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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: AM Stereo 1620 6955 AM 0130 UTC 9 June 2023

« on: Today at 01:36 »

0135 UTC A song I forgot the name of  (S9 peaks with light fading and excellent audio)
0137 UTC OM DJ with "Music radio...AM Stereo 1620", followed by Unid song-OM singer
0140 UTC Unid song-Brenda Lee
0142 UTC YL with ID
0143 UTC OFF mid-song

Thanks for the driveby test whoever! Sounded great! Here's my recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kdVeTMAm0IBvWOHaXme7khn3iz8ms9OM/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Azteca via AARS 6935 AM 0325 UTC 8 JUN 2023

« on: June 08, 2023, 0326 UTC »

0325 UTC Sign on with Bram Stoker and program #10...mention of Pirate Radio Boston, then Mail Scrotum
(Solid S9 here and decent copy! A bit of static crashing, but not too bad)
0330 UTC Kirk Trummel forgot the frequency and got a rejection card
0330 UTC Mention of John Arthur who says he'll reject a rejection
0335 UTC "Animal Stories" Talking about woodchucks and a story about a dog
0343 UTC "Sheba"-Johnny & Hurricanes followed by the DX program (Short xmsn break)
0346 UTC WWV-CHU war
0347 UTC ID "All that's gross but tasteful", followed by Latin American music
0348 UTC Top 10 reasons why Scarfman attended Kulpsville this year
0351 UTC Breast enlargement over the telephone
0355 UTC Music, then "Ask Doctor Radio"
0400 UTC Azteca Interval Signal, music, then program #11 (Bram has a Radio Spam QSL)
0404 UTC Music, then "Mail Scrotum"
0412 UTC "The leader in bodily function radio"...Bram Stoker will never eat another Baby Ruth again
0413 UTC New Radio Azteca ?
0416 UTC Music, then DX Program #153,322
0420 UTC Music, followed by Top Ten List...put more pep into the dx hobby
0423 UTC "Actual Stuff"...Commander Condom
0427 UTC Another new sponsor...Dippity Dong
0429 UTC DXing pirates is as much fun as getting your pecker caught in a milking machine
0430 UTC "Ask Doctor Radio"...DXing is better in New Zealand
0436 UTC Azteca Interval Signal
0438 UTC Radio Azteca program #12
0440 UTC Radio Azteca...humble...no artificial additives...thanks to relayers
0442 UTC "Mail Scrotum"
0449 UTC "Sheba", followed by DX program #152,407
0453 UTC "The station that gives you gross, not net"
0454 UTC Glenn Hauser in the studio! LOL..."Full contact DXing"
0459 UTC "Actual Stuff"..theft of Heinz pickles
0505 UTC Music, then Top 10...Radio Nederland..."This is not a Happy Station"...
0508 UTC "Nobody has the balls to say it like we do", followed by "Ask Doctor Radio" "Kristen K's garage door opener QSL"
0516 UTC Postal address for a QSL...Interval Signal
0517 UTC OM with AARS Radio Azteca Marathon show #4, then AARS email address, and OFF

Thanks for yet another installment of the Marathon! Now I can go to sleep happy! 

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QSLs Received / Radio 48 via Sycko Radio eQSL 7 JUN 2023

« on: June 07, 2023, 2218 UTC »

Very pleased to receive this one in addition to the other 2 posted! Thank you Radio 48 and Sycko Radio for the show and the fine eQSL!

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio 48 via Mix eQSL - April 23

« on: June 07, 2023, 2212 UTC »

Also received the same here! Thanks again Radio 48!

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio 48 via PRN Test Broadcast eQSL - June 1

« on: June 07, 2023, 2210 UTC »

Also received this fine looking eQSL here! Thanks Radio 48! Looks like the inmates have shanghai'd the studio!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio 48 via Sycko Radio 6955 AM 0003 UTC 6 JUN 2023

« on: June 07, 2023, 0006 UTC »

0005 UTC I have a carrier with traces of music fading in and out
Is this North American or European? Thanks Shortwave_listener!
0010 UTC Possibly Mr Sycko's voice?
0011 UTC "Long Train Running"-Doobie Brothers
0015 UTC Deep fade into the noise, but I still have a weak carrier
0023 UTC Signal back up again...OM rap? or peskie?
0036 UTC "It's the End of the World As We Know It"-R.E.M.
0210 UTC OFF after Radio 48 email address and Radio Sycko ID

Thanks for the show! Lots of fade outs, but lots of fade ups too!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Yeah Man Radio 6925 USB 2205 UTC 4 JUNE 2023

« on: June 04, 2023, 2211 UTC »

2209 UTC "Daydream"-Lovin Spoonful (S8 peaks and sounding very nice!)
2212 UTC  Yeah Man on the microphone, followed by "Elusive Butterfly"-Bob Lind
2214 UTC "Million Dollar Weekend" jingle, followed by "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"-Dusty Springfield
2217 UTC YM chatting and shoutouts...THANKS! You rock YM!
2218 UTC "Groovy Kind of Love"-Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders
2220 UTC "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"-Cher
2223 UTC YM chatting with more shoutouts, followed by "See You In September"-Happenings
2227 UTC "Message to Michael"-Diane Warwick
2230 UTC YM chatting...shoutout to Jimmy D, followed by "When A Man Loves A Woman"-Percy Sledge
2234 UTC "You Can't Hurry Love"-Supremes
2258 UTC OFF
Kicking back and enjoying the songs of my youth...thanks YM!

