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North American Shortwave Pirate / Good Times Radio 6925 AM 1605 UTC 12 MAR 2023

« on: March 12, 2023, 1605 UTC »

1605 UTC "Eye of the Tiger"-Survivor 
1608 UTC "Danger Zone"-Kenny Loggins
1611 UTC "Hooked On a Feeling"-Blue Swede
1614 UTC "Happy"-Pharrell Williams (Song cut)
(Solid S9 signal here this early afternoon...excellent audio)
How about playing some Chicago? 
1619 UTC "25 or 6 to 4"-Chicago (THANKS!)
1623 UTC "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is"-Chicago
1627 UTC "Color My World"-Chicago
1630 UTC OM with ID over the music "You're listening to Good Times Radio" and a shoutout to everybody on the HF Underground followed by "Holiday"-Madonna
1634 UTC "Lucky Star"-Madonna
1637 UTC "Saturday In the Park"-Chicago
1641 UTC "Feeling Stronger Every Day"-Chicago
1645 UTC "Into the Groove"-Madonna
1650 UTC OFF

Thanks for the early Sunday afternoon show GTR! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / BBC Countdown 6919.7 AM was 6936.9 AM 2334 UTC 11 MAR 2023

« on: March 11, 2023, 2335 UTC »

2334 UTC OM DJ with British accent, into unid 60's pop song-OM singer
2336 UTC OM DJ with mention of Cliff Richards, followed by "First of May"-Bee Gees
2354 UTC "Where Do You Go to My Lovely"-Peter Sarstedt 
0000 UTC "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"-Marvin Gaye
0002 UTC OM with ID, then restarted previous song
(This is where the first broadcast ended)
0009 UTC "Sorry Suzanne"-Hollies
0012 UTC British accented OM ID's last song, into "Windmills of Your Mind"-Noel Harrison
0018 UTC "The Way It Used to Be"-Englebert Humperdinck
0021 UTC I do not recognize this song...must have been a European hit
0024 UTC BBC DJ with rundown of the Top 20
0026 UTC "Where Do You Go to My Lovely"-Peter Sarstedt
0030 UTC "Boom Bang a Bang"-Lulu
0031 UTC DJ says Bye Bye, followed by instrumental music

Thanks for Part 2 of the show! Here's my recording from 0002-0032 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C7A5Rh1Z62ypXdul8Pw-PFmRarqy7mrz/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Uranus Radio 6925 USB 2212 UTC 11 MAR 2023

« on: March 11, 2023, 2212 UTC »

2212 UTC Unid song...sounds like Michael Stipe...R.E.M.?
(S9 peaks and nice audio)
2215 UTC Synth voice with "Where's that whiny bitch Zekey", followed by "Losing My Religion"-R.E.M.
2220 UTC Synth voice with ID "Uranus Radio", repeated in unid language, followed by "Low"-R.E.M.
2225 UTC Synth voice with "Where's that whiny bitch Zekey", into unid song by R.E.M.
2229 UTC Synth voice in English and Spanish, followed by more R.E.M.
2234 UTC Synth voice with ID
2238 UTC OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Black Swan Radio 6936.9 AM 1400 UTC 11 MAR 2023

« on: March 11, 2023, 1401 UTC »

1400 UTC OM with "pirate radio" looped, followed by YL singing with sound effects
1402 UTC Techno music then OM with ID as "Black Swan Radio"
1404 UTC OM with mail drop address..."enclose 3 32 cent stamps"
1405 UTC Black Swan Radio looped ID, followed by dramatic movie theme music and techno rock music
(I am not familiar with this genre, so no clue on the songs played...sorry!)
1420 UTC OM with fake ad for Red Cock, followed by more techno rock with OM vocals
1425 UTC OM with "Black Swan Radio with the Lords of Acid", followed by previous songs played"
1426 UTC Unid rock tune-OM singers
1433 UTC OM with ID and "I'm the Naked DJ" followed by mail drop address....thanks for listening to BSR "Black Swan Radio", then OFF at 1434 UTC

Thanks for the show Black Swan Radio! Here's my recording of the show:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tcnXOQ7NLfDM0cDTuXLN4DMY5VoBbtLE/view?usp=sharing

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QSLs Received / No Name Radio eQSL 11 MAR 2023

« on: March 11, 2023, 1347 UTC »

Thanks No Name Radio!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / No Name Radio 6925 AM 1241 UTC 11 MAR 2023

« on: March 11, 2023, 1243 UTC »

1241 UTC Jazz music (Very nice sounding S9 signal here)
1245 UTC Different jazz music
1249 UTC "Just My Imagination"-instrumental jazz version
1254 UTC Unid jazz music
1259 UTC "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"-instrumental jazz version
1303 UTC "All Night Long"-instrumental jazz version
1308 UTC "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"-instrumental jazz version
1313 UTC "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"-instrumental jazz version
1322 UTC "My Girl"-instrumental jazz version
1327 UTC "What's Going On"-instrumental jazz version
1331 UTC OFF

Thanks for the morning jazz show! Station name per QSL received!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WMPQ 6925 USB 0433 UTC 11 MAR 2023

« on: March 11, 2023, 0434 UTC »

0433 UTC "Fly Like An Eagle"-Steve Miller Band
S7 peaks and mostly solid above the band noise, with some strong ute QRM...very nice audio
0438 UTC "Jet Airliner"-Steve Miller Band
0442 UTC Unid country rock song-OM singer
0447 UTC Unid hard rock song-OM singer (lyrics "realize your living in the golden years")
0452 UTC Blues rock song I don't recognize-OM singer 
0457 UTC A pirate song-OM singer (lyrics "Black Matilda")
(The ute QRM is gone)
0500 UTC Scottie 2 SSTV

0502 UTC "Rock'n Me"-Steve Miller Band
0505 UTC "Hey Joe"-Jimi Hendrix
0509 UTC "Mony Mony"-Billy Idol cover I think
0514 UTC "Rebel Yell"-Billy Idol

Thanks for the late show WMPQ! Time to crash.....

