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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6964 KHZ AM? 1400-1403* UTC APRIL 19, 2015

« on: April 19, 2015, 2215 UTC »

Thanks again Chris...I was straining my ears through a high local noise level....it would have been around 1400-1401 UTC....maybe I was hearing things after all Those voices just won't let up on me......

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QSLs Received / 3885 Radio eQSL

« on: April 19, 2015, 2207 UTC »

Thanks Mr. Tim Tron Jr!!! Very nice graphics on this one

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QSLs Received / Re: ARCHIVES-"CCAT-Canadian Club Radio" 1985

« on: April 19, 2015, 1934 UTC »

Very nice Chris! My QSL letter is still to be found, but my recollection is that it had much the same information as your's. I recall that the initial broadcasts were done using the COAX call letters, and a subsequent transmission I heard was indeed as CCAT-Canadian Club Radio. The operator was bummed out after a lady friend had broken up with him and was lamenting the fact with a number of F-bombs during the broadcast...
Now why did I throw away all those hundreds of cassette tapes I recorded during the 1980's...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6964 KHZ AM? 1400-1403* UTC APRIL 19, 2015

« on: April 19, 2015, 1909 UTC »

Thanks Chris!  Now if I could have only turned the cassette recorder on I might have been able to ferret out what the announcer was saying at 1400 UTC....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6964 KHZ AM? 1400-1403* UTC APRIL 19, 2015

« on: April 19, 2015, 1418 UTC »

One last check before heading out to the backyard, and caught the end of an eerie sounding trance instrumental at S5 amidst the neighbors solar power microinverter buzz, then man announcer (couldn't make out what he said), then more trance music until 1403 UTC and off. Tuned in on AM, but used USB to cut through some of the noise. Interesting and spooky
Whoever you were....how about an email to assure me I wasn't hearing things

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6955 USB 0051 UTC 19 APR 2015

« on: April 19, 2015, 0104 UTC »

Superb S9+10 here at 0100 UTC  
Guess it's going to be a lonely evening in the pirate zone...sounding really good with the 6 KHZ filter through the stereo system!
0110 UTC "Only The Lonely"-Roy Orbison
0118 UTC "I've Been Lonely Too Long"-Young Rascals
0125 UTC "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"-James Taylor
0133 UTC "Only The Lonely Can Play"-Motels
0136 UTC "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"-Yes
0154 UTC SSTV and OFF at 0156 UTC

Thanks Wolverine!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 3885 Radio 6873 AM 2230 UTC 18 Apr 2015

« on: April 18, 2015, 2313 UTC »

Tuned in at 2302 UTC on 6872.7 KHZ with 2 ham ops chatting about radio...gave call signs and one was named Chuck. Man announcer at 2305 UTC with ID and email address and that "QSL's were available for correct reception reports", statement repeated twice, then OFF. I was able to hear program better using USB. Will have to listen back on the recording.....

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QSLs Received / ARCHIVES-"CCAT-Canadian Club Radio" 1985

« on: April 18, 2015, 1352 UTC »

I received this Polaroid photo of the CCAT transmitter setup back in the mid 1980's and thought I would share it here. I can't find the personal letter QSL it came with, but my recollection is that the op also announced using the call letters COAX and used a snail mail address in Toronto. Does anyone else remember this one or have any other information? I would be interested in hearing anything about this Canadian operation!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Abu Dhabi Radio 6380 AM 0003 UTC 18 Apr 2015

« on: April 18, 2015, 0039 UTC »

Just tuned in at 0037 UTC with S3 signal here..."This is Abu Dhabi closing down...all the best"
OFF at 0040 UTC

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950.1ish KHZ AM 2343 UTC APRIL 16, 2015

« on: April 18, 2015, 0031 UTC »

I listened back on my recording of this from last night and it seems to be one fairly long song. I borrowed my sisters smart phone with Shazam app and spent half an hour trying to ID the tune. I got mostly "try agains", but at different points in the song I had a couple of ID's...the most likely was "Dreamland Dub"-Hinkstep. Hinkstep does ambient dub music and it certainly describes the song I heard.
I heard this song played one time last year, also posted as an UNID....does anyone have the correct song name and artist (if I'm wrong on the above)?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6940 LSB 0150 UTC 17Apr15

« on: April 17, 2015, 0205 UTC »

Also heard "Riders On The Storm"-Doors here at 0152 UTC in LSB with S4 signal, but gone at 0155 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Casablanca 6939.9 KHZ AM 0000 UTC April 16, 2015

« on: April 17, 2015, 0001 UTC »

0000 UTC La Marseilles
0002 UTC OM with "You are listening to Radio Casablanca, the Voice of Free French Morocco...reception reports to radiocasablanca1@gmail.com
0003 UTC "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B"
0010 UTC "Blue Sky"
0015 OM with ID, into a clip from the movie "Casablanca"
(Enjoying the show on this cool Spring evening Mr. Blaine...thanks!)
0029 UTC OM with ID
(It's easy to slip into a bit of reverie here, imagining myself sitting at the big wooden table model radio with a good cigar and a bottle of Four Roses on the nightstand )
0038 UTC "Sentimental Journey"
0040 UTC OM with ID and short clip from Casablanca
0048 UTC "Cheek to Cheek"-(Is that Fred Astaire singing?)
(Signal is starting to fade just a bit around 0120 UTC, but still well above the noise
0124 UTC "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
0139 UTC OFF

Thank you very much Richard Blaine! That made my day

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB, 2342- 04-16-15

« on: April 16, 2015, 2352 UTC »

Here also at 2351 UTC with metal tune at S5/S6

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6950.1ish KHZ AM 2343 UTC APRIL 16, 2015

« on: April 16, 2015, 2345 UTC »

Dance tune at S9+ here with superb audio at 2343 UTC, into an ethereal instrumental composition I've heard before...maybe Silversun Pickups?
2358 UTC Different tune or maybe same song....has a bit of thump thump dance beat to it
0011 UTC Still playing what seems to be the same long esoteric instrumental

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 2358 UTC 15 Apri 2015

« on: April 16, 2015, 0011 UTC »

Steady S5/S6 here at 0003 UTC with UNID song ending at 0004, pause, then another UNID altrock tune with man singer at 0005 UTC, "XLR8" ID by OM at 0009 UTC spoken soft and slow Nice to hear you this evening XLR8! Usual excellent USB audio

Are you taking requests tonight? How about "Cross Cut Saw" by the Groundhogs?
0031 UTC "Cross Cut Saw"-Groundhogs Thanks XLR8!!! Haven't heard this in a long time!
0045 UTC Interesting version of "Purple Haze"!
0048 UTC "Accelerate" ID then seemingly off, but back up again at 0051 UTC for a few more minutes.

Thanks for the tunes and the request this evening!