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North American Shortwave Pirate / Metro Radio International 6899.2am 0212 UTC 7/15/2012

« on: July 15, 2012, 0213 UTC »

UNID with music, just tuned in, S6.  Static and 6900 LSB chatter making this one a bit tough.

0218 UTC:  DJ banter between OM & YL.
0229 UTC:  Talk between OM/YL DJs and Metro Radio International ID and gmail address given, signal clear during this.
0242 UTC:  More banter between OM/YL DJs about Germany referencing to the last song.  Metro Radio ID and gmail address, then talked up the next track and into more music.  Peak up to S8 right now.

Enjoying this music, despite my inability to ID any of it.  Thanks Metro!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6950U

« on: July 15, 2012, 0150 UTC »

Strong S8 signal coming in here with spacey electronic tune, sounding nice whoever this is.

0159 UTC:  "Wispery" Wolverine Radio ID, or at least sounded close to "wolverine".

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925 Am

« on: July 15, 2012, 0134 UTC »

S7 here with electronic music, easily getting over the static right now.  WMPR ID at 0136 and "You're invited."

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6.925 USB

« on: July 14, 2012, 0455 UTC »

0455 UTC: Hearing a rap tune right now, weak
0457 UTC: Turtle Head Radio ID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio True North 6940 AM

« on: July 14, 2012, 0424 UTC »

B52s "Love Shack" at 0422 UTC, weak but there.  PPVR-like jamming also heard here.

Now on 6935am at 0500 UTC with Mr. Mister's "Broken Wings", S3-S5

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Blue Ocean Radio

« on: July 14, 2012, 0329 UTC »

0328 UTC: Heard a nice Blue Ocean Radio ID in the clear, signal improving as time goes...

First time hearing BOR from my own receiver!  Thanks BOR!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950.9AM 0204

« on: July 14, 2012, 0219 UTC »

Hearing this one too with the GO-GOs "We Got The Beat" at 0217 UTC and into Blondie.  S5 with UTE QRM.  No ID heard yet.

0221 UTC: Hot Legs Radio ID over song being played, and another heard over the same song at 0223 UTC.
0224 UTC: Off after another ID.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Metro Radio International? 6899.277AM +0317

« on: July 07, 2012, 0353 UTC »

Very weak music noted here at 0350 UTC, but nothing discernible, just above the noise floor.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6940 AM, 0255 UTC

« on: July 07, 2012, 0319 UTC »

S9+ with wide audio, sounding very strong tonight w/ Supertramp

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 6950 AM

« on: July 05, 2012, 0325 UTC »

S6 over/under heavy storm noise tonight with great audio but the static is rough tonight.  "American Pie" at 0325 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 6925am Radio Ronin 2338 UTC 7/4/2012

« on: July 04, 2012, 2341 UTC »

Heard signing on at 2338 UTC with interval signal and ID.  Patriotic music and Independence Day factoids.  Strong signal, S9+  Thanks RR!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ga-Ga 6925u @ 1211 UTC 7/4/2012

« on: July 04, 2012, 1213 UTC »

Playing Andy Griffith (RIP) theme music and into SSTV.  Very weak just above the noise floor.

Thanks for the ID jFarley!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Amelia Earhart commemorative 6925

« on: July 03, 2012, 1917 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!

Very faint CW first noted here on 6927 kc then very weak voice transmissions.  Coupled with the high static last night, it was difficult to make out anything intelligible.  Thanks to Lex for the fine report above.  It came in useful when reviewing my SDR recordings.  The only clear voice transmission that I heard was the OM telling her (in a terse voice) to QSY to 500 kc for a bearing at 0120 UTC.

Thanks for the interesting broadcast!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio True North on 6924.7 AM, On Air

« on: July 02, 2012, 0443 UTC »

Near constant static making reception tough tonight.  Signal started out as just a faint carrier and has now risen to intelligible audio with ID at 0442 along with country/western style music.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Border Hunter Radio 15.480a @ 2102

« on: June 24, 2012, 2035 UTC »

S3 with slight fading, decent audio during this:

2033 UTC: Music and shout-out to USA listener - maybe skeezix?
2039 UTC: Shoutout to Kilokat7 (thanks!)  Sounding good during the voice announcements
2041 UTC: The Cure "Just Like Heaven"
2122 UTC: Sign off


Thanks BH!