleman.
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North American Shortwave Pirate / Victory Radio 6925USB
« on: March 20, 2009, 0249 UTC »
Hearing them at 2:49 UTC.. Talking about basketball scores.
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Utility / Re: Strange Sounds on 3480 KHz
« on: December 20, 2008, 0037 UTC »
Could it be a HAM using a very old transmitter in CW? Those are known to make chirping sounds with their analog oscillators and they drift quite a bit too, perhaps explaining why it is bordering on the ham band.
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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: RadioRanch 5.890AM
« on: December 17, 2008, 0607 UTC »
Ident as World Wide Broadcast Network