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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Whiskey Redneck Radio, 6933 USB, 0140 UTC

« on: July 18, 2014, 0812 UTC »

Listening to this just before hitting the sack at 0133 UTC with fair to good signal on 6933.1 KHZ USB. Johnny Cash? version of "Dang Me" in progress, into a banjo picking C&W tune, followed by another C&W tune. 0139 UTC ID by op..."This is WRR...Whiskey Redneck Radio...Temple of the Screaming Electron", into more C&W

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6924.4 AM 0043 UTC 18 Jul 2014

« on: July 18, 2014, 0104 UTC »

Fair to good here tonight at 0047 UTC tune in. Peaking at S9 with deep fading with tunes, ID at 0052 UTC, more tunes, then ID, rundown of songs (Bad Habit) and chat by DJ Dickweed and Stavin...talking about smoking, into tune by the "Orwells".
(Interesting fading tonight, with bad selective fades, and occasional deep fade with signal dropping from S9 to S5)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / UNID 6205.4 KHZ AM JULY 17, 2014

« on: July 18, 2014, 0002 UTC »

I've been hearing weak audio here since 2329 UTC tune-in at threshold level on a very quiet band tonight, except for some minor static bursts. S2 at 2335 UTC peak, fading in and out with mostly easy listening vocal tunes. Tough copy with the weak signal. No ID or announcement heard and off I believe at 2350ish UTC. Possibly Radio Tango Italia?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / INSANE RADIO? 6924.2 KHZ AM 0119 UTC JULY 17, 2014

« on: July 17, 2014, 0131 UTC »

0121 UTC Tune in with S7 signal here...music, then comedy skit about bacon?, into early Bob Dylan tune. Insane Radio loop ID during song.
Cool song about pirate radio ending at 0136 UTC, into some unique music
(I'm going to have to listen closely to the recording tomorrow...fairly good AM audio here, but best in USB)
Sounds like some kind of alien abduction skit!  
0150 UTC What Condition My Condition Is In-Kenny Rogers & First Edition
0152 UTC OFF
(Thanks for rescuing us from a mundane Wednesday evening Insane Radio! Appreciate the show...come back again!)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0114 UTC 16 Jul 2014

« on: July 16, 2014, 0123 UTC »

Was parked on 6925 USB when this came on at 0114 UTC. Thought I heard a brief bit of audio at 0111 UTC also. Kind of a funky pop tune playing, but same as Chris L....just popping up above the noise level here.
0020 UTC Song with some percussion intro...funky pop tune
(The T-storm static is really annoying here...snap, crackle, and pop with an occasional ear bleeding crunch!)
0127 UTC XLR8 ID! Into another UNID tune
(The noise is beating me up so I'm calling it a night...thanks for the entertainment tonight XLR8 op...how about a contact email address for us loyal listeners? )

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 LSB 0010 UTC 16July14

« on: July 16, 2014, 0018 UTC »

Had this on at 0015 UTC for about a minute, then gave way to the pesky that's still yakking as of 0018 UTC. Close Encounters theme a solid S7, with the pesky now at S5. Hmmm...
0020 UTC Back again, but much weaker. Pesky has the edge this time
0023 UTC Power up now...S7 again, with some kind of ID by gravely voiced op
0025 UTC MYLQ ID!!!
0028 UTC MYLQ...Make Your Liver Quiver
0030 UTC Ahhh! Music now with really clean audio (Sounds like Little Feat and Oh, Atlanta...signal fading a bit and mixing with the peskies)
0034 UTC CE IS and MYLQ ID...Make Your Liver Quiver
0035 UTC Song...a southern blues rock tune with op talkover
0037 UTC IS and ID, then off
{Hey MYLQ op...how about a contact address?!!! Thanks for the entertainment tonight! QSL's always welcome here too...}

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Twangy Radio 6925 USB 2332 UTC 15 Jul 2014

« on: July 16, 2014, 0005 UTC »

Caught some audio here at 2346 UTC with "Man on the Silver Mountain" on 6925.1ish KHZ. S5 signal with lots of T-Storm static, but clear audio. Off mid-song, the back up briefly at 2349 UTC. Nothing since....

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QSLs Received / Re: MAC Shortwave - "The Jimmy Stewart Show"

« on: July 15, 2014, 2144 UTC »

Found this in my email in box today in reply to an email I had sent during the broadcast from July 12-13, 2014. Thanks James Stewart and MAC shortwave! Happy to get one of these for my radio room wall! Enjoy the shows very much here...particularly the scratchy 78's and the weather reports... 

