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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6840 AM 2308 UTC 15 MAR 2022

« on: March 15, 2022, 2309 UTC »

2308 UTC Funky R&B tune YL singer (S9+10 and sounding awesome! Might be same station on 6875 AM earlier?)
2310 UTC "Feeling Stronger Every Day"-Chicago
2315 UTC "I've Got You Under My Skin"-Frank Sinatra
2357 UTC OFF after "Superstition"-Stevie Wonder

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6875 AM 2245 UTC 15 MAR 2022

« on: March 15, 2022, 2246 UTC »

2245 UTC Funky electronica song (S8 and very nice audio)
2251 UTC Sounds like a Spy Thriller movie theme....
2254 UTC "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"-Tears For Fears
2257 UTC OFF...no carrier noted

Here's my recording...I started when I noticed the carrier!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iaQc2bj8xI8khWJvlgFod9o-YMMbLXVZ/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / ION Radio 6954.8 AM 2135 UTC 15 MAR 2022

« on: March 15, 2022, 2137 UTC »

2135 UTC OM with India Oscar November
2136 UTC Instrumental sounding like "Tequila"
2139 UTC Unid song
2148 UTC Jazzy tune...signal is a nice S8 with light fades
2206 UTC "Blue Sky"-Allman Brothers
2211 UTC "Planet Caravan"-Black Sabbath
2215 UTC OFF

Thanks for the laid back playlist ION!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6865 AM 2149 UTC 14 MAR 2022

« on: March 14, 2022, 2152 UTC »

2149 UTC Caught the tail end of an unid song at S7, then QRT
(No trace of the Asian clandestine or the jamming service noted yet)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Mix Radio International 6955 was 6965, 6950 AM 2037 UTC 13 MAR 2022

« on: March 13, 2022, 2038 UTC »

2037 UTC Soul tune just ending
2038 UTC "Come See About Me"-Supremes
(Nice sounding S9 signal here)
2039 UTC Moved to 6960 AM for a minute, then back to 6965 AM
2041 UTC A soul tune I forgot the name of
2043 UTC Unid soul tune, then a heterodyne came up on the frequency
2044 UTC OFF
2046 UTC Found again on 6950 AM
2047 UTC "I'll Be Around"-Stylistics (Still banging in here at S9!)
2050 UTC "My Whole World Ended"-Jimmy Ruffin
2053 UTC "Mr. Melody"-Natalie Cole
2056 UTC Unid song by The Commodores
2105 UTC "Try A Little Tenderness"-Otis Redding
2152 UTC OM with ID
2230 UTC Rock solid S9+20!
Going to kick back and listen to the songs....and try to remember the names and the artists!
2307 UTC Nice ID during the Stevie Wonder tune! "You Can Feel It All Over"
2333 UTC "Troglodytes"-Jimmy Castor Bunch
0001 UTC "Touch Me In the Morning"-Diana Ross
0002 UTC OFF for a minute but back up
(Signal is still up to S9 but during fades it gets fluttery)
Here's a link to my recording from 2111-2156 UTC
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AAFkyAHmeuciOlSpyIjk7f8v00fYjc8w/view?usp=sharing

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QSLs Received / ION RADIO ASCII HEX eQSL

« on: March 13, 2022, 1627 UTC »

Thanks for the mystery test and the very much appreciated HEX QSL! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / ION RADIO ASCII HEX 6929.9 AM 1518 UTC 13 MAR 2022

« on: March 13, 2022, 1518 UTC »

1518 UTC Orchestral Music (Nice S7 signal well above the noise with light fades)
1521 UTC OM giving 2 digit numbers, into Unid bluesy bottle neck guitar song OM singer
1526 UTC OM giving 2 digit numbers, into "Hand Jive"-unid artist
1530 UTC OM giving 2 digit numbers, into unid music (signal dropped down to S3 with quick fades)
1532 UTC Poor copy now, then suddenly jumped back up to S7
1534 UTC OM giving 2 digit numbers, into unid music (back to the rapid fading making copy difficult)
1539 UTC Bells tolling?
1540 UTC OFF

Listening back on my recording, I believe the OM was saying "49, 4F, 4E, 20, 52, 41, 44, 49, 4F". Nothing comes to mind with that sequence....thanks for another pirate mystery! Guess I need to brush up on my ASCII code....Perhaps we have ION RADIO? Not sure if the 20 is a space...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WFDR 6910 USB 2301 UTC 12 MAR 2022

« on: March 12, 2022, 2302 UTC »

2301 UTC OM speaking...sounds like a speech....talking about neutrality. FDR
(Solid S9 signal here and 100% copy)
2308 UTC "I do hope the United States stay out of this war"
2309 UTC OM narrator IDing the speech as FDR...Columbia Broadcasting System, into piano music
2310 UTC OM with schedule for program, into narration about Romanian assassination
2316 UTC Mentions of Neutrality, the Embargo Act of 1937
2318 UTC OM talking about the "atmosphere in the House"
2330 UTC Standing ovation for Mr. Roosevelt
2341 UTC OM with ID "W-F-D-R...Good night", then OFF

