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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Wolverine Radio 6975 USB 0056 UTC 1 DEC 2024

« on: December 01, 2024, 0059 UTC »

0058 UTC Testing 1, 2, 3....
0100 UTC 1930's sounding tune (S7 this evening with light flutter fading and noise...usual excellent audio)
0104 UTC Signal dropped down to S3 peaks, but still above the low noise floor
0107 UTC Back up to S7 peaks 
0109 UTC "Voices in the Sky"-Moody Blues
0112 UTC "It Came Out of the Sky"-CCR
0115 UTC "Spirit in the Sky"-Norman Greenbaum
0119 UTC "Blue Sky"-Allman Brothers Band
0124 UTC "South Side of the Sky"-Yes
0132 UTC Unid song-Bonnie Raitt
0136 UTC "Great Gig in the Sky"-Pink Floyd (Almost at the noise floor now)
0140 UTC "See the Sky About to Rain"-Neil Young 
(Damn wideband radar started up...Signal mostly above the noise and QRM)
0145 UTC "Ghost Riders In the Sky"-Johnny Cash
0149 UTC "Showdown at Big Sky"-Robbie Robertson



Thanks once again Wolverine!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Crazy Turkey Radio 6925 USB 0027 UTC 30 NOV 2024

« on: November 30, 2024, 0038 UTC »

0037 UTC Tune in to an unid rock song-OM singers (S7 peaks with light fading and light noise...sounds good)
0040 UTC Unid song-OM singer (The lyrics mention a turkey...and a psychedelic moment at Grandma's)
0043 UTC Unid song about turkeys and Thanksgiving-OM singer (a film musical sounding tune mentioning cranberries and stuffing)
0045 UTC Unid live martial sounding tune about turkeys ("no more turkeys on your plate")
0047 UTC Quick ID by an OM, but I'll have to check my recording later, then back to more turkey music
0049 UTC OM speaking about turkeys, followed by a ballad about turkeys-OM singer
(I never knew there were so many songs about the plight of the turkey on Thanksgiving!)
0055 UTC The aerosol sounding ute is QRMing the signal in various degrees)
0057 UTC OM with repeated ID's then back to the music (? Turkey Radio ?)
0058 UTC Martial song about fighting turkeys "flying through the air" and "getting their revenge"
0101 UTC Turkeys gobbling and machine gun sounds
0102 UTC OFF

Listened back on the ID's at 0047 and 0057 UTC and it is clearly "Crazy Turkey Radio" 
Here's my recording of the show:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v0xUr3OXvdlFch_PnEGUJ6CGt8bpThOr/view?usp=sharing

Would very much appreciate an eQSL!

Thank you for the post Thanksgiving fighting turkey music! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Mushroom 6960 USB 0006 UTC 30 NOV 2024

« on: November 30, 2024, 0010 UTC »

0008 UTC Tuned in to "Simple Man"-Lynyrd Skynyrd (S8 peaks with light noise and sounds good!
0012 UTC OM with ID and chat about the nuclear powered xmtr 
0013 UTC "Ramble On"-Led Zeppelin
0017 UTC OM chatting about an alert at Radio Mushroom...klaxons in the background..."energizing our transmitter here at Radio Mushroom", followed by "LA Woman"-Doors
0022 UTC OM chatting about correcting the alarm..."we shouldn't have done that"
0023 UTC "Sledgehammer"-Peter Gabriel
0026 UTC OM with ID and "another alarm going off"..."looking up in the sky and seeing a mushroom cloud"
0027 UTC "Honky Tonk Woman"-Rolling Stones
0029 UTC Sirens going off, then an explosion and ambient music
0030 UTC Scottie 1 SSTV



Great to hear one of my favorite stations some years ago back on air! It's been awhile 
Good to hear you're back Radio Mushroom! 

