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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thunder Chicken Broadcasting Service 6950 USB 2234 UTC 28 SEP 2024

« on: September 28, 2024, 2235 UTC »

2234 UTC Unid rock music (Solid above the noise with S8 peaks...nice audio)
2236 UTC YL and OM speaking over the music about eating the pets in Springfield, OH...voice of Trump audio clip repeated..."they're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats...eating the pets of the people who live there"
2239 UTC Unid song-OM singer...YL and OM with the same comments about Springfield (The YL may be Kamala Harris)
2240 UTC OM with mention of 2024, followed by a Martin 1 SSTV(Is that the infamous Uncle Bob?)
2248 UTC Blue Danube Waltz
2256 UTC Horn fanfare with what sounded like a rooster crowing, followed by unid hard rock music

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6955 USB 2338 UTC 22 SEP 2024

« on: September 22, 2024, 2339 UTC »

2338 UTC "Run Through the Jungle"-CCR (Just above the noise with some QRM or sound effects over the song)
2341 UTC Sounds like monkees screeching over the music
2342 UTC "Gimme Shelter"-Rolling Stones (no more QRM)
2345 UTC "Space Oddity"-David Bowie
2348 UTC Signal dropped a bit...can't make out what's playing
2352 UTC "Setting Sun"-Brian Lucas Project
2358 UTC Pause, then OM said something, followed by sound effects
2359 UTC OFF

Possibly moved to 6950 USB?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 2308 UTC 22 SEP 2024

« on: September 22, 2024, 2312 UTC »

2308 UTC Unid rock tune, followed by "Flesh For Fantasy"-Billy Idol, then OFF suddenly at 2310 UTC
(Mostly above the noise floor here)

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QSLs Received / "THE COUNT" numbers station eQSL

« on: September 22, 2024, 2050 UTC »

Thank you very much Mr. Count! This one is special! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Robin Hood Radio 6930 USB 0219 UTC 17 SEP 2024

« on: September 17, 2024, 0219 UTC »

0219 UTC Unid punk/pop song (S8 peaks...mostly above the noise...sounds good!)
0221 UTC Unid rock/pop song
0224 UTC OM with ID "Robin Hood Radio", and DJ chat. Thanks for the shoutout! 
0226 UTC Singing Jingle 
0227 UTC Unid folk rock/pop song-OM singer (Sorry Robin Hood, but I don't have access to Shazam in real time!)
0232 UTC OP chatting, but only partial copy in the noise...talking about the next song, followed by an unid folk song
0236 UTC Unid slow rap song-OM rapper
0238 UTC OP chatting
0239 UTC Rock tune with spoken word intro
0243 UTC Noise level seems to have dropped...RHR now a solid S6
0245 UTC OP chatting
0250 UTC OP chatting
0256 UTC OP says have a good night, followed by a pause and another song
0300 UTC OFF

Thanks for the show RHR! Always good to hear you! Here's my recording from 0230-0300 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kDZEwy1LViqZVDefnQLdXdWoD6uRtSwj/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Butt Nugget Radio 6950 AM 0009 UTC 17 SEP 2024

« on: September 17, 2024, 0011 UTC »

0009 UTC Tuned in to unid music fading in and out of the noise. Signal is mostly at or below the noise level. Sounds like a rock tune-OM singers...rough copy!
0018 UTC "Tusk"-Fleetwood Mac (A nice fade-up to S8!)
0020 UTC Back to the noise level 
0022 UTC Different song now...ZZ Top?
0024 UTC Sounds like a YL talking now...no luck on the copy, but she said "You're listening to ?? Radio", repeated several times.
0028 UTC "Don't Fear the Reaper"-Blue Oyster Cult
0034 UTC YL's again...still can't catch the ID (I'll listen back on my recording and see if I can reduce the noise)
0035 UTC "Street Fighting Man"-Rolling Stones
(0037 UTC Some misfit doing a VFO sweep over the signal)
0040 UTC "Sweet Child of Mine"-Guns N Roses
0044 UTC OFF (no carrier detected)

Thanks for the ID Outhouse!

