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North American Shortwave Pirate / Seven Trees Radio 6925 USB 2211 UTC 5 Aug 2019

« on: August 05, 2019, 2211 UTC »

2211 UTC "Can't Stop the Technologic"-House Mania (Per Shazam)
(Signal is hitting S7 peaks here...fair amount of fading)
2215 UTC "Rock Me"-The Doors
2221 UTC OM with ID repeated, into "Barbara Streisand "-Duck Sauce
2225 UTC YL with some rapid fire speech....then slowed down....hard to copy! OM ID also Something about "If you have a green tree fall on you.....seven trees....clever name for a radio station"
2227 UTC "Swagga"-Excision & Datsik segue into "The Fat Man"-Fats Domino
2231 UTC OM with ID, into "Welcome To the Jungle"-Guns N' Roses segue into "Like I Care"-Helmet
2235 UTC OM with ID....If a green tree falls on you then you only have seven left....a clever name for a radio station" into "Rocky Mountain Way"-Joe Walsh
2239 UTC OM...."How many trees do you have? Seven Trees...a clever name for a radio station", followed by bells tolling, into "Mother"-John Lennon
2243 UTC "Let The Bass Kick In Miami Bitch"-Chuckie & LMFAO
2246 UTC Faux news bit
2247 UTC "Sugar"-System of a Down
2248 UTC Clever Name Radio standing by for a request
How about "This is Not For You"-Pearl Jam?
2251 UTC "This Is Not For You"-Pearl Jam ( Thanks Seven Trees!  )
2256 UTC "Highway Tune"-Greta Van Fleet
2258 UTC OFF

Thanks for the entertainment Seven Trees!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Gaga 6925 DSB 2054 UTC 4 August 2019

« on: August 04, 2019, 2055 UTC »

2054 UTC Music faded up from the noise
2055 UTC "Mercy Mercy Me"-Marvin Gaye(fading in and out of the noise)
2059 UTC "99 Luftballons"-Nena
2102 UTC "Dancing Queen"-ABBA

1743

QSLs Received / Radio Gaga eQSL

« on: August 04, 2019, 1908 UTC »

Very much appreciated RGG! It's a keeper! 

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European Pirates and Private Stations / KR1 6285 AM 2256 UTC 1 Aug 2019

« on: August 01, 2019, 2258 UTC »

2256 UTC Hearing music just above the static crashes here...directly across the pond
2301 UTC Tough copy but hearing an OM now....
2309 UTC "House of the Rising Sun"-The Animals
2313 UTC OM talking now....possibly KR1 ID?
2315 UTC Walk Right Back"-Anne Murray
2318 UTC OM chatting (heard mention of the Ukraine...signal seems to be picking up a bit)
2319 UTC "And I Love Her"-Beatles
2322 UTC Possibly another KR1 ID by OM
2323 UTC "The Letter"-Box Tops
2326 UTC "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes"-Bobby Vee
2330 UTC "Sugar Sugar"-Archies
2335 UTC "Soul Limbo"-Booker T & MG's

Good to hear you again from across the pond KR1 

1745

North American Shortwave Pirate / Mix Radio International 6127 USB was 6125 USB 0144 UTC 28 July 2019

« on: July 28, 2019, 0144 UTC »

0144 UTC Music just above the noise floor here
0146 UTC "What You Need"-INXS
0148 UTC "I Think We're Alone Now"-Tiffany
0151 UTC "Tempted"-Squeeze
0155 UTC "Upside Down"-Diana Ross
0158 UTC YL with ID
0235 UTC Still tough copy here
0238 UTC "Shock the Monkey"-Peter Gabriel
0247 UTC "99 Luftballoons"-Nena
0254 UTC "Rock Me Amadeus"-Falco
0258 UTC CW

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Mix Radio International 3300 USB 2116 UTC 27 July 2019

« on: July 27, 2019, 2117 UTC »

2116 UTC "Talking In Your Sleep"-The Romantics
2118 UTC 'Heart of Glass"-Blondie
(So far the signal has varied from S3 to S7 and sounding very nice!)
2123 UTC "Cruel Summer"-Bananarama
2126 UTC "Some Like It Hot"-The Power Station
2131 UTC "When I Dream"-The Teardrop Express
(Getting some fades during the 2131 UTC song)
2134 UTC "On the Surface"-Pere Ubu
2137 UTC "What You Need"-INXS
2141 UTC "Stand or Fall"-The Fixx
2145 UTC "I Melt With You"-Modern English
2148 UTC "Age of Consent"-New Order
2154 UTC "Drive"-The Cars
2157 UTC "Games Without Frontiers"-Peter Gabriel
2202 UTC "Black Coffee In Bed"-Squeeze
2206 UTC "Vive Le Rock"-Adam Ant
2211 UTC "Ca Plane Pour Moi"-Plastic Bertrand
2213 UTC "Talk of the Town"-The Pretenders
2215 UTC "Always Something There to Remind Me"-Naked Eyes
2219 UTC "Love Is A Stranger"-Eurythmics
2306 UTC Yayyy! An ID from MRI! 
Thanks for the show UNID MIX! Love the 80's tunes today! Brings back memories of listening to pirate radio in the pre-computer days of hit or miss pirate shows and snail mail drops with the 3 postage stamps for a QSL! 

