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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2110 UTC 6 AUG 2023

« on: August 06, 2023, 2112 UTC »

2110 UTC Sounds like an OM doing stand-up comedy. Signal is right at the noise floor with tough copy.

2128 UTC "Man of Constant Sorrow"-Soggy Bottom Boys

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6930 USB 1626 UTC 6 AUG 2023

« on: August 06, 2023, 1627 UTC »

1626 UTC Tuned in to an unid pop/folk song-OM singer ending (S8 peaks with some deep fading, light noise and nice audio)
1627 UTC "Head Over Heels"-Tears For Fears
1631 UTC Unid rock tune-OM singer
1635 UTC Unid rock tune-OM singer
1639 UTC OFF sudden

Thanks for the broadcast whoever!

303

North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6929.8 AM 2047 UTC 31 JUL 2023

« on: July 31, 2023, 2052 UTC »

2047 UTC I have a carrier here with some traces of music...modulation is low
2052 UTC Bit of a fade-up and definitely music. Possibly OM singer? Can't make out the tune
2057 UTC Another fade-up..."Hey You"-Pink Floyd (S6 noise floor making for tough copy!)
2059 UTC Best fade up yet! Unid Pink Floyd tune
2102 UTC Another very nice fade up...
2104 UTC "Mother"-Pink Floyd (Solid S7)...deep fade at 2107 UTC
2112 UTC Fade-up but can't ID the song...so far all the tunes are off "The Wall"
2118 UTC Another weak fade-up
2124 UTC Only weak traces of audio during the fade-ups
2127 UTC Nice fade-up...unid song-OM singer
2135 UTC Still traces of music, but the S6 noise level is really bad
2138 UTC Nice fade-up...doesn't sound like Pink Floyd, but it might be ?
2141 UTC Somebody said something over the music briefly...not sure if same op
2145 UTC Strong fade-up...sounds like The Who
2149 UTC OFF

Thanks for the broadcast! I did not hear an ID...anybody want to claim this one? 

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QSLs Received / All Azteca Relay Service Marathon #11 eQSL

« on: July 30, 2023, 0235 UTC »

Thanks yet again for the whole Azteca catalog AARS! Looking forward to complete the set! It is appreciated 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / All Azteca Relay Service Marathon #11 6935 AM 0242 UTC 29 JUL 2023

« on: July 29, 2023, 0244 UTC »

0242 UTC Radio Azteca IS, then drums
0244 UTC Bram talking...program #31 (Signal mostly above the static crashes)
0246 UTC Punk rock tune, followed by Bram reading listeners letters...letter from Lee Silvi...Greg from Connecticut...letter from Bill Finn...Ron Hunsicker...Scott McArdle
0253 UTC Disco music..."go to the closet and get those bell bottoms out"
0254 UTC Latest "Actual Stuff"
0256 UTC Flushing Report..public urinals in Amsterdam...annual rotten sneakers contest
0258 UTC Bram talking...construction of a sex toy...120 volt outlet and set the house on fire
0259 UTC ZZ Top music-"Legs", then Radio Azteca Story Time
0302 UTC DX program...dxers suffer from debilitating issues...relayaphobia-the fear of being relayed
0305 UTC Latin American music...followed by Top 10 list...Top 10 DXer rock songs...#1 "John Couger Filipkowsi"
0310 UTC Static making for tough copy...Massachusetts overpopulated with beavers...guinea pigs released into Central Park
0313 UTC "Time to bring program #31 to a close..."
0314 UTC Radio Azteca IS then AARS ID
0315 UTC Radio Azteca IS then drums
0316 UTC Bram with program #32...postal address to BBS communications Belfast NY 14711
0318 UTC Bram reading listener letters...a pirate radio will listen to just about anything...Baltimore MD listener..." Radio Azteca QSL review committee...Rusty A Ortega...listener from Trenton NJ...gerbil story an urban folk legend" Have over 60 different QSL's...mention of John Couger Filipkowski...we did not hear from George Zeller or Gene Scott
0327 UTC "This is Radio Azteca, more fun than a prostate exam"
0328 UTC "Actual Stuff"...Police Blotters...why do they call them blotters...Japan Times...puffing...used a bicycle pump...police haven't located all his parts...a whole new meaning for the term "breaking wind"
0334 UTC Spanish guitar music, then Radio Azteca Story Time...alien walk up to a gas pump and "take me to your leader"...blasts the gas pump with a laser gun
0337 UTC Flute music followed by DX program
0340 UTC "The station that puts the X back in DXing"
0341 UTC Top 10 List...Top 10 James Bond DX movies...List log and let die...license to transmit...the verification signer who loves me...the man with the golden watkins johnson
0343 UTC Drums, then "time to bring program 32 to a close"
0346 UTC Radio Azteca IS, then AARS ID
0347 UTC IS again, then Bram with program #33
0350 UTC "Get a Job" snippet followed by Bram reading listener letters...Lee Silvi has more Radio Azteca QSL's...putting Gerbils on postage stamps...One Helen launched a thousand ships...Ron Hunsicker letter...
0356 UTC ZZ Top music followed by Top 10 List...Top 10 least useful DX accessories
0359 UTC "Karma Chamaleon" followed by "Ask Doctor Radio"...What is the difference between QSL whore and a QSL hound?
0403 UTC "The station that smells like an armpit on fire", followed by "Story Time"...moose call...the zipper is stuck
0405 UTC "Actual Stuff"/Flushing Report...an enema every 20 minutes...50% of men who fall overboard on a boat have there zippers open...gave elephant 22 doses of laxatives...olive oil enema...severe constipation can kill an elephant
0410 UTC Pop music tune, then Bram...bloopers
0413 UTC Program 33 to a close...
0415 UTC Recorded bit of craziness...it's a hell of a way to sign off...
0417 UTC IS then AARS ID, then OFF at 0418 UTC

