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North American Shortwave Pirate / Lukewarm Radio 6940 USB 2326 UTC 20 June 2017

« on: June 20, 2017, 2326 UTC »

2326 UTC "Dancing Queen" (OM with talkover ID during song)
(Signal is peaking at S8 with fine, clear audio)
2329 UTC OM with "Lukewarm Radio" ID...."free and independent radio jingle and email addy lukewarmradioshortwave@gmail.com
2330 UTC "Brandy"-Looking Glass (signal drop down to S4 during song)
2333 UTC "Wham Bam"-Silver
2336 UTC OM and YL
2337 UTC "Fox On the Run"-Sweet (Another fade to S4)
2340 UTC Jingle/sound effects, OM with email addy
2342 UTC "Bad Girls"-Donna Summer (Signal is just above the low noise floor now)
(Signal recovered nicely at 2346 UTC....S9!)
2347 UTC "I Will Survive"-Gloria Gaynor
2350 UTC OM and YL with ID/jingle/email, into "Obsession"-Animotion
2355 UTC OM with ID and email, into "Physical"-Olivia Newton-John
2359 UTC Jingle with a song Shazam says is "Danse Des Coucous"/OM with ID/email addy and "Don't forget that radio is a way of life and don't take it for granted"
0001 UTC "Living In America"-James Brown
0006 UTC OM with ID and email addy, then OFF

Finally caught the whole show! Now that was different! 

2492

European Pirates and Private Stations / UNID 6290 AM 2247 UTC 20 June 2017

« on: June 20, 2017, 2248 UTC »

2247 UTC Hearing music fading in and out of the noise
2248 UTC OM talking, but too low in the noise to tell if it's JT!

2493

European Pirates and Private Stations / Johnny Tobacco 6300 AM 2252 UTC 18 June 2017

« on: June 18, 2017, 2254 UTC »

2252 UTC Mostly a carrier with brief bits of music fading up out of the noise
2343 UTC "All Along the Watchtower"-Jimi Hendrix (Signal picked up a bit in the last few minutes!)
2348 UTC "Born To Be Wild"-Steppenwolf (JT talking too)
Thanks for the shoutouts and the rock and roll tonight JT! 

2494

North American Shortwave Pirate / Clever Name Radio 6938 USB 2135 UTC 18 June 2017

« on: June 18, 2017, 2137 UTC »

2135 UTC Unid Rap tune
2137 UTC OFF
(I thought this was on 6938 LSB....thanks for the correct frequency Chris Smol!
2147 UTC Seems to be back again with an electronica thump thump tune
2151 UTC "Rock N Roll (Will Take You To the Mountain)"-Skrillex
2156 UTC "My Name Is Mud"-Primus
(Signal is peaking at S5 here and just above the noise floor)
2214 UTC Just noticed it's back up again with "DMV"-Primus
2215 UTC "Killing In the Name"-Rage Against the Machine

2495

European Pirates and Private Stations / JT? 6295 AM 2338 UTC 17 June 2017

« on: June 17, 2017, 2339 UTC »

S6 and level with the static...unid song
2241 UTC UNID song with YL singer
2243 UTC Shazam says "Sweetheart, My Darling, Mijn Schat"-Caterina Valente
2244 UTC "Mandolines In the Moonlight"-Perry Como featuring Mitchell Ayres Et Son Orchestre & Ray Charles
2347 UTC Sounds like JT chatting now but the noise is killing the copy
2348 UTC "Woman In Love"-Barbra Streisand

2496

European Pirates and Private Stations / Zender Akenzo 6285 AM 2305 UTC 17 June 2017

« on: June 17, 2017, 2307 UTC »

2305 UTC Mostly a carrier here with some faint traces of audio

Thanks to DimBulb for the ID! 
0037 UTC "Child In Time"-Deep Purple (S4 peaks and even with the storm static)
0040 UTC "Jeanny"-Falco
0041 UTC OM with a "Good morning"..."Thanks for listening" (Falco continued)
Thanks for the shoutout Zender Akenzo!
0051 UTC OFF

Great to hear you again! 

2497

European Pirates and Private Stations / Charley Pike Radio (JT) 6268 AM 2255 UTC 17 June 2017

« on: June 17, 2017, 2259 UTC »

2255 UTC Have a good carrier and traces of music here but the noise level is pretty strong

2498

QSLs Received / Lukewarm Radio eQSL (Posting this for Harry!)

