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North American Shortwave Pirate / Sternradio 6953.7 AM 2239 UTC 21 FEB 2024

« on: February 21, 2024, 2239 UTC »

2239 UTC OM and YL speaking in German and English..."The transmitter is smoking...smoking will kill you", followed by an unid choral anthem with lots of whistling (S9 peaks with moderate fading and light noise)
2243 UTC Electronica music
2311 UTC OM and YL with ID's and numbers by YL (All in German)
2313 UTC Music now
2328 UTC "Court of the Crimson King"-King Crimson (I know this one!)
2337 UTC OM and YL in German and English with ID and email address, followed by an Anthem
2341 UTC OFF

Thank you for the early evening entertainment! 

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QSLs Received / Laser Hot Hits-Ireland rebroadcast via NAPRS eQSL

« on: February 19, 2024, 0200 UTC »

Thanks for this awesome eQSL NAPRS! Great tunes on that relay! 



Also received one for the show on the 19th! Thank you very much for your dedication to the listeners NAPRS!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Laser Hot Hits-Ireland rebroadcast 6935 AM 0120 UTC 19 FEB 2024

« on: February 19, 2024, 0123 UTC »

0120 UTC "Too Many Fish In the Sea"-not sure which version!
0123 UTC OM DJ with British accent, followed by unid 60's pop tune
(Signal is hitting S7 peaks with heavy noise and choppy fading this evening)
0126 UTC Audio started breaking up
0130 UTC Back up again with "Keep On Dancing"-The Gentrys
0135 UTC Signal is fading in and out of the noise...
0137 UTC "Little Things"-Bobby Goldsboro
0144 UTC Deep in the noise 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Sternradio 6970 AM 0242 UTC 18 FEB 2024

« on: February 18, 2024, 0244 UTC »

0242 UTC Unid electronica rock tune-OM talking over the music (S9 peaks with moderate fading and noise)
0248 UTC OM and YL with ID "Sternradio", followed by mechanical sounds, then electronica music
0252 UTC Choppy fading now...low modulation?
0254 UTC "Transmitter is smoking" (Spoken word modulation is excellent!)
0255 UTC Unid music...S9 carrier peaks but the music is hard to hear 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 7380 USB 0138 UTC 18 FEB 2024

« on: February 18, 2024, 0139 UTC »

0138 UTC On sudden with "Fade Into You"-Mazzy Star (song cut)
0140 UTC "Lithium"-Nirvana (S9+ and sounding good!) Dogs barking 
0142 UTC "Fade Into You"-Mazzy Star
0146 UTC "Flagpole Sitta"-Harvey Danger
0150 UTC "Morning Glory"-Oasis
0155 UTC "Criminal"-Fiona Apple
0203 UTC OM DJ says the transmitter is warming up...hope it don't catch on fire like that other station, followed by "One of Us"-Joan Osborne
0208 UTC OM DJ chatting...maintaining a transmitter takes some skill, followed by "Self Esteem"-The Offspring
(Signal dropped down a bit but still solid above the noise)
0212 UTC OM DJ chatting about the last song
0218 UTC OM DJ "yammering"  "Have a good evening...leave you with Mr Pearl Jam
0219 UTC "Evenflow"-Pearl Jam
0224 UTC "Are Friends Electric"-Mix version
0229 UTC Dogs howling and an OM speaking with applause (Guido Sarducci?)
0231 UTC OFF

Good to hear free radio on the old school pirate band! Heard a lot of good stuff here in the 1980's!
Thanks again for the 90's blast Mr Magnetron! You handled the jammer in a professional manner! 

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QSLs Received / Pirate Radio Boston test transmission eQSL 16 FEB 2024

« on: February 17, 2024, 2118 UTC »

Thank you very much for this awesome eQSL for my threshold posting! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / MOVED: UNID 6950 NBFM tentative 0501 UTC 17 FEB 2024

« on: February 17, 2024, 0524 UTC »

This topic has been moved to European Pirates and Private Stations.

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=125722.0

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European Pirates and Private Stations / UNID 6950 NBFM tentative 0501 UTC 17 FEB 2024

« on: February 17, 2024, 0505 UTC »

0501 UTC I'm hearing what sounds like very distorted music...no carrier to speak of...no luck tuning in on this old NRD-515. I suspect this might be an FM signal as I can't fine tune in USB or LSB. Somewhat less distorted in AM with the 6 khz filter. It is at best a fair signal...mostly in the noise and thin sounding audio
0508 UTC Definitely a song
Interesting!
0523 UTC Some minor fadeups where the AM signal is clearer, but still distorted

I moved this to European after reading a couple of earlier posts calling this NBFM. Curious!
I am hearing this directly from across the pond...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / MOVED: Indy Radio 6931 AM 0415 UTC 17 FEB 2024

« on: February 17, 2024, 0423 UTC »

This topic has been moved to European Pirates and Private Stations.

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,125718.msg388508.html#new

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North American Shortwave Pirate / MOVED: AD149 Radio 6934.9 AM 2346 UTC 16 FEB 2024

« on: February 17, 2024, 0017 UTC »

This topic has been moved to Latin American Pirate.

