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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!

11087

QSLs Received / Re: Pirate Clip Radio eQSL

« on: March 19, 2015, 0055 UTC »

This just showed up in my inbox here also! Much appreciated Gus! A fitting tribute to our pirate radio friends

11088

General Radio Discussion / Re: 23 Incredible Photos of the Northern Lights From Tuesday's Solar Storm

« on: March 19, 2015, 0012 UTC »

Despite several trips out to the backyard last night from 0030-0330 UTC and a frigid 0730 UTC early morning trip to the back deck in my bathrobe, I was not rewarded with a light show Fortunately, I was an obsessed shortwave enthusiast when the massive March 1989 flare resulted in about an hour or so of green and red colors across the sky and large shifting formations of shifting light patterns here in Springfield, Massachusetts. Of course, shortwave reception was abysmal that evening, but I made it a point to call up half a dozen family and friends to alert them to this wondrous display. But it would be nice to see another auroral display in my lifetime!

11089

General Radio Discussion / Re: SEVERE SOLAR ACTIVITY ALERT

« on: March 18, 2015, 0057 UTC »

18-Mar-2015 at 0015 UTC
SFI = 114   A = 117   K = 8

I don't recall the last time the A-Index was higher than the Solar Flux

11090

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

11091

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!

11092

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: unID 6935 AM 0106z 3/16/15

« on: March 17, 2015, 0126 UTC »

Listened to this while I was reading myself to sleep last night. Left the recorder on but haven't listened back yet. Good signal while I was awake though, with some deep fades and ever present noise in the background. Seem to have caught the whole program on recording before the timer shut off. Mostly political discourse somewhat at odds with mine....far right wing doom and gloom and a plug for Ron Paul in there while I was listening.....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: unID/RFW 6934.5 AM 2316z 3/16/15

« on: March 17, 2015, 0009 UTC »

Just tuned in at 0005 UTC and the signal is fairly clear on 6935 AM at S7 peaks with some fading. During the fades, the QRM is annoying though. RFW ID at 2305 UTC into UNID tune.
0010 UTC The QRM on USB is pretty heavy duty, but there is a peskie now on LSB....caught between the rock and the hard place tonight DJ Dickweed!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6924.7 AM 2251 UTC 16Mar15

« on: March 16, 2015, 2305 UTC »

Tuned in at 2301 UTC to what seems like clips of various pirate station ID's. Heard Black Cat Radio, Blue Ocean Radio, Borderhunter, Channel Z with Andy Walker, something about "SuperChicken"
2309 UTC KAMP
2312 UTC MAC with James Stewart
(S8 signal here with select clips of various station ID's and email addresses)
2319 UTC Pipeline Radio
(What a hoot trying to tune in a recording of someone else's reception )
2322 UTC Radio Casablanca
2323 UTC Hmmm...the last clip gave an email address
Double hmmm....I think I have this CD....came with a book I bought recently!
EDIT: The email address given at the end of the program was pirateclipradio@gmail.com I tried it twice, but it bounced back to me

Thanks Chris L! 0024 UTC and it hasn't bounced this time!

Similar response here too! But my thank you email bounced!

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QSLs Received / Re: X-FM Radio eQSL for November 2014

« on: March 16, 2015, 0033 UTC »

A major tip of the hat to Redhat on yet another eQSL! Truly a labor of love to clear all this backlog of reports and loggings! I truly appreciate it

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6876 AM 2311 UTC 15 Mar 2015

« on: March 15, 2015, 2318 UTC »

Tuned in at 2311 UTC with nice S8 signal with some noise and a little bit of fading. "Band On the Run" in progress, into "Take It Easy"-Eagles at 2215 UTC (written by Jackson Browne)
2318 UTC "One Toke Over the Line"-Brewer & Shipley
2321 UTC TCS ID, into "Ballroom Blitz"-The Sweet
2326 UTC "Walk This Way"-Aerosmith
2329 UTC "My Woman From Tokyo"-Deep Purple
2335 UTC "I Want to Rock and Roll All Night(and Party Every Day)"-Kiss
2338 UTC ID, email address, into PSA skit
2339 UTC "Sister Golden Hair"-America
2344 UTC "Killer Queen"-Queen
2348 UTC "Waterloo"-ABBA
2351 UTC "Don't Pull Your Love"-Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds
2353 UTC "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"-Jim Croce
2356 UTC "You're Sixteen"-Ringo Starr
2359 UTC "You're Mama Don't Dance"-Loggins & Messina
0002 UTC "Kodachrome"-Paul Simon
0005 UTC Spoken skit, ID, Willie Nelson NORML PSA
0006 UTC "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo"-Lobo
0009 UTC "My Chevy Van"-Sammy Johns
0011 UTC OFF? Thought I heard the beginning of "Please Go All the Way"-Rasberries?

Thanks for the 70's Jukebox Show tonight TCS and relay!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / barraQuda 5897 USB 2248 UTC MARCH 15, 2015

« on: March 15, 2015, 2256 UTC »

Nice S3 signal here with disco and dance tunes
OFF at 2307 UTC after clear ID and jingle!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Shortwave Papa 15070 AM 1445 UTC 15 Mar 2015

« on: March 15, 2015, 2016 UTC »

Signal just jumped up to listenable levels at 2008 UTC with UNID song ending, and at 2009 UTC "Wonderful World"-Sam Cooke with announcer voiceover during the song. Lasted a couple of minutes with S3 peak, then back into the noise again at 2011 UTC
2026 UTC Signal up again with an UNID funky pop tune that you could dance to
2038 UTC "Drivers Seat"-Sniff & the Tears?
2054 UTC Nice even signal at S3 now, but I have no clue what this song is... reggae sounding pop tune
2057 UTC A Euro folksy pop sounding tune
2101 UTC Signal disappeared into the noise...only a weak carrier now. I measure the frequency as 15070.1 KHZ AM

Thanks for the show today Shortwave Papa! Tough copy most of the time, but some peak moments over the last hour that would be better if I knew the names of the songs I was hearing

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Shortwave Papa 15070 AM 1445 UTC 15 Mar 2015

« on: March 15, 2015, 1744 UTC »

I'm getting audio fading in and out of the noise here at 1735 UTC. Signal is only above the noise for a second or two and then back down again. Not enough to ID the song!
1800 UTC Seems that the signal was best at 1735 UTC, as I could get only bits of audio until 1740 UTC and now at 1800 UTC, at best a weak carrier.

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QSLs Received / Frederic Chopin Radio eQSL

« on: March 15, 2015, 1041 UTC »

Very happy to find this treasure in my inbox this morning! Thanks Frederic Chopin Radio! Hope to hear more classical music in the pirate zone again some time