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North American Shortwave Pirate / WREC 4185 USB 2220 UTC 11 Jan 2020

« on: January 11, 2020, 2222 UTC »

2220 UTC Hearing music in the noise
2245 UTC Listening now on the Fair Hill, MD online SDR and the signal is very good!

1607

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB? 1931 UTC 11 Jan 2020

« on: January 11, 2020, 1933 UTC »

1931 UTC I'm hearing very weak traces of music here.....

1608

North American Shortwave Pirate / ION Radio 6869.8ish AM 1805 UTC 1 Jan 2020

« on: January 01, 2020, 1809 UTC »

1805 UTC Carrier and a minute trace of audio fading up....
(Thanks for the ID bba!)

1609

North American Shortwave Pirate / Damn Skippy 6956 USB 0100 UTC 1 Jan 2020

« on: January 01, 2020, 0102 UTC »

0100 UTC "Moonight Eyes"-Nazerath
0106 UTC "Hair of the Dog"-Nazerath
(Signal is mostly deep in the noise with some S2 fadeups )
0114 UTC "Screaming In the Night"-Krokus (Per Shazam)
0120 UTC "Fight the Good Fight"-Triumph
0124 UTC "Take Your Whiskey Home"-Van Halen
0127 UTC "Heaven and Hell"-Black Sabbath
0132 UTC "Space Station #5"-Montrose


0140 UTC "Bad Motor Scooter"-Montrose

0144 UTC "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"-Hollies

1610

North American Shortwave Pirate / Insane Radio 6950.3 AM 0037 UTC 1 Jan 2020

« on: January 01, 2020, 0038 UTC »

0037 UTC S9 signal here with "Only An Expert"-Laurie Anderson (Per Shazam)
0042 UTC Insane Radio ID loop I believe, into "American Dream Plan B"-Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
0046 UTC Unid spoken word clip, into "Waiting"-Black Lips
0049 UTC "Insane Radio ID loop", into unid rocker
0055 UTC Signal dropped quickly into the noise.....damn!

1611

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Illuminati 5145 AM 1828 UTC 31 Dec 2019

« on: December 31, 2019, 1830 UTC »

1828 UTC Music and OM with "Radio Illuminati is on the air
1830 UTC "Lover of Mine"-Beach House
(S8 peaks with some light selective fading and excellent audio)
1835 UTC "I Don't Wanna Be In Love"-Good Charlotte
1839 UTC "Heart Is Strange"-School of Seven Bells
1844 UTC "The Choke"-Austra
1849 UTC "Other People"-Beach House
1927 UTC Congrats on the 10th year anniversary AC! Happy New Year to you also!
2112 UTC "End of show music and ID", into the "National Anthem" 
2115 UTC OFF

Thank you for an awesome show of music from the past 10 years tAC! Happy New Year to you!

1612

North American Shortwave Pirate / Zeke's Attic Radio 6938 LSB 1654 UTC 31 Dec 2019

« on: December 31, 2019, 1657 UTC »

1654 UTC "Bold As Love"-Jimi Hendrix Experience
1657 UTC "Castles Made of Sand"-Jimi Hendrix Experience
(S7 peaks with clear crisp audio and light fading)
1659 UTC Zeke chatting...
1701 UTC "Red House"-Jimi Hendrix Experience
1704 UTC OFF

1613

North American Shortwave Pirate / Mix Radio Int'L 5125 USB 30 Dec 2019

« on: December 30, 2019, 1954 UTC »

1952 UTC "Turn the Page"-Bob Seger live version?
1956 UTC "Keep Pushin"-REO Speedwagon
(S5 peaks with light fading...excellent audio!)
2000 UTC YL with Mix ID, into "25 or 6 to 4"-Chicago
2004 UTC "The Dogs of War"-Pink Floyd
2011 UTC "Thunder Road"-Bruce Springsteen
2016 UTC "Going to California"-Led Zeppelin
2020 UTC "Saturday Night Special"-Lynyrd Skynyrd live version

1614

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Humperdoo 6925 USB was AM 1902 UTC 30 Dec 2019

« on: December 30, 2019, 1905 UTC »

1902 UTC Weak carrier with traces of music here
1916 UTC Now a trace of music in USB

1615

QSLs Received / "Voice of Helium" eQSL

« on: December 30, 2019, 0918 UTC »

Found this crafty looking varmint in my in box this morning for a posting on the HFU! THANK YOU Reynard the Fox! 

