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North American MW Pirate Radio / Community Radio Network 1710 AM 0000 UTC 31 OCT 2023

« on: October 31, 2023, 0011 UTC »

Very very weak at my noise floor with occasional fade-ups. Time pips heard at 0000z TOH and then "That's All" by Genesis during another fade-up at 0007z.  No sign of Hudson County, NJ - did it finally drop back down to 10w?

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North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: Signature Radio 1709 AM 0136 UTC 27 OCT 2023

« on: October 31, 2023, 0009 UTC »

I think you guys may be hearing 1660 WTOU, which has been spewing out harmonics up and down the x-band for the past week or so, including a big ugly one on 1709.

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North American MW Pirate Radio / KRAP 1730 AM 0100-0137* UTC 04 SEP 2023

« on: September 04, 2023, 0101 UTC »

Just saw this pop-up on my waterfall, S7-S9 with wideband audio into West Michigan was a dance tune right now at 0101 UTC.

0104z: Club Nouveau - Lean on Me
0107z: Live announcer with KRAP ID, mention of broadcasting C-QUAM Stereo on 1730 kHz.
0108z: Looking Glass - Brandy
0111z: Argent - Pleasure
0120z: Chicago - Along Comes a Woman
0121z: DJ chatter, KRAP AM Stereo ID
0125z: Brother Beyond - Girl I Used to Know (per announcer)
0126z: Gentle Giant - I am a Camera
0129z: ID "KRAP AM Stereo 17-30" and into song intro for "Dead Skunk"
0132z: DJ mentioning monitoring signal on Maryland remote SDR at "10 over"
0133z: The Who - Slip Kid
0137z: Carrier dropped after end of song
0141z: Dead carrier cycling on & off

Stereo recording of reception: https://youtu.be/vXqmdasPiFU?si=7oYU-sBkIKzaaD9J

Great music, great signal, would love a QSL!  Thanks for the broadcast, Fred!

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North American MW Pirate Radio / WDOG 1720 LSB 0301-0432* UTC 05 FEB 2023

« on: March 05, 2023, 0303 UTC »

Started and ended with Gary Numan with a bunch of good 80s tunes in between.  Up to S9 here at times with occasional rapid fading but overall good.  It was great to catch WDOG on MW, thanks for the show tonight!

Recording: https://youtu.be/Rf2OxtBev3M

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 4185 AM 0103 UTC 4 MAR 2023

« on: March 05, 2023, 0149 UTC »

Great signal and great music in my backyard, thanks for the show!

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North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: WDOG 1720 USB 0201 UTC 19 FEB 2023

« on: February 19, 2023, 0502 UTC »

Uggh, I would have liked to have heard this one but completely missed it tonight.  Maybe sometime again in the future..

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 4185 AM 0118 UTC 19 FEB 2023

« on: February 19, 2023, 0147 UTC »

Thanks for the show, Redhat!  You're sounding great on my 1937 Sears Silvertone console tonight.

https://youtu.be/bhdrChMA5x8

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Shortwave Broadcast / Re: LRA36 RN Arcangel, 15476 kHz USB, 18 FEB 2023, 2230 UTC

« on: February 18, 2023, 2251 UTC »

I started listening at 2000 and had absolutely nothing here in Michigan.  I checked back an hour later and had a very faint USB signal just slightly below the nominal frequency.  It sounds better on 15475.950.   The signal has been getting gradually stronger and it's now 2249 UTC and it's quite listenable here with nice music, occasional IDs and announcements.  2311 UTC now and it's still going with a nice signal.  Off abruptly at 2338 UTC mid-song so I left the shack and just walked back in to find them back on at 0034 UTC and still with a strong signal!

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VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes / Aruba ATC 38.275 MHz 1830 UTC 16 FEB 2023

« on: February 16, 2023, 1850 UTC »

This is a weird one.  I can't really explain it but I'm sitting here in Michigan listening to Aruba air traffic control on 38.275 MHz handling flights inbound and outbound to Queen Beatrix International Airport in Aruba.  Best in FM mode but clearly an AM carrier present on the SDR waterfall.  This is being heard on several different radios in the shack (same antenna).  Aruba ATC is listed as 120.9 MHz and this is verified against the traffic that I'm hearing.  Obviously some kind of odd harmonic or mixing product that is propagating.

