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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6960 USB 2357 UTC 21 Jun 2025

« on: June 21, 2025, 2359 UTC »

2358 UTC Testing 1,2,3 can anybody hear me (S9+ amidst high static level)
0000 UTC OM with ID followed by 30's music from (1927!)
0007 UTC "Pennies From Heaven"-unid artist
0017 UTC "Heaven Holds All My Treasures"-Hank Williams
0019 UTC "Stairway to Heaven"-Neil Sedaka
0024 UTC "Wear Your Love Like Heaven"-Donovan
0027 UTC "Heaven Is In Your Mind"-Traffic
0030 UTC "We Have Heaven"-Yes
0032 UTC "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven"-Albert King
0036 UTC "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)"-Van Morrison
0041 UTC "Whiskey Heaven"-Fats Domino
0048 UTC "Blue Heaven Is A Place On Earth"-Belinda Carlisle
0056 UTC "All That Heaven Will Allow"-Bruce Springsteen
0058 UTC "Heaven"-Los Lonely Boys



Thanks Wolverine!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Eldorado 14460 USB 0037 UTC 10 JUN 2025

« on: June 10, 2025, 0042 UTC »

0037 UTC "Even Flow"-Pearl Jam in progress at tune in (Not moving the S-meter but mostly at or just above the low noise floor with moderate fading)
0040 UTC Unid grunge rock song-OM singer
0045 UTC "Hush"-Deep Purple
0049 UTC "I Ain't Superstitious"-Jeff Back Group (Signal jumped up a bit to S3 peaks!)
(0052 UTC Now it's up to S6 peaks! Nice!)
0054 UTC "All Day and All of the Night"-The Kinks
0056 UTC Unid song
0100 UTC A 90's grunge rock song I forgot the name of
0103 UTC "At the Hop"-Danny & The Juniors
0106 UTC Unid song (Strong ute QRM came up for less than a minute)
0110 UTC "Chantilly Lace"-The Big Bopper
0112 UTC "My Baby Left Me"-Elvis Presley
0115 UTC Unid rockabilly song
0117 UTC "Eyes Without a Face"-Billy Idol
0122 UTC "Radio Ga-Ga"-Queen
0131 UTC "Money For Nothing"-Dire Straits
0136 UTC "The Magic Friend-2Unlimited
0140 UTC "Jailhouse Rock"-Elvis Presley
0143 UTC "Basket Case"-Green Day
0146 UTC "Workaholic"-2Unlimited? (Ute QRM for less than a minute during the song)
0150 UTC OM with ID! "Please stand by for the SSTV transmission...thanks for tuning in"


Thanks once again for a great playlist!  And thank you very much for the awesome personalized SSTVs!
Here's my recording of direct reception (The minutes after the ID at 0150 UTC glitched in Audacity):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aMKSWkWEyegTUWdwqcgenak10u4jLPSZ/view?usp=sharing

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Eldorado 14470 USB 2335 UTC 8 JUN 2025

« on: June 08, 2025, 2338 UTC »

2335 UTC "My Generation"-The Who in progress at tune in (S4 peaks with light fading and moderate noise)
2337 UTC "Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay"-Danny & The Juniors
2339 UTC Unid rock music with OM talking over the song about 400 horsepower
2343 UTC "Loser"-Beck
2347 UTC "Billy Jean"-Michael Jackson
2352 UTC A Chuck Berry song I forgot the name of
2355 UTC Unid pop song-OM singer
2358 UTC "Here Comes the Rain Again"-Eurythmics
0002 UTC "I Want to Break Free"-Queen
0006 UTC A 50's/60's song I forgot the name of
0009 UTC "Another Brick In the Wall"-Pink Floyd
0013 UTC Unid song-Bad Company? (Signal starting to drop out a bit)
0017 UTC "Tattoo"-The Who
0031 UTC "Knocking on Heavens Door"-Guns N Roses (Signal seems to be breaking up/distorting)
0042 UTC "Simple Kind of Man"-Lynyrd Skynrd (Right at the noise floor...still distorting a bit)
0050 UTC Possibly a distorted SSTV signal? No decode...
0053 UTC Another badly distorted SSTV signal...no decode(Started decoding a Martin 1 SSTV near the end and just caught the tail end with the "Radio Eldorado ID"!
0055 UTC Another distorted SSTV, then OFF at 0057 UTC