1616

North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Olah 6930 AM 1936 UTC 28 Dec 2019

« on: December 28, 2019, 1946 UTC »

1944 UTC Music for a minute or so then OFF
1947 UTC Back up again with "Oh Sweet Nuthin"-Velvet Underground
1950 UTC OM with ID "Radio Olah", into "Geno"-Dexy's Midnight Runners
1954 UTC "The End of the World"-Sharon Van Etten
1957 UTC "Coloured Rain"-Traffic
2000 UTC "Shake Some Action"-Flamin' Groovies
(So far pretty much an S7 with light fades and excellent AM audio!)
2004 UTC Olah op chatting...."thanks for reports on HF Underground...back on the air live....here in the valley"
2006 UTC "Concrete and Clay"-Unit Four Plus Two
2009 UTC "Walk Away"-James Gang
2011 UTC "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"-Cake (Great cover version!)
2014 UTC Olah op chatting...."big black helicopter flew over and scared the piss out of me"
2015 UTC "Can't Explain"-The Swinging Neckbreakers (Per Shazam)
2018 UTC "Over and Over"-MC5
2020 UTC "36-22-36"-Bobby Bland
2023 UTC Olah op chatting..."everything here at Radio Olah was digitized recently"
( Signal has dropped down quite a bit....band going long for me  )
2026 UTC "Cold Sweat"-James Brown (Signal recovered nicely at 2029 UTC!)
2033 UTC Olah op chatting "pushing 50 watts....won't be QSLing...haven't got time....lost our Radio Olah account...(signal dropped down again)
2035 UTC OFF

Thanks for the show Olah! Great to hear you again!
Here's a link to my recording for your archives:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y2xSCY2j1O4tbpI4oF4P_fbBC8BJ8Mjs/view?usp=sharing

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Latin American Pirate / AD149 Radio 6934.9 AM 0042 UTC 28 Dec 2019

« on: December 28, 2019, 0057 UTC »

Carrier noted directly at 0046 UTC despite S5+ noise here
0053 UTC "Yo No Te Pido"-Celeste Carballo
0057 UTC OFF or faded out here

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Nuttin On Shortwave 6925.2ish AM 1712 UTC 27 Dec 2019

« on: December 27, 2019, 1712 UTC »

1712 UTC Jazz music and OM sounding like the Crusher
1713 UTC "Listen Here" Eddie Harris
1714 UTC The Crusher chatting now...."ya turkey necks"  , into "Hells Bells"-AC/DC
(Solid S8 signal here! Great to hear you again OM!)
1719 UTC "We got a couple of bums here".....  Thanks for the shoutout! Happy Holidays to you also!
1721 UTC "The Crusher"-The Novas
1723 UTC Crusher chatting...."back to AC/DC"...shoutout to Tuco", into "What Do You Do For Money"-AC/DC
1727 UTC Crusher chatting with shoutouts "All these turkey neck bums", into "Giving the Dog A Bone"-AC/DC
1731 UTC Crusher chatting...."having a lot of fun here"....Nuttin on Shortwave....now we're gonna get down
1732 UTC "Let Me Put My Love In You"-AC/DC
1736 UTC Crusher chatting, into "Back In Black"-AC/DC
1740 UTC OFF?

I hear the Eddie Harris jazz tune and ID's at 1742 UTC again, but much weaker

Really enjoy hearing you again Crusher! Here's a link to my recording of the show! Started off fair and quickly hit S9 here! Wishing you a Happy New Year ya old Turkey Neck! 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12XXySZ6gtcNsQV_Tdo-UvNqHZAlV62n9/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / ION Radio 6954.8 AM 1633 UTC 27 Dec 2019

« on: December 27, 2019, 1635 UTC »

1633 UTC Distinct carrier and threshold audio noted here...OM talking? Signal is fading in and out
1642 UTC Possible music? Some kind of story I believe....
1646 UTC Both an OM and a YL talking
1650 UTC Sounds like a TV drama or Old Time Radio show
1651 UTC Signal jumped up to S8! Full copy now!"I lost control of the car"
1653 UTC Back down into the noise, fading in and out now
1657 UTC OM with something about the "unknown world of the future"...."Across the nation and around the world this is REN the Radio Entertainment Network"
1701 UTC OFF

Interesting! Anybody want to claim this one?  Ion Radio per received eQSL! 

1620

Broadcast Announcements / FRS-Holland "End of the Year" broadcast

« on: December 26, 2019, 1935 UTC »

Dear FRS Friend,

Season's Greetings from all of us at FRS-Holland.

Upcoming Sunday December 29th FRS will be on air with its traditional Seasonal 'End of the Year' broadcast.
All information is to be read on http://www.frsholland.nl/20-latest-news/136-frs-holland-seasonal-broadcast-december-2019.html .
Please remember that the complete schedule will be re-broadcasted in the afternoon hours.
For the latest info please check our website. 5.8 MHz frequency could be 5790/ 5800/ 5810 kHz.

73s, FRS Crew