139

North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Dick Bulger 6930 USB 2233 UTC 29 NOV 2024

« on: November 29, 2024, 2242 UTC »

2237 UTC OM with mention of reports to the HFU despite Dick Bulger being a D****bag
2238 UTC OM talking about hunting down Dick Bulger (over AC/DC music)...."look in every Olive Garden and Applebees"
2240 UTC "Dirty Water"-Standells segue into "Sweet Caroline"-Neil Diamond
2241 UTC OFF

Thanks for the show! Now if you could keep that guy away from those of us who live in Western Massachusetts, that would be nice! 

Here's my recording of the show:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gm7R3HJRQ_tk-n4T3u3at9PjbLAaLgr1/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 0150 UTC 29 NOV 2024

« on: November 29, 2024, 0154 UTC »

0153 UTC Tuned in to "I'll Be Home For Christmas"-Bing Crosby (S8 peaks with light noise...sounds nice!)
0155 UTC "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"
0203 UTC "Sleigh Ride"-Ronettes
0206 UTC "Holly Jolly Christmas"-Burl Ives (Signal dropped down into the noise)
0211 UTC Right at the noise floor...I think the band went long here
0214 UTC "Felix Navidad"-Jose Feliciano

Thanks for the first sign of Christmas on 43 meters! Signal was great at first, but rough once the band went long.

141

North American Shortwave Pirate / Doom Scroll 6950 USB 1508 UTC 28 NOV 2024

« on: November 28, 2024, 1509 UTC »

1508 UTC Clock ticking and ambient music, followed by an SC2 180 SSTV
(LOL! Doomsday for the Turkeys!)
1516 UTC Scottie 2 SSTV
1522 UTC Robot 36 SSTV
1525 UTC Scottie 1 SSTV
1528 UTC ScottieDX SSTV (Signal dropped down to just above the noise floor)




Thanks for the doom and gloom on this dismal rainy day! Time to get ready for Thanksgiving Dinner!
I would treasure a DOOM SCROLL eQSL!

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QSLs Received / Re: Derpy Radio 6935 USB 2026 UTC 27 NOV 2027

« on: November 28, 2024, 0235 UTC »

Also received the same nicely designed QSL here...Thanks Derpy! Always appreciated!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Sycko Radio 6935 AM 0156 UTC 28 NOV 2024

« on: November 28, 2024, 0158 UTC »

0156 UTC OM DJ chatting, followed by unid music at 0158 UTC Microphone audio stronger than the music
(S7 but the audio sounds a bit muddy)
0202 UTC OM speaking over the music...sounds upset over something...
0206 UTC OFF
0214 UTC Checked back and station is back up again (S8 peaks now with moderate fading and sounding much clearer)
0240 UTC Big band tune now (S7 and clear audio!) Followed by a WW2 era song about a Turkey
0243 UTC Another big band era tune-YL singer
Sounding really decent here with the big band tunes!
0248 UTC Gobbling turkeys!
0251 UTC OM DJ chatting...sounds familiar!
0253 UTC Unid R&B tune-YL singer
0258 UTC Another R&B tune-YL singer
0302 UTC OM DJ chat..."let's switch gears here...let's rock and roll"
0303 UTC Black Betty"-Ram Jam
0305 UTC "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Chap"-AC/DC (Nice groove going!)
0309 UTC OM DJ with "thank you for the audio reports, followed by "Free Bird"-Lynyrd Skynyrd
(Signal fading a bit now, but mostly recovered)
(0317 UTC...sounded like somebody talking over the music briefly)
0318 UTC OM with Donald Duck voice saying "You're listening to ? ? Radio, followed by "I Was Stoned and I Missed It"-Dr Hook & the Medicine Show
0322 UTC OM with ID...still didn't catch it (Solar Cycle Radio?)
0323 UTC "I'd Love to Change the World"-Ten Years After
0327 UTC "Stairway to Heaven"-Led Zeppelin (S8 peaks!)
0335 UTC Mr Sycko on the microphone with clear ID and chat!
0337 UTC "Brain Damage"-Pink Floyd
0341 UTC "Message In a Bottle"-Police
0345 UTC Mr Sycko chatting..."the ionosphere is not cooperating"..."2 ID's...Sycko and the stoned turkey is in the studio"
0346 UTC "Riders on the Storm"-Doors
0351 UTC The stoned turkey is chatting, followed by "Dust in the Wind"-Kansas