« on: June 17, 2017, 1248 UTC »

2499

HF Beacons / UNID dasher 6930 USB 0054 UTC 12 June 2017

« on: June 12, 2017, 0106 UTC »

0054 UTC A carrier on 6930 here with a dasher every 2 seconds in USB. Not sure if related or if the occasional ALE bursts have anything to do with this. Still going at 0105 UTC

2500

European Pirates and Private Stations / Johnny Tobacco 6298 AM 2230 UTC 10 June 2017

« on: June 10, 2017, 2232 UTC »

2230 UTC I think I'm hearing the voice of Johnny Tobacco, but signal is barely moving the S-meter
2247 UTC "Desert Rose"-Sting
2252 UTC "Every Breath You Take"-Police (Signal is bouncing up to S5 peaks now)
2256 UTC JT with ID of some sort, into "Paixao Machucada"-Banda Calypso
2259 UTC "Amor Sem Fim"-Banda Calypso
2303 UTC "Minha Estrela"-Banda Calypso
2304 UTC Clear ID as "This is Johnny Tobacco" 
2306 UTC "Joys of Quebec"-Ward Allen
2311 UTC "Sex Bomb"-Tom Jones & Mousse T
2317 UTC "Mississippi"-Pussycat
2320 UTC "Stumbling In"-Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro
2322 UTC Shoutouts to Mr. Dimbulb, Joe Phillips, and SkipmuckE 
Great to hear you today JT!
2323 UTC "I'll Meet You at Midnight"-Smokie
2339 UTC "Please Forgive Me"-Bryan Adams

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pee Wee 6940 AM 0007 UTC 10 June 2017

« on: June 10, 2017, 0010 UTC »

Hearing some threshold music here but too low in the noise to Shazam
0012 UTC "Operator"-Jim Croce
0018 UTC "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)"-Green Day (Signal is just above the noise floor now)
0021 UTC "Drops of Jupiter"-Train

2502

North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.3 AM 2343 UTC 9 June 2017

« on: June 09, 2017, 2344 UTC »

2343 UTC "I Wanna Rock Now"-Floyd Dixon (S6 peaks over an S3 noise floor with light fading and excellent audio!)
2346 UTC "She's Boogy'n"-Doug Macleod
2349 UTC OM with ID "Captain Morgan Shortwave",into a blues tune with slide guitar that Shazam won't ID
2352 UTC "Nine Times A Man"-Wilson Pickett & Don Covay (S7 peaks now 
(2356 UTC Signal keeps getting stronger...S8 now!)
2357 UTC "My Big Sister's Radio"-The Mighty Mike Schermer Band"
0001 UTC OM with ID, into "Walk On By"-Seal cover version

2503

European Pirates and Private Stations / Johnny Tobacco/Triple L Radio 6300 AM 2221 UTC 9 June 2017

« on: June 09, 2017, 2225 UTC »

2221 UTC I've got a fair carrier here with some music at threshold...too low in the noise to ID music though
2235 UTC Signal is coming up a bit now, but still 2 hours to sunset!
Thanks for the ID JoeFlips!
2237 UTC "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose"-Dwight Yoakam
2248 UTC Signal good enough to hear JT now! 
2311 UTC "Mississippi"-Pussycat

2504

North American Shortwave Pirate / Clever Name Radio 6940 USB>6880 USB> 6940 USB 2146 UTC 8 June 2017

« on: June 08, 2017, 2147 UTC »

2146 UTC "3 Fist Style"-Datsik (S5 peaks over an S2 noise floor)
2159 UTC "Cock the Hammer"-Cypress Hill
2204 UTC "One Of These Days"-Pink Floyd
2209 UTC "Astronomy Domine"-Pink Floyd
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2219 UTC "Alone"-Marshmello
2221 UTC "Nookie"-Limp Bizkit (S7/S2 now with light fades)
2226 UTC "Got the Life"-Korn
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2233 UTC 6880 USB now
2235 UTC Back to 6940 USB
Hmmm....back and forth....presumably CNR
2246 UTC OM with ID

2505

North American Shortwave Pirate / WGAY Sissy Boy Radio 6950 USB 2329 UTC 5 June 2017

« on: June 05, 2017, 2330 UTC »

2329 UTC Hearing music amidst the static crashes (Signal is just above the threshold here...S2-S3)
2330 UTC "It's Raining Men"-The Weather Girls
2332 UTC "Groove Is In the Heart"-Deee-Lite
2336 UTC "Sissy That Walk"-RuPaul
2339 UTC OM with ID "Sissy Boy Radio...WGAY"
2343 UTC Somebody just came up over the top of WGAY with a Geico commercial, into "My Name Is Mud"-Primus (S8 peaks)
2351 UTC Now I'm hearing only WGAY with "Ring My Bell"-Anita Ward
2354 UTC "You Got the Love"-The Source featuring Candi Staton
2357 UTC Other station back up over WGAY with "Devil Went Down to Georgia"
2359 UTC "I'm Too Sexy"-Right Said Fred...hmmm, think I'm still hearing 2 stations
0001 UTC OM with ID...."Mr Peaches on WGAY" then "Le Freak"-Chic
0005 UTC OM with ID....."WGAY", into "Dancing Queen"-Abba
0008 UTC Talkover ID by Mr. Peaches (Signal is S9+ now!)...."Your Flaming Flamethrower" 
0009 UTC Looped email addy by Mr. Peaches.... sissyboyradio@gmail.com , into "Relax"-Frankie Goes To Hollywood
0019 UTC "You're tuned to your favorite piece of man candy...Mr. Peaches on WGAY"