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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: MAC Shortwave 6924.47AM 2331 12 July 2014

« on: July 13, 2014, 0001 UTC »

S7 signal here with a bit of noise, but the usual excellent audio on 6924.5ish KHZ. Tune in at 2351 UTC to "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" already in progress.
2352 James Stewart ID'ing song and giving time checks and the correct date! Next song up from a disc jockey copy. Mentioned the Spanish and Portuguese fishermen and then song by Lou Monti.
0001 UTC "Do You Know How I Feel"-Lou Monti
0004 UTC Weather Report....love it!
0006 UTC Tommy Dorsey
0010 UTC (Still talking about June Alyson!)
0012 UTC Glenn Miller
0016 UTC "You Are My Sunshine"-Gene Autry for Grasscutter and Sunshine Radio
0020 UTC Sandman
0024 UTC "Chapel In the Valley
0028 UTC A Polka by Spike Jones
0031 UTC (JS, you need a smile... ) Then song by Jerry Lewis
0035 UTC No ring from special listener   ...nothing to do with Glenn Hauser or Timtron...not even at the same location...primitive eQSL cards... mention of HF Underground, Free Radio Cafe, Antique Radio. Closing down and feeling down. Then a song by Mary Small
0042 UTC National Anthem, laugh track, then off.
(There was a brief QSO by a man who said "Thanks for the show...I enjoyed it")

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: Focus International 6968 AM 0330 UTC 12 Jul 2014

« on: July 12, 2014, 0354 UTC »

I'm getting an S3 carrier, but no audio coming through at all on 6968.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / GENERATION WILD 100 6930 KHZ USB 0258 UTC JULY 12, 2014

« on: July 12, 2014, 0305 UTC »

Sign on announcement at 0301 UTC, into jazz tune at 0302 UTC
0307 UTC Canned "Wild 100" ID into jazz pop instrumental with nice lead guitar licks
0312 UTC Killer acoustic guitar/mandolin/dobro instrumental wth electronic keyboards, vibrophone etc. NICE! Is this what the other posters say is named "BAU"?
0320 UTC Jazzy pop instrumental with Bensonesque guitar licks
0323 UTC ID, then another jazzy pop instrumental
It's midnight at the oasis here and time to sing the camel to bed...thanks for an interesting evening of music that you don't ever hear on the pirate bands!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM *0225 12July14

« on: July 12, 2014, 0249 UTC »

Strong carrier but badly undermodulated here at 0238 UTC.
0240 UTC "Running With The Devil"-Van Halen
0247 UTC Off?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0147 UTC 12July12

« on: July 12, 2014, 0206 UTC »

Had it briefly at 0201 UTC, then nothing until 0204 UTC with some kind of strange song. S5, just above the noise level here.
0207 UTC Seemingly gone again

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 AM 2115 UTC 11 Jul 2014

« on: July 12, 2014, 0004 UTC »

Also getting a carrier here since 2348 UTC with brief moments of audio. Too weak to copy over the noise. Is this a Euro?
Thanks Chris L and Chris S(in the chat)...I'm getting occasional audio here mixing with a loud pesky on LSB.
0048 UTC OFF? No audio, no carrier...hmmm
EDIT I listened back on the recording and I get no yodel 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / OMCS 6930 KHZ USB 0113 UTC July 11, 2014

« on: July 11, 2014, 0116 UTC »

I'm getting our friends here just above the noise from 0113 UTC tune in. Fragmented copy here with the T-Storm noise generated by the Plutonium Underground. Interesting mid-eastern sounding music with talks by Friendly Overlord and Niavi. Occasional phrases come through..."Don't Go To Work" was a nice one! I like that....
Closing announcement directed to "People of Earth" and email address just before closedown at 0130+ UTC.
(I can't wait to hear these programs later on this year when the noise level and T-Storms aren't conspiring against our friends from the Crab Nebula.)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: OTR 6770.01 0213 UTC 9 Jul 2014

« on: July 10, 2014, 2355 UTC »

At threshold here, July 10, 2014 at 2345 UTC fading in and out of the noise and static with UNID comedy program. No trace of that annoying QRM that's been showing up here over the last week or so. OTR just keeps on and on and on!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 3389.73??????

