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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan Shortwave 6935.3 AM 2250 UTC 11 February 2018

« on: February 11, 2018, 2252 UTC »

2250 UTC Unid instrumental music
2253 UTC Twilight Zone theme music and YL with ID "This is Captain Morgan Shortwave" 
2255 UTC "Brown Sugar"-Rolling Stones
(Solid S7/S8 here with nice audio)
2259 UTC "You Wear It Well"-Rod Stewart
2303 UTC "Band on the Run"-Paul McCartney & Wings (Twilight Zone theme and ID over the top of the song)
2308 UTC "Hey Joe"-Jimi Hendrix

Thanks for the tunes Cap'n!

2207

North American Shortwave Pirate / Pee Wee 6929 AM 2224 UTC 11 February 2018

« on: February 11, 2018, 2224 UTC »

2224 UTC I'm hearing some weak music at the noise floor with QRM from the "aerosol" ute

2208

North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.2 AM 0017 UTC 11 February 2018

« on: February 11, 2018, 0018 UTC »

0017 UTC "Ride Captain Ride"-Blues Image (At level with the local RFI at S9!)
0020 UTC "Magic Carpet Ride"-Steppenwolf (Fading in and out of the RFI/QRN)
0024 UTC "The Weight"-The Band
0029 UTC "Didn't I Say"-Amy Belle
0032 UTC "Hey Joe"-Jimi Hendrix 
0035 UTC OFF midsong
0036 UTC Back up with Twilight Zone theme! The Cap'n I presume?
0038 UTC "Alley Cat"-Bent Fabric
0040 UTC Twilight Zone and YL with "This is Captain Morgan Shortwave"  ,into "Sweet Jimmie's Place"-Sweet Jimmie
Coupla three blues tunes that Shazam isn't hitting on......
0054 UTC "You Set Me Free"-Snooky Prior
0100 UTC "Blow Wind Blow"-Snooky Prior
0105 UTC "Mercy Blues"-Finis Tasby (Per Shazam)
0108 UTC "Keep Singing the Blues"-Chick Willis
0110 UTC Signal dropped below the local noise, but I hear the Twilight Zone theme!
Nada now but a carrier.... 
Thanks for the 60's tuneage whoever! Cap'n!

2209

North American Shortwave Pirate / Insane Radio 6924.1 AM 2315 UTC 10 February 2018

« on: February 10, 2018, 2316 UTC »

2315 UTC "Insane"-Yer Man (Signal is S8 here but slightly distorted)
2319 UTC Signal much clearer now with music and Donald Trump audio clip about the Mexicans bringing drugs and crime
2320 UTC "Diversion"-Ty Segall
2323 UTC "Goat"-The Cult
2327 UTC "Cop and Go"-The Dead Weather (Nice solid S9 signal now with very good audio)
2330 UTC "Confessions of an Embittered Soul"-Church of Misery
2335 UTC "F**k Up"-Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
2338 UTC "Mothers of the Sun"-Black Mountain
2345 UTC Insane Radio loop ID, short bit of "Just Dropped In"-Kenny Rogers & First Edition, into "My S**t;s F**ked Up"-Kinky Friedman
2349 UTC "Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
2352 UTC "Is There Anybody Out There"-Roger Waters? Getting some strong squealy sounds on the upper passband
Signal is completely distorted now....
(The QRM was from 6925.5 ish....able to partially decode a Yetti Radio SSTV)

Great to hear you again Insane Radio! Been a long time!  Thanks for the show until the QRM came up! I recorded the show if you are interested 

2210

Shortwave Broadcast / World Music Radio-Denmark

« on: February 10, 2018, 2159 UTC »

Mostly threshold signal here with a low noise floor at 2156 UTC and "Summercute"-Natsja per Shazam
2158 UTC ALE burst
2305 UTC "En God Vän"-General Knas

2211

North American Shortwave Pirate / Pee Wee 6955 USB 0029 UTC 10 Feb 2018

« on: February 10, 2018, 0034 UTC »

0029 UTC "Southbound Pachyderm"-Primus
(Signal at equal level to the local noise at S7)
0037 UTC "Hoinfodaman"-Primus

2212

European Pirates and Private Stations / Coast FM 6235 AM 2315 UTC 8 February 2018

« on: February 08, 2018, 2318 UTC »

2315 UTC Hearing some music with S8 peaks now and moderate fading with what sounds like Shania Twain?
2321 UTC "After the Love Has Gone"-Earth, Wind, and Fire
2324 UTC OM with "Coast FM" ID, followed by advertisement, into "If Tomorrow Never Comes"-Ronan Keating