Time to hit the sack here...thanks for the long program and have a nice Thanksgiving Mr Sycko! I'll post my second recording tomorrow morning over the first cup of coffee 

Here's my recording from 0158-0206 UTC:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nXaK3PDKzJHz_LV4cC9rpbtEom7HIrqr/view?usp=sharing

Here's a second recording from 0254-0354 UTC...missed the last few minutes of the show!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13sqUkogCTbHXjS34kKR88uw8HsRvUfbN/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6955 USB 0128 UTC 28 NOV 2024

« on: November 28, 2024, 0134 UTC »

0133 UTC Tuned in to "Land of Confusion"-Genesis (S8 and sounding really nice!)
0134 UTC Unid hard rock tune...sounds like Axel Rose singing
0138 UTC "Touch of Grey"-Grateful Dead
0143 UTC Unid hard rock tune-OM singers (a bit of xmtr glitching at the beginning)
0147 UTC "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"-Jim Croce
0149 UTC Unid rock tune-OM singer (two stations? S9+ now then xmtr glitching really bad) Recovered at 0151 UTC
0153 UTC Higher power station off for a bit...the original station could be heard at S6, then the S9+ station back up again with the glitching xmtr and hashy sounding midrange....hmmm
0218 UTC PSA for "post traumatic stress disorder" with musical accompaniment

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: DB Cooper Radio 6924 AM 0018 UTC 28 NOV 2024

« on: November 28, 2024, 0043 UTC »

0042 UTC "The Letter"-Box Tops (S7 peaks with a het from some weak station on 6925, so I'm listening in LSB!)
I have the frequency as 6924.3ish
0045 UTC Audio clip with OM mentioning a hijack, followed by "The Ballad of DB Cooper"-?
0050 UTC A bit of a fade here...in and out of the noise
0053 UTC Mention of DB Cooper over or part of the songs lyrics
0056 UTC "The Letter"-Unid artist (DB Cooper over the song)
0059 UTC OFF

Thanks for the traditional broadcast! 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Derpy Radio 6935 USB 2026 UTC 27 NOV 2027

« on: November 27, 2024, 2039 UTC »

2035 UTC Hearing easy listening music-YL singer just above the noise floor.
2043 UTC Clear ID 
2058 UTC YL with ID, then OFF or faded out?
2059 UTC Hearing music again! Sadly it's fading deep into the noise
2121 UTC YL with ID (Signal is mostly solid above the noise now)
2128 UTC "Crimson and Clover"-Joan Jett (I know this one!)
2131 UTC Martin 1 SSTV, then OFF



Thanks for the entertainment Derpy!

147

QSLs Received / AM 1710 eQSL 27 NOV 2024

« on: November 27, 2024, 2034 UTC »

Thanks AM 1710! It is greatly appreciated!....Love the graphics 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / AM 1710 6930 AM 1943 UTC 27 NOV 2024

« on: November 27, 2024, 1944 UTC »

1943 UTC Prerecorded ID by OM..."AM 1710", followed by unid hip-hop tune (I have this on 6930.0)
2000 UTC Awesome S9 peaks now!
2015 UTC Prerecorded ID, and OFF

Thanks for the afternoon tunes!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Good Times Radio 6925 AM 1904 UTC 27 NOV 2024

« on: November 27, 2024, 1911 UTC »

1908 UTC Very nice S9+ signal here with superb AM audio! Forgot the name of the song 
1911 UTC OFF

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QSLs Received / Re: Radio Free Euphonia 6950 AM Nov 27 2024

« on: November 27, 2024, 1149 UTC »

Very pleased to find this in my email this morning! Thank you Radio Free Euphonia and a Happy Thanksgiving to you! Looking forward to future shows!