« on: July 09, 2014, 0115 UTC »

I checked this out and it was on until about 0112 UTC or so. Simply too much static to copy here. The first harmonic of this puts it in the range of our old friend OTR, which I get no trace of tonight. Hmmm...
I have it back here also at 0116 UTC, but still too much noise. Let's see...this could be a harmonic of an X band xmtr on 1695ish KHZ. OTR could be a harmonic of an X band xmtr. Just speculating!
Thanks for the tip DaveJV... Nice catch!
(And the mystery deepens....)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: 6925 AM 2350 UTC Jul 8 RFW

« on: July 09, 2014, 0003 UTC »

Nice signal here at 2356 UTC tune in on 6924.4ish KHZ with end of music, "Radio Free Whatever" ID by DJ Dickweed, followed by some EZ listening instrumental music. Sounds like Old Time Radio drama background music...rather soothing after a hot day at the shop! Clean AM audio here, but there seems to be a little bit of selective fading on an otherwise solid S8 signal.
0007 UTC DJ Dickweed ID'ing songs played and chat with Steven about the music reminds him of the "Sound of Music" with the Swiss Alps in the background, then ID'ing the next 45 with 4 songs on it. "Day by Day"...etc
(Interesting propagation tonight...pretty good size solar flare today, and with the 6 KHZ filter, I get different fading patterns on each sideband. LSB with slow flutter and USB with rapid fluttering of signal}
0016 UTC RFW ID during songs started at 0007 UTC
0018 UTC Dickweed ID'ing songs played...reminds him of listening to music in the Dentists chair getting his teeth drilled...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...drops of blood..., then with Steven, ID'ing next set of 8 songs...(Al Goodman?).
(The music reminds me of what I used to hear back around 1960 or so on my parents radio/phono combo with the flip down lid with the little push buttons above the little slots with the radio station names on them. The station I recall was WTYM-1600. This station is now the well known WAQY AM 1600/WAQY-102.1 FM) They played this kind of music for the grandma and grandpa crowd!)
(Using the 2.4 KHZ filter and switching sidebands, most of the fading is very slow...I guess the sidebands are clashing when you throw in the carrier and listen in AM...I think this is the reason for having ECSS?...I wish I had a Sherwood SE-3!)
0034 UTC Dickweed and Steven with ID....RPM
(What a great evening for taking a nap in the elevator!)
0043 UTC ID during songs..."smoke another cigarette and pour yourself another shot of vodka...Radio Free Whatever"...then back to the music
(Nice evening for a walk in the cemetary!)
0046 UTC Dickweed & Steven ID'ing the 8 pack of songs and next song up..."Night Train"...song from some movie..."this is your caffeine...your cup of coffee after all that relaxation", then the song
(Nurse, come quickly! The nursing home has gone berserk! Their cutting the straps and having wheelchair races in the hallways!)
0052 UTC Rap music? (Spock, can you get a fix on that?)
0057 UTC Dickweed and Steven chat about the last rap tune..."strip club transition...our great artistic perception of music"...gave email address, then "Until next time...Do Whatever" and off at 0059 UTC
Thanks for the exciting entertaining relaxing program tonight! I will have no problem going to sleep now

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Generation Wild 100: 6925U, 7/6, 0219+

« on: July 06, 2014, 0241 UTC »

