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North American Shortwave Pirate / Good Times Radio 6925 AM 1838 UTC 29 JUN 2024

« on: June 29, 2024, 1839 UTC »

1838 UTC "Danger Zone"-Kenny Loggins (Fading in and out of the noise...mostly deep in the noise)
1840 UTC "Hooked on a Feeling"-Blue Swede (Suddenly it's S9 peaks with excellent audio!)
(Presumed to be "Good Times Radio" per playlist! It's been a long time since I heard this!)
1843 UTC "Happy"-Pharrell Williams (Deep fade into the noise)
1847 UTC OM with ID..."Good Times Radio...", followed by "Saturday In the Park"-Chicago
1851 UTC Faded back in with "Feelin Stronger Every Day"-Chicago
1855 UTC "Make Me Smile"-Chicago
1858 UTC "Carry On My Wayward Son"-Kansas
1903 UTC Possible OM with ID?, followed by "My Sharona"-The Knack (Deep fade into the noise near the end)
1910 UTC Faded back up to S8..."Good Girls Don't"-The Knack
1912 UTC OFF

Thanks for the show GTR! It would be nice to acquire an eQSL from your station...Please? 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6920 USB 0142 UTC 26 JUN 2024

« on: June 26, 2024, 0143 UTC »

0142 UTC Unid pop/dance tune (S9+ peaks!)
0156 UTC George Carlin monologue 
0213 UTC Pause? OFF

Thank you for the entertainment!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WTF Radio Worldwide 6950 USB 0101 UTC 26 JUN 2024

« on: June 26, 2024, 0139 UTC »

0138 UTC Unid indie rock tune-OM singer with "Monkey Around" lyrics (S9 peaks with light noise)
0140 UTC WTF Radio Worldwide singing jingle

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Boombox Radio 6935 AM 2354 UTC 25 JUN 2024

« on: June 26, 2024, 0129 UTC »

0128 UTC Unid R&B dance tune (S9 with light fades and excellent audio)
0131 UTC DJ Liquid Todd mentioning liquidtodd.com, followed by more funky toe tapping music

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0118 UTC 25 JUN 2024

« on: June 25, 2024, 0133 UTC »

0132 UTC "Lawyers, Guns, and Money"-Warren Zevon live
0133 UTC OFF

Signal was S8 peaks just above the high T-storm noise...nice audio!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: BUG RADIO 6957 USB 0116 UTC 24 JUN 2024

« on: June 24, 2024, 0131 UTC »

0127 UTC "Born In the USA"-Bruce Springsteen (S9 amidst lots of T-storm static)
0129 UTC YL with ID
0130 UTC "Eye in the Sky"-Alan Parsons Project
0134 UTC YL with ID, followed by an advert-YL
0135 UTC "How Deep Is Your Love"-Bee Gees
0140 UTC "Don't You Forget About Me"-Simple Minds (Just switched from the 2.4 khz to the 6 khz filter and we seem to have wideband sideband....sounds really good!
0145 UTC "I've Been Waiting For a Girl Like You"-Foreigner
0150 UTC YL with ID followed by an Easypal image (No luck on a decode)
0153 UTC Computer sounds, then OFF?

Listened back on the final ID, and it is indeed "B-U-G Bug Radio for the Win"
Thanks again for the entertainment Bug Radio!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken 6950 USB 2127 UTC 22 JUN 2024

« on: June 22, 2024, 2329 UTC »

2328 UTC Unid rock music mostly above the T-storm noise

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 2229 UTC 22 Jun 2024

« on: June 22, 2024, 2324 UTC »

2320 UTC Brief music battling the heavy T-storm static, then OFF
2322 UTC Music again, then OFF

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QSLs Received / WDOG 31 meter band test eQSL

« on: June 19, 2024, 2138 UTC »

Thank you for the rarer than dog feathers test eQSL and the always awesome playlists T. E. Magnetron! It is appreciated!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WDOG 9500 USB 2137 UTC 18 JUN 2024

« on: June 18, 2024, 2138 UTC »

2137 UTC "Soak Up the Sun"-Sheryl Crow (S5 peaks with deep fades and moderate noise)
2141 UTC OM with WDOG Shortwave ID, followed by "Sunny Afternoon"-Kinks
2147 UTC "Summer in the City"-Lovin' Spoonful (Dogs barking during part of the song...They must be thirsty!)
2151 UTC Signal faded back up with "Sun King"-Beatles
2152 UTC WDOG op speaking but the signal is fading in and out of the noise
2153 UTC "Dock of the Bay"-Otis Redding
2155 UTC "Summertime Blues"-The Who
2158 UTC "Running Down a Dream"-Tom Petty (Hitting S7 now and solid above the noise)
2203 UTC "Good Day Sunshine"-Beatles
2205 UTC OM with ID, followed by an unid song (David Bowie?), then into a deep fade
2213 UTC Still in a deep fade...bits of threshold music now and then (I figure the signal is bouncing over me)
2218 UTC Bit of a fade up now...unid pop song
2219 UTC Shoutouts to me and hflstnr...THANKS! 
2220 UTC "See ya back on the 43 meter band later...have a good night", then OFF

