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North American Shortwave Pirate / ION Radio 5th Anniversary Show 6955 AM 1957 UTC 22 MAY 2022

« on: May 22, 2022, 1957 UTC »

1957 UTC Music Box IS
2000 UTC OM with "This is ION Radio AM mode shortwave, music, repeat ID's, followed by an old time acoustic blues guitar-OM tune-OM singer
(S8 here with light fading and excellent audio...I'm going to kick back and listen with the recorder running rather than try to describe the song titles without Shazam (unless I know the tune!). One for the archives here  )
2006 UTC YL with "India Oscar November...This is ION Radio", into more Delta blues music
2009 UTC "Sweet Home Chicago"
2012 UTC OM DJ chatting about 5th Anniversary and the blues, into electric blues guitar tune-OM singer
2017 UTC OM singer with some funky slide guitar
2023 UTC OM DJ chatting...playlist...special broadcast...eQSL for reports...more blues
2033 UTC "Georgia On My Mind"-instrumental
2037 UTC OM DJ chatting about the Peter Frampton Band
2050 UTC OM DJ chatting about the Eric Clapton songs...eQSL for reports to ionradioshortwave@gmail.com
2051 UTC Ronald Reagan jokes....3 legged chicken...communications...Soviet Union
2057 UTC OM DJ chatting about next bluegrass songs by Steve 'N' Seagulls
2107 UTC OM with ID and email address then playlist
2108 UTC Unid song-YL singer (Getting some nice S9+ peaks now)
2115 UTC OM DJ chatting about modern "swing"/electroswing tunes played and next up some Country Western
2122 UTC OM DJ with chat rundown of country songs played...grew up in the 70's
2123 UTC "Last Song"-Edwin Bear
2126 UTC "Stumblin In"-Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro
2130 UTC OM DJ chat ....going to end it up with a couple of classic rock songs....not a live show...prerecorded
2132 UTC "Toys In the Attic"-Aerosmith
2135 UTC "War Pigs"-Black Sabbath
2143 UTC OM DJ chatting...5th anniversary....thanks to HFU...email address...going to sign off...instrumental music and YL with ID sign off spot
2146 UTC OFF

Congratulations on your 5th Anniversary ION! Enjoyed the show and wish you the best for the next 5 years too! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Commercial Radio 6950 AM 0120 UTC 21 MAY 2022

« on: May 21, 2022, 0221 UTC »

0020 UTC OM and YL with spoken word comedy skit with some music.
(Signal is fading in and out of the storm static crashes...partial copy)
0023 UTC YL & OM with kids voices?
0024 UTC "Friend of the Devil" snippet then OM with mention of Grateful Dead
0025 UTC Fake advert for a whorehouse
0026 UTC Possible ID?, followed by another fake advert
0027 UTC Fake Motel 6 advert?
0029 UTC The storm static is killing it during fades
0031 UTC OM talking, into "Let It Be"-Beatles Parody
0033 UTC OM with possible ID, trumpet sound, then something about "commercial radio"...OFF

Thanks for the show whoever! I'll listen back on my recording in the morning to see if I can pull an ID 
Here's a link to my recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SIEN5Upgp1a3EAftgqLI36ZgKC-lpXjl/view?usp=sharing

Listened back closely over first morning coffee and I can find no clear ID's...anybody want to claim this one?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Unid relay of CKLW-Ontario 6925 USB 0035 UTC 21 MAY 2022

« on: May 21, 2022, 0036 UTC »

0035 UTC Unid Pop tune at S8 here and sounding good amidst the storm static
0036 UTC CKLW ID, so relay! Followed by "Jam Up and Jelly Tight"-Tommy Roe
0038 UTC "Jim Edwards Show"...CKLW
0039 UTC "Someday We'll Be Together"-Supremes
0042 UTC "Big Jim Edwards", followed by local Toronto advert and traffic report
0044 UTC "Smile A Little Smile For Me"-The Flying Machine
0051 UTC "Kiss Him Goodbye (Na Na Hey Hey)"-Steam
Kicking back and enjoying the show using the new 43 meter halfwave completed today 
0055 UTC Labatt's commercial (Signal still S8 but the storm static is getting bad)
0056 UTC OFF