Thanks again AARS!

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QSLs Received / All Azteca Radio Service Marathon #10 eQSL

« on: July 28, 2023, 0249 UTC »

Thanks once again AARS! Always appreciated! 30 shows so far and Bram keeps upping the ante on what is Gross but Tasteful! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Azteca marathon via AARS 6935 AM 0122 UTC 27 JUL 2023

« on: July 27, 2023, 0124 UTC »

0122 UTC Bram reading listeners letters (S8 peaks with light fading and high noise level)
0128 UTC Bram and another OM laughing
0129 UTC Top Ten List...Nicknames for Bill Clinton
0131 UTC Different OM with ID, followed by music and "Actual Stuff"..."Flushing Report"...died from 10-1/2 hours of liposuction surgery...childs letter to Mister Rogers asking him if he was real and pooped
0139 UTC Music, followed by ID then "Sheba" and a man/sheep story
0142 UTC "Gerbil World"...pictures of missing Gerbils on milk cartons
0145 UTC Jack Boggins of WLIS, followed by Bram and music
0146 UTC "Ask Doctor Radio"..."Rush Limbaugh Theme song (Pretenders)
0149 UTC QSL's and postal address...show # 28
0150 UTC Radio Azteca IS, followed by OM with AARS ID...marathon #10, shows 28, 29, and 30
0151 UTC Bram with program #29
0152 UTC Music, then drums, followed by Bram reading listener letters...mention of Monique the mail woman
0159 UTC Music, followed by Bram with "Radio Azteca-Montezumas Revenge", then music with YL singer
0200 UTC Top 10 List (Static crashes are getting really loud)
0203 UTC Music, followed by "Actual Stuff" and the "Flushing Report"..."women nursing in public can not be charged with indecent exposure"...talking about WEWN
0212 UTC Cartoon music...Flushing Report....talk about gerbils...animal husbandry
0218 UTC "Radio Azteca-You can check out any time you like but you can never leave", followed by rock music
0219 UTC "Radio Azteca Story Time"...Heaven is full...tell us how you died
0221 UTC Music
0222 UTC Bram with closing for program #29
0223 UTC Spoken word good bye skit
0224 UTC Radio Azteca IS, then AARS Marathon ID
0226 UTC Bram with program #30...QSL postal address...more fun than a milking machine
0228 UTC Jazzy music...Radio Azteca mail program...Bram reading letters
0234 UTC Music followed by other OM with ID "Always looking for hot tips"
0235 UTC "Top 10 List"..."Lots of Free time" was number 1
0237 UTC Bram with "Actual Stuff"..man trying to siphon gas from a mobile home...man trying to rob a bank...
0242 UTC Other OM DJ with "It's time to be frightened", then back to Bram with the "Flushing Report"
0245 UTC "You have been listening to the Flushing Report (Followed by sounds of a flushing toilet)
0246 UTC Music followed by "Radio Azteca Story Time"...Good Witch and a little brown squirrel...I don't do private parts, you'll have to go see the wizard"
0249 UTC "Radio Azteca-more fun than an autopsy", followed by "The Heat is On"
0250 UTC "Ask Doctor Radio"...pirate radio is a waste of time...what do I tell them?
0252 UTC Boogie Oogie song, followed by Bram...more Gerbil stories
0254 UTC "We're pretty disgusted with this ourselves"
0255 UTC Top 10 list...reading some more letters...(struggling with some of the reading-bloopers?)
0258 UTC "The program's almost over...where the hell ya been"
0259 UTC QSL address...this has been program #30
0300 UTC Music and spoken word goodnight skit
0301 UTC OM with email address for AARS QSL allaztecarelayservice@gmail.com Then OFF