Thanks WFDR! The above speech applies to the current situation....will history repeat itself?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Earth Station 1W 6955 AM 2306 UTC 11 MAR 2022

« on: March 11, 2022, 2307 UTC »

2306 UTC OM with a Sci-Fi voice over spooky background music
2307 UTC Background music over Beatles song, then sound effects
2310 UTC Background music mixing with "Get Back"-Beatles
2311 UTC OM speaking over Beatles music.....Station 1W...initiating modulation test
2313 UTC "Eleanor Rigby"-Beatles mixing with background music
(So far a solid S9 here with excellent audio and light fades)
2315 UTC "Refrain from electromagnetic emissions on this wavelength....ionospheric ? is being closed"
2316 UTC Music then time pips and "I Am the Walrus"-Beatles
2320 UTC "I Want to Hold Your Hand"-Beatles
2321 UTC Time pips...OM "this is most unfortunate if our ? has alarmed you"..." over Beatles mashup
2324 UTC OM with "We have no interest in your ?....temperature is much to low...background music
2325 UTC "Something"-Beatles with OM speaking slowly over the music
2327 UTC OM "Planet Number 4", then more Beatles music
2328 UTC YL or young kid speaking over "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite"-Beatles segue into the outro of "She's So Heavy"-Beatles
2331 UTC OM with ID "Earth Station 1W", music mix into "Help"-Beatles with sci-fi effects
2334 UTC CW and sci-fi effects intro to "Yesterday"-Beatles
2336 UTC Sci-Fi effects and background music segue into "Strawberry Fields"-Beatles mashup with "Hello Goodbye"
2340 UTC OM with ID..."attention residents of Planet Earth"...into "Within You Without You"-Beatles
2343 UTC Unid version of "Blue Suede Shoes" into sci-fi effects, CW, segue into "Lucy In the Diamonds"-Beatles
2347 UTC OM with ID, into sci-fi effects and orchestral music
2349 UTC "Octopus's Garden"-Beatles
2351 UTC "Sun King"-Beatles then OM speaking with sci-fi effects
2352 UTC "Lady Madonna"-Beatles mashup
2354 UTC Sci-Fi effects then YL with ID segue into "Here Comes the Sun"-Beatles
2358 UTC Mashup of effects, into "Come Together"-Beatles
0002 UTC Mashup of effects and music
0003 UTC "Revolution"-Beatles
0005 UTC "Back In the USSR"-Beatles
0007 UTC "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" acoustic version George Harrison
0010 UTC OM with "Notice to the inhabitants of this planet.....Earth Station 1W", into "A Day In the Life"-Beatles
0016 UTC YL with ID with sci-fi effects, into "Hey Jude"-Beatles
0020 UTC "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"-Beatles
0022 UTC "All You Need Is Love"-Beatles
0025 UTC OM speaking....end of transmission, sound effects
0026 UTC OFF

Now that was awesome! Thanks for the Beatles Trip 1W! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 USB 0043 UTC 10 MAR 2022

« on: March 10, 2022, 0046 UTC »

0043 UTC 8 note Tolling Bells IS loop
0048 UTC Still going! S7 here and quite solid above the noise
0050 UTC OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950.4 AM 0012 UTC 10 MAR 2022

« on: March 10, 2022, 0020 UTC »

0012 UTC Same church organ anthem/hymn as the first post of the link below. S8, excellent audio for about a minute, then OFF

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,93896.0.html

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio 528 6927.7 AM 2326 UTC 9 MAR 2022

« on: March 09, 2022, 2327 UTC »

2326 UTC Droning ambient music (S8 peaks with some peskies QRM)
2331 UTC CW ID, then music resumed
2332 UTC OFF

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North American Shortwave Pirate / The Best In the West ? 6925 USB 2126 UTC 9 MAR 2022

« on: March 09, 2022, 2137 UTC »

2136 UTC Opening announcement, time pips, and an old newscast from circa 1983
2140 UTC short station ID
2141 UTC Sounds like an acoustic version of "Don't Call Me Daughter"-Pearl Jam/Eddie Vedder
2145 UTC John Mellencamp song
2149 UTC Unid song OM singer
2152 UTC Unid song OM singer
2156 UTC "Wake Up Little Suzie"-Everly Brothers
2205 UTC OM with ID...."The best in the west...??"...repeated, but I can't get it. Sounds like a legit station ID.

Thanks for the show whoever! I listened back on the recording and still can't make out what the ID was.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 USB 0047 UTC 9 MAR 2022

« on: March 09, 2022, 0048 UTC »

0047 UTC Live Instrumental blues guitar song on suddenly (S8 here with very nice audio)
0054 UTC Live blues with harmonica
0058 UTC More live blues

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North American Shortwave Pirate / RADIO INTERNATIONAL 6925 USB 0013 UTC 8 MAR 2022

« on: March 08, 2022, 0013 UTC »

0013 UTC Unid R&B/Rap song....might be the same station that was just on 6930 a minute ago, only this one isn't distorted!
0018 UTC Another Rap song