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North American Shortwave Pirate / Moonlight Radio 6925 USB 0141 UTC July 16, 2016

« on: July 16, 2016, 0142 UTC »

Hearing music now just above the noise floor...Per Shazam "All Four Walls"-Gorgon City
0143 UTC "Sunday"-Redondo and Boris Way
0147 UTC OM with "Moonlight Radio", then back to the song
0200 UTC "Gonna Do"-Redondo

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Illuminati 6950 AM 0104 UTC July 16, 2016

« on: July 16, 2016, 0104 UTC »

Music and sign on announcements at 0104 UTC with a very nice S7 signal here, into "Live Every Moment"-REO Speedwagon
0109 UTC "More Than A Feeling"-Boston
0113 UTC "Don't Fear the Reaper"-Blue Oyster Cult
0117 UTC Booker T them music with OM...."summer home on 6950 khz in superior AM modulation" , into "Rock-N-Roll Fantasy"-Bad Company
0133 UTC OM with "Good evening shortwave listeners....bringing you all the music you should be listening to", into "These Dreams"-Heart
(Signal is fading quite a bit now and signal is dropping down to S4 )
0138 UTC "Light My Fire"-Doors (atrain gets his request!)
0150 UTC Signal buried in the noise now....weak carrier only

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Coast FM 6205 AM 0048 UTC July 16, 2016

« on: July 16, 2016, 0050 UTC »

Pop tunes at storm static level here....tough copy tonight

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Johnny Tobacco 6265 AM 2350 UTC July 15, 2016

« on: July 15, 2016, 2352 UTC »

Hearing music and what sounds like the sonorous voice of Johnny Tobacco fading in and out of the heavy storm static crashing
2356 UTC Hmmm....thought I heard a shoutout to someone...tough copy with the T-storm coming this way
Music and talkover by JT....not sure what he's calling himself today
Thanks for the station name DB! I thought it sounded kinda long.....
0005 UTC Caught the ID that time! At least 5 "L"s in there I think...into what Shazam says "Shelter of Your Eyes"-The Roka-Billys
0009 UTC Dutch folk or polka tune
0014 UTC Faded out or OFF?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / XLR8 6955 USB 2355 UTC July 12, 2016

« on: July 12, 2016, 2358 UTC »

2355 UTC Hearing music here but can't quite tune in the exact frequency
0000 UTC S3 signal here...USB for sure now...just above the noise floor (Tuned in nicely now!)
0005 UTC UNID reggae tune (XLR8 perhaps?)
0015 UTC "Lets Talk to Bobby"-Organs of Love (Some S4 peaks now)
0023 UTC OM with ID..."XLR8",into "Song With A Mission"-The Sounds
0026 UTC "When Ya Get Drafted"-Dead Kennedys
0028 UTC "Do It Clean"-Echo and the Bunnymen
0035 UTC "Short Skirt/Long Jacket"-Cake
0038 UTC OM with ID..."XLR8"
(Signal tonight has been mostly above the noise floor with some fades)
0048 UTC "Vietnam"-Minutemen
0051 UTC "That's When I Reach for My Revolver"-Mission of Burma
Taking requests tonight XLR8? How about "Morning Sun" by the Underground Youth? It's a good night for shoegazing!
0055 UTC OM with ID..."XLR8-Accelerate", into "Morning Sun"-Underground Youth....Thanks XLR8! When I first heard this song, I thought the guitar work sounded like that eerie song that the YHWH op used to play as a theme song!
0104 UTC OM with "Accelerate", into "Little Bones"-The Tragically Hip
0108 UTC "New Orleans Is Sinking"-The Tragically Hip
0115 UTC "The Magnificent Seven"-The Clash
0122 UTC OM with "XLR8"
0127 UTC "Shut Your Eyes"-Snow Patrol (I just had to log back in to post this one! The best song of the last 10 years in my somewhat less than humble opinion )

Time to hit the sack...NRD on timer whilst I fall asleep...thanks for the entertainment and the request this evening XLR8!

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QSLs Received / Brockett 99 Test eQSL

« on: July 11, 2016, 0046 UTC »

Thanks Mr. Ernie Scar!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 2356 UTC July 10, 2016

« on: July 10, 2016, 2358 UTC »

Hearing something but having a tough time tuning in the right frequency...? It was "Dead" on 6925 USB
2359 UTC "Nazi Punks F**k Off"-Dead Kennedys
0001 UTC "Terminal Preppie"-Dead Kennedys
(Solid S5 here)
0003 UTC "Riot"-Dead Kennedys (xmsn break and back up right away)
(0006 UTC Signal fading in and out of the noise now)
0007 UTC "Religious Vomit"-Dead Kennedys
0008 UTC "Rawhide"-Dead Kennedys
0010 UTC OFF Hearing a distorted voice It was a peskie on LSB

Thanks for the Sunday night punk rock show whoever!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Brockett 99 6925 USB 1401 UTC July 10, 2016

« on: July 10, 2016, 1402 UTC »

