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QSLs Received / Radio Mushroom 2015 eQSL

« on: March 29, 2015, 1406 UTC »

Thanks Radio Mushroom! You must have really been putting the power to the finals on this one ....everybody, run for your lives!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Pesky Party Radio 6950 LSB 0313 UTC MARCH 29, 2015

« on: March 29, 2015, 0315 UTC »

I'm hearing music on 6950 LSB at S3/S4 level at 0313 UTC
0320 UTC Signal jumped up a bit during song by lady singer...nice audio!
0324 UTC Foreign language version of the Bee Gees "Words"
0338 UTC Foreign language version of Steve Miller's "Serenade"
Frequency seems to be around 6949.9ish but my NRD needs calibration
0354 UTC "Moonlight Feels Right"-Starbuck
0357 UTC OFF
0400 UTC Back up again! Just after sign off someone else came up on 6950L

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Abu Dhabi 6398 AM 2325 UTC MARCH 28, 2015

« on: March 28, 2015, 2331 UTC »

Folk tune at 2325 UTC at S6 here....presumably Abu Dhabi
0004 UTC Ahhh, the familiar voice!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Free Thinker Radio (via Liquid) 6925.2ish AM 0042 UTC MARCH 28, 2015

« on: March 28, 2015, 0046 UTC »

Weak music through the noise noted at 0042 UTC. Peskie on LSB, so using USB, but the static crashing is brutal

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Other / UNID 6232 USB 2317 UTC MARCH 27, 2015

« on: March 27, 2015, 2335 UTC »

I've been hearing some electronica voiced music here with an S3 signal amidst the noise. Doesn't seem like a Euro...
2327 UTC Lady speaking
2330 UTC Gone...I guess this was just a freebander playing radio or something!

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General Radio Discussion / Weather reports on your local Travelers Information Station?

« on: March 27, 2015, 2144 UTC »

Well...not exactly, but according to todays FCC press release, it will be is allowed under certain conditions!
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0326/FCC-15-37A1.pdf

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QSLs Received / The Crystal Ship "The Beat Goes On" eQSL

« on: March 27, 2015, 0814 UTC »

Thanks for the new show and the QSL, JP!!! The songs resonated with my inner circuitry

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North American Shortwave Pirate / The Crystal Ship 6876 AM 2322 UTC MARCH 26, 2015

« on: March 26, 2015, 2322 UTC »

2320 UTC   Open Carrier noted at S6/S7
2322 UTC   "The Beat Goes On"-Sonny & Cher
2325 UTC   "Black Is Black"-Los Bravos
2328 UTC   ID..."You are listening to The Crystal Ship...The Beat Goes On"
2328+ UTC "Glad All Over"-Dave Clark Five
2331 UTC   "All My Loving"-Beatles
2333 UTC   "Friday On My Mind"-Easybeats
(Signal is now S8 with moderate selective fading, but well above the noise)
2336 UTC   "Thank The Lord For the Nightime"-Neil Diamond
2339 UTC   ID same as 2328 UTC
2339+ UTC "I'm Henry the 8th"-Hermans Hermits
2341 UTC   "The Game of Love"-Wayne Fontana & Mindbenders
2343 UTC   "Love Potion #9"-Searchers
2345 UTC   "Little Red Riding Hood"-Sam the Sham & Pharohs
2348 UTC   "These Boots Are Made For Walking"-Nancy Sinatra
2351 UTC   "She's Not There"-Zombies
2353 UTC   "It Ain't Me Babe"-Turtles
2355 UTC   "Different Drum"-Linda Rondstadt & Stone Poneys
2357 UTC   TCS ID and FCC statement, electronic lady voice with email
2359 UTC   "The Letter"-Box Tops
0001 UTC   "Fortunate Son"-CCR
0003 UTC   "Mothers Little Helper"-Rolling Stones
0006 UTC   "A Boy Named Sue"-Johnny Cash
0010 UTC   YL, then "Wild Thing"-Troggs
0012 UTC   (Hmmm...not ready for prime time...baaaaad)
0014 UTC   "What's New Pussycat"-Tom Jones
0016 UTC   "Hungry For the Good Things"-Paul Revere & Raiders
0020 UTC   "California Dreaming"-Mommas & Papas
0023 UTC   "Valleri"-Monkees
0025 UTC   "Western Union"-Five Americans
0027 UTC   ID
0028 UTC   "Up, Up, and Away"-Fifth Dimension
0030 UTC   "The Rain, the Park, and Other Things"-Cowsills
0034 UTC   "To Sir With Love"-Lulu
0036 UTC   "Never My Love"-Association
0039 UTC   "Get Together"-Youngbloods
0044 UTC   "Time Won't Let Me"-Outsiders
0047 UTC   "Him Or Me"-Paul Revere & Raiders (Thanks chat room guy
0050 UTC   "This Diamond Ring"-Gary Lewis & Playboys
0053 UTC   "This Magic Moment"-Jay & the Americans
0055 UTC   ID
0056 UTC   "Turn, Turn, Turn"-Byrds
0059 UTC   "Tell Her No"-Zombies
0101 UTC   "Spill The Wine"-Eric Burdon & War
0105 UTC   YL with email address, then Spanish Ladies
0106 UTC   "We Want The Airwaves"-Ramones
0107 UTC   Program seems to be repeating with "The Beat Goes On"

Now that was one dynamite trip down memory lane! Thanks JP and relayer! Only got me on one tune tonight...