Nice S8 signal here at 0236 UTC tune in with end of a jazz/pop tune with some nice lead guitar licks.
0237 UTC A funky kind of jazz fusion tune with great lead guitar licks.
0242 UTC A song that sounds like Santana, only with a wailing sax solo!
0248 UTC Some old style lounge lizard blues with smooth keyboards and           funky upright bass
0253 UTC Some funky jazz fusion riff
0258 UTC Languid keyboard funk tune
0302 UTC Some third world jazz with carnivorous clarinet(or is that a freestyle flute?)
0305 UTC Silence? I guess it was sign off time!
Thanks for a jazz cap to a long night of pirate radio! Hope to hear you again some time Hope you liked my descriptions of the songs 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6950 USB 0020 UTC 06 July 2014

« on: July 06, 2014, 0148 UTC »

Usual awesome signal into Western MA here tonight S9 +10
0143 UTC "I Only Have Eyes For You"-Flamingos
0146 UTC Wolverine Radio ID
              "Mine Eyes Have Seen You"-Doors
0149 UTC "Girl With No Eyes"-It's a Beautiful Day
0153 UTC "Temptation Eyes"-Grassroots
0155 UTC Wolverine Radio ID
              "You Can Close Your Eyes"-James Taylor
0157 UTC "Behind Blue Eyes"-The Who
0201 UTC "Girl With the Far Away Eyes"-Rolling Stones
0205 UTC Wolverine Radio ID
              "Eyes Without A Face"-Billy Idol
0210 UTC Hmmm....
0214 UTC Hmmm....
0219 UTC Wolverine Radio Echo ID,
              SSTV
0221 UTC "Brown Eyed Girl"-Van Morrison
{Did I miss Suite Judy Blue Eyes?}{I hope I missed Eric Carmen!)
0224 UTC "Green Eyed Lady"-Sugarloaf
0231 UTC Wolverine Radio Echo ID
              QSO with another op! ("Thank you for another fantastic show tonight"...."Thank you")
Thanks Wolverine op....great audio using USB with 6 KHZ filter....smooth!

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Re: UNID 6301 AM 0105 - 7/6/13

« on: July 06, 2014, 0120 UTC »

Also hearing some music here at 0112 UTC on about 6300.7 KHZ using USB and 2.4 KHZ filter. AM is getting clobbered by some kind of killer broadband QRM covering 6297-6300 KHZ. I'm getting weak music, so far songs with lady singer, but hard to tune accurately.
Irish Pauls blog says Summermeeting Radio is broadcasting on this frequency. I have it here just barely above noise threshold. Poor copy, but other than the QRM blob, the band is pretty quiet!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: MAC Shortwave 6950 AM 2329 UTC 5 Jul 2014

« on: July 05, 2014, 2342 UTC »

Killer signal at 2334 UTC with S9 +10 here and Jimmy Stewart giving frequency, email address, problems with the cell phone, into "Theme From Dragnet" at 2337 UTC.
2340 UTC JS with ID, TC as 2341 UTC..."Perry Como just broke", TC as 2342 UTC, mention of Saturday JUNE 5th(sounded like it to me!)...talking about soccer, into Perry Como song at 2344 UTC. Took Perry Como off...talk of sending out some QSL cards and got a positive response.
2349 UTC "Huckleberry Duck"-Raymond Scott
0006 UTC JS says "4th of July was 2 days ago...so today is JUNE 5th, or JUNE 6th...For Independence Day...here's Kate Smith"
{Does anybody really know what day it is? }
0010 UTC JS says 4th of July is coming up, and today is Sunday June 6th, so I guess this is replay of last months program?
0102 UTC "Star Spangled Banner"-Kate Smith
{Thanks for another entertaining program James Stewart! Whatever day it is... }

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QSLs Received / KCPR 4th of JULY eQSL

« on: July 05, 2014, 2010 UTC »

Received this very interesting eQSL today from Doc....unsure who the man pictured is. I was very happy to hear your program last night....even happier for you to verify my reception...thank you very much indeed!

Ahhh, Robert Leroy Parker's (aka Butch Cassidy) mugshot from the Wyoming Territorial Prison in 1894. Nice!