Here's a link to my recording posted on Google Drive from 2117-2217 UTC
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xYK6LxZ-nE4l80RO7vxxEx1IqNA9Xr_V/view?usp=sharing

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European Pirates and Private Stations / UNID 6338 AM 2305 UTC 26 July 2019

« on: July 26, 2019, 2306 UTC »

2305 UTC I'm hearing the carrier of the Unid presumably Euro that's been testing over the last week....no audio noted yet
2325 UTC Traces of music now but deep in the noise

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Zenith Classic Rock ? 5775 AM 2246 UTC 21 July 2019

« on: July 21, 2019, 2247 UTC »

Fair signal with fades directly at 2246 UTC and "Love Will Find A Way"-Pablo Cruise
2250 UTC "Come And Get It"-Verity White

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Laser Hot Hits 6205 AM 2233 UTC 21 July 2019

« on: July 21, 2019, 2237 UTC »

Fairly good signal here from across the pond at 2233 UTC with Laser sound at 2235, into "He Loves You Not"-Dream
2239 UTC "Wonderful World"-Johnny Nash
2242 UTC "Treasur"-Bruno Mars

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Olah 6930 AM 1903 UTC 21 July 2019

« on: July 21, 2019, 1905 UTC »

Music? Seemed to be USB at first tune in....
Tough copy here today....way too much noise 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan Shortwave? 6934.7 AM 0209 UTC 21 July 2019

« on: July 21, 2019, 0214 UTC »

0209 UTC Carrier and some weak traces of music

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Blue Moon Radio 6850 AM 2230 UTC 18 July 2019

« on: July 18, 2019, 2234 UTC »

2230 UTC I have a carrier and some threshold audio here directly....I suspect this is of European origin.
2237 UTC Music now, but too weak to ID or shazam
2255 UTC Still have the carrier but the audio is just too low in the noise for copy
2309 UTC Signal is up a bit now and Shazam says "I Could Be So Good For You"-Dennis Waterman
2337 UTC Signal is just above the noise floor now as local sunset approaches  "Mustang Sally"-The Commitments (Per Shazam)
2339 UTC "Stir It Up"-Patti Labelle
2352 UTC "Life In A Northern Town"-Dream Academy
(Audio is hovering at the threshold level amidst light to moderate storm static...occasional ALE bursts)
2354 UTC "Will You?"-Hazel O'Conner (Per Shazam)
2358 UTC "Airport"-The Motors (Per Shazam)
0004 UTC 19 July 2019 "Walk of Life"-Dire Straits
0010 UTC "Somewhere In My Heart"-Aztec Camera (Per Shazam)
( Storm static level is increasing  )
0014 UTC "Everybody Wants To Rule The World"-Tears For Fears
0021 UTC "Mustang Sally"-The Commitments (Again.....)
0024 UTC "Stir It Up"-Patti Labelle
0028 UTC "Here I Stand"-Milltown Brothers (Per Shazam)
0030 UTC "Good Tradition"-Tanita Takiram (Per Shazam)
(Songs seem to be repeating....broadcast a loop of songs perhaps? Hmmm.....Blue Moon Radio possibly?)
Thanks for the show!

No luck with hearing an ID of any kind....can anyone ID this? 

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QSLs Received / Radio 48 via Mix Radio Int'l eQSL

« on: July 14, 2019, 1112 UTC »

Thank you very much Radio 48! I was listening for awhile but did not hear the Radio 48 ID....a pleasant surprise! The Principality of Sealand has always been prominent on my "Countries I Need To Hear" list! Also a tip of the hat to Mix Radio International for the relay! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / OTR-6770 AM 1100 UTC 7 July 2019

« on: July 07, 2019, 1103 UTC »

1100 UTC Signal hovering around the noise floor this morning with intro organ music then OM with "The Adventures of Frank Race". Signal is varying widely with some S3 peaks amidst the static crashes
1112 UTC Signal jumped up to a solid S7 with perfect copy!
1118 UTC Back into the noise with QRM from peskies on 6771 USB

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Gaga 6925 DSB 0049 UTC 6 July 2019

« on: July 06, 2019, 0050 UTC »

0049 UTC "Get Down Tonight"-KC & the Sunshine Band
0052 UTC OM said something I didn't catch, into "Dirty Deeds"-Joan Jett
(Thanks for alerting me to the DSB refmo!)
0056 UTC "Going Up the Country"-Canned Heat
(Signal so far has been just above the noise floor with plenty of static crashes)
0058 UTC Unid tune....too much static to ID
0101 UTC "Black Betty"-Ram Jam
0103 UTC OM with "Radio GAGA"

Thanks for the show RGG! I wish the storm static wasn't so bad!