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North American Shortwave Pirate / Old Time Radio 6770 AM 2245 UTC October 28, 2016

« on: October 28, 2016, 2246 UTC »

A listenable signal here at 2245 UTC with unid 40's type OM crooner song
(Prop seems to have calmed down a bit, but still not quite up to hopeful expectations )

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0013 UTC October 28, 2016

« on: October 28, 2016, 0015 UTC »

Hearing music now at threshold
0015 UTC "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"-Police
0018 UTC "I Ran"-Flock of Seagulls?
0020 UTC Nothing heard now....OFF?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Moonlight Radio 6929 LSB 2306 UTC October 26, 2016

« on: October 26, 2016, 2307 UTC »

2306 UTC Hearing bird sounds...loon calls at or slightly above the noise floor...other wildlife sounds also!
Noise level its rather high this evening and prop is out of whack
Nothing here since 2310 UTC.....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Old Time Radio 6770 AM 1230 UTC October 23, 2016

« on: October 23, 2016, 1232 UTC »

1230 UTC Unid old time radio program in here at mostly threshold level, but some minor peaks to S2
1234 UTC Deep fade into the noise....the few times I've heard this over the past month has been with seemingly much reduced signal strength.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6935 USB 0025 UTC October 23, 2016

« on: October 23, 2016, 0026 UTC »

Weak music here at 0025 UTC. Fading in and out of the noise
0031 UTC Wolverine Radio ID...
0047 UTC Signal up a bit now at S5..."Couldn't Stand the Weather"-SRV

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950 USB 0242 UTC October 22, 2016

« on: October 22, 2016, 0243 UTC »

"Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum" at S7 here and mostly above the noise!
Song repeated at 0254 UTC  
Now that's some real pirate radio!
0256 UTC OFF I think....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pee Wee 6954.8 USB 0035 UTC October 22, 2015

« on: October 22, 2016, 0040 UTC »

Hearing some weak music rising up out of the noise here....mostly below threshold
0043 UTC Signal up a bit and able to fine tune..."Pride and Joy"-SRV

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Moonlight Radio 6925 USB 2244 UTC October 19, 2016

« on: October 19, 2016, 2244 UTC »

Hearing some very weak music at 2244 UTC
2247 UTC Signal came up a bit with "Johnny B Goode"-Chuck Berry?
(Signal is right at threshold here)
No audio here after 2252 UTC or so....OFF?
2307 UTC "Hail Hail Rock N Roll"-Chuck Berry
2313 UTC Still hearing very weak audio, but nada on ID'ing the tunes

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Reflections Europe 6295 AM 2125 UTC October 16, 2016

« on: October 16, 2016, 2126 UTC »

Sounds like a religious song at 2125 UTC, into an OM preaching. S3 peaks and erratic deep fades
(I suspect this is Reflections Europe)
2129 UTC Abruptly OFF!

Thanks for confirming Chris! Haven't heard this one on 48 meters in a long time!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6926 USB 0023 UTC October 16, 2016

« on: October 16, 2016, 0023 UTC »

0023 UTC "Dead Souls"-William Burroughs at S7 here with excellent audio, followed by an unid reading from William S Burroughs (The Cat Inside)
0051 UTC "A Change Is Gonna Come"-Max Frost & Troopers

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Old Time Radio 6770 AM 2213 UTC October 14, 2016

« on: October 14, 2016, 2217 UTC »

2213 UTC Hearing a weak carrier and occasional audio...slight peaks and deep fades

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Old Time Radio? 6770 AM 2233 UTC October 13, 2016

« on: October 13, 2016, 2234 UTC »

2233 UTC I've got a poor to fair carrier here with maybe a hint of audio....could it be our old friend OTR?
2235 UTC Definitely hearing some music now  
2255 UTC Still have the carrier and hearing threshold audio at peaks....the frequency seems to be off just a bit....a very slight bit above 6770 Khz
2259 UTC Sounds like an Old Time Radio program.....

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QSLs Received / kcpr coffee mug and sticker

« on: October 12, 2016, 2218 UTC »

Thank you very much Doc! These are awesome and I shall treasure them....love that pirate booty!

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QSLs Received / Radio Paisano eQSL

« on: October 11, 2016, 2326 UTC »

Grazie Luigi! Awesome graphics on this years QSL!  

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Johnny Tobacco 6290 AM 2223 UTC October 11, 2016

« on: October 11, 2016, 2225 UTC »

JT talk, into unid "beer garden" music
2225 UTC Unid polka (S3 peaks here amidst moderate noise)
2228 UTC Another Polka
2230 UTC JT..."Good Morning"...(giving shoutouts)..."Johnny Tobacco"..."Marco from Spain"
2232 UTC "Lady In Red"-Chris DeBurgh, into a familiar tune I forget the name of...shazam is not working with the noise
2235 UTC "This is Johnny"
2237 UTC Shoutout to "Mr. Maxwell"   , into unid C&W tune
2239 UTC JT chatting...."I hope reception improves a little bit...one or two more smokes and we'll close down in a little bit....this is Johnny Tobacco"
"Sex Bomb"-Tom Jones
2247 UTC UNID C&W tune-YL singer
2251 UTC "The Power of Love"-The Shadows
2253 UTC "There's A Tear In My Beer"-Hank Williams
2256 UTC JT chatting....Thanks for the shoutout JT!...."This is Johnny Tobacco...Bye Bye"..mention of the "Underground", into instrumental beer garden music, then OFF at 2259 UTC

Always a pleasure to hear you Mr. Johnny Tobacco!