Thanks for the repeat on this one AARS!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Azteca Marathon via AARS 6935 AM 0319 UTC 23 JUL 2023

« on: July 23, 2023, 0320 UTC »

0319 UTC On with Bram talking, then music
0321 UTC Instrumental music, then Bram with mail program...mention of Bag Balm...QSL of Monique the Mail Woman
0326 UTC Brief snippet of "There's a Moon Out Tonight"-Capris
0329 UTC A bit of gibberish, then cartoon music, followed by Bram with "The station thats lifts and separates
0330 UTC Top 10 List...New Nickname for Bill Clinton
0333 UTC "Actual Stuff"..."The Flushing Report"...story about Mr Rogers
(So far reception has been excellent!)
0340 UTC "Radio Azteca...Montezuma's Revenge, followed by a surf music tune
0341 UTC Radio Azteca storytime...story about a sheep
0343 UTC Bram reading a letter and answering the Gerbil question
0345 UTC OFF mid sentence

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 77LJS 6925 USB 0215 UTC 21 JUL 2023

« on: July 21, 2023, 0216 UTC »

0215 UTC Signed on suddenly with "Whiter Shade of Pale"-Procol Harum (S8 peaks with light fades and moderate noise)
0219 UTC "White Rabbit"-Jefferson Airplane
0222 UTC "Time of the Season"-Zombies
0225 UTC "You're Love Is Taking Me Higher"-Jackie Wilson
0229 UTC "Unchained Melody"-Righteous
0232 UTC Unid soul tune
0235 UTC "Good Luck Charm"-Elvis Presley
0238 UTC "I Wish It Would Rain"-Temptations
(I'm hearing a sound after a song ends and again before a new song starts...playing vinyl maybe?)
0241 UTC Unid pop tune
0243 UTC Unid pop tune
0245 UTC Unid pop tune (Voices sound like Phil & Don)
0248 UTC "To Sir With Love"-Lulu
0251 UTC "I Fall to Pieces"-Patsy Cline
0254 UTC Unid pop tune
0256 UTC "You Really Got Me"-Kinks
0258 UTC "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy"-Buckinghams
0301 UTC Unid pop tune-Elvis Presley
0304 UTC "I Love You"-The People
0309 UTC "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"-Dusty Springfield
0312 UTC I forgot the name of this one by Dionne Warwick
0316 UTC Unid instrumental pop tune
0318 UTC Unid soul tune
0321 UTC Unid pop tune
0324 UTC Spoken word skit about brew....then OM with "You are listening to 77 Lima Juliett Sierra...all vinyl all night"
0325 UTC "Brown Eyed Girl"-Van Morrison
0328 UTC "Desiderata"-?
0332 UTC "Let the Good Times Roll"-Ray Charles?
0335 UTC Spoken word skit, followed by Unid pop tune
0338 UTC OM with 77LJS all vinyl all night, followed by "There's No Living Without Your Loving"-Peter & Gordon
0341 UTC OFF