1401 UTC "Flick of the Switch"-AC/DC on suddenly with S3 signal above the noise
1404 UTC "Girls Got Rhythm"-AC/DC (Getting some S5 peaks...moderate fades)
(Hmmm....picking up where we left of last night?
1407 UTC OM with ID..."Brockett 99" and email addy brockett99shortwave@gmail.com
1408 UTC "Jailbreak"-AC/DC (Getting some nice S7 peaks now...band must be opening up )
(Pounding in here now at S8!)
1412 UTC OM with accent mentioned this is a test...email addy
1413 UTC "Back In Black"-AC/DC
1417 UTC "Love Bomb"-AC/DC (We've got S9 now
1420 UTC OM with ID and email addy, into "Thunderstruck"-AC/DC
1425 UTC "T.N.T"-AC/DC
1428 UTC OM with ID and email addy, into "Shot Down In Flames"-AC/DC
1432 UTC "This House Is On Fire"-AC/DC (Signal still pounding in here!)
1435 UTC "This is Pirate Radio Station Brockett 99 testing on this frequency...this is only a test", into "Whole Lotta Rosie"-AC/DC (signal starting to fade....1440 UTC down to S5)
1441 UTC "You are tuned in to Brockett 99" and OFF

Thanks for the Sunday morning wake up show Brockett 99!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Brockett 99 6925 USB 0350 UTC July 10, 2016

« on: July 10, 2016, 0353 UTC »

Hearing some music just above threshold at 0350 UTC
0357 UTC It took several tries, but Shazam says it's "Whole Lotta Rosie"-AC/DC
0359 UTC "Shot Down In Flames"?-AC/DC
0403 UTC "Problem Child"-AC/DC
(Signal up a notch to S3 peak
0410 UTC Pretty much buried in the noise floor now

Thanks for the AC/DC concert whoever! Time to hit the sack.....

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Johnny Tobacco 6290 AM 2328 UTC July 9, 2016

« on: July 09, 2016, 2340 UTC »

2328 UTC "This is Johnny Tobacco....good morning", followed by unid music
2341 UTC OFF?

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Radio Marabu? 6304.6 AM 2347 UTC July 7, 2016

« on: July 07, 2016, 2350 UTC »

Hearing music rising above noise floor at 2347 UTC
2349 UTC OM said something but nada on the copy, into "I'm Done"-The Julie Ruin
2352 UTC OM, then unid tune
2357 UTC "A Change of Heart"-The 1975
0003 UTC Buried in the noise now...still hearing a weak carrier.

Thanks for the info Mr. Lobdell!  

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Insane Radio 6935.5 AM 2342 UTC July 4, 2016

« on: July 04, 2016, 2343 UTC »

2342 UTC Signing on now with some kind of electronic IS...OM with ID, but I couldn't copy it
2343 UTC UNID scifi sounding skit with sound effects...hmmm
2348 UTC Tough copy, but I heard "George Washington" mentioned
(Not scifi...sounds like patriotic background music with an OM giving a speech)
2352 UTC Patriotic historical speech about the events leading up to the Revolutionary War
2357 UTC OM with vocal rendition of the Star Spangled Banner
0000 UTC Electronic IS again....OM with Patriotic spoken word
0002 UTC OM reciting the Pledge of Allegiance  
0003 UTC Electronic IS
0004 UTC "America the Beautiful"-Ray Charles
0008 UTC "Stars and Stripes Forever"-?
0010 UTC Electronic IS, into "Tony Adams"-Joe Strummer & Mescaleros
0012 UTC IS repeated several times
0013 UTC OFF

Whoever you are, thanks for the 4th of July show
(Insane Radio perhaps? )

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QSLs Received / Radio Illuminati eQSL's

« on: July 03, 2016, 1811 UTC »

Found some great eQSL's in my inbox this afternoon...thanks Mr. Azimuth Coordinator! Love those pirate ladies!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / X-FM 6885 AM 0233 UTC July 3, 2016

« on: July 03, 2016, 0234 UTC »

X-FM signing on with theme music and OM with ID's
"America the Beautiful"-Ray Charles
0242 UTC Mr. Redhat chatting now...has plans for the 4th...ID and email addy...C-Quam stereo
0246 UTC Thanks for the shoutout redhat! ..shoutouts to the HFU posters... xfmshortwave@gmail.com ....also gave out a phone number but I missed it!
0251 UTC "Sunday"-Lo-Pro
0255 UTC "Saturdays"-Chevelle
0301 UTC "Victoria"-Eve 6
0304 UTC "Power of X" ID, into "Pray To God"-Calvin Harris
0309 UTC "Twilight Zone"-Golden Earring
0425 UTC "Pretty Pimpin"-Kurt Vile S4 and still above the noise floor here...time to put the NRD on timer and fall asleep to the power of X
Thanks for the entertainment this evening Mr. Redhat! As always, beautiful audio

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Sousa Station 6925 USB 0208 UTC July 3, 2016

« on: July 03, 2016, 0217 UTC »

S5 here with "El Capitan"-The Great American Main Street Band & Timothy Foley(per Shazam)
2223 UTC "The Gliding Girl (Tango)"-Timothy Foley - The Great American Main Street Band
2226 UTC "Foshay Tower Washington Memorial"-The Great American Main Street Band & Timothy Foley
2228 UTC OM with ID...something about "the Sousa Station"
Thanks for the patriotic marching band tunes this 4th of July weekend!