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QSLs Received / Radio Azteca Marathon eQSL 3

« on: June 04, 2023, 1433 UTC »

Thanks again All Azteca Relay Service! Hope to hear some more from the secret archives! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6929.8 AM 1423 UTC 4 JUN 2023

« on: June 04, 2023, 1425 UTC »

1423 UTC "More Than A Feeling"-Boston (Mix version?)
(S8 peaks with moderate to heavy fading amidst light noise...very nice audio at peaks)
1428 UTC Audience applause intro to a live version of "Somethings Happening"-Peter Frampton
1434 UTC "Show Me the Way"-Peter Frampton (Some deep fading now)
1438 UTC A song I forgot the name of...Peter Frampton (Signal down to S5)
1444 UTC "Custard Pie"-Led Zeppelin
(Signal is mostly at or just above the noise floor)
1449 UTC Techno dance tune
1451 UTC Techno dance version of Phil Collin's "In the Air Tonight" (Very tough copy here now)
1454 UTC Techno dance version of KISS "I Was Made For Lovin You"
1457 UTC Unid song-OM singer (Song is deep in the noise)
1459 UTC "Not To Touch the Earth"-The Doors
1503 UTC Unid song-OM singer

Errands to run here...thanks for the Sunday morning tunes whoever! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Thunder Chicken Radio 12030 USB 2044 UTC 3 JUN 2023

« on: June 03, 2023, 2046 UTC »

2044 UTC Unid live song-OM singers (S6 peaks with light fading...mostly above the noise and sounding good!)
2049 UTC OM DJ..."pops and crackles", followed by another unid live song-OM singers
2106 UTC "Heaven Beside You"-Alice In Chains live

2139 UTC "Ghost Chickens In the Sky"-Bob & Tom Band 

2143 UTC OM DJ with "Cluck Cluck Cluck"


Dinner time...thanks for the entertainment TCR!

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QSLs Received / Re: Ball Smacker Radio eQSL 3 JUN 2023

« on: June 03, 2023, 0235 UTC »

Also received the same here in about a minute after sending report and guessing the theme...THANKS BSR! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BallSmacker Radio 6960 AM 0056 UTC 03 JUN 2023

« on: June 03, 2023, 0101 UTC »

0059 UTC Wildfire Interval Signal (S9+ with light fades and excellent audio)
0100 UTC YL with ID, followed "Higher Love"-Stevie Winwood
0108 UTC "Standing On Higher Ground"-Alan Parsons Project
0116 UTC "Rocky Mountain High"-John Denver
0121 UTC "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher"-Jackie Wilson
0124 UTC YL with ID and gmail addy, followed by "High Water"-Rush
0129 UTC "High Hopes"-Frank Sinatra
0132 UTC "The Tide Is High"-Blondie
0137 UTC "Higher Ground"-Stevie Wonder
0140 UTC YL with ID and pinfall
0144 UTC "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"-Diana Ross version
0152 UTC "Eight Miles High"-Byrds
0156 UTC "Back In the High Life Again"-Stevie Winwood
0207 UTC "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher"-Rita Coolidge version I believe
0212 UTC "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"-Traffic
0232 UTC "River Deep Mountain High"-not sure of the version
0235 UTC "Higher"-Creed
0244 UTC "Can You Take Me Higher"-Damn Yankees
0252 UTC "Higher Ground"-unid cover version
0255 UTC "Flyin High Again"-Ozzy

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950 AM 0130 UTC 2 JUN 2023

« on: June 02, 2023, 0131 UTC »

0130 UTC Unid music just above the noise floor...S6 peaks with light fading
0150 UTC Signal is stronger and clearer now with S7 peaks...excellent audio
0158 UTC Signal has dropped down to S4...carrier is still there, but only threshold traces of audio
0203 UTC Signal has recovered...S7
Thanks for the entertainment! Sorry I couldn't be more detailed in my report, but I do not have Shazam and this music is obscure! 
The playlist is reminiscent of Radio Nowhere on their 6974.9 AM broadcasts...just sayin...
Here's my recording from 0130-0215 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o-RzyfikhH7x1BYdrRAvl8nkIfYfhimb/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 1700 UTC 1 JUN 2023

« on: June 01, 2023, 1748 UTC »

1747 UTC Hearing some audio just above the noise floor...instrumental electronic keyboard jazz? Followed by some classical piano music. (Signal peaks to S6 and light fades)
1806 UTC OFF

Here's a link to my recording from 1747-1806 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G-Na6ozUplNxgZkb_vklUZk2hqtjSxt0/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio 48 6925 AM 1120 UTC 1 JUN 2023

« on: June 01, 2023, 1121 UTC »

1120 UTC Hearing an unid song at or just above the noise floor. S6 peaks with light fading
1122 UTC Deep voiced OM with ID ...? Radio", followed by what sounds like a soul tune-OM singer
1126 UTC Faded down to the noise floor
1141 UTC OM with street rap voice, then an ID I couldn't make out, then low audio again
1156 UTC Nice fade-up with "Do It Again"-Steely Dan (Some looped sections of the song noticed here)
1200 UTC "Everyday People"-Sly & Family Stone
1202 UTC OM with "Radio 48" ID, into "Jumping Jack Flash"-Rolling Stones (Looped opening audio)

Thank you for the ear opener this morning! Time to head out for some errands...