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11296

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6875 AM 22:19 GMT

« on: January 17, 2015, 2231 UTC »

Polka time on 6875.8 KHZ AM at 2226 UTC tune in!!! S8 here in Western MA
2234 UTC Clear ID as "Radio Dr. Tim...free radio from Germany" Also gave email address, but I didn't catch it.
Right before that Chicken Dance sounding polka, they gave address again.... maybe doctortim@t-online.de
Nothing like a good round of Polkas to start off the evenings activities! Reminds me that I played the accordion when I was a youngster. I was also drafted to play the tuba in Junior High School. I later got to play the tuba in the All-State band at Springfield Symphony Hall. So much for repressed memories

Hmmm, all ID's and all polkas, all the time

Chris L...fortunately no known photos of me playing the tuba have survived from that era. At least I don't have one anyway, but I do have a photo of me playing the accordian. Have to find that one.....

11297

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 6975 AM 0100z 1/17/2015

« on: January 17, 2015, 0106 UTC »

Rock solid S9 here with superb AM audio at 0103 UTC tune in!
0106 UTC A Rap/Rock tune with a little bit of the riff from "Mr. Big Shot"
0109 UTC X-FM...somewhere under the stars ID, apologies for something during the Christmas broadcast..."situational awareness"...email address, mention of an email from station QRP and their website, then mention of stickers!
0120 UTC Man announcer....Here's a classic from Incubus, then song
0123 UTC Man announcer with ID's, live time check at "24 minutes from one o'clock", then mentioned next song from 2011...by Velociraptor, then song
OK, back from reception report writing!
0211 UTC Song by the Arctic Monkeys
0215 UTC Man announcer, then UNID song
0218 UTC Man announcer....ID, live time check, mention of the next song from 2014 from "Echosmith?", followed by that song
0222 UTC Man announcer...."Music to the power of X...broadcasting from somewhere under the stars"...mention of Echo and the Bunnymen, followed by UNID song
0228 UTC Man announcer..."Echo and the Bunnymen...from 2006...chat about finding good songs today on the radio...having them pound a song into your head from repeated listening...a lot of the music out there sucks..."myopic taste for music"...emails from Mark Taylor, ByteBORG, Oliver...shoutouts to the HFU posters...live time check for 35 minutes from 2 o'clock
0236 UTC Song by "TV On the Radio?"
Signal is starting to fade into the noise a bit more now...sometimes completely, then it bounces back!
0245 UTC Man announcer with live TC..."15 minutes in front of 3 o'clock...mentioned previous song by "tV on the Radio-Happy Idiots"...something about Alice in Chains...Hello to Doc...shoutouts to Ron Hunsicker, Dimbulb, oly1959, RAFMAN, mention of song by Bad Religion from 1996...live time check for "11 minutes in front of 3 o'clock"
0249 UTC Song-"The Streets of America"-Bad Religion
0253 UTC Man announcer, then UNID song
0256 UTC Man announcer...promised some bizarre Alice In Chains...live TC...3 minutes from 3 o'clock
0257 UTC Song-"The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here"-Alice In Chains (S9 signal here now...who can figure this propagation....)
Took a break from posting....too old to dance to the trance
Someone is broadcasting CW over the program....the folks in the IRC chat say it's Peewee, whoever that might be
Thanks for the request RedHat!!!
OFF at 0412 UTC
Thank you for the marathon program X-FM! Sounded like a local FM station here for the last 45 minutes! The GOES X-Ray flux was flatlining for tonights program. Superb!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Abu Dhabi 6305 KHZ AM 2355 UTC JAN 16, 2014

« on: January 17, 2015, 0000 UTC »

Getting a nice S5 signal here at 2355 UTC with ballad man singer. Fading in and out of the noise but peaking up to S5. 0000 UTC It's Abu Dhabi! Must have moved here from 6295. 0002 UTC Song "Walk Right In"-The Rooftop Singers". Thanks for the shoutouts BB! Thanks for playing "Walk Right In" for me again too! Always nice to hear you from across the big pond! OFF at 0036 UTC with a Bye Bye and a bit of music.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio GaGa 6925 KHZ DSB 2256 UTC JAN 16, 2014