Thank you for the vinyl show 77LJS! I miss those days! 
Here's my recording of the show:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x8cdoPasQuNVxiGez4haT2l_bd_aqWaB/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / 77LJS 6935 USB was 6925 USB was 6925 LSB 2347 UTC 18 JUL 2023

« on: July 19, 2023, 0007 UTC »

0003 UTC Piano & Bass guitar instrumental jazz music in progress at tune in (S8 peaks with moderate noise and light fading)
0005 UTC Pause, then another Piano & Bass tune
0010 UTC OM with 77 Lima Juliett Sierra...18th of July...broadcasting from the elephant cage, followed by a story
0014 UTC Piano music
0015 UTC OM continues the story....talking about Industrial Espionage...Washington Apparatus, then piano music
(Talking about a man who turned over his Engineering Patents to the Soviet Embassy in San Francisco...other men also)
0026 UTC OM with ID, then back to discussion of the Soviet Apparatus
0033 UTC Noise level is getting worse
0040 UTC Music and then OM talking about Alger Hiss and the underground
0048 UTC OM ID'd some musical selections
0055 UTC OM with ID and back to the story
0114 UTC OFF

Thanks for the music and history 77LJS!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Outhouse Radio 6950 USB 0336 UTC 17 JUL 2023

« on: July 17, 2023, 0337 UTC »

0336 UTC Unid funky sounding tune (S6 peaks with light fading and high noise level)
0340 UTC Unid funky blues song-OM singer
0345 UTC "Walking the Dog"-OM singer
0348 UTC OM with ID "Outhouse Radio, then PD 50 SSTV

0349 UTC "Barefootin"-OM singer
0352 UTC Unid blues/rock tune-YL singer
0400 UTC "Boom Boom Boom Boom"-OM singer
(Noise is getting really bad)
0405 UTC "The Thrill Is Gone"-BB King
0423 UTC "Superfly"-Curtis Mayfield
0427 UTC OM with ID, then PD 50 SSTV

0431 UTC "Chain Gang"-Sam Cooke
0434 UTC "Shake, Rattle, and Roll"-OM singer

Time to hit the sack here...thanks for the blues tunes OHR!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 6880 AM 0016 UTC 17 JUL 2023

« on: July 17, 2023, 0017 UTC »

0016 UTC OM talking with mention of WDOG and staying away from devil worship music like the Beatles
0017 UTC Unid 60's sounding pop tune-OM singers
(S9 peaks with light fading and light noise...excellent audio)
0019 UTC OM DJ chat, followed by "Ship of Fools"-World Party
0028 UTC OM with a slow ID
0031 UTC OM DJ with mention of "The brain of Professor T. E. Magnetron", followed by an unid cover of the old Randy & The Rainbow's "Denise"
0034 UTC "This is WDOG Shortwave, followed by an unid rock tune
0045 UTC Unid cover of "Dear Prudence"?
0103 UTC WDOG singing jingle followed by a cacophony of dogs howling, followed by a mix version of "Are Friends Electric"-Tubeway Army?
0109 UTC OM mumbling something followed by "Shut Up" looped audio
0110 UTC OFF

Kicking back and enjoying the show! Good tunes and great signal!
Thanks for the entertainment WDOG!

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QSLs Received / Radio Ronin Shortwave re-broadcast via Solid Rock Radio eQSL

« on: July 17, 2023, 0003 UTC »

Thanks SRR and also a tip of the hat to the Radio Ronin op!

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QSLs Received / All Azteca Relay Service Marathon #9 eQSL

« on: July 16, 2023, 2335 UTC »

Thanks AARS! I'm trying to collect the whole set and it is appreciated! 

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Laser Hot Hits 6275 AM 0439 UTC 16 JUL 2023

« on: July 16, 2023, 0443 UTC »

0439 UTC Unid ambient music (S7 peaks and solid above the noise...excellent audio)
Signal is coming in really well here...seems a bit strong to be a Euro
0445 UTC OM speaking now...tough copy...followed by unid music
I guess it is a Euro per Shortwave_listener...thanks!


edit by Ray :
from UNID to Laser Hot Hits
(was on 6275 overnight)