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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6965 USB 0056 UTC 12 Jan 2025

« on: January 12, 2025, 0125 UTC »

0122 UTC Tuned in to "I Only Have Eyes For You"-Flamingos (Barely moving the S-meter here this evening) 
0125 UTC Sounds like the original "Take Me In Your Arms" (Not the cover by the Doobie Brothers)
0129 UTC "Heart Full of Soul"-Yardbirds (Signal up to S5 now)
0131 UTC "Under My Thumb"-Rolling Stones
0135 UTC ID by OM, followed by "Brown Eyed Girl"-Van Morrison (Signal back to just above the noise floor)
0138 UTC "Almost Cut My Hair"-CSNY
0143 UTC "Heart of Gold"-Neil Young & Stray Gators 
0146 UTC "Your Gold Teeth II"-Steely Dan
0152 UTC "Over My Head"-Fleetwood Mac
0155 UTC Don't recognize this song
0202 UTC "Head Over Heels"-Tears For Fears (Mostly at the noise floor or under)
0207 UTC "Face in the Crowd"-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers (Threshold reception)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0816 UTC 25 DEC 2024

« on: December 25, 2024, 1011 UTC »

1008 UTC Tuned in to a Journey song (S9 with light noise and nice audio)
1013 UTC "Just the Same"-Journey

Kicking back and listening to the tunes over first Christmas morning coffee...Thanks!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Outhouse Radio 6926 USB 0039 UTC 24 DEC 2024

« on: December 24, 2024, 0116 UTC »

0114 UTC Hearing threshold rock music in the noise (S5 peaks with light fading)
0118 UTC OHR op mentioning the QSL he posted in this thread, followed by an unid rock song-OM singers
0121 UTC Op chatting

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Time Machine 6938 USB 2345 UTC 23 DEC 2024

« on: December 24, 2024, 0007 UTC »

0006 UTC "We're All Playing in the Same Band"-Bert Sommer (S9 here with light noise and excellent audio)
0008 UTC OM with ID, followed by an unid folk song-YL singer
0013 UTC "Jingle Bells"-cool instrumental version!
0018 UTC OM with ID, then OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: The Cosmonaut System 6959.3 AM 2302 UTC 23 DEC 2024

« on: December 23, 2024, 2354 UTC »

2353 UTC Tuned in to an OM giving sports scores..."CBS Sports...Joe Garagiola has an answer"
(S7 peaks with light fading and moderate noise)
2359 UTC No carrier noted

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: The Cosmonaut System 6959.3 AM 2300 UTC 22 DEC 2024

« on: December 22, 2024, 2334 UTC »

2332 UTC S5 carrier with moderate fading and noise...At peaks I'm hearing an OM talking
2336 UTC Music now
2352 UTC Just had a fair fadeup with "Everything Is Beautiful"-Ray Stevens
2354 UTC A YL announcer, followed by "Sound of Silence"-Simon & Garfunkel (S7 peaks with weak, but clear audio)
2358 UTC OFF...no carrier noted

Thank you for posting the ID/QSL picture! Looking forward to hearing more of this back from my high school days !

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: ION RADIO 6955 AM 2105 UTC 22 DEC 2024

« on: December 22, 2024, 2150 UTC »

2145 UTC Tuned in to "Silver Bells"-Tony Bennett (S9 peaks with light fading and superb audio)
2153 UTC A nice medley of traditional Christmas tunes, including "Dominic The Donkey, Silver and Gold, Frosty the Snow Man, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, and Mr. Grinch"
2159 UTC YL with ID, followed by another classic "Who Put the D**k on the Snowman" 
2201 UTC "Blue Christmas"-Elmer Fudd?
2206 UTC Santa with some Ho Ho Ho's and YL with ID and "Merry Christmas" 
2212 UTC "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
2214 UTC "I'm Dreaming of a White Trash Christmas"
2223 UTC "Please Come Home For Christmas"
2239 UTC "Happy Christmas (The War is Over)"-John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band
2243 UTC YL with "ION Radio signing off"
2244 UTC OFF

Thank you for the eclectic mix of Christmas songs and comedy bits! Have yourself a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year! Great signal and audio!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 77LJS 6930 USB 1801 UTC 22 DEC 2024

« on: December 22, 2024, 1928 UTC »

1925 UTC Tuned in to a free form jazz improvisation (S8 peaks with light fading and excellent audio)
1938 UTC 77LJS op with shoutouts...THANKS! Enjoying the "Jazz Fusion Extravaganza!
(And a Merry Christmas to you also!)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Art Bell Speaks Radio 6950 USB 2338 UTC 18 DEC 2024

« on: December 18, 2024, 2341 UTC »

2338 UTC Tuned in to "Some Velvet Morning"-Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra (Fading in and out of the noise)
2340 OM speaking but no luck on  the copy