Antenna used is my 140 FT DKAZ terminated loop, amplified by a Wellbrook FLG100LN.

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QSLs Received / Re: WTF Radio Worldwide QSL

« on: February 15, 2023, 0201 UTC »

I received one also, thanks WTF for the MW QSL!

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North American MW Pirate Radio / Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 1720 AM/USB 0159 UTC 12 FEB 2023

« on: February 12, 2023, 0312 UTC »

Decent signal with occasional deep fades here in Western Michigan:

0305 UTC: Chicago song
0309 UTC: "WTF Radio Worldwide" ID
0310 UTC: Mark Knopfler song
0319 UTC: "WTF Radio Worldwide" ID
0320 UTC: Boston "Long Time"
0325 UTC: "WTF Radio Worldwide" ID
0329 UTC: Paul Harvey mention
0334 UTC: A version of Gary Numan's "Are Friends Electric?" with the vocals stripped out over brief Morse code.
0352 UTC: Off

PLS QSL recording:  https://youtu.be/3vvfZVDOZZM

Thanks for the show and medium wave test!

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North American MW Pirate Radio / Good Times Radio (tent.) 1720 AM 0315 UTC 31 DEC 2022

« on: December 31, 2022, 0318 UTC »

S7 over heavy static tonight:

0315 UTC: Kenny Loggins "Danger Zone"
0320 UTC: Blue Swede "Hooked On A Feeling"
0323 UTC: Off
0325 UTC: Carrier returned briefly with a very weak signal & audio.

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North American MW Pirate Radio / UNID 1620 AM 0120 UTC 29 DEC 2022

« on: December 30, 2022, 0122 UTC »

S9+10 but exhibiting some deep fades.  Mostly dominant over Cuba, Virgin Islands, and Pensacola.  No announcements heard between any of these songs:

0120 UTC: Jackson Brown "Stay"
0121 UTC: Terry Jacks "Seasons In The Sun"
0124 UTC: Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes "If You Don't Know Me By Now"
0128 UTC: Journey "Wheel In The Sky"
0132 UTC: Spanky & Our Gang "Like To Get To Know You"
0135 UTC: Gary Puckett & The Union Gap "Lady Willpower"
0138 UTC: Manfred Mann "Sha La La"
0142 UTC: Tommy James & The Shondells "I Think We're Alone Now"
0143 UTC: Melanie "Brand New Key"
0145 UTC: Jerry Butler "Never Give You Up"
0148 UTC: The Seekers "I'll Never Find Another You"
0151 UTC: Herman's Hermits "Mrs Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter"
0153 UTC: The Commodores "Thee Times A Lady"
0157 UTC: Flying Machine "Smile A Little Smile For Me"
0200 UTC: Simon & Garfunkel "Fakin' It"
0203 UTC: Patrice Rushen "Forget Me Nots"
0207 UTC: White Plains "My Baby Loves Lovin"
0211 UTC: DJ Disco Cat "More More More"
0213 UTC: Cheryl Lynn "Got To Be Real"
0217 UTC: Norma Tanega "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog"
0220 UTC: Barbara Mason "Yes, I'm Ready"

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North American MW Pirate Radio / UNID 1720 AM 2235 UTC 28 DEC 2022

« on: December 28, 2022, 2239 UTC »

Very weak signal barely above my noise floor with talk and then indistinguishable music.  Carrier dropped off at 2237 UTC.

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MW Loggings / WLOU Harmonic or Spur 1740 FM 0230 UTC 28 DEC 2022

« on: December 28, 2022, 0232 UTC »

I've been hearing this most nights in Michigan.  Seems to be a spur or some kind of harmonic of 1350 WLOU Louisville, KY. (soul music format) that's appearing on 1740 kHz FM.  Anyone else hearing this?