Good to hear you once again Butt Nugget Radio! Been a couple of years I think 
Here's my recording from 0010-0040 UTC. Rough copy until 0018 UTC!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18bA3l3hCUGOtS0hGb6ht4yZUFkLzumva/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2242 UTC 15 SEP 2024

« on: September 15, 2024, 2243 UTC »

2242 UTC Martin 1 SSTV
2251 UTC Martin 1 SSTV
2254 UTC Martin 1 SSTV
2258 UTC Martin 1 SSTV
2301 UTC Choral music followed by unid music
2313 UTC Sounds like the theme from the "Mighty Mouse" TV cartoon!
2322 UTC Martin 1 SSTV
2324 UTC "All In the Family" TV theme song
2330 UTC "Reflections"-Diana Ross & Supremes
2333 UTC "Dr Who" theme
2340 UTC "GI Joe"
2342 UTC Martin 1 SSTV
2344 UTC "Lost In Space" theme song
2352 UTC "You're tuned to Thunder Chicken Radio" and a few stray clucks
0017 UTC "Mr. Ed" TV theme
0020 UTC "Green Acres" TV theme
0021 UTC "Suicide Is Painless"-MASH theme
0037 UTC "Outer Limits" TV theme
0038 UTC "Six Million Dollar Man" TV theme
0039 UTC "Welcome Back"-John Sebastian (Welcome Back Kotter TV theme song)
0046 UTC "Daniel Boone" TV theme
0047 UTC OM with Thunder Chicken Radio ID, then OFF





Thanks for the run through of old TV show themes! I forgot a lot of them! I'd like to request the Theme from Flipper for the next show 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Sycko Radio 6950 AM 0057 UTC 10 SEP 2024

« on: September 10, 2024, 0057 UTC »

0057 UTC "Nothing Else Matters"-Metallica (34333)
0103 UTC "Patience"-Gun's N Roses
0109 UTC OM with ID "Sycko Radio", followed by "Somebody to Love"-Queen
0116 UTC "You Shook Me"-AC/DC
0119 UTC "Hells Bells"-AC/DC, then "All Along the Watchtower"-Jimi Hendrix
0129 UTC "Carry on my Wayward Son"-Kansas
0134 UTC "A Day In the Life"-Beatles
0139 UTC "Summer of 69"-Bryan Adams
0142 UTC "Addicted to Love"-Robert Palmer
0146 UTC "Angie"-Rolling Stones (Getting some nice S9 peaks!)
0151 UTC Mr Sycko with ID and frequency, then "Learning to Fly"-Tom Petty
0156 UTC Unid song about shortwave radio-OM singer
0159 UTC "Can't You See"-Marshall Tucker Band
0202 UTC "International Shortwave" jingle, then "Spirit in the Sky"-Norman Greenbaum
0206 UTC "Baba O'Reilly"-The Who
0212 UTC "Time"-Pink Floyd

Time to call it a night here...thanks for the best of the classics! A decent signal here overall this evening 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 AM 0053 UTC 10 SEP 2024

« on: September 10, 2024, 0053 UTC »

0053 UTC Unid music, then OFF at 0054 UTC

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Hawaiian Numbers 6945 USB 2337 UTC 9 SEP 2024

« on: September 09, 2024, 2339 UTC »

2337 UTC Tuned in to Hawaiian numbers-OM, then OFF with 3 words in Hawaiian at 2339 UTC

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 AM 2301 UTC 9 SEP 2024

« on: September 09, 2024, 2304 UTC »

2301 UTC OM talking about weather or climate (Signal fading in and out of the high noise level...S7 Peaks)
Rough copy here...a few words here and there. Relay of a regular station? Sounds like more than one OM talking at once...2 stations? Mixing product or spur is unlikely.
2301 UTC One of the OM talking about air quality...
2320 UTC Signal mostly deep in the noise
2322 UTC OFF...carrier gone, but there is a peskie or 2 on LSB (one of them is quite loud and could be the other station under the AM relay of the climate commentary.)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Damn Skippy 6950 USB 0209 UTC 9 SEP 2024