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 1909 UTC 15 DEC 2024

« on: December 15, 2024, 1916 UTC »

1913 UTC "Message In a Bottle"-The Police (S8 peaks with light fades)
1916 UTC OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6980 USB 0058 UTC 15 DEC 2024

« on: December 15, 2024, 0059 UTC »

0058 UTC Testing One Two Three
0100 UTC Sounds like a 1920's cylinder recording...signal not moving the S-Meter! Prop is in the dump zone for 43 meters this evening...low noise but still S0-S3 here
0122 UTC "Love is Here and Now You're Gone"-Supremes
0125 UTC "It's All Over Now"-Rolling Stones
0128 UTC "I Think Were Alone Now"-Tommy James & Shondells (Just above the low noise floor here...S5 peaks with some RTTY ute QRM)
0130 UTC "Too Late To Turn Back Now"-Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
0134 UTC "If You Don't Know Me By Now"-Harold Melvin & Bluenotes
0137 UTC Don't know this song...sounds like Little Feat...strong ute QRM now
0139 UTC "Who Can It Be Now"-Men At Work
0143 UTC I don't recognize this song-OM singer

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QSLs Received / V-SKY "Vinyl Night" eQSL

« on: December 15, 2024, 0005 UTC »

Thank you for the show and the always appreciated eQSL!  Actual UTC date was 14 DEC 2024... 
Looking forward to future shows!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: V-SKY the Voice of the Sky 6795 USB 0100 UTC 14 DEC 2024

« on: December 14, 2024, 0119 UTC »

0118 UTC Tuned in to a song just ending, followed by an OM DJ chatting with "V-SKY" ID and mention of "Vinyl Night". followed by "On the Other Side"-Kansas (S6 peaks with light fading and moderate noise...excellent audio)
0124 UTC An 80's sounding rock song I don't recognize-OM singer (S7 now)
0129 UTC "Outlaw Women"-Hank Williams Jr
0132 UTC A bluesy song I don't recognize-OM singer...lyrics "Down By the Sea" Solid signal here still!
0138 UTC YL with ID and email address, followed by a song I do not recognize
0143 UTC "Six Seven Nine Five...V-Sky" ID by OM, followed by an AC/DC song I don't know the name of (S8 now)
0148 UTC "Sirius/Eye in the Sky"-Alan Parsons Project 
0154 UTC OM DJ chatting and ID of next song off Geffen Records-1981..."Find Another Fool"-Quarterflash
0201 UTC Martin 1 SSTV



Thank you for an interesting evening of good songs V-SKY! My first time hearing you 
Here's my recording of the show:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kwAhLrfIX5AA0xzHEiAGc14bqKVBaL0o/view?usp=sharing

Would be very happy to receive your V-SKY eQSL!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Little Emperors (Channel 292 relay) 9670 AM 2100 UTC 13 DEC 2024

« on: December 13, 2024, 2153 UTC »

2150 UTC Tuned in to an unid jazzy instrumental song (S7 peaks with light fading and high noise level. Excellent audio at peaks Also some QRM from the Asian station on 9665 AM. Hearing this directly across the big pond)
2203 UTC Hearing "Runaway"-Del Shannon now, so I presume the Little Emperors show ended at 2200 UTC

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Space Junk Radio 6961 USB 0112 UTC 13 DEC 2024

« on: December 13, 2024, 0119 UTC »

0117 UTC Unid bluesy instrumental rock tune (S9 with excellent audio)
0121 UTC "Touch of Grey"-Grateful Dead
0127 UTC OM said something?, followed by "Pour Some Sugar On Me"-Def Leppard
0131 UTC "Purple Rain"-Prince & the Revolution (S7 with light fading and noise now)
0140 UTC "Tom Sawyer"-Rush
0144 UTC An OM gave an ID/proton.me email address...didn't quite catch it, followed by "Space Truckin"-Deep Purple
(Maybe Space Junk Radio?)
0147 UTC "Don't Be Cruel"-Elvis Presley
0149 UTC "Luck Be a Lady"-Frank Sinatra
0154 UTC Unid rock song-OM singer, then an OM with a quick "Space Junk Radio" ID  , followed by "Money For Nothing"-Dire Straits (S6 peaks now with moderate fading and noise...still mostly solid above the noise)
0204 UTC OM said something about the HF Underground? Followed by "You Might Think"-Cars (Signal has dropped down to S5...band is going long here)
0207 UTC "Small Town"-John Mellencamp
0210 UTC "Spirit of Radio"-Rush (fading in and out of the noise now)
0214 UTC "Hair of the Dog"-Nazareth
0218 UTC Deep in the noise now but I can make out "Be My Lover"-Alice Cooper
0221 UTC Really tough copy now...can't ID the song

Thank you for the evening's entertainment SJR! Great playlist!