2213

North American Shortwave Pirate / Yetti Radio International 6925.4 AM 2219 UTC 5 February 2018

« on: February 05, 2018, 2220 UTC »

2219 UTC SSTV in AM with heavy peskie QRM.....best in LSB!

2222 UTC "Don't Fear the Reaper"-Blue Oyster Cult
2227 UTC "Veteran of the Psychic Wars"-BOC
2228 UTC "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"-Hollies
( Peskie QRM is making things difficult  )
2232 UTC SSTV (Tuned to LSB for decode)

2235 UTC "My Sweet Lord"-George Harrison
2239 UTC OFF

2214

European Pirates and Private Stations / Laser Hot Hits 6210 AM 2158 UTC 5 February 2018

« on: February 05, 2018, 2210 UTC »

2158 UTC Song ending and OM with British accent sounding like Andy Walker at 2159 UTC followed by "The Groove"-Rodney Franklin
2202 UTC OM followed by "You & I"-Delegation
2207 UTC OM followed by "Keep On"-D Train
(Signal is peaking at S7 with moderate fades into the noise)
2212 UTC OM, then "K-Jee"-MFSB

Must have moved here from 6205!

2215

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB was AM 2254 UTC 4 February 2018

« on: February 04, 2018, 2254 UTC »

2254 UTC Unid OM chatting...sounds like a sports announcer....Superbowl maybe?
2255 UTC Mention of Bill Belichek and sounds like Superbowl audio
2257 UTC Mention of Superbowl 52, into Advertisement
(Signal is fading slowly in and out of the noise floor...audio sounds fine at peaks)
2300 UTC "The Champion"-Carrie Underwood (featuring Ludacris)

2216

North American Shortwave Pirate / Old Time Radio 6770 AM 2212 UTC 4 February 2018

« on: February 04, 2018, 2214 UTC »

2212 UTC Unid program at fair listenable level...minimal fading
2215 UTC Harmonica music background to program
2220 UTC Some signal drop out now
2230 UTC From the "Tales of the Texas Rangers", intro music with narrator

2217

North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan Shortwave 6949.7 AM > 6924.4 AM 2318 UTC 3 Feb 2018

« on: February 03, 2018, 2319 UTC »

2318 UTC Twilight Zone theme and YL with "This is Captain Morgan Shortwave"
2319 UTC "Blow Wind Blow"-Jimmy Rogers All Stars
(Nice S7 peaks with moderate fades and Link-11 on 6949.5ish)
2326 UTC QSY'd to 6924.4 AM.....Started show over again 
(Peskie QRM on LSB, so best in USB here)
2332 UTC "Little Brown Hen"-Snooky Pryor
(Interesting prop....from S7 peaks to S1 during deep fades)
2336 UTC "Early In the Morning"-Snooky Pryor and Mel Brown
2341 UTC "Drinkin Beer"-William Clarke
2346 UTC "Bury You In A Paper Sack"-Snooky Pryor
2350 UTC "Hot Cha"-Jr Walker & All Stars
(Great signal but lots of selective fading tonight)
2353 UTC "How Do You Stop"-James Brown
(Getting a lot of Chinese air blast ute crud)
2358 UTC "Food for Thot"-Dr John
0002 UTC Twilight Zone theme/YL with ID
0003 UTC OFF

Thanks for the blues tunes this evening Cap'n! 

2218

QSLs Received / Radio Compania Worldwide (RCW)-Chile Postal QSL Letter

« on: February 02, 2018, 2356 UTC »

AWESOME! Thank you very very much RCW! This is going in a frame for the radio room wall! 

2219

European Pirates and Private Stations / LHH 6205 AM 2238 UTC 30 January 2018

« on: January 30, 2018, 2242 UTC »

2238 UTC I have a carrier and music here fading in and out of the noise floor. No ID on songs yet....
2243 UTC "Mr. Blue Sky"-ELO
(There is a slight het on the frequency from presumed Laser on 6205 AM)
2247 UTC YL? announcer but tough copy
2248 UTC "Like A Virgin"-Madonna
2252 UTC "Walking On Sunshine"-Rockers Revenge (Per Shazam)
2255 UTC YL Announcer
2256 UTC "Sowing The Seeds of Love"-Tears For Fears (Per Shazam)

2220

QSLs Received / Key Channel Radio eQSL

« on: January 29, 2018, 2224 UTC »

Grazie mille KCR Team!