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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 6945 C-QUAM 0204 UTC 5 July 2014

« on: July 05, 2014, 0215 UTC »

Thanks for saving the evening Red Hat! Fair signal with great AM audio here at 0206 UTC amidst some static! ID and now at 0212 UTC we have Dirty Laundry.
0218 UTC "Who Loves You"-Frankie Valli
0221 UTC Casey Kasem intro to "Lying Eyes"-Eagles
0226 UTC "Island Girl"-Elton John
0245 UTC Signal down quite a bit from 15 minutes ago...the bass is booming in nicely, but the high end is lost in the static.
0300 UTC I believe you were giving shoutouts to the HFU posters....heard one to rdla4 and RCCI...if I was in their somewhere I missed it, but thanks if you did!
In addition to some tunes I can't ID, were "Saved by Zero" and Lunatic Fringe which ended at 0325 UTC. Couple clear "Power of X" IDs here and there also.
0332 UTC Thanks for the shoutout! Heard it that time

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Other / Re: 6945USB at 0035 on 5 July 2014

« on: July 05, 2014, 0047 UTC »

I'm getting this also, but in LSB with man and lady announcers, music, etc since 0042 UTC. Music now at 0047 UTC with lady talkover(or man with high pitched voice). ID...? Radio at 0053 UTC, and after that a mention of "Portugeusa". I think this is either a pesky playing radio, or a US pirate relaying a Brazilian station. Hmmm...
0104 UTC Man announcer buried in the noise now...

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European Pirates and Private Stations / SUMMERMEETING RADIO 6322 KHZ JULY 4, 2014

« on: July 05, 2014, 0002 UTC »

I'm getting fair audio through the static here from 2342 UTC, easy listening tune, polka/dutch pop at 2344, easy listening tune at 2353 UTC, then man announcer at 2356 UTC. Static crashes presumably from Hurricane Arthur, as most of the Eastern and Midwestern US is relatively free of lightning per Vaisala map. As the grey line approaches, maybe I can get a clear ID.
0004 UTC July 5, 2014 now here and man announcer but no clear copy.
0005 UTC "Nights In White Satin"-Moody Blues
(Hearing this direct!)
0009 UTC OFF after Moody Blues song
(Irish Paul's blog has "Summermeeting Radio" listed as being on earlier, but I can't get an ID from my recording...too much static!)
Thanks for ID Chris S!
Thanks also Andre!

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QSLs Received / RADIO FREE INSANITY 1984

« on: July 04, 2014, 2138 UTC »

While searching my old cartons of shortwave stuff looking for my Radio Apintie pennant, I found the last of my missing pirate QSL's from the mid 1980's. I guess this isn't the place to post these, but I am not registered to post these on the Wiki. If the powers that be deem these worthy of posting there, feel free to delete this post.
 I received the handwritten one first, and the pro done sometime later. Note the missing letter on the handwritten one!!! I don't recall what ever happened to Radio Free Insanity....I think they might have got the knock that year. Electric Buddha, are you still out there in radio land somewhere these 30+ years later?

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QSLs Received / Re: X-FM QSL Received

« on: July 04, 2014, 1115 UTC »

Also found one in my inbox this morning too! QSL #643 along with program log....thank you very much Red Hat!!! That program was a good one, I remember it well...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Old Time Radio Programs 6770 AM 1408 UTC 1 Jul 2014

« on: July 03, 2014, 0055 UTC »

That irritating QRM heard last night is gone tonight...I'm getting weak audio at 0045 UTC, but poor copy with the static from the T-Storm that just went through Western MA.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6924.2 AM 0038 UTC 2 Jul 2014

« on: July 02, 2014, 0119 UTC »

Tough copy here since 0104 UTC with end of music, man talking..."they own you"...I have it on 6924.2ish in AM, but best in LSB. Will have to listen back tomorrow on the tape as I am too tired to focus on this with all the T-storm static. Different...
Listened back on the recording and heard same thing as Sealord at 0120 UTC...sounded like a loop just saying ?-ra-radio-?-ra-radio or something like that. Off at 0122 UTC
EDIT I believe Sealord is correct....it does sound like "kids playing radio". Also, at around 0105 UTC, the man announcer starts off with "You're listening to ?", but the rest of the sentence is buried in the noise.
EDIT 7/7/14 Ahhh, so they were saying "Insane Radio"!!!!!! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Old Time Radio Programs 6770 AM 1408 UTC 1 Jul 2014

« on: July 02, 2014, 0016 UTC »

I can zero beat the carrier here to 6770, but all I get is a wideband noise like an airplane going overhead. No traces of audio underneath. Hope it goes away! Almost like a white noise jammer....