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?topic=125704.0

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Johnny Tobacco 6290 AM 2258 UTC 16 FEB 2024

« on: February 16, 2024, 2259 UTC »

2258 UTC Tuned in to "Blueberry Hill"-Fats Domino (S7 peaks with moderate noise and fading...mostly above the noise. I'm listening direct from across the pond)
2259 UTC "Let Your Love Flow"-Bellamy Brothers
2302 UTC "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"- John Fogerty & Blue Ridge Rangers
2304 UTC Unid C&W song-OM singer
2307 UTC Johnny Tobacco! It is indeed good to hear you again...it has been a long time!
2309 UTC JT chatting, then back to the music
2314 UTC Pause
2315 UTC Unid song, then JT chatting, and back to the song
2317 UTC JT chat, followed by an unid song-OM singer (Thanks for the shoutout! I hope that all is well!)
2320 UTC Mention of Skipmuckie, then ID as Johnny Tobacco...Abu Dhabi Radio, followed by "Today I Started Loving You Again"-Merle Haggard
2323 UTC "Blackjack County Chains"-Unid singer
2327 UTC Techno Dance music segue into a C&W song, with JT chatting
2330 UTC It's nice to hear you also JT!
2331 UTC Unid Polka-Frankie Yankovic & His Yanks, segue into an unid rockabilly song-OM singer
2333 UTC JT chatting..."good morning and good afternoon", then back to the song
2335 UTC JT singing along to the song playing!  "Please Don't Sell Me Anymore Whiskey Tonight"-George Jones
2338 UTC "One Night With You"-Elvis Presley (JT chatting...thanks for the song! It's a good one! Yes, life goes on indeed....), followed by an unid C&W song-OM singer
2342 UTC Unid pop song-OM singer, segue into an unid European pop song
2347 JT chatting...thanks for listening...a few more songs...an old man  (I'll be 69 in 5 days JT! I'm catching up with you!)
2349 UTC Unid polka
2351 UTC A song by Johnny Cash I forgot the name of
2354 UTC Unid song-YL singer, segue into another unid C&W song-YL singer
0000 UTC JT chatting to me and signing off...(you're welcome JT! My pleasure!)
0002 UTC Unid song...Patsy Cline?, then JT in Spanish I think, followed by a Hawaiian sounding instrumental song
0006 UTC JT with "Thank you for listening...bye bye...Johnny Tobacco signing off
0007 UTC Unid oldtime fox trot song, followed by JT chatting, then back to music
0009 UTC JT wondering about his transmitter because the valves are too hot  , followed by "Wondering"-Webb Pierce?, then unid instrumental song
0014 UTC Unid song-OM singer, then JT chatting
0019 UTC OFF


Thank you for the memorable show JT! Just like the old days! 
Here's the link to my direct reception of the show:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wEqnDMVnnnFGjhG_YZrJgOMBs7HbLyS8/view?usp=sharing

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Clandestine Stations / Voice of Tibet (tentative) 7503 AM 2343 UTC 15 FEB 2024

« on: February 15, 2024, 2351 UTC »

2343 UTC Found this on 7503 AM with a fair signal amidst light fading and a bit of flutter fading. I was checking to see if the Latin American station posted was on (It wasn't!). YL and OM in unid language. First time hearing this station!
2353 UTC Very brief bit of music then back to the YL speaking
2355 UTC I'm getting splatter from WBCQ on 7490 AM...Pretty much wiped out 7503...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Ballsmacker Radio 6960 AM 2259 UTC 15 FEB 2024

« on: February 15, 2024, 2300 UTC »

2259 UTC A brief snippet of "Come and Get It"-Badfinger, followed by "Bad Moon Rising"-CCR
2300 UTC "Wildfire" Interval Signal
2302 UTC YL with Ballsmacker ID and pinfall (Solid S9 here with excellent audio)
2303 UTC Unid song-OM singer
Did I miss a day here? 
2308 UTC "Come and Get It"-Badfinger (Getting some light fading now)
2311 UTC "Bad Company"-Bad Company
2315 UTC "Two out of Three Ain't Bad"-Meatloaf
2317 UTC OFF

Interesting to hear Ballsmacker at 2300 UTC on a Thursday evening...I agree with Badfish Al 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0136 UTC 15 FEB 2024

« on: February 15, 2024, 0139 UTC »

0136 UTC A synth voiced OM repeating the phrase "I am not a robot"
0141 UTC Still repeating the phrase! (S8 peaks amidst light noise)
0146 UTC QSY to 6926 USB, then back to 6925...moving around a bit now
0148 UTC OFF

Good one! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WENO 6925 USB 0057 UTC 14 FEB 2024

« on: February 14, 2024, 0059 UTC »

0057 UTC Unid pop tune-OM singer (S8 peaks with light noise)
0103 UTC OM with "WENO" ID, followed by an unid tune
0107 UTC OM with ID
0123 UTC OFF
Kicking back and enjoying the tunes! I'll use the Shazam Browser extension to ID the songs on my recording later on. Here's my recording of the show:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JQ2su6Oi_oSbuKMcJsPlqRp1hmBAi1GU/view?usp=sharing

Shazam was only able to ID the following:
"Now and Then"-Timmy Sean
"Party Seacombe"-George Harrison
"Watching Rainbows"-Beatles (I never heard this one before!

Thanks for the broadcast WENO!