« on: January 16, 2015, 2257 UTC »

2256 UTC "Stranglehold"-Ted Nugent (seemed to just come up on frequency! S7 here but best in USB)
Major peskie QRM in LSB, AM sounds distorted, but USB is nice audio!
2304 UTC ID "You are tuned to Radio GaGa....live from Zipper Lake", into "Turn to Stone"-ELO
Yep, it's DSB Chris S! The peskie and the DSB made it sound like distorted AM.
2308 UTC ZZ TOP (Hey GaGa, you fishing tonight? Hope you brought the pitchfork!
2311 UTC "Bad Moon Rising"-CCR
2313 UTC Johnny Cash?
2316 UTC "Jive Talking"-Bee Gees (signal took a dive into the noise during the song )
2320 UTC ?...2321 UTC signal back up again-"Black Friday"-Steely Dan
2323 UTC ID "...Radio GaGa....Zipper Lake", then OFF

Thanks for the early Friday evening here GaGa! Alway nice to hear you

11300

QSLs Received / The Crystal Ship "Heartbreak Hotel" eQSL

« on: January 16, 2015, 1255 UTC »

Thanks JP and relay! Enjoyed the program last night

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925.6 AM 2327 UTC 15 Jan 2015

« on: January 15, 2015, 2343 UTC »

S8 here at 2330 UTC tune in with "Changes"-Yes in progress. Very nice audio but lots of selective fading, so I switched to USB.
2333 UTC "Only Time Will Tell"-Asia
2337 UTC "You're Bringing On the Heartbreak"-Def Leppard
2342 UTC ID...."The Crystal Ship, demonstrating a deliberate disregard for the ?", music, then "You've checked in to the Heartbreak Hotel...The Crystal Ship...TCS relay network"
2345 UTC UNID Jackson Browne tune
2353 UTC "Without You"-Harry Nilsson
2356 UTC Tarzan yell, "Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum"...email address..."Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" clip from Gone With the Wind
0101 UTC UNID Bruce Springsteen tune(hmmm, looks like ByteBORG asked the same question and already got an answer!)
0013 UTC ID, then "Stone Cold"-Rainbow
0018 UTC UNID tune (signal starting to drop a bit and deeper fades)
0023 UTC "Which Way You Going Billy"-Poppy Family
0030 UTC "Deliberately disregarding the authority of the FCC and it's rules", Amen, "We don't want pioneers with good taste, we want pioneers that taste good", "Can't resist looking for the Crystal Ship", email address, then animal fun.
0035 UTC "Love Hurts"-Nazareth
0039 UTC "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"-Meatloaf
0043 UTC "Winner Takes It All"-Abba
0049 UTC JP with ID's, into UNID Rock ballad
0054 UTC "Here Without You"-3 Doors Down
0058 UTC "Heart of the Matter"-Don Henley
0103 UTC Audio Clip , then ID by JP "You are tuned to the Crystal Ship....blue state republic", QSL address, "Get your damn hands off her"
0104 UTC "We Want the World"-Ramones
0106 UTC End of program, which seems to be repeating as I hear "Changes" by Yes at 0109!

Thanks for the program tonight JP! Haven't heard this one in it's entirety before. There has been a bit of a drought on the airwaves since New Years...much appreciated!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Hummingbird 6940AM, 0145utc, Jan 13, 2015

« on: January 14, 2015, 0218 UTC »

I'm getting very weak music here in USB at 0213 UTC, but the noise level is too high for copy. Maybe a man announcer at 0216 UTC, but not certain.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WHYP 3440 kHz AM 0057 UTC 12 January 2015

« on: January 12, 2015, 0116 UTC »