Thanks for the Friday night memories. CKLW was my first Canadian station heard in 1964. At one time I had their QSL from 1965 before I started listening to shortwave. 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WTF Radio 6925 USB 0054 UTC 19 MAY 2022

« on: May 19, 2022, 0055 UTC »

0054 UTC "WTF" jingle, into "What's New Pussycat"-Tom Jones
(I was parked on the frequency....S9 peaks and sounding good!)
0057 UTC OM with "This is WTF Radio Worldwide", back into Tom Jones
0100 UTC Comedian with story about putting enough money in the juke box to play What's New Pussycat 7 times at a diner while waiting for their food followed by It's Not Unusual to the relief of the other customers
0104 UTC OM with ID, into "It's Not Unusual"-Tom Jones 
0106 UTC WTF Worldwide jingle, into Unid song OM singer
0111 UTC OM with ID, into an unid indie song with autotune vocals OM and YL's?..lots of whistling
0127 UTC "King of the Road"-Roger Miller 
0146 UTC "Even Flow"-Pearl Jam
0148 UTC OM with "Thanks for listening.....send your reports of reception with "WTF?" in the subject line to ballsmacker@protonmail.com with "WTF?" in the subject line (?) followed by unid alt rock music
0153 UTC Spoken word comedy skit
0154 UTC OFF
Kicking back and enjoying the show!

Thanks for a the very entertaining show WTF! You were spot on frequency and sounding like a local here with the Grove SP-200 Sound Enhancer!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / FOXY AM 6925 AM 0019 UTC 18 MAY 2022

« on: May 18, 2022, 0020 UTC »

0019 UTC CW and OM talking....
0021 UTC OM with clear ID and then more CW
0022 UTC Caribbean dramatic music...Cuban jazz?
(So far the signal is S8 and solid above the noise)
0025 UTC OM with ID above the song...requests at foxyam@protonmail.com
0026 Unid genre of jazz
0029 UTC OM with spoken word and then "That does it for todays news on FOXY AM", into unid indie folk rock tune YL singer
0035 UTC OM with email address and shoutouts to HFU posters (THANKS FOXY!)
0036 UTC OFF

Thanks for the show this evening FOXY!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wasteland Radio (Outhouse) 6930 USB 0037 UTC 15 MAY 2022

« on: May 15, 2022, 0043 UTC »

0037 UTC Caught the tail end of an SSTV in the noise, followed by unid music deep in the snap crackle and pop



0050 UTC I can make out some kind of spoken word but nada on the copy
0152 UTC Tuned in to "Midnight Rider"-Allman Brothers Band with a solid S7 above the noise signal!
0154 UTC SSTV-Scottie1
0200 UTC OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan Shortwave 6950.7 AM 2309 UTC 14 MAY 2022

« on: May 14, 2022, 2312 UTC »

2309 UTC Unid big band blues tune
2311 UTC  YL with ID/ Twilight Zone theme, into a different blues tune OM singer

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QSLs Received / Micro Dot Radio via TRI eQSL

« on: May 13, 2022, 2327 UTC »

Thanks again for a warp speed QSL! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Microdot Radio via TRI 6925 AM 2309 UTC 13 MAY 2022

« on: May 13, 2022, 2310 UTC »

2309 UTC "The End"-Doors (Signal mostly above the noise with S7 peaks and moderate fading....excellent AM audio)
2317 UTC OM DJ chatting, but tough copy now with the static crashes
2320 UTC Signal has dropped down now. I can hear music but too low in the noise to ID
2321 UTC Signal bounced back up to S9 now! I still don't know what the song is....
2323 UTC "Mama Kin"-Aerosmith
2328 UTC Sounds like some early synthesizer music
2331 UTC OM and laughing and other noises....YL with TRI ID?
2332 UTC OFF

Thanks for another old show TRI! Wish propagation had been better....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Yeah Man Radio 6925 AM 2149 UTC 13 MAY 2022

« on: May 13, 2022, 2150 UTC »

2149 UTC "Where Did Our Love Go"-Supremes (Nice solid S9 signal with nice audio), followed by "Million Dollar Weekend" jingle and "Dawn"-Four Seasons
2200 UTC The new microphone is sounding good, but the volume is lower than the music. Audio is great... The propagation is not so good today!
2204 UTC OFF

