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1996

North American Shortwave Pirate / unID 6925 AM 1712z 2/13/14

« on: February 13, 2014, 1713 UTC »

Hearing music popping above noise..

s4 noise with signal popping up to s6 at times

1997

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Captain Morgan 6924 AM 0138 UTC 13 Feb 2014

« on: February 13, 2014, 0142 UTC »

Abrupt s/on
0138z "Sunshine in a Bag" remix
0143z ID w/email address
0143z "Lime in the Coconut"
0152z "Jumpin Jack Flash"
0155z "It's Only Rock & Roll"
0156z "Let's Dance" Bowie
0159z "Let It Ride"
0202z "Magic Carpet Ride"
0215z /off

s7-9 peak +20 with rolling fades Good Audio!!!

Thanks for the show, love that Gorillaz song!!!

1998

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: XLR8 6925 USB FEB 10, 2014 2239 UTC

« on: February 10, 2014, 2351 UTC »

2340z [tuned in] Pretty good signal
2349z /off after ID

Had just walked in the door to hear activity after leaving radio on the frequency!!!

Thanks for the brief show [for me] XLR8!!!

1999

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Black cat radio on 6925USB 2/9/14 0210z

« on: February 09, 2014, 0229 UTC »

0220z Sounding very good here @s8-9
0229z ID

Excellent audio!!!

Thanks for another show BCR!!!

2000

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB *0101 9Feb14

« on: February 09, 2014, 0120 UTC »

Nice signal here +20-30

Perfect listening on a Tecsun PL660 with whip...
Actually took a video clip of the sound/signal!!!
Impressive $100 portable with SSB that isn't too "touchy"...

Thanks for the show Wolverine Radio!!!

2001

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6925 AM 2350 8 Feb 2014

« on: February 08, 2014, 2352 UTC »

2350z s/on with anthem
2352z QRM Show ID & Metal

Stomping signal +20 over with very minor fading

2002

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WHYP 6925 AM 2151 UTC 8 Feb 2014

« on: February 08, 2014, 2203 UTC »

2200z "Rich Man" Beatles
2203z ID/ into "Der Commisar" Falco
2212z ID using DX40 w/25W, switching to another freq/TX with 225W in a few minutes!!!
2218z Op explains the 2 TXs in more detail
2220z "Tell Me Something Good"
2225z CBC 740AM switch/off recording switch to 99.1FM
2232z ID w/email address for QSL

!COOL!
Nice DX40 rebuild!!!

Scorching signal but band is rolling with some fades...

Audio is really nice & wide as Chris mentions above!!!

Thanks for the show WHYP!!!

2003

North American Shortwave Pirate / RFW 6925 AM 1938z 2/8/14

« on: February 08, 2014, 1944 UTC »

1938z s/on with anthem
old style swing music...

Signal mostly weak with some peaks, mostly fades but clearly RFW as I heard DJ DW!!!

Thanks for the show!!!

2004

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6925 AM 0352z 02/08/2014

« on: February 08, 2014, 0404 UTC »

Light copy here but heard s/on with anthem...

0403z music but unable to "decode"...

Thanks for trying Comrade DW!!!

2005

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Northern Relay Service 6925 USB *2347 UTC 7 Feb 2014

« on: February 08, 2014, 0011 UTC »

0008z Screams followed by music, obvious skit but light copy, coming up slowly...

Thanks for the show NRS!!!

2006

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6925 USB 0138z 2/07/2014

« on: February 07, 2014, 0149 UTC »

Got them here on Tecsun PL-660 portable [working]
0143z "Golden Years" Bowie
0146z Black Sabbath cover tune

Pretty good signal & my first pirate on the new portable for travel

Thanks for the show!

2007

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6925 AM 2135 UTC 2 Feb 2014

« on: February 02, 2014, 2217 UTC »

s9-20 over

Audio sounds really good here today!!!

Thank you for the show DJ DW!!!

2008

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6925AM 0045 2 Feb 2014

« on: February 02, 2014, 0057 UTC »

Sounding good here s9-10...

Thanks for the show Dick Weed DJ!!!

2009

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 6925 AM *0118 UTC 31Jan14

« on: January 31, 2014, 0143 UTC »

0142z ID w/ shoutouts to HFU
0153z cover of "Hotel California"
0156z ID w/ "4 mins to 0200z"
0158z continued cover tunes with "Paint It Black"
0201z ID
0202z cover "Smooth Criminal"
0206z cover "Bad Company"
0210z Redhat explains the complexities of music, lyrics & being a kid!!!
0212z mention of yours truly via HFU [always enjoy your broadcasts!!]

s7-8 with some rolling fades but still sounds sooo good as usual!!

Thanks Redhat & X-FM!!!

2010

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6940 USB 01:09 UTC 1/25/2014

« on: January 26, 2014, 0225 UTC »

0222z ID
0223z "Run Around Sue"
0225z "Runaway"

0304z Echo ID
0305z SSTV
0306z /off

This was a broadcast that came on after 1st echo ID/SSTV... Still ID'd & sound of Wolverine but different signal strength here. About s5-6, where earlier broadcast was s9-15 over