I'm hearing this directly across the pond...thanks for the cool playlist!
Thanks for the broadcast Radio Eldorado!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6975 USB 2357 UTC 7 JUN 2025

« on: June 08, 2025, 0001 UTC »

2359 UTC Testing 1,2,3... (S9+10)
0000 UTC "Wolverine Radio", followed by 30's song with "Rock and Roll" lyrics
0004 UTC "Rock and Roll Music"-Chuck Berry
0007 UTC "Rock and Roll is Here To Stay"-Danny & The Juniors
0011 UTC "So You Want to be a Rock N Roll Star"-Byrds
0013 UTC "Rock and Roll Woman"-Buffalo Springfield 
(Noticed ute/radar QRM between songs)
0017 UTC "Rock and Roll Hootchie Coo"
0020 UTC "Rock and Roll"-Velvet Underground
0049 UTC "Rock N Roll High School"-Ramones

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 2306 UTC 3 JUNE 2025

« on: June 03, 2025, 2339 UTC »

2337 UTC "Minute By Minute"-Doobie Brothers (Fading in out of the high noise level...S6 peaks with excellent audio)
2343 UTC S9 ute/OTHR QRM clobbered the frequency 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sycko Radio 6935 AM 0149 UTC 2 JUN 2025

« on: June 02, 2025, 0231 UTC »

0203 UTC Tuned in to an S9+ signal here despite the disturbed conditions! Love the free form program 
0209 UTC Signal started to fade slowly into the noise, and only a weak carrier at 0212 UTC...the awesome signal must have been a freak incident of propagation....strange indeed!
Here's a link to my recording from 0203-0212 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BctXq5mszmRWDSKivTCvoJsARSss7h6b/view?usp=sharing
0244 UTC Signal picked up again! Mention of 30 and 50 watts...
0246 UTC Scottie 1 SSTV

0253 UTC "This is Sycko Radio...Can anybody hear me? (YEP!)
0258 UTC Martin 2 SSTV

0308 UTC Music of uncertain genre
0315 UTC ZZ Top (Signal has faded badly...mostly inaudible
0316 UTC Martin 1 SSTV barely audible


Signal has faded out...and so have I...time for sleep! Thanks for the madness this evening!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: SyCk0 Radio 6935 AM 2121 UTC 31 May 2025

« on: May 31, 2025, 2243 UTC »

2241 UTC "Becks Bolero"-Jeff Beck Group (Fading in and out of the noise...prop is really bad this evening!)
2245 UTC "Crazy Love"-Poco (S7 peaks with high noise and QSB)
2247 UTC "Journey to the Center of the Mind"-Amboy Dukes
Rough copy continues 
2302 Mr Sycko chatting but nada on the copy, followed by another great track from Jeff Beck Truth! "Ain't Superstitious"-lead vocals by a young Rod Stewart!
2311 UTC "Turn to Stone"-Joe Walsh
2315 UTC "Ballroom Blitz"-Sweet
2321 UTC Mr Sycko chatting
2326 UTC Mr Sycko with mention of my request, then playing my request by Fever Tree-"San Francisco Girls"...THANKS Sycko! 
2330 UTC "Sky Pilot"-Eric Burdon & Animals (Great followup to my request! My musical tastes were a product of growing up during that time...minus the bubble gum!)
2339 UTC "The Pusher"-Steppenwolf (At 2341 UTC, somebody came up on ya with an SSTV that won't decode)
2344 UTC Peskie QRM...
2345 UTC OFF...carrier gone

Thanks Sycko! 

