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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Rave on Radio 6925 USB 2326 UTC 6 Apr 2013

« on: April 06, 2013, 2352 UTC »

23:46+ UTC just above the noise here. Sounds like at least one other station on frequency or maybe just some 2-way QRM. I can hear music being played, but thats about it  

Several IDs heard at 00:02 UTC 4/7/13

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Undercover Radio 6925 AM 2210z 4.6.13

« on: April 06, 2013, 2242 UTC »

s9+20 here, with beautiful audio. Thanks Benway !!!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RKNW 6925 AM 2316 UTC 24 Mar 2013

« on: March 25, 2013, 0008 UTC »

Just heard ID at 00:07 UTC, 3/25/13, 6925 am, SIO 333

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: The Crystal Ship 6925.5 AM 00:17z 02-26-13

« on: February 26, 2013, 0133 UTC »

At 1:30+ UTC Jackson Browne's Runnin On Empty, s9+10 w/some static noise. At 1:41 off with sstv - unlike Al Fansome, I can't decode sstv in my head. So I will have to wait until Al draws a picture of what he saw in his mind and posts it. It did sound interesting - whatever it was. Thanks to the relay station op for the show !

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Insane Radio 6924 AM 2225 UTC 24 Feb 2013

« on: February 24, 2013, 2244 UTC »

22:36+ UTC, Laughing...Hi Guys....talk/music...lots of F'in and MF'in, music,
fair signal here with moderate to heavy static, good audio. At 22:46 That is it for us today and we will leave you with "I Can't Do It". At 22:49 "Just Dropped In", now at 22:50 country sounding song. Off at 22:53.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925am 1/27/13 3:17-3:18 UTC

« on: January 27, 2013, 0322 UTC »

SIO 333 story mentioning Watson.
Sign off with ID that was maybe "Fun" Radio ?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Red Mercury Labs 6925u 0159Z Jan 27, 2013

« on: January 27, 2013, 0230 UTC »

Nice strong signal here at 2:25+ UTC. The music sounds great. Just a little static noise on the signal. Thanks for the show

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925u 0030Z Jan 27, 2013

« on: January 27, 2013, 0042 UTC »

Started about 00:30 UTC ...... a classical pirate
What kind O pirate station plays classical pie annie music ?
It is sort of nice....in a classical sort of way.
Thanks for the show!

Off with whispered ID at 00:45.
(I couldn't understand ID)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 1/26/13 4:04 UTC 6925usb

« on: January 26, 2013, 0412 UTC »

SIO 434, sign on with George Carlin, then into music, off at 4:28 UTC - no ID heard

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ga Ga 6925 USB 2331 UTC 25 Jan 2013

« on: January 25, 2013, 2342 UTC »

SIO 333, 23:38 "Turn Me Loose" , id RADIOooooooooooooooooo GA GA, lots of good songs - even a Roger Miller tune - thanks for the show ! 

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Equipment / Re: Antenna Tuner vs Preselector - Your Mileage May Vary... What do you use, if any?

« on: January 25, 2013, 0456 UTC »

I have the MFJ 1045C that I have used with the DX-390 and a 15 foot piece of insulated wire thumb tacked around the ceiling of my room. Both radio and preselector operated off batteries. This was what I used during thunderstorms when I had to disconnect the outside antennas and power down other radios. It worked quite well in tuning in pirates. I remember switching from an R-75 and a very long wire antenna mounted really high above the ground to this setup while listening to Ground Zero Radio in the middle of a massive storm. The signal didn't drop off at all. I haven't used it in years, but when I did it worked well. It always improved reception - sometimes just a little, and sometimes quite a lot. I only used it with the  DX-390 portable, so I don't know this for a fact - but I think the smaller portables benefit more from it's use than a higher end tabletop would.
just my experience 

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Equipment / Re: Help pulling in Pirate radio stations

« on: January 02, 2013, 0157 UTC »

You say you have a tree about 12 feet from your window. You could put together a end-fed wire antenna and mount one end as high up in the tree as you can get it. Coil the rest of the antenna and lead together and conceal them at the base of the tree or hanging from a low limb. When it is dark at night, you can go out and attach the other end of the antenna to another object in your yard (tree, fence post, deck rail, etc.) and feed the lead through your window. Even though the antenna might not be high above the ground, the extra length (and just being outside the house) should make a big difference. Maybe a lot of trouble....but it might be worth the effort   

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio True North 6925 AM 0013Z

« on: January 02, 2013, 0129 UTC »

1/2/13, 1:25+ UTC, just at the noise floor here - slightly better on fade ups, hearing music

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ronin 6920 AM 2318 UTC 30 Dec 2012

« on: December 30, 2012, 2342 UTC »

s9+10 here at 23:39+ UTC. Music "Travelin' Man", contact addys, music "Hotel CA", very nice audio.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Undercover Radio: Someone just started up on 6935U Dec 27 '12 0205 UTC

« on: December 27, 2012, 0347 UTC »

At 3:45+ UTC hearing Benway here just above the static. Nice audio, but tough copy through the noise.