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Utility / Volmet 6604 KHZ USB

« on: March 25, 2015, 2227 UTC »

I generally get an excellent signal here at many times of the day, but today at 2220 UTC I chanced upon a double ID! First was "This is New York Radio", immediately followed by "This is Gander Radio" with the second overlapping the first ID. Hearing only a single broadcast with no echo or anything else. Does this happen often?

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QSLs Received / The Crystal Ship "Rock and Roll Art Show" eQSL

« on: March 25, 2015, 2141 UTC »

Thanks again JP! Nice to hear the long version of "In A Gadda Da Vida" on the shortwaves!

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QSLs Received / MUSTANG RADIO "Test" eQSL

« on: March 22, 2015, 1712 UTC »

Thank you very much Herman! Nice graphics on this

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Huh? / Michael Brown, Keyboard player for "The Left Banke" dies at 65

« on: March 22, 2015, 1439 UTC »

Michael Brown, the keyboard player and songwriter whose brief tenure with the Left Banke produced the band's classic hits "Walk Away Renee" and "Pretty Ballerina," has passed away at the age of 65. The news was reported on the band's Facebook page by bassist Tom Finn, who wrote, "It's my unfortunate duty to inform you that our leader Michael Brown died this morning." Brown's cause of death has not been shared yet.
As The Oregonian's obituary for Brown notes, his time with the Left Banke was short and turbulent; although he was the primary songwriter for the group's 1967 debut album, Walk Away Renee / Pretty Ballerina, he left prior to the release of 1968's cobbled-together Left Banke Too, contributing to the quick dissolution of a once-promising band whose admittedly minor commercial success would eventually be eclipsed by the influence its baroque-pop sound has continued to exert over scores of younger acts during the ensuing decades.
Brown - who was just 16 when he co-wrote the group's biggest hit - continued to perform and record in the years immediately following his departure from the Left Banke, working with the band Montage and joining up with bassist and singer Ian Lloyd to form Stories, scoring a No. 1 hit with a 1974 cover of Hot Chocolate's "Brother Louie." The late '70s brought a single self-titled effort from Brown's next band, the Beckies.
The Left Banke reunited without Brown in 2011, although he resurfaced to join them on a handful of occasions: Brown's return to the stage in 2012 for a rendition of "Pretty Ballerina" that marked his first public performance with the band since 1967.

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European Pirates and Private Stations / MUSTANG RADIO INT'L 6323 KHZ AM 2330 UTC MARCH 20, 2015

« on: March 20, 2015, 2333 UTC »

I'm getting rock music at 2330 UTC on 6323 AM with a fair signal peaking up to S3 and above the noise. No ID heard yet.
2334 UTC Man announcer, but the flutter fading and noise make it difficult to tell who it is! Sounds like either Borderhunter or Cupid Hmmm, could be Black Arrow too!
2354 UTC Signal took a jump up in strength just now!
2358 UTC ? Radio International? Or was it Mustang Radio from the Netherlands?
There were 2 more ID's since 2358 and they were spoken very fast! Announcer sounds familiar, and I thought he said Black Arrow International? and would be closing down. Hmmm, darn propagation
0008 UTC Man announcer mentioned Big Al! Still can't make out the ID though
I listened back on the recording and the winner is MUSTANG RADIO!
I knew the announcer sounded familiar! Thanks for the show Herman
0015 UTC Thanks for the shoutout Mustang Radio
0020 UTC Mentioned that he will be closing down
0030 UTC OFF (Been a long time since I heard Mustang Radio! Come back soon!)

Per op, the ID was Mustang Radio International!

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General Radio Discussion / SEVERE SOLAR ACTIVITY ALERT

« on: March 17, 2015, 2241 UTC »

After a quick tune around the bands around 2200 UTC, I noticed that the propagation was very disturbed and the noise was really bad...things just weren't making it through that are daily loggings here. I checked the NOAA propagation report and sure enough...A-index of 100 and K-index of 7. Aurora watchers should have a field day this evening!
 Should I put on my tinfoil hat just to be on the safe side

EDIT:Technically speaking, this is actually a geomagnetic field activity alert
         "Coronal Mass Ejection" or CME from March 11th has reached us

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QSLs Received / The Crystal Ship "70's Jukebox" eQSL

« on: March 17, 2015, 0759 UTC »

This one arrived in my inbox yesterday! Thanks JP and relay!