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QSLs Received / Radio Clandestine relay via TRI eQSL

« on: March 10, 2023, 2230 UTC »

Thanks for the fast QSL! Radio Clandestine was my favorite pirate of the 1980'! Much appreciated!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pigs Knuckles 6935 USB 0109 UTC 09 MAR 2023

« on: March 09, 2023, 0110 UTC »

0109 UTC Unid funky R&B tune solid above the noise (Lyrics about "Ride the white pony")
0114 UTC Pigs Knuckles on the microphone, into "Cisco Kid"-War
0119 UTC PK with DJ chat, into "Hold On, I'm Coming"-Sam & Dave
0122 UTC PK chat including ID, into "Green Onions"-Booker T & MG's
0124 UTC PK, then "Psycho Killer"-Talking Heads
(Sounding good PK!)
0130 UTC PK with DJ chat..."I'm not really a pirate...I poked myself in the eye", into "Barroom Blitz"-The Sweet
0134 UTC PK chat, into "Seminole Wind"-John Anderson
0139 UTC PK with shoutouts to the posters on the HFU...thanks PK!
0140 UTC "Mighty Quinn"-Manfred Mann (A tip of the hat to myteaquinn!)
0143 UTC PK chat, into "Papa's on the House Top"-Leeroy Carr
0146 UTC PK chat, into "Nickel Song"-Melanie
0150 UTC PK chat, into "Take the Skinheads Bowling"-Camper Van Beethoven
0153 UTC PK chat, into "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"-Tokens
0156 UTC PK chat, into "Banana Boat"-Harry Belafonte
0159 UTC PK chat "running the audio right into the USB"...'A pirates life is tough" (Can't find the song!)
0200 UTC A song I've heard but don't recall the name...
0203 UTC PK chat, into "Fly Me to the Moon"-Frank Sinatra
0206 UTC PK chat, into "They're Coming to Take Me Away"-Napolean XIV
0208 UTC PK chat..."Pigs Knuckles signing off, over and out"

Thanks for the Wednesday night entertainment PK!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pee Wee 6955 USB 0056 UTC 6 MAR 2023

« on: March 06, 2023, 0056 UTC »

0056 UTC Unid blues tune-OM singer (Solid above the noise with good bottom end on the audio)
0059 UTC Unid blues tune-OM singer
0134 UTC The Underdog Theme song...maybe not? Per Asylum chat, the song was "Ride of the Valkyries"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thunder Chicken Radio 6925 USB 0034 UTC 6 MAR 2023

« on: March 06, 2023, 0036 UTC »

0034 UTC Sounded like Led Zeppelin, but the music is battling it out with high noise, followed by Easypal and SSTV...no luck decoding the SSTV
0039 UTC OM....and chickens? Maybe Thunder Chicken Radio?
0040 UTC OFF
(Audio did not sound like TCR....)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Ice Cream 6919.7 ish AM 0000 UTC 6 MAR 2023

« on: March 06, 2023, 0000 UTC »

0000 UTC Ice cream truck music, with children talking and dogs barking
0003 UTC OM with "Radio Ice Cream" ID, the YL with same over unid music
(Thanks CT-Yankee! Date and time fixed.....)
0011 UTC "Round and Round"-Ratt?
0013 UTC "Highway to Hell"-AC/DC
0028 UTC OM with ID and postal QSL from Belfast NY mail drop, into "Ice Cream Man"-Van Helen
0030 UTC OFF

Thanks for a second scoop of Radio Ice Cream!

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QSLs Received / Radio Ice Cream eQSL

« on: March 05, 2023, 2332 UTC »

Thanks Radio Ice Cream! I'll have a double scoop of pistachio with a waffle cone! 

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QSLs Received / Voice of Pancho Villa eQSL

« on: March 05, 2023, 1854 UTC »

Thanks for the awesome VOPV eQSL! Look forward to this every year and hope for many more to come! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Voice of Pancho Villa 4080 AM 0459 UTC 5 MAR 2023

« on: March 05, 2023, 0500 UTC »

0459 UTC Possibly intro to Voice of Pancho Villa?
0500 UTC Mariachi music!
0501 UTC High pitched voice with repeated ID's as "You are listening to the Voice of Pancho Villa"
0502 UTC Different OM...."a gathering of the masses"...followed by YL speaking over some mariachi music, about government suppression of pirate radio and a violation of freedom of speech. Tough copy with the fades but signal is mostly above the noise
0504 UTC Sirens, then OM speaking..."Welcome to pirate radio"
0506 UTC YL with mention of Glenn Hauser amid several bleeps
0507 UTC Laughter...., then Pancho talking, followed by "Stuck In the Middle With You"-Stealers Wheel
0512 UTC YL gave email address, but didn't copy. Followed by an OM sounding like Glenn Hauser? Then some mariachi music
0513 UTC Unid ambient music of indeterminate genre
0517 UTC OFF

Thanks to the Voice of Pancho Villa and the relayer! My evening/morning is complete! 
Get well soon Pancho! Here's my recording of the show:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lV1l8IPHNHu9mrDdSIugZuMZufj7A27Z/view?usp=sharing