Thanks Yeah Man!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / EL WINKO 6925 USB 2221 UTC 11 MAY 2022

« on: May 11, 2022, 2222 UTC »

2221 UTC "Purple Haze"-Jimi Hendrix (Solid S8 with light fades amidst high band noise)
2224 UTC "Til the End of the Day"-Kinks
2226 UTC "All I Really Want to Do"-Byrds
2228 UTC OM said something, into "Get Me to the World On Time"-Electric Prunes
2231 UTC "Black Magic Woman"-Fleetwood Mac
2233 UTC OM chatting...Wanker?
2234 UTC "Kentucky Woman"-Deep Purple
2239 UTC OM clearly saying "El Wanko" twice, into "Whipping Post"-Allman Brothers Band
2244 UTC OM DJ chatting, into "Sookie Sookie"-Steppenwolf
2248 UTC "Feelin Alright"-Joe Cocker
2252 UTC OM with clear phonetics of WINKO...Whiskey India November Kilo Oscar...., into "Sugar and Spice"-Searchers
2255 UTC "Catch the Wind"-Donovan
2257 UTC "Kick Out the Jams"-MC5
2300 UTC A song I forgot the name of....
Dinner time here....recorder is running 
2332 UTC OFF

Thanks for the great 60's playlist! A few rare ones you never hear these days! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WANK "The ANCHOR" 6925 USB 0109 UTC 11 MAY 2022

« on: May 11, 2022, 0110 UTC »

0109 UTC Unid song OM singer
0111 UTC OM with ID?, into "What's Going On"-dance mix
0114 UTC Pop tune YL singer
0115 UTC "Frito Bandito", into "Ghostbuster" dance mix
0117 UTC Spoken word "Chinese Baby" skit followed by some kind of yodeling tune
(So far, the signal is S7 and solid above the noise)
0121 UTC OM with ID "WANK", into AIDS weight loss skit, then unid fingerpicking tune
The whipped cream aerosol ute is getting loud...
0126 UTC OFF or faded out?

Thanks for the Monday Tuesday evening show! A new one for me...thanks WANK!

Here's the link to my recording..would love a WANK eQSL if you're doing the deed!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gJo2Z17gyz990eDogCV4SSV8-QERTxUI/view?usp=sharing
After listening back on the recording, it seems clear to me OM is saying "WANK..the Anchor"....

Thanks for catching the error Harry! LOL! I'm in retirement mode now, and such things are no longer of primary concern! That and I was very tired last night....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WTF Worldwide 6945 AM 0107 UTC 9 MAY 2022

« on: May 09, 2022, 0108 UTC »

0107 UTC Unid rock tune at S7 with light fading and solid above the noise
0109 UTC Different unid rock tune
0111 UTC Unid song YL singer....indie pop tune
0115 UTC OM with ID "From the east coast of the US...WTF Worldwide"
Signal up to S9 now and punching through nicely!
0122 UTC OM with ID
0200 UTC "Something For the Pain"-She Drew the Gun (Second time I heard this song tonight....cool!)
0209 UTC OM with "Hope you got those filters opened up on the low end"
(Listening with the 6 khz Collins filter running the audio into a Grove SP-200 Sound Enhancer speaker)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6933 USB 0222 UTC 8 MAY 2022

« on: May 08, 2022, 1146 UTC »

Not sure about this one...WDOG seemed to have closed down at 0220 UTC.
0222 UTC OM came on with "CQ CQ Is anybody using this frequency", followed by "Come And Join Us On the Airwaves"-The Ham Band. The signal strength was different than at WDOG sign off.
0226 UTC OM with "CQ CQ CQ, hello CQ CQ CQ", then OFF

Can anybody confirm that this was still WDOG or was it somebody else? Here's the link to my recording. It's missing the spoken part before the song.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zRnsjPiJsOa_kdbyUcXURH_7qQVLVXm8/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / HELLIFINO RADIO 6915 USB 0110 UTC 8 MAY 2022

« on: May 08, 2022, 0115 UTC »

0113 UTC Blues tune at or slightly above the high noise level
0121 UTC Heard op talking but tough copy, into SSTV



0136 UTC I hear the Outhouse op chatting, then SSTV