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General Radio Discussion / Proton Bombardment! July 14, 2014

« on: July 14, 2014, 2240 UTC »

 I copy and pasted this from http://dx.qsl.net/propagation/ This is my favorite one stop site for propagation. Could someone tell me just what is actually happening here?   Current Solar Indicies from WWV  
14-Jul-2014 at 2105 UTC
SFI = 109   A = 9   K = 3  
Conditions during the last 24 hours  
Space weather for the past 24 hours has been ??.
 
Forecast for the next 24 hours  
Space weather for the next 24 hours is predicted to be ??.
(The "Huh" faces were originally 3 question marks...the machine language interprets very nicely in this context! I suspect that the high density protons are overloading the satellite's sensors or something)


Solar Wind Data
Provides solar wind velocity and energetic particle intensity
Updated at: 2228Z on July 14, 2014

 Velocity (km/s):   357.8  
 Density (protons/cm3):  24.4

EDIT SWPC's proton event threshold is 10 protons/cm2-s-sr at >=10 MeV. Large particle fluxes have been associated with satellite single event upsets (SEUs). ( It looks like 24.4 protons/cm³ is sufficient to KO the GOES sensors!)

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Radio Bursts Coming From Deep Space

« on: July 14, 2014, 2221 UTC »

Hmmm...are the astrophysicists certain these are from outside the Milky Way galaxy and not from the general direction of the Crab Nebula? Resistance is futile...you have ALL been altered!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 6924.5 KHZ AM 2109 UTC JULY 13, 2014

« on: July 13, 2014, 2113 UTC »

I'm getting some weak fadey music here at 2109 UTC tune in...
2115 UTC RFW ID! Wow, the Subject box corrected all by itself! Thanks Chris S!
Signal strength is up and down like a yo-yo here....strange prop indeed.
2125 UTC Signal seems to be picking up a bit now...clean audio!
2128 UTC DJ Dickweed and Assistant Stefan/Steven/Stephen ID'ing the previous tunes (New Pornographers and Veruca Salts)
{Without sounding too patronizing, you comrades play a lot of cool songs I never heard before and do the right thing by identifying them for us old folk whose musical tastes were overdeveloped in the 60's and the 70's}
2139 UTC ID's previous song by Rammstein and next song by Bob Mould-"I Don't Know You Anymore"
2151 UTC A skit with lots of bleeps....
(Propagation is still kinda sketchy here...deep fades followed by S8 signal...must be some kind of proton bombardment by the Auroral Deity)
2209 UTC "Until Next Time...Do Whatever"
Thanks for the Sunday afternoon matinee!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Renegade Radio, 6930u, 0300z, 7/13/14

« on: July 13, 2014, 0349 UTC »

Fair signal amid heavy T-Storm static here...0314 UTC tune in with "Africa" by Toto, Eye of the Tiger by Survivor at 0317.
0321 UTC "Spirit of Radio"-Rush
0327 UTC "Hotel California"-Eagles
0331 UTC "Renegade Radio" ID followed by "Suicide is Painless" aka the Theme from MASH
0333 UTC OFF

Lots of ear bleeding static bursts marring an otherwise solid S7 signal here. Thanks for the  Saturday evening show!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6925 USB 0048 UTC 13 July 2014

« on: July 13, 2014, 0240 UTC »

Thanks for the explanation! I did a double take when you played that....even the troublemakers riffraff pirate enthusiasts in the chat room were laughing at that!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Radio Technical Man 6200 AM 0009 UTC 13 Jul 2014

« on: July 13, 2014, 0119 UTC »

Just tuned in at 0109 UTC during the last song I think  ...Dutch folk tune/polka at fair level amid the static crashes, then open carrier at end of song 0112 UTC, carrier off at 0113 UTC. If this is the station, it was my first logging! Maybe tune in earlier next time!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6925 USB 0048 UTC 12 July 2014

« on: July 13, 2014, 0100 UTC »

0049 UTC Nice audio here with Soviet Anthem in progress, then DJ Dickweed and Stefan opening announcements. Stefan wearing a tuxedo tonight and drinking a martini. RPM show with genuine 45's. Into old time radio instrumentals. Solid S9 here...
0101 UTC The audio on the song was a little jumpy at first! Seems to have settled down....

EDIT Hey DJ Dickweed...now that I've heard this particular RPM program twice, what is with the Big Butts song amidst all that old time radio music? Not sure the strip club answer covers that disparity!