« on: September 09, 2024, 0211 UTC »

0209 UTC "Light My Fire" with parody lyrics (S6 peaks amidst the high noise level...very nice audio)
0212 UTC YL said something but rough copy, followed by an unid rock tune

0217 UTC Unid down home blues tune-OM singer
0227 UTC OM with ID
0238 UTC Thanks for the shoutout! Just kicking back in the radio room...now I know who Junior Kimbrough is...awesome!
0305 UTC Waterfall pic sound, but didn't have Easypal on...no waterfall on this old NRD
0320 UTC Waterfall pic sound

Time to call it a night here...thank you for the hill country blues!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Goat Herder Radio 6929 USB 2140 UTC 7 SEP 2024

« on: September 07, 2024, 2142 UTC »

2140 UTC 2 OM talking about a 4th of July parade (35343...mostly solid above the noise)
2144 UTC Talking about "Wally"...mention of 44th street, then some C&W music and 2 OM continue speaking
2147 UTC Unid C&W song with YL vocalists...lyrics "Turn the radio up, turn the radio down"
2149 UTC OM mentioned a station name...W???, then mentions of Boston...sounds like a relay of a commercial station
2150 UTC "Hot Rod Lincoln" parody about driving in Boston (Signal hitting S7 peaks, but the noise level is high)
2152 UTC OM mentioned "Montpelier"
2153 UTC Mention of Radio Vermont and RVG?
2155 UTC Unid C&W song-OM singer
2158 UTC Unid C&W parody song-OM singer
2202 UTC Waterfall image sound

2215 UTC Zekey on the microphone...in the Green Mountains...mention of Goat Herder Radio
2220 UTC Zekey says he's signing off
2221 UTC Back to the relay...OM with weather report
2225 UTC OFF for a bit, then some intermittent audio, then off again

Now that was different...thanks for the show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6969.5 AM 0125 UTC 5 SEP 2024

« on: September 05, 2024, 0126 UTC »

0125 UTC I'm hearing some ambient instrumental music***...vibraphone or electronic? Signal solid above the noise (33222)
0127 UTC Strong ute on for about 30 seconds
0129 UTC Possibly another unid song for a bit, then possible OM talking? Carrier is quite good here
0130 UTC Not hearing any audio now...very high noise level
0133 UTC unid music now...drumbeats heard mostly, but there is a song in there
(Is this the station that relayed Liquid Radio last night? Frequency seems to be the same...just a hair above 6969.5)
0137 UTC OM said something, but tough copy in the noise
0139 UTC Music now, with some ute blasts (instrumental song with a funky drum beat)
0147 UTC Carrier only for the last few minutes...maybe an OM talking?
0149 UTC Definitely an OM talking now...too low in the carrier to copy
0150 UTC Music now...ambient instrumental
0203 UTC Unid ambient music...sounds like some flutes in there
0237 UTC OFF...carrier gone

Thanks for the broadcast whoever!

Here's my recording from 0125-0155 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IfjjFGO2AWHkbQw3EXdqQ7Sp5p3avhg1/view?usp=sharing

***When I was uploading to my Google Drive, I shazam'd the music at 0125 and the result was "Easy Serv"-Orbital

If there was an ID in the broadcast, I couldn't hear it...any takers? 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Liquid Radio 6925 AM 0115 UTC 4 SEP 2024

« on: September 04, 2024, 0118 UTC »

Carrier noted at 0110 UTC, with some threshold audio at 0115 and 0118 UTC. Too deep in the noise for details.
0130 UTC Another threshold fade-up...I'm not hearing the usual BPM beats
0210 UTC Tuned back in and am hearing intermittent BPM beats now 
0219 UTC A very nice fade-up with clear audio until 0221 UTC...no clue as to the title of the song..I'd estimate it to be 120 beats per minute