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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6940 USB UT 04/ 13/2014 00:48

« on: April 13, 2014, 0100 UTC »

Bad prop and loads of static here....just above an S3 noise floor, but as usual Wolverine punches through! 0108 UTC signal about S5-S6 here cutting through the snap, crackle, pop with bluesy jazz tunes. With the A-index at 25, only Wolverine could cut it tonight! RIGHT!
0038 UTC Chrissie Hyndes tune
0049 UTC (The noise and bad prop are taking it's toll...this is like straining through the noise to catch an ID by a weak euro! Time to hit the sack...maybe the band will clear up a bit in the wee hours of the morning.)

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QSLs Received / Re: Channel Z QSL received via postal mail 11 Apr 2014

« on: April 12, 2014, 1754 UTC »

Received today also via regular postal service! Nice glossy photo QSL #265 and photo of the Commando homebrewed xmtr, along with a very nice letter from Z. Thank you very much Z and special thanks to Andy Walker for his "Before They Were Famous" program series!!! Looking forward to hearing Part 4  

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio Mushroom eQSL

« on: April 12, 2014, 1746 UTC »

Also received that awesome eQSL here! Thanks Radio Mushroom! Don't get too close to any Geiger counters.... 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Unid 6935 USB 0620 UTC 4/12/14

« on: April 12, 2014, 0634 UTC »

0627 UTC with S5 signal here with discoesque tune followed by unid techno dance tune at 0629 UTC (Ya Gotta Lick It?!)
0634+ UTC "Rocky Mountain Way"-Joe Walsh (song cut short!)
0636 UTC "Reeling and Rocking"-Chuck Berry
0640 UTC False start on song, then "Stay", which was cut short into "There Goes My Baby"
0645 UTC ID...XLR8, then "That'll Be the Day"-Buddy Holly

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio True North 6.955 @0511 4-12-2014

« on: April 12, 2014, 0624 UTC »

Weak signal above the noise floor here at 0546 UTC tune-in with unid song 0547 UTC Man announcer with ID's and email address, into unid rock song, then "Double Vision"-Foreigner, another song maybe Dire Straits? then Man announcer at 0603 UTC followed by Summer In the City-Lovin Spoonful? Signal gone after a few more minutes...off?
{What am I doing up at this time anyway! Going back to sleep and will listen back on the recording in the ummm...morning?}

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930.1 USB 0001 UTC 12 Apr 2014

« on: April 12, 2014, 0006 UTC »

Solid S8 signal here at 0003 UTC tune-in with "Taking Care of Business"-BTO
0006 UTC Man announcer with "Radio Mushroom" ID, into "Rebel Yell"-Billy Idol
0011 UTC Man announcer with ..."This is Radio Mushroom, the only pirate powered by ?" and "Radio Mushroom". (I'm getting a het on the frequency now, but Mushroom much stronger), into UNID rock tune.
0016 UTC Man announcer with ID, talk about the "residue from the power plant", gmail address
0017 UTC "Smoke on the Water"-Deep Purple
0022 UTC Man announcer with closing chat..."When you look up into the sky and see a mushroom cloud, you'll know that Radio Mushroom was on the air".
0023 OFF
{Thanks for the show Radio Mushroom! I'm afraid to look outside at the sky!}

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QSLs Received / TCS "BUBBLEGUM EXPRESS eQSL and one from the old days!

« on: April 11, 2014, 2233 UTC »

Thanks for the Bubblegum Express verie JP! Keep those groovy tunes alive! Congrats on your dedicated service to the Free Radio community also...Here's the reverse side of an old TCS QSL from my 80's archives.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: TCS 6850.44 10 April 2014 0024z

« on: April 11, 2014, 0045 UTC »

Nice S8 signal here at 0037 UTC tune-in with "Jingle Jangle"-Archies.
0039 UTC ID, plug for NORML, "Bubble Gum Express", email
0041 UTC "Elenore"-Turtles
"I Woke Up In Love This Morning"-Partridge Family
0051 UTC "Mirage"-Tommy James & the Shondells
0058 UTC I'm getting RTTY QRM now during "Indian Giver"...best on USB
I was a starry eyed adolescent when these songs came out....some were good...some were bad... in retrospect, some were REALLY bad! so I won't admit to having purchased most of these "45's".