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6945 USB 0229z

« on: June 29, 2014, 0236 UTC »

Great signal here at 0230 UTC with ending of Soviet anthem, into DJ Dickweed dedicating his show to the Old Time Radio op on 6770 (that's his currrent frequency). Into a song by a lady singer who was born in the Soviet Union by the name of Regina. This was followed by a song by the Black Keys (yes, that is one of the best tunes I've heard in along time...it's off their latest album CD...nice melodic lead guitar work)
0243 UTC "It's All Quiet"-Bjork
0247 UTC Thanks for the shoutout DJ Dickweed! Into song "Black, White, and Blue"-Ladyhawk
(I'm getting nice clean audio here...USB with my 6 KHZ filter! Almost sounds like AM.)
0256 UTC A little techno for the rave fans!
0303 UTC More shoutouts...thanks!
0304 UTC Song "Let's Eat You Up"-Sleeper Agent
0308 UTC "From Here to the Ionosphere...Radio Free Whatever", followed by a song by the Arctic Monkeys.
{Time for this one to hit the sack...up since 4:30 AM...up tomorrow morning the same! Thanks for the show DJ Dickweed...like these request shows and the live chat....hope to hear more of the same!} {Also thanks for ID'ing the songs for me to post if I don't already know them!}

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: MAC Shortwave 6950.4 AM 0000 UTC 29 Jun 2014

« on: June 29, 2014, 0011 UTC »

Nice S9 here with a little fading at 0004 UTC tune in with "Pebbles".
0005 UTC with James Stewart giving live TC, date, frequency, email address. Said it's going to be another all 78 record show. The next song had a bit of a skip, so went on to another tune. Ray Block His Orchestra
(Hey Jimmy, just tape a nickel to the tonearm!!! )
0013 UTC "Let's see if Perry Como puts you to sleep" (Too early Jimmy!)
"I Wanna Go Home"-Perry Como with the Fontaine Sisters
(Jimmy says he can't get to the computer, so no shoutouts...he'll check after the show...no problem! We know you know who we are!)
Anybody out there know a Peggy? Dr. Who is the engineer.
0025 UTC Song "That's Peggy O'Neil"
0033 UTC Thanks for the weather report...I just stuck my head out the window and you were correct!
"I Want to be Happy"-Glenn Miller (flip side to "In the Mood")
0043 UTC Another record with a crack in it? I don't know if we can tolerate such low fidelity on the pirate bands
E-I-E-I-O ....Spike Jones up there on the box...dagnabbit
0126 UTC OFF after Sinatra tune, I want to be a pirate, and NA
(Thanks for a great show tonight James aka Jimmy!) 

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General Radio Discussion / Re: Propagation

« on: June 28, 2014, 1538 UTC »

Although there is no question that prop has been somewhat disappointing over the last couple of weeks here, I attribute much of the tough copy to the Rice Krispy atmospherics courtesy of the Summer T-Storm season. Nothing worse than straining through the noise and having a major static ear bleeding blast from a lightning strike somewhere! And yes, that was a surprising TA opening last night Chris! I'm just listening back now on the recording I made of Black Bandit on 6320 and it was nothing less than amazing!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 KHZ USB JUNE 28, 2018 0404 UTC

« on: June 28, 2014, 1411 UTC »

Listened back to my recording and about 3 minutes after Renegade signed off on 6935, a much stronger signal came on at 0404 UTC. Herman Munster clip with Herman getting a ham radio set and calling CQ, followed by the skit about the Ham radio op cashing his paycheck at the Ham Radio Outlet! UNID lady op chastising him for spending all his time and money on ham radio...."that's why we don't sleep in the same room"...ham op prefers the couch because he has a radio there. Off at 0408 UTC.  No ID...when they came back on at about 0438 or 0439 UTC, there were no ID's between songs that I could hear. I drifted off to sleep during a live version of Bob Seger's "Main Street". Anyway, thanks for the show whoever you are...

Edited some speculative details...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6935 KHZ USB JUNE 28, 2014 0404 UTC

« on: June 28, 2014, 0420 UTC »

UNID Ham radio skit starting at 0404 UTC. It was a classic Ham radio wife complaining about her husbands hobby....short broadcast.  Started up about 3 minutes after Renegade shut down at 0401 UTC. Excellent signal...sounded like they were reading from a script.... Signal was stronger than Renegade and the audio was different.
0439 UTC Hearing what I believe is same station again with "Go Your Own Way"-Fleetwood Mac, as no retuning was necessary, into an interesting guitar instrumental at 0441 UTC.
0446 UTC "Keep On Rocking Me Baby"-Steve Miller Band
(I will listen to this as I fall asleep...for now it's nighty night....)

Edited out some speculative details...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Renegade Radio 6935 USB 02:46 UTC 06/28.2014

« on: June 28, 2014, 0318 UTC »

Poor to fair here at 0306 UTC tune in. Signal picked up nicely around 0310 during punk tune, ID at 0314 UTC, then more punk music.
0328 UTC Thanks for the shoutout! I'm getting the microphone clipping here also, but the music audio is just fine!
Interesting conversation just before close down at 0400ish UTC.

EDIT: Listening back on the tape this morning...about 0348 UTC, Renegade op with guest...."and now your favorite showmaster...?...". This was followed by a reggae tune. Conversation between op and guest was rather flatulent....
Off at about 0401 UTC with "this violates every standard of pirate radio...you have been listening to Renegade Radio".
(The microphone clipping seemed to have went away during the last 20 minutes or so of the program.)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6929 USB 0231 UTC JUNE 28, 2014

« on: June 28, 2014, 0243 UTC »

Weak C&W tune at 0241 UTC, into SSTV at 0244 UTC
Music after SSTV, then another SSTV....hope someone who can decode posts the scan!!! After 2nd scan, mention of WWV....couldn't catch exactly what was said. Nice puppy and nice peace sign...thanks for the show UNID op
Any chance of a QSL?