Glad I checked back once more before calling a night! 0112 UTC and a funky sounding dance tune with UNID male vocalist singing scat along with the ladies Great audio and an S8 signal here too! Thanks JB!
0120 UTC Garage punk tune with some yea yea yea voiceovers
0123 UTC Man announcer...."hang in there...it gets better...WHYP"
0125 UTC "Green Vidalias"-BT & MG's
0132 UTC Man announcer followed by interview with Jay Smilkstein

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Channel Z 11428 AM 2119 UTC 11 Jan 2015

« on: January 11, 2015, 2150 UTC »

From 2125-2145 UTC I've been getting a weak carrier on 11428.3ish KHZ but no detectable audio. Not sure if this is it, but I am getting hints of audio since 2145 UTC. Sadly, no copy
2152 UTC I'm getting music now...maybe "Sweet Child of Mine"-G'N'R?
2158 UTC CW now...maybe CZ beacon again?
2211 UTC The unmistakable sound of the bass riff on "Radar Love"-Golden Earring
2221 UTC CW?
2230 UTC I give up! My ears are bleeding.....
I assume that the signal is bouncing somewhere else.
Thanks for the test xmsn Channel Z!

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HF Beacons / CZ Beacon 11428.2 KHZ USB 1545 UTC JAN 11, 2015

« on: January 11, 2015, 1550 UTC »

Alerted to this by an email...thanks Channel Z! Steady above the noise here in Western MA
Pretty much faded into the noise by 1615 UTC. My ears got hammered by what Token says is PLUTO radar at 1626 UTC

1900 UTC It is now up to 1600 UTC levels with occasional fades into the noise floor

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North American Shortwave Pirate / XLR8 6950 KHZ USB 0308 UTC JAN 11, 2015

« on: January 11, 2015, 0330 UTC »

S5 here at 0308 UTC with a funky percussion beat that went on for a long time
0325 UTC "So You Want To Be A Rock N Roll Star"-Byrds
0330 UTC "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"-Beatles
0334 UTC "I'd Love To Change The World"-Ten Years After
0337 UTC UNID blues/rock tune
0341 UTC UNID blues/rock tune
So far no ID, with silence between songs, but signal is steady here with a few deep fades
0346 UTC Man announcer with a reverb ID "X-L-R-8", into Led Zeppelin-"What Is And What Should Never Be"
(Audio sounds a bit wider than what I'm used to hearing from XLR8!)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6928 USB 0233 UTC 11Jan15

« on: January 11, 2015, 0240 UTC »

Nice S5 above the noise here at 0234 UTC tune in.
0238 UTC Interesting version of "Paint It Black"!
0241 UTC SSTV
0243 UTC Countrified version of "Highway To Hell" with finger picking, fiddles, and southern drawls
0245 UTC SSTV

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0101 UTC 11 Jan 2015

« on: January 11, 2015, 0113 UTC »

Killer signal here at S9+10 here with some "Bad" music since 0104 UTC tune in.
There's a Bathroom On the Right
0131 UTC Bad Sneakers-Steely Dan (Song brings back some great memories!)

Thanks for the BAD program tonight Wolverine!

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio Jingle Bells eQSL

« on: January 11, 2015, 0000 UTC »

Got a second eQSL a few days ago and wasn't going to post it...seeing as there are several variations and they are numbered...well, here's what number 6 looks like Thanks RJB!!!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB *2309 UTC 10Jan15

« on: January 10, 2015, 2319 UTC »

Also here at 2315 UTC just at the noise floor, but I can hear music.
2333 UTC Signal popped up for about a minute, just long enough to ID "Train Kept A Rolling"-Aerosmith
2335 UTC A bit above the noise floor now
2340 UTC Man announcer, but couldn't copy. Familiar song followed, but I just can't ID it through the noise
0005 UTC SSTV?
0007 UTC Another SSTV, this one stronger
0020 UTC "Train, Train"-(signal has picked up dramatically after those SSTVs! S7 now
0023 UTC "Riders On the Storm"-Doors
0032 UTC SSTV