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6935 USB 2333 UTC 9 Apr 2014

« on: April 09, 2014, 2348 UTC »

Fair here at 2344 UTC tune-in with instrumental tune.
2348 UTC "Cars"-Gary Numen
0010 UTC "XLR8" ID and off
{Hey XLR8 op...how about some chat  between songs!}

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Channel Z on 6150.5 kHz 8 April 2014 2341z

« on: April 09, 2014, 0047 UTC »

Nice AM audio here at 0030 UTC with Channel Z and Andy Walker playing first songs of artists before they were famous. This is a repeat of a previous broadcast....listening to early Lemme with Dandy at 0046 UTC. Great to hear a truly professional free radio show in the 49 meter band! Solid S9 at 0050 UTC...thanks Andy and thanks Z!!!
Since 0050 UTC, I've been getting some QRM sounding like an electric fan...signal still over the top of that though!
0106 UTC End of Part 2 and then right into Part 3...awesome! Song by the Mascots? at 0110 UTC
{Time to turn off the PC and relax with Channel Z on the radio until slumber takes over from the real world! Thanks again Andy and Z!}

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: TCS 6851 2354z 4-8-14

« on: April 09, 2014, 0041 UTC »

Fair signal at 0024 UTC tune-in with "I Had Too Much to Dream"-Electric Prunes, into "Incense & Peppermints"-Strawberry Alarm Clock". Lots of band noise and fading at about 6850.5 KHZ or so. 0029 UTC "Venus" Shocking Blue

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6925 KHZ AM 2350 UTC APRIL 8, 2014

« on: April 09, 2014, 0036 UTC »

UNID playing B-52's music here heavily QRM'd by UTE and Pesky on LSB, but rising well above the noise level, sometimes quite good. Silence between songs..."Living In Your Own Private Idaho" at 0003 UTC April 9, 2014. Off abrupt at 0021 UTC. This may have come back on as Chris S.'s UNID at 0023 UTC

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Huh? / Re: Star Trek star backs documentary arguing that Sun revolves around Earth

« on: April 08, 2014, 2330 UTC »

What best sums up this nonsense is the phrase "Crackpot Documentary". A close second is the term "Actress" Kate Mulgrew. I can't believe that anyone would actually fall for this crap.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Free Whatever 6949 USB *2358 UTC 7Apr14

« on: April 08, 2014, 0008 UTC »

0002 UTC with killer USB signal playing a heartbreaker of a CB "good buddy" tune...seemingly dead on 6949 KHZ with S9 signal!
0007 UTC "Bird Dog"-Everly Brothers
0010 UTC "Downtown- Petula Clark
0013 UTC "Lollipop"-Chordettes
0015+ UTC "I'm Not You're Stepping Stone"-Monkees
0017 UTC Dick Weed & Stephen with mention of "RPM-Revolutions Per Minute"
0018 UTC "Everybody Loves Somebody"-Dean Martin
0021 UTC "There's a Kind of a Hush"-Hermans Hermits
{The USB audio quality is fantastic! I can even use the 6 KHZ filter.}
0023 UTC "Help Yourself"-Tom Jones
0026 UTC "This is Radio Free Whatever, followed by "Winchester Cathedral"-New Vaudeville Band
0029 UTC ? Jay and the Americans?{Dick Weed says "Forget Him"-Bobby Rydell}
0031 UTC "Spinning Wheel"-Blood, Sweat, and Tears
0033+ UTC Dick Weed with ID, naming previous songs and next song
0035 UTC "In the Ghetto"-Elvis Presley
0038 UTC UNID C&W tune(Dick Weed says "Hello Darling"-Conway Twitty)
0040 UTC Dick Weed with ID and "RPM", into "In the Year 2525"-Zager & Evans
0044 UTC "Great Balls of Fire"-Jerry Lee Lewis
0046 UTC "King of the Road"-Roger Miller (one of those good old scratchy records!)
0048 UTC "Catherina"-Perry Como
0050 UTC "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden"-Lynn Anderson
0053 UTC "Hot Rod Lincoln"-Commander Cody
0056 UTC Dick Weed talk..."That about wraps it up", ID'd songs played, gmail address then "DO WHATEVER!
0058 UTC OFF
(Thanks for the entertainment tonight DJ Dickweed and assistant Steven! Now I can hit the sack...3:30 AM arrives early!)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6949 AM 2248 UTC 7 Apr 2014

« on: April 07, 2014, 2309 UTC »

Nice clear signal here on 6949.1 KHZ at 2302 UTC tune-in with Dick Weed and Co chatting... Dick Weed hoping for some female DXer to stalk him...into Song "Hustle & Cuss"-Dead Weather
2330 UTC UNID tune well above the noise floor here...S7 peaks! Nice to have RFW to break the monotony of Monday night!
{Just noticed...I'm not hearing any peskies tonight. That's a nice change of pace!}
Off at 2347 UTC after mention of "Show # 225" and gmail address, along with a request for new ideas for shows.