Good to hear you on your 31 meter band test on this hot end of Spring day! Here's my recording of the test from 2142-2220 UTC...some nice solid peaks:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U-QuqasPdbKZxvNaV7JdeUgNPM6PlUQr/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Thunder Chicken Radio 6950 USB 2140 UTC 17 JUN 2024

« on: June 17, 2024, 2247 UTC »

2245 UTC Tuned in to "Why Can't This Be Love"-Van Halen in progress. Signal is just above the noise floor with S6 peaks and lots of T-storm crackling.
2252 UTC "Dreams"-Van Halen
2308 UTC "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"-Van Halen cover of the Kink's song
2310 UTC OM with "Thunder Chicken Radio" ID

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Bug Radio 6960 USB 2313 UTC 16 JUN 2024

« on: June 16, 2024, 2313 UTC »

2313 UTC "Dear Prudence"-Beatles (S7 with light fading and light noise)
2315 UTC Bank of America commercial...parody?
2316 UTC "Glass Onion"-Beatles
2318 UTC "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da"-Beatles
2322 UTC YL with ad, OM with ad(cut), followed by "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"-Beatles
(YL speaking during part of the song...no luck on the copy...again later in the song...heard mention of "radio", so likely an ID! Something like "?? Radio ??...how you doing out there"
2327 UTC "Happiness Is a Warm Gun"-Beatles
2329 UTC YL with ID, OM with advert, followed by "Martha My Dear"-Beatles
2332 UTC Advert for a telescope that fits in your pocket and takes pictures, followed by an OM talking about technicolor
2337 UTC "How Deep Is Your Love"-Bee Gees
2341 UTC YL with ID over the end of the song, repeated, followed by an OM with "read the label"
2342 UTC "Eye In the Sky"-Alan Parsons Project (Signal now a solid S8...very nice listenable audio!)
2346 UTC OM speaking about geometry over instrumental music
2347 UTC "Dancing in the Dark"-Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band
2350 UTC OM with advert, followed by "Don't You Forget About Me"-Simple Minds
2355 UTC YL with ID, followed by YL with advert
2356 UTC "Alive and Kicking"-Simple Minds
0001 UTC YL with repeated ID, followed by a faux advert
0002 UTC "That Smell"-Lynyrd Skynyrd
0007 UTC Easypal picture followed by "Dreams"-Fleetwood Mac

0012 UTC "You Don't Know How It Feels"-Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
0015 UTC YL with ID, followed by Easypal picture (I turned off the app! Turned it back on but too late to get a decode...signal was in the green)
0018 UTC OFF

Thank you for the Sunday evening entertainment! I'll have to listen back on my recording for that ID...just couldn't make out the what the YL was saying! 

Listened back several times and it does sound like "This is June Bug Radio for the win...how are you doing out there"...looking at the Bug Radio pic posted below, I'll go with Bug Radio! Here's my recording of the final ID:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1emsTSlGCQuoYYo2pcHQA5Hxj3iIINWeo/view?usp=sharing

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 6965 USB 0000 UTC 16 JUN 2024

« on: June 16, 2024, 0000 UTC »

0000 UTC OM with ID, followed by an old bluesy 1930's tune-YL singer
0003 UTC "Talk of the Town"
0018 UTC "A Town Without Pity"-Gene Pitney
0021 UTC "Talk of the Town"-Chrissie Hynde & Pretenders
0024 UTC "Rock This Town"-Stray Cats
0035 UTC "When Love Comes to Town"-U2 with BB King
0043 UTC "Lucky Town"-Bruce Springsteen
0051 UTC "This Town"-Neil Young & Crazy Horse 
0054 UTC "Burnt Out Town"-Tom Petty
0057 UTC "Living In a Ghost Town"-Rolling Stones

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6920 USB 2314 UTC 15 JUNE 2024

« on: June 15, 2024, 2319 UTC »

2318 UTC Unid electronic dance tune (S8 peaks with light noise)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: WDOG 6925 USB 2123 UTC 15 JUNE 2025

« on: June 15, 2024, 2139 UTC »

2137 UTC "Re-Humanise Yourself"-Police (S9 here with light noise)
2140 UTC "Canary in a Coal Mine"-Police
2142 UTC OFF