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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925USB 2332UTC 19Oct2012

« on: October 19, 2012, 2352 UTC »

S8 or so

2332 Zappa - "Peaches en Regalia"
2335 Zappa - "Joe's Garage"
2339 Go Gos - "We Got the Beat"
2342 LS - "Gimme 3 Steps"
2346 Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer"
2352 off - no ID heard

Thanks!

1007

North American Shortwave Pirate / PissAnt Radio 6925USB *0023 - 0050* 19Oct12

« on: October 19, 2012, 0041 UTC »

0023 On with Dion - "Runaway Sue", "The Wanderer"
0029 cupla unid tunes
0036 Pretty sure I heard a PissAnt Radio ID
0038 Del Shannon - "My Little Runaway", "Hats Off to Larry", "I'm Your Handyman", "Keep Searchin"
0049 Definite PissAnt Radio ID, shoutout (thanks!!)
0050 off

First time hearing you, hope it's not the last time enjoying the show...thanks!

S6 on an S5 floor, moderate fading.

1008

North American Shortwave Pirate / The Machine Shortwave 6925USB 0035UTC 18Oct12

« on: October 18, 2012, 0058 UTC »

Has been playing music since 0035.  Was able to ID "I'm On the Outside" by Staind at 0045.  YL computer IDs at 0042, 0050, and 0054.
Was only able to definitely hear the last one.

0102 Nice ID by YL, "Thanks for listening", and back to the music.
0118 Some SRV trackage.
0151 Some Pink Floyd now
0204 Final ID, addy, and off

About S7 on an S5 floor, but high storm noise and fading.  Very nice audio when in a peak.

Thanks Machine; very good to hear you again, and enjoyed the show!

themachineshortwave@gmail.com

1009

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6930AM 0019UTC 18Oct12

« on: October 18, 2012, 0030 UTC »

Have been hearing an AM here since around 0019 playing music which I haven't been able to ID.  S6/S5 floor with lots of QRN from nearby storms.  0029 thought I heard some OM talk.  0032 went o/c and 0033 off.

Seems to be around 6930.35.

1010

Shortwave Broadcast / Sudan SRTC 7200AM 0216UTC 16Oct2012

« on: October 16, 2012, 0245 UTC »

0216 Quran recits
0231 OM singing phrase in AA repeated several times followed by some dead air
0233 OM talk in AA, very poor modulation
0234 1/2 minute of dead air followed by ID; only caught partial"...Jamhurriyah...Sudan"
0235 into local music with percussion and also occasional oud
0245 Into AA OM talk in much more informal style

Not bad at times, if you don't mind the constant switching from USB to LSB to avoid ARO activity

1011

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID Phonetics 6925/6950USB 0131z 15Oct2012

« on: October 15, 2012, 0149 UTC »

0131 Was watching something else when a USB fired up on 6925, and I caught the end of a phonetics tx which ended around 0132.
It then fired up on 6950USB, and I was able to get the recorder going in time.

"P A P I X S standby message follows."  Message.  "This is Sulphuric out"   

Audio:    http://www.mediafire.com/?897yl5752serllx

Heard again 6925 at 0148z

1012

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6927.7AM? 0040 15Oct12

« on: October 15, 2012, 0050 UTC »

I am seeing a weak wobbly carrier on this freq right now.  From time to time it seems like there might be audio in there, but it's hard to tell.

Anyone have this?

1013

Shortwave Broadcast / Zambia Natl BC Corp 6165AM *0240UTC 14Oct12

« on: October 14, 2012, 0304 UTC »

0240 Carrier on and right into Call of the Fish Eagle IS
0251 NA by military band
0252 OM talk in apparent EE, but in a very low voice which was hard to hear.  Cud not pull ID.  Sounds like pgm notes followed.
0255 Soppy Western-sounding pop ballad.
0258 OM ment "Radio 2" several times
0300 pips, drums, and into EE nx.  Low voice and modulation made it tough to hear, but several ments "Zambia"
0305 YL promo for "Radio 2" and into some ZimPop

Fair at S6 on S4 noise, some t-storm QRN.

1014

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Tanzania Zanzibar 11735AM 2003UTC 13Oct12

« on: October 13, 2012, 2021 UTC »

Most likely the one here in with a very good signal this afternoon.

2002 Tuned in just to the end of some YL talk, and no time to verify the language.  No ID at this time.
2003 Program of some really sweet contemporary Taraab.
2021 YL talk in Swahili, no ID heard, nor ment of the FM they sometimes relay
2022 Continuation of music program; neat Taraab on a rumba beat
2039 YL rapid-fire talk in Swahili with def ment of "Tanzania"
2040 Back to music; old-school now (18+ minutes long)
2100 Several "Spice FM" promos; running over sked
2102 Now into some Muziki wa Dansi mixed w/ OM talk
2117 Song by band which is definitely DDC Mlmani Park Orchestra
2123 off abruptly

Consistently solid S8-S9 reception and the best I have ever heard RTZ.

1015

QSLs Received / Rave On Radio QSLs

« on: October 13, 2012, 1727 UTC »

Two from ROR this AM





As always, thank you Rave On!

1016

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio True North 6925AM *0143

« on: October 13, 2012, 0159 UTC »

S6 over S4 noise; a little fady still, but really nice in occas peaks

0143 Opening with long instrl dance track
0156 OM tx - pretty sure I heard an RTN ID during a fade down
0157 back to the music
0222 RHCP - "City of Angels" sounding good here

0340 Re-check, and sig has built nicely, but approaching storms now really noisy here.

Thanks for the show RTN.  Gonna go do some 60M....

1017

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925USB *0207 0243*

« on: October 11, 2012, 0222 UTC »

11 October 2012

S4/S4 noise

0207 unid song by OM vocalist
0212 unid song by OM vocalist, poss Dylan
0218 unid song by OM vocalist, poss Dylan
0229 Started like it was possibly starting Stones - "Sympathy For the Devil"
0230 off
0233 back w/ unid percussive mx
0243 off again?

This may be the same station that was on 0141-0201z.  This is weaker, with a different fading envelope, so I'm not sure.

Thanks!

1018

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB *0141? - 0201*

« on: October 11, 2012, 0153 UTC »

S5/S4 noise, fady

0141 Seemed to come on with "Stand By Me" sung by unid YL
0144 Lennon - "Woman"
0148 Lennon - "Give Peace a Chance"
0153 LZ - "Stairway to Heavon"
0201 off w/o ID heard

Thanks!

1019

QSLs Received / Rave On Radio QSLs

« on: October 07, 2012, 1828 UTC »

Two more nice ones from Rave On:





Thank You Rave On!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID SSTV 6926ish 0124z

« on: October 06, 2012, 1401 UTC »

6 Oct 2012

Noted an SSTV transmission here just above my passband.  I was not able to cap it.