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QSLs Received / Re: Donovan Radio eQSL 6935 AM 0052 UTC 21 MAY 2025

« on: May 21, 2025, 0213 UTC »

Received the same here also...thanks Donovan Radio!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDEF 6900 USB was 6910 USB 0103 UTC 21 MAY 2025

« on: May 21, 2025, 0151 UTC »

0150 UTC "Yellow Submarine"-Beatles (S8 peaks with light noise and excellent audio)

Just kicking back tonight and enjoying the tunes! Nice playlist with all the "color" themed songs!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Donovan Radio 6935 AM 0052 UTC 21 MAY 2025

« on: May 21, 2025, 0118 UTC »

0116 UTC "Atlantis"-Donovan in progress...sounds like a live version/alternate version? (S9+ peaks with light fading and excellent audio)
0119 UTC "Universal Soldier"-Donovan
0122 UTC "Jennifer Juniper"-Donovan
0124 UTC "Goo Goo Barabajagal
0128 UTC "Riki Tiki Tavi"-Donovan segue into unid song(brief), then "There Is A Mountain"-Donvan
0135 UTC "Lalena"-Donovan
0138 UTC OFF

Now there's something you don't often hear on 43 meters! Donovan! 

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HF Beacons / Re: 6961 pirate beacon

« on: May 20, 2025, 0334 UTC »

0322 UTC Hearing this CW beacon with S8 signal and off with a longer tone at 0324 UTC. Consisted of zero's and fives looped as follows "0505555500555005500550055"

Don't hear too many beacons on 43 meters! Using an NRD-515, so not sure of exact frequency, but I was tuned to 6960 USB

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDEF 6910 USB 0144 UTC 20 MAY 2025

« on: May 20, 2025, 0203 UTC »

0201 UTC "Achilles Last Stand"-Led Zeppelin (S8 peaks and mostly solid above the noise)
0209 UTC CW now...sounds like a loop? No recognizable decode using CW Decoder
0211 UTC "(I Just) Died In Your Arms"-Cutting Crew
0215 UTC "At the Station"-Joe Walsh
0220 UTC A song by Joe Walsh I don't recognize...instrumental
0225 UTC Unid song-OM singer
0228 UTC "You Better You Bet"-The Who
0233 UTC OM said something? (Thanks for posting the ID Radiouser!)
0234 UTC "Caribbean Queen"-Billy Ocean
0237 UTC "Hollywood Nights"-Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band
0244 UTC "Venus"-Shocking Blue
0254 UTC CW loop
0255 UTC "A Pirate Looks at Forty"-Jimmy Buffett
0258 UTC "Heartbreaker"-Rolling Stones
0302 UTC "Wild Mountain Honey"-Steve Miller Band
0307 UTC "The Pusher"-Steppenwolf  Written by Hoyt Axton, the guy who also wrote "Joy to the World" 

Thanks for the tunes WDEF...Nice audio too!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6960 USB 0112 UTC 11 MAY 2025

« on: May 11, 2025, 0113 UTC »

0112 UTC "That's All"-Genesis (S7 peaks with light fading and high noise level...nice audio at peaks)
0116 UTC A Genesis/Phil Collins song I forgot the name of...
0125 UTC "No Reply At All"-Genesis
0136 UTC "Misunderstanding"-Genesis
0140 UTC "Follow You Follow Me"-Genesis
0145 UTC "ABACAB"-Genesis

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QSLs Received / Re: Boombox Radio eQSL 6872.6 AM 0150 UTC 10 MAY 2025

« on: May 11, 2025, 0028 UTC »

Also received this awesome eQSL here...thank you very much DJ LT! Always appreciated

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6940 USB 0300 UTC 10 May 2025

« on: May 10, 2025, 0309 UTC »

0307 UTC "Meanstreak"-AC/DC in progress (S8 and solid above the noise...very nice audio)
0309 UTC "Rocking All the Way"-AC/DC
0312 UTC A song by AC/DC I'm not familiar with...
0326 UTC "Let's Make It"-AC/DC
0334 UTC "For Those About to Rock"-AC/DC
0342 UTC "Whole Lotta Rosie"-AC/DC
0351 UTC "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"-AC/DC

Thanks for the AC